EP1925712B1 - Séchoir à linge doté de circuits pour limiter la condensation interne - Google Patents

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EP1925712B1
EP1925712B1 EP06425796A EP06425796A EP1925712B1 EP 1925712 B1 EP1925712 B1 EP 1925712B1 EP 06425796 A EP06425796 A EP 06425796A EP 06425796 A EP06425796 A EP 06425796A EP 1925712 B1 EP1925712 B1 EP 1925712B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/20—General details of domestic laundry dryers 
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  • This invention relates to a machine for drying laundry.
  • Laundry drying machines of the condensation type in which the moist air leaving the drum in which the laundry being dried is contained is caused to pass through heat exchanger devices which cool the said hot moist air with cold air from the exterior producing condensation water.
  • the said machines are provided with tanks for the collection of condensation water generally located beneath the heat exchanger; the said tanks may be of the fixed or removable type.
  • the moist air leaving the drying drum is passed to heating resistances to be heated and passed to the drying drum while the cold air is discharged outside the machine.
  • EP-A-0 465 318 where the heat exchanger is in form of a rotating plate which makes a separation between an upper space, where the drum is located, and a bottom space where cooling air is admitted through apertures in communication with the outside of the machine.
  • the cooling air used for cooling the rotating plate is free to go in and out from the bottom space without being canalised inside a duct.
  • the object of this invention is to provide a laundry drying machine which overcomes the abovementioned disadvantages.
  • this object is accomplished through a drying machine according to claim 1 below.
  • the laundry drying machine is provided with a cabinet 1 having an opening 2 on the front 3 for loading the laundry which has to be dried.
  • the machine also comprises a door 2a closing opening 2 in cabinet 1 and a drum 5 to contain the laundry which is to be dried.
  • Door 2a is hinged to the front wall 3 of body 1 in a conventional way.
  • Drum 5 may be of the fixed type or of the rotating type driven by an electric motor and suitable conventional mechanisms.
  • Drum 5 also includes an opening 5a aligned with opening 2 in cabinet 1 for loading the laundry which has to be dried.
  • the laundry drying machine comprises a heat exchanger 6 through which the flow of hot moist air 100 originating from drum 5 flows in a conventional way.
  • the moist air passing through device 6 is cooled by a flow 200 of cold air obtained from outside the machine through an opening 11, by a fan 7 driven by a motor and passed to device 6 through a duct 12.
  • condensation water is produced and is collected in a tank 10 located beneath heat exchanger 6. Any droplets of condensation water which might run along the outside wall of duct 12 are collected in a tray indicated by 10a.
  • Cooled air 100 from device 6 is passed to a duct 8 where it is heated by electrical resistances present within duct 8, which are not shown.
  • Heated air 100 is driven towards drum 5 by a fan 9 in order to dry the laundry.
  • Heat exchanger 6 is preferably located beneath drum 5, as can be seen in Figures 1 and 2 .
  • Tank 10 for collecting the condensation water originating from that device 6 is located beneath device 6.
  • the laundry drier comprises a duct 20 which discharges the flow of cold air 200 used to cool the air of hot moist air 100 originating from drum 5 in heat exchanger 6 outside the machine through an opening 13.
  • Opening 13 is preferably located in the back wall 3a of the machine.
  • Ducts 12 and 20 therefore create a ducted route for the flow of air 200 drawn in from the exterior through opening 11, which remains isolated from duct 8 and the other components of the laundry drying machine.
  • the said air flow 200 is prevented from lowering the temperature of air flow 100 while the latter is in a position to dry the laundry, preserving optimum performance from the machine.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show the structure of connection 19 between duct 20 and heat exchanger device 6 in greater detail; the said connecting structure is provided on a part of device 6 which is different from that to which duct 8 is connected in such a way as to prevent any mixing hot air flow 200 and cold air flow 100 which cross in their respective ducts in air/air heat exchanger 6.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a modified embodiment of connecting structure 19 with heat exchanger 6 in Figure 4 .
  • connection 19 comprises a duct 21 which conveys cold air flow 200 either towards opening 13 or towards another outlet opening 16.
  • Outlet openings 13 and 16 are respectively located in back wall 3a and front wall 3 of cabinet 1. Pressure in the condensation circuit is thus reduced through a greater flow of cooling air 200.
  • One of two openings 13 and 16 may be provided with a cover, not shown in the drawings, to block the flow of air to the exterior.
  • Figures 6 to 8 show a diagrammatical view of a laundry drying machine according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the said machine comprises a circuit for the partial diffusion of air flow 200 within cabinet 1 of the laundry drier after the said flow has passed through heat exchanger 6.
  • the said circuit comprises ducts 301 and 302 which are hydraulically connected together; duct 301, which extends vertically and parallel to front wall 3 of the machine, is connected to connecting structure 19 discharging cold air 200 to the exterior.
  • Duct 302 is located in the upper part of the laundry drier, parallel to a covering panel 303 and in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 is therefore perpendicular to duct 301 with which it is connected for the passage of the flow of air.
  • Duct 302 is provided with nozzles 304 in order to diffuse cold air 200 within the cabinet of the laundry drying machine, preferably in the direction of the electrical and/or electronic components, indicated diagrammatically by 305, involving control of the machine in such a way as to prevent the formation of condensation upon them or in their vicinity and to prevent them from overheating.
  • vertical duct 301 may also be provided with air diffusing nozzles 304 located along its axial length.
  • the flow from nozzles 304 may be gauged in relation to the size of the electronic and electrical controls and the size of the part of the machine to which the flow is directed in order to prevent condensation phenomena.
  • duct 302 may adopt positions which are angularly displaced in a plane parallel to covering panel 303 of the machine according to requirements, as indicated by dashed lines in Figure 7 .
  • vertical duct 301 will be mounted on the machine in such a way as to be angularly movable about its own longitudinal axis.

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  1. Machine à sécher le linge comprenant un tambour (5) pour contenir le linge nécessitant d'être séché, des moyens (8, 9) pour délivrer l'air chaud (100) pouvant sécher le linge à l'intérieur dudit tambour (5), une entrée (11) pour l'air froid (200) provenant de l'extérieur de la machine, des moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6) à travers lesquels l'air (100) provenant du tambour (5) passe et est refroidi par ledit air froid (200) provenant de l'extérieur, au moins un réservoir (10) pour collecter l'eau de condensation produite par lesdits moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6), au moins une sortie (13, 16) pour l'air froid et des moyens formant conduit (20, 21) pour fournir une trajectoire pour aspirer ledit air froid (200) desdits moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6) après être passé par ces derniers et le délivrer à ladite au moins une sortie (13, 16), dans laquelle :
    l'air provenant du tambour et passant par les moyens formant échangeur de chaleur est refroidi par un écoulement d'air froid (200) obtenu depuis l'extérieur par l'entrée (11) grâce à un ventilateur (7) et qui passe par les moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6) par un conduit (12), caractérisée en ce que :
    lesdits moyens formant conduit (20, 21) comprennent un conduit (20) raccordé entre lesdits moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6) et une ouverture de sortie (13) dans la machine, dans laquelle ledit conduit (20) décharge l'écoulement d'air froid à l'extérieur de la machine par l'ouverture de sortie, l'écoulement d'air froid étant utilisé pour refroidir, dans les moyens formant échangeur de chaleur, l'air chaud provenant du tambour, et dans laquelle le conduit (20) pour décharger l'écoulement d'air froid et le conduit (12) pour faire passer l'air froid du ventilateur aux moyens formant échangeur de chaleur créent une voie canalisée pour l'écoulement de l'air aspiré depuis l'extérieur par l'entrée (11), ladite voie canalisée restant isolée d'un conduit (8) pour délivrer l'air chaud à l'intérieur dudit tambour et isolée des autres composants de la machine.
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend deux sorties (13, 16) pour ledit air froid (200), l'une positionnée à l'intérieur de la paroi avant (3) et l'autre positionnée dans la paroi arrière (3a) de la machine, lesdits moyens formant conduit comprenant un conduit (21) se raccordant entre lesdits moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6) et lesdites deux sorties (13, 16).
  3. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un circuit pour diffuser une partie d'écoulement d'air froid (200) après que celui-ci soit passé à travers lesdits moyens formant échangeur de chaleur (6), au moins dans la partie interne supérieure du corps (1) de la machine à proximité des composants électriques et/ou électroniques conçus pour commander la machine.
  4. Machine selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit circuit pour diffuser une partie de l'écoulement d'air froid à l'intérieur de la carcasse (1) comprend au moins un premier conduit (301) qui s'étend verticalement, parallèlement à la paroi avant de la machine, ledit conduit étant raccordé de manière hydraulique à la structure de raccordement (19) de la décharge d'écoulement d'air froid (200) à l'extérieur, et au moins un deuxième conduit (302) raccordé de manière hydraulique au premier, positionné parallèlement au panneau de couvercle supérieur (303) de la carcasse (1) de la machine à proximité de cette dernière.
  5. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 et 4, caractérisée en ce que lesdits premier et deuxième conduits (301, 302) sont dotés de buses de diffusion d'air (304).
  6. Machine selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 et 4, caractérisée en ce que le deuxième conduit (302) parallèle audit panneau de fermeture supérieur (303) de la carcasse (1) de la machine peut être déplacé de manière angulaire autour de l'axe longitudinal dudit premier conduit (301) dans un plan parallèle audit panneau (303).
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