EP2458069B1 - Sèche-linge disposant d'un système de protection contre les incendies - Google Patents

Sèche-linge disposant d'un système de protection contre les incendies Download PDF

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EP2458069B1
EP2458069B1 EP10192898.4A EP10192898A EP2458069B1 EP 2458069 B1 EP2458069 B1 EP 2458069B1 EP 10192898 A EP10192898 A EP 10192898A EP 2458069 B1 EP2458069 B1 EP 2458069B1
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laundry dryer
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Alessandro Vian
Fabio Pasut
Deborah Palazzin
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Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
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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 
    • D06F58/22—Lint collecting arrangements

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  • the present invention refers to a laundry dryer having a fire protection system.
  • a laundry dryer in particular a condenser-type laundry dryer, is generally provided with a heat exchanger where moisture is removed from a drying air flow leaving a laundry treating chamber and it is further provided with heating elements, such as an electric resistance for heating up said drying air. It is also known that drying air passed through laundry is enriched of fluff material that needs to be filtered so as to limit its deposition on operational devices encountered by the drying air flow after having exited a laundry treatment chamber and before being reintroduced into said chamber.
  • user accessible air filtering means are provided just in the first portion of a drying air circuit having its air inlet opening placed in the laundry treating chamber. Such arrangement is disclosed in EP 2145999 and US 3866333 . Such filtering means, however, cannot trap all fluff present in drying air and an amount of it passes beyond the filter and flows towards the condenser and the heating units.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to solve the noted drawbacks and thus providing a laundry dryer in which the risk of fusion or fire damages to the inner surface of a drying circuit are avoided.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a laundry dryer having an improved fire protection system that does not cause further losses in drying air flow.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a laundry dryer having an improved fire protection system that may be inspected and promptly removed from laundry dryer structure.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a laundry dryer wherein the fire protection system provided therein is suitable to collect any possible incandescent fluff that me be ignited, even when drying air is flowing through the drying air conduit.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry dryer wherein the fire protection system provided therein cannot be ignited.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a sectional side view of a laundry dryer according to the invention provided with a fire protection system
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective rear view of the laundry dryer rear bulkhead and a basement with a disassembled fire protection system
  • Figure 3 shows a perspective rear view of the fire protection system assembled on a basement portion
  • Figure 4 is a perspective front view of the laundry dryer rear bulkhead associated to the basement where fire protection system is partially extracted therefrom;
  • Figure 5 shows a perspective front view of a fire protection system.
  • Figure 6 shows a perspective rear view of the laundry dryer rear bulkhead and a basement with a fire protection system mounted therein;
  • Figure 7 shows an enlarged view of the fire protection system associated to the laundry dryer basement
  • a laundry dryer comprises a drying air circuit 1 in which drying air is circulated so as to be passed through a laundry treating chamber 2 formed by a rotating drum 3. Drying air is moved along the drying air circuit 1 by means of a fan (not shown) and it is introduced into laundry treating chamber 2 from a rear bulkhead 4 having a perforated wall 5 and being arranged on a supporting wall 17, which, preferably, is the rear wall of the cabinet of the laundry dryer. Drying air exits laundry treating chamber 2 from a front passage 6 provided in proximity of a main opening 7 that allows laundry to be loaded within chamber 2.
  • Air exiting the laundry treating chamber 2 passes through a drying air moisture condensing unit 8 consisting, for example, in a air-air heat exchanger accommodated in a seat 11 formed in a basement 12, that is preferably made of polymeric material.
  • a drying air heating device 9 Downstream of condensing unit 8 a drying air heating device 9, for example one or more electric resistance, heats up drying air exiting condensing unit 8 before reintroducing air within laundry treating chamber 2.
  • Drying air circuit 1 comprises a conduit portion 10 placed upstream said drying air heating device 9 relative to the drying air flow illustrated by arrows "A" in Figure 1 .
  • Conduit portion 10 preferably imparts a change in the drying air flow direction from a substantially horizontal plane to a substantially vertical plane.
  • Conduit portion 10 is formed by joining an upper portion 13 to a lower portion 14 of basement 12, as it can be better seen in Figures 2 and 3 .
  • Conduit portion 10 is provided with a fire protection system 15 having a shield region 16 that is suitable for preventing particles, such as fluff material removed from laundry by drying air, that may be ignited by the high temperature existing around the heating device 9 from reaching/contacting/touching the conduit portion 10 itself causing fusion thereof and/or a possible source of fire.
  • a fire protection system 15 is placed upstream of heating device 9 so as to collect ignited particles avoiding them to fall towards the lower portion 14 of basement 12.
  • Fire protection system 15 is inserted in a seat 18 formed on the upper portion 13 of basement 12 and extends downwards into the lower portion 14 of said basement 12.
  • a manifold 19 associates drying air heating means 9 with the upper portion 13 of basement 12 in correspondence of seat 18.
  • the manifold 19 comprises a rear cabinet cover 21 and the back side 22 of the supporting wall 17 so as to form a conduit for conveying drying air from the basement 12 to the heating device 9.
  • sealing means are provided between the rear cabinet cover 21 and back side 22 of the supporting wall 17 for preventing drying air leakages.
  • the rear cabinet cover 21 and the supporting wall 17 rest on the basement 12 and particularly on a section of the seat 18 of the upper portion 13 of basement 12.
  • a gasket 32 is arranged/pinched between the seat 18 on one side and the rear cabinet cover 21 and the supporting wall 17 on the other side for making the manifold 19 air-tight.
  • the fire protection system 15 comprises a coupling surface 20 that interposes between manifold 19 and the upper portion 13 of basement 12 by resting on seat 18.
  • the fire protection system 15 is arranged between a rear cabinet cover 21 and a back side 22 of supporting wall 17, so as to be dismountable from the rear side of laundry dryer as better shown in Figure 4 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a perspective front view of a fire protection system 15.
  • Such system 15 comprises a basket-like body 23 that is removably received within conduit portion 10 as described above.
  • Basket-like body 23 has a coupling surface 20 delimiting an aperture 24 that allows drying air to leave the fire protection system 15 and to be directed towards the heating device 9.
  • the coupling surface 20 of fire protection system 15 rests on seat 18 and an air permeable wall 25 of body 23 faces a drying air outlet port 26 of the moisture condensing unit 8 as shown in Figure 1 . In this way drying air leaving the condensing unit 8 can pass through the fire protection system 15 without relevant air flow losses.
  • the air permeable wall 25 is made by forming a plurality of apertures 28A, 28B, 28C, 28D on wall 25.
  • a solid wall 27 is provided opposite to the air permeable wall 25 and spaced apart from the latter. Drying air passing through the air permeable wall 25 hits on solid wall 27 and goes up to the heating device 9. Air permeable wall 25 slopes downwardly towards the solid wall 27 such that ignited particles descending from the heating device 9 and being pushed by the drying air flow passing through the air permeable wall 25, may be collected within the bottom wall 30 of basket-like body 23.
  • a couple of eyelets 29A, 29B are provided on the air permeable wall 25 side for joining body 23 to back side 22 of supporting wall 17 by means of threaded fastening device, rivets or the like. In this way, basket-like body 23 is kept stable under the effect of the drying air flow.
  • the body 23 can be snap fitted to the seat 18.
  • the fire protection system 15 is made by a fireproof material. Fluff that may be ignited by the heating device 9 and falling towards the basket-like body 23 of fire protection system 15 does not cause fusion of the bottom wall 30 thereof.
  • drying air circuit 1 has an opening 31 formed on the upper portion 13 of basement 12 in correspondence of seat 11 for drying air moisture condensing unit 8. Such opening 31 serves to let a drying air portion to exit circuit 1 and flowing inside the machine cabinet for ventilating the interior space thereof. In this way condensation of vapor onto electronic components like a user interface may be avoided.
  • a laundry dryer has been provided with a fire protection system that is capable to collect any possible incandescent fluff that me be ignited by contacting an active electric resistance heating up drying air.
  • Said fire protection system avoid ignited fluff from dispersing along the drying air circuit thereby preventing any possible risk of conduit damages and fire promotion.
  • the fire preventing system is efficient even when drying air is flowing within the drying air conduit, i.e. when incandescent fluff may be agitated randomly in any direction by the action of drying air flow.
  • a fire protection system is designed so as not to cause further losses in drying air flow and is made in a fireproof material. The same fire protection system may be promptly removed by laundry dryer structure for inspection

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  1. Sèche-linge comprenant un circuit d'air de séchage (1) pour faire circuler de l'air de séchage à travers du linge devant être séché, un dispositif de chauffage d'air de séchage (9) et une unité de condensation d'humidité d'air de séchage (8), caractérisé par le fait que ledit circuit d'air de séchage (1) comprend une partie conduit (10) comportant un système de protection contre les incendies (15) qui est disposé en amont du dispositif de chauffage d'air de séchage (9) et permet à des particules de passer à travers celui-ci, le système de protection contre les incendies (15) ayant une région écran (16) pour empêcher des particules, qui ont passées à travers le système de protection contre les incendies (15), qui sont enflammées par ledit dispositif de chauffage d'air de séchage (9) et tombent à partir de celui-ci à l'encontre de l'écoulement d'air de séchage, d'atteindre la partie conduit (10).
  2. Sèche-linge selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit système de protection contre les incendies (15) est disposé en aval de ladite unité de condensation d'humidité (8) par rapport à l'écoulement d'air de séchage.
  3. Sèche-linge selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel ledit système de protection contre les incendies (15) comprend un corps de type panier (23) reçu de façon amovible à l'intérieur de la partie conduit (10).
  4. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système de protection contre les incendies (15) comprend une paroi perméable à l'air (25) pour permettre audit air de séchage de passer à travers celle-ci.
  5. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système de protection contre les incendies (15) est disposé entre un couvercle de corps arrière (21) et un côté arrière (22) d'une paroi de support (17).
  6. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système de protection contre les incendies (15) est disposé entre un couvercle de corps arrière (21) et un côté arrière (22) d'une paroi arrière (17), qui forme un corps du sèche-linge.
  7. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre une base (12) ayant un siège (18) pour recevoir ledit système de protection contre les incendies (15).
  8. Sèche-linge selon la revendication 7, dans lequel ladite base (12) comprend une partie supérieure (13) et une partie inférieure (14) associées l'une à l'autre, ledit siège (18) étant formé sur la partie supérieure (13).
  9. Sèche-linge selon la revendication 8, dans lequel la partie supérieure (13) de la base (12) est associée audit dispositif de chauffage d'air de séchage (9) au moyen d'un collecteur (19), le système de protection contre les incendies (15) ayant une surface d'accouplement (20) interposée entre le collecteur (19) et la partie supérieure (13) de la base (12).
  10. Sèche-linge selon la revendication 4, dans lequel ladite paroi perméable à l'air (25) fait face à un orifice de sortie d'air de séchage (26) de l'unité de condensation d'humidité (8).
  11. Sèche-linge selon l'une des revendications 4 ou 10, dans lequel une paroi pleine (27) est disposée en opposition et espacée de ladite paroi perméable à l'air (25).
  12. Sèche-linge selon la revendication 11, dans lequel ladite paroi perméable à l'air (25) est inclinée vers la paroi pleine (27).
  13. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4, 10-12, dans lequel ladite paroi perméable à l'air (25) comporte un couple d'oeillets (29A, 29B).
  14. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système de protection contre les incendies (15) est fait d'un matériau à l'épreuve du feu.
  15. Sèche-linge selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le système de protection contre les incendies (15) est fixé au côté arrière (22) d'une paroi de support (17).
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