EP2725131B1 - Sécheur avec un ventilateur - Google Patents

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EP2725131B1
EP2725131B1 EP13188657.4A EP13188657A EP2725131B1 EP 2725131 B1 EP2725131 B1 EP 2725131B1 EP 13188657 A EP13188657 A EP 13188657A EP 2725131 B1 EP2725131 B1 EP 2725131B1
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Marco Angelini
William PAOLINI
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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 
    • D06F58/24—Condensing arrangements

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  • the present invention relates to a linen drying device, for example a dryer.
  • a linen drying device for example a dryer.
  • Such a device could also be suitable for washing linen as well as drying it (in which case we typically talk about a washer-dryer).
  • a dryer comprising a rotating drum in which the items to be dried are placed.
  • the drum is inserted in a housing compartment.
  • a recirculation line To perform the drying through a recirculation line, the air is extracted from the compartment, treated and reintroduced therein. On this point, along the recirculation line there is:
  • the fan is inserted in a case (scroll) along which the air is channelled.
  • This case is provided by the combination of two semi-shells that are connected to each other through threaded connection means.
  • the semi-shells are created through aluminium die-casting.
  • This solution implies a substantial cost connected with the use of die-casting.
  • die-casting implies the use of a substantial amount of material which tends to reduce the advantages in terms of weight provided by aluminium.
  • aluminium determines substantial heat dispersion.
  • the two semi-shells are made of plastic, but if so the case is less strong and could break easily following the strain to which it is subject (in fact, this component is very close to the rotating drum).
  • Document EP1852535A1 discloses a washing/drying appliance having a drying circuit in which air circulates under the action of a fan.
  • the fan housing is provided with a cooling jacket having water inlet and outlet in order to create a water circulation that cools a wall of the fan housing.
  • Document US2008/193284A1 discloses a blower housing comprising a wrapper wall sheet conjoined with a first side wall and a second side wall and held together with a seam interlocked with mating protrusions and apertures.
  • the technical task on which the present invention is based is to propose an electrical household appliance that allows the costs to be reduced.
  • number 1 indicates a device for drying linen.
  • the drying device 1 comprises a drum 2 which can rotate and which is intended to house the linen to be dried. In the case of a washer-dryer this drum 2 also houses the linen to be washed.
  • the device 1 comprises a housing compartment 3 of the drum 2.
  • this compartment 3 is also known as a tank.
  • a washer-dryer it houses the water during the running of the washing cycle and on the lower bottom of such a tank, there is a discharge system for the washing water.
  • the device 1 comprises a line 7 which takes said gaseous fluid out of the compartment 3 and reintroduces it into the compartment 3. This allows the air rich in moisture (following contact with the linen to be dried contained in the drum 2 placed in the compartment 3) to be taken and reintroduced into the compartment 3 after an appropriate treatment.
  • the device 1 comprises a condenser 4 that receives a gaseous fluid containing particles of vapour from said compartment 3 and that causes at least partial condensation thereof.
  • the device 1 further comprises a blowing unit 5 in turn comprising:
  • the casing 52 comprises a scroll 521 which surrounds the impeller 51 and a conduit 522 which projects away from said scroll 521.
  • the scroll 521 is interposed between the condenser 4 and the conduit 522.
  • the conduit 522 houses an electrical element for heating the air.
  • blowing unit 5 is of the centrifugal type.
  • the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 are made of sheet metal.
  • the sheet metal is hence made of metal.
  • the sheet metal of the first semi-shell 53 is preferably steel. In particular it is a type of steel for moulding.
  • the sheet metal can be aluminium- or zinc- coated or electro-galvanised. In a particular embodiment the sheet metal may be aluminium.
  • the sheet metal of the first semi-shell 53 has a thickness of less than 1 millimetre, preferably less than 0.8 mm.
  • the reduced thickness of the sheet metal allows a light structure to be created but which can at the same time offer maximum resistance to strain.
  • the description with reference to the first semi-shell 53 may also be repeated for the second semi-shell 54.
  • the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 are connected to each other by seaming 9.
  • the seaming 9 allows a fast and cheap connection to be obtained, potentially even without the need to use additional interposed gaskets (which would certainly be necessary if the two semi-shells were connected through threaded connections).
  • one of the two edges projects into the other folded edge.
  • At least the part of the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 afforded at the scroll 521 are seamed (in other words the seaming 9 affects at least the whole scroll 521).
  • the first semi-shell 53 defines an upper portion 55 of the casing 52 and the second semi-shell 54 defines a lower portion 56 of the casing 52.
  • the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 are mutually seamed at a first side part 57 of the casing 52 and at a second side part 58.
  • the first and the second side part 57, 58 are opposite one another.
  • the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 have perimetric edges 59, 60 that overlap along a mutual junction line 8.
  • the seaming of the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 affects a first stretch 61 which develops along more than 75% of said junction line 8.
  • the first stretch 61 develops with continuity. This guarantees the fluid dynamic seal.
  • the perimetric edges 59, 60 of the first and the second semi-shell 53, 54 in a second stretch 62 of said junction line 8 are in contact without being directly constrained by one another; in such second stretch 62 there is simply an overlap as highlighted in Figure 3 .
  • the first and the second stretch 61, 62 develop respectively along a first and a second portion 63, 64 of the casing 52, said second portion 64 being downstream of the first portion 63 with respect to an outflow direction of the fluid along the casing 52.
  • the device 1 comprises a bellows 91 which surrounds the second stretch 62 (hence improving the fluid dynamic seal) and which leads into the compartment 3.
  • the device 1 comprises threaded connection means that allow the assembly of the casing 52 on the external wall of the compartment 3.
  • the casing 52 comprises a plurality of holes 92 placed along the seaming 9 and intended to house corresponding stems of threaded elements.
  • the subject matter of the present invention is also a method for producing the washing and drying device 1.
  • the method comprises the steps of:
  • the invention as it is conceived enables multiple advantages to be attained.

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  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
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  1. Dispositif de séchage de linge de maison comprenant :
    i) un tambour (2) qui peut tourner et qui convient au logement du linge de maison à sécher ;
    ii) un compartiment de logement (3) du tambour (2) ;
    iii) un condenseur (4) qui reçoit un fluide gazeux contenant des particules de vapeur provenant dudit compartiment (3) et qui en entraîne au moins la condensation partielle ;
    iv) une unité de soufflage (5) comprenant quant à elle :
    - une hélice de déplacement (51) du fluide gazeux ;
    - une caisse (52) qui loge l'hélice (51), est placée en communication fluidique avec le condenseur (4) et est en aval du condenseur (4) le long de la direction d'écoulement du fluide gazeux, ladite caisse (52) comprenant une première et une seconde demi-coque (53, 54) ;
    ledit condenseur (4) et ladite unité de soufflage (5) étant placés le long d'une ligne (7) qui extrait ledit fluide gazeux du compartiment (3) et le réintroduit dans le compartiment (3) ;
    caractérisé en ce que la première et la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) sont constituées de tôle et sont raccordées l'une à l'autre par l'intermédiaire d'un agrafage (9) et en ce que la première et la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) ont des bords périmétriques (59, 60) qui se chevauchent l'un l'autre le long d'une ligne de jonction mutuelle (8), l'agrafage (9) de la première et de la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) affectant un premier allongement (61) qui se développe sur plus de 75 % de ladite ligne de jonction (8).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de la première demi-coque (53) et la tôle de la seconde demi-coque (54) sont constituées d'acier.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que la tôle de la première demi-coque (53) et la tôle de la seconde demi-coque (54) ont une épaisseur inférieure à 1 millimètre.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première demi-coque (53) définit une portion supérieure (55) de la caisse (52) et la seconde demi-coque (54) définit une portion inférieure (56) de la caisse (52) ; l'agrafage (9) joignant les première et seconde demi-coques (53, 54) au niveau d'une première partie latérale (57) de la caisse (52) et au niveau d'une seconde partie latérale (58) ; la première et la seconde partie latérale (57, 58) étant opposées l'une à l'autre.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le premier allongement (61) se développe avec une continuité.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les bords périmétriques (59, 60) de la première et de la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) dans un second allongement (62) de ladite ligne de jonction (8) sont en contact sans être directement restreints l'un par l'autre ; le premier et le second allongement (61, 62) se développant respectivement le long d'une première et d'une seconde portion (63, 64) de la caisse (52), ladite seconde portion (64) étant placée en aval de la première portion (63) par rapport à une direction d'écoulement du fluide le long de la caisse (52).
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un soufflet (91) qui entoure le second allongement (62) et mène dans le compartiment (3).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la caisse (52) comprend une spirale (521) qui entoure l'hélice (51) et un conduit (522) qui s'allonge en éloignement de ladite spirale (521).
  9. Procédé de production du dispositif de séchage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend les étapes :
    - d'emboutissage profond d'une première tôle pour obtenir la première demi-coque (53) ;
    - d'emboutissage profond d'une seconde tôle pour obtenir la seconde demi-coque (54) ;
    - de chevauchement de la première et de la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) pour définir ladite caisse (52) ;
    - de couplage mutuel de la première et de la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) en agrafant un bord périmétrique de la première demi-coque (53) et un bord périmétrique de la seconde demi-coque (54) obtenant ladite caisse (52), la première et la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) ayant des bords périmétriques (59, 60) qui se chevauchent l'un l'autre le long d'une ligne de jonction mutuelle (8) et l'agrafage (9) de la première et de la seconde demi-coque (53, 54) affectant un premier allongement (61) qui se développe sur plus de 75 % de ladite ligne de jonction (8) ;
    - de couplage de ladite caisse (52) à une paroi externe du compartiment (2).
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