EP2843114B1 - Rotary-drum laundry dryer - Google Patents

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EP2843114B1
EP2843114B1 EP13181827.0A EP13181827A EP2843114B1 EP 2843114 B1 EP2843114 B1 EP 2843114B1 EP 13181827 A EP13181827 A EP 13181827A EP 2843114 B1 EP2843114 B1 EP 2843114B1
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Diego Dal Ben
Andrea Giovannetti
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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
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • D06F58/06—Mountings for the rotating drums
    • 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
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
    • D06F58/04—Details 
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a rotary-drum laundry dryer.
  • the present invention relates to a rotary-drum home laundry dryer to which the following description refers purely by way of example without implying any loss of generality.
  • rotary-drum home laundry dryers currently on the market generally comprise: a substantially parallelepiped-shaped, outer boxlike casing structured for resting on the floor; a substantially cylindrical rotatable drum which is structured for housing the laundry to be dried and is housed in axially rotating manner inside the casing in order to rotate about an horizontally-oriented longitudinal reference axis, directly facing a laundry loading/unloading opening formed in the front wall of the casing; a porthole door hinged to the front wall of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the door rests completely against the front wall of the casing to close the laundry loading/unloading opening and airtight seal the rotatable drum; an electrically-powered motor assembly which is housed inside the casing and is structured for driving into rotation the rotatable drum about its longitudinal reference axis; an open-circuit or closed-circuit, hot-air generator which is housed inside the casing and is structured to circulate inside the rotatable drum a stream of hot air which has a
  • the rotatable drum furthermore consists in a substantially cylindrical rigid tubular body having open ends, while in a second kind of rotary-drum home laundry dryers said substantially cylindrical rigid tubular body has one end which is closed by a bottom wall rigidly fixed to the tubular body.
  • the rotatable drum extends substantially horizontally inside the boxlike casing, locally aligned to the laundry loading/unloading opening, and is structured for resting on a number of idle supporting rollers which are arranged at the two axial ends of the tubular body locally parallel to the drum longitudinal reference axis, and are attached to the appliance casing in free revolving manner so as to allow the tubular body to freely rotate about its horizontally-oriented longitudinal reference axis.
  • the front rim of the tubular body surrounds the laundry loading/unloading opening and is coupled in axially rotating manner to the front wall of the boxlike casing; whereas the rear rim of the tubular body abuts against the rear wall of the boxlike casing and is coupled in axially rotating manner directly to said rear wall.
  • the front wall comprises an annular frame and a covering panel; the covering panel belonging to the cabinet of the laundry dryer. In actual use the covering panel covers the annular frame.
  • the stream of hot air produced by the hot-air generator usually enters into the tubular body via an intake air-vent made in the rear wall of the boxlike casing, within the perimeter of the rear rim of the tubular body, flows inside the tubular body for the entire length of the latter, and finally comes out of the tubular body via an escape air-vent usually carried out on the annular frame that delimits the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front wall of the casing.
  • a first circular sealing gasket is generally interposed between the front rim of the tubular body and the front wall of the casing, whereas a second circular sealing gasket is generally interposed between the rear rim of the tubular body and the rear wall of the appliance casing.
  • the first and the second circular sealing gaskets are usually recessed into a circular groove carried out on the front and rear wall of the casing, respectively, and are firmly hold in the groove so as to remain stationary when the rotatable drum rotates about its longitudinal reference axis.
  • the back of the rotatable drum i.e. the rear wall of the boxlike casing or the bottom wall fixed to the tubular body of the drum, may be provided with an anti-entangling nose that protrudes from the rear wall closing the rear end of the drum tubular body, roughly at centre of the rear rim of the tubular body, and extends inside the tubular body locally substantially parallel to the drum longitudinal reference axis.
  • This nose is shaped/dimensioned so to prevent, when the drum rotates, the laundry from entangling and block the hot-air intake vent located on said wall or unbalance the drum rotation.
  • EP 2 631 353 A1 which belongs to prior art under Art. 54(3) EPC, discloses a rotary drum laundry dryer wherein the casing has a rear wall comprising a bulkhead and a lid made in plastic material as separated pieces to be joined together.
  • EP 2 423 375 A1 discloses a rotary drum laundry dryer wherein the casing has a rear wall comprising a sink-shaped bulge or recess which projects outwards of the cabinet and a basin-shaped lid or cover which is fixed to the inner face of the cabinet rear wall over the sink-shaped bulge or recess to form therewith an air conduit supplying or exhausting drying air to/from the drum.
  • EP 2 527 523 A1 discloses a rotary drum laundry dryer with an impeller housing formed in two parts each realized in one piece with one of two shells forming a lower supporting base or socle.
  • Aim of the present invention is to simplify the structure of the rear wall of the boxlike casing so as to significantly reduce the appliance production costs and simplifying the drying machine assembling process.
  • a rotary-drum laundry dryer comprising a revolving drum structured for housing the laundry to be dried, a hot-air generator structured to supply a stream of hot air through said revolving drum, and a lower supporting basement which is structured for resting on the floor and for housing at least part of the hot-air generator.
  • the hot-air generator in turn comprises:
  • reference number 1 indicates as a whole a rotary-drum home laundry dryer.
  • the rotary-drum home laundry dryer comprises:
  • the laundry dryer 1 additionally comprises:
  • the hot-air generator 6 can be a heat-pump which is envisaged for gradually drawing air from the rotatable drum 3; rapidly cooling down the wet air arriving from the rotatable drum 3 so to extract and retain the surplus moisture in the air drawn from the rotatable drum 3; and then rapidly heating the dehumidified air to a predetermined temperature, normally higher than the temperature of the air coming from the rotatable drum 3; and finally feeding the heated, dehumidified air back into the rotatable drum 3, where the air flows over the laundry inside the drum to rapidly dry said laundry.
  • a heat-pump is particularly suitable in carrying out the invention because the dry air which is used for drying the laundry has a quite low temperature and therefore it doesn't damage the plastic components of the casing.
  • the heat-pump assembly (non shown in detail) comprises a first and a second air/refrigerant heat exchangers located inside the air recirculating conduit 21, preferably downstream of the centrifugal fan.
  • the first air/refrigerant heat exchanger traditionally referred to as the "evaporator" of the heat-pump circuit, is located inside the air recirculating conduit 21 preferably downstream of the centrifugal fan, and is structured to remove/absorb heat from the airflow arriving from rotatable drum 3, thus forming the air cooling means of the hot-air generator 6.
  • the second air/refrigerant heat exchanger traditionally referred to as the "condenser" of the heat-pump circuit, is instead located inside the air recirculating conduit 21 downstream of the first air/ refrigerant heat exchanger, and is structured to release heat to the airflow arriving from the first air/refrigerant heat exchanger, thus forming the air heating means of the hot-air generator 6.
  • the air heating means of hot-air generator 6 may comprise a resistor located inside the air recirculating conduit 21 ( figure 2 ), preferably downstream of the centrifugal fan, whereas the air cooling means of hot-air generator 6 may comprise an air/air heat exchanger that uses the external air to cool down the airflow arriving from the rotatable drum 3.
  • the rotatable drum 3 preferably consists in a substantially cylindrical-shaped, rigid tubular body preferably made of metal material and which extends inside the boxlike casing 2 coaxial to a preferably substantially horizontally-oriented, longitudinal reference axis L while remaining locally substantially aligned to the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front wall 2a of the boxlike casing 2.
  • the substantially cylindrical-shaped, rigid tubular rotatable drum 3 is furthermore preferably structured for resting on a number of idle supporting rollers 8 which are arranged approximately at the two axial ends of the rotatable drum 3 with their rotation axis locally substantially parallel to the longitudinal reference axis L of the rotatable drum 3; and are fitted in free revolving manner so as to allow the rotatable drum 3 to freely rotate about its longitudinal reference axis L inside the boxlike casing 2.
  • a circular front rim 3f ( Figure 2 ) of the rotatable drum 3 surrounds the laundry loading/unloading opening carried out on the front wall 2a of boxlike casing 2 and is coupled in substantially airtight and axially rotating manner to the front wall 2a, preferably with the interposition of a first circular sealing gasket 9.
  • a circular rear rim 3r of rotatable drum 3 instead abuts against the preferably substantially vertically-oriented, rear wall 2b of boxlike casing 2 and is coupled in substantially airtight and axially rotating manner directly to said rear wall 2b with the interposition of a second circular sealing gasket 10.
  • Both front and rear circular sealing gaskets 9 and 10 are obviously substantially coaxial with the longitudinal reference axis L of the rotatable drum 3.
  • the stream of hot air produced by the hot-air generator 6 preferably enters into the rotatable drum 3 through the rear end of the rotatable drum 3, i.e. the end of the rotatable drum 3 delimited by the rear rim 3r, flows inside the rotatable drum 3 for the entire length of the latter, and finally comes out of rotatable drum 3 through the front end of the rotatable drum 3, i.e. the end of the rotatable drum 3 delimited by the front rim 3f, or vice versa.
  • the stream of hot air produced by the hot-air generator 6 preferably enters the rotatable drum 3 via an intake air-vent located in the rear wall 2b of the boxlike casing 2 and locally aligned to the rear end of the rotatable drum 3, i.e. within the perimeter of the rear rim 3r of the rotatable drum 3, and comes out of rotatable drum 3 via an escape air-vent which is preferably located either on the porthole door 4 that selectively closes the laundry loading/unloading opening of front wall 2a, or directly on the front wall 2a of the boxlike casing 2, preferably very close to the laundry loading/unloading opening.
  • an intake air-vent located in the rear wall 2b of the boxlike casing 2 and locally aligned to the rear end of the rotatable drum 3, i.e. within the perimeter of the rear rim 3r of the rotatable drum 3, and comes out of rotatable drum 3 via an escape air-vent which is preferably located either on the porthole door 4 that selectively closes
  • the outer boxlike casing 2 preferably comprises a substantially parallelepiped-shaped lower supporting basement or socle 11 which is structured for resting on the floor and preferably also for housing at least part of the hot-air generator 6; and a substantially parallelepiped-shaped upper boxlike cabinet 12 which is rigidly fixed to the top of the lower supporting basement or socle 11 and it is structured so as to house the rotatable drum 3.
  • the circular sealing gasket 9 is preferably, though not necessarily, stationary recessed into a circular groove or seat made on a front frame or bulkhead 13 which is preferably associated to a front panel of the upper boxlike cabinet 12, thereby forming the front wall 2a of casing 2.
  • the circular sealing gasket 9 is arranged into the circular groove or seat so as to completely surround the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front wall 2a of the casing 2, and the front rim 3f of the rotatable drum 3 abuts directly against said front circular sealing gasket 9.
  • the circular sealing gasket 10 is firmly fixed to the rear wall of the upper boxlike cabinet 12, i.e. to the rear wall 2b of the boxlike casing 2, and the intake air-vent of hot-air generator 6 is incorporated into the same rear wall of the upper boxlike cabinet 12, i.e. into the rear wall 2b of the boxlike casing 2.
  • the rear wall 2b of casing 2 preferably comprises a substantially flat vertically-oriented supporting panel or supporting bulkhead 14a.
  • the supporting bulkhead 14a is made in a plastic, i.e. polymeric, material by means for instance of an injection molding process.
  • the hot-air generator 6 (in particular a heat-pump), in turn, is structured so as to communicate with, i.e. to be fluidly connected to, the inner cavity 19 made inside the rear wall of the upper boxlike cabinet 12, i.e. inside the rear wall 2b of casing 2, so as to circulate the stream of hot air to and from said inner cavity 19.
  • the hot-air generator 6 provides for continually dehumidifying and heating the air circulating inside rotatable drum 3 to rapidly dry the laundry located inside the drum 3, and preferably comprises:
  • the second end of the air recirculating conduit 21 communicates with, i.e. is fluidly connected to, the front end of the rotatable drum 3 via a pass-through opening made in a substantially funnel-shaped coupling element of front bulkhead 13 that delimits/surrounds the laundry loading/unloading opening on the front panel of the upper boxlike cabinet 12, i.e. on the front wall 2a of casing 2.
  • a central/intermediate section of the air recirculating conduit 21 preferably extends in pass-through manner across the lower supporting basement 11 of casing 2, and the air cooling means and air heating means are preferably completely housed inside said central/ intermediate section of the air recirculating conduit 21.
  • the lower supporting basement 11 is formed by two shells coupled one onto the other, forming at least a portion of the air recirculating conduit 21 and further cavities adapted to receive therein further operational components of the dryer for operating a drying process on a laundry mass.
  • the lower supporting basement 11 is made of plastic through an injection mounding process.
  • the concavity of a first cup-shaped face 142 of a scroll 150 of a centrifugal impeller is directed inwardly, i.e. toward the rotatable drum 3, and toward the supporting rollers 8. Moreover, the concavity of the first cup-shaped face 142 of the scroll 150 is oriented as the concavity of a central bulge 141a.
  • a second cup-shaped face 143 of the scroll 150 is preferably carried out in one piece with the lower supporting basement 11.
  • the rectangular main body 141 of the supporting bulkhead 14a is provided with the aforesaid substantially circular central bulge 141a surrounded by a continuous circular groove 144 (or by a substantially cylindrical gasket-supporting collar) ( Figure 8 ) able to house a corresponding circular sealing gasket 10 ( Figures 4 , 9 ).
  • the aforesaid first cup-shaped face 142 comprises a first substantially circular portion 142a and a second trumpet-shaped portion 142b ( Figure 8 ).
  • the first substantially circular portion 142a protrudes downwardly from the rectangular main body 141, wherein the second trumpet-shaped portion 142b protrudes radially into the circular central bulge 141a and is integral with the central bulge 141a.
  • the circular portion 142a and the second trumpet-shaped portion 142b are fluidly mutually connected.
  • the concavity of the first substantially circular portion 142a of the first cup-shaped face 142 is oriented as the concavity of the central bulge 141a.
  • the second trumpet-shaped portion 142b straddles a bridge element 144a which is a portion of the continuous circular groove 144.
  • an empty undercut 220 is formed between the bridge element 144a ( Figure 8 ) and the second trumpet-shaped portion 142b.
  • the rear wall 2b, the supporting bulkhead 14a, at least a portion 142b of the scroll 150 of an impeller and the bridge element 144a are made in a single unitary piece of plastic, i.e. polymeric material. Preferably they are formed through an injection molding process.
  • a movable element is purposely provided for carrying out such an empty undercut 220 in the injection mould (not shown) a movable element (non shown) is purposely provided.
  • the portion 142b of the scroll 150 of the impeller straddles the bridge element 144a which is a portion of the continuous circular groove 144; the portion 142b protruding into the central bulge 141a (and integral with the central bulge 141a), and an empty undercut 220 is then formed between the bridge element 144a and the portion 142b of the scroll 150.
  • a separate disk 251 partially perforated for allowing the flow of drying air is foreseen.
  • the disk 251 is surrounded by a flange 251a (carried out in one piece with the disk 251) which is shaped as a circular crown.
  • the disk 251 is attached to the rectangular main body 141 for instance by means of screws (not shown).
  • a circular rim 252 is further provided which is also attached to the rectangular main body 141 also for instance by means of screws (not shown).
  • the circular rim 262 is attached to the flange 251a.
  • a circular groove (not shown) is formed wherein a gasket 10 can be housed. Therefore, in actual use a circular edge 33 of the rotatable drum 3 ( Figure 9 ) is urged against the gasket 10.
  • a laundry anti-entangling nose 17 is provided too.
  • the laundry anti-entangling nose 17 protrudes inwardly from the supporting bulkhead 14a and extends in use inside the rotatable drum 3 preferably while remaining locally substantially coaxial to the longitudinal reference axis L of the rotatable drum 3, and is properly shaped/dimensioned so as to prevent, when the rotatable drum 3 rotates, the entangling of the damp laundry located into the rotatable drum 3.
  • the anti-entangling nose 17 is furthermore preferably substantially frustoconical in shape.
  • the fact that the concavity of the first substantially circular portion of the first cup-shaped face is oriented as the concavity of the central bulge allows to significantly reducing the number of component parts while improving their coupling.

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