FR2930951A1 - Laundry device e.g. front loaded washing machine, for washing and drying cloth, has hot air supply unit arranged in space of enclosure for bringing hot air in another space, and perfume spraying unit bringing perfume in hot air supply unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has an enclosure (10) provided with spaces (12, 14) separated by a partition (16). A drum (20) is placed in the space (12). A hot air supply unit (40) is arranged in the space (12) for bringing hot air in the space (14). A perfume spraying unit (80) is placed in the space (12), and brings a perfume in the hot air supply unit. The hot air supply unit comprises a case coupled to the space (12) in a separable manner for forming a passage where air flows. The perfume spraying unit comprises a container for containing raw materials of the perfume.

Description

LAUNDRY DEVICE

The present invention relates to a laundry device. A laundry device is generally intended for washing and / or drying laundry clothes. This laundry device can belong to three categories: a washing machine to carry out the washing, a dryer to perform the drying, and a machine with a drying function, to carry out washing and drying. The above-mentioned laundry device requires secondary devices of various functions (for example, finishing treatments such as additional drying, sterilization, scent function, and deodorization) so that a user utilizes the laundry scent. more practical way. Various types of secondary devices have recently been developed. The present invention thus relates to a laundry device which substantially solves one or more problems due to the limitations and disadvantages of the related art. An object of the present invention is to provide a laundry device in which additional drying, deodorization, perfume function, and sterilization can be performed for washed laundry or washing inge. Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the following description and will be apparent to those skilled in the art when discussing the following or can be learned by practicing the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention can be realized and attained by the structure particularly indicated in the description of the claims as well as in the accompanying drawings. In order to achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the object of the invention, as generally embodied and described herein, a wireless device comprises: an enclosure having a first space and a second space separated by a separation; a drum placed in the first space; a drawer placed in the second space; a hot air supply unit placed in the first space for supplying hot air to the second space; and a perfume spraying unit which brings a perfume into the hot air supply unit. The perfume spray unit preferably brings a perfume into a hot air supply passage of the hot air supply unit.

The hot air supply unit and the perfume spray unit are preferably placed in the first space. The hot air supply unit preferably includes a housing releasably coupled to the first space to form a passageway where air flows; a blower blowing the air; and a heating element that heats the air blown by the blower. The housing preferably includes a bottom cover releasably coupled to the partition, and an upper cover coupled to the lower cover to form the passage. The perfume spraying unit is preferably separably placed outside the housing. The perfume spray unit is positioned to be contiguous with an air outlet. The perfume spray unit preferably includes a container that contains a perfume; a drive unit which compresses the container to spray the perfume; and a spray nozzle pipe which brings the sprayed perfume from the container into the hot air supply unit. The container preferably includes a perfume ampoule which contains deodorizing materials and sterilization materials. The drive unit preferably includes a motor; a cam turned by the motor; and a crank portion which compresses the container by performing a reciprocating linear motion by means of the cam. The crank portion preferably includes a spring member to allow the crank portion to be squeezed toward the cam. The motor is preferably controlled by a controller which controls operation of the hot air supply unit.

It is to be understood that the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are examples and are provided as a further explanation of the invention as claimed. The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and are an integral part of the present application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principle of the invention. In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II-II of Figure 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a hot air supply unit and a perfume spray unit of Fig. 1; Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which an upper lid is separated from Figure 3; and Fig. 5 is a brief diagram illustrating a configuration of a perfume spray unit of Fig. 1. Reference is now made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in Figs. attached drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used. With reference to FIG. 1, a laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with an enclosure 10 which constitutes the external appearance of the device. The enclosure 10 is divided into a first space 12 and a second space 14. The first space 12 is provided with a drum 20 which is rotatable 25 The second space 14 is provided with a drawer 30 (see FIG. placed separably. The first space 12 is provided with a hot air supply unit 40 which brings the hot air into the second space 14. The hot air supply unit 40 is provided with a perfume spray unit 80 which sprays a fragrance together with a passage of warm air. Various elements which constitute the appearance and will be described can be mounted in the enclosure 10.

In the first space 12, a washing and / or drying program is executed for the laundry. In the second space 14, the laundry whose washing and / or drying program has been completed in the first space 12 or the separately washed laundry is further dried.

In other words, the laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention executes a general washing program and / or a drying program in the first space 12, and furthermore dries the washed, dried or cooled laundry linen or towels. separate clothing in the second space 14. In this case, refreshing means that heated air or air is brought to the clothing to eliminate wrinkles from clothing. Although the enclosure 10 may be provided with a separate element for the first space 12 and the second space 14, an element is used in the present embodiment as the enclosure 10 so that the enclosure 10 is divided first space and second space. Namely, the first space 12 and the second space 14 are placed inside the enclosure 10 which constitutes the appearance. Hereinafter, an interior structure of the laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Fig. 2. In the laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention, a separation 16 may be placed inside the enclosure 10, the first space 12 and the second space 14 being separated from each other by the partition 16. In this case, the partition 16 divides the inside of the enclosure 10 upwards and downwards, the upper part of the partition 16 forming the first space 12 and the lower part of the partition 16 forming the second space 14. The partition 16 can thus serve as the basis of the first space 12 and at the same time in this way, as a partition 16 serves as the base of the first space 12 and upper cover of the second space 14, the assembly process is easy to perform compared to the case where the base the first space 12 and the upper cover of the second space 14 are provided separately, and the assembly time can be reduced.

The hot air supply unit 40 may be placed in the first space 12. The hot air supply unit 40 may preferably be releasably located on the partition 16. As the drum 20 is rotated in the first space 12 and the drawer 30 is separably placed in the second space 14, the first space 12 has a greater internal volume than the second space 14. If the hot air supply unit 40 brings the hot air in the second space 14 is placed in the first space 12 rather than in the second space 14, the interior space can therefore be used effectively. In the present embodiment of the present invention, the hot air supply unit 40 is placed, by way of non-limiting example, to heat the air of the first space 12 and then bring the heated air into the room. second space 14. The air outside the enclosure 10 may be heated to provide the heated air to the second space 14. In this case, a supply passage (not shown) which brings the air from from outside the enclosure 10 in the hot air supply unit 40 may be further provided. As the drum 20 is located in the first space 12 above the partition 16, if washing, drying, etc. The separation 16 is thus provided with a recess portion 17 which receives the water dropped from the upper part of the partition 16. The installation position of the hot air supply unit 40 placed in the partition will be described in detail. The hot air supply unit 40 can be placed on the partition 16 separably. In this case, the hot air supply unit 40 can be placed in the recess portion 17 formed in the partition 16. In this case, although not shown, an evacuation structure is provided to evacuate the chamber. water collected in the recess portion 17 so that it can not reach the hot air supply unit 40. Alternatively, the recess portion 17 is formed so that its lower portion is inclined. The perfume spray unit 80 is intended to improve the convenience of the user by spraying a perfume on the laundry or clothing when the washed and / or dried laundry is further dried or the laundry that has undergone a separate wash program is dried, or clothes intended to be recycled are refreshed. The scent spraying unit 80 is releasably disposed in the hot air supply unit 40. The scent spraying unit 80 is provided for spraying a scent into the passage of hot air displaced by the hot air supply unit 40. In this case, the perfume spray unit 80 can spray a perfume on the second space 14 using the hot air passage formed by the air supply unit. hot 40 without providing separate feed passage.

Although the present embodiment has been described in which the perfume spraying unit 80 is placed, by way of example, above the separation, the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, the perfume spray unit 80 may be placed on one side of the second space 14 for spraying the perfume along the path of the hot air supplied by the hot air supply unit 40. In the present embodiment, although a separate structure for discharging the hot air supplied to the second space 14, namely, the drawer 30, is not provided, it should be understood that the present invention does not exclude the structure to evacuate hot air. Namely, although not shown, a vent passage for exhausting air to the outside of the enclosure 10 may further be placed in the second space 14. Hereinafter, the air supply unit 40 and the perfume spray unit 80 of the laundry device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

With reference to FIG. 4, the hot air supply unit 40 according to the present embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 42 which is releasably coupled to the upper part of the partition 16 (see FIG. 2). to form a passage where the air flows. The housing 42 includes a blower 50 blowing air, a heater 60 that heats the air, and a subcontrol device (not shown) that controls the blower 50 and the heater 60. Although the housing 42 may be of one-piece shape, the housing 42 preferably includes a lower cover, and an upper cover removably connected to the lower cover. In this way, if the lower cover and the top cover are provided, it is very easy to repair or mount interior elements of the hot air supply unit 40 during the maintenance and repair of the unit. In particular, the lower cover is separably placed on the partition 16 and can be separably connected to a fastener such as a bolt or hook. As described above, the passage 43 where the air flows, as indicated by an arrow, is formed between the lower cover and the top cover. Although the blower 50 and heater 60 are arranged in this order along the airflow, as shown, the present invention is not limited to this arrangement. The heating element 60 may be arranged first, followed by the blower 50. If the blower 50 is driven, then the air outside the housing 42 flows into the housing 42 and is then heated by the blower. heating element 60, so that the hot air is exhausted through an outlet 49. In this case, the outlet 49 is connected to a hot air supply (not shown) above the partition 16, so that the hot air exiting through the outlet 49 is fed into the second space 14, namely the drawer 30, via the hot air supply. In addition, the blower 50 is preferably provided to control the speed of rotation. This is because the blower 50 can control the amount of air it brings by controlling the speed of rotation. The hot air supply unit 40 according to the present embodiment may further include a first temperature sensor 70 which detects a temperature of the hot air supplied to the passage where the air is flowing. In this case, the hot air supply unit 40 can supply the hot air by controlling the heating element 60 in accordance with the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor 70.

The first temperature sensor 70 may be placed along the passage 43, and may be located to be contiguous with the end of the passage 43, namely the outlet 49, in order to accurately measure the temperature of the hot air supplied to the second space 14. The subcontrol device placed in the hot air supply unit 40 can therefore control the driving of the heating element 60 according to the air temperature, which is measured by the first sensor 70, for controlling the temperature of the hot air supplied to the second space 14.

If the temperature of the hot air is detected by the first sensor 70 to control the heater 60, two or more controllers may be provided, although it is also possible to provide a single controller.

As described above, if a plurality of control devices, for example, a main controller and a subcontroller are provided, the main controller can control the drum 20 and the power supply unit. hot air 40, and the value measured by the first temperature sensor 70 can be transmitted to the main controller.

The perfume spray unit 80 may be positioned to be contiguous with the hot air supply unit 40. It is preferred that the perfume spray unit 80 can be releasably placed on one side of the dispenser. hot air supply unit 40 to replace the perfume with a new perfume if the perfume contained in the perfume spray unit 80 is exhausted.

The perfume spray unit 80 preferably brings a perfume into the second space 14 by means of the hot air supply passage. In this case, the perfume spray unit 80 can uniformly spray the scent using the blower 50 of the hot air supply unit 40. Similarly, as a separate passage and a separate blower are not necessary to provide the perfume, the number of steps of the manufacturing process can be reduced. It is therefore preferred that the perfume spray unit 80 include a spray nozzle pipe 81 which passes through the housing 42 to spray the perfume into the housing 42 of the hot air supply unit 40.

In addition, the perfume spray unit 80 is preferably positioned to be contiguous with the outlet 49 through which the hot air is discharged. This is because, if the perfume sprayed from the perfume spray unit 80 is guided into the hot air supply unit 40, the perfume fed into the second space 14 can be reduced and the The efficiency of the hot air supply unit 40 can be reduced because the heating element 60 is covered with raw materials, etc. According to the present embodiment, the perfume spray unit 80 may evenly spray the perfume into the second space 14 together with the hot air exiting the second space 14 by feeding the perfume into the passage of the unit. supplying hot air 40 through the spray nozzle pipe 81. Hereinafter, the perfume spray unit 80 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 5.

The perfume spray unit 80 includes a container 82 in which the raw materials of the perfume are contained. The container 82 may be provided with the spray nozzle pipe 81 for spraying the perfume on one side. The container 82 may be provided for spraying the perfume through the spray nozzle pipe 81 if one end is compressed as a conventional perfume sprayer. The raw materials of the perfume are composed of materials for perfuming for clothing, but are not limited thereto. The raw materials of the perfume may include deodorizing materials or sterilization materials. A drive unit 83 may further be placed on one side of the container 82. The drive unit 83 is for spraying a scent ampoule by compressing the container 82. The drive unit 83 preferably compresses the container 82 at a predetermined period to intermittently spray the fragrance while the hot air supply unit is turned on. This is because, as a perfume generally has a scenting effect even with a low spray, if the perfume is too sprayed, it can cause a feeling of discomfort to a user when wearing clothes. The drive unit 83 of the present embodiment includes a motor 84, a cam 84 'which converts a rotational movement of the motor 84 into a rectilinear motion of the motor 84, and a crank portion 85 which moves in reciprocating motion. by means of the rotation of the cam 84 '. The crank portion 85 includes a spring member 85 'to always be squeezed toward the cam 84'. The cam 84 'is thus rotated by the motor 84, and an end of the crank portion 85 reciprocates to the container 82 by rotation of the cam 84'. Also, a compression portion 85 formed on one end of the crank portion 85 may intermittently spray the fragrance while compressing the container 82 at a predetermined time. 2930951 o

In this case, the drive unit 83 is preferably controlled by a controller (not shown) which controls the operation of the hot air supply unit 40. As the controller controls a spraying period In accordance with the intensity and temperature of the hot air supplied from the hot air supply unit 40, it is possible to obtain a more suitable laundry device. Hereinafter, the operation of the laundry device which has the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the user places clothes in the drum 20 of the first space 12 and then executes a desired program, for example, a washing and / or drying program for washing and / or drying clothes. Some of the cases described above may occur as follows. The laundry whose washing and / or drying program has been performed in the first space 12 must be further dried, separately washed clothes must be dried, or clothes for recycling must be refreshed. In this case, the user can place the laundry to be further dried or clothes to be refreshed in the drawer 30 of the second space 14, and can perform an additional drying program. In this case, the additional drying program may include, for example, a hot air cycle that supplies hot air, or a blowing cycle that blows air only. If the hot air cycle is executed, the air is heated by the hot air supply unit 40 and then the hot air is supplied to the second space 14, namely, the drawer 30. Also, the temperature of the hot air can be detected by the temperature sensor to control the hot air supply unit 40. In addition, if the hot air is supplied from the air supply unit 40, the perfume can be sprayed by the perfume spray unit 80 along the hot air supply passage. The laundry (or clothing) contained in the drawer 30 is thus dried by hot air and at the same time subjected to a spraying process to be perfumed. As described above, the laundry device of the present invention has the following advantages.

As the hot air is supplied during an additional drying treatment and a clothes refreshment treatment at the same time as the perfume, the treatment of the laundry is improved. Likewise, since a partition serves as a base for the first space and the top cover of the second space, it is possible to facilitate assembly of the laundry device. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential features of the invention. Thus, the foregoing embodiments should be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is to be determined by a reasonable interpretation of the appended claims and the scope of the invention encompasses all modifications that fall within its equivalent scope.

Claims (12)

REVENDICATIONS1. Apparatus comprising: an enclosure (10) provided with a first space (12) and a second space (14) by a partition (16); a drum (20) placed in the first space (12); a drawer (30) placed in the second space (14); a hot air supply unit (40) located in the first space (12) for supplying hot air to the second space (14); and a perfume spraying unit (80) which supplies a perfume into the hot air supply unit (40). The laundry device of claim 1, wherein the perfume spraying unit (80) delivers a perfume into a hot air supply passage of the hot air supply unit (40). The laundry device of claim 1, wherein the hot air supply unit (40) and the fragrance spray unit (80) are located in the first space (12). The laundry device of claim 1, wherein the hot air supply unit (40) includes: a housing (42) releasably coupled to the first space (12) to form a passage where the air flows; a blower (50) blowing air; and a heating element (60) that heats the air blown by the blower (50). 25 A laundry device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the housing (42) includes a lower cover releasably coupled to the partition (16), and an upper cover coupled to the lower cover to form the passage. 30 The laundry device of claim 4, wherein the perfume spraying unit (80) is releasably disposed outside the housing (42). The laundry device of claim 4, wherein the fragrance spraying unit (80) is positioned to be contiguous with an air outlet. The laundry device of claim 4, wherein the perfume spraying unit (80) includes: a container (82) that contains a perfume; a drive unit (83) which compresses the container (82) to spray the perfume; and a spray nozzle pipe (81) which supplies the sprayed perfume from the container (82) into the hot air supply unit (40). The laundry device of claim 8, wherein the container (82) includes a perfume ampoule which contains deodorizing materials and sterilization materials. The laundry device of claim 8, wherein the drive unit (83) includes: a motor (84); A cam (84 ') rotated by the motor (84); and a crank portion (85) which compresses the container (82) by performing a reciprocating linear motion by means of the cam (84 '). The laundry device of claim 10, wherein the crank portion (85) includes a spring member (85 ') to allow the crank portion (85) to be compressed toward the cam (84'). . The laundry device of claim 4, wherein the motor (84) is controlled by a controller that controls operation of the hot air supply unit (40).