JP2001062192A - Air blowing dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dry a large quantity of laundry at a time by providing a dryer with a sidewall part formed into a cylindrical shape surrounding the outer circumference of a clothes drying tool and a canopy part provided in the top end of the cylindrical part, by connecting an air blow port of a blower to the sidewall part, and by opening the bottom end. SOLUTION: A clothes drying tool 3 is installed in a desired place and laundry 2 is hung to each clothes-drying arm 7, 8 A fastener 18 of an installation opening 19 formed in a sidewall part 15 is opened to open the installation opening 19 and cover over the clothes drying tool 3, and after the clothes drying tool is positioned in a drying chamber 12, the fastener 18 is closed to close the installation opening 19. A core material 17 is inserted to the bottom end of the sidewall part 15 to hold the shape, and after the tip part of a hose 20 of the blower 14 is inserted into a slit 22 in the central direction, the slit 22 part is closed by a fastener 23. Then, the blower 14 is started to blow cool air or hot air into the drying chamber 12 from the hose 20 and dry the laundry 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an air drying apparatus which is installed and used indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the rainy season or indoors, laundry is dried indoors. When the laundry is dried indoors, for example, a rope such as a rope is stretched in the room, and a hanger on which the laundry is hung is hung on the rope to dry the laundry. However, when a large amount of laundry is naturally dried in a humid atmosphere, there is a problem that the drying requires a considerably long time. Therefore, in order to dry the laundry on the hanger in a short time, a hook of the hanger is engaged with a frame or a lateral pole as described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H8-196795. Clothing, such as a shirt, is hung, and a bag is put on the bag so as to cover the periphery of the clothing, a blower is connected to the bag, and the clothes such as the shirt in the bag are dried by blowing air from the blower. It has been proposed earlier.

[0003]

In the air-drying device described in the above publication, first, in addition to the weight of clothes, a bag portion of the air-blowing device is attached to a hanger whose hook portion is locked to a frame or a horizontal pole. In addition, since the entire weight of the air supply hose acts, the durability of the hook portion decreases. Therefore, there is a problem in that the hook portion of the hanger must be made to be very rigid and durable, and it becomes expensive. In addition, since the clothes to be dried are limited to those that are locked by hangers, there is also a problem that it is difficult to use for drying relatively small items such as handkerchiefs and socks. Further, the place where this air blow dryer is used can be used only in a place where a hanger can be locked, for example, in a closet, a closet, etc., where there is a frame or a horizontal pole where a hook can be locked. There was also a problem that it would be done.

Further, in the blower / dryer described in the official gazette, the opening at the upper end for mounting the bag is reinforced with a hard plate material such as metal, and when dew condensation occurs on the inner peripheral surface of the bag, It is difficult to turn over this bag to wipe off the dew and process it, which not only requires maintenance, but also causes dew condensation on the inner peripheral surface of the bag, and it must be blown to dry this dew. However, there is also a problem that the drying time becomes longer, the power consumption increases, and the running cost increases. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described problems, and it is possible to dry a large amount at a time as well as a small type of laundry to be dried. It is an object of the present invention to provide a blow drying apparatus which can be dried, is easy to maintain, and has excellent running costs.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a blow drying apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a clothes-drying tool having a plurality of clothes-drying arms which can be folded at least at an upper end portion or an upper end portion of a support; A drying tool, the drying tool having a cylindrical side wall portion surrounding the outer periphery of the clothes drying device, and a canopy portion provided at the upper end of the cylindrical shape, and the side wall portion has A connection port to which an air supply port of the blower is connected is formed, and a lower end portion of a side wall portion is opened.

A part of the side wall is provided with an openable / closable opening for attachment / detachment to / from a clothes-drying device, and a blow direction of cold air or hot air discharged from an air supply port of an air blower is determined.
It is also characterized in that the connection port is formed so as to pivot along the cylindrical side wall portion. Further, one of the features is that at least a part of the side wall portion and / or the canopy portion is formed by a transparent or translucent transparent sheet member, or an exhaust port is formed in the canopy portion.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a blow drying apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an air drying device, and reference numeral 1 in the drawing indicates the entire air drying device. The blast drying device 1 includes a laundry 2
And a drying tool 4 for drying the laundry 2 laid on the clothes drying device 3. Clothesline 3 includes a column 6 supported by a foldable tripod leg 5.
And a support 6 at the upper end and at an intermediate height of the support 6, respectively.
It is formed as a so-called "parasol-type clothes dryer" comprising a plurality of foldable clothes drying arms 7 and 8 extending radially from the window.

A clothesline 2 such as a handkerchief or a shoe is attached to the tip of the clothesline arm 7 at the upper end of the column 6.
The clothes-drying arm 8 at an intermediate height of the column is folded back at its tip to form a holding portion 11 for holding the end of the sheet-like laundry 2 such as a bath towel. The pinch 10 is also provided at the tip of the holding portion 11. The drying tool 4
The drying chamber 12 includes a drying chamber forming member 13 that surrounds the clothes drying apparatus 3 to form a drying chamber 12, and a blower 14 that supplies cool air or hot air to the drying chamber 12. The drying chamber forming member 13 includes:
A side wall portion 15 formed in a substantially cylindrical shape;
5 and a canopy portion 16 provided at the upper end portion, and the drying chamber 12 is formed therein.

Then, the side wall portion 1 forming the drying chamber 12
5 and the canopy portion 16 are formed of nylon ground, and a core material 17 for shape retention is inserted into a peripheral edge of a lower end of the side wall portion 15. When not in use, the core material 17 can be pulled out and folded small. It has become. It should be noted that the side wall portion 15 and the canopy portion 1 may be replaced with a transparent polyethylene sheet instead of the above-mentioned nylon base, or a laminated sheet for improving airtightness.
6 can also be formed. Further, a connection opening (opening) 19 that can be opened and closed by a fastener 18 from the vicinity of the canopy portion 16 to the lower end thereof, and a connection opening 20 through which a hose (air supply opening) 20 of the blower 14 is connected to the side wall portion 15. 21 are formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the connection opening 21 is formed with a slit 22 at a lower portion of the side wall portion 15, and the slit 22 can be opened and closed by a fastener 23. On the other hand, the blower 14 connected to the connection port 21 is configured such that a heater, a blower, a timer, and the like are incorporated in the casing 24 like a futon dryer, and the wind blown by the blower is supplied by the hose 20. The end of the hose 20 is connected to the connection port 21.

The procedure for using the blow drying apparatus 1 formed as described above will be described below. First, the clothes drying equipment 3 is installed in a desired place, for example, in the vicinity of a place where a washing machine is installed, and the laundry 2 is hung on each of the clothes drying arms 7 and 8. Next, as shown in FIG. 3A, the fastener 18 of the mounting opening 19 formed in the side wall portion 15 is opened to widen the mounting opening 19, and the widened mounting opening 19 is attached to the clothesline 3. After that, the clothes drying apparatus 3 is placed in the drying chamber 12 and the fastener 18 is closed and the mounting opening 19 is closed as shown in FIG. 3B.

Then, as shown in FIG.
After the core material 17 is inserted into the lower end of the side wall 5 and the lower end of the side wall portion 15 is shaped, the hose 2 of the blower 14 is inserted into a slit 22 formed in the lower portion of the side wall portion 15 as shown in FIG.
After inserting the leading end of the “0” toward the center, the surrounding slit 22 is closed with a fastener 23. When the preparation for drying is completed in this manner, the blower 14 is activated to send cool air or warm air from the hose 20 into the drying chamber 12 as shown in FIG. The cool air or warm air sent into the drying room 12 spreads into the drying room 12, and the laundry 2 in the drying room 12 is dried evenly.

The exhaust air after drying the laundry 2 in the drying room 12 is discharged outward from the lower end of the side wall portion 15, and the exhaust air is discharged outward from the lower end of the side wall portion 15. At this time, since the side wall portion 15 and the canopy portion 16 are lifted like a so-called hovercraft, the weight of the side portions 15 and the canopy portion 16 does not act on the drying arms 7.8 and the struts 6 of the drying device 3. When drying is completed, the connection port 2
The hose 20 is removed from 1, the mounting opening 19 is opened, the clothes drying equipment 3 is exposed from the drying room 12, and the dried laundry 2 is taken in. The side wall portion 15 and the canopy portion 16 removed from the clothes rack 3 are folded small and stored in the storage place with the blower 14 until the next use.

In the above embodiment, the air blower 1 is inserted into the slit 22 formed in the lower portion of the side wall portion 15.
4 Insert the tip of the hose 20 toward the center,
Although the peripheral portion is closed by the fastener 23, the distal end portion of the hose 20 can be tangentially attached to the side wall portion 15 as shown in FIGS. That is, a closing sheet 26 which can be opened and closed by a velvet cross type fastener 25 is provided in a slit 22 formed in a lower portion of the side wall portion 15, and the tip of the hose 20 of the blower 14 is inserted into the slit 22. Then, when the closing sheet 26 abutting over the slit 22 and the outer surface portion of the hose 20 is fixed to the side wall portion 15 with a velvet cross type fastener 25, the hose 20 connected to the connection port 21 is attached to the side wall portion 15 at that time. It is in a state of being connected in the tangential direction.

When the hose 20 is connected to the side wall portion 15 in a tangential direction, the cool air or the hot air blown into the drying chamber 12 from the blower 14 through the hose 20 flows along the inner surface of the side wall portion 15. The laundry 2 in the drying chamber 12 can be dried evenly in a short time by the swirling flow because the swirling flow is formed in the drying chamber 12.
5 and 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, a connector 2 having a connection port 21 portion made of synthetic resin such as nylon so that the air supply direction is tangential.
7, and the hose 20 can be connected to the connecting member 27. Further, the exhaust air from the drying chamber 12 is not limited to the lower end of the side wall portion 15, and an exhaust hole (not shown) can be formed in the canopy portion 16. In such a case, the connection port 21 of the hose 20 is connected to the side wall portion. 15, the air supply can flow upward from below,
Drying efficiency can be further improved.

In the above-described embodiment, the mounting opening 19 and the connection port 21 to which the hose (air supply port) 20 of the blower 14 is connected are separately provided in the side wall portion 15, respectively. A hose 20 may be connected to the opening 19 so that the mounting opening 19 and the connection port 21 can be combined. In the above embodiment, the clothes drying apparatus 3 is a "parasol-type clothes drying apparatus". However, the clothes drying apparatus 3 is not limited to this and may be a clothes drying apparatus formed by hanging a large number of pinches 10 on a foldable square frame. In this case, the side wall portion 15
Has a square shape.

Further, in the above embodiment, the blower 14 is provided with a heater, a blower,
Although a timer and the like are incorporated and the wind blown by the blower is sent by the hose 20, the blower can be constituted by a dehumidifier instead of or together with the hose. That is, although not shown, the air in the drying chamber is dehumidified by opening the air intake of the dehumidifier at the portion where the exhaust air from the drying chamber is discharged and connecting the discharge port of the dehumidifier to the connection port. Dry the laundry while dehumidifying with. Incidentally, in the case of using such a dehumidifier, the drying time could be reduced to about half as compared with the case of using a futon dryer.

[0018]

As described above, the air-drying apparatus according to the present invention installs a clothes-drying tool having a plurality of foldable clothes-drying arms spread radially on a support at an arbitrary place, and a plurality of the clothes-drying tools. After hanging small items such as shirts and bath towels, socks and handkerchiefs from the relatively large shirts and bath towels on the clothes-drying arm, surround them with the cylindrical side wall of the blow-drying device, and connect the air inlet of the blower to the connection port. Concatenate. Thereafter, when the air blower is activated and air is blown into the blower / dryer, the laundry blows the laundry on the clothes drying arm.

At this time, the weight of the cylindrical side wall portion mounted on the clothes dryer is distributed and received by the column and a plurality of clothes drying arms provided radially from the column, and the weight of the air is supplied from the air supply port of the blower. When the supplied cool air or warm air exits from the lower end, the side wall portion is lifted, and the weight hardly acts on the clothesline. A large load is not applied to the hooked portion, and the durability of the clothesline does not decrease.

In addition, laundry can be dried all at once from relatively large shirts and bath towels to small items such as socks and handkerchiefs on the poles of the clothesline and a plurality of clothespins provided radially therefrom. So
There is also an advantage that the range of use can be expanded without limiting the clothes to be dried to the clothes hung as in the related art.

Further, since a drying device can be attached to a clothes-drying device installed at a desired place and dried, a drying place can be provided in a conventional manner such as a closet, a closet, etc. The pole is not limited to the place where the pole is located, and there is an advantage that the installation place or the space can be effectively used by installing the clothesline in the dead space.

In addition, when dew condensation occurs on the inner surface of the side wall of the blower drying apparatus or when cleaning is performed, the lower end is open. Dew condensation can be easily removed and cleaned simply by putting it on the surface and wiping it off, so there is no need for maintenance and drying time can be shortened. There is also an advantage that reduction can be achieved.

In the case where a part of the side wall portion is provided with an openable / closable opening for attaching / detaching to / from the clothesline, when the side wall portion is mounted on the clothesline, the opening is opened, and the side wall is opened from here. There is an advantage that the part can be attached to a clothesline so that it can be easily and quickly performed. Further, in a configuration in which the blowing direction of the cold air or the cold air or the hot air discharged from the air supply port of the blower is swirled along the cylindrical side wall portion, the swirling air blows the laundry to the laundry. There is also an advantage that drying can be performed quickly and uniformly.

In addition, in the case where at least a part of the side wall portion and / or the canopy portion is formed of a transparent or translucent transparent sheet member, the drying state can be easily visually recognized from the outside, and the infant or the like can be placed inside. There is also an advantage that even if you enter, you can easily recognize it. In addition, in the case where the exhaust port is formed in the canopy portion, there is an advantage that hot exhaust gas containing moisture can be prevented from directly blowing on the floor or a person.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a blow drying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a hose connection port portion of the blow drying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a procedure for using a blow drying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a modified example of a hose connection port portion of the blow drying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing still another modified example of the hose connection port portion of the blow drying apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Blow-drying apparatus 3 ... Drying equipment 4 ... Drying equipment 6 ... Support | pillar 7 ... Drying arm 15 ... Side wall part 16 ... Canopy 19 ... Mounting opening 20. ..Air supply port (hose) 21 ... Connection port

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A clothes drying tool having a plurality of foldable clothes drying arms at least at an upper end portion or an upper end portion of a column, and a drying tool, wherein the drying tool is formed in a cylindrical shape surrounding the outer periphery of the clothes drying tool. Side wall portion, and a canopy portion provided at the cylindrical upper end portion, while forming a connection port to which the air supply port of the blower is connected to the side wall portion,
A blow drying apparatus characterized in that a lower end of a side wall portion is opened. 2. An openable and closable opening for attaching to and detaching from a clothesline is provided in a part of the side wall portion.
The blast drying device according to 1. 3. The connection port is formed so that the blowing direction of the cold air or the hot air discharged from the air supply port of the blower is turned along the cylindrical side wall portion. Item 3. An air drying device according to Item 2. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the side wall portion and / or the canopy portion is formed of a transparent or translucent transparent sheet member. Blast drying equipment. 5. The blow drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an exhaust port is formed in the canopy portion.