JP2001252499A - Clothes drier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the storability of a clothes drier which is mounted in the rotating drum of a rotating drum type clothes drying machine during use, the drier allowing clothes prone to damage by rotation and agitation to be dried evenly without wrinkling, and being compactly collapsible when not used to solve the problem of storage space. SOLUTION: This clothes drier is placed on the rear face of the rotating drum 2 of the clothes drying machine and on a clothes hole part 7, and an upper rack part 11 and a lower rack part 12 are connected together via a side supporting part 13 in an end-to-end relation such that they are freely rotatable and located approximately parallel to each other. By varying the height of the side supporting part 13, the spacing between the upper rack part 11 and the lower rack part 12 can be varied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer used by being mounted in a rotating drum of a rotating drum type clothes dryer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of clothes dryer is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 15, it was configured to be attached to a rotating drum type clothes dryer. Hereinafter, the configuration will be described.

[0003] As shown in FIG. 13, an outer frame 1 is provided with a rotatable drum 2 rotatably provided therein, and a hot air is supplied by a fan 4 rotated by a motor 3 and a heater 5 as a heat source. are doing. A filter cover 6 is attached to the rear surface of the rotating drum 2 and clothes are
An inlet 7 is provided for charging the inside.

[0004] The drying tool 8 is placed in the rotating drum 2 such as a wool sweater or slacks, and the clothing that shrinks greatly when rotated and stirred, the clothing that easily loses its shape, and shoes that damage the inside of the rotating drum 2 are placed. As shown in FIG. 14 (a), it has a mounting portion 8a, and puts the clothes 9 as shown in FIG.
The mounting portion 8a of the drying tool 8 is inserted into the hole 6a provided in the filter cover 6 inside the inside, and the front end 8b of the drying tool 8 is brought into circumferential contact with the input port 7 as shown in FIG. It is fixed to.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. Usually, when clothes are put into the rotating drum 2 and the motor 3 is driven to rotate, the rotating drum 2 and the fan 4 rotate. When the fan 4 rotates, circulating air A is generated, and the circulating air A is heated by the heater 5 and introduced into the rotating drum 2 to dry clothes put into the rotating drum 2.

When drying a wool sweater, slacks that are likely to lose their shape, or shoes that damage the inside of the rotating drum 2, the drying tool 8 is fixed in the rotating drum 2 and the drying tool 8 is fixed in FIG. As shown in ()), the clothes 9 are folded, placed on the drying tool 8 and dried.

[0007]

In such a conventional drying device 9, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), the clothes 10 are folded and dried, and the circulating wind A of the rotating drum 2 causes the clothes 9 to circulate. There is a problem that the ink does not hit evenly, uneven drying occurs, and folding wrinkles occur.

[0008] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and dry clothes that are easily damaged by rotational stirring without drying and without wrinkles.
And, when not in use, it is designed to be compactly folded so as not to cause trouble in the storage space, and to improve the storage performance.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, one end of an upper shelf and a lower shelf is placed on a rear surface of a rotating drum of a rotating drum type clothes dryer and on a clothing inlet. The distance between the upper shelf and the lower shelf is changed by connecting the comrades so as to be freely and substantially parallel to each other via the side support, and by changing the height dimension of the side support. Is made variable.

[0010] This makes it possible to dry clothes that are easily damaged by the rotation and stirring without drying unevenness and wrinkles, and to fold them compactly so as not to be troubled in a storage place when not in use, thereby improving the storage performance. it can.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is arranged on a rear surface of a rotary drum of a rotary drum type clothes dryer and on a clothing inlet, and one end of an upper shelf and a lower shelf are connected. The upper shelf portion and the lower shelf portion are connected to each other via a side support portion so as to be rotatable and positioned substantially parallel to each other, and by changing the height dimension of the side support portion. When drying clothes that are easily damaged by rotation and stirring, set the clothes that are easily damaged around the upper and lower shelves and dry them, so that hot air can evenly hit the clothes. It can be dried without unevenness and wrinkles, and when not in use, the distance between the upper shelf and the lower shelf can be reduced by changing the height dimension of the side supports. By changing it, you do not have to worry about the storage space Compact, can be folded in a planar manner, thereby improving the storability.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the lower axis is slidably connected to the side support portion and the upper axis is rotatably connected to the upper shelf. A holding portion, the holding portion holds the upper shelf when the lower axis is at a position different from the axis of the side support portion and the lower shelf portion, and the lower axis has the side support portion and the lower portion. When it is on the same axis as the axis of the shelf, the upper shelf and the side supporting portion overlap the lower shelf in a substantially planar manner, and between the upper shelf and the lower shelf. At a distance,
When the upper shelf is rotated in a direction to separate the lower shelf from the lower shelf, the holding portion slides upward with respect to the side supporting portion, and the lower axis of the holding portion moves between the side supporting portion and the lower shelf. Being on the same axis as the axis, the upper shelf, the side support, and the holding part can be made substantially planar, and can be folded in a plane so as to overlap with the lower shelf, thereby improving storability. Can be. In addition, the upper shelf, the side support portion, and the holding portion are substantially flat and overlap with the lower shelf, and the upper shelf is rotated in a direction to separate from the lower shelf, and then the upper shelf is rotated. When the is rotated with respect to the side support portion, the holding portion slides downward with respect to the side support portion, and the lower axis of the holding portion is different from the axis of the side support portion and the lower shelf. Become
The upper shelf can be held, the upper shelf can be held at a distance from the lower shelf, and clothes that are easily damaged by rotation and stirring can be wound around the upper shelf and the lower shelf. Can be set and dried.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the holding portion for holding the holding portion in a state where the upper shelf and the lower shelf are spaced apart from each other is provided. The lower shelf of the holding part is slidable between the fixing part and the side supporting part, and the upper shelf is spaced from the lower shelf. When holding in a state, the holding portion can be firmly held by the holding portion, the upper shelf can be stably held, and the lower axis of the holding portion can be held between the holding portion and the side support portion. By making it slidable, the operation of moving the lower axis of the holding portion can be smoothly performed, and the upper shelf is moved from the use state to the storage state at a distance from the lower shelf, or stored. Movement from the state to the use state can be performed smoothly.

The invention described in claim 4 is the above-mentioned claim 1-
In the invention described in 3, the upper shelf and the lower shelf are:
With a space between the upper shelf and the lower shelf,
It is formed so as to have a substantially circular or polygonal shape.When clothes that are easily damaged by rotation and stirring are set around the upper shelf and the lower shelf and dried, hot air is evenly applied to the clothes, causing uneven drying. It can be dried without wrinkles.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same components as those in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

(Embodiment 1) As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clothes drying apparatus 10 is composed of an upper shelf 11, a lower shelf 12, and a side support portion 13. 13 is
The lower shelf 13 is rotatable in the direction of arrow b with respect to the lower shelf 12 by the lower axis 13 a of the side support 13, and the upper shelf 11 is moved relative to the side support 13 by the upper axis 13 b of the side support 13. The upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 are connected so as to be substantially parallel to each other so as to be freely rotatable in the direction c.

Here, the lower shaft center 13a of the side support portion 13
As shown in FIG. 3, the end of the side support portion 13 is bent at a substantially right angle to connect the lower shaft
a formed at the tip of the lower shelf 12
a is rotatably supported. The connection between the upper axis 13b of the side support 13 and the upper shelf 11 is the same.

The first stopper 14 is attached to the lower shelf 12 to support the space between the lower shelf 12 and the side support 13 at a substantially right angle, and the second stopper 15 is attached to the side support 13. attachment,
The upper shelf 11 and the side support 13 are supported at a substantially right angle. The first stopper 14 and the second stopper 15 make the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 parallel. It is regulated to become.

Here, when the first stopper 14 and the second stopper 15 are removed, the side support 13 rotates in the direction of arrow b,
The height is variable, and the distance between the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 is variable, so that it is configured to have a planar shape as shown in FIG.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. When the perishable clothes are dried by rotating and stirring, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 are used at a distance from each other, and the perishable clothes are put on the upper shelf 11 and the lower part. It is set so as to be wound around the shelf 12 and is fixed in the rotary drum 2 as shown in FIG.

In this state, when the motor 3 is driven to rotate,
The rotating drum 2 and the fan 4 rotate. When the fan 4 rotates, circulating air A is generated, and the circulating air A is heated by the heater 5 and introduced into the rotating drum 2. At this time, the hot air evenly hits the clothes set on the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12, and can be dried without drying unevenness and wrinkles.

When not in use, the first stopper 14 and the second stopper 15 are removed, as shown in FIG.
The upper shelf section 11, the lower shelf section 12, and the side support section 13 can be compactly folded so as to have a planar shape, can be easily stored, and can be stored easily.

In the present embodiment, the height is variable by rotating the side support 13 and the distance between the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 is variable. It goes without saying that the distance between the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 may be variable by changing the height of the section 13.

In the present embodiment, the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 are formed in a flat shape, but when the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12 are used with a space therebetween, they are substantially circular. Or it may be formed to have a substantially polygonal shape. In this case,
The hot air can be evenly applied to the clothes set on the upper shelf 11 and the lower shelf 12, and can be further dried without unevenness or wrinkles.

(Embodiment 2) As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the clothes drying tool 16 is composed of an upper shelf 17, a lower shelf 18, and a side support 19, and 19 is
The lower shelf 18 is rotatable with respect to the lower shelf 18 by the lower axis 19 a of the side support 19, and the upper shelf 17 is
The upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18 are connected so as to be substantially parallel to each other by the upper shaft center 19b so as to be rotatable with respect to the side support portion 19.

Here, the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18
Are formed in a substantially circular shape or a substantially polygonal shape in a use state where a space is provided between the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18.

The holding section 20 has a lower axis 20a slidably connected to the side support section 19 and an upper axis 20b rotatably connected to the upper shelf 17. As shown in FIG. 5, the holding portion 20 is configured to hold the upper shelf 17 by the holding piece 20c when the lower axis 20a is located at a position different from the lower axis 19a of the side support portion 19. I have.

Also, as shown in FIG.
When the side support portion 19 and the holding portion 20 are made substantially flat, and the lower axis 20a of the holding portion 20 is on the same axis as the lower axis 19a of the side support portion 19, the upper shelf 17 and the side The supporting portion 19 and the holding portion 20 are integrally rotatable, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the lower shelf 18 is overlapped with the lower shelf 18 so as to be folded in a plane.

The holding portion 21 includes an upper shelf 17 and a lower shelf 1.
The holding portion 20 is firmly held with a gap between the holding portion 20 and the holding portion 20. The holding portion 20 is formed so as to protrude above the lower shelf 18. The holding portion 21 is a support portion 2 that supports the holding portion 20.
1a, a supporting portion 21a, and a connecting portion 21b for connecting the lower shelf portion 18. The lower axis 20a of the holding portion 20 is slidably supported between the connecting portion 21b and the side supporting portion 19. I have.

The operation of the above configuration will be described. When the perishable clothes are dried by rotating and stirring, as shown in FIG. 8, the use condition is such that the upper shelf part 17 and the lower shelf part 18 are spaced apart from each other, and the perishable clothes are put on the upper shelf part 17 and the lower part. It is set so as to be wound around the shelf 18 and fixed inside the rotating drum 2 as shown in FIG.

When the motor 3 is driven to rotate in this state,
The rotating drum 2 and the fan 4 rotate. When the fan 4 rotates, circulating air A is generated, and the circulating air A is heated by the heater 5 and introduced into the rotating drum 2. At this time, since the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18 are formed in a substantially circular or polygonal shape with a space between the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18, The hot air evenly hits the clothes set on the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18, and can be dried without drying unevenness and wrinkles.

Next, the upper shelf 17, the side support 19, and the holder 20 are substantially planarized when the clothes dryer 16 is used with the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18 spaced apart from each other. With reference to FIG. 10 to FIG. 12, the operation when the storage state is overlapped with the lower shelf 18 will be described.

The upper shelf 18 is moved from the state shown in FIG.
When rotated in the direction to separate from the lower shelf 18,
When the lower axis 20a of the holding section 20 slides upward with respect to the side supporting section 19 and the upper shelf 18 is in the state shown by the dashed line in FIG. 11, the lower axis 20a of the holding section 20 is supported by the side. The lower shelf 19a of the portion 19 is coaxial with the lower shelf 19a, and the upper shelf 17, the side support 19 and the holding portion 20 can be made substantially flat.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 12, the upper shelf 17, the side support 19 and the holding part 20 can be integrated, and can be folded in a plane so as to overlap with the lower shelf 18 so that they can be stored easily. Can be improved.

Next, the upper shelf 17, the side support 19, and the holder 20 are made substantially flat and overlap with the lower shelf 18, so that the upper shelf 17 and the lower shelf 18 The operation at the time of setting the use state at an interval will be described.

As shown in FIG. 12, the upper shelf 17, the side support 19 and the holding portion 20 are made substantially flat and overlap with the lower shelf 18, and as shown in FIG. When the upper shelf 17 is rotated with respect to the side support 19 after the part 17 is rotated in a direction to separate from the lower shelf 18, the lower axis 20 a of the holding part 20 is
9 and slide downward, as shown in FIG.
The lower axis 20a of the holding section 20 is the lower axis 1 of the side support section.
9a, and the upper shelf 18 can be held. At this time, the holding unit 20 is held by the holding unit 21, and the upper shelf 17 can be stably held at a distance from the lower shelf 18.

The lower axis 20a of the holding section 20 is slidable between the fixing section 21 and the side support section 19, so that the operation of moving the lower axis 20a of the holding section 20 is smooth. The upper shelf 17 can be moved to the lower shelf 1
The movement from the use state to the storage state, or the movement from the storage state to the use state, can be made smoother at a distance from the apparatus 8.

[0038]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper shelf and the lower shelf are placed on the rear surface of the rotating drum of the rotating drum-type clothes dryer and on the clothes input port. The upper shelf and the lower shelf are connected by connecting one end of each of the sections via a side support so as to be rotatable and substantially parallel to each other, and by changing the height dimension of the side support. Because the interval between the parts can be changed, when drying clothes that are easily damaged by rotation and stirring, by setting the clothes to be wound around the upper shelf and the lower shelf and drying, the hot air hits the clothes evenly, It can be dried without uneven drying or wrinkles, and when not in use, it can be folded compactly and two-dimensionally so as not to be troubled by the storage space, and the storage performance can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a holding portion having a lower shaft center slidably connected to the side support portion and an upper shaft center rotatably connected to the upper shelf. The part holds the upper shelf when the lower axis is at a position different from the axis of the side support and the lower shelf, and the lower axis is the axis of the side support and the lower shelf. When it is on the same axis as the upper shelf and the side supporting portion, the lower shelf is overlapped with the lower shelf in a substantially plane shape, so that in use, the upper shelf is spaced from the lower shelf by the holding portion. And hold
At the time of storage, the upper shelf, the side support and the holding part are made substantially flat, and can be folded into a plane by overlapping with the lower shelf. It can be assembled and folded, improving the usability, and the upper and lower shelves can maintain parallelism through two operations of sliding and rotating, making them robust when set. The parallelism can be maintained and the dried clothes can be stabilized.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the holding portion for holding the holding portion with the space between the upper shelf portion and the lower shelf portion protrudes upward from the lower shelf portion. Since the lower axis of the holding portion is slidable between the fixing portion and the side support portion, when the upper shelf is held at a distance from the lower shelf, the fixing portion is , The holding portion can be firmly held, the upper shelf can be stably held, and the lower axis of the holding portion is slidable between the firmly holding portion and the side support portion, thereby holding the holding portion. The upper shelf can be moved smoothly from the use state to the storage state, or from the storage state to the use state with the upper shelf part spaced apart from the lower shelf part. Can be smooth.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the upper shelf and the lower shelf are substantially circular or polygonal with a space between the upper shelf and the lower shelf. Because it is formed into a shape, when clothes that are easily damaged by rotation and stirring are wrapped around the upper shelf and the lower shelf and dried, hot air hits the clothes evenly and dries without drying unevenness and wrinkles be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a rotary drum type clothes dryer to which a clothes dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the clothes dryer when it is used.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of the clothes dryer.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the clothes drying apparatus when stored.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a clothes dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention when used.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in the middle of storing the clothes dryer.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the clothes drying apparatus when it is stored.

FIG. 8A is a perspective view showing a state in which clothes are set in the clothes drying apparatus. FIG. 8B is a perspective view showing a state in which clothes are set in the clothes drying apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a rotary drum type clothes dryer to which the clothes dryer is attached.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing a state when the clothes dryer is used.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing the movement of the clothes drying apparatus during storage.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the clothes dryer is stored.

FIG. 13 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a rotating drum type clothes dryer equipped with a conventional clothes dryer.

FIG. 14A is a perspective view of the clothes dryer, and FIG. 14B is a perspective view of clothes to be set in the clothes dryer.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a rotary drum type clothes dryer to which the clothes dryer is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 rotating drum 7 clothing inlet 11 upper shelf 12 lower shelf 13 side support

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Hiroshi Sunaga 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Yoshitomo Kato 1-3-400 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka No. Excel Techno Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotary drum type clothes dryer which is placed on a rear surface of a rotary drum and a clothing input port, and rotatably and substantially rotates between one ends of an upper shelf and a lower shelf via a side support. Clothes drying equipment which is connected so as to be positioned in parallel, and is capable of changing the distance between the upper shelf portion and the lower shelf portion by changing the height dimension of the side support portion. 2. A holding portion having a lower axis slidably connected to a side support portion and an upper axis rotatably connected to an upper shelf portion, wherein the holding portion has a lower axis centered on the side support portion. The upper shelf is held when the lower shelf is at a position different from the axis of the lower shelf, and the upper shelf is held when the lower axis is on the same axis as the axis of the lateral support and the lower shelf. 2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the lower shelf portion and the side support portion substantially overlap with the lower shelf portion. 3. A holding portion for holding the holding portion with a space between the upper shelf portion and the lower shelf portion is formed to protrude upward from the lower shelf portion, and the holding portion and the side support portion are formed. 3. The clothes drying device according to claim 2, wherein the lower axis of the holding portion is slidable between the holding member and the holding member. 4. The upper shelf and the lower shelf are formed to be substantially circular or substantially polygonal with a space between the upper shelf and the lower shelf. The clothes dryer according to any one of the above.