JP2002000998A - Clothing dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate factors contributing irregular drying and lengthened drying time, including failure of parts of the washing that are no enough exposed to air to easily get dry in a suspended state and impaired airiness due to mutual contact of adjacent clothes when many clothes are hung for drying and promote drying. SOLUTION: Drying is promoted by making clothes contact with air more often by making the clothes themselves raise the wind and exchange air by rotating a hanging portion 15 and by making the clothes contact with air more often by facilitating air passage though among the clothes by changing overlapped parts of the clothes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer having a function of drying clothes in a private room outdoors or indoors of a general household, in a bathroom or indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional clothes dryer has a structure as shown in FIG.

[0003] That is, there are provided a drying cabinet 1 for storing clothes and the like, a blowing means 2 for sending air to the drying cabinet 1, a heating means 3 for heating the air, and a control means 4 for controlling each means. Intake and exhaust of air into and out of the drying cabinet 1 are performed through an intake port 5 and an exhaust port 6 that open outside the cabinet. At the time of drying the clothes, the user hangs the clothes on a hanger in the drying cabinet 1 and hangs the clothes. The user inputs the operating time of the dryer by operating the input means (not shown) provided in the control means 4. When the operation is started, the blowing means 2 is operated by the control means 4, and the heating means 3 is turned on. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 5 by the blowing means 2, turned into warm air by the heating means 3, and sent into the drying chamber 1. The clothes are dried by the warm air. Moisture is removed from the chamber through the exhaust port 6 by removing moisture. When the input operation time elapses, the control means 4 stops the blowing means 2 and the heating means 3, and the operation ends.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional clothes dryer, since dry air is applied to the clothes from below in a suspended state, it is difficult to dry portions of the shirt which have overlapping sleeves, such as under the side of the shirt, where air is hard to hit. Unevenness and drying time are long factors. Furthermore, when a large number of clothes are hung and dried, adjacent clothes come into contact with each other and ventilation is deteriorated, so that less air comes into contact with the clothes and the drying time is prolonged.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, by changing the position of a hanged garment by rotating or moving the garment itself, the wind itself is generated, the air is exchanged, the contact with dry air is increased, and the garment rotates. By changing the overlapping portion of the clothes, the air easily passes between the clothes, thereby increasing the chance of contact between the clothes and the air and promoting the drying.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in claim 1 has a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment around a rotation axis, and a drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and generates a wind by itself. In addition, the air is exchanged to increase the contact with the dry air, and by rotating, the overlapping portion of the clothes is changed, so that the opportunity for the clothes to come into contact with the air is increased, and the clothes are dried to promote the drying.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment around a rotation axis, a drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and a blade located at an outer peripheral portion of the rotating garment. Has a sirocco fan-shaped rotating cylinder equipped with a garment, causing the clothing to wind itself, replacing the air, increasing the contact with dry air, and changing the overlapping portion of the clothing by rotating, bringing the clothing into contact with the air The opportunity is increased, and a sirocco fan-shaped rotating cylinder is used to increase the flow of air from the center to the outer periphery, so that the clothes are dried to promote drying.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment around a rotation axis, drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and an upper or lower portion or both upper and lower portions of the rotating garment. Has an axial fan-shaped rotor, creates wind by itself, replaces air, increases the contact with dry air, and changes the overlapping part of the clothing by rotating, giving the opportunity to contact the clothing with the air More, furthermore, the air flow from the upper or lower part or both upper and lower parts to the clothes with the axial fan-shaped rotor,
It is a clothes dryer that promotes drying.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating the suspended garment around a rotation axis, a drying unit including a blowing unit and a heating unit, and an outer peripheral portion of the rotating garment. The blade has a sirocco fan-shaped rotary cylinder provided with an air intake section in a blowing path from the heating means, and the rotary cylinder reduces the number of rotations as the drying time elapses, thereby reducing the amount of air passing through the heating means. Thus, a clothes dryer is provided in which the temperature rise by the heating means is further increased and drying is promoted with high-temperature air.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment around a rotation axis, a drying unit including a blowing unit and a heating unit, and an upper or lower portion of the rotating garment. A rotating fan in the form of an axial fan positioned in a blowing path from the means, wherein the rotating blades reduce the number of rotations as the drying time elapses, thereby reducing the amount of air passing through the heating means and increasing the temperature by the heating means. And a clothes dryer that promotes drying with high temperature air.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for hanging clothes on a circumference of a rotating shaft, a hanging portion for rotating the hanging clothes in a horizontal direction, and a drying means, and generating wind by itself. A clothes dryer that replaces air, increases contact with dry air, and promotes drying.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment in a horizontal direction, and an opening located on an outer periphery of the rotating garment and capable of moving air which rotates coaxially with the garment. It consists of a rotating cylinder with a drying means and generates air by itself, exchanges air, increases the contact with dry air, promotes drying, and the rotating cylinder spreads the rotating clothes more than necessary by the rotating cylinder. The clothes dryer is designed to prevent rubbing by touching the surrounding wall and other obstacles, preventing rotation and damaging the clothes.

[0013] The invention described in claim 8 has a hanger that can be bent so as to fold a suspended garment or the like to the left or right. When the hanger is hung on the rotating hanging portion, the entire rotating diameter can be reduced by the extent that the hanger does not have a greater width than the hanger that does not bend. Therefore,
You can rotate existing clothing in a small space,
The clothes dryer creates wind by rotating itself, exchanges air, and increases contact with dry air to promote drying.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the hanging portion repeats the normal rotation and the reverse rotation in a predetermined cycle.
By rotating, the wind causes the wind itself, the air is exchanged, the contact with the dry air is increased, and by changing the rotating direction, the overlapping part of the clothing and the surface of the clothing that causes the wind can be switched, and the contact between the clothing and the air The clothes dryer is designed to increase the opportunity and area to promote drying.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating the hung garment in the horizontal direction, a drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and blowing of air for blowing the garment on the axis of the rotating shaft. By arranging the outlet with an outlet, the clothes themselves generate wind, exchange air, increase the contact with dry air, and change the overlapping part of the clothes by rotating, so that the clothes come into contact with the air In addition, by providing the outlet at the center, the outlet is located inside the hanging clothes, smoothing the flow of air from the center to the outer peripheral direction, and promoting drying. And

[0016]

(Embodiment 1) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a drying cabinet for drying clothes, 8 denotes a drying unit, and a motor for sending air to the drying cabinet 7 and blowing means 9 comprising a sirocco fan and a nichrome heater for heating the blowing air. The heating means 10 includes a ceramic heater or the like. Reference numeral 11 denotes control means for controlling each means. The intake and exhaust of air to and from the drying cabinet 7 are performed through an intake port 12 and an exhaust port 13 opened outside the cabinet. An operation unit 14 of the input means is operated by a user to start and end driving. 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a hanging portion for rotating the hanging garment in the horizontal direction, and there is a bar-shaped hanger pipe 16 having a concave portion or a hole in which the hanger 18 can be positioned. The hanger pipe 16 is horizontally rotated by a motor 17 mounted at the center. Hanger 18 on rotating hanger pipe 16
The clothes hung in turn. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the hanger pipe 16, the motor 17, and the hanger 18 as viewed from above.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. Operation unit 14 of input means connected to control means 11
When the user starts the operation of the dryer, the blowing means 9 is operated by the control means 11, the heating means 10 is turned on, and at the same time, the hanging part 15 is operated. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the blowing means 9, turned into warm air by the heating means 10, and sent into the drying chamber 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate by the rotation of the motor 17 and the hanger pipe 16. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11 turns off the air blowing means 9 and the heating means 10, stops the rotation of the suspension unit 15, and ends the operation.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate, thereby generating wind by themselves, replacing the air, increasing the contact with the dry air, and drying the clothes. To promote it.

This embodiment and the following embodiments 2, 3,
In Fig. 4, a warm air type clothes dryer using a blowing means and a heating means is described as an example, having a dedicated drying cabinet. However, dehumidification using a refrigeration cycle of a compressor or adsorption of moisture such as zeolite or silica gel is performed. Dehumidification using an agent, such as a combination of dehumidification with a hot air type and air-cooled or water-cooled heat exchanger, such as those that can be applied to other than the hot-air type clothes dryer of the examples, described in the examples However, the present invention is not limited to the drying means 8.

(Embodiment 2) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. Portions common to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted. It has a hanging section 15 for rotating the hanging clothes in the horizontal direction, a drying means 8 for drying the clothes by blowing air, and a blowing outlet 19 at the center of rotation.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. When the user starts the operation of the dryer using the operation unit 14 of the input unit connected to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 activates the blowing unit 9 and turns on the heating unit 10 and activates the hanging unit 15 at the same time. I do. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the air blowing means 9 and the heating means 10
As a result, the air becomes warm air and is sent from the air outlet 19 into the drying cabinet 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate by the rotation of the motor 17 and the hanger pipe 16. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Exhaust port 13
Is released from the warehouse. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11 turns off the air blowing means 9 and the heating means 10, stops the rotation of the suspension unit 15, and ends the operation.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate to generate wind by themselves, exchange air, increase contact with dry air, and further rotate. A hot air outlet is provided at the center, and hot air is caused to flow from the center to the outer peripheral direction by utilizing the flow of air due to the rotation of the clothes, thereby promoting drying.

(Embodiment 3) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. Portions common to the first and second embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted. A sirocco fan-shaped rotary cylinder 20 having a hanging portion 15 for rotating the hanged clothes in the horizontal direction, a drying means 8 for drying the garments by blowing air, and long blades located on the outer periphery of the garments to be rotated. I have.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. When the user starts the operation of the dryer using the operation unit 14 of the input unit connected to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 activates the blowing unit 9 and turns on the heating unit 10 and simultaneously suspends the hanging unit 15 and the rotating unit. The cylinder 20 operates. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the blowing means 9, turned into warm air by the heating means 10, and sent into the drying chamber 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate by the rotation of the motor 17 and the hanger pipe 16. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Furthermore, air is sent from the center to the outer periphery by the rotation of the rotary cylinder 20. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11 controls the blowing means 9 and the heating means 1
0 is turned off, the rotation of the suspension unit 15 and the rotary cylinder 20 is stopped, and the operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate, thereby generating wind, replacing air, increasing contact with dry air, and further rotating. The rotation of the cylinder 20 allows hot air to flow from the center toward the outer periphery to promote drying.

(Embodiment 4) A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. Portions common to the first, second, and third embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted. Reference numerals 21 and 22 denote axial fan-shaped rotors provided on the upper and lower portions of the rotating clothing,
The motor 17 rotates together with the hanger pipe 16 by rotation.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. Operation unit 14 of input means connected to control means 11
When the user starts the operation of the dryer, the blowing means 9 is operated by the control means 11 and the heating means 10 is turned on, and at the same time, the hanging portion 15 and the upper and lower rotating blades 21 and 2 are turned on.
1 is activated. Air outside the refrigerator is blown from the air inlet 12 to the blowing means 9.
And is heated by the heating means 10 to be sent into the drying cabinet 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the motor 17 rotates and the hanger pipe 1
By the rotation of 6, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. In addition, rotor 2
The rotation of 1 causes the air in the upper periphery to be blown downward, and the rotation of the rotary wings 22 causes the air in the lower periphery to be blown upward. Air is blown from above and below to the clothes so that the air in the refrigerator circulates. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11 turns off the air blowing means 9 and the heating means 10 and stops the rotation of the suspending portion 15 and the rotating blades 21 and 22, and the operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate, thereby generating wind by themselves, replacing air, increasing contact with dry air, and further rotating. The rotation of the wings 21 and 22 blows air from above and below to the clothes so as to circulate the air in the refrigerator, thereby promoting drying.

(Embodiment 5) A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. This will be described with reference to FIG. 4 described in the third embodiment. Portions common to the first, second, and third embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted. The hanging unit 15 for rotating the hanging clothes in the horizontal direction, the blowing means 9 and the heating means 10
A sirocco fan-shaped rotary cylinder 20 provided with drying means 8 made of and long blades located on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating clothing, and provided with an air intake section in a blowing path from the heating means 10;
When the rotary cylinder 20 rotates, it sucks air from the lower surface in the figure and blows out the outer peripheral direction. The amount of air passing through the heating means 10 is added to the amount of air sucked from the lower surface by the rotary cylinder 20 in addition to the amount of air blown by the blowing means 9. In the present invention, the control means 11 controls the motor 17 according to the elapse of the drying time,
Decrease the number of revolutions of 0. This reduces the amount of air passing through the heating means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. Operation unit 14 of input means connected to control means 11
When the user starts the operation of the dryer, the control means 11 activates the air blowing means 9 and turns on the heating means 10, and simultaneously operates the suspending portion 15 and the rotary cylinder 20. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the blowing means 9 and the rotary cylinder 20, turned into warm air by the heating means 10, and sent into the drying cabinet 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, when the motor 17 rotates and the hanger pipe 16 rotates, the hanger pipe 16
The clothes hung in the room rotate. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Furthermore, air is sent from the center to the outer periphery by the rotation of the rotary cylinder 20. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. As the operation time elapses, the amount of moisture contained in the clothes decreases, and the amount of released moisture decreases. In this case, the amount of air required to carry away the moisture released from the garment may be small. Rather, the hotter air is applied to the garment to dry more. The control means 11 controls the motor 17 to decrease the rotation speed of the rotary cylinder 20 as the drying time elapses. This reduces the amount of air passing through the heating means. If the amount of air passing through the heating means 10 decreases, the temperature of the air rises, further promoting drying near the end of drying. At the end of the drying, the blowing means 9 and the heating means 10 are turned off, the rotation of the suspending portion 15 and the rotating cylinder 20 are stopped, and the operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, as the drying time elapses, the number of rotations of the rotary cylinder 20 is reduced, so that the amount of air passing through the heating means 10 is reduced, the warm air temperature is increased, and It further promotes drying near the end.

(Embodiment 6) A sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. This will be described with reference to FIG. 5 described in the fourth embodiment. Portions common to the first, second, third, and fourth embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted. Numerals 21 and 22 are axial fan-shaped rotating blades provided on the upper and lower portions of the rotating clothing, and rotate with the hanger pipe 16 by the rotation of the motor 17. When the rotor 22 rotates, it sucks air from below in the figure and blows out upward. The amount of air passing through the heating means 10 includes the amount of air sucked from below by the rotating blades 22 in addition to the amount of air blown by the blowing means 9. In the present invention, as the drying time elapses, the control unit 11 controls the motor 17 to reduce the rotation speed of the rotary blade 22. This reduces the amount of air passing through the heating means.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger 18 on the hanger pipe 16 of the hanging section 15 in the drying cabinet 7. Operation unit 14 of input means connected to control means 11
When the user starts the operation of the dryer, the blowing means 9 is operated by the control means 11 and the heating means 10 is turned on, and at the same time, the hanging portion 15 and the upper and lower rotating blades 21 and 2 are turned on.
1 is activated. Air outside the refrigerator is blown from the air inlet 12 to the blowing means 9.
And is heated by the heating means 10 to be sent into the drying cabinet 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the motor 17 rotates and the hanger pipe 1
By the rotation of 6, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 16 rotate. Clothes generate their own wind, increasing contact with dry air, and rotating to spread the garments and change the overlapping portions of the garments. In addition, rotor 2
The rotation of 1 causes the air around the upper part to be blown downward, and the rotation of the rotary wings 22 causes the lower air to be blown upward. Warm air is blown from above from above so as to circulate the air in the refrigerator by the rotating blades 21 and downward from the clothing by the rotating blades 22. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. As the driving time elapses, the amount of water contained in the clothes decreases,
The amount of water released is reduced. In this case, the amount of air required to carry away the moisture released from the clothing may be small,
Rather, the hotter air is exposed to the clothes, the drying proceeds.
The control means 11 controls the motor 17 to decrease the rotation speed of the rotary blade 22 as the drying time elapses. This allows
The amount of air passing through the heating means decreases. If the amount of air passing through the heating means 10 decreases, the temperature of the air rises, further promoting drying near the end of drying. At the end of the drying, the blowing means 9 and the heating means 10 are turned off, the rotation of the suspending portion 15 and the rotating blades 21 and 22 is stopped, and the operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, as the drying time elapses, the number of rotations of the rotary blades 22 is reduced, so that the amount of air passing through the heating means 10 is reduced, and the temperature of the hot air is increased. It further promotes drying near the end.

(Embodiment 7) A seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. Reference numeral 16 denotes a hanging portion for rotating the suspended garment in the horizontal direction, and has a ring-shaped hanger pipe 23 having a concave portion or a hole for positioning the hanger. The hanger pipe 23 is horizontally rotated by a motor 17 attached to the center of the center. Rotating hanger pipe 2
The clothes hung on the hanger 3 rotate.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger pipe 23 of the hanging portion 16 in the drying cabinet 7 and hung. When the user starts the operation of the dryer using the operation unit 14 of the input unit connected to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 activates the blowing unit 9 and turns on the heating unit 10 and simultaneously activates the suspension unit 16. I do. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the air blowing means 9 and the heating means 10
As a result, the air becomes warm air and is sent into the drying cabinet 7. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate by the rotation of the motor 17 and the hanger pipe 23. Clothes generate wind by themselves, sending air in the circumferential direction from the center of the circle, increasing the contact with dry air, and rotating to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. When the operation time elapses, the control unit 11 turns off the blowing unit 9 and the heating unit 10, stops the rotation of the suspension unit 16, and ends the operation.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate, thereby generating wind by themselves, replacing the air, increasing the contact with the dry air, and drying the clothes. To promote it. And
Since the clothes are arranged on the circumference of the rotation axis and moved around the rotation axis, the suspended clothes are uniformly blown by the wind and can be dried without unevenness.

(Embodiment 8) An eighth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. It has a hanging portion 16 for rotating the suspended garment in the horizontal direction, and a rotating cylinder 24 having an opening capable of moving perforated net-like air which is located on the outer periphery of the rotating garment and rotates coaxially with the garment. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger pipe 23 of the hanging part 16 in the rotating cylinder 24 of the drying cabinet 7 and hung. When the user starts the operation of the dryer using the operation unit 14 of the input unit connected to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 activates the blowing unit 9 and turns on the heating unit 10, and at the same time, the motor 17 rotates. The hanging unit 16 and the rotary cylinder 24 operate. Air outside the refrigerator is the intake port 12
Then, the air is sucked into the drying chamber 7 by the blowing means 9, turned into warm air by the heating means 10. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate as the hanger pipe 23 rotates. Moistured air that has taken moisture through clothing is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside through the mesh-shaped opening on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder 24. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11 turns off the blowing means 9 and the heating means 10,
The rotation of the suspension unit 16 and the rotary cylinder 24 is stopped, and the operation is terminated.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate, thereby generating wind by themselves, replacing the air, increasing the contact with the dry air, and drying the clothes. In addition to promoting the rotation, the rotating cylinder 24 that rotates simultaneously with the clothing prevents the rotating clothing from spreading over the outer periphery more than necessary and rubbing against the surrounding wall surface to prevent the rotation and prevent the clothing from being damaged.

(Embodiment 9) A ninth embodiment of the present invention will be described. 8, 9 and 10 are explanatory diagrams showing the configuration of the present embodiment. Hanger 25 for hanging clothes, etc.
As shown in FIG. 7, the hook 27 and the shoulders 28 and 29 are connected by a connecting pin 26, and have a configuration in which the hook 27 can be bent so as to be folded right and left. This reduces the width of the clothing. 9 and 10 are plan views of the hanger 25 as viewed from above, and the width L2 when bent in FIG. 10 is smaller than the width L1 when straight in FIG. When the hanger 25 is hung on the hanger pipe 23 that rotates horizontally in a bent state, as shown in FIG. 11, the entire rotation diameter L3 can be smaller than that of the hanger that does not bend. Therefore, the existing clothing can be rotated in a small space, and the rotation can generate a wind by itself, replace the air, increase the contact with the dry air, and promote the drying.

In the present embodiment, the hanger shoulder portion is rotatably bent. However, for example, a hanger may be formed of a material such as a wire, and a similar bent shape may be formed by bending the wire. Thus, the bent configuration of the hanger is not particularly limited.

(Embodiment 10) A tenth embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the present embodiment, the rotation direction is repeatedly rotated in the normal direction and the reverse direction in a predetermined cycle. The rotation generates wind by itself, exchanges air, increases the contact with dry air, and changes the rotation direction. In addition, it is possible to switch the overlapping portion of the clothing and the wind-producing surface of the clothing, thereby increasing the opportunity and area of contact between the clothing and the air to promote drying.

Embodiment 11 Next, an eleventh embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment. A hanging unit 16 for rotating the hanging clothes in a horizontal direction and a drying means 8 for drying the clothes by blowing air;
And a blower outlet 30 at the center of rotation.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
At the time of drying the clothes, the clothes are hung on the hanger pipe 23 of the hanging portion 16 in the drying cabinet 7 and hung. When the user starts the operation of the dryer using the operation unit 14 of the input unit connected to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 activates the blowing unit 9 and turns on the heating unit 10 and simultaneously activates the suspension unit 16. I do. Air outside the refrigerator is sucked in from the air inlet 12 by the blowing means 9, turned into warm air by the heating means 10, and sent into the drying chamber 7 from the outlet 30. The clothes are dried by the warm air. At this time, the motor 1
7 rotates and the hanger pipe 23 rotates, so that the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate. The clothes generate wind by themselves, increase the contact with dry air, and rotate to spread the clothes and change the overlapping portion of the clothes. Moisture that has been deprived of moisture is discharged from the exhaust port 13 to the outside of the refrigerator. When the operation time elapses, the control means 11
Turns off the blowing means 9 and the heating means 10 and
The rotation of is stopped, and the operation ends.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the clothes hung on the hanger pipe 23 rotate, thereby generating wind by themselves, replacing air, increasing contact with dry air, and further rotating. A hot-air outlet 30 is provided at the center, and hot air is caused to flow from the center to the outer peripheral direction by utilizing the flow of air due to the rotation of clothing, thereby promoting drying.

[0049]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rod-shaped hanging portion for rotating the suspended garment around the rotation axis and a drying means for drying the garment by blowing air. By raising the air, replacing the air, and increasing the contact with the dry air, the rotating portion can change the overlapping portion of the clothing, thereby increasing the chance of contact between the clothing and the air to promote the drying.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the hanging portion for rotating the hanged garment around the rotation axis, the drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and the long garment located on the outer periphery of the rotating garment. It has a sirocco fan-shaped rotating cylinder with blades, which causes the clothing to wind itself, exchanges air, increases the contact with dry air, and changes the overlapping part of the clothing by rotating, so that the clothing contacts the air. It is possible to increase the number of occasions, and further increase the flow of air from the center to the outer periphery in the sirocco fan-shaped rotating cylinder to promote drying.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the hanging portion for rotating the hanged garment around the rotation axis, the drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and the upper or lower or upper and lower portions of the rotating garment. Has an axial fan-shaped rotor, causing the clothing to wind itself and replace air,
In addition to increasing the contact with dry air, changing the overlapping area of clothing by rotating, increasing the chance of contact with clothing and air, and using an axial fan-like rotor from the top or bottom or both up and down The airflow can be increased toward the clothes to promote drying.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the hanging unit for rotating the hanged garment around the rotation axis, the drying unit including the blowing unit and the heating unit, and the outer periphery of the rotating garment are located. Equipped with a long blade, a sirocco fan-shaped rotary cylinder provided with its suction unit in the air supply path from the heating means, reducing the number of rotations as the drying time elapses, reducing the amount of air passing through the heating means Further, the temperature rise by the heating means can be further increased, and drying can be promoted with high-temperature air.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the hanging unit for rotating the suspended garment about the rotation axis, the drying unit including the blowing unit and the heating unit, and the heating of the upper or lower part of the rotating garment. It has an axial-flow fan-shaped rotor located in the ventilation path from the means, and reduces the number of revolutions as the drying time elapses, reducing the amount of air passing through the heating means and increasing the temperature rise by the heating means. Drying can be promoted with high temperature air.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for hanging clothes around a rotation axis, a hanging portion for rotating and moving the hanging clothes, and a drying means. Increased contact with the drying air can promote drying.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hanging portion for rotating a suspended garment in a horizontal direction, and an opening located on the outer periphery of the rotating garment and capable of moving air rotating coaxially with the garment. It consists of a rotating cylinder with a drying means and generates air by itself, exchanges air, increases the contact with dry air, promotes drying, and the rotating cylinder spreads the rotating clothes more than necessary by the rotating cylinder. It can be prevented from being rubbed by touching a peripheral wall surface or the like, hindering rotation or damaging clothing.

The invention described in claim 8 has a hanger that can be bent so as to fold a suspended garment or the like to the left or right, and reduces the lateral width of the garment by bending the garment left or right. When the hanger is hung on the rotating hanging portion, the entire rotating diameter can be reduced by the extent that the hanger does not have a greater width than the hanger that does not bend. Therefore,
You can rotate existing clothing in a small space,
The rotation can generate wind by itself, exchange air, increase the contact with dry air, and promote drying.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the rotation direction is repeatedly rotated forward and backward at a predetermined cycle. The rotation generates wind by itself, replaces air, increases the contact with dry air, and increases the rotation direction. By changing the size of the clothing, it is possible to switch the overlapping portion of the clothing and the surface of the clothing that causes the wind, thereby increasing the opportunity and area of contact between the clothing and the air and promoting drying.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, there are provided a hanging portion for rotating the suspended clothes in the horizontal direction, a drying means for drying the clothes by blowing air, and a blowing outlet at the center of rotation. It raises the wind, replaces the air, increases the contact with the dry air, changes the overlapping part of the clothing by rotating, increases the chance of contact with the clothing and the air, and furthermore, provides the outlet at the center, Drying can be promoted by smoothing the flow of air from the center to the outer peripheral direction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a suspension unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a hanger according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a configuration of a hanger according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a hanger in a bent state according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a case where a hanger according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention is installed in a clothes dryer in a bent state.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a clothes dryer according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a conventional clothes dryer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 7 drying cabinet 8 drying means 9 blowing means 10 heating means 11 control means 12 intake port 13 exhaust port 14 operation section 15 hanging section 16 hanger pipe 17 motor 18 hanger 19 air outlet 20 rotating cylinder 21, 22 rotating blade 23 hanger pipe 24 Rotating cylinder 25 Hanger 26 Connecting pin 27 Hook part 28, 29 Shoulder part 30 Outlet

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tomoaki Kajiura 1006 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture F-term in Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 4L019 BB04

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A clothes dryer having a hanging portion for rotating a hanging clothes around a rotation axis and a drying means for drying the clothes by blowing air. 2. A sirocco fan-shaped sirocco fan having a hanging portion for rotating the hanged garment around a rotation axis, drying means for drying the garment by blowing air, and blades located on the outer periphery of the garment. Clothes dryer with rotating cylinder. 3. A hanging unit for rotating the suspended garment around a rotation axis, a drying unit for drying the garment by blowing air, and an axial fan-shaped rotation on the upper, lower, or both upper and lower sides of the rotating garment. Clothes dryer with wings. 4. A hanging unit for rotating the suspended garment around a rotation axis, a drying unit including a blowing unit and a heating unit, and a blade located on an outer peripheral portion of the rotating garment.
A clothes dryer having a sirocco fan-shaped rotating cylinder provided with an air intake section in a ventilation path from a heating means, wherein the rotating cylinder decreases the number of revolutions as drying time elapses. 5. A hanging unit for rotating the suspended garment about a rotation axis, a drying unit including a blowing unit and a heating unit, and a drying unit including an upper or lower part of the rotating garment. A clothes dryer having a rotating blade in the form of an axial flow fan, wherein the rotating blade decreases the number of revolutions as the drying time elapses. 6. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the clothes are hung on the circumference of the rotating shaft. 7. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising a rotating cylinder which is located on the outer periphery of the rotating clothes and has an opening through which air rotating coaxially with the clothes can move. 8. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising a hanger which can bend so as to fold the suspended clothes left and right. 9. The clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the hanging unit repeats the normal rotation and the reverse rotation in a predetermined cycle. 10. The clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a blow-out portion having an air outlet for blowing air to the clothes is arranged on an axis of the rotation shaft.