JP2010240179A - Washing/drying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To finish a drying stroke in an optimal dry condition by stably detecting the finish of the drying. <P>SOLUTION: This washing/drying machine includes temperature detection means 31 for detecting the temperature of air exhausted from an exhaust port 18, clothes amount determination means 33 for determining the amount of clothes inserted in a washing-cum-spin-drying tub 3, and control means 26 sequentially controlling a series of washing, rinsing, spin-drying and drying strokes; and determines the finish of the clothes drying by a determination value of the clothes amount determination means 33 during the washing stroke and a determination value of the clothes amount determination means during the drying stroke. When consistently performing from the washing to the drying, this washing/drying machine can stably detect the finish of the drying to finish the drying stroke in the optimal dry condition and shorten a time required for the drying, thereby reducing a futile power consumption and saving the energy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a washing and drying machine that consistently performs from washing to drying.

  Conventionally, this type of washing and drying machine has been proposed in which the end of drying of clothes is determined based on a change in temperature detected by a temperature detecting means. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  8 and 9 show a conventional washer-dryer described in Patent Document 1. FIG.

An outer tub 2 that is elastically suspended in the housing 1, an inner tub 4 that is rotatably supported in the outer tub 2 and accommodates clothes, and a stirring blade that is rotatably provided at the inner bottom of the inner tub 4 5, driving means 9 for driving the inner tank 4 and / or the stirring blade 5, blower means 10 for sending heated air into the inner tank 4, and an exhaust port 18 for exhausting the air in the inner tank 4; A temperature detection means 31 for detecting the temperature of air exhausted from the exhaust port 18 and a control means 26 for sequentially controlling a series of steps of washing, rinsing, dehydration and drying are detected by the temperature detection means 31 in the drying process. The end of drying of the clothes is determined based on the change in temperature.
JP 2006-014806 A

  However, in the conventional configuration, since the drying end method is determined to determine that the clothes are dry based on the change amount of only the temperature change by the temperature detection means, an error or erroneous detection is set in setting the value of the temperature change amount. If a large value is set to prevent judgment, it takes time for the difference in temperature to increase, and eventually the drying time becomes longer, or the drying time becomes longer. Injuries to the skin and wrinkles on the clothing often occur.

  Also, if the temperature change amount is set to a small value in order to shorten the drying time, the end of drying will be judged early due to variations in clothing entanglement, clothing type, control parts, etc. Had the problem of ending in.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and when carrying out consistently from washing to drying, enables stable drying completion detection, and can finish the drying process in an optimal drying state. An object of the present invention is to provide a washing and drying machine that can reduce wasteful power consumption and save energy by shortening the time required for drying.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a washing and drying machine according to the present invention includes a washing and dewatering tub that is rotatably provided in a receiving tub, and a rotary blade that is rotatably disposed at an inner bottom portion of the washing and dehydrating tub. Driving means for rotationally driving the washing / dehydrating tub or rotary blades, blowing means for sending heated air into the washing / dehydrating tub, and an exhaust port for exhausting air in the washing / dehydrating tub, A temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of the air exhausted from the exhaust port, a cloth amount determination means for determining the amount of clothes put into the washing / dehydrating tub, and a series of washing, rinsing, dehydrating and drying Control means for sequentially controlling the process, and determining the end of drying of the garment based on the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the washing step and the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the drying step. It is a thing.

  As a result, when performing consistently from washing to drying, it is possible to stably detect the end of drying, to finish the drying process in an optimal drying state, and to shorten the time required for drying. It can reduce power consumption and save energy.

  The washing / drying machine of the present invention can stably detect the end of drying, can finish the drying process in an optimal drying state, and can reduce wasteful power consumption and energy saving by shortening the time required for drying. Can be realized.

  A first invention is a washing and dewatering tub that is rotatably provided in a receiving tub, a rotary blade that is rotatably disposed at an inner bottom portion of the washing and dewatering tub, and the washing and dewatering tub or the rotary wing is rotated. Drive means for driving, air blowing means for sending heated air into the washing / dehydrating tub, an exhaust port for exhausting air in the washing / dehydrating tub, and temperature of air exhausted from the exhaust port is detected Temperature detecting means, cloth amount determining means for determining the amount of clothes put in the washing and dewatering tub, and control means for sequentially controlling a series of steps of washing, rinsing, dewatering and drying, The end of drying of the garment is determined based on the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the washing process and the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the drying step, thereby enabling stable detection of the end of drying. Finish the drying process with optimal drying conditions It is Rukoto, to reduce unnecessary power consumption by shortening the time required for drying can be realized energy saving.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, by executing the cloth amount determining means during the drying process at intervals of a predetermined time, it is possible to detect the completion of drying more optimally and stably.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, by changing the time interval for executing the cloth amount determining means during the drying process according to the cloth amount detected by the cloth amount detecting means during the washing process, It is possible to detect the end of drying in accordance with the amount.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the determination based on the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the washing process and the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the drying process, and the determination based on the change in temperature detected by the temperature detection means in the drying process. By determining the end of drying of the garment by both determinations, it is possible to detect the end of drying more accurately and at an optimal timing by having two end detection means.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a washing / drying machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the washing machine. The same parts as those in the conventional example are given the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

  Below, operation | movement of the washing dryer in the said structure is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIG. 1, when the outer lid 21 and the inner lid 17 are opened, clothes (laundry) are put into the inner tub 4 and the operation is started, the power of the motor 9 is washed and dewatered by the clutch 8 of the transmission mechanism. It is transmitted to the stirring blade 5 via the shaft 7, and the amount of clothes is determined by the cloth amount detection means 33, and the amount of water, the washing time, the number of times of rinsing and the dehydration time corresponding to the amount of clothes are displayed on the display means 30.

  At this time, as shown in Table 1, the amount of clothes is determined by eight dry ranks based on the current value A0 flowing through the motor 9 when starting the stirring blade 5 and the value P0 detected by using the rotation speed of the stirring blade 5 as the number of pulses. Judgment. When the amount of cloth is large, the current value A0 and the number of pulses P0 increase the current value A0, and the number of pulses P0 decreases. Further, when the amount of cloth is small, the current value A0 is low and the number of pulses P0 is high.

  When the drying rank is determined, the time T1 (minute) of the drying step a in the drying step and the time T2 (minute) of the drying step b are determined, and in the drying operation after washing to dehydration, the above drying rank is set. Based on the drying process proceeds.

  The drying process is divided into three drying processes a, b, and c. Since the drying process a is a state in which the clothes are sufficiently wet, the cloth amount detection means 33 is mainly operated by rotating the inner tub 4 at a high speed (about 700 r / min) and blowing the warm air while blowing the moisture of the clothes by centrifugal force. T1 (minutes) is performed based on the drying rank determined according to the amount of clothing detected in step 1, and then, in the drying step b, the operation is performed in which warm air is blown while rotating the inner tub 4 at a low speed (about 35 r / min). For T2 (minutes).

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3, in the drying step c, an operation of blowing the warm air while stirring the clothes by rotating the stirring blade 5 in the normal direction is performed for a predetermined time T3. After a predetermined time T3 after entering the drying step c, the rotational speed of the agitating blade 5 is decreased and the cloth amount detection means 33 is executed T4 to determine the end of drying of the clothes.

  FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the dry state (drying rate) and the current value A1 flowing through the motor 9 when the stirring blade 5 is started by the cloth amount detection means 33 and the value P1 detected by using the rotation speed of the stirring blade 5 as the number of pulses. .

  In this case, if the clothes are almost dry, the cloth amount detection means 33 detects the cloth amount before the start of washing, and the cloth amount detection after the predetermined time T3 of the current value A0 and the pulse number P0 and the drying step c. The relationship between the current value A1 and the number of pulses P1 in the means 33 is A0 ≧ A1 and P0 ≦ P1, and if the clothes are wet or not sufficiently dry, A0 ≦ A1 and P0 ≧ P1. That is, when A0 ≧ A1 and P0 ≦ P1, it is determined that the clothes are dry and the drying operation is terminated.

  As a result, it is possible to stably detect the end of drying, and it is possible to end the drying process in an optimal drying state, and it is possible to reduce wasteful power consumption and realize energy saving by reducing the time required for drying. . Further, detection accuracy can be improved by determining end detection using two types of determination values such as a current value and the number of pulses.

In addition, for the types of clothes and specific clothes that have characteristics in the current value and pulse value, the setting of the current value A0 and the pulse number P0 of the cloth amount detection means 33 before the start of washing, and the predetermined in the drying step c The setting of the current value A1 and the number of pulses P1 in the cloth amount detection means 33 after time T3 is set to if (A3 ≦ A ≦ A4 and P3 ≦ P ≦ P4) and if (A5 ≦ A1 ≦ A6 and P5 ≦ P1 ≦ P6). When the values of A3 to A6 and P3 to P6 are set and the above conditions are satisfied, if it is determined that the clothes are dry after the predetermined time T3 in the drying step c and the drying operation is terminated, the specific clothes It is also possible to detect the end of drying.

(Embodiment 2)
As shown in FIG. 5, when it is determined that the air has not been sufficiently dried, the operation of blowing the warm air while stirring the clothes by rotating the stirring blade 5 in the normal direction again is performed for a predetermined time T5. The cloth amount detection by the cloth amount detection means 33 is executed during T4, the end of drying of the clothes is determined, and the determination operation is repeatedly performed until it is determined that the clothes are dry.

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to detect the completion of drying more optimally and stably.

(Embodiment 3)
As shown in FIG. 6, the time interval for executing the cloth amount detecting means 33 in the drying step c is changed according to the result of the cloth amount detected by the cloth amount detecting means 33 during the washing process. . For example, when it is determined that the amount of clothing is large as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the drying time is also slowed down, so the predetermined time T6 (> T3) is set longer, and FIG. 6 (b) As shown, when it is determined that the amount of clothing is small, the clothing is easy to dry, so the predetermined time T7 (<T3) is set short.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to detect the optimum end of drying according to the amount of clothes.

(Embodiment 4)
As shown in FIG. 7, after entering the drying step c, it is determined that the clothes are dry even when the minimum and maximum temperatures detected by the temperature detection means 31 reach a predetermined temperature change (deg). .

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the temperature change is set to a large value, the cloth amount detection means 33 can determine the end of drying, and in the worst case, the clothing state is the cloth amount detection means. Even if it becomes difficult to determine at 33, the temperature detection means 31 can also determine the end of drying. Therefore, by using two end detection means, it is possible to detect the end of drying more accurately and at the optimal timing. it can.

  Further, in this embodiment, the timing for executing the cloth amount determination means is before the start of washing in the present description, but may be performed in a state where washing water is stored.

  In this case, the dry cloth weight of the clothing is estimated from the result of executing the cloth amount detection means 33 with the washing water stored, and the current value A0 and the pulse number P0 are set. For the current value A0 and the number of pulses P0, the comparison determination described above is performed based on the results of the current value A1 and the number of pulses P1 in the cloth amount detection means 33 after the predetermined time T3 in the drying step c, and the clothes are dry. If determined, the same effect can be obtained by terminating the drying operation.

  Further, the time, the number of revolutions, the operations of the drying steps a and b, etc. described in the present embodiment are merely examples, and are included in the present invention based on the technical idea of the claims even if they are not the same pattern. It is what is done.

  As described above, the washing / drying machine according to the present invention can stably detect the end of drying, can finish the drying process in an optimal drying state, and can reduce wasteful time by shortening the time required for drying. Since electric power can be reduced and energy can be saved, it is also useful as a drum-type washing and drying machine.

Longitudinal sectional view of the washing and drying machine in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Block diagram of the washer / dryer Timing chart of the operation of the rotor blade and the cloth amount judging means in the drying step c in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Relationship between the dry state (drying rate), the current value flowing through the motor 9, and the number of rotation pulses of the stirring blade Timing chart of the operation of the rotor blades and the cloth amount judging means in the drying step c in Embodiment 2 of the present invention (A) The operation of the rotary blade in the drying step c when the amount of clothing in the third embodiment of the present invention is large and the timing chart of the cloth amount determination means (b) The amount of clothing in the third embodiment of the present invention is Timing chart of the operation of the rotor blade and the cloth amount judging means in the drying step c when there are few Graph of temperature detected by temperature detecting means in drying steps a, b, c Cross-sectional view of a conventional washing and drying machine Block diagram of a conventional washer / dryer

1 Housing 2 Outer tank (receiving tank)
4 Inner tank (washing and dehydration tank)
5 Stirring blade (rotary blade)
9 Motor (drive means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Air supply means 18 Exhaust port 26 Control means 31 Temperature detection means 33 Cloth amount determination means (cloth amount determination means)

Claims (4)

A washing and dewatering tub rotatably provided in the receiving tub, a rotary blade rotatably disposed on the inner bottom of the washing and dehydrating tub, and a driving means for rotationally driving the washing and dehydrating tub or the rotary wing; Air blowing means for sending heated air into the washing and dehydrating tub; an exhaust port for exhausting air in the washing and dehydrating tub; and a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of air exhausted from the exhaust port; A cloth amount determining means for determining the amount of clothes put in the washing and dewatering tub; and a control means for sequentially controlling a series of steps of washing, rinsing, dewatering and drying, and the cloth in the washing step A washing and drying machine configured to determine the end of drying of the garment based on a determination value of the amount determination unit and a determination value of the cloth amount determination unit during the drying step. The washing / drying machine according to claim 1, wherein the cloth amount determination means in the drying step is executed at predetermined time intervals. The washing / drying machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an interval of time for executing the cloth amount determining means in the drying process is changed according to the cloth amount detected by the cloth amount detecting means in the washing process. . By both the determination based on the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the washing process and the determination value of the cloth amount determination means during the drying process, and the determination based on the change in temperature detected by the temperature detection means in the drying process. The laundry dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the end of drying of the clothes is determined.