JP3230188B2 - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, and more particularly to a clothes dryer.
The present invention relates to a clothes dryer for drying clothes washed with a commercial cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, laundry cleaning includes laundry cleaning by washing with water and dry cleaning using a solvent. Laundry cleaning by washing with water is also widely used in home washing machines, but clothes may be deformed or rubbed and damaged. On the other hand, dry cleaning chemically removes dirt while minimizing physical forces that may deform clothes. In the dry cleaning, the step of drying the clothes is extremely short. However, since the solvent used in dry cleaning causes environmental pollution, harms the health of workers, and has the danger of explosion due to ignition, laundry cleaning by washing with water is currently being reviewed. Cleaning methods that do not deform or rub clothes even when washed with water have been developed.

However, in order to dry clothes that have been subjected to laundry cleaning by washing with water, the clothes to be dried are put into a rotating drum, and hot air is sent to dry the clothes. There is a drawback that it is damaged or entangled with each other, making it difficult to take out.

In order to eliminate such drawbacks, for example, in a dryer disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-24199, instead of drying the outer surface of the garment to be dried with warm air, the garment is heated from the inside to the outside of the garment to be dried. I let the wind pass.

[0005]

However, even with the above-mentioned means, the clothes to be dried cannot be dried uniformly on the outer and inner surfaces thereof, and the drying is inefficient and takes much time for drying. Was.

As a result of various experiments and studies, the inventor of the present invention introduced air in one direction to the dryer housing to dry the outside of the clothes as in the prior art, and suspended the air introduced into the housing to suspend the clothes. It has been found that it is most efficient to dry the inside of the garment by sucking it from the end of the lowered hanger in a direction different from the above direction and discharging it from the center of the hanger to the outside.

The present invention has been made based on such findings.

[0008]

The clothes dryer of the present invention comprises:
A dryer housing, an air inlet and an air outlet provided in the dryer housing, a blower for introducing air in one direction from the air inlet into the dryer housing, and Hanging
Beat the two left and right having an upper opening and a lower end an upper opening
And a clothes hanger comprising a hollow hanger body extending downward .

Further, the clothes dryer of the present invention comprises: a dryer housing; an air inlet and an air outlet provided in the dryer housing;
A blower for introducing air in one direction from the air inlet into the dryer housing, and a hollow clothes hanging hanger having an opening at a central portion and an end portion provided in the dryer housing. Means for sucking air in the housing in the other direction from the end opening to the center opening of the hanger.

The means for sucking air from the opening at the center of the hanger has a hose connected to the suction means, and the hanger is suspended by the hose.

Further, the clothes dryer of the present invention is characterized in that it has a heating device for heating the air introduced into the dryer housing.

[0012] The opening at the end of the hanger is mesh-shaped.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clothes dryer according to the present invention is mounted on the ceiling of a dryer housing 2 having a sufficient space for hanging clothes 1 such as a plurality of jackets to be dried. A number of air inlets 3 provided, a blower 4 such as a blower provided outside the dryer casing 2, an exhaust port 5 communicating the blower 4 with a lower portion of the dryer casing 2, A heating device 6 such as an electric heater for heating the air from the air inlet 3 disposed in the upper portion of the dryer housing 2, and one of the upper portions below the heater 6 in the dryer housing 2 A pipe 7 extending horizontally from one wall to the other wall, and an air suction device 8 connected to the pipe 7 provided outside the dryer housing 2.
A plurality of hoses 9 communicated with the pipe 7, a one-touch fluid coupling 10 provided at the tip of each hose 9,
A plurality of heat-resistant metallic or resin-made hollow hangers 1 having a central upper opening 11 to which the joint 10 is connected and having one or more holes 12 on the upper surfaces of both ends thereof.
3, the heater 6 and the tube 7 in the dryer housing 2.
Air straightening plate 1 having a plurality of holes 14a for partitioning between
4, a sensor 16 for detecting the temperature and humidity in the dryer housing 2, a controller 17 with a timer for controlling the blower 4, the heating device 6 and the air suction device 8 based on information detected by the sensor 16. Consisting of

The space between the adjacent hoses 9 hung down from the pipe 7 is such that even when the clothes 1 are hung on the hanger 13, the adjacent clothes 1 do not come into contact with each other. This interval is preferably adjustable.

Since the clothes dryer of the present invention is configured as described above, the one-touch fluid coupling 10 of each hose 9 and each hanger 13 are connected, and a plurality of hangers 13 suspended by the hose 9 are connected. The clothes 1 such as outerwear are respectively suspended, and the blower 4 is driven so that the air (warm air) heated by the heating device 6 is introduced into the dryer housing 2 through the air inlet 3. When it is introduced and discharged through the exhaust port 5, the outer portion of the garment 1 is dried.

At the same time, if the air suction device 8 is driven to suck the moist air inside the garment 1 from the center opening 11 through the end opening 12 of the hanger 13, the air inlet Part of the air introduced into the housing 2 from the direction 3 enters the inside of the garment from below the garment, flows through the hanger 13 in the opposite direction to the airflow, and flows inside the garment 1. This air flow acts to accelerate the flow of air that dries the outside of the garment.

The temperature, humidity and the like in the dryer housing 2 are detected by the sensor 16, and the detected information is read by a controller 17, and the blower 4 and the heating device 6 are commanded by the controller 17. And by controlling the air suction device 8. Further, the air introduction time may be set by the timer of the controller 17.

Instead of providing the hole 12 at the other end of the hanger body 13, the other end may be formed in a mesh shape.

An air flow control valve (not shown) is provided at each joint 10 to adjust the air flow.
Variations in the drying time of each garment caused by differences in the fabric and shape of the garments may be eliminated.

If a means for suspending the hanger is provided in the dryer casing 2, the hanger 9
3 does not need to be hung.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the tube 7
And instead of using the air suction device 8, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4 instead of the clothes hanger 13, a hanging hook 18 engaged with the bar 15 and a hollow hanger body 19 having one end fixed to the lower left and right ends of the hook 18, respectively. A clothes hanger 22 comprising one end opening 20 of the hanger body 19 and one or a plurality of holes 21 provided on the upper surface of the other end of the hanger body is used.

In this embodiment of the present invention, clothes 1 such as outerwear are attached to a plurality of hangers 22 in the dryer housing 2 respectively.
Is suspended, and the blowing device 4 is driven to drive the heating device 6
The heated air (warm air) is moved toward the exhaust port 5 of the dryer housing 2.

The hot air is supplied to each hole 1 of the air straightening plate 14.
4a, each is blown out to the lower portion in the dryer housing 2,
Part of the warm air dries the outer part of the clothes 1,
Part of the hot air enters the hanger main body 19 through the opening 20 of the hanger 22, and the hot air blows out of the hanger main body 19 through a hole 21 provided on the upper surface of the other end of the hanger main body 19. The inside portion of the clothes 1 such as the shoulders is dried, and then the moist air containing moisture is discharged out of the dryer housing through the exhaust port 5 of the dryer housing 2.

Further, a plurality of holes (not shown) are provided on the lower surface of the other end of the hanger main body 19 or on the tip end thereof, so that the clothes 1
The side of the outerwear may be quickly dried from the inside.

Instead of providing the hole 21 at the other end of the hanger body 19, the other end may be formed in a mesh shape.

The opening 20 of the hanger 22 and the hole 14a of the air straightening plate 14 may be directly connected by a hose (not shown) so that warm air is introduced into the hanger body 19.

[0028]

As described above, according to the clothes dryer of the present invention, the clothes washed with water can be dried while being hung on a hanger.
Also, there is no loss of shape. Therefore, delicate clothes can be cleaned. Furthermore, the clothes do not become entangled with each other, the taking-out work after drying is easy, and the steps from drying to finishing can be performed smoothly. Further, in the clothes dryer of the present invention, a part of the air for drying the outside of the clothes is simultaneously used as the air for drying the inside of the clothes, and the former airflow is accelerated by the latter airflow. Thus, there is a great advantage that the drying efficiency can be increased and the drying time can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a clothes dryer according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a hanger used in the clothes dryer of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of another embodiment of the clothes dryer of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a hanger in the clothes dryer shown in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothes 2 Dryer housing 3 Air inlet 4 Blower 5 Exhaust port 6 Heating device 7 Tube 8 Air suction device 9 Hose 10 Joint 11 Center upper opening 12 Hole 13 Hanger 14 Air rectification plate 14a Hole 15 Bar 16 Sensor 17 Controller 18 Hanging hook 19 Hanger body 20 One end opening 21 Hole 22 Clothes hanging hanger

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A dryer housing; an air inlet and an air outlet provided in the dryer housing; blowing means for introducing air in one direction from the air inlet into the dryer housing; It was suspended from the dryer housing, a hollow of the hanger body extending downward to the two lateral having an upper opening and a lower end an upper opening
And a clothes hanger for hanging clothes. 2. A dryer housing; an air inlet and an air outlet provided in the dryer housing; air blowing means for introducing air in one direction from the air inlet into the dryer housing; A hollow clothes hanging hanger having an opening at the center and the upper end of the hanger provided in the dryer housing, and suctioning air in the housing through the center opening from the end opening of the hanger in the other direction. A clothes dryer comprising: 3. The hanger according to claim 2, wherein the means for sucking air from an opening at the center of the hanger has a hose connected to a suction means, and the hanger is suspended by the hose. Clothes dryer. 4. A heating device for heating air introduced into the dryer housing.
Or the clothes dryer according to 3. 5. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein an opening at an upper end portion of the hanger has a mesh shape.