JP4773587B1 - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

In general, a clothes dryer generally used is a method in which hot air or warm air is blown onto clothing to remove moisture from the clothing, and electric power or gas is used as a heat source. For this reason, installation work is necessary, the construction cost and the operation cost are high, and it is difficult to use in the room of a general household and the noise is large. In addition, the apparatus adopting natural drying has a problem that it is difficult to dry on a rainy day because it takes outside air and exhausts moisture-containing air and requires piping.
A clothes dryer according to the present invention includes a ventilation hole shielding plate 9 having an opening for circulating air containing moisture, a ventilation hole cover 51, and one ventilation hole side plates 50a and 50b on the left and right sides, respectively. Are integrally molded, a door 3 that can be opened and closed to the clothing storage box 1 and shuts off air inside the clothing storage box, and a ventilation opening upper plate 102 and a ventilation opening lower plate 103 respectively. The L-shaped bottom plate 2 in which the horizontal plate portion constituting the bottom plate of the clothing storage box 1 and the vertical plate portion forming a part of the front surface of the clothing storage box 1 are integrally molded, the left and right ventilation side plates 50a and 50b, and the ventilation port cover One glass plate 4 to be placed on 51, a motor 200, a fan 201, a cooler 101, a plurality of infrared light bulbs 100a (L1), 100b (L2) or an incandescent light bulb, and a coolant (not shown) Coolant storage tray for easy access And a moisture storage box 6 for storing and taking out moisture, and the air containing moisture passes through a gap between the back plate of the clothing storage box 1 and the ventilation opening shielding plate 9 and the ventilation opening upper plate 102 Moisture is removed by the cooler 101 between the vent hole lower plate 103, and moisture is accommodated in the moisture accommodating box 6 through a plurality of through holes of the vent hole lower plate 103. The air cooled by hitting the cooler 101 is warmed by the infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) and returns to the upper side of the clothing storage box 1. The air containing moisture in the clothing storage box 1 is continuously circulated by the motor 200 and the fan 201 between the air vent upper plate 102 and the air vent lower plate 103 to dry the clothing.
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Description

The present invention relates to a clothes dryer for use in a general house.

As a means of drying clothes in a general household, in addition to natural drying or natural drying, air with high humidity is discharged with a ventilation fan (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and the outside air heated with a heater only during finishing is used as a fan. (For example, see Patent Document 6), a disassembly-and-contained clothes dryer (see, for example, Patent Document 4) that blows hot air on a suspended garment or a device that uses a warm air fan heater (for example, see Patent Document 8), dehumidification The air is dehumidified with a vessel and blown high-temperature dry air onto the clothing with a fan (see, for example, Patent Document 2). )

JP 10-057698 A JP 09-117598 A JP 07-328282 A JP 07-328282 A JP 06-071093 A JP 05-131092 Special Table 2005-500872 Japanese Utility Model Hei05-068499

In general, a clothes dryer generally used is a method in which hot air or warm air is blown to clothing to remove moisture from the clothing, and electric power or gas is used as a heat source. For this reason, installation work is necessary, the construction cost and the operation cost are high, and it is difficult to use in the room of a general household and the noise is large. In addition, the apparatus adopting natural drying has a problem that it is difficult to dry on a rainy day because it takes outside air and exhausts moisture-containing air and requires piping.

In order to solve such a problem, a clothes dryer according to the present invention includes a single vent shielding plate having an opening for circulating air containing moisture, a vent cover, and one vent side plate on the left and right. A clothing storage box integrally molded, one door that can be opened and closed attached to the clothing storage box and shuts off the air inside the clothing storage box, and one each of the upper plate and the lower plate of the ventilation port and the clothing storage box An L-shaped bottom plate in which a horizontal plate portion constituting the bottom plate and a vertical plate portion forming a part of the front surface of the clothing storage box are integrally molded, and one glass plate placed on the two vent side plates and the vent cover. One motor mounting plate with one motor and one fan sandwiched between the upper vent plate and the lower vent plate, one cooler for cooling the air inside the clothing storage box, and a plurality of Infrared or incandescent bulbs and coolant (not shown) And one coolant storage tray to facilitate, and a single water container box to take out housing the water.

The cooler is a metal having high thermal conductivity (for example, aluminum) in which a single horizontal plate on which a coolant (not shown) is placed and a plurality of vertical plates that remove moisture by applying air containing moisture are integrated. (Or copper), the horizontal plate is installed above the upper vent plate, and the plurality of vertical plates are incorporated between the upper vent plate and the lower vent plate. Similarly, air is circulated by a fan arranged between the upper plate and the lower plate.

On the left and right sides of the horizontal plate portion of the L-shaped bottom plate, one infrared bulb or incandescent bulb and a control circuit (not shown) including a humidity sensor are arranged, and a power switch and an indicator lamp are arranged on the vertical plate portion. It is arranged.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothes dryer that can dry clothes in a room of a general house regardless of fine weather and does not generate noise because it does not use a heat source.

It is an external view of the clothes dryer of embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the state which closed the door. It is an external view of the clothing storage box. It is an external view of the L-shaped bottom plate which has arrange | positioned the said components. It is an enlarged side view of the L-shaped bottom plate. It is an enlarged external view of the same cooler. It is an expansion external view of the same coolant storing tray. It is an expansion external view of the moisture storage box. It is an expansion external view of the motor mounting plate which attached the same part. It is the same circuit block diagram.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
There is a gap between the back plate of the clothing storage box 1 and the ventilation opening shielding plate 9, the upper portion of the ventilation opening shielding plate 9 is open, and the clothes to be dried are hangered inside the top plate of the clothing storage box 1. A plurality of hooks 20 are suspended. The area surrounded by the ventilation opening upper plate 102, the ventilation opening lower plate 103 and the ventilation opening cover 51 of the L-shaped bottom plate 2 is opened at the connection portion between the ventilation opening shielding plate 9 and the ventilation opening cover 51. The left and right portions of the portion where the vent cover 51 contacts the vertical plate portion of the L-shaped bottom plate 2 are open. The upper surfaces of the left and right vent side plates 50a, 50b and the upper surface of the vent port cover 51 are located at the same position, avoiding the openings of the vent port cover 51 and the left and right vent port side plates 50a, 50b, and the glass plate 4 Is placed.

In the L-shaped bottom plate 2, a horizontal plate portion constituting the bottom plate of the clothing storage box 1, a vertical plate portion forming a part of the front surface of the clothing storage box 1, a ventilation port upper plate 102 and a ventilation port lower plate 103 are integrally formed. Infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) (or incandescent light bulbs) and a control circuit (not shown) are disposed on the horizontal plate portion on the left and right. The vertical plate portion is opened so that the coolant storage tray 5 and the moisture storage box 6 can be stored, and a power switch 7 (S) and an indicator lamp 8 (LED) are attached.

A plurality of grooves into which the plurality of vertical plates of the cooler 101 and the motor mounting plate 104 are inserted are engraved on the inner surfaces of the vent hole upper plate 102 and the vent hole lower plate 103.
The vent hole lower plate 103 has a plurality of through holes through which condensed moisture flows into the lower moisture storage box 6.

Next, the operation will be described.
The ventilation path for circulating the air containing moisture in the clothing storage box 1 passes between the ventilation opening upper plate 102 and the ventilation opening lower plate 103 from the opening portion of the ventilation hole shielding plate 9 and from the opening portion of the ventilation hole cover 51. It enters the left and right spaces surrounded by the L-shaped bottom plate 2, the vent cover 51 and the glass plate 4, and returns to the upper side of the clothing storage box 1 from the opening portions of the left and right vent openings 50a, 50b. A motor 200 and a fan 201 are disposed between the air vent upper plate 102 and the air vent lower plate 103, and gently circulates the air inside the clothing storage box 1 without touching the room air at the installation location.

When moisture-containing air is applied to a plurality of vertical plates of the cooler 101 cooled by a coolant (not shown), condensation is formed on the surface, and the moisture of the condensation is formed in a plurality of through holes in the lower vent plate 103. Passed through and stored in the moisture storage box 6. The air cooled by hitting the cooler 101 is warmed by the infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) and returns to the upper side of the clothing storage box 1. The clothing can be dried by continuously circulating the air inside the clothing storage box 1.

The structure of the coolant storage tray 5 omits the bottom plate in order to increase the cooling effect by directly applying a coolant (not shown) to the horizontal plate of the cooler 101. The cooling agent (not shown) is a commercial product that is cooled and used in a home freezer and can be used repeatedly.

A control circuit (not shown) disposed in one of the left and right spaces surrounded by the L-shaped bottom plate 2, the vent cover 51 and the glass plate 4 incorporates a humidity sensor, and automatically when clothes are dried In addition, it is possible to know that the infrared lamps 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) and the motor 200 are turned off and the indicator lamp 8 (LED) blinks to finish drying.
Considering the case where the inside of the clothing storage box 1 is dry before use, the function of the humidity sensor is set to operate after a certain time after the power switch 7 (S) is turned on.

The infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) are commercially available products having a small capacity. When the power switch 7 (S) is turned on, the indicator lamp 8 (LED) is turned on and the infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b are turned on. (L2) and the motor 200 are energized, and the coil of the relay (RL) is not energized. When the humidity sensor falls below the set humidity, the infrared light bulbs 100a (L1) and 100b (L2) are turned off to save power. We are trying to make it. After the drying is completed, all energization is cut off with the power switch 7 (S).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Clothing storage box 2 L-shaped base plate 3 Door 4 Glass plate 5 Coolant storage tray 6 Moisture storage box 7 Power switch 8 Indicator light 9 Ventilation opening shielding plate 20 Hook 50 Ventilation opening side plate 51 Ventilation opening cover 100 Infrared light bulb 101 Cooler 102 Ventilator upper plate 103 Ventilator lower plate 104 Motor mounting plate 200 Motor 201 Fan

Claims (2)

A clothes vent box that has an opening for circulating air containing moisture, a vent cover, a vent cover on each side, and a clothing storage box that is integrally formed on the left and right sides, and a clothes that can be opened and closed attached to the clothing storage box. A single door that shuts off the air inside the storage box, and a vertical plate that forms a part of the front plate of the clothing storage box and a lateral plate portion that forms a bottom plate of the clothing storage box, and a ventilation plate upper plate and a ventilation port lower plate. An L-shaped bottom plate in which the plate portion is integrally molded, one glass plate placed on the two vent side plates and the vent cover, one motor and one pinched between the vent upper plate and the vent lower plate One motor mounting plate with a fan attached, one cooler that cools the air inside the clothing storage box, multiple infrared or incandescent bulbs, and one cooling that makes it easy to put in and out the coolant Agent storage tray and one piece of moisture Clothes dryer, characterized in that it is constituted by a volume box. The air containing moisture inside the clothing storage box is gently circulated by a fan without touching the room air at the installation location, and is applied to a metal cooler cooled with a coolant to generate condensation on the surface. The moisture of condensation is stored in the moisture storage box through a plurality of through holes in the lower plate of the ventilation opening, and the cooled air is warmed with an infrared bulb or an incandescent bulb and returned to the upper side of the clothing storage box. The clothes dryer according to claim 1.

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