JP4872873B2 - Drum type washer / dryer - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a drum-type washing and drying machine that performs washing, rinsing, dewatering, and drying processes in a rotating drum having a rotating shaft that is horizontal or inclined.

  Conventionally, this type of drum type washing and drying machine is configured as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Hereinafter, the configuration will be described.

  The rotating drum 1 is formed in a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and a large number of water passage holes 2 are provided on the entire surface of the rotating drum 1 so as to be freely rotatable in the water tank 3. Rotating drive. Several protruding plates 5 are provided on the inner wall surface of the rotating drum 1.

  An opening provided on the upward inclined surface on the front side of the water tub 3 is covered with a lid 6 so as to be freely opened and closed. By opening the lid 6, the laundry can be taken in and out of the rotary drum 1 through the clothing entrance 7. .

  The aquarium 3 is suspended from the washing machine body 8 by a spring body (not shown) and a damper 9 so as to be swingable. One end of the drainage path 10 is connected to the lower part of the aquarium 3 and the other end of the drainage path 10 is connected to the aquarium 3. The washing water in the water tank 3 is drained by connecting to the drain valve 11. The water supply valve 12 supplies water into the water tank 3 through the water supply path 13. The drying function includes a heating means 14, a blower fan 15, and a hot air blowing path 16, a hot air intake port 17 for taking in air in the water tank 3 is provided on the upper surface of the water tank 3, and a heat exchanger 19 in the dehumidifying unit 18. The warm air blowing port 20 is provided on the back of the washing machine body 8, and the air in the water tub 3 is heated and circulated in the direction of the arrow to dry the laundry.

  Further, as a bubble detection means, one of the first pair of electrodes 21 a provided in the lower front portion of the water tank 3 and the first pair of electrodes provided in the vicinity of the hot air blowing port 20 in the hot air blowing path 16. A first pair of electrodes 21 composed of the other 21 b is provided, and a second pair of electrodes 22 a provided in the lower part of the front surface of the water tank 3 and a first fan 21 provided in the vicinity of the blower fan 15 in the hot air blowing path 16. A second electrode 22 comprising the other 22b of the two pairs of electrodes is provided.

  The control device 23 includes a microcomputer and controls operations of the motor 4, the drain valve 11, the water supply valve 12, the blower fan 15, the heating means 14, and the like, and sequentially performs a series of steps such as washing, rinsing, dehydration, and drying. Control.

  The first pair of electrodes 21 and the second pair of electrodes 22 are connected to a resistance value determination circuit (not shown), and the control device 23 is compared with a reference resistance value in the resistance value determination circuit. A resistance value between a pair of electrodes is calculated in a bubble detection means (not shown), and water / bubbles are discriminated.

  The operation of the drum type washing and drying machine configured as described above will be described below.

  When the lid 6 is opened and the laundry is put into the rotary drum 1 and the operation is started, the water supply valve 12 is driven to supply the washing water into the water tank 3 in the washing process. When the water level of the washing water reaches a predetermined water level, the driving of the water supply valve 12 is stopped and the water supply is terminated. Thereafter, the rotating drum 1 is rotated at a low speed by the motor 4, and the laundry in the rotating drum 1 is lifted and dropped onto the water surface. Thus, the washing process proceeds. When excessive washing bubbles are generated during the washing process, the control device 23 detects the generation of the washing bubbles by the first pair of electrodes 21 and reduces the rotation speed of the rotary drum 1 to prevent the generation of the washing bubbles. Thereafter, when excessive washing foam is generated, the control device 23 detects a large amount of washing foam by the second pair of electrodes 22 and controls the drain valve 11 to perform drainage.

  After performing the washing process for a predetermined time, the drain valve 11 is driven to drain the washing water in the water tub 3, perform intermediate dehydration, and perform the subsequent rinsing process. In the rinsing process, the same operation as in the washing process is performed. In the dehydration process, the rotary drum 1 is rotationally driven at a high speed, and the laundry is dehydrated by centrifugation.

The operation of the drying process will be described. When the laundry is put into the rotary drum 1 and the drying process is started, the blower fan 15 and the heating means 14 are driven by the control device 23, and the water tank 3, the hot air intake port 17, Hot air circulates through a series of paths that pass through the wind blowing path 16. Further, the water supply valve 12 is operated to supply water into the dehumidifying unit 18, water is scattered at the lower end of the heat exchanger 19, contacted with wet hot air to exchange heat, and dehumidify.
JP 2006-136601 A

  However, in the drum-type washing and drying machine having the above-described conventional configuration, when the washing process is performed, if excessive foam is generated with the stirring of the laundry, excess foam is generated by the electrode as the foam detection means. Although generation | occurrence | production is detected, if a bubble adheres to an electrode repeatedly every time of washing, a detergent component will adhere and there exists a possibility that the reliability of an electrode may fall. When the reliability of the electrode is reduced, excessive foam generated in the rotating drum enters the hot air circulation path, adheres to the blower fan or heating means, etc., and generates a strange odor or decreases the reliability. Will be. Further, when the drying process is performed, the laundry is dried and yarn waste is easily generated from the laundry, and the yarn waste that is present in the air flowing into the dehumidifying portion from the exhaust port by air blowing is removed from the air duct. It is configured so that only air is filtered by the lint collection filter provided at the inlet of the slag and lint etc. do not flow into the air duct and the heating line, but before that the inner wall of the heat exchanger and dehumidifying part There was a problem that it often adhered to the surface.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and by ensuring the reliability of the foam detection means for detecting a state where excessive washing foam is generated, the heating means incorporated in the air blowing heating path and Debris adhering to the dehumidifying means when preventing the immersion of the detergent bubbles from the drum into the blowing means, ensuring the reliability of the heating means and the blowing means at the same time, and configuring a more preferable drying function An object of the present invention is to provide a drum-type washing and drying machine provided with a configuration that effectively removes water.

In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a cylindrical wall having a large number of through holes in a peripheral wall, the rotation center axis of which is horizontally or horizontally inclined and is elastically supported in a housing, A water tank containing a rotating drum, a dehumidifying part for dehumidifying air exhausted from the rotating drum through the water tank, a ventilation heating path communicating with the dehumidifying part and having a blowing means and a heating means inside, a warm air blowing path communicating with said rotary drum and said blower heating path through the water bath to control a motor for driving the rotary drum, said blowing means, the driving of said heating means and said motor, washed Control means for sequentially controlling each of the rinsing, dehydration and drying steps, and the dehumidifying part is provided adjacent to the upper part of the side surface of the water tank so as to communicate with the water tank through the exhaust port, The wet portion, Rutotomoni provided with an electrode so as to protrude from the top downwards, wherein, in the rinse step, by rotating the rotary drum at a predetermined rotational speed, the water in the water tank is An inclined surface on which the water collides so as to rotate along the inner wall of the water tank and flow from the exhaust port toward the electrode is provided at the exhaust port .

  Thereby, it is possible to make it difficult for lint and water droplets to adhere to the electrode in the dehumidifying section, and to improve its reliability.

  In the drum type washing and drying machine of the present invention, the dehumidifying part is provided adjacent to the upper part of the side peripheral surface of the water tank so as to communicate with the water tank through the exhaust port, and the dehumidifying part projects downward from its top surface. Thus, an electrode is provided, whereby it is possible to make it difficult for lint and water droplets to adhere to the electrode in the dehumidifying section, and to improve its reliability.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a cylindrical drum having a large number of through holes in a peripheral wall and having a rotation center axis that is horizontally or inclined from the horizontal is elastically supported in a housing, and includes the rotation drum. A dehydrating part for dehumidifying air exhausted from the rotating drum through the water tank, a blower heating path communicating with the dehumidifying part and having a blowing means and a heating means inside, and the water tank a warm air blowing path which communicates between the air blowing heating path and the rotary drum, a motor for driving the rotary drum, said blowing means, controls the driving of said heating means and said motor, washing, rinsing, dehydration And a control means for sequentially controlling each step of drying, the dehumidifying part is provided adjacent to the upper part of the side peripheral surface of the water tank so as to communicate with the water tank through an exhaust port, and in the dehumidifying part ,That Rutotomoni provided with an electrode so as to protrude from the surface downward, the control means, in the rinse step, by rotating the rotary drum at a predetermined rotational speed, the water in the water tank is along the inner wall of the water tank An inclined surface on which the water collides so as to rotate and flow from the exhaust port toward the electrode is provided at the exhaust port .

  Thus, even if lint generated from the laundry in the drying process adheres to the dehumidifying part, the electrode is provided so as to protrude downward from the top surface of the dehumidifying part. Can be made difficult to adhere and its reliability can be improved.

In addition, even if lint generated from the laundry in the drying process adheres to the dehumidifying part, the water stored in the water tank in the next rinsing process is sprung up by the rotation of the rotating drum and enters the dehumidifying part from the exhaust port. Since the lint that adheres by vigorously flowing in can be washed away, it is possible to wash away detergent components and lint etc. adhering to the foam detection means while preventing the drying function from being deteriorated due to accumulation of lint etc. The reliability of the bubble detection means can be improved.

In a second aspect based on the first invention, the electrode provided on the inner surface below the water tank, the control means, the resistance between the formed electrodes to the inner surface lower electrode and the water tank provided in the dehumidifying portion , Configured to detect bubbles. Thereby, an inexpensive bubble detection means can be comprised.

By these , it is possible to reliably detect the intrusion of detergent bubbles from the drum into the heating means and the blowing means built in the ventilation heating path, prevent the generation of a strange odor, and the heating means and the blowing means. Reliability can also be ensured.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Further, the present invention is not limited by this embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
1 is a side sectional view of a drum type washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the drum type washing machine, and FIG. 3 is a drum type washing machine. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the mounting configuration of the foam detection means of the drum type washing machine, and FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the drum type washing machine.

  In FIG. 1, the rotary drum 30 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, and a large number of through holes 31 are provided on the entire surface of the peripheral wall, and the rotary drum 30 is rotatably disposed in a water tank 32. A rotation axis (rotation center axis) 33 is provided at the rotation center of the rotary drum 30 in the inclination direction, and the axial center direction of the rotation drum 30 is inclined downward from the front side toward the back side. A motor 34 attached to the rear surface of the water tank 32 is connected to the rotary shaft 33, and the rotary drum 30 is driven to rotate in the forward and reverse directions by the motor 34. Several protruding plates 35 are provided on the inner wall surface of the rotating drum 30.

An opening 37 provided on the upward inclined surface 36a of the main body 36 on the front side of the aquarium 32 is covered with a lid 38 so that it can be opened and closed. By opening the lid 38, the opening 37, the aquarium clothing entrance 39 and the rotating drum clothing The laundry is put into the rotary drum 30 through the doorway 40 so that the laundry can be taken out from the rotary drum 30. Since the lid body 38 is provided on the upward inclined surface 36a, the user can reduce the degree of bending his / her waist when putting in and out the laundry.

  The water tank 32 is suspended from the main body 36 by a spring body 41 and a damper 42 so as to be swingable. A concave drainage groove 43 that is long in the direction of the rotation shaft 33 is provided on the inner bottom of the water tank 32. A drainage port 44 is provided near the back side of the bottom of the drainage groove 43, one end of the drainage channel 45 is connected to the drainage port 44, and the other end of the drainage channel 45 is connected to a drainage valve (drainage means) 46. Thus, the washing water in the water tank 32 is drained. The water supply valve (water supply means) 47 is provided for supplying washing water into the water tank 32 through the detergent case 48 and the water supply path 49, and the water level detection means 50 is provided for detecting the water level in the water tank 32. Yes.

  The drying function includes a hot air intake port 68, an exhaust port 71, a dehumidifying unit 63, a heat exchanger 69, a water injection valve 73, a water injection nozzle 72, a yarn waste collecting filter 74, a blower heating path 67, a blower fan (blower unit) 66, The heating pipe 75, the heater (heating means) 65, the hot air blowing path 61, and the blowing port 70 form a circulation path. The configuration and operation will be described below.

  Due to the rotation of the blower fan 66, the air in the rotary drum 30 exits from the through hole 31 formed in the peripheral surface into the water tank 32 and is dehumidified from the hot air intake port 68 and the exhaust port 71 provided at the upper part of the body portion of the water tank 32. It flows into the part 63. A heat exchanger 69 and a water injection nozzle 72 serving as a dehumidifying means are disposed in the dehumidifying unit 63, and water injected by opening the water injection valve 73 is sprinkled from the water injection nozzle 72 onto the heat exchanger 69. Therefore, the air containing moisture exhausted into the dehumidifying unit 63 is cooled and dehumidified. The air dehumidified by the dehumidifying unit 63 passes through the lint collecting filter 74 provided in the blower heating path 67, is led to the rear of the water tank 32, and flows into the heating pipe 75 provided on the back surface of the water tank 32. Heated by the heater 65, sent to the warm air blowing path 61 provided at the rear of the water tank 32, and blown into the water tank 32 from the air blowing port 70 provided at the upper back of the water tank 32. Since the air blown into the water tank 32 flows into the rotary drum 30 through the through holes 31 formed in the bottom surface of the rotary drum 30, moisture is deprived from the laundry by the dehumidified and heated air, and the rotation of the rotary drum 30. The drying of all the laundry is promoted by the agitation, and the laundry is dried by repeating this air circulation for a predetermined time.

  The control device 51 is configured as shown in FIG. 2, and has a control unit 52 configured by a microcomputer. A motor (M) 34, a drain valve (DV) 46, a water supply valve ( FV) 47, heater (H) 65, blower fan (FM) 66 and the like are controlled to sequentially control a series of steps of washing, rinsing, dehydration and drying.

  The control means 51 inputs information from the input setting means 53 for setting the driving course and the like, and displays it on the display means 54 based on the information to notify the user. The storage means 55 stores data necessary for control by the control means 51. In addition, 56 is a commercial power source and 57 is a power switch.

  Next, the structure of the bubble detection means 58 is demonstrated using FIG. The bubble detection means 58 is connected to the resistance value determination circuit 59 and has a common electrode 60 provided in the lower front portion of the water tank 32 and a first electrode 62 provided in the warm air blowing path 61 in the vicinity of the blowing port 70. The second electrode 64 is provided in the vicinity of the exhaust port 71 so as to protrude substantially vertically from the upper wall of the dehumidifying part 63. A substantially vertical through hole is formed in the upper side wall of the dehumidifying portion 63, and the second electrode 64 is inserted with the packing 76 interposed therebetween, and is fixed with a screw 77. Thus, the second electrode 64 is attached so as to protrude downward from the top surface of the dehumidifying part 63.

  The resistance value determination circuit 59 calculates a first resistance value between the common electrode 60 and the first electrode 62 and a second resistance value between the common electrode 60 and the second electrode 64. At this time, the first resistance value and the second resistance value are 100 kΩ to 500 kΩ when bubbles are attached to the first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64, respectively, and 1 kΩ or more when nothing is attached. Based on this value, the bubble detection means 58 detects whether bubbles have adhered to the respective electrodes.

  At this time, the height relationship between the attachment positions of the first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64 is such that the first electrode 62 is disposed at a position relatively lower than the second electrode 64. The first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64 are both positioned below the heater 65 and the blower fan 66.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. When the lid 38 is opened and the laundry is put into the rotary drum 30 and a predetermined amount of detergent is put into the detergent case 48 and then the operation is started, the washing process is executed first. In the washing process, the water supply valve 47 is operated to supply the washing water, and the washing water passes through the detergent case 48 and the water supply passage 49 and enters the water tank 32 together with the detergent. At the same time, the rotating drum 30 starts rotating at a first predetermined rotation speed (for example, 120 r / min).

  By this operation, the washing water containing the detergent is stirred and the detergent gradually dissolves in the washing water, and at the same time, the washing water collides with the side wall of the drainage groove 43. The collision generates washing foam having a high concentration of detergent components, and the washing foam gradually fills between the rotating drum 30 and the water tank 32. After that, when it becomes full, the washing foam wraps around the front of the rotary drum 30 and the water tank 32, enters the inside of the rotary drum 30 through the rotary drum clothing entrance 40, and soaks into the laundry therein.

  Thereafter, the washing foam takes in the dirt adhering to the laundry by centrifugal force due to the rotation of the rotating drum 30, thereby removing the dirt from the laundry, and again through the water passage holes 31 on the outer peripheral portion of the rotating drum 30. Pass through and exit between the rotating drum 30 and the aquarium 32. By repeating this operation, the laundry is washed. After this operation is performed for a predetermined time until the water level in the water tank 32 reaches a predetermined water level, the rotation speed of the rotary drum 30 is changed to a second predetermined rotation speed (for example, 40 r / min), forward rotation, pause, A washing operation that repeats the inversion and pause operations is executed for a predetermined time.

  Note that the laundry accommodated in the rotating drum 30 is lifted in the rotating direction by the projection plate 35 provided on the inner peripheral wall of the rotating drum 30 by the rotation of the rotating drum 30 at the second predetermined rotation speed at this time. Since the agitating operation of dropping from an appropriate raised height position is repeated, the laundry is subjected to tapping and washing, and washing is performed.

  The washing operation as described above is performed for a predetermined time. When excessive washing foam is generated at this time, the generated washing foam enters the dehumidifying unit 63 from the exhaust port 71 and blows warm air from the blower port 70. Enter the path 61. At this time, the washing foam adheres to the first electrode 62 located at a relatively low position among the first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64 of the foam detection means 58, and the common electrode 60 and When the resistance value determination circuit 59 detects that the resistance value has decreased, the occurrence of excessive washing foam is detected. At this time, for example, a first defoaming operation for eliminating excessively generated washing foam is performed by increasing the rotation suspension time of the rotary drum 30.

In addition, if the washing foam cannot be erased even when the first defoaming operation is performed and the washing foam is further excessively generated (such as excessive addition of detergent), the dehumidifying unit 63 is then discharged from the exhaust port 71. The washing foam that has entered the interior reaches the second electrode 64 at a position relatively higher than the first electrode 62. At this time, the foam detection means 58 detects further excessive generation of washing foam, and further performs a second defoaming operation to erase the excessively generated washing foam. In the second defoaming operation, for example, the water supply valve 47 is operated to supply water into the water tank 32 and the drain valve 46 is operated to drain the washing water. Accordingly, the excessively generated washing foam is discharged so as to be pushed out by the supplied water. After a predetermined time, the operation of the drain valve 46 is stopped, and only the drain valve 46 is operated to supply water up to a predetermined water level. As a result, the detergent concentration of the washing water is reduced, so that it is possible to prevent the excessive generation of washing bubbles thereafter.

  In this manner, the intrusion of the washing bubbles into the upstream side (dehumidifying part 63) and the downstream side (warm air blowing path 61) of the blowing heating path 67 having the heater 65 and the blowing fan 66 inside is individually detected. Therefore, only one of the upstream side (dehumidifying part 63) and the downstream side (warm air blowing path 61) of the ventilation heating path 67 is washed depending on the situation of excessive generation of washing bubbles and the configuration of the drying circulation path. Even if there is no invasion of bubbles, it is possible to reliably detect excessive generation of washing bubbles, and to reliably prevent adhesion and immersion of washing bubbles to the heater 65 and the blower fan 66 in the blower heating path 67. it can.

  In addition, both the first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64 are attached to either the upstream side (dehumidifying part 63) or the downstream side (warm air blowing path 61) of the blower heating path 67 at the height of the attachment position. Even if it is arranged in a different manner, since it is in the same route, the progress of the washing foam is accelerated, and immediately after the washing foam is detected by the first electrode 62, the washing foam is immediately removed by the second electrode 64. Although there is a possibility that the second defoaming operation is performed immediately after the first defoaming operation, there is a possibility that the second defoaming operation is performed, and the upstream side (dehumidifying unit 63) of the air blowing heating path 67 Since the first electrode 62 and the second electrode 64 are respectively disposed on the downstream side (warm air blowing path 61), the above-described problems can be prevented.

  Furthermore, by operating the heater 65 and the blower fan 66 at the same time or the blower fan 66 independently during the first and second defoaming operations, the first electrode 62 and the second fan 66 are operated. It is also possible to blow away the washing foam adhering to the electrode 64 into the water tank 32.

  After performing this washing operation for a predetermined time, the washing process is terminated and the first draining process is executed. In the first draining process, the drain valve 46 operates to drain the water. At this time, the washing water in the water tank 32 is drained outside the machine through the drain port 44, the drain path 45, and the drain valve 46. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the first dehydration step.

  In the first dehydration step, the washing water contained in the laundry is raised to a third predetermined rotation speed (for example, 900 r / min) and the rotation drum 30 is rotated for a predetermined time at the third predetermined rotation speed. , Dehydrate the washing water contained in the laundry. At this time, in the washing process, the foam detection means 58 reliably detects the excessive generation of foam, and when the excessive foam is generated, the washing foam is erased. By preventing dehydration activation failure and smoothly performing dehydration, predetermined rinsing performance and dewatering performance can be realized.

  After performing this 1st dehydration process for the predetermined time, the water supply valve 47 operate | moves, the washing water is poured into the water tank 32 via the detergent addition case 48 and the water supply path 49, and a 1st rinse process is implemented. In this first rinsing step, the rotation speed of the rotary drum 30 is set to a second predetermined rotation speed (for example, 40 r / min), and the normal rotation, pause, inversion, and pause operations are repeated, and the laundry becomes the rotary drum. A rinsing operation is performed for a predetermined time, in which the stirring operation is repeated for a predetermined time by being lifted in the rotation direction by the projection plate 35 provided on the inner peripheral wall 30 and dropping from the lifted appropriate height position.

Thereafter, the second draining process is executed in the same manner as the first draining process, and after the second dehydrating process is executed in the same manner as in the first dehydrating process, the second rinsing process is executed in the same manner as in the first rinsing process. Further, the third drainage process is executed in the same manner as the first drainage process and the second drainage process, and the final dehydration process is executed in the same manner as the first dehydration process and the second dehydration process. The dehydration time in this final dehydration step is set longer than that in the first dehydration step and the second dehydration step.

  After that, the drying process is executed. If excessive washing foam is generated in the washing process, the excessive generation of the washing foam is surely detected and the washing foam is erased. The reliability of 66 is ensured, and the washing foam does not adhere to the heater 65 and the blower fan 66 during the drying process, and the operation can be executed safely.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the drying process is performed, the laundry progresses and yarn waste or the like is easily generated from the laundry, and flows into the dehumidifying unit 63 from the exhaust port 71 by the air blowing (arrow A). The lint and the like present in the air are configured such that only lint is filtered by the lint collecting filter 74 provided at the inlet of the blower heating path 67 and the lint etc. does not flow into the blower heating path 67 and the heating pipe line 75. However, there are many cases where it adheres to the heat exchanger 69 and the inner wall of the dehumidifying part 63 before that. If the attachment of yarn waste or the like increases, the dehumidifying function or the air blowing function is lowered, and therefore it is necessary to remove the yarn waste or the like attached in the dehumidifying unit 63.

  In the first embodiment, referring to FIG. 5, in order to remove lint and the like adhering in the dehumidifying unit 63, the rotating drum 30 is rotated at a predetermined rotational speed during the rinsing process, thereby rotating the rotation direction. The water splashed up by (arrow B) is vigorously flowed into the dehumidifying part 63 from the exhaust port 71 and collides with the inclined surface 63a provided in the vicinity of the exhaust port 71, and the flow is changed upward. Detergent component adhering to the second electrode 64 while flowing toward the inner wall 63 and the second electrode 64 (arrow C) and washing away lint attached to the heat exchanger 69 and the pipe wall. It is also possible to wash away waste and yarn waste. At this time, since the second electrode 64 is attached in a substantially vertical direction, the washed water does not accumulate.

  In this case, the predetermined rotational speed of the rotating drum 30 may be any rotational speed at which water jumps up due to the centrifugal force of rotation of the rotating drum 30 and the water rotates along the inner wall of the water tank 32 (for example, rotating When the diameter of the drum 30 is about 500 ± 50 mm, about 150 r / min).

  As described above, since the exhaust port 71 is opened in a substantially tangential direction of the rotation direction of the rotary drum 30, water stored below the water tank 32 in the rinsing process is splashed by the rotary drum 30. Then, it scatters in the tangential direction of the rotating direction of the rotating drum 30 and flows into the dehumidifying part 63 from the exhaust port 71 vigorously. The inflowing water collides with an inclined surface 63 a provided in the vicinity of the exhaust port 71, the direction of the flow changes upward, and flows toward the inner wall of the dehumidifying unit 63 and the second electrode 64. By repeating this during the rinsing process, the dehumidifying part 63 and the yarn waste adhering to the second electrode 64 are washed away. In the dehumidifying part 63, a drainage path is formed in which water generated by dehumidification or water injected from the water injection nozzle 72 flows into the water tank 32 and is discharged from the drainage part 45 to the outside. The waste yarn and the like are also discharged to the outside together with the drainage.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration in which the rotary drum 30 is inclined is shown. However, the same configuration can be made when the rotary drum 30 is arranged in the horizontal direction.

As described above, the drum type washing / drying machine according to the present invention is provided with the dehumidifying part adjacent to the upper part of the side peripheral surface of the water tank so as to communicate with the water tank through the exhaust port. The electrode is provided so as to protrude downward from the surface, which makes it difficult to attach lint and water droplets to the electrode in the dehumidifying part, and it is possible to increase its reliability, so that drying It is useful as an industrial device having a function.

1st sectional side view of the drum type washing machine which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Block diagram of the drum type washing machine Second side sectional view of the drum type washing machine Installation diagram of foam detection means of the drum type washing machine Cross-sectional view of the drum type washing machine Side view of a conventional drum-type washing machine Rear view of the drum type washing machine

32 Water tank 63 Dehumidifying part 64 Second electrode 71 Exhaust port

Claims (2)

A cylindrical drum having a large number of through holes in the peripheral wall, the rotation center axis of which is horizontal or inclined from the horizontal, a water tank that is elastically supported in the housing and contains the rotary drum, and the rotation A dehumidifying part that dehumidifies air exhausted from the drum through the water tank, a blower heating path that communicates with the dehumidifying part and has an air blowing means and a heating means inside, the air blowing heating path through the water tank, and the a warm air blowing path communicating between the inside of the rotary drum, a motor for driving the rotary drum, said blowing means, controls the driving of said heating means and said motor, washing, rinsing, the steps of dehydration and drying And a control means for sequentially controlling, wherein the dehumidifying part is provided adjacent to the upper part of the side peripheral surface of the water tank so as to communicate with the water tank through an exhaust port. In Rutotomoni provided with an electrode so as to output, wherein, in the rinse step, the rotary drum is rotated at a predetermined rotational speed, the water in the water tank is rotated along the inner wall of the water tank, the A drum-type washing and drying machine provided with an inclined surface at the exhaust port where water collides so as to flow from the exhaust port toward the electrode . An electrode provided on the inner surface below the water tank, the control means, the resistance value between the provided on the inner surface bottom electrode and the water tank provided in the dehumidifying portion electrode, to claim 1 configured to detect bubbles The drum-type washing and drying machine as described.

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