JPH01285299A - Clothing drying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To present the clothing drying machine of a top opening means without requiring the stop of a rotary drum at a set position, by forming a clothing containing chamber with a cylindrical drum section and both side wall sections, and by setting a rotary disc rotatably along side wall section inside-surfaces. CONSTITUTION:A rotary disc 5 is rotatably supported on a disc bearing body 6, via a bearing 6-2 fitted on the disc bearing 6, and a disc shaft 5-2 fitted on the rotary disc 5. Besides, a rotary disc ventilating slot 5-1 and an agitating lifter 5-3 are respectively arranged on the rotary disc 5. In this case, the disc bearing body 6 is formed in the shape of a deep circular tray, and is composed to form a pair of left and right cylinders, and the upper section is provided with a clothing casting inlet B opened to an external cover 3 fitted on a top cover 2 for covering the ceiling section of an external frame body 1 to be freely opened or closed and opened to an internal cover 4 having an internal cover packing 4-1. In this manner, a clothing containing chamber A for containing clothing is composed of the section of the cylindrical drum of the disc bearing body 6 for forming a pair of the left and right cylinders, and a space formed by a pair of the left and right rotary discs 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a so-called top-open type clothes dryer in which clothes can be taken in and taken out from the top.

[Conventional technology]

Clothes dryers that use a top-open operation system have conventionally had a clothes storage chamber made up of a well-known rotating drum, with a clothes inlet with a lid provided in a part of the drum body, and a clothes inlet with a lid attached to the drum body. An outer cover is provided on the top of the dryer so that loading and unloading of clothes can be done by opening the outer cover installed on the top of the dryer body and the cover of the clothes input port provided in a part of the body of the rotating drum. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in conventional clothes dryers that adopt a top-open operation system, when the dryer is stopped, the clothes input port provided in the one-rotation drum body is always installed at the top of the dryer body. It must be made to stop at the position of the outer lid. This is because if the position shifts, it becomes impossible to put in and take out clothes. If the clothes input slot on the rotating drum body and the outer cover of the dryer body do not match, the operator should open the outer cover of the dryer body, rotate the rotating drum by hand, and then open the outer cover of the dryer body. The clothes input port of the dryer must be aligned with the outer lid of the dryer body to put in and take out clothes, and this operation is troublesome.

It should be noted that when the clothes dryer stops operating, a control mechanism can be considered that aligns the clothes input port of the rotating drum body with the outer lid of the dryer body and stops the operation. In order to stop the dryer by aligning the spout with the outer lid of the dryer, the dryer configuration becomes complicated, both mechanically and electrically, which leads to a significant increase in product cost.

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In view of the above-mentioned +iFI problem, it is an object of the present invention to provide a top-open type clothes dryer that does not require the rotating drum to be stopped in a fixed position and has a mechanically extremely simple configuration. .

Another object of the invention is to provide a structure that is easy to assemble.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a clothes storage chamber for storing clothes to be dried, and an air blower for blowing air into the clothes storage chamber.

In a clothes dryer comprising a heating means for heating air flowing into a clothes storage chamber, the clothes storage chamber is formed of a cylindrical body and both side walls, and the clothes dryer rotates along the inner surface of the side wall of the clothes storage chamber. It is characterized by the provision of a freely rotating disk.

More specifically, a clothes dryer is provided in which a clothes storage chamber for storing clothes is constituted by a cylindrical body and tray-shaped members located on both sides thereof, and hot air is supplied to the clothes storage chamber to dry the clothes. In the dryer, a cylindrical body constituting the clothes storage chamber is fixedly attached to the main body of the dryer, and a clothes slot for loading and unloading clothes is installed in a part of the cylindrical fixed body. Of the tray-shaped members located on both sides of the cylindrical fixed body, at least one of the tray-shaped members on one side is a rotary plate rotated by a motor, and this rotary plate-shaped member is provided with clothes stirring glue. In addition to having a structure in which a lid is installed, the clothing storage chamber is configured to have a symmetrical shape in a plane that is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rotating plate-like member, and further, a member that is divided by a plane that forms the symmetrical shape. This can be achieved by constructing a structure in which the rotary plate-like member is divided by a plane including the rotational axis of the rotary plate-like member, or by having a structure in which the cylindrical fixed body and the rotary plate-like members on both sides are divided. be done.

[Effect]

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the cylindrical body constituting a part of the clothes storage chamber is fixedly attached to the dryer main body, and the part of the cylindrical fixed body has the following features: By installing a clothes slot for loading and unloading clothes,
The clothes input port is used regardless of whether the clothes dryer is running or stopping.
Since it is always in a fixed position, it is easy to put in and take out clothes. Therefore, in conventional clothes dryers that use a top-open operation system, when the dryer is stopped, if the clothes inlet on the rotating drum body does not match the outer lid of the dryer, the operator After opening the outer lid of the dryer, the rotating drum must be rotated by hand, and the clothes input port on the rotating drum body must be aligned with the outer lid of the dryer to load and unload clothes. It is possible to eliminate such troublesome operations.

In addition, in the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, since the clothes stirring lid is installed on the rotating plate-like member located on the side of the cylindrical fixed trunk, the clothes stirring action in the clothes storage chamber is improved. Therefore, the drying action of the clothes is also performed well.

Furthermore, by making the clothing storage chamber symmetrical at least in a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotary plate-like member, it is possible to share the left and right (or front and rear) parts of the members on both sides of the plane. Therefore, when manufacturing a component, it is possible to share the manufacturing mold and also to share the component itself, which is very effective in terms of cost.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the clothes dryer according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional rear view.

In Figures 1, 2 and 3, 1 is the outer frame leg 1.
-1 at the bottom, part of which has an exhaust port 1-2, and the rear surface covered by the outer frame 7A lid 1-3; 5, a rotating disk having a tray-like shape; 6; indicates a disk support fixedly attached to the outer frame 1 via the clothing storage chamber support plate 7, and the disk 5 rotates once with respect to the disk support 6.
It is rotatably supported via a bearing 6-2 attached to the disk support 6 and a disk shaft 5-2 attached to the rotating disk 5. 5-1 is a rotating disk ventilation hole, and 5-3 is a stirring lifter, each of which is installed on the rotating disk 5. Here, the disk support 6 has a deep circular tray shape, and is configured such that the left and right pairs form a cylindrical shape, and the upper part is attached to the top cover 2 that covers the ceiling of the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. A clothing input port B is provided which is open to an outer M3 and an inner M4 having an inner lid packing 4-1. Furthermore, 6-1 is a support ventilation hole.

In this way, the space formed by the cylindrical body portion of the left and right pair of cylindrical disk supports 6 and the left and right pair of rotating disks 5 constitutes a clothes storage chamber A in which clothes are stored.

The rotating disk 5 has a motor base 12 at the bottom of the outer frame 1.
-1, the rotational movement of the motor 12 is transferred to the disk drive pulley 12-2 attached to the motor 12, and the disk drive belt 14, which is tensioned by the tension pulley 13 and tension pulley spring 13-1. It is configured to transmit and rotate through.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a blower including a blower fan 8-1, which is installed at the bottom of the outer frame 1 via a blower mounting plate 8-2. The rotational motion of the motor 12 is transmitted to the blower fan 8-1 through the blower fan drive pulley 12-3 attached to the motor 12 and the blower fan belt 15, and the blower fan 8-1 is caused to rotate.

The clothes storage chamber A is constituted by the blower 8, the disk support 6, and the rotating disk 5.
The sides are connected to form a ventilation path by a fan duct 11 and an extension pipe 11-1 that cover and are connected to the support ventilation hole 6-1 of the disk support 6. Further, the discharge side of the blower 8 is connected to the exhaust port 1 - 2 of the outer frame 1 .

Reference numeral 9 denotes a heater for generating warm air during operation, and as described above, it is connected to the clothing storage chamber A by the heater duct 10 to form a ventilation path.

2-1 is a control device that controls the operation of the motor 12 and heater 9, and is installed on the top cover 2. 2-2 is an intake port for supplying outside air to the blower 8 during operation, and is provided on the top cover 2.

16 is a lint collection device detachably attached to the rotating disk 5 to collect lint generated from clothes during drying operation and can be cleaned by the operator after the operation; 17 is a lint collection device This is a lint waste backflow prevention device that prevents lint waste from flowing back to the heater 9 side due to a stirring phenomenon caused by agitation of clothes in the clothes storage chamber A when the device 16 is operated many times without cleaning.

Here, to explain in detail the structure of the clothing storage chamber A section, the disk support 6 and the rotating disks 5 installed on both sides thereof are one-rotating disks as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. It is symmetrical in a plane (3) that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the rotary disk 5, and is further symmetrical in a plane O that includes the rotational axis of the rotary disk 5.

Further, the disk support body 6 is configured to be divided into one part on the plane (2).

Therefore, the disk support 6 and the rotating disk 5 are
In the figures and FIG. 3, the left and right parts are the same except for the arrangement of the holes for attaching the stirring lifter 5-3 and the like.

Furthermore, the heater duct 10. The fan duct 11 is also located on the plane (3), and the heater duct 10 is connected to the heater 9. The fan duct 11 has a symmetrical shape except for the attachment portion of the extension pipe 11-1. The shape of each member is shown in FIG.

The operation of one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

When clothes are stored in the clothes storage chamber A and drying operation is started, the motor 12 is activated and the rotary disk 5 rotates. In this state, the stirring lifter 5 installed on the rotating disk 5
With the help of #3, the clothes stored in the drying chamber are efficiently agitated in the drying chamber, and in this state, the outside air sucked in from the air intake port 2-2 of the top cover 2 by operating the blower 8. , the warm air is heated when passing through the heater 9, and passes through the reheater duct 10 to the support vent hole 6-1 of the disk support body 6, and the rotating disk vent hole 5-1 of the rotating disk 5.
The steam is efficiently supplied to the clothes being stirred in the clothes storage chamber A, and then becomes steam that absorbs moisture from the clothes.
It passes through the rotating disk ventilation hole 5-1 and the support body ventilation hole 6-1, passes through the fan duct 11° and the extension pipe 11-1, is guided to the blower 8, and is directed to the outside through the exhaust port 1-2 of the outer frame 1. It is discharged and a drying operation is performed.

In this way, the drying operation can be performed satisfactorily without any difference from the conventional rotating drum type described above.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the disk support 6 constituting a part of the clothing storage chamber A is fixedly attached to the main body, and clothes can be taken in and out from a part of the disk support 6. By installing the clothes input port B for operation, the clothes input port B can be operated even if the main unit is stopped.
Since it is always in a fixed position, in the case of the illustrated embodiment, the operation of putting in and taking out clothes can be easily performed only by opening and closing the outer cover 3 and inner cover 4 installed on the top cover 2. Therefore, when starting or stopping a conventional clothes dryer of this kind, if the clothes inlet of the one-rotation drum body does not match the outer cover of the clothes dryer, the operator must After opening the outer lid, rotate the rotating drum by hand and open the clothes slot in the rotating drum body.
It is possible to eliminate the troublesome operation of loading and unloading clothes by aligning the position of the outer cover with the outer cover of the clothes dryer body. Unlike the case where the clothes dryer is stopped, the structure of the clothes dryer itself becomes complicated both mechanically and electrically, and there is no problem that the product cost increases significantly.

Note that the arrow ◯ in the figure indicates the rotation direction of the rotary disk 5 and the stirring lifter 5-3, and the arrow ▪ indicates the flow of air used for drying during operation.

In addition, as described above, in this embodiment, at least the members constituting the clothing storage room A are configured to be symmetrical in the ■ plane and ■ plane in FIG. 1, and are further divided in the ■ plane. By doing so, the left and right parts can be shared (the attachment part of the stirring lifter 5-3 on the rotating disk, and the left and right parts of the attachment part of the heater 9 and extension pipe 11-1 in the heater duct 10 and fan duct 11). The difference is 1. For example, the mounting part can be shared by changing a part of the process when manufacturing each component.) By doing so, the number of types of component parts can be reduced, and the manufacturing process can be improved. It is possible to significantly reduce the initial cost (for example, the total mold cost), and further reduce the unit cost of parts, including part production management by sharing parts.

Furthermore, in configuring the clothing storage chamber A, since it is divided on the (1) plane, it becomes easy to attach the rotary disk 5 to the disk support 6, and the assemblability is also excellent.

Here, dividing at least the clothes storage chamber A along a plane including the rotation axis of the rotary disk 5 also contributes to improving productivity, but as shown in one embodiment of the present invention, the clothes storage chamber If the dimension of A in the direction of the rotation axis is smaller than the dimension in the direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, it will be disadvantageous in terms of manufacturing the member. This is because the cost of the mold for manufacturing the parts increases, or when trying to construct the disk support 6, etc. that constitutes the clothing storage compartment A, using steel plates, it becomes a deeply drawn member, making it difficult to manufacture. There is a risk that it will happen.

It goes without saying that the plane on which the division is performed can be determined depending on the case, such as the dimensions and material of the parts.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention is as described above, and as is clear from the illustrated embodiments, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily put in and take out clothes, with good performance, and to improve productivity and cost by using extremely simple means. It can also be applied to a very advantageous top-open operation type clothes dryer to obtain a favorable and improved clothes dryer of this kind.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an embodiment of the clothes dryer according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional side view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional rear view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the clothes dryer according to the present invention. It is an explanatory view showing a state where constituent members of the clothing storage room of the invention are divided. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Outer frame body, 5... Rotating disk, 6... Disk support body, 10... Heater duct, 11... Fan duct, 12... Motor, A... Clothes storage room. 1st mouth 20! PJ prison hair↓

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A clothes dryer comprising a clothes storage chamber for storing clothes to be dried, a blowing means for blowing air into the clothes storage chamber, and a heating means for heating the air flowing into the clothes storage chamber. A clothes dryer, characterized in that the clothes storage chamber is formed of a cylindrical body and both side walls, and a rotary disk that can rotate freely along the inner surface of the side wall of the clothes storage chamber is provided. 2. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that rotating disks are provided along the inner surfaces of both side walls. 3. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the body of the clothes storage chamber is divided by a plane substantially orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the rotating disk. 4. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the center of the body of the clothes storage chamber is divided by a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotating disk. 5. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the clothes storage chamber is divided along a plane passing through the axis of rotation of the rotating disk. 6. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the clothes storage chamber is divided by a substantially horizontal plane passing through the axis of rotation of the rotating disk. 7. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the clothes storage chamber is divided by a substantially vertical plane passing through the axis of rotation of the rotating disk. 8. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that a clothes inlet is provided almost at the top of the body forming a clothes storage chamber. 9. A clothes dryer comprising a clothes storage chamber for storing clothes to be dried, a blowing means for blowing air into the clothes storage chamber, and a heating means for heating the air flowing into the clothes storage chamber, the clothes storage chamber having: A clothes dryer comprising a cylindrical body and rotary disks rotatably placed on both sides of the body. 10. A clothes dryer according to claim 9, further comprising a disk support that rotatably supports a rotating disk. 11. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the body and both side walls forming the clothes storage chamber are made of steel plates. 12. A clothes dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotating disk is made of a steel plate, and the stirring lifter provided on the rotating disk is made of plastic. 13. A clothes dryer according to claim 9, characterized in that the body and the rotating disk are made of steel plates. 14. In the item set forth in claim 1, 2, or 9, the clothing storage chamber, the air blowing means, and the heating means are placed inside the outer frame, and the torso is fixedly supported by the outer frame. A clothes dryer featuring: 15. A clothes dryer according to claim 14, characterized in that an opening for entering and exiting clothes is provided in the clothes storage chamber and the upper part of the outer frame.