JPH0221899A - Garment dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the finishing of a garment satisfactory after drying by providing a rotary drum, a blower fan and a heater in an outer frame, and by driving them while selectively rotating and stopping the drum alone. CONSTITUTION:A heater 12 generating hot air is attached to the lower part of a drum support 6, and in the case of drying a garment such as an outing shirt or the like made of synthetic textiles, which is difficult to be wrinkled, the garment is introduced into a drum 5, and a motor 11 is normally rotated by turning on a switch. In this phase the motor 11 is rotated in a direction in which a spring clutch 22 is wound up, and accordingly, the rotation of the motor is transmitted to a blower fan 9 and the drum 5 which is therefore rotated for drying operation. Next, in the case of drying a garment such as diaper or the like made of cotton, which is easily wrinkled, the garment is suspended from a hanger within the drum 5, and the motor is reversed by turning on the switch. In this phase the motor is rotated in a direction in which the spring clutch 22 is wound off, and accordingly, a boss 21 and the spring clutch 22 slip so that the drive pulley 19 is not rotated so that the drum is left to be stopped. Since a blower fan 9 is always integrally associated with the motor 5, the fan 9 is rotated for drying operation, and accordingly it is possible to prevent the garment from being wrinkled.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a drum-type clothes dryer, and particularly to a drying method that can improve the finish of dried clothes.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional drying method, as described in JP-A-59-141996, is a method in which a cylindrical drum is rotated to blow hot air to dry the product. However, since the drying method is performed while rotating, the bulk of the clothes causes wrinkles, and no consideration has been given to the finish of the clothes.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional technology does not give consideration to the finish of the clothes, and there is a problem in particular that wrinkles appear on the clothes at the end of drying.6 An object of the present invention is to improve the finish of clothes at the end of drying. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above object is achieved by stopping the rotation of the drum, suspending the clothes inside the drum, and rotating only the blower fan to introduce warm air into the drum.

[Effect]

Spring clutches have the characteristic of transmitting rotation in only one direction. A spring clutch is used in the drum drive pulley, and the spring clutch is normally rotated in the direction in which it wraps so that the rotational force of the motor can be transmitted to the blower fan and drum. When drying clothes that tend to wrinkle, especially diapers,
Turn on the motor reverse rotation switch provided on the main body to rotate the motor in the direction that loosens the spring clutch, thereby causing the drum drive pulley to idle, the drum to stop, and only the blower fan to rotate. Therefore, the clothes suspended in the drum retain their shape and are not dried and wrinkled by the warm air introduced into the drum.

〔Example〕

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

A door 2 for putting in and taking out clothes is attached to the front side of the outer frame 1, and airtightness is maintained by the action of a gasket 3 provided on the outer frame 1. Inside the outer frame 1, a drum 5 having a plurality of clothes-stirring glue lids 4 in its cylindrical portion is housed. is rotatable. On the rear side of the drum 5, a casing 10 rotatably enclosing a blower fan 9 is attached to the outer frame 1 via a beam 7, and the blower fan 9 is rotated by a motor 11 to blow the air inside the drum 5. Can be discharged. A heater 12 that generates hot air is attached to the lower part of the drum support 6, and is configured to communicate with an exhaust port of the casing 10 through a duct 14 having a drainage port 13 in a part thereof. At the corner of the outer frame 1, a drum 5. A motor 11 serving as a driving source for the blower fan 9 is attached to the outer frame 1 via a motor base 15. A pulley 17 for driving the blower fan 9 is attached to the shaft 16 of the motor 11, and rotational force is transmitted through a belt 18. At the other end of the shaft 16,
A drive pulley 19 of the drum 5 is rotatably inserted through a metal 20 press-fitted inside the drive pulley 19, and the shaft 1
Spring clutch 2 is attached to the outer periphery of boss 21 which is integrally fixed with spring clutch 6.
2 is wrapped around it. A belt 23 is placed between the drive pulley 19 and the drum 5, and transmits the rotational force of the motor 11. The motor 11 is configured to be capable of forward and reverse rotation by a switch (not shown) provided at the front of the outer frame.

The present invention will be explained in detail using the above configuration.

When drying clothes made of synthetic fibers that do not easily wrinkle, such as dress shirts, the clothes are placed in the drum 5, and a switch is used to rotate the motor 11 in the forward direction for drying operation.

At this time, the motor 11 is rotating in the direction in which the spring clutch 22 is wound, so the boss 21 and the drive pulley 19 are integrated by the spring clutch 22, transmitting the rotation of the motor 11 to the blower fan 9 and the drum 5, and rotating the drum 5. Dry operation while Next, when drying clothes that tend to wrinkle around the diaper line, the clothes are hung in the drum 5 by the hanger 24, and the motor is reversed by a switch to perform drying operation.

At this time, the motor 11 is rotating in a direction to loosen the spring clutch 22, so the boss 21 and the spring clutch 22 slip, the drive pulley 19 does not rotate, and the drum 5 remains stopped. Since the blower fan 9 is always integrated with the motor 5, it rotates and performs drying operation. Since the clothes are always suspended in the drum 5, wrinkles do not occur due to the bulk of the clothes.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a clothes dryer that produces good finished clothes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a clothes dryer embodying the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the main parts of the present invention. 1...Outer frame, 5...Drum, 9...Blower fan,
11...Motor, 16...Motor shaft, 19.
・・Driving pulley diagram Figure 2/

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A rotating drum, a blower fan, and a heater are provided in the outer frame,
A clothes dryer that performs drying operation while rotating a drum and a blower fan, characterized in that only the drum is rotated or stopped. 2. The device for rotating and stopping the drum consists of a drive pulley rotatably attached to the motor shaft, a boss fixedly attached to the motor shaft, and a spring clutch wrapped around the drive pulley and boss. 2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein power from the motor is transmitted and cut off by rotating the motor in the normal and reverse directions.