JPH0236895A - Washing and drying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable collection of a large amount of lint including small lint by providing hot air flow inlets and outlets of air circulation path at one of end plates arranged in opposition to a rotary drum and at the other end plate, respectively, and covering the hot air flow inlet with a lint filter from the inside of the drum such that the filter is detachably mounted. CONSTITUTION:Hot air flow inlets and outlets 7, 9 provided at right and left end plates 3b, 3a arranged around a rotary drum 3 are covered with lint filters 16, 17 from the inside of the drum 3. The filter 16 is retained at its central part by a mounting cylinder 20 together with a filter cover 19, and the cylinder 20 is detachably fitted and fixed to a right side shaft 21b supporting the drum 3 rotatably at an outer container 2, while the outer periphery of the filter 16 is supported by the inner face of the plate 3b. The center of the filter 17 is detachably fixed to a left shaft 21a supporting the drum 3 at the outer container rotatably while the outer periphery of thereof is supported at the inner face of the plate 3a. At a hull part 3c of the drum 3, a port 22 for introducing washed material in and out is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a so-called integrated washer-dryer that performs washing and drying within one rotating drum. [Prior Art] For example, as the above-mentioned J: Una washer/dryer,
il 15! As shown in Publication No. 45, "Washing and drying laundry": A rotating drum for drying and washing, an outer tank that houses this rotating drum, and most of the parts outside this 4!1. a drying air circulation path, the hot air inlet of this air circulation path is also used as a drainage port connected to the lower end of the outer tank, and the upstream portion of the drainage path and the air circulation path are also shared; In some cases, a fan was installed in this common area, and the fan outlet of the air circulation path was opened in the second part of the outer tank. In this washer/dryer, when drying the laundry after washing, the rotating drum rotates the heated and heated air that contains the water extracted from the first mahjong by the fan. The rotation of the fan draws air into the air circulation path from the inlet,
After the above-mentioned process, the air taken in by the water removal heat exchanger is cooled and the moisture in the humidified air is condensed and removed, and the dry air is reheated by a beater to create a warm air flow. After blowing out from the outlet to the rotating I-ram and hitting the laundry, the above-mentioned operation is repeated again.

[The invention solved the problem. Issues to be addressed】

A conventional washer/dryer is constructed as described above, and during drying operation, air sucked in from the hot air inlet passes through a filter, but this filter is a part that serves as both an air circulation path and a drainage path. Since it is placed in the duct and serves as both a drainage filter and f-lux, a fine cotton-like filter cannot be used, and panochinogu holes are formed in the plate material, making it difficult to collect fine filt. Since the area of the 7F filter is small, there is a problem in that there is little collection of litts. Furthermore, since the filter is located below the outer tank, it is difficult to attach and detach the filter, and if the filter is forgotten or not installed properly, the water will drain. There was a problem that sometimes water leaked from the filter mounting part. This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to collect a large amount of lino including fine lino during drying operation, and also to collect a large amount of lino including fine lino during drying operation. The pressure loss of circulating air is small, and the operation of attaching and detaching the Reno Tofino L is easy. The washer/dryer according to the present invention does not cause any water leakage from the mounting part.The washer/dryer according to the present invention is provided with J in the body of the rotating ram at 1'+ for loading and unloading the laundry. A fan inlet and a fan outlet of the circulation path are provided on one end plate 8'' and the other end plate facing each other of the rotating drum, respectively,
The above-mentioned warm air flow person "1 is rotated 1 - from the inside of the tsum, Toph, () I covered it in a removable manner in one night.

[For production]

In this invention, the washer/dryer is provided with a wet air outlet of air 'th' + ring omitted on the end plate of the rotating drum.
The area of opening 1 of A wind outflow 1 and 0, this outflow 1-2 I
・Increase the area of the lint filter to cover it and dry it.
It is possible to collect a large amount of fine lino when washing and recirculate it for drying laundry to reduce air pressure losses. The washer/dryer of the present invention has a washing machine installed in the body of the rotating drum when the machine is not operating. In addition, the first operation for attaching and detaching is easy, and since the entire air circulation path is arranged separately from the drainage channel, there is no need to worry about water leakage even if you forget to remove the lid. do not have.

[Example] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are examples. It is a right side view of tJi facing tJi. Not shown in Figures 1 and 2” - Sea urchin,
Inside the casing 1, where the front side is low and the top surface] a is inclined,
Outer tank 2: A rotary drum 3 is provided in the outer tank 2, which is rotatably supported by a shaft and has a large number of small holes 3e formed in the body 3C. It is configured to be rotated by 4. Note that the above configuration is the same as that of a conventional integrated type fully automatic washer/dryer. In this embodiment, the majority of the drying air circulation path 5 is )7
---The right end of the air circulation path 5 in FIG. 1 rotates through the hot air suction port 6 provided on the upper circumferential wall of the outer tank 2.・Right end plate 3b of ram 3
The left end of the first air circulation path 5 is connected to the hot air flow lower provided in the center of the rotary latch ram 3 through the fan outlet 8 provided in the end wall of the outer tank 2. It is connected to a hot air outlet 9 provided in the center of the opposing left end plate 3C. , in the middle of the air circulation path 5 is driven by a
1 fan 1" is provided, and 7A and 1 of the air circulation path 5 are
Water 1 in the part between and the fan suction port 6? An i-type water removal heat exchanger 12 is provided. In this heat exchanger 12, both ends of the body part 1.2n of the outer cylinder are partitioned by partition plates 121], and one insulator is located inside the body part 1.2ll and the partition plate]2)). A water cooling chamber 12c is formed. Inside the cooling water chamber 12c, a large number of circulating air pipes 12 (J is arranged along the axial direction of the outer cylinder, circulating air pipes) 2d are fixed at both ends to the partition plate 1.2b, The outer cylinder of the heat exchanger 12 has an extra water chamber 12 (1) with cooling water at the bottom of the left end in Figure 1 of 3. A cooling water outlet 13)) is opened at the upper right end of the cooling water chamber 1.2c) at the bottom of the outer cylinder of the heat exchanger 12. A dehumidifying water field opening 14 is opened. Furthermore, a heater 15 is disposed between the fan 1 in the air circulation path 5 and the hot air inlet 8. Right of rotating drum 3,
The left end plates 3b and 3at are provided with a hot air flow lower part and a hot air outlet 9, which are covered from the inside of the rotating drum 3 with lit filters 16 and 17. The center part of the Reno I/Fulke] 6 is held in a mounting tube 20 together with a filter cover 19 stacked on the inside of the rotating drum 3, and the mounting tube 20 rotatably supports the two outer tanks on the right side of the rotating drum 3. axis 21. The outer peripheral portion of the lint filter 16 is supported by the inner surface of the right end plate 3b. Furthermore, the lit filter] 7 has a left shaft 21. whose central portion rotatably supports the rotating drum 3 in the outer tank 2. a, and the outer peripheral portion is supported by the inner surface of the left end plate 3a. Rotating drum 3
A laundry loading/unloading port 22 is provided in the body portion 3C of the first
At the same time, an M23 for opening and closing the insertion/extraction eye 22 is attached. A washing water supply port 24 for supplying water during tit washing and rinsing is provided on the rear side of the kerosene 1, and washing water is directly supplied into the rotating drum 3 from a washing water supply path 25 connected to this supply port 24. A cooling water supply branched from the washing water supply port 24 is provided.
26 is provided with a water supply valve 27 and a water control valve 28 from the throttle rib R, and the downstream side of the water control valve 28 of the water supply path 26 is connected to the cooling water input 2113C. A cooling water discharge passage 29 whose upstream end is connected to the cooling water outlet 13b, and a dehumidified water discharge passage 3 whose upstream end is connected to the dehumidified water outlet 14.
0 is merged with a connecting pipe 31 inside the cane knob 1, and the go flow end of the connecting pipe 31 is connected to the middle of an overflow drainage channel 32. The upstream end of this drainage channel 32 is connected to the vertical middle part of the rear part of the outer tank 2]1, and the downstream end is connected to the main drainage #J3
It is connected to the downstream side of the drain valve 34 of No. 3. The main drainage channel 33 has an upstream end connected to the inner bottom of the outer wall 12, and is configured to drain water from the downstream end to the outside via a drainage valve 34. In addition, in FIGS. 1 and 2, 35 is a detergent box, 36.
Reference numeral 37 designates a washing water guide log provided on the end plate 311 of the outer tub 22 and the rotating drum 3. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, washing water is supplied from the light layer water supply path 25 through the detergent tank 35, the detergent in the box 35 is dissolved, and the water is passed into the rotating drum 3. Using this washing water, the laundry stored in the rotary drum 3 is washed while rotating the ram 3. Next, rinsing is performed by supplying only washing water without detergent into the rotating drum 3 from the washing water supply path 25, and washing water containing detergent and the rinsing water are supplied to the rotating drum 3 and the washing water at appropriate times. Drain water from inside the outer tank 2. After that, a dehydration operation is performed, followed by a drying operation. In this case, open the normally closed water supply valve 27 and
The cooling water consisting of tap water from 6 is throttled by a water control valve 28 and the cooling water is inlet in a fixed amount], and the cooling water is passed through 3a to l of the heat exchanger 12.
The remaining water is supplied into the water chamber 1.2c. In addition, the fan 11 is operated by the fan motor]0, and the humidified air that is being fanned in the outer tank 2 is transferred to the filter 16.
, a circulating air pipe of a heat exchanger 12, which is guided through the hot air flow lower part to the part between the rotating drum 3 and the outer tank 1 of the air circulation path 5, and is further provided in the air circulation path 5 through the hot air suction port 6], 2 d and humidified air was supplied into the buffing and cooling chamber 1.2c. -C Cool by indirect contact with cooling water. Moisture contained in the cooled humidified air is condensed and removed, and the dry and burnt air is heated by a heater 5 to become warm air, which is then passed through the humid air outlet 8, the air outlet 8, and the air outlet 8. It is supplied into the rotary drum 3 through a loop 17, flows as indicated by the white arrow in Fig. 1, removes moisture from the laundry, becomes humid air, and returns to the outside through the air [2]. The cooling water is drawn into the circulation path 5 and is repeatedly circulated through the above-mentioned operation.The cooling water that has exchanged heat with the humidified air passing through the circulating air pipe 12 in the cooling water chamber 2C is sent to the sub-buffer flow from the cooling water outlet 13b. The humidifying water of the condensed humidified air is discharged from the dehumidifying water outlet 14 to the dehumidifying water discharging passage 30. The water discharged from
2. The water is discharged outside the casing 1 through the downstream side of the drain valve 34 of the main drain channel 33. In this embodiment, the lit filter 16 covering the warm air flower lowers the rotary drum 3 during the drying operation.
The water removal heat exchanger 12 and heater 15 in the air circulation path 5 are
Since the air passing through the lint filter 17 does not contain a lot of nits, it is possible to prevent the lint from adhering to the heat exchanger 12 and the heater 15, and the lint filter 17 covering the hot air outlet 9 Lit remaining in the air is further collected, and the air flowing into the rotating drum 3 becomes clean. When the litt filter 16 collects a lot of litts, the cleaning material inlet/outlet 22 provided in the body 3C of the rotating drum 3 is turned upward, and the operation is stopped and the lid 23 is opened. , insert your hand into the rotating drum 3 through the inlet/outlet 22, remove the lit filter 1 and the like together with the filter cover 19 and the mounting tube 20 from the shaft 2 of the rotating drum 3, clean it, and then take it back onto the shaft 21b. and secure it. Similarly, the lit filter 17 is also attached to the shaft 21L.
1 and cleaned, and then fixed to the shaft 21εt after cleaning. In addition, in this invention, the attachment to the shaft 211 of the mounting tube 20 can be done by an appropriate structure such as threaded fitting to the shaft 2 b of the mounting tube 20, and the hot air outflow [ The filter 17 that covers the top and bottom may be omitted. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the laundry inlet/outlet is provided in the body of the rotating drum, and most of the laundry is provided outside the outer tank, which is different from the old air circulation path for saw drying. The wind inlet is provided on the end plate of the rotary drum, and the old-fashioned inlet is removably covered by a thread from the inside of the rotary drum. The area PA can be increased, and by making the lit filter effective for collecting fine litts, it is possible to collect small litters, and the pressure loss of the air circulated during drying can be reduced. , increase the amount of air being circulated,
This air flow can be made smooth, and the lit filter can be installed and removed by inserting your hand into the rotating drum through the opening provided in the body of the rotating drum. Since the entire air circulation path can be arranged separately from the drainage path, there is an effect that water leakage will not occur even if you forget to attach a lit filter.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional front view showing a washer-dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a right side view showing a portion of the same in cross-section. 1 Cane knob, 2 Outer tank, 3 Rotating drum, 3 C, 3
b end plate, 3C body, 5 drying air circulation path, 6 hot air inlet, 7 traditional air inlet, 8 hot air outlet, 9 warm air outlet, 11 fan, 12 water removal heat exchanger, 15 heater, 17 ri. 1-'Near-I)', 20 Mounting tube, 21b
Axle, 22 laundry opening. ]2 In addition, the same reference numerals in the figures refer to the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has a rotating drum for washing and drying laundry, an outer tank that houses the rotating drum, and a drying air circulation path that is mostly located outside the outer tank. In a washer/dryer provided with an opening for loading and unloading laundry, a hot air inlet and a hot air outlet of the air circulation path are provided on one end plate and the other end plate facing each other of the rotating drum, respectively, and the hot air flow is A washer/dryer characterized in that an inlet is removably covered with a lint filter from the inside of a rotating drum.