JPH04307096A - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a clothes dryer having a rotary drum which can dry delicate clothes like wool or knitwear. CONSTITUTION:In the title dryer, a clothes holding rack is hooked on a loading opening by the front thereof, and a supporting pin spindle of the rear of the rack is engaged with a rotary bearing part of the rear of the tumbler thus to hold the rack at rest. Clothes such as wool or knitwear are placed on the rack of lattice to be dried. The rack has four sides of the bottom lattice, side lattices, and the rear lattice, and is foldable into one plate with hinges of respective sides.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer with a rotating drum that can dry delicate clothes such as wool and knitted clothes at home.

0002

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, delicate clothes such as wool and knits could not be dried in rotating drum type clothes dryers because the clothes would be damaged and shrink. For this reason, when drying these clothes, ordinary households use natural methods such as drying them flat on a shelf indoors, but this method has the disadvantage of taking a long time, such as overnight drying in summer and two days in winter. there were.

0003

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention aims to solve these conventional problems by providing a rotary clothes dryer that can dry delicate clothes such as wool and knits.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] A clothes support rack that can be taken in and out of a clothes input port of a clothes dryer having a rotating drum is provided, and the clothes support rack is placed between the inner surface of the clothes input port or the inner surface of the clothes dryer and the bearing part of the rotating drum. This clothes dryer is characterized in that the clothes support rack is held stationary by being detachably supported by a non-moving part inside the dryer.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the clothing support rack is foldable, and can be taken in and out of the clothing slot in the folded state, and can be fixed to a non-moving part in the expanded state.

[0006]

[Operation] The present invention has the above-mentioned structure, and a clothes support rack that can be put in and taken out from the clothes input port of a rotary drum type clothes dryer is supported on the inner surface of the clothes storage area or on the non-moving part of the rotation bearing part of the rotary drum. Because of this, it can be held stationary regardless of the rotation of the rotating drum, and even if delicate clothing such as wool or knitwear is placed on this clothing support rack, it can be safely dried without fear of fabric damage or shrinkage. Furthermore, since this clothing support rack is foldable so that it can be expanded and expanded within the rotating drum, the space within the rotating drum can be effectively utilized to support clothing.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a case where clothes are dried on a rack. FIG. 2 similarly shows the case where clothes are hung on a bar-like hanger. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the clothing support rack, and FIG. 4 shows the clothing support rack in a folded state. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the middle shelf, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a rod-shaped hanger. Figures 7-8
is a detailed view of the folding hinge section of the garment support rack.

In FIGS. 1 to 8, a rotating drum 1 for drying clothes and a blower fan 3 are rotationally driven by a motor 2. As shown in FIG. The heater 4 heats the air a entering the rotating drum 1 to dry the clothes. The front side of the clothes support rack 5 is suspended from the clothes input port 6 of the clothes dryer, and the rear support pin 7 is fitted into a bearing part at the center of rotation of a filter 8 fitted to the rear surface of the rotating drum 1 to support it. There is. Therefore, even if the rotating drum 1 is rotating, the garment support rack 5 is held stationary. FIG. 1 shows a case where the middle shelf 9 shown in FIG. 5 is installed on the middle protrusion 5a of the clothes support rack 5 to dry clothes 10. In this case, the clothes can be dried in the middle and lower tiers of the grid-like rack 5, which is convenient because the number of clothes can be increased. FIG. 2 shows a case where the rod-shaped hanger 11 shown in FIG. 6 is hung together with the clothes 10 in the upper notches 5b of both side lattice surfaces of the clothes support rack 5 for drying. In this case as well, two or three rod-shaped hangers 11 can be hung on the clothing support rack 5 to dry the clothes, which is convenient because the number of clothes can be increased.

As shown in FIG. 3, the clothing support rack 5 has a four-sided structure including a bottom grid surface 51, both side grid surfaces 52, and a rear grid surface 53. The hinges 54 and 55 on each side shown in 7 make it foldable as shown by the arrows in the figure, and the folded state is shown in FIG. In this way, the clothing support rack 5
When not in use, it is convenient because it can be folded and stored as shown in Figure 4.

0010

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention makes it possible to dry delicate clothes such as wool and knits on a shelf or on the line using a rotating drum type clothes dryer without fear of damage or shrinkage of the fabric. Now I can do it. In addition, since the clothes support rack for drying clothes can be folded, it can be easily stored when not in use, thereby providing a useful clothes dryer.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a case where clothes are dried on a shelf.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing a case where clothes are hung on a rod-like hanger.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a clothing support rack.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the clothing support rack in a folded state.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the middle shelf.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a rod-shaped hanger.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of the folding hinge of the garment support rack.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the folding hinge of the garment support rack.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Rotating drum 1a Bearing part 5 Clothes support rack 6 Clothing slot

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A clothes support rack that can be put in and taken out from a clothes input port of a clothes dryer having a rotating drum, and the clothes support rack is installed between the inner surface of the clothes input port or the inside surface of the clothes dryer between the inner surface and the bearing part of the rotating drum. A clothes dryer characterized in that the clothes support rack is removably supported in a non-moving position to hold the clothes support rack in a stationary state. 2. The clothing support rack according to claim 1, wherein the clothing support rack is configured to be freely foldable, to be able to be put in and taken out from the clothing slot in the folded state, and to be fixed in a non-moving position in the expanded state. Dryer.