JPH0638894U - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] It is possible to assemble without trouble such as arranging a cushion one by one under the connecting portion of the duct to the dehumidifier, and there is no fear of missing parts such as the cushion, and there is no water leakage. So that it can be reliably prevented for a long time. [Structure] A flange portion 38 is provided at one end portion which is a connection portion of the duct 37 to the dehumidifying device 35, and the flange portion 3
The outer edge of 8 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the outer box 21 to fix one end of the duct 37 so as to suppress the movement of the dehumidifier 35 when the dehumidifier 35 is connected and to prevent bending of the connected portion. . Further, the flange portion 38 is provided at one end portion of the duct 37 so as to extend in two directions, and the outer edges of the flange portion 38 are brought into contact with the two surfaces of the corner portions of the outer box 21 so that one end of the duct 37 is formed. The parts are also fixed more securely.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a dehumidifying type clothes dryer.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, in this type of dehumidifying type clothes dryer, generally, as shown in FIG. 3, a drum 2 is provided in an outer box 1 and a fan which communicates with the drum 2 and doubles as a heat exchanger. A fan casing 4 accommodating 3 is provided, and a duct 5 connected to the fan casing 4 is further provided.

With this configuration, the motor 6 rotates the drum 2 via the belt 7 and at the same time the fan 3 rotates via the belt 8, so that the clothes to be dried (not shown) housed in the drum 2 are shown. ) Is agitated, and at the same time, as shown by the arrow in the figure, the air inside the drum 2 is sucked into the fan casing 4, and the air outside the machine is sucked into the fan casing 4, and these air are sucked into the fan 3. The air in the drum 2 is dehumidified by exchanging heat with the boundary, and the dehumidified air is heated by the heater 9 through the duct 5 and returned to the drum 2 for circulation, thereby gradually removing moisture from the clothes to be dried. It is designed to be dried. Further, in this case, water generated by dehumidifying the air in the drum 2 is guided from the inside of the fan casing 4 into the duct 5, and from the drain port 10 formed in the middle of the duct 5 to the drain port at the bottom of the outer case 1. It is designed to be discharged to the outside of the machine through 11.

A cushion 12 is placed below the connecting portion of the duct 5 to the fan casing 4 to support the connecting portion of the duct 5 and suppress the movement of the duct 5 when connecting them. Therefore, the connection work can be facilitated, and the bending of the connecting portion of the duct 5 with respect to the fan casing 4 due to its own weight is prevented, and water leakage from the portion is prevented.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned one, it is necessary to dispose the cushions 12 one by one under the connecting portion of the duct 5 at the time of assembling, which is troublesome, and the disposed cushions 12 may not be displaced. However, there was a problem that water leakage could not be prevented and could not be completed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and therefore an object thereof is to make it possible to assemble a cushion one by one below a connecting portion of a duct without trouble, and yet to construct the cushion. An object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer capable of reliably preventing water leakage for a long time without fear of missing parts, and more securely fixing a connecting portion of a duct.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the clothes dryer of the present invention is provided with a drying chamber inside the outer box, and is connected to the dehumidifying device for introducing the air in the drying chamber to dehumidify it. A duct provided with dehumidified air into the drying chamber, wherein a flange portion is provided at the connection portion of the duct to the dehumidifying device, and the outer edge of the flange portion is brought into contact with the inner surface of the outer box to connect the duct portion. Is fixed.

In this case, the flange portion is provided so as to extend in two directions in the connecting portion of the duct, and each outer edge of the flange portion is brought into contact with two surfaces of the corner portion of the outer box to fix the connecting portion of the duct. That's good.

[0009]

[Action]

 According to the above-mentioned means, the connecting portion of the duct is fixed by the flange portion of the same portion, which does not require the trouble of disposing a cushion as a separate component. Further, the flange portion of the duct connecting portion is the same body as the duct connecting portion, so that it does not drop from the location.

Then, the flange portion is provided so as to extend in two directions in the connecting portion of the duct, and each outer edge of the flange portion is brought into contact with two faces of the corner portion of the outer box to fix the connecting portion of the duct. With this configuration, the duct connection is fixed on the two sides of the outer box corners, so more reliable fixing is possible.

[0011]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First of all, FIG. 1 shows an outer box 21 of the entire clothes dryer. A door 22 for opening and closing the entrance 22 is formed by forming an entrance / exit 22 for the clothes to be dried in the center of the front part thereof. is doing.

A drum 24 that constitutes a drying chamber is housed inside the outer box 21, and the housed drum 24 has a large-diameter opening 25 formed on the front surface thereof and a front portion of the outer box 21. The drum 27 is rotatably supported by the drum support 26, and the shaft 27 provided at the center of the rear surface is also rotatably supported by the support plate 28 provided at the rear of the outer box 21.

A motor 29 is disposed in the upper portion inside the outer box 21 outside the drum 24, and the drum 24 is rotated by the motor 29 via the belt 30.

Further, a large number of small holes are formed in the rear portion of the drum 24 to form an air outlet 31, and a fan casing 32 is connected to the air outlet 31 at the rear outside the drum 24 to form a fan. A fan 33, which also functions as a double-bladed heat exchanger, is arranged in the casing 32 so as to partition the inside thereof into front and rear, and the fan 33 is rotated by the motor 29 via a belt 34. A dehumidifying device 35 that also serves as a blower is configured.

A connection port 36 is formed in the lower part of the front part of the fan casing 32 of the dehumidifying device 35, and the connection port 36 is fitted and connected to one end of the duct 37. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, a flange portion 38 is provided at one end of the duct 37 so as to extend in two directions below and one side (right side in FIG. 2). The outer edges of the parts 38 are brought into contact with two surfaces of the inner surface of the outer box 21, that is, the bottom surface 21a of the lower right corner in FIG. 2 and the one side surface 21b to fix one end of the duct 37. The connection port 36 of the fan casing 32 is connected to one end of the duct 37.

The other end of the duct 37 is connected to a heater duct 40 in which a heater 39 is installed, and the heater duct 40 has an air inlet 41 formed by forming a number of small holes under the drum support 26. Is in communication with. A drain port 42 is formed in the middle of the duct 37 and faces the drain port 43 formed at the bottom of the outer box 21.

Next, the operation of the above structure will be described. When the drying operation is started, the motor 29 is energized and the heater 39 is energized. Then, the motor 29 rotates the drum 24 via the belt 30 and simultaneously rotates the fan 33 via the belt 34. Therefore, the clothes to be dried (not shown) housed in the drum 24 are agitated by the rotation of the drum 24, while the air in the drum 24 is rotated by the fan 33 to move from the air outlet 31 to the front part in the fan casing 32. Is sucked into the duct 37 and discharged into the duct 37. At the same time, the air outside the machine is sucked into the rear part of the fan casing 32 from the outside air intake 45 at the center of the outer case back plate 44, and goes out of the machine from the outside air return port 46 below the outer case back plate 44. The air in the drum 24 and the air outside the machine are heat-exchanged with the fan 33 as a boundary in the fan casing 32, thereby dehumidifying the air in the drum 24. Therefore, the dehumidified air passes through the duct 37, and the air that has passed through the duct 37 comes into contact with the heater 39 that is generating heat in the heater duct 40 to be hot-aired and returned to the drum 24 through the air inlet 41. It is supplied and circulated.

Thus, the clothes to be dried in the drum 24 are gradually deprived of moisture to be dried, and in this case, the water generated by dehumidifying the air in the drum 24 is the fan casing 32. It is guided into the duct 37 from the inside, and discharged from the drain port 42 of the duct 37 to the outside of the machine through the drain port 43 at the bottom of the outer box 21.

On the other hand, at the time of assembly, one end portion which is a connection portion of the duct 37 to the dehumidifier 35 is fixed by bringing the outer edge of the flange portion 38 provided in the same portion into contact with the inner surface of the outer box 21, Since the movement is suppressed, the connection port 36 of the dehumidifying device 35 can be easily connected to one end of the duct 37. Further, since the outer edge of the flange portion 38 is brought into contact with the inner surface of the outer box 21 to fix the one end portion of the duct 37, it is possible to prevent the one end portion of the duct 37 from bending due to its own weight, and to prevent water leakage therefrom. can do.

Further, the flange portion 38 does not require the trouble of arranging a cushion of a separate component as in the prior art below one end portion of the duct 37, and further, the conventional cushion. Since there is no risk of missing parts like the above, water leakage can be reliably prevented for a long time.

In addition, particularly in the above-mentioned configuration, the flange portion 38 is provided at one end portion of the duct 37 so as to extend in two directions, and each outer edge of the flange portion 38 is provided on two surfaces of the corner portion of the outer box 21. Since the one end of the duct 37 is fixed by abutting it, the one end of the duct 37 can be more reliably fixed, and the effect of facilitating the connection work and preventing water leakage can be surely obtained. You can

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings. In particular, the drying chamber is not moved like the drum 24, but is kept stationary. It may be such that clothes to be dried are suspended and stored by a hanger or the like, and the dehumidifying device may be dedicated to dehumidifying without also functioning as an air blower. Can be appropriately changed and implemented.

[0023]

[Effect of device]

 The clothes dryer of the present invention is as described above, and has the following effects.

In the clothes dryer according to claim 1, a drying chamber is provided in the outer box, and a dehumidifying device that introduces air in the drying chamber to dehumidify the air and a dehumidified air connected to the dehumidifying device are provided. A duct that leads into the drying chamber is provided with a flange at the duct connection to the dehumidifier, and the outer edge of this flange is brought into contact with the inner surface of the outer box to fix the duct connection. By doing so, it is possible to assemble it without the hassle of disposing a cushion under the connecting portion of the duct one by one, and there is no fear of missing parts such as cushions, and it is possible to reliably prevent water leakage for a long time. be able to.

In the clothes dryer of claim 2, the flange portion is further provided so as to extend in two directions at the connecting portion of the duct, and each outer edge of the flange portion contacts two surfaces of the corner portion of the outer box. By fixing the connecting portion of the duct by making contact with each other, the connecting portion of the duct can be fixed more surely, and the effect of facilitating the connecting work and preventing water leakage can be obtained more surely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Semi-longitudinal section rear view with the outer case back plate removed

FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 is an outer box, 21a is an inner bottom surface of the outer box, 21b is an inner side surface of the outer box, 24 is a drum (drying chamber), 35 is a dehumidifier, 37
Indicates a duct, and 38 indicates a flange portion.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A drying chamber is provided in an outer box, and a dehumidifying device for introducing air in the drying chamber to dehumidify it, and a duct connected to the dehumidifying device for guiding dehumidified air into the drying chamber are provided. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein a flange portion is provided at a connecting portion of the duct to the dehumidifying device, and an outer edge of the flange portion is brought into contact with an inner surface of the outer box to fix the connecting portion of the duct. 2. A duct connecting portion is provided with a flange portion extending in two directions, and each outer edge of the flange portion is brought into contact with two surfaces of a corner portion of the outer box to fix the duct connecting portion. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein: