JPH067596A - Bathroom clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a cheap clothes dryer which can be installed in an existing bathroom by heating air absorbed from outside of the bathroom with a heat exchange element and a heater element to blow into the bathroom where clothes are placed, followed by heat exchanging with the heat exchange element through absorbing moisture generated in drying clothes and exhausting the air. CONSTITUTION:When the clothes dryer installed in a bathroom is operated, the controller 17 is operated to drive an air blower on the side of the bathroom. Then, air (a) is absorbed from an air absorbing port 8 on the side of a dressing room through an air absorbing duct 7 and an outdoor air absorbing port 5. When air passes through the heat exchange element 13, the temperature is raised and further heated with the heater element 14, and the air is blown as dry air into the bathroom from the outlet 14 on the side of the bathroom to dry clothes in the bathroom. Then, moisture generated by the drying operation is absorbed from the absorbing port 11 with the operation of an air blower 16 followed by heat exchange with air (a) with the heat exchange element 13. After temperature is lowered by giving heat energy to the air (a), the air is exhausted from exhaust port 9 via outdoor air discharge port 6 and exhaust duct 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bathroom clothes dryer for drying clothes in a bathroom.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, due to an increase in double-income households and single persons, it is not possible to hang laundry outdoors during the day. Therefore, more households hang laundry in the bathroom at night, etc. A bathroom clothes dryer that can dry the room is used.

[0003] Conventionally, this type of bathroom clothes dryer is generally installed as a residential facility by adding a function of generating warm air to a ventilation fan.

The structure will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. As shown in the figure, the ceiling surface 1 of the bathroom
01, the dryer main body 102 is embedded. When the control switch 103 installed outside the bathroom is operated, the ventilation fan 104 rotates, and the air in the bathroom is sucked in through the intake port 105 and discharged from the ventilation duct 106 to the outside. At the same time, the circulation fan 107 rotates, and the air in the bathroom is sucked from the intake port 105 and heated by the heater element 108.

In the above structure, the circulation fan 107,
By the indoor circulating hot air generated by the heater element 108,
The clothes 109 in the bathroom are dried, and moisture generated during the drying is simultaneously ventilated through the ventilation duct 106 by the ventilation fan 104 of the dryer main body 102 and discharged to the outside of the room.

[0006]

In such a conventional bathroom clothes dryer, since the construction of housing equipment is required, construction costs are required in addition to the product, and the overall price increases and the cost of the house is increased. There was a problem that it could only be installed at the time of new construction or extension and renovation, and could not be easily installed in rented houses such as rental housing.

Further, although it has a timer for setting the drying time, since the time required for drying varies depending on the temperature and humidity of the outside air, when actually used, overdrying or raw drying tends to occur depending on the timer setting time. Had a problem.

[0008] The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to provide a bathroom clothes dryer which can be installed at a low cost by allowing clothes to be dried by using an existing bathroom as it is, without requiring housing work. The purpose of.

A second object is to provide a bathroom clothes dryer having a high drying effect by utilizing a ventilation fan and a vent installed in the bathroom.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a highly convenient bathroom clothes dryer which detects the temperature and humidity in the bathroom and automatically operates according to the dryness of the clothes.

[0011]

A first means for achieving the first object of the present invention is to provide a dryer main body installed in a bathroom, a heat exchange element built in the main body, and an intake air blower. And an exhaust air blower, an outside air intake port and an outside air outlet extending from the main body to the outside of the bathroom, a bathroom side intake port and a bathroom side air outlet provided on the front face of the main body, and the vicinity of the bathroom side air outlet. The ventilation device for intake air inhales from the outdoor air intake port, blows warm air from the outlet on the bathroom side through the heat exchange element and the heater element, and exhausts the air. The blower is configured to take in air from the bathroom-side intake port, communicate with the heat exchange element, and exhaust from the outdoor side air outlet.

Further, the second means for achieving the second object is such that the outdoor air outlet is provided on the surface of the main body, and the outdoor air outlet is provided with a wind direction variable louver for varying the exhaust direction. It is a thing.

A third means for achieving the third object is a temperature sensor for detecting room temperature, a humidity sensor for detecting indoor humidity, and a control device for automatically operating according to changes in temperature and humidity in the bathroom. It is configured to be provided.

[0014]

According to the present invention, by the constitution of the above-mentioned first means, the air sucked from the outside of the bathroom is heated to a temperature close to the inside of the bathroom by passing through the heat exchange element, and further heated by the heater element to enter the bathroom. Blow and dry clothes in the bathroom. At the same time, the moisture generated when the clothes are dried diffuses into the atmosphere inside the bathroom, but when the air containing this moisture is taken in from the bathroom side intake port at the front of the dryer main body and passed through the heat exchange element, By exchanging heat with the more inhaled air, the temperature is lowered and it can be exhausted outside the bathroom.

Further, according to the structure of the second means, when the ventilation port or the ventilation fan is installed in the bathroom, the exhaust is performed in the bathroom, and the exhaust direction is directed to the ventilation port or the ventilation fan, thereby It creates a circulating air flow that attracts air to the vents and ventilators, promotes ventilation, and allows moisture to be expelled outdoors.

With the configuration of the third means, the temperature sensor and the humidity sensor of the control device detect the room temperature change and the humidity change in the bathroom, and the air blower on the bathroom side and the outdoor air blower according to the change amount of the temperature and humidity. It is possible to operate while controlling the device and the heater element, and automatically stop when the amount of change in temperature or humidity falls below a specified value.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in the figure, the clothes 2 are suspended in the bathroom 1, the door 3 of the bathroom 1 is partially opened, and the dryer main body 4 is installed near the door 3. An outdoor inlet 5 and an outdoor outlet 6 are provided at the back of the dryer body 4, an intake duct 7 and an exhaust duct 8 are detachably connected to each other, and an intake port 9 and an exhaust port 10 are opened in the undressing chamber. . A bathroom-side intake port 11 and a bathroom-side outlet port 12 are provided at the front of the dryer main body 4.

The dryer main body 4 is provided with a heating air passage 4a for sucking air from the dressing room to supply heated air to the bathroom 1 and an exhaust air passage 4b for exhausting air containing moisture in the bathroom 1 to the dressing room. ing. The heating air passage 4a has a heat exchange element 13, a heater element 14, and a bathroom side air blower 15 built therein, and intakes air from an intake port 9 opening to a dressing room through an intake duct 7 and an outdoor intake port 5 to exchange heat. The element 13 heat-exchanges to raise the temperature, passes through the bathroom-side blower 15, and is heated by the heater element 14, and the heated air is supplied from the bathroom-side outlet 12 to the bathroom 1.
It is blown out inside. The heat exchange element 13 is provided in the exhaust ventilation passage 4b.
And the air blower device 16 for exhaust are built in, and the air intake 1 on the bathroom side
The air sucked from 1 is dissipated by the heat exchange element 13, passes through the exhaust air blower 16, and is exhausted from the exhaust port 10 of the dressing room through the outdoor air outlet 6 and the exhaust duct 8.
A control device 17 is provided on the upper surface of the main body 4.

In the above structure, when the control device 17 is operated, the bathroom side blower device 15 is operated and the intake port 9 of the dressing room
Further, the air a is taken in through the intake duct 7 and the outdoor intake port 5, is heated when passing through the heat exchange element 13, is further heated by the heater element 14 and becomes hot dry air from the bathroom side outlet 12. The clothes 2 in the bathroom 1 are dried by being blown into the bathroom 1. The moisture generated when the clothes 2 are dried diffuses into the atmosphere in the bathroom 1, but at the same time, the hot air and humid air in the bathroom 1 is taken in from the bathroom side intake port 11 because the exhaust blower 16 operates. , The heat exchange element 1
The heat is exchanged at 3 to lower the temperature, and the air is exhausted from the exhaust port 9 through the outdoor air outlet 6 and the exhaust duct 8 to the outside of the bathroom.

As described above, according to the bathroom clothes dryer of the first embodiment of the present invention, the air a sucked from the outside of the bathroom 1 by the dryer main body 4 placed in the bathroom 1 is a heat exchange element. The clothes 2 in the bathroom 1 are dried by being heated by 13 and further heated by the heater element 14, and the high temperature air containing the moisture generated by the drying is sucked in, and the heat exchange element 13 lowers the temperature to undress. By exhausting the air into the room, the interior of the bathroom 1 can be kept in a high temperature dry state with energy saving, and the drying of the clothes 2 can be promoted.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Also, description will be made with reference to FIG. The same components as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. A wind direction variable louver 18 is attached to the outdoor outlet 6 of the main body 4 as shown. The wind direction variable louver 18 has its exhaust direction directed to the ventilation fan 19 of the bathroom 1. The high-temperature and high-humidity air sucked from the bathroom-side intake port 11 is heat-exchanged by the heat exchange element 13, and the exhaust air blower 16 passes the variable air flow direction louver 18 toward the ventilation fan 19 from the outdoor outlet 6. Exhausted.

In the above structure, when the controller 17 is operated, the bathroom side air blower 15 is operated, and the air a is sucked from the air intake 9 of the adjacent room through the air intake duct 7 and the outdoor air intake 5, and the heat exchange element 13 is turned on. After passing through it, it is heated and further heated by the heater element 14 to become dry warm air, which is blown into the bathroom 1 from the bathroom-side outlet 12 to dry the clothes 2 in the bathroom 1. The moisture generated when the clothes 2 are dried diffuses into the atmosphere in the bathroom 1, but at the same time, the air blower 16 for the exhaust operates so that the air b in the bathroom 1 is taken in from the bathroom side intake port 11, The heat exchange element 13 exchanges heat with the air a sucked from the outside of the bathroom 1 to lower the temperature, and is exhausted toward the ventilation fan 19 by the wind direction variable louver 18 attached to the outdoor outlet 6. This air flow c can be exhausted to the outside of the bathroom 1 from the ventilation fan 19 while attracting the hot and humid air d in the bathroom 1.

As described above, according to the bathroom clothes dryer of the second embodiment of the present invention, the main body 4 placed in the bathroom 1 draws in the air a from the dressing room and heats it with the air in the bathroom. The clothes 2 in the bathroom 1 are dried by being heated and further heated by the heater element 14, and the hot and humid air b in the bathroom containing the moisture generated by the drying is sucked in and the temperature is lowered by heat exchange. The air is exhausted toward the ventilation fan 19. The hot air / humidity air d in the bathroom 1 is effectively exhausted to the outside of the bathroom 1 by this attracted airflow c, and the inside of the bathroom 1 is effectively brought to a high temperature dry state, so that the drying effect of the clothes 2 can be enhanced.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The description will be made with reference to FIG. The same components as those in the first and second embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

A temperature sensor 20 and a humidity sensor 21 for detecting the temperature and humidity inside the bathroom 1 are installed near the air inlet 11 on the bathroom side, and the controller 22 controls the bathroom side air blower 15 and the exhaust air on the basis of the detected temperature and humidity. Blower 16 and heater element 14
Is configured to control.

In the above structure, when the dryer is operated,
Air a is sucked from the air intake 9 of the adjacent room through the air intake duct 7 and the outdoor air intake 5 by the bathroom side air blower 15, passes through the heat exchange element 13 and is heated, and further the heater element 14
Heated by, becomes hot air that is dried, and the outlet on the bathroom side 1
Air is blown into the bathroom 1 from 2 to dry the clothes 2 in the bathroom 1. The moisture generated when the clothes 2 are dried diffuses into the atmosphere in the bathroom 1, but at the same time, the air blower 16 for the exhaust operates so that the air b in the bathroom 1 is taken in from the bathroom side intake port 11, The heat exchanging element 13 exchanges heat with the air a sucked from the outside of the bathroom 1 to lower the temperature, and the wind direction variable louver 18 attached to the outdoor outlet 6 allows the ventilation fan 1
It is exhausted toward 9. This airflow c can be exhausted outside the bathroom by the ventilation fan 19 while attracting the hot and humid air d in the bathroom 1.

The temperature sensor 20 and the humidity sensor 21 are attached near the bathroom-side intake port 11 and detect the hot and humid air b in the bathroom 1. Air b in bathroom 1
As for the temperature and humidity, the temperature gradually increases and the humidity decreases as the clothes 2 dry, as shown in FIG. When the drying is completed, the amount of change in temperature and humidity inside the bathroom 1 becomes extremely small. Therefore, the amount of change in temperature / humidity with respect to the constant time T is measured, and when the amount of change in temperature / humidity is large, the heater element 14,
A controller 2 that accelerates drying by increasing the capabilities of the bathroom side blower 15 and the exhaust blower 16 and stops the operation when the amount of change in temperature and humidity falls below a specified value.
It is possible to perform automatic operation according to 2. As described above, according to the bathroom clothes dryer of the third embodiment of the present invention, the amount of change per unit time T of the temperature sensor 20 and the humidity sensor 21 is measured, and the controller 22 determines this value to determine the amount of change. By changing the driving state of, the automatic driving can be performed according to the dryness degree of the clothes 2 in the bathroom 1.

[0028]

As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a bathroom clothes dryer which can be installed inexpensively using an existing bathroom without the need for construction of housing equipment.

Further, by using the ventilation fan and the vent in the bathroom, it is possible to provide a bathroom clothes dryer having a higher drying effect.

Further, it is possible to provide a highly convenient bathroom clothes dryer which detects the temperature and humidity in the bathroom and automatically starts and stops the clothes according to the dryness of the clothes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) is a schematic sectional view of a bathroom clothes dryer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same installation state.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the same installed state.

FIG. 5A is a sectional view of the same third embodiment, and FIG. 5B is a circuit configuration diagram of the same.

[Figure 6] Temperature and humidity characteristics of the bathroom

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional bathroom clothes dryer installed state.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathroom 4 Dryer main body 5 Outdoor side air intake 6 Outdoor side air outlet 11 Bathroom side air inlet 12 Bathroom side air outlet 13 Heat exchange element 14 Heater element 15 Intake air blower device 16 Exhaust air blower device 18 Wind direction variable louver 20 Temperature sensor 21 Humidity sensor 22 Control device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A dryer main body installed in a bathroom, a heat exchange element built in the main body, an intake air blower and an exhaust air blower, and an outdoor air intake and an outdoor air extending from the main body to the outside of the bathroom. The air blower for intake includes the air outlet, a bathroom-side air inlet and a bathroom-side air outlet provided on the front surface of the main body, and a heater element disposed in the vicinity of the bathroom-side air outlet. From the bathroom side air outlet through the heat exchange element and the heater element, and the exhaust air blower inhales from the bathroom side air inlet and through the heat exchange element to the outdoor side air outlet. Bathroom clothes dryer exhausted from. 2. The bathroom clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein an outdoor air outlet is provided on the surface of the main body, and the outdoor air outlet is provided with a wind direction variable louver for varying the exhaust direction. 3. A bathroom clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising a temperature sensor for detecting room temperature, a humidity sensor for detecting indoor humidity, and a control device for automatically operating according to temperature and humidity changes in the bathroom. .