JPH0691097A - Clothes drier - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate need of data detection in a clothes drier so as to reduce time till completion of drying operation by receiving the detection data concern ing the washing from a washing machine capable of detecting quantity of the washing, and setting operation contents based on the data in executing opera tion. CONSTITUTION:In a control device 44 of a clothes drier, detection data concerning the washing generated from output ports Q1-Q4 of a control device 7 of a washing machine are inputted to input ports P1-P4 through connection lines 48, and in addition, operation signals from an operation part 49 comprising various operation keys in an operation panel and detection signals from a temperature sensor 50 and a washing sensor 51 are inputted. The control device 44 determines if the detection data concerning the washing are generated from the washing machine or not first when actuation is started, and when it determines that the data are generated, it reads the data of the quality and quantity of the washing. An operation course is set based on the data of the quality of the washing, and an operation time is set based on the data of the quantity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer which operates on the basis of detection data of laundry.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, clothes dryers have been provided which are operated on the basis of detection data of laundry. In the case of this one, the laundry is stored inside the drum which is the drying chamber of the clothes dryer, and the laundry is agitated by rotating the drum in that state, whereby the laundry touches the detection electrode inside the drum, By detecting the load current of the drum drive motor, the amount of laundry and other data can be obtained. Based on the detected data, the operation details such as course and time are set, and the operation with the set contents is executed. It is like this.

[0003]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned one, the clothes dryer is used to detect the data on the laundry, and then the operation of the set contents is executed. Therefore, there is a problem that it takes a long time to finish the drying operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. Therefore, firstly, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer which can shorten the time until the end of the drying operation.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer which can shorten the time until the end of the drying operation and can perform the drying operation according to the increase and decrease of laundry and user's preference. .

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the clothes dryer of the present invention, the detection data about the laundry is received from the washing machine capable of detecting at least the amount of the laundry, and the received data is received. The operation contents are set based on the above, and the operation of the set contents is executed.

In this case, further, there is provided data correction means capable of manually correcting the detection data of the laundry received from the washing machine, and when there is an input from this data correction means, it is based on the input. It is preferable that the operation content is set by executing the operation and the operation having the set content is executed.

[0008]

According to the above means, since the detection data on the laundry is received from the washing machine, it is not necessary to detect the data by the clothes dryer, and the time can be saved.

Further, in the case where the data correction means capable of manually correcting the detection data of the laundry received from the washing machine is provided, the operation content is set based on the input from the data correction means. In addition, it becomes possible to perform a drying operation suitable for the increase and decrease of the laundry when drying the laundry and the preference of the user.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 2 shows a washing machine 1 and a clothes dryer 3 installed above it by a stand device 2. Among them, the washing machine 1 is provided with a washing tub (not shown) therein, and is capable of washing by stirring the laundry (also not shown) in the washing water in the washing tub. There is.

On the other hand, the clothes dryer 3 is provided with a drum 4 therein, the laundry is housed in the drum 4 and hot air is supplied thereto, and at the same time, the drum 4 is rotated to wash the laundry. It is designed to be stirred and dried.

The washing machine 1 has a lid 5 on the upper surface thereof, and the clothes dryer 3 has a door 6 on the front surface thereof.

The washing machine 1 has an operation panel (not shown) below the front portion of the lid 5, and further has a controller 7 shown in FIG. 3 below the operation panel. This control device 7
It is composed of a microcomputer, and is supplied with power from the power supply circuit 8 and receives a clock signal from the clock circuit 9 and an initialization signal from the initialization circuit 10, respectively, and further various operation keys provided on the operation panel. Various operation signals from the operation unit 11 including the operation unit, a water level detection signal from the water level sensor 12 provided to detect the water level of the washing water in the washing tub, and a detection signal regarding the laundry from the laundry sensor 13 Are input respectively.

Here, the laundry sensor 13 detects the phase difference between the load current flowing through the agitation drive motor 14 and the applied voltage when the laundry is agitated in the washing water in the washing tub, for example. It consists of a detection device, a terminal voltage detection device that detects the terminal voltage of the motor / capacitor, or a rotation speed detection device that detects the rotation speed of the motor.
The amount of laundry is detected from the magnitude of the motor load detected by them, and the quality of the laundry is detected from the degree of change in the motor load.

Therefore, the control device 7 has a display unit 15 including various displays provided on the operation panel based on various inputs including the input from the laundry sensor 13 and a control program stored in advance. A drive circuit 16 for driving the water tank, a drive circuit 18 for driving a water supply valve 17 provided for supplying water into the washing tub, a drive circuit 19 for driving the agitation drive (dehydration drive) motor 14, and drainage into the laundry tub. A drive control signal is applied to each of the drive circuits 21 for driving the drain valves 20 provided so as to output data on the laundry detected by the laundry sensor 12 from the output ports Q1 to Q4. .

On the other hand, the clothes dryer 3 has an operation panel 22 below the door 6. This operation panel 2
2 has the configuration shown in detail in FIG. 4, and in addition to having operation keys 23 to 32 and indicators 33 to 40 of the types shown by the letters, in particular, a laundry amount correction plus key 41 and a laundry amount correction It has a minus key 42 as data correction means, and further has a laundry amount display 43.

Further, at the position on the back side of the operation panel 22 of the clothes dryer 3, there is provided a controller 44 shown in FIG. 3 together with the controller 7 of the washing machine. The control device 44 is a control means and is composed of a microcomputer, and like the control device 7 of the washing machine, power is supplied from the power supply circuit 45 and a clock signal is also initialized from the clock circuit 46. An initialization signal is input from the circuit 47, and the detection data of the laundry emitted from the output ports Q1 to Q4 of the control device 7 of the washing machine 1 are input to the input ports P1 to P4 by the connection line 48, and further, , Various operation signals from an operation unit 49 including various operation keys 23 to 32, 41, 42 provided on the operation panel 22, and a water level detection signal from a temperature sensor 50 provided to detect the temperature in the drum 4. However, the detection signal of the laundry is input from the laundry sensor 51.

Here, the laundry sensor 51 of the clothes dryer 3 is, for example, a laundry for a detection electrode (not shown) inside the drum 4 when the drum 4 is rotated with the laundry accommodated therein. Contact detection device that detects the contact of
The drum drive motor is composed of a current detecting device for detecting a load current, and the amount and quality of the laundry as well as the degree of wetness are detected by them.

The control device 44, on the basis of various inputs including the input from the laundry sensor 51 and the control program stored in advance, has various display devices 33 to 40 provided on the operation panel 22. A drive circuit 53 that drives the display unit 52 including 43, a drive circuit 55 that drives a motor 54 that rotates the drum 4, a drive circuit 57 that drives a heater 56 that generates warm air to be supplied into the drum 4, and the same temperature. A drive control signal is applied to each of the drive circuits 59 that drive the motor 58 of the blower that generates wind.

Therefore, the contents of control by the control device 44 of the clothes dryer 3 will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control device 44 determines whether or not the detection data on the laundry is issued from the washing machine 1 at the beginning when the power is turned on and the operation is started (step). S1). At this time, if it is determined that the detection data is issued, the data on the quality of the laundry in the detection data is read (step S2), and then the data on the amount of the laundry is read. (Step S3), and thereafter, the data about the amount of the laundry is displayed on the laundry amount display 43 (step S4). Then, it is determined whether or not the data is manually corrected by the laundry amount correction plus key 41 or the laundry amount correction minus key 42 (step S5).

Here, when the laundry amount correction plus key 41 is operated, the amount of data on the amount of laundry is increased and corrected for each operation, which is based on the data of the laundry to be dried. It is suitable for adding or for increasing the dryness according to the preference of the user. On the other hand, when the laundry amount correction minus key 42 is operated, the operation 1
Data on the amount of laundry is corrected each time, and this is suitable when the amount of laundry to be dried is reduced from that data, or when the drying is weakened by the user's preference. .

However, if it is determined in step S5 that such manual correction of data has occurred,
Accordingly, the data increase / decrease is corrected accordingly, and at the same time, the content of the correction is displayed on the laundry amount display 43 (step S6), and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S7. In addition, the above step S5
Then, if it is determined that the data is not manually corrected, the process immediately proceeds to step S7.

In this advanced step S7, the operation content is set, and if the data on the quality of the laundry indicates "standard" such as cotton as shown in FIG. 5, the operation course is set. If it is set to "standard" and shows "wrinkle" such as jeans, the driving course is set to "intense", and if it shows "suppleness" such as lingerie, the driving course is set to " Set to "Delicate".

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, if the data on the amount of laundry indicates "large", the operation time is set by adding "30 minutes" to the reference time, and "medium" is set. If it shows, the operating time is set by adding "15 minutes" to the reference time, and if it shows "small", the operating time is set according to the reference time.

FIG. 7 shows the details of the operation set in this way in a more concrete manner. In the "standard" course, the dry fixed operation is "160 minutes" (reference time), and the laundry amount "Small", "Medium", "Large" for "0-30 minutes"
The variable drying operation of No. 3 is always performed by the heater "weak" heat generation and the drum normal rotation operation, and thereafter, the air blowing operation of "10 minutes" is performed by the heater "Off" and the drum normal rotation operation.

On the other hand, in the "careful" course, the dry confirmation operation is "190 minutes" (reference time), and the laundry amount is "small", "medium", "large", "0 to 30 minutes". The variable drying operation of "." Is always performed by the heater "strong" heat generation and the drum normal rotation operation, and thereafter, the air blowing operation of "10 minutes" is performed by the heater "off" and the drum normal rotation operation.

In the "delicate" course, the drying confirmation operation is "45 minutes" (reference time), and the amount of laundry can be varied from "0" to "30 minutes" for "small", "medium", and "large". The operation is performed from the beginning through the heater "weak" heat generation and the drum forward / reverse operation, and then the air blowing operation for "10 minutes" is performed with the heater "off" and the drum forward rotation operation. FIG. 8 shows a mode of the drum forward / reverse operation at this time, and the drum 4 is normally driven for 10 seconds, paused for 10 seconds, and then reversely driven for 10 seconds. .

Further, FIG. 9 shows that the laundry amount is "large", "medium",
The content of manual correction in the "small" data is shown. When the laundry amount is "large", the data increase correction cannot be performed, but only the weight reduction correction can be performed for the operation time of "15 minutes" (-15 minutes). It is like this. Further, when the amount of laundry is "medium", both data increase correction and data decrease correction can be performed for the operation time of "15 minutes" (± 15 minutes). Then, when the laundry amount is "small", the data reduction correction cannot be performed, and only the increase correction can be performed for the operation time (+15 minutes) of "15 minutes".

The display of the laundry amount data on the laundry amount display 43 is performed by discoloring the entire laundry amount display 43 when the laundry amount is "large", and when the laundry amount is "medium". The lower half of the laundry amount indicator 43 is discolored, and when the laundry amount is "small", the lowermost one of the laundry amount indicator 43 is discolored. When there is an increase correction of the data, Each of the laundry amount indicators 43 is increased to cause a color change, and when there is a data reduction correction, the laundry amount indicators 43 are decreased one by one to cause a color change.

After the step S7, however, it is judged whether or not the start operation is performed (step S7).
8) Then, as soon as it is determined that the operation has been performed, the operation having the set content is executed (step S9).

If it is determined in the previous step S1 that the washing machine 1 has not output the detection data for the laundry, the drum 4 is rotated, and the laundry sensor 51 detects the amount of laundry in this situation. Then, the quality, the degree of wetness, etc. are detected (step S10), and thereafter, the operation proceeds to step S7 and thereafter to set the operation based on the detection data and execute the set operation.

As described above, according to the present configuration, the detection data about the laundry is received from the washing machine 1, the operation contents are set based on the received data, and the operation of the set contents is executed. Since it is not necessary to detect the data of the laundry in the dryer 3, the time can be saved,
The time until the end of the drying operation can be shortened as desired.

In addition, a laundry amount correction plus key 41 and a laundry amount correction minus key 42 (data correction means) are provided, and when there is a manual correction of data by them, the operation content is set based on the manual correction, and the setting is made. Since the operation described above is executed, it is possible to perform the drying operation that suits the increase and decrease of the laundry when drying the laundry and the user's preference.

The clothes dryer 3 is detected by the washing machine 1.
The laundry data given to the item may be at least the amount of laundry. Further, the clothes dryer 3 as a whole is not limited to the so-called drum type, but may be another type such as a cabinet type. Further, the clothes dryer 3 may not be equipped with the laundry sensor 51.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, and can be implemented with appropriate modifications within the scope not departing from the gist.

[0038]

The present invention is as described above,
It has the following effects.

In the clothes dryer according to the first aspect, at least the detection data about the laundry is received from the washing machine capable of detecting the laundry amount, the operation content is set based on the received data, and the operation content is set. By performing the operation, it is not necessary to detect data on the laundry by the clothes dryer, and the time until the end of the drying operation can be shortened.

In addition to the above configuration, the clothes dryer according to claim 2 further comprises data correction means capable of manually correcting the detection data of the laundry received from the washing machine. When there is an input from the means, the control means sets the operation content based on the input from the data correction means, and controls to execute the operation of the set content until the end of the drying operation. In addition to shortening the time, it is possible to perform a drying operation that suits the increase and decrease of laundry and user preference.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining an operation showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a combined connection state with a washing machine.

FIG. 3 is a schematic electrical configuration diagram showing the same connection state.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an operation panel

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between laundry quality data and a set driving course.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between data on the amount of laundry and a change in the set operating time.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of each driving course in detail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a normal / reverse mode of a drum in a “delicate” course.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a relationship between data on the amount of laundry and a change time by manual correction.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a washing machine, 3 is a clothes dryer, 7 is a control device, and Q1 to Q
4 is an output port, 41 is a laundry amount correction plus key (data correction means), 42 is a laundry amount correction minus key (data correction means), 44 is a control device (control means), P1 to P
4 indicates an input port.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A control for receiving detection data about a laundry from at least a washing machine capable of detecting the amount of laundry, setting operation content based on the received data, and performing control to execute the operation of the set content. A clothes dryer characterized by comprising means. 2. A data correction means capable of manually correcting the detection data of the laundry received from the washing machine, and when there is an input from the data correction means, the control means has the data correction means. 2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the operation content is set based on an input from, and control is performed to execute the operation of the set content.