JPH0775700A - Dehydrating device for washing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the device so that dehydration can be executed in a state that the washing is left hung from a hanger, and an integrated operation of a washing process can be realized. CONSTITUTION:In an outer barrel 1, outer barrel doors 15A, 15B, 16A and 16B are provided, and in an inner barrel 30, a side plate is divided into plural pieces at equal intervals, and also, this inner barrel consists of plural inner barrel doors 37A-37D having a hanger hanging implement 40 for hanging a hanger with the washing 2 hung inside, and this device is provided with an outer barrel door opening/closing means for opening and closing the outer barrel door, a locking means for locking each inner barrel door in a closed state, a lock releasing means for releasing the lock of the inner barrel door corresponding to the outer barrel door, and an inner barrel door opening/closing means for opening and closing the inner barrel door corresponding to the outer barrel door.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laundry dewatering device used in an industrial cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, laundry is dehydrated by a dehydrator after completion of main washing with a solvent, detergent or water, and then dried by a dryer. In the main washing, a large number of laundry items are generally washed in a washing machine at a time, and then dehydrated in the same washing machine.

By the way, in the method of washing a large number of laundry items in a washing machine at one time as described above, the shoulders of the laundry items may collapse. Therefore, the applicant hangs the laundry items on a hanger and hangs the laundry items. It was proposed that the hanger be hung on the conveyor means and main washing means be provided in the conveying path of the conveyor means for main washing.

[0004]

As described above, the main washing can be performed by hanging the laundry one by one on the hanger. However, dehydration of the laundry hung on the hanger still has no suitable means, which has been an obstacle to the integrated flow of the washing process.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a laundry dewatering device capable of performing dewatering while hanging laundry on a hanger and realizing a continuous flow of the washing process.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to an outer case, an inner case rotatably disposed in the outer case and having a side plate made of a punching material, and the inner case being rotated. And a driving means for driving the laundry dehydrator, wherein the outer case is provided with an outer case door at at least one position of a side plate, and the inner case is divided into a plurality of side plates at equal intervals, and An inner trunk door opening and closing means for opening and closing the outer trunk door, which comprises a plurality of inner trunk doors having a hanger hook for hanging a hanger on which laundry is hung, and a state in which each of the inner trunk doors is closed. Locking means for locking, unlocking means for unlocking the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door, and inner trunk door opening and closing means for opening and closing the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door, Characterize.

[0007]

The opening / closing of the outer body door is performed by the outer body door opening / closing means. The inner trunk door is opened and closed only when the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door is open. The inner trunk door is opened by unlocking the lock means by the unlocking means and then opening the inner trunk door by the inner trunk door opening / closing means. Regarding the closing of the inner trunk door, after the inner trunk door opening and closing means closes the inner trunk door, the lock releasing means does not act on the locking means and the inner trunk door is locked by the locking means.

Therefore, when carrying laundry into the inner case (when hanging a hanger on which clothes before dehydration are hung on a hanger hook provided inside the inner case) and when carrying laundry from within the inner case When carrying out (when carrying out the clothes hanger with the dehydrated clothes hung on the hanger hooks provided inside the inner case to the outside), first open the outer case door, and then open the outside. The inner trunk door corresponding to the trunk door is opened. In the case where there is only one outer trunk door, the laundry before dehydration is hung on the inner trunk door after the dehydrated laundry that has been hung on the open inner trunk door is carried out. When there are two outer body doors, the laundry after dehydration hung on the inner body door corresponding to the outer body door of the carry-out section is carried out and washed on the inner body door corresponding to the outer body door of the carry-in section. When the item is not caught, the laundry before being dehydrated is hung on the inner body door. When the laundry is carried out and carried in as described above, the inner trunk door is closed.

Then, the inner case is rotated so that the next inner case door corresponds to the outer case door. After that, the laundry is carried out and carried in by the above-described operation. When the laundry is carried out from all the inner-body door opening / closing means, the laundry is carried in all the inner-body door opening / closing means, and the inner-body door and the outer-body door are all closed, the inner-body is driven. It is rotated for a certain time by means. As a result, the laundry hung on the inner trunk door is dehydrated by the centrifugal force. After the dehydration, the carry-out and carry-in operation and the dehydration operation described above are repeated.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the laundry 2 before being hung on the hanger 1 is hung on the conveyor means 3 from the previous step and sent to the apparatus. A bottom plate 11 constituting a box-shaped outer case 10 described later is fixed to the lower end side of the support column 4 arranged at the four corners of the square.

The outer case 10 has the following structure.
Corner plates 12A to 12D are fixed to the column 4 and the bottom plate 11, and side plates 13 and 14 are fixed to the bottom plate 11 and the corner plates 12B and 12C and the bottom plate 11 and the corner plates 12C and 12D. In the corner plates 12A and 12B and the corner plates 12A and 12D,
Outer case doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B having double-opening are rotatably attached. That is, in this embodiment, the outer trunk doors 15A and 15B are the loading section 17, and the outer trunk doors 16A and 16B are the unloading section 18. The opening / closing mechanism 55 for the outer trunk doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B is shown in a schematic view in FIG. 2, but the detailed structure will be described later. On the corner plates 12A to 12D and the side plates 13 and 14,
The upper plate 20 is fixed. An air cushion 21 is fixed on the column 4, and a receiving plate 22 is placed on the air cushion 21, and the receiving plate 22 is the corner plate 12A.
It is fixed to the support plate 23 fixed to 12D.

An inner case 30 is rotatably mounted inside the outer case 10. The inner body 30 has the following structure. A rotating shaft 31 penetrates vertically in the center of the bottom plate 11 and the upper plate 20.
Is rotatably supported by bearings 32 and 33 fixed to the bottom plate 11 and the upper plate 20. A bottom plate 34 and an upper plate 35 of the inner case 30 are fixed to the rotary shaft 31. Four support shafts 36 are fixed to the outer circumferences of the bottom plate 34 and the upper plate 35 at equal intervals, and one end of each of the four inner trunk doors 37A to 37D made of punching plates is rotatably attached to the support shaft 36. Installed. That is, the side plates of the inner case 30 are formed by the four inner case doors 37A to 37D.

Since the inner case 30 rotates, it has a lock mechanism 70 for locking the inner case doors 37A to 37D. Further, in order to carry the laundry 2 into and out of the inner case 30, the lock release mechanism 80 and the opening / closing mechanism 90 of the inner case doors 37A to 37D are provided. This inner trunk door 37A
The locking mechanism 70, the unlocking mechanism 80, and the opening / closing mechanism 90 of 37D are shown schematically in FIG. 2, but the detailed structure will be described later.

Hanger hooks 40 are attached to the inner upper portions of the inner body doors 37A to 37D at the upper center. Further, two pressing bars 41 are vertically arranged at a predetermined interval from the inner body doors 37A to 37D on both sides of each hanger hook 40 in a state where the inner body doors 37A to 37D are closed. The upper and lower ends of the bar 41 are the bottom plate 3
4 and the upper plate 35.

A motor 46 is fixed to the side plate 14 of the outer case 10 via a motor support plate 45.
A pulley 47 is fixed to the output shaft of the. A pulley 48 is fixed to the lower end of the rotary shaft 31, and a timing belt 49 is stretched over the pulley 48 and the pulley 47.

Next, the outer trunk doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 1
The opening / closing mechanism 55 of 6B will be described with reference to FIGS. Angles 56 and 57 are fixed on the upper end side and the lower side of the outer body doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B, respectively.
Support shafts 58 and 59 are fixed to the angles 56 and 57. The support shaft 58 is rotatably supported by a bearing (not shown) fixed to the upper plate 20. The support shaft 59 is rotatably supported by a bearing 60 fixed to the bottom plate 11, and the bottom plate 1
It is provided so as to project below 1. A lever 61 is fixed to the lower end of the support shaft 59, and an operating rod of an air cylinder 62 is rotatably connected to the lever 61 by a pin 63. An air cylinder support 64 is fixed to the back surface of the bottom plate 11, and the air cylinder 62 is rotatably attached to a pin portion 64 a of the air cylinder support 64.

Next, the lock mechanism 70 for the inner body doors 37A to 37D of the inner body 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. Each of the inner body doors 37A to 37D has an L-shaped stopper 71 fixed to the outside of the upper opening / closing portion, and the stopper 71 has a hole 71a. The lock pin support plate 7 is provided on the upper surface of the upper plate 35.
2 is fixed, and a lock pin 73 which is inserted into the hole 71a of the stopper 71 is slidably provided on the lock pin support plate 72. A shaft 74 is fixed to the upper end side of the lock pin 73, and the shaft 74 is fixed to the hole 71 a of the stopper 71.
Shaft 74 and lock pin support plate 7 so that they are always inserted into
A spring 75 is hung on the shaft 2, and the shaft 74 is urged downward.

Next, the lock release mechanism 80 of the inner case 30 is shown in FIG.
And FIG. 7. The lock pin support plate 72 is provided with a support portion 72a, and a support shaft 81 is fixed to the support portion 72a. A lock release lever 82 is rotatably supported on the support shaft 81, and an end portion of the lock release lever 82 has a bifurcated shape, and the shaft 74 is inserted into the bifurcated end portion. The groove 82a is formed.
Further, on the upper plate 20 of the outer case 10, the outer case door 15 of the outer case 10 is provided.
An air cylinder 83 is fixed to the portions where A, 15B and 16A, 16B are provided so as to correspond to the lock release lever 82.

Next, the opening / closing mechanism 90 for the inner trunk doors 37A to 37D
Will be described with reference to FIGS. At the portion of the support shaft 36 extending above the upper plate 35 of the inner case 30, the turning lever 9 is attached.
1 has one end fixed, and the other end of the rotation lever 91 has a pin 9
2 projects upward and is fixed. As shown in FIG. 2, a pillar 9 is provided on the upper plate 20 in a portion of the outer case 10 where the outer case doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B are provided.
A support plate 94 is fixed via the shaft 3, and a shaft 95 is fixed to the support plate 94 on an extension line of the support shaft 36. A lever 96 is rotatably supported on the support plate 94, and the lever 96
An escape hole 96a is provided at a portion corresponding to the pin 92. An air cylinder 98 is fixed to the lever 96 at a clearance hole 96a via a bracket 97, and a piece 99 having an engagement hole 99a inserted into the pin 92 is fixed to an operating rod of the air cylinder 98. . Further, on the lower surface of the support plate 94, the engaging hole 99a of the piece 99 is formed.
2 and a stopper 101 for restricting the rotation range of the lever 96.
It is fixed so as to correspond to 6. A pin 102 is fixed to an intermediate portion of the lever 96, and a bifurcated metal fitting 103 is rotatably attached to the pin 102.
An operating rod of an air cylinder 104 is fixed to the metal fitting 103, and the air cylinder 104 is rotatably supported by a metal fitting 105 fixed to a support plate 94.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the laundry 2 before dehydration is carried into the apparatus. This operation is performed as follows. First, the outer trunk doors 15A of the carry-in section 17 and 1
5B is opened. That is, the air cylinders 62 (see FIGS. 3 and 4) provided corresponding to the outer trunk doors 15A and 15B respectively operate, and the support shaft 59 rotates via the pin 63 and the lever 61. Thereby, the outer trunk doors 15A, 1
5B rotates in the direction shown by arrow A in FIG. 1 and opens as shown by the chain double-dashed line.

Next, the inner case door 37A corresponding to the outer case doors 15A and 15B is opened. This first unlocks the lock pin 73 (see FIGS. 6 and 7) that locks the inner trunk door 37A. That is, the air cylinder 83 provided in the portion corresponding to the carry-in section 17 operates, and the lock release lever 82
Push down. As a result, the lock pin 73 rises against the spring 75, comes out from the hole 71a of the stopper 71, and the lock of the inner trunk door 37A is released. Next, the air cylinder 98 (see FIGS. 8 and 9) provided in the portion corresponding to the carry-in section 17 is operated, and the engaging hole 99a of the piece 99 is engaged with the pin 92. Then, the air cylinder 104 operates. As a result, the lever 96 and the bridge 99 rotate about the shaft 95, and the rotation lever 91 rotates about the support shaft 36 via the pin 92. The rotation lever 91 is fixed to the support shaft 36, and the support shaft 36 is fixed to the inner case door 37A. Therefore, when the rotation lever 91 rotates as described above, the inner case door 37A.
Rotates in the direction indicated by arrow B in FIG. 1 and opens as indicated by the chain double-dashed line.

Next, the hanger 1 on which the laundry 2 before dehydration is hung and sent to the conveyor means 3 is hung on the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37A by a robot (not shown). Next, the inner trunk door 37A is closed and then locked. This is performed by the reverse operation of the above. That is, the air cylinder 104 operates in the opposite direction. Thereafter, the air cylinder 98 operates in the opposite direction to the above, and the bridge 99 separates from the pin 92. As a result, the inner trunk door 37A is closed. Next, the air cylinder 83 operates in the opposite direction to the above, the lock pin 73 is lowered by the urging force of the spring 75 and engages with the hole 71a of the stopper 71, and the inner body door 37
Lock A. When the inner trunk door 37A is closed as described above, the laundry 2 is pressed against the presser bar 41, so that the laundry 2 is prevented from wobbling.

Next, the motor 46 rotates in the direction of arrow C to rotate the rotary shaft 31 and rotate the inner case 30 by 90 degrees.
As a result, the next inner trunk door 37B corresponds to the carry-in section 17. Then, in the same manner as described above, the laundry 2 is hung on the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37B and the hanger 1 is hung. That is, as described above, the unlocking of the inner case door 37B, the opening of the inner case door 37B, the loading of the laundry 2, the closing of the inner case door 37B, and the locking of the inner case door 37B are performed. Then, by the same operation as described above, the inner body door 37
C, the hanger 1 with the laundry 2 hung on the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37D is sequentially hung.

When the laundry 2 is hung on all the hanger hooks 40 of the inner case 30, the outer case doors 15A and 15B are closed. This is because the air cylinder 62 operates in the opposite direction to rotate the support shaft 59 via the pin 63 and the lever 61, and the outer case doors 15A and 15B are closed. After that, the motor 46 operates for a fixed time. As a result, the laundry 2 rotates together with the inner case 30, and the laundry 2 is dehydrated by the centrifugal force. The dehydrated water is blown toward the outer case 10 through the punching holes of the inner case 30, falls below the outer case 10, and is discharged to the outside through a discharge port (not shown). When the motor 46 stops after a certain period of time, any of the inner case doors 37A to 37D is positioned and stopped so as to correspond to the carry-in section 17 or the carry-out section 18.

The carry-out of the dehydrated laundry 2 in the inner case 30 and the carry-in of new laundry 2 before the dehydration into the inner case 30 are performed by the following operations. First, the carry-in section 17 and the carry-out section 18
The outer trunk doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B are opened. The outer body doors 15A and 15B of the carry-in section 17 are opened by the above-described operation. Also, the outer body door 1 of the carry-out section 18
Similarly to the outer case doors 15A and 15B, 6A and 16B are also operated by the operation of the air cylinder 62 provided corresponding to the carry-out section 18. Now, it is assumed that the inner trunk door 37A corresponds to the carry-out section 18 and the inner trunk door 37D is stopped corresponding to the carry-in section 17. Therefore, first, the inner trunk door 37 corresponding to the carry-out section 18
A is opened. This is due to the operation of the air cylinder 83 and the air cylinder 98 provided corresponding to the carry-out section 18.
By the same operation as described above, the unlocking of the inner trunk door 37A and the opening of the inner trunk door 37A are performed. Next, the dehydrated laundry 2 hung on the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37A is hung by a not-illustrated robot on a conveyor means in a post-process.

When the laundry 2 is carried out from the inner body door 37A, the inner body door 37A is closed and then locked by the same operation as described above. Then, the motor 46 rotates to rotate the inner case 30 by 90 degrees, the inner case door 37A corresponds to the carry-in section 17, and the inner case door 37B corresponds to the carry-out section 18. Then, the inner trunk doors 37A and 37B are opened. Therefore, the laundry 2 before dehydration is hung on the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37A, and the hanger hook 40 of the inner trunk door 37B is hung.
The laundry 2 hung on the table is carried out to the outside. Thereafter, the inner trunk doors 37A and 37B are closed and then locked.
By repeating this operation in sequence, all the laundry 2 in the inner body 30
When the laundry 2 is carried out from the carry-out section 18 and the laundry 2 is carried into all the hanger hooks 40 in the inner case 30 from the carry-in section 17, the motor 46 is rotated for a certain period of time to perform dehydration. . Thereafter, the laundry 2 is carried out from the carry-in section 17 and carried in from the carry-out section 18.

Although the outer case doors 15A, 15B and 16A, 16B are provided at two locations on the outer case 10 in the above embodiment,
There may be only one location, for example, the outer trunk doors 15A and 15B. In this case, the outer trunk doors 15A and 15B serve as the loading section and the unloading section of the laundry 2. Therefore, the outer trunk doors 15A, 15
B is opened and the inner trunk door 37 corresponding to the outer trunk doors 15A and 15B
After opening A to 37D, the hanger hook 40 for the inner trunk door
After carrying out the hanger 1 on which the clothes 2 after dehydration are hung, the hanger 1 on which the clothes 2 before dehydration is hung is hung on the hanger hook 40.

[0028]

According to the present invention, the laundry can be dehydrated while being hung on the hanger, and the consistent work flow of the washing process can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view showing the outline of the configuration of an embodiment of a laundry dehydrator according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an opening / closing mechanism of an outer trunk door.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view seen from below in FIG.

5 is a perspective explanatory view of FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a lock mechanism and an unlock mechanism of the inner trunk door.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a front sectional view showing an opening / closing mechanism for the inner trunk door.

9 is a plan view of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory perspective view of FIGS. 8 and 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hanger 2 Laundry 10 Outer body 15A, 15B, 16A, 16B Outer body door 17 Carry-in section 18 Carry-out section 30 Inner body 31 Rotating shafts 37A-37D Inner body door 40 Hanger hook 46 Motor 55 Outer body door opening / closing mechanism 70 Inner trunk door lock mechanism 80 Inner trunk door unlock mechanism 90 Inner trunk door open / close mechanism

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[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an outer case, an inner case having a side plate rotatably disposed in the outer case and through which water can pass, and an inner case. In a laundry dehydrator including a drive means for rotating, the outer case is provided with an outer case door at least at one position of a side plate, and the inner case is divided into a plurality of side plates at equal intervals. And a state in which a plurality of inner trunk doors having a hanger hook for hanging a hanger on which laundry is hung inside, outer trunk door opening and closing means for opening and closing the outer trunk door, and each of the inner trunk doors closed Lock means for unlocking the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door, and unlocking means for opening and closing the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door. Is characterized by.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dewatering device for laundry comprising: an outer case, an inner case rotatably arranged in the outer case, a side plate of which is made of punching material, and a drive means for rotating the inner case.
The outer case is provided with an outer case door at least at one side plate, and the inner case is divided into a plurality of side plates at equal intervals.
And a state in which a plurality of inner trunk doors having a hanger hook for hanging a hanger on which laundry is hung inside, outer trunk door opening and closing means for opening and closing the outer trunk door, and each of the inner trunk doors closed Locking means for locking with, lock releasing means for unlocking the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door,
An inner trunk door opening / closing means for opening and closing the inner trunk door corresponding to the outer trunk door, comprising: a laundry dehydrator. 2. The outer case doors are provided at two locations on the outer case, one outer case door being a carry-in section for laundry and the other outer case door being a carry-out section for laundry. The laundry dehydrator according to claim 1.