JPH0910488A - Clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a user to supply an appropriate quantity of chemicals containing at least one of the antibacterial, antimold, deodorizing, or insecticidal ingredients to clothes to be treated without difficulty, and to provide antibacterial, antimold, deodorizing or insecticidal treatment for the clothes surely and evenly in a short period of time. CONSTITUTION: An opening, from through clothes are thrown, of a rotary drum 1 in which the clothes are tumbled is opened/closed by a lid 6. A holder fixing part 16 is formed on the inner surface of the lid 6 as partly covered with a cover 18, and a holder 15 is detachably mounted on the holder fixing part 16 as partly covered with the cover 18. Chemicals containing at least one of the antibacterial, antimold, deodorizing, or insecticidal ingredients are kept in the holder 15. A first holder 15a is pushed out of one end of the holder fixing part 16 by inserting a second holder 15b into the cover part 18 from the other end of the holder fixing part 16 while the both ends of the cover part 18 are opened and the first holder 15a is mounted on the holder fixing part 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention vaporizes a chemical agent having at least one of antibacterial, antifungal, deodorant and insecticidal properties to apply antibacterial, antifungal, deodorant and insecticidal treatment to clothing. The present invention relates to a clothes dryer that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, clothes dryers have been constructed in such a manner that clothes in a rotary drum are put into the clothes dryer and hot air is passed through the clothes while rolling and stirring the clothes to dry the clothes which have been wet by washing or the like. ing.

In recent years, some of such clothes dryers have a sterilizing and acaricidal function. This exhibits a bactericidal and acaricidal effect by wet heat drying by maintaining a predetermined temperature or higher during constant rate drying in the drying process.

On the other hand, clothes on which a drug having an antibacterial, antifungal and anti-mite action is adsorbed are commercially available. This antibacterial treated garment is treated with an antibacterial agent before it is purchased, and when the laundry is repeatedly washed, the antibacterial agent is often washed off by its mechanical force, and the antibacterial effect is gradually decreased. Is displayed as a hand wash. Further, in commercially available antibacterial clothing, bleaching is prohibited because the bleach decomposes the antibacterial agent even if stains adhere to it.

Among them, in the antibacterial treated garment using the natural plant essential oil having antibacterial property, the natural plant essential oil exerts its antibacterial action by vaporizing, and therefore the natural plant essential oil on the clothes is gradually increased. Less. As is clear from this, it is extremely difficult to maintain the initial performance in the long term. Therefore, it is very expensive, but the antibacterial agent is made into microcapsules, and the microcapsules are gradually broken and vaporized by physical action such as friction when worn.

[0006]

In the conventional clothes dryer having a sterilizing and acaricidal effect, clothes can be dried hygienically, but after the drying is completed, the clothes are stored in a closet or the like, or It is contaminated with mites and bacteria while wearing it. In other words, this is a transient effect that cannot be maintained continuously even if the product can be dried hygienically.

[0007] Further, commercially available antibacterial treated clothes generally have a problem of durability that the antibacterial action gradually decreases after repeated washing. In order to exert the antibacterial effect for a long period of time, a large amount of the drug must be adsorbed in the initial stage, and therefore, when the antibacterial treated garment is worn, beneficial indigenous bacteria can be sterilized. In addition, for those using natural vegetable essential oils as a drug, high-technical means for microencapsulating the natural vegetable essential oils is used to maintain the effect for a certain period of time, resulting in expensive clothing. As a result, as the antibacterial garments, only limited garments such as in-hospital garments for MRSA in hospitals and pajamas with antibacterial properties imparted with natural antibacterial agents for atopic dermatitis are provided. There is a problem that there is no.

Further, in the case of clothing treated with a natural antibacterial agent for children with atopic dermatitis, it is necessary to purchase new antimicrobial-treated clothing in accordance with the growth of the fast growing children. A method of exerting an antibacterial effect by spraying the antibacterial agent directly on the clothes with a spray can be considered, but it is necessary to attach an appropriate amount from the viewpoint of safety and effect, but the antibacterial agent is uniformly adsorbed to the clothes in the required amount. It is extremely difficult to get it done. There is also a risk of inhaling the antibacterial agent or attaching the antibacterial agent to other things.

[0009] In addition, although an aging society is being approached, antibacterial and antibacterial clothes are used in order to make comfortable and hygienic clothing life against the background of weak skin (dry skin) of elderly people and increase of bedridden elderly people, and nursing homes. Deodorant bedding and bedding are expected.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems and is intended for use in ordinary households by using a clothes dryer so that ordinary users can perform desired antibacterial, antifungal and insect repellent treatments with simple operations. It is to secure a good operability. That is, it is an object of the present invention to allow a user to easily supply an appropriate amount of a medicine to the amount of clothes to be treated and to surely and uniformly perform antibacterial treatment on the clothes.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a rotating drum for rolling and stirring clothes, a lid for opening and closing a clothes inlet in the rotating drum, and a cover portion partially. The carrier mounting portion provided on the inner surface side of the lid so as to be covered with, and the carrier which is removably mounted on the carrier mounting portion so as to be covered by the cover portion. The carrier mounting part carries a drug having at least one property of mold, deodorant and insect repellent, the carrier mounting part has both ends of the cover part opened, and the first carrier is mounted. A first problem solving means is configured such that the first carrier is pushed out from the other end of the carrier mounting portion by inserting the second carrier into the cover portion from one end. .

The carrier mounting portion of the first problem solving means has a locking part for locking and positioning the first carrier as a second problem solving means.

A third aspect of the present invention is that the carrier mounting portion of the first problem solving means has at least an elastic member on its side surface for pressing and urging the first carrier.

Further, in the carrier mounting portion of the first to third problem solving means, the bottom area is approximated to the sum of the surface areas on one side of the first and second carriers. It is used as a means for solving problems.

[0015]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided:
By using a carrier that is impregnated with a certain amount of a drug in advance, it is possible to supply a drug amount suitable for the amount of clothes to be treated. Further, as a configuration for mounting this carrier, by providing a carrier mounting portion on the inner surface side of the clothes inlet of the clothes dryer, and by providing a cover portion with both ends of the carrier mounting portion open, The user can surely mount the carrier by opening the cover and inserting the carrier from one end of the carrier mounting portion provided on the inner surface of the cover. In addition, even when this antibacterial treatment is repeatedly performed, a new carrier (second carrier) is newly mounted without performing an operation of temporarily pulling out the used carrier (first carrier). It is possible to automatically push the used carrier from the cover and replace it with a new carrier simply by inserting it into the carrier.

The second means for solving the problem can more reliably regulate the position of the carrier to be inserted. That is, if the user inserts the carrier to a position where the carrier is locked when the carrier is inserted, the carrier is securely locked at a predetermined position, improving the feeling of insertion of the carrier and covering the carrier during use. It is possible to prevent inconveniences such as deviation from the part or dropping off, and to realize stable heating of the carrier, and as a result, it is possible to ensure stable performance of adhering the drug to the clothes.

Further, by the third means for solving the problem, the supporting member is pressed from the side surface by the elastic member, so that the used supporting member (first supporting member) and a new supporting member (second supporting member) are simultaneously formed. Also, a constant pressing force works, and a stable insertion feeling can be obtained. In addition, since the pressing force also acts on the used carrier that is pushed out by inserting a new carrier, it is possible to prevent the used carrier from dropping from the other open part of the carrier mounting part during insertion, resulting in a more comfortable operation. Can be improved.

Further, according to the fourth means for solving the problems, since the bottom area of the carrier mounting portion on the side where the carrier is inserted into the cover is substantially equal to the surface area of the carrier, the user mounts the carrier at the time of inserting the carrier. With a simple operation of pressing and sliding the carrier to the part, the carrier mounting part can guide the carrier and insert the carrier smoothly without shifting to the left or right or the front-back direction of the carrier. it can.

[0019]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in the figure, the rotary drum 1 is rotatably supported on the rear surface in the dryer main body 2, and is slidably supported on the front surface by the outer peripheral flange portion of the drum front support plate 3 having an annular shape. 4 and the drum belt 5 rotate. The lid 6 covers the clothes inlet provided on the front surface of the dryer main body 2 in an openable and closable manner. The heater 7 heats the drying air flowing into the rotary drum 1. The heat exchange type fan 8 is rotatably arranged at the rear part of the rotary drum 1 and is rotationally driven by the motor 4 and the fan belt 9.
Has a function of blowing heated circulating air inside the dryer main body 2 and a function of exchanging heat inside and outside the dryer main body 2.

The fan casing 10 forms a circulation path and a cooling path for the flow of air discharged from both front and back surfaces of the heat exchange type fan 8. Filter 11 is rotating drum 1
Installed on the rear surface to remove lint, etc. The rear surface of the dryer main body 2 is covered with a back plate 12. The circulation duct 13 constitutes a ventilation path for guiding the exhaust air on the circulation side of the fan casing 10 to the heater 7. A drainage port 14 is formed in a part of the circulation duct 13 and is generated by the heat exchange action of the heat exchange type fan 8. The condensed water is discharged.

The carrier 15 is made of pulp material, foamed synthetic resin,
A porous body such as a metal sintered body is loaded with an appropriate amount of a drug having at least one of antibacterial, antifungal, deodorant, and insect repellent properties such as hinokitiol, peppermint oil, and benzalkonium chloride. It is detachably attached to a carrier attachment portion 16 provided on the inner surface of the body 6.

The carrier mounting portion 16 is, as shown in FIG.
In order to detachably mount the carrier 15, the lid 6 is provided so as to bulge out on the inner surface side thereof, and a concave portion 17 is provided, and openings 19 and 20 are formed at both ends of the cover portion 18. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3, the carrier mounting portion 16 is provided with a locking portion 21 for locking and positioning the carrier 15 on a side surface thereof, and the concave portion 1
The bottom area including 7 is approximated to the sum of the surface areas on one side of the two carriers 15a and 15b.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cover portion 18 is provided with a large number of through holes 22 facing the rotary drum 1. The heater (heating means) 23 has a built-in PTC element,
The temperature is set so as not to change the quality of the drug or to affect other members such as thermal deformation. The temperature is fixed to the lid inner surface member 25 by the heater supporting member 24 and provided so as to at least partially overlap the carrier 15. ing.

The operation in the above structure will be described. First, when the clothing treatment is used for the first time, the user mounts the carrier 15 pre-impregnated with the medicine from the upper opening 19 of the carrier mounting portion 16 to the heater 23 and the cover. Insert into the gap formed at 18. The carrier 15 is positioned by the locking portion 21, and is held in the gap between the heater 23 and the cover portion 18. In this state, clothes are put into the rotary drum 1 to start the operation of the dryer main body, and the heater 23 is energized for heating.

By heating the heater 23, the carrier 15 in surface contact is also heated, and the impregnated drug component is vaporized and passes through the through hole 22 provided in the surface of the cover portion 18 to rotate the rotary drum. 1 is volatilized and diffused. At this time, since the cover portion 18 is provided with a large number of through holes 22 communicating with the inside of the rotary drum 1, the drug volatilized and diffused from the carrier 15 can be efficiently diffused and supplied into the rotary drum 1.

Here, the temperature at which the carrier 15 is heated by the heater 23 is a temperature necessary for volatilizing and diffusing within a predetermined time (for example, 20 minutes), for example, 160 to 200.
C., preferably 180 to 190.degree. The drug volatilized and diffused comes into contact with the clothes to be tumbled and stirred, and the temperature difference between the drug and the clothes causes dew condensation on the clothes surface, and as a result, the drug component can be attached to the clothes.

At this time, the carrier 15 is covered by the cover 18, and the cover 18 serves as a partition between the clothes stirred in the rotary drum 1 and the carrier 15 to cover the clothes in the rotary drum 1. There is no direct contact. Therefore, the liquid medicine immediately before being vaporized does not come into contact with the clothes, and the medicine can be attached to the clothes in a state where the medicine is evenly vaporized and diffused. After the treatment, the used carrier (first carrier) 15a is left in the inserted state, and even if the clothes, which is the original function of the dryer, is dried, there is no component that vaporizes, and there is no problem. Does not occur.

Next, the carrier 15a which has been used by the user
In order to perform this drug treatment again with the inserted carrier, when a new carrier (second carrier) 15b is inserted,
Since the bottom area of the carrier mounting portion 16 including the concave portion 17 is close to the sum of the surface areas on one side of the first carrier 15a and the second carrier 15b, as shown in FIG. Body 15
Similarly to the above operation, b is inserted into the cover portion 18 from the upper opening portion 19 of the carrier mounting portion 16.

At this time, the first carrier 15a is inserted while being pushed downward. Then, the second carrier 15
When b is inserted to a position where it is sandwiched between the cover 18 and the heater 23 surface, the used first carrier 15a can be taken out from the lower opening 20 of the carrier mount 16.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the user simply opens the lid 6 and inserts the carrier 15 from one end opening portion of the carrier mounting portion 16 provided on the inner surface thereof. The carrier 15 can be surely attached by the same operation during the first use and the repeated use, and the desired clothing can be treated with the medicine.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the carrier mounting portion 2
6, a locking member 28 that presses the first carrier 15a with a spring 27 is provided on the side surface, and the first carrier 15a is locked and positioned. The other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In the above structure, by pressing the first carrier 15a from the side surface with the locking member 28, a constant pressing force is exerted, and a stable insertion feeling can be obtained. Further, since the pressing force also acts on the used first carrier 15a that is pushed out by the insertion of the new second carrier 15b, the used first carrier 15a is not replaced by the used carrier mounting portion 16 at the time of insertion. It can also be prevented from falling from the open portion, and the operation feeling can be further improved.

Further, in the locking portion 21 of the first embodiment, the locking force may change due to contact wear with the carrier 15 due to repeated use, but the spring 27 is used. As a result, a more stable operation feeling can be realized.
In addition, the second supporting body 15b and the new second supporting body 15b are pressed from the side surface by the locking member 28 at the same time as the first supporting body 15a, so that a constant pressing force acts on the second supporting body 15b. A stable feeling of insertion can be obtained.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the two open portions of the carrier mounting portion 16 have the vertical structure.
In short, by inserting the cover portion 18 having a gap for holding the carrier 15 and providing the opening portions at both ends, the carrier 15 can be inserted and pushed out. Therefore, the same action and effect can be obtained even if the direction of the opening is the left-right direction or another direction.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rotating drum for rolling and stirring clothes, the lid for opening and closing the clothes inlet in the rotating drum, and the inside of the lid so as to be partially covered by the cover portion. At least one of antibacterial, antifungal, deodorant and insect repellent is provided on the carrier, the carrier mounting part being provided on the surface side, and the carrier being removably mounted on the carrier mounting part so as to be covered with the cover part. A carrier having any one of the properties is carried, the carrier mounting portion has both ends of the cover opened, and the first carrier is mounted to the second side from one end of the carrier mounting portion.
Since the first carrier is pushed out from the other end of the carrier mounting portion by inserting the carrier in the inside of the cover, it is possible to use a carrier impregnated with a certain amount of the drug in advance. The amount of medicine suitable for the amount of clothes to be treated can be supplied, and the clothes can be uniformly and surely subjected to antibacterial treatment, and the user can open the lid and carry it on the inner surface of the lid. The carrier can be securely mounted by a simple operation of inserting the carrier from one end of the body mounting portion, and even when the antibacterial treatment is repeatedly performed, the used carrier (first carrier ) Is not inserted once, and a new carrier (second carrier) is simply inserted into the carrier mounting section, and the used carrier is automatically pushed out from the cover section, It can be replaced with a carrier.

Further, the carrier mounting portion has a locking portion for locking and positioning the first carrier on the side surface, so that the user can insert the carrier up to the position where it is locked when inserting the carrier. , The carrier is securely locked at a predetermined position, the feeling of insertion of the carrier is improved, and the carrier is displaced from the cover part during use,
Or you can prevent inconvenience such as falling off,
Stable heating of the carrier can be realized, and as a result, stable performance of adhering the drug to the clothes can be ensured.

Further, since the carrier mounting portion has an elastic member for pressing and urging at least the first carrier on the side surface, by pressing the carrier from the side surface with the elastic member, the used carrier (first A constant pressing force acts on the new carrier (the second carrier) at the same time as that of the second carrier), and a stable insertion feeling can be obtained. In addition, since the pressing force also acts on the used carrier that is pushed out by inserting a new carrier, it is possible to prevent the used carrier from dropping from the other open part of the carrier mounting part during insertion, resulting in a more comfortable operation. Can be improved.

Also, since the bottom area of the carrier mounting portion is made to approximate to the sum of the surface areas on one side of the first and second carriers, the user mounts the carrier mounting portion on the carrier mounting side. With only a simple operation of pushing the body and sliding,
The carrier mounting portion serves as a guide for the carrier and the carrier can be smoothly inserted without shifting to the left or right or the front-back direction of the carrier.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2A is an enlarged sectional view of a carrier mounting portion of the clothes dryer. FIG. 2B is a front view of a carrier mounting portion of the clothes dryer.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of a carrier mounting portion of the clothes dryer.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a carrier mounting portion of the clothes dryer.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway front view of a carrier mounting portion of a clothes dryer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 rotary drum 6 lid 15 carrier 15a 1st carrier 15b 2nd carrier 16 carrier mounting part 18 cover part 19 opening part 20 opening part

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Shunji Imai 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotating drum for rolling and stirring clothes, a lid for opening and closing a clothes inlet in the rotating drum, and a carrier mounted on the inside of the lid so as to be partially covered by a cover. And a carrier which is detachably mounted on the carrier mounting part so as to be covered by the cover part, and the carrier has at least one property of antibacterial, antifungal, deodorant and insect repellent. The carrier is loaded with the drug, the both ends of the cover part are opened, and the second carrier is inserted into the cover part from one end of the carrier mount part with the first carrier mounted. By doing so, the clothes dryer configured such that the first carrier is pushed out from the other end of the carrier mounting portion. 2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the carrier mounting portion has a locking portion for locking and positioning the first carrier on a side surface. 3. The carrier mounting portion has at least a first side surface.
The clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising an elastic member that presses and urges the carrier. 4. The clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a bottom area of the carrier mounting portion is approximated to a sum of surface areas on one side surface of the first and second carriers. .