JPH10192596A - Hanger type clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hanger type clothes dryer capable of drying the clothes in a short drying time without damaging the clothes. SOLUTION: One end of a tube 5 is connected to an outlet joint part 3 in a fan heater 1 and the other end of the tube 5 is connected to a hanger part (drying portion) 7 of a hanger type dryer 10. This hanger part 7 is structured to suspend clothes 9. Warm air produced by combustion heat of a gas burner in the fan heater 1 is blasted from the outlet joint part 3 shown in the drawing 1 into a tube 5 by a fan. Warm air in the tube 5 is sucked by a sirocco fan in the hanger part 7 and taken in the inside of the hanger from a taking-in port 7a to be blown off from an outlet 7b, so that the clothes 9 is dryed. Thus, the clothes can be dried in a short drying time without being damaged.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, and more particularly to a hanger-type clothes dryer capable of drying clothes in a short time without damaging the clothes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a view showing the principle of a conventional drum-type clothes dryer, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the drum shown in FIG. The conventional drum-type clothes dryer 50 includes a drum 52 which accommodates clothes 53 and rotates as shown by an arrow in a housing 51. A take-out opening 56 through which clothes 53 are put in and out is provided in the center of the front of the drum 52 (left side in FIG. 4). This outlet 5
An outlet 57 for introducing the air (hot air) heated by the gas burner into the drum 52 is provided below 6.

A front door 6 which is opened and closed when clothes are taken in and out of the drum 52 is provided on a front surface of the housing 51.
3 are provided. A gas burner 5 for generating hot air is provided below the drum 52 in the housing 51.
The gas burner 54 is connected to a gas passage (not shown) for supplying gas.

A fan 6 for sucking air (hot air) heated by a gas burner 54 through the drum 52 is provided on the rear side (right side in FIG. 4) of the drum 52 in the housing 51.
1 is provided. Then, as indicated by the arrow in FIG. 4, the hot air including the water vapor generated by the clothes in the drum 52 sucked by the fan 61 passes through the exhaust passage 58 from the exhaust port 59 provided on the upper surface of the housing 51. It is being discharged. A motor (not shown) for rotating the drum 52 and the fan 61 is provided at the bottom of the housing 51.

Conventionally, the above-mentioned drum type clothes dryer 5
0, the clothes are stored in the drum 52, the horizontal drum 52 is rotated, and the warm air heated by the gas burner 54 is evenly applied to the clothes to be dried. Clothes can be dried.

As another conventional method for drying clothes, clothes are hung on a hanger or the like and dried in the sun to dry the clothes. With this method, the clothes can be dried relatively without damage.

[0007]

The above-mentioned conventional clothes dryer of the drum type has an advantage that a large amount of clothes can be dried without taking up space. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. There is a problem that the clothing contracts or is damaged due to the friction between the clothing and the inner surface of the drum due to the mechanical force associated with the rotation of the drum 52.

[0008] On the other hand, in the case of drying in the sun, the clothes are hardly damaged, but it takes a relatively long time to dry, and it depends on the weather. There is a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to reduce damage to clothes caused by mechanical force, to dry clothes in a short time and without damaging clothes. An object of the present invention is to provide a hanger type clothes dryer.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A hanger-type clothes dryer according to the present invention is a hanger for hanging clothes to solve the above-mentioned problem, and the hanger for taking in warm air from outside. An inlet and an outlet for blowing out the warm air are provided. In this hanger-type clothes dryer, warm air is taken into the hanger from the intake port, and the warm air is blown out from the outlet to dry the clothes hung on the hanger. Since the dryer part is a hanger type, there is no friction with the clothes due to the rotation of the drum unlike a conventional drum type clothes dryer, and the clothes are dried in a short time without damaging the clothes. Can be done.

It is preferable that a fan for sucking the warm air taken in from the inlet is provided inside the hanger. This fan is to supplement the ability to blow hot air from the outlet of the hanger.

[0012] The hanger-type clothes dryer according to the present invention further includes a tube connected to the intake port, and a fan heater for supplying warm air to the hanger via the tube. I do. In this hanger-type clothes dryer, the warm air generated by the fan heater is blown into the tube, the warm air in the tube is taken into the hanger from the inlet, and the warm air is blown out from the outlet to further remove the clothes. Allow to dry.

It is preferable that the fan heater has a function of supplying warm air to the hanger and heating the room at the same time. Further, it is preferable that the fan heater has a function of supplying hot air to a plurality of hangers.

[0014] Preferably, the apparatus further includes a storage means for storing a futon that can be attached to the hanger. Thereby, it becomes possible to dry the futon.

The hanger has a rotation speed detector for detecting the rotation speed of a fan inside the hanger, and a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the hanger. The fan heater includes the rotation speed detector and the rotation speed detector. It is preferred to have a controller connected to each of the temperature detectors. Further, it is preferable that the control device has a function of controlling the rotation speed of the fan. Thereby, the temperature of the hanger can be adjusted.

Further, it is preferable that the fan heater has a timer function. In addition, the fan heater includes:
It is preferable to have a function of switching from the hot air mode to the air blowing mode.

Preferably, the tube is provided with a power supply line for supplying power from the power supply on the fan heater side to the fan inside the hanger. In addition, the fan heater has a dedicated port through which hot dry air to be supplied to the hanger exits, and an air path for indoor heating to an air path for a dryer for guiding warm air to the dedicated port. It is preferable to provide a function of switching to.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a hanger-type clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state where clothes are dried by the hanger-type clothes dryer.

As shown in FIG. 1, one end of a tube 5 is connected to the outlet joint portion 3 of the fan heater 1, and the other end of the tube 5 is connected to a hanger type dryer 1.
0 is connected to a hanger part (dry part) 7. The hanger portion 7 has a structure on which clothes 9 can be hung. When the fan heater 1 is used for a dryer, it is not used for indoor heating.

Next, the configuration of the hanger section 7 will be described. The hanger portion 7 includes the fan 5 and the tube 5.
An intake port 7a for taking in warm air through is provided, and the tube 5 is connected to the intake port 7a. In addition, a sirocco fan (not shown) for sucking warm air taken in from the intake port 7a is provided inside the hanger portion 7a, and the sirocco fan has a motor. The sirocco fan supplements this because the ability to send warm air from the fan heater is not enough.

Further, a detector (not shown) for detecting the fan rotation speed of the sirocco fan is provided inside the hanger portion 7, and this detector is a fan heater 1 described later.
It is connected to a control device provided inside via a wire provided in the tube 5. This means that if the sirocco fan rotates abnormally, the combustion of the fan and the fan heater is stopped for safety, and the fan speed is controlled to prevent the warm air temperature from rising due to a reduced air volume. This is to make it possible. A thermistor (temperature detector) for detecting the temperature of the hanger unit 7 is provided inside the hanger unit 7, and this thermistor is connected to a control device described later via wiring. This is necessary to adjust the temperature of the hanger. Specifically, in order to keep the temperature of the hanger portion 7 constant, if the temperature rises too much, the combustion amount of the fan heater 1 is reduced or the fan Increase the number of revolutions.

The hanger portion 7 has a plurality of outlets 7 for blowing hot air taken in from its inlet 7a.
b is provided. Warm air blows out from the outlet 7b to dry the clothes 9.

Next, the configuration of the fan heater 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the internal structure of the fan heater. The fan heater 1 is provided with an air inlet 11 vertically on the left side surface. A convection air flow path 41 and a combustion air flow path 43
Is provided at one end (entrance).

The combustion air passage 43 is for introducing combustion air into the gas burner 45, and the other end of the combustion air passage 43 is connected to one end of a hot air passage 47. The other end of the hot air passage 47 is connected to an air outlet 48 via a fan 49.
Is provided. When the outlet joint 3 is attached to the air outlet 48, the fan heater 1 shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.

A controller (not shown) is attached to the fan heater 1. This control device is connected to the above-described fan rotation speed detector and thermistor via wiring provided in the tube 5. By controlling the output of the hot air supplied from the fan heater 1 by this control device, the rotation speed of the sirocco fan and the temperature of the hanger unit 7 are controlled.

The fan heater 1 has a timer function (not shown). By stopping the warm air from the fan heater 1 after a lapse of a predetermined time by this timer, the warm air can be automatically stopped when the drying of the clothes is finished as a result. Further, the fan heater 1 is provided with a function (not shown) for switching from the hot air mode to the air blowing mode. This is the season when the temperature is high (summer)
If it is, it is possible to dry clothes only by blowing air instead of warm air, some clothes can be dried only by blowing air, and using warm air may damage clothes, In particular, in the case of futon drying, which will be described later, it is necessary to take care that the futon does not become hot in summer, so that it can be adapted to this.

A power supply line (not shown) is attached to the tube 5 so that power is supplied from a power supply on the side of the fan heater 1 to the motor of the sirocco fan via a power supply line.

In the hanger type clothes dryer described above, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, hot air generated by the heat of combustion of the gas burner 45 inside the fan heater 1 is blown into the tube 5 from the outlet joint 3 shown in FIG. The clothes 9 are sucked by the sirocco fan inside, the hot air is taken into the inside of the hanger from the inlet 7a, and the warm air is blown out from the outlet 7b to dry the clothes 9. Since the dryer part is a hanger type, there is no friction with the clothes due to the rotation of the drum unlike a conventional drum type clothes dryer, and the clothes are dried in a short time without damaging the clothes. Can be done. It is not affected by the weather like sun drying.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the hanger-type clothes dryer shown in FIG. 1 is used as a futon dryer. The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only different parts will be described. I do.

A cover 23 for storing the futon 21 to be dried
Is attached to the hanger portion 7. This cover is detachable from the hanger portion 7.

When used as a futon dryer in this way, warm air is blown out from the outlet 7b of the hanger portion 7, and the inside of the cover 23 is warmed and dried while the hot air is applied to the futon 21. 21 can be dried.

In the above embodiment, the fan heater 1
Is not used as room heating at the same time when it is used as a dryer, but half of the outlet joint is used for supplying hot air to the hanger 7 and the other half is used for room heating. It is also possible.

Although a power supply line is attached to the tube 5 to supply power from the fan heater 1 side, it is also possible to supply power from the hanger side. In this case, there is no need to provide a power supply line to the tube.

Although the sirocco fan is provided in the hanger portion 7, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which such a fan is not provided in the hanger portion 7. In this case, a thick and short tube 5 may be used. This is because with such a tube, warm air can be blown out from the outlet 7b of the hanger section 7 only by the air sent from the fan 49 of the fan heater 1. As another measure, it is conceivable to adopt a configuration in which the blowing capacity of the fan 49 is increased when the fan heater 1 is in the drying mode.

Although the configuration is such that hot air is supplied from one fan heater 1 to one hanger portion 7, it is also possible to supply hot air from one fan heater 1 to a plurality of hanger portions. is there.

Although the configuration is such that hot air is supplied from one tube 5 to one hanger portion 7, it is also possible to supply hot air from one tube 5 to a plurality of hanger portions. In this case, in this case, it is necessary to provide a branching means for branching the hot air supplied from the tube 5 to a plurality of hanger portions between the tube 5 and the intake port 7a.

The clothes 9 are dried by blowing out warm air from the outlet 7b of the hanger 7, but the warm air supplied from the fan heater 1 causes the clothes 9 to dry.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which clothes are dried by warming only the clothes.

The hot air is introduced into the tube 5 by attaching the outlet 3 to the air outlet 48 of the fan heater 1.
The internal air path can be switched, and the air path is switched so that warm air is guided to a dedicated outlet from which the dry warm air for supplying to the hanger section 7 exits (that is, from the indoor air path to the dryer air). It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which warm air is introduced into the tube by connecting the tube to the dedicated port.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A hanger for hanging clothes, the hanger is provided with an inlet for taking in warm air from the outside and an outlet for blowing out the warm air. Therefore, it is possible to provide a hanger-type clothes dryer that can dry clothes in a short drying time and without damaging the clothes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a hanger-type clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and shows a state in which clothes are dried by the hanger-type clothes dryer.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the hanger-type clothes dryer shown in FIG. 1 is used as a futon dryer.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing the internal structure of the fan heater.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the principle of a conventional drum-type clothes dryer.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the drum shown in FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fan heater 3 ... Outlet joint part 5 ... Tube 7 ... Hanger part 7a ... Inlet 7b ... Outlet 9 ... Clothes, 10 ... Hanger type dryer 11 ... Air inlet 21 ... Futon 23 ... Cover 41 ... Convection Air flow path 43 ... Combustion air flow path 45 ... Gas burner, 47 ... Hot air flow path 48 ... Air outlet 49 ... Fan 50 ... Drum type clothes dryer 51 ... Housing 52 ... Drum 53 ... Clothing 54 ... Gas burner 56 ... Take out port 57 ... outlet 59 ... exhaust port, 61 ... fan 63 ... front door

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A hanger for hanging clothes,
A hanger type clothes dryer characterized in that the hanger is provided with an intake for taking in warm air from the outside and an outlet for blowing out the warm air. 2. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein a fan for sucking warm air taken in from the intake port is provided inside the hanger. 3. The hanger-type garment according to claim 1, further comprising: a tube connected to the intake port; and a fan heater for supplying warm air to the hanger via the tube. Dryer. 4. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 3, wherein the fan heater has a function of supplying warm air to the hanger and heating the room at the same time. 5. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 3, wherein the fan heater has a function of supplying hot air to a plurality of hangers. 6. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing a futon attachable to the hanger. 7. The hanger has a rotation number detector for detecting the rotation number of a fan inside the hanger and a temperature detector for detecting the temperature of the hanger, and the fan heater includes the rotation number detector. And a control device connected to each of the temperature detectors.
7. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to any one of 6. 8. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 7, wherein the control device has a function of controlling the number of revolutions of the fan. 9. The fan heater according to claim 3, wherein the fan heater has a timer function.
The hanger-type clothes dryer according to the above item. 10. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 3, wherein the fan heater has a function of switching from a hot air mode to a blowing mode. 11. The tube according to claim 3, wherein a power supply line for supplying power from a power supply on the fan heater side to a fan inside the hanger is provided in the tube. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to claim 1. 12. The fan heater is provided with a dedicated port through which hot dry air to be supplied to the hanger exits. The hanger-type clothes dryer according to any one of claims 3 to 8, further comprising a function of switching to an air path.