JPH11337152A - Drying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a drying time for laundry such as clothes and to improve drying efficiency. SOLUTION: An apparatus main body 1 having a blowing function for drying laundry such as clothes is provided on an indoor side wall and air sent out by the blowing function 3 is let out into a room from an outlet 4 provided in the apparatus main body 1. On the occasion, the direction of letting out the air is varied by driving a wind direction regulating plate 6 provided at the outlet 4 by a driving device 7. The driving device 7 is controlled by a control means 8 to direct the let-out air downward preferentially so that the lower side of the laundry such as the clothes being hard to dry be exposed to the air preferentially.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drying apparatus for drying laundry such as clothes by blowing air into a bathroom or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, air has been blown into a bathroom to dry clothes.
What is described in the issue is known.

In this apparatus, an air-conditioning ventilator is provided on a side wall of a bathroom, a discharge range is widened by the action of a wind direction adjusting fin, and air is directly applied to laundry or the like suspended in the bathroom to dry the laundry. It was done.

[0004]

However, in the above-described structure, although the entire laundry is exposed to air,
Since the time during which the air hits the laundry is constant, there is a problem that the underside of the laundry where moisture easily accumulates is difficult to dry, and it takes time to dry the laundry, resulting in poor drying efficiency.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a drying apparatus capable of shortening a drying time of laundry such as clothes and improving drying efficiency.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an apparatus main body having a ventilation function for drying laundry such as clothes, which is provided on a side wall in a room, and an apparatus main body provided on the apparatus main body. A blowout port for blowing air blown into the room by a blower function, a wind direction adjusting plate provided in the blowout port to change the air blowing direction, a driving device for driving the wind direction adjusting plate, and a blowing direction of the air. It is characterized in that control means for controlling the driving device is provided so as to focus downward on the focus.

[0007] According to this configuration, since the air blowout is mainly blown downward, the air mainly hits the lower side of the laundry where moisture easily accumulates.
Drying time of laundry such as clothes can be shortened, and drying efficiency can be improved.

Further, since the control means controls to extend the downward pointing time according to the elapsed drying time, the above-mentioned effect can be obtained by simple control simply by setting an appropriate timer.

Further, if the control means is controlled so as to lengthen the downward pointing time in the latter half of the drying, it is possible to efficiently dry the moisture accumulated under the laundry such as clothes in the latter half of the drying time.

Further, if the control means is controlled so as to gradually increase the downward pointing time from the start of drying to the end of drying, moisture accumulated on the lower side of laundry such as clothes as the drying time elapses. It can be dried efficiently.

Further, if the control means is controlled so as to extend the downward pointing time by the change in the temperature in the room, it is possible to reliably and efficiently dry the moisture accumulated on the lower side of the laundry such as clothes.

Further, if the control means is controlled so as to extend the downward pointing time when the indoor temperature becomes higher than the set value, the water accumulated under the laundry such as clothes can be more efficiently used. It can be dried well.

Further, the control means may extend the downward pointing time due to a change in indoor humidity. By controlling in this way, the water accumulated on the lower side of laundry such as clothes can be more efficiently used. It can be dried well.

Further, if the control means is controlled so as to extend the downward pointing time when the indoor humidity becomes lower than the set value, the water remaining on the underside of the laundry such as clothes can be more reliably removed. It can be dried efficiently.

Further, even if the control means is controlled so as to lengthen the downward pointing time due to a change in the weight of the laundry, it is possible to efficiently dry the water remaining on the lower side of the laundry such as clothes.

Further, even if the control means is controlled so as to extend the downward pointing time depending on the type of the laundry, it is possible to efficiently dry the water remaining on the lower side of the laundry such as clothes.

Further, even if the control means is controlled so as to extend the downward pointing time depending on the amount of the laundry, it is possible to efficiently dry the water remaining on the lower side of the laundry such as clothes.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a drying apparatus of the present invention installed in a bathroom, and FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing a use state.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a drying device main body 1 is installed above the side wall of the bathroom a so as to blow air from the side wall of the bathroom a.

In the bathroom a, a clothesline 5 is positioned so as to be located in front of the outlet 4 provided in the upper part of the apparatus main body 1.
Is installed, and laundry (hereinafter, abbreviated as “clothing”) such as clothes b is hung on the clothesline 5. Further, a remote controller 11 for driving the apparatus main body 1 is installed outside the bathroom a.

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the apparatus main body 1. In the apparatus main body 1, a part of the air in the bathroom a is sucked through a suction port 9 provided at a lower portion of the apparatus main body 1, and a blowing passage 10 is formed.
A circulating blower 3 for blowing air from the outlet 4 into the bathroom a through the air outlet, a humid air in the bathroom a,
A ventilation blower (not shown) is provided to suck a part of the hot air containing moisture blown into the bathroom a from the circulation blower 3 from the suction port 9 and to ventilate the outside through an exhaust duct (not shown) through an exhaust duct. ing.

The air outlet 4 is provided with a wind direction adjusting plate 6 which drives the driving device 7 in accordance with a command from the control means 8 and changes the air blowing direction in the vertical direction by driving the driving device 7. . The driving device 7 is a DC stepping motor provided with an element capable of detecting the opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6, and moves the opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 downward (preferably, the opening θ = 10 ° to 45 °)
It can be kept at.

The driving device 7 may be an AC synchronous motor or a DC motor with an encoder, as long as it can detect the opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6. Further, a heater 2 or the like may be disposed in the blowing passage 10 so that the air blown from the circulation blower 3 may be heated and blown into the bathroom a as warm air. Without energizing heater 2,
The air is blown into the bathroom a, and the clothes b hung on the clothesline 5 is dried by ventilation with a ventilation blower (not shown). Can be blown out to dry the clothes b. In this case, power can be saved and the clothes b can be dried economically.

In the above configuration, during the drying operation of the drying device (that is, when both the circulation blower 2 and the ventilation blower are driven), the driving device 7 is driven by a command from the control means 8 to adjust the wind direction. If the opening degree θ of the plate 6 is controlled so as to be longer at 10 ° to 45 °, as shown by the arrow on the left side of FIG. 2, the clothes b hung on the clothesline 5 are hard to dry. Since the lower side of b can be mainly dried, the drying efficiency can be improved by about 20% or more compared with the prior art. Furthermore, the clothes b can be dried on average, and partial overdrying of the clothes b can be eliminated.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart showing a control mode of one embodiment, in which the time for keeping the opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 at 10 ° is changed as the drying time elapses. FIG. 4 (a) shows an example in which the downward pointing time is controlled to be lengthened in the latter half of the drying, and the time t for keeping the upward opening θ = 80 ° of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 in the initial stage of the drying.
While maintaining the opening degree θ = 10 ° than 0 (the air blowing direction is directed to the lower side of the clothing b), the time t1 is lengthened, and the wind direction adjusting plate 6 in the latter half of drying is changed with respect to the time t1.
(Opening direction of clothing b
Time t2 is set long (t1 <t)
2) I do it. Thus, the moisture under the clothes b can be quickly dried just before the end of the drying.

FIG. 4B shows a state in which the downward pointing time is controlled so as to gradually increase from the start of drying to the end of drying. The opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 at the start of drying is shown in FIG. = 10 ° for the time t3 to keep the opening θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 = 10 ° as the drying time elapses.
4, t5 is set to be gradually longer (t3 <t4 <t5). (C) shows a modified example of (b), in which the opening direction θ of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 at the start of drying is maintained at the opening degree θ = 10 °, and the wind direction adjusting plate 6 is moved with the elapse of the drying time. The times t8 and t10 for keeping the opening θ = 10 ° are gradually set longer (t6 <t8 <t10), and the times t7, t9 and t11 for keeping the opening θ = 45 ° of the wind direction adjusting plate 6.
May be set to be gradually longer (t7 <t9 <t11).

The contents described above relate only to one embodiment of the present invention, and do not mean that the present invention is limited to only the above contents. For example, a humidity detection sensor or a room temperature detection sensor is provided at an appropriate location, and when the input signal thereof becomes lower or higher than a set value stored in the control means 8 in advance, the wind direction adjusting plate 6 The driving device 7 can be driven and controlled so that the air blowing direction is mainly directed to the lower side of the clothing b.

Further, the clothesline 5 is provided with weight detecting means for detecting the weight of the clothes b, and the air blowing direction of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 is focused on the lower side of the clothes b based on the weight change pattern. The drive device 7 may be driven and controlled to direct the light.

Also, clothing b
Is provided, and the user selects the switch, so that the control means 8 selects the clothing b
The drive of the driving device 7 may be controlled so that the air blowing direction of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 is mainly directed to the lower side of the clothing b in accordance with the type of.

Further, clothing b
Amount of various switches (for example, 3 kg, 5 kg, 7 kg)
And the user selects the switch, and the control means 8 places the air blowing direction of the wind direction adjusting plate 6 on the lower side of the clothing b according to the amount of the selected clothing b. The driving of the driving device 7 can also be controlled in order to achieve the desired orientation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an example in which a drying device of the present invention is applied to a bathroom.

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view showing a use state of the above.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a drying apparatus main body of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart showing a control mode of a wind direction adjusting plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 a ... Bathroom b ... Clothes 1 ... Dryer body 2 ... Electric heater 3 ... Drying fan 4 ... Ventilation opening 5 ... Drying pole 6 ... Ventilation louver 7 ... Drive device 8 ... Control device 9 ... Intake opening

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Kunihide Shigematsu, Inventor 2-1-1 Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus main body provided on a side wall in a room and having an air blowing function for drying laundry such as clothes, and air provided by the apparatus main body and blown out by the air blowing function is blown into the room. A blowout port for the, a wind direction adjustment plate provided in the blowout port to change the air blowout direction,
A drying device, comprising: a driving device for driving the wind direction adjusting plate; and control means for controlling the driving device so that the air blowing direction is focused downward. 2. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit increases the downward pointing time according to the elapsed drying time. 3. The drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit extends the downward pointing time in the latter half of the drying. 4. The drying apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit gradually increases the downward pointing time from the start of drying to the end of drying. 5. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit increases the downward pointing time by changing the temperature in the room.
A drying device as described. 6. The drying apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit extends the downward pointing time when the indoor temperature becomes higher than a set value. 7. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the downward pointing time is extended by a change in indoor humidity.
A drying device as described. 8. The drying apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control unit extends the downward pointing time when the indoor humidity becomes lower than a set value. 9. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means extends the downward pointing time by changing the weight of the laundry. 10. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the downward pointing time is extended depending on the type of the laundry.
A drying device as described. 11. The drying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit extends the downward pointing time according to the amount of the laundry.