JPS583438Y2 - clothes dryer - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a clothes dryer, and particularly to the structure of mounting a drum support piece that rotatably supports one end of its rotating drum.

That is, in the figure, 1 is an outer casing of the main body, 2 is a clothes slot provided in the front of the outer casing, 3 is an air outlet provided at the rear of the outer casing, and 4 is a lid that covers the slot 2 so as to be openable and closable. A ventilation hole 5 is provided, and a heater device 6 for heating the air passing through the ventilation hole is provided opposite to the ventilation hole.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a rotating drum provided within the outer casing 1, which has a clothing inlet/outlet at its front end and an air discharge hole at its rear end.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a shaft integrally provided at the rear end of this rotating drum, and this is supported by a bearing 9 on the outer casing 1 side.

10 is a drum support made of synthetic resin provided so as to be in contact with three points in the circumferential direction of the front edge of the rotating drum; 11
This drum support is a mounting member for attaching the piece to the outer casing, and is fixed to the outer casing 1.

12 is a motor that rotates the rotary drum 7 via a belt 13; 14 is a wind cylinder provided between the discharge hole at the rear end of the rotary drum 7 and the discharge port 8 of the outer casing 1; and 15 is a motor inside this wind cylinder. There is a fan installed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drum support piece 10 has a stop projection 18 that comes into contact with the edge of the mounting member 11, and an L-shaped projection 18 that is inserted into the through hole 17 of the mounting member 11. It is integrally formed.

In addition, the tip of the stop protrusion 15 of the piece 10 of this drum holder is
It is formed into a tapered shape so that the free end portion (the portion that contacts the front end of the rotating drum) of the felt material 20, which will be described later, is pushed outward outwardly.

The drum support 19 is a rubber material inserted between the piece 10 and the mounting member 11.

In FIG. 1, 20.21 is a felt material for preventing air leakage between the rotating drum 7 and the wind cylinder 14 or the mounting member 110, and as described above, the free end (of the rotating drum) The portion of the drum receiver that contacts the front end is pushed outward by a tapered portion formed at the tip of the stop projection 16 of the piece 10.

In the above configuration, the clothes inside the rotating drum 7 are as follows.

The outside air enters through the hole 5 of the lid 4 by the fan 18 and is heated by the heater 6, and is dried.

The humid air after drying the clothes is discharged to the outside from the discharge port 8 through the wind barrel 14.

Therefore, according to this invention, since the piece of the drum holder is removable, it can be easily replaced when it is damaged, and this drum holder also has an elastic material such as rubber between the piece and the mounting member. Because the drum is inserted in the drum holder, it absorbs the vibrations generated when the drum rotates once and prevents it from being transmitted through the mounting member to the outer casing, reducing noise. Also, due to the elastic body, the drum holder is separated from the mounting member. It has the advantage that it is also possible to eliminate rattling.

Furthermore, according to this invention, the free end of the felt material (the part that comes into contact with the front end of the rotating drum) is pushed outward by the tapered part formed at the tip of the stop protrusion on the drum support. There is no need to push the free end of the felt material outward with an iron or the like, which improves the ease of assembly of this clothes dryer.

Additionally, the life of the umbilical felt is extended because the free end of the felt does not abut the sharp edge of the mounting member.

By the way, even if felt material is pushed outward by hand, it will quickly return to its original shape due to the characteristics of the felt material, so in the past, it was not possible to spread it outward using an iron or the like. I needed to expand.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part thereof. In the figure, 1 is the outer casing of the main body, 7 is the rotating drum, 8°9 is the bearing, 10 is the drum support piece, 11 is the mounting member, 16 is the stopper projection, 18 is the L-shaped projection, and 17 is the Transparent L19 elastic body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A main body outer casing, a rotary drum rotatably provided within the main body outer casing, and a bearing supporting one end of the rotary drum are in contact with each other at three or more points in the circumferential direction of the other end circumferential surface of the rotary drum. Three or more synthetic resin drum holders are provided to support the rotary drum. In the case where the drum holder is equipped with a felt material that comes into contact with the measuring surface, the drum holder has a stop protrusion that comes into contact with and engages with the edge of the mounting member, and an L-shaped protrusion that opposes the stop protrusion, which is spaced apart by a predetermined distance. The L-shaped projection is inserted into the through hole provided in the mounting member, and the stop projection is brought into contact with and engaged with the edge of the mounting member, thereby removably fixing it to the mounting member. At the same time, the drum holder is made to push the free end of the felt material outward with the tapered part formed at the tip of the stop protrusion of the piece, and there is a rubber or other material between the mounting member and the drum holder piece. A clothes dryer characterized by having an elastic body inserted therein.