JPS6142551Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a rotary drum type clothes dryer, and particularly relates to a front side support structure of the rotary drum.

Conventionally, in this type of clothes dryer, as shown in FIG.
On the other hand, a front cover 45 is provided on the inner surface of the cabinet 41, a bearing material 46 is mounted on the inner peripheral edge of the front cover 45, and a rotating drum is attached to the bearing material 46. 4
7 is rotatably supported by its clothes input opening 48, but in this configuration, the clothes input opening 44 of the input cover 43 is close to the bearing material 46, which forms a circular shape together with the clothes input opening. Because of the location, the shape of the clothes input port 44 is limited to a circular shape, and the shape of the door 49 is also limited accordingly, which is a major obstacle in diversifying the appearance of the dryer. It was hot.

In addition, recently, various methods have been proposed to improve the above points, but all of them increase the number of parts and complicate the structure, so they cannot be called good for practical use. It was something I didn't have.

This proposal was made in view of these points,
The embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described in detail below.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a cabinet having a circular front opening 2 at the center of the front surface, 3 a disc-shaped input port cover as shown in the second figure, and a cylindrical support wall 4 on the inner side thereof, and a support wall 4 extending from this. A lower cylindrical protective wall 5 on the inner circumferential side is integrally formed to protrude from each other, and a clothing input opening 6 having a desired shape, for example, a rectangular shape is provided at a portion surrounded by the protective wall 5. Reference numeral 7 indicates a bearing material attached to the inner peripheral surface of the support wall 4 of the input port cover 3. The inlet cover 3 is attached to the front surface of the cabinet 1 using fasteners such as screws, with the cylindrical support wall 4 fitted into the front opening 2. Reference numeral 8 denotes a door located at the front of the cabinet 1 for opening and closing the clothes slot 6.

9 is a circular opening 1 for putting in clothes in the center of the front.
0, and whose front side is rotatably supported by fitting the opening flange 11 into the support wall 4 of the inlet cover 3, and forms an air intake part 12 on the outer periphery of the front surface. An air exhaust part 13 is formed at the center of the rear surface, and a removable lint filter 14 is installed in this air exhaust part 13. 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a front cover fixed to the inner surface of the front portion of the cabinet 1, which covers the air intake portion 12 of the rotary drum 9 to form an air passage 16 between the air intake portion 12 and the air intake portion 12. 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes an intake duct that is connected to the intake passage 16 and includes a heater 18 therein. Reference numeral 19 denotes a fan case fixed to the rear inner surface of the cabinet 1, and is equipped with a shaft 20 that passes through the cabinet 1 in the front and back directions.The front end of the shaft 20 rotatably supports the rear surface of the rotary drum 9, and the fan 21 is attached to the rear end of the shaft 20. Supports rotation freely. Reference numeral 22 denotes a motor installed at the inner bottom of the cabinet 1, which rotates the rotary drum 9 and the fan 21 via a transmission means such as a pulley and a belt. In the figure, 23 indicates an external intake port, and 24 indicates an external exhaust port.

In the above configuration, the rotating drum 9 is supported on the cylindrical support wall 4 of the input port cover 3 on the front side via the bearing material 7 and on the shaft 20 on the rear side, and is rotated by the drive of the motor 22. This will loosen your clothes. At this time, the clothes are transferred to the rotating drum 9.
Since the cylindrical protection wall 5 approaches the opening flange 11 and the protection wall 5 hides the tip of the opening flange 11, the tip edge of the opening flange 11 may be touched and damaged. It will not cause any danger.

On the other hand, the air sucked in by the rotation of the fan 21 is heated by the motor 18 in the intake duct 17 and turned into hot air, which leads to the intake passage 16 and the air intake section 1.
2, enters the rotating drum 9 and contributes to drying by contacting the clothes, and then the air discharge section 13,
It passes through the fan case 19 and is discharged from the external exhaust port 24 to the outside of the machine.

As described above, in the present clothes dryer, the conventionally existing cylindrical support wall of the input port cover is integrally formed to protrude and the support wall supports the front side of the rotating drum, so that the input port The cover can be formed with a desired shape of the clothes input opening at the part surrounded by the support wall, regardless of the shape of the clothes input opening of the rotating drum.Therefore, there are fewer restrictions on the shape of the door, and the appearance of the dryer can be improved. It is a very useful idea in practical use because it allows for a wide variety of products, does not require the addition of new parts, suppresses the increase in the number of parts, and is structurally simple.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional side view of the proposed clothes dryer;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the input port cover, and FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a conventional front support structure for a rotating drum. 1: Cabinet, 2: Front opening, 3: Inlet cover, 4: Support wall, 6: Clothes input opening, 9: Rotating drum, 10: Clothes input opening.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] 1. In a rotating drum type clothes dryer, an input port cover is attached to the front opening of the cabinet,
A cylindrical support wall is integrally formed on the inner surface of this input port cover, and a clothing input port of a desired shape is opened at a portion surrounded by the support wall, and a rotating drum is attached to the support wall. A clothes dryer characterized in that the clothes dryer is rotatably supported by a clothes loading opening at the front. 2. Utility model registration claim 1, in which the support wall of the input port cover is fitted into the front opening of the cabinet, and the opening flange of the rotating drum is inserted into the support wall to support the rotating drum. Clothes dryer as described. 3. The clothes dryer according to claim 2, wherein the input port cover is integrally formed with a cylindrical protective wall protruding from the inner peripheral side of the support wall to hide the tip of the opening flange.