JPS62631Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a dehumidifying type clothes dryer equipped with a heat exchange type blower for use in general households.

Conventional structure and problems thereof Conventionally, in this type of clothes dryer, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the clothes storage 1 is equipped with a heat exchange type blower 9.
It is pivoted to the casing 2 on the dry air side.
The heat exchange type blower 9 extends between the casing 2 on the dry air side and the casing 13 on the cooling air side,
Heat is exchanged between the hot and humid dry air 8 which has passed through the heating body 16 and has removed moisture from the clothes, and the cooling air 11. The dehumidified moisture is then discharged from the discharge port 14. Here, in the flow of dry air 8,
In order to prevent air from leaking into the body 12, a ring-shaped sealing member 3 is provided on the clothing storage 1 side, and the clothing storage 1 slides through this sealing member 3.
In such a configuration, the casing 2 on the dry air side
Water leaks from the sealing member 3 into the fuselage 12 due to water droplets condensing on the part facing the clothes storage 1 side and water droplets condensing inside the casing 2 on the dry air side and flowing through the dry air intake port 4. Alternatively, even if water leakage does not occur, there is a problem in that the dehumidifying ability, which is the basic performance of a dehumidifying type clothes dryer, deteriorates. In addition, water leakage induces electrical leakage and rust of the aircraft body. Currently, there is a trend in general households to desire clothes with a large drying capacity, and as the capacity of clothes increases, the above-mentioned problem becomes more prominent.

Purpose of the invention The present invention is intended to solve these conventional problems, and aims to improve the dehumidifying performance of clothes dryers and prevent water from leaking into the machine from the sealing member. It is.

Structure of the invention The clothes dryer of the invention is a heat exchange type blower that has the function of blowing dry air passing through a clothes storage and cooling air for cooling this dry air and exchanging heat with the air. and a casing on the dry air side of the heat exchange type blower, and a sealing member for sealing between the casing and the clothing storage, and the casing includes a casing surrounded by the casing, the clothing storage, and the sealing member. By providing an inflow section that allows the moisture that has flowed into the path to flow into the casing, water droplets that condense on the part of the casing facing the clothes storage on the drying air side and dew condensation inside the casing on the drying air side are removed from the clothes storage side. Since the water droplets flowing into the casing are collected inside the casing on the dry air side, it is possible to prevent water leakage in the sealing member and improve the dehumidifying ability of the clothes dryer.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 in Figures 3 to 5.
The same parts as in FIG. 2 are indicated by the same reference numerals.
First, in FIGS. 3 and 4, 5 is the seal member 3.
represents a sliding surface that slides on the casing 2 on the dry air side, and 6 is an inflow section provided in the casing 2 on the dry air side so as to be located directly above the lowest point of this sliding surface 5. . Reference numeral 7 indicates the flow direction of dry air newly generated by providing the inflow portion 6. Therefore, the path 15 surrounded by the casing 2, the clothing storage 1 and the sealing member 3
The moisture that has flowed into the casing 2 flows into the casing 2 through the inflow portion 6.

The operation in the above configuration will be explained. If the inflow part 6 is provided in the casing 2 on the dry air side as described above, water droplets condensing on the part of the casing 2 on the dry air side facing the clothes storage 1 and inside the casing 2 on the dry air side will be removed. Water droplets flowing in from the dry air intake port 4 are collected into the casing 2 on the dry air side by the dry air flow 7 generated by gravity and the rotation of the impeller of the heat exchange blower 9, so that water droplets flowing from the seal member 3 are collected into the casing 2 on the dry air side. Prevent leaks and improve the dryer's dehumidification ability.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment in which an inflow portion 10 is provided in the casing 2 so as to cross a part of the sliding surface 5 of the casing 2 and the seal member 3 on the dry air side. In this case, by simply performing burr treatment on the clothing storage 1 side of the inflow part 10, the sealing member 3 is not damaged because the cross-sectional area of the inflow part 10 is small.
Water droplets accumulated in the path 15 surrounded by the sealing member 3, the clothes storage 1, and the casing 2 on the dry air side can be more effectively collected into the casing 2 on the dry air side.

Note that in each of the above embodiments, the cross-sectional shape of the inflow portions 6 and 10 is arbitrary, and may be formed by extending the dry air intake port 4. In short, the inflow portions 6 and 10 may be formed by extending the dry air intake port 4. The lower part of the path 15 surrounded by the chamber 1 communicates with the inside of the casing 2 on the dry air side, and the flow of dry air is directed through this path 1.
5 to the inside of the casing 2 on the dry air side.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, the clothes dryer of the present invention has a path surrounded by a casing on the drying air side, a clothes storage compartment, and a sealing member, which communicates with the inside of the casing on the drying air side. , the water droplets flowing into the path are collected, thereby improving the dehumidifying performance of the dehumidifying dryer and preventing water from leaking into the body from this path.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a conventional clothes dryer;
The figure is an enlarged sectional view of part A in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the part corresponding to Fig. 2 showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is the main part of the casing on the dry air side. FIG. 5 is a front view showing the main part of the casing on the dry air side showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1... Clothes storage, 2... Casing on the dry air side, 3... Seal member, 6, 10... Inflow section,
9... Heat exchange type blower, 13... Casing on the cooling air side.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A heat exchange type blower that has the function of blowing dry air passing through the clothes storage and cooling air for cooling this dry air and exchanging heat between the two air, and the dry air of this heat exchange type blower. The casing includes a side casing and a sealing member that seals between the casing and the clothing storage, and the casing is configured to prevent moisture flowing into the casing from flowing into a path surrounded by the casing, the clothing storage, and the sealing member. Clothes dryer equipped with an inflow section.