JPS643517B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a washing machine with a dryer in which a dryer is installed above the washing machine.

Recently, with regard to washing machines with dryers, a structure in which a mounting table is provided on the top surface of the washing machine and a dryer is installed on this mounting table is being considered, without using a special stand for the washing machine. This configuration has the drawback that the height from the floor surface on which the washing machine with dryer is installed to the clothes input port of the dryer is high, making it extremely difficult to perform drying operations such as loading clothes. Furthermore, in urban centers where there are many buildings with low ceiling heights, there is a strong demand for the height from the bottom of the washing machine to the top of the dryer (hereinafter referred to as product height) to be as low as possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine with a dryer that can reduce the height of the clothes input port and the product height, in order to address the above-mentioned drawbacks and demands.

The gist of the present invention is that at the bottom of the mounting table,
A recess is provided to house the control parts of both the washing machine and the dryer, and the control parts are operated on an operation panel board provided on the opening surface of the recess. The main feature is that the exhaust path and cooling fan are arranged at the upper part of the mounting table.

This configuration eliminates the need for a space for storing control parts inside the dryer and a dedicated operation panel for the dryer, allowing the outer dimensions of the dryer's outer box to be reduced and the installation location of the dryer's clothes input slot. can be lowered. Therefore, the height of the product and the height of the clothing input port can be reduced.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on the drawings of an embodiment. In the drawing, a washing machine with a dryer 1 includes a dryer main body 2, a mounting table 3, and a washing machine main body 4.
(See FIG. 1) The washing machine main body 4 includes an outer frame 5 made of a steel plate and a washing mechanism member 6 mounted within the outer frame 5. The washing mechanism member 6 includes an outer tub 8 suspended within an outer frame using a hanging rod 7, an inner tub 9 rotatably mounted within the outer tub 8, and an inner tub 9 rotatably mounted within the inner tub 9. The attached rotor 10, a drive mechanism 11 attached to the outer bottom surface of the outer tub 8 and controlling the rotation of the inner tub 9 and the rotor 10, and a drainage device 12 that drains the washing water in the outer tub 8. It is equipped with (Second
(See figure) The drive mechanism 11 includes a motor 13, a pulley 14, a belt 15, a clutch 16, a reduction gear 17, and the like. The drainage device 12 includes a drainage valve 18, a drainage hose 19, an overflow hose 20, and the like.

The outer tank 8 is made of synthetic resin, has an upper lid 8a at its upper opening, and has an air trap chamber 8 at its lower side wall.
It has b. A flexible air pipe 21 is connected to the air trap chamber 8b. The inner tank 9 is made of synthetic resin, and has a fluid balancer 22 fixed to its upper opening. There is a dehydration hole (not shown) in the upper part of the inner tank 9.
A large number of

The mounting table 3 includes a left side plate 23 made of a steel plate, a right side plate 24 made of a steel plate, a back plate 26 made of a steel plate attached to the rear surfaces 23a, 24a of the both side plates 23, 24 using screws 25, and the above-mentioned both sides. A top plate 28 made of a steel plate is attached to the top surfaces 23b, 24b of the face plates 23, 24 using screws 27, and a cover 29 made of synthetic resin covers the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24. (See FIG. 3) The cover 29 has a two-part structure consisting of an upper cover 30 and a lower cover 31. Both the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 are made of synthetic resin. The lower cover 31 has a washing clothes inlet 31 into the inner tank 9.
a and a recessed portion 31b that will serve as an operation box. Various control components, which will be described later, are housed in the recess 31b. An upper lid 32 made of synthetic resin is provided in the washing clothes inlet 31a so as to be openable and removable.
The operation panel plate 3 is located in the opening 31c of the recess 31b.
3 will be provided.

The upper cover 30 is provided with an opening 30a, and a lid 34 made of synthetic resin is provided in the opening 30a so as to be openable and closable. A fitting piece 30b is provided at the lower part of the upper cover 30,
By press-fitting this fitting piece 30b into the fitting groove 31d provided in the upper part of the lower cover 31, the upper cover 31
0 and the lower cover 31 are strengthened.

Corner plates 35 having mounting screw holes 35a are attached to four corners of the upper surface of the outer frame 5. Mounting fittings 36 are attached to the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the outer frame 5.
The mounting bracket 36 is attached to the inner wall of the outer frame 5.
Mounting piece 36a for attaching the right side plate 2
3 or an elastic piece 36b for causing the left side plate 24 to snap onto the upper surface of the outer frame 5. The gap G between the elastic piece 36b and the upper surface of the outer frame 5 is set to be slightly larger than the thickness t of the right side plate 23 or the left side plate 24. (See FIGS. 3 and 4) The dryer main body 2 is detachably attached to the top plate 28 of the mounting table 3 using screws 37. The dryer main body 2 includes an outer box 38 made of a steel plate, a drum 39 rotatably mounted inside the outer box 38, and the drum 39.
a door 40 that opens and closes the drying clothes input port 39a and is provided on the front of the outer box 38; a heater device 41 that warms the air in the drum 39;
Heat exchanger 4 that removes moisture contained in the air
2, the air in the drum 39 is transferred to the heat exchanger 42,
It is provided with a circulation passage 43 for circulating the heater device 41 and the drum 39 in this order, and a blower device 44 that serves as a motive force for circulating the air in the drum 39 within the circulation passage 43. (See FIG. 2) In this embodiment, an intake/exhaust passage 45 and a cooling fan 46 for cooling the heat exchanger 42 are provided on the upper cover 30 of the mounting table 3. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the first wind tunnel 4 is integrated with the upper cover 30.
7 and a second wind tunnel 48 are provided. A cooling fan 46 is installed within the second wind tunnel 48. The air flowing into the first wind tunnel 47 from the intake port 34a provided in the lid 34 is
After being sucked into the cooling fan 46 and cooling the heat exchanger 42, it flows into the second wind tunnel 48. The air flowing into the second wind tunnel 48 is smoothly guided by the curved plate 49 and is discharged to the outside of the upper cover 30 from the exhaust port 26a provided in the back plate 26. A guide groove 51 for guiding a drainage hose 50 for the heat exchanger 42 is formed between the first wind tunnel 47 and the second wind tunnel 48 .

A water supply device 52, a washing machine timer 53, a buzzer 54, a pilot lamp 55, a dryer timer 56, a pressure switch 57, and various changeover switches 5 are installed in the recess 31b provided in the lower cover 31 of the mounting table 3.
7a, 57b, 57c, 57d, 57e, 57
It houses control parts consisting of f, 57g and lighting lamp 58. Inside the outer box 38 of the dryer main body 2, in addition to the heater device 41 and the blower device 44, there is a door switch 5.
Install 9. The electrical wiring between the dryer timer 56 housed in the mounting table 3 and the changeover switch 57e that switches the capacity of the heater device 41, and the heater device 41, the blower device 44, and the door switch 59 housed in the dryer body 2 is as follows. This is done using an electrical connection tool 60 consisting of a plug and a jack. The electrical connection tool 60 is placed inside the mounting table 3. The electrical wiring 61 on the dryer main body 2 side and the electrical wiring 62 on the washing machine main body 4 side are connected by an electrical connection tool 60 using the space of the mounting table 3.
(See Figures 2 and 7) The illumination light 58 is arranged at the upper part of the upper cover 30 and illuminates the operation panel board 33 and the washing machine clothes slot 31a through the window 34b provided in the lid 34. be. The lighting lamp 58 can be replaced by opening the lid 34 and inserting your hand into the upper cover 30 of the mounting table 4 through the opening 30a. When the upper lid 32 of the washing clothes slot 31a is completely opened, the illumination light 5 is turned on by the upper lid 32 itself.
The mounting positions of the illumination light 58 and the top cover 32 are set so that the light of the washing clothes input port 31a is not blocked and the inside of the washing clothes inlet 31a is not darkened. (See Fig. 6) The operation panel board 33 provided on the lower cover 31 includes:
Knob 53a of washing machine timer 52, knob 56a of dryer timer 56, various changeover switches 57a, 57b for drying control and washing machine control,
Knobs 63 of 57c, 57d, 57e, 57f, and 57g are provided. Further, on the operation panel board 33, a volume control knob for a buzzer 54, a display window for a pilot lamp 55, a water level switching knob, etc. are arranged. (See Figure 1) The top plate 28 of the mounting table 3 has a hose hole 64 through which the drain hose 50 for the heat exchanger 42 is passed, and a wiring hole for guiding the electrical wiring 61 on the dryer main body 2 side into the mounting table 3. 65 and the first wind tunnel 47 from the intake port 34a of the lid 34.
The air entering the dryer body 2 is guided into the heat exchanger 4
2 and a heat exchanger 42.
A discharge hole 6 that guides the cooled air into the second wind tunnel 48
7 is provided. An introduction hole 68 is provided on the lower surface of the dryer main body 2 facing the inflow hole 66 to introduce air for cooling the heat exchanger 42 into the dryer main body 2. Introduction missing 6
8, a filter 60 for removing dust from the air;
is provided so that it can be attached and detached. A slit 70 for discharging the air that has cooled the heat exchanger 42 is provided on the lower surface of the dryer main body 2 facing the discharge hole 67. A hose hole 71 is also provided on the lower surface side of the dryer main body 2, opposite to the hose hole 64 and wiring hole 65 provided in the upper surface plate 28.
and wiring holes 72 are provided. (See FIGS. 3 and 4) The filter 69 can be pulled out from the front lower part of the dryer main body 2 and removed from the dryer main body 2 to be washed with water.

The heat exchanger drain hose 50 fitted into the hose holes 71 and 64 passes through the guide groove 51 and is attached to the lower cover 31.
and hangs down from the drain hose fitting hole 73 provided on the back surface of the lower cover 31 to the back surface side of the washing machine main body 4. Adjacent to the drain hose fitting hole 73, a connecting pipe 74 is arranged to connect a water supply hose (not shown) connected to a water supply. (See FIG. 5) An elastic piece 33a is formed on the lower surface of the operation panel plate 33. A mounting piece 30c is formed at the lower front of the upper cover 30. A fitting groove 31e into which the elastic piece 33a fits is formed in the opening surface 31c of the recess 31b formed in the lower cover 31. Operation panel board 33
The elastic piece 33a is fitted into the fitting groove 31e, and the upper end of the operation panel plate 33 is attached to the mounting piece 30c.
It is attached to the cover 29 consisting of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 by fixing it with screws 75. The lower cover 31 is attached to the corner plate 3 using screws 76 together with the left side plate 23 and right side plate 24 which are temporarily fixed on the outer frame 5 using the mounting brackets 36.
Fixed at 5. (See FIG. 3) Electrical connections between the drive mechanism 11 and control components such as the washing machine timer 53 housed in the recess 31b are made by electrical wiring 77. The electrical wiring 77 is fixed to the inner wall of the outer frame 5 using adhesive tape or other known methods. The electrical wiring 61, 62 is connected to an electrical wiring 77 on the inner wall of the upper cover 30 or the lower cover 31.
Fix it in the same way. The power plug 78 on the side of the dryer main body 2 is attached to the bottom of the back surface of the dryer main body 2.
The power plug 79 on the side of the washing machine main body 4 is attached to the lower part of the back surface of the washing machine main body 4. The power plug 78 includes a heater device 41, a blower device 44, a cooling fan 46, a dryer timer 56, and a changeover switch 57.
Connect e and door switch 59. The power plug 79 includes a drainage device 12, a motor 13, a water supply device 52, a washing machine timer 53, a buzzer 54, a pilot lamp 55, a pressure switch 56, a changeover switch 57a, 57b, 57c, 57d, 57e,
57f, 57g and illumination light 58 are connected. The illumination light 58 is turned on and off by the changeover switch 57f, and it is also possible to provide a lid switch that is turned on and off by opening and closing the upper lid 32.

As shown in FIG. 1, almost the entire front surface of the mounting table 3 is shaped like a curved surface that is concave toward the rear. For this purpose, the front surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 are curved, and the lid 34 and the upper lid 3
Curve 2.

Curved surfaces 23c and 24c are also formed on the front side of the left side plate 23 and right side plate 24 covered by the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31. The shapes of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 are set so that the front surface of the mounting table 3 is curved along the curved surfaces 23c and 24c.

The left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 are made to have exactly the same shape. Moreover, by reversing the top and bottom of the left side plate 23, the left side plate 23 can be used as the right side plate 24, or by reversing the top and bottom of the right side plate 24, the right side plate 23 can be used as the right side plate 24.
4, the shapes of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 are set to be vertically symmetrical so that they can be used as the left side plate 23.

The vertical cross-sectional shape of the mounting table 3 is as shown in FIG.
The front upper part of the mounting table 3 is located rearward from the front lower part of the lower cover 31, and the upper rear end of the mounting table 3, that is, the upper rear end of the upper cover 30 is shaped to protrude rearward. do. The reason why the upper end of the rear surface of the mounting table 3 is made to protrude rearward is that even if the rear surface of the dryer main body 2 is shifted rearward from the rear surface of the washing machine main body 4, it is possible to This is to ensure that the sense of unity is not impaired. A protruding piece 3 is attached to the upper end of the rear surface of the upper cover 30.
0d, and the back plate 2 is formed along this protruding piece 30d.
By bending the upper end of 6 backward, a protruding shape is created at the upper end of the rear surface of the mounting table 3. (See Figure 3) In the above configuration, in order to assemble the mounting base 3 on the washing machine main body 4, as shown in Figure 4, use the mounting brackets 36 to attach the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 to the outer frame. 5.Temporarily fix it on top. Next, water supply device 5
2 is attached in advance, and covers the lower parts of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24,
Attach the corner plate 35 using four screws 76.
The lower cover 31 is fixed together with the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24. Next, a cooling fan 4 is installed in advance on the upper part of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24.
While covering the upper cover 30 incorporating the upper cover 6, the fitting piece 30b of the upper cover 30 is press-fitted into the fitting groove 31d of the lower cover 31. After that, the left side plate 23
The upper end of the upper cover 30 is fixed together with the upper plate 28 to the upper end of the right side plate 24 with four screws 27. Next, the elastic piece 33a of the operation panel board 33
At the same time, insert a tool from the rear of the upper cover 30 and tighten the screws 75 between the upper end of the operation panel plate 33 and the upper cover 30.
The operation panel plate 33 is attached to the lower part of the mounting table 3 by attaching it to the attachment piece 30c. Finally, the lid 34 is attached to the upper cover 30, the upper lid 32 is attached to the lower cover 31, and the back plate 26 is attached to the rear surface of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24.
3a and 24a with four screws 25, assembly of the mounting table 3 is completed. Lighting light 5
8. Cooling fan 46 and washing machine timer 53
For wiring of control parts such as
It is sufficient to carry out the operation with the value removed from 0 and 31.

The dryer body 4 is packed and transported with only the mounting table 3 assembled. The dryer main body 2 is packed and transported separately from the washing machine main body 4 and the mounting table 3. To install the dryer main body 2 above the washing machine main body 4 at the installation location, the dryer main body 2 is placed on the top plate 28 of the mounting table 3. Next, remove the back plate 26 and remove the electrical wiring 61 and the electrical wiring 62.
are connected with an electric connection tool 60, and the drain hose 50 is hung down to the back side of the washing machine main body 4 through the guide groove 51 and the drain hose fitting hole 73. After that, insert a tool from the rear of the mounting table 3, fix the top plate 28 and the dryer main body 2 with two screws 37,
The back plate 26 is attached to the back surface of the mounting table 3 again.

Once the dryer main body 2, mounting table 3, and washing machine main body 4 are integrated, drying operation and washing operation can be started by connecting the power plugs 78 and 79 to the power source and connecting the drain hoses 19 and 50 to the sewer. can be started.

For drying operation, press the knob 56 on the operation panel board 33.
This is executed by operating the dryer timer 56 in accordance with a. When it is desired to change the heat generation capacity of the heater device 41 housed in the dryer main body 2, the knob 63 on the operation panel board 33 is operated. During the drying operation, the cooling fan 46 rotates, and air flows in the order of the intake port 34a, the first wind tunnel 47, the heat exchanger 42, the second wind tunnel 48, and the exhaust port 26a as shown by the arrow in FIG. , to cool the heat exchanger 42.

For washing operation, press the knob 53 on the operation panel board 33.
This is executed by operating the washing machine timer 53 using a.

In this way, all operations for washing and drying operations are performed on a single operation panel board 33 provided at the bottom of the mounting table 3, and the cooling fan, which is a control part on the dryer main body 2 side, 46,
By storing the dryer timer 56 and the changeover switch 57e in the mounting table 3, there is no need to provide a space in the dryer main body 2 for installing an operation panel board dedicated to the dryer main body or the control parts, so that the dryer The main body 2 can be made smaller, and the height of the drying clothes input port 39a can be kept low overall. Comparing FIG. 8 showing the external dimensions of this embodiment with FIG. 9 showing the external dimensions of a conventional example using a dedicated stand, it is clear that according to this embodiment, clothes can be put in for drying. The height of the opening 39a can be reduced by 50 mm, and the product height can be reduced by 64 mm.

By setting the product height to 1900 mm as in this example, the installation possibility can be increased from about 60% to about 90%, even in urban centers where there are many buildings with low ceiling heights. In addition, the drying clothes input port 39a
Since the position of the drum 39 is lowered, the inside of the drum 39 can be seen very easily, and the inside of the drum 39 can be easily loaded or taken out, or the inside of the drum 39 can be cleaned.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a washing machine with a dryer that reduces the height of the clothes input port and the height of the product, improves the installation possibility of the product, and facilitates drying work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a front external perspective view, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the main part, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are exploded perspective views of the main part. , Fig. 5 is a rear perspective view of the main part, Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the main part,
FIG. 7 is an electric circuit diagram, and FIG. 8 is an external dimensional drawing. FIG. 9 is an external dimensional drawing of a conventional example. 2...Dryer body, 3...Placement stand, 4...Washing machine body, 31b...Recess, 31c...Opening surface, 3
3... Operation panel board, 41... Heater device, 42
... Heat exchanger, 45 ... Intake and exhaust passage, 46 ... Cooling fan, 53 ... Washing machine timer, 56 ... Dryer timer, 57e ... Changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A washing machine main body 4, a mounting table 3 disposed on the upper surface of the washing machine main body 4, and a dryer main body 2 disposed on the mounting table 3. A recess 31b serving as an operation box is formed, an opening surface 31c of this recess 31b is covered with an operation panel plate 33, and control parts for both the washing machine main body 4 side and the dryer main body 2 side are installed in the recess 31c. The control components are operated on the operation panel board 33, and an air intake/exhaust system is provided at the upper part of the mounting table 3 for cooling the heat exchanger 42 housed in the dryer main body 2. A washing machine with a dryer equipped with a passage 45 and a cooling fan 46. 2. The washing machine with a dryer as set forth in claim 1, wherein substantially the entire front surface of the mounting table 3 is curved in a backwardly concave shape. 3 The control components on the side of the dryer main body 2 include at least a heater device 41 housed in the dryer main body 2.
A washing machine with a dryer according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a changeover switch 57e for changing the capacity of the dryer and a dryer timer 56.