KR100672309B1 - Complex type dryer having rotary clothes hanger - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drying apparatus that allows the air for drying the laundry inside the drying drum and inside the cabinet to be continuously circulated, and to dry the laundry inside the cabinet evenly.

The present invention has a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, the drum dryer having a hot air supply to generate hot air is provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe to dry the laundry introduced into the drum; A cabinet dryer having a predetermined storage space and coupled to an upper side of the drum type dryer, the cabinet dryer having a hot air inlet pipe receiving hot air from the hot air supply pipe; Rotatably installed inside the cabinet dryer, at least one or more rotary hangers for drying clothes and the like; Rotating means for rotating the rotary hanger: Combined drying with a rotary hanger characterized in that it comprises a Provide the device.

Drum Dryer, Cabinet Dryer, Rotary Hanger, Rotary Means

Description

Complex type dryer having rotary clothes hanger

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining the internal structure of a conventional general drum type dryer

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the appearance of the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which a rotary hanger is installed inside the cabinet dryer of the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention

5 is a schematic diagram schematically showing an example of a state in which a rotating means is installed according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram schematically showing another example of a state in which the rotating means according to the embodiment of the present invention is installed.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

100: drum dryer 110: drying drum

121: first supply pipe 122: second supply pipe

123: third supply pipe 124: filtering portion

125: flow path valve 130: hot air supply

140: air condenser 141: condenser

142: condensation fan 200: cabinet dryer

210: body 220: housing

221: shelf 222: hanger bar

230: opening and closing door 241: hot air inlet pipe

242: air outlet pipe 250: extension

300: rotary hanger 310: top hanger

320: bottom hanger 330: fixed hanger

410: motor 420: first gear

430: second gear 440: fixed piece

500: control unit

The present invention relates to a drying apparatus, and more particularly, to allow the air for laundry drying to be continuously circulated through the drying apparatus, and to allow a smoother drying to be suitable for providing the built-in. The present invention relates to a drying apparatus having a new structure to prevent changes in the indoor environment as much as possible.

In general, a drying apparatus is a device for drying laundry such as clothes, and receives laundry that has been washed and continuously supplies high temperature heat to perform drying of the laundry.

Figure 1 shows a general drum type dryer of the above-described conventional drying apparatus.

That is, the conventional drum dryer is largely comprised of a main body 10, a drying drum 20, a door 40, a drive motor 50, a drying heater 60, and a blowing fan 70. .

The main body 10 forms the appearance of a drum type dryer, and the drying drum 20 is rotatably installed in the main body 10.

In addition, an inlet 11 is formed on the front of the main body 10, the door 40 is mounted to open and close the inlet (11).

The motor 50 is fixed to the inner bottom of the main body 10 to generate a driving force for rotating the drying drum 20 and the blowing fan 70.

The drying heater 60 is installed inside the hot air supply passage 91 to heat air flowing through the inside of the hot air supply passage 91. At this time, the hot air supply passage 91 guides the flow of the hot air supplied into the drying drum 20.

In addition, the blowing fan 70 is operated to discharge the drying air flowing in the drying drum 10 to the outside of the main body 10, and is provided to communicate with the hot air discharge passage 92.

Therefore, when the blowing fan 70 is operated, the outside air flows under the guidance of the hot air supply passage 91, and is heated to pass through the drying heater 60 and flows into the drying drum 10 during the flow.

For this reason, the wet laundry introduced into the drying drum 10 is gradually dried by the externalized air.

In addition, the air drying the laundry while flowing in the drying drum 10 is discharged to the outside of the main body 10 under the guidance of the hot air discharge passage 92.

Then, when the laundry is dried by repeating the above process, the operation of the blowing fan 70 and the drying heater 60 is stopped, thereby completing the drying process.

However, the conventional drum dryer has a problem that the drying process is not performed smoothly because the drying process proceeds in a state in which laundry is put in a batch.

In addition, there was a problem that long-term storage in the drum dryer is impossible.

Accordingly, there has recently been a demand for a new drying apparatus that can extend the drying capacity and allow for a long time storage, and separate drying cabinets for drum dryers such as US Patent Application Publication US2004 / 0194339 A1 and US2004 / 0154194 A1. There is provided a mixed dryer further provided.

Mixing dryer as described above is a drying device is equipped with a drying cabinet supplied with hot air while having a storage space for various laundry on the upper side of the general drum type dryer having a rotating drum.

In this case, the drying cabinet receives hot air from the drum dryer and is used to dry clothes or store clothes for a long time.

However, the above-described mixed dryer has a problem in that it is difficult to provide the built-in because the air drying the laundry is exhausted to the outside of the apparatus.

That is, the space for the built-in should be large enough to maintain a sufficient distance from the wall surface for smooth air discharge to the outside of the mixing dryer, thereby deteriorating the appearance design due to the gap.

In addition, since the air discharged from the mixed dryer is hot and humid air, a problem arises that the indoor environment has no choice but to achieve an environment that is not desired by the user, that is, a hot and humid environment.

In addition, the laundry mounted on a rack and a hanger installed in the drying cabinet is limited to a location where hot air is supplied, and some of the laundry is over-dried and some are not well-dried, resulting in poor drying performance and excessive drying. This may cause the laundry to break.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to allow the air for drying the laundry in the drying drum and the interior of the cabinet while circulating the laundry inside the cabinet Provided is a drying apparatus that allows drying evenly.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, a drum type dryer for drying laundry loaded into the drum while having a hot air supply for generating hot air provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe ; A cabinet dryer having a predetermined storage space and coupled to an upper side of the drum type dryer, the cabinet dryer having a hot air inlet pipe receiving hot air from the hot air supply pipe; At least one rotatable hanger rotatably installed in the cabinet dryer to hang and dry clothes; Rotating means for rotating the rotary hanger: provides a combined drying device with a rotary hanger characterized in that it comprises a.

Here, the rotary hanger is a top hanger part to be mounted on the upper part of the laundry, and a bottom hanger part formed to be bent to the lower side of the upper part of the upper part of the laundry, and the bottom hanger part to be mounted on the laundry, and the top It is formed extending from the hanger to the upper side is made of a fixed hanger for fixing the rotary hanger to the top of the cabinet dryer.

The rotating means includes a motor generating a rotation force, a first gear connected to the motor shaft, a second gear rotated in engagement with the first gear, and one end connected to the second gear. It is installed to be exposed to the inside of the cabinet dryer, it is configured to include a fixing piece for hanging the rotary hanger.

At this time, it is preferable that a bevel gear is used for the first gear and the second gear, or a spur gear is used according to the installation direction of the motor.

Accordingly, the drying apparatus is provided with a rotatable rotary hanger, thereby allowing the laundry to be evenly dried by rotating the laundry during the drying process.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the above-described drying apparatus of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6 as follows.

First, as shown in Figures 2 and 3 attached, the drying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely drum type dryer 100, cabinet dryer 200, rotary clothes hanger 300, rotating means and control It is configured to include a portion 500.

Here, the drum type dryer 100 includes only a drying drum 110 capable of rotating and stirring laundry, a hot air supply pipe, a hot air supply unit 130, and an air condenser 140. do.

The hot air supply pipe is a tube for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, and is connected in communication with an internal space between the drying drum 110, the air condenser 140, and the cabinet dryer 200.

At this time, the hot air supply pipe is supplied with the first supply pipe 121 for supplying hot air into the drying drum 110 and the air passing through the air condensing unit 140 to the first supply pipe 121. It comprises a second supply pipe 122 and the third supply pipe 123 receives the air discharged from the drying drum 110 and delivers to the air condensing unit 140.

The filter unit 124 for filtering foreign matter contained in the flow air is preferably further provided on the pipe of the third supply pipe 123.

In addition, the hot air supply unit 130 is provided on the pipeline of the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe serves to generate hot air.

The hot air supply unit 130 is a drying heater 131 for heating the air flowing in the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe, and a blowing fan 132 for forcibly blowing air in the second supply pipe (122) It is configured to include).

At this time, the blowing fan 132 is preferably provided on the pipe of the side of the air flows into the drying heater 131 of the pipe of the second supply pipe (122).

This is to minimize damage to the blower fan 132 due to high temperature heat.

In addition, the air condenser 140 heats the air by condensing air flowing along the hot air supply pipe, and includes a condenser 141 and a condensation fan 142.

The condenser 141 is configured to receive high-temperature air from the third supply pipe 123 of the hot air supply pipe, and includes a pipe and a cooling fin that are formed with a plurality of bends.

In addition, the condensation fan 142 is configured to blow outside air toward the condenser 141.

Therefore, the humid air passing through the condenser 141 is condensed through heat exchange with the outside air provided by the driving of the condensation fan 142 while flowing along the conduit 141.

The cabinet dryer 200 is coupled to an upper side of the drum dryer 100 while having a storage space in which a plurality of laundry is stored.

In this case, the cabinet dryer 200 includes a body 210, a receiving unit 220, an opening / closing door 230, a hot air inlet pipe 241, and an air outlet pipe 242.

The body 210 forms an exterior of the cabinet dryer 200, and the front surface of the body 210 is formed to be open.

At this time, it is preferable that the body 210 is further provided with an extended portion 250 extending to the inside of the drum type dryer (100).

The extension part 250 is to be able to hang long laundry such as pants or coats without overlapping, and does not affect the rotation of the drying drum 110 forming the drum type dryer as shown in FIG. 2. It is more preferable to be provided in the side part biased.

In addition, the accommodating part 220 is mounted in the body 210 and includes a plurality of shelves 221 and a hanger bar 222.

At this time, each shelf 221 is configured to be detachable from the inside of the body 210 and to form a variety of laundry is formed, the hanger bar 222 is one of the upper space in the body 210 Removably coupled along the front and rear of the side space.

In addition, the opening / closing door 230 serves to open and close the open front surface of the body 210.

In addition, one end of the hot air inlet pipe 241 is connected to the air outlet side of the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe of the drum type dryer 100, the other end is connected in communication with the body 210 As a result, the hot air flows from the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe and flows into the body 210.

At this time, the flow path valve 125 for selecting and guiding the flow direction of the air to the first supply pipe and / or the hot air inlet pipe 241 is preferably further provided on the pipeline of the second supply pipe 122. Do.

In addition, one end of the air outlet pipe 242 is connected in communication with the body 210, the other end is connected to the third supply pipe 123 of the hot air supply pipe, and passes through the laundry in the body 210 A hot and humid air flows out.

At this time, a separate exhaust fan (not shown) may be further provided on the pipeline of the air outlet pipe 242.

On the other hand, when the shelf 221 or the hanger bar 222 is used in the process of drying the laundry, the range in which hot air is supplied to the laundry is limited, and the laundry may not be evenly dried. At this time, as shown in Figure 4, it is preferable to dry the laundry using the rotary hanger 300 without using the shelf 221 or the hanger bar 222.

The rotary hanger 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention is formed by bending the upper part of the upper part of the laundry 310 and the lower part of the upper part of the laundry, the bottom of the laundry, etc. Hanger 320 and the upper hanger is formed extending from the upper side, and consists of a fixed hanger 330 for fixing the rotary hanger 300 to the upper end of the cabinet dryer.

And, the rotating means is a configuration for rotating the rotary hanger 300.

In this case, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rotation means includes a motor 410 for generating a rotation force, a first gear 420 rotated in connection with the motor 410 shaft, and the first The second gear 430 is rotated in engagement with the gear 420, one end is connected to the second gear 430 and the other end is installed to be exposed to the interior of the cabinet dryer, so that the rotary hanger 300 can be hooked It consists of a fixing piece 440.

At this time, the fixing piece 440 is preferably formed to be bent to take the fixing hanger 330 of the rotary hanger 300.

According to the present invention, a bevel gear may be used for the first gear 420 and the second gear 430 or a spur gear may be used depending on the installation direction of the motor 410.

For example, again, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the installation position of the motor 410 is installed on the upper side of the fixing piece 440, the first gear 420 and the first gear are suitably adapted to this. The second gear 430 is preferably a spur gear, and when the installation position of the motor 410 is installed on the left or right side of the fixing piece 440, the first gear 420 and It is preferable that the bevel gear is used for the second gear 430.

That is, when the laundry is dried using the rotary hanger 300, as the laundry is rotated, hot air is evenly transmitted to the laundry, thereby improving drying performance.

In addition, the control unit 500 according to the present invention performs the operation control of the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200.

At this time, the control unit 500 is provided in at least one of the drum type dryer 100 or the cabinet dryer 200, but is preferably provided only in the drum type dryer as in the embodiment of the present invention.

If the control unit 500 is provided in both the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200, the two control units 500 may be connected to each other by a data cable (not shown). It is desirable to allow alternating current.

In addition, the control unit 500 may be configured to control each of the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200, or may be configured to control to interlock with each other.

Referring to the drying process and the action according to the drying device with a rotary hanger 300 of the present invention described above are as follows.

First, after removing the shelf 221 and the hanger bar 222 installed inside the body of the cabinet dryer 200, the rotary hanger 300 is installed on the fixing piece 440 of the rotating means.

Thereafter, the laundry is placed on the rotatable hanger 300, and then a drying stroke is performed.

At this time, in the case of a coat such as a coat of the laundry, the top is hanged on the hanger 310, and in the case of a bottom such as pants, the bottom hanger 320 is placed on a drying stroke. Conduct.

When the laundry is mounted as described above, power is supplied to the hot air supply unit 130 so that hot air flows into the second hot air supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe.

Next, the flow path valve 125 is adjusted to flow the hot air flowing into the second hot air supply pipe 122 to the hot air inlet pipe 241 on the cabinet dryer side.

 Next, the hot air flowing into the hot air inlet pipe 241 is discharged into the body 210 of the cabinet dryer 200.

At the same time, the motor 410 of the rotating means is operated.

At this time, the first gear 420 is rotated by the rotational force of the motor 410, the first gear transmits the rotational force to the second gear 420, the second gear 420 is the second gear 420. Rotate the fixing piece 430 connected to). As a result, the rotary hanger 300 caught in the fixing piece 440 is rotated.

In this way, the laundry mounted on the rotary hanger 300 is rotated in the body 210 of the cabinet dryer, the hot air is provided to every corner of the laundry as the laundry rotates.

Therefore, the laundry is dried evenly, the drying time for drying the laundry is also shortened.

Next, the dried humid air flows to the third supply pipe 123 through the air outlet pipe 242 installed on one side of the cabinet dryer.

The humid air flowing into the third supply pipe 123 is dried while the moisture is separated while passing through the condensation unit 140, and the dried air is changed into a high temperature state while passing through the drying heater 131 again, thereby drying the cabinet. It is fed back into the body 210 of 200.

As a result, the laundry is dried by repeatedly performing the flow of air as described above for a set time.

So far, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the modified forms of embodiments within the essential technical scope of the present invention. Here, the essential technical scope of the present invention is shown in the claims, and the modified forms within the equivalent range will be construed as being included in the present invention.

When explaining the effect of the combined drying device with a rotary hanger according to the present invention described above are as follows.

First, according to the present invention, by allowing the air flowing through the drum type dryer and the cabinet dryer to be continuously circulated without being discharged to the outside, the indoor environment is not changed so that it can be suitable for providing in-built.

Second, according to the present invention, the condensed humid air discharged from the drum dryer and the cabinet dryer with the air condenser to remove the moisture in the air has the effect that the laundry can be dried smoothly.

Third, according to the present invention, as a rotary hanger is provided inside the cabinet dryer, the laundry can be dried evenly and the drying time can be shortened.

Claims (5)

A drum type dryer having a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, and having a hot air supply unit for generating hot air provided on a conduit of the hot air supply pipe to dry laundry introduced into the drum; A cabinet dryer having a predetermined storage space and coupled to an upper side of the drum type dryer, the cabinet dryer having a hot air inlet pipe receiving hot air from the hot air supply pipe; At least one rotatable hanger rotatably installed in the cabinet dryer to hang and dry clothes; Rotating means for rotating the rotatable hanger; A condenser for condensing the hot air flowing out of the cabinet dryer or the drum and returning it to the hot air supply pipe; Combined drying device having a rotary hanger, characterized in that configured to include. The method of claim 1, The rotary hanger The upper part hanger and the upper part of the laundry, A lower hanger part which is bent to the lower side of the upper hanger part, and which a lower part of laundry is placed, It is formed extending from the upper hanger to the upper side, the combined drying device with a rotary hanger, characterized in that consisting of a fixed hanger for fixing the rotary hanger to the top of the cabinet dryer. The method of claim 1, The rotating means A motor that generates rotational force, A first gear connected to the motor shaft and rotated; A second gear that meshes with the first gear and rotates; One end is connected to the second gear and the other end is installed so as to be exposed to the inside of the cabinet dryer, combined drying device with a rotary hanger, characterized in that it comprises a fixing piece for hanging the rotary hanger. The method of claim 3, wherein The first gear and the second gear is a hybrid drying device having a rotary hanger, characterized in that consisting of a bevel gear. The method of claim 3, wherein The first gear and the second gear is a combined drying device having a rotary hanger, characterized in that consisting of a spur gear.

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