KR100908051B1 - Laundry device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to improve the mounting structure of the light to facilitate the operation for the input and discharge of the drying object (or laundry object), and also to enable a smooth check of the drying process.

To this end, the present invention and the main body is formed in the front opening; A drum rotatably installed in the main body and mounted such that a side opened toward the inlet of the main body is located; A rim portion mounted to the inlet; A door having one end rotatably mounted to the rim to open and close the inlet; A light unit having a light to protrude at a connection portion between the rim and the door to provide lighting into the drum; And, it provides a washing apparatus comprising a: projecting means for operative to project the light portion with the opening of the door.

Laundry device, clothes dryer, drum washing machine, light mounting structure

Description

Washing machine

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a typical clothes dryer

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of a typical clothes dryer

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the main portion schematically showing the mounting state of the light and the projecting means of the clothes dryer according to the invention

4 is an exploded perspective view showing in detail the light and the projecting means of FIG.

5 is a sectional view schematically showing the state of the protruding means and the light when the door is closed;

6 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the operating state of the protruding means and the light when the door is opened;

7 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the operating state of the protruding means and the light when the door is closed;

8 is an enlarged perspective view illustrating main parts schematically showing a mounting state of a light and a protruding means according to another embodiment of the present invention;

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

110. Main body 120. Drum

130. Rim 131. Hinge frame                 

132.Hinge 140.Door

141. Rotating part 142. First contact projection

143. Second contact protrusion 180. Light part

181. Light Housing 182. Light

190. Guide means 210. Elastic member

The present invention relates to a laundry machine such as a clothes dryer or a drum washing machine, and more particularly, to a mounting structure of a light for illuminating the drum inside the laundry machine.

In general, the laundry apparatus includes a washing machine for washing various laundry and a clothes dryer for drying the laundry on which the laundry is completed.

Among these laundry apparatuses, the clothes dryer and the drum washing machine are configured in a state where the drum is laid in the horizontal direction.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the clothes dryer of the above-described washing apparatus, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal structure of the clothes dryer, with reference to this configuration of the existing clothes dryer in more detail as follows same.

First, the clothes dryer includes a main body 10, a drum 20, a door 40, a motor 50, a heater 60, and a blowing fan 70.                         

The main body 10 has an inlet 11 is formed in the front, the rim 30 is mounted to the inlet.

In addition, a light 80 is mounted on the inner front surface of the main body 10 so as to improve visibility of the inside of the drum 20.

The drum 20 is rotatably installed in the main body, and a plurality of stirring pieces 21 protrude along the inner circumferential surface thereof.

In addition, the door 40 is rotatably mounted near the inlet 11 of the main body 10 to selectively 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 drum 20.

In addition, the heater 60 is installed inside the hot air guide passage 90 to heat the air flowing in the hot air guide passage 90.

At this time, the hot air guide passage 90 serves to guide the air flow so that the outside air flows into the drum 20 to be discharged to the outside of the main body 10.

Hereinafter, the clothes drying process by the clothes dryer having the above-described configuration will be described in more detail.

First, a drying object is put into the drum 20.

At this time, while the light 80 mounted on the inner wall surface of the main body 10 is turned on, it is possible to check the internal state of the main body 10.

When the input of the drying object is completed and the drying stroke is performed in this way, the operation of the heater 60 and the motor 50 is performed.

Then, as the blower fan 70 is operated, the outside air introduced into the main body through the suction side of the hot air guide passage 90 becomes high as it passes through the heater 60, and the hot air is heated to the hot air guide passage. It is forced into the drum 20 through the 90.

As described above, the hot air introduced into the drum 20 dries the wet drying object by the blowing force of the blowing fan 70, and then continues to the outside of the main body 10 through the discharge side of the hot air guide flow path 90. Discharged.

When the drying of the drying object is completed by repeating the above process, the door is opened to discharge the drying object inside the drum 20.

At this time, since the light 80 mounted on the inner wall surface of the main body 10 is turned on, it is possible to check the state of the main body 10 inside.

However, the above-described prior art clothes dryer has only one light 80 on the inner wall surface (inner front surface) of the main body 10, so it is weak to reveal the entire interior of the drum 20.

This is because, although the drum 20 is laid down horizontally, the light 80 is not positioned to brighten the inside of the drum 20 as a whole.

That is, since the input direction of the drum 20 and the position (or mounting position of the door) in which the inlet 11 of the main body 10 is formed are oriented in the same line, the coupling structure between the door 40 and the inlet 11 is formed. In this case, it was difficult to install the light 80 at the position where the inlet 11 was formed.

In particular, even if the light source of the light 80 is provided to be provided toward the inside of the drum 20, only a part of the inside of the drum 20 is revealed, but not as a whole.

Therefore, it is difficult for the user to visually judge whether the drying object is being dried, and there is inconvenience that the operation for the input and discharge of the drying object was not easy.

In addition, the above problem is not only occurred in the clothes dryer but also in the case of a drum type washing machine, that is, a drum washing machine in which the washing tank is laid in the horizontal direction, the same problem as the clothes dryer occurs.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, by improving the mounting structure of the light to facilitate the operation for the input and discharge of the drying object (or laundry object) and drying The purpose is to enable a smooth identification of the process (or washing process).

Form of the present invention for achieving the above object is a front body formed with an inlet; A drum rotatably installed in the main body and mounted such that a side opened toward the inlet of the main body is located; A rim portion mounted to the inlet; A door having one end rotatably mounted to the rim to open and close the inlet; A light unit having a light to protrude at a connection portion between the rim and the door to provide lighting into the drum; And, there is provided a washing apparatus comprising a protruding means: operative to protrude the light portion with the opening of the door.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 showing preferred embodiments of the present invention described above.

At this time, in the description of the present invention, the embodiment according to the present invention is applied to the clothes dryer which is one of the washing apparatuses.

First, Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a clothes dryer which is one of the laundry apparatus according to the present invention, Figure 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of the main portion showing a portion in which the light portion of the clothes dryer is mounted.

As can be seen through this, the clothes dryer of the present invention includes a main body 110, a drum 120, a rim 130, a door 140, a light unit 180, and a protruding means. .

Here, the main body 110 has an inlet 111 is formed in the front, and has the same shape as the main body 10 of the conventional clothes dryer.

In addition, the drum 120 is rotatably installed in the main body 110, and is mounted such that a side opened toward the inlet 111 of the main body 110 is positioned.

The rim portion 130 is mounted to the inlet 111 while forming a cylindrical rim shape.                     

The door 140 is rotatably mounted to the rim 130 and serves to open and close the inlet 111.

Of course, the door 140 may be configured to be rotatably mounted to the main body 110 so that the inlet 111 can be opened and closed.

In addition, the light unit 180 is mounted to be protruded at a connection portion between the rim 130 and the door 140 to provide illumination into the drum 120.

In this case, the light unit 180 includes a light housing 181 having a hexahedron shape, and a light 182 mounted at a front end side of the light housing 181.

In addition, the protruding means operates to protrude the light unit 180 together with the opening of the door 140.

The protruding means is a hinge frame 131 protruding from one end of the rim portion 130, and formed on one end of the door 140, the hinge 132 is coupled to the hinge frame, the light portion (130) The first contact protrusion 142 that pushes the rear surface of the 180 is configured to include a rotating part 141 is formed to protrude.

In this case, the first contact protrusion 142 may be formed in a simple pin shape, or may be formed in a plate shape as shown in FIG.

In addition, the first contact protrusion 142 may be formed to be gradually inclined downward toward the rear side of the pivoting portion 141 based on the forming direction (length direction) of the pivoting portion 141, FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 1, the rear side of the first contact protrusion 142 may be bent while having an arbitrary inclination toward the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the pivoting part 141 is formed.

In addition, at least one inclined groove 181a is formed on an upper surface of the light housing 181 constituting the light unit 180, and an inclined surface of the inclined groove 181a is formed on a bottom surface of the pivoting unit 141. At least one second contact protrusion 143 in contact with 181b is formed to protrude.

Here, the inclined surface 181b forming the inclined groove 181a is formed to be inclined upward toward the rear side of the light housing 181.

In addition, the light 182 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured to achieve a state that is always on, it is more preferable that the light 182 is turned on only when the door 140 is opened.

This may be a conventional door lock mechanism for opening and closing of the door 140, a switch (not shown) is provided inside the inclined groove 181a of the light housing 181, so that the second contact protrusion 143 is The light 182 may be configured to turn on when it is moved away from the switch.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, one end of the rim 130 is formed with a guide means 190 for guiding the movement of the light unit 180.

At this time, the guide means 190 is formed to accommodate the light housing 181 of the light unit 180, the upper surface of the at least corresponding to the position of each inclined groove (181a) of the light housing 181 One or more through holes 191 are formed to allow the second contact protrusion 143 to penetrate the through holes 191 and be inserted into the inclined groove 181a.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 5 to 7 showing the light on / off process of the clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described later.

First, FIG. 5 shows a state in which the door 140 closes the inlet 111.

In this case, the light unit 180 is in a state accommodated in the guide means 190, and the rotating unit 141 is coupled to the hinge frame 131 by the hinge 132, the same as the light unit 180. Overlaid facing the direction.

In this case, the first contact protrusion 142 formed on the rear surface of the pivoting part 141 forms a horizontal state with the light housing 181 of the light part 180, and is formed on the bottom surface of the pivoting part 141. The two-contact protrusion 143 is in a state accommodated in the inclined groove 181a formed on the upper surface of the light housing 181.

If the door 140 is opened in order to perform the input of the drying object (or discharge the dry laundry) in the above state, as shown in FIG. 6, the rotating part 141 having one side fixed to the door 140 is shown. ) Is rotated from the hinge frame 131 fixed to the rim 130 with respect to the hinge 132 coupled to both ends.

Thus, the door 140 is open.

At this time, the first contact protrusion 142 formed on the rear surface of the pivoting portion 141 is rotated around the point where the hinge 132 is coupled by the pivoting of the pivoting portion 141 and the light housing 181. Will be pushed back.

Accordingly, the light housing 181 is moved to the front side by the guide means 190, the light 182 in the light housing 181 is turned on.

At this time, since the first contact protrusion 142 is bent, when the door 140 is completely opened and the pivoting part 141 and the light housing 181 are approximately horizontal, the first contact protrusion ( The light housing 181 is maintained by the 142 is completely moved to the front side.

And, if the door 140 is to be closed in a state in which the door 140 is fully open as described above, the first contact protrusion 142 of the pivoting part 141 is separated from the rear surface of the light housing 181. Therefore, the light housing 181 is free.

However, in this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the second contact protrusion 143 formed on the bottom surface of the tip side of the pivoting part 141 is inclined along the inclined surface 181b formed in the light housing 181. Is gradually accepted.

At this time, since the inclined surface 181b of the inclined groove 181a is formed to be inclined downward toward the front side thereof, if the second contact protrusion 143 moves downward while contacting the inclined surface 181b in a vertical direction. The inclined surface 181b is generated to be moved to the rear side, the light housing 181 is moved to the rear side.

Then, if the above process is completed and the door 140 completely closes the inlet 111, the initial state of FIG. 5 is shown.                     

On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention is not a relationship between the second contact protrusion 143 and the inclined surface 181b of the rotating part 141 at the time of closing the door 140 to restore the position of the light housing 181 itself. It is proposed to return to the original position by the.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the rear side of the light housing 181 and the front of the hinge frame 131 is further provided with an elastic member 210, each end of which is fixed.

At this time, the elastic member 210 is formed to provide a restoring force so that the light housing 181 can achieve a state accommodated in the guide means 190, in the embodiment of the present invention the elastic member 210 It consists of a coil spring.

In the above configuration, it is not necessary to form the second contact protrusion 143 in the pivoting part 141 and the formation of the inclined groove 181a in the light housing 181.

That is, when the door 140 is open, the light housing 181 is moved to the front side despite the elastic support by the elastic member 210 by the first contact protrusion 142 of the rotating part 141. The state of the light housing 181 is maintained because the first contact protrusion 142 of the pivoting part 141 is separated from the rear surface of the light housing 181 when the door 140 is closed. Receiving only the restoring force of the elastic member 210 is to be moved to the rear side by the restoring force.

On the other hand, the configuration in which the light 182 of the present invention selectively lights up while being protruded may not be applied only to the clothes dryer shown in the embodiment, and may be applied to all washing apparatuses in which the drum faces the horizontal direction, such as a drum washing machine. It is a useful invention that can be applied even if the drum does not face the horizontal direction.

As described above, in the present invention, the drum is laid down in a substantially horizontal direction by installing a light configured to selectively protrude at an inlet part into which laundry, such as a clothes dryer or a drum washing machine, is placed, in particular, a part at which the door and the rim are coupled. There is an effect that the visibility inside the drum to the product can be improved as much as possible.

Claims (7)

A main body formed with an opening; A drum rotatably installed in the main body and mounted such that a side opened toward the inlet of the main body is located; A rim portion mounted to the inlet; A door having one end rotatably mounted to the rim to open and close the inlet; A light unit having a light to protrude at a connection portion between the rim and the door to provide lighting into the drum; And, And a protruding means operable to protrude the light portion together with the opening of the door. The method of claim 1, At one end of the rim The light unit is accommodated, washing apparatus characterized in that the guide means for guiding the movement of the light unit is further formed. The method of claim 1, The protruding means A hinge frame protruding from one end of the rim, Is formed on one end of the door hinged to the hinge frame, the rear side of the washing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a rotating part formed by protruding the first contact projections pushing the rear of the light portion. The method of claim 3, wherein The first contact protrusion is Washing apparatus, characterized in that formed inclined downward gradually toward the rear side of the rotating part when the direction of the rotating part is formed as a reference. The method of claim 3, wherein The rear side of the first contact protrusion is Washing apparatus characterized in that the bending is formed with a certain inclination toward the direction perpendicular to the shape direction of the rotating part. The method of claim 3, wherein Washing apparatus further comprises an elastic member is fixed at both ends on the rear of the light portion and the front of the hinge frame. The method of claim 3, wherein At least one inclined groove is formed on an upper surface of the light part, Washing apparatus, characterized in that the bottom surface of the rotating portion protrudes at least one or more second contact protrusions in contact with the inclined surface of the inclined groove.

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