KR101241899B1 - Lint-free module using wet rotation disk filter for dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lint free module, and more particularly, to a lint free module using a wet rotating disk filter of a dryer which improves drying performance and lint removal rate while achieving uniform air flow.

To this end, the present invention is the collection and the inlet and outlet are formed in communication with each side; A rotating disk filter rotating inside the collector and separating the lint from the introduced air; Water filled in the collection to a predetermined level.

Module, lint-free, rotary disc, filter, dryer

Description

Lint-free module using wet rotation disk filter for dryer

1 is a view showing a lint free module using a wet rotating disk of the dryer according to the present invention,

2 is a view showing a dryer to which the lint-free module according to the present invention is applied;

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the overall internal configuration of the dryer according to the prior art,

4 is a perspective view illustrating a lint filter assembly of the dryer of FIG. 3.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: drum 2: drying chamber

3: lift 4: front support

5: rear support 6: sealing material

7: through 8: hot air supply duct

9: outlet assembly 10: lint filter

11: lint duct 11a: front duct

11b: Rear duct 12: Blower

13: blower housing 14: exhaust pipe

21: inlet 22: filter

23: air vent 24: opening

25: side guide 100: lint free module

110: collection 111: inlet

112: outlet 120: wet rotating disk filter

121: insertion hole 122: motor

123: drive shaft 124: rotation shaft

130: water L: lint

130 ': gas combustion unit 132: hot air supply device

150 ': heat exchanger (condenser module) 170: lint free module

200: cooling fan 220: drive motor (assembly)

230: dry air discharge duct 240: cooling water discharge duct

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lint free module, and more particularly, to a lint free module using a wet rotating disk filter of a dryer for passing circulating air through a wet rotating disk filter and efficiently filtering the lint contained therein.

In the conventional dryer, as illustrated in FIG. 3, a drum 1 formed in a cylindrical shape in which the front and rear sides are opened in a cabinet (not shown) constituting the exterior of the dryer is installed.

In the drum 1, a drying chamber 2, which is a space in which drying proceeds, is formed, and when the drum 1 is rotated, the drying object is pulled up and dropped to fall, thereby inverting the drying object and drying efficiency. A plurality of lifts (Lift) (3) is formed.

In addition, the front supporter 4 and the rear supporter 5 are respectively formed to correspond to the front end and the rear end of the drum 1, and the front supporter 4 and the rear support 5 block the front and rear of the drum. A drying chamber 2 is formed and the front and rear ends of the drum 1 are supported, respectively.

At this time, a sealing member 6 is installed between the front supporter 4 and the rotating drum 1 and between the rear support 5 and the rotating drum 1 to prevent leakage.

On the other hand, the front supporter 4 is formed with a through hole 7 for communicating the drying chamber 2 and the outside, the through hole 7 is selectively opened and closed by a door (not shown in the figure).

In addition, a hot air supply duct 8 is installed in the rear supporter 5, and the hot air supply duct 8 communicates with the drying chamber 2 by serving as a passage for supplying hot air to the drying chamber 2. .

In addition, one side of the front supporter 4 corresponding to the lower end of the through hole 7 of the front supporter 4 is provided with an outlet assembly 9, which is a part through which air escapes from the drying chamber 2, and this outlet assembly 9 ) Is provided with a lint filter 10.

The lint filter 10 serves to filter foreign matter (liquid, seams or dust) mixed in the air exiting the drying chamber 2.

The lint filter 10 is installed in a lint duct 11 formed in communication with the outlet assembly 9, and a blower 12 is connected to the lint duct 11 to dry the lint duct 11. The air in the chamber 2 is sucked out, and the blower 12 is installed inside the blower housing 13.

The blower housing 13 has one side communicating with the lint filter 10 and the exhaust pipe 14 connected to the other side, so that the air exiting the drying chamber 2 and passing through the lint duct 10 is blower 12. By the blowing action of the exhaust pipe 14 is discharged to the outside.

On the other hand, the heater assembly 15 for generating hot air is installed at the inlet side of the hot air supply duct (8).

As shown in FIG. 4, in the conventional lint filter assembly, the lint filter 10 has a suction port 21 through which air circulated therein is formed, and a mesh for filtering the air inside the suction port 21. (Mesh) type filter 22 is provided.

The lint filter 10 is coupled to the front surface of the rear duct 11b to form a space between the rear duct 11b and the rear duct 11b connected to the blower 12 by forming the air vent 23. It consists of a front duct (11a).

An opening 24 into which the lint filter 11 is inserted is formed on the upper side of the lint duct 11 formed by combining the rear duct 11b and the front duct 11a.

In addition, the inside of the lint duct 11 is provided with a guide means for guiding the lint filter 10 inserted into the opening 24, the guide means generally guides both sides of the lint filter 10 The guide 25 is formed inward on the rear duct 11b.

Here, the side guide 25 is formed to have a length in the up / down direction, the cross-section is bent in the 'b' shape and the lint filter 10 is inserted, to guide the insertion of the lint filter 10 Both sides of the lint filter 10 are brought into close contact with the inner surface of the rear duct 11b.

However, in the conventional fixed dry mesh type lint filter 10, the section in which lints are stacked is not constant due to nonuniformity of air flow, and when a small mesh is used, a large flow rate loss causes a decrease in drying performance. Matching the drying performance has a problem that the lint removal rate falls.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, to provide a lint-free module using a cyclone of the dryer that is excellent in drying performance and the lint removal rate is improved because the flow of air is uniform and the flow rate is not lost. The purpose is.

Lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer of the present invention for achieving the above object, the collection and the inlet and outlet are formed in communication with each side; A rotating disk filter rotating inside the collector and separating the lint from the introduced air; Water filled in the collection to a predetermined level.

Preferably, the rotating disk filter is a mesh type, and a plurality of the rotating disk filters are installed in parallel.

The rotary disk filter rotates in the longitudinal direction, and the water level of the collector is less than 1/2 of the height of the collector, and the inlet and the outlet are formed at a position higher than the water level.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention can be specifically realized the object of the present invention. In describing the present embodiment, the same designations and the same reference numerals are used for the same components, and further description thereof will be omitted.

In the present invention, a lint-free module 100 using a wet rotation disk filter is employed in place of the lint filter, the lint duct, and the accompanying lint filter assembly in the dryer.

Specifically, the present invention is composed of the collector 110, the rotating disk filter 120 and the water 130 as shown in FIG.

Collector 110 has an inner space is formed in a cylindrical to square cylinder lying in the transverse direction in one side (left end in the drawing) the air inlet 111, the air discharged from the drum 1 is in communication, the other side (drawing At the right end), the outlet 112 through which the air from which the lint (foreign material) L, such as lint or seam, is removed, is formed to communicate with each other.

Rotating disk filter 120 is a disk-shaped insertion hole 121 in the center is installed vertically in the interior of the collector 110, one end of the insertion hole 121 of the drive shaft of the motor 122 ( The rotary shaft 124 connected to 123 is coupled to separate the lint from the air introduced while rotating in the longitudinal direction.

Here, the rotary disk filter 120 may further promote the flow of air when using a mesh type mesh (mesh) type.

Water 130 is filled in the collector 110 to separate using the hydrophilicity of the lint, it can smoothly supply moisture to the rotating disk filter 120 while reducing the resistance to the rotation of the rotating disk filter 120. It is preferable to fill it to less than 1/2 of the height of the collector 110.

At this time, the inlet 111 and outlet 112 are formed at a position higher than the water level (top of the collector 110) so that the inflow and outflow of air smoothly without being interfered with the water.

In particular, the rotary disk filter 120 may be installed in parallel in parallel to the rotary shaft 124 in order to further increase the removal efficiency of the lint.

On the other hand, the operation of the general dryer to which the lint-free module of the present invention is briefly described, as shown in Figure 2 (some omitted configuration, see Figures 3 and 4) drum (1), gas burner ( 130 ′), a heat exchanger (condenser module) 150 ′, a lint free module 100, a cooling fan 200, and a driving motor (assembly) 210.

The drum 1 is a working cylinder which forms an inner space in the main body so that clothes or the like, which is a drying object, can be put therein and is rotatably installed in the main body.

That is, a driving unit is provided in the lower part of the main body to rotate the drum 1, and the driving unit includes an indirect motor including a motor generating a driving force and a belt for rotating the drum 1 by receiving the driving force from the motor. The drive method is used.

The gas combustion unit 130 ′ provides a hot air supply device 132 that supplies hot air to the hot air supply duct 140 by mixing and igniting a valve for supplying and blocking gas and the gas discharged from the valve with air provided from the outside. It is configured to include.

Here, the hot air supply duct is in communication with the gas combustion unit 130 'one side and the other side in communication with the drum 1 so as to guide the hot air generated by the gas combustion unit 130' to the drum (1). do.

As the valve, it is preferable to use a solenoid valve so as to enable sensitive adjustment of the gas injection amount.

In one embodiment, the hot air supply device 132 is connected to the valve to mix the gas discharged from the valve and the outside air, and the mixed gas is installed in the mixing tube and discharged through the outlet of the mixing tube It may be composed of an ignition device for igniting, and a funnel disposed on the outlet side of the mixing tube to supply hot air generated by the combustion of gas.

The valve is provided with a spray nozzle for injecting gas, the suction portion of the mixing tube is connected to the injection nozzle, the suction portion of the mixing tube is preferably coupled so that no gas leaks from the valve body.

Here, the discharge portion of the mixing tube is inserted into the suction portion of the funnel, the suction portion of the funnel is formed to have a larger diameter than the discharge portion of the mixing tube to the outside through the gap between the suction portion of the funnel and the discharge portion of the mixing tube Air is inhaled.

The heat exchanger (condenser module) 150 ′ is connected to an outlet of the drum 1 so that the inlet is connected to the outlet of the drum 1 to condense the hot and humid air circulating through the drum 1 by the low temperature air to make it dry. In communication with the circulation duct.

As described above, the circulation duct connects the drum 1 and the heat exchanger 150 'to form a circulation passage of air.

Here, the lint-free module 100 is provided on the circulation duct connected to the outlet of the drum 1 so as to filter lint such as lint or seams in the air of high temperature and high humidity from the drum 1. Is installed.

The lint free module 100 allows the lint to pass before the circulation air discharged from the drum 1 passes through the heat exchanger 150 'so that the lint does not deteriorate the performance of the heat exchanger (condenser module) 150'. Installation (under the heat exchanger 150 ', for example in FIG. 2).

On the other hand, in order to condense the air circulating through the circulation duct by heat exchange in the heat exchanger 150 ', external cold air must be supplied to the heat exchanger 150', for which one side of the heat exchanger 150 ' On the other side of the heat exchanger 150 'connected to the outside air supply duct connected to the outside and the outside air supply duct 29 is connected to the cooling fan 200 forcibly suctioning the external low-temperature air to pass through the heat exchanger 150' ) And a cooling fan drive motor (assembly) 220 are installed.

Unlike the air cooling type, the cooling fan 200 and the cooling fan driving motor (assembly) respectively drive the pump and the pump in the case of the water cooling type in which heat is supplied to the high temperature and high humidity air passing through the drum 1 to exchange heat. Can be replaced by a motor (assembly).

The external low-temperature air is discharged to the outside after passing through the heat exchanger 150 'so that the circulating air moves the open loop as a whole.

At this time, the cooling fan drive motor (assembly) 220 is a variable speed motor capable of speed conversion may be used as a brushless DC motor (Brushless DC Motor), and the motor for rotating the circulation fan 180 and the drum 120 It is preferable to drive only the cooling fan 200 separately.

Further, a lower part of the heat exchanger 150 collects the condensate generated during the condensation process and collects the condensed water that is dropped, and a condensate storage container forcibly discharging the condensate collected in the drip tray to the outside or installed in the main body. A pump may be installed to transport it (not shown).

In the drawings, reference numerals denote dry air discharge ducts 230 and cooling water discharge ducts 240.

In the present invention, a hybrid type dryer using a condensation type heat exchanger is described as an embodiment so that the circulation air can be used while moving the open loop, but a general exhaust type dryer or the circulation air is closed. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the lint free module using the cyclone of the present invention can be applied to a condensation dryer moving through a loop.

Lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer of the present invention configured as described above acts as follows.

When the blower fan is driven while the drying object is accommodated in the drum 1, the hot and humid air inside the drum 1 is drawn out and introduced through the inlet 111 of the collector 110.

At this time, the wet rotating disk filter 120 continues to contain the water filled in the collector 110 while rotating along the rotary shaft 124, the lint (L) introduced into the collector 110 is contained Air falls and precipitates downward with water while contacting the rotating disk filter 120.

That is, since the lint L is very hydrophilic in itself, the lint removal efficiency may be improved by using a wet disc filter which is held by the rotary disc filter 120.

Thus, since the lint free module 100 is not a fixed dry mesh type, flow unevenness is eliminated, and the effective rotary disk filter 120 enables effective lint removal.

In particular, when the rotating disk filter 120 is configured as a wet mesh type, the circulation of air is not only promoted, and when the plurality of rotating disk filters 120 are installed in parallel, lint removal is smooth even though the flow amount increases. Can be done.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, and the fact that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms in addition to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof is common knowledge in the art. It is obvious to those who have.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive, and thus, the present invention is not limited to the above description but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

The lint-free module using the wet rotary disk filter of the dryer of the present invention configured as described above is a wet rotary filter instead of a fixed dry mesh type, which provides uniform circulation of air and excellent lint and moisture removal efficiency without loss of flow rate. Useful effect.

Claims (6)

A collector formed at both sides of the inlet and outlet to communicate with each other; A rotating disk filter rotating inside the collector and separating the lint from the introduced air; Water filled in the collection to a predetermined level: Lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that the configuration. The method of claim 1, The rotary disk filter is a lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that the mesh (Mesh) type. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The rotary disk filter lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that a plurality is installed in parallel. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The rotary disk filter is a lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that the rotation in the longitudinal direction. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that the water level of the water filled in the collector is less than 1/2 of the height of the collector. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Lint-free module using a wet rotary disk filter of the dryer, characterized in that the inlet and outlet is formed at a position higher than the water level.

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