KR101467777B1 - Laundry treating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus for processing clothes by supplying steam or hot air, the clothes processing apparatus having a discharge duct capable of blowing uniformly to stored clothes.

Steam, air blast, duct, hot air, protruding member

Description

[0001] LAUNDRY TREATING MACHINE [0002]

The present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus for processing clothes by supplying steam or hot air, the clothes processing apparatus having a discharge duct capable of blowing uniformly to stored clothes.

The clothes processing apparatus refers to a device for processing clothes stored in a compartment provided in a cabinet. The processing of the stored clothes refers to a series of processes that can provide satisfaction to a user wearing clothes by blowing off clothes, supplying steam or hot air, and removing odors, wrinkles, or moisture remaining in the clothes.

For example, if the same garment is worn more than once, the smell, the wrinkle, or the moisture will remain in the garment. The smell remaining on the clothes, etc., is displeasing to the user who wants to wear the same clothes again. In order to remove the clothes, the clothes can be washed. However, the frequent process of washing the clothes shortens the life of the clothes and increases the cost required for maintenance of the clothes.

Also, clothes that have been dried after washing may remain wrinkled. Such clothes may not be worn immediately, and the user must perform additional troublesome ironing operations.

In order to solve such a problem, a clothes processing apparatus can be used to remove odors, wrinkles, or moisture remaining in clothes.

The clothes processing apparatus may blow air (including hot wind) in order to spray the clothes on the clothes and dry the clothes containing moisture by the sprayed steam in order to remove the smell, wrinkle or moisture of the clothes stored.

By simply exposing the clothes to wind or hot air, it is possible to remove odors, wrinkles or moisture, but steam can be used to maximize the effect.

When steam is sprayed on clothes stored in the clothes processing apparatus, fine water particles combine with the odor particles remaining deeply in the fiber texture, and the water particles combined with the odor particles are discharged separately from the clothes in the drying process. In this way, the odor remaining in the garment is removed.

When steam is supplied to the clothes stored in the clothes processing apparatus, there is an effect of alleviating wrinkles remaining on the clothes. Wet garments supplied with steam will mitigate or eliminate wrinkles during the drying process.

Through such a process, it is possible to remove the odor, wrinkle, or moisture remaining in the clothes, and the user of the clothes can wear the clothes in a more comfortable condition.

Such a garment treating apparatus can be generally configured in a cabinet type.

That is, a storage room is provided inside the cabinet, and a steam supply device for supplying steam to the storage room and an electric room including a circulating duct for circulating air inside the storage room and dehumidifying or heating are partitioned from the storage room And is provided inside the cabinet.

And the air circulated through the circulating duct is again supplied to the storage chamber. The storage chamber is connected to a steam generating unit provided in the electric compartment and is connected to a steam injection unit for spraying steam, an intake port for sucking the storage chamber air through the circulation duct, A discharge port may be provided.

The clothes stored in the storage room are housed in the storage room in a state of being mounted on a mounting means such as a hanger or the like.

Therefore, in order to dry the stored clothes, the process of sucking and dehumidifying the humidifier in the compartment through the suction port and re-supplying the humidifier through the discharge port must be repeated.

In order to uniformly blow air into the clothes accommodated in the process of re-supplying the dehumidified air, when air is blown through the discharge port formed on the floor of the compartment for partitioning the compartment and the electric compartment, hot air or the like is discharged from the bottom of the compartment And hot air or the like will be concentratedly supplied to the clothes located below the upper portion of the storage chamber.

The clothes processing apparatus supplies hot air to the clothes stored in the clothes processing apparatus, and then, in order to dry the clothes supplied with the steam. Therefore, when hot air supplied to dry the clothes is supplied in a concentrated manner, it is impossible to uniformly dry the stored clothes.

In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to provide a discharging duct such as hot air having a plurality of discharging openings having different heights on the wall surface of the storage chamber of the clothes processing apparatus. However, the clothes processing apparatus , It is necessary to solve the variation in the amount of air discharged from the discharge port depending on the height of the compartment.

That is, the distance between the blowing fan and the discharge port is inversely proportional to the amount of wind discharged from the discharge port.

An object of the present invention is to provide a clothes processing apparatus for processing garments by supplying steam or hot air, the clothes processing apparatus having a discharge duct capable of blowing uniformly to stored clothes.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a cabinet comprising: a cabinet having a storage chamber in which clothes are stored; a blowing fan for blowing air into the storage chamber; And a discharge duct provided with a protruding member for reducing a variation in the amount of air blown from each of the ejection openings.

In this case, the protruding member is provided on the inner wall surface of the discharge duct facing the blowing port, and the protruding length may be proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

The protruding member may be a protruding bar mounted on a wall surface of the discharge duct.

Here, the protruding bar may be provided at a position corresponding to the blowing port.

The protruding member may be a plurality of blocking plates provided on an inner wall surface of the discharge duct facing the air blowing port and having a length from the inner wall surface in proportion to a height.

In this case, one end of the blocking plate may be fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct, and the other end may be provided to face the direction of the blowing port.

The other end of the blocking plate may be fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct so as to be positioned higher than one end fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct.

Here, the projecting height of each of the projecting members may be proportional to the distance from the blowing fan blowing air to the blowing tuck.

Also, the protruding member may be bent in the direction of the blowing fan so that the curvature increases as the distance from the blowing fan blowing to the discharge duct increases.

In this case, the protruding member may be a guide member provided on the inner wall surface of the discharge duct where the blowing port is formed, and curved toward the blowing fan.

One end of the guide member may be fixed to the upper end of the air outlet of the discharge duct, and the other end may be curved downward inwardly of the discharge duct.

Here, the maximum protrusion height of the guide member from the inner wall surface to which the one end of the guide member is fixed may be proportional to the deviation of the height of the pair of adjacent guide members from the blowing fan.

In addition, the area of the air outlet may be inversely proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

According to the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention, clothes can be accommodated and steam or hot air can be supplied to remove wrinkles, odors, or moisture remaining in the clothes, thereby providing a satisfactory feeling to the user.

Further, according to the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention, drying performance of the stored clothes can be improved by blowing uniformly to the clothes stored.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments disclosed herein are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention, and Fig. 2 shows an internal structure of an electric compartment of a clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

1, the clothes processing apparatus 10 according to the present invention is provided with a compartment 10 in which clothes are stored and a lower portion of the compartment 10 to circulate air in the compartment 10 And an electric field chamber 20 in which various components for removing wrinkles, odors, or moisture remaining in the clothes by dehumidifying, heating, or circulating the air are mounted.

The storage room 10 and the electric room 20 may be provided in a single cabinet 70.

The electric field chamber 20 sucks the air in the housing chamber 10 and is pushed into the housing chamber 10 again. A suction port 11 for sucking air in the storage chamber 10 and a discharge port 14 for discharging air to be supplied to the storage chamber are provided on the bottom surface of the storage chamber 10.

In addition, the discharge duct 60 may be mounted so that the air discharged from the discharge port 14 is uniformly discharged from the storage chamber 10.

That is, the discharge duct (60) serves to supply the air supplied to the discharge port (14) and into the compartment.

Of course, air can be discharged through the discharge port 14 without the discharge duct 60. However, since there is a disadvantage in that the air blown intensively only to clothes stored in the lower portion of the storage room is transferred, And a discharge duct 60 may be provided.

Since the air discharged from the discharge port 14 provided at the lower portion of the discharge duct is discharged, the amount of air blown from the plurality of the discharge ports 61 formed in the discharge duct 60 is farther from the discharge port 14 There is a problem in that the number is decreased.

Therefore, the discharge duct (60) of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention is intended to have a uniform amount of wind spraying depending on the position of the jetting port (61).

The specific structure and characteristics of the discharge duct will be described later with reference to FIG.

The reason why the suction port 11 and the discharge port 14 are provided on the bottom surface of the compartment 10 is that the electric compartment 20 is located below the compartment 10. [

In addition, the storage chamber 10 is provided with a steam injection unit 50 through which steam generated in a steam generator installed in the electric field chamber 20 is injected.

It is preferable that the intake port 11 is provided with a net-like structure in order to prevent foreign matter having a predetermined size or more from being inserted.

2 is a structural view of the inside of the electric field chamber 20 of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

A steam generator 25 for generating steam supplied to a storage chamber for storing clothes and a steam generator 25 for sucking the humidifier in the storage chamber 10 to dry or heat the housed clothes, A circulating duct 26 for heating is provided.

Of course, the circulating duct 26 also naturally has a blowing function of simply blowing and circulating the unheated air. This air blowing function is enabled by a blowing duct 28 having a fan to discharge the air passed through the circulating duct 26 through the outlet 24.

The circulating duct 26 can be classified into a case of using a heat pump and a case of using an electric heater according to a method of heating the dehumidified air.

When a heat pump or an electric heater is used as the means for heating the air re-supplied to the compartment 10, the moisture in the humid air sucked through the suction port 11 in the compartment is condensed and dehumidified .

2, when a heat pump is provided to heat the dehumidified air, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 22 is evaporated in the circulation duct 26, and the condensation portion 23b And a heating unit 23a for heating the dehumidified air by condensing the refrigerant.

Even in the case of using a heat pump for dehumidification and heating of the humidifier, a separate electrothermal heater can be added for sufficient heating of the dehumidified air.

A clothes processing apparatus having a drying function can be classified into a condensing type and an exhaust type in a manner of drying clothes in accordance with a method of drying the clothes.

That is, it can be divided into the exhaust system and the circulation system depending on whether the humidifier in the storage chamber 10 is sucked, re-supplied to the storage room 10 after dehumidification, or exhausted directly to the outside. A circulation type system for circulating and dehumidifying the air inside the storage chamber 10 is used. In this specification, the circulation type clothes processing apparatus will be described.

 Therefore, the air sucked in the suction port 11 is dehumidified by the condensing section 23b provided in the circulation tube 26, heated by the heating section 23a, and supplied again to the storage chamber through the blowing duct 28 do.

The blowing duct 28 is formed with a discharge hole 24 communicating with the discharge port 14 of the storage chamber 10 and is connected to the suction port 11 of the storage chamber 10 at the other end thereof. A suction hole 21 is provided.

The heat exchanger 23 of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention dehumidifies the humid air circulated in the compartment 10 using the refrigerant supplied from the compressor 22 in the evaporation process of the refrigerant, The dehumidified air is heated again.

It is necessary to compress the refrigerant between the evaporation process and the condensation process of the refrigerant. Compressing of the refrigerant is performed in the compressor (22) provided in the electric field chamber (20).

The electric field chamber 20 shown in FIG. 2 is provided with a drain portion 70. The condensed water condensed in the heat exchanger 23 is collected in a water collecting container 29 located below the heat exchanger 23 and the water collected in the water collecting container 29 is transported to the drainage unit 70 again .

The water collecting container 29 may be configured to collect only the condensed water of the heat exchanger in the circulating duct 28 but to temporarily discharge the residual water or the like in the steam generating device 25 to the drainage unit 70, As shown in Fig.

Of course, the drainage section may be an external sewage piping or the like which is not removable. However, since there is a limitation that a garment disposal apparatus should be installed in a place where sewage or the like is provided, the case where the drainage unit 70 is configured as a removable tub is explained.

The user of the garment disposal apparatus can selectively drain the drainage unit 70 from the electric room 20 in consideration of the capacity of the drainage unit 70 and discharge the stored wastewater therein. A drain pump 27 or the like can be used for the transfer of the wastewater from the collection container 29 to the drainage unit 70.

If the drainage unit 70 can be disposed below the heat exchanger 23, the water collection tank 29 can be omitted. However, in order to make the drainage unit 70 detachable from the electric chamber, And a drainage unit provided on the top of the electric field chamber may be used.

That is, since it is advantageous for the position of the drainage portion 70 to be located above the electric field chamber 20 in order for the user to easily attach and detach the drainage portion 70 from the electric field chamber 20, It is necessary to compensate for the height difference.

When the drainage unit 70 and a water supply source 90 to be described later are detachably installed, the drainage unit 70 is installed in a drawer (not shown) And is configured to be drawn out or rotated in the electric room or the like.

The size of the water collecting receptacle may be smaller than the size of the water discharging part 70 because the water is transported from the water receptacle 29 to the drain part 70 by using a drain pump or the like.

The steam supplied to the clothes stored in the storage chamber 10 is heated by the steam generator 25 provided in the electric room 20 by heating the water supplied from the water source 90 provided in the electric room And supplies the generated steam to the storage chamber 10. The steam is supplied to the storage chamber 10 via the steam generator.

The water supply source 90 may be provided in the form of a receptacle which can be attached to or detached from the front portion in the same manner as the drain portion 70 shown in FIG.

It is advantageous to use the detachable water supply source 90 since the amount of water required to generate steam is not so large and it must be possible to install even in a place where there is no tap water. Of course, when the water supply facility is located at a short distance, the water supply source 90 may also be directly connected to the water supply.

The water supply source 90 supplies water to the steam generator 25, and the steam generator 25 injects steam through the steam injection unit.

Although FIG. 1 shows a plurality of steam injection units 50 mounted on the bottom floor 12 of the compartment, it is assumed that one steam injection unit 50 is mounted for convenience as shown in FIG.

The steam injection unit 50 receives steam from the steam generator 25 and discharges the steam into the compartment.

The steam generator 25 further includes a second steam injection unit 55 for supplying the steam generated in the steam generator 25 to the circulation duct 26 separately from the first injection unit 50.

The circulation duct 26 is an air circulation duct for sucking and dehumidifying air inside the compartment 10. The suction or discharge of the compartment chamber air of the circulation duct 26 is performed by the circulation duct 26 And the blowing fan 28a in the blowing duct 28 adjacent thereto.

The compartment chamber air sucked in the suction hole 21 communicated with the suction port 11 inside the compartment chamber 10 is returned to the discharge hole 24 via the heat exchanger 23 by the blowing fan 28a, (10) through the discharge hole of the storage chamber (10).

In the present embodiment, the steam generating device 25 generates steam by heating a predetermined amount of water contained in a water tank of a predetermined size with a built-in heater. However, in the present invention, any device capable of generating steam can be used as a steam generator. For example, it is also possible to use a method in which a heater is directly provided around a water supply hose through which water passes, that is, a method in which water is heated without containing water in a predetermined space.

If water remains in the steam generator 25 when steam is not generated, it may cause failure of the built-in electric heater or the like, and water may be contaminated. Therefore, the residual water in the steam generator 25 And the place where the residual water is collected may be either the water supply source 90 or the drainage unit 70.

If the residual water is drained to the drainage unit 70, it will be drained via the water collection tank 29 as described above.

The steam generator 25 injects steam into the storage chamber 10 through which the clothes are stored through the steam injection unit 50.

The steam injection unit 50 may be connected to the steam generator 25 and the condensed water may be drained to the drainage unit 70.

The condensed water of the steam may be directly connected to the water collection container 29 or may be connected to the condensate part 23b (not shown) in the circulation duct 26 connected to the water collection container 29, ).

In the latter case, the water can be drained to the drainage unit 70 via the water collection tank 29 together with the condensed water condensed in the condensation unit 23b. A method of simplifying the structure may be used in consideration of the length of the piping connecting the respective parts and the like.

The condensed water condensed in the steam injection unit 50 can be drained to the drainage unit 70 as soon as it is generated. However, since the condensed water of the steam is at a high temperature, the condensed water remaining in the steam injection unit So that it can be vaporized again.

Further, when the condensed water is left, the space in the steam injection unit 50 is reduced, so that the supplied steam can be easily injected. Also, the high temperature condensate water has the effect of keeping the steam supplied.

Therefore, it is preferable that the condensed water of the steam condensed in the steam injection unit remains in the steam injection unit 50 for a certain period of time.

Therefore, it is preferable to provide a valve 80 between the condensed water discharge port and the drainage part 70 in order to leave the condensed water inside the steam injection unit 50.

The condensed water produced by the valve can be prevented from draining through the condensate outlet 53 immediately upon its production. The valve 80 is preferably an electronic valve controlled by a control unit (not shown) of the clothes processing apparatus.

In this embodiment, the condensed water condensed in the steam injection unit 50 is not directly drained to the drainage unit 70 but passes through the water collection tank 29. If the condensed water is temporarily stored in the water receptacle 29 and then drained by the pump 27, the condensed water can be discharged together with the condensed water condensed in the heat exchanger 23, which is convenient.

The movement of the condensed water from the water collection tank 29 to the drainage unit 70 is performed by piping connecting the both sides. Since the drain portion 70 is positioned higher than the collection container 29, the drainage pump 27 compensates for the height difference.

In this embodiment, the drainage unit 70 is provided with a removable tub, but the drainage unit 70 may be directly drained from the receptacle where the sewage is installed.

Therefore, it is preferable that the piping provided for draining the condensed water in the collection container 29 is selectively connected to the detachable drainage unit 70 or the sewerage (not shown).

3 shows one embodiment of the discharge duct 60 provided in the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

A plurality of ejection openings (61) are formed in the discharge duct (60) at positions different from the blowing fan provided in the blowing duct (28) in the electric room.

Since the discharge duct 60 is installed mainly on the wall surface of the storage chamber, it can be configured to have a non-thick tube shape.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the discharge duct 60 includes a duct housing 63 forming an air passage therein and a duct cover 65 covering a front surface of the duct housing. Of course, the duct housing 63 and the duct cover 65 may be integrally formed.

Since the blowing fan 28a is provided in the blowing duct 28 provided inside the electric room, the position of the blowing hole is increased as the forming position is higher.

The distance from the blowing fan may be regarded as a distance between each of the ejection openings 61 and the ejection openings 14. That is, since the velocity of the air discharged from the discharge port 14 will decrease as the distance from the discharge port increases, the relationship between the amount of air blown from the jetting port and the distance between the blowing fan and the jetting port will be inversely proportional to each other.

Therefore, the amount of air to be blown can be reduced as the jetting port 61, which is distant from the blowing fan, becomes smaller. Therefore, there is a need for a method of making the amount of air supplied from each of the ejection openings 61 constant even if the distance from the blowing fan 28a is large.

Figs. 4 to 8 are sectional views of various embodiments of the discharge duct 60. Fig.

The discharge duct (60) of the garment processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a protruding member (67a) for reducing a variation in the amount of air blown from each of the ejection openings.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the projecting member 67a shows an embodiment constituted integrally.

The projecting height of the projecting member 67a is proportional to the distance from the blowing fan 28a. The protruding member 67a serves to reduce the flow of air flowing through the discharge duct 60 by the blowing fan 28a.

It is understood that the amount of air blown out from the jetting port 61 formed in the narrowing passage compensates for the loss of the air volume due to the increase in the distance from the blowing fan when the flow path in the discharge duct through which the supplied air passes becomes narrow.

When the air flow path inside the discharge duct is reduced, the variation in air flow rate discharged from the injection port 61 can be reduced regardless of the distance from the blowing fan 28a.

FIG. 5 shows a case where a plurality of protruding members 67b are provided in the discharge duct 60.

Unlike the projecting members shown in Fig. 4, the projecting members shown in Fig. 5 are mounted with a plurality of projecting members spaced apart from the duct housing 63. Fig.

Each protruding member 67 is formed in a protruded bar shape on the inner wall surface of the duct housing 63 facing the jetting port 61. The air supplied from the air blast duct 60 rises and collides with the respective projecting members and can be guided to the jetting port 61 side.

6 and 7 show another embodiment of the projecting member of the garment processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the projecting members 67 are provided in the form of shielding plates 67c and 67d shielding the flow path of the rising air. One end of each of the blocking plates 67c and 67d may be fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct 60, that is, to the duct housing 63, and the other end thereof may face the jetting port 61.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, both ends of the protruding member 67c in the shape of the breaker plate are located at substantially the same height, but the protruding members 67d in the shape of a breaker plate shown in Fig. 7 have different heights. That is, one end 67d1 of the projecting member 67d is fixed to the wall, and the other end 67d2 thereof is positioned higher than one end fixed to the wall. The other end (67d2) may be provided at a position corresponding to the injection port (61).

The flow resistance of the air flowing through the discharge duct 60 is reduced by a method of configuring the height of the other end 67d2 of the free end of the protruding member 67d higher than the one end 67d1 of the fixed end . That is, the protruding member having a constant inclination than the protruding member perpendicular to the flow direction of the air can less disturb the ascending air.

Fig. 8 shows another embodiment of the projecting member of the garment processing apparatus according to the present invention. The protruding member shown in FIG. 8 has a protruding member (not shown) mounted on a wall surface of the discharge duct so that air supplied from the circulating duct 28 shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 can be narrowed in a flow path inside the discharge duct 60 67a, 67b, 67c and 67d, the projecting member shown in Fig. 8 is a guide member 67e for guiding air passing through the inside of the discharge duct.

The guide member 67e is provided on the inner wall surface of the discharge duct where the blowing port is formed, that is, the duct cover 65, and is curved toward the blowing fan.

The projection height of the guide member 67e has the following characteristics. That is, the maximum protrusion height of the guide member from the inner wall surface to which the one end of the guide member is fixed is characterized in that the deviation of the height of the adjacent pair of guide members is proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

The height of the protrusion of the guide member 67e must be increased as the distance from the blowing fan is increased so that the deviation of the height of the pair of adjacent guide members 67e is proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

That is, the relation between h2> h3> h4> h5> h6 must be established between the protruding height of the guide member 67e located at the lower portion and the protruding height of the guide member 67e located at the upper portion in FIG. The deviation of the projecting height of the member 67e satisfies the relationship of d1 = h5-h6, d2 = h4-h5, d3 = h3-h4 and d4 = h2-h3 and deviation of the projection height of the adjacent guide member 67e The relation of d4> d3> d2> d1 should be established.

That is, the deviation of the projecting height of the two adjacent guide members 67e, in which the deviation of the projecting height of each adjacent guide member 67e is relatively large, is smaller than the projection height of the adjacent guide member 67e of which the projecting height is relatively small ≪ / RTI >

This means that the increase in the projecting height of each guide member 67e is amplified as the distance between the guide member 67e and the blowing fan is increased.

The maximum projecting height of the guide member from the inner wall surface on which the one end of the guide member is fixed increases as the height of the adjacent pair of guide members becomes proportional to the distance from the blowing fan, .

In other words, the magnitude of the horizontal width in which air ascending in the vertical direction can be introduced by each of the guide members 67e is d4, d3, d2, d1, and d4> d3> d2> d1 Relationship. Then, the pressure loss due to the distance from the blowing fan can be offset by an increase in the width in the horizontal direction into which the air can flow, so that the deviation of the amount of the discharged air can be reduced.

Referring to FIG. 3 again, the discharge duct of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. The discharge duct 60 receives hot air or the like from a blowing duct 28 provided in the electric room, As shown in Fig.

Therefore, it is preferable to have a structure capable of uniformly blowing air currents countermeasures housed in the storage chambers. 2) of the blowing duct 28 is smaller than the maximum width of the discharge duct 60 so that the discharge duct 24 is connected to the discharge duct 24 through the discharge hole 24 of the blowing duct 28, The air supplied to the discharge hole 60 will be supplied intensively in the vertical direction of the discharge hole 24.

Therefore, the air supplied from the blowing fan 28a may not be sufficiently supplied to the left and right portions of the inside of the discharge duct 60.

Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the deviation of the left and right air blowing amounts of each of the plurality of ejection openings 61 provided in the ejection duct 60.

9 is a perspective view of the discharge duct 60 of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention, with the duct cover 65 removed.

The projecting height of the projecting member 67f inside the discharge duct 60 increases as the distance from the blowing fan 28a increases, as with the other projecting members 67f described above.

However, the projecting members 67f shown in Fig. 9 are configured such that the height of each projecting member 67f is inversely proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

Referring to FIG. 9, the height of one projecting member 67f in the discharge duct 60 is the highest at the central portion and becomes lower toward the peripheral region.

When the height of the protruding member 67f is different from that of the protruding member 67f, the protruding member 67f is divided into the left and right regions when the wind blown out from the blowing duct 28 reaches the protruding member 67f .

9, the imaginary air passages a, b, c, and d are shown. In the case of the a, c, or d flow path, after the air is introduced into the discharge duct 60, It can be confirmed that the path is deflected toward the lower height.

That is, it is possible to reduce the left-right deviation of the air blowing amount inside the discharge duct 60 by a method of varying the thickness of each of the projecting members 67f itself.

This is because the protruding member serves as a resistance for preventing the flow of air from the viewpoint of the flow of air flowing in the discharge duct 60, so that the flow of air is induced toward the lower resistance.

As described above, increasing the height of the projecting member in proportion to the distance from the blowing fan reduces variations in blowing amount according to the height of the jetting port formed in the discharge duct. Therefore, the projecting height of the plurality of projecting members The height of the projecting member of the one projecting member is inversely proportional to the distance from the blowing fan to the height or width of the air discharged from the discharge duct 60 Can be reduced.

Fig. 10 shows another embodiment of the discharge duct of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

The projecting members 67g in the discharge duct 60 shown in Fig. 10 have a shape in which the mounting positions thereof are curved together with the height change of the respective projecting members. 9, the height of each projecting member 67f is in inverse proportion to the distance of the blowing fan. However, in order to more effectively distribute the wind supplied from the inside of the discharge duct 60 to the left and right, When the projecting member 67g is mounted in a curved shape, the a 'or d' flow path or the like can be more efficiently dispersed.

The discharge duct of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention uses a method of varying the height of the projecting members provided in the discharge duct in order to reduce the variation in the air volume of the air discharged from the jetting ports formed in each of the discharge ducts. A method of increasing the area of the jetting port formed in the discharge duct in proportion to the distance from the blowing fan may be used in addition to the method of adjusting the height of the protruding member.

In this case, the position of the jetting port and the position of the projecting member are made to correspond to each other so that the effect can be improved.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. Change will be possible. It is therefore to be understood that the modified embodiments are included in the technical scope of the present invention if they basically include elements of the claims of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

2 shows an internal structure of an electric room of a clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

3 shows one embodiment of the discharge duct 60 provided in the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

Figs. 4 to 8 are sectional views of various embodiments of the discharge duct 60. Fig.

9 is a perspective view of the discharge duct 60 of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention, with the duct cover 65 removed.

Fig. 10 shows another embodiment of the discharge duct of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

10: storage room 20: electric room

25: steam generator 26: circulating duct

28: blowing duct 60: discharge duct

67: protruding member

Claims (13)

A cabinet in which a storage room for storing clothes is formed; A blowing fan for blowing air to the storage chamber; And a discharge duct provided on an inner surface of the cabinet and provided with a plurality of jetting ports at positions different in distance from the blowing fan and having protruding members for reducing fluctuations in the amount of air jetted from the jetting ports Processing device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the projecting member is provided on an inner wall surface of the discharge duct facing the jetting port and the projection length is proportional to the distance from the blowing fan. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the protruding member is a protruding bar mounted on a wall surface of the discharge duct. The method of claim 3, Wherein the protruding bar is provided at a position corresponding to the jetting port. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the protruding member is provided on an inner wall surface of the discharge duct facing the jetting port and is a plurality of blocking plates whose length from the inner wall surface is proportional to the height. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein one end of the blocking plate is fixed to an inner wall surface of the discharge duct and the other end is directed to the injection port direction. The method according to claim 6, And the other end of the blocking plate is fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct so as to be positioned higher than one end fixed to the inner wall surface of the discharge duct. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the protruding height of each of the protruding members is proportional to the distance from the blowing fan blowing to the discharge duct. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the protruding member is curved toward the blowing fan so that the curvature increases as the distance from the blowing fan blowing to the discharge duct increases. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the protruding member is a guide member which is provided on the inner wall surface of the discharge duct in which the jetting port is formed and curved toward the air blowing fan side. 11. The method of claim 10, Wherein one end of the guide member is fixed to an upper end of an injection hole in the discharge duct and the other end is curved downward inwardly of the discharge duct. 12. The method of claim 11, Wherein a maximum protrusion height of the guide member from an inner wall surface to which one end of the guide member is fixed is configured such that a deviation of a height of an adjacent pair of guide members is proportional to a distance from the blowing fan. 11. The method according to claim 2 or 10, And the area of the jetting port is inversely proportional to the distance from the blowing fan.

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