KR101498038B1 - Laundry treating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a clothes processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a clothes processing apparatus capable of reducing vibration and increasing assembly efficiency of components.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for supplying hot air to a receiving space, the apparatus comprising: a cabinet forming a receiving space for accommodating clothes; a hot air supplying device provided in the electric room compartmented with the receiving space for supplying hot air to the receiving space; And a ventilation fan installed in the circulation duct, wherein the circulation duct includes a vibration reduction unit for reducing vibration transmitted to the accommodation space from the ventilation fan. do.

Circulating duct, vibration reduction part, connector

Description

[0001] LAUNDRY TREATING MACHINE [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a garment processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a garment processing apparatus capable of reducing vibrations caused by operation of electrical equipment, and increasing assembly efficiency and assembly time of a cable electrically connected to electrical equipment.

Generally, the term "garment disposal facility" refers to a device for washing, drying, and treating laundry. Among such clothes processing apparatuses, a clothes processing apparatus having a drying function is provided with a hot air supply apparatus for supplying hot air to a receiving space in which clothes are accommodated in order to dry clothes. Further, a steam generator may be provided to perform a refresh function such as removal of wrinkles, deodorization, static electricity, etc. of clothes.

Such a clothes processing apparatus is generally configured in the form of a cabinet in which a storage room for storing clothes is formed. A storage room for storing clothes is formed in an upper portion of the cabinet. An electric room including a steam generating device or a hot air supply device is located below the storage room. The storage room and the electric room are separated by partition walls .

Generally, the hot air supply system uses a heat pump system to dehumidify and heat the air through the evaporator and the condenser.

The hot air supply device further includes a circulating duct for connecting the evaporator to the condenser and the blowing fan so that the hot air generated by the hot air supply device circulates in the accommodation space and the electric room, The duct is coupled to the partition so that hot air passes through the partition and is fed into the compartment.

In addition, a controller for controlling the clothes processing apparatus is installed on the upper part of the cabinet, and various electric parts provided in the electric room and the controller are electrically connected by cables installed inside the cabinet.

However, the conventional clothes processing apparatus has the following problems.

Vibrations are generated when the electrical components such as the blowing fan and the evaporator are operated. Such vibrations are transmitted to the circulating duct and the partition wall, so that vibration and noise are generated in the entire cabinet.

In addition, when the circulation duct is connected to the partition wall, it is required to be coupled by a fastening means of screws or bolts, so that the efficiency of assembling is low and the assembling time may be long.

When the electric components provided in the electric component room are repaired or replaced, the rear surface of the cabinet is opened to maintain and repair electric components in the electric component chamber. However, since the electrical equipment is connected to the cable on the upper side of the cabinet, the whole of the garment disposal apparatus must be disassembled for the maintenance of the electrical equipment, thereby reducing the efficiency of the operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes processing apparatus capable of reducing vibration and noise generated in electrical products.

Provided is a clothes processing apparatus capable of easily assembling a circulating duct and a partition wall to increase assembly efficiency, facilitating the maintenance and repair of electric components in the electric room, and improving working efficiency.

A clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a cabinet forming a housing space for accommodating clothes, a hot air supply device provided in an electric room compartmented with the housing space to supply hot air to the housing space, And a circulation duct for circulating hot air by connecting the hot air supply device and the accommodation space, wherein the circulation duct includes a vibration reduction unit for reducing vibration generated in the hot air supply device.

Preferably, the vibration reduction portion is provided at an end of the circulation duct, and is formed of an elastic material such as rubber.

The vibration reduction unit may be configured to form a plurality of wrinkles.

It is preferable that the vibration reduction portion and the bottom surface of the accommodating space are coupled with each other in a fitting manner and a fitting groove is formed along the perimeter of the through hole formed in the bottom surface of the accommodating space, And is fitted into the groove.

The controller may further include a controller for controlling electrical equipment installed in the electrical equipment room, and a connector for electrically connecting the control unit to various electric devices, wherein the connector includes a first connector extended from the control unit, 2 connectors are coupled and connected.

Further, the connector is provided in the accommodating space.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the apparatus for treating garments according to the present invention is provided with the vibration reduction part in the circulation duct, and it is possible to remarkably reduce vibration and noise generated in the hot air supply device.

In addition, since the assembling structure for installing the circulating duct in the cabinet is simple, the assembling time can be shortened and the assembling efficiency can be enhanced. Also, since the connector for connecting the electrical parts is provided, So that the work efficiency of the operator can be improved.

Hereinafter, a clothes processing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an electric compartment of the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a constitution FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state before the circulating duct of the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention is installed on the bottom surface of the accommodation space, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the circulation duct provided in the accommodation space 110, Fig. 6 is a view showing a cable installed inside the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention. Fig.

1 and 2, an outer appearance of the clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention is formed by the cabinet 100, and the inside of the cabinet 100 is partitioned by the partition wall 160 to the upper side of the cabinet 100 Respectively. An upper space inside the cabinet 100 is formed with an accommodation space 110 for accommodating clothes and a cabinet 100 is provided with an electric compartment (not shown) provided with various electrical components required for processing clothes accommodated in the accommodation space 110 140 are formed.

The electric field chamber 140 is preferably located at a lower portion of the accommodation space 110 because the hot wind and steam supplied to the accommodation space 110 when the electric field chamber 140 is positioned at the lower portion, It is preferable that the electric filament chamber 140 is located at the lower part of the accommodation space 110 and the hot wind or steam is supplied toward the upper part.

A hot air supply device for generating hot air to be supplied to the accommodation space 110 and a steam generator 130 for generating steam are installed in the electric arc furnace 140.

In the hot air supply device of the present invention, a heat pump method is used. The heat pump has a compressor 126 for compressing the refrigerant, an evaporator 122 for circulating the refrigerant, and a condenser 124, thereby heating and dehumidifying the air.

That is, when the refrigerant evaporates in the evaporator 122, the latent heat of the surrounding air is absorbed, and the air is cooled to condense and remove moisture in the air. When the refrigerant is condensed in the condenser 124 through the compressor 126 The ambient air is heated by releasing latent heat toward the surrounding air.

Accordingly, the evaporator 122 and the condenser 124 function as a heat exchanger, and the air introduced into the electric room 140 is sequentially dehumidified and heated through the evaporator 122 and the condenser 124, 110).

In the present embodiment, a heat pump is used as a hot air supply device for supplying hot air to the housing space 110 of the cabinet 100. However, the hot air supply device is not limited to this, Can be applied.

The electrical storage room 140 may further include a steam generator 130 for supplying steam to the storage space 110. As the steam is supplied to the accommodation space 110 by the steam generator 130, wrinkles or the like which may occur in clothes or the like can be removed or a refresh effect such as sterilization can be expected.

As described above, the timing of spraying the steam by the steam generator 130 can be appropriately changed. Preferably, the steam is sprayed before the hot air is supplied by the heat pump described above. This is because it is preferable to dry the clothes by supplying hot air after spraying high temperature steam.

The steam generator 130 includes a heater (not shown) for heating water, and generates steam to supply the steam to the storage space 110. An external faucet may be used as a water supply source for supplying water to the steam generator 130, or a container type water supply source provided to one side of the electric room 140 may be used. Such a container type water supply source is preferably detachably installed so that the user can separate the water supply source from the electric room 140 to fill and reinstall the water.

The clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a steam injection unit that injects the steam generated in the steam generator 130 into the accommodation space 110. The steam injection unit is connected to the steam generator 130 And a spray nozzle 137 for spraying the steam to the accommodation space 110 with the steam hose 135. In this case, it is preferable that the length of the steam hose 135 is short in order to prevent the temperature of the steam from being lowered or the steam to be condensed while the steam moves along the steam hose 135.

Accordingly, when the electric field chamber 140 is positioned below the accommodation space 110, it is preferable that the steam nozzle supplies steam through the upper portion of the electric field chamber 140, that is, the lower portion of the accommodation space 110.

The circulating duct 150 forms a path through which the air flows by connecting the hot air supply device having the evaporator 122, the condenser 124 and the air blowing fan 128 with the receiving space 110 ).

The circulation duct 150 includes a suction duct 152 for sucking the air in the accommodation space 110 into the electric room 140 and a condenser 124 for condensing the dehumidified and heated air into the accommodation space 110 And a blowing duct 156 for blowing air to the blowing duct 156.

Accordingly, the air sucked in the suction duct 152 is dehumidified in the evaporator 122, heated in the condenser 124, and supplied to the accommodation space 110 through the blast duct 156 to dry the stored clothes do.

Vibration may be generated during operation of the evaporator 122 and the condenser 124 and vibration may be generated when the blowing fan 128 installed in the circulating duct 150 operates. These vibrations are directly transmitted to the circulating duct 150 and the end of the circulating duct 150 is connected to the bottom surface of the receiving space 110 or the partition 160 so that vibration and noise are generated throughout the cabinet 100 .

Therefore, the circulating duct 150 of the present invention is further provided with a vibration reduction unit 155 for reducing the vibration generated in the hot air supply device.

The structure of the vibration reduction unit 155 provided in the circulation duct 150 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5. FIG.

A vibration reduction unit 155 is integrally formed at each end of the circulation duct 150, that is, the suction duct 152 and the blowing duct 156, for reducing the vibration generated in the hot air supply device.

The vibration reduction unit 155 may be configured such that the air in the suction duct 152 and the air blowing duct 156 can flow in and out of the receiving space 110 in correspondence with the shapes of the suction duct 152 and the blowing duct 156. [ It is preferable that the inside is formed into an empty duct shape.

The vibration reduction unit 155 is preferably formed of an elastic material such as rubber that is easy to absorb vibrations in order to absorb vibration generated in the hot air supply device.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the vibration reduction unit 155 preferably has a plurality of wrinkles. The vibration generated by the hot air supply device can be more efficiently reduced and the vibration reduction part 155 can be prevented from being damaged by the vibration of the vibration reduction part 155 on the bottom surface of the accommodation space 110, So that it can be easily joined in a fitting manner.

Accordingly, the vibration generated by the operation of the fan or the heat exchanger of the hot air supply device is absorbed in the vibration reduction part 155, so that the vibration of the floor surface of the accommodation space 110 and the vibration and noise of the cabinet 100 as a whole can be reduced have.

The vibration reduction unit 155 provided at the end of the circulation duct 150 may be coupled to the bottom surface of the accommodation space 110 in a fitting manner without a fastening member such as a screw. Specifically, a through hole may be formed in the bottom surface of the accommodation space 110, into which the vibration reduction unit 155 provided at the end of the circulation duct 150 is inserted.

An insertion groove 165, through which the end of the vibration reduction portion 155 can be fitted, may be formed along the perimeter of the through-hole.

Since the vibration reducing portion 155 is formed of an elastic material such as rubber and has a plurality of wrinkles formed therein, the vibration reducing portion 155 is easily bent so that the end portion of the vibration reducing portion 155 can be folded into the fitting groove 165 .

It is preferable that the width of the fitting groove 165 is formed to be substantially equal to the width of the fitting portion 155a into which the vibration reduction portion 155 is fitted to such a degree that the end portion of the vibration reduction portion 155 can be fitted .

As a result, the vibration reducing portion 155 is folded and coupled to the bottom surface of the accommodation space 110 in a fitting manner, so that the circulation duct 150 is connected to the accommodation space 110 without any other fastening means, The assembling efficiency of the operator is increased.

The clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention may further include a control unit for controlling various electrical components installed in the electric room 140 and a cable for electrically connecting the control unit and the electrical components.

The control unit is electrically connected to the control panel 182 and the control panel 182 installed on the outer surface of the cabinet 100 to operate the operation of the garment processing apparatus, And a main controller 184 for controlling the main controller 184.

The control panel 182 is provided with a display unit (not shown) for displaying the operation of the clothes processing apparatus and an operation unit (not shown) for operating the operation. A microcomputer, and a memory, and controls various electric devices such as a hot air supply device and a steam supply device provided in the electrical equipment according to the input conditions of the user to perform the operation of the clothes processing device.

The operation unit is provided with various buttons and the like, and the display unit may be provided with a LCD window or an LED.

An upper cable 183 is electrically connected between the control panel 182 and the main control unit 184. In addition, the main control unit 184 and various electric components provided in the electric room 140 may be electrically connected by a lower cable.

The lower cable includes a first cable 185 having one end extended from the main control unit 184 and electrically connected to the first cable 185 and one end of the first cable 185 extending through the electrical parts provided in the electrical equipment room 140 and passing through the through- And a second cable 187 electrically connected to the first cable 185.

The other end of the first cable 185 and the other end of the second cable 187 electrically connect the main control unit 184 and the electrical components by the connector. The connector includes a first connector 192 provided at the other end of the first cable 185 extending from the main control unit 184 and a second connector 194 provided at the other end of the second cable 187 extending from the electrical component .

A terminal 192a is formed in the first connector 192 so that the second connector 194 is coupled to each other to electrically connect the main control unit 184 to the electrical components and the main control unit 184 and the control panel 182 are connected electrically by an upper cable 183.

When the user inputs the operating condition of the clothes processing apparatus through the operating unit mounted on the control panel in the state of being electrically connected as described above, the main control unit 184 causes the display unit to display and transmit the operating condition, 140, respectively.

It is preferable that the connector is provided in the accommodating space 110. This is because when the user repairs or exchanges electrical equipment in the electrical equipment room 140, the bottom surface of the accommodating space 110, that is, the partition wall 160 It is possible to repair or replace the electrical components after separating the first connector 192 and the second connector 194 by separating only the accommodation space frame 104 on the upper part of the cabinet 100 without separate separation, This is because the working efficiency can be shortened.

Hereinafter, a process of assembling a vibration reducing portion of a clothes processing apparatus, a connector, and a process of reducing vibration generated in an electric device will be described.

First, when the user installs the circulating duct 150 in the bottom surface of the accommodation space 110, that is, the partition 160, the vibration reduction unit 155 provided at the end of the circulation duct 150 is inserted into the accommodation space 110 And is then bent into the fitting groove 165. [0064] As shown in Fig. The vibration reducing portion 155 is formed of an elastic material such as rubber and has a plurality of wrinkles formed therein so that the operator can easily fit the vibration reducing portion 155 by bending the fitting groove 165 formed in the partition wall 160 .

 A second connector 194 extended from the electrical component and a first connector 192 extended from the main control unit 184 are provided to electrically connect the main control unit 184 for controlling the electrical components and the electrical components. Can be combined with each other.

Accordingly, when the user operates the hot air supply device through the control panel, the electrical components and the main control unit 184 are electrically connected to generate hot air by operating the hot air supply device.

When the hot air supply device is operated, vibration occurs in the evaporator 122, the condenser 124, the blowing fan 128, and the like, and the vibration is transmitted to the vibration reducing part (not shown) provided at the end of the circulating duct 150 155 are formed of an elastic material and a plurality of wrinkles so that a substantial portion of the vibration is absorbed and vibration and noise transmitted to the cabinet 100 are reduced.

 It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

1 is a perspective view showing a clothes processing apparatus according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the electric compartment of the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention. Fig.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view showing a constitution in which a circulating duct of the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention is provided on the bottom surface of the accommodation space

4 is a perspective view showing a state before the circulating duct of the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention is installed on the bottom surface of the accommodation space;

5 is a cross-sectional view of a state in which the circulating duct provided in the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention is installed on the bottom surface of the accommodation space

6 is a view showing a cable connected by a connector inside the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS -

100: cabinet 110: accommodation space

130: Steam generator 140: Electric room

150: Circulating duct 155: Vibration reduction part

160: barrier rib 165:

184: main controller 192: first connector

194: second connector

Claims (9)

A cabinet forming a receiving space for accommodating the clothes; A hot air supply device provided in the electric room compartment to be partitioned with the accommodation space to supply hot air to the accommodation space; A circulation duct connecting the hot air supply device and the accommodation space to circulate hot air; And a vibration reduction unit for reducing transmission of vibration generated in the hot air supply device to the accommodation space. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the vibration reduction unit is provided at an end of the circulation duct. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the vibration reduction portion is made of an elastic material. 3. The method of claim 2, Wherein the vibration reduction portion is formed with a plurality of wrinkles. The method of claim 3, Wherein the vibration reduction portion and the bottom surface of the accommodating space are engaged with each other in a fitting manner. 6. The method of claim 5, Wherein a fitting groove is formed along a circumference of a through hole formed in a bottom surface of the accommodation space, and an end of the vibration reduction portion is fitted in the fitting groove. The method according to claim 1, And a connector for electrically connecting the control unit to various electrical parts. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the connector comprises a first connector extended from the control unit and a second connector extended from the electrical component. 8. The method of claim 7, Wherein the connector is provided in the accommodating space.

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