KR20030002591A - Structure for guiding movement of clothes in clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A structure for guiding clothing behaviors of a clothing drying machine is provided to restrain the biasing of clothing in a rotation drum toward an exhaust part according to the rotation of the drum but make the clothing to be distributed evenly in the drum, thereby smoothing the contact between the clothing and heated air. CONSTITUTION: A structure for guiding clothing behaviors of a clothing drying machine includes a cylindrical rotation drum receiving clothing inside and longitudinally defined into a plurality of circular areas(S) on an inner peripheral wall, and a plurality of baffles(111) protruded from the circular areas by a predetermined height(h), a predetermined thickness and a predetermined length(L) corresponding to a width of the areas.

Description

STRUCTURE FOR GUIDING MOVEMENT OF CLOTHES IN CLOTHES DRYER}

The present invention relates to a clothes behavior guide structure of a clothes dryer, and in particular, the clothes contained in the clothes rotating inside the clothes drum to distribute the clothes evenly in contact with the hot air according to the rotation of the clothes drum It is about the behavior guidance structure.

In general, a clothes dryer is a device for drying laundry by washing laundry such as clothes and then removing moisture remaining in the laundry. Such a clothes dryer is usually installed and used beside the washing machine, and the user takes out the laundry after all washing processes in the washing machine, that is, the dehydrated clothes from the washing machine, and dries the dehydrated clothes in the clothes dryer. .

1 illustrates an example of the clothes dryer. As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes dryer includes a case 10 formed in a hexahedron shape to have an internal space, and a driving force mounted on an inner bottom of the case 10. Drive motor 20 to generate a, the rotary drum 30 is rotatably coupled to the inside of the case 10, the drive motor 20 and the rotary drum by connecting the rotational force of the drive motor 20 The belt 40 and the pulley 41 for transmitting to the rotary drum 30, and the air inlet 51 is formed in the shape of a disc and composed of a plurality of through holes in the center of the rotary drum 30 is provided A back plate 50 covering one side of the front plate 60 having an inner inlet 61 and an air exhaust portion 62 in the form of a disc and covering the other side of the rotary drum 30 with the It is coupled over the longitudinal direction of the rear plate 50 and the rotating drum 30 Suction duct 70 and heater (H) for guiding negative air to be sucked into the rotary drum 30, and coupled across the longitudinal direction of the lower side and the rotary drum 30 of the front plate (60) An exhaust duct 80 for guiding the air introduced into the rotary drum 30 to be exhausted to the outside of the case 10, and installed to communicate with the exhaust duct 80 to transmit the rotational force of the driving motor 20. It is configured to include a flow generating means for generating a suction force while receiving.

And the door (D) for opening and closing the inlet (61) is coupled to the front of the casing 10, the filter (F) is mounted inside the exhaust duct (80).

The flow generating means comprises a fan housing (90) formed to communicate with the exhaust duct (80) and a suction fan (91) mounted on the fan housing (90), and the suction fan (91) is the drive motor ( 20).

Reference numeral R is a roller.

The operation of the clothes dryer as described above is as follows.

First, the door D provided at the front of the case 10 is opened, and clothing is introduced into the rotating drum 30 through the inlet 61 and the door D is closed. When the operation switch is turned ON, power is applied to the driving motor 20 to drive the driving motor 20, and when the driving motor 20 is driven, the driving force of the driving motor 20 is increased. The suction fan 91 of the flow generating means connected to the driving motor 20 is operated while the rotary drum 30 is rotated through the pulley 40 and the belt 41 and the rotary drum 30 rotates. Done.

As the rotary drum 30 rotates, the clothes put into the rotary drum 30 rotate and fall, and external air is supplied by the suction force of the suction fan 91 to the heater H and the suction duct 70. Heated while being introduced through the heated air is introduced into the rotating drum 30 through the suction unit 51 of the back plate 50.

Heated air introduced into the rotary drum 30 through the suction unit 51 of the back plate 50 is a cloth that rotates and falls inside the rotary drum 30, that is, the clothes while drying the front plate 60. The air, which is exhausted to the exhaust part 62 and contains the water exhausted to the exhaust part 62, is discharged to the outside of the case 10 through the exhaust duct 80.

As the process continues, the clothes put into the rotating drum 30 are dried, and after the drying is completed, the user opens the door D and takes out the clothes through the inlet 61.

On the other hand, the inner circumferential wall of the rotary drum 30 is provided with a clothes behavior guide structure (also called a baffle structure) for inducing the clothes to rotate in accordance with the rotation of the rotary drum 30.

2 and 3 illustrate a rotating drum having a clothing behavior guide structure of a conventional clothes dryer. As shown in FIG. 2, the clothing behavior guide structure of the clothes dryer first has a cylindrical rotating drum having a predetermined thickness and width. The plurality of baffles 32 protruding from the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 31 to have a predetermined thickness, width, and height are formed to form a row at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

Three baffles 32 are formed on the inner circumferential wall of the rotary drum cylindrical body 31 at intervals of 120 °, and the three baffles 32 are located at the center of the longitudinal direction of the rotary drum cylindrical body 31. In addition, it is formed to protrude in the normal direction.

As described above, as the rotating drum 30 rotates, the clothes put inside the rotating drum 30 rotate along the cylindrical body 31 and the baffles 32 of the rotating drum 30. When it is positioned at about 90 ° by the baffle 32, the falling clothes are sucked through the inlet port 51 of the back plate 50 to the exhaust portion 61 of the front plate 60 It dries when it hits the flowing hot air.

However, the clothes movement guide structure of the conventional clothes dryer as described above is a plurality of baffles 32 are formed at regular intervals so as to form one row in the circumferential direction on the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 31, the rotary drum 30 At the time of rotation, as shown in FIG. 4, hot air sucked into the rotating drum 30 through the suction part 51 of the rear plate 50 flows upwardly of the rotating drum 30 so as to face the front plate. Since the exhaust is exhausted to the exhaust 61 of the 60, the clothes gathered toward the exhaust 61 of the front plate 60 are not smoothly dispersed, so that the clothing is not dried effectively, and in particular, when there is a lot of clothing, rotation There is a problem in that the clothes contained in the drum 30 can not be evenly distributed, which further lowers the clothes drying efficiency.

The object of the present invention devised in view of the above point is the clothes dryer of the clothes dryer so that the clothes accommodated inside the rotating drum can be uniformly dispersed in contact with the hot air according to the rotation of the rotating drum. It is to provide a behavior guidance structure.

1 is a front sectional view showing a conventional clothes dryer;

2 and 3 is a side view and a development view showing a baffle structure of a conventional clothes dryer, respectively;

4 is a front sectional view of a rotating drum showing an air flow state of the clothes dryer;

5 is a front sectional view of a clothes dryer having a clothes dryer clothes behavior guide structure according to the present invention;

6,7 is a side view and a development view showing a clothes dryer clothes behavior guide structure of the present invention,

8, 9, 10, 11 are exploded views each showing another embodiment of the clothes dryer garment behavior guide structure of the present invention.

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

100; Rotary drum 110; Cylinder

111,112; Baffles S, S1, S2, S3; Array area

In order to achieve the object of the present invention as described above, a plurality of array regions are partitioned in the longitudinal direction on a cylindrical inner circumferential wall of a rotating drum in which clothes are accommodated therein and rotated, and predetermined heights and thicknesses are provided in the plurality of circular array regions. And a plurality of baffles protruding from each other so as to have a length corresponding to a width of the arrangement area.

Hereinafter, the clothes dryer clothing behavior guide structure of the present invention will be described according to the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

5 is a view illustrating a clothes dryer having one embodiment of a clothes dryer clothes behavior guide structure according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, first, the clothes dryer includes a driving motor 20 at an inner bottom of the case 10. And a cylindrical rotating drum 30 is rotatably mounted inside the case 10, and the driving motor 20 and the rotating drum 30 are connected to each other by a pulley 40 and a belt 41. Power of the drive motor 20 is coupled to be transmitted to the rotating drum (100).

One side of the case 10 is provided with a back plate 50 in the form of a disc covering one side of the rotating drum 100, the suction part 51 consisting of a plurality of through holes in the upper portion of the center of the back plate 50 Is formed, one side of the rotary drum 100 is supported on the back plate 50 and coupled to be rotatable by a plurality of rollers (R).

The other side of the rotary drum 100 is provided on the inner surface of the case 10 located opposite to the rear plate 50 is provided with a front plate 60 of the disk shape, the other side of the rotary drum 100 It is covered by the front plate 60 and supported by a plurality of rollers R to be rotatable. In addition, an inlet 61 is formed in the front plate 60 to inject or take out clothes into the inside of the rotating drum 100, and a plurality of through holes formed in a predetermined area under the inlet 61. Base 62 is provided and the door (D) for opening and closing the inlet (61) is coupled to the front of the case (10).

And a heater connected to the suction duct 70 and the suction duct 70 over the rear portion of the rear plate 50 and the lower portion of the rotary drum 100 so as to communicate with the suction unit 51 of the rear plate 50. (H) is combined.

The exhaust duct 80 which communicates the exhaust part 62 of the front plate with the outside of the case 10 is mounted over the lower end of the front plate 60 and the longitudinal direction of the rotating drum 100 and the drive motor. Flow generating means for generating a suction force by receiving the driving force of the 20 is installed to communicate with the exhaust duct (80). The flow generating means includes a fan housing 90 provided to communicate with the exhaust duct 80 and a suction fan 91 rotatably positioned inside the fan housing 90 so as to be connected to the driving motor 20. It is configured to include.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rotary drum 100 includes a cylindrical body 110 in which clothes are accommodated therein and a plurality of arrangement regions in a longitudinal direction on an inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 110. A plurality of baffles 111 protruded so as to partition (S) and have a predetermined height and thickness and a width corresponding to the width of the array region S are provided in the plurality of array regions S. (S) is preferably divided into three so as to have the same width, and the three arrangement regions S1, S2 and S3 are partitioned so as to overlap each other. That is, since the array regions S1, S2, and S3 are partitioned in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body 110, the partitioned array regions S1, S2, and S3 each have a circular area having a predetermined width. Will have

In addition, one baffle 111 is provided in each of the three arrangement regions S1, S2, and S3, and the baffles 111 are formed to have a predetermined interval with respect to the circumferential direction.

The three baffles 111 are positioned from the front plate 60 side to the rear plate 50 side by step with respect to the rotation direction of the rotary drum 100, or as shown in FIG. 8, the rotary drum 100 It is arranged so as to be located from the rear plate 50 side to the front plate 60 side by step with respect to the rotation direction of the).

In addition, when the three array regions S1, S2, and S3 overlap, the inner lines of the array regions S1 and S3 positioned at both sides form the same line, and the same lines are the centerline of the center array region S2. To match.

In addition, as another embodiment of the garment behavior guide structure provided in the rotating drum 100, as shown in Figure 9, a plurality of longitudinally in the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 110, the garment is accommodated therein Array regions (S) are divided and a plurality of baffles (112) protruding to form a width corresponding to a predetermined height and thickness and the width of the array region (S) is provided in the plurality of array regions (S) The array area S is divided into three so as not to overlap each other to have the same width. One baffle 112 is provided in each of the three arrangement regions S1, S2, and S3, and the baffles 112 are formed to have a predetermined interval with respect to the circumferential direction.

The three baffles 112 may be positioned from the front plate 60 side to the rear plate 50 side with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating drum 100 or rearward stepwise with respect to the rotation direction of the rotating drum 100. It is arranged to be located from the plate 50 side to the front plate 60 side.

In addition, as another embodiment of the clothing behavior guide structure provided in the rotating drum 100, as shown in Figure 10, in the longitudinal direction on the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 110, the clothing is accommodated therein The plurality of array regions S are partitioned and a plurality of baffles 112 protruding to form a width corresponding to a predetermined height and thickness and the width of the array region S are provided in the plurality of array regions S. The array area S is divided into three so as not to overlap each other to have the same width. An arrangement in which one baffle 112 is provided and positioned in the middle of each of the three array regions S1, S2, and S3 is positioned on the same line in the longitudinal direction in the array regions S1 and S3 located on both sides. Two baffles 112 are provided in the area S2, and the four baffles 112 are formed to be equally spaced in the circumferential direction.

In addition, as another embodiment of the clothing behavior guide structure provided in the rotating drum, as shown in Figure 11, a plurality of arrangement in the longitudinal direction on the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 110, the clothing is accommodated therein The area S is divided and a plurality of baffles 112 protruding are formed in the plurality of array areas S so as to have a width corresponding to a predetermined height and thickness and a width of the array area S. The regions S are divided into three so as not to overlap each other to have the same width. Two baffles 112 are provided on the same line in the longitudinal direction in the arrangement regions S1 and S3 located on both sides of the three arrangement regions S1, S2, and S3, respectively, and are arranged in the center. One baffle 112 is provided in the area S2, and the five baffles 112 are formed to be equally spaced in the circumferential direction.

The ratio h / d between the height h of the baffles 111 and 112 and the inner diameter d of the rotating drum cylindrical body 110 is preferably within 1/100 to 2/100. In addition, the ratio (l / L) of the length (l) of the baffles (111) 112 and the cylindrical body length (L) of the rotating drum is preferably larger than 30/100 and smaller than 100/100.

Reference numeral F is a filter, and 11 is a suction hole through which outside air is introduced.

Hereinafter, the operation and effect of the clothes dryer clothes behavior guide structure of the present invention will be described.

First, the operation of the clothes dryer opens the door (D) and puts clothes into the rotary drum (100) through the inlet 61 and closes the door (D). When the operation switch is turned ON, power is applied to the driving motor 20 to drive the driving motor 20, and when the driving motor 20 is driven, the driving force of the driving motor 20 is increased. The suction fan 91 of the flow generating means connected to the driving motor 20 is operated while the rotating drum 100 rotates while being transmitted to the rotating drum 100 through the belt 40 and the pulley 41. Will be done.

As the rotating drum 100 rotates, the clothes put into the rotating drum 100 rotate and fall, and outside air is sucked by the suction fan 91 so that the outside air is heated by the heater H and the suction duct 70. Heated while being introduced through the heated air is introduced into the rotary drum 100 through the suction unit 51 of the back plate 50.

The heated air introduced into the rotary drum 100 through the suction unit 51 of the back plate 50 is a cloth that rotates and falls inside the rotary drum 100, that is, the clothes while drying the front plate 60. The air, which is exhausted to the exhaust part 62 and contains the water exhausted to the exhaust part 62, is discharged to the outside of the case 10 through the exhaust duct 80.

On the other hand, the clothes accommodated in the rotating drum 100 is moved by a plurality of baffles (111, 112) respectively formed in the plurality of array areas (S) on the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical body 110 of the rotating drum 100. It is not only guided and moved evenly distributed inside the rotating drum 100, but also suppresses accumulation of cloth, that is, clothing toward the exhaust part 61, thereby heating air and clothes flowing through the inside of the rotating drum 100. Not only makes contact smoothly but also minimizes the flow resistance of the air.

That is, a plurality of baffles 111 and 112 are provided on the inner circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 110 of the rotary drum 100 in the longitudinal direction to suppress clothing from being driven toward the exhaust part 61. In addition, the clothes accommodated in the rotating drum 100 are evenly distributed so that the contact between the heated air flowing through the rotating drum 100 and the clothes is made smoothly as well as the flow resistance of the air is minimized.

As the process continues, the clothes put into the rotating drum 100 are dried, and after the drying is completed, the user opens the door D and takes out the clothes through the inlet 61.

As described above, the clothing behavior guide structure of the clothes dryer according to the present invention not only prevents the clothes contained in the rotary drum from being driven into the exhaust unit according to the rotation of the rotary drum, but also moves the uniformly distributed inside the rotary drum. Not only to smoothly make contact between the heating air flowing inside the rotating drum and the clothes, but also to minimize the flow resistance of the air to increase the drying efficiency of the clothes to shorten the drying time as well as to reduce the power consumption.

Claims (7)

The plurality of array regions are partitioned in the longitudinal direction on the inner circumferential wall of the rotating drum in which the clothes are accommodated and rotated, and the plurality of circular array regions protrude to have a predetermined height and thickness and a length corresponding to the width of the array region. Clothing behavior guide structure of a clothes dryer, characterized in that a plurality of baffles provided. The clothes behavior guide structure of a clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the plurality of arrangement regions are partitioned to overlap each other. The clothes dryer of claim 1 or 2, wherein the arranging area is composed of three and one baffle is provided in each of the arranging areas, and the baffles are formed at a predetermined interval with respect to the circumferential direction. Behavior guidance structure. According to claim 1, wherein the arrangement region is composed of three and one of the arrangement region located at both ends of the three arrangement region is provided with one baffle and each arranged in the center line in the longitudinal direction two The baffle is provided with four baffles, including two of them, the clothing behavior guide structure of the clothes dryer, characterized in that formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. According to claim 1, wherein the array is composed of three and two of the baffles are provided in each of the arrangement region located at both ends of the arrangement region located at both ends of the same line in the longitudinal line and one in the center arrangement region The baffle is provided, but the five baffles are guided to the clothing behavior of the clothes dryer, characterized in that formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. The clothes behavior of the clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein a ratio (h / d) of the height (h) of the baffle and the inner diameter (d) of the rotating drum cylinder is within 1/10 to 2/10. Guide structure. The clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein a ratio (l / L) of the length (l) of the baffle to the length of the cylindrical body (L) of the rotary drum is larger than 3/10 and smaller than 10/10. Behavior guidance structure.