KR20040006236A - Front supporter mounting structure of dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Mounting structure of a front supporter for a drying machine is provided to reduce working hours by assembling the front supporter and a cabinet cover with inserting a projection of the front supporter to a fitting hole of the cabinet cover, and to prevent damage of the laundry by restricting the assembling member from being protruded. CONSTITUTION: A drying machine is composed of a cabinet cover(56) combined with the front of a cabinet and composed of a laundry input and output hole(56a), and a front supporter(74) arranged in the back of the cabinet cover to support the end of a drum(70) with a laundry hole. A bent part(92) is protruded in the upper part of the front supporter, and a fitting projection(91) is protruded downward in the bent part. A fitting hole is formed in the upper part of the cabinet cover, and the fitting projection is inserted to the fitting hole. The lower part of the front supporter is combined with the cabinet cover by an assembling member(57). Assembling hours are reduced by combining the front supporter and the cabinet cover in fitting the upper part of the front supporter to the upper part of the cabinet cover.

Description

Front supporter mounting structure of dryer

The present invention relates to a dryer, and more particularly, to a front supporter mounting structure of a dryer for easily fixing a front supporter rotatably supporting a front end of a drum to a cabinet cover.

In general, the laundry drying apparatus is a device for drying laundry by blowing heat by a heater into an accommodation space in which laundry is accommodated. The laundry drying apparatus is classified into a dryer having a drying function and a dry washing machine including a laundry function.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a dryer according to the prior art, and FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway sectional view of the dryer according to the prior art.

1 and 2, the dryer according to the prior art has a case 2 forming an external appearance of the cabinet 4 and the front of the cabinet 4, and the laundry access hole 6a at the center thereof. The cabinet cover 6 formed thereon, a back panel 8 coupled to the rear surface of the cabinet 4 and having an air suction hole 8a, and a top cover 10 coupled to the upper surface of the cabinet 4; A control panel 12 coupled to the top cover 10 and having a control unit 12a and an operation unit 12a disposed therein, and coupled to a bottom of the cabinet 4 so as to be connected to the top cover 10. It is composed of a base 14 forming a surface, the door 16 for opening and closing the laundry access hole (6a) is rotatably disposed on the front surface of the cabinet cover (6).

The drum 20 is rotatably disposed in the case 2, in which the drum 20 is opened in the front-rear direction to accommodate laundry and a lifter 21 is disposed on the inner circumferential surface to lift and drop the laundry. A rear supporter 22 rotatably supporting the rear end of the 20 is disposed in front of the back panel 8, and supports the front end of the drum 20 in a rotatable manner with the laundry access hole 24a at the center thereof. The formed front supporter 24 is fixed to the rear surface of the cabinet cover 6.

Here, look at the mounting structure of the front supporter as follows.

Fastening holes 6b and 24b are formed in the upper and lower portions of the cabinet cover 6 and the front supporter 24 so that the fastening holes 6b and 24b of the cabinet cover 6 and the front supporter 24 are respectively formed. ) Is fastened to the fastening holes 6b and 24b at the front side of the cabinet cover 6 in a state where the same).

On the other hand, on the base 14, the exhaust duct 32 for discharging the air, which passes through the heater 30 and the drum 20, to dry the laundry, to the outside of the rear of the back panel 8. And a fan 33 disposed inside the exhaust duct 32 to forcibly blow air in the drum, and a motor 35 for generating a driving force for rotating the fan 33 and the drum 20. A hot air supply duct 34 is disposed between the back panel 8 and the rear supporter 22 to guide the hot air passing through the heater 18 to the inside of the drum 20.

In addition, a filter assembly 36 that filters foreign substances in the air discharged to the exhaust duct 32 is coupled to the lower portion of the front supporter 24.

Looking at the operation of the prior art dryer configured as described above are as follows.

First, after the laundry is put through the laundry input holes 6a and 24a and the door 16 is closed and the dryer is driven, the drying hot air heated by the heater 30 is introduced into the drum 20. The hot air supply duct 34 is supplied, and the drum 20 is rotated in conjunction with the motor.

At this time, the drum 20 is rotated while its front end is supported by the front supporter 24 and the rear end is supported by the rear supporter 22, and the lift 21 lifts and drops the laundry. Dry hot air supplied into the drum 20 is in direct contact with the laundry.

On the other hand, the turbid wet air drying the laundry inside the drum 20, the foreign matter is filtered while passing through the filter assembly 36, and is discharged to the outside of the dryer through the exhaust duct (32).

However, in the conventional front supporter 24 mounting structure, the fastening member 25 must be fastened to the fastening holes 6b and 24b while the front supporter 24 is held to match the fastening holes 6b and 24b. There is a problem that the fastening operation is inconvenient and takes a long time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art, the front supporter is fastened to the cabinet cover in a state in which the upper end of the front supporter to the top of the cabinet cover can be fastened and the fastening time can be shortened The purpose is to provide a front supporter mounting structure of a dryer.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a dryer according to the prior art,

2 is a partially cutaway sectional view of the dryer according to the prior art,

3 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of a dryer according to the present invention;

4 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the dryer according to the present invention;

5 is a rear view showing a state in which the front supporter is coupled to the cabinet cover according to the present invention;

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

54: cabinet 56: cabinet cover

56a: laundry access hole 56b: hanger hole

56c: protrusion 56d: fastener

57: fastening member 70: drum

72: rear supporter 74: front supporter

74a: laundry access hole 74b: ring guide protrusion

74c: guide roller 74d: protrusion

74e: fastener 91: hook protrusion

92: bend

Front supporter mounting structure of the washing machine according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a cabinet cover coupled to the front of the cabinet and the laundry access hole formed; The dryer includes a front supporter disposed on the rear surface of the cabinet cover to rotatably support the front end of the drum and having a laundry entry hole formed therein, wherein the front supporter protrudes downward from a bent portion protruding downward from the top of the cabinet cover. The hook hole is formed at the top of the, characterized in that the lower portion is fastened to the cabinet cover with a fastening member.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the dryer according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the dryer according to the present invention.

3 and 4, the dryer according to the present embodiment has a cabinet cover 56 having a laundry access hole 56a formed on the front surface of the cabinet 54, and is disposed on the rear surface of the cabinet 4. A back panel 58 having an air suction hole 58a is disposed, and a top cover 60 is disposed on an upper surface of the cabinet 4, and a base forming a bottom surface of the dryer at the lower end of the cabinet 4. 64) are arranged.

In addition, a control panel 62 in which a control unit (not shown) and an operation unit 62a are disposed on the top surface of the top cover 60 is disposed.

A door 66 is rotatably disposed on the front surface of the cabinet cover 56 to open and close the laundry access hole 56a.

On the other hand, between the cabinet cover 56 and the back panel 58 is made of a cylindrical shape opened in the front and rear direction laundry is accommodated therein, the drum lifter 71 for lifting and dropping the laundry on the inner peripheral surface is disposed ( 70 is rotatably disposed.

That is, a rear supporter 72 rotatably supporting the rear end of the drum 70 is disposed in front of the back panel 58, and the front end of the drum 70 is disposed on the rear surface of the cabinet cover 56. The front supporter 74 is rotatably supported and has a laundry access hole 74a which is the same as the laundry access hole 56a of the cabinet cover 56 in the center thereof.

As shown in FIG. 4, the front supporter 74 has a ring-shaped guide protrusion 74b for rotatably supporting the tip of the drum 70 on a rear surface thereof, and a guide on which one end of the drum 70 is raised. The roller 74c is disposed, and a filter assembly 86 through which air in the drum 70 flows to filter foreign matters is coupled to the fastening member 89.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 on the base 64, the foreign matter is discharged through the heater 80 and the filter assembly 86 to the outside outside the rear of the back panel 58, An exhaust duct 82, a fan 83 disposed inside the exhaust duct 82 to forcibly blow air in the drum, and a motor 85 generating a driving force for rotating the fan 83 and the drum 70. The hot air supply duct 84 for guiding the hot air passing through the heater 68 into the drum 70 is disposed between the back panel 58 and the rear supporter 72.

Here, the mounting structure of the front supporter 74 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front supporter 74 includes a hook hole formed at an upper end of the cabinet cover 56 by bending the protrusion 92 at which the hook protrusion 91 protrudes downward. It is caught by the 56b, the lower portion is fastened to the cabinet cover 56 by the fastening member 57 is easily and firmly fixed to the back of the cabinet cover 56.

That is, the front supporter 74 has a mounting structure for fastening the upper end to the upper end of the cabinet cover 56 first and fixing the lower part to the cabinet cover 56 with the fastening member 57. The front supporter 74 Is fastened to the upper end of the cabinet cover 56, the parts 56c and 74d to which the fastening member 57 is fastened are automatically matched.

Here, the hook protrusion 91 is inserted into the hook hole 56b downwardly as a rectangular protrusion cut and bent at the bent portion 92, and the hook hole 56b is horizontally disposed on the top of the cabinet cover 56. It is a square hole formed long in the direction.

5 is a rear view illustrating a state in which the front supporter according to the present invention is coupled to the cabinet cover, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the front supporter 74 and the cabinet cover 56 are formed of protrusions 56c and 74d in which portions to which the fastening member 57 is fastened closely correspond to each other. The front supporter 74 and the cabinet cover 56 are spaced apart from the upper end of each of the front supporter 74 and the protrusions 56c and 74d.

Each of the protruding portions 56c and 74d is formed in a circular depression, and fastening holes 56d and 74e are formed to face each other so that the fastening member 57 is fastened at the front side of the cabinet cover 56.

The front supporter mounting structure of the dryer according to the present invention configured as described above is hooked by a hook protrusion formed on the front supporter to the hook hole formed at the upper end of the cabinet cover, and the fastening member is fastened to the lower part of the cabinet cover and the lower part of the front supporter. Therefore, the fixing operation of the front supporter can be made quickly and easily, and when the hooking protrusion of the front supporter is inserted into the hook hole of the cabinet cover, the part where the fastening member is fastened is automatically matched to facilitate fastening of the fastening member. There is an advantage to this.

In addition, the hook protrusion is formed of a square protrusion cut in the upper bent portion of the front supporter has an advantage that the molding of the hook protrusion is easy.

In addition, the front supporter and the cabinet cover have the advantage that the parts to which the fastening member is fastened protrude in close contact with each other and the other parts are spaced apart to minimize the vibration transmitted to the cabinet cover.

In addition, the front supporter and the cabinet cover have an advantage of preventing the damage to the laundry because the portion to which the fastening member is fastened is rounded to improve the aesthetics of the front part of the cabinet cover and the fastening member does not protrude to the rear of the front supporter. have.

Claims (4)

A cabinet cover coupled to the front of the cabinet and having laundry access holes formed therein; In the dryer comprising a front supporter disposed on the rear surface of the cabinet cover to rotatably support the front end of the drum and the laundry entry hole, The front supporter is a front supporter mounting structure of the dryer, characterized in that the bent projection protruding downwardly is hooked to the hook hole formed in the upper end of the cabinet cover, the lower support is fastened to the cabinet cover by a fastening member . The method of claim 1, The hook protrusion is a front supporter mounting structure of the dryer, characterized in that the square protrusion cut by the bending portion. The method of claim 1, The front supporter and the cabinet cover is a front supporter mounting structure of the dryer, characterized in that the parts to which the fastening member is fastened protruding in close contact with each other. The method of claim 3, wherein The protrusion is formed in a circular depression, the front supporter mounting structure of the dryer, characterized in that the fastening hole is formed opposite to the center.