KR200473784Y1

KR200473784Y1 - a hot air machine for clothes dryer

Info

Publication number: KR200473784Y1
Application number: KR2020130001556U
Authority: KR
Inventors: 고창오
Original assignee: 고창오
Priority date: 2013-02-28
Filing date: 2013-02-28
Publication date: 2014-07-31

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hot air apparatus for a clothes dryer, and more particularly to a hot air apparatus for a clothes dryer, which comprises an outer air inlet 101 at an upper end, a preheating inlet 102 at a lower portion thereof, a blower 1 )Wow; The first connecting portion 201 is connected to the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 and the other second connecting portion 202 is connected to the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1, A partition 203 is formed to partition the first connection part 201 and the second connection part 202 and a heating passage 204 formed on a side to which the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is connected, The length of the partition wall 203 is formed so that the end portion of the circulation passage 205 formed at the end of the circulation passage 205 and the end of the circulation passage 205 connected to the preheat suction inlet 102 of the blower 1 can communicate with each other, A guide wall 206 for guiding part of the wind supplied from the heating passage 204 to the circulation passage 205 is formed at a portion where the circulation passage 205 and the circulation passage 205 communicate with each other, A heating chamber 2 having a hot air outlet 207 formed therein; The heater 3 is installed inside the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2 and heats the air passing through the heating passage 204. This maximizes the heating efficiency of the hot air blower for producing hot air, By reducing the power consumption required for production, not only is it possible to obtain energy saving effect, but also it is possible to shorten the time required for clothes drying since hot hot air can be produced quickly.

Description

{A HOT AIR MACHINE FOR CLOTHES DRYER}

The present invention relates to a hot air device for a clothes dryer, and more specifically, to a hot air device for a clothes dryer capable of reducing energy consumption by improving energy efficiency according to hot air production.

In general, a clothes dryer is a machine that automatically dries wet clothing after washing. In the past, it was mainly used in professional shops that handle laundry in large quantities such as dry cleaners, bathrooms, hotels, etc. Recently, Demand for home appliances has increased, and demand for household clothes dryers has also increased significantly.

On the other hand, a typical clothes dryer includes a main body B provided with a mouth openable and closable by a door A on the front side; A drying drum (C) rotatably installed in the main body by a driving device; A hot air device for supplying hot air to the drying drum to dry the laundry in the drying drum; And a duct device which supplies hot air generated by the hot air device to the drying drum and discharges the low temperature and high humidity air discharged from the drying drum to the outside of the main body.

In this case, the hot air device used in the clothes dryer includes a blower for sucking outside wind and forcibly supplying the inside air into the drying drum; And a heater for heating the wind forcedly supplied through the blower to a high temperature. Thus, while the drying drum of the clothes dryer is rotated by the driving device, the hot air supply device supplies hot air into the drying drum to dry the wet laundry inside the drying drum , The low temperature and high humidity generated during the drying process of the wet laundry is discharged to the outside of the body of the clothes dryer by the duct device, whereby the laundry is dried.

However, in the conventional hot air apparatus used in the conventional clothes dryer as described above, a heater is installed in a path for supplying high-speed air to the drying drum of the clothes dryer after sucking the outside air, so that the wind moving by the blower of the hot air apparatus is heated The low temperature wind which is not heated before the heater is sufficiently heated is supplied to the inside of the drying drum in the early stage of the operation so that the drying of the laundry is delayed and the drying of the clothes takes much time to dry the clothes.

In addition, it takes a certain period of time to heat the air supplied from the blower to the drying drum by heating the heater to the proper temperature. Due to the delay of the time, the use time of the heater is increased, In addition, in the case of household clothes dryers, the increase in the electric consumption due to the electricity tariff grading system is a major cause of the hesitation to use the household clothes dryer.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. The object of the present invention is to mix the wind heated by the heater with the outside air to pass through the heater so that the wind supplied by the blower is heated Which can reduce the time required for drying the clothes, reduce energy consumption due to shortening of the use time of the heater, and reduce the time required for drying the clothes, thereby improving the usability. .

A blower 1 having an outside air inlet 101 formed at an upper end thereof, a preheating inlet 102 formed at a lower portion thereof, and an exhaust port 103 formed at a lower end thereof;

The first connecting portion 201 is connected to the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 and the other second connecting portion 202 is connected to the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1, Lt; / RTI >

A partition 203 is formed so as to partition the first connection part 201 and the second connection part 202 and the end part of the heating passage 204 formed on the side to which the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is connected The length of the partition wall 203 is formed so as to shorten the length of the end portion of the circulation passage 205 formed on the side to which the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1 is connected, 205 formed at the bottom of the end portion of the heating passage 204 is formed with a guide wall 206 for guiding a part of the wind supplied from the heating passage 204 to the circulation passage 205, 207);

And a heater 3 installed inside the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2 for heating the wind passing through the heating passage 204. [

The present invention maximizes the heating efficiency of the hot air generating fan to reduce the power consumption required for the hot air production, thereby achieving the energy saving effect. In addition, since the hot air can be produced quickly, It is possible to shorten the time required for the operation.

1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention
3 is another use state diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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

It is to be noted that like elements in the accompanying drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the drawings as possible, and detailed descriptions of well-known functions or known configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention are omitted. Come on.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the present invention includes a blower 1 for supplying a strong wind to a drying drum of a clothes dryer to supply hot air to a clothes dryer, And a heater 3 for heating the wind supplied to the drying drum by the blower 1 to a high temperature. Hereinafter, each component will be described in more detail. same.

First, the blower 1 of the present invention has an outer air inlet 101 formed at the upper end of a case provided with a rotary vane 105 that rotates at a high speed by a motor 104 as in a general blower 1 structure, A preheating inlet 102 is formed and an exhaust port 103 is formed at a lower end.

Therefore, when the rotary vane 105 inside the blower 1 is rotated by the motor 104, the outside air is quickly sucked through the outside air intake port 101 formed at the upper end of the casing and then drawn to the lower end of the casing, The wind is discharged at a high speed.

The exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is connected to the first connection portion 201 of the pair of connection portions formed on one side of the heating chamber 2 and is connected to the heating chamber 2 via the first connection portion 201. [ And the air is supplied to the inside at a high speed.

The heater 3 for heating the wind passing through the heating passage 204 is provided in the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2 formed so as to connect with the first connection portion 201 of the heating chamber 2, The hot air is discharged through the hot air discharge port 207 formed at the bottom of the end portion of the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2 and supplied to the inside of the drying drum of the clothes dryer, It is dried.

The first connecting portion 201 formed on one side of the heating chamber 2 of the present invention and connected to the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is provided with a second connecting portion 201 connected to the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1, Thereby forming a connecting portion 202.

The heating chamber 2 is provided with a first connection part 201 and a second connection part 202 in order to distinguish the flow of wind through the first connection part 201 and the second connection part 202 of the heating chamber 2, The partition wall 203 is formed so as to partition the end portion of the heating passage 204 formed on the side to which the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is connected and the preheat suction inlet 102 of the blower 1 to be connected The length of the partition wall 203 is shortened so that the end portion of the circulation passage 205 formed can be communicated with each other so that the air is rapidly supplied to the first connection portion 201 of the heating chamber 2 by the blower 1 A part of the wind supplied to the heating passage 204 flows into the circulation passage 205 through the portion where the heating passage 204 and the circulation passage 205 inside the heating chamber 2 are mutually connected.

The strong wind generated in the blower 1 is supplied into the heating chamber 2 through the first connecting portion 201 of the heating chamber 2 and heated while passing through the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2, A part of the heated wind is introduced into the circulation passage 205 and then flows into the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1 through the second connecting portion 202 of the heating chamber 2 so as to be introduced into the heating chamber 2 A part of the heated wind is re-supplied to the first connecting portion 201 of the heating chamber 2 through the blower 1.

Even if the temperature of the outside air sucked through the outside air intake port 101 of the blower 1 is low, the temperature of the heated air is mixed with the heated air flowing through the preheat intake port 102, It is possible to shorten the time required for producing the hot wind which is heated to a suitable temperature by which the laundry can be dried by the heater 3 while passing through the hot air outlet 207, ) And the reduction of power consumption.

Since the preheating inlet 102 is formed between the outside air intake port 101 of the blower 1 and the exhaust port 103, it is generated during the process of sucking the outside air through the outside air intake port 101 and discharging it to the exhaust port 103 The preheated air introduced through the preheating inlet 102 is rapidly sucked by the atmospheric pressure and discharged together with the exhaust port 103 so that the speed of the wind is improved and the temperature of the air passing through the heating passage 204 of the heating chamber 2 It is preferable to form a streamlined guide wall 206 so as to induce a fast flow of wind in order to smoothly flow a part of the wind heated by the heater 3 into the circulation passage 205 .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

1: blower 101: outside air inlet
102: preheating inlet 103: exhaust port
104: motor 105: rotating wing
2: heating chamber 201: first connection part
202: second connection part 203: partition wall
204: heating passage 205: circulation passage
206: guide wall 207: hot air outlet
3: Heater

Claims

A blower 1 having an outside air inlet 101 formed at an upper end thereof, a preheating inlet 102 formed at a lower portion thereof, and an exhaust port 103 formed at a lower end thereof;
The first connecting portion 201 is connected to the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 and the other second connecting portion 202 is connected to the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1, Lt; / RTI >
A partition 203 is formed so as to partition the first connection part 201 and the second connection part 202 and the end part of the heating passage 204 formed on the side to which the exhaust port 103 of the blower 1 is connected The length of the partition wall 203 is formed so as to shorten the length of the end portion of the circulation passage 205 formed on the side to which the preheating inlet 102 of the blower 1 is connected, 205 formed at the bottom of the end portion of the heating passage 204 is formed with a guide wall 206 for guiding a part of the wind supplied from the heating passage 204 to the circulation passage 205, 207);
And a heater (3) installed inside the heating passage (204) of the heating chamber (2) for heating the wind passing through the heating passage (204).