KR20110137466A - Laundry treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A laundry treating device is provided to reduce consumption power amount while preventing clothes from being damaged. CONSTITUTION: An accommodating unit(2) accepts the clothes. A supply device unit(5) supplies at least one among a air or moisture to an accepting unit. A moving hanger(7) includes a hanger bar and a driving unit. The hanger bar is arranged inside the accepting unit. The driving unit reciprocates the hanger bar inside the accepting unit. A hanger(9) is supported by the hanger bar.

Description

Clothing Treatment Apparatus {Laundry Treating Apparatus}

The present invention relates to a laundry treatment apparatus.

BACKGROUND ART Generally, a clothes treating apparatus is a device for washing various kinds of clothes, and includes a washing apparatus for washing clothes, a drying apparatus for drying wet clothes, and a device for removing odors or wrinkles from clothes.

The recent clothing treatment apparatus is a trend that is developed to solve the washing, drying, deodorization and wrinkle removal of clothing with a single device. However, the recent clothing treatment apparatus uses a drum that accommodates clothing and a driving device for rotating the drum, which is insufficient in deodorization or wrinkle removal of clothing.

That is, the conventional clothing treatment apparatus is generally deodorizing or wrinkle removal during the rotation of the drum, the clothes put in the drum is not a straight state, but wrinkled because there is a limit to wrinkle or deodorization.

The present invention is to solve the problem to provide a laundry treatment apparatus that is easy to dry, deodorize, remove wrinkles and sterilize clothes.

In addition, the present invention is to solve the problem to provide a clothes handling apparatus that can prevent damage to clothes and reduce the amount of power consumption.

The present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the receiving portion is accommodated clothes, supply unit for supplying at least one of air or moisture into the receiving portion, the hanger bar provided in the receiving portion and the hanger bar A moving hanger having a driving unit reciprocating in an accommodation part, and supported by the hanger bar, the clothes processing apparatus comprising a clothes hanger having both ends asymmetrical movement during the reciprocating motion of the hanger bar.

In this case, the hanger may be characterized in that the mass of both ends are different.

The hanger may further include a hook detachable from the hanger bar, and the left and right masses of the hanger may be different from each other based on the hook.

In addition, the hanger may be further provided with a weight having a predetermined mass at either end of the both ends.

In addition, the hanger is provided with a weight on each end of the weight may be characterized in that the weight has a different mass.

On the other hand, the hanger further includes a hook detachable to the hanger bar, the left and right shape of the hanger based on the hook may be characterized in that the asymmetric with each other.

On the other hand, the hanger bar may further include a hook groove for receiving the hook, the width of the hook accommodated in the hook groove may be characterized in that the narrower or wider toward one end.

The moving hanger described above may further include a support for elastically supporting the hanger bar such that the hanger bar is located inside the receiving portion.

In this case, the driving unit is provided on the outer side of the receiving unit for generating a rotational force, a power conversion unit for converting the rotational force provided from the motor to linearly reciprocate the hanger bar, and the rotational force provided from the motor It may include a power transmission unit for transmitting to the converter.

The power transmission unit may include a drive pulley rotated by the motor, a driven pulley interlocked with the drive pulley through a belt roll, and a rotation shaft rotated by the driven pulley.

The power converter may include a shaft coupling portion connected to the rotation shaft, a rotation arm extending from the shaft coupling portion in a direction orthogonal to the rotation shaft, and a slot provided at one end of the rotation arm to rotate about the rotation shaft. Including an insertion unit, the hanger bar may further include a slot in which the slot insertion unit is accommodated.

The present invention can achieve the effect of providing a laundry treatment apparatus that is easy to dry, deodorize, remove wrinkles and sterilize clothes.

In addition, the present invention can achieve the effect of providing a clothes treatment apparatus that can prevent damage to clothes and reduce the amount of power consumption.

1 is a perspective view of a laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram of a supply unit provided in the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a moving hanger provided in the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention.
4 is an exploded perspective view of the moving hanger.
5 is a conceptual diagram of a hanger bar and a power converter provided in a moving hanger.
Figure 6 is a view showing an embodiment of a hanger provided in the laundry treatment apparatus according to the present invention.
7 is a view of the hook of the hanger.

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

Unless defined otherwise, all terms herein are the same as the general meaning of the term as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, and if the terms used herein conflict with the general meaning of the term Are as defined herein.

On the other hand, the configuration or control method of the device to be described below is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but to describe the embodiment of the present invention, the same reference numerals are used throughout the specification the same components Indicates.

1 is a front view showing a state in which the door is opened in the clothes treatment apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The clothes treating apparatus of the present invention may be, for example, a device for drying, deodorizing, and removing wrinkles, as well as a refresher for refreshing clothes.

Here, the term "refresh" refers to clothing that provides air, heated air, water, mist, steam, and the like to remove wrinkles and smells of the clothing. It may mean a process of performing deodorizing, sanitizing, preventing static electricity, and drying.

In addition, the clothes referred to in the present specification, as well as clothes (clothes), apparel (apparel), as well as objects that can be worn by people such as shoes, socks, gloves, hats, shawls, etc. Includes objects to be used and includes all objects that can be washed.

Referring to FIG. 1, the apparatus 100 for treating clothes according to the present invention selectively opens and closes a cabinet 1 forming an appearance, a receiving part 2 providing a space for receiving clothing, and a receiving part 2. The door 3, the shelf 4 on which the clothes are mounted, the air supply device for supplying air or hot air to the accommodating part 2, and supply moisture, mist, or steam. It may include a supply device (5) having a water supply device, a moving hanger (7) for reciprocating the clothes hanger (9) on which the clothes are mounted.

The accommodating part 2 is a space that can be opened and closed by the door, and communicates with an air supply device 51 (see FIG. 2) to be described later, and an air exhaust part 21 through which the air of the accommodating part is discharged to the air supply device. 2) and an air supply unit 23 (refer to FIG. 3) to which air discharged from the air supply device is supplied to the accommodation unit 2.

Furthermore, the accommodating part 2 is provided with a moisture supply part 25 (refer to Fig. 2) which communicates with a water supply apparatus 53 (see Fig. 2) to be described later and supplies moisture such as steam into the accommodating part 2. Is preferred.

The shelf 4 may be provided to be detachable from the accommodating part so that the clothes are refreshed by air or moisture supplied from the air supply device or the water supply device while the clothes are not moved.

In this case, the shelf (4) is preferably provided in a frame shape in which the upper surface and the lower surface is open so that the air or moisture supplied from the supply device 5 can penetrate the shelf.

Therefore, the clothes put into the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention are not entangled like the clothes put into the conventional drum type clothes treating apparatus, so that the effect of deodorization and wrinkle removal as well as drying of clothes can be expected.

On the other hand, the upper portion of the receiving portion 2 may further include a moving hanger 7 for moving the clothes hanger 9 in a horizontal direction. The moving hanger shakes the clothes while the air or moisture is supplied to the accommodating part 2, but prevents the clothes from getting tangled, thereby further improving drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal and sterilization efficiency of the clothes.

2 is a conceptual diagram of the supply unit 5, Figure 3 and 4 is a conceptual diagram of the moving hanger. Hereinafter, the configuration of the supply unit will be described first and then the configuration of the moving hanger will be described.

In FIG. 2, only the main components of the air supply device 51 and the water supply device 53 are illustrated for convenience of description, and not illustrated for the pipes connecting the respective components.

An air supply device 51 for supplying air or hot air to the accommodating part 2 is located inside the supply device part 5.

The air supply device 51 is an inlet part 511 connected to the air outlet part 21 provided in the accommodating part 2, and an outlet part 515 connected to the air supply part 23 of the accommodating part 2. , And a heat exchanger 513 provided between the suction unit and the discharge unit.

The heat exchanger 513 may be provided as a heat pump, and the heat pump may include an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve connected to allow the refrigerant to circulate, thereby entering the supply unit. Dehumidified air and heat.

That is, since the evaporator (not shown) is configured to absorb latent heat of air to evaporate the refrigerant, condensation of air flowing in the air supply device 51 removes moisture contained in the flow air.

In addition, the condenser (not shown) is configured to transfer heat generated by condensing the refrigerant to the surrounding air, so the air flowing inside the air supply device may be heated.

Therefore, the air introduced into the air supply device 51 is dehumidified and heated in the course of passing through the evaporator and the condenser, and then is supplied into the receiving portion 2.

As such, the air heated by the heat pump may be slightly lower than the air heated by using a conventional electric heater or the like, but the air can be dehumidified without using a separate dehumidifier.

On the other hand, the air supplied to the receiving portion by the heat pump corresponds to a relatively 'low temperature dry air' (here, 'low temperature' does not mean that the temperature is absolutely low, but corresponds to heated air, but the conventional Used in the sense of relatively low temperature compared to heated air).

Accordingly, the present invention can prevent the deformation or breakage of the clothes due to the high temperature when performing a process such as refreshing or drying the clothes by supplying the low-temperature dry air.

That is, the air supplied from the heat pump of the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention is a hot air having a lower temperature than that of the conventional clothes treating apparatus, but not only can supply the dehumidified air to the clothes without a separate dehumidifying apparatus but also damage the clothes by the high temperature hot wind. It can also prevent.

The suction part 511 is provided to correspond to the air discharge part 21 of the accommodating part, and the air discharge part 21 may be further provided with a filter, which is supplied from the accommodating part 2 to the air supply device 51. This is to supply only clean air to the receiving part by filtering foreign matter that may be included in the incoming air.

The discharge part 515 is a flow path which is connected to the air supply part 23 of the receiving part and introduces heated air through the heat exchanger into the receiving part 2, and a discharge fan 517 so as to easily introduce the air into the receiving part. It is preferred to be connected.

On the other hand, the supply device portion 5 may be further provided with a water supply device 53 for supplying steam or mist to the receiving portion (2).

The water supply device 53 may be provided to generate steam (steam) through a storage unit (not shown) for storing water and a heater (not shown) for heating the stored water, and ultrasonic vibration in the storage unit. It may be provided with means (not shown) to generate mist.

The storage unit of the water supply device 53 may be directly connected to a water supply source (water supply, etc.) provided on the outside of the clothes treating apparatus, and may be provided to selectively supply water to the storage unit, but from the supply tank detachable from the storage unit. It is preferable to be provided to receive water.

That is, the supply unit 5 further includes an apparatus unit door frame 55 provided with the apparatus unit door 57, and further includes a detachable supply tank 58 when the apparatus unit door 57 is opened. It may include.

In this case, the bottom of the supply tank 58 further includes a discharge hole which is opened when the supply tank is seated on the device part door, the bottom surface of the device part door 57 is the water discharged from the discharge hole It should be provided to include a flow path (not shown) to guide the flow into the storage of the moisture supply device 53.

Therefore, the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention can be installed at a location desired by a user regardless of the location of a water supply source such as tap water.

Furthermore, the clothes treating apparatus of the present invention may further include a drain tank 59 for storing the residual water stored in the water supply device 73 or the condensed water discharged from the heat exchanger of the air supply device.

In this case, the drainage tank 59 may be provided to be detachable when the device portion door 57 is opened like the supply tank, and should be connected to the water supply device and the heat exchanger through a pipe.

On the other hand, the mist or steam generated by the water supply device 53 is introduced into the receiving portion 2 through the water supply portion 25, the water supply device 53 is a spray nozzle (not shown) It may be further provided so as to spray the mist or steam into the receiving portion (2).

Hereinafter, the moving hanger will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

The moving hanger 7 may include a hanger bar 71 having a hook groove 711 on which the hanger 9 is supported, and a support 73 supporting both ends of the hanger bar 71.

In this case, the support portion 73 is provided to penetrate the upper end of the receiving portion (2) is preferably provided with an elastic material, the hanger bar 71 is connected to both ends of the support portion 73 It is preferably located inside the receiving portion 2.

On the other hand, the moving hanger 7 may further include a driving unit for horizontally reciprocating the hanger bar 71. Here, 'horizontal reciprocating motion' means that the hanger bar reciprocates in the x-y plane, and the reciprocating motion along the x axis or the reciprocating motion along the y axis will be an example.

However, although a specific driving example is not disclosed herein, the driving unit may be configured to reciprocate along the z axis.

The driving unit includes a motor 75 for providing rotational power, a power conversion unit 79 (see FIG. 4) for converting the rotational power provided from the motor 75 into a horizontal reciprocating motion of the hanger bar 51, and the motor. The power transmission unit 77 for transmitting the power provided from the 75 to the power conversion unit 79 and the frame 72 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the receiving unit 2 to support the above-described components It may include.

Looking at the driving unit with reference to Figure 4, the power transmission unit 77 is a driving pulley 771 provided in the motor 75, driven pulley 773 connected to the driving pulley and the belt 775, the It may be provided to include a rotating shaft 777 coupled to the center of the driven pulley.

In this case, the power conversion unit 79 is a shaft coupling portion 791 for coupling to the rotary shaft 777, a rotary arm 793 extending from the shaft coupling portion in a direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft, of the rotary arm Is provided at one end may include a slot inserting portion 795 to rotate about the rotation axis, the hanger bar 71 is provided to include a slot 713 is accommodated for the slot inserting portion 795 desirable.

The slot 713 may be provided in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar 71, or may be provided in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar.

If the slot is provided in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar the hanger bar will reciprocate along the y-axis of Figure 3, if the slot is provided in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar as shown in FIG. It will reciprocate along the x axis.

However, the motion of the hanger bar according to the length of the slot and the rotation radius relationship of the slot insertion unit 795 will be described later.

On the other hand, a bearing housing 78 for supporting the rotating shaft 777 between the shaft coupling portion 791 and the driven pulley 773 may be further provided, the power conversion unit 79 to the outside for aesthetics The conversion unit cover 715 may be further prevented from being exposed.

The moving hanger including the above configuration rotates the rotating pulley 773 coupled to the driven pulley because the driven pulley 773 rotates when the motor 75 rotates, and the slot inserting portion 795 has a predetermined diameter. Will do a circular motion.

As shown in Figure 5, the slot 713 provided in the hanger bar 71 may be provided to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the hanger bar 71, the length (L) is the rotational trajectory of the slot inserting portion 795 (O) may be provided to be longer than the diameter.

In this case, the slot 713 will be in a horizontal linear motion even if the slot insertion portion 795 is in a circular motion, so the hanger bar 71 coupled to the slot 713 will be in a horizontal linear motion. .

That is, the slot insertion portion 795 of the power converter 79 has a rotational track O indicated by a dotted line by the rotational power provided from the motor 75, and the slot 713 is the slot insertion portion Of the force F provided by the 795 is moved only by the force component (A) in parallel with the hanger bar 71, the hanger bar coupled to the slot is reciprocated along the x-axis.

On the other hand, the length (L) of the slot 713 may be provided smaller than the diameter of the rotation trajectory of the slot inserting portion (793). In this case, the hanger bar will reciprocate in the x-y plane rather than the x plane reciprocation or y plane reciprocation.

Figure 6 is a side view of the hanger provided in the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention, Figure 7 is a top side view of the hanger.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 6 and 7, the structure of the hanger provided in the laundry treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

The hanger 9 provided in the present invention may include a body 91 for supporting the inner top of the garment and a hook 93 for attaching and detaching the body to the hanger bar 71 of the moving hanger.

However, the hanger provided in the present invention is different from the general hanger is preferably provided so that the shape of both ends of the body is different or the mass of both ends are different. This is to improve the refresh performance of the clothing.

That is, according to the present invention, since the hanger bar of the moving hanger reciprocates in the accommodating part and the hanger 9 supported by the hanger bar also reciprocates in the accommodating part, the clothes drying, deodorizing, and wrinkle removal performance of the clothes is conventional. Superior to processing equipment

Furthermore, if the end of the hanger mass or the shape of the end of the hanger is made different, the hanger (9) during the reciprocating motion of the hanger bar can not only the reciprocating movement but also the movement of both ends by the mass difference between the two ends.

That is, the force provided by the reciprocating motion of the hanger bar is the same, but the masses of both ends of the hanger are different from each other, so the movement speeds of the both ends will be different.

Therefore, the feature that the mass at both ends or the shape at both ends of the hanger is further improved the performance of the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention.

6 (a) is a view showing an example of the hanger (9), the hanger (9) of the present invention may be provided with different shapes of the body 91 on the basis of the hook (93).

FIG. 6 (a) illustrates an embodiment in which the weight 95 is provided at one end of the body to induce irregular movement of both ends of the hanger, but both ends of the body 91 may be provided to have an asymmetric shape.

In other words, if the body having the same material is different in shape, the mass of both ends of the body 91 will be different, so the irregular movement of both ends of the hanger may be expected.

Further, the hanger is provided so that both ends of the body is the same shape on the basis of the hook, but may implement the above-described effect by having a weight having a different mass on each end of the body, respectively (see Fig. 6 (b)) .

Figure 7 shows the shape of the hook 93 provided on the hanger, it is preferable that the hook 93 is provided so that the width becomes narrower toward one end.

The hanger bar is supported by the hook 93 in the hook groove 711 to support the hanger (9), as described above, the hanger is different from the mass of both ends of the hook as shown in the arrow of Figure 7 (a) If both ends of the width (W1, W2) of 93 provided with each other will have an effect to facilitate the movement of both ends of the hanger.

The present invention may be practiced in various forms and is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Therefore, if the modified embodiment includes the components of the claims of the present invention will be seen as belonging to the scope of the present invention.

Clothes handling unit: 100 Cabinet: 1 Receptacle: 2
Door: 3 Shelf: 4 Feeder section: 5
Moving hanger: 7 Hangers: 9 Body: 91
Hook: 93 Weight: 95

Claims (11)

Receiving unit for receiving clothing;
A supply unit for supplying at least one of air or moisture into the accommodation portion;
A moving hanger having a hanger bar provided in the accommodation portion, and a driving portion for reciprocating the hanger bar in the accommodation portion;
And a hanger supported by the hanger bar, the both ends of which are asymmetrical movements during the reciprocating motion of the hanger bar. The method of claim 1,
The clothes hanger is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that the mass of both ends are different. The method of claim 2,
The hanger further comprises a hook detachable to the hanger bar, the clothes handling apparatus, characterized in that the left and right mass of the hanger based on the hook is different. The method of claim 2,
The clothes hanger is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that further provided with a weight having a predetermined mass at either end of the both ends. The method of claim 2,
The hanger is provided with a weight on each end of the clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that the weight has a different mass. The method of claim 1,
The hanger further comprises a hook detachable to the hanger bar, the clothes handling apparatus, characterized in that the left and right shape of the hanger asymmetric with respect to the hook. The method of claim 1,
The hanger bar further comprises a hook groove in which the hook is accommodated, wherein the width of the hook received in the hook groove is characterized in that the narrower or wider toward one end. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The moving hanger further comprises a support portion for elastically supporting the hanger bar such that the hanger bar is located inside the receiving portion. The method of claim 8,
The driving unit
A motor provided outside the receiving unit to generate a rotational force, a power conversion unit converting the rotational force provided from the motor to linearly reciprocate the hanger bar, and a power transmitting the rotational force provided from the motor to the power conversion unit. Clothing processing apparatus comprising a delivery unit. 10. The method of claim 9,
The power transmission unit
And a drive pulley rotated by the motor, a driven pulley interlocked with the drive pulley and a belt roll, and a rotation shaft rotated by the driven pulley. The method of claim 10,
The power conversion unit
A shaft coupling portion connected to the rotary shaft, a rotary arm extending from the shaft coupling portion in a direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft, and a slot inserting portion provided at one end of the rotary arm to rotate about the rotary shaft,
The hanger bar further comprises a slot in which the slot insert is accommodated.

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