KR20140135343A - The pasteurizing apparatus for clothes - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clothes disinfection apparatus capable of disinfecting bacteria existing in clothes without damaging clothes by using atmospheric plasma. The clothes disinfection apparatus according to the present invention comprises: Processing; A garment hanger installed across the inside of the treatment compartment; A circulation unit installed in the treatment chamber and forcibly circulating gas inside the treatment chamber; An ozone generator installed in communication with the treatment chamber to generate ozone to supply the ozone to the treatment chamber; An oxygen supply unit communicating with the ozone generator and supplying oxygen to the ozone generator; And an ozone removal unit for destroying ozone in the treatment chamber and discharging the ozone to the outside.

Description

APPARATUS FOR CLOTHES

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a garment disinfection apparatus, and more particularly, to a garment disinfection apparatus capable of sterilizing bacteria existing in clothes without damaging clothing using atmospheric pressure plasma.

In the process of storing clothes, bacteria frequently reproduce due to moisture or pollutants in clothes. Therefore, in order to prevent this, there is a case where a hygroscopic agent or a sterilizing agent is stored together in the closet, but the sterilizing work for the clothes can not be performed.

On the other hand, clothes worn by medical workers in hospitals are exposed to many bacteria due to the nature of their occupation. In recent years, reports have been reported that lethal bacteria, which cause many infectious diseases, are transmitted by doctors' gowns and the like.

Therefore, the garments of these specialists are required to be more thoroughly sterilized, but the appropriate technology has not been developed.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a clothes sterilizing apparatus capable of sterilizing germs present in clothes without damaging the clothes using atmospheric plasma.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for sterilizing clothes comprising: a processing chamber for forming a predetermined closed space inside; A garment hanger installed across the inside of the treatment compartment; A circulation unit installed in the treatment chamber and forcibly circulating gas inside the treatment chamber; An ozone generator installed in communication with the treatment chamber to generate ozone to supply the ozone to the treatment chamber; An oxygen supply unit communicating with the ozone generator and supplying oxygen to the ozone generator; And an ozone removal unit for destroying ozone in the treatment chamber and discharging the ozone to the outside.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the circulation unit is a blower installed on the upper side of the processing compartment and blowing gas from the upper side to the lower side of the processing compartment.

The ozone removing unit may further include: a hot gas generating unit installed on the outside of the processing chamber and heating the gas; A high temperature gas blowing unit connected to the high temperature gas generating unit and supplying a high temperature gas into the processing chamber at a high pressure; And an evacuation unit for evacuating the gas inside the treatment chamber to the outside.

It is preferable that the hot gas blowing unit is installed on the side of the treatment chamber and injects a high-temperature and high-temperature gas in the direction of the clothes placed in the treatment chamber.

It is also preferable that the oxygen supply unit has a structure for increasing the oxygen concentration by removing nitrogen in the air.

Further, it is preferable that the ozone generator generates ozone by using atmospheric plasma.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that ozone can be used to completely sterilize clothes without causing any damage to the clothes. Particularly, there is also an advantage of completely eliminating residual ozone after the sterilization operation is performed using ozone, thereby completely preventing the human body from being affected by residual ozone.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing a structure of a clothes sterilizing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
2 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of an ozone generator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

1, the garment disinfection apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a treatment container 10, a clothes rack 20, a circulation unit 70, an ozone generation unit 30, an oxygen supply unit 40, And an ozonizer (50).

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the treatment chamber 10 forms a predetermined closed space and provides a space for installing other components. The clothes sterilizing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has an overall shape, and has a gate (not shown) capable of carrying clothes in and out. The gate has a structure capable of opening and closing. During the sterilization of the clothes, the inside and the outside of the treatment chamber 10 are completely blocked so that the ozone gas inside the treatment chamber is prevented from leaking to the outside.

1, the garment hanger 20 is installed across the upper side of the treatment box 10 and is configured to receive the garment 80 to be sterilized in the treatment box 10 Element. In this embodiment, the garment hanger 20 may have a simple rod shape or may have other complicated structures.

In the case 10, a mounting groove (not shown) is formed for easily mounting the clothes hanger 20, and the clothes hanger 20 itself is treated with clothes 10) It is possible to have a structure that can bring in and out from outside. Meanwhile, the clothes hanger 20 may have a structure capable of horizontally moving to the outside of the treatment box 10 by the linear guide. If the clothes hanger 20 has such a structure, the process of loading and unloading the clothes 80 to be treated in the treatment box 10 becomes easy.

1, the circulation unit 70 is installed inside the treatment chamber 10 and is a component for forcibly circulating gas inside the treatment chamber 10. That is, the circulation unit 70 circulates ozone supplied into the treatment chamber 10 by the ozone generation unit 30 to penetrate all portions of the clothes 80 hung on the clothes hanger 20 Thereby completely sterilizing the clothes.

Therefore, the circulation unit 70 may have various structures that can circulate gas inside the treatment chamber 10. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the circulation unit 70 may be installed above the treatment chamber 10 And an air blower for blowing gas from the upper side to the lower side of the treatment case 10. Particularly, as shown in FIG. 1, the blower blows gas uniformly through the space between the plurality of clothes 80 hung on the clothes hanger 20, It is preferable to have a structure which is installed and can uniformly blow the gas in the downward direction.

Next, as shown in FIG. 1, the ozone generator 30 is connected to the treatment chamber 10 and generates ozone to supply the ozone to the treatment chamber. The ozone generated in the ozone generator 30 sterilizes the clothes loaded in the treatment chamber 10. In this embodiment, the ozone generating unit 30 may have various structures capable of generating ozone gas, and it is preferable that ozone is generated using atmospheric pressure plasma.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, a plasma generating part formed by placing two electrodes 32 in parallel and a power supplying part 24, and a power source having a predetermined voltage is connected to a power source And is supplied via the supply part 24 to generate a plasma between the two electrodes 32. At this time, the electrode 32 is preferably composed of a dielectric-integrated electrode.

Further, the plasma generating unit may include only two electrodes, but a plurality of electrodes may be arranged in parallel at predetermined intervals to form a plurality of spaces in which plasma is generated. In this way, the amount of plasma generated and the strength of the plasma become stronger, so that stronger sterilizing power can be obtained.

Oxygen is supplied and moved between the electrodes, and oxygen is converted into plasma by the voltage applied to both electrodes. At this time, since the voltage applied to both electrodes is not so high, ozone (O 3) is generated mostly by using the general oxygen as a raw material, and a gas containing a part of radical is generated. These radicals have a very short lifetime and are easily converted into stable gases such as oxygen by heat.

The oxygen supply unit 40 is connected to the ozone generation unit 30 and supplies oxygen to the ozone generation unit 30. The oxygen supply unit may be an oxygen tank, or may be an apparatus for generating nitrogen by removing nitrogen from general air.

Next, the ozone removing unit 50 is a component for destroying ozone in the treatment chamber 10 and discharging it to the outside. Since the ozone gas used for sterilizing clothes in the treatment case 10 has a very short life span that can remain in the air, it may be harmful to the human body. Therefore, It is to remove ozone surely before.

The ozone removing unit 50 may include a hot gas generating unit 52, a hot gas blower 54, and an exhaust unit 56 as shown in FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the high-temperature gas generating unit 52 is installed outside the process chamber 10 and is a component for heating the substrate. Because ozone is weak against heat, it is easily destroyed by heat. Therefore, the high temperature gas generating unit 52 generates a high temperature gas.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hot gas generated by the hot gas feeder 54 is supplied to the inside of the treatment chamber 10, The ozone remaining in the clothes is completely destroyed and removed. At this time, the hot gas feed-in part 54 is installed in a direction opposite to the circulation part 70, that is, in the lower part of the processing case 10, It is preferable to inject gas.

Next, the exhaust part 56 is a component for discharging the gas inside the treatment chamber 10 to the outside. The ozone gas which may be left in the treatment chamber 10 by the exhaust part 56 and the gas which may be generated in the process of sterilizing the clothes are completely exhausted to the outside. The exhaust part 56 may further include a high temperature part (not shown) capable of removing ozone which may be present in the gas discharged to the outside through the exhaust part 56.

1: Apparatus for sterilizing clothes according to an embodiment of the present invention
10: Processed 20: Clothes hanger
30: ozone generating part 40: oxygen supplying part
50: ozone removing agent 70: circulation part
80: Clothing

Claims (6)

A processing chamber for forming a predetermined sealed space therein;
A garment hanger installed across the inside of the treatment compartment;
A circulation unit installed in the treatment chamber and forcibly circulating gas inside the treatment chamber;
An ozone generator installed in communication with the treatment chamber to generate ozone to supply the ozone to the treatment chamber;
An oxygen supply unit communicating with the ozone generator and supplying oxygen to the ozone generator;
And an ozone removing unit for destroying ozone in the treatment chamber and discharging the ozone to the outside. The apparatus according to claim 1,
And a blower for blowing gas from the upper side to the lower side of the treatment chamber, the blower being installed above the treatment chamber. The ozone removing apparatus according to claim 1,
A high-temperature gas generator installed outside the processing chamber and heating the substrate;
A high temperature gas blowing unit connected to the high temperature gas generating unit and supplying a high temperature gas into the processing chamber at a high pressure; And
And a discharge unit for discharging the gas inside the treatment chamber to the outside. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3,
And a high-temperature, high-temperature gas is injected in the direction of the clothes placed in the treatment chamber. The oxygen sensor according to claim 1,
And a structure for increasing the oxygen concentration by removing nitrogen in the air. The ozone generator according to claim 1,
Wherein atmospheric plasma is used to generate ozone.

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