KR20190006337A - A multi-functional drying and storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a cabinet (100) for providing a compartment (110) inside; a dryer (200) in which a drum (210) is located; and a dehumidifying module connected with the cabinet (100) and the dryer (200). The dehumidifying module includes a blowing unit (350) for introducing air from the compartment (120) or the drum (210); and a heat exchanger (330) for exchanging heat with introduced air to dehumidify the air, all of which constitute a multi-functional drying and storage system. The present invention is capable of solving problems of garment damage, generation of environmental hormone, and decrease of equipment longevity.

Description

[0001] A multi-functional drying and storage system [0002]

The present invention relates to a multifunctional dry storage system which includes both a dryer and a cabinet, is equipped with a dehumidification module and a humidification module, and can perform a drying operation with low-temperature dry air.

In a wardrobe, a cabinet or a clothes manager, which is a kind of cabinet that houses clothes, quilts, various household goods and the like, it is possible to prevent pollutants such as dust and odorous substances Steam is used to remove wrinkles and improve wrinkles.

When the steam is sprayed directly to the clothes or the like in the cabinet, the water molecules of the steam evaporate together with the contaminants or odor substances, thereby removing pollutants or odor substances, and at the same time, the wrinkles are improved.

Here, "steam " is a gas which is sprayed in a gas form through a high-pressure nozzle or the like at a high temperature of about 100 degrees centigrade.

However, when steam is used, it is reported that damage occurs in clothes or the like, which is a problem.

For example, when high temperature steam or high temperature / high pressure steam is directly sprayed on sensitive clothing, the material may be damaged. For example, when water molecules generated by steam are sprayed at room temperature and then condensed, water droplets are formed. If dehumidification is not effectively performed, water droplets remain in the clothes. If this state is maintained for a long time, Lt; / RTI >

In addition, there is a concern that environmental hormones are generated when steam is directly sprayed on a plastic toy or a plastic part of clothes. High temperature steam also reduces the life of the equipment.

On the other hand, there has been developed a dryer having a drum for the purpose of drying laundry, and there is an attempt to use it with a cabinet.

Korean Patent No. 10-0595234, Korean Patent No. 10-0672501, and Korean Patent No. 10-0710293 disclose a washing apparatus in which a cabinet is positioned on the upper side and a dryer is positioned on the lower side.

However, in the above-described conventional technique, hot air, which is high-temperature dry air, is generated using a heater, and a drying operation is performed. In addition, since steam is used in a separate refreshing step, And environmental hormones are generated, and the service life of the equipment is lowered.

In addition, since the hot air flows downward from the upper side of the cabinet, a rectangular area in which the hot air does not reach in the cabinet is generated, so that the drying effect is not excellent. For example, when wearing large clothing such as a coat, the shoulder portion may not be dried.

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent No. 10-0595234

(Patent Document 2) Korean Patent No. 10-0672501

(Patent Document 3) Korean Patent No. 10-0710293

(Patent Document 4) Korean Patent No. 10-0672491

(Patent Document 5) Korean Patent No. 10-1443316

(Patent Document 6) Korean Patent No. 10-1498035

(Patent Document 7) Korean Patent No. 10-1083106

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

Specifically, when a cabinet and a dryer are used at the same time, it is intended to solve the problem of damaging clothing, environmental hormone generation, and equipment life degradation which can give hot air or steam.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cabinet including: a cabinet (100) for providing a compartment (110) inside; A dryer 200 in which the drum 210 is located; And a dehumidifying module communicating with the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200. The dehumidifying module includes a blowing unit 350 for introducing air from the receiving unit 120 or the drum 210; And a heat exchanger (330) for exchanging heat with the introduced air to dehumidify the multifunctional dry storage system.

The upper portion of the dryer 200 may be provided with an upper blowing portion 150 for convection of the air introduced into the dryer 200 by the blowing portion 350.

The dehumidification module further includes a first flow path 313 through which air flows into the heat exchanger 330; And a second flow path 323 through which the air flows out from the heat exchanger 330.

In addition, the air introduced from the first flow path 313 flows into the heat exchanger 330 by the blow-in unit 350 to generate low-temperature dry air after the dehumidification, (350) to the second flow path (323).

It is preferable that the receiving part 110 is provided with an inlet 118 and an outlet 119 connected to the flow path through which the dehumidifying module is connected and the filter member is positioned in the outlet 119.

The drum 210 communicates with the dehumidifying module through the drum discharge path 311 and the drum inflow path 321. The discharge port 119 communicates with the discharge path 312, The discharge passage 312 is combined with the drum discharge passage 311 to form the first passage 313 and the inlet 118 communicates with the storage portion inlet passage 322, 322 may be combined with the drum inflow path 321 to form the second flow path 323.

Further, it is preferable that the flow path changing member 320 is positioned at a portion where the containing portion inlet flow path 322 and the drum inflow path 321 are combined.

It is preferable that the dry air introduced into the second flow path 323 flows selectively into the storage inflow passage 322 or the drum inflow passage 323 by the operation of the passage changing member 320 Do.

In addition, it is preferable that the filtration part 317 is disposed in the first flow path 313.

The dehumidification module may further include a compressor (340) for supplying compressed air to the heat exchanger (330).

In addition, the compressor 340 is preferably a linear compressor.

The dehumidifying module further includes a condensate drainage passage 339 for receiving condensed water of the heat exchanger 330. The drum 210 is rotatably disposed inside the drum housing 212, The drum drainage passage 219 is located at one side of the drainage passage 212 and the condensate drainage passage 339 and the drum drainage passage 219 are merged.

Further, it is preferable to further include a humidification module that communicates with the storage unit 110.

In addition, the humidification module may include a humidifying filter 435 through which air introduced from the storage unit 120 passes to generate humidifiers; And a jetting part 433 for jetting water to the humidifying filter 435. [

The condensed water in the heat exchanger 330 is stored in the water tank 434 and the water sprayed in the water tank 434 is sprayed to the humidifying filter 435.

The humidifying module may be configured to humidify the humidifying filter 435 by introducing air from the housing 120 toward the humidifying filter 435 and flowing the humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 to the housing 120. [ It is preferable to further include the rich portion 436.

The humidification module further includes a humidifying discharge path 432 and a humidifying air inflow path 437 for communicating the storage part 120 with the humidification module. It is preferable that a humidifying outlet 431 connected to the discharge passage 432 is located and a humidifier inlet 438 connected to the humidifier inlet 437 is located and a filtering element is located in the humidifying outlet 431 .

The humidification module further includes a humidification discharge channel 432 for communicating the first channel 313 with the humidification module. And a humidifier inflow passage 437 communicating with the second flow path 323 and the humidification module.

The air in the storage part 120 is introduced into the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313 and the humidification discharge flow path 432 by the air supply part 350, The humid air generated by the humidifier 435 may be introduced into the storage compartment 120 through the humidifier inflow path 437 and the second flow path 323 by the air inflow part 350.

The humidifying filter 435 may be detachably attached to the humidifying filter housing 370 on the first flow path 313.

The humidification filter 435 is installed in the humidifying filter housing 370 on the first flow path 313 so that the air in the receiving part 120 flows into the humidifying filter housing 370, The humidifying filter 435 is introduced into the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313 and the humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 is introduced into the storage part 120 through the second flow path 323 by the blow- It is preferable that it is introduced.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cabinet including: a cabinet (100) for providing a compartment (110) inside; A dryer 200 in which the drum 210 is located; A dehumidifying module communicating with the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200 to generate low-temperature dry air; And a humidifying module communicating with the cabinet 100 to generate a humidifier. The humidifying module includes an upper air supplying part 150 at an inner upper portion of the receiving part 110, And a flow path changing member (320) capable of selectively introducing the dry air of the drum (210) into the accommodating portion (110) or the drum (210).

According to the present invention, problems such as damage to clothing, generation of environmental hormones, and reduction in equipment life are solved by using only a low-temperature dry air without using a heater or hot air.

In addition, it is possible to implement various modes such as small laundry, big clothes, fine dust cleaning, and delicate care.

The humidification module may be provided as a separate module from the dehumidification module. However, by using the dehumidification module and the flow path or the fan in common, the noise is reduced and the possibility of failure is small.

It is possible to reuse the condensed water, so that the user does not need to frequently fill the water tank or collect the condensed water.

1 schematically shows a perspective view of a multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 schematically shows a state in which the cabinet door and the dryer door are opened in the multifunctional dry storage system shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the multifunctional dry storage system shown in FIG. 1, viewed from the rear, showing a state in which the exterior is removed for internal component explanation.
4A-4C are fluid flow diagrams illustrating a first embodiment of a multifunctional dry containment system in accordance with the present invention.
Figures 5A-5C are fluid flow diagrams illustrating a second embodiment of a multifunctional dry containment system in accordance with the present invention.
6A to 6C are fluid flow diagrams illustrating a third embodiment of a multifunctional dry storage system in accordance with the present invention.

Hereinafter, a multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1.1 Explanation of the overall structure of multifunctional dry storage system

1 and 2, the configuration of a multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be schematically described.

The multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention includes a cabinet (100) and a dryer (200).

Although the cabinet 100 is shown as being disposed above the dryer 200, other embodiments are possible in which they are arranged opposite or arranged side by side.

A receiving portion 110 for accommodating various products including clothes and the like is provided inside the cabinet 100. The user can access the storage unit 110 by opening the cabinet door 120 using the handle 121. [

A display portion 125 is located on an outer surface of the cabinet door 120. The display unit 125 displays an operation state of the multifunctional dry storage system including the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200. The user can input various operation modes to be described later through the display unit 125. [

A hanger 130 is disposed inside the housing 110 so as to cross the housing 110. The hanger 130 may be mounted with a general hanger, or an air shot hanger 140 may be mounted. The airshot hanger 140 is a hanger which adopts a method in which a wind blown from the inside of the clothes is blown by a wind introduced from a blow-in part 350 or the like to be described later flowing inside the hanger.

On the inner side of the cabinet door 120, a trouser hanger 128 may further be positioned.

The dryer 200 includes a drum 210 in which a garment is received and rotatable. The user can access the drum 210 using the dryer door 125. [

1.2 Description of mechanism of multifunctional dry storage system

3, a mechanism for driving the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200 of the multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be described.

An upper air supply part 150 is provided on the upper side of the storage part 110 inside the cabinet 100. The upper air supply portion 150 may function to help convection when the low temperature dry air or the humidifier is introduced and may operate independently from the dehumidifying module or the humidification module to circulate air inside the storage portion 110 It can also function to remove dust. For the latter function, a ventilating part other than the upper air supply part 150 may be further provided on the rear surface or the side surface of the cabinet 100 in the housing part 110. [

To rotate the drum 210 of the dryer 200, a power unit 360 such as a rotary motor is connected to the drum 210 by a rotary belt 361. Other methods for rotating the drum 210 are possible, for example, a method in which the power is directly coupled to the drum 210. [

A heat exchanger 330 for generating low temperature dry air introduced into the drum 110 of the cabinet 100 and the drum 210 of the dryer 200 and a heat exchanger 330 for supplying compressed air to the heat exchanger 330 A compressor 340 is further provided. The compressor 340 may be a linear compressor, but other types of compressors are also possible.

And a blowing unit 350 for blowing out the air inside the housing 110 or the drum 210 and allowing the generated low temperature dry air to flow into the housing 110 or the drum 210. The blowing unit 350 may be a sirocco fan, but other types of blowing units are also possible.

Further, a flow path changing member 320 for controlling such air flow is further provided.

The discharge port 350 is connected to the discharge port 110 through the discharge port 322 and connected to the drum 210 through the drum discharge flow path 321.

The specific air flow will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 4A to 6C.

1.3 Flow path of multifunctional dry storage system - First embodiment

4A to 4C, a first embodiment of a multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be described.

The multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention comprises a dehumidifying module and a humidifying module.

The dehumidification module provides low temperature dry air to the receiving portion 110 of the cabinet 100 and the drum 210 of the dryer 200. To this end, the air inside the storage part 110 and the drum 210 flows to the dehumidification module, and the low-temperature dry air generated in the dehumidification module is supplied again to the storage part 110 and the drum 210. There is provided a passage changing member 320 for determining which of the accommodating portion 100 and the drum 210 flows.

The humidification module provides a humidifier inside the housing part 110 of the cabinet 100. To this end, the air inside the storage part 110 flows to the humidification module, and the humidifier generated in the humidification module is supplied to the inside of the storage part 110 again.

The drum 210 rotates in the drum housing 212 and a plurality of water outflow holes 211 are positioned on the inner surface of the drum 210 to remove moisture generated during the drying process of clothes, Flows out to the housing 212, and drained through the drum drainage path 219. The water drained into the drum drainage path 219 may be drained out of the multifunctional dry storage system or may be combined with a condensate drainage path 339 to be described later and drained together with the condensed water.

The dehumidifying module and the humidifying module will be described in detail.

The dehumidification module includes a heat exchanger (330), a compressor (340) and a blower (350).

The heat exchanger 330 generates heat at a low temperature by exchanging heat with the air introduced by the air supply unit 350 and discharges the air into the storage unit 110 or the drum 210 by using the air supply unit 350. Heat exchange is performed without using a separate heater to generate low-temperature dry air. In this process, the heat exchanger 330 receives the compressed air from the compressor 340, and the condensed water generated in the heat exchange process is drained to the outside through the condensed water drain line 339.

The dehumidification module includes a first flow path 313 through which air flows into the heat exchanger 330 and a second flow path 323 through which the low temperature dry air generated in the heat exchanger 330 flows out. That is, the air inside the storage part 110 and the drum 210 is introduced into the heat exchanger 330 through the first flow path 313 by the air flow part 350, and the low- To the inside of the storage unit 110 or the drum 210 through the second flow path 323. [

The discharge port 119 is provided in the storage part 110 and the discharge port 119 communicates with the discharge part discharge path 312 and the discharge part discharge path 312 communicates with the first flow path 313 again. That is, the receiving portion 110 communicates with the dehumidifying module through the receiving portion discharge pathway 312 and the first pathway 313, and the inside air flows to the dehumidifying module.

It is preferable that the filtration member is located in the discharge port 119 to prevent the foreign matter such as dust from entering the dehumidification module from the clothes or the like stored inside the storage portion 110. [

The inlet portion 118 is connected to the inlet portion 322 of the housing portion and the inlet portion 322 of the housing portion is communicated with the second flow portion 323 again . That is, the storage part 110 communicates with the dehumidification module through the storage part inlet flow path 322 and the second flow path 323, and the low-temperature dry air is supplied to the storage part 110.

The drum 210 is communicated with the drum discharge passage 311 and the drum discharge passage 311 is communicated with the first passage 313. [ That is, the drum 210 communicates with the dehumidification module through the drum discharge passage 311 and the first passage 313, so that the air inside the drum 210 flows to the dehumidification module.

It is preferable that the filtration part 317 is located in the first flow path 313 because foreign matter may be introduced into the clothes accommodated inside the drum 210. [

The drum 210 is communicated with the drum inflow passage 321 and the drum inflow passage 321 is communicated with the second passage 323. [ That is, the drum 210 communicates with the dehumidification module through the drum inflow passage 321 and the second passage 323, and the low-temperature dry air is supplied to the drum 210.

In other words, the receiving portion discharge passage 312 is combined with the drum discharge passage 311 to form the first passage 313, and the receiving portion inlet passage 322 is coupled with the drum inlet passage 321, Two flow paths 323 are formed.

On the other hand, the flow path changing member 320 is positioned at a portion where the receiving portion inflow passage 322 and the drum inflow passage 321 are combined. The operation of the flow path changing member 320 allows the dry air introduced into the second flow path 323 in the dehumidification module to flow selectively to the receiving part 110 through the receiving part inflow path 322 or to the drum inflow path 323 to the drum 210.

4A shows a case in which the second flow path 323 is communicated with the drum inflow path 321 by the flow path changing member 320. Fig.

The air inside the drum 210 flows toward the drum discharge flow path 311 and the first flow path 313 by the blowing part 350. The foreign matter mixed in the air falling from the clothes or the like housed in the drum 210 is filtered in the filtering portion 317.

This air reaches the heat exchanger 330 and low-temperature dry air is generated. The condensate is discharged through the condensate drain line 339.

The low-temperature dry air is supplied to the inside of the drum 210 through the second flow path 323 and the drum inflow path 321 by the air flow-

The drum 210 is being rotated by the power unit 360, and the low-temperature dry air flows into the rotating drum 210, so that the clothes and the like contained in the drum 210 are dried.

4B shows a case in which the second flow path 323 communicates with the accommodating portion inflow path 322 by the flow path changing member 320. As shown in Fig.

The air inside the storage part 110 flows through the discharge port 119 by the discharge part 350 and flows toward the discharge part discharge path 312 and the first flow path 313. The foreign matter mixed into the air falling from the clothes or the like housed in the accommodation portion 110 can be filtered once in the filtration member in the discharge port 119 and can be filtered again in the filtration portion 317 in the first flow path 313. [ So that it is doubly filtered.

Likewise, this air reaches the heat exchanger 330 and low-temperature dry air is generated. The condensate is discharged through the condensate drain line 339.

The low-temperature dry air is supplied to the inside of the storage portion 110 again through the second flow path 323 and the storage portion inflow path 322 by the air flow-

The low temperature dry air supplied to the storage part 110 is largely convected in the space inside the storage part 110 with the help of the upper air supply part 150 on the upper side of the storage part 110.

The humidification module includes a humidifying filter 435, a jetting section 433, and a water tank 434. [

The jetting section 433 injects the water in the water tank 434 into the humidifying filter 435 so as to wet the humidifying filter 435. Accordingly, a humidifier is generated in the process of air passing through the humidifying filter 435.

In another embodiment, the condensed water generated by the heat exchange action of the heat exchanger 330 may be stored in the water tank 434 and supplied to the humidifying filter 435.

In the first embodiment, the humidification module has a separate flow path and a blower portion.

The humidifying module may include a humidifying blower 436 so that the humidifying blower 436 inflows air from the housing 120 toward the humidifying filter 435 and the humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 And flows into the accommodating portion 120.

The humidification module includes a humidification discharge flow path 432 and a humidifying air inflow path 437 that communicate with the storage section 120 and the humidification module. For this purpose, a humidifying discharge port 431 connected to the humidifying discharge path 432 is disposed separately from the discharge port 119 and a humidifier inlet port 438 connected to the humidifier inflow path 437 is also connected to the inlet port 118, Respectively.

For the purpose similar to the outlet 119, it is preferred that the filter element is located in the humidifying outlet 431.

The air inside the housing 110 flows through the humidifying discharge port 431 by the humidifying blower 436 and flows toward the humidifying discharge flow path 432 as shown in FIG. The air that has flowed through the humidifying filter 435 becomes a humidifier and is again supplied to the inside of the storage unit 110 through the humidifier inflow passage 437 and the humidifier inflow port 438 by the humidifying inflow portion 436.

The air supplied to the inside of the storage part 110 is largely convected in the inner space of the storage part 110 with the help of the upper air supply part 150 on the upper side of the storage part 110.

1.4 Flow path of multifunctional dry storage system - Second embodiment

5A to 5C, a second embodiment of the multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be described.

The second embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment in the humidification module. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the method of supplying the low-temperature dry air to the drum 210 and the method of supplying the low-temperature dry air to the housing 110 are common to the first embodiment. Description of the parts common to those of the first embodiment will be omitted.

Referring to Fig. 5C, the humidification module of the second embodiment will be described.

The humidification module of the second embodiment does not directly communicate with the housing part 110 but uses the common channel of the dehumidification module. There is no separate humidifying air blowing unit, and the humidifier flows by the blowing unit 350 of the dehumidifying module.

The humidification module of the second embodiment includes a humidification discharge flow path 432 for humidifying the humidification module and the first flow path 313 and a humidifier inflow path 437 for communicating the humidification module with the second flow path 323 .

The air in the storage part 120 flows into the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313 and the humidifying discharge flow path 432 by the airflow supplying part 350 to generate a humidifier.

The humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 is again introduced into the storage unit 120 through the humidifier inflow path 437 and the second flow path 323 by the blowing unit 350.

1.5 Flow path of multifunctional dry storage system - Third embodiment

6A to 6C, a third embodiment of the multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention will be described.

The third embodiment of the present invention is also different from the first and second embodiments in the humidification module. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the method of supplying the low-temperature dry air to the drum 210 and the method of supplying the low-temperature dry air to the housing 110 are common to the first and second embodiments. Descriptions of common parts with those of the first and second embodiments are omitted.

The humidification module of the third embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 6C.

A humidifying filter housing 370 in which the humidifying filter 435 can be attached and detached is provided in the first flow path 313 of the dehumidifying module and the humidifying filter 435 is provided only in the humidifying filter housing 370 As shown in Fig.

The humidification filter 435 is mounted on the humidifying filter housing 370 on the first flow path 313. The air in the storage part 120 is supplied to the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313, (435) and a humidifier is generated.

The humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 is again introduced into the storage unit 120 through the second flow path 323 by the blowing unit 350.

When moisture is to be supplied to the humidifying filter 435, water is supplied from the outside of the humidifying filter housing 370 by the operation of the water tub 434 and the jetting section 433.

2. Operating mode of multi-functional dry storage system

The multifunctional dry storage system according to the present invention comprises a dryer (200) and a cabinet (100) operated by a single mechanical device, and the characteristics are different.

The dryer 200 is a part for hanging clothes on hangers and naturally drying using clothes air at low temperatures convecting the clothes stored thereon. Thus, it is possible to remove dust hairs and deodorization, to prevent creasing, and also to hold the clothes. It is possible to care for delicate clothes by the introduction of moisturizer.

The cabinet 100 is a part for forcibly drying low-temperature dry air while rotating the drum in which the clothes are housed, which may cause creasing, but a small amount of clothes can be quickly dried.

Accordingly, it is possible to implement various operating modes by combining the functions of the dryer 200 and the cabinet 100. Several operating modes are illustratively described.

2.1 First Mode - Small Laundry Drying Mode

A dryer 200 may be used to dry a small amount of clothing such as small laundry. The inlet port 118 and the outlet port 119 are closed and the flow path changing member 320 is in communication with the inlet flow path 322 and the second flow path 323 because the clothes may already be stored in the storage section 110. [ Thereby preventing the drying air from flowing into the accommodating portion 110. [0050]

When the user puts the clothes on the drum 210 and activates the "small laundry drying mode" through the display unit 125, the heat exchanger 330 and the airflow 350 are operated to generate low temperature dry air.

The drum 210 is rotated by the power unit 360 and the low temperature dry air flows into the drum 210. The humidified air is brought into contact with the clothes containing the introduced air by the fan unit 350, Respectively. In this process, the clothes accommodated in the drum 210 are dried.

2.2 Second Mode - Big Clothes Drying Mode

The cabinet 100 may be used rather than the dryer 200 in order to dry large clothes such as large clothes, or large amounts of laundry. The flow path changing member 320 communicates the receiving portion inlet flow path 322 and the second flow path 323 so that the drying air flows into the receiving portion 110. [

When the user places the clothes in the storage unit 110 and activates the "large clothes drying mode" through the display unit 125, the heat exchanger 330 and the airflow 350 are operated to generate low-temperature dry air .

The low temperature dry air flows into the storage part 110 and the humidity-increased air is brought into contact with the clothes to which the inflow air is attached, and then the air is introduced into the heat exchanger 330 again by the blowing part 350. In this process, the clothes stored in the storage unit 110 are dried.

2,3 Third Mode - Clothing Care Mode

The drying and humidifying steps can be alternately performed by operating the dehumidifying module and the humidifying module by using the cabinet 100 in order to dry clothes which can be easily damaged or to manage garments having bad odor or contamination degree have.

In the drying step, dust or the like is dropped or clothes are dried.

In the humidifying step, odor particles or contaminants may be contained in the humidifier and removed. Thereafter, the drying step is carried out again to dry the clothes wetted with the wetting agent.

Especially, since there is no use of high temperature air such as steam, there is less concern about clothing damage and environmental hormone does not occur.

When the user puts the clothes in the storage unit 110 and operates the "clothes care mode" through the display unit 125, the heat exchanger 330 and the air flow unit 350 are operated to generate low-temperature dry air, The clothes stuck in the storage unit 100 are dried by the same principle as in the " large clothes drying mode ".

When the drying step is finished, the humidifying module is operated to perform the humidifying step.

The air inside the storage part 110 flows into the humidifying filter 435 by the humidifying airflow part 436 and the humidifier is generated in this process and the generated humidifier is introduced into the inside of the storage part 110 again. In this process, foreign matter such as malodorous substances contained in clothing or the like can be removed again.

Next, a drying step by the dehumidification module may be performed again, and the humidification step and the drying step may be repeatedly performed a plurality of times.

2.4 Fourth mode - Fine dust removal mode

When it is desired to simply dust off fine dust without drying clothes or the like, the ventilation part of the storage part 110 can be used without using the dehumidifying module or the humidifying module by using the cabinet 100.

When the wearer places the clothes on the storage unit 110 and operates the "fine dust removing mode" through the display unit 125, the user operates only the blowing unit inside the storage unit 110. [ The air blowing unit may be an upper air blowing unit 150, or may include other air blowing units provided on the side or rear of the storage unit 110 as described above.

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. It will be appreciated that embodiments are possible. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the claims.

100: Cabinet
110:
118: inlet
119: Outlet
120: Cabinet door
121: Handle
125:
128: Pants Hanger
130: Hanger
140: Air Shot Hanger
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200: dryer
210: Drums
211: Outlet
212: drum housing
215: dryer door
219: Drum drainage
311: drum discharge flow path
312: discharge port discharge port
313: First Euro
320: channel change member
321: Drum inlet flow path
322: Inlet portion inlet flow path
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330: heat exchanger
339: Condensate drain
340: compressor
350:
360: Power unit
361: Rotating belt
370: Humidification filter housings
431: Outlet for humidification
432: Exhaust flow path for humidification
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434: aquarium
435: Humidification filter
436:
437: Moisture inflow channel
438: Moisture inlet

Claims (22)

A cabinet 100 for providing a receiving portion 110 inside;
A dryer 200 in which the drum 210 is located; And
And a dehumidification module communicating with the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200,
The dehumidification module may include a blowing unit 350 for introducing air from the accommodating unit 120 or the drum 210; And
And a heat exchanger (330) for exchanging heat with the introduced air to dehumidify.
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method according to claim 1,
The upper part of the inside of the dryer 200 is provided with an upper air supplying part 150 for convecting the air introduced into the dryer 200 by the air supplying part 350.
Multifunctional dry storage system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The dehumidifying module includes:
A first flow path 313 through which air flows into the heat exchanger 330; And
And a second flow path (323) through which the air flows out from the heat exchanger (330)
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method of claim 3,
The air introduced from the first flow path 313 is introduced into the heat exchanger 330 by the airflow channel 350 and is then dehumidified to generate low temperature dry air, The second flow path 323,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method of claim 3,
The housing part 110 is provided with an inlet port 118 and an outlet port 119 connected to the flow path through which the dehumidifying module is connected,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
6. The method of claim 5,
The drum 210 communicates with the dehumidifying module through the drum discharge passage 311 and the drum inlet passage 321,
The discharge port 119 is communicated with the discharge port discharge path 312 and the discharge port discharge path 312 is coupled with the drum discharge path 311 to form the first flow path 313,
The inlet port 118 communicates with the inlet port 322 and the inlet port 322 with the drum inlet flow path 321 forms the second flow path 323,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method according to claim 6,
The flow path changing member 320 is positioned at a portion where the receiving portion inlet flow path 322 and the drum inlet flow path 321 are combined,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
8. The method of claim 7,
The dry air introduced into the second flow path 323 selectively flows into the storage inflow passage 322 or the drum inflow passage 323 by the operation of the passage changing member 320,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method of claim 3,
And the filtration unit 317 is located in the first flow path 313,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method according to claim 1,
The dehumidifying module includes:
Further comprising a compressor (340) providing compressed air to the heat exchanger (330)
Multifunctional dry storage system.
11. The method of claim 10,
The compressor 340 is a linear compressor,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
The method according to claim 1,
The dehumidification module further includes a condensate drain line (339) for receiving condensate of the heat exchanger (330)
The drum 210 is rotatably positioned inside the drum housing 212,
A drum drainage passage 219 is located at one side of the drum housing 212,
The condensate drainage passage 339 and the drum drainage passage 219 are connected to each other,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
12. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 11,
Further comprising a humidification module communicating with the housing part (110)
Multifunctional dry storage system.
14. The method of claim 13,
The humidification module includes:
A humidifying filter (435) through which air introduced from the storage part (120) passes to generate a humidifier; And
And a jetting section (433) for jetting water to the humidifying filter (435)
Multifunctional dry storage system.
15. The method of claim 14,
The condensed water in the heat exchanger (330) is stored in the water tank (434)
The jetting unit 433 jetting the water stored in the water tank 434 to the humidifying filter 435,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
15. The method of claim 14,
The humidification module includes:
And further includes a humidifying inflow portion 436 for inflowing air from the storage portion 120 toward the humidifying filter 435 and flowing the humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 to the storage portion 120 doing,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
17. The method of claim 16,
The humidification module includes:
Further comprising a humidification discharge flow path (432) and a humidifying air inflow path (437) for communicating the storage section (120) with the humidification module,
The humidifying discharge port 431 connected to the humidifying discharge path 432 is located in the storage part 120 and the humidifier inlet 438 connected to the humidifier inflow path 437 is located.
And the filter member is located in the humidification outlet (431)
Multifunctional dry storage system.
15. The method of claim 14,
The humidification module includes:
A humidification discharge flow path 432 for communicating the first flow path 313 with the humidification module; And
Further comprising a humidifier inflow passage (437) communicating with the second flow path (323) and the humidification module,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
19. The method of claim 18,
The air in the storage part 120 is introduced into the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313 and the humidification discharge flow path 432 by the air supply part 350,
The humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 is introduced into the storage compartment 120 through the humidifier inflow path 437 and the second flow path 323 by the inflow part 350,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
15. The method of claim 14,
The humidifying filter 435 is detachable to the humidifying filter housing 370 on the first flow path 313,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
21. The method of claim 20,
In a state where the humidifying filter 435 is mounted on the humidifying filter housing 370 on the first flow path 313,
The air in the storage part 120 is introduced into the humidifying filter 435 through the first flow path 313 by the air supply part 350,
The humidifier generated by the humidifying filter 435 is introduced into the storage unit 120 through the second flow path 323 by the airflow supply unit 350,
Multifunctional dry storage system.
A cabinet 100 for providing a receiving portion 110 inside;
A dryer 200 in which the drum 210 is located;
A dehumidifying module communicating with the cabinet 100 and the dryer 200 to generate low-temperature dry air; And
And a humidification module communicating with the cabinet (100) to generate a humidifier,
An upper air supply part 150 is provided in the upper part of the inside of the storage part 110,
The dehumidifying module includes a flow path changing member (320) capable of selectively introducing the low-temperature dry air generated by the dehumidifying module into either the accommodating portion (110) or the drum (210)
Multifunctional dry storage system.

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