KR20210068756A - Automatic dry machine for shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic drying machine for sneakers, in which sneakers washed by using a conventional washing tub are individually put into a dryer so that the sneakers are dried quickly by hot air. According to the present invention, the automatic drying machine for sneakers is partitioned, by partition walls mounted in a main body housing, into a heating chamber, a hot air supply chamber for guiding hot air supplied from the heating chamber to a predetermined path, and a drying chamber for hanging and maintaining each of sneakers. The heating chamber has a heater installed in a casing, the hot air supply chamber is provided with a blower and a duct horizontally arranged on the partition to be connected from the heating chamber to the drying chamber, and the drying chamber includes a hook on which each of sneakers can be turned inside out and hung, and first and second pipes for providing the hot air into the hook. Accordingly, since sneakers are dried while being individually turned inside out and hung in the drying room, interference between the sneakers is not generated, and hot air is simultaneously supplied to the inside and outside of the sneakers, and the hot air is concentrated while moisture is not stored inside the sneakers, thereby quickly and efficiently drying the sneakers.

Description

Automatic dry machine for shoes

The present invention relates to an automatic dryer for exclusive use of sports shoes, which is configured so that sneakers that have been washed using a conventional washing tank can be individually put into the dryer and dried quickly by hot air.

In order to clean sneakers at home, people usually use a method of hand washing with detergent applied to a brush, but this old method is quite cumbersome and requires a lot of labor and time.

In addition, there is a method of washing sneakers by attaching a separate auxiliary device to the washing tub of a washing machine for clothes used at home, but in this case, there is the inconvenience of having to remove and attach auxiliary devices every time the shoes are washed. Of course, the part that is covered by the auxiliary equipment is not washed well.

In consideration of this point, many types of washing machines for sports shoes have been developed and distributed. For example, the technology disclosed in Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-0107865 automatically washes the sneakers, so users' convenience can be promoted, but since the method of cleaning the inside of the sneakers is simply performed by the injection pressure of the washing liquid, it is reliable The cleaning effect cannot be expected.

Moreover, since the spray angle of the cleaning liquid cannot be adjusted, clean washing is not performed on the side where the cleaning liquid is not sprayed, and the inside is not washed evenly. The downside is that it cannot be cleaned thoroughly.

The technology disclosed in Patent Publication No. 2003-0084076, which was applied for in consideration of such several drawbacks, provides convenience by automatically washing the upper surface and the inside of the sneakers, as well as shortening the time by washing a number of sneakers at once. However, it is difficult to clean the curved part of the sneaker, and since the brush is mounted in a rotating type for washing, the rotational force causes the shoelace to be wound, which causes malfunction. is becoming

In addition, in the case of the automatic washing machine disclosed in Patent Registration No. 1215822 or No. 1333326, it is possible to wash sneakers by friction by providing a washing bristles inside the washing tub that rotates by a driving means or by radially attaching a bracket with washing bristles embedded in the drum However, there is a high possibility that the washing cap bracket will be separated due to the rotation and vibration of the drum, and the vibration or noise in the washing tub will be severely generated, as well as strong rotational force acting on the surface of the sneakers during the washing process. It has flaws that can cause damage.

On the other hand, since there is no drying function in the prior art as described above, there are inconveniences such as using natural light or using a separate dryer, and most of the sneaker dryers put washed sneakers in a drying room and forcibly supply hot air to dry them. taking a way to do it.

That is, in Korean Patent Publication Nos. 2003-0064929 and 2010-0113680, etc., sneakers are hung in the drying room so that they can be dried with hot air generated by heating the heater, but the hot air circulation in the drying room is not performed properly, and of course, sneakers There was a problem that the drying efficiency was lowered and a lot of time was required because moisture remained inside.

Patent Publication No. 2001-0107865 (published on Jan. 7, 2001) - Automatic shoe washing machine. Patent Publication No. 2003-0084076 (published on January 1, 2003) - Automatic shoe washing machine. Korean Patent Publication No. 2003-0064929 (published on Aug. 6, 2003) - Drying device for sneakers. Korean Patent Publication No. 2010-0113680 (published on October 22, 2010) - Sneaker drying-sterilizer. Registered Patent No. 1215822 (Registered on December 19, 2012) - Cylindrical automatic sneaker washer. Registered Patent No. 1333326 (Registered on November 20, 2013) - Automatic shoe washing machine.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic dryer exclusively for sneakers capable of simultaneously drying the inner and outer surfaces of sneakers that are individually put into a drying room in a state in which the shoes are washed. have.

In addition, according to the present invention, the amount of hot air supplied into the drying room can be appropriately adjusted, and the path can be controlled so that the hot air is intensively supplied only to the part where the sneakers are mounted, and the circulating air inside the humid dryer is kept inside and outside the sneakers. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic dryer exclusively for sports shoes that can dry sports shoes more quickly and efficiently by preventing them from being banned.

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides an automatic dryer for sports shoes that is configured to dry sports shoes by putting them into a main body housing, wherein a heating chamber and hot air supplied from the heating chamber are routed through partitions mounted in the main housing housing in a predetermined path. It is divided into a drying room for individually hanging and maintaining sneakers, including a hot air supply chamber for inducing to the furnace, and a heater installed in a casing is mounted in the heating chamber, and the hot air supply chamber is horizontal on the bulkhead so as to be connected from the heating chamber to the drying chamber. A blower and a duct arranged as a duct are provided, and in the drying room, a hook that can be hung upside down and the first and second pipes for providing hot air into the hook are installed and configured.

In addition, a horizontal damper and a vertical damper that slide by the operation of the motor are installed on one side of the duct to control the amount of hot air and at the same time to periodically discharge the moist internal circulating air to the outside. It can be configured to dry sneakers in time.

In addition, the hook is divided into an upper bracket and a lower bracket on which the upper bracket is seated, and an operation plate for opening and closing the tip of the second pipe according to whether the lever is rotated, including the lever, is installed on the lower bracket. It can be configured so that hot air is supplied from the hanger only when it is mounted.

According to the present invention, by drying in a state in which the shoes are individually turned upside down and hung on a plurality of cradles arranged in the drying room, interference between the sneakers and residual moisture do not occur inside the sneakers, and hot air is simultaneously blown to the inside and outside of the sneakers. Of course, the drying time can be greatly shortened by preventing the hot air from coming out of the hook where the sneakers are not hung.

In addition, by creating a separate hot air supply chamber, the amount of hot air supplied into the drying room can be appropriately adjusted, and the shoes can be placed without moisture, and the hot air is supplied to the inside of the hook where the sneakers are hung, making it faster and faster. You can dry your sneakers efficiently.

In addition, the amount of hot air supplied can be adjusted so that the inside of the sneaker is dried first in order to reduce the color change during drying of the sneaker.

1 is an exploded perspective view of a running shoe dryer-sterilizer disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 2010-0113680;
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the assembled state of Figure 1;
3 is a cross-sectional view of the assembled state of FIG. 1;
4 is a front configuration diagram showing an example of a use state;
5 is a block diagram showing the front part of the automatic dryer for sports shoes according to the present invention;
Figure 6 is a plan view of Figure 5;
7 is a side configuration view of FIG. 5;
8 is a perspective view showing the separated parts installed in the heating chamber and the hot air supply chamber constituting the dryer;
9A and 9B are side views for explaining the configuration of a hanger installed in a drying room.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the specific structures and functions they have are not limited to the embodiments described in this specification since they represent one configuration example.

First, as a preferred example to which the present invention is applied, the technology disclosed in Patent Publication No. 2010-0113680 will be described in detail, and the configuration and effects of the present invention will be described later after deriving the related problems.

1 to 4, the sports shoe dryer-sterilizer is provided on one side of the main body 100 and the main body 100 for accommodating the washed sneakers to send hot air to the main body 100 for sports shoes. A drying device 300 for drying the product, a sterilizing lamp 500 built into the main body 100 to generate far-infrared rays to sterilize bacteria in sports shoes, and a silver nano-treatment to remove odors during drying. is composed of

The main body 100 is to receive and dry and sterilize the sneakers that have been washed after use. A translucent door 110 is provided, and a sensor 130 is provided between the main body 100 and the door 110 at the same time. When the door is opened, the operation of the lamp 500 is stopped, and a control switch 150 for controlling the operation of various devices is provided on the outer upper portion of the main body 1001 to control whether or not the device operates and the operating time.

The drying device 300 is provided on one side of the main body 100 to send hot air to the main body 100 to dry the accommodated sneakers, and includes a heater 310 , a blower 330 , and a transfer pipe 350 , and a heater 310 is heated by applying electricity to dissipate heat.

The blower 330 is provided at the rear of the heater 310 to send the heat emitted from the heater 130 to the main body 100 to dry the sneakers, and the hot air emitted by the heater 310 is transferred to the transfer pipe 350 . ) through the hot air inlet 101 formed in the bulkhead of the main body 100 is introduced into the interior of the main body 100 to dry the outer surface of the sneaker.

The sterilization lamp 500 is provided on the upper side of the main body 100 to emit far-infrared rays to sterilize parasitic bacteria in sports shoes.

The holder 700 holds the sneakers on the main body 100 so that hot air supplied through the drying device 300 flows in to dry the inner surface of the sneakers, and is formed as a round bar so that the hot air flows in, and the outside is treated with silver nano During drying, it can sterilize parasitic bacteria on the inner surface of sneakers and also remove odors.

However, in the known technology as described above, it is configured so that sneakers can be hung in the drying room and dried with hot air generated by heating the heater, or bacteria and odors can be removed, but the hot air is uniformly supplied over all nozzles. In places where sneakers are not hung, it can only act as a loss.

Moreover, there is a problem in that the drying efficiency is greatly reduced and it takes a lot of time, so it is not reasonable because it has a structure in which moisture remains inside the sneakers as well as there is a limit to the circulation of hot air in the body.

5 to 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating an automatic dryer for exclusive use of sports shoes capable of drying sports shoes in a washed state with optimum efficiency in consideration of various problems in the prior art as described above.

As shown in these drawings, the dryer 10 according to the present invention has a general structure that can be dried by putting the sports shoes into the main body housing 20 and the main body housing 20 to which a general opening and closing cover is mounted. Although not shown in the drawings, a washing tub for washing sports shoes may be integrally installed in the body housing 20 .

In this way, by arranging the equipment for washing and drying sneakers in a dedicated store, the user inputs money through the cost inlet provided on the front of the main body housing 20 and then arbitrarily selects washing or drying of the sneakers. have.

The configuration of the equipment itself can be applied as in the case of a general drum washing machine or a washing machine dedicated to sports shoes, and since it is possible to properly control washing or drying functions by manipulating the buttons installed on the control panel, detailed A description is omitted.

In the main body housing 20 in the present invention, as the plate-shaped partition walls 21a and 21b are installed in the horizontal and vertical directions, the hot air supplied from the heating chamber 30 including the heating chamber 30 is routed through a predetermined path. It is divided into a hot air supply chamber 40 for inducing to the furnace and a drying chamber 50 for individually hanging and maintaining the sneakers.

A heater 31 is mounted in the heating chamber 30 to generate heat depending on whether external power is supplied, and the heater 31 is accommodated in the first and second casings 32a and 32b and at the same time these first And in the case of the second casing (32a, 32b) can form a layer that can contain the heated air to some extent by being integrally welded with a predetermined space from each other.

The hot air supply chamber 40 is configured to continuously supply hot air from the heating chamber 30 to the drying chamber 50 . That is, the blower 41 and the duct 42 are provided on the partition wall 21a arranged horizontally, and the suction port 43a of the blower 41 is connected to the ventilation hole 33a of the heating chamber 30 side. At the same time connected, the outlet (43b) is connected to the cylindrical flange (44) protruding to one side of the central part of the duct (42), and the duct (42) is connected to the vent (33b) on the drying chamber (50) side to provide hot air be able to do

In addition, a vertical damper 46 that horizontally reciprocates by the operation of the motor 45 is installed on one side of the duct 42, and the hot air supplied from the heating chamber 30 when the blower 41 is operated It is configured to be able to control the quantity.

That is, the motor 45 rotates the screw shaft 48a installed on the support 47 in forward and reverse directions, and the nut 48b mounted on the screw shaft 48a has a plurality of long holes 49a. By being fixed to the vertical damper 46 in which they are formed, the nut 48b slides in the horizontal direction along the screw shaft 48a to open and close the cylindrical flange 44 of the duct 42, thereby reducing the amount of hot air. can be properly controlled.

In addition, another vent hole 33c connected to the drying chamber 50 is separately formed in the front partition wall 21a of the hot air supply chamber 40 and is formed on the vent hole 33c in the drying chamber 50. A distribution pipe 34 for discharging hot air to the outside is mounted.

An insertion hole 36 is formed between the pipes 35 connected to the upper side of the distribution pipe 34, and a horizontal damper 38 having a plurality of slits 37a is inserted and assembled, and the horizontal damper 38 is It is bound to the vertical damper 46 by the connecting piece 39 and works together.

Accordingly, when the motor 45 is operated, the screw shaft 48a rotates forward and backward while moving the vertical damper 46 to control the hot air supplied through the outlet 43b of the blower 41, and horizontal The damper 38 can control the set temperature in the drying chamber 50 by discharging the hot air in the drying chamber 50 to the outside by opening and closing the distribution pipe 34 .

On the other hand, in the drying chamber 50, a hook 51 for hanging the running shoes S upside down and the first and second pipes 52A and 52B for providing hot air into the hook 51 are mutually connected. The first and second hot air generated by the operation of the heater 31 from the heating chamber 30 through the through holes 22a and 22b formed in the partition wall 21b as they are continuously and fixedly installed in the drying chamber 50 are installed in the drying chamber 50 . It is supplied to the pipe (52A, 52B) side to be able to dry the inner side of the sneaker (S).

9A and 9B, in the case of each of the hooks 51, the upper bracket 53a and the lower bracket 53b on which the upper bracket 53a is seated are dividedly formed and at the same time from the front toward the rear It is installed to be inclined so that the running shoes (S) can be mounted, and the water remaining in the running shoes (S) can flow down by washing.

In addition, an operation plate 55 for opening and closing the tip of the first pipe 52A according to whether the lever 54 is rotated, including the lever 54, is installed on the lower bracket 53b, so that the It can be configured so that hot air is supplied through a plurality of vent holes (56a) when mounted.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the case of the hanger 51, it is shown that 12 are installed, 6 each, up and down, but it can be adjusted appropriately, and a heater 31 or a blower ( 41), the operation timing and operation time of the motor 45, of course, can be controlled by appropriately applying the setting conditions of the automation device applied to the general kitchen or home appliance.

According to the above configuration, the present invention provides a controller in a state in which the running shoes S are hung one by one on the hooks 51 each divided into the drying chamber 50 after the washing of the sneakers is completed in the same manner as in the general method. By operating the dryer, the dryer can be operated.

Accordingly, while the heater 31, the blower 41, the motor 45, etc. are operated for a predetermined time, the high-temperature heat generated from the heating chamber 30 is introduced into the hot air supply chamber 40 and the drying chamber 50, and the running shoes (S) can be dried.

That is, the hot air according to the operation of the blower 41 is blown into the inside of the drying chamber 50 through the duct 42 to dry the outer surface of the sneakers S, and the vertical damper 46 by the operation of the motor 45 ) and the horizontal damper 37 operate to control the amount of hot air, so that the inside of the drying chamber 50 can be adjusted to the set temperature.

In addition, the hot air supplied from the heating chamber 30 into the drying chamber 50 is supplied as a whole through the primary first pipe 52A, and the hot air is again supplied through the second pipe 52B through each hook 51 . It is provided to the side to be able to directly dry the inner surface of the sneaker (S) through the ventilation (56a).

At this time, when the sneaker S is mounted on the hanger 51, the lever 54 installed on the lower bracket 53b is pressed and the operation plate 55 rotates to open the tip of the second pipe 52B. Therefore, when the hot air is supplied but the running shoes S are not mounted, the operation plate 55 blocks the tip of the second pipe 52B, so that the supply of the hot air can be blocked.

After that, when the drying process of the running shoes S according to the set conditions is completed, all functions are stopped and a termination service by an alarm or a lamp can be provided at the same time.

As described above, according to the automatic dryer for exclusive use of sneakers according to the present invention, by drying in a state in which the shoes are individually turned upside down on a plurality of cradles arranged in the drying room, interference between the sneakers is not generated and the hot air is not generated. Since it is configured to be supplied to the inside and outside of the sneaker at the same time, the drying time can be greatly shortened.

In addition, the amount of hot air supplied into the drying room can be appropriately adjusted, and the shoes can be mounted to prevent moisture from accumulating, and as hot air is intensively supplied to the inside of the hook where the sneakers are hung, the shoes are dried faster and more efficiently. and the color change of sneakers is small when drying is completed.

The technical problem of the present invention is achieved by the technical configuration as described above, and although described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and the present invention is not limited thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It goes without saying that various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the technical spirit and the claims to be described below.

10: dryer 20: body housing
21a, 21b: bulkhead 22a, 22b: through hole
30: heating room 31: heater
32a: first casing 32b: second casing
33a, 33b, 33c: ventilation holes 34: distributor
35: Fight 36: insertion hole
37a: slit 38: horizontal damper
39: connection 40: hot air supply room
41: blower 42: duct
43a: suction port 43b: outlet
44: cylindrical flange 45: motor
46: vertical damper 47: support
48a: screw shaft 48b: nut
49a: slit 50: drying room
51: hook 52A: first pipe
52B: second pipe 53a: upper bracket
53b: lower bracket 54: lever
55: operation plate 56a: vent hole

Claims (3)

An automatic dryer for exclusive use of sports shoes configured to dry the sneakers by putting them into the body housing,
Including a heating chamber 30 and a hot air supply chamber 40 for guiding the hot air supplied from the heating chamber to a predetermined path by partition walls mounted in the body housing, to a drying chamber 50 for individually hanging and maintaining sneakers compartmentalized,
The heating chamber 30 is equipped with a heater 31 installed in the casing, and the hot air supply chamber 40 has a blower 41 and a duct 42 arranged horizontally on the partition wall so as to be connected from the heating chamber to the drying chamber. It is provided in the drying chamber 50, and a hook 51 for hanging running shoes upside down and the first and second pipes 52A and 52B for providing hot air into the hook are installed and configured. A dedicated automatic dryer for running shoes. The amount of hot air when the blower (41) is operated according to claim 1, wherein a horizontal damper (38) and a vertical damper (46) that slide by the operation of the motor (45) are installed on one side of the duct (42). An automatic washing machine for sports shoes, characterized in that it is configured to control the air conditioner and at the same time, the moist internal circulation air can be periodically discharged to the outside, so that the shoes can be dried in a short time. According to claim 1, wherein the hook (51) is divided into an upper bracket (53a) and a lower bracket (53b) on which the upper bracket is seated, and a lever (54) is included on the lower bracket to rotate the lever. An automatic washing machine for sports shoes, characterized in that an operation plate (55) for opening and closing the tip of the second pipe (52B) is installed depending on whether or not the shoes are installed so that hot air is supplied from the hook only when the shoes are mounted.

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