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Intelligent filter construction for electrical appliances, in particular drying/washing-drying machines, method for making the construction, and method for detecting in real time a partial or total clogging of the construction and a value of residual moisture for optimizing the operating cycle of the appliance Download PDF

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US20180126313A1 US15/574,150 US201615574150A US2018126313A1 US 20180126313 A1 US20180126313 A1 US 20180126313A1 US 201615574150 A US201615574150 A US 201615574150A US 2018126313 A1 US2018126313 A1 US 2018126313A1
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  • the present invention relates to, according to a first aspect thereof, an intelligent filter construction for household appliances, in particular for drying and washing-drying machines.
  • the present invention relates to a method for making the intelligent filter construction according to the invention.
  • the present invention relates to a method for detecting in real time a partial or complete clogging of the inventive intelligent filter construction.
  • the present invention relates to a method for detecting the value of residual moisture in the operating environment in order to optimize the operating or working cycle of the household appliance.
  • a filtering element for drying and washing-drying machine typically comprises one or more filtering media, adapted to separate/catch solid particles of different particle size.
  • filtering media are generally made by different making processes and materials, having different filtering/holding/perspiring/cleaning capabilities.
  • non-woven fabrics In the very broad range of the mentioned prior filtering means, it is possible to mention non-woven fabrics, foams, membranes, paper materials, multi-thread fabrics, metal monofilament or synthetic monofilament precision fabrics.
  • Filtering media such as paper and membrane materials have a very high filtering efficiency, even with respect to sub-micrometric particles; however, they have a nearly zero holding capability and very low perspiring features, thereby highly impacting on the energy consumption if the mentioned media are used in the above mentioned household or electric appliances.
  • media such as multi-thread fabric materials are not suitable for providing in a constant manner a given filtering efficiency, because of their intrinsic lack of precision.
  • non-woven/foam materials even if they have a high particle restraining capability, are also not suitable to provide a high and constant filtering efficiency for particles within a given particle size range, since a distribution of the pores of these materials cannot be properly controlled and since they typically have very high dispersions.
  • the particle restraining capability of the latter filtering media is provided by a tridimensional structure allowing particles with a size larger than that of the pores to be trapped therein.
  • an operating cycle end is typically determined by a dedicated timer or, as an alternative, by monitoring a residual moisture, which monitoring, at present, is a rather approximate one, since it is based on a measurement of the residual moisture of the linen article contacting a moisture sensor arranged within the household appliance basket or drum.
  • the above mentioned prior residual moisture monitoring provides only indicative results or measurements, since, at an output of the household appliance, linen articles differently dried would be present, and accordingly with different residual moisture amounts, depending on the physical-geometrical properties of said linen articles and a distribution of all the other articles in the household appliance drum.
  • the prior art does not teach or suggest a process or method for detecting in real time a clogging level, either partial or complete, of the household appliance filter, in order to inform a user of an effective need to properly clean the filter.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide such an intelligent filter construction for household or electric appliances, in particular drying and washing-drying machines, adapted to always provide a good filtering efficiency with respect to a given particle size range, thereby preventing said particles from passing through the filter construction, which would prevent the downstream household appliances from properly operating.
  • a main object of the present invention is to provide such an intelligent filter construction which may be easily restored to its starting operating condition, that is may be properly cleaned from polluting materials accumulated thereon, and this by a simple manual operation by the household appliance user, or also by an automated cleaning operation, to be performed exclusively at a proper and necessary time.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide such an intelligent filter construction in which the geometrical properties of the filtering element proper may be preset in a manner adapted to assure not only a given filtering efficiency but, meanwhile, a preset value of the air flow required for a proper operation of the household appliance, and for always keeping the original power efficiency of said appliance.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for making the inventive filter construction, which method is very simple, inexpensive and reliable, in particular a weaving method of a monofilament warp and weft type, and, moreover, with the possibility of easily integrating in the obtained textile construction sensing means for detecting in real time the moisture passing through the filter, in order to optimize the operation of the household appliance.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring method for monitoring, in real time, a clogging degree of the filter construction, allowing the user to properly clean the filter construction exclusively when a clogging thereof arrives at such a value as to prevent the household appliance from properly operating.
  • an intelligent filter construction for household or electric appliances of the above indicated type by a method for making the filter construction as well as a method for detecting in real time either a partial or complete clogging of said filter construction, as claimed in the appended claims.
  • FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of an intelligent filter construction constituted by a synthetic monofilament precision fabric material, constructed with a weft and warp structure, with associated a moisture capacitive sensor element arranged at and covering only a corner (the right top corner in the figure) of the precision fabric piece.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial detail view, on an enlarged scale, of FIG. 1 showing a preferred embodiment of the capacitive moisture sensor shown in FIG. 1 , which, according to the present invention, is “integrated” or “built-in” in the precision fabric material.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a further more preferred embodiment of the inventive filter construction, including the capacitive sensor element.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B show an output of the intelligent filter construction under preset temperature conditions at 20° C. and 70° C., with a preset relative moisture variation from 10 to 95%;
  • FIG. 4A showing an output of the capacitive sensor, that is its capacity variation as the moisture changes in real time;
  • FIG. 4B showing a relative capacity variation with a variation of the relative moisture, the diagrams or graphs 4 A and 4 B being obtained from measurements carried out on a filtering element with a capacitive element of a 25 mm ⁇ 25 mm size “built-in” in the precision fabric material.
  • FIG. 5 shows further output graphs of the intelligent filter construction in variable temperature conditions, for three different dimensions or sizes of the filtering element, that is 25 ⁇ 25; 50 ⁇ 50; and 100 ⁇ 100 mm 2 , and for a preset moisture amount.
  • the output as is clearly shown in the graphs, is constant and accordingly independent of the temperature value.
  • FIGS. 6A to 6D show further output graphs or diagrams of the intelligent filter construction in a clogged condition, for two different sizes of the filtering element, that is 25 ⁇ 25 and 50 ⁇ 50 mm 2 , at a temperature of 70° C. and at a variable moisture condition.
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic block/operating diagram useful for understanding a possible embodiment of a method for determining in real time a partial and/or complete clogging of the inventive intelligent filter construction, according to a further main aspect of the present invention.
  • the intelligent filter construction according to the present invention has been herein generally indicated by the reference number 1 .
  • the arrow A in FIG. 1 shows the direction of the air flow passing through the filter construction 1
  • the arrow B shows the output of the built-in capacitive sensor 2 which is integrated, according to the present invention, in the filter fabric material T and being specifically designed for detecting the moisture contents of the air flow through the filter, and constituting the core of the present invention.
  • the fabric material T is a weft-warp type of precision fabric material, made of a synthetic monofilament which, as aforesaid, is partially coated by an electrically conductive pattern to provide the capacitive sensor element 2 .
  • said electrically conductive pattern or sensor 2 covers or coats only a portion of the filter fabric, in particular a corner portion or region of the fabric material T.
  • the fabric T is a synthetic monofilament precision fabric made of a PET material, having a mesh opening of 53 ⁇ m, a free surface of 40%, and a thickness of 48 ⁇ m, the flat capacitive element being preferably made by a silk-screen process using a silver based conductive ink, with a total size of the capacitive element of 100 mm ⁇ 100 mm, and with 25 electrically conductive mutually interdigitated fingers, and with an electrically conductive track thickness of 2 mm and a finger spacing of 2 mm.
  • the conductive pattern or sensor 2 is shown on an enlarged scale in FIG. 2 and comprises a substantially rectangular conductive/capacitive pattern defined, in the embodiment disclosed, by a first and second straight end or side outer electrically conductive elements (or tracks) 3 and 4 .
  • the straight or rectilinear elements 3 and 4 substantially define the plates of a capacitor, from each of which respectively extend a first and second plurality of said conductive straight or rectilinear finger elements 5 and 6 being mutually spaced from one another, said finger elements 5 of the first plurality being operatively interdigitated between the corresponding finger elements 6 of the second plurality.
  • each side end element 3 and 4 comprises a terminal or end bottom free portion 3 ′ and 4 ′, for providing an electrical coupling to processing means for processing and comparing the moisture values, which will be disclosed in a more detailed manner hereinafter.
  • said filter construction will be adapted to detect, in real time, the moisture value of air passing therethrough, and accordingly a possible partial or complete clogging of the filter itself.
  • said filter may be used for determining the residual moisture value in the operating environment, and accordingly to restore a useful value to optimize the operating cycle of the household or electric appliance.
  • the fabric material T is a precision fabric material so designed as to provide a very high and selective filtering of solid particles (the so-called “lints” in case of linen articles) having a size larger than the fabric material mesh openings.
  • the filtering fabric or medium T may comprise at least a first fabric layer, either co-molded or not, with a metal and/or plastics support element (not shown).
  • the intelligent filter construction 1 may be used not only in the mentioned household or electric appliances, but also in all applications where, in addition to filtering solids, liquids or gases, it would be also necessary to detect the environment moisture level of the filter operating environment, as well as the filter clogging level, to indicate a real requirement of restoring the filter to its starting configuration, and this exclusively when this is necessary, that is with the filter excessively clogged, thereby releasing a user from the tedious work of cleaning the filter after each operating cycle of the household appliance, as it occurs with the prior art filters.
  • the synthetic monofilament precision fabric material T may also be partially suitably coated by the above mentioned electrically conductive pattern 2 , to be carried out in an integral manner, at any desired position and with any suitable size on said precision fabric material T, thereby providing, as already mentioned, a plane or flat capacitive element adapted to detect in real time the working or operating environment moisture value as well as a partial/complete clogging of the filter.
  • Said precision fabric material T may be made, preferably though not exclusively, starting from a PET, PA, PP, PPS, PEEK, PLA, PTFE, PVDF, PE, PVDC, PEN monofilament, having a thread or filament diameter from 15 to 500 microns, a monofilament per centimeter density from 4 to 260, and a monofilament thickness from 35 microns to 1 mm.
  • said fabric material T may preferably have a mesh opening from 5 ⁇ m to 1 mm, more preferably typically from 35 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m, with a top free surface over 30%.
  • the fabric material T may be also coated, if necessary, by any desired coating processes (such as dip coating, plasma coating, spray coating, foam coating, knife coating, sol gel, ink-jet coating) adapted to provide particular surface properties such as hydrophobic, antistatic, hydrophilic properties, as well as dirt releasing and antimicrobic characteristics.
  • any desired coating processes such as dip coating, plasma coating, spray coating, foam coating, knife coating, sol gel, ink-jet coating
  • Said fabric material T may also be coated by physical or chemical depositing processes, with a thin electrically conductive material layer, such as of silver, copper, aluminium, steel, titanium and so on.
  • said capacitive sensor element 2 may be applied on the base fabric material T by different applying methods.
  • the fabric material T may be partially coated by a coating mask before performing the depositing process of the electrically conductive material.
  • the mask After having coated the conductive pattern 2 , the mask can be removed thereby providing the desired conductive sensor.
  • the fabric material may be fully coated/laminated by an electrically conductive material thin layer, and then an undesired part may be removed by a chemical etching process.
  • the fabric material T may also be partially coated by an electrically conductive material by means of an inkjet printing method, by using conductive ink materials.
  • the conductive pattern that is the capacitive sensor 2
  • the conductive pattern is deposited by a silk printing process, by using a stencil adapted to the substrate fabric type and further using electrically conductive silk printing ink materials.
  • the stencil used should provide a required silk printing precision thereby providing a preset geometry of the sensor 2 and accordingly a given moisture variation capability and response.
  • the flat capacitive sensor 2 coated on the fabric material, will close, only partially, as above mentioned, the fabric mesh openings and may be further protected, by a dielectric coating, from any oxidation and possible mechanic abrading phenomena.
  • the above physical properties will also change, and the sensor 2 will measure in real time the actual residual moisture value in the air flow.
  • the residual moisture value from the intelligent filter output can be further processed to optimize the household appliance operating cycle.
  • the capacity absolute value thus read will be a function of the pattern 2 size, whereas the sensitivity of the intelligent filter according to the present invention will increase with the mesh density of the flat capacitive sensor 2 ; in other words, upon setting the sensor size 2, its sensitivity will increase by reducing the spacing between the above mentioned finger elements and the size of the latter.
  • the moisture value read by the sensor 2 will be accordingly independent of the temperature variations thereby said sensor will be particularly suitable to be used in the herein considered household appliance since, during a normal operation of the latter, temperature variations will occur which, otherwise, could have made inefficient the method for detecting in real time the filter construction clogged condition.
  • the intelligent filter according to the present invention will provide its filtering operation by restraining solid particles which, over time, will be deposited on the surface of the filtering fabric material T.
  • the relative moisture values measured by said sensor will change in comparison with an otherwise measured value in the air flow under standard conditions.
  • the deposit accumulated on the sensitive area of the filter, that is on the sensor 2 will operate as a cushion (absorbing a given moisture amount) thereby providing higher read moisture values.
  • the method for detecting in real time the moisture value of the air passing through the filter and accordingly the partial or complete clogging of said filter provides to form at the start an average calibrating curve of the household appliance (i.e. of the air moisture with respect to the operating cycle time) for a given operating or work load, and to continuously compare the calibrating curve with the values read by the sensor 2 .
  • anomalous capacity/moisture values are read, then a corresponding signal will be processed so as to provide an alarm output to inform the user of the fact that the filter is clogged, thereby said user will be able to perform the necessary cleaning operation, either in manual or in automatic manner, at a proper time.
  • the inventive method for detecting in real time the partial or complete clogging of the filter construction provides a first operating step of forming the household appliance calibrating curve, by setting the initial or starting load conditions (that is a weight and moisture value) in order to correlate a typical value of the air flow residual moisture with a given period of time.
  • the output of the processor comparator P is operatively connected to an alarm block A and accordingly, as the processor P detects that the air flow moisture (from the filter 1 output) exceeds a preset value (related to the average calibrating curve of the household appliance) the alarm A will be energized to signal to the user to properly clean either manually or automatically the clogged filter.
  • the partial or complete clogging of the filter will correspond to a noticeable variation of the moisture/capacity value read by the sensor 2 ; in other words, even if the average moisture value in the operating area is always the same, however an accumulation of particles will cause a local variation of the air flow, up to a complete clogging of the sensor, thereby said sensor will have a continuously decreasing sensitivity to the air flow moisture value, since it will be insulated by accumulating particles, and will be increasingly sensitive to a specific value of the moisture held in accumulating particles, with the consequence that the moisture values measured by the filter will be greatly anomalous.
  • the invention has provided, according to a first aspect thereof, an intelligent filter construction, in particular for use in the household appliance field, allowing to measure in real time the moisture of an air flow passing therethrough, with a consequent possibility of optimizing the household appliance operating cycle.
  • the intelligent filter construction according to the present invention allows a user to omit tedious continuous cleaning operations and allows said user to clean the filter construction exclusively as it is necessary, depending on a real filter clogging, which is determined in real time by the clogging determining method constituting a further important aspect of the invention.
  • the intelligent filter construction according to the present invention allows to provide the household appliance with a very simple processor device, operatively driven by the subject capacitive sensor to process in real time the filter clogging data and drive an alarm system for manually or automatically cleaning the filter, exclusively if/when this is necessary.
  • the material of the disclosed precision fabric, as well as that of the capacitive sensor, the dimensional values of the sensor capacity and any other dimensional parameter of the intelligent filer according to the present invention may be selected depending on the contingent requirements and a specific use of the intelligent filter construction, besides the above mentioned use in said washing-drying machines.

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