WO1995032330A1 - Appareil de sechage - Google Patents

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WO1995032330A1
WO1995032330A1 PCT/GB1995/001162 GB9501162W WO9532330A1 WO 1995032330 A1 WO1995032330 A1 WO 1995032330A1 GB 9501162 W GB9501162 W GB 9501162W WO 9532330 A1 WO9532330 A1 WO 9532330A1
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enclosure
garment
drying
warm air
garments
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PCT/GB1995/001162
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Neil Rogers
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Eco Cleansing Products Limited
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Priority to AU25320/95A priority Critical patent/AU2532095A/en
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/10—Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means
    • D06F58/12—Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means having conveying means for moving clothes, e.g. along an endless track

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  • the present invention relates to a drying apparatus for drying laundered
  • drying apparatus comprising a drying enclosure, means for supporting a plurality of garments to be dried so as to hang within the drying enclosure, warm air supply means for supplying a stream of warm air to the drying enclosure, and means for directing said stream of
  • the invention provides an efficient drying means by accommodating a
  • the enclosure is provided with a door so that the enclosure may be "closed” during a drying operation.
  • garment location means are provided for ensuring that garments are hung, in the enclosure, in predetermined static positions. If desired, the position of the garment location means may be adjustable.
  • the drying apparatus comprises a compartment which is located above the drying enclosure and which receives warm air from the warm air supply means, said compartment being separated from the drying enclosure by an apertured wall member, wherein said apertures are arranged relative to garment location means such that in use warm air entering the compartment is directed by the apertures to pass in streams downwardly across front and back surfaces of garments located in predetermined positions by the garment location
  • the apertures are in the form of slots, neighbouring pairs of slots directing warm air over front and back surfaces of each garment respectively.
  • the garment support means may comprise a rail from which garments may be hung from suitable hangers.
  • Such hangers may be conventional clothes hangers or hangers designed to open the garment out slightly so that warm air may pass into the
  • the rail may be slidable into and out of the enclosure whereby the hangers may easily be positioned on, and removed from, the rail when it is extended from the cabinet.
  • the garment positioning means may comprise notches or apertures provided in the rail and in which the hangers may be located.
  • the drying apparatus further comprises air extraction means, e.g. an extraction fan, for extracting air from a lower region of the enclosure beneath garments to be dried.
  • air extraction means e.g. an extraction fan
  • the warm air supply means may comprise any suitable means, for instance a fan and a heater such as an oil or gas burner.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic front view of a drying apparatus according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 shows the drying apparatus of Figure 1 looking in the direction of
  • Figure 3 shows the drying apparatus of Figure 1 looking in the direction of
  • Figure 4 illustrates a garment support rail assembly which may be used in the
  • Figure 5 illustrate a modification for the upper area of the drying enclosure of
  • Figure 6 illustrates the provision of air deflectors in the drying apparatus
  • Figure 7 illustrates a coathanger assembly
  • the illustrated drying apparatus 1 comprises a housing in which is provided a drying enclosure 2 the outline of which is defined by side walls 3, a base 4, and an upper region defined by an inverted U-shaped member 5 and ceiling panels 6 which extend downwardly away from the U-shaped member. Access to the enclosure 2 is by means of a door 7 (shown by dashed lines in Fig. 1).
  • a compartment 8 into which warm air is supplied in the manner to be described.
  • Each of the ceiling panels 6 is provided over its length with a plurality of transverse parallel slots 9 through which air may be supplied from compartment 8 to effect a drying operation (see below).
  • Rail assembly 10 Supported within the inverted U-shaped member 5 is a rail assembly 10 formed with longitudinally spaced notches 11 for supporting clothes hangers 12 in predetermined spaced apart relationship and therefore enable garments 13 to be hung accurately at predetermined positions within the drying enclosure 2.
  • Rail assembly 10 is telescopic whereby it may be extended from the enclosure 2 when door 7 is open to facilitate loading and unloading of the enclosure 2.
  • coathangers 12 are of conventional width and that the drying enclosure is of slightly greater width.
  • the slots 9 in any one panel 6 are provided in pairs each of which is located at positions corresponding to the location of notches 11.
  • Warm air for the apparatus is provided by a gas burner 14 mounted on a wall of a vertical tunnel 15. At the top of the tunnel 15 there is mounted a fan 16 for
  • the tunnel 15 and the housing of the drying enclosure may be constructed as separate modules.
  • An extraction fan 17 is provided towards the bottom of tunnel 15 to extract warm air from the drying enclosure from beneath the garments being dried.
  • the recovered heat may be used in connection with other laundering operations with which the illustrated dryer may be associated.
  • the positioning of the slots 9 is such that warm air blown into the compartment 8 by the fan 16 is directed onto both sides of each garment hung in the enclosure. In other words, streams of warm air are blown downwardly across both the front and back of each garment to be dried thereby enhancing the efficiency of the drying operation. This is achieved by virtue of the slots 9 in any one panel 6 being provided in pairs at positions corresponding to the
  • the drying enclosure is initially loaded with garments to be dried. Once the door 7 has been
  • burner 14 and fan 16 may be operated to supply warm air downwardly through the slots 9 so as to effect drying. Since, as shown in Fig. 1. the panels 6 are positioned closely above the "shoulder" regions of the coathangers. the air from slots 9 is
  • the length of time for which burner 14 and fan 16 are operated may be controlled by a suitable timing control system (not shown).
  • the rail assembly 10 is telescopic so as to be extendible out of the drying enclosure 2.
  • a garment support rail 18 (in which the aforementioned notches are provided) mounted by means of the support arrangement described below on a bracket 19 which is itself mounted on the U-shaped member 5.
  • the rail 18 is supported on bracket 19 by an arrangement of two slide members 20 and 21 and a strut 22. More particularly, slide member 20 is mounted on bracket 19 by a sliding bearing 23 whereas slide member 21 is mounted on slide member 20 by a further sliding bearing 24. It will thus be appreciated that movement of both slide members 20 and 21 to their limit positions in a direction outwardly of the enclosure provides for full movement of rail 18 out of enclosure 2.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates a modification for the ceiling area of the drying enclosure.
  • the limbs of the U-shaped member 5 are provided with longitudinally extending slots 25.
  • slots 9 are provided with cascades 28 which extend along the longitudinal edges of slots 9 on the face of ceiling panels 6 which form an interior surface of enclosure 2.
  • the air flow into the enclosure 2 may also be improved by the provision of various fixed flow deflectors in compartment 8 and examples of such deflectors are shown in Fig. 6 and referenced with numerals 29 to 34.
  • the upper surfaces of the fixed flow deflectors may (where appropriate) be provided with vanes to distribute the air flow (from fan 16) along the length of the chamber.
  • the coathanger on which the garments are supported is capable of holding the front and rear of the garment slightly apart. A coathanger which will achieve this purpose is illustrated in Fig.
  • the coathanger is a one piece plastics article and the coathanger portion 35 and garment separator portion 36 are connected together by an integral bridging member 37.

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Abstract

Appareil de séchage (1) comprenant une enceinte (2) de séchage, des moyens (10) destinés à soutenir une pluralité de vêtements (13) à sécher de manière à ce que ceux-ci pendent dans ladite enceinte, des moyens (14, 16) destinés à alimenter en air chaud l'enceinte, ainsi que des moyens (9) servant à diriger le flux d'air chaud sur les surfaces antérieure et postérieure des vêtements pendus dans l'enceinte.
PCT/GB1995/001162 1994-05-20 1995-05-22 Appareil de sechage WO1995032330A1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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AU25320/95A AU2532095A (en) 1994-05-20 1995-05-22 Drying apparatus

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GB9410147A GB9410147D0 (en) 1994-05-20 1994-05-20 Improvements relating to cleaning
GB9410147.4 1994-05-20

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Cited By (4)

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WO1999016952A1 (fr) * 1997-09-30 1999-04-08 Pladrest Heating Limited Appareil de conditionnement pour textiles
US6910292B2 (en) 2003-02-06 2005-06-28 Maytag Corporation Clothes drying cabinet with improved air distribution
US6928745B2 (en) 2003-07-25 2005-08-16 Maytag Corporation Clothes dryer with control panel seal
US6928752B2 (en) 2003-04-04 2005-08-16 Maytag Corporation Combination tumble and cabinet dryer

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GB1018259A (en) * 1963-10-10 1966-01-26 Du Pont Improvements in drying garments
US3257739A (en) * 1963-08-28 1966-06-28 Proctor & Schwartz Inc Drying garments
US3352627A (en) * 1962-03-30 1967-11-14 Atlas Coverall & Uniform Suppl Lint free laundry system
GB1209405A (en) * 1968-12-04 1970-10-21 Initial Services Ltd Laundry drying apparatus
DE1635414A1 (de) * 1967-01-27 1971-04-01 Schmidt Herbert Dipl Ing Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontinuierlichen Trocknen nasser Waesche- und Kleidungsstuecke aus buegelfreiem Material
GB1316756A (en) * 1969-05-03 1973-05-16 Obrador G M Clothes drying plants

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US3352627A (en) * 1962-03-30 1967-11-14 Atlas Coverall & Uniform Suppl Lint free laundry system
US3257739A (en) * 1963-08-28 1966-06-28 Proctor & Schwartz Inc Drying garments
GB1018259A (en) * 1963-10-10 1966-01-26 Du Pont Improvements in drying garments
DE1635414A1 (de) * 1967-01-27 1971-04-01 Schmidt Herbert Dipl Ing Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum kontinuierlichen Trocknen nasser Waesche- und Kleidungsstuecke aus buegelfreiem Material
GB1209405A (en) * 1968-12-04 1970-10-21 Initial Services Ltd Laundry drying apparatus
GB1316756A (en) * 1969-05-03 1973-05-16 Obrador G M Clothes drying plants

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999016952A1 (fr) * 1997-09-30 1999-04-08 Pladrest Heating Limited Appareil de conditionnement pour textiles
US6910292B2 (en) 2003-02-06 2005-06-28 Maytag Corporation Clothes drying cabinet with improved air distribution
US6928752B2 (en) 2003-04-04 2005-08-16 Maytag Corporation Combination tumble and cabinet dryer
US6928745B2 (en) 2003-07-25 2005-08-16 Maytag Corporation Clothes dryer with control panel seal

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