WO2019205936A1

WO2019205936A1 - Dryer drum, and dryer having same

Info

Publication number: WO2019205936A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/082022
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李文伟; 艾磊磊; 邢本驸; 衣少磊; 赵志伟
Original assignee: 青岛海尔滚筒洗衣机有限公司
Priority date: 2018-04-23
Filing date: 2019-04-10
Publication date: 2019-10-31
Also published as: CN110387725A

Abstract

A dryer drum comprises: a clothes drum (1) for accommodating the clothes; a support portion (2) for supporting the clothes drum (1); a temperature measuring unit (3) disposed on the side of the support portion (2) directed to the inside of the clothes drum (1) for measuring the temperature inside of the clothes drum (1); a fixing device (4) disposed on a top portion of the support portion (2) for fixing the temperature measuring unit (3); wherein a first hole unit (7) corresponding to the temperature measuring unit (3) is disposed on a top portion of the support portion (2), and the temperature measuring unit (3) measures the temperature inside of the clothes drum (1) through the first hole unit (7). The temperature measuring unit (3) of the dryer drum can measure the temperature inside of the drum, has high sensitivity and mounting flexibility, is convenient to detach and only occupies a small space. Further disclosed is a dryer having the drum.

Description

Drum of clothes dryer and clothes dryer having the same

Technical field

The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a drum of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer having the same.

Background technique

The existing dryer is heated by heating elements to dry the clothes, an automatic thermostat to control the temperature inside the barrel, and a manual thermostat to prevent excessive heat accumulation in the machine when the machine is abnormal, when the temperature exceeds the set value The manual thermostat is disconnected and the heating element is disconnected to avoid a safety accident. How to accurately measure the temperature inside the barrel has become an urgent problem to be solved.

Chinese Patent Application No. CN201180066298.0 discloses a tumble dryer comprising: a garment cylinder for loading/unloading laundry; a humidity sensor system including at least one support for two or more electrodes The two or more electrodes are electrically insulated from each other and positioned such that the electrodes are placed inside or facing the interior of the garment barrel to contact the laundry loaded into the garment cylinder, the electrodes being electrically connected or electrically connectable To the detection circuit and / or control unit of the tumble dryer.

The Chinese patent application No. CN201420341655.0 discloses a humidity sensor mounting device and a clothes dryer for a clothes dryer, and the technical proposal is a humidity sensor mounting device for a clothes dryer, comprising a roller support plate, the roller support A circular support table is disposed on the inner side of the plate, and a box body is disposed on the lower half of the annular support table, and a humidity sensor is mounted on the box body.

Although the above prior art provides a temperature measuring device and other sensors to detect relevant data at the position of the roller supporting plate, there are still problems such as inconvenient detection, poor sensitivity, and large space occupied by the device.

Therefore, it is necessary to improve the deficiencies and defects of the prior art, and provide a temperature measuring device that is installed with a temperature measuring device capable of measuring the internal space of the drum, high sensitivity, convenient disassembly, flexible installation mode, and small space occupation. A clothes dryer drum and a clothes dryer having the same.

The present invention has been made in view of the above.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and to provide a dryer drum that can overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothes dryer to which the above-described drum is mounted.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic idea of adopting the technical solution of the present invention is: a drum of a clothes dryer, including

a clothes tube for loading or unloading clothing;

The support portion supports the clothes tube;

A temperature measuring unit is further disposed on the support portion facing the inner side of the laundry tube for measuring the temperature inside the laundry tube.

The method further includes a fixing device disposed on the support portion and configured to fix the temperature measuring unit.

Further, said

The fixing device is disposed on the top of the support portion to facilitate more accurate measurement of the temperature inside the garment tube;

The top of the support portion is provided with a first hole unit corresponding to the temperature measuring unit, and the temperature measuring unit realizes the measurement of the internal temperature of the laundry tube through the first hole unit.

Further, the fixing device includes

a first fixing portion connected to the support portion;

The second fixing portion is connected to the first fixing portion and bent toward a side away from the laundry tube. The bending arrangement facilitates the temperature measuring unit to better measure the temperature inside the laundry tube.

In one embodiment, the second fixing portion forms an angle with the inner surface of the support portion ranging from 30° to 40°.

In one embodiment, the securing device is detachably coupled to the support portion.

In one embodiment, the first fixing portion and the support portion are detachably connected by screws.

In addition, the temperature measuring unit is mounted on the side of the second fixing portion facing the laundry tube, and is fixed by an interference connection.

In one embodiment, the temperature measuring unit is an infrared sensor disposed inside the second fixing portion.

A clothes dryer comprising the drum of a dryer as described above.

After adopting the above technical solution, the present invention has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

1. The invention provides the temperature measuring unit on the top of the supporting portion, effectively utilizing the principle of small specific gravity of the hot air, and can more accurately measure the temperature inside the laundry tube;

2. The detachable fixing device is provided to facilitate the disassembly and maintenance of the temperature measuring unit, and the use is more flexible;

3. Set the temperature measurement unit to a certain angle to the inclination of the garment cylinder, so that the temperature measurement process is more accurate.

The specific embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be illustrative of the invention. It is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a first schematic view of the dryer drum of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a second schematic view of the dryer drum of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a first schematic view of the dryer fixing device of the dryer of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a second schematic view of the dryer fixing device of the dryer of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a first schematic view showing the fixing structure of the dryer drum of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a second schematic view of the drum fixing structure of the dryer of the present invention.

In the figure: 1, the garment tube; 2, the support portion; 3, the temperature measuring unit; 4, the fixing device; 5, the first fixing portion; 6, the second fixing portion; 7, the first hole unit; 8, the lighting unit; 9. Fixed structure; 10, mounting hole; 11, second hole unit; 12, first fixing unit; 13, second fixing unit.

It is to be understood that the drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "inside", "outside", etc. The orientation or positional relationship of the indications is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of the description of the invention and the simplified description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or component referred to has a specific orientation, in a specific orientation. The construction and operation are therefore not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "installation", "connected", and "connected" are to be understood broadly, and may be fixed or detachable, for example, unless otherwise explicitly defined and defined. Connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanical or electrical; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case by those skilled in the art.

1 and 2 mainly show the overall structure of the dryer drum of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 and 4 mainly show the installation structure of the fixing device of the temperature measuring unit 3 of the present invention; FIGS. 5 and 6 mainly show the fixing device of the lighting unit 8 of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the installation structure.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, a drum of a clothes dryer of the present invention includes an air tube 1 configured to load or unload a main body of the laundry, and is disposed inside the clothes dryer, and is further disposed on both sides of the clothes tube 1. The supporting portion 2 having a supporting function, the supporting portion 2 described in the present application is a supporting portion 2 provided at the front end of the laundry tube 1, and the inside of the laundry tube 1 of the dryer is in a high temperature state during use, and the temperature is affected. The effect of the clothes dryer on the treatment of the clothes, and also the safety of the internal space of the clothes tube 1, the temperature is too high will bring a series of safety accidents, therefore, how to accurately measure the internal space of the clothes tube 1 The temperature, and then the corresponding measures or operations are particularly important.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, in the present invention, on the inner side of the support portion 2 of the laundry tube 1 facing the laundry tube 1, a temperature measuring unit 3 for measuring the temperature inside the laundry tube 1 is provided for better For the measurement, the present invention provides a fixing device 4 on the support portion 2 for fixing the temperature measuring unit 3. As shown, the present invention places the fixing device 4 on the top of the support portion 2, due to the garment tube 1 The internal temperature is high, the hot air specific gravity is small, and the space temperature at the top of the laundry tube 1 is closer to the actual temperature value. Therefore, in order to more accurately measure the temperature inside the laundry tube 1, the fixing device 4 is disposed on the top of the support portion 2, Further, in order to ensure the normal operation of the temperature measuring unit 3, the present invention is provided with a first hole unit 7 corresponding to the temperature measuring unit 3 at the top of the support portion 2, and the temperature measuring unit 3 realizes the laundry tube through the first hole unit 7. 1 Measurement of internal temperature.

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 6 , in the use of the garment tube 1 , the internal space is poor in light, and when the user performs a certain operation on the internal space of the garment tube 1 , for example, the laundry is taken, the internal space of the laundry tube 1 is cleaned, etc., often Since the light is not ideal, and the corresponding effect is not achieved, the present invention provides an illumination unit 8 on the support portion 2 of the garment tube 1 that can ideally illuminate the interior of the garment tube 1, the illumination unit 8 It is disposed on the support portion 2 and faces the inner side of the garment tube 1 for illuminating the internal space of the garment tube 1.

In order to achieve better illumination, the invention further comprises a fixing structure 9 for fixing the lighting unit 8, the fixing structure 9 is at the top of the supporting portion 2, and further, the top of the supporting portion 2 is provided with the lighting unit 8 Corresponding to the second hole unit 11, the illumination unit 8 realizes illumination of the inner space of the garment tube 1 through the second hole unit 11.

The invention adopts the temperature measuring unit 3 on the top of the supporting portion 2, effectively utilizes the principle that the specific gravity of the hot air is small, can more accurately measure the temperature inside the laundry tube 1, and at the same time, provides a detachable fixing device 4, which is convenient for testing The disassembly and maintenance of the temperature unit 3 also makes the use more flexible. Further, the invention further provides the lighting unit 8, which provides an ideal lighting environment while ensuring temperature measurement, enhances the lighting effect, and enhances the user's Experience.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, a drum of a clothes dryer according to the embodiment includes an air tube 1 for loading or unloading clothes, and a support portion 2 for supporting the clothes tube 1 for accurate The temperature of the inner space of the laundry tube 1 is measured. The present invention further includes a temperature measuring unit 3 disposed on the support portion 2 facing the inner side of the laundry tube 1 for measuring the temperature inside the laundry tube 1.

The fixing device 4 is further disposed on the support portion 2 and configured to fix the temperature measuring unit 3; further, the fixing device 4 is disposed on the top of the support portion 2, because the temperature inside the garment tube 1 is high. The hot air has a small specific gravity, and the space temperature at the top of the laundry tube 1 is closer to the actual temperature value, so as to more accurately measure the temperature inside the laundry tube 1; the top of the support portion 2 is provided with the first hole corresponding to the temperature measuring unit 3 The unit 7, the temperature measuring unit 3 realizes the measurement of the internal temperature of the laundry tube 1 through the first hole unit 7.

Embodiment 2

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, this embodiment is further defined by the above-mentioned first embodiment. In the drum of the clothes dryer of the embodiment, since the hot air inside the clothes tube 1 is mainly concentrated on the top, in order to further The fixing device 4 according to the present invention is provided with a first fixing portion 5 and a second fixing portion 6, respectively, and the first fixing portion 5 is connected to the supporting portion 2 and configured to fix the fixing device 4 In the support portion 2, the second fixing portion 6 is connected to the first fixing portion 5 and bent toward a side away from the garment tube 1. The temperature measuring unit 3 is disposed on the second fixing portion 6, and is bent. The setting facilitates the temperature measuring unit 3 to better measure the temperature inside the laundry tube 1.

Embodiment 3

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the embodiment is further defined by any one of the first embodiment to the second embodiment. The drum of the clothes dryer of the embodiment has a second fixing portion 6 Forming an angle from the inner surface of the support portion 2 at an angle of 30° to 40°, since the support portion 2 itself has a certain thickness, the structure of the fixing device 4 itself also has a certain thickness, which causes the temperature measuring unit 3 to be mounted to the support portion 2 After the top, such as the horizontal orientation setting, the measured temperature range is small, although the measured temperature is more accurate, but the reaction temperature sensitivity is poor, only when the overall temperature inside the garment tube 1 reaches a certain value, it will be transmitted. Giving the temperature measuring unit 3 and setting the temperature measuring unit 3 to a certain inclination angle enables the temperature measuring unit 3 to receive the heat source signal earlier and better, and can react the inside of the garment tube 1 more accurately, faster and more timely. Space temperature.

Embodiment 4

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the embodiment is further defined by any of the embodiments of the first embodiment to the third embodiment. The drum of the dryer according to the embodiment may exist in use. In the case that the temperature measuring unit 3 is aging and damaged, the present invention can more conveniently maintain and maintain the dryer equipment for the maintenance personnel, save the user's time, and improve the user's experience, and the fixing device 4 and the supporting portion 2 can be Disassemble the connection. When there is a problem with the temperature measuring unit 3 of the dryer, the maintenance personnel can directly disassemble it and replace the new temperature measuring unit 3 to ensure the timely operation of the dryer.

Embodiment 5

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, this embodiment is further defined by the fourth embodiment. The drum of the dryer according to the embodiment, the first fixing portion 5 and the supporting portion 2 according to the embodiment Removable connection by means of screws.

Embodiment 6

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the embodiment is further defined by any one of the embodiments of the first embodiment to the fifth embodiment. The drum of the dryer according to the embodiment, the temperature measuring unit is 3 and the first fixing portion 5 adopts an interference card, which is simple and practical, and avoids the cumbersome setting of the jig.

Example 7

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the embodiment is further defined in the sixth embodiment. The temperature measuring unit 3 in the embodiment is an infrared sensor disposed inside the second fixing portion 6, and the infrared sensor can be used. Effectively sensing the change in thermal energy inside the garment tube 1 makes the temperature measurement more accurate.

Example eight

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , the embodiment is further defined by any one of the first embodiment to the seventh embodiment. The drum of the clothes dryer of the embodiment includes the garment tube 1 and is used. Loading or unloading the laundry; the support portion 2 serves as a support for the garment tube 1; the present invention provides a lighting unit 8 on the support portion 2 of the garment tube 1 that can ideally illuminate the internal space of the garment tube 1 The lighting unit 8 is disposed on the support portion 2 toward the inner side of the laundry tube 1 for illuminating the internal space of the garment tube 1.

Therein, a fixing structure 9 for fixing the lighting unit 8 is also included, and the fixing structure 9 is at the supporting portion 2. Further, the fixing structure 9 is disposed on the top of the support portion 2 to facilitate illumination of the environment in the garment tube 1; the top of the support portion 2 is provided with a second hole unit 11 corresponding to the illumination unit 8, and the illumination unit 8 Illumination of the interior space of the garment tube 1 is achieved by the second aperture unit 11.

Example nine

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 6 , the embodiment is further defined by the above-mentioned embodiment 8. In order to better complete the illumination of the inner space of the garment tube 1 , the fixing structure 9 of the embodiment is provided with the first fixing unit. 12 and a second fixing unit 13, the first fixing unit 12 is connected to the lighting unit 8, configured to fix the main body of the lighting unit 8, and further, the first fixing unit 12 is provided with a lighting unit 8 for facilitating passage. The snap-fit mounting hole 10 is realized for easy disassembly and installation. The fixing structure 9 further includes a second fixing unit 13 , at least two of which are respectively disposed on two sides of the first fixing unit 12 , and are configured to be connected to the supporting portion 2 .

Example ten

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 6 , this embodiment is further defined by the above-mentioned embodiment IX. The drum of the dryer according to the embodiment may have problems such as aging and damage of the lighting unit 8 during use. The detachable connection between the second fixing unit 13 and the support portion 2 is realized by the screw in the second fixing unit 13 of the present invention, which is convenient for the maintenance personnel to maintain and maintain the dryer device, saves the user's time, and improves the user's experience. When there is a problem with the lighting unit 8 of the dryer, the maintenance personnel can directly disassemble it and replace the new temperature measuring unit 3 to ensure the timely operation of the dryer.

Embodiment 11

As shown in FIG. 5 to FIG. 6 , the embodiment is further defined by any of the foregoing embodiments 8 to 10, and is at a height of the user when the user performs corresponding operations on the internal space of the garment tube 1 . The reason is that there is a certain angle of view. Therefore, the first fixed unit 12 and the second fixing unit 13 form an angle inclined toward the inside of the laundry tube 1. Since the illumination unit 8 is disposed at the first fixing unit 12, The illumination unit 8 can emit light to the inside of the garment tube 1 at an angle. When the user operates the internal space of the garment tube 1, the emission inclination of the illumination unit 8 just satisfies the inclination of the user's angle of view. Further, the The angle of inclination is 15° to 25°.

Example twelve

The embodiment is further defined by any of the above-described first to eleventh embodiments, and a clothes dryer comprising the drum of the above embodiment.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that the embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures, and techniques are not shown in detail so as not to obscure the understanding of the description.

Similarly, the various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together into a single embodiment, in the above description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention, Figure, or a description of it. However, the method disclosed is not to be interpreted as reflecting the intention that the claimed invention requires more features than those recited in the claims. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects reside in less than all features of the single embodiments disclosed herein. Therefore, the claims following the specific embodiments are hereby explicitly incorporated into the embodiments, and each of the claims as a separate embodiment of the invention.

In addition to such features and/or at least some of the processes or units being mutually exclusive, any combination of the features disclosed in the specification, including the accompanying claims, the abstract and the drawings, and any methods so disclosed, or All processes or units of the device are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including the accompanying claims, the abstract and the drawings) may be replaced by alternative features that provide the same, equivalent or similar purpose.

In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although some embodiments described herein include certain features that are included in other embodiments and not in other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are intended to be within the scope of the present invention. Different embodiments are formed and formed. For example, in the following claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are illustrative of the invention and are not intended to be limiting, and that the invention may be devised without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as a limitation. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of the elements or steps that are not recited in the claims. The word "a" or "an" In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by the same hardware item. The use of the words first, second, and third does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any technology that is familiar with the present patent. Those skilled in the art can make some modifications or modifications to equivalent embodiments by using the technical content of the above-mentioned hints without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, but the technology according to the present invention does not deviate from the technical solution of the present invention. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments are still within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

a drum for a clothes dryer, including

a clothes tube (1) for holding clothes;

The support portion (2) supports the laundry tube (1);

It is characterized by:

The temperature measuring unit (3) is disposed on the support portion (2) facing the inner side of the laundry tube (1) for measuring the temperature inside the laundry tube (1).
A drum for a clothes dryer according to claim 1, further comprising a fixing device (4) disposed on the support portion (2) and configured to fix the temperature measuring unit (3).
A drum for a clothes dryer according to claim 2, wherein:

The fixing device (4) is disposed at the top of the support portion (2);

The top of the support portion (2) is provided with a first hole unit (7) corresponding to the temperature measuring unit (3), and the temperature measuring unit (3) realizes the internal temperature of the laundry tube (1) through the first hole unit (7) Measurement.
A drum for a clothes dryer according to claim 3, wherein said fixing means (4) comprises

a first fixing portion (5) connected to the support portion (2);

The second fixing portion (6) is connected to the first fixing portion (5) and bent toward a side away from the laundry tube (1).
A drum for a clothes dryer according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the second fixing portion (6) forms an angle with the inner surface of the support portion (2) in a range of 30 to 40 .
A drum for a clothes dryer according to any of claims 2-4, characterized in that the fixing device (4) is detachably connected to the support portion (2).
A drum for a clothes dryer according to claim 6, characterized in that the first fixing portion (5) and the supporting portion (2) are detachably connected by screws.
A drum for a clothes dryer according to any one of claims 4-7, characterized in that the temperature measuring unit (3) is mounted on the side of the second fixing portion (6) facing the garment tube (1), The interference connection is fixed.
A drum for a clothes dryer according to claim 8, characterized in that the temperature measuring unit (3) is an infrared sensor provided inside the second fixing portion (6).
A clothes dryer comprising the drum of a clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1-9.