EP2196576A1 - Appareil de traitement du linge doté d'un capteur de gaz et procédé de traitement du linge - Google Patents

Appareil de traitement du linge doté d'un capteur de gaz et procédé de traitement du linge Download PDF

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EP2196576A1
EP2196576A1 EP09176011A EP09176011A EP2196576A1 EP 2196576 A1 EP2196576 A1 EP 2196576A1 EP 09176011 A EP09176011 A EP 09176011A EP 09176011 A EP09176011 A EP 09176011A EP 2196576 A1 EP2196576 A1 EP 2196576A1
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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
    • D06F34/00—Details of control systems for washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F34/14—Arrangements for detecting or measuring specific parameters
    • 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
    • D06F2103/00—Parameters monitored or detected for the control of domestic laundry washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • 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
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/58—Indications or alarms to the control system or to the user
    • 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
    • D06F2105/00—Systems or parameters controlled or affected by the control systems of washing machines, washer-dryers or laundry dryers
    • D06F2105/62—Stopping or disabling machine operation
    • 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
    • D06F58/32—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/34—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers  characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • D06F58/36—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D06F58/44—Control of operational steps, e.g. for optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of conditioning or finishing, e.g. for smoothing or removing creases
    • 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
    • D06F58/32—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers 
    • D06F58/34—Control of operations performed in domestic laundry dryers  characterised by the purpose or target of the control
    • D06F58/50—Responding to irregular working conditions, e.g. malfunctioning of blowers

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  • the invention relates to a laundry treatment appliance with a gas sensor and a method for treating laundry using this laundry treatment appliance.
  • EP 1 327 019 B1 a device for treating fabrics in a tumble dryer.
  • Cyclodextrins are mentioned as odor neutralizing agents and as perfume boosters.
  • These and many other substances are used in accordance with EP 1 327 019 B1 used for tissue conditioning and this enclosed with a membrane which prevents the escape of liquids, but not the escape of gases.
  • the WO 2007/036470 A1 discloses a method and apparatus, in particular a tumble dryer, in which, in addition to the items to be treated, another item of laundry is used as a filter to receive the vapors and substances exiting from the remaining items of laundry.
  • EP 1 431 443 A1 discloses a clothes dryer, which is equipped with an ultrasonic atomizer, with which substances, for example fragrances to be introduced into the drum.
  • EP 0 676 497 B1 is a method for spraying perfume oil on laundry by means of a pressurized spray nozzle described in which the perfume on already dried laundry is sprayed while the drum continuously circulates to distribute the fragrance evenly.
  • the WO 2007/087937 A1 discloses a washing machine with a device for deodorizing clothes.
  • a component with a spray nozzle is provided in the sealing collar of the laundry drum, which can deliver an active ingredient (eg cyclodextrins) as a spray into the interior of the drum.
  • an active ingredient eg cyclodextrins
  • a device for scenting clothes in a tumble dryer is apparent from the WO 2004/059070 A1 ,
  • sensors to detect operating conditions in a laundry treating appliance is known.
  • IR sensors for detecting textile types, level and amount of water in the drum of washing machines and dryers is known.
  • the U.S. Patent 5,396,715 describes a microwave clothes dryer and a fire protection method.
  • the temperature is registered within the tumble dryer by means of an IR sensor and the operation is interrupted upon reaching a predetermined value indicating the burning of laundry.
  • Drums with IR sensor devices for measuring the temperature in tumble dryers are also made of JP-A-06-126099 .
  • JP-A-07-178293 and JP-A-05-200194 known.
  • the use of IR turbidity sensors is in the JP-A-06-039189 described.
  • the US 2002/000495 A1 relates to systems for controlling drying cycles in a drier containing the vapor of a lipophilic liquid, using a gas sensor to determine its concentration.
  • Numerous sensors are described, which can consist of different materials and in which different measuring principles can be realized. So are sorption sensors described in which the sorption can be detected for example by the electrical resistance of a measuring surface and the use of conductive polymers whose conductivity changes when certain gases are adsorbed.
  • the EP 1 602 766 A2 relates to a deodorizing unit for a washing machine and a control method.
  • a smell of the laundry in the washing machine is determined by using an odor sensor.
  • the odor sensor uses an electronic nose that detects gas molecules.
  • Such an electronic nose may be an array-type sensor comprising a plurality of gas sensors, or alternatively a micro-type sensor.
  • the DE 37 22 983 A1 discloses a sensor-guided and microprocessor-controlled detection and control system for combating odors in burns, coking, gasification and biological Umsetzvon. Based on an olfactometric odor measurement, a sensor system is calibrated to a limit. There are used as gas sensors continuously operating semiconductor sensors, preferably tin dioxide sensors.
  • An object of the invention was to provide a laundry treating appliance and a method for detecting the presence of an odorant in a laundry treating appliance, preferably also providing early detection of critical conditions, e.g. a fire, in a laundry treatment device is possible.
  • the invention thus relates to a laundry treatment appliance with a container for holding items of laundry and a gas sensor, wherein the laundry treatment appliance has a plurality of gas sensors comprising an odor sensor, wherein at least two gas sensors differ in the reaction to different chemical properties of a given gas or gas mixture.
  • Gas sensor according to the invention is a sensor for a substance that is at least partially in gaseous state at room temperature.
  • Gas in the context of the invention thus means not only in the strict sense, a substance which is in the gaseous state at room temperature, but also those portions of a more or less volatile substance at room temperature due to a finite vapor pressure in each case as an effective proportion in the gas phase available. Since a smell is a complex phenomenon, in an odor sensor according to the invention, at least two gas sensors are different, that is, intended for different substances.
  • At least two gas sensors preferably from 3 to 50 and particularly preferably from 5 to 40 gas sensors, are used.
  • the gas sensors of the odor sensor preferably comprise an electrically conductive material whose electrical resistance changes upon contact with a volatile chemical compound.
  • the electrically conductive material is a semiconductive metal oxide or an electrically conductive polymer.
  • the semiconductive metal oxide comprises a tin oxide (in particular SnO 2 ) and / or a gallium oxide (in particular Ga 2 O 3 ), which are generally used in doped form.
  • the electrically conductive polymer comprises an electrically non-conductive polymer and an electrically conductive additive, for example graphite.
  • the electrically conductive polymer may also comprise an intrinsically conductive polymer.
  • Preferred intrinsically conductive polymers are conjugated double bond polymers such as polythiophenes and / or polypyrroles.
  • the gas sensors of the odor sensor comprise mass effect gas sensors, where mass effect means an increase or decrease, in particular an increase of a mass.
  • mass effect utilizing gas sensors are quartz crystal sensors (QMB / QCM sensors) and / or surface acoustic wave sensors (SAW sensors).
  • the odor sensor can be based on the absorption of IR radiation and for this purpose comprise a transmitting element and a receiving element, wherein the transmitting element irradiates items of laundry and / or their surroundings with IR radiation and the receiving element of the laundry items and / or the walls of the receptacle (in usually a drum) reflected and / or receives the transmitted IR radiation in the wavenumber range of 600 to 4000 cm -1 and evaluates the presence of odors and possibly other volatile, flammable substances.
  • the IR radiation received in the range from 600 to 4000 cm -1 is generally fed to an evaluation circuit.
  • the wavenumber range of 1080 to 1300 cm -1 is used for the detection of alcohols, ethers, carboxylic acids and / or esters and the wavenumber ranges of 1350 to 1470 cm -1 and 2850 to 2960 cm -1 used for the detection of alkanes.
  • the wavenumber range of 1690 to 1760 cm -1 is preferably used for the detection of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and / or esters.
  • At least two gas sensors differ with regard to the reaction to different chemical properties of a given gas or gas mixture. These properties include, for example, polarity as well as size and shape of the molecules of the gas.
  • the given gas can be any gas.
  • a gas or a gas mixture is selected, which comprises a presently particularly interesting odorant.
  • the gas sensors are arranged as at least one sensor array on at least one microchip.
  • the laundry treatment device comprises evaluation means for evaluating the recorded by the gas sensors Sensor signals with regard to the presence of odors.
  • the human sense of smell differs significantly from the signal recording of gas sensors. While the human sense of smell differs between odorless and odorless gases, gas sensors are characterized by a broad range of response to gaseous components. Chemically similar gases are generally detected with similar signal strength.
  • each gas sensor will generally depend on the presence of corresponding odorant molecules having a specific polarity, molecular size and / or molecular shape.
  • Each gas mixture will therefore produce a characteristic and recognizable signal pattern with the gas sensors.
  • the further signal processing can be clarified in a multi-dimensional space.
  • the composition of a gas mixture results in a feature space in a signal vector whose direction is the composition and whose length is the total concentration.
  • gases and gas mixtures can be distinguished and recognized again.
  • the odor qualities such as smell and smell intensity may not be captured in this way. For this a comparison with olfactory or olfactometric measurements makes sense.
  • the odor sensor is therefore calibrated by olfactometric measurements.
  • standardized olfactometry according to the European standard EN 13725 is usually used. It measures the odor concentration, which indicates how much an odor sample needs to be diluted until it becomes odorless to an average smoker.
  • the olfactometric measurement method provides a reading associated with a large measurement uncertainty, which is generally between four times and one quarter of a reading. For example, a reading of 1000 GE / m 3 (GE: Odor units) that a sample to be tested must be diluted 1 to 1000 in order to be odorless to an average smoker.
  • the olfactometric measurements are then compared with the sensor signals of the gas sensors and these comparison data are preferably stored as reference signals in a memory unit of a program control of the laundry treatment appliance.
  • gas chromatographic and / or mass spectroscopic data of samples of odorous substances which differ with regard to the type and amount of the odorants, can be compared with the sensor signals of the gas sensors. These comparison data are preferably stored as reference signals in a memory unit of a program control of the laundry treatment appliance.
  • a change in the electrical resistance and / or the mass at the individual gas sensors and the height ratio of various sensor signals can be used, which form a signal profile in its entirety for different odorants or odorant mixtures.
  • the program control for evaluation therefore comprises a memory unit with the signal profiles for different odorants or odorant mixtures.
  • the laundry treating appliance of the present invention is particularly a dryer, a washing machine or a washer-dryer.
  • a dryer generally comprises a process air duct in which there is a drying chamber for the articles to be dried and generally a heater for heating the process air and a blower for conveying the process air.
  • a dryer is generally operated as a circulating air or exhaust air dryer, mixed forms are also known.
  • a convection dryer is from the After the condensation of moisture originating from damp laundry items in a suitable heat exchanger (air-to-air heat exchanger, evaporator of a heat pump), heated, moist warm air is again heated by means of a heater and passed into the drying chamber.
  • a supply air duct and an exhaust duct are present, so that the reaching of a room in the supply air process air after passing through the drying chamber via the exhaust duct to an exhaust outlet and thus back into the installation room.
  • a washing machine generally comprises, in addition to a drum as a receptacle for the laundry items to be treated, a tub, a water supply system and a liquor drain system arranged at the bottom of the tub with a drain pump.
  • a washer-dryer generally has the features of a dryer and a washing machine in combination.
  • a laundry treating machine has a rotatably mounted drum, a drum drive motor, and a heater.
  • switching means for rotating and stopping the drum are usually available.
  • the odor sensor can be arranged in the laundry treatment device at various locations.
  • the odor sensor is preferably arranged in the drying chamber and / or in the process air duct behind the drying chamber. If the dryer is a condensation dryer, it is advisable, for example, to arrange the odor sensor behind a heat exchanger in which the moisture of the moist, warm process air can condense. As a result, the influence of moisture on the sensor signal of the odor sensor can be minimized.
  • the odor sensor is preferably arranged in the drum. This allows a registration of odorous substances before carrying out a washing process, which then in view of the type and amount of possibly existing odors can be configured.
  • the odor sensor before introduction of water or lye may be secured by a closable cover from harmful effects of water or the wash liquor.
  • an IR sensor is used as a gas sensor
  • the transmitting element and the receiving element together form an IR sensor.
  • These parts may be arranged more or less remote from one another in the laundry treatment appliance (in particular in a dryer) and, for example, be arranged so close that they form an IR sensor unit.
  • the IR sensor unit (or its components transmitting unit and receiving unit) is preferably arranged so that its field of view detects a maximum surface of the laundry items present in the container.
  • the IR sensor unit may be mounted along the axis of rotation of the drum. In such an embodiment, the IR sensor unit may be mounted directly on the door of the dryer through which the laundry items are introduced into the dryer.
  • the sensor may also be mounted along other regions of a laundry treating appliance which allow a view into the interior of the drum and to the laundry items therein. Due to the spectra or wavelengths reflected by a sent spectrum of the laundry items moistened with odorous substances and possibly volatile, flammable substances, it is possible to deduce the nature of these odorous substances or substances. This also applies to the transmission spectra. The spectra are evaluated either over a certain spectral range or only at certain frequencies or wavenumbers in the IR range.
  • the invention also relates to a method for determining the presence of an odorant in a laundry treating appliance having a container for holding laundry items, the laundry treating appliance having an odor sensor comprising a plurality of gas sensors, wherein at least two gas sensors react to different chemical properties of a given gas or gas mixture differ, and wherein by means of the gas sensors, sensor signals are determined as a measure of the presence of odors and these sensor signals by comparison with in a program control of the Laundry treatment device stored reference signals are evaluated in terms of the presence of odors.
  • reference signals are used for the comparison, which were obtained by a combination of gas chromatographic and mass spectroscopic measurements with the Abriechen a sample of an odorant or a separated odorant mixture.
  • reference signals are used for the comparison, which were obtained by a combination of olfactometric measurements with the sensor signals.
  • an acoustic and / or optical signal is given in the detection of a given odorant or a given odorant mixture or when exceeding a certain threshold for the concentration of a given odorant or a given odorant mixture. Therefore, according to the invention, it is preferred that the presence of an odorant be indicated by means of a display device of the dryer. This can be done via an acoustic and / or visual display device.
  • the moisture content of the laundry or the moisture content of the process air generally have an influence on the measurements of the odor sensor to be considered.
  • those wavenumber ranges are selected for the measurement of the wet laundry items or the odorous substances, in which either no such influence is present or the influence on the mutual distinctness of items of laundry and odors is low.
  • information which takes into account the dependence of the sensor signals of the odor sensor on the moisture content of the process air or laundry items is also stored in a memory unit assigned to the program control, in order to correct the sensor signals accordingly.
  • the method according to the invention makes it possible to adapt a laundry treatment program to the type and quantity of a detected odor substance. Also, the start of a laundry treatment program (e.g., a heating program) may be prevented or an already started laundry treatment program (e.g., a heating program) may be ended. This is especially the case when odors indicative of a fire are detected.
  • a laundry treatment program e.g., a heating program
  • an already started laundry treatment program e.g., a heating program
  • a laundry treatment process may include treating the laundry with deodorants, for example, a deodorant composition.
  • the deodorant composition is preferably a liquid, i. a solution or suspension and may include various finishing substances, such as odor eliminators, fragrances, preferably cyclodextrins and / or microcapsules.
  • Cyclodextrins are cyclic oligosaccharide compounds having a toroidal structure with a central cavity in which apolar organic compounds can be included. Because of this property, they are nowadays used, for example, in air freshener sprays. The derivatives of a cyclodextrin contained in these products bind the unpleasant odor-causing compounds. At the same time, they also serve as carriers of fragrances.
  • Microcapsules are mostly substantially spherical structures, which have a shell and an interior usually with a diameter in the range of nanometers to ⁇ 1 mm. In this interior substances can be included.
  • the microcapsules have a shell, e.g. is a film-forming polymer in which finely dispersed, liquid or solid phases can be included.
  • the shell material may comprise many different chemical compounds, e.g. Gelatin, gum arabic, agar-agar, lactose, microcrystalline cellulose, modified starch, fatty acid esters, phospholipids, chitosan, alginates and collagen, as well as synthetic polymers such as polyacrylates, polyamides, polyvinyl alcohol or polyvinylpyrrolidone.
  • the deodorant composition may be used in solid or liquid form. However, it is preferred that this is applied in liquid form or in the form of fine droplets (spray) on the laundry items, for example by spraying, spraying, rinsing or inserting, possibly after a defined program interruption.
  • the deodorant composition is applied to the garment by spraying by means of a suitable applicator, which is generally provided with a nozzle, while the drum is being moved at or above the application speed.
  • a method of ventilating a garment may also be performed as described, for example, in the prior art documents cited herein.
  • the laundry treatment appliance according to the invention and the method according to the invention applied in it have the advantage that odors can be detected in a simple and automatic manner. In this way, laundry treatment programs can be tailored to the type and amount of any existing odors.
  • hazardous situations such as fire or contamination with volatile, flammable substances (such as hydrocarbons such as cleaning gas, alcohols, etc.) can easily and automatically be recognized so that appropriate countermeasures can be taken quickly.
  • the detection of flammable and harmful substances is user-independent.
  • an increased security against fire and explosions is realized in loadings of contaminated laundry.
  • Fig. 1 shows a vertical section through a configured as exhaust air dryer first embodiment of a laundry treatment device.
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows a vertical section through a configured as a washing machine second embodiment of a laundry treatment appliance.
  • the in Fig. 1 illustrated exhaust air dryer 1 has a rotatable about a horizontal axis drum 2 as a drying chamber, are mounted within which driver 21 for moving laundry during a drum rotation.
  • Process air is guided by means of a blower 12, starting from a supply air inlet 14 in a supply air duct 10 via a heater 11 through the drum 2 and an exhaust air duct 35 to an exhaust air outlet 15.
  • a blower 12 starting from a supply air inlet 14 in a supply air duct 10 via a heater 11 through the drum 2 and an exhaust air duct 35 to an exhaust air outlet 15.
  • supply air duct 10 drum 2 and exhaust duct 35 form a process air duct.
  • air heated by the heater 11 from the rear, ie from the side of the drum 2 opposite a door 19, is passed through the perforated bottom into the drum 2, where it comes into contact with the laundry to be dried and flows through the filling opening of the drum 2 to a lint filter 22 within the door 19 closing the filling opening.
  • the moist, warm process air in the door 19 is deflected downwards.
  • the process air is supplied in the exhaust air duct 35 to an air-air heat exchanger 16, in which the warm, laden with moisture process air is cooled and then fed to an exhaust air outlet 15.
  • the separated moisture is collected in a condensate collector 9 caught, from where they can be removed for example by pumping by means of a condensate pump, not shown here.
  • the room air supplied to the dryer 1 is used in the air-air heat exchanger 16 via the supply air duct 10.
  • This supply air is heated by the warm, laden with moisture process air and then before entering the drum 2 by means of the heater 11.
  • the drum 2 is at the in Fig. 1 shown embodiment at the rear bottom by means of a pivot bearing and front mounted by means of a bearing plate 17, the drum 2 rests with a brim on a sliding strip 18 on the bearing plate 17 and is held at the front end.
  • a motor 3 drives the drum 2.
  • 36 means a display means for reproducing the information contained in a sensor signal measured by an odor sensor 5.
  • 37 means an evaluation means for evaluating the sensor signals received by the gas sensors of the odor sensor 5.
  • odor sensors 5 within the drum 2 and between fan 12 and air-to-air heat exchanger sixteenth
  • Fig. 2 schematically shows a vertical section through a configured as a washing machine second embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is in particular a schematic representation of the presently relevant parts of a washing machine 6, in which a method described in detail herein can be performed.
  • the washing machine 6 of in FIG. 2 embodiment shown has a tub 7, in which a drum 2 rotatably mounted and can be operated by a motor 3.
  • the axis of rotation 31 of the drum 2 from the horizontal by a small angle (eg 13 °) directed forwardly upwards so that you have easier access and insight into the interior of the drum 2 .
  • a small angle eg 13 °
  • the washing machine 6 also has a liquor inlet system comprising a water connection fitting for the domestic water network 28, an electrically controllable valve 29 and a supply line 27 to the tub 7, which is guided via a dispenser 30, from which the feed water can carry detergent portions into the tub 7 ,
  • a dosing device 26 in cooperation with the domestic water network 28 allows the supply of fabric softener in the tub 7.
  • the valve 29 as well as the heater 34 by a control device (“program control") 4 depending on a program schedule may be controlled, which may be bound to a time program and / or to the achievement of certain measurements of parameters such as liquor level, liquor temperature, speed of the drum 2, etc. within the washing machine.
  • 33 means a sensor for measuring the hydrostatic pressure p in the tub 7.
  • 8 means a pump for the liquid in the tub 7.
  • Fig. 2 is in each case an odor sensor 5 in the drum 2, for example, at the rear wall, and arranged in the tub 7.
  • 36 means a display means for reproducing the information contained in a sensor signal measured by an odor sensor 5.
  • 37 means an evaluation means which has access to a memory of the program control 4, in which reference signals for various odorants and odorant mixtures are stored, which also take into account the influence of moisture on the sensor signals.
  • the evaluation means 37 detects a signal or signal pattern of an odor substance (sweat, volatile flammable substances, burning smell), it can influence the further program sequence via the program control 4 and, for example, generate a visually or audibly perceptible signal. This can be regulated so that above a certain concentration an alarm signal is triggered.
  • the laundry treating appliance In the case of imminent danger (for example, if odorous substances are detected which indicate a fire) or if certain predetermined odorous substances occur the laundry treating appliance automatically performs a program correction by not starting or aborting a selected program. This can prevent overheating, fire or damage to items of laundry by the action of odors at elevated temperatures.

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