JPH0321297A - Cloth dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To feed a finishing agent with a simple structure by providing a small opening formed on a door, a support body rotatably provided on the small opening corresponding part in the inside of the door, and a finishing agent containing body supported by the support body. CONSTITUTION:A support body 37 provided on a small opening 35 corresponding part in the inside of a door 5 is formed of a flat plate part 38 slightly smaller than the small opening 35, a receiving part 38 for supporting a finishing agent containing body which part is formed on one surface side of the flat plate part 37, and a rotating shaft 40 rotatably supported by a bearing part 5a formed on the door 5. The receiving part 39 has an air hole 41. A porous body 42 is removably mounted on the receiving part 39 of the support body 37 and supported thereby. During drying stroke, the porous body 42 is heated by hot air to exude the impregnated essence onto the surface. The exuded essence is evaporated from the air hole 41 and charged in a drying chamber to provide a good smell. As the finishing agent containing body is supported by the support body 37 and disposed in the drying chamber, exchange of the finishing agent containing body and supplement of finishing agent to the support body 37 can be easily conducted without opening the door 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application field The present invention relates to clothes dryers.

(b) Conventional technology In clothes dryers, antistatic agents prevent static electricity from being generated on dried clothes, rinse agents soften clothes, fragrances give clothes a pleasant scent, etc. (hereinafter referred to as finishing agents). ) has been proposed to be supplied to the clothes in a drying room to dry the clothes well.

JP-A-58-124493 uses ultrasonic vibration t, and JP-A-58-133300 uses a pump to supply finishing agent into the drying chamber. However, in a structure that uses such an ultrasonic vibrator or pump, there is a risk that the finishing agent remaining inside the pump may solidify, and the ribbon may malfunction if the finishing agent cannot be supplied. Another drawback was that the grooves were complicated and expensive.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention provides a clothes dryer that can be supplied with a finishing agent easily and nearby, is inexpensive, and is free from failures.

(2) Means for Solving the Problems The clothes dryer of the present invention includes a drying chamber for accommodating clothes, a drying means for blowing warm air into the drying chamber, and a clothes dryer provided at the clothes entrance and exit of the drying chamber so as to be openable and closable. a small opening formed in the door, a support rotatably provided at a portion corresponding to the small opening of the inward opening of the door, and a finishing agent-containing body supported by the support. It is characterized by being more.

(E) Rotate the support with action 8i closed, attach and support the finishing agent-containing body to the support, and rotate the support again to dry the finishing agent composite. It can be located indoors.

When the four bodies containing the finishing agent are placed in a drying chamber and a drying operation is performed, the finishing agent directly or indirectly adheres to the clothes at the same time as the clothes are dried.

(f) Embodiment The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. The second clothes dryer is a so-called dehumidifying type that uses a heat exchange type double-sided fan. That is, here, drying air is circulated in an air path formed from a drum (drying chamber), the inner surface of a double-sided fan, a duct, and a heater.

In Figures 1 to 3, (1) is the metal frame of the clothes dryer, (2) and (3) are the front and rear plates fixed to the front and rear opening edges of the machine frame; 4) is a clothing entrance formed in the front plate (2), and (5) is a door provided in the clothing entrance so as to be openable and closable. (6) is a metal annular drum support plate located at the front of the machine frame (+) and fixed to the machine frame (1) and front plate (2); ) A metal partition plate installed and fixed on both sides of the rear part of the partition plate (8>... is a partition plate (7), with multiple holes drilled radially from the center, joint, and part of the partition plate (7). It is a ventilation hole.

(9) is a long support shaft that is inserted through the center of the partition plate (7) from the front and rear directions and fixed in a slotted manner, and its rear end is connected to the rear plate (3).
) is fixed to the central boss that bulges out at the rear with bolts and washers. Reference numeral (10) denotes a drum shaped like a resin shell, and the opening edge of the drum is rotatably supported on the outer circumferential edge of the drum support plate (6) via a ferrule (1.1). A bearing is fixed to the center of the rear surface of the drum (10), rotatably attached to the front end of the support shaft (9), and secured with bolts and nuts. A hot air outlet (12) consisting of a large number of through holes or radial slits is formed on the rear surface of this drum (10), and the inside thereof, which communicates with the clothing entrance/exit (4), becomes a drying chamber. .

(13) connects the hot air 0 (+4) formed on the lower left side of the drum support plate (6) to the ventilation hole (8) of the partition plate (7).
・A circulation path that communicates from the rear side of the drum support plate (6
) is fixed to the L-shaped duct (l5) and the partition plate (7
A cylindrical N-ring casing (
! 6) It will be 9Wt. (17) is a honeycomb-shaped heater with positive resistance temperature characteristics, (18) is a duct (15
Drain hole formed in the bottom of the machine and protruding outside the machine (j9)
is a duct (+5) integrated with circulation gaging (16)
), and (20) is a G switch that detects the opening and closing of the door (5).

(!1) is a cooling casing of almost the same shape that is attached to the rear side of the circulation gating (16) so as to be continuous, and integrates the circulation pipe (19) and the divided downward cooling path (22), Connect this to the cold air outlet <23 on the bottom of the machine frame (1>)
Two consecutive 311 L tail. (24) A heat exchange type double-sided fan disposed across the ha liff casing (18) and the cooling casing (2l), which is rotatable via a metal at the rear of the spindle (9). pivoted, (25
) (25) is a rotation transmission boob connected to this double-sided fan (24). (26) is a motor with t1 installed at the inner bottom of the machine frame (1), and is a motor with a boot 9 including an idler pulley.
(27) and belt (28) rotate the drum (1) at low speed, and the double-sided fan (24) is rotated by the pulley (2).
5) and bell} (28a) to rotate at high speed.
(29) is a sealing material that seals between the hot air outlet Ll (12)... and the vent (8), (3(ri...) is the rear plate (3)
The cold air inlet (31) is shaped in the center of the drum (IO
This is a filter device that is removably attached to the hot air outlet (12) on the rear side of the garment from the inside and removes lint generated from clothing. This filter device (31) is
a full cover (31a) in which a plurality of openings are formed;
A lint 7f router (3lb) is placed inside the duct (3lb), which constitutes a circulation path (l3).
15), a double-sided fan (24), a motor (26), a heater (17), and the like.

(32), (33), and (34) are the first, second, and third thermistors, and the IT thermistor (32) is located on the back side of the partition plate (7) and measures the exhaust temperature at the hot air outlet (12). death,
The second thermistor (33) is placed in the duct (33) to measure the exhaust temperature after heat exchange dehumidification and before reheating, and the third thermistor (34) is placed in the hot air inlet (14) in the duct (15).
) to measure the exhaust gas temperature after reheating.

(35) is a small opening formed in the center of door (5), (36
) is Iji! (5) is a lid that can be opened and closed on the outside, and (37) is a support that is provided on the inside of the door (5) in a portion corresponding to the small opening (35). This support (37
) is a flat plate part (38) that is slightly smaller than the small opening (35).
, a receiving part (39) formed on one side of the flat plate part (37) to support a finishing agent-containing body, which will be described later, and a bearing part (5a) formed in the door (5) so as to be rotatable. It consists of a rotating shaft (40) that is supported, and a vent hole (41) is formed in the receiving part (39). (42) is the support (37)
It is a porous body as a finishing agent-containing body that is freely attached and supported by the receiving part (39). The porous body (42) is specifically made of sintered metal and can be impregnated with a liquid finishing agent such as fragrance, and is attached and supported to the support body (37) while impregnated with the finishing agent, and then dried. It is placed so that it is exposed indoors. A magnet (43) is attached to the lid (36) and the door (5), and the porous body (42) is attached to the support (37) and positioned in the drying chamber (the state shown in Fig. 2). When the lid (36) is closed, the lid (3
G) is a small opening (35
) is fixed in the closed position. By closing this lid (36), careless rotation of the support body (37) is prevented.

FIG. 4 shows a circuit block diagram, in which (44) is a microcomputer that controls the motor (26) and heater (17) by referring to the information from the thermistors (32), (33), and (34); (45) is a keyboard for inputting information into the microcomputer.

When the keyboard (45) instructs the start of the drying operation, the microcomputer (44) starts the motor (
26), the heater 17) is energized to start the drying process. The motor (26) rotates the double-sided fan (24), and the air generated is heated by the heater (17) to become warm air, which is supplied into the drum (10) to dry the clothes. The wind that removes moisture from clothing is a hot air outlet (]2)
The double-sided fan (24) exchanges heat with the cooling air sucked in from the cold air population (30) and condenses the moisture taken from the clothes into water droplets. These water droplets are blown around by the rotation of the double-sided fan (24), pass through the circulation pipe (19), and enter the drain hole (1).
8) is discharged from the machine.

During this drying process, the porous body (42) is also heated by hot air, and as a result, the fragrance impregnated in the porous body (42) leaches onto its surface. The leached fragrance is stored in the ventilation hole (4
1) It evaporates, fills the drying room, and attaches to clothes, giving them a pleasant scent. Since this embodiment is of a dehumidifying type, the drying air is circulated inside the machine without being discharged to the outside, so it is particularly effective. Moreover, the finishing agent is a heater (
17) Since it is not directly heated, it does not change in quality.

The microcomputer (44) is a thermistor (32)
The drying process is executed while performing an operation to determine the end of drying based on the information from (33). The operation for determining the end of drying is described in detail in Japanese Patent Publications No. 61-26397, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-163400, and so will not be described here.

When drying is completed, the microcomputer (44) stops energizing the motor (26) and heater (17).

According to the present invention, since the finishing agent-containing body is supported by the support body (37) rotatably provided in the small opening (35) of the door (5) and placed in the drying chamber, the finishing agent-containing body is placed in the drying chamber. The door (5)
This can be done very easily without opening the door.

In the seventh embodiment, the porous body (42) is impregnated with perfume, and the evaporated perfume adheres to clothing. During the drying process, when the drum (10) rotates, the clothes directly touch the porous body (42), and the antistatic agent leached onto the surface of the porous body (37) is absorbed into the clothes. It can also be a groove attached to the surface.

Furthermore, in this example, the porous body (42) is impregnated with the finishing agent in the form of }α, but the porous body (42)
Alternatively, for example, the finishing agent may be solidified and the purchased member may be placed in the drying chamber. Furthermore, the lid (36)
is not necessarily necessary, and in order to prevent the support (37) from inadvertently rotating, suitable means such as magnets, latches, hooks, etc. may be provided on the support (37).

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, a finishing agent can be applied to clothing with a simple groove or a member containing a finishing agent placed in a drying chamber, and the groove is simple, so the cost is low. There is no cost and there is no risk of failure.Furthermore, removal and replacement of the finishing agent-containing slag can be done very easily without opening the door.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the main part, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main part, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view.
The alJ diagram is a circuit block diagram. (10)...Drum, (l5)...Duct, (l7
)...Heater, (24)...Double-sided fan, (35)
...Small opening, (37)...Support. (42)...
・Porous body.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) a drying chamber for storing clothes, a drying means for blowing warm air into the drying chamber, a door that can be opened and closed at the clothes entrance of the drying chamber, and a small opening formed in the door; A clothes dryer comprising: a support rotatably provided in a portion corresponding to the small opening on the inside of the door; and a finishing agent-containing body supported by the support.