JPH04187194A - Clothing dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make washed clothes difficult to crumple at the time of drying by providing means for sending warm air on the dryer body side to the pedestal body side through combining a dryer body with a pedestal body. CONSTITUTION:When a pedestal body 40 is combined with a dryer body 1, warm air heated from the dryer body 1 side is sent to the pedestal body 40 side via exhaust air course 27 by a pedestal inlet port 44 at the top of the pedestal body 40 engaging with an air outlet 29. Then, after water is removed from objects to be dried within the pedestal body 40, drying on the pedestal body 40 side from a pedestal air outlet 45 is conducted by the use of the warm air of the dryer body 1. In this case, ordinary clothes are dried by the dryer body 1, but clothes being apt to crumple at the time of drying can be hung by hanger and dried in the pedestal body 40. Thus, clothes are placed in the same state as air drying by suspension drying so that they are difficult to crumple at the time of drying.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a clothes dryer, and relates to a combination of a drum dryer and a hanger dryer so that the drying mode can be selected depending on the type of clothes. .

[Conventional technology]

The drying method of dryers is the drum type, in which clothes are placed in a rotating drum and dried while rotating and stirring, as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-25759, and the drum type, in which clothes are placed on hangers as described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-38192. It is broadly classified into hanger type, which hangs it to dry.

Drum drying: ■ Clothes can be easily taken out and put in by opening and closing the door on the front of the outer frame.

■ Compact and allows multiple drying.

■ High drying rate as warm air is applied effectively while stirring with a rotating drum.

The hanger method has the advantage that it is less likely to wrinkle when drying because it leaves the clothes in the same state as when drying naturally by hanging them to dry, but there has not been a drying method that can share the advantages of each method.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, it is not possible to select a drying mode depending on the type of clothing, and there are problems such as wrinkles forming during drying.

An object of the present invention is to enable drying methods to be selected depending on the type of clothing.

[Means to solve the problem]

The purpose of the above is to have a main body of the dryer, which dries clothes by placing them in a drum while rotating and stirring, a main body of the dryer, which hangs clothes on hangers and dries them by attaching them to the hanger. This is achieved by providing and combining feeding means.

[Effect]

Drying on the stand side can be done using the warm air of the dryer body through the stand suction port that engages with the exhaust port of the dryer body.When drying ordinary clothes, drying on the dryer body side can be done using the warm air of the dryer body. In addition, clothes that tend to wrinkle when drying can be dried by hanging them on a hanger inside the stand main body, and since the clothes are in the same state as naturally drying by hanging, they are less likely to wrinkle when drying.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In FIG. 1, 1 is the main body of the dryer, 2 is a drum that is rotatably provided within the main body 1 and stores the items to be dried, and 3 is a lid for stirring the clothes in the drum. Reference numeral 4 denotes a front bearing of the drum 2, which is placed at an appropriate position on the outer periphery of the drum cover 5 fixed to the front surface of the main body 1, and the front plate 2a of the drum 2 slides on this front bearing 4. It is configured to rotate. A door boat 1a is attached to the main body 1 on the inner peripheral side of the cover 5 of the drum, forming an opening for inserting clothes into the drum 2. A door 7 is attached to the front of the main body 1 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the clothes slot, and when the door 7 is closed, the door seal 6 attached to the door 7 comes into contact with the door port 1a. There is. A semiconductor heater 8 serving as a heat source is provided between the drum cover 5 and the main body 1.
A drum 2 is mounted on the drum cover 5 facing the semiconductor heater 8.
A hot air suction port 9 is provided.

On the other hand, a motor 10 is disposed in an angular space within the main body l, and a drum driving pulley 12 is attached to the motor shaft 11. A tension pulley 13 is connected between the pulley 12 and the drum 2. A drum driving belt 14 is hung. At the other end of the motor shaft 11 is a blower fan 1 that pressurizes the inside of the main body 1 and serves as a source of hot air suction into the drum 2.
5 is provided, and an air intake 16 is provided in the main body 1 for the fan 15. The air suction port 16 is covered with a filter 17 to prevent dust from entering the main body 1.

On the rear plate 2b of the drum 2, a filter 18 for collecting lint and lint coming out of the material to be dried that is stirred in the drum 2 is mounted on a filter mounting shaft 20 while being protected by a filter guard 19.
It is removably attached to the 21 is the drum rear plate 2b
This is a fixed drum shaft supported by a rear bearing 23.

Further, a drum support member 24 is fixed to the rear of the drum 2 by using the outer periphery of the rear surface of the main body 1, and an opening is provided in the center of the drum support member 24 for discharging hot and humid air from the drum 2. 25 is formed. 26 is a lining forming the rearmost surface of the main body 1. Reference numeral 27 denotes an exhaust air passage that guides exhaust air from the drum 2 to the corner portions of the main body 1. 28 is a connecting pipe that connects the exhaust air passage 27 and the exhaust port 29 provided in the main body 1. The connecting pipe 28 is configured to connect to the bottom surface of the main body 1 and the rear or side surface of the main body 1 as shown in FIG.
The hot air is discharged from the bottom of the main body 1 to the outside of the main body 1 by sealing the exhaust port provided on the rear or side surface with the lid 4.

34 is a timer that controls the drying time, and its operation is as follows: Put the dried material into the drum 2, close the door 7,
When the timer 34 is set, the motor 10 rotates, and the drum 2 and ventilation fan 15 rotate. As the blowing fan 15 rotates, air outside the main body 1 is sucked into the main body 1 through the filter 17 through the air suction port 16. Since the main body 1 has an airtight structure, the entire inside of the main body 1 is pressurized by the air sucked in, and this pressure causes the air semiconductor heater 8
The air is heated and becomes hot air, which is inserted into the drum 2 from the hot air suction port 9, and after removing moisture from the dried material, it passes through the filter 18, passes through the exhaust air path 27, and then enters the exhaust port 29. The water will be drained out of the aircraft.

Next, 40 is a stand main body, and 41 is a hanger hook. The hanger hook 41 is fixed by a fixture 42, and the hanger hook is fixed by a fixture 42.
It is locked at o. A stand suction port 44 is provided at the upper part of the stand main body 4o, and is configured to engage with an exhaust port 29 provided at the lower part of the dryer main body 1. A door 43 through which clothes can be put in is attached to the front of the stand so as to be openable and closable, and by opening and closing the door 43, clothes can be hung from the hanger and attached to the hanger hook 41. 45 is the stand main body 4
This is a stand exhaust port provided at the bottom of the 0. By combining the above-described stand main body 40 and dryer main body l, warm air heated from the dryer main body 1 side passes through the exhaust air passage 27 and reaches the stand suction port 44 on the upper part of the stand main body 40 which engages with the exhaust port 29. is sent to the stand main body 4o side. After removing moisture from the drying material in the stand main body 40, drying from the stand exhaust port 45 to the stand main body 40 side is performed using warm air from the dryer main body 1. In this case, the dryer main body 1 The prerequisite is not to perform drying. This is because when drying items are placed in the drum 2 on the side of the dryer main body 1, moisture from the drying items flows into the stand main body 4o, and the temperature of the hot air also decreases, making it impossible to dry the items. be.

In the configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention, when drying ordinary clothes, the clothes are hung in the dryer main body 1, and in the case of clothes that tend to wrinkle during drying, they are hung on hangers in the stand main body 40. This makes it possible for the clothes to be in the same state as when they are naturally dried by hanging, so they are less likely to wrinkle when drying. Further, when drying is not carried out on the side of the stand main body 1, the stand can also be used for storing clothes, and the space can be used effectively. Furthermore, since the hot air from the dryer body 1 is used as the heat source, there is no need for a heat source in the stand body 40, resulting in a simple configuration.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in 2 below, the present invention combines a dryer main body and a stand main body, and has a means for sending warm air from the dryer main body to the stand main body, thereby drying ordinary clothes. In some cases, delicate clothes that tend to wrinkle when drying can be hung on a hanger on the side of the dryer. By drying on the side of the stand, the clothes will be in the same condition as naturally drying by hanging, so there will be no wrinkles when drying. It becomes difficult to become Furthermore, the main body side of the stand can also be used to store clothes, making effective use of space. Furthermore, since the heat source uses hot air from the dryer body, there is no need for a heat source in the stand body, and the structure can be simple, so its practical value is extremely high.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the dryer main body and stand main body of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view and a partial cross-sectional view of the dryer main body. l...Dryer body, 2...drum, 4o...stand body, 41...hanger hanger. Fig. 1 2 forks / ``'B / --- One track rail / Camellia z - 4'' ram 2q-m - Exhaust port 4θ - 1 device combined 4 pieces 41 --- C successful height 1f 4 /4--One-piece stand φ entrance

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a combination of a dryer body that dries clothes by placing them in a drum while rotating and agitating, and a stand body that hangs clothes by hanging them and drying them, the inside of the stand body is heated by the hot air from the dryer body. A clothes dryer characterized by drying clothes.