KR20060046802A - Washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drying apparatus, in particular, to allow the air for laundry drying to be continuously circulated through the drying apparatus, to allow a more smooth drying to be suitable for providing in-built and indoor environment It relates to a drying apparatus of a new structure so as to prevent the change of the maximum.

To this end, the present invention has a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, has a hot air supply to generate hot air is provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe, condensed flow air is provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe A drum type dryer for drying a drying object introduced into the drum while having an air condensation part to radiate heat; And, having a predetermined storage space is coupled to the upper side of the drum type dryer, having a hot air inlet pipe that receives the hot air from the hot air supply pipe, an air outlet pipe for guiding the air discharged in the storage space to the hot air supply pipe Cabinet dryer having: A drying apparatus is provided, characterized in that it comprises a.

Drying Unit, Drum Dryer, Cabinet Dryer, Air Condenser, Steam Generator

Description

Drying device

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining the internal structure of a conventional general drum type dryer

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the appearance of a drying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention

3 is a block diagram schematically showing a drying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a schematic side cross-sectional view for explaining the extension of the cabinet dryer of the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention

5 is a block diagram schematically showing a drying apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram schematically showing a drying apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

100. Drum Dryer 110. Drying Drum

121. First supply pipe 122. Second supply pipe

123. Third Supply Pipe 124. Filtering part

125. Flow valve 130. Hot air supply

140. Air condenser 141. Condenser

142. Condensate fans 150. Condensate reservoirs

160. Drain pipe 200. Cabinet dryer

210. Body 220. Storage

221. Shelf 222. Hanger Bar

230. Opening and closing door 241. Hot air inlet pipe

242. Air outlet pipe 250. Extension

310,410. Steam Generator 311. Bucket

312. Water supply line 412. Condensate supply line

313,413. Heating element 314,414. Heating element

415. Opening and closing valves 320,420. Steam supply line

300. Control part

The present invention relates to a drying apparatus, and more particularly, to allow the air for laundry drying to be continuously circulated through the drying apparatus, to allow more smooth drying, and to be suitable for providing the built-in. The present invention relates to a drying apparatus of a new structure that can prevent the change of the indoor environment to the maximum.

In general, a drying apparatus is a device for drying laundry such as clothes, and receives laundry to which washing is completed to continuously supply high temperature heat to perform drying of the laundry.

Figure 1 shows a general drum type dryer of the above-described conventional drying apparatus.

That is, the conventional drum dryer is largely comprised of the main body 10, the drying drum 20, the door 40, the motor 50, the drying heater 60, and the blowing fan 70.

The main body 10 forms the appearance of a drum type dryer, and the drying drum 20 is rotatably installed in the main body 10.

In addition, an inlet 11 is formed on the front of the main body 10, the door 40 is mounted to open and close the inlet (11).

The motor 50 is fixed to the inner bottom of the main body 10 to generate a driving force for rotating the drying drum 20 and the blowing fan 70.

The drying heater 60 is installed inside the hot air supply passage 91 to heat air flowing through the inside of the hot air supply passage 91. At this time, the hot air supply passage 91 guides the flow of the hot air supplied into the drying drum 20.

In addition, the blowing fan 70 is operated to discharge the drying air flowing in the drying drum 10 to the outside of the main body 10, and is provided to communicate with the hot air discharge passage 92.

Therefore, when the blowing fan 70 is operated, the outside air flows under the guidance of the hot air supply passage 91, and is heated to pass through the drying heater 60 and flows into the drying drum 10 during the flow.

For this reason, the wet laundry introduced into the drying drum 10 is gradually dried by the high temperatured outside air.

In addition, the air drying the laundry while flowing in the drying drum 10 is discharged to the outside of the main body 10 under the guidance of the hot air discharge passage 92.

Then, when the laundry is dried by repeating the above process, the operation of the blowing fan 70 and the drying heater 60 is stopped, thereby completing the drying process.

However, the conventional drum dryer has a problem that the drying process is not performed smoothly because the drying process proceeds in a state in which laundry is put in a batch.

In addition, there was a problem that long-term storage in the drum dryer is impossible.

Accordingly, there has been a recent demand for a new drying device that can extend the drying capacity and allow for long-term storage, and separate drying cabinets for drum dryers, such as US Patent Application Publication US2004 / 0194339 A1 and US2004 / 0154194 A1. There is provided a mixed dryer further provided.

Mixing dryer as described above is a drying device is equipped with a drying cabinet receiving hot air while having a storage space for various laundry on the upper side of the general drum type dryer having a rotating drum.

At this time, the drying cabinet is used to dry or store for a long time the clothes received in the hot air from the drum dryer.

However, the above-described mixed dryer has a problem in that it is difficult to provide the built-in because the air drying the laundry is exhausted to the outside of the apparatus.

In other words, the space for the built-in should be large enough to maintain a sufficient distance from the wall for smooth air discharge to the outside of the mixing dryer, thereby deteriorating the appearance design due to the gap.

In addition, since the air discharged from the mixed dryer is a high temperature and high humidity, the indoor environment causes a problem that the user has to achieve an environment that is not desired, that is, a high temperature and high humidity environment.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems in the prior art, the object of the present invention is to allow continuous air circulation for drying the laundry in the drying drum and the inside of the cabinet, so as to enable a smoother drying It is intended to provide a new drying device that can be suitable for providing a built-in, and to prevent changes in the indoor environment as much as possible.

Drying apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object has a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, is provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe has a hot air supply for generating hot air, provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe A drum type dryer for drying a drying object introduced into the drum while having an air condensation unit configured to condense and dissipate the flow air; And, having a predetermined storage space is coupled to the upper side of the drum type dryer, having a hot air inlet pipe that receives the hot air from the hot air supply pipe, an air outlet pipe for guiding the air discharged in the storage space to the hot air supply pipe Cabinet dryer having: characterized in that it is included.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the drying apparatus of the present invention described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 6.

First, the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention as shown in Figures 2 to 4 attached largely comprises a drum dryer 100, the cabinet dryer 200 and the control unit 300 .

Here, the drum type dryer 100 includes only a drying drum 110 capable of rotating and stirring laundry, a hot air supply pipe, a hot air supply unit 130, and an air condenser 140. do.

The hot air supply pipe is a tube for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, and is connected in communication with an internal space between the drying drum 110, the air condenser 140, and the cabinet dryer 200.

At this time, the hot air supply pipe is supplied with the first supply pipe 121 for supplying hot air into the drying drum 110 and the air passing through the air condensing unit 140 to the first supply pipe 121. The second supply pipe 122 and the third supply pipe 123 for receiving the air discharged from the drying drum 110 and delivers to the air condensing unit 140.

The filter unit 124 for filtering foreign matter contained in the flow air is preferably further provided on the pipe of the third supply pipe 123.

In addition, the hot air supply unit 130 is provided on the pipeline of the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe serves to generate hot air.

The hot air supply unit 130 is a drying heater 131 for heating the air flowing in the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe, and a blowing fan 132 for forcibly blowing air in the second supply pipe (122) It is configured to include.

At this time, the blowing fan 132 is preferably provided on the pipe of the side of the air flows into the drying heater 131 of the pipe of the second supply pipe (122).

This is to minimize damage to the blower fan 132 due to high temperature heat.

In addition, the air condenser 140 heats the air by condensing air flowing along the hot air supply pipe, and includes a condenser 141 and a condensation fan 142.

The condenser 141 is configured to receive high temperature air from the third supply pipe 123 of the hot air supply pipe, and includes a pipe and a cooling fin that are formed with a plurality of bent lines.

In addition, the condensation fan 142 is configured to blow outside air toward the condenser 141.

Therefore, the humid air passing through the condenser 141 is condensed through heat exchange with the outside air provided by the driving of the condensation fan 142 while flowing along the conduit 141.

The cabinet dryer 200 is coupled to an upper side of the drum dryer 100 while having a storage space in which a plurality of laundry is stored.

At this time, the cabinet dryer 200 is configured to include a body 210, the receiving unit 220, the opening and closing door 230, the hot air inlet pipe 241 and the air outlet pipe 242.

The body 210 forms the exterior of the cabinet dryer 200, the front surface of which is formed to be open.

At this time, it is preferable that the body 210 is further provided with an extended portion 250 extending to the inside of the drum type dryer (100).

The extension part 250 is to be able to hang long laundry such as pants or coats without overlapping, and does not affect the rotation of the drying drum 110 forming the drum type dryer as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. It is more preferable that it is provided in the site | part biased by one side which does not.

In addition, the accommodating part 220 is mounted in the body 210 and includes a plurality of shelves 221 and a hanger bar 222.

At this time, each shelf 221 is configured to be detachable from the inside of the body 210 and to form a variety of laundry is formed, the hanger bar 222 is one of the upper space in the body 210 Are joined along the front and back of the lateral space.

In addition, the opening and closing door 230 serves to open and close the open front of the body 210.

In addition, one end of the hot air inlet pipe 241 is connected to the air outlet side of the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe of the drum type dryer 100, and the other end is in communication with the receiving unit 220. It is connected to, and receives the hot air of the high temperature from the second supply pipe 122 of the hot air supply pipe serves to provide into the receiving unit 220.

At this time, the flow path valve 125 for selecting and guiding the flow direction of the air to the first supply pipe and / or the hot air inlet pipe 241 is preferably further provided on the pipeline of the second supply pipe 122. Do.

In addition, one end of the air outlet pipe 242 is connected to communicate with the housing 220, the other end is connected to the third supply pipe 123 of the hot air supply pipe, laundry in the housing 220 Outflow of hot and humid air passed through the role.

At this time, a separate exhaust fan (not shown) may be further provided on the pipeline of the air outlet pipe 242.

In addition, the control unit 300 according to the present invention performs the operation control of the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200.

At this time, the control unit 300 is provided in at least one of the drum dryer 100 or the cabinet dryer 200, it is preferred that only the drum dryer as in the embodiment of the present invention.

If the control unit 300 is provided in both the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200, the two control units 300 are connected to each other by a data cable (not shown). It is desirable to allow alternating current.

In addition, the control unit 300 may be configured to control each of the drum type dryer 100 and the cabinet dryer 200, or may be configured to control so as to interlock with each other.

Referring to the operation of the first embodiment according to the drying apparatus of the present invention described above is as follows.

First, when the drying is to be performed using the drying apparatus of the present invention, laundry is provided in the drying drum 110 of the drum type dryer 100 and / or the storage unit 220 of the cabinet dryer 200.

Thereafter, power is supplied to the hot air supply unit 130 so that hot air flows into each of the supply pipes 121, 122, and 123 of the hot air supply pipe.

That is, the air flows into the hot air supply pipe through the driving of the blower fan 132, and the drying drum 110 and the receiving unit 220 are heated by heating the flowing air through the heat generated by the drying heater 131. It is to supply hot air into.

In addition, when the above-described series of processes are performed, the condensation fan 142 is driven to improve the condensation performance of air flowing along the conduit 141.

Accordingly, the humid air introduced from the drying drum 110 and / or the accommodating part 220 is dried while the water is separated while passing through the air condensing part 140, and the dried air is again the drying heater 131. It is supplied to the drying drum 110 and / or the receiving unit 220 in a high temperature state while passing through.

As a result, the laundry is dried by repeatedly performing the flow of air as described above for a set time.

Meanwhile, in the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, a steam generator 310 generating steam in the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment is further provided, and the steam generator 310 and the cabinet dryer are provided. The interior space of the 200 is characterized in that connected to the steam supply pipe 320.

The steam generating unit 310 is configured so that the laundry can be refreshed by supplying steam to the laundry stored in the cabinet dryer 200, the drum type dryer 100 or the cabinet dryer 200 forming the drying device It is provided in at least one of the.

At this time, the steam generating unit 310 and the water supply pipe 312 and the water supply pipe 312 is connected to the water tank 311 is connected to the water tank 311, the water is stored for the generation of steam and , A heating unit 313 having a predetermined storage space to temporarily store the water supplied through the water supply pipe 312, and a heating element 314 provided in the heating unit 313 to heat and vaporize the stored water. It is configured to include).

The bucket 311 may be connected to a water pipe and configured to receive tap water, or may be configured to be manually supplied by a user.

Of course, although not shown, the steam generated by the steam generator 310 may be configured to be provided to the drum type dryer 100.

The refreshing operation according to the drying apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention described above is as follows.

First, when performing a refresh function such as wrinkle removal or sterilization of laundry using the drying apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention, steam is generated by operating the steam generator 310.

That is, by heating the heat generating element 314 to evaporate the water supplied from the water tank 311 through the water supply pipe 312 to the heat generating portion 313 to generate steam.

At this time, the steam generated from the steam generating unit 310 is supplied into the receiving unit 220 of the cabinet dryer 200 through the steam supply pipe 320.

Therefore, the laundry stored in the storage unit 220 of the cabinet dryer 200 is refreshed, such as wrinkle removal and sterilization by the high temperature steam.

On the other hand, the steam generator 310 according to the second embodiment of the present invention described above may cause inconvenience that the user must continuously supply the water used to generate steam.

In addition, since the air condensation unit 140 according to the first embodiment is operated to condense high temperature and high humidity air, a large amount of condensate is generated, causing a problem that a structure for separately draining the generated condensate is required. Can be.

Accordingly, the third embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the condensed water generated in the air condenser may be used as water for steam generation required by the steam generator.

That is, the drying apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention is further provided with a condensate reservoir 150 in the drying apparatus according to the first embodiment as shown in Figure 6, the condensate reservoir 150 is an air condensation unit ( 140 and the cabinet dryer 200 and the drain pipe 160 is characterized in that.

At this time, the condensate reservoir 150 is introduced into the condensate generated in the air condensing unit 140 and the condensate generated in the cabinet dryer 200 through the drain pipe (160).

On the conduit of the drain pipe 160, the pump 161 for forcibly pumping the condensate to be delivered to the condensate reservoir 150 is further provided.

In addition, in the drying apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the steam generator 410 and steam generated by the steam generator 410 are provided with the condensed water stored in the condensate reservoir 150 to generate steam. It is characterized in that the steam supply pipe 420 provided to the cabinet dryer 200 is further provided.

At this time, the steam generator 410 is provided in any one of the drum type dryer 100 or the cabinet dryer 200, the condensate supply pipe 412 to receive the condensate from the condensate reservoir 150, and And a heating unit 413 having a storage space to temporarily store the condensed water supplied through the condensed water supply pipe 412, and a heating element 414 provided in the heat generating unit 413 to heat and vaporize the stored condensed water.

In particular, the condensate supply pipe 412 is preferably further provided with an on-off valve 415 that can selectively open and close the flow of the condensate provided from the condensate reservoir 150 to the heat generating portion 413.

The refreshing operation of the drying apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention described above is as follows.

First, in order to perform a refresh function such as removing wrinkles or sterilizing laundry, by controlling the opening / closing valve 415 to open a conduit of the condensate supply pipe 412, the condensate stored in the condensate reservoir 150 is heated. Supply to 413.

In addition, by heating the heating element 414, the water supplied to the heating portion 413 is evaporated to generate steam.

At this time, the steam generated in the heat generating unit 413 is supplied into the receiving unit 220 of the cabinet dryer 200 through the steam supply pipe 420.

Therefore, the laundry stored in the storage unit 220 of the cabinet dryer 100 is refreshed such as wrinkle removal and sterilization by the high temperature steam.

In this case, it is preferable that the humid air in the cabinet dryer 200 flows to the condenser 141 by driving the blower fan 132.

As a result, the condensate reservoir 150 is provided with a constant condensate, it is possible to generate a smooth steam using the condensate.

As described above, the drying apparatus according to each embodiment of the present invention allows the air flowing in the drum dryer and the cabinet dryer to be continuously circulated without being discharged to the outside, thereby not changing the indoor environment and providing the built-in. Has the effect of being suitable for

In addition, since the space for the built-in does not have to be formed large enough compared to the total size of the drying apparatus, the design of the appearance can be obtained.

In particular, by condensing the humid air discharged from the drum dryer and the cabinet dryer with the air condenser according to an embodiment of the present invention to remove the moisture in the air has the effect that the laundry can be dried smoothly.                     

In other words, the hot air of the high temperature provided by the drum type dryer or the cabinet dryer achieves a dry state, so that the laundry can be dried more smoothly.

In addition, the drying apparatus according to the second embodiment and the third embodiment of the present invention is configured to enable the refresh function for the laundry stored in the cabinet dryer, so that effects such as sterilization and wrinkle removal for the laundry can be obtained.

Claims (11)

It has a hot air supply pipe for guiding a high temperature hot air flow, has a hot air supply portion provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe for generating hot air, and has an air condensation portion provided on the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe to condense and radiate the flow air A drum type dryer for drying a drying object introduced into the drum while being dried; And, It has a predetermined storage space and is coupled to the upper side of the drum type dryer, has a hot air inlet pipe that receives the hot air from the hot air supply pipe, and has an air outlet pipe for guiding the air discharged in the storage space to the hot air supply pipe Cabinet dryer: comprising a drying apparatus. The method of claim 1, The hot air supply unit And a drying heater for heating the air flowing in the conduit of the hot air supply pipe, and a blowing fan for forcibly blowing the air in the hot air supply pipe. The method of claim 2, The blowing fan is Drying apparatus characterized in that provided on the air inlet side of the drying heater on the basis of the flow direction of air in the pipeline of the hot air supply pipe. The method of claim 1, The air condensation unit A condenser configured to receive hot air from the hot air supply pipe and condensing hot air flowing along the inner conduit; Drying apparatus comprising a condensation fan for blowing outside air toward the condenser. The method of claim 1, At least one of the drum dryer or the cabinet dryer The steam generating unit for generating steam is further provided, Washing apparatus, characterized in that the steam generating unit and the inner space of the cabinet dryer is connected to the steam supply pipe. The method of claim 5, wherein The steam generator A bucket where water is stored to generate steam, A water supply pipe connected to the water tank and receiving water from the water tank; A heating unit having a storage space to temporarily store water supplied through the water supply pipe; And a heating element provided in the heating portion to heat and vaporize the stored water. The method of claim 1, The drum dryer A condensate reservoir for storing the condensate generated in the air condenser and the condensate generated in the cabinet dryer is further provided. Drying apparatus, characterized in that between the condensate reservoir and the air condensing unit and the cabinet dryer is connected by a drain pipe. The method of claim 7, wherein At least one of the drum dryer or the cabinet dryer Steam including a condensed water supply pipe receiving the condensed water from the condensate reservoir, a heat generating unit having a storage space to temporarily store the water supplied through the condensate supply pipe, and a heating element provided to heat and vaporize the water stored in the heat generating unit Drying apparatus characterized in that the generation unit is further provided. The method of claim 7, wherein And a pump configured to forcibly pump the condensate to the condensate storage tank and to deliver the condensate to the condensate storage tank. The method of claim 1, On the air inlet side pipe in which air is introduced from the inside of the drying drum of each of the hot air supply pipe Drying device, characterized in that further provided with a filtering portion for filtering the foreign matter contained in the flowing air. The method of claim 1, And a flow passage valve for selectively guiding the flow direction of air toward the drying drum and / or the cabinet dryer in a portion of the hot air supply pipe connected to the hot air inlet pipe.

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