CN112647263A

CN112647263A - A condenser, drying device and clothing nursing device for clothing nursing

Info

Publication number: CN112647263A
Application number: CN201910969728.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈小平; 李宁宁; 刘军; 牟平; 张宝鸽
Original assignee: Foshan Viomi Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Viomi Electrical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-12
Filing date: 2019-10-12
Publication date: 2021-04-13

Abstract

The invention relates to a condenser, a drying device and a clothes nursing device for clothes nursing, comprising a condensing chamber, a first inlet and a first outlet, wherein the first inlet is arranged at one end of the condenser to receive damp and hot air, the damp and hot air is condensed in the condensing chamber to form dry air, and the first outlet is arranged at the other end of the condensing chamber to discharge the dry air; and a damper provided on a side wall of the condensing chamber for discharging a part of the hot and humid air. Through the drying device and the clothing nursing device that use above-mentioned condenser, the air door can adjust the aperture according to the condition, and the humid hot air of exhaust part improves the availability factor of condenser, keeps drying device temperature lower, shortens the stoving time, reduces fold and the damage to the clothing.

Description

A condenser, drying device and clothing nursing device for clothing nursing

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of condensation for clothes care, in particular to a condenser, a drying device and a clothes care device for clothes care.

Background

At present, the drying principle of a conventional clothes care machine, such as a dryer and a washing and drying all-in-one machine, is generally that air is heated by a heater and enters a cylinder, water on clothes in the cylinder is evaporated under the action of hot air to form damp and hot air with the air, then the damp and hot air enters a condenser, the damp and hot air is condensed into condensed water and dry air under the action of a cooling medium in the condenser, the dry air enters the cylinder after being heated by the heater, and the purpose of drying the clothes is achieved after circulation. When the condenser in the traditional mode is used, the efficiency of the condenser is reduced and the drying time is longer when the moisture content of air is lower in the drying rear section; on the other hand, after passing through the condenser, the air is heated in a circulating mode, the air is not controlled in the condenser, the temperature is too high, clothes are easily damaged when being dried, and the clothes are easily wrinkled.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a condenser, a drying device and a clothes nursing device for nursing clothes.

The technical scheme of the invention is summarized as follows:

in one aspect, the present invention provides a condenser for laundry care, comprising a condensing chamber, a first inlet, a first outlet; wherein the first inlet is arranged at one end of the condenser to receive the humid and hot air; the first outlet is arranged at the other end of the condenser to discharge air; and a damper provided on a side wall of the condensing chamber for discharging the hot and humid air. The hot humid air is condensed in the condensation chamber, and the condensed air is discharged from the first outlet.

Preferably, the air door has an adjustable opening, the opening is the percentage of the ventilation area in the whole air door, and the opening range is 0% to 100%.

Furthermore, the air conditioner also comprises a second inlet arranged at the upper end of the condensing chamber, and water for condensation enters from the second inlet and is used for condensing the damp and hot air in the condensing chamber.

Furthermore, the condensing unit also comprises a plurality of convex structures arranged on the inner wall of the condensing chamber and used for scattering water for condensation.

Preferably, the raised structures are raised strips forming an angle α with the horizontal, wherein 0 ° < α < 90 °.

Preferably, the convex structure and the inner side wall of the condensation chamber are integrally formed.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a drying apparatus, including a drying apparatus body for nursing clothes, the drying apparatus body including the above-mentioned condenser, inlet duct, outlet duct for nursing clothes; wherein the inlet pipeline is connected with a first inlet of the condenser; the outlet pipeline is connected with a first outlet of the condenser, and a fan and a heater for heating air are arranged in the outlet pipeline.

A drying device comprises a drying device body for clothes care, wherein the drying device body comprises a condenser for clothes care, an inlet pipeline connected with a first inlet, and an outlet pipeline connected with a first outlet, and a fan and a heater for heating air are arranged in the outlet pipeline.

Preferably, the heater is a heating wire, a heating sheet or a heating pipe.

Preferably, the fan is located closer to the air outlet of the condenser than the heater.

Further, a sensor for monitoring air parameters at the upper end of the condensing chamber is also included.

Preferably, the sensor is a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor for monitoring the temperature or humidity of the air.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a clothes care device, which includes a clothes care device body, wherein the clothes care device body includes the drying device, and a drum for accommodating clothes.

Further, the cylinder comprises a cylinder inlet and a cylinder outlet, the cylinder inlet is connected with an outlet pipeline of the drying device, and the cylinder outlet is connected with an inlet pipeline of the drying device to form a loop for air flow.

Furthermore, the barrel comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and a plurality of through holes communicated with the outer barrel are formed in the side wall of the inner barrel, so that the hot and humid air in the inner barrel can reach the outer barrel through the through holes.

Further, the inner cylinder is connected with the outlet pipeline door seal, and the outer cylinder is fixedly installed together with the inlet pipeline.

Further, the clothes care device is a dryer or a washing and drying integrated machine.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the invention provides a condenser, a drying device and a clothes nursing device for nursing clothes, wherein the side wall of the condenser is provided with an air door for controlling the discharge of partial humid and hot air, the humid and hot air in the condenser can be controlled, the use efficiency of the condenser is improved, the condenser can be opened in the drying process, and partial humid and hot air is discharged, so that the drying efficiency is increased, the drying time is shortened, the drying temperature is reduced, and excessive wrinkles of clothes are avoided; meanwhile, the air parameters of the condenser are monitored through the arrangement of a temperature or humidity sensor, so that the drying efficiency is improved; on the other hand, the side wall of the condenser is additionally provided with the bulge structure, so that the contact area of the condensed water and the air is increased, and the condensing efficiency and the condensing effect are improved.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to make the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly understood and to implement them in accordance with the contents of the description, the following detailed description is given with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. The detailed description of the present invention is given in detail by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a left-side view schematically illustrating a condenser for nursing laundry according to the present invention

FIG. 2 is a right view schematically illustrating the structure of the condenser for nursing clothes according to the present invention

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view showing a cross-section of the inside of a condenser for clothing care according to the present invention

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of the raised condenser structure for clothing care according to the present invention

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a drying device and a clothes care device according to the present invention, with reference numbers:

1-a condenser; 11-a condensation chamber; 12-a first inlet; 13-a first outlet; 14-a damper; 15-a sensor; 16-a second inlet; 17-raised structures;

2-an inlet duct; 3-an outlet pipe; 31-a fan; 32-a heater; 4-a cylinder body; 41-cylinder inlet; 42-the outlet of the cylinder; 43-inner cylinder; 44-an outer barrel; 45-through hole.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which will enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention with reference to the accompanying specification. In the drawings, the shape and size may be exaggerated for clarity, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings to designate the same or similar components. In the following description, terms such as center, thickness, height, length, front, back, rear, left, right, top, bottom, upper, lower, and the like are used based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. In particular, "height" corresponds to the dimension from top to bottom, "width" corresponds to the dimension from left to right, and "depth" corresponds to the dimension from front to back. These relative terms are for convenience of description and are not generally intended to require a particular orientation. Terms concerning attachments, coupling and the like (e.g., "connected" and "attached") refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached, either directly or indirectly, to one another through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise.

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, and it should be noted that any combination of the embodiments or technical features described below can be used to form a new embodiment without conflict. It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.

As shown in fig. 1, the condenser 1 for nursing clothes according to the present invention comprises a condensing chamber 11, a first inlet 12 and a first outlet 13, wherein the first inlet 12 is disposed at one end of the condenser 1 for receiving humid and hot air, the humid and hot air is condensed in the condensing chamber 1, and the first outlet 13 is disposed at the other end of the condensing chamber for discharging the condensed air; and a damper 14 provided on a side wall of the condensing chamber 1 for discharging a part of the hot and humid air.

In some embodiments, the damper 14 has an adjustable opening. The opening degree is the percentage of the ventilation area of the damper 14 in the fully open area of the damper, and the opening degree ranges from 0% to 100%. For example, when the damper is not opened, the opening degree is 0%; opening a half area, wherein the opening degree is 50%; the damper area was fully open, with an opening of 100%. Of course, when opening in other manners, such as in a rotational manner, the opening may be a rotational angle of the damper, and the corresponding opening may range from 0 ° to 90 °.

In some embodiments, the actuating power and the opening degree of the damper can be adjusted by using common modes such as electromagnetism, hydraulic pressure, pneumatics and the like, and the opening degree can be adjusted by corresponding control devices.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a condenser 1 for laundry care may further include a second inlet 16 disposed at an upper portion of the condensing chamber 11, and condensation water is introduced through the second inlet 16, and is contacted with the hot and humid air in the condensing chamber 11, thereby condensing the hot and humid air, and dry air is discharged through the air outlet 13, thereby improving condensation efficiency by means of water cooling.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, a condenser 1 for laundry care may further include a plurality of protrusion structures 17 disposed on an inner wall of the condensing chamber 11 for scattering condensed water, increasing a contact area of the condensed water with hot and humid air, thereby improving condensing efficiency.

In some embodiments, the raised structures 17 are raised at an angle α to the horizontal, wherein 0 ° < α < 90 °, which arrangement breaks up the condensate and also facilitates the flow of the condensate water, increasing the time for condensation of the condensate water in the condensation chamber 11.

In some embodiments, the protrusion 17 is integrally formed with the inner sidewall of the condensation chamber 11, and more preferably, the outer sidewall of the condensation chamber 11 is inwardly recessed, as shown in fig. 1 and 4. Besides the effect brought by reducing parts, the shock resistance of the convex structure 17 can be improved, the service life of the condenser 1 is prolonged, and the manufacture of the condenser is convenient.

The embodiment of the invention provides a drying device, which comprises a drying device body for clothes care, and as shown in fig. 5, the drying device body comprises a condenser 1 for clothes care, an inlet pipeline 2 connected with a first inlet 12 of the condenser, an outlet pipeline 3 connected with a first outlet 13 of the condenser, and a fan 31 and a heater 32 for heating air are arranged in the outlet pipeline 3. The hot and humid air enters the condensing chamber 11 of the condenser 1 through the first inlet 12 via the inlet duct 2, is condensed to form dry air, is discharged from the first outlet 13, and is heated by the heater 32 and the pressurized guide of the fan 31 in the outlet duct 3, so that the dry hot air for drying is formed for further drying. The drying device can be used as a replaceable accessory on a corresponding clothes care device using the drying device.

In some embodiments, the heater 32 is a heating wire, a heating sheet, or a heating tube, such as a heating wire, a ceramic heating sheet, a PTC, an electrical heating tube, or the like.

In some embodiments, the fan 31 is closer to the air outlet 12 of the condenser 1 than the heater 32. The fan is used for guiding the air flow and then heating, so that the influence of the air heated firstly on the fan can be reduced, and the temperature of the hot air can be controlled conveniently.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a sensor 15 for detecting a parameter of the air at the upper end of the condensation chamber 11 may be further included. The temperature parameter, the humidity parameter of its accessible sensor 15 monitoring air etc. are used for monitoring the condensation efficiency of condenser, and correspondingly sensor 15 can be temperature sensor, humidity transducer etc.. In the use of a specific drying device, the condition judgment can be carried out in a control device of the drying device by monitoring parameters, such as temperature or humidity, of air at the upper end of the condensing chamber 11, the opening degree of the air door can be adjusted in an electromagnetic, hydraulic, pneumatic and other modes according to the judgment result, part of damp and hot air is discharged and part of external air flows in, so that the humidity or the temperature of the damp and hot air in the condenser is optimized, and the drying air flow is adjusted.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a laundry care device is provided, which includes a laundry care device body, as shown in fig. 5, the laundry care device body includes the drying device as described above, and a drum 4 for accommodating laundry.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the drum 4 comprises a drum inlet 41 and a drum outlet 42, the drum inlet 41 being connected to the outlet duct 3 of the drying device, and the drum outlet 42 being connected to the inlet duct 2 of the drying device, forming a loop for the air flow.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the barrel 4 comprises an inner barrel 43 and an outer barrel 44, and a plurality of through holes 45 are provided on the sidewall of the inner barrel 43 and are communicated with the outer barrel 44, so that the hot and humid air in the inner barrel 43 can reach the outer barrel 44 through the through holes 45.

In some embodiments, the inner cylinder 43 is in fluid communication with the outlet conduit 3, and the outer cylinder 44 is fixedly mounted with the inlet conduit 2.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry care device is a dryer or an all-in-one washer dryer, and when the laundry care machine is a dryer, other structures of the dryer using conventional means, such as a sieve; when the clothes nursing machine is a washing and drying integrated machine, the clothes nursing machine also comprises related contents such as inner drum water inlet, washing control and the like which use the washing function of a conventional means; of course, the dryer or the washing and drying all-in-one machine includes the related structures of the condenser, the drying device and the clothes care device, which are not described in detail herein.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, when the drying process is implemented by using the clothes care device of the present invention, the blower 31, the heater 32, and the condenser 1 are all in working status, and the hot and humid air enters the outer cylinder 44 through the through hole 45 of the inner cylinder 43, then passes through the inlet duct 2, and enters the condensing chamber 11 through the first inlet 12 of the condenser 1; the condensation water of the second inlet 16 enters the condensation chamber 11 and is scattered and guided by the convex structure 17, and the condensation water is fully contacted with the moist and hot air; the wet and hot air is discharged from the first outlet 13, enters the outlet pipeline 3, is guided by the fan 31, is heated by the heater 32, enters the inner drum 43 to dry the wet clothes, and circulates in this way to dry the wet clothes. During the specific drying process, the sensor 15 monitors the temperature or humidity of the air in the condenser 1; for example, when the subsequent stage of drying is reached, the air door 14 can be opened by a certain opening degree according to the condition of the control device; therefore, adjustable damp and hot air is discharged at different drying stages, drying is reasonably controlled, the temperature of a drying system is kept low, drying time is shortened, and wrinkles and damage to clothes are reduced; the damper is open and on the other hand also allows the entry of outside air. In some use environments, the opening degree of the adjustable air door can be properly reduced when the humidity of the outside air is high, so that the situation that the drying humidity is influenced by full opening of the air door is avoided; the air door is not closed completely, and the subsequent control on the drying temperature is not influenced; when the outside air temperature is high, the air door can be opened as early as possible in drying as required while the temperature is detected, so that the electricity consumption of the device is saved, and the efficiency is improved. The discharge of the hot and humid air can be directly discharged into the atmosphere, and more preferably, into a sewer through a drain pipe.

While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not limited to the applications listed in the description and the embodiments, which are fully applicable in all kinds of fields of application of the invention, and further modifications may readily be effected by those skilled in the art, so that the invention is not limited to the specific details without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and the scope of equivalents.

Claims

1. A condenser for nursing clothes is characterized by comprising a condensing chamber, a first inlet and a first outlet; wherein,

the first inlet is arranged at one end of the condenser to receive the damp and hot air;

the first outlet is arranged at the other end of the condenser to discharge air;

and a damper provided on a side wall of the condensing chamber for discharging the hot and humid air.

2. A condenser for laundry care as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the air door has adjustable aperture, the aperture is the percentage that area of ventilating accounts for whole air door, and the aperture range is 0% to 100%.

3. A condenser for laundry care according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: the condensing device also comprises a second inlet arranged at the upper end of the condensing chamber, and water for condensation enters from the second inlet and is used for condensing the damp and hot air in the condensing chamber.

4. The condenser for nursing clothes as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a plurality of protrusion structures provided on an inner wall of the condensation chamber for scattering condensed water.

5. The condenser for clothing care as claimed in claim 4, wherein said convex structure is a rib having an angle α with the horizontal direction, wherein 0 ° < α < 90 °.

6. The condenser for nursing clothes as claimed in claim 5, wherein said protrusion structure is integrally formed with the inner wall of said condensation chamber.

7. The utility model provides a drying device, includes the drying device body that is used for clothing nursing which characterized in that: the drying device body comprises a condenser, an inlet pipeline and an outlet pipeline for clothes care according to claim 1; wherein,

the inlet pipeline is connected with a first inlet of the condenser;

the outlet pipeline is connected with a first outlet of the condenser, and a fan and a heater for heating air are arranged in the outlet pipeline.

8. The drying apparatus of claim 7, wherein the heater is a heating wire, a heating sheet, or a heating pipe.

9. Drying apparatus as claimed in claim 7 or 8, in which the fan is located closer to the first outlet of the condenser than the heater.

10. The drying apparatus of claim 9, wherein: and the air conditioner also comprises a sensor for monitoring the air parameter at the upper end of the condensing chamber.

11. The drying apparatus of claim 10, wherein: the sensor is a temperature sensor or a humidity sensor and is used for monitoring the temperature or the humidity of the air.

12. A clothing care apparatus, includes clothing care apparatus body, its characterized in that: the laundry care device body includes the drying device of claim 7, and a drum for accommodating laundry.

13. A garment care device as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that: the cylinder comprises a cylinder inlet and a cylinder outlet, the cylinder inlet is connected with an outlet pipeline of the drying device, and the cylinder outlet is connected with an inlet pipeline of the drying device to form a loop for air flow.

14. A garment care device as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that: the barrel comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, wherein the side wall of the inner barrel is provided with a plurality of through holes communicated with the outer barrel, so that hot and humid air in the inner barrel can reach the outer barrel through the through holes.

15. A garment care device as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that: the inner cylinder is connected with the outlet pipeline door seal, and the outer cylinder is fixedly installed together with the inlet pipeline.

16. A garment care device as claimed in any one of claims 12 to 15, characterized in that: the clothes nursing device is a dryer or a washing and drying integrated machine.