JPH01288300A - Clothing dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of an injury such as a burn by locating the position of an inflow port which becomes in remarkable high temperature at the inner side than that of a filtering device to capture a lint after a drying which is an outflow part from a drum, and locating the inflow port at the rear side of a rotation to the rotating direction of the drum. CONSTITUTION:By the circulation of an air in a drum 4 and the flow of an outside air, a heat exchange is executed between both airs through a heat exchange type fan 12, and a hot wind circulated in the drum 4 is dehumidified. A removed water generated with the heat exchange is discharged from a drain port formed in the bottom part of a casing 6 to a device external side. Clothing agitated by a drum rotation are stirred up by a buffle 33 of the drum 4, they start being dropped at a point where the balance of a centrifugal force and a gravity is lost, approximately at a top dead center foreground, the clothing is dropped at the rear side of a drum rotating direction to a vertical direction from the rotation center of the drum 4. Thus, at the time of an operation stop, the clothing is gathered and piled in making the rear side of the drum rotating direction of the drum to the vertical direction from the drum rotation center into a center. Consequently, in the natural taking out action of the clothing, without touching an inflow port 17 become into a high temperature, the operation can be safely executed.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 産業上の利用分野 本発明は衣類等の乾燥を行なう衣類乾燥機に関するもの
である。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clothes dryer for drying clothes and the like.

従来の技術 従来の衣類乾燥機は第３図に示すように筐体１内のドラ
ム４円筒胴部に投入口３０ａを設けている。また、ドラ
ム４の一側面には乾燥用空気を流入させる流入口１７を
設け、他側面には衣類より出るリントを捕集するフィル
ター装置３１を装備した流出口を設け、この流出口より
乾燥に供した後の空気を流出させる構成となっている。2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional clothes dryer has an input port 30a in the cylindrical body of a drum 4 in a housing 1. Further, an inlet 17 is provided on one side of the drum 4 to allow drying air to flow in, and an outlet equipped with a filter device 31 for collecting lint emitted from clothes is provided on the other side. It is designed to allow the air to flow out after being used.

乾燥用空気を流入させる流入口１７はドラム４の最下部
に位置し、ドラム投入口３０ａに対し流入口１７が手元
側にしており通常の衣類挿脱作業中に容易に手等が触れ
る構成であった。The inlet 17 through which drying air flows is located at the bottom of the drum 4, and the inlet 17 is on the hand side of the drum input port 30a, so that it can be easily touched by hands during normal clothing insertion and removal operations. there were.

発明が解決しようとする課題 しかし従来の構成では、ドラム内面側の乾燥用空気、す
なわち熱風の流入口１７は、乾燥運転にて温度上昇し高
温となっているため、ドラムから衣類を取出す時に人体
の一部がドラム内の流入口１７に接触し、火傷等の傷害
を与えるという課題を有していた。Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional configuration, the temperature of the drying air on the inner side of the drum, that is, the hot air inlet 17, rises in temperature during drying operation and becomes high temperature. A part of the drum comes into contact with the inlet 17 inside the drum, causing injury such as burns.

本発明は上記課題に鑑み、火傷等の傷害の発生を防止す
る安全性の高い衣類乾燥機を提供することを目的とする
。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a highly safe clothes dryer that prevents injuries such as burns.

課題を解決するための手段 上記目的を達成するために、本発明は、加熱空気のドラ
ムへの流入部であり温度上昇が著しい流入口の位置を、
ドラムからの流出部である乾燥後のリントを捕獲するフ
ィルター装置よりも奥側に位置させるとともに、ドラム
の回転方向に対して回転の＠側に流入口の位置を構成し
であるものである。Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for adjusting the position of the inlet where heated air flows into the drum and where the temperature rises significantly.
The inlet is located further back than the filter device that captures dried lint, which is the outflow part from the drum, and the inlet is positioned on the @ side of rotation with respect to the rotational direction of the drum.

作　　　用 この構成によって、加熱空気の吐出する流入口は、衣類
を出入れするドラム蓋から見れば、ドラムの一側面に設
けたフィルター装置よりドラムの他側面に設けた流入口
の方が奥となるため、衣類の取出し作業においては、温
度の高い流入口部に手が触れにくい構成を確保するもの
である。Effect With this configuration, when viewed from the drum lid through which clothes are taken in and taken out, the inlet for discharging heated air is located deeper in the inlet provided on the other side of the drum than the filter device provided on one side of the drum. Therefore, the purpose is to ensure a configuration in which it is difficult to touch the high-temperature inflow port when removing clothes.

実施例 以下、本発明の実施例について図面を参照しながら説明
する。EXAMPLES Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

第１図および第２図において、１は筐体、２は上枠、３
は上枠２の上面側に設けられた開閉自在の蓋、４は筺体
１内に回転自在に支承された円筒状のドラムである。ド
ラム４はその円筒胴部に衣類を挿脱する開閉自在のドラ
ム蓋３ｏを有し、かつドラム４の一側面側の円筒状の支
持筒部５は、筐体１に固定した前面支持板７にて軸受部
材８を介して嵌合支持され、かつドラム４の他側面側に
固定された軸受９にて回転自在に支承し、製品の前面に
向かって回転するように設定されている。１２は前記ケ
ーシング６に収設された熱交換型送風機で、ケーシング
６の仕切部１３により乾燥用空気とと冷却用空気すの各
々を送風するとともに、両空気間の熱交換を行なう。ド
ラム４に面したケーシング６にはシャフト１４を固着し
、その周囲には吸気口１６を設けてい′る。一方、前面
支持板７にはヒーター１６を内設したヒーターカバー１
８が固着されておシ、前記前面支持板７のヒーター１６
に面した箇所に、かつドラム回転中心からの鉛直方向に
対し、ドラム回転方向の前方に流入口１７を設けている
。In Figures 1 and 2, 1 is the housing, 2 is the upper frame, and 3 is the housing.
4 is a cylindrical drum that is rotatably supported within the housing 1; The drum 4 has a drum lid 3o that can be opened and closed to insert and remove clothing into its cylindrical body, and the cylindrical support tube 5 on one side of the drum 4 has a front support plate 7 fixed to the housing 1. The drum 4 is fitted and supported via a bearing member 8, and rotatably supported by a bearing 9 fixed to the other side of the drum 4, so as to rotate toward the front of the product. Reference numeral 12 denotes a heat exchange type blower housed in the casing 6, which blows drying air and cooling air through the partition 13 of the casing 6, and performs heat exchange between the two airs. A shaft 14 is fixed to the casing 6 facing the drum 4, and an intake port 16 is provided around the shaft. On the other hand, the front support plate 7 has a heater cover 1 in which a heater 16 is installed.
8 is fixed to the heater 16 of the front support plate 7.
An inlet 17 is provided at a location facing the drum and at the front in the drum rotation direction with respect to the vertical direction from the drum rotation center.

ドラム４の軸受９を固着した蓋面側には乾燥用空気ａの
流出口１０を設け、この流出口１０を覆うようにフィル
ター装置３１を着脱自在に設けている。前記フィルター
装置３１はリントを回収するメツシュ部を有するフィル
ター１９と、このフィルター１９を保持するフィルター
カバー２０より構成されている。筐体１に固定されたケ
ーシング支持板２１に前記ケーシング６は固定されてい
る。前面支持板７とケーシング支持板２１とに固定した
継板２２に固着されたモーター２３には、ドラム駆動用
プーリー２４とファン駆動用プーリー２５が設けられて
いて、各々にドラム４及び熱交換型送風機１２のプーリ
ー２６との間にドラムベ／Ｌ’　）　２７．　　ファン
ベルト２８が張設され、ドラム４と熱交換型送風機１２
を回転駆動するようにしている。熱交換型送風機１２が
回転すると、遠心送ｉ作用によシトラム４内の空気がフ
ィルター１９および流出口１０．吸気口１６を通ってケ
ーシング６内に吸引され、ケーシング６とヒーターカバ
ー１８を連通ずるダクト３２通って前面支持板７の流入
口１７から温風としてドラム４内に戻る。したがって、
流入口１７は運転中つねに加熱されているため高温とな
る。一方、外気はケーシング支持板２１にもうけた冷却
風吸込口２２よυケーシング６内に吸入され、ケーシン
グ支持板２１と仕切板１３にて形成された渦室を通り冷
却空気すを送風し外気流出孔２９から排出される。この
ようなドラム４内空気の循環及び外気の流れにより、熱
交換型送風機１２を介して両空気間で熱交換が行なわれ
、よってドラム４内を循環する温風が除湿される。尚、
熱交換に伴い発生した除湿水はケーシング６の底部に形
成した排水口から機外へ排出される。An outlet 10 for drying air a is provided on the lid surface side of the drum 4 to which the bearing 9 is fixed, and a filter device 31 is detachably provided so as to cover the outlet 10. The filter device 31 is composed of a filter 19 having a mesh portion for collecting lint, and a filter cover 20 for holding the filter 19. The casing 6 is fixed to a casing support plate 21 fixed to the housing 1. A motor 23 fixed to a joint plate 22 fixed to the front support plate 7 and the casing support plate 21 is provided with a drum drive pulley 24 and a fan drive pulley 25, each of which has a drum 4 and a heat exchange type. Drum bay/L') between pulley 26 of blower 12) 27. A fan belt 28 is stretched between the drum 4 and the heat exchange type blower 12.
It is designed to be driven in rotation. When the heat exchange blower 12 rotates, the air inside the citrus 4 is transferred to the filter 19 and the outlet 10 by the centrifugal action. The air is sucked into the casing 6 through the intake port 16, passes through a duct 32 that communicates the casing 6 and the heater cover 18, and returns to the drum 4 as warm air from the inlet 17 of the front support plate 7. therefore,
The inlet 17 is constantly heated during operation, so the temperature becomes high. On the other hand, outside air is sucked into the υ casing 6 through the cooling air suction port 22 provided in the casing support plate 21, passes through the vortex chamber formed by the casing support plate 21 and the partition plate 13, blows cooling air, and the outside air flows out. It is discharged from the hole 29. Due to the circulation of the air inside the drum 4 and the flow of the outside air, heat is exchanged between the two airs via the heat exchange blower 12, and thus the warm air circulating inside the drum 4 is dehumidified. still,
Dehumidified water generated during heat exchange is discharged to the outside of the machine from a drain port formed at the bottom of the casing 6.

以上の構成により、ドラム回転により攪拌される衣類は
ドラム４のバッフ／ｌ／３３によりかきあげられ、遠心
力と重力のバランスがくずれた点、概路上死点手前にて
落下を始めるため衣類はドラム４の回転中心からの鉛直
方向に対してドラム回転方向の後方に落下する。よって
、運転停止時には衣類は前述のドラム回転中心からの鉛
直方向に対してドラム回転方向の後方を中心に集まシ堆
積する。したがって、自然な衣類の取出し動作では高温
となる流入口１７に触れることなく安全に操作できる。With the above configuration, the clothes agitated by the rotation of the drum are scraped up by the buff/l/33 of the drum 4, and begin to fall at the point where the balance between centrifugal force and gravity is lost, approximately before the dead center, so the clothes are moved to the drum. 4 falls backward in the drum rotation direction with respect to the vertical direction from the rotation center. Therefore, when the operation is stopped, the clothes are collected and piled up mainly at the rear in the direction of rotation of the drum with respect to the vertical direction from the center of rotation of the drum. Therefore, natural clothing removal operations can be performed safely without touching the inlet 17, which becomes hot.

発明の効果 以上のように本発明によれば、衣類の投入口に対して高
温部となる乾燥用空気の流入口を手元側には配さす、ド
ラムの奥側となり、製品前面側に回転するドラム回転方
向とあいまって衣類はドラムの手前側に集まるため自然
な衣類の挿脱操作において、高温となった流入口に接触
することのない衣類の取出せる構成を簡単に実現し、低
コストで安全性の高い製品を提供できる。Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the inlet for drying air, which is a high-temperature area, is placed on the proximal side of the clothing input port, and is placed on the back side of the drum and rotates toward the front side of the product. Coupled with the rotational direction of the drum, clothing gathers on the front side of the drum, making it easy to remove clothing without coming into contact with the hot inlet during natural clothing insertion/removal operations, and at low cost. We can provide highly safe products.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第１図は本発明の一実施例における衣類乾燥機の横断面
図、第２図は同縦断面図、第３図は従来例を示す衣類乾
燥機横断面図である。 １・・・・・・筐体、４・・・・・・ドラム、６・・・
・・・熱交換型送風機、１６・・・・・・ヒーター、１
９・・・・・・フィルター、１７・・・・・・流入口、
３ｏ・・・・・・ドラム蓋。FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a clothes dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the clothes dryer, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional clothes dryer. 1... Housing, 4... Drum, 6...
... Heat exchange type blower, 16 ... Heater, 1
9...Filter, 17...Inflow port,
3o...Drum lid.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 衣類挿脱用の開口部を有する筐体と、この筐体内に回転
自在に設けられたドラムと、このドラム内に空気を流通
させる送風手段と、ドラムに流入する空気を加熱する加
熱手段と、前記ドラムの円筒胴部に設けたドラム投入口
及びこのドラム投入口を開閉自在に覆うドラム蓋を備え
、前記ドラムの一側面側にドラムに対し乾燥用空気を流
入させる流入口と、他側面側に前記乾燥作用に供した後
の空気を排出する流出口とを配し、前記流出口を覆うよ
うに配設したフィルター装置を設け、前記流入口が前記
衣類挿脱方向において流出口のフィルター装置よりも奥
側に位置し、かつドラム回転方向を製品の前面に向かっ
て回転するように設け、前記流入口をドラム回転中心か
らの鉛直方向に対し、ドラム回転方向の前方に配した衣
類乾燥機。A housing having an opening for inserting and removing clothing, a drum rotatably provided within the housing, a blowing means for circulating air within the drum, and a heating means for heating the air flowing into the drum. The drum has a drum input port provided in the cylindrical body of the drum, and a drum lid that covers the drum input port so as to be openable and closable. and an outlet for discharging the air after being subjected to the drying action, and a filter device disposed so as to cover the outlet, the inlet being the outlet in the clothing insertion/removal direction. The clothes dryer is located further back than the drum, and is arranged so that the rotation direction of the drum rotates toward the front of the product, and the inlet is arranged in front of the drum rotation direction with respect to the vertical direction from the drum rotation center. .