CN110965295B - A clothes drying method and clothes drying device for adding clothes midway - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment, and particularly discloses a clothes drying method and clothes drying equipment for midway clothes adding. The method for drying the midway clothes comprises the following steps: detecting the state of a clothes drying program before adding clothes halfway, allowing the clothes to be added halfway if a plurality of clothes programs are in a first state, and continuously executing the original clothes drying program; allowing the clothes to be added halfway when the clothes programs are in the second state, and reselecting the clothes drying program or executing the original clothes drying program from the first state; if the clothes programs are in the third state, the clothes are not allowed to be added in the middle, and the original clothes drying program is continuously executed; the clothes drying program sequentially performs a first state, a second state and a third state. Judging whether to allow the midway clothes to be added according to the state of the clothes drying program, so that all the clothes can be dried in the follow-up clothes drying program after the clothes are added, judging the clothes drying program to be executed after the midway clothes are added according to the state of the clothes drying program, and saving drying time.

Description

A clothes drying method and clothes drying device for adding clothes midway

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the technical field of clothing processing, and in particular to a clothes drying method and clothes drying equipment for adding clothes midway.

Background technique

During the drying process, users often need to add clothes. Currently, the method of adding clothes during the drying process is that the user presses the pause button and then opens the door to put the clothes in, or the user directly opens the door to put the clothes in. No matter which method is used, after the user adds the clothes, the dryer will restart and continue to execute the original drying program. This will cause the clothes added during the drying process to be unevenly dried or not dried at all.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for a clothes drying method and clothes drying equipment for adding clothes midway to solve the above technical problems.

Summary of the invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for drying clothes by adding clothes during drying, so as to ensure that the clothes added during drying can be dried evenly and completely.

To achieve this object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

A method for drying clothes with adding clothes midway comprises: detecting the state of a drying program before adding clothes midway; if the drying program is in a first state, allowing the clothes to be added midway and continuing to execute the original drying program; if the drying program is in a second state, allowing the clothes to be added midway and reselecting the drying program or executing the original drying program from the first state; if the drying program is in a third state, not allowing the clothes to be added midway and continuing to execute the original drying program; the drying program sequentially performs the first state, the second state and the third state.

Preferably, the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the running time of the drying program or according to the humidity of the clothes in the drying device.

Preferably, the division according to the running time of the clothes drying program refers to:

The ratio of the running time t1 of the drying program to the total time T1 of the drying program is P. If P≤N1, it is the first state; if P≥N2, it is the third state; if N1＜P＜N2, it is the second state; wherein N1＜N2, N1 and N2 are both constants.

Preferably, if the clothing humidity in the clothing devices is h≥H1, it is the first state; if H2＜h＜H1, it is the second state; if h≤H2, it is the third state, wherein H1 and H2 are both constants.

Preferably, if the clothes are added again midway, the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the total running time of the drying program before the clothes are added again.

Preferably, after adding the clothes midway and before reselecting the drying program, the method also includes: the drying program continues to run for a predetermined time in the second state, continuously detecting the humidity of the clothes in the drying device during the predetermined time, or detecting the humidity of the clothes in the drying device after the predetermined time.

Preferably, not allowing clothes to be added midway means that the clothes drying device emits a prompt sound and a door of the clothes drying device is in a closed state.

Preferably, the third state includes a cold wind stage, in which natural wind is blown into the inner drum of the clothes drying device.

Preferably, before reselecting the drying program, the method further includes: detecting the material of the clothes added during the drying process;

The reselecting of the drying program refers to: selecting the drying program according to the material of the clothes in the drying device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothes drying device to ensure that clothes added during drying can be dried evenly and fully.

To achieve this object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

A clothes drying device uses the clothes drying method of adding clothes midway.

The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: whether it is allowed to add clothes midway is determined according to the state of the drying program, thereby ensuring that all clothes can be dried in the subsequent drying program after adding clothes, and the drying program to be executed after adding clothes midway is determined according to the state of the drying program, thereby maximizing the savings in drying time, improving drying efficiency, and reducing energy consumption.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a flow chart of a method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG2 is a detailed flow chart of a method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a detailed flow chart of another method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG4 is a detailed flow chart of a method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG5 is a detailed flow chart of another method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG6 is a detailed flow chart of a method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided by Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a detailed flow chart of another method for drying clothes by adding clothes midway provided in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solution of the present invention is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and through specific implementation methods. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention. It is also necessary to explain that, for ease of description, only the parts related to the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, rather than all.

Some directional words are defined in the present invention. Unless otherwise specified, the directional words used, such as "up", "down", "left", "right", "inside" and "outside", are used to facilitate understanding and therefore do not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may include that the first and second features are in direct contact, or may include that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact through another feature between them. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" and "above" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" and "below" a second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicates that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "connected", "connected", and "fixed" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

Embodiment 1

The present embodiment provides a method for drying clothes with adding clothes midway, which is used in a clothes drying device such as a clothes dryer or a dryer-cleaner all-in-one machine, so as to ensure that the clothes added midway can be dried evenly and completely after adding clothes midway.

As shown in Figure 1, the drying method for adding clothes midway provided by this embodiment includes: before adding clothes midway, that is, after the user sends a request to the drying device to add clothes midway, detecting the state of the drying program, if some clothes programs are in the first state, adding clothes midway is allowed, and the original drying program continues to be executed; if some clothes programs are in the second state, adding clothes midway is allowed, and the drying program is reselected or the original drying program is executed from the first state, wherein the reselection of the drying program can be the automatic selection of the drying program by the drying device, or the manual selection of the drying program by the user; if some clothes programs are in the third state, adding clothes midway is not allowed, and the original drying program continues to be executed; the drying program sequentially performs the first state, the second state and the third state.

Whether it is allowed to add clothes midway is determined according to the state of the drying program, so as to ensure that all clothes can be dried in the subsequent drying program after adding clothes. The drying program to be executed after adding clothes midway is determined according to the state of the drying program, thereby maximizing the saving of drying time, improving drying efficiency and reducing energy consumption.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the running time of the drying program. In the first state, the running time of the drying program is relatively short, and the original clothes in the drying program are dried to a low degree. At this time, if clothes are added, the clothes added in the middle can also be dried for a long time with the original clothes in the drying device. Therefore, the clothes added in the middle can be dried evenly and fully. In the second state, the drying program has been running for a relatively long time, and the original clothes in the drying device have been dried to a certain degree. At this time, if clothes are added in the middle, if the clothes are continued to be dried according to the original drying program, the clothes added in the middle cannot be completely dried. Therefore, the drying program is reselected to ensure that the clothes added in the middle can be fully dried. In the third state, the drying program is nearing the end. At this time, if clothes are allowed to be added and the drying program is reselected, the clothes in the drying device will be dried for too long and damage the clothes. Therefore, not allowing clothes to be added at this time can protect the original clothes in the drying device.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the division according to the running time of the drying program means: the ratio of the running time t1 of the drying program to the total time T of the drying program is P, if P≤N1, it is the first state; if N1＜P＜N2, it is the second state; if P≥N2, it is the third state; wherein N1＜N2, N1 and N2 are both constants. Since the total running time of different drying programs is different, compared with the division of each state only according to the running time of the drying program, the ratio P of the running time t1 of the drying program to the total time T of the drying program can better reflect the drying degree of the original clothes in the drying device. For example, the total time T of the drying program can be 120min, N1＝1/6, N2＝3/4, that is, when the running time T of the drying program is ≤20min, it is the first state, the running time 20min＜T＜90min of the drying program is the second state, and the running time T≥90min of the drying program is the third state. Of course, in other embodiments, the total time T, N1 and N2 of the drying program can also be other values.

If clothes are added during the second state, after adding the clothes and before reselecting the drying program, the method also includes: the drying program continues to run for a predetermined time in the second state, and the humidity of the clothes in the drying device is continuously detected during the predetermined time. The drying program can select a suitable drying program according to the maximum or average value of the humidity of the clothes.

Of course, in other embodiments, the humidity of the clothes in the drying device may be detected after a predetermined time, and the added clothes are fully mixed with the original clothes in the drying device, and a suitable drying program is selected according to the detected humidity of the clothes.

In order to better protect the clothes added during the process, before reselecting the drying program, the process also includes: detecting the material of the clothes added during the process; reselecting the drying program means: selecting the drying program according to the material of the clothes in the drying device.

As shown in FIG3 , when the drying program determines its state, it can first detect whether the heating component and the fan of the drying device are working. If the heating component does not work for a certain period of time and the fan continues to work for a certain period of time, it is considered that the drying program is in the cold wind stage, that is, the cold wind stage is to blow natural wind into the inner drum of the drying device. After the cold wind stage, the drying program will end. Therefore, the third state includes the cold wind stage.

Preferably, not allowing clothes to be added midway means that the clothes drying device emits a reminder sound and the door of the clothes drying device is in a closed state. The reminder sound may be a specific reminder content or music to remind the user that the door of the clothes drying device cannot be opened manually, the user cannot add clothes, and the clothes drying program continues.

This embodiment also provides a clothes drying device, which uses the above-mentioned clothes drying method of adding clothes midway. The clothes drying device can ensure that the clothes added midway can be dried evenly and fully. Preferably, the clothes drying device includes a timing component, a label scanning component and a humidity detection component, the timing component is used to obtain the execution time of the clothes drying program, the humidity detection component is used to obtain the humidity of the clothes in the inner drum, and the label scanning component is used to scan the label of the clothes to determine the material of the clothes. Since the specific structures of the timing component, the label scanning component and the humidity detection component are all known in the prior art, they will not be repeated here.

The clothes drying device may also be provided with a touch key or button for adding clothes midway, and the user may send a request to the clothes dryer to add clothes midway by touching the touch key or pressing the button.

Embodiment 2

As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the drying method for adding clothes midway in the second embodiment is basically the same as that in the first embodiment, the difference between the two is that the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the humidity of the clothes in the drying device, and the humidity of the clothes can intuitively reflect the state of the clothes. Whether to allow the addition of clothes midway is determined according to the humidity of the clothes in the drying device to ensure that the humidity of the clothes added midway and the humidity of the original clothes in the drying device are within a certain range, so that the clothes added midway can be fully and evenly dried, and it is ensured that the original clothes will not be damaged due to excessive drying.

Specifically, if the humidity of clothes in the several clothes devices is h＞H1, it is the first state, if H2＜h＜H1, it is the second state, and if the humidity of clothes in the several clothes devices is h＜H2, it is the third state, wherein H1 and H2 are both constants. Preferably, H1 is 2000HZ and H2 is 1500HZ. Of course, in other embodiments, H1 and H2 can also take other values.

Embodiment 3

As shown in Figures 6 and 7, the drying method of adding clothes midway in the third embodiment is basically the same as the first and second embodiments described above, with the main difference being that if clothes are added midway again, in order to avoid the original clothes in the drying device from being dried too long, the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the total running time of the drying program before adding clothes again. Specifically, if the total running time of the drying program before adding clothes again is t2≤T1, it is the first state; if T1＞t2＞T2, it is the second state; if the total running time of the drying program before adding clothes again is t2≥T2, it is the third state; wherein T1 and T2 are both constants. For example, if T1＝20min, T2＝90min, the total running time of the drying program is less than 20min, the drying program is in the first state, the total running time of several clothes programs is less than 90min and greater than 20min, the drying program is in the second state, and the total running time of several clothes programs is greater than 90min, the drying program is in the third state.

Obviously, the above embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other different forms of changes or modifications can be made based on the above description. It is not necessary and impossible to list all the embodiments here. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A method for drying a garment by adding the garment halfway, comprising:

Detecting the state of a clothes drying program before adding clothes halfway, if the clothes drying program is in a first state, allowing the clothes to be added halfway, and continuing to execute the original clothes drying program; if the clothes drying program is in the second state, the clothes are allowed to be added halfway, and the clothes drying program is reselected or the original clothes drying program is executed from the first state; if the clothes drying program is in the third state, the clothes are not allowed to be added in the middle, and the original clothes drying program is continuously executed; the clothes drying program sequentially performs the first state, the second state and the third state;

After the laundry is added halfway, and before the re-selecting the laundry drying program, further comprising: the laundry drying program continues to run in the second state for a predetermined time, and the laundry humidity in the laundry drying apparatus is continuously detected for the predetermined time, or the laundry humidity in the laundry drying apparatus is detected after the predetermined time.

2. The method of drying a half way through adding a garment according to claim 1, wherein the first state, the second state and the third state are divided according to the drying program run time or according to the laundry humidity within a drying appliance.

3. The method for drying half-way clothes according to claim 2, wherein the dividing according to the running time of the clothes drying program means:

The ratio of the running time T1 of the clothes drying program to the total time T1 of the clothes drying program is P, and if P is less than or equal to N1, the clothes drying program is in the first state; if P is more than or equal to N2, the third state is the third state; if N1 is less than P and less than N2, the second state is the second state; wherein N1 is less than N2, and N1 and N2 are constants.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first state is the case where the laundry humidity H is equal to or greater than H1 in the laundry drying apparatus, the second state is the case where H2 < H1, and the third state is the case where H is equal to or less than H2, wherein both H1 and H2 are constants.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the laundry is added halfway again, the first state, the second state, and the third state are divided according to the total time of the laundry drying process before the laundry is added again.

6. The method for drying half-way clothes according to claim 1, wherein the step of not allowing half-way clothes means: the clothes drying equipment sends out prompt tones, and the door body of the clothes drying equipment is in a closed state.

7. The method of drying a half-way garment according to claim 1, wherein the third state includes a cool air stage that blows natural wind into an inner tub of the garment drying apparatus.

8. The method for drying a garment halfway through addition of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the re-selecting the drying program: detecting the material of the clothing added in the middle;

The re-selection of the laundry drying program means: and selecting the clothes drying program according to the material of the clothes in the clothes drying equipment.

9. A clothes drying apparatus characterized by using the midway clothes drying method of any one of claims 1 to 8.