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EP0252323A2
EP0252323A2 EP87108385A EP87108385A EP0252323A2 EP 0252323 A2 EP0252323 A2 EP 0252323A2 EP 87108385 A EP87108385 A EP 87108385A EP 87108385 A EP87108385 A EP 87108385A EP 0252323 A2 EP0252323 A2 EP 0252323A2
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F25/00—Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air 
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
    • D06F39/083—Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00—Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02—Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis

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  • the present invention relates to a combined laundry washing and drying machine.
  • the invention relates to an electric house­hold appliance of the front-loading type comprising a tub in which a drum adapted to contain the laundry during the washing cycle as well as during the drying cycle is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis.
  • the drying process may be carried out with a closed air flow path in which a forced air flow is circulated through a heating device, the drum containing the laundry, and a dehumidifying device, as described for instance in Italian Patent Application No. 45718, filed on April 9, l986 by the present applicant, or with an open air flow circuit in which ambient air is aspirated, heated, brought into contact with the laundry, and discharged from the machine in a moist and hot state, as described in IT-PS No. 1,045,582.
  • the heated drying air is brought into contact with the laundry only through the front opening of the drum, as described for instance in German Patent Application No. l,585,675, or is directed through a single opening formed in the tub so as to pass through the cylindrical outer wall of the drum in a radial direction, as decribed for instance in German Patent Applic­ation No. 2,306,873.
  • Another disadvantageous aspect of this solution is due to the fact that the thorough drying of the laundry at locat­ions farther away from the opening of the drum results in the laundry more closely adjacent the air entrance opening being excessively dried and in danger of being damaged thereby.
  • the result is a very slow and thus expensive drying process, since the drying effect is mainly obtained by the migration of the moisture from the center towards the peripheral layers of the laundry, and only to a very small degree by direct contact of the laundry with the drying air flow.
  • the hot air flow sweeps the greatest possible surface area of the moist laundry, and that the water vapour is mainly carried away by the move­ment of the hot air.
  • the washing program provides one or more spin-drying steps in the course of the washing process.
  • a further object of the invention is to prevent in a simple and efficient manner the obturation of the hot drying air supply conduit by the foam formed during the washing pro­cess.
  • a combined laundry washing and drying machine particularly of the front-loading type and for domestic use, comprising a tub in which a drum adapted to contain the laundry during the washing cycle as well as during the drying cycle is mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis, a drying air flow circuit includ­ing a fan for directing dried and heated air into contact with the laundry via conduit means provided with heater elements and opening through a top wall of the tub adjacent a front wall of the drum, the heated and moist air being discharged from the tub through a further opening thereof, wherein the hot air flow exiting from the opening in the top wall of the tub is directed into the interior of the tub by deflector means effective to devide the major part of the air flow into a first flow directed towards through-­openings formed in the front wall of the drum, and a second flow directed towards the upper boundary of the front-load­ing opening of the drum, the remaining part of the hot air flow being permitted to diffuse between the tub and the drum.
  • a combined laundry washing and drying machine has an outer housing 3 enclosing a tub 4 provided with a counterweight 5 and having a front opening 6 aligned with a front opening 7 of housing 3 and connected thereto by a bellows-type seal 8.
  • drum 9 Mounted in tub 4 for rotation about a horizontal axis is a drum 9 having a cylindrical outer wall 10 formed with through-openings 13, a front wall 11 and a rear wall 12, as well as per se known and therefore not described ledge elements for entraining the laundry.
  • Drum 9 is adapted to be rotated by an electric motor and a per se known and therefore not shown belt transmission, and is formed with a front loading opening 14 aligned with front openings 6 and 7 of tub 4 and housing 3, respect­ively.
  • Front opening 7 of housing 3 is provided with a door 15 made of a transparent material such as glass or plastics and hinged to housing 3.
  • Laundering tub 4 has a bottom opening 16 connected via a conduit 17 and a filtering device 18 to a discharge pump 19 and a conduit 20 for discharging the washing liquid from the machine at the end of the washing and rinsing cycles.
  • the machine according to the invention is adapted to carry out in a per se known manner a laundering process by immersion of the laundry, or a washing process by spraying the laundry with a reduced amount of a continuously recirc­ulated washing liquid.
  • filtering device 18 is connected via a conduit 21, a collecting receptacle 22 and a recirculation pump 23 to a conduit 24 extending through a top wall of tub 4 for spraying the laundry contained in drum 9 with jets of the washing liquid.
  • the machine according to the invention also includes a forced air-flow drying system in which heated air is caused to flow through drum 9 with the moist laundry contained therein, the air being subsequently dehumidified and recirculated.
  • a fan 25 having its intake connected to a rear opening 26 of tub 4 via a water-cooled condenser device 27, the outlet side of fan 25 being connected to a top opening 28 of tub 4 via a conduit 29 containing electric resistance heater elements 30.
  • Condenser device 27 is of a known type and connected via a conduit 31 and a solenoid valve 32 to the water supply mains for supplying the water required for cooling condenser device 27 via conduit 31 and an associated spray nozzle 33.
  • the heated drying air exiting from top opening 28 of tub 4 is subsequently directed towards drum 9 for entraining the moisture from the laundry contained therein.
  • the flow path of the heated drying air exiting from opening 28 is not defined as in known machines by hermetically sealed conduit means, but is advantageously established by a suitable design of already existing components immediately required for the operation of the machine.
  • a first deflector lip 34 of adequate rigidity is integrally formed with a seal 35 disposed between conduit 29 and tub 4 so as to deflect the hot air flow towards the front wall 36 of tub 4 as indicated by arrows.
  • front wall 36 of tub 4 is formed with a recess 37 adapted to receive the hot air provenient from deflector lip 34 and to direct a first hot air flow towards front wall 11 of drum 9 suitably formed with through-open­ings 38.
  • the hot drying air bypassing openings 38 approaches the upper boundary of front opening 14 of drum 9 and is deflected into drum 9 by a second deflector lip 39 of adequate rigidity integrally formed with the upper half of bellows-type seal 8.
  • Second deflector lip 39 thus directs a second hot air flow towards the center of the laundry charge contained in drum 9.
  • second deflector lip 39 The advantages arising from the shape and positioning of second deflector lip 39 are mainly due to the fact that the hot air flow deflected thereby is capable of diffusing in the interior of drum 9 so as to sweep the greatest poss­ible surface area of the laundry, and not only a small proportion thereof.
  • Second deflector lip 39 has the further advantageous effect of protecting bellows-type seal 8 and door 15 from direct contact with the hot air, so that specifically door 15 is prevented from becoming heated to a temperature at which the laundry might be singed or the user might sustain burns on contact therewith.
  • Deflector lips 34 and 39 may of course be formed in a different manner, for instance by extending and suitably shaping the top wall and front wall 36 of tub 4, or even by the employ of separate components.
  • the hot air flows deflected by recess 37 and deflector lip 39 are directly received by the moist laundry charge to result in a successive movement of the hot and moist air from the interior to the exterior of drum 9.
  • the indispens­able conditions are thus established for obtaining a good result of the drying process, by ensuring that the hot air sweeps the greatest possible surface area of the laundry and the hot and moist air is caused to move from the interior to the exterior of drum 9.
  • the program of laundry washing and drying machines operating on the recirculation principle including spraying the laundry with the washing liquid provides for the execution of one or more spin-drying steps during the washing cycle. This may lead to the formation of substantial amounts of foam capable of entering and thereby obturating the drying air supply conduit.
  • a further advantageous aspect of the machine according to the invention is therefore the provision of an anti-foam feature obtained by suitable subdividing the output of recirculation conduit 24 (fig. 1).
  • recirculation conduit 24 is provided with a first and a second soray nozzle 40 and 41, respectively, for spraying the washing liquid onto cylindrical wall 10 of drum 9 and towards hot air entrance opening 28, respect­ively.
  • First nozzle 40 is effective in a per se known manner to spray the washing liquid onto the laundry through perfor­ations 13 of drum 9, while second nozzle 41 acts to abate the foam formed during the spin-drying steps for maintain­ing the hot air supply passage between drum 9 and tub 4 free of obturation.
  • the described laundry washing and drying machine may of course be provided with any of the operating and control elements (program control unit, thermostats, pressure switches etc.) usually employed in machines of this type and therefore not requiring any specific description.
  • the machine according to the invention may also be modified, be it with regard to the arrangement of its functional elements, such as fan 25 or condenser 27, or with regard to the construction of the drying circuit, which may be of the condenser-equipped closed type or of the ambient-air open type, without thereby leaving the scope of protection of the characteristics described and claimed.

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EP87108385A 1986-07-11 1987-06-10 Kombinierte Waschmaschine und Trockner Expired - Lifetime EP0252323B1 (de)

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IT45736/86A IT1201780B (it) 1986-07-11 1986-07-11 Macchina combinata per il lavaggio e l'asciugatura della biancheria

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EP0344549A1 (de) * 1988-05-30 1989-12-06 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Heizvorrichtung für eine zum Waschen und Trocknen eingerichtete Wäschebehandlungsmaschine
EP0380992A1 (de) * 1989-01-25 1990-08-08 MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A. Vorrichtung zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
EP0390011A1 (de) * 1989-03-27 1990-10-03 Hitachi, Ltd. Wäschetrockner und Maschine zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
EP0452678A2 (de) * 1990-04-18 1991-10-23 ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A. Steuerungsvorrichtung für Wasch- und Trocknermaschine
DE4104760A1 (de) * 1991-02-15 1992-08-20 Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Zum trocknen eingerichtete haushalt-waschmaschine
EP1302586A1 (de) * 2001-10-10 2003-04-16 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Kombinierte Maschine zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
EP1544341A2 (de) 2003-12-18 2005-06-22 Lg Electronics Inc. Waschmaschine mit Trocknungsfunktion
EP1688531A1 (de) * 2005-02-03 2006-08-09 Lg Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschtrockner
EP2019164A1 (de) * 2007-07-26 2009-01-28 CANDY S.p.A. Wasch- und Trockenmaschine
EP1925716A3 (de) * 2006-11-21 2010-01-06 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Waschmaschine
CN1609326B (zh) * 2003-10-23 2010-04-28 松下电器产业株式会社 滚筒式洗衣干衣机
EP2241663A1 (de) * 2009-04-15 2010-10-20 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Wasch- und Trockenmaschine sowie Betriebsverfahren dafür
CN102535091A (zh) * 2010-10-21 2012-07-04 松下电器产业株式会社 衣物烘干机及洗涤烘干机
EP2570544A1 (de) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-20 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Waschmaschine
DE102005018044C5 (de) * 2004-04-19 2016-01-07 Lg Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschmaschine mit Wäschetrocknungsfunktion
JP2018015252A (ja) * 2016-07-28 2018-02-01 日立アプライアンス株式会社 ドラム式洗濯機
CN113981659A (zh) * 2021-11-16 2022-01-28 江苏海狮机械股份有限公司 一种洗脱烘一体机中的密封装置
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US3006176A (en) * 1960-06-03 1961-10-31 Borg Warner Combination washer-dryer
US3108464A (en) * 1961-05-11 1963-10-29 Borg Warner Lint filtering and disposal arrangement for clothes cleaning machine
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EP0344549A1 (de) * 1988-05-30 1989-12-06 INDUSTRIE ZANUSSI S.p.A. Heizvorrichtung für eine zum Waschen und Trocknen eingerichtete Wäschebehandlungsmaschine
EP0380992A1 (de) * 1989-01-25 1990-08-08 MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A. Vorrichtung zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
EP0390011A1 (de) * 1989-03-27 1990-10-03 Hitachi, Ltd. Wäschetrockner und Maschine zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
US5074131A (en) * 1989-03-27 1991-12-24 Hitachi, Ltd. Dryer and washing/drying machine
EP0452678A2 (de) * 1990-04-18 1991-10-23 ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI ELETTRODOMESTICI S.p.A. Steuerungsvorrichtung für Wasch- und Trocknermaschine
EP0452678A3 (en) * 1990-04-18 1992-07-22 Zanussi Elettrodomestici S.P.A. Control assembly for a combined laundry washing and drying machine
DE4104760A1 (de) * 1991-02-15 1992-08-20 Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Zum trocknen eingerichtete haushalt-waschmaschine
EP1302586A1 (de) * 2001-10-10 2003-04-16 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Kombinierte Maschine zum Waschen und Trocknen von Wäsche
CN1609326B (zh) * 2003-10-23 2010-04-28 松下电器产业株式会社 滚筒式洗衣干衣机
EP1544341A3 (de) * 2003-12-18 2007-05-16 Lg Electronics Inc. Waschmaschine mit Trocknungsfunktion
EP1544341A2 (de) 2003-12-18 2005-06-22 Lg Electronics Inc. Waschmaschine mit Trocknungsfunktion
DE102005018044C5 (de) * 2004-04-19 2016-01-07 Lg Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschmaschine mit Wäschetrocknungsfunktion
EP1688531A1 (de) * 2005-02-03 2006-08-09 Lg Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschtrockner
US8166782B2 (en) 2005-02-03 2012-05-01 Lg Electronics Inc. Drum type washing machine
US8186185B2 (en) 2005-02-03 2012-05-29 Lg Electronics Inc. Drum type washing machine
US8201422B2 (en) 2005-02-03 2012-06-19 Lg Electronics Inc. Drum type washing machine
EP3159449A1 (de) * 2005-02-03 2017-04-26 LG Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschtrockner
EP2290154A3 (de) * 2005-02-03 2016-07-13 LG Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschtrockner
EP2290153A3 (de) * 2005-02-03 2016-07-13 LG Electronics Inc. Trommelwaschtrockner
EP1925716A3 (de) * 2006-11-21 2010-01-06 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Waschmaschine
EP2019164A1 (de) * 2007-07-26 2009-01-28 CANDY S.p.A. Wasch- und Trockenmaschine
EP2241663A1 (de) * 2009-04-15 2010-10-20 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Wasch- und Trockenmaschine sowie Betriebsverfahren dafür
CN102535091B (zh) * 2010-10-21 2015-04-15 松下电器产业株式会社 洗涤烘干机
EP2444542A3 (de) * 2010-10-21 2013-11-06 Panasonic Corporation Wäschetrockner und Wasch- und Trocknermaschine
CN102535091A (zh) * 2010-10-21 2012-07-04 松下电器产业株式会社 衣物烘干机及洗涤烘干机
EP2570544A1 (de) * 2011-09-15 2013-03-20 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Waschmaschine
JP2018015252A (ja) * 2016-07-28 2018-02-01 日立アプライアンス株式会社 ドラム式洗濯機
CN113981659A (zh) * 2021-11-16 2022-01-28 江苏海狮机械股份有限公司 一种洗脱烘一体机中的密封装置
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