JPH08280999A - Apparatus for drying clothes - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To shorten a drying cycle in hot air drying and to simplify removal of a hanger fitted with a cloth to be dried. CONSTITUTION: A fan duct 4 for blowing hot air into a drying room 1 is opened. A hanger carrier 11 provided with an air guiding duct 12 connected to an blowing duct 4, a plurality of air blowing cylinders 14 projected from this air guiding duct and hanger supporting pieces 16 each fitting to and supporting a hanger on the lower part of the air blowing cylinders is provided. The hanger 20 is constituted of a supporting frame with a porper width, an air guiding cylinder on the top part of the supporting frame and an air-permeable bag-like body for covering the supporting frame. The hanger 20 fitted with an article 10 to be dried is supported by inserting the hanger 20 into the hanger supporting piece 16 of the hanger carrier 11 outside of the drying room 1 and the air guiding duct 12 is jointed and connected with the air blowing duct 4 by carrying this hanger carrier 11 into the drying room 1 and hot air is blown in the inside of the article to be dried through the air guiding cylinder from the air flowing cylinder 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for storing clothes in a drying chamber and drying them with warm air.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For drying clothes after washing, a drum system in which a warm air is sent while being put in a cylindrical basket and being rotated, and an article to be dried after dehydration is attached to a hanger and hung in a drying chamber A box method is used in which hot air is blown from the bottom or top of the drying chamber to dry. However, the drum system has a drawback that when the clothes rotate and repeatedly fall inside the basket, the objects to be dried rub against each other and the fibers are easily damaged, and the fibers lose their shape.

Further, in the box method, the entire drying chamber is heated by the warm air sent into the drying chamber to dry it from the outside of the article to be dried. Therefore, when the thickness of the hanger for mounting the article to be dried is small, the inside of the clothes is worn. Are brought into contact with each other, and the material to be dried is dried from the outside in this state, so that it is difficult to dry the inside, it is necessary to raise the temperature in the drying chamber, and the drying time becomes long. For this reason, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 178000/1990, a hanger is covered with a flexible bag body, air is blown into the bag body to inflate it from the inside, and a material to be dried is attached to the hanger, so that the same state as when worn by a person It has been proposed to dry it by further attaching a hot air generator to the upper part of the bag-shaped hanger, suspending clothes by attaching clothes to the hanger provided with this hot air generator, from the inner surface of the object to be dried. I try to dry it.

[0004]

As described above, when clothes are suspended in a drying chamber for drying, a bar or rope for hanging a hanger is fixed in the drying chamber, and a large number of articles to be dried are attached to the bars and ropes. Since the work of hooking the hanger on the bar has to be performed in a narrow drying chamber, the workability is poor and it is troublesome and troublesome. Further, the next object to be dried needs to be hung in the drying chamber after the clothes have been dried and the clothes have been taken out. For example, in a coin laundry or the like, the rotation rate of the dryer is lowered and the waiting time becomes long. There's a problem. If the temperature inside the drying chamber is increased to shorten the drying time, the fibers of the clothes may be damaged.

Further, in the case where the article to be dried is mounted on a hanger using a bag, warm air is blown from the inside of the article to be dried, so that the drying time can be shortened and the shape is effectively prevented. However, in order to dry many clothes at the same time, it is necessary to have many hangers equipped with a hot air generator, which not only increases the cost of the hangers but also increases the weight of the hanger head. It is inconvenient to handle, and there is a drawback in that it takes much time to put clothes on the hanger or suspend the hanger on a bar or the like.

The present invention makes it easy to attach clothes to a hanger and suspend the hanger, and to blow hot air from the inside of the object to be dried in the drying chamber without raising the drying temperature. The purpose is to prevent collapse and to perform effective drying.

[0007]

For this reason, there is provided a ventilation duct that opens in the drying chamber to blow out warm air, and a ventilation duct that joins a ventilation port to the opening of the ventilation duct, and from this ventilation duct. A hanger carrier provided with a plurality of protruding blow-out cylinders and a hanger support piece for engaging and supporting the upper part of the hanger at the lower part of the blow-out cylinder is provided.
Insert the hanger into the hanger support piece of the hanger carrier for engagement support, and carry the hanger carrier into the drying chamber to join and connect the ventilation port of the air duct and the opening of the air duct at a predetermined position. The warm air from the blowout tube is blown toward the object to be dried.

The hanger includes a support frame having an appropriate width, an air guide tube joined to the blow-out tube at an upper portion thereof, an engagement piece engaging with the hanger support piece at an upper portion of the air guide tube, and a support member. It is equipped with a breathable bag-like body that covers the frame, attaches the material to be dried to the outside of the bag-like body, and attaches it to the hanger carrier with the engaging piece. Blow the inside of the material to be dried.

Further, instead of carrying the hanger carrier by a caster, the door of the drying chamber is rotated, the hanger carrier is attached to the surface of this door, and the hanger carrier is fed into the drying chamber by rotating the door half a turn. , Carrying in and out of the drying room. The hanger carrier may be provided on both sides of the door.

[0010]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the air duct and the air guide duct are connected by loading the hanger carrier into the drying chamber, and a large number of objects to be dried can be easily dried by the common hot air generator. , Hanging and removal of the hanger can be done outside the drying room,
Moreover, by inserting the hanger support piece into the engagement piece of the hanger carrier, the engagement is held and the operation is simplified. Simultaneously with this engagement, the air guide tube is connected to the blow-out tube, and the warm air is blown by the bag-shaped body of the hanger. Blow inside the material to be dried to dry. There are also 2 hanger carriers for attaching hangers.
By providing individually or on both sides of the door, the article to be dried can be attached to another hanger carrier outside the drying chamber during drying.

[0011]

EXAMPLE An example shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will now be described. Reference numeral 1 is a drying chamber, and 2 is a warm air generator, and the damper 3 is switched to send warm air to a ventilation duct 4 drawn into the drying chamber 1. Reference numeral 5 denotes an opening in the drying chamber of the blower duct 4, which is provided with a flange 6. 7 is an exhaust fan, 8 is a guide groove provided on both sides of the lower surface of the drying chamber,
9 is a door of the drying room. Reference numeral 11 denotes a hanger carrier which suspends an article 10 to be dried and can carry it into the drying chamber 1, and has an air guide duct 12 at an upper portion thereof and a guide groove 8
Thus, when it is carried into a predetermined position, the ventilation port 13 provided on the back surface of the air duct is opposed to and joined to the opening 5 of the air duct either directly or via a packing attached to one side. Due to this joint connection, the warm air from the blower duct 4 is blown into the air guide duct 12. In addition,
The air vent and the opening need not necessarily be in close contact with each other, but if, for example, the periphery of the air vent 13 is made of a magnetic material and a flange 6 of the opening 5 is provided with a permanent magnet to attract the air, the connecting portion can be connected. Can be securely held.

A plurality of blow-off cylinders (10 in the embodiment of FIG. 2) are provided on the lower surface of the air guide duct 12, 15 is a flange provided at the blow-out opening of the blow-out cylinder, and 16 is below each blow-out cylinder. A hanger support piece provided on both sides, for example, a plate-like body which is attached to the rear surface of the flange 15 and protrudes like a fork with a proper gap from the lower surface of the blow tube, or is formed by bending a wire of an appropriate size. There is. Reference numeral 17 is a column, 18 is a caster, and 19 is a handle for transportation.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a hanger on which the article to be dried 10 is mounted. The hanger 20 has an appropriate space at the lower end of the air guide tube 21, for example, 5 to 7 cm.
It is provided with wire-like support frames 22 opposed to each other at a certain interval,
The support frame 22 is covered with a breathable bag-like body 23,
The bag-like body 23 is made of, for example, a mesh synthetic resin fiber cloth in the form of a short-sleeved shirt, and an opening 24 that can be opened and closed with a button, a fastener, a velcro (product name), etc. Then, make the shape similar to the upper body of the human body. Reference numeral 25 is a flange-shaped engagement piece provided on the upper surface of the air guide tube 21, and is adapted to be inserted into the upper surface of the hanger support piece 16 for engagement.

A bag-like body 23 is attached to the support frame 22 of the hanger 20.
The opening 24 is closed by covering the bag-shaped body 23 with the article 10 to be dried, such as a jacket, shirt, trousers, skirt, etc., on the bag-like body 23 in the same manner as a normal hanger. The waist of the pants or skirt may be hung on the shoulder of the hanger. Therefore, the material to be dried 10 is held in a swelled state by the support frame 22. Engagement piece 2 of this hanger 20
5 is inserted between the hanger support piece 16 and the flange 15 provided at the lower end of the blow-out tube 14 of the hanger carrier 11, the engagement piece 25 of the hanger 20 is inserted into the hanger support frame piece 16.
At the same time, the air guide tube 21 is connected to the blowoff tube 14. Note that FIG. 2 shows a state in which half of the hangers are attached.

When the mounting of the hanger 20 on the hanger support frame piece 16 of the hanger carrier 11 is completed in this way, the hanger carrier 11 is moved by holding the handle 19 or the like, and the caster 18 is placed in the guide groove 8 of the drying chamber 1. It is carried in along a predetermined position. By this carry-in, the air duct 12
The ventilation opening 13 of the flange 6 of the opening 5 of the blower duct 4
Pressed through packing not shown in
The air duct 12 and the air duct 4 are connected. When the connection between the air guide duct 12 and the air blow duct 4 is completed by carrying in the hanger carrier 11, the door 9 is closed and the warm air sent from the hot air generator 2 via the damper 3 passes from the air blow duct 4 to the air guide duct 12. After that, it is sent to each blow-off tube 14, blown out from the air guide tube 21 into the bag-shaped body 23, passes through the mesh of the bag-shaped body 23, and dries the article 10 to be dried from the inside. The temperature inside the drying chamber 1 is increased by the warm air that has passed through the material to be dried or the hot air that leaks from the connecting portion, and the material to be dried 10 is also dried.

If necessary, the blow tube 1 is attached to the air duct 12.
Separately from 4, a blowout port for sending warm air may be provided in the drying chamber. The damp air inside the drying chamber is discharged by the exhaust fan 7. Also, there is little material to be dried, and the hanger 2
If there is a blowout tube 14 that does not have 0 attached, hanger 2
The hanger support piece 1 is a plate that closes the opening of the blow-out tube instead of 0.
If it is inserted above 6, the blowing of warm air from the air guide duct 12 can be restricted. Since the hanger carrier 11 is configured and carried in separately from the drying chamber 1, if two hanger carriers are provided, one hanger carrier can be carried into the drying chamber 1 and dried.
The hanger 20 can be attached to and detached from the other hanger carrier outside the drying chamber to alternately dry the hanger.

5 and 6 show another embodiment, 1 is a drying chamber,
2 is a warm air generator, 4 is a blower duct drawn from the warm air generator 2 into the drying chamber 1, 5 is an opening of the blower duct 4 opened downward in the drying chamber, 6 is a flange of the opening, 9 Is a door of the drying chamber, which is lower than the flange 6 of the opening and rotates about a shaft 31 at the center of the front surface of the drying chamber. 11 is a hanger carrier, and the arm 9 is a door 9
The air duct 13 is attached to the upper part of the air duct 12, and the air duct 13 is provided on the upper surface of the air duct 12. The air duct 13 is provided at the upper end of the air duct 33, and the door 9 is closed. In this state, the ventilation port 13 of the air duct 12 is arranged so as to be opposed to and joined to the opening 5 of the air duct 4.

Reference numeral 14 designates a plurality of blow-off tubes provided on the lower surface of the air guide duct 11, which is constructed in the same manner as in FIG. 3 and has a hanger support piece 16. The hanger support piece 16 can be attached to the rear surface of the blowout tube or the door 9. The hanger 20 is the same as that used in the previous embodiment, and is attached to and detached from the hanger support piece 16. The outer hanger carrier 1
Reference numeral 1 shows a state in which the hanger 20 to which the article to be dried is not attached is attached.

When the engaging piece 25 of the hanger 20 is inserted and attached to the hanger support piece 16 of the hanger carrier 11 on the outside of the door 9 and the door 9 is rotated a half turn, the ventilation duct 12 ventilates with the door 9 closed. The mouth 13 is joined and connected to the opening 5 of the blower duct 4, and the warm air from the blower duct 4 meets the air guide duct 12 from the blower tube 33 and is blown into the inside of the article to be dried 10 by the blowout tube 14.

As shown in FIG. 5, if the hanger carrier 11 is provided on both sides of the door 9, the outer hanger carrier is provided while the hanger carrier provided on one side is drying in the drying chamber 1. You can attach and detach the hanger to
When the drying is completed, the door 9 is rotated half a turn to take out the dried clothes, and the next object to be dried is sent into the drying chamber, and the air duct and the air guide duct are connected to each other to perform the drying.

It should be noted that the opening portion 5 of the blower duct 4 is opened forward, and the ventilation port 13 provided in the air receiving cylinder 33 provided on the upper surface of the air duct 12 of the hanger carrier 11 is opened outward of the hanger carrier. , When the hanger carrier is sent into the drying chamber by the rotation of the door 9, the door 9 and the air guide duct 1
2 may be rotated under the blower duct 4 so that the blower tube 33 faces the blower duct 4 at a half-rotation position so that the ventilation port 13 is joined and connected to the opening 5. In this case, if the joint surface of the opening 5 and the ventilation port 13 is formed into an arc shape in accordance with the radius of rotation, the joint state is improved and the leakage of warm air can be reduced.

It should be noted that the ventilation port 13 of the air duct 12 is joined to the opening 5 of the air duct 4 so that warm air from the air duct is blown into the air duct, and a plurality of blowouts arranged on both sides of the air port. When the air is blown into the cylinder 14, the warm air blown from the air duct 4 hits the inner surface of the air duct 12 as shown by the arrow to generate a turbulent flow in the vicinity of the ventilation port, and the amount of inflow to the blowout tube 14 is increased. Ventilation port 1
A large amount of warm air is sent to the blowout pipe 14a at the position 3 and the blowout pipe 14b at the end of the wind guide duct where the influence of the turbulence has disappeared, but the blowout pipe arranged between them is close to the ventilation port 13. The inflow rate decreases as the blowout tube becomes closer to the ventilation port 1
It was found that the inflow amount of 4c was greatly reduced to about 30%.

Therefore, a rectifying device 40 for diffusing the direction of the hot air blown from the air duct is provided in the opening 5 of the air duct 4, and the hot air blown from the air vent 13 to the air duct 12 is guided. The air is smoothly sent to both sides of the duct to reduce collisions with the inner surface of the air duct and prevent turbulence. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the rectifying device 40 is configured by an enlarged portion in which the end of the blower duct 4 is inclined and expands in the arrangement direction of the blowout tube 14, and the opening 5 is larger than the blower duct 4. The warm air blown from the air duct 4 into the air duct 12 is diffused. In addition, in the embodiment of FIG. 9, the rectifying device 40 is configured by attaching rectifying pieces whose front end is curved in the arrangement direction of the blowout tube to both side surfaces of the open end of the blower duct 4, The warm air is diffused along the curved surface of the straightening piece and blown into the air guide duct 12. Therefore, the warm air from the blower duct 4 is less likely to collide with the inner surface of the wind guide duct and is diffused on both sides and blown into the wind guide duct, eliminating turbulent flow in the wind guide duct and blowing it out. The amount of warm air flowing into the cylinder 14 can be made uniform.

In any of the embodiments, the hanger support piece 16 is made to have elasticity so that the engaging piece 25 is blown out.
It is sandwiched between the engaging portion 2 and
By holding 5 at the insertion position, the hanger can be held securely. Also, the engaging piece 25
One of the hanger support piece 16 and the hanger support piece 16 may be formed by a groove so that the other protrusion can be inserted. The hanger support piece 16 can be provided on the hanger side and engaged with the flange 15 of the blow-out tube 14. .

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the opening of the air duct for blowing warm air is provided in the drying chamber, and the hanger carrier carried into the drying chamber and the hanger attached to the hanger carrier are provided. The hanger carrier includes an air guide duct connected to the opening of the air duct, and a plurality of blow-out tubes protruding from the air guide duct.
A hanger support piece that is provided at the bottom of each blowout tube to engage and support the hanger is provided, and the hanger carrier is carried into the drying chamber so that the air guide duct and the opening of the air blow duct are joined and connected. The hanger is composed of a support frame having an appropriate width, an air guide tube joined to the blowing tube on the upper part of the support frame, and a breathable bag-like body covering the support frame. The hanger support is provided on the upper part of the air guide tube. An engagement piece is provided to engage with the piece.

Therefore, the duct is connected by loading the hanger carrier into a predetermined position in the drying chamber, and the hanger can be easily attached to the hanger carrier by inserting the hanger support piece and the engagement piece. This can be done outside the drying chamber. Moreover, since it is not necessary to provide a warm air generator on the hanger itself, the hanger is lightweight and easy to handle, and the work for preparing and drying the dried object is reduced and the workability is improved. It should be noted that the material to be dried is dried by blowing warm air from the inside and also from the outside at the temperature in the drying chamber, so that the drying time is shortened, the shape is prevented from being deformed, and the temperature in the drying chamber is kept relatively high. It can be lowered, and there is an effect that good influence can be achieved without affecting the fiber.

Further, by providing a plurality of hanger carriers and alternately carrying them into the drying chamber, the dried object to be dried can be removed from the dried hanger carrier,
The work to attach the next hanger with the material to be dried to the hanger carrier can be performed outside the drying chamber while the other hanger carrier is drying, shortening the drying cycle and improving the efficiency of the drying device. Can be improved.

Further, by providing the drying chamber with a rotating door and attaching the hanger carrier to this door, it is easy to carry the hanger carrier into the drying chamber. In addition, a hanger carrier can be provided on both sides of the door to allow the hanger to be attached to and detached from the hanger carrier outside the drying room during drying, and the loading and unloading of the hanger carrier into and out of the drying chamber can be performed at the same time. Space can be reduced.

By forming the hanger support piece into which the engagement piece of the hanger is inserted by an elastic projection piece, the engagement piece can be pressed against the lower end of the blow-out tube and the insertion position can be reliably held.

Further, by diffusing the direction of the warm air blown out from the air duct into the opening of the air duct,
The warm air blown from the air duct is less likely to collide with the inner surface of the air duct, diffuses to both sides of the air duct, eliminates turbulent flow in the air duct, and reduces the amount of hot air flowing into the blower duct. The effect of making uniform can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a hanger carrier.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side cross-sectional view showing a structure of a hanger and a supporting portion between the hanger and the hanger carrier.

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a top view showing another embodiment, a part of which is shown in section.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 5, with a part cut away.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a joint between the air duct and the air duct.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the joint between the air duct and the air duct showing an example in which a rectifying device is provided.

FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 8 showing another example of the rectifying device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Drying Room 2 Hot Air Generator 3 Damper 4 Blower Duct 5 Opening 6 Flange 7 Exhaust Fan 8 Guide Groove 9 Door 10 Dried Object 11 Hanger Carrier 12 Blower Duct 13 Vent 14 Flush 16 Flanged 16 Hanger Support 17 Prop 18 Caster 19 Handle 20 Hanger 21 Air guide tube 22 Support frame 23 Bag-like body 24 Opening 25 Engaging piece 31 Shaft 32 Arm 33 Blower tube 40 Rectifier

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A drying chamber, an air blowing duct for blowing warm air from an opening opening in the drying chamber, and an air guiding duct for introducing warm air by connecting a ventilation port to the opening of the air blowing duct. A hanger carrier and a hanger attached to the hanger carrier, wherein the hanger carrier has a plurality of blow-out tubes protruding from the air guide duct, and a hanger support piece for engaging and supporting an upper part of the hanger at a lower portion of the blow-out tube. The hanger includes a support frame having an appropriate width, an air guide tube provided on the upper part of the support frame and joined to the blowout tube, and engaged with the hanger support piece provided on the upper part of the air guide tube. A hanger having an object to be dried attached to the outside of the bag-shaped body, and the hanger support piece of the hanger carrier is engaged and supported by the engagement piece. The clothes drying apparatus is characterized in that the air duct and the opening of the air duct are joined and connected by carrying the hanger carrier into the drying chamber. 2. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of hanger carriers, mounting the hangers outside the drying chamber, and carrying in the drying chamber alternately. 3. A drying chamber provided with a door that rotates on a central vertical axis, a ventilation duct for blowing warm air from an opening opening in the drying chamber, and a ventilation port attached to the surface of the door and having a ventilation port. A hanger carrier having an air guide duct to be joined to the opening of the duct and a hanger attached to the hanger carrier are provided, and the hanger carrier has a plurality of blow-out tubes protruding from the air guide duct and a lower portion of the blow-out tube. A hanger support piece for engaging and supporting the upper part of the hanger, the hanger includes a support frame having an appropriate width, a baffle tube provided on the upper part of the support frame and joined to an outlet tube, and a baffle tube. A hanger having an engaging piece that is provided on the upper part of the bag and that engages with the hanger supporting piece, and an air-permeable bag-shaped body that covers the support frame, and that has an article to be dried attached to the outside of the bag-shaped body. The hanger support piece is engaged and supported by the engaging piece, and the door is rotated to carry the hanger carrier into the drying chamber, whereby the air guide duct and the opening of the air duct are joined and connected. Clothes dryer. 4. The clothes drying apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a hanger carrier is provided on both sides of the door. 5. The engagement piece of the hanger is formed of a flange provided on the upper end of the air guide tube, and the hanger support piece of the hanger carrier is an elastic projection piece that sandwiches the flange on both lower sides of the blowout tube. Item 5. The clothes dryer according to any one of items 1 to 4. 6. The clothes drying device according to claim 1, wherein a rectifying device for diffusing the direction of the warm air blown from the air duct is provided at the opening of the air duct.