KR101015870B1 - Drum Washing Machine with Integrated Heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drum washing machine equipped with an integrated heater, a reservoir is installed inside the main body having an inlet on the front, a drive motor is installed on the outer lower portion of the reservoir, and the driving force of the drive motor is transferred to the reservoir. A drum is installed to rotate in a lying down state, a door is installed at the front of the main body to open and close the inlet, and the upper part of the main body removes moisture in the circulating air while circulating air inside the drum. A drum washing machine having a drying device for drying laundry, comprising: a heating heater installed inside the drying device; And a water supply means for supplying the washing water to the inside of the drying apparatus. According to the present invention, two functions are provided by integrating and installing a heater that performs a washing function during washing and a heater that performs a drying function as one. Since the number of parts installed in the washing machine can be reduced, the structure of the washing machine can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced as well as the washing water can be reduced.

Drum, washing machine, heater

Description

Drum Washer with Integrated Heater {DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE WITH THE CONSOLIDATED SINGLE HEATER}

1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a conventional drum washing machine,

2 is an exploded perspective view of a drying apparatus installed in a conventional drum washing machine,

3 is a perspective view of an installation state of a laundry heater installed in a conventional drum washing machine;

4 is a schematic perspective view of a drum washing machine according to the present invention;

5 is a cross-sectional structural view of the drum washing machine according to the present invention.

Description of the Related Art

10: main body 12: inlet

20: reservoir 30: drive motor

40: drum 50: door

60: drying device 66: heating heater

70: water supply means 72: water supply pipe

74: pump 76: water supply duct

The present invention relates to a drum washing machine having an integrated heater, and more particularly, to an integrated heater, which is integrated with a drying heater and a washing heater installed in a drum type washing machine, to simplify the structure of the washing machine and to reduce the price. Relates to a drum washing machine.

In general, a washing machine is mainly for washing clothes by a mechanical operation through an electric motor. The washing machine is classified into an agitator type, a drum type, and a pulsator type according to its structure and washing method. And, all of these are composed of a washing unit for the direct washing action, the drive unit for supplying power for the action of the washing unit and the case forming the appearance, etc., the washing machine equipped with a drying function further includes a drying device It is done by

Unlike the pulsator washing machine which rotates in a state in which the laundry tank into which the laundry is put is placed in the drum type washing machine, the washing machine washes the laundry while the drum installed in the lying state inside the water tank rotates, and the washing capacity of the washing machine is higher than that of the pulsator washing machine. Due to the advantages of maximizing and reducing the tangling of laundry after washing, the demand is increasing gradually, and related technologies for improving user convenience are also rapidly developing.

1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a conventional drum type washing machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, the reservoir 110 is supported inside the main body 100 having the inlet 102 at the front side, and the driving motor 120 is installed at the outer lower portion of the reservoir 110. In the reservoir 110, a drum 130 is installed to receive the driving force of the driving motor 120 to rotate in a lying down state, and a front door of the main body 100 to open and close the inlet 102. 140 is installed, the upper portion in the main body 100 is provided with a drying device 150 to dry the laundry by removing the moisture in the circulating air while circulating the air in the drum (130).

As shown in FIG. 2, the drying apparatus 150 includes an inlet duct unit 152 in which a blower fan connected to a blower motor is built in order to suck outside air, and a heating wire applied with an external power source to generate high heat. The heater unit 154 is disposed, and the discharge duct unit 156 for guiding the air preheated through the heater unit 154 into the drum 130.

Typically, the drying apparatus 150 configured as described above is installed to the rear upper side of the main body 100 as shown in FIG. 1 to dry the laundry by supplying dry hot air to the laundry where the washing is completed. Due to the drying action, the moisture remaining in the laundry is evaporated by the high temperature dry hot air guided and blown into the drum 130, and the laundry is dried. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform a separate drying operation to remove the laundry from the washing machine. Has

On the other hand, in the drum-type washing machine as described above, in order to give a function that boils even during washing in recent years, a washing machine in which the heater is installed inside the water tank 110 of the washing machine, preferably inside the drum 130 has been disclosed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the reservoir 110 in which the heater is installed inside the drum 130 is described.                         

In FIG. 3, one side of the reservoir 110 is provided with a washing heater 112 that generates high heat while having a waterproof function, so that when the wash water is filled in the reservoir 110, the washing water is heated to boil the laundry. Will have the ability to

As such, in the drum type washing machine in which the laundry heater 112 and the drying apparatus 150 are separately provided, the laundry heater 112 and the drying heater 154 having the same heat generating function are separately installed, which makes the design of the washing machine complicated and the unit price. There was a problem that is elevated.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the technical problem of the present invention is to integrate a plurality of heaters installed in the drum type washing machine to be used in one, the number of parts installed in the drum washing machine is reduced, washing machine It is to provide a drum washing machine with an integrated heater that can reduce the cost of.

Technical problem for achieving the above object,
The reservoir 20 is installed inside the main body 10 having the inlet 12 at the front surface, and the driving motor 30 is installed at the outer lower portion of the reservoir 20, and the drive motor inside the reservoir 20. The drum 40 is installed to rotate in a lying down state by receiving the driving force of the 30, and the door 50 is installed on the front of the main body 10 to open and close the inlet 12, and the main body 10 In the drum washing machine is provided with a drying device 60 in the upper part of the drum 40 to remove the moisture in the circulating air while circulating the air in the drum 40, so that the laundry is dried.
A heating heater 66 installed inside the drying apparatus 60; And
Water supply means (70) for supplying washing water into the drying device (60);
The water supply means 70,
A water supply pipe 72 installed at the bottom of the water storage tank 20;
A pump 74 connected to the water supply pipe 72 to pump washing water;
A water supply duct 76 installed between the pump 74 and the drying device 60 to supply the pumped wash water to the interior of the drying device 60;
The drying device 60,
An inlet duct 62 in which a blower fan 68 connected to a blower motor is built in to suck outside air;
An exothermic heater (66) in which an electric power source is applied to generate a high heat; And
A discharge duct section (64) for guiding the air preheated through the heating heater (66) into the drum (40);

It is achieved by providing a drum washing machine equipped with an integrated heater, characterized in that the inner bottom portion of the drying device 60 is filled with water and the fresh water portion 67 is provided with the heating heater 66 is installed.

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When described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention having the above characteristics as follows.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 4 is a schematic perspective view of a drum washing machine according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional structural view of the drum washing machine according to the present invention, the drum washing machine equipped with the integrated heater of the present invention integrally integrates the drying heater and the laundry heater By integrating, the structure of the washing machine can be simplified to reduce the price.

As shown in FIG. 4, the drum washing machine is supported with a reservoir 20 inside the main body 10 having an inlet 12 at the front thereof, and a driving motor 30 is installed at an outer lower portion of the reservoir 20. In the reservoir 20, a drum 40 is installed to receive the driving force of the driving motor 30 to rotate in a lying down state, and the front opening of the main body 10 opens and closes the inlet 12. The door 50 is provided, and a drying device 60 is provided on the upper part of the main body 10 to remove the moisture in the circulating air while circulating the air in the drum 40 so that the laundry is dried as the laundry is dried. do.

The drying apparatus 60 includes an inlet duct part 62 in which a blower fan 68 connected to a blower motor is built in order to suck outside air, and a heating heater in which an electric power source is applied to generate high heat. 66 and a discharge duct 64 for guiding the air preheated through the heat heater 66 into the drum 40.

Subsequently, the inner lower end of the drying apparatus 60 is filled with water, and a fresh water part 67 in which the heating heater 66 is installed is formed.

Then, the lower end of the drying device 60 is provided with water supply means 70 for supplying the wash water into the drying device (60).

The water supply means 70 is a water supply pipe 72 is installed at the bottom of the reservoir 20, a pump 74 connected to the water supply pipe 72 to pump the wash water, the pump 74 and the drying device The water supply duct 76 is installed between the 60 to supply the pumped wash water to the interior of the drying device (60).

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

The drum washing machine of the present invention is a washing machine having a normal washing action, a hydrothermal washing action having a boiling effect by supplying high temperature washing water, and a drying action for drying the laundry.

First, in a normal washing operation, washing water is supplied into the drum 50 of the washing machine, and a general washing process is performed by the supplied washing water.

On the other hand, when the hot water washing action having a boiling effect is set, since the hot water of hot water must be supplied to the drum 50 of the washing machine, the exothermic heater 66 of the drying apparatus 60 is operated.

Simultaneously with the operation of the drying apparatus 60, the pump 74 of the water supply means 70 is operated, and washing water is supplied into the drying apparatus 60 through the water supply duct 76. The supplied washing water is supplied to the drying apparatus 60. When a certain amount is filled in the fresh water part 67 of), the operation of the pump 74 is emphasized and the washing water supply is temporarily stopped.

At this time, the internal fresh water part 67 of the drying apparatus 60 is filled with a certain amount of washing water, and the washing water exceeding a predetermined level is discharged toward the front door 50 through the discharge duct part 64.

In this state, the wash water supplied to the fresh water part 67 of the drying apparatus 60 is heated by the exothermic heater 66.

Here, the capacity of the wash water is designed to be equal to the volume of the fresh water part 67 of the drying apparatus 60.

When the heated wash water reaches a predetermined predetermined temperature, or when heated for a predetermined time, the hot hot water is supplied into the water tank 20, and when all of the heated wash water is discharged from the fresh water part 67. Washing water is newly supplied into the drying apparatus 60. The supplied wash water is heated in the same manner as the above-described process, and then supplied to the water storage tank 20, and the washing water of high temperature is supplied into the water storage tank 20 continuously.

Thus, when a predetermined amount of hot water is supplied to the inside of the water storage tank 20, the washing process is performed after the water supply is stopped to perform a life-slowing function.

On the other hand, when the drying action is set after the general washing action and / or the hot water washing action, the dehydration operation is performed by the high speed rotation of the drum 40.

After the dehydration operation, the laundry is dried by the drying device 60. The external air is blown by the blower fan 68 in the exothermic state of the exothermic heater 66 to suck and preheat the outside air. The air is heated while passing through the exothermic heater 66 and then discharged into the slowly rotating drum 40. Thus, the moisture remaining in the laundry is evaporated by the high temperature dry warm air sprayed into the drum 40 by the drying action as described above to dry the laundry.

As described above, when performing the washing function together with the general washing function according to the present invention, after washing the laundry water is supplied into the drying apparatus 60 and heated by the exothermic heater 66, the washing reaches a predetermined temperature. The water is discharged into the drum 40. In particular, according to the present invention has a feature of continuously performing the above-described process of supplying, heating and discharging, so that the hot water can be supplied to the drum 40 to perform a life-slowing function.

In addition, in the case of performing the drying function, the same heating heater 66 generates heat and sucks and preheats the outside air to discharge the drum 40.

According to the drum washing machine provided with the integrated heater according to the present invention as described in detail above, the washing machine can perform both functions by integrally installing a heater performing a boiling function and a drying function in one washing machine. The number of parts to be installed is reduced, so that the structure of the washing machine is simplified, the manufacturing cost can be reduced, and the washing water can be reduced.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to certain preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but in the field to which the invention pertains without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed in the claims. Any person with ordinary knowledge will be able to make various modifications.

Claims (2)

The reservoir 20 is installed inside the main body 10 having the inlet 12 at the front surface, and the driving motor 30 is installed at the outer lower portion of the reservoir 20, and the drive motor inside the reservoir 20. The drum 40 is installed to rotate in a lying down state by receiving the driving force of the 30, and the door 50 is installed on the front of the main body 10 to open and close the inlet 12, and the main body 10 In the drum washing machine is provided with a drying device 60 in the upper part of the drum 40 to remove the moisture in the circulating air while circulating the air in the drum 40, so that the laundry is dried. A heating heater 66 installed inside the drying apparatus 60; And Water supply means (70) for supplying washing water into the drying device (60); The water supply means 70, A water supply pipe 72 installed at the bottom of the water storage tank 20; A pump 74 connected to the water supply pipe 72 to pump washing water; A water supply duct 76 installed between the pump 74 and the drying device 60 to supply the pumped wash water to the interior of the drying device 60; The drying device 60, An inlet duct 62 in which a blower fan 68 connected to a blower motor is built in to suck outside air; An exothermic heater (66) in which an electric power source is applied to generate a high heat; And A discharge duct section (64) for guiding the air preheated through the heating heater (66) into the drum (40); Drum washing machine equipped with an integrated heater, characterized in that the inner bottom portion of the drying device 60 is filled with water and the fresh water portion 67 is provided with the heating heater (66). delete

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