CN1249287C - Clothes treatment device - Google Patents

Abstract

The control device 15 is provided with a mist supply process for supplying mist to the clothes inside the washing and dewatering tub 3 by means of the mist spraying device 13, and after the mist supplying process, the stirring blade 2 is operated while hot air is supplied by means of the hot air supplying device 14. The invention can provides a clothes processing device which has the function capable of supplying hot air to crinkly clothes as well as stirring the same to extend the wrinkle after the mist supplying process.

Description

Clothes processing device

technical field

The invention relates to a clothing treatment device with mist spray function.

Background technique

The structure of the washing machine, one of the traditional clothes processing devices, is shown in Fig. 5 in detail. This structure will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the water storage tank 1 wraps a washing and dewatering tank 3 with a pulsator 2 that can rotate freely at the inner bottom, and is suspended on the washing machine shell 5 by a suspension rod 4 . Motor 6 drives pulsator 2 or washing and dewatering tank 3 through V-belt 7 and deceleration mechanism and clutch 8 . The water supply valve 9 supplies water to the washing and dehydrating tank 3, and the drain valve 10 discharges the washing liquid and cleaning liquid in the water storage tank 1. The water level detection device 11 detects the water level in the water storage tank 1 .

The control device 12 controls the actions of the motor 6, the water supply valve 9, the drain valve 10, etc., and controls a series of procedures of washing clothes, washing, and dehydrating in turn.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. After the laundry and detergent are put into the washing and dehydrating tank 3, the amount of water corresponding to the amount of laundry is supplied through the water supply valve 9 and the water level detection device 11. Then drive the motor 6 to make the pulsator 2 rotate. With the rotation of the pulsator 2, the laundry and the detergent are stirred, and the dirt is removed by the friction between the cloths and the inner wall of the washing and dehydrating tank 3 and the pulsator 2 .

Then, the drain valve 10 is actuated to discharge the washing liquid, and the washing and dehydration tank 3 is rotated by the driving motor 6 for intermediate dehydration.

Next, water is supplied by the water supply valve 9 and the water level detection device 11 .

Next, the pulsator 2 is rotated by driving the motor 6 to clean the detergent contained in the laundry. Then, the drain valve 10 is actuated to discharge the cleaning liquid, and the washing and dehydration tank 3 is rotated by the driving motor 6 for dehydration. Such a washing machine has a structure in which the pulsator 2 is rotated to remove dirt in a washing course and to wash a detergent part in a washing course. In this way, since the clothes are twisted with each other and dehydrated in the twisted state, the clothes are wrinkled.

In addition, if drying is performed in a wrinkled state, the shape of the wrinkles will be fixed after drying. In order to stretch out the wrinkles, it is necessary to perform ironing work after spraying. This ironing operation requires a skilled technique and takes time. Therefore hope to have a kind of cheap, easy to wrinkle stretching clothing processing device.

Contents of the invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a clothing processing device capable of stretching wrinkles of wrinkled clothing at low cost.

The clothes treatment device of the present invention comprises: a tank for putting clothes into; a stirring device for stirring the clothes in the tank; a mist spray device for spraying the mist in the tank; A warm air supply device for supplying warm air inside; a cloth amount determination device for judging the amount of clothes in the tank; a mist spray time determination device for determining the mist spray time according to the signal of the cloth amount judgment device; A control device for controlling the operation of the stirring device, the mist spray device, and the warm air supply device, wherein the control device has: during the mist spray time determined by the mist spray time determination device, A mist supply procedure for supplying mist to the clothes in the tank from the mist spray device; a procedure for supplying warm air from the warm air supply device after the mist supply procedure; and making the agitation Program of device operation.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a clothes processing apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a circuit block diagram of a clothes processing device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the amount of cloth and mist spraying time in the clothing treating apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the mist spray time and the warm air supply time of the clothes treating device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional clothes treating device.

Detailed ways

Next, the clothes processing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and embodiments. In addition, parts having the same configuration as the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

(Embodiment 1)

As shown in FIG. 1 , mist spraying device 13 supplies mist to washing and dehydrating tank (tank) 3 , and warm air supply device 14 supplies warm air to washing and dehydrating tank 3 .

These devices all are arranged on the top of washing machine shell 5.

The mist mentioned here refers to mist water, and also includes mist (steam) formed after heating. The control device 15 is used to control the actions of the motor (driver) 6 , the mist spray device 13 , the warm air supply device 14 , etc., and is arranged on the top of the washing machine casing 5 .

The control device 15 has a mist supply program for supplying the mist from the mist spraying device 13 to the clothes in the washing and dehydrating tub 3 .

After this mist supply process, the stirring blade (stirring device) 2 is driven by the drive motor 6 while supplying warm air from the warm air supply device 14 . Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. Put the wrinkled dry clothes into the washing and dehydrating tank 3 and start to run. The stirring blade 2 is rotated by driving the motor 6, and the mist spray device 13 is activated simultaneously to supply the mist to the clothes in the washing and dehydrating tank 3. The clothes are stirred by the stirring blade 2, and since the clothes are changed up and down, the whole clothes are uniformly sprayed.

At this time, the entire clothing is wetted with the sprayed mist, and the hydrogen bonds generated between the molecules of the fibers are dissociated. After the mist supply process, the warm air supply device 14 is activated. While supplying warm air to the clothes wetted by the mist in the washing and dehydrating tank 3, the stirring blade 2 is rotated by the driving motor 6 to stir the clothes.

At this time, the tension generated by the clothing during stirring is used to make the fibers into a stretched state, and in this state, the water is continuously evaporated by the warm air. In the stretched state of the fibers, that is, the state in which the fibers are aligned, hydrogen bonds are generated between the molecules, and the wrinkles of the clothing are dried in the stretched state.

In this way, since the mist is supplied while moving the wrinkled clothing up and down, the mist can penetrate the entire clothing. By spraying the mist, the hydrogen bond caused between the molecules in the fiber bending state can be dissociated.

By agitating the clothing while blowing warm air, tension is generated in the clothing. Using this tension, the fibers are stretched, and the water is evaporated by the warm air, so that the fibers can be hydrogen bonded again in an aligned state. In this way, the wrinkles of the clothing can be stretched evenly.

In addition, in this embodiment, in the mist supply process, the stirring blade 2 is rotated to agitate the clothes, and the clothes are replaced up and down, but it is not necessary to agitate the clothes in the mist supply process.

Again, the present embodiment makes the stirring blade 2 rotate and the clothes are stirred, but the washing and dehydrating tank 3 can also be rotated, and the clothes can be stirred while using the protrusion (not shown) that is arranged on the inner wall of the washing and dehydrating tank 3. The clothes are rotated, while the clothes are changed up and down, and the mist is evenly sprayed on the whole clothes.

Here, the washing and dehydrating tank 3 has a center axis of rotation in the vertical direction, but a so-called drum-type tank may be provided with the center axis of rotation in the horizontal direction, and the same effect can be obtained.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the agitating blade 2 is rotated in the rotatable washing and dehydrating tank 3 to agitate the clothes, but the agitating blade 2 may be rotated in a fixed tank.

Also, in this embodiment, tension is generated on the clothes by rotating the stirring blade 2 after the mist supply process, but the washing and dehydrating tank 3 may be rotated to generate tension on the clothes.

(Embodiment 2)

As shown in FIG. 2 , the control device 16 controls the operations of the motor 6 , the mist spray device 13 , the warm air supply device 14 and the like.

The encoder 17 outputs 6 pulses every time the motor 6 rotates one revolution, and the output is input to the pulse counter 18 . The pulse counter 18 counts the number of output pulses from the encoder 17, and inputs the output to the cloth amount judging device 19 to judge the cloth amount.

The mist spray time determining device 20 determines the mist spray time according to the signal of the cloth amount determining device 19 , and the warm air supply time determining device 21 determines the warm air supply time according to the signal of the mist spray time determining device 20 . The control device 22 is composed of various electronic circuits including a microcomputer. Its function is to accept signals from the cloth amount judging device 19, the mist spraying time determining device 20, the warm air supply time determining device 21, etc., and to lead to the motor 6, the mist spraying device 13, and the warm air supply through the power switch device 23. The electric current of device 14 etc. is controlled, and a series of procedures are carried out sequentially.

The control device 22 activates the mist spray device 13 according to the signal from the mist spray time determining device 20 , and activates the warm air supply device 14 according to the signal from the warm air supply time determining device 21 . Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

Once the wrinkled clothes are dropped into the washing and dehydrating tank 3 to start running, the control device 22 makes the motor 6 drive to the right for 0.3 seconds, pause for 1.5 seconds, then drive to the left for 0.3 seconds, and pause for 1.5 seconds. The pulse counter 18 counts the output pulses of the encoder 17 from the pause time to 0.4 seconds, and the cloth amount judging device 19 judges the cloth amount.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the mist spray time determination device 20 determines the mist spray time based on the signal from the cloth amount determination device 19 .

Next, as shown in FIG. 4 , the warm air supply time determining device 21 determines the warm air supply time based on the signal from the mist spray time determining device 20 .

And, the mist spraying device 13 is actuated by the control device 22, and the mist is supplied to the clothes in the washing and dehydrating tank 3 during the mist spraying time determined by the mist spraying time determining device 20,

At this time, the entire clothing is uniformly wetted with the sprayed mist, and the hydrogen bonds generated between the molecules of the fibers are dissociated.

At this time, since an appropriate amount of mist corresponding to the amount of cloth is supplied, the clothes will not be wetted unevenly or too wet.

After this mist supply process, the warm air supply device 14 is activated.

During the warm air supply time determined by the warm air supply time determining device 21, the stirring blade 2 is rotated by the driving motor 6 while the warm air is supplied to the clothes wetted with mist to stir the clothes.

At this time, the tension generated by the clothing during stirring is used to make the fibers stretch, and in this state, the water is continuously evaporated by warm air.

In the state in which the fibers are stretched, that is, in the state in which the fibers are aligned, hydrogen bonds are generated between molecules, and the wrinkles of the clothing are dried in the stretched state.

Since an appropriate amount of warm air corresponding to the amount of mist is supplied, the wet state will not be maintained due to insufficient amount of warm air, and damage to the cloth will not be caused by excessive amount of warm air. That is, high-efficiency thermal energy is utilized, so the economical effect is large. In addition, since an appropriate amount of mist can be supplied according to the amount of cloth, it is possible to prevent insufficient mist volume, unstretched wrinkles, or remaining moist due to insufficient warm air volume. Moreover, even wrinkled dry clothes (such as clothes dried in the sun) can be stretched out through a series of procedures of mist supply in the clothes treatment device of the present invention.

Especially for cotton and hemp which are difficult to stretch wrinkles by steam, the mist spray method of the present invention also has the advantage of obvious wrinkle stretching effect. In addition, since the structure of the clothes processing device of the present invention is a conventional washing machine in which a mist spray device, a warm air supply device, and a control device for controlling these devices are added, it can be manufactured at low cost.

To sum up, the clothes treating device of the present invention can provide a clothes treating device that stretches wrinkles of wrinkled clothes at low cost.

Claims (4)

1. a Clothes treatment device comprises: the groove that drops into the clothing class; The agitating device that clothing class in the described groove is stirred; The mist sprayer unit of in described groove, mist being sprayed; In described groove, supply with the warm braw feedway of warm braw; Judge the cloth amount decision maker of the clothing weight in the described groove; Mist spray time determination device according to the signal deciding mist spray time of described cloth amount decision maker; The control device that the action of described agitating device, described mist sprayer unit, described warm braw feedway is controlled, it is characterized in that, described control device has: during the mist spray time by described mist spray time determination device decision, supplied with the mist of mist by the clothing class of described mist sprayer unit in described groove and supply with program; After supplying with program, described mist supplies with the program of warm braw by described warm braw feedway; And the program that makes described agitating device action.

2. Clothes treatment device as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise: according to the warm braw service time determination device of the signal deciding warm braw service time of described mist spray time determination device, described control device is after described mist supply program, on one side during warm braw service time by described warm braw service time determination device decision, supply with warm braw by described warm braw feedway, Yi Bian drive described agitating device.

3. Clothes treatment device as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described agitating device is the paddle that is provided in freely rotating in the described groove.

4. Clothes treatment device as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, described agitating device is the revolution groove freely that inwall has protuberance.

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