[go: up one dir, main page]

WO2010066426A1 - Appareil électroménager avec surface de traitement du linge à la vapeur - Google Patents

Appareil électroménager avec surface de traitement du linge à la vapeur Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2010066426A1
WO2010066426A1 PCT/EP2009/008830 EP2009008830W WO2010066426A1 WO 2010066426 A1 WO2010066426 A1 WO 2010066426A1 EP 2009008830 W EP2009008830 W EP 2009008830W WO 2010066426 A1 WO2010066426 A1 WO 2010066426A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
steam
household appliance
apertures
generation unit
air
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Ceased
Application number
PCT/EP2009/008830
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Daniele Da Riol
Fabio Pasut
Michele Bisaro
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
Original Assignee
Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Electrolux Home Products Corp NV filed Critical Electrolux Home Products Corp NV
Publication of WO2010066426A1 publication Critical patent/WO2010066426A1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • D06F29/00—Combinations of a washing machine with other separate apparatus in a common frame or the like, e.g. with rinsing apparatus

Definitions

  • the present invention relates in general to the field of household appliances, and in particular to a household appliance for washing and/or drying clothes.
  • Garments made of delicate textile materials are not adapted to undergo regular drying treatments in a tumble dryer, owing to the mechanical stresses, mainly in the form of impacts, which the textile fibres would be subject to.
  • more gentle drying treatments are required, such as line drying or flat drying, which on the other hand are rather time-consuming processes, especially in wintertime.
  • the present invention proposes an improvement to the solutions set forth in the cited European patent applications.
  • a household appliance comprising a cabinet provided with a worktop defining a surface adapted to support thereon clothes to be treated.
  • a steam generation unit is provided, operable to generate steam, and a steam delivery system is fluidly connected to the steam generation unit and adapted to deliver steam to said surface.
  • said surface may have a plurality of apertures.
  • Said steam delivery system may be fluidly connected to and adapted to deliver steam through at least some apertures of said plurality of apertures.
  • An air passage may be provided underneath the surface, and said steam delivery system may be are arranged to deliver steam into said air passage.
  • the steam delivery system may comprises at least one steam delivery nozzle.
  • the said steam delivery system may comprise a plurality of steam delivery nozzles, each one arranged to deliver steam directly to a respective one of said apertures.
  • the steam delivery system may comprises a handheld steam delivery tool fluidly connectable or connected to a steam delivery outlet provided on the appliance cabinet and adapted to deliver steam generated by the steam generation unit.
  • the steam generation unit may be a steam generation unit provided in said cabinet for generating steam to be supplied to a clothes loading drum of the household appliance.
  • the apertures in the worktop surface may be in fluid communication with an air conveying system adapted to deliver a flow of air through said apertures, so as to gently drying garments or clothes laid on the worktop surface.
  • the air conveying system may comprises at least one heater operable to heat the flow of air to be delivered through said apertures. Thanks to the proposed solution, clothes and garments can be laid on the worktop of the household appliance and be subjected to a steam flux, so as for example to prepare them for subsequent ironing, or simply to refresh them.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a household appliance wherein a solution according to an embodiment of the present invention can be advantageously implemented;
  • Figure 2 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the household appliance of Figure 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 3 is a partial side cross-sectional view of the household appliance of Figure 1, showing another embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 5 shows still another embodiment of the present invention
  • a household appliance 100 in particular a household appliance for washing (e.g., a domestic washing machine) and/or drying clothes (e.g. a domestic dryer or washer/dryer), wherein a solution according to an embodiment of the present invention is advantageously implemented.
  • the household appliance 100 comprises an outer casing or cabinet 105 with a worktop 110 and a front panel 115 carrying operational input and setting controls, a drum (not visible in Figure 1) rotatably supported inside the cabinet 105 and adapted to be loaded with the items to be washed and/or dried, an opening in a front wall 120 of the cabinet 105 for loading and unloading the items into and from the drum, and a door 125 for closing said opening.
  • the worktop 110 of the household appliance 100 comprises a drying surface
  • the drying surface 130 comprises two surfaces, one being the surface of the worktop 110 itself, and the other being the surface of a drawer-like element 140 which is slidable in an accommodation or housing 205, visible in Figure 2, provided in the worktop 110 and having appropriate slide guiding means; the drawer-like element 140 can slide between a first position, in which the drawer-like element 140, and thus its drying surface, is contained, i.e.
  • the drying surface may consist of the surface of the drawer-like element 140 only, the surface of the worktop 110 not being provided with apertures, or the drawer-like element 140 may be absent, the drying surface being in such a case formed only by the top surface of the worktop 110.
  • the drying surface of the drawer-like element 140 enables garments to be dried even when the surface of the worktop 110 is not directly accessible, due to obstacles immediately above the worktop.
  • both the worktop 110 and the drawer-like element 140 are internally hollow so as to integrally form an air passage 210 for conveying the flow of drying air under and along the drying surface 130.
  • the accommodation 205 further defines a drying-medium conveying channel adapted to fluidly connect the air passage 210 with air circulating means 215.
  • the air circulating means 215 may for instance comprise at least one blower arranged inside the appliance cabinet 105 and adapted to take in air from either the interior or the exterior of the cabinet 105 to convey it into the air passage 210.
  • the blower may be housed within a proper accommodation provided to this purpose inside the cabinet of the appliance, in order to take in the ambient air from the interior of the cabinet (which is normally not air-tight and thus is in fluid communication with the external ambient, from which air can enter into the cabinet).
  • a communication duct 220 is provided in the worktop 110 and/or the cabinet 105 to connect the air circulating means 215 to the air passage 210.
  • the conveying means may be located outside the casing 105, for example, the air circulating means 210 and the communication duct 220 may be associated to the upper backward portion of the casing 105 in proximity to and below the worktop 110 projecting from the casing, or the air circulating means 210 and the communication duct 220 may arranged above the worktop 110 in fluidly connection with the accommodation 205.
  • the air conveyed to the drying surface may be process air used to dry the items inside the dryer drum, or air used to cool a condenser present in the appliance to remove moisture from the process air used to dry the items in the drum.
  • Heating means 225 may also be provided, for instance comprising one or more electric heating elements arranged downstream the air circulating means 215 and upstream the air passage 210.
  • the heating means 225 may be housed inside the communication duct 220.
  • the household appliance 100 is equipped with a steam generation unit 230, for example housed within the cabinet 105.
  • the steam generation unit 230 is fluidly connected to a water tank 235, for example through a valve and/or pump 240, and receives from the tank 235 the water to be converted into steam.
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be of conventional construction, comprising for example an electric boiler.
  • a steam delivery conduit 245 delivers the generated steam from the steam generation unit 230 to a steam delivery nozzle 250 arranged to deliver steam into the drying-medium conveying channel defined by the accommodation 205, and thus to the drying surface 130.
  • the activation of the air circulating means 215, of the heating means 225 and of the steam generation unit 230 is for example controllable, preferably in an independent manner, by means of specific controls provided on the appliance control panel 115, or directly integrated on the worktop 110, or integrated in the handgrip portion 207 of the drawer-like element 140.
  • the garments to be dried are laid upon the drying surface 130, if necessary after extracting the drawer-like element 140 from the worktop 110 (depending on the garments size and/or number).
  • the air circulating means 215 and the heating means 225 hot air starts flowing through the apertures 135 in the drying surface 130 so as to hit the garments laid thereupon and dry them.
  • the steam generation unit 230 steam is also injected into the drying-medium conveying channel 205, and flows through the apertures 135.
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be activated while the air circulating means 215 and the heating means 225 may be left off or be activated.
  • the steam generation unit 230 may be a special unit specifically provided in the household appliance 100; this may be for example the case of a washing machine, which normally are not equipped with a steam generation unit for other purposes.
  • the steam generation unit already provided in the household appliance 100 for different purposes may be exploited for delivering steam to the drying surface 130.
  • a steam generation unit 330 already provided in the dryer or washer/dryer 100 for supplying steam into a drum 360 where items to be drier are loaded may be used.
  • valves 365 and 370 may preferably be provided for in the steam delivery duct 245 and in a duct 375 delivering steam to the drum, such valves being controllable through the controls of the appliance, so as to enable selective delivery of steam either to the drum, or to the drying surface 130, or to both; in this way, it may for example be possible to deliver steam to the drying surface even when the drier is not operating to dry clothes in the drum.
  • the steam generation unit in the household appliance for example the steam generator 330 already provided in a dryer or washer/dryer for delivering steam to the items in the drum, may be exploited to deliver steam to garments and clothes laid upon the drying surface 130 of the worktop 110 by using a hand-held tool, like the tool 500 shown in Figure 5, that through a hose 570 is connectable or connected to a steam delivery outlet 575 provided for example on the front panel of the cabinet 105, and at which a steam delivery conduit 580 (preferably with a controllable valve 585 inserted therein) coming from the steam generation unit 330 ends.
  • the valves allow steam to be delivered in a selective way to either the tool 500 or to the drying surface, or to both of them.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Detail Structures Of Washing Machines And Dryers (AREA)
  • Accessory Of Washing/Drying Machine, Commercial Washing/Drying Machine, Other Washing/Drying Machine (AREA)

Abstract

Un appareil électroménager (100) selon l'invention comprend un caisson (105) doté d'un plan de travail (110) définissant une surface (130) adaptée pour y étendre les vêtements devant être traités. Une unité de génération de vapeur (230, 330) est prévue, cette unité pouvant être actionnée pour générer de la vapeur et un système de distribution de vapeur (245, 250 ;245, 450 ;500, 570, 575, 580) est en communication fluidique avec l'unité de génération de vapeur et est adapté pour distribuer de la vapeur à ladite surface.
PCT/EP2009/008830 2008-12-12 2009-12-10 Appareil électroménager avec surface de traitement du linge à la vapeur Ceased WO2010066426A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP20080171494 EP2196573B1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2008-12-12 Appareil ménager avec une surface pour traitement des pièces de linge à la vapeur
EP08171494.1 2008-12-12

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2010066426A1 true WO2010066426A1 (fr) 2010-06-17

Family

ID=40530873

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/EP2009/008830 Ceased WO2010066426A1 (fr) 2008-12-12 2009-12-10 Appareil électroménager avec surface de traitement du linge à la vapeur

Country Status (2)

Country Link
EP (1) EP2196573B1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2010066426A1 (fr)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20180039395A (ko) * 2016-10-10 2018-04-18 삼성전자주식회사 세탁기
CN111826874A (zh) * 2020-06-19 2020-10-27 青岛海尔洗涤电器有限公司 衣物处理设备

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN105121731B (zh) 2013-04-02 2017-09-08 Lg 电子株式会社 衣物处理设备
EP2933367A1 (fr) * 2014-04-01 2015-10-21 Indesit Company S.p.A. Appareil de lavage domestique comportant des moyens de génération de vapeur pour usage externe
IT202000008398A1 (it) * 2020-04-20 2021-10-20 Mario Furieri Dispositivo per il lavaggio e l'asciugatura di manufatti in tessuto

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070151302A1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2007-07-05 Kendall James W Vertical laundry module
EP1854916A1 (fr) * 2006-05-09 2007-11-14 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil ménager
US20080053163A1 (en) * 2006-09-05 2008-03-06 Park Sang H Multiple laundry treating machine
EP1925703A1 (fr) * 2006-11-24 2008-05-28 CANDY S.p.A. Équipement permettant de réaliser d'opérations multiples sur des articles de blanchisserie

Family Cites Families (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
PL1845185T3 (pl) 2006-04-14 2012-05-31 Electrolux Home Products Corp Nv Urządzenie gospodarstwa domowego

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070151302A1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2007-07-05 Kendall James W Vertical laundry module
EP1854916A1 (fr) * 2006-05-09 2007-11-14 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Appareil ménager
US20080053163A1 (en) * 2006-09-05 2008-03-06 Park Sang H Multiple laundry treating machine
EP1925703A1 (fr) * 2006-11-24 2008-05-28 CANDY S.p.A. Équipement permettant de réaliser d'opérations multiples sur des articles de blanchisserie

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR20180039395A (ko) * 2016-10-10 2018-04-18 삼성전자주식회사 세탁기
WO2018070730A1 (fr) * 2016-10-10 2018-04-19 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Machine à laver
US10533274B2 (en) 2016-10-10 2020-01-14 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Washing machine
KR102598156B1 (ko) * 2016-10-10 2023-11-06 삼성전자주식회사 세탁기
CN111826874A (zh) * 2020-06-19 2020-10-27 青岛海尔洗涤电器有限公司 衣物处理设备
CN111826874B (zh) * 2020-06-19 2023-11-14 青岛海尔洗涤电器有限公司 衣物处理设备

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP2196573A1 (fr) 2010-06-16
EP2196573B1 (fr) 2013-04-24

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US9416484B2 (en) Household appliance
US9663894B2 (en) Steam generator and laundry dryer having the same and controlling method thereof
KR101265616B1 (ko) 건조기 및 그 제어방법
US8875416B2 (en) Laundry treating appliance door with planar window element and projection
US8769997B2 (en) Laundry machine
US8776394B2 (en) Blower for a laundry treating appliance
US20120000087A1 (en) Household Appliance for Drying Garments
CN101517149B (zh) 衣物烘干机
KR20060038796A (ko) 의류건조기 일체형 세탁 장치
KR100921460B1 (ko) 건조기
KR100826205B1 (ko) 건조기
EP2196573B1 (fr) Appareil ménager avec une surface pour traitement des pièces de linge à la vapeur
CN101297075A (zh) 干衣机的供水装置及其控制方法
US9139951B2 (en) Laundry treating appliance and method of controlling the heater thereof
CN110438725B (zh) 组合洗涤和干燥处理器具
KR20060120760A (ko) 스팀 발생 장치가 구비된 건조기
KR20100081205A (ko) 건조기
KR100826038B1 (ko) 건조기의 스팀 분사 제어 방법
KR101208533B1 (ko) 건조기
KR20240099648A (ko) 의류처리장치
KR20100020623A (ko) 건조기
KR20080078366A (ko) 건조기
KR20080012008A (ko) 건조기

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 09793466

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase

Ref document number: 09793466

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A1