Extendable drying unit and drying device and clothes drying machine

Abstract

The present invention discloses an extendable clothes drying assembly, a drying device and a clothes drying machine. The clothes drying machine comprises a main unit component, a clothes drying rack and an extendable clothes drying assembly. The extendable clothes drying assembly comprises at least two drying units with air outlets, wherein one drying unit is a main drying unit and the other drying units are auxiliary drying units. An air flow duct is connected between the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit or between the two auxiliary drying units. Among the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying units, at least the main drying unit is provided with an air inlet and a heating assembly. The main drying unit is connected to a rod seat of the clothes drying rack through a folding rod or a telescopic rod. The main drying unit transports hot air flow to the auxiliary drying unit through the air flow duct, or the auxiliary drying unit independently heats the air flow, so that a plurality of drying units can jointly dry the clothes on the clothes drying rack to improve the drying effect of the clothes.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a clothes drying machine in the field of household use, and in particular to a clothes drying machine with an extended clothes drying component. Background Art

[0002] In some areas with less sunlight or during the rainy season, it is difficult to dry clothes, so a clothes drying machine with a drying function is used. A clothes drying machine with a drying function can dry clothes in a short time.

[0003] The drying and airing assembly and the drying and airing machine with bottom-mounted application publication number CN108330661A disclose an independent drying module, which is connected to the clothes drying rack through a foldable telescopic rod. When the telescopic rod is folded, the clothes drying rack and the drying module are attracted to each other through a magnet assembly. In terms of the power supply of the drying module, first, the drying module and the clothes drying rack are electrically connected, a first power interface is provided on the lower side of the host component, and a second power interface is provided on the upper side of the clothes drying rack. When the upper side of the clothes drying rack is close to the lower side of the host component, the first power interface is electrically connected to the second power interface.

[0004] The air outlets of the drying module are distributed on the upper surface of the drying module, and the air outlet area of ​​the drying module is relatively concentrated. The hot air flow can only be locally supplied to a certain clothes drying area, and it is difficult to fully cover the clothes area on the clothes drying rack.

[0005] In view of this, those skilled in the art have developed an extended drying assembly that can overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages. Summary of the invention

[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an expandable clothes drying assembly, and further to provide a drying device and a clothes drying machine having the expandable clothes drying assembly.

[0007] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems is: an extended drying component, characterized in that it includes at least two drying units with air outlets, one of which is a main drying unit, and the other drying units are auxiliary drying units; an air flow duct is connected between the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit or between two auxiliary drying units; among the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit, at least the main drying unit is provided with an air inlet and a heating component.

[0008] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the airflow duct is a hard pipe or a soft pipe.

[0009] A further preferred solution of the present invention is: when the airflow duct is a hard pipe, the hard pipe can support the connected drying unit; or a supporting pipe is provided between the two drying units.

[0010] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is that an air inlet and a heating component are provided in the auxiliary drying unit.

[0011] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is as follows: the heating assembly comprises a fan and a heating module, the fan sucks air from the air inlet, heats the air through the heating module, and then blows the air out from the air outlet.

[0012] A further preferred solution of the present invention is that there are two auxiliary drying units, each located on one side of the main drying unit.

[0013] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the drying unit is a long cylindrical structure, and the air outlet is arranged on the upper surface of the drying unit.

[0014] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the three drying units are parallel to each other and spaced a certain distance apart, the air outlets of the three drying units are located on the same plane, and the three drying units can be placed together.

[0015] A further preferred embodiment of the present invention is as follows: the drying device comprises a clothes drying rack and an extendable clothes drying assembly, wherein the main drying unit is connected to a rod base of the clothes drying rack via a folding rod or a telescopic rod.

[0016] A clothes drying machine is characterized by comprising a main unit component and the above-mentioned drying device.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the advantage of the present invention is that at least one auxiliary drying unit is added on the basis of the main drying unit. The auxiliary drying unit may have its own heating component or no heating component. The main drying unit transports hot air flow to the auxiliary drying unit through the air flow duct. Multiple drying units jointly dry the clothes on the clothes drying rack to improve the drying effect of the clothes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that these drawings are drawn only for the purpose of explaining the preferred embodiments and therefore should not be used as a limitation on the scope of the present invention. In addition, unless otherwise specified, the drawings are intended only to conceptually represent the composition or structure of the described object and may contain exaggerated displays, and the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.

[0019] Figure 1 The overall structure of the clothes drying machine Figure 1 ;

[0020] Figure 2 The overall structure of the clothes drying machine Figure 2 ;

[0021] Figure 3 Side view of the clothes drying machine structure Figure 1 ;

[0022] Figure 4 Side view of the clothes drying machine structure Figure 2 ;

[0023] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of the structure of the extended drying assembly;

[0024] Figure 6 Schematic diagram of the auxiliary drying unit and the main drying unit. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these descriptions are only illustrative and exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0026] The clothes drying machine 100 includes a main unit 10 and a drying device, wherein the main unit 10 is fixed to the ceiling; the drying device includes a clothes drying rack 20 and an extended clothes drying assembly 300, wherein the main drying unit 410 on the extended clothes drying assembly 300 is connected to the rod seat 201 on the clothes drying rack 20 via a folding rod 30 or a telescopic rod. The power assembly on the main unit 10 drives the main drying unit 410 to rise or fall via the folding rod 30 or the telescopic rod. The auxiliary drying unit 420 on the extended clothes drying assembly 300 is fixedly connected to the main drying unit 410, and when the main drying unit 410 rises or falls, the auxiliary drying unit 420 is also driven to rise or fall.

[0027] The clothes drying rack 20 comprises a rod base 201 and a clothes drying rod 202. Both ends of the clothes drying rod 202 are fixedly connected to the rod base 201, that is, the rod base 201 can stabilize two parallel clothes drying rods 202. The clothes to be dried are hung on the two clothes drying rods 202 for drying.

[0028] Specifically, the extended drying assembly 300 includes three drying units with air outlets 401, one of which is a main drying unit 410, and the other two drying units are auxiliary drying units 420; an air flow duct 430 is connected between the main drying unit 410 and the auxiliary drying unit 420 or between the two auxiliary drying units 420; in the main drying unit 410 and the auxiliary drying unit 420, an air inlet and a heating assembly are provided on the main drying unit 410.

[0029] Preferably, the two auxiliary drying units 420 are respectively located on one side of the main drying unit 410 .

[0030] Generally, the drying unit mainly includes a shell and a heating component. The shell is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet. Generally, the heating component includes a fan and a heating module. Air flow enters from the air inlet under the action of the fan, is heated by the heating module and expands, and is blown out from the air outlet to dry the clothes to be dried. The specific structure and working principle of the above drying unit have been disclosed in the patent with publication number CN108330660A, so it will not be repeated here.

[0031] The above is a common structure of a drying unit. The present invention can install the above structure only on the main drying unit 410, and then transfer the hot air flow to the auxiliary drying units 420 on both sides through the air flow duct 430, and finally discharge the hot air flow through the air outlet 401 on each drying unit to dry the clothes. Of course, the air inlet and heating component can also be installed in the auxiliary drying unit 420 to form an independent and complete drying unit to perform independent air intake, heating air flow and other operations.

[0032] When the heating component and the air inlet are not installed on the auxiliary drying unit 420, the air flow is sucked in from the air inlet by the fan in the main drying unit 410, and after being heated by the heating module in the main drying unit 410, the hot air flows through the air flow duct 430 connected between the main drying unit 410 and the auxiliary drying unit 420 and is input into the auxiliary drying units 420 on both sides, and then is discharged from the air outlet 401 on the auxiliary drying unit 420 to dry the clothes; at the same time, the hot air flow is also discharged through the air outlet 401 of the main drying unit 410.

[0033] When the auxiliary drying unit 420 is also equipped with a heating component and an air inlet, the auxiliary drying unit 420 can also independently take in air and heat the airflow entering the air inlet. The airflow expands due to the heat and is discharged through the air outlet 401 to dry the clothes. At this time, the auxiliary drying unit 420 and the main drying unit 410 have the same working mode, and the hot airflow can also be transmitted to each other through the airflow duct 430 to slow down the heat dissipation.

[0034] Preferably, the three drying units in this embodiment are parallel to each other and spaced a distance apart, the air outlets of the three drying units are located on the same plane, and the three drying units can be placed together.

[0035] Specifically, in the first state, the clothes to be dried are small or the user needs to dry the clothes in one place. The main drying unit 410 and the auxiliary drying unit 420 are close together, and the hot air flow blown out of the air outlet 401 is relatively concentrated, so as to achieve concentrated and rapid drying of the clothes hanging on the upper side. In the second state, the clothes to be dried are large, and the auxiliary drying units 420 on both sides of the main drying unit 410 are unfolded, so that the hot air flow blown out from the air outlet 401 of the drying unit can dry the clothes upward in a relatively dispersed manner, so that the hot air flow can fully contact the clothes, thereby improving the drying efficiency.

[0036] Preferably, the airflow duct 430 is a hard pipe, but it can also be a soft pipe.

[0037] When the airflow duct 430 is a hard pipe, the hard pipe can support the connected drying unit; a supporting pipe can also be connected between two drying units to support the gravity of the two drying units, thereby reducing the weight borne by the hard pipe and allowing the two auxiliary drying units 420 to be fully and stably deployed on both sides of the main drying unit 410. When the auxiliary drying units 420 on both sides are close together, the hard pipe can be contracted or folded.

[0038] Preferably, the hard pipe is formed by connecting the ends D of two sections of connecting pipes 431. When the expandable drying assembly 300 is unfolded, the two sections of connecting pipes 431 are unfolded in a horizontal V-shape. When the expandable drying assembly 300 is closed, the two sections of connecting pipes 431 are closed in a horizontal V-shape and close to the middle of the two drying units. The other end of the connecting pipe 431 is connected to the axial end E on the side of the auxiliary drying unit 420. The pipe opening of the connecting pipe 431 is connected to the accommodating chamber inside the drying unit, so that the hot air flow can be input into the hard pipe and transported in the two drying units.

[0039] When the airflow duct 430 is a soft pipe, a support pipe needs to be connected between the two drying units to support the gravity of the two drying units and enable the two auxiliary drying units 420 to be fully and stably deployed on both sides of the main drying unit 410. When the auxiliary drying units 420 on both sides are close together, the soft pipe can be stored more conveniently.

[0040] The drying units in this embodiment are all long cylindrical structures, and the air outlet 401 on the drying unit is arranged on the upper surface of the drying unit. The hot air flow heated by the heating module is discharged from the air outlet 401 and directed to the clothes hanging on the upper side to dry them.

[0041] It should be noted that a telescopic frame 210 is connected between the clothes drying rack 20 and the main unit 10. The telescopic frame 210 is an X-shaped telescopic frame. When the power assembly on the main unit 10 drives the clothes drying rack 20 to rise or fall through the steel wire rope, the X-shaped telescopic frame can be telescoped in a scissor-like manner. The X-shaped telescopic frame can make the clothes drying rack 20 rise and fall more smoothly, and the steel wire rope plays a major role in bearing the weight.

[0042] In addition, a power line is connected between the main unit 10 and the drying unit, and the drying unit can draw power from the main unit 10 to perform drying. The power assembly on the main unit 10 drives the main drying unit 410 to rise or fall through the folding rod 30 or the telescopic rod. When the extended drying assembly 300 needs to be stored, the two auxiliary drying units 420 are first placed together with the main drying unit 410, and then the power assembly drives the extended drying assembly 300 to rise to the lower side of the clothes drying rack 20. At this time, the folding rod 30 connecting the extended drying assembly 300 and the clothes drying rack 20 is in a folded state; or the telescopic rod connecting the extended drying assembly 300 and the clothes drying rack 20 is retracted to a certain extent, and the extended drying assembly 300 is stored under the clothes drying rack 20. Both the folding rod 30 and the telescopic rod are conventional technologies in the field, and are not the invention points to be described in this embodiment. This embodiment will not be repeated; and those skilled in the art can easily obtain the above conventional technologies, or can also be applied to this embodiment through simple transformation.

[0043] The above is a detailed introduction to the expandable clothes drying assembly, drying device and clothes drying machine provided by the present invention. Specific examples are used in this article to illustrate the principles and implementation methods of the present invention. The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the present invention and its core ideas. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this technical field, the present invention can also be improved and modified without departing from the principles of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications also fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. Clothes drying machine, characterized by: Including main machine parts and drying device; The drying device comprises a clothes drying rack and an extended clothes drying assembly, the clothes drying rack comprises a rod base and a clothes drying rod, and both ends of the clothes drying rod are fixedly connected to the rod base; A telescopic frame is connected between the clothes drying rack and the main unit; the power assembly on the main unit drives the clothes drying rack to rise or fall through a steel wire rope; The extended drying assembly comprises three drying units with air outlets, one of which is a main drying unit and the other two are auxiliary drying units; the main drying unit is connected to the rod base of the clothes drying rack through a folding rod; the drying unit is a long cylindrical structure, and the air outlet is arranged on the upper surface of the drying unit; An airflow duct is connected between the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit or between two auxiliary drying units; in the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit, the main drying unit is provided with an air inlet and a heating assembly; The two auxiliary drying units are respectively located on one side of the main drying unit, the three drying units are parallel to each other and spaced a certain distance apart, the air outlets of the three drying units are located on the same plane, and the three drying units can be placed together; In the first state, the main drying unit and the auxiliary drying unit are close together, and the hot air flow blown out of the air outlet is relatively concentrated; in the second state, the auxiliary drying units on both sides of the main drying unit are unfolded, so that the hot air flow blown out of the air outlet of the drying unit can be relatively dispersed to dry the clothes upwards; The airflow duct is a hard pipe fitting; the hard pipe fitting can support the connected drying unit; the hard pipe fitting is formed by axially connecting the ends of two sections of connecting pipe fittings. When the expandable drying assembly is unfolded, the two sections of connecting pipe fittings are unfolded in a horizontal V shape, and when the expandable drying assembly is closed, the two sections of connecting pipe fittings are closed in a horizontal V shape and are close to the middle of the two drying units.

2. The clothes drying machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The auxiliary drying unit is provided with an air inlet and a heating component.

3. The clothes drying machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The heating component comprises a fan and a heating module. The fan sucks air from the air inlet, heats the air through the heating module, and then blows the air out from the air outlet.

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