A laundry treating apparatus
By installing a detachable filter structure at the connection between the air duct and the outer cylinder of the garment processing device, the problem of insufficient lint collection in existing equipment is solved, achieving higher cleanliness and convenient cleaning effect after garment processing.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202110696432.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2021-06-23
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2041-06-23
AI Technical Summary
Existing drum-type washer-dryer combos and dryers lack effective lint collection structures, resulting in insufficient cleanliness of clothes after drying, failing to meet users' needs for clean clothes.
A detachable filter structure, including a filter screen, filter grid, or filter cotton, is installed at the connection between the air duct and the outer cylinder of the garment processing device. The filter structure is cleaned by spraying water through a nozzle structure, thereby filtering and collecting foreign objects such as lint and hair in the circulating air.
It improves the cleanliness of clothes after treatment, enhances the user experience, has a simple structure and is easy to clean, and significantly improves the cleanliness of clothes.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the field of clothes treatment device, in particular, to a clothes dryer and a washer-dryer. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the improvement of people's living standards, the washer-dryer, clothes dryer and other devices with clothes drying function gradually entered the family of the public. But the existing washer-dryer, clothes dryer and other devices, generally connect the air duct on the outer tube, set the fan in the air duct, and then reduce the humidity in the tube to dry the clothes.
[0003] However, the existing drum washer-dryer, clothes dryer and other clothes treatment devices do not have a good lint collection structure, which cannot meet the user's demand for good neatness of clothes after the drying process. Therefore, how to better design a drum washer-dryer, clothes dryer, how to install a filter structure on it, and how to achieve the demand for removing and collecting lint, hair, toilet paper, pet hair (such as dog hair) and other foreign matters on the clothes to be treated in a faster way and more convenient means are very urgent.
[0004] In view of this, the present application is proposed. SUMMARY
[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a clothes treatment device to achieve the purpose of cleaning and filtering the lint and other sundries wrapped in the circulating air during the clothes treatment process.
[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose of the application, the specific scheme adopted by the present application is as follows:
[0007] A clothes treatment device, comprising an outer tube, an air duct connected to the outer tube at both ends to form a circulating air path, and a filter structure detachably installed at the air duct and the outer tube to filter the air flowing in the circulating air path.
[0008] Further, one end of the outer tube has a tube opening, the tube opening is connected to a clothes loading opening formed on the housing of the clothes treatment device through a ring-shaped window gasket to form a channel for loading and taking clothes into the inner part of the outer tube, and one end of the air duct penetrates through the ring-shaped window gasket to connect the inner part of the outer tube with the air duct; the filter structure is detachably installed at the end of the air duct penetrating through the ring-shaped window gasket.
[0009] Further, the filter structure is detachably installed on the ring-shaped window gasket and / or the end of the air duct.
[0010] Further, the window gasket is provided with at least one wrinkle part with radial concave-convex deformation, and the end of the air duct is hidden in the wrinkle part and connected to the outer tube through the opening of the wrinkle part.
[0011] Further, at least part of the filter structure is arranged inside the air duct; preferably, the filter structure is arranged entirely inside the air duct and at the end of the air duct communicating with the window cushion; preferably, part of the filter structure is arranged inside the air duct and the other part is arranged in the pleat groove formed by the pleats of the window cushion.
[0012] Further, the filter structure is arranged in the air duct through a quick-release structure; preferably, the quick-release structure comprises a plurality of claws protruding radially from the outer peripheral wall of the filter structure and capable of elastic deformation.
[0013] Further, the filter structure is any one or a combination of a filter screen, a filter grid, and filter cotton.
[0014] Further, the filter structure is composed of a filter screen surrounding a groove, the opening of the groove is arranged towards the upstream of the air duct, the side wall of the groove is fitted corresponding to the inner wall of the air duct, and the projection of the groove bottom along the axis direction of the air duct end overlaps the air duct end opening.
[0015] Further, the nozzle structure is arranged on the air duct and / or the window cushion and used for spraying water to clean the filter structure; at least part of the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure is arranged towards the filter structure, and the nozzle structure is connected to the water inlet structure of the clothes treatment device through a pipeline.
[0016] Further, the nozzle structure is arranged in the air duct close to the filter structure; preferably, the nozzle structure is arranged in the air duct upstream of the filter structure, and the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure are arranged towards the downstream filter structure; further preferably, the nozzle structure is provided with water spraying holes inclined towards different radial directions and arranged towards the downstream filter structure.
[0017] Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:
[0018] By arranging the detachable filter structure at the position where the air duct communicates with the outer cylinder, the circulating air in the clothes treatment device is filtered and foreign matters such as lint and hair are collected, thereby improving the cleanliness after clothes treatment and improving the user experience.
[0019] In particular, by arranging the filter structure at the position where the air outlet end of the air duct communicates with the cylinder opening of the outer cylinder, the circulating air can be effectively filtered when flowing back into the outer cylinder, avoiding that other foreign matters such as lint and hair are wrapped in the circulating air flowing back into the cylinder.
[0020] At the same time, by arranging the filter structure at the air outlet end of the air duct arranged through the window cushion, the filter structure can be directly and conveniently disassembled after the openable door body is opened, thereby improving the cleaning convenience of the filter structure.
[0021] Moreover, the clothes processing device has simple structure and remarkable effect, and is suitable for popularization and use.
[0022] The specific embodiments of the present application will be further described in details below with reference to the accompanying drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0023] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, serve to provide further understanding of the application, its construction and its explanation, and are intended to explain the application without imposing undue limitation on the application. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort on the basis of these drawings.
[0024] Fig. 1 is a structural schematic view of the clothes processing device in the first embodiment of the present application;
[0025] Fig. 2 is a structural schematic view of the clothes processing device in the first embodiment of the present application;
[0026] Fig. 3 is a structural schematic view of the clothes processing device in the second embodiment of the present application;
[0027] Fig. 4 is a structural schematic view of the clothes processing device in the second embodiment of the present application.
[0028] Explanation of reference numerals in the drawings:
[0029] 1, shell; 2, outer cylinder; 3, roller; 4, driving motor; 5, air duct; 6, window pad; 7, door body; 8, filter structure; 9, dehumidification unit; 10, fan; 11, heating unit; 13, wrinkle part; 14, protruding part; 15, base seat; 16, filter piece; 17, mounting groove; 20, clothes feeding port; 21, nozzle structure; 22, extension part; 23, first opening; 24, second opening; 201, outer cylinder mouth; 202, outer cylinder side wall; 203, outer cylinder bottom; 301, roller mouth; 302, roller side wall; 303, roller bottom.
[0030] It should be noted that these drawings and written descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the concept of the present application in any way, but to illustrate the concept of the present application to those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical scheme in the embodiments will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present application, but not to limit the scope of the present application.
[0032] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present application.
[0033] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection" should be broadly understood, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0034] As shown in Figs. 1 to 4 The present application introduces a clothes processing device, which comprises a shell 1, an outer cylinder 2 is arranged in the shell 1, the outer cylinder 2 is connected with the washing machine shell 1 through shock-absorbing hanging springs and shock-absorbing support rods at the upper and lower parts, so as to realize the purpose that the outer cylinder 2 can be vibrated and installed in the washing machine shell 1. A drum 3 is coaxially arranged in the outer cylinder 2; the outer cylinder 2 and the drum 3 are respectively composed of a cylindrical outer cylinder side wall 202 and a cylindrical drum side wall 302, and the same side of the outer cylinder 2 and the drum 3 is provided with relatively opened openings to respectively form a drum cylinder mouth 301 and an outer cylinder cylinder mouth 201, and the corresponding ends of the other side are both sealed to respectively form a drum bottom 303 and an outer cylinder bottom 203. At the same time, the outer cylinder cylinder mouth 201 is connected with a clothes feeding port 20 opened on the shell 1 through an annular window gasket 6, so that a channel for taking and placing clothes is formed between the clothes feeding port 20 and the outer cylinder cylinder mouth 201 through the annular window gasket, which only connects the outer cylinder with the outside and isolates the space between the outer cylinder and the shell. In addition, a door body 7 which can be opened outward is installed at the front end of the washing machine shell 1, the door body 7 is arranged corresponding to the opening and closing of the clothes feeding port 20 of the shell 1, and is used to achieve the corresponding closing or opening of the outer cylinder cylinder mouth 201 by opening and closing the door body 7.
[0035] In the embodiment of the present application, the center of the drum bottom 303 is coaxially arranged with the driving motor shaft of the driving motor 4 of the washing machine to drive the rotation of the drum 3, and the drum 3 and the driving motor 4 are both fixedly installed on the outer drum 2. Preferably, the drum bottom 303 and the driving motor 4 are arranged on the two sides of the outer drum bottom 203 respectively, the driving motor 4 is fixedly connected with the outer drum 2, the driving motor shaft of the driving motor 4 passes through the outer drum bottom 203 through a bearing and is coaxially fixedly connected with the drum bottom 303, and the driving motor shaft of the driving motor 4 can rotate relative to the outer drum 2 to achieve the purpose of installing the drum 3 and the driving motor 4 on the outer drum 2 and allowing the drum 3 to rotate alone under the action of the driving motor 4 to wash the internal clothes. Preferably, the driving motor shaft of the driving motor 4 directly constitutes a drum shaft, and the drum shaft is coaxially fixedly connected with the drum bottom 303 of the drum 3.
[0036] In the embodiment of the present application, the clothes treatment device further comprises: a drying system for drying treatment of the load in the drum to obtain dry clothes and the like, thereby achieving the effect of improving the quality of life of the user.
[0037] In the embodiment of the present application, the drying system comprises an air duct 5 which is communicated with the outer drum 2 at both ends to form a circulating air path; a fan 10 is installed in the air duct 5, so that the circulating air path formed by the outer drum 2 and the air duct 5 forms a circulating airflow flowing in a single direction; a dehumidifying unit for dehumidifying the circulating airflow flowing therethrough is also installed in the air duct 5 to achieve the effect of reducing the humidity of the airflow in the circulating air path and drying the load in the drum 3; at the same time, in order to improve the drying rate of the load in the drum 3 and accelerate the vaporization of the water adsorbed in the load, a heating unit 11 can be arranged in the air duct 5 to heat the circulating airflow flowing therethrough, thereby achieving the effect of improving the temperature in the outer drum 2 and accelerating the drying rate by heating the load in the drum 3.
[0038] In the embodiment of the present application, when the clothes treatment device executes a drying program, the drying system is controlled to start, the circulating airflow is formed in the circulating air path formed by the air duct 5 and the outer drum 2 under the action of the fan 10, the circulating airflow fully contacts the load in the drum 3 when flowing through the outer drum 2, becomes a wet and hot drying air after carrying the water in the load, flows out of the outer drum 2 and into the air duct 5; after the wet and hot drying air flows into the air duct 5, it contacts the dehumidifying unit 9 in the air duct 5, so that the wet and hot drying air flow becomes a dry and hot drying air flow and then returns to the outer drum 2, and the above process is continuously repeated. Preferably, in order to improve the drying rate, a heating unit 11 can be additionally arranged in the air duct 5, so that the dry and hot drying air flow after dehumidifying treatment by the dehumidifying unit 9 contacts the heating unit 11, is heated, forms a high-temperature dry and hot drying air flow, and then returns to the outer drum 2 through the air duct 5.
[0039] In this embodiment of the invention, the drying system can be any existing device capable of dehumidifying and drying clothes, such as a heat pump system. The heat pump system consists of a compressor, evaporator, throttling device, and condenser connected sequentially to form a circulating flow channel for the cooling medium. A condenser and evaporator are installed sequentially along the direction of the circulating airflow in the air duct 5 of the clothes handling device. This allows the airflow from the outer drum 2 to first exchange heat with the evaporator, condensing and separating the water vapor it contains. Then, it exchanges heat with the condenser again to heat and form a high-temperature dry airflow. Finally, the high-temperature dry airflow flows back into the drum 3, thereby reducing the humidity in the drum and increasing the temperature in the outer drum 2, thus achieving the effect of drying the load in the drum 3. Therefore, the evaporator of the heat pump system is configured as a dehumidification unit 9, and the condenser as a heating unit 11, to achieve the effect of drying the load in the drum 3.
[0040] Example 1
[0041] like Figs. 1 to 3 As shown in the figure, this embodiment introduces a clothing processing device, which includes an outer cylinder 2; an air duct 5, both ends of which are connected to the outer cylinder 2 to form a circulating air path; and a filter structure 8, which is detachably installed at the connection between the air duct 5 and the outer cylinder 2 to filter the airflow flowing through the circulating air path.
[0042] By installing a detachable filter structure at the connection between the air duct and the outer cylinder, the circulating air in the garment processing device can be filtered and foreign objects such as lint and hair can be collected, thereby achieving a significant technological advancement that improves the cleanliness of the garments after processing and enhances the user experience.
[0043] In this embodiment, one end of the outer cylinder 2 has an outer cylinder opening 201, which is connected to the clothing loading port 20 on the housing 1 of the clothing handling device via an annular window pad 6, forming a channel for loading and unloading clothing into the outer cylinder 2; one end of the air duct 5 passes through the annular window pad 6 to connect the inside of the outer cylinder 2 with the air duct 5; the filter structure 8 is detachably installed at the end of the air duct 5 that passes through the annular window pad 6.
[0044] In this embodiment, the filter structure 8 is detachably installed on the annular window gasket 6 and / or installed at the end of the air duct 5; preferably, the filter structure 8 is installed at the end of the air duct 5 to ensure the reliable installation of the filter structure.
[0045] In the embodiment, the window cushion 6 is provided with at least one ring of wrinkle portions 13 with radial concave-convex deformation, and the end portion of the air duct 5 is hidden in the wrinkle portion 13 and communicates with the outer cylinder 2 through the opening of the wrinkle portion 13. Preferably, the end portion of the air duct 5 communicates with the inside of the wrinkle portion 13, so that the end portion of the air duct 5 is hidden in the wrinkle portion 13 of the window cushion 6. After the user pulls the wrinkle portion 13 to make it elastically deform, the user can observe the outlet of the end portion of the air duct 5. During the normal use of the clothes treatment device, the end portion of the air duct 5 is hidden in the wrinkle portion 13 of the window cushion 6, but the circulating air can flow between the air duct 5 and the outer cylinder 2 through the opening of the wrinkle portion 13.
[0046] In the embodiment, at least part of the filter structure 8 is hidden in the air duct 5, so that the filter structure 8 is hidden and the clothes are not damaged.
[0047] In the embodiment, the filter structure 8 can be completely installed in the air duct 5 and at the end portion of the air duct 5 communicating with the window cushion 6. Alternatively, part of the filter structure 8 is in the air duct 5 and the other part is in the wrinkle groove formed by the wrinkle portion 13 of the window cushion 6.
[0048] In the embodiment, the filter structure 8 is installed in the air duct 5 through a quick release structure. The quick release structure can be any structure that can quickly release the filter structure in the prior art, such as a claw, a quick release screw, a quick release pin, etc. By installing the filter structure through the quick release structure, the user can easily disassemble and assemble the filter structure, clean the clothes collected by the filter structure, and improve the treatment cleanliness and user experience of the clothes treatment device.
[0049] Preferably, in the embodiment, the quick release structure includes a plurality of claws protruding radially from the outer peripheral wall of the filter structure 8 and elastically deformed. The claws abut against the inner wall of the air duct 5, so that the filter structure 8 is clamped and installed in the air duct 5. In order to prevent the filter structure from falling off, a groove corresponding to the claw can be arranged on the inner wall of the air duct 5, so that the claw can extend into the groove under the action of the elastic force, further improving the installation firmness of the filter structure (not marked in the drawings).
[0050] In the embodiment, the filter structure 8 is any one or combination of filter screens, filter grids, filter cotton, etc. that can filter air flow in the prior art.
[0051] In the embodiment, the filtering structure 8 is composed of a filtering screen surrounding a groove, the opening of the groove is opened towards the upstream of the air duct 5, the side wall of the groove is in correspondence with the inner wall of the air duct 5, and the projection of the groove bottom along the axis direction of the end of the air duct 5 overlaps with the end opening of the air duct 5. By setting the filtering structure as a groove structure opening towards the upstream of the circulating air, the foreign matters such as lint and hair in the circulating air are collected in the groove after being intercepted by the filtering structure, thereby realizing the purpose of filtering and collecting the clothes in the circulating air.
[0052] In the embodiment, the clothes treatment device further comprises a nozzle structure 21 mounted on the air duct 5 and / or the window pad 6 for spraying water to clean the filtering structure, at least part of the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure 21 are opened towards the filtering structure 8, and the nozzle structure 21 is connected with the water inlet structure of the clothes treatment device through a pipeline to spray and clean the filtering structure 8 by using the water inlet of the clothes treatment device.
[0053] In the embodiment, the nozzle structure 21 is arranged in the air duct 5 close to the filtering structure 8, preferably, the nozzle structure is mounted in the air duct 5 upstream of the filtering structure 8, the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure are opened towards the downstream filtering structure 8, and the nozzle structure 21 is provided with water spraying holes inclined towards the downstream filtering structure 8 in multiple different radial directions.
[0054] By mounting the above-mentioned nozzle structure on the clothes treatment device, the water flow sprayed by the nozzle structure can flush the filtering structure to achieve the effect of self-cleaning of the filtering structure.
[0055] Embodiment two
[0056] In the embodiment, a clothes treatment device is introduced, which comprises an outer cylinder 2, an air duct 5 connected with the outer cylinder 2 at both ends to form a circulating air path, a door body 7 capable of opening and closing the cylinder port 201 of the outer cylinder, and a filtering structure 8 detachably mounted on the door body 7 for filtering the air flowing in the circulating air path.
[0057] By arranging the detachable filtering structure on the door body, the filtering structure is used to filter and collect foreign matters such as lint and hair in the circulating air in the clothes treatment device, thereby achieving the significant technical progress of improving the cleanliness after clothes treatment and improving the user experience.
[0058] In this embodiment, the outer cylinder 2 has a cylinder mouth at one end, the outer cylinder cylinder mouth 201 is connected with the clothes putting opening 20 of the shell 1 of the clothes treatment device through a ring window pad 6, forming a channel for taking and putting clothes into the inner part of the outer cylinder 2; the door body 7 can open and close the clothes putting opening 20 and is correspondingly installed on the shell 1; one end of the air duct 5 penetrates through the window pad 6, connecting the air duct 5 with the inner part of the outer cylinder 2; the side of the door body 7 facing the inner part of the outer cylinder 2 is provided with a detachable filtering structure 8, which is correspondingly arranged with the one end of the air duct 5 penetrating through the window pad 6, for filtering the circulating air flowing to the window pad 6 at the end of the air duct 5.
[0059] In this embodiment, the door body 7 has a protruding part 14 protruding into the inner part of the outer cylinder 2, at least part of the protruding part 14 extends into the inner part of the ring window pad 6, and the filtering structure 8 is installed on the protruding part 14, close to the position where the one end of the air duct 5 is connected with the outer cylinder 2; preferably, the one end of the air duct 5 penetrates through the top of the vertically arranged ring window pad 6, and the filtering structure 8 is located at the upper end of the protruding part 14 closest to the position where the air duct 5 penetrates through the window pad 6. Of course, the filtering structure 8 can also be arranged at any position of the door body 7, such as the middle part, the lower part, etc., according to the position of the opening at the end of the air duct 5.
[0060] In this embodiment, in order to improve the filtering effect of the filtering structure 8 on the circulating air, the following settings can be made: the filtering structure 8 includes an extension part 22 protruding outwardly and extending, which is used to extend into the air duct 5 from the end opening after the door body 7 is closed; preferably, the extension part 22 is composed of a filtering piece 16 through which the air flows and which filters the air, so that the circulating air flowing into the outer cylinder 2 from the air duct 5 needs to pass through the extension part 22 and be filtered by the filtering structure 8, thereby improving the filtering effect of the filtering structure 8 on the circulating air.
[0061] In this embodiment, the protruding part 14 of the door body 7 is provided with a mounting groove 17, and the filtering structure 8 is detachably mounted in the mounting groove 17; preferably, the filtering structure 8 includes a base seat 15 mounted on the door body 7, which forms a channel connecting the air duct 5 with the outer cylinder 2; a filtering piece 16 is detachably mounted on the base seat 15, which is used to filter the circulating air flowing through the channel; the filtering piece 16 can be any one or combination of existing components that can filter air, such as a filter screen, a filter grid, filter cotton, etc. Further preferably, the filtering piece 16 is a filter screen laid on the periphery of the base seat 15, forming a filtering surface, which is arranged between the air duct 5 and the outer cylinder 2, and is used to filter the circulating air flowing through.
[0062] In the embodiment, the base seat 15 of the filter structure 8 is rotatably mounted on the door body 7 through a rotating shaft, so that the user can turn the base seat 15 and then conveniently take out the filter element 16, thereby improving the convenience of the user in disassembling and replacing the filter element 16; preferably, the base seat 15 is detachably connected to the door body 7, so as to further improve the convenience of replacing the filter element 16.
[0063] In the embodiment, the filter structure 8 can be configured as follows: the base seat 15 is provided with a channel for the circulating airflow to flow through, a first opening 23 of the channel is configured along the radial direction of the door body 7 and faces the air duct 5, and a second opening 24 of the channel is configured along the axial direction of the door body 7 and faces the outer cylinder mouth 201.
[0064] In the embodiment, the filter structure 8 can also be configured as follows: the upper end of the outer periphery of the door body 7 is provided with a mounting groove 17, the mounting groove 17 has an opening facing upward and the inner part of the outer cylinder 2; the base seat 15 is a support frame mounted in the mounting groove 17, and the support frame is provided with the filter element 16 composed of a filter screen covering the opening of the mounting groove.
[0065] In the embodiment, the laundry treatment device further comprises a nozzle structure 21 mounted on the air duct 5, and / or the window pad 6, and / or the outer cylinder mouth 201, for spraying water to clean the filter structure 8; at least part of the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure 21 are configured to face the filter structure 8, and the nozzle structure 21 is connected to the water inlet structure of the laundry treatment device through a pipeline, so as to use the water inlet of the laundry treatment device to spray and flush the filter structure 8.
[0066] In the embodiment, the nozzle structure 21 is arranged on the window pad 6 and extends into the inner part of the outer cylinder 2, and the water spraying holes of the nozzle structure 21 are configured to face the filter structure 8 arranged on the door body 7; preferably, the nozzle structure 21 is provided with water spraying holes inclined to different radial directions and configured to face different parts of the filter structure 8.
[0067] By installing the above-mentioned nozzle structure on the laundry treatment device, the water flow sprayed by the nozzle structure can flush the filter structure mounted on the door body, so as to achieve the effect of self-cleaning of the filter structure.
[0068] The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application in any form. Although the present application has been disclosed as the above preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present application. Any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to the above-mentioned technical content without departing from the technical solution of the present application, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above-mentioned embodiment based on the technical essence of the present application are still within the scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A garment processing device, comprising, The outer cylinder has an opening at one end, which is connected to the clothing loading port on the housing of the clothing handling device via a ring-shaped window pad, forming a channel for loading and unloading clothing into the outer cylinder. The air duct is connected to the outer cylinder at both ends, forming a circulating air path; Its features are: The filter structure is detachably installed at the connection between the air duct and the outer cylinder, and is used to filter the airflow that flows through the circulating air path and into the outer cylinder; One end of the air duct passes through the annular window gasket to connect the interior of the outer cylinder with the air duct; the filter structure is detachably installed at the end of the air duct that passes through the annular window gasket. The window gasket has at least one ring of pleats with radial concave-convex deformation. The end of the air duct is hidden in the pleats and is connected to the outer cylinder through the opening of the pleats. The end of the air duct is connected to the inside of the pleats, so that the end of the air duct is hidden in the pleats of the window gasket. Part of the filter structure is located inside the air duct, while the other part is located in the pleated groove formed by the pleats of the window gasket; the filter structure is composed of a filter screen forming a groove, with the opening of the groove facing upstream of the air duct.
2. The garment processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The filter structure is installed inside the air duct via a quick-release mechanism.
3. The garment processing device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The quick-release structure includes multiple radially protruding claws on the outer peripheral wall of the filter structure that can undergo elastic deformation.
4. The garment processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The sidewalls of the groove correspond to and fit the inner wall of the air duct, and the projection of the bottom of the groove along the axial direction of the end of the air duct corresponds to and overlaps with the opening at the end of the air duct.
5. A garment processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, It also includes a nozzle structure, installed on the air duct and / or window gasket, for spraying water onto the filter structure for cleaning; At least some of the spray nozzles are oriented toward the filter structure, and the nozzle structure is connected to the water inlet structure of the garment treatment device via a pipe.
6. The garment processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The nozzle structure is located inside the air duct, near the filter structure.
7. The garment processing device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The nozzle structure is installed in the air duct upstream of the filter structure, and the spray holes of the nozzle structure are opened towards the downstream filter structure.
8. The garment processing device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The nozzle structure has multiple spray holes that are inclined in different radial directions and open towards the downstream filter structure.
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