A laundry treating apparatus

Abstract

The application discloses a clothes treatment device, comprising an outer cylinder, an air duct, two ends of which are communicated with the outer cylinder, forming a circulating air path, a door body, which can be opened and closed to the cylinder port of the outer cylinder, a filter assembly, which is installed on the door body and can be pushed and pulled in and out from the outside, and is used for filtering circulating airflow flowing in the circulating air path. In the application, the filter assembly is installed on the door body in a forward pulling dismounting mode, so that the user can pull out the quick dismounting filter assembly from the outside to clean and wash without opening the door body, the convenience of cleaning and washing operation of the filter assembly is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to a clothes treatment device with a drying function in the field of clothes treatment, in particular to a filter device for a clothes dryer or a washer-dryer.

[0002] BACKGROUND

[0003] With the progress of society, the rapid improvement of people's living standards, and the improvement of the quality of life, washer-dryers, clothes dryers and other devices with drying functions have gradually entered the homes of the general public. The existing washer-dryers, clothes dryers and other devices are generally connected to the outer drum and the air duct, and a fan is arranged in the air duct to extract the hot and humid air in the air duct, thereby reducing the humidity in the drum and drying the clothes.

[0004] However, the existing drum-type washer-dryers, clothes dryers and other clothes treatment devices do not have a good lint collection structure, and cannot meet the user's demand for good neatness of the clothes after the drying process. Therefore, it is urgent to design a drum-type washer-dryer, clothes dryer, install a filter assembly thereon, and achieve the demand for removing and collecting lint, hair, toilet paper, pet hair (such as dog hair) and other foreign matter on the clothes to be treated in a faster and more convenient way.

[0005] The applicant previously proposed a clothes treatment device comprising an outer drum, an air duct connected to the outer drum at both ends to form a circulating air path, a door body that can open and close the outer drum opening, and a filter assembly that is detachably installed on the door body and used to filter the air flowing in the circulating air path. By arranging a detachable filter assembly on the door body, the filter assembly can be used to filter and collect lint, hair and other foreign matter in the circulating air of the clothes treatment device, thereby achieving a significant technical progress in improving the cleanliness of the clothes after treatment and improving the user experience.

[0006] However, in the drum-type washer-dryer, clothes dryer and other clothes treatment devices in the above-mentioned scheme, the filter assembly is installed on the inner side of the door body, and the user needs to disassemble and clean the filter assembly when the door body is opened. Not only is it time-consuming and laborious, but also when the clothes treatment device is running and the door body is locked, the user cannot open the door body in time to disassemble and clean the filter assembly, which cannot meet the user's demand for simple and quick disassembly and timely cleaning of the filter assembly.

[0007] Therefore, the applicant specially proposes the present application. SUMMARY

[0008] The purpose of the present application is to provide a clothes treatment device that can conveniently disassemble, clean and assemble the filter assembly without opening the door.

[0009] To achieve the above object, the application adopts the following technical scheme:

[0010] The laundry treating device comprises an outer drum, an air duct, two ends of which are connected with the outer drum, forming a circulating air path, a door body, which can open and close the cylinder port of the outer drum, and a filter assembly, which is installed on the door body and can be pushed and pulled out of the door body, and is used for filtering the circulating air flowing in the circulating air path.

[0011] Further, a glass observation window is sealingly installed on the door body, and an installation groove is arranged on the upper portion of the glass observation window, and the filter assembly is arranged in the installation groove and can be pulled out of the door body.

[0012] Further, the filter assembly comprises a body surrounding a hollow chamber, and a hollow opening is arranged on the upper portion of the body, forming an air inlet of the filter assembly, and an air outlet is arranged on the side of the body facing the inner portion of the outer drum, and a mesh structure is arranged at the air outlet, which is used for filtering the dust in the air flowing through the air outlet.

[0013] Preferably, the mesh structure is a grid mesh integrally formed with the body; or the mesh structure is one or more layers of filter screens arranged at the air outlet of the body.

[0014] Further, an overflow air outlet is arranged on the side of the body facing the inner portion of the outer drum, and the overflow air outlet is arranged above the air outlet and extends horizontally.

[0015] Further, a front opening is arranged on the door body, which connects the front side of the installation groove with the outside of the door body, and the filter assembly can be inserted into the installation groove from the front opening.

[0016] Further, a decorative plate is arranged on the front side of the body of the filter assembly, at least part of the outer periphery of the decorative plate protrudes radially from the front opening, and a handle portion is arranged on the decorative plate for a user to hold; preferably, the decorative plate is integrally arranged with the body.

[0017] Further, a clamping protrusion is arranged on the lower side of the front opening and protrudes upward, and a clamping groove is arranged on the bottom of the decorative plate and is clamped with the clamping protrusion.

[0018] Further, a flexible sealing member is arranged on the lower side of the bottom of the body of the filter assembly, and the flexible sealing member is sealingly connected with the groove bottom of the installation groove; preferably, a ring of flexible sealing members is arranged on the outer periphery of the body of the filter assembly, and the flexible sealing members are sealingly connected with the installation groove.

[0019] Further, one end of the outer cylinder is an outer cylinder mouth, the outer cylinder mouth is connected with a clothes feeding opening formed on the clothes treatment device shell through a ring-shaped window gasket, forming a channel for taking and placing clothes inside the outer cylinder; the door body which can open and close the clothes feeding opening is installed on the shell correspondingly; the air duct is connected with a window gasket air inlet structure arranged on the upper part of the window gasket, so that the air duct is connected with the inside of the outer cylinder through the channel surrounded by the window gasket; the side of the door body facing the inside of the outer cylinder is provided with a filter assembly, the filter assembly extends into the channel surrounded by the window gasket, and the air inlet of the filter assembly is arranged directly below the window gasket air inlet, so that the circulating air flowing back to the outer cylinder flows through the filter assembly for lint filtering.

[0020] Further, the filter assembly is inserted into the mounting groove of the glass observation window, and the filter assembly and the glass observation window jointly form a cylindrical or conical frustum structure, the side wall of the cylindrical or conical frustum structure is in sealing connection with the inner circumferential side of the window gasket.

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:

[0022] By installing the filter assembly which can be pulled out of and into the door body, the user can still conveniently pull out the filter assembly for cleaning when the door body is closed and the clothes treatment device is in a normal working state, so that the situation that the working program being executed needs to be interrupted for cleaning the filter assembly during the normal working process of the clothes treatment device is avoided, and the stability of the clothes treatment device is greatly improved.

[0023] In addition, the quick-detachable filter assembly is arranged on the door body, so that the circulating air in the clothes treatment device is filtered and foreign matters such as lint, hair, toilet paper and pet hair (such as dog hair) are collected by using the filter assembly.

[0024] Meanwhile, the filter assembly is installed on the door body in a forward pulling dismounting mode in the application, so that the user can pull out the quick-detachable filter assembly from the outside for cleaning and washing without opening the door body, thereby improving the convenience of cleaning and washing operation of the filter assembly and significantly improving the user experience.

[0025] In addition, the application has simple structure and remarkable effect, and is suitable for popularization and use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0026] The accompanying drawings are part of the present application and serve to provide a further understanding of the present application, the illustrative embodiments of the present application and the description thereof serve to explain the present application, but do not constitute an improper limitation on the present application. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.

[0027] Figure 1is a structural diagram of a clothes treatment equipment in an embodiment of the present application;

[0028] Figure 2 is a front view of a door body of the clothes treatment equipment in an embodiment of the present application;

[0029] Figure 3 is a sectional view of A-A section of Figure 2 in an embodiment of the present application;

[0030] Figure 4 is a side view of the door body of the clothes treatment equipment in an embodiment of the present application;

[0031] Figure 5 and Figure 6 is a label explanation in the perspective view of the door body of the clothes treatment equipment in an embodiment of the present application;

[0032] 1, shell; 2, outer cylinder; 3, inner cylinder; 4, motor; 5, fan; 6, air duct; 7, heating unit; 8, door body; 9, decorative plate; 10, filter assembly; 11, glass observation window; 12, window pad; 13, window pad air inlet structure; 14, motor shaft; 101, air inlet; 102, overflow air outlet; 103, air outlet; 104, mesh structure; 105, sealing element; 106, mounting groove; 107, front opening; 108, clamping groove; 109, clamping convex; 110, body; 111, hollow chamber; 112, frame.

[0033] It should be noted that these drawings and written descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept to those skilled in the art by referring to specific examples. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will describe the scheme in the embodiments in a clear and complete manner, with reference to the drawings in the embodiments. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present application, but not to limit the scope of the present application.

[0035] 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 purpose of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0036] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connecting" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, or detachable connection, or integral connection; it can be mechanical connection, or electrical connection; it can be direct connection, or indirect connection through 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.

[0037] As shown in Figures 1 to 6 The present application introduces a clothes treatment device, which comprises a shell 1, an outer drum 2 is arranged in the shell 1, the outer drum 2 is connected with the shell 1 of the washer-dryer through the hanging spring, the shock absorber and the damping system, so that the outer drum 2 can be mounted in the shell 1 of the washer-dryer and can be vibrated to enhance the stability during the washing, dehydration, drying and other processes. The outer drum 2 is sleeved with an inner drum 3 arranged coaxially; the outer drum 2 and the inner drum 3 are respectively composed of an outer drum side wall and an inner drum side wall in a drum shape, and the corresponding ends of the same side of the outer drum 2 and the inner drum 3 are provided with relatively opened openings at one end of the door body 8, so as to form an inner drum barrel mouth and an outer drum barrel mouth respectively; the corresponding ends of the other side are all sealed, so as to form an inner drum barrel bottom and an outer drum barrel bottom respectively.

[0038] Meanwhile, the outer drum barrel mouth is connected with the clothes feeding port opened on the shell 1 through the annular window pad 12, so that a channel for taking and placing clothes is formed between the clothes feeding port and the outer drum barrel mouth through the annular window pad 12, which only connects the outer drum 2 with the outside and isolates the space between the outer drum 2 and the shell 1 of the washer-dryer. In addition, the shell 1 of the washer-dryer is provided with the door body 8 which can be opened outward at the front end, the door body 8 is arranged corresponding to the opening and closing of the clothes feeding port of the shell 1 of the washer-dryer, and is used for achieving the corresponding closing or opening of the outer drum barrel mouth by opening and closing the door body 8.

[0039] In the embodiment of the present application, the center of the inner drum barrel bottom and the center of the outer drum barrel bottom are coaxially arranged with the driving motor 4 of the clothes treatment device, the rotor of the driving motor 4 is connected with the inner drum 3 through the motor shaft 14, which is used for driving the inner drum 3 to rotate, and the inner drum 3 and the driving motor are both mounted on the outer drum 2. Preferably, the inner drum barrel bottom and the driving motor 4 are arranged on both sides of the outer drum barrel bottom, the driving motor 4 is fixedly connected with the outer drum 2, the motor shaft 14 of the driving motor 4 passes through the outer drum barrel bottom and is coaxially fixedly connected with the inner drum barrel bottom, and the motor shaft 14 of the driving motor 4 can rotate relative to the outer drum 2, so as to realize that the inner drum 3 and the driving motor 4 are mounted on the outer drum 2, and the inner drum 3 can rotate alone under the action of the driving motor 4 to wash the clothes in the inside. Preferably, the motor shaft 14 of the driving motor directly constitutes the inner drum shaft, and the inner drum shaft is coaxially fixedly connected with the inner drum barrel bottom of the inner drum 3.

[0040] In the embodiment of the present application, the clothes treatment device further comprises a drying system for drying the load in the inner drum 3 to obtain dry clothes, thereby improving the quality of life of the user.

[0041] In the embodiment of the present application, the drying system comprises an air duct 6, both ends of which are connected with the outer drum 2 to form a circulating air path; a fan 5 is installed in the air duct 6, so that the circulating air flow in the circulating air path formed by the outer drum 2 and the air duct 6 flows in a single direction; at the same time, in order to improve the drying rate of the load in the inner drum 3 and accelerate the evaporation of water adsorbed in the load, a heating unit 7 can be arranged in the air duct 6 to heat the circulating air flow flowing therethrough, thereby improving the temperature in the outer drum 2 and accelerating the drying rate of the load in the inner drum 3.

[0042] In the embodiment of the present application, when the clothes treatment device executes a drying program, the drying system is controlled to start, and the air flow blown out of the air duct 6 by the fan 5 is blown into the outer drum 2 through the window mat air inlet structure 13, and the gas in the outer drum enters the air duct, so that the circulating air flow is formed in the circulation of the window mat 12, the air duct 6 and the outer drum 2, and the circulating air flow fully contacts the load in the inner drum 3 when flowing through the outer drum 2, becomes a wet hot air flow after mixing the moisture in the load, and flows out of the outer drum 2 and into the air duct 6; preferably, in order to improve the drying efficiency, a dehumidification structure can be additionally arranged in the air duct 6, so that the wet hot air flow flowing through the air duct 6 contacts the dehumidification structure, is dehumidified, forms a high-temperature dry air flow, and then flows back into the outer drum 2 through the air duct 6.

[0043] In the embodiment of the present application, the drying system can be any device capable of drying clothes, such as an electric heating tube, a heat pump system, etc.; for example, the drying system is a heat pump system, and a compressor, an evaporator, a throttling device and a condenser are sequentially connected in series to form a circulating flow path for the flow of refrigerant medium; the condenser and the evaporator are arranged in the air duct 6 of the clothes treatment device in sequence along the flow direction of the circulating air flow, so that the air flow flowing out of the outer drum 2 is first dehumidified by heat exchange with the condenser to form a dry air flow, then heated by heat exchange with the evaporator to form a high-temperature dry air flow, and finally flows back into the outer drum 2, so as to reduce the humidity in the outer drum and improve the temperature in the outer drum 2, thereby achieving the effect of drying the load in the inner drum 3.

[0044] As Figures 1 to 6As shown, the clothes treatment device in the present application is introduced, in order to filter the lint and other foreign matters in the circulating air flow between the outer cylinder 2 and the air duct 6, the filter assembly 10 is installed on the door body 8, which is used for filtering the lint and other foreign matters in the air flow flowing back to the outer cylinder 2 from the air duct 6, effectively avoiding the problem of the lint and other foreign matters flowing randomly in the circulating air path, causing the lint and other foreign matters to adhere to the clothes after drying. At the same time, in the embodiment of the present application, in order to ensure that the filter assembly 10 can be detached in the closed state of the door body 8, the filter assembly 10 is installed on the door body 8 and can be pulled out to the front side of the door body 8, which is used to improve the convenience of the user in disassembling and assembling the filter assembly 10.

[0045] In the present embodiment, the outer cylinder 2 has an outer cylinder port at one end, which is connected to the clothes putting opening formed on the shell 1 of the clothes treatment device through a ring-shaped window pad 12, forming a channel for taking and putting clothes into the inner part of the outer cylinder 2; one end of the air duct 6 is connected to the window pad air inlet structure 13 at the top of the ring-shaped window pad 12, which is used to connect the air duct 6 with the inner part of the outer cylinder 2; the filter assembly 10 is quickly detachable installed on the door body 8, and the filter assembly 10 is located below the window pad air inlet structure 13; the filter assembly 10 is installed on the door body 8 and can be pulled in and out from the outside of the door body 8, so that the user can still easily pull it out for cleaning when the door body 8 is closed and the clothes treatment device is in normal working state, which avoids the problem of interrupting the work program being executed in order to clean the filter assembly 10 during the normal working process of the clothes treatment device, greatly improving the stability of the clothes treatment device.

[0046] In the present embodiment, the filter assembly 10 includes an internal hollow body 110 constituting a pull-out box body, the internal hollow part of the body constitutes a hollow chamber 111 for retaining the lint and other foreign matters flowing through, the body 110 has an air inlet 101 at the top, which is arranged opposite to the air outlet of the air duct 6, so that the air flow flowing out of the air outlet of the air duct 6 enters the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110; the body 110 has an air outlet 103 on the side facing the inner part of the inner cylinder 3, so that the air flow flowing through the hollow chamber of the body 110 flows back to the inner cylinder 3 through the air outlet 103. The mesh structure 104 is arranged at the air outlet 103, which is used to filter and intercept the lint in the air flow flowing back to the inner cylinder 3, so that the lint and other foreign matters in the circulating air flow are intercepted in the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110.

[0047] In the embodiment, the door body 8 comprises a frame 112; a basin-shaped glass observation window 11 is sealingly installed on the frame 112, and the basin-shaped glass observation window 11 is vertically arranged; a mounting portion is arranged on the outer periphery of the basin-shaped glass observation window 11, and the front and rear portions of the frame 112 clamp and fix the outer periphery mounting portion of the basin-shaped glass observation window to form the door body 8. Meanwhile, the front side of the frame 112 covers the front side opening of the basin-shaped glass observation window 11, so that the front side of the door body is formed by a smooth frame front side. The upper side wall of the basin-shaped glass observation window 11 is provided with a downwardly recessed mounting groove 106, the upper side and the front and rear sides of the mounting groove 106 are open, so that the filter assembly 10 arranged in the mounting groove 106 can be pulled out to the outside. The upper side air inlet 101 of the filter assembly 10 inserted into the mounting groove 106 can be in communication with the air outlet of the upper air duct 6, and the air outlet 103 on the side of the filter assembly 10 facing the inside of the outer cylinder 2 can be directly communicated with the inside of the inner cylinder 3, so that the air flow from the air duct 6 flows back to the inner cylinder 3 through the hollow chamber 111 in the filter assembly 10.

[0048] As shown in Figures 1 to 6 In the embodiment, the filter assembly 10 comprises a body 110 surrounding a hollow chamber 111, the upper portion of the body 110 is provided with a hollow opening forming an air inlet 101 of the filter assembly 10, the body 110 is provided with an air outlet 103 on the side facing the inside of the outer cylinder 2, and the air outlet 103 is provided with a mesh structure 104; the mesh structure 104 can be a grid net integrally formed with the body 110, or a filter screen arranged on the air outlet 103 of the body 110. Thus, the mesh structure 104 can filter and intercept the dust in the air flow flowing back to the inner cylinder 3, so that the dust and other foreign matters in the circulating air flow can be filtered and collected, and the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110 of the filter assembly 10 can form a dust collection chamber.

[0049] In the embodiment, the air outlet 103 provided on the side wall of the body 110 facing the inside of the outer cylinder 2 is located in the middle and lower region, is square, and is provided with a layer of filter screen; the mesh size of the filter screen can be selected according to the user's demand, the type of the clothes treatment device, etc.; meanwhile, the side wall above the air outlet 103 is also provided with an overflow air outlet 102, which is located above the air outlet 103 and horizontally extends in a strip shape, and the left and right lengths of the strip-shaped overflow air outlet 102 are close to or consistent with the mesh size of the filter screen, and the upper and lower heights are smaller and close to or directly equal to the mesh size of the filter screen.

[0050] Meanwhile, to prevent all the gas in the hollow chamber 111 of the filter assembly body 110 from flowing back to the inner cylinder 3 through the overflow port 102, a baffle rib can be provided inside the overflow port 102. The baffle rib protrudes inward from the lower side of the overflow port 102 and bends upward. At least part of the baffle rib overlaps with the overflow port 102 in the height direction, so that a bent air path is formed upstream of the overflow port 102, bending from top to bottom and from front to back. This allows the overpressure airflow in the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110 to overflow along the bent air path, thereby achieving the regulation of the air pressure in the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110 and avoiding problems such as excessive or insufficient pressure (the baffle rib is not shown in the attached figure).

[0051] like Figures 1 to 6 As shown, in this embodiment, the door body 8 is provided with a front opening 107 that connects the front side of the mounting groove 106 to the outside of the door body 8. The filter assembly 10 can be pulled out from the front opening 107 and inserted into the mounting groove 106. The front opening 107 is formed by the front and rear through openings on the glass observation window 11 and / or the frame 112, so that the front side of the mounting groove 106 is directly connected to the front side of the clothing treatment device through the front opening 107, realizing the purpose of the filter assembly 10 being inserted into the mounting groove 106 from the front opening 107 and correspondingly assembled on the door body 8.

[0052] Meanwhile, a decorative panel 9 is provided on the front side of the body 110 of the filter assembly 10. At least part of the outer periphery of the decorative panel 9 protrudes radially beyond the front opening 107, so that when the user pushes in the filter assembly 10, the decorative panel 9 can be connected to the front side of the door 8, thus limiting the decorative panel 9 from being pushed in further, thereby preventing the filter assembly 10 from being inserted too large. At the same time, in order to further improve the neatness and aesthetics of the outside of the door 8, the outer periphery of the decorative panel 9 is set to extend beyond the front opening 107, so that when the decorative panel 9 is connected to the front side of the door 8, it can cover the gap between the front opening 107 and the filter assembly 10.

[0053] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the decorative panel 9 is located on the front side of the main body 110. It can be integrally formed with the main body 110 or be a separate component installed on the front side of the main body 110. The decorative panel 9 is located on the front side of the door body 8. When the filter assembly 10 is pushed into the mounting groove 106 to the set position, the rear side of the outer periphery of the decorative panel 9 is connected to the front side of the door body 8, so that at least a portion of the decorative panel 9 protrudes from the front side of the door body, making it convenient for the user to remove the filter assembly 10. To further improve the convenience of the user's operation of pulling and moving the filter assembly 10, a handle for the user to hold can also be provided on the decorative panel 9. The handle can be a handle groove opened in the middle of the decorative panel 9, or a handle protrusion protruding from the front side of the decorative panel 9, or any existing structure.

[0054] In the embodiment, the lower side of the front opening 107 is provided with a card protrusion 109 protruding upward, and the bottom of the body 110 is provided with a card slot 108 corresponding to the card protrusion 109. When the filter assembly 10 is pushed into the installation slot 106 to the corresponding position, the positioning effect of the filter assembly 10 can be achieved by the card joint structure formed by the card protrusion 109 and the card slot 108, which not only effectively prevents the filter assembly 10 from being opened by mistake, but also determines whether the filter assembly 10 is assembled in place. Preferably, in the embodiment, the body 110 is integrally provided with the decorative plate 9, which is used to form the front side wall of the body 110, so that the filter assembly 10 is directly formed by a whole component; or the decorative plate 9 is a separate piece of the same material as the outer side of the door body 8, and the separately provided decorative plate 9 is fixedly installed on the front side of the body 110. Further preferably, in order to improve the convenience of pulling out the filter assembly 10, the card protrusion 109 is provided in a triangular cross-section protruding upward, so that the filter assembly 10 can be guided upward and tilted, and then the card protrusion 109 can smoothly slide into or out of the card slot 108 for card joint when the filter assembly is pulled out or pushed in.

[0055] In the embodiment, the bottom of the body 110 of the filter assembly 10 is provided with a flexible sealing piece 105, which is sealed with the bottom of the installation slot 106 to seal the gap between the filter assembly 10 and the installation slot 106, prevent the circulating air from flowing out of the front opening 107, and effectively improve the drying efficiency. At the same time, in order to further improve the sealing performance of the front opening 107, a flexible sealing piece 105 can also be installed on the left and right sides and the upper side of the body 110 of the filter assembly 10, so that all the gaps between the filter assembly 10 and the installation slot 106 are sealed, and the drying performance of the clothes treatment device is further improved.

[0056] As Figures 1 to 6As shown, in this embodiment, one end of the outer cylinder 2 is an outer cylinder opening, which is connected to the clothes feeding opening formed on the clothes treatment device housing 1 through a ring-shaped window gasket 12, forming a channel for feeding clothes into the outer cylinder 2. The door body 8, which can open and close the clothes feeding opening, is installed on the housing 1. The air outlet of the air duct 6 is connected to the window gasket air inlet structure 13 arranged on the upper part of the window gasket 12, connecting the air duct 6 and the interior of the outer cylinder 2. The window gasket air inlet structure 13 is integrally arranged with the window gasket 12, being an inlet joint protruding upward from the ring-shaped window gasket 12, and the air outlet of the air duct 6 is correspondingly inserted into the inlet joint. The side of the door body 8 facing the interior of the outer cylinder 2 is provided with a filter assembly 10, and the air inlet 101 of the filter assembly 10 is arranged directly below the window gasket air inlet structure 13. The air blown out of the air outlet of the air duct 6 is guided into the channel surrounded by the ring-shaped window gasket 12 through the window gasket air inlet structure 13, enters the hollow chamber 111 of the body 110 of the filter assembly 10 through the air inlet 101, and then flows back into the outer cylinder 2 after being filtered and intercepted by the mesh structure 104 arranged at the air outlet 103.

[0057] In this embodiment, the filter assembly 10 is inserted into the installation groove 106 of the glass observation window 11, so that the filter assembly 10 and the glass observation window 11 together form a cylindrical or conical table shape. The outer contour of the filter assembly 10 and the sidewall of the glass observation window 11 of the door body 8 form a smooth cylindrical or conical surface, so that the surface formed by the two can be in sealing contact with the ring-shaped window gasket 12, for sealing the inner circumferential side channel of the ring-shaped window gasket 12 closed by the door body 8.

[0058] When the clothes treatment device starts the drying program or the program for removing pet hair, paper scraps, etc., the air flow is generated by the fan 5. The air flow is blown into the filter assembly 10 through the window gasket air inlet structure 13, and then blown towards the inner cylinder 3 in the interior of the outer cylinder 2 after flowing through the filter assembly 10. After absorbing the water vapor loaded in the interior of the inner cylinder 3, the air flow enters the circulating air duct 6, flows through the dehumidifying unit and the heating unit 7, so that the hot and humid drying air flow is converted into high-temperature dry air flow after being heated. Then, the air flow is blown into the air inlet 101 of the filter assembly 10 through the window gasket 12, and is blown towards the outer cylinder 2 through the mesh structure 104 of the filter assembly 10, so as to form a circulating air path.

[0059] When the clothes treatment device starts the drying program or the program for removing pet hair, paper scraps, etc., the circulating air carries the lint, hair, toilet paper, pet hair (such as dog hair), and other foreign matters in the user's clothes into the filter assembly 10, which are filtered and intercepted by the filter hole mesh structure 1003 in the filter assembly 10, so that the foreign matters are intercepted in the hollow chamber 111 of the filter assembly 10, thereby achieving the effect of removing the lint and other foreign matters in the inner cylinder.

[0060] When the filter assembly 10 needs to be cleaned, the decorative plate 9 can be directly pulled out from the outside of the door body 8 without opening the door body 8, so that the filter assembly 10 can be pulled out; the pulled-out filter assembly 10 is cleaned, and after the cleaning is completed, the filter assembly 10 can be directly inserted into the original position from the front opening 107 of the door body 8, and the clamping structure (the clamping groove 108 and the clamping convex 109) corresponding to the filter assembly 10 and the door body 8 is clamped to complete the operation.

[0061] With the above structure, the user can more conveniently, simply and efficiently complete the disassembly and assembly of the filter assembly 10, so as to improve the cleaning rate of the user on the filter assembly 10, improve the processing cleanliness of the clothes processing device and the user experience; and when the filter assembly 10 is not cleaned in time, the overflow port 102 of the filter assembly 10 can still ensure high air outlet, so as to avoid the blockage of the filter assembly due to the failure to clean in time and affect the circulation of the circulating air path.

[0062] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application in any form. Although the present application has been disclosed as above, 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 solutions without departing from the scope of the present application, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above-mentioned embodiments according to the technical essence of the present application still belong to the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A garment processing device, comprising, Outer barrel: The air duct is connected to the outer cylinder at both ends, forming a circulating air path; The door can be opened and closed to open the outer cylinder opening; Its features are: A filter assembly, which can be pushed in and pulled out from the outside, is installed on the door and is used to filter the circulating airflow in the circulating air path. A glass observation window is sealed on the door, and the upper part of the glass observation window has a mounting groove. The filter assembly can be pulled out and is installed in the mounting groove. The filter assembly includes a body that forms a hollow cavity. The upper part of the body has a hollow opening that forms the air inlet of the filter assembly. An air outlet is provided on the side of the body facing the inside of the outer cylinder. The air outlet has a mesh structure for filtering lint from the airflow flowing through the air outlet. An overflow outlet is also provided on the side of the body facing the inside of the outer cylinder. The overflow outlet is located above the air outlet and is a horizontally extending strip. A wind baffle is provided inside the overflow outlet. The wind baffle protrudes inward from the lower side of the overflow outlet and bends upward. At least part of the wind baffle overlaps with the overflow outlet in the height direction, so that a bent air path is formed upstream of the overflow outlet, bending from top to bottom and from front to back.

2. The garment processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mesh structure is a grid that is integrally formed with the body.

3. The garment processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mesh structure consists of one or more layers of filter screen laid at the air outlet of the main body.

4. The garment processing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The door has a front opening that connects the front side of the mounting slot to the outside of the door, and the filter assembly can be pulled out from the front opening and inserted into the mounting slot.

5. The garment processing device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The front side of the filter assembly body is provided with a decorative panel, at least a portion of which protrudes radially from the front opening, and the decorative panel is provided with a handle for the user to hold.

6. The garment processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The decorative panel is integrated with the main body.

7. The garment processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The lower side of the front opening has an upward protrusion, and the bottom of the decorative panel has a groove that engages with the protrusion.

8. The garment processing device according to claim 5, characterized in that, A flexible seal is installed on the lower side of the bottom of the filter assembly body, and the flexible seal is sealed to the bottom of the mounting groove.

9. A garment processing device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The filter assembly body has a flexible seal around its outer periphery, which is sealed to the outer mounting groove.

10. A garment processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, One end of the outer cylinder is the outer cylinder opening, which is connected to the clothing loading port on the housing of the clothing handling device via a ring-shaped window gasket, forming a channel for loading and unloading clothing into the outer cylinder; the door body is installed on the housing to open and close the clothing loading port.

11. A garment processing device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The air outlet of the air duct is connected to the air inlet structure of the window gasket set on the upper part of the window gasket, and the air duct is connected to the inside of the outer cylinder through the channel surrounded by the window gasket. A filter assembly is installed on the side of the door facing the inside of the outer cylinder. The filter assembly extends into the channel surrounded by the window gasket. The air inlet of the filter assembly is located directly below the air inlet of the window gasket. The circulating airflow returning to the outer cylinder from the air duct flows through the filter assembly to filter lint.

12. The garment processing device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The filter assembly is inserted into the mounting groove of the glass observation window. The filter assembly and the glass observation window together form a cylindrical or frustum-shaped structure. The side wall of the cylindrical or frustum-shaped structure is sealed to the inner circumference of the window gasket.

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