Clothes care apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothes care apparatuses face inefficiencies in distributing and managing airflow, leading to airflow loss and uneven drying across multiple clothes support members.
Innovation Solution
The clothes care apparatus incorporates a blower, a blowing flow path with nozzles, and a rotatable blocking member that can be coupled to the nozzles to control airflow distribution, allowing for selective blocking and redirection of airflow to optimize airflow delivery to clothes support members.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If airflow is supplied to multiple clothes support members simultaneously, then drying capacity is improved, but airflow distribution becomes uneven and airflow loss increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking member is designed to be movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position, allowing dynamic control of airflow distribution. This enables the system to adapt airflow supply to actual drying needs, preventing airflow loss while maintaining high drying capacity when multiple clothes support members are used
Solution Approach 2:
The airflow control is segmented by introducing blocking members at individual nozzle locations. Each blocking member can independently control airflow to specific clothes support members, enabling precise airflow distribution and preventing waste of airflow to areas that do not require drying
2Ease of operation
If blocking members are added to control airflow, then airflow distribution is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The blocking member is designed to be manually operable without requiring additional actuators or control systems. The simple structure allows users to directly control airflow distribution by moving blocking members, achieving ease of operation without adding complex control mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking member serves multiple functions: it blocks airflow when not needed, allows airflow when needed, and can be positioned to control distribution to different clothes support members. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate control devices for each function
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enhances airflow distribution, reduces airflow loss, and ensures more effective clothes care by directing airflow to the intended support members, improving the overall efficiency of the drying process.
Implementation Method 1
a blower provided in the main body and configured to generate an airflow
Implementation Method 2
a blocking cover configured to block the hollow portion of the body so as to block the airflow flowing through the blowing flow path
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a clothes care apparatus capable of performing clothes care using an airflow. The clothes care apparatus includes a main body including a clothes care compartment in which clothes is accommodated, a blower provided in the main body and configured to generate an airflow, a blowing flow path configured to guide the airflow supplied from the blower to the clothes, a plurality of nozzles disposed on the blowing flow path, each nozzle including an airflow outlet configured to discharge the airflow to an inside of the clothes care compartment, and at least one blocking member disposed on the blowing flow path to block an airflow supplied to the clothes care compartment.