Clothes Hanger Wind Path Segmentation to Reduce Wrinkle Removal Noise
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing clothes treating apparatuses face challenges in effectively removing wrinkles from clothes, particularly thick garments, due to limitations in airflow distribution, which results in reduced wrinkle removal efficiency, increased noise, and higher power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A clothes treating apparatus with a hanger system that includes a blower unit, a supporter with a wind receiving space, and enlarged wind paths to enhance airflow efficiency, utilizing the Venturi effect for stable wind distribution to both the body and sleeves, along with a rib to suppress flow separation and maintain wind power, and an air nozzle for foreign material removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If air volume is increased to improve the flapping effect, then wrinkle removal efficiency is improved, but noise and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into multiple air outlet openings distributed across the shoulder portions, allowing air to be delivered to different locations simultaneously. This segmentation enables effective flapping action throughout the clothes without requiring excessive air volume, thereby reducing noise and power consumption while maintaining wrinkle removal efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Air outlet openings are strategically positioned at specific locations on the hanger shoulder portions to target areas where flapping action is most needed. This local quality approach ensures that air is delivered precisely where it can generate the most effective wrinkle removal, avoiding the need to increase overall air volume and thus reducing noise and power consumption.
2Productivity
If air volume is increased to improve the flapping effect, then wrinkle removal efficiency is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into multiple air outlet openings distributed across the shoulder portions, allowing air to be delivered to different locations simultaneously. This segmentation enables effective flapping action throughout the clothes without requiring excessive air volume, thereby reducing noise and power consumption while maintaining wrinkle removal efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Air outlet openings are strategically positioned at specific locations on the hanger shoulder portions to target areas where flapping action is most needed. This local quality approach ensures that air is delivered precisely where it can generate the most effective wrinkle removal, avoiding the need to increase overall air volume and thus reducing noise and power consumption.
3Ease of operation
If warm air is provided from the nearly entire lower portions of both shoulder portions, then air distribution is achieved, but strong wind does not pass through the center of the body portion resulting in poor flapping effect
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger is divided into multiple air outlet openings distributed across the shoulder portions, allowing air to be delivered to different locations simultaneously. This segmentation enables effective flapping action throughout the clothes without requiring excessive air volume, thereby reducing noise and power consumption while maintaining wrinkle removal efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of providing air from the entire lower portion of shoulder portions as in conventional designs, this invention inverts the approach by creating concentrated airflow paths through specific openings that guide strong wind through the center of the body portion, thereby generating the desired flapping effect while maintaining proper air distribution.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus effectively smooths out wrinkles by efficiently distributing air to both the body and sleeves, maintaining wind power, and improving foreign material removal, thus enhancing wrinkle removal efficiency while reducing noise and power consumption.
Implementation Method 1
enlarged wind paths to enhance airflow efficiency, utilizing the Venturi effect for stable wind distribution to both the body and sleeves
Implementation Method 2
a rib to suppress flow separation and maintain wind power
Data Source
AI summary
A clothes treating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hanger on which clothes are hung and a blower unit having an air vent for blowing wind toward the clothes hung on the hanger. The hanger includes a supporter connected to the air vent of the blower unit, wherein a wind receiving space is formed inside the supporter, and a shoulder supporter extending from the supporter and forming a wind discharging space connected to the wind receiving space, wherein shoulder portions of the clothes are hung on the shoulder supporter. The wind discharging space includes a body wind path formed to blow wind toward a body portion of the clothes, and sleeve wind paths formed to blow wind toward sleeves of the clothes and diverging at an entrance of the body wind path. The body wind path includes an enlarged wind path portion which is formed at an exit of the body wind path and of which a wind path is enlarged downstream.