Laundry Hanger Support Motion for Wrinkle and Odor Removal
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laundry treating apparatuses face limitations in effectively performing deodorization and wrinkle removal due to the folded state of laundry, which restricts the efficiency of these operations and may cause damage and high power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A laundry treating apparatus with a machine chamber for air and moisture supply, a laundry supporter that moves laundry items in an arc trajectory, and a drive unit to facilitate efficient drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal, and sanitization, while accommodating items of varying lengths.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a drum is used to accommodate and rotate laundry, then the apparatus can perform washing operations, but deodorization and wrinkle removal are limited due to laundry being in a folded state
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dynamic shaking mechanism that moves the laundry supporter back and forth within the drum, transforming the static drum rotation into a dynamic treatment process. This shaking action continuously repositions the laundry, ensuring that folded items are repeatedly exposed to the treatment environment, thereby significantly improving deodorization and wrinkle removal effectiveness while maintaining the versatility of the drum-based system
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs periodic shaking motions of the laundry supporter, creating rhythmic movement patterns that alternately expose different portions of the laundry to the treatment zone. This periodic action ensures thorough treatment of all laundry surfaces over time, resolving the limitation of folded laundry by systematically working through the entire load through repeated cyclic movements
2Device complexity
If conventional drum rotation is used, then the apparatus structure is simple, but laundry damage may occur and power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the treatment function by introducing a separate laundry supporter component that can independently shake within the drum. This segmentation allows the drum to maintain its simple rotational structure while the supporter provides the additional shaking motion, thereby reducing laundry damage through gentler handling and lowering power consumption by isolating the high-motion component from the main drum drive system
Solution Approach 2:
The laundry supporter acts as an intermediary between the drum and the laundry items. It receives rotational motion from the drum and converts it into shaking motion, mediating the interaction to reduce direct impact forces on the laundry. This intermediary mechanism protects laundry from damage while maintaining system simplicity and controlling power consumption
3Device complexity
If laundry is kept in a folded state during treatment, then the apparatus structure is simple, but deodorization and wrinkle removal efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The shaking mechanism dynamically repositions laundry items during treatment, transforming the static folded state into a dynamically changing configuration. This continuous movement gradually opens and redistributes the laundry fibers, improving exposure to treatment without requiring complex unfolding mechanisms, thus maintaining structural simplicity while enhancing treatment efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The periodic shaking action systematically works through the folded laundry over time, with each cycle progressively opening and repositioning items. This time-based approach allows thorough treatment of folded laundry through repeated exposure cycles, achieving high deodorization and wrinkle removal efficiency without adding complex mechanical unfolding devices
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus enhances the efficiency of laundry treatment by reducing power consumption, preventing damage, and accommodating items of different lengths, thereby improving drying, deodorization, wrinkle removal, and sanitization processes.
Implementation Method 1
a machine chamber including at least one of a air supply unit to supply air to the laundry accommodation portion
Implementation Method 2
a moisture supply unit to supply moisture to the laundry accommodation portion
Data Source
AI summary
A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the laundry treating apparatus, a laundry accommodation portion arranged in the cabinet and providing a space to accommodate laundry, a machine chamber including at least one of an air supply unit to supply air to the laundry accommodation portion and a moisture supply unit to supply moisture to the laundry accommodation portion, the machine chamber being provided separately from the laundry accommodation portion, a laundry supporter to support a hanger having laundry placed thereon and to move the hanger such that a free end of the hanger forms an arc trajectory in the laundry accommodation portion.