Laundry treating apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laundry treating apparatuses are inadequate in deodorizing and removing wrinkles from clothes, as they typically perform these functions while the drum is rotating, restricting effective deodorizing and wrinkle removal, and lack the ability to create pleats or creases in clothes.
Innovation Solution
A laundry treating apparatus with a presser that can put pleats in clothes, remove unwrinkled areas, uniformly press divided areas, supply steam or hot air to each area, and prevent clothes from shifting during pressing, featuring a cabinet with a support body and a compression body that can rotate to press clothes against the support body, along with a moisture chamber and heat sources for effective deodorizing, wrinkle removal, and drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional laundry treating apparatuses perform deodorizing and wrinkle removal while the drum is rotating, then the drum can hold and move clothes, but the deodorizing and wrinkle removal effectiveness is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The compression body is designed to be movable relative to the support body, allowing it to approach and press the clothes during specific phases of the treatment cycle. This dynamic configuration enables effective pressing and crease formation while maintaining the rotational drum operation, resolving the contradiction between drum rotation and pressing effectiveness.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional laundry treating apparatuses lack a presser mechanism, then the structure remains simple, but they cannot create pleats or creases in clothes
Solution Approach 1:
The pressing mechanism is segmented into a support body and a movable compression body that can independently approach each other. This segmentation allows the presser function to be added without requiring complete structural redesign, enabling pleat and crease creation while keeping the overall device complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The compression body serves multiple functions: it presses clothes to create creases, removes wrinkles, and can be positioned to press specific areas. This multi-functionality adds versatility to the device without proportionally increasing complexity, as the same mechanical structure performs multiple treatment tasks.
3Manufacturing precision
If clothes are pressed while divided into areas, then uniform pressing can be achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The compression body can be selectively positioned to press specific local areas of clothes, such as sleeves, legs, or body portions. This local quality approach allows uniform pressing of divided areas by targeting each region independently, without requiring the entire pressing mechanism to be overly complex.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the compression body is rotatable, then it can press clothes from different angles, but the device complexity and control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The compression body is designed with rotational capability that allows it to approach and press clothes from different angles. This dynamic rotation feature is integrated into the existing drum structure, allowing angle flexibility without requiring a completely separate complex rotation mechanism.
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
Facilitates uniform drying, deodorizing, and wrinkle removal, allowing for precise crease formation and eliminating the need for additional ironing, as it can press multiple pieces of clothing simultaneously while maintaining their position.
Implementation Method 1
a moisture supply unit configured to supply steam or moisture to the moisture chamber
Implementation Method 2
a heater disposed in the storage body
Implementation Method 3
the compression body configured to press the clothes towards the support body
Implementation Method 4
an oscillator configured to generate moisture by vibrating the water stored in the storage body
Data Source
AI summary
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having an accommodation space configured to hold clothes therein, a support body disposed in the accommodation space and configured to define a predetermined space in which the clothes are supported, a compression body rotatably secured to the support body and configured to rotate in a direction towards the support body and a direction away from the support body, the compression body being configured to press the clothes towards the support body, a moisture chamber disposed in at least one of the compression body or the support body, and a moisture supply unit configured to supply steam or moisture to the moisture chamber.