Laundry Pressing Chamber for Wrinkle Removal and Crease Setting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Laundry treatment apparatuses fail to provide satisfactory deodorization and wrinkle removal, as they typically perform these functions during drum rotation, causing laundry to become wrinkled, and lack a means to create creases, necessitating additional tools like irons.
Innovation Solution
A laundry treatment apparatus with a cabinet, a feeder for air or moisture, and a presser that keeps laundry spread and uses steam and hot air to remove wrinkles and create creases, while a support structure and guide prevent laundry from deviating and ensure proper alignment for crease formation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If laundry is treated during drum rotation, then washing efficiency is improved, but wrinkle removal effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the laundry treatment process into separate functional zones: a washing drum for washing and a separate pressing chamber with a presser for wrinkle removal. This segmentation allows each zone to optimize its specific function without compromise, resolving the contradiction between washing efficiency and wrinkle removal effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a presser as an intermediary device that applies pressure to laundry after washing to remove wrinkles. This intermediary action separates the washing function from the wrinkle removal function, allowing both to perform optimally in their respective stages
2Adaptability or versatility
If a presser is added to create creases, then crease-making capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the presser function with the existing drying chamber structure, integrating crease-making capability into the overall laundry treatment apparatus. This merging approach adds functionality while minimizing the increase in device complexity by utilizing existing structural elements
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
The apparatus effectively removes wrinkles and creates creases in laundry without causing further wrinkling, providing easy drying, deodorization, and sterilization while eliminating the need for separate crease-making tools.
Implementation Method 1
a feeder configured to feed at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space
Implementation Method 2
a presser (9) placed within the laundry receiver (3), the presser (9) serving to smooth out the wrinkles in laundry or to put a crease in laundry
Implementation Method 3
uses steam and hot air to remove wrinkles
Data Source
AI summary
The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having a receiving space for reception of laundry, a feeder configured to feed at least one of air or moisture into the receiving space, a support structure placed in the receiving space, the support structure providing a support space to allow a surface of the laundry to be supported by the support space, a guide affixed in the receiving space, the guide being configured to set a movement range of the laundry to prevent the laundry from deviating from the support space, and a press structure separably coupled to the support structure, the press structure being configured to apply pressure to the laundry positioned in the support space.