Pop-Up Hanger Layout for Flexible Clothing Treatment Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional laundry treating apparatuses face challenges in efficiently utilizing space due to the fixed position and movement of hanger bars, which limits the ability to accommodate bulky items and divide the laundry space effectively, and the hanger bars often interfere with dividing walls, restricting the flexibility of space usage.
Innovation Solution
A pop-up hanger system that allows hangers to be independently positioned inside or outside the laundry chamber, with a reciprocating mechanism that moves in multiple directions, including height, width, and depth, and a dividing wall that can adjust to accommodate different layouts without interfering with the hanger bars, enabling flexible space utilization and stable hanging of bulky items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the hanger bar is always exposed to the accommodation space, then the hanger bar can be used to hang laundry, but the entire accommodation space must be used to perform steam or dry cycles even for treating only one piece of laundry
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger bar is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to be retracted into or extended from the accommodation space as needed. This dynamic positioning enables the accommodation space to be fully utilized for treating bulky items when the hanger bar is retracted, while still providing hanging functionality when extended.
Solution Approach 2:
The hanger bar is positioned in the depth direction of the cabinet, extending from the front toward the rear. This spatial arrangement allows the hanger bar to occupy minimal space within the accommodation volume while providing full hanging functionality, effectively adding a third dimension to the space utilization strategy.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If the hanger bar reciprocates to shake off fine dust, then dust removal function is achieved, but a force is applied not only in the width direction but also in the height direction which is unnecessary
Solution Approach 1:
The reciprocating mechanism is segmented into independent components: a motor that generates rotational motion and a crank mechanism that converts it to linear reciprocating motion. This segmentation allows precise control of the hanger bar's movement direction, ensuring force is applied only in the horizontal width direction for effective dust removal without unnecessary vertical force components.
3Force
If the motor and hanger bar are connected vertically, then only the force in the width direction is transmitted, but the vertical coupling structure occupies a lot of space in the height direction
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling structure between the motor and hanger bar is redesigned to operate in the depth direction rather than vertically. The crank mechanism is positioned horizontally, converting motor rotation into horizontal reciprocating motion of the hanger bar. This dimensional change eliminates the need for tall vertical coupling structures, freeing up height space in the cabinet.
4Ease of operation
If the hanger bars always move together at fixed positions, then the hanger bars can reciprocate, but the accommodation space of the laundry is not able to be utilized in a divided manner
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into multiple independent hanger bar assemblies, each with its own motor and reciprocating mechanism. This segmentation allows different hanger bars to operate independently at different positions within the accommodation space, enabling flexible division of the space for treating different types of laundry simultaneously or sequentially.
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a cabinet having an input hole formed on one surface thereof; a clothing treatment chamber positioned inside the cabinet so as to accommodate clothing; a hanger part including hangers on which the clothing is hung; and a back-and-forth moving part for generating rotating force in order to move the hanger part back and forth, wherein the hanger part and the back-and-forth moving part are horizontally coupled.