Clothes dryer

Abstract

A clothes dryer has a front support and a filter apparatus. The front support includes a drying air duct having an air outlet that communicates with a circulation air duct arranged inside the clothes dryer. An air inlet of the drying air duct communicates with a clothes treating chamber of the clothes dryer. The filter apparatus is inserted into and mounted in the air duct from the air inlet and covers the whole cross section of the drying air duct. The entire filter apparatus can be accommodated and mounted in the internal space of the front support, so that the area of the filter apparatus blocking thread scraps is increased, and the filtering efficiency is improved.

Claims

1. A clothes dryer, comprising: a front support; and a filter apparatus, wherein the front support is provided with a drying air duct, the drying air duct including, an air outlet communicated with a circulation air duct arranged inside the clothes dryer, an air inlet communicated with a clothes treating chamber of the clothes dryer, and a mounting chamber and a guide portion for guiding the filter apparatus to be inserted into/removed from the mounting chamber, wherein the guide portion is connected to the mounting chamber and is an oblique channel, the filter apparatus is of a sheet structure, the filter apparatus including two sides having edges configured to contact with the guide portion when inserting or removing the filter apparatus, the edges of the filter apparatus are beveled and parallel to each other, the mounting chamber is matched with the filter apparatus in shape, the filter apparatus is wholly mounted in the mounting chamber and covers a cross section of the mounting chamber.

2. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the mounting chamber is aligned with the air outlet of the drying air duct, and the filter apparatus is mounted in the mounting chamber and covers the air outlet.

3. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion comprises a first inclined channel and a second inclined channel communicating with each other, an inlet of the first inclined channel is the air inlet, and a gradient of the first inclined channel is greater than a gradient of the second inclined channel.

4. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein a length of a cross section of the guide portion in a horizontal direction is longer than a maximum horizontal length of a projection length of the filter apparatus on a horizontal plane; and a horizontal length of a communication port, communicating with the guide portion, of the mounting chamber in the horizontal direction is longer than the projection length of the filter apparatus on the horizontal plane.

5. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein the filter apparatus comprises a frame, a filter net arranged in the frame, and a handle part, and the handle part is arranged on the frame and located in a same plane with the filter net.

6. The clothes dryer according to claim 1, wherein an air inlet filter apparatus is arranged at the air inlet of the drying air duct; and the air inlet filter apparatus is of a sheet structure, the air inlet filter apparatus is fixed at the air inlet of the drying air duct through the air inlet, or the front support is provided with an insertion port connected to the drying air duct, and the air inlet filter apparatus is inserted into the air inlet through the insertion port, or the air inlet filter apparatus is mounted on an upper portion of the air inlet in a covering mode and covers the air inlet.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The drawings are used as a part of the present application to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure. The schematic embodiments of the present disclosure and the descriptions are used to explain the present disclosure, but do not constitute an improper limitation on the present disclosure. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and those of ordinary skill in the art can obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts. According to the drawing:

(2) FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a front support of a clothes dryer of the present disclosure.

(3) Wherein: 1. Front support; 2. Mounting chamber; 3. First inclined channel; 4. Second inclined channel; 5. Filter apparatus; 51. Filter net; 52. Frame; 53. Handle part.

(4) It should be noted that the drawing and text descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the concept of the present disclosure in any way, but rather to explain the concept of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(5) In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The following embodiments are used to explain the present disclosure, but not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.

(6) In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “upper”, “lower”, “inner”, “outer” and the like are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, do not indicate or imply that referred devices or elements must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.

(7) In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms “mounting” and “connection” should be understood in a broad sense unless otherwise specified and limited, for example, it may be fixed connection, detachable connection or integral connection; it may be mechanical connection or electrical connection; and it may be direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood on a case-by-case basis.

(8) The disclosure provides a clothes dryer, the clothes dryer comprises a front support 1 and a filter apparatus 5, the front support 1 is provided with a drying air duct, an air outlet of the drying air duct is communicated with a circulation air duct arranged inside the clothes dryer, an air inlet of the drying air duct is communicated with a clothes treating chamber of the clothes dryer, and the filter apparatus is inserted into and mounted in the drying air duct from the air inlet, and covers the whole cross section of the drying air duct.

(9) Preferably, the filter apparatus 5 is wholly inserted into/removed from the drying air duct through the air inlet.

(10) According to the above solution, the filter apparatus 5 is wholly arranged in the drying air duct, thus, the space is saved, it is convenient to mount the filter apparatus at the air inlet of the drying air duct or in the drying air duct, so that the problems that in the prior art, the space in the drying air duct is narrow, only a layer of filter net can be arranged, the number of meshes of the filter net cannot be large enough, otherwise high wind resistance is produced, and the filter net is liable to be blocked are solved. According to the disclosure, the filter apparatus 5 is arranged in the drying air duct wholly, the area of the filter apparatus blocking thread scraps is increased, and the filtering efficiency is improved.

(11) In addition, the filter apparatus 5 is wholly inserted into/removed from the drying air duct through the air inlet, the structure of the drying air duct is simplified advantageously, and the condition that in the prior art, a filter apparatus picking and placing port needs to be formed in a front panel, and the overall appearance effect of the front panel is destroyed is avoided. Meanwhile, if the filter apparatus picking and placing port is formed in the front support 1, the structural strength of the front support 1 is affected adversely.

(12) Preferably, the drying air duct comprises a mounting chamber 2 which is aligned with the air outlet of the drying air duct, and the filter apparatus is mounted in the mounting chamber 2 and covers the air outlet.

(13) According to the above solution, the mounting chamber 2 is internally provided with a fixing structure for fixing the filter apparatus 5: for example, the mounting chamber 2 is internally provided with a clamping portion, and the filter apparatus 5 is clamped and fixed in the mounting chamber, or the mounting chamber 2 is internally provided with an insertion groove, the filter apparatus 5 is of a sheet structure, and the filter apparatus 5 is inserted into and limited in the insertion groove.

(14) Preferably, the drying air duct comprises a guide portion 6 connected to the mounting chamber 2, and the guide portion 6 is used for guiding the filter apparatus to be inserted into/removed from the mounting chamber 2.

(15) Preferably, the mounting chamber 2 is located at the air outlet of the drying air duct, so that another filter apparatus is arranged in the drying air duct advantageously.

(16) Preferably, the guide portion 6 is a channel obliquely or vertically, the channel is connected to the mounting chamber 2, and the filter apparatus 5 is mounting in the mounting chamber 2 through the channel.

(17) Preferably, an end of the guide portion 6 communicates with an inlet of the mounting chamber 2, and the guide portion 6 is used for guiding the filter apparatus to be directly fixed on the fixing structure in the mounting chamber 2.

(18) Preferably, the filter apparatus 5 is of the sheet structure, the mounting chamber 2 is matched with the filter apparatus 5 in shape, and the filter apparatus with the sheet structure is wholly mounted in the mounting chamber 2 and covers the cross section of the mounting chamber 2.

(19) According to the above scheme, the mounting chamber 2 and the filter apparatus 5 are matched in shape, and the filter apparatus 5 is located in the mounting chamber 2 wholly, so that the surface of the whole sheet structure can block and filter thread scraps, the filtration efficiency is improved, the filter net with the large mesh number can be arranged advantageously and is not liable to be blocked, and the high wind resistance is not produced.

(20) Preferably, the guide portion 6 is the obliquely channel, and the filter apparatus 5 comprises a beveled structure 7 for avoiding the inner walls of the two sides of the guide portion 6;

(21) Preferably, edges of two sides, being contact with the guide portion 6, of the filter apparatus are bevel and parallel to each other.

(22) According to the above solution, since the guide portion 6 is arranged obliquely and the two side walls of the guide portion 6 are of a bevel structure 7, the edges of the two sides, making contact with the inclined guide portion 6, of the filter apparatus 5 are provided with parallel the bevel edges specially, then cooperation of the filter net and the guide portion 6 is facilitated, the area of the filter net is favorably increased, and the filtering performance is improved, wherein, the guide portion 6 is inclined, can keep away from other structural designs on the clothes dryer, and keeps away from design of a condenser favorably, so that a compact clothes dryer structure is designed.

(23) Preferably, the guide portion 6 comprises a first inclined channel 3 and a second inclined channel 4 communicating with each other. An inlet of the first inclined channel 3 is acted as the air inlet, and a gradient of the first inclined channel 3 is greater than a gradient of the second inclined channel 4.

(24) Preferably, the first inclined channel 3 and the second inclined channel 4 are in smooth transition.

(25) According to the above solution, the guide portion 6 is arranged as a channel with different gradient at two ends for facilitating mounting of the filter apparatus, the gradient of the first inclined channel 3 is designed to be large, thus, the filter apparatus 5 can be placed in the drying air duct conveniently, and the filter apparatus 5 is convenient to mount. The horizontal length of the cross section of the guide portion 6 in the horizontal direction is longer than the maximum horizontal length of the projection length of the filter apparatus 5 on the horizontal plane; and the horizontal length of a communication port, communicating with the guide portion 6, of the mounting chamber in the horizontal direction is longer than the projection length of the filter apparatus on the horizontal plane.

(26) According to the above solution, by setting the cross-sectional dimension of the guide portion 6 in the horizontal direction, the filter apparatus 5 can enter the guide portion 6 favorably, normal mounting of the filter apparatus 5 is ensured, when the guide portion 6 is of the inclined structure, the horizontal length of the communication port, communicating with the guide portion 6, of the mounting chamber in the horizontal direction is longer than the projection length of the filter apparatus 5 on the horizontal plane, and thus the effect that the filter apparatus 5 can enter the mounting chamber through the guide portion 6 is ensured. Preferably, the filter apparatus 5 is of the sheet structure, and the horizontal length of the communication port in the horizontal direction is greater than the length of the diagonal of the sheet structure.

(27) Preferably, the filter apparatus 5 comprises a frame 52, a filter net 51 arranged in the frame 52, and a handle part 53. The handle part 53 is arranged on the frame 52 and located in the same plane as the filter net 51. The handle part 53 faces the air inlet of the drying air duct, and thus a user can grasp the handle part 53 conveniently so as to take the filter apparatus out.

(28) Preferably, an air inlet filter apparatus is arranged at the air inlet of the drying air duct;

(29) Preferably, the air inlet filter apparatus is inserted into and fixed at the air inlet of the drying air duct through the air inlet and performs primary filtering in the drying process, and secondary filtering is performed via the filter apparatus mounted in the drying air duct, so that the filtering effect is improved.

(30) Alternatively, the front support 1 is provided with an insertion port connected to the drying air duct, and the air inlet filter apparatus is inserted into the air inlet through the insertion port,

(31) Alternatively, the air inlet filter apparatus is mounted on the upper portion of the air inlet in a covering mode and covers the air inlet so as to block clothes.

(32) Preferably, the number of the meshes of the filter net of the air inlet filter apparatus is smaller than the number of the meshes of the filter apparatus arranged in the drying air duct. In the drying process, the air inlet filter apparatus performs primary filtering on the thread scraps and filters the large thread scraps, the filter apparatus arranged in the drying air duct is used for filtering the tiny thread scraps entering the drying air duct from the air inlet filter apparatus, the two-stage filter apparatuses cooperate for filtration, and a good filtration effect can be achieved.

(33) Certainly, the air inlet filter apparatus may be wholly arranged in the drying air duct and located at an upstream position of the filter apparatus 5.

(34) The above descriptions are only the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure in any form. Although the present disclosure has been disclosed as above with the preferred embodiments, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any skilled person familiar with the patent may can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes without departing from the technical solutions of the present disclosure based on the technical content suggested above. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments in accordance with the technical essence of the present disclosure without departing from the content of the technical solutions of the present disclosure still fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure.