EP1358380B1 - Drying rack for a clothes drier - Google Patents

Abstract

A drying rack for the stationary drying of articles to be dried, which can be installed in the drum of a clothes dryer. The articles can be knitwear or shoes that must not be moved when dried even when the drum turns. For articles, especially, wool articles, to dry faster, the drying rack has at least two spaced-apart surfaces disposed one on top of the other on which the articles to be dried can be spread, thereby substantially enlarging the surface of the articles to be dried. As such, the drying air current can better remove the moisture and larger individual wool articles can be dried in the clothes dryer.

Description

The invention relates to a drying rack according to the preamble of claim 1 and a clothes dryer according to the preamble of claim 14.

The dormant arrangement of dry goods may be required if the dry goods must not be moved during the drying process. This can be the case with Hosiery and woolen clothing may be the case when moving during of drying would shrink. The same can be done for shoes or other dry goods apply that could be damaged by movement in the drum.

Such a drying rack or dryer is, for example, by DE 40 34 660 A1, which is considered the closest prior art, is known. A drying rack in the form of a laundry basket is described there, the rear of the drum rear wall and the dryer door at the front is attached. The laundry basket has the shape of an open bowl and is made of made of a wire mesh. Comparable drying racks are available from DE 27 06 595, DE 85 05 995 U1, US 3,344,532, US 3,316,659 and US 4,501,548 are known. All the the aforementioned documents also describe drying racks in the form of an open top Bowl. Drying racks designed in this way can take up a large volume, However, they have the disadvantage, in particular, that the dry material has one Bale forms. As a result, its core is poorly reached by the dry air flow and therefore drying only slowly or not. This is particularly the case with dry goods made of wool because unlike cotton, wool does not wick and the moisture does not flow from the inside to the surface to the dry air flow can lead. Drying larger wool garments, such as Sweater, for this reason, is not with the known drying racks possible.

The invention has for its object a drying rack of the type mentioned to create faster with the dormant dry goods, especially wool and can be dried more efficiently.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by those specified in claim 1 Features solved. Advantageous refinements and developments of the invention result resulting from the following subclaims.

By providing several areas or levels on which the Dry goods can be arranged or spread out by the dry air flow achievable surface area of the dry material can be enlarged. This way Larger items of clothing are not dried as bales, but can be flatter and in particular be spread out in one layer. This also makes it possible to get bigger ones Garments made of wool, such as sweaters, dresses or skirts, in a dryer to dry, which otherwise could not be dried as bales because of the bale would remain moist in the core and overdry on the surface. Overdrying on the surface would damage the fabric and pose a high security risk because over-dried and overheated tissue can easily ignite.

In addition, the drying process becomes more efficient because the hot drying air is better used and due to the enlarged surface of the dry goods lot more moisture can record. In the case of wool garments, the single layer spread on drying of several surfaces not only accelerated, but made possible.

The areas formed by the edges arranged one above the other are Mostly open, at least one additional access opening is provided on another side of the drying rack. This allows larger dry goods to be distributed over several areas by placing a part on a surface and over the surface edge protruding part folded over the edge and on an adjacent surface is arranged. For example, a sweater on a drying rack with three Surfaces are advantageously arranged with the chest area in the upper surface, with the sleeves turned over on the sides and on the middle one below Surface can be arranged and the adjoining area under the chest The torso area of the pullover is placed in the lowest area in the same way.

The material can be dried by releasably connecting the surfaces to the drying rack can be arranged more easily on the surfaces, because there is a loading area has the surface above removed. This can also be done with an articulated connection of the areas can be reached, whereby the individual areas are not lost can.

In an advantageous development, a surface is provided with an articulated intermediate piece connected to the drying rack, this surface having supports extending from the articulation point the spacer are spaced apart and cooperate with recordings can either be formed in the drying rack itself or in another area are, which can be connected to the drying rack. Through the articulated intermediate piece it is possible to arrange the connected surface in different ways, because the supports and the spacer go up once and can be tilted down once. So that the articulated over the intermediate piece Area can be arranged at different heights, taking several shots several different arrangements of the surface are also possible for the supports are. The surface can be used to dry larger objects downward sloping spacer can be placed below so that over the surface enough space remains for the dry goods.

It is also conceivable to design all surfaces detachable from the drying rack, the Surfaces can also remain interconnected so that they form a block of Loosen the drying rack, load it and have it reinserted.

The drying rack and the surfaces can be made of a grid, in particular of metal wire be manufactured so that a high mechanical stability with a high air permeability can be achieved.

If the drying rack is provided with an outer shell to prevent dry goods from falling out over the edge of a surface and / or touching dry goods with To prevent the rotating drum, it can, for example, from a lattice structure are manufactured, which has a smaller mesh size in the lower area than in upper area or in which a lower part of the grid is spanned by brackets at the top. In order to can prevent small dry goods from falling through and still ensure safety increase.

The outer shell is advantageously closed on all sides, with the exception of an access opening, which are arranged behind the filling opening of the dryer and in particular can be locked from the door. The drying rack can, for example have the shape of an open cylinder on one end face, the horizontal can be used in the dryer.

Especially in the case of a drying rack with an outer cover, it is advisable to use the surfaces to summarize as a separate inner frame, that with the outer shell, which is an outer frame forms, is releasably connected. It can be provided that the fastening devices arranged for attachment to the clothes dryer on the outer shell are. The inner frame can either be inserted without further attachment or is attached to the outer frame with simple, non-bulky fastenings, so that the removed inner frame is easy to handle.

The drying rack can also be designed so that the inner rack is off the floor the outer shell is kept spaced so that in addition to the surfaces of the Inner frame of the bottom of the outer shell can be used to store dry goods can.

To fasten the drying rack to the tumble dryer, there are advantageously three fastening devices provided to prevent mechanical overdetermination the three fastening devices, for example, bottom center and left or to the right of the filling opening of the tumble dryer.

Fig. 1

einen Wäschetrockner im senkrechten Schnitt mit eingesetztem Trockengestell nach einer ersten Ausführungsform,

Fig. 2

eine Seitenansicht auf ein Trockengestell gemäß einer zweiten Ausführungsform,

Fig. 3

eine Ansicht des Trockengestells aus Figur 2 bei anderer Anordnung der Flächen,

Fig. 4

ein Trockengestell gemäß der ersten Ausführungsform in einer Ansicht von oben,

Fig. 5

das Trockengestell aus Figur 4 in einer Ansicht von vorne und

Fig. 6

das Trockengestell aus Figur 4 in einer Ansicht von der Seite.

Two exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown purely schematically in the drawings and are described in more detail below. Show it

Fig. 1

a tumble dryer in a vertical section with a drying rack inserted according to a first embodiment,

Fig. 2

2 shows a side view of a drying rack according to a second embodiment,

Fig. 3

3 shows a view of the drying rack from FIG. 2 with a different arrangement of the surfaces,

Fig. 4

a drying rack according to the first embodiment in a view from above,

Fig. 5

the drying rack of Figure 4 in a view from the front and

Fig. 6

the drying rack of Figure 4 in a view from the side.

The tumble dryer 2 shown in Figure 1 has a rotatable about a horizontal axis Drum 3 on, inside the laundry driver 4 are attached to the laundry to move during drum rotation. Furthermore, there is a blower 14, a heating device 15 and a condenser 13 are provided around a closed by the air duct 12 To generate air circulation through the drum 3. Thereby, the heater 15 heated air from behind through the perforated bottom of the drum 3 in the Drum 3 passed there comes into contact with the laundry to be dried and flows through the filling opening of the drum 3 to a fluff filter 6 within a filling opening closing dryer door 5. Then the air flow in the dryer door 5 deflected downwards and is passed from the air duct 12 to the condenser 13, in condensed the laundry moisture absorbed by the air and removed becomes. After the condenser 13, air from the blower 14 in turn becomes the heating device 15 headed.

The drum 3 is on the back of the floor by means of a pivot bearing and in front by means of a End shield 7 mounted, the drum 3 with a brim on a sliding strip 8th rests on the end shield 7 and is thus held at the front end.

A drying rack 1 is also arranged inside the drum 3. This includes an outer shell 10 and an inner frame disposed within the outer shell 10 16. The outer shell 10 consists of a cylindrical wire basket, which is on a bottom closed is. At its front, open end, the outer shell 10 of the Drying rack 1 mounting tabs 11 with the appropriate mounting bracket 9 can cooperate, which are formed within the bearing plate 7.

By attaching the drying rack 1 only to the bearing plate 7, the Drying rack 1 with particularly little effort resting within the rotatable Drum 3 can be arranged.

The inner frame 16 shown only partially in Figure 1 according to a first embodiment is additionally shown in Figures 4 to 6. The supervision shown in Figure 4 shows two edge parts 17 which serve to connect the superimposed surfaces. The individual surfaces are formed by the plastic frame 18, in which a fine, air-permeable plastic net 19 is stretched. This can be done by the plastic net 19 inserted in the form of the frame 18 during the manufacture thereof and is injected into the frame 18.

In the front view shown in Figure 5, the attachment of the plastic frame 18 in to see the side parts 17. For this purpose, the E-shaped side parts 17 have receptacles, into which the plastic frame 18 can be inserted and, if necessary, locked.

This configuration advantageously only requires two different parts, on the one hand the side parts 17 and on the other hand those made of frame 18 and plastic net 19 existing areas.

In Figure 6, the inner frame 16 is shown from the side, in particular the side Access openings 20 are shown within the side parts 17 through which one can get from the side between the surfaces 18, 19. In this way, an over a surface 18, 19 of dry material projecting around both on the side and at the front the edge folded over and the folded part on an adjacent surface to be ordered. For example, pants can be S-shaped in this way in the inner frame be put inside. With a sweater, for example, the chest area folded over onto the upper surface, the lower fuselage area in the front area and placed on the bottom surface and the sleeves from the side on the middle surface become.

Nevertheless, it is possible to use the outer shell 10 without the inner frame 16, to dry shoes, for example.

A second embodiment of the drying rack 1 is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. In the drying rack 1 shown there in a side sectional view, there are three surfaces 21-23 provided, of which the lower surface 21 is the base body for the drying rack 1 forms and not shown fastening devices for fastening to the Has tumble dryer 2.

With the surface 21, an intermediate piece 26 is articulated, with which in turn the upper surface 23 is articulated. The upper surface 23 has on its underside spaced from the intermediate piece 26 supports 24.

The drying rack 1 has receptacles for the central surface 22, that with the drying rack 1 is detachably connected or removable and receptacles 25 for the supports 24 of the surface 23 arranged above, the receptacles 25 the supports 24 also give support in the horizontal direction. This way, when inserted middle surface 22, the upper surface 23 arranged parallel and spaced with the upper surface 23 on the supports 24 and on the intermediate piece 26 rests. If the middle surface 22 is removed, the intermediate piece 26 can be folded down and the upper surface 23 by means of the supports 24 on the lower surface 21 be set down so that the upper surface 23 is arranged at the bottom and inclined. In this Arrangement remains above the upper surface 23 enough space for the arrangement of larger dry goods such as shoes.

The surfaces 21-23 can be upwards along the edges parallel to the drawing plane have curved edge areas to prevent dry goods arranged thereon fall down on the sides.

Claims (14)

1. Drying frame (1) for stationary arrangement of items, which are to be dried, within a rotatable drum (3) of a laundry drier (2) with a filling opening into the drum (3) and a door (5) for closing the filling opening, wherein the drying frame (1) comprises fastening devices (11) for fastening to the laundry drier (2) and wherein the drying frame (1) has at least two air-permeable surfaces (18, 19, 21 to 23) which are arranged at a spacing one above the other in the operational state and which have an access opening preferably at the front side, characterised in that at least one further access opening (20) is provided at a further side of the drying frame (1).
2. Drying frame according to claim 1, characterised in that the surfaces (18, 19, 22) are detachably connected with the drying frame (1).
3. Drying frame according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that at least one surface (23) is pivotably connected with the drying frame (1) or with another surface.
4. Drying frame according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the drying frame (1) has mounts for a removable air-permeable surface (22), which in turn has mounts (25) for the support of supports (24) of a surface (23) pivotably connected with the drying frame (1).
5. Drying frame according to claim 4, characterised in that the surface (23), which is pivotably connected with the drying frame (1), with supports (24) is connected with the drying frame (1) away of a respective intermediate element (26) pivotably connected with the drying frame (1) and the surface (23).
6. Drying frame according to claim 1, characterised in that the surfaces (18, 19) are preferably connected together at corners by narrow connecting elements (17) and kept at a spacing.
7. Drying frame according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the air-permeable surfaces (18, 19) are formed by fine-mesh and flexible plastics material gratings (19) each with a respective surrounding frame (18) particularly of plastics material.
8. Drying frame according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the drying frame (1) has an air-permeable, self-supporting outer enclosure (10) which forms a closed grating shape in circumferential direction of the drum (3).
9. Drying frame according to claim 8, characterised in that the outer enclosure (10) has at the end face an access opening which when the drying frame (1) is inserted in the drum (3) is closable by the laundry drier door (5).
10. Drying frame according to claim 9, characterised in that the outer enclosure (10) similarly has a grating-shaped closure at the rear side.
11. Drying frame according to one of claims 8 to 10, characterised in that the outer enclosure (10) consists of a wire grating.
12. Drying frame according to one of claims 8 to 11, characterised in that the outer enclosure (10) consists of at least two parts pivotably connected together.
13. Drying frame according to claim 12, characterised in that the parts, which are pivotably connected together, of the outer enclosure (10) completely enclose the surfaces in the operational state.
14. Laundry dryer with a drying frame according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterised in that the laundry dryer (2) has, in a front bearing panel (7), which has the loading opening, of the drum, fastening devices (9) which correspond with the fastening devices (11) of the drying frame (1).

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