Portable clothes dryer and clothes drying method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018282935-A1
Application number	US-201615765242-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 14, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 4, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A portable clothes dryer and a clothes drying method thereof, wherein the portable clothes dryer comprises: a casing ( 1 ) provided with air inlets ( 4 ) and air outlets; a detachable garment model ( 8 ) made of elastic material comprising an inflatable chamber, the chamber provided with an air intake port ( 82 ) through which air from the air outlet enters into, clothes to be dried putting on the garment model ( 8 ) for drying; a heating device ( 7 ) disposed inside the casing ( 1 ) to heat air; a blower ( 6 ) configured to move heated air to the chamber of the garment model ( 8 ). The overall size of the dryer can be reduced to make it easy to carry due to the garment model with the inflatable chamber is detachable and made of elastic material; the clothes to be dried could be neatly put on the garment model so the clothes dried in this manner is wrinkle-free and can be dressed immediately, and the ironing process is saved.

First claim

1 . A portable clothes dryer comprising:
a casing provided with air inlets and air outlets; a detachable garment model made of elastic material comprising an inflatable chamber, the chamber provided with an air intake port through which air from the air outlet enters into, clothes to be dried putting on the garment model for drying; a heating device disposed inside the casing to heat air; and a blower configured to move heated air to the chamber of the garment model.

2 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 1 , wherein comprising:
a supporting rod retractably arranged on the casing; the supporting rod being pulled out when preparing the dryer for use and the garment model being sleeved on the supporting rod or the upper part of the garment model being fixed on the supporting rod.

3 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 2 , wherein:
an extending end of the supporting rod provided with a support block, the top surface of the casing provided with a receiving groove matched with the support block, the support block disposed in the receiving groove.

4 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 2 , wherein:
the casing provided with an installing portion matched with the air intake port of the garment model, the supporting rod passing through the air intake port and extending into the chamber as the air intake port being fixedly mounted on the installing portion.

5 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 2 , wherein:
the garment model provided with extending openings corresponding to the supporting rods, the supporting rods extending into the chamber through the extending openings as the garment model being installed.

6 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 1 , wherein:
the blower capable of being upwardly ejected arranged at the air outlet comprising a cylindrical blower casing with a top surface, a plurality of air outtake ports opened on the cylindrical side wall of the blower casing; the blower ejecting upwardly to expose the air outtake ports when preparing the dryer for work.

7 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 6 , wherein:
the lower periphery of the blower casing configured to be in close contact with the air outlet once the blower upwardly ejected, the air intake port of the garment model configured to be installed at the lower periphery of the blower casing to ensure the overall air outlet disposed in the chamber of the garment model.

8 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 1 , wherein:
the air outlet having an upwardly funnel-shaped extending portion, and the upper end of the extending portion being fixed on the top surface of the casing.

9 . The portable clothes dryer of claim 1 , wherein:
a pressure sensor disposed corresponding to the air outlet; when the dryer works, comparing the pressure detected with a preset pressure; if the detected pressure is higher than or equal to the preset pressure, stopping the blower and the heating device; if the detected pressure is lower than the preset pressure, maintaining the blower and the heating device at work.

10 . A method for drying clothes according to the portable clothes dryer of claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
a. installing and fixing the air intake port of the garment model on the casing, putting the clothes to be dried on the garment model; b. starting the clothes dryer: the blower and the heating device begin to work, the air introduced from the air inlet is heated by the heating device, then the heated air is directed by the blower to flow into the chamber of the garment model through the air intake port, the garment model is inflated to put on the clothes to be dried; and c. taking off the dried clothes and then turning off the portable clothes dryer, removing the garment model.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Xu Sheng
• Tian Shujun
• Song Huacheng
• Shan Shiqiang

Classifications

• D06F59/02 Primary

  for garments · CPC title

• D06F73/00

  Apparatus for smoothing or removing creases from garments or other textile articles by formers, cores, stretchers, or internal frames, with the application of heat or steam  (combined with external pressure means D06F71/00) · CPC title

• D06F2204/04

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F2202/12

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F58/20

  General details of domestic laundry dryers  (D06F59/00 takes precedence) · CPC title