Laundry-drying machine

• Main Authors: Bombardieri, Giovanni, Colucci, Nicola, Potena, Giuseppina Pia, Liberatore, Aldo, Damjanovic, Andrew
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.03.2020
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

A laundry-drying machine comprises a drum (5) rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis (A) and having an inlet for the air (10a) and an outlet for the air (14, 14a). The drum (5) is designed to be traversed by drying air, forced by means of a fan (13) and heated via heating means (18) before being introduced into the drum (5) through the aforesaid inlet (10a). The fan (13) and the heating means (18) are operatively associated to an air-conveying duct (12) having a delivery section (12b, 12c), which is in fluid communication with the aforesaid inlet (10a), and a suction section (12a), which is in fluid communication with said outlet (14, 14a). Provided inside the drum (5) is at least one laundry-agitation member (20), having a cavity (21) configured for receiving at least part of the hot air introduced into the drum (5), and one or more passages (22) for diffusing the hot air from the internal cavity (21) towards a central area of the drum (5), where the aforesaid inlet for the air comprises at least one passageway (10a) in a position corresponding to the agitation member (20) and in fluid communication with the corresponding cavity (21). Mounted on the outside of the drum (5) is a directing device (25), fixed in rotation with respect to the structure of the drum (5), which is operatively coupled to the delivery section (12b, 12c) of the duct (12) and is configured for conveying at least part of the air coming from the duct (12) to the passageway (10a), and hence the cavity (21) of the corresponding agitation member (20).