WASHING AND DRYING MACHINE

• Main Authors: KAWAMURA KEIZO, SUGAWARA MICHITA, KAKIZAKI UMIHIKO, ISHIKAWA FUMITO, KOMATSU TSUNETOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.12.2015
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption for drying.SOLUTION: A washing and drying machine 100A comprises: an outer tub 2 in which the inside becomes a drying chamber during a drying operation; a washing and dewatering tub 3 disposed rotatably in the outer tub 2 and for accommodating laundry 90; a motor 4 for driving the washing and dewatering tub 3; a housing 1 for supporting the washing and dewatering tub 3; a drying device including a draft air path 20 for blowing air to the washing and dewatering tub 3, a fan 21 and a motor 21a for fan driving for driving the fan; and an intake valve 25 provided at the draft air path 20 and located at an upper part inside the housing 1. A duct-shaped duct-like air passage 26 is provided for introducing air from the motor 21a for fan driving to an intake port 24. 【課題】乾燥の消費電力量を低減する。【解決手段】乾燥運転中に内部が乾燥室となる外槽２と、前記外槽２内に回転自在に配置され、洗濯物９０を収容する洗濯兼脱水槽３と、該洗濯兼脱水槽３を駆動するモータ４と、前記洗濯兼脱水槽３を支持する筐体１と、前記洗濯兼脱水槽３に送風するための送風路２０、ファン２１及び該ファンを駆動するファン駆動用モータ２１ａを含む乾燥装置と、前記送風路２０に設けられ、前記筐体１内上部に位置する吸気弁２５とを備えた洗濯乾燥機１００Ａにおいて、前記ファン駆動用モータ２１ａから前記吸気口２４へ空気を導くダクト状のダクト状風路２６を設ける。【選択図】 図５