WASHING AND DRYING MACHINE

• Main Author: HATAYAMA TSUTOMU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.07.2018
• 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 provide a washing and drying machine capable of removing lint captured with a filter dispensing with a power source.SOLUTION: The washing and drying machine includes: a water tank 8 having an air outlet 10 and an air inlet 11; a water-feeding pipe 71 for flowing water fed to the water tank 8; a circulation air trunk 20 which communicates the air outlet 10 with the air inlet 11; an air-blowing means 27 which circulates air in the water tank 8 through the circulation air trunk 20; a dehumidification heating means 30 which dehumidifies and heats the air flowing in the circulation air trunk 20; a filter 53 which captures lint contained in the air flowing in the circulation air trunk 20; a cleaning means 54 which cleans the filter 53; and a driving mechanism 55 which removes lint from a capturing surface 53a of the filter, the lint captured with the filter 53 by moving the cleaning means 54 to the filter 53 with a water power of the water flowing through the water-feeding pipe 71.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】動力源を要することなくフィルタで捕獲したリントを除去することができる洗濯乾燥機を提供する。【解決手段】排気口１０及び給気口１１を有する水槽８と、水槽８に供給する水が流れる給水管７１と、排気口１０及び給気口１１を連結する循環風路２０と、水槽８内の空気を循環風路２０を通して循環させる送風手段２７と、循環風路２０内を流れる空気を除湿及び加熱する除湿加熱手段３０と、循環風路２０内を流れる空気に含まれるリントを捕獲するフィルタ５３と、フィルタ５３を清掃する清掃手段５４と、給水管７１を流れる水の水力によって清掃手段５４をフィルタ５３に対して移動させてフィルタ５３で捕獲したリントをその捕獲面５３ａから除去する駆動機構５５とを備える。【選択図】 図５