WASHING/DRYING MACHINE

• Main Authors: MATSUMOTO KOJI, IMANARI MASAO, YADA YOSHIHIRO, TAKAHASHI KOTARO, UCHIDA MARI, KUROSAWA MARI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.05.2023
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

To provide a washing/drying machine that allows an increase in power consumed by drying to be reduced and the amount of circulating air that is blown onto clothing items to be increased through controlling temperature/humidity.SOLUTION: In a washing/drying machine 100 including an air circulation mechanism with which air is circulated through an inner drum and a heat exchange unit 251, the air circulation mechanism includes a first fan 256 and a second fan 20, a first air circulation passage that has a first outlet 257 through which air sent by the first fan 256 is circulated into the inner drum, and a second air circulation passage that has a second outlet 203 through which air sent by the second fan 20 is circulated into the inner drum, and the second air circulation passage branches off at a point between the first fan 256 and the first outlet 257 in the first air circulation passage and the second fan 20 is placed at a point between a fork point 258 at which the passage branches off from the first air circulation passage and the second outlet 203.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】乾燥のための消費電力量の増加を抑制することができ、温湿度を制御して衣類に吹き付ける空気の循環量を増やすことができる洗濯乾燥機を提供する。【解決手段】内槽と熱交換ユニット２５１とを経由して空気を循環させる空気循環機構を備えた洗濯乾燥機１００において、空気循環機構は、第１送風機２５６および第２送風機２０と、第１送風機２５６により送風される空気を内槽に循環させる第１吹出口２５７を有する第１空気循環流路と、第２送風機２０により送風される空気を内槽に循環させる第２吹出口２０３を有する第２空気循環流路と、を有し、第２空気循環流路は、第１空気循環流路における第１送風機２５６と第１吹出口２５７との間から分岐して設けられ、第１空気循環流路との分岐部２５８と第２吹出口２０３との間に第２送風機２０が配置される。【選択図】図３