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Granted Patent B2
US 10,538,874 · App. 15/382,867 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Heat pump mounting box and heat pump dryer or heat pump washer-dryer

Inventors: Song Lu (Wuxi, CN); Yulai Miao (Wuxi, CN); Wei Qian (Wuxi, CN)
Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN CO., LTD.
D06F58/206D06F29/02D06F39/04
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Patent No.
US 10,538,874
App. No.
15/382,867
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump dryer or washer-dryer, and a heat pump dryer or washer-dryer having the same are provided. The heat pump mounting box includes a base provided with an air suction port and a two-device mounting chamber; an air passage guide plate mounted on the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; and a flock filter mesh assembly drawably mounted on at least one of the base and the air passage guide plate and located at the drying air outlet. The heat pump mounting box according to the present invention has good connection tightness and is easy to clean, thereby being less likely to cause air quantity loss and flock accumulation.

Claims (30)

1. A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump dryer or washer-dryer, comprising:

a base provided with an air suction port and a two-device mounting chamber;

an air passage guide plate mounted to the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; and

a flock filter mesh assembly for intercepting flock in drying air blown to the two-device mounting chamber, drawably mounted to at least one of the base and the air passage guide plate, and located at the drying air outlet,

wherein a drawable guide rail is provided to at least one of the air passage guide plate and the base, and the flock filter mesh assembly is slidably fitted in the drawable guide rail, and

wherein the drawable guide rail comprises a vertical groove segment disposed at an inner edge of the drying air outlet, a horizontal groove segment disposed at an upper edge thereof, and a drawable port disposed at an outer edge thereof.

2. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the air guide passage is provided with several shaping guide ribs therein that extend from the drying air inlet to the drying air outlet in a length direction of the air guide passage and is connected to the base or the air passage guide plate.

3. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the drying air inlet is disposed in the air passage guide plate, and the drying air outlet is disposed in the air passage guide plate and has a lower edge constituted by the base.

4. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , further comprising an air suction bellow that is disposed within the base, and has a first end in communication with the air suction port, and a second end in communication with the drying air inlet and fitted over an air inlet sealing turn-up disposed to the air passage guide plate and surrounding the drying air inlet.

5. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover plate mounted over the base and at least covering the two-device mounting chamber, and

wherein the air passage guide plate is provided with an air outlet sealing turn-up that surrounds the drying air outlet and is pressed tight by the cover plate.

6. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the two-device mounting chamber comprises an evaporator mounting section and a condenser mounting section communicated with each other, and the drying air outlet is in communication with the evaporator mounting section.

7. The heat pump mounting box according to claim 1 , wherein the flock filter mesh assembly comprises:

a support frame drawably mounted at the drying air outlet, and

a filter mesh disposed in the support frame.

8. A heat pump dryer or washer-dryer, comprising a heat pump mounting box for the heat pump dryer or washer-dryer, wherein the heat pump mounting box comprises:

a base provided with an air suction port and a two-device mounting chamber;

an air passage guide plate mounted to the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; and

a flock filter mesh assembly for intercepting flock in drying air blown to the two-device mounting chamber, drawably mounted to at least one of the base and the air passage guide plate, and located at the drying air outlet,

wherein a drawable guide rail is provided to at least one of the air passage guide plate and the base, and the flock filter mesh assembly is slidably fitted in the drawable guide rail, and

wherein the drawable guide rail comprises a vertical groove segment disposed at an inner edge of the drying air outlet, a horizontal groove segment disposed at an upper edge thereof, and a drawable port disposed at an outer edge thereof.

9. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the air guide passage is provided with several shaping guide ribs therein that extend from the drying air inlet to the drying air outlet in a length direction of the air guide passage and is connected to the base or the air passage guide plate.

10. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the drying air inlet is disposed in the air passage guide plate, and the drying air outlet is disposed in the air passage guide plate and has a lower edge constituted by the base.

11. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , further comprising an air suction bellow that is disposed within the base, and has a first end in communication with the air suction port, and a second end in communication with the drying air inlet and fitted over an air inlet sealing turn-up disposed to the air passage guide plate and surrounding the drying air inlet.

12. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , further comprising a cover plate mounted over the base and at least covering the two-device mounting chamber, and

wherein the air passage guide plate is provided with an air outlet sealing turn-up that surrounds the drying air outlet and is pressed tight by the cover plate.

13. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the two-device mounting chamber comprises an evaporator mounting section and a condenser mounting section communicated with each other, and the drying air outlet is in communication with the evaporator mounting section.

14. The heat pump dryer or washer-dryer according to claim 8 , wherein the flock filter mesh assembly comprises:

a support frame drawably mounted at the drying air outlet, and

a filter mesh disposed in the support frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY LIMITED
To: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051057/0152 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2017
From: LU, SONG; MIAO, YULAI; QIAN, WEI
To: WUXI LITTLE SWAN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041082/0250 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2016 1 0377484 · May 31, 2016 · national
CN 2016 2 0519143 U · May 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170342645A1 · Nov 30, 2017