Cloth drier, washing machine, and washing machine with cloth drying function

Abstract

This invention provides a cloth drier, which is improved in the effect of washing, deodorizing and sterilization of clothes by ozone and can allow an ozone generation element to be easily replaced, or allow ozone to be safely regulated, and a washing machine and a washing machine with a cloth drying function. An ozone generator (40) applies silent discharge to an introduced air to generate ozone. This ozone is sucked into a drying air duct (15) by a blower (20) and the rotation of a drum (3) and is mixed into air heated by a heater (21), and the mixture is supplied through an inlet (17) into the drum (3). This allows ozone to be supplied into clothes to be dried, and the clothes are effectively deodorized and sterilized. Since the ozone generator (40) is disposed away from the drying air duct (15), the ozone generation element can be easily replaced. After the completion of drying, there is no ozone within the drum (3) due to an oxidation reaction, and, thus, there is no possibility that the user is influenced by ozone when the user takes the clothes out of the drum (3).

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a clothes dryer, a washing machine and a washing machine with a clothes drying function, which have improved washing, deodorizing and sterilizing effects of washed clothes. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, it is known that the warm air generated by the heating device is circulated in the circulation passage, and the ozone generated by the ozone generating device is supplied to the clothes in the drying chamber to deodorize and sterilize the clothes. In the invention described in Patent Document 1, A futon dryer is presented. [0003] In addition, in the invention described in Patent Document 2, a washing machine using such a deodorizing and microbe-eliminating mechanism is proposed. [0004] Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-371199 [0005] Patent Document 2: JP-A-2002-320792 [0006] However, in the coated dryer described in Patent Document 1, when ozone is supplied in a state wher...

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[0006] However, in the coated dryer described in Patent Document 1, when ozone is supplied in a state where the bedding is wet (with moisture), the solubility of ozone is low as long as the ozone concentration is not too high. The moisture in the bedding acts as an obstacle, and ozone cannot penetrate into the bedding, resulting in failure to improve the deodorization and sterilization effects

[0007] On the other hand, in the washing machine described in Patent Document 2, ozone is also supplied to wet clothes. Therefore, the same problem as that of the invention described in Patent Document 1 remains. If the concentration is low, the moisture contained in the clothes will act as an obstacle, and the ozone will not penetrate into the clothes, resulting in the inability to fully exert the deodorizing and sterilizing effects.

[0008] In addition, the ozone generating elements in the ozone generating device (for example, substrates and electrodes using discharge ozone generating elements) are also arranged in the above-mentioned circulating air passage, and in this case, replacement of the ozone generating elements takes labor and time.

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