Login| Sign Up| Help| Contact|

Patent Searching and Data


Title:
WASHING/DRYING MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009022402
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To improve the drying efficiency of clothes by suppressing part of drying air from passing through between an inner tub and an outer tub without entering into the inner tub.

This washing/drying machine includes a first circulation air duct 36 configured to circulate the inner tub 25, a dehumidification means 38 and a heating means 37, a labyrinth part 27 constituted by providing a plurality of annular projections on the inner base of the outer tub 23 and the outer base of the inner tub, and a second air blowing means 42 for blowing air to the bottom in the outer tub, wherein the first circulation air duct has an air blowing port 40 to the inside of the outer tub at a part closer to the rotation center side of the annular labyrinth part, and the second air blowing means 42 blows the air from the outside of the labyrinth part 27 to oppose the drying air flowing from the labyrinth part.


Inventors:
MATSUDA SHINICHI
NAKAMOTO SHIGEHARU
FUJIWARA NOBUHIKO
Application Number:
JP2007186620A
Publication Date:
February 05, 2009
Filing Date:
July 18, 2007
Export Citation:
Click for automatic bibliography generation   Help
Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP
International Classes:
D06F25/00; D06F39/12; D06F58/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fumio Iwahashi
Hiroki Naito
Daisuke Nagano