Clothing drying apparatus

Abstract

A clothing drying apparatus includes a first drying apparatus supplying hot air to an inside of a rotary drum and a second drying apparatus coupled to the first drying apparatus, wherein the second drying apparatus includes: a dry chamber with a discharge hole formed at one side thereof, a hot air unit supplying hot air to an inner side of the dry chamber through the discharge hole, and a cover shelf disposed above the discharge hole within the dry chamber to face a bottom surface of the dry chamber and having a plurality of through holes upwardly injecting lower hot air.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothing drying apparatus comprising:
 a first drying apparatus configured to supply hot air to an inside of a rotary drum of the first drying apparatus to dry laundry in the rotary drum; and   a second drying apparatus configured to be coupled to the first drying apparatus,   wherein the second drying apparatus includes:
 a dry chamber configured to receive laundry and including a discharge hole; 
 a hot air unit configured to supply hot air to an inside of the dry chamber through the discharge hole; and 
 a cover shelf disposed in the dry chamber and having a plurality of through holes configured to allow the hot air, supplied by the hot air unit to a lower side of the cover shelf, to flow, through the plurality of through holes, from the lower side of the cover shelf to an upper side of the cover shelf to dry the laundry received in the dry chamber and supported on the upper side of the cover shelf. 
   
     
     
         2 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the dry chamber further includes a plurality of guide protrusions protruding from a bottom surface of the dry chamber and configured to change a flow of the hot air supplied by the hot air unit below the cover shelf. 
     
     
         3 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the discharge hole is disposed to be adjacent to the bottom surface and each of the plurality of guide protrusions includes a sloped surface upwardly sloped from the bottom surface of the dry chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of guide protrusions is disposed to be adjacent to a side wall of the dry chamber adjacent to the bottom surface and configured to guide the hot air supplied by the hot air unit moving along the side wall toward the cover shelf. 
     
     
         5 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of guide protrusions is respectively disposed on a corner of the bottom surface and the sloped surface of each of the plurality of guide protrusions is upwardly sloped toward a center of the bottom surface. 
     
     
         6 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein
 the sloped surface includes an inlet border connected to the bottom surface and configured to allow the hot air supplied by the hot air unit to be introduced therethrough and an outlet border higher than the inlet border and configured to allow the introduced hot air to be discharged therethrough, and   the sloped surface has a radial shape increasing in width from the inlet border to the outlet border.   
     
     
         7 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the side wall includes a front surface, a rear surface facing the front surface, and first and second side surfaces connecting the front surface and the rear surface, and the discharge hole is formed at a central lower end portion of the rear surface and configured to discharge the hot air supplied by the hot air unit toward the front surface. 
     
     
         8 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of guide protrusions include first and second guide protrusions adjacent to first and second corner parts formed between the front surface and the first and second side surfaces, respectively. 
     
     
         9 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the dry chamber includes a first guide member protruding toward the discharge hole from a central portion of the front surface and configured to guide hot air from a direction toward the front surface to a direction toward the first and second side surfaces. 
     
     
         10 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of guide protrusions further include a third guide protrusion disposed on a rear side of the first guide protrusion and a fourth guide protrusion disposed on a rear side of the second guide protrusion. 
     
     
         11 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the bottom surface includes a sloped part upwardly sloped in a direction toward the front surface from the rear surface. 
     
     
         12 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the bottom surface is downwardly sloped toward the first and second side surfaces with respect to a central line connecting the rear surface and the front surface. 
     
     
         13 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the dry chamber includes first and second reservoirs adjacent to the rear surface and recessed downwardly from the bottom surface. 
     
     
         14 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein
 the dry chamber includes an exhaust hole extending in a lengthwise direction of the rear surface, and   the second drying apparatus further includes an exhaust duct coupled to the exhaust hole and configured to discharge hot air from the dry chamber through the exhaust hole.   
     
     
         15 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the exhaust duct includes a first opening connected to the exhaust hole, a second opening disposed to face the first opening and configured to discharge hot air introduced into the first opening, and a bypass hole formed adjacent to the hot air unit. 
     
     
         16 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a pair of injection units respectively disposed on both sides of the dry chamber and configured to inject hot air toward an inside of the dry chamber.   
     
     
         17 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cover shelf includes a plurality of ribs communicating with the plurality of through holes and protruding toward the bottom surface of the dry chamber. 
     
     
         18 . The clothing drying apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the second drying apparatus includes a rack member disposed above the cover shelf within the dry chamber and having a plurality of parallel poles. 
     
     
         19 . A clothing drying apparatus comprising:
 a first drying apparatus configured to supply hot air to the inside of a rotary drum of the first drying apparatus to dry laundry in the rotary drum; and   a second drying apparatus configured to be disposed above and coupled to the first drying apparatus,   wherein the second drying apparatus includes:
 a dry chamber having a guide protrusion configured to deflect hot air introduced in a first direction from one side surface of the dry chamber in a second direction; and 
 a cover shelf disposed to be spaced apart from a bottom surface of the dry chamber in the second direction, and including a plurality of injection holes configured to allow the hot air to flow in the second direction from a first side of the cover shelf to a second side of the cover shelf, opposite the first side of the cover shelf, to dry laundry located in the second direction from the cover shelf. 
   
     
     
         20 . An apparatus comprising:
 a first surface configured to be coupled to at least one of a laundry washing apparatus and a laundry drying apparatus;   a hot air supplier configured to generate hot air;   a drying chamber including
 a door configured to open and close the drying chamber and through which laundry is received into the drying chamber; 
 a first section configured to receive the generated hot air through a hole in the drying chamber and to drain water from the drying chamber, and 
 a second section configured to receive the laundry through the door, to support the received laundry, and to discharge the received air from the drying chamber; and 
   a fixed shelf configured to be disposed in the drying chamber between the first section and the second section, and including a plurality of holes through which the received hot air is configured to flow from the first section to the second section and through which water is configured to drain from the second section to the first section to dry the laundry supported in the second section.