Clothes dryer or washer-dryer

Abstract

The present invention discloses a clothes dryer or washer-dryer. The clothes dryer or washer-dryer includes: a cabinet; an inner drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and having an air inlet and an air outlet; and a heat pump module disposed to an upper end of the cabinet and including: a casing connected with the cabinet and defining a heat exchange chamber and at least one mounting chamber therein, the heat exchange chamber having a heat exchange inlet and a heat exchange outlet; a condenser disposed in the heat exchange chamber; a compressor disposed to the casing; an evaporator disposed to the casing; a throttling device disposed to the casing and sequentially connected with the condenser, the compressor and the evaporator to form a heat pump circuit; and a fan assembly disposed to the casing and having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet communicating with the heat exchange outlet, and the outlet communicating with the air inlet, wherein at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly is disposed in the corresponding at least one mounting chamber. The clothes dryer or washer-dryer with the heat pump module integrally mounted to the cabinet is reasonable in component layout and stable in component installation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothes dryer or washer-dryer comprising:
 a cabinet;   an inner drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and having an air inlet and an air outlet; and   a heat pump module disposed to an upper end of the cabinet and comprising:
 a casing connected with the cabinet and defining a heat exchange chamber and at least one mounting chamber therein, the heat exchange chamber having a heat exchange inlet and a heat exchange outlet; 
 a condenser disposed in the heat exchange chamber, 
 a compressor disposed to the casing; 
 an evaporator disposed to the casing; 
 a throttling device disposed to the casing and sequentially connected with the condenser, the compressor and the evaporator to form a heat pump circuit; and 
 a fan assembly disposed to the casing and having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet communicating with the heat exchange outlet, and the outlet may communicating with the air inlet, wherein at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly is disposed in the corresponding at least one mounting chamber. 
   
     
     
         2 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the fan assembly is disposed on a lower surface of the casing. 
     
     
         3 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 2 , wherein the at least one mounting chamber comprises a compressor mounting chamber, an evaporator mounting chamber and a throttling device mounting chamber, and the compressor, the evaporator and the throttling device are respectively and correspondingly mounted in the compressor mounting chamber, the evaporator mounting chamber and the throttling device mounting chamber. 
     
     
         4 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the casing is provided with a first two-component chamber and a second two-component chamber, and the first two-component chamber is provided with a separating plate therein to separate the first two-component chamber into the heat exchange chamber and the evaporator mounting chamber. 
     
     
         5 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 4 , wherein the compressor mounting chamber communicates with the throttling device mounting chamber to form the second two-component chamber. 
     
     
         6 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 5 , wherein the first two-component chamber is located in front of the second two-component chamber. 
     
     
         7 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat pump module further comprises a filter, the filter is disposed to the casing and has a filtering inlet and a filtering outlet, the filtering inlet communicates with the air outlet, and the filtering outlet communicates with the heat exchange inlet. 
     
     
         8 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 7 , wherein the at least one mounting chamber further comprises a filter mounting chamber, and the filter is disposed in the filter mounting chamber. 
     
     
         9 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         10 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 2 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         11 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 4 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 5 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         14 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 6 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         15 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 7 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         16 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 8 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet; and   a cover body detachably covering on the base and cooperating with the base to define the heat exchange chamber and the at least one mounting chamber.   
     
     
         17 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 9 , further comprising an outer cover, wherein the outer cover detachably covers on the casing. 
     
     
         18 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 10 , further comprising an outer cover, wherein the outer cover detachably covers on the casing. 
     
     
         19 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 11 , further comprising an outer cover, wherein the outer cover detachably covers on the casing. 
     
     
         20 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 15 , further comprising an outer cover, wherein the outer cover detachably covers on the casing.