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 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 communicating with the heat exchange outlet, and an outlet communicating with the air inlet.

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 therein, the heat exchange chamber having a heat exchange inlet and 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. 
   
     
     
         2 . 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. 
     
     
         3 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the cabinet has an upper end face configured as an annular supporting face and the casing has a lower surface provided with a supporting fitting face which is be supported on the annular supporting face. 
     
     
         4 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the casing is fixedly connected with the cabinet through a threaded fastener. 
     
     
         5 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the supporting fitting face is provided with a supporting groove recessed upwards, and at least a portion of the annular supporting face is inserted in the supporting groove. 
     
     
         6 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein an upper end of a front surface of the cabinet is provided with a control panel, the control panel has a control region for controlling the clothes dryer or washer-dryer to operate, and the control panel extends upwards beyond the upper end face of the cabinet and abuts against the casing. 
     
     
         7 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat pump module further comprises a damping device, and the damping device is disposed on the compressor. 
     
     
         8 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the casing is detachably connected with the cabinet. 
     
     
         9 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         10 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 2 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         11 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         12 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 4 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         13 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 5 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         14 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 6 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         15 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 7 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         16 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 8 , wherein the casing comprises:
 a base disposed on the cabinet, the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being disposed to the base, at least one of the condenser, the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly being supported on the base, and an outlet end of the fan assembly stretching downwards out of the base and being connected with the inner drum through an air intake pipe; and   a cover body covering on the base and shielding at least one of the compressor, the evaporator, the throttling device and the fan assembly.   
     
     
         17 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 9 , further comprising an outer cover that detachably covers on the casing and is detachably connected with the base. 
     
     
         18 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 10 , further comprising an outer cover that detachably covers on the casing and is detachably connected with the base. 
     
     
         19 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 11 , further comprising an outer cover that detachably covers on the casing and is detachably connected with the base. 
     
     
         20 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 15 , further comprising an outer cover that detachably covers on the casing and is detachably connected with the base.