Clothes dryer or washer-dryer

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a clothes dryer or washer-dryer including a cabinet; a drum body rotatably disposed in the cabinet, defining a containing chamber therein, and having an air inlet and an air outlet both communicating with the containing chamber; a heat pump system disposed to the cabinet to transport hot air into the containing chamber; and a fan assembly having a fan air channel that is in communication with the air inlet, located between the heat pump system and the air inlet in an airflow direction, and provided with a heating member therein to further heat air transported into the fan air channel, thus further heating the hot air in the fan air channel, raising a temperature of the hot air entering the containing chamber, shortening a period for drying clothes, bringing great convenience to user's life, and shortening a work time of the components like a compressor.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothes dryer or washer-dryer comprising:
 a cabinet;   a drum body rotatably disposed in the cabinet, defining a containing chamber therein, and having an air inlet and an air outlet both communicating with the containing chamber;   a heat pump system disposed to the cabinet to transport hot air into the containing chamber; and   a fan assembly having a fan air channel that is in communication with the air inlet, located between the heat pump system and the air inlet in an airflow direction, and provided with a heating member therein to further heat air transported into the fan air channel.   
     
     
         2 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat pump system has a heat pump air channel, the fan assembly has an inlet communicating with the heat pump air channel to transport hot air generated by the heat pump system into the fan air channel. 
     
     
         3 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the fan assembly comprises:
 a fan base;   a fan spiral case connected with the fan base to define the fan air channel, in which at least one of an internal wall of the fan spiral case and an internal wall of the fan base is provided with the heating member;   a fan rotatably disposed in the fan air channel; and   a motor connected with the fan to drive the fan to rotate.   
     
     
         4 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating member is disposed close to an outlet of the fan assembly. 
     
     
         5 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 3 , wherein the heating member is configured as a heating pipe. 
     
     
         6 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 5 , wherein the heating pipe has a first end connected with the internal wall of the fan spiral case and the internal wall of the fan base separately and stretching out of the fan assembly to be connected with a power supply, and a second end connected with the internal wall of the fan base. 
     
     
         7 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 6 , wherein the second end of the heating pipe is provided with a fixing sheet, and the fixing sheet is connected with the fan base through a screw. 
     
     
         8 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 5 , wherein the heating pipe is configured as a multi-bend heating pipe. 
     
     
         9 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 8 , wherein the heating pipe is substantially S-shaped. 
     
     
         10 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 2 , wherein the heat pump system comprises:
 a compressor;   an evaporator connected with the compressor; and   a condenser disposed in the heat pump air channel and above the fan assembly, and having two ends connected with the compressor and the evaporator respectively.   
     
     
         11 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 4 , wherein the heating member is configured as a heating pipe. 
     
     
         12 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 11 , wherein the heating pipe has a first end connected with the internal wall of the fan spiral case and the internal wall of the fan base separately and stretching out of the fan assembly to be connected with a power supply, and a second end connected with the internal wall of the fan base. 
     
     
         13 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 12 , wherein the second end of the heating pipe is provided with a fixing sheet, and the fixing sheet is connected with the fan base through a screw. 
     
     
         14 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 11 , wherein the heating pipe is configured as a multi-bend heating pipe. 
     
     
         15 . The clothes dryer or washer-dryer according to  claim 14 , wherein the heating pipe is substantially S-shaped.