KR20080058296A - Heater fixing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A heater supporting device is provided to prevent separation of a bracket by installing a divided tub, sliding the bracket into an installation member formed on a part of the tub and fixing the bracket with a support member formed on the other part of the tub. A device for supporting a heater comprises a tub(52), a bracket(120), an installation member(110), and a support member(130). The tub contains water, and has a first tub(52b) and a second tub(52c) which can be separated from each other. The second tub has a fastening hole. The fastening hole is formed perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the installation member. The bracket holds free end of a heater to regulate temperature of water. The installation member is formed on the first tub, and slides the bracket from the rear part to the front part until the bracket makes contact with the rear periphery of the bracket. The support member is formed on the second tub to support the rear part of the bracket when the periphery of the first and second tubs make contact with each other, and has a fastening protrusion at the lower part to be detachably inserted to the fastening hole of the second tub, thereby improving supporting force for the installation member and allowing the bracket to be separated from the second tub.

Description

Heater support device {HEATER FIXING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a heater support device, and more particularly, assembly and disassembly operation are facilitated by coupling a bracket provided on a tub to securely fix a free end of a heater for washing a boil. The present invention relates to a heater support device which can be replaced by detachably mounting a mounting member for mounting a bracket and a support member for supporting the bracket on a tub.

1 is a front view showing a heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to the prior art.

Referring to Figure 1, the heater mounting apparatus of the drum washing machine according to the prior art is a heater (1) for heating the washing water for boiled laundry, a heater bracket (2) on which the heater (1) is mounted, and the heater (1) The tub 3 is provided with an insertion protrusion 4 into which both ends of the heater bracket 2 are inserted in order to mount the heater bracket 2 mounted on the tub 3.

As the washing proceeds in the state configured as described above, there is a concern that the heater bracket 2 which is inserted and fixed to the insertion protrusion 4 may come out during strong dehydration administration.

Therefore, when the heater bracket 2 exits from the insertion protrusion 4, a problem occurs in which the heater 1 is broken.

Figure 2 is a front view showing another embodiment of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to the prior art.

Referring to Figure 2, in order to improve the problems described above, the heater bracket 22 is mounted to the heater 21 for heating the wash water, and the fixing is inserted into the insertion hole formed on both ends of the heater bracket 22 A screw 23, a fixing hole 25 formed in the tub 24 so that the fixing screw 23 is inserted, and a fixing nut 26 fixing the fixing screw 23 inserted into the fixing hole 25 are provided. Two O-rings 27 are mounted between the head of the fixing screw 23 and the tub 24 and between the tub 24 and the fixing nut 26.

Thus, the configuration in which the heater 21 is mounted on the tub 24 has a complicated configuration, which increases the number of parts. Therefore, the assembly is complicated, and the O-ring 27 is inserted into the fixing screw 23 in the assembling process. , Inserting the fixing screw 23 into the fixing hole 25 formed in the tub 24, inserting the O-ring (27) to the end of the fixing screw 23 inserted into the fixing hole 25, and then fixed The assembling process is complicated by coupling and fixing the fixing nut 26 to the tip of the screw 23.

Therefore, the heater support apparatus of the conventional drum washing machine has a problem that the assembly cost is increased in the assembling process of the product, as well as the number of parts increases, so that the cost of the product is increased.

In addition, the heater support device of the conventional drum washing machine has a problem in that the assembly work is cumbersome because a screw fastening occurs when the heater bracket is coupled to the tub by fixing the heater bracket to the tub with a fixing screw.

The present invention has been made to improve the above problems of the prior art, by fitting the bracket for fixing the free end portion of the heater to the installation member on the tub to improve the assembling and support the installation member and bracket It is an object of the present invention to provide a heater support device that facilitates replacement by attaching and detaching a support member on a tub.

The heater support device according to the present invention for solving the above problems is the tub consisting of the first tub and the second tub that can be separated from each other containing the wash water, the other end of the free end of the heater provided to control the temperature of the wash water is inserted Bracket, the installation member is formed on the first tub and slide-connected to the bracket from the rear side to the front side until the contact with the rear edge of the bracket and formed on the second tub and the first tub and the And a support member which prevents the rear side detachment of the bracket by supporting the rear side of the bracket inserted into the mounting member while simultaneously contacting the edges of the second tub, wherein the second tub is installed of the mounting member. The support member is formed at the lower side of the locking hole in a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. By providing an obstacle such that Li can be inserted, wherein the support member is characterized by a heater supporting device to enable separating the bracket from the fixed installation condition of the well and the second tub increasing the bearing capacity of the installation member.

The bracket is characterized in that the installation hole for inserting the heater is formed.

The bracket is preferably formed to extend the elastic piece bent around the installation hole to cushion the vibration generated in the heater.

 The bracket is characterized in that the slide is inserted into the installation member.

The mounting member is formed with a fitting hole, characterized in that the bracket is provided with a fitting piece which is slide-inserted into the fitting hole.

The fitting piece is preferably provided with a reinforcing rib to reinforce the lower deflection.

The first tub and the second tub may be integrally formed when the installation member is detachably mounted to the first tub and / or the support member is detachably mounted to the second tub.

The installation member is preferably detachably installed on the first tub or the second tub.

A hook hole is formed in the first tub or the second tub, and a hook protrusion is provided at a lower portion of the installation member so as to be fitted into the hook hole.

The heater support device according to the present invention configured as described above is formed on the other tub when the tub is divided, and after inserting the bracket into the mounting member formed on any one of the tub insert the heater is combined with the tub Since the bracket is fixed to the support member to prevent random detachment of the bracket from the installation member, the assembly can be improved due to the simple structure of slide insertion of the bracket.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a heater support device and a drum washing machine having the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

For convenience of description, a heater support device installed in a drum washing machine will be described as an example. In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description.

In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or convention of a user or an operator.

Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the main part showing a heater supporting device of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. to be.

And, Figure 6 is a front sectional view showing the installation state of the heater support device of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a bracket of the heater support device of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. to be.

In addition, Figure 8 is a perspective view of the main part showing the detachable structure of the installation member of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 9 is a support of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention It is a perspective view of the main portion showing the detachable structure of the member.

3 to 7, a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is a cabinet 51 forming an outer shape, and a tub installed to be able to flow a predetermined amount inside the cabinet 51 so that washing water is fresh. 52, a drum 53 rotatably installed inside the tub 52, a driving device 57 connected to the rotary shaft of the drum 53 and installed on the tub 52, and the tub ( And a water supply device 58 installed at 52 and extending outside the cabinet 51 to supply washing water to the tub 52, and a drainage device 59 extending from the tub 52 to the outside of the cabinet 51. do.

Thus, the water supply device 58 supplies the washing water to the tub 52, the laundry stored in the drum 53 while the drum 53 rotates when power is applied to the driving device 57 by an external operation. The rotation is performed to perform the washing operation.

Here, the tub 52 generally serves to contain washing water for washing, including washing, and is mounted inside a washing machine, a drum washing machine, a dish washer and a dryer, and includes a heater 60 at a bottom thereof. The heater 60 heats the washing water supplied to the tub 52 to a high temperature, so that the washing operation can be boiled.

In particular, the tub 52 is provided with a mounting hole 52a on the side to insert one end of the heater 60 so that one end of the heater 60 is fixedly mounted by the mounting hole 52a.

At this time, since the other end of the heater 60 is a free end, shaking occurs to generate noise.

Thus, the other end of the heater 60 is fixed by the heater support device.

The heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely composed of the installation member 110, the bracket 120, the support member 130 and the fixing portion 140.

The installation member 110 protrudes from the tub 52.

In this case, the installation member 110 may be integrally formed with the tub 52 by injection molding or a mold, or may be formed as a separate object and coupled to the tub 52.

In addition, the bracket 120 serves to support the other end of the heater 60, which is a free end, and is formed in the installation member 110.

At this time, one end of the heater 60 is inserted into and fixed to the mounting hole portion 52a formed on the inner surface of the tub 52.

In addition, the support member 130 is formed on the tub 52 serves to prevent the bracket 120 is pushed in one direction of the heater 60 to be separated out.

On the other hand, the tub 52 is separated into the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c to be in contact with each other.

For convenience, the installation member 110 is shown as being provided in the first tub 52b and the support member 130 is provided in the second tub 52c.

Thus, the support member 130 is preferably such that the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c are in contact with each other facing the edges and push the bracket 120 to support.

At this time, the coupling structure of the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c is a known structure, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c may be integrally formed.

In particular, as shown in FIG. 8, the installation member 110 is detachably formed on the first tub 52b or the second tub 52c by the first detachable member 150.

For convenience, the installation member 110 is shown to be detachably formed on the first tub (52b).

The first detachable member 150 includes a hook hole 152 formed in the first tub 52b and a hook protrusion protruding from the lower portion of the installation member 110 to be detachably fitted to the hook hole 152. 154).

As shown in FIG. 9, the support member 130 is formed to be detachably attached to the first tub 52b or the second tub 52c by the second detachable member 160.

For convenience, the support member 130 is shown to be detachably formed on the second tub (52c).

The second detachable member 160 includes a locking hole 162 formed in the second tub 52c and a locking protrusion protruding from the lower portion of the support member 130 so as to be detachably inserted into the locking hole 162. 164).

In addition, the bracket 120 passes through the installation hole 122 to fix the heater 60 by inserting.

The installation hole 122 is preferably formed in the position of the bracket 120, the heater 60 is installed side by side with the bottom surface of the tub 52.

In addition, when the heater 60 is shaken, the mounting hole 122 of the bracket 120 forms an elastic piece 124 at the edge to cushion the vibration.

The elastic piece 124 is formed extending from the circumference of the installation hole 122 to support the circumference of the heater (60).

At this time, the elastic piece 124 is preferably formed to extend bent around the installation hole 122 to maximize the elastic force.

In addition, the elastic piece 124 may be formed over the entire circumference of the installation hole 122, but is formed in the lower circumference to the bracket 120 that is supported by the first tub 52b during the vibration of the heater 60 It is desirable to cushion the impact force applied.

On the other hand, the bracket 120 is preferably slide-mounted detachably to the installation member 110 by the fixing portion 140.

Here, the fixing part 140 is formed to extend through the fitting hole 142 and the bracket 120 communicated to both sides of the installation member 110 so as to expose the surface of the first tub 52b is the first It is supported by the tub 52b and is formed as a fitting piece 144 that is slide-inserted into the fitting hole 142.

That is, the fitting piece 144 slides along the surface of the first tub 52b and is inserted into the fitting hole 142 of the installation member 110 so that the bracket 120 is inserted into and fixed to the installation member 110.

At this time, the reinforcing rib 146 is formed to protrude to be connected to the upper surface of the fitting piece 144 and the front surface of the bracket 120.

The reinforcing rib 146 serves to reinforce the fitting piece 144 when receiving the bending force in the downward direction.

After the slide 120 is inserted into the installation member 110 formed on the first tub 52b, the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c are assembled.

At this time, the second tub 52c is formed with a support member 130, when the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c are assembled, the support member 130 installs the bracket 120. Push in the (110) direction to prevent the bracket 120 is separated in the opposite direction.

Looking at the operation of the heater support device and the drum washing machine having the same according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, the operator inserts the other end of the heater 60 into the mounting hole 122 of the bracket 120, and then the mounting member 144 of the bracket 120 is mounted on the first tub 52b ( The slide is inserted into the fitting hole 142 of the 110.

At this time, the fitting piece 144 of the bracket 120 is in contact with the first tub 52b when inserted into the fitting hole 142, so that the bracket 120 is stably coupled.

In particular, the tub 52 is composed of a first tub 52b and a second tub 52c, the installation member 110 is mounted to the first tub 52b, the second tub 52c The support member 130 is mounted.

Therefore, when the operator combines the first tub 52b and the second tub 52c forming the tub 52, the support member 130 is installed by pushing the bracket 120 inserted into the installation member 110. It prevents the departure from the member 110.

Thereafter, when the wash water is supplied to the tub 52 by the water supply device 58, the heater 60 is immersed in the wash water, and when power is applied to the heater 60, the washing water is supplied to heat the wash water above a predetermined temperature. As a result, the washing operation can be performed.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible to those skilled in the art. Will understand.

In addition, the heater support device installed in the drum washing machine has been described as an example, but this is merely illustrative, and the heater support device of the present invention may be used in other products other than the heater support device used in the drum washing machine.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

1 is a front view showing a heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a front view showing another embodiment of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to the prior art.

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the main part showing a heater supporting device of a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 4.

Figure 6 is a front sectional view showing the installation state of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a bracket of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view showing a main part of the detachable structure of the installation member of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the main part showing the detachable structure of the support member of the heater support apparatus of the drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

51: cabinet 52: tub

52b, 52c: First and Second Tub 53: Drums

60: heater 110: mounting member

120: bracket 122: mounting hole

124: elastic piece 130: support member

140: Go government 142: fitting hall

144: fitting 146: reinforcing rib

Claims (9)

A tub containing washing water, the tub comprising a first tub and a second tub separated from each other; Bracket for inserting the other end of the free end of the heater provided to control the temperature of the wash water; An installation member formed on the first tub and slidingly inserting and engaging the bracket from the rear side to the front side until it contacts the rear edge of the bracket; And A support member formed on the second tub and supporting the rear side of the bracket inserted into the mounting member while simultaneously facing the edges of the first tub and the second tub, and supporting the rear side of the bracket. Is configured to include, The second tub forms a locking hole in a direction perpendicular to the installed longitudinal direction of the mounting member, and the support member has a locking protrusion to be inserted into the locking hole in a lower side thereof, so that the support member is installed. The heater support device, characterized in that to increase the bearing capacity for the member and to be detachable from the bracket in the fixed installation state of the second tub. The method of claim 1, Heater support device characterized in that the mounting hole is formed in the bracket for inserting the heater. The method of claim 2, The bracket is a heater support device characterized in that the elastic member is formed to be bent extending around the installation hole to cushion the vibration generated in the heater. The method of claim 1,  The bracket is a heater support device characterized in that the slide is inserted into the installation member. The method of claim 4, wherein A fitting hole is formed in the installation member; The bracket is a heater support device, characterized in that the fitting piece is provided by being inserted into the fitting slide slide. The method of claim 5, The fitting piece has a heater support device characterized in that it has a reinforcing rib to reinforce the lower deflection. The method of claim 1, And the first tub and the second tub are integrally formed when the installation member is detachably mounted to the first tub and / or the support member is detachably mounted to the second tub. Support device. The method of claim 1, The installation member is a heater support device, characterized in that installed detachably to the first tub or the second tub. The method of claim 8, A hook hole is formed in the first tub or the second tub; The installation member is a heater support device characterized in that the hook projection is provided at the bottom to be fitted in the hook hole.

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