CN101086116A - Front structure for washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a froe face structure of washing machine It includes rear chassis cover installed on the chassis fore face; and the fore end surface which can cover the rear chassis cover and the opposite side is equipped with flange, and the flange is equipped with the fore chassis cover of water discharging flow circuit. The froe face structure of washing machine provided by the invention is: the fore chassis cover opposite side flange which can cover the fore end surface of rear chassis cover is equipped with water discharging flow circuit, so that water penetrated between the fore chassis cover and the rear chassis cover can flow to bottom through the water-discharging flow circuit, thereby it can prevent the noise and corrosion caused by water accumulation. And, the back side of fore chassis cover is processed with flange along the left and right, up and down direction, the left and right flange are processed with water discharging flow circuit composed by open rhone, so the forming of water discharging structure is easier. In addition, the flange is equipped with convex object which make a distance between the ambient position of rhone and the fore end surface of rear chassis cover, thereby the invention can prevent water accumulation effectively.

Description

A kind of fore surface structure of washing machine

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of fore surface structure of washing machine, particularly relate to a kind of cabinet cover that forms washing machine front outward appearance and constitute, and the back side of front housing lid is formed with the fore surface structure of washing machine of the draining stream that can make the downward discharging of water by front housing lid and rear chassis cover.

Background technology

In general, washing machine be a kind of for remove the clothing that is placed on cylinder inside, on the bedding (hereinafter referred to as " washings ") dirt and utilize the water that offers cylindric washer inside and device that the effect of washing agent (hereinafter referred to as " washings ") is washed washings by processes such as washing, rinsing, dehydrations.Fig. 1 is the washing machine structure stereogram of prior art.Fig. 2 is the washing machine vertical structure cutaway view of prior art.As shown in Figures 1 and 2, in the washing machine of this prior art, the upside on chassis 2 is provided with casing 3, and the front of casing 3 is provided with the cabinet cover 4 that is formed with washings gateway 4a on it, cabinet cover 4 be provided with can rotating open-close washings gateway 4a door 5.Be provided with top panel 6 above the casing 3, the upside of cabinet cover 4 then is provided with and is used for the control panel 7 that the user imports operational orders such as washing, rinsing, dehydration.In order to guarantee the intensity of casing 3, cabinet cover 4 is made by metal material, and considers factors such as corrosion and its front end face is painted, and the side of its washings gateway 4a utilizes bolt to be connected with to be used for the hinge member 4b of hinged door 5.Door 5 comprises the doorframe 5a that is connected in rotary manner on the cabinet cover 4; Be arranged on the doorframe 5a and the door glass 5b that protrude to form of cylinder 20 directions that will narrate rearwards.Be provided with front upper frame 8 between the left surface upper front end of casing 3 and the right flank upper front end, then be provided with front lower frame 9 between its left surface front end bottom and the right flank front end bottom.In addition, the top on chassis 2 utilizes damper 2a and spring 3a to be equipped with and is horizontally disposed with, and is used for the round barrel shape cylindric washer 10 of holding washing water.Be formed with the open pore 12 that is positioned at 4a rear, washings gateway on the cabinet cover 4 on the cylindric washer 10, the front end of open pore 12 is equipped with the sealing gasket 14 that can be adjacent to mutually with door 5.The inner horizontal of cylindric washer 10 is equipped with and the inner circumferential surface spacing setting of being separated by, and is used to place the round barrel shape cylinder 20 of washings.Be formed with the gateway 21 that can pick and place washings m on the front end face of cylinder 20, be formed with a plurality of water holes 22 that are used for the inflow and outflow washings on its periphery or the rear end face, and the inwall of periphery is provided with and washings m can be risen to the lifting member 23 that certain altitude then leaves it.Be equipped with on the cylindric washer 10 and be used to support and the motor 30 of rotary drum 20.Motor 30 is by the stator 32 that is installed in cylindric washer 10 back sides; The rotor 34 that can be rotated by interaction with stator 32; And be arranged on the rotor 34, thereby can constitute with the rotating shaft 36 that rotor 34 together is rotated.Rotating shaft 36 connects and is arranged on the rear end face of cylindric washer 10, and it is rotatably supported by the bearing 37,38 that is installed on the cylindric washer 10, and the rear end is arranged on the rotor 34, and its front end then is connected on the rear end face of cylinder 20.The upside of cylindric washer 10 is connected with the waterworks that washings can be provided to the inside of cylindric washer 10.Described waterworks comprise the water-supply valve 41 that is connected with outer water tube 40 and the running water that provides by outer water tube 40 can be provided; Be used for the feed pipe 42 of directed flow through the running water of water-supply valve 41; For the running water that provides by feed pipe 42 being mixed mutually with the washing agent of putting in advance and discharging the detergent box 43 that is formed with washing agent storage space and water-feeding path and outlet; One end is connected on the outlet of detergent box 43, the other end is connected on the admission port that is formed at cylindric washer 10 tops one side, thus can be to inner water that contains washing agent of discharging from detergent box 43 or the feed-water corrugated pipe 44 that does not contain the clean water (hereinafter referred to as " washings ") of washing agent introduced of cylindric washer 10.And the downside of cylindric washer 10 is connected with the drainage arrangement that is used to discharge cylindric washer 10 washed water.Described drainage arrangement comprises the bellows drainpipe 45 that is connected with cylindric washer 10; Can make the filter box 46 that flows through from the washings of bellows drainpipe 45 discharges; Be installed in the filter of filter box 46 inside removably; The draining pump 47 that is connected with filter box 46; With the drainpipe 48 that the washings that draining pump 47 pumps can be guided into the washing machine outside.Unaccounted label 49 is display part printed circuit board (PCB)s that the user can select the switch of the various operations of washing machine and which is provided with the display unit that can demonstrate the washing machine relevant information among the figure.Below the prior art washing machine course of work with said structure is described: at first the user puts into washings m and closes door 5 to the inside of cylinder 20, choose wash time and washing mode then on control panel 7 and washing machine is started working, washing machine will drive water-supply valve 41 and feed water this moment.When opening water-supply valve 41, the running water that outer water tube 40 provides will pass through water-supply valve 41 and feed pipe 42 successively and flow in the detergent box 43, and in the detergent box 43 of flowing through, mix mutually with the washing agent of putting in advance, then offer the inside of cylindric washer 10 by feed-water corrugated pipe 44.The washings that offer cylindric washer 10 inside will be contained in the inner lower of cylindric washer 10, and flow into the inside of cylinder 20 and washing by soaking thing m by the water hole on the cylinder 20 22.Then washing machine will be in the wash time of setting drive motors 30 and utilize washings fully wash washings, with disable motor 30 immediately, drive draining pump 47 afterwards and have the washings of dirt to the outside discharge after washing finishes.When driving draining pump 47, the washings that cylindric washer 10 inside have dirt will be discharged into the outside of washing machine successively by bellows drainpipe 45, filter box 46, draining pump 47 and drainpipe 48, stop the driving of draining pump 47 after drainage procedure finishes immediately.Then, washing machine will confirm whether imported the rinsing operational order, if selected rinsing operation, then provide washings for rinsing washings m as washing operation, and rotary drum 20 once more.Washing machine will be in the rinsing time of setting drive motors 30 and utilize fully rinsing washings of washings, disable motor 30 immediately after rinsing finishes is connected/is closed draining pump 47 as above-mentioned washing operation afterwards and have the washings of dirt after rinsing is discharged in the outside.Afterwards, washing machine will confirm whether imported the dehydrating operations order, if selected dehydrating operations, then in the dewatering time of setting high-speed driving motor 30 so that cylinder 20 rotation at a high speed, be close on the inwall of cylinder 20 under the centrifugal action that washings m will produce being rotated at a high speed by cylinder 20, its inner moisture will accumulate in the cylindric washer 10 by water hole 22 owing to centrifugal action.At this moment, washing machine will drive draining pump 47 once more and to the water that the outside discharge is deviate from from washings, cut out draining pump 47 at last and whole operations of end washing machine.But, the washing machine of this prior art is in transportation or use, when if scuffing or impaired distortion equivalent damage appear in its cabinet cover 4, then the front aesthetics of washing machine will descend, and use user behind the washing machine might be weary of the front face outward appearance of washing machine for a long time, and when maker cap 4, also need to apply, so the manufacturing technique complexity, its result will increase cost.And, because cabinet cover 4 is to be made of rear chassis cover that does not have coating and the plastics front housing lid that can cover in the rear chassis cover front end face, therefore the front housing lid can be changed, so not only can improve the front face aesthetics of washing machine, but also it is minimum that production cost is reduced to, but the water that permeates between the back side of the past this moment cabinet cover and the front of rear chassis cover can not be discharged to the bottom, but accumulate between the two by hydroplaning, will therefore produce noise and etching problem like this.

Summary of the invention

In order to address the above problem, to the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of current direction bottom that can make, thereby can prevent to produce the fore surface structure of washing machine of noise and etching problem because of ponding by permeating between front housing lid and the rear chassis cover.

In order to achieve the above object, fore surface structure of washing machine provided by the invention comprises the rear chassis cover that is arranged at the casing front; With the front end face that can cover in rear chassis cover, be formed with flange on the back side, and be formed with the front housing lid of draining stream on the flange.

Described front housing lid is the injection mo(u)lding thing.

Described rear chassis cover is made by metal material.

Reach above-below direction about the edge, the back side of described front housing lid and be formed with a plurality of flanges, and along being formed with the draining stream that constitutes by a plurality of opening shape rhones on each flange of left and right directions formation.

Be formed with the projection of the spacing of being separated by between the front end face of the position that can make around the rhone and rear chassis cover on the described flange.

Described fore surface structure of washing machine also comprises the control panel that is arranged on the cabinet cover upside; With along the left side of left side, downside, right side and the control panel of cabinet cover, upside, right side and the decoration panel that is provided with.

Described decoration panel comprises the downside decoration panel that is arranged on the cabinet cover downside; Be arranged on the left side decoration panel in cabinet cover left side; Be arranged on the right side decoration panel on cabinet cover right side; And the upper side decorative surface plate that is arranged on control panel left side, upside, right side.

Fore surface structure of washing machine provided by the invention is to block formation draining stream on the front housing lid back flange of rear chassis cover front end face, will flow to the bottom from this draining stream by the water that permeates between front housing lid and the rear chassis cover like this, therefore can prevent the noise and the corrosion that cause because of ponding.And, reach above-below direction about the edge, the back side of front housing lid and be formed with flange, and be formed with the draining stream that constitutes by opening shape rhone on the flange of the left and right sides, so the moulding of discharge structure is more or less freely.In addition, be formed with on the flange can make rhone around the projection of spacing of being separated by between the front end face of position and rear chassis cover, so can prevent ponding effectively.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the washing machine structure stereogram of prior art.

Fig. 2 is the washing machine vertical structure cutaway view of prior art.

Fig. 3 is for adopting the washing machine one example structure stereogram of front structure provided by the invention.

Fig. 4 is for adopting the washing machine one example structure exploded perspective view of front structure provided by the invention.

Fig. 5 interconnects structure stereogram before for lid of the front housing among Fig. 4 and rear chassis cover.

Fig. 6 is vertical structure cutaway view after the front housing lid interconnects with rear chassis cover among Fig. 4.

Critical piece label in the accompanying drawing:

3: casing 50: cabinet cover

51: washings gateway 52: door

53: hinge member 60: rear chassis cover

61: left side connecting portion 62: the right side connecting portion

63,64: attaching parts 65: kink

66: boss mount hole 67: flange

68: connecting portion 70: the front housing lid

71: end difference 72: open pore

73: articulate boss 74: hook

75: hook 76: connect boss

77: flange 77a: left and right sides flange

77b: go up lower flange 78: the draining stream

78a, 78b: rhone 79: projection

80: control panel 90: hook hole

110: downside decoration panel 120: the left side decoration panel

130: right side decoration panel 140: the upper side decorative surface plate

200: front upper frame 210: the front lower frame

The specific embodiment

Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments fore surface structure of washing machine provided by the invention is elaborated.The parts identical with prior art use identical label, and omit its explanation of carrying out.Fig. 3 is for adopting the washing machine one example structure stereogram of front structure provided by the invention.Fig. 4 is for adopting the washing machine one example structure exploded perspective view of front structure provided by the invention.As shown in Figure 3, Figure 4, in washing machine provided by the invention, the front of casing 3 is provided with cabinet cover 50.Be formed with the washings gateway 51 that is used to pick and place washings on the cabinet cover 50, and the door 52 and the hinge member 53 that can be connected door 52 in rotary manner that is used to open and close washings gateway 51 is installed.The position relative with the connecting portion of hinge member 53 protruded and is provided with hook 54 on the door 52, then is provided with the door switch 55 that can lock/open hook 54 on the cabinet cover 50.In addition, the upside of cabinet cover 50 is provided with control panel 80.In cabinet cover 50 and the control panel 80 any goes up to protrude and is formed with the assembling flange, then is formed with on another can make the insertion of assembling flange and articulate thereon assembling grove, so just control panel 80 can be arranged on cabinet cover 50 above.And, be provided with decoration panel 100 along left side, upside, the right side of left side, downside, right side and the control panel 80 of cabinet cover 50.Decoration panel 100 can improve the aesthetics of washing machine front face in protection cabinet cover 50 and control panel 80; it can be a decoration panel that constitutes with quadrangular frame shape; also can be a plurality of decoration panels 110,120,130,140 along the side setting of cabinet cover 50 and control panel 80, below be to describe so that a plurality of decoration panels to be set.Described a plurality of decoration panel 110,120,130,140 is made of the downside decoration panel 110 that is arranged at cabinet cover 50 downsides, the left side decoration panel 120 that is arranged at cabinet cover 50 left sides, the upper side decorative surface plate 140 that is arranged at the right side decoration panel 130 on cabinet cover 50 right sides and is arranged at control panel 80 left sides, upside, right side.

As shown in Figure 4, be provided with front upper frame 200 between the left side upper front end of casing 3 and the right side upper front end, then be provided with front lower frame 210 between its front end bottom, left side and the front end bottom, right side.Cabinet cover 50 is made of the rear chassis cover 60 and the front housing lid 70 that can cover the front of rear chassis cover 60 and form washing machine front face outward appearance.Wherein rear chassis cover 60 is to be made by metal material, supposes that below it is to be formed by die casting to describe.Because rear chassis cover 60 can be covered 70 by front housing and shelter from and be not exposed to the outside, therefore need not it is painted or polishing operation.In addition, the both sides, upper end of rear chassis cover 60 are protruding upward to be formed with left and right connecting portion 61,62, thereby rear chassis cover 60 can be connected on the front upper frame 200 by attaching parts such as bolt 63,64.Promptly, be formed with the connecting hole 201,202 that can connect attaching parts 63,64 on the front upper frame 200, then be formed with connecting hole 61a, the 62a that corresponds to connecting hole 201,202 on the front upper frame 200 on the left and right connecting portion 61,62 of rear chassis cover 60, behind the connecting hole 201,202 of connecting hole 61a, 62a on the left and right connecting portion 61,62 that attaching parts 63,64 is connected to rear chassis cover 60 and front upper frame 200, rear chassis cover 60 will be anchored on the front upper frame 200.The centre of rear chassis cover 60 has been recessed to form kink 65 backward, is formed with washings gateway 51 on the kink 65, and the edge of washings gateway 51 then is formed with crimping, therefore the part of sealing gasket 14 can be put and clamp.Front housing lid 70 is made of the injection mo(u)lding thing, and it can cover in the front of rear chassis cover 60, and combines with rear chassis cover 60 by jockeys such as hook or bolts.Be formed with when it being assembled on the rear chassis cover 60 on the front housing lid 70 and can be inserted in the end difference in the kink 65 71 on the rear chassis cover 60.That is, the end difference 71 of the kink 65 of rear chassis cover 60 and front housing lid 70 is the spaces that hold whole or a part of door 52, and both closely cooperate mutually and fit together.In addition, be formed with open pore 72 on the end difference 71 greater than washings gateway 51.

As shown in Figure 3, Figure 4, downside decoration panel 110 is that downside in cabinet cover 50 is along the left and right directions setting, its left-hand end is connected the front end bottom, left side of casing 3 and the left side of front lower frame 210 by attaching parts such as screw 111, and its right side is connected the front end bottom, right side of casing 3 and the right side of front lower frame 210 by attaching parts such as screw 112.Left side decoration panel 120 is that the left surface in cabinet cover 50 is provided with along the vertical direction, and at least with a hook and front housing cover 70 and rear chassis cover 60 in any link to each other.Right side decoration panel 130 is that the right flank in cabinet cover 50 is provided with along the vertical direction, and links to each other with in a hook and front housing lid 70 and the rear chassis cover 60 any at least.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, upper side decorative surface plate 140 is made of the left side 141 that is arranged at control panel 80 left sides, the upper lateral part 143 that is arranged at the right side 142 on control panel 80 right sides and is arranged at control panel 80 upsides, and it surrounds three sides of control panel 80.Upper side decorative surface plate 140 is connected on the front upper frame 200 by attaching parts such as bolt 148,149,150,151.

Fig. 5 interconnects structure stereogram before for lid of the front housing among Fig. 4 and rear chassis cover.Fig. 6 is vertical structure cutaway view after the front housing lid interconnects with rear chassis cover among Fig. 4.As shown in Figure 5, on the upper end-face edge of rear chassis cover 60 along the vertical direction breakthrough form become boss mount hole 66 is arranged, protrude on the front housing lid 70 to be formed with to insert and to be articulated in and articulate boss 73 in the boss mount hole 66; The back side of front housing lid 70 is protruded and is formed with hook 74, then connect on the rear chassis cover 60 and be formed with the hook hole 90 that can insert and tangle hook 74 along fore-and-aft direction, therefore, be inserted in the boss mount hole 66 when articulating boss 73, be that the center rotates counterclockwise front housing lid 70 to articulate boss 73 then, then as shown in Figure 6, hook 74 just can connect hook hole 90 and be articulated to the back side of rear chassis cover 60, front housing can be covered 70 thus and fit together with rear chassis cover 60.

And as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, the back side of front housing lid 70 is protruded and is formed with hook 75, then be formed with on the rear chassis cover 60 rear chassis cover 60 is severed a part and bending and to form, thereby the flanges 67 that can make hook 75 connect and articulate.This is can't to be connected with attaching parts such as bolts because front housing lid 70 is narrow with the spacing between the rear chassis cover 60, thereby be provided with hook 75 and flange 67, promptly linking up with 75 is to protrude backward on the end difference 71 of mmi machine cap 70 to form, and flange 67 then is to form with hook 75 corresponding positions on the kink 65 of rear chassis cover 60.When linking up with 75 when connecting the hole 67a that forms on the flanges 67 and being articulated on the flange 67 from the rear portion, so as shown in Figure 6, end difference 71 on the front housing lid 70 and the kink 65 on the rear chassis cover 60 will fit together mutually securely.

And, as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, the back side of front housing lid 70 is protruded backward and is provided with the connection boss 76 that is formed with connecting hole 76a on it, be provided with the connecting portion 68 that is formed with connecting hole 68a on it and makes with being connected boss 76 corresponding positions on the rear chassis cover 60 by process for stamping, when just front housing can be covered in the rear from rear chassis cover 60 connecting hole 68a that attaching parts 68b such as bolt is inserted into connecting portion 68 and the connecting hole 76a that is connected boss 76 and when tightening 70 and rear chassis cover 60 fit together mutually.

In addition, as Fig. 5 and shown in Figure 6, the back side of front housing lid 70 is formed with flange 77.Flange 77 can improve the intensity of front housing lid 70, and it protrudes the last lower flange 77b that forms by the back side of mmi machine cap 70 along the vertical direction along the back side that left and right directions protrudes the left and right sides flange 77a that forms and mmi machine cap 70 and constitutes.Promptly except end difference 71, but the back side of left and right sides flange 77a and last lower flange 77b mmi machine cap 70 along up and down or the left and right directions space and form a plurality of, thereby constitute lattice shape on the whole.In addition, left and right sides flange 77a and last lower flange 77b have the height protrusion of a determining deviation t with the front end face with rear chassis cover 60 and form.All be formed with the water that can make on each left and right sides flange 77a and do not accumulate between left and right sides flange 77a and rear chassis cover 60 front end faces by infiltration between front housing lid 70 and the rear chassis cover 60, but the draining stream 78 of discharging to the bottom.Draining stream 78 is made of the opening shape rhone 78a, the 78b that form on each left and right sides flange 77a.Rhone 78a, 78b should form more than two on a left and right sides flange 77a at interval.Number in the figure 79 is for protruding the projection that is formed on the flange 77.In addition, for making 60 of left and right sides flange 77a and rear chassis cover t across a certain distance mutually, projection 79 should be arranged on the position that is close with rhone 78a, 78b as far as possible, particularly should be arranged on the position between a plurality of rhone 78a, the 78b.And projection 79 should and be made with mold pressing processing, can make thus to reach between the front end face of flange 77 and rear chassis cover 60 to contact, rather than face contact or line contact, and protruding 79 should be respectively formed on left and right sides flange 77a and the last lower flange 77b.

Below the fore surface structure of washing machine effect with said structure is described: if water is by infiltration having occurred between control panel 80 and the front housing lid 70, then wherein a part of water will cover the end face that 70 end face flows to rear chassis cover 60 along front housing, flow between the end face of end face by front housing lid 70 and rear chassis cover 60 then between the front end face of the back side of front housing lid 70 and rear chassis cover 60.This part water can not accumulate between the front end face of left and right sides flange 77a and rear chassis cover 60, but is discharged into the bottom by rhone 78a, 78b, at last between the lower end of the lower end by front housing lid 70 and rear chassis cover 60 to the downside discharge of cabinet cover 50.

The present invention is not limited to the foregoing description, the washing machine that it goes for having only the dryer of drying function or has drying function, and can carry out multiple variation in the scope under the present invention.

Claims (7)

1, a kind of fore surface structure of washing machine is characterized in that: described fore surface structure of washing machine comprises the rear chassis cover (60) that is arranged at the casing front; With the front end face that can cover in rear chassis cover (60), be formed with flange (77) on the back side, and be formed with the front housing lid (70) of draining stream (78) on the flange (77).

2, fore surface structure of washing machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described front housing lid (70) is the injection mo(u)lding thing.

3, fore surface structure of washing machine according to claim 1 is characterized in that: described rear chassis cover (60) is made by metal material.

4, according to each described fore surface structure of washing machine in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: reach above-below direction about the edge, the back side of described front housing lid (70) and be formed with a plurality of flanges (77), and along being formed with the draining stream (78) that constitutes by a plurality of opening shape rhones (78a, 78b) on each flange (77a) of left and right directions formation.

5, fore surface structure of washing machine according to claim 4 is characterized in that: be formed with on the described flange (77) can make rhone (78a, 78b) on every side the position and the front end face of rear chassis cover (60) between the be separated by projection (79) of spacing.

6, according to each described fore surface structure of washing machine in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: described fore surface structure of washing machine also comprises the control panel (80) that is arranged on cabinet cover (50) upside; With along the left side of left side, downside, right side and the control panel (80) of cabinet cover (50), upside, right side and the decoration panel (110,120,130,140) that is provided with.

7, fore surface structure of washing machine according to claim 6 is characterized in that: described decoration panel (110,120,130,140) comprises the downside decoration panel (110) that is arranged on cabinet cover (50) downside; Be arranged on the left side decoration panel (120) in cabinet cover (50) left side; Be arranged on the right side decoration panel (130) on cabinet cover (50) right side; And the upper side decorative surface plate (140) that is arranged on control panel (80) left side, upside, right side.

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