Content of the invention
Present invention is primarily targeted at providing a kind of impeller coupling assembly and washing machine it is intended to the dismounting reducing impeller is difficult
Degree, extends the service life of washing machine.
To achieve these goals, the present invention provides a kind of impeller coupling assembly, for impeller is detachably solid with rotating shaft
Fixed connection, described impeller coupling assembly includes spline and snap close piece, and wherein said impeller is coupled with described rotating shaft by spline, institute
State snap close piece and be fixed with described rotating shaft and be connected, and abut with described impeller, moved in the axial direction of rotating shaft with limiting described impeller
Dynamic.
Preferably, described snap close piece includes latching external member, lock main body, lock pressing spring and jump ring circle;Described lock external member
It is provided with the through hole housing described lock main body, the bottom of described through hole is convexly equipped with limited step;Described lock main body is described logical
In the hole can be along the axial movement of through hole, and the bottom of described lock main body caves inward and forms the collecting being used for housing described rotating shaft
Chamber;The top of described lock pressing spring is abutted with described lock main body, and bottom is abutted with described limited step;Described jump ring circle and lock
The outer wall of button main body is detachably fixed connection, and is located at below described limited step, abuts with described limited step;Described lock
The position of the corresponding described limited step of body outer wall is provided with the spacing hole running through described host cavity, and described spacing in the hole is provided with spacing
Projection, described spacing block set is mutually supported with default stopper slot in described rotating shaft and engages.
Preferably, the outer wall of described lock main body is provided with the draw-in groove being adapted to described jump ring circle;Described jump ring circle is located at institute
State in draw-in groove, and be fixed and be connected with described lock main body.
Preferably, described limited step is ring-shaped step.
Preferably, described spacing hole is bellmouth, and one end internal diameter that bellmouth is connected with host cavity is less than the other end
Internal diameter;Described spacing block set is spheroid.
Preferably, described spacing block set at least 4, and be uniformly arranged on the same circumference of described lock main body.
Preferably, described impeller coupling assembly also includes protection cap and lid pressing spring, and described protection cap is provided with asylum
State the accepting hole of snap close piece;The bottom surface of described protection cap is provided with some buckles, and described buckle is mutual with hole clipping default on impeller
Engaging;One end of described lid pressing spring is abutted with the bottom surface of described protection cap, and the other end is abutted with described impeller.
Preferably, described impeller is provided with the groove for housing described lid pressing spring, described lid pressing spring and described ripple
One end that wheel abuts is located in described groove.
Preferably, the bottom surface of described protection cap is additionally provided with reinforcement, default guiding on described reinforcement and described impeller
Hole coordinates, to guide along the axial direction operation of described accepting hole to described protection cap.
Additionally, for achieving the above object, the present invention also provides a kind of washing machine, and described washing machine includes impeller connection group
Part, is connected for being detachably fixed impeller with rotating shaft, and described impeller coupling assembly includes spline and snap close piece, wherein said ripple
Wheel is coupled with described rotating shaft by spline, and described snap close piece is fixed with described rotating shaft and is connected, and abuts with described impeller, with
Limit the axial movement in rotating shaft for the described impeller.
The present invention passes through to couple impeller with described rotating shaft using spline, to limit relative turn between impeller and rotating shaft
Dynamic, can be engaged with described rotating shaft by snap close piece simultaneously and be fixedly connected, to limit the axial movement in rotating shaft for the described impeller;Due to
By the way of being fixed, impeller is fixed, be fixed by the way of screw with respect in prior art, can be effective
Reducing the dismounting difficulty of impeller, thus reducing the damage to parts during washing machine dismounting, extending the service life of washing machine.
Specific embodiment
It should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein, only in order to explain the present invention, is not intended to limit the present invention.
The present invention provides a kind of impeller coupling assembly, and referring to figs. 1 to Fig. 6, in one embodiment, this impeller coupling assembly will
Impeller 10 is detachably fixed with rotating shaft 20 and is connected, and described impeller coupling assembly includes spline 30 and snap close piece, wherein said impeller
10 are coupled with described rotating shaft 20 by spline 30, and described snap close piece is detachably fixed with described rotating shaft 20 and is connected, and with described ripple
Wheel 10 abutting, to limit the axial movement in rotating shaft 20 for the described impeller 10.
Impeller coupling assembly provided in an embodiment of the present invention is mainly used in rotary drum washing machine, to realize impeller 10 and to turn
The fixation of axle 20.In the present embodiment, above-mentioned rotating shaft 20 is the speed-reducing clutch rotating shaft for controlling impeller 10 to rotate.Specifically,
A containing cavity can be provided with the center of impeller 10 upper surface, for installing and housing snap close piece, and the side wall of containing cavity
There is gap and the outer wall of snap close piece between, use so that user carries out dismounting.
The present invention passes through to couple impeller 10 with described rotating shaft 20 using spline 30, to limit between impeller 10 and rotating shaft 20
Relatively rotate, can be engaged with described rotating shaft 20 by snap close piece simultaneously and be fixedly connected, to limit described impeller 10 in rotating shaft 20
Axial movement;Due to fixing to impeller 10 by the way of being fixed, with respect in prior art by the way of screw
Being fixed, can effectively reduce the dismounting difficulty of impeller 10, thus reducing the damage to parts during washing machine dismounting, extending
The service life of washing machine.
It is understood that the structure of above-mentioned snap close piece can be configured according to actual needs, in the present embodiment, preferably
Ground, above-mentioned snap close piece includes latching external member 41, lock main body 42, lock pressing spring 43 and jump ring circle 44;Described lock external member 41 sets
There is the through hole 412 housing described lock main body 42, the bottom of described through hole 412 is convexly equipped with limited step 411;Described lock main body
42 can be along the axial movement of through hole 412 in described through hole 412, and the bottom formation that caves inward of described lock main body 42 is used for
House the host cavity 421 of described rotating shaft 20;Described lock pressing spring 43 top with described latch main body 42 abut, bottom with described
Limited step 411 abuts;Described jump ring circle 44 is detachably fixed with the outer wall of lock main body 42 and is connected, and is located at described limiting stand
Below rank 411, abut with described limited step 411, to limit described lock main body 42 in described through hole 412 along through hole 412
Axial movement distance;The position that described lock main body 42 outer wall corresponds to described limited step 411 is provided with runs through described collecting
The spacing hole 423 in chamber 421, is provided with spacing block set 422, on described spacing block set 422 and described rotating shaft 20 in described spacing hole 423
Default stopper slot 21 mutually supports engaging.
Specifically, the outer wall of above-mentioned lock main body 42 is provided with the draw-in groove 424 being adapted to described jump ring circle 44;Described jump ring circle
44 are located in described draw-in groove 424, and are fixed and are connected with described lock main body 42.The shape of above-mentioned limited step 411 is permissible
It is configured according to actual needs it is preferable that this limited step 411 is ring-shaped step.Specifically, the internal diameter of this ring-shaped step is little
In the external diameter of jump ring circle 44, so that lock main body 42 is when locking pressing spring 43 active force and moving upwards, jump ring circle 44 can be with
Limited step 411 supports, and is continued up with limiting lock main body 42.It is understood that lock main body 42 is used for abutting
The structure of lock pressing spring 43 can be configured according to actual needs, it is preferable that can be pushed up by lock main body 42 in the present embodiment
End outer wall stretch out formation one ring-shaped step abutted.
Further, the structure of above-mentioned spacing hole 423 and spacing block set 422 all can be configured according to actual needs, this
It is preferable that above-mentioned spacing hole 423 is bellmouth in embodiment, and one end internal diameter that bellmouth is connected with host cavity 421 is less than separately
The internal diameter of one end;Described spacing block set 422 is spheroid.Specifically, the quantity of this spacing block set 422 and position can be according to reality
Needs are configured it is preferable that in order to ensure stability of equilibrium, above-mentioned spacing block set 422 is at least 4, and is uniformly arranged on
On the same circumference of described lock main body 42.Install for convenience, above-mentioned stopper slot 21 is preferably annular groove.
During installation, impeller 10 is coupled with rotating shaft 20 by spline 30 first;Then spacing block set 422 is respectively charged into correspondence
Spacing hole 423 in, then on the outer ring of lock main body 42, set is locked after pressing spring 43, is inserted into the through hole of lock external member 41
So that lock pressing spring 43 is abutted with the limited step 411 of lock external member 41 in 412;Continue to downward active force so that bullet
Spring produces deformation, so that lock main body 42 bottom passes through hole 412, then installs in the draw-in groove 424 of lock main body 42 and fixes
Jump ring circle 44, thus form snap close piece.
It is placed on impeller 10 so that latching the host cavity 421 partial receipt rotating shaft 20 of main body 42 followed by by snap close piece;So
After-applied external force pushes latching main body 42, allows lock main body 42 along the shrinkage direction generation relative motion of lock pressing spring 43, and
Limited step 411 is misplaced, spacing block set 422 is between lock main body 42 and lock external member 41 simultaneously with spacing block set 422
Intermittent motion, for rotating shaft 20 provide avoid position.When the stopper slot 21 on the positive countershaft 20 of spacing block set 422, spacing block set
422 slide into stopper slot 21, now remove external force, snap close piece will recover naturalness;One end of spacing block set 422 with spacing
Groove 21 supports, and the other end will be abutted with limited step 411, thus realize snap close piece engaging with rotating shaft 20;In lock pressing spring 43
Under active force, lock external member 41 will support compression impeller 10, to limit the axially-movable in rotating shaft 20 for the impeller.
In dismounting it is only necessary to above carry lock external member 41 so that limited step 411 is misplaced with spacing block set 422, allow limit
Position step 411 has avoidance space, lifts snap close piece then up.
Further, based on above-described embodiment, in the present embodiment, above-mentioned impeller coupling assembly also includes protection cap 50 and lid
Pressing spring 60, described protection cap 50 is provided with the accepting hole 53 housing described snap close piece;If the bottom surface of described protection cap 50 is provided with
Dry buckle 51, described buckle 51 is mutually clamped with hole clipping 12 default on impeller;One end of described lid pressing spring 60 and described guarantor
The bottom surface of protecting cover 50 abuts, and the other end is abutted with described impeller 10.
In the present embodiment, the installation of lid pressing spring 60 for convenience, above-mentioned impeller 10 is provided with for housing described lid pressure
The groove 11 of spring 60, one end that described lid pressing spring 60 is abutted with described impeller 10 is located in described groove 11.Additionally, it is above-mentioned
The bottom surface of protection cap 50 is additionally provided with reinforcement 52, and described reinforcement 52 is coordinated with default pilot hole 13 on described impeller 10, with
Described protection cap 50 is guided along the axial direction operation of described accepting hole 53.
Specifically, during installation, first lid pressing spring 60 is placed in groove 11, and protection cap 50 is pushed by active force,
Buckle 51 is made to pass through hole clipping 12, reinforcement 52 passes through pilot hole 13 simultaneously, after release pressure, by lid pressing spring 60 and buckle
51 cooperations are fixing by protection cap 50.Now the upper surface of protection cap 50 is concordant with the upper surface of lock external member 41.In protection cap 50
On push and can vacate the working place of finger for the installation and removal of lock external member 41;Preferably, reinforcement 52 and accepting hole
53 formation receiving spaces be in inverted boss structure, and when protection cap 50 rises to extreme higher position (protection cap 50 upper
When surface is concordant with the upper surface of lock external member 41), the receiving space that reinforcement 52 and accepting hole 53 are formed and lock external member 41
Inversion boss profile phase agree with, departed from limiting protection cap 50.
It is understood that the quantity of above-mentioned buckle 51 and reinforcement 52 can be configured according to actual needs, this enforcement
In order to ensure the fixing stability of protection cap it is preferable that buckle 51 and reinforcement 52 are four in example, and four buckles 51 are equal
On the even same circumference being distributed in outside close protection cap 50, four reinforcements 52 are evenly distributed near protection cap 50 inner side
On same circumference.
The present invention also provides a kind of washing machine, and this washing machine includes impeller coupling assembly, the structure of this impeller coupling assembly
Can refer to above-described embodiment, will not be described here.Naturally, because the washing machine of the present embodiment employs above-mentioned impeller even
The technical scheme of connected components, therefore this washing machine have all of beneficial effect of above-mentioned impeller coupling assembly.
These are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, not thereby limit the present invention the scope of the claims, every using this
Equivalent structure or equivalent flow conversion that bright description and accompanying drawing content are made, or directly or indirectly it is used in other related skills
Art field, is included within the scope of the present invention.