Roller washing machine
[technical field]
The present invention relates to washing machine, particularly relate to the roller washing machine that can detect and leak.
[background technology]
Roller washing machine comprises the bucket of the washing clothes being positioned at casing usually, and the clothing that supplies be formed on casing front panel drops in bucket or the opening taken out from bucket.Front panel is provided with moveable door, thus opens or closes opening.
In actual use, user may not put into bucket completely clothing because of hasty or carelessness and just shuts door of washing machine, opens washing procedure.Now clothing has part to be sandwiched between box opening and door, cause opening completely not closed in washing process, especially usually open bottom not close by door, so in washing process, when water level rises to higher than open bottom position, water can spill from clothing retaining part, damages floor or neighbouring article, even brings safety problem.
[summary of the invention]
An object of the present invention is Timeliness coverage due to door does not close and leaking of causing, and makes counter-measure.
For above object, the technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of roller washing machine, comprise the casing with front panel, be positioned at the clothing process bucket of casing, front panel has communicate with clothing process bucket and the opening dropping into or take out for clothing, the door closing or open described opening may be movably coupled on front panel, also include the controller of the operation controlling washing procedure, whether the vertical below of the minimum point of described opening vertical direction is provided with detection has water to flow to the checkout gear of its position, described checkout gear is connected with testing circuit, testing circuit and controller communicate to connect, the counter-measure and the information and executing of leaking that controller is set to send according to testing circuit is leaked.Checkout gear can be having in water and water-less environment the various sensors exporting unlike signal.
Compared with prior art, by technique scheme, the drainage of door of washing machine can be detected immediately, and know by controller.So controller performs the counter-measure of leaking of various necessity, thus avoid water and spill the various hidden danger caused in a large number.
As preferably one of improvement project, described in counter-measure of leaking comprise and stop current washing procedure, and start draining, make water level at least drop to minimum point lower than opening vertical direction.When being detected when leaking, being generally the minimum point that water has just covered opening vertical direction, now stopping washing procedure immediately, water level no longer rises, start draining simultaneously, so water level can be reduced to very soon lower than described opening lowest point, thus avoid water and spill in a large number.
As a kind of possible improvement project of the present invention, described in leak after counter-measure comprises the minimum point that water level drops to lower than opening vertical direction, unlock door lock circuit, even if also door lock circuit disconnects, release door lock.Now automatic unlocking door lock assembly, is beneficial to user and opens the clothing that goalkeeper blocks door as early as possible and drop in bucket.
Comparatively preferably, described in counter-measure of leaking comprise when controller receives after there is the signal of water at checkout gear place, make alarming device send the information warning that can be substantially undetectable by the user.Such information warning can be the form with the sense of hearing, such as buzzer; Also can be the form of vision, such as send flicker or change color LED lamplight, or the dynamic reminding information on display screen; Or also can be the form in conjunction with the sense of hearing and vision, such as, while sounding a buzzer, send LED lamplight or dynamic display information; Can also be the form that other are more easily substantially undetectable by the user, such as, when washing machine wireless connections portable terminal device, send visual cues information, prompt tone or vibration etc. on the terminal device.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described checkout gear is loaded on front panel.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described checkout gear is positioned at a region covered.Specifically, checkout gear between door and front panel, cover by the front projection of door.So arrange protection checkout gear not damaged by accident collision, washing machine front is from the appearance also more complete attractive in appearance simultaneously.
Further, the information of leaking described in is the signal of telecommunication that controller that the change of the electrical quantity occurred after checkout gear touches water obtains after circuit conversion after testing can identify.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described checkout gear comprises humidity sensor.Adopt the humidity sensor sensing cost that whether occurs leaking lower, structure is simple, is easy to realize, and more accurate.
As a further improvement on the present invention, described testing circuit is set to, when the humidity of checkout gear present position exceedes setting value, send the signal of water to controller.This signal is the signal of telecommunication.The humidity of checkout gear present position generally shows as the electrical quantity of checkout gear change when exceeding setting value exceedes setting value, therefore can detected by detected circuit.The setting value of humidity or the setting value of electrical quantity can obtain by experiment.Specific practice can be air ambient checkout gear being placed in different moisture levels, especially in extreme malaria, and be placed in the environment touching water, record the output of testing circuit respectively, get a desired value between extreme humid air and water environment as setting value.
As a further improvement on the present invention, the voltage value or frequency values that have the signal of water to show as described in exceed setting range.
Hereafter will conduct further description the present invention by reference to the accompanying drawings.
[accompanying drawing explanation]
Fig. 1 is cylinder clothing machine face schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is that roller washing machine electrical module connects and controls schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is checkout gear and the first embodiment circuit diagram of testing circuit;
Fig. 4 is checkout gear and testing circuit the second embodiment circuit diagram;
Fig. 5 is roller washing machine control flow chart.
[detailed description of the invention]
As shown in Figure 1, roller washing machine 1 comprises the casing 3 with front panel 2, the level being positioned at casing 3 or the clothing process bucket 4 be obliquely installed.Front panel 2 has communicate with clothing process bucket 4 and the opening 5 dropping into or take out for clothing.The door 6 closing or open this opening 5 is hinged on front panel 2.
Opening 5 has the minimum point 51 of vertical direction.When clothing is jumped the queue between door 6 and opening 5, first water can spill from this minimum point 51.So be provided with checkout gear 7 in the vertical below of this minimum point 51.In the present embodiment, checkout gear 7 is humidity sensor 7.
As shown in Figure 2, washing machine 1 also has the controller 10 of the operation controlling washing procedure.Checkout gear 7 is connected with testing circuit 8.Testing circuit 8 and controller 10 communicate to connect.What be connected with controller 10 also has alarming device 9, level sensor 11, draining pump 12, and door lock circuit 13 etc.
When generation Men Wei fastens accident, when the water in clothing process bucket 4 flows out from opening 5 and touches checkout gear 7, the electrical quantity of checkout gear 7 changes, and this change is converted to the signal of telecommunication that controller 10 can identify by testing circuit 8, and sends to controller 10.After controller 10 receives this signal, perform counter-measure of leaking.
This counter-measure of leaking comprises and stops current washing procedure, and starts draining pump 12 and start draining.When level sensor 11 detects the minimum point 51 that water level drops to lower than opening vertical direction, send this information to controller 10, so controller 10 makes draining pump 12 stop draining.
After counter-measure of leaking also comprises the minimum point 51 dropped to lower than opening vertical direction when water level, unlock door lock circuit 13, so door lock is released, user can directly open the door.
Counter-measure of leaking also comprises controller 10 further and receives after there is the signal of water at checkout gear 7 place, sends the information warning that can be substantially undetectable by the user.In the particular embodiment, can be sound a buzzer, occur exception to point out user.
As shown in Figure 1, checkout gear 7 is loaded on front panel 2, and is preferably located in region that door 6 covers.
Checkout gear 7 can have numerous embodiments, such as, can be the various sensors to water sensitive, and testing circuit 8 also can have corresponding various forms simultaneously, is difficult to limit.Therefore following two examples only enumerated wherein are described.
In checkout gear as shown in Figure 3 and the first embodiment of testing circuit, checkout gear 71 is implemented as electric resistance moisture sensor.When water touches this humidity sensor, its resistance value changes, so the voltage of testing circuit 81 exports U
outthere occurs corresponding change.This voltage exports and is connected to controller 10.
In checkout gear as shown in Figure 4 and testing circuit the second embodiment, checkout gear 72 is implemented as capacitance type humidity sensor.When water touches this appropriate sensor, its capacitance changes.The capacitance of this change after freq converting circuit 14 conversion comprised in testing circuit 82, the frequency f of exporting change
out.This rate-adaptive pacemaker is connected to controller 10.
Under normal circumstances, humidity sensor can be made a response to the humidity change of environment residing for it.Therefore, when air itself has a moderate change, humidity sensor also can sense.But, there is obvious difference because humidity sensor touches water with the electrical quantity only contacting humid air.This difference be reacted to testing circuit voltage export and rate-adaptive pacemaker on difference also larger.Therefore, can setting limit value be passed through, just can distinguish humidity sensor and whether touch water.
Distinguish accordingly with above-mentioned two kinds of embodiments of checkout gear and testing circuit, as shown in Figure 5, after washing procedure starts, controller 10 detects the output U of testing circuit 81 (82)
out(f
out).If U
out(f
out) do not exceed and preset and be stored in the limit value of controller 10, then can judge that water does not spill, continue to perform washing procedure, continue with Time Controller 10 the output U detecting testing circuit 81 (82)
out(f
out), until EP (end of program).If if U
out(f
out) exceed and preset and be stored in the limit value of controller 10, then think that water spills from opening 5 and flows to checkout gear 71 (72).Now perform various counter-measures of leaking as described above.Now washing procedure is in abort state.User removes the clothing be stuck between opening 5 and door 6, and after starting continuation washing option, washing procedure continues to perform, until EP (end of program) from termination.
Various detailed description of the invention described above and shown in the drawings is only for illustration of the present invention, not all of the present invention.In the category of basic fundamental thought of the present invention, any type of change that the those of ordinary skill of correlative technology field carries out for the present invention is all within protection scope of the present invention.