CN105531416A - Laundry washing-drying machine and bellow for a laundry washing-drying machine - Google Patents

Laundry washing-drying machine and bellow for a laundry washing-drying machine Download PDF

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CN105531416A
CN105531416A CN201480050282.4A CN201480050282A CN105531416A CN 105531416 A CN105531416 A CN 105531416A CN 201480050282 A CN201480050282 A CN 201480050282A CN 105531416 A CN105531416 A CN 105531416A
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保罗·巴罗
卢卡·格鲁普
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F25/00Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air 
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F37/00Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/26Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/266Gaskets mounted between tub and casing around the loading opening
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F58/00Domestic laundry dryers
    • D06F58/02Domestic laundry dryers having dryer drums rotating about a horizontal axis
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A laundry washing-drying machine comprising: a casing; a tub suspended in the casing; an elastically deformable bellow having a ring shaped main portion sealingly connected to the casing and to the tub, at a door of the machine; a projection portion, made in one piece with the main portion and radially extending from the main portion to a distal end; a dry air duct, supported in the casing and fixedly connected to an air drying unit, and having a downstream end; a bellow duct formed within the projection portion of the bellow, from an inlet mouth, formed at the distal end of the projection portion and connected to the downstream end of the dry air duct, to an outlet mouth, formed in the main portion of the bellow, at the projection portion, and open into the tub. The projection portion of the bellow has a substantially flat shape, with two major sides and two minor sides, and the bellow duct comprises at least a protrusion, internally formed in one of the major sides. Thus, the risk of obstructions of the bellow duct because of deformations induced by vibrations is avoided, thanks to the protrusion.

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Clothes washing-fabric dryer and the bellows for clothes washing-fabric dryer
Invention field
The present invention relates to the technical field of clothes washing-fabric dryer.
Background technology
Clothes washing-fabric dryer the laundry washing machine of drying clothes (that is, can also) is well-known and widely used.
Washer-drying machine comprises for by make hot air circulate pass air loop that washing container (being such as rotatably installed in the cylinder in bucket) performs drying process.The air circulation device and heater that are respectively used to circulation and heat drying air is provided with in air loop.In known configuration, air loop comprises dry air conduit, this dry air conduit receives heat and the air of drying and be delivered to this washing container by being formed in conduit (or bellows pipe) in bellows from air dryer unit, this bellows be usually arranged on this machine door place, engage hermetically with housing and bucket.
Bellows pipe serves as the vibration isolation section in air loop due to the elasticity of himself, therefore prevent the inevitable vibration of the bucket caused due to the rotation of cylinder from may damage by regularly (namely, be arranged on still) element on housing, as dry air conduit and all air dryer units.
Invention disclosure content
The applicant has been noted that, under certain conditions, the vibration of bucket can make bellows pipe be out of shape, thus causes local or even fully block air duct; When a jam does occur, be degrading the efficiency of drying process or air dryer unit can be made even in the worst cases to damage.When the structure of bellows pipe is very soft, this especially may occur: its basic vibration-damping function can perform very good by very soft bellows pipe, but it is also limited by the risk of blocking described above more.
Therefore, the applicant has expected not emitting the degree of blocking risk not by carefully designing bellows pipe its deformability to be restricted to but to cause the something of blocking to solve this problem by providing for this bellows pipe to prevent from being out of shape.
Therefore, in first aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of clothes washing-fabric dryer according to claim 1, and relate to a kind of bellows for clothes washing-fabric dryer according to claim 6.Set forth the preferred feature of clothes washing-fabric dryer and bellows in the dependent claims.
Particularly, clothes washing-fabric dryer according to a first aspect of the invention comprises:
-housing;
-be suspended on bucket in this housing;
-elastically deformable bellows, this bellows has
-annular main portion, this annular main portion is connected to this housing and this bucket hermetically at the door place of this machine, and
-extension, this extension and this main portion single type are made and extend radially to far-end from this main portion;
-dry air conduit, this dry air conduit to be supported in this housing and to be fixedly connected to air dryer unit and to have downstream end;
-bellows pipe, lead to this bucket in the extension that this bellows pipe is formed in this bellows, from entrance mouth to outlet mouth, this entrance mouth is formed in the far-end of this extension and is connected to the downstream end of this dry air conduit, and this outlet mouth is formed in the main portion of this bellows, is positioned at this extension office;
It is characterized in that
The extension of this bellows has substantially flat shape, with two long limits and two minor faces, and
This bellows pipe at least comprises protuberance, and this protuberance is internally formed in one of these long limits.
" radial extension " mentioned by the extension of bellows means that this extension extends towards the direction (can be identical) of the axis away from bellows or the axis away from bucket from this main portion.This extension that do not imply this extension is lucky and completely radial, and is intended to it and can departs from lucky radial direction slightly.
In this machine, due to protuberance, avoid the risk that bellows pipe blocks owing to vibrating the distortion that causes, this provide segregation: in the very large situation of distortion, this protuberance is resisted against on the opposite side of bellows pipe, avoids the limit faced by two of this bellows pipe directly against blocking air duct each other and therefore.Avoid this risk, this bellows pipe can advantageously be made flat, even very flat: flat shape is that bellows pipe gives high flexibility, this means to improve the ability absorbing vibration.Equally, another sizable advantage of the flat shape of bellows pipe is the reduction of the space in housing needed for holding conduit; This advantage must be especially very important in limited or standardized home appliances in size.It is further observed that, achieve all these advantages and without the need to making the assembling process of machine complicated, because protuberance is not extra part: it is formed as single together with bellows.
Preferably, this protuberance is fin shape, longitudinally directed along this bellows pipe." fin shape " means that the front section of protuberance is minimum with regard to the flowing of the air in conduit, and its length can be much longer.By this configuration, protuberance only minimally affects the flowing of air, and still has significant size in one direction, and this is important for the contact being avoided the edge faced by bellows pipe whole length of this conduit.
Preferably, this protuberance is that central position on this long limit is formed.Middle position makes the segregation between the limit faced by these maximize.
Preferably, this protuberance extends to another the long limit these long limits from one of these long limits.This can cause the ability of better bearing distortion, contacts because this protuberance has all produced with the limit faced by two; Its effect is that is available based on the distortion thirty years of age of this bellows pipe, and the limit without the need to waiting for faced by these two is close to and is enough to make this protrusion contacts opposite side.
In a preferred embodiment, this protuberance is in extending from these two long limits and three-dimensionally extending to the form of the wall on these two long limits.In this way, due to the wall between these long limits, achieve another advantage of the structure of the extension with more effective bellows in vibration damping.
Particularly, the bellows for clothes washing-fabric dryer be according to a second aspect of the invention be made up of elastic deformable material and comprise:
-annular main portion, this annular main portion has the first outward flange on the housing that is intended to be sealingly mounted to this clothes washing-fabric dryer and is intended to the second inward flange of being sealingly mounted on the bucket of this clothes washing-fabric dryer;
-extension, this extension and this main portion single type are made and extend radially to far-end from this main portion;
-bellows pipe, outlet mouth is extended to and this bucket towards this clothes washing-fabric dryer is opened in this extension that this bellows pipe is formed in this bellows, from entrance mouth, this entrance mouth is formed in the far-end of this extension and is intended to be connected to the downstream end of dry air conduit, this dry air tubes connection is to the air dryer unit of this clothes washing-fabric dryer, and this outlet mouth is formed in this main portion of this bellows, is positioned at this extension office;
It is characterized in that
This extension of this bellows has substantially flat shape, with two long limits and two minor faces, and this bellows pipe at least comprises protuberance, and this protuberance is internally formed in one of these long limits.
The advantage of this bellows is with reference to those advantages that clothes washing-fabric dryer presents.
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Read with reference to accompanying drawing, the exemplary and following description of non-limiting example will make these and other feature and advantage of the present invention become more obvious, in the accompanying drawings:
-Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to clothes washing-fabric dryer of the present invention, wherein removes some parts to illustrate the inside of machine better, especially bucket, air dryer unit and bellows;
-Fig. 2 is the perspective view of multiple parts of the machine of Fig. 1, comprises bucket, air dryer unit and bellows;
-Fig. 3 is the side view of these parts of the machine of Fig. 2;
-Fig. 4 is the perspective view of these parts of the machine of Fig. 2, in zoomed-in view and the extension of the dry air conduit had in cross section and bellows, to illustrate the inner side of bellows pipe;
-Fig. 5 is the longitudinal cross-section view of bellows in the plane of front portion being arranged essentially parallel to machine in extension office;
-Fig. 6 is the longitudinal cross-section view of bellows in the plane of front portion being substantially perpendicular to machine in extension office;
-Fig. 7 is the top view of the bellows in extension office;
-Fig. 8 is the longitudinal cross-section view being similar to Fig. 6, shows different embodiments of the invention;
Top view that-Fig. 9 is the embodiment of Fig. 8, that be similar to Fig. 7.
The detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention
In the accompanying drawings, clothes washing-fabric dryer 1 manufactured according to the present invention is shown.
Hereinafter, the position with reference to the flow direction of fluid in pipeline or conduit is indicated with term " downstream " and/or " upstream ".Additionally, in this context, term " vertically " and " level " refer to that elements relative is in the position being in the clothes washing-fabric dryer 1 on its normal mounting and run location.In fact, define in 3-D space by both direction, i.e. the horizontal plane (X, Y) of horizontal X direction, the formation of Y vertical direction, and also define the vertical direction Z perpendicular to horizontal plane.
Clothes washing-fabric dryer 1 comprise preferably but not necessarily parallelepiped shape outer box shell 10 and hang bucket 11 in the housing 10.Such as, bucket 10 has the shape of hollow cylinder, and this shape has horizontal axis.In bucket 11, rotatably install and waited to wash and/or the cylinder (invisible in the accompanying drawings) of clothing to be dried and normally clothes and clothes for being installed in.
The gateway leading to cylinder is provided via the Qianmen be preferably hinged on housing 10 (not shown in the accompanying drawings); According to design option per se known in the prior art, this can open and close the opening (not shown) being formed in the opening 12 in cylinder and the correspondence in housing 10.
Housing 10 comprises the front panel (not shown) be all installed on pedestal 16, rear board 13 and two side panels 14,15 generally.These panels 13 to 15 and pedestal 16 can be metal sheets.
Clothes washing-fabric dryer 1 also comprises the typical component of such machine, as the electric motor assembly (not shown) for making cylinder rotate around its axis in bucket 11 according to order and the air dryer unit 17 producing dry warm air place and dry air conduit 18, this dry air conduit is fixedly connected to air dryer unit 17 and therefrom receives warm dry air; Air dryer unit 17 is fixedly secured on housing 10, and dry air conduit 18 is also like this.In housing 10, be also provided with the distributor of water and cleaning agent.The distributor of housing 10, cylinder, door, motor, air dryer unit 17, dry air conduit 18 and water and cleaning agent is part common in technical field and is considered to known; Therefore, will not be described in further detail them.
At Men Chu, be provided with the bellows 20 be made up of elastic deformable material.Bellows 20 comprises annular main portion 21, and this annular main portion is connected on housing 10 and bucket 11 by means of corresponding outward flange 22 and inward flange 23 hermetically at opening 12 place.The main portion 21 of bellows 20 is also for door self provides the contact base of elastically deformable.
Bellows 20 also comprises extension 30, and this extension and main portion 21 are manufactured from the same material and make with same with it.Extension 30 extends to far-end 31 in the position of comparatively going up of opening 12 from main portion 21, and this far-end is a little radially away from main portion 21.
Bellows pipe 32 is formed in the extension 30 of bellows 20.Bellows pipe 32 extends to outlet mouth 34 from entrance mouth 33, and this entrance mouth is formed in far-end 31 place of extension 30, and this outlet mouth is formed in the main portion 21 of bellows 20, is positioned at extension 30 place.Entrance mouth 33 is connected to the downstream end 19 of dry air conduit 18; Outlet mouth 34 is opened towards the bucket 11 of clothes washing-fabric dryer 1.
The extension 30 of bellows 20 has substantially flat shape, with two 36,37 and two, long limit minor faces 38,39; These long limits 36,37 are planes substantially, and these minor faces 38,39 are cavetto substantially, so what be formed in bellows pipe 32 wherein is flat cavetto shapes with the overall shape of the cross section of extension 30, as better visible in the figure 7.
Bellows pipe 32 at least comprises protuberance 40, and this protuberance to be internally formed in bellows pipe 32 on one of these long limits (such as, long limit 36).Fin shape that protuberance 40 is preferably (limiting in above meaning), longitudinally directed along bellows pipe 32.Preferably, protuberance 40 is all formed in the central position on long limit 36 on horizontal direction (between minor face 38,39) and on longitudinal direction (between entrance mouth 33 and outlet mouth 34).
It should be noted, can more than one protuberance 40 be set in bellows pipe 32, two or more protuberances 40 such as distributed between these two long limits 36 and 37.
Preferably, protuberance 40 extends to relative long limit 37 or only minimally (as can be visible in the figure 7) spaced away from long limit 36.
In figs. 8 and 9, show the different preferred embodiment of protuberance, the remainder of clothes washing-fabric dryer is identical, so be only different protuberances in figs. 8 and 9 to provide reference number 40 ', it is identical for being intended to other elements.
Protuberance 40 ' extends in two long limits 36 and 37 from extension 30 and three-dimensionally extends to the form of the wall on these two long limits of this extension.
When clothes washing-fabric dryer 1 uses, as in any clothes washing-fabric dryer, bucket 11 vibrates relative to housing 10.In principle, vibration possibility special hazard for dry air conduit 18, the upstream of this dry air conduit is fixedly connected to housing 10 and dry air must be delivered to vibration bucket 11 by downstream.Bellows pipe 32 according to the present invention prevents the vibration of bucket 11 to arrive dry air conduit 18 with the amplitude of danger owing to the high flexibility due to its same flat pattern.Meanwhile, due to the existence of protuberance 40 (or 40 '), this high flexibility does not cause the risk of any blocking to bellows pipe 32.Therefore, the present invention allows to improve the service life of machine and the efficiency of drying process.

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1. clothes washing-fabric dryer (1), comprising:
-housing (10);
-be suspended on bucket (11) in this housing (10);
-elastically deformable bellows (20), this bellows has
-annular main portion (21), this annular main portion is connected to this housing (10) and this bucket (11) hermetically at its opening (12) place, and
-extension (30), this extension and this main portion (21) single type are made and are extended radially to far-end (31) from this main portion (21);
-dry air conduit (18), this dry air conduit to be supported in this housing (10) and to be fixedly connected to air dryer unit (17) and to have downstream end (19);
-bellows pipe (32), this bellows pipe is formed in this extension (30) of this bellows (20), lead to this bucket (11) from entrance mouth (33) to outlet mouth (34), this entrance mouth is formed in far-end (31) place of this extension (30) and is connected to the downstream end (19) of this dry air conduit (18), and this outlet mouth is formed in this main portion (21) of this bellows (20), is positioned at this extension (30) place;
It is characterized in that
This extension (30) of this bellows (20) has substantially flat shape, with two long limits (36,37) and two minor faces (38,39), and
This bellows pipe (32) at least comprises protuberance (40; 40 '), this protuberance is internally formed in one of these long limits (36,37).
2. cloth drying machine (1) according to claim 2, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') be fin shape, longitudinally directed along this bellows pipe (32).
3. cloth drying machine (1) according to claim 1 and 2, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') central position of this long limit (36,37) is formed in.
4. the cloth drying machine (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') another the long limit in these long limits is extended to from one of these long limits (36,37).
5. cloth drying machine (1) according to claim 4, wherein, this protuberance (40 ') is from the extension of these two long limits (36,37) and three-dimensionally extends to the form of the wall on these two long limits.
6., for the bellows (20) of cloth drying machine (1), this bellows is made up of elastic deformable material, and this bellows comprises:
-annular main portion (21), this annular main portion has the first outward flange (22) of being intended to be sealingly mounted on the housing (10) of this cloth drying machine (1) and is intended to the second inward flange (23) of being sealingly mounted on the bucket (11) of this cloth drying machine (1);
-extension (30), this extension and this main portion (21) single type are made and are extended radially to far-end (31) from this main portion (21);
-bellows pipe (32), this bellows pipe is formed in this extension (30) of this bellows (20), outlet mouth (34) is extended to and this bucket (11) towards this cloth drying machine (1) is opened from entrance mouth (33), this entrance mouth is formed in far-end (31) place of this extension (30) and is intended to be connected to the downstream end (19) of dry air conduit (18), this dry air tubes connection is to the air dryer unit (17) of this cloth drying machine (1), this outlet mouth is formed in this main portion (21) of this bellows (20), be positioned at this extension (30) place,
It is characterized in that
This extension (30) of this bellows (20) has substantially flat shape, with two long limits (36,37) and two minor face (38,, and this bellows pipe (32) at least comprises protuberance (40 39); 40 '), this protuberance is internally formed in one of these long limits (36,37).
7. bellows according to claim 6, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') be fin shape, longitudinally directed along this bellows pipe (32).
8. the bellows according to claim 6 or 7, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') central position of this long limit (36,37) is formed in.
9. the bellows according to any one of claim 6 to 8, wherein, this protuberance (40; 40 ') another the long limit in these long limits is extended to from one of these long limits (36,37).
10. bellows according to claim 9, wherein, this protuberance (40 ') is from the extension of these two long limits (36,37) and three-dimensionally extends to the form of the wall on these two long limits.
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