CN106337265B - Drain valve mounting structure and washing machine - Google Patents

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CN106337265B
CN106337265B CN201510410291.6A CN201510410291A CN106337265B CN 106337265 B CN106337265 B CN 106337265B CN 201510410291 A CN201510410291 A CN 201510410291A CN 106337265 B CN106337265 B CN 106337265B
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The invention discloses a drain valve mounting structure, and relates to the technical field of washing machines. This drain valve mounting structure is in including setting up at least one card hole and setting on the support of being connected with box or urceolus on the valve body at least one jack catch and spacing portion, work as the jack catch buckle is in when blocking in the hole, the jack catch constitutes the spacing cooperation that the restriction drain valve removed along the horizontal direction with the card hole, constitute the spacing cooperation that the restriction drain valve removed along vertical direction between spacing portion and the support and between jack catch and the card hole jointly. The invention also provides a washing machine with the drain valve mounting structure. The fixed connection of supplementary spacing completion and support of this application drain valve in the perpendicular to support direction through the cooperation of jack catch and card hole and spacing portion, the realization with washing machine's assembly. The drain valve has a simple mounting structure, greatly improves the mounting efficiency of the drain valve, and reduces the assembly cost.

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Drain valve mounting structure and washing machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a drain valve mounting structure and a washing machine with the same.
Background
The drainage valve is used as an important part of a drainage system of the washing machine, and the installation and fixing mode of the drainage valve influences certain performances of the whole machine. The valve body is generally made of plastic and is formed by injection molding. The drain valve is a part in a lower drainage system of the washing machine and is arranged at the bottom of a box body of the washing machine. The drain valve is fastened on a lower reinforcement of the washing machine box body by screws or other fixing methods, and is connected with the washing machine outer cylinder, the filter and the outer drain pipe through hoses to complete the drainage process of the washing machine. In the production process of the washing machine, the installation mode that the drain valve is fixed on the reinforcing piece or the box body by using the screws is complex in installation procedure and low in installation efficiency, and meanwhile, the assembly cost is increased.
Based on the above description, a new drain valve installation structure is needed to solve the problems of complex installation process, low installation efficiency, high assembly cost and the like of the existing drain valve of the washing machine.
Disclosure of Invention
One object of the present invention is to provide a drain valve mounting structure, which is simple, greatly improves the mounting efficiency of the drain valve, and reduces the assembly cost.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine having the drain valve mounting structure as described above, which is efficient in assembly and low in cost.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the invention provides a drain valve installation structure, which comprises a valve body, wherein the drain valve installation structure comprises at least one clamping hole arranged on a support connected with a box body or an outer cylinder, and at least one clamping jaw and a limiting part arranged on the valve body, when the clamping jaw is clamped in the clamping hole, the clamping jaw and the clamping hole form limiting fit for limiting the drain valve to move along the horizontal direction, and the limiting fit for limiting the drain valve to move along the vertical direction is formed between the limiting part and the support and between the clamping jaw and the clamping hole.
As a preferred scheme of drain valve mounting structure, the jack catch includes support arm and at least one perpendicular setting at the support arm tip play arm, works as play the arm buckle when in the card hole, the lateral surface of support arm and the lateral wall looks butt in card hole restrict the drain valve and remove along the horizontal direction, the top surface of bullet arm and the bottom surface looks butt of support restrict the drain valve rebound.
As a drain valve mounting structure's preferred scheme, the jack catch includes first jack catch and second jack catch, the card hole include with first jack catch complex first card hole and with second jack catch complex second card hole, the bullet arm free end of first jack catch deviates from with the bullet arm free end of second jack catch.
As a preferable scheme of the drain valve mounting structure, a width of one end of the first catching hole is larger than a width of the other end.
As a preferable scheme of the drain valve mounting structure, the elastic arm of the second claw has an inclined surface for guiding the elastic arm when sliding into or out of the second clamping hole.
As an optimal scheme of the drain valve mounting structure, when the clamping jaw is clamped in the clamping hole, the bottom end of the limiting part is abutted to the upper surface of the support.
As a preferred scheme of the drain valve mounting structure, the root part of the supporting arm is provided with a reinforcing rib.
As a preferable aspect of the drain valve mounting structure, the support arm and the elastic arm are of an integral structure.
As a preferable mode of the drain valve mounting structure, the holder is mounted on the tank or the outer cylinder through a reinforcement.
The present invention also provides a washing machine including the drain valve mounting structure as set forth in any one of the above.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention provides a drain valve mounting structure, which comprises at least one clamping hole arranged on a support connected with a box body or an outer cylinder, and at least one clamping jaw and a limiting part arranged on a valve body of the drain valve. The drain valve has a simple mounting structure, greatly improves the mounting efficiency of the drain valve, and reduces the assembly cost.
The present invention also provides a washing machine having the drain valve mounting structure as set forth in any one of the above, which is high in assembly efficiency and low in cost.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the contents of the embodiments of the present invention and the drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a drain valve of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a support provided in the practice of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of a drain valve and a support of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a first cross-sectional view illustrating the assembly of a drain valve and a support of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4 at A;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a washer drain valve and support assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a partially enlarged view at B in fig. 6.
In the figure:
1. a valve body; 2. a support; 3. a first jaw; 4. a second jaw; 5. a first card hole; 6. a second card hole; 7. a bevel; 8. a circular arc surface; 9. a limiting part; 10. reinforcing ribs;
31. a first support arm; 32. a first elastic arm; 41. a second support arm; 42. and a second elastic arm.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example one
Fig. 1 to 7 are schematic structural views of the drain valve mounting structure provided in this embodiment. The drain valve mounting structure of this embodiment includes that the setting is at least one card hole on the support 2 of being connected with box or urceolus and set up at least one jack catch and spacing portion 9 on drain valve body 1, and when the jack catch buckle was in calorie hole, the jack catch constitutes the spacing cooperation that the restriction drain valve removed along the horizontal direction with calorie hole, constitutes the spacing cooperation that the restriction drain valve removed along the vertical direction jointly between spacing portion 9 and the support 2 and between jack catch and the card hole. The support 2 is mounted on the box or the outer cylinder through a reinforcement.
The drain valve is fixedly connected with the support 2 through the matching of the clamping claws and the clamping holes and the auxiliary limiting of the limiting part 9 in the direction vertical to the support, so that the assembly with the washing machine is realized. The washing machine drain valve does not need to be fixed by screws, has a simple installation structure, greatly improves the installation efficiency of the drain valve and reduces the assembly cost.
In the present embodiment, the two jaws include a first jaw 3 and a second jaw 4, and the clamping holes provided in the support 2 include two first clamping holes 5 engaged with the first jaw 3 and one second clamping hole 6 engaged with the second jaw 4.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the first claw 3 includes a first support arm 31 and two first elastic arms 32 vertically disposed at an end of the first support arm 31 and located on the same side, and when the two first elastic arms 32 are fastened in the two first fastening holes 5, an outer side surface (i.e., a right side surface) of the first support arm 31 abuts against inner side walls of the two first fastening holes 5, so as to limit the drain valve from moving in a horizontal right direction. Each first resilient arm 32 is guided during assembly of the drain valve with the support 2. The second jack catch 4 includes second support arm 41 and a perpendicular second bullet arm 42 that sets up in second support arm 41 tip one side, when second bullet arm 42 buckle in second calorie of hole 6, the lateral surface (being the left surface) butt second calorie of hole 6 inside wall of second support arm 41, restriction drain valve moves along the level left direction, and the top surface that the second played the arm 42 then butt the bottom surface of support 2, restriction drain valve upward movement. When the first clamping jaw 3 is clamped in the first clamping hole 5 and the second clamping jaw 4 is clamped in the second clamping hole 6, the bottom end of the limiting part 9 is abutted to the upper surface of the support 2 to limit the downward movement of the drain valve. That is, in order to improve the assembling reliability of the drain valve, the free end of the first resilient arm 32 of the first jaw 3 is separated from the free end of the second resilient arm 42 of the second jaw 4.
In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate the assembly of the drain valve, the width of one end of the first locking hole 5 is greater than that of the other end, and preferably, the first locking hole 5 of the present embodiment is an elongated hole transitioning from a large hole to a small hole.
Further, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, the second elastic arm 42 of the second jaw 4 has a slope 7 sliding into or out of the second card hole 6 for guiding the second elastic arm 42 when sliding into or out of the second card hole 6. Furthermore, the joint of the inclined surface 7 and the first support arm 41 of the second jaw 4 is an arc surface 8, which is convenient for the second jaw 4 to slide into or out of the second clamping hole 6.
In order to improve the structural strength of the first jaw 3 and the second jaw 4 and the reliability of the drain valve mounting structure, the first support arm 31 and the first elastic arm 32 are of an integral structure, and the root of the first support arm 31 is provided with the reinforcing rib 10. The second support arm 41 and the second elastic arm 42 are of an integral structure.
The specific installation process of the drain valve is as follows:
firstly, two first elastic arms 32 of two first claws 3 on a drain valve body 1 are buckled in two corresponding first clamping holes 5 on a support 2, then the valve body 1 is pushed forwards (namely, the horizontal direction is the right direction in fig. 4) along the length direction of the first clamping holes 5, when the valve body is pushed to the foremost position, a drain valve is pressed downwards through external force, so that the second claws 4 are buckled in second clamping holes 6 on the support 2, at the moment, the outer side surfaces of the two first supporting arms 31 are respectively butted with the inner side walls of the two first clamping holes 5, the outer side surface of a second supporting arm 41 is butted with the inner side wall of the second clamping hole 6, the top surface of the second elastic arm 42 is butted with the bottom surface of the support 2, the bottom end of a limiting part 9 is butted with the upper surface of the support 2, and the fixed installation of the drain valve is completed through a back-off structure.
Example two
The embodiment provides another drain valve mounting structure, which comprises a first clamping jaw and a second clamping jaw which are arranged on a drain valve body, a first clamping hole and a second clamping hole which are arranged on a support connected with a box body or an outer cylinder, and a limiting part. The first clamping hole is matched with the first clamping jaw, and the second clamping jaw is matched with the second clamping hole.
The drain valve mounting structure of this embodiment is different from the drain valve mounting structure of the first embodiment in that:
the first jack catch of this embodiment includes first support arm and a perpendicular first bullet arm that sets up in first support arm tip one side, and when first bullet arm buckle was in first calorie of hole, the lateral surface (the right flank promptly) butt of first support arm was this the inside wall in first calorie of hole, and restriction drain valve moved along the horizontal direction of right. The first elastic arm also plays a guiding role in the process of assembling the drain valve and the support. That is, the number of the first elastic arms of the first jaw of the present embodiment is different from that of the first elastic arms of the first jaw of the first embodiment, and the number of the first engaging holes is also different correspondingly.
However, the structures of the first support arm and the first elastic arm of the first jaw, the shapes and structures of the second jaw and the second clamping hole matched with the second jaw, and the shapes and structures of the first clamping hole are the same as those of the assembling parts corresponding to the embodiment, and are not described again. Similarly, the assembly process of the drain valve is similar to the installation process described in the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.
Of course, the number of the clamping holes and the clamping claws is not limited, and the drain valve can be firmly assembled.
EXAMPLE III
This embodiment proposes a washing machine having the drain valve mounting structure according to the first or second embodiment, which is efficient in assembly and low in cost.
It should be noted that the claims and the description refer to the directions of up and down, left and right, top and bottom, horizontal direction, vertical direction, etc., and are not limited to the specific description for the clear details of the structure, and the directions refer to the case when the drain valve is horizontally disposed, that is, the lower surface of the support is parallel to the horizontal plane.
It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A drain valve mounting structure comprises a valve body (1) and is characterized by comprising at least one clamping hole formed in a support (2) connected with a box body or an outer barrel, and at least one clamping jaw and a limiting part (9) which are arranged on the valve body (1), wherein when the clamping jaw is clamped in the clamping hole, the clamping jaw and the clamping hole form limiting fit for limiting the drain valve to move along the horizontal direction, and the limiting part (9) and the support (2) and the clamping jaw and the clamping hole form limiting fit for limiting the drain valve to move along the vertical direction;
the clamping jaw comprises a supporting arm and at least one elastic arm vertically arranged at the end part of the supporting arm, when the elastic arm is clamped in the clamping hole, the outer side surface of the supporting arm is abutted against the side wall of the clamping hole to limit the water discharge valve to move along the horizontal direction, and the top surface of the elastic arm is abutted against the bottom surface of the support (2) to limit the water discharge valve to move upwards;
the root of the supporting arm is provided with a reinforcing rib (10).
2. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the jaws comprise a first jaw (3) and a second jaw (4), the clamping holes comprise a first clamping hole (5) matched with the first jaw (3) and a second clamping hole (6) matched with the second jaw (4), and the free end of the elastic arm of the first jaw (3) deviates from the free end of the elastic arm of the second jaw (4).
3. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the first catching hole (5) has one end with a width larger than that of the other end.
4. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein the resilient arm of the second catch (4) has a slope (7) for guiding the resilient arm when sliding into or out of the second catch hole (6).
5. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the bottom end of the limiting portion (9) abuts against the upper surface of the support (2) when the clamping jaw is clamped in the clamping hole.
6. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the support arm and the resilient arm are of a unitary structure.
7. The drain valve mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein the holder (2) is mounted on the tank or the outer tub through a reinforcement.
8. A washing machine characterized by comprising the drain valve mounting structure according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
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