CN107385764B

CN107385764B - Drum washing machine with movable clothes taking and placing opening

Info

Publication number: CN107385764B
Application number: CN201710385930.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐雨生; 金炅学; 吴德元
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-05-26
Filing date: 2017-05-26
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2037-05-26
Also published as: CN107385764A

Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes taking and placing opening movable type drum washing machine which comprises a drum assembly, a driving device, an induction device, a door cover and a controller, wherein the drum assembly is configured to enable a clothes taking and placing opening of the drum assembly to move up and down in an opening, the door cover is used for covering a gap between the clothes taking and placing opening and a front sealing door, the door cover can move in the opening along with the drum assembly, the induction device is configured to generate an induction signal when a part of the front sealing door, which is adjacent to the edge of the opening, is touched, the controller is connected with the induction device and the driving device, and the controller controls the driving device to pause according to the induction signal to stop the movement of the door cover. According to the clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention, the induction signal is generated when the edge part of the front sealing door is touched, so that the door cover is stopped being driven to move, the phenomenon that a human body or other foreign matters are clamped to cause damage when the door cover pivots along with the drum assembly is avoided, and the safety performance is improved.

Description

Drum washing machine with movable clothes taking and placing opening

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machine manufacturing, in particular to a drum washing machine with a movable clothes taking and placing opening.

Background

In the related art, the drum washing machine with the movable clothes taking and placing opening has the advantages that in the use process, the drum assembly can rotate along the vertical axis and the axes of the left side surface and the right side surface, so that the drum assembly of the washing machine and the box body move relatively, a certain gap is inevitably formed between the drum assembly and the box body, and when the drum assembly moves, if hands of people are in the gap, the hands of people can be injured due to extrusion, and certain potential safety hazards are brought.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the roller washing machine with the movable clothes taking and placing opening, which has the advantages of simple structure and high safety performance.

The roller washing machine with the movable clothes taking and placing opening comprises a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a front sealing door, and an opening is formed in the front sealing door; the roller assembly is pivotally arranged in the box body and is configured to enable the clothes taking and placing opening of the roller assembly to move up and down in the opening; the door cover is used for covering a gap between the clothes taking and placing opening and the front sealing door, and can move along with the roller assembly in the opening; the driving device is connected with the roller assembly to drive the roller assembly; the sensing device is configured to generate a sensing signal when a part of the front sealing door adjacent to the edge of the open hole is touched; the controller is connected with the sensing device and the driving device, and controls the driving device to pause according to the sensing signal so as to stop the movement of the door cover.

According to the clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention, the induction device is arranged, so that an induction signal can be generated when the part of the front sealing door, which is adjacent to the edge of the opening, is touched, and the controller controls the driving device to pause to stop driving the door cover to move, so that the phenomenon that a human body or other foreign matters are clamped to cause damage when the door cover pivots along with the drum assembly is avoided, and the safety performance is improved.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the sensing device is a sensor, the sensor is arranged at a position of the front sealing door close to the edge of the open hole, and the sensor generates the sensing signal after being touched, so that potential safety hazards caused by relative movement of the door cover and the front sealing door are avoided.

According to one example of the invention, the sensor is a pressure sensor.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the sensing device is a conductive coating, and the conductive coating generates an induced current after being touched, so that potential safety hazards caused by relative movement of the roller assembly and the box body can be avoided, meanwhile, the occupied space can be reduced, and the assembly is convenient.

According to an optional example of the invention, the door cover is arranged on the inner side of the front sealing door; the sensor is disposed adjacent to the upper edge and/or the lower edge of the open mouth.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to shield the internal components of the cabinet and ensure the appearance of the washing machine, the central portion of the door cover is provided with a through hole adapted to be fitted with the laundry inlet of the drum assembly.

According to one example of the present invention, a rubber door seal is provided between the door cover and the drum assembly.

According to an example of the present invention, the size of the door cover is larger than the size of the open opening.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a damping frame is arranged in the box body, and the roller assembly is pivotally arranged on the damping frame through a rotating shaft.

According to an example of the present invention, the driving means is a power push rod, one end of which is fixed to the shock-absorbing frame and the other end of which is connected to the roller assembly.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the drum assembly includes an inner drum and an outer drum, the inner drum being rotatably provided within the outer drum.

According to one example of the present invention, the outer cylinder includes a front outer cylinder and a rear outer cylinder connected thereto, the rear outer cylinder being pivotably connected to the shock-absorbing frame, the front outer cylinder being connected to the driving device.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a movable drum washing machine with a clothes inlet according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the clothes inlet is located at a washing state position;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a movable drum washing machine with a clothes inlet according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the clothes inlet is located at an unwashed state position;

fig. 3 is a partial structural view of a clothes pick-and-place port movable type drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100: a clothes taking and placing opening movable drum washing machine;

10: a box body; 11: an opening is formed; 12: front sealing the door;

20: a roller assembly; 21: a front outer cylinder; 22: a rear outer cylinder; 23: a clothes taking and placing opening;

30: a door body; 40: a door cover;

50: a drive device; 60: a shock-absorbing frame; 70: a shaft member; 80: a spring damper.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The laundry loading/unloading port movable type drum washing machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the clothes-pick-and-place movable-drum washing machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet 10, a drum assembly 20, a door cover 40, a driving device 50, a sensing device, and a controller (not shown).

The front side of the cabinet 10 is provided with a front sealing door 12, the front sealing door 12 is formed with an open opening 11, the drum assembly 20 is pivotally provided in the cabinet 10, the front side of the drum assembly 20 is provided with a laundry taking and placing opening 23, the drum assembly 20 is configured such that the laundry taking and placing opening 23 of the drum assembly 20 can move up and down in the open opening 11 of the cabinet 10, the door body 30 is mounted on the drum assembly 20 and covers the laundry taking and placing opening 23, the door cover 40 is provided on the front side of the drum assembly 20 such that a gap between the laundry taking and placing opening 23 and the front sealing door 12 can be shielded by the door cover 40, for example, the door cover 40 can be formed as a spherical cover, the front end of which is connected with the front end of the drum assembly 20, the rear section of which is provided on the outer circumferential side of the drum assembly 20 in an umbrella shape, when the drive device 50 drives the drum assembly 20 to move up and down such that the laundry taking and placing opening 23 moves within the, the door 40 can move synchronously with the roller assembly 20 within the open mouth 11. The driving device 50 is connected to the drum assembly 20, such that the laundry inlet 23 is movable up and down in the opening 11 of the cabinet 10 under the driving of the driving device 50, and compared to the related art drum washing machine in which the laundry inlet 23 is disposed at the front surface, the movable drum washing machine 100 can move the laundry inlet 23 to a position suitable for a user to add or remove laundry when the user needs to take or remove laundry. For example, the laundry loading and unloading opening 23 may be moved upward. Like this when the user gets and puts the clothing, do not need the user to squat or bend over, not only be convenient for the user to pass through the clothing is got and is put mouth 23 and add or take out the clothing, can make inconvenient user of bending over such as old man moreover and put the clothing smoothly to improve washing machine 100's convenience, and, because the clothing is got and is put mouth 23 and can be in opening mouth 11 activity from top to bottom, can be after adding the clothing, will the clothing is got and is put mouth 23 and remove to the position that is suitable for the washing clothing. For example, the laundry loading and unloading port 23 may be moved downward. Therefore, when clothes are washed, the clothes can be washed by driving the clothes to be beaten up and down through the rolling of the roller, so that the abrasion to the clothes during washing can be reduced, the clothes do not need to be completely immersed in water during washing, the washing can be completed only by a small amount of water, the consumption of water resources is reduced, and the washing machine is more environment-friendly.

Further, the controller is connected to the sensing device and the driving device 50, the sensing device is configured to generate a sensing signal when a portion of the front sealing door 12 adjacent to the edge of the open opening 11 is touched, so that, in the operation process of the washing machine 100, the door cover 40 moves in the open opening 11, when a human body or a foreign object touches the portion of the front sealing door 12 adjacent to the edge of the open opening 11, the sensing device generates the sensing signal, the controller receives the sensing signal, and controls the driving device 50 to stop moving according to the sensing signal, thereby stopping driving the door cover 40 to move, thereby preventing the door cover 40 from being damaged due to the fact that the human body or other foreign objects are clamped when the door cover 40 pivots along with the drum assembly 20, and improving the safety performance of the washing machine 100 in the use process.

It should be noted that the edge of the open opening 11 may include the edge of the open opening 11, or may include a portion of the front door 12 adjacent to the edge of the open opening 11, so as to improve the sensing range and further improve the safety performance of the washing machine 100.

Therefore, the movable drum washing machine 100 with a clothes inlet according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of convenient use, high safety, water saving, etc.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the sensing device is a sensor, the sensor may be installed at a portion of the front door 12 of the cabinet 10 adjacent to the edge of the opening 11, when a human body or a foreign object contacts the portion of the front door 12 of the cabinet 10 adjacent to the edge of the opening 11, the sensor generates a sensing signal, and the controller controls the driving device 50 to stop moving and pause according to the sensing signal, so that the door cover 40 stops moving, which may prevent a user from being pinched, thereby improving the safety performance of the washing machine 100.

According to an example of the invention, the sensor is a pressure sensor, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the maintenance and the replacement of a user are convenient.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the sensing device is a conductive coating, the conductive coating may be disposed at a position of the front door 12 of the box 10 adjacent to the edge of the open port 11, when a human body or a foreign object contacts the position of the front door 12 of the box 10 adjacent to the edge of the open port 11, the conductive coating generates a sensing leakage current, and the controller controls the driving device 50 to stop moving according to the sensing signal, so as to prevent a user from being pinched or the foreign object from being pinched, and at the same time, reduce the occupied space and facilitate assembly.

According to an example of the present invention, the door cover 40 is disposed on the inner side of the front door 12 (as shown in fig. 3), and the sensor may be disposed on the upper edge and the lower edge of the front door 12 adjacent to the open hole 11, or disposed on both the upper edge and the lower edge, so that the sensing sensitivity can be ensured, and the safety of the washing machine 100 can be further improved.

Referring to fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to ensure the overall aesthetic appearance of the washing machine 100 and prevent impurities from entering the interior of the cabinet 10 of the washing machine 100, a through hole suitable for the front end of the drum assembly 20 to pass through is formed in the middle of the door 40, for example, the door 40 may be formed as a spherical cover, the front end of the spherical cover is connected to the front end of the drum assembly 20, the rear section of the spherical cover is covered on the outer circumferential side of the drum assembly 20 in an umbrella shape, and when the drum assembly 20 is driven by the driving device 50 to move up and down so that the laundry loading/unloading opening 23 moves within the range of the opening 11, the door 40 can move synchronously with the drum assembly 20 within the range of the opening 11.

In other words, when the clothes taking and placing opening 23 is in an unwashed state, the clothes taking and placing opening 23 moves to the upper edge of the front panel, and then the spherical cover and the door 30 at the front end of the drum assembly 20 also move to the upper edge of the front panel synchronously, so that the user can open the door 30 to take out the clothes; when the clothes taking and placing opening 23 is in a washing state, the clothes taking and placing opening 23 moves to the lower edge of the front panel, the spherical cover and the door 30 at the front end of the drum assembly 20 also move to the lower edge of the front panel synchronously, and the door 30 closes the clothes taking and placing opening 23 to enter the washing state.

In one example of the present invention, in order to ensure the sealing effect of the drum assembly 20 and prevent the washing water from entering the interior of the cabinet 10 to damage the internal electric devices, a rubber door seal for sealing is provided between the door cover 40 and the drum assembly 20.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in an example of the present invention, the size of the door cover 40 is larger than that of the open port 11, that is, when the door cover 40 and the drum assembly 20 are assembled in the cabinet 10, the covered area of the door cover 40 is larger than the open area of the open port 11, so that the inside of the open port 11 can be completely shielded, thereby achieving an aesthetic effect.

Referring to fig. 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, a damping frame 60 is provided inside the cabinet 10, a rotation shaft member 70 is oppositely disposed on a peripheral sidewall of the drum assembly 20, and a shaft hole adapted to the rotation shaft member 70 is provided on the damping frame 60, and the rotation shaft member 70 rotates in the shaft hole of the damping frame 60. The drum assembly 20 may be rotatably disposed on the shock-absorbing frame 60 through the shaft member 70 so that the laundry inlet 23 can move up and down in the opening 11, and the shock-absorbing frame 60 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cabinet 10 through the spring damper 80, so that vibration generated during movement of the drum assembly 20 may be reduced, and user experience may be further improved.

Referring to fig. 3, in one example of the present invention, the driving means 50 is a power push rod having one end fixed to the damping frame 60, for example, a lower portion of the damping frame 60, and the other end connected to the circumferential side wall of the drum assembly 20, whereby the power push rod can be operated under the control of the controller, and the power required for the operation of the power push rod is dc power. After the power is switched on, the moving rod of the electric push rod can be pushed outwards at a constant speed, at the moment, the electric push rod pushes up the roller assembly 20, when the roller assembly rises to the highest position, namely when the clothes taking and placing opening 23 moves upwards to the position of an unwashed state, the electric push rod can trigger a limit switch of the controller, and the controller can enable the electric push rod to pause to move; if the positive and negative poles of the direct current are exchanged, the moving rod of the electric push rod is pulled back, the electric push rod pulls the roller assembly 20 downwards at the moment, when the roller assembly is pulled to the lowest position, namely the taking and placing opening moves downwards to the position of a washing state, the electric push rod can trigger the limit switch, and the electric push rod stops moving.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the drum assembly 20 includes an outer drum and an inner drum rotatably disposed in the outer drum, such that a user puts laundry into the inner drum at the time of washing, and agitates washing water in the drum assembly 20 by relative rotation between the inner drum and the outer drum, thereby performing washing.

In a further example of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the outer cylinder includes a front outer cylinder 21 and a rear outer cylinder 22, the front outer cylinder 21 and the rear outer cylinder 22 are connected and sealed, the rear outer cylinder 22 can be pivotally connected to the damping frame 60 by a rotating shaft cooperating with a bearing on the damping frame 60, and a circumferential side wall of the front outer cylinder 21 is connected to the driving device 50, so that when the driving device 50 is operated, the front outer cylinder 21 can be pushed up or pulled back, thereby moving the whole drum assembly 20 to facilitate a user to put in or take out clothes.

The laundry-pick-and-place-port movable-drum washing machine 100 and the like according to the embodiment of the present invention and the operation thereof are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A clothes taking and placing opening movable type drum washing machine is characterized by comprising:

the box body is provided with a front sealing door, and an opening is formed in the front sealing door;

the roller assembly is pivotally arranged in the box body and is configured to enable the clothes taking and placing opening of the roller assembly to move up and down in the opening;

the door cover is used for covering a gap between the clothes taking and placing opening and the front sealing door, and can move along with the roller assembly in the opening;

the driving device is connected with the roller assembly to drive the roller assembly;

the sensing device is configured to generate a sensing signal when a part of the front sealing door adjacent to the edge of the open hole is touched;

the controller is connected with the sensing device and the driving device, and controls the driving device to pause according to the sensing signal so as to stop the movement of the door cover;

a damping frame is arranged in the box body, rotating shaft pieces are oppositely arranged on the peripheral side walls of the roller assemblies, shaft holes matched with the rotating shaft pieces are formed in the damping frame, and the rotating shaft pieces rotate in the shaft holes of the damping frame;

the sensing device is a sensor which is arranged at the position of the front sealing door adjacent to the edge of the open hole; the sensor generates the induction signal after being touched; the sensor is a conductive coating, and induced current is generated after the conductive coating is touched;

the door cover is arranged on the inner side of the front sealing door; the sensor is disposed adjacent to the upper edge and/or the lower edge of the open mouth.

2. The clothes access port mobile drum washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a rubber door seal is provided between the door cover and the drum assembly.

3. The clothes-retrieving/placing-opening movable-drum washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the door cover has a size larger than that of the open opening.

4. The clothes access port moving drum washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a shock-absorbing frame is provided in the cabinet, and the drum assembly is pivotably provided on the shock-absorbing frame.

5. The clothes-retrieving/placing-opening movable-drum washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the driving device is an electric push rod, one end of which is fixed to the shock-absorbing frame, and the other end of which is connected to the drum assembly.

6. The clothes access port moving drum washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the drum assembly comprises an inner drum rotatably provided in the outer drum and an outer drum comprising a front outer drum and a rear outer drum connected thereto, the rear outer drum being pivotably connected to the damping frame, the front outer drum being connected to the driving means.