CN107700159B

CN107700159B - Drain pipe support

Info

Publication number: CN107700159B
Application number: CN201710819052.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 纪虎; 王得军; 宋秀顺
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Qingdao Jiaozhou Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Qingdao Jiaozhou Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-09-12
Filing date: 2017-09-12
Publication date: 2022-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-09-12
Also published as: CN107700159A

Abstract

The invention provides a drain pipe support, which comprises a frame, a plurality of bearing parts: the outer side of the frame is provided with a plurality of supporting surfaces which are arranged at an angle, and the bearing parts are formed on the inner side of the frame and arranged corresponding to the supporting surfaces and used for bearing the drain pipe. When the drain pipe is borne by different bearing pieces, the distance between the drain pipe and the corresponding supporting surface is different. The drain pipe support is mainly used for avoiding the formation of a trap in a drain pipe of a washing machine, and solves the problems of poor universality and low reliability of the existing drain pipe support.

Description

Drain pipe support

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a structural design of a drain pipe support.

Background

In order to conveniently move and place, the drain pipes of the existing washing machines are hoses with certain lengths, so that a user generally inserts the drain pipes into a floor drain to play a drainage role in order to avoid water flow overflowing the ground. When the drain pipe is inserted into the floor drain, the drain pipe forms a more obvious S-shaped trap, as shown in figure 1. After the washing of every turn is finished, often can form certain ponding in the S-shaped trap, not only breed the bacterium easily, arouse the peculiar smell, long time the trap still easily produces the damage, especially in cold season in winter, ponding freezes to change and produces irreversible damage to the drain pipe.

The existing solution is to fill a support part under the trap to make the drain pipe form a slope, but because the trap positions formed in different household drain pipes are different, for example, a lower support part is needed when the drain pipe is close to the floor drain position, a higher support part is needed when the drain pipe is close to the washing machine position, and the height of the existing support part can not be adjusted, and the drain pipe is easily impacted by water flow to make the drain pipe fall off from the support part.

Therefore, the development of a drain pipe bracket which is easy to install, suitable for different supporting positions and not easy to fall off is a problem to be solved by the invention.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a drain pipe support which solves the problems of poor universality and low reliability of the existing drain pipe support while avoiding the formation of a trap.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme to realize the purpose:

a drain support comprising a frame, a plurality of bearings: the outer side of the frame is provided with a plurality of supporting surfaces which are arranged at an angle, and the bearing parts are formed on the inner side of the frame and arranged corresponding to the supporting surfaces and used for bearing the drain pipe. When the drain pipe is borne by different bearing pieces, the distance between the drain pipe and the corresponding supporting surface is different.

Furthermore, a set gap is reserved between the adjacent bearing pieces and used for the drainage pipe accessories to pass through.

Further, the two bearing pieces which are oppositely arranged form a clamping structure for clamping the drain pipe.

Furthermore, the frame includes frame, inside casing and is located the first connecting portion between frame, the inside casing, the frame is formed with the holding surface, inside casing connection has the carrier.

Further, the outer frame is a square frame with four supporting surfaces.

Further, the first connecting portion includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending from the outer frame to the inner frame.

Further, the bearing piece comprises a bearing plate and a second connecting portion located between the bearing plate and the inner frame.

Further, the bearing plate is an arc-shaped plate or a V-shaped plate.

Furthermore, the second connecting portion is a support leg located at two ends of the bearing plate or a spring located in the middle of the bearing plate.

Furthermore, guide inclined planes or guide curved surfaces are formed on two sides of the bearing plate along the passing direction of the drain pipe.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and beneficial effects that:

the drain pipe support can be stably positioned on the ground by each supporting surface, each supporting surface corresponds to a bearing piece, and the arrangement of the bearing pieces enables the drain pipe support to have multiple using modes, namely, a precondition is provided for improving the universality of the drain pipe support. In addition, the invention is convenient to use, and the drain pipe is only required to be penetrated into an annular ring (not necessarily circular) consisting of a plurality of bearing pieces. The drain pipe support of the present invention also has the advantageous effect of preventing it from falling off, since it surrounds the drain pipe.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a drain pipe of a washing machine inserted in a floor drain in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a drain support according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a drain support according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a drain support of the present invention for supporting a drain of a washing machine.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In order to achieve a drain support that is easy to install, is adaptable to a variety of support heights, and is not prone to drop the drain pipe 20, the present embodiment provides a drain support 10 that includes a frame, a plurality of bearings, as shown in fig. 2-4. Wherein, the outside of frame is encircleed and is formed with a plurality of holding surfaces that are the angle setting, and the setting of holding surface makes drain pipe support 10 self and ground realize reliably contacting, has prevented to appear empting, askew phenomenon etc. because of bearing the weight of drain pipe 20, and in order to alleviate wearing and tearing, forms transition curved surface between the adjacent holding surface in this embodiment. The carriers are formed inside the frame and arranged in correspondence with the support surfaces (i.e. each carrier has a support surface arranged opposite thereto) for carrying the drain pipe 20. When the drain pipes 20 are carried by different carriers, the drain pipes 20 are at different distances from the corresponding support surfaces. The drain pipe 20 can be lifted and supported at a plurality of heights by utilizing the structural characteristics, so that the universality of the drain pipe support 10 is effectively improved and the application range of the drain pipe support is expanded while the trap formation (shown in figure 5) in the drain pipe 20 of the washing machine is avoided.

For convenient storage, the free end of the drain pipe 20 of the existing washing machine is generally provided with accessories such as hooks, clips and the like, and in other embodiments of the invention, the accessories of the drain pipe 20 can be smoothly passed through by increasing the size of an annular ring consisting of a plurality of bearing pieces. However, in order to avoid the drain pipe 20 from shaking in the annular ring while ensuring the compactness of the overall structure, a set gap is reserved between the adjacent bearing parts in the embodiment for the passage of the accessories of the drain pipe 20, and the scheme does not need to make the annular ring oversized, which is beneficial to reducing the shaking of the drain pipe 20 in the drain pipe bracket 10.

The present embodiment also contemplates that two carriers disposed opposite each other form a clamping structure for clamping the drain pipe 20. It is apparent that the drain support 10 requires an even number of carriers. The clamping structure is formed to limit radial shaking of the drain pipe 20 and to ensure reliability of assembly between the drain pipe 20 and the bracket 10 even when water flow impacts in the drain pipe 20.

Specifically, the frame of the present embodiment includes an outer frame 11, an inner frame 12, and a first connecting portion located between the outer frame 11 and the inner frame 12, the outer frame 11 is configured to form a supporting surface, and the inner frame 12 is configured to connect to the bearing member. The first connection portion is not limited to a single structure, and may be a plurality of connection rods connected between the outer frame 11 and the inner frame 12, or a thin plate connected between the outer frame 11 and the inner frame 12. In order to improve the structural strength, the first connecting portion is a plurality of reinforcing ribs 13 extending from the outer frame 11 to the inner frame 12. The number of the reinforcing ribs 13 may be set at regular intervals according to the size of the inner frame 12. In this embodiment, for the sake of simplifying the structure, the outer frame 11 is a square frame having four supporting surfaces, and the inner frame 12 is also a square frame.

Specifically, the bearing member of the present embodiment includes a bearing plate and a second connecting portion located between the bearing plate and the inner frame 12. According to the invention, the frame and the bearing piece can be integrally formed or fixedly connected by bonding, welding and the like according to the specific structure of the bearing piece. In other embodiments of the present invention, the bearing plate may be a V-shaped plate, but the drain pipe 20 is a circular pipe, and in order to increase the contact area between the bearing member and the drain pipe 20 and ensure the reliability of the assembly, the bearing plate is designed as an arc-shaped plate 14 in this embodiment. And the four bearing plates corresponding to the four support surfaces are circularly arranged to ensure reliable clamping of the drain pipe 20. Regarding the structure of the second connecting portion, in order to maintain the clamping effect in other embodiments of the present invention, the second connecting portion may be a spring with a certain rigidity located in the middle of the bearing plate. In order to facilitate the integral forming and simplify the assembling process, the second connecting portion is a leg 15 located at two ends of the supporting plate in this embodiment, and the leg 15 is connected to a corner of the inner frame 12. It should be noted that, when the supporting member includes the arc-shaped plate 14 and the supporting legs 15, the supporting member itself can be ensured to have a certain elastic deformation amount by being made of common plastics, so that a clamping structure can be formed, and a clamping effect can be realized.

In this embodiment, the set gap is formed between two adjacent support legs 15, and the two adjacent support legs 15 are specifically designed to be arranged in parallel, so as to ensure that the set gap with the same distance exists between the adjacent bearing parts. To facilitate the passage of the drain pipe 20 accessories, the present embodiment forms guide slopes on the legs 15 along both sides of the direction in which the drain pipe 20 accessories pass. And in order to facilitate the passage of the drain pipe 20, the present embodiment is also formed with guide slopes at both sides in the passing direction of the drain pipe 20 in the carrying plate.

The foregoing is directed to preferred embodiments of the present invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims that follow. However, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present invention are within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A drain support, comprising:

a frame, the outer side of which is formed with a plurality of supporting surfaces arranged in an angle,

a plurality of carriers formed inside the frame and disposed corresponding to the support surfaces for carrying the drain pipes,

when the drain pipe is carried by different bearing parts, the distances between the drain pipe and the corresponding supporting surfaces are different;

a set gap is reserved between the adjacent bearing pieces and is used for the passing of the drain pipe accessories;

the frame comprises an outer frame, an inner frame and a first connecting part positioned between the outer frame and the inner frame, the outer frame is provided with the supporting surface, and the inner frame is connected with the bearing piece;

the bearing piece comprises a bearing plate and a second connecting part positioned between the bearing plate and the inner frame;

the bearing plate is designed to be an arc-shaped plate, and the second connecting parts are supporting legs positioned at two ends of the bearing plate; the supporting legs are connected to the corners of the inner frame;

the set gap is formed between two adjacent and parallel supporting legs.

2. The drain support of claim 1, wherein the two oppositely disposed carriers form a clamping structure for clamping the drain.

3. The drain support of claim 1, wherein the outer frame is a square frame having four of the support surfaces.

4. The drain pipe stand of claim 1, wherein the first connection includes a plurality of reinforcing ribs extending from the outer frame to the inner frame.

5. The drain pipe support according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein guide slopes or guide curved surfaces are formed in both sides of the carrying plate in the direction in which the drain pipe passes.