CN108277619B

CN108277619B - Detergent box and washing machine with same

Info

Publication number: CN108277619B
Application number: CN201710012077.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋华诚; 许升; 赵志强; 贺培强
Original assignee: Qingdao Jiaonan Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Jiaonan Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-01-06
Filing date: 2017-01-06
Publication date: 2021-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 2037-01-06
Also published as: CN108277619A

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a detergent box. The siphon drainage pipe and the siphon cap are arranged at the bottom of the box body, the leakage port is also arranged at the bottom of the box body, and the water storage device is arranged below the siphon drainage pipe and the leakage port; the temporary water storage device realizes the opening and closing of the leakage port by the gravity of the temporary water storage device and the liquid flowing in from the siphon liquid discharge pipe and the leakage port. The invention also discloses a washing machine with the detergent box. The invention realizes that all washing water in the box body is discharged into the inner barrel of the washing machine when the leakage port is opened, avoids the breeding of bacteria in the box body, and realizes the closing of the leakage port after the liquid in the box body is discharged, thereby ensuring that the washing agent cannot directly leak out of the leakage port when the next washing agent is put in.

Description

Detergent box and washing machine with same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a detergent box and a washing machine with the same.

Background

Along with the improvement of living standard, the washing machine is widely applied gradually, and a detergent box is arranged in the washing machine and comprises a box body and a washing agent box body, wherein the box body is internally stored with the washing agent; the siphon liquid discharge pipe and the siphon cap are arranged in the box body; wherein, the washing water inlet formed by the siphon cap and the siphon liquid discharge pipe is positioned at the bottom end of the box body and communicated with the inner cavity of the box body, and the outlet of the siphon liquid discharge pipe is communicated with the washing machine barrel. The washing water enters a space formed by the siphon cap and the siphon liquid discharge pipe from the washing water inlet at the bottom end, flows upwards to the top end of the siphon liquid discharge pipe, and then flows downwards to enter the washing machine barrel.

The detergent box realizes the function of storing the detergent under the condition of not washing clothes, and meanwhile, the detergent can overflow to the washing cylinder along with water flow under the water inlet condition. In the detergent box, after the water supply is stopped, residual washing water is discharged by the siphon pipe, but since a certain gap is formed between the bottom of the siphon pipe and the bottom of the detergent box, it is difficult to completely discharge the washing water in the detergent box. In addition, because the washing water is dissolved with the detergent, the viscosity of the washing water is much higher than that of common water, the mobility of the washing water is reduced due to the surface tension in the detergent box, so that the washing water in the detergent box cannot be completely discharged, a part of the washing water is remained in the detergent box, and the remained washing water is not easy to evaporate and dry in a relatively sealed environment and is easy to breed bacteria.

Therefore, how to avoid the residual washing water in the detergent box is a problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a detergent box and a washing machine with the same.

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

a detergent box comprises a box body, wherein a siphon liquid discharge pipe and a siphon cap are arranged at the bottom of the box body, a leakage port is also arranged at the bottom of the box body, and a temporary water storage device is arranged below the siphon liquid discharge pipe and the leakage port; the water storage device realizes the opening and closing of the leakage port by means of the water storage device and the gravity of the liquid flowing in from the siphon liquid discharge pipe and the leakage port.

As a preferred scheme of the detergent box, a sealing gasket matched with the leakage port is arranged on the water temporary storage device, and a slow release port is formed at the bottom of the water temporary storage device; the temporary water storage device is connected with the box body through a reset mechanism, and the reset mechanism moves up and down along with the amount of liquid in the temporary water storage device.

As a preferred scheme of the detergent box, the cross-sectional area of the slow-release opening is smaller than that of a space enclosed by the siphon cap and the siphon drain pipe.

As a preferred scheme of the detergent box, a plurality of limiting rods with downward free ends are arranged at the bottom of the box body, and the temporary water storage device slides up and down along the limiting rods; the resetting mechanism is sleeved on the limiting rod and is positioned between the water temporary storage device and the bottom end of the limiting rod.

As a preferable scheme of the detergent box, when the liquid level in the water temporary storage device is higher than 1/3 of the height of the water temporary storage device, the resetting mechanism enables the water temporary storage device to move downwards, and the sealing gasket is far away from the leakage port; when the liquid level in the water temporary storage device is lower than 1/3 of the height of the liquid level, the reset mechanism enables the water temporary storage device to reset, and the sealing gasket shields the leakage port.

As a preferred scheme of the detergent box, the water temporary storage device comprises a baffle, a side wall and a bottom wall, the baffle is connected with the limiting rod, the side wall is a circular tube, and the bottom wall is inclined towards a central shaft of the water temporary storage device from top to bottom to form a slow release port.

As a preferable scheme of the detergent box, the sealing gasket is a rubber gasket fixed on the baffle plate.

As a preferable embodiment of the detergent box, the return mechanism is a spring.

As a preferred scheme of the detergent box, the limiting rods are uniformly distributed on the periphery of the siphon liquid discharge pipe.

As a preferable scheme of the detergent box, a retainer ring is arranged between the reset mechanism and the limiting rod.

A washing machine comprises the detergent box.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

the application provides a detergent box, the bottom of box body is equipped with the leakage opening, and siphon fluid-discharge tube and leakage opening's below is provided with the water installation of keeping in, and the water installation of keeping in relies on self and the gravity from the liquid of siphon fluid-discharge tube, leakage opening inflow, realizes the switching of leakage opening. After water is fed, washing water in the box body enters the water temporary storage device through the siphon liquid discharge pipe, the water temporary storage device opens a leakage port under the action of gravity, all washing water in the box body can be discharged into the inner barrel of the washing machine, and bacteria in the box body are prevented from breeding; after the liquid in the box body is drained, the temporary water storage device resets under the action of the reset mechanism, so that the leakage opening is blocked and closed, and the detergent is prevented from directly leaking from the leakage opening when being put into the box body next time.

Drawings

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 sectional view of a detergent box according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

fig. 3 is a side sectional view of a detergent box according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The figures are labeled as follows:

11-a box body; 12-siphon drain; 13-a siphon cap; 14-a leak port; 15-temporary water storage device; 16-a retainer ring; 17-a reset mechanism; 18-a stop lever; 19-a seal gasket;

151-baffle plate; 152-a side wall; 153-bottom wall; 154-sustained release port.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions of the present invention are further described below by way of specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a detergent box, which includes a box body 11, a siphon liquid discharge pipe 12 and a siphon cap 13 are arranged at the bottom of the box body 11, a leakage port 14 is further arranged at the bottom of the box body 11, and a temporary water storage device 15 is arranged below the siphon liquid discharge pipe 12 and the leakage port 14; the temporary storage water device 15 opens and closes the leak port 14 by its own weight and by the weight of the liquid flowing in from the siphon drain and the leak port 14.

The temporary water storage device 15 includes a baffle 151, a side wall 152, a bottom wall 153 and a slow release opening 154. The bottom of the box body 11 is provided with a plurality of limiting rods 18 with downward free ends, and the limiting rods 18 are slidably sleeved in through holes formed in the baffle 151, so that the temporary water storage device 15 can slide up and down along the limiting rods 18. The free end of the limit rod 18 is provided with a limit structure for limiting the lowest position of the temporary water storage device 15 in sliding. The limiting rods 18 are uniformly distributed on the periphery of the siphon discharge pipe 12, so that the water temporary storage device 15 cannot be eccentric or stressed unevenly in the sliding process. The temporary water storage device 15 is connected with the box body 11 through the reset mechanism 17, the reset mechanism 17 moves up and down along with the amount of liquid in the temporary water storage device 15, the reset mechanism 17 is arranged between the temporary water storage device 15 and the limiting rod 18, the reset mechanism 17 can select a spring, and the reset mechanism 17 is used for enabling the temporary water storage device 15 to realize the opening and closing of the leakage port 14 according to the difference of the height of the liquid stored in the inner cavity of the temporary water storage device. Specifically, the water temporary storage device 15 is provided with a sealing gasket 19 matched with the leakage port 14, when the liquid level in the water temporary storage device 15 is higher than 1/3 of the height of the water temporary storage device 15, the elastic force of a spring is smaller than the sum of the gravity of the water temporary storage device 15 and the gravity of the liquid in the water temporary storage device 15, the water temporary storage device 15 moves downwards, the sealing gasket 19 is far away from the leakage port 14, the leakage port 14 is opened, the liquid in the box body 11 can flow into an inner barrel of the washing machine from the leakage port 14 until the liquid is completely discharged, and therefore the breeding of bacteria can be avoided; when the liquid level in the water temporary storage device 15 is lower than 1/3, the elastic force of the spring is larger than the sum of the gravity of the water temporary storage device 15 and the liquid in the water temporary storage device, the water temporary storage device 15 is reset, the sealing gasket 19 shields the leakage opening 14, and therefore the phenomenon that the detergent directly flows into the inner barrel of the washing machine can be avoided when the detergent is put in next time. Of course, the liquid level in the water temporary storage device 15 of the start-up resetting mechanism 17 can be selected not only to be 1/3, but also to be set to other values according to requirements, such as the height of the water temporary storage device 15 is selected from 1/3-2/3, and the height value is related to the type of the selected spring. The sealing gasket 19 is a rubber gasket fixed on the baffle 151, and the rubber gasket can effectively seal the leakage port 14, so that when the rubber gasket blocks the leakage port 14, liquid in the box body 11 does not flow out of the leakage port 14.

Side wall 152 is a circular tube having a central axis that is coaxial with the central axis of siphon discharge pipe 12, which facilitates the smooth flow of liquid in cartridge body 11 through siphon discharge pipe 12 and siphon cap 13 to water buffer 15. The bottom wall 153 is inclined from top to bottom towards the central axis of the water temporary storage device 15 to form the slow release opening 154, and the cross-sectional area of the slow release opening 154 formed in this way is smaller than that of the side wall 152, so that the pressure of liquid discharged outwards from the slow release opening 154 can be increased, and the liquid is favorably discharged from the water temporary storage device 15 into the inner barrel of the washing machine. In addition, the cross-sectional area of the slow-release opening 154 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the space enclosed by the siphon liquid discharge pipe 12 and the siphon cap 13, so that in the process of discharging the liquid in the box body 11 into the water temporary storage device 15, the liquid with a certain height can be stored in the inner cavity of the water temporary storage device 15, the purpose of starting the reset mechanism 17 to move downwards is achieved, and the purpose of opening the leakage opening 14 is achieved. And because the drainage speed of the water temporary storage cavity 15 is low, the leakage port 14 is kept in an open state before all the liquid in the box body 11 is drained, so that no residual liquid exists in the box body 11. A retainer ring 16 is arranged between the resetting mechanism 17 and the limiting rod 18, the retainer ring 16 can be made of rubber, and the retainer ring 16 has the advantages of preventing the resetting mechanism 17 from sliding off the limiting rod 18 and simultaneously playing the roles of reducing the abrasion of the temporary water storage device 15 and reducing the vibration.

The invention also provides a washing machine, and the washing machine is internally provided with the detergent box. This washing machine can be discharged washing water in the detergent box to the washing machine barrel after intaking, avoids breeding of bacterium in the box body to liquid in the box body is arranged the back, can also realize closing of leakage opening, when guaranteeing to put in the detergent next time, the detergent can not directly spill from leaking the leakage opening.

It is noted that the foregoing shows and describes the general principles and features of the present invention, together with the advantages thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A detergent box comprises a box body (11), wherein the bottom of the box body (11) is provided with a siphon liquid discharge pipe (12), a siphon cap (13) and a leakage port (14), and is characterized in that a temporary water storage device (15) is arranged below the siphon liquid discharge pipe (12) and the leakage port (14); the temporary water storage device (15) realizes the opening and closing of the leakage port (14) by means of the gravity of the temporary water storage device and the liquid flowing in from the siphon drainage pipe (12) and the leakage port (14).

2. The detergent box according to claim 1, wherein the temporary water storage device (15) is provided with a sealing gasket (19) matched with the leakage port (14), and the bottom of the temporary water storage device (15) is provided with a slow release port (154); the temporary water storage device (15) is connected with the box body (11) through a reset mechanism (17), and the reset mechanism (17) moves up and down along with the amount of liquid in the temporary water storage device (15).

3. The detergent box according to claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional area of the slow-release opening (154) is smaller than the cross-sectional area of a space surrounded by the siphon drain pipe (12) and the siphon cap (13).

4. The detergent box according to claim 2, wherein the bottom of the box body (11) is provided with a plurality of limiting rods (18) with downward free ends, and the temporary water storage device (15) slides up and down along the limiting rods (18); the reset mechanism (17) is sleeved on the limiting rod (18) and is positioned between the temporary water storage device (15) and the bottom end of the limiting rod (18).

5. The detergent box according to claim 4, wherein the temporary water storage device (15) comprises a baffle (151), a side wall (152) and a bottom wall (153), the baffle (151) is connected with the limiting rod (18), the side wall (152) is a circular tube, and the bottom wall (153) is inclined from top to bottom towards the central axis of the temporary water storage device (15) to form a slow release opening (154).

6. The detergent box according to claim 5, wherein the gasket (19) is a rubber gasket fixed to the baffle (151).

7. Detergent box according to any of claims 2-4, characterized in that the return mechanism (17) is a spring.

8. The detergent box according to claim 4, wherein the limiting rods (18) are uniformly distributed on the periphery of the siphon drain pipe (12).

9. The detergent box according to claim 8, wherein a retainer ring (16) is provided between the return mechanism (17) and the stopper rod (18).

10. A washing machine characterized by comprising the detergent box according to any one of claims 1 to 9.