CN108797026B - Washing machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a washing machine.A door cover is arranged on a shell of the washing machine, a sealing ring which protrudes and extends towards the periphery is arranged on the inner side of the door cover, and the sealing ring is elastically and hermetically connected with a cylinder opening of an inner cylinder so as to realize the sealing of the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder when the door cover is buckled on the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder. Through the arrangement, when the door cover is buckled on the opening of the inner cylinder, the sealing ring convexly arranged on the periphery of the door cover is in sealing contact with the opening of the inner cylinder, so that the buckling connection part of the door cover and the opening of the inner cylinder is subjected to sealing treatment by the sealing ring, and the aim of dynamic sealing of the opening of the inner cylinder during rotation is fulfilled, water flow in the inner cylinder cannot flow out from the opening of the inner cylinder during rotation of the inner cylinder, and the inner cylinder has double functions of rotation and water holding; meanwhile, the outer barrel does not need to be sleeved outside the inner barrel, the volume of the inner barrel is increased, and the washing capacity of the washing machine is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines, particularly relates to a washing machine which is only provided with a rotatable inner cylinder capable of containing water, and particularly relates to an inner cylinder opening sealing mechanism of the washing machine.
Background
In the prior art, a drum washing machine generally comprises an inner drum and an outer drum which are mutually sleeved, wherein the outer drum is sealed and used for containing water, and the inner drum is used for containing clothes and beating and washing the clothes by rotating the inner drum; meanwhile, the inner barrel is provided with dehydration holes, so that water in the outer barrel flows into the inner barrel through the dehydration holes to soak the clothes in the inner barrel, the water in the inner barrel flows out of the outer barrel through the dehydration holes, and moisture on the clothes in the inner barrel is discharged to the outer barrel through the dehydration holes when the inner barrel rotates at a high speed, so that the aim of washing the clothes is fulfilled.
However, because the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are mutually sleeved, dirt is easily accumulated between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder in the use process of the washing machine; meanwhile, because the inner drum and the outer drum are mutually sleeved, a user cannot clean the outer wall of the inner drum and the inner wall of the outer drum, so that bacteria in the washing machine are increased, and the washing efficiency of the washing machine and the cleanliness of washed clothes are reduced.
Meanwhile, in the existing washing machine, the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder, and clothes are beaten and washed through the rotation of the inner cylinder in the washing process of the washing machine, so that the washing capacity of the washing machine is based on the inner cylinder, the utilization rate of the internal space of the washing machine is low, and the washing capacity of the washing machine cannot be expanded on the existing basis.
In view of this, how to provide a washing machine, so as to integrate the inner and outer drums, and make the inner drum be a sealed container, which can not only contain water and clothes, but also rotate to beat the clothes for washing; meanwhile, because the washing machine is not provided with the outer cylinder or the outer cylinder and the washing machine shell are integrally arranged, the inner cylinder of the washing machine can be expanded to expand the washing capacity of the washing machine, and the development hotspot is generated.
However, because the clothes are generally put in from the opening of the inner cylinder, how to seal the opening of the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed and prevent the inner water flow from flowing outwards in the rotating process of the inner cylinder becomes a difficult problem to be solved urgently.
The present application is particularly proposed in view of the above technical drawbacks.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to overcoming the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art and providing a washing machine. According to the washing machine, the sealing ring which protrudes outwards is arranged on the periphery of the inner side of the door cover of the washing machine, so that the sealing ring is in sealing contact with the opening of the inner cylinder, the problem of how to seal the opening in the rotating process of the inner cylinder is solved, and the aim of sealing the opening of the rotatable inner cylinder is fulfilled; meanwhile, the inner drum and the outer drum of the drum washing machine are combined into a whole, so that the aim of expanding the washing capacity of the washing machine is fulfilled.
In order to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects, the basic design idea of the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a door cover is arranged on a shell of a washing machine, a sealing ring which protrudes and extends towards the periphery is arranged on the inner side of the door cover, and the sealing ring is elastically and hermetically connected with a cylinder opening of an inner cylinder so that the door cover is buckled on the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder to realize the sealing of the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder.
Further, the door cover and the inner cylinder are coaxially arranged, a protruding portion protruding into the opening of the inner cylinder is arranged on the inner side of the door cover, a sealing ring protruding outwards in the radial direction is arranged on the periphery of the protruding portion, the sealing ring is made of elastic materials and is in sealing contact with the inner side face of the opening of the inner cylinder, and therefore the sealing ring is clamped with the inner side face of the opening of the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed and seals the clamping position.
Furthermore, the sealing ring is of a ring-shaped structure which protrudes outwards from the periphery of the door cover along the radial direction, and is made of rubber materials capable of generating elastic deformation; the inner circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring is smaller than the opening diameter of the opening of the inner cylinder opening, the outer circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring is larger than the opening diameter of the opening of the inner cylinder opening, so that the sealing ring generates elastic deformation in the closing process of the door cover to extend into the inner cylinder from the inner cylinder opening and be in clamping and sealing contact with the inner side of the inner cylinder opening.
Furthermore, a water inlet pipe is arranged on the door cover, one end of the water inlet pipe penetrates through the door cover to extend into the inner barrel, and the other end of the water inlet pipe is communicated with a water inlet structure of the washing machine so as to feed water into the inner barrel of the washing machine;
preferably, one end of the water inlet pipe extending into the inner cylinder is coaxially arranged with the door cover and extends along the axial direction of the inner cylinder.
Further, the sealing ring is an arc-shaped sealing ring which protrudes outwards from the periphery of the door cover along the radial direction, and the arc-shaped sealing ring is arranged on the periphery of the door cover on the lower side of the horizontal middle shaft surface, so that at least the lower part of the opening of the inner cylinder is sealed after the door cover is closed.
Further, a certain gap is arranged between the upper part of the door cover and the opening of the inner cylinder; one end of the water inlet pipe extends into the inner barrel from a gap between the upper part of the door cover and the opening of the inner barrel, and the other end of the water inlet pipe is communicated with a water inlet structure of the washing machine so as to feed water into the inner barrel of the washing machine;
preferably, the upper part of the door cover is provided with an inclined part which is gradually inclined downwards from outside to inside, and a certain gap is formed between the inner side end of the inclined part and the upper end of the opening of the inner cylinder; one end of the water inlet pipe extends along the inclined part and is inserted into the inner barrel from the gap, and the other end of the water inlet pipe bends and then extends upwards and is communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine.
Furthermore, one side of the sealing ring is correspondingly attached to the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder, so that the sealing ring is attached to the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder in a sealing manner after the door cover is closed, and the inner cylinder is sealed.
Further, the opening of the inner cylinder is formed by an annular plate, the inner periphery of the annular plate is provided with a circle of profiling protruding towards the door cover, the profiling forms a plane vertical to the axis of the inner cylinder, and the plane is an installation part; the sealing ring is correspondingly attached to the mounting part, so that the sealing ring is correspondingly in sealing contact with the mounting part, and the door cover is in sealing clamping connection with the inner cylinder;
preferably, the inner side of the mounting part is horizontally bent towards the outer part of the inner cylinder to form a limiting folding edge so as to guide the sealing ring to slide into the inner cylinder;
further preferably, the end part of the limiting folding edge is provided with a chamfer bending outwards.
Further, the outer diameter of the sealing ring is larger than the inner diameter of the mounting part and smaller than the outer diameter of the mounting part, so that the sealing ring is correspondingly sealed and attached to the mounting part after the door cover is closed.
Furthermore, at least one sealing rubber pad is arranged between the corresponding binding surfaces of the sealing ring and the mounting part, and the sealing rubber pad is fixedly connected with the sealing ring or the mounting part;
preferably, the seal ring is made of an elastically deformable rubber material.
Compared with the washing machine in the prior art, the washing machine of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the sealing ring is arranged on the periphery of the inner side of the periphery of the door cover in a radially protruding manner, so that the sealing ring arranged on the door cover extends into the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed, the sealing ring made of elastic material is in sealing contact with the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder, the door cover is in sealing fit with the opening of the inner cylinder, and the purpose that the sealing ring is in sealing contact with the opening of the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed is further achieved;
meanwhile, the opening of the inner cylinder is only in sealing contact with the sealing ring, so that the inner cylinder can rotate relative to the door cover, and the sealing ring made of elastic materials only performs sealing treatment between the door cover and the opening of the inner cylinder in the rotating process, so that the purposes of sealing the opening of the inner cylinder in the working process of the washing machine and preventing water leakage are achieved;
in addition, the opening of the inner cylinder is sealed by the sealing ring, so that the inner cylinder has the purposes of rotation and water containing, the scheme that the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder is avoided, and the purposes of increasing the volume of the inner cylinder and further improving the washing capacity of the washing machine are achieved.
In order to make the design concept of the technical scheme of the invention clearer and facilitate further understanding of the beneficial effects brought by the technical scheme, the following detailed description of some specific embodiments of the invention is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the construction of a washing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a dehydrating valve of a washing machine in a closed state according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a dehydrating valve of a washing machine in an opened state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The main parts in the figure are marked:
1. inner tube, 2, casing, 3, inner tube support piece, 4, door closure, 5, driving motor, 6, shock attenuation hanging spring, 7, shock attenuation bracing piece, 17, inlet tube, 18, sealing washer, 19, installation department, 20, spacing hem, 21, rake, 22, bulge, 101, inner tube nozzle, 102, inner tube end.
It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but 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 thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
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; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the embodiment of the present invention describes a washing machine, which includes a housing 2, an inner cylinder 1 is arranged in the housing 2, an axis of the inner cylinder 1 extends horizontally or inclines downwards from front to back, a front end of the inner cylinder 1 is an open inner cylinder opening 101, and a rear end is a sealed inner cylinder bottom 102; the wall of the inner cylinder 1 is not provided with a through hole, so that the inner part of the inner cylinder 1 forms a sealed container only with an opening at the front part. Meanwhile, the front end of the washing machine shell 2 is provided with a door cover 4 which can be opened outwards, so as to seal the inner cylinder opening 101 after the door cover 4 is closed, and to throw clothes into the inner cylinder 1 from the inner cylinder opening 101 after the door cover 4 is opened. The rear end of the inner barrel 1 is arranged in the shell 2 of the washing machine through the inner barrel supporting piece 3, the inner barrel supporting piece 3 and the rear end of the inner barrel 1 are coaxially arranged, the upper end and the lower end of the inner barrel supporting piece 3 are respectively bent towards the barrel mouth direction at the front end of the inner barrel 1, the bent parts at least extend to the middle part of the inner barrel 1, and the upper bent parts and the lower bent parts are respectively connected with the shell 2 of the washing machine through the damping hanging spring 6 and the damping supporting rod 7, so that the aim that the inner barrel supporting piece 3 can be arranged in the shell 2 of the washing machine in a vibrating manner is fulfilled; meanwhile, the center of the inner drum bottom 102 is coaxially arranged with the motor shaft of the driving motor 5 of the washing machine to drive the inner drum 1 to rotate, and both the inner drum 1 and the driving motor 5 are fixedly arranged on the inner drum support 3. Preferably, the inner cylinder bottom 102 and the driving motor 5 are respectively arranged at two sides of the inner cylinder support 3, the driving motor 5 is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder support 3, a motor shaft of the driving motor 5 passes through the inner cylinder support 3 through a bearing and is coaxially and fixedly connected with the inner cylinder bottom 102, and the shaft of the driving motor 5 can rotate relative to the inner cylinder support 3, so that the purposes that the inner cylinder 1 and the driving motor 5 are arranged on the inner cylinder support 3 and the inner cylinder 1 can rotate to wash the internal clothes under the action of the driving motor 5 alone are achieved.
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to realize the sealing of the inner cylinder opening 101 when the washing machine works, the following settings are carried out:
a washing machine, the washing machine body 2 is equipped with the door closure 4, the inboard of the door closure 4 is equipped with the seal ring 18 that extends to the periphery protrusion, the seal ring 18 is connected with the elastic seal of inner tube nozzle 101 mutually, in order to make the door closure 4 realize the opening part of inner tube nozzle 101 is sealed when buckling in inner tube nozzle 101.
Through the arrangement, when the door cover is buckled on the opening of the inner cylinder, the sealing ring convexly arranged on the periphery of the door cover is in sealing contact with the opening of the inner cylinder, so that the buckling connection part of the door cover and the opening of the inner cylinder is subjected to sealing treatment by the sealing ring, and the aim of dynamic sealing of the opening of the inner cylinder during rotation is fulfilled, water flow in the inner cylinder cannot flow out from the opening of the inner cylinder during rotation of the inner cylinder, and the inner cylinder has double functions of rotation and water holding; meanwhile, the outer barrel does not need to be sleeved outside the inner barrel, the volume of the inner barrel is increased, and the washing capacity of the washing machine is improved.
Example one
As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, a door cover 4 is installed on a washing machine casing 2, a sealing ring 18 protruding and extending towards the periphery is installed on the inner side of the door cover 4, and the sealing ring 18 is elastically and sealingly connected with an inner cylinder opening 101, so that when the door cover 4 is fastened to the inner cylinder opening 101, the opening of the inner cylinder opening is sealed, and the purpose of sealing the inner cylinder is achieved.
In this embodiment, the door cover 4 is disposed coaxially with the inner cylinder 1, a protrusion 22 protruding into the cylinder opening 101 of the inner cylinder is disposed on the inner side of the door cover 4, a sealing ring 18 protruding radially outward is disposed on the periphery of the protrusion 22, the sealing ring 18 is made of an elastic material, and the sealing ring 18 is in sealing contact with the inner side surface of the cylinder opening 101 of the inner cylinder, so that the sealing ring 18 is clamped with the inner side surface of the cylinder opening 101 of the inner cylinder after the door cover 4 is closed and seals the clamping position.
In this embodiment, the sealing ring 18 is a ring-shaped structure protruding outward from the outer circumference of the protruding portion 22 of the door cover 4 in the radial direction, and the sealing ring 18 is made of an elastically deformable rubber material; the inner circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring 18 is smaller than the opening diameter of the inner cylinder opening 101, the outer circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring 18 is larger than the opening diameter of the inner cylinder opening 101, so that the sealing ring 18 generates elastic deformation in the closing process of the door cover 4 to extend into the inner cylinder 1 from the inner cylinder opening 101 and be in clamping and sealing contact with the inner side of the inner cylinder opening 101, and the sealing treatment of the inner cylinder opening 101 in the inner cylinder is realized.
In the embodiment, the door cover 4 is provided with a water inlet pipe 17, one end of the water inlet pipe 17 penetrates through the door cover to extend into the inner barrel 1, and the other end of the water inlet pipe is communicated with a water inlet structure of the washing machine so as to feed water into the inner barrel of the washing machine; preferably, the end of the water inlet pipe 17 extending into the inner barrel is arranged coaxially with the door closure 4 and extends in the direction of the axis of the inner barrel 1.
In this embodiment, one side of the sealing ring 18 is correspondingly attached to the inner side of the inner cylinder opening 101, so that the sealing ring 18 is attached to the inner cylinder opening 101 in a sealing manner after the door cover 4 is closed, so as to seal the inner cylinder.
In this embodiment, the inner cylinder opening 101 is made of an annular plate, the inner periphery of the annular plate is provided with a circle of profiling protruding towards the door cover 4, the profiling forms a plane perpendicular to the axis of the inner cylinder 1, and the plane is the mounting part 19; the sealing ring 18 and the mounting part 19 are correspondingly attached, so that the sealing ring 18 and the mounting part 19 are correspondingly in sealing contact, and the door cover 4 is in sealing clamping connection with the inner cylinder 1; preferably, the inner side of the mounting part 19 is horizontally bent towards the outer part of the inner cylinder 1 to form a limit folding edge 20 so as to guide the sealing ring 18 to slide into the inner cylinder 1; further preferably, the end of the limiting flange 20 is provided with a chamfer bending outwards.
In this embodiment, the outer diameter of the sealing ring 18 is larger than the inner diameter of the mounting portion 19 and smaller than the outer diameter of the mounting portion 19, so that the sealing ring 18 and the mounting portion 19 are correspondingly sealed and attached after the door cover is closed.
The sealing ring is arranged on the periphery of the inner side of the periphery of the door cover in a radially protruding manner, so that the sealing ring arranged on the door cover extends into the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed, the sealing ring made of elastic material is in sealing contact with the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder, the door cover is in sealing fit with the opening of the inner cylinder, and the purpose that the sealing ring is in sealing contact with the opening of the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed is further achieved; meanwhile, the opening of the inner cylinder is only in sealing contact with the sealing ring, so that the inner cylinder can rotate relative to the door cover, and the sealing ring made of elastic materials only performs sealing treatment between the door cover and the opening of the inner cylinder in the rotating process, so that the purposes of sealing the opening of the inner cylinder in the working process of the washing machine and preventing water leakage are achieved; in addition, the opening of the inner cylinder is sealed by the sealing ring, so that the inner cylinder has the purposes of rotation and water containing, the scheme that the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder is avoided, and the purposes of increasing the volume of the inner cylinder and further improving the washing capacity of the washing machine are achieved.
In this embodiment, at least one sealing rubber pad is disposed between the corresponding binding surfaces of the sealing ring 18 and the mounting portion 19, and the sealing rubber pad is fixedly connected with the sealing ring 18 or the mounting portion 19; preferably, the seal ring 18 is made of an elastically deformable rubber material. Through set up one at least sealing rubber pad between sealing washer and installation department to increase area of contact between the two, make the leakproofness between the two contact surfaces improve, and then strengthen the sealed effect of inner tube cylinder mouth department.
Example two
As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that: the sealing ring 18 is a section of arc-shaped sealing ring 18 which protrudes outwards from the periphery of the door cover 4 along the radial direction, and the arc-shaped sealing ring 18 is arranged at the periphery of the door cover 4 on the lower side of the horizontal middle shaft surface, so that at least the lower part of the inner cylinder opening 101 is sealed after the door cover 4 is closed.
Because the water inlet of the drum washing machine is only used for wetting clothes in the washing process, the water inlet quantity of the drum washing machine is generally small, and the condition that the water inlet level exceeds the middle part of the inner drum can be avoided; therefore, in the embodiment, only the sealing ring 18 is arranged at the lower part of the door cover 4, so that the lower part of the inner cylinder with the washing water inlet is sealed, the purposes of sealing the opening of the inner cylinder and avoiding the water inlet flowing out of the inner cylinder of the washing machine are achieved, and the inner cylinder of the washing machine has double functions of water containing and rotation.
Meanwhile, in the embodiment, a certain gap is arranged between the upper part of the door cover 4 and the inner cylinder opening 101; one end of the water inlet pipe 17 extends into the inner barrel 1 from a gap between the upper part of the door cover 4 and the barrel opening 101 of the inner barrel, and the other end of the water inlet pipe 17 is communicated with a water inlet structure of the washing machine so as to feed water into the inner barrel of the washing machine. Through the arrangement, the upper part of the opening of the inner barrel of the washing machine is arranged in a clearance manner, so that water in the inner barrel of the washing machine cannot flow out from the clearance or splash due to the rotation of the inner barrel, and the purpose of water inlet from the clearance at the upper part of the inner barrel is realized; meanwhile, the water inlet pipe and the inner drum do not interfere with each other when rotating, so that the purpose that the outer drum is not needed to be arranged outside the inner drum is achieved, and the washing capacity of the washing machine is improved.
Preferably, in the embodiment, the upper part of the door cover 4 is provided with an inclined part 21 which is gradually inclined downwards from outside to inside, and a certain gap is formed between the inner side end of the inclined part 21 and the upper end of the inner cylinder opening 101; one end of the water inlet pipe 17 extends along the inclined part 21 and is inserted into the inner barrel 1 from the gap, and the other end of the water inlet pipe 17 is bent and extends upwards and is communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine, so that the inlet water flowing out of the water inlet pipe is guided by the inclined part 21 to flow downwards into the inner barrel 1 through the opening of the inner barrel, and the aim of smoothly feeding water into the washing machine is fulfilled.
EXAMPLE III
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to discharge the water flow after the clothes in the inner drum of the washing machine are separated and realize the normal washing of the inner drum sealed water containing in the working process of the washing machine, the following settings are carried out:
as shown in fig. 1 to 5, in a dewatering structure of a washing machine, an inner drum 1 is installed in a casing 2 of the washing machine, at least one dewatering opening 37 is arranged on the side wall of the inner drum 1, dewatering valves 38 are respectively arranged at the dewatering openings 37, a valve core 25 of each dewatering valve 38 is connected with the inner drum 1 through a limiting spring 26, and the valve core 25 closes the dewatering openings 37 under the action of the limiting spring 26; when the inner cylinder 1 rotates for dehydration, the centrifugal force pushes the valve core 25 to move against the elasticity of the spring 26 and opens the dehydration valve 38 for drainage.
As shown in fig. 5, in the normal operation process of the washing machine, the dewatering valve is closed, the dewatering port is in a closed state, and water in the inner barrel cannot flow out from the dewatering port; as shown in fig. 4, when the washing machine is in a dehydration state, the inner drum of the washing machine rotates at a medium-high speed, water flow separated from the clothes in the inner drum flows to the large opening end by adhering to the inner drum wall under the action of centrifugal force, and the dehydration valve is opened under the action of centrifugal force, so that the water separated from the clothes in the inner drum flows out of the inner drum from the dehydration opening, and the purpose of dehydration and discharge in the inner drum is achieved.
Through the arrangement, the drain valve is in a closed state in the normal state of the washing machine, and the dewatering valve is in an open state under the action of centrifugal force of the high-speed rotating inner cylinder when the washing machine dewaters, so that water contained in the inner cylinder cannot flow out of the dewatering opening when the inner cylinder normally rotates, the effects of sealing the inner cylinder in the washing process of the inner cylinder and opening clothes in the inner cylinder to dewater normally and outwards under the action of the centrifugal force of the dewatering valve when dewatering are realized, and the aim of normally dewatering the washing machine with double effects of rotating the inner cylinder and containing water is fulfilled; meanwhile, the outer barrel does not need to be sleeved outside the inner barrel, the volume of the inner barrel is increased, and the washing capacity of the washing machine is improved.
In this embodiment, the inner cylinder 1 is a tapered cylinder with a small diameter at one end and a large diameter at one end, and the dewatering port 37 is arranged on the side wall of the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1. Preferably, the inner cylinder 1 is a conical cylinder with a small diameter at one end and a large diameter at the other end, and the dewatering port 37 is arranged on the side wall of the cylinder at the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1. The dewatering opening is formed in the large opening end of the conical inner barrel, so that water flow in the inner barrel is converged and flows towards the dewatering opening under the action of centrifugal force, and the purpose that the water flow is separated from clothes in the inner barrel and is completely discharged from the dewatering opening is achieved.
In this embodiment, the rear end of the inner cylinder 1 is formed by an inner cylinder bottom 102, the front end is formed by an inner cylinder opening 101, and the two are connected through the inner cylinder side wall; the side wall of the inner cylinder is a conical surface with the diameter gradually enlarged from the opening 101 of the inner cylinder to the bottom 102 of the inner cylinder, the large opening end of the side wall of the inner cylinder is provided with at least one dewatering opening 37 which radially penetrates through the side wall of the inner cylinder, and each dewatering opening 37 is provided with a dewatering valve 38. The dewatering valve 38 comprises a valve core 25 covering the dewatering port 37, and the valve core 25 is connected with the inner barrel bottom 102 through a limiting spring 26, so that the valve core 25 blocks the dewatering port 3723 from inside to outside under the action of the limiting spring 26. The valve core is connected with the bottom of the inner barrel through the limiting spring, so that the limiting spring provides elastic tension to the valve core in the direction towards the inner part of the inner barrel, the valve core is correspondingly and tightly attached to the bottom of the inner barrel under the action of the elastic force, and the purpose of blocking the dehydration opening and sealing the dehydration opening by the valve core is achieved.
In this embodiment, the dewatering opening 37 of the inner cylinder 1 is set to be a tapered hole gradually widened from inside to outside, the small-opening section of the tapered hole is sealed, the side wall of the tapered hole is provided with a through hole to communicate the inside and the outside of the inner cylinder 1, the valve core 25 is a plate structure covering the large-opening end of the tapered hole, the tapered hole is internally provided with a limiting spring 26 extending along the axis, one end of the limiting spring 26 is connected with the sealing part of the small-opening end of the tapered hole, the other end of the limiting spring is connected with the valve core 25, the limiting spring 26 is in a tensioning state to apply a pulling force to the inner direction of the inner cylinder 1 to the valve core 25, and the dewatering opening 37 is blocked by the valve core 25.
As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, a plurality of dewatering ports 37 are disposed on the sidewall of the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1, and each dewatering port 37 is symmetrically arranged with respect to the axis of the inner cylinder 1. Through set up a plurality of dehydration mouths at inner tube macrostoma equipartition to make the inner tube rotatory in-process inner tube rivers everywhere all can arrange through the dehydration mouth, improved inner tube dehydration efficiency, reduced the remaining of washing back rivers in the inner tube.
In this embodiment, an electromagnet 39 corresponding to the dewatering opening 37 may be disposed outside the inner cylinder 1, a magnet 34 is disposed on the valve core 25, or the valve core 25 is entirely composed of the magnet 34, so that after the electromagnet 39 is energized, suction is generated to the valve core of the drain valve 38, and the valve core moves outward to open the dewatering opening 37. The electromagnet fixedly connected with the shell 2 of the washing machine or the inner cylinder supporting piece 3 is arranged outside the inner cylinder 1, so that the electromagnet 39 is electrified to work when the washing machine dehydrates, the electromagnet 39 provides repulsion force towards the outer direction of the inner cylinder 1 for the valve core of the dehydration valve 38, the centrifugal force is assisted, the elastic force is overcome, the valve core 25 of the dehydration valve 38 is driven to move outwards, the dehydration opening 37 is opened, and the purpose that clothes in the inner cylinder are separated from water flow and discharged outwards is achieved.
In this embodiment, the dewatering ports 37 are disposed at the large opening end of the tapered inner cylinder, a circle of electromagnet 39 is disposed at the periphery of the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1, the electromagnet 39 and the dewatering ports 37 are disposed in the same vertical plane, and the electromagnet 39 is fixed to the washing machine housing 2 or the inner cylinder support member 4, so that the valve cores of the dewatering valves 38 at the dewatering ports 37 are driven by the same electromagnet 39 to move outwards, and the purpose that the valve cores of the dewatering valves 38 are driven by the same electromagnet to move outwards and all the drainage ports are opened is achieved.
In this embodiment, the lower portion of the inner tub 1 is provided with a water collecting tank 30, the water collecting tank 30 is disposed vertically below each dewatering opening 37, and the bottom of the water collecting tank 30 is communicated with the drainage pipe 31 of the washing machine, so as to collect and discharge the water flow flowing out of each dewatering opening 37 out of the washing machine; preferably, the bottom of the water collecting tank 30 is a slope gradually inclined downward from the outer circumference to the connection of the water discharging pipe 31.
In the embodiment, the rear end of the inner barrel 1 is provided with an inner barrel supporting piece 3, and the inner barrel supporting piece 3 is arranged in the shell 2 of the washing machine through a damping hanging spring 6 and/or a damping supporting rod 7; the lower part of the inner cylinder supporting piece 3 extends to the lower part of the inner cylinder 1 and bends towards the horizontal direction to form a water collecting tank 30 for collecting the water flowing out of the dewatering port 37; preferably, the front end of the water collecting tank 30 is hermetically connected with the front panel of the washing machine housing 2, so that the water collecting tank 30 is sleeved under the inner tub 1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 3, in the embodiment, a plurality of dewatering ports 37 are arranged on the side wall of the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1 at equal intervals, and a water collecting tank 30 is arranged in the same vertical surface below each dewatering port 37; preferably, the water collection tank 30 is an annular tank structure sleeved at the large opening end of the inner cylinder 1, and the inner side of the annular water collection tank 30 is open and the outer side is closed, so that all drainage thrown from the dewatering opening 37 during rotation of the inner cylinder 1 falls into the water collection tank 30, flows downwards along the water collection tank 30 and converges to the lowest part, and is discharged outside through a drainage pipe 31 communicated with the lowest part of the water collection tank 30.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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1. A washing machine characterized by: the washing machine comprises a shell, wherein an inner barrel is arranged in the shell, the axis of the inner barrel horizontally extends or gradually inclines downwards from front to back, the front end of the inner barrel is an inner barrel opening with an opening, and the rear end of the inner barrel is an inner barrel bottom with a sealing arrangement; the wall of the inner cylinder is not provided with a normally open through hole, so that the inner part of the inner cylinder forms a sealed container only with an opening at the front part; the washing machine shell is provided with a door cover, the inner side of the door cover is provided with a sealing ring which protrudes and extends towards the periphery, and the sealing ring is elastically and hermetically connected with the opening of the inner cylinder so as to realize the sealing of the opening of the inner cylinder when the door cover is buckled on the opening of the inner cylinder;
the door cover and the inner cylinder are coaxially arranged, a bulge part protruding into the opening of the inner cylinder is arranged on the inner side of the door cover, a sealing ring protruding outwards along the radial direction is arranged on the periphery of the bulge part, the sealing ring is made of elastic materials and is in sealing contact with the inner side surface of the opening of the inner cylinder, so that the sealing ring is clamped with the inner side surface of the opening of the inner cylinder after the door cover is closed and the clamping part is sealed;
one side of the sealing ring is correspondingly attached to the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder, so that the sealing ring is attached to the inner side of the opening of the inner cylinder in a sealing manner after the door cover is closed, and the inner cylinder is sealed; the opening of the inner cylinder is formed by an annular plate, the inner periphery of the annular plate is provided with a circle of profiling protruding towards the door cover, the profiling forms a plane vertical to the axis of the inner cylinder, and the plane is an installation part; the sealing ring is correspondingly attached to the mounting part, so that the sealing ring is correspondingly in sealing contact with the mounting part, and the door cover is in sealing clamping connection with the inner cylinder; the inner side of the mounting part is horizontally bent towards the outer part of the inner cylinder to form a limiting folding edge so as to guide the sealing ring to slide into the inner cylinder.
2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gasket is a ring-shaped structure protruding radially outward from the outer circumference of the door, and the gasket is made of an elastically deformable rubber material; the inner circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring is smaller than the opening diameter of the opening of the inner cylinder opening, the outer circumference diameter of the circle of sealing ring is larger than the opening diameter of the opening of the inner cylinder opening, so that the sealing ring generates elastic deformation in the closing process of the door cover to extend into the inner cylinder from the inner cylinder opening and be in clamping and sealing contact with the inner side of the inner cylinder opening.
3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the door cover is provided with a water inlet pipe, one end of the water inlet pipe passes through the door cover to extend into the inner tub, and the other end is communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine to supply water into the inner tub of the washing machine.
4. A washing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the end of the inlet conduit extending into the inner drum is located coaxially with the door and extends in the direction of the axis of the inner drum.
5. A washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the gasket is an arcuate gasket projecting radially outwardly from the periphery of the door, the arcuate gasket being disposed on the periphery of the door below the horizontal central axial surface so that the door seals at least the lower portion of the mouth of the inner drum when the door is closed.
6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein a gap is provided between the upper portion of the door cover and the opening of the inner tub; one end of the water inlet pipe extends into the inner barrel from a gap between the upper part of the door cover and the opening of the inner barrel, and the other end of the water inlet pipe is communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine so as to feed water into the inner barrel of the washing machine.
7. The washing machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein the upper portion of the door cover is provided with an inclined portion which is gradually inclined downward from the outside to the inside, and an inner side end of the inclined portion is spaced from an upper end of the opening of the inner tub by a gap; one end of the water inlet pipe extends along the inclined part and is inserted into the inner barrel from the gap, and the other end of the water inlet pipe bends and then extends upwards and is communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine.
8. A washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end of the limit flaps is provided with an outwardly turned chamfer.
9. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the gasket has an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the mounting portion and less than the outer diameter of the mounting portion so that the gasket sealingly engages the mounting portion when the door is closed.
10. A washing machine as claimed in claim 9 wherein at least one gasket is provided between the corresponding abutment surfaces of the gasket and the mounting portion, the gasket being fixedly connected to the gasket or the mounting portion.
11. A washing machine as claimed in claim 10 wherein the gasket is formed of a resiliently deformable rubber material.
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