CN109137403B - Control method and device for automatic feeding of multiple clothes treatment agents of washing machine - Google Patents

Control method and device for automatic feeding of multiple clothes treatment agents of washing machine Download PDF

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CN109137403B
CN109137403B CN201810617547.4A CN201810617547A CN109137403B CN 109137403 B CN109137403 B CN 109137403B CN 201810617547 A CN201810617547 A CN 201810617547A CN 109137403 B CN109137403 B CN 109137403B
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The invention discloses a control method and a device for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents into a washing machine, wherein the clothes treating agents are contained in an automatic feeding device, and the automatic feeding device comprises a fixed type treating agent box for containing fixed type clothes treating agents and a variable type treating agent box for containing one or more clothes treating agents at the same time; the control method comprises the following steps: the washing machine executes a washing program, and the automatic feeding device executes a corresponding feeding process according to the selected clothes treatment agents in the fixed type treatment agent box and/or the variable type treatment agent box. According to the invention, the purpose of intelligent delivery of different clothes in a targeted manner is realized by arranging the selectable variable-type treating agent box and controlling the delivery of the clothes treating agent in the variable-type treating agent box.

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Control method and device for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents in washing machine
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of washing machine equipment, and particularly relates to a control method and a control device for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents into a washing machine.
Background
The traditional washing machine uses the detergent which is separately arranged from the washing machine in the washing process, the washing machine is not provided with a detergent adding device, the detergent can not be automatically added, and the structure can not realize the full-automatic washing control process of the washing machine. With the improvement of the automation of the washing machine, most of the washing machines are provided with a detergent box for placing detergent or/and softener, which is communicated with a water inlet pipeline, and the detergent or/and softener in the detergent box is flushed into a washing barrel through the water inlet pipeline, but the structure must firstly place the detergent or/and softener in the detergent box every time the washing machine washes clothes, and a full-automatic washing control process is not realized.
At present, there are a lot of patent applications related to automatic detergent feeding devices, and chinese patent with application number 97208723.0 discloses a detergent feeding device for washing machines, which is characterized in that a container matched with a bottle is arranged on a box body of the washing machine, the bottom of the container is a conical through hole, a vertical fixing piece is fixed on the through hole, a washing liquid conduit is fixed on the vertical fixing piece, the bottle body is matched with the container, a conical leading-in pipe is arranged on a bottle mouth, and a ventilation opening is arranged at the bottom of the bottle body. This structure cannot control the amount of detergent added and is easily damaged to waste detergent.
Chinese patent application No. 200610136059.9 discloses a detergent supply device for a washing machine having a detergent box with a siphon unit, which injects detergent into the detergent box, and discharges the detergent in the box into a washing tub from the siphon unit after diluting the detergent by injecting wash water into the detergent box. The invention solves the problem that the clothes to be washed are damaged because the concentrated detergent directly enters the washing cylinder, but the automatic treatment agent of the detergent cannot be accurately controlled.
The chinese patent No. 200710146295.3 previously filed by the applicant discloses a washing machine and a washing method for automatically adding detergent, the washing machine including: a washing barrel, a control panel comprising various cloth control keys, a washed clothes weight sensor, a temperature sensor, a water hardness sensor, a washing water dirt sensor, a detergent box and a computer board which are arranged in the washing barrel; the detergent box is composed of an upper storage box and a lower dilution box, and the computer board controls the amount of detergent in the storage box entering the dilution box according to the detection results of various sensors. The upper cover of the storage box is provided with a detergent injection port, and the bottom of the storage box is provided with a detergent discharge port and an electromagnetic valve for controlling the detergent discharge port to be closed and opened; the side of the diluting box is provided with a water injection pipe connected with a water inlet valve of the washing machine, and the bottom of the diluting box is provided with a siphon discharge pipe; the excitation coil of solenoid valve is located and is covered on storing the upper cover of box, and the armature of solenoid valve passes through the valve rod connection and locates the toper valve plug on storing the box bottom detergent discharge port, is equipped with the pressure spring between the upper cover of toper valve plug and storage box. Although the structure can realize accurate control of the detergent, the structure is complex and the cost is high.
Chinese patent application No. 201610797034.7 discloses a detergent dispensing device for a washing machine, the detergent dispensing device including: the storage cavity is limited with a special detergent box mounting groove, a first thimble and a second thimble which are used for puncturing a special detergent box are arranged in the special detergent box mounting groove, a water inlet hole is formed in the first thimble, a water outlet hole is formed in the second thimble, and the first thimble and the second thimble are both suitable for being communicated with the inner space of the special detergent box after the end part of the first thimble and the end part of the second thimble penetrate into the special detergent box. In the invention, washing water enters the detergent box through the water inlet hole, is mixed with detergent and flows out of the detergent box through the water outlet hole to enter the washing machine, the detergent box can be used only once, and a new detergent box needs to be installed for washing each time.
At present, a washing treatment agent box for containing detergent and softener is generally a sealed box body, and the detergent is quantitatively pumped out of the box body through a Venturi effect or a negative pressure effect or a metering pump and the like. However, as the detergent is drawn out, the air pressure in the sealed detergent box becomes lower and lower, making the outflow of the detergent more and more difficult, a ventilation structure is required to balance the air pressure in the detergent box, and simultaneously, the detergent is prevented from flowing out of the box due to toppling, vibration and the like, and foreign substances and moisture from the outside are prevented from entering the detergent box to contaminate the detergent.
Laundry treatment agents include a variety of, and are commonly: softeners, fimbristens, detergents, and the like. When different clothes are added with the clothes treating agents, the adding time and the adding quantity are different greatly, but the current detergent box is designed for simply adding one kind of clothes treating agent, and the technical effect of intelligent adding cannot be realized.
The present invention has been made in view of this situation.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a control method and a control device for automatically feeding multiple kinds of clothes treating agents of a washing machine. In order to realize the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a control method for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents of a washing machine is disclosed, wherein the clothes treating agents are contained in an automatic feeding device, and the automatic feeding device comprises a fixed type treating agent box for containing fixed type clothes treating agents and a variable type treating agent box for containing one type of clothes treating agents or simultaneously containing multiple types of clothes treating agents; the control method comprises the following steps: the washing machine executes a washing program, and the automatic feeding device executes a corresponding feeding process according to the selected clothes treating agents in the fixed type treating agent box and/or the changeable type treating agent box.
Further, the washing machine controls the laundry treatment agent to be delivered in different washing stages of the washing program according to the selected types of the laundry treatment agents in the fixed type treatment agent box and/or the laundry treatment agents in the variable type treatment agent box.
Further, the washing machine controls the corresponding laundry treatment agent feeding amount in different washing programs according to the selected laundry treatment agent in the fixed type treatment agent box and/or the selected laundry treatment agent in the variable type treatment agent box.
Further, the clothes treating agents in the fixed type treating agent box and the variable type treating agent box can be selected independently or in a plurality of combinations, and when the clothes treating agents are selected in the plurality of combinations, the clothes treating agents are added in sequence according to the adding sequence of the clothes treating agents.
Furthermore, the detergent is contained in the fixed type treating agent box, and when the fixed type treating agent box is selected, the automatic feeding device executes the feeding process of the detergent in the washing water inlet stage of the washing machine;
one or more clothes treating agents are contained in the variable type treating agent box, wherein the clothes treating agents comprise a silk detergent, a softener and a detergent; when one kind of clothes treating agent in the variable-type treating agent box is selected, the washing machine controls the automatic feeding device to feed the clothes treating agent in a clothes treating stage corresponding to the clothes treating agent in a washing program.
Further, when the softener is contained in the variable-type treating agent box, the softener feeding process is executed by the automatic feeding device when the washing machine enters a softening stage;
when the detergent is contained in the variable-type treating agent box, the detergent putting process is executed when the washing machine enters a washing stage;
when the variable-type treating agent box is used for containing the silk flosses, the silk flosses feeding process is executed when the washing machine enters a washing stage.
The automatic throwing device for multiple kinds of laundry treatment agents of the washing machine comprises a fixing frame, wherein a fixed kind treatment agent box used for containing fixed kind of laundry treatment agents and a variable kind treatment agent box used for containing one or more than one kind of laundry treatment agents at the same time are arranged in the fixing frame through mounting pieces.
Furthermore, the variable-species treatment agent box and the fixed-species treatment agent box are detachably connected with the fixed frame; the installed part is for preventing slow-witted design, include with many protruding muscle of fixed frame integrated into one piece, every protruding muscle is located respectively under the corresponding treatment agent box to different with the relative spatial position of corresponding treatment agent box, fixed kind treatment agent box and variable kind treatment agent box bottom open respectively with protruding muscle complex recess, the recess with protruding muscle mutually supports, realize corresponding treatment agent box with fixed frame is fixed.
Furthermore, the dispensing device also comprises menu options which are arranged on the panel of the washing machine and correspond to the fixed type treatment agent box and the variable type treatment agent box, and the menu options realize the control of dispensing the clothes treatment agents in different treatment agent boxes by controlling the water inlet of the corresponding fixed type treatment agent box/variable type treatment agent box.
Furthermore, the variable-type treating agent box comprises a plurality of independent chambers, different types of clothes treating agents are respectively contained in the chambers, and the clothes treating agents are controlled to be put in through corresponding menu options.
After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.
The invention discloses a control method and a device for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents of a washing machine, which creatively separate the clothes treating agents necessary in the conventional washing from the clothes treating agents required to be changed according to the requirements of clothes materials, further design a detachable and replaceable treating agent box for selecting new clothes treating agents, and execute corresponding feeding processes by an automatic feeding device according to the clothes treating agents in the selected fixed treating agent box and/or the changeable treating agent box, so that the clothes treating agent adding processes required by washing clothes of different materials are distinguished, the whole washing process is more in line with the requirements of the clothes materials, and the functions of the clothes treating agents are more greatly played. Meanwhile, the automatic feeding device for the multiple laundry treatment agents adopts the design that the fixed type treatment agent box for containing the fixed type laundry treatment agents and the variable type treatment agent box for containing the multiple laundry treatment agents alternatively or simultaneously are arranged at the same time, and the fixed type treatment agent box and the variable type treatment agent box are distinguished by foolproof design, so that the confusion of common users on the two can be avoided, and meanwhile, the corresponding selection program is designed in the automatic feeding device, so that the selection and feeding of the multiple laundry treatment agents in the variable type treatment agent box can be smoothly executed according to the preset program. Meanwhile, the automatic putting device correspondingly designs clothes washing options on a panel of the washing machine, so that a user can execute corresponding clothes treating agent adding processes according to different clothes. The washing process is more intelligent, and the washing effect of the washing machine is improved.
The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention to the proper form disclosed herein. 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 flowchart of a control method for automatically dispensing various laundry treating agents in a washing machine according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an automatic dispensing device for various laundry treating agents in a washing machine according to the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a panel of the washing machine of the automatic multiple laundry treating agent dispensing apparatus of the washing machine of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a fixing frame; 11. projecting ribs; 2. fixing a kind of treating agent box; 21. fixing a variety of treatment agent box groove; 3. a variable species treatment agent cartridge; 31. a variable species treatment agent box recess; 4. a fixed species treatment agent box menu option; 5. a variable species processor cartridge menu option; 6. a one-way vent valve; 7. and a liquid outlet.
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.
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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 to 3, the present invention discloses a method and a device for controlling the automatic feeding of multiple laundry treatment agents of a washing machine, wherein the laundry treatment agents are contained in an automatic feeding device, the automatic feeding device comprises a fixed type treatment agent box for containing a fixed type laundry treatment agent, and a variable type treatment agent box for containing one or more laundry treatment agents; the control method comprises the following steps: the washing machine executes a washing program, and the automatic feeding device executes a corresponding feeding process according to the selected clothes treating agents in the fixed type treating agent box and/or the variable type treating agent box; the throwing device comprises a fixing frame, wherein a fixed type treating agent box for containing fixed type clothes treating agents and a variable type treating agent box for containing one or more of the multiple types of clothes treating agents are arranged in the fixing frame through mounting pieces. By arranging the variable-type treating agent box and controlling the clothes treating agents in the selectable variable-type treating agent box, the aim of performing targeted intelligent feeding on different clothes is fulfilled.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment discloses a method for controlling automatic dispensing of multiple laundry treatment agents in a washing machine. In the method, the laundry treatment agent is contained in an automatic feeding device, and the automatic feeding device comprises a fixed type treatment agent box for containing the fixed type laundry treatment agent and a variable type treatment agent box for containing one type of laundry treatment agent or a plurality of types of laundry treatment agents simultaneously. The fixed type treating agent box in the embodiment is used for containing detergent which is frequently used in washing, and the adding time and the adding amount of the detergent are the same as those of the conventional washing mode. The variable-type treating agent box can be used for containing any one of a detergent, a softener and a detergent for clothes. The automatic dispensing device performs a corresponding dispensing process according to the selected laundry treatment agent in the fixed type treatment agent box and/or the changeable type treatment agent box.
As shown in fig. 1, when the washing machine selects the detergent in the fixed type treating agent box, the automatic feeding device performs the feeding process of the detergent in the washing water inlet stage of the washing machine, and when the laundry treating agent in the variable type treating agent box is selected, different feeding strategies are implemented according to the laundry treating agent in the selected treating agent box. As shown in fig. 3, the panel of the washing machine has a selection menu, the selection menu has menu options for different clothes treatment agents, for example, when the softener is contained in the variable type treatment agent box, the softener is selected on the input selection menu of the washing machine, the washing machine automatically executes the softener input process when entering the softening stage, and the input amount of the softener is also specified in the program, so that the softener can meet the optimal softening effect.
The variable-type treatment agent box of the embodiment is detachably connected with the washing machine, and different treatment agent boxes can be replaced according to the clothes treatment requirement selected by a user. Since the dispensing time and the dispensing amount of the laundry treatment agents are different from those of the above-mentioned softeners, when the variable-type treatment agent box respectively contains the silk detergent or the detergent, and a corresponding menu option is selected from a selection menu of a washing machine panel, different adding strategies are performed for different laundry treatment agents. Such as: when the detergent is contained in the variable-type treating agent box, the detergent putting process is executed when the washing machine enters a washing stage; when the variable-type treating agent box is used for containing the silk flosses, the silk flosses feeding process is executed when the washing machine enters a washing stage.
In this embodiment, the options of the fixed type treatment agent box and the variable type treatment agent box corresponding to the menu options on the panel of the washing machine can be selected individually or in various combinations, and when the options are selected in various combinations, the treatment agents are sequentially dispensed according to the dispensing order of the treatment agents. And when the corresponding clothes treating agent needs to be replaced, corresponding warning prompt is sent, and then the user replaces the variable-type treating agent box filled with the correct clothes treating agent into the fixed frame.
Example 2
This embodiment is a supplement to the method of using the variable type process cartridge in embodiment 1. In this embodiment, the variable type treating agent box has a plurality of independent chambers therein for containing different kinds of treating agents for clothes, and can contain a plurality of kinds of treating agents for clothes at the same time. In the present embodiment, the various laundry treatment agents include a detergent, a softening agent, a detergent, and the like. In this embodiment, it is more convenient to perform different laundry treatment agent administrations than in embodiment 1. The corresponding dosing program of the laundry treatment agent can be automatically executed as in embodiment 1 only by selecting the corresponding laundry treatment agent option on the panel of the washing machine, without the need of manually replacing the variable-type treatment agent box as in embodiment 1.
Example 3
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the present embodiment is an explanation of an automatic dispensing device for various laundry treatment agents of a washing machine using the method of the above embodiment. The dispensing device in this embodiment includes a fixed frame 1, and a fixed type treating agent box 2 for containing a fixed type of laundry treating agent and a variable type treating agent box 3 for containing one type of laundry treating agent or a plurality of types of laundry treating agents at the same time in the above embodiment are installed in the fixed frame 1 by mounting members.
As shown in fig. 2, the variable species treatment agent box 3 and the fixed species treatment agent box 2 are detachably connected to the fixed frame 1; in the invention, different treatment agent boxes correspond to different dosing programs, and particularly the dosing programs of the variable-type treatment agent box 3 and the fixed-type treatment agent box 2 are remarkably different, so in order to prevent errors in the whole dosing process, the mounting part of the washing agent box of the automatic dosing device is of a foolproof design, namely, the situation that the two parts are fixed wrongly can not occur. This prevent slow-witted design for with fixed frame 1 integrated into one piece's many protruding muscle 11, every protruding muscle 11 is located respectively under the corresponding treatment agent box to different with the relative spatial position of corresponding treatment agent box, fixed kind treatment agent box 2 and variable kind treatment agent box 3 bottoms respectively open have with protruding muscle complex recess, as shown in fig. 2 fixed kind treatment agent box recess 21 is different with the position of variable kind treatment agent box recess 31, the recess with protruding muscle is mutually supported, realize corresponding treatment agent box with fixed frame is fixed. Of course, the fool-proof design can be carried out on the aspect of size matching of the convex ribs and the grooves, and the technical effect can be achieved as well.
As shown in fig. 3, the dispensing device of this embodiment further includes a menu option 4 and a menu option 5, which are disposed on the panel of the washing machine, and the menu option controls the water inlet of the corresponding fixed type or variable type of treatment agent box, so as to control the dispensing of the laundry treatment agent in different treatment agent boxes. The variable-type treatment agent box corresponds to a plurality of selectable clothes treatment agents and corresponds to more delivery programs, so that the variable-type treatment agent box menu option 5 has more options.
Example 4
This embodiment is complementary to the specific structure of the variable type treating agent cartridge delivering device for simultaneously containing a plurality of selective laundry treating agents described in embodiment 2. The variable-type treating agent box in the embodiment comprises a plurality of independent chambers, different clothes treating agents are respectively contained in the chambers, and the variable-type treating agent box can contain various different clothes treating agents at the same time and realize the feeding control of the clothes treating agents through menu options corresponding to the different clothes treating agents.
Example 5
As shown in fig. 2, the clothes treating agent fixing frame 1 provided by the invention is provided with a mounting cavity for placing at least one clothes treating agent box, the clothes treating agent box is a closed box structure with a cavity inside for containing a clothes treating agent, the clothes treating agent box is provided with a one-way vent valve 6 and a liquid outlet 7, and the liquid outlet 7 is provided with an on-off valve.
The clothes treating agent box is also internally provided with a suction device, an inlet of the suction device is communicated with the cavity, and an outlet of the suction device is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve.
The suction device extends towards the bottom wall of the clothes treating agent box, the inlet of the suction device is arranged towards the bottom wall of the clothes treating agent box, and a gap for liquid to pass through is reserved between the suction device and the bottom wall.
In this embodiment, a suction device is provided, the inlet of which is disposed toward the bottom wall of the laundry treatment agent box, and a gap for the passage of liquid is left between the suction device and the bottom wall, so that the laundry treatment agent in the laundry treatment agent box can be completely extracted without waste. Preferably, the bottom wall of the laundry treatment agent box is recessed to form a groove with a position lower than the surface of the bottom wall of the laundry treatment agent box corresponding to the inlet of the suction device, and the inlet of the suction device is positioned in the groove and is spaced from the bottom surface and the side wall of the groove to allow the liquid to pass through. In this embodiment, the recess formed in the bottom wall corresponding to the recessed inlet of the suction device and located below the bottom wall surface of the laundry treatment agent box serves to collect the laundry treatment agent when the laundry treatment agent is not in excess, and the inlet of the suction device is located in the recess, so that the laundry treatment agent can be fully utilized, the laundry treatment agent is saved to the greatest extent, and waste is avoided.
Furthermore, the suction device is of a hollow tubular structure, a flow channel is formed inside the suction device, one end of the flow channel faces to the bottom wall of the clothes treating agent box, the other end of the flow channel is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve, an arc-shaped reversing flow guide channel is formed between the inlet and an outlet of the flow channel, and the reversing position of the flow channel, which corresponds to the inlet of the on-off valve, is an outward-expanding arc surface; preferably, the radius of the arc surface is larger than that of the flow passage. The reversing part corresponding to the inlet of the on-off valve on the flow channel is an outward-expanding arc surface which is beneficial to the flow of the clothes treating agent in the flow channel, and compared with the method that a right angle or a corner similar to the right angle is adopted at the reversing part, the method of the invention has the advantage that the outward-expanding arc surface at the reversing part is beneficial to the flow of liquid rather than generating intermittent flow.
Preferably, the on-off valve comprises a drainage channel, and a piston and a return spring which are arranged in the drainage channel, and the piston blocks the drainage channel under the action of the return spring.
Preferably, the on-off valve include drainage channel and the piston of setting in drainage channel, piston outer wall and drainage channel's inner wall between leave the space that is used for the liquid to flow, drainage channel is located export one end and is equipped with the narrowing section, the piston extrude under reset spring's effect on narrowing section, seal drainage channel.
Preferably, the liquid outlet 7 is used for communicating a feeding pipeline in the water box so as to feed the clothes treating agent into a washing chamber of the washing machine, and the feeding pipeline is provided with a communicating structure for opening the on-off valve when the liquid outlet 7 is communicated with the feeding pipeline.
The communicating structure can be a convex structure or a convex structure, the convex structure is horizontally arranged in the water box and corresponds to the position of the liquid outlet 7 of the clothes treating agent box, and when the distribution box is pushed into the water box, the convex structure can extend into the liquid outlet 7 to be matched with the piston. The protruding structure pushes the piston open, i.e. opens the on-off valve.
Preferably, the communicating structure is arranged at the end part of the feeding pipeline, the piston is pushed to open the on-off valve, and a sealing ring is arranged in the liquid outlet 7 or a drainage channel of the on-off valve and used for sealing the joint of the liquid outlet 7 and the feeding pipeline.
In the above scheme, the communicating structure is a cylindrical structure, is horizontally arranged in the water box, is internally provided with a flow passage, has one end used for being matched with the clothes treating agent box to open the on-off valve, and has the other end used for being communicated with a feeding pipeline in the water box. The side wall of one end matched with the clothes treating agent box is provided with an opening communicated with an internal flow passage of the clothes treating agent box, so that when the end part props against the piston, the opening can guide the clothes treating agent to flow into the flow passage of the communicating structure, and then the clothes treating agent enters the washing machine through the feeding pipeline.
Preferably, the laundry treatment agent box is a cube or cuboid structure, and the liquid outlet 7 is flush with the outer surface of the laundry treatment agent box. Of course, the liquid outlet 7 may protrude from the surface of the laundry treatment agent box, in order to reduce the processing difficulty and simplify the structure of the installation cavity for accommodating the laundry treatment agent box, the laundry treatment agent box is preferably designed to be a regular cube or a cuboid, and the liquid outlet 7 is flush with the outer surface of the laundry treatment agent box, so that the structure of the installation cavity on the distribution box is simplified, and the installation cavity is also set to be a regular cube or a cuboid, thereby reducing the processing complexity.
The liquid outlet 7 is arranged at the bottom of the side wall of the clothes treating agent box, and the suction device is of a hollow tubular structure which is horizontally arranged; wherein, the liquid outlet 7 is arranged at the bottom of the side wall, which is beneficial for the suction device to fully suck the clothing treating agent in the clothing treating agent box.
Or, the liquid outlet 7 is arranged at any position of the side wall, the suction device is a hollow tubular structure with an inlet end bent towards one side of the bottom wall of the clothing processing agent box, the inlet of the suction device faces towards the bottom wall, and a gap for liquid to pass through is reserved between the suction device and the bottom wall.
Furthermore, at least one placing space for placing the clothes treatment agent box is limited in the mounting cavity, and a limiting structure is arranged on the mounting cavity and used for limiting the movement of the clothes treatment agent box when the clothes treatment agent box is arranged on the mounting cavity.
The limiting structure comprises an elastic part arranged on one side of the mounting cavity and is used for elastically deforming between the clothes treating agent box and the side wall of the mounting cavity when the clothes treating agent box is arranged on the mounting cavity. Preferably, the laundry treatment agent box has a rectangular parallelepiped structure, and the elastic member is disposed along a length direction of the laundry treatment agent box. In the scheme, the elastic piece can fix the clothes processing box and has a buffering effect on the clothes processing box in the vibration of the washing machine. Preferably, the elastic member may be provided integrally with the distribution box, thereby simplifying the structure.
As described in the above embodiment, the plurality of laundry treatment agent boxes are respectively arranged in the mounting cavity in parallel, and the limiting structure further comprises at least one separating rib arranged on the bottom wall of the mounting cavity for separating the laundry treatment agent boxes to form at least two placing spaces for placing the laundry treatment agent boxes.
In the above scheme, the partition ribs can limit the movement of the clothes treatment agent box, and can divide the installation cavity into a plurality of different placing spaces, so that even if the quantity of the clothes treatment agent box is smaller than that of the placing spaces, the clothes treatment agent box is also limited by the partition ribs when being arranged in the installation cavity, and the partition ribs have the effect of fixing the treatment agent box.
Preferably, the partitioning ribs are disposed in the same direction as the elastic members, the partitioning ribs restrict movement of the laundry treatment agent box in a first direction, and the elastic members restrict movement of the laundry treatment agent box in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
In the above scheme, be provided with an elastic component in each placing space respectively, this elastic component sets up with separating the muscle syntropy, sets up between two adjacent separation muscle, because spacing direction between them is different to can be with the stable spacing of clothing treatment agent box inside the installation cavity.
Preferably, the side wall of the installation cavity, which is positioned at the opposite side of the elastic piece, is provided with a handle buckling position;
preferably, the fastening position is a concave part extending outwards from the side wall of the mounting cavity.
In the above scheme, the design detains the hand position, is favorable to dismantling this clothing treatment agent box, wherein, detain the hand position and be located the relative one side of elastic component, then for the dismantlement of clothing treatment agent box provides convenience, based on this structural design, then in the dismantlement process, the user can break off the clothing treatment agent box to elastic component one side in detaining the hand position department, then the elastic component can take place elastic deformation to make the clothing treatment agent box have mobilizable space, at this moment, this clothing treatment agent box can be taken off to the upward application of force.
The one-way ventilation valve 6 is arranged on the clothes treating agent box and comprises a ventilation element and a switch element, the ventilation element is provided with a ventilation hole, the switch element comprises a switch part, the switch part is opened or closed by the change of air pressure on the inner side and the outer side of the clothes treating agent box, and the ventilation hole is ventilated or closed in a one-way mode.
The ventilating element is provided with two air holes, the air holes penetrate through the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the ventilating element, and air outlets of the air holes are uniformly and circumferentially distributed on the lower end surface.
The ventilating element is of two coaxial cylindrical structures which are integrally formed and have different diameters, and the diameter of the upper end face is slightly larger than that of the lower end face.
And the ventilation element is also coaxially provided with a connecting hole for connecting the switch element and an annular groove for sealing the auxiliary switch element.
The connecting hole runs through ventilative component, and with ventilative component is coaxial, connect including coaxial and the different two holes of diameter, the junction in two holes forms the joint the screens boss of switching element. The air holes are uniformly and circumferentially arranged around the shaft of the connecting hole.
The annular groove is arranged on the lower end face of the ventilating element, and the air outlet of the air vent is arranged on the lower end face within the annular groove. The inner side wall of the annular groove is inclined towards the air holes and extends to the outer edge of the air holes in a transition mode, the outer side wall of the annular groove is a vertical side, and the two side walls are intersected in a smooth mode.
The switch element is an integrally formed elastic material element and comprises a switch part and a connecting part.
The switch part is of an inverted umbrella-shaped structure, covers the lower end face of the ventilating element, and the tail end of the switch part extends into the annular groove.
The switch part is closed, the tail end of the switch part extends into the annular groove, and the air holes are sealed; the switch part is opened, the switch part deforms, the tail end of the switch part leaves the annular groove, and the air holes are ventilated in one direction.
Connecting portion are provided with annular boss and changeover portion, and the screens boss cooperation on this annular boss and the connecting hole is with connecting portion joint in the connecting hole, the changeover portion sets up between annular boss and switch portion, the inside cavity hole that is equipped with auxiliary switch portion deformation of this changeover portion.
Preferably, the section of the annular boss is semicircular; the inside cavity hole that is equipped with of changeover portion extends and runs through switch portion, further reduces the required power of switch portion emergence deformation.
The laundry treatment agent box of the present invention comprises a liquid outlet 7, and further comprises the above-mentioned one-way vent valve 6, and the laundry treatment agent box has two states: the clothes treating agent is extracted from the liquid outlet 7, the air pressure in the clothes treating agent box is reduced, the air pressure in the clothes treating agent box is smaller than the external air pressure, the switch part is deformed, the tail end of the switch part leaves the annular groove, and air enters through the air holes; the second state is that the extraction is stopped, the liquid outlet 7 is sealed, the air pressure in the clothes treating agent box is equal to the external air pressure, the switch part is restored to the original state, and the tail end of the switch part extends into the annular groove to seal the clothes treating agent box.
The suction device and the one-way ventilation valve 6 in the embodiment are simultaneously controlled by a circuit program corresponding to a menu option on a panel of the washing machine, so that the intelligent delivery of various clothes treating agents is realized.
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 control method for automatically feeding multiple clothes treating agents in a washing machine is characterized in that the automatic feeding device comprises a fixed type treating agent box for holding the fixed type clothes treating agents and a variable type treating agent box for selectively holding one or more clothes treating agents simultaneously;
the washing machine controls the throwing of the clothes treating agent in different washing stages of a washing program according to the selected types of the clothes treating agent in the fixed type treating agent box and/or the clothes treating agent in the variable type treating agent box; the options of the fixed type treatment agent box and the variable type treatment agent box corresponding to the menu options on the panel of the washing machine can be selected independently or in multiple combinations, when the multiple combinations are selected, the treatment agents are put in sequence according to the putting sequence of the treatment agents, corresponding warning prompts are sent out when the corresponding treatment agents need to be replaced, and then the user replaces the variable type treatment agent box filled with the correct treatment agents into the fixed frame.
2. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the laundry machine controls the laundry amount corresponding to the laundry treatment agent to be input in the different laundry programs according to the selected kinds of the laundry treatment agent in the fixed kind treatment agent cartridge and/or the laundry treatment agent in the variable kind treatment agent cartridge.
3. The control method according to claim 1, wherein the fixed type treating agent box contains detergent, and when the fixed type treating agent box is selected, the automatic feeding device executes a detergent feeding process in a washing water inlet stage of the washing machine;
when one clothes treating agent in the variable type treating agent box is selected, the washing machine controls the automatic feeding device to feed the clothes treating agent at the clothes treating stage corresponding to the clothes treating agent in the clothes washing program.
4. The control method according to claim 1, wherein when the softener is contained in the variable-type treating agent box, the softener feeding process is executed by the automatic feeding device when the washing machine enters a softening stage;
when the detergent is contained in the variable type treating agent box, the detergent putting process is executed when the washing machine enters a washing stage, and when the silk detergent is contained in the variable type treating agent box, the silk detergent putting process is executed when the washing machine enters the washing stage.
5. An automatic putting device for implementing a control method for automatically putting multiple kinds of laundry treatment agents in a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the putting device comprises a fixing frame, and the fixed kind treatment agent box for containing the fixed kind of laundry treatment agents and the variable kind treatment agent box for containing the multiple kinds of laundry treatment agents alternatively or simultaneously are installed in the fixing frame through a mounting member;
the clothes treating agent box is a closed box body structure, a cavity is formed in the clothes treating agent box and used for containing the clothes treating agent, the treating agent box is provided with a one-way vent valve (6) and a liquid outlet (7), and the liquid outlet (7) is provided with an on-off valve;
the treating agent box is also provided with a suction device, an inlet of the suction device is communicated with the cavity, and an outlet of the suction device is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve.
6. The automatic dispensing device of claim 5, wherein the variable-type and fixed-type treatment agent boxes are detachably connected to the fixing frame, the mounting member is of a foolproof design and comprises a plurality of protruding ribs integrally formed with the fixing frame, each protruding rib is located under a corresponding treatment agent box and is different from the corresponding treatment agent box in relative spatial position, grooves matched with the protruding ribs are formed at the bottoms of the fixed-type and variable-type treatment agent boxes respectively, and the grooves are matched with the protruding ribs to fix the corresponding treatment agent boxes with the fixing frame.
7. The automatic dosing device of claim 5, further comprising menu options disposed on the panel of the washing machine corresponding to the fixed type and variable type of treatment agent cartridges, the menu options controlling dosing of laundry treatment agents in different treatment agent cartridges by controlling water intake of the corresponding fixed type or variable type treatment agent cartridges.
8. The automatic dispensing device of claim 7, wherein the variable-type treatment agent box comprises a plurality of independent chambers, each chamber is filled with different types of laundry treatment agents, and the dispensing control of the laundry treatment agents is realized through corresponding menu options.
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