CN109385835B

CN109385835B - Top-opening drum washing machine

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Publication number: CN109385835B
Application number: CN201710668108.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈涛; 王开明; 翟清明; 王文文; 刘晓春; 于明亮
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-07
Filing date: 2017-08-07
Publication date: 2022-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-07
Also published as: CN109385835A

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of washing and protecting equipment, in particular to a top-open type drum washing machine. The invention aims to solve the problem that the vision in the drum is fuzzy when the existing top-opening drum washing machine adds clothes. To this end, the top-loading drum washing machine of the present invention comprises: the top of the box body is provided with an upper cover; the washing barrel comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and an outer barrel cover is arranged at the top of the outer barrel; and one side of the outer cylinder cover, which is close to the inner cylinder, is provided with an illumination unit, and the illumination unit is arranged in a way that the illumination unit irradiates the cylinder bottom of the inner cylinder when the outer cylinder cover is opened. Through the arrangement mode that the lighting unit is installed on one side, close to the inner barrel, of the outer barrel cover, when the outer barrel cover and the inner barrel cover are opened simultaneously, the bottom of the inner barrel can be illuminated by the lighting unit. The setting mode starts from user experience, so that a user can check the clothes state of the barrel bottom more conveniently, and the user experience is greatly improved.

Description

Top-opening drum washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of washing and protecting equipment, in particular to a top-open type drum washing machine.

Background

With the increasing development of the household appliance industry, more and more intelligent and modern household appliances appear in the daily life of people, and the user experience is greatly improved while the household appliances bring convenience to people in the use process. However, these home appliances inevitably cause further problems while becoming more intelligent and modern. Taking a top-open type washing machine as an example, in order to solve the problem that a user needs to bend down when taking and placing clothes in a traditional drum washing machine, some manufacturers have developed a top-open type drum washing machine, namely, a drum washing machine with a door cover at the top and an outer drum cover at an outer drum. Therefore, the top-opening type drum washing machine not only keeps the advantage of excellent washing and protecting effects of the traditional drum washing machine, but also increases the advantage of convenience in taking and placing clothes of the pulsator washing machine, solves the problem that the drum washing machine is inconvenient in taking and placing clothes, and improves user experience.

Although the top-loading drum washing machine has the above advantages, the user often has a blurred view of the inside of the drum when the user adds the laundry during the use of the product due to the deep depth of the drum. The condition not only prevents the user from obtaining the state of the clothes in the drum in time, but also easily leaves the clothes in the drum when the user takes the clothes, thereby bringing very bad user experience to the user.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new washing machine to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problem of blurred vision in the drum, especially at the bottom of the drum, when the conventional top-loading type top-loading washing machine adds clothes, the present invention provides a top-loading type drum washing machine, comprising: the top of the box body is provided with an upper cover; the washing barrel comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and an outer barrel cover is arranged at the top of the outer barrel; and one side of the outer cylinder cover, which is close to the inner cylinder, is provided with an illuminating unit, and the illuminating unit is arranged in a manner that the illuminating unit irradiates the bottom of the inner cylinder when the outer cylinder cover is opened.

In a preferred embodiment of the above top-loading drum washing machine, the outer drum cover includes a cover plate and a protruding portion connected to the cover plate, the protruding portion is located on a side of the cover plate close to the washing drum, and the illumination unit is mounted on the protruding portion.

In the above preferred technical scheme of the top-opening drum washing machine, the protruding portion and the cover plate are enclosed to form a cavity, a drum body is arranged in the cavity, a mounting hole is formed in the bottom of the drum body, and the illumination unit is arranged in the drum body in a manner that part of the illumination unit extends out of the mounting hole.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, the drum body is arranged such that the axis of the drum body forms a certain included angle with the horizontal line when the outer drum cover is opened.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, the illumination unit includes a lamp body and a sealing member sleeved on the lamp body, and the lamp body partially extends out of the mounting hole and is connected with the drum body in a sealing manner through the sealing member.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, the illumination unit further includes a lamp holder sleeved on the lamp body, the lamp holder is provided with a first butt-joint structure, the outer edge of the drum body is correspondingly provided with a second butt-joint structure, and the lamp body is fixed in the drum body through the matching connection of the first butt-joint structure and the second butt-joint structure.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, the first docking structure is a slot/buckle, and the second docking structure is a buckle/slot correspondingly.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, a groove structure corresponding to the mounting hole is further provided on one side of the protruding part close to the washing drum, and the lamp body extends out of the groove structure.

In the above preferred technical solution of the top-loading drum washing machine, the lamp body is provided with a first connecting wire, the cavity is further provided with a connecting terminal and a second connecting wire, and the first connecting wire is connected with the second connecting wire through the connecting terminal.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, in a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the top-opening type drum washing machine comprises a box body and a washing drum, wherein the top of the box body is provided with an upper cover, the washing drum comprises an inner drum and an outer drum, and the top of the outer drum is provided with an outer drum cover. One side of the outer cylinder cover close to the washing cylinder is provided with a bulge, the bulge is provided with an illuminating unit, and the illuminating unit is arranged in a way of irradiating the cylinder bottom of the inner cylinder when the outer cylinder cover is opened. The lighting unit is arranged on one side, close to the washing drum, of the outer drum cover, so that when the outer drum cover is opened, the inner drum can be illuminated by the lighting unit. And the illumination unit is arranged on the bulge part, so that the illumination unit can protrude out of the outer barrel cover to illuminate the barrel bottom of the inner barrel when the outer barrel cover is opened, and the user experience is improved greatly.

Furthermore, the lighting unit comprises a lamp body and a sealing piece sleeved with the lamp body, a barrel is arranged on the protruding portion, a mounting hole is formed in the bottom of the barrel, and the lamp body partially extends out of the mounting hole and is connected with the barrel in a sealing mode through the sealing piece. The advantages of this arrangement are: because the outer cylinder cover of the top-opening type drum washing machine is directly contacted with the washing water, the arrangement mode that the lamp body is hermetically connected with the cylinder body through the sealing piece ensures that the washing water cannot enter the cylinder body through the mounting hole in the washing process or after the washing is finished. That is, the invention not only solves the problem of the prior art that the visual field in the drum is fuzzy when the top-opening drum washing machine adds clothes, but also avoids the electric leakage phenomenon of the top-opening drum washing machine in the use process, and enhances the safety of illumination.

Drawings

The top loading washing machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with a top loading drum washing machine. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view of a top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing tub of the top-loading drum washing machine of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the outer tub cover of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the outer drum cover of the top-loading drum-type washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 showing the configuration of the projection and the lighting unit;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 5 at A;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the protrusion of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 7 at B;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the protrusion assembly of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention;

fig. 10 is an enlarged partial schematic view at C of fig. 9.

List of reference numerals

1. A box body; 11. an upper cover; 2. a washing drum; 21. an outer cylinder; 211. an outer cylinder cover; 2111. a cover plate; 2112. a projection; 2113. a barrel; 2114. mounting holes; 2115. a groove structure; 2116. a second docking structure; 2117. a connection terminal; 2118. reinforcing ribs; 21181. a through hole; 2119. a second connecting line; 22. an inner barrel; 221. an inner cylinder cover; 3. a lighting unit; 31. a lamp body; 311. a rubber film; 312. positioning the boss; 313. a first connecting line; 32. a base; 321. a first docking structure; 33. a seal member; 331. a second positioning groove.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the first and second mating structures are shown in the drawings as being illustrated in the form of slots and snaps, this arrangement is not a trivial matter and can be modified as necessary by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Referring first to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic external view of a top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a washing tub of the top-loading drum washing machine of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in order to solve the problem of blurred vision inside the drum, especially at the bottom of the drum, when the existing top-loading drum washing machine adds clothes, the present invention provides a top-loading drum washing machine (hereinafter referred to as washing machine or drum washing machine), which mainly comprises a box body 1 and a washing drum 2. The top of the box body 1 is provided with an upper cover 11, the washing drum 2 comprises an inner drum 22 and an outer drum 21, the top of the outer drum 21 is provided with an outer drum cover 211, and the inner drum 22 is further provided with an inner drum cover 221. Here, the illumination unit 3 is provided inside the outer cylinder cover 211 (i.e., on the side of the outer cylinder cover 211 close to the inner cylinder 22), and the illumination unit 3 is provided so as to be able to illuminate the bottom of the inner cylinder 22 when the outer cylinder cover 211 and the inner cylinder cover 221 are opened simultaneously. Preferably, the on manner of the illumination unit 3 may be set such that the illumination unit 3 is automatically energized in a case where the outer cylinder cover 211 is opened.

It should be noted that, in general, the top-loading drum washing machine includes three covers, i.e., an upper cover 11, an outer drum cover 211 and an inner drum cover 221 as shown in fig. 1, and a user needs to open the three covers at the same time when adding clothes. The specific form of the upper cover 11 and the outer cylinder cover 211 is as shown in fig. 1, but the specific form of the inner cylinder cover 221 of the present invention is not exclusive, but the overall arrangement of the inner cylinder cover 221 is as follows: after the inner cylinder cover 221 is opened, the illumination of the illumination unit 3 is not affected, in other words, the arrangement position of the illumination unit 3 can be irradiated to the bottom of the inner cylinder 22 in different arrangement modes of the inner cylinder cover 221. For example, the inner cover 221 may be provided in the same opening manner as the outer cover 211.

As can be seen from the above description, the lighting unit 3 can illuminate the bottom of the inner cylinder 22 when the outer cylinder cover 211 and the inner cylinder cover 221 are opened simultaneously by the arrangement that the lighting unit 3 is installed on the side of the outer cylinder cover 211 close to the inner cylinder 22. The setting mode starts from user experience, so that a user can check the clothes state of the barrel bottom more conveniently, and the user experience is greatly improved. In addition, the lighting unit 3 is turned on when the outer cylinder cover 211 is opened, so that the power supply of the lighting unit 3 is automatically turned on when the user opens the outer cylinder cover 211, the user does not need to press a switch, the setting of the switch of the lighting device on the drum washing machine is saved, and the user experience is further improved.

The top-loading drum washing machine of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 3 to 10. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of an outer tub cover of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the outer drum cover of the top-loading drum washing machine of the present invention; fig. 5 is a cross-sectional schematic view of fig. 4, showing the structure of the projection and the lighting unit 3; FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 5 at A; FIG. 7 is an exploded view of the protrusion of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention; FIG. 8 is an enlarged partial schematic view of FIG. 7 at B; FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the protrusion assembly of the top-loading drum washing machine according to the present invention; fig. 10 is a partially enlarged schematic view at C of fig. 9.

As shown in fig. 3, 4, 7, and 8, the outer cylinder cover 211 mainly includes a cover plate 2111 and a protrusion 2112 connected to the cover plate 2111 and provided inside the cover plate 2111 (i.e., on a side of the cover plate 2111 close to the inner cylinder 22). The protruding portion 2112 and the cover plate 2111 form a cavity, a cylinder 2113 is arranged in the cavity, a mounting hole 2114 for mounting the lighting unit 3 is formed in the bottom of the cylinder 2113, and a groove structure 2115 for increasing an irradiation range is further arranged at a position, corresponding to the mounting hole 2114, of one side of the protruding portion 2112 close to the inner cylinder 22. The lighting unit 3 mainly includes a lamp body 31, a base 32 tightly fitted on the lamp body 31, and a sealing member 33, wherein the lamp body 31 partially extends out of the mounting hole 2114 and is tightly connected (i.e., hermetically connected) with the barrel 2113 through the sealing member 33. Further, a first docking structure 321 is disposed on the base 32, a second docking structure 2116 is correspondingly disposed on the periphery of the barrel 2113, and after the lamp body 31 is hermetically connected with the barrel 2113 through the sealing member 33, the lamp body 31 and the sealing member 33 are fixed in the barrel 2113 by the base 32 through the mating connection of the first docking structure 321 and the second docking structure 2116. Specifically, the seal 33 is a rubber seal ring or rubber seal ring.

Referring further to fig. 3 to 6, the outer cylinder cover 211 mainly includes a cover plate 2111 on the right side, and a protruding portion 2112 (see fig. 4) is provided on the left side of the cover plate 2111. The protrusion 2112 has a thickness at the mounting portion of the lamp body 31, and a cavity is defined by the thickness together with the cover plate 2111 (see fig. 5). Preferably, the upper half portion of the lamp body 31 may be covered with a rubber film 311, the rubber film 311 has two annular protrusions, and the lamp body 31 is clamped in the mounting hole 2114 through the mounting protrusions, so as to limit the position of the lamp body 31, and the front end of the lamp body 31 extends out of the mounting hole 2114. Preferably, the cylinder 2113 is arranged such that the axis of the cylinder 2113 is at an angle to the horizontal when the outer cylinder cover 211 is open, in such a way that the front end of the lamp body 31 faces the inner cylinder 22 of the drum washing machine after the lamp body 31 is mounted. Such as by setting the axis of barrel 2113 at an angle (alpha shown in fig. 5) of 30 deg. to the horizontal.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, preferably, the upper portion of the lamp body 31 may be provided with a positioning boss 312, and the corresponding base 32 and the sealing member 33 are respectively provided with a first positioning groove (not shown) and a second positioning groove 331 corresponding to the positioning boss 312, and the sealing member 33 and the base 32 are respectively inserted into the first positioning boss 312 through the first positioning groove and the second positioning groove 331.

With further reference to fig. 9 and 10, preferably, the first docking structure 321 is two slots disposed along the top surface of the base 32 in a radial direction, and the second docking structure 2116 is a buckle disposed along the outer edge of the barrel 2113 and corresponding to the slots, and the lamp body 31 and the mounting hole 2114 are limited by the annular protrusion through the buckling of the slots and the buckle, so that the base 32 can fix the lamp body 31 and the sealing member 33 together in the barrel 2113.

The advantages of the preferred embodiment described above are: the arrangement of the protruding portion 2112 and the groove structure 2115 formed around the mounting hole 2114 make the lamp body 31 closer to the inner cylinder 22 after being mounted, increase the irradiation range and irradiation angle of the lamp body 31, and make the lamp body 31 sufficiently irradiate the bottom of the inner cylinder 22. Further, since the outer tub cover 211 directly contacts with the washing water when the washing machine is in operation, the lamp body 31 is hermetically connected to the tub 2113 through the sealing member 33, so that the lamp body 31 does not leak electricity after being installed, thereby increasing the safety of the drum washing machine. The arrangement of the first docking structure 321 and the second docking structure 2116 enables the base 32 to fix the lamp body 31 and the barrel 2113 in the barrel 2113 after sealing connection, which not only increases the stability of the lamp body 31, but also enables the sealing member 33 to be hidden in the barrel 2113, and increases the flatness of the cavity of the protruding portion 2112.

Of course, the above-described preferred embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, which can be modified in any manner by those skilled in the art to meet the needs of a more specific application without departing from the principles of the present invention. For example, the positions of the locking grooves and the locking buckles of the first docking structure 321 and the second docking structure 2116 are exchanged, or the first docking structure 321 and the second docking structure 2116 may also be an internal thread and an external thread, and the base 32 fixes the lamp body 31 and the sealing member 33 in the cylinder 2113 through the threaded connection with the cylinder 2113. Further, as long as the angle between the axis of the cylinder 2113 and the horizontal line can be any angle, the angle can satisfy the condition that the front end of the lamp body is directed toward the inner cylinder 22 of the washing machine after the lamp body 31 is mounted. For example, the positioning boss 312 of the lamp body 31, the first positioning groove of the base 32, the sealing member 33 and the second positioning groove 331 are cooperatively connected by a spline-like manner.

With continued reference to fig. 7, 8, 9, and 10, a plurality of stiffening ribs 2118 are also provided in the cavity, with the plurality of stiffening ribs 2118 being staggered in the cavity. The lamp body 31 has a first connection line 313, a connection terminal 2117 and a second connection line 2119 are further provided in the cavity, and the first connection line 313 and the second connection line 2119 are connected through the connection terminal 2117. As shown in fig. 9, two through holes 21181 are provided in the rib 2118, and the first connection wire 313 and the second connection wire 2119 are connected to the connection terminal 2117 through the through holes, respectively, thereby turning on and off the lamp body 31.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that just because the lamp body 31 is hermetically connected to the cylinder 2113 through the sealing member 33, the sealing property of the cavity is ensured, so that the connection terminal 2117 can be disposed in the cavity, thereby facilitating the maintenance of the terminal.

Finally, it should be pointed out that the above preferred embodiment, although illustrated by way of example in a top-loading drum washing machine, is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention, which may be applied to other drum washing machines than a top-loading drum washing machine, as long as the washing drum 2 of the drum washing machine has an outer drum cover 211, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A top-loading drum washing machine comprising:

The top of the box body is provided with an upper cover;

the washing barrel comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, and an outer barrel cover is arranged at the top of the outer barrel;

the device is characterized in that one side of the outer cylinder cover, which is close to the inner cylinder, is provided with an illuminating unit, and the illuminating unit is arranged in a manner that the illuminating unit irradiates the bottom of the inner cylinder when the outer cylinder cover is opened;

the outer cylinder cover comprises a cover plate and a protruding part connected with the cover plate, the protruding part is positioned on one side of the cover plate close to the washing cylinder, and the lighting unit is installed on the protruding part;

the protruding part and the cover plate are arranged in an enclosing mode to form a cavity, a cylinder body is arranged in the cavity, a mounting hole is formed in the bottom of the cylinder body, and the lighting unit is arranged in the cylinder body in a mode that the part of the lighting unit extends out of the mounting hole;

the lighting unit comprises a lamp body and a sealing element sleeved on the lamp body, the lamp body partially extends out of the mounting hole, and the lamp body is connected with the barrel body in a sealing mode through the sealing element;

the lighting unit further comprises a lamp holder sleeved on the lamp body, a first butt joint structure is arranged on the lamp holder, a second butt joint structure is correspondingly arranged on the outer edge of the barrel, and the lamp body is fixed in the barrel through the matching connection of the first butt joint structure and the second butt joint structure;

The lamp body is characterized in that the upper half part of the lamp body is wrapped with a rubber film, two annular protrusions are arranged on the rubber film, and the lamp body is clamped in the mounting hole through the annular protrusions, so that the lamp body is limited, and the front end of the lamp body extends out of the mounting hole.

2. A top-loading drum washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the drum is arranged such that the axis of the drum is at an angle to the horizontal when the outer drum cover is open.

3. The top-loading drum washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the first docking structure is a slot, and the second docking structure is a snap, respectively; or the first butt joint structure is a buckle, and the second butt joint structure is a clamping groove correspondingly.

4. The top-loading drum washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a groove structure corresponding to the mounting hole is further provided on a side of the protrusion adjacent to the washing drum, and the lamp body extends out of the groove structure.

5. A top loading drum washing machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the lamp body is provided with a first connecting wire, the cavity is further provided with a connecting terminal and a second connecting wire, and the first connecting wire and the second connecting wire are connected through the connecting terminal.