CN109706703B

CN109706703B - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN109706703B
Application number: CN201811573506.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓开平; 王其建; 李松辉; 张新新; 董红建
Original assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Shandong Refrigerator Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-21
Filing date: 2018-12-21
Publication date: 2020-12-01
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-21
Also published as: CN109706703A

Abstract

The invention discloses a washing machine, relates to the technical field of washing devices, and aims to provide a washing machine with a detachable turnover drawer. Washing machine includes the casing, has seted up the opening on the front panel of casing, and the opening part is equipped with the upset drawer, and the upset drawer includes the rotor plate, sets up the storing box on the rotor plate internal surface and is used for injecing the limit structure that the storing box removed towards the chassis bottom direction, and the rotor plate is articulated with the front panel, and storing box demountable installation is on the rotor plate, and limit structure sets up the rotor plate internal surface, and be used for injecing the storing box court the chassis bottom direction removes. The washing machine provided by the invention is used for improving the use performance of the washing machine.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing devices, in particular to a washing machine.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard, the requirements of people on the washing machine are also continuously improved. Design novelty, personalization, and functionality are all more important factors that appeal to consumers.

The existing washing machine is compact in overall layout in order to save space, and the washing machine, no matter the pulsator washing machine or the drum washing machine, generally only has the basic function of washing clothes and does not have the function of conveniently storing clothes, machine cleaning cloth or detergent. Generally, the clothes to be washed are placed in other places, and when the washing machine is used, the clothes to be washed are placed in the washing machine, so that the use is inconvenient. At present, current partial washing machine has pull formula drawer or convertible drawer that is used for the storing, wherein, the pull formula drawer can obviously increase washing machine's overall dimension, has increased the shared home space of washing machine, and convertible drawer is generally the casing upset around washing machine to the storage box mouth that makes convertible drawer is changeed out to the casing outside, but, the storage box of convertible drawer can not be taken out to the casing outside, if the storage box is had the thing that remains to wash, just can not conveniently wash the storage box.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a washing machine, and mainly aims to provide a washing machine with a detachable storage box of a turnover drawer so as to improve the use performance of the washing machine.

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

the utility model provides a washing machine, includes the casing, the opening has been seted up on the front panel of casing, the opening part is equipped with the upset drawer, the upset drawer includes: the rotating plate is hinged with the front panel; the storage box is detachably arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate; and the limiting structure is arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate and is used for limiting the storage box to move towards the bottom direction of the machine shell.

According to the washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention, the storage box of the turnover drawer is detachably arranged on the rotating plate, the storage box is limited to move towards the bottom of the machine shell through the limiting structure, and when the turnover drawer is in an opened state, the storage box can be moved out from the opening between the rotating plate and the front panel so as to be separated from the machine shell, so that the storage box can be conveniently cleaned or objects in the storage box can be conveniently taken out when the turnover drawer is used specifically.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial structural view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an inverted drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a reversible drawer according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partially exploded view of a front panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a connection relationship between a flip drawer and a front panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention after a turnover drawer is closed.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central", "upper", "lower", and "upper" are used herein,

The directional or positional relationships "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are indicative of those directions or positional relationships illustrated in the drawings, merely to facilitate the description of the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the invention.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine, referring to fig. 1, 2 and 6, including: casing 1, the opening 102 has been seted up on casing 1's front panel 101, opening 102 department is equipped with upset drawer 2, upset drawer 2 includes rotor plate 201, the storing box 202 of setting on rotor plate 201 internal surface and the limit structure who is used for injecing storing box 202 and removes towards casing 1 bottom direction, rotor plate 201 is articulated with front panel 101, storing box 202 demountable installation is on rotor plate 201, when upset drawer 2 is in the open mode, storing box 202 can be followed the opening part between rotor plate 201 and the front panel 101 and taken out.

Since the storage box 202 is detachably connected to the rotating plate 201 instead of being fixedly connected, the storage box 202 can be separated from the rotating plate 201, and the reversible drawer 1 has a limiting structure capable of limiting the storage box 202 to move toward the bottom of the cabinet 1, so that the storage box 202 can be taken out from the opening between the rotating plate 201 and the front panel 101 when the reversible drawer 2 is opened. When using washing machine, when having the foreign matter of treating the washing on the storing box 202 inner wall, just can directly take out storing box 202, wash alone storing box 202, it is convenient to wash, need not to stand and wash by washing machine. The washing machine disclosed by the invention has better practicability, and compared with the existing fixed storage box, the use performance of the washing machine is further improved.

The limiting structure has multiple types; for example, the storage box 202 can be limited by the following structure, a sliding block is arranged on a wall surface of the storage box 202, which is in contact with the rotating plate 201, a sliding groove matched with the sliding block is arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate 201, and the extending directions of the sliding block and the sliding groove both point to the bottom of the casing 1, so that the storage box 202 moves towards the bottom of the casing 1 along the inner wall of the rotating plate 201 through the matching of the sliding block and the sliding groove, meanwhile, a stop block is arranged at a position of the sliding groove, which is close to the lower edge of the rotating plate 201, the sliding position of the storage box 202 on the rotating plate 201 is limited by the stop block, and further, the storage box 202 is limited not to move towards the bottom of the casing.

Illustratively, referring to fig. 3, the limiting structure is a first limiting structure 203, and the first limiting structure 203 includes a limiting block 2031 having a mounting hole 2032 and an insert 2033 capable of being inserted into the mounting hole 2032, wherein one of the limiting block 2031 and the insert 2033 is mounted at the bottom of the storage box 202, and the other is mounted on the inner surface of the rotating plate 201. That is, when the stop block 2031 is disposed at the bottom of the storage box 202, the insert 2033 is disposed on the inner surface of the rotating plate 201; in addition, as shown in fig. 3, when the stop 2031 is disposed on the inner surface of the rotating plate 201, the insert 2033 is disposed at the bottom of the storage box 202. With the first limit structure 203 as shown in fig. 3, when the storage box 202 taken out is put back on the rotating plate 201, the insertion member 2033 can be easily inserted into the mounting hole 2032, compared with the first limit structure in which the insertion member 2033 is disposed on the rotating plate 201, and the operation is convenient.

The structure of the insert 2033 is not limited, and may be an insert having a circular cross section, an insert having a rectangular cross section, or an insert having a triangular cross section.

In order to facilitate quick alignment of the insert 2033 with the mounting hole 2032 during installation of the storage box 202, referring to fig. 3, the bottom end of the insert 2033 is designed to be pointed, so that the insert 2033 can be easily aligned with the mounting hole 2032 by the pointed structure, and the insert 2033 can be quickly inserted into the mounting hole 2032.

To facilitate rapid insertion of the inserts 2033 into the mounting holes 2032, the mounting holes 2032 may be kidney-shaped holes. In some embodiments, the length direction of the kidney-shaped hole is the same as the X-axis direction of the stop block 2031, or the length direction of the kidney-shaped hole may be the same as the Y-axis direction of the stop block 2031.

For example, referring to fig. 3, the limiting structure is a second limiting structure 204, and the second limiting structure 204 includes: the baffle 2041 is disposed on the inner surface of the rotating plate 201 and is provided with a locking groove 2042, and the locking block 2043 is disposed on the side surface of the storage box 202 and is matched with the locking groove 2042. When the storage box 202 is located between the baffle plates 2041 which are arranged oppositely and moves towards the bottom of the machine shell, the clamping block 2043 can be clamped in the clamping groove 2042, the clamping block 2043 is clamped in the clamping groove 2042, the freedom degree of the storage box 202 moving towards the bottom of the machine shell 1 is limited, and the opening is formed in the upper edge of the clamping groove 2042 facing the rotating plate 201, so that the storage box 202 can move upwards along the rotating plate 201 and is separated from the rotating plate 201.

Specifically, the blocking groove 2042 is provided on the blocking plate 2041, and the blocking groove 2042 is provided on a side surface of the blocking plate 2041 facing the upper end of the rotating plate 201, and the blocking plate 2041 may be integrated with the rotating plate 201 or may be mounted on the rotating plate 201.

When the washing machine washes clothes, in order to prevent the storage box 201 from shaking left and right, the baffles 2042 extend to the bottom of the storage box 202, the number of the baffles 2042 is two, and the two baffles 2042 are clamped on two sides of the storage box 202, so that the freedom degree of the storage box from shaking left and right is limited. Generally, the storage box 202 is made of plastic, and in order to prevent the storage box 202 from being collided and damaged, a buffer structure is provided on the wall surface of the baffle 2042, which is in contact with the storage box 202, and the buffer structure may be a cushion pad or other structures.

In some embodiments, slot 2042 is preferably arcuate or dovetail in cross-section. Because the specific locking function of draw-in groove 2042 of major arc column structure and dovetail structure, that is, fixture block 2043 card is in draw-in groove 2042, when storing box 202 rocked from top to bottom, draw-in groove 2042 of major arc column structure and dovetail structure can block card fast 2043, prevents to drop from in draw-in groove 2042.

Illustratively, the cross section of the fixture block 2043 has a circular structure, a rectangular structure or other structures.

In order to prevent the clamping block 2043 from shaking left and right in the clamping groove 2042, the storage box 202 is also shaken left and right, the end face of the clamping block 2043 is provided with a convex edge, the outer diameter of the convex edge is larger than that of the clamping groove 2042, and the clamping block 2043 can be limited to move left and right along the clamping groove 2042 by clamping the convex edge on the baffle 2041.

It should be noted that: the limiting structure may only include one of the first limiting structure 203 and the second limiting structure 204, or may include both the first limiting structure 203 and the second limiting structure 204. Meanwhile, the storage box comprises a first limiting structure 203 and a second limiting structure 204, so that the storage box 202 can be stably installed on the rotating plate 201.

The rotating plate 201 can be movably hinged with the front panel 101 through the following structure, referring to fig. 5, the rotating plate 201 can be movably hinged with the front panel 101 through a connecting piece 603, a first end of the connecting piece 603 is hinged with the rotating plate 201 through a first rotating shaft 604, a second end of the connecting piece 603 is hinged with the front panel 101 through a second rotating shaft 605, the first rotating shaft 604 and the second rotating shaft 605 are both horizontally arranged and are both parallel to the front panel 101, and in the process of opening and closing the rotating plate 201, the connecting piece 603 can rotate around the second rotating shaft 605 to enable the turnover drawer 2 to move up and down relative to the front panel 101. The connecting member 603 may be a connecting rod or a connecting plate, which is not limited herein.

The structure in which the first end of the connecting member 603 is hinged to the rotating plate 201 may be the structure shown in fig. 5: a first hook 606 is disposed on the rotating plate 201, the first rotating shaft 604 is disposed at the first end of the connecting member 603, and the first hook 606 is rotatably connected to the first rotating shaft 604. Therefore, the first end of the connecting piece 603 can be conveniently detached from the rotating plate 201, and when the connecting piece 603 or the rotating plate 201 is damaged, the rotating plate 201 or the connecting piece 603 can be conveniently replaced and maintained, so that the maintenance cost can be reduced.

The structure in which the second end of the connecting member 603 is hinged to the front panel 101 may be the structure shown in fig. 5: a fixed block 602 is mounted on the front panel 101, a cavity is disposed on the fixed block 602, a second rotating shaft 605 is disposed at the second end of the connecting member 603, the second rotating shaft 605 is rotatably connected with the cavity in a clamping manner, and the fixed block 601 is detachably mounted on the front panel 101 through a bolt or a screw.

As shown in fig. 5, a guide structure for guiding the up-and-down movement of the reversible drawer 2 when the reversible drawer 2 is rotated is provided between the rotating plate 201 and the front panel 102. When the rotating plate 201 is opened, the lower edge of the rotating plate 201 rotates towards the inside of the machine case 1, and the guide structure guides the rotating plate 201 and the storage box 202 to move upwards; when the rotating plate 201 is closed, the lower edge of the rotating plate 201 rotates outward of the cabinet 1, and the guide structure guides the rotating plate 201 and the storage box 202 to move downward. Illustratively, the guide structure includes a guide block disposed at the opening 102, the guide block having a guide surface 601, the guide surface 601 being disposed obliquely with respect to the lower side of the opening 102, and an end of the guide surface 601 near the inside of the cabinet 1 being higher than an end of the guide surface 601 near the outside of the cabinet 1, the reversible drawer 2 being movable along the guide surface 601 during the reversible drawer 2 being reversed.

In some embodiments, the guiding structure further comprises a rolling shaft 608 disposed at the lower edge of the rotating plate 201, and the rolling shaft 608 slides along the guiding surface 601 during the tilting of the tilting drawer 2. In order to facilitate the detachment of the rolling shaft 608 from the rotating plate 201, as shown in fig. 5, a second hook 607 is disposed on the rotating plate 201, and the rolling shaft 608 is rotatably engaged with the second hook 607. The second hook 607 is rotatably engaged with the rolling shaft 608, so that the rolling shaft 608 can rotate relative to the second hook 607 and can be conveniently detached from the second hook 607.

By adopting the guide structure, too large gaps are not required to be reserved between the lower edge of the rotating plate 201 and the lower side wall of the opening 102 to avoid the motion track of the lower edge of the rotating plate 201, and only small gaps which can enable the rotating plate 201 to rotate are required to be reserved, so that the attractiveness of the front panel of the washing machine is ensured.

Referring to fig. 3, the rotating plate 201 is locked on the front panel 101 through the locking structure 4, where the locking structure 4 is not unique, for example, the locking structure 4 may be a clamping structure, a clamping jaw is disposed on the rotating plate 201, a clamping slot is disposed on the front panel 101, and when the rotating plate 201 is closed, the clamping jaw is clamped with the clamping slot; when the rotating plate 201 needs to be opened, acting force is applied to the clamping jaws to enable the clamping jaws to be separated from the clamping grooves, and the rotating plate 201 rotates to an opening position. As another example, the locking structure 4 may be a push-and-spring type door lock structure. As another example, the locking structure 4 may be a touch, infrared sensing locking structure. The specific structure of the locking structure 4 is not limited herein, and any structure is within the scope of the present disclosure.

When the locking structure 4 is used to open the rotating plate 201, since no pushing force is generated to the rotating turnover drawer 2, the rotating plate 201 rotates at a small angle and at a slow speed, and in order to quickly open the rotating plate 201, referring to fig. 4, the washing machine further includes an auxiliary opening structure 5, and the auxiliary opening structure 5 is used to push the turnover drawer 2 away from the front panel 101 during the opening of the rotating plate 201.

The auxiliary opening structure 5 may have various structures, for example, the auxiliary opening structure 5 includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion, and a telescopic portion for connecting the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, an angle between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion may be adjusted by the telescopic portion, one end of the first connecting portion is fixed on the front panel 101, one end of the second connecting portion abuts against the rotating plate 201 or the storage box 202, and when the rotating plate 201 is rotated and opened, the telescopic portion is extended to increase the angle between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, so that the second connecting portion pushes the rotating plate 201 or the storage box 202 to rotate.

In addition, referring to fig. 4, the auxiliary opening structure 5 includes: the turnover drawer comprises a torsion spring 501 and a torsion spring shaft 502, wherein the torsion spring shaft 502 is arranged on the torsion spring 501 in a penetrating mode, one of two support arms of the torsion spring 501 is arranged on the front panel 101, when the turnover drawer is in a closed state, the other support arm is abutted to the turnover drawer, in the process that the turnover drawer is opened, the support arm abutted to the turnover drawer pushes the turnover drawer, and two ends of the torsion spring shaft 502 are also arranged on the front panel. When the rotating plate 201 is in the closed state, the torsion spring 501 is in the compressed state, and when the rotating plate 201 is opened, the compression force in the torsion spring 501 is released to push the rotating plate 201 or the storage box 202 to rotate, so that the auxiliary locking structure 4 opens the turnover drawer 2. For example, the torsion spring 501 may be a double torsion spring, or may be a torsion spring of other structure.

When the rotating plate 201 is rotated to open, in order to limit the angle of rotation of the rotating plate 201 and prevent the rotating angle from being too large, as shown in fig. 3, the rotating plate 201 is hinged to the front panel 101 through the angle limiting member 3, and during the opening process of the turnover drawer 2, the angle limiting member 3 limits the angle of the rotating plate 201 deviating from the front panel 101. Illustratively, the angle limiting member 3 includes: at least two connecting pieces hinged in sequence, wherein one end of each connecting piece is hinged with the rotating plate 201, and the other end of each connecting piece is hinged with the front panel 101. The specific working process of the angle limiting part 3 is as follows: when the rotating plate 201 rotates to open, the two connecting members connected with each other also rotate to open from the folded state, and conversely, when the rotating plate 201 rotates to close, the two connecting members connected with each other rotate to close from the unfolded state to the folded state. The number of the specific connection members needs to be determined according to the angle of rotation of the rotation plate 201, and if the angle of rotation of the rotation plate 201 is allowed to be larger, the number of the connection members is larger, and if the angle of rotation of the rotation plate 201 is allowed to be smaller, the number of the connection members is smaller. Referring to fig. 3, the number of the connecting members is two, the connecting members are a first connecting member 301 and a second connecting member 302, the first connecting member 301 and the second connecting member 302 are hinged, and the other end of the first connecting member 301 and the other end of the second connecting member 302 are rotatably connected with the corresponding rotating plate 201 and the corresponding front panel 101 through a pin shaft 303.

In some embodiments, a sealing structure is disposed at a position where the rotating plate 201 contacts the front panel 101, and referring to fig. 3, a sealing strip 2011 is disposed at an edge of the rotating plate 201 and is connected to the front panel 101 in a sealing manner through the sealing strip 2011.

In order to facilitate the storage box 202 to be taken out from the inner surface of the rotating plate 201, a lifting structure for lifting the storage box 202 is provided on the storage box 202. The lifting structure has various different structures, for example, the lifting structure may be provided with two lifting rings on the side surface of the storage box 202, and the two lifting rings are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the storage box 202; the lifting structure may be two lifting holes formed in the storage box 202, and the two lifting holes are also symmetrically formed in two sides of the storage box 202. In order to prevent the hand from being scratched by the lifting hole in the process of taking out the storage box 202, a protective sleeve is installed on the lifting hole.

The storage box 202 may have one or more isolated storage areas therein. If only one placing area is provided, clothes or machine cleaning cloth in a solid state can be stored in the placing area; if a plurality of placing areas are provided, clothes or machine cleaning cloth in a solid state can be stored in part of the placing areas, and detergent in a liquid state is stored in part of the placing areas.

In order to prevent foreign matters from entering the placing area capable of storing the detergent, the placing area is provided with a detachable sealing cover, the bottom of the placing area capable of storing the detergent is provided with a liquid outlet, the liquid outlet is connected with the inner barrel of the washing machine through a telescopic pipe, so that the detergent can be directly introduced into the inner barrel, and if residual detergent is accumulated in the placing area for storing the detergent, the storage box 202 can be directly taken out for cleaning.

In the description herein, particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a washing machine, includes the casing, the opening has been seted up on the front panel of casing, the opening part is equipped with the upset drawer, its characterized in that, the upset drawer includes:

the rotating plate is hinged with the front panel;

the storage box is detachably arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate;

the limiting structure is arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate and used for limiting the storage box to move towards the bottom of the machine shell;

the limiting structure comprises a first limiting structure and a second limiting structure;

first limit structure includes:

the limiting block is provided with a mounting hole and is mounted on the inner surface of the rotating plate;

the insert is arranged at the bottom of the storage box, and can be inserted into the mounting hole when the storage box moves towards the bottom of the machine shell;

the second limit structure comprises: the rotating plate comprises a rotating plate and two baffle plates which are oppositely arranged on the inner surface of the rotating plate, clamping grooves are respectively formed in the baffle plates, two clamping blocks matched with the clamping grooves are oppositely arranged on the storage box, the storage box is oppositely arranged between the baffle plates and faces the direction of the bottom of the machine shell, and the clamping blocks can be clamped in the clamping grooves.

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slot has a major arc shape in cross section.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rotating plate is hinged to the front panel by an angle stopper, and the angle stopper limits an angle of the turnover drawer deviating from the front panel during the opening of the turnover drawer.

4. The washing machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the angle limiting member comprises at least two connecting members hinged in sequence, and one of the two connecting members located at the outermost end is hinged to the rotating plate, and the other of the two connecting members located at the outermost end is hinged to the front panel.

5. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: the auxiliary opening structure is used for pushing the turnover drawer in the opening process of the turnover drawer.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the auxiliary opening structure comprises: torsional spring and torsional spring axle, wherein, torsional spring axle wears to establish on the torsional spring, one of them of two support arms of torsional spring is installed on the front panel when the upset drawer is in the state of closing, another the support arm with upset drawer butt the in-process that the upset drawer was opened, with upset drawer butt the support arm promotes the upset drawer, the both ends of torsional spring axle are also installed on the front panel.

7. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage box has one or at least two separated storage areas therein.

8. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lifting structure for lifting the storage box is provided on the storage box.