CN110552175A

CN110552175A - Washing machine

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Publication number: CN110552175A
Application number: CN201810562419.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李以民; 劳春峰; 刘海涛; 郝兴慧
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-04
Filing date: 2018-06-04
Publication date: 2019-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-04
Also published as: WO2019233294A1; EP3805442A1; EP3805442A4; CN110552175B

Abstract

The invention discloses a washing machine, which comprises a roller arranged in a shell; the side wall of the drum is provided with a clothes input opening, and the clothes input opening is provided with a door body which can be opened and closed. Through the arrangement, the purposes that the clothes input opening is formed in the side wall of the rotary drum of the washing machine, and the clothes input opening formed in the rotary drum is correspondingly sealed and closed by the door body or is opened to take and place clothes are achieved; meanwhile, the clothes feeding opening is arranged on the side wall of the drum, so that a user can open the door body from the upper part of the washing machine and can take and place clothes into and out of the drum; more particularly, the clothes feeding opening of the roller is sealed by the door body, so that the roller can be arranged as a sealed container, and the two ends of the roller can be supported by the rotating shaft in the washing process of the roller, thereby avoiding the eccentric rotation of the roller.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to washing machine equipment in household appliances, in particular to a top-opening type drum washing machine, in particular to a drum washing machine, wherein a drum is composed of an inner drum without dewatering holes and provided with a clothes throwing opening at the top.

background

Washing machines are largely classified into pulsator type, pulsator type and drum type washing machines. Generally, a washing machine removes stains from laundry by the action of water and detergent.

The pulsator type washing machine performs a washing operation by rotating a pulsator at the center of a washing tub left and right. The agitator type washing machine performs a washing operation using a frictional force between water current and laundry by rotating a rotary blade at the center of a washing tub in the left-right direction. The drum type washing machine performs a washing operation by beating laundry by rotating a drum.

A drum type washing machine generally includes a housing, an outer tub for containing washing water therein, a drum for containing laundry therein, and a motor and a shaft for rotating the drum on a rear surface of the outer tub.

In addition, there are a control part for controlling the washing process, generally a control panel, and a water inlet and discharge mechanism, etc. The drum type washing machine removes stains contained in laundry using frictional force between wash water stored in a sump and the laundry in a drum and chemical action of detergent contained in the wash water.

The washing drum is used as an important part of the washing machine, is not only used for accommodating washings to form a washing container, but also can participate in washing work, particularly the drum washing machine mainly depends on the rotation action of the washing drum to lift and throw off the clothes to form a beating effect, and meanwhile, the washing drum also has a certain rubbing action on the clothes, so that the washing effect is realized by beating and washing; besides pulsator washing, many of the existing pulsator washing machines also adopt a washing drum to wash, for example, so-called "dual-power" washing machines which are popular in the market.

Compared with the pulsator washing machine, the drum washing machine has the weak point that the door is arranged at the front side, so that after water enters, the door is inconvenient to open, clothes are added again, and clothes are contained or taken out, and people need to bend down or squat down to take the clothes, which is very inconvenient for old people or pregnant women. Therefore, the top-opening type drum washing machine has the advantages that the drum washing machine is clean in washing and small in abrasion, and the rotary drum washing machine is provided with an upper opening for taking and placing clothes and can add the clothes midway.

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 washing machine so as to realize the purpose of arranging a top-opening door body on a drum-type washing machine; another object is to provide a washing machine to achieve the purpose of stably operating the drum and preventing eccentric operation; the invention also aims to provide a washing machine, which realizes that a drum has double effects of containing washing inlet water and washing clothes by utilizing self-rotation, thereby achieving the purposes of preventing dirt from being retained in a cylinder of the washing machine and realizing no cleaning in the cylinder of the washing machine.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that the basic concept is as follows:

A washing machine includes a drum installed in a housing; the method is characterized in that: the side wall of the drum is provided with a clothes input opening, and the clothes input opening is provided with a door body which can be opened and closed.

Further, both ends of the roller are hermetically arranged.

Furthermore, the roller is a sealed container which is provided with no dewatering hole and is provided with a clothes input opening only on the side wall of the inner cylinder.

Furthermore, at least one of two ends of the roller along the axial direction is arranged on the shell through a rotating shaft and is connected with a rotor of the driving motor, so that the roller can be arranged in the shell in a rotating way around the rotating shaft; preferably, the rotating shafts are all arranged coaxially with the axis of the roller.

furthermore, one side of the door body is hinged with the roller wall, and the other side of the door body opposite to the door body is provided with a locking structure fixed with the roller; preferably, the axis of the rotating shaft arranged at the hinged position of the door body and the roller is parallel to the axis of the roller.

Furthermore, the locking structure include that radial protrusion sets up, extend the latch hook that the end was buckled to keeping away from a body side on the cylinder outer wall, be equipped with the handle of articulated connection on the door body, be equipped with on hand can be around the rotatory spring bolt of trip shaft, still be equipped with the elasticity jack catch that can produce elastic shrinkage on hand, the spring bolt is locked with the hasp mutually and is locked after the door body upset is closed, the handle is fixed mutually through the elasticity jack catch AND gate body, makes the fixed lock mutually of a body and cylinder.

Furthermore, a rotating shaft is arranged on one side of a clothes input opening of the roller, two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively hinged and fixed with the roller, the hinged parts are respectively provided with a dynamic seal, the corresponding side of the door body is provided with a cylindrical rotating rib which protrudes outwards, and the rotating rib is provided with a through hole which is used for the rotating shaft to pass through and extends along the axis, so that the door body can be relatively rotatably arranged on the rotating shaft.

Furthermore, one side of the door body can be installed on the roller in a mode of being turned outwards and opened around the hinge shaft, the peripheral edge of the door body correspondingly exceeds the clothes throwing-in opening, and the door body correspondingly covers the whole area of the clothes throwing-in opening after being closed; a circle of sealing ring is arranged at the corresponding joint contact position of the door body and the outer wall of the roller, and the sealing ring extends along the edge of the clothes throwing opening; preferably, the sealing ring is made of elastic materials, the sealing ring is correspondingly fixed on the outer wall of the roller and is arranged in a circle along the outer side of the clothes throwing-in opening, and after the door body is buckled at the clothes throwing-in opening, the sealing ring is tightly clamped between the door body and the outer wall of the roller.

Furthermore, the drum is sleeved inside the water containing part, the top of the water containing part is provided with an opening, and the opening and the clothes throwing-in opening arranged on the inner drum are correspondingly arranged in the same vertical section so as to allow a user to open and close the clothes throwing-in opening from the opening; preferably, the water containing part is an outer cylinder which is coaxially arranged with the roller, and the roller is provided with a dewatering hole communicated with the outer cylinder; or the water containing part is a groove which at least covers the lower half part of the roller and is provided with an opening at the upper part.

Furthermore, an opening of the water containing part is provided with an independently arranged corresponding sealing door cover; or the shell of the washing machine is provided with a door cover which is turned outwards and opened, and the door cover is buckled to correspondingly seal an opening arranged on the water containing part; preferably, a flexible sleeve is arranged between the water containing part and the shell, one end of the flexible sleeve is hermetically connected with the opening of the water containing part, the other end of the flexible sleeve is hermetically connected with the corresponding opening arranged on the shell, so that the water containing part is communicated with the outside through the flexible sleeve, and the door cover arranged on the shell can be correspondingly buckled at the corresponding opening arranged on the shell in an opening and closing manner.

after adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

Through the arrangement, the purposes that the clothes input opening is formed in the side wall of the rotary drum of the washing machine, and the clothes input opening formed in the rotary drum is correspondingly sealed and closed by the door body or is opened to take and place clothes are achieved; meanwhile, the clothes feeding opening is arranged on the side wall of the drum, so that a user can open the door body from the upper part of the washing machine and can take and place clothes into and out of the drum; more particularly, the clothes feeding opening of the roller is sealed by the door body, so that the roller can be arranged as a sealed container, and the two ends of the roller can be supported by the rotating shaft in the washing process of the roller, thereby avoiding the eccentric rotation of the roller.

The clothes throwing-in opening which can be correspondingly opened and closed through the door body is arranged on the side wall of the drum of the washing machine, so that the aim of taking and putting clothes from the side wall of the drum by a user is fulfilled, the structural layout of the whole drum washing machine is improved, and the purposes of observing the inside of the drum and throwing and taking the clothes from top to bottom by the user are facilitated; in addition, the drum is arranged into a hole-free inner drum without dewatering holes, so that the whole structure of the washing machine is simplified, and the two ends of the drum are respectively supported and fixed through the rotating shaft, thereby improving the rotating stability of the drum and reducing the noise and vibration in the operation process of the washing machine.

The rotary drum of the washing machine is a sealed container without dewatering holes, so that the rotary drum has double effects of a water containing outer drum and a stirring inner drum, the phenomenon that dirt is reserved on the outer wall of the inner drum and the inner wall of the outer drum due to the fact that washing water flows between the inner drum and the outer drum is avoided, the cleanliness in the rotary drum of the washing machine is improved, and the purpose that the washing machine is free of cleaning is achieved.

Meanwhile, the invention has simple structure and obvious effect and is suitable for popularization and use.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to its proper form. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a door is closed;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention in an open state of a door;

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a roller according to an embodiment of the present invention in a door closed state;

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram illustrating a door body of a drum in an open state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a laundry loading port of a drum of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a laundry loading port of a drum according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 7 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

in the figure: 100. a housing; 200. a drum; 300. a door body; 400. a hinge structure; 500. a locking structure; 6. a sealing structure; 700. a door cover; 800. an outer cylinder; 1. a side wall; 2. a sealing part; 3. a laundry input port; 4. a latch hook; 5. a handle; 6. a latch bolt; 7. hinging a shaft; 8. a projection; 9. limiting ribs; 10. rotating the ribs; 11. a rotating shaft; 12. a seal ring; 13. a groove; 14. a rotating shaft; 15. the groove is rotated.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, 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" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; 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.

Referring to fig. 1 to 8, an embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine including a drum 200 installed in a washing machine housing 100; the drum 200 comprises a side wall 1 enclosing a cylindrical structure, two ends of the cylindrical side wall 1 are sealed by sealing parts 2, a clothes input opening 3 is arranged on the side wall 1 of the drum 200, and a door 300 capable of being opened and closed is arranged at the clothes input opening 3, so that a user can take and place clothes inwards from the clothes input opening 3 on the side wall 1 of the drum.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, a washing machine is described, in which a laundry input opening 3 is provided on a side wall 1 of a drum 200, and a door 300 is provided at the laundry input opening 3 to be openable and closable.

The clothes feeding opening which can be opened and closed correspondingly through the door body is formed in the side wall of the drum of the washing machine, so that the purpose that a user can take and place clothes from the side wall of the drum is achieved, the structural layout of the whole machine of the drum washing machine is improved, and the purposes that the user can observe the inside of the drum from top to bottom and can feed and take the clothes are facilitated.

In this embodiment, two ends of the cylindrical sidewall 1 of the drum 200 are sealed by the sealing parts 2, so that the drum forms a sealed cylindrical chamber. The drum 200 may be a sealed container without dewatering holes and having only the laundry inlet 3 on the sidewall 1 of the inner tub, so that the drum in this embodiment has dual purposes of rotating to beat and wash laundry and hermetically containing water for washing, thereby achieving the effect of integrating the inner and outer tubs of the drum washing machine into one and integrating the same into a single drum.

In this embodiment, in order to realize the roller water inlet function of the sealed container, any existing water inlet structure may be adopted, for example: the rotating shaft 11 connected with the center of the drum 200 is set as a sleeve, and two ends of the sleeve are respectively communicated with the water inlet structure of the washing machine and the inside of the drum, so as to realize the purpose of water inlet to the inside of the drum through the sleeve; in order to realize the dewatering and drainage functions of the drum constituting the sealed container, the drum 200 may be provided with any conventional dewatering and drainage structure, for example: the side wall 1 is provided with a water outlet, and the water outlet is correspondingly provided with a centrifugal valve so as to open a valve core of the centrifugal valve under the action of centrifugal force when the roller rotates at high speed and close the valve core of the centrifugal valve under the action of self braking force when the roller rotates at low speed.

In this embodiment, at least one of two ends of the drum 200 along the axial direction is mounted on the casing 100 through the rotating shaft 11 and connected to the rotor of the driving motor, so that the drum 200 can be rotatably mounted in the casing 100 around the rotating shaft 11; preferably, the rotating shafts 11 are all arranged coaxially with the axis of the drum 200; preferably, the two sealed ends of the drum 200 are connected to the casing 100 through the rotating shaft 11, so that the two ends of the drum 200 are supported, the drum 200 does not eccentrically rotate during the rotation, the washing machine does not need to be provided with a deviation rectifying structure such as a balance ring, the structure of the whole washing machine is simplified, the operation stability of the whole washing machine is improved, and the vibration and noise are reduced.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, in the present embodiment, a washing machine is disclosed, which includes a drum 200 installed in a housing 100, wherein an axis of the drum 200 is horizontal or inclined, a laundry input opening 3 is formed in a sidewall of the drum 200, and a door 300 for turning over and opening the laundry input opening 3 is formed in the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the drum 200 includes a cylindrical sidewall 1, and two ends of the cylindrical sidewall 1 are respectively sealed by corresponding side sealing parts 2, so that the drum 200 forms a cylindrical sealed container; an opening is arranged on the cylindrical side wall 1, the opening forms a clothes input opening 3, and the door body 300 can be turned outwards to be opened and correspondingly covers the opening. Preferably, the axis of the drum 200 extends horizontally, and both sealed ends of the drum 200 are hinged to the washing machine housing 100 through the rotating shaft 11, respectively, so that the drum 200 can be mounted inside the washing machine housing 100 to rotate around the shaft.

In this embodiment, one side of the door 300 is hinged to the drum 200 via the hinge structure 400, so that the door can be rotatably mounted on the drum 200 around the rotating shaft 14.

In this embodiment, the middle of the door 300 protrudes toward the inside of the drum 200 to form a protruding portion 8 protruding from the laundry input port 3 into the inside of the drum 200; the relative drum 200 inner wall of bulge 8 is protruding to the section of thick bamboo and is set up to make bulge 8 drive clothing in the drum 200, produce along with the drum 200 is rotatory and promote and beat the motion, in order to wash the clothing, make bulge 8 possess the function that the drum promoted the muscle.

in this embodiment, the door 300 is provided with at least one additive feeding portion, and each additive feeding portion is respectively communicated with the inside of the drum 200 through an automatic feeding structure, so that the additives contained in the additive feeding portions are correspondingly fed into the drum 200. Preferably, the protrusion 8 formed on the door 300 is hollow, and the hollow chamber forms one or more independent additive feeding portions.

In this embodiment, the outer periphery of the door 300 is a smooth annular curved surface, and the annular curved surface is correspondingly attached to and in contact with the outer wall of the drum 200 at the outer edge of the clothes inlet 3. In this embodiment, a circle of sealing ring 12 made of elastic material is disposed at the corresponding joint contact position of the door 300 and the drum 200, so as to correspond to the fastening contact position of the door 300 and the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the top of the washing machine casing 100 is provided with a door 700 capable of being turned upwards and opened, and the laundry loading port 3 provided on the drum 200 and the door 700 are correspondingly overlapped in the vertical direction, so that the door 700, which can be opened by a user, can open and close the door 300 in the casing 100 and at the laundry loading port 3 of the drum.

EXAMPLE III

The present embodiment is based on the second embodiment, and further has the following technical features: as shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the embodiment, an outer tub 800 is further disposed in the washing machine casing 100, and upper and lower ends of the outer tub 800 are respectively connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the washing machine casing through a hanging spring 82 and a supporting member 83, so that the outer tub 800 can be installed in the casing 100 to generate a vibration displacement. The drum 200 is coaxially sleeved inside the outer drum 800, and both ends of the outer drum 800 are hermetically arranged to form a sealed container for the outer drum 800 to contain the water inlet of the washing machine.

In this embodiment, the top of the sidewall of the outer tub 800 is provided with an opening, and the opening is arranged opposite to the laundry input opening 3 arranged on the sidewall 1 of the drum, so that after the drum 200 stops rotating, a user can control the door 300 at the laundry input opening 3 to open and close from the opening arranged on the top of the sidewall 1 of the outer tub, and further laundry input and taking are realized.

In this embodiment, the drum 200 nested in the outer tub 800 is provided with a plurality of dewatering holes, and each dewatering hole communicates the inside of the drum 200 with the chamber between the drum 200 and the outer tub 800.

In this embodiment, an opening formed at the top of the sidewall of the outer tub 800 is correspondingly provided with an openable and closable outer tub cover corresponding to the sealing opening, so that the outer tub forms an independent sealing container during the operation of the washing machine; alternatively, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, a door 700 is disposed on the top of the washing machine casing 100, and after the door 700 is fastened to the casing 100, the door 700 can seal and close the opening of the tub 800 correspondingly, so as to achieve the purpose of sealing the opening of the tub correspondingly.

In this embodiment, in order to ensure the sealing property of the outer tub and prevent the washing water contained in the outer tub from flowing out from the opening, the following arrangement is provided:

In this embodiment, an upwardly extending flexible sleeve 81 is connected to the opening of the outer cylinder 800, and the flexible sleeve 81 is formed by a corrugated tube capable of generating axial and radial telescopic displacements; one end of the flexible sleeve 81 is hermetically connected with the inner wall of the opening arranged on the outer cylinder 800, and the other end of the flexible sleeve is hermetically connected with the inner wall of the corresponding opening of the shell 100, so that the opening of the outer cylinder 800 is communicated with the corresponding opening on the shell 100 through the flexible sleeve 81, and the washing water in the outer cylinder is prevented from flowing between the outer cylinder and the shell from the opening.

Meanwhile, in order to improve the convenience of the washing machine, a drum positioning device can be additionally arranged on the washing machine, so that when the drum stops rotating, a clothes feeding opening arranged at the rotation stopping position of the drum is towards the opening of the top shell, and a user can conveniently control the door body at the clothes feeding opening and feed and take clothes into and from the clothes feeding opening.

Example four

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, this embodiment describes a locking structure for a drum door body of a washing machine applied to any one of the first to third embodiments, a laundry loading opening 3 is provided on a drum sidewall 1, a latch hook 4 is provided on the drum sidewall 1 in a radially protruding manner, and an extending end of the latch hook 4 is bent toward an opposite side of the door body 300, a handle 5 hinged and connected to the door body 300 and lockable and fixed is provided on the door body 300, a latch tongue 7 capable of rotating around a turning shaft is provided on the handle 5, the latch tongue 7 and the latch hook 4 are locked and buckled after the door body 300 is turned over and closed, the handle 5 and the door body 300 are fixed, so that the door body 300 and the drum 200 are locked and fixed.

By arranging the locking structure, the door body arranged at the clothes feeding opening on the side wall of the roller can be locked and fixed with the roller after being buckled, so that the condition that the door body is opened in the rotating process of the roller is avoided; meanwhile, the locking structure is stable and reliable, simple in structure and suitable for popularization and use.

In this embodiment, the latch hook 4 is sheet-shaped, one end of which is attached to the outer side wall of the drum 200, and the other end of which is provided with an arc-shaped portion bent towards the outside of the drum 200 and away from the door 300.

in this embodiment, one end of the bar-shaped handle 5 is disposed near the latch hook 4 and rotatably connected to the door 300 via the hinge shaft 7, and the other end of the handle 5 is provided with a locking structure that is locked and fixed with the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the locking structure includes an elastic claw disposed on the drum 200 and capable of elastically contracting, and the handle 5 is provided with a locking hole corresponding to the elastic claw, so that the elastic claw is correspondingly locked in the locking hole after both ends of the handle 5 are correspondingly attached to and contacted with the outer wall of the drum 200, so that the handle 5 and the drum 200 are locked and fixed.

In this embodiment, a fixed seat 16 is installed on the outer wall of the drum 200, one end of the handle 5 is connected with the fixed seat through a hinge shaft 7, an elastic claw is arranged on the fixed seat 16, and a clamping hole correspondingly clamped with the elastic claw is arranged at the other end of the handle 5; preferably, the two sides of the fixing seat 16 are respectively provided with a folded edge bending towards the outer side of the roller 200, the two sides of the handle 5 are respectively attached to the outer wall of the folded edge in a corresponding manner and are limited, the two folded edges are respectively provided with an elastic claw capable of elastically stretching outwards and radially, and the handle 5 is provided with a clamping hole opposite to the elastic claw on the corresponding side.

In this embodiment, spring bolt 6 is cyclic annular, and handle 5 setting, constitution trip shaft are passed to the one end of cyclic annular spring bolt 6, and the kink of lock hook 4 is gone into to the corresponding lock of the relative other end, and spring bolt 6 keeps away from lock hook 4 setting around rotatory articulated shaft 7 around the relative handle 5 of rotatory trip shaft to in handle 5 rotate to laminating cylinder 200 between spring bolt 6 and the lock hook 4 taut locking mutually, when handle 5 rotate to with cylinder 200 phase separation spring bolt 6 and lock hook 4 break away from mutually.

In this embodiment, the axes of the latch tongue 4, the handle 5, and the latch hook 6 are all disposed in the same cross section of the drum 200.

The washing machine of this embodiment includes a drum 200 installed in a housing 100, a laundry loading opening 3 is provided on a sidewall 1 of the drum 200, a door 300 capable of turning to open and close the laundry loading opening 3 is provided on the drum 200, one side of the door 300 is hinged to the drum 200 via a hinge structure 400, and the opposite side of the door 300 is connected to the drum 200 via one or more locking structures 500 as described above.

In this embodiment, one side of the door 300 is connected to the drum 200 via a locking structure 500. Meanwhile, in the embodiment, in order to improve the locking stability of the door body and avoid the situation that the door body is opened in the rotation process of the roller, at least two locking structures 500 arranged at intervals can be arranged on one side of the door body 300; preferably, two locking structures 500 are respectively arranged at the same side of the door body 300 and near the two ends.

EXAMPLE five

The present embodiment is different from the fourth embodiment in that: the latch hook 4 of the locking structure 500 is fixedly mounted on the door body 300, and the latch tongue 6 is fixedly mounted on the drum 200, so that the purpose of locking and fixing the door body 300 through the locking structure 500 after buckling can be realized.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a locking structure 500 for a drum door body of a washing machine, wherein a laundry loading opening 3 is arranged on a drum side wall 1, a latch hook 4 which is radially protruded and provided with an extending end bent toward the center of the drum 300 is arranged on one side of the drum 300, a handle 5 which is hinged and connected and can be locked and fixed is arranged on the drum side wall 1 of the drum 200, a latch tongue 6 which can rotate around a turning shaft is arranged on the handle 5, after the door body 300 is turned over and closed, the latch tongue 7 and the latch hook 4 are locked and buckled, and the handle 5 is rotated to be locked and fixed with the drum 200, so that the door body 300 and the drum 200 are locked and fixed (not shown in the attached drawings.

EXAMPLE six

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, in the present embodiment, a sealing structure 600 for a drum door body applied to the washing machine according to any one of the first to third embodiments is described, a laundry input opening 3 is provided on a side wall 1 of the drum 200, a door body 300 correspondingly engaged with the laundry input opening 3 is provided at the laundry input opening 3, a ring of sealing ring 12 extending along an outer edge of the laundry input opening 3 is provided at a joint of the door body 300 and the drum 200, and the joint of the door body 300 and the drum 200 is sealed by the sealing ring 12.

by the sealing structure, the door body at the clothes feeding opening on the side wall of the roller is in sealing contact with the roller, so that the situation that water contained in the roller leaks out of the roller from the clothes feeding opening is effectively avoided.

In this embodiment, the outer peripheral portion of the door body 300 is annular, the lower side of the outer peripheral portion of the annular is a smooth arc surface, the arc surface is in corresponding fitting contact with the outer wall of the roller 200, a circle of sealing ring 12 is arranged at the fitting contact position and surrounds the edge of the clothes input opening 3, and the upper side and the lower side of the sealing ring 12 are in corresponding sealing fit with the door body 300 and the roller 200 respectively.

In the embodiment, an inwards concave groove 13 is arranged on the roller, a clothes input opening 3 is arranged at the bottom of the groove 13, and a certain gap distance is formed between the peripheral contour line of the clothes input opening 3 and the periphery of the bottom of the groove; the door body 300 is correspondingly buckled in the groove 13, so that the periphery of the buckled door body 300 is correspondingly attached to the side wall of the groove 13; the sealing ring 12 is correspondingly arranged at the position where the groove bottom of the groove 13 corresponds to the outer periphery of the door body 300.

In this embodiment, a circle of auxiliary sealing ring protruding toward the groove center is disposed on the side wall of the groove 13, and the end of the auxiliary sealing ring is in corresponding contact with the side wall of the door 300, so that the side wall of the door is in corresponding sealing contact with the drum (not shown in the drawings).

In this embodiment, the seal ring 13 is made of a material capable of generating elastic deformation; preferably, the sealing ring is formed by a hollow sealing ring with at least one circle of annular chamber arranged inside; more preferably, the seal ring is made of a rubber material that can be elastically deformed.

In this embodiment, a plurality of sealing rings 13 are disposed at the position of the roller 200 corresponding to the fastening door 300, and two sides of each sealing ring 13 are respectively in sealing fit with the door 300 and the roller 200.

In this embodiment, the middle of the door 300 is provided with a protruding part 8 protruding from the clothes inlet 3 to the inside of the drum 200, and when the door 300 is fastened, the periphery of the protruding part 8 is correspondingly attached to and contacted with the inner wall of the clothes inlet 3, so as to further improve the fastening sealing performance of the door; preferably, at least one circle of sealing ring is arranged between the side wall of the door body and the inner wall of the clothes feeding opening, so that the joint of the side wall of the door body and the inner wall of the clothes feeding opening is additionally connected in a sealing manner, and the sealing performance of the door body is obviously improved.

EXAMPLE seven

The present embodiment is different from the sixth embodiment in that: the sealing ring is correspondingly and regularly arranged on the door body, and the aims of fixedly arranging the sealing ring and correspondingly sealing the joint of the door body and the roller can also be fulfilled.

In this embodiment, a circle of groove 13 extending along the opening of the laundry loading port 3 and opening toward the drum is disposed on the smooth arc surface of the outer periphery of the door 300, the sealing ring 12 is correspondingly pressed into the groove 13, and the lower end of the sealing ring 12 protrudes from the opening of the groove to be correspondingly attached to and contacted with the outer wall of the drum after the door is fastened (not shown in the drawings).

Example eight

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, this embodiment describes a hinge structure for a door body of a drum of a washing machine applied to any one of the first to third embodiments, wherein a rotating shaft is disposed on the drum, one side of the door body is correspondingly disposed on the rotating shaft, and the door body is rotatably hinged to the drum around the rotating shaft, so that the door body can be turned over and closed to be fastened to a clothes inlet disposed on a side wall of the drum.

The hinge structure is arranged on the door body at the clothes feeding opening on the side wall of the roller, so that the door body can be installed on the roller in an outward overturning and opening manner, and the stability of the opening and closing process of the door body is ensured; meanwhile, the roller is not provided with the through hole hinged with the door body, so that the sealing property of the roller can be effectively ensured, and the water leakage of the roller from the hinged part can be avoided.

In this embodiment, the corresponding side of the door 300 is provided with a rotating rib 10 protruding outward, and the rotating rib 10 is provided with a through hole for the rotating shaft 11 to pass through and extending along the axis, so that the door 300 can be relatively rotatably mounted on the rotating shaft 14.

In this embodiment, the roller 200 is provided with a rotating shaft groove 15 with a recessed inner portion, the rotating shaft 14 is arranged in the rotating shaft groove 15, and two ends of the rotating shaft 14 are respectively connected with the groove walls of the rotating shaft groove 15; the rotating shaft groove 15 is a groove with an open upper part, the rotating rib 10 arranged on the corresponding side of the door body 300 is correspondingly arranged in the rotating shaft groove 15, and the rotating shaft 14 penetrates through a through hole arranged on the rotating rib 10.

In this embodiment, the two ends of the rotation rib 10 along the axis direction are respectively in limit contact with the side wall of the rotation shaft groove 15, so as to prevent the rotation rib 10 from generating axial displacement in the rotation process.

in this embodiment, the corresponding side of the door body 300 is provided with a plurality of sections of rotating ribs 10 arranged at intervals, a plurality of sections of limiting ribs 9 protruding outwards and extending are arranged at intervals in the rotating shaft groove 15 of the roller 200 along the axis extending direction, and the rotating ribs 10 and the limiting ribs 9 are arranged in a staggered manner.

In this embodiment, the two ends of each rotating rib 10 are in spacing contact with the corresponding ends of the adjacent limiting ribs 9 on the two sides respectively, so that the stability of the rotating process of the door body 300 is further improved, and the door body 300 is effectively prevented from generating axial displacement.

In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 14 sequentially passes through the through hole formed at the end of the rotating shaft slot 15, the through hole formed on the rotating rib 10 at the side corresponding to the door body 300, and the through hole formed on the limiting rib 9 arranged in the rotating shaft slot 15; preferably, the through holes arranged on the rotating shaft groove 15, the rotating rib 10 and the limiting rib 9 are all coaxially arranged.

In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 14 sequentially passes through the through hole formed at the end of the rotating shaft slot 15, the through hole formed on the rotating rib 10 at the side corresponding to the door body 300, and the through hole formed on the limiting rib 9 arranged in the rotating shaft slot 15; preferably, the through holes arranged on the rotating shaft groove 15, the rotating rib 10 and the limiting rib 9 are all coaxially arranged. In this embodiment, the two end portions of the rotating shaft 14 are fixedly connected to the corresponding side walls of the rotating shaft slot 15, so that the rotating shaft 14 is fixedly installed in the rotating shaft slot 15, the door 300 can rotate around the rotating shaft 14, and the rotating shaft 14 does not penetrate into the drum 200, thereby not only ensuring the drum sealing performance at the joint of the rotating shaft 14, but also achieving the purpose of rotating the door 300 around the shaft.

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.

Claims

1. A washing machine includes a drum installed in a housing; the method is characterized in that: the side wall of the drum is provided with a clothes input opening, and the clothes input opening is provided with a door body which can be opened and closed.

2. A washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein the drum is sealed at both ends.

3. A washing machine as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein the drum is a sealed container having no dehydration holes thereon and having a laundry input port only on a sidewall of the inner tub.

4. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of both ends of the drum in the axial direction is mounted to the casing through a rotary shaft and is connected to a rotor of a driving motor so that the drum is rotatably mounted in the casing around the rotary shaft; preferably, the rotating shafts are all arranged coaxially with the axis of the roller.

5. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein one side of the door is hinged to the drum wall and the opposite side of the door is provided with a locking formation secured to the drum; preferably, the axis of the rotating shaft arranged at the hinged position of the door body and the roller is parallel to the axis of the roller.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the locking structure includes a latch hook protruding radially from the outer wall of the drum and having an extended end bent away from the door body, the door body is provided with a handle hinged thereto, the handle is provided with a latch tongue rotatable about a turning shaft, the handle is further provided with an elastic claw capable of generating elastic contraction, the latch tongue and the latch catch are locked and fastened after the door body is turned over and closed, and the handle is fixed to the door body via the elastic claw, so that the door body and the drum are fastened and fastened.

7. A washing machine as claimed in claim 5 wherein a shaft is provided on one side of the drum at the laundry loading port, the shaft is pivotally connected to the drum at each end, the hinge is provided with a dynamic seal, the door is provided with a cylindrical rotating rib projecting outwardly from the opposite side, the rotating rib is provided with a through hole for the shaft to pass through and extending along the axis, so that the door is rotatably mounted on the shaft.

8. The washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein one side of the door body is mounted on the drum in a manner of being outwardly turned and opened around the hinge shaft, and the outer peripheral edge of the door body correspondingly exceeds the laundry loading opening, so that the door body correspondingly covers the whole area of the laundry loading opening after being closed; a circle of sealing ring is arranged at the corresponding joint contact position of the door body and the outer wall of the roller, and the sealing ring extends along the edge of the clothes throwing opening; preferably, the sealing ring is made of elastic materials, the sealing ring is correspondingly fixed on the outer wall of the roller and is arranged in a circle along the outer side of the clothes throwing-in opening, and after the door body is buckled at the clothes throwing-in opening, the sealing ring is tightly clamped between the door body and the outer wall of the roller.

9. The washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the drum is sleeved inside the water containing part, the top of the water containing part is provided with an opening, and the opening and the clothes throwing-in opening arranged on the inner drum are correspondingly arranged in the same vertical section so as to allow a user to open and close the clothes throwing-in opening through the opening; preferably, the water containing part is an outer cylinder which is coaxially arranged with the roller, and the roller is provided with a dewatering hole communicated with the outer cylinder; or the water containing part is a groove which at least covers the lower half part of the roller and is provided with an opening at the upper part.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the opening of the water containing part is provided with a corresponding sealing door cover which is independently arranged; or the shell of the washing machine is provided with a door cover which is turned outwards and opened, and the door cover is buckled to correspondingly seal an opening arranged on the water containing part;

Preferably, a flexible sleeve is arranged between the water containing part and the shell, one end of the flexible sleeve is hermetically connected with the opening of the water containing part, the other end of the flexible sleeve is hermetically connected with the corresponding opening arranged on the shell, so that the water containing part is communicated with the outside through the flexible sleeve, and the door cover arranged on the shell can be correspondingly buckled at the corresponding opening arranged on the shell in an opening and closing manner.