CN110552184B

CN110552184B - Filtering component and clothes treatment device

Info

Publication number: CN110552184B
Application number: CN201910792112.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋元慧; 熊力宁; 史亚成
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-26
Filing date: 2019-08-26
Publication date: 2020-10-23
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-26
Also published as: CN110552184A

Abstract

The invention is suitable for the technical field of household appliances, and provides a filtering assembly and a clothes treatment device. The filter assembly comprises a filter screen bracket, a filter screen and a front support, wherein the filter screen bracket is arranged on the front support; a cleaning assembly mounted to the front support and/or the screen support; the collecting box is arranged on the front support and is positioned below the filter screen; the filter screen bracket is also connected with a driving component. The clothes processing device comprises the filtering component and a clothes drying barrel, wherein a clothes drying cavity is formed inside the clothes drying barrel; the front support is provided with an opening communicated with the clothes drying cavity; the front support is provided with a mounting hole, and the filter assembly is mounted in the mounting hole. According to the automatic cleaning device, when the filter screen needs to be cleaned, the filter screen is rotated and inclined through the driving assembly, then the automatic cleaning of the filter screen is realized under the cleaning action of the cleaning assembly, manual cleaning is not needed in the whole cleaning process, the convenience of cleaning the filter screen is improved, and the convenience of practical use of the clothes treatment device is further improved.

Description

Filtering component and clothes treatment device

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a filtering assembly and a clothes treatment device.

Background

When the existing clothes drying machine or washing and drying integrated machine is used for drying clothes, drying air needs to be circularly input and discharged to dry the clothes. And in the process of discharging the drying gas, the drying gas is filtered through the filter screen so as to filter the flock carried in the air flow. Therefore, the filter screen needs to be cleaned regularly.

In the related art, since the filter screen cannot be automatically cleaned, the filter screen is usually manually cleaned each time the drying of the laundry is completed. Therefore, the problems of complex cleaning of the filter screen and low use convenience exist.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a filter assembly and a clothes treating apparatus, so as to solve the problem that a filter screen cannot be automatically cleaned.

In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution of the present invention is realized as follows: a filter assembly, comprising: the filter screen bracket is arranged on the front support of the clothes treatment device, and the filter screen is fixedly connected to the filter screen bracket and used for filtering sundry chips carried in the drying gas; the cleaning assembly is arranged on the front support and/or the filter screen bracket and is used for cleaning sundries on the filter screen; the cleaning assembly comprises: the filter screen cover is arranged on the front support and/or the filter screen bracket, and is provided with a through hole for the drying gas to flow to the filter screen; the spray pipe is connected with the filter screen cover, and a cleaning channel for inputting a cleaning medium is formed in the spray pipe; the spray head is arranged on the filter screen cover and is communicated with the cleaning channel; the spray heads are provided with a plurality of spray nozzles, and the spray nozzles of the spray heads respectively face different positions of the filter screen; the collecting box is arranged on the front support, is positioned below the filter screen and is used for collecting the sundry chips; the filter screen bracket is also connected with a driving component which is used for rotating the filter screen to be changed into an inclined state for cleaning.

Preferably, the drive assembly comprises: the driving motor is used for driving the filter screen bracket to rotate; the shaft sleeve is used for connecting the driving motor with the filter screen bracket, and the front support is provided with a connecting hole for the shaft sleeve to pass through; wherein, driving motor passes through mounting panel fixed mounting in on the preceding support.

Preferably, the driving assembly further comprises: and the sealing sleeve is sleeved on the shaft sleeve and used for sealing the connecting hole.

Preferably, the collecting box comprises: the body is internally provided with a collecting cavity for collecting the sundries, and the body is connected with the front support; the water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the body, is communicated with the collecting cavity and is used for discharging the sundry chips; wherein, the body towards one side of filter screen seted up with the opening of collecting the chamber intercommunication.

Preferably, the body comprises two side walls arranged vertically or obliquely relatively and two converging walls arranged obliquely relatively, and the two converging walls are arranged between the two side walls at intervals to form the collecting cavity.

Preferably, the washing assembly further comprises: the conveying pipe is used for conveying the cleaning medium into the cleaning channel; the connector is arranged on the filter screen cover and is communicated with the cleaning channel; wherein, one end of the conveying pipe is connected with the connector.

The present invention also provides a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: the above-mentioned filter assembly; the drying cylinder is internally provided with the drying cavity; the front support is used for supporting the clothes drying cylinder and is provided with a feeding opening communicated with the clothes drying cavity; the front support is provided with a mounting hole, and the filter assembly is mounted in the mounting hole.

Preferably, the mounting hole is opened at the bottom of the front support.

Preferably, the inner wall of the mounting hole is provided with an inner flow passage communicated with the channel.

The invention provides a filtering component and a clothes processing device. The cleaning assembly and the collecting box are arranged by adopting the filter screen bracket, and the filter screen bracket is also connected with a driving assembly for rotating the filter screen to clean. Like this, when needs wash the filter screen, through drive assembly with filter screen rotation slope, then under the cleaning action who washs the subassembly, realized the self-cleaning of filter screen, whole cleaning process need not artifical manual washing, has improved the abluent convenience of filter screen, and then has promoted the convenience of clothing processing apparatus in-service use.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a filter assembly provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention assembled with a front support;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a filter assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention assembled with a front support;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a filter assembly provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a filter assembly cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view at a in fig. 3.

Description of reference numerals:

11. a screen support; 12. a filter screen; 13. cleaning the assembly; 131. a filter screen cover; 1311. a through hole; 132. a shower pipe; 133. a spray head; 134. a delivery pipe; 135. a connector; 14. a collection assembly; 141. a body; 1411. a side wall; 1412. a converging wall; 142. a collection chamber; 143. a water outlet; 15. a drive assembly; 151. a drive motor; 152. a shaft sleeve; 153. sealing sleeves; 154. mounting a plate; 21. and (4) front supporting.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

It should be noted that the terms "disposed" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, directly disposed or connected, or indirectly disposed or connected through intervening elements or intervening structures.

The various features and embodiments described in the embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner, for example, different embodiments may be formed by combining different features/embodiments, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations of features/embodiments in the present invention will not be described in detail.

As shown in fig. 1, a filter assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is mainly used for filtering miscellaneous debris. When the filter assembly 1 is used on clothes drying equipment, impurities such as hair or scurf carried in the drying gas are filtered through the filter assembly 1, and the cleanliness of the drying gas is ensured. In the embodiment of the present invention, the filter assembly 1 is used in a clothes dryer for illustration, and it should be understood that the application range of the filter assembly 1 is not limited. It is within the scope of the invention that the filter assembly 1 be used in other applications.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the filter assembly 1 includes a filter basket 11, a filter mesh 12, a cleaning assembly 13, and a collecting box 14. A laundry treating apparatus is generally provided with a drying drum, which is internally formed with a drying chamber for receiving laundry to be dried, and thus, is supported by providing a front support 21. The strainer holder 11 is movably mounted to a front support 21 of the laundry treating apparatus and is rotatable with respect to the front support 21. And filter screen 12 fixed connection is on filter screen support 11 for the stoving gas of convection current through filter screen 12 filters to can realize the filtration of the miscellaneous bits of smudge smuggleing secretly, ensure the cleanliness factor of the stoving gas of circulating flow.

In particular, in order to ensure the air permeability of the filter screen 12, the adhered foreign particles need to be cleaned. Therefore, in order to achieve self-cleaning of the filter screen 12 and improve convenience of use, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the cleaning assembly 13 is capable of spraying a cleaning medium (such as high-pressure gas, water or a water-gas mixture) with a relatively high pressure by being provided with the cleaning assembly 13. Like this, when needs wash filter screen 12 (like the washing before the clothing is dry and/or the washing after the clothing is dry), alright wash the miscellaneous bits on filter screen 12 through spraying cleaning medium to realized filter screen 12's self-cleaning, need not the manual work and carry out filter screen 12's dismantlement washing, improved filter screen 12 abluent efficiency and abluent convenience. During setting, the cleaning medium is preferably set to be water, the cleaning assembly 13 is installed on the front support 21 and/or the filter screen support 11 at a position where the sprayed cleaning medium can directly wash and clean the filter screen 12, and the direction of the sprayed cleaning medium can be the same as or opposite to the flowing direction of the drying gas, and the specific setting mode can be selected as required.

When cleaning the filter screen 12, in order to collect and discharge the miscellaneous debris uniformly, a collecting box 14 is mounted on a front support 21 and positioned below the filter screen 12, and a driving assembly 15 for rotating the filter screen 12 to clean is connected to the filter screen support 11. Thus, when the clothes treatment apparatus is in a filtering state, the filter screen 12 is kept in a horizontal state to filter the sundry scraps, and when the clothes treatment apparatus needs to be cleaned, the filter screen bracket 11 is driven to rotate by the driving assembly 15, so that the filter screen 12 is changed into an inclined state. Therefore, the washed foreign materials can flow into the collecting box 14 through the inclined filtering net 12, and are collected by the collecting box 14 and then are discharged in a unified manner. After the cleaning of the filter 12 is completed, the driving unit 15 rotates again to reset the filter holder 11, thereby keeping the filter 12 horizontal.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, the driving assembly 15 includes a driving motor 151 and a bushing 152. The driving motor 151 is used to drive the screen support 11 to rotate. Specifically, the driving motor 151 is fixedly mounted to the front support 21 via the mounting plate 154. The shaft sleeve 152 is used for connecting the driving motor 151 with the filter screen bracket 11, and since the filter screen bracket 11 is mounted on the front support 21 (refer to fig. 2), a connecting hole (not shown) for the shaft sleeve 152 to pass through is formed in the front support 21, so that the driving motor 151 and the filter screen bracket 11 can be connected.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, in order to seal the connection hole and prevent the drying gas from leaking from the connection hole, the driving assembly 15 is configured to further include a sealing sleeve 153. This seal cover 153 overlaps on axle sleeve 152 to after the installation, seal cover 153 can block and establish in the connecting hole, thereby realize sealing the connecting hole, avoid appearing the leakage of drying gas by this position department.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the collection box 14 includes a body 141 and a drain opening 143. The body 141 is internally provided with a collecting cavity 142 for collecting sundries, and the body 141 is connected with the front support 21 to realize the installation and fixation. The drain 143 is disposed at the bottom of the body 141 and communicates with the collection chamber 142 for discharging the trash. An opening communicating with the collection chamber 142 is opened on the side of the body 141 facing the filter screen 12, so that the foreign particles washed and dropped from the filter screen 12 can flow into the collection chamber 142 through the opening and finally be discharged through the water discharge port 143.

As shown in fig. 3, the body 141 includes two sidewalls 1411 disposed vertically or obliquely and two converging walls 1412 disposed obliquely and oppositely, the two converging walls 1412 are disposed at intervals between the two sidewalls 1411 to form the collecting chamber 142. That is, the horizontal cross-section of the collection chamber 142 is formed in a "quadrilateral" configuration, while the cross-section in the vertical direction is formed in an "inverted trapezoid" configuration. I.e., the distance between the two obliquely arranged converging walls 1412 gradually expands upward from the bottom. Thus, the collecting wall 1412 can collect the collected sundries toward the bottom, and the cleaned and dropped sundries can be discharged from the water outlet 143 in time.

In a particular arrangement, at least one of the two sidewalls 1411 and the two converging walls 1412 may be provided as a screen. Of course, both the side walls 1411 and the two confluence walls 1412 may be provided as a complete plate-shaped member.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning assembly 13 includes a screen cover 131, a shower 132, and a shower head 133. The screen cover 131 is installed on the front support 21 and/or the screen support 11, and a through hole 1311 for the drying air to flow to the screen 12 is formed on the screen cover 131. The through hole 1311 can be used for preliminary filtering of objects that can enter the filter screen 12, and prevents larger objects from accidentally entering the filter screen 12 and blocking or damaging the filter screen 12. In order to ensure the ventilation of the drying gas and to ensure that the drying gas can flow to the filter 12 in time, a plurality of through holes 1311 may be formed and arranged in the longitudinal direction of the filter screen cover 131; the length direction is the direction of the maximum size of the screen cover 131, and the shape and size of the through holes 1311 may be specifically set according to actual use requirements. The shower 132 is connected to the mesh enclosure 131, and a cleaning passage (not shown) for inputting a cleaning medium is formed inside the shower 132; the spray head 133 is provided on the screen cover 131 and communicates with the cleaning passage. Thus, when the filter screen 12 is cleaned, the cleaning medium entering the cleaning passage can be ejected from the nozzle 133 to wash and clean the filter screen 12. In a specific arrangement, in order to ensure the efficiency of the mesh cleaning, a plurality of nozzles 133 may be provided, each nozzle 133 may be spaced apart from each other along the extending direction of the cleaning passage, and the nozzles of each nozzle 133 may face different positions of the filter mesh 12. Like this, can wash the different positions of filter screen 12 simultaneously, ensure that each position of filter screen 12 can both be washed and cleaned, promote the abluent cleanliness factor of filter screen 12.

As shown in fig. 4, in practical installation, it is preferable that the shower pipe 132 is adhered to the filter screen cover 131 by hot melting, and the shower pipe 132 extends along the center line of the filter screen cover 131; the through holes 1311 are arranged on both sides of the center line of the screen cover 131, and the shapes of the through holes 1311 on both sides may be the same or different. The nozzles 133 are also arranged in two rows, wherein the direction of the spray from the nozzles 133 in each row is also directed towards different positions of the filter screen 12. Thus, under the washing of the cleaning medium ejected by the nozzles 133 at different positions, the cleaning of the filter screen 12 at different positions is realized, and the filter screen 12 can be effectively cleaned.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the cleaning assembly 13 further includes a delivery tube 134 and a connector 135. The delivery pipe 134 is used for delivering cleaning media into the cleaning channel; the connector 135 is arranged on the filter screen cover 131 and communicated with the cleaning channel; one end of the delivery pipe 134 is connected to the connection head 135 and the other end is connected to the water inlet control valve. Thus, the cleaning medium is supplied through the supply pipe 134 into the cleaning passage and then ejected from the nozzles 133 to clean the filter 12. The arrangement of the conveying pipe 134 and the connecting head 135 improves the convenience of actual installation and connection. Specifically, the connecting heads 135 may be disposed at two ends of the screen cover 131 or at the middle of the screen cover 131. Moreover, in other embodiments, the delivery tube 134 may be connected directly to the shower 132, provided that the connection is satisfactory.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, since the filter assembly 1 is mounted to the front support 21 (refer to fig. 1), it is ensured that the filter assembly 1 can be kept in conformity with the contour shape of the front support 21. In practical application, the filter screen cover 131 is arranged in an arc shape, so that the filter screen cover can be kept matched with the contour shape of the front support 21, reliable installation is realized, and the overall attractiveness is improved.

According to the filter assembly provided by the embodiment of the invention, the cleaning assembly and the driving assembly are arranged, the cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the sundries attached to the filter screen, and the driving assembly is used for rotating the filter screen to be in an inclined state during cleaning. Therefore, under the cleaning action of the cleaning component 13, the automatic cleaning of the filter screen 12 can be realized; and after the cleaning is finished, the driving component drives the filter screen to reset and keep a horizontal state. The filter assembly is arranged, manual cleaning is not needed, and the convenience of cleaning the filter screen 12 is improved.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a clothes treatment device which comprises the filter assembly 1, a clothes drying cylinder and a front support 21 (refer to fig. 1). The clothes drying barrel part forms a clothes drying cavity, clothes to be dried are placed in the clothes drying cavity, and dehydration drying is achieved under the treatment of drying gas. In the laundry drying process, the laundry drying drum needs to be rotated to adjust the laundry drying position, and thus, the laundry drying drum is movably supported by the front support 21. The front support 21 is provided with an opening communicating with the drying chamber through which the taking and placing of the laundry into and out of the drying cylinder is achieved. In practical arrangement, in order to mount the filter assembly 1, a mounting hole (not shown) is formed in the front support 21, and the filter assembly 1 is mounted in the mounting hole. Thus, after the filter assembly 1 is installed and fixed, the input drying gas is finally sucked and flows to the filter assembly 1, and foreign scraps carried in the drying gas are filtered out through the filter assembly 1, so that the drying gas is circularly processed. When the filter screen 12 needs to be cleaned, the cleaning assembly 13 can automatically clean the filter screen 12. The clothes treatment device is provided with the filter assembly 1, so that the filter screen 12 (refer to fig. 3) does not need to be manually cleaned, and the convenience of practical use is improved.

As shown in fig. 1, in an actual installation, it is preferable that the mounting hole is opened in the bottom of the front support 21. In this way, the impurity chips entrained in the drying gas can be brought into the filter assembly 1 as much as possible for filtering. The sundry chips are prevented from falling and depositing in the clothes drying cylinder between the filter components 1, and the cleanliness of sundry chip filtering is effectively improved.

Specifically, after the filter assembly 1 is installed in the installation hole, the filter screen bracket 11 is attached to the inner wall of the installation hole. Therefore, an inner flow passage (not shown) communicating with the passage is formed on the inner wall of the mounting hole. And preferably, the inner flow passage is disposed below the filter screen support 11, so that the dry air entering the inner flow passage can pass through the side wall of the filter screen support 11 after being filtered by the filter screen 12, and finally flows to other parts of the clothes treatment device through the inner flow passage, and is input into the clothes drying cylinder for reuse after being treated. In this way, a path along which the drying gas circulates is formed, and the drying gas circulates along the path to dry the laundry.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A filter assembly, comprising:

a filter screen bracket installed at the front support of the laundry treating device,

the filter screen is fixedly connected to the filter screen bracket and is used for filtering the sundry chips carried in the drying gas;

the cleaning assembly is arranged on the front support and/or the filter screen bracket and is used for cleaning sundries on the filter screen; the cleaning assembly comprises: the filter screen cover is arranged on the front support and/or the filter screen bracket, and is provided with a through hole for the drying gas to flow to the filter screen; the spray pipe is connected with the filter screen cover, and a cleaning channel for inputting a cleaning medium is formed in the spray pipe; the spray head is arranged on the filter screen cover and is communicated with the cleaning channel; the spray heads are provided with a plurality of spray nozzles, and the spray nozzles of the spray heads respectively face different positions of the filter screen;

the collecting box is arranged on the front support, is positioned below the filter screen and is used for collecting the sundry chips;

the filter screen bracket is also connected with a driving component which is used for rotating the filter screen to be changed into an inclined state for cleaning.

2. The filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the drive assembly comprises:

the driving motor is used for driving the filter screen bracket to rotate;

the shaft sleeve is used for connecting the driving motor with the filter screen bracket, and the front support is provided with a connecting hole for the shaft sleeve to pass through;

wherein, driving motor passes through mounting panel fixed mounting in on the preceding support.

3. The filter assembly of claim 2, wherein the drive assembly further comprises:

and the sealing sleeve is sleeved on the shaft sleeve and used for sealing the connecting hole.

4. The filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the collection cassette comprises:

the body is internally provided with a collecting cavity for collecting the sundries, and the body is connected with the front support;

the water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the body, is communicated with the collecting cavity and is used for discharging the sundry chips;

wherein, the body towards one side of filter screen seted up with the opening of collecting the chamber intercommunication.

5. The filter assembly of claim 4, wherein the body includes two oppositely vertically or angularly disposed sidewalls and two oppositely angularly disposed converging walls spaced between the two sidewalls to form the collection chamber.

6. The filter assembly of claim 1, wherein the cleaning assembly further comprises:

the conveying pipe is used for conveying the cleaning medium into the cleaning channel;

the connector is arranged on the filter screen cover and is communicated with the cleaning channel;

wherein, one end of the conveying pipe is connected with the connector.

7. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

the filter assembly of any one of claims 1 to 6;

a drying cylinder, a drying cavity is formed inside the drying cylinder;

the front support is used for supporting the clothes drying cylinder and is provided with a feeding opening communicated with the clothes drying cavity;

the front support is provided with a mounting hole, and the filter assembly is mounted in the mounting hole.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 7, wherein the mounting hole is opened at a bottom of the front support.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein an inner wall of the mounting hole is opened with an inner flow passage communicating with the passage.