CN110644182B

CN110644182B - Channel connecting piece, drying tunnel air outlet structure and clothes treatment equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110644182B
Application number: CN201910932754.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张伟; 丁浩; 周震东; 苗雨来
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-29
Filing date: 2019-09-29
Publication date: 2022-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-29
Also published as: CN110644182A

Abstract

The invention provides a channel connecting piece, a drying tunnel air outlet structure and a washing machine, wherein the channel connecting piece comprises: the air guide cavity is internally provided with a penetrating air guide channel, the sealing connecting part is connected with the air guide cavity, the sealing connecting part is configured to be in sealing connection with an outer barrel ring of the clothes treatment equipment, and the sealing connecting part is provided with one or more convex ribs which are suitable for being abutted against the outer barrel ring. The channel connecting piece that this scheme provided compresses tightly when outer barrel circles at sealing connecting portion, and the corresponding emergence of protruding muscle is deformed and is leaned on with outer barrel circle to make closely to lean on between sealing connecting portion and the outer barrel circle, sealed effect is better, improves the sealing reliability between sealing connecting portion and the outer barrel circle, and then promotes the sealing reliability between channel connecting piece and the outer barrel circle, effectively prevents to leak out.

Description

Channel connecting piece, drying tunnel air outlet structure and clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to a channel connecting piece, a drying tunnel air outlet structure and clothes treatment equipment.

Background

The existing washing machine usually has a drying function, an air outlet of a drying channel is usually positioned on the front side of a barrel part, and the upper rear side of door glass can ensure that dry hot air blown out from the drying channel is blown onto clothes in an inner barrel to take away moisture. For preventing to leak out, need set up the gap between sealed air outlet of sealing member and the barreled usually, but present sealing member exist with the barreled between have sealed not firm problem, sealed effect is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a channel connector.

The invention also aims to provide an air outlet structure of the drying tunnel with the channel connecting piece.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a clothes treating apparatus having the above-mentioned drying tunnel air outlet structure.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a channel connector, including: the air guide cavity is internally provided with a penetrating air guide channel; the sealing connecting part is connected with the air guide cavity, the sealing connecting part is configured to be in sealing connection with an outer barrel ring of the clothes treatment equipment, and one or more convex ribs suitable for being abutted against the outer barrel ring are arranged on the sealing connecting part.

The channel connecting piece provided by the above embodiment of the invention is provided with the channel connecting piece comprising the air guide cavity and the sealing connecting part, so that the channel connecting piece has the air guide function, and simultaneously, the sealing of the air guide channel and the outer barrel ring is realized by the sealing connecting part, thereby effectively preventing air leakage, realizing multiple purposes, and the channel connecting piece has a simple structure, eliminating the assembly step between the sealing piece and the channel connecting piece, greatly reducing the assembly step, and being beneficial to saving the assembly time of products, in addition, one or more convex ribs suitable for abutting against the outer barrel ring are arranged on the sealing connecting part, the convex ribs are used for converting surface contact between the sealing connecting part and the outer barrel ring into linear contact, when the sealing connecting part is tightly pressed on the outer barrel ring, the convex ribs are correspondingly deformed and abut against the outer barrel ring, thereby the sealing connecting part and the outer barrel ring are tightly abutted, and the sealing effect is better, the sealing reliability between the sealing connection part and the outer barrel ring is improved, so that the sealing reliability between the channel connection part and the outer barrel ring is improved, and air leakage is effectively prevented.

In addition, the channel connector provided in the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, the sealing connection portion includes a sealing wall connected to an outer wall of the air guide cavity, one side surface of the sealing wall is formed as an abutting sealing surface, and the one or more ribs are disposed on the abutting sealing surface and protrude from the abutting sealing surface.

In this scheme, set up sealing connection portion include with the sealed wall of the outer wall connection of air guide cavity, sealing connection portion avoids the wind-guiding passageway like this, guarantee the wind-guiding smoothness nature of wind-guiding passageway, the sealed wall support to lean on sealed face to lean on outer barrel circle, increase the area of contact between sealing connection portion and the outer barrel circle through the sealed wall, sealed effect is better, further improve sealed reliability, protruding muscle sets up to lean on sealed face and support to lean on sealed face protruding certainly, the corresponding emergence deformation of protruding muscle supports with outer barrel circle and supports and lean on, thereby make between sealed wall and the outer barrel circle closely support and lean on, further improve sealed effect.

In the above technical solution, the sealing wall is configured in an arc shape, and the abutting sealing surface is formed in a concave arc surface.

In this scheme, set up the sealed wall and construct the arc for sealed wall and curved outer barrel circle degree of agreeing with is higher, and like this, it is more convenient to assemble between sealed wall and the outer barrel circle, and the sealed wall is inseparabler with being connected of outer barrel circle, further promotes sealing connection portion's leakproofness, and then promotes the sealing reliability between passageway connecting piece and the outer barrel circle, effectively prevents to leak.

In any one of the above technical solutions, one end of the air guiding channel has an opening, wherein the two opposite sides of the opening are respectively provided with the sealing walls, and the two sealing walls extend in a direction away from the opening; or the sealing wall is arranged along the outer periphery of the opening and is annular.

In this scheme, set up two sides that the opening is relative and be equipped with the sealed wall respectively, and two sealed walls extend towards the direction of keeping away from the opening, like this, two sealed walls are close to and paste when outer bucket circle tightly, paste the outside bucket circle with the opening simultaneously, through two sealed walls to the gap seal between opening and the outer bucket circle, promote sealed reliability.

The sealing wall is arranged to be annular along the outer periphery of the opening, so that the sealing wall circumferentially surrounds the opening, annular sealing is formed between the opening and the outer barrel ring, and sealing is more reliable.

In the above technical solution, at least one of the one or more ribs is a first annular rib, and the first annular rib is disposed along the periphery of the opening.

In this scheme, set up first annular muscle along open-ended periphery setting, like this, first annular muscle circumference encircles the opening, and when the sealed wall compressed tightly outer barrel circle, first annular muscle atress warp sticiss outer barrel circle for sealed opening that first annular muscle can be better, sealed more reliable.

In any of the above technical solutions, at least one of the one or more ribs is a second annular rib, the second annular rib encloses a sealing area, wherein one or more penetrating functional interfaces are arranged at a position of the sealing connection portion in the sealing area.

In this scheme, be equipped with the function interface that runs through on the sealing connection portion, like this, the channel connection spare still has the function of the fixed annex of installation (for example shower head or down lamp) when realizing wind-guiding and sealed function, realize that a thing is multi-purpose, structural layout is compacter, and the position department in the design sealed area is equipped with the function interface, realize the fixed of annex and sealed simultaneously, need not to add the sealing member again and seal the annex, further reduce the quantity of sealing member, reduce the cost of product, reduce the step of equipment, shorten the equipment time.

In the above technical solution, at least one of the one or more ribs is a partition rib, and the partition rib partitions the sealing area into one or more sub-areas, wherein at least one functional interface is provided in each sub-area.

In this scheme, set up and be provided with at least one function interface in every subregion, make sealing connection portion's function subregion through separating the muscle on the one hand, be convenient for correspond the different annex of installation, secondly, through the atress deformation of separating the muscle, further promote sealing connection portion to the sealed effect of annex, promote sealing connection portion's sealing reliability.

In any of the above technical solutions, the channel connecting member is a rubber member.

In this scheme, set up the channel connection spare and be the rubber spare, like this, processing is convenient, and the leakproofness is better, and need not add the sealed wind-guiding passageway of sealing member again, realizes simultaneously the sealed of wind-guiding and many places structure through a channel connection spare, and the structure is simpler, the equipment is more convenient.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides an air outlet structure of a drying tunnel, including: the outer barrel ring is provided with an air outlet; according to the channel connecting piece in any one of the above technical schemes, the air guide channel of the channel connecting piece is communicated with the air outlet; and the fixing device is connected with the outer barrel ring and tightly presses the sealing connecting part of the channel connecting piece on the outer barrel ring, so that the outer barrel ring is in sealing fit with the sealing connecting part.

The drying tunnel air outlet structure provided by the embodiment of the invention has all the beneficial effects by arranging the channel connecting piece in any technical scheme, and the description is omitted.

An embodiment of a third aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus, including: an outer tub; according to the drying tunnel air outlet structure in the technical scheme, the outer barrel ring of the drying tunnel air outlet structure is connected with the outer barrel, and the air outlet of the outer barrel ring is communicated with the space in the outer barrel.

The clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention has all the beneficial effects by arranging the drying channel air outlet structure in any technical scheme, and the detailed description is omitted.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an air outlet structure of a drying tunnel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view A-A shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of B shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged structural view of C shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view of a channel connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the channel connector of one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic right side view of a channel connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic top view of a channel connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a bottom view of a channel connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 9 is:

10 outer barrel circle, 11 air outlets, 12 via holes, 20 channel connectors, 21 air guide cavity, 211 air guide channel, 212 opening, 22 sealing connection parts, 221 convex rib, 2211 first annular rib, 2212 second annular rib, 2213 sealing area, 22131 subregion, 2214 separating rib, 222 sealing wall, 2231 spray interface, 2232 lamp holder, 225 raised edge, 226 cavity, 227 through hole, 30 fixing device, 31 upper cover, 32 lower cover, 33 connecting part, 331 connecting column, 332 threaded hole, 333 groove, 334 hole, 34 fastener, 41 shower head, 42 down lamp.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

The drying tunnel air-out structure according to some embodiments of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 9.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 9, an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention provides a channel connector 20, comprising: a wind guide cavity 21 and a sealing connection part 22.

Specifically, a wind guide channel 211 is formed in the wind guide cavity 21, the sealing connection portion 22 is connected to the wind guide cavity 21, the sealing connection portion 22 is configured to be in sealing connection with the outer tub 10 of the laundry treatment apparatus, and one or more ribs 221 adapted to abut against the outer tub 10 are disposed on the sealing connection portion 22.

For example, the laundry processing apparatus is a washing machine with drying function, specifically, the laundry processing apparatus is a drum washing machine, although the laundry processing apparatus may also be a dryer or a washing and drying machine, taking the drum washing machine as an example, the drum washing machine at least includes an outer tub for holding water, an inner tub for holding washings and a drying tunnel, the inner tub is rotatably disposed in the outer tub, the drying tunnel is located at the outer side of the outer tub, wherein, the outer tub 10 includes a stainless steel ring disposed in the circumferential direction of the outer tub opening, in detail, the outer tub 10 is substantially in a ring shape adapted to the outer tub opening, a laundry input opening is formed at the middle part of the outer tub 10, the washings enter the inner tub through the laundry input opening, a connecting edge is provided in the radial extending direction of the laundry input opening, the connecting edge is connected with the outer tub by means of screws, fasteners, adhesives and the like, a convex edge is formed by the wall of the laundry input opening protruding outwards along the axial direction of the laundry input opening, it can be understood that the outer tub 10 is formed with an air outlet 11 communicating with the inner tub, so that the air flow can enter the inner tub through the air outlet 11 to dry the clothes, etc., more specifically, the air outlet 11 is formed on the flange, one end of the channel connector 20 corresponds to the air outlet 11, and the other end is connected with the drying tunnel, so that the drying tunnel is communicated with the air outlet 11 through the channel connector 20, and sends hot air to the inner tub through the channel connector 20 and the air outlet 11 to dry the clothes, the channel connector 20 is formed with a sealing connection portion 22, it can be understood that a portion of the channel connector 20 is formed of a sealing material, for example, a portion of the channel connector 20 is formed of a rubber member, the channel connector 20 is pressed against the outer tub 10 by means of a screw, a buckle, a fixing cover, etc., so that the outer tub 10 is in sealing fit with the sealing connection portion 22.

In the channel connector 20 provided in the above embodiment of the present invention, the channel connector 20 includes the air guiding cavity 21 and the sealing connection portion 22, so that the channel connector 20 has an air guiding function, and the sealing connection portion 22 is used to seal the air guiding channel 211 and the outer tub 10, thereby effectively preventing air leakage, achieving multiple purposes, and the channel connector 20 has a simple structure, eliminating assembly steps between the sealing member and the channel connector 20, greatly reducing assembly steps, and facilitating product assembly time saving, in addition, one or more ribs 221 adapted to abut against the outer tub 10 are provided on the sealing connection portion 22, the rib 221 converts surface contact between the sealing connection portion 22 and the outer tub 10 into line contact, and when the sealing connection portion 22 is pressed against the outer tub 10, the rib 221 is correspondingly deformed and abuts against the outer tub 10, thereby the sealing connection portion 22 and the outer tub 10 are tightly abutted against each other, the sealing effect is better, the sealing reliability between the sealing connection part 22 and the outer barrel ring 10 is improved, the sealing reliability between the channel connection part 20 and the outer barrel ring 10 is further improved, and air leakage is effectively prevented.

Example 1:

as shown in fig. 3, 4 and 9, in addition to the features of the above embodiment, there are further defined: the sealing connection 22 comprises a sealing wall 222 connected to the outer wall of the air guiding cavity 21, one side of the sealing wall 222 being formed as an abutting sealing surface, on which one or more ribs 221 are provided and protruding from the abutting sealing surface. Sealing connection portion 22 avoids wind-guiding passageway 211 like this, guarantee wind-guiding smoothness nature of wind-guiding passageway 211, sealed wall 222 support to lean on sealed face to lean on outer barrel circle 10, increase the area of contact between sealing connection portion 22 and the outer barrel circle 10 through sealed wall 222, sealed effect is better, further improve sealed reliability, protruding muscle 221 sets up to lean on sealed face and support by sealed face arch certainly, protruding muscle 221 is corresponding takes place to deform and supports with outer barrel circle 10 and lean on, thereby make between sealed wall 222 and the outer barrel circle 10 closely support and lean on, further improve sealed effect.

Example 2:

as shown in fig. 3, 5 and 8, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: the seal wall 222 is configured in an arc shape, and is formed in a concave arc surface against the seal surface. For example, the sealing wall 222 extends downward at both ends, and protrudes upward at the middle to form an arc shape corresponding to the surface arc of the tub 10 and fit with the tub 10. Therefore, the sealing wall 222 is more engaged with the arc-shaped outer barrel ring 10, so that the sealing wall 222 and the outer barrel ring 10 are more conveniently assembled, the sealing wall 222 and the outer barrel ring 10 are more tightly connected, the sealing performance of the sealing connection part 22 is further improved, the sealing reliability between the channel connection part 20 and the outer barrel ring 10 is further improved, and air leakage is effectively prevented.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the outer tub 10 is substantially in a ring shape adapted to the mouth of the outer tub, a laundry input opening is formed in the middle of the outer tub 10, laundry enters the inner tub through the laundry input opening, a connecting edge is provided in the radial extending direction of the laundry input opening, the connecting edge is connected to the outer tub by screws, fasteners, adhesives, etc., a convex edge is formed by protruding the wall of the laundry input opening outward along the axial direction of the laundry input opening, a substantially rectangular air outlet 11 is formed at the upper end of the convex edge, the channel connector 20 is located on the upper side of the convex edge, the air guiding channel 211 is opposite to the air outlet 11 and is communicated with the air outlet 11, the sealing wall 222 is in an arc shape adapted to the convex edge, and one surface of the sealing wall 222 facing the convex edge abuts against the upper surface of the convex edge.

Further, the sealing wall 222 is located on the outer peripheral surface of the outer tub 10, that is, the sealing wall 222 is located on the upper side of the flange of the outer tub 10, and the opening 212 is in butt joint with and is communicated with the air outlet 11. The drying tunnel is directly communicated with the air outlet 11 through the air guide channel 211, air outlet is smoother, gaps between the air outlet 11 and the opening 212 are sealed through the sealing wall 222, the opening 212 and the air outlet 11 do not need to be sealed separately by additionally arranging sealing pieces such as sealing strips, the number of the sealing pieces is reduced, and production cost of products is reduced.

Furthermore, as shown in fig. 2, one end of the air guiding channel 211 has an opening 212, wherein two opposite sides of the opening 212 are respectively provided with a sealing wall 222, and the two sealing walls 222 extend in a direction away from the opening 212. Thus, when the two sealing walls 222 are close to and tightly attached to the outer tub 10, the opening 212 is simultaneously attached to the outer tub 10, and the gap between the opening 212 and the outer tub 10 is sealed by the two sealing walls 222, thereby improving the sealing reliability.

Alternatively, the sealing wall 222 may be provided in a ring shape along the outer periphery of the opening 212. In this way, the sealing wall 222 circumferentially surrounds the opening 212, so that an annular seal is formed between the opening 212 and the outer tub 10, and the seal is more reliable.

Example 3:

as shown in fig. 3, 4 and 9, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defining: at least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a first annular rib 2211, and the first annular rib 2211 is disposed along the outer periphery of the opening 212. In this way, the first annular rib 2211 circumferentially surrounds the opening 212, and when the sealing wall 222 compresses the outer tub 10, the first annular rib 2211 is deformed by force to compress the outer tub 10, so that the first annular rib 2211 can better seal the opening 212, and the sealing is more reliable.

Example 4:

as shown in fig. 3, 4 and 9, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: at least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a second annular rib 2212, and the second annular rib 2212 encloses a sealing area 2213, wherein the sealing connection 22 is provided with one or more through functional interfaces at a position within the sealing area 2213. Thus, the channel connector 20 has the functions of installing and fixing accessories (such as the shower head 41 or the down lamp 42) while achieving the functions of guiding air and sealing, achieves multiple purposes, is more compact in structural layout, is provided with a functional interface at a position in the designed sealing area 2213, achieves fixing and sealing of the accessories, does not need to be additionally provided with a sealing piece to seal the accessories, further reduces the number of the sealing pieces, reduces the cost of products, reduces the steps of assembly, and shortens the assembly time.

Further, as shown in fig. 9, at least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a dividing rib 2214, the dividing rib 2214 divides the sealing area 2213 into one or more sub-areas 22131, wherein at least one functional interface is disposed in each sub-area 22131. On the one hand, the function of the sealing connection part 22 is partitioned by the separating rib 2214, so that different accessories can be conveniently and correspondingly mounted, and on the other hand, the sealing effect of the sealing connection part 22 on the accessories is further improved through the forced deformation of the separating rib 2214, and the sealing reliability of the sealing connection part 22 is improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the channel connector 20 has an air guiding channel 211 and a sealing connection portion 22, wherein an opening 212 is formed at one end of the air guiding channel 211 close to the air outlet 11, the opening 212 is opposite to and communicated with the air outlet 11, the opening 212 is substantially rectangular, a wall of the opening 212 extends left and right along a length direction of the opening 212 to form the sealing connection portion 22, and a plurality of functional interfaces are respectively disposed on the sealing connection portions 22 at left and right sides of the opening 212.

In detail, as shown in fig. 4, the accessory includes a shower head 41, the functional interface includes a shower interface 2231 disposed in one of the plurality of sub-regions 22131, the shower head 41 penetrates the shower interface 2231, and the shower head 41 sprays water into the tub on one side and sprays water to the door glass of the washing machine through the shower head 41, so as to ensure cleanness and visibility of the door glass.

As shown in fig. 3, the accessory includes a down lamp 42 (such as an ultraviolet lamp, a lighting lamp, etc.), the functional interface further includes a lamp holder 2232 disposed in another one of the plurality of sub-regions 22131, the down lamp 42 is accommodated in the lamp holder 2232, and the lamp holder 2232 and the down lamp 42 are installed in a matching manner to meet sterilization, lighting or requirements.

Certainly, the functional interfaces are not limited to the spraying interface 2231 and the lamp holder 2232, and may be other functional interfaces, which are not listed one by one, and may be reasonably designed according to product location and user requirements in a specific production process.

Example 5:

as shown in fig. 5 and 6, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: the outer edge of the sealing wall 222 is provided with a raised edge 225, the raised edge 225 is raised in a direction away from the surface of the outer tub 10, the raised edge 225 and the sealing wall 222 enclose a cavity 226, at least a portion of the fixing device 30 (such as a fixing cover) is accommodated in the cavity 226, and the sealing wall 222 is located between at least a portion of the fixing device 30 and the outer tub 10 and is clamped by at least a portion of the fixing device 30 and the outer tub 10. In this way, the sealing wall 222 can protect the fixing device 30 through the cavity 226 while achieving the sealing function between the air outlet 11 and the air guiding passage 211, so as to prevent the fixing device 30 from being vibrated or otherwise impacted, which results in the loosening and displacement of the fixing device 30, and further ensure the reliability of the connection between the outer tub ring 10 and the sealing wall 222.

For example, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the sealing wall 222 is substantially in a convex arc shape, a raised edge 225 is formed at an outer edge of the sealing wall 222, the raised edge 225 and the sealing wall 222 surround a cavity 226, that is, the sealing wall 222 forms a bottom wall of the cavity 226, the raised edge 225 surrounds the sealing wall 222 to form a side wall of the cavity 226, the fixing device 30 includes an upper cover 31 and a lower cover 32, wherein the upper cover 31 extends into the cavity 226, an outer peripheral wall of the upper cover 31 abuts against the raised edge 225, a bottom wall of the upper cover 31 abuts against the sealing wall 222, the lower cover 32 is located at a lower side of the outer tub 10 and abuts against a lower side wall of the outer tub 10, and the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 are locked by a fastener 34 such as a screw, so that the sealing wall 222 and the outer tub 10 are clamped.

Example 6:

in addition to the features of any of the embodiments described above, the channel connector 20 is a rubber member. Like this, processing is convenient, and the leakproofness is better, and need not add the sealed wind-guiding passageway 211 of sealing member again, realizes simultaneously the sealed of wind-guiding and many places structure through a passageway connecting piece 20, and the structure is simpler, the equipment is more convenient.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention provides a drying tunnel air outlet structure for a clothes treatment apparatus, including: outer barrel circle 10, passageway connecting piece 20 and fixing device 30.

Specifically, the outer tub circle 10 is provided with an air outlet 11, a penetrating air guide channel 211 is formed inside the channel connecting member 20, and the air guide channel 211 is communicated with the air outlet 11, wherein a sealing connecting portion 22 is formed on the channel connecting member 20, one or more ribs 221 are arranged on the sealing connecting portion 22, the sealing connecting portion 22 is pressed on the outer tub circle 10, and the one or more ribs 221 abut against the outer tub circle 10.

For example, the laundry processing apparatus is a washing machine with a drying function, specifically, a drum washing machine is a laundry processing apparatus, although the laundry processing apparatus may also be a drying machine, taking the drum washing machine as an example, the drum washing machine at least comprises an outer drum for containing water, an inner drum for containing washings and a drying tunnel, the inner drum is rotatably arranged in the outer drum, the drying tunnel is positioned at the outer side of the outer drum, wherein, the outer drum ring 10 comprises a stainless steel ring which is arranged at the circumferential direction of the outer drum opening, in detail, the outer drum ring 10 is approximately in a ring shape matched with the outer drum opening, a laundry input opening is formed at the middle part of the outer drum ring 10, the washings enter the inner drum through the laundry input opening, a connecting edge is formed in the radial extending direction of the laundry input opening, the connecting edge is connected with the outer drum through a screw, a buckle, an adhesive and the like, a convex edge is formed by the wall of the laundry input opening protruding outwards along the axial direction of the laundry input opening, the air outlet 11 is formed on the convex edge, one end of the channel connector 20 corresponds to the air outlet 11, and the other end is connected with the drying tunnel, so that the drying tunnel is communicated with the air outlet 11 through the channel connector 20, and hot air is supplied to the inner tub through the channel connector 20 and the air outlet 11 to dry clothes, the channel connector 20 is formed with the sealing connection portion 22, it can be understood that the part of the channel connector 20 is made of a sealing material, for example, the part of the channel connector 20 is made of a rubber member, preferably, the whole channel connector 20 is made of a rubber member, and thus, the processing and forming are more convenient.

In the drying tunnel air outlet structure provided by the above embodiment of the present invention, the air guide channel 211 penetrating through the channel connector 20 is formed inside the channel connector 20, and the air guide channel 211 is communicated with the air outlet 11, on one hand, the channel connector 20 is connected to the air outlet 11 of the outer tub 10, so as to realize that the drying tunnel supplies air to the inner tub of the washing machine through the air guide channel 211 and the air outlet 11, on the other hand, the channel connector 20 is formed with the sealing connector 22, the sealing connector 22 is used to realize sealing between the air outlet 11 and the air guide channel 211, so as to effectively prevent air leakage at the air outlet 11, and achieve multiple purposes, furthermore, the sealing connector 22 is changed from surface contact to line contact with the outer tub 10 by the convex rib 221, when the sealing connector 22 is pressed against the outer tub 10, the convex rib 221 is correspondingly deformed and abuts against the outer tub 10, so that the sealing connector 22 is tightly abutted against the outer tub 10, the sealing effect is better, the sealing reliability between the sealing connection part 22 and the outer barrel ring 10 is improved, the sealing reliability between the channel connection part 20 and the outer barrel ring 10 is further improved, and air leakage is effectively prevented. In summary, compared with the existing scheme of independently setting the sealing part for sealing the air outlet 11 and the drying tunnel, the scheme has the advantages that the sealing connection part 22 is formed by the part of the channel connecting piece 20, the structure is simpler, the assembly step between the sealing part and the channel connecting piece 20 is omitted, the assembly step is greatly reduced, and the assembly time of the product is saved.

In any of the above embodiments, the sealing connection portion 22 includes a sealing wall 222 connected to the outer wall of the wind guiding channel 211, the sealing wall 222 has an abutting sealing surface, the sealing wall 222 abuts against the outer tub 10 and is distributed facing the outer tub 10, and one or more ribs 221 are provided on the sealing wall 222, and the one or more ribs 221 protrude from the abutting sealing surface and abut against the outer tub 10. Sealing connection portion 22 avoids wind-guiding passageway 211 like this, guarantee wind-guiding smoothness nature of wind-guiding passageway 211, sealed wall 222 support to lean on sealed face to lean on outer barrel circle 10, increase the area of contact between sealing connection portion 22 and the outer barrel circle 10 through sealed wall 222, sealed effect is better, further improve sealed reliability, protruding muscle 221 sets up to lean on sealed face and support by sealed face arch certainly, protruding muscle 221 is corresponding takes place to deform and supports with outer barrel circle 10 and lean on, thereby make between sealed wall 222 and the outer barrel circle 10 closely support and lean on, further improve sealed effect.

Further, the sealing wall 222 is configured in an arc shape corresponding to the surface arc of the outer tub 10 and is engaged with the outer tub 10. Therefore, the sealing wall 222 is more fitted with the arc-shaped outer barrel ring 10, the sealing wall 222 is more tightly connected with the outer barrel ring 10, and the sealing performance of the sealing connection part 22 is further improved.

In any of the above embodiments, one end of the air guiding channel 211 has an opening 212, wherein two opposite sides of the opening 212 are respectively provided with a sealing wall 222, and the two sealing walls 222 extend in a direction away from the opening 211. Thus, when the two sealing walls 222 are close to and closely attached to the outer tub 10, the opening 212 is simultaneously attached to the outer tub 10, and the gap between the opening 212 and the outer tub 10 is sealed by the two sealing walls 222, thereby improving the sealing reliability.

In any of the above embodiments, the sealing wall 222 is disposed in a ring shape along the outer periphery of the opening 211. In this way, the sealing wall 222 circumferentially surrounds the opening 212, so that an annular seal is formed between the opening 212 and the outer tub 10, and the seal is more reliable.

Further, the sealing wall 222 is located on the outer peripheral surface of the outer tub ring 10, and the opening 211 is in butt joint with the air outlet 11 and is communicated with the air outlet, which is beneficial to improving the smoothness of the air flow.

At least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a first annular rib 2211, and the first annular rib 2211 is disposed along the outer periphery of the opening 212. Like this, first annular muscle 2211 encircles opening 212 circumferentially, and when the sealed wall 222 compresses tightly outer bucket circle 10, first annular muscle 2211 atress warp and sticiss outer bucket circle 10 for first annular muscle 2211 can be better sealed opening 212, prevents gas leakage, and sealed more reliably.

In any of the above embodiments, at least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a second annular rib 2212, the second annular rib 2212 surrounds a sealing area 2213, one or more through functional interfaces are disposed at a position of the sealing connection portion 22 in the sealing area 2213, and the drying tunnel air outlet structure further includes an accessory, which is disposed in the functional interfaces in a penetrating manner. Thus, the channel connector 20 has the functions of installing and fixing accessories (such as the shower head 41 or the down lamp 42) while achieving the functions of guiding air and sealing, achieves multiple purposes, is more compact in structural layout, is provided with a functional interface at a position in the designed sealing area 2213, achieves fixing and sealing of the accessories, does not need to be additionally provided with a sealing piece to seal the accessories, further reduces the number of the sealing pieces, reduces the cost of products, reduces the steps of assembly, and shortens the assembly time.

Further, at least one of the one or more ribs 221 is a dividing rib 2214, the dividing rib 2214 divides the sealing area 2213 into one or more sub-areas 22131, wherein at least one functional interface is disposed in each sub-area 22131. On the one hand, the function of the sealing connection part 22 is partitioned by the separating rib 2214, so that different accessories can be conveniently and correspondingly mounted, and on the other hand, the sealing effect of the sealing connection part 22 on the accessories is further improved through the forced deformation of the separating rib 2214, and the sealing reliability of the sealing connection part 22 is improved.

Further, at least one of the one or more functional interfaces is a spray interface 2231, and the attachment includes a showerhead 41, the showerhead 41 penetrating into the spray interface 2231. The functional interface comprises a spraying interface 2231, the spraying interface 2231 is matched with a spraying head 41, the spraying head 41 sprays water into the barrel of the washing machine on one hand, and simultaneously sprays water to the door glass of the washing machine through the spraying head 41, so that the cleanness and the visibility of the door glass are ensured.

At least one of the one or more functional interfaces is a lamp holder 2232, the accessory comprises a down lamp 42, the down lamp 42 is accommodated in the lamp holder 2232, the functional interface comprises the lamp holder 2232, and the lamp holder 2232 and the down lamp 42 (such as an ultraviolet lamp and a lighting lamp) are installed in a matching manner, so that the requirements of sterilization or illumination are met.

In any of the above embodiments, the drying tunnel air outlet structure further includes a fixing device 30, which is connected to the outer tub 10 and presses the sealing connection portion 22 onto the outer tub 10. The fixing device 30 is connected with the outer tub 10 and compresses the sealing connection part 22 on the outer tub 10, so that the outer tub 10 is in sealing fit with the sealing connection part 22, and thus, the sealing connection part 22 and the outer tub 10 are compressed by the fixing device 30, and the sealing reliability is ensured.

Further, a raised edge 225 is disposed on an outer edge of the sealing connection portion 22, the raised edge 225 is raised in a direction away from the surface of the outer tub 10, the raised edge 225 and the surface of the sealing connection portion 22 enclose a cavity 226, at least a portion of the fixing device 30 is accommodated in the cavity 226, and the sealing connection portion 22 is located between the fixing device 30 and the outer tub 10 and clamped by the fixing device 30 and the outer tub 10. In this way, the sealing wall 222 can protect the fixing device 30 through the cavity 226 while achieving the sealing function between the air outlet 11 and the air guiding passage 211, so as to prevent the fixing device 30 from being vibrated or otherwise impacted, which results in the loosening and displacement of the fixing device 30, and further ensure the reliability of the connection between the outer tub ring 10 and the sealing wall 222.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the fixing device 30 includes an upper cover 31 and a lower cover 32, at least a portion of the sealing connection portion 22 is located between the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32, at least a portion of the outer tub 10 is located between the sealing connection portion 22 and the lower cover 32, and the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 are connected and clamp the sealing connection portion 22 and the outer tub 10. The fixing device 30 comprises an upper cover 31 and a lower cover 32, the contact area between the fixing device 30 and the sealing connection part 22 and the outer barrel ring 10 is larger, and the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 are connected and clamp the sealing connection part 22 and the outer barrel ring 10, so that the connection between the sealing connection part 22 and the outer barrel ring 10 is tight and reliable, and the sealing reliability of the sealing connection part 22 is further improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the channel connector 20 includes an air guiding channel 211 and a sealing connection portion 22 formed on two sides of the air guiding channel 211, and the sealing connection portion 22 on each side is connected to the lower cover 32 through the upper cover 31, respectively, so as to clamp the sealing connection portion 22 and the outer tub 10.

Furthermore, one of the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 is provided with a connecting portion 33, the sealing connecting portion 22 is provided with a through hole 227, the outer tub 10 is provided with a through hole 12 opposite to and communicated with the through hole 227, the connecting portion 33 is disposed through the through hole 227 and the through hole 12 and extends to one side of the other of the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32, and the connecting portion 33 is connected with the other of the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 through a fastener 34 to lock the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32. Set up and be equipped with connecting portion 33 on one of upper cover 31 and lower cover 32, connecting portion 33 wears to locate in through-hole 227 and via hole 12 to extend the one side at another place in upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32, like this, make upper cover 31 and lower cover 32 locking through connecting piece and the cooperation of fastener 34, the structure is simpler, and the equipment is more convenient, connects more reliably.

For example, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, a connection post 331 is disposed on the lower cover 32, a threaded hole 332 is formed on the connection portion 33, a groove 333 adapted to the connection post 331 is disposed on the upper cover 31, a hole 334 corresponding to the threaded hole 332 is formed on a wall of the groove 333, the connection post 331 sequentially passes through the through hole 12 of the outer tub 10 and the through hole 227 of the sealing connection portion 22 and extends into the groove 333, and a screw extends into the threaded hole 332 and is in threaded connection with the threaded hole 332 to lock the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32, so that, during assembly, the lower cover 32 can pass through the through hole 12 of the outer tub 10 first, and then the sealing connection portion 22 is mounted on the outer tub 10, and the connection post 331 is used to achieve alignment positioning of the sealing connection portion 22, thereby facilitating assembly, improving the matching precision between the sealing connection portion 22 and the outer tub 10, and further improving sealing reliability.

Of course, the person skilled in the art may also design the connection between the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 by other fastening methods such as a snap.

An embodiment of a third aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus, including: an outer tub; according to the drying tunnel air outlet structure in any one of the above technical schemes, the outer barrel ring 10 of the drying tunnel air outlet structure is connected with the outer barrel, and the air outlet 11 of the outer barrel ring 10 is communicated with the space in the outer barrel.

For example, the laundry processing apparatus is a washing machine with drying function, specifically, a drum washing machine of the laundry processing apparatus, although the laundry processing apparatus may also be a drying machine, taking the drum washing machine as an example, the drum washing machine at least includes an outer tub for holding water, an inner tub for holding washings and a drying tunnel, the inner tub is rotatably disposed in the outer tub, the drying tunnel is located outside the outer tub, the drum washing machine further includes a door assembly for sealing the outer tub to prevent the washings and water from overflowing, a door seal is usually disposed between the outer tub and the door assembly to seal a gap between the outer tub and the door assembly to prevent water leakage, but the door seal often remains residues such as pollutants and detergents, the product has poor cleaning performance and bacteria are easy to breed, and as the requirement of users for health gradually increases, a door-seal-free washing machine begins to appear, and the washing machine with such a structure, the tub opening 212 front requires a door assembly to be installed to effect the sealing of the tub assembly so that the door assembly moves with the tub assembly. Wherein, outer barrel circle 10 includes the stainless steel ring, locates outer barrel bung hole's circumference, in detail, outer barrel circle 10 roughly is the ring form with outer barrel bung hole looks adaptation, is formed with clothing in the middle part of outer barrel circle 10 and puts in the mouth, and the washings gets into interior bucket through clothing puts in the mouth, has the connection limit in the clothing puts in the radial extending direction of mouth, makes the connection limit be connected with outer barrel through modes such as screw, buckle, gluing, and the wall that the mouth was put in to the clothing is outwards protruding along the axial that the mouth was put in to the clothing and is formed with the chimb, and air outlet 11 is formed on the chimb.

The specific embodiment is as follows:

as shown in fig. 1 to 9, the washing machine is an integrated drum sealing, washing and drying machine without door, and comprises an outer drum ring 10, a channel connecting member 20 and a fixing device 30, in detail, the outer drum ring 10 is connected with an outer drum, an air outlet 11 is arranged at the upper end of the outer drum ring 10, the channel connecting member 20 is a rubber member, a through air guiding channel 211 is formed inside the channel connecting member, the air guiding channel 211 is communicated with the air outlet 11 to realize that hot air flows into an inner drum of the washing machine through the air guiding channel 211 and the air outlet 11, one end of the air guiding channel 211 close to the air outlet 11 is provided with an opening 212, two opposite side edges of the opening 212 are respectively provided with a sealing wall 222, two ends of the sealing wall 222 are protruded downwards, the middle part is protruded upwards to form an arc shape suitable for the surface radian of the outer drum ring 10 and is matched with the outer drum ring 10, the fixing device 30 comprises an upper cover 31 and a lower cover 32, wherein the sealing wall 222 is arranged at the upper side of the outer drum ring 10 and is abutted against the upper surface of the outer drum ring 10, the lower cover 32 is located at the lower side of the outer tub 10 and abuts against the lower surface of the outer tub 10, and the upper cover 31 is located at the upper side of the sealing wall 222 and abuts against the upper surface of the sealing wall 222, so that the outer tub 10 and the sealing wall 222 are located between the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32 and clamped by the upper cover 31 and the lower cover 32, so that the channel connector 20 realizes the sealing of the air outlet 11 while connecting and conducting the drying tunnel and the air outlet 11, wherein the lower surface of the sealing wall 222 is provided with a plurality of curved ribs 221 for sealing with the outer tub 10.

In summary, the drying tunnel air outlet structure and the clothes processing equipment provided by the invention are characterized in that a through air guide channel is formed inside a channel connecting piece, and the air guide channel is communicated with an air outlet, on one hand, the air outlet of an outer barrel ring is connected through the channel connecting piece, so that the drying tunnel supplies air to an inner barrel of the washing machine through the air guide channel and the air outlet, on the other hand, a sealing connecting part is formed on the channel connecting piece, the sealing between the air outlet and the air guide channel is realized by utilizing the sealing connecting part, the air leakage at the air outlet is effectively prevented, the object is multipurpose, a fixing device is connected with the outer barrel ring and tightly presses the sealing connecting part on the outer barrel ring, so that the outer barrel ring is in sealing fit with the sealing connecting part, the sealing connecting part and the outer barrel ring are tightly pressed by the fixing device, the sealing reliability is ensured, compared with the existing scheme of independently arranging a sealing piece to seal the air outlet and the drying tunnel, the sealing connecting part is formed by the part of the channel connecting piece, so that the structure is simpler, the assembly step between the sealing piece and the channel connecting piece is omitted, the assembly steps are greatly reduced, and the assembly time of a product is saved.

In the present invention, the terms "mounting," "connecting," "fixing," and the like are used in a broad sense, for example, "connecting" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or unit must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A channel connector, comprising:

the air guide device comprises an air guide cavity (21), wherein a penetrating air guide channel (211) is formed in the air guide cavity (21);

the sealing connecting part (22) is connected with the air guide cavity (21), the sealing connecting part (22) is configured to be in sealing connection with an outer barrel ring (10) of the clothes treatment equipment, and one or more convex ribs (221) which are suitable for abutting against the outer barrel ring (10) are arranged on the sealing connecting part (22);

when the sealing connection part (22) is pressed on the outer barrel ring (10), the convex rib (221) is correspondingly deformed and is abutted against the outer barrel ring (10);

at least one of the one or more ribs (221) is a second annular rib (2212), the second annular rib (2212) surrounds a sealing area (2213), wherein the sealing connection part (22) is provided with one or more through functional interfaces at a position in the sealing area (2213).

2. The channel connector of claim 1,

the sealing connection (22) comprises a sealing wall (222) connected to the outer wall of the air guiding cavity (21), one side of the sealing wall (222) is formed as an abutting sealing surface, and one or more ribs (221) are arranged on the abutting sealing surface and protrude from the abutting sealing surface.

3. The channel connector of claim 2,

the sealing wall (222) is configured in an arc shape, and the abutting sealing surface is formed in a concave arc surface.

4. Channel connection according to claim 2 or 3,

one end of the air guide channel (211) is provided with an opening (212), wherein,

the two opposite side edges of the opening (212) are respectively provided with the sealing walls (222), and the two sealing walls (222) extend towards the direction far away from the opening (212); or

The sealing wall (222) is disposed in a ring shape along an outer periphery of the opening (212).

5. The channel connector of claim 4,

at least one of the one or more ribs (221) is a first annular rib (2211), the first annular rib (2211) being disposed along an outer periphery of the opening (212).

6. Channel connection according to one of claims 1 to 3,

at least one of the one or more ribs (221) is a dividing rib (2214), the dividing rib (2214) divides the sealing area (2213) into one or more sub-areas (22131), wherein at least one of the functional interfaces is disposed in each of the sub-areas (22131).

7. Channel connection according to one of claims 1 to 3,

the channel connecting piece (20) is a rubber piece.

8. The utility model provides a drying tunnel air-out structure which characterized in that includes:

the outer barrel ring (10), the outer barrel ring (10) is provided with an air outlet (11);

the channel connection piece (20) of any one of claims 1 to 7, the air guiding channel (211) of the channel connection piece (20) being in communication with the air outlet (11);

the fixing device (30) is connected with the outer barrel ring (10) and presses the sealing connecting part (22) of the channel connecting piece (20) on the outer barrel ring (10) so that the outer barrel ring (10) is in sealing fit with the sealing connecting part (22).

9. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

an outer tub;

the drying tunnel air outlet structure according to claim 8, wherein an outer tub ring (10) of the drying tunnel air outlet structure is connected with the outer tub, and an air outlet (11) of the outer tub ring (10) is communicated with a space inside the outer tub.