CN110664360A - Shoe fixing device for shoe washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a shoe fixing device for a shoe washing machine. The shoe fixing device comprises a fixing member, a supporting member, a first elastic member and a locking member, wherein the supporting member, the first elastic member and the locking member are arranged on the fixing member in a sliding mode, the first elastic member is arranged between the locking member and the supporting member, at least one part of the fixing member can stretch into the inside of a shoe and abut against one end of the shoe, and the locking member is arranged to be locked on the fixing member so as to abut against the supporting member against the other end of the inside of the shoe by means of the first elastic member and tightly support the shoe. Through the arrangement of the locking component, the shoe cannot be unstably fixed or even fall off due to the fact that the supporting component slides relative to the fixing component after being fixed, and the fixing reliability of the shoe is improved. The elasticity between supporting member and the shoes tip is supported and is leaned on and to be able to make the user need not frequently to adjust locking member when the shoes that fixed size phase difference is less, has improved the fixed efficiency of shoes.

Description

Shoe fixing device for shoe washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of washing equipment, and particularly relates to a shoe fixing device for a shoe washing machine.

Background

A shoe washing machine is an apparatus for washing and/or drying shoes. Generally, in order to sufficiently spray or scrub shoes in a shoe washing machine, a device capable of fixing the shoes is generally provided inside the shoe washing machine so as to fix the shoes to a central position inside the shoe washing machine, thereby performing all-around washing of the shoes.

Specifically, the fixing device often fixes the shoe by clamping or clipping. Under the condition, the shoes can be rubbed or sprayed by the friction force of the brush or the impact force of the spraying water flow, so that the shoes can be twisted in the process of being cleaned, the clamping/clamping stability of the fixing device is affected, the shoes are unstably fixed in the shoe washing machine and even fall off from the fixing device, and the cleaning effect of the shoes is affected.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new shoe retaining device for a shoe washing machine that solves the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, i.e., to solve the problem that the conventional shoe fixing device is difficult to reliably fix the shoes in the shoe washing machine, the present invention provides a shoe fixing device for a shoe washing machine, the shoe fixing device includes a fixing member, a supporting member, a first elastic member, and a locking member, the support member, the first elastic member and the lock member are slidably provided on the fixing member, and the first resilient member is disposed between the locking member and the support member, at least a portion of the securing member is capable of extending into the interior of the footwear and abutting an end of the footwear, the locking member is arranged to be lockable to the securing member to abut the support member to the other end of the shoe by means of the first resilient member and thereby tighten the shoe.

In a preferred embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the locking member includes a slider and a locking screw, the slider is slidably disposed on the fixing member, the slider is provided with a screw hole, and the locking screw can abut against the fixing member by being screwed into the screw hole, so as to lock the slider to the fixing member.

In the preferable technical scheme of the shoe fixing device, a plurality of clamping grooves are sequentially formed in the fixing member, and the locking screw abuts against the clamping grooves so as to lock the sliding block on the fixing member.

In a preferred embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the supporting member includes a supporting portion abutting against an end of the shoe and a frame structure connected to the supporting portion, the frame structure and the first elastic member are both slidably disposed on the fixing member, the slider abuts against one side of an inner frame of the frame structure, and two ends of the first elastic member respectively abut against the other side of the inner frame of the frame structure and the slider.

In a preferred embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the supporting member includes a supporting portion abutting against an end of the shoe and a connecting structure connected to the supporting portion, the connecting structure and the first elastic member are both slidably disposed on the fixing member, one end of the first elastic member is connected to the slider, and the other end of the first elastic member is connected to the connecting structure.

In a preferred solution of the above shoe retaining device, the retaining member comprises a vertical bar and a cross bar connected to each other, the support member being connected to the cross bar in a sliding manner, one of the vertical bar and the support member abutting against the toe box and the other of the vertical bar and the support member abutting against the tail box in the assembled state.

In a preferred technical solution of the above shoe fixing device, the vertical rod abuts against the shoe tail and is provided thereon with a support frame matching with the shape of the inner side of the shoe tail, and the support member abuts against the shoe head and has a shape matching with the shape of the inner side of the shoe head.

In an preferable embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the first elastic member is a spring sleeved on the rail.

In a preferred embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the locking member includes a slider slidably disposed on the fixing member and a buckle connected to the slider, and the buckle can be fastened to the fixing member to lock the supporting member to the fixing member.

In a preferred embodiment of the above shoe fixing device, the shoe fixing device further includes a pressing assembly capable of pressing the shoe, the pressing assembly includes a sleeve connected to the fixing member, a pressing member at least a portion of which extends into the sleeve, and a second elastic member disposed between the sleeve and the pressing member, and the second elastic member is capable of elastically moving the pressing member and the fixing member toward each other and thus pressing the pressing member against the shoe.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, the shoe fixing device for a shoe washing machine of the present invention includes a fixing member, a supporting member, a first elastic member, and a locking member, wherein the supporting member, the first elastic member, and the locking member are all slidably disposed on the fixing member, and the first elastic member is disposed between the locking member and the supporting member, at least a portion of the fixing member is capable of extending into the interior of the shoe and abutting against one end of the shoe, and the locking member is configured to be capable of being locked to the fixing member so as to abut the supporting member against the other end of the interior of the shoe by means of the first elastic member and thus tighten the shoe. Through the arrangement, the shoe can be fixed by the shoe fixing device in a mode that two ends of the shoe are supported in an abutting mode. On the one hand, in the case of a fixed shoe, since the support member can be constrained between the locking member (and the first elastic member) and the end of the shoe, unstable fixation and even falling off due to the sliding of the support member with respect to the fixing member after the shoe is fixed are effectively avoided, increasing the reliability of the fixation of the shoe. On the other hand, because the supporting member is abutted to the end part of the shoe in an elastic mode, the position of the supporting member has certain flexibility, and even if the shoe is twisted relative to the supporting member in the cleaning process, the elastic tightening of the position of the supporting member can also avoid being extruded and deformed by the shoe supporting member, so that the shoe has certain protection. And above-mentioned elasticity props tightly can adapt to the shoes of different sizes in the certain limit for above-mentioned fixing device can prop the shoes that the size is little different under the motionless condition of locking member, makes the user need not frequently to adjust the locking member when the shoes of the different shoes types of fixed same size or size differ less shoes, has improved the fixed efficiency of shoes, has promoted user experience.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with a shoe washing machine. The attached drawings are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the general construction of the shoe retaining device of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the shoe retaining device of the present invention.

In the drawings: 1. a fixing member; 11. a vertical rod; 111. a support frame; 12. a cross bar; 121. a card slot; 2. a support member; 21. a frame structure; 22. a support portion; 3. a first elastic member; 4. a locking member; 41. a slider; 42. locking the screw; 5. a compression assembly; 51. a sleeve; 511. a barrier structure; 52. a pressing member; 521. a hold down bar; 522. a connecting rod; 53. a second elastic member.

Detailed Description

First, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. And can be adjusted as needed by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications. For example, although the clamping device of the present invention is described in connection with a shoe washing machine, it is clear that the clamping device can also be applied to other laundry treating apparatuses having an article fixing requirement, such as clothes dryers and the like.

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

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

Referring first to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic view of the general structure of the shoe fixing device of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the shoe fixing device is provided inside the shoe washing machine of the present invention. The shoe fixing device comprises a fixing member 1, a supporting member 2, a first elastic member 3 and a locking member 4, wherein the supporting member 2, the first elastic member 3 and the locking member 4 are arranged on the fixing member 1 in a sliding mode, the first elastic member 3 is arranged between the locking member 4 and the supporting member 2, at least one part of the fixing member 1 can extend into the inside of a shoe and abut against one end of the shoe, and the locking member 4 is arranged to be locked on the fixing member 1 so as to abut against the supporting member 2 to the other end of the shoe by means of the first elastic member 3 and thus tightly support the shoe. That is, when the fixing member 1 is inserted into the inside of the shoe and abuts against one end of the shoe, the supporting member 2 can abut against the other end of the shoe by sliding on the fixing member 1. And in this case, the locking member 4 can be locked to the fixing member 1 at a position close to the supporting member 2, so that the supporting member 2 is closely abutted to the end of the shoe by pressing the first elastic member 3, so that both ends of the shoe are closely abutted to the fixing member 1 and the supporting member 2, respectively, to be securely tightened until the locking action of the locking member 4 is released, and the shoe can be removed from the shoe fixing device.

Preferably, the locking member 4 comprises a slider 41 slidably arranged on the fixing member 1 and a locking screw 42, the slider 41 being provided with a threaded hole (not shown in the figures), the locking screw 42 being able to abut against the fixing member 1 by screwing into the threaded hole in order to lock the slider 41 on the fixing member 1. Through the arrangement, after a user abuts one end of the shoe against the fixing component 1, the user can push the supporting component 2 (including the first elastic component 3) to move towards the other end of the shoe only by adjusting the position of the sliding block 41 on the fixing component 1 until the supporting component 2 abuts against the other end of the shoe under the action of the first elastic component 3, and the shoe is tightly supported. At this time, the shoe can be always supported by the support member 2 by tightening the locking screw 42 of the slider 41, and the shoe can be easily and reliably fixed.

Further, a plurality of slots 121 (the slots 121 will be described in detail below) are sequentially disposed on the fixing member 1, and the locking screw 42 abuts against the slots 121 to lock the slider 41 on the fixing member 1. The snap-fit engagement of the end of the locking screw 42 and the snap-fit groove 121 is clearly more reliable than when the locking screw 42 is directly snapped onto the surface of the fixing member 1, and also enables to avoid scratching of the surface of the fixing member 1 by the locking screw 42 directly abutting against the fixing member 1 for a long period of time. In addition, through adjusting the distance between every two adjacent draw-in grooves 121, can also confirm the approximate size of the shoes that supporting member 2 can prop tightly when adjusting next draw-in groove 121, on this basis, all can correspond the corresponding size of the shoes that can prop tightly on every draw-in groove 121, make the user can adjust slider 41 to comparatively accurate locking position according to shoes size, the problem of the fixed process of user because of debugging locking member 4's locking position repeatedly extension shoes has been avoided, the fixed efficiency of shoes has been improved, the abluent whole process of shoes has been accelerated.

As an example, the fixing member 1 comprises a vertical rod 11 and a cross rod 12 connected to each other, wherein at least a part of the vertical rod 11 can extend into the interior of the shoe and abut against one end of the shoe, so that the cross rod 12 connected to the end of the vertical rod 11 can completely enter the interior of the shoe and be supported into the shoe along the length direction of the shoe. The locking groove 121 is a plurality of groove structures arranged in line along the length direction of the cross rod 12, the sliding block 41 is arranged on the cross rod 12 in a sliding mode, and the screw hole in the sliding block 41 is communicated with the through structure on the sliding block, so that the locking screw 42 can enter the locking groove 121 through the screw hole. The support member 2 is connected to the crossbar 12 in a sliding manner so that the support member 2 can slide along the length of the shoe and can thus be brought to bear against the other end of the shoe, tightening it against the shoe on the fixed member 1 at one end. Specifically, in a state that the shoe is fixed, the vertical rod 11 and the supporting member 2 respectively abut against two ends of the shoe, for example, the vertical rod 11 abuts against the inner side of the toe cap of the shoe, and the supporting member 2 abuts against the inner side of the tail of the shoe; or the vertical rod 11 is abutted against the inner side of the tail of the shoe, and the supporting member 2 is abutted against the inner side of the toe cap of the shoe, so that two ends of the shoe can be simultaneously abutted against by the fixing member 1 and the supporting member 2 respectively, and the tightening and fixing of the shoe are completed. That is, when fixing the shoe, first, one end of the shoe is abutted against the vertical rod 11, and the supporting member 2 on the cross rod 12 is adjusted, so that the supporting member 2 can be abutted against the other end of the shoe to tighten the shoe. At this time, the sliding of the support member 2 on the crossbar 12 can be restricted only by adjusting the positions of the locking member 4 and the first elastic member 3 and tightening the locking screw 42, thereby reliably maintaining the tightened state of the shoe.

In order to ensure the reliability of the shoe during fixing, the vertical rod 11 is provided with a support frame 111 matched with the shape of the inner side of the shoe tail, and one end of the support member 2 close to the shoe head is a bent rod matched with the shape of the inner side of the shoe head, so that sufficient abutting areas are formed between the positions of the support member 2 and the vertical rod 11 and the end part of the shoe, and the shoe is clamped more stably and reliably.

With continued reference to figure 1, as a first embodiment of the invention, shown in the orientation of figure 1, the support member 2 comprises a support portion 22 abutting the end of the shoe (i.e. the above-mentioned curved bar adapted to the shape of the inner side of the toe cap) and a frame structure 21 connected to the support portion 22. The first elastic member 3 is a spring. The frame structure 21 and the spring are both slidably arranged on the crossbar 12. For example, a through-structure is provided on the frame structure 21, and the frame structure 21 is connected to the cross bar 12 by the cooperation of the through-structure and the cross bar 12. The spring is slidably mounted to the rail 12 and located within the interior frame of the frame structure 21. The slider 41 abuts against one side of the inner frame of the frame structure 21, the left end of the spring abuts against the slider 41, and the right end abuts against the other side of the inner frame of the frame structure, so that the slider 41 is abutted against, and the slider 41 is fixed relative to the inner frame of the frame structure 21.

In this case the support member 2 and the slide 41 in its inner frame are in one relatively fixed unit by means of springs. When fixing the shoe, the slider 41 is slid in a direction to approach the toe cap to push the support member 2, or the support member 2 is pushed by the toe cap to move in a direction to approach the slider 41 in a state where the slider 41 is locked, until the slider 41 and the support member 2 approach to be able to compress the spring. Under the relaxing tendency of the spring, the support portion 22 is tightly abutted to the inside of the toe cap. At this time, the locking slider 41 or the shoe tail is sleeved on the vertical rod 11 to complete the fixing work of the shoe. Of course, although the frame structure 21 shown in fig. 1 is a rectangular frame structure, this is not limitative, and any structure capable of connecting the support portion 22 to the slider 41 and the spring, which can satisfy the abutting requirements of the slider 41 and the spring at the same time, may be substituted for the frame structure 21. Such as a U-shaped frame structure, a U-shaped plate channel, etc.

As a second embodiment of the invention, the support member 2 comprises a support portion 22 abutting against the end of the shoe and a connection structure connected to the support portion 22, both the connection structure and the spring being arranged in a sliding manner on the crossbar 12. One end of the spring is connected to the slider 41 and the other end is connected to the above-mentioned connecting structure. The sliding connection between the connecting structure and the cross bar 12 is similar to the sliding connection between the frame structure 21 and the cross bar 12, and will not be described herein. And the above-mentioned connecting structure may be any structure other than the frame, such as a rectangular block, a loop bar, etc., capable of connecting the support part 22 and the spring. In this case, the support member 2 and the slider 41 are indirectly connected to be integrated by a spring. Obviously, the above-described structural modifications do not alter the principle of action of the fastening device of the present invention, and therefore the way in which the shoe is fastened does not change substantially. And all changes in the above structural forms are beyond the principle and scope of the present invention.

As an alternative embodiment, the second embodiment of the present invention is: the locking member 4 may further comprise a slider 41 and a catch connected to the slider 41 and capable of being clipped or clipped onto the crossbar 12 in the form of a clip or claw to prevent the slider 41 from sliding on the crossbar 12 and lock the slider 41 to the crossbar 12.

Referring next to fig. 2 and with continued reference to fig. 1, fig. 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the shoe retaining device of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, more preferably, the shoe fixing device of the present invention further comprises a compression assembly 5 capable of compressing the shoe. According to the orientation of fig. 2, the pressing assembly 5 comprises a sleeve 51 connected with the left end of the vertical rod 11, a pressing member 52 at least partially extending into the sleeve 51, and a second elastic member 53 arranged between the sleeve 51 and the pressing member 52, wherein the second elastic member 53 can elastically move the pressing member 52 and the fixing member 1 and the supporting member 2 towards each other, and the pressing member 52 can be tightly abutted to the outer side of the shoe (such as the bottom of the shoe) under the action of the second elastic member 53, so as to press the shoe tightly supported by the fixing member 1 and the supporting member 2, and the shoe can be fixed more reliably.

As a specific embodiment, the pressing member 52 includes a pressing rod 521 and a connecting rod 522 connected to each other, and at least a portion of the connecting rod 522 extends into the sleeve 51. The second elastic member 53 is a spring sleeved on the connecting rod 522, and the spring is disposed in the sleeve 51 in a compression manner, so that the pressing rod 521 can be pulled downwards by the spring when the spring expands, and can move towards the fixing member 1 and the supporting member 2. Further, the top end of the sleeve 51 is provided with a blocking structure 511, and the lower part of the connecting rod 522 is provided with a limiting block. The top end of the spring abuts below the stop structure 511 to confine the spring within the sleeve 51, and the spring is connected to the connecting rod 522 with the bottom end abutting on the stopper. When shoes are compressed tightly by compressing rod 521, the spring is in a compressed state, because the spring top is blocked by blocking structure 511, so the expansion trend of the spring can drive connecting rod 522 to move towards the inside of sleeve 51 through the mode of pushing the limiting block downwards, thereby making compressing rod 521 closely lean against to the sole, compress tightly the shoes. And under the effect of compressing tightly subassembly 5, the range of turning round of shoes in the cleaning process can be reduced by a wide margin to make the cooperation state between above-mentioned locking screw 42 or buckle and fixed component 1 can be kept better, avoided the pine of locking screw 42 or buckle to take off, make locking effect more reliable.

In summary, the shoe fixing device of the present invention comprises a fixing member 1, a supporting member 2, a first elastic member 3 and a locking member 4, wherein the fixing member comprises a vertical bar 11 and a horizontal bar 12 connected to each other, and the locking member 4 comprises a sliding block 41 slidably disposed on the fixing member 1 and a locking screw 42 screwed to the sliding block 41. The support member 2, the first elastic member 3, and the lock member 4 are each slidably provided on the crossbar 12, and the first elastic member 3 is provided between the slider 41 and the support member 2. With the vertical rods 11 abutting to the inner side of the shoe tail, the slider 41 can be locked to the fixed member 1 by means of the locking screws 42 in order to abut the support member 2 to the other end of the shoe by means of the first elastic member 3 and thus tighten the shoe. Through the arrangement, on the one hand, the phenomenon that the shoe is unstable to fix and even falls off due to the fact that the supporting member slides relative to the fixing member after the shoe is fixed is effectively avoided, and the fixing reliability of the shoe is improved. On the other hand, the elastic support at the position of the supporting component can also avoid being extruded and deformed by the shoe supporting component, and has certain protection to the shoe. And this elasticity props up and can adapt to the shoes of different sizes in the certain extent for the user need not frequently to adjust locking component when fixing the shoes of the different shoes types of same size or size difference is less, has improved the fixed efficiency of shoes, has promoted user experience.

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

Claims (10)

1. A shoe retaining device for a shoe washing machine, characterized in that it comprises a retaining member, a supporting member, a first elastic member and a locking member, said supporting member, said first elastic member and said locking member being slidably arranged on said retaining member and said first elastic member being arranged between said locking member and said supporting member, at least a portion of said retaining member being able to extend into the interior of a shoe and to abut against one end of a shoe, said locking member being arranged to be able to be locked onto said retaining member in order to abut said supporting member against the other end of a shoe by means of said first elastic member and thus tighten the shoe.

2. The shoe retaining device of claim 1, wherein said locking member comprises a slider slidably disposed on said retaining member and a locking screw, said slider having a threaded hole disposed therein, said locking screw being adapted to abut against said retaining member by being threaded into said threaded hole so as to lock said slider to said retaining member.

3. The shoe retaining device of claim 2, wherein a plurality of slots are sequentially provided on the retaining member, the locking screw abutting into the slots to lock the slider to the retaining member.

4. The shoe fixing device according to claim 2, wherein the supporting member includes a supporting portion abutted to an end of the shoe and a frame structure connected to the supporting portion, the frame structure and the first elastic member are each slidably provided on the fixing member, the slider is abutted to one side of an inner frame of the frame structure, and both ends of the first elastic member are abutted to the other side of the slider and the inner frame of the frame structure, respectively.

5. The shoe retaining device of claim 2, wherein said support member comprises a support portion abutting an end of a shoe and a connecting structure connected to said support portion, said connecting structure and said first resilient member each being slidably disposed on said retaining member, one end of said first resilient member being connected to said slider and the other end of said first resilient member being connected to said connecting structure.

6. The shoe fastening device according to any of the claims 2 to 5, characterized in that said fastening member comprises a vertical rod and a cross rod connected to each other, said support member being connected to said cross rod in a sliding manner, one of said vertical rod and said support member abutting to the toe box and the other of said vertical rod and said support member abutting to the tail box in the assembled state.

7. The shoe retaining device of claim 6, wherein said vertical rods abut against the shoe tail and are provided with a support frame thereon matching the shape of the inner side of the shoe tail, said support member abutting against the toe cap and matching the shape of the inner side of the toe cap.

8. The shoe retaining apparatus of claim 6, wherein said first resilient member is a spring mounted to said rail.

9. The shoe retaining device of claim 1, wherein said locking member comprises a slider slidably disposed on said retaining member and a catch connected to said slider, said catch being adapted to snap onto said retaining member to lock said support member to said retaining member.

10. The shoe retaining device of any one of claims 2 to 5, further comprising a compression assembly capable of compressing a shoe, said compression assembly comprising a sleeve connected to said retaining member, a compression member at least partially extending into said sleeve, and a second resilient member disposed between said sleeve and said compression member, said second resilient member being capable of resiliently moving said compression member towards said retaining member and thereby causing said compression member to compress a shoe.

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