CN110670298B

CN110670298B - Washing machine with drying function

Info

Publication number: CN110670298B
Application number: CN201810707366.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宿日升; 范景恩; 蒋玉亮
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-07-02
Filing date: 2018-07-02
Publication date: 2022-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-02
Also published as: WO2020007236A1; CN110670298A

Abstract

The invention discloses a washing machine with a drying function, which comprises an outer barrel and a drying device, wherein the drying device is connected with the outer barrel through a flexible air duct, a support ring is arranged in the flexible air duct, and the outer wall of the support ring is abutted against the inner wall of the flexible air duct. The support ring is arranged in the flexible air duct, so that the strength of the flexible air duct is ensured, the arrangement of reinforcing ribs is omitted, the flow of wind is not blocked, the processing technology is simplified, and the production cost is reduced; the outer wall of support ring and the inner wall butt in flexible wind channel, the occupation space of support ring is little, does not influence the fluidic flow in the flexible wind channel, has reduced the loss of wind energy, and the stoving effect is better.

Description

Washing machine with drying function

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes drying, in particular to a washing machine with a drying function.

Background

At present, washing machines are not limited to washing, rinsing, and the like, and washing machines having a drying function are increasingly favored. The washing machine with the drying function comprises a drying device, the drying device is connected with an outer barrel of the washing machine through an air duct, and hot air generated by the drying device enters the outer barrel through the air duct to dry clothes in the inner barrel. Generally, reinforcing ribs are arranged in the air duct for increasing the strength of the air duct. However, due to the arrangement of the reinforcing ribs, the energy of wind is partially lost, and the drying effect is influenced; and the reinforcing ribs make the production process more complex and the processing cost higher.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a washing machine with a drying function, and aims to solve the technical problems of poor drying effect and high processing cost in the prior art.

As the conception, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

the utility model provides a washing machine with stoving function, includes urceolus and drying device, drying device with connect through flexible wind channel between the urceolus, the inside in flexible wind channel is provided with the support ring, the outer wall of support ring with the inner wall butt in flexible wind channel.

The inner wall of the flexible air duct is provided with a positioning part for fixing the support ring, and the positioning part is clamped with the support ring.

The positioning part comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion which are arranged at intervals along the flowing direction of the fluid, and the support ring is embedded between the first protrusion and the second protrusion.

The first protrusions and/or the second protrusions are annular protrusions distributed along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct.

The first bulges and/or the second bulges are/is distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct.

The support ring comprises straight line sections and arc sections, the straight line sections are arranged in parallel at intervals, the arc sections are arranged at two ends of each straight line section, and two end portions of each arc section are connected with the two straight line sections respectively.

The inlet of the air duct is communicated with the outlet of the drying device, an air outlet pipe is arranged at the outlet of the drying device, and the air outlet pipe is connected with the flexible air duct in a clamping mode.

The air outlet pipe is characterized in that a clamping protrusion is arranged on the outer surface of the air outlet pipe, and a groove capable of being matched with the clamping protrusion is formed in the inner wall of the flexible air duct.

The outlet of the air duct is communicated with the outer barrel, and an air outlet pipe is arranged at the upper part of the outer barrel.

The air outlet end of the air outlet pipe is provided with a grid, the grid is rotatably connected with the air outlet pipe, and the inclination direction of the grid is adjustable.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the washing machine with the drying function, the support ring is arranged in the flexible air duct, so that the strength of the flexible air duct is ensured, the arrangement of the reinforcing ribs is omitted, the flow of wind is not blocked, the processing technology is simplified, and the production cost is reduced; the outer wall of support ring and the inner wall butt in flexible wind channel, the occupation space of support ring is little, does not influence the fluidic flow in the flexible wind channel, has reduced the loss of wind energy, and the stoving effect is better.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view illustrating a washing machine having a drying function according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a first schematic view of a part of the structure of the washing machine with drying function provided by the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a second partial structure of the washing machine with drying function according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a flexible duct and a support ring of the washing machine with drying function according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a support ring of a washing machine having a drying function according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is a sectional view of an outlet duct of a washing machine with drying function according to the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine having a drying function according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the outlet pipe of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of another angle of fig. 7.

In the figure:

1. an outer cylinder; 2. a drying device; 3. a flexible air duct; 4. a support ring;

11. an air outlet pipe; 12. a grid;

21. an air outlet pipe; 211. clamping convex; 22. a fan; 23. heating a tube;

31. a positioning part; 32. a groove; 311. a first protrusion; 312. a second protrusion;

41. a straight line segment; 42. an arc segment.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems solved, the technical solutions adopted and the technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention are further described below by way of specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the elements associated with the present invention are shown in the drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, an embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine with a drying function, including an outer cylinder 1 and a drying device 2, where the drying device 2 is connected to the outer cylinder 1 through a flexible air duct 3, a support ring 4 is disposed inside the flexible air duct 3, and an outer wall of the support ring 4 abuts against an inner wall of the flexible air duct 3.

The support ring 4 is arranged in the flexible air duct 3, so that the strength of the flexible air duct 3 is ensured, the flexible air duct 3 is prevented from generating large deformation, and the smooth flowing of air is ensured; the arrangement of reinforcing ribs is omitted, so that the flow of wind is not blocked, the processing technology is simplified, and the production cost is reduced; the outer wall of support ring 4 and the inner wall butt of flexible wind channel 3, the occupation space of support ring 4 is little, does not influence the fluidic flow in flexible wind channel 3, has reduced the loss of wind energy, and the stoving effect is better.

The inner wall of the flexible air duct 3 is provided with a positioning part 31 for fixing the support ring 4, and the positioning part 31 is clamped with the support ring 4. The positioning part 31 positions the support ring 4, prevents the support ring 4 from being displaced during use, and mainly prevents the support ring 4 from being displaced along the flowing direction of wind, so that the flexible air duct 3 is more stably used.

The positioning portion 31 includes a first protrusion 311 and a second protrusion 312 which are provided at an interval in the flow direction of the fluid, and the support ring 4 is inserted between the first protrusion 311 and the second protrusion 312. Two ends of the support ring 4 are respectively abutted against the first protrusion 311 and the second protrusion 312, and are used for limiting two ends of the support ring 4. Since the flexible duct 3 has elasticity, the support ring 4 can be installed between the first protrusion 311 and the second protrusion 312. In order to ensure that the outer wall of the support ring 4 abuts against the inner wall of the flexible air duct 3, when the support ring 4 is installed between the first protrusion 311 and the second protrusion 312, the air duct is slightly elastically deformed, that is, the size of the support ring 4 can be set according to the circumferential size of the air duct, which is not limited herein.

The first protrusions 311 and/or the second protrusions 312 are annular protrusions distributed along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct 3, that is, the first protrusions 311 and the second protrusions 312 may be protrusions continuously extending along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct 3, which is convenient for processing and production, and can also ensure the positioning stability of the support ring 4. Or, the first protrusions 311 and/or the second protrusions 312 are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct 3, that is, the first protrusions 311 and the second protrusions 312 may be protrusions which are discontinuous along the circumferential direction of the flexible air duct 3, so that the structure can be simplified, the influence on the flow of the air in the flexible air duct 3 is reduced, and at this time, it is required to ensure that the first protrusions 311 and the second protrusions 312 uniformly abut against the end surface of the support ring 4, so that the support ring 4 is stably positioned.

In the present embodiment, the support ring 4 includes two straight segments 41 and two arc segments 42, the two straight segments 41 are arranged in parallel at intervals, the two ends of each straight segment 41 are provided with the arc segments 42, and the two ends of each arc segment 42 are respectively connected with the two straight segments 41. The support ring 4 is arranged to be long-strip-shaped, on one hand, the support ring is matched with the flexible air duct 3 in shape, on the other hand, the support ring 4 is prevented from rotating around the axis of the support ring 4, the support ring 4 is ensured to be positioned stably, and the support for the flexible air duct 3 is further stable.

The entry in flexible wind channel 3 is linked together with drying device 2's export, and drying device 2's exit is provided with out tuber pipe 21, goes out

tuber pipe

21 and 3 joints in the flexible wind channel, the installation and dismantlement of being convenient for. In order to reduce the loss of wind, the end of the wind outlet pipe 21 is inserted into the inlet of the flexible wind tunnel 3, and then the wind outlet pipe 21 is clamped with the flexible wind tunnel 3.

The outer surface of the air outlet pipe 21 is provided with a clamping protrusion 211, and the inner wall of the flexible air duct 3 is provided with a groove 32 which can be matched with the clamping protrusion 211. The end of the air outlet pipe 21 is inserted into the inlet of the flexible air duct 3, so that the clamping protrusion 211 is inserted into the groove 32, and the air outlet pipe 21 and the flexible air duct 3 can be clamped. In this embodiment, protruding 211 of card sets up along the surface circumference of air-out pipe 21, and recess 32 sets up along the inner wall circumference of flexible wind channel 3, and the cooperation of protruding 211 of card and recess 32 not only is used for connecting air-out pipe 21 and flexible wind channel 3, plays sealed effect simultaneously, prevents that the wind in the flexible wind channel 3 from leaking, guarantees the utilization ratio of wind.

The drying device 2 comprises a fan 22, and an outlet of the air duct is communicated with the outer barrel 1, so that air in the drying device 2 can be conveniently conveyed into the outer barrel 1, and clothes in the inner barrel can be dried. While the fan 22 blows wind into the inner drum, the inner drum is operated at a set rotation-stop ratio so that the laundry is sufficiently shaken out. The set rotation-stop ratio is related to the weight of the clothes in the inner drum and can be set according to actual conditions.

The upper part of the outer cylinder 1 is provided with an air outlet pipe 11, which is convenient for air flow exchange. The air outlet end of the air outlet pipe 11 is provided with a grid 12 to prevent water leakage during washing. The grating 12 is rotatably connected with the air outlet pipe 11, the inclination direction of the grating 12 can be adjusted, the air outlet amount of the air outlet end can be adjusted by changing the inclination direction of the grating 12, and water leakage in washing can also be prevented. A plurality of grids 12 are arranged side by side, and when the inner cylinder is dried, water leakage is avoided by adjusting the inclination direction of the grids 12.

The drying device 2 further comprises a heating pipe 23, the blower 22 is located at an inlet of the drying device 2, and the heating pipe 23 is located at an outlet of the drying device 2. In the drying process, only the fan 22 can be started to dry, the heating pipe 23 does not work, only the fan 22 blows air into the inner barrel at the moment, and the heating pipe 23 does not generate heat, so that electric energy can be saved, the drying time is longer, and the drying device is suitable for the condition that the time of a user is sufficient and the clothes are not in an urgent need to be dried; the fan 22 and the heating pipe 23 can be started simultaneously, at the moment, the fan 22 blows air heated by the heating pipe 23 into the inner barrel, the drying efficiency is improved, the time is saved, and the clothes drying device is suitable for the situation that a user is in danger of drying clothes.

The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and features of this invention, which is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but rather is susceptible to various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. The washing machine with the drying function is characterized by comprising an outer barrel (1) and a drying device (2), wherein the drying device (2) is connected with the outer barrel (1) through a flexible air channel (3), a support ring (4) is arranged inside the flexible air channel (3), and the outer wall of the support ring (4) is abutted to the inner wall of the flexible air channel (3);

the support ring (4) comprises straight line segments (41) and arc-shaped segments (42), the two straight line segments (41) are arranged in parallel at intervals, the arc-shaped segments (42) are arranged at two ends of each straight line segment (41), two end parts of each arc-shaped segment (42) are respectively connected with the two straight line segments (41), and the support ring (4) is arranged to be long;

a positioning part (31) used for fixing the support ring (4) is arranged on the inner wall of the flexible air duct (3), and the positioning part (31) is clamped with the support ring (4);

the positioning part (31) comprises a first bulge (311) and a second bulge (312) which are arranged at intervals along the flowing direction of the fluid, the supporting ring (4) is embedded between the first bulge (311) and the second bulge (312), and the flexible air duct (3) has elasticity.

2. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that the first protrusion (311) and/or the second protrusion (312) are annular protrusions distributed along the circumferential direction of the flexible wind tunnel (3).

3. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of the first protrusions (311) and/or the second protrusions (312) are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flexible wind tunnel (3).

4. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that the inlet of the air duct is communicated with the outlet of the drying device (2), an air outlet pipe (21) is arranged at the outlet of the drying device (2), and the air outlet pipe (21) is connected with the flexible air duct (3) in a clamping manner.

5. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 4, characterized in that a protruding block (211) is arranged on the outer surface of the air outlet pipe (21), and a groove (32) capable of being matched with the protruding block (211) is arranged on the inner wall of the flexible air duct (3).

6. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that the outlet of the wind channel is communicated with the tub (1), and the upper part of the tub (1) is provided with an outlet duct (11).

7. The washing machine with drying function according to claim 6, characterized in that the outlet end of the outlet duct (11) is provided with a grill (12), the grill (12) is rotatably connected with the outlet duct (11), and the tilt direction of the grill (12) is adjustable.