CN111118806A

CN111118806A - Drum washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN111118806A
Application number: CN201811191478.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李以民; 刘海涛; 劳春峰
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Smart Technology R&D Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-12
Filing date: 2018-10-12
Publication date: 2020-05-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-12
Also published as: CN111118806B

Abstract

The invention discloses a drum washing machine, which comprises a nonporous drum which is arranged in a shell and does not have dewatering holes, wherein two ends of the nonporous drum are sealed to form a sealed container; the non-porous roller is provided with air holes, and the air holes are provided with air valves, so that the inside and the outside of the non-porous roller are communicated with each other through the air valves and blocked by water flow. The inside of the roller without the dewatering holes can be mutually ventilated with the outside through the air holes communicated with the outside arranged on the roller, so that the pressure inside the roller is adjusted, and the aim of smoothly feeding water into the roller or smoothly discharging water outwards is fulfilled.

Description

Drum washing machine

Technical Field

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

Background

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

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

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

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

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

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

However, because a large amount of dirt is commonly left between the inner drum and the outer drum of the drum washing machine at present, in order to avoid the pollution to the washing water, the applicant has previously proposed a nonporous drum washing machine which combines the inner drum and the outer drum into one, so as to overcome the problem of dirt left between the inner drum and the outer drum. Therefore, how to apply the holeless drum technology to the top-loading washing machine becomes a hot point for research and development.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a control method of a drum washing machine, so as to realize the purposes that after the washing machine stops rotating, a drum is positioned to a fixed position, and a clothes input opening of the drum faces an opening of a shell of the washing machine, so that a user can conveniently take and place clothes; the invention also provides a drum washing machine, which achieves the double effects that the drum can contain the washing water and utilize the rotation of the drum to wash clothes, thereby achieving the purposes of preventing dirt from being left in the drum of the washing machine and realizing the washing-free purpose in the drum of the washing machine.

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

a control method of a drum washing machine comprises a drum which is arranged in a shell and is not provided with a dehydration hole, a clothes input opening is arranged on the side wall of the drum, and a door body which can turn over to open and close the clothes input opening is arranged on the drum; the method is characterized in that: the drum is limited in the drum braking process, so that the drum stops to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening on the drum faces to the opening formed in the shell of the washing machine.

Further, after the washing machine executes the dehydration program, the drum is braked, and is positioned in the braking process, so that the drum stops to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening on the drum faces to the opening arranged on the shell of the washing machine; preferably, the opening provided on the washing machine case is provided toward the upper side.

Further, after the roller stops to the fixed position, the roller is locked and limited, the roller is kept at the fixed position and does not rotate any more, and therefore a user can stretch into the door body at the clothes putting opening of the roller from the opening to perform opening and closing operations.

Further, after the washing machine performs the dehydration process, the drum is stopped to the fixing position until the washing machine starts to perform the next washing process.

Furthermore, in the washing process of the washing machine, if the washing program is stopped, the drum needs to be controlled to stop to a fixed position; preferably, after the drum stops to the fixed position, the door cover at the opening of the washing shell is controlled to be unlocked.

Further, in the course of the washing machine executing the dehydration program, the drum repeatedly executes the dehydration step, the brake stop step, the keep still step; in the dehydration step, the drum is rotated at a high speed, and water on the laundry is separated by centrifugal force; in the braking and stopping step, the roller is positioned and stopped to a fixed position; keeping the drum still, keeping the drum at a fixed position, and opening a drain outlet valve to discharge water separated from clothes in the drum from a drain outlet;

furthermore, the washing water dehydrated and separated from the clothes in the drum is converged and flows into the water storage tank with the outwardly protruded wall of the drum under the action of centrifugal force, and the water in the water storage tank flows out from the opened water outlet after the rotation of the drum is stopped.

Further, when the washing machine executes the dehydration program, the drum rotates at a high speed, and the centrifugal valve arranged at the opening of the drum is opened under the action of centrifugal force, so that the washing water in the drum is discharged from the opening.

The invention also discloses a drum washing machine adopting any one of the control methods, which comprises a drum which is arranged in the shell and does not have a dewatering hole, wherein a clothes input opening is arranged on the side wall of the drum, and a door body capable of turning over to open and close the clothes input opening is arranged on the drum; the washing machine is provided with a positioning structure for positioning the drum in the process of stopping rotating so as to stop the drum to a fixed position.

Furthermore, the positioning structure comprises a positioning groove which is arranged on the periphery of the roller and is sunken into the roller and a positioning rod which can stretch and move along the radial direction of the roller, and the positioning rod and the positioning groove are arranged in the same rotating section of the roller so that the stretching end of the positioning rod can correspondingly stretch into the positioning groove; when the positioning rod is inserted into the positioning groove, the drum rotates to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening of the drum faces to the opening formed in the top of the washing machine shell.

Furthermore, a water outlet is arranged on the drum, a water drainage structure is also arranged on the washing machine, the water drainage structure comprises a mandril which can stretch and move along the radial direction of the drum, and the mandril and the water outlet are arranged in the same rotating section of the drum, so that the stretching end of the mandril can correspondingly stretch into the water outlet; when the drum rotates to a fixed position, the ejector rod is correspondingly inserted into the water outlet, and the clothes feeding opening of the drum faces to an opening formed in the shell of the washing machine.

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

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

The single door body which is turned outwards and opened is arranged at the clothes feeding opening on the side wall of the drum, so that the opening and closing mode of the top-opening drum washing machine is simpler, and the convenience degree of user operation is improved; meanwhile, one side of a single door body at the clothes feeding opening is hinged with the roller, and the other side of the single door body is connected with the roller in a locking mode through a locking structure, so that the purposes of quick opening, closing and locking of the door body are achieved.

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

By the control method, the drum washing machine stops to the fixed position under the positioning action in the drum braking process, the stationary drum is kept stationary at the position of the clothes throwing-in opening facing the opening direction of the washing machine, and a user can conveniently open and close the door cover of the clothes throwing-in opening of the drum from the opening of the shell so as to take and put clothes into the drum from the clothes throwing-in opening.

Through the arrangement, when the rotation of the drum-type washing machine stops, the drum-type washing machine stops to the fixed position under the action of the positioning structure, so that the positioning effect on the drum-type washing machine is realized, and the drum-type washing machine can keep still at the fixed position.

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

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

Drawings

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

fig. 1 and 2 are schematic structural views of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention from different perspectives;

FIGS. 3 and 5 are sectional views of different radial sections of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of the embodiment of the present invention at A in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of the embodiment of the present invention at B in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of a drain port according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic axial sectional view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of the embodiment of the present invention at C in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a water inlet end cap in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view schematically showing a structure of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic sectional view of a drum of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 13 and 17 are schematic views showing the installation of the air-permeable structure according to various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a mounting bracket structure of the air permeable structure in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15, FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are schematic sectional views of different valve plate assemblies according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 16 and 20 are schematic structural views of different valve plates in the embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 21 and 22 are schematic structural views of the door body in different states according to the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional schematic view of a door assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure: 100. a housing; 200. a drum; 300. a door cover; 400. a drainage structure; 500. a positioning structure; 600. a vent valve; 800. an outer cylinder; 900. a water inlet structure; 1. a side wall; 2. a sealing part; 3. a laundry input port; 11. a rotating shaft; 210 lifting ribs; 82. hanging a spring; 83. and a support member.

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

Detailed Description

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

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "inside", "outside", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 1 to 23, an embodiment of the present invention provides a washing machine including a drum 200 installed in a washing machine housing 100; the drum 200 comprises a side wall 1 enclosing a cylindrical structure, two ends of the cylindrical side wall 1 are sealed by sealing parts 2, a clothes input opening 3 is arranged on the side wall 1 of the drum 200, and a door 300 capable of being opened and closed is arranged at the clothes input opening 3, so that a user can take and place clothes from the clothes input opening 3 on the side wall 1 of the drum inwards.

In the embodiment of the present invention, an outer tub 800 is further disposed in the washing machine housing 100, and upper and lower ends of the outer tub 800 are respectively connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the washing machine housing 100 through a hanging spring 82 and a supporting member 83, so that the outer tub 800 can be installed in the housing 100 to generate vibration displacement. The drum 200 is coaxially sleeved inside the outer drum 800, and both ends of the outer drum 800 are hermetically arranged to form a sealed container for the outer drum 800 to contain the water inlet of the washing machine.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the drum 200 may be a sealed container without dewatering holes and having only the laundry loading port 3 on the sidewall 1 of the inner drum, so that the drum has dual purposes of rotating to tumble and wash laundry and hermetically containing water for washing, and the effect of integrating the inner drum and the outer drum of the drum washing machine into one and integrating the drum into a single drum is achieved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the top of the sidewall of the outer tub 800 is provided with an opening, and the opening is arranged opposite to the laundry input opening 3 arranged on the sidewall 1 of the drum, so that after the drum 200 stops rotating, a user can control the opening and closing of the door 300 at the laundry input opening 3 from the opening arranged on the top of the sidewall 1 of the outer tub, thereby realizing the input and taking of laundry.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the top of the washing machine casing 100 is further provided with a feeding opening, and the feeding opening is arranged opposite to the opening arranged on the outer drum 800 and the clothes feeding opening 3 arranged on the drum side wall 1. An openable and closable door is provided in the washing machine casing 100 to cover the input port. Meanwhile, in order to prevent water from splashing between the outer tub 200 and the housing 100, a door may be provided on the outer tub 800 to cover the opening of the outer tub 800; as shown in fig. 3, a sleeve may be connected between the opening of the outer cylinder 800 and the input port of the housing 100; the door body arranged at the feeding opening of the casing 100 can be provided with a downward convex part, and the convex part corresponds to the opening of the sealing outer cylinder 800 after the door body is closed. The opening of the tub 800 can be sealed in the above manner, so as to prevent water from overflowing between the tub 800 and the casing 100 during normal washing of the washing machine.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present embodiment describes a drainage structure of a top-loading drum washing machine, the washing machine includes a drum 800 installed in a housing 100 and having no dewatering holes, a laundry input opening 3 is formed on a sidewall of the drum 200, and a door 300 for turning over to open and close the laundry input opening is formed on the drum 200; a water outlet 45 is arranged on the roller 200, and a valve core 413 which is correspondingly opened in a closed way is arranged at the water outlet 45; a drain structure 400 is further installed in the housing 100 to open the valve core 413 and the drain port 45 after the drum 200 is rotated to a fixed position.

By arranging the structure on the roller, the roller is driven to rotate to a fixed position and then is acted by the drainage structure to correspondingly push away the valve core arranged at the drainage outlet, so that the drainage outlet of the imperforate roller is correspondingly opened, and the use function of smooth drainage of the top-opening imperforate roller washing machine is further realized.

In this embodiment, the valve core 413 is correspondingly covered and disposed inside the drum 200, the valve core 413 is connected to the drum 200 through the spring 414, and the spring 414 applies an elastic pressure to the valve core 413 from inside to outside along the radial direction of the drum 200, so that the valve core 413 blocks the water outlet 45.

The valve core at the water outlet is connected with the roller through the spring, so that the valve core is subjected to the acting force of the spring on the valve core to close the water outlet in real time, and the phenomenon that the centrifugal force, the water flow impact force and the like in the rotation process of the roller act on the valve core to enable the water outlet to be opened mistakenly is avoided.

In this embodiment, a bracket cover 411 is disposed on the inner side of the drum 200 opposite to the water outlet, the outer periphery of the bracket cover 411 is fixedly connected to the drum 200, a valve core 413 is disposed between the bracket cover 411 and the water outlet 45, a certain movable gap is formed between the valve core 413 and the bracket cover 411, a spring 414 extending along the radial direction of the drum 200 and in a compressed state is disposed in the movable gap, and two ends of the spring 414 respectively contact the bracket cover 411 and the valve core 413. Preferably, the end of the spring 414 contacts the center of the valve element 413 to prevent the valve element 413 from completely closing the drain opening 45 due to the displacement of the valve element 413 caused by the elastic force. Further preferably, at least a portion of the outer peripheral wall of the holder cover 411 is hollowed out, so that the movable gap communicates with the inside of the drum 200 through the hollowed-out portion.

In this embodiment, the bracket cover 411 is a bowl-shaped structure that is reversely buckled on the inner wall of the drum 200, an opening of the bowl-shaped bracket cover 411 is fixedly connected with the inner wall surface of the drum 200, so that a drainage chamber 415 is defined between the bracket cover 411 and the drum, and the drainage port 45 is communicated with the drainage chamber 415. A plurality of hollows 418 are arranged on the side wall of the bowl-shaped bracket cover 411, and the drainage chamber 415 is communicated with the inside of the drum 200 by each hollow 418. Preferably, the drain opening 45 is coaxially disposed with the bowl-shaped holder cover 411. The radial width of the inner wall of the drainage chamber 415 is gradually narrowed from bottom to top, a circle of sealing ring 412 made of elastic deformation materials such as rubber is sleeved on the outer periphery of the valve core 413, the outer periphery of the sealing ring 412 is in limited contact with the inner side wall of the support cover 411, and the radial width of the sealing ring 412 is smaller than the minimum radial width of the drainage chamber 415.

In this embodiment, the valve element 413 is horizontally disposed in a disk shape, and the outer circumference of the valve element 413 and the inner wall of the bowl-shaped bracket cover 411 are spaced by a certain gap. A cylindrical limiting rib 417 which is coaxially arranged and extends downwards from the bracket cover 411 is arranged at the center of the bowl-shaped bracket cover 411, a sleeve 416 which extends upwards is arranged at the center of the disc-shaped valve core 413, and the limiting rib 417 is correspondingly inserted into the sleeve 416; and the axial extension heights of the limiting rib 417 and the sleeve 416 are both smaller than the height of the bowl-shaped bracket cover 411, so that a moving gap for the valve core 413 to move up and down is reserved. The spring 414 is sleeved on the limiting rib 417 and the periphery of the sleeve 416, the upper end of the spring 414 is in limited abutting contact with the bracket cover 411, and the lower end of the spring 414 is in limited abutting contact with the disc-shaped valve core 413. The lower side of the valve core 413 is provided with a limiting groove for the corresponding insertion of the telescopic end of the mandril 44. Preferably, the downside of disk case 413 is equipped with coaxial setting, the convex stopper downwards, and the stopper comprises materials such as rubber that can produce elastic deformation, and the downside of stopper is equipped with the flexible end that supplies the ejector pin and corresponds male spacing groove. Further preferably, a circle of limiting groove protruding outward is formed on the outer periphery of the drain opening 45, and the outer diameter of the sealing ring 412 is equal to or slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the limiting groove, so that when the valve core 413 is urged by the spring to abut against the sidewall of the drum 200, the outer periphery of the sealing ring 412 abuts against the inner periphery of the limiting groove to seal the valve core 413 against the drain opening 45.

In this embodiment, the drainage structure includes a top rod 44 capable of moving along the radial direction of the roller 200 in a telescopic manner, and the top rod 44 and the drainage port 45 are disposed in the same rotating section of the roller 200, so that the telescopic end of the top rod 44 can correspondingly extend into the drainage port 45 to open the valve core 413. Preferably, when the roller rotates to a fixed position, the ejector rod and the water outlet are in the same extension straight line, and the ejector rod is driven to move along the radial direction of the roller from outside to inside so as to correspondingly jack the valve core 413 at the position of the water outlet 45. Further preferably, when the drum 200 rotates to the fixed position, the drain port 45 is located at the lowest position of the drum 200, so as to achieve the purpose that all the washing water contained in the drum 200 can be smoothly discharged.

In this embodiment, the top rod 44 is connected to the rotating shaft of the driving motor 41 through a crank-link mechanism, so that the top rod 44 is driven by the crank-link mechanism to generate a telescopic displacement along the radial direction of the drum 200 during the rotation of the rotating shaft of the driving motor 41. Preferably, the crank-link mechanism comprises an eccentric wheel 42, the center of the eccentric wheel 42 is coaxially fixed with the rotating shaft, the periphery of the eccentric wheel is hinged with one end of a connecting rod 43, and the other end of the connecting rod 43 is hinged with a mandril 44.

In this embodiment, the drainage structure further includes a sleeve-shaped housing 46, and the sleeve-shaped housing 46 is installed outside the outer cylinder 800 along the radial direction of the drum 200; the push rod 44 coaxially penetrates through the sleeve-shaped shell 46, one end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 is hermetically arranged and is provided with an opening through which the telescopic end of the push rod 44 penetrates, and the end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 is fixedly connected with the outer cylinder 800, so that the push rod can only move in a telescopic manner along the radial direction of the roller under the limiting effect of the sleeve-shaped shell. The other end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 is provided with a mounting plate 47 with a sealed opening, the driving motor 41 is fixedly mounted on one side of the mounting plate 47 far away from the sleeve-shaped shell 46, and the rotating shaft of the driving motor 41 is arranged in parallel with the axis of the drum 200. Preferably, a spring 49 sleeved on the periphery of the ejector rod 45 is further arranged in the sleeve-shaped shell 46, one end of the spring 49 is connected with the sealed end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 provided with the driving motor, and the other end of the spring 49 is connected with the ejector rod 45; the spring 49 is always in a compressed state, and the push rod 44 has a tendency of popping towards the inner direction of the roller under the elastic force of the spring so as to control the push rod to pop out in time after the eccentric wheel rotates.

In this embodiment, a disc-shaped eccentric wheel 42 is mounted on a rotating shaft of the driving motor 41, the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 42 is parallel to an axis of the push rod 44, a center of the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 42 is coaxially fixed with the rotating shaft of the driving motor 41, an eccentric shaft is disposed on an outer periphery of the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 42, and an axis of the eccentric shaft is perpendicular to the eccentric wheel 42. The extending direction of the connecting rod 43 is vertical to the axis of the eccentric shaft, and a first connecting hole is formed in the first end of the connecting rod 43 and hinged to the eccentric shaft; the second end of the connecting rod 43 is provided with a second connecting hole hinged with one end of the top rod 44 in the sleeve-shaped shell. Preferably, the first connection hole formed at the first end of the connecting rod 43 is a long hole extending along the axial direction of the connecting rod 43, and the extending length of the long hole is greater than the diameter of the eccentric shaft, so as to provide a movement margin for the connecting rod and improve the smoothness of the operation of the crank-link mechanism. Preferably, the mounting plate 47 is provided with a bearing seat 410 for the push rod 44 to pass through and be mounted, and the lower end of the push rod 44 correspondingly passes through the mounting plate 47 and is hinged with the second end of the connecting rod 43, so that the push rod is fixedly mounted on the outer cylinder under the action of the bearing seat, and the push rod can only generate telescopic movement along the axial direction of the roller under the action of the bearing seat.

In this embodiment, a dynamic seal structure 419 for the mandrel 44 to pass through is disposed on one side of the sleeve-shaped housing 46 facing the inside of the outer cylinder, and the dynamic seal structure 419 seals the sleeve-shaped housing 46 facing the outside of the outer cylinder and allows the mandrel to axially extend and retract, so as to isolate the inside of the housing from the outer cylinder and prevent water in the outer cylinder from flowing into the housing. Preferably, the dynamic seal structure 419 is an annular structure capable of generating radial expansion deformation, the inner circumference of the annular structure is connected with the outer wall of the push rod 44 in a sealing manner, and the outer circumference of the annular structure is connected with the housing in a sealing manner.

In this embodiment, a bellows 48 is disposed in the sleeve-shaped casing 46, and two ends of the bellows 48 are respectively fixed to the mounting plate 47 and the push rod 44 to divide the sleeve-shaped casing into an inner layer and an outer layer which are independent of each other; the push rod 44 is sleeved in the corrugated pipe 48, the spring 49 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the push rod 44 and the inner periphery of the corrugated pipe 48, two ends of the spring 49 are respectively connected with the mounting plate 47 and the push rod 44, and the upper end of the spring 49 and the joint of the push rod 44 and the corrugated pipe 48 are fixed.

In this embodiment, the outer cylinder 800 is provided with a through hole for the push rod 44 to pass through, the upper end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 is correspondingly installed at the through hole of the outer cylinder 800, and the upper end of the sleeve-shaped shell 46 is hermetically connected with the periphery of the through hole to correspondingly seal the through hole. Through set up the bellows in the casing inside to divide into two parts of mutual independence with the casing is inside, avoid inside the washing water inflow bellows, influence the flexible removal of ejector pin.

Example two

The present embodiment is based on the first embodiment, and further has the following distinguishing technical features: as shown in fig. 1 to 4, in order to allow the drum to be accurately rotated to the fixed position, a positioning structure 500 is further provided on the drum washing machine to limit the rotation of the drum 200 to the fixed position, and particularly, to keep the drum 200 stopped after the rotation to the fixed position.

In this embodiment, the periphery of the roller 200 is provided with a positioning groove 55 recessed in the roller and a positioning rod 54 capable of radially extending and retracting along the roller 200, and the positioning rod 54 and the positioning groove 55 are arranged in the rotating section of the same roller 200, so that the extending end of the positioning rod 54 can correspondingly extend into the positioning groove 55. Preferably, when the positioning rod 54 is inserted into the positioning groove 55, the drum 200 is rotated to a fixed position, and the drain port 45 is located at the lowest position of the drum 200.

Through the arrangement, when the nonporous drum of the top-opening drum washing machine stops rotating, the nonporous drum stops to a fixed position under the action of the positioning structure, so that the nonporous drum can be positioned and kept still at the fixed position.

In this embodiment, the positioning groove 55 and the drainage port 45 are located in different rotation sections of the drum 200, such that the drainage structures 400 and the positioning structures 500 are arranged in a staggered manner. Preferably, the positioning rod 54 is connected to the rotating shaft of the driving motor 51 via a crank link mechanism, so that the positioning rod 54 is driven by the crank link mechanism to generate a telescopic displacement along the radial direction of the drum 200 during the rotation of the rotating shaft of the driving motor 51. Preferably, the crank-link mechanism includes an eccentric wheel 52, the center of the eccentric wheel 52 is coaxially fixed with the rotation shaft of the driving motor 51, the periphery is hinged with one end of a connecting rod 53, and the other end of the connecting rod 53 is hinged with a positioning rod 54.

In this embodiment, in the process of decelerating and braking the drum or in the process of rotating at a low speed, the positioning rod 54 extends out and then is in limited contact with the outer wall of the drum, and the positioning rod 54 extends into the positioning groove 55 until the drum rotates to a fixed position, so as to realize the positioning of the drum. Preferably, after the positioning rod extends into the positioning groove 55, a control signal is triggered to control the motor of the washing machine to stop working, so as to realize the locking of the drum and avoid the occurrence of the situation that the positioning rod 54 is broken due to the rigid collision between the positioning rod 54 and the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the positioning rod 54 is mounted outside the outer cylinder 800 through the sleeve-shaped casing 56, and the outer cylinder 800 is provided with a through hole for the positioning rod 54 to pass through, so that the telescopic end of the positioning rod 54 correspondingly extends into the positioning slot 55 disposed outside the drum 200, and the positioning rod can only generate axial telescopic displacement due to the limiting effect of the sleeve-shaped casing. In this embodiment, the positioning rod 54 and the positioning groove 55 are correspondingly disposed in the same rotation path section of the drum 200, so that the positioning rod 54 can be correspondingly inserted into the positioning groove 55.

In this embodiment, the positioning slot 55 and the drainage port 45 are staggered with respect to the center of the drum 200 by a certain angle, and the positioning rod 54 and the top rod 44 are staggered with respect to the center of the drum by the same angle, so that after the positioning rod 54 is inserted into the positioning slot 55 correspondingly, the top rod 44 can be inserted into the drainage port 45 at the same time to jack the valve core 413.

In this embodiment, the positioning structure 500 further includes a sleeve-shaped housing 56, and the sleeve-shaped housing 56 is installed outside the outer cylinder 800 along the radial direction of the drum 200; the positioning rod 54 coaxially penetrates through the sleeve-shaped shell 56, one end of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 is hermetically arranged and provided with an opening through which the telescopic end of the positioning rod 54 penetrates, and the end of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 is fixedly connected with the outer cylinder 800; the other end of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 is provided with a mounting plate 57 for sealing the opening, the driving motor 51 is fixedly mounted on one side of the mounting plate 57 far away from the sleeve-shaped shell 56, and the rotating shaft of the driving motor 51 is arranged in parallel with the axis of the drum 200. Preferably, a spring 59 sleeved on the periphery of the positioning rod 54 is further arranged in the sleeve-shaped shell 56, one end of the spring 59 is connected with the sealed end of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 provided with the driving motor 51, and the other end is connected with the positioning rod 54; the spring 59 is always in a compressed state, and the positioning rod has a tendency of popping towards the inner direction of the roller under the elastic force of the spring so as to control the ejector rod to pop out in time after the eccentric wheel rotates.

In this embodiment, a disc-shaped eccentric wheel 52 is mounted on a rotating shaft of the driving motor 51, the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 52 is parallel to an axis of the positioning rod 54, a center of the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 52 is coaxially fixed with the rotating shaft of the driving motor 51, an eccentric shaft is disposed on an outer periphery of the disc-shaped eccentric wheel 52, and an axis of the eccentric shaft is perpendicular to the eccentric wheel 52. The extending direction of the connecting rod 53 is vertical to the axis of the eccentric shaft, and a first connecting hole is formed in the first end of the connecting rod 53 and hinged to the eccentric shaft; the second end of the connecting rod 53 is provided with a second connecting hole hinged to the end of the positioning rod 54 in the sleeve-shaped housing 56. Preferably, the first connection hole formed at the first end of the connecting rod 53 is a long hole extending along the axial direction of the connecting rod 53, and the extending length of the long hole is greater than the diameter of the eccentric shaft, so as to provide a movement margin for the connecting rod and improve the smoothness of the operation of the crank-link mechanism. Preferably, the mounting plate 57 is provided with a bearing seat 510 for the positioning rod 54 to pass through and be mounted, and the lower end of the positioning rod 54 correspondingly passes through the mounting plate 510 and is hinged with the second end of the connecting rod 53.

In this embodiment, a dynamic seal structure 519 for the positioning rod 54 to pass through is disposed on one side of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 facing the inside of the outer cylinder, and the dynamic seal structure 519 seals the side of the sleeve-shaped shell 56 facing the outside of the outer cylinder and allows the push rod to axially extend and retract through the dynamic seal structure, so as to isolate the inside of the shell from the outer cylinder and prevent water in the outer cylinder from flowing into the shell. Preferably, the dynamic seal structure 519 is an annular shape that can be radially deformed in an expanding and contracting manner, and has an annular inner periphery that is sealingly connected to the outer wall of the positioning rod 54 and an annular outer periphery that is sealingly connected to the housing 56.

In this embodiment, a bellows 58 is disposed in the sleeve-shaped housing 56, and two ends of the bellows 58 are respectively fixed to the mounting plate 57 and the positioning rod 54; the positioning rod 54 is sleeved in the corrugated pipe 58, the spring 59 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the positioning rod 54 and the inner periphery of the corrugated pipe 58, two ends of the spring 59 are respectively connected with the mounting plate 57 and the positioning rod 54, and the upper end of the spring 59 and the connection part of the positioning rod 54 and the corrugated pipe 58 are fixed.

In this embodiment, the outer cylinder 800 is provided with a through hole for the positioning rod 54 to pass through, the upper end of the sleeve-shaped casing 56 is correspondingly installed at the through hole of the outer cylinder 800, and the upper end of the sleeve-shaped casing 56 is hermetically connected with the periphery of the through hole to correspondingly seal the through hole. Through set up the bellows in the casing inside to divide into mutually independent two parts with the casing inside, avoid inside the washing water inflow bellows, influence the flexible removal of locating lever.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 8 to 10, the present embodiment describes a water inlet structure 900 of a top-loading drum washing machine, the washing machine includes a drum 200 installed in a casing 100 and having no dewatering holes, a laundry input port 3 is provided on a sidewall of the drum 200, and a door 300 capable of turning to open and close the laundry input port is provided on the drum 200; the drum 200 has two sealed ends, the center of the sealed end 2 is connected with the casing 100 via the rotating shaft 11, the rotating shaft 11 at least one end is formed by a hollow sleeve, the hollow forms the flow channel 90 and is communicated with the water inlet pipe of the washing machine.

The water inlet structure is arranged at the central rotating shaft of the drum, so that the use function of the top-opening washing machine for feeding water into the imporous drum is realized, and the imporous drum can smoothly feed water.

In this embodiment, the center of the sealing end 2 of the roller 200 is provided with an inwardly protruding water inlet cavity 99, the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 extends into the water inlet cavity 99, and the flow channel 90 formed by the hollow part of the rotating shaft 11 is communicated with the water inlet cavity 99; at least one water outlet 98 is arranged on the water inlet cavity 99, and the water outlet communicates the water inlet cavity 99 with the interior of the roller 200.

In this embodiment, the center of the sealing end 2 of the roller 200 is provided with a water inlet end cover 91 which is in a bowl shape and is installed on the inner wall of the roller in an inverted manner, and the water inlet end cover 91 and the wall of the roller 200 jointly enclose a water inlet cavity 99; the water inlet cover 91 is provided with at least one hollow portion 98 for communicating the water inlet chamber 99 with the interior of the drum 200.

The water inlet end cover is arranged on the washing machine roller, so that the water inlet pipe is communicated with the inside of the roller through the water outlets facing different directions, and the situation that the water inlet of the washing machine is not smooth due to blockage caused by single water outlet of the water inlet pipe is avoided. Simultaneously, set up a water inlet end cover through the sealed end center at the sclausura cylinder to make the rivers of intaking block and produce and scatter the sputter by the water inlet end cover, and then promote the coverage area of rivers of intaking, promote the effect of soaking of clothing. Simultaneously, the inside intake antrum that has water inlet end cover and the common enclosure of cylinder inner wall that sets up of cylinder to carry out cushioning effect, promote into water smooth and easy nature to the rivers of intaking.

In this embodiment, the water inlet end cover 91 is coaxial with the rotating shaft 11, and a plurality of hollow parts 98 are distributed on the side wall of the bowl-shaped water inlet end cover 91; the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 extends into the water inlet cavity 99 from the open side of the bowl-shaped water inlet end cover 91; preferably, a circular hollow-out portion 98 coaxial with the rotating shaft 11 is disposed on the bottom wall of the bowl-shaped water inlet end cover 91.

In this embodiment, an outer tub 800 is provided outside the drum 200, a water passing cavity 96 into which the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 extends is provided on the outer tub 800, the flow passage 90 formed by the hollow portion of the rotating shaft 11 is communicated with the water passing cavity 96, and the water inlet pipe of the washing machine is communicated with the water passing cavity 96, so that the water inlet pipe is communicated with the flow passage 90 inside the rotating shaft 11 through the water cavity 96. The rotating shaft is communicated with the water inlet pipe of the washing machine through the water cavity, so that the rotating shaft is communicated with the stationary water inlet pipe in a sealing manner, and smoothness of water flow is guaranteed.

In this embodiment, a sleeve-shaped bearing seat 92 is installed at the center of the outer cylinder 800, one end of the bearing seat 92 is fixed to the outer cylinder 800, the other end is fastened and fixed with a bearing cover 93, and a bearing 97 for assembling the rotating shaft 11 is installed in the sleeve-shaped bearing cover 93; the center of the bearing cover 93 is provided with a groove which is opened towards one side of the rotating shaft 11, and the groove forms a water passing cavity 96.

In this embodiment, the opening of the groove is provided with a ring of sealing rings 94; the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 extends into the water passing cavity 96 from the opening of the groove, the inner periphery of the sealing ring 94 is sealed with the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 11, and the outer periphery of the sealing ring 94 is sealed with the inner wall of the groove.

In this embodiment, an opening is formed on the opposite side of the groove, a joint 95 communicated with the inside of the water passing cavity 96 is formed on the bearing cover 93, and the water inlet pipe of the washing machine is communicated with the joint 95.

In this embodiment, the outer cylinder 800 is sleeved outside the drum 200, and the upper part of the outer cylinder 800 is connected with the casing 100 through the suspension spring 82 and/or the lower part through the shock-absorbing rod 83; the outer cylinder 800 is cylindrical, two ends of the cylindrical outer cylinder 800 are sealed, a rotating shaft 11 which is formed by a sleeve and is arranged in a penetrating mode is arranged in the center of the sealing end 2, the rotating shaft 11 extends along the axis of the roller 200, the rotating shaft 11 can be assembled on the outer cylinder 800 in a relatively rotating mode through a bearing 97, the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 extends into the outer cylinder 800 and is fixed with the roller 200, and the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 11 is communicated with a water inlet pipe of the washing machine through the water cavity 96.

Example four

As shown in fig. 11 to 16, the present embodiment describes a ventilating structure of a top-loading drum washing machine, which includes a drum 200 installed in a casing 100 without a dehydrating hole, both ends of the drum 200 being sealed to enclose a sealed container; the drum 200 is provided with the air holes 60, and the air holes 60 are provided with the air valves 600, so that the inside and the outside of the drum 200 are communicated with each other through the air valves 600 and blocked by water flow. The inside of the roller without the dewatering holes can be mutually ventilated with the outside through the air holes communicated with the outside arranged on the roller, so that the pressure inside the roller is adjusted, and the aim of smoothly feeding water into the roller or smoothly discharging water outwards is fulfilled.

As shown in fig. 13, in the present embodiment, a bidirectional vent valve 603 is installed at the vent 60, so that the gas inside or outside the drum 200 flows to the outside or inside of the drum through the vent valve 603. In this embodiment, the bleeder vent is located one side sealing end department of cylinder, and after the cylinder stopped to rotate to the fixed position, the bleeder vent was in cylinder center top.

In this embodiment, the two-way vent valve 603 includes a valve plate 62 covering the vent 60, the valve plate 62 is in a flat plate shape, and the valve plate 62 is provided with a slit 63.

In this embodiment, the breather valve 600 further includes a bracket 61 installed at the breather hole 60, the bracket 61 includes a disk shape covering the breather hole 60 and having a plurality of hollow portions 64, and an outer circumference of the disk-shaped bracket 61 is hermetically fixed to an inner circumference of the breather hole 60; the side of the bracket 61 away from the drum 200 is covered with a valve plate 62, and the valve plate 62 is provided with a slit 63 through which only air flows.

In this embodiment, the support 61 includes two rings of annular brace rods that are coaxial, not isodiametric, and the outer lane annular brace rod links to each other through many splice bars along radial extension between the annular brace rod of inner circle, and evenly arranging of each splice bar equidistant angle, the both ends of each splice bar are connected with the inner periphery of outer lane annular brace rod and the periphery of inner circle annular brace rod respectively.

In this embodiment, the outer ring support rib has a certain extension width along the axial direction, and one side of the outer ring support rib close to the inside of the drum is connected with the connecting rib, and one side of the outer ring support rib far away from the drum 200 is laid and covered with the valve plate 62.

In this embodiment, the valve plate 62 is made of an elastic material, so as to generate deformation under the action of the pressure difference between two sides to close or open the slit 63 formed on the valve plate 62; preferably, the slit 63 of the valve plate 62 is in a cross shape, and the center of the cross shape is overlapped with the center of the vent 60.

EXAMPLE five

As shown in fig. 17 to 20, the present embodiment is different from the fourth embodiment in that: two

air holes

611 and 612 are arranged on the same sealing end 2 of the roller 200, and a first one-way vent valve 601 and a second one-way vent valve 602 are respectively arranged at the two air holes, so that the directions of the air flowing through the two air holes are opposite.

As shown in fig. 18, in this embodiment, the first one-way vent valve 601 includes a valve plate 63 covering the first vent 611, the valve plate 63 is in a cone shape protruding outward of the drum 200, and a slit 62 is formed on the cone-shaped valve plate 63; as shown in fig. 19, the second one-way vent valve 602 includes a valve plate 63 covering the second vent 612, the valve plate 63 is in a conical shape protruding into the drum 200, and a slit 62 is formed on the conical valve plate 63.

In this embodiment, the washing machine is further provided with a positioning structure 500 to control the drum 200 to stop rotating to a fixed position, and the first air hole 611 is located on the upper side of the second air hole 612 when the drum 200 rotates to the fixed position; preferably, when the drum 200 rotates to the fixed position, the first air hole 611 is located at the upper side of the center of the drum 200, and the second air hole 612 is located at the lower side of the center of the drum 200; it is further preferred that the first and second airing holes 611 and 612 are vertically above and below the center of the drum 200, respectively, when the drum 200 is rotated to the fixed position. Preferably, the positioning structure 500 in this embodiment may adopt the positioning structure described in the second embodiment, or may adopt other technical solutions that can realize roller positioning in the prior art.

EXAMPLE six

As shown in fig. 11 to 20, in the present embodiment, an installation structure of the breather valve 600 according to the fourth or fifth embodiment is described, where the breather valve 600 includes a valve plate 62, and a slit 63 is formed on the valve plate 62 for only allowing gas to flow therethrough; the valve plate 62 is assembled on a mounting structure, the mounting structure comprises a bracket 61 which is mounted at the air vent 60 of the roller 200, the bracket 61 comprises a disc-shaped main body which covers the air vent 60 and is provided with a plurality of hollow parts, and the outer periphery of the disc-shaped bracket 61 is sealed and fixed with the inner periphery of the air vent 60; the side of the bracket 61 far away from the roller is covered with a valve plate 62, and the valve plate 62 is provided with a slit 63 through which the air only flows. The valve plate 62 is spaced from the disc-shaped bracket 61 by a certain distance to leave a space for movement of deformation of the valve plate 62.

Through the arrangement, the valve plate can be fixedly assembled on the air hole of the roller, so that the fixed installation of the air vent valve plate is realized; meanwhile, due to the blocking effect of the support, the valve plate is prevented from being in direct contact with clothes and water flow in the drum, and the valve plate is prevented from being directly impacted to damage the valve plate.

In this embodiment, the support 61 includes two rings of annular brace rods that are coaxial, not isodiametric, and the outer lane annular brace rod links to each other through many splice bars along radial extension between the annular brace rod of inner circle, and evenly arranging of each splice bar equidistant angle, the both ends of each splice bar are connected with the inner periphery of outer lane annular brace rod and the periphery of inner circle annular brace rod respectively. Preferably, the inner ring annular support rib is arranged close to the inner part of the roller relative to the outer ring annular support rib, so that the connecting rib extends in an inward inclined manner.

In this embodiment, the outer loop brace rod has certain extension width along the axial, and the outer loop brace rod links to each other with the splice bar near the inside one side of cylinder, keeps away from one side of cylinder and lays and cover and have the valve block.

In this embodiment, the valve plate 62 may be a two-way valve plate which is flat and can flow air to two sides in two directions; the valve plate can also be a conical one-way valve plate which can only flow air in one direction at the convex side.

In this embodiment, the drum 200 is provided with the air holes 60, the support 61 is correspondingly covered and assembled in the air holes 60, and the periphery 61 of the support is hermetically attached to the inner wall of the air holes 60; preferably, the outer ring support rib of the bracket 61 is correspondingly sealed and attached to the inner wall of the air hole 60; further preferably, the inner side and the outer side of the outer ring support rib are respectively provided with outward bent flanges, and the flanges are correspondingly attached to the inner side and the outer side of the roller 200, so that the bracket 61 is tightly assembled on the roller 200.

EXAMPLE seven

As shown in fig. 21 to 23, the present embodiment describes a drum door structure of a top-loading drum washing machine, the washing machine includes a drum 200 installed in a casing 100 and having no dewatering holes, a laundry input opening 3 is provided on a sidewall 1 of the drum 200, and a door 300 for controllably opening and closing the laundry input opening 3 is provided on the drum 200; the door 300 is hinged to the drum 200 at one side thereof about the rotation shaft 31 and is provided at the opposite end thereof with a rotatable latch 32, so that the latch 32 is locked to or released from the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the latch 32 is pivotally mounted on the door cover 300, and the pivot of the latch 32 extends along the radial direction of the drum 200; at least part of the bolt 32 protrudes out of the door cover 300, and the protruding part is provided with a locking hook 320 protruding towards the inside of the drum 200; the outer wall of the drum 200 is provided with a locking groove 33 for the locking hook 320 to correspondingly slide into.

In this embodiment, the outer side of the drum 200 is provided with a lock groove 33, one side of the lock groove 33 is provided with an opening for the bolt 32 to slide in, and the lock groove 33 and the bolt 32 are at least partially located in a coincident plane, so that the bolt 32 and the lock groove 33 are locked with each other after sliding into the lock groove 33 correspondingly.

In this embodiment, the latch 32 includes a sheet-shaped plate extending along the outer side of the drum 200, the middle of the sheet-shaped plate is provided with a downwardly protruding rotating shaft 37, the rotating shaft 37 passes through a through hole formed in the door cover 300, the penetrating end of the rotating shaft 37 is fixedly connected with a fixing member, and the periphery of the fixing member exceeds the through hole, so that the latch 32 in the sheet-shaped plate shape can be rotatably mounted on the door cover 300 around the rotating shaft 37. Preferably, the thickness of the flaky plate forming the lock tongue is gradually reduced towards one side of the lock groove, so as to guide the lock tongue to slide into the lock groove and lock; further preferably, the opening to be measured of the lock groove is a gradually narrowed horn mouth, so that the smoothness of the sliding-in of the lock bolt is further improved.

In this embodiment, a strip-shaped handle rib 36 protruding upwards is disposed on the upper side of the lock tongue 32 of the sheet-shaped plate, and the handle rib 36 extends along the periphery of any cross section of the drum 200, so that a user can hold and further twist the lock tongue 32.

In this embodiment, one side of the plate-shaped latch tongue 32 protrudes from the door cover 300, and the protruding portion is provided with a protruding rib protruding toward the inner side of the drum 200, so that the protruding rib of the protruding portion forms the latch hook 320. Preferably, one side surface of the convex rib facing the rotating shaft is arc-shaped; the locking groove 33 of the drum 200 is in a corresponding arc shape near one side of the rotating shaft, so that the convex rib correspondingly slides into the locking groove 33 and then is in contact with the contact surface near one side of the rotating shaft, thereby improving the locking stability. It is further preferred that the grip rib 36 extends in a radial direction across the center of the circular arc rib.

In this embodiment, the outer side of the drum 200 is provided with a convex rib 34 protruding outwards, and a side of the convex rib 34 away from the rotating shaft 37 forms a locking groove 33; the extending end of the convex rib part 34 is in limit contact with the lower side of the locking tongue 32 of the sheet-shaped plate; the side of the rib 34 away from the rotating shaft 37 is an arc surface corresponding to the locking hook 320, the distance between the arc surface outside the rib 34 and the center of the rotating shaft 37 is equal to the distance between the arc surface inside the locking hook 320 and the center of the rotating shaft 37, and the rib 34 and the locking hook 320 are at least partially overlapped in the height direction, so that the locking tongue 32 and the rib 34 are locked when the locking tongue 32 rotates to contact with the rib.

In this embodiment, a pressing sheet 35 extending along the outer circumference of the roller 200 is further disposed outside the roller 200, and the pressing sheet 35 is located on a side of the rib 34 away from the rotating shaft 37; one side of the pressing sheet 35, which is far away from the convex rib part 34, is fixed with the roller 200, and the other side is positioned above the convex rib part 34 and is separated by a certain gap, and the gap can be used for the bolt 32 in a sheet shape to extend into; preferably, the upper side of the latch tongue 32 of the sheet-shaped plate material is in contact with the lower side of the pressing piece 35, so that the clearance space between the pressing piece 35 and the rib part 34 forms the locking groove 33. More preferably, one end of the pressing piece 35 is bent toward the drum 200 to be hermetically connected, so that the locking groove 33 formed by the gap between the pressing piece 35 and the rib 34 is provided with one end sealed and the other end open.

In this embodiment, the roller 200 is provided with an installation groove recessed inwards, and the rotating shaft 37 penetrating through the door cover 300 is correspondingly arranged in the installation groove; the side of the mounting groove close to the clothes input opening 3 is provided with a sealing ring 360, at least part of the sealing ring 360 protrudes out of the roller 200, and after the door 300 is buckled on the clothes input opening 3, the sealing ring 360 is extruded by the buckled door 300 to seal the buckled part.

In this embodiment, a plurality of locking tongues 32 are arranged on one side of the door, a plurality of locking grooves 33 are arranged on the side of the drum 200 corresponding to the clothes inlet 3, and the locking tongues 32 and the locking grooves 33 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so as to increase the number of closing and locking electricity between the door and the drum and improve the assembly stability of the door. And the opening of each lock slot 33, into which the corresponding lock tongue 32 slides, is disposed toward the same side, so that the user can rotate the lock tongue to open the door.

Example eight

As shown in fig. 11 and 12, the present embodiment describes a top-loading drum washing machine, which includes a drum 200 installed in a casing 100 and having no dewatering holes, a laundry input opening 3 is formed on a sidewall 1 of the drum 200, and a door 300 for controllably opening and closing the laundry input opening 3 is formed on the drum 200; a plurality of lifting ribs 210 protruding inwards are arranged on the side wall 1 of the drum 200, a drainage structure 400 is arranged on the side of the drum 200 opposite to the clothes input opening 3, and the center of gravity of the drum 200 is located at the central axis.

Through the arrangement, the gravity center of the imperforate drum of the top-opening drum washing machine is positioned on the axis, so that the situation of deviation generated in the rotation process of the drum is avoided.

In this embodiment, when the drum 200 is in the fixed position, the laundry input port 3 is located at the topmost part of the drum 200, and the drainage structure 400 is located at the bottommost part of the drum 200.

In this embodiment, three lifting ribs 210 are arranged on the inner side of the sidewall 1 of the drum 200, wherein two lifting ribs 210 are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the laundry input opening 3, and another lifting rib 210 is disposed on the opposite side of the laundry input opening 3. Preferably, the lifting ribs 210 at the opposite side of the laundry input port 3 are disposed offset to the hinge side of the door 300 such that the center of gravity of the drum 200 is at the center.

In this embodiment, each lifting rib 210 extends along the structural line of the wall of the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the drainage structure 400 includes a drainage port 45 disposed on the sidewall of the drum, and the center of the drainage port 45 and the center of the door 300 are disposed opposite to the axis of the drum 200.

In this embodiment, the washing machine is provided with a positioning structure 500 to control the drum 200 to stop at a fixed position when the rotation stops. The positioning structure 500 includes a positioning groove 55 formed on the sidewall 1 of the drum 200, the positioning groove 55 being formed on a side of the lifting rib 210 away from the drain opening 45 opposite to the laundry input opening 3 such that the center of gravity of the drum 200 is located at the center. It is further preferable that the drainage structure 400 is in the same radial direction of the drum 200 as the center of the door cover 300.

Example nine

The embodiment introduces a control method of a drum washing machine, the washing machine comprises a drum which is arranged in a shell and does not have a dewatering hole, a clothes input opening is arranged on the side wall of the drum, and a door body which can turn over to open and close the clothes input opening is arranged on the drum; the drum is limited in the drum braking process, so that the drum stops to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening on the drum faces to the opening formed in the shell of the washing machine.

In this embodiment, after the washing machine performs the spin-drying process, the drum is braked, and during the braking process, the drum is positioned so as to stop at a fixed position and allow the laundry loading opening on the drum to face the opening formed in the casing of the washing machine.

Preferably, the opening of the washing machine casing is arranged towards the upper side, so that the washing machine forms a top-opening type drum washing machine, and when the drum stops to a fixed position, the clothes throwing opening arranged on the side wall of the drum faces upwards.

In this embodiment, after the cylinder stops to the fixed position, carry out the locking spacing to the cylinder, make the cylinder keep in fixed position and no longer rotate to supply the user to stretch into from the opening and carry out the switching operation to the door body of cylinder clothing input mouth department, and then guarantee that the user is when getting to put the clothing cylinder and keep motionless.

In this embodiment, after the washing machine performs the spin-drying process, the drum is stopped at the fixed position until the washing machine starts to perform the next washing process, so that the user can put laundry into the drum from the laundry putting port opened toward the housing before performing the next washing process; meanwhile, when the washing machine does not work, the drum is kept locked, so that the drum is prevented from shaking in the carrying process of the washing machine, and the stress impact at the drum shaft is reduced.

In this embodiment, if the washing process is stopped during the washing process of the washing machine, the drum needs to be controlled to stop at a fixed position. After the washing machine stops the washing program, the drum keeps rotating at a low speed or rotates at a reduced speed for a certain time, and the positioning structure is controlled to position the drum in the time period, so that the drum is finally stopped at a fixed position.

In this embodiment, after the drum stops to the fixed position, the door cover at the opening of the washing machine casing is controlled to be unlocked. In the washing process of the washing machine, the door cover is always in a locking state, and the door cover is unlocked until the roller is still at a fixed position. In order to ensure the above mode, a detection unit can be arranged on the washing machine to detect the position of the drum, send an unlocking instruction after detecting that the drum rotates to a fixed position and keeps for a certain time, and then control the door cover to be unlocked.

In this embodiment, during the spin-drying process of the washing machine, the drum repeatedly performs the spin-drying step, the brake spin-down step, and the stay-still step; in the dehydration step, the drum is rotated at a high speed, and water on the laundry is separated by centrifugal force; in the braking and stopping step, the roller is positioned and stopped to a fixed position; keeping the drum still, keeping the drum at a fixed position, and opening a drain outlet valve to discharge water separated from clothes in the drum from a drain outlet;

in this embodiment, the washing water dehydrated and separated from the laundry in the drum is converged and flows into the water storage tank with the outwardly protruded wall of the drum by the centrifugal force, and the water in the water storage tank flows out from the opened water outlet after the rotation of the drum is stopped. In order to achieve the purpose, the roller is provided with a water storage tank which protrudes outwards, and the water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank.

In the embodiment, in order to ensure that the water separated during drum dehydration is smoothly discharged outside, a plurality of openings can be arranged on the washing machine, a centrifugal valve is arranged at each opening, the centrifugal valve correspondingly seals the opening and opens the opening when the drum rotates at a high speed, and therefore the purpose of water storage during drum washing and water drainage during dehydration is achieved. In this embodiment, during the dewatering process of the washing machine, the drum rotates at a high speed, and the centrifugal valve provided at the opening of the drum is opened by centrifugal force, so that the washing water in the drum is discharged from the opening.

In this embodiment, the positioning structure provided on the washing machine may be the positioning structure described in the second embodiment of the present invention, so that the drum stops to the fixed position.

In the embodiment, the positioning structure comprises a positioning groove which is arranged on the periphery of the roller and is sunken into the roller, and a positioning rod which can stretch and move along the radial direction of the roller, wherein the positioning rod and the positioning groove are arranged in the same rotating section of the roller, so that the stretching end of the positioning rod can correspondingly stretch into the positioning groove; when the positioning rod is inserted into the positioning groove, the drum rotates to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening of the drum faces to the opening formed in the top of the washing machine shell.

In this embodiment, a water outlet is arranged on the drum, and the washing machine is further provided with the water drainage structure described in the first embodiment, wherein the water drainage structure comprises a mandril which can stretch and move along the radial direction of the drum, and the mandril and the water outlet are arranged in the same rotating section of the drum, so that the stretching end of the mandril can correspondingly stretch into the water outlet; when the top rod is inserted into the water outlet, the drum rotates to a fixed position, and the clothes feeding opening of the drum faces to the opening arranged on the shell of the washing machine.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A drum washing machine includes a non-porous drum installed in a casing without dewatering holes, both ends of the non-porous drum being sealed to enclose a sealed container; the method is characterized in that: the non-porous roller is provided with air holes, and the air holes are provided with air valves, so that the inside and the outside of the non-porous roller are communicated with each other through the air valves and blocked by water flow.

2. A drum washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the two-way vent valve is installed at the vent hole, so that the air inside or outside the imperforate drum flows to the outside or inside of the imperforate drum through the vent valve.

3. A drum washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the two-way vent valve comprises a valve plate covering the vent hole, the valve plate having a flat plate shape and being provided with a slit through which the gas flows.

4. A drum washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that two air vents are provided on the imperforate drum, and a first one-way vent valve and a second one-way vent valve are respectively provided at the two air vents so that the air flowing through the two air vents is in opposite directions.

5. A drum washing machine according to claim 3, characterized in that the first one-way vent valve comprises a valve plate covering the first vent hole, the valve plate is in a cone shape protruding outward from the imperforate drum, and the cone-shaped valve plate is provided with a slit for air to flow through; the second one-way vent valve comprises a valve plate covering the second vent hole, the valve plate is in a cone shape protruding towards the inner part of the imperforate roller, and a crack for air to flow through is arranged on the cone-shaped valve plate.

6. A drum washing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the washing machine is further provided with a positioning device for controlling the rotation of the imperforate drum to stop at the fixed position, and the first vent is positioned above the second vent when the imperforate drum rotates to the fixed position;

preferably, when the non-porous roller rotates to a fixed position, the first air hole is positioned at the upper side of the center of the non-porous roller, and the second air hole is positioned at the lower side of the center of the non-porous roller;

it is further preferred that the first and second airing holes are vertically above and below the center of the holeless drum, respectively, when the holeless drum is rotated to the fixing position.

7. A drum washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the breather valve further comprises a bracket installed at the breather hole, the bracket comprising a disk shape having a plurality of hollowed portions covering the breather hole, the outer periphery of the disk-shaped bracket being hermetically fixed to the inner periphery of the breather hole; one side of the bracket, which is far away from the imperforate roller, is covered and paved with a valve block, and a crack for only allowing air to flow through is arranged on the valve block.

8. A drum washing machine as claimed in claim 7 wherein the bracket comprises two rings of concentric and unequal diameter annular support ribs, the outer and inner ring of annular support ribs are connected by a plurality of radially extending connecting ribs, the connecting ribs are evenly spaced at equal angles, and the ends of the connecting ribs are connected to the inner periphery of the outer ring of annular support ribs and the outer periphery of the inner ring of annular support ribs.

9. A drum washing machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the outer ring support rib has a certain extension width along the axial direction, one side of the outer ring support rib close to the inner part of the holeless drum is connected with the connecting rib, and the side far away from the holeless drum is paved with the valve plate.

10. A drum washing machine according to claim 9, characterized in that the valve plate is made of elastic material to deform itself under the action of the pressure difference between both sides to close or open the slit formed on the valve plate;

preferably, the split on the valve plate is in a cross shape, and the center of the cross shape is superposed with the center of the air hole.