CN111197236A

CN111197236A - Washing machine and washing basket assembly thereof

Info

Publication number: CN111197236A
Application number: CN201811385071.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王桑龙; 张嫄; 牟秋启; 王惠忠
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-20
Filing date: 2018-11-20
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-11-20
Also published as: CN111197236B

Abstract

The invention provides a washing machine and a washing basket component thereof, wherein the washing basket component of the washing machine comprises: a balance ring; the washing basket is nested in the balance ring; the knob is provided with a lock catch, the knob is connected with the laundry basket and can rotate relative to the laundry basket, the knob is provided with a locking position and an unlocking position, when the knob rotates to the locking position, the lock catch is driven to be clamped with the balance ring so as to lock the laundry basket and the balance ring, and when the knob rotates to the unlocking position, the lock catch is driven to be disengaged from the balance ring so as to unlock the balance ring and the laundry basket. The washing basket assembly of the washing machine provided by the scheme realizes simple disassembly and assembly between the washing basket and the balance ring, and can avoid the problem that the transmission device occupies the space in the washing machine compared with the scheme that the washing basket is connected to the structure of the impeller at the bottom of the large barrel through the transmission device, the washing space in the inner barrel of the washing machine is larger, the cleaning effect is better, and the problem that clothes and a transmission shaft are wound cannot occur.

Description

Washing machine and washing basket assembly thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of washing machines, in particular to a washing basket assembly of a washing machine and the washing machine.

Background

With the continuous improvement of living standard, people pay more and more attention to life quality and health, so that the performance of the traditional washing machine can not meet the diversified use requirements of users, specifically, the traditional washing machine generally has stronger mechanical force to meet the requirement of cleaning force on clothes, but the traditional washing machine is easy to cause color mixing of deep and light clothes, and the problems of clothes abrasion and the like can be caused on precious clothes.

In order to solve the above problems, the prior art provides a method for washing in a partitioned manner, wherein a small bucket and a large bucket are arranged in a washing machine, and the small bucket and the large bucket are connected with a wave wheel at the bottom of the large bucket (or called as an inner bucket of the washing machine) through a transmission device.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a laundry basket assembly of a washing machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine having the above washing basket assembly.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a laundry basket assembly of a washing machine, including: a balance ring; a laundry basket nested within the balancing ring; the knob is provided with a lock catch, the knob is connected with the laundry basket and can rotate relative to the laundry basket, the knob is provided with a locking position and an unlocking position, when the knob rotates to the locking position, the lock catch is driven to be clamped with the balance ring so as to lock the laundry basket and the balance ring, and when the knob rotates to the unlocking position, the lock catch is driven to be disengaged from the balance ring so as to unlock the balance ring and the laundry basket.

The laundry basket assembly of the washing machine provided by the above embodiment of the invention comprises a laundry basket and a balance ring, after the laundry basket is arranged in the balance ring, the knob is rotated to the locking position to drive the lock catch to be clamped with the balance ring so as to lock the laundry basket and the balance ring, the movement of the laundry basket relative to the balance ring is limited, the stable and reliable assembly of the laundry basket and the balance ring is ensured, when the laundry basket needs to be dismounted, the knob can be rotated to the unlocking position to drive the lock catch to be disengaged with the balance ring so as to unlock the laundry basket and the balance ring, the laundry basket can be taken out from the balance ring, the simple dismounting and mounting between the laundry basket and the balance ring are realized, a user can conveniently mount the laundry basket so as to place easily-worn clothes in the laundry basket to realize the partition washing with common clothes, and compared with the scheme that the laundry basket is connected with a pulsator structure at the bottom of a large barrel through the transmission device, the problem that the transmission device occupies the space of the inner barrel of the washing machine can be avoided, the washing space of the inner barrel of the washing machine is larger, the cleaning effect is better, and the problem that clothes are wound on the transmission shaft can be avoided.

In addition, the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine in the above embodiment provided by the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, the knob includes a knob cover, a neck and the lock catch, the neck is connected between the knob cover and the lock catch, the neck and the lock catch rotate along with the knob cover, wherein a first through hole is provided on the balancing ring, and the first through hole and the lock catch are defined as: when the first through hole and the lock catch are staggered, the first through hole limits the lock catch to pass through, and when the first through hole is opposite to the lock catch, the first through hole can allow the lock catch to pass through.

In the scheme, when the laundry basket is assembled with the balance ring, the knob can be rotated to an unlocking position, the lock catch can be driven to rotate to be opposite to the first through hole when the knob is rotated to the unlocking position, then the first through hole can be used for the lock catch to pass through to form the function of avoiding the lock catch, the lock catch can penetrate from one axial side of the first through hole to the other axial side, when the lock catch extends out of the first through hole to reach the other axial side, the neck part is just positioned in the first through hole, then the knob can be rotated to a locking position, the lock catch can be driven to rotate to be staggered with the first through hole when the knob is rotated to the locking position, at the moment, the lock catch is limited by the first through hole to penetrate through to be clamped with the balance ring, so that the balance ring and the laundry basket are locked, when the laundry basket needs to be dismounted, the knob can be rotated to the unlocking position from the locking position, at the lock catch is rotated, the lock catch can penetrate through the first through hole at the moment, so that the clamping is released, and the unlocking is realized. This simple structure, easy dismounting, and when the knob was located latched position, utilize the position of lock clip around first through-hole to realize limiting between laundry basket and the compensating ring along the ascending activity of first through-hole axial, and utilize neck and the radial spacing restriction of first through-hole to follow the ascending activity of first through-hole between laundry basket and the compensating ring, locking security and the reliability to laundry basket are high, and like this, laundry basket can be along with the high-efficient rotation of compensating ring, and the washing effect is better.

In the above technical solution, the lock catch includes a rectangular block, and the first through hole is adapted to the lock catch.

In this scheme, the hasp includes the rectangular block, first through-hole and hasp adaptation, for example for the rectangular hole, this simple structure, it is just right to form when rectangular hole and these two long limits of rectangular block are roughly parallel, this can make the rectangular block fall to the rectangular hole in the projection of rectangular hole axis completely and realize the rectangular block and can pass the rectangular hole, form crisscross when rectangular hole and these two long limits nonparallel of rectangular block, this can make the rectangular block fall to the rectangular hole outside the projection at least part of rectangular hole axis and realize and the balanced ring joint, this simple structure, the machine-shaping of being convenient for, and the joint assembly stability who forms is good, be difficult for the pine to take off.

Certainly, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art may design the lock catch as a cross plate, a rice-shaped plate, a triangular plate, etc. according to the requirement, and the first through hole may be a cross-shaped hole, a rice-shaped hole, a triangular hole, etc. correspondingly.

In the above technical scheme, the neck is connected to the middle part of the rectangular block along the length direction, and when the first through hole is staggered with the lock catch, the parts of the rectangular block at the two sides of the neck can be hooked at the parts around the first through hole.

In this scheme, set up the neck and connect in rectangular block along length direction's middle part position, like this, when rectangular block and rectangular hole are crisscross, form the stable assembly of the both ends hook on the gimbal of rectangular block, the joint reliability is higher.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the laundry basket is provided with a laundry putting opening, an outward flange is arranged on the periphery of the laundry putting opening, the outward flange abuts against the balance ring to enable the laundry basket to be supported by the balance ring, and the knob is arranged on the outward flange.

In this scheme, set up the flanging on laundry basket, set up the knob at this turn-up edge that is supported by the gimbal, on the one hand, the design can make the knob distribute around the mouth is put in to the clothing like this, the operation of knob is rotated to the user of being more convenient for to this position angle, the user of also being convenient for goes to observe the knob position in order to know the locking condition between gimbal and the laundry basket, use experience is better, also can reduce the user and forget the maloperation risk nature to laundry basket locking, on the other hand, the gravity that utilizes laundry basket and water and clothing in and can maintain the flanging and the gimbal and closely lean on, so, in the washing process, the hasp can not be in great stress constantly, the spoilage of hasp is lower, long service life is also longer.

In the above technical scheme, be equipped with the second through-hole that runs through on the flanging, the neck portion cross-under in the second through-hole to can be in the second through-hole is downthehole rotatory, just the second through-hole with the hasp is injectd: when the second through hole is staggered with the lock catch, the lock catch is limited to pass through by the second through hole, and when the second through hole is opposite to the lock catch, the lock catch can pass through the second through hole.

In this scheme, set up between knob and the flanging, the hasp passes when second through-hole is crisscross with the hasp restriction hasp, and the second through-hole can supply the hasp to pass when just checking time with the hasp, can realize the rotatory joint assembly between knob and the flanging like this, and has the simple and easy loading and unloading advantage that the dismouting is convenient between laundry basket and the knob, more convenient changes the knob in the user.

In the above technical solution, the second through hole is adapted to the first through hole in shape, and the first through hole is opposite to the second through hole.

In this scheme, the shape of design second through-hole and first through-hole suits, and the second through-hole just right with first through-hole, can realize like this that the assembly between laundry basket and the balancing ring is operated: before the laundry basket is assembled in the balance ring, the knob is firstly disassembled from the laundry basket, the laundry basket is assembled in the balance ring and is abutted against the balance ring from the outer flange, the laundry basket can be rotated to enable the second through hole in the outer flange to be opposite to the first through hole in the balance ring, of course, a positioning structure (such as a concave-convex meshing structure and an alignment inserting structure of a positioning hole positioning column) can be arranged between the outer flange and the balance ring, so that the second through hole and the first through hole are automatically aligned while the outer flange is supported by the balance ring, then, one end of the knob provided with the lock catch sequentially penetrates through the second through hole and the first through hole, the knob is rotated to a locking position from an unlocking position after the lock catch extends out of the first through hole, the lock catch is clamped with the balance ring, and therefore the laundry basket and the balance ring are locked to. Such assembly method need not to adjust well hasp and first through-hole in the nested assembly process of laundry basket and stabilizer ring for the assembly work of laundry basket is more simplistic, and it is better to use experience.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and for the case that only the purpose of detachable assembly between the laundry basket and the knob needs to be satisfied, it is also possible to design the laundry basket to be installed in the balancing ring, and the first through holes and the second through holes are distributed in a staggered manner.

In the technical scheme, the number of the rotary knobs is multiple, and the rotary knobs are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the washing basket.

In this scheme, set up a plurality of knobs and arrange along the circumference interval of laundry basket, can realize like this to the locking of a plurality of positions department in circumference between laundry basket and the gimbal, more do benefit to and guarantee the laundry basket at the intra-annular assembly stability of gimbal, make the laundry basket be difficult to the skew that appears, play skew problem such as stick up, more do benefit to and guarantee that laundry basket operates steadily, also do benefit to interior barrel motor shaft atress balanced, prevent to hit the bucket, harmful effects such as noise, and utilize a plurality of knobs to carry on spacingly, the locking, thus, can make the transmission torque between gimbal and the laundry basket distribute on a plurality of knobs, thus, the peak stress that single knob received reduces, more do benefit to and guarantee the knob life-span, promote product quality.

In any of the above technical solutions, the knob cover is provided with an indication mark.

In the scheme, the indicating mark is arranged on the knob cover, so that a user can judge the position of the knob by taking the indicating mark as a reference, and the user can further judge the locking state between the laundry basket and the balance ring through the position of the knob.

In the technical scheme, a handheld part is arranged on the knob cover, and the handheld part limits the indication mark; and/or an anti-slip structure is arranged on the knob cover, and the anti-slip structure limits the indication mark.

In this scheme, cover at the knob and set up handheld portion, can more conveniently so that the user applys the torque to the knob, it is more convenient to the rotation operation of knob, and utilizes handheld portion to inject the instruction sign, realizes that handheld portion a thing is multi-purpose, and product parts integrated level is higher, assembles more high-efficient, and the cost is lower.

The anti-slip structure is arranged on the knob cover, so that a user can apply torque to the knob more conveniently, the knob is rotated more conveniently, the indication mark is limited by the anti-slip structure, the anti-slip structure is multipurpose, the integration level of product components is higher, the assembly is more efficient, and the cost is lower.

Of course, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and according to the requirement, those skilled in the art can also design the indication mark as a structure independent of the handheld portion or the anti-slip structure, for example, the design indication mark is printed on the sticker, so that the sticker is pasted on the knob cover for indication.

In any one of the above technical solutions, a self-locking structure is disposed between the knob and the laundry basket, and the self-locking structure is configured to provide a force for blocking the knob from moving to the unlocking position when the knob is rotated to the locking position.

In this scheme, set up the auto-lock structure and make it hinder from the motion of latched position to the unblock position to the knob, can reduce the automatic dropout risk of hasp like this in the washing machine operation process, promote product operational reliability.

In the above technical scheme, the self-locking structure comprises a limiting protrusion and a limiting groove, one of the knob and the laundry basket is provided with the limiting protrusion, and the other one of the knob and the laundry basket is provided with the limiting groove, wherein when the knob rotates to the locking position, the limiting protrusion is meshed with the limiting groove.

In this scheme, set up spacing arch and spacing recess, when the knob is rotatory to latched position, through making interlock between spacing arch and the spacing recess in order to provide restriction knob pivoted resistance, realize the knob auto-lock, can prevent like this that washing machine operation in-process knob from circling round and leading to the hasp dropout for the laundry basket is more stable, reliable with the stabilizer ring assembly.

In any of the above technical solutions, a section sensing structure is provided between the knob and the laundry basket.

In the scheme, the segment sensing structure is arranged between the knob and the washing basket, so that when the knob rotates, the operational sound of ratda and the intermittent pause segment hand feeling can be formed by the segment sensing structure, and the use comfort level of a product is improved.

In the above technical scheme, the segment sensing structure comprises at least one convex part and a plurality of concave parts, one of the knob and the laundry basket is provided with the at least one convex part, the other one is provided with the plurality of concave parts, and the knob is rotated to enable the convex part to pass through the concave parts.

In this scheme, it includes at least one bellying and a plurality of depressed part to set up the section and feel the structure, the fluctuation when utilizing a plurality of depressed parts of rotatory in-process bellying process of knob can bring good intermittent type pause paragraph and feel and promote the sound, the operation is felt better, and in this structure, the fluctuation when utilizing a plurality of depressed parts of bellying process moves and also can provide the resistance in order to restrict the knob and rotate automatically, thereby strengthen the auto-lock effect of knob, even, also can design one of a plurality of depressed parts and regard as the spacing recess of auto-lock structure, the bellying is as spacing arch on the knob, in order to further simplify product structure.

In any of the above technical solutions, the laundry basket includes a washing tub.

In the scheme, the washing basket comprises the washing barrel, and a person skilled in the art can understand that the washing barrel is a component which can contain water and clothes and can wash the clothes in the washing barrel when the impeller at the bottom of the washing barrel rotates, and compared with a common draining basket structure, the washing basket has an independent washing function when rotating along with the balance ring, so that the washing barrel and the inner barrel can be washed and separated when the washing basket is arranged on the balance ring, thus distinguishing washing can be carried out, the risk of washing and damaging the easily worn clothes is reduced, and the baby clothes can be cleaned independently by using the washing barrel, therefore, the baby clothes in the washing barrel are not polluted by dirt in the inner barrel and the outer barrel of the washing machine, the bad condition that the baby clothes are infected by bacteria due to dirt accumulation in the inner barrel and the outer barrel of the washing machine when the adult clothes and the baby clothes are washed in a mixed mode is avoided, and a user can also independently select to use the traditional washing inner barrel, or use the wash tub alone to wash, for example, when need wash smallclothes clothing, precious clothing or baby's clothing alone, can arrange the clothing in the wash tub and care the washing, can not carry out washing work in the interior bucket, wherein because the wash tub is littleer for interior bucket volume, can avoid aggravating when washing alone to smallclothes clothing, the problem of wasting water, waste electricity, the product is more energy-conserving, and in this structure, be provided with the bung at the wash bung oral area, utilize the bung can play the balancing act to the wash tub, further guarantee the wash tub and operate steadily, and utilize the bung still can play the effect of strengthening and supporting the design to the wash tub, promote the durability of wash tub.

In the technical scheme, the washing barrel comprises a barrel body and a barrel cover, the barrel cover is annular and is arranged at the opening of the barrel body, and the knob is connected with the barrel cover and can rotate relative to the barrel cover.

In this scheme, the staving of washtub is the top opening and is suitable for the tubbiness cavity that holds the clothing, and the bung hole on its top is used for puting in the clothing, and the position that the washtub is close to this bung hole is its oral area, is provided with the bung at the staving oral area of washtub, utilizes the bung can play the balancing act to the staving of washtub, further guarantees that the washtub operates steadily, and utilizes the bung still can play the effect of strengthening and supporting the design to the staving, promotes the durability of washtub. And through detaining the setting with sliding on the bung, like this, the staving structure of whole washtub is simplified, and the shaping degree of difficulty greatly reduced of the staving of washtub more does benefit to the shaping quality of guaranteeing the staving, and the laundry basket is used for detaining the spout isotructure of assembly with sliding and locates on the bung, and compared with the staving, because the bung structure is more miniaturized, more does benefit to the shaping quality of guaranteeing spout isotructure to correspondingly guarantee the assembly reliability of detaining sliding.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a washing machine comprising: an inner barrel; in the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine in any one of the above technical schemes, the balance ring of the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine is connected to the inner tub.

The washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention has all the beneficial effects by arranging the washing basket component of the washing machine in any technical scheme, and the detailed description is omitted.

Preferably, the washing machine is a pulsator washing machine.

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

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a laundry basket assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention in a first state;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion A shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the laundry basket assembly shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion B-B shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a laundry basket assembly in a second state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the D-section shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic top view of the laundry basket assembly shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of section E-E shown in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion F shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a laundry basket according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the wash basket of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural view of a gimbal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of a knob according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the knob shown in FIG. 14 from another perspective;

fig. 16 is a bottom view of the knob of fig. 14.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 16 is:

100 balance ring, 110 first through hole, 200 laundry basket, 210 barrel cover, 211 laundry input port, 212 flanging, 213 second through hole, 214 concave part, 220 barrel body, 300 knob, 310 lock catch, 320 knob cover, 321 convex part, 322 handheld part and 330 neck.

Detailed Description

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

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

A laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 16.

As shown in fig. 1 to 16, an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention provides a laundry basket assembly for a washing machine, including: a balance ring 100, a laundry basket 200, and a knob 300.

Specifically, the laundry basket 200 is nested within the balancing ring 100; the knob 300 is provided with a latch 310, and the knob 300 is connected with the laundry basket 200 and can rotate relative to the laundry basket 200, wherein the knob 300 has a locking position and an unlocking position, and as shown in fig. 9 and 10, when the knob 300 rotates to the locking position, the latch 310 is driven to be in clamping connection with the balance ring 100 to lock the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, and as shown in fig. 4 and 5, when the knob 300 rotates to the unlocking position, the latch 310 is driven to be disengaged from the balance ring 100 to unlock the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200.

The laundry basket assembly of the washing machine provided by the above embodiment of the present invention includes a laundry basket 200 and a balance ring 100, after the laundry basket 200 is installed in the balance ring 100, the knob 300 is rotated to the locking position to drive the latch 310 to be connected with the balance ring 100 in a clamping manner to lock the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, so as to limit the movement of the laundry basket 200 relative to the balance ring 100, so as to ensure the stable and reliable assembly of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, when the laundry basket 200 needs to be detached, the knob 300 can be rotated to the unlocking position to drive the latch 310 to be disengaged from the balance ring 100 to unlock the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, so that the laundry basket 200 can be taken out from the balance ring 100, so as to realize the easy detachment and installation between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, and further facilitate installation of the laundry basket 200 by a user to place an easily worn laundry in the laundry basket 200 to perform partition washing with a common laundry, and the laundry basket 200 is assembled to the, compared with the scheme that the washing basket 200 is connected with the structure of the impeller at the bottom of the large barrel through the transmission device, the problem that the transmission device occupies the space of the inner barrel of the washing machine can be avoided, the washing space of the inner barrel of the washing machine is larger, the cleaning effect is better, and the problem that clothes are wound around the transmission shaft can be avoided.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, 15 and 16, the knob 300 includes a knob cover 320, a neck 330 and the aforementioned lock catch 310, the neck 330 is connected between the knob cover 320 and the lock catch 310, and the neck 330 and the lock catch 310 rotate with the knob cover 320, wherein, as shown in fig. 13, the balance ring 100 is provided with a first through hole 110 therethrough, and the first through hole 110 and the lock catch 310 are defined as: when the first through hole 110 is staggered with the lock catch 310, the lock catch 310 is restricted from passing through, and when the first through hole 110 is aligned with the lock catch 310, the lock catch 310 can pass through.

More specifically, when the laundry basket 200 is assembled with the balance ring 100, the knob 300 may be rotated to the unlocking position, and when the knob 300 is rotated to the unlocking position, the lock catch 310 may be driven to rotate to face the first through hole 110, at this time, the first through hole 110 may be passed through by the lock catch 310 to form an effect of avoiding the lock catch 310, so as to realize that the lock catch 310 passes through from one axial side to the other axial side of the first through hole 110, and when the lock catch 310 extends out of the first through hole 110 to the other axial side, the neck 330 is just located in the first through hole 110, subsequently, the knob 300 may be rotated to the locking position, and when the knob 300 is rotated to the locking position, the lock catch 310 may be restricted by the first through hole 110 from passing through the lock catch 310 to be engaged with the balance ring 100, thereby locking the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200, and when the laundry basket 200 needs to be detached, the knob 300 may be rotated from the locking position to the unlocking, at this time, the latch 310 rotates from a position staggered with the first through hole 110 to a position facing the first through hole 110, and the latch 310 can pass through the first through hole 110 at this time to release the engagement, thereby unlocking. This simple structure, easy dismounting, and when knob 300 was located latched position, utilize hasp 310 hook position around first through-hole 110 to realize limiting between laundry basket 200 and the gimbal ring 100 along the ascending activity of first through-hole 110 axial, and utilize neck 330 and first through-hole 110 radially spacing to have restricted between laundry basket 200 and the gimbal ring 100 along the ascending activity of first through-hole 110 radially, locking security and the reliability to laundry basket 200 are high, and like this, laundry basket 200 can be along with gimbal ring 100 high-efficient rotatory, and the washing effect is better.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 16, the lock catch 310 includes a rectangular block, and the first through hole 110 is adapted to the lock catch 310, for example, a rectangular hole, which is simple in structure, and when the long sides of the rectangular hole and the rectangular block are substantially parallel to each other, the rectangular hole and the rectangular block are aligned, which enables the projection of the rectangular block along the axis of the rectangular hole to completely fall into the rectangular hole to enable the rectangular block to pass through the rectangular hole, and when the long sides of the rectangular hole and the rectangular block are not parallel to each other, the rectangular hole and the rectangular block are staggered, which enables the projection of the rectangular block along the axis of the rectangular hole to at least partially fall out of the rectangular hole to implement the clamping with the balance ring 100.

Certainly, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art may design the lock catch 310 as a cross-shaped plate, a meter-shaped plate, a triangular plate, etc. according to the requirement, and the first through hole 110 may be a cross-shaped hole, a meter-shaped hole, a triangular hole, etc. correspondingly.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 14 and 15, the neck 330 is connected to the middle portion of the rectangular block in the length direction, and when the first through hole 110 is intersected with the latch 310, the portions of the rectangular block located at both sides of the neck 330 can be hooked at the portions around the first through hole 110, so that when the rectangular block is intersected with the rectangular hole, stable assembly of both ends of the rectangular block hooked on the gimbal 100 is formed, and the latching reliability is higher.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the laundry basket 200 is provided with a laundry inlet 211, and the periphery of the laundry inlet 211 is provided with an outward flange 212, the outward flange 212 abuts against the balance ring 100, so that the laundry basket 200 is supported by the balance ring 100, and the knob 300 is provided on the outward flange 212, on one hand, the design enables the knob 300 to be distributed around the laundry inlet 211, the position and the angle are more convenient for a user to operate the knob 300, and the user can observe the position of the knob 300 to know the locking condition between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200, so that the use experience is better, the risk of the user forgetting to lock the laundry basket 200 due to misoperation can be reduced, on the other hand, the outward flange 212 and the balance ring 100 can be maintained to abut against tightly by using the gravity of the laundry basket 200 and the water and the laundry therein, so that the lock catch 310 is not in a large stressed state all the time during the washing process, the latch 310 has a lower failure rate and a longer service life.

Further, as shown in fig. 12, the flange 212 is provided with a second through hole 213 therethrough, the neck 330 is inserted into the second through hole 213 and can rotate in the second through hole 213, and the second through hole 213 and the latch 310 are defined as follows: the second through holes 213 are crossed with the lock catches 310 to limit the lock catches 310 from passing through, and the second through holes 213 are opposite to the lock catches 310 to allow the lock catches 310 to pass through. Therefore, the knob 300 and the flanging 212 can be assembled in a rotating and clamping manner, and the washing machine has the advantages of being convenient to assemble and disassemble, convenient to disassemble and assemble between the washing basket 200 and the knob 300, and is more convenient for a user to replace the knob 300.

Further, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, the second through hole 213 is adapted to the shape of the first through hole 110, and as shown in fig. 5 and 10, the first through hole 110 is opposite to the second through hole 213, so that the assembling operation between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 can be realized as follows: before the laundry basket 200 is assembled in the balance ring 100, the knob 300 is firstly disassembled from the laundry basket 200, the laundry basket 200 is assembled in the balance ring 100 until the outward flange 212 is abutted against the balance ring 100, the laundry basket 200 may be rotated such that the second through-hole 213 of the outward flange 212 is aligned with the first through-hole 110 of the balance ring 100, of course, a positioning structure (e.g., a concave-convex engagement structure, an alignment insertion structure of positioning holes and positioning posts) may be disposed between the outward flange 212 and the balance ring 100, so that the outward flange 212 is supported by the balance ring 100 and the second through hole 213 and the first through hole 110 are automatically aligned, then, the end of the knob 300 provided with the lock catch 310 sequentially passes through the second through hole 213 and the first through hole 110, and after the lock catch 310 extends out of the first through hole 110, the knob 300 is rotated from the unlocking position to the locking position, so that the lock catch 310 is clamped with the balance ring 100, and the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are locked to complete assembly. In such an assembly manner, the latch 310 and the first through hole 110 do not need to be aligned in the nesting assembly process of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, so that the assembly work of the laundry basket 200 is simpler and the use experience is better.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, 3, 6 and 10, the number of the knobs 300 is plural, and the plural knobs 300 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the laundry basket 200, so that locking at plural circumferential positions between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 can be realized, which is more favorable for ensuring the assembly stability of the laundry basket 200 in the balance ring 100, so that the laundry basket 200 is not easy to have deviation problems such as deflection and upwarp, is more favorable for ensuring the stable operation of the laundry basket 200, is also favorable for balancing the stress of the motor shaft of the inner tub, preventing adverse effects such as tub collision and noise, and is limited and locked by using the plural knobs 300, so that the transmission torque between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200 can be distributed to the plural knobs 300, thus, the peak stress on a single knob 300 is reduced, is more favorable for ensuring the service life of the knob 300, and improving the product quality.

Preferably, the knob cover 320 is provided with an indication mark, so that it is more convenient for a user to judge the position of the knob 300 by using the indication mark as a reference, and thus it is more convenient for the user to further judge the locking state between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 by the position of the knob 300.

Specifically, the knob cover 320 is provided with a hand-held portion 322, the hand-held portion 322 defines an indication mark, and more specifically, the hand-held portion 322 is a linear rib provided on the top surface of the knob cover 320, so that when the knob 300 is rotated, the linear rib can function as a "pointer" to provide a reference for the position of the knob 300.

For example, as shown in fig. 14, the projection of the straight rib on the knob cover 320 is perpendicular to the projection of the lock catch 310 on the knob cover 320, and the first through hole 110 on the balance ring 100 is opposite to the second through hole 213 on the laundry basket 200 and both are perpendicular to the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, wherein, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the laundry basket assembly is in the first state, wherein the straight rib of the knob 300 in the part a shown in fig. 2 is along the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, at this time, the length direction of the lock catch 310 of the knob 300 is perpendicular to the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, and the lock catch 310 of the knob 300 is opposite to the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213, at this time, the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213 play a role in avoiding the lock catch 310, so that the lock catch 310 can sequentially pass through the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213 upward, and.

As shown in fig. 6, 7 and 10, the structural diagram of the laundry basket assembly in the second state is shown, wherein a straight rib of the knob 300 at the portion D shown in fig. 7 is perpendicular to the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, at this time, the length direction of the lock catch 310 of the knob 300 is along the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, and the lock catch 310 of the knob 300 is crossed with the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213, at this time, the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213 limit the lock catch 310, that is, the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213 limit the lock catch 310 of the knob 300 to pass through, so as to lock the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, and prevent the laundry basket 200 from moving relative to the balance ring 100.

Of course, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art may also provide an anti-slip structure (e.g., an anti-slip rib, etc.) on the knob cover 320 as required, where the anti-slip structure defines the indication mark.

In this scheme, set up handheld portion 322 on knob lid 320, can be more convenient like this in that the user applys the torque to knob 300, it is more convenient to the rotation operation of knob 300, and utilizes handheld portion 322 to inject the instruction sign, realizes that handheld portion 322 is a thing multi-purpose, and product parts integrated level is higher, assembles more high-efficient, and the cost is lower.

Certainly, this scheme is not limited to this, and according to the rotation operation convenience demand, the antiskid structure (like antiskid muscle, anti-skidding recess etc.) can also be designed to the skilled person in the art in order to play the effect similar to aforementioned handheld portion 322 to more conveniently in the user to exert the torque to knob 300, simultaneously, also can further utilize the antiskid structure to inject the instruction sign, realizes that antiskid structure is a thing multi-purpose, and product parts integrated level is higher, assembles more high-efficient, and the cost is lower.

In addition, the skilled person can also choose the design indicator to be other structures independent of the handle 322 or the anti-slip structure, specifically, the design indicator is printed on the sticker, the sticker is pasted on the knob cover 320 for indication, etc.

In any of the above technical solutions, a self-locking structure is disposed between the knob 300 and the laundry basket 200, and the self-locking structure is used for providing a force for blocking the knob 300 from moving to the unlocking position when the knob 300 is rotated to the locking position. Therefore, the risk of automatic tripping of the lock catch 310 in the operation process of the washing machine can be reduced, and the operation reliability of products is improved.

Further, the self-locking structure comprises a limiting protrusion and a limiting groove, one of the knob 300 and the laundry basket 200 is provided with the limiting protrusion, the other is provided with the limiting groove, wherein when the knob 300 rotates to the locking position, the limiting protrusion is meshed with the limiting groove, so that the resistance for limiting the rotation of the knob 300 can be provided, the knob 300 is self-locked, the lock catch 310 can be prevented from being disengaged due to the fact that the knob 300 rotates back in the operation process of the washing machine, and the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are assembled more stably and reliably.

Further, a segment sensing structure is arranged between the knob 300 and the laundry basket 200, so that when the knob 300 rotates, a ratda operation sound and an intermittent stop segment hand feeling can be formed by the segment sensing structure, and the use comfort of the product is improved.

Further, the segment sensing structure comprises at least one protrusion 321 and a plurality of recesses 214, one of the knob 300 and the washing basket 200 is provided with the at least one protrusion 321, the other is provided with the plurality of recesses 214, and the rotation of the knob 300 enables the protrusion 321 to pass through the recesses 214. The fluctuating motion of the convex portion 321 passing through the plurality of concave portions 214 in the rotation process of the knob 300 can bring good hand feeling and lifting sound of intermittent pause paragraphs, the operation hand feeling is better, and in the structure, the fluctuating motion of the convex portion 321 passing through the plurality of concave portions 214 can provide resistance to limit the knob 300 to automatically rotate, so that the self-locking effect of the knob 300 is enhanced.

Further, one of the plurality of recesses 214 serves as a limit groove of the self-locking structure, and the protrusion 321 serves as a limit protrusion on the knob 300, so as to further simplify the product structure.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the laundry basket 200 includes a washing tub, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the washing tub is a component capable of containing water and clothes and washing the clothes therein when the bottom pulsator rotates, and by designing the laundry basket 200 to include the washing tub, compared to a general draining basket structure, the laundry basket 200 has an independent washing function when rotating along with the balance ring 100, such that the laundry basket 200 is mounted on the balance ring 100 to be able to wash and separate the washing tub and the inner tub, such that the washing can be distinguished, the risk of laundry damage due to wearing of the clothes is reduced, and the laundry can be used to wash infant clothes alone, such that the infant clothes in the washing tub is not contaminated by the contaminants in and out of the washing tub, thereby preventing the contamination of the infant clothes due to the contaminants in and out of the washing tub when the adult clothes and the infant clothes are mixed and washed, and the user can also choose to use traditional inner tub washing independently, or use the washing tub alone to wash, for example, when need wash small clothes, precious clothes or baby's clothes alone, can place the clothes in the washing tub and take care of the washing, can not carry out the washing work in the inner tub, wherein because the washing tub is smaller for inner tub, can avoid aggravating the problem of wasting water, wasting electricity when washing alone to small clothes, the product is more energy-conserving, and in this structure, be provided with bung 210 at the washing tub oral area, utilize bung 210 to play the balance effect to the washing tub, further guarantee that the washing tub operates steadily, and utilize bung 210 still can play the effect of strengthening and supporting the design to the washing tub, promote the durability of washing tub.

Further, the washing tub includes a tub body 220 and a tub cover 210, the tub cover 210 is annular and disposed at a mouth of the tub body 220, and the knob 300 is connected to the tub cover 210 and can rotate with respect to the tub cover 210.

In this scheme, the staving 220 of washing bucket is the top end opening and is suitable for the tubbiness cavity that holds the clothing, and the bung hole on its top is used for throwing in the clothing, and the position that the washing bucket is close to this bung hole is its oral area, is provided with bung 210 at the staving 220 oral area of washing bucket, utilizes bung 210 to play the balanced effect to the staving 220 of washing bucket, further guarantees that the washing bucket operates steadily, and utilizes bung 210 still can play the effect of strengthening and supporting the design to staving 220, promotes the durability of washing bucket. And through detaining the setting with sliding on bung 210, like this, the staving 220 structure of whole washing bucket is simplified, and the shaping degree of difficulty greatly reduced of the staving 220 of washing bucket more does benefit to the shaping quality who guarantees staving 220, and laundry basket 200 is used for detaining the spout isotructure of assembly with sliding and locates on bung 210, and compared staving 220, because bung 210 structure is more miniaturized, more does benefit to the shaping quality who guarantees spout isotructure, thereby correspondingly guarantees the assembly reliability to the sliding knot.

Alternatively, the tub cover 210 and the washing tub are fastened by screws or rivets, or the tub cover 210 and the washing tub are bonded or welded into a whole.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiment I (as shown in FIGS. 1-16)

The laundry basket assembly of the washing machine includes a balance ring 100, a laundry basket 200, and a knob 300.

As shown in fig. 13, the balance ring 100 is a hollow annular body. The balance ring 100 is provided with a connection part for connection with an inner tub of the washing machine so that the balance ring 100 can be mounted to the inner tub of the washing machine and rotate with the inner tub.

The washing basket 200 comprises a washing tub, and the washing tub comprises a tub body 220 and a tub cover 210 installed at the opening of the tub body 220, preferably, the tub cover 210 is fixedly connected with the tub body 220 of the washing tub, for example, by screws. Of course, according to the requirement, the barrel body 220 and the barrel cover 210 can be connected by rivets, or the barrel body 220 and the barrel cover 210 are welded, or the barrel body 220 and the barrel cover 210 are integrally formed, and the like.

More specifically, the barrel cover 210 is annular and is disposed at the mouth of the top end of the barrel 220, wherein the outer diameter of the barrel cover 210 is greater than the outer diameter of the mouth of the top end of the barrel 220, and a portion of the barrel cover 210 that is radially outwardly widened from the outer edge of the barrel 220 is formed as a flanging 212, and the flanging 212 may be a structure that is continuously distributed along the circumferential direction of the barrel cover 210, or may be discontinuously distributed along the circumferential direction of the barrel cover 210.

At least two knobs 300 are required to be arranged, the knobs 300 are detachably arranged on the outward flange 212 of the laundry basket 200, and the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 can be fixed by poking the knobs 300.

More specifically, the knob 300 has two positions, a locked position and an unlocked position, and the movement of the knob 300 between the unlocked position and the locked position can be controlled by dialing the knob 300. As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the knob 300 is in the unlocking position, at this time, as shown in fig. 2, the handle 322 on the knob cover 320 is parallel to the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, at this time, the lock catch 310 below the knob cover 320 is in a parallel relationship, i.e. a facing relationship, with the first through hole 110 on the balance ring 100 and the second through hole 213 on the outward flange 212 of the laundry basket 200, and the lock catch 310 can pass through the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213, so that the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are in the unlocking state, and the laundry basket 200 can be taken out from the balance ring 100.

In addition, as shown in fig. 6 to 10, the knob 300 is rotated to the locking position, at this time, as shown in fig. 7, the handle 322 on the knob cover 320 is perpendicular to the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, at this time, the latch 310 under the knob cover 320 and the first through hole 110 on the balance ring 100 and the second through hole 213 on the outward flange 212 of the laundry basket 200 present a staggered relationship, so that the first through hole 110 and the second through hole 213 can limit the latch 310 to pass through, thereby the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are in the locking state, and the laundry basket 200 is locked on the balance ring 100 to realize that it is stationary relative to the balance ring 100 and rotates with the balance ring 100.

Preferably, the knob cover 320 of the knob 300 is rested on the upper surface of the flanging 212 of the laundry basket 200, wherein at least one protrusion 321 is arranged on the bottom surface of the knob cover 320, a plurality of recesses 214 are arranged on the flanging 212 of the laundry basket 200, and when the knob cover 320 rotates, the at least one protrusion 321 moves circumferentially and passes through the plurality of recesses 214 to bring about a segment sense operation experience. In addition, one of the at least one protruding portion 321 is further made to serve as a limiting protrusion, one of the plurality of recessed portions 214 is made to serve as a limiting groove, and when the knob 300 rotates to the locking position, the limiting protrusion is meshed with the limiting groove, so that the knob 300 is self-locked by utilizing the meshing of the limiting protrusion and the limiting groove, the problem of automatic tripping caused by automatic rotation of the knob 300 can be prevented, and the stable and reliable assembly of the washing basket 200 is ensured.

The washing basket 200 is simply disassembled and assembled with the balance ring 100 in a mode of fixing the knob 300, so that the assembling and disassembling operation of the washing basket 200 is more convenient and quicker, and compared with the scheme that the washing basket 200 is arranged on the impeller at the bottom of the inner barrel through a transmission shaft in the prior art, the washing basket 200 is fixed on the balance ring 100, so that sufficient space can be provided for washing large clothes in the inner barrel, and the reliable installation structure can realize the simultaneous washing and the simultaneous releasing of the washing basket 200 and the inner barrel. The user can independently select to use the traditional big impeller barrel for washing, or use the washing basket 200 for water-saving and care washing of small clothes, precious clothes and infant clothes, and also can select the inner barrel and the washing basket 200 for washing simultaneously, thereby realizing subarea and high-efficiency washing.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a washing machine comprising: an inner tub and a laundry basket assembly of the washing machine described in any of the above embodiments, to which the balancing ring 100 of the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine is connected.

Preferably, the washing machine is a pulsator washing machine.

In summary, the washing machine and the washing basket assembly thereof provided by the invention can lock the washing basket and the balance ring by driving the lock catch to be clamped with the balance ring by rotating the knob to the locking position, so as to limit the movement of the washing basket relative to the balance ring and ensure stable and reliable assembly of the washing basket and the balance ring, when the washing basket needs to be disassembled, the knob can be rotated to the unlocking position to drive the lock catch to be disengaged from the balance ring so as to realize unlocking between the washing basket and the balance ring, so that the washing basket can be taken out from the balance ring, simple disassembly and assembly between the washing basket and the balance ring are realized, the washing basket is more convenient for a user to install so as to place easily worn clothes in the washing basket to realize subarea washing with common clothes, and compared with the scheme that the washing basket is connected with a pulsator structure at the bottom of a large barrel through a transmission device, the problem that the transmission device occupies the space of the inner barrel of the washing machine can be avoided, the washing space of the inner barrel of the washing machine is larger, the cleaning effect is better, and the problem that clothes are wound on the transmission shaft can be avoided.

In the present invention, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance; the term "plurality" means two or more unless expressly limited otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or unit must have a specific direction, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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

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

Claims

1. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine, comprising:

a balance ring (100);

a laundry basket (200) nested within the gimbal ring (100);

the washing machine comprises a knob (300) and a lock catch (310) arranged on the knob (300), wherein the knob (300) is connected with the washing basket (200) and can rotate relative to the washing basket (200), the knob (300) is provided with a locking position and an unlocking position, when the knob (300) rotates to the locking position, the lock catch (310) is driven to be clamped with a balance ring (100) to lock the washing basket (200) and the balance ring (100), and when the knob (300) rotates to the unlocking position, the lock catch (310) is driven to be disengaged from the balance ring (100) to unlock the balance ring (100) and the washing basket (200).

2. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 1,

the knob (300) comprises a knob cover (320), a neck (330) and the latch (310), the neck (330) is engaged between the knob cover (320) and the latch (310), the neck (330) and the latch (310) rotate with the knob cover (320), wherein,

the balance ring (100) is provided with a first through hole (110) which penetrates through the balance ring, and the first through hole (110) and the lock catch (310) are defined as follows: when the first through hole (110) is staggered with the lock catch (310), the first through hole (110) limits the lock catch (310) to pass through, and when the first through hole (110) is opposite to the lock catch (310), the first through hole (110) can be used for the lock catch (310) to pass through.

3. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 2,

the lock catch (310) comprises a rectangular block, and the first through hole (110) is matched with the lock catch (310).

4. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 3,

the neck (330) is connected to the middle part of the rectangular block along the length direction, and when the first through hole (110) is crossed with the lock catch (310), the rectangular block is positioned at the positions on two sides of the neck (330) and can be hooked at the positions around the first through hole (110).

5. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4,

laundry basket (200) are equipped with clothing and put in mouth (211), just the periphery of clothing and put in mouth (211) is equipped with flanging (212), flanging (212) lean on balancing ring (100), make laundry basket (200) by balancing ring (100) support, knob (300) are established on flanging (212).

6. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 5,

the flanging (212) is provided with a second through hole (213) which penetrates through the flanging, the neck (330) is connected in the second through hole (213) in a penetrating way and can rotate in the second through hole (213), and the second through hole (213) and the lock catch (310) are limited as follows: when the second through hole (213) is staggered with the lock catch (310), the lock catch (310) is limited to pass through by the second through hole (213), and when the second through hole (213) is opposite to the lock catch (310), the lock catch (310) can pass through by the second through hole (213).

7. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 6,

the second through hole (213) is matched with the first through hole (110) in shape, and the first through hole (110) is opposite to the second through hole (213).

8. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the number of the rotary knobs (300) is multiple, and the rotary knobs (300) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the washing basket (200).

9. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 2 to 4,

and an indication mark is arranged on the knob cover (320).

10. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 9,

a handheld part (322) is arranged on the knob cover (320), and the handheld part (322) defines the indication mark; and/or

The knob cover (320) is provided with an anti-slip structure, and the indication mark is limited by the anti-slip structure.

11. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

a self-locking structure is arranged between the knob (300) and the washing basket (200), and the self-locking structure is used for providing force for resisting the movement of the knob (300) to the unlocking position when the knob (300) is rotated to the locking position.

12. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 11,

the self-locking structure comprises a limiting protrusion and a limiting groove, one of the knob (300) and the washing basket (200) is provided with the limiting protrusion, the other one of the knob (300) and the washing basket is provided with the limiting groove, and when the knob (300) rotates to the locking position, the limiting protrusion is meshed with the limiting groove.

13. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

a section sensing structure is arranged between the knob (300) and the washing basket (200).

14. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 13,

the segment sensing structure comprises at least one protruding part (321) and a plurality of recessed parts (214), one of the knob (300) and the washing basket (200) is provided with the at least one protruding part (321), the other one is provided with the plurality of recessed parts (214), and when the knob (300) rotates, the protruding part (321) passes through the recessed parts (214).

15. The laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,

the laundry basket (200) comprises a washing tub.

16. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 15,

the washing barrel comprises a barrel body (220) and a barrel cover (210), the barrel cover (210) is annular and is arranged at the opening part of the barrel body (220), and the knob (300) is connected with the barrel cover (210) and can rotate relative to the barrel cover (210).

17. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

an inner barrel;

the laundry basket assembly of a washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16, the balancing ring (100) of which is connected to the inner tub.