CN111197238B - Washing machine and washing basket assembly thereof - Google Patents

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 machine comprises a washing basket, a balance ring and a locking assembly, wherein the washing basket is nested in the balance ring, one of the washing basket and the balance ring is provided with the locking assembly, the locking assembly comprises a rotating part, a transmission mechanism and a sliding lock catch, the transmission mechanism is connected with the rotating part and the sliding lock catch, the rotating part can rotate, and the sliding lock catch is driven by the transmission mechanism to slide between a first position and a second position during rotation of the rotating part, wherein the sliding lock catch is in locking fit with the other of the washing basket and the balance ring when in the first position so as to lock the washing basket and the balance ring; the slide latch is unlocked from the other of the basket and the balancing ring when in the second position. The washing basket component of the washing machine provided by the invention has the advantages that the washing basket and the balance ring are simply, conveniently and quickly assembled and disassembled, the connection is reliable, the washing basket and the inner barrel can be simultaneously washed and detached, the washing space of the inner barrel of the washing machine is large, and the washing effect is good.

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 problems, the prior art provides a method for washing in a partitioned mode, a small bucket and a big bucket are arranged in a washing machine, the small bucket and the big bucket are connected with a wave wheel at the bottom of the big bucket (or called an inner bucket of the washing machine) through a transmission device, and the structure not only is inconvenient to assemble between the small bucket and the big bucket, but also can cause the problems that the washing space of the big bucket is small, the washing effect of clothes is poor, the clothes are wound on the transmission shaft, and the like.

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; the washing basket is nested in the balance ring, a locking assembly is arranged on one of the washing basket and the balance ring, the locking assembly comprises a rotating part, a transmission mechanism and a sliding lock catch, the transmission mechanism is connected with the rotating part and the sliding lock catch, the rotating part can rotate, and the sliding lock catch is driven by the transmission mechanism to slide between a first position and a second position when the rotating part rotates, wherein the sliding lock catch is in locking fit with the other one of the washing basket and the balance ring when the sliding lock catch is in the first position so as to lock the washing basket and the balance ring; the slide latch is unlocked from the other of the laundry basket and the balancing ring when in the second position.

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 rotating member is rotated to correspondingly drive the sliding lock catch to the first position to establish the locking fit between the balance ring and the laundry basket, so that 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, the laundry basket can stably rotate along with the balance ring to meet the washing function, when the laundry basket needs to be dismounted, the rotating member is rotated to drive the sliding lock catch to the second position to realize the unlocking between the balance ring and the laundry basket, at the moment, the laundry basket is not limited by the balance ring, the laundry basket can be taken out from the balance ring, the whole operation process is simple and convenient, the labor is saved, the simple dismounting and mounting between the laundry basket and the balance ring are realized, the laundry basket is more convenient for a user to mount the laundry basket so as to place easily worn clothes in the laundry basket to realize the partition washing with common clothes, and the scheme can avoid the problem that the transmission device occupies the space of the inner barrel of 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 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 not occur.

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 technical scheme, the locking assembly is arranged on the laundry basket, the rotating piece comprises a handle, and the handle is rotationally connected with the laundry basket.

In this scheme, will be used for the user to draw the handle of laundry basket and the laundry basket rotates to be connected to make the handle as rotating the locking of piece control slip hasp or unblock, like this, can make the laundry basket draw the operation more convenient, realize that the handle is multi-purpose simultaneously, thereby need not to add extra rotation piece again on the laundry basket, make the structure of laundry basket subassembly simplify, it is more convenient to assemble, and the cost is also lower.

In the above technical solution, the handle has a standing position and a falling position, and the handle can rotate between the standing position and the falling position relative to the laundry basket, wherein when the handle rotates to the standing position, the transmission mechanism drives the sliding lock catch to the second position, and when the handle rotates to the falling position, the transmission mechanism drives the sliding lock catch to the first position.

In this scheme, when the user need take out the laundry basket, directly upwards mention the handle can, specifically, the user upwards mentions the handle so that the handle rotates to the in-process of standing the position from the position of falling, unblock between can corresponding control balance ring and the laundry basket, when the handle is upwards mentioned in succession after the unblock between balance ring and the laundry basket, owing to accomplish the unblock, at this moment can promote the laundry basket in order to take out the laundry basket from the balance ring smoothly, automatic unblock when having realized drawing the laundry basket, more comply with in masses' use custom, do benefit to the use experience that promotes the product, and avoid the user to forget the problem that causes the locking Assembly to damage when powerful under the unblock condition draws the laundry basket.

When the user need assemble the laundry basket, draw the laundry basket and make it arrange in balanced intra-annular back in, can fall the handle, like this, can avoid the handle to shelter from the clothing of laundry basket and throw in the mouth in order to be convenient for the user to laundry basket, handle and face lid interfere when also can avoid closing washing machine's face lid, and simultaneously, still can drive the slip hasp and move to first position from the second position and realize making balanced ring and laundry basket locking, this design more conforms to masses and uses the custom, do benefit to the use experience that promotes the product.

In any one of the above technical solutions, two ends of the handle are respectively rotatably connected with the laundry basket, the number of the transmission mechanisms is two and the two transmission mechanisms are correspondingly connected to the two ends of the handle, wherein the sliding lock catches are correspondingly connected with the transmission mechanisms one by one, or the same sliding lock catch is connected with the two transmission mechanisms.

In this scheme, rotate the both ends of handle with the laundry basket respectively and be connected, design two drive mechanism and correspond the both ends of connecting in the handle, like this, when rotating the handle and carrying out unblock or locking with the motion of drive slip hasp, can realize the both ends of distributing the torque of handle output to, this internal stress on can making the handle more balanced, reduces the deformation risk of handle, also does benefit to the transmission precision who guarantees drive mechanism like this more, makes the product more reliable through the function of handle control locking or unblock.

Of course, the above is only a preferred technical solution of the present design, and in fact, the present design is not limited to this, and a person skilled in the art may also select one end of the handle to be connected with the laundry basket, and the transmission mechanism is connected to one end of the handle for connecting with the laundry basket, or, for the handle with both ends connected with the laundry basket, only one end of the handle may be connected with the transmission mechanism.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the transmission mechanism includes: the gear is connected with the rotating piece, and the rotating piece drives the gear to rotate when rotating; and the sliding lock catch is connected with the rack and moves along with the rack.

In this scheme, it includes gear and rack to set up the drive structure, the sliding motion that can effectively convert the rotational motion of handle into the slip hasp with the transmission cooperation of gear and rack, realize the drive purpose to the slip hasp, and the drive mechanism of gear and rack has compact structure's advantage, can reduce the space and occupy the volume, do benefit to the effective washing space of guaranteeing the laundry basket, and transmission precision is high between gear and the rack, can ensure like this that slip hasp and the balance ring that corresponds with it or can accurately lock or the unblock between the laundry basket, guarantee product use reliability, and need not periodic calibration, it is more convenient to use.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and those skilled in the art may design a slider-crank mechanism, a cam mechanism, a sprocket-chain mechanism, etc. to transmit between the rotating element and the sliding lock catch according to the requirement.

In the technical scheme, the rack extends along the circumferential direction or the tangential direction of the washing basket, and the rack drives the sliding lock catch to move along the circumferential direction or the tangential direction of the washing basket when being driven by the gear; and/or the rotating member is coaxially connected with the gear.

In this scheme, through the circumference or the tangential that make the moving direction of slip hasp along the laundry basket, can make the motion trajectory of slip hasp better with the suitability of laundry basket outline, the peripheral motion of laundry basket can roughly be followed to the slip hasp, and this no matter locate the gimbal to locking Assembly or locate the laundry basket, all can reduce the slip hasp and occupy the volume to the washing space of laundry basket, does benefit to the washing space that promotes the laundry basket.

The rotation piece and the gear coaxial coupling are arranged, the structure is simple, the processing and the assembly are easy, the occupied amount of the washing space is less, and meanwhile, the transmission efficiency of the structure is higher, so that a user can control locking or unlocking by utilizing a handle more easily.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the sliding lock includes: a slider; first joint portion, be equipped with a plurality of on the slider first joint portion, the laundry basket with in the balance ring be equipped with a plurality of second joint portions on another, the slip hasp slides extremely during the primary importance, first joint portion with second joint portion joint forms the locking cooperation, the slip hasp slides extremely during the secondary importance, first joint portion with second joint portion dropout is in order to unblock.

In this scheme, be provided with first joint portion on the slip hasp, make first joint portion and the gimbal that corresponds with it or the second joint portion joint on the laundry basket realize locking gimbal and laundry basket, simple structure not only, and when realizing restriction gimbal and laundry basket relative motion in order to guarantee laundry basket stability and be connected the reliability with the gimbal, also make the operation of tripping between drive slip hasp and gimbal or the laundry basket more convenient, swift, laborsaving.

In the technical scheme, one of the laundry basket and the balance ring is provided with an accommodating cavity and an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, the sliding part is positioned in the accommodating cavity, and the first clamping part protrudes out of the accommodating cavity along the opening.

In this scheme, the setting holds the slider position that the chamber made it to accept the slip hasp, can form protection and spacing guide effect to the slider on the one hand, and on the other hand can prevent that the foreign matter card from going into to arouse the slider jamming problem, ensures to slide smooth and easy nature, and also can make the product appearance more pleasing to the eye.

In the above technical scheme, the rotating part and one of the sliding lock catches is provided with a limiting blocking rib, and when the rotating part rotates to drive the sliding lock catch to reach the position of the first position, the limiting blocking rib can be matched with the rotating part and the other stopping part in the sliding lock catch so as to limit the sliding lock catch at the first position.

In this scheme, set up spacing fender muscle, when rotating the piece and rotating to the position that makes the slip hasp arrive the primary importance, more specifically, for example the handle rotates when falling down the position, make rotate between piece and the slip hasp form the backstop cooperation through spacing fender muscle with slide the hasp spacing in the primary importance to do benefit to and maintain the lock cooperation state between slip hasp and the gimbal ring that corresponds with it or the laundry basket, further strengthen the locking effect to between gimbal ring and the laundry basket, make being connected between laundry basket and the gimbal ring and transmission effect more reliable.

Among the above-mentioned technical scheme, it is equipped with on the rotation piece spacing fender muscle, wherein, first joint portion is including protruding knot, second joint portion including be suitable for with the draw-in groove of protruding knot joint works as rotate the piece and rotate to order about the slip hasp reachs during the position of primary importance, spacing fender muscle shelters from the notch of draw-in groove in order to incite somebody to action protruding knot is limited in the draw-in groove.

In this scheme, make the spacing fender muscle on the rotation piece realize spacing in the first position with the slip hasp through carrying out backstop complex form with protruding knot, it can be understood, for the spacing intensity of joint of satisfying protruding knot and draw-in groove, can do enhancement processing (for example the wall thickness increases, establish the strengthening rib etc.) to protruding knot position usually in order to ensure the joint reliability, come to carry on spacingly with spacing protruding muscle cooperation through utilizing protruding knot, can realize that a thing of protruding knot is multi-purpose, and need not to set up extra structure again on the slip hasp and come to spacing cooperation with spacing protruding muscle, thereby make product structure simplify, reduce product cost.

Certainly, this scheme also is not limited to this, for the purpose that the realization makes spacing fender muscle spacing to the slip hasp, other structures that technical staff in the art can also slip on the hasp according to the demand are used for keeping off the spacing cooperation of muscle with spacing, specifically for example, set up slot or dog on the slip hasp, rotate the piece and rotate when making the position that the slip hasp reachd the first position, spacing fender muscle forms the grafting cooperation with the slot or keeps off with the dog and lean on spacing.

In the above technical solution, the washing basket assembly of the washing machine further comprises: the laundry basket is provided with a sliding lock catch, the sliding lock catch is arranged at the first position, the balance ring is arranged at the top of the laundry basket, the rotating part is arranged at the bottom of the laundry basket, the sliding lock catch is arranged at the bottom of the laundry basket, and the rotating part is arranged at the top of the laundry basket.

In this scheme, set up spacing locking structure on the stabilizer ring or laundry basket, make it be used for when the rotation piece rotates to the position of driving slide lock to arrive the first position (for example the handle rotates to when falling down the position) spacing to the rotor, can rotate to the direction of driving slide lock to the second position motion (for example the restriction handle rotates from falling down the position to the position of standing) through the restriction rotor like this to maintain the backstop limiting displacement who forms through spacing fender muscle between rotor and the slide lock, can further maintain the locking cooperation state between slide lock and the stabilizer ring or the laundry basket that corresponds with it like this, strengthen the locking effect between stabilizer ring and the laundry basket, make the connection and the transmission effect between laundry basket and the stabilizer ring more reliable.

In the above technical scheme, the limit locking structure includes one of limit buckle and card hole, it is equipped with on the rotation piece limit buckle with another in the card hole, works as the rotation piece rotates to ordering about the slip hasp reachs when the position of primary importance, limit buckle joint in the card hole in order to incite somebody to action the rotation piece is spacing in the current position.

In this scheme, utilize spacing knot and card hole, can realize rotating the balancing ring at piece and spacing locking structure place or the joint between the laundry basket is connected, thereby realize that the restriction rotates the piece and rotates to be spacing in the current position (for example spacing in the position of falling with the handle), the joint is connected and is had and is connected reliably, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, advantages such as easy dismounting, this is when guaranteeing to realize the spacing reliability of rotating the piece, also the user drive that can be convenient for rotates the piece and makes it and the unblock between spacing locking structure dropout in order to control balancing ring and the laundry basket, it is more convenient to use the operation, and is labor-saving.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the sliding lock catch is provided with a sliding portion, the other one of the laundry basket and the balance ring is provided with a guiding portion, and the guiding portion is in sliding fit with and guides the sliding portion.

In this scheme, utilize guide portion to the guide effect of sliding part, can inject the movement track of slip hasp in addition, prevent the off normal problem of slip hasp, more do benefit to like this and guarantee to rotate transmission efficiency and accurate nature between piece and the slip hasp, ensure that product property can be reliable.

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 locking assembly of the washing basket is arranged on 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. The condition on the laundry basket is located to locking Assembly, through further setting locking Assembly on the bung, thus, the staving simple structure of whole washtub, the shaping degree of difficulty greatly reduced of the staving of washtub, more do benefit to the shaping quality of guaranteeing the staving, and the laundry basket is used for locating on the bung with the structure of locking Assembly assembly (for example, be used for connecting the axle bed of size, be used for installing the chamber etc that holds of slider), compared with the staving, because the bung structure is more miniaturized, more do benefit to the shaping quality of guaranteeing these connection structure, thereby correspondingly ensure the assembly reliability to locking Assembly.

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 view of the structure of the laundry basket shown in FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the locking assembly shown in FIG. 1;

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

FIG. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of the portion C shown in FIG. 6;

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

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

fig. 10 is a schematic view of the locking assembly shown in fig. 6.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the component names in fig. 1 to 10 is:

100 balancing ring, 110 second joint portion, 111 draw-in groove, 1111 notch, 120 guide portion, 200 laundry basket, 210 hold the chamber, 211 opening, 220 spacing locking structure, 230 bung, 240 washing barrel, 310 rotation piece, 311 calorie of hole, 312 spacing fender muscle, 313 dodge the groove, 320 drive mechanism, 321 gear, 3211 connecting axle, 322 racks, 330 slip hasp, 331 slider, 332 first joint portion, 3321 buckle, 3322 recess, 333 sliding part.

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 10.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention provides a laundry basket assembly for a washing machine, including: a balancing ring 100 and a laundry basket 200.

Specifically, the laundry basket 200 is nested in the balance ring 100, and one of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 is provided with a locking assembly, as shown in fig. 5 and 10, the locking assembly includes a rotating member 310, a transmission mechanism 320 and a sliding latch 330, the transmission mechanism 320 is connected with the rotating member 310 and the sliding latch 330, the rotating member 310 can rotate, and the rotating member 310 drives the sliding latch 330 to slide between a first position and a second position through the transmission mechanism 320 when rotating.

As shown in fig. 6 to 10, the second state of the laundry basket assembly is shown, in which the sliding lock 330 is in the first position, and the sliding lock 330 is locked with the other one of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 to lock the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100; as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the first state of the laundry basket assembly is a state in which the sliding locker 330 is in the second position and the sliding locker 330 is unlocked from the other one of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100.

The laundry basket assembly of the washing machine provided by the above embodiment of the present invention comprises a laundry basket 200 and a balance ring 100, after the laundry basket 200 is installed in the balance ring 100, the rotating member 310 is rotated to correspondingly drive the sliding lock 330 to the first position to establish a locking fit between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200, so as to limit the movement of the laundry basket 200 relative to the balance ring 100, ensure the stable and reliable assembly of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100, ensure the laundry basket 200 can stably rotate along with the balance ring 100 to satisfy the washing function, when the laundry basket 200 needs to be detached, the rotating member 310 is rotated to drive the sliding lock 330 to the second position to unlock between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200, at this time, the laundry basket 200 is not limited by the balance ring 100, the laundry basket 200 can be taken out from the balance ring 100, the whole operation process is simple and convenient, and labor-saving, and the simple detachment and installation between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are realized, the washing basket 200 is more convenient for a user to install so as to arrange the easily worn clothes in the washing basket 200 to realize the partition washing with the common clothes, and compared with the scheme that the washing basket 200 is connected to the structure of the impeller at the bottom of the large barrel through the transmission device, the scheme can avoid the problem that the transmission device occupies the space of the inner barrel of the washing machine by assembling the washing basket 200 on the balance ring 100, the washing space of the inner barrel of the washing machine is larger, the cleaning effect is better, and the problem that the clothes and the transmission shaft are wound does not occur.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, the locking assembly is provided on the laundry basket 200, and the rotation member 310 includes a handle rotatably coupled to the laundry basket 200. The handle is used as the rotating piece 310 to control the sliding lock catch 330 to be locked or unlocked, so that the washing basket 200 can be more conveniently extracted and operated, and meanwhile, the handle is multipurpose, so that the additional rotating piece 310 does not need to be additionally arranged on the washing basket 200, the structure of the washing basket assembly is simplified, the assembly is more convenient, and the cost is lower.

In other embodiments, for example, in the case that no handle is provided on the laundry basket 200 or in the case that the locking assembly is provided on the balancing ring 100, a separate toggle switch may be provided on the laundry basket 200 or the balancing ring 100, so that the toggle switch serves as the rotating member 310 for performing a corresponding control operation.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, 3, 6 and 8, the laundry basket 200 includes a washing tub 240, so that it has an independent washing function, and the washing tub 240 can be independently washed, or the washing tub 240 and the inner tub can be simultaneously washed and separated.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 8, the washing tub 240 specifically includes a tub body and a tub cover 230, the tub cover 230 is annular and disposed at the mouth of the tub body, and the locking assembly of the washing basket 200 is disposed on the tub cover 230. Utilize bung 230 can play the balancing act to the staving of washing bucket 240, and can play the effect of strengthening and supporting the design to the staving, and through further with locking Assembly install in bung 230, realize the assembly purpose while, the staving structure of whole washing bucket 240 is simplified, the shaping degree of difficulty of staving is reduced, more do benefit to the shaping quality of guaranteeing the staving, and the laundry basket 200 is used for locating on bung 230 with the structure of locking Assembly assembly (for example, be used for connecting the axle bed of size, be used for installing holding chamber 210 etc. of slider 331), because bung 230 structure is more miniaturized, more do benefit to guaranteeing the shaping quality of these connection structure, thereby correspondingly guarantee the assembly reliability to locking Assembly.

Alternatively, the tub cover 230 and the washing tub 240 are fastened by screws or rivets, or the tub cover 230 and the washing tub 240 are bonded or welded as one body.

Further, the handle has a standing position and a falling position, and the handle can rotate between the standing position and the falling position relative to the laundry basket 200, wherein, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, when the handle rotates to the standing position, the transmission mechanism drives the sliding lock 330 to the second position, as shown in fig. 6 to 10, when the handle rotates to the falling position, the transmission mechanism drives the sliding lock 330 to the first position.

It will be appreciated that the standing position of the handle is understood to mean the position of the handle in the upright position, and reference may be made in particular to the position of the handle as illustrated in figures 1 to 5, in which case lifting of the handle allows direct removal of the laundry basket 200, and the resting position of the handle is understood to mean the position of the handle in the recumbent position, and reference may be made to the position of the handle as illustrated in figures 6 to 10, in which case lifting of the handle allows driving of the handle from the recumbent position to the upright position.

More specifically, when the user needs to take out the laundry basket 200, the user can directly lift the handle upwards, specifically, when the user lifts the handle upwards to enable the handle to rotate from the falling position to the standing position, the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200 can be correspondingly controlled to be unlocked, when the handle continues to be lifted upwards after the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200 are unlocked, due to the fact that unlocking is completed, the laundry basket 200 can be lifted to smoothly take out the laundry basket 200 from the balance ring 100, automatic unlocking during extraction of the laundry basket 200 is achieved, the use habit of the public is better complied with, use experience of products is facilitated, and the problem that locking assemblies are damaged when the user forgets to powerfully extract the laundry basket 200 under the unlocking condition is avoided.

When the user need assemble laundry basket 200, draw laundry basket 200 and make it arrange in after the gimbal 100, can push down the handle and fall it, like this, can avoid the handle to shelter from laundry basket 200's clothing input mouth in order to make the user to put in the laundry basket 200 the clothing, handle and face lid interfere when also can avoid closing washing machine's face lid, and simultaneously, still can realize that drive slip hasp 330 moves to first position from the second position and realizes making gimbal 100 and laundry basket 200 lock, this design more conforms to masses ' use custom, do benefit to the use experience that promotes the product.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 7 and 9, the transmission mechanism includes: a gear 321 and a rack 322. Specifically, the gear 321 is connected with the handle, and the handle drives the gear 321 to rotate when rotating; the rack 322 is engaged with the gear 321, and the sliding lock 330 is connected with the rack 322 and moves with the rack 322. This realizes converting the rotary motion of handle into the sliding motion of slip hasp 330, has compact structure's advantage, can reduce the space and occupy the volume, does benefit to the effective washing space who guarantees laundry basket 200, and has the advantage that the transmission precision is high, can guarantee to lock accurately or the unblock between slip hasp 330 and the compensating ring 100, guarantees product reliability in utilization, and need not the regular calibration, and it is more convenient to use.

Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present design, and in other embodiments, a slider-crank mechanism, a cam mechanism, a sprocket-chain mechanism, etc. may be designed to transmit the motion between the handle and the slide fastener 330.

Alternatively, the rack 322 extends along the circumferential or tangential direction of the laundry basket 200, and the rack 322 drives the sliding locker 330 to move along the circumferential or tangential direction of the laundry basket 200 when being driven by the gear 321. Among them, the slider 331 is preferably in an arc shape to fit the outer shape of the laundry basket 200.

For example, the gear 321 is designed to be a bevel gear, the rack 322 is arc-shaped and is matched with the outer shape of the laundry basket 200, and the axis of the bevel gear is along the radial direction of the laundry basket 200, so that when the bevel gear rotates, the rack 322 is driven to do circular motion along the outer periphery of the laundry basket 200, that is, the rack 322 moves along the circumferential direction of the laundry basket 200, and drives the sliding lock 330 to do circumferential motion correspondingly.

Or, for example, referring to fig. 2, 3, 7 and 9, the gear 321 is designed as a straight gear, the rack 322 is linear and substantially tangential to the laundry basket 200, and the axis of the straight gear is radial to the laundry basket 200, so that when the straight gear rotates, the rack 322 is driven to make tangential motion along the periphery of the laundry basket 200, and the sliding lock 330 makes tangential motion accordingly. It will be appreciated that, since the handle is typically rotated through 180 °, the working length of the rack 322 is relatively small relative to the outer diameter of the basket 200, and the tangential movement of the slide latch 330 is substantially equivalent to circumferential movement.

Preferably, the handle is coaxially connected with the gear 321. More specifically, as shown in fig. 2, 4, 7 and 9, the gear 321 is provided with a connecting shaft 3211, and the connecting shaft 3211 for pivotally connecting the handle with the laundry basket 200 are the same component. This simple structure, easily processing equipment, and occupation volume to the washing space is less, and simultaneously, the transmission efficiency of this structure is higher for the user utilizes handle control locking or unblock more laborsaving.

More preferably, the handle and the connecting shaft 3211 are integrally formed with the gear 321.

Preferably, both ends of the handle are rotatably connected to the laundry basket 200, for example, as shown in fig. 2 and fig. 4, both ends of the handle are respectively provided with a connecting shaft 3211, and the connecting shaft 3211 is pivotally connected to the shaft seat of the tub cover 230. In addition, the number of the transmission mechanisms 320 is two and the two transmission mechanisms 320 are correspondingly connected to the two ends of the handle, the two transmission mechanisms 320 may be the same or different, preferably, the two transmission mechanisms 320 are the same, wherein the number of the sliding latches 330 is the same as that of the transmission mechanisms 320, and the sliding latches 330 are correspondingly connected with the transmission mechanisms 320 one by one. The design can enable the internal stress on the handle to be more balanced, reduce the deformation risk of the handle, and thus, the transmission precision of the transmission mechanism 320 can be better ensured, and the function of controlling locking or unlocking of the product through the handle is more reliable.

Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present design, and in other embodiments, the same sliding lock 330 may be connected to two transmission mechanisms 320, and in this case, the two transmission mechanisms 320 may have different forms to better satisfy the requirement of the rotational freedom of the handle, for example, one transmission mechanism 320 includes a gear 321 and a rack 322, the gear 321 is engaged with the rack 322, and the other transmission mechanism 320 includes a gear 321, a rack 322 and a driven gear, and the driven gear is engaged and transmitted between the gear 321 and the rack 322, so that the two transmission mechanisms 320 can drive the same sliding lock 330 to move.

In other embodiments, one end of the handle may be connected to the laundry basket 200 and the actuator 320 may be connected to one end of the handle for connecting to the laundry basket 200, or, for a handle having both ends connected to the laundry basket 200, only one end of the handle may be connected to the actuator 320.

Further, the slide fastener 330 includes a slider 331 and a first catching portion 332. The sliding member 331 is provided with a plurality of first engaging portions 332, the balance ring 100 is provided with a plurality of second engaging portions 110, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, when the sliding lock catch 330 slides to the first position, the first engaging portions 332 engage with the second engaging portions 110 to form a locking fit, and as shown in fig. 1 and 2, when the sliding lock catch 330 slides to the second position, the first engaging portions 332 and the second engaging portions 110 are disengaged to unlock.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5 and 10, each sliding lock 330 is provided with a plurality of first locking portions 332, preferably, the plurality of first locking portions 332 are distributed along the circumferential direction of the laundry basket 200, the balancing ring 100 is provided with a plurality of second locking portions 110, and when the sliding lock 330 is located at the first position, the plurality of first locking portions 332 are in one-to-one corresponding fit with the plurality of second locking portions 110. Thus, the torsion between the washing basket 200 and the balance ring 100 can be evenly shared to the plurality of first clamping parts 332, and a good protection effect is provided for the single first clamping part 332 and the single second clamping part 110.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 5 and 10, each sliding lock 330 is provided with 3 first clamping parts 332, and further preferably, the number of the sliding lock 330 is two, so that 6 first clamping parts 332 are formed on the washing basket 200, and the number of the second clamping parts 110 on the balance ring 100 is also 6.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, 4, 8 and 9, one of the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 is provided with an accommodating chamber 210 and an opening communicating with the accommodating chamber 210, the slider 331 is located in the accommodating chamber 210, and the first clamping portion 332 protrudes out of the accommodating chamber 210 along the opening. On the one hand, the protection and the limiting guide function can be formed on the sliding part 331, on the other hand, the problem of clamping stagnation of the sliding part 331 caused by the fact that foreign matters are clamped can be prevented, the sliding smoothness is ensured, and the appearance of the product is more attractive.

In one embodiment of the present invention, one of the rotating member 310 and the sliding lock 330 is provided with a limiting rib 312, and when the rotating member 310 rotates to a position for driving the sliding lock 330 to the first position (i.e. when the handle rotates to the falling position), the limiting rib 312 can cooperate with the other of the rotating member 310 and the sliding lock 330 to limit the sliding lock 330 to the first position. This is beneficial to maintaining the locking and matching state between the sliding lock 330 and the corresponding balance ring 100 or laundry basket 200, further enhancing the locking effect between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200, and making the connection and transmission effect between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 more reliable.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the handle is provided with a limiting rib 312, wherein the first fastening portion 332 includes a protrusion 3321, the second fastening portion 110 includes a slot 111 adapted to fasten with the protrusion 3321, and when the rotating member 310 rotates to a position where the sliding lock 330 is driven to reach the first position (i.e., when the handle rotates to the falling position), the limiting rib 312 covers the notch 1111 of the slot 111 to limit the protrusion 3321 in the slot 111. The convex buckle 3321 can be used for multiple purposes, and an additional structure is not required to be arranged on the sliding lock catch 330 to be in limit fit with the limit convex rib, so that the product structure is simplified, and the product cost is reduced. Preferably, the convex buckle 3321 is provided with the groove 3322, so that processing defects such as shrinkage can be avoided, the molding quality of the convex buckle 3321 can be ensured, and the reliability of the convex buckle 3321 can be improved.

Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present design, and in other embodiment, other structures on the sliding lock 330 may be used for the limiting fit with the limiting stopper rib 312, specifically, for example, a slot or a stopper is provided on the sliding lock 330, and when the rotating member 310 rotates to a position where the sliding lock 330 reaches the first position (that is, when the handle rotates to the laid-down position), the limiting stopper rib 312 forms an insertion fit with the slot or is stopped by the stopper for limiting.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 5, the handle is provided with an avoiding groove 313, the limiting blocking rib 312 is arranged in the avoiding groove 313, and the avoiding groove 313 can protect the limiting blocking rib 312, so as to reduce the risk of the limiting blocking rib 312 being broken.

Further, the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine further includes a position-limiting locking structure 220, the position-limiting locking structure 220 is disposed on the balance ring 100 or the laundry basket 200, and when the rotating member 310 rotates to a position for driving the sliding lock 330 to reach the first position (i.e., when the handle rotates to the falling position), the position-limiting locking structure 220 can be engaged with the rotating member 310 and limit the rotating member 310 at the current position. Therefore, the locking matching state between the sliding lock 330 and the corresponding balance ring 100 or laundry basket 200 can be further maintained, the locking effect between the balance ring 100 and the laundry basket 200 is strengthened, and the connection and transmission effect between the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are more reliable.

More specifically, the lid 230 of the laundry basket 200 is provided with a position-limiting locking structure 220, the position-limiting locking structure 220 is further preferably a position-limiting buckle, the rotating member 310 is provided with a buckle hole 311, and when the rotating member 310 rotates to a position for driving the sliding buckle 330 to reach the first position (i.e. when the handle rotates to the falling position), the position-limiting buckle is buckled in the buckle hole 311 to limit the rotating member 310 at the current position.

Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present design, and in other embodiments, the locking hole 311 may be provided on the washing basket 200, and the limit button may be provided on the rotating member 310.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sliding lock 330 is disposed on the laundry basket 200 and provided with a sliding portion 333, and the balance ring 100 is provided with a guiding portion 120, and the guiding portion 120 is slidably engaged with the sliding portion 333 and guides the sliding portion 333. By utilizing the guiding function of the guiding part 120 on the sliding part 333, the movement track of the sliding lock 330 can be limited, and the problem of deviation of the sliding lock 330 can be prevented, which is more favorable for ensuring the transmission efficiency and accuracy between the rotating part 310 and the sliding lock 330, and ensuring the reliable performance of the product.

More specifically, the male tab 3321 of the sliding lock 330 is provided with a sliding groove as the sliding portion 333, and the gimbal 100 is provided with a rail as the guide portion 120, the rail being inserted into the sliding groove and slidably engaged with the sliding groove.

Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present design, and in other embodiments, the sliding lock 330 may be positioned on the balance ring 100 and provided with the sliding part 333, the laundry basket 200 may be provided with the guide part 120, and the guide part 120 may be slidably engaged with the sliding part 333 and guide the sliding part 333. It is also possible to design the convex button 3321 of the sliding lock 330 with a rail as the sliding part 333, and the balance ring 100 with a sliding groove as the guiding part 120, wherein the rail is embedded in the sliding groove and forms a sliding fit with the sliding groove.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments (as shown in FIGS. 1-10)

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

The gimbal 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 laundry basket 200 is provided with a locking assembly, which includes a rotating member, a transmission mechanism 320 and a sliding lock 330. The rotating member is a handle and is connected to the laundry basket 200, and more particularly, both ends of the handle are connected to both sides of the laundry putting opening of the laundry basket 200, and the handle is rotatable about a horizontal axis.

As shown in fig. 5 and 10, the transmission mechanism 320 includes a gear 321 and a rack 322, the two ends of the handle are respectively provided with the gear 321, and the gear 321 at the two ends is driven to rotate when the handle rotates around the horizontal axis. The rack 322 is connected to the sliding catch 330 and engages with the gear 321.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, when the user basket is placed on the gimbal 100 inside the washing machine tub, the handle is in a position vertical to the horizontal plane, and at this time, the sliding lock 330 is in the second position, and at this time, the protruding button 3321 of the sliding lock 330 is disengaged from the engaging groove 111 of the gimbal 100.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, when the handle is rotated and pressed down, the handle is in a horizontal state, the protruding button 3321 on the sliding lock 330 is pushed by the transmission mechanism 320 to realize a certain circumferential rotation, and reaches a first position, at this time, the protruding button 3321 on the sliding lock 330 is locked with the slot 111 on the balance ring 100, so that the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are locked and fixed, and the laundry basket 200 and the balance ring 100 are maintained in a relatively static state in the washing and dewatering processes. When the washing is completed, the user lifts the handle to a position perpendicular to the horizontal plane, and at this time, the sliding lock 330 returns to the second position, so that the washing basket 200 can be simply taken.

In this embodiment, the user can take and fix the laundry basket 200 by pulling or pressing the handle, and the sliding lock 330 of the laundry basket 200 is pushed by the rack-and-pinion transmission mechanism 320 to lock and unlock the balance ring 100, so that the laundry basket has the characteristics of simple and fast installation. And compare the present scheme of installing laundry basket 200 in interior barrel bottom impeller, laundry basket 200 is fixed in on the gimbal 100 in this scheme, can provide sufficient space for the washing of major possession clothing in the interior barrel, and reliable mounting structure can realize that laundry basket 200 and interior barrel wash with taking off. 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 barrel; in the laundry basket assembly of the washing machine according to any one of the above embodiments, the balance ring 100 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 assembly of the washing machine in any embodiment, and the detailed description is omitted.

Preferably, the washing machine is a pulsator washing machine.

In conclusion, the washing machine and the washing basket assembly thereof have the characteristics of simplicity and convenience in installation and rapidness between the washing basket and the balance ring, and the reliable installation structure can realize simultaneous washing and simultaneous separation of the washing basket and the inner barrel. The user can independently select to use the traditional big impeller barrel for washing, or use the laundry basket for water-saving and care washing of small clothes, precious clothes and infant clothes, and also can select the inner barrel and the laundry basket for washing simultaneously, thereby realizing subarea and high-efficiency washing.

In the present invention, the terms "first", "second", and "third" 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 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 (15)

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

a balance ring (100);

a washing basket (200) nested in the balance ring (100), one of the washing basket (200) and the balance ring (100) is provided with a locking assembly, the locking assembly comprises a rotating part (310), a transmission mechanism (320) and a sliding lock catch (330), the transmission mechanism (320) is connected with the rotating part (310) and the sliding lock catch (330), the rotating part (310) can rotate, and the transmission mechanism (320) drives the sliding lock catch (330) to slide between a first position and a second position when the rotating part (310) rotates, wherein,

the sliding catch (330) is in locking engagement with the other of the laundry basket (200) and the balancing ring (100) in the first position to lock the laundry basket (200) and the balancing ring (100);

the sliding catch (330) is unlocked from the other of the laundry basket (200) and the balancing ring (100) when in the second position;

the locking assembly is arranged on the washing basket (200), the rotating piece (310) comprises a handle, and the handle is rotatably connected with the washing basket (200).

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

the handle having a standing position and a lying position and being rotatable relative to the laundry basket (200) between the standing position and the lying position, wherein,

when the handle rotates to the standing position, the transmission mechanism (320) drives the sliding lock catch (330) to the second position, and when the handle rotates to the falling position, the transmission mechanism (320) drives the sliding lock catch (330) to the first position.

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

the two ends of the handle are respectively connected with the washing basket (200) in a rotating mode, the number of the transmission mechanisms (320) is two, the two transmission mechanisms are correspondingly connected to the two ends of the handle, the sliding lock catches (330) are connected with the transmission mechanisms (320) in a one-to-one corresponding mode, or the same sliding lock catch (330) is connected with the two transmission mechanisms (320).

4. Laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the transmission mechanism (320) comprises:

the gear (321) is connected with the rotating piece (310), and the rotating piece (310) drives the gear (321) to rotate when rotating;

and the rack (322) is meshed with the gear (321), and the sliding lock catch (330) is connected with the rack (322) and moves along with the rack (322).

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

the rack (322) extends along the circumferential direction or the tangential direction of the washing basket (200), and the rack (322) drives the sliding lock catch (330) to move along the circumferential direction or the tangential direction of the washing basket (200) when being driven by the gear (321); and/or

The rotating part (310) is coaxially connected with the gear (321).

6. Laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the sliding catch (330) comprises:

a slider (331);

first joint portion (332), be equipped with a plurality of on slider (331) first joint portion (332), laundry basket (200) with in balancing ring (100) be equipped with a plurality of second joint portions (110) on another, slip hasp (330) slide extremely during the primary importance, first joint portion (332) with second joint portion (110) joint forms the locking cooperation, slip hasp (330) slide extremely during the second place, first joint portion (332) with second joint portion (110) dropout is in order to unblock.

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

one of the laundry basket (200) and the balance ring (100) is provided with an accommodating cavity (210) and an opening (211) communicated with the accommodating cavity (210), the sliding part (331) is positioned in the accommodating cavity (210), and the first clamping part (332) protrudes out of the accommodating cavity (210) along the opening (211).

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

rotate piece (310) with be equipped with spacing fender muscle (312) on one of slip hasp (330), and when rotate piece (310) rotate to order about slip hasp (330) reachs when the position of primary importance, spacing fender muscle (312) can with rotate piece (310) with another backstop cooperation in slip hasp (330) is with slip hasp (330) is spacing in the primary importance.

9. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 8,

be equipped with on the rotation piece (310) spacing fender muscle (312), wherein, first joint portion (332) are including protruding knot (3321), second joint portion (110) including be suitable for with draw-in groove (111) of protruding knot (3321) joint, work as rotation piece (310) rotate to order about slip hasp (330) reachs during the position of first position, spacing fender muscle (312) shelter from notch (1111) of draw-in groove (111) are in order to be limited to protruding knot (3321) in draw-in groove (111).

10. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as recited in claim 8, further comprising:

the limiting locking structure (220) is arranged on the balance ring (100) or the washing basket (200), and when the rotating piece (310) rotates to the position for driving the sliding lock catch (330) to reach the first position, the limiting locking structure (220) can be matched with the rotating piece (310) and limit the rotating piece (310) at the current position.

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

spacing locking structure (220) include one in spacing knot and card hole (311), be equipped with on rotation piece (310) spacing knot with another in card hole (311), work as rotation piece (310) rotate to order about slip hasp (330) reachs when the position of first position, spacing knot joint in card hole (311) in order to with it is spacing in current position to rotate piece (310).

12. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2,

the sliding lock catch (330) is provided with a sliding part, the other one of the laundry basket (200) and the balance ring (100) is provided with a guiding part (120), and the guiding part (120) is in sliding fit with the sliding part and guides the sliding part.

13. A laundry basket assembly for a washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 or 2,

the laundry basket (200) includes a washing tub (240).

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

the washing tub (240) comprises a tub body and a tub cover (230), the tub cover (230) is annular and is arranged at the opening of the tub body, and the locking assembly of the washing basket (200) is arranged on the tub cover (230).

15. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

an inner barrel;

the laundry basket assembly of a washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 14, the balancing ring (100) of the laundry basket assembly of a washing machine being connected to the inner tub.

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