CN111197243B - Lead wire support for washing machine and washing machine - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a lead wire support for a washing machine, which belongs to the technical field of washing machines. The lead wire support can reduce the installation difficulty of the lead wire support, improve the installation stability and firmness of the lead wire support, and reduce the manufacturing cost. In addition, the invention also provides a washing machine adopting the lead wire bracket.
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[ technical field ] A method for producing a semiconductor device
The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a lead wire support for a washing machine and the washing machine.
[ background of the invention ]
In the prior art, in order to avoid the situation that leads inside a washing machine are arranged in a mess to influence the installation of other structures or interfere with other structures, the leads are usually fixed on a box body of the washing machine and are generally fixed by binding wires, but the positions of the binding wires for coating the leads are limited, so that the lead is not comprehensive in protection force, and the leads are easily cut by sharp edges of a sheet metal.
[ summary of the invention ]
The technical problem to be solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a lead wire bracket for a washing machine, which can reduce the installation difficulty of the lead wire bracket, improve the installation stability and the firmness of the lead wire bracket and reduce the manufacturing cost.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a washing machine is with lead wire support, washing machine is including the installation department that supplies lead wire support to install, and lead wire support includes fixed part, elastic support portion and is used for supplying the lead wire passageway that the lead wire passed, the fixed part is used for clamping to be in on the installation department, elastic support portion elasticity butt is on the installation department, so that the fixed part tensioning is fixed.
Further, the installation department includes the box and installs the frame at the box inboard, fixed part and elastic support portion establish the relative both sides of lead wire passageway, the fixed part includes towards the buckle that the elastic support portion direction extended formation, the buckle joint is in on the frame, the elastic support portion butt is on box or frame, so that the buckle pastes tightly one side that the frame deviates from the fixed part.
Furthermore, the buckle is a bidirectional buckle.
Furthermore, the fixing part further comprises a pin head, the pin head and the buckle are arranged along the length direction of the lead channel, and the pin head penetrates through the frame and is attached to one side of the frame, which is far away from the fixing part; or the frame is provided with a groove, the opening of the groove is substantially parallel to the lead channel, and the pin head is inserted into the groove to be positioned.
Furthermore, a hollowed-out groove is further formed in one side, facing the frame, of the fixing portion, the hollowed-out groove and the buckle are located on the same side of the lead channel, the hollowed-out groove is far away from the lead channel compared with the buckle, and therefore the fixing portion is pressed on the frame towards the elastic supporting portion and then is located on one side, far away from the buckle, of the frame, of the contact fulcrum of the frame.
Furthermore, the elastic supporting part is an elastic sheet, the elastic sheet is provided with an arched part arched towards the direction far away from the fixing part, and the arched part is elastically abutted to the mounting part.
Further, the cross section of the arch part is arched or semicircular.
Further, the lead wire passageway deviates from one side of fixed part is opened and is packed into in order to make things convenient for the lead wire passageway, the lead wire support is still including establishing the turn-buckle in open one side, the turn-buckle is fixed in order to restrict the lead wire in the lead wire passageway with the outer wall joint of lead wire passageway.
Further, the fixing portion and the elastic supporting portion are arranged on the same side of the lead channel.
The invention also provides a washing machine, which comprises the lead wire bracket in any technical scheme.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the lead wire bracket is clamped on the mounting part through the fixing part, and compared with a screw connection fixing mode, the lead wire bracket is simple and convenient to assemble and short in time consumption; the elastic supporting part of the lead support is elastically abutted on the mounting part so as to enable the fixing part to be tensioned and fixed. Because the fixing part is fixed by only a clamping mode, the phenomenon that the fixing part slightly shakes relative to the installation part can occur, and the shaking of the fixing part can pull the lead to cause the lead to break, the elastic supporting part can drive the fixing part to be tensioned and fixed under the reverse acting force applied by the installation part, and further the phenomenon that the fixing part shakes relative to the installation part to pull the lead is avoided, so that the installation stability and firmness of the lead bracket are improved, and the risk of lead breakage is avoided; meanwhile, due to the design, the lead wire support can be disassembled without other tools, so that the production efficiency is improved, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
These features and advantages of the present invention will be disclosed in more detail in the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
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The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a lead frame according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a lead frame mounted on a mounting portion according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 3;
fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of B in fig. 4.
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The invention discloses a lead wire support for a washing machine, wherein the washing machine comprises an installation part for installing the lead wire support, the lead wire support comprises a fixing part, an elastic supporting part and a lead wire channel for leading a lead wire to pass through, the fixing part is clamped on the installation part, and the elastic supporting part is elastically abutted against the installation part so as to enable the fixing part to be tensioned and fixed.
The lead wire bracket is clamped on the mounting part through the fixing part, and compared with a screw connection fixing mode, the lead wire bracket is simple and convenient to assemble and short in time consumption; the elastic supporting part of the lead support is elastically abutted on the mounting part so as to enable the fixing part to be tensioned and fixed. Because the fixing part is fixed by only a clamping mode, the phenomenon that the fixing part slightly shakes relative to the installation part can occur, and the shaking of the fixing part can pull the lead to cause the lead to break, the elastic supporting part can drive the fixing part to be tensioned and fixed under the reverse acting force applied by the installation part, and further the phenomenon that the fixing part shakes relative to the installation part to pull the lead is avoided, so that the installation stability and firmness of the lead bracket are improved, and the risk of lead breakage is avoided; meanwhile, due to the design, the lead wire support can be disassembled without other tools, so that the production efficiency is improved, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention are explained and illustrated below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, but the following embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the implementation, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
The first embodiment,
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the lead frame in this embodiment includes a fixing portion 1, a lead channel 2 and an elastic support portion 3, two ends of the lead channel 2 are open to allow a lead to pass through the lead channel 2, the fixing portion 1 and the elastic support portion 3 are disposed at two opposite sides of the lead channel 2, the fixing portion 1 includes a fixing plate 10 formed by extending upward and a buckle 11 formed by extending upward on the fixing plate 10 and toward the elastic support portion 3, the washing machine includes a mounting portion for mounting the lead frame, the mounting portion includes a box 4 and a frame 5, the frame 5 is an L-shaped or inverted U-shaped shelf, the shelf is mounted inside the box 4 by a screw, a side 51 of the frame 5 is provided with a clamping hole, and the buckle 11 is clamped on the clamping hole, so that the fixing portion 1 is mounted on the frame 5, compared with a screw connection fixing manner, assembly is simple and convenient, and the time consumption is short; the elastic support portion 3 is elastically abutted against the inner side wall of the box body opposite to the side 51, so that the fixing portion 1 is tensioned and fixed. The specific principle is as follows: after the elastic supporting part 3 is elastically abutted against the inner side wall of the box body opposite to the side edge 51, the elastic supporting part 3 can be subjected to a reverse acting force F1 applied by the inner side wall of the box body, the reverse acting force F1 drives the lead support to rotate anticlockwise for a certain angle so as to enable the fixing part 1 to move towards the direction far away from the side edge 51, so that the buckling position of the end part of the buckle 11 is pressed on the side surface of the side edge 51, which is far away from the fixing part 1, the fixing part 1 is tensioned and fixed, and the phenomena that the fixing part 1 shakes relative to the frame 5 and leads to lead breakage due to shaking are avoided, therefore, the mounting stability and the firmness of the lead support are improved, and the risk of lead breakage is avoided; meanwhile, due to the design, the lead wire support can be disassembled without other tools, so that the production efficiency is improved, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
In order to further improve the installation stability of the lead frame, the buckle 11 in this embodiment is a bidirectional buckle, and two buckling positions of the bidirectional buckle deviate from the setting along the length direction of the lead channel 2 or deviate from the setting along the up-down direction, so that compared with a single buckle, the bidirectional buckle increases the number of the buckling positions and the pressing contact area between the buckle 11 and the side 51, thereby improving the clamping stability between the buckle 11 and the frame 5 and avoiding the lead frame from shaking.
The fixing portion 1 in this embodiment further includes a pin head 12 installed on the fixing plate 10, the pin head 12 and the buckle 11 are installed on the same side of the fixing plate 10, the pin head 12 and the buckle 11 are arranged along the length direction of the lead channel 2, and the pin head 12 passes through the side 51 and is attached to one side of the side 51 departing from the fixing portion 1, so that the fixing portion 1 can be further positioned, the fixing portion is prevented from shaking relative to the frame 5, and the installation stability of the lead frame is further improved.
It is understood that the present invention can also provide a groove on the frame, the opening of the groove is oriented to be substantially parallel to the lead channel, for example, towards the buckle or away from the buckle, and the pin head is inserted into the groove to be positioned, so as to achieve the basic effect of the embodiment, and the detailed description is omitted here.
In order to make the lead wire pack into lead wire passageway 2 fast, lead wire passageway 2 in this embodiment deviates from the open setting in one side of fixed part 1, in leading wire passageway 2 is adorned from this side to the convenient lead wire, lead wire support is still including establishing a plurality of turn-ups 13 that open one side and interval set up, turn-ups 13 integrated into one piece on the diapire of lead wire passageway 2, upset turn-ups 13 back downwards, the lead wire is adorned into in lead wire passageway 2 from this side, upset turn-ups 13 back upwards, turn-ups 13 is fixed in order to restrict the lead wire in lead wire passageway 2 with the roof joint of lead wire passageway.
In order to make the overall structure of the lead frame more compact, the elastic support portion 3 is disposed on the flip 13 in the embodiment, and is preferably integrally formed with the flip 13, so that the elastic support portion 3 can be prevented from interfering with the lead to be loaded into the lead channel 2 after the flip 13 is turned downward. Of course, it is understood that the elastic support portion may also be mounted on the top wall of the wire guiding channel and formed by extending upward from a side of the top wall of the wire guiding channel facing away from the fixing portion.
It can be understood that the turnbuckle can be integrally formed on the top wall of the lead channel, the lead is arranged in the lead channel from the side after the turnbuckle is turned upwards, and the turnbuckle is clamped and fixed with the bottom wall of the lead channel after the turnbuckle is turned downwards so as to limit the lead in the lead channel.
After the lead frame is installed, if the lead is under the action of pulling force F3, the lead frame has a tendency of rotating clockwise as a whole with the contact point of the fixing part 1 and the side 51 as a fulcrum under the action of external force, at this time, the buckle 11 will receive a reaction force F2, and the elastic support part 3 will be separated from the inner side wall of the box body, namely, will not abut against the inner side wall of the box body, and F1 will disappear. In order to avoid that F2 is too large and the clip 11 is structurally damaged to make the lead frame come off, in this embodiment, a hollow groove 101 is further disposed on one side of the fixing plate 10 facing the side 51, the hollow groove 101 and the clip 11 are both located above the lead channel 2, and the hollow groove 101 is farther from the lead channel 2 than the clip 11, that is, the hollow groove 101 is located above the clip 11, so that the fixing plate 10 is pressed against the side 51 toward the elastic support portion 3 and then is located on one side of the hollow groove 101 away from the clip 11 together with the contact fulcrum O of the side 51. According to the lever principle, F2 × L2 is F3 × L3, that is, F2 is F3 × L3/L2, since the size of F3 is fixed, the smaller L3/L2 is, the smaller F2 is, and the smaller L3/L2 is (L2+ L)/L2 is 1+ L/L2, so the larger L2 is, the smaller L3/L2 is, and the smaller the reaction force F2 received by the buckle 11 is, so that in the present embodiment, by providing the hollow groove 101, the contact point between the fixing portion 1 and the side 51 is as close to the upper end of the fixing plate 10 as possible, so as to reduce the ratio of L3/L2, further reduce the reaction force F2 received by the buckle 11, and avoid structural damage to the buckle 11, and after adopting the above scheme, the lead frame can bear the lead tension F3 above 60N.
It can be understood that a hollowed-out groove can be arranged on one side of the side edge facing the fixed plate, the hollowed-out groove is positioned above the clamping hole, and the clamping hole is positioned above the lead channel; or set up the boss in one side of fixed plate orientation side, boss and buckle all are located the top of lead wire passageway, and the boss compares the buckle and keeps away from the lead wire passageway, so the design also can reach the basic effect of this embodiment, and no longer detailed here.
It can be understood that, if the frame is an inverted U-shaped shelf, when the other side of the shelf extends downward to the position of the arch part, the elastic support part abuts against the other side of the frame, that is, the frame, so that the basic effect of the present embodiment can be achieved.
As shown in fig. 1, the lead frame in this embodiment further includes an L-shaped supporting plate 14 disposed at one end of the lead channel and bent and extended obliquely downward, a winding groove 141 is disposed on the supporting plate 14, and the binding wire is wound in the winding groove 141 to limit the lead on the supporting plate 14.
In order to omit the assembly of the lead frame, the lead frame is preferably integrally formed by an injection molding process in this embodiment.
The fixing part comprises a fixing plate and a buckle formed by extending one side of the fixing plate, which is far away from the elastic sheet, towards the direction far away from the elastic sheet, the buckle is clamped on the clamping hole on the side edge, and the elastic sheet is elastically abutted against the box body or the frame, so that the fixing plate moves towards the direction close to the side edge and is tightly pressed on the side edge, which faces the fixing plate, the fixing part is tensioned and fixed, and the lead support is prevented from shaking.
Example II,
Compared with the first embodiment, the difference of the present embodiment is that the fixing portion and the elastic supporting portion are both disposed on the same side of the lead channel, and the fixing portion and the elastic supporting portion are arranged at intervals or arranged at intervals up and down along the length direction of the lead channel, so that after the arching portion of the elastic supporting portion elastically abuts against one side of the side facing the fixing portion, the fixing portion can be tensioned and fixed while keeping a tendency of being away from the mounting portion.
Of course, besides the fixing part being clamped on the frame and the elastic supporting part being elastically abutted on the frame, the invention can also clamp the fixing part on the box body and the elastic supporting part being elastically abutted on the box body.
Example III,
The embodiment also provides a washing machine, which comprises the lead wire bracket in the first embodiment and/or the second embodiment.
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, and may be embodied in many different forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. Any modification which does not depart from the functional and structural principles of the present invention is intended to be included within the scope of the claims.
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1. A lead wire support for a washing machine comprises an installation part for installing the lead wire support, and is characterized in that the lead wire support comprises a fixing part, an elastic supporting part and a lead wire channel for leading wires to pass through, the fixing part and the elastic supporting part are arranged on two opposite sides of the lead wire channel, the fixing part is clamped on the installation part, the elastic supporting part is elastically abutted against the installation part, the fixing part comprises a buckle formed by extending towards the direction of the elastic supporting part, the installation part comprises a box body and a frame arranged on the inner side of the box body, the frame is an L-shaped or inverted U-shaped corner, the buckle is clamped on the frame, the elastic supporting part is elastically abutted against the inner side wall of the box body opposite to the side edge of the frame or the other side edge of the frame, so that the buckle is tightly attached to one side of the frame, which is deviated from the fixing part, and tensioning and fixing the fixing part.
2. A lead frame for a washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clip is a two-way clip.
3. The lead frame for a washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the fixing portion further comprises a pin head, the pin head and the buckle are arranged along the length direction of the lead channel, and the pin head penetrates through the frame and is attached to one side of the frame, which is far away from the fixing portion; or a groove is arranged on the frame, the opening of the groove is basically parallel to the lead channel, and the pin head is inserted into the groove to be positioned.
4. The lead frame according to claim 1, wherein a hollow groove is further formed in a side of the fixing portion facing the frame, the hollow groove and the buckle are located on the same side of the lead channel, and the hollow groove is located away from the lead channel than the buckle, so that after the fixing portion is pressed on the frame in the direction of the elastic support portion, a contact fulcrum of the fixing portion and the frame is located on a side of the hollow groove away from the buckle.
5. The lead frame of claim 1, wherein the resilient support portion is a spring plate having an arched portion that arches away from the fixing portion, the arched portion resiliently abutting against the mounting portion.
6. A lead frame for a washing machine as defined in claim 5, wherein said arch is arcuate or semi-circular in cross-section.
7. The lead frame of claim 1, wherein the side of the lead channel facing away from the fixing portion is open to facilitate the lead to be inserted into the lead channel, and the lead frame further comprises a flip button disposed on the open side, the flip button being engaged with the outer wall of the lead channel to fix the lead within the lead channel.
8. A washing machine characterized by comprising the lead frame according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
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