CN111334988B

CN111334988B - Clothes treating apparatus

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Publication number: CN111334988B
Application number: CN201811560199.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄涛; 徐永洪; 黄本财
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-19
Filing date: 2018-12-19
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-19
Also published as: CN111334988A

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and aims to solve the problems that the existing clothes treatment equipment with a washing function is poor in washing effect and the application range of clothes is very limited. To this end, the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus comprising a laundry treating drum, a water supply valve, a delivery device, a water containing member, an atomization generator, and a one-way check mechanism, the delivery device comprising a water delivery passage, the water supply valve being connected to a water inlet end of the water containing member through the water delivery passage, a water outlet end of the water containing member being connected to the atomization generator through a first pipe, a water outlet end of the water containing member being further connected to the laundry treating drum through a second pipe, the one-way check mechanism being connected to the water delivery passage and the water containing member, respectively, the one-way check mechanism being arranged to be isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve is opened and to be in communication with the atmosphere when the water supply valve is closed. The invention can improve the washing effect of the clothes treatment equipment, improve the application range of clothes, meet the use requirement of users and improve the user experience.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and particularly provides clothes treatment equipment.

Background

The laundry treating apparatus is an apparatus capable of washing, drying, sterilizing, deodorizing, etc. laundry, and as the production level is continuously increased and the user's demand is continuously increased, the user's demand for the laundry treating apparatus is also increasing.

In the prior art, taking a washing machine as an example, clothes are generally washed by a water washing mode, and mechanical rotation is accompanied in a water washing process, so that stains on the clothes are washed clean, however, the limitation of the washing mode is that: if a large amount of water is injected into the washing drum at the beginning, dirt on the surface of the clothes can directly enter the lining of the clothes in a state that the washing liquid is not completely dissolved, so that more time, water quantity, washing liquid and mechanical action are needed in the subsequent washing process to clean the clothes, the washing effect is poor, other functions such as adding a drying function to the washing machine are often added to the existing clothes treatment equipment to become a washing and drying integrated machine, the improvement does not obviously improve the washing effect of the washing machine, and the existing washing machine still cannot achieve deep treatment on the clothes made of special materials, such as cashmere, wool and other materials, and adopts the fiber structure of the clothes which are extremely easy to damage by the traditional washing, so that the application range of the clothes of the washing machine is greatly limited.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new laundry treating apparatus to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, in order to solve the problems that the existing laundry treatment apparatus having a washing function is poor in washing effect and the laundry application range is very limited, the present invention provides a laundry treatment apparatus including a laundry treatment drum, a water supply valve, a delivery device, a water receiving member, an atomizer generator, and a one-way check mechanism, the delivery device including a water delivery passage, the water supply valve being connected to a water inlet end of the water receiving member through the water delivery passage, a water outlet end of the water receiving member being connected to the atomizer generator through a first pipe, a water outlet end of the water receiving member being further connected to the laundry treatment drum through a second pipe, an outlet of the atomizer generator being provided toward an inner cavity of the laundry treatment drum, the one-way check mechanism being connected to the water delivery passage and the water receiving member, respectively, the one-way check mechanism being provided to be isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve is opened and to be communicated with the atmosphere when the water supply valve is closed.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treatment apparatus, a shower head is provided on the laundry treatment drum, and the second pipe is connected to the shower head.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treatment apparatus, the spray opening of the spray header is disposed toward the inner cavity of the laundry treatment drum.

In the preferred technical scheme of the clothes treatment device, the putting device further comprises a clothes treatment agent putting cavity, and the clothes treatment agent putting cavity is arranged below the water delivery channel.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the one-way check mechanism is disposed at a different height from the atomization generator.

In a preferred embodiment of the above-described laundry treating apparatus, the one-way check mechanism is provided at a position higher than a position at which an outlet of the mist generator is provided.

In the preferred technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the one-way check mechanism comprises a one-way check valve, a third pipeline and a fourth pipeline, the one-way check valve is connected with the water delivery channel through the third pipeline, and the one-way check valve is connected with the water containing component through the fourth pipeline.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treatment apparatus, the laundry treatment apparatus is a drum washing machine, and the laundry treatment drum is a drum of the drum washing machine.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treating apparatus, the drum washing machine further comprises a window pad coupled to the drum, and the mist generator is disposed on the window pad.

In a preferred embodiment of the above laundry treating apparatus, the mist generator is provided on an outer tub of the drum.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the one-way check mechanism is connected to the water delivery passage and the water containing member so that the water delivery passage and the water containing member can be filled with water when the water supply valve is opened, and then the one-way check mechanism is connected to the atmosphere when the water supply valve is closed so that water in the water delivery passage and the water containing member is ejected from the mist generator, and the water is converted into atomized water droplets of small particles by the atomization of the mist generator, thereby realizing the atomized air care treatment of the laundry, and in addition, other water filling means such as spraying can be provided by connecting the second pipe to the laundry treating drum. Specifically, before washing, the clothes can be wetted by atomized water drops, so that stains on the surface of the clothes are removed, the stains on the surface of the clothes are prevented from entering the lining of the clothes, and after the atomized air is washed, water is injected into the clothes treatment cylinder through the second pipeline, so that the clothes can be cleaned in the subsequent washing process through less time, less water quantity, less washing liquid and less mechanical action, the washing effect on the clothes is improved, and the clothes treatment equipment is more energy-saving. In addition, adopting this kind of atomizing air to wash the mode, can handling the clothing of special material such as cashmere, wool, not only can make the clothing surface of this material more level and smooth, can also get rid of the spot on the clothing fast to can not damage the fibrous structure of clothing, improve clothing treatment facility's clothing application scope, and then promote user experience.

Further, the second pipeline is connected with the spray header arranged on the clothes treatment cylinder, so that the clothes treatment equipment at least has two clothes washing modes of atomized air washing and spray washing, a user can flexibly select a corresponding washing mode according to the self requirement, various requirements of the user are met, and the user experience is improved.

Further, the setting position of the unidirectional non-return mechanism and the setting position of the outlet of the atomization generator are positioned at different height positions, namely, a certain liquid level difference is formed, so that water in the water delivery channel and the water containing component is conveniently and smoothly sprayed out of the outlet of the atomization generator, further, the clothes can be more conveniently atomized and air washed, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial structural schematic diagram of a laundry treating apparatus of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a partial structural schematic view of the drum washing machine of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "medium," "upper," "lower," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected" and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Based on the problems that the existing clothes treatment equipment with the washing function is poor in washing effect and limited in application range of clothes, the invention provides the clothes treatment equipment, and aims to improve the washing effect of the clothes treatment equipment with the washing function on the clothes, improve the application range of the clothes, meet the use requirement of a user and further improve the user experience.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention comprises a laundry treating drum, a water supply valve 1, a throwing device 2, a water containing member, an atomization generator 3 and a one-way check mechanism, wherein the throwing device 2 comprises a water delivery channel 21, the water supply valve 1 is connected with a water inlet end of the water containing member through the water delivery channel 21, a water outlet end of the water containing member is connected with the atomization generator 3 through a first pipeline 9, a water outlet end of the water containing member is also connected with the laundry treating drum through a second pipeline 10, an outlet of the atomization generator 3 is arranged towards an inner cavity of the laundry treating drum, the one-way check mechanism is respectively connected with the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member, and the one-way check mechanism is arranged to be isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is opened and is communicated with the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is closed. The water containing component can be a water tank, a water box and a water containing tank on the clothes treatment equipment, and a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific structure of the water containing component in practical application, so long as the water can be stored and contained through the water containing component. The atomization generator 3 can adopt an ultrasonic atomization generator and also can be a compression atomization generator, and a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific structure of the atomization generator 3 in practical application, so long as the water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing component can be converted into atomized water drops when the unidirectional non-return mechanism is communicated with the atmosphere through the atomization generator 3 so as to atomize and air wash clothes. In addition, the unidirectional check mechanism may adopt a combination structure of the unidirectional check valve 8 and the pipeline, wherein the unidirectional check valve 8 may adopt the unidirectional check valve 8 in the patent number 201721853840.8, the principle of the unidirectional check valve 8 belongs to the prior art, and is not described herein, of course, in the invention, other combination structures of the unidirectional check mechanism and the pipeline may also be adopted, for example, the unidirectional check mechanism comprises a cylinder, a moving block arranged in the cylinder and a spring connected between the cylinder and the moving block, the moving block separates an internal cavity of the cylinder into two parts, the top of the cylinder is provided with an air inlet, the bottom of the cylinder is provided with an outlet, the spring allows the moving block to move between a top limit position, a middle position and a bottom limit position, the spring keeps the moving block at the bottom limit position in a natural state, at this time, the air inlet is communicated with the outlet, the water inlet is isolated from the moving block, thereby realizing the unidirectional check mechanism is communicated with atmosphere, when water flows from the water inlet, the water pressure overcomes the acting force of the spring to enable the moving block to move to the top limit position, the air inlet is isolated from the outlet and the air inlet is isolated from the air inlet to the air inlet, and the unidirectional check mechanism is not required to be isolated from the top of the cylinder by the air mechanism, and the unidirectional check mechanism is arranged in a specific direction opposite to the direction to the top of the cylinder. Or, the unidirectional non-return mechanism may be a combined structure of a blockage and a pipeline, specifically, the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member are connected through a connecting pipe, an opening is arranged at the highest point of the connecting pipe, the blockage is arranged on the opening, the opening is closed through the blockage when the water supply valve 1 is in water, the blockage is removed when the water supply valve 1 is closed, and the opening is communicated with the atmosphere, so that water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member is sprayed out from an outlet of the atomization generator 3. The specific structure of the one-way check mechanism can be flexibly set in practical application by a person skilled in the art, as long as the one-way check mechanism can realize the isolation from the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is opened and the communication with the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is closed. In the present invention, the first pipeline 9 and the second pipeline 10 may be connected to the water delivery channel 21 through the same water outlet end of the water delivery channel 21, and may also be connected to the water delivery channel 21 through different water outlet ends of the water delivery channel 21, which is not deviated from the technical scheme of the present invention, and all the structural changes should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that, the present invention adopts the unidirectional non-return mechanism to enable the atomization generator 3 to smoothly generate atomized water drops, because the atomization generator 3 is difficult to form atomized water drops under the action of water pressure when the water supply valve 1 is always opened, so that the water supply valve 1 can be opened to store water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member, then the water supply valve 1 is closed, at this time, the water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member is sprayed onto clothes in the form of atomized water drops from the atomization generator 3 through the principle of atmospheric communication, so as to ensure that the atomization generator 3 can perform atomized air washing on the clothes, if a large amount of water is required to be injected into the clothes treating cylinder, at this time, the atomization generator 3 is closed, the water supply valve 1 is always opened, and the second pipeline 10 is ensured to be in a communicating state, so that continuous water injection into the clothes treating cylinder can be realized, wherein the second pipeline 10 can be directly connected with a water injection port or a spraying structure on the clothes treating cylinder.

In addition, it should be noted that the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention may be a drum washing machine, a pulsator washing machine, a washing and drying integrated machine, a laundry care machine, etc., and those skilled in the art may flexibly set the application object of the technical solution of the present invention, and the adjustment and the change of the application object do not deviate from the principle of the present invention, and should be limited in the protection scope of the present invention. The technical scheme of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with a drum washing machine.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the drum washing machine of the present invention includes a cabinet, a drum 4 disposed in the cabinet, a window pad 5 connected between an outer tub of the drum 4 and the cabinet, the mist generator 3 is preferably disposed on the window pad 5 and an outlet of the mist generator 3 is disposed obliquely (of course, other disposition directions may be also be provided) toward an inner cavity of the drum 4, or alternatively, the mist generator 3 may be disposed on an outer tub of the drum 4 as long as mist air washing can be performed by spraying mist water droplets toward laundry in the inner tub of the drum 4. The spray header 7 is arranged on the roller 4 or the window pad 5, the outlet of the spray header 7 is also arranged towards the inner cavity of the roller 4, the spray header 7 is mainly used for spraying water into the roller 4, the second pipeline 10 can be selectively provided with a control valve, and the control valve can control the on-off of the second pipeline 10. In addition, the drum washing machine further comprises a throwing device 2 arranged on the box body, the throwing device 2 comprises a clothes treating agent throwing cavity and a water box arranged at the top of the clothes treating agent throwing cavity, a water delivery channel 21 is formed in the water box, a water inlet end of the water delivery channel 21 is connected with a water supply valve 1 arranged on the outer side of the throwing device 2, a water outlet end of the water delivery channel 21 is connected with a water tank 6 through a pipeline, the water tank 6 is connected with the atomization generator 3 through a first pipeline 9, the water tank 6 is further connected with the drum 4 through a second pipeline 10, the water tank 6 has a water storage function, a one-way check valve 8 is arranged outside the water delivery channel 21 and the water tank 6, the one-way check valve 8 is connected with the water delivery channel 21 through a third pipeline 11, and the one-way check valve 8 is further connected with the water tank 6 through a fourth pipeline 12 (the structure is not shown in fig. 2).

Preferably, the setting position of the one-way check valve 8 is at a different height from the setting position of the outlet of the mist generator 3, i.e. when the one-way check valve 8 is in communication with the atmosphere, a certain liquid level difference can be formed between the one-way check valve 8 and the outlet of the mist generator 3, thereby making it easier for the water stored in the water delivery channel 21 and the water tank 6 to be sprayed onto the laundry in the form of atomized water droplets by the mist generator 3. Since the installation position of the dispensing device 2 is generally higher than the installation position of the drum 4 in the drum washing machine, it is more preferable to set the installation position of the one-way check valve 8 higher than the installation position of the outlet of the mist generator 3, thereby fully utilizing the original structure of the drum washing machine.

Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent modifications and substitutions for related technical features may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and substitutions will fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The clothes treatment equipment is characterized by comprising a clothes treatment cylinder, a water supply valve, a throwing device, a water containing component, an atomization generator and a one-way check mechanism, wherein the throwing device comprises a water delivery channel and a clothes treatment agent throwing cavity, the clothes treatment agent throwing cavity is arranged below the water delivery channel, the water supply valve is connected with the water inlet end of the water containing component through the water delivery channel, the water outlet end of the water containing component is connected with the atomization generator through a first pipeline, the water outlet end of the water containing component is also connected with the clothes treatment cylinder through a second pipeline, the outlet of the atomization generator faces the inner cavity of the clothes treatment cylinder, the one-way check mechanism is connected with the water delivery channel and the water containing component respectively, and the one-way check mechanism is arranged to be isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve is opened and communicated with the atmosphere when the water supply valve is closed.

2. Laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the laundry treatment drum is provided with a spray header, the second pipe being connected to the spray header.

3. Laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the spray opening of the spray header is arranged towards the inner cavity of the laundry treatment drum.

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting position of the one-way check mechanism is at a different height position from the setting position of the outlet of the mist generator.

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the one-way check mechanism is disposed at a position higher than a position at which an outlet of the mist generator is disposed.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one-way check mechanism includes a one-way check valve, a third pipe, and a fourth pipe, the one-way check valve being connected with the water delivery passage through the third pipe, the one-way check valve being connected with the water containing member through the fourth pipe.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus is a drum washing machine, the laundry treatment drum being a drum of the drum washing machine.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7, wherein the drum washing machine further comprises a window pad coupled to the drum, the mist generator being disposed on the window pad.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7, wherein the mist generator is provided on an outer tub of the drum.