CN111334991A

CN111334991A - Clothes treating apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN111334991A
Application number: CN201910372709.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄涛; 徐永洪; 黄本财
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-19
Filing date: 2019-05-06
Publication date: 2020-06-26
Also published as: CN210117535U

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 very limited in clothes application range. Therefore, the invention provides clothes treatment equipment which comprises a clothes treatment barrel, a water supply valve, a throwing device, a water containing component and an atomization generator, wherein the throwing device comprises a 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 barrel through a second pipeline, the water delivery channel and/or the water containing component are/is provided with a one-way check structure, and the one-way check structure is isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve is opened and communicated with the atmosphere when the water supply valve is closed. The invention improves the washing effect of the clothes treatment equipment on the clothes, improves the application range of the clothes, meets the use requirement of a user and improves 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, and/or deodorizing 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 increased.

In the prior art, taking a washing machine as an example, clothes are generally washed by a water washing method, and stains on the clothes are washed clean along with mechanical rotation in the water washing process, however, the washing method is limited in that: if a large amount of water is injected into the washing drum at first, stains on the surface of clothes can directly enter the lining of the clothes under the condition that washing liquid is not completely dissolved, so that the clothes can be cleaned only by needing more time, water amount, washing liquid and mechanical action in the subsequent washing process, and the washing effect is poor.

Therefore, 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, i.e. to solve the problems of the prior art that the washing effect of the laundry treating apparatus having the washing function is not good and the applicable range of the laundry is very limited, the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus, the clothes treatment equipment comprises a clothes treatment barrel, a water supply valve, a throwing device, a water containing component and an atomization generator, wherein the throwing device comprises a water delivery channel, the water supply valve is connected with a water inlet end of the water containing component through the water delivery channel, a water outlet end of the water containing component is connected with the atomization generator through a first pipeline, a water outlet end of the water containing component is further connected with the clothes treatment barrel through a second pipeline, an outlet of the atomization generator is arranged towards an inner cavity of the clothes treatment barrel, the water delivery channel and/or the water containing component are/is provided with a one-way check structure, and the one-way check structure 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.

In the preferable technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the clothes treatment barrel is provided with a spray head, and the second pipeline is connected with the spray head.

In the preferable technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the spray opening of the spray head is arranged towards the inner cavity of the clothes treatment barrel.

In the preferable technical scheme of the clothes treatment equipment, the one-way check structure is arranged close to the water inlet end of the water delivery channel.

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

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the one-way check structure is disposed at a position higher than an outlet of the mist generator.

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the one-way check structure is a one-way check valve.

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

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

In a preferred embodiment of the laundry treating apparatus, the atomization generator is disposed on the outer drum of the drum.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, by providing the one-way check structure on the water delivery channel and/or the water containing member, when the water supply valve is opened, the water delivery channel and the water containing member can be filled with water, then when the water supply valve is closed, the one-way check structure is communicated with the atmosphere to make the water in the water containing member be sprayed out from the atomization generator, and the water is converted into small atomized water drops under the atomization action of the atomization generator to achieve atomized air caring treatment to the clothes, and furthermore, by connecting the second pipeline with the clothes treatment drum, other water filling methods, such as spraying, can be provided. Specifically, before water washing, the atomized water drops can firstly wet the clothes, so that the stains on the surface of the clothes are firstly removed, the stains on the surface of the clothes are prevented from entering a lining of the clothes, and after the atomized air washing, water is injected into the clothes treatment barrel through the second pipeline, so that the clothes can be cleaned in the subsequent washing process through less time, water quantity, washing liquid and mechanical action, the washing effect on the clothes is improved, and the clothes treatment equipment is more energy-saving. In addition, the mode of adopting this kind of atomizing air to wash can be handled the clothing of special material such as cashmere, wool, not only can make the clothing surface of this material level and smooth more, 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.

Furthermore, the second pipeline is connected with the spray head arranged on the clothes treatment barrel, 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 the corresponding washing mode according to the self requirement, various requirements of the user are met, and the user experience is improved.

Further, through the one-way contrary structure set up the position and be in different high positions with the position that sets up of the export of aerosol generator, form certain liquid level difference promptly to be convenient for hold the water ejection of export from aerosol generator smoothly in the water component, and then be convenient for carry out the atomizing air washing of clothing more, promote user experience.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a partial structural schematic view 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 only for explaining the technical principle 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, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "middle", "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" 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 otherwise explicitly specified or limited, 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; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Based on the problems of poor washing effect and limited application range of clothes of the conventional clothes treatment equipment with the washing function pointed out by the background art, the invention provides the clothes treatment equipment, which 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 requirements of users and further improve the user experience.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the laundry treatment apparatus of the present invention includes a laundry treatment drum, a water supply valve 1, a dispensing device 2, a water containing member and an atomization generator 3, wherein the dispensing device 2 includes a water delivery channel 21, the water supply valve 1 is connected to 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 to the atomization generator 3 through a first pipeline 9, the water outlet end of the water containing member is further connected to the laundry treatment drum through a second pipeline 10, an outlet of the atomization generator 3 is disposed toward an inner cavity of the laundry treatment drum, a one-way check structure is disposed on the water delivery channel 21 and/or the water containing member, and the one-way check structure is configured to be isolated from the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is opened and to be communicated with the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is closed. Wherein, hold the water component and can be the water tank, still can be the water box, can be for holding the basin on the clothing treatment facility again, and the concrete structure that the technical staff in the field can set up the water component in a flexible way in practical application, as long as can store and hold water through holding the water component can. Atomizing generator 3 can adopt ultrasonic atomization generator, still can be for compressing atomization generator, and the concrete structure that the skilled person in the art can set up atomizing generator 3 in practical application in a flexible way as long as can be with holding the water in the water component through atomizing generator 3 and turn into the atomizing water droplet when one-way contrary structure and atmosphere intercommunication and wash with atomizing air to the clothing. In addition, the one-way check structure can adopt a one-way check valve 8, for example, the one-way check valve 8 in patent No. 201721853840.8, the principle of the one-way check valve 8 belongs to the prior art, which is not repeated herein, and of course, in the present invention, other one-way check structures can also be adopted, for example, the one-way check structure comprises a cylinder, a moving block arranged in the cylinder, and a spring connected between the cylinder and the moving block, the moving block divides the internal chamber 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 a water inlet, the middle 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, when the spring is in a natural state, the spring keeps the moving block at the bottom limit position, the air inlet is communicated with the, thereby realize one-way contrary structure and atmosphere intercommunication, when water flowed in from the water inlet, water pressure overcome the effort of spring and make the movable block remove to the top extreme position for water inlet and export intercommunication, air intlet and export are kept apart by the movable block, thereby realize one-way contrary structure and make water pass through and keep apart with the atmosphere, it needs to explain that foretell top and bottom are for the barrel, and the direction and the concrete position that sets up of specific one-way contrary structure do not constitute the restriction. Further alternatively, the one-way check structure may be a blocking structure, specifically, an opening may be provided at the highest point of the water delivery passage 21 and/or the water containing member, a block may be provided on the opening, the opening may be closed by the block when the water supply valve 1 is supplied with water, and the block may be removed when the water supply valve 1 is closed to communicate the opening with the atmosphere, thereby ejecting the water in the water containing member from the outlet of the atomization generator 3. Those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific structure of the one-way check structure in practical application as long as the one-way check structure can isolate the water supply valve 1 from the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is opened and communicate with the atmosphere when the water supply valve 1 is closed. Furthermore, only one-way check structure can be arranged on the water delivery channel 21, under the structure, if the one-way check structure is communicated with the atmosphere, the water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member can flow into the clothes treatment drum through the atomization generator 3, of course, the one-way check structure can be arranged on the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member respectively, so that the water in the water delivery channel 21 and the water containing member can flow into the clothes treatment drum through the atomization generator 3 when the one-way check structure is communicated with the atmosphere, or the one-way check structure can be arranged on the water containing member only, under the condition that when the one-way check structure is communicated with the atmosphere, the water in the water containing member can flow into the clothes treatment drum through the atomization generator 3 at least, technical personnel in the field can flexibly set the arrangement position and the distribution mode of the one-way check structure in practical application, as long as at least ensuring that the water in the water containing member can flow into the inside of the clothes treatment drum through the atomization generator 3 and realizing the atomized air washing of the clothes. In the present invention, the first pipeline 9 and the second pipeline 10 can be connected to the water delivery channel 21 through the same water outlet end of the water delivery channel 21, and can also be connected to the water delivery channel 21 through different water outlet ends of the water delivery channel 21, and such structural changes do not depart from the technical scheme of the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that the invention adopts the one-way check structure to enable the atomization generator 3 to generate the atomized water droplets smoothly, because when the water supply valve 1 is always opened, the atomization generator 3 is difficult to form the atomized water droplets under the action of water pressure, therefore, 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 second pipeline 10 is selectively closed), at this time, at least a part of water in the water containing member is sprayed to the clothes from the atomization generator 3 in the form of atomized water droplets by the principle of atmosphere communication, thereby ensuring that the atomization generator 3 can atomize and air-wash the clothes, if a large amount of water is required to be filled into the clothes treatment drum, 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 communication state, thereby realizing the continuous water filling into the clothes treatment drum, wherein, the second pipeline 10 can be directly connected with a water filling port or a spraying structure on the clothes treatment cylinder.

In addition, it should be noted that the clothes treatment apparatus of the present invention can be a drum washing machine, a pulsator washing machine, a washing and drying integrated machine, a clothes care machine, etc., and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the application objects of the technical solution of the present invention, and the adjustment and change of the application objects do not depart from the principle of the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention. The technical solution of the present invention is further explained below with reference to a drum washing machine.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the drum washing machine of the present invention includes a cabinet, a drum 4 disposed in the cabinet, and a window pad 5 connected between an outer drum of the drum 4 and the cabinet, and the atomization generator 3 is preferably disposed on the window pad 5 and an outlet of the atomization generator 3 is disposed obliquely toward an inner cavity of the drum 4 (although other disposition directions are also possible), or the atomization generator 3 may be disposed on an outer drum of the drum 4 as long as atomized air washing can be performed by spraying atomized water droplets to laundry in an inner drum of the drum 4. The spray head 7 is arranged on the roller 4 or the window pad 5, the outlet of the spray head 7 is also arranged towards the inner cavity of the roller 4, the spray head 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 also includes a putting device 2 arranged on the box body, the putting device 2 includes a clothes treating agent putting cavity and a water box arranged on the top of the clothes treating agent putting cavity, a water delivery channel 21 is formed in the water box, the water inlet end of the water delivery channel 21 is connected with a water supply valve 1 arranged outside the putting device 2, the 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 an atomization generator 3 through a first pipeline 9, the water tank 6 is connected with a spray head 7 through a second pipeline 10, the water tank 6 has a water storage function, a one-way check valve 8 is arranged on the water delivery channel 21, for example, the one-way check valve 8 can be arranged close to the water inlet end of the water delivery channel 21, of course, the one-way check valve 8 can also be arranged at other positions of the water delivery channel 21, and technicians in the field can flexibly set the setting position of the one-way check valve 8 on the water delivery, the adjustment and change of the setting position of the one-way check valve 8 are not to be construed as limitations of the present invention, and should be within the scope of the present invention.

Preferably, the one-way check valve 8 is disposed at a different height from the outlet of the atomizing generator 3, that is, when the one-way check valve 8 is communicated with the atmosphere, a certain liquid level difference is formed between the one-way check valve 8 and the outlet of the atomizing generator 3, so that the water stored in the water delivery passage 21 and the water tank 6 is more easily sprayed to the clothes through the atomizing generator 3 in the form of atomized water droplets. Since the loading device 2 is generally installed at a higher position than the drum 4 in the drum washing machine, it is more preferable to install the one-way check valve 8 at a higher position than the outlet of the mist generator 3, thereby sufficiently utilizing the original structure of the drum washing machine.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have 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 the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

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

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a shower head is provided on the laundry treating drum, and the second pipe is connected to the shower head.

3. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the shower port of the shower head is disposed toward the inner cavity of the laundry processing drum.

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one-way check structure is provided near a water inlet end of the water delivery channel.

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one-way check structure is provided at a different height position from a position at which the outlet of the mist generator is provided.

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the one-way check structure is provided at a position higher than that of the outlet of the mist generator.

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one-way check structure is a one-way check valve.

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

9. The laundry processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the drum washing machine further includes a window pad connected to the drum, the mist generator being disposed on the window pad.

10. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the mist generator is provided on an outer tub of the drum.