CN111358408A

CN111358408A - Automatic feeding device and dish washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN111358408A
Application number: CN202010349096.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱剑锋; 赵海民; 赫家宽; 常丽君; 顾然升; 王领
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-04-28
Filing date: 2020-04-28
Publication date: 2020-07-03

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic feeding device and a dish washing machine, wherein the automatic feeding device comprises a storage cavity and a feeding cavity which are communicated, the storage cavity is used for storing washing materials, a hollow rotating structure is arranged in the feeding cavity, a material cup is arranged in the rotating structure, the automatic feeding device also comprises a driving structure, the driving structure is fixed in the feeding cavity, and the driving structure is connected with the rotating structure so as to drive the rotating structure to rotate, so that the material cup can feed the washing materials. The automatic feeding device can be arranged in a door body of the dish washing machine, the size of the dish washing machine is reduced, the driving structure is arranged in the rotating structure, the size of the feeding device is greatly reduced, meanwhile, the requirement of feeding materials for multiple times in one-time feeding is met, the feeding precision is high, and the allowance of the dish washing materials can be monitored through the visual groove under the condition that sealing is guaranteed.

Description

Automatic feeding device and dish washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to a dish washing machine, in particular to an automatic feeding device and a dish washing machine.

Background

As is well known, dish washing machines in the market are all provided with a distributor, and dish washing powder is put into an inner container through the distributor. Receive the development of dispenser, the dispenser is put in the mode of washing the dishes powder single and can only put in once, to the user, all need manual the required powder that washes the dishes of adding when using dish washer at every turn, the volume of putting in at every turn also can't be according to required accurate setting, the action of this manual throwing in powder that washes the dishes also can cause the waste of the powder that washes the dishes when increasing work load. The long-term experimental research shows that the dish washing powder is put in batches in the washing stage of the dish washing machine, which is beneficial to the cleaning effect of the tableware, but the current dish washing machine dispensers can only be put in once, and the cleaning effect of the tableware is limited for the dish washing machine.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an automatic feeding device and a dish washing machine, which aim to solve the technical problems mentioned in the background technology.

In order to achieve the purpose, the specific technical scheme of the automatic feeding device and the dish washing machine is as follows:

the utility model provides an automatic throw material device, includes the storage chamber of intercommunication and puts in the chamber, and the storage chamber is used for the storage washing material, puts in the intracavity and is equipped with hollow revolution mechanic, sets up the material cup in the revolution mechanic, still includes drive structure, and drive structure fixes in putting in the intracavity, and drive structure is connected with revolution mechanic to drive revolution mechanic rotates, makes the material cup put in the washing material.

Further, the storage cavity encloses city with the casing of input chamber after closing by protecgulum and back lid, and the middle part of casing sets up the baffle that has the through-hole in order to cut apart the storage cavity and put in the chamber and make two cavitys intercommunication, and the protecgulum top that is located the storage cavity is equipped with the feed inlet, and the casing bottom sets up the dog-house.

Furthermore, a visual groove is formed in the front cover and extends downwards to the partition plate.

Furthermore, the side wall of the rotating structure is provided with an opening, the material cup is arranged below the opening along the radial direction of the rotating structure, the opening end of the material cup is arranged in the opening, and the outer diameter of the material cup is the same as the diameter of the opening.

Furthermore, revolution mechanic closes by front end housing and rear end cap and forms, and front end housing and rear end cap all are circularly, and the center department of front end housing and rear end cap outer wall all sets up the pivot, and the front end housing and the rear end of putting in chamber department set up the recess, and the pivot inserts in the recess.

Furthermore, the guide structure comprises a guide post arranged on the outer wall of the rear end cover and an arc-shaped guide hole arranged on the rear end cover, the circle center of the guide hole is located on the axis of the rotating shaft, the radius of the guide hole is the distance between the axis of the rotating shaft and the axis of the guide post, and the guide post moves along the guide hole.

Furthermore, the bottom of the material cup is provided with a fixed block, the inner walls of the front cover and the rear cover are respectively provided with two clamping blocks for limiting the fixed block, the surfaces of the two clamping blocks, which are opposite to each other, are provided with clamping grooves, and the corners of the fixed block are clamped into the clamping grooves.

Further, drive structure includes the motor, and the motor is fixed on the inner wall of input chamber, is close to set up on the revolution mechanic of inner wall and dodge the hole, set up driven gear with the inner wall center department of the revolution mechanic that dodges the hole and is relative, fixed driving gear on the motor, driving gear and driven gear meshing to drive revolution mechanic rotates.

A dish washing machine comprises an inner container, a door body and the automatic feeding device, wherein the automatic feeding device is fixed on the door body or the inner container, and washing materials are fed into the inner container by the automatic feeding device.

Further, automatic feeding device fixes on the door body, and the door body is including lock inner door and outer door together, and automatic feeding device sets up between inner door and outer door, sets up first hole and second hole on the inner door respectively, and in the feeding port passed first hole and stretched into the inner bag, the outer wall of feeding port set up the external screw thread, and the nut is screwed on feeding port, and crooked feeding pipe is connected to the feeding port, and feeding pipe passes the second hole and stretches into in the inner bag.

The automatic feeding device and the dish washing machine have the following advantages that:

the automatic feeding device can be arranged in a door body of the dish washing machine, the size of the dish washing machine is reduced, the driving structure is arranged in the rotating structure, the size of the feeding device is greatly reduced, meanwhile, the requirement of feeding materials for multiple times in one-time feeding is met, the feeding precision is high, and the allowance of the dish washing materials can be monitored through the visual groove under the condition that sealing is guaranteed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a front view of the automatic feeding device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the automatic charging apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the automatic feeding device of the present invention after being fixed;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along plane A-A' of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of the dishwasher according to the present invention.

The reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 1. a door body; 2. an inner container; 3. an automatic feeding device; 31. a front cover; 311. a feeding port; 312. a visual slot; 32. a rear cover; 321. a guide hole; 33. a partition plate; 34. a feeding port; 4. a rotating structure; 41. a front end cover; 411. a driven gear; 412. a clamping block; 42. a rear end cap; 421. avoiding holes; 422. a rotating shaft; 423. a guide post; 5. a material cup; 51. a fixed block; 6. a motor; 61. a driving gear; 7. a feeding pipe.

Detailed Description

For a better understanding of the objects, structure and function of the invention, an automatic dosing device and a dishwasher according to the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The automatic feeding device comprises a storage cavity and a feeding cavity which are communicated from top to bottom, wherein the storage cavity is used for storing washing materials, a hollow rotating structure 4 is arranged in the feeding cavity, a material cup 5 is arranged in the rotating structure 4, the automatic feeding device also comprises a driving structure, the driving structure is fixed in the feeding cavity and is connected with the rotating structure 4, and the driving structure drives the rotating structure 4 to rotate so as to enable the material cup 5 to feed the washing materials. The drive structure sets up in putting in intracavity portion, reduces greatly and throws the volume of material device.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the storage cavity and the dispensing cavity are enclosed by a casing covered by a front cover 31 and a rear cover 32, the casing forms two cavities with a wide top and a narrow middle, a partition plate 33 with a through hole is arranged in the middle of the casing to divide the storage cavity and the dispensing cavity and communicate the two cavities, the edges of the front cover 31 and the rear cover 32 can be provided with matched buckles and fixed by screws, a material adding port 311 is arranged at the top of the front cover 31 positioned in the storage cavity, a material adding port 34 is arranged at the bottom of the casing, and the material adding port 34 is formed by a part of a pipe extending out of the bottoms of the front cover 31 and the rear cover 32. The dosing chamber is circular so that the rotating structure 4 rotates inside the dosing chamber.

In order to facilitate observation of the residual amount of the washing materials in the storage cavity, the front cover 31 is provided with the visual groove 312, and the visual groove 312 extends downwards to the partition plate 33, so that the user can add the washing materials in time, and the user experience is greatly improved.

Revolution mechanic 4 is hollow, sets up the trompil on revolution mechanic 4's the lateral wall, and material cup 5 radially sets up in the trompil below along revolution mechanic 4, and above-mentioned trompil is arranged in to material cup 5's open end, and material cup 5's external diameter is the same with the diameter of trompil to make the material of storage intracavity enter into revolution mechanic 4 smoothly in the material cup 5.

The rotating structure 4 is formed by covering a front end cover 41 and a rear end cover 42, the front end cover 41 and the rear end cover 42 are both circular, the centers of the outer walls of the front end cover 41 and the rear end cover 42 are both provided with a rotating shaft 422, the front cover 31 and the rear cover 32 at the throwing cavity are provided with grooves, and the rotating shaft 422 is inserted into the grooves, so that the rotating structure 4 can rotate around the rotating shaft 422 relative to the shell.

As shown in fig. 2, in order to make the rotation structure 4 rotate more smoothly relative to the housing, the rotation structure further includes a guiding structure, the guiding structure includes a guiding post 423 disposed on the outer wall of the rear end cover 42 and an arc-shaped guiding hole 321 disposed on the rear end cover 32, the center of the guiding hole 321 is on the axial line of the rotating shaft 422, the radius of the guiding hole 321 is the distance between the axial line of the rotating shaft 422 and the axial line of the guiding post 423, and the guiding post 423 can move along the guiding hole 321.

Material cup 5 can with 4 integrated into one piece of revolution mechanic, material cup 5 also can set up to detachable structure, and detachable material cup 5 can be according to the quantity change material cup 5 of washing material to the demand to different quantities greatly obtains satisfying. The bottom of the material cup 5 is provided with a fixed block 51, the inner walls of the front cover 31 and the rear cover 32 are respectively provided with two blocks 412 for limiting the fixed block 51, the opposite surfaces of the two blocks 412 are provided with clamping grooves, and the corners of the fixed block 51 are clamped in the clamping grooves, so that the material cup 5 is fixed.

The driving structure comprises a motor 6, the motor 6 is fixed on the inner wall of the releasing cavity, an avoiding hole 421 is formed in the rotating structure 4 close to the inner wall, a driven gear 411 is arranged at the center of the inner wall of the rotating structure 4 opposite to the avoiding hole 421, a driving gear 61 is fixed on the motor 6, and the driving gear 61 is meshed with the driven gear 411 to drive the rotating structure 4 to rotate.

If motor 6 is fixed on back lid 32, set up on the rear end cap 42 and dodge hole 421, set up driving gear 61 on the output shaft of motor 6, front end cap 41 inner wall sets up driven gear 411, driving gear 61 and driven gear 411 meshing, dodge hole 421 and material cup 5 and set up relatively, after opening motor 6, material cup 5 can change between the through-hole of baffle 33 and feeding mouth 311 to accomplish and add the material. Or the motor 6 is fixed on the front cover 31, the front cover 41 is provided with an avoiding hole 421, the center of the inner wall of the rear cover 42 is provided with a driven gear 411, and a driving gear 61 on the motor 6 is meshed with the driven gear 411.

Dodge hole 421 and be fan-shaped hole, the central angle that fan-shaped dodge hole 421 corresponds is 180, when needs put in the washing material, motor 6 drives gear drive to whole revolution mechanic 4 for revolution mechanic 4 rotates 180, when material cup 5 is vertical down, the washing material of material cup 5 the inside can be put in to the dish washer inside along adding material mouth 311, reach the purpose of putting in the washing material, meanwhile motor 6 drives revolution mechanic 4 and rotates 180 in the opposite direction and return initial position and make preparation for putting in the washing material next time.

The clearance between the rotating structure 4 and the inner wall of the feeding cavity is extremely small, so that water drops can be effectively prevented from entering the material cup 5 or washing materials in the material cup 5 can be effectively prevented from entering the dishwasher through a gap.

As shown in fig. 5, the invention also provides a dish washing machine, which comprises an inner container 2, a door body 1 and the automatic feeding device 3, wherein the automatic feeding device 3 is fixed on the door body 1 or the inner container 2, and the automatic feeding device 3 feeds washing materials into the inner container 2.

The door body 1 includes lock inner door and outer door together, and automatic feeding device 3 sets up between inner door and outer door, sets up first hole and second hole on the inner door respectively, and in feeding port 311 passed first hole and stretched into inner bag 2, the outer wall of feeding port 311 sets up the external screw thread, and the nut is screwed on feeding port 311, and it is fixed to throw automatic feeding device 3, and feeding port 311 sets up the lid, and crooked feeding pipe 7 is connected to feeding port 34, and feeding pipe 7 passes the second hole and stretches into in inner bag 2.

This automatic throw material device 3 can set up in the door body 1 of dish washer, reduces the volume of dish washer, through setting up drive structure inside revolution mechanic 4, greatly reduced throws the volume of material device, simultaneously, satisfies once and adds the demand that the material throwed many times, throws the material precision height, under the sealed circumstances of assurance, can monitor the surplus of the material that washes the dishes through visual groove 312.

It is to be understood that the present invention has been described with reference to certain embodiments, and that various changes in the features and embodiments, or equivalent substitutions may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the invention without departing from the essential scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the invention will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an automatic throw material device, includes the storage cavity of intercommunication and puts in the chamber, and the storage cavity is used for the storage washing material, and its characterized in that puts in the intracavity and is equipped with hollow revolution mechanic (4), sets up material cup (5) in revolution mechanic (4), still includes drive structure, and drive structure fixes and puts in the intracavity, and drive structure is connected with revolution mechanic (4) to drive revolution mechanic (4) rotate, make material cup (5) put in the washing material.

2. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the storage chamber and the feeding chamber are enclosed by a front cover (31) and a rear cover (32) covered by a housing, a partition plate (33) with a through hole is arranged in the middle of the housing to divide the storage chamber and the feeding chamber and communicate the two chambers, a feeding port (311) is arranged at the top of the front cover (31) of the storage chamber, and a feeding port (34) is arranged at the bottom of the housing.

3. The automatic feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the front cover (31) is provided with a visual groove (312), and the visual groove (312) extends downwards to the partition plate (33).

4. The automatic feeding device according to claim 2, characterized in that the side wall of the rotating structure (4) is provided with an opening, the cup (5) is arranged below the opening along the radial direction of the rotating structure (4), the open end of the cup (5) is arranged in the opening, and the outer diameter of the cup (5) is the same as the diameter of the opening.

5. The automatic feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the rotating structure (4) is formed by covering a front end cover (41) and a rear end cover (42), the front end cover (41) and the rear end cover (42) are both circular, the centers of the outer walls of the front end cover (41) and the rear end cover (42) are both provided with a rotating shaft (422), the front cover (31) and the rear cover (32) at the position of the feeding cavity are provided with grooves, and the rotating shaft (422) is inserted into the grooves.

6. The automatic feeding device according to claim 5, characterized by further comprising a guide structure, wherein the guide structure comprises a guide post (423) arranged on the outer wall of the rear end cover (42) and an arc-shaped guide hole (321) arranged on the rear cover (32), the center of the guide hole (321) is on the axial line of the rotating shaft (422), the radius of the guide hole (321) is the distance between the axial line of the rotating shaft (422) and the axial line of the guide post (423), and the guide post (423) moves along the guide hole (321).

7. The automatic feeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that a fixing block (51) is arranged at the bottom of the material cup (5), two clamping blocks (412) for limiting the fixing block (51) are respectively arranged on the inner walls of the front cover (31) and the rear cover (32), clamping grooves are arranged on the opposite surfaces of the two clamping blocks (412), and the corners of the fixing block (51) are clamped into the clamping grooves.

8. The automatic feeding device according to claim 5, wherein the driving structure comprises a motor (6), the motor (6) is fixed on the inner wall of the feeding cavity, an avoiding hole (421) is formed in the rotating structure (4) close to the inner wall, a driven gear (411) is arranged at the center of the inner wall of the rotating structure (4) opposite to the avoiding hole (421), a driving gear (61) is fixed on the motor (6), and the driving gear (61) is meshed with the driven gear (411) to drive the rotating structure (4) to rotate.

9. A dishwasher, characterized by comprising an inner container (2), a door body (1) and an automatic feeding device (3) according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the automatic feeding device (3) is fixed on the door body (1) or the inner container (2), and the automatic feeding device (3) feeds washing materials into the inner container (2).

10. The dishwasher of claim 9, characterized in that the automatic feeding device (3) is fixed on the door body (1), the door body (1) comprises an inner door and an outer door which are fastened together, the automatic feeding device (3) is arranged between the inner door and the outer door, the inner door is respectively provided with a first hole and a second hole, the feeding port (311) penetrates through the first hole and extends into the inner container (2), the outer wall of the feeding port (311) is provided with an external thread, the nut is screwed on the feeding port (311), the feeding port (34) is connected with a bent feeding pipe (7), and the feeding pipe (7) penetrates through the second hole and extends into the inner container (2).