CN111648096A

CN111648096A - Pulsator washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN111648096A
Application number: CN201910161001.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵志强; 吕佩师; 许升; 赵新宇
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-04
Filing date: 2019-03-04
Publication date: 2020-09-11
Also published as: WO2020177670A1; JP2022522691A; JP7225425B2

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment, and particularly provides a pulsator washing machine. The invention aims to solve the problem that an upper cover needs to be opened firstly when detergent is added in the conventional pulsator washing machine. By skillfully changing the installation position of the detergent putting device, when the upper cover of the pulsator washing machine is in a closed state, an operator can still put the detergent into the pulsator washing machine through the detergent putting device with the side opening.

Description

Pulsator washing machine

Technical Field

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

Background

The washing machine is taken as the common clothes treatment equipment in daily life, has high use frequency, greatly lightens the work load of people, and is popular all the time.

For the pulsator washing machine, because the washing barrel is vertically arranged, the upper cover is opened for putting clothes, the clothes are put through the through holes in the tray seat, and meanwhile, the detergent putting device is usually arranged on the inner side surface or the top surface of the tray seat, so that the pulsator washing machine is convenient for users to use. After the putting is finished, the upper cover is covered, and the washing is started. However, when the detergent is forgotten to be put in or needs to be added, the detergent putting device is also covered by the upper cover, so the detergent can be put in only by opening the upper cover, and under normal conditions, after the pulsator washing machine starts to operate, the upper cover is automatically locked, so that a user cannot directly open the upper cover, but needs to adopt an emergency means to force the washing machine to stop operating, the operation is extremely inconvenient, the long-term use of the washing machine is not facilitated, and the service life of the washing machine is shortened.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new pulsator washing machine to solve the problem that the upper cover of the existing pulsator washing machine needs to be opened first when detergent is added.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problem that the upper cover needs to be opened first when the detergent is added to the conventional pulsator washing machine, the present invention provides a pulsator washing machine, which comprises a casing and a tray seat arranged on the casing, wherein the tray seat is connected with the casing, a through hole for putting in clothes is arranged on the top surface of the tray seat, an opening is arranged on the side surface of the tray seat, and a detergent putting device is arranged at the opening.

In a preferred embodiment of the pulsator washing machine, the detergent dispensing device includes a storage box, the opening is provided with a sealing cover, the storage box is slidably disposed in the tray and can slide out of the opening, and the sealing cover is pivotally connected to the tray.

In a preferred technical solution of the pulsator washing machine, the detergent feeding device includes a storage box, a sealing cover is disposed at the opening, the sealing cover is pivotally connected to the tray base, and the storage box is fixedly connected to an inner side of the sealing cover and can be opened together with the sealing cover.

In a preferred embodiment of the pulsator washing machine, a resilient member is disposed at a pivotal connection between the sealing cover and the tray, and/or,

the disc seat is provided with a first fixing structure, the sealing cover is correspondingly provided with a second fixing structure, and when the sealing cover is closed, the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure are fixed with each other.

In the preferable technical scheme of the pulsator washing machine, the rebounding assembly comprises a rotating arm and a torsion spring, one end of the rotating arm is in pivot connection with the tray seat, the other end of the rotating arm is in fixed connection with the sealing cover, one end of the torsion spring is in pivot connection with the tray seat, the other end of the torsion spring is in pivot connection with the rotating arm, and the torsion spring is arranged to enable the sealing cover to be located at a dead point position when the sealing cover is in an opening state or a closing state.

In a preferred embodiment of the pulsator washing machine, the detergent dispensing device further includes a power unit disposed in the tray base and connected to the sealing cover and/or the storage box to drive the sealing cover to open and close and/or the storage box to enter and exit, and/or,

the axis direction of the sealing cover and the disc seat in pivoting connection is the vertical direction.

In a preferred technical solution of the pulsator washing machine, the pulsator washing machine is further provided with a detergent extraction unit, and the detergent extraction unit is fixed inside a casing of the pulsator washing machine and connected with the storage box.

In a preferred technical solution of the pulsator washing machine, the detergent extraction unit is further provided with a first insertion structure, and correspondingly, the storage box is provided with a second insertion structure, and the first insertion structure and the second insertion structure can be inserted into each other.

In the preferred technical scheme of the pulsator washing machine, the pulsator washing machine is further provided with a control panel, and the control panel is arranged on an upper cover of the pulsator washing machine.

In a preferred embodiment of the pulsator washing machine, the electric wire line of the control panel is disposed at the pivot connection.

The technical scheme of the invention includes that an opening is arranged on the side surface of a disc seat of the pulsator washing machine, preferably the side surface close to an operator, and a detergent feeding device is arranged at the opening.

Drawings

The pulsator washing machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a prior art pulsator washing machine;

FIG. 2 is a structural schematic view (I) of a tray seat of the pulsator washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural schematic view of a tray seat of the pulsator washing machine of the present invention (II);

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure and force of the rebound assembly with the seal cover open;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure and force of the rebound assembly with the seal cover closed;

fig. 6 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at the detergent dispensing device.

List of reference numerals:

1. a detergent dispensing device; 11. a storage box; 12. a sealing cover; 13. a rebound assembly; 131. a rotating arm; 132. a torsion spring; 2. a tray seat; 21. an opening; 3. a housing.

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. And can be adjusted as needed by those skilled in the art to suit particular applications. For example, although the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure are described as the magnet and the corresponding iron block respectively in the description, it is obvious that the invention can adopt other fixing structures of various forms to fix the sealing cover and the disk seat, for example, the clamping groove and the buckle can realize mutual clamping connection, etc.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are 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 device or element 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," and "third" 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 "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.

Referring first to fig. 1, a conventional pulsator washing machine will be described. Fig. 1 shows a pulsator washing machine in the prior art, a tray base 2 is arranged on the top of a casing 3, and a detergent dispensing device is arranged on the top of the tray base 2 and can be just covered by an upper cover of the washing machine, so that the detergent dispensing device can be seen only by opening the upper cover, and then the detergent dispensing is started.

As shown in fig. 2, in order to solve the problem that the upper cover of the conventional pulsator washing machine needs to be opened first when detergent is added, the pulsator washing machine of the present invention includes a housing 3 and a tray base 2 disposed on the housing 3, the tray base 2 is connected to the housing 3, and the top surface of the tray base 2 is provided with a through hole for putting in the laundry. The side of the dish base 2 is provided with an opening 21, the opening 21 is arranged on the side of the dish base 2 close to the position where the operator stands, and the detergent dispensing device 1 is arranged at the opening 21.

The setting mode has the advantages that: the detergent feeding device 1 is arranged on the side surface of the tray seat 2 instead of the top surface of the tray seat 2, so that the problem that detergent feeding cannot be carried out after the upper cover of the washing machine is covered can be solved, the impeller type washing machine is easier to operate due to the arrangement, the convenience of the impeller type washing machine is greatly improved, and the defects of the impeller type washing machine all the time are overcome.

The pulsator washing machine of the present invention will be described in detail with further reference to fig. 2 to 6, wherein fig. 2 is a schematic structural view (one) of a tray of the pulsator washing machine of the present invention, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view (two) of the tray of the pulsator washing machine of the present invention, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view and an acting force view of a rebound assembly in a state where a sealing cover is opened, fig. 5 is a schematic structural view and an acting force view of the rebound assembly in a state where the sealing cover is closed, and fig. 6 is an enlarged view of fig. 3 at a detergent dispensing device.

As shown in fig. 2 to 6, in one possible embodiment, the detergent dispensing device 1 comprises a storage box 11, the storage box 11 being slidably disposed in the tray 2 and capable of being extended or retracted from the opening 21, so as to enable an operator to add detergent. Sealing cover 12 is arranged at opening 21 of disk seat 2, sealing cover 12 is pivotally connected with disk seat 2, the axis direction of the pivotal connection is vertical, rebound component 13 is arranged at the pivotal connection, rebound component 13 comprises rotating arm 131 and torsional spring 132, one end of rotating arm 131 is pivotally connected with disk seat 2, the other end is fixedly connected with sealing cover 12, one end of torsional spring 132 is pivotally connected with disk seat 2, and the other end is pivotally connected with rotating arm 131. A first fixing structure (not shown) is further disposed on the tray base 2, the first fixing structure is a magnet, and a second fixing structure (not shown) is correspondingly disposed on the sealing cover 12, the second fixing structure is an iron block, and when the sealing cover 12 is closed, the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure are combined with each other to fix the sealing cover 12.

The setting mode has the advantages that: the detergent dispenser 1 has a sealing cover 12 to separate the storage box 11 from the external environment of the washing machine and to ensure that the detergent is not mixed with impurities. Increase subassembly 13, first fixed knot and the second fixed knot of kick-backing and construct, can produce dual effort, seal lid 12 under with the closure state firmly pastes together with dish seat 2, can not make the detergent box vibrate out under operating condition such as dehydration, also can reduce the friction that the vibration produced, and then reduce wear and tear ageing. In addition, the rebound assembly 13 enables the sealing cover 12 to be located at a dead point position when in an opening state or a closing state, and the opening or closing state can be maintained without interfering with detergent addition of an operator. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the resilient assembly 13 works on the principle that when the sealing cover 12 is in the open state, i.e., the state shown in fig. 4, the acting force of the torsion spring 132 is directed to the connecting point of the torsion spring 132 and the tray base 2 from the connecting point of the torsion spring 132 and the rotating arm 131 as shown in the figure, and a counterclockwise torque is provided to the rotating arm 131 relative to the rotating point of the rotating arm 131, so that the sealing cover 12 is always in the open state; when the sealing cover 12 is in the closed state, i.e. the state shown in fig. 5, due to the external force, the force will provide a clockwise torque to the rotating arm 131, so that the sealing cover 12 is always in the closed state.

In a possible embodiment of the pulsator washing machine, the detergent dispensing device 1 further comprises a power unit (not shown), the power unit is a motor, and may be a power element such as a cylinder, an electric cylinder, etc., and the power unit is disposed in the tray base 2 and connected to the sealing cover 12, so as to drive the sealing cover 12 to open and close. The pulsator washing machine further includes a detergent drawing unit (not shown) fixed within the housing 3 of the pulsator washing machine and connected to the storage box 11 to draw the detergent within the storage box 11, the detergent drawing unit including a drawing line and a motor, but may be other drawing devices such as a vacuum pump, etc. When the storage box 11 is in the closed position, the insertion rod is inserted into the insertion hole, so that the detergent extracting unit is in sealed butt joint with the detergent box, and the extraction of the detergent is better completed. The upper cover of the pulsator washing machine is also provided with a control panel (not shown in the figure), which can be mechanical or touch screen, and is arranged at a position close to one side of an operator.

The setting mode has the advantages that: the addition of a power unit and a control panel enables a user to directly and easily operate the opening and closing of the detergent dispenser 1, and also enables easier automated control. The detergent extraction unit is added, so that automatic control can be easily realized, the detergent can be effectively extracted, a large amount of residues can not be generated, the detergent feeding amount can be accurately controlled, and the detergent feeding precision is higher than that of manual feeding. The first inserting structure and the second inserting structure are added, so that the detergent extracting unit is connected with the detergent box more tightly, and the leakage in the extracting process is prevented.

Particularly, if the devices needing to be arranged with lines, such as the control panel, the detergent extraction unit, the power unit and the like, need to pass through the detergent putting device 1, the preferred embodiment is to make the lines pass through the rotating shaft to avoid frequent bending and breaking, so as to stop the pulsator washing machine.

In summary, by installing the detergent dispensing device 1 at the opening 21 on the side surface of the tray base 2, the pulsator washing machine does not need to open the upper cover when adding detergent, and the vacant area on the top surface of the tray base 2 is not occupied. The detergent dispenser 1 has a sealing cover 12 and a storage box 11, so that the storage box 11 is separated from the external environment, and is cleaner and more sanitary. The addition of the rebound assembly 13, the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure makes the sealing cover 12 and the tray 2 combined more firmly. The power unit and the control panel are added, so that the operation is easier and more labor-saving for operators, and the automatic control can be more easily realized. The detergent extraction unit is added to reduce the detergent residue. The first insertion structure and the second insertion structure are added, so that the detergent extraction unit is combined with the storage box 11 more tightly, and the detergent is prevented from leaking.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments are only used for illustrating the principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can modify the above-mentioned structure so that the present invention can be applied to more specific application scenarios without departing from the principle of the present invention.

For example, in an alternative embodiment, the position of the opening 21 on the tray 2 can be set on any other three sides, and if the opening is set on the side of the tray 2, the user can complete the detergent dispensing action without opening the upper cover of the washing machine, without departing from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, the present invention is within the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the storage case 11 may be fixedly attached to the inside of the sealing lid 12, and the sealing lid 12 may be pivotally connected to the tray 2 at the opening 21, such that when the sealing lid 12 is opened, the storage case 11 is pulled out along with the sealing lid 12, and when the sealing lid 12 is closed, the storage case 11 may also follow the sealing lid 12 for closing, without departing from the principles of the present invention, and thus, all of them fall within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the direction of the axis of the pivotal connection may be horizontal, and the opening of the sealing cover 12 is not affected, therefore, the direction of the pivotal axis may be vertical, horizontal or other directions, which should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention, without departing from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, all of the directions of the pivotal connection and the sealing cover are within the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the sealing cover 12 and the tray 2 may be not only pivotally connected, but also slidably connected, so that the sealing cover 12 can translate relative to the tray 2 at the opening 21, and the addition of a translation sliding rail can be implemented, therefore, the connection manner of the sealing cover 12 and the tray 2 should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention as long as the opening and closing of the sealing cover 12 can be implemented, which do not depart from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the resilient assembly 13 may also have only one torsion spring 132, and accordingly, a structure for preventing the sealing cover 12 from being resilient is provided at the position of the opening state, such as a snap structure, etc., which can also enable the sealing cover 12 to be closed in the closing state by the tension of the torsion spring 132, and the opening state is always in the opening state by being restricted by the snap structure, and the resilient assembly 13 has various structures as long as the sealing cover 12 can be tightly closed with the tray 2 or maintained in the opening state, which do not depart from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the first fixing structure and the second fixing structure may also be other structures, for example, the first fixing structure is a slot, the second fixing structure is a buckle, the slot and the buckle realize a mutual snap connection, etc., as long as it can further realize a firmer fixing of the sealing cover 12 and the tray base 2 in the closed state, which do not depart from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, all of them will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in an alternative embodiment, the power unit may also be coupled to storage case 11 to control the sliding of storage case 11 out of opening 21 or back into tray 2, or may be coupled to both storage case 11 and sealing lid 12 to drive both movements without departing from the principles of the present invention and, therefore, falling within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the first and second plug structures may be other conventional plug structures, such as a card slot and a snap structure, without departing from the principle of the present invention, and therefore, all of them will fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

For example, in another alternative embodiment, the detergent extracting unit may also be a motor directly installed in the storage box 11, and the detergent is directly discharged out of the detergent box and into the washing tub by the driving of the motor, without departing from the principle of the present invention, and thus all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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 pulsator washing machine comprises a shell and a disc seat arranged on the shell, wherein the disc seat is connected with the shell, a through hole for putting clothes is formed in the top surface of the disc seat, and the pulsator washing machine is characterized in that an opening is formed in the side surface of the disc seat, and a detergent putting device is arranged at the opening.

2. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detergent dispensing device comprises a storage box, a sealing cover is disposed at the opening, the storage box is slidably disposed in the tray and can slide out of the opening, and the sealing cover is pivotally connected to the tray.

3. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detergent dispensing device comprises a storage box, a sealing cover is disposed at the opening, the sealing cover is pivotally connected to the tray base, and the storage box is fixedly connected to an inner side of the sealing cover and is openable together with the sealing cover.

4. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein a resilient member is provided at a pivotal connection of the sealing cover and the disc seat, and/or,

5. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resilient assembly comprises a rotation arm having one end pivotally connected to the tray and the other end fixedly connected to the sealing cap, and a torsion spring having one end pivotally connected to the tray and the other end pivotally connected to the rotation arm, the torsion spring being disposed to enable the sealing cap to be located at a dead point position when the sealing cap is in an opened state or a closed state.

6. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein the detergent dispensing device further comprises a power unit disposed in the tray base and connected to the sealing cover and/or the storage box so as to drive the sealing cover to open and close and/or the storage box to enter and exit, and/or,

7. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 2 or 3, wherein a detergent extraction unit is further provided, the detergent extraction unit being fixed inside the housing of the pulsator washing machine and connected with the storage box.

8. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the detergent extraction unit is further provided with a first insertion structure, and the storage box is correspondingly provided with a second insertion structure, the first insertion structure being capable of being inserted into the second insertion structure.

9. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 2 or 3, further comprising a control panel provided on an upper cover thereof.

10. The pulsator washing machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein a wire line of the control panel is provided at the pivot connection.