Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide the clothes treatment equipment which is convenient for collecting clothes by controlling the change of the position height of the barrel component in the box body, and the equipment is stable in control and convenient to control and does not influence the clothes treatment function of the equipment.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus control method of controlling lifting of a tub assembly.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the basic conception of the technical scheme that: a clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub assembly installed in the cabinet, and a tub assembly installed in the cabinet,
and the lifting device is used for controlling the position and the height of the barrel assembly in the box body to change.
Further, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a hanging member hanging the tub assembly in the cabinet, the hanging member constituting a guide mechanism for lifting and lowering the tub assembly. The guide structure can prevent the barrel assembly from being deviated from colliding with the box body when lifting, and the stability and the safety of the lifting of the barrel assembly are enhanced.
Further, the suspension member includes a boom, one end of which is connected to the tank and the other end of which is connected to the tub assembly, and the lifting device controls the tub assembly to lift along the boom. The lifting of the barrel component is realized by adopting the existing suspender structure, the structure is simple, and the guiding cost is not additionally increased.
Further, a hanging part is arranged on the barrel assembly, the hanging part is slidably sleeved on the hanging rod, a supporting part for supporting the hanging part is arranged at the bottom end of the hanging rod, and the lifting device is arranged between the hanging part and the supporting part and used for adjusting the distance between the hanging part and the supporting part.
Further, the lifting device comprises a first component, a second component and an adjusting unit for controlling the space between the first component and the second component, wherein the first component is arranged close to the supporting part, the second component is arranged far away from the supporting part, and at least the second component and the suspender are arranged in a sliding manner relatively;
preferably, at least one of the first component and the second component is an electromagnet, the adjusting unit is a controller for controlling the current of the electromagnet, and a controllable repulsive force is arranged between the first component and the second component;
preferably, the first member and the second member are electromagnets capable of generating repulsive force therebetween.
Further, the suspension part further comprises a shock absorber sleeved on the suspension rod, and the shock absorber is arranged between the suspension part and the supporting part;
the first component is supported on the supporting part, the second component is installed above the first component, the second component is installed below the shock absorber or sleeved on the periphery of the shock absorber or installed above the shock absorber, and preferably, the first component and the second component are both arranged between the shock absorber and the supporting part;
or, the second part is installed below the hanging part and above the first part, the first part is installed above the shock absorber or sleeved on the periphery of the shock absorber or installed below the shock absorber, preferably, the first part is installed above the shock absorber, and both the first part and the second part are arranged in a sliding manner relative to the hanging rod.
The lifting device has a small and exquisite structure, is simple, does not occupy the installation space of other parts in the box body, and can be matched with the shock absorber to provide the functions of variable damping and shock absorption in the working process of the clothes treatment equipment.
Further, the alternative or combined scheme of the scheme is that the lifting device comprises a rope winding mechanism, the rope winding mechanism comprises a pull rope, a rope winding device and a motor, one end of the pull rope is connected with the barrel assembly, the other end of the pull rope is connected with the rope winding device, and the motor is connected with the rope winding device;
preferably, the lifting device further comprises a pulley block, one end of the pull rope is connected with the rope winder, and the other end of the pull rope is connected with the barrel assembly through the pulley block;
preferably, the pull cord extends in the axial direction of the boom.
The rope winding mechanism is more stable and safer in the process of lifting the barrel assembly, and can reduce shaking in the lifting process of the barrel assembly.
Further, an alternative or combination of the foregoing is that the lifting device includes a jack-up mechanism mounted below the tub assembly. The jacking mechanism is strong in power, can be used for clothes treatment equipment with large load capacity, and is wide in application range.
The present invention also provides a laundry treatment apparatus control method comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining a first signal;
b. controlling the barrel assembly to ascend;
c. obtaining a second signal;
d. the tub assembly is controlled to descend.
Further, the first signal in the step a is a signal generated by opening the door body after the equipment is finished, and/or the first signal is an operation input signal.
Preferably, the signal generated by opening the door body within a set time after the equipment is operated is the first signal.
Further, the second signal in the step c is a signal generated by the fact that the weighing change of the equipment meets a set value or a power-off signal of the equipment, and/or the second signal is an operation input signal.
Preferably, the weight change is reduced or kept stable, and further, the weight is detected to be kept stable within a set time range after the weight change, at this time, the condition that the clothes are not taken out any more or the clothes are taken out is indicated, and a second signal is output.
By adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.
According to the invention, the lifting device is arranged on the existing clothes treatment equipment such as a washing machine or a clothes dryer so as to control and adjust the height change of the barrel assembly in the box body, and after the clothes treatment is finished, the barrel assembly is lifted to facilitate a user to take out clothes, especially small-part clothes at the bottom of the barrel; in the clothes treatment process, the barrel component is lowered to an initial working state, the operation is simple, the use is convenient, and the clothes treatment is not affected.
According to the invention, the lifting device adopting the electromagnet is arranged at the position of the suspender shock absorber, so that the repulsive force can be adjusted, the damping effect of the clothes treatment equipment can be improved in the working process, and the effect is wider.
The following describes the embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The existing laundry treatment apparatus is generally a washing machine, or a clothes dryer, or a washing and drying integrated machine, or a laundry care machine, and includes a cabinet and a tub assembly installed in the cabinet, the tub assembly including at least an inner tub for holding laundry and an outer tub installed outside the inner tub or a bearing part installed at a lower portion of the inner tub, for example, an upper edge of a peripheral wall of the outer tub may be higher than or lower than the inner tub or be leveled with an upper opening of the inner tub, the bearing part is a bearing plate body or a bearing frame body structure, the inner tub is rotatable with respect to the outer tub or the bearing part, and the outer tub or the bearing part is suspended in the cabinet by a suspension member, and/or is supported in the cabinet by a shock absorbing support. The tub assembly may further include other structures mounted on the inner tub and/or the carrying part, such as a balancing ring, a pulsator, a drain, a driving motor, etc., or such as a blower, a heater, an air duct, a sterilizing device, etc., capable of being lifted and lowered together with the tub assembly, according to the functional requirements.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention includes a cabinet 1, a tub assembly 2 installed in the cabinet 1, and a lifting device 3, the lifting device 3 controlling a position and a height of the tub assembly 2 in the cabinet 1. The user can control the tub assembly 2 to be lifted up in the cabinet 1 to facilitate the laundry taking out, for example, when the laundry is taken out, and then control the tub assembly 2 to be lowered to the initial height position after the laundry is taken out, as needed.
The lifting device 3 can realize the lifting of the barrel assembly 2 in the box body 1 by directly or indirectly lifting and dropping the barrel assembly 2, and can also realize the lifting of the barrel assembly 2 in the box body 1 by jacking and dropping the bottom of the barrel assembly 2.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the laundry treating apparatus according to the present embodiment, the tub assembly 2 is suspended and installed in the cabinet 1 by the suspension member 4, the suspension member 4 forms a guide mechanism for lifting and lowering the tub assembly 2, and the lifting device 3 controls the tub assembly 2 to lift and lower along the suspension member 4, so that the tub assembly can be prevented from colliding with the cabinet during lifting and lowering, and stability and safety of lifting and lowering of the tub assembly can be enhanced.
The suspension member 4 comprises a suspension rod 41, the upper end of the suspension rod 41 is connected with the box body 1 through a suspension rod seat 42, the lower end of the suspension rod 41 is connected with the suspension part 21 of the barrel assembly 2, the bottom end of the suspension rod 41 is provided with a support part 43 for supporting the suspension part 21, the suspension part 21 is slidably sleeved on the suspension rod 41, the lifting device 3 is arranged between the suspension part 21 and the support part 43, and the lifting of the barrel assembly 2 is controlled by adjusting the distance between the suspension part 21 and the support part 43. The lifting of the barrel component is realized by adopting the existing suspender structure, the structure is simple, and the guiding cost is not additionally increased.
The lifting device may be a controllably telescoping support structure or a controllably telescoping inflatable balloon structure.
Example two
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the lifting device 3 of the present embodiment is disposed between the hanging portion 21 and the supporting portion 43, and the lifting device 3 includes a first member 31, a second member 32, and an adjusting unit (not shown in the drawings) for controlling the size of the space between the first member 31 and the second member 32, where the first member 31 is disposed near the supporting portion 43, the second member 32 is disposed far from the supporting portion 43, the second member 32 is disposed in a sliding manner relative to the boom 41, or the first member 31 and the second member 32 are disposed in a sliding manner relative to the boom 41.
Preferably, a controllable repulsive force is provided between the first member 31 and the second member 32, and the interval between the two members is controlled by adjusting the repulsive force between the two members through the adjusting unit. At least one of the first member 31 and the second member 32 is an electromagnet, and preferably, both the first member 31 and the second member 32 are electromagnets, and the adjusting unit is a controller for controlling the current of the electromagnets.
Before taking out the clothes, the current of the electromagnet is gradually increased through the adjusting unit, and the repulsive force between the first component and the second component is gradually increased; after the clothes are taken out, the current of the electromagnet is gradually reduced through the adjusting unit, and the repulsive force between the first component and the second component is gradually reduced.
Or after taking out the clothes, the adjusting unit can also control the current of the electromagnet to be suddenly zero, the bucket assembly descends under the general use of gravity, and the bucket assembly is buffered to fall back only by the acting force of the shock absorber.
The lifting device has a small and exquisite structure, is simple, does not occupy the installation space of other parts in the box body, and can be matched with the shock absorber to provide the functions of variable damping and shock absorption in the working process of the clothes treatment equipment.
Example III
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the suspension member 4 of the present embodiment further includes a damper 5 sleeved on the boom 41, and the damper 5 is disposed between the suspension portion 21 of the tub assembly and the support portion 43 of the boom. The damper 5 includes an upper bracket 51 for supporting the suspension 21 of the tub assembly, a lower bracket 52 supported above the support 43 of the boom, and a damping structure and/or a damper spring 53 provided between the upper bracket 51 and the lower bracket 52. The damping structure may be, but is not limited to, at least one of hydraulic damping, pneumatic damping, electromagnetic damping, or frictional damping (not shown).
The support part 43 includes a support protrusion 431 at the lower end of the boom 41 and a support base 432 supported above the support protrusion 431, and the first member 31 is mounted on the support base 432, preferably, the support base 432 is fixed on the boom 41, the first member 31 is fixed relative to the boom 41, at least the first member 31 is an electromagnet, and the adjustment unit controls the current of the first member 31.
The second part 32 is mounted above the first part 31, the second part 32 being axially movable along the boom 41.
The second member 32 is mounted below the damper lower bracket 52 or around the outer circumference of the damper 5 or above the damper upper bracket 51 and below the tub assembly hanging part 21.
Preferably, the second member 32 is mounted below the shock absorber lower bracket 52.
Example IV
The difference between this embodiment and the third embodiment is that the second component is installed below the hanging portion (not shown in the figure), preferably, the second component is fixed relative to the hanging portion, the second component is an electromagnet, and the adjusting unit controls the current of the second component.
The first component is arranged above the upper support of the shock absorber, sleeved on the periphery of the shock absorber or arranged below the lower support of the shock absorber.
Preferably, the first component is supported and installed above the upper bracket of the shock absorber, and the first component and the second component are arranged in a sliding manner relative to the suspender.
More preferably, the first component is mounted on the supporting seat, the first component is relatively fixed with the suspension rod, the second component is mounted below the hanging part, the second component is relatively fixed with the hanging part, the first component and the second component are electromagnets, and the adjusting unit controls the current of the first component and the current of the second component respectively.
Example five
In this embodiment, the upper end of the boom 41 is suspended and connected with a corner plate (not shown in the drawings) of the box body through a boom seat 42, the upper end of the boom 41 is provided with a suspension support 44, the suspension support is supported on the boom seat 42 (see fig. 3 and 4), the boom seat 42 is supported on the corner plate, the lifting device is disposed between the suspension support and the corner plate (not shown in the drawings) and is used for lifting the boom, for example, the lifting device is disposed between the suspension support and the boom seat, or disposed between the boom seat and the corner plate, or disposed between the suspension support and the boom seat in part, and disposed between the boom seat and the corner plate in part, and the lifting device can be specifically combined with the second embodiment to the fourth embodiment, wherein the suspension support corresponds to a support portion of the lower end of the boom, the boom seat corresponds to a damper, and the corner plate corresponds to a suspension portion of the bucket assembly.
In particular, when the first component is mounted on the suspension support, preferably below the suspension support, the second component may be mounted on the boom seat, or on the corner plate.
When the second part is mounted above the corner plate, the first part is mounted on the boom seat, preferably below the boom seat. Preferably, the second part is mounted on the corner plate, the second part being an electromagnet.
The lifting device with the structure is convenient to install, and the control circuit is safe and reliable in wiring because the lifting device is closer to the box body.
Example six
The lifting device of this embodiment includes a rope winding mechanism (not shown in the figure), where the rope winding mechanism includes a pull rope, a rope winder, and a motor, one end of the pull rope is connected to the barrel assembly, the other end is connected to the rope winder, and the motor is connected to the rope winder. The stay cord is connected with the suspension part of the bucket assembly directly, or the stay cord is connected with the shock absorber, and is indirectly connected with the bucket assembly through the shock absorber, when the rope winding mechanism does not work, especially when the clothes treatment equipment works, the bucket assembly vibrates, the stay cord is in a free state.
Preferably, the lifting device further comprises a pulley block, one end of the pull rope is connected with the rope winder, and the other end of the pull rope is connected with the barrel assembly through the pulley block.
Preferably, the pull cord extends in the axial direction of the boom.
The rope winding mechanism of the embodiment can be matched with the lifting device in the embodiment, is more stable and safer when the rope winding mechanism lifts the barrel assembly, and can reduce shaking in the lifting process of the barrel assembly.
Example seven
As shown in fig. 5 to 9, the lifting device of the present embodiment includes a jacking mechanism 6 installed below the tub assembly 2.
Wherein, the jacking mechanism 6 comprises a supporting table 61 and a driving unit 62 for driving the supporting table 61 to lift. The drive unit 62 comprises a hydraulic or pneumatic system that provides power. The driving unit 62 is installed at the bottom of the case 1.
The support table 61 is installed at the bottom of the tub assembly 2, or the support table 61 is provided separately from the tub assembly 2, above the driving unit 62 (refer to fig. 5 and 6).
The supporting table 61 includes a supporting plate 611, where the supporting plate 611 is a whole structure, preferably, the supporting plate 611 has a hollowed-out area 612 (see fig. 5 and 6) for avoiding functional components installed below the barrel assembly, and the functional components include a driving motor 7, a drainage device, a speed reducer, and the like, which are convexly installed on the lower surface of the barrel assembly, or the supporting plate is formed by at least two plate bodies, the number of the plate bodies corresponds to the number of the driving units one by one, and each driving unit supports lifting of the corresponding plate body.
Preferably, the jacking mechanism 6 is a lifting platform (see fig. 7), and further includes a transmission unit 63, such as a crank arm transmission frame, for transmitting power of the driving unit to the support table 61.
Alternatively, the jacking mechanism 6 includes at least one jack 64 (see fig. 8 and 9) mounted below the tub assembly 2.
Further, a supporting reinforcement part is arranged at the bottom of the barrel assembly 2 corresponding to the jack 64; preferably, the support reinforcement is a support plate 611 (see fig. 9) installed at the bottom of the tub assembly 2.
The lifting device can be matched with the lifting device in each embodiment, the lifting mechanism is strong in power, can be used for clothes treatment equipment with large load capacity, and is wide in application range.
Example eight
The present invention provides a laundry treatment apparatus control method, comprising the steps of:
a. obtaining a first signal;
b. controlling the barrel assembly to ascend;
c. obtaining a second signal;
d. the tub assembly is controlled to descend.
The first signal in the step a is a signal generated by opening the door body after the equipment works, and/or the first signal is an operation input signal.
Preferably, the signal generated by opening the door body within a set time after the equipment is operated is the first signal, and when the set time is exceeded, the user can operate and control the input of the first signal.
The second signal in the step c is a signal generated by the fact that the weighing change of the equipment meets a set value or a power-off signal of the equipment, and/or the second signal is an operation input signal.
Preferably, the weight change is reduced or kept stable, and further, the weight is detected to be kept stable within a set time range after the weight change, at this time, the condition that the clothes are not taken out any more or the clothes are taken out is indicated, and a second signal is output.
The signal input by the operation can be a signal input by key control on the clothes processing equipment, or a signal input by collecting information, such as a signal obtained by collecting action, collecting voice, sensing distance, collecting images and the like.
According to the invention, the lifting device is arranged on the existing clothes treatment equipment so as to control and adjust the height change of the barrel assembly in the box body, and after the clothes treatment is finished, the barrel assembly is lifted to facilitate a user to take out clothes, especially small-part clothes at the bottom of the barrel; in the clothes treatment process, the barrel component is lowered to an initial working state, the operation is simple, the use is convenient, and the clothes treatment is not affected.
The foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, but is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made by the technical matter of the present invention can be further combined or replaced by the equivalent embodiment without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.