CN112168103A

CN112168103A - Dish washing machine

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Publication number: CN112168103A
Application number: CN201910605230.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵志强; 许升; 吕佩师; 吴玲
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Dishwasher Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-07-05
Filing date: 2019-07-05
Publication date: 2021-01-05

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of dish washing machines, and particularly provides a dish washing machine. The invention aims to solve the problem that an electric component cannot be configured on a rotating component in the traditional dish washing machine, and therefore, the dish washing machine comprises a box body, the rotating component arranged in the box body, a magnet, an electric wire arranged close to the magnet and the electric component electrically connected with the electric wire; the magnet is movably disposed on the rotating member; the magnet is movable when the rotating member rotates and/or vibrates, causing the electrical wire to generate an electrical current to power the powered member. Therefore, the dishwasher of the invention not only can arrange the electric component on the rotating component, but also avoids the problem of wire winding caused by the rotation of the rotating component.

Description

Dish washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of washing equipment, and particularly provides a dish washing machine.

Background

The dish washer is used to automatically clean tableware such as dish, chopsticks, dish, knife and fork. The conventional dish washer generally includes a cabinet, a door for closing an opening of the cabinet at an upper portion of the cabinet, a dish rack provided in the cabinet for holding dishes, and a spray member provided in the cabinet for spraying the dishes. Wherein at least one of the dish rack and the spraying member is rotatable so that the washing water sprayed from the spraying member can be uniformly sprayed onto the dishes to clean the dishes in all directions.

If it is desired to provide an electrical component on a rotatable bowl rack (or spray component) in a dishwasher, it is necessary to introduce electrical wires on the cabinet onto the bowl rack (or spray component) and to enable the wires to rotate with the bowl rack (or spray component). Therefore, the electric wire is bound to be wound, and even the electric wire is twisted off due to too many winding turns.

In view of the above problems, the conventional dish washer cannot arrange an electric component (e.g., an illumination component) on the dish rack (or the spray component).

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new dishwasher to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, namely to solve the problem that an electric component cannot be configured on a rotating component in the conventional dish washing machine, the invention provides a dish washing machine, which comprises a box body and the rotating component arranged in the box body; the dishwasher further includes a magnet, an electric wire disposed adjacent to the magnet, and a power using member electrically connected to the electric wire; the magnet is movably disposed on the rotating member; the magnet is movable when the rotating member rotates and/or vibrates, causing the electrical wire to generate an electrical current to power the powered member.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the electric wire and the electric component are respectively fixedly provided on the rotating component.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the dishwasher further includes a guide sleeve fixedly provided on the rotating member, the magnet is slidably provided inside the guide sleeve, and the electric wire is wound around an outer side of the guide sleeve.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the guide sleeve is connected to the rotating member in such a manner that the magnet can slide in a radial direction of the rotating member; and/or the guide sleeve is of a closed structure and is used for preventing the magnet from contacting with the external environment of the guide sleeve.

In a preferred technical solution of the above dishwasher, the dishwasher further includes a spring disposed in the guide sleeve, the spring is disposed along a sliding direction of the magnet, and one end of the spring is connected with the magnet, and the other end of the spring is connected with one end of the guide sleeve.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the number of the springs is two, and the two springs are respectively located on both sides of the magnet in a sliding direction of the magnet.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the electricity consuming member is an ultraviolet lamp.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the dishwasher further includes a circuit board connected to the electric wire and the electric component, respectively.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the dishwasher further includes a battery connected to the electric wire and the circuit board, respectively.

In a preferred embodiment of the above dishwasher, the rotating member is a rack for holding dishes or a spraying member for spraying the dishes.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a movable magnet is provided on a rotating member, an electric wire is provided adjacent to the magnet, and a power-using member electrically connected to the electric wire is provided so that the magnet can reciprocate when the rotating member rotates, causing the electric wire to generate electric current to power the power-using member. Therefore, the dishwasher of the invention not only can arrange the electric component on the rotating component, but also avoids the problem of wire winding caused by the rotation of the rotating component.

Preferably, the electricity using member is an ultraviolet lamp so that the ultraviolet rays emitted from the ultraviolet lamp can sterilize and disinfect the inside of the dish washer and dishes.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a dishwasher of the present invention in a first embodiment thereof;

fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a power generation module of the invention in a first embodiment thereof;

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a power generation module of the invention in a second embodiment thereof;

fig. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a power generation module of the invention in a third embodiment thereof;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a dishwasher of the present invention in a second embodiment thereof.

List of reference numerals:

1. a box body; 2. a door; 3. a spray member; 31. a cantilever; 4. a power generation module; 41. a guide sleeve; 42. a magnet; 43. an electric wire; 44. a circuit board; 45. a storage battery; 5. a light emitting member.

Detailed Description

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, the bowls of the present invention include bowls, chopsticks, plates, dishes, knives, forks, etc., and those skilled in the art can adjust them as needed to suit the specific application, and the adjusted technical solution will still fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating the directions or positional relationships 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 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.

A first embodiment of the dishwasher of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1.

As shown in fig. 1, the dishwasher of the present invention mainly includes a cabinet 1, a door 2 pivotally provided on the cabinet 1, and a rotating member rotatably provided in the cabinet 1. Further, the rotating member is a spraying member 3 for spraying dishes in the dishwasher.

Continuing with fig. 1, the spray member 3 comprises four cantilever arms 31, each of which is provided with at least one spray hole (not shown). When the spraying member 3 rotates, the washing water can be sprayed out from the spraying holes on the four cantilevers 31 and sprayed to the bowls, so that the spraying member 3 can clean the bowls in a rotary spraying manner. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the spray member 3 may be provided in any feasible configuration other than the "cross" configuration shown in fig. 1, such as a triangular configuration, a "straight" configuration, a circular configuration, etc. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the spray member 3 may be provided on the inner top or inner side of the dishwasher in addition to the inner bottom of the dishwasher.

It should be noted that since other constructions of the dishwasher are well known to those skilled in the art and have no direct relevance to the technical solution to be protected by the present invention, they will not be described in more detail herein.

With continued reference to fig. 1, the dishwasher of the present invention further includes a power generation module 4 and a light emitting member 5 electrically connected to the power generation module 4. Wherein, the power generation module 4 and the light emitting component 5 are both arranged on the cantilever 31, and the power generation module 4 can generate current to light the light emitting component 5 in the rotating process of the spraying component 3, so that the light emitting component 5 lights the inner space of the dishwasher, and the user can observe the inner condition of the dishwasher conveniently.

Preferably, the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5 are electrically connected together in a physical contact manner. Specifically, the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5 may be directly connected together by any feasible means such as welding, abutting, crimping, or the like, or may be indirectly connected together by a member capable of conducting electricity (e.g., an electric wire, conductive ceramics, conductive rubber, or the like). Further, the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5 may be electrically connected to each other in a wireless manner as needed by those skilled in the art. Specifically, there is no physical contact between the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5, and the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5 are provided with induction coils, respectively. The induction coil on the power generation module 4 can generate a transformed magnetic field, and the induction coil on the light emitting member 5 can be acted on by the transformed magnetic field to generate current to light the light emitting member 5.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the power generation modules 4 and the light emitting members 5 disposed on the shower member 3 may be any number, for example, 8 power generation modules 4 and 16 light emitting members 5, 10 power generation modules 4 and 20 light emitting members 5, 7 power generation modules 4 and 14 light emitting members 5, etc. are disposed.

The power generation module 4 of the present invention is described in detail with reference to fig. 2 to 4, wherein fig. 2 to 4 are schematic diagrams of the power generation module 4 of the present invention in the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the dishwasher are directed to the overall structure of the dishwasher and are described for the dishwasher. The first, second, and third embodiments of the power generation module 4 are directed to the structure of the power generation module 4, and the power generation module 4 will be described.

In the first embodiment of the power generation module 4 of the present invention:

as shown in fig. 2, the power generation module 4 includes a guide sleeve 41, a magnet 42, and an electric wire 43. The guide sleeve 41 is fixedly connected to the spray member 3 (specifically, the cantilever 31), and the fixed connection may be any feasible connection form, such as bolting, welding, riveting, and the like. The magnet 42 is slidably (as indicated by the arrow in fig. 2) disposed inside the guide sleeve 41, the electric wire 43 is wound around the outside of the guide sleeve 41, and the electric wire 43 is also connected in series with the two light emitting members 5. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the number of the light emitting members 5 electrically connected to the wires 43 may be any number, such as 1, 3, 4, 5, etc.

The magnet 42 may be any feasible magnet such as a samarium-cobalt magnet, a neodymium-iron-boron magnet (powerful magnet), a ferrite magnet, an alnico magnet, an iron-chromium-cobalt magnet, or the like.

Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the guide sleeve 41 and the shower member 3 are connected in such a manner that the magnet 42 can slide in the radial direction of the shower member 3. Specifically, the longitudinal direction of the guide bush 41 (the left-right direction of the guide bush 41 in fig. 2) is made parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cantilever 31. So that during the rotation of the spraying member 3, especially during the acceleration or deceleration, the magnet 42 slides in the guide sleeve 41 under the action of the self inertia force and the centrifugal force, and the magnetic induction wire of the magnet 42 cuts the electric wire 43, so that the electric wire 43 generates current to light the light emitting member 5.

Furthermore, the length direction of the guiding sleeve 41 and the length direction of the cantilever 31 can be at any feasible angle by those skilled in the art, such as an angle of 30 °, an angle of 45 °, an angle of 60 °, an angle of 90 °, and the like.

Although not shown in the drawings, in the first embodiment of the power generation module 4 of the present invention, the guide sleeve 41 is preferably a closed structure, and a cavity (not shown) is formed in the closed structure for accommodating the magnet 42, so that the magnet 42 is prevented from contacting with the external environment of the guide sleeve 41, and thus washing water is prevented from entering the interior of the guide sleeve 41 to prevent the magnet 42 from sliding. Further, in order to reduce frictional resistance between the magnet 42 and the guide sleeve 41, the inside of the guide sleeve 41 may be further coated with a lubricating oil.

Preferably, the wire 43 includes a conductive metal wire and an insulating layer coated on the outer side of the metal wire, and the insulating layer is used for preventing the metal wire from contacting with the washing water and generating a leakage current. Furthermore, the connection part of the wire 43 and the light-emitting component 5 is also coated with an insulating material, so that the wire 43 and the light-emitting component 5 are prevented from electric leakage and electric energy consumption.

Preferably, the light emitting member 5 also has an insulating layer to prevent the light emitting member 5 from a leakage phenomenon. Further, the light emitting member 5 is an ultraviolet lamp so that the light emitted from the ultraviolet lamp can sterilize the dish washer and the dishes therein. Alternatively, the light emitting member 5 may be provided as any other feasible electricity using member, such as an ultrasonic generator, an anion generator, an ultraviolet lamp, etc., as required by those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, when the spray member 3 of the present invention rotates, the magnet 42 is continuously moved toward and away from the rotation axis of the spray member 3, and reciprocally slides in the guide sleeve 41, so that the magnetically-induced wire-cut wire 43 of the magnet 42 generates a current, thereby illuminating the light emitting member 5 to illuminate the inside of the dishwasher.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that when the spray member 3 vibrates, the magnet 42 will also slide in the guide sleeve 41 under the influence of the vibration, so that the magnetically inductive wire 43 of the magnet 42 cuts the electric wire to generate an electric current, thereby illuminating the light emitting member 5 and illuminating the inside of the dishwasher.

Although not shown in the drawings, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the power generation module 4 further includes two springs (not shown in the drawings). The two springs are respectively located on both sides of the magnet 42 in the direction of the arrow in fig. 2, and specifically, one end of each spring abuts against one end of the guide sleeve 41, and the other end of each spring abuts against one end of the magnet 42. The two springs can slow down the sliding speed of the magnet 42, so that the current generated by the wire 43 is more uniform, and the condition that the light-emitting component 5 is overlooked can be avoided to a certain extent. Further, a person skilled in the art may also provide only one spring between the guide sleeve 41 and the magnet 42, as required.

In the second embodiment of the power generation module 4 of the present invention:

as shown in fig. 3, the power generation module 4 further includes a circuit board 44, unlike the first embodiment described above. The circuit board 44 is electrically connected with the electric wire 43 and the light emitting member 5, respectively, and the circuit board 44 also has a waterproof insulating layer. Preferably, the circuit board 44 is a voltage stabilizing and/or current stabilizing circuit board for receiving the current generated by the wire 43 and delivering the current to the light emitting member 5 after voltage stabilizing and/or current stabilizing processing, so that the light emitting member 5 generates stable light. Further, the circuit board 44 may also have a step-up or step-down function to convert the voltage generated by the electric wire 43 into a voltage required for the light emitting member 5. Likewise, the circuit board 44 may also have a function of adjusting the magnitude of the current so as to convert the current generated by the electric wire 43 into the current required for the light emitting member 5.

Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the circuit board 44 is fixedly connected to the shower member 3 (specifically, the cantilever 31).

In the third embodiment of the power generation module 4 of the present invention:

as shown in fig. 4, the power generation module 4 further includes a circuit board 44 and a storage battery 45, unlike the first embodiment described above. The electric wire 43, the storage battery 45, the circuit board 44 and the light emitting member 5 are sequentially connected together, the storage battery 45 is used for storing electric energy generated by the electric wire 43, and the circuit board 44 is used for converting current and/or voltage output by the storage battery 45 into current/voltage required by the light emitting member 5. Wherein the circuit board 44 and the storage battery 45 both have waterproof insulating layers, and the storage battery 45 may be any feasible battery, such as a lithium battery, an energy storage capacitor battery, and the like.

Alternatively, the circuit board 44 may be directly connected to the wires 43 by a technique in the art, so that the circuit board 44 directly receives the electric power from the wires 43. When the electric power generated by the electric wire 43 is large, the large electric power is stored in the battery 45. The storage battery 45 can supply electric power to the circuit board 44 when the electric power generated by the electric wire 43 is small.

Although not explicitly shown in the drawings, the circuit board 44 and the storage battery 45 are fixedly connected to the shower member 3 (specifically, the cantilever 31), respectively.

Based on the above description, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that, in the first embodiment, the second embodiment or the third embodiment of the present invention, the light emitting module 4 can generate electric energy during the rotation of the spraying member 3, illuminate the light emitting member 5 and further illuminate the inner space of the dishwasher, so that the user can clearly observe the operation of the dishwasher, and the user experience is optimized. And because the light emitting component 5 can rotate along with the spraying component 3, the light rays in the spraying component 3 can also rotate together, and gorgeous lighting effect can be generated. Meanwhile, the dishwasher of the present invention also avoids the problem of providing wires between the spray member 3 and the cabinet 1.

Further, it is also possible for those skilled in the art to omit the guide sleeve 41 of the first, second, and third embodiments, as necessary, to slidably dispose the magnet 42 directly on the shower member 3, and to dispose the electric wire 43 adjacent to the magnet 42. Specifically, a slide groove that matches the magnet 42 is provided on the shower member 3 (specifically, the cantilever 31), and the magnet 42 is inserted into the slide groove. The magnet 42 can slide within this chute as the spray member 3 rotates.

As shown in fig. 5, in the second embodiment of the dishwasher of the present invention, unlike the first embodiment of the dishwasher described above, a dish rack in the dishwasher is rotatable, and the power generation module 4 and the light emitting member 5 are provided on the dish rack in the dishwasher. Also, in the second embodiment of the dishwasher of the present invention, the power generation module 4 may be the power generation module 4 shown in any one of fig. 2 to 4.

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. A dishwasher includes a cabinet and a rotating member provided in the cabinet;

characterized in that the dishwasher further comprises a magnet, an electric wire arranged adjacent to the magnet and an electric component electrically connected with the electric wire;

the magnet is movably disposed on the rotating member;

the magnet is movable when the rotating member rotates and/or vibrates, causing the electrical wire to generate an electrical current to power the powered member.

2. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein the electric wire and the electric component are fixedly provided on the rotating component, respectively.

3. The dishwasher of claim 2, further comprising a guide sleeve fixedly provided on the rotating member, the magnet being slidably provided inside the guide sleeve, the electric wire being wound around an outer side of the guide sleeve.

4. The dishwasher of claim 3, wherein the guide housing is coupled to the rotating member in such a manner that the magnet can slide in a radial direction of the rotating member;

and/or the guide sleeve is of a closed structure and is used for preventing the magnet from contacting with the external environment of the guide sleeve.

5. The dishwasher of claim 3, further comprising a spring provided in the guide sleeve, the spring being arranged in a sliding direction of the magnet, and one end of the spring being connected with the magnet and the other end of the spring being connected with one end of the guide sleeve.

6. The dishwasher of claim 5, wherein the springs are two, and the two springs are respectively located at both sides of the magnet in a sliding direction of the magnet.

7. The dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the electricity consuming member is an ultraviolet lamp.

8. The dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a circuit board to which the electric wire and the electric component are connected, respectively.

9. The dishwasher of claim 8, further comprising a battery connected to the electrical cord and the circuit board, respectively.

10. The dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rotating member is a rack for holding dishes or a spraying member for spraying the dishes.