CN112227022A - Water inlet structure and washing machine - Google Patents

Water inlet structure and washing machine Download PDF

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CN112227022A
CN112227022A CN201910574028.9A CN201910574028A CN112227022A CN 112227022 A CN112227022 A CN 112227022A CN 201910574028 A CN201910574028 A CN 201910574028A CN 112227022 A CN112227022 A CN 112227022A
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Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
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Abstract

The invention relates to a water inlet structure, which comprises a transmission shaft, wherein the transmission shaft is hollow inside to form a water inlet flow channel, the water inlet end of the transmission shaft is correspondingly inserted into a cavity enclosed by a dynamic sealing seat, and a circle of dynamic sealing ring is arranged at the corresponding insertion position of the transmission shaft and the dynamic sealing seat. The invention also relates to a washing machine which is provided with the water inlet structure, the transmission shaft is coaxially arranged at the bottom of the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the transmission shaft is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the hollow flow passage in the transmission shaft is communicated with the inside of the inner cylinder, and a cavity surrounded by the dynamic sealing seat is communicated with the water inlet pipe of the washing machine. Through the arrangement, the water inflow of the washing machine flows into the cavity surrounded by the dynamic seal seat along the water inlet pipe and then flows into the inner barrel through the water inflow channel formed by the hollow transmission shaft.

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Water inlet structure and washing machine
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines, particularly relates to a water inlet structure, further relates to a washing machine with the water inlet structure, and particularly relates to a washing machine with a rotatable water containing inner cylinder in a washing process.
Background
In the prior art, a drum washing machine generally comprises an inner drum and an outer drum which are mutually sleeved, wherein the outer drum is sealed and used for containing water, and the inner drum is used for containing clothes and beating and washing the clothes by rotating the inner drum; meanwhile, the inner barrel is provided with dehydration holes, so that water in the outer barrel flows into the inner barrel through the dehydration holes to soak the clothes in the inner barrel, the water in the inner barrel flows out of the outer barrel through the dehydration holes, and moisture on the clothes in the inner barrel is discharged to the outer barrel through the dehydration holes when the inner barrel rotates at a high speed, so that the aim of washing the clothes is fulfilled.
However, because the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are mutually sleeved, dirt is easily accumulated between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder in the use process of the washing machine; meanwhile, because the inner drum and the outer drum are mutually sleeved, a user cannot clean the outer wall of the inner drum and the inner wall of the outer drum, so that bacteria in the washing machine are increased, and the washing efficiency of the washing machine and the cleanliness of washed clothes are reduced.
Meanwhile, in the existing washing machine, the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder, and clothes are beaten and washed through the rotation of the inner cylinder in the washing process of the washing machine, so that the washing capacity of the washing machine is based on the inner cylinder, the utilization rate of the internal space of the washing machine is low, and the washing capacity of the washing machine cannot be expanded on the existing basis.
In view of this, how to provide a washing machine, so as to integrate the inner and outer drums, and make the inner drum be a sealed container, which can not only contain water and clothes, but also rotate to beat the clothes for washing; meanwhile, because the washing machine is not provided with the outer cylinder or the outer cylinder and the washing machine shell are integrally arranged, the inner cylinder of the washing machine can be expanded to expand the washing capacity of the washing machine, and the development hotspot is generated.
However, since the inner tub is not only used for containing washing water, but also rotated to beat and clean the clothes in the tub, how to arrange a water inlet structure suitable for the washing machine becomes a difficult problem to be solved urgently.
The present application is particularly proposed in view of the above technical drawbacks.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a water inlet structure for realizing the purpose of supplying water to a rotating part; another object of the present invention is to provide a water inlet structure of a washing machine, so as to achieve the purpose of directly guiding the washing water into the inner tub of the washing machine.
In order to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects, the basic design idea of the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a water inlet structure of a washing machine comprises a transmission shaft, wherein the inside of the transmission shaft is hollow to form a water inlet flow channel, the water inlet end of the transmission shaft is correspondingly inserted into a cavity enclosed by a dynamic sealing seat, and a circle of dynamic sealing ring is arranged at the corresponding insertion position of the transmission shaft and the dynamic sealing seat.
Further, the movable sealing ring comprises a sealing lip, the periphery wall of the sealing lip is in contact with the inner wall of the socket of the movable sealing seat in a laminating mode, supporting ribs extending in a radial protruding mode are arranged on the inner wall of the sealing lip, and the extending ends of the supporting ribs are in dynamic sealing contact with the outer wall of the insertion end of the transmission shaft.
Furthermore, a plurality of support ribs are arranged at intervals on the inner periphery of the sealing lip of the movable sealing ring, and the extension end of each support rib is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the insertion end of the transmission shaft;
furthermore, the extending ends of the supporting ribs are connected through connecting ribs.
Furthermore, the inside skeleton of inlaying the rigidity material and constituting of seal lip, the skeleton is for following the continuous, or the arc structure of interval extension of dynamic seal circle circumferential direction.
Further, the dynamic seal seat comprises a first cavity and a second cavity which are communicated, the first cavity is a cylindrical cavity which is coaxially arranged with the transmission shaft, the second cavity is closed at one end, the other end of the second cavity is communicated with the first cavity, the radial width of the first cavity is larger than that of the second cavity, and the corresponding ends of the first cavity and the second cavity are arranged on the same vertical surface and are connected through a connecting wall; the transmission shaft is inserted from one end of the cylindrical first cavity far away from the second cavity and props against the connecting wall connecting the first cavity and the second cavity.
Furthermore, one end face, close to the second cavity, of the dynamic sealing ring is provided with at least one circle of dynamic sealing ribs protruding in the radial direction, and protruding ends of the dynamic sealing ribs are in sealing contact with the connecting wall.
Further, the opening of the insertion end of the transmission shaft is at least partially overlapped with the communication part of the first cavity and the second cavity.
Further, a bearing for limiting and supporting the insertion end of the transmission shaft is arranged on the dynamic sealing seat; preferably, the bearing and the dynamic sealing ring are sequentially arranged along the direction that the transmission shaft is inserted into the bearing seat, and the bearing is positioned on the outer side of the cavity enclosed by the dynamic sealing seat.
Furthermore, the bearing is arranged in the dynamic seal ring, and is an annular sliding bearing with the outer periphery provided with tooth profiles and the inner periphery presenting a smooth cambered surface; the insertion end of the transmission shaft correspondingly penetrates through the bearing and is in limit contact with the bearing, and the periphery of the bearing is in limit connection with the inner peripheral wall of the sealing lip of the movable sealing ring.
Furthermore, the inserting end of the transmission shaft is sequentially provided with a meshing part, a fixing part and a sliding part along the inserting direction, radially convex meshing teeth are arranged on the peripheral wall of the meshing part, external threads are arranged on the peripheral wall of the fixing part, the peripheral wall of the sliding part is a smooth arc surface, and at least part of the sliding part of the transmission shaft correspondingly penetrates through the movable sealing ring and is inserted into a cavity surrounded by the movable sealing seat.
Furthermore, the rotor of the driving motor of the washing machine is coaxially inserted on the transmission shaft, and the rotor is correspondingly meshed with the meshing teeth of the meshing part of the transmission shaft to form connection rotating around the shaft.
Further, the rotor is directly meshed with the external thread of the transmission shaft fixing part, or a nut is sleeved outside the transmission shaft and meshed with the external thread of the transmission shaft fixing part so as to fix the rotor and the transmission shaft in the radial direction of the transmission shaft.
The invention also aims to provide a washing machine which is provided with any one of the water inlet structures, wherein the transmission shaft is coaxially arranged at the bottom of the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the transmission shaft is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of a hollow flow passage in the transmission shaft is communicated with the inside of the inner cylinder, and a cavity surrounded by the dynamic sealing seat is communicated with a water inlet pipe of the washing machine.
Furthermore, the inner cylinder forms a sealed water container in the washing process of the washing machine, an inner cylinder supporting piece connected with the shell of the washing machine through a hanging spring and/or a damping piece is arranged outside the inner cylinder, and the transmission shaft penetrates through the inner cylinder supporting piece to rotatably install the inner cylinder on the inner cylinder supporting piece; the dynamic seal seat is fixedly arranged on the inner cylinder supporting piece.
Compared with the washing machine in the prior art, the washing machine of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
through the arrangement, a communication channel is formed between the rotating transmission shaft and the fixed dynamic seal seat, so that the effect of introducing the water inflow of the washing machine into the rotating part is realized; meanwhile, the movable sealing ring is arranged at the splicing position so as to achieve the effects of effectively sealing the splicing position of the transmission shaft and preventing water leakage.
The water inlet structure is arranged on the washing machine, so that the water inflow of the washing machine flows into a cavity surrounded by the movable sealing seat along the water inlet pipe and then flows into the inner barrel through the water inlet flow channel formed by the hollow transmission shaft, in the process, the hollow water inlet flow channel of the rotary transmission shaft is communicated with the cavity surrounded by the immovable movable sealing seat due to the splicing connection between the transmission shaft and the movable sealing seat, and then the flow channel communicated with the rotating part and the fixed part is formed, so that the aim of guiding the water inflow of the washing machine into the rotary inner barrel is fulfilled.
Meanwhile, the invention has simple structure and obvious effect and is suitable for popularization and use.
In order to make the design concept of the technical scheme of the invention clearer and facilitate further understanding of the beneficial effects brought by the technical scheme, the following detailed description of some specific embodiments of the invention is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:
fig. 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams of water inlet structures of a washing machine in different viewing angles according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic views of the cross-sectional structures B-B of FIG. 1 in various embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic views of different perspective explosion structures of the water inlet structure of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine in the same embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is marked with: 1. inner tube, 2, shell, 3, inner tube support, 4, door closure, 5, driving motor, 6, washing normal closed hole, 8, lifting rib, 9, centrifugal valve, 21, inner tube shaft, 22, water inlet pipe, 23, dynamic seal seat, 24, water inlet channel, 25, dynamic seal ring, 26, bearing, 27, chamber, 28, seal lip, 29, support rib, 30, connecting part, 31, first chamber, 32, second chamber, 33, framework, 34, seal rib, 211, sliding part, 212, fixing part, 213, meshing part, 101, inner tube opening, 102, inner tube bottom, 103, inner tube side wall.
It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular 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 otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the embodiment of the present invention describes a washing machine, the washing machine includes a housing 2, an inner cylinder 1 is provided in the housing 2, an axis of the inner cylinder 1 extends horizontally or inclines downwards from front to back, an inner cylinder opening 101 is provided at a front end of the inner cylinder 1 for opening, an inner cylinder bottom 102 is provided at a rear end for sealing, and an inner cylinder sidewall 103 connects the inner cylinder opening 101 and the inner cylinder bottom 102 to form the inner cylinder 1; the wall of the inner cylinder 1 is not provided with a through hole, so that the inner part of the inner cylinder 1 forms a sealed container only with an opening at the front part. Meanwhile, the front end of the washing machine shell 2 is provided with a door cover 4 which can be opened outwards, so as to seal the inner cylinder opening 101 after the door cover 4 is closed, and to throw clothes into the inner cylinder 1 from the inner cylinder opening 101 after the door cover 4 is opened. The rear end of the inner barrel 1 is arranged in the washing machine shell 2 through the inner barrel supporting piece 3, the inner barrel supporting piece 3 and the rear end of the inner barrel 1 are coaxially arranged, the upper end and the lower end of the inner barrel supporting piece 3 are respectively bent towards the barrel mouth direction of the front end of the inner barrel 1, the bent parts at least extend to the middle part of the inner barrel 1, and the upper bent parts and the lower bent parts are respectively connected with the washing machine shell 2 through the damping hanging spring and the damping supporting rod, so that the aim that the inner barrel supporting piece 3 can be arranged; meanwhile, the center of the inner drum bottom 102 is coaxially arranged with the motor shaft of the driving motor 5 of the washing machine to drive the inner drum 1 to rotate, and both the inner drum 1 and the driving motor 5 are fixedly arranged on the inner drum support 3. Preferably, the inner cylinder bottom 102 and the driving motor 5 are respectively arranged at two sides of the inner cylinder support 3, the driving motor 5 is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder support 3, a motor shaft of the driving motor 5 passes through the inner cylinder support 3 through a bearing and is coaxially and fixedly connected with the inner cylinder bottom 102, and the motor shaft of the driving motor 5 can rotate relative to the inner cylinder support 3, so that the purposes that the inner cylinder 1 and the driving motor 5 are arranged on the inner cylinder support 3 and the inner cylinder 1 can rotate independently under the action of the driving motor 5 to wash the internal clothes are achieved. Preferably, the motor shaft of the driving motor 5 directly forms the inner cylinder shaft 21, and the inner cylinder shaft 21 is coaxially and fixedly connected with the inner cylinder bottom 102 of the inner cylinder 1.
In addition, the washing machine in the embodiment of the invention can be any washing machine in the prior art, which is provided with a door cover to close the opening of the inner cylinder and then the inner cylinder forms a sealed container, so that when the washing machine executes a dehydration program, the inner cylinder is controlled to rotate at a high speed, water flow separated from clothes in the inner cylinder is smoothly discharged out of the inner cylinder, and the aim of normally executing the dehydration program on the washing machine with the non-porous inner cylinder is further achieved. Therefore, the washing machine in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the drawings, for example: moreover, the existing common washing machine can be adopted, and only the washing machine inner barrel 1 is required to be set to be a washing machine which does not have a dehydration hole and forms a sealed container after the door cover 4 closes the inner barrel opening 101.
Meanwhile, the inner barrel is arranged to be a sealed container after the door cover is buckled, and the washing machine is used for washing, so that clothes only contact with washing water in the sealed inner barrel in the washing process, the phenomenon that the washing water between the inner barrel and the outer barrel flows into the inner barrel to pollute the clothes is avoided, the washing cleanliness of the washing machine is greatly improved, and the phenomenon that the clothes are not thoroughly washed by the washing machine due to the pollution of the washing water between the inner barrel and the outer barrel is avoided.
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to feed water into the inner drum 1 of the washing machine, the following settings are carried out:
as shown in fig. 1 to 6, a water inlet structure of a washing machine includes a driving shaft 21 having a hollow interior to form a water inlet passage 25; the water inlet end of the transmission shaft 21 is correspondingly inserted into a cavity 27 enclosed by the dynamic seal seat 23, a circle of dynamic seal ring 25 is installed at the corresponding insertion position of the transmission shaft 21 and the dynamic seal seat 23, and a bearing 26 for limiting and supporting the insertion end of the transmission shaft 21 is installed on the dynamic seal seat 23. Through the arrangement, a communication channel is formed between the rotating transmission shaft and the fixed dynamic seal seat, so that the effect of introducing the water inflow of the washing machine into the rotating part is realized; meanwhile, the movable sealing ring is arranged at the splicing position so as to achieve the effects of effectively sealing the splicing position of the transmission shaft and preventing water leakage.
In the embodiment of the invention, the washing machine is provided with the water inlet structure, the transmission shaft 21 is coaxially arranged at the bottom 101 of the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the transmission shaft 21 is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder 1, the water outlet end of the hollow flow channel 25 in the transmission shaft 21 is communicated with the inner part of the inner cylinder 1, the cavity 27 enclosed by the dynamic seal seat 23 is communicated with the water inlet pipe 22 of the washing machine, so that the inlet water flow of the washing machine flows into the cavity enclosed by the dynamic seal seat along the water inlet pipe and then flows into the inner cylinder through the hollow water inlet flow channel formed by the transmission shaft, in the process, the hollow water inlet flow channel of the rotating transmission shaft is communicated with the cavity enclosed by the stationary dynamic seal seat due to the splicing connection between the transmission shaft and the dynamic seal seat, and further a flow channel communicated with the rotating part and the fixed part.
In the embodiment of the invention, a sealed water container is formed in the inner cylinder 1 in the washing process of the washing machine, an inner cylinder supporting piece 3 connected with the shell of the washing machine through a hanging spring and/or a damping piece is arranged outside the inner cylinder 1, a transmission shaft 21 penetrates through the inner cylinder supporting piece 3, and the inner cylinder 1 is rotatably arranged on the inner cylinder supporting piece 3; the dynamic seal holder 23 is fixedly mounted on the inner cylinder support 3. The inner cylinder support in the embodiment of the present invention may be an outer cylinder for sleeving the inner cylinder therein, or may be a structural member in other forms having only a support and installation function, for example: a support frame which is arranged at the rear side of the bottom of the inner cylinder and extends vertically.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the dynamic seal ring 25 includes a circle of seal lip 28 whose outer peripheral wall is in contact with the inner wall of the socket of the dynamic seal seat 23, the inner peripheral wall of the seal lip 28 is provided with a radially protruding support rib 29, and the extending end of the support rib 29 is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the inserting end of the transmission shaft 21. In the embodiment of the present invention, the dynamic seal ring 25 is made of a material such as rubber that is elastically deformable, and the dynamic seal ring 25 is elastically deformed to seal the joint. In the embodiment of the present invention, the sealing lip 28 of the dynamic sealing ring 25 is made of a material that can generate elastic deformation by itself, for example: rubber, and the like. Preferably, in order to ensure the sealing effect, the outer diameter of the sealing lip 28 is larger than the inner diameter of the insertion opening of the dynamic sealing seat 23, so that the sealing lip is deformed after being pressed by the elasticity of the sealing lip and is further inserted and fixed on the dynamic sealing seat.
As shown in fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of support ribs 29 are arranged at intervals on the inner circumference of the sealing lip 28 of the dynamic sealing ring 25, and the extending end of each support rib 29 is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the insertion end of the transmission shaft 21. At least one support rib 29 is located at one end of the dynamic seal ring 25 facing the chamber 27 enclosed by the dynamic seal seat 23. In the embodiment of the present invention, the support rib 29 of the dynamic seal ring 25 is still made of a material that can generate elastic deformation by itself, such as: rubber, and the like. Through set up multichannel brace rod on the seal lip to make and form multichannel seal structure between movable seal circle and the transmission shaft, with the leakproofness that promotes movable seal seat, reduce the interior rivers of cavity and produce the probability of leaking.
Preferably, the extending ends of the supporting ribs 29 are connected via connecting ribs, so that the extending ends of the supporting ribs 29 are connected with each other to form a cylindrical sleeve in sealing contact with the outer wall of the transmission shaft 21, so that the movable sealing ring 25 and the transmission shaft 21 are in surface contact, and further the sealing performance is improved (not shown in the drawings).
As shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, a skeleton 33 made of a rigid material is embedded inside the sealing lip 28, and the skeleton 33 is an arc-shaped structure extending continuously or at intervals along the circumferential direction of the dynamic sealing ring 25. The framework is embedded in the sealing lip to improve the self rigidity of the sealing lip, so that the sealing lip cannot generate structural deformation after being stressed and extruded, and the self strength of the movable sealing ring can be ensured and the sealing performance of the movable sealing ring can be improved.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the dynamic seal seat 23 includes a first chamber 31 and a second chamber 32 which are communicated with each other, the first chamber 31 is a cylindrical chamber which is coaxially arranged with the transmission shaft 21, the second chamber 32 has one end closed and the other end communicated with the first chamber 31, the radial width of the first chamber 31 is greater than that of the second chamber 32, and the corresponding ends of the first chamber 31 and the second chamber 32 are arranged on the same vertical plane and connected with each other through a connecting wall 30; the transmission shaft 21 is inserted from one end of the cylindrical first chamber 31 away from the second chamber 32 and abuts against a connecting wall connecting the first chamber 31 and the second chamber 32.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, an end surface of the dynamic seal ring 25 close to the second chamber 32 is provided with at least one circle of radially protruding seal ribs 34, and the protruding end of the seal rib 34 is in sealing contact with the connecting wall 30 to improve the sealing performance of the dynamic seal ring.
In the embodiment of the present invention, at least a portion of the opening of the insertion end of the transmission shaft 21 overlaps with the communication position between the first chamber 31 and the second chamber 32, so that the inlet water flowing through the chamber 27 surrounded by the automatic sealing seat 23 can directly flow into the hollow inlet channel 24 of the transmission shaft 21, and the inlet water flow is smoother.
In the embodiment of the invention, the bearing 26 and the dynamic seal ring 25 are sequentially arranged along the direction that the transmission shaft 21 is inserted into the dynamic seal seat 23, and the bearing 26 is positioned outside the cavity 27 enclosed by the dynamic seal seat 25, so as to avoid the contact between the bearing and water flow in the cavity and prolong the service life of the bearing.
In the embodiment of the invention, the bearing 26 is arranged in the dynamic seal ring 25, and the bearing 26 is an annular sliding bearing with the outer periphery provided with tooth profiles and the inner periphery presenting a smooth cambered surface; the insertion end of the transmission shaft 21 correspondingly penetrates through the bearing 26 and is in limit contact with the inner wall of the dynamic sealing seat 23, and the outer periphery of the bearing 26 is in limit connection with the inner wall of the sealing lip 28 of the dynamic sealing ring 25; preferably, the inner peripheral wall of the sealing lip 28 is provided with inner peripheral teeth which are engaged with the teeth formed on the outer periphery of the bearing correspondingly. Preferably, the bearing 26 and the support rib 29 arranged on the dynamic seal ring 25 are arranged in a staggered manner, so that the bearing 26 is directly wrapped in the dynamic seal ring 25, and the assembly is simplified.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the insertion end of the transmission shaft 21 is sequentially provided with a meshing portion 213, a fixing portion 212 and a sliding portion 211 along the insertion direction, radially protruding meshing teeth are arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the meshing portion 213, an external thread is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the fixing portion 212, the outer peripheral wall of the sliding portion 211 is a smooth arc surface, and at least part of the sliding portion 211 of the transmission shaft 21 correspondingly penetrates through the dynamic seal ring 25 and is inserted into the cavity 27 surrounded by the dynamic seal seat 23. The rotor of the washing machine motor is coaxially inserted on the transmission shaft 21, and the rotor is correspondingly meshed with the meshing teeth of the meshing part 213 of the transmission shaft 21 to form connection rotating around the shaft. The rotor is directly engaged with the external thread of the fixing portion 212 of the driving shaft 21, or a nut is externally fitted to the driving shaft 21 and engaged with the external thread of the fixing portion 212 of the driving shaft 21 to fix the rotor to the driving shaft 21 in the radial direction of the driving shaft 21.
In the embodiment of the invention, an inner cylinder 1 of the washing machine is provided with a washing normally closed hole 6, and the washing normally closed hole comprises: the hole is arranged on the inner cylinder and is arranged in a penetrating way so as to allow water flow to pass through; the centrifugal valve is arranged on the inner cylinder and correspondingly arranged at the hole, the valve core of the centrifugal valve is used for plugging the hole, and the valve core of the centrifugal valve is opened under the action of centrifugal force after the rotating speed of the inner cylinder reaches a set value. Preferably, the centrifugal valve further comprises an elastic member, and the elastic member is clamped between the valve core and the inner cylinder to provide a reset acting force for the valve core so as to push the valve core to block the hole. The centrifugal valve can be any valve body structure which can open the hole under the action of centrifugal force in the prior art.
As shown in fig. 7, in the present embodiment, the normally closed washing hole 6 may be provided as a hole in the inner cylinder sidewall 103, and the centrifugal valve 9 may be attached to the inner side of the inner cylinder sidewall 103. Centrifugal valve 9 is including installing in the inboard support of inner tube 1, installs articulated balancing weight mutually on the support, and hole department is equipped with the valve plug post that can reciprocate, and the valve plug post is articulated mutually with the balancing weight, adds between valve plug post and the inner tube lateral wall 103 and holds reset spring to drive the balancing weight and remove to keeping away from 1 axis direction of inner tube under the effect of the rotatory centrifugal force of inner tube 1, and then remove and open the hole to 1 axis direction of inner tube through articulated department pulling valve plug post.
Preferably, the inner side of the side wall 103 of the inner cylinder is provided with a lifting rib 8 protruding towards the center of the inner cylinder, the lifting rib 8 is hollow, and the lifting rib 8 is provided with a water permeable hole communicating the inner cylinder 1 with the hollow. The holes of the washing normally closed hole 6 are arranged on the inner barrel side wall 103 corresponding to the lifting rib 8, and the inner hollow part of the lifting rib 8 is communicated with the outer part of the inner barrel 1. The centrifugal valve is provided in the hollow portion inside the lifting rib 8.
Of course, the washing machine in the embodiment of the invention can also be an existing common washing machine, and the water inlet structure can also be directly applied to the washing machine to form the effect of water inlet in the outer cylinder of the water container and directly spraying and contacting the clothes contained in the inner cylinder.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. The utility model provides a water inlet structure, its transmission shaft that includes inside cavity formation water inlet flow channel which characterized in that: the water inlet end of the transmission shaft is correspondingly inserted into a cavity enclosed by the dynamic seal seat, and a circle of dynamic seal ring is arranged at the corresponding insertion position of the transmission shaft and the dynamic seal seat.
2. A water inlet structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dynamic sealing ring includes a sealing lip having an outer peripheral wall in contact with an inner wall of the socket of the dynamic sealing seat, an inner peripheral wall of the sealing lip is provided with a radially protruding support rib, and an extending end of the support rib is in dynamic sealing contact with an outer wall of the insertion end of the transmission shaft.
3. A water inlet structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sealing lip is embedded with a skeleton made of rigid material, and the skeleton is an arc-shaped structure extending continuously or at intervals along the circumferential direction of the dynamic sealing ring.
4. A water inlet structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dynamic seal seat comprises a first chamber and a second chamber which are communicated with each other, the first chamber is a cylindrical chamber which is coaxially arranged with the transmission shaft, the second chamber is a cylindrical chamber which is closed at one end and is communicated with the first chamber at the other end, the radial width of the first chamber is larger than that of the second chamber, and the corresponding ends of the first chamber and the second chamber are arranged on the same vertical surface and are connected through a connecting wall; the transmission shaft is inserted from one end of the cylindrical first cavity far away from the second cavity and props against a connecting wall connecting the first cavity and the second cavity;
preferably, one end face, close to the second chamber, of the dynamic seal ring is provided with at least one circle of dynamic seal rib protruding radially, and the protruding end of the dynamic seal rib is in sealing contact with the connecting wall.
5. A water intake structure according to claim 4, wherein the opening in the insertion end of the drive shaft is at least partially in overlapping relationship with the connection between the first and second chambers.
6. A water inlet structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dynamic seal seat is provided with a bearing for spacing and supporting the insertion end of the transmission shaft;
preferably, the bearing and the dynamic sealing ring are sequentially arranged along the direction that the transmission shaft is inserted into the bearing seat, and the bearing is positioned on the outer side of the cavity enclosed by the dynamic sealing seat.
7. A washing machine water inlet structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bearing is mounted in the dynamic seal ring, the bearing is an annular sliding bearing with teeth arranged on the outer periphery and smooth arc surface on the inner periphery; the insertion end of the transmission shaft correspondingly penetrates through the bearing and is in limit contact with the bearing, and the periphery of the bearing is in limit connection with the inner peripheral wall of the sealing lip of the movable sealing ring.
8. A water inlet structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the insertion end of the drive shaft is provided with a meshing portion, a fixing portion and a sliding portion in sequence along the insertion direction, the outer peripheral wall of the meshing portion is provided with radially protruding meshing teeth, the outer peripheral wall of the fixing portion is provided with external threads, the outer peripheral wall of the sliding portion is a smooth arc surface, and at least part of the sliding portion of the drive shaft correspondingly penetrates through the movable sealing ring and is inserted into the cavity surrounded by the movable sealing seat.
9. A washing machine characterized by: the water inlet structure of any one of the preceding claims 1 to 8 is installed, the transmission shaft is coaxially installed at the bottom of the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the transmission shaft is fixedly connected with the inner cylinder, the water outlet end of the hollow flow passage in the transmission shaft is communicated with the inside of the inner cylinder, and the chamber enclosed by the dynamic sealing seat is communicated with the water inlet pipe of the washing machine.
10. A water inlet structure of a washing machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the inner tub forms a sealed water container during washing of the washing machine, an inner tub supporting member connected to a casing of the washing machine through a hanging spring and/or a shock absorbing member is installed at an outside of the inner tub, and a driving shaft penetrates the inner tub supporting member to rotatably install the inner tub on the inner tub supporting member; the dynamic seal seat is fixedly arranged on the inner cylinder supporting piece.
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