CN112342741B - Washing barrel assembly and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a washing tub assembly and a washing machine, wherein the washing tub assembly comprises: the washing barrel is rotatably arranged and comprises a rotary drum and a rear cover, the rotary drum is connected with the rear cover, the rear cover is provided with a water outlet, and the water outlet is positioned at the central position of the rear cover; the support frame is connected with the rear cover and encloses a flow channel with the rear cover, the flow channel is provided with a water inlet and is communicated with the water inlet and the water outlet, the support frame can rotate and drive the washing barrel and the flow channel to rotate along with the rotation of the support frame, so that water in the washing barrel and/or water outside the washing barrel are scooped by the water inlet and enter the flow channel, and the water in the flow channel is discharged into the washing barrel through the water outlet. The washing barrel assembly provided by the scheme has the advantages that the supporting frame is utilized to drive the washing barrel to rotate, water is driven to spray clothes, product composition is simplified, meanwhile, the power consumption cost is saved, energy conservation and emission reduction are realized, the water outlet is arranged on the rear cover, water is directly sprayed into the washing barrel along the water outlet, spraying efficiency is higher, and the spraying visual effect is also better.

Description

Washing barrel assembly and washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of washing machines, in particular to a washing barrel assembly and a washing machine.

Background

The drum washing machine lifts and beats clothes to realize washing through the rotation of the washing barrel, so the drum washing machine has the advantages of less water consumption and good water-saving effect. Among them, the existing drum washing machine is used to shorten the soaking time of the clothes; the utilization rate of the detergent, the washing uniformity, the cleaning degree and the rinsing efficiency are improved, the energy consumption is saved, a water circulation spraying device is usually arranged outside a washing barrel of the drum washing machine, water in the washing barrel is pumped out of the barrel through a circulation pipe by using external forces such as a circulation pump and then enters the barrel through the spraying device, a water pump is required to work continuously for realizing the process, and the power consumption cost is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a washing tub assembly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine having the above-mentioned washing tub assembly.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a washing tub assembly, including: the washing barrel is rotatably arranged and comprises a rotary drum and a rear cover, the rotary drum is connected with the rear cover, the rear cover is provided with a water outlet, and the water outlet is positioned at the central position of the rear cover; the support frame is connected with the rear cover and encloses a flow channel with the rear cover, the flow channel is provided with a water inlet and is communicated with the water inlet and the water outlet, the support frame is configured to be capable of rotating and driving the washing barrel and the flow channel to rotate along with the rotation of the support frame, so that water in the washing barrel or water outside the washing barrel is scooped by the water inlet and enters the flow channel, and the water in the flow channel is discharged into the washing barrel through the water outlet.

In the washing tub assembly according to the above embodiment of the present invention, the support frame is connected to the rear cover of the washing tub and encloses the flow path, the support frame can drive the washing tub to rotate and drive the flow path to move, so as to correspondingly drive the water inlet to scoop water in the washing barrel or outside the washing barrel into the flow passage along with the movement of the flow passage, and with the further movement of the flow passage, the water is driven to flow along the flow passage so that the water is discharged into the washing barrel through the water outlet to spray the clothes, the structure not only drives the washing barrel to rotate but also drives water to spray clothes by utilizing the supporting frame, thereby simplifying the product composition, saving the power consumption cost, thereby reducing the structure cost and the use cost of the product, realizing energy conservation and emission reduction, arranging the water outlet on the rear cover, the water is directly sprayed into the washing barrel along the water outlet, so that the spraying is more efficient, and the spraying visual effect is better.

In addition, the washing tub assembly of the above embodiment provided by the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical scheme, the flow channel includes an expansion cavity, the expansion cavity is arranged corresponding to the water outlet and is communicated with the water outlet, and the expansion cavity is communicated with the water inlet.

In this scheme, the runner is including expanding the appearance chamber, and like this, the support frame closes the runner structure that can form the more sufficient of space volume with back lid to promote runner water guide efficiency, and then promote the spray effect.

In the above technical scheme, the rear cover is provided with a capacity expansion area, the capacity expansion area and the support frame surround to define the capacity expansion chamber, the capacity expansion area comprises a water outlet area and a blocking area arranged along the periphery of the water outlet area, the water outlet area is provided with one or more spraying holes, and the one or more spraying holes form the water outlet and are communicated with the capacity expansion chamber.

In this scheme, the dilatation is regional including the district of giving out water and the blocking district that sets up along the periphery of giving out water district, utilizes the dilatation district to increase the water yield, utilizes the blocking district to restrict water and spills over, further guarantees the water yield to the promotion is to the efficiency of saturating of clothing and soak the effect.

In the above technical scheme, the water outlet area is a convex arc wall protruding into the washing tub.

In this scheme, set up out the protruding arc wall of water district for protruding stretching in to the washtub, the design of protruding arc wall has correspondingly increased on the one hand and has sprayed the setting area in hole, can promote bigger spraying area, promotes and sprays effect and efficiency, and through making protruding one side of protruding arc wall towards the washtub in, can make well that go out the water end and be located the washtub, it is littleer to spray the resistance, forms better spraying effect, and the blowout visual effect is also better.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the dilatation region includes the boss wall, the boss wall includes roof and lateral wall, be equipped with on the roof the delivery port, be equipped with the dilatation cavity on the support frame and follow the protruding muscle that the opening of dilatation cavity set up, the roof with the opening of dilatation cavity sets up relatively and blocks the opening of dilatation cavity, protruding muscle inserts in the space that the lateral wall encloses.

In this scheme, boss wall and dilatation cavity form protruding, concave relative expansion chamber, further increase dilatation chamber capacity, guarantee the water yield to corresponding promotion sprays the volume, and protruding muscle inserts in the space that the lateral wall closed and encloses out, utilizes protruding muscle to support the enhancement to the dilatation chamber, has reinforceed dilatation chamber structural strength and rigidity, promotes the reliability of product.

In any of the above technical solutions, one or more water outlet blocking ribs are disposed in the expansion cavity, and the space in the expansion cavity is divided into a plurality of water outlet chambers by the one or more water outlet blocking ribs; the runner is equipped with a plurality of the water inlet, and a plurality of the water inlet corresponds the intercommunication with a plurality of the hydroecium.

In this scheme, set up the delivery port and keep off the muscle and divide into a plurality of mill rooms with the space of dilatation intracavity, a plurality of water inlets and a plurality of mill room one-to-ones intercommunication, like this, the rivers of every water inlet are to the mill room that corresponds, the water in each mill room can not flow each other and scurries, effectively avoid the water of dilatation intracavity to strike each other, further improved and sprayed pressure and spray the effect, and utilize the delivery port to keep off the muscle and support the enhancement to the dilatation chamber, dilatation chamber structural strength and rigidity have been reinforceed, promote the reliability of product.

In the technical scheme, the water outlet blocking ribs are intersected at a central part, a water outlet hole which penetrates through the central part is formed in the central part, and the water outlet hole is communicated with the water outlet and is communicated with the water inlets.

In this scheme, a plurality of delivery ports keep off the muscle and intersect in a central part, and the water in every outlet chamber all has partly spout along the apopore of central part, promotes the continuity that sprays and sprays the water yield to further improve and spray the homogeneity, improve the water spray effect.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the flow channel includes a water storage cavity, the water storage cavity is communicated with the expansion cavity, and the water inlet is disposed on the water storage cavity and communicated with the water storage cavity.

In this scheme, set up the water inlet on the water storage chamber, utilize the space of water storage intracavity can play the water storage effect to promote the bailing volume of water inlet, this can corresponding promotion spray water yield, promote the efficiency and the effect of soaking of clothing.

In the above technical solution, the water storage cavity is located inside an outer edge of the rear cover and is adjacent to the outer edge of the rear cover.

In this scheme, the water storage chamber is located the inboard of the outward flange of back lid, can understand that, circular motion is done for the rotation center in the center of lid behind the water storage chamber, water generally is located the lower extreme of washtub, when the water inlet in the water storage chamber covers the downside of rotatory to washtub afterwards, the position of water inlet is more close to down, the inflow when ladling out the water intaking is bigger, it is more efficient to ladle out water, correspondingly make the volume of spraying also great, on the contrary, along with the washtub continues to rotate, it is also bigger to the position promotion height of water inlet, therefore, the work volume of washtub to water is corresponding bigger, can promote the drainage efficiency and the drainage pressure of delivery port department, thereby obtain better spraying effect and the effect of soaking to the clothing.

In the above technical scheme, the flow channel further includes a drainage channel, one end of the drainage channel is communicated with the water storage cavity, and the other end of the drainage channel extends towards the center of the rear cover and is communicated with the expansion cavity, so that the water storage cavity is communicated with the expansion cavity through the drainage channel.

In this scheme, the runner still includes drainage channel, via drainage channel intercommunication between water storage chamber and the dilatation chamber, thus, the water in the water storage intracavity gets into the dilatation chamber along drainage channel, can understand, the dilatation chamber is close to the position of back lid, increase the distance between dilatation chamber and the water storage chamber through drainage channel, the central point of the skew back lid in water storage chamber puts, more do benefit to the feasible position difference in height that produces between water inlet and delivery port along with the rotation of runner, spray in the washtub via delivery port row along the runner with gravity drive water more fully, it is more efficient to spray, and is energy-saving.

In the above technical scheme, one or more reinforcing ribs are arranged in the water storage cavity.

In this scheme, the water storage intracavity is equipped with one or more strengthening ribs, strengthens the rigidity and the intensity in water storage chamber through the strengthening rib, avoids rivers impact water storage chamber to lead to the water storage chamber to take place to warp or damage, guarantees the water storage capacity in water storage chamber, improves the reliability of product.

In the above technical scheme, the water storage cavity has opposite first end and second end, the water storage cavity the first end or the second end is equipped with the water inlet.

In this scheme, the first end or the second end in water storage chamber are equipped with the water inlet, and like this, water gets into the back along the first end or the second end in water storage chamber, can follow first end to second end or have the water conservancy diversion stroke of certain length in order to unload the inertial force from second end to first end, can make water can not flow the water storage chamber by the bounce-back very fast like this to further promote the water storage capacity in water storage chamber, promote the interior ladling out water yield of cycle, thereby promote the spray water yield and spray the effect.

In any of the above technical solutions, the support frame includes a plurality of support arms, and the plurality of support arms intersect and are arranged in a divergent manner, wherein at least one of the support arms is configured with an expansion cavity, a drainage cavity and a water storage cavity, the drainage cavity communicates with the expansion cavity and the water storage cavity, and the rear cover and the support frame cover to seal the expansion cavity, the drainage cavity and the water storage cavity, so that the flow channel is defined between the rear cover and the opposite surfaces of the expansion cavity, the drainage cavity and the water storage cavity.

In this scheme, make full use of a plurality of support arms of support frame come to surround and construct a plurality of runners, thus, the structural strength of support frame self has been guaranteed well on the one hand, realize good drive, the transmission nature, on the other hand, the setting of a plurality of water inlets has been realized, thus, form a plurality of ladling positions on the support frame, at the rotatory in-process of support frame, the water inlet ladling that is located the runner of downside, the runner that is located the upside simultaneously is with its interior log raft to delivery port, can realize continuous ladling and continuous effluent, improve the continuity that sprays and spray the water yield, thereby further improve the homogeneity that sprays.

In any of the above technical solutions, the method further includes: and the sealing element is arranged between the support frame and the rear cover and seals a gap between the support frame and the rear cover.

In this scheme, set up the gap between sealing member seal support frame and the back lid, can promote the runner seal, promote and spray efficiency.

In the above technical scheme, the support frame or the rear cover is provided with an installation groove, a part of the sealing element is positioned in the installation groove, and the sealing element is clamped by the support frame and the rear cover.

In this scheme, set up partly of sealing member and be located the mounting groove, the sealing member by the support frame with back lid presss from both sides tightly, like this, in assembling process, utilize the mounting groove earlier with sealing member and back lid or support frame location fixed, assemble support frame and back lid again, avoid the aversion problem of sealing member in assembling process, the sealing member position is also more accurate, more does benefit to the assembly precision of guaranteeing the sealing member, promotes sealed effect.

In any of the above technical solutions, the supporting frame is located outside the rear cover, and the water inlet is configured to scoop water outside the washing tub into the flow channel.

In this scheme, set up the outside that the support frame is located the back lid, like this, realize in water spouts the washtub via the runner, when forming the spray effect, utilize the runner to make the inside and outside water of washtub form the circulation, be favorable to further water economy resource, reduce the energy consumption of product, and make the water inlet scoop out water from the washtub outward, can make the water inlet keep away the sky nature more secure, can avoid the water inlet to receive unfavorable situations such as clothing shelters from.

In the above technical solution, a covering area covered by the supporting frame and a vacant area not covered by the supporting frame are formed on the outer surface of the rear cover, and the vacant area is provided with a plurality of through holes communicating the inside and the outside of the washing tub.

In this scheme, cover after and establish the water that the through-hole supplied in the washtub and enter into support frame position department, can promote the water yield of support frame position to corresponding bailing volume of guaranteeing the water inlet, and then promote the volume of spraying, and the design of a plurality of through-holes can play certain filtering action when guaranteeing washtub to support frame position drainage efficiency, prevents that the plug from getting into the water inlet and arousing the choked flow problem, guarantees to spray efficiency.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a washing machine including: a housing; the washing tub assembly of any of the above aspects is located within the cabinet.

The washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention has all the beneficial effects by arranging the washing barrel assembly in any technical scheme, and the detailed description is omitted.

Optionally, the washing machine is a drum washing machine.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a partial sectional view schematically illustrating a washing tub assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a washing tub assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a rear cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a support frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view schematically illustrating a washing tub assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a support frame according to an embodiment of the present invention in a partial cross-section;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional structural schematic view of a wash tub assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention; .

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the component names in fig. 1 to 7 is:

10 washtub, 11 rotary drums, 12 back lids, 121 delivery ports, 122 dilatation region, 1221 play water zone, 12211 sprays the hole, 1222 blocks the district, 1223 boss wall, 12231 roof, 12232 lateral wall, 123 vacancy region, 124 through-hole, 20 support frames, 21 support arm, 211 dilatation cavity, 212 drainage cavity, 213 water storage cavity, 214 protruding muscle, 22 mounting groove, 30 runner, 31 dilatation chamber, 32 water inlet, 33 delivery ports keep off the muscle, 34 play hydroecium, 35 water storage cavity, 351 strengthening rib, 36 drainage channel, 37 apopores, 40 sealing member.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

The washing tub assembly according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a washing tub assembly including a washing tub 10 and a supporting frame 20.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the washing tub 10 includes a drum 11 and a rear cover 12 connected, one end of the drum 11 is opened to form a laundry input port, and the other end is blocked by the rear cover 12 to form the washing tub 10, wherein a water outlet 121 is provided at a central position of the rear cover 12.

The supporting frame 20 is connected to the rear cover 12, for example, the supporting frame 20 is locked with the rear cover 12 by a fastener such as a screw, etc., of course, the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12 may also be connected together by riveting, welding, etc.

The supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12 enclose to define a flow channel 30, the flow channel 30 is provided with a water inlet 32, the flow channel 30 is communicated with the water inlet 32 and the water outlet 121, and the water outlet 121 is communicated with the space in the washing tub 10.

The supporting frame 20 is used for driving the washing tub 10 to rotate, and specifically, the supporting frame 20 is rotatably disposed, and the supporting frame 20 simultaneously drives the washing tub 10 and the flow channel 30 to rotate therewith while rotating, so that the water inlet 32 scoops water inside the washing tub 10 and/or outside the washing tub 10 into the flow channel 30, and the water inside the flow channel 30 is discharged into the washing tub 10 through the water outlet 121.

In the washing tub assembly provided in the above embodiment of the present invention, the supporting frame 20 is connected to the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10 and encloses the flow channel 30, the supporting frame 20 is utilized to drive the washing tub 10 to rotate and drive the flow channel 30 to move, so as to correspondingly drive the water inlet 32 to scoop water inside the washing tub 10 or outside the washing tub 10 into the flow channel 30 along with the movement of the flow channel 30, and drive the water to flow along the flow channel 30 to discharge the water into the washing tub 10 through the water outlet 121 to spray the laundry along with the further movement of the flow channel 30, the structure not only drives the washing tub 10 to rotate by using the supporting frame 20, but also drives the water to spray the laundry, simplifies the product composition, saves the power consumption cost, thereby reduces the structural cost and the use cost of the product, realizes energy conservation and emission reduction, and is provided with the water outlet 121 located in the rear cover 12, so that the water is directly sprayed into the washing tub 10 along the water outlet 121, and the spraying is more efficient, the visual effect of the spray is better.

And the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10 and the supporting frame 20 are utilized to enclose the flow channel 30 to realize flow guide, and the washing machine has the advantages of few parts of products, simple structure, rapidness and convenience in processing and assembling and the like.

For example, the washing tub assembly is used in a washing machine including a tub, the washing tub 10 is disposed in the tub, and the washing tub 10 is rotatable in the tub, the support bracket 20 is connected to the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10 by a screw, and the support bracket 20 rotates to rotate the washing tub 10. During the rotation of the supporting frame 20, the water in the water tub (which may be water between the water tub and the washing tub 10, that is, water outside the washing tub 10, or water inside the washing tub 10) is scooped by moving the water inlet 32, so that the scooped water enters the flow passage 30, and as the supporting frame 20 continues to rotate, the gravitational potential energy of the water inside the flow passage 30 changes, so that the water inside the flow passage 30 can flow along the flow passage 30 under the action of gravity and flow into the washing tub 10 through the water outlet 121.

Example 1:

as shown in fig. 2 and 7, in addition to the features of the above embodiment, further defined are: the flow channel 30 includes an expansion cavity 31, the expansion cavity 31 is disposed corresponding to the water outlet 121 and is communicated with the water outlet 121, and the expansion cavity 31 is communicated with the water inlet 32. Thus, the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12 cover to form a runner structure with more sufficient space, so as to improve the water guiding efficiency of the runner 30, and further improve the spraying effect.

In detail, as shown in fig. 7, an expansion area 122 is formed on the rear cover 12, the expansion area 122 and the support frame 20 surround to define an expansion cavity 31, the expansion area 122 includes a water outlet area 1221 and a blocking area 1222 disposed along the outer periphery of the water outlet area 1221, the water outlet area 1221 is provided with one or more spraying holes 12211, and the one or more spraying holes 12211 form the water outlet 121 and communicate with the expansion cavity 31.

More in detail, it is sunken that play water zone 1221 is one side, the bellied protruding arc wall of opposite side, spray hole 12211 and form the through-hole structure that just runs through on the protruding arc wall, the design of protruding arc wall has correspondingly increased the area that sets up that sprays hole 12211 on the one hand, can promote bigger area that sprays, promote and spray effect and efficiency, and through making the protruding one side of protruding arc wall in the washtub 10, can make well that the play water end is located washtub 10, it is littleer to spray the resistance, form better spraying effect, and the blowout visual effect is also better.

Example 2:

as shown in fig. 5 and 7, in addition to the features of the above embodiment, further defined are: the expansion area 122 includes a boss wall 1223, the boss wall 1223 includes a top wall 12231 and a side wall 12232, a water outlet 121 is provided on the top wall 12231, as shown in fig. 4, the support frame 20 is provided with an expansion cavity 211 and a rib 214 provided along an opening of the expansion cavity 211, the top wall 12231 is provided opposite to the opening of the expansion cavity 211 and seals the opening of the expansion cavity 211, and the rib 214 is inserted into the space enclosed by the side wall 12232.

For example, the boss wall 1223 and the expansion cavity 211 form the expansion cavity 31 with a convex shape and a concave shape opposite to each other, so that the capacity of the expansion cavity 31 is further increased, and the spraying water yield is ensured, thereby correspondingly increasing the spraying yield, and the convex rib 214 is inserted into the space enclosed by the side wall 12232, and the expansion cavity 31 is supported and reinforced by the convex rib 214, so that the structural strength and rigidity of the expansion cavity 31 are enhanced, and the reliability of the product is improved.

Example 3:

as shown in fig. 7, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: one or more water outlet blocking ribs 33 are arranged in the expansion cavity 31, the space in the expansion cavity 31 is divided into a plurality of water outlet chambers 34 by the one or more water outlet blocking ribs 33, the flow channel 30 is provided with a plurality of water inlets 32, and the plurality of water inlets 32 are correspondingly communicated with the plurality of water outlet chambers 34.

For example, set up the delivery port and keep off muscle 33 and divide into a plurality of water outlet chamber 34 with the space in the dilatation chamber 31 along circumference, a plurality of water inlets 32 and a plurality of water outlet chamber 34 one-to-one intercommunication, like this, the rivers of every water inlet 32 are to the water outlet chamber 34 that corresponds, the water in each water outlet chamber 34 can not flow each other and scurry, effectively avoid expanding the water mutual impact in the chamber 31, further improved spray pressure and spray the effect, and utilize the delivery port to keep off muscle 33 and support the enhancement to the dilatation chamber 31, dilatation chamber 31 structural strength and rigidity have been reinforceed, promote the reliability of product.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the water outlet blocking ribs 33 intersect at a central portion (the position where the water outlet blocking ribs 33 intersect can be understood as the central position of the rear cover 12), a water outlet hole 37 is formed in the central portion, and the water outlet hole 37 is in communication with the water outlet 121 and is in communication with the water inlets 32. Thus, a part of water in each water outlet chamber is sprayed out along the water outlet hole 37 at the center part, the spraying continuity and the spraying water quantity are improved, the spraying uniformity is further improved, and the water spraying effect is improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, three water outlet blocking ribs 33 are provided, three water outlet blocking ribs 33 are approximately distributed in a Y shape, adjacent water outlet blocking ribs 33 are approximately 120 degrees, at a position adjacent to an intersection of the three water outlet blocking ribs 33, that is, a central position of the rear cover 12, a water outlet 37 is formed in the three water outlet blocking ribs 33 and perpendicular to the side wall of the support frame 20, one end of the water outlet 37 corresponds to the water outlet 121, and the other end of the water outlet 37 is communicated with the water inlet 32.

Example 4:

as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: the flow passage 30 comprises a water storage cavity 35, the water storage cavity 35 is communicated with the capacity expansion cavity 31, and the water inlet 32 is arranged on the water storage cavity 35 and is communicated with the water storage cavity 35. Utilize the space in the water storage chamber 35 can play the water storage effect to promote the bailing volume of water inlet 32, this can correspondingly promote the spray water yield, promote the efficiency of soaking and the effect of soaking to the clothing.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the water storage chamber 35 is located inside the outer edge of the rear cover 12 and adjacent to the outer edge of the rear cover 12. It can be understood that, the water storage cavity 35 makes circular motion with the center of the rear cover 12 as the rotation center, water is generally located at the lower end of the washing tub 10, when the water inlet 32 on the water storage cavity 35 rotates to the lower side of the washing tub 10 with the rear cover 12, the position of the water inlet 32 is closer to the lower side, the water inflow during scooping water is larger, the scooping water is more efficient, accordingly, the spraying amount is also larger, conversely, as the washing tub 10 continues to rotate, the lifting height of the position of the water inlet 32 is also larger, thus, the work amount of the washing tub 10 on water is correspondingly larger, the drainage efficiency and the drainage pressure at the water outlet 121 can be improved, thereby obtaining better spraying effect and the soaking effect on the clothes.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the flow channel 30 further includes a drainage channel 36, one end of the drainage channel 36 is communicated with the water storage cavity 35, and the other end extends toward the center of the rear cover 12 and is communicated with the expansion cavity 31, so that the water storage cavity 35 is communicated with the expansion cavity 31 through the drainage channel 36. Like this, the water in the water storage chamber 35 gets into diffusion chamber 31 along drainage channel 36, and as can be understood, diffusion chamber 31 is close to the position of back lid 12, increases the distance between diffusion chamber 31 and the water storage chamber 35 through drainage channel 36, and the central point that water storage chamber 35 deviates from back lid 12 more does benefit to and makes along with the rotation of runner 30 produces the position difference in height between water inlet 32 and delivery port 121 to more fully utilize gravity drive water to discharge into along runner 30 via delivery port 121 and spray in wash tub 10, spray more high-efficient, energy-conserving.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 1, one or more ribs 351 are disposed in the water storage chamber 35. Through strengthening rib 351 to the rigidity and the intensity enhancement in water storage chamber 35, avoid rivers impact water storage chamber 35 to lead to water storage chamber 35 to take place to warp or damage, guarantee the water storage capacity in water storage chamber 35, improve the reliability of product.

Further, the water storage cavity 35 has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and the first end or the second end of the water storage cavity 35 is provided with the water inlet 32. Like this, water enters into the back along the first end or the second end of water storage chamber 35, can follow first end to second end or from the second end to the first end have certain length the water conservancy diversion stroke in order to unload the inertia effort, can make water can not flow water storage chamber 35 by the bounce-back very fast like this to further promote the water storage capacity in water storage chamber 35, promote the ladling volume in the cycle, thereby promote the water yield of spraying and spray the effect.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the water storage chamber 35 intersects and is connected to the drainage passage 36 at a position midway between the first end and the second end.

It should be noted that the position of the water storage cavity 35 midway between the first end and the second end may be understood as any position between the first end and the second end, and the any position may be a position at the midpoint between the first end and the second end of the water storage cavity 35, a position between the first end and the midpoint, or a position between the second end and the midpoint.

Preferably, the water storage cavity 35 intersects and connects with the drainage channel 36 at a position midway between the first end and the second end, and it can also be understood that a center line of the drainage channel 36 along the extending direction intersects at a position midway between the first end and the second end of the water storage cavity 35. Thus, the water storage cavity 35 and the drainage channel 36 are roughly constructed into a T shape, the drainage channel 36 is formed into a vertical part of the T shape, the water storage cavity 35 is formed into a transverse part of the T shape, the bottom end of the vertical part is communicated with the water outlet 121, and the left end or the right end of the transverse part is provided with the water inlet 32.

Example 5:

as shown in fig. 2 and 4, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: the support frame 20 comprises a plurality of support arms 21, the support arms 21 are intersected and arranged in a divergent manner, wherein at least one support arm 21 is provided with an expansion cavity 211, a drainage cavity 212 and a water storage cavity 213, the drainage cavity 212 is communicated with the expansion cavity 211 and the water storage cavity 213, the rear cover 12 is covered with the support frame 20 to seal the expansion cavity 211, the drainage cavity 212 and the water storage cavity 213, so that a flow channel 30 is defined between the opposite surfaces of the rear cover 12, the expansion cavity 211, the drainage cavity 212 and the water storage cavity 213.

For example, the supporting frame 20 includes a plurality of supporting arms 21, one end of each of the supporting arms 21 is intersected, and the other end of each of the supporting arms 21 extends in a direction away from the intersection position between the supporting arms 21, wherein each of the supporting arms 21 and the rear cover 12 surround to define a flow channel 30, that is, the washing assembly has a plurality of flow channels 30, the water outlet 121 corresponds to the intersection position, one end of each of the supporting arms 21 away from the intersection position is provided with a water inlet 32, and the flow channel 30 communicates the water outlet 121 and the water inlet 32.

In detail, as shown in fig. 4, the washing assembly has three runners 30, and the supporting frame 20 includes three supporting arms 21. Like this, when realizing that the continuity sprays, guaranteeing to spray the water yield, strengthened support frame 20 structural strength and rigidity, compromise the processing and the installation nature of support frame 20 simultaneously, promote the comprehensive properties of product.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, the three support arms 21 are substantially Y-shaped, and the adjacent support arms 21 are substantially 120 degrees, so as to further improve the stress balance of each support arm 21 and the strength of the support frame 20. And the design is also more favorable for controlling the flow guide coordination among the three flow paths, and the continuous spraying effect is better realized.

Further, the intersection position of the three support arms 21 is substantially corresponding to the central position of the rear cover 12, so as to further improve the driving uniformity of the washing tub 10, and the three support arms 21 extend substantially along the radial direction of the rear cover 12 toward the outer edge position of the rear cover 12, and the end of the support arm 21 extending to the outer edge of the rear cover 12 is provided with the water inlet 32.

Example 6:

as shown in fig. 2 and 5, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: further comprising: and a sealing member 40 disposed between the supporter 20 and the rear cover 12 and sealing a gap between the supporter 20 and the rear cover 12. The sealing element 40 is arranged to seal the gap between the support frame 20 and the rear cover 12, so that the tightness of the flow channel 30 can be improved, and the spraying efficiency can be improved.

For example, as shown in fig. 6, the sealing element 40 is a sealing rib, a sealing strip, a sealing ring, or the like made of rubber or the like, the sealing element 40 is disposed between the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12, and is clamped by the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12 to achieve sealing, and the sealing element 40 has a good sealing performance, and is simple in structure, convenient to assemble, and low in cost.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a mounting groove 22 is formed on the supporting frame 20 or the rear cover 12, a portion of the sealing member 40 is located in the mounting groove 22, and the sealing member 40 is clamped by the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12. Like this, in the assembling process, utilize mounting groove 22 earlier with sealing member 40 and back lid 12 or support frame 20 location fixed, again with support frame 20 and back lid 12 equipment, avoid the aversion problem of sealing member 40 in the assembling process, the sealing member 40 position is also more accurate, more does benefit to the assembly precision of guaranteeing sealing member 40, promotes sealed effect.

Of course, one skilled in the art may also design the rear cover 12 to have an adhesive layer, such as a double-sided adhesive, to pre-fix the sealing member 40 to the rear cover 12 or the supporting frame 20, and also to prevent the sealing member 40 from bouncing.

Example 7:

as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: the supporting bracket 20 is located at an outer side of the rear cover 12, and the water inlet 32 is configured to scoop water outside the washing tub 10 into the flow passage 30. Like this, realize in water spouts into washtub 10 via runner 30, form the effect that sprays, utilize runner 30 to make washtub 10 inside and outside water form the circulation, be favorable to further water economy resource, reduce the energy consumption of product, and make water inlet 32 ladle out water from washtub 10 outward, can make the evacuation nature of water inlet 32 more secure, can avoid water inlet 32 to receive bad situations such as clothing shelters from.

Of course, the present solution is not limited to this, and in other embodiments, the water inlet 32 may be provided on the inner side of the rear cover 12 for scooping water, for example, the rear cover 12 is provided with a convex shell protruding toward the washing tub 10, and the water outlet 121 is located in the washing tub 10 for scooping water in the washing tub 10.

Example 8:

as shown in fig. 1 and 3, in addition to the features of any of the above embodiments, further defined are: a covering region covered by the supporter 20 and a vacant region 123 not covered by the supporter 20 are formed on the outer surface of the rear cover 12, the vacant region 123 is provided with a plurality of through holes 124, and the through holes 124 communicate the inside and the outside of the washing tub 10. Wherein the water inlet 32 is configured to scoop water outside the washing tub 10 into the flow passage 30. Utilize through-hole 124 can improve the water yield of support frame 20 position department to the corresponding ladling water yield of guaranteeing water inlet 32, and then promote the volume of spraying, and the design of a plurality of through-holes 124 can play certain filtering action, prevents that the plug from getting into water inlet 32 and arousing the choked flow problem, guarantees to spray efficiency.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a washing machine comprising: a housing; the washing tub assembly of any of the above aspects is located in the cabinet.

The washing machine provided by the embodiment of the invention has all the beneficial effects by arranging the washing barrel component in any technical scheme, and the detailed description is omitted.

Optionally, the washing machine is a drum washing machine.

For example, the washing machine includes a tub and a washing tub assembly, the washing tub 10 of the washing tub assembly is rotatably disposed in the tub, and the supporting frame 20 is fixedly connected to the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10 by screws and rotates with the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10. Wherein, the central position of the rear cover 12 is provided with a water outlet 121, the supporting frame 20 and the rear cover 12 are covered to define a flow passage 30, and in the process that the supporting frame 20 drives the washing tub 10 to rotate, the water inlet 32 of the flow passage 30 scoops up the water between the water tub and the washing tub 10 and makes the water flow along the flow passage 30 under the action of gravity and flow into the washing tub 10 through the water outlet 121.

The specific embodiment is as follows:

as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the washing machine is a drum washing machine, which includes: the water-holding bucket, wash tub 10 and support frame etc. water-holding bucket, wash tub 10 and support frame 20 etc. are located in the casing, and wash tub 10 closes by rotary drum and back lid and closes and form, and support frame 20 is installed behind back lid 12 to enclose with back lid 12 and define the runner, and the sealing member is installed in the gap between support frame 20 and back lid 12.

The washing barrel 10 of the drum washing machine is arranged in a water containing barrel, clothes are arranged in the washing barrel 10, water can enter between the water containing barrel and the washing barrel 10 and in the washing barrel 10 during washing, the water entering the washing barrel 10 can be contacted with the clothes and can infiltrate the clothes, the supporting frame 20 is provided with three supporting arms 21, each supporting arm 21 is provided with a drainage channel 36 and a water storage cavity 35, each water storage cavity 35 is arranged at one end of each drainage channel 36 and is communicated with the drainage channel 36, each water storage cavity 35 is provided with a reinforcing rib 351 for reinforcing, a water inlet is formed in each water storage cavity 35, a wall, corresponding to the supporting frame 20, of the rear cover 12 is arranged to be protruded forwards at one side, one side of each wall is sunken inwards to form a water outlet area 1221, a water outlet 121 is formed in the middle of the rear cover 12, the other end of each drainage channel 36 is communicated with the water outlet 121, and the drainage channels 36 are communicated with the water inlet 32 and the water outlet 121. Wherein the water outlet 121 is communicated with the interior of the washing tub 10, so that the flow passage 30 in the middle of the supporting arm 21 is communicated with the water storage cavity 35 and the water inlet 32, an annular retaining rib and a water outlet hole 37 are arranged on the supporting arm 21, the annular retaining rib is matched with the water outlet hole 37 to form a water outlet chamber 34, the function of the support arm is to separate the water outlet chambers 34 in the three support arms 21, prevent the three water outlet chambers 34 from channeling a great deal of water to reduce the water spraying effect of the water outlet 121, the outlet holes 37 allow a part of the water in the single outlet chamber 34 to be sprayed out from the central small hole in the outlet hole 37 to improve the water spraying effect, a flow passage 30 is arranged between the water storage cavity 35 and the water outlet 121 to communicate the water storage cavity 35 at the outer end with the water outlet 121, a mounting groove 22 for mounting a sealing element 40 is arranged on the support frame 20, the rear cover 12 of the washing tub 10, the sealing member 40, the water storage chamber 35 on the support frame 20, the flow passage 30, etc. together constitute a water intake device.

Through the structure of the embodiment, when one of the supporting arms 21 rotates to the lower part and the water inlet 32 on the supporting arm 21 is submerged, water enters the flow channel 30, the washing tub 10 continues to rotate, along with the lifting of the supporting arm 21, the water reaches the water outlet 121 along the flow channel 30 and then is sprayed into the washing tub 10, and then the three supporting arms 21 reciprocate circularly, so that the circulation of water inside and outside the washing tub 10 is realized, the soaking time of clothes can be shortened, and the utilization rate of detergent, the washing uniformity, the cleaning degree and the rinsing efficiency are improved. And because the water outlet 121 is in the washing tub 10, the spraying effect is better, and the spraying visual effect is good.

According to the invention, the flow channel 30 is enclosed by the support frame 20 and the rear cover 12, the sealing element 40 seals the gap between the rear cover 12 and the support frame 20, and water outside the washing tub 10 can be taken into the washing tub 10 without extra power by utilizing the self-rotating power of the washing tub 10 and the gravity of the water, so that the energy consumption is saved.

In the present invention, the terms "first", "second", and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance; the term "plurality" means two or more unless expressly limited otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or unit referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (17)

1. A washing tub assembly, comprising:

the washing machine comprises a washing barrel (10), wherein the washing barrel (10) is rotatably arranged and comprises a rotary drum (11) and a rear cover (12), the rotary drum (11) is connected with the rear cover (12), the rear cover (12) is provided with a water outlet (121), and the water outlet (121) is positioned at the central position of the rear cover (12);

a support frame (20) connected to the rear cover (12) and enclosing a flow channel (30) with the rear cover (12), wherein the flow channel (30) is provided with a water inlet (32), and the flow channel (30) communicates the water inlet (32) and the water outlet (121), wherein the support frame (20) is configured to rotate and drive the washing tub (10) and the flow channel (30) to rotate therewith, so that the water inlet (32) scoops water in the washing tub (10) and/or outside the washing tub (10) into the flow channel (30), and water in the flow channel (30) is discharged into the washing tub (10) through the water outlet (121);

the flow channel (30) comprises an expansion cavity (31), the expansion cavity (31) is arranged corresponding to the water outlet (121) and communicated with the water outlet (121), and the expansion cavity (31) is communicated with the water inlet (32).

2. The washing tub assembly of claim 1,

the rear cover (12) is provided with an expansion area (122), the expansion area (122) and the support frame (20) surround to define the expansion cavity (31), the expansion area (122) comprises a water outlet area (1221) and a blocking area (1222) arranged along the periphery of the water outlet area (1221), the water outlet area (1221) is provided with one or more spraying holes (12211), and the one or more spraying holes (12211) are formed into the water outlet (121) and communicated with the expansion cavity (31).

3. The washing tub assembly of claim 2,

the water outlet area (1221) is a convex arc wall which protrudes into the washing barrel (10).

4. The washing tub assembly of claim 2 or 3,

dilatation region (122) is including boss wall (1223), boss wall (1223) is including roof (12231) and lateral wall (12232), be equipped with on roof (12231) delivery port (121), be equipped with dilatation cavity (211) and follow on support frame (20) protruding muscle (214) that the opening of dilatation cavity (211) set up, roof (12231) with the opening of dilatation cavity (211) sets up relatively and blocks the opening of dilatation cavity (211), protruding muscle (214) insert in lateral wall (12232) closes the space that encloses.

5. The washing tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 3,

one or more water outlet blocking ribs (33) are arranged in the expanded cavity (31), and the space in the expanded cavity (31) is divided into a plurality of water outlet chambers (34) by the one or more water outlet blocking ribs (33);

the flow channel (30) is provided with a plurality of water inlets (32), and the plurality of water inlets (32) are correspondingly communicated with the plurality of water outlet chambers (34).

6. The washing tub assembly of claim 5,

a plurality of delivery port fender muscle (33) intersect in a central part, be equipped with apopore (37) that run through on the central part, apopore (37) with delivery port (121) intercommunication, and with a plurality of water inlet (32) intercommunication.

7. The washing tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 3,

the runner (30) comprises a water storage cavity (35), the water storage cavity (35) is communicated with the expansion cavity (31), and the water inlet (32) is formed in the water storage cavity (35) and communicated with the water storage cavity (35).

8. The washing tub assembly of claim 7,

the water storage cavity (35) is located inside an outer edge of the rear cover (12) and adjacent to the outer edge of the rear cover (12).

9. The washing tub assembly of claim 8,

the runner (30) further comprises a drainage channel (36), one end of the drainage channel (36) is communicated with the water storage cavity (35), the other end of the drainage channel extends towards the center of the rear cover (12) and is communicated with the expansion cavity (31), and therefore the water storage cavity (35) is communicated with the expansion cavity (31) through the drainage channel (36).

10. The washing tub assembly of claim 7,

one or more reinforcing ribs (351) are arranged in the water storage cavity (35).

11. The washing tub assembly of claim 7,

the water storage cavity (35) is provided with a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other, and the water inlet (32) is formed in the first end or the second end of the water storage cavity (35).

12. The washing tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 3,

the support frame (20) comprises a plurality of support arms (21), the support arms (21) are intersected and arranged in a divergent mode, an expansion cavity (211), a drainage cavity (212) and a water storage cavity (213) are formed in at least one support arm (21), the drainage cavity (212) is communicated with the expansion cavity (211) and the water storage cavity (213), the rear cover (12) is covered with the support frame (20) to seal the expansion cavity (211), the drainage cavity (212) and the water storage cavity (213), and a flow channel (30) is defined between the rear cover (12) and the opposite surfaces of the expansion cavity (211), the drainage cavity (212) and the water storage cavity (213).

13. The wash tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

and the sealing element (40) is arranged between the support frame (20) and the rear cover (12) and seals a gap between the support frame (20) and the rear cover (12).

14. The washing tub assembly of claim 13,

the supporting frame (20) or the rear cover (12) is provided with a mounting groove (22), one part of the sealing element (40) is positioned in the mounting groove (22), and the sealing element (40) is clamped by the supporting frame (20) and the rear cover (12).

15. The washing tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 3,

the supporting frame (20) is located at an outer side of the rear cover (12), and the water inlet (32) is configured to scoop water outside the washing tub (10) into the flow passage (30).

16. The washing tub assembly of claim 15,

the outer surface of the rear cover (12) is provided with a covering area covered by the support frame (20) and a vacant area (123) uncovered by the support frame (20), the vacant area (123) is provided with a plurality of through holes (124), and the through holes (124) are used for communicating the inside and the outside of the washing barrel (10).

17. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

a housing;

the wash tub assembly of any of claims 1 to 16 located within the cabinet.

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