CN112391786A

CN112391786A - Washing machine

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Publication number: CN112391786A
Application number: CN201910763409.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵志强; 许升; 吕佩师
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-19
Filing date: 2019-08-19
Publication date: 2021-02-23
Also published as: WO2021032086A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a washing machine, comprising: the outer cylinder is internally sleeved with the inner cylinder; the opening of the inner cylinder protrudes out of the opening of the outer cylinder. The inner cylinder opening is arranged to protrude out of the outer cylinder opening, so that an inner cylinder cover correspondingly arranged on the inner cylinder opening is not interfered by the outer cylinder opening in the opening and closing process; meanwhile, the inner barrel opening protrudes out of the outer barrel opening, so that the inner barrel opening is closer to the shell of the washing machine, interference in the process of taking and placing clothes is reduced, the inner barrel opening can be enlarged as much as possible, the width of the clothes placing opening of the washing machine is increased, and the attractiveness of the washing machine is improved.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of laundry treatment equipment, relates to a washing machine, and particularly relates to a washing machine with an imperforate inner cylinder with closed dehydration holes when a washing program is executed.

Background

The cylinder mouth of the inner cylinder of the prior cylinder washing machine is contained in the outer cylinder and can not protrude out of the cylinder mouth of the outer cylinder. The size of the opening of the inner cylinder is limited by the size of the outer cylinder and needs to be smaller than that of the opening of the outer cylinder, so that the opening of the inner cylinder observed after a user opens the door is smaller, the washing capacity of the washing machine visually observed by the user is influenced, and the attractiveness of the washing machine is reduced.

Meanwhile, in order to avoid the problems that the clothes are clamped by the machine door, excessive abrasion is generated between the machine door and other positions in the washing process, a structure for blocking the clothes can be arranged at the opening of the inner barrel, but the opening of the inner barrel is collected inside the outer barrel, so that inconvenience is caused when a user detaches the blocking structure and takes and places the clothes.

In view of this, the present application is specifically made.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a washing machine, which aims to realize the purpose of amplifying the opening of an inner cylinder; another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine, so as to achieve the purpose of significantly improving the convenience of taking and placing the laundry.

In order to realize the purpose of the invention, the specific technical scheme is as follows:

a washing machine, comprising: the outer cylinder is internally sleeved with the inner cylinder; the opening of the inner cylinder protrudes out of the opening of the outer cylinder.

Further, the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder are coaxially arranged, the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder and the cylinder opening of the outer cylinder are positioned on the same side, and the protruding height of the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder relative to the cylinder opening of the outer cylinder is H1.

Further, an inner cylinder cover is arranged at the position of the inner cylinder opening, the inner cylinder cover can close the inner cylinder opening in an opening and closing mode, and the inner cylinder cover protrudes out of the outer cylinder opening.

Furthermore, the inner cylinder cover protrudes out of the inner cylinder opening, the inner cylinder cover correspondingly covers the inner cylinder opening from the outer side, and the protruding height of one side, far away from the inner cylinder opening, of the inner cylinder cover relative to the outer cylinder opening is H2.

The outer cylinder is arranged in the shell, an opening opposite to the opening of the outer cylinder is formed in the shell, a machine door corresponding to the opening and closing opening is formed in the shell, and a gap is formed between the inner cylinder opening protruding out of the outer cylinder opening and the machine door closing the opening of the shell.

Furthermore, a gap is reserved between the inner cylinder cover buckled at the opening of the inner cylinder and the machine door for closing the opening of the shell.

Further, the radial dimension of the opening of the inner cylinder is smaller than that of the opening of the shell; preferably, the outer circumferential radial dimension of the inner cylinder cover is smaller than the radial dimension of the opening of the housing.

Further, the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are horizontally arranged, the same end of the outer cylinder and the same end of the inner cylinder are respectively provided with an opening, the opening is respectively provided with a circle of folded edge which is horizontally bent towards the outside of the cylinder, and the extended ends of the folded edge at the opening are respectively formed into a cylinder opening of the outer cylinder and a cylinder opening of the inner cylinder; preferably, the opening of the outer cylinder is connected with the opening of the shell through a circle of door seals which can generate elastic deformation per se and are used for forming a sealing channel for taking and placing clothes.

Further, the inner cylinder forms a water container when the washing machine executes a washing process; preferably, the inner cylinder is provided with a hole, and the hole is provided with a centrifugal valve which is opened under the action of centrifugal force after the rotating speed of the inner cylinder reaches a set value.

Furthermore, the front end of the inner cylinder is provided with an inner cylinder opening, the rear end of the inner cylinder is provided with a rotating shaft connected with the motor, the rotating shaft is internally hollow to form a flow passage communicated with the inside and the outside of the inner cylinder, and one end of the flow passage penetrating out of the inner cylinder is connected with a water supply structure of the washing machine.

Compared with the prior art, the clothes treatment device has the following beneficial effects:

the inner cylinder opening is arranged to protrude out of the outer cylinder opening, so that an inner cylinder cover correspondingly arranged on the inner cylinder opening is not interfered by the outer cylinder opening in the opening and closing process; meanwhile, the inner barrel opening protrudes out of the outer barrel opening, so that the inner barrel opening is closer to the shell of the washing machine, interference in the process of taking and placing clothes is reduced, the inner barrel opening can be enlarged as much as possible, the width of the clothes placing opening of the washing machine is increased, and the attractiveness of the washing machine is improved.

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.

Drawings

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 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention showing the structure of the inner tub at different positions;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 1 at D according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a water inlet structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a lifting rib according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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.

Detailed Description

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 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, a washing machine is described, the washing machine includes an outer tub 2 installed in a housing 1, an inner tub 3 is installed in the outer tub 2, and an inner tub opening 35 is provided to protrude from an outer tub opening 25. The inner cylinder opening is arranged to protrude out of the outer cylinder opening, so that an inner cylinder cover correspondingly arranged on the inner cylinder opening is not interfered by the outer cylinder opening in the opening and closing process; meanwhile, the inner barrel opening protrudes out of the outer barrel opening, so that the inner barrel opening is closer to the shell of the washing machine, interference in the process of taking and placing clothes is reduced, the inner barrel opening can be enlarged as much as possible, the width of the clothes placing opening of the washing machine is increased, and the attractiveness of the washing machine is improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 3 are both horizontally and coaxially arranged, the same end of the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 3 is respectively provided with an outer cylinder opening 25 and an inner cylinder opening 35, and the opposite other ends are hermetically arranged to respectively form an outer cylinder bottom 26 and an inner cylinder bottom 36; the inner cylinder bottom 36 is connected with a rotating shaft 41 which is coaxially arranged, and the other end of the rotating shaft 41 penetrates through the outer cylinder bottom 26 and then is connected with the motor 4, so that the rotating driving acting force of the motor 4 is transmitted to the inner cylinder 3 through the rotating shaft 41, and then the inner cylinder 3 is driven to rotate.

In the embodiment of the invention, the same ends of the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 3 are respectively provided with an opening, the openings are respectively provided with a circle of folded edges which are horizontally bent towards the outside of the cylinder, and the extended ends of the folded edges at the openings respectively form an outer cylinder opening 25 and an inner cylinder opening 35. In order to facilitate the forming of the outer cylinder opening 25 and the inner cylinder opening 35, the opening ends of the outer cylinder 2 and the inner cylinder 3 are respectively formed by annular flanges, the peripheries of the annular flanges and the inner side walls of the outer cylinder 2 or the inner cylinder 3 are respectively and correspondingly fixed, and the inner peripheries of the annular flanges respectively form an opening and are horizontally bent in a circle of folding edges and folding edge extending ends away from the cylinder to form a cylinder opening.

In the embodiment of the invention, an opening 11 opposite to an outer cylinder opening 25 is arranged on a shell 1 of the washing machine, a machine door 10 for opening and closing the opening is correspondingly arranged on the shell 1, and a gap is reserved between an inner cylinder opening 35 protruding out of the outer cylinder opening 25 and a machine door 20 for closing the shell opening 11, so that the inner cylinder 3 is prevented from contacting with the shell 1 of the washing machine in the rotating process, and the normal working condition of the washing machine is prevented from being influenced.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to ensure that the gap between the outer cylinder opening 25 and the housing 1 does not leak water, the following arrangement is generally performed: the cylindrical opening 25 of the outer cylinder is connected with the opening 11 of the shell 1 through a ring of self-elastic door seals 12 for forming a sealing channel for taking and putting clothes. Therefore, the washing water in the outer cylinder can not flow out from the gap, and the sealing performance of the outer cylinder is ensured.

In the embodiment of the invention, the protruding height of the inner cylinder opening 35 relative to the outer cylinder opening 25 is H1, so as to ensure that the inner cylinder opening 35 is completely protruded outside the outer cylinder 2, and further avoid the interference with the outer cylinder opening 25 in the process of taking and placing clothes into and from the inner cylinder 3.

In the embodiment of the invention, the inner cylinder cover 30 is arranged at the position of the inner cylinder opening 35, the inner cylinder cover 30 can close the inner cylinder opening 35 in an opening and closing way, and the inner cylinder cover 30 is arranged by protruding out of the outer cylinder opening 25, so that the opening and closing processes of the inner cylinder cover 30 are all operated outside the outer cylinder 2, and the condition that the inner cylinder cover 30 and the outer cylinder opening 25 are mutually interfered is avoided.

In the embodiment of the invention, the inner cylinder cover 30 is arranged to protrude from the inner cylinder opening 35, the inner cylinder cover 30 correspondingly covers the inner cylinder opening 35 from the outer side, and the protruding height of one side of the inner cylinder cover 30, which is far away from the inner cylinder opening 35, relative to the outer cylinder opening 25 is H2; preferably, H2 is greater than H1; it is further preferred that H2 be greater than three times H1 to further ensure that inner cartridge cover 30 does not interfere with inner cartridge opening 35.

In the embodiment of the invention, a gap is formed between the inner cylinder cover 30 buckled at the cylinder opening 35 of the inner cylinder and the door 10 for closing the opening 11 of the shell 1, so that the gap distance is kept between the inner cylinder cover 30 and the shell 1 in the rotating process of the inner cylinder 3 after the inner cylinder cover 30 is closed, and the condition that the inner cylinder 3 is contacted with the shell 1 to influence the normal work of the washing machine is avoided.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the radial dimension of the inner cylinder opening 35 is smaller than the radial dimension of the housing opening 11, and the outer circumferential radial dimension of the inner cylinder cover 30 is smaller than the radial dimension of the housing opening 11. Therefore, certain distance gaps are reserved between the inner cylinder opening 35 and the shell opening 11 and between the inner cylinder cover 30 and the shell opening 11, and the phenomenon that the inner cylinder 3 and the inner cylinder cover 30 are contacted with the shell 1 in the rotation process of the inner cylinder to influence the normal work of the washing machine is avoided.

In the embodiment of the invention, the washing machine can be any one of the existing washing machines, and particularly, the following washing machines can be adopted: the washing machine without cleaning has the following specific form that the inner cylinder forms a sealed water container in the washing process of the washing machine:

as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the drum washing machine includes a housing 1, an outer tub 2 and an inner tub 3 are installed inside the housing 1, the housing 1 is provided with an opening, and a door 10 is installed at the opening. Specifically, the door 10 is mounted on the housing 1, and the door 10 is opened by being turned outward and closed by being turned correspondingly.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the inner cylinder 3 is provided with lifting ribs 9 on the sidewall, and the lifting ribs 9 protrude from the inner side surface of the sidewall of the inner cylinder 3. The lifting rib 9 is internally provided with a containing cavity, the wall surface of the containing cavity is provided with a first through hole communicated with the inner space of the inner barrel 3 and a second through hole 93 communicated with the gap between the inner barrel 3 and the outer barrel 2, and the containing cavity is internally provided with a control structure for controlling the opening and closing of the first through hole and/or the second through hole 93. The wall surface of the inner cylinder 3 at the periphery of the lifting rib 9 is not provided with a through hole. Specifically, first through-hole is densely covered in holding the chamber and being close to the inside one side of inner tube 3, and second through-hole 93 is located and is held the chamber and be close to the one side in the space between inner tube 3 and the urceolus 2, and the quantity of second through-hole 93 is less, and the opening and closing of control structure control second through-hole 93 promotes muscle 9 including surrounding inner tube 3 axis, evenly distributed's a plurality ofly, still includes along inner tube 3 axial, evenly distributed's a plurality ofly.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the lifting rib 9 includes a housing 90, two opposite sides of the housing 90 along the direction of water flow are provided with first through holes, the housing 90 is hollow to form a containing cavity, the bottom wall of the containing cavity is provided with a second through hole 93, the second through hole 93 is connected with a drainage device, a controllable opening and closing control structure is installed in the containing cavity, and the second through hole 93 is opened by the control structure when the inner cylinder 3 rotates at a high speed in the dehydration process, so as to discharge the washing water in the inner cylinder 3.

As shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the control structure includes a valve plug 91, an elastic member 95 and a lever, the valve plug 91 is correspondingly installed at the second through hole 93 to close the second through hole 93, the elastic member 95 supports the valve plug 91 to close the second through hole 93 and can elastically deform in the axial direction of the second through hole 93, one end of the lever is hinged to the valve plug 91, and the other end of the lever opposite to the valve plug is connected to a weight 92.

Specifically, the first through hole is normally open, and the distance between the weight 92 and the lever fulcrum is large, so as to drive the valve plug 91. The control structure comprises a valve plug 91 and a heavy hammer 92 for sealing the second through hole 93, the valve plug 91 can move up and down relative to the second through hole 93, one end of the heavy hammer 92 extends outwards to form a lever, the lever is hinged with the valve plug 91, the up-and-down movement of the heavy hammer 92 enables the lever to drive the valve plug 91 to move up and down around a fulcrum to automatically control the opening and closing of the second through hole 93, an elastic part 95 is arranged on the valve plug 91, when the inner barrel does not work or rotates at a low speed, the valve plug 91 closes the second through hole 93 under the action of the elastic part 95, when the inner barrel 3 rotates at a high speed during dehydration, the heavy hammer 92 moves outwards along the radial direction of the inner barrel 3 under the action of centrifugal force, one end of the lever connected with the heavy hammer 92 moves downwards, the other end of the lever moves upwards to drive the valve plug 91 to move upwards to open the second through hole 93, the washing, the outer cylinder 2 is provided with a water collecting device 94 at a position corresponding to the second through hole 93, the water collecting device 94 is communicated with a water discharge pipe, the water discharge pipe is provided with a water discharge pump 8, and the water collecting device 94 collects the water in the inner cylinder 3 and discharges the water under the action of the water discharge pump 8.

In the embodiment of the invention, the valve plug 91 is a columnar structure with the axis coaxial with the second through hole 93, the valve plug 91 comprises a closed section for closing the second through hole 93 and a connecting section with the outer diameter smaller than that of the closed section, the elastic piece 95 supports a step surface between the connecting section and the closed section, and the lever is hinged with one end of the connecting section, which is far away from the closed section. The elastic member 95 is a cylindrical structure coaxial with the valve plug 91, the elastic member 95 is sleeved outside the closed section, a first end of the elastic member supports a step surface between the connecting section and the closed section, and the end surface of the other end, which is arranged oppositely, is supported and fixed inside the accommodating cavity.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the drum washing machine includes a motor 4, a bottom of an inner drum 3 is in transmission connection with the motor 4 through a rotating shaft 41, and a water inlet channel 40 is formed in the rotating shaft 41 in a hollow manner. The water inlet flow passage 40 is connected with a water inlet device, water is fed into the inner barrel 3, and the water inlet device comprises any one or combination of a water inlet valve for automatically controlling water inlet of the inner barrel 3, a detergent feeding device and a heating device.

In the embodiment of the invention, one end of a rotating shaft 41 extends out of the motor 4, the rotating shaft 41 and the extending end are rotatably arranged on a communicating piece 42 through a bearing, a communicating channel is arranged in the communicating piece 42, the communicating channel is communicated with a water inlet flow passage 40 and a water inlet device, and a detergent feeding device and a heating device are sequentially connected between the communicating channel and the water inlet valve.

In the embodiment of the invention, an outer cylinder 2 is arranged in a shell 1 through a damping device, one end of the outer cylinder 2 is open, the other end is closed, an inner cylinder 3 is sleeved in the outer cylinder 2, a throwing opening 32 of the inner cylinder 3 is consistent with the opening direction of the outer cylinder 2, one end of a rotating shaft 41 penetrates through the inner cylinder 3, the other end is rotatably supported on the bottom wall of the outer cylinder 2, the outer cylinder 2 plays a role in supporting and damping the inner cylinder 3 to ensure the working stability of the washing machine, an outer cylinder cover 20 is arranged at a cylinder opening 25 of the outer cylinder 2, an inner cylinder cover 30 is arranged at a cylinder opening 35 of the inner cylinder 3, the outer cylinder cover 20 is in open sealing connection with the outer cylinder 2, and the inner cylinder cover. Damping device includes damping spring and bumper shock absorber, and damping spring installs on the lateral wall at 2 tops of urceolus, and damping spring one end is fixed on casing 1, and the other end hook is hung on the lateral wall at outer top, and the middle part at the bottom lateral wall of supporting seat is installed to the bumper shock absorber.

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.

Claims

1. A washing machine, comprising: the outer cylinder is internally sleeved with the inner cylinder; the method is characterized in that: the opening of the inner cylinder protrudes out of the opening of the outer cylinder.

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner drum is disposed coaxially with the outer drum, the opening of the inner drum is on the same side as the opening of the outer drum, and the opening of the inner drum protrudes by a height H1 with respect to the opening of the outer drum.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein an inner cover is provided at the mouth of the inner tub, the inner cover closing the mouth of the inner tub in an openable and closable manner, the inner cover being provided to protrude from the mouth of the outer tub.

4. The washing machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inner cylindrical cover is provided to protrude from the inner cylindrical opening, the inner cylindrical cover covers the inner cylindrical opening from the outside, and a protruding height of the inner cylindrical cover from the inner cylindrical opening with respect to the outer cylindrical opening is H2.

5. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4 further comprising a casing, the outer tub being mounted in the casing, the casing being provided with an opening opposite to the mouth of the outer tub, the casing being provided with a door for opening and closing the opening, the mouth of the inner tub projecting beyond the mouth of the outer tub being spaced from the door for closing the opening of the casing.

6. A washing machine as claimed in claim 5 wherein the inner drum cover which is snap fitted over the mouth of the inner drum is spaced from the door which closes the opening in the housing.

7. A washing machine as claimed in claim 5 wherein the radial dimension of the mouth of the inner drum is less than the radial dimension of the opening of the housing;

preferably, the outer circumferential radial dimension of the inner cylinder cover is smaller than the radial dimension of the opening of the housing.

8. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 wherein the outer and inner drums are horizontally disposed, the same ends of the outer and inner drums are provided with respective openings which are provided with respective folds which are bent horizontally outwardly of the drums, the folds extending at the openings forming respective mouths of the outer and inner drums;

preferably, the opening of the outer cylinder is connected with the opening of the shell through a circle of door seals which can generate elastic deformation per se and are used for forming a sealing channel for taking and placing clothes.

9. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the inner drum forms a water reservoir for the washing machine when performing a washing cycle;

preferably, the inner cylinder is provided with a hole, and the hole is provided with a centrifugal valve which is opened under the action of centrifugal force after the rotating speed of the inner cylinder reaches a set value.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the inner tub has a front end provided with a mouth, and a rear end provided with a shaft connected to the motor, the shaft being hollow to form a passage communicating between the inside and outside of the inner tub, the passage extending out of the inner tub and being connected to a water supply structure of the washing machine.