CN112522913A

CN112522913A - Appearance part, household appliance and mold

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Publication number: CN112522913A
Application number: CN202011385088.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘仲才; 高飞; 曹春德; 孙庆; 韩晓飞; 李碧荣
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-30
Filing date: 2020-11-30
Publication date: 2021-03-19

Abstract

The invention discloses an appearance component, a household appliance and a mold. The appearance part includes: a connecting plate; the appearance board is characterized in that the surface of one side in the thickness direction of the appearance board is an appearance surface, the appearance board extends along the circumferential direction of the connecting board, one end in the width direction of the appearance board is connected with the peripheral wall of the connecting board, and the wall thickness of the appearance board is gradually increased and then gradually reduced in the direction from one end in the width direction of the appearance board to the other end in the width direction of the appearance board; the surface of one side of the connecting plate in the thickness direction is provided with at least one gate forming area, and the at least one gate forming area is arranged adjacent to the appearance plate; and/or at least one gate forming area is arranged at one end, close to the connecting plate, of the surface of one side, opposite to the appearance surface, of the appearance plate; the gate forming area is adapted to correspond to a gate of a mold. According to the appearance part, the flow lines of the appearance plate can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the yield of the appearance part is improved, and the cost is reduced.

Description

Appearance part, household appliance and mold

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to an appearance part, a household appliance and a mold.

Background

Generally, appearance parts of home appliances such as a drum washing machine, for example, parts such as a control panel, a dispenser handle, etc., have both requirements of function and appearance.

In the related art, flow mark defects are easy to appear on a product when an appearance part is injection-molded, and when heavier flow marks appear on the appearance surface of the appearance part, the product has low yield and high cost, and the use requirements of users cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, it is an object of the invention to propose an exterior part, which is highly qualified.

The invention also provides a household appliance comprising the appearance part.

The invention also provides a mould which is used for forming the appearance part.

According to the appearance part of the embodiment of the invention, the appearance part is an integral injection molding part and comprises: a connecting plate; the appearance board is characterized in that the surface of one side of the appearance board in the thickness direction is an appearance surface, the appearance board extends along the circumferential direction of the connecting board, one end of the appearance board in the width direction is connected with the peripheral wall of the connecting board, and the wall thickness of the appearance board is gradually increased and then gradually reduced in the direction from the one end of the appearance board in the width direction to the other end of the appearance board in the width direction; at least one gate forming area is arranged on one side surface of the connecting plate in the thickness direction and is arranged adjacent to the appearance plate; and/or at least one gate forming area is arranged at one end, close to the connecting plate, of one side surface of the appearance plate, opposite to the appearance surface of the appearance plate; the gate forming area is adapted to correspond to a gate of a mold.

According to the appearance part provided by the embodiment of the invention, the wall thickness of the appearance plate is gradually increased and then gradually decreased in the direction from one end of the appearance plate in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate in the width direction, so that the flow lines of the appearance plate can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance plate at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the appearance part is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a wall thickness of an end of the connecting plate connected to the exterior plate is not greater than a wall thickness of the end in a width direction of the exterior plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a wall thickness of an end portion of the connecting plate connected to the viewing plate is less than a minimum wall thickness of the viewing plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the appearance plate comprises a first plate body and a second plate body which are connected with each other along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate, the first plate body and the second plate body have an included angle, the first plate body and the second plate body are both connected with the connecting plate, and at least one gate forming area is arranged adjacent to the connection position of the first plate body and the second plate body.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the gate forming region is a plurality of spaced apart gate forming regions arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the connecting plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the appearance component is a spray-free part comprising a resin matrix and metal particles distributed in the resin matrix.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the metal particles are copper, silver or aluminum.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a side surface in a thickness direction of the connecting plate is provided with at least one gate forming region, and a minimum distance between the gate forming region adjacent to the exterior plate and the exterior plate is 20mm or less.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a minimum distance of the gate forming area adjacent to the appearance plate from the appearance plate is 10mm or less.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the minimum distance of the gate forming area adjacent to the appearance plate from the appearance plate is 0 mm.

According to some embodiments of the invention, one end of one side surface of the appearance plate, which is opposite to the appearance surface, of the appearance plate, which is adjacent to the connecting plate, is provided with at least one gate forming area, and the minimum distance between the gate forming area and the connecting plate is less than or equal to 10 mm.

According to some embodiments of the invention, one end of the side surface of the appearance plate opposite to the appearance surface is provided with at least one gate forming area adjacent to the connecting plate, and the minimum distance between the gate forming area and the connecting plate is 0 mm.

The household appliance comprises the appearance part.

According to the household appliance of the embodiment of the invention, by arranging the appearance part, the wall thickness of the appearance plate is gradually increased and then gradually decreased in the direction from one end of the appearance plate in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate in the width direction. Like this, can reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, prevent at least to a certain extent that the flow line from appearing in the outward appearance face of outward appearance board, improve the qualification rate of outward appearance part at least to a certain extent, reduce cost satisfies user's user demand.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mold comprises: the mold core is provided with a cavity, the cavity comprises an appearance plate cavity and a connecting plate cavity, the appearance plate cavity extends along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, one end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction is communicated with the periphery of the connecting plate cavity, the thickness of the appearance plate cavity is gradually increased and then gradually reduced in the direction from the one end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction, and one side wall surface of the appearance plate cavity in the thickness direction is used for forming an appearance surface of an appearance plate; the mold core is provided with at least one sprue which is positioned on one side wall surface of the connecting plate cavity in the thickness direction, and the at least one sprue is arranged close to the appearance plate cavity; and/or the mold core is provided with at least one sprue which is positioned on the other side wall surface of the appearance plate mold cavity in the thickness direction and is adjacent to the connecting plate mold cavity.

According to the die provided by the embodiment of the invention, the thickness of the appearance plate cavity is gradually increased and then gradually decreased in the direction from one end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction, so that the flow lines of the appearance plate can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance plate at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of appearance parts is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a thickness of an end of the connection plate cavity communicating with the exterior plate type cavity is not greater than a thickness of an end of the exterior plate cavity in a width direction.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the thickness of the end of the connecting plate cavity communicating with the appearance plate cavity is less than the minimum thickness of the appearance plate cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the appearance plate type cavity comprises a first plate body cavity and a second plate body cavity which are communicated with each other along a circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity have an included angle, the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity are both communicated with the connecting plate cavity, and at least one gate is arranged adjacent to a communication position of the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the gate is a plurality of spaced-apart gates, and the plurality of gates are spaced-apart along a circumference of the connecting plate cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a minimum distance of the gate adjacent to the appearance plate cavity and the appearance plate cavity is 20mm or less.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the mold core has at least one gate located on the other side wall surface of the appearance plate cavity in the thickness direction and adjacent to the connecting plate cavity, and a minimum distance between the gate and the connecting plate cavity is less than or equal to 10 mm.

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 schematic illustration of a control panel according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 1a is an enlarged view of the circled portion at 1B shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 1B is an enlarged view of the circled portion at 2B shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 1c is an enlarged view of the circled portion at 3B shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view in accordance with the direction a-a shown in fig. 1, in which an arrow width a1 is a width direction of a panel side panel, an arrow thickness a2 is a thickness direction of the panel side panel, and an arrow thickness a1 is a thickness direction of a panel connecting panel;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a circled portion B shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another orientation of a control panel according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view according to the direction C-C shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a circled portion at E shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a panel mold according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the direction F-F shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the circled portion at H in FIG. 8, where the width A2 is the width direction of the panel side panel cavity;

FIG. 10 is a schematic sectional view according to the direction G-G shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of the circled portion at M shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the flow of material within a panel side plate cavity according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the flow of material within a panel side panel cavity according to further embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the flow of material within a panel side panel cavity according to further embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of the flow of material within a panel side panel cavity according to further embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic view showing the flow of the material in the cavity in the related art.

Reference numerals:

a control panel 10; a panel connecting plate 101; panel gate molding area 1011; one of the panel gate molding areas 1011 a; panel blocking holes 1012; one of the panel blocking holes 1012 a; a panel side plate 102; a first side plate 1021; a second side plate body 1022; a panel top plate 103; panel connecting ribs 104; a panel connecting rib body 1041; a panel connecting portion 1042;

a panel mold 1; a panel core 11; panel connecting plate cavity 111; a panel gate 1111; a panel side plate cavity 112; a first side plate body cavity 1121; a panel top plate cavity 113; panel tie bar cavities 114; a panel connecting rib body cavity 1141; panel connector cavity 1142.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Generally, most of appearance part manufacturing processes are injection molding and spraying processes, the sprayed appearance parts have gorgeous metal appearance effects, but the spraying processes have the defects of high pollution, high cost, low qualification rate, unrecyclable appearance parts after scrapping and the like, seriously affect the environment and the health of production personnel, and are not in accordance with the concept of green manufacturing. In order to overcome the defects of the spraying process, the spraying-free thermoplastic engineering material is produced at the right moment, and the spraying-free injection molding can give the metal appearance effect to the product, so that the spraying process is cancelled, the aim of reducing the production cost is fulfilled, and meanwhile, the emission of pollutants in the spraying process is avoided.

Whether the appearance part is manufactured by adopting the spraying-free material or the appearance part is manufactured by adopting the injection molding and spraying processes, for the material with poor flowability, particularly the spraying-free material containing metal particles, due to the fact that the spraying-free material contains the metal particles and other substances, the metal particles are unevenly distributed when the material is obstructed in the flowing process in the injection molding process, so that light scattering occurs under the irradiation of light when the product is injected, flow marks are formed on the product visually, the flow mark defect occurs on the product, and when the flow marks occur on the appearance surface of the product, the qualification rate of the product is low, and the use requirement of a user cannot be met. In the following description, a spray-free material containing metal particles is taken as an example, that is, the appearance member may be a spray-free member including a resin matrix and metal particles distributed in the resin matrix. Optionally, the metal particles are copper, aluminum or silver.

The exterior member, the home appliance, and the mold for molding the exterior member according to the embodiment of the present invention are described below. From this, the appearance part is the integrative injection moulding piece, and from this, the structure of an organic whole piece not only can guarantee the structure, the stability of performance of appearance part to convenient shaping, manufacturing are simple, have saved unnecessary assembly part and connection process moreover, guarantee the reliability that the appearance part is connected, and in addition, the bulk strength and the stability of the structure of integrative formation are higher, and it is more convenient to assemble, and the life-span is longer.

An exterior member according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: connecting plate and appearance board.

The surface of the connection plate is a non-exterior surface, that is, the surface of the connection plate is not exposed when the exterior member is used in the home appliance.

The appearance board extends along the circumference of connecting plate, and the one end of the width direction of appearance board links to each other with the periphery wall of connecting plate, and the one side surface in the thickness direction of appearance board is the outward appearance face. Here, one end of the appearance board in the width direction is an end connected to the connection board, and the other end of the appearance board in the width direction is an end distant from the connection board.

In some embodiments, a side surface in a thickness direction of the connecting plate is provided with at least one gate forming region adapted to correspond to a gate of the mold, the at least one gate forming region is provided adjacent to the appearance plate, and a wall thickness of the other end in a width direction of the appearance plate is smallest. Like this, can reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, prevent at least to a certain extent that the flow line from appearing in the outward appearance face of outward appearance board, improve the qualification rate of outward appearance part at least to a certain extent, reduce cost satisfies user's user demand.

In some embodiments, one end of the side surface of the appearance plate opposite to the appearance surface is provided with at least one gate forming area adjacent to the connecting plate, the gate forming area is suitable for corresponding to a gate of a mold, and the wall thickness of the other end of the appearance plate in the width direction is the smallest. Like this, can reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, prevent at least to a certain extent that the flow line from appearing in the outward appearance face of outward appearance board, improve the qualification rate of outward appearance part at least to a certain extent, reduce cost satisfies user's user demand.

Specifically, after the appearance part blank is injection-molded by the mold and is demoulded from the mold, a part of material at a gate of the mold is left on the appearance part blank and forms a gate forming part, and the gate forming area of the appearance part is the area where the gate forming part is located. It should be understood that the gate forming portion may be cut or partially cut off by reprocessing the appearance component blank, or the gate forming portion of the appearance component blank may not be processed, that is, the gate forming portion is retained on the appearance component, which is not particularly limited, and may be set according to actual needs of production.

In order to facilitate explanation of the reason for reduction of the flow lines of the exterior panel, the mold according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below, and explanation is made on the reason for reduction of the flow lines of the exterior surface of the exterior panel in principle in conjunction with the structure of the mold.

The mold for molding the exterior part of the home appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: and a mold core. The mold core is provided with a mold cavity.

The die cavity comprises a connecting plate die cavity and an appearance plate die cavity, wherein the connecting plate die cavity is used for forming the connecting plate, and the appearance plate die cavity is used for forming the appearance plate. The appearance board die cavity extends along the circumference of the connecting plate die cavity, one end of the width direction of the appearance board die cavity is communicated with the periphery of the connecting plate die cavity, the thickness of the other end of the width direction of the appearance board die cavity is minimum, and one side wall surface of the appearance board die cavity in the thickness direction is used for forming the appearance surface of the appearance board. Here, it is understood that one end in the width direction of the appearance plate cavity is an end communicating with the connection plate cavity, and the other end in the width direction of the appearance plate cavity is an end away from the outer periphery of the connection plate cavity.

In some embodiments, the mold core has at least one gate located on a sidewall surface of the connecting plate cavity in a thickness direction, and the at least one gate is disposed adjacent to the appearance plate cavity.

In some embodiments, the mold core has another sidewall surface (i.e., a sidewall surface opposite to the appearance surface for molding the appearance plate) in the thickness direction of the appearance plate cavity and adjacent to the at least one gate of the connecting plate cavity.

The reason for the reduction of flow lines will be described below by taking the gate in the cavity of the connecting plate as an example. The reason for the reduction of flow marks when the gate is in the cavity of the appearance plate will be apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the following description.

Specifically, during injection molding, in the material flowing process, hotter material melt enters the cavity through the pouring gate and contacts with the colder inner wall of the cavity in the flowing process, and the material can be quickly frozen on the inner wall of the cavity to form a thin solidified layer. The arrangement of the metal particles in the solidified layer determines the appearance quality of the spray-free product, and stable flow can form consistent metal particle orientation to obtain better appearance. In this application, at least one runner of mould is located a lateral wall face department of the thickness direction of connecting plate die cavity, and at least one runner of mould is close to the appearance board die cavity, like this when the material flows from the runner of mould, some material can direct flow to appearance board die cavity, thereby can shorten the route that the material flowed to appearance board type cavity from this runner, be favorable to guaranteeing the material by the stable flow of connecting plate die cavity to appearance board type cavity, thereby reduce the flow line of appearance board department, improve the yield of outward appearance part product at least to a certain extent, satisfy user's user demand.

And because the wall thickness of the other end of the width direction of the appearance board die cavity is the minimum, namely along the width direction of the appearance board die cavity, the thickness of the part (called large thickness part) of the appearance board die cavity, which is adjacent to the connecting plate die cavity and is directly communicated with the other end of the width direction of the appearance board die cavity, is inevitably greater than that of the other end of the width direction of the appearance board die cavity (called small thickness part), therefore, when the material flows along the appearance board die cavity in the circumferential direction of the connecting plate die cavity, because the thickness of the large thickness part is greater than that of the small thickness part, the material flows more easily at the large thickness part, the flow speed is faster, the material has a forward convex trend at the large thickness part, obvious forward flow exists at the large thickness part, the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the forward surface is along the outward direction vertical to the tangent line of the forward surface, therefore, the flow direction of each point of the forward surface is divergent, can not intersect to just can not take place to curl and the upset, be favorable to avoiding the material of heavy gauge portion department and the material of light gauge portion department to curl and the upset appearing in the position of leading edge to a certain extent, further guarantee the stability that the material flows, thereby reduce the flow line in the position department that corresponds with heavy gauge portion and light gauge portion of appearance board, improve the yield of outward appearance part product at least to a certain extent, satisfy user's user demand.

There may be several ways to relate the wall thickness variation of the appearance board:

the first method comprises the following steps: the thickness of the exterior panel is gradually reduced in a direction from one end of the exterior panel in the width direction to the other end of the exterior panel in the width direction. Specifically, in the mold, in the direction from one end of the appearance plate type cavity close to the connecting plate cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate type cavity far away from the connecting plate cavity in the width direction, the thickness of the appearance plate type cavity is gradually reduced, so that when the material flows in the appearance plate type cavity in the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, the material flows more easily at a position with larger thickness and has smaller flow resistance based on the thickness change of the appearance plate type cavity, so that a slope manner is presented on the front edge surface of the material flow as shown in fig. 12, the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the front edge surface is in an outward direction perpendicular to the tangent line of the front edge surface, therefore, the flow directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not meet, so that curling and overturning do not occur between the materials at the front edge, and the flow of the material is more stable, therefore, the flow lines of the appearance board can be further reduced, the flow lines are further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance board, the qualification rate of appearance parts is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

And the second method comprises the following steps: the thickness of the exterior panel is first kept constant and then gradually decreased in a direction from one end of the exterior panel in the width direction to the other end of the exterior panel in the width direction. Specifically, in the mold, in the direction from one end of the appearance plate type cavity close to the connecting plate cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate type cavity far away from the connecting plate cavity in the width direction, the thickness of the appearance plate cavity is kept constant and then gradually reduced, so that when the material flows along the appearance plate cavity in the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, the material flows more easily at a position with a larger thickness and has smaller flow resistance based on the thickness change of the appearance plate cavity, so that a surface which is substantially parallel to the width direction of the appearance plate cavity at the position with the same thickness is presented on the front surface where the material flows as shown in fig. 14, a surface which is inclined toward the upstream of the material flow appears at a position with gradually reduced thickness, and the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the front surface is in the outward direction perpendicular to the tangent of the front surface, therefore, each point flow direction on the front edge surface is divergent and can not be intersected, so that the materials at the front edge can not be curled or overturned, and the flow of the materials is more stable, so that the flow lines of the appearance board can be further reduced, the appearance surface of the appearance board is further prevented from being appeared by the flow lines, the qualification rate of appearance parts is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Third, the wall thickness of the exterior panel is gradually increased and then gradually decreased in a direction from one end of the exterior panel in the width direction to the other end of the exterior panel in the width direction. Specifically, in the mold, in the direction from one end of the appearance plate type cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate type cavity in the width direction, the thickness of the appearance plate type cavity is gradually increased and then gradually decreased, so that when the material flows along the length direction of the appearance plate type cavity in the circumferential direction of the connecting plate type cavity, the material flows more easily at a position with a larger thickness and the flow resistance is smaller based on the thickness change of the appearance plate type cavity, so that the front edge surface of the material flow can present a front convex type as shown in fig. 13, the actual flow direction of each point of the front edge surface of the material is the direction perpendicular to the tangent line of the front edge surface, therefore, the flow directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not meet, the materials at the front edge do not curl and turn over each other, the flow of the material is more stable, and thus, the flow lines of the appearance plate can be further decreased, the flow lines are further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance board, the qualification rate of appearance parts is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Fourth, the wall thickness of the exterior panel is gradually increased, then maintained, and then gradually decreased in a direction from one end of the exterior panel in the width direction to the other end of the exterior panel in the width direction. Specifically, in the mold, in the direction from one end of the appearance plate type cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate type cavity in the width direction, the thickness of the appearance plate type cavity is gradually increased, then kept unchanged and then gradually reduced, so that when the material flows along the length direction of the appearance plate type cavity in the circumferential direction of the connecting plate type cavity, the material flows more easily at a position with larger thickness and has smaller flow resistance based on the change of the thickness of the appearance plate type cavity, so that the front edge surface of the material flowing presents a front convex type as shown in fig. 15, the actual flowing direction of the material at each point of the front edge surface is the outward direction perpendicular to the tangent line of the front edge surface, therefore, the flowing directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not intersect, the materials at the front edge do not curl and turn over mutually, and the flowing of the material is more stable, therefore, the flow lines of the appearance board can be further reduced, the flow lines are further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance board, the qualification rate of appearance parts is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Therefore, compared to the prior art in which the front surface is concave as shown in fig. 16, the above-mentioned embodiment of the present application is more beneficial to reducing the flow lines of the appearance board.

The greater the wall thickness, the faster the flow rate of the material will be described.

When the material is injected into the mold under a certain condition, the temperature of the material contacting with the cold wall surface of the cavity is sharply reduced, a solidified layer is generated, the flow area of the cavity is reduced along with the increase of the thickness of the solidified layer, and therefore the thickness of the solidified layer has an important influence on the flow resistance. The relation between the fluidity s and the thickness h of the cavity is a formula I:

wherein eta is_repIs the viscosity of the material.

From the flowability formula, the flowability s is proportional to the cube of the thickness h, for example, a fifty percent reduction in thickness reduces the flowability by one eighth, which equates to an eight-fold increase in flow resistance. Thus, the greater the thickness of the cavity and thus the lower the flow resistance, the better the flow and the faster the flow rate.

In summary, according to the mold for molding the appearance component of the household appliance in the embodiment of the invention, the thickness of the other end of the width direction of the cavity of the appearance plate is minimized, so that the flow lines of the appearance plate can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance plate at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the appearance component is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirement of a user is met.

According to the appearance part provided by the embodiment of the invention, the wall thickness of the other end of the width direction of the appearance board is the minimum, so that the flow lines of the appearance board can be reduced to at least a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the appearance board to at least a certain extent, the qualification rate of the appearance part is improved to at least a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the maximum wall thickness of the exterior plate ranges from 2.5mm to 3.5mm, i.e., the maximum thickness of the exterior plate cavity ranges from 2.5mm to 3.5 mm. From this, be favorable to guaranteeing the mobility of material at the outward appearance board die cavity, guarantee that the material is full of whole outward appearance board die cavity, reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, improve the yield of product to can also guarantee the structural strength of outward appearance board, can also prevent simultaneously because of setting up the product that the ground is too thick and lead to with the thickness of outward appearance board bulky, the problem of extravagant material takes place.

For example, the maximum wall thickness of the viewing plate can be 2.6mm, 2.7mm, 2.8mm, 2.9mm, 3.0mm, 3.1mm, 3.2mm, 3.3mm, or 3.4 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum wall thickness of the exterior plate ranges from 1.5mm to 2.5mm, i.e., the minimum thickness of the exterior plate cavity ranges from 1.5mm to 2.5 mm. From this, be favorable to guaranteeing the mobility of material at the outward appearance board, guarantee that the material is full of whole outward appearance board, reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, improve the yield of product to can also guarantee the structural strength of outward appearance board.

For example, the minimum wall thickness of the appearance panel can be 1.6mm, 1.7mm, 1.8mm, 1.9mm, 2.0mm, 2.1mm, 2.2mm, 2.3mm, or 2.4 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a wall thickness of an end of the connecting plate connected to the exterior plate is not greater than a wall thickness of the end in a width direction of the exterior plate. Specifically, in the mold, the thickness of the end of the connecting plate cavity communicating with the appearance plate cavity is not greater than the thickness of the end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction. From this, when the material flows out from the runner of mould adjacent with outward appearance board type chamber, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to outward appearance board die cavity, further guarantee the stable flow of material at the outward appearance board to reduce the flow line of outward appearance board department.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a wall thickness of an end of the connecting plate connected to the exterior plate is smaller than a wall thickness of the end in a width direction of the exterior plate. From this, when the material flows out from the runner of mould adjacent with outward appearance board type chamber, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to outward appearance board die cavity, further guarantee the stable flow of material at the outward appearance board to reduce the flow line of outward appearance board department.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the wall thickness of the end of the connecting plate connected to the appearance plate is less than the minimum wall thickness of the appearance plate, and in particular, the thickness of the end of the connecting plate cavity in communication with the appearance plate cavity is less than the minimum thickness of the appearance plate cavity in the mold. From this, when the material flows out from the runner of mould adjacent with outward appearance board type chamber, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to outward appearance board die cavity, further guarantee the stable flow of material at the outward appearance board to reduce the flow line of outward appearance board department.

In some embodiments of the invention, the wall thickness of the connecting panel is less than the wall thickness of the viewing panel. That is, the wall thickness of the connecting plate is less than the minimum wall thickness of the exterior panel. From this, when the material flows out from the runner of mould adjacent with outward appearance board type chamber, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to outward appearance board die cavity, further guarantee the stable flow of material at the outward appearance board to reduce the flow line of outward appearance board department.

In some embodiments of the invention, the web is an equal wall thickness web. Thus, the structure of the mold can be simplified.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the outer peripheral wall of the connecting plate includes a first side wall surface and a second side wall surface arranged in a circumferential direction of the connecting plate, the first side wall surface and the second side wall surface have an included angle, the appearance plate includes a first plate body and a second plate body connected with each other, the first plate body and the second plate body have an included angle, the first plate body is connected with the first side wall surface, the second plate body is connected with the second side wall surface, and at least one gate forming area, for example, is arranged adjacent to a connection position of the first plate body and the second plate body.

Specifically, in the mold, along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, the appearance plate cavity comprises a first plate body cavity and a second plate body cavity which are communicated, the first plate body cavity is used for molding a first plate body, the second plate body cavity is used for molding a second plate body, an included angle is formed between the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity, the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity are both communicated with the connecting plate cavity, wherein at least one such gate is provided adjacent to the junction of the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity, therefore, when in injection molding, the material flowing out of the sprue can respectively flow to the connecting plate cavity, the first plate body cavity and the second plate body cavity, the material that can avoid connecting the board die cavity, the material of first plate body die cavity and the material of second plate body die cavity are crossed and are produced the flow line in this corner, are favorable to the material to cross at the connecting plate die cavity more to be favorable to further avoiding the flow line production of appearance board department.

In some embodiments of the invention, the gate forming areas are spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate, the gates are spaced apart in the mold, and the gates are spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity. For example, the connecting plate is provided with a plurality of gate forming areas at positions adjacent to the first plate body, and the gate forming areas are spaced apart in the length direction of the first plate body. When the material flows in the die cavity, can open the runner in proper order according to the order of setting for, particularly, can open the runner that first plate body and second plate body link to each other department promptly turning runner, along the length direction of first plate body and keep away from the direction of this turning runner after that, open in proper order to be favorable to guaranteeing that the thick position department material front edge flow velocity of outward appearance plate wall keeps continuously leading, can not appear converging each other between the fuse-element front edge.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the gate forming area on the connecting plate, the minimum distance between the gate forming area adjacent to the appearance plate and the appearance plate is less than or equal to 20mm, specifically, in the mold, the mold core has at least one gate located on a side wall surface in the thickness direction of the connecting plate cavity, and the minimum distance between the gate adjacent to the appearance plate cavity and the appearance plate cavity is less than or equal to 20 mm. Optionally, the distance is 18mm, 16mm, 12mm, 10mm, 8mm, 5mm or 0 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a minimum distance between a gate forming area of the viewing plate and the connecting plate is less than or equal to 10mm, specifically, in the mold, the mold core has at least one gate located on the other side wall surface of the thickness direction of the viewing plate cavity and adjacent to the connecting plate cavity, and the minimum distance between the gate and the connecting plate cavity is less than or equal to 10 mm. For example 5mm, 2mm or 0 mm.

The household appliance comprises the appearance part.

According to the household appliance of the embodiment of the invention, by arranging the appearance part, at least one gate is arranged adjacent to the appearance plate cavity by minimizing the thickness of the other end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction. Like this, can reduce the flow line of outward appearance board at least to a certain extent, prevent at least to a certain extent that the flow line from appearing in the outward appearance face of outward appearance board, improve the qualification rate of outward appearance part at least to a certain extent, reduce cost satisfies user's user demand.

The following description will take the appearance component as the control panel of the clothes treatment device as an example. Of course, it is understood that the control panel 10 is merely an illustration, and the exterior parts may be a dispenser handle, a table, a top cover frame, etc. of the laundry treating apparatus.

The control panel 10 of a laundry treatment apparatus, such as a drum washing machine, is used to control the core components of the washing machine to implement washing, dewatering, drying, etc., and has dual requirements of function and appearance.

Generally, the manufacturing process of the control panel 10 is mostly an injection molding and spraying process, the sprayed control panel 10 has a gorgeous metal appearance effect, but the spraying process has the defects of high pollution, high cost, low qualification rate, unrecyclability after scrapping and the like, seriously affects the environment and the health of production personnel, and is not in accordance with the concept of green manufacturing. In order to overcome the defects of the spraying process, the spraying-free thermoplastic engineering material is produced at the right moment, and the spraying-free injection molding can give the metal appearance effect to the product, so that the spraying process is cancelled, the aim of reducing the production cost is fulfilled, and meanwhile, the emission of pollutants in the spraying process is avoided.

No matter the control panel 10 is manufactured by adopting the spraying-free material or the control panel 10 is manufactured by adopting the injection molding and spraying processes, for the material with poor fluidity, especially the spraying-free material containing metal particles, because the spraying-free material contains the metal particles and other substances, the metal particles are unevenly distributed due to the obstruction of the material in the flowing process in the injection molding process, so that light scattering occurs under the irradiation of light when the product is injected, flow marks are formed on the product visually, the flow mark defect occurs on the product, and when the flow marks occur on the appearance surface of the product, the product has low qualification rate and the use requirement of a user cannot be met. In the following description, a spray-free material containing metal particles is taken as an example, that is, the control panel 10 may be a spray-free member including a resin matrix and metal particles distributed in the resin matrix. Optionally, the metal particles are copper, aluminum or silver.

The control panel 10 of the laundry treating apparatus, and the panel mold 1 for molding the control panel 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. From this, control panel 10 is integrative injection moulding spare, and from this, the structure of an organic whole piece not only can guarantee control panel 10's structure, stability of performance to convenient shaping, manufacturing are simple, have saved unnecessary assembly part and connection process moreover, guarantee control panel 10 and connect the reliability, and in addition, the bulk strength and the stability of the structure of integrative formation are higher, and the equipment is more convenient, and the life-span is longer. Optionally, the laundry treating apparatus is a washing machine, a dryer or a washer-dryer.

As shown in fig. 1 to 2, a control panel 10 of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: panel connection plate 101 and panel side plate 102.

The surface of the panel connection plate 101 is a non-exterior surface, that is, the surface of the panel connection plate 101 is not exposed when the control panel 10 is used in the laundry treating apparatus.

The panel side plate 102 extends along the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate 101, one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction is connected to the outer circumferential wall of the panel connecting plate 101, and the surface of the panel side plate 102 facing away from the panel connecting plate 101 in the thickness direction is an appearance surface. Here, one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction is connected to the panel connecting plate 101, and the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction is distant from the panel connecting plate 101.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1a, 1b, 1c, and 3, a surface of one side of the panel connecting plate 101 in a thickness direction is provided with at least one panel gate molding area 1011, the panel gate molding area 1011 is adapted to correspond to a panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1, and the at least one panel gate molding area 1011 is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate 102. At least one panel gate molding area 1011 is provided adjacent to the panel side plate 102, and the wall thickness of the other end in the width direction of the panel side plate 102 (i.e., the end away from the panel connecting plate 101) is the smallest. Therefore, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

In some embodiments, one end of the side surface of the panel side plate 102 opposite to the external surface thereof, which is adjacent to the panel connecting plate 101, is provided with at least one panel gate forming area 1011, the panel gate forming area 1011 is adapted to correspond to the panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1, and the wall thickness of the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction (i.e., the end away from the panel connecting plate 101) is the smallest. Therefore, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Specifically, after the control panel blank is injection molded by the panel mold 1 and is ejected from the panel mold 1, a part of the material at the panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1 is left on the control panel blank and forms a panel gate forming portion, and the panel gate forming area 1011 of the control panel 10 is the area where the panel gate forming portion is located. It should be understood that the control panel blank may be reprocessed to cut or partially cut the panel gate forming portion, and certainly, the panel gate forming portion of the control panel blank may not be processed, that is, the panel gate forming portion is retained on the control panel 10, which is not specifically limited to this, and may be set according to actual needs of production.

For the sake of convenience in explaining the reason for the reduction of the flow lines of the panel side panel 102, the following describes the panel mold 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the reason for the reduction of the flow lines of the appearance surface of the panel side panel 102 is explained in principle by combining the structure of the panel mold 1.

As shown in fig. 7, the panel mold 1 for molding the control panel 10 of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a panel core 11. The panel core 11 has a panel cavity.

As shown in fig. 8 to 9, the panel cavities include a panel connecting plate cavity 111 and a panel side plate cavity 112, wherein the panel connecting plate cavity 111 is used for forming the panel connecting plate 101, and the panel side plate cavity 112 is used for forming the panel side plate 102. The panel side plate cavity 112 extends along the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, one end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction is communicated with the periphery of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the thickness of the other end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction is minimum, and one side wall surface of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the thickness direction, which is far away from the panel connecting plate cavity 111, is used for forming the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102. Here, it is understood that one end in the width direction of the panel-side-plate cavity 112 is an end communicating with the panel-connection-plate cavity 111, and the other end in the width direction of the panel-side-plate cavity 112 is an end away from the outer periphery of the panel-connection-plate cavity 111.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the panel core 11 has at least one panel gate 1111 located on a sidewall surface of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 in the thickness direction, and the at least one panel gate 1111 is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112.

In some embodiments, the panel mold core 11 has at least one panel gate 1111 located at the other side wall surface in the thickness direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 (i.e., a side wall surface opposite to the external surface for molding the panel side plate 102) and adjacent to the panel connecting plate cavity 111.

The reason for the reduction of the flow pattern will be described below by taking the panel gate 1111 in the panel connecting plate cavity 111 as an example. The reason for the reduction of flow lines when panel gate 111 is in panel side plate cavity 112 will be apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the following description.

Specifically, during injection molding, in the material flowing process, hotter material melt enters the panel cavity through the panel gate 1111 and then contacts with the inner wall of the panel cavity which is cooler in the flowing process, and the material can be rapidly frozen on the inner wall of the panel cavity to form a thin solidified layer. The arrangement of the metal particles in the solidified layer determines the appearance quality of the spray-free product, and stable flow can form consistent metal particle orientation to obtain better appearance. In this application, at least one panel runner 1111 of panel mould 1 is located a lateral wall face of the thickness direction of panel connecting plate die cavity 111, and at least one neighbouring panel curb plate die cavity 112 in panel runner 1111 of panel mould 1, when the material flows out from panel runner 1111 of panel mould 1, partly material can direct flow to panel curb plate die cavity 112, thereby can shorten the route that the material flows to panel curb plate die cavity 112 from this panel runner 1111, be favorable to guaranteeing that the material is by the stable flow of panel connecting plate die cavity 111 to panel curb plate die cavity 112, thereby reduce the flow line of panel curb plate 102 department, improve the yield of control panel 10 product at least to a certain extent, satisfy user's user demand.

And since the wall thickness of the other end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction is the smallest, that is, along the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, the thickness of the portion (called large thickness portion) of the panel side plate cavity 112 adjacent to the panel connecting plate cavity 111 and directly communicated with the other end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction is inevitably greater than the thickness of the other end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction (called small thickness portion), so that when the material flows along the panel side plate cavity 112 in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the material flows more easily at the large thickness portion and flows faster because the thickness of the large thickness portion is greater than that of the small thickness portion, the material tends to be convex forward at the large thickness portion, there is a significant forward flow at the large thickness portion, the actual flow direction of the material at each point on the forward surface is an outward direction perpendicular to the forward surface tangent line, therefore, each point flow direction of the front edge surface is divergent and can not intersect, thereby curling and overturning can not occur, the material and the material of the small thickness part at the position of the front edge part can be prevented from curling and overturning to a certain extent, the stability of material flow is further ensured, and therefore flow lines at the position of the panel side plate 102 corresponding to the large thickness part and the small thickness part are reduced, the yield of the control panel 10 product is improved at least to a certain extent, and the use requirement of a user is met.

There may be several ways to relate the wall thickness variation of the panel side panel 102:

the first method comprises the following steps: the wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 gradually decreases in a direction from one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction to the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 is gradually reduced in the direction from one end in the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 to the other end in the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, so that when the material flows in the panel side plate cavity 112 in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the material flows more easily at a position having a larger thickness and the flow resistance is smaller based on the thickness change of the panel side plate cavity 112, and in such a manner that the front edge surface of the material flow may exhibit a slope as shown in fig. 12, the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the front edge surface is the direction outward along the tangent line perpendicular to the front edge surface, so that the flow directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not meet, and thus curling and turning do not occur between the materials at the front edge each other, and the flow of the material is more stable, thus, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be further reduced, the flow lines can be further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102, the yield of the control panel 10 can be further improved, the cost can be reduced, and the use requirements of users can be met.

And the second method comprises the following steps: the wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 is first kept constant and then gradually reduced in a direction from one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction to the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, in the direction from one end in the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 to the other end in the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 is kept constant and then gradually decreased, so that when the material flows along the length direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the material flows more easily at a position where the thickness is larger and the flow resistance is smaller, based on the change in the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112, so that the material will present a surface that is substantially parallel to the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 at the position where the thickness is the same as shown in fig. 14, a surface that is inclined toward the upstream of the material flow will appear at a position where the thickness is gradually decreased, and the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the leading surface is in the outward direction perpendicular to the tangent to the leading surface, therefore, the flowing directions of the points on the front edge surface are divergent and can not be intersected, so that the materials at the front edge can not be curled or overturned, and the flowing of the materials is more stable, so that the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be further reduced, the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 is further prevented from being appeared, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Third, the wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 is gradually increased and then gradually decreased in a direction from one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction to the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, in the direction from one end of the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 to the other end of the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 is gradually increased and then gradually decreased, so that in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, when the material flows along the length direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, the material flows more easily at a position with a larger thickness and the flow resistance is smaller based on the thickness change of the panel side plate cavity 112, so that the front convex type shown in fig. 13 is presented on the front edge surface where the material flows, the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the front edge surface is the outward direction perpendicular to the tangent of the front edge surface, and therefore, the flow directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not meet, and the materials at the front edge do not curl and turn over each other, the material flow is more stable, so that the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be further reduced, the flow lines are further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Fourth, the wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 is gradually increased, then maintained, and then gradually decreased in a direction from one end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction to the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, in the direction from one end of the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 to the other end of the width direction of the panel side plate cavity 112, the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 is gradually increased, then kept constant, and then gradually decreased, so that when the material flows along the length direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the material flows more easily at a position with a larger thickness and has smaller flow resistance based on the change in the thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112, so that the front edge surface of the material flow exhibits a forward convex form as shown in fig. 15, the actual flow direction of the material at each point of the front edge surface is in an outward direction perpendicular to the tangent of the front edge surface, and therefore, the flow directions of each point of the front edge surface are divergent and do not meet, and the material at each front edge does not curl or turn over, the material flow is more stable, so that the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be further reduced, the flow lines are further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is further improved, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

Therefore, the foregoing embodiment of the present application is more advantageous to reduce the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 than the prior art in which the front surface is concave as shown in fig. 16.

When the material is injected into the panel mold 1 under a certain condition, the temperature of the cold wall surface of the panel cavity contacted by the material is sharply reduced, a solidified layer is generated, the flow area of the panel cavity is reduced along with the increase of the thickness of the solidified layer, and therefore the thickness of the solidified layer has an important influence on the flow resistance. The relation between the fluidity s and the thickness h of the panel cavity is a formula I:

wherein eta is_repIs the viscosity of the material.

From the flowability formula, the flowability s is proportional to the cube of the thickness h, for example, a fifty percent reduction in thickness reduces the flowability by one eighth, which equates to an eight-fold increase in flow resistance. Thus, the greater the thickness of the panel cavity and thus the lower the flow resistance, the better the flow and the faster the flow rate.

In summary, the panel mold 1 for molding the control panel 10 of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured to minimize the thickness of the other end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction. Therefore, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

According to the control panel 10 of the laundry treating apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, by minimizing the wall thickness of the other end of the width direction of the panel side plate 102. Therefore, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the maximum wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 ranges from 2.5mm to 3.5mm, that is, the maximum thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 ranges from 2.5mm to 3.5 mm. From this, be favorable to guaranteeing the mobility of material at panel curb plate die cavity 112, guarantee that the material is full of whole panel curb plate die cavity 112, reduce the flow line of panel curb plate 102 at least to a certain extent, improve the yield of product to can also guarantee the structural strength of panel curb plate 102, can also prevent simultaneously because of setting up the product that leads to excessively thick with the thickness of panel curb plate 102 bulky, the problem of extravagant material takes place.

For example, the maximum wall thickness of the face side panel 102 may be 2.6mm, 2.7mm, 2.8mm, 2.9mm, 3.0mm, 3.1mm, 3.2mm, 3.3mm, or 3.4 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum wall thickness of the panel side plate 102 ranges from 1.5mm to 2.5mm, that is, the minimum thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112 ranges from 1.5mm to 2.5 mm. Therefore, the flowability of the material on the panel side plate 102 is guaranteed, the whole panel side plate 102 is filled with the material, flow lines of the panel side plate 102 are reduced at least to a certain extent, the yield of products is improved, and the structural strength of the panel side plate 102 can be guaranteed.

For example, the minimum wall thickness of the panel side panel 102 is 1.6mm, 1.7mm, 1.8mm, 1.9mm, 2.0mm, 2.1mm, 2.2mm, 2.3mm, or 2.4 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the panel side plate 102 is divided into four segments by quartering along the width direction of the panel side plate 102, and the four segments are a, b, c, and d in order in a direction from one end of the width direction of the panel side plate 102 to the other end of the width direction of the panel side plate 102.

Optionally, the wall thickness of a is larger than that of b and larger than that of c and larger than that of d, the range of the wall thickness of a is 2.8-3.5 mm, the range of the wall thickness of b is 2.5-3.0 mm, the range of the wall thickness of c is 2.5-2.8 mm, and the range of the wall thickness of d is 1.5-2.5 mm.

Optionally, the wall thickness of b is larger than that of a, the wall thickness of c is larger than that of d, the range of the wall thickness of a is 2.5-2.8 mm, the range of the wall thickness of b is 2.8-3.5 mm, the range of the wall thickness of c is 2.5-2.8 mm, and the range of the wall thickness of d is 1.5-2.5 mm.

Optionally, the thickness of a is 2.5-3.5 mm, and the thickness of d is 1.5-2.5 mm.

Optionally, the thickness of a is larger than that of b, the thickness of c is larger than that of d, the thickness of a ranges from 2.5mm to 3.5mm, and the thickness of d ranges from 1.5mm to 2.5 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the wall thickness of the end of the panel connecting plate 101 connected to the panel side plate 102 is not greater than the wall thickness of the end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the thickness of the end of the panel connection plate cavity 111 communicating with the panel side plate cavity 112 is not greater than the thickness of the end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction. Therefore, when the material flows out from the panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1 adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112, more materials can directly flow into the panel side plate cavity 112, and the stable flow of the material on the panel side plate 102 is further ensured, so that the flow lines at the panel side plate 102 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the wall thickness of the end of the panel connecting plate 101 connected to the panel side plate 102 is smaller than the wall thickness of the end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the thickness of one end of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 communicating with the panel side plate cavity 112 is smaller than the thickness of the one end of the panel side plate cavity 112 in the width direction. Therefore, when the material flows out from the panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1 adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112, more materials can directly flow into the panel side plate cavity 112, and the stable flow of the material on the panel side plate 102 is further ensured, so that the flow lines at the panel side plate 102 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the invention, the wall thickness of the panel connecting plate 101 is less than the wall thickness of the panel side plate 102. That is, the wall thickness of the panel connecting plate 101 is smaller than the minimum wall thickness of the panel side plate 102. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the thickness of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 is smaller than the minimum thickness of the panel side plate cavity 112. Therefore, when the material flows out from the panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1 adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112, more materials can directly flow into the panel side plate cavity 112, and the stable flow of the material on the panel side plate 102 is further ensured, so that the flow lines at the panel side plate 102 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the invention, the panel connection plate 101 is an equal wall thickness connection plate. This can simplify the structure of the panel mold 1.

In some embodiments of the present invention, in the panel gate forming area 1011 on the panel connecting plate 101, the minimum distance between the panel gate forming area 1011 adjacent to the panel side plate 102 and the panel side plate 102 is less than or equal to 20mm, specifically, in the panel mold 1, the panel mold core has at least one panel gate 1111 located on a side wall surface in the thickness direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, and the minimum distance between the panel gate 1111 adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112 and the panel side plate cavity 112 is less than or equal to 20 mm. Optionally, the distance is 18mm, 16mm, 12mm, 10mm, 8mm, 5mm or 0 mm. Therefore, more materials can directly flow to the panel side plate cavity 112, and stable flow of the materials on the panel side plate 102 is further ensured, so that flow lines at the panel side plate 102 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum distance between the panel gate forming area 1011 disposed on the panel side plate 102 and the panel connecting plate 101 is less than or equal to 10mm, specifically, in the panel mold 1, the panel mold core has at least one panel gate 1111 located on the other side wall surface of the thickness direction of the panel side plate cavity 112 and adjacent to the panel connecting plate cavity 111, and the minimum distance between the panel gate 1111 and the panel connecting plate cavity 111 is less than or equal to 10 mm. For example 5mm, 2mm or 0 mm. Therefore, more materials can directly flow to the panel side plate cavity 112, and stable flow of the materials on the panel side plate 102 is further ensured, so that flow lines at the panel side plate 102 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 1a, 1b, and 1c, the peripheral wall of the panel connecting plate 101 includes a first side wall and a second side wall arranged in a circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate 101, the first side wall and the second side wall have an included angle, the panel side plate 102 includes a first side plate 1021 and a second side plate 1022 connected together, the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1022 have an included angle, the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1021 are connected together, the second side plate 1022 is connected to the second side wall, one of the panel gate forming regions 1011a is disposed adjacent to a connection of the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1022 (for example, a minimum distance between a panel gate forming region 1011 disposed adjacent to a connection of the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1022 and the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1021 is less than or equal to 20mm, for example, 0, and a minimum distance between a panel gate forming region 1111 disposed adjacent to a connection of the first side plate 1021 and the second side plate 1022 20mm or less, for example, 0).

Specifically, as shown in fig. 9, in the panel mold 1, the panel side plate cavity 112 includes a first side plate body cavity 1121 and a second side plate body cavity which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 and are communicated with each other, the first side plate body cavity 1121 is used for forming a first side plate body 1021, the second side plate body cavity is used for forming a second side plate body 1022, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity have an included angle, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity are both communicated with the panel connecting plate cavity 111, one of the panel gates 1111 is disposed adjacent to the communication position of the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity, so that during injection molding, a material flowing out from the panel gate 1111 can flow to the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity respectively, and a flow mark generated at the intersection corner of the material in the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the material in the first, the material is more favorably converged in the panel connecting plate cavity 111, so that the generation of flow lines at the panel side plate 102 is further favorably avoided.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of panel gate molding areas 1011 are disposed on the panel connecting plate 101 at positions adjacent to the first side plate body 1021, and the plurality of panel gate molding areas 1011 are spaced apart along the length of the first side plate body 1021. When the material flowed in the panel die cavity, can open panel runner 1111 in proper order according to the order of setting for, specifically speaking, can open the panel runner 1111 that first side plate body 1021 and second side plate body 1022 link to each other is turning panel runner 1111 at first, and the direction of keeping away from this turning panel runner 1111 along the length direction of first side plate body 1021 is followed, and the order is opened in proper order to be favorable to guaranteeing that the position department material front edge flow velocity that panel side plate 102 wall thickness is big keeps lasting leading, can not appear converging each other between the fuse-element front edge.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the control panel 10 includes a panel top plate 103, the panel top plate 103 is connected to the outer circumferential wall of the panel connecting plate 101, and the panel top plate 103 and the panel side plate 102 are arranged in sequence in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate 101. Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the panel cavity includes a panel top plate cavity 113, the panel top plate cavity 113 is used for molding the panel top plate 103, the panel top plate cavity 113 is communicated with the periphery of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, and the panel top plate cavity 113 and the panel side plate cavity 112 are sequentially arranged in the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111. Thus, the structure is simple.

In some embodiments of the present invention, at least one panel gate forming area 1011 is disposed at a position of the panel connecting plate 101 adjacent to the panel top plate 103 (for example, the minimum distance between the panel gate forming area 1011 and the panel top plate 103 is not more than 20mm, optionally, the minimum distance is 10mm or 0), and when a plurality of panel gate forming areas 1011 are disposed at a position of the panel connecting plate 101 adjacent to the panel top plate 103, the plurality of panel gate forming areas 1011 are spaced apart in the length direction of the panel top plate 103. Therefore, more materials can enter the panel top plate cavity 113 conveniently, and flow lines of the panel top plate 103 are reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, one side surface in the thickness direction of the panel top plate 103 is an appearance surface, the panel connecting plate 101 is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart panel blocking holes 1012, the panel blocking holes 1012 penetrate the panel connecting plate 101 in the thickness direction of the panel connecting plate 101, a part of the plurality of panel gate molding regions 1011 is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate 102, the rest of the plurality of panel gate molding regions 1011 is disposed adjacent to the panel top plate 103, a part of the plurality of panel blocking holes 1012 is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate 102 (for example, the minimum distance between the panel blocking holes 1012 and the panel side plate 102 is not greater than 20mm), the rest of the plurality of panel blocking holes 1012 is disposed adjacent to the panel top plate 103 (for example, the minimum distance between the panel blocking holes 1012 and the panel top plate 103 is not greater than 20mm), and a part of the plurality of panel blocking holes 1012 and the part of the plurality of panel gate molding regions 1011 are disposed along the circumferential direction of the panel Spaced apart, the remainder of the plurality of panel blocking apertures 1012 are spaced apart from the remainder of the plurality of panel gate molding areas 1011 along the circumference of the panel connecting plate 11.

Specifically, in the panel mold 1, a plurality of spaced-apart panel cylinder structures for molding the panel barrier holes 1012 are provided in the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the panel cylinder structures extend in the entire thickness direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, a part of the plurality of panel gates 1111 is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112, the remaining part of the plurality of panel gates 1111 is disposed adjacent to the panel top plate cavity 113, a part of the plurality of panel cylinder structures is disposed adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112, a portion of the plurality of panel cylinder structures are spaced apart from a portion of the plurality of panel gates 1111 along a circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, a remaining portion of the plurality of panel cylinder structures are disposed adjacent to the panel top plate cavity 113, and the remaining portion of the plurality of panel cylinder structures are spaced apart from the remaining portion of the plurality of panel gates 1111 along the circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate cavity 111.

Since a part of the panel gates 1111 of the panel mold 1 is adjacent to the panel side plate cavities 112, and the remaining part of the panel gates 1111 of the panel mold 1 is adjacent to the panel top plate cavities 113, such that a part of the material flowing out from the part of the panel gates 1111 of the panel mold 1 flows toward the panel connecting plate cavities 111 in a direction close to the center of the panel connecting plate cavities 111, and the remaining part of the material flows toward the panel side plate cavities 112 directly through the edges of the panel connecting plate cavities 111, in order to prevent the excess material after filling the panel connecting plate cavities 111 flowing toward the center of the panel connecting plate cavities 111 from flowing toward the panel side plate cavities 112 to prevent the part of the material from meeting the material originally located in the panel side plate cavities 112, a panel cylinder structure is provided at the position of the panel connecting plate cavities 111 adjacent to the panel side plate cavities 112, so that the flow lines can be further prevented from being formed on the panel side plate 102.

Similarly, a part of the material flowing out of the remaining panel gate 1111 of the panel mold 1 flows toward the panel connecting plate cavity 111 in a direction close to the center of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, and the remaining material flows directly toward the panel top plate cavity 113 through the edge of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, and in order to prevent the excess material flowing toward the center of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 after filling the panel connecting plate cavity 111 from flowing toward the panel top plate cavity 113 to prevent the material from meeting the material originally located in the panel top plate cavity 113, a panel cylinder structure is provided in the panel connecting plate cavity 111 in a position close to the panel top plate cavity 113, so that the formation of flow marks on the panel top plate 103 can be further prevented.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum distance between the panel gate molding area 1011 adjacent to the panel top plate 103 and the panel top plate 103 is 20mm or less, and specifically, in the panel mold 1, the minimum distance between the panel gate 1111 adjacent to the panel top plate cavity 113 and the panel top plate cavity 113 is 20mm or less. Optionally, the minimum distance of the panel gate molding area 1011 adjacent the panel top plate 103 to the panel top plate 103 is 10mm, 8mm, 3mm, or 0 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum distance between the blocking hole adjacent to the panel top plate and the panel top plate is less than or equal to 20mm, and specifically, the minimum distance between the panel column structure adjacent to the panel top plate cavity 113 and the panel top plate cavity 113 is less than or equal to 20 mm. For example, the minimum distance of the blocking hole adjacent to the panel top plate is 10mm, 8mm, 3mm or 0 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the minimum distance between the panel blocking hole adjacent to the panel side plate and the panel side plate is less than or equal to 20mm, and specifically, the minimum distance between the panel column structure adjacent to the panel side plate cavity 112 and the panel side plate cavity 112 in the mold is less than or equal to 20 mm. For example, the minimum distance of the panel blocking hole adjacent to the panel side plate is 10mm, 8mm, 3mm or 0 mm.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the peripheral wall of the panel connecting plate 101 includes a first side wall surface, a second side wall surface and a third side wall surface which are sequentially arranged in a circumferential direction of the panel connecting plate 101, the third side wall surface is opposite to the first side wall surface, the second side wall surface has an angle with the first side wall surface, the panel side plate 102 includes a first side plate body 1021 and a second side plate body 1022 which are connected, the first side plate body 1021 has an angle with the second side plate body 1022, the first side plate body 1021 is connected to the first side wall surface, the second side plate body 1022 is connected to the second side wall surface, the panel top plate 103 is connected to the third side wall surface, one end of the panel top plate 103 adjacent to the second side wall surface is connected to the second, one of the panel gate molding areas 1011a is disposed adjacent the junction of the second side plate body 1022 and the first side plate body 1021, one of the panel blocking apertures 1012a is disposed adjacent the junction of the second side panel body 1022 and the panel top panel 103.

Particularly, in the panel mold 1, along the circumference of the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the panel side plate cavity 112 includes a first side plate body cavity 1121 and a second side plate body cavity which are communicated, the first side plate body cavity 1121 is used for forming a first side plate body 1021, the second side plate body cavity is used for forming a second side plate body 1022, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity have an included angle, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity are both communicated with the panel connecting plate cavity 111, one end of the panel top plate cavity 113 adjacent to the second side plate body cavity is communicated with the second side plate body 1022 cavity, one of the panel gates 1111 is arranged adjacent to the communication position of the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity, and one of the panel cylinder structures is adjacent to the communication position of the second side plate body cavity.

During injection molding, the panel gate 1111 is arranged near the communication position between the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body cavity, so that materials can flow to the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the second side plate body 1022 panel cavity when flowing out from the panel gate, and flow marks generated by intersection of the materials in the panel connecting plate cavity 111, the materials in the first side plate body cavity 1121 and the materials in the second side plate body cavity at the corner can be avoided, so that the flow marks generated at the panel side plate 102 can be further avoided; and the department that is linked together that one of them panel cylinder structure is close to second curb plate body die cavity and panel roof die cavity 113 can avoid the material that flows through from panel connecting plate die cavity 111 to flow into second curb plate body die cavity and panel roof die cavity 113, prevents that the material that originally is located in the second curb plate body die cavity and the material that is located panel roof die cavity 113 from crossing in second curb plate body die cavity and panel roof die cavity 113 with the material that flows through from panel connecting plate die cavity 111 to further reduce the flow line of panel curb plate 102 and panel roof 103.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 5, one side surface in the thickness direction of the panel top plate 103 is an appearance surface, and the other side surface in the thickness direction of the panel top plate 103 is provided with a panel connecting rib 104, and the panel connecting rib 104 includes: a panel connecting rib body 1041 and a panel connecting portion 1042, the panel connecting portion 1042 is connected between the panel connecting rib body 1041 and the panel top plate 103.

Specifically, in the panel mold 1, the panel cavity includes a panel link rib cavity 114, a side wall surface of the thickness direction of the panel top plate cavity 113 is used for molding an appearance surface of the panel top plate 103, the panel link rib cavity 114 is located at another side wall surface of the thickness direction of the panel top plate cavity 113 and is communicated with the panel top plate cavity 113, the panel link rib cavity 114 includes a panel link rib body cavity 1141 and a panel connection portion cavity 1142 which are communicated, and the panel connection portion cavity 1142 is communicated between the panel link rib body cavity 1141 and the panel connection plate cavity 111. Thus, the structural strength of the panel top plate 103 is advantageously improved by providing the panel connecting rib 104.

Optionally, the thickness of the panel connecting portion 1042 is smaller than that of the end of the panel connecting rib body 1041 connected to the panel connecting portion 1042. In the panel mold 1, the thickness of the panel connecting portion cavity 1142 is smaller than the thickness of the end of the panel bead body cavity 1141 communicating with the panel connecting portion cavity 1142. Particularly, when moulding plastics, because the wall of panel splice bar die cavity 114 does not have panel runner 1111, the material when panel die cavity flows, can flow through panel roof die cavity 113 at first, flow to panel splice bar die cavity 114 behind panel roof die cavity 113, and through making the thickness of panel connecting portion die cavity 1142 be less than the thickness of panel splice bar body die cavity 1141, can avoid forming unstable flow field at panel connecting bar die cavity 114 and panel roof die cavity 113's intercommunication department at least to a certain extent, avoid panel splice bar body die cavity 1141's material to flow back to panel roof die cavity 113 through panel connecting portion die cavity 1142 at least to a certain extent and the material that leads to intersects, thereby avoid the flow line problem that produces at the department of connecting with panel splice bar 104 of panel roof 103.

Optionally, the thickness of the panel connecting portion 1042 is smaller than that of the panel connecting rib body 1041. From this, can avoid forming unstable flow field at panel splice bar die cavity 114 and panel roof die cavity 113's intercommunication department to a certain extent at least, avoid panel splice bar body die cavity 1141's material to flow back to panel roof die cavity 113 and the material that leads to at least to a certain extent through panel connecting portion die cavity 1142 to meet, thereby avoid the flow line problem that produces at panel roof 103 and panel splice bar 104 junction.

Alternatively, a portion of the surface of the panel connection portion 1042 facing the panel top plate 103 is recessed toward a direction away from the panel top plate 103 to form a panel through-hole penetrating the panel connection portion 1042 in a thickness direction of the panel connection portion 1042. Specifically, the panel connecting portion cavity 1142 is provided with a panel pillar structure for forming a panel through hole corresponding to the panel mold 1, and the panel pillar structure extends in the entire thickness direction of the panel connecting portion cavity 1142. Like this, because panel splice bar die cavity 114 does not have panel runner 1111, the material when panel die cavity flows, can flow through panel roof die cavity 113 at first, flow to panel splice bar die cavity 114 behind panel roof die cavity 113, and through setting up the panel stand structure, the panel stand structure can reduce the flow area of material from panel splice bar die cavity 114 and panel roof die cavity 113 intercommunication department, can avoid forming unstable flow field at panel splice bar die cavity 114 and panel roof die cavity 113's intercommunication department at least to a certain extent, avoid panel splice bar body die cavity 1141's material to flow back to panel roof die cavity 113 through panel connection portion die cavity 1142 at least to a certain extent and the material that leads to intersects, thereby avoid the flow line problem that produces in panel roof 103 and panel splice bar 104 junction.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the thickness of the panel connecting plate 101 is less than the thickness of the end of the panel top plate 103 connected to the panel connecting plate 101. The thickness of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 is smaller than that of the panel top plate cavity 113 at one end communicating with the panel connecting plate cavity 111 when corresponding to the panel mold 1. From this, when the material flows out from panel runner 1111 of panel mould 1 adjacent with panel roof die cavity 113, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to panel roof die cavity 113, further guarantee that the material is by the stable flow of panel connecting plate die cavity 111 to panel roof die cavity 113, reduce the flow line of panel roof 103 department.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the thickness of the panel connecting plate 101 is less than the thickness of the panel top plate 103. The thickness of the panel connecting plate cavity 111 is smaller than that of the panel top plate cavity 113 when corresponding to the panel mold 1. From this, when the material flows out from panel mould 1's the panel runner 1111 adjacent with panel roof die cavity 113, be favorable to more materials can direct flow to panel roof die cavity 113, further guarantee that the material is by stable flow to panel roof die cavity 113 of panel connecting plate die cavity 111, reduce the hindrance that the material flows, reduce the flow line of panel roof 103 department.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the wall thickness of the panel top plate 103 gradually decreases in a direction away from the panel connecting plate 101; alternatively, the wall thickness of the panel top plate 103 is first kept constant and then gradually decreased in a direction away from the panel connecting plate 101; alternatively, the wall thickness of the panel top plate 103 gradually increases and then gradually decreases in a direction away from the panel connecting plate 101; alternatively, the wall thickness of the panel top plate 103 gradually increases, then remains constant, and then gradually decreases in a direction away from the panel connecting plate 101. Thus, the flow marks of the panel top plate 103 can be further reduced, the flow marks can be further prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel top plate 103, the yield of the control panel 10 can be further improved, the cost can be reduced, and the use requirements of users can be met.

The laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the control panel 10 of the laundry treating apparatus described above.

According to the laundry treating apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the control panel 10 described above, at least one panel gate forming area 1011 is provided adjacent to the panel side plate 102 by minimizing the wall thickness of the other end of the panel side plate 102 in the width direction. Therefore, the flow lines of the panel side plate 102 can be reduced at least to a certain extent, the flow lines are prevented from appearing on the appearance surface of the panel side plate 102 at least to a certain extent, the qualification rate of the control panel 10 is improved at least to a certain extent, the cost is reduced, and the use requirements of users are met.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention. In the description of the present invention, "the first feature" and "the second feature" may include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more. In the description of the present invention, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may include the first and second features being in direct contact, and may also include the first and second features being in contact with each other not directly but through another feature therebetween. In the description of the invention, "above", "over" and "above" a first feature in a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

Other constitutions, such as a motor and a control system, and operations of the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean 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.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An appearance component, wherein the appearance component is an integral injection molded part and comprises:

a connecting plate;

the appearance board is characterized in that the surface of one side of the appearance board in the thickness direction is an appearance surface, the appearance board extends along the circumferential direction of the connecting board, one end of the appearance board in the width direction is connected with the peripheral wall of the connecting board, and the wall thickness of the appearance board is gradually increased and then gradually reduced in the direction from the one end of the appearance board in the width direction to the other end of the appearance board in the width direction; at least one gate forming area is arranged on one side surface of the connecting plate in the thickness direction and is arranged adjacent to the appearance plate; and/or at least one gate forming area is arranged at one end, close to the connecting plate, of one side surface of the appearance plate, opposite to the appearance surface of the appearance plate;

the gate forming area is adapted to correspond to a gate of a mold.

2. The appearance part according to claim 1, wherein a wall thickness of an end of the connecting plate connected to the exterior plate is not larger than a wall thickness of the end in a width direction of the exterior plate.

3. The appearance element according to claim 2, wherein a wall thickness of an end portion of the connecting plate connected to the appearance panel is smaller than a minimum wall thickness of the appearance panel.

4. The appearance component according to claim 1, wherein the appearance plate comprises a first plate body and a second plate body connected in a circumferential direction of the connecting plate, the first plate body and the second plate body have an included angle, the first plate body and the second plate body are both connected with the connecting plate, and at least one gate forming area is arranged adjacent to a connection position of the first plate body and the second plate body.

5. The appearance part according to claim 1, wherein the gate forming region is a plurality of spaced-apart gate forming regions, the plurality of gate forming regions being provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of the connecting plate.

6. The appearance part according to claim 1, wherein the appearance part is a spray-free member including a resin matrix and metal particles distributed in the resin matrix.

7. The appearance element according to claim 6, wherein the metal particles are copper, silver or aluminum.

8. The appearance part according to claim 1, wherein a side surface in a thickness direction of the connecting plate is provided with at least one gate forming region, and a minimum distance between the gate forming region adjacent to the appearance plate and the appearance plate is 20mm or less.

9. The appearance part according to claim 8, wherein a minimum distance of the gate forming area adjacent to the appearance plate from the appearance plate is 10mm or less.

10. The appearance part according to claim 9, wherein a minimum distance of the gate forming area adjacent to the appearance plate from the appearance plate is 0 mm.

11. The appearance part according to claim 1, wherein an end of a side surface of the appearance plate opposite to the appearance surface thereof adjacent to the connection plate is provided with at least one gate forming region, and a minimum distance between the gate forming region and the connection plate is 10mm or less.

12. The appearance part according to claim 11, wherein an end of a side surface of the appearance plate opposite to the appearance surface thereof adjacent to the connection plate is provided with at least one gate forming region having a minimum distance of 0mm from the connection plate.

13. A household appliance, characterized in that it comprises an appearance element according to any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. A mold, comprising:

the mold core is provided with a cavity, the cavity comprises an appearance plate cavity and a connecting plate cavity, the appearance plate cavity extends along the circumferential direction of the connecting plate cavity, one end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction is communicated with the periphery of the connecting plate cavity, the thickness of the appearance plate cavity is gradually increased and then gradually reduced in the direction from the one end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction to the other end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction, and one side wall surface of the appearance plate cavity in the thickness direction is used for forming an appearance surface of an appearance plate;

the mold core is provided with at least one sprue which is positioned on one side wall surface of the connecting plate cavity in the thickness direction, and the at least one sprue is arranged close to the appearance plate cavity; and/or the mold core is provided with at least one sprue which is positioned on the other side wall surface of the appearance plate mold cavity in the thickness direction and is adjacent to the connecting plate mold cavity.

15. The mold according to claim 14, wherein the thickness of the end of the connecting plate cavity communicating with the appearance plate cavity is not greater than the thickness of the end of the appearance plate cavity in the width direction.

16. The mold according to claim 15, wherein the thickness of the end of the web cavity in communication with the appearance panel cavity is less than the minimum thickness of the appearance panel cavity.

17. The mold of claim 14, wherein the exterior panel type cavity comprises a first panel type cavity and a second panel type cavity in communication along a circumferential direction of the connecting plate type cavity, the first panel type cavity and the second panel type cavity having an included angle, the first panel type cavity and the second panel type cavity both being in communication with the connecting plate type cavity, wherein at least one of the gates is disposed adjacent to a communication of the first panel type cavity and the second panel type cavity.

18. The mold of claim 14, wherein the gates are a plurality of spaced apart gates, the plurality of gates being spaced apart along a circumference of the web cavity.

19. The mold of claim 14, wherein the minimum distance of the gate adjacent to the appearance plate cavity from the appearance plate cavity is 20mm or less.

20. The mold according to claim 14, wherein the mold core has at least one gate located on the other side wall surface of the appearance plate cavity in the thickness direction and adjacent to the connecting plate cavity, and the minimum distance between the gate and the connecting plate cavity is 10mm or less.