CN112663273A

CN112663273A - Multi-drum washing machine

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Publication number: CN112663273A
Application number: CN202011481145.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄国鹏; 王立乾; 刘佳; 吴志亮; 熊传鑫; 刘林滔
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2020-12-15
Filing date: 2020-12-15
Publication date: 2021-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 2040-12-15
Also published as: CN112663273B

Abstract

The invention provides a multi-tub washing machine, relates to the technical field of washing machines, and comprises: a plurality of outer barrels, axes of which are parallel to each other; and the outer cylinder connecting piece enables the outer cylinders to be connected into a whole, and at least one outer cylinder is detachably connected with the connecting piece. Compared with the prior multi-drum washing machine, the invention adopts the detachable connection mode between the outer drum and the outer drum, maintains the independence of each washing inner drum, and the washing drums can be detached independently, thereby improving the use convenience.

Description

Multi-drum washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a multi-barrel washing machine.

Background

With the development of the washing machine industry, people have increasingly outstanding requirements on healthy clothes washing, and the clothes are gradually washed in different regions. At present, a plurality of washing products are washed in different regions on the market, and a common washing machine is a multi-barrel washing machine, which can be used for washing inner and outer clothes separately or washing inner and outer clothes, socks and the like separately. However, the common three-tub washing machine is complicated in operation because the pulsator and the drum are mixed in a matching manner, or the washing tub and the dewatering tub of the pulsator washing machine are separated.

The existing classification type washing machine is characterized in that an outer barrel and an inner barrel are arranged on a box body, the inner barrel is partitioned into 3-5 relatively independent washing containers by a partition plate or a rib, a stirrer or a wave wheel is arranged at the bottom of each washing container, and a driving motor drives a belt pulley to further drive the stirrers or the wave wheels of all the washing containers to rotate so as to complete washing; however, with the method of separating the inner tub, the transmission components (such as belt pulley, belt or chain) of the washing container part need to be arranged in the outer tub, and the bottom of the inner tub is inconvenient to assemble and disassemble and occupies space; the three washing containers are connected to the inner barrel through the partition plates or the ribs, namely the three washing containers and the inner barrel are integral components and cannot be detached, and when the three washing containers and the inner barrel rotate at a high speed to dewater, the barrel shafts of the washing containers and the barrel shafts of the inner barrel are not coaxial, so that the dewatering effect is poor.

Therefore, a new technical scheme is urgently needed to provide a multi-tub washing machine, and the problems of the multi-tub washing machine in the prior art are solved.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a multi-tub washing machine, which, compared with the existing multi-tub washing machine, adopts the detachable connection between the outer tub and the outer tub, so as to maintain the independence of the washing inner tubs, and the washing tubs can be detached independently, thereby improving the convenience of use.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a multiple tub washing machine, comprising: a plurality of outer barrels, axes of which are parallel to each other; and the outer cylinder connecting piece enables the outer cylinders to be connected into a whole, and at least one outer cylinder is detachably connected with the connecting piece.

Further optionally, the outer cylinder connecting piece is connected between the outer cylinders, the outer cylinder connecting piece is provided with mounting positions corresponding to the number of the outer cylinders, each mounting position is provided with one outer cylinder, and the outer cylinders are detachably connected with the connecting piece.

Further optionally, the number of the outer cylinders is three, and the three outer cylinders include a large outer cylinder and two small outer cylinders, the two small outer cylinders are arranged on two sides of the large outer cylinder, and the three outer cylinders are arranged in a triangle.

Further optionally, the multi-tub washing machine is provided with a power device, the power device includes a driving motor and a main shaft driven by the driving motor, and the main shaft is located in the middle of the triangle and is in driving connection with the plurality of tub shafts through a belt or a chain.

Further optionally, an inner cylinder is concentrically installed inside each outer cylinder, wherein the large outer cylinder is provided with a large inner cylinder, each small outer cylinder is internally provided with a small inner cylinder, the large inner cylinder and the two small inner cylinders are also arranged in a triangular manner, each inner cylinder is provided with a cylinder shaft, and a belt or a chain is arranged between the cylinder shaft of each inner cylinder and the main shaft, so that each inner cylinder can be driven to rotate by the respective belt or chain.

Further optionally, the power plant comprises: drive pulley and a plurality of driven pulley and a plurality of belt, wherein drive pulley sets up follow on driving motor's the main shaft along driving motor rotates and rotates, and is a plurality of driven pulley sets up respectively in a plurality of on the section of thick bamboo axle of a plurality of inner tubes, and is a plurality of driven pulley is respectively through a plurality of the belt with drive pulley connects.

Further optionally, a pulsator is arranged at the bottom of each inner cylinder; wherein, a big wave wheel is arranged in the big inner cylinder, and a small wave wheel is arranged in the small inner cylinder;

and a power conversion device is arranged between the drum shaft and the impeller of the driven belt pulley on each inner drum, and the driven belt pulley realizes the switching between the drum shaft and the impeller through the power conversion device to provide power.

Further optionally, the upper part or the bottom part of each outer cylinder is at least respectively provided with one or more vibration damping parts.

Further alternatively, three or more vibration damping members may be disposed on the integrated member formed by connecting the plurality of outer cylinders to perform vibration damping.

Further optionally, the multiple tub washing machine is provided with a water system comprising:

the total water inlet system is connected with a water source;

the water inlet system comprises a plurality of water inlet sub-systems, wherein one end of each water inlet sub-system is connected with the main water inlet system, and the other end of each water inlet sub-system is connected with a water inlet on each outer barrel;

the main drainage system is communicated with the outside;

and the water outlet of each outer barrel is connected with the water outlet of each water outlet pipe.

The invention provides a multi-barrel washing machine, which realizes the following beneficial effects by designing the structure of the multi-barrel washing machine:

1. compared with the existing multi-cylinder washing machine, the scheme adopts the mode that the outer cylinder is connected with the outer cylinder in a detachable way, so that the independence of all washing inner cylinders is kept, the washing cylinders can be detached independently, and the transmission part is completely arranged outside the washing cylinders, so that the space is reasonably utilized, and the conditions that the whole size of the washing machine is larger or the washing space is compressed and the like are avoided;

2. each inner barrel of the multi-barrel washing machine can be dehydrated in an independent rotating mode, so that a better dehydration effect can be achieved, and the operation is simple and convenient;

3. the three-cylinder structure of one large cylinder and two small cylinders is adopted, the diameter of the large cylinder is larger than that of the small cylinders, and one or more vibration reduction components are arranged at proper positions on the cylinders or at proper positions at the bottoms of the three cylinders, so that a better vibration reduction effect is achieved.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings. The drawings described below are merely exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be derived by those skilled in the art without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a top view of a multi-tub washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the internal structure of the multi-tub washing machine in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a front sectional view of a multi-tub washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the outer tub component of the multi-tub washing machine in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of a multi-tub washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is an exploded view of the outer tub connection of the multi-tub washing machine in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

1-body; 2-a display member; 3-big outer cylinder; 4-small outer cylinder; 5-outer cylinder connecting piece; 6-large inner cylinder; 7-a small inner cylinder; 8-big impeller; 9-a small wave wheel; 10-a drive motor; 11-a driving pulley; 12-a driven pulley; 13-a belt; 14-a damping member; 15-vibration damping connecting fixing piece; 16-outer barrel connector body; 17-bolt holes; 18-a mating recess; 19-a mating projection; 20-bolt nut member

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and "a" and "an" generally include at least two, but do not exclude at least one, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.

Examples

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the present embodiment provides a multi-tub washing machine, which includes: a plurality of outer barrels and outer barrel couplings 5, wherein: the axes of the outer cylinders are parallel to each other; the outer cylinder connecting piece 5 enables a plurality of outer cylinders to be connected into a whole, and at least one outer cylinder is detachably connected with the connecting piece.

Compared with the existing multi-drum washing machine, the multi-drum washing machine provided by the embodiment has the advantages that the outer drum connecting piece is connected in a mode that the outer drum is detachably connected with the outer drum, the independence of all washing inner drums is kept, the washing drums can be detached independently, and the use convenience is improved.

Regarding the detachable connection between the outer cylinders, it is preferable that the outer cylinder connecting member 5 is connected between a plurality of outer cylinders, which are provided with mounting positions corresponding to the number of the plurality of outer cylinders, one outer cylinder being provided for each mounting position, the outer cylinders being detachably connected to the connecting member. The outer cylinder connecting member 5 is connected to each outer cylinder by bolts or the like or by other means. Further preferably, the outer cylinder connector body 16 of the outer cylinder connector 5 is a block body with an arc-shaped opening determined according to the shape and the installation position of the outer cylinder, and the arc-shaped opening is installed in cooperation with the outer cylinder, so that a good fixing effect can be achieved; the outer cylinder connecting piece main body 16 is provided with a plurality of bolt holes 17 and matching grooves 18, after the matching grooves 18 are matched with matching protrusions 19 on the outer cylinder, the bolt holes and the bolt holes are aligned, and then the bolt holes and the bolt holes are fastened through bolt nut pieces 20 to be connected and fixed.

From the viewpoint of product applicability, it is preferable in this embodiment that the plurality of outer cylinders are provided with three ones, including one large outer cylinder 3 and two small outer cylinders 4, and the two small outer cylinders 4 are provided on both sides of the large outer cylinder 3, and the three ones are arranged in a triangle. The power device of the three-drum washing machine is preferably provided with a power device, the power device comprises a driving motor 10 and a main shaft driven by the driving motor 10, and the main shaft is located in the middle of a triangle and is in driving connection with a plurality of drum shafts through a belt 13 or a chain. Preferably, an inner cylinder is concentrically arranged inside each outer cylinder, wherein the large outer cylinder 3 is provided with a large inner cylinder 6, the small inner cylinder 7 is arranged inside each small outer cylinder 4, the large inner cylinder 6 and the two small inner cylinders 7 are also arranged in a triangular shape, each inner cylinder is provided with a cylinder shaft, and a belt 13 or a chain is arranged between the cylinder shaft of each inner cylinder and the main shaft, so that each inner cylinder can be driven to rotate by the respective belt 13 or chain.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the three-tub washing machine has a top view of the appearance, which is a top view with the top cover removed, so that the arrangement of the outer tub can be conveniently viewed. The washing machine comprises a machine body 1, wherein a display part 2 is arranged at the top position of the front side of the machine body 1 in a certain inclination manner, so that a user can conveniently watch and operate the washing machine. The large inner cylinder 6 is arranged on the left side of the machine body 1, and the bottom of the large inner cylinder 6 is provided with a large impeller 8; the two small inner cylinders 7 are arranged on the right side of the machine body 1, the bottom of each small inner cylinder 7 is provided with a small impeller 9, and the diameter of the large inner cylinder 6 is larger than that of the small inner cylinder 7. The large inner cylinder 6 and the two small inner cylinders 7 are preferably arranged in a triangular mode, so that the appearance is attractive, and the uniform arrangement of vibration reduction components is facilitated. As shown in fig. 2-3, a top view of the internal structure of the three-drum washing machine and a front cross-sectional view taken along the middle of the large inner drum are respectively shown. The arrangement of the large inner cylinder 6 and the two small inner cylinders 7 is clearly shown in fig. 2, and preferably, but not limited to, a triangular arrangement. Thus, the vibration reduction components are uniformly arranged to carry out overall vibration reduction, each cylinder is not required to carry out vibration reduction independently, and the number and the space occupation of the vibration reduction components can be reduced. It can be seen that the large outer cylinder 3 is arranged outside the large inner cylinder 6 and is used for containing the clothes washing water in the large inner cylinder 6 and is connected with the drain pipe to discharge the washed sewage out of the washing machine.

Regarding the water intake and drainage scheme, it is preferable in this embodiment that the multi-tub washing machine is provided with a water system including: total water intake system, a plurality of sub water intake system, total drainage system and a plurality of sub drainage system, wherein: the total water inlet system is connected with a water source; one end of each sub water inlet system is connected with the main water inlet system, and the other end of each sub water inlet system is connected with a water inlet on each outer cylinder; the main drainage system is communicated with the outside; one end of each sub-drainage system is connected with the main drainage system, and the other end of each sub-drainage system is connected with a drainage port on each outer cylinder.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the power unit controls washing and rinsing operations of the washing machine, and the power unit includes: a driving pulley 11, a plurality of driven pulleys 12 and a plurality of belts 13, wherein the driving pulley 11 is disposed on a main shaft of the driving motor 10 and rotates along with the rotation of the driving motor 10, the plurality of driven pulleys 12 are respectively disposed on the shaft shafts of the plurality of inner cylinders, and the plurality of driven pulleys 12 are respectively connected with the driving pulley 11 through the plurality of belts 13. Preferably, the bottom of each inner cylinder is provided with an impeller; wherein, the big inner cylinder 6 is internally provided with a big wave wheel 8 which can drive water flow to rub with clothes for washing during washing, and the small inner cylinder 7 is internally provided with a small wave wheel 9 which can drive water flow to rub with clothes for washing during washing; a power conversion device is arranged between the drum shaft and the impeller of the driven belt pulley 12 on each inner drum, and the driven belt pulley 12 realizes the switching between the drum shaft and the impeller through the power conversion device to provide power. The driving motor 10 is installed on the base of the multi-drum washing machine, and drives the main shaft and the driving belt pulley to rotate, and then drives the large drum shaft and the small drum shaft to rotate respectively through the belt, so as to selectively rotate the large inner drum and the small inner drum or rotate the large impeller and the small impeller to perform washing or dewatering work.

When the multi-drum washing machine is used for washing, the driving motor is started to drive the main shaft and the driving belt pulley to rotate, the main shaft and the driven belt pulley drive the belt or the chain to further drive the drum shafts of the washing drums to rotate, and finally the impeller of each washing drum is driven to rotate for washing; during dehydration, the inner cylinder and the impeller rotate simultaneously to perform dehydration. Each washing drum can be driven by a single belt or chain, and three washing drums can also be driven by one belt or chain. Only one or two washing cylinders can work at the same time; the connection and disconnection of the rotating shaft on each cylinder and the impeller or the inner cylinder can be controlled to control the number of the cylinders to work simultaneously, for example, when only a large cylinder is needed to work, the rotating shaft on the large cylinder is only needed to be connected with the impeller or the inner cylinder, and the rotating shafts on the other cylinders are disconnected with the impeller or the inner cylinder. Under the structure, the control scheme of the driving motor is not easy to realize by changing the control scheme.

In order to enhance the stability of the multi-tub washing machine during the washing process, it is preferable in this embodiment that at least one or more vibration damping members 14 are respectively provided at the upper portion or the bottom portion of each outer tub. It is further preferred that a damping member 14 is provided on each outer cylinder, the upper part of the damping member 14 is connected to a suspension arm provided on the machine body 1, and the lower part is connected to a damping connecting fixture 15 on the outer cylinder member; it is also preferable that three or more damping members 14 are disposed on the integrated member formed by connecting the plurality of outer cylinders to perform damping. The damping component 14 is arranged between the bottom of the outer cylinder and the shell, and the damping component can be arranged at the bottom of each outer cylinder; or two outer cylinders are arranged at the bottom of the large outer cylinder, and one outer cylinder is arranged at the bottom of each small outer cylinder, if a plurality of outer cylinders are arranged, the outer cylinders are uniformly distributed as much as possible. Preferably, the vibration damping component 14 can be a suspension spring type vibration damper or a damping type vibration damper or other vibration damping devices for damping vibration caused by the operation of the washing drum and the pulsator.

In summary, the present invention provides a multi-tub washing machine, comprising: a plurality of outer barrels, axes of which are parallel to each other; and the outer cylinder connecting piece enables the outer cylinders to be connected into a whole, and at least one outer cylinder is detachably connected with the connecting piece. Compared with the prior multi-drum washing machine, the invention adopts the detachable connection mode between the outer drum and the outer drum, maintains the independence of each washing inner drum, and the washing drums can be detached independently, thereby improving the use convenience.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically illustrated and described above. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities described herein; on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A multi-tub washing machine characterized in that: it includes:

a plurality of outer barrels, axes of which are parallel to each other;

and the outer cylinder connecting piece (5) enables the outer cylinders to be connected into a whole, and at least one outer cylinder is detachably connected with the connecting piece.

2. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein: the outer barrel connecting piece (5) is connected among the outer barrels, installation positions corresponding to the number of the outer barrels are arranged on the outer barrel connecting piece, one outer barrel is arranged on each installation position, and the outer barrels are detachably connected with the connecting piece.

3. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein: the outer cylinders are three and comprise a large outer cylinder (3) and two small outer cylinders (4), the two small outer cylinders (4) are arranged on two sides of the large outer cylinder (3), and the three are arranged in a triangular mode.

4. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein: the multi-barrel washing machine is provided with a power device, the power device comprises a driving motor (10) and a main shaft driven by the driving motor (10), and the main shaft is located in the middle of the triangle and is in driving connection with the barrel shafts through a belt (13) or a chain.

5. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 4 wherein: each an inner tube is installed with one heart in the inside of urceolus, wherein, big urceolus (3) set up big inner tube (6), each little urceolus (4) are inside to set up little inner tube (7), big inner tube (6) and two little inner tube (7) also are triangle-shaped and arrange, each the inner tube is equipped with a bobbin, the bobbin of each inner tube with all be equipped with a belt (13) or chain between the main shaft and make each the inner tube can be driven separately by respective belt (13) or chain and rotate.

6. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 5 wherein: the power device comprises: drive pulley (11) and a plurality of driven pulley (12) and a plurality of belt (13), wherein drive pulley (11) set up follow on the main shaft of driving motor (10) rotate and rotate, and are a plurality of driven pulley (12) set up respectively in a plurality of on the bobbin of a plurality of inner tubes, and is a plurality of driven pulley (12) are respectively through a plurality of belt (13) with drive pulley (11) are connected.

7. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 6 wherein: the bottom of each inner cylinder is provided with an impeller; wherein, a big wave wheel (8) is arranged in the big inner cylinder (6), and a small wave wheel (9) is arranged in the small inner cylinder (7);

and a power conversion device is arranged between the cylinder shaft and the impeller and between the driven belt pulley (12) on each inner cylinder and the impeller, and the driven belt pulley (12) realizes the switching between the cylinder shaft and the impeller through the power conversion device to provide power.

8. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein: the upper part or the bottom part of each outer cylinder is at least respectively provided with one or more vibration damping components (14).

9. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein: three or more vibration damping members (14) are arranged on the integrated member formed by connecting the outer cylinders to perform vibration damping.

10. A multiple tub washing machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein: the multi-tub washing machine is provided with a water system including:

the total water inlet system is connected with a water source;

the main drainage system is communicated with the outside;