Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a water inlet device, so as to realize the purpose of preventing water from flowing into a flushing path.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following specific technical scheme:
a water inlet device comprises a waterway, wherein water flows formed by at least two water flows opposite to each other and flow from a water inlet; the waterway is provided with a water retaining structure for preventing any water flow from splashing around when water flows into the waterway independently.
Further, a water blocking rib which protrudes and extends towards the center of the water inlet is arranged at the water inlet of the waterway; the water retaining ribs protrude from the inner wall of the water inlet to the center of the water inlet and extend preferably; preferably, the water blocking ribs incline to the outer side direction of the waterway.
Further, water retaining ribs protruding and extending towards the central direction of the waterway are respectively arranged at two sides of the water inlet of the waterway, and the extending ends of the water retaining ribs at two sides are separated by a distance for allowing the opposite flushing water to flow into the waterway; preferably, the water retaining ribs extend along the inclined direction away from the water inlet from the side wall of the water inlet of the water way to the central direction and gradually towards the outer side of the water way.
Further, a drain groove which is sunken downwards is arranged on the bottom surface of the middle part of the waterway; preferably, the water drain groove covers the whole bottom surface of at least one section of the water channel, and a water drain hole penetrating through the water drain groove is arranged at the bottom of the part penetrating out from one side wall of the water channel.
Further, a blocking rib for preventing the splash water flow from flowing to the water outlet of the water way is arranged in the water way, the blocking rib is positioned at the downstream of the water draining groove, the lower end of the blocking rib is connected with the bottom of the water way, the upper end of the blocking rib is lower than the top of the water way, and the two ends of the blocking rib are respectively and hermetically connected with the corresponding side wall of the water way; preferably, the height of the blocking rib is less than half the height of the waterway.
Further, the part of the waterway close to the water inlet extends along a horizontal straight line, and the water retaining rib, the water draining groove and the blocking rib are sequentially arranged in the straight line extension part of the waterway along the water flow direction; preferably, the water inlet of the water flow is provided with a shrinking opening which is gradually narrowed along the water flow direction and the radial width, the water draining groove is positioned at the small opening end of the shrinking opening, and the water retaining rib is positioned at the large opening end of the shrinking opening.
Further, the device comprises a first water inlet branch and a second water inlet branch which are connected in parallel, a hedging mechanism and three water outlet branches; the first water inlet branch and the second water inlet branch are communicated with any one of the three water outlet branches through the opposite flushing mechanism in a reversible way, the water outlet ends of the first water inlet branch and the second water inlet branch are crossed at an inclined angle and are arranged on the same side of the opposite flushing mechanism, the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch, the second water outlet branch and the third water outlet branch are positioned on the other side of the opposite flushing mechanism, the water outlet ends of the first water inlet branch and the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch are coaxially opposite and arranged at intervals, the water outlet ends of the second water inlet branch and the water inlet ends of the second water outlet branch are coaxially opposite and arranged at intervals, the water inlet ends of the third water outlet branch are positioned between the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch and the water inlet ends of the second water outlet branch, and the water inlet ends of the third water outlet branch are provided with water retaining structures.
Further, both side walls of the water inlet end of the third water outlet branch are respectively formed by separating ribs for separating the water inlet end of the third water outlet branch from the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch and the water inlet ends of the second water outlet branch, and the end parts of the separating ribs are respectively provided with water retaining ribs which extend towards the center of the water inlet ends of the third water outlet branch in a protruding mode.
Further, a water outlet is arranged at the water outlet end of the waterway, and the water outlet is communicated with the throwing cavity.
The invention discloses a washing machine, which is provided with any water inlet device, wherein a water outlet of a waterway of the water inlet device is connected with an outer cylinder of the washing machine and is used for leading introduced water flow into the outer cylinder.
Further, at least one throwing cavity is arranged on the water inlet device for throwing different additives; the water outlet of the waterway is connected with the outer barrel of the washing machine after passing through the throwing cavity and is used for flushing the additive in the throwing cavity by the inflow water flowing from the waterway and then flowing into the outer barrel.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
Through the arrangement, the effect that the divergent splashing water flow blocks to the outside of the opposite flushing channel when the independent water supply pipeline is used for discharging water is achieved, and the phenomenon that the water inlet device generates water is avoided.
The water blocking ribs extending in the radial protruding mode are arranged at the water inlet of the waterway so as to narrow the width of the water inlet of the waterway, and the probability that splash water flows into the waterway from the water inlet is reduced. Meanwhile, the water drain groove is formed in the middle of the waterway, so that the splash water flows into the waterway and then is converged in the water drain groove, the splash water is prevented from flowing continuously along the waterway and flowing out from the water outlet of the opposite flushing waterway, and the water flowing situation is further effectively prevented. In addition, the blocking ribs blocking the lower part are arranged in the waterway, so that the splash water flows into the waterway and then is blocked by the blocking ribs to be trapped in the front half section of the waterway and cannot flow to the water outlet of the opposite water channel, and the trapped water flows out of the waterway from the water drainage tank, so that the water-flowing-preventing performance of the waterway is further improved; meanwhile, the height of the blocking rib is lower than that of the opposite flushing water path, so that opposite flushing water flow generated by spraying water simultaneously by the first water inlet branch and the second water inlet branch can smoothly flow to the water outlet of the opposite flushing water path without being blocked by the blocking rib.
Meanwhile, the invention has simple structure and obvious effect, and is suitable for popularization and use.
Detailed Description
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, a water inlet device is described, the water inlet device is applied to an existing washing machine, and forms an additive feeding device of the washing machine, and is used for feeding an additive into an outer cylinder of the washing machine; the additive in the embodiment of the invention can be any one or a combination of the existing clothing treatment additives such as a detergent, a softener, an additive, a bleaching agent, a disinfectant and the like.
The embodiment of the invention discloses a water inlet device, which comprises a water supply waterway 1, a water inlet valve and a water outlet valve, wherein the water supply waterway 1 is used for flowing water inlet flow of a washing machine and enabling the water inlet flow to flow into an outer barrel of the washing machine; the liquid storage box 300 contains the additive, so that the additive in the liquid storage box is washed by the flowing water inlet flow and then flows into the outer barrel of the washing machine along with the water flow.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the water inlet device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: the top of the shell 100 is buckled with an upper cover 200, at least one water supply waterway 1 is formed in the upper cover 200, a cavity is formed in the shell, a liquid storage box 300 capable of sliding and moving is arranged in the cavity, at least one liquid storage cavity is arranged in the liquid storage box 300 and is used for containing corresponding additives, and a water outlet of the water supply waterway 1 is correspondingly communicated with a water outlet of a water inlet device through a liquid storage cavity or directly, so that water flowing into a water inlet of the water inlet device flows out of the water inlet device after flowing into the liquid storage cavity or directly flows out of the water inlet device after flowing into the waterway.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, a water inlet device forming an additive feeding device is described, which includes a first water inlet branch 21 and a second water inlet branch 22 connected in parallel, a counter-flushing mechanism 10, a first water outlet branch 11, a second water outlet branch 12, and a third water outlet branch 13. In this embodiment, the first water inlet branch 21 and the second water inlet branch 22 are in reversible connection with any one of the multiple water outlet branches via the opposite flushing mechanism 10, each water outlet branch is respectively provided with a water outlet, and each water outlet is connected with the outer drum of the washing machine via different water outlet structures, so as to convey the water inlet of the washing machine to any one water outlet structure, and the water inlet of the washing machine is performed in different water flow forms. The water outlet structure may be any existing structure, for example: a sprayer for spraying water into the outer cylinder, a main washing water inlet cavity for flowing in detergent and/or washing powder into the outer cylinder, an auxiliary washing water inlet cavity for flowing in auxiliary additives such as softener into the outer cylinder, and the like.
In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to prevent water from flowing between adjacent waterways and to avoid the occurrence of the situation that the first water inlet branch 21 or the second water inlet branch 22 splashes into the third water outlet branch 13 when water is independently discharged, the following settings are performed: as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the third water outlet branch 13 is provided with a water blocking structure 4 for preventing water splashed around from flowing into the waterway when water flows into any one of the water supply channels alone.
In the embodiment of the invention, a water blocking rib 401 which radially protrudes and extends towards the center of the water inlet is arranged at the water inlet of the third water outlet branch 13. The water blocking ribs extending in the radial protruding mode are arranged at the water inlet of the waterway so as to narrow the width of the water inlet of the waterway, and the probability that splash water flows into the waterway from the water inlet is reduced.
In the embodiment of the present invention, two sides of the water inlet of the third water outlet branch 13 are respectively provided with a water blocking rib 401 protruding and extending towards the central direction of the waterway, and a gap for the opposite flushing water generated when the first water inlet branch 21 and the second water inlet branch 22 simultaneously outlet water to flow into the third water outlet branch 13 is arranged between the extending ends of the water blocking ribs 401. The water retaining ribs are respectively arranged on the two sides of the waterway, so that the water retaining ribs on the two sides can respectively block the sputtering water flow on the two sides, and the sputtering water flow generated when the two water inlet branches singly discharge water is effectively prevented from flowing into the waterway.
Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the water blocking ribs 401 gradually incline toward the direction away from the water inlet of the third water outlet branch 13 from the water inlet side wall of the third water outlet branch 13 toward the center direction, so that the water blocking ribs 401 on both sides are arranged in an eight shape, so as to narrow the width of the water inlet of the third water outlet branch 13 as much as possible, and prevent the sputtered water flow when the first water inlet branch 21 or the second water inlet branch 22 sprays water alone from flowing into the third water outlet branch 13.
In the embodiment of the invention, the bottom surface of the middle part of the third water outlet branch 13 is provided with a downward concave water draining groove 5. Through setting up the water drain tank in the middle part of the water route to make the splash rivers assemble in the water drain tank after flowing into the water route, avoided the splash rivers to continue to flow along the water route and flow out from the delivery port of third play water branch road, and then effectively prevented the emergence of cluster water condition.
Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the water draining groove 5 covers the entire bottom surface of at least one section of the third water outlet branch 13, the water draining groove 5 penetrates out from one side wall of the third water outlet branch 13, the bottom of the penetrating part is provided with a water draining port penetrating through, and the water draining port is communicated with the cavity enclosed by the housing 100 of the water inlet device, so that the sputtering water flows into the third water outlet branch 13, is guided by the water draining groove 5 and flows into the cavity enclosed by the housing 100, and the water flowing phenomenon is effectively prevented.
In the embodiment of the invention, a blocking rib 6 for preventing the splash water flow from flowing to a third water outlet 33 of the third water outlet branch 13 is arranged in the third water outlet branch 13, the blocking rib 6 is positioned at the downstream of the water discharge groove 5, the lower end of the blocking rib 6 is connected with the bottom of the third water outlet branch 13, the upper end of the blocking rib is lower than the top of the third water outlet branch 13, and the two ends of the blocking rib 6 are respectively connected with the corresponding side walls of the third water outlet branch 13 in a sealing way. The blocking ribs blocking the lower part are arranged in the waterway, so that the splash water flows into the waterway and then is blocked by the blocking ribs to be trapped in the first half section of the waterway and cannot flow to the third water outlet of the third water outlet branch, and the trapped water flows out of the waterway from the water discharge tank, so that the water-flowing-preventing performance of the waterway is further improved; meanwhile, the height of the blocking rib is lower than that of the third water outlet branch, so that opposite water flow generated by spraying water from the first water inlet branch and the second water inlet branch can smoothly flow to the third water outlet of the third water outlet branch without being blocked by the blocking rib.
Preferably, in order to ensure the water outlet smoothness of the third water outlet branch, the following settings are performed: the height of the blocking rib 6 is less than half the height of the third water outlet branch 13.
In the embodiment of the invention, the part of the third water outlet branch 13 close to the water inlet extends along a horizontal straight line, and the water blocking rib 401, the water draining groove 5 and the blocking rib 6 are sequentially arranged in the straight line extending part of the third water outlet branch 13 along the water flow direction.
In the embodiment of the invention, the water inlet of the third water outlet branch 13 is provided with a shrinking opening part with gradually narrowed radial width along the water flow direction, the water draining groove 5 is positioned at the small opening end of the shrinking opening part, and the water retaining rib 401 is positioned at the large opening end of the shrinking opening part.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the third water outlet 33 of the third water outlet branch 13 is a softener water outlet, and is communicated with a liquid storage cavity containing a softener or an additive provided on the liquid storage box 300, so that after the inflow water flows through the third water outlet branch 13, the liquid storage cavity containing the softener or the additive provided on the liquid storage box 300 is washed, and the contained softener or additive flows into the outer cylinder of the washing machine together with the inflow water.
In the embodiment of the present invention, in order to achieve the above effects, the following settings are made: as shown in fig. 1, the water outlet ends of the first water inlet branch 21 and the second water inlet branch 22 are arranged on the same side of the opposite flushing mechanism 10 at an offset angle, the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch 11, the second water outlet branch 12 and the third water outlet branch 13 are positioned at the other side of the opposite flushing mechanism 10. Through set up a plurality of water supply lines and the play water branch road that link to each other through the hedging mechanism on the additive put in the device, richened the rivers form of automatic put in the device, reached and put in the device automatically and provide the result of use of corresponding inflow rivers respectively when washing machine different washing procedures.
In the embodiment of the invention, the water outlet end of the first water inlet branch 21 is coaxially opposite to the water inlet end of the first water outlet branch 11 at intervals, and when the first water inlet branch 21 supplies water independently, water supply flow is sprayed out from the water outlet end of the first water inlet branch 21 and flows into the water inlet end of the first water outlet branch 11; the water outlet end of the second water inlet branch 22 is coaxially opposite to the water inlet end of the second water outlet branch 12 at intervals, and when the second water inlet branch 22 is used for independently supplying water, water supply flow is sprayed out from the water outlet end of the second water inlet branch 22 and flows into the water inlet end of the second water outlet branch 12; the water inlet end of the third water outlet branch 13 is located between the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch 11 and the second water outlet branch 12, and when the first water inlet branch 21 and the second water inlet branch 22 supply water simultaneously, two water flows are mutually interfered and combined into the same water supply flow, and the water supply flow flows into the water inlet end of the third water outlet branch 13. Preferably, in order to ensure that the converged water flow accurately flows into the third water outlet branch, the axis of the water inlet end of the third water outlet branch is arranged along the middle branching line of the water inlet ends of the first water outlet branch and the second water outlet branch.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the water outlet ends of the first water outlet branch 11, the second water outlet branch 12 and the third water outlet branch 13 are respectively provided with a first water outlet 31, a second water outlet 32 and a third water outlet 33, so as to respectively correspond to the corresponding chambers arranged on the liquid storage box 300 or be directly communicated with the water outlet of the water inlet device. Preferably, the first water outlet 31 is a spray water outlet and is directly communicated with a spray device arranged in the outer barrel of the washing machine through a pipeline; the second water outlet 32 is a detergent water outlet and is communicated with a liquid storage cavity which is arranged on the liquid storage box and used for containing detergent or washing powder; the third water outlet 33 is a softener water outlet and is communicated with a liquid storage cavity which is arranged on the liquid storage box and used for containing softener or additive.
In the embodiment of the invention, a chamber for accommodating disinfectant is further arranged in the liquid storage box 300, the upper cover 200 of the water inlet device is further provided with a diversion cavity 2 which is arranged corresponding to the chamber, the bottom wall of the diversion cavity 2 is provided with a fourth water outlet 34 which is used for injecting the water flowing into the diversion cavity 2 into the chamber for accommodating disinfectant arranged on the liquid storage box 300, so that the effect of flushing the disinfectant into the outer barrel of the washing machine is realized.
In the embodiment of the invention, in order to realize the function of disinfecting and water inflow and avoid adding the number of waterways, the following settings are carried out: the first water outlet branch 11 is provided with a diversion structure 3 for diverting part of water flowing through to the diversion cavity 2, the first water outlet branch 11 is connected with a spraying structure of the washing machine through a first water outlet 31, and the diversion cavity 2 is connected with a disinfectant containing cavity arranged on the liquid storage box 300 through a fourth water outlet 34 and then connected with the outer barrel of the washing machine through a pipeline. Therefore, the disinfection water inlet and the spraying water inlet of the washing machine synchronously flow into the outer barrel of the washing machine, and the water path quantity of the water inlet structure and the effect of the control part are further reduced.
Through the arrangement, one waterway of the water inlet device is provided with two water outlet branches simultaneously, so that the effect of synchronous control of two water outlets is realized, the number of parts of the water inlet device is greatly reduced, and the refinement degree is improved.
In the embodiment of the invention, a diversion opening 301 is arranged in the middle of the first water outlet branch 11, the diversion opening 301 communicates the diversion cavity 2 with the first water outlet branch 11, and a diversion guide rib 302 for guiding part of water flowing through the first water outlet branch 11 to flow into the diversion cavity 2 is arranged at the diversion opening 301.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the diversion opening 301 is disposed on a side wall of the first water outlet branch 11, the diversion guiding rib 302 is disposed at a downstream position of the diversion opening 301, the diversion guiding rib 302 extends from the side wall of the first water outlet branch 11 toward the center direction of the first water outlet branch 11, and the connection position of the diversion guiding rib 302 and the first water outlet branch 11 and the diversion opening 301 are disposed on the same side wall of the first water outlet branch 11. Gaps are reserved between the extending ends of the diversion guide ribs 302 and the two side walls of the first water outlet branch 11, so that the flowing water is ensured to flow to the downstream of the first water outlet branch 11 and flow into the diversion cavity 2 from the gaps at the two sides of the diversion guide ribs. The radial protrusion rib is arranged in the waterway and covers the cross section of part of the waterway, so that the water flowing through the waterway is guided by the rib to be partially split and flows into the split cavity, and the effect of simultaneously discharging water from the waterway and the water outlet of the split cavity is achieved.
Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, in order to improve the flow splitting efficiency of the flow splitting guide rib, the following settings are performed: at least part of the diversion guide ribs 302 gradually incline or bend towards the side of the first water outlet branch 11, which is opposite to the water flow, so that the water flow passing through the diversion guide ribs is blocked by the inclined or bent extending blocking ribs and flows towards the diversion opening side, the blocked part of the water flow is ensured to flow into the diversion cavity through the diversion opening, and the effect of partial water flow diversion is achieved.
Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, the diversion guide ribs 302 are all located in the waterway between the axis of the first water outlet branch 11 and one side of the diversion opening 301, so that the diversion guide ribs 302 can only divert half of the water flowing through the first water outlet branch 11 at most, so as to ensure the water flow at the first water outlet 31 of the first water outlet branch 11, and achieve the effect that the first water outlet 31 and the fourth water outlet 34 can respectively discharge water at the same time.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the diversion guide rib 302 is integrally arranged with the side wall of the first water outlet branch 11; the side wall of the first water outlet branch 11 is provided with an extension part which protrudes and extends from the flow opening 301 to the first water outlet branch 11 at one side of the downstream direction of the water flow in the first water outlet branch 11, and the extension part forms a diversion guide rib 302. Therefore, the split-flow guide rib and the water inlet device are integrally formed, the structural strength of the split-flow guide rib is guaranteed, the number of parts is reduced, and the overall strength and reliability are improved.
In the embodiment of the present invention, an auxiliary guiding rib 303 protruding from the flow port 301 into the diversion cavity is disposed on the side wall of the first water outlet branch 11, the auxiliary guiding rib 303 is located at the upstream side of the first water outlet branch 11 relative to the diversion port 301, and the auxiliary guiding rib 303 and the diversion guiding rib 302 are alternately disposed to form a passage for communicating the diversion cavity 2 with the first water outlet branch 11. Through set up the reposition of redundant personnel guide muscle that extends along the water route radial and along the supplementary guide muscle of water route axial extension respectively in the both sides of reposition of redundant personnel mouth for rivers are stopped by reposition of redundant personnel guide muscle and flow to the water route lateral wall that is equipped with the reposition of redundant personnel mouth, and flow into the reposition of redundant personnel intracavity after flowing through the reposition of redundant personnel mouth by supplementary guide muscle effect, and then guarantee that the reposition of redundant personnel mouth department can not produce and stop the vortex, make reposition of redundant personnel rivers smoothly flow.
In the embodiment of the invention, a corner for changing the flow direction is arranged on the first water outlet branch 11, and a flow dividing structure is arranged in the first water outlet branch 11 at the upstream of the corner; preferably, the two side walls of the first water outlet branch 11 are an inner peripheral side with relatively smaller extending distance and an outer peripheral side with relatively larger extending distance at the corners, and the diversion opening 301 of the diversion structure is arranged on the inner peripheral side of the first water outlet branch 11.
In the embodiment of the invention, only the technical scheme that the diversion structure 3 is arranged on the first water outlet branch 11 so that the diversion port 301 is correspondingly communicated with the diversion cavity 2 and the first water outlet branch 11 and the diversion cavity 2 synchronously discharge water is introduced; however, a person skilled in the art can also set up a plurality of water supply channels 1 on the water inlet device, and be equipped with the reposition of redundant personnel structure 3 on at least one water supply channel 1 for be linked together water supply channel 1 and corresponding reposition of redundant personnel chamber 2, can realize equally that reposition of redundant personnel chamber 2 goes out the effect of water in step when water supply channel 1 goes out water. In the embodiment of the invention, each water supply channel 1 can be communicated with different diversion cavities 2 in a one-to-one correspondence manner through the diversion structure 3, and a plurality of water supply channels 1 can be communicated with the same diversion cavity 2 through the diversion structure 3, so that the effect of synchronous water outlet of the diversion cavity 2 and the corresponding water supply channel 1 in a one-to-one correspondence manner or the effect of synchronous water outlet of the diversion cavity 2 and the plurality of water supply channels 1 in a opposite manner can be realized.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, but is to be construed as limiting the invention to any and all simple modifications, equivalent variations and adaptations of the embodiments described above, which are within the scope of the invention, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.