CN112746456A

CN112746456A - Prevent interior bucket structure and washing machine that washing splashes water

Info

Publication number: CN112746456A
Application number: CN202011514891.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 丁君明; 王得军; 邵长城; 李博; 祝令闯
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Haier Electric Co ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Haier Electric Co ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-18
Filing date: 2020-12-18
Publication date: 2021-05-04

Abstract

The invention discloses an inner barrel structure for preventing washing from splashing and a washing machine. The protective brushes are circumferentially arranged on the inner side of the balance ring, so that the protective brushes can block the splashed washing water when clothes are washed, water splash can not be splashed onto the tray seat and the upper cover of the washing machine, the shell of the washing machine is prevented from being corroded by the splashed washing water, and the service life of the washing machine is prolonged. Meanwhile, the protective brush has certain flexibility, so that a user can conveniently add clothes into the inner barrel or take the washed clothes out of the inner barrel. And when washing large clothes, the brush and the clothes are rubbed with each other in the washing process, so that the washing effect of the clothes is improved.

Description

Prevent interior bucket structure and washing machine that washing splashes water

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines, and particularly relates to an inner barrel structure for preventing washing from splashing and a washing machine.

Background

As an apparatus capable of automatically washing laundry, a washing machine has become an essential household appliance in daily life. For the impeller washing machine, the rotation of the impeller drives the washing water in the washing barrel to rotate, meanwhile, the clothes turn over in the washing barrel, and the clothes rub against the clothes and the wall of the washing barrel, so that the washing work of the clothes is finished. During the washing of the laundry, the washing water in the washing tub may be splashed out of the washing tub. In the existing pulsator washing machine, a pressing cover is generally disposed above the washing tub to prevent water from splashing.

An existing chinese patent discloses a rotary drum washing machine door closure, including the door closure body, downward convex drain pan is connected to the lower surface of door closure body, the door closure body is hollow frame structure, the last fixed surface of door closure body connects the apron, the border a week of drain pan be used for with washing the sealed cooperation of the door seal on the section of thick bamboo with washing machine's rotary drum.

Another existing chinese patent discloses a splash-proof gland, which includes a body, a splash-proof area formed by a grid is provided on the body, the grid extends from the center of the body to the edge direction thereof, the grid is formed by a plurality of water permeable holes adjacent to each other, a plurality of outwardly protruding guide ribs are further provided on the surface of the body, and the guide ribs start from a certain circumference coaxial with the body, and extend centrifugally and gradually to the edge of the body.

The existing washing machine has complex structure and high manufacturing cost, and simultaneously, the existing washing machine can influence the user to add clothes into the washing barrel or take the clothes out of the washing barrel.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art, and to provide an inner tub structure and a washing machine for preventing washing water from splashing, which can prevent the splashing of the washing water during washing of laundry, and which can be manufactured at a low cost without affecting a user to add or remove the laundry from the washing tub.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

an inner barrel structure for preventing washing from splashing comprises an inner barrel, wherein a balance ring is arranged at a barrel opening of the inner barrel, and a plurality of protective brushes protruding and extending towards the center are arranged along the inner side of the balance ring.

Preferably, the protection brush comprises a plurality of linear bristles, and the protection brush extends from the inner side of the balance ring along the radial direction of the balance ring.

Preferably, the inner side of the protective brush self-balancing ring extends upwards along the radial direction of the balancing ring, and the height of one end of the protective brush close to the center of the balancing ring is lower than the height of the barrel mouth of the inner barrel.

Preferably, the protection brush extends downwards from the inner side of the balancing ring along the radial direction of the balancing ring, and the height of one end, close to the center of the balancing ring, of the protection brush is higher than the height of the water level in the inner barrel.

Preferably, the width of each protective brush in the circumferential direction of the balancing ring gradually narrows from one end far away from the center of the balancing ring to one end close to the center of the balancing ring.

Preferably, the length of the guard brush extending in the radial direction of the gimbal is smaller than the radius of the gimbal.

Preferably, the plurality of protective brushes form an annular brush surface, and the annular brush surface is a circular ring surface or a conical surface concentric with the balance ring;

preferably, the width of the annular brush face in the radial direction is larger than the radius of the inner periphery of the annular brush face.

Preferably, the guard brush is detachably mounted on an inner circumferential side of the balance ring.

Preferably, at least one mounting groove is formed in the periphery of the balance ring, the detachable brush plates are correspondingly mounted in the mounting grooves one by one, and brushes protruding and extending towards the center direction of the balance ring are mounted on the brush plates respectively.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine having an inner tub structure for preventing washing water from splashing as described above.

After adopting the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the protective brushes are circumferentially arranged on the inner side of the balance ring, so that the protective brushes can block the splashed washing water when clothes are washed, water splash can not be splashed onto the tray seat and the upper cover of the washing machine, the shell of the washing machine is prevented from being corroded by the splashed washing water, and the service life of the washing machine is prolonged.

2. Because the protective brush has certain flexibility, when clothes are added into the inner barrel or washed clean clothes are taken out of the inner barrel, the resistance of the protective brush to the clothes is very small, so that a user can conveniently add the clothes into the inner barrel or take the washed clothes out of the inner barrel.

3. When a large number of clothes are washed or the number of the clothes is large, the water level is changed due to the rotation of the washing water in the inner barrel, the protection brush is immersed in the washing water, and the clothes rub against the protection brush when the clothes turn over in the inner barrel, so that the washing effect of the clothes is improved.

4. The protective brush is detachably mounted, so that a user can detach the protective brush and clean away stains stained on the protective brush after using the protective brush for a period of time, and the clothes are prevented from being polluted by the stains on the protective brush when the washed clean clothes are taken out.

5. The length of the protection brush is smaller than the radius of the balance ring, and a small area which is not covered by the protection brush is formed in the center of the balance ring, so that a user can put the hand into the inner barrel to take out washed clothes, the hand of the user is prevented from being scratched by the protection brush, and the use comfort of the user is improved.

6. According to the invention, the end of the self-protection brush, which is far away from the center of the balance ring, is gradually narrowed to the end of the self-protection brush, which is close to the center of the balance ring, so that the gap between the self-protection brushes is reduced, the self-protection brush can better block the washing water splashed when clothes are washed, and the washing water splashed when the clothes are washed is prevented from passing through the gap between the self-protection brushes.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a structure of an inner tub for preventing washing water from splashing according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1. an inner barrel; 2. a balance ring; 3. the protection brush.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in figure 1, the invention discloses an inner barrel structure for preventing washing water from splashing, which comprises an inner barrel 1, wherein a balance ring 2 is arranged at the top end of the inner barrel 1, and protective brushes 3 are circumferentially arranged on the inner side of the balance ring 2. When the pulsator washing machine washes clothes, a certain amount of washing water is added into the inner tub 1, and the washing water is driven to rotate left and right by the forward and reverse rotation of the pulsator, and simultaneously the clothes in the inner tub 1 are driven to turn over. The clothes and the clothes, and the clothes and the wall of the barrel are mutually rubbed in the washing water, so that the clothes are cleaned. In the washing process of the clothes by the rotation of the impeller, as the clothes roll in the washing water, part of the washing water is splashed out of the inner barrel 1, and the shell of the washing machine is corroded.

According to the invention, the protective brushes 3 are circumferentially arranged on the inner side of the balance ring 2, so that the protective brushes 3 can block the splashed washing water when clothes are washed, water splash can not be splashed onto the tray seat and the upper cover of the washing machine, the shell of the washing machine is prevented from being corroded by the splashed washing water, and the service life of the washing machine is prolonged. Because the protection brush 3 has certain flexibility, a user can conveniently add clothes into the inner barrel 1 or take the washed clothes out of the inner barrel 1. Meanwhile, when large clothes are washed, the protective brush 3 and the clothes rub with each other in the washing process, and the washing effect of the clothes is improved. Meanwhile, the protection brush 3 is detachably arranged on the inner side of the balance ring 2, the protection brush 3 can be detached to be cleaned after being used for a period of time, and the phenomenon that the clothes are polluted by stains on the protection brush 3 when the cleaned clothes are taken out is avoided.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1, in the embodiment, the protection brush 3 is circumferentially installed inside the balance ring 2, the protection brush 3 is a soft brush, the protection brush 3 is installed inside the balance ring 2, and the protection brush 3 extends from the inside of the balance ring 2 along the radial direction of the balance ring 2.

In the present embodiment, laundry is first added to the inner tub 1 before washing the laundry. When clothes are added into the inner barrel 1, the clothes fall into the inner barrel 1 from above the protection brush 3, the protection brush 3 is pressed by the clothes to bend downwards, and after the clothes fall into the inner barrel 1, the protection brush 3 is restored to the original shape.

Because the protection brush 3 has certain flexibility, in the process of adding clothes to the inner barrel 1 or taking the washed clothes out of the inner barrel 1, the resistance of the protection brush 3 to the clothes is very small, the effect that a user adds the clothes to the inner barrel 1 or takes the clothes out of the inner barrel 1 is not influenced, and the user can conveniently add the clothes to the inner barrel 1 or take the washed clothes out of the inner barrel 1.

In the process of washing clothes, a certain amount of washing water is added into the inner barrel 1, the clothes are immersed into the washing water, the rotation of the impeller drives the washing water in the inner barrel 1 to rotate, the water level in the inner barrel 1 changes, one end of the protection hairbrush 3, which is close to the center of the balance ring 2, is immersed into the washing water, the protection hairbrush 3 and the clothes rub against each other, and the washing effect of the clothes is improved.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the protection brush 3 is circumferentially installed inside the balance ring 2, the protection brush 3 is installed inside the balance ring 2, the protection brushes 3 form an annular brush surface, and the width of the annular brush surface is greater than the inner diameter of the annular brush surface.

In this embodiment, when putting the laundry into the inner tub 1 before starting to wash the laundry, the user can take the laundry to the upper side of the protection brush 3, so that the laundry falls into the inner tub 1 by the gravity of the user, and the user does not need to contact with the protection brush 3. When the washed laundry is taken out of the inner tub 1, the user needs to put a hand into the inner tub 1 to take out the washed laundry from the inner tub 1. At this moment, the protection brush 3 may rub the hand of the user, and the protection brush 3 scratches the hand of the user, so that inconvenience is brought to the user.

In this embodiment, the protection brushes 3 are installed inside the balance ring 2, the protection brushes 3 form an annular brush surface, and the width of the annular brush surface is greater than the inner diameter of the annular brush surface. After the clothes are washed, a user can stretch hands into the inner barrel 1 from the area, not covered by the protection brushes 3, in the center of the annular brush surface, and take out the washed clean clothes in the inner barrel 1. Meanwhile, the protection brush 3 is not in contact with the hand of the user, the hand of the user is prevented from being scratched by the protection brush 3, and the use comfort of the user is improved.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the guard brush 3 is circumferentially installed inside the gimbal 2, the guard brush 3 is installed inside the gimbal 2, and the guard brush 3 extends downward from inside the gimbal 2 along a radial direction of the gimbal 2. The annular brush face that a plurality of protection brushes 3 are constituteed is the circular conical surface, and the ascending width of each protection brush 3 in the 2 circumference of compensating ring does, narrows gradually from keeping away from 2 center one ends in compensating ring to being close to 2 center one ends in compensating ring.

Have certain clearance between the adjacent protection brush 3, according to the size of the clearance between the adjacent protection brush 3 and the size of splash when washing clothing, several kinds of following situations can appear: 1) if the splashed water splash is small, and the gap between the protective brushes 3 is small, the splashed water splash is completely blocked by the protective brushes 3; 2) if the splashed water splash is large and the gap between the protection brushes 3 is small, one part of the splashed water splash is blocked by the protection brushes 3, and the other part of the splashed water splash flies out from the gap between the protection brushes 3; 3) if the splashed water splash is small and the gap between the protection brushes is large, the splashed water splash flies out from the gap between the protection brushes 3, and the splashed water splash is not blocked by the protection brushes 3.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the protection brush 3 is installed inside the balance ring 2, the protection brush 3 extends downward from the inside of the balance ring 2 along the radial direction of the balance ring 2, and the end of the protection brush 3 away from the center of the balance ring 2 gradually narrows toward the end of the protection brush 3 close to the center of the balance ring 2, so as to reduce the gap between the protection brushes 3, so that the protection brush 3 can better block the washing water splashed when the clothes are washed, and the washing water splashed when the clothes are washed can be prevented from passing through the gap between the protection brushes 3.

EXAMPLE III

In this embodiment, protection brush 3 is installed at the gimbal inboard, and protection brush 3 extends along gimbal 2 radial direction from 2 inboards of gimbal, and protection brush 3 installs with removable mode.

In this embodiment, when the laundry is put into the inner tub 1 before the start of washing, the laundry may rub against the protection brush 3, resulting in the protection brush 3 being stained with stains on the laundry. After the clothes are washed, when the washed clean clothes are taken out from the inner barrel 1, the protection brush 3 can rub the clothes again, stains on the protection brush 3 can pollute the washed clean clothes, and the washing effect of the clothes is reduced.

In this embodiment, through installing protection brush 3 at the gimbal 2 inboard with removable mode, let the user can dismantle protection brush 3 from gimbal 2, convenience of customers washs protection brush 3, let protection brush 3 keep clean, avoid causing the pollution to the clothing in the clothing on the protection brush 3 when taking out in the bucket 1 with the clothing that finishes washing, improve the washing effect of clothing.

Example four

The present embodiment further has the following technical features based on the third embodiment:

in this embodiment, the guard brush 3 is mounted on a brush plate, and a mounting groove corresponding to the brush plate is formed inside the gimbal 2, and the brush plate is detachably mounted in the mounting groove (not shown in the drawings).

In this embodiment, after the user uses the washing machine for a period of time, the protection brush 3 needs to be detached from the inner side of the balance ring 2 for cleaning, so as to prevent the dirt on the protection brush 3 from polluting the clothes. When the protection brush 3 is disassembled from the balance ring 2, the disassembly is inconvenient because the protection brush 3 is more in quantity.

In this embodiment, through installing all protection brushes 3 in a circular shape brush inboard, when dismantling protection brushes 3, the user only need dismantle brush board from 2 inboards of balancing ring, can dismantle all protection brushes 3 simultaneously, and convenience of customers washs protection brushes 3.

In another embodiment of this embodiment, the guard brush 3 is installed in a plurality of brush plates, and a mounting groove corresponding to each brush plate is provided inside the balancing ring 2, and the brush plates are detachably installed in the mounting grooves.

After the user uses the washing machine for a period of time, the protection brush 3 needs to be detached from the inner side of the balance ring 2 for cleaning, so that the pollution of the dirt on the protection brush 3 to the clothes is avoided. Meanwhile, after the washing machine is used for a long time, part of the protection brushes 3 are damaged, and the protection brushes 3 need to be replaced. If the protection brush 3 is installed on a brush plate, all the protection brushes 3 need to be replaced, which increases the maintenance cost of the washing machine.

Install protection brush 3 at polylith brush board through the aforesaid, when changing protection brush 3, only need dismantle the brush board that damages get off and change, reduced washing machine's maintenance cost.

EXAMPLE five

This embodiment describes a washing machine having an inner tub structure for preventing washing water from splashing as described in any of the above embodiments. Before starting washing the laundry, the laundry is added to the inner tub 1. When clothes are added into the inner barrel 1, the clothes fall into the inner barrel 1 from above the protection brush 3, the protection brush 3 is pressed by the clothes to bend downwards, and after the clothes fall into the inner barrel 1, the protection brush 3 is restored to the original shape. Because the protection brush 3 has certain flexibility, in the process of adding clothes to the inner barrel 1 or taking the washed clothes out of the inner barrel 1, the resistance of the protection brush 3 to the clothes is very small, the effect that a user adds the clothes to the inner barrel 1 or takes the clothes out of the inner barrel 1 is not influenced, and the user can conveniently add the clothes to the inner barrel 1 or take the washed clothes out of the inner barrel 1.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or processes or elements are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments.

The above embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and although the present invention has been disclosed by the preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the equivalent embodiments by using the technical contents disclosed above without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, and the embodiments in the above embodiments can be further combined or replaced, but any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical spirit of the present invention still fall within the technical scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An inner barrel structure for preventing washing from splashing comprises an inner barrel (1), wherein a balance ring (2) is arranged at the barrel opening of the inner barrel (1), and is characterized in that a plurality of protective brushes (3) which protrude and extend towards the center are arranged along the inner side of the balance ring (2).

2. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as recited in claim 1, wherein the guard brush (3) comprises a plurality of straight bristles, the guard brush (3) extending from the inner side of the balancing ring (2) in a radial direction of the balancing ring (2).

3. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in claim 2, wherein the protection brush (3) extends upward from the inner side of the balance ring (2) along the radial direction of the balance ring (2), and the height of the end of the protection brush (3) near the center of the balance ring (2) is lower than the height of the opening of the inner tub (1).

4. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in claim 2, wherein the guard brush (3) extends downward from the inner side of the balance ring (2) in the radial direction of the balance ring (2), and the height of the end of the guard brush (3) near the center of the balance ring (2) is higher than the water level in the inner tub (1).

5. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the width of each protecting brush (3) in the circumferential direction of the balancing ring (2) is gradually narrowed from the end away from the center of the balancing ring (2) to the end near the center of the balancing ring (2).

6. An inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as recited in any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the length of the guard brush (3) extending in the radial direction of the balancing ring (2) is smaller than the radius of the balancing ring (2).

7. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in claim 6, wherein the plurality of protective brushes (3) form an annular brush surface, which is a circular ring surface or a conical surface concentric with the balance ring (2);

8. An inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in claim 7, wherein the guard brush (3) is detachably installed on the inner circumferential side of the balancing ring (2).

9. The inner tub structure for preventing washing splash as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one mounting groove is formed at an inner circumferential side of the balancing ring (2), and detachable brush plates are respectively mounted in the mounting grooves in a one-to-one correspondence, and the guard brushes (3) are respectively mounted on the brush plates to protrude toward a center of the balancing ring (2).

10. A washing machine having an inner tub structure for preventing washing water splash as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.