CN113529346A

CN113529346A - Method for reminding of unpacking component of clothes treatment equipment and clothes treatment equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113529346A
Application number: CN202010317926.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姜振焱; 梁泉; 许梁
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-21
Filing date: 2020-04-21
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-21
Also published as: CN113529346B

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and aims to solve the problem that the conventional clothes treatment equipment always starts to operate under the condition that a packaging member is not detached, so that larger vibration noise occurs, and even parts of the conventional clothes treatment equipment are damaged. To this end, the invention provides a method for reminding unpacking components of a clothes treatment device and the clothes treatment device, wherein the method for reminding unpacking components comprises the following steps: when the clothes treatment equipment operates for the first time, the clothes treatment equipment enters a locking state and reminds a user to remove a packaging member to know an unlocking mode; obtaining unlocking operation of a user; the laundry treating apparatus is selectively exited from the locked state according to the unlocking operation. With this arrangement, the user has to remove the packing member in order to operate the laundry treating apparatus, so that it is possible to very effectively prevent the laundry treating apparatus from being operated without removing the packing member.

Description

Method for reminding of unpacking component of clothes treatment equipment and clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and particularly provides a method for reminding a user to unpack a component of clothes treatment equipment and the clothes treatment equipment.

Background

Laundry treatment apparatuses are machines capable of washing, spin-drying, dry-cleaning and/or drying laundry, and common laundry treatment apparatuses include washing machines, shoe washers, dryers, dry cleaners, all-in-one washers, and the like.

In order to prevent the drum from being violently shaken to impact the box body in the transportation process of the drum washing machine, a packaging component is required to be used before leaving a factory, and the drum and the box body are connected and fixed through a packaging bolt. Before the drum washing machine is used, the packaging bolt needs to be removed so as to avoid influencing the normal operation of the drum washing machine.

Although in the normal installation process, the installer will remove the packing bolt according to the flow, in the actual life, there is a situation that some users do not wait for the installer to get on the door and install the packing bolt by himself after receiving the drum washing machine, and most users will not read the contents in the specification in detail in the process of installing by himself without knowing that the packing bolt needs to be removed, and the situation that the packing bolt starts to wash clothes under the situation that the packing bolt is not removed may occur, so that a large vibration noise may occur, and even parts of the drum washing machine may be damaged.

Patent document CN108315961A discloses a method for prompting unpacking of a bolt, specifically, the method for prompting unpacking of a bolt includes: after the washing machine is started at least once, the reminding module sends out the reminding of unpacking the bolts. Even if the washing machine sends out the warning of dismantling the packing bolt, in order to remind the user to dismantle the packing bolt. However, in practice, it is found that the reminding operation in the patent does not have an instant effect, and researches show that many users do not know what the packaging bolt is at all, so that the users can directly neglect the reminding operation after seeing the reminding operation of disassembling the packaging bolt, and some users can not see the reminding operation of disassembling the packaging bolt, so that the reminding operation does not have an actual effect, and the condition that the packaging bolt starts to wash clothes under the condition that the packaging bolt is not disassembled can often occur.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for a new method of reminding unpacking members of a laundry treating apparatus and a corresponding laundry treating apparatus to solve the above problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, namely to solve the problem that the conventional clothes treatment equipment often starts to operate under the condition that a packaging member of the conventional clothes treatment equipment is not detached, so that larger vibration noise occurs and even parts of the conventional clothes treatment equipment are damaged, the invention provides a method for reminding a user of detaching the packaging member of the clothes treatment equipment, wherein when the clothes treatment equipment is firstly operated, the clothes treatment equipment is enabled to enter a locking state and reminds the user of detaching the packaging member to know an unlocking mode; obtaining unlocking operation of a user; selectively causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit a locked state according to the unlocking operation.

In a preferred embodiment of the method for reminding of unpacking of a component, the step of "selectively causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit from the locked state according to the unlocking operation" includes: if the unlocking operation is incorrect, the laundry treating apparatus is not caused to exit the locked state.

In a preferred embodiment of the method for reminding of unpacking the component, the step of "selectively causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit the locked state according to the unlocking operation" further includes: if the unlocking operation is correct, causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit a locked state.

In a preferred embodiment of the method for reminding of unpacking member, the method for reminding of unpacking member further includes: and when the execution times of the step of acquiring the unlocking operation of the user reach preset times, powering off the clothes treatment equipment.

In a preferred technical scheme of the method for reminding the unpacking component to be unpacked, the unlocking mode is to input an unlocking password.

In a preferred technical solution of the method for reminding the unpacking member to be unpacked, a control panel of the clothes processing equipment is provided with a plurality of keys, and the unlocking mode is that the keys are pressed in sequence.

In a preferred technical scheme of the method for reminding the unpacking member to be unpacked, the packing member is provided with a two-dimensional code, and the unlocking mode is to scan the two-dimensional code on the packing member.

In a preferred embodiment of the method for prompting the removal of the packaging member, the unlocking method or the guidance information for the unlocking method is described in the packaging member.

In a preferred technical solution of the above method for reminding of unpacking the member, the clothes processing device includes a voice announcement device, and the step of "reminding a user to dismantle the packing member to know the unlocking mode" specifically includes: and enabling the voice announcer to send out prompt language to remind a user of dismantling the packaging member to know the unlocking mode.

In another aspect, the present invention also provides a laundry treating apparatus comprising a controller configured to be able to perform the above-mentioned method of reminding unpacking members.

As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the laundry treating apparatus is operated for the first time, the laundry treating apparatus is brought into a locked state and a user is reminded to remove the packing member to know the unlocking manner; obtaining unlocking operation of a user; the laundry treating apparatus is selectively exited from the locked state according to the unlocking operation. With such an arrangement, it is possible to very effectively prevent the laundry treating apparatus from being operated without the packing member being removed; specifically, when the clothes treatment device is operated for the first time, the clothes treatment device is firstly enabled to enter a locking state, and a user is reminded to remove the packaging member to know the unlocking mode, so that the clothes treatment device cannot be operated after entering the locking state, if the clothes treatment device is required to be operated, the clothes treatment device is required to be withdrawn from the locking state, the unlocking operation is required to be carried out if the clothes treatment device is required to be withdrawn from the locking state, and the packaging member is required to be removed if the clothes treatment device is required to be correctly unlocked, in other words, the packaging member is required to be removed if the clothes treatment device is required to be operated, and through the arrangement, the condition that the clothes treatment device is operated under the condition that the packaging member is not removed can be effectively prevented. In addition, compared with the method for reminding the user to disassemble the packing bolt disclosed in CN108315961A, the method of the present invention has a force for forcing the user to disassemble the packing member, and the situation that the user ignores the force does not occur.

In addition, the clothes treatment equipment further provided on the basis of the technical scheme of the invention has the technical effects of the method for reminding the unpacking component to be removed due to the adoption of the method for reminding the unpacking component to be removed, and compared with the clothes treatment equipment before improvement, the clothes treatment equipment does not run under the condition that the packing component is not removed.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below in conjunction with a drum washing machine with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural diagram of a drum washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural view of the drum washing machine of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of reminding of unpacking components of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method of reminding of unpacking members of the present invention.

List of reference numerals:

1. a box body 11, a frame 12, a front side plate 13 and a rear side plate;

2. an outer cylinder;

3. packing member (packing bolt), 31, nut.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the following embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the following embodiments are explained in conjunction with a drum washing machine, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the technical solution of the present invention is also applicable to other clothes treatment apparatuses, such as a drum washing and drying machine, and the like, and such application objects may be changed without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

The prior drum washing machine pointed out based on the background art often has the condition that the packaging components of the prior drum washing machine start to operate without being removed, so that the prior drum washing machine has the problems of large vibration noise and even damage to parts of the prior drum washing machine. The invention provides a method for reminding a user to disassemble a packaging member of a drum washing machine and the drum washing machine, and aims to avoid the situation that the packaging member of the drum washing machine starts to operate under the condition that the packaging member is not disassembled.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a first schematic structural diagram of a drum washing machine according to the present invention; fig. 2 is a second structural schematic diagram of the drum washing machine of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the drum washing machine of the present invention mainly includes a cabinet 1, an outer tub 2, and an inner tub (not shown in the drawings). Wherein the inner cartridge is pivotally arranged in the outer cartridge 2. Since other structures of the drum washing machine are well known to those skilled in the art and are not greatly related to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, they will not be described herein in detail.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the container body 1 includes a top frame 11 disposed horizontally, the top frame 11 being substantially rectangular when viewed from above; the box body 1 further comprises four side plates, a front side plate 12, a rear side plate 13, a left side plate and a right side plate (the left side plate and the right side plate are not shown in the figure), which are respectively fixedly connected with four edges of the top frame 11.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the drum washing machine of the present invention further includes a packing member 3, the packing member 3 is mounted on the drum washing machine during transportation of the drum washing machine, the outer tub 2 is fixed to the cabinet 1 by the packing member 3 to prevent the outer tub 2 from colliding with the cabinet 1 during transportation, and the packing member 3 needs to be detached from the drum washing machine during use of the drum washing machine to enable the drum washing machine to operate normally.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the packing member 3 is a packing bolt 3, the front end of the packing bolt 3 is provided with an external thread, the outer cylinder 2 is provided with a threaded hole (not shown), when the packing member is mounted, the front end of the packing bolt 3 is screwed into the threaded hole, the rear end of the packing bolt 3 is provided with a nut 31, and the inner side of the nut 31 abuts against the outer side of the rear side plate 13 of the box body 1.

It should be noted that the packing member 3 is not limited to the above-mentioned packing bolt 3, for example, the packing member 3 may be configured as other types of packing structures such as a packing fixing seat, a packing fixing rod, etc., or may be configured as a combination structure of any two or three of the packing bolt 3, the packing fixing seat, and the packing fixing rod, etc., and such adjustment and change to the specific structural form of the packing member 3 should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention.

The method for reminding of unpacking the bolts of the invention is described in detail below with reference to the drum washing machine.

As shown in fig. 3, the method for reminding of unpacking the bolt of the invention comprises the following steps:

step S1: when the drum washing machine operates for the first time, the drum washing machine enters a locking state;

step S2: reminding a user to remove the packaging bolt to know an unlocking mode;

step S3: obtaining unlocking operation of a user;

step S4: the drum washing machine is selectively withdrawn from the locked state according to the unlocking operation.

When the drum washing machine is firstly operated, the drum washing machine is firstly in a locked state, and a user is reminded to remove the packaging bolt so as to know the unlocking mode, so that the washing program cannot be executed after the drum washing machine enters the locked state, if the drum washing machine is required to execute the washing program, the drum washing machine is required to be withdrawn from the locked state, the unlocking operation is required, and if the drum washing machine is required to be correctly unlocked, the packaging bolt is required to be removed, in other words, the packaging bolt is required to be removed when the drum washing machine is required to execute the washing program.

In addition, compared with the method for reminding the user of detaching the packing bolt disclosed in CN108315961A, the method of the present invention can form a forcible execution force for the user, that is, the user can be forced to detach the packing bolt, and the situation that the user ignores the force does not occur.

It should be noted that "the drum washing machine is operated for the first time" may refer to when the user presses the set key for the first time, or may refer to when the user presses the program setting key for the first time, or may refer to when the user presses the run key for the first time, or the like.

Or, put another way, the "drum washing machine is first run" may refer to when the drum washing machine performs a washing procedure for the first time, may refer to when the drum washing machine is first powered on, and so on. As will be understood by those skilled in the art, for a general drum washing machine, the "first washing program execution of the drum washing machine" and the "first power-up of the drum washing machine" can be understood as the same event, that is, the first power-up of the drum washing machine is to enable the drum washing machine to execute the washing program for the first time, because the user can only power up the drum washing machine when the user needs to perform the washing operation of the drum washing machine, and the user does not need to power up the drum washing machine if the user does not need to enable the drum washing machine to execute the washing program.

However, there are exceptions to this, for example, there are some relatively high-tech drum washing machines with special lighting effects, and it may be curious that a user just after installing the drum washing machine wants to see the lighting effects of the drum washing machine, rather than want to make the drum washing machine perform a washing program, in which case the drum washing machine may not be put into a locked state, but only when the user makes the drum washing machine perform a washing program, the drum washing machine needs to be put into a locked state. For this type of drum washing machine, "the drum washing machine performs the washing procedure for the first time" and "the drum washing machine powers up for the first time" cannot be understood as the same event, and in practical applications, the drum washing machine may be brought into the locked state when the drum washing machine powers up for the first time, or the drum washing machine may be brought into the locked state when the drum washing machine performs the washing procedure for the first time.

In summary, it should be understood that "the drum washing machine is operated for the first time" cannot be understood in a narrow sense, and it should be understood in a broad sense according to the actual situation, as long as the situation that the drum washing machine is caused to perform the washing process without the packing bolt being removed can be prevented by setting the time point.

In addition, it should be noted that the "making the drum washing machine enter the locked state" cannot be understood narrowly, and the broad sense should be understood according to the actual situation, and different types of drum washing machines may have different specific locked states, and only a little needs to be made clear, and the main purpose of making the drum washing machine enter the locked state is to prevent the drum washing machine from performing the washing procedure without removing the packing bolt, so as to prevent the parts of the drum washing machine from being damaged, therefore, all the states capable of preventing the drum washing machine from performing the washing procedure can be understood as the locked state referred to in the present invention. Of course, if the drum washing machine has some other programs like the washing program, which may cause damage to parts of the drum washing machine when being executed, the other programs should also be prohibited from being executed.

In addition, it should be noted that the "user" in "reminding the user to remove the packing bolt to know the unlocking manner" and "obtaining the unlocking operation of the user" does not refer to the user who purchased the drum washing machine, and includes other people such as an installer.

In addition, it should be noted that the user may be prompted to remove the packing bolt by voice broadcasting, or may be prompted to remove the packing bolt by displaying characters on the control panel of the drum washing machine, and the like, and such flexible adjustment and changes do not depart from the principle and scope of the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, it should be noted that the steps of "making the drum washing machine enter the locked state" and "reminding the user to remove the packing bolt to know the unlocking mode" may be performed simultaneously, or the steps of "making the drum washing machine enter the locked state" may be performed first, then the step of "reminding the user to remove the packing bolt to know the unlocking mode" may be performed, or the steps of "reminding the user to remove the packing bolt to know the unlocking mode" may be performed first, then the step of "making the drum washing machine enter the locked state" may be performed, and such flexible adjustment and change should not depart from the principle and scope of the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the step S4 (selectively taking the drum washing machine out of the locked state according to the unlocking operation) specifically includes the steps of: if the unlocking operation is incorrect, the drum washing machine is not taken out of the locking state, and if the unlocking operation is correct, the drum washing machine is taken out of the locking state. That is, if the user's unlocking operation is incorrect, it indicates that the user has not removed the packing bolt, or, possibly, the user has removed the packing bolt but has not performed a correct operation, and in either case, in the case where it cannot be completely determined that the packing bolt has been removed, it is impossible to completely determine that the packing bolt has been removed only when the user's unlocking operation is correct, and in this case, it is possible to remove the drum washing machine from the locked state.

Preferably, the packing bolt has an unlocking mode recorded thereon or guide information of the unlocking mode recorded thereon.

The fact that the unlocking mode is recorded on the packaging bolt means that the unlocking mode is completely recorded on the packaging bolt, and the unlocking mode can be known through the content recorded on the packaging bolt as long as a user removes the packaging bolt.

For example, a two-dimensional code is arranged on the packaging bolt, and the unlocking mode is to scan the two-dimensional code on the packaging bolt. In a possible implementation manner, 4 packaging bolts are installed on the drum washing machine, a two-dimensional code is printed on the side surface of each packaging bolt, after a user detaches the packaging bolts, the two-dimensional code on the packaging bolts is scanned by a mobile phone, and after the two-dimensional code on each packaging bolt is scanned, the drum washing machine can be automatically unlocked. Of course, in this embodiment, it is necessary to connect the drum washing machines to the network first.

The indication information of the unlocking mode recorded on the packaging bolt means that the unlocking mode is not completely recorded on the packaging bolt, only part of information is recorded on the packaging bolt, and after the packaging bolt is removed by a user, the unlocking mode can be known by means of a specification of the drum washing machine or other means such as a user APP associated with the drum washing machine.

For example, the unlocking manner is to input an unlocking password. In a possible embodiment, the drum washing machine of the present invention is equipped with 4 packing bolts, each packing bolt has a pad, the color of the pad is different, and each pad has a number printed thereon, for example, a white pad has a number 1, a yellow pad has a number 2, a red pad has a number 3, and a blue pad has a number 4. After the user dismantles the packing bolt, can obtain 4 pads that have the figure and the colour is diverse, then arrange 4 pads according to the colour order in the specification and can obtain the unblock password (for example the colour order is blue white yellow red, the unblock password is 4123), the user can make drum type washing machine withdraw from the locking state after inputing the unblock password.

For another example, a control panel of the drum washing machine is provided with a plurality of keys, and the unlocking mode is that the plurality of keys are pressed in sequence. In a possible embodiment, the control panel of the drum washing machine of the present invention is provided with a pause key, a start key, a water level key, and a program key, the drum washing machine is provided with 4 packing bolts, each packing bolt is provided with a pad, the colors of the pads are different, and each pad is printed with numbers, for example, a white pad is printed with a number 1, a yellow pad is printed with a number 2, a red pad is printed with a number 3, and a blue pad is printed with a number 4, wherein 1 represents the pause key, 2 represents the start key, 3 represents the water level key, and 4 represents the program key. After a user detaches the packaging bolt, 4 gaskets with numbers and different colors are obtained, then a number sequence (if the color sequence is blue, white, yellow and red, the number sequence is 4123) can be obtained after the 4 gaskets are arranged according to the color sequence in the specification, and the user can enable the drum washing machine to exit from the locking state after sequentially pressing the program key, the pause key, the start key and the water level key according to the sequence.

Preferably, the method for reminding of unpacking the bolt further comprises powering off the drum washing machine when the execution times of the step of acquiring the unlocking operation of the user reaches the preset times.

When the number of times of execution of the step of "obtaining the unlocking operation of the user" reaches the preset number of times, it indicates that the user has performed a number of wrong unlocking operations, and in this case, the drum washing machine may be powered off for the protection of the drum washing machine.

It should be noted that the preset number may be 3, 5, or 10, and the specific value of the preset number may be flexibly set by those skilled in the art in practical applications.

Preferably, the drum washing machine of the present invention further includes a voice announcer, and the step of "reminding the user to remove the packing member to know the unlocking manner" specifically includes: and enabling the voice broadcaster to send out prompt language. Namely, the user is reminded to dismantle the packing bolt through the mode that the voice broadcaster plays pronunciation.

It should be noted that the content of the voice broadcast needs to include how to know the unlocking manner, for example, to inform the user to carefully read the instruction (the step of knowing the unlocking manner is described in detail in the instruction), so that the user can smoothly know the unlocking manner, and the user experience is improved.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A method for reminding unpacking components of clothes treatment equipment is characterized by comprising the following steps:

when the clothes treatment equipment operates for the first time, the clothes treatment equipment enters a locking state and reminds a user to remove a packaging member to know an unlocking mode;

obtaining unlocking operation of a user;

selectively causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit a locked state according to the unlocking operation.

2. The method for reminding unpacking member according to claim 1, wherein the step of selectively causing the clothes treating apparatus to exit from the locked state according to the unlocking operation specifically comprises:

if the unlocking operation is incorrect, the laundry treating apparatus is not caused to exit the locked state.

3. The method for reminding unpacking member according to claim 2, wherein the step of selectively causing the clothes treating apparatus to exit the locked state according to the unlocking operation further comprises:

if the unlocking operation is correct, causing the laundry treating apparatus to exit a locked state.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and when the execution times of the step of acquiring the unlocking operation of the user reach preset times, powering off the clothes treatment equipment.

5. A method for reminding of unpacking a component according to claim 1, wherein the unlocking manner is to input an unlocking password.

6. The method for reminding unpacking member according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of keys are arranged on a control panel of the clothes treatment equipment, and the unlocking manner is that the plurality of keys are pressed in sequence.

7. The method for reminding of unpacking member according to claim 1, wherein the packing member is provided with a two-dimensional code, and the unlocking manner is scanning the two-dimensional code on the packing member.

8. The method for reminding of unpacking member according to claim 1, wherein the unpacking member is recorded with the unlocking manner or with guidance information of the unlocking manner.

9. The method for reminding of unpacking a component according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the clothes treating device comprises a voice announcer, and the step of reminding a user of unpacking the component to know an unlocking mode specifically comprises:

and enabling the voice announcer to send out prompt language to remind a user of dismantling the packaging member to know the unlocking mode.

10. A laundry treatment apparatus comprising a controller, characterized in that the controller is configured to be able to perform the method of reminding unpacking member according to any of claims 1 to 9.