CN113529378A

CN113529378A - Base assembly for clothes dryer and clothes dryer with base assembly

Info

Publication number: CN113529378A
Application number: CN202010315295.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢邦明; 李学忠; 庾仁宗
Original assignee: Wuxi Filin Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Filin Electronics 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: CN114836959B; EP4098794B1; EP4098794A4; CN113529378B; EP4098794A1; WO2021212643A1; CN113529380A; CN114836959A; CN113529380B

Abstract

The invention discloses a base assembly for a clothes dryer and the clothes dryer with the same, wherein the base assembly comprises: a base plate; an air duct shell provided on the bottom plate and having a chamber for mounting a heat exchanger; at least one connecting piece, at least one said connecting piece detachably with the bottom plate and/or the wind channel shell is connected in order to fix the wind channel shell on the bottom plate. According to the base assembly for the clothes dryer, the assembly difficulty is reduced, the assembly efficiency is improved, the base plate and the air duct shell are in modular design, and are of independently formed structures, so that the forming process of the base assembly can be simplified, the base assembly can be replaced when in maintenance and installation, the base assembly and the air duct shell can be made of different materials, and the overall weight of the base assembly is reduced.

Description

Base assembly for clothes dryer and clothes dryer with base assembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to a base assembly for a clothes dryer and the clothes dryer with the base assembly.

Background

Generally, the base assembly of the clothes dryer is an integrally formed part, so that the overall weight of the base assembly is large, the process structure is complex, and the assembly, the disassembly and the maintenance are inconvenient.

Therefore, in the related art, the air duct shell and the base are designed into the component, but the connection structure between the air duct shell and the base which are designed in a split mode is complex, the assembly difficulty is high, and the assembly efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the base assembly for the clothes dryer is beneficial to reducing the assembly difficulty and improving the assembly efficiency, and the base plate and the air duct shell are in modular design and are respectively of an independently formed structure, so that the forming process of the base assembly can be simplified, the base assembly can be replaced respectively during maintenance and installation, the base assembly and the air duct shell can be made of different materials, and the overall weight of the base assembly can be reduced.

The invention also provides a clothes dryer with the base assembly for the clothes dryer.

A base assembly for a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base plate; an air duct shell provided on the bottom plate and having a chamber for mounting a heat exchanger; at least one connecting piece, at least one said connecting piece detachably with the bottom plate and/or the wind channel shell is connected in order to fix the wind channel shell on the bottom plate.

According to the base assembly for the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment of the invention, the connecting piece is detachably connected with the bottom plate and/or the air duct shell to fix the air duct shell on the bottom plate, so that the assembly difficulty is reduced, the assembly efficiency is improved, and the bottom plate and the air duct shell are respectively of an independently molded structure through modular design of the bottom plate and the air duct shell, so that the molding process of the base assembly can be simplified, the base assembly can be respectively replaced during maintenance and installation, the base assembly and the air duct shell can be made of different materials, and the overall weight of the base assembly is reduced.

In some embodiments of the invention, at least one of the connectors is a threaded fastener by which the air duct shell and the base plate are connected.

In some embodiments of the invention, at least one of the connectors is removably connected to the base plate, and at least a portion of the connector is pressed against the duct shell to secure the duct shell to the base plate.

In some embodiments of the invention, the connector is adapted to the outer shape of the air duct shell.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting member includes a first connecting member, two ends of the first connecting member are detachably connected to the bottom plate, respectively, and at least a portion of the air duct shell is located between a middle portion of the first connecting member and the bottom plate.

In some embodiments of the invention, the first connector comprises: a first abutment section located above the floor and spaced from the floor; first vertical section and second vertical section, the one end of first vertical section and the one end of second vertical section respectively in the bottom plate links to each other, the other end of first vertical section and the other end of second vertical section respectively with the both ends of first butt section link to each other, wherein, first butt section with the roof cooperation of wind channel shell, first vertical section and/or second vertical section with the lateral wall cooperation of wind channel shell.

In some embodiments of the invention, one end of the first connecting piece is clamped with the bottom plate, and the other end of the first connecting piece is connected with the bottom plate through a threaded fastener.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the first connecting member is a plurality of first connecting members, and the plurality of first connecting members are distributed at intervals in a length direction of the air duct shell.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct shell includes a first air duct shell and a second air duct shell, and the first air duct shell is communicated with the second air duct shell, wherein at least a portion of the first air duct shell is fixed on the bottom plate through the first connecting member, the connecting member further includes a second connecting member, one end of the second connecting member is connected with the first connecting member, the other end of the second connecting member is detachably connected with the bottom plate, and at least a portion of the second air duct shell is fixed on the bottom plate through the second connecting member.

In some embodiments of the invention, the second connector comprises: a second abutment section located above the base plate and spaced from the base plate; a third vertical section, one end of the third vertical section is connected with the bottom plate and the other end is connected with the second abutting section, the second abutting section is matched with the top wall of the second air duct shell, and the third vertical section is matched with the side wall of the second air duct shell.

In some embodiments of the present invention, one end of the second connector is connected to the first connector in a clamping manner, and the other end of the second connector is detachably connected to the bottom plate.

In some embodiments of the invention, the connector further comprises: and the third connecting piece and the second connecting piece are arranged in the length direction of the second air duct shell at intervals, one end of the third connecting piece is detachably connected with the bottom plate, and the other end of the third connecting piece is suitable for being connected with an external structure.

In some embodiments of the invention, the third connector comprises: a third abutment section located above the base plate and spaced from the base plate; a fourth vertical section, one end of the fourth vertical section is connected with the bottom plate and the other end is connected with the third abutting section, the third abutting section is matched with the top wall of the second air duct shell, and the fourth vertical section is matched with the side wall of the second air duct shell.

In some embodiments of the present invention, a length direction of the first air duct shell is perpendicular to a length direction of the second air duct shell.

In some embodiments of the invention, the duct casing is configured as a heat retainer that is formed separately from the base plate.

In some embodiments of the invention, the base assembly further comprises: the connecting seat is detachably arranged on the bottom plate and located on one side of the air duct shell, the connecting seat is provided with a channel, the air duct shell is provided with a cavity, and the channel is communicated with the cavity.

In some embodiments of the invention, the base plate is a metal piece, and the connecting seat is configured as a plastic piece formed separately from the base plate.

The clothes dryer comprises the base assembly for the clothes dryer.

According to the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment of the invention, the base assembly for the clothes dryer is arranged, so that the assembly difficulty is reduced, the assembly efficiency is improved, the base plate and the air duct shell are respectively of an independently formed structure through the modular design of the base plate and the air duct shell, the forming process of the base assembly can be simplified, the base assembly can be replaced respectively during maintenance and installation, the base assembly and the air duct shell can be made of different materials, and the weight of the whole base assembly is reduced.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a base assembly for a dryer according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken at A-A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at C in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view at D of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a top view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a left side view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of FIG. 2;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a base plate and a connecting socket according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken at E-E of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a first connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of a second connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of a third connector according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a partial structural schematic view of a base assembly for a dryer according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic cross-sectional view at F-F in FIG. 16;

fig. 18 is a rear view of fig. 16.

Reference numerals:

a base assembly 100;

an air duct shell 1; a chamber 1 a; a sealing rib 1 b; a positioning groove 1 c; a first duct case 11; a second air duct case 112;

an upper duct case 13; a lower duct shell 114;

a connecting seat 2; a channel 2 a; a seal groove 2 b; the first ribs 22; the second ribs 23; the first positioning portion 24;

a door body portion 25; a handle 26; a first hook 27;

a base plate 3; a second positioning portion 31; a first snap hole 32; a second engaging hole 33;

a fixed flange 34; the first fixing hole 341; a second fixing hole 35;

a support 4; a first chucking hole 41; the first through-hole 42; a second through hole 43;

a connecting member 5;

a first connecting member 6; a first abutment section 61; a second chucking hole 611; a first vertical section 62; a first engaging portion 621; a second vertical section 63; a first connection hole 631;

a second connecting member 7; a second abutment section 71; a second hook 711; a third vertical section 72; a second locking portion 721; a second connection hole 722;

a third connecting member 8; a third abutment section 81; a third hook 811; a fourth vertical section 82; the third connection hole 821;

a liquid discharge partition plate 9; a liquid discharge passage 91;

an evaporator 200;

a condenser 300.

Detailed Description

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

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

A pedestal assembly 100 for a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For example, the dryer may be a heat pump dryer.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a base assembly 100 for a dryer according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a duct case 1, a coupling seat 2, a bottom plate 3, a support 4, and a coupling 5.

Referring to fig. 3, the duct case 1 is provided on the base plate 3 and has a chamber 1a for mounting a heat exchanger, for example, an evaporator 200 and a condenser 300, and at least one connector 5 is detachably coupled to the base plate 3 and/or the duct case 1 to fix the duct case 1 to the base plate 3.

Herein, "at least one connecting member 5 is detachably connected to the bottom plate 3 and/or the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 to the bottom plate 3" may be understood as that the at least one connecting member 5 is detachably connected to the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 to the bottom plate 3, for example, as shown in fig. 17, the connecting member 5 may be a screw fastener by which the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1 are connected to fix the air duct shell 1 to the bottom plate 3, or the at least one connecting member 5 is detachably connected to the bottom plate 3 or the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 to the bottom plate 3, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the connecting member 5 is detachably connected to the bottom plate 3, and a part of the connecting member 5 is pressed against the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 to the bottom plate 3.

It should be noted that "at least one" may be understood as one or more, for example, the number of the connecting members 5 may be one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or eight, etc.

From this, through making connecting piece 5 detachably be connected with bottom plate 3 and/or wind channel shell 1 in order to fix wind channel shell 1 on bottom plate 3, be favorable to reducing the equipment degree of difficulty, improve assembly efficiency, and through with bottom plate 3 and wind channel shell 1 modular design, bottom plate 3 and wind channel shell 1 are independent fashioned structure respectively, thereby can simplify the forming process of base subassembly 100, can change respectively when maintenance and installation, and these two materials can be different, be favorable to reducing the holistic weight of base subassembly 100.

According to the base assembly 100 for the clothes dryer of the embodiment of the invention, the connecting piece 5 is detachably connected with the bottom plate 3 and/or the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 on the bottom plate 3, so that the assembly difficulty is reduced, and the assembly efficiency is improved, and the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1 are respectively of an independently molded structure through the modular design of the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1, so that the molding process of the base assembly 100 can be simplified, the base assembly 100 can be respectively replaced during maintenance and installation, the materials of the base assembly and the air duct shell can be different, and the weight of the whole base assembly 100 can be reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown with reference to FIG. 1, at least one connector 5 is removably connected to the base plate 3, at least a portion of the connector 5 being pressed against the duct casing 1 to secure the duct casing 1 to the base plate 3. It can be understood that, by making the connecting piece 5 detachably connected with the bottom plate 3, and at least part of the connecting plate is pressed on the air duct shell 1 to fix the air duct shell 1 on the bottom plate 3, the assembly difficulty is favorably reduced, and the assembly efficiency is improved, and in the assembly process, the connecting piece 5 cannot damage the structure of the air duct shell 1, and is favorable for ensuring the sealing property of the air duct shell 1 and improving the clothes drying efficiency of the clothes dryer.

In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, the connector 5 is adapted to the profile of the air duct casing 1. Therefore, the matching area of the connecting piece 5 and the air duct shell 1 is increased, and the air duct shell 1 is further fixed reliably.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the connecting member 5 includes a first connecting member 6, both ends of the first connecting member 6 are detachably connected to the bottom plate 3, respectively, and at least a portion of the duct case 1 is located between a middle portion of the first connecting member 6 and the bottom plate 3. From this, on the basis that reduces the subassembly degree of difficulty, be favorable to realizing reliably fixing to wind channel shell 1, and reduce the damage to wind channel shell 1.

Further, as shown in fig. 13, the first connecting member 6 includes: a first abutting section 61, a first vertical section 62 and a second vertical section 63, wherein the first abutting section 61 is positioned above the bottom plate 3 and is arranged at intervals with the bottom plate 3, one end of the first vertical section 62 and one end of the second vertical section 63 are respectively connected with the bottom plate 3, the other end of the first vertical section 62 and the other end of the second vertical section 63 are respectively connected with two ends of the first abutting section 61,

wherein, first butt section 61 cooperates with the roof of wind channel shell 1, and first vertical section 62 and/or second vertical section 63 cooperate with the lateral wall of wind channel shell 1. In other words, it may be that one of the first and second

vertical sections

62 and 63 is fitted with one side wall of the duct case 1, or that the first and second

vertical sections

62 and 63 are respectively fitted with opposite side walls of the duct case 1. Therefore, the matching area of the connecting piece 5 and the air duct shell 1 is increased, the reliable fixation of the air duct shell 1 is further realized, and the first connecting piece 6 is simple in structure and low in cost.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 13, one end of the first connecting member 6 is engaged with the base plate 3, and the other end of the first connecting member 6 is connected to the base plate 3 by a screw fastener. For example, the free end of the first vertical section 62 is provided with a first fastening portion 621, the bottom plate 3 is provided with a first fastening hole 32 (shown in fig. 10) adapted to cooperate with the first fastening portion 621, and one end of the second vertical section 63 is provided with a first connection hole 631 adapted to pass through a threaded fastener. With understanding, when utilizing connecting piece 5 to fix wind channel shell 1 to bottom plate 3 on, can be earlier with the one end and the 3 joint of bottom plate of connecting piece 5, then link to each other the other end of connecting piece 5 and bottom plate 3 through threaded fastener, from this, connect conveniently, the assembly effect is high, and is favorable to improving the reliability height fixed to wind channel shell 1.

In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, the first connecting member 6 is plural, and the plural first connecting members 6 are distributed at intervals in the length direction of the air duct casing 1. This is advantageous for further secure fastening of the air duct casing 1. For example, the first connecting member 6 is plural, and the plural first connecting members 6 are distributed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the first air duct casing 11 described below.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1, the air duct casing 1 includes a first air duct casing 11 and a second air duct casing 12, the first air duct casing 11 and the second air duct casing 12 are communicated, wherein the first air duct casing 11 is at least partially fixed on the bottom plate 3 through a first connecting member 6, the connecting member 5 further includes a second connecting member 7, one end of the second connecting member 7 is connected with the first connecting member 6, the other end of the second connecting member 7 is detachably connected with the bottom plate 3, and the second air duct casing 12 is at least partially fixed on the bottom plate 3 through the second connecting member 7.

From this, first connecting piece 6 can realize the fixed to first wind channel shell 11, second connecting piece 7 can realize the fixed to second wind channel shell 12, be favorable to further improving the effect fixed to wind channel shell 1, and simultaneously, one end through second connecting piece 7 links to each other with first connecting piece 6, the other end and the bottom plate 3 of connecting piece 5 can be dismantled and link to each other, second wind channel shell 12 is at least partly fixed on bottom plate 3 through second connecting piece 7, be favorable to simplifying the structure of second connecting piece 7, be convenient for realize the fixed to second connecting piece 7.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 14, the second connecting member 7 includes a second abutting section 71 and a third vertical section 72, the second abutting section 71 is located above the bottom plate 3 and spaced from the bottom plate 3, one end of the third vertical section 72 is connected to the bottom plate 3 and the other end is connected to the second abutting section 71, the second abutting section 71 is matched with the top wall of the second air duct shell 12, and the third vertical section 72 is matched with the side wall of the second air duct shell 12.

Therefore, the matching area of the second connecting piece 7 and the second air duct shell 12 is increased, the air duct shell 1 is further fixed reliably, and the second connecting piece 7 is simple in structure and low in cost.

In some alternative embodiments of the invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 6, one end of the second connector 7 is snap-connected to the first connector 6, and the other end of the second connector 7 is detachably connected to the base plate 3. For example, as shown in fig. 6, one end of the second connector 7 is provided with a second hook 711, the first connector 6 is provided with a second locking hole 611 adapted to be engaged with the second hook 711, and the other end of the second connector 7 is connected to the bottom plate 3 by a buckle or a screw. Therefore, the structure is simple, the second connecting piece 7 is convenient to mount and dismount, and the second connecting piece 7 can reliably fix the second air duct shell 12.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 14, a second fastening portion 721 is disposed at a free end of the third vertical section 72, a second fastening hole 33 (shown in fig. 9) adapted to be matched with the second fastening portion 721 is disposed on the bottom plate 3, the third vertical section 72 of the second connecting member 7 is further provided with a second connecting hole 722, and a threaded fastener passes through the second connecting hole 722 to be connected with a cabinet of the clothes dryer so as to fix the third vertical section 72 to the cabinet of the clothes dryer, thereby being beneficial to further improving a fixing effect of the second connecting member 7 on the second air duct housing 12.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 15, the connecting member 5 further comprises a third connecting member 8, the third connecting member 8 and the second connecting member 7 are arranged at a distance in the length direction of the second air duct shell 12, one end of the third connecting member 8 is detachably connected with the bottom plate 3, and the other end is suitable for being connected with an external structure. For example, the external structure may be a cabinet of the dryer, one end of the third connector 8 is provided with a third connection hole 821, a screw fastener passes through the third connection hole 821 to fix one end of the third connector 8 to the base plate 3, and the other end of the third connector 8 is detachably connected to the cabinet of the dryer.

Therefore, the second connecting piece 7 and the third connecting piece 8 are arranged, so that the second air duct shell 12 is fixed effectively, and the reliable operation of the air duct shell 1 is guaranteed.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 15, the third connecting member 8 includes a third abutting section 81 and a fourth vertical section 82, the third abutting section 81 is located above the bottom plate 3 and spaced from the bottom plate 3, one end of the fourth vertical section 82 is connected to the bottom plate 3 and the other end is connected to the third abutting section 81, the third abutting section 81 is engaged with the top wall of the second duct shell 12, and the fourth vertical section 82 is engaged with the side wall of the second duct shell 12. For example, a free end of the third abutting section 81 is provided with a third hook 811, and a casing of the dryer is clamped with the third hook 811. Therefore, the matching area of the third connecting piece 8 and the second air duct shell 12 is increased, the reliable fixation of the air duct shell 1 is further facilitated, and the third connecting piece 8 is simple in structure, low in cost and reliable in connection.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the length direction of the first air duct shell 11 is perpendicular to the length direction of the second air duct shell 12. For example, the first air duct shell 11 and the second air duct shell 12 are arranged in the front-rear direction and the first air duct shell 11 is perpendicular to the second air duct shell 12. Thus, the space occupation of the first air duct shell 11 and the second air duct shell 12 as a whole is reduced, which is advantageous for reducing the space occupation of the air duct shell 1.

In some examples, as shown in fig. 3, a liquid discharge partition plate 9 is provided in the first air duct casing 11, the liquid discharge partition plate 9 has a liquid guide groove, an inlet of the liquid guide groove and an outlet of the liquid guide groove are respectively located at both ends of the liquid guide groove in a length direction (a front-rear direction shown in fig. 1), wherein the liquid discharge partition plate 9 further has a branch flow groove, the branch flow groove is located at least one side of the liquid guide groove in a width direction (a left-right direction shown in fig. 1), the branch flow groove is communicated with the liquid guide groove through a liquid passing port, and the liquid guide groove and the branch flow groove respectively define a liquid discharge passage 91 for the condensate with the inner bottom wall of the chamber 1 a. Therefore, when negative pressure is generated in the air channel, condensate flowing back at the outlet of the liquid guide groove can flow to the liquid guide groove and the shunting groove respectively, on one hand, the effect of shunting can be achieved, hydraulic pressure is reduced, on the other hand, the path of condensate flowing back is increased, so that the condensate can be prevented from flowing back to the air channel, and drying efficiency can be improved.

In some embodiments of the invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the duct case 1 is constructed as a heat insulating member formed separately from the base plate 3. For example, the air duct casing 1 may be plastic. For example, the duct casing 1 may be a foamed member such as a foamed plastic, a foamed rubber, or the like. Therefore, the heat preservation effect of the air duct shell 1 is improved, and the weight of the air duct shell 1 is reduced.

In some examples, as shown in fig. 3, the connection base 2 is disposed at one side (front side as shown in fig. 1) of the air duct shell 1 and has a passage 2a, the passage 2a communicates with the chamber 1a, wherein one of the connection base 2 and the air duct shell 1 has a sealing groove 2b and the other has a sealing rib 1b, wherein the connection base 2 may have the sealing rib 1b, the air duct shell 1 has a sealing groove 2b in sealing engagement with the sealing rib 1b, or the connection base 2 has a sealing groove 2b, the air duct shell 1 has a sealing rib 1b in sealing engagement with the sealing groove 2b, and the sealing groove 2b cooperates with the sealing rib 1b to seal a joint of the air duct shell 1 and the connection base 2.

From this, through making in connecting seat 2 and the wind channel shell 1 one have seal groove 2b and another have sealed muscle 1b, seal groove 2b and sealed muscle 1b cooperation are sealed with the junction with wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2, the leakproofness of the junction of wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2 is good, be favorable to guaranteeing the drying efficiency of dryer, and when equipment wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2, prepositioning between wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2 can be realized through seal groove 2b and sealed muscle 1 b's cooperation, be convenient for realize fixing between wind channel shell 1 and the connecting seat 2, be favorable to improving base component 100's assembly efficiency.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown with reference to fig. 4 and 5, the sides of the duct casing 1 and the connection base 2 opposite to each other have a duct opening and a passage 2a opening, respectively, wherein the duct opening communicates with the chamber 1a, the passage 2a opening communicates with the passage 2a, one of the seal groove 2b and the seal rib 1b extends in a circumferential direction of the duct opening, and the other of the seal groove 2b and the seal rib 1b extends in the circumferential direction of the passage 2a opening.

For example, the air duct shell 1 has a sealing groove 2b, the sealing groove 2b extends in a ring shape along the circumferential direction of the air duct opening, the connecting seat 2 has a sealing rib 1b, the sealing rib 1b extends in a ring shape along the circumferential direction of the opening of the channel 2a, or the air duct shell 1 has a sealing rib 1b, the sealing rib 1b extends in a ring shape along the circumferential direction of the air duct opening, the connecting seat 2 has a sealing groove 2b, and the sealing groove 2b extends in a ring shape along the circumferential direction of the opening of the channel 2 a.

From this, through making one in seal groove 2b and the sealed muscle 1b extend along wind channel open-ended circumferential direction, another in seal groove 2b and the sealed muscle 1b extends along passageway 2a open-ended circumferential direction, is favorable to further improving sealed effect between seal groove 2b and the sealed muscle 1b to be favorable to preventing wind leakage in the junction of wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2, improve the drying efficiency of dryer.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, one of the air duct coupling base 2 and the air duct casing 1 has a first rib 22 and a second rib 23, the first rib 22 and the second rib 23 are spaced apart in the arrangement direction of the air duct casing 1 and the air duct coupling base 2, and the sealing groove 2b is located between the first rib 22 and the second rib 23. It can be understood that the part of the sealing rib 1b is suitable for being matched with the first convex rib 22 or the second convex rib 23, so that the reliability of pre-positioning matching between the air duct shell 1 and the connecting seat 2 can be further improved through the matching of the sealing rib 1b and the first convex rib 22 or the second convex rib 23, and the assembling difficulty between the connecting seat 2 and the air duct shell 1 is further reduced.

For example, referring to fig. 3, an outer peripheral wall of the connecting base 2 has a first annular rib 22 and a second annular rib 23, the first rib 22 and the second rib 23 are spaced apart in the front-rear direction, the sealing groove 2b is formed in the outer peripheral wall of the connecting base 2 and located between the first rib 22 and the second rib 23, an inner peripheral wall of the air duct casing 1 is provided with an annular sealing rib 1b, and front and rear side walls of the sealing rib 1b are respectively adapted to abut against the first rib 22 and the second rib 23.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the other one of the connecting base 2 and the air duct casing 1 further has a positioning groove 1c, the positioning groove 1c is disposed adjacent to the sealing rib 1b, and one of the first rib 22 and the second rib 23 is inserted into the positioning groove 1 c. For example, referring to fig. 4, the inner peripheral wall of the duct casing 1 is provided with a positioning groove 1c, the positioning groove 1c is disposed near the sealing rib 1b, and the first rib 22 is inserted into the positioning groove 1 c.

It can be understood that, through setting up constant head tank 1c, constant head tank 1c is suitable for with first protruding muscle 22 and the grafting in the protruding muscle 23 of second, be favorable to increasing between connecting seat 2 and the wind channel shell 1 sealed complex area on the one hand, improve the sealed effect between connecting seat 2 and the wind channel shell 1, on the other hand, be favorable to further improving the predetermined position complex reliability between wind channel shell 1 and the connecting seat 2, thereby further reduce the assembly degree of difficulty between connecting seat 2 and the wind channel shell 1.

In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 3 to 5, the sealing groove 2b is located on the outer wall surface of the connecting seat 2, and the sealing rib 1b is located on the inner wall surface of the duct casing 1. It can be understood that, through making seal groove 2b be located the outer wall of connecting seat 2, sealed muscle 1b is located the internal face of wind channel shell 1, when sealed muscle 1b and seal groove 2b cooperation, not only can realize connecting seat 2 and wind channel shell 1 in ascending location of circumference, also can realize connecting seat 2 and wind channel shell 1 in the ascending location of the orientation of arranging of wind channel shell 1 and connecting seat 2, the location is more reliable, and simple structure, the processing degree of difficulty is low, low cost.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 10, the bottom of the connecting socket 2 is provided with a first positioning portion 24, the bottom plate 3 is provided with a second positioning portion 31, and the first positioning portion 24 is engaged with the second positioning portion 31 to position the connecting socket 2. For example, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, the first positioning portions 24 are formed as positioning posts, and the second positioning portions 31 are formed as positioning holes. From this, can realize the buckle between connecting seat 2 and the bottom plate 3, simple structure connects conveniently.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 12, the bottom of the connecting seat 2 is provided with a plurality of first positioning portions 24, the bottom plate 3 is provided with a plurality of second positioning portions 31, and the plurality of first positioning portions 24 and the plurality of second positioning portions 31 are correspondingly engaged with each other one by one to position the connecting seat 2.

In some alternative embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 1, the edge of the bottom plate 3 has a fixing flange 34 bent upward, and the side of the connecting base 2 is connected with the fixing flange 34 by a fastener. For example, as shown in fig. 1, there are two fixing flanges 34, the two fixing flanges 34 are respectively located at the left and right ends of the bottom plate 3, each fixing flange 34 is provided with a first fixing hole 341, the side portion of the connecting seat 2 is connected to the two fixing flanges 34 through fasteners, and the side portion of the connecting seat 2 is abutted to the two fixing flanges 34. Therefore, the structure is simple, and the reliability of connection between the bottom plate 3 and the connecting seat 2 is enhanced.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, a second fixing hole 35 is further formed on the bottom plate 3, and the fastening member passes through the second fixing hole 35 to be connected to the bottom of the connecting seat 2. This is advantageous in further improving the reliability of the connection between the bottom plate 3 and the connector holder 2.

In some alternative embodiments of the present invention, as shown with reference to fig. 8, the base assembly 100 further comprises: support piece 4, support piece 4's one end links to each other with connecting seat 2, and support piece 4's the other end links to each other with bottom plate 3. For example, the supporting member 4 may be formed in an elongated shape, a first hook 27 is provided on the base, a first locking hole 41 matched with the first hook 27 is provided at one end of the supporting member 4, a first through hole 42 is provided at one end of the supporting member 4, a threaded fastener passes through the first through hole 42 to fix one end of the supporting member 4 to the base, a second through hole 43 is provided at the other end of the supporting member 4, and the threaded fastener passes through the second through hole 43 to fix the other end of the supporting member 4 to the base plate 3.

Therefore, the connecting base 2 is prevented from being inclined relative to the bottom plate 3 in subsequent installation, and the reliability of connection between the connecting base 2 and the bottom plate 3 is further improved. Alternatively, the number of the supporting members 4 may be two, and the two supporting members 4 are respectively located at the left and right sides of the connecting seat 2.

In some examples, referring to fig. 1, the connecting socket 2 has an access opening provided with an openable and closable access opening door portion 25, and the door portion 25 has a handle 26 to facilitate a user to open and close the door portion 25.

In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1 and 7, the base plate 3 is a metal member, and the connecting holder 2 is configured as a plastic member formed separately from the base plate 3. For example, the base plate 3 may be an iron plate or a stainless steel plate. From this, be the metalwork through bottom plate 3 on the one hand, be favorable to guaranteeing base subassembly 100's structural strength, on the other hand, through making connecting seat 2 be constructed into the working of plastics with bottom plate 3 components of a whole that can function independently shaping, be favorable to reducing base subassembly 100's whole weight.

For example, in some examples, referring to fig. 1, the duct case 1 includes an upper duct case 13 and a lower duct case 14, the upper duct case 13 and the lower duct case 14 are connected to each other and jointly define a cavity 1a of the duct case 1, a portion of the sealing rib 1b is formed on the inner peripheral wall of the upper duct case 13, the remaining portion of the sealing rib 1b is formed on the lower duct case 14, the upper duct case 13 and the lower duct case 14 jointly define the sealing rib 1b, when the base assembly 100 is assembled, the connecting base 2 may be first mounted on the bottom plate 3, then the lower duct case 14 is hermetically fitted on the connecting base 2, then the upper duct case 13 is hermetically fitted on the connecting base 2 to achieve the pre-positioning of the duct case 1, then both ends of the supporting member 4 are respectively fixed to the connecting base 2 and the duct case 1 to achieve the fixed connection of the connecting base 2 and the duct case 1, and prevent the subsequent installation of other components such as a front support, the connecting seat 2 is inclined relative to the air duct shell 1, and finally, the first connecting piece 6, the second connecting piece 7 and the third connecting piece 8 are respectively installed to fix the air duct shell 1 on the bottom plate 3, so that the base assembly 100 is assembled, the base assembly 100 is simple to assemble, the sealing performance is good, and the weight is light.

In other embodiments of the invention, as shown with reference to figure 16, at least one of the connectors 5 is a threaded fastener by which the duct casing 1 is connected to the base plate 3. For example, the connecting member 5 is plural and each connecting member 5 is a screw fastener, and the duct case 1 and the base plate 3 are connected by plural screw fasteners. Therefore, the connection between the air duct shell 1 and the bottom plate 3 can be reliable, and the cost is low.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 17 and 18, the air duct casing 1 includes an upper air duct casing 13 and a lower air duct casing 14, the upper air duct casing 13 and the lower air duct casing 14 are connected to define a cavity 1a of the air duct casing 1, the plurality of connecting members 5 are screws, when the air duct casing 1 is mounted on the bottom plate 3, the lower air duct casing 14 may be first placed on the bottom plate 3, then the plurality of screws sequentially penetrate through the lower air duct casing 14 and the bottom plate 3 from top to bottom to fix the lower air duct casing 14 to the bottom plate 3, and finally the upper air duct casing 13 is mounted on the lower air duct casing 14.

The dryer according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the pedestal assembly 100 for the dryer according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

According to the clothes dryer of the embodiment of the invention, the base assembly 100 for the clothes dryer according to the embodiment of the invention is arranged, so that the assembly difficulty is reduced, the assembly efficiency is improved, the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1 are respectively of an independently formed structure through the modular design of the bottom plate 3 and the air duct shell 1, the forming process of the base assembly 100 can be simplified, the base assembly and the air duct shell can be respectively replaced during maintenance and installation, the materials of the base assembly and the air duct shell can be different, and the overall weight of the base assembly 100 can be reduced.

Other configurations and operations of the dryer according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

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

Claims

1. A base assembly for a clothes dryer, comprising:

a base plate;

an air duct shell provided on the bottom plate and having a chamber for mounting a heat exchanger;

at least one connecting piece, at least one said connecting piece detachably with the bottom plate and/or the wind channel shell is connected in order to fix the wind channel shell on the bottom plate.

2. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 1 wherein at least one of said connectors is a threaded fastener by which said air duct housing and said bottom plate are connected.

3. The base assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of said connectors is removably connected to said bottom plate, at least a portion of said connector being pressed against said air duct housing to secure said air duct housing to said bottom plate.

4. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 3 wherein said connector conforms to the profile of said air duct housing.

5. The base assembly of claim 3, wherein the coupling member comprises a first coupling member having both ends detachably coupled to the bottom plate, respectively, and at least a portion of the duct housing is positioned between a middle portion of the first coupling member and the bottom plate.

6. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 5 wherein said first connector comprises:

a first abutment section located above the floor and spaced from the floor;

a first vertical section and a second vertical section, one end of the first vertical section and one end of the second vertical section are respectively connected with the bottom plate, the other end of the first vertical section and the other end of the second vertical section are respectively connected with two ends of the first abutting section,

wherein, first butt section with the cooperation of the roof of wind channel shell, first vertical section and/or the cooperation of second vertical section with the lateral wall of wind channel shell.

7. The base assembly of claim 5, wherein one end of the first connector is engaged with the bottom plate, and the other end of the first connector is connected to the bottom plate by a threaded fastener.

8. The base assembly of claim 5, wherein said first connecting member is a plurality of said first connecting members spaced apart along a length of said air duct housing.

9. The base assembly for a clothes dryer according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the air duct housing includes a first air duct housing and a second air duct housing, the first air duct housing and the second air duct housing communicating,

the first air duct shell is at least partially fixed on the bottom plate through the first connecting piece, the connecting piece further comprises a second connecting piece, one end of the second connecting piece is connected with the first connecting piece, the other end of the second connecting piece is detachably connected with the bottom plate, and the second air duct shell is at least partially fixed on the bottom plate through the second connecting piece.

10. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 9, wherein the second connector comprises:

a second abutment section located above the base plate and spaced from the base plate;

a third vertical section, one end of the third vertical section is connected with the bottom plate and the other end is connected with the second abutting section, the second abutting section is matched with the top wall of the second air duct shell, and the third vertical section is matched with the side wall of the second air duct shell.

11. The base assembly of claim 9, wherein one end of the second connector is snap-coupled to the first connector, and the other end of the second connector is detachably coupled to the base plate.

12. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 9, wherein said connector further comprises: and the third connecting piece and the second connecting piece are arranged in the length direction of the second air duct shell at intervals, one end of the third connecting piece is detachably connected with the bottom plate, and the other end of the third connecting piece is suitable for being connected with an external structure.

13. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of claim 12, wherein said third connector comprises:

a third abutment section located above the base plate and spaced from the base plate;

a fourth vertical section, one end of the fourth vertical section is connected with the bottom plate and the other end is connected with the third abutting section, the third abutting section is matched with the top wall of the second air duct shell, and the fourth vertical section is matched with the side wall of the second air duct shell.

14. The base assembly for the dryer of any one of claims 9 to 13 wherein a length direction of the first air duct case is perpendicular to a length direction of the second air duct case.

15. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of any one of claims 1 to 14 wherein the air duct housing is configured as a heat retainer that is formed separately from the bottom plate.

16. The base assembly for a clothes dryer of any one of claims 1 to 15, further comprising: the connecting seat is detachably arranged on the bottom plate and located on one side of the air duct shell, the connecting seat is provided with a channel, the air duct shell is provided with a cavity, and the channel is communicated with the cavity.

17. The base assembly for the clothes dryer of claim 16, wherein the bottom plate is a metal piece, and the coupling seat is configured as a plastic piece molded separately from the bottom plate.

18. Laundry dryer, characterized by comprising a base assembly for a laundry dryer according to any one of claims 1-17.