CN113969488B - Washing machine with automatic clothes throwing function - Google Patents

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CN113969488B
CN113969488B CN202010713035.5A CN202010713035A CN113969488B CN 113969488 B CN113969488 B CN 113969488B CN 202010713035 A CN202010713035 A CN 202010713035A CN 113969488 B CN113969488 B CN 113969488B
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张刚金
王得军
傅晓东
周春霞
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06FLAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F39/00Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract

The invention discloses a washing machine with automatic clothes throwing function, comprising: a case; the clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body; the clothes throwing device comprises a clothes containing mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes containing mechanism is provided with a clothes storage cavity capable of storing clothes to be washed, and clothes in the clothes storage cavity are thrown into a washing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism. According to the washing machine provided by the invention, the clothes to be washed are collected through the clothes containing mechanism, and the clothes to be washed collected by the clothes containing mechanism are automatically put into the washing machine for washing through the driving mechanism. The washing machine integrates the functions of clothes collection and automatic throwing, expands the functionality of the washing machine and improves the use experience of users.

Description

Washing machine with automatic clothes throwing function
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of washing equipment, in particular to a washing machine with an automatic clothes throwing function.
Background
When a conventional washing machine in the prior art washes laundry, a user is required to manually put the laundry into the washing machine first and then start the washing machine to wash. The process of putting in clothes by users is troublesome, and the users must go to the washing machine to operate by themselves, so that manpower and material resources are wasted.
The application number is 201521030131.0's chinese patent discloses an automatic washing machine of puting in of clothing, which comprises a bod, the clothing entry has been seted up to the organism top, the organism top with clothing entry corresponds position department and is provided with the storing room, the bottom of storing room is provided with the baffle that separates storing room and organism inner chamber, the baffle can open by oneself under actuating mechanism's drive and communicate storing room and organism inner chamber, the washing machine still includes the control mechanism that the baffle opened and shut.
This scheme is in can putting in the washing machine inner chamber with the clothing is automatic, but the storing room sets up in the organism top in this application, not only can influence the design of washing machine upper cover, when not carrying out the washing procedure moreover, because the baffle of storing room is closed state, will lead to organism inner chamber air not circulate for a long time, organism inner chamber can produce peculiar smell, breed bacterium. In addition, because the storing room sets up in this application in organism top, leads to the complete machine to become big in the shared space of vertical direction, just so need reserve bigger installation space when installing washing machine, washing machine's placement position is restricted, and user's use experience is not good. Moreover, the washing machine disclosed by the application needs to manually observe and judge the clothes amount in the storage chamber to select and control the opening and closing of the partition plate to put in the clothes, and the washing machine cannot independently finish automatic putting in of the clothes, so that the degree of automation is low.
In view of this, the present invention has been made.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art, and provides the integrated washing machine which collects clothes and automatically puts the clothes into the integrated washing machine, and the clothes putting device arranged on the side wall of the box body can not influence the design of the upper cover of the washing machine, and occupies smaller space.
In order to achieve the object, according to one aspect of the present invention, the following technical solutions are adopted:
a washing machine having an automatic laundry putting function, comprising:
a case;
the clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body;
the clothes throwing device comprises a clothes containing mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes containing mechanism is provided with a clothes storage cavity capable of storing clothes to be washed, and clothes in the clothes storage cavity are thrown into a washing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism.
Further, the clothes containing mechanism comprises a clothes containing barrel with an opening at one side, at least one clothes storage cavity is formed in the clothes containing barrel, the driving mechanism comprises a turnover driving mechanism in driving connection with the clothes containing barrel, and the turnover driving mechanism can drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate in the vertical direction to put clothes in the clothes containing barrel into the washing barrel.
Further, the overturning driving mechanism comprises an overturning driving motor arranged on the box body and an overturning shaft fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the clothes containing barrel and in driving connection with the overturning driving motor, the central axis of the overturning shaft is parallel to the side wall of the box body where the clothes throwing device is located, and the overturning driving motor drives the clothes containing barrel to rotate along the overturning shaft;
preferably, the turnover shaft comprises a first turnover shaft and a second turnover shaft which are positioned at two sides of the clothes bucket, and the turnover driving mechanism comprises a first turnover driving motor and a second turnover driving motor which are respectively connected with the first turnover shaft and the second turnover shaft in a driving mode.
Further, a tray seat is arranged at the top of the box body, a clothes putting opening is formed in the tray seat, an upper cover capable of automatically controlling opening and closing of the clothes putting opening is arranged on the box body, one side edge of the upper cover is rotatably connected with the rear side wall of the box body, and the clothes putting device is fixedly arranged on the front side wall opposite to the rear side wall of the box body or on the left/right side walls located on two sides of the rear side wall of the box body.
Further, the driving mechanism further comprises a lifting driving mechanism, the lifting driving mechanism comprises a lifting driving motor fixed on the side wall of the box body and a moving part capable of moving up and down under the driving of the lifting driving motor, and the top end of the moving part is fixedly connected with the shell of the overturning driving motor to drive the clothes containing barrel to move up and down.
Further, the moving part is a rack which can move up and down under the drive of a lifting driving motor, a gear which is meshed with the rack for driving is arranged on an output shaft of the lifting driving motor, and a fixed connecting part which is fixedly connected with a motor shell of the overturning driving motor is arranged at the top end of the rack;
preferably, the top end of the rack is further provided with a rotation supporting part in rotation fit with the overturning shaft on the clothes containing barrel, a rotation shaft hole in fit with the overturning shaft is formed in the rotation supporting part, and the rotation supporting part is rotatably sleeved on the overturning shaft through the rotation shaft hole.
Further, a limiting guide rail is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body, the limiting guide rail is arranged along the length direction of the box body, and the rack is limited in the limiting guide rail;
the motor shell of the lifting driving motor is fixedly connected to the top end of the limiting guide rail, an output shaft of the lifting driving motor is meshed with the rack, and the rack can move up and down along the limiting guide rail under the driving of the lifting driving motor.
Further, the lifting driving mechanism comprises a first rack and a second rack, wherein the top ends of the first rack and the second rack are respectively fixedly connected to the first overturning driving motor and the second overturning driving motor;
the first limit guide rail/the second limit guide rail are fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body corresponding to the first rack/the second rack; and a first lift driving motor/a second lift driving motor for driving the first rack/the second rack to move up and down, respectively.
Further, the clothes throwing device further comprises a clothes amount detection unit capable of detecting the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel, and the clothes amount detection unit comprises a weight sensor arranged on the limiting guide rail and/or the clothes containing barrel.
Further, the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel, which is close to the box body side, is provided with a roller capable of rolling along the box body side wall, and the clothes containing barrel is in a hollowed-out design or a draining hole is formed in the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel.
After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the washing machine provided by the invention, the collection of clothes to be washed is realized through the clothes containing mechanism, and the automatic throwing of the clothes to be washed collected by the clothes containing mechanism into the washing machine is realized through the driving mechanism, so that the washing machine integrates the functions of clothes collection and automatic throwing, the functionality of the washing machine is expanded, and the use experience of a user is improved.
2. The clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body, so that the design of the upper cover of the washing machine is not affected, and when a washing program is not carried out, the upper cover can be controlled to be kept in an open state, and air in the washing barrel can be kept to circulate, so that peculiar smell is not generated. And the clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body, so that the space above the washing machine is not occupied, the occupied space of the whole machine is smaller, the placing position of the washing machine is relatively not limited, and the use experience of a user is good.
3. The clothes amount detection unit of the washing machine provided by the invention can sense the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel, can automatically open the upper cover of the washing machine when the clothes amount reaches a set value, controls the clothes throwing device to automatically throw the clothes in the clothes containing barrel into the washing barrel of the washing machine, then controls the clothes containing barrel to restore to the original position, and automatically closes the upper cover to automatically perform a washing program. The whole process can finish the collection, throwing and washing of clothes without manual operation, the degree of automation is higher, the manual labor is greatly reduced, the time is saved, and the washing efficiency is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a washing machine when a laundry putting apparatus is not used in the first embodiment;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of a structure of a washing machine in which a tub is raised to a set height according to the first embodiment;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of a structure of a washing machine when laundry is put in the laundry putting apparatus according to the first embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an angle structure of a tub according to the first embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing another angle structure of the tub according to the first embodiment;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the tilting drive motor/lifting drive motor in the first embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an implementation method of automatic laundry feeding in a washing machine according to the second embodiment;
wherein: 1. a case; 11. an upper cover; 12. a tray seat; 121. a clothes putting port;
2. a clothes containing barrel; 21. an inner sidewall; 211. a roller; 22. an outer sidewall; 23. a bottom wall; 231. a draining hole; 24. a turnover shaft;
3. a turnover driving motor; 31. a first overturning driving motor; 32. a second overturning driving motor; 34. a wire terminal; 35. an output shaft;
4. a lifting driving motor; 41. a first lifting driving motor; 42. a second lifting driving motor;
51. a rack; 52. a spacing guide rail;
6. a weight sensor;
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific 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 explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to examples.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment provides a washing machine having an automatic laundry putting function, comprising: the clothes box comprises a box body 1, wherein a tray seat 12 is arranged at the top of the box body 1, and a clothes putting opening 121 is formed in the tray seat 12; the clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body 1; the clothes throwing device comprises a clothes containing mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes containing mechanism is provided with a clothes storage cavity capable of storing clothes to be washed, and clothes in the clothes storage cavity are thrown into a washing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism. This embodiment is through the clothing throwing device that sets up on box 1 lateral wall, when can realizing automatic throwing in the clothing, can not influence the design of washing machine upper cover 11, and occupation space is littleer, and user's use experience is better.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, the clothes holding mechanism includes a clothes holding barrel 2 with an opening at one side, at least one clothes storage chamber capable of storing clothes to be washed is provided in the clothes holding barrel 2, the opening is used as a putting opening for putting clothes into the clothes holding barrel 2, and the opening can be formed on the side or the top of the clothes holding barrel 2. Preferably, in this embodiment, the top of the clothes tub 2 is provided with an opening to form the opening, and the opening is disposed on the top of the clothes tub 2, so that a user can store clothes in the clothes tub 2, and the clothes tub 2 can put clothes into the washing tub conveniently.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the driving mechanism includes a turnover driving mechanism in driving connection with the tub 2, the turnover driving mechanism may drive the tub 2 to rotate in a vertical direction to put the clothes in the tub 2 into the washing tub, and the tub 2 is driven by the turnover driving mechanism to rotate in a vertical direction so that the opening of the tub 2 is inclined downward, so that the clothes in the tub 2 are dumped into the washing tub.
Further, the overturning driving mechanism comprises an overturning driving motor 3 arranged on the box body 1 and an overturning shaft 24 fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the clothes containing barrel 2 and in driving connection with the overturning driving motor 3, the central axis of the overturning shaft 24 is parallel to the side wall of the box body 1 where the clothes throwing device is located, and the overturning driving motor 3 drives the clothes containing barrel 2 to rotate along the overturning shaft 24. The overturning driving motor 3 adopts a stepping motor, and the rotation angle of the clothes containing barrel 2 is controlled by controlling the rotation angle of the stepping motor.
According to the design of the laundry inlet 121 of the washing machine, in the laundry throwing process, the control unit controls the overturning driving motor 3 to drive the laundry bucket 2 to rotate according to a set rotation angle, so that an inclined included angle formed between the opening of the laundry bucket 2 and the laundry inlet 121 at the top of the box body 1 is kept between 10 degrees and 60 degrees, and the laundry can be ensured to be smoothly dumped into the washing bucket.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the tilting shaft 24 in this embodiment includes a first tilting shaft and a second tilting shaft at both sides of the tub 2, and the tilting driving mechanism includes a first tilting driving motor 31/a second tilting driving motor 32 respectively driving and connecting the first tilting shaft/the second tilting shaft. Through the first turnover shaft and the second turnover shaft which are respectively arranged at the two sides of the clothes containing barrel 2, the rotation of the clothes containing barrel 2 is more stable and easy, and the phenomenon that the other side of the clothes containing barrel 2 sinks and is difficult to drive in the process of overturning the clothes containing barrel 2 due to the fact that the turnover shaft 24 is arranged at one side of the clothes containing barrel 2 is avoided.
In this embodiment, the tub 2 has a square, circular, or oval cross-section, and preferably, the tub 2 has a square cross-section. Specifically, the tub 2 includes a bottom wall 23, an inner sidewall 21 adjacent to the sidewall of the case 1, an outer sidewall 22 opposite to the inner sidewall 21, and a first end sidewall and a second end sidewall connected to both sides of the inner sidewall 21 and the outer sidewall 22.
In one scheme, the first and second overturning shafts are fixedly arranged on the first and second end side walls, preferably, the first overturning shaft is fixedly arranged at the corner position of the upper end part of the first end side wall, which is close to the inner side wall 21, and the second overturning shaft is fixedly arranged at the corner position of the upper end part of the second end side wall, which is close to the inner side wall 21, so that the overturning shaft 24 of the clothes bucket 2 is positioned at the nearest position no matter far from the top opening of the clothes bucket 2 or the clothes throwing opening 121 of the washing machine, and therefore, the phenomenon that clothes are poured out of the clothes throwing opening 121 can be effectively avoided, and the accuracy of clothes throwing of the clothes throwing device is improved.
In another alternative, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the turning shaft 24 is a long shaft having a certain length and fixedly disposed along the upper edge of the inner sidewall 21, portions of the long shaft extending from both ends of the long shaft beyond the first and second end sidewalls form the first and second turning shafts,
further, the clothes containing barrel 2 comprises a first clothes storage chamber for storing light-colored clothes and a second clothes storage chamber for storing dark-colored clothes, the first clothes storage chamber/the second clothes storage chamber are respectively provided with a first opening/a second opening for putting in the clothes, and the first opening/the second opening are respectively provided with a first putting cover/a second putting cover capable of being automatically controlled to be opened and closed. The first clothes storage chamber and the second clothes storage chamber can be formed by arranging the partition plates in the clothes storage barrel 2 at intervals, the outer wall of the clothes storage barrel 2 at the part corresponding to the first clothes storage chamber can be light in color, and the outer wall of the clothes storage barrel 2 at the part corresponding to the second clothes storage chamber can be dark in color, so that users can distinguish the clothes and the clothes, and dark color clothes and light color clothes can be prevented from being mixed. Alternatively, different marks can be set on the outer wall of the clothes barrel 2 to prompt the user.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the case 1 is provided with an upper cover 11 capable of automatically controlling the opening and closing of the laundry inlet 121, and the upper cover 11 has a function of automatically opening and closing the laundry inlet 121. The side edge of the upper cover 11 is rotatably connected with the rear side wall of the box body 1, and the clothes throwing device is fixedly arranged on the front side wall opposite to the rear side wall of the box body 1 or on the left/right side walls positioned on two sides of the rear side wall of the box body 1.
Preferably, the clothes throwing device is arranged on the front side wall of the box body 1, the clothes containing barrel 2 is arranged on the front side of the box body 1, so that a user can conveniently carry out the operation of placing clothes in the clothes containing barrel 2, and the user can conveniently and intuitively observe the clothes in the clothes containing barrel 2.
In this embodiment, the tub 2 may be supported and fixed at a certain height position by a support structure, that is, a position where the top opening of the tub 2 is higher than the laundry inlet 121. Preferably, in this embodiment, the clothes tub 2 may be moved up and down, when putting clothes, the clothes tub 2 is lifted to a set height, and after putting clothes, the clothes tub 2 is lowered to a position where the top opening of the clothes tub 2 is lower than the clothes putting opening 121 of the washing machine, so as to avoid affecting the user to take out washed clothes from the clothes putting opening 121.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the driving mechanism further includes a lifting driving mechanism, where the lifting driving mechanism includes a lifting driving motor 4 fixed on a side wall of the box 1 and a moving component that can move up and down under the driving of the lifting driving motor 4, and the top end of the moving component is fixedly connected with the casing of the overturning driving motor 3, and because the overturning driving motor 3 is fixedly connected with the overturning shaft 24 of the clothes tub 2, the moving component also drives the clothes tub 2 to move up and down in the process of moving up and down.
Further, the moving component is a rack 51 which can move up and down under the driving of the lifting driving motor 4, the rack 51 has a certain longitudinal extension length, a gear meshed with the rack 51 is arranged on the output shaft of the lifting driving motor 4, and the rack 51 is controlled to move up or down by controlling the rotation direction of the lifting driving motor 4, so as to control the lifting or descending height of the clothes barrel 2. In this scheme, lift driving motor 4 can use the driving motor that has the auto-lock structure, when flourishing clothing bucket 2 rises to the height of settlement, and the motor auto-lock for flourishing clothing bucket 2 can stabilize in the high position of settlement.
In this embodiment, the rack 51 is of a strip plate structure, the top end of the rack 51 is provided with a fixed connection portion connected and fixed with the motor casing of the overturning driving motor 3, and the fixed connection portion and the motor casing of the overturning driving motor 3 are connected and fixed in a bonding, clamping, welding or other manner.
Preferably, the top end of the rack 51 further has a rotation supporting portion in rotation fit with the turning shaft 24 on the clothes-holding barrel 2, the rotation supporting portion may be a protruding portion formed by protruding upwards from the top end of the rack 51 near the side of the turning shaft 24, a rotation shaft hole in fit with the turning shaft 24 is formed in the rotation supporting portion, and the rotation supporting portion is rotatably sleeved on the turning shaft 24 through the rotation shaft hole.
In the above scheme, through the rotation supporting part with the normal running fit of the tilting shaft 24, when not influencing the rotation effect of the clothes-holding barrel 2, the rack 51 can also directly play a certain supporting role on the clothes-holding barrel 2, further ensure the stability of the clothes-holding barrel 2, and simultaneously can also share the partial acting force of the clothes-holding barrel 2 to the output shaft 35 of the tilting drive motor 3, improve the service life of the tilting drive motor 3, effectively avoid the phenomenon that the clothes-holding barrel 2 falls or shakes in the process of putting clothes under the condition that the output shaft 35 of the tilting drive motor 3 and the tilting shaft 24 are connected unstably.
Further, a limit guide rail 52 is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body 1, the limit guide rail 52 is arranged along the length direction of the box body 1, and the rack 51 is limited in the limit guide rail 52; the motor casing of lift driving motor 4 is fixedly connected at the top of spacing guide rail 52, lift driving motor 4's output shaft with rack 51 meshes, rack 51 is under lift driving motor 4's drive can follow spacing guide rail 52 reciprocates.
Further, the lifting driving mechanism comprises a first rack and a second rack, wherein the top ends of the first rack and the second rack are respectively fixedly connected to the motor housing of the first overturning driving motor 31 and the motor housing of the second overturning driving motor 32; the first limit guide rail/the second limit guide rail are fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body 1 corresponding to the first rack/the second rack; and a first lift driving motor 41/a second lift driving motor 42 that drive the first rack/the second rack to move up and down, respectively.
Further, the laundry putting apparatus further includes a laundry amount detecting unit that can detect the amount of laundry in the tub 2, and the laundry amount detecting unit includes a weight sensor 6 provided on the limit rail 52 and/or the tub 2. For example, the weight sensor 6 may be a pressure sensor fixedly provided at a lower end portion of the limiting rail 52, and the weight of laundry in the tub 2 is detected by pressing the tub 2 against the limiting rail 52. Alternatively, the weight sensor 6 is a tension sensor directly fixed to the tub 2. The existing other weight sensors can be applied to the clothes throwing device of the example and are used for detecting the weight of clothes in the clothes tub 2.
Further, the rollers 211 capable of rolling along the side wall of the box body 1 are fixedly arranged on the inner side wall 21, close to the side of the box body 1, of the clothes containing barrel 2, the number of the rollers 211 is two, the lower positions of the inner side walls 21 are arranged at intervals, and the resistance of the clothes containing barrel 2 in the up-and-down moving process can be reduced through the arranged rollers 211, so that the measurement of the weight sensor 6 is more accurate.
Further, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 6, the outer cover of the turnover driving motor 3 and the outer cover of the lifting driving motor 4 are provided with a safety protection cover for waterproof and fireproof, the safety protection cover is provided with a wire terminal 34 through which wires of the turnover driving motor 3 and the lifting driving motor 4 can pass, and wires connected to the turnover driving motor 3 enter the rack 51 from the wire terminal 34 on the safety protection cover, and are connected with a power supply through a wiring channel arranged in the rack 51.
Further, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 5, the clothes containing barrel 2 is in a hollow design or the bottom wall 23 of the clothes containing barrel 2 is provided with the draining hole 231, and the clothes containing barrel 2 is in a hollow design or is provided with the draining hole 231 to play a role in draining, so that the phenomenon that the clothes are mildewed or have peculiar smell due to the fact that the clothes stored in the clothes containing barrel 2 contain more water and the water stored in the clothes containing barrel 2 cannot be discharged can be effectively avoided.
Example two
The embodiment provides a method for automatically putting clothes of the washing machine in the first embodiment on the basis of the first embodiment, and the method for automatically putting clothes of the washing machine provided by the embodiment can finish the collection, putting and washing of the clothes without manual operation in the whole process, and is high in automation degree.
As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the washing machine comprises a clothes throwing device fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body, the clothes throwing device is provided with a clothes storage chamber capable of storing clothes to be washed, and a control unit of the washing machine can control the clothes throwing device to automatically throw the clothes into the washing machine.
Further, the control unit of the washing machine can control the clothes throwing device to automatically throw clothes into the washing barrel according to the received operation instruction of a user and/or preset throwing time and/or acquired clothes information in the clothes storage cavity of the clothes containing barrel.
In the first working mode, a control button for controlling the clothes throwing device to automatically throw clothes into the washing barrel can be arranged on a control panel of the washing machine, and when a user wants to wash clothes in the clothes containing barrel, the control button can be triggered to control the clothes throwing device to throw clothes into the washing barrel, so that a washing program is carried out.
In the second working mode, the memory of the washing machine stores the preset putting time of the clothes treating and putting device, and the preset putting time can be set manually by a user, for example, the user can set that the clothes putting device automatically puts clothes every other week or two weeks, and a washing program is performed. The user can adjust this preset time of putting in according to actual need, for example can set for every three days in summer, and the clothing is put in the device and is put in once automatically to clothing, carries out a washing procedure, and because the frequency of clothing change in winter is lower in winter, can adjust this interval time to seven days.
In the third working mode, the control unit of the washing machine can automatically control the clothes throwing device to work according to the acquired clothes information in the clothes containing barrel, for example, when the control unit of the washing machine judges that the clothes in the clothes containing barrel reach the set upper limit value of the clothes amount, the control unit can automatically control the clothes throwing device to work, or when the control unit judges that the storage time of the first clothes thrown into the clothes containing barrel exceeds the set time, the control unit of the washing machine automatically controls the clothes throwing device to work, and the clothes in the clothes containing barrel are thrown and washed.
In the practical application process of the washing machine, the three working modes can be simultaneously applied to the washing machine, or any combination of the three working modes can be adopted to be applied to the washing machine, or the washing machine can only work in one working mode.
The clothes throwing device comprises a clothes containing barrel with an opening at one side, a clothes storage cavity is formed in the clothes containing barrel, and a control unit of the washing machine controls a turnover driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate in the vertical direction according to preset throwing time and/or acquired clothes information in the clothes storage cavity, so that underwear in the clothes containing barrel is thrown into the washing barrel.
Further, the clothes information comprises clothes amount information, and a clothes amount detection unit for detecting the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel is arranged on the clothes putting device.
The clothes amount detection unit feeds back the detected information of the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel to a control unit of the washing machine, and when the control unit judges that the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel reaches the set clothes amount, the overturning driving mechanism is controlled to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate according to the set rotation angle, so that the clothes in the clothes containing barrel are put into the washing barrel.
The turnover driving mechanism is a turnover driving motor, and according to the design of a clothes throwing opening of the washing machine, in the clothes throwing process, the control unit controls the turnover driving motor to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate according to a set rotation angle, the clothes containing barrel is taken as an example of a top opening, and the rotation inclination angle of the clothes containing barrel can be set between 120 and 170 degrees, so that an inclination included angle formed between the opening of the clothes containing barrel and the clothes throwing opening at the top of the box body is kept between 10 and 60 degrees, and the clothes can be ensured to be smoothly dumped into the washing barrel.
Further, the clothes amount information may be the volume information of the clothes in the clothes tub, and it may be detected by an infrared sensor or the like disposed on the clothes tub whether the volume of the clothes in the clothes tub reaches a set value of the volume of the clothes tub, for example, when it is detected that the volume ratio of the clothes in the clothes tub to the clothes tub is 4/5, the clothes throwing device may be controlled to work, and the clothes may be thrown into the washing tub.
Further, the clothes amount information comprises weight information of clothes in the clothes containing barrel, the clothes amount detection unit comprises a weight sensor which is arranged on the clothes containing barrel or at the lower end of the limiting guide rail and used for detecting the weight information of the clothes in the clothes containing barrel, and when the control unit judges that the weight of the clothes in the clothes containing barrel reaches the set weight, the clothes throwing device is controlled to automatically throw the clothes into the washing machine.
Preferably, the weight value of the clothes is divided into N gears, each gear corresponds to different washing information, and the control unit judges the gear where the clothes are located according to the obtained weight information of the clothes and controls the washing machine to wash according to the corresponding washing information.
More preferably, the washing information includes water level information and/or washing time information and/or water temperature information and/or detergent dosage information. The weight values of the clothes are divided into multiple gears, and different water levels and/or washing time and/or water temperature and/or detergent input quantity are adopted for the clothes with different gear weights, so that the washing efficiency is higher, and meanwhile, the resource waste is avoided.
Further, the clothes information further comprises clothes storage time information, and a timing unit for acquiring the storage time of clothes in the clothes storage barrel is arranged in the clothes throwing device. The timing unit feeds back the storage time of the first piece of clothes put into the clothes containing barrel to the control unit of the washing machine, and when the control unit judges that the storage time of the first piece of clothes put into the clothes containing barrel exceeds the preset time, the control unit controls the overturning driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate according to the set rotation angle, so that the clothes in the clothes containing barrel are put into the washing barrel. Avoiding the phenomena of peculiar smell or mildew of the clothes caused by the fact that the weight of the clothes in the clothes containing barrel cannot reach a set weight value for a long time.
Further, a material detection unit for detecting the material of the clothes in the clothes containing barrel is arranged in the clothes containing barrel, the material detection unit feeds the detected material information of the clothes back to a control unit of the washing machine, and the control unit controls the washing machine to wash according to different washing programs according to the material information of the clothes fed back by the material detection unit. For example, when it is judged that the laundry is silk-like laundry, the washing machine is controlled to wash the laundry in a gentle washing process, and when it is judged that the laundry is normal-quality laundry, the washing machine is controlled to wash according to a normal washing process.
Preferably, a clothes dirt degree detecting unit for detecting dirt degree of clothes in the clothes containing barrel is further arranged in the clothes containing barrel, the detected clothes dirt degree information is fed back to a control unit of the washing machine by the clothes dirt degree detecting unit, and the control unit controls the washing machine to wash according to different washing programs according to the clothes dirt degree information fed back by the clothes dirt degree detecting unit. For example, when the clothes dirt degree detection unit detects that the dirt degree of clothes in the clothes containing barrel is higher than a set value, the control unit controls the washing machine to wash according to a powerful washing program, and when the dirt degree of clothes in the clothes containing barrel is lower than the set value, the control unit controls the washing machine to wash according to a common washing program.
Further, the clothes throwing device also comprises a lifting driving mechanism which is fixed on the side wall of the box body and used for driving the clothes containing barrel to lift; when the control unit judges that the preset putting time is reached and/or the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel is obtained and reaches the set amount, the lifting driving mechanism drives the clothes containing barrel to move upwards to the set height, and then the overturning driving mechanism is controlled to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate according to the set rotation angle, so that the clothes in the clothes containing barrel are put into the washing barrel.
Further, the clothes containing barrel comprises a first clothes storage chamber for storing light-colored clothes and a second clothes storage chamber for storing dark-colored clothes, wherein a first opening/a second opening for putting in the clothes are respectively formed in the first clothes storage chamber/the second clothes storage chamber, and a first putting cover/a second putting cover capable of being automatically controlled to be opened and closed are respectively arranged on the first opening/the second opening.
The first clothes storage chamber and the second clothes storage chamber are respectively provided with a clothes amount detection unit, when judging that the clothes amount in any clothes storage chamber of the first clothes storage chamber and the second clothes storage chamber reaches the set clothes amount, the clothes throwing device is controlled to throw clothes into the washing barrel, in the throwing process, the throwing cover corresponding to the clothes storage chamber with the clothes quantity reaching the set clothes quantity is controlled to be opened, and the throwing cover of the other throwing chamber is controlled to be kept closed. For example, when the laundry amount detecting unit detects that the laundry amount in the first laundry storage chamber reaches a set value, the laundry throwing device is controlled to throw laundry into the washing tub, and in the throwing process, the first throwing cover on the first laundry storage chamber is controlled to be opened, and the second throwing cover on the second laundry storage chamber is controlled to be closed.
Further, when receiving an operation instruction of a user or judging that the preset putting time is reached or obtaining that the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel is up to the set amount, the control unit of the washing machine controls the upper cover of the washing machine to be automatically opened; and after judging that the clothes are put in, and the clothes containing barrel is reset, controlling the upper cover to be closed, and starting a washing program.
Preferably, after the washing process is finished, the upper cover of the washing machine is controlled to be opened, and after the washing process is finished, the upper cover of the washing machine is automatically opened, so that air in the washing barrel is kept to circulate, and peculiar smell is prevented from being generated.
As shown in fig. 7, the method for automatically putting clothes according to the present embodiment includes the following steps:
s1: judging whether the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel reaches a set clothes amount; if yes, the step S3 is carried out, and if not, the step S2 is carried out;
s2: judging whether the preset delivery time is met, if yes, entering a step S3, and if not, returning to the step S1;
s3: controlling the upper cover of the washing machine to be opened;
s4: controlling a lifting driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to move upwards to a set height;
s5: controlling the overturning driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate according to a set rotation angle, and throwing clothes into the washing barrel;
s6: controlling the overturning driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate to the original angle position;
s7: controlling a lifting driving mechanism to drive the clothes containing barrel to descend to the original height position;
s8: controlling the upper cover of the washing machine to be closed;
s9: the washing machine starts a washing process;
s10: after the washing procedure is finished, the upper cover is controlled to be automatically opened.
According to the method for automatically putting clothes in the washing machine, the clothes amount detection unit can sense the clothes amount in the clothes containing barrel, when the clothes amount reaches the set value, the upper cover of the washing machine can be automatically opened, the clothes putting device is controlled to automatically put clothes in the clothes containing barrel into the washing barrel of the washing machine, then the clothes containing barrel is controlled to restore to the original position, the upper cover is automatically closed by the washing machine, a washing program is automatically carried out, the whole process is not required to be manually operated, the clothes can be collected, put in and washed, the degree of automation is higher, the labor force is greatly reduced, the time is saved, the washing efficiency is higher, and the use experience of a user is greatly improved.
The embodiments in the above examples may be further combined or replaced, and the examples are merely illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention and not intended to limit the spirit and scope of the present invention, and various changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the design concept of the present invention are all within the scope of the present invention.

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1. A washing machine having an automatic laundry putting function, comprising:
a case;
the clothes throwing device is arranged on the side wall of the box body;
the clothes putting device comprises a clothes holding mechanism and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes holding mechanism is provided with a clothes storage cavity capable of storing clothes to be washed, and clothes in the clothes storage cavity are put into a washing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism;
the clothes containing mechanism comprises a clothes containing barrel with an opening at one side, at least one clothes storage cavity is arranged in the clothes containing barrel, the driving mechanism comprises a turnover driving mechanism which is in driving connection with the clothes containing barrel, and the turnover driving mechanism can drive the clothes containing barrel to rotate in the vertical direction to put clothes in the clothes containing barrel into the washing barrel;
the overturning driving mechanism comprises an overturning driving motor arranged on the box body and an overturning shaft fixedly arranged on the outer wall of the clothes containing barrel and in driving connection with the overturning driving motor, the central axis of the overturning shaft is parallel to the side wall of the box body where the clothes throwing device is located, and the overturning driving motor drives the clothes containing barrel to rotate along the overturning shaft.
2. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the turnover shaft comprises a first turnover shaft and a second turnover shaft which are positioned at two sides of the clothes containing barrel, and the turnover driving mechanism comprises a first turnover driving motor and a second turnover driving motor which are respectively connected with the first turnover shaft and the second turnover shaft in a driving mode.
3. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the top of box is provided with the dish seat, be equipped with the clothing on the dish seat and put in the mouth, set up on the box and can the automatic control switching the upper cover of clothing input mouth, one side border of upper cover is rotationally connected with the back lateral wall of box, the clothing is put in the device and is set firmly on the preceding lateral wall relative with the box back lateral wall or set firmly on the left/right side wall that is located the box back lateral wall both sides.
4. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 1, characterized in that:
the driving mechanism further comprises a lifting driving mechanism, the lifting driving mechanism comprises a lifting driving motor fixed on the side wall of the box body and a moving part capable of moving up and down under the driving of the lifting driving motor, and the top end of the moving part is fixedly connected with the shell of the overturning driving motor to drive the clothes containing barrel to move up and down.
5. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 4, wherein:
the motion part is a rack which can move up and down under the drive of the lifting driving motor, a gear which is meshed with the rack for driving is arranged on the output shaft of the lifting driving motor, and the top end of the rack is provided with a fixed connecting part which is connected and fixed with a motor shell of the overturning driving motor.
6. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 5, characterized in that:
the top of the rack is also provided with a rotating support part which is in rotating fit with the overturning shaft on the clothes containing barrel, a rotating shaft hole which is in matching with the overturning shaft is formed in the rotating support part, and the rotating support part is rotatably sleeved on the overturning shaft through the rotating shaft hole.
7. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 5, characterized in that:
a limiting guide rail is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body, the limiting guide rail is arranged along the length direction of the box body, and the rack is limited in the limiting guide rail;
the motor shell of the lifting driving motor is fixedly connected to the top end of the limiting guide rail, an output shaft of the lifting driving motor is meshed with the rack, and the rack can move up and down along the limiting guide rail under the driving of the lifting driving motor.
8. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 5, characterized in that:
the lifting driving mechanism comprises a first rack and a second rack, wherein the top ends of the first rack and the second rack are respectively fixedly connected to the first overturning driving motor and the second overturning driving motor;
the first limit guide rail/the second limit guide rail are fixedly arranged on the side wall of the box body corresponding to the first rack/the second rack; and
and a first lifting driving motor/a second lifting driving motor for driving the first rack/the second rack to move up and down respectively.
9. The washing machine with an automatic laundry putting function according to claim 7, wherein:
the clothes throwing device further comprises a clothes amount detection unit capable of detecting the amount of clothes in the clothes containing barrel, and the clothes amount detection unit comprises a weight sensor arranged on the limiting guide rail and/or the clothes containing barrel.
10. A washing machine with automatic laundry putting function according to any one of claims 2-9, characterized in that:
the clothes containing barrel is provided with rollers capable of rolling along the side wall of the box body on the inner side wall close to the side of the box body, and the clothes containing barrel is in a hollowed-out design or a draining hole is formed in the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel.
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