CN114108262A

CN114108262A - Liquid adding box and clothes treatment device

Info

Publication number: CN114108262A
Application number: CN202010898889.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张颖; 李丹丹; 姚加旺; 盛纯; 郑峰
Original assignee: Hefei Midea Laundry Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hefei Midea Laundry Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-31
Filing date: 2020-08-31
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2040-08-31
Also published as: CN114108262B

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid adding box and a laundry treating apparatus. The liquid adding box comprises a box body, a liquid discharging part and a supporting part which are connected. Wherein, the box body is provided with a liquid outlet; the liquid discharging part is connected with the outer wall of the box body and communicated with the liquid outlet; support piece is connected with the box body, and flowing back spare is located the space that support piece encloses, and support piece can support the box body in order to prevent that the box body from empting. Through the support piece that links to each other with the box body that sets up in the periphery of flowing back spare, can surround flowing back spare in the space that support piece encloses, when needs place the liquid feeding box on the mesa, the flowing back spare can not stretch out beyond the support piece, can provide the support for the box body with the help of support piece. And through reasonable setting support piece, the area of contact of liquid feeding box and mesa can greatly increased makes the liquid feeding box place steadily, effectively reduces the possibility that the liquid feeding box emptys, prevents that the detergent from spilling, has promoted user's use by a wide margin and has experienced.

Description

Liquid adding box and clothes treatment device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment, in particular to a liquid adding box and a clothes treatment device.

Background

Among the correlation technique, washing machine can dismantle and add the liquid box and pass through connecting portion and workstation cooperation, and install on the workstation through connecting portion, connecting portion are protruding from liquid feeding box bottom, have on the workstation with protruding complex recess, through the cooperation of arch and recess, realize installation and weeping, because there is the arch bottom of adding the liquid box, so want to place the liquid feeding box on plane or desktop, the liquid feeding box can take place to empty, and if there is liquid in the liquid feeding box, liquid will spill out, be unfavorable for the user to operate and place the liquid feeding box.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to solving at least one of the technical problems occurring in the prior art.

To this end, an aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a method.

Another aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a method.

In view of the above, according to an aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a charging box including a box body, a drain, and a support member connected to each other. Wherein, the box body is provided with a liquid outlet; the liquid discharging part is connected with the outer wall of the box body and communicated with the liquid outlet; support piece is connected with the box body, and flowing back spare is located the space that support piece encloses, and support piece can support the box body in order to prevent that the box body from empting.

The liquid adding box provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a box body, a liquid discharging part and a supporting part which are connected, wherein the liquid discharging part of the box body at a liquid outlet is connected with a workbench of a clothes processing device, a detergent feeding pipeline communicated with a washing cavity (such as an inner barrel of a pulsator washing machine) is arranged in the workbench, and a detergent contained in the box body enters the detergent feeding pipeline through the liquid outlet and the liquid discharging part and further enters the washing cavity. The detergent can be laundry detergent, softener or disinfectant. For the box body, the drainage part protrudes out of the surface of the box body, so that the surface of the integral structure of the drainage part and the surface of the box body are uneven, the structure of the drainage part is small, and the supporting capacity is limited. Through the support piece that links to each other with the box body that sets up in the periphery of flowing back spare, can surround flowing back spare in the space that support piece encloses, when needs place the liquid feeding box on the mesa, the flowing back spare can not stretch out beyond the support piece, can provide the support for the box body with the help of support piece. And through reasonable setting support piece, the area of contact of liquid feeding box and mesa can greatly increased makes the liquid feeding box place steadily, effectively reduces the possibility that the liquid feeding box emptys, prevents that the detergent from spilling, has promoted user's use by a wide margin and has experienced.

Particularly, the supporting piece and the box body can be integrally formed, so that the connecting strength of the supporting piece and the box body is improved, the phenomenon that the box body is toppled and detergent is spilled due to connection failure is avoided, the processing steps can be simplified, the processing efficiency is improved, the appearance consistency of the liquid adding box can be improved, and the appearance of a product is attractive. The cross-sectional area of the end of the supporting part far away from the box body can be larger than that of the end of the supporting part connected with the box body, so that the contact area of the supporting part and the table top is increased.

In addition, the liquid adding box provided by the technical scheme of the invention also has the following additional technical characteristics:

in one possible design, the support extends in the height direction of the box.

In this design, it is specifically defined that the extending direction of the support is the height direction of the case. One end of the supporting piece is connected with the box body, and the other end of the supporting piece is far away from the box body and extends to be contacted with the table top to play a supporting role. When the liquid adding box is connected with the workbench of the clothes treatment device, in order to ensure that the connecting piece is connected with a detergent feeding pipeline arranged in the workbench, the connecting piece needs to be stretched into the workbench, and the supporting piece surrounds outside the connecting piece, so that the connecting piece can also be stretched into the workbench. The extending direction of the supporting piece is designed to be the height direction of the box body, so that the supporting piece can form a structure which is straight up and straight down, and correspondingly, the installation structure matched with the workbench can also be designed to be a structure which is straight up and straight down. By the design, the liquid adding box can be smoothly placed into and taken out of the workbench, the fit clearance between the liquid adding box and the mounting structure of the workbench can be reduced, a certain limiting effect is achieved, the shaking amplitude of the liquid adding box relative to the workbench can be reduced, the liquid adding box is not easy to separate from the workbench even if the clothes treatment device vibrates, and the reliability of products is guaranteed.

In one possible design, the support member extends from the end connected to the case in the height direction of the case and is inclined in a direction away from or close to the center line of the case.

In this design it is specifically defined that the support member extends in the height direction of the box while being inclined, i.e. at an angle to the height direction. Under the condition, when the supporting piece is in contact with the table top to support the box body, the force borne along the extending direction of the supporting piece can be decomposed into two component forces in the height direction and the horizontal direction, the former can provide support for the box body, and the latter can increase the friction force between the supporting piece and the table top, so that the support stability is improved. Particularly, one end of the support piece, which is not connected with the box body, can incline towards the direction far away from the central line of the box body, namely the support piece inclines outwards, so that the possibility of the liquid adding box tipping can be further reduced, and the stability of the liquid adding box when placed on the table top is improved. The one end that support piece is located the box body and links to each other also can incline towards the direction of being close to the central line of box body, and support piece leanin promptly can reduce the area that adds the liquid box and occupy in the horizontal plane to when installing the liquid feeding box on the workstation, the support piece of leanin can play certain guide effect, the user installation operation of being convenient for. It can be understood that the larger the inclination angle of the support member, the larger the component force in the horizontal direction, and the higher the placement stability of the liquid adding box. However, when the supporting member is inclined outward, in order to ensure smooth taking and placing, the gap between the supporting member and the workbench is increased along with the increase of the inclination angle, and the shaking range of the liquid adding box can be increased, so that the inclination angle of the supporting member can be properly selected to achieve a balanced comprehensive effect.

In one possible design, the number of support members is one, the support members being continuously distributed around the centre line of the cassette.

In this design, the number of supports may be particularly one, making the structure compact. At the moment, the supporting pieces are continuously distributed around the center line of the box body, so that on one hand, all directions around the box body can be reliably supported. On the other hand, the supporting piece is bent along the direction around the central line of the box body, so that the contact area between the liquid adding box and the table top can be increased. These effects all help guaranteeing to add the liquid box when placing on the mesa reliable and stable, have promoted user's use experience by a wide margin.

In one possible design, the number of supports is at least two, all of which are spaced about the centre line of the cassette.

In the design, the number of the supporting pieces can be two or more, and the supporting pieces are distributed at intervals around the center line of the box body, so that on one hand, the material consumption of the supporting pieces can be reduced, the whole weight of the liquid adding box is favorably reduced, and the production cost is reduced. On the other hand, the installation structure of the workbench can also be designed into a plurality of spaced structures, which is helpful to reduce the damage to the structural integrity of the workbench and improve the structural reliability of the clothes treatment device applying the liquid adding box.

In one possible design, the case body is further provided with a liquid injection port, which is far away from the liquid outlet.

In this design, it has specifically been limited to still be provided with at the position that the box body is kept away from the liquid outlet and annotate the liquid mouth to the user pours into the detergent into through annotating the liquid mouth. Correspondingly, the liquid discharging piece is also far away from the liquid injection port, so that the detergent can be further prevented from being spilled through the liquid injection port. Specifically, annotate liquid mouth and liquid outlet and can be located the box both ends that deviate from mutually respectively, for example annotate the liquid mouth on the box body top, the liquid outlet is in the box body bottom, and support piece corresponding setting is in the box body bottom. At the moment, the distance between the liquid injection port and the liquid outlet is as large as possible, the setting height of the liquid injection port can be fully increased, the capacity of the box body is increased, the liquid injection box can be placed on the table top by a user to be refilled with the detergent, and the operation of the user is facilitated.

According to another aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a laundry treating apparatus including a table and a feeding box according to any one of the above technical aspects, wherein the table is provided with a mounting groove, and the feeding box is located in the mounting groove. The mounting groove can provide reliable mounting space for the liquid feeding box. The clothes treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the liquid adding box, so that the clothes treatment device has all the beneficial technical effects of the liquid adding box, and the details are not repeated. In particular, the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine, such as a pulsator washing machine, as well as a drum washing machine.

In addition, according to the clothes treatment device provided by the above technical scheme of the invention, the clothes treatment device further has the following additional technical characteristics:

in one possible design, the mounting groove includes a first mounting groove and a second mounting groove, the second mounting groove being recessed from a bottom wall of the first mounting groove toward the inside of the table. At least one part of the box body is positioned in the first mounting groove, and the supporting piece is positioned in the second mounting groove.

In this design, it is specifically defined that the mounting groove includes a first mounting groove and a second mounting groove provided in a bottom wall of the first mounting groove. The liquid feeding box comprises a box body and a supporting piece connected with the box body, the supporting piece protrudes out of the outer wall of the box body, correspondingly, the protruding supporting piece can be arranged in the second mounting groove, one part of the box body close to the supporting piece is arranged in the first mounting groove, and stable mounting of the liquid feeding box is achieved. It can be understood that the box body is not required to be completely positioned in the first mounting groove, namely, a part of the box body extends out of the first mounting groove, namely, extends out of the workbench, on one hand, the box body can be used for holding the extending part to take and place the liquid adding box, on the other hand, the depth of the first mounting groove can be reduced, the damage to the structural integrity of the workbench can be reduced, and the structural reliability of the clothes treatment device can be improved.

In one possible design, the number of the second mounting grooves is equal to the number of the supporting pieces and corresponds to one.

In this design, through the second mounting groove that sets up the quantity equal thereto according to the quantity of support piece, can reduce the fit clearance between second mounting groove and the support piece on the one hand, help promoting the spacing reliability of installation. On the other hand, especially for the condition that the number of the supporting pieces is two or more, the second mounting groove is not formed at the part where the supporting piece is not arranged, so that the damage to the structural integrity of the workbench is reduced, and the structural reliability of the clothes treatment device applying the liquid adding box is improved.

In one possible design, the support comprises a first support and a second support, the first support is spaced from the drain by a distance greater than the second support; the second mounting groove comprises a first groove and a second groove, the first groove is matched with the first supporting piece, and the second supporting piece and the liquid discharging piece are located in the second groove.

In the design, when the number of the supporting members of one liquid adding box is at least two, all the supporting members can be divided according to the size of the distance between the supporting member and the liquid discharging member, one supporting member closest to the liquid discharging member is defined as a second supporting member, and the other supporting members are defined as first supporting members. Accordingly, the second mounting groove is also divided into a first groove for mounting the first support, and a second groove for mounting the second support and the drain. Because only the first supporting piece is arranged in the first groove, the fit clearance between the first groove and the second groove can be reduced, and the positioning reliability of the first supporting piece is improved. The second groove can provide the mounting position for the liquid discharging part, on one hand, the mounting position does not need to be reserved for the liquid discharging part in the first mounting groove, the first mounting groove can be matched with the box body, and the reliable positioning of the box body is ensured. In another aspect, the first and second slots are of substantially different sizes to facilitate user installation alignment. Specifically, the number of the first supporting members may be at least one, the number of the second supporting members may be only one, the number of the first grooves may be equal to or less than the number of the first supporting members, and the number of the second grooves may be one. Further, can set up in the second groove and dodge the mouth to supply the detergent to put in the pipeline and pass through, dodge the mouth and specifically can set up the diapire at the second groove. It will be appreciated that when the support member, the drainage member and at least a portion of the housing are integrally located in a mounting channel, the bottom wall of the mounting channel is provided with an access opening.

In a possible design, a connecting piece is arranged in the mounting groove and detachably connected with the liquid feeding box.

In this design, the side wall of the mounting groove cooperates with the support member to better guide and position the filling box in the horizontal direction. The connecting piece detachably connected with the liquid adding box is arranged in the mounting groove, so that the liquid adding box can be positioned in the vertical direction, and the liquid adding box is prevented from falling off and being damaged when the clothes treatment device vibrates; on the other hand, the liquid adding box can be conveniently disassembled and assembled. Specifically, the connector is a snap.

In a possible design, the number of the connecting pieces is at least two, the mounting groove comprises a first side wall and a second side wall which are arranged oppositely, at least one connecting piece is arranged on the first side wall of the mounting groove, and at least one connecting piece is arranged on the second side wall of the mounting groove.

In this design, through set up the connecting piece respectively on two lateral walls that the mounting groove is relative and establish, can connect spacingly to the corresponding both sides of liquid feeding box, the reliable and stable of connection can fully be guaranteed, and the liquid feeding box breaks away from when avoiding the vibration of clothing processing apparatus and damages.

In a possible design, the number of the liquid adding boxes is at least one, the number of the mounting grooves is equal to that of the liquid adding boxes, and one liquid adding box is positioned in one mounting groove.

In this design, the laundry treatment apparatus may comprise at least one dosing box to enable automatic dosing of a corresponding amount of detergent. The quantity of mounting groove can equal with the quantity of liquid feeding box to realize the one-to-one and install, promote the stability of installation. Specifically, a plurality of mounting grooves can be adjacently arranged so as to realize the centralized arrangement of the liquid adding box in the clothes treatment device, and the use by a user is convenient.

Additional aspects and advantages in accordance with 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 shows a schematic structural view of a liquid addition cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of a fluid-dispensing cartridge according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a fluid-dispensing cartridge according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partial structural view illustrating a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a workbench according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 illustrates a partial sectional view of a laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 6 is:

100 liquid adding boxes, 100a laundry detergent boxes, 100b softener boxes, 110 box bodies, 111 liquid outlets, 112 liquid injecting ports, 120 liquid discharging parts, 130 supporting parts, 131 first supporting parts, 132 second supporting parts, 140 cover bodies, 150 perspective windows, 200 workbenches, 210 installation grooves, 211 first installation grooves, 212 second installation grooves, 213 first grooves, 214 second grooves, 215 avoiding ports, 216 first side walls, 217 second side walls and 220 connecting parts.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

The liquid adding box 100 and the laundry treating apparatus provided according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, an embodiment of an aspect of the present invention provides a refill cartridge 100 including a cartridge body 110, a drain 120, and a support 130 connected thereto. Wherein, the box body 110 is provided with a liquid outlet 111. The outer wall of the liquid outlet 111 of the box body 110 is connected with a liquid discharging part 120, and the liquid discharging part 120 is communicated with the liquid outlet 111. The supporting member 130 is supported at the bottom of the case 110 to prevent the case 110 from falling. The support 130 is coupled to the case 110 while enclosing an accommodating space to enclose the support 130 therein.

The liquid adding box 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a box body 110, a liquid discharging part 120 and a supporting part 130 which are connected, wherein the box body 110 is connected with a workbench 200 of a clothes treatment device through the liquid discharging part 120 at a liquid outlet 111, a detergent feeding pipeline communicated with a washing cavity (such as an inner barrel of a pulsator washing machine) is arranged in the workbench 200, and a detergent contained in the box body 110 enters the detergent feeding pipeline through the liquid outlet 111 and the liquid discharging part 120 and then enters the washing cavity. The detergent can be laundry detergent, softener or disinfectant. Compared with the box body 110, the drainage member 120 protrudes from the surface of the box body 110, so that the overall structural surfaces of the drainage member and the box body 110 are uneven, and the drainage member 120 has a small structure and limited supporting capability. By arranging the supporting member 130 connected to the box body 110 at the periphery of the drainage member 120, the drainage member 120 can be enclosed in the space enclosed by the supporting member 130, and when the refill cartridge 100 is required to be placed on a table, the drainage member 120 does not protrude out of the supporting member 130, and the supporting member 130 can be used to support the box body 110. And through reasonable setting of the supporting piece 130, the contact area between the liquid adding box 100 and the table top can be greatly increased, so that the liquid adding box 100 is stably placed, the possibility of the liquid adding box 100 falling is effectively reduced, the detergent is prevented from spilling, and the use experience of a user is greatly improved.

Specifically, the supporting member 130 is located at the bottom of the case 110 and connected to the outer sidewall of the case 110, that is, the supporting member 130 extends downward from the bottom circumference of the case 110, and the end of the supporting member 130 that is not connected to the case 110 is located in the same horizontal plane, so as to realize stable support. The supporting member 130 can be integrally formed with the box body 110, which not only helps to improve the connection strength between the box body and the box body 110, and prevent the box body 110 from toppling and spilling detergent due to connection failure, but also can simplify the processing steps, improve the processing efficiency, and improve the appearance consistency of the liquid feeding box 100, so that the product has an attractive appearance. The cross-sectional area of the end of the support member 130 remote from the case 110 may also be larger than the cross-sectional area of the end of the support member 130 connected to the case 110, which may help to increase the contact area of the support member 130 with the table.

Specifically, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the extending direction of the supporting member 130 is the height direction of the box body 110. One end of the supporting member 130 is connected to the box body 110, and the other end thereof extends away from the box body 110 and can contact with the table top to support the table top. When the liquid adding box 100 is connected to the work table 200 of the laundry treating apparatus, in order to ensure that the connecting member 220 is connected to the detergent feeding pipe provided in the work table 200, the connecting member 220 is inserted into the work table 200, and the supporting member 130 surrounds the connecting member 220 and thus is inserted into the work table 200. By designing the extending direction of the supporting member 130 to be the height direction of the case 110, the supporting member 130 can be formed to be a straight-up-and-down structure, and accordingly, the installation structure with which the working table 200 is engaged can also be designed to be a straight-up-and-down structure. By the design, the liquid adding box 100 can be smoothly placed into the workbench 200 and smoothly taken out of the workbench 200, the fit clearance of the mounting structure of the liquid adding box 100 and the workbench 200 can be reduced, a certain limiting effect can be achieved, the shaking amplitude of the liquid adding box 100 relative to the workbench 200 can be reduced, the liquid adding box 100 is not easy to separate from the workbench 200 even if the clothes processing device vibrates, and the reliability of products is guaranteed.

Specifically, in other embodiments, the supporting member 130 extends from an end connected to the case 110 in a height direction of the case 110, and is inclined in a direction away from or close to a center line of the case 110. At this time, the supporting member 130 is inclined while extending in the height direction of the cartridge body 110, i.e., has an angle with the height direction. In this case, when the supporting member 130 contacts with the table top to support the box body 110, the force applied along the extending direction of the supporting member 130 can be decomposed into two components in the height direction and the horizontal direction, the former can provide support for the box body 110, and the latter can increase the friction force between the supporting member 130 and the table top, thereby improving the support stability. Specifically, the end of the supporting member 130 not connected to the box body 110 may be inclined toward a direction away from the center line of the box body 110, that is, the supporting member 130 is inclined outward, which may further reduce the possibility of the filling box 100 tipping, and improve the stability of the filling box 100 when placed on a table. The end of the supporting member 130 connected to the box body 110 may also be inclined toward a direction close to the center line of the box body 110, that is, the supporting member 130 is inclined inward, which may reduce the area occupied by the fluid adding box 100 in the horizontal plane, and when the fluid adding box 100 is mounted on the work table 200, the supporting member 130 inclined inward may play a certain role in guiding, which is convenient for the user to mount and operate. It will be appreciated that the greater the angle of inclination of the support 130, the greater the horizontal component and the greater the stability of the cartridge 100. However, when the supporting member 130 is inclined outward, in order to ensure smooth taking and placing, the gap between the supporting member 130 and the worktable 200 is increased along with the increase of the inclination angle, which may increase the shaking range of the liquid feeding cassette 100, so that the inclination angle of the supporting member 130 may be properly selected to achieve a balanced comprehensive effect.

In particular, in some embodiments, the number of the supporting members 130 may be particularly one, so that the structure is concise. At this time, the supporting members 130 are continuously distributed around the center line of the box 110, so that reliable support can be ensured in all directions around the box 110. On the other hand, the support member 130 is bent in a direction around the center line of the box body 110, so that the contact area between the liquid adding box 100 and the table top can be increased. These effects all help to ensure that the liquid adding box 100 is stable and reliable when placed on a table top, and the use experience of a user is greatly improved.

Specifically, in other embodiments, the number of the supporting members 130 may be two or more as shown in fig. 2, and the supporting members are spaced around the center line of the box body 110, so that on one hand, the material consumption of the supporting members 130 can be reduced, which is helpful for reducing the overall weight of the liquid adding box 100 and reducing the production cost. On the other hand, the installation structure of the work table 200 can be designed into a plurality of spaced structures, which helps to reduce the damage to the structural integrity of the work table 200 and improve the structural reliability of the clothes treatment device using the liquid adding box 100. At this time, as shown in fig. 1, the single supporter 130 may also be bent in a direction around the center line of the case 110.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, a liquid injection port 112 is further provided at a position of the case 110 away from the liquid outlet 111, so that a user can inject the detergent through the liquid injection port 112. Accordingly, the drain member 120 is also away from the pouring outlet 112, and the detergent can be further prevented from spilling through the pouring outlet 112. Specifically, the liquid injection port 112 and the liquid outlet port 111 may be respectively located at two ends of the box body 110, which are away from each other, for example, the liquid injection port 112 is located at the top end of the box body 110, the liquid outlet port 111 is located at the bottom end of the box body 110, and the supporting member 130 is correspondingly located at the bottom end of the box body 110. At this time, the distance between the liquid inlet 112 and the liquid outlet 111 is as large as possible, which not only can fully increase the installation height of the liquid inlet 112 and increase the capacity of the case body 110, but also enables the user to place the liquid adding case 100 on the table top and refill the detergent, thereby facilitating the user operation. The liquid adding box 100 further comprises a cover body 140 covering the liquid injection port 112, and when the cover body 140 is opened, the detergent can be poured into the liquid adding box 100, and foreign matters can be prevented from entering the liquid adding box 100.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a transparent window 150 is disposed on a side surface of the box body 110 of the liquid adding box 100, and particularly, may be disposed on a side surface facing a user, that is, a front side surface of the box body 110, so that the user can clearly see the remaining amount of the detergent in the liquid adding box 100, the operation by the user is facilitated, and the use satisfaction of the user is improved.

An embodiment of another aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus comprising a table 200 and the feeding box 100 according to any of the above embodiments, wherein the table 200 is provided with a mounting groove 210, and the feeding box 100 is located in the mounting groove 210. The mounting groove 210 provides a reliable mounting space for the refill cartridge 100. The clothes treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the liquid adding box 100, so that the clothes treatment device has all the beneficial technical effects of the liquid adding box 100, and the details are not repeated herein. In particular, the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine, such as a pulsator washing machine, as well as a drum washing machine.

Specifically, regarding the number of the mounting grooves 210 and the charging boxes 100, in some embodiments, the number of the charging boxes 100 is at least one, the number of the mounting grooves 210 is equal to the number of the charging boxes 100, and one charging box 100 is located in one mounting groove 210. The laundry treating apparatus may include at least one liquid adding box 100 to realize automatic dispensing of a corresponding amount of detergent, for example, as shown in fig. 4, a laundry liquid box 100a is provided at the left side, and a conditioner box 100b is provided at the right side, both of which can be independently detached. The number of the mounting grooves 210 can be equal to the number of the liquid adding boxes 100, and one liquid adding box 100 is positioned in one mounting groove 210, so that one-to-one corresponding mounting is realized, and the mounting stability is improved. Specifically, the plurality of mounting grooves 210 may be adjacently disposed to realize a centralized arrangement of the liquid adding box 100 in the laundry treating apparatus, which is convenient for a user to use. It can be understood that when the number of the mounting slots 210 is two or more, the specific structure of each mounting slot 210 may be different, so as to improve the flexibility of the structure and meet different mounting requirements.

In other embodiments, the number of mounting slots 210 may be smaller than the number of fluid-feeding cartridges 100, i.e., at least two fluid-feeding cartridges 100 share one mounting slot 210, so as to simplify the structure. This is also an implementation of the present invention.

As for the specific structure of the mounting groove 210, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, taking the mounting scheme of the laundry liquid box 100a as an example, in some embodiments, the mounting groove 210 includes a first mounting groove 211 and a second mounting groove 212 disposed at the bottom wall of the first mounting groove 211, such that the first mounting groove 211 and the second mounting groove 212 communicate with each other. At least a portion of the case 110 is positioned in the first mounting groove 211, and the support 130 is positioned in the second mounting groove 212. The liquid feeding cassette 100 comprises a cassette body 110 and a supporting member 130 connected with the cassette body 110, wherein the supporting member 130 protrudes from the outer wall of the cassette body 110, and accordingly, the protruding supporting member 130 can be disposed in the second mounting groove 212, and a portion of the cassette body 110 close to the supporting member 130 is disposed in the first mounting groove 211, thereby achieving stable mounting of the liquid feeding cassette 100. It can be understood that the case body 110 is not necessarily completely located in the first mounting groove 211, that is, a portion of the case body 110 extends out of the first mounting groove 211, that is, extends out of the work table 200, on one hand, the case body can be used for conveniently holding the extended portion to pick and place the liquid adding box 100, on the other hand, the depth of the first mounting groove 211 can be reduced, which helps to reduce damage to the structural integrity of the work table 200 and improve the structural reliability of the laundry treating apparatus.

Specifically, the number of the second mounting grooves 212 is equal to and corresponds to the number of the supporting members 130. By providing the number of the second mounting grooves 212 equal to the number of the supporting members 130, the fitting gap between the second mounting grooves 212 and the supporting members 130 can be reduced, which contributes to the improvement of the reliability of mounting limitation. On the other hand, especially for the case that the number of the supporting members 130 is two or more, the second mounting groove 212 may not be formed at the position where the supporting member 130 is not provided, which is helpful to reduce the damage to the structural integrity of the working table 200 and improve the structural reliability of the laundry treating apparatus to which the refill cartridge 100 is applied.

In other embodiments, the number of the second mounting grooves 212 is less than the number of the supporting members 130, i.e., there is one second mounting groove 212 in which at least two supporting members 130 are accommodated, i.e., there is a case where at least two supporting members 130 share one second mounting groove 212, so that the flexibility of the arrangement of the mounting groove 210 can be improved.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, the support 130 includes a first support 131 and a second support 132, and the distance between the first support 131 and the drain 120 is greater than the distance between the second support 132 and the drain 120; as shown in fig. 5, the second mounting groove 212 includes a first groove 213 and a second groove 214, as shown in fig. 6, the first groove 213 is adapted to the first support 131, and the second support 132 and the drainage member 120 are located in the second groove 214. When the number of the supporting members 130 of one fluid-adding cartridge 100 is at least two, all the supporting members 130 may be divided according to the distance between the supporting members 130 and the fluid-discharging member 120, and one supporting member 130 closest to the fluid-discharging member 120 is defined as a second supporting member 132, and the other supporting members 130 are defined as first supporting members 131. Accordingly, the second mounting groove 212 is also divided into a first groove 213 for mounting the first support 131, and a second groove 214 for mounting the second support 132 and the drain 120. Since only the first support 131 is disposed in the first groove 213, the fit clearance between the first support and the second support can be reduced, which is helpful for improving the positioning reliability of the first support 131. The second groove 214 can provide a mounting position for the drainage member 120, on one hand, the mounting position for the drainage member 120 does not need to be reserved in the first mounting groove 211, and the first mounting groove 211 can be adapted to the box body 110, thereby ensuring the reliable positioning of the box body 110. On the other hand, the first slot 213 is significantly different in size from the second slot 214, which may facilitate user installation alignment. Specifically, the number of the first supports 131 may be at least one, the number of the second supports 132 is only one, the number of the first slots 213 may be less than or equal to the number of the first supports 131, and the number of the second slots 214 is one. Further, as shown in fig. 6, an avoiding port 215 may be disposed in the second groove 214 for the detergent feeding pipeline to pass through, and the avoiding port 215 may be particularly disposed on the bottom wall of the second groove 214.

In other embodiments, a third installation groove 210 for accommodating the drainage member 120 may be separately provided on the bottom wall of the first groove 213 avoiding the second groove 214, and similarly to the second groove 214, the third installation groove 210 is also provided with an avoiding opening for the detergent feeding pipeline to pass through.

Regarding the specific structure of the mounting groove 210, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, taking the mounting scheme of the conditioner box 100b as an example, in other embodiments, the support member 130, the drainage member 120 and at least a portion of the box body 110 (i.e. the portion close to the support member 130) are integrally located in one mounting groove 210, which means that the mounting groove 210 only includes one first mounting groove 211, and the second mounting groove 212 is not provided. It will be appreciated that, as shown in FIG. 6, an escape opening 215 may be provided in the bottom wall of the mounting slot 210.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, a connector 220 is disposed in the mounting groove 210, and the connector 220 is detachably connected to the charging box 100. The side walls of the mounting groove 210 cooperate with the support 130 to provide a better guidance and positioning of the refill cartridge 100 in the horizontal direction. By arranging the connecting piece 220 detachably connected with the liquid adding box 100 in the mounting groove 210, on one hand, the liquid adding box 100 can be positioned in the vertical direction, and the liquid adding box 100 is prevented from being separated and damaged when the clothes treatment device vibrates; on the other hand, the liquid adding box 100 can be conveniently disassembled and assembled. Specifically, the connector 220 is a snap.

Specifically, the number of the connection members 220 is at least two, the mounting groove 210 includes a first side wall 216 and a second side wall 217 opposite to each other, at least one connection member 220 is located on the first side wall 216 of the mounting groove 210, and at least one connection member 220 is located on the second side wall 217 of the mounting groove 210. The connecting pieces 220 are arranged on the two opposite side walls of the mounting groove 210 respectively, so that the corresponding two sides of the liquid adding box 100 can be connected and limited, the connection stability and reliability can be fully guaranteed, and the liquid adding box 100 is prevented from being separated and damaged when the clothes treatment device vibrates. For example, as shown in fig. 5, a connecting member 220 is disposed on each of the first side wall 216 and the second side wall 217. At this time, the two corresponding sidewalls of the liquid adding box 100 may be disposed to be capable of cooperating with the connecting member 220 to realize a detachable connection structure, for example, when the connecting member 220 is a buckle, a slot may be disposed on the sidewall of the liquid adding box 100 to cooperate with the buckle. It is also contemplated that a snap groove may be provided in the mounting groove 210 and a snap may be provided on the sidewall of the refill cartridge 100. Other structures which can realize the detachable connection are also the realization modes of the invention.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "connect", "mount", "fix", and the like are to be understood in a broad sense, for example, "connect" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means 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.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Filling box (100), characterized in that said filling box (100) comprises:

the box body (110), the box body (110) is provided with a liquid outlet (111);

the liquid discharging part (120), the liquid discharging part (120) is connected with the outer wall of the box body (110), and the liquid discharging part (120) is communicated with the liquid outlet (111); and

the support piece (130), the support piece (130) is connected with the box body (110), the liquid discharging piece (120) is positioned in a space enclosed by the support piece (130), and the support piece (130) can support the box body (110) to prevent the box body (110) from toppling.

2. Refill cartridge (100) according to claim 1,

the support (130) extends along the height direction of the box body (110); or

The supporting member (130) extends from one end connected with the box body (110) along the height direction of the box body (110) and inclines towards the direction far away from or close to the central line of the box body (110).

3. Refill cartridge (100) according to claim 1,

the number of the supporting pieces (130) is one, and the supporting pieces (130) are continuously distributed around the center line of the box body (110); or

The number of the supporting pieces (130) is at least two, and all the supporting pieces (130) are distributed at intervals around the center line of the box body (110).

4. Refill cartridge (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

the box body (110) is further provided with a liquid injection port (112), and the liquid injection port (112) is far away from the liquid outlet (111).

5. A laundry treating apparatus, characterized in that the laundry treating apparatus comprises:

the workbench (200), the workbench (200) is provided with a mounting groove (210); and

the cartridge (100) according to any of claims 1 to 4, said cartridge (100) being located in said mounting groove (210).

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the mounting groove (210) includes:

a first mounting groove (211), at least a portion of the case body (110) being located in the first mounting groove (211); and

a second mounting groove (212), the second mounting groove (212) being recessed from a bottom wall of the first mounting groove (211) toward an inside of the work table (200), the support member (130) being located in the second mounting groove (212).

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6,

the number of the second mounting grooves (212) is equal to that of the supporting pieces (130) and corresponds to one.

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6,

the support (130) comprises a first support (131) and a second support (132), the first support (131) being spaced from the drain (120) by a greater distance than the second support (132) being spaced from the drain (120);

the second mounting groove (212) comprises a first groove (213) and a second groove (214), the first groove (213) is matched with the first supporting piece (131), and the second supporting piece (132) and the liquid discharging piece (120) are positioned in the second groove (214).

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8,

a connecting piece (220) is arranged in the mounting groove (210), and the connecting piece (220) is detachably connected with the liquid adding box (100).

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 9,

the number of the connecting pieces (220) is at least two, the mounting groove (210) comprises a first side wall (216) and a second side wall (217) which are arranged oppositely, at least one connecting piece (220) is positioned on the first side wall (216) of the mounting groove (210), and at least one connecting piece (220) is positioned on the second side wall (217) of the mounting groove (210).

11. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8,

the number of the liquid adding boxes (100) is at least one, the number of the mounting grooves (210) is equal to that of the liquid adding boxes (100), and one liquid adding box (100) is positioned in one mounting groove (210).