CN116103893A - Washing machine upper cover and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a washing machine upper cover and a washing machine, wherein the lower surface of the washing machine upper cover is provided with two supported surfaces which are positioned on different height surfaces, the first supported surface is lower than the second supported surface, and the first supported surface is close to or far from the center of the upper cover relative to the second supported surface. By arranging the supported surfaces positioned in different height surfaces on the lower surface of the upper cover, different positions of the upper cover can be supported by the lower control panel seat, and the upper cover can be effectively supported by a plurality of different positions after being buckled on the control panel seat, so that the supporting stability of the upper cover is greatly improved, and the vibration of the upper cover in the running process of the washing machine is effectively avoided. Simultaneously, the lower surface of the periphery of the upper cover is provided with two circles of supported surfaces with different heights, so that the upper cover can be connected with the control panel seat through a plurality of different supported surfaces after being closed.

Description

Washing machine upper cover and washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines, and particularly relates to an upper cover arranged on a control panel seat of a washing machine, and a washing machine with the upper cover.

Background

The full-automatic washing machine generally comprises a washing machine box body, a control panel seat, an outer barrel, an inner barrel, a pulsator, a transmission system and the like, wherein the control panel seat is arranged at the upper part of the washing machine box body and is generally formed by injection molding of high-strength plastics such as PP, ABS and the like, and a control panel (generally arranged at the front side or the rear side of the top of the control panel seat) is arranged at the upper part of the control panel seat. The control panel seat is mainly used for fixing and installing control elements, namely electric parts such as a computer board, a water level switch, a power switch, a micro switch, a reed switch, a safety switch, a stop switch, a water inlet valve and the like, and can also be provided with parts such as a water inlet, a disinfection box, a driver and the like for injecting water into the barrel.

Generally, a clothes putting opening for putting clothes into a barrel arranged in a box body is arranged in the middle of a control panel seat, and an upper cover capable of correspondingly opening and closing the clothes putting opening is arranged at the top of the control panel seat.

In the running process of the washing machine, the upper cover is correspondingly buckled above the control panel seat, the lower surface of the upper cover is contacted with the upper surface of the control panel seat, and the control panel seat supports the upper cover, so that the upper cover is correspondingly buckled with the clothes throwing opening and is lapped above the control panel seat. In the running process of the washing machine, the upper cover arranged above the control panel seat can vibrate due to shaking caused by rotation of the inner barrel, the pulsator and other parts, so that the washing machine generates larger noise in running.

In addition, when the upper cover is buckled on the control panel seat, a certain gap is generated at the joint of the upper cover and the control panel seat, and how to shade and seal the gap at the joint of the upper cover and the control panel seat becomes the technical problem to be solved urgently.

In view of this, the present invention has been made.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problems of overcoming the defects of the prior art and providing the upper cover of the washing machine so as to form a stable support between the upper cover and the lower control panel seat when the upper cover is closed, thereby achieving the purposes of reducing the shaking of the upper cover and reducing the running noise of the washing machine when the washing machine is running. Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine, so as to achieve the purpose of shielding the gap where the upper cover and the control panel seat are connected.

In order to achieve the aim of the invention, the invention adopts the following basic conception of the technical scheme:

the present invention provides a washing machine,

the upper cover of the washing machine has two supported surfaces in different height, and the first supported surface is lower than the second supported surface and is set near to or far from the center of the upper cover.

Further, the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface are/is used for contacting and supporting with the upper surface of the lower control disc seat.

Further, the outer Zhou Goucheng of the upper cover is provided with a second supported surface, a lower protruding part protruding downwards is arranged on one side of the second supported surface close to the center of the door cover, and the lower surface of the lower protruding part forms a first supported surface.

Further, the upper cover comprises a cover plate, and a frame is arranged on the periphery of the cover plate; the inner periphery of the lower surface of the frame is provided with a lower convex part, and the lower surface of the lower convex part forms a first supported surface; the outer peripheral side of the lower surface of the frame is higher than the lower convex part to form a second supported surface.

Further, the frame comprises an upper decoration piece and a lower fixing piece which are stacked up and down; the upper decorating part is fixed on the cover plate, and the lower fixing part is arranged on the upper decorating part and/or the cover plate; or the lower fixing piece is fixed with the cover plate, and the upper decorating piece is clamped and fixed between the lower fixing piece and the cover plate.

Further, the upper decoration piece comprises a fixed plane part, a fixed plane part and a fixed plane part, wherein the fixed plane part is positioned at the lower side of the periphery of the cover plate, and the upper surface of the fixed plane part is attached to the cover plate; the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part is positioned at the periphery of the cover plate, and the upper surface of the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part and the upper surface of the periphery of the cover plate are positioned on the same plane; preferably, the upper surface of the outer peripheral decorative part and the upper surface of the outer periphery of the cover plate are located in the same inclined plane which is inclined outwards and downwards; further preferably, a plurality of grooves and/or ribs extending along the contour line of the upper cover are arranged on the inclined plane.

Further, the lower fixing piece is a strip-shaped plate with two ends bent upwards, the inner peripheral bent end of the lower fixing piece extends upwards to the lower surface of the cover plate and is attached to the inner peripheral side wall of the upper decorating piece, the outer peripheral bent end of the lower fixing piece extends upwards to the lower surface of the outer peripheral decorating part of the upper decorating piece and is clamped in a slot between the lower bent part of the outer peripheral side of the outer peripheral decorating part and a boss at the joint of the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral decorating part and the fixing plane part; preferably, the lower fixing piece and the upper decoration piece jointly enclose a hollow cavity; further preferably, the lower surface of the lower fixing member forms a second supported surface, and at least part of the second supported surface is a plane.

Further, the apron is square, and the frame corresponds in the periphery department of square apron front side, left side, right side at least.

Further, a sealing part is arranged on the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface of the upper cover; preferably, at least one sealing strip is arranged on the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface of the upper cover.

The invention also provides a washing machine, which comprises a control panel seat, wherein the upper cover as described above is arranged above the control panel seat, and the control panel seat supports the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface on the lower surface of the upper cover.

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

by arranging the supported surfaces positioned in different height surfaces on the lower surface of the upper cover, different positions of the upper cover can be supported by the lower control panel seat, and the upper cover can be effectively supported by a plurality of different positions after being buckled on the control panel seat, so that the supporting stability of the upper cover is greatly improved, and the vibration of the upper cover in the running process of the washing machine is effectively avoided. Meanwhile, the lower surface of the periphery of the upper cover is provided with two circles of supported surfaces with high outer ring and low inner ring, so that the upper cover can be connected with the control panel seat through a plurality of different supported surfaces after being closed.

Meanwhile, the invention has simple structure, simple method and obvious effect and is suitable for popularization and use.

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

Drawings

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

fig. 1 is a schematic view showing a structure of a closed state of an upper cover of a washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of a closed state of an upper cover of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of A-A of FIG. 2 in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at C of FIG. 3 in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of B-B of FIG. 2 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at D of FIG. 5 in an embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic views of an exploded view of the upper cover and control housing from different perspectives in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a structure in which an upper cover of a washing machine is opened in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at E of FIG. 9 in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at F of FIG. 9 in an embodiment of the invention; the method comprises the steps of carrying out a first treatment on the surface of the

Fig. 12 is a schematic top view illustrating an opened state of an upper cover of a washing machine in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of J-J of FIG. 12 in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the K-K of FIG. 12 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

The main elements in the figure are illustrated: 100. an upper cover; 200. a control panel seat; 300. a rotating shaft; 400. a stopper; 500. a water box; 600. a case; 700. a base; 1. a body; 2. a clothes putting port; 3. a first support surface; 4. a second support surface; 5. a protruding portion; 6. a guide slope; 7. a mounting groove; 8. a peripheral wall; 9. a notch; 10. a lower protruding part; 11. a first supported surface; 12. a second supported surface; 13. a recess; 14. a transition curved surface; 15. an arc-shaped curved surface; 51. a top surface; 52. a transitional arc curved surface; 53. a declined curved surface; 101. a cover plate; 102. a frame; 103. an upper decoration; 104. a lower fixing member; 105. a shielding plate; 106. fixing the plane part; 107. an outer Zhou Zhuangshi part; 108. a groove; 109. a slot; 121. a downward bending portion; 122. a step; 123. a hollow chamber; 81. a front semicircular segment; 82. a rear straight line segment; 83. a left connecting curve section; 84. a right connecting curve section; 85. a vertical surface; 86. an opening; 87. an outer end surface.

It should be noted that these drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept to those skilled in the art by referring to the specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

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.

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, an embodiment of the present invention describes a washing machine, which includes,

the case 600 is formed in a cylindrical shape extending up and down;

the base 700 is installed at the lower part of the cylindrical case 600 to support the case 600, and the lower part is installed with feet protruding downward from the ground to contact with the ground;

the control panel seat 200 is buckled at the top of the cylindrical box body 600, and the middle part is provided with a clothes putting opening 1;

the upper cover 100 is installed on the control panel seat 200 and can be turned upwards to open or close, and correspondingly closes or opens the clothes putting opening 1 arranged on the control panel seat 200.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the inside of the case 600 is also provided with a part for washing the laundry put in from the laundry input port 1, such as an outer tub, an inner tub, a pulsator, etc.; any existing electrical devices and/or pipes (not shown in the drawings) such as a water inlet structure, a water discharge structure, a throwing structure, etc. are also installed at the upper part of the base 700 and inside the control panel seat 200.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, in the present embodiment, a control panel seat 200 of a washing machine is described, which includes a horizontally placed annular body 1 having a laundry inlet 2 penetrating up and down at the center thereof; the upper surface of the body 1 comprises two supporting surfaces at different heights, at least one supporting surface is used for supporting the upper cover 100 above the control panel seat 200; the first supporting surface 3 is lower than the second supporting surface 4, and the first supporting surface 3 is arranged close to the center of the body 1 relative to the second supporting surface 4.

Through the arrangement, the upper surface of the control panel seat is provided with the supporting surfaces with the inner ring and the outer ring and different heights, so that different areas of the upper cover installed on the upper part are respectively supported, the installation stability of the upper cover is obviously improved by the control panel seat, and the upper cover vibration of the upper cover supported above the control panel seat in the closing manner in the operation process of the washing machine is reduced, so that the operation noise of the washing machine is greatly reduced. Simultaneously, through set up the holding surface of different height faces respectively at control panel seat periphery, and will lean on outer holding surface higher setting to make the gap between control panel seat and the upper cover can be effectively sheltered from, and then realize the effect of double shielding contact gap between upper cover and the control panel seat.

As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the outer peripheral area of the upper surface of the body 1 of the control dial 200 constitutes the first support surface 3; the outer peripheral edge of the body 1 of the control dial 200 is provided with a protruding portion 5 protruding upward above the top surface, and the upper surface of the protruding portion 5 constitutes the second supporting surface 4.

In this embodiment, the body of the control disc seat 200 is square, the left and right sides of the square body 1 are respectively provided with a strip-shaped protruding portion 5, the strip-shaped protruding portions 5 extend along the front and rear directions of the square body 1, and the upper surfaces of the two strip-shaped protruding portions 5 are at the same height and jointly form the second supporting surface 4.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the strip-shaped protrusions 5 on the left and right sides of the body 1 of the control console 200 are symmetrically disposed to support the upper cover 100 left and right, respectively, so as to avoid the problem that the upper surface cannot be formed into a plane due to the offset generated after the upper cover 100 is closed.

In this embodiment, the strip-shaped protrusions 5 on the left and right sides of the body 1 of the control disc seat 200 extend to the front side of the square body 1 and extend along the front edge of the body 1 in opposite directions, and the strip-shaped protrusions 5 on the left and right sides are located at one end of the front side of the square body 1 at a certain interval. Through above-mentioned setting for protruding portion distributes in control panel seat body's left, right, preceding three different sides at least, in order to realize carrying out effective support, promote the apparent technological progress of upper cover support stability greatly from three different positions to the upper cover. Meanwhile, the protruding part is not arranged in the middle of the front side of the control panel seat, so that the middle of the front side is reasonably arranged, and a gap space for a user to insert when opening the upper cover is reserved.

In the present embodiment, the rear ends of the strip-shaped protrusions 5 on the left and right sides extend to the rear ends of the corresponding sides of the square body 1; the rear side of the body 1 of the control panel seat 200 is provided with a downward concave strip-shaped mounting groove 7 which is opened upwards, the strip-shaped mounting groove 7 extends on the rear side edge of the square body 1 along the left-right direction, and the left end and the right end of the strip-shaped mounting groove 7 are correspondingly closed; the left and right ends of the strip-shaped mounting groove 7 extend to the rear ends of the strip-shaped projections 5 on the corresponding sides, and portions of the rear ends of the strip-shaped projections 5 are overlapped by the strip-shaped grooves 7.

In this embodiment, the rear end of the strip-shaped protruding portion 5 is provided with a notch 9 toward the inner peripheral side of the square body 1, so that the wall thickness of the rear end of the strip-shaped protruding portion 5 is smaller than that of other portions; the openings 9 are opened upwards and towards one side of the center of the body 1, and the openings 9 form the left end and the right end of the strip-shaped mounting groove 7. Through the arrangement, the end part of the strip-shaped mounting groove can be closed, the length of the strip-shaped mounting groove in the left-right direction can be increased, the strip-shaped mounting groove can provide enough assembly space for a rotating shaft connected with the upper cover, and the connecting part of the control panel seat and the upper cover can be effectively shielded.

As shown in fig. 11, in the present embodiment, the upper surface of the protruding portion 5 includes a top surface 51, a transition arc curved surface 52, and a declining curved surface 53 which are sequentially arranged from the outer circumferential center direction of the body, any one or combination of the top surface 51, the transition arc curved surface 52, and the declining curved surface 53 constituting the second supporting surface 4; preferably, the top surface 51, the transition circular arc curved surface 52 and the declination curved surface 53 are all the second supporting surfaces 4 for supporting the upper cover 100.

In this embodiment, one side of the top surface 51 far away from the center of the square body 1 is connected with the side wall surface of the square body 1 through an arc curved surface, so as to perform arc processing on the corner of the outer edge of the body 1 and avoid the occurrence of the problems of scratch and the like of a user.

In this embodiment, the downward-inclined curved surface 53 is a curved surface gradually inclined downward from a side away from the center of the square body 1 toward the center of the square body 1, and the downward-inclined curved surface 53 contacts the first supporting surface 3 formed by the outer peripheral portion of the top surface of the body 1 toward the center of the square body 1.

In this embodiment, the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the body 1 is constituted by an annular plane in the same level, which constitutes the first supporting surface 3; preferably, the rear side of the upper surface of the square body 1 is provided with a downward concave strip-shaped mounting groove 7, and the strip-shaped mounting groove 7 is used for mounting components such as a rotating shaft 300 connected with the upper cover 100, and the like, and the strip-shaped mounting groove 7 is lower than the first supporting surface 3, so that after the upper cover 100 is mounted on the control disc seat 200, the lower surface of the upper cover 100 is effectively contacted with the upper surface of the control disc seat 200, thereby not only reducing the overall height of the washing machine, but also effectively reducing the gap height between the upper cover 100 and the control disc seat 200. .

In the present invention, the second supporting surface 4 of the control disc seat 200, which is relatively higher than the first supporting surface 3, may be disposed at a position far from the center of the body 1 (not shown in the drawings).

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, in the present embodiment, there is a washing machine upper cover 100, the lower surface of the upper cover 100 has two supported surfaces at different heights, the first supported surface 11 is lower than the second supported surface 12, and the first supported surface 11 is disposed near the center of the upper cover 100 with respect to the second supported surface 12. In this embodiment, the first supported surface 11 and/or the second supported surface 12 are/is used for contacting and supporting with the upper surface of the control disc seat 200 below the upper cover 100, so that the closed upper cover 100 is effectively supported by the control disc seat 200, and the installation and supporting stability of the upper cover 100 on the control disc seat 200 is further improved.

In this embodiment, through the supported surface that is arranged in different altitude planes in upper cover lower surface setting for the different positions of upper cover can be supported by below control panel seat, make the upper cover can be effectively supported by a plurality of different positions after the lock on the control panel seat, and then promoted the support steadiness of upper cover greatly, effectively avoided the vibrations of upper cover in the washing machine operation process. Meanwhile, the lower surface of the periphery of the upper cover is provided with two circles of supported surfaces with high outer ring and low inner ring, so that the upper cover can be connected with the control panel seat through a plurality of different supported surfaces after being closed.

As shown in fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the outer side Zhou Goucheng of the upper cover 100 is provided with a second supported surface 12, and a downward protruding portion 10 is provided on the side of the second supported surface 12 near the center of the door cover 100, and the lower surface of the downward protruding portion 10 forms the first supported surface 11.

In this embodiment, the upper cover 100 is mounted above the control disc seat 200 in the first embodiment, and the rear side of the upper cover 100 is mounted above the control disc seat 200 by being able to be turned upwards and opened via the rotating shaft 300; in this embodiment, when the upper cover 100 is fastened above the control disc seat 200, the first supported surface 11 provided on the lower surface of the upper cover 100 contacts the first supporting surface 3 and the second supported surface 12 provided on the upper surface of the control disc seat 200, and contacts the second supporting surface 4, so as to achieve the purpose of effectively supporting the fastened upper cover 100 by the control disc seat 200.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the first supported surface 11 provided on the lower surface of the upper cover 100 and the first supporting surface 3 provided on the upper surface of the control panel seat 200 may be separately supported; alternatively, the second supported surface 12 provided on the lower surface of the upper cover 100 and the second supporting surface 4 provided on the upper surface of the control dial 200 are supported separately (not shown in the drawings), and the effect of supporting and assembling the upper cover 100 can be still achieved.

Preferably, in this embodiment, a sealing portion may be provided on the first supported surface 11 and/or the second supported surface 12 of the upper cover 100, so that when the first supported surface 11 and/or the second supported surface 12 of the upper cover 100 contacts with the upper surface of the control disc seat 200, the sealing portion is used to effectively seal the junction between the upper cover and the control disc seat, and after the upper cover 100 is closed, the laundry inlet 2 provided on the control disc seat 200 is fastened in a sealing manner. Of course, the sealing portion may be provided on the first supporting surface 3 and/or the second supporting surface 4 on the upper surface of the control panel seat 200, and the effect of effectively sealing the laundry treating opening 2 after the upper cover 100 is fastened may be achieved. The sealing portion provided on the first supported surface 11 and/or the second supported surface 12 of the upper cover 100 may be at least one member such as a weather strip made of an elastic rubber material or the like (not shown in the drawings).

As shown in fig. 5 to 8, in the present embodiment, the upper cover 100 includes a cover plate 101, and a frame 102 is mounted on the outer periphery of the cover plate 101; a lower convex part 10 is arranged on the inner periphery side of the lower surface of the frame 102, and the lower surface of the lower convex part 10 forms a first supported surface 11; the outer peripheral side of the lower surface of the frame 102 is disposed higher than the lower protruding portion 10, and forms a second supported surface 12.

The frame is arranged on the periphery of the upper cover, so that the periphery of the upper cover can be replaced for different washing machine models, and the size of the upper cover can be adjusted and adapted to various washing machine models; meanwhile, the shape, the color and the like of the frame can be replaced according to the use habit of the user; and the upper cover is arranged to be two parts of the cover plate and the frame, so that the frame can be replaced and maintained only when the upper cover is maintained.

In this embodiment, the frame 102 includes an upper decoration 103 and a lower fixing member 104 stacked up and down; the upper decoration 103 is fixed on the cover plate 101, and the lower fixing piece 104 is mounted on the upper decoration 103 and/or the cover plate 101; alternatively, the lower fixing member 104 is fixed to the cover plate 101, and the upper decorative member 103 is sandwiched and fixed between the lower fixing member 104 and the cover plate 101. The upper decorative member 103 may be made of glass, pvc, or the like, the lower fixing member 104 may be made of the same material as the plate material, and the lower fixing member 104 may be integrally provided with the cover plate 101.

In this embodiment, the upper decoration 103 includes a fixed planar portion 106, which is located at the lower side of the outer periphery of the cover plate 101, and the upper surface is attached to the cover plate 101; the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part 107 is located at the outer periphery of the cover plate 101, and the upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the outer periphery of the cover plate 101.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part 107 and the upper surface of the outer periphery of the cover plate 101 are located in the same inclined plane inclined downward and outward, so as to guide the underwater flow on the upper surface of the upper cover 100 and avoid the occurrence of water accumulation on the upper side of the upper cover 100.

Further preferably, in this embodiment, the inclined surface is provided with a plurality of grooves 108 and/or ribs extending along the contour line of the upper cover 100, so as to increase the friction coefficient of the edge of the upper cover 100, and facilitate the opening and closing operations of the upper cover by a user.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the fixing plane portion 106 of the upper decoration 103 is correspondingly adhered to the lower surface of the cover plate 101 and fixed by glue, and the lower fixing member 104 is fixed to the cover plate 101 by a fastening structure or a screw.

In this embodiment, the lower fixing member 104 is a strip-shaped plate with both ends bent upward, the inner peripheral bent end of the lower fixing member 104 extends upward to the lower surface of the cover plate 101 and is attached to the inner peripheral side wall of the upper trim 103, and the outer peripheral bent end of the lower fixing member 104 extends upward to the lower surface of the outer peripheral trim 107 of the upper trim 103 and is clamped in the slot 109 between the downward bent portion 121 on the outer peripheral side of the outer Zhou Zhuangshi portion 107 and the step 122 where the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral trim 107 meets the fixing plane portion 106.

In this embodiment, the lower fixing member 104 and the upper decoration 103 together enclose a hollow chamber 123, so that a buffer gap formed by the hollow chamber 123 is formed between the lower fixing member 104 and the upper decoration 103, so that the upper cover 100 can buffer when being closed, thereby not only reducing the door closing impact force, but also reducing the door closing sound.

In this embodiment, the lower surface of the lower fixing member 104 forms the second supported surface 12, and at least a portion of the second supported surface 12 is a plane to effectively support the upper cover 100.

In this embodiment, the cover plate 101 of the upper cover 100 has a square shape, and the frame 102 has a "U" shape corresponding to the outer circumferences of the front, left and right sides of the square cover plate 101.

In the present embodiment, the top surface of the outer peripheral side of the upper cover 100 is a slope gradually inclined downward from the center toward the outer peripheral direction; preferably, a plurality of concave grooves 108 are arranged on the inclined surface, and/or a plurality of convex protrusions are arranged on the inclined surface.

In the present invention, the second supported surface 12 of the upper cover 100, which is provided on the lower surface of the upper cover 100 and has a relatively high first supported surface 11, may be provided near the center of the main body 1 (not shown in the drawings).

Example III

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, the present embodiment further introduces a control dial 200 based on the above embodiment, which includes a body 1, and a guiding slope 6 gradually declining from inside to outside is provided at the outer periphery of the top of the body 1.

The guiding inclined plane is arranged on the periphery of the control panel seat so as to form a concave space at the periphery of the upper surface of the control panel seat, thereby realizing the remarkable technical progress that a user correspondingly stretches into the space between the control panel seat and the upper cover from the concave space and facilitating the user to open and close the upper cover; meanwhile, the guiding inclined plane is arranged at the periphery of the control panel seat, so that the guiding inclined plane can be effectively shielded after the upper cover is closed, the groove space of the door cover which is opened and closed by a user is hidden, and the whole machine attractiveness of the washing machine can be effectively improved.

In this embodiment, a protruding portion 5 extending along the periphery and protruding upward is provided at the periphery of the top of the body 1 of the control disc seat 200, a concave recess 13 is provided at a partial section of the protruding portion 5, and the surface of the recess 13 is a guiding inclined surface 6 extending from the top surface of the body 1 to the side wall of the body 1 gradually declining outward.

Through setting up the guiding inclined plane in the concave part of the bulge of control panel seat body, make the bulge under the prerequisite that carries out effective shielding to door closure gap, make the guiding inclined plane can supply the convenient insertion gap of user to open the door closure, and then realized guiding inclined plane and bulge and carried out the mesh of cooperation use.

As shown in fig. 9, in this embodiment, the front side of the body 1 of the control dial 200 is provided with a strip-shaped protruding portion 5 extending along the edge, the middle section of the strip-shaped protruding portion 5 is provided with a recess 13, and the upper surface of the recess 13 is a guiding inclined surface 6 extending obliquely downward in a direction away from the laundry access opening 2. By providing the guide slope 6 at the front side of the control dial 200, the user can further conveniently open the upper cover.

In this embodiment, the body 1 of the control disc seat 200 is annular, the middle part of the annular body 1 encloses a clothes putting opening 2 penetrating up and down, the upper surface of the peripheral part of the body 1 forms a first supporting surface 3, the edge of the periphery of the body 1 is provided with a protruding part 5 protruding upwards, the upper surface of the protruding part 5 forms a second supporting surface 4, and the front side part of the second supporting surface 4 on the first supporting surface 3 is provided with a section of concave guiding inclined surface 6.

In this embodiment, the guiding inclined surface 6 of the control tray 200 extends obliquely downward in a direction away from the laundry access opening 2, so as to increase the height of the gap between the door 100 and the front side of the control tray 200, and provide a recess space sufficient for facilitating insertion by a user.

In this embodiment, the left and right ends of the guiding inclined surface 6 of the control disc seat 200 are respectively connected with the second supporting surface 4 at the upper side of the corresponding side via the transition curved surface 14, the rear side of the guiding inclined surface 6 is connected with the first supporting surface 3, and the front side is connected with the front side wall of the body 1. Preferably, the joint of the guiding inclined plane 6 and the first supporting surface 3 and/or the front side wall of the body 1 is provided with an arc chamfer surface.

In this embodiment, the width of the guiding inclined surface 6 in the front-rear direction of the body 1 is greater than or equal to the width of the second supporting surface 4 in the front-rear direction of the body 1, so as to increase the height of the gap between the guiding inclined surface 6 and the upper cover 100, and further facilitate the user to open and close the upper cover 100.

In this embodiment, the width of the transition curved surface 6 gradually narrows in the front-rear direction of the body 1 from the guiding inclined surface to the second supporting surface 4; preferably, the upper surface of the protruding portion 5 includes a top surface 51, a transition arc curved surface 52 and a declining curved surface 53 which are sequentially arranged from the peripheral direction to the central direction of the body 1, and the top end of the transition curved surface 14 is connected with the top surface 51 of the upper surface of the protruding portion 5.

In this embodiment, an upper cover 100 is installed above the control panel seat 200, and the upper cover 100 may be the upper cover 100 described in the second embodiment; the periphery of the upper cover 100 corresponds to the guiding inclined plane 6 of the shielding control panel seat 200, a buckling gap 110 is arranged between the lower surface of the upper cover 100 and the guiding inclined plane 6, and the buckling gap 110 forms a notch for the hand of a user to extend below the upper cover 100. Through the arrangement, the upper cover of the washing machine can completely shield the guide inclined plane of the control panel seat; meanwhile, the peripheral wall of the control panel seat is not provided with an outward bulge, so that the whole washing machine is more attractive. In this embodiment, a plurality of grooves 108 and/or ribs are arranged on the lower surface of the outer periphery of the upper cover 100, and at the area opposite to the guiding inclined plane 6, so as to increase the friction force of the user when opening and closing the upper cover, and improve the convenience of opening and closing the upper cover.

In this embodiment of the present invention, a protruding portion 5 extending along the outer periphery and protruding upward may be further disposed at the outer periphery of the top of the body 1 of the control disc seat 200, at least a part of the outer peripheral area of the upper surface of the protruding portion 5 is a guiding inclined surface 6 extending gradually downward to the outer side to the side wall of the body, so that the guiding inclined surface 6 extending downward and outward obliquely is directly disposed at the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the protruding portion, so as to achieve the purpose of providing the outer periphery of the control disc seat for the user to be extended into the handle groove. Also, the outer peripheral area of the upper surface of the projection 5 may be provided with a guide slope 6 extending around the outer peripheral contour of the control dial so that the user can extend between the control dial and the upper cover from various orientations to open and close the upper cover (not shown in the drawings).

Example IV

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, the present embodiment is based on the above embodiment, and further describes a washing machine upper cover mounting structure, wherein the rear side of the upper cover 100 is mounted on the control panel base 200 in such a way that it can be turned upwards and opened by the rotating shaft structure; the left and right sides of the upper cover 100 are respectively provided with a shielding plate 105 protruding downward to shield the rotation shaft structure of the upper cover 100.

Through set up downward convex shielding plate respectively in upper cover left and right sides, make shielding plate cover the whole periphery profile of pivot structure for the user can not see the pivot part from the lateral part in the upper cover switching process, has not only promoted washing machine's pleasing to the eye degree, still makes the pivot part effectively shelter from the emergence that reduces its by the problem such as collision.

In this embodiment, the upper cover may have all the technical features of the upper cover described in any of the above embodiments; the control panel seat can have all the technical features of the control panel seat in any of the above embodiments.

As shown in fig. 10, in this embodiment, a rotating shaft 300 protruding downward is provided at the rear side of the upper cover 100, the rotating shaft 300 extends in the left-right direction, and the rotating shaft 300 is hinged to the control panel base 200 rotatably about the shaft; the shielding plates 105 provided on the left and right sides of the upper cover 100 cover at least the projection of the outer circumferential contour of the rotation shaft 300. In this embodiment, the rotating shaft 300 may be directly hinged to the control disc seat which is rotatable around the shaft, or may be hinged to the control disc seat which is rotatable around the shaft through other components; meanwhile, any existing parts such as a stopper 400, a damping member, etc. which can be mounted on the upper cover of the washing machine may be additionally mounted on the rotating shaft 300, so that a positioning force is provided or a buffering damping force is applied when the upper cover is closed or opened.

In this embodiment, the shielding plate 105 extends vertically downward along the left and right sidewalls of the upper cover 100, and the shielding plate 105 is disposed perpendicular to the upper cover 100; preferably, the shielding plate 105 is integrally provided with the upper cover 100.

In this embodiment, a mounting groove 7 recessed downward is provided at the rear side of the top surface of the control disc seat 200, a rotating shaft 300 provided below the upper cover 100 is correspondingly mounted in the mounting groove 7, and the rotating shaft 300 is directly connected with the inner wall of the mounting groove 7 or connected with the inner wall of the mounting groove through a connecting structure, so that the rotating shaft 300 and the control disc seat 200 can rotate around the shaft relatively; the shielding plates 105 and the mounting grooves 7 are arranged below the left side and the right side of the upper cover 100 in the same vertical section, and the shielding plates 105 are correspondingly arranged in the mounting grooves 7 when the upper cover 100 is in a closed state.

In this embodiment, the left and right sides of the control panel seat 200 are respectively provided with a protruding portion 5 protruding upwards, and the upper surface of the protruding portion 5 corresponds to the lower surface of the supporting and closing door cover 100; the protruding parts 5 on the left side and the right side of the control panel seat 200 are correspondingly used for blocking the two ends of the mounting groove 7, and the shielding plates 105 on the left side and the right side are positioned between the protruding parts 5 on the left side and the right side when the door cover 100 is closed; preferably, when the door 100 is closed, both the left and right shielding plates 105 are in contact with the inner peripheral side walls of the corresponding side protruding portions 5.

In this embodiment, the rear ends of the protruding parts 5 on the left and right sides of the control disc seat 200 are respectively provided with a notch 9, and the notch 9 and the shielding plate 105 are in the same vertical section, so that the shielding plate 105 correspondingly stretches in when the door cover 100 is closed; preferably, the notch 9 provided at the rear end of the protruding portion 5 toward the inner peripheral side communicates with the mounting groove 7.

In this embodiment, the upper cover 100 includes a cover plate 101, a frame 102 is mounted on the outer periphery of the cover plate 101, and shielding plates 105 protruding downward are respectively provided at the rear ends of the frames 102 on the left and right sides.

In this embodiment, a lower protruding portion 10 protruding downward is provided at the lower side of the frame 102, the lower surface of the lower protruding portion 10 forms a first supported surface 11, and the lower surface of the frame 102 at the periphery of the lower protruding portion 10 forms a second supported surface 12; the peripheral area of the upper surface of the control panel seat 200 forms a first supporting surface 3, the outer edge of the first supporting surface 3 is provided with a convex part 5 which protrudes upwards, and the upper surface of the convex part 5 forms a second supporting surface 4; when the door 100 is closed, the first supporting surface 3 supports the first supported surface 11, and/or the second supporting surface 4 supports the second supported surface 12.

In this embodiment, the front side of the control panel seat 200 is provided with a guiding inclined plane 6 gradually declining outwards, the guiding inclined plane 6 is correspondingly blocked when the door cover 100 is closed, and a gap for a user to extend in is formed between the lower surface of the door cover 100 and the guiding inclined plane 6.

Example five

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, in this embodiment, a control panel seat 200 is described, which includes a body 1, a laundry inlet 2 is provided in the center of the body 1, an inner peripheral side of a top of the body 1 extends downward in an inclined manner to form a peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2, and the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 has at least one arc-shaped curved surface 15 that is convexly curved outwards.

In this embodiment, the tangential planes of each point on the curved surface 15 that is convexly curved outwards are all located at the outer side of the clothes throwing opening 2, so that the peripheral wall of the clothes throwing opening forms a bowl-shaped structure that gradually widens the radial dimension from bottom to top, the radial dimension of the clothes throwing opening is obviously increased, and the sense of the user and the aesthetic feeling are improved.

In this embodiment, at least a portion of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 corresponding to the front side of the body 1 is an arc-shaped curved surface 15 convexly curved outwards. Preferably, in this embodiment, the peripheral walls 8 of the laundry inlet 2 are curved surfaces 15 that are convexly curved outwards; alternatively, as shown in fig. 10 to 14, the areas of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry putting port 2 other than the center of the rear are each constituted by an arc-shaped curved surface 15 convexly curved outward.

As shown in fig. 11, in this embodiment, the upper end profile of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 is square with circular arc chamfers around; the lower end outline of the peripheral wall 8 of the clothes putting opening 2 is an irregular shape with a semicircular arc line segment 81 on the front side, a straight line segment 82 on the rear side and connecting curve segments 83 and 84 on the left side and the right side; preferably, in this embodiment, the upper end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 coincides with the middle line of the lower end contour in the left-right direction of the body 1, and the upper end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 is disposed at a center toward the rear side of the body 1 with respect to the lower end contour.

As shown in fig. 11, in this embodiment, the connecting line between two end points of the front plate arc line end is a front-rear separation line of the laundry feeding opening, the intersection of the front-rear separation line and the left-right middle separation line is the center of the laundry feeding opening, and the center of the laundry feeding opening is centrally arranged in the left-right direction of the control panel seat relative to the center of the square upper end profile and is eccentrically arranged backwards in the front-rear direction.

In this embodiment, the lower end profile of the peripheral wall 8 of the clothes-putting opening 2 is divided into a front semicircular arc section 81, a left connecting curve section 83, a rear straight section 82 and a right connecting curve section 84 which are connected end to end in sequence, and each section is arranged towards the front, left, rear and right of the body 1 in sequence;

the front semicircular arc section 81 is bent and extended from the center to the left and right sides and backwards, and the curvatures of all parts on the front semicircular arc section 81 are basically consistent to form a semicircular arc section;

the left connecting curve section 83 is bent and extended from the left end of the front semicircular arc section 81 to the rear and right, and the curvature of each part of the left connecting curve section 83 extending to the rear is gradually increased;

the right connecting curve section 84 is curved and extended from the right end of the front semicircular arc section 81 to the rear and left, and the curvature of each part of the right connecting curve section 84 extending to the rear is gradually increased;

the rear straight line segment 82 extends from the center to the left and right sides, and the curvature of each portion of the rear straight line segment 82 is substantially 0, forming a straight line segment.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the lower end profile of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 is symmetrically arranged with respect to the left and right middle branching line of the body 1.

In this embodiment, the extension length of the front semicircular arc section 81 in the front-rear direction of the body 1 is longer than the distance between the rear straight line section 82 and the rear end of the front semicircular arc section 81 in the front-rear direction of the body 1.

In this embodiment, the distance between the rear end of the lower end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the clothes putting opening 2 and the rear end of the upper end contour projected on the same horizontal plane is smaller than the distance between the front end of the lower end contour and the front end of the upper end contour projected on the same horizontal plane; the projection distance between the left end of the lower end contour and the left end of the upper end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the clothes putting opening 2 on the same horizontal plane is equal to the projection distance between the right end of the lower end contour and the right end of the upper end contour on the same horizontal plane;

preferably, in this embodiment, the distance between the rear end of the lower end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 and the rear end of the upper end contour projected on the same horizontal plane is approximately 0; the distance projected on the same horizontal plane between the front end of the lower end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry putting-in opening 2 and the front end of the upper end contour is approximately equal to the distance projected on the same horizontal plane between the left end of the lower end contour of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry putting-in opening 2 and the left end of the upper end contour.

In this embodiment, the upper end of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 is connected to the inner peripheral side of the upper surface of the body 1 through a circular arc chamfer surface in a smooth transition.

As shown in fig. 12 to 14, in the present embodiment, the center of the rear portion of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry inlet 2 is formed by a vertical surface 85, an opening 86 is provided in the vertical surface, and a water box 500 that can be pulled out from the inside of the control dial is installed in the opening 86. In this embodiment, it is preferable that the outer end surface 87 of the water tub 500 facing the side of the laundry putting-in port 2 is disposed flush with the vertical surface 85 at the rear center of the peripheral wall 8 of the laundry putting-in port 2. In this embodiment, a plurality of ribs or grooves 108 are arranged at intervals at the lower end of the outer end surface 87 of the water box 500 facing the side of the clothes input port 2, so as to increase the friction force in the drawing process of the water box 500 and facilitate the drawing of the user.

In this embodiment, the control disc seat 200 may also have all the technical features of the control disc seat 200 described in any of the above embodiments.

Example six

As shown in fig. 1 to 14, a washing machine is disclosed in this embodiment, which includes a control cabinet 200 according to any of the above embodiments, and an upper cover 100 according to any of the above embodiments is mounted above the control cabinet 200, for opening and closing a laundry inlet 2 provided in the control cabinet 200.

The foregoing description is only illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, but is to be construed as limiting the invention to any and all simple modifications, equivalent variations and adaptations of the embodiments described above, which are within the scope of the invention, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. A washing machine upper cover, characterized in that: the lower surface of the upper cover is provided with two supported surfaces which are positioned at different height surfaces, the first supported surface is lower than the second supported surface, and the first supported surface is close to or far from the center of the upper cover relative to the second supported surface.

2. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 1, wherein,

the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface are/is used for contacting and supporting with the upper surface of the lower control panel seat.

3. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 1, wherein,

the outer Zhou Goucheng of the upper cover is provided with a second supported surface, one side of the second supported surface, which is close to the center of the door cover, is provided with a downward convex lower convex part, and the lower surface of the lower convex part forms a first supported surface.

4. A washing machine upper cover according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein,

the upper cover comprises a cover plate, and a frame is arranged on the periphery of the cover plate;

the inner periphery of the lower surface of the frame is provided with a lower convex part, and the lower surface of the lower convex part forms a first supported surface;

the outer peripheral side of the lower surface of the frame is higher than the lower convex part to form a second supported surface.

5. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 4, wherein,

the frame comprises an upper decoration piece and a lower fixing piece which are stacked up and down;

the upper decorating part is fixed on the cover plate, and the lower fixing part is arranged on the upper decorating part and/or the cover plate;

or the lower fixing piece is fixed with the cover plate, and the upper decorating piece is clamped and fixed between the lower fixing piece and the cover plate.

6. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 5, wherein,

the upper ornamental piece comprises a plurality of upper ornamental pieces,

the fixed plane part is positioned at the lower side of the periphery of the cover plate, and the upper surface of the fixed plane part is attached to the cover plate;

the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part is positioned at the periphery of the cover plate, and the upper surface of the outer Zhou Zhuangshi part and the upper surface of the periphery of the cover plate are positioned on the same plane;

preferably, the upper surface of the outer peripheral decorative part and the upper surface of the outer periphery of the cover plate are located in the same inclined plane which is inclined outwards and downwards;

further preferably, a plurality of grooves and/or ribs extending along the contour line of the upper cover are arranged on the inclined plane.

7. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 5, wherein,

the lower fixing piece is a strip-shaped plate with two ends bent upwards, the inner peripheral bent end of the lower fixing piece extends upwards to the lower surface of the cover plate and is attached to the inner peripheral side wall of the upper decorating piece, the outer peripheral bent end of the lower fixing piece extends upwards to the lower surface of the outer peripheral decorating part of the upper decorating piece and is clamped in a slot between the lower bending part of the outer peripheral side of the outer peripheral decorating part and a boss at the joint of the inner peripheral side of the outer peripheral decorating part and the fixing plane part;

preferably, the lower fixing piece and the upper decoration piece jointly enclose a hollow cavity;

further preferably, the lower surface of the lower fixing member forms a second supported surface, and at least part of the second supported surface is a plane.

8. A washing machine upper cover according to claim 4, wherein,

the cover plate is square, and the frame is at least correspondingly arranged at the periphery of the front side, the left side and the right side of the square cover plate.

9. A washing machine upper cover according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein,

the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface of the upper cover are/is provided with a sealing part;

preferably, at least one sealing strip is arranged on the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface of the upper cover.

10. A washing machine comprising a control panel seat, a washing machine upper cover as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9 being mounted above the control panel seat, the control panel seat supporting the first supported surface and/or the second supported surface of the lower surface of the upper cover.

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