CN116942048A - Baffle assembly and cleaning machine applying same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a baffle subassembly, including fixed plate and fly leaf, the fixed plate rear portion is located to actuating mechanism, first rack is L shape along the trailing edge and the left side edge of fixed plate and arranges, the second rack is L shape along the trailing edge and the right side edge of fixed plate and arranges, the rear end of first rack and the rear end of second rack are installed on actuating mechanism's drive output, the front end of first rack is connected on the left side edge of fly leaf, the front end of second rack is connected on the right side edge of fly leaf, actuating mechanism can drive the rear end of first rack and the rear end of second rack to the opposite direction removal, and then drive the fly leaf back and forth movement. The baffle assembly can drive the movable plate to move forwards and backwards by driving the rear end of the first rack and the rear end of the second rack to move in opposite directions, the driving structure of the movable plate is novel, the synchronization of the actions of the first rack and the second rack is good, the movable plate moves more stably, and the cleaning machine can be switched between lower cavity cleaning and full cavity cleaning.

Description

Baffle assembly and cleaning machine applying same

Technical Field

The invention relates to cleaning equipment, in particular to a baffle plate assembly and a cleaning machine using the same.

Background

Currently, a dishwasher commonly found on the market generally includes a cabinet and a spray device provided in the cabinet for drawing water from the bottom of the cabinet into a water spray member and spraying the water into a washing chamber to wash dishes. The volume of the washing cavity of most dish washing machines is fixed and cannot be changed according to the quantity requirement of the washed dishes. When the quantity of the tableware to be cleaned is small, the tableware is placed in a large washing cavity for cleaning, so that the cleaning effect is affected, and the waste of water resources is caused. In addition, in some dish washing machines with larger capacity, users are used to place dishes in the dish washing machine for storage after dish washing is finished, and in this case, if fewer dishes are used per meal, the dishes need to be washed together with the stored dishes when the dishes are washed next time, and waste of water and electric resources is also caused.

In order to solve the above problems, chinese patent application CN201911035674.4 (publication No. CN110638406 a) discloses a structure in which the liner of the dishwasher is divided into two independent parts by a partition plate, and when the partition plate divides the liner into two parts, namely, a double-cavity state, the lower part of the liner can clean tableware, and the upper part can be used for drying, sterilizing, storing and the like of clean tableware; when the number of tableware to be cleaned by a user is large, the partition board is contracted or folded, so that the upper part and the lower part are communicated to form a large cavity, namely, a communicated state, and the upper part and the lower part can simultaneously complete the cleaning function. The movement of the partition is driven by a driving means, which is installed outside the liner in order to avoid steam attack, resulting in a reduced space utilization of the dishwasher.

Disclosure of Invention

The first technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a baffle assembly with novel structure and stable movement of the movable plate, aiming at the prior art.

The second technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a cleaning machine capable of realizing cavity-separating cleaning by a partition plate assembly and enabling a movable plate of the partition plate assembly to move stably.

The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the first technical problem is as follows: this baffle subassembly, including the fixed plate with locate on the fixed plate and can the relative fixed plate back and forth movable plate that removes, the front side of fixed plate is formed with the breach portion, the movable plate stretches out and closes forward the breach portion, the movable plate contracts and then opens backward breach portion, its characterized in that: the novel movable plate comprises a fixed plate, and is characterized by further comprising a driving mechanism, a first rack and a second rack, wherein the driving mechanism is arranged at the rear part of the fixed plate, the first rack is arranged in an L shape along the rear side edge and the left side edge of the fixed plate, the second rack is arranged in an L shape along the rear side edge and the right side edge of the fixed plate, the rear end of the first rack and the rear end of the second rack are arranged on the driving output end of the driving mechanism, the front end of the first rack is connected to the left side edge of the movable plate, the front end of the second rack is connected to the right side edge of the movable plate, and the driving mechanism can drive the rear end of the first rack and the rear end of the second rack to move in opposite directions so as to drive the movable plate to move forwards and backwards.

The driving mechanism can have various structures, preferably, the driving mechanism is arranged at a position centered or approximately centered at the rear part of the fixed plate, the driving mechanism comprises a driving motor, a transmission gear and an output gear, the transmission gear is arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, the output gear is vertically arranged and meshed with the transmission gear, the first rack and the second rack are horizontally arranged, and the first rack and the second rack are meshed with the output gear and are respectively positioned on the upper side and the lower side of the output gear. Thus, the rear end parts of the first rack and the second rack can move reversely under the drive of the driving motor, and then the movable plate is driven to move forwards and backwards.

Preferably, the driving mechanism further comprises a motor box, the motor box is fixed at the rear part of the fixing plate, the driving motor is installed in the motor box, and through holes for the first rack and the second rack to pass through are formed in the left side wall and the right side wall of the motor box.

In order to enable the first rack and the second rack to move stably, a first guide rail for guiding the first rack and a second guide rail for guiding the second rack are arranged at corresponding positions at the bottom of the fixed plate. Thus, the movable plate can smoothly move back and forth by smooth movement of the first rack and the second rack.

The guide rail and the rack can have a plurality of different guide structures, preferably, the bottoms of the first guide rail and the second guide rail are provided with inverted trapezoid dovetail grooves, the dovetail grooves are arranged along the length direction of the first guide rail and the second guide rail, and the top of the first rack and the top of the second rack are convexly provided with dovetail tenons matched with the dovetail grooves. After the dovetail groove and the dovetail tenon matching structure are arranged, the rack can be guided and supported, so that the rack can move more stably.

In order to fix the racks on the movable plate, the front ends of the first racks and the second racks are respectively provided with a connecting block, and the connecting blocks are fixedly connected to the movable plate. The connecting block can be fixed on the movable plate by means of screws, riveting and bonding.

In order to enable the movable plate to move to realize intelligent control, micro-switches are arranged on two sides of the fixed plate, protruding points for triggering the corresponding side micro-switches are arranged on the first rack and the second rack, and the intelligent control device further comprises a controller, and the controller correspondingly controls the driving mechanism by receiving triggering signals of the micro-switches.

Further preferably, the micro-switches on two sides of the fixed plate comprise a first micro-switch and a second micro-switch, the first micro-switch is close to the front edge of the fixed plate, the second micro-switch is arranged at the middle position of the side edge of the fixed plate, the convex point triggers the first micro-switch in a state that the movable plate extends forwards completely, and the convex point triggers the second micro-switch in a state that the movable plate extends forwards halfway. Therefore, the movable plate is fully extended, fully retracted and extended to half of three different gears, and the controller controls the action of the driving mechanism by reading signals of different microswitches under different gears.

In order to enable the movable plate to move more stably, guide rods are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the fixed plate, guide seats are arranged on the left side and the right side of the movable plate, and the guide seats are arranged on the guide rods on the corresponding sides in a sliding mode.

In order to limit the retreating position of the movable plate, at least two guide seats on the left side and the right side of the movable plate are distributed at intervals in the front-back direction, and in the state that the movable plate is retracted to the bottom in the back direction, the foremost guide seat abuts against the fixed plate.

Further preferably, the movable plate is located below the fixed plate in a state where the movable plate is retracted rearward.

The invention solves the second technical problem, which adopts the technical proposal that the cleaning machine comprises an inner container, and a cleaning component is arranged in the inner container, and is characterized in that: the baffle plate assembly is arranged in the inner container, the fixed plate of the baffle plate assembly is horizontally arranged in the middle of the inner container and is fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the inner container, the notch part is closed to enable the inner container to be divided into an upper space and a lower space which are relatively independent when the movable plate is completely extended forwards, and the notch part is opened to enable the upper space and the lower space to be communicated when the movable plate is retracted backwards to the bottom.

Further preferably, the cleaning assembly comprises a first spraying device arranged at the inner bottom of the inner container. Therefore, after the movable plate is completely pulled out forwards, the single lower cavity washing can be realized, and when the movable plate is pushed backwards to the bottom, the double-cavity washing can be realized.

Further preferably, the cleaning assembly further comprises a second spraying device arranged above the fixing plate. Therefore, after the movable plate is completely pulled out forwards, independent upper cavity washing and lower cavity washing can be realized, and when the movable plate is pushed backwards to the bottom, double-cavity washing can be realized.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: the driving mechanism of the partition board assembly is provided with the first rack and the second rack at the output end, the rear end parts of the first rack and the second rack are driven to move in opposite directions, the movable board can be driven to move forwards and backwards, the driving structure of the movable board is novel, the synchronization of the actions of the first rack and the second rack is good, the movable board is enabled to move more stably, the cleaning machine can be switched between lower cavity cleaning and full cavity cleaning through the forward and backward movement of the movable board, and the switching is very convenient.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a baffle assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention (with the movable plate fully extended forward);

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the baffle plate assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of portion A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of portion B of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a driving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of a diaphragm assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention (with the movable plate extending forward halfway);

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 6 with the fixing plate removed;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of portion C of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of a diaphragm assembly (with the movable plate fully retracted rearward) according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of a cleaning machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the embodiments of the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, the separator assembly of the present embodiment includes a fixed plate 1 and a movable plate 2, and a notch portion 3 is formed on the front side of the fixed plate 1. With the direction indicated by arrow D in fig. 1 as the forward direction, guide rods 8 are installed on the left and right sides of the bottom of the fixed plate 1, guide holders 9 are installed on the left and right sides of the movable plate 2, and the guide holders 9 are slidably arranged on the guide rods 8 on the corresponding sides, so that the movable plate 2 can move forward and backward relative to the fixed plate 1.

As shown in fig. 1, in a state where the movable plate 2 is fully extended forward, the movable plate 2 closes the notch portion 3. As shown in fig. 6, the movable plate 2 is protruded forward by half; as shown in fig. 9, in a state where the movable plate 2 is fully retracted rearward, the movable plate 2 is retracted below the fixed plate 1 to open the notch portion 3.

In this embodiment, the movable plate 2 is driven by the driving mechanism 4 to move forward and backward. As shown in fig. 5, the drive mechanism 4 includes a drive motor 41, a transmission gear 42, and output gear 43, and a motor case 44. Wherein, the motor box 44 is fixed near the rear center position of the fixed plate 1, the driving motor 41 is installed in the motor box 44, the transmission gear 42 is installed on the output shaft of the driving motor 41, the output gear 43 is vertically arranged and meshed with the transmission gear 42, and the driving motor 41 drives the output gear 43 to rotate through the transmission gear 42. The drive gears may be gear sets, the construction of which is of conventional design and will not be described herein.

The partition board assembly of the embodiment further includes a first rack 51 and a second rack 52, wherein the first rack 51 and the second rack 52 are horizontally arranged and are symmetrically distributed, the first rack 51 is arranged in an L shape along the rear side edge and the left side edge of the fixing board 1, and the second rack 52 is arranged in an L shape along the rear side edge and the right side edge of the fixing board 1. The first rack 51 and the second rack 52 in this embodiment are all metal flexible racks, the rear end portion of the first rack 51 and the rear end portion of the second rack 52 are both meshed with the output gear 43 and are located on the upper side and the lower side of the output gear 43 respectively, the front end of the first rack 51 and the front end of the second rack 52 are respectively connected and fixed on the left side edge and the right side edge of the movable plate 2 through the connecting block 54, and various fixing modes such as screws, riveting or bonding can be adopted between the connecting block 54 and the movable plate 2. The motor case 44 has through holes 441 formed in the left and right side walls thereof through which the first rack 51 and the second rack 52 pass, as shown in fig. 5. The rear end of the first rack 51 and the rear end of the second rack 52 are reversely moved by the driving motor 41, and thereby the movable plate 2 is driven to move forward and backward.

A first guide rail 61 for guiding and positioning the first rack 51 and a second guide rail 62 for guiding and positioning the second rack 52 are attached to the bottom of the fixing plate 1. As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 8, the bottoms of the first guide rail 61 and the second guide rail 62 are provided with inverted trapezoidal dovetail grooves 63, the dovetail grooves 63 are arranged along the length direction of the first guide rail 61 and the second guide rail 62, and the top of the first rack 51 and the top of the second rack 52 are convexly provided with dovetails 53 which are matched with the dovetail grooves 63. The dovetail groove 63 has the characteristics of high guiding movement precision and stable movement, so that the transmission is smoother, and the guide rail and the rack play a role in guiding and supporting the rack after adopting the matching structure of the dovetail groove 63 and the dovetail 53, so as to prevent the rack from falling off from the fixed plate 1.

The left side and the right side of the bottom of the fixed plate 1 are respectively provided with a first micro switch 71 and a second micro switch 72, wherein the first micro switch 71 is close to the front edge of the fixed plate 1, and the second micro switch 72 is arranged at the middle position of the side edge of the fixed plate 1. The first rack 51 and the second rack 52 are provided with bumps 55 for triggering the corresponding side micro switches, as shown in fig. 8. A controller (not shown) controls the drive motor 41 of the drive mechanism 4 accordingly by receiving a trigger signal of the micro switch. As shown in fig. 1, in a state where the movable plate 2 is fully extended forward, the bump 55 triggers the first micro switch 71. As shown in fig. 6 to 8, in a state where the movable plate 2 is extended forward by half, the bump 55 triggers the second micro switch 72.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, two guide holders 9 are disposed on both sides of the movable plate 2 at intervals, and in a state in which the movable plate 2 is retracted backward to the bottom, the guide holder 9 located at the forefront abuts against the fixed plate 1.

As shown in fig. 10, the cleaning machine of the present embodiment includes a liner 10, and the above-mentioned partition plate assembly is installed inside the liner 10. Wherein, the fixed plate 1 of the baffle plate assembly is horizontally arranged in the middle of the inner container 10 and is fixedly connected with the inner side wall of the inner container 10. The inside of the inner container 10 is provided with a cleaning assembly for cleaning tableware placed inside the inner container 10. In this embodiment, a first shower device 11 is installed in the inner bottom of the inner container 10, and a second shower device 12 is installed above the fixing plate 1. The specific construction of the first spray device 11 and the second spray device 12 can be referred to as the existing washer construction, and will not be described here.

The cleaner has three different working modes as follows:

when half cavity washing is performed, the output gear 43 of the driving mechanism 4 rotates clockwise, and when the movable plate 2 extends forwards completely, the movable plate 2 finally props against the door body of the washing machine, at this time, the inner container 10 is divided into an upper space 101 and a lower space 102 which are relatively independent, and the controller can read the signal and the locked-rotor current of the first micro switch 71 to control the driving motor 41 to stop rotating.

When the cleaning storage half stroke is carried out, the movable plate 2 is retracted by half, and when the controller reads the signal of the second micro switch 72, the driving motor 41 is controlled to stop rotating, and at the moment, the cleaning storage half stroke is used for ventilation between the upper layer and the lower layer, and the up-down convection of the drying hot air and the discharge of the hot air are carried out.

When the full-cavity washing is performed, the movable plate 2 is completely retracted, the forefront guide seat 9 is propped against the fixed plate 1, at this time, the upper space 101 and the lower space 102 are communicated, and when the controller reads the locked-rotor current, the driving motor 41 stops rotating.

In the description and claims of the present invention, terms indicating directions, such as "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "side", "top", "bottom", etc., are used to describe various example structural parts and elements of the present invention, but these terms are used herein for convenience of description only and are determined based on the example orientations shown in the drawings. Because the disclosed embodiments of the invention may be arranged in a variety of orientations, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting, such as "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to being in a direction opposite or coincident with the direction of gravity.

Claims (14)

1. The utility model provides a baffle subassembly, includes fixed plate (1) and locates on the fixed plate and can relative fixed plate back and forth movable plate (2), the front side of fixed plate (1) is formed with breach portion (3), movable plate (2) are stretched out forward and are closed breach portion (3), movable plate (2) are retracted backward and are opened breach portion (3), its characterized in that: still include actuating mechanism (4), first rack (51) and second rack (52), actuating mechanism (4) are located the rear portion of fixed plate (1), first rack (51) are L shape along the rear side edge and the left side edge of fixed plate (1) and arrange, second rack (52) are L shape along the rear side edge and the right side edge of fixed plate (1) and arrange, the rear end of first rack (51) and the rear end of second rack (52) are installed on actuating mechanism's (4) drive output, the front end of first rack (51) is connected on the left side edge of fly leaf (2), the front end of second rack (52) is connected on the right side edge of fly leaf (2), actuating mechanism (4) can drive the rear end of first rack (51) and the rear end of second rack (52) to opposite direction removal, and then drive fly leaf (2) back to remove.

2. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the driving mechanism (4) is installed at the rear portion of the fixed plate (1) and is centered or approximately centered, the driving mechanism (4) comprises a driving motor (41), a transmission gear (42) and an output gear (43), the transmission gear (42) is installed on an output shaft of the driving motor (41), the output gear (43) is vertically arranged and meshed with the transmission gear (42), the first rack (51) and the second rack (52) are horizontally arranged, and the first rack (51) and the second rack (52) are meshed with the output gear (43) and are located on the upper side and the lower side of the output gear (43) respectively.

3. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 2, wherein: the driving mechanism (4) further comprises a motor box (44), the motor box (44) is fixed at the rear part of the fixed plate (1), the driving motor (41) is installed in the motor box (44), and through holes (441) for the first racks (51) and the second racks (52) to pass through are formed in the left side wall and the right side wall of the motor box (44).

4. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 1, wherein: a first guide rail (61) for guiding the first rack (51) and a second guide rail (62) for guiding the second rack (52) are arranged at corresponding positions at the bottom of the fixed plate (1).

5. The baffle plate assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the bottoms of the first guide rail (61) and the second guide rail (62) are provided with inverted trapezoid dovetail grooves (63), the dovetail grooves (63) are arranged along the length direction of the first guide rail (61) and the length direction of the second guide rail (62), and dovetail tenons (53) matched with the dovetail grooves (63) are convexly arranged at the top of the first rack (51) and the top of the second rack (52).

6. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the front ends of the first racks (51) and the front ends of the second racks (52) are respectively provided with a connecting block (54), and the connecting blocks (54) are fixedly connected to the movable plate (2).

7. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 1, wherein: the two sides of the fixed plate (1) are respectively provided with a micro switch, the first rack (51) and the second rack (52) are provided with convex points (55) for triggering the micro switches on the corresponding sides, and the micro switch further comprises a controller, and the controller correspondingly controls the driving mechanism (4) by receiving triggering signals of the micro switches.

8. The baffle plate assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the micro-gap switch of fixed plate (1) both sides all includes first micro-gap switch (71) and second micro-gap switch (72), first micro-gap switch (71) is close to the front edge of fixed plate (1), the intermediate position of fixed plate (1) side is located to second micro-gap switch (72), under the state that fly leaf (2) stretches out completely forward, bump (55) trigger first micro-gap switch (71), under the state that fly leaf (2) stretches out half forward, bump (55) trigger second micro-gap switch (72).

9. The baffle plate assembly according to claim 1, wherein: guide rods (8) are arranged on the left side and the right side of the bottom of the fixed plate (1), guide bases (9) are arranged on the left side and the right side of the movable plate (2), and the guide bases (9) are arranged on the guide rods (8) on the corresponding sides in a sliding mode.

10. The baffle plate assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein: the guide seats (9) on the left side and the right side of the movable plate (2) are at least two and are distributed at intervals in the front-back direction, and the forefront guide seat (9) is propped against the fixed plate (1) when the movable plate (2) is retracted to the bottom in the back direction.

11. The separator plate assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 10 wherein: in the state that the movable plate (2) is retracted backwards, the movable plate (2) is positioned below the fixed plate (1).

12. The utility model provides a cleaning machine, is including inner bag (10) internally mounted has cleaning element, its characterized in that: the partition board assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 11 is installed inside the inner container (10), the fixing board (1) of the partition board assembly is horizontally arranged in the middle of the inner container (10) and fixedly connected to the inner side wall of the inner container (10), the notch (3) is closed to separate the inner container (10) into an upper space (101) and a lower space (102) which are relatively independent when the movable board (2) is completely extended forwards, and the notch (3) is opened to enable the upper space (101) to be communicated with the lower space (102) when the movable board (2) is retracted backwards.

13. The cleaning machine of claim 12, wherein: the cleaning assembly comprises a first spraying device (11) arranged at the inner bottom of the inner container (10).

14. The cleaning machine of claim 12, wherein: the cleaning assembly further comprises a second spraying device (12) arranged above the fixing plate (1).