CN116988282A

CN116988282A - Washing machine

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Publication number: CN116988282A
Application number: CN202210450851.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宿日升; 侯永顺; 李胜华; 荣雪婷; 李阔
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Chongqing Haier Front Loading Washing Machine Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-26
Filing date: 2022-04-26
Publication date: 2023-11-03

Abstract

The invention discloses a washing machine, which comprises a machine case, wherein the machine case comprises a case body and a front plate, a clothes input port is arranged on the front plate, and an annular concave part is formed around the clothes input port by the front plate; an observation window door covering the clothing input opening, one side of the observation window door being openably and closably mounted in the recess portion through a hinge mechanism and the other side through a door lock mechanism; the front side surface of the observation window door and the front side surface of the front plate form a flat front surface; the front plate is provided with notch parts beveled inward of the recess along the front side surface of the front plate at positions corresponding to the hinge mechanism and the door lock mechanism, respectively. In the washing machine, the observation window door is completely embedded into the front plate, and the notch part arranged on the front plate at one side of the hinge provides a space required by the rotation of the hinge; a notch part is arranged on the front plate at one side of the door opened by a user, so that a space required by opening and closing the door by the user's hand is provided; meanwhile, the notch part is of a beveling structure, and the observation window door and the front plate are gapless when seen from the front, so that the integrity is not damaged.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a washing machine.

Background

In order to facilitate the opening of a door by a user, a certain space must be reserved as a door handle to facilitate the opening of the door by the user, the design can lead the observation window to be convex, increase the depth dimension of the whole machine, the plane design of the outer surface of the front plate is difficult to realize, and the outward convex observation window made of plastic materials is easy to collide and damage in the packaging and transportation processes; meanwhile, the protruded observation window door body is easy to damage the overall appearance aesthetic property of the washing machine.

In order to solve the problem of protrusion of the observation window door, at present, part of products can carry out embedded design on the observation window door. The observation window door is embedded into the front plate of the washing machine, a handle or a pushing and elastic component is required to be added, and the hinge is required to use a U-shaped hinge or a double-rotating-shaft design.

The methods have the defects in the actual production and the use process of the washing machine:

1. the addition of a raised or recessed handle can damage the appearance design of the whole machine;

2. the door closing force is increased by adding the pushing and bouncing component;

3. the U-shaped hinge is used, so that the cost is high, the mechanics is unstable, and the door is easy to droop.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the problems of protruding observation window and door, high cost of embedded door body, damaged appearance and the like in the prior art, the invention provides a washing machine, wherein the observation window and door is completely embedded in a front plate, the attractive appearance is good, no additional handle is needed to be added, the appearance design of the whole machine is not damaged, a push-spring part is not added, a U-shaped hinge is not needed, and the cost is not increased.

In order to achieve the aim of the invention, the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:

a washing machine, comprising:

the machine case comprises a case body and a front plate arranged on the front side of the case body, wherein a clothes inlet is formed in the front plate, and an annular concave part is formed around the clothes inlet by the front plate;

an observation window door covering the clothing input opening, one side of the observation window door being openably and closably mounted in the recess portion by a hinge mechanism and the other side by a door lock mechanism; the front side surface of the observation window door and the front side surface of the front plate form a flat front surface; the front plate is provided with cut-out parts which are beveled along the front side surface of the front plate to the inner side of the concave part at positions corresponding to the hinge mechanism and the door lock mechanism.

Further, the front plate is provided with an inclined surface inclined along the front side surface thereof toward the inner side of the concave portion; the cutout portion is formed by chamfering an outer edge to an inner edge of the inclined surface.

Further, the hinge mechanism includes:

the hinge body is fixed in the concave part of the front plate;

and the hinge shaft is arranged on the hinge body and is connected with the observation window and door.

Further, a hinge mounting groove is formed in the bottom surface of the concave portion, and the hinge body is fixed in the hinge mounting groove.

Further, a groove is formed in the inner side face of the outer edge of the observation window door at a position corresponding to the notch, and the groove forms a door handle.

Further, the observation window door includes:

the outer frame is connected with the hinge mechanism;

the inner frame is arranged at the inner side of the outer frame;

the glass cover is clamped and fixed between the inner frame and the outer frame;

the window screen is arranged on the front side of the inner frame, and the front side surface of the window screen is flush with the front side surface of the front plate.

Further, the front plate includes:

the front plate main body is provided with the clothes input port and the concave part;

the fixing ring is tightly attached to the outer edge of the concave part and is fixed in the concave part, the hinge mechanism and the door lock mechanism are located on the front plate main body at the inner side of the fixing ring, and the notch part is arranged on the fixing ring.

Further, an annular groove is formed in the outer edge of the concave portion of the front plate main body, and the fixing ring is embedded and fixed in the annular groove.

Further, the fixing ring is fixedly connected with the front plate main body through a buckle structure.

Further, the front plate is of an integrally formed structure.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages and positive effects that:

above-mentioned washing machine, observation window door is embedded completely in the front bezel, need not to increase extra handle and push away the bullet part, does not use U type hinge, can not increase the cost. The surface of the observation window door facing the user is of a pure flat design, and no raised or depressed handle for the user to pull the switch door is arranged on the observation window door; the front plate at one side of the hinge is provided with the notch, so that the space required by the rotation of the hinge is provided, the rotation of the door body can be directly realized by using the common hinge without interference with the front plate, a U-shaped hinge with higher cost is not required, and the stability of the door body can be maintained; the front plate on one side of the door opened by the user is provided with a notch part, so that the space required by the door opened by the hand of the user is provided; meanwhile, the notch part is of a beveling structure, the observation window door and the front plate are gapless when seen from the front, the integrity of the observation window door and the front plate is not damaged, the whole observation window door and the front plate are absolute embedded from the perspective of a user, no redundant design exists, the occupied space of the washing machine is reduced, the aesthetic feeling of the design is maintained, and the door opening and closing function is realized.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon review of the detailed description of the invention in conjunction with the drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a front plate and a viewing window in a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the viewing window door of FIG. 1 not shown;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken at B-B of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of a front plate and a viewing window door in the washing machine according to the present invention, illustrating an opened state of the viewing window door;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a front plate body of a washing machine in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a fixing ring of a washing machine in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

reference numerals illustrate:

a front plate 100;

a laundry inlet 110;

a recess 120;

a cutout 130;

a viewing window door 200;

an outer frame 210;

an inner frame 220;

a glass cover 230;

a window screen 240;

a groove 250;

a hinge mechanism 300;

a door lock mechanism 400;

a front plate 10;

a front plate main body 101;

a laundry inlet 111;

a recess 112;

an annular groove 113;

a fixing ring 102;

cut-out 121.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present invention and simplify 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 the terms "mounted," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly, as well as, for example, fixedly coupled, detachably coupled, or integrally coupled, unless otherwise specifically indicated and defined. 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. In the description of the above embodiments, particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, an embodiment of the washing machine of the present invention is shown. The washing machine is a drum washing machine.

The washing machine includes a cabinet including a cabinet body and a front plate 100 disposed at a front side of the cabinet body.

The front plate 100 is provided with a laundry inlet 110, and the front plate 100 is formed with an annular recess 120 around the laundry inlet 110. I.e., the front panel 100 is concavely pressed inward to form the recess 120 to form an installation space for accommodating the viewing window door 200. The front plate 100 in this embodiment is an integrally formed structure, and has a simple structure and low cost.

The observation window door 200 covers the laundry inlet 110, and is attached to the recess 120 by a hinge mechanism 300 on one side and a door lock mechanism 400 on the other side so as to be openable and closable.

The front side of the viewing window door 200 forms a flat front surface with the front side of the front panel 100. Namely, the observation window door 200 is embedded in the body front plate 100, is completely embedded in the concave part 120, and forms an integral design appearance with the body front plate 100.

The viewing window 200 and the body front plate 100 may form a flat plane or a curved surface.

The viewing window door 200 may be tempered glass or plastic.

The front plate 100 is provided with cut portions 130 beveled inward of the recess 120 along the front side surface of the front plate 100 at positions corresponding to the hinge mechanism 300 and the door lock mechanism 400, respectively.

As shown in fig. 4, the cut-out 130 at the hinge mechanism 300 provides a space I required for hinge rotation, so that the rotation of the door body can be directly achieved with a general hinge without interference with the front panel 100, a U-shaped hinge with higher cost is not required, and the stability of the door body can be maintained.

The cutout 130 of the door lock mechanism 400 provides a space II for opening and closing the door by the user's hand, and allows the viewing window 200 to be pulled out.

In the above washing machine, the observation window 200 is completely embedded in the front panel 100, without adding additional handles and pushing and bouncing members, without using a U-shaped hinge, and without increasing the cost. The surface of the observation window door 200 facing the user is of a flat design, and no raised or depressed handles for the user to grasp the opening and closing door are provided thereon; by providing the notch 130 on the front plate 100 at one side of the hinge, a space required for the hinge to rotate is provided, so that the rotation of the door body can be directly realized by using a common hinge without interference with the front plate 100, a U-shaped hinge with higher cost is not required, and the stability of the door body can be maintained; by providing the cut-out 130 on the front plate 100 at the side where the user opens the door, a space required for opening and closing the door by the user's hand is provided; meanwhile, the notch 130 is of a beveling structure, the observation window door 200 and the front plate 100 are gapless when seen from the front, and the integrity of the observation window door 200 and the front plate 100 is not damaged, so that the whole observation window door 200 and the front plate 100 are absolutely embedded from the user perspective, no redundant design exists, the occupied space of the washing machine is reduced, the aesthetic feeling of the design is maintained, and the door opening and closing function is realized.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the front plate 100 is provided with an inclined surface a inclined toward the inside of the recess 120 along the front side surface thereof; the cut-out 130 is formed by chamfering the outer edge of the inclined surface to the inner edge.

Since the outer edge of the front side of the viewing window door 200 has a rounded corner structure, the inner side of the inclined surface a at the edge of the recess 120 of the front plate 100 may be flush with the rounded bottom edge of the viewing window door 200, so that the viewing window door 200 may be visually seen to be larger, the feeling of use of the user may be improved, and the feeling of smoothness of the overall structure may be increased.

As shown in fig. 5, the viewing window and door 200 includes an outer frame 210, an inner frame 220, a glass cover 230, and a window screen 240.

Wherein the outer frame 210 is connected to the hinge mechanism 300. The inner frame 220 is disposed inside the outer frame 210 and fixed to the outer frame 210. The glass cover 230 is sandwiched and fixed between the inner frame 220 and the outer frame 210.

The window screen 240 is disposed at the front side of the inner frame 220, and the front side of the window screen 240 is flush with the front side of the front plate 100, forming a flat front surface of the washing machine.

The outer surface of the window screen 240 may be designed to be a cambered surface, with only the edges flush with the front plate 100 of the periphery of the recess 120 or smoothly transitioning to form a cambered surface with the front plate 100. Alternatively, the outer surface of the observation window door 200 itself is also flat, and the outer surface of the window screen 240 is flush with the front plate 100 on the outer periphery of the recess 120, thereby forming an integral flat design appearance.

The hinge mechanism 300 includes a hinge body fixed in the recess 120 of the front plate 100 and a hinge shaft installed on the hinge body; the hinge shaft is connected to the viewing window gate 200.

A hinge installation groove is provided at the bottom surface of the recess 120 of the front plate 100, and the hinge body is fixed in the hinge installation groove. A hinge shaft mounting part is opened at the inner side of the viewing window door 200, and the hinge shaft mounting part is connected with the hinge shaft.

Wherein the hinge mounting groove is provided at a position where the recess 120 is located on the horizontal center line thereof so that the viewing window door 200 is rotated open from one side to the other side in the horizontal direction.

The door lock mechanism 400 may be a door lock of a washing machine in the related art, and its structure will not be described in detail. The door lock mechanism 400 is disposed at a position where the recess 120 is located on the horizontal center line thereof, opposite to the hinge mechanism 300. The cutout portions at the door lock mechanism 400 and the hinge mechanism 300 are symmetrically disposed with respect to the vertical center line of the washing machine.

Further, in order to facilitate the opening of the door, a groove 250 is provided on the inner side surface of the observation window door 200 at the cut-out portion corresponding to the door lock mechanism, and the groove 250 may form a door handle structure, so that the user can insert a finger to open the door conveniently, and grasp is facilitated. The grooves 250 are hidden inside the observation window door 200, so that the appearance of the observation window door 200 and the appearance of the whole washing machine are not damaged, and the overall aesthetic property of the whole washing machine is ensured while the door is conveniently opened.

Example two

The washing machine of the present embodiment includes a cabinet including a cabinet body and a front plate 10 disposed at a front side of the cabinet body. The washing machine in this embodiment is different from that in the first embodiment mainly in the structure of the front plate, and the other structures are the same.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the front plate 10 in the present embodiment is composed of a front plate main body 101 and a fixing ring 102.

The front plate main body 101 is provided with a laundry inlet 111.

The front plate main body 101 is formed with an annular recess 112 around the laundry inlet 111. That is, the front plate main body 101 is depressed inward to form a depression 112 to form an installation space for accommodating the viewing window door. The fixing ring 102 is fixed in the recess 112 closely to the outer edge of the recess 112.

The observation window door covers the laundry inlet 111, and is attached to the recess 112 by a hinge mechanism on one side and a door lock mechanism on the other side so as to be openable and closable.

The outer edge of the concave portion 112 of the front plate main body 101 is provided with an annular groove 113, and the fixing ring 102 is embedded and fixed in the annular groove 113.

The fixing ring 102 is provided with cut portions 121 beveled inward of the recess 112 along the front side surface of the front plate 10 at positions corresponding to the hinge mechanism and the door lock mechanism, respectively.

The hinge mechanism and the door lock mechanism are located on the front plate main body 101 inside the fixing ring 102.

The front side of the viewing window door forms a flat front surface with the front side of the front panel 10. Namely, the observation window door is embedded in the machine body front plate 10 and is completely embedded in the concave part 112, and forms an integral design appearance with the machine body front plate 10.

The viewing window and door and the front plate 10 of the machine body can form a flat plane or an arc surface.

The viewing window and door may be of toughened glass or plastic.

The cutout 121 at the hinge mechanism provides a space required for hinge rotation, so that the rotation of the door body can be directly achieved with a general hinge without interference with the front plate 10, a U-shaped hinge with higher cost is not required, and the stability of the door body can be maintained. The cutout 121 of the door lock mechanism provides a space for a user to open and close the door by hand, and the observation window door can be pulled out.

The fixing ring 102 and the front plate main body 101 can be fixedly connected by a fastening structure, adhesion and the like. The preferred connected mode that adopts buckle structure of this embodiment, the installation of being convenient for is dismantled.

The fixing ring 102 in this embodiment is provided as a separate component, which is not only convenient for manufacturing, but also can be designed into various colors separately, which plays a role in decorating the whole machine and can improve the design of the whole machine.

In this embodiment, the front side of the fixing ring 102 is an inclined surface that is inclined toward the inside of the recess 112 along the front side thereof. The notch 121 is formed by chamfering the outer edge of the inclined surface to the inner edge. Because the outer edge of the front side surface of the observation window door is provided with the rounding structure, the innermost side of the inclined surface of the fixing ring 102 can be flush with the rounding bottom edge of the observation window door, the observation window door can be larger visually, the use feeling of a user can be improved, and meanwhile, the rounding feeling of the whole structure can be increased.

The observation window door comprises an outer frame, an inner frame, a glass cover and a window screen.

Wherein the outer frame is connected with the hinge mechanism. The inner frame is arranged on the inner side of the outer frame and is fixed with the outer frame. The glass cover is clamped and fixed between the inner frame and the outer frame. The window screen is arranged on the front side of the inner frame, and the front side surface of the window screen is flush with the front side surface of the front plate to form a flat front surface of the washing machine.

The outer surface of the window screen of the observation window door can be designed into an arc surface, and only the edge of the observation window door is in parallel or smoothly transition with the front plate at the periphery of the concave part to form an arc surface with the front plate. Or the outer surface of the observation window door is also a plane, and the outer surface of the window screen is flush with the front plate at the periphery of the concave part, so that the integrated plane design appearance is formed.

The hinge mechanism comprises a hinge body and a hinge shaft arranged on the hinge body, and the hinge body is fixed in the concave part of the front plate; the hinge shaft is connected with the observation window door.

The bottom surface of the concave part of the front plate is provided with a hinge installation groove, and the hinge body is fixed in the hinge installation groove. The inner side of the observation window door is provided with a hinge shaft installation part which is connected with the hinge shaft.

Wherein the hinge mounting groove is provided at a position where the recess is located on a horizontal center line thereof so that the observation window door is rotated open from one side to the other side in a horizontal direction.

The door lock mechanism may be a door lock of a washing machine in the prior art, and the structure thereof will not be described in detail. The door lock mechanism is arranged at a position where the concave part is positioned on the horizontal center line of the door lock mechanism, and is arranged opposite to the hinge mechanism. The cut-out parts at the door lock mechanism and the hinge mechanism are symmetrically arranged relative to the vertical center line of the washing machine.

Further, in order to be convenient for open the door, the notch department that corresponds lock mechanism department is provided with the recess in the medial surface of observation window door, and the recess can form the door handle structure, and convenience of customers inserts the finger and opens the door, is convenient for hold. The grooves are hidden on the inner side of the observation window door, the appearance of the observation window door and the appearance of the whole washing machine are not damaged, and the overall attractiveness of the whole washing machine is guaranteed while the door is conveniently opened.

According to the washing machine, the observation window door is completely embedded into the front plate, no additional handle is needed, the pure flat appearance of the door body is not damaged, and the embedded design scheme of the observation window door and the front plate can be realized; the pushing and bouncing component is not added, and the door closing force is not increased; the U-shaped hinge or other hinges which are not mechanically unstable are not used, and only the common hinge is used, so that the cost is not increased.

In the washing machine, the surface of the observation window door facing the user is of a pure flat design, and no protruding or recessed handle for the user to pull the switch door is arranged on the observation window door; the front plate at one side of the hinge is provided with the notch, so that the space required by the rotation of the hinge is provided, the rotation of the door body can be directly realized by using the common hinge without interference with the front plate, a U-shaped hinge with higher cost is not required, and the stability of the door body can be maintained; the front plate on one side of the door opened by the user is provided with a notch part, so that the space required by the door opened by the hand of the user is provided; meanwhile, the notch part is of a beveling structure, the observation window door and the front plate are gapless when seen from the front, the integrity of the observation window door and the front plate is not damaged, the whole observation window door and the front plate are absolute embedded from the perspective of a user, no redundant design exists, the occupied space of the washing machine is reduced, the aesthetic feeling of the design is maintained, and the door opening and closing function is realized.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalents may be substituted for some of the technical features thereof; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions.

Claims

1. A washing machine, comprising:

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front plate is provided with an inclined surface inclined toward the inside of the recess along the front side thereof; the cutout portion is formed by chamfering an outer edge to an inner edge of the inclined surface.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the hinge mechanism includes a hinge body and a hinge shaft mounted on the hinge body, the hinge body being fixed in the recess of the front plate; the hinge shaft is connected with the observation window door.

4. A washing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the bottom surface of the recess is provided with a hinge mounting groove, and the hinge body is fixed in the hinge mounting groove.

5. The washing machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inner side of the outer edge of the viewing window door is provided with a groove corresponding to the cut-out position, the groove forming a door handle.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the viewing window and door comprises:

the outer frame is connected with the hinge mechanism;

the inner frame is arranged at the inner side of the outer frame;

7. The washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the front plate includes:

8. The washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the recess of the front plate body is provided at an outer edge thereof with an annular groove, and the fixing ring is fitted and fixed in the annular groove.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the fixing ring is fixedly coupled with the front plate body by a snap structure.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front plate is an integrally formed structure.