CN117107477A - Washing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of clothes washing, in particular to washing equipment, and aims to solve the problems that a washing barrel in the existing washing equipment is integrally provided with a hard barrel body, and clothes are easily worn by the hard barrel body in the washing process, so that the service life of the clothes is shortened. For this purpose, the washing device of the application comprises a housing and a washing tub arranged in the housing, the washing tub comprising a base and a flexible wall, the washing device further comprising a connecting piece fixedly connected to the base, a first end of the flexible wall forming a laundry putting-in opening, a second end of the flexible wall being clamped between the connecting piece and the base. The application can reduce the abrasion of the washing barrel to clothes, prolong the service life of the clothes, and the connecting piece can tightly press the flexible wall and the base together, and can prevent water in the washing barrel from flowing out from between the flexible wall and the base to a certain extent while connecting the base and the flexible wall.

Description

Washing apparatus

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of clothes washing, and particularly provides washing equipment.

Background

With the progress of technology and the increasing level of living of people, washing equipment has become one of the necessary home appliances in the home, and most people use the washing equipment as a main tool for washing clothes, socks and the like. Existing washing apparatuses generally include pulsator washing machines and drum washing machines. The washing barrel of the pulsator washing machine is vertically arranged, an opening of the washing barrel faces upwards, a pulsator is arranged at the inner bottom of the washing barrel, the pulsator rotates to stir water in the washing barrel in the washing process, and clothes are cleaned by the scouring action of the water on the clothes. The drum-type washing machine is characterized in that the washing barrel is transversely placed, the opening of the washing barrel is arranged forward, lifting ribs are formed on the inner wall of the washing barrel, and clothes are continuously lifted to a high position by the lifting ribs in the rotation process of the washing barrel and then fall under the action of gravity, so that the clothes are continuously lifted and fall to flap the clothes, and the clothes are cleaned. However, the whole washing barrel in the existing washing equipment adopts a hard barrel body, and the hard barrel body is easy to abrade clothes in the washing process, so that the service life of the clothes is shortened.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new washing apparatus to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to solve the technical problems that the whole washing barrel in the existing washing equipment adopts a hard barrel body, and the hard barrel body is easy to abrade clothes in the washing process, so that the service life of the clothes is shortened.

The application provides a washing device, which comprises a shell and a washing barrel arranged in the shell, wherein the washing barrel comprises a base and a flexible wall, the washing device also comprises a connecting piece fixedly connected to the base, a first end of the flexible wall forms a clothes throwing opening, and a second end of the flexible wall is clamped between the connecting piece and the base.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the washing barrel adopts a mode that the base is combined with the flexible wall, at least the side wall of the washing barrel is softer, and compared with the hard side wall of the washing barrel, the flexible wall is less prone to wearing clothes in the washing and rinsing processes, so that the wearing of the washing barrel to the clothes is reduced, and the service life of the clothes is prolonged; in addition, the flexible wall is installed on the base in a mode of being clamped between the connecting piece and the base, on one hand, the installation structure is relatively simple, on the other hand, the connecting piece can tightly press the flexible wall and the base together, and when the base and the flexible wall are connected, water in the washing tub is prevented from flowing out from between the flexible wall and the base to a certain extent.

In the preferred technical scheme of the washing device, the connecting piece is a connecting ring arranged at the edge of the base, a first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove are formed on one side, away from the center of the base, of the connecting ring, the first accommodating groove and the second accommodating groove are provided with notches facing the base, the second end of the flexible wall is accommodated in the first accommodating groove, the washing device further comprises a first sealing piece accommodated in the second accommodating groove, and at least liquid in the washing barrel is prevented from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the connecting piece.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the connecting piece is arranged to be located at the connecting ring at the edge of the base, so that the washing barrel is provided with a larger washing space, more clothes can be washed in a single washing process, the washing efficiency is improved, the first containing groove is formed, the flexible wall can be conveniently pressed on the base through the connecting piece, the second containing groove is formed, the first sealing piece contained in the second containing groove is arranged, liquid in the washing barrel can be prevented from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the connecting piece, and leakage of washing water is avoided.

In a preferred technical solution of the washing apparatus, the second accommodating groove is located at a side of the first accommodating groove, which is close to the center of the base, and the second accommodating groove is communicated with the first accommodating groove, the first sealing member is integrally provided with the second end of the flexible wall, and the first sealing member can prevent the liquid in the washing tub from flowing out from the gaps between the flexible wall and the connecting member and between the flexible wall and the base; or the second accommodating groove is formed at the bottom of the first accommodating groove and is communicated with the first accommodating groove, and the first sealing member can prevent the liquid in the washing barrel from flowing out from the gap between the flexible wall and the connecting member.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, in the technical scheme that the second accommodating groove is positioned on one side, close to the center of the base, of the first accommodating groove, the second accommodating groove is communicated with the first accommodating groove, the first sealing piece and the second end of the flexible wall are integrally arranged, the sealing effect of the first sealing piece is further improved, the first sealing piece can be further prevented from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the connecting piece, and the liquid in the washing barrel can be prevented from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the base.

In a preferred technical solution of the washing apparatus, a third accommodating groove is formed on a side, close to the center of the base, of the connecting ring, the third accommodating groove is provided with a notch facing the base, and the washing apparatus further comprises a second sealing member accommodated in the third accommodating groove, so that at least liquid in the washing tub is prevented from flowing out from a gap between the connecting member and the base.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the third accommodating groove is formed in the connecting piece, the second sealing piece is arranged in the third accommodating groove, liquid in the washing barrel can be prevented from flowing out of a gap between the connecting piece and the base, and leakage of washing water is further avoided.

In the preferred technical scheme of the washing device, one of the limiting grooves/limiting protrusions is arranged on the base, the other one of the limiting grooves/limiting protrusions is arranged at the second end of the flexible wall, and under the condition that assembly is completed, the limiting protrusions and the limiting grooves are located under the connecting piece, and the limiting protrusions are pressed in the limiting grooves by the connecting piece.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the position of the flexible wall on the base can be positioned by virtue of the limiting protrusions and the limiting grooves when the flexible wall and the base are assembled, and the limiting protrusions and the limiting grooves can be tightly matched together in a limiting manner by virtue of the pressing effect of the connecting piece after the assembly is completed, so that the position of the flexible wall on the base is limited, the flexible wall is prevented from being separated from the mounting position of the flexible wall on the base, and the limiting protrusions and the limiting grooves are not easy to separate under the action of external force, so that the limiting effect of the limiting protrusions and the limiting grooves is further enhanced.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing apparatus, the washing apparatus further includes a drain line, a liquid storage member communicating with each other, the liquid storage member communicating with the washing tub, and a suction element capable of sucking air in the liquid storage member to form a negative pressure in the liquid storage member to drain liquid in the washing tub into the liquid storage member, the liquid storage member communicating with the drain line, and a drain valve and/or a drain pump are provided on the drain line.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, under the condition of closing the drain valve and the drain pump, the water in the washing barrel can be pumped out into the liquid storage component through the suction element, then, the drain valve and the drain pump are opened again, the water can be discharged out of the washing equipment, the water discharge is realized, and under the condition of closing the drain valve and the drain pump, the suction element can pump out all the water and the air in the washing barrel, the flexible wall and the base tightly squeeze the clothes in the washing barrel, and the dehydration is realized.

In a preferred technical solution of the washing apparatus, the suction element is further communicated with an upper portion of the flexible wall so as to pump out air in the washing tub, a first on-off member is disposed between the suction element and the flexible wall, and a second on-off member is disposed between the liquid storage member and the washing tub.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, when both the first on-off component and the second on-off component are opened, the suction element is started, so that water and air in the washing barrel can be pumped out more rapidly, the dehydration duration is reduced, the waiting duration of a user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

In the preferred technical scheme of the washing equipment, the first end of the flexible wall is connected with the shell, the cover body of the washing equipment can close the clothes putting opening, the first end of the flexible wall and/or the cover body of the washing equipment are provided with sealing ribs, and when the cover body closes the clothes putting opening, the sealing ribs are positioned between the flexible wall and the cover body to realize sealing.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the cover body is tightly pressed on the sealing rib through the dead weight of the cover body, so that water in the washing barrel is prevented from flowing out from between the cover body and the first end of the flexible wall to the inside of the shell and is contacted with the electric element in the shell in the washing process, and the safety of the washing machine is improved.

Further, in the situation that the suction element is communicated with the upper portion of the flexible wall so as to pump air in the washing barrel, a first on-off component is arranged between the suction element and the flexible wall, and a second on-off component is arranged between the liquid storage component and the washing barrel, when the first on-off component is opened and the second on-off component is closed, the suction element is started to pump air in the upper portion of the washing barrel, so that the inside of the washing barrel is in a negative pressure state, the acting force between the cover body and the sealing rib on the flexible wall is further increased, and the tightness between the cover body and the flexible wall is further enhanced.

In the preferred technical scheme of the washing device, at least one part of the flexible wall is positioned above the base, the opening of the clothes throwing opening is upward, the washing device further comprises a pulsator and a driving assembly, the pulsator is rotatably arranged on the base, the connecting ring is arranged around the pulsator in a surrounding mode, and the driving assembly is connected with the pulsator to drive the pulsator to rotate; and/or a heating element is arranged on the base; and/or the connecting piece is fixedly connected to the base through a fastener.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the impeller and the driving component are arranged, so that the impeller can rotate in the washing process, and the water flow in the washing barrel is stirred, and the washing effect is enhanced; the heating element is arranged on the base, so that the heating element can heat water in the washing barrel, hot water washing is realized, the clothes cleanliness and washing efficiency are improved, and when a user wants to use the hot water to wash the clothes, the user does not need to use the kettle to burn the hot water in advance, so that time and labor are saved in the washing process of the user, and the user experience is further improved; the connecting piece passes through fastener fixed connection on the base, not only can very conveniently install the connecting piece to the base on, and be provided with the holding tank that is used for holding the sealing member on the connecting piece, the sealing member can set up in the holding tank with install under the circumstances between connecting piece and base, in the equipment in-process, can put connecting piece and sealing member earlier, the rethread fastener fastens the connecting piece on the base, in the fastening process, the connecting piece extrudees the sealing member gradually in order to accomplish the installation of sealing member, be convenient for the installation of sealing member, and if be provided with the holding tank that is used for holding the sealing member on the connecting piece, the sealing member can set up in the holding tank in order to install between connecting piece and base, but in the circumstances that connecting piece and base set up integratively, when installing the sealing member, only can force the sealing member to pack into the holding tank, if use the sealing member of relatively big volume, can cause the sealing member installation difficulty, make the equipment be long time by extension, cause the sealing member unable installation even. Compared with the upper situation that the connecting piece and the base are integrally arranged, in the situation that the connecting piece is fixedly connected to the base through the fastening piece, even if the sealing piece is relatively large in size, the sealing piece can be installed easily, so that the sealing piece relatively large in size can be allowed to be used in the situation, and the sealing effect can be further improved conveniently.

In the preferred technical scheme of the washing device, the first end of the flexible wall is connected with the shell, a clamping groove is formed in the shell, and the first end of the flexible wall is clamped in the clamping groove.

Under the condition of adopting the technical scheme, the flexible wall can be fixed on the shell by arranging the clamping groove and clamping the flexible wall in the clamping groove, and the flexible wall and the shell are convenient to assemble.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a first embodiment of a washing apparatus of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view at B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a construction of a second embodiment of the washing apparatus of the present application, showing an alternative embodiment of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the structure of a third embodiment of the washing apparatus of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a fourth embodiment of the washing apparatus of the present application.

Reference numerals:

1. a washing device; 11. a housing; 111. a clamping groove; 12. a washing tub; 121. a base; 1211. a limit groove; 12101. a heating element; 12102. a fastener; 122. a flexible wall; 12201. sealing ribs; 12202. a limit protrusion; 13. a pulsator; 14. a motor; 141. an output shaft of the motor; 15. a connecting piece; 151. a first accommodation groove; 152. a second accommodation groove; 153. a third accommodation groove; 1501. a first seal; 1502. a second seal; 16. a cover body; 171. a drainage pipeline; 17101. a draining pump; 172. a liquid storage member; 173. a suction element; 174. a water inlet pipeline; 17401. a water inlet valve; 176. a first on-off member; 177. and a second breaking member.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are merely for explaining the technical principles of the present application, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present application, terms such as "center," "upper," "lower," "vertical," "lateral," "inner," "front," "rear," and the like indicate directional or positional relationships based on the directional or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected" and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Based on the problem that the whole washing barrel in the existing washing equipment adopts a hard barrel body, the hard barrel body is easy to abrade clothes in the washing process, and the service life of the clothes is shortened, the application provides the washing equipment, and aims to reduce the abrasion of the washing barrel in the washing equipment to the clothes and prolong the service life of the clothes.

The technical scheme of the present application will be described in detail with reference to several embodiments.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the washing apparatus 1 includes a housing 11, a cover 16 disposed on the housing 11, a washing tub 12 disposed in the housing 11, a pulsator 13, and a driving assembly, the washing tub 12 includes a base 121 and a flexible wall 122, the flexible wall 122 is located at an upper side of the base 121, a first end (i.e., an upper end) of the flexible wall 122 forms a laundry putting opening, a second end (i.e., a lower end) of the flexible wall 122 is fixedly connected to the base 121, a heating element 12101 (e.g., a heating tube with an electric heating wire, a PTC heater, etc.) is disposed on the base 121, the heating element 12101 is capable of heating water in the washing tub 12, so that a user can wash laundry using hot water conveniently, and a temperature sensor is further disposed in the washing tub 12 for detecting a water temperature in the washing tub. The washing apparatus 1 further comprises a connecting member 15 fixedly connected to the upper side of the base 121, the second end of the flexible wall 122 being clamped between the connecting member 15 and the upper side of the base 121. The pulsator 13 is located on the upper side of the base 121 (i.e. the side of the base 121 near the laundry inlet), the driving assembly includes a motor 14, a bearing and a shaft seal (not shown in the bearing and shaft seal diagrams), a shaft hole is formed on the base 121, the bearing and the shaft seal are disposed in the shaft hole, the shaft seal is disposed on the upper side of the bearing to realize sealing, the output shaft of the motor 14 passes through the bearing and the shaft seal and stretches into the washing tub 12 and directly connects with the center of the pulsator 13, specifically, the output shaft of the motor 14 and the center of the pulsator 13 may be connected together by a screw (of course, the output shaft of the motor 14 and the pulsator 13 may be connected by other manners, such as bonding, etc.), the motor 14 can drive the pulsator 13 to rotate to agitate water in the washing tub 12, so as to wash or rinse the laundry in the washing tub 12 by the impact of water flow.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the connection member 15 is a connection ring (which may be a circular ring, a square ring, etc.) provided at an edge of the base 121, the connection ring is provided around the pulsator 13, a side of the connection ring remote from the center of the base 121 is formed with a first receiving groove 151 and a second receiving groove 152, the second receiving groove 152 is located at a side of the first receiving groove 151 near the center of the base 121, and the second receiving groove 152 communicates with the first receiving groove 151, the first receiving groove 151 has a notch toward the base 121 and a notch toward a portion of the flexible wall 122 that is a sidewall of the washing tub 12, the second receiving groove 152 also has a notch toward the base 121, a second end of the flexible wall 122 is received in the first receiving groove 151, and the washing apparatus 1 further includes a first seal 1501 integrally provided with the second end of the flexible wall 122 (for example, the first seal 1501 may be integrally injection-molded with the flexible wall 122), the first seal 1501 is received in the second receiving groove 152 to prevent liquid in the washing tub 12 from flowing out of the flexible wall 122 and the connection member 15 and the gap 122 between the flexible wall 121 and the base 121. The first sealing member 1501 is preferably a sealing ring, but may be a sealant poured into the second receiving groove 152.

The flexible wall 122 and the first sealing member 1501 are integrally arranged, so that a gap between the flexible wall 122 and the first sealing member 1501 can be avoided, and a better sealing effect can be obtained in an auxiliary mode. In addition, in the above case, the outflow of the liquid in the washing tub 12 from the gaps between the flexible wall 122 and the connection member 15 and between the flexible wall 122 and the base 121 can be prevented by only the first sealing member 1501, and there is no need to separately provide a sealing member for sealing the gap between the flexible wall 122 and the connection member 15 and a sealing member for sealing the gap between the flexible wall 122 and the base 121, thereby reducing the number of parts and improving the assembly efficiency.

As shown in fig. 2, a third receiving groove 153 is formed at a side of the connection ring near the center of the base 121, the third receiving groove 153 has a notch toward the base 121, and the washing apparatus 1 further includes a second sealing member 1502, and the second sealing member 1502 is received in the third receiving groove 153 to at least prevent the liquid in the washing tub 12 from flowing out of the gap between the connection member 15 and the base 121. Similar to the first seal 1501, the second seal 1502 may also be a gasket or a sealant poured into the third receptacle 153.

By providing the third receiving groove 153 and the second sealing member 1502, not only the outflow of the liquid in the washing tub 12 from the gap between the connecting member 15 and the base 121 can be prevented, but also the double sealing structure can be formed by being co-operated with the first sealing member 1501, thereby further preventing the leakage of the washing water from the washing tub 12.

As shown in fig. 2, the connecting member 15 is fixedly connected to the base 121 by a fastener 12102, and in the above, the fastener 12102 may be a screw, a bolt, or the like, and the fastener 12102 shown in fig. 2 is a screw. In a more preferred case, the number of screws is plural and arranged at equal intervals.

The connecting member 15 is fixedly connected to the base 121 through the fastener 12102, not only can the connecting member 15 be mounted to the base 121 very conveniently, but also in the case that an accommodating groove for accommodating the sealing member is provided on the connecting member 15, the sealing member can be disposed in the accommodating groove to be mounted between the connecting member 15 and the base 121, the relative position of the connecting member 15 and the sealing member according to fig. 2 can be put in the assembling process, the connecting member 15 is fastened to the base 121 through the fastener 12102, the sealing member is gradually pressed by the connecting member 15 to complete the mounting of the sealing member in the fastening process, and the sealing member can be disposed in the accommodating groove to be mounted between the connecting member 15 and the base 121 if the accommodating groove for accommodating the sealing member is provided on the connecting member 15, but in the case that the connecting member 15 and the base 121 are integrally disposed, the sealing member can be forcibly inserted into the accommodating groove only when the sealing member is mounted, the sealing member is difficult to be mounted if the sealing member is relatively large in size, and even the sealing member cannot be mounted is caused to be long in the assembling process. In the case where the connection member 15 is fixedly connected to the base 121 by the fastener 12102, the installation of the sealing member can be completed relatively easily even if the sealing member is relatively large in volume, as compared with the case where the connection member 15 is integrally provided with the base 121, and therefore, this case can allow the use of a sealing member relatively large in volume, facilitating further improvement of the sealing effect.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the first end of the flexible wall 122 is connected with the housing 11, the cover 16 of the washing device 1 can close the laundry putting opening, the first end of the flexible wall 122 is provided with a sealing rib 12201, and when the cover 16 closes the laundry putting opening, the sealing rib 12201 is located between the flexible wall 122 and the cover 16 to realize sealing. And in the case shown in fig. 3, the sealing rib is a double layer sealing rib 12201, which further improves the sealing effect between the flexible wall 122 and the cover 16.

As shown in fig. 3, a first end of the flexible wall 122 is connected to the housing 11, a clamping groove 111 is formed on the housing 11, and the first end of the flexible wall 122 is clamped in the clamping groove 111. The space in the locking groove 111 needs to be smaller than the portion of the flexible wall 122 locked in the locking groove 111, so that the flexible wall 122 is fixed to the housing 11 by the friction between the locking groove 111 and the flexible wall 122. Of course, in order to further enhance the function of fixing the flexible wall 122 by the clamping groove 111, an adhesive or the like may be coated on the inner wall of the clamping groove 111.

Although in the first embodiment, the connection member 15 is taken as a connection ring fixedly connected to the upper side of the base 121, the whole flexible wall 122 is located on the upper side of the base 121, and the laundry inlet is located at the upper end of the flexible wall 122 (that is, the opening of the laundry inlet is disposed upwards), this is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present application, and a person skilled in the art may flexibly adjust the specific connection position of the second end of the flexible wall 122 on the base 121, in some other embodiments, the connection member 15 may fix the connection member 15 to the lower side of the base 121, the second end of the flexible wall 122 is clamped between the connection member 15 and the lower side of the base 121, and other portions of the flexible wall 122 are located above the base 121. In addition, the arrangement of the whole washing tub 12 in the washing apparatus 1 is not limited to the vertical arrangement of the whole washing tub 12, and in some other embodiments, the washing tub 12 may be arranged horizontally, similar to a drum-type washing machine, that is, the base 121 is located at the rear side, at least a portion of the flexible wall 122 is located at the front side of the base 121, the rear end of the flexible wall 122 is connected to the base 121, and the front end of the flexible wall 122 forms a laundry inlet, in which case, the pulsator 13 and the driving assembly may be disposed on the base 121 to perform washing and rinsing of laundry, or the driving member (such as the motor 14) may be disposed to directly drive the base 121 to repeatedly rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, and each rotation rotates only by a relatively small angle, thereby performing stirring of water flow and performing washing and rinsing of laundry. In addition, the specific structure of the connecting member 15 is not limited to the use of a connecting ring, but may be a connecting bar, which is disposed around the base 121, but the connecting bar is not connected end to end, and there is a space between the end and the end of the connecting bar, and an opening may be provided on the flexible wall 122 at the space to serve as a water inlet or a water outlet of the washing tub 12.

While in the first embodiment the laundry washing is achieved by providing the pulsator 13 and the driving assembly including the motor 14, the bearing and the shaft seal, the output shaft 141 of the motor being directly connected to the pulsator, this is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and in some other embodiments the driving assembly may be provided to include a gear, a transmission shaft, a rack, and a cylinder, the transmission shaft passing through the gear and the pulsator, the rack meshing with the gear, the cylinder being connected to the rack to drive the rack to move in the length direction of the rack. In addition, the pulsator 13 and the driving unit may not be provided, for example: an ultrasonic generator may be provided in the tub 12 to remove dirt from the laundry.

Although the first receiving groove 151 and the second receiving groove 152 are formed on the connection member in the first embodiment, the second receiving groove 152 is located at a side of the first receiving groove 151 near the center of the base 121, and the second receiving groove 152 communicates with the first receiving groove 151, the first receiving groove 151 has a notch toward the base 121 and a notch toward a portion of the flexible wall 122 that is a sidewall of the tub 12, and the first sealing member 1501 is integrally provided with the second end of the flexible wall 122 as an example, in some other embodiments, the second receiving groove 152 is formed at a bottom of the first receiving groove 151 and communicates with the first receiving groove 151, and the first sealing member 1501 can prevent the liquid in the tub 12 from flowing out of a gap between the flexible wall 122 and the connection member 15, as shown in fig. 4, the relative positions of the first receiving groove 151 and the second receiving groove 152 can be adjusted by a person skilled in the art. Further, the first receiving groove 151 may have only a notch toward the base 121, and may not have a notch toward a portion of the flexible wall 122 that is a sidewall of the tub 12. Finally, the first receiving groove 151 and the second receiving groove 152 may not be formed in the connecting member 15, and at this time, the bottom side surface of the connecting member 15 may be formed as a plane, and the bottom side surface may be directly pressed against the upper side of the second end of the flexible wall 122 so that the lower side of the end is pressed against the base 121, and the screw sequentially passes through the base 121 and the second end of the flexible wall 122 and then passes into the connecting member 15.

Although the first end of the flexible wall 122 is connected to the housing 11 through the slot 111 formed in the housing 11 in the first embodiment, the specific connection manner of the flexible wall 122 and the housing 11 is not limited thereto, and in some other embodiments, the flexible wall 122 may be directly adhered to the housing 11 by an adhesive manner. Furthermore, the first end of the flexible wall 122 is not necessarily connected to the housing 11, and for example, the first end of the flexible wall 122 is provided with a first magnetic attraction member, the cover 16 is provided with a second magnetic attraction member, and a magnetic attraction force can be generated between the first magnetic attraction member and the second magnetic attraction member, by which the first end of the flexible wall 122 is maintained in a position above the washing apparatus 1. The first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece can adopt permanent magnets, electromagnets and the like, and even one of the first magnetic attraction piece and the second magnetic attraction piece is made of iron, and the other magnetic attraction piece is a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.

Although the first embodiment has been described using the example in which the sealing rib 12201 is provided at the first end of the flexible wall 122, the specific location of the sealing rib 12201 is not limited thereto, and in some other embodiments, the sealing rib 12201 may be provided on the cover 16, or the sealing rib 12201 may be provided on both the flexible wall 122 and the cover 16.

Example two

As shown in fig. 4, on the basis of the first embodiment, the second embodiment is adjusted as follows: the second accommodation groove 152 is formed at the bottom of the first accommodation groove 151 and is communicated with the first accommodation groove 151, the first sealing member 1501 can prevent liquid in the washing tub 12 from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall 122 and the connecting member 15, the base 121 is further provided with a limiting groove 1211, the second end of the flexible wall 122 is further provided with a limiting protrusion 12202, under the condition that assembly is completed, both the limiting protrusion 12202 and the limiting groove 1211 are located right below the connecting member 15, and the limiting protrusion 12202 is pressed in the limiting groove 1211 by the connecting member 15.

The above arrangement not only can position the flexible wall 122 on the base 121 by means of the limit protrusions 12202 and the limit grooves 1211 when assembling the flexible wall 122 and the base 121, but also can tightly limit the position of the flexible wall 122 on the base 121 by means of the compression effect of the connecting piece 15 after the assembly is completed, so as to limit the position of the flexible wall 122 on the base 121, prevent the flexible wall 122 from being separated from the mounting position of the flexible wall 122 on the base 121, and the limit protrusions 12202 and the limit grooves 1211 are not easy to separate under the action of external force, thereby further strengthening the limit effect of the limit protrusions 12202 and the limit grooves 1211.

While the embodiment two has been described with the example in which the stopper groove 1211 is provided on the base 121 and the stopper protrusion 12202 is provided on the flexible wall 122, the specific positions of the stopper groove 1211 and the stopper protrusion 12202 may be adjusted by those skilled in the art, and in some other embodiments, the stopper protrusion 12202 may be provided on the base 121 and the stopper groove 1211 may be provided on the flexible wall 122.

Example III

As shown in fig. 5, the washing apparatus 1 further includes a drain line 171, a liquid storage member 172 and a suction element 173 in communication with each other, the liquid storage member 172 being connected to the base 121 to communicate with the washing tub 12, the suction element 173 being capable of sucking air in the liquid storage member 172 to form a negative pressure in the liquid storage member 172 to drain liquid in the washing tub 12 into the liquid storage member 172, the liquid storage member 172 being in communication with the drain line 171, and a drain pump 17101 being provided on the drain line 171. The suction unit 173 may be an air pump, etc., and the liquid storage member 172 may be a liquid storage box, a liquid storage tank, a soft liquid storage bag, etc.

In the case that the drain pump 17101 is turned off, water in the washing tub 12 can be pumped into the liquid storage member 172 by the pumping element 173, and then, the drain pump 17101 is turned on again, water can be discharged out of the washing apparatus 1 to realize drainage, and in the case that the drain pump 17101 is turned off, the pumping element 173 can pump all of the water and air in the washing tub 12, so that the flexible wall 122 and the base 121 tightly press the laundry in the washing tub 12 to realize dehydration.

With continued reference to fig. 5, the washing apparatus 1 further includes a water inlet pipe 174 and a water inlet valve 17401, one end of the water inlet pipe 174 is connected to the base, the other end of the water inlet pipe 174 may be connected to a water source such as a tap water pipe, and when the water inlet valve 17401 is opened, water in the water source is allowed to enter the washing tub 12, and a flowmeter may be provided in the water inlet pipe 174 to detect the water inlet amount.

In the third embodiment, the drain pump 17101 is provided in the drain pipe 171, and the liquid storage member 172 communicates with the base 121, but the drain pipe 171 may be provided with a drain valve or may be provided with both the drain valve and the drain pump 17101. In addition, the liquid storage member 172 may also be connected to the flexible wall 122 to communicate with the wash tub 12.

Example IV

As shown in fig. 6, on the basis of the third embodiment, the suction element 173 is further communicated with the upper portion of the flexible wall 122 so as to suck out the air in the washing tub 12, a first on-off member 176 is provided between the suction element 173 and the flexible wall 122, and a second on-off member 177 is provided between the liquid storage member 172 and the washing tub 12. The first and second switching members 176 and 177 may each employ a solenoid valve, a manual valve, or the like.

When the first on-off member 176 is opened and the second on-off member 177 is closed, the suction element 173 is started to pump air out of the upper portion of the washing tub 12, so that the inside of the washing tub 12 is in a negative pressure state, thereby further increasing the acting force between the cover 16 and the sealing rib 12201 on the flexible wall 122, and further enhancing the sealing performance between the cover 16 and the flexible wall 122. When both the first and second on-off members 176 and 177 are opened, the pumping element 173 is activated, so that water and air in the washing tub 12 can be pumped out more rapidly, the dehydration time is reduced, the waiting time of a user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, given the provision of the washing apparatus 1 comprising at least the housing 11, the base 121, the flexible wall 122 and the connecting member 15, other components of the above-described embodiments may be selectively selected and varied depending on the specific product requirements, without departing from the inventive concept and therefore falling within the scope of the present application. For example, one or more of the heating element 12101, the fastener 12102, the first seal 1501, the second seal 1502, the sealing bead 12201, the clip groove 111, the spacing protrusion 12202, the spacing groove 1211, the drain line 171, the liquid storage member 172, the suction element 173, the first on-off member 176, and the second on-off member 177 may be omitted; the first, second and third receiving grooves 151, 152 and 153 may not be formed in the connecting member 15.

In addition, the alternative embodiments and the preferred embodiments can be used in a cross fit manner, so that new embodiments can be combined to be suitable for more specific application scenarios.

Thus far, the technical solution of the present application has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of protection of the present application is not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent modifications and substitutions for related technical features may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present application, and such modifications and substitutions will fall within the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A washing apparatus comprising a housing and a washing tub disposed within the housing, the washing tub comprising a base and a flexible wall, the washing apparatus further comprising a connector fixedly connected to the base, a first end of the flexible wall forming a laundry inlet, a second end of the flexible wall being clamped between the connector and the base.

2. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection member is a connection ring provided at an edge of the base, a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove are formed at a side of the connection ring away from a center of the base, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove each have a notch toward the base,

the second end of the flexible wall is accommodated in the first accommodating groove, and the washing equipment further comprises a first sealing element which is accommodated in the second accommodating groove so as to at least prevent liquid in the washing barrel from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the connecting piece.

3. The washing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the second receiving groove is located at a side of the first receiving groove near the center of the base, and the second receiving groove is in communication with the first receiving groove, the first sealing member is integrally provided with the second end of the flexible wall, and the first sealing member is capable of preventing the liquid in the washing tub from flowing out from the gaps between the flexible wall and the connecting member and between the flexible wall and the base; or alternatively

The second accommodating groove is formed at the bottom of the first accommodating groove and is communicated with the first accommodating groove, and the first sealing piece can prevent liquid in the washing barrel from flowing out from a gap between the flexible wall and the connecting piece.

4. The washing apparatus of claim 2, wherein a third receiving groove is formed at a side of the connection ring near the center of the base, the third receiving groove having a notch toward the base, the washing apparatus further comprising a second sealing member received in the third receiving groove to at least prevent the liquid in the washing tub from flowing out of a gap between the connection member and the base.

5. The washing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein one of a limit groove/limit protrusion is provided on the base, the second end of the flexible wall is provided with the other of the limit groove/limit protrusion, and in the assembled state, both the limit protrusion and the limit groove are located directly below the connection member, and the limit protrusion is pressed into the limit groove by the connection member.

6. The washing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a drain line, a reservoir member in communication with each other, the reservoir member being in communication with the washing tub, and a suction element capable of drawing air out of the reservoir member to create a negative pressure in the reservoir member to drain liquid in the washing tub into the reservoir member, the reservoir member being in communication with the drain line, the drain line being provided with a drain valve and/or a drain pump.

7. The washing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the suction element is further in communication with an upper portion of the flexible wall so as to draw out air within the tub, a first on-off member is provided between the suction element and the flexible wall, and a second on-off member is provided between the liquid storage member and the tub.

8. The washing device according to claim 7, wherein the first end of the flexible wall is connected to the housing, the cover of the washing device is capable of closing the laundry inlet, and sealing ribs are provided on the first end of the flexible wall and/or the cover of the washing device, and when the cover closes the laundry inlet, the sealing ribs are located between the flexible wall and the cover to realize sealing.

9. The washing apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein at least a portion of the flexible wall is located above the base, the laundry inlet opening is disposed upwardly, the washing apparatus further comprising a pulsator disposed on the base, the connection collar surrounding the pulsator, and a driving assembly connected to the pulsator to drive the pulsator to rotate; and/or

A heating element is arranged on the base; and/or

The connecting piece is fixedly connected to the base through a fastener.

10. The washing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 4 wherein the first end of the flexible wall is connected to the housing, the housing having a catch formed thereon, the first end of the flexible wall being captured within the catch.