Gate stop assembly and the washing facility that uses the gate stop assembly
[technical field]
The utility model relates to a kind of gate stop assembly of door assembly and washing facility that uses this gate stop assembly of being applied to.
[background technology]
As everyone knows, at present in the employed washing facility of family, for example washing machine (washing machine that comprises other types such as rotary drum washing machine, roller washing machine) or dish-washing machine etc., the body front panel generally is provided with the opening that allows the user that washing clothes or other article are put into washing facility or washing articles is taken out from washing facility, and this opening is opened or closed by door assembly.One end of door assembly generally with the mode that articulates be installed in the corresponding position of opening on, the other end of door assembly is snapped in by a gate stop in the perforate of front panel correspondence position to close door assembly, gate stop is assembled in the mode that articulates, and can rotate around a fixed rotating shaft under external force.Operation is typically provided with a catch on the door assembly for the convenience of the user, thereby the user makes the perforate on the gate stop disengaging body front panel open door assembly by pulling the rotation of catch drive gate stop.For preventing that catch from separating with gate stop, generally on gate stop, be provided with a boss, catch is provided with the installing hole that matches with boss, by boss is embedded in the described installing hole catch and gate stop is fitted together.For guaranteeing that further catch and gate stop are synchronized with the movement, in the rotating shaft that gate stop articulates, also be provided with a spring structure, this spring is generally a kind of pair of torsionspring structure, the both sides of two its gate stop of spire apportion, described gate stop is waled by a crossbeam that is down " U " shape in the centre, and the two ends of described spring are the free end of equidirectional.But, when closing door assembly, gate stop in front under the resistance of plate perforate around the rotating shaft of its pivot joint to inner rotary, make boss break away from installing hole, because spring only is to fall the crossbeam hoop of " U " shape on gate stop by it, this moment, catch and gate stop broke away from, and no longer were subjected to the elastic force effect of spring, thereby can cause catch loosening; In addition, in front under the less situation of the size of plate perforate, door assembly is in off position the time, and gate stop is subjected to the outside extruding force of front panel perforate that catch and gate stop are broken away to a certain extent, thereby also can cause the loosening of catch.
[utility model content]
At above problem, goal of the invention of the present utility model is for providing a kind of gate stop assembly that can prevent that catch is loosening.
For achieving the above object, the utility model is realized in the following manner: a kind of gate stop assembly, comprise gate stop, spring structure and the rotating shaft that is connected described gate stop and described spring structure, described gate stop can be around described rotating shaft rotation, described spring structure comprises spire, the two ends of described spire are along respectively extending a shank on the tangential direction of its circumference, the bearing of trend of two shanks and the perpendicular planar S of described rotating shaft on projection between have certain angle α, an arm is extended in described wherein shank bending, and there is certain angle β in the opposite direction of the bearing of trend of described arm and described shank bearing of trend between the projection on the described planar S.By this gate stop assembly, when the shank at described spire and two ends thereof under external force when strain takes place in its axis zero, a described wherein shank bends extended arm still can independently provide strain, thereby extra elastic-restoring force is provided.
For achieving the above object, the utility model also can be realized in the following manner: a kind of gate stop assembly, comprise gate stop, spring structure and the rotating shaft that is connected described gate stop and described spring structure, described gate stop can be around described rotating shaft rotation, described spring structure comprises first spire, with the second opposite spire of the described first spire hand of spiral, and connect described first spire and described second spire in order to wale the non-helical portion of " U " shape that is down of described gate stop, the two ends of described first spire and described second spire are along respectively extending a shank on the tangential direction of its circumference, at least described wherein shank bending an extending arm, described arm and described shank and the perpendicular planar S of described rotating shaft on projection between have certain angle β.Equally, when the extended shank of described first, second spire and two ends thereof institute under external force when strain takes place in its axis zero, described non-helical portion wales described gate stop so that the elastic-restoring force opposite with its direction of rotation to be provided, a described wherein shank bends extended arm simultaneously still can independently provide strain, thereby extra elastic-restoring force is provided.
As a kind of specific embodiment of the present utility model, described arm is formed with a free end, described free-ended bearing of trend is roughly opposite with the bearing of trend of described arm, thereby allows described arm to produce bigger strain, so that enough big elastic-restoring force to be provided.
In addition, preferred, be formed with a triple helical portion between a described wherein shank and the described arm, thereby bigger elastic-restoring force is provided.
More preferred, there is certain angle between the axis zero ' of described triple helical portion and the described rotating shaft.The design that the two axial lines irrelevancy is capable also makes described arm that bigger elastic-restoring force can be provided.
Another purpose of the present utility model is for providing a kind of washing facility that can prevent that catch is loosening.
For realizing this goal of the invention, the utility model is realized in the following manner: a kind of washing facility, comprise the input port of throwing in washing articles and allow the user to open or close the door assembly of described input port, described door assembly further comprises catch, gate stop assembly, support and Men Quan; Described gate stop assembly comprises gate stop, spring structure and the rotating shaft that is connected described gate stop and described spring structure, described gate stop can be around described rotating shaft rotation, described spring structure comprises spire, the two ends of described spire are along respectively extending a shank on the tangential direction of its circumference, the bearing of trend of two shanks and the perpendicular planar S of described rotating shaft on projection between have certain angle α, an arm is extended in described wherein shank bending, and there is certain angle β in the opposite direction of the bearing of trend of described arm and described shank bearing of trend between the projection on the described planar S; Described catch matches with described support by described gate stop assembly and is assembled on the described door circle, and described arm supports and terminates in the described catch with the described catch of fixing.When the user pulled described catch, described catch drove described gate stop and rotates around described rotating shaft, thereby opened described door assembly; When the user closed described door assembly, described gate stop externally outwards rotated around described rotating shaft under the effect of resistance, and this moment, described gate stop separated with described catch.But described arm still props up described catch, and extra elastic-restoring force is provided, thereby guaranteeing that described catch is unlikely comes off or loosening.
As a kind of specific embodiment of the present utility model, described catch comprises a cavity, and described gate stop further comprises the afterbody that is provided with a projection, during assembling, described afterbody is contained in the described cavity, and described projection is embedded in the set hole of described cavity correspondence position.
Preferably, described arm is formed with a free end, and described free-ended bearing of trend is roughly opposite with the bearing of trend of described arm, and during assembling, described arm or described free end support and terminate on the upper wall of described cavity inside, and described shank supports and terminates on the described support.
More preferred, another described shank of described spire supports and terminates in the afterbody of described gate stop during assembling, thereby guarantees that described gate stop returns to initial position.
For realizing this goal of the invention, the utility model also can be realized in the following manner: a kind of washing facility, comprise the input port of throwing in washing articles and allow the user to open or close the door assembly of described input port, described door assembly further comprises catch, gate stop assembly, support and Men Quan; Described gate stop assembly comprises gate stop, spring structure and the rotating shaft that is connected described gate stop and described spring structure, described gate stop can be around described rotating shaft rotation, described spring structure comprises first spire, with the second opposite spire of the described first spire hand of spiral, and connect described first spire and described second spire in order to wale the non-helical portion of " U " shape that is down of described gate stop, the two ends of described first spire and described second spire are along respectively extending a shank on the tangential direction of its circumference, at least described wherein shank bending an extending arm, described arm and described shank and the perpendicular planar S of described rotating shaft on projection between have certain angle β; Described catch matches with described support by described gate stop assembly and is assembled on the described door circle, and described arm supports and terminates in the described catch with the described catch of fixing.Equally, when the user pulled described catch, described catch drove described gate stop and rotates around described rotating shaft, thereby opened described door assembly; When the user closed described door assembly, described gate stop externally outwards rotated around described rotating shaft under the effect of resistance, and this moment, described gate stop separated with described catch.But described arm still props up described catch, and extra elastic-restoring force is provided, thereby guaranteeing that described catch is unlikely comes off or loosening.
As a kind of specific embodiment of the present utility model, described catch comprises a cavity, and described gate stop further comprises the afterbody that is provided with a projection, during assembling, described afterbody is contained in the described cavity, and described projection is embedded in the set hole of described cavity correspondence position.
Preferably, described arm is formed with a free end, and described free-ended bearing of trend is roughly opposite with the bearing of trend of described arm, and during assembling, described arm or described free end support and terminate on the upper wall of described cavity inside, and described shank supports and terminates on the described support.
[description of drawings]
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and embodiments.
Fig. 1 is the stereogram according to the utility model specific embodiment washing machine;
Fig. 2 is the partial enlarged drawing at washing machine C place as shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 3 is the schematic perspective view according to first kind of specific embodiment of the spring structure of the utility model gate stop assembly;
Fig. 4 is the schematic perspective view according to second kind of specific embodiment of the spring structure of the utility model gate stop assembly;
Fig. 5 is according to the utility model specific embodiment gate stop assembly and in conjunction with the assembling schematic diagram of spring structure as shown in Figure 4.
[specific embodiment]
With reference to shown in Figure 1, be schematic perspective view according to the utility model specific embodiment washing facility 13, with the washing machine shown in scheming is example, described washing facility 13 generally is made of the space of a sealing base 24, casing 25 and upper cover body 26, the outer bucket of washing machine and inner core and other device (not shown)s are arranged on described casing 25 inside.The top of described casing 25 is provided with in order to control the control panel 27 of described washing machine and demonstration information, below in described control panel 27, offer an input port 14 of throwing in washing clothes on the front panel of described casing 25, one end of described input port 14 is articulated with a door assembly 15, thereby described door assembly 15 can open or close described input port 14 around the axle rotation of its pivot joint under external force.Described door assembly 15 is provided with a gate stop 2 towards a side of described input port 14, the other end that is positioned at described input port 14 further is provided with a perforate 28 of accommodating described gate stop 2 on the front panel of described casing 25, when closing described door assembly 15, described gate stop 2 is snapped in the described perforate 28.Open described door assembly 15 for the convenience of the user, described door assembly 15 further is provided with a catch 16, and the user can open described door assembly 15 by pulling described catch 16.
In conjunction with shown in Figure 2, be as shown in Figure 1 according to the local enlarged diagram at the utility model specific embodiment washing machine C place, be the clear structure that shows wherein, omitted in order to sealing the inside door circle of described door assembly 15, clearly among this figure shown that described catch 16 is assembled in the structure on the door circle 18 of described door assembly 15 by a gate stop assembly 1 and a support 17.As shown in the figure, the inboard of described catch 16 is provided with a cavity 19, is provided with a hole that roughly is square 22 in the upper wall of described cavity 19.Described gate stop assembly 1 comprises gate stop 2, spring structure 3 and is connected the rotating shaft 4 of described gate stop 2 and described spring structure 3.One end of described gate stop 2 is provided with a hook portion 29, and the other end is provided with an afterbody 20, is connected by a base portion 30 between described hook portion 29 and the described afterbody 20.Described base portion 30 is provided with a through hole 31, and during assembling, a rotating shaft 4 runs through this through hole 31, and described gate stop 2 can rotate around described rotating shaft 4.The upper end of described afterbody 20 further is provided with a projection 21, during assembling, described afterbody 20 is accommodated in the cavity 19 of described catch 16, simultaneously described protruding 21 embed in the hole 22 set on the described cavity 19, when guaranteeing that described catch 16 and described gate stop 2 are accurately located each other, can allow the user to rotate around described rotating shaft 4 to drive described gate stop 2 by pulling described catch 16.In conjunction with Fig. 3, be schematic diagram according to first kind of specific embodiment of the spring structure of the utility model gate stop assembly, as shown in the figure, described spring structure 3 comprises spire 5, the two ends of described spire 5 are along respectively extending a shank 6 on the tangential direction of its circumference, 7, two shanks 6,7 bearing of trend with the perpendicular planar S of the axis at described rotating shaft 4 places on projection 6 ', there is certain angle α between 7 ', i.e. two projections 6 ', irrelevancy is capable also not point-blank between 7 ', obviously, described shank 6,7 and arm 8 can be that straight line or other arbitrary shapes extend, for example S shape or Z-shaped etc. extending.This spring structure 3 is assembled in a side of described rotating shaft 4 the above gate stop 2, wherein a shank 6 supports and terminates on the described support 17, another shank 7 supports and terminates on the described gate stop 2, like this, when described gate stop 2 rotates around described rotating shaft 4 under external force, when promptly strain taking place, provide the elastic-restoring force of described gate stop 2 by means of described spring structure 3 self strain; Simultaneously, an arm 8 is extended in 6 bendings of a described wherein shank, there is certain angle β in the opposite direction of the bearing of trend of described arm 8 and described shank 6 bearing of trends between the projection on the described planar S 8 ', 6 ', promptly irrelevancy is capable also not point-blank between two projections 8 ', 6 ', equally, can straight line to extend also can be that other shapes are extended for described arm 8.Thus, described arm 8 supports on the upper wall that terminates in described catch 16 cavitys 19, and independently elastic-restoring force is provided.Therefore, even when the projection 21 of described gate stop 2 breaks away from hole 22 set on described catch 16 cavitys 19, still can guarantee described catch 16 unlikely disengagings by described arm 8, thereby avoided effectively when the user closes described door assembly 15, described gate stop 2 around described rotating shaft 4 outwards rotate break away from described catch 16 or described protruding 21 with described catch 16 cavitys 19 on the drawback that causes described catch 16 to come off or become flexible when having certain tolerance between the set hole 22.
Fig. 4 shows second kind of specific embodiment according to the spring structure of the utility model gate stop assembly, as shown in the figure, described spring structure 3 comprise first spire 5 ', with the second opposite spire 9 of described first spire, the 5 ' hand of spiral, and connect described first spire 5 ' and described second spire 9 and be down non-helical 10 of " U " shape in order to what wale described gate stop 2, the two ends of described first spire 5 ' and described second spire 9 are along respectively extending a shank 6,7 on the tangential direction of its circumference.During assembling, described shank 6,7 is all to terminating on the described support 17, and by described non-helical 10 afterbody 20 of waling described gate stop 2.When described gate stop 2 rotates around described rotating shaft 4 under external force, in when, promptly strain taking place, by described non-helical 10 elastic-restoring force that described gate stop 2 is provided, make the distribution of its elastic-restoring force more even by means of described spring structure 3 self strain by described non-helical 10; Simultaneously, an arm 8 is extended in 6 bendings of a described wherein shank, described arm 8 and described shank 6 and the perpendicular planar S of described rotating shaft 4 on projection 8 ', 6 ' between have certain angle β, promptly irrelevancy is capable also not point-blank between two projections 8 ', 6 ', thus, described arm 8 supports and terminates on the upper wall of described catch 16 cavitys 19, and independently elastic-restoring force is provided.Equally, even when the projection 21 of described gate stop 2 breaks away from hole 22 set on described catch 16 cavitys 19, still can guarantee described catch 16 unlikely disengagings by described arm 8, and then avoided effectively when the user closes described door assembly 15, described gate stop 2 around described rotating shaft 4 outwards rotate break away from described catch 16 or described protruding 21 with described catch 16 cavitys 19 on the drawback that causes described catch 16 to come off or become flexible when having certain tolerance between the set hole 22.Obviously, in the present embodiment, described two shanks 6,7 also can all extend an arm 8 separately, and then make the stressed distribution of described catch 16 more even, thus described catch 16 unlikely the becoming flexible of more abundant assurance.
Preferably, for bigger elastic-restoring force is provided, an end of described arm 8 extends a free end 11, and the bearing of trend of described free end 11 is roughly opposite with the bearing of trend of described arm 8, has certain angle between promptly allowing to meet.Simultaneously, for increasing the intensity of described arm 8, be formed with a triple helical portion 12 between the described shank 6 at described arm 8 and its place, more preferred, there is certain angle between the axis zero ' of described triple helical portion 12 and the axis at described rotating shaft 4 places, promptly irrelevancy is capable between the two, and then bigger elastic-restoring force is provided.
Fig. 5 shows according to the utility model gate stop assembly 1 in conjunction with the package assembly of spring structure 3 as shown in Figure 4, during assembling, at first an end of described rotating shaft 4 is inserted in the hole of described support 17 1 ends, then described spring structure 3 is put in the middle of the described support 17, continuation is pushed into described rotating shaft 4 in the threaded hole at described spring structure 3 one end spires 5 ' or 9 places, then described gate stop 2 is put into described support 17, continue then described rotating shaft 4 is advanced in passing the set hole of described support 17 other ends.Finish the installment work of whole gate stop assembly 1 like this.
Spring structure 3 according to the utility model gate stop assembly 1, improved traditional spring structure, make catch still can be subjected to the elastic force effect of spring during to inner rotary in that gate stop is stressed, thus guarantee when closing door assembly and close door assembly after catch unlikely loosening.
Obviously, with respect to those of ordinary skill in the art, gate stop assembly according to the utility model specific embodiment, can be applied in other similar washing facilitys (for example dish-washing machine), and need not extra creative work, so only be that example describes in the utility model specific embodiment with the washing machine.
In sum; in the category of basic fundamental thought of the present utility model, the those of ordinary skill of the correlative technology field that the utility model disclosed at any type of change that the utility model carried out all within patent application protection domain of the present utility model.