CN205313863U - Automatic washing machine who puts in device and have it of detergent - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic device of puting in of detergent, it includes controller and water box part, water box part includes liquid storage box subassembly, gondola water faucet subassembly, pump package spare and water box casing, wherein, the liquid storage box subassembly is drawer -type structure, and it holds with sliding in the water box casing to the box is stored to manual input box and detergent including setting up side by side, the delivery port of gondola water faucet subassembly is located manual top of puting in the box, pump package spare is used for the control of controller down will the liquor pump that the detergent was stored in the box is sent to in the manual input box. The utility model discloses a detergent is automatic puts in the accurate input that the detergent can be realized to the device, and simple structure, and the operation is convenient. The utility model also discloses a washing machine.

Description

Detergent embarking device and there is its washing machine

Technical field

This utility model relates to washing machine technology field, is specifically related to a kind of detergent embarking device. This utility model further relates to a kind of washing machine.

Background technology

Automatic washing machine is often referred to the washing machine that energy is continuous, be automatically completed washing, rinsing, each process of dehydration. But, before program for washing starts, generally require manual putting detergent (such as detergent, liquid detergent or softener etc.). Manual putting detergent not only bothers, and the amount for throwing in is difficult to accurately control, it is easy to causes input not enough or throws in excessive situation, and result is that do washing clean or drift does not wash clean and causes that detergent remains. It addition, for roller washing machine, manual putting detergent is easy to be glued by detergent or be sprinkled upon with water box front panel or washing machine, affects attractive in appearance.

Prior art exists detergent embarking device for washing machine, but these devices have often existed structure too complex, take space in more machine, controlled the problems such as complicated.

Utility model content

In view of above-mentioned present situation, main purpose of the present utility model is in that to provide a kind of detergent embarking device, and it is capable of the automatic input of detergent and simple in construction, can simplify the control to water route.

Above-mentioned purpose is achieved through the following technical solutions:

A kind of detergent embarking device, it includes controller and water box parts, described water box parts include liquid storage box assembly, shower components, pump assembly and water box housing, wherein, described liquid storage box assembly is drawer-type structure, it is slidably received in described water box housing, and include the manual feeding box and the detergent Storage Box that are arranged side by side, the outlet of described shower components is positioned at the top of described manual feeding box, and described pump assembly is used in the liquid pumping in described detergent Storage Box to described manual feeding box under the control of described controller.

Preferably, the length of described detergent Storage Box is more than the length of described manual feeding box.

Preferably, the side of described water box housing has the step of the form fit with described liquid storage box assembly, and described pump assembly is fixed on described step place.

Preferably, the rear side end face of described water box housing is provided with drain pipe element, the rear side end of described liquid storage box assembly is provided with check valve assembly, when described liquid storage box assembly is pushed back in described water box housing, the outlet of described check valve assembly is inserted in one end being arranged in water box case inside of described drain pipe element.

Preferably, described check valve assembly includes the tubular body of medial extremity and the junction, bottom surface being formed at described liquid storage box assembly, and the barrel of described tubular body is provided with the first through-flow mouth, is provided with piston and spring the internal slide of described tubular body.

Preferably, the inner of described drain pipe element is cecum, is being provided with the second through-flow mouth on the sidewall of described cecum, and the position of described second through-flow mouth is corresponding in a circumferential direction with the position of described first through-flow mouth.

Preferably, the part being positioned at water box case inside of described drain pipe element includes the conical surface, and the exit of described check valve assembly is provided with the conical surface matched.

Preferably, described drain pipe element is provided with detergent detection device.

Preferably, described detergent detects the probe that device includes embedding described drain pipe element internal.

Preferably, being longitudinally provided with dividing plate inside described detergent Storage Box, described detergent Storage Box is divided into two or more storage chamber by described dividing plate, and the medial extremity of each storage chamber is provided with check valve assembly.

The purpose of second aspect of the present utility model is in that to provide a kind of washing machine, and it includes foregoing detergent embarking device.

Detergent embarking device of the present utility model is capable of the accurate input of detergent, and the mixing of detergent and gondola water faucet water outlet can be conveniently realized in manual feeding box, thus simplifying the control to water route so that the processes such as prewashing, Normal Wash, rinsing all adopt identical water route. It addition, also have simple in construction, operate advantage easily. Further, detergent embarking device of the present utility model can throw in the detergent of multiple different purposes automatically, and eliminate different detergent and share the drawback existing at least some of pipeline.

Accompanying drawing explanation

It is described according to the preferred implementation of detergent embarking device of the present utility model and washing machine hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawing. In figure:

Fig. 1 is the contour structures schematic diagram of the critical piece of detergent embarking device of the present utility model;

Fig. 2 is the schematic top plan view of the detergent embarking device of Fig. 1, wherein eliminates pump assembly;

Fig. 3 is the schematic front view of the detergent embarking device of Fig. 2, and wherein left end portion carries out partly cut-away along B-B;

Fig. 4 is the zoomed-in view of a-quadrant in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the zoomed-in view in C region in Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates situation when check valve assembly is opened;

Fig. 7 is the schematic front view of the liquid storage box assembly in Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is the left view schematic diagram of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the schematic top plan view of Fig. 7;

Figure 10 is the D-D cross-sectional schematic in Fig. 7;

Figure 11 is the flow chart of the preferred version of the input control method of detergent embarking device of the present utility model;

Figure 12 is the detergent embarking device of the present utility model installation site schematic diagram in washing machine.

Detailed description of the invention

What first illustrate is, in context of the present utility model, " rear side ", " front side ", " top ", " lower section " etc. are all for the orientation in washing machine use procedure, wherein, front side refers to the side near user, and the latter then refers to the side away from user.

As Figure 1-10 shows, this utility model provides a kind of detergent embarking device, it is preferred for roller washing machine, to realize detergent (in this utility model, detergent refers to the various liquid flux used in laundry processes, including liquid detergent and softener etc.) automatic input.Specifically, detergent embarking device of the present utility model includes controller (not shown, it is preferable that to share same controller with washing machine) and water box parts.

Fig. 1-3 schematically illustrates the primary structure of water box parts. Described water box parts include liquid storage box assembly 1, shower components 2, pump assembly 5 and water box housing 3. Wherein, described liquid storage box assembly 1 is drawer-type structure, and this structure is particularly well-suited to roller washing machine, and this liquid storage box assembly 1 is slidably received in described water box housing 3, it is possible to extracts out from water box housing easily and pushes back in water box housing. As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, described liquid storage box assembly 1 includes the manual feeding box 11 and the detergent Storage Box 12 that are arranged side by side, thus, when liquid storage box assembly 1 is extracted out from water box housing 3, manual feeding box 11 and detergent Storage Box 12 all can be revealed in outside, in order to throw in wherein or inject detergent. Described shower components 2 for connecting the water intaking valve assembly of washing machine by water inlet pipe, and its outlet is positioned at the top of described manual feeding box 11. Described pump assembly 5 for being pumped into the liquid (such as liquid detergent and/or softener etc.) in described detergent Storage Box 12 in described manual feeding box 11 under the control of described controller.

Detergent embarking device of the present utility model, by the controller control to pump assembly, it is capable of the accurate input of detergent, and by detergent and gondola water faucet water outlet are all caused in manual feeding box, the mixing of the two can be conveniently realized, simplify the control to water route (gondola water faucet can only arrange an outlet and a water inlet) so that the processes such as such as prewashing, Normal Wash, rinsing all adopt identical water route simultaneously. It addition, the simple in construction of liquid storage box assembly, operation facility.

Such as, the entrance of pump assembly 5 can adopt the tube for transfusion including the soft pipe of part directly to communicate with detergent Storage Box 12, thus, even if when liquid storage box assembly 1 is extracted out from water box housing 3, pump assembly 5 also still can keep communicating with detergent Storage Box 12.

Preferably, pump assembly 5 includes piston pump, and its noise is less, and is particularly suitable for accurately controlling pump output by control pumping number of times.

Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is illustrated that the state that liquid storage box assembly 1 is extracted out, can be seen that, manual feeding box 11 is positioned at left side, detergent throwing device common with prior art is similar, and it is not provided with upper cover, but, the detergent Storage Box 12 on the right side of being positioned at then is provided with cover assembly and closes, and is provided with liquid injection port and corresponding liquid injection port capping 13 on cover assembly. Figure schematically illustrates two liquid injection port cappings, it is meant that the inside of detergent Storage Box 12 is divided into separate two parts space, for instance be respectively used to store liquid detergent and softener.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 7 and 8, the length of described detergent Storage Box 12 is more than the length of described manual feeding box 11. This set imparts the storage volume that detergent Storage Box 12 is bigger, for instance, even if when width and the degree of depth are suitable, the former capacity is also significantly greater than the latter. As it can be seen, the width of detergent Storage Box 12 is preferably at least twice the width of described manual feeding box 11. Therefore, detergent Storage Box can store more detergent, thus reducing the number of times being added to detergent. And the detergent that manual feeding box 11 is only used for adding single laundry, therefore that capacity requirement is less, thus can have less size, it is provided only in the part outside liquid storage box assembly 1.

The setting that two parts length of liquid storage box assembly 1 is different so that liquid storage box assembly 1 is formed step-like in side. For this, it is preferable that the side of described water box housing 3 also has the step of the form fit with described liquid storage box assembly 1, described pump assembly 5 is fixed on described step place, namely is disposed immediately in the rear side of described manual feeding box 11, as shown in Figure 1. This set makes detergent embarking device compact conformation of the present utility model, it is possible to more reasonably utilize space.

Additionally, as shown in Figure 1, for carrying the liquid pushing tube element 31 of the detergent step surface that to be arranged on water box housing 3 corresponding with manual feeding box 11 rear end face in manual feeding box 11, thus being close to pump assembly 5, this also makes the tube for transfusion (not shown) length being connected with pump assembly 5 shorter, both save cost, the amount of the detergent being detained in tube for transfusion can also have been reduced simultaneously, contribute to the accurate input of detergent.

Preferably, as Figure 1-4, (it is corresponding to the rear side end face of liquid storage box assembly 1 for the rear side end face of described water box housing 3, namely corresponding to the rear side end face of detergent Storage Box 12) on be provided with drain pipe element 32, the rear side end of described liquid storage box assembly 1 is provided with check valve assembly 14, when described liquid storage box assembly 1 is pushed back in described water box housing 3, the inner 33 of described drain pipe element 32 can be inserted in the outlet of described check valve assembly 14, and is opened by described check valve assembly 14.

In present embodiment, the inner of drain pipe element 32 refers to the one end being positioned within water box housing 3. Typically, drain pipe element 32 also has the one end being positioned at outside water box housing 3, i.e. outer end, and this outer end is for connecting tube for transfusion and then the entrance with pump assembly 5 communicates.

Preferably, as shown in Figure 4, described check valve assembly 14 includes the tubular body 141 forming (being preferably integrally formed) medial extremity in described liquid storage box assembly 1 with junction, bottom surface, the barrel of described tubular body 141 is provided with the first through-flow mouth 142, first through-flow mouth preferably rectangular in shape, such as (referring to Figure 10) can be set in lateral symmetry, it is provided with piston 143 and spring 144 internal slide of described tubular body 141, wherein spring 144 is compression spring, its one end (is preferably cecum) bottom the cylinder of described tubular body, the other end is against described piston 143, piston 143 is preferably hat-shaped structure, cover on the other end of described spring. it is easily understood that when piston 143 is shifted onto the outlet side of check valve assembly by spring 144, piston 143 is by described first through-flow mouth 142 and described outlet, thus check valve assembly is closed, when piston 143 is inwardly pushed by external force, at least some of and the described outlet of described first through-flow mouth 142, thus check valve assembly is opened.

Preferably, as it is shown in figure 5, the inner 33 of described drain pipe element 32 is cecum, being provided with the second through-flow mouth 34 on the sidewall of described cecum, the position of described second through-flow mouth 34 is corresponding in a circumferential direction with the position of described first through-flow mouth 142. Thus, when liquid storage box assembly 1 is pushed back in water box housing, owing to drain pipe element 32 is fixed on water box housing, the inner 33 that it inwardly protrudes out can be inserted in the outlet of check valve assembly 14, and pushing piston 143, overcome the elastic force of spring 144 to be opened by check valve assembly, as shown in Figure 6. Now, first through-flow mouth 142 and the second through-flow mouth 34 overlap at least in part, the inner chamber (i.e. the inner chamber of detergent Storage Box 12) making liquid storage box assembly 1 communicates with described drain pipe element 32, and the detergent in detergent Storage Box 12 then can flow freely in described drain pipe element 32.

Preferably, the exit of described check valve assembly 14 is provided with sleeve 145, it is backstop piston 143 on the one hand, prevent piston 143 from deviating from from check valve assembly 14, realize sealing with the sidewall of described drain pipe element 32 on the other hand and coordinate, it is prevented that when check valve assembly 14 is opened by drain pipe element 32, detergent leaks into outside the sidewall of drain pipe element 32.

Preferably, piston 143 includes big footpath section and path section, and wherein, big footpath section is slidably matched for the inwall with described tubular body, and path section is slidably matched for the inwall with described sleeve. That is, the diameter of path section is identical with the diameter of the inner of drain pipe element 32.

Preferably, as Figure 4-Figure 6, the part inside water box housing 3 that is positioned at of described drain pipe element 32 includes the conical surface 35, and the exit (preferably on sleeve 145) of described check valve assembly 14 is provided with the conical surface 146 matched. On the one hand, this conical surface matched for a pair can play the effect sealed with backstop, i.e. forms conical surface seal, and prevents the excessive pushing piston 143 of drain pipe element 32; Another side, the existence of this pair conical surface also makes the external diameter internal diameter less than the port of export of check valve assembly 14 of the cecum 33 of drain pipe element 32, thus allowing there is certain position deviation before completing to coordinate therebetween, this requirement that can reduce manufacture, installation accuracy, contributes to reducing cost.

Preferably, whether the storage capacity in order to allow the controller to accurately know detergent is enough, or user can be reminded in time to supplement detergent, it is possible to arrange detergent detection device 4 in liquid storage box assembly 1. Preferably, for ease of wiring with consider electrical safety, detergent detection device 4 may be provided on drain pipe element 32, for instance is arranged on it and is positioned in the part outside water box housing 3, as shown in Figure 5. So, when drain pipe element 32 and detergent Storage Box 12 inside connect, if the detergent storage capacity in detergent Storage Box 12 is enough, then detergent should be full of in drain pipe element 32. Therefore, it is arranged on detergent detection device herein and can know the storage situation of detergent in real time.

Preferably, described detergent detection device 4 includes embedding the probe within described drain pipe element 32, for instance a pair probe shown in figure, and the outer end of described probe protrudes from outside the sidewall of described drain pipe element, for use as binding post, the inner of probe can directly contact detergent. Owing to detergent containing water, thus there is electric conductivity, then when the inner of two probes all contacts with detergent, the circuit of conducting is formed between two probes, as long as two probes having the inner of one not in contact with detergent, this circuit just disconnects, so just can utilize the break-make of circuit to judge detergent with and without. Such as, two probes can be connected formation loop with the resistance on controller, when circuit turn-on, resistance has voltage drop, and circuit does not then have voltage drop when disconnecting, then, controller can by detect this ohmically voltage drop identify detergent with and without.

For preventing the inner of detergent two probes of contact of residual in liquid storage box or drain pipe element and improving wrong testing result, the inner that can make at least one probe is positioned at a high position (length namely extended is tried one's best shorter) downwardly toward pipe, so that when only detergent is full of drain pipe element, circuit just turns on.

Preferably, as is seen in figs 7-10, described detergent Storage Box 12 is internal is longitudinally provided with dividing plate 121, and described detergent Storage Box 12 is divided into two or more storage chamber by described dividing plate 121, and the medial extremity of each storage chamber is provided with aforesaid check valve assembly 14.In this case, water box housing 3 also is provided with drain pipe element and liquid pushing tube element one to one, simultaneously, pump assembly 5 preferably also includes pump one to one, thus, each pump pumps detergent in manual feeding box 11 through independent pipeline from a storage chamber, it is to avoid drawback that the detergent common pall of different purposes or pump bring (such as easily intersect between different detergents mixing etc.), also makes control relatively easy simultaneously. Such as, storing liquid detergent, softener etc. in each storage chamber respectively, the pump being connected with each storage chamber then can only be operated at laundry incipient stage, last rinse stage respectively.

This utility model additionally provides the input control method of above-mentioned detergent embarking device, and it includes step:

A. controller calculates dosage of scour according to clothes washing parameters. Such as, clothes washing parameters can include clothes weight, medicated clothing material, medicated clothing degree of fouling, water temperature, water quality etc., and these parameters such as can be set by user. Wherein, the dosage of scour volume available V calculated represents, unit is milliliter.

B. controller calculates impressions based on the single pump output of the dosage of scour calculated and pump assembly. Such as, the amount of pump assembly (for piston pump) pumping every time is for it is known that represent with V0, then throwing in n time when throwing in required dosage of scour, n=V/V0.

C. impressions described in pump assembly operating described in controller instruction. That is, pump assembly starts putting detergent (liquid detergent or softener), after input reaches n time, controller just to one instruction of pump motor, leaves the motor off operating.

Now, required dosage of scour has been devoted in manual feeding box, controller can be opened the water intaking valve assembly of instruction washing machine further, aquiform stool enters in shower components by water inlet pipe, and it is sprayed onto in manual feeding box, after detergent is diluted with water at this, can be washed in the washing tub of washing machine further, participate in washing.

Preferably, when described detergent embarking device includes detergent detection device, further comprised the steps of: before step C

C0. detect the amount of detergent, and after the amount confirming detergent reaches scheduled volume, perform step C, otherwise, send information. Namely, whether the storage capacity first detecting detergent before starting to throw in is enough, enough then performs to throw in step, otherwise sends information (such as audible alarm and/or display lamp flicker etc.), and suspend input step, until after user intervention, it is further continued for program for washing.

In this case, user can extract liquid storage box assembly 1 out, opens liquid injection port capping 13, and supplements corresponding detergent in detergent Storage Box 12, builds liquid injection port capping 13 afterwards, push back liquid storage box assembly 1, and continue program for washing.

Another aspect of the present utility model additionally provides a kind of washing machine, it is preferable that roller washing machine, it includes detergent embarking device described in the utility model. As shown in figure 11, detergent embarking device of the present utility model may be installed the position of the water inlet box for washing machine of routine, and wherein, water inlet pipe 6 one end connects the water intaking valve assembly 7 of washing machine, and the other end is connected to shower components 2. The outlet of water box housing 3 is connected to washing tub 8 by pipeline (not shown), thus the detergent after the dilution in manual feeding box or water being sent in washing tub 8.

To sum up, detergent embarking device of the present utility model combines with the control system of washing machine, the laundry processes being capable of washing machine on the one hand is full-automatic, exempt the process of manual putting detergent, it is capable of the accurate input of detergent on the other hand, namely avoid and throw in not enough or throw in and too much cause not washing clean or the problem of detergent residual (namely drift does not wash clean), improve laundry quality.

Those skilled in the art will readily understand, under the premise do not conflicted, above-mentioned each preferred version can freely combine, superposition.

It is to be understood that, above-mentioned embodiment is merely illustrative of, and it is nonrestrictive, when not necessarily departing from ultimate principle of the present utility model, various obvious or equivalent amendment that those skilled in the art can make for above-mentioned details or replacement, be all included in right of the present utility model.

Claims (11)

1. a detergent embarking device, it includes controller and water box parts, it is characterized in that, described water box parts include liquid storage box assembly, shower components, pump assembly and water box housing, wherein, described liquid storage box assembly is drawer-type structure, it is slidably received in described water box housing, and include the manual feeding box and the detergent Storage Box that are arranged side by side, the outlet of described shower components is positioned at the top of described manual feeding box, described pump assembly is used in the liquid pumping in described detergent Storage Box to described manual feeding box under the control of described controller.

2. detergent embarking device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the length of described detergent Storage Box is more than the length of described manual feeding box.

3. detergent embarking device according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the side of described water box housing has the step of the form fit with described liquid storage box assembly, and described pump assembly is fixed on described step place.

4. according to the detergent embarking device one of claim 1-3 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that, the rear side end face of described water box housing is provided with drain pipe element, the rear side end of described liquid storage box assembly is provided with check valve assembly, when described liquid storage box assembly is pushed back in described water box housing, the outlet of described check valve assembly is inserted in one end being arranged in water box case inside of described drain pipe element.

5. detergent embarking device according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described check valve assembly includes the tubular body of medial extremity and the junction, bottom surface being formed at described liquid storage box assembly, the barrel of described tubular body is provided with the first through-flow mouth, is provided with piston and spring the internal slide of described tubular body.

6. detergent embarking device according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, the inner of described drain pipe element is cecum, is being provided with the second through-flow mouth on the sidewall of described cecum, and the position of described second through-flow mouth is corresponding in a circumferential direction with the position of described first through-flow mouth.

7. detergent embarking device according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the part being positioned at water box case inside of described drain pipe element includes the conical surface, and the exit of described check valve assembly is provided with the conical surface matched.

8. detergent embarking device according to claim 4, it is characterised in that described drain pipe element is provided with detergent detection device.

9. detergent embarking device according to claim 8, it is characterised in that described detergent detection device includes the probe embedding described drain pipe element internal.

10. according to the detergent embarking device one of claim 1-3,5-9 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that, dividing plate longitudinally it is provided with inside described detergent Storage Box, described detergent Storage Box is divided into two or more storage chamber by described dividing plate, and the medial extremity of each storage chamber is provided with check valve assembly.

11. a washing machine, it is characterised in that it includes according to the detergent embarking device one of claim 1-10 Suo Shu.