CN210163694U

CN210163694U - Clothes treating device

Info

Publication number: CN210163694U
Application number: CN201920365544.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘志刚; 徐春芳; 唐雨生; 高久兴; 余鑫; 全先轲; 涂有明
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd; Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-03-21
Filing date: 2019-03-21
Publication date: 2020-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses be suitable for life electrical apparatus technical field, provide a clothing processing apparatus. The clothes storage barrel comprises a barrel body, wherein an accommodating cavity for accommodating clothes is formed inside the barrel body, and an air inlet and an air outlet which are communicated with the accommodating cavity are formed in the barrel body; the drying channel assembly is used for drying the clothes in the accommodating cavity and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet communicated with the air inlet; the condenser is used for condensing water vapor generated by drying and is provided with a first interface communicated with the air outlet and a second interface communicated with the air inlet; and a sealing structure is arranged between the air outlet and the first interface, and the condenser is fixed on the outer wall surface of the barrel body through a fixing structure. The utility model provides a clothes treatment device, through with condenser direct mount on the staving, connect the operating efficiency height, reliable good, save the connecting piece moreover, make manufacturing cost obtain reducing.

Description

Clothes treating device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of life electrical apparatus, especially, relate to a clothes treatment device.

Background

Current clothing processing apparatus, like washing dry all-in-one, the air inlet and the staving of its condenser are connected the mode that adopts the rubber tube switching, and this kind of connected mode is relatively complicated when the equipment, and the assembly man-hour is longer, and manufacturability is poor, and the rubber tube is easy damaged moreover, has the hidden danger of leaking, and the reliability is low. On the other hand, the rubber tube is used for switching, so that the manufacturing cost of the whole machine is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model provides a clothes treatment device to solve and be connected the problem that exists through the rubber tube between condenser and the staving.

In order to solve the above problem, the technical scheme of the utility model is realized like this: a laundry treating apparatus comprising: the barrel body is internally provided with an accommodating cavity for accommodating clothes and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet which are communicated with the accommodating cavity; the drying channel assembly is used for drying the clothes in the accommodating cavity and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet communicated with the air inlet; the condenser is used for condensing water vapor generated by drying and is provided with a first interface communicated with the air outlet and a second interface communicated with the air inlet; and a sealing structure is arranged between the air outlet and the first interface, and the condenser is fixed on the outer wall surface of the barrel body through a fixing structure.

Preferably, the sealing structure includes: a seal member; a seal groove, the seal being disposed within the seal groove; the sealing convex rib is inserted in the sealing groove and extrudes the sealing element; the sealing groove is arranged around the air outlet or the first interface, and the sealing convex rib is correspondingly arranged around the first interface or the air outlet.

Preferably, the thickness of the sealing member is smaller than the depth of the sealing groove.

Preferably, the fixing structure comprises: the fixing lug is arranged on the outer surface of the condenser, and a fixing hole is formed in the fixing lug; the fixing piece is arranged on the barrel body, and the fixing ears are connected with the fixing piece through fasteners.

Preferably, the condenser includes: the shell is internally provided with a channel communicated with the first interface and the second interface, the first interface is arranged at the first end of the shell, the second interface is arranged at the second end of the shell, and the second end is opposite to the first end.

Preferably, the fixing structure is disposed between the first end and the tub.

Preferably, the fixing structure is disposed between the second end and the tub body.

Preferably, the condenser further comprises: a first connecting lug disposed at the first end; a second engaging lug disposed at the second end; the first connecting lug and the second connecting lug are used for fixing two opposite ends of the condenser with the outer wall surface of the barrel body respectively.

Preferably, the drying tunnel assembly comprises: the drying tunnel body is fixed on the outer wall surface of the barrel body, one end of the drying tunnel body is the air inlet, and the other end of the drying tunnel body is the air outlet; and the heating element is arranged in the drying tunnel body.

Preferably, a positioning structure is arranged on the first connecting lug and/or the second connecting lug, and the positioning structure is matched with a positioning piece correspondingly arranged on the barrel body.

The utility model provides a clothing processing apparatus adopts the gas outlet on with the first interface on the condenser and the staving to directly dock continuously to be provided with seal structure between the two, through fixed knot structure fixed connection and remain encapsulated situation throughout simultaneously. The first interface is directly connected with the air outlet, an adapter part required for connection between the first interface and the air outlet is omitted, and the sealing effect of the sealing structure and the connecting and fixing effect of the fixing structure are combined, so that the first interface is reliably and directly connected with the air outlet, and the connection problem caused by the fact that the first interface is required to be connected through the rubber pipe is solved. The connecting operation efficiency is high, the reliability is good, connecting pieces are saved, and the production cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating a condenser mounted on a barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of a condenser according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a condenser according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first end of the condenser is fixed to the barrel;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of the condenser according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the first end of the condenser is connected to the barrel;

fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating a condenser according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a first end of the condenser is fixed to a barrel;

fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating the second end of the condenser being fixed to the barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the positioning structure and the positioning member according to the embodiment of the present invention after assembly.

Description of reference numerals:

11. a barrel body; 12. a condenser; 13. a sealing structure; 14. a fixed structure; 15. a positioning structure; 16. a positioning member; 111. an accommodating chamber; 113. an air outlet; 121. a housing; 122. a first interface; 123. a second interface; 124. a first connecting lug; 125. a second engaging lug; 126. a first end; 127. a second end; 131. a seal member; 132. sealing the groove; 133. sealing the convex ribs; 141. fixing the ear; 142. a fixing member; 143. and (7) fixing holes.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

The various features and embodiments described in the detailed description may be combined in any suitable manner, for example, different embodiments may be formed by combining different features/embodiments, and various combinations of features/embodiments are not separately described in order to avoid unnecessary repetition in the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, a clothes treating apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes a tub 11, a drying tunnel assembly and a condenser 12. The laundry treating apparatus includes a washing and drying machine, a dryer, etc., and is installed in a wall-mounted type or a non-wall-mounted type.

As shown in fig. 1, a receiving cavity 111 for receiving laundry is formed inside the tub 11, and the laundry is washed and dried or separately dried inside the receiving cavity 111. In this embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus may include a front outer tub and a rear outer tub in a use state, and the tub 11 in the embodiment may be the rear outer tub. The tub 11 has a tub wall forming the accommodation chamber 111, and a wall surface on a side away from the accommodation chamber 111 is an outer wall surface, and a wall surface on a side facing the accommodation chamber 111 is an inner wall surface. Meanwhile, an air inlet and an air outlet 113 (refer to fig. 4) communicating with the accommodating chamber 111 are formed on the tub wall. The drying tunnel component is used for drying the wet clothes in the accommodating cavity 111, and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet communicated with the air inlet; the condenser 12 is used for condensing the water vapor generated by drying, and the condenser 12 is provided with a first interface 122 (refer to fig. 2) communicated with the air outlet 113 and a second interface 123 communicated with the air inlet.

The clothes drying method comprises the following specific steps: the gas gets into the stoving subassembly by the air intake, heated in the stoving subassembly, the gas after the heating leaves the stoving subassembly by the air outlet, get into by the air inlet and hold chamber 111, the moisture in the clothing is taken away to the hot gas flow becomes damp and hot gas and flows out from gas outlet 113, in entering condenser 12 by first interface 122 afterwards, be provided with condensing element in the condenser 12, cool down damp and hot gas and cool down to condensation water and cold gas, the cold gas enters into the stoving subassembly through the air intake by second interface 123, realize recycling. The clothes are dried through the working mode.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, a sealing structure 13 is disposed between the air outlet 113 and the first port 122, and the condenser 12 is fixed on the outer wall surface of the tub 11 by a fixing structure 14 (see fig. 5 and 6). In this way, the air outlet 113 and the first interface 122 are directly connected in a butt joint manner, and the joint is sealed by the sealing structure 13, so that the air leakage or water leakage is avoided in the using process. Meanwhile, the condenser 12 is fixed on the barrel 11 by the fixing structure 14, so that the air outlet 113 and the first port 122 can always maintain a sealed connection state. Therefore, the condenser 12 is directly connected with the barrel body 11, the switching is not needed to be carried out through a rubber tube switching piece, redundant parts are eliminated, and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Moreover, the direct connection mode has simple structure, easy inspection and maintenance and high maintainability.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the sealing structure 13 includes a sealing member 131, a sealing groove 132, and a sealing rib 133. The sealing member 131 has good elastic deformation performance and can be a silicone sealing ring or a rubber sealing ring, and the shape of the sealing member 131 is matched with that of the sealing groove 132, so that the sealing member 131 can be arranged in the sealing groove 132. The sealing rib 133 is inserted into the sealing groove 132 and presses the sealing member 131, so that the sealing member 131 is elastically deformed to perform a sealing function. In a specific arrangement, the sealing groove 132 may be disposed around the air outlet 113 or the first port 122, and the sealing rib 133 is correspondingly disposed around the first port 122 or the air outlet 113. That is, when the sealing groove 132 is disposed around the edge of the air outlet 113, the sealing rib 133 is correspondingly disposed around the edge of the first port 122; when the sealing groove 132 is formed around the edge of the first port 122, the sealing rib 133 is formed around the edge of the air outlet 113. The sealing rib 133 has the same contour as the sealing rib 133 to ensure that the sealing rib 133 can be smoothly inserted into the sealing groove 132 to press the sealing ring. The sealing ribs 133 may be a continuous closed structure or an intermittent discontinuous structure while ensuring reliable sealing.

In a practical arrangement, the thickness of the sealing member 131 may be set to be equal to the depth of the sealing groove 132, and preferably, the thickness of the sealing member 131 is set to be smaller than the depth of the sealing groove 132. Therefore, when the alignment connection is carried out, the sealing convex rib 133 can be ensured to be always positioned in the sealing groove 132 and not to be separated, and the convenience of assembly connection is improved.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in the embodiment of the present invention, the fixing structure 14 includes a fixing ear 141 and a fixing member 142. The fixing lug 141 is arranged on the outer surface of the condenser 12, and a fixing hole 17 is arranged on the fixing lug 141; the fixing piece 142 is provided on the tub 11, and the fixing lug 141 is connected with the fixing piece 142 by a fastener. The fastener may be a screw-like member and the fixing member 142 may be a screw hole or a stud. In a specific fixing connection, one end of the fastener is screwed into the fixing member 142 through the fixing hole 17, and after the fastening, the fixing lug 141 is fixedly connected to the tub 11. After the condenser 12 is fixed on the barrel 11, the sealing rib 133 keeps pressing the sealing member 131, so that the deformed sealing member 131 does not rebound, and a seal between the barrel 11 and the condenser 12 is formed. Further, the gas outlet 113 (see fig. 4) is connected to the first port 122, so that no gas leakage occurs, and the internal gas can flow reliably. This kind of fixed mode, fixed efficient, safe and reliable, manufacturability is good moreover, is convenient for the later stage simultaneously and maintains, and maintainability is good.

In other embodiments, the fixing structure 14 may be a snap structure or a thread structure, and the engagement between the sealing rib 133 and the sealing groove 132 may be an interference fit. In each of the above manners, a direct and reliable connection between the air outlet 113 and the first interface 122 can be realized.

As shown in fig. 2, the condenser 12 includes a housing 121, and the first port 122 is disposed at a first end 126 of the housing 121, and the second port 123 is disposed at a second end 127 of the housing 121, the second end 127 being opposite to the first end 126. The casing 121 is in a long strip shape, the interior of the casing 121 is in a hollow structure, a channel for communicating the first interface 122 and the second interface 123 is formed, so that the damp-heat gas in the accommodating cavity 111 (see fig. 1) enters the casing 121 from the first interface 122, flows and condenses in the casing 121 to be cooled into water and cold gas, the water is discharged out of the clothes treatment device from the casing 121, and the cold gas flows back into the drying assembly from the second interface 123. In the use state, the first interface 122 is lower than the second interface 123, that is, the first interface 122 is connected to the air outlet 113, the damp-heat air flows upward in the casing 121 and is cooled, the part forming the condensed water flows downward along the casing 121 and is discharged out of the washing machine through the water outlet formed at the first interface 122, and the part forming the cold air continues to flow upward along the condensation pipe to the second interface 123.

Specifically, the first interface 122 is disposed at the first end 126, and the second interface 123 is disposed at the second end 127. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the first port 122 is located at a lower end of the housing 121, and the second port 123 is located at an upper end of the housing 121. With the above arrangement, the maximum length of the passage inside the casing 121 is utilized, and the condensing efficiency is optimized.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first port 122 is disposed at the first end 126 of the housing 121. Thus, a securing structure 14 may be provided between the first end 126 and the tub 11. The sealing reliability of the connection between the first port 122 and the air outlet 113 is ensured by the fixing action of the fixing structure 14.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a securing structure 14 may also be provided between the second end 127 and the barrel 11. Thus, both ends of the condenser 12 are fixedly connected with the barrel 11 through the fixing structures 14, and the stability of the condenser 12 fixed on the barrel 11 can be further improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, a plurality of fixing lugs 141 are further disposed at other positions on the outer surface of the housing 121, and the fixing lugs 141 at different positions can be set to have different shapes according to the assembling conditions at different positions. The barrel 11 is correspondingly provided with a plurality of fixing members 142 according to the arrangement of the fixing lugs 141. The condenser 12 is fixedly mounted on the tub 11 by a plurality of fixing structures 14 (see fig. 1). Preferably, a fixing lug 141 may be provided at a middle region of the housing 121 in a length direction, and a fixing member 142 may be fittingly provided on the tub 11. Thus, the condenser 12 is fixed at the middle position thereof, and the fixing and mounting stability can be further improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the condenser 12 further includes a first engaging lug 124 and a second engaging lug 125, the first engaging lug 124 being disposed at a first end 126, and the second engaging lug 125 being disposed at a second end 127. The first coupling lug 124 and the second coupling lug 125 may be provided with fixing holes 143, and screws or the like may be inserted into the fixing holes 143 and screwed into the fixing members 142 to fix opposite ends of the condenser 12 to the outer wall surface of the tub 11, respectively (see fig. 5 and 6). The first end 126 and the second end 127 of the housing 121 refer to two opposite end regions of the housing 121, and are not limited to end points, and may be regions having a distance from the end points of less than 20% of the overall length of the housing 121, for example. One ends of the first engaging lug 124 and the second engaging lug 125 are connected to the outer wall surface of the housing 121. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the other end may be fixedly coupled to the outer wall surface of the tub 11 by a screw-type fastening member to fixedly mount the condenser 12 (see fig. 1) as a whole. The arrangement of the first connecting lug 124 and the second connecting lug 125 increases the contact area with the outer wall surface of the barrel body 11, thereby facilitating the operation of fixed installation, and the contact area is large, thereby improving the stable firmness of installation.

The person skilled in the art will understand that "end" is not limited to a point at an extreme position in a certain direction, but is understood to be an area close to the extreme position. Since the condenser 12 has an elongated shape, the opposite ends are opposite end regions along the longitudinal extension direction of the condenser 12, i.e., upper and lower ends in a normal use state, in view of stably fixing the entire condenser 12. The condenser 12 is fixedly installed on the tub 11 by fixing both ends of the condenser 12 on the tub 11.

The drying component comprises a drying tunnel body and a heating element. The drying tunnel body is fixed to an outer wall surface of the tub 11, for example, to a top outer surface of the tub 11. One end of the drying tunnel body is an air inlet, the other end of the drying tunnel body is an air outlet, and the heating element is arranged in the drying tunnel body. When the drying operation is performed, the heating element heats the air entering the drying tunnel body from the air inlet, and the heated air is sent out from the air outlet, and then enters the accommodating cavity 111 through the air inlet on the barrel wall. The air inlet is arranged at the top of the accommodating cavity 111, the air outlet is arranged at the bottom of the accommodating cavity 111, and the positions of the air inlet and the air outlet are higher than the positions of the water outlet and the first interface 122. Therefore, the heating element heats the hot air flow downwards to flow through the clothes in the accommodating cavity 111, the hot air flow takes away the water to become damp-heat gas, the damp-heat gas enters the condensing chamber to flow upwards to be condensed into water and cold gas, and the cold gas continuously flows upwards to enter the drying tunnel body again to be heated.

After the drying assembly is fixedly installed on the condenser 12, the position of the drying assembly is determined by the positioning relationship between the air inlet of the drying tunnel body and the second interface 123 of the condenser 12 and the positioning relationship between the air outlet of the drying tunnel body and the air inlet, and then the drying assembly is fixed on the corresponding position of the outer wall surface of the barrel body 11.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, a positioning structure 15 is further disposed on the first connecting lug 124 and/or the second connecting lug 125, and the positioning structure 15 is matched with a positioning member 16 (see fig. 5 and 6) correspondingly disposed on the barrel 11. Through the cooperation of location structure 15 and location part 16, played before fixed mounting condenser 12, realized fixing the position advance location on the staving 11 with condenser 12 through location part 16 and location structure 15's cooperation, convenience when just can improving follow-up fixed operation, the fixed operation of being convenient for.

The positioning structure 15 comprises a positioning hole and the positioning member 16 comprises a positioning post for passing through the positioning hole. When the positioning operation is carried out, the positioning column is arranged in the positioning hole in a penetrating mode, and positioning before fixed installation can be achieved. Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the height of the positioning post is greater than the depth of the positioning hole to prevent the positioning post from falling out of the positioning hole during installation. The diameter of the positioning column is slightly smaller than the aperture of the positioning hole so as to facilitate the positioning column to penetrate into the positioning hole.

In other embodiments, the positioning structure 15 may be set as a positioning groove or a positioning rib, and the positioning element 16 disposed on the barrel 11 may be correspondingly set as a structure capable of being connected in a matching manner, a convex column matching with the positioning groove in shape, a groove matching with the positioning rib, etc. The setting mode is flexible and various.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a clothes treating apparatus, which employs the first interface 122 of the condenser 12 and the gas outlet 113 of the barrel 11 to be directly connected to each other, and the sealing structure 13 is disposed between the two, and the sealing state is always maintained through the fixing structure 14. The first interface 122 is directly connected with the air outlet 113, an adapter part required for connection between the first interface 122 and the air outlet 113 is omitted, and the first interface 122 is reliably and directly connected with the air outlet 113 by combining the sealing effect of the sealing structure 13 and the connecting and fixing effect of the fixing structure 14, so that the connection problem existing in the process of switching through a rubber pipe is solved. The connecting operation efficiency is high, the reliability is good, connecting pieces are saved, and the production cost is reduced.

The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

the barrel body is internally provided with an accommodating cavity for accommodating clothes and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet which are communicated with the accommodating cavity;

the drying channel assembly is used for drying the clothes in the accommodating cavity and is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet communicated with the air inlet;

the condenser is used for condensing water vapor generated by drying and is provided with a first interface communicated with the air outlet and a second interface communicated with the air inlet;

and a sealing structure is arranged between the air outlet and the first interface, and the condenser is fixed on the outer wall surface of the barrel body through a fixing structure.

2. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sealing structure comprises:

a seal member;

a seal groove, the seal being disposed within the seal groove;

the sealing convex rib is inserted in the sealing groove and extrudes the sealing element;

the sealing groove is arranged around the air outlet or the first interface, and the sealing convex rib is correspondingly arranged around the first interface or the air outlet.

3. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2, wherein the sealing member has a thickness less than a depth of the sealing groove.

4. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 2, wherein the fixing structure comprises:

the fixing lug is arranged on the outer surface of the condenser, and a fixing hole is formed in the fixing lug;

the fixing piece is arranged on the barrel body, and the fixing ears are connected with the fixing piece through fasteners.

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the condenser includes:

the shell is internally provided with a channel communicated with the first interface and the second interface, the first interface is arranged at the first end of the shell, the second interface is arranged at the second end of the shell, and the second end is opposite to the first end.

6. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the fixing structure is disposed between the first end and the tub.

7. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the fixing structure is provided between the second end and the tub.

8. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 5, wherein the condenser further comprises:

a first connecting lug disposed at the first end;

a second engaging lug disposed at the second end;

the first connecting lug and the second connecting lug are used for fixing two opposite ends of the condenser with the outer wall surface of the barrel body respectively.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the drying tunnel assembly includes:

the drying tunnel body is fixed on the outer wall surface of the barrel body, one end of the drying tunnel body is the air inlet, and the other end of the drying tunnel body is the air outlet;

and the heating element is arranged in the drying tunnel body.

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a positioning structure is provided on the first engaging lug and/or the second engaging lug, and the positioning structure is matched with a positioning member correspondingly provided on the tub.