CN210636208U

CN210636208U - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN210636208U
Application number: CN201920912093.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王鹏鹏; 陈波; 耿斌; 陈明宇; 陈洽; 阳康
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-06-17
Filing date: 2019-06-17
Publication date: 2020-05-29
Anticipated expiration: 2029-06-17

Abstract

The utility model discloses a washing machine; the washing machine comprises a shell, a driving device, an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder, wherein the driving device, the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder are arranged in the shell; the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder and is connected with the driving device; a spiral conveying mechanism is arranged in the inner cylinder; the spiral conveying mechanism is used for conveying clothes into the inner drum or out of the inner drum; a washing channel is arranged in the spiral conveying mechanism. The utility model can realize the conveying of clothes to the inside and outside of the inner cylinder through the spiral conveying mechanism, and does not need too much throwing and taking actions of users, so that the clothes washing process is more convenient; in addition, a washing channel is arranged in the middle of the spiral conveying mechanism, and the rotating speed of the inner barrel is set, so that clothes can fall into the lower portion of the inner barrel from the upper portion of the inner barrel through the washing channel in the washing process, the clothes are beaten and loosened, the clothes are prevented from being wound, and the washing effect is optimized.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a washing machine technical field, concretely relates to washing machine.

Background

The existing drum washing machine has a clothes conveying function, and when clothes are put in, a user needs to put the clothes into the drum washing machine from a doorway on a front panel of the washing machine and then race the clothes into the drum for washing; after the clothes are washed, the user needs to take the clothes out of the drum, which is very inconvenient.

In addition, the problem that the clothes are mutually entangled easily occurs in the washing process of the existing drum washing machine, and the washing effect is influenced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a washing machine to solve current washing machine and do not have the clothing and carry the function, appear the winding problem of clothing each other moreover easily.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

a washing machine comprises a shell, a driving device, an outer barrel and an inner barrel, wherein the driving device, the outer barrel and the inner barrel are arranged in the shell; the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder and is connected with the driving device; the clothes dryer is characterized in that a spiral conveying mechanism is arranged in the inner barrel and is used for conveying clothes to the inside and the outside of the inner barrel; and a washing channel is arranged in the spiral conveying mechanism, and extends from the opening of the inner barrel to the bottom of the inner barrel along the axial direction of the inner barrel.

According to the washing machine provided by the utility model, clothes can be conveyed into and out of the inner drum through the spiral conveying mechanism, and users do not need to carry out too many throwing and taking actions, so that the washing process is more convenient; in addition, a washing channel is arranged in the middle of the spiral conveying mechanism, and the rotating speed of the inner barrel is set, so that clothes can fall into the lower portion of the inner barrel from the upper portion of the inner barrel through the washing channel in the washing process, the clothes are beaten and loosened, the clothes are prevented from being wound, and the washing effect is optimized.

In addition, the washing machine according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to an example of the present invention, the screw transfer mechanism includes a screw flight installed on the inner wall of the inner cylinder, and a middle portion of the screw flight forms the laundry passage.

According to an example of the present invention, the screw conveying mechanism includes a transmission mechanism and a screw plate, and the transmission mechanism is connected with the screw plate and the driving device, respectively.

According to an example of the present invention, the transmission mechanism includes a transmission shaft and a clutch device; the transmission shaft is respectively connected with the spiral sheet and the clutch device; the clutch device is connected with the driving device.

According to an example of the present invention, the top of the casing is provided with a clothes inlet, and the outer tube is provided with a clothes inlet communicated with the clothes inlet.

According to an example of the present invention, a clothes storage space is provided between the outer tub and the opening of the inner tub, and the clothes storage space is communicated with the clothes inlet.

According to an example of the present invention, the outer tub is provided with an openable and closable laundry outlet, and the laundry outlet is communicated with the laundry storage space.

According to an example of the present invention, a clothes storage device is provided in the housing, the clothes storage device is communicated with the clothes outlet.

According to an example of the present invention, the inner tube is inclined.

According to an example of the present invention, the included angle between the axis of the inner cylinder and the plumb bob surface is 50-70 °.

According to an example of the present invention, the outer cylinder is connected to the housing through a plurality of damping devices, and the plurality of damping devices are arranged along a circumferential interval of the outer cylinder.

Advantages of the above additional aspects will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an internal structure of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an inner drum of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a side view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a washing method of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:

1. a housing; 2. a drive device; 3. an inner barrel; 4. an outer cylinder; 5. a water inlet pipe; 6. a water outlet pipe; 7. A laundry tunnel; 8. a spiral sheet; 9. a laundry input port; 10. a laundry inlet; 11. a clothes inlet pipeline; 12. A clothes storage space; 13. a laundry outlet; 14. a clothes storage device; 15. a clothes outlet pipeline; 16. a damping device; 17. a control panel; 18. side plates.

Detailed Description

The principles and features of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the following drawings, the examples given are only intended to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-5, the present embodiment provides a washing machine, which includes a housing 1, a driving device 2, an inner cylinder 3, an outer cylinder 4, a water inlet pipe 5, a water outlet pipe 6, and other structures; wherein, the driving device 2, the water inlet pipe 5, the water outlet pipe 6, the inner cylinder 3, the outer cylinder 4 and the like are all arranged in the shell 1; the driving device 2 of the present embodiment is a motor that can rotate forward and backward. The water inlet pipe 5 and the water outlet pipe 6 of the embodiment are respectively communicated with the outer cylinder 4 so as to realize water inlet or water discharge in the roller; the inner cylinder 3 of the embodiment is rotatably installed in the outer cylinder 4 and connected with the driving device 2, so that the inner cylinder 3 can rotate forwards and backwards under the driving of the driving device 2.

One of the improvements of the washing machine of the embodiment lies in that a spiral conveying mechanism is arranged in the inner barrel 3 and used for conveying clothes into the inner barrel 3 or out of the inner barrel 3, the clothes can be conveyed into and out of the inner barrel 3 through the spiral conveying mechanism, and a user is not required to perform excessive throwing and taking actions, so that the washing process is more convenient.

Moreover, this embodiment has preset laundry passageway 7 at spiral delivery mechanism's middle part, and laundry passageway 7 is extended to the bottom of inner tube 3 along the inner tube 3 axial by the opening of inner tube 3, through setting for the inner tube 3 rotational speed for the clothing can fall into the inner tube 3 below through laundry passageway 7 by the inner tube 3 top in the washing process, realizes beating, loose of clothing, avoids the clothing winding, and then has optimized the washing effect.

Specifically, the spiral conveying mechanism of the present embodiment has various structural forms, for example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the spiral conveying mechanism includes a spiral sheet 8 mounted on the inner wall of the inner drum 3, the spiral sheet 8 spirally extends from the vicinity of the opening of the inner drum 3 to the middle lower part of the inner drum 3, and the spiral sheet 8 is of an unclosed structure, so that the middle part of the spiral sheet 8 can form the above-mentioned washing passage 7.

For another example, the screw conveying mechanism may include a transmission mechanism (not shown in the figures) and a screw 8, the transmission mechanism is respectively connected with the screw 8 and the driving device 2, the structure of the screw 8 is the same as or similar to that of the screw 8 in fig. 1 or 2, except that the screw 8 is not connected with the inner wall of the inner cylinder 3, so that the screw 8 and the inner cylinder 3 can synchronously rotate or rotate in opposite directions or rotate in the same direction but rotate at different speeds under the driving of the driving device 2 and the transmission device; the structure can provide various washing modes, is suitable for clothes to be washed with different requirements, and is favorable for improving the washing efficiency.

In order to realize asynchronous rotation of the spiral blade 8 and the inner cylinder 3, the transmission mechanism is designed to include a transmission shaft and a clutch device (not shown in the figure); the transmission shaft is respectively connected with the spiral sheet 8 and the clutch device; the clutch device is connected with the driving device 2, when the spiral piece 8 and the inner barrel 3 are required to rotate, the driving device 2 directly drives the inner barrel to rotate, and the clutch is connected with the transmission shaft and the driving device 2, so that the driving device 2 can also drive the spiral piece 8 to rotate; when the spiral piece 8 is not needed to rotate, the transmission of the transmission shaft and the driving device 2 can be cut off through a clutch device.

Based on the above structure, in order to further improve the user experience and reduce the redundant operation actions of the user during the washing preparation and washing process, the embodiment is provided with the clothes input opening 9 at the top of the casing 1, and the outer tub 4 is provided with the clothes inlet 10 communicated with the clothes input opening 9, specifically, the clothes input opening 9 and the clothes inlet 10 are communicated through the clothes input pipeline 11. The structure is different from the existing drum washing machine, the clothes input opening 9 of the existing drum washing machine is generally positioned right in front of the washing machine, and a user needs to put clothes down at the waist, so that the structure is very inconvenient; and adopt the structure of the clothing input port 9 of this embodiment, need not the user and lower the waist, be convenient for the user to input.

Further, in order to ensure that the clothes can enter the inner drum 3 after being thrown in, the embodiment further provides a clothes storage space 12 between the outer drum 4 and the opening of the inner drum 3, the clothes storage space 12 is communicated with the clothes inlet 10, the clothes storage space 12 is understood as a space for temporarily storing the clothes, and when the spiral piece 8 in the inner drum 3 rotates, the clothes in the clothes storage space 12 can enter the inner drum 3 under the self-gravity and the conveying action of the spiral piece 8; therefore, the present embodiment also requires that the drum 3 is disposed obliquely, and more specifically, the included angle between the axis of the drum 3 and the plumb surface is 50 ° to 70 °, preferably 55 ° or 60 °, so as to facilitate the entry of the clothes into the drum 3.

The structure realizes that the clothes are automatically pushed into the inner drum 3, and based on the structure, the embodiment also makes structural improvement on how the washed clothes are automatically collected; first, the outer tube 4 of the present embodiment is provided with an openable/closable laundry outlet 13, the opening/closing of the laundry outlet 13 can be realized by providing an electronic valve (not shown) at the outlet, the laundry outlet 13 of the present embodiment is communicated with the laundry storage space 12, a laundry storage device 14 is provided in the housing 1, and the laundry storage device 14 is communicated with the laundry outlet 13 through a laundry outlet pipe 15.

After the laundry is washed, the electronic valve at the laundry outlet 13 is opened, and the laundry is conveyed into the laundry storage space 12 for temporarily storing the laundry by the screw conveyor, and then the laundry falls into the laundry storage device 14 from the laundry outlet pipe 15 under its own weight, so that the laundry is collected after the washing, thereby further reducing the laundry collecting action required by the user in the conventional drum washing machine.

In addition to the above improvement, the present embodiment improves other structures of the washing machine, for example, the present embodiment connects the outer tub 4 with the casing 1 through a plurality of damping devices 16, the plurality of damping devices 16 are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer tub 4, so as to reduce the vibration and eccentric vibration of the washing machine; in addition, a larger control panel 17 is also arranged, so that the operation of a user is facilitated; in addition, the side plate 18 of the washing machine is designed to be a compression design with a plurality of concentric circles, so that the strength of the side plate 18 of the washing machine can be effectively increased, and the vibration and displacement of the washing machine can be reduced.

Based on the above structure, the present embodiment further provides a washing method of the above washing machine, including the following steps:

the inner drum 3 is rotated in a first direction between 360 ° and 720 ° about its axis, and subsequently, the inner drum 3 is rotated in a second direction between 360 ° and 720 ° about its axis, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite. It will be understood that during a wash cycle the drum 3 rotates one to two revolutions in the forward direction, followed by one to two revolutions of the drum 3 in the reverse direction.

Preferably, the inner drum 3 rotates in the forward direction for one and a half circles and then rotates in the reverse direction for one circle, and meanwhile, the clothes can be beaten, loosened and prevented from winding by adjusting the rotating speed, no extra equipment is required to be added into the drum, the clothes can be washed, and the clothes can be prevented from falling out of the range of the spiral piece 8.

The following detailed operation of the washing machine of the present embodiment is as follows:

firstly, in the process of preparation for washing, the clothes to be washed are put into the washing machine through the clothes putting-in opening 9 of the shell 1, at the moment, the electronic valve of the clothes outlet 13 is closed, and the clothes washing process is carried out after the process is finished.

In the clothes washing process, firstly, the inner drum 3 is rotated to enable the spiral conveying mechanism to convey clothes from the clothes storage space 12 to the inside of the inner drum 3, then the water enters the water inlet pipe 5, the drum rotates forwards and backwards for washing, and different washing functions are realized by controlling the change of the rotating speed in the washing process until the washing is finished.

After washing, the clothes are dried, after drying, the electronic valve is opened, the clothes are conveyed to the clothes storage space 12 through the spiral conveying mechanism, and then the clothes fall into the clothes storage device 14, so that the clothes are collected.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "inside" and "outside" are used for indicating the orientation or the positional relationship based on the orientation or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but not for indicating or implying that the indicated device must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral connections. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A washing machine comprises a shell (1), a driving device (2) arranged in the shell (1), an outer cylinder (4) and an inner cylinder (3); the inner cylinder (3) is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder (4) and is connected with the driving device (2); the device is characterized in that a spiral conveying mechanism is arranged in the inner barrel (3), and the spiral conveying mechanism is used for conveying clothes to the inside and the outside of the inner barrel (3); a washing channel (7) is arranged in the spiral conveying mechanism, and the washing channel (7) extends to the bottom of the inner barrel (3) from the opening of the inner barrel (3) along the axial direction of the inner barrel (3).

2. Washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said conveying screw comprises a spiral (8) mounted on the inner wall of said drum (3), the middle of said spiral (8) forming said washing channel (7).

3. Washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that said screw conveyor comprises a transmission and a screw (8), said transmission being connected to said screw (8) and to said drive means (2), respectively.

4. A washing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the drive mechanism comprises a drive shaft and a clutch; the transmission shaft is respectively connected with the spiral sheet (8) and the clutch device; the clutch device is connected with the driving device (2).

5. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a laundry input opening (9) is provided at a top of the casing (1), and the outer tub (4) is provided with a laundry inlet (10) communicating with the laundry input opening (9).

6. A washing machine as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that a clothes storage space (12) is provided between the outer tub (4) and the opening of the inner tub (3), the clothes storage space (12) being in communication with the laundry inlet (10).

7. A washing machine as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the outer tub (4) is provided with an openable and closable laundry outlet (13), the laundry outlet (13) communicating with the laundry storage space (12).

8. Washing machine according to claim 7, characterized in that a laundry storage device (14) is provided inside the casing (1), the laundry storage device (14) being in communication with the laundry outlet (13).

9. Washing machine according to any of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the drum (3) is arranged inclined.

10. Washing machine according to claim 9, characterized in that the axis of the drum (3) forms an angle of 50 ° to 70 ° with the plumb surface.

11. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the tub (4) is connected to the casing (1) by a plurality of damping means (16), the plurality of damping means (16) being spaced circumferentially of the tub (4).