CN211395080U - Steam injection mechanism for clothes care equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the clothing nursing, specifically provide a steam injection mechanism for clothing nursing equipment, including steam generator and injection condensing equipment, injection condensing equipment includes the casing, the air inlet and the steam generator of casing are connected, the jet of casing and the inside intercommunication of the cabinet body, steam generator produces pours into behind the casing into, receive the first blocking component of setting in air inlet department block change flow direction in order to improve the residence time of steam in the casing, and consequently make the inner wall of steam and casing fully contact, so that the steam condensation in the steam, the steam injection that the jet will get rid of steam is to the internal portion of cabinet, the outlet of casing is discharged the comdenstion water, the setting blocks the component at drain department and blocks steam and discharge from the outlet. The flowing direction of the steam is changed through the first blocking component, so that the steam is fully contacted with the inner wall of the shell, the water vapor in the steam is condensed, and a large amount of water vapor is prevented from entering the cabinet body.

Description

Steam injection mechanism for clothes care equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the clothing nursing, specifically provide a steam injection mechanism for clothing care apparatus.

Background

Laundry care apparatuses are machines capable of dry-cleaning, drying, and de-wrinkling laundry, and common laundry care apparatuses include dry-cleaning machines that dry-clean laundry, dryers that dry laundry, and care machines that de-wrinkle laundry, and the like.

With the continuous progress of the technology of the clothes care equipment, the clothes care equipment is favored by more and more families. At present, most of clothes nursing equipment adopts steam to nurse clothes so as to realize the effects of drying, removing wrinkles, deodorizing and the like. However, steam carries a large amount of steam, and steam can form a large amount of rivers in the internal portion of cabinet along with steam enters into behind the cabinet body of clothing care apparatus together, has both increaseed the drainage pressure of the cabinet body, makes the internal bacterium of easily breeding of cabinet again, influences customer's healthy.

Therefore, there is a need in the art for a new steam spraying mechanism for a laundry care appliance to solve the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, i.e. to solve the problem that steam in the existing clothes care equipment can carry a large amount of water vapor into the cabinet body of the clothes care equipment, thereby causing the increase of the drainage pressure of the cabinet body and the growth of bacteria in the cabinet body, the utility model provides a steam injection mechanism for the clothes care equipment, the clothes care equipment comprises a cabinet body, the steam injection mechanism comprises a steam generating device and an injection condensing device, the injection condensing device comprises a shell and a blocking component arranged in the shell, the shell is provided with an air inlet, a jet orifice and a water outlet, the air inlet is connected with the steam generating device, the jet orifice is communicated with the interior of the cabinet body, the blocking component comprises a first blocking component arranged at the air inlet and a second blocking component arranged at the water outlet, the steam generating device can generate steam and inject the steam into the shell through the air inlet, the first blocking component is arranged to change the flow direction of the steam in a blocking mode so as to improve the residence time of the steam in the shell and enable the steam to be in full contact with the inner wall of the shell, and therefore the steam in the steam is condensed, the second blocking component is arranged to change the flow direction of the steam in a blocking mode so as to prevent the steam from being discharged from the water outlet, the jet opening can jet the steam with the steam removed to the inside of the cabinet body, and the water outlet can discharge the condensed water in the shell.

In a preferred technical scheme of the above steam injection mechanism, the first blocking member includes a bleed air pipe and a conical cap, the conical cap is disposed in the housing, one end of the bleed air pipe is communicated with the air inlet, and the other end of the bleed air pipe extends into the conical cap.

In a preferred embodiment of the above steam injection mechanism, the second blocking member is a blocking plate.

In a preferred embodiment of the above steam injection mechanism, the casing includes an upper casing and a lower casing connected to each other, the air inlet and the water outlet are both disposed on the lower casing, and the injection port is disposed on the upper casing.

In a preferred embodiment of the steam injection mechanism, a cross-sectional area of the upper housing gradually decreases along a direction in which steam enters the cabinet.

In a preferred embodiment of the above steam injection mechanism, the housing further includes a positioning member capable of positioning the lower housing to the upper housing.

In a preferred embodiment of the steam injection mechanism, the positioning member includes a first positioning portion provided on the upper casing and a second positioning portion provided on the lower casing, and the upper casing and the lower casing are positioned by the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion.

In a preferred embodiment of the steam injection mechanism, one of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion is a positioning plate, the other of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion is a positioning opening, and the positioning plate is adapted to the positioning opening.

In a preferred embodiment of the above steam injection mechanism, a first sealing member is disposed between the cabinet and the upper housing, and/or a second sealing member is disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing.

In the preferred technical scheme of above-mentioned steam injection mechanism, be provided with at least one connection otic placode on the casing, be provided with the spliced pole on the cabinet body, connect the otic placode with the spliced pole is connected in order to incite somebody to action the casing with cabinet body coupling.

As can be understood by those skilled in the art, in the preferred technical solution of the present invention, by additionally arranging the injection condensing device between the steam generating device and the cabinet body, the injection condensing device comprises a housing and a blocking assembly arranged in the housing, the blocking assembly comprises a first blocking member and a second blocking member, steam generated by the steam generating device is firstly injected into the housing through an air inlet arranged on the housing, the first blocking member arranged at the air inlet can change the flow direction of the steam in a blocking manner to improve the residence time of the steam in the housing, so that the steam is fully contacted with the inner wall of the housing, further the steam in the steam is condensed, the steam with the steam removed is then injected into the cabinet body through a jet orifice arranged on the housing, through such arrangement, a large amount of steam can be prevented from entering the cabinet body, thereby not only increasing the drainage pressure of the cabinet body, and in addition, a water outlet is formed in the shell, condensed water in the shell can be discharged from the water outlet, a large amount of condensed water is prevented from being accumulated in the shell, and when steam flows to the water outlet, the flowing direction is changed by the blocking of the second blocking component arranged at the position of the water outlet, so that the condensed water is prevented from being discharged from the water outlet.

Furthermore, block that the subassembly includes bleed pipe and toper cap, the toper cap sets up in the casing, the one end and the air inlet intercommunication of bleed pipe, the other end of bleed pipe stretches into the inside of toper cap. Through such setting, make steam along bleed pipe upflow and spray to the inner wall of toper cap on, then along the inner wall downflow of toper cap, promptly under the effect of blockking of toper cap, steam changes downflow by upflow, after the effect of blockking that breaks away from the toper cap, steam continues the upflow along the inner wall of casing again, thereby make the dwell time of steam in the casing obtain greatly improving, steam can contact with the inner wall of casing more fully, and then greatly improved the condensation efficiency who sprays condensing equipment. Moreover, the inner wall of the conical cap can also condense the water vapor in the steam when contacting the steam.

Further, the cross-sectional area of the upper case is gradually reduced in a direction in which the steam enters the cabinet. Through such setting, can further improve the residence time of steam in the casing to can make steam and the inner wall of casing contact more fully, and then improve injection condensing equipment's condensation efficiency.

Still further, one of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion is a positioning plate, the other of the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion is a positioning opening, and the positioning plate is matched with the positioning opening. The upper shell and the lower shell are clamped through the positioning plate and the positioning port. Through such setting, be convenient for the installation and the dismantlement of upper housing and lower casing to be convenient for maintain or change the subassembly that blocks in the casing.

Still further, a first sealing member is provided between the cabinet and the upper case. With this arrangement, the sealing performance of the steam injection mechanism can be improved.

Still further, a second sealing member is provided between the lower case and the upper case. With such an arrangement, the sealing performance of the steam injection mechanism can be further improved.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cabinet body of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an assembly schematic diagram of the cabinet body and the spray condensing device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the spray condensing unit of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the assembly of the barrier assembly of the present invention with the lower housing;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the assembly of the bleed air duct, the baffle plate and the lower housing of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the lower housing of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the upper housing of the present invention.

List of reference numerals:

1. the cabinet body 11, a through hole 12, a first sealing groove 13 and a connecting column;

2. the sealing structure comprises a shell, a shell body, an upper shell body, a lower shell body, a shell;

3. a blocking assembly 31, a first blocking member, 32, a second blocking member, 311, a bleed air tube, 312, a cone cap;

4. a gap.

Detailed Description

First, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "top", "bottom", "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. indicating directions or positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are only for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may include, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Steam among the current clothing care apparatus that points out based on the background art can carry a large amount of steam and enter into clothing care apparatus's the internal, thereby lead to the drainage pressure of the cabinet body to increase and lead to the internal problem of breeding the bacterium of cabinet, the utility model provides a steam injection mechanism for clothing care apparatus aims at carrying out the condensation filtration through the steam that sprays condensing equipment between steam generator and the cabinet body in with steam, prevents that a large amount of steam from entering into the internal, thereby can enough avoid increasing the drainage pressure of the cabinet body, can avoid leading to the internal bacterium of fostering of cabinet again.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the laundry care apparatus includes a cabinet 1, a steam spraying mechanism including a steam generating device (not shown in the drawings) and a spray condensing device including a case 2 and a blocking assembly 3 disposed in the case 2, the case 2 being provided with an air inlet 21, a spray port 22 and a water discharge port 23, the air inlet 21 being connected with the steam generating device, the spray port 22 being communicated with the inside of the cabinet 1, the blocking assembly 3 including a first blocking member 31 disposed at the air inlet 21 and a second blocking member 32 disposed at the water discharge port 23, the steam generating device being capable of generating steam and injecting the steam into the case 2 through the air inlet 21, the first blocking assembly 31 being provided to be capable of changing a flow direction of the steam in a blocking manner to increase a residence time of the steam in the case 2 and thus to make the steam sufficiently contact with an inner wall of the case 2, thereby condensing moisture in the steam, the second blocking member 32 is provided to change the flow direction of the steam in a blocking manner to prevent the steam from being discharged from the drain port 23, the injection port 22 can inject the steam from which the moisture is removed to the inside of the cabinet 1, and the drain port 23 can discharge the condensed water in the case 2.

Known by the background art, steam that steam generating device produced can carry a large amount of steam, and steam follows steam and can form a large amount of rivers in the internal back of cabinet 1 together entering into cabinet, has both increased the drainage pressure of the cabinet body 1, leads to again that the internal a large amount of bacteria of fostering of cabinet 1 to endanger human health, so, before steam enters into the cabinet body 1, need carry out the condensation with steam carried and filter, prevent that steam from entering into the cabinet body 1 in.

The utility model discloses a set up and spray condensing equipment and be connected steam generator with cabinet body 1, spray condensing equipment includes casing 2, air inlet 21 department of casing 2 is provided with first barrier member 31, steam that steam generator produced gets into behind casing 2, receive the blocking of first barrier member 31 and change the flow direction, avoid directly spraying from jet 22 to casing 2 in, the dwell time of steam in casing 2 increases, can fully contact with the inner wall of casing 2, thereby make the steam condensation in the steam, the steam that removes steam passes through jet 22 again and sprays the inside of cabinet body 1, thereby prevent a large amount of steam from getting into cabinet body 1, in addition, be provided with outlet 23 on casing 2, outlet 23 can discharge the comdenstion water in casing 2, avoid the interior a large amount of comdenstion water that accumulates of casing 2, and, outlet 23 department is provided with second barrier member 32, after the steam flows to the second blocking member 32, the steam is blocked by the second blocking member 32 to change the flow direction, and is prevented from being discharged from the water discharge opening 23. The drain port 23 may be communicated with a water storage member of the steam generator to recycle the condensed water, or a condensed water collection member may be separately provided to collect the condensed water in the casing 2.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the first blocking member 31 comprises a bleed air pipe 311 and a conical cap 312, the conical cap 312 is arranged in the casing 2, the bottom end of the bleed air pipe 311 is communicated with the air inlet 21, the top end of the bleed air pipe 311 extends into the conical cap 312, the steam flows upwards along the bleed air pipe 311 and is sprayed onto the inner wall of the conical cap 312, and then flows downwards along the inner wall of the conical cap 312, i.e. under the blocking action of the conical cap 312, the steam changes from the upwards flow to the downwards flow, after the blocking action of the conical cap 312 is released, the steam continues to flow upwards along the inner wall of the casing 2, through the arrangement, the residence time of the steam in the casing 2 is greatly improved, the steam can be in more sufficient contact with the inner wall of the casing 2, so that the condensation efficiency of the spray condensation device is greatly improved, and when the inner wall of the conical cap 312 is in contact with the steam, the water vapor in the steam can be condensed. Of course, the first blocking member 31 may be provided in other types of structures, such as a blocking plate, etc., and such adjustment and change to the specific structural form of the first blocking member 31 are not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and should be limited within the scope of the present invention. The second blocking member 32 is a blocking plate 32, and after the steam flows to the blocking plate 32, the flow direction of the steam is changed by the blocking of the blocking plate 32, so as to avoid discharging from the drain opening 23, and in order to ensure that the condensed water can flow to the drain opening 23, a gap 4 is provided between the blocking plate 32 and the inner side wall of the housing. Wherein, barrier 32 can make with casing 1 integrated into one piece, perhaps, barrier 32 can also with casing 1's inner wall fixed connection, this kind of nimble adjustment and change do not deviate the utility model discloses a principle and scope all should be injectd within the protection scope. Of course, the second blocking member 32 can be provided in other structural forms, such as blocking ribs, etc., and such adjustment and change to the specific structural form of the second blocking member 32 are not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and should be limited within the scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the housing 2 includes an upper housing 2A and a lower housing 2B connected, an air inlet 21 and a water outlet 23 are provided on the lower housing 2B, and an injection port 22 is provided on the upper housing 2A. Wherein, the cabinet body 1 is provided with a through hole 11, and the jet orifice 22 passes through the through hole 11 and extends into the cabinet body 1.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the cross-sectional area of the upper case 2A is gradually reduced in a direction in which the steam enters the cabinet 1. The smaller the cross-sectional area, the smaller the throughput of steam, and by such an arrangement, the residence time of steam in the casing 2 can be further increased to improve the condensation efficiency of the injection condensing device. Wherein, go up casing 2A and divide into the three-layer altogether, by supreme first layer, second floor and the third layer of being down, the cross-sectional area on every layer is the same, the cross-sectional area of first layer is the biggest, the cross-sectional area of third layer is the minimum, the cross-sectional area on second floor is in the centre, go up casing 2A's cross-sectional area successive layer promptly and diminish, of course, it also can set up to the toper structure to go up casing 2A, go up casing 2A's cross-sectional area and diminish smoothly, the awl top communicates with the cabinet body 1, the awl end is connected with casing 2B down, etc. this kind of adjustment in a flexible way and change and do not deviate the utility model discloses a principle and scope all should be injectd.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 to 8, the housing 2 further includes a positioning member capable of positioning the lower housing 2B on the upper housing 2A. Wherein, the locating component can set up to reference column and locating hole matched with structure, or, set up to locating plate and location mouth matched with structure, or, set up to locating piece and locating groove matched with structure again, in addition, the locating component can only set up on casing 2B down, or, only set up on last casing 2A, or again, partly set up on casing 2B down, partly set up on last casing 2A, technical staff in the art can set up the concrete structural style and the concrete position that sets up of locating component in practical application in a flexible way, as long as can be with casing 2B location on last casing 2A down through the locating component can.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 to 8, the positioning member includes a first positioning portion provided on the upper case 2A and a second positioning portion provided on the lower case 2B, by which the upper case 2A and the lower case 2B are positioned. Wherein, first location portion is the location mouth 24 that sets up on last casing 2A, and the second location portion is the locating plate 25 that sets up on casing 2B down, and locating plate 25 and location mouth 24 looks adaptation, go up casing 2A and casing 2B and pass through locating plate 25 and location mouth 24 cooperation location promptly. Of course, also can set up first location portion as locating plate 25, correspondingly, second location portion sets up as locating hole 24, and this kind of is adjusted in a flexible way and is changed and not skew the utility model discloses a principle and scope all should be injectd within the protection scope of the utility model.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, in order to improve the sealability of the steam injection mechanism, a first sealing member is provided between the cabinet 1 and the upper case 2A. Specifically, the first seal member includes a first seal groove 12 provided on the cabinet 1 and a first seal projection 26 provided on the upper case 2A, and in an assembled state, the first seal projection 26 projects into the first seal groove 12. In order to further improve the sealing performance of the steam injection mechanism, a sealing strip (not shown) is further disposed in the first sealing groove 12. Of course, the first sealing member may be provided in other forms, for example, a sealing pad, a sealing ring, a sealing glue, etc. may be provided at the joint of the cabinet body 1 and the upper casing 2A, and such adjustment and change to the specific structural form of the first sealing member do not deviate from the principle and scope of the present invention, which should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 to 8, in order to further improve the sealing property of the steam injection mechanism, a second sealing member is provided between the upper casing 2A and the lower casing 2B. Specifically, the second seal member includes a second seal groove 27 provided on the upper case 2A and a second seal projection 28 provided on the lower case 2B, and in the assembled state, the second seal projection 28 projects into the second seal groove 27. In order to further improve the sealing performance of the steam injection mechanism, a sealing strip (not shown) is further arranged in the second sealing groove. Of course, the second sealing member may be provided in other forms, for example, a sealing gasket, a sealing ring, a sealing glue, etc. may be provided at the joint of the upper casing 2A and the lower casing 2B, and such adjustment and change to the specific structural form of the second sealing member do not deviate from the principles and scope of the present invention should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a connecting ear plate 29 is provided on the housing 2, a connecting column 13 is provided on the cabinet 1, and the connecting ear plate 29 is connected with the connecting column 13 to connect the housing 2 with the cabinet 1. Wherein, four connecting ear plates 29 are arranged on the shell 2, correspondingly, four connecting columns 13 are arranged on the cabinet body 1, and the connecting columns 13 correspond to the connecting ear plates 29 one by one. Of course, the number of the connecting ear plate 29 and the connecting column 13 is not limited to four, but may be two, three or five, and the like, and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific number of the connecting ear plate 29 and the connecting column 13 in practical applications as long as the housing 2 can be fixedly connected with the cabinet 1 through the connecting ear plate 29 and the connecting column 13.

So far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, a person skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or substitutions to the related technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or substitutions will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A steam injection mechanism for a laundry care appliance including a cabinet, characterized in that the steam injection mechanism includes a steam generating device and a spray condensing device including a casing provided thereon with an air inlet connected with the steam generating device, a spray outlet communicating with the inside of the cabinet, and a blocking assembly provided in the casing including a first blocking member provided at the air inlet and a second blocking member provided at the water outlet, the steam generating device being capable of generating steam and injecting the steam into the casing through the air inlet, the first blocking member being provided to be capable of changing a flow direction of the steam in a blocking manner to increase a residence time of the steam in the casing and thus to bring the steam into sufficient contact with an inner wall of the casing, thereby condensing moisture in the steam, the second blocking member being provided to change a flow direction of the steam in a blocking manner to prevent the steam from being discharged through the water discharge port, the injection port being capable of injecting the steam from which the moisture is removed to the inside of the cabinet, and the water discharge port being capable of discharging the condensed water in the case.

2. The steam injection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the first blocking member includes a bleed conduit and a conical cap disposed within the housing, one end of the bleed conduit communicating with the air inlet, the other end of the bleed conduit extending into an interior of the conical cap.

3. The steam injection mechanism of claim 1, wherein the second blocking member is a blocking plate.

4. The steam injection mechanism as recited in claim 1, wherein the housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing connected, the air inlet and the water outlet are both provided on the lower housing, and the injection port is provided on the upper housing.

5. The steam injection mechanism as recited in claim 4, wherein a cross-sectional area of the upper housing is gradually reduced along a direction in which steam enters the cabinet.

6. The steam injection mechanism of claim 5, wherein the housing further comprises a positioning member configured to position the lower housing onto the upper housing.

7. The steam injection mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the positioning member includes a first positioning portion provided on the upper housing and a second positioning portion provided on the lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing being positioned by the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion.

8. The steam injection mechanism of claim 7, wherein one of the first and second positioning portions is a positioning plate, and the other of the first and second positioning portions is a positioning opening, the positioning plate and the positioning opening being adapted to fit together.

9. The steam injection mechanism as claimed in claim 4, wherein a first sealing member is provided between the cabinet and the upper case, and/or

A second sealing member is disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing.

10. The steam injection mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the housing is provided with at least one connecting lug, and the cabinet is provided with a connecting post, and the connecting lug is connected with the connecting post to connect the housing with the cabinet.

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