CN211772238U

CN211772238U - Clothes dryer water box and clothes dryer

Info

Publication number: CN211772238U
Application number: CN201922103070.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卞义平; 邴进东; 王健; 刘秀姣; 李天骄
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-11-25
Filing date: 2019-11-25
Publication date: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2029-11-25

Abstract

The utility model discloses a clothes dryer water box and a clothes dryer, belonging to the technical field of clothes dryers, the clothes dryer water box comprises a box body, wherein the box body is provided with an inner cavity, and an extension structure extends outwards from one side of the box body; the front baffle is connected with the extending structure and forms a cavity communicated with the inner cavity between the extending structure, a mounting hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the cavity, of the front baffle, and a transparent window is installed in the mounting hole. The utility model provides a dryer water box is through setting up the cavity of intercommunication inner chamber to set up the transparent window in the front on the baffle, cavity and inner chamber constitute the linker, and when the water level of inner chamber reached and predetermine the water level, the water of inner chamber enters into in the cavity, makes the water level in the cavity keep level with the water level of inner chamber, and the water level in the cavity is observed to user's accessible transparent window, so that timely log raft in with the box body falls, avoids the box body waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall to overflow, improves user experience.

Description

Clothes dryer water box and clothes dryer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a clothes dryer technical field especially relates to a clothes dryer water box and clothes dryer.

Background

The dryer is a clean household appliance that instantly evaporates and dries moisture in washed laundry by using electric heating. The clothes dryer mainly comprises a box body, a control panel, a roller, a motor, a fan, a heater, a condenser, a water outlet groove, a water pump and a water box, wherein the control panel is mainly used for controlling the operation of the clothes dryer. The drum is arranged in the box body, the clothes are placed in the drum, and the drum can be driven by the motor to rotate. The fan makes the air circulate, heats through the heater, and the circulating air becomes hot-air, blows in the cylinder from the door body below and carries out the clothing drying, and the circulating air takes out the steam in the wet clothing from the cylinder and becomes damp and hot air, flows out through the condenser from the wind channel of the door body below and condenses, becomes the further circulation that carries out of dry microthermal air. The steam that the condenser condensed out becomes liquid and is stored in the aqua storage tank, and the water in the aqua storage tank can be taken out to the water box by the water pump, and when the water in the water box was collected a certain amount, the user can take out the water box and with the water drainage in the water box.

However, the water box in the prior art is not capable of visually seeing the water amount in the water box due to the fact that the water box is arranged inside the box body, so that the water of the water box overflows frequently, and user experience is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a dryer water box and dryer to solve exist among the prior art because the water box sets up inside the box, the user can't audio-visual water yield in seeing the water box, the condition that the water of water box spills over often appears, the relatively poor problem of user experience.

As the conception, the utility model adopts the technical proposal that:

a water box for a clothes dryer, comprising:

the box body is provided with an inner cavity, and an extending structure extends outwards from one side of the box body;

the front baffle is connected with the extending structures and communicated with the cavities between the extending structures, mounting holes are formed in the positions, corresponding to the cavities, of the front baffle, and transparent windows are installed in the mounting holes.

As a preferable technical scheme of the water box of the clothes dryer, the extension structure comprises a first plate and a second plate which are oppositely arranged, the first plate and the second plate are both connected to the box body, and the cavity is formed among the first plate, the second plate and the front baffle.

As the preferred technical scheme of dryer water box, the mounting hole is provided with a plurality ofly, follows the depth direction of box body water, and is a plurality of the mounting hole sets up side by side, every all install one in the mounting hole the transparent window.

As the preferable technical scheme of the water box of the clothes dryer, one side of the transparent window facing the cavity is coated with color-changing ink capable of changing color when meeting water.

As a preferred technical solution of the dryer water box, the dryer water box further includes a sealing structure disposed between the front baffle and the extension structure, the sealing structure being configured to seal the cavity.

As the preferred technical scheme of dryer water box on the width direction of preceding baffle, preceding baffle has first side and second side, first side joint in extend the structure, second side detachably connect in extend the structure, the width direction of preceding baffle with the depth direction of box body is predetermines the contained angle.

As a preferred technical scheme of the clothes dryer water box, the extension structure comprises a first fixed seat, a first clamping plate is arranged on the first fixed seat in a protruding mode, an L-shaped second clamping plate is arranged on the front baffle, the second clamping plate comprises a first portion and a second portion which are connected, the first portion is connected to the front baffle, the second portion is connected to the first clamping plate in a clamped mode, and the second portion is located on one side, away from the front baffle, of the first clamping plate.

As the preferable technical scheme of the clothes dryer water box, the extension structure further comprises a second fixed seat, a first mounting hole is formed in the second fixed seat, a second mounting hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the first mounting hole, of the front baffle, and a fastener penetrates through the first mounting hole and stretches into the second mounting hole to fix the front baffle.

As the preferable technical scheme of the water box of the clothes dryer, the water box of the clothes dryer further comprises a box cover, the box cover is arranged on the box body, and a water collecting opening communicated with the inner cavity is formed in the box cover.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a clothes dryer, including the water box of the clothes dryer as described above.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a dryer water box is through setting up the cavity of intercommunication inner chamber to set up the transparent window in the front on the baffle, cavity and inner chamber constitute the linker, and when the water level of inner chamber reached and predetermine the water level, the water of inner chamber enters into in the cavity, makes the water level in the cavity keep level with the water level of inner chamber, and the water level in the cavity is observed to user's accessible transparent window, so that timely log raft in with the box body falls, avoids the box body waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall to overflow, improves user experience.

The utility model provides a clothes dryer has above-mentioned clothes dryer water box, can in time indicate the user, and the user of being convenient for in time clears up the water box or adds water to the water box, has improved user experience.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a water box of a clothes dryer provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a water box of a clothes dryer provided in the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 at B;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the water box of the clothes dryer provided by the third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of C in fig. 5.

In the figure:

11. a box body; 12. a box cover; 121. a water collection port; 21. a first plate; 22. a second plate; 23. a first fixed seat; 231. a first clamping plate; 24. a second fixed seat; 25. a third plate; 3. a front baffle; 31. a transparent window; 32. a second clamping plate; 321. a first part; 322. a second section;

10. an inner cavity; 20. a cavity.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problem solved by the present invention, the technical solution adopted by the present invention and the technical effect achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solution of the present invention will be further explained by combining the drawings and by means of the specific implementation manner. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some but not all of the elements related to the present invention are shown in the drawings.

In the description of the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning permanently connected, detachably connected, or integral to one another; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description of the present embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are used in an orientation or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings only for convenience of description and simplicity of operation, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used only for descriptive purposes and are not intended to have a special meaning.

Example one

The embodiment provides a clothes dryer which mainly comprises a box body, a control panel, a roller, a motor, a fan, a heater, a condenser, a water outlet groove, a water pump and a water box, wherein the control panel is mainly used for controlling the operation of the clothes dryer. The drum is arranged in the box body, the clothes are placed in the drum, and the drum can be driven by the motor to rotate. The fan makes the air circulate, heats through the heater, and the circulating air becomes hot-air, blows in the cylinder from the door body below and carries out the clothing drying, and the circulating air takes out the steam in the wet clothing from the cylinder and becomes damp and hot air, flows out through the condenser from the wind channel of the door body below and condenses, becomes the further circulation that carries out of dry microthermal air. The steam that the condenser condensed out becomes liquid and is stored in the aqua storage tank, and the water in the aqua storage tank can be taken out to the water box by the water pump, and when the water in the water box was collected a certain amount, the user can take out the water box and with the water drainage in the water box.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a dryer water box including a box body 11 and a front baffle 3. Wherein one side of the box body 11 is provided with an open box-shaped structure, the box-shaped structure is provided with an inner cavity 10, one side of the box body 11 is provided with an extending structure in an outward extending way, in particular, the clothes dryer is provided with a water box groove for installing a water box of the clothes dryer, the water box of the clothes dryer can be pulled out or pushed in, and therefore, when the water box of the clothes dryer is positioned in the water box groove, one end of the water box of the clothes dryer, which is close to the outside of the clothes dryer. The water box of the clothes dryer further comprises a box cover 12, the box cover 12 is arranged on the box body 11 in a covering mode and seals the opening, a water collecting opening 121 communicated with the inner cavity 10 is formed in the box cover 12, and water in the water storage tank is pumped out by a water pump and enters the inner cavity 10 from the water collecting opening 121.

The front baffle 3 is connected to the extending structure and forms a cavity 20 communicated with the inner cavity 10 with the extending structure, and a transparent window 31 is arranged at a position of the front baffle 3 corresponding to the cavity 20. The transparent window 31 is made of a transparent material, and the transparent material may be polymethyl methacrylate, polystyrene, or polycarbonate, and the embodiment is not limited in particular.

Through setting up cavity 20 of intercommunication inner chamber 10 to set up transparent window 31 in the front on baffle 3, cavity 20 and inner chamber 10 constitute the linker, and when the water level in inner chamber 10 reached to predetermine the water level, the water level of cavity 20 was located and predetermines the water level equally, and the water level in cavity 10 is observed to user's accessible transparent window 31, so that the timely water to in the box body 11 of user clears up, avoids the water in the box body 11 to spill over, improves user experience.

Optionally, for the water level in the user observes box body 11, above-mentioned transparent window 31 can be provided with a plurality ofly, along the depth direction of the box body 11 water-logging, and a plurality of transparent windows 31 set up side by side, and then the user of being convenient for understands the water level in the box body 11 directly perceivedly to can in time add water or drain the water in the box body 11 to in the box body 11.

As shown in fig. 2, the extension structure includes a first plate 21 and a second plate 22 disposed opposite to each other, the first plate 21 and the second plate 22 are both connected to the box body 11, and the cavity 20 is formed between the first plate 21, the second plate 22 and the front baffle 3. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the first plate 21 is parallel to the second plate 22, and the first plate 21 and the second plate 22 are both located at the upper end of the box body 11 in the depth direction, so that when the user sees the water in the box body 11 through the transparent window 31 of the front baffle 3, the water in the box body 11 needs to be drained. The extension structure further comprises a second fixing seat 24 connected to the box body 11, a first fixing seat 23 is arranged on the first plate 21, and the first fixing seat 23 and the second fixing seat 24 are respectively located on two sides of the second plate 22. In this embodiment, in the width direction of the front bezel 3, the front bezel 3 has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is connected to the first fixing seat 23, the second side is detachably connected to the second fixing seat 24, a predetermined included angle is formed between the width direction of the front bezel 3 and the depth direction of the box body 11, the predetermined included angle is an acute angle, wherein the width direction of the front bezel 3 is ab direction as shown in fig. 1, and the depth direction of the box body 11 is cd direction as shown in fig. 1, it can be understood that, in this embodiment, the front bezel 3 is disposed obliquely relative to the box body 11.

Specifically, the first fixing seat 23 is convexly provided with a first clamping plate 231 extending along the depth direction of the box body 11, the first side of the front baffle 3 is provided with an "L" -shaped second clamping plate 32, the second clamping plate 32 comprises a first portion 321 and a second portion 322 which are connected, the first portion 321 is connected to the front baffle 3, the second portion 322 is clamped to the first clamping plate 231, and specifically, the second portion 322 is located on one side of the first clamping plate 231 departing from the front baffle 3. The second fixing seat 24 is provided with a first mounting hole, a second mounting hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the first mounting hole, of the second side of the front baffle 3, the fastener penetrates through the first mounting hole and stretches into the second mounting hole to fix the front baffle 3, the fastener is preferably a bolt, and the second mounting hole is a threaded hole matched with the bolt.

Optionally, one side of the transparent window 31 facing the cavity 20 is coated with color-changing ink that can change color when meeting water, so that a user can know the liquid level in the water tank more intuitively. Certainly, the transparent window 31 can be painted with color-changing ink to form words such as "please clean the water box", "please add water" or to form a plurality of water lines by painting color-changing ink, so as to prompt the user, remind the user to clean the box body 11 in time, drain water or add water into the box body 11. The ink capable of changing color when meeting water is a mature product in the prior art and is not described in detail herein. It can be understood that, when the transparent windows 31 are provided in plural, one side of each transparent window 31 facing the cavity 20 is coated with color-changing ink capable of changing color, at this time, the plural transparent windows 31 can be used as liquid level lines, the transparent windows 31 are respectively named as a first transparent window and a second transparent window … … nth transparent window from bottom to bottom, N is an integer and is greater than or equal to 1, for example, when the first transparent window changes color, it can be known that the liquid level in the box body 11 is at the height of the first transparent window relative to the bottom plate of the box body 11, and if each transparent window 31 does not change color, it indicates that the liquid level of the box body 11 is lower than the height of the nth transparent window relative to the bottom plate of the. The user can be more audio-visual the liquid level of the water in the box body 11 is judged to the colour through transparent window 31, improves user experience.

Optionally, the water box of the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment further includes a sealing structure (not shown in the figure) disposed between the front baffle 3 and the extension structure, and the sealing structure is used for sealing the cavity 20. Specifically, the sealing structure is a sealing ring, and the sealing ring is pressed between the front baffle 3 and the extension structure, so that the cavity 20 is sealed, and water in the cavity 20 is prevented from being leaked.

In conclusion, the water box of the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment is provided with the cavity 20 communicated with the inner cavity 10, the transparent window 31 is arranged on the front baffle 3, the cavity 20 and the inner cavity 10 form a communicating vessel, when the water level in the inner cavity 10 reaches the preset water level, the water in the inner cavity 10 enters the cavity 20, the water level in the cavity 20 is kept level with the water level in the inner cavity 10, the water level in the cavity 20 can be observed by the user through the transparent window 31, the user can timely discharge the water in the box body 11, the overflow of the water in the box body 11 is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

The clothes dryer that this embodiment provided has above-mentioned clothes dryer water box, can in time indicate the user, and the user of being convenient for in time clears up box body 11, falls the log raft in the box body 11 or adds water in to box body 11, has improved user experience.

Example two

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the present embodiment provides a dryer water box having substantially the same structure as the dryer water box of the first embodiment, except that: the second plate 22 comprises a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate, a third connecting plate, a fourth connecting plate and a fifth connecting plate which are sequentially connected, wherein the first connecting plate is parallel to the first plate 21, the second connecting plate and the third connecting plate extend towards the second side of the front baffle 3, the fourth connecting plate is parallel to the first connecting plate, so that an approximately L-shaped cavity 20 is formed between the first plate 21, the second plate 22 and the front baffle 3, the fifth connecting plate is parallel to the front baffle 3, and the fifth connecting plate can be connected to the front baffle 3 in a bolt, adhesive and other modes at the moment so as to seal the cavity 20. At this time, the volume of the cavity 20 can be increased by the arrangement of the second plate 22, and the water storage capacity of the dryer water box can be increased.

The rest of the structure of the water box of the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment is the same as that of the water box of the clothes dryer in the first embodiment, and detailed description is omitted here.

The embodiment also provides a clothes dryer which is provided with the clothes dryer water box.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the present embodiment provides a dryer water box having substantially the same structure as the dryer water box of the first embodiment except that: in this embodiment, the extension structure further includes a third plate 25 located between the first plate 21 and the second plate 22, a cavity 20 communicating with the inner cavity 10 is formed between the first plate 21, the second plate 22, the third plate 25 and the front baffle 3, and a transparent window 31 is disposed at a position of the front baffle 3 corresponding to the cavity 20. Specifically, in the direction of depth of box body 11, second board 22 is close to the bottom plate of box body 11, and first board 21 is close to lid 12, and user's accessible transparent window 31 sees the water level in the box body 11 this moment, and when the water level in the box body 11 is lower, in time add water in to box body 11, and when the water level in box body 11 is higher, in time clear up box body 11, arrange the water in the box body 11.

Of course, in other embodiments, a plurality of transparent windows 31 may be disposed on the front baffle 3, and a user may observe the water level in the box 11 through the plurality of transparent windows 31.

The rest of the structure of the dryer water box provided in this embodiment is the same as that of the dryer water box in the first embodiment, and detailed description is omitted here.

The above embodiments have been described only the basic principles and features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments, and is not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A water box for a clothes dryer, comprising:

the box body (11) is provided with an inner cavity (10), and one side of the box body (11) extends outwards to form an extension structure;

preceding baffle (3), connect in extend the structure and with extend and form between the structure and communicate cavity (20) of inner chamber (10), preceding baffle (3) with the position that cavity (20) correspond is provided with transparent window (31).

2. Laundry dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that said extension structure comprises a first (21) and a second (22) oppositely arranged plate, said first (21) and second (22) plates being connected to said box (11), said first (21), second (22) and front baffle (3) forming said cavity (20) between them.

3. Laundry dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that said transparent window (31) is provided in plurality, said transparent window (31) being provided in plurality side by side along the depth direction of the water in said box (11).

4. Laundry dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that the side of the transparent window (31) facing the cavity (20) is coated with a color-changing ink which can change color upon contact with water.

5. Laundry dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a sealing structure arranged between the front baffle (3) and the extension structure, said sealing structure being configured to seal the cavity (20).

6. Clothes dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that in the width direction of the front baffle (3), the front baffle (3) has a first side and a second side, the first side is clamped to the extension structure, the second side is detachably connected to the extension structure, and the width direction of the front baffle (3) and the depth direction of the box body (11) form a preset included angle.

7. Clothes dryer water box according to claim 6, characterized in that the extension structure comprises a first fixing seat (23), a first clamping plate (231) is convexly arranged on the first fixing seat (23), an L-shaped second clamping plate (32) is arranged on the front baffle (3), the second clamping plate (32) comprises a first portion (321) and a second portion (322) which are connected, the first portion (321) is connected to the front baffle (3), the second portion (322) is clamped to the first clamping plate (231), and the second portion (322) is located on one side of the first clamping plate (231) which is far away from the front baffle (3).

8. The clothes dryer water box according to claim 6, characterized in that the extension structure further comprises a second fixed seat (24), a first mounting hole is formed in the second fixed seat (24), a second mounting hole is formed in a position of the front baffle (3) corresponding to the first mounting hole, and a fastener penetrates through the first mounting hole and extends into the second mounting hole to fix the front baffle (3).

9. Clothes dryer water box according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a box cover (12), said box cover (12) is covered on said box body (11), said box cover (12) is provided with a water collecting opening (121) communicating with said inner cavity (10).

10. Dryer characterized in that it comprises a dryer water box according to any of claims 1-9.