CN212152799U

CN212152799U - Washing machine

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Publication number: CN212152799U
Application number: CN201922251621.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田云; 王佑喜; 闫磊; 张萌; 杨旭光
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-16
Filing date: 2019-12-16
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses a washing machine relates to the washing equipment field. The utility model discloses a washing machine includes interior bucket and outer bucket, and the interior bucket is put in between bucket and outer bucket has a plurality of clean granules, outer bucket bottom sets up the clean granule storage device who communicates with the drainage line, storage device has the opening, and washing machine still includes closing cap mechanism, and closing cap mechanism is including setting up the lid on the opening and the floating body of being connected with the lid transmission, the floating body floats along with the water level and drives the lid and open/close the opening. The floating body moves by means of the buoyancy of water, an additional power source is not needed to be provided, the capping mechanism is simple in structure and low in production cost, and the problem that the washing machine generates large noise in the transportation process when the cleaning balls are separated and the dewatering process is solved.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the washing equipment field, specifically speaking relates to a washing machine.

Background

General washing machine has interior bucket and outer bucket, and interior bucket has the dehydration hole, has the washing water between interior bucket and the outer bucket in the washing process, therefore washing machine can remain washing machine and produce the dirt with outer bucket inner wall in interior bucket outer wall after using a period of time, and then breed the bacterium and produce the pollution to the clothing, seals between interior bucket and outer bucket that the user can't clean.

The prior art has a technical scheme that cleaning particles are placed between an inner barrel and an outer barrel, the density of the cleaning particles is equivalent to that of water, and when the cleaning particles have washing water between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, the outer wall of the inner barrel and the inner wall of the outer barrel are cleaned through uncertain collision.

The cleaning particles are located at the bottom of the outer barrel under the state that no water exists between the inner barrel and the outer barrel. The general mode of setting is that water current brings the cleaning particle into a collecting vat of drain line for drainage in-process, but along with washing machine's dehydration vibration or transport in-process, can lead to cleaning particle can not all be located the collecting vat, leads to its to produce wearing and tearing, noise scheduling problem.

Therefore, the cleaning particles need to be located in a reliable closed space when the inner tub and the outer tub are not cleaned, and the cleaning particles can be easily released between the inner tub and the outer tub when the cleaning particles need to be cleaned.

In view of this, the present invention is provided.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in overcoming prior art's not enough, provides one kind and is provided with the closing cap mechanism that can open/close the open-ended at the storage device of clean granule to can realize shutoff and release to clean ball.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model adopts the following basic concept:

a washing machine comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, wherein a plurality of cleaning particles are put between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, a cleaning particle storage device communicated with a drainage pipeline is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel, the storage device is provided with an opening, the washing machine further comprises a cover mechanism, the cover mechanism comprises a cover body arranged on the opening and a floating body in transmission connection with the cover body, and the floating body floats along with the water level to drive the cover body to open/close the opening.

One embodiment is that one end of the cover body is rotatably connected with the floating body, the other end of the cover body is supported at the opening of the storage device, and when the floating body drives one end of the cover body to move up and down, the cover body slides at the opening of the storage device to open/close the opening.

Specifically, when the floating body is located at the highest position, the cover body is obliquely arranged, and one end, far away from the floating body, of the cover body slides to the edge of the opening to open the opening; when the floating body is located at the lowest position, the cover body is horizontally arranged, and one end, far away from the floating body, of the cover body slides to the middle position of the opening to close the opening.

In order to ensure the moving path of the floating body, the floating body is limited in a guide groove, the guide groove is communicated with a drainage pipeline/storage device, and the top and/or the bottom of the guide groove are/is provided with a limiting structure for limiting the floating body between the highest position and the lowest position. The top position of the guide groove is higher than the position of the opening, so that the cover body can be moved to a target position when the floating body is located at the highest position.

The capping mechanism further comprises a limiting sleeve used for limiting the movement of the cover body, the limiting sleeve is rotatably arranged at the edge of the opening, and the limiting sleeve is sleeved outside the cover body and rotates along with the cover body to prevent the cover body from being separated from the opening.

The cover body is in transmission connection with the floating body through the connecting piece, one end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected with the top of the floating body, one end of the connecting piece is rotatably connected with one end of the cover body, the connecting piece can extend out of the top of the guide groove, the connecting piece can facilitate connection of the floating body and the cover body, and the height of the connecting piece can be adjusted.

The connecting piece is a connecting rod or a connecting plate, the connecting piece is vertically arranged, and when the floating body is located at the lowest position, the top of the connecting piece is flush with the opening of the storage device to enable the cover body to be in a horizontal state.

The lid is provided with the water hole, perhaps, the lid covers behind the opening and has a water gap between the opening edge, the size of clean granule is greater than the size in water hole/water gap, and above-mentioned setting can be guaranteed when the closing cap mechanism carries out the shutoff to the opening, and remaining water can also get into water drainage pipe through the lid in the outer bucket, can not influence the normal clear of drainage process.

In another embodiment, the floating body is rotatably connected with one end of the cover body, the middle part of the cover body is rotatably arranged at the edge of the opening and rotates by taking the middle part of the cover body as a shaft, and the cover body is in a lever shape.

In the above embodiment, the washing machine may further include a first cover sealing mechanism and a second cover sealing mechanism symmetrically disposed at two sides of the opening, and the cover of the first cover sealing mechanism and the cover of the second cover sealing mechanism cover half of the opening respectively.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the utility model following beneficial effect has.

The cover body is driven by the floating body, the floating body moves by means of buoyancy of water, so that the opening of the storage device can be controlled without providing an extra power source for moving the cover body, the cover sealing mechanism is simple in structure and low in production cost, and the sealing and releasing effects on the cleaning particles are good.

Washing machine is at the transportation, does not have water between interior bucket and the outer bucket, therefore closing cap mechanism shelters from storage device's opening and makes clean granule by the shutoff in storage device, can avoid clean granule to deviate from between the outer bucket of interior bucket in the transportation, influences washing machine's normal use.

In the dewatering process of the washing machine, the washing water between the inner barrel and the outer barrel is discharged, so that the sealing cover mechanism shields the opening of the containing device to enable the cleaning particles to be blocked in the containing device, and when the machine body of the washing machine vibrates in the dewatering process, the cleaning particles can be prevented from entering between the inner barrel and the outer barrel to generate large noise.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a sectional view of a washing machine according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the bottom of the outer tub of the washing machine of the present invention provided with a cleaning particle storage device;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the drain line and the storage device of the washing machine of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the closing mechanism closing the opening of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the closure mechanism closing the opening;

FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view of the closure mechanism closing the opening;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the opening of the cover sealing mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the opening of the closure mechanism of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a partial schematic view of the opening of the capping mechanism of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. an inner barrel; 2. an outer tub; 3. cleaning particles; 4. a drain line; 5. a storage device; 51. an opening;

61. a floating body; 62. a cover body; 63. a guide groove; 631. a limiting bulge; 64. a limiting sleeve; 65. a connecting member.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept by those skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention are combined below to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present invention relates to a washing machine, including inner barrel 1 and outer barrel 2, dewatering holes are provided on the side wall of inner barrel 1, when washing, the inner barrel 1 communicates with the outer barrel 2, in order to clean the outer wall of inner barrel 1 and the inner wall of outer barrel 2, a plurality of cleaning particles 3 are put between inner barrel 1 and outer barrel 2, when washing water is provided in inner barrel 1 and outer barrel 2, cleaning particles 3 can suspend in the washing water, through uncertain movement path, the outer wall of inner barrel 1 and the inner wall of outer barrel 2 collide, thereby preventing dirt from attaching on the outer wall of inner barrel 1 and the inner wall of outer barrel 2, and achieving the cleaning effect.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the bottom of the outer tub 2 is provided with a cleaning particle storage device 5 communicated with the drainage pipeline 4, so that the cleaning particles 3 can enter the storage device 5 along with the water flow in the drainage process, and the storage device 5 is provided with a filter screen to intercept the cleaning particles 3, so that the cleaning particles 3 are retained in the cavity of the storage device 5 and cannot be discharged out of the machine body along with the water flow. The storage device 5 is arranged at the upper part of the drainage pipeline 4, and water flows through the storage device 5 and then enters the drainage pipeline 4 to be discharged when water is drained.

As shown in fig. 2, the container 5 has an opening 51 for allowing the cleaning particles 3 to enter the cavity of the container 5 from the outer tub 2. In order to facilitate the cleaning particles 3 to smoothly enter the receiving device 5, the outer tub 2 has an inclined structure around the bottom opening thereof, so that the cleaning particles can enter the receiving device 5 along an inclined plane having a certain slope.

Generally, the cleaning particles 3 are spherical, the spherical shape can also enable the cleaning particles to roll along an inclined plane when the cleaning particles are at the bottom of the outer barrel, the cleaning particles 3 can also be ellipsoidal or other irregular three-dimensional shapes, and in order to achieve a better cleaning effect, the surface of the cleaning particles 3 can also be provided with other protruding structures to clean the inner barrel and the outer barrel.

As shown in fig. 4 to 9, the washing machine further includes a cover mechanism, the cover mechanism includes a cover 62 disposed on the opening and a floating body 61 in transmission connection with the cover, the floating body 61 floats with the water level to drive the cover 62 to open the opening 51 or close the opening 51.

In order to make the floating body 61 float with the water level, the floating body 61 can be made of a material with density smaller than that of the washing water, so that the floating body 61 can float in the washing water to move; the floating body 61 may also be provided with an internal structure such that the overall density is less than that of the washing water, for example, the floating body 61 is provided with a hollow chamber inside so that the floating body can float up as the water level rises. The density of the floating bodies 61 may be uniform or non-uniform.

Because the floating body 61 needs to drive the cover body to move, the quality of the cover body 62 and the transmission structure, the buoyancy force borne by the cover body 62 and the transmission structure and other factors need to be considered, so that the upward force borne by the floating body in the washing water can drive the cover body to move, and the situation that the cover body and the transmission structure cannot be driven is prevented.

The cover 62 is used to close the opening of the storage device when no water is in the outer tub, so as to block the cleaning particles in the cavity of the storage device. The cover 62 is sized to cover the opening or to leave a gap with the opening that does not allow the cleaning particles 3 to pass through.

The following embodiments are provided for the arrangement of the float 61 and the cover 62.

Example one

As shown in fig. 4 to 9, one end of the cover 62 is rotatably connected to the floating body 61, and the other end is supported at the opening 51 of the storage device, and when the floating body 61 drives the one end of the cover 62 to move up and down, the cover 62 slides at the opening 51 of the storage device to open/close the opening.

As shown in fig. 4, the floating body 61 and the cover 62 are in a positional relationship such that, when there is no washing water in the outer tub, the floating body 61 is located at the lowest position, the cover 62 is in a horizontal state, one end of the cover 62 away from the floating body 61 slides to a position in the middle of the opening 51 to close the opening 51, and the opening 51 of the storage device is closed, as shown in fig. 5.

As shown in fig. 7, the floating body 61 and the cover body 62 are in a positional relationship such that when there is washing water between the inner tub and the outer tub, the floating body 61 floats to the highest position with the water level, and when the floating body 61 is located at the highest position, the cover body 62 is in an inclined state, one end of the cover body 62 away from the floating body 61 slides to the edge of the opening 51, and the opening 51 of the storage device is opened, as shown in fig. 8.

In order to ensure the moving path of the floating body 61, a guide groove 63 is further provided at the bottom of the outer tub 2, the floating body 61 is limited in the guide groove 63, the guide groove 63 may be provided outside the receiving device 5, and since the floating body 61 needs to move with the water level, the guide groove 63 communicates with the drain line 4/the receiving device 5, so that the water level in the guide groove 63 is consistent with the water level in the outer tub 2 or the drain line 4.

The floating body 61 can only move in the guide groove 63, and a limiting structure is arranged at the top and/or the bottom of the guide groove 63 to limit the floating body between the highest position and the lowest position.

As shown in fig. 6 and 9, the top of the guide groove has a limit projection 631, and when the slider moves to the top of the guide groove with the water level, the slider is limited in the guide groove due to the limit projection 631, and can not float continuously with the water level. The stop projection 631 should be able to provide sufficient force to prevent the slider from falling out of the guide groove.

The top position of the guide groove 63 is higher than the position of the opening, so that the cover body can be moved to a target position when the floating body is located at the highest position.

As shown in fig. 6, the capping mechanism further includes a limiting sleeve 64 for limiting the movement of the cap body, the limiting sleeve 64 is rotatably disposed at the edge of the opening 51 and can be connected by a hinge, the limiting sleeve 64 is sleeved outside the cap body 62 and rotates with the cap body 62 to prevent the cap body 62 from separating from the opening, as can be seen from fig. 5, the limiting sleeve 64 is a flat sleeve, the middle portion of the sleeve is used for the cap body 62 to pass through, and the cap body 62 slides along the inner wall of the limiting sleeve 64.

The cover 62 can be prevented from slipping off the opening 51 by the limiting sleeve 64, so that the opening can not be opened or closed. And the position-limiting sleeve 64 can also play a role in preventing the cover body 62 from floating upwards along with the washing water. When the cover 62 is made of a material having a density lower than that of the washing water, the cover 62 also floats up with the rise of the water level, and therefore the stopper sleeve 64 is provided to prevent the cover from floating up with the water level.

As shown in fig. 6, the bottom of the guide groove 63 may not need to be provided with a limiting structure, and since the edge of the limiting sleeve abuts against other structures when the limiting sleeve 64 rotates to a certain angle, thereby limiting the rotation angle of the rotating sleeve 64, when the rotating sleeve 64 reaches the limiting angle, the cover 62 is horizontal, and the floating body 61 is also located at the lowest position, so that the floating body 61 does not move downward any more even if the water level is lower than the lowest position of the floating body 61.

As shown in fig. 6, the cover body 62 is in transmission connection with the floating body 61 through a connecting piece 65, one end of the connecting piece is fixedly connected with the top of the floating body, or the connecting piece is integrally arranged with the floating body, the other end of the connecting piece is rotatably connected with one end of the cover body, and the connecting piece 65 can extend out of the top of the guide groove 63 and can facilitate the connection of the floating body 61 and the cover body 62, and the floating body 61 is of a block structure, so that the connecting piece is not convenient for being rotatably connected with the cover body, and when the floating body is provided with the connecting piece, the connecting piece can be a connecting rod or a connecting plate which can be rotatably connected with the cover body in a hinged mode.

The connecting piece 65 is a connecting rod or a connecting plate, the connecting piece 65 is vertically arranged, and when the floating body 61 is located at the lowest position, the top of the connecting piece 61 is flush with the opening of the storage device to enable the cover body to be in a horizontal state. Therefore, the connecting piece can also play a role in adjustment, so that the cover body can shield the opening and prevent position deviation.

As shown in fig. 6 and 9, one end of the cover 62 is connected to the upper portion of the float 61, and the other end of the cover is connected to the lower portion of the float, thereby achieving the same technical effect. The connecting piece is fixedly arranged at the lower part of the floating body, and one end of the cover body is pressed down to enable the cover body to form an openable structure.

Since there may be residual water left in the outer tub after the cleaning particles 3 enter the storage device 5, when the cover covers the opening, water flow should be allowed to pass through, the cover is provided with water holes, or the cover covers the opening and has water passing gaps with the edge of the opening. The size of clean granule is greater than the size in water hole/water gap, and above-mentioned setting can be guaranteed when the closing cap mechanism carries out the shutoff to the opening, and during remaining water can also get into water drainage pipe through the lid in the outer bucket, can not influence drainage process's normal clear.

As shown in fig. 4 to 9, the washing machine includes a first cover mechanism and a second cover mechanism symmetrically disposed at both sides of an opening, and a cover body of the first cover mechanism and a cover body of the second cover mechanism cover half of the opening, respectively.

As shown in fig. 5 and 8, the opening of the storage device may be square, the first and second capping mechanisms are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the square, the cover body may also be a square plate-shaped structure, and the stop collar is a sleeve-shaped structure matching with the cover body. The shape of the floating body matches the shape of the guide groove, but does not generate large friction with the guide groove.

Example two

In the above embodiment, the moving manner of the cover body at the opening is sliding, the middle part of the cover body in this embodiment is rotatably connected with the edge of the opening, the floating body floats up and down along the circular arc-shaped path, the floating body is rotatably connected with one end of the cover body, or may be fixedly connected with the cover body, the middle part of the cover body is rotatably arranged at the edge of the opening and rotates around the middle part of the cover body, so as to form a lever structure.

The opening of the storage device can be provided with a structure similar to the stop collar in the previous embodiment, but the stop collar is fixedly connected with the cover body, and the edge of the stop collar and the opening is provided with a hinge structure, so that the cover body can rotate along a certain fixed fulcrum, when the cover body rotates to be in a horizontal state, the opening of the storage device is closed, and when the cover body rotates to be in an inclined state, the opening of the storage device is opened.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and although the present invention has been disclosed with reference to the above preferred embodiment, but not to limit the present invention, any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments by the technical spirit of the present invention still fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A washing machine comprises an inner barrel and an outer barrel, wherein a plurality of cleaning particles are put between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, a cleaning particle storage device communicated with a drainage pipeline is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel, the storage device is provided with an opening, the washing machine is characterized by further comprising a cover sealing mechanism, the cover sealing mechanism comprises a cover body arranged on the opening and a floating body in transmission connection with the cover body, and the floating body floats along with the water level to drive the cover body to open/close the opening.

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover body has one end rotatably connected to the floating body and the other end supported at the opening of the receiving device, and the cover body slides at the opening of the receiving device to open/close the opening when the floating body drives the one end of the cover body to move up and down.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cover is in an inclined state when the floating body is located at the highest position, and one end of the cover away from the floating body slides to the edge of the opening to open the opening; when the floating body is located at the lowest position, the cover body is in a horizontal state, and one end, far away from the floating body, of the cover body slides to the middle position of the opening to close the opening.

4. A washing machine as claimed in claim 3 wherein the floating body is retained in a guide channel which is in communication with the drain/receiving means, the top and/or bottom of the guide channel being provided with retaining formations to retain the floating body between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, the top of the guide channel being at a higher level than the location of the opening.

5. The washing machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cover closing mechanism further includes a stopper sleeve for restricting movement of the cover body, the stopper sleeve being rotatably provided at the opening edge, the stopper sleeve being provided outside the cover body and rotating with the cover body.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cover is drivingly connected to the floating body through a connecting member, one end of the connecting member is fixedly connected to the top of the floating body, the other end of the connecting member is rotatably connected to one end of the cover, and the connecting member is protruded from the top of the guide groove.

7. The washing machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein the connecting member is a connecting rod or a connecting plate, the connecting member is vertically disposed, and when the floating body is located at the lowest position, the top of the connecting member is flush with the opening of the storage device to make the cover body horizontal.

8. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is provided with a water through hole, or the cover has a water through gap between the cover and the edge of the opening after covering the opening, and the size of the cleaning particles is larger than the size of the water through hole/water through gap.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the floating body is rotatably coupled to one end of the cover body, and the middle portion of the cover body is rotatably disposed at the opening edge and rotated about the middle portion of the cover body.

10. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9 comprising first and second cover means symmetrically disposed on either side of the opening, the cover of the first cover means and the cover of the second cover means respectively covering half of the opening.