CN212152816U

CN212152816U - Filter box assembly for washing machine and washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN212152816U
Application number: CN202020180833.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨帅; 蒋玉亮; 朱凯; 刘凯
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: 2020-02-18
Filing date: 2020-02-18
Publication date: 2020-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-18

Abstract

The utility model relates to a washing machine technical field aims at solving the easy problem that leads to washing machine to have the potential safety hazard of pulling down by bare-handed of current filter door, provides a filter box subassembly and washing machine for this reason, and this filter box subassembly includes: the filter box is provided with a box opening which is clamped and connected to a mounting opening formed on the mounting plate, and at least one limiting groove is formed in the edge of the box opening; the filter door, its joint is to installation department and is used for the shutoff box mouth, and the marginal inward extension of filter door is formed with the spacing arch that can match each other with spacing recess, and under the state of installing, the filter box can limit the deformation of filter door in vertical direction with the help of spacing recess and the protruding cooperation of spacing. The utility model provides a filter box subassembly can avoid the filter door in the ascending deformation of vertical side in order to prevent that the filter door from being pulled down by bare-handed, has improved washing machine's safety in utilization.

Description

Filter box assembly for washing machine and washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a washing machine technical field, concretely relates to a filter box subassembly and washing machine for washing machine.

Background

Washing machines are generally provided with a filtering device to filter lint dropped from the laundry during the washing process. Taking a drum washing machine as an example, a filter assembly of the drum washing machine is arranged in a filter box, the filter box is matched with a filter door to provide a safe and closed space for the filter assembly, and a matched filter box component is arranged in a box body of the washing machine. According to UL (Underwriter Laboratories inc.; underwriters Laboratories, inc.) installation regulations, since the filter assembly is a powered device, the filter door for covering the cassette mouth of the filter cassette is not allowed to be directly removed without the aid of tools, in order to guarantee the personal safety of the user.

The longitudinal section of the existing filter door is approximately L-shaped, the existing filter door is usually made of a plastic piece with the thickness of 3mm, and the top and the bottom of the filter door are provided with buckles clamped with a front plate of a box body. Limited by the installation requirement of the filter door, enough reinforcing ribs cannot be arranged on the filter door at present, so that the filter door is easy to deform under stress in the disassembling process, the deformation can reach 4-5mm, the clamping amount of a buckle arranged at the upper part of the filter door cannot meet the clamping requirement only, the filter door can be easily disassembled or automatically falls off without tools after being disassembled and assembled for a plurality of times, and the exposed electrified filter assembly can cause great potential safety hazard.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine to solve the above-mentioned problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem among the prior art, be for solving the problem that the easy bare-handed pulling down of current filter door leads to washing machine to have the potential safety hazard, the utility model discloses an aspect provides a filter box subassembly for washing machine, and this filter box subassembly includes: the filter box is characterized in that a box opening of the filter box is clamped to a mounting opening formed in a mounting plate, and at least one limiting groove is formed in the edge of the box opening; the filter door is clamped at the mounting opening and used for plugging the box opening, the edge of the filter door extends inwards to form a limiting protrusion which can be matched with the limiting groove, and the filter box can limit the deformation of the filter door in the vertical direction by means of the matching of the limiting groove and the limiting protrusion in the mounted state.

In the above preferred technical solution of the filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine, the top edge of the cartridge opening is formed with a first top flange turned out, the side edge of the cartridge opening is formed with a first side flange turned out, and the limit groove is formed at a junction of the first top flange and the first side flange.

In the above preferred technical solution of the filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine, the limiting protrusion is of an arc-shaped plate-shaped structure.

In the above preferred technical solution for the filter box assembly of the washing machine, the top edge of the mounting opening is formed with an inverted second top flange, the side edge of the mounting opening is formed with an inverted second side flange, and in a mounted state, the second top flange abuts against the first top flange, and the second side flange abuts against the first side flange.

In the above preferred technical solution of the filter box assembly for a washing machine, the bottom edge of the mounting opening extends upward to form a bottom flange, the second top flange is formed with a first clamping position, the bottom flange is formed with a second clamping position, the top of the filter door is provided with a first buckle capable of clamping with the first clamping position, the bottom of the filter door is provided with a second buckle capable of clamping with the second clamping position, and the filter door is clamped to the mounting opening by means of the first buckle and the second buckle.

In the above preferred technical solution of the filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine, a third buckle is provided at a side portion of the cartridge opening, the third buckle is disposed adjacent to the first side portion flange, and in an installed state, the second side portion flange is sandwiched between the first side portion flange and the third buckle, so that the filter cartridge can be fastened to the mounting opening by means of the first side portion flange and the third buckle.

In the above preferred technical scheme of the filter box assembly for the washing machine, the bottom of the filter box is provided with a fourth buckle, and the bottom flanging is further provided with a third clamping position which can be clamped with the fourth buckle.

In the preferable technical scheme of the filter box assembly for the washing machine, a notch is further formed on the first top flanging, and the notch is used for avoiding the first buckle.

The second aspect of the present invention further provides a washing machine, which comprises the filter box assembly according to any one of the above technical solutions.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing machine, the mounting plate is formed on a front plate of a cabinet of the washing machine.

The utility model provides a filter box subassembly for washing machine, the edge through the box mouth at the filter box sets up at least one spacing recess, simultaneously can set up the spacing arch that can match each other with spacing recess at the edge of filter door, restrict filter door deformation in vertical side with the help of the cooperation of spacing arch and spacing recess, even the phenomenon of buckle dropout on the filter door can not appear yet after dismouting filter door many times like this, the user only can disassemble the filter door with the help of the instrument, thereby the potential safety hazard of existing has been eliminated.

Further, through setting up spacing recess in the junction of first top turn-ups and first side portion turn-ups, be about to spacing recess setting at the top corner of filter box, can restrict the deformation of filter door on vertical direction and horizontal direction simultaneously, can enough avoid the easy detachable problem that leads to because of the deformation of filter door on vertical direction, also can avoid the big problem of erection joint because of the deformation of filter door on the horizontal direction leads to, can guarantee washing machine's safety in utilization and pleasing to the eye degree simultaneously.

Further, through set up the turn-ups on the filter cartridge, set up the turn-ups in installing port department simultaneously for the filter cartridge after the installation can closely laminate with the mounting panel, can guarantee filter assembly's installation stability, can also guarantee the outward appearance requirement after the installation simultaneously.

Further, through setting up the buckle in the lateral part and the bottom of box mouth, with the help of the lateral part turn-ups that sets up at the box mouth, can realize the inseparable block of filter box and mounting panel, improve the installation stability of filter box.

The utility model discloses a washing machine that on the other hand provided, owing to dispose aforementioned any one technical scheme the filter box subassembly, consequently possess all technological effects that aforementioned filter box subassembly possessed, no longer describe herein.

Drawings

The filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the filter cartridge assembly of the present invention in assembled form;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the filter cartridge assembly of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the mounting plate of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the filter door according to the present invention;

fig. 5 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of the filter cartridge of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a second schematic structural view of the filter cartridge of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the mounting plate and the filter door;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing an assembled structure of a filter door and a filter cartridge;

list of reference numerals:

1. mounting a plate; 11. a second top flange; 111. a first clamping position; 12. a second side edge; 13. flanging the bottom; 131. a second clamping position; 132. a third snap position; 14. an installation port; 2. a filter door; 21. a first buckle; 22. a second buckle; 23. a limiting bulge; 24. a first reinforcing rib; 3. a filter cartridge; 31. a first top flange; 311. opening the gap; 32. a limiting groove; 33. a first side portion flanging; 34. a third buckle; 35. a fourth buckle; 36. and a second reinforcing rib.

Detailed Description

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the following embodiments are explained in conjunction with a washing machine, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is also applicable to a washing and drying machine with a clothes drying function, and the application of the present invention may be changed without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention.

Furthermore, in the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions and positional relationships shown in the drawings and specific use states, which are only for convenience of description, but 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," "second," "third," and "fourth" 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 "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; 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.

The easy problem that leads to washing machine to have the potential safety hazard of being pulled down by bare-handed based on current filter door that the background art pointed out, the utility model provides a washing machine and filter box subassembly thereof limits the deformation of filter door through setting up spacing arch and the spacing recess that can match each other on filter door and filter box, has solved the easy problem of dismantling that leads to because of the filter door is yielding among the prior art to washing machine's safety in utilization has been improved.

Referring to fig. 1-8, fig. 1 is an assembly schematic view of a filter cartridge assembly of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the filter cartridge assembly of the present invention; fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the mounting plate of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the filter door according to the present invention; fig. 5 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of the filter cartridge of the present invention; fig. 6 is a second schematic structural view of the filter cartridge of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the assembled structure of the mounting plate and the filter door; fig. 8 is a schematic view showing an assembly structure of the filter door and the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge assembly provided by the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 1-8.

The utility model provides a filter box subassembly is installed in the washing machine, and washing machine includes basic configurations such as box, laundry bucket, motor, and the box has the front bezel, and filter box subassembly is installed on the front bezel and is located the box.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the filter cartridge 3 assembly includes a filter door 2 and a filter cartridge 3, the filter cartridge 3 is used for accommodating a charged filter assembly, and a cartridge opening thereof is clamped to a mounting opening 14 of a mounting plate 1 formed on a front plate, and the filter door 2 is used for blocking the cartridge opening of the filter cartridge 3 and is also clamped to the mounting opening 14 of the mounting plate 1.

The structure of the mounting plate 1 is described in detail below. Referring to fig. 3, the mounting plate 1 is formed with a mounting opening 14, a second turned-in top flange 11 is formed at the top edge of the mounting opening 14, and the second turned-in top flange 11 is formed by first bending the top edge of the mounting opening 14 toward the inside of the box body and then bending it downward. The second top flange 11 is formed with a first engaging portion 111, and the first engaging portion 111 is used for engaging with the first engaging portion 21 of the filter door 2. The side edge of the mounting opening 14 is formed with a second side flange 12 which is turned inside, the second side flange 12 comprises a left side flange and a right side flange, and the second side flange 12 is formed by bending the side edge of the mounting opening 14 towards the inside of the box body and then towards the center direction of the mounting opening 14. The bottom edge of the mounting opening 14 extends upward to form a bottom flange 13, the bottom flange 13 is formed with a second engagement position 131 and a third engagement position 132, the second engagement position 131 is used for engaging with a second latch 22 arranged on the filter door 2, and the third engagement position 132 is used for engaging with a fourth latch 35 arranged on the filter box 3.

The structure of the filter door 2 will be described in detail below. Referring to fig. 4, the top of the filter door 2 is provided with a first buckle 21 capable of being buckled with the first buckling position 111, the first buckle 21 is an elastic buckle, the hook at the front end of the first buckle can move downwards for a certain distance under a stressed state so as to be separated from the first buckling position 111, and the hook at the front end of the first buckle restores to the original state and is buckled with the first buckling position 111 on the mounting plate 1 under an unstressed state. In the mounted state, a certain gap is formed between the first buckle 21 and the second top flange 11 to facilitate insertion and removal of a tool. The bottom of the filter door 2 is provided with a second buckle 22 capable of being buckled with the second buckling position 131, referring to fig. 7, the filter door 2 is buckled to the installation opening 14 through the first buckle 21 and the second buckle 22, when in installation, the second buckle 22 is firstly buckled to the second buckling position 131, and then the first buckle 21 is buckled to the first buckling position 111 to install the filter door 2 on the installation plate 1.

With continued reference to fig. 4, the two ends of the top edge of the filter door 2 in this embodiment further extend into the box body to form two limiting protrusions 23, the two limiting protrusions 23 match with the limiting grooves 32 formed on the filter box 3, the two limiting protrusions 23 in this embodiment are respectively located at two corners of the top of the filter door 2, and the limiting protrusions 23 are of arc-shaped plate-shaped structures. In order to enhance the strength of the filter door 2, a first reinforcing rib 24 is further provided at the edge of the filter door 2, and the height of the limiting protrusion 23 is higher than that of the first reinforcing rib 24.

The structure of the filter cartridge 3 will be described in detail below. Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the top edge of the box opening of the filter box 3 is formed with a first outward turned top flange 31, and the first top flange 31 is also formed with a notch 311, and the notch 311 is used for avoiding the first buckle 21 to facilitate the installation of the filter door 2. The side edge of the box opening is provided with a first flanging 33 which is turned outwards, two side parts of the box opening are respectively provided with a third buckle 34, the third buckle 34 is arranged close to the first flanging 33, the third buckle 34 is an elastic buckle, the third buckle 34 can be retracted into the box body in a stressed state, and can be ejected outwards in an unstressed state. The bottom of the filter box 3 is further provided with a fourth latch 35, and the fourth latch 35 can be latched with a third latching position 132 on the mounting plate 1. When the filter box 3 is installed, the fourth buckle 35 is connected to the third buckling position 132, then the filter box 3 is pushed to enable the second top flanging 11 of the installation plate 1 to be abutted against the first top flanging 31 of the filter box 3, the second side flanging 12 of the installation plate 1 is abutted against the first side flanging 33 of the filter box 3, in the installed state, the second side flanging 12 of the installation plate 1 is clamped between the first side flanging 33 of the filter box 3 and the third buckle 34, so that the filter box 3 can be clamped to the installation opening 14 by means of the first side flanging 33 and the third buckle 34, and the fourth buckle 35 is used for further realizing the stable installation of the filter box 3. The "eversion" in this embodiment means extending toward the outside of the filter cartridge 3. In addition, in order to increase the strength and the installation stability of the filter box 3, a second reinforcing rib 36 is further arranged at the joint of the first top flange 31 and the first side flange 33 with the box body, and the second reinforcing rib 36 is a plurality of small protruding structures arranged at intervals.

The utility model provides a filter cartridge 3's box mouth's edge is formed with at least one spacing recess 32, spacing recess 32 and the spacing protruding 23 phase-match on the filter door 2, and under the state of installing, filter cartridge 3 can restrict filter door 2 deformation in vertical side with the help of spacing recess 32 and spacing protruding 23's cooperation. With continued reference to fig. 5 and 6, in correspondence with the restricting projection 23 formed on the filter door 2, the restricting recess 32 in the present embodiment is two, and is formed at the junction of the first top flange 31 and the first side flange 33, with an arc-shaped side wall surface capable of conforming to the surface of the restricting projection 23. Referring to fig. 8, under the installed state, spacing arch 23 holding is in spacing recess 32, in vertical direction, will receive spacing recess 32's restriction when filter door 2 that the longitudinal section is L shape wants the shrink deformation, thereby can avoid filter door 2 to take place deformation in vertical direction, even disassemble filter door 2 like this many times, the not hard up problem of filter door 2 can not appear, and then can avoid the emergence of the phenomenon that can just disassemble filter door 2 by bare hand with the help of the instrument, washing machine's safety in utilization has been improved.

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

1. A filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine, the filter cartridge assembly comprising:

the filter box is characterized in that a box opening of the filter box is clamped to a mounting opening formed in a mounting plate, and at least one limiting groove is formed in the edge of the box opening;

the filter door is clamped at the mounting opening and used for plugging the box opening, the edge of the filter door extends inwards to form a limiting protrusion which can be matched with the limiting groove, and the filter box can limit the deformation of the filter door in the vertical direction by means of the matching of the limiting groove and the limiting protrusion in the mounted state.

2. A filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top edge of the mouth is formed with a first top flange which is turned out, the side edge of the mouth is formed with a first side flange which is turned out, and the limit recess is formed at the junction of the first top flange and the first side flange.

3. The filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the stopper protrusion has an arc-shaped plate structure.

4. The filter cartridge assembly of claim 2, wherein the top edge of the mounting opening is formed with an in-turned second top bead, the side edge of the mounting opening is formed with an in-turned second side bead, and in an installed state, the second top bead abuts the first top bead and the second side bead abuts the first side bead.

5. The filter cartridge assembly of claim 4, wherein the bottom edge of the mounting opening extends upward to form a bottom flange, the second top flange is formed with a first engaging portion, the bottom flange is formed with a second engaging portion, the top of the filter door is provided with a first latch capable of engaging with the first engaging portion, the bottom of the filter door is provided with a second latch capable of engaging with the second engaging portion, and the filter door is latched to the mounting opening by the first latch and the second latch.

6. The filter cartridge assembly of claim 5, wherein a third buckle is disposed at a side of the cartridge opening, the third buckle is disposed adjacent to the first side flange, and in an installed state, the second side flange is sandwiched between the first side flange and the third buckle, so that the filter cartridge can be fastened to the mounting opening by means of the first side flange and the third buckle.

7. The filter cartridge assembly of claim 6, wherein the bottom of the filter cartridge is provided with a fourth snap, and the bottom flange is further provided with a third snap position capable of being snapped with the fourth snap.

8. A filter cartridge assembly for a washing machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein a notch is also formed in the first top flange to clear the first catch.

9. A washing machine characterized by comprising a filter cartridge assembly according to any one of claims 1-8.

10. A washing machine as claimed in claim 9 wherein the mounting plate is formed on a front plate of a cabinet of the washing machine.