CN212611558U

CN212611558U - Clothes dryer

Info

Publication number: CN212611558U
Application number: CN201922312184.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 卞义平; 邴进东; 王健; 刘秀姣; 张丽
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: 2019-12-20
Filing date: 2019-12-20
Publication date: 2021-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-20

Abstract

The utility model discloses a clothes dryer, which belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment and comprises a clothes dryer body, wherein a water box groove is formed on the clothes dryer body; the water box is arranged in the water box groove; the detection assembly is arranged in the water box groove or on the side wall of the water box and is configured to detect whether the water quantity in the water box reaches a preset water quantity or not; and the prompting device is used for prompting. The utility model provides a clothes dryer through setting up suggestion device and at the water box inslot and set up detecting element, detects whether the water yield in the water box reaches and predetermines the water yield through detecting element to can indicate the user through the suggestion device when detecting the water yield in the water box and reach and predetermine the water yield, so that the user in time drains the water in the water box, avoid the water in the water box too much and spill over, improve user experience.

Description

Clothes dryer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a clothing treatment facility technical field especially relates to a 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 clothes dryer to solve the water box setting that exists among the prior art 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 clothes dryer, comprising:

a clothes drying machine body, wherein a water box groove is formed on the clothes drying machine body;

the water box is arranged in the water box groove;

the detection assembly is arranged in the water box groove or on the side wall of the water box and is configured to detect whether the water quantity in the water box reaches a preset water quantity or not;

and the prompting device is used for prompting.

Further, the water box is elastically supported on the bottom surface of the water box groove through a supporting structure, the detection assembly comprises a detection piece, the detection piece is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box groove, and the detection piece is configured to detect the distance between the detection piece and the supporting structure.

Furthermore, the water box comprises a box body and a front baffle which are connected, and the front baffle is used for pushing and pulling the box body so that the box body can enter and exit the water box groove.

Further, the front baffle is provided with a first sliding groove extending along the vertical direction, a first extending plate is arranged on the box body and can be slidably arranged in the first sliding groove, and a second elastic piece is arranged between the first extending plate and the bottom surface of the first sliding groove.

Further, in the width direction of the front baffle, one end of the first chute penetrates through the front baffle, and the width direction of the front baffle is perpendicular to the vertical direction.

Further, the detection component comprises two conductive strips which are arranged on the side wall of the water box at intervals along the depth direction of water in the water box, and the two conductive strips are configured to be conducted when a preset water amount is reached in the water box and have preset conductivity corresponding to the preset water amount.

Furthermore, a trigger piece is arranged on a bottom plate of the water box, the trigger piece moves along a first direction under the action of water pressure in the water box, and the trigger piece has a preset displacement corresponding to the preset water amount;

the detection component comprises a detection piece, the detection piece is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box groove, and the detection piece is configured to detect the preset displacement.

Furthermore, a protrusion is convexly arranged on a bottom plate of the water box towards the interior of the water box, a through hole penetrating through the bottom plate is formed in the protrusion, the trigger piece and a third elastic piece are arranged in the through hole, and the third elastic piece is configured to drive the trigger piece to move along a direction opposite to the first direction.

Furthermore, a mounting hole is formed in the bottom plate of the water box, and an elastic ring which is connected with the inner wall of the mounting hole and surrounds the trigger piece in the circumferential direction is arranged in the mounting hole.

Further, one of the water box and the supporting structure is provided with a sliding rail or a sliding groove, and the other is provided with a sliding piece capable of sliding relative to the sliding rail or the sliding groove.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a clothes dryer through setting up suggestion device and at the water box inslot and set up detecting element, detects whether the water yield in the water box reaches and predetermines the water yield through detecting element to can indicate the user through the suggestion device when detecting the water yield in the water box and reach and predetermine the water yield, so that the user in time drains the water in the water box, avoid the water in the water box too much and spill over, improve user experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partial sectional view of a clothes dryer provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

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

fig. 3 is a partial sectional view 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 partial sectional view of a clothes dryer provided in a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 5 at C;

fig. 7 is a partial sectional view of a clothes dryer according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure:

11. a box body; 111. a first extension plate; 112. a second extension plate; 113. a protrusion; 114. a third elastic member; 115. a seal ring; 12. a box cover; 13. a front baffle; 131. a first chute;

2. a support plate; 3. a detection member; 4. a second elastic member; 5. a trigger; 6. an elastic ring; 7. a conductive strip;

10. a water box groove.

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

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a clothes dryer including a clothes dryer body, a control panel, a drum, a motor, a blower, a heater, a condenser, a water outlet tank, a water pump, and a water tank, the control panel being mainly used to control the operation of the clothes dryer. The drum is arranged in the clothes drying machine body, 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.

The clothes dryer body is provided with a water box groove 10, and the water box is arranged in the water box groove 10. It will be appreciated that the water box can be installed in the water box trough 10 and also removed from the water box trough 10 to facilitate the draining of water from the water box by a user. The clothes dryer further comprises a detection assembly and a prompting device, the detection assembly is arranged in the water box groove 10, the detection assembly can detect whether water in the water box reaches a preset water amount, and the prompting device is used for prompting. It can be understood that, detection element detects the water in the water box and reaches and predetermine the water yield after, suggestion device can indicate to the user in time falls the log raft in the water box, avoids the water in the water box too much and spills over, improves user experience.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the water bucket is elastically supported on the bottom surface of the water bucket tank 10 by a support structure including the support plate 2 and the first elastic member connected between the support plate 2 and the bottom surface of the water bucket tank 10. The detection assembly comprises a detection piece 3, the detection piece 3 is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box groove 10, the detection piece 3 can detect the distance between the detection piece 3 and the supporting plate 2, and specifically, in the embodiment, the detection piece 3 is a displacement sensor. It can be understood that, since the support plate 2 is supported by the first elastic member, the first elastic member is gradually compressed as the amount of water in the water box increases, the distance between the support plate 2 and the bottom surface of the water box groove 10 is gradually reduced, and the displacement sensor detects that the distance from the support plate 2 reaches the preset distance when the water in the water box reaches the preset amount of water. Certainly, in other embodiments, the detecting element 3 may also be a pressure sensor or a proximity switch, when the detecting element 3 is a pressure sensor, the supporting plate 2 gradually approaches the pressure sensor along with the increase of the water amount in the water box, and abuts against the pressure sensor when the water amount in the water box reaches the preset water amount, and at this time, the pressure sensor obtains that the water in the water box has reached the preset water amount through the detected preset pressure. When the detection piece 3 is a proximity switch, the support plate 2 gradually moves towards the proximity switch along with the increase of the water amount in the water box, and the proximity switch is triggered when the water amount in the water box reaches a preset water amount.

In this embodiment, the detecting element 3 and the prompting device are both connected to a controller of the clothes dryer, when the detecting element 3 detects that the distance between the detecting element and the supporting plate 2 reaches a preset distance, a signal is sent to the controller, the controller prompts a user through the prompting device, and the prompting device can be one, two or three of a display screen, a buzzer or a warning lamp.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, the water box includes a box body 11 and a front baffle 13 connected with each other, the front baffle 13 is used for pushing and pulling the box body 11 so as to enable the box body 11 to enter and exit the water box groove 10, the water box further includes a box cover 12, the box cover 12 is arranged on the box body 11, and a water collecting opening communicated with an inner cavity of the box body 11 is arranged on the box cover 12. Further, in the present embodiment, the front baffle 13 is provided with a first sliding slot 131 extending along the vertical direction, the box 11 is provided with a first extending plate 111, the first extending plate 111 is slidably disposed in the first sliding slot 131, and the second elastic element 4 is disposed between the first extending plate 111 and the bottom surface of the first sliding slot 131. Through setting up first spout 131 and first extension board 111, can lead and spacing to the removal of box body 11 for box body 11 wholly carries out the displacement, improves the accuracy of testing result. By providing the second elastic member 4, the movement of the case 11 can be buffered, and the case 11 can be returned to the initial position (position when no water is present in the water tank) when the water in the case 11 is discharged

Alternatively, in order to facilitate assembly of the front barrier 13 and the box body 11, one end of the first sliding groove 131 penetrates the front barrier 13 in the width direction of the front barrier 13, and the width direction of the front barrier 13 is perpendicular to the vertical direction. By making one end of the first sliding groove 131 penetrate the front flap 13, the first extension plate 111 can be mounted into the first sliding groove 131 through the one end, and the first sliding groove 131 does not penetrate the one end of the front flap 13, so that the first extension plate 111 can be limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment, a second sliding slot extending in the vertical direction is further disposed on the front baffle 13, and a second extending plate 112 is disposed on the box body 11, and the second extending plate 112 is slidably disposed in the second sliding slot. Further, the second sliding groove and the first sliding groove 131 are arranged in a staggered manner to enhance the connection stability of the front baffle 13 and the box body 11.

Further, in order to facilitate the water box to enter and exit the water box groove 10, one of the water box and the support plate 2 is provided with a slide rail or a slide groove, and the other is provided with a slide member capable of sliding relative to the slide rail or the slide groove. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the water box is provided with a sliding member, preferably a roller, and the support plate 2 is provided with a sliding slot, along which the roller can slide, so as to facilitate the water box to enter or exit the water box slot 10.

To sum up, the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment detects whether the water quantity in the water box reaches the preset water quantity or not by setting the prompting device and setting the detection component in the water box groove 10 through the detection component, and can prompt the user through the prompting device when the water quantity in the water box reaches the preset water quantity, so that the user can drain the water in the water box in time, the excessive overflow of the water in the water box is avoided, and the user experience is improved.

Example two

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the dryer provided in the present embodiment is different from the dryer provided in the first embodiment in that: be provided with trigger 5 on the bottom plate of water box, trigger 5 can be along first direction motion under the effect of the water pressure in the water box, and trigger 5 has the displacement of predetermineeing of the corresponding volume of water of predetermineeing, and in this embodiment, trigger 5 is rod-like structure. The detection assembly comprises a detection piece 3, the detection piece 3 is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box groove 10, and the detection piece 3 can detect the preset displacement of the trigger piece 5.

Specifically, in this embodiment, a protrusion 113 is convexly disposed on the bottom plate of the box body 11 toward the inside of the box body 11, a through hole penetrating through the bottom plate is disposed on the protrusion 113, the trigger 5 and the third elastic member 114 are disposed in the through hole, the trigger 5 can slide relative to the through hole, and the third elastic member 114 can drive the trigger 5 to move along a direction opposite to the first direction.

In this embodiment, the detecting element 3 is a pressure sensor or a proximity switch, when the water amount in the water box increases gradually, the pressure of the water received by the triggering element 5 increases and slides in the direction close to the detecting element 3 relative to the through hole, at this time, the third elastic element 114 is compressed, when the water amount in the water box reaches the preset water amount, the triggering element 5 has the preset displacement in the first direction, at this time, the triggering element 5 triggers the proximity switch or the pressure sensor to detect the preset pressure, the pressure sensor or the proximity switch sends a signal to the controller of the clothes dryer, the controller prompts a user through a prompting device, and the prompting device can be one, two or three of a display screen, a buzzer or a warning light.

In addition, a stepped surface is arranged in the through hole, a limiting part is arranged at one end of the trigger part 5, the third elastic part 114 is located between the limiting part and the stepped surface, and when the trigger part 5 moves along the first direction, the third elastic part 114 is compressed. By providing the third elastic member 114, the trigger 5 can be returned to the initial position (the position where the trigger 5 is located when there is no water in the water cartridge) after the water in the water cartridge is drained.

In addition, in order to avoid water leakage between the trigger 5 and the through hole, a sealing ring 115 is arranged between the trigger 5 and the through hole, specifically, the sealing ring 115 is sleeved on the trigger 5, a sealing groove is formed in the inner wall of the through hole, and the sealing ring 115 is located in the sealing groove and abuts against the groove surfaces of the trigger 5 and the sealing groove.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, there is no need to provide a chute on the front flap 13, and there is also no need to provide an extension plate on the box body 11. The rest of the structure of the clothes dryer provided by the embodiment is the same as that of the clothes dryer in the first embodiment, and detailed description is omitted here.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the dryer provided in the present embodiment is different from the dryer provided in the second embodiment in that: the bottom plate of the water box is provided with a mounting hole, and an elastic ring 6 which is connected with the inner wall of the mounting hole and is circumferentially arranged around the trigger piece 5 is arranged in the mounting hole. In the present embodiment, the detection member 3 is a proximity switch or a pressure sensor. It can be understood that, when the water yield in the water box gradually increases, the pressure of the water that elastic ring 6 received increases, elastic ring 6 takes place to warp, and make trigger 5 move to the direction that is close to detection piece 3 along first direction, when the water yield in the water box reaches and predetermines the water yield, trigger 5 has and predetermines the displacement, trigger this moment triggers proximity switch or pressure sensor and detects and predetermine pressure, thereby send a signal to the controller of dryer, the controller reminds the user through suggestion device, suggestion device can be the display screen, in bee calling organ or the warning light one, two kinds or three kinds.

Example four

The embodiment provides a clothes dryer, which comprises a clothes dryer 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 clothes drying machine body, 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.

The clothes dryer body is provided with a water box groove 10, and the water box is arranged in the water box groove 10. It will be appreciated that the water box can be installed in the water box trough 10 and also removed from the water box trough 10 to facilitate the draining of water from the water box by a user. The clothes dryer further comprises a detection assembly and a prompting device, the detection assembly is arranged on the side wall of the water box, the detection assembly can detect whether water in the water box reaches a preset water amount or not, and the prompting device is used for prompting. It can be understood that, detection element detects the water in the water box and reaches and predetermine the water yield after, suggestion device can indicate to the user in time falls the log raft in the water box, avoids the water in the water box too much and spills over, improves user experience.

Specifically, the detecting element includes that the depth direction interval along water in the water box sets up two conducting strips 7 on the lateral wall of water box, and two conducting strips 7 can switch on when the water in the water box reaches and predetermines the water yield, have the corresponding predetermined conductivity of predetermineeing the water yield. It can be understood that, when water in the water box does not reach the preset water volume, two conducting strips 7 all are located the surface of water top, perhaps conducting strip 7 submergence that is located the below is in water, two conducting strips 7 do not communicate this moment, after water in the water box reaches the preset water volume, two conducting strips 7 switch on through the water in the water box, the preset conductivity that corresponds the preset water volume has this moment, consequently whether the water in the water box reaches the preset water volume is judged to the change of the conductivity that two conducting strips 7 of accessible detection, and water in the water box reaches and reminds through suggestion device after the preset water volume.

The two conductive strips 7 are electrically connected to a controller of the clothes dryer, the prompting device is also electrically connected to the controller of the clothes dryer, when water in the water box reaches a preset water amount, preset conductivity exists between the two conductive strips 7, the controller prompts through the prompting device after detecting the preset conductivity, and the prompting device can be one, two or three of a display screen, a buzzer or a warning lamp. Of course, a detection component, such as a conductivity tester, may be separately disposed to connect the two conductive strips 7, and the detection component sends a signal to the controller of the clothes dryer after detecting the preset conductivity, so that the controller prompts the user through the prompting device.

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 clothes dryer, characterized by comprising:

a clothes drying machine body, wherein a water box groove (10) is arranged on the clothes drying machine body;

the water box is arranged in the water box groove (10);

the detection assembly is arranged in the water box groove (10) or on the side wall of the water box and is configured to detect whether the water quantity in the water box reaches a preset water quantity or not;

and the prompting device is used for prompting.

2. Laundry dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that said water box is elastically supported on the bottom surface of said water box tank (10) by means of a supporting structure, said detection assembly comprising a detection member (3), said detection member (3) being arranged on the bottom surface of said water box tank (10), said detection member (3) being configured to detect the distance between it and said supporting structure.

3. Laundry dryer according to claim 2, characterized in that the water box comprises a box body (11) and a front baffle (13) connected, the front baffle (13) being used to push and pull the box body (11) to make the box body (11) enter and exit the water box slot (10).

4. The laundry dryer according to claim 3, characterized in that the front baffle (13) is provided with a first chute (131) extending in a vertical direction, the box (11) is provided with a first extension plate (111), the first extension plate (111) is slidably disposed within the first chute (131), and a second elastic member (4) is disposed between the first extension plate (111) and a bottom surface of the first chute (131).

5. The clothes dryer according to claim 4, characterized in that one end of the first chute (131) penetrates the front flap (13) in a width direction of the front flap (13), the width direction of the front flap (13) being perpendicular to the vertical direction.

6. The laundry dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that said detection assembly comprises two conductive strips (7) arranged at intervals along the depth direction of the water inside said water box on the side walls of said water box, said two conductive strips (7) being configured to conduct when a preset amount of water is reached inside said water box, having a preset conductivity corresponding to said preset amount of water.

7. Laundry dryer according to claim 1, characterized in that a trigger (5) is provided on the bottom plate of the water box, said trigger (5) being movable in a first direction under the effect of the water pressure in the water box, said trigger (5) having a preset displacement corresponding to said preset amount of water;

the detection assembly comprises a detection piece (3), the detection piece (3) is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box groove (10), and the detection piece (3) is configured to detect the preset displacement.

8. The clothes dryer according to claim 7, wherein a protrusion (113) is convexly arranged on a bottom plate of the water box towards the interior of the water box, a through hole penetrating through the bottom plate is formed in the protrusion (113), the trigger member (5) and a third elastic member (114) are arranged in the through hole, and the third elastic member (114) is configured to drive the trigger member (5) to move along a direction opposite to the first direction.

9. The clothes dryer according to claim 7, characterized in that the bottom plate of the water box is provided with a mounting hole, and an elastic ring (6) which is connected with the inner wall of the mounting hole and is circumferentially arranged around the trigger (5) is arranged in the mounting hole.

10. Laundry dryer according to claim 2, characterized in that one of said water box and said supporting structure is provided with a sliding track or chute, the other being provided with a slider able to slide with respect to said sliding track or chute.