CN212955821U

CN212955821U - Clothes treatment equipment

Info

Publication number: CN212955821U
Application number: CN202020578508.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王宸; 章松发; 熊明; 高波; 杨青波; 朱磊
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-17
Filing date: 2020-04-17
Publication date: 2021-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-17

Abstract

The embodiment of the utility model provides a clothes treatment device, which comprises a box body, an air duct, an inner tube, a door body assembly, a front support assembly and a plasma generator, wherein a clothes throwing port is arranged on one transverse side of the box body; the inner cylinder is rotationally arranged in the box body and is provided with a clothes treatment cavity communicated with the air duct; the front support assembly is arranged in the box body, and the front side of the inner cylinder is rotatably supported on the front support assembly; the plasma generator is arranged on the front support assembly or the door body assembly to ionize air in the clothes treatment cavity. According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the plasma generator ionizes air through high voltage to generate a large amount of strong oxidizing substances, and the strong oxidizing substances easily destroy the structure of bacterial protein to achieve the sterilization effect; in addition, the strong oxidizing substance directly contacts with the inner air in the inner cylinder, so that the rapid sterilization can be realized within a few minutes, the damage to the clothes is small, and no secondary pollution is caused.

Description

Clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a clothing processing technology field especially relates to a clothing treatment facility.

Background

In an era of more alternating consumption demands, users pay more and more attention to the health sterilization function of the product, taking a clothes dryer as an example, the humid environment in a barrel is easy to breed and propagate bacteria, and the bacteria are infected on the clothes to be changed and washed, especially people with sensitive skin, and can cause red swelling, pimple, allergy and even urticaria.

In the related art, some clothes dryers use steam sterilization technology, but the sterilization technology has great damage to light, thin and fine clothes. Some clothes dryers use silver ion sterilization technology, but silver ions as heavy metal ions are easy to cause the worry of users about the safety of the clothes dryers.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, embodiments of the present invention are expected to provide a clothes treating apparatus with a safe sterilization mode and without damaging clothes.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a clothes treating apparatus, including a box body, an air duct, an inner tube, a door body assembly, a front support assembly, and a plasma generator for ionizing air, wherein a clothes throwing port is arranged on one lateral side of the box body; the inner drum is rotationally arranged in the box body and is provided with a clothes treatment cavity communicated with the air duct; the door body assembly is rotatably connected with the box body so as to selectively close or open the clothes throwing-in opening; the front support assembly is arranged in the box body, the front support assembly is provided with a through hole for communicating the clothes feeding opening with the clothes processing cavity, and the front side of the inner drum is rotatably supported on the front support assembly; the plasma generator is arranged on the front support assembly or the door body assembly to ionize air in the clothes treatment cavity.

In some embodiments, a ring groove is disposed on a side of the front support assembly facing the inner cylinder, an end portion of the inner cylinder is embedded in the ring groove and can rotate in the ring groove, and the plasma generator is disposed within a contour range of the ring groove of the front support assembly.

In some embodiments, the front support assembly has a mounting groove opened toward the laundry treating chamber, and the plasma generator is disposed in the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the laundry treating apparatus includes a ventilation grill provided at an opening of the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, a part of the structure of the front support assembly is recessed toward one side of the door body assembly to form a recessed portion, and a space in the recessed portion is the mounting groove.

In some embodiments, the recess has a cable installation hole communicated with the installation groove, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a sealing ring disposed at a side of the front support assembly facing away from the inner tub, the sealing ring is sealingly disposed at the cable installation hole, and the cable sealingly passes through the sealing ring.

In some embodiments, the cable installation hole is provided at one side of the recess portion in a rotation direction of the inner cylinder.

In some embodiments, one side of the recess in the rotation direction of the inner cylinder has an inclined surface on which the cable installation hole is provided.

In some embodiments, the plasma generator is at a height above a centerline of rotation of the inner barrel.

In some embodiments, at least a part of the structure of the door body assembly is made of a light-transmitting material, and the glow generated by the plasma generator can be observed from the outer side of the door body assembly.

The utility model discloses clothing treatment facility, plasma generator pass through high-voltage electricity ionized air, for example, oxygen and hydrone in the ionized air, produce strong oxidizing substance such as a large amount of active ions, high energy free radical after the air is ionized, and these strong oxidizing substance very easily take place chemical reaction with albumen and nucleic acid among bacterium, the virus etc. destroy bacterium albumen structure to cause the bacterium death, reach the effect of disinfecting. In addition, the strongly oxidizing substance reacts with the odor molecules to decompose them, thereby promoting the elimination of the odor. Moreover, the plasma generator is arranged on the door body assembly or the front support assembly, so that strong oxidizing substances generated by the plasma generator are directly contacted with the inner air in the inner barrel, rapid sterilization can be realized within a few minutes, and the clothes are less damaged and have no secondary pollution. When the clothes treating apparatus has an air washing mode, the strong oxide substance generated by the plasma generator can form a new sterilization and deodorization function in cooperation with the air washing mode.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the plasma generator and the front support assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view illustrating the ventilation grille of the present invention installed at the installation groove shown in fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the structure shown in fig. 4 from another perspective.

Description of the reference numerals

A case 10; an inner cylinder 11; a front support assembly 12; a through hole 12 a; the ring groove 12 b; a mounting groove 12 c; an exhaust port 12 d; a roller 121; a recessed portion 122; the inclined surfaces 122 a; a plasma generator 13; a seal ring 14; ventilation grille 15

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the technical features of the embodiments and the examples can be combined with each other without conflict, and the detailed description in the specific embodiment should be understood as an explanation of the gist of the present invention and should not be construed as an improper limitation of the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the terms of orientation or positional relationship "up", "down", "height" are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in fig. 4, it is to be understood that these terms of orientation are merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a clothes treating apparatus, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, including an air duct, a box 10, an inner tube 11, a door assembly (not shown), a front support assembly 12 and a plasma generator 13 for ionizing air. A laundry input opening (not shown) is formed at one lateral side of the cabinet 10, the door assembly is rotatably connected to the cabinet 10 to selectively close or open the laundry input opening, the inner drum 11 is rotatably disposed in the cabinet 10, the inner drum 11 has a laundry treatment chamber communicated with the air duct, and the laundry treatment chamber is open toward the laundry input opening, that is, the laundry treatment apparatus is a front-opening drum laundry treatment apparatus.

The front supporting assembly 12 is disposed in the cabinet 10, the front supporting assembly 12 has a through hole 12a communicating the laundry inlet and the laundry treating chamber, the front side of the inner tub 11 is rotatably supported on the front supporting assembly 12, and the front supporting assembly 12 rotatably supports the inner tub 11. In one embodiment, at least two rollers 121 are disposed on a side of the front support assembly 12 facing the inner cylinder 11, and a circumferential surface of the inner cylinder 11 is rotatably supported on the rollers 121, on one hand, the rollers 121 support and guide the inner cylinder 11, and on the other hand, rolling friction is generated between the inner cylinder 11 and the rollers 121, and the rotational friction of the inner cylinder 11 is small.

The plasma generator 13 is provided on the front support assembly 12 or the door assembly to ionize air in the inner tub 11.

The utility model discloses clothes treatment equipment, plasma generator 13 are through high-tension electricity ionization air, for example, oxygen and hydrone in the ionization air, produce strong oxidizing substance such as a large amount of active ions, high energy free radical after the air is ionized, and these strong oxidizing substance very easily take place chemical reaction with albumen and nucleic acid among bacterium, virus etc. destroy bacterium albumen structure to cause the bacterium death, reach the effect of disinfecting. In addition, the strongly oxidizing substance reacts with the odor molecules to decompose them, thereby promoting the elimination of the odor. Furthermore, the plasma generator 13 is arranged on the door body assembly or the front support assembly 12, so that the strong oxidizing substances generated by the plasma generator 13 directly contact with the inner air in the inner barrel 11, rapid sterilization can be realized within a few minutes, the damage to clothes is small, secondary pollution is avoided, and the sterilization mode is safe. When the laundry treating apparatus has an air washing mode, the strong oxide substance generated from the plasma generator 13 may form a new sterilization and deodorization function in cooperation with the air washing mode.

The utility model discloses clothing treatment equipment, plasma generator 13 do not set up on the wind channel, consequently, can not increase the air current flow resistance in the wind channel, and can not influence the air current flow in wind channel yet. In addition, whether plasma generator 13 is provided on the door assembly or front support assembly 12, plasma generator 13 is provided at the front side of the laundry treating apparatus, so that it is possible to facilitate concentrated cable arrangement. Furthermore, the power line of the plasma generator 13 is a high voltage line, and the plasma generator 13 is arranged at the front side of the clothes treatment equipment, so that the length of the high voltage line can be shortened, and the electromagnetic interference of the high voltage line to other electric elements can be reduced.

The utility model discloses clothing treatment facility can be the clothes dryer, also can wash and dry by fire all-in-one etc. as long as have the function of stoving clothing can, do not do the restriction here.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the plasma generator 13 may be disposed on the door assembly, and the disposition position of the plasma on the door assembly is not limited as long as the plasma generator can be conveniently installed and can directly ionize the air in the inner cylinder 11. For example, to the glass of the door body assembly.

In other embodiments, the plasma generator 13 can be disposed at any suitable position on the front support assembly 12, as long as it can be conveniently installed and can directly ionize the air in the inner cylinder 11.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 to 4, an annular groove 12b is disposed on a side of the front support assembly 12 facing the inner cylinder 11, and an end of the inner cylinder 11 is embedded in the annular groove 12b and can rotate in the annular groove 12 b. The annular groove 12b is matched with the end part of the inner cylinder 11, the annular groove 12b can limit and guide the rotation of the inner cylinder 11, and an air leakage gap can be prevented from being formed between the end part of the inner cylinder 11 and the front support assembly 12. Referring to fig. 4, the plasma generator 13 is disposed within the contour of the annular groove 12b of the front support assembly 12, so that the strong oxidizing substances generated by the plasma generator 13 can directly enter the inner tub 11, and the clothes in the inner tub 11 can be sterilized and disinfected more efficiently.

In one embodiment, the height of the plasma generator 13 is higher than the rotation center line of the inner cylinder 11, so that on one hand, the plasma generator 13 can be prevented from contacting water, and the working reliability of the plasma generator 13 is improved; on the other hand, when the hot air flow dries the clothes, the density of the hot air flow is relatively small, and the hot air flow is easy to collect at the upper part of the clothes processing cavity, so that the hot air flow is easier to blow to the position of the plasma generator 13, and the strong oxidizing substances generated by the plasma generator 13 have better flowing effect.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the front supporting assembly 12 has a mounting groove 12c, the mounting groove 12c is open toward the laundry treatment chamber, the plasma generator 13 is disposed in the mounting groove 12c, and the strong oxidizing substance generated by the plasma generator 13 enters the laundry treatment chamber through the open position of the mounting groove 12 c.

The specific structural shape of the mounting groove 12c is not limited, and the shape of the mounting groove 12c may be adaptively changed according to the shape of the plasma generator 13.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the front support assembly 12 is provided with an exhaust port 12d at the bottom of the through hole 12a, the exhaust port 12d being communicated with the air duct, and the air flow in the inner cylinder 11 enters the air duct through the exhaust port 12 d. An air inlet (not shown) is arranged at the rear end of the inner barrel 11 far away from the front support assembly 12, and the air flow in the air duct enters the inner barrel 11 through the air inlet, so that the air flow in the inner barrel 11 and the air flow in the air duct are in a circulating flow state. That is, in this embodiment, the air flow enters the inner cylinder 12 from the rear side of the inner cylinder 12, the air flow flows from the rear to the front in the clothes treatment chamber, and the air flow blows to the position of the plasma generator 13, so that the strong oxidizing substances generated by the plasma generator 13 can be blown away in time, and the whole space of the clothes treatment chamber is filled with the strong oxidizing substances; furthermore, the plasma generator 13 is close to the wall of the inner drum 12, and the inner drum 12 can generate airflow disturbance during the rotation process, so as to promote the diffusion of the strong oxidizing substances to the whole space of the clothes treatment cavity.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the laundry treating apparatus includes a ventilation grill 15, and the ventilation grill 15 is covered at an opening of the mounting groove 12 c. The ventilation grill 15 does not affect the air in the laundry treatment chamber from entering the installation groove 12c, nor the strong oxidizing substance generated by the plasma generator 13 from entering the laundry treatment chamber. The ventilation grille 15 can prevent the clothes in the clothes processing cavity from being scratched to the plasma generator 13, prevent the plasma generator 13 from being damaged, and prevent the plasma generator 13 from damaging the clothes.

The specific structural shape of the air-vent grill 15 is not limited. The specific connection of the ventilation grille 15 to the front support assembly 12 is not limited, and may be, for example, a screw connection, a snap connection, an ultrasonic welding, etc.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, a part of the front support assembly 12 is recessed toward one side of the door body assembly to form a recessed portion 122, and a space in the recessed portion 122 is an installation groove 12 c. That is, the structure around the installation groove 12c protrudes towards one side of the inner drum 11, so that the rotation of the inner drum 11 can be prevented from being influenced, and the clothes scraped into the inner drum 11 can also be prevented.

In one embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 5, the recess 122 has a cable installation hole communicating with the installation groove 12c, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a sealing ring 14 disposed at a side of the front support assembly 12 away from the drum 11, the sealing ring 14 is sealingly disposed at the cable installation hole, and the cable sealingly passes through the sealing ring 14. One end of the cable extends into the mounting groove 12c from the sealing ring 14 and is connected with the plasma generator 13, and the other end of the cable is connected with a power supply. Lead out the cable from the one side that preceding supporting component 12 deviates from inner tube 11, preceding supporting component 12 has great installation space from the one side that deviates from inner tube 11, is convenient for concentrate the cable of arranging, and moreover, sealing washer 14 can avoid the steam in the inner tube 11 to spill over and influence the circuit.

In one embodiment, with continued reference to fig. 5, the cable installation hole is disposed at one side of the recess 122 along the rotation direction of the inner cylinder 11. The cable is worn out from the cable mounting hole, and the direction that the cable can be relative the axis of rotation L1 of inner tube 11 has certain inclination for the cable has great bending radius, avoids the small-angle cable of bending.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the recess 122 has an inclined surface 122a at one side along the rotation direction of the inner cylinder 11, and the cable installation hole is disposed on the inclined surface 122 a. Thus, the sealing ring 14 can be flatly attached to the inclined surface 122a, and the cable mounting hole can be sealed better.

In one embodiment, at least a portion of the door assembly is made of a transparent material, such as glass, transparent plastic, etc., and the glow generated by the plasma generator 13 can be observed from the outside of the door assembly. Therefore, a user can visually observe whether the plasma generator 13 is in a working state or not, and the user experience is improved.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the discharge principle of the plasma generator 13 is not limited, and for example, the discharge principle includes, but is not limited to, dielectric barrier discharge, low frequency discharge, high frequency discharge, and glow discharge.

The utility model provides an each embodiment/implementation mode can make up each other under the condition of not producing the contradiction.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention, but it is intended that the present invention cover various modifications and variations, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

the clothes storage box comprises a box body (10), wherein a clothes input opening is formed in one transverse side of the box body (10);

an air duct;

the inner cylinder (11), the said inner cylinder (11) is set up in the said container body (10) rotatably, the said inner cylinder (11) has processing chamber of the clothes communicated with said wind channel;

the door body component is rotatably connected with the box body (10) so as to selectively close or open the clothes throwing-in opening;

a front support assembly (12), said front support assembly (12) being disposed within said cabinet (10), said front support assembly (12) having a through hole (12a) communicating said laundry input opening and said laundry treatment chamber, the front side of said inner drum (11) being rotatably supported on said front support assembly (12);

the plasma generator (13) is used for ionizing air, and the plasma generator (13) is arranged on the front support assembly (12) or the door body assembly so as to ionize air in the clothes treatment cavity.

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the front support assembly (12) is provided with a ring groove (12b) at a side facing the inner drum (11), an end portion of the inner drum (11) is embedded in the ring groove (12b) and can rotate in the ring groove (12b), and the plasma generator (13) is disposed within a contour of the ring groove (12b) of the front support assembly (12).

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the front support assembly (12) has a mounting groove (12c), the mounting groove (12c) being open to the laundry treating chamber, the plasma generator (13) being disposed in the mounting groove (12 c).

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the laundry treating apparatus includes a ventilation grill (15), the ventilation grill (15) being covered at an opening of the mounting groove (12 c).

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a portion of the front support assembly (12) is recessed toward the door assembly side to form a recess (122), and a space in the recess (122) is the mounting groove (12 c).

6. A laundry treating appliance according to claim 5, characterized in that the recess (122) has a cable mounting hole communicating with the mounting slot (12c), the laundry treating appliance further comprising a sealing ring (14) provided at a side of the front support assembly (12) facing away from the drum (11), the sealing ring (14) being sealingly provided at the cable mounting hole, the cable sealingly passing through the sealing ring (14).

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the cable mounting hole is provided at one side of the recess (122) in a rotation direction of the drum (11).

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the recess (122) has an inclined surface (122a) at one side in a rotation direction of the drum (11), and the cable installation hole is provided on the inclined surface (122 a).

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1-8, wherein the plasma generator (13) has a height higher than a rotation center line of the drum (11).

10. The clothes treatment equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that at least part of the structure of the door body assembly is made of a light-transmitting material, and the glow generated by the plasma generator (13) can be observed from the outer side of the door body assembly.