CN213013554U

CN213013554U - Foot assembly for a laundry treatment apparatus and laundry treatment apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN213013554U
Application number: CN202021386381.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 顾超林
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-14
Filing date: 2020-07-14
Publication date: 2021-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-14

Abstract

The utility model discloses a footing subassembly and clothing treatment facility for clothing treatment facility, include: footing and nut, footing include base, boss and bolt post, and the boss is connected between base and bolt post, be formed with on the outer peripheral face of boss be suitable for with clamping tool complex clamping part, nut and bolt post screw-thread fit. According to the utility model discloses a footing subassembly for clothing treatment facility, this footing subassembly is convenient for later stage staff or user to adjust in order to realize the leveling maintenance.

Description

Foot assembly for a laundry treatment apparatus and laundry treatment apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of domestic appliance and specifically relates to a footing subassembly and clothing treatment facility for clothing treatment facility is related to.

Background

In the related art, it is difficult to separate the feet from the housing of the laundry treating apparatus after the laundry treating apparatus (e.g., washing machine, dryer, etc.) is assembled, which causes difficulty in leveling maintenance later by a worker or a user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a foot assembly for a laundry treating apparatus, which is convenient for a later worker or user to adjust to achieve leveling maintenance.

The utility model also provides a clothing treatment facility of having above-mentioned footing subassembly.

According to the utility model discloses a footing subassembly for clothing treatment facility of first aspect embodiment includes: the foot comprises a base, a boss and a bolt column, wherein the boss is connected between the base and the bolt column, and a clamping part suitable for being matched with a clamping tool is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the boss; and the nut is in threaded fit with the bolt column.

According to the utility model discloses a footing subassembly for clothing treatment facility through set up the boss on footing of footing subassembly, is formed with the clamping part on the outer peripheral face of boss, utilizes the clamping part on the boss outer peripheral face to cooperate with centre gripping instrument, can conveniently fix centre gripping instrument, makes centre gripping instrument press from both sides tight boss to can conveniently adjust the position of nut and bolt post, from this, staff or user later stage can conveniently realize the leveling maintenance.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the boss is formed as a prism, two of the sides of the prism constituting the clamping portion.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the clamping portion comprises a first plane and a second plane parallel to each other and opposite to each other; the outer peripheral surface of the boss further comprises a first arc-shaped surface and a second arc-shaped surface, and the first arc-shaped surface and the second arc-shaped surface are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the first plane and the second plane.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the central axis of the base, the central axis of the boss and the central axis of the bolt column coincide.

According to some optional embodiments of the utility model, the boss is in orthographic projection area on the base is less than the terminal surface area of base, just the boss is in orthographic projection area on the base is greater than the bolt post is in orthographic projection area on the base.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the footing is an integrally formed part.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the base deviate from be equipped with positioning groove on the terminal surface of the one end of boss.

According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, the positioning groove is formed in a regular polygon shape, a straight shape, a cross shape or a meter shape.

According to some optional embodiments of the utility model, the footing subassembly still includes the shock pad, the shock pad parcel is in on the surface of base, be equipped with on the shock pad and dodge the hole, dodge the hole with positioning groove is relative.

According to the utility model discloses clothing treatment equipment of second aspect embodiment includes: a housing; a footing assembly, the footing assembly is established the bottom of casing, the footing assembly is according to the utility model discloses the footing assembly of above-mentioned first aspect embodiment.

According to the utility model discloses clothing treatment facility, through setting up foretell footing subassembly, this footing subassembly is convenient for later stage staff or user to adjust in order to realize the leveling maintenance.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of a foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a bottom view of a foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to some embodiments of the present invention, taken along the direction a-a in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of a foot and a cushion according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a front view of a foot and a cushion according to some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the foot taken along the direction C-C in fig. 6 according to some embodiments of the invention.

Reference numerals:

a foot assembly 100;

a bottom foot 1; a base 11; a positioning groove 111; a bolt column 12; a boss 13; a first plane 131; a first end 1311; a second end 1312; a second plane 132; a third end 1321; a fourth end 1322; a first arcuate surface 133; a second arcuate face 134;

a nut 2;

a cushion 3; a relief hole 31; fitting the hole 32.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

A foot assembly 100 for a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 7. The laundry treating apparatus may be a washing machine (drum washing machine, pulsator washing machine, etc.), a clothes dryer, a dryer, etc.

Referring to fig. 1, according to a foot assembly 100 for a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the foot assembly 100 includes: a foot 1 and a nut 2.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the foot 1 includes a base 11, a boss 13 and a bolt post 12, the boss 13 is connected between the base 11 and the bolt post 12, and a clamping portion adapted to cooperate with a clamping tool is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the boss 13. For example, in the example of fig. 1, one end of the boss 13 (e.g., the lower end of the boss 13 in fig. 1) is connected to the base 11, and the other end of the boss 13 (e.g., the upper end of the boss 13 in fig. 1) is connected to the bolt stud 12. A clamping portion adapted to be engaged with a clamping tool (e.g., a wrench, etc.) is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the boss 13, and the clamping tool can be clamped on the clamping portion of the outer circumferential surface of the boss 13, so that the clamping tool can be engaged with the boss 13, so that the clamping tool can clamp the boss 13.

The nut 2 is threadedly engaged with the bolt stud 12. Specifically, the outer circumferential surface of the bolt column 12 may be provided with an external thread, the inner circumferential surface of the nut 2 may be provided with an internal thread matched with the external thread, and the internal thread and the external thread are matched with each other to fasten the nut 2 on the bolt column 12. Wherein, nut 2 can with the casing butt of clothing treatment facility for footing 1 and casing zonulae occludens have improved the assembly steadiness of footing 1 with the casing, and make whole footing subassembly 100 and clothing treatment facility inseparabler, reliable connection.

In some embodiments of the utility model, one side that base 11 was kept away from to nut 2 can also be equipped with along the terminal surface of 2 circumference extensions of nut, from this, has increased the area of contact of nut 2 with the casing of clothing treatment facility, has improved the assembly reliability.

The inventor has found that since the nut 2 is screw-tightly coupled with the bolt post 12 after the foot assembly 100 is assembled to the laundry treating apparatus, and there is no point of force on the foot 1 of the foot assembly 100 in the related art, the nut 2 and the bolt post 12 are difficult to be separated. This application has set up boss 13 on footing 1, and staff or user can be established two centre gripping instrument card respectively on boss 13 and nut 2 when later stage leveling maintenance to can conveniently adjust the position of nut 2 and bolt post 12, from this, the leveling maintenance of staff or user later stage of being convenient for.

Specifically, after the clothes treatment equipment leaves the factory, a worker or a user can adjust the nut 2 to realize the leveling of the whole machine according to the actual use environment. For example, when the laundry treating apparatus is placed in an actual use environment, the overall unbalance may occur due to unevenness of the floor, etc. At this time, two clamping tools may be respectively clamped on the nut 2 and the boss 13, so that one of the boss 13 and the nut 2 may be fixed by one clamping tool, and then the nut 2 or the boss 13 may be rotated by rotating the other clamping tool.

For example, during adjustment, the foot 1 can be fixed by one clamping tool clamping the boss 13, and then the bolt column 12 can be adjusted to extend out of the housing by another clamping tool clamping the nut 2 and screwing the nut 2. The length of the bolt column 12 extending out of the housing can also be adjusted by clamping the nut 2 with one clamping tool to fix the nut 2, and then clamping the boss 13 with another clamping tool and screwing the foot 1. Therefore, the length of the bolt column 12 extending out of the shell can be conveniently adjusted, and the bottom surface of the shell of the clothes treatment equipment is in a horizontal state.

Therefore, the boss 13 is arranged on the bottom foot 1, so that the clamping tool can be conveniently matched with the boss 13, the positions of the nut 2 and the bolt column 12 can be conveniently adjusted, and the leveling maintenance of the clothes treatment equipment can be realized.

According to the utility model discloses a footing subassembly 100 for clothing treatment facility, through set up boss 13 on footing 1 at footing subassembly 100, be formed with the clamping part on the outer peripheral face of boss 13, utilize the clamping part on the outer peripheral face of boss 13 to cooperate with clamping tool, can conveniently fix clamping tool, make clamping tool can press from both sides tight boss 13 to conveniently adjust nut 2 and bolt post 12's position, from this, staff or user later stage can conveniently realize the leveling maintenance.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the boss 13 is formed as a prism, two of the sides of which constitute the clamping portion. For example, the boss 13 may be a quadrangular prism, a hexagonal prism, an octagonal prism, etc., and thus, at least two side surfaces of the boss 13 may form a clamping portion for facilitating the clamping and matching of the clamping tool and the boss 13, thereby facilitating the later leveling and maintenance of the worker or user.

Referring to fig. 5, 7, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the clamping portion includes a first plane 131 and a second plane 132 parallel to and opposite to each other. The outer circumferential surface of the boss 13 further includes a first arc surface 133 and a second arc surface 134, and the first arc surface 133 and the second arc surface 134 are symmetrically disposed at both ends of the first plane 131 and the second plane 132.

For example, the first plane 131 has a first end 1311 and a second end 1312 at its longitudinal ends, respectively, and the second plane 132 has a third end 1321 and a fourth end 1322 at its longitudinal ends, respectively. The first end 1311 of the first plane 131 and the third end 1321 of the second plane 132 are opposite to each other, and the second end 1312 of the first plane 131 and the fourth end 1322 of the second plane 132 are opposite to each other. It is understood that the first arc surface 133 and the second arc surface 134 may be formed as arc surfaces protruding toward a direction close to each other, and may also be formed as arc surfaces protruding toward a direction away from each other.

Wherein the first and second

flat surfaces

131, 132 of the clamping portion may cooperate with a clamping tool such that the clamping tool may clamp onto the first and second

flat surfaces

131, 132 to facilitate the clamping tool to clamp the boss 13. Or the first arc-shaped face 133 and the second arc-shaped face 134 of the clamping portion are matched with the clamping tool, so that the clamping tool can be clamped on the first arc-shaped face 133 and the second arc-shaped face 134, and the clamping tool can clamp the boss 13 conveniently.

Referring to fig. 4, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the central axis of the base 11, the central axis of the boss 13 and the central axis of the bolt stud 12 coincide. That is, the base 11, the boss 13 and the bolt column 12 are coaxially disposed, so that the structure of the foot assembly 100 can be stable and the appearance can be beautiful.

Referring to fig. 1, 4, 5, 6, according to some optional embodiments of the present invention, an orthographic area of the boss 13 on the base 11 is smaller than an end surface area of the base 11, and an orthographic area of the boss 13 on the base 11 is larger than an orthographic area of the bolt stud 12 on the base 11. That is, in the direction from the bolt post 12 to the base 11, the end surface area of the bolt post 12, the end surface area of the boss 13, and the end surface area of the base 11 are sequentially increased, whereby the structure of the foot assembly 100 can be more stable and the structural strength can be greater.

With reference to fig. 4, 5, 6, according to some embodiments of the present invention, the foot 1 is an integrally formed part. Therefore, the structural strength of the whole foot component 100 can be improved, the service life of the foot component 100 is prolonged, the forming process of the foot component 100 can be simplified, and the production efficiency is improved.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, according to some embodiments of the present invention, a positioning groove 111 is disposed on an end surface of the base 11 facing away from one end of the boss 13. For example, in the example of fig. 4, a positioning groove 111 is provided on the lower end surface of the base 11. By providing the positioning groove 111 on the base 11, the positioning groove 111 can be adapted to a tool such as a tip of a bolt tightening device, so that when the foot assembly 100 is assembled to the casing of the laundry treating apparatus, the tip of the bolt tightening device can extend into the positioning groove 111 to be matched with the positioning groove 111, and the foot assembly 100 can be automatically fastened to the casing by the tip of the bolt tightening device, thereby achieving the constant torque fastening. Therefore, the foot component 100 can be conveniently fixed on the clothes treatment equipment, and the assembly efficiency is high and the assembly is firm.

According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, the positioning groove 111 is formed in a regular polygon shape, a straight shape, a cross shape, or a meter shape. Specifically, the outer contour shape of the positioning groove 111 may be formed in a regular polygon shape, a straight shape, a cross shape, or a meter shape. Therefore, the positioning groove 111 is convenient to be matched with tools such as a gun head of the bolt tightening device, and the bolt tightening device is simple in structure and convenient to machine.

For example, in the example of fig. 3, the outer contour of the positioning groove 111 may be formed in a regular hexagon. Of course, it is understood that in other embodiments of the present invention, the outer contour of the positioning groove 111 may be formed as a regular triangle, a square, a regular octagon, etc.

Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3, according to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, foot assembly 100 further includes a cushion 3, for example cushion 3 may be a cushion rubber. Shock pad 3 can play the cushioning effect to shock pad 3 can prevent footing subassembly 100 and ground direct friction, plays the guard action to footing subassembly 100.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the cushion 3 is wrapped on the outer surface of the base 11. For example, the shock pad 3 is provided with the assembly hole 32, and when the shock pad is assembled, the shock pad 3 can be sleeved on the base 11 through the assembly hole 32, so that the shock pad 3 is wrapped on the outer surface of the base 11, the position of the shock pad 3 can be more stable, and the shock pad 3 is prevented from falling off from the base 11.

The cushion 3 is provided with a avoiding hole 31, and the avoiding hole 31 is opposite to the positioning groove 111. Therefore, the avoiding hole 31 can avoid the positioning groove 111, so that the positioning groove 111 is exposed, when the foot component 100 is assembled on the clothes treatment equipment, a tool such as a gun head of a bolt tightening device can conveniently extend into the positioning groove 111 to be matched with the positioning groove 111, and the foot component 100 is assembled.

According to the utility model discloses clothing treatment equipment of second aspect embodiment includes: a housing and a foot assembly 100. The foot assembly 100 is arranged at the bottom of the housing, and the foot assembly 100 is the foot assembly 100 according to the above-described first aspect of the present invention.

According to the utility model discloses clothing treatment facility, through setting up foretell footing subassembly 100, this footing subassembly 100 is convenient for later stage staff or user to adjust in order to realize the leveling maintenance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "circumferential", "length", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the 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; 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 in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device, comprising:

the foot comprises a base, a boss and a bolt column, wherein the boss is connected between the base and the bolt column, and a clamping part suitable for being matched with a clamping tool is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the boss;

and the nut is in threaded fit with the bolt column.

2. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 1, wherein said boss is formed as a prism, two of the sides of which constitute said grip.

3. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 1, wherein said grip portion comprises first and second planes parallel to and opposite each other;

the outer peripheral surface of the boss further comprises a first arc-shaped surface and a second arc-shaped surface, and the first arc-shaped surface and the second arc-shaped surface are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the first plane and the second plane.

4. A foot assembly for a laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the central axis of the base, the central axis of the boss and the central axis of the bolt column coincide.

5. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 4, wherein an orthographic area of said boss on said base is less than an end surface area of said base, and an orthographic area of said boss on said base is greater than an orthographic area of said bolt stud on said base.

6. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the foot is an integrally formed piece.

7. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 1, wherein an end surface of the base at an end facing away from the boss is provided with a locating groove.

8. A foot assembly for a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the positioning groove is formed in a regular polygon shape, a straight shape, a cross shape or a meter shape.

9. A foot assembly for a garment treatment device according to claim 7, further comprising a shock pad wrapped over an outer surface of the base, the shock pad having an avoidance hole disposed thereon, the avoidance hole being opposite the positioning groove.

10. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

a foot assembly provided at the bottom of the housing, the foot assembly being in accordance with any one of claims 1-9.