CN213447699U

CN213447699U - Clothes treatment equipment

Info

Publication number: CN213447699U
Application number: CN202021461081.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王佑喜; 田云; 杨吉强; 林雪锋; 刘欣强
Original assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Qingdao Jiaozhou Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Haier Smart Home Co Ltd; Qingdao Jiaozhou Haier Washing Electric Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-22
Filing date: 2020-07-22
Publication date: 2021-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-22

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a clothes treatment facility. The laundry treating apparatus includes: a box body; an outer tub disposed in the case; the inner cover is movably connected with the outer barrel so as to open or close the feeding opening of the outer barrel; a heating assembly disposed in the cabinet, the heating assembly being capable of heating a temperature in the outer tub, the laundry treating apparatus further comprising: a locking assembly, comprising: the first locking piece is arranged on the outer barrel; and the second locking piece is movably connected with the inner cover and has a resetting function, and the second locking piece can move under the driving of the gas pressure in the outer barrel so as to be matched with the first locking piece to lock the inner cover and the outer barrel. In the clothes treatment equipment, the automatic locking and unlocking of the inner cover and the outer barrel can be realized through the change of the pressure intensity in the outer barrel, so that the inner cover can be prevented from being opened by a user when the temperature in the outer barrel is overhigh, and the safety performance of the clothes treatment equipment is improved.

Description

Clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a clothes treatment facility.

Background

At present, a washing machine having a heating function performs sterilization of laundry through high-temperature sterilization. When the heating function is started, the inner cover on the outer barrel is closed, a closed space is formed in the outer barrel, the lower layer of the inner barrel is heated hot water, the upper layer of the outer barrel is high-temperature steam, and the internal temperature of the outer barrel can reach 95 ℃, so that sterilization and disinfection are realized.

In order to prevent hot water from splashing or hot water from being thrown out in the dehydration process when the heating function of the washing machine is started, the outer barrel is also provided with an inner cover, and the inner cover is locked with the outer barrel when the heating function is started. However, the existing inner cover and the outer barrel can be unlocked by pushing a sliding button and the like, if a user operates the washing machine by mistake or a child curiously unlocks and opens the inner cover when the washing process is not completed, high-temperature steam in the washing machine can suddenly burst out, and the washing machine is easy to scald if the high-temperature steam cannot be avoided.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a clothing treatment facility can avoid the user to open the inner cup when the outer bucket internal temperature is too high, improves clothing treatment facility's security performance.

To achieve the purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical proposal:

a laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a box body;

an outer tub disposed in the case;

the inner cover is movably connected with the outer barrel so as to open or close the feeding opening of the outer barrel;

a heating assembly disposed in the cabinet, the heating assembly being capable of heating a temperature in the outer tub, the laundry treating apparatus further comprising:

a locking assembly, comprising:

the first locking piece is arranged on the outer barrel; and

the second locking piece is movably connected with the inner cover and has a resetting function, and the second locking piece can move under the driving of the gas pressure in the outer barrel so as to be matched with the first locking piece to lock the inner cover and the outer barrel.

Wherein the locking assembly further comprises:

the shell is arranged on the inner cover, one end of the shell is provided with a first through hole communicated with the inside of the outer barrel, and the other end of the shell is provided with a second through hole;

the second locking piece is arranged in the shell in a sliding mode, and air pressure in the outer barrel can push the second locking piece to slide through the first through hole, so that the second locking piece extends out of the shell through the second through hole to be matched with the first locking piece.

The shell comprises a bottom shell and a gland, one end of the bottom shell is opened, the other end of the bottom shell is provided with the second through hole, the gland seals the opening of the bottom shell, and the gland is provided with the first through hole.

Wherein the first locking piece is a lock cylinder hole;

the second locking piece includes:

one end of the lock cylinder can extend into the lock cylinder hole; and

and the stress part is arranged at the other end of the lock cylinder, and the cross section area of the stress part is larger than that of the lock cylinder.

Wherein the second locking piece is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the housing along the circumferential direction of the first through hole.

Wherein the locking assembly further comprises:

and the sealing element is connected with the second locking element and elastically abuts against the inner wall of the shell along the circumferential direction of the first through hole.

Wherein the sealing member is made of silicone.

Wherein the sealing member and the second locking member are integrally formed.

Wherein the locking assembly further comprises:

the elastic piece is connected with the second locking piece and can drive the second locking piece to be disengaged from the first locking piece.

The outer barrel comprises a barrel body and an outer barrel cover, the outer barrel cover comprises an annular outer plate, an annular inner plate and a top plate connected with the annular outer plate and the annular inner plate, the annular outer plate is connected with the outer wall of the barrel body, and the first locking piece is arranged on the inner side of the annular inner plate.

Has the advantages that: the utility model provides a clothes treatment equipment. Among this clothing treatment facility, because of outer bucket is sealed environment, atmospheric pressure in the outer bucket will increase along with temperature rising in the outer bucket, make the second locking piece will cooperate with first locking piece under high-pressure gas's drive, realize the automatic locking of inner cup and outer bucket under the high temperature, temperature in the outer bucket reduces to safe temperature after, atmospheric pressure in the outer bucket reduces, the second locking piece can automatic re-setting is in order to relieve the locking of inner cup and outer bucket automatically, thereby can avoid the user to open the inner cup when the temperature is too high in the outer bucket, improve clothing treatment facility's security performance.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a laundry treating apparatus provided by the present invention;

fig. 2 is a sectional view of a laundry treating apparatus provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the outer tub and the inner lid provided by the present invention in a locked state;

fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the outer tub and the inner lid provided by the present invention in an unlocked state;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the second locking member provided by the present invention.

Wherein:

1. a box body; 2. a tray seat; 3. an outer cover; 4. an outer tub; 41. a barrel body; 42. an outer barrel cover; 421. an annular outer plate; 422. an annular inner plate; 4221. a lock cylinder hole; 423. a top plate; 5. an inner cover; 51. a handle; 6. a locking assembly; 61. a second locking member; 611. a lock cylinder; 612. a force receiving portion; 613. a seal member; 62. a housing; 621. a bottom case; 622. a gland; 6221. a first through hole; 63. an elastic member; 7. an inner barrel.

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 and intended to be used for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Wherein the terms "first position" and "second position" are two different positions.

Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "secured" are to be construed broadly and encompass, for example, both fixed and removable connections; 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 according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

Unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may include the first feature being in direct contact with the second feature, or may include the first feature being in direct contact with the second feature but being in contact with the second feature by another feature therebetween. 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.

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment provides a laundry treating apparatus, which may be a washing machine, a dryer, or a washer-dryer having a heating function.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet 1, an outer tub 4 disposed in the cabinet 1, and an inner tub 7 rotatably disposed in the outer tub 4. The top opening of box 1, outer bucket 4 and interior bucket 7, the top of box 1 sets up in dish seat 2, and the rotation is connected with enclosing cover 3 on dish seat 2, and the open-top of box 1 can be opened or closed to enclosing cover 3. The top opening of the outer tub 4 is a putting opening through which a user can put laundry into the inner tub 7.

To improve the cleaning effect of the laundry, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a heating assembly (not shown in the drawings) capable of heating the temperature of the fluid in the outer tub 4, for example, the water temperature or the air in the outer tub 4, so as to sterilize the laundry, the outer tub 4 and the inner tub 7 by high temperature.

It should be noted that the heating assembly may adopt any structure, installation position and connection relationship of the existing washing machine or clothes dryer as long as the heating function can be realized, and the structure, installation position and connection relationship of the heating assembly are not specifically described in this embodiment.

In order to prevent hot water or laundry from being thrown out when heating, the inner lid 5 closes the input port of the outer tub 4 and is locked with the outer tub 4 when the laundry treating apparatus is in operation, thereby preventing the inner lid 5 from being pushed open.

When the heating function is started, the temperature in the outer barrel 4 is higher and can reach 95 ℃, high-temperature steam with higher temperature still exists in the outer barrel 4 in the heating process or within a short time after heating is finished, and after the inner cover 5 is opened, the high-temperature steam in the outer barrel 4 can suddenly burst out, so that a user can be scalded easily if the user cannot avoid the high-temperature steam in time.

In order to eliminate the potential safety hazard, the structure of the locking assembly 6 between the inner cover 5 and the outer tub 4 is improved in the embodiment, so that the inner cover 5 and the outer tub 4 can be automatically locked when the temperature is high, and can be automatically unlocked after the temperature in the outer tub 4 is reduced to the safe temperature, thereby ensuring the use safety of users.

Specifically, the locking assembly 6 includes a first locking member and a second locking member 61, the first locking member is disposed on the outer tub 4; the second locking member 61 is movably connected with the inner cover 5 and has a reset function, and the second locking member 61 can move under the driving of the gas pressure in the outer tub 4 to lock the inner cover 5 and the outer tub 4 in cooperation with the first locking member.

Because the outer tub 4 is in a sealed environment, the air pressure in the outer tub 4 will increase with the temperature rise in the outer tub 4, so that the second locking member 61 will be matched with the first locking member under the driving of high-pressure air, and the automatic locking of the inner cover 5 and the outer tub 4 at high temperature is realized (as shown in fig. 3); when the temperature in the tub 4 is lowered to the safe temperature and the air pressure in the tub 4 is lowered, the second locking member 61 can be automatically reset to automatically unlock the inner lid 5 from the tub 4 (as shown in fig. 4), so that the user can be prevented from opening the inner lid 5 when the temperature in the tub 4 is too high, and the safety performance of the laundry treating apparatus can be improved.

In this embodiment, locking subassembly 6 is mechanical structure, and realizes the drive through the change of gas pressure, compares and adopts control circuit to realize automatic locking and unblock, and simple structure, and can adapt to high temperature operational environment, and the reliability is better.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first locking member may be a key hole 4221, and the second locking member 61 is slidably connected to the bottom of the inner lid 5 in a horizontal direction, so that the second locking member 61 can be inserted into the key hole 4221 by the driving of the gas pressure, thereby locking the inner lid 5 with the outer tub 4. The locking of the inner cover 5 and the outer barrel 4 is realized through the matching of the second locking piece 61 and the lock core hole 4221, the locking structure is simple, and the cost is low.

The locking assembly 6 further comprises an elastic member 63, the elastic member 63 is connected with the second locking member 61, and the elastic member 63 can drive the second locking member 61 to be disengaged from the first locking member, so that after the temperature in the outer tub 4 is lower than the safe temperature, the second locking member 61 is driven to automatically reset to contact the locking of the inner cover 5 and the outer tub 4.

In order to ensure that the second locking member 61 can move under the push of air pressure, the locking assembly 6 further comprises a shell 62, the shell 62 is arranged on the inner cover 5, one end of the shell 62 is provided with a first through hole 6221 communicated with the inside of the outer barrel 4, the other end of the shell 62 is provided with a second through hole, and the second through hole can be opposite to and communicated with the lock core hole 4221 when the inner cover 5 closes the outer barrel 4; the second locking member 61 is slidably disposed in the housing 62, and one end of the elastic member 63 abuts against or is connected to the housing 62, and the other end abuts against or is connected to the second locking member 61.

When the temperature in the tub 4 is higher than the safe temperature, the high-pressure gas in the tub 4 will contact the second locking member 61 through the first through hole 6221, thereby pushing the second locking member 61 to slide relative to the housing 62, so that the second locking member 61 extends out of the housing 62 through the second through hole to cooperate with the first locking member.

Through the sliding fit of the second locking member 61 and the housing 62, a piston structure can be formed, so that the two ends of the second locking member 61 in the sliding direction are subjected to different gas pressures, and the second locking member 61 is pushed to slide.

The elastic member 63 may be a spring, and the spring is sleeved outside the second locking member 61, so that the structure of the locking assembly 6 is more compact, and the accuracy of the sliding direction of the second locking member 61 is ensured.

To facilitate the assembly of the locking assembly 6, the housing 62 includes a bottom case 621 and a pressing cover 622, one end of the bottom case 621 is open, the other end is provided with a second through hole, the pressing cover 622 closes the opening of the bottom case 621, and a first through hole 6221 is provided on the pressing cover 622. When the locking assembly 6 is assembled, the second locking member 61 and the elastic member 63 may be first installed in the bottom case 621, and then the pressing cover 622 is fixed to the bottom case 621, which is more convenient for assembly.

Alternatively, the housing 62 and the inner cover 5 may be fixed by a fastener such as a screw, and the bottom case 621 of the housing 62 may be integrally formed with the inner cover 5 to reduce the number of parts of the laundry treating apparatus and facilitate assembly.

Optionally, when the upper cover closes the input port of the outer tub 4, the outer tub 4 and the upper cover may be in sealed connection, and the lock cylinder hole 4221 may be disposed on a contact surface between the outer tub 4 and the inner cover 5, so that the lock cylinder hole 4221 may be separated from the high-pressure gas inside the outer tub 4, thereby increasing a pressure difference applied to two ends of the second locking member 61 during the heating process, so as to ensure timely opening of the automatic locking function.

In order to further increase the pressure difference between the two ends of the second locking member 61, as shown in fig. 5, the second locking member 61 includes a lock cylinder 611 and a force-receiving portion 612, one end of the lock cylinder 611 can extend into the lock cylinder hole 4221, the other end of the lock cylinder 611 is connected to the force-receiving portion 612, and the cross-sectional area of the force-receiving portion 612 is larger than that of the lock cylinder 611.

By increasing the cross-sectional area of the force-receiving portion 612, the contact area between the force-receiving portion 612 and the high-pressure gas can be increased, so that the pressure of the gas received by the force-receiving portion 612 is further increased, thereby ensuring that the second locking member 61 can move under the driving of the gas pressure, and the outer tub 4 and the inner lid 5 can be locked.

Further, the second locking member 61 is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the housing 62 in the circumferential direction of the first through hole 6221 to further isolate the gas from both ends of the second locking member 61 to maintain the pressure difference.

Specifically, the lock assembly 6 further includes a seal 613, the seal 613 is connected to the second lock 61, and the seal 613 elastically abuts against the inner wall of the housing 62 in the circumferential direction of the first through hole 6221, thereby sealing the gap between the second lock 61 and the housing 62.

Alternatively, the sealing piece 613 may be disposed on the end surface of the force receiving portion 612 facing the first through hole 6221, and the size of the sealing piece 613 may be slightly larger than the inner size of the housing 62, so that the sealing piece 613 can abut against the inner wall of the housing 62 to achieve the sealing effect by deforming itself.

Optionally, the sealing element 613 may be made of silicone, which has elasticity and stable chemical properties and can adapt to a high-temperature and high-pressure environment, so as to improve the service life of the sealing element 613.

Alternatively, the sealing piece 613 and the second locking piece 61 may be integrally formed to improve the connection strength therebetween, and to prevent the second locking piece 61 from being separated from the sealing piece 613 during the sliding process, thereby improving the reliability of the locking assembly 6.

For the convenience offer lock core hole 4221 on outer bucket 4, avoid lock core hole 4221 directly to communicate inside 1 of box and outer bucket 4 inside, outer bucket 4 includes staving 41 and outer bung 42, outer bung 42 includes annular planking 421, annular inner panel 422 and the roof 423 of connecting annular planking 421 and annular inner panel 422, annular planking 421, annular inner panel 422 and roof 423 form U type structure, make outer bung 42 can overlap the top of staving 41, annular planking 421 is connected in order to fix staving 41 and outer bung 42 with the outer wall of staving 41, lock core hole 4221 sets up in the inboard of annular inner panel 422.

Alternatively, the top surface of the inner lid 5 may be provided with a handle 51, and the user may open or close the inner lid 5 by rotating the handle 51, which is more convenient.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, there are variations on the detailed description and the application scope according to the idea of the present invention, and the content of the description should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a box body (1);

an outer tub (4) disposed in the case (1);

the inner cover (5) is movably connected with the outer barrel (4) so as to open or close the feeding opening of the outer barrel (4);

a heating assembly disposed in the cabinet (1), the heating assembly being capable of heating a temperature in the outer tub (4), characterized in that the laundry treating apparatus further comprises:

a locking assembly (6) comprising:

a first locking member provided on the outer tub (4); and

the second locking piece (61) is movably connected with the inner cover (5) and has a resetting function, and the second locking piece (61) can move under the driving of the gas pressure in the outer barrel (4) so as to be matched with the first locking piece to lock the inner cover (5) and the outer barrel (4).

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the locking assembly (6) further comprises:

the shell (62) is arranged on the inner cover (5), one end of the shell (62) is provided with a first through hole (6221) communicated with the inside of the outer barrel (4), and the other end of the shell (62) is provided with a second through hole;

the second locking piece (61) is slidably disposed in the housing (62), and the air pressure in the outer tub (4) can push the second locking piece (61) to slide through the first through hole (6221), so that the second locking piece (61) extends out of the housing (62) through the second through hole to be matched with the first locking piece.

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the casing (62) includes a bottom case (621) and a cover (622), one end of the bottom case (621) is open, the other end is provided with the second through hole, the cover (622) closes the opening of the bottom case (621), and the cover (622) is provided with the first through hole (6221).

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first locking member is a cylinder hole (4221);

the second lock (61) includes:

the lock cylinder (611) has one end capable of extending into the lock cylinder hole (4221); and

and a force receiving part (612) which is arranged at the other end of the lock cylinder (611) and has a cross-sectional area larger than that of the lock cylinder (611).

5. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the second locking piece (61) is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the housing (62) along the circumferential direction of the first through hole (6221).

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the locking assembly (6) further comprises:

a seal (613), the seal (613) being connected to the second lock (61), the seal (613) being in elastic abutment with an inner wall of the housing (62) in a circumferential direction of the first through hole (6221).

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sealing member (613) is made of silicone.

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the sealing member (613) and the second locking member (61) are integrally formed.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the locking assembly (6) further comprises:

the elastic piece (63) is connected with the second locking piece (61), and the elastic piece (63) can drive the second locking piece (61) to be disengaged from the first locking piece.

10. The laundry processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the outer tub (4) comprises a tub body (41) and an outer tub cover (42), the outer tub cover (42) comprises an annular outer plate (421), an annular inner plate (422), and a top plate (423) connecting the annular outer plate (421) and the annular inner plate (422), the annular outer plate (421) is connected with an outer wall of the tub body (41), and the first locking member is disposed inside the annular inner plate (422).