CN215104056U

CN215104056U - Mini washing machine with drying function

Info

Publication number: CN215104056U
Application number: CN202120456147.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何雄锵
Original assignee: Guangzhou Yizhi Home Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Yizhi Home Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-04
Filing date: 2021-03-02
Publication date: 2021-12-10
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-02

Abstract

The utility model provides a mini washing machine with stoving function, the washing machine body includes: a washing assembly including an inner drum for treating small pieces of laundry; a drying component for performing drying; the drying component comprises a direct exhaust duct and is used for exhausting damp and hot air formed in the inner barrel in the drying process to the outside of the washing component; a humidity sensor is arranged in the direct exhaust air duct and used for collecting the humidity of the position and transmitting the humidity to a control panel in the washing component; and when the humidity threshold reaches a preset drying stop threshold, the control panel sends a stop instruction to configure the drying assembly to stop drying. During the drying process of the washing machine body, damp and hot air generated in the inner barrel is discharged outside the washing assembly through the straight exhaust air channel, and the humidity sensor is arranged in the straight exhaust air channel to judge the humidity, so that the functions of automatically judging the humidity and stopping drying are realized while the requirement of the whole size miniaturization design of the washing machine body is met.

Description

Mini washing machine with drying function

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a household electrical appliances technical field especially relates to a mini washing machine with stoving function.

Background

Along with the strict requirements of people on living quality, the mini washing machine is taken as a household appliance for cleaning small-size clothes such as underwear, socks, infants and the like, has the advantages of classified cleaning, electric energy and water saving and replacement of manual work of traditional hand washing, and is more and more popular with people. As the requirements of people on clothes treatment are stricter and stricter, the mini washing machine has gradually enriched functions, and can perform drying besides the daily cleaning function. For the drying function, the drying time of clothes made of different materials is different, and if the drying time is not long enough, the dryness of the clothes is not enough; if the drying time is too long, energy waste and damage to clothes fibers are caused.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to overcome the not enough of prior art, the utility model provides a mini washing machine with stoving function sets up humidity transducer in the straight wind channel of stoving subassembly in order to realize judging futilely automatically.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme.

The utility model provides a mini washing machine with stoving function, the washing machine body includes:

a washing assembly including an inner drum for treating small pieces of laundry;

a drying component for performing drying; the drying component comprises a direct exhaust duct and is used for exhausting damp and hot air formed in the inner barrel in the drying process to the outside of the washing component;

a humidity sensor is arranged in the direct exhaust air duct and used for collecting the humidity of the position and transmitting the humidity to a control panel in the washing component; and when the humidity threshold reaches a preset drying stop threshold, the control panel sends a stop instruction to configure the drying assembly to stop drying.

Preferably, a second fan is arranged in the straight air flue; the humidity sensor is arranged close to an air outlet of the direct exhaust duct.

Preferably, the drying component comprises a drying air duct and a return air duct; the drying air duct is provided with a first valve for opening or breaking a passage between the drying air duct and the return air duct so as to start and stop the internal circulation air passage.

Preferably, the drying air duct is provided with an air inlet; and the air inlet realizes the introduction of fresh air through a second valve.

Preferably, a thread scrap filter is arranged at the air inlet.

Preferably, a thread scrap collector is arranged at the air outlet of the straight air exhaust duct.

Preferably, the washing machine body further includes a water tank provided with a cover to store water and supply water to the laundry assembly.

Preferably, the air outlet of the direct air exhaust duct is communicated with the cavity of the water tank.

Preferably, a damper is arranged at the air outlet; and when the drying is stopped, the air door is closed to prevent the water vapor in the cavity from entering the direct exhaust duct.

Preferably, the water tank is detachably connected to one side of the laundry assembly.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:

the utility model provides a mini washing machine with drying function, the whole size of the washing machine body is small, which is used for processing small clothes; during the drying process of the washing machine body, damp and hot air generated in the inner barrel is discharged outside the washing assembly through the straight exhaust air channel, and the humidity sensor is arranged in the straight exhaust air channel to judge the humidity, so that the functions of automatically judging the humidity and stopping drying are realized while the requirement of the whole size miniaturization design of the washing machine body is met.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention, and in order to make the technical means of the present invention clearer and can be implemented according to the content of the specification, the following detailed description is made with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and accompanying drawings. The detailed description of the present invention is given by the following examples and the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation to the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a partial structure inside a laundry assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a first schematic diagram of the explosion structure of the washing machine body of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a second schematic diagram of the explosion structure of the washing machine body of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional structural view of the water tank of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the washing machine body according to the present invention.

In the figure:

1. a washing machine body;

100. a laundry assembly; 110. a door body; 120. a housing; 123. a boss; 130. an inner barrel; 180. a drying assembly; 181. a direct exhaust duct; 1811. a humidity sensor; 1812. an air outlet; 1813. a second fan; 182. a drying channel; 1821. an air inlet; 1822. a heating device; 1823. a first fan; 183. a return air duct;

200. a water tank; 210. a cover body; 211. a handle; 220. a box body; 221. an air inlet; 230. a cavity.

Detailed Description

The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses a more detailed description of the present invention, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the present invention. In the drawings, the shape and size may be exaggerated for clarity, and the same reference numerals will be used throughout the drawings to designate the same or similar components. In the following description, terms such as center, thickness, height, length, front, back, rear, left, right, top, bottom, upper, lower, and the like are used based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. In particular, "height" corresponds to the dimension from top to bottom, "width" corresponds to the dimension from left to right, and "depth" corresponds to the dimension from front to back. These relative terms are for convenience of description and are not generally intended to require a particular orientation. Terms concerning attachments, coupling and the like (e.g., "connected" and "attached") refer to a relationship wherein structures are secured or attached, either directly or indirectly, to one another through intervening structures, as well as both movable or rigid attachments or relationships, unless expressly described otherwise.

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, and it should be noted that the embodiments or technical features described below can be arbitrarily combined to form a new embodiment without conflict.

Example 1

The utility model provides a mini washing machine with stoving function, including washing machine body 1, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 3, washing machine body 1 includes:

a washing assembly 100 including an inner tub 130 for treating small laundry; small clothes including but not limited to underwear, infant clothes and socks can be put into the inner drum 130 after the door body 110 of the washing component 100 is opened; in one embodiment, the washing assembly 100 can be used for washing 0.5-1.5 Kg of clothes;

a drying component 180 for performing drying; the drying assembly 180 includes a direct exhaust duct 181 for discharging the damp and hot air formed in the inner tub 130 during the drying process to the outside of the washing assembly 100; specifically, the drying assembly 180 includes a drying air duct 182 and a direct exhaust air duct 181, and the drying air duct 182 and the direct exhaust air duct 181 are respectively communicated with the inner cylinder 130; a heating device 1822 and a first fan 1823 are arranged in the drying air duct 182, the heating device 1822 is used for heating the air entering the inner drum 130, the heated air enters the inner drum 130 under the action of the first fan 1823, the temperature of the heated air raises the temperature in the inner drum 130, the evaporation of water contained in the clothes is accelerated, the hot air takes away the water vapor evaporated by the clothes under the action of the first fan 1823, and the water vapor enters the direct exhaust air duct 181 and is discharged out of the washing assembly 100 through the air outlet 1812 of the direct exhaust air duct 181;

a humidity sensor 1811 is arranged in the direct air exhaust channel 181 and used for collecting the humidity of the position and transmitting the humidity to a control panel in the washing assembly 100; when the humidity threshold reaches a preset drying stop threshold, the control board sends a stop instruction to configure the drying assembly 180 to stop drying. Since the washing machine body 1 has a small overall size and a small internal space, it is difficult to design a condenser, and thus the hot and humid air generated during the drying process of the washing assembly 100 is directly discharged to the outside of the washing assembly 100 by the direct exhaust duct 181. Specifically, along with the loss of the execution time of the drying program, the moisture content of the clothes in the inner cylinder 130 is reduced, and then the humidity of the air entering the direct exhaust duct 181 is reduced, and when the dryness of the clothes in the inner cylinder 130 meets the requirement, the humidity in the direct exhaust duct 181 is reduced to a certain value. The humidity sensor 1811 collects the humidity of the corresponding position in the straight air duct 181, and when the humidity is reduced to the drying stop threshold, it indicates that the dryness of the clothes in the inner tube 130 meets the requirement, and the drying operation can be stopped. For the mini washing machine, the humidity sensor 1811 in the straight exhaust duct 181 is used for judging the dryness of the mini washing machine, the traditional scheme that a temperature sensor is respectively arranged at the air inlet and the air outlet of the inner cylinder 130 is replaced, the mini washing machine is convenient to install, and the occupied space is small.

In one embodiment, a second blower 1813 is disposed in the straight air channel 181 to draw the hot and humid air in the inner barrel 130 into the straight air channel 181.

In an embodiment, the humidity sensor 1811 is disposed near the air outlet 1812 of the straight air duct 181, and the temperature of the hot and humid air in the inner barrel 130 is higher during the drying process, and is reduced when the hot and humid air flows to the air outlet of the straight air duct 181. The air outlet 1812 of the straight air duct 181 is far from the inner barrel 130, and the humidity sensor 1811 is disposed at the air outlet 1812, so as to reduce the influence of the temperature of the hot and humid air in the inner barrel 130 on the humidity sensor 1811.

In one embodiment, the drying assembly 180 includes a drying duct 182, a return air duct 183; the drying air duct 182 is provided with a first valve for opening or disconnecting the passage between the drying air duct 182 and the return air duct 183 to start and stop the internal circulation air passage. When the washing machine body 1 starts the drying procedure, the humidity and temperature of the hot and humid air in the inner tub 130 are higher within a certain time, and the first valve is opened, so that the hot and humid air enters the drying air duct 182 and is heated in the inner tub 130. Further, an air door is arranged at the air outlet 1812 to connect or disconnect the air outlet 1812 from the outside; when the humidity of the air outlet 1812 is greater than a defined threshold, the damper at the air outlet 1812 is closed to control the humidity of the air discharged from the air outlet 1812.

Further, the drying air duct 182 is provided with an air inlet 182; the air inlet 182 realizes the introduction of fresh air through the second valve, and the washing machine body 1 opens or closes the second valve according to the air allowance condition in the inner cylinder 130 to supplement the fresh air.

In one embodiment, a lint filter (not shown) is disposed at the air inlet 1821 of the drying air duct 182. As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment, the air inlet 1821 is communicated with an external environment of the washing machine body 1, when the washing machine body 1 performs a drying process, external fresh air is introduced from the air inlet 1821, and the heating device 1822 heats the fresh air to form hot air for drying wet laundry in the inner tub 130. Due to the existence of the sundries such as flying dust or broken filaments in the external environment, the sundries in the external environment are easily sucked in the process of sucking the fresh air into the drying air duct 182, and then the thread scrap filter is arranged in the air inlet 1821 of the drying air duct 182 to filter the entering fresh air, so as to prevent the drying air duct 182 and even the inner cylinder 130 from being polluted due to the fact that the drying air duct 182 sucks the sundries.

In one embodiment, a lint collector (not shown) is disposed at the air outlet 1812 of the straight air duct 181. When the laundry is disposed in the inner tub 130, the laundry is generally washed out of the thread scraps, such as substances, hairs, etc., on the laundry, and if the thread scraps are directly discharged to the outside of the washing machine assembly 100, the environment outside the washing machine assembly 100 is polluted. The lint collector is disposed at the air outlet 1812 to collect lint discharged from the inner cylinder 130, so that the lint collector can be periodically cleaned to reduce the pollution of air discharged from the direct exhaust duct 181 to the external environment.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 5, the washing machine body 1 further includes a water tank 200 having a cover 210 for storing water and supplying water to the washing assembly 100. In one embodiment, the volume of the water tank 200 is 2-10L. Preferably, the capacity of the water tank 200 is 3-6L. For providing the water consumption of the washing machine body 1 for a complete washing process, and controlling the size of the water tank 200 so as not to affect the size of the washing machine body 1. Specifically, because washing machine body 1 overall dimension is little, for the convenience of customers 'use, sets up water tank 200, when the user used washing machine body 1, can be by oneself to water tank 200 internal water injection, and then washing machine body 1's placing can not receive the place of placing and have the restriction that sets up the water route, and the application scene is wide. The water tank 200 includes a case 220 having an opening, and a cover 210, wherein the case 220 and the cover 210 together form a cavity 230 for storing water. When a user needs to fill water, the cover 210 is opened, and the cover 210 is disposed to prevent the cavity 230 from being contaminated by external dust or lint. Further, the cover 210 has a handle 211 formed in an outer surface thereof to be depressed by a user to open the cover 210. Further, an air inlet of the drying air duct 182 is disposed on the casing 120 of the laundry assembly 100, the air inlet faces the water tank 200, the water tank 200 is provided with an air outlet (not shown) corresponding to the air inlet, the air inlet is communicated with the cavity inside the water tank 200, and the drying air duct 182 is provided with fresh air through the water tank 200.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the air outlet 1812 of the straight air duct 181 is communicated with the cavity 230 of the water tank 200. Specifically, the case 220 of the water tank 200 is provided with an air inlet 221, and the air outlet 1812 communicates with the air inlet 221 so that the straight air path 181 communicates with the cavity 230. In the drying program process is carried out to washing machine body 1, the air humidity of direct air duct 181 exhaust, the temperature is higher relatively, if directly arrange to washing machine body 1 in the environment, can lead to the temperature of this environment, the increase of humidity, influence the life of household electrical appliances or furniture around, still can influence user's experience sense, simultaneously it is higher when direct air duct 181 exhaust humidity, external environment is colder, moist hot air easily forms string pearl at washing machine body 1 housing face even around other household electrical appliances or furniture surface condensation, harm the life and the visual perception of household electrical appliances or furniture around more, user experience sense is not good. The air outlet 1812 is communicated with the cavity 230, the hot and humid air discharged from the air outlet 1812 firstly enters the cavity 230, and after the temperature of the water stored in the cavity 230 and the inner wall of the cavity 230 is lowered, part of the hot and humid air is condensed to form condensed water to be converged into the washing water in the cavity 230, and the temperature of the part of the hot and humid air is lowered and then overflows from the assembly position of the cover 210 and the box 220 of the water tank 200 to the external environment where the washing machine body 1 is located. Further, when the amount of hot and humid air generated in the inner tube 130 is large, in order to reduce the amount of air discharged from the outlet 1812 temporarily stored in the cavity 230 and control the air pressure in the cavity 230 so as not to cause a risk, a plurality of through holes are formed in the cover 210 to increase the exhaust speed of the water tank 200.

Further, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the air outlet 1812 is disposed on the housing 120 of the laundry assembly 100, and an outer surface of the water tank 200 facing the laundry assembly 100 abuts against the laundry assembly 100, so that the air outlet 1812 is communicated with the air inlet 221. In another embodiment, the air outlet 1812 protrudes out of the casing surface (not shown) of the washing machine assembly 100, and the air outlet 1812 extends into the cavity 230 to prevent the air in the direct air exhausting duct 181 from overflowing from the abutting portion of the washing machine assembly 100 and the water tank 200.

Further, a damper (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the air outlet 1812; when drying is stopped, the damper is closed to prevent water vapor in the cavity 230 from entering the direct air exhaust duct 181. When the drying is stopped, the first fan 1823 stops operating, the air in the direct exhaust duct 181 and the cavity 230 can be exchanged, and because the cavity 230 is used for storing water, the stored water causes the cavity 230 to have certain humidity, in order to prevent the water vapor in the cavity 230 from entering the inner barrel 130 through the direct exhaust duct 181, the clothes which are easy to dry in the inner barrel 130 are moistened, and an air door is arranged, and when the drying is stopped, the air door is closed, so that the direct exhaust duct 181 is disconnected from the cavity 230.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the water tank 200 is detachably connected to one side of the laundry assembly 100. When the washing machine body 1 is placed in a place without a water channel, when the water tank 200 needs to be replenished with water, a user can detach the water tank 200 from the washing assembly 100 to inject water without carrying the whole washing machine body 1, and the washing machine is simple and convenient to operate and convenient for water injection. When the air outlet 1812 protrudes out of the casing surface of the washing machine assembly 100 and the air outlet 1812 extends into the cavity 230, when the water tank 200 is installed, the air outlet 1812 extends into the cavity 230 from the air inlet 221 of the water tank 200 to adjust the installation position of the water tank 200. Further, in order to improve the sealing property at the assembling position of the outer surface of the air outlet 1812 and the air inlet 221, a sealing ring is provided at the air inlet 221.

In one embodiment, the water tank 200 is disposed on the back of the washing assembly 100 to improve the neatness of the front structure of the washing machine body 1 and improve the appearance. In addition, when the air outlet 1812 of the direct air exhaust channel 181 is communicated with the water tank 200, the hot and humid air exhausted during the drying process of the washing machine assembly 100 is cooled by the water tank 200 and overflows from the assembly position of the cover 210 and the box 220 of the water tank 200, and because the water tank is arranged on the back of the washing machine assembly 100, the air exhausted from the washing machine body 1 is located on the back of the washing machine assembly, the air outlet of the washing machine body 1 is hidden, and the user experience feeling during the use of the washing machine body 1 is improved.

In one embodiment, the drying assembly 180 is fixed to a frame of the washing machine body 1. Specifically, the frame of the washing machine body 1 is used to support the shell structure of the washing machine body 1 and the internal components thereof, and the drying assembly 180 is fixed on the frame to replace the traditional barrel assembly fixed inside the washing machine body 1, so that the drying assembly 180 is reduced to occupy the internal space of the washing machine body 1, which is beneficial to the miniaturization design of the washing machine body 1.

In an embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a boss 123 is formed at the bottom of the casing 120 of the washing machine assembly 100 extending towards the water tank 200, and the drainage pipe of the washing machine body 1 is placed in a groove at the bottom of the boss 123. Set up drainage pipe in the recess of boss 123 bottom, improve pleasing to the eye degree, drainage pipe does not occupy the laundry subassembly 100 inner space to the setting and the arranging of laundry subassembly 100 inner structure are favorable to washing machine body 1's miniaturized design.

In one embodiment, an alarm is disposed in the laundry assembly 100, and the alarm is electrically connected to a control board in the laundry assembly 100. After the washing machine body 1 is judged to be dry by the humidity sensor 1811 and stops drying, the drying stop time reaches the preset time and the user does not take out the clothes, and then an alarm is given to prompt the user to take out the clothes in time so as to prevent the clothes from being folded obviously and not easy to unfold due to overlong clothes accumulation time.

The utility model discloses compare prior art, the utility model provides a mini washing machine with stoving function adopts the straight wind channel to discharge the damp and hot air that the subassembly of doing washing stoving in-process produced outside the subassembly of doing washing, sets up the humidity that humidity transducer gathered this position in real time in straight wind channel and realizes judging futilely, and the installation is convenient, easy operation, occupation space are little.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way; the utility model can be smoothly implemented by the ordinary technicians in the industry according to the drawings and the above description; however, those skilled in the art should understand that changes, modifications and variations made by the above-described technology can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention, and all such changes, modifications and variations are equivalent embodiments of the present invention; meanwhile, any changes, modifications, evolutions, etc. of the above embodiments, which are equivalent to the actual techniques of the present invention, still belong to the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mini washing machine with drying function, comprising a washing machine body (1), characterized in that said washing machine body (1) comprises:

a washing assembly (100) including an inner drum (130) for treating small items of laundry;

a drying component (180) for performing drying; the drying component (180) comprises a direct exhaust duct (181) used for discharging damp and hot air formed in the inner drum (130) in the drying process to the outside of the washing component (100);

a humidity sensor (1811) is arranged in the direct air exhaust duct (181) and used for collecting the humidity of the position and transmitting the collected humidity to a control panel in the washing component (100); when the threshold value of the humidity of the collected position reaches a preset drying stop threshold value, the control panel sends a stop instruction to configure the drying assembly (180) to stop drying.

2. The mini washing machine with drying function as claimed in claim 1, wherein a second fan (1823) is provided in the straight exhaust duct (181); the humidity sensor (1811) is arranged close to an air outlet (1812) of the straight air duct (181).

3. The mini washer with drying function as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drying assembly (180) comprises a drying duct (182), a return air duct (183); the drying air duct (182) is provided with a first valve for opening or disconnecting the passage between the drying air duct (182) and the return air duct (183) to start and stop the internal circulation air passage.

4. The mini washer with drying function as claimed in claim 3, wherein the drying duct (182) is provided with an air inlet (1821); the air inlet (1821) is used for introducing fresh air through a second valve.

5. The mini washer with drying function according to claim 4, wherein a lint filter is provided at the air inlet (1821).

6. The mini washing machine with drying function according to claim 1, wherein a lint collector is provided at the air outlet (1812) of the straight air duct (181).

7. The mini washing machine with drying function according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the washing machine body (1) further comprises a water tank (200) provided with a cover (220) to store water and supply water to the washing assembly (100).

8. The mini washing machine with drying function according to claim 7, wherein the air outlet (1812) of the direct exhaust duct (181) communicates with the cavity (230) of the water tank (200).

9. The mini washing machine with drying function according to claim 8, wherein a damper is provided at the air outlet (1812); when drying stops, the air door is closed to prevent water vapor in the cavity (230) from entering the direct air exhaust duct (181).

10. The mini washing machine with drying function as claimed in claim 9, wherein the water tank (200) is detachably connected to one side of the laundry assembly (100).