CN215227378U

CN215227378U - Dish washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN215227378U
Application number: CN202120052541.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄天琦; 臧子轩
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Washing Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-08
Filing date: 2021-01-08
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-08

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dish-washing machine, dish-washing machine includes: the liquid storage container is provided with a liquid storage cavity for storing washing liquid, and at least one part of the cavity wall of the liquid storage cavity is a transparent area; the optical coupler assembly is arranged on the outer side of the transparent area and is used for emitting light rays to the transparent area and receiving light rays reflected by the washing liquid on the inner side of the transparent area; the control assembly is connected with the optical coupling assembly; the reminding assembly is connected with the control assembly, wherein the control assembly is set to control the reminding assembly to remind a user when the optical coupling assembly does not receive the reflected light. According to the utility model discloses dish washer can in time remind the user to add the washing liquid.

Description

Dish washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a washing equipment technical field, more specifically relates to a dish washer.

Background

In the related art, the amount of liquid in the dishwasher is not easy to detect, resulting in a user not being able to add the washing liquid in time.

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. Therefore, an object of the utility model is to provide a dish washer, dish washer can in time remind the user to add the washing liquid.

According to the utility model discloses dish washer, include: the liquid storage container is provided with a liquid storage cavity for storing washing liquid, and at least one part of the cavity wall of the liquid storage cavity is a transparent area; the optical coupler assembly is arranged on the outer side of the transparent area and is used for emitting light rays to the transparent area and receiving light rays reflected by the washing liquid on the inner side of the transparent area; the control assembly is connected with the optical coupling assembly; the reminding assembly is connected with the control assembly, wherein the control assembly is set to control the reminding assembly to remind a user when the optical coupling assembly does not receive the reflected light.

According to the utility model discloses dish washer through opto-coupler subassembly to transparent region transmission light, when the opto-coupler subassembly did not receive the light of reflection, the subassembly was reminded to the user to control assembly control to the user can in time add washing liquid or change the stock solution container, avoids the washing effect that the washing liquid influences dish washer after exhaling, promotes the use of dish washer and experiences.

In addition, the dishwasher according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to some embodiments of the present invention, a dishwasher comprises: a body having a washing chamber; the door body is used for opening and closing the washing cavity, and the liquid storage container and the optical coupling assembly are installed on the door body.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lower extreme of the door body with the organism is articulated, the door body is around rotatable in order to open and close along horizontal axis the washing chamber, dishwasher still includes: the door closing detection assembly is used for detecting the door closing action of the door body, the control assembly is connected with the door closing detection assembly, the control assembly is further arranged to be in a state that the door closing detection assembly detects the door closing action, timing is started when the door closing action is detected, and the optical coupling assembly is controlled to start working when the timing time reaches preset time.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the door body has door body and lid, the door body has and is used for holding the chamber that holds of stock solution container, the lid is used for opening and closing hold the chamber.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the liquid storage container is detachably mounted in the containing cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the optocoupler component is located the side chamber wall of the containing chamber and between the transparent regions.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, remind the subassembly including showing alarm module.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the reminder assembly comprises an audible alarm module.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the transparent region is formed in a lower portion of a side cavity wall of the reservoir cavity.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the incident point of emission light on the transparent region with the chamber bottom wall interval of stock solution chamber is more than or equal to and predetermines the distance.

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 portion of a dishwasher in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a reservoir is located within a receiving chamber;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a dishwasher detecting a washing liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a block diagram of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a liquid storage container 10; a liquid storage cavity 11; a transparent region 12;

a light coupling assembly 20;

a reminder component 30;

a control assembly 40;

a door body 51; a housing cavity 52;

a feed port 60; the door closing detection assembly 70.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to 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 function 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.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, "a first feature" or "a second feature" may include one or more of the features, and "a plurality" means two or more, and the first feature may be "on" or "under" the second feature, and may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features being in contact not directly but through another feature therebetween, and the first feature being "on", "above" and "above" the second feature may include the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

A dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: liquid storage container 10, opto-coupler subassembly 20, control assembly 40 and warning subassembly 30.

Specifically, the liquid storage container 10 has a liquid storage cavity 11, and the liquid storage cavity 11 is used for storing washing liquid so as to put the washing liquid into the dishwasher to wash tableware.

In some embodiments, the reservoir 10 may be driven by a driving member to dispense the cleaning solution into the dishwasher, thereby achieving automatic dispensing of the cleaning solution. For example, the drive member may be a drive motor.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the liquid storage container 10 has a dispensing opening 60, and the cleaning liquid is dispensed into the dishwasher through the dispensing opening 60, so that the cleaning liquid can be conveniently and quickly dispensed. For example, in some embodiments, the reservoir 10 may include a pump body having a dispensing port 60 that pumps the cleaning solution in the reservoir 10 into a dishwasher such that the amount of cleaning solution pumped per time is controllable.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the liquid storage container 10 can be replaced, or the washing liquid in the liquid storage container 10 can be added, so as to ensure the long-term use of the dishwasher. For example, when the washing liquid volume is not enough, the user can add the washing liquid in stock solution container 10, perhaps stock solution container 10 can be as the consumptive material whole change, ensures to have sufficient washing liquid in the stock solution container 10, and convenient operation, and is with low costs. For example, the reservoir 10 may be a box-type package for easy replacement.

In addition, in the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, at least a portion of the cavity wall of the reservoir 11 is a transparent region 12, and the optical coupler assembly 20 is disposed outside the transparent region 12 (i.e., on the side of the transparent region 12 away from the reservoir 11). Light coupling subassembly 20 can be to transparent region 12 emission light, and receive the washing liquid reflected light through transparent region 12 inboard (being transparent region 12 be close to one side of stock solution chamber 11), and control assembly 40 links to each other with light coupling subassembly 20, remind subassembly 30 and control assembly 40 to link to each other, when light coupling subassembly 20 does not receive the washing liquid reflected light, control assembly 40 control is reminded subassembly 30 and is reminded the user, so that the user in time adds washing liquid or change stock solution container 10 after receiving warning information, avoid the washing liquid to use up the washing effect that influences dish washer after, promote the use experience of dish washer.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, the washing liquid in the stock solution chamber 11 is located the lower part of stock solution chamber 11 basically under the action of gravity, when the liquid level of the washing liquid in the stock solution chamber 11 reaches or is higher than the height that transparent region 12 corresponds, opto-coupler subassembly 20 is to transparent region 12 emission light, light can pass transparent region 12 and shine on the washing liquid, the washing liquid can reflect emission light, the light that reflects through the washing liquid can pass transparent region 12 once more and transmit to opto-coupler subassembly 20, opto-coupler subassembly 20 can receive the light of washing liquid reflection. In this case, it is indicated that the remaining amount of the cleaning liquid in the reservoir chamber 11 is relatively large, and the control unit 40 does not control the reminder unit 30 to remind the user without adding the cleaning liquid or replacing the reservoir tank 10.

And when the liquid level of the washing liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is lower than the transparent region 12, the optical coupling component 20 emits light to the transparent region 12, the light can not irradiate the washing liquid after passing through the transparent region 12, and can not be reflected, and the optical coupling component 20 can not receive the light reflected by the washing liquid at the moment. In this case, it indicates that the residual amount of the washing liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is relatively small, and even the washing liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is used up, and it is necessary to add the washing liquid or replace the liquid storage container 10, and the control component 40 can control the reminding component 30 to remind the user, so that the user can add the washing liquid or replace the liquid storage container 10 in time.

It should be noted that the size of the transparent region 12 of the liquid storage container 10 can be set according to actual conditions. For example, the liquid storage container 10 may be made of a transparent material, so that the liquid storage container 10 is easy to manufacture; or the transparent area 12 can also be a part of the liquid storage container 10, and the other part of the liquid storage container 10 is a non-transparent area, which can effectively prevent other parts from reflecting light and causing interference to the detection of the washing liquid.

According to the utility model discloses dish washer through opto-coupler component 20 to transparent region 12 emission light, when opto-coupler component 20 did not receive the light of reflection, control assembly 40 control reminded subassembly 30 and reminded the user to the user can in time add washing liquid or change stock solution container 10, avoids the washing liquid to exhaust the washing effect that influences dish washer after, promotes the use of dish washer and experiences.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, a dishwasher includes a body and a door. The machine body is provided with a washing cavity, and the door body is used for opening and closing the washing cavity. The tableware is placed in the washing cavity, and the dishwasher can wash the tableware after the door body closes the washing cavity. In addition, stock solution container 10 and opto-coupler subassembly 20 are installed in the door body to it is fixed to stock solution container 10 and opto-coupler subassembly 20, and the dismouting of the opto-coupler subassembly 20 of being convenient for and the addition of washing liquid.

In some embodiments, the lower end of the door body is hinged with the machine body so as to realize the connection of the machine body and the door body, the door body can rotate around the horizontal axis so as to open and close the washing cavity, the connection effect is good, and the operation of opening and closing the washing cavity by the door body is more convenient.

When the door body is opened, cleaning solution can be added into the liquid storage container 10 or the liquid storage container 10 can be replaced. However, when the door body is opened, the liquid storage container 10 is in a horizontal state, and after the door body is closed, the liquid storage container 10 is in a positive state, and due to the influence of the viscous characteristic of the washing liquid, the washing liquid can flow to the lower part of the liquid storage container 10 after the door body is closed in a certain time. It is more accurate that the photo coupler assembly 20 detects the washing liquid after the washing liquid flows to the lower portion of the liquid storage container 10.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the dishwasher further includes a door closing detection assembly 70. The door closing detection assembly 70 is used for detecting a door closing action of the door body, that is, detecting that the door body is switched from a door opening state to a door closing state. The control assembly 40 is connected to the door closing detection assembly 70. When the door closing detection assembly 70 detects the door closing action, the control assembly 40 starts timing, and when the timing time reaches the preset time, the control assembly 40 controls the optocoupler assembly 20 to start working so as to detect the cleaning solution in the liquid storage chamber 11. Viscous washing liquid can reach the lower part of stock solution container 10 in the time of predetermineeing, ensures the accuracy of opto-coupler subassembly 20 testing result, reminds more accurately to the user.

In some embodiments, the preset time may be set according to actual conditions such as viscosity of different types of washing liquids.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the door body has a door body 51 and a cover body, the door body 51 has an accommodating cavity 52, the accommodating cavity 52 accommodates the liquid storage container 10, and the cover body is used for opening and closing the accommodating cavity 52 to ensure that the liquid storage container 10 is fixed in the accommodating cavity 52, which is beneficial to preventing the door body from water entering, and avoiding the influence on the normal use of the dishwasher due to the movement or dropping of the liquid storage container 10, and is convenient for adding washing liquid.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the liquid storage container 10 is detachably installed in the accommodating cavity 52, so that the appearance of the door body is neat, and it is convenient to replace the liquid storage container 10 or add washing liquid into the liquid storage container 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the optical coupler assembly 20 is disposed between the side cavity wall of the accommodating cavity 52 and the transparent area 12 to fix the optical coupler assembly 20, so that the optical coupler assembly 20 can emit light to the transparent area 12 and receive reflected light, and the optical coupler assembly 20 is convenient to disassemble, assemble and maintain.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the reminder assembly 30 can include various modules to ensure that a user can in time find a reminder that the dishwasher lacks washing liquid.

For example, in some embodiments, reminder component 30 can include a display alarm module, which can be, for example, a constantly lit light, a flashing light, a digital display, a text display, an icon display, and the like.

As another example, in some embodiments, the reminder component 30 can include an audible alarm module, e.g., the audible alarm module can emit voice reminders, ring tone reminders, and the like.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the reminding assembly 30 may include both the display alarm module and the sound alarm module, and can remind people in various ways to avoid overlooking and affecting the washing effect of the dishwasher after the washing liquid is used up.

In some embodiments of the utility model, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, transparent region 12 is formed in the lower part of the side cavity wall of stock solution chamber 11 to dish washer can send the warning when the washing liquid is less, causes the waste of washing liquid when avoiding stock solution container 10 to change, perhaps causes the washing liquid to add the number of times frequently, has further promoted dish washer's user experience.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments in which the liquid storage container 10 is mounted on the door body, the directions "upper, lower, inner, outer" and the like in the present invention are all based on the direction relationship when the door body is in the closed state. As shown in fig. 2, the transparent region 12 is a lower portion in a state where the door is closed. After the door body is closed, the liquid storage container 10 is in a positive state, and the washing liquid can reach the lower part of the liquid storage container 10 within the preset time, so that the accuracy of detection of the optical coupling assembly 20 can be further ensured.

In some embodiments, the distance between the incident point of the light emitted from the transparent region 12 and the bottom wall of the liquid storage cavity 11 is greater than or equal to a preset distance, so that a user can prepare and add the washing liquid before the washing liquid is used up, the washing effect of the dishwasher is prevented from being affected after the washing liquid is completely used up, and the use experience of the dishwasher is improved.

For example, in some embodiments, the maximum storage amount of the washing liquid in the storage chamber 11 is M, the washing liquid consumed by the user per use of the dishwasher is M/6, and the residual amount of the washing liquid is gradually reduced after each use of the user. When the liquid level of the washing liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 reaches the light incident point on the transparent area 12, the residual amount of the corresponding washing liquid is M/3, namely the consumption amount of the two residual washing processes. When the liquid level of the washing liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is lower than the light incident point on the transparent area 12, that is, the residual amount of the dishwashing liquid is equal to or less than M/3, the control component 40 controls the reminding component 30 to remind the user, and reminds the user to add the washing liquid again. If the user does not add the washing liquid at this time, the tableware can still be normally washed and the reminding component 30 can remind again when the tableware is used next time, so that the reminding function is achieved before the washing liquid is used up, and the situation that the normal use of the dishwasher is influenced because the user forgets to add the washing liquid is prevented.

A dishwasher in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the following description is illustrative only and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Referring to fig. 2, the dishwasher includes a body, a door body, a liquid storage container 10, an optical coupling assembly 20, a control assembly 40, a reminder assembly 30 and a door closing detection assembly 70.

The machine body is provided with a washing cavity, the lower end of the door body is hinged with the machine body, and the door body can rotate around a horizontal axis to open and close the washing cavity. The door body has a door body 51 and a cover body, the door body 51 has a containing cavity 52, the liquid storage container 10 is detachably installed in the containing cavity 52, the optical coupler assembly 20 is arranged between the side cavity wall of the containing cavity 52 and the transparent area 12, and the cover body is used for opening and closing the containing cavity 52. Liquid storage container 10 has stock solution chamber 11, and stock solution chamber 11 is used for storing the washing liquid, and the lower part of the side cavity wall of stock solution chamber 11 is transparent region 12, and opto-coupler assembly 20 locates the outside of transparent region 12, and control assembly 40 links to each other with opto-coupler assembly 20, warning subassembly 30, the detection subassembly 70 of closing the door.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, after the user adds the cleaning solution to the liquid storage container 10, the door is closed. When the door closing detection assembly 70 detects a door closing action, the control assembly 40 starts timing, when the timing time reaches a preset time, the control assembly 40 controls the optical coupling assembly 20 to start working, the optical coupling assembly 20 emits light to the transparent area 12, the light can penetrate through the transparent area 12, if the residual amount of the cleaning solution is large, the light can irradiate the cleaning solution and be reflected by the cleaning solution, the optical coupling assembly 20 can receive the reflected light, and therefore the control assembly 40 cannot control the reminding assembly 30 to send a reminder; if the washing liquid surplus is less or used up, light can not be reflected, and opto-coupler subassembly 20 can not receive the light of reflection, can send the signal to control assembly 40, and control assembly 40 receives control behind the signal and reminds subassembly 30 to show the sign that the washing liquid lacks to remind the user, make the user can in time add the washing liquid or change stock solution container 10.

Other constructions and operations of the dishwasher according to embodiments of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

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 terms "embodiment," "specific embodiment," "example," etc., 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 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 dishwasher, comprising:

the liquid storage container is provided with a liquid storage cavity for storing washing liquid, and at least one part of the cavity wall of the liquid storage cavity is a transparent area;

the optical coupler assembly is arranged on the outer side of the transparent area and is used for emitting light rays to the transparent area and receiving light rays reflected by the washing liquid on the inner side of the transparent area;

the control assembly is connected with the optical coupling assembly;

a reminder assembly connected to the control assembly, wherein,

the control assembly is set to control the reminding assembly to remind a user when the optical coupling assembly does not receive the reflected light.

2. The dishwasher of claim 1, comprising:

a body having a washing chamber;

the door body is used for opening and closing the washing cavity, and the liquid storage container and the optical coupling assembly are installed on the door body.

3. The dishwasher of claim 2, wherein a lower end of the door body is hinged to the body, the door body being rotatable about a horizontal axis to open and close the washing chamber, the dishwasher further comprising:

the door closing detection assembly is used for detecting the door closing action of the door body, the control assembly is connected with the door closing detection assembly, the control assembly is further arranged to be in a state that the door closing detection assembly detects the door closing action, timing is started when the door closing action is detected, and the optical coupling assembly is controlled to start working when the timing time reaches preset time.

4. The dishwasher of claim 2, wherein the door body has a door body having a receiving chamber for receiving the liquid storage container and a cover for opening and closing the receiving chamber.

5. The dishwasher of claim 4, wherein the reservoir is removably mounted within the receiving chamber.

6. The dishwasher of claim 4, wherein the light coupling assembly is disposed between a side chamber wall of the receiving chamber and the transparent region.

7. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein the reminder assembly comprises a display alarm module.

8. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein the reminder assembly comprises an audible alarm module.

9. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein the transparent region is formed at a lower portion of a side chamber wall of the reservoir chamber.

10. The dishwasher of claim 9, wherein the distance between the incident point of the transparent region emitting the light and the bottom wall of the reservoir chamber is greater than or equal to a predetermined distance.