CN215714053U - Door seal of clothes treatment equipment and clothes treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a door seal of a clothes treatment device and the clothes treatment device, wherein the door seal of the clothes treatment device comprises: a door seal body connected with a front tub of the laundry treating apparatus; the door seal comprises a door seal body, a flanging and a connecting piece, wherein the flanging is annular and is arranged on the rear side of the door seal body, and the height of the upper part of the flanging in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part in the front-back direction. According to the door seal of the clothes treatment equipment, the flanging is arranged at the rear side of the door seal body, so that the flanging can block clothes, hard objects and the like, the clothes, the hard objects and the like are prevented from falling out of the inner barrel, the normal operation of the clothes treatment equipment is ensured, the height of the upper part of the flanging in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part in the front-back direction, water flow can conveniently flow to the door seal body through the flanging, the front part of the internal structure of the outer barrel can be cleaned, the internal dirt of the outer barrel is prevented from remaining, and a clean and healthy washing environment is favorably formed.

Description

Door seal of clothes treatment equipment and clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a door seal of a clothes treatment device and the clothes treatment device.

Background

In the related art, when the clothes treatment device washes, the door seal is easy to block water flow to generate dead angles, so that dirt remains, and the use effect of a user is poor.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to propose a door seal of a laundry treating apparatus, which can block laundry, hard articles, or the like, and facilitate the washing of the internal structure of the laundry treating apparatus by water flow.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus having the above door seal.

The door seal of a clothes treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a door seal body connected with a front tub of the laundry treating apparatus; the door seal comprises a door seal body, a flanging and a connecting piece, wherein the flanging is annular and is arranged on the rear side of the door seal body, and the height of the upper part of the flanging in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part in the front-back direction.

According to the door seal of the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the flanging is arranged at the rear side of the door seal body, so that the flanging can block clothes or hard objects and the like, the clothes or the hard objects are prevented from falling out of the inner barrel, the normal operation of the clothes treatment equipment is ensured, and the height of the upper part of the flanging in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part in the front-back direction, so that water flow can conveniently flow to the door seal body through the flanging, the front part of the internal structure of the outer barrel can be cleaned, the internal dirt retention of the outer barrel is avoided, and the clean and healthy clothes washing environment is favorably formed.

In addition, the door seal of the laundry treating apparatus according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to the door seal of the clothes processing equipment, in the circumferential direction of the flanging, the flanging comprises a first section and a second section, the first section is positioned above the second section, and the height of the first section in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the second section in the front-back direction.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the length of the second section is greater than the length of the first section.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the length of the second section is greater than half of the total length of the cuff.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the height of the first section in the front-rear direction is equal everywhere; the heights of the second sections in the front-back direction are equal everywhere.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the flange further comprises a transition section, the transition section transitionally connects the first section and the second section, and the height of the transition section in the front-back direction is increased downwards.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the vertical heights of the two ends of the first section are not equal.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the height of the flange increases downward from the top of the flange to the bottom of the flange in the front-back direction.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the door seal of the laundry treating apparatus further comprises: the convex rib is arranged on the inner side of the lower portion of the flanging, and the convex rib is an arc rib extending along the circumferential direction of the flanging.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the rib is provided at a rear end of the flange.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the inner diameter of the cuff increases backwards.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the door seal body comprises an annular connecting part, an annular groove used for being connected with the front barrel is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the annular connecting part, and the flanging is connected with the notch edge of the annular groove.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a door seal of a laundry treating apparatus includes: a door seal body connected with a front tub of the laundry treating apparatus; the door seal comprises a door seal body, a flanging, wherein the flanging is annular and is arranged on the rear side of the door seal body, in the circumferential direction of the flanging, the flanging comprises a first section, a second section and a transition section, the first section is positioned above the second section, the height of the first section in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the second section in the front-back direction, the transition section is in transition connection with the first section and the second section, and the height of the transition section in the front-back direction is increased downwards.

The clothes treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the door seal of the clothes treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model 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 utility model.

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 front view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 2 at circle B;

FIG. 4 is a front view of an inner barrel front cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line D-D of FIG. 4;

fig. 7 is a rear view of an outer tub according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a front view of an outer tub according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line E-E of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of a dock seal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a front view of a dock seal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along line F-F of FIG. 11;

fig. 13 is a rear view of a door glass according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a left side view of a door glass according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

an inner cylinder front cover 100; an outer tub 200; a dock seal 300; a front tub 400; a door glass 500; the laundry treating apparatus 600; an inner barrel 700; a rear tub 800;

a lifting structure 10; a recess 11;

a convex portion 20;

an annular flange 31;

a water guide rib 40; a mounting portion 41; a mounting section 411; a positioning section 412;

a door seal body 50; an annular connecting portion 51; an annular groove 52;

a flange 60; a first section 61; a second section 62; a transition section 63;

a rib 70;

the end wall 80 of the door glass 500; a water guide slope 81; a dispersing surface 82;

the side wall 90 of the door glass 500.

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 or similar 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 accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "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 are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the utility model.

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 not in direct contact but being in contact with 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.

The drum front cover 100 of the laundry treating apparatus 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For example, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may be a washing machine or a washing and drying all-in-one machine, such as a drum type washing machine.

Referring to fig. 4 to 5, the inner cylinder front cover 100 may be provided with a multi-turn lifting structure 10, so that the overall strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is improved and the inner cylinder front cover 100 has good deformation resistance.

Further, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, each turn of the lifting structure 10 may include a plurality of recesses 11 recessed rearward, and a plurality of recesses 11 (two or more) may be provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100. When the inner drum front cover 100 rotates, the lifting structure 10 can constantly stir, the water flow at the position of the lifting inner drum front cover 100 can be lifted, the water flow at the part can flow upwards and fall through the action of gravity, in the process, the water flow can wash the inner drum 700 of the clothes processing equipment 600, the outer drum 200, the door glass 500 and other internal structures, for example, the lifting structure 10 can lift the water flow between the inner drum front cover 100 and the front drum 400 front wall to the upper part of the door body, then the water flow falls under the action of gravity to wash the door body, and wash the gap between the inner drum front cover 100 and the outer drum 200, the internal dirt retention of the outer drum 200 can be avoided, and the clean and healthy washing environment can be formed. And the disturbance of the lifting structure 10 can improve the flow of the water flow in the outer tub 200, so that the water flow continuously impacts the laundry, the dissolution of the detergent is accelerated, and the washing degree of the laundry is higher.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the number of the lifting structures 10 may be flexibly set according to actual situations, for example, the lifting structures 10 may be two as shown in fig. 4, and may also be three, four, five, six or more, which are within the protection scope of the present invention. Through setting up many rings and promoting structure 10, make the promotion effect of outer bucket 200 internal water flow more showing to it is better to make dirty washing and clothing erode the effect.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may include an inner drum 700, and the inner drum front cover 100 may be connected to the inner drum 700, and the rotation of the inner drum front cover 100 may be achieved by the rotation of the inner drum 700.

According to the inner drum front cover 100 of the embodiment of the utility model, the inner drum front cover 100 is provided with the multi-ring lifting structure 10, and the lifting structure 10 comprises the plurality of concave parts 11 which are arranged at intervals, so that the integral strength of the inner drum front cover 100 can be effectively improved, the inner drum front cover has better deformation resistance, the lifting structure 10 can lift water flow at the bottom to a high position, the water flow can wash the internal structure of the outer drum 200, the internal dirt retention of the outer drum 200 can be avoided, a clean and healthy washing environment can be formed, the clothes can be continuously impacted, the dissolution of a detergent is accelerated, and the washing degree of the clothes is higher.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, in the radial direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100, the depth of the recess 11 located at the inner ring may be greater than the depth of the recess 11 located at the outer ring, so that the chamber for containing water on the inner cylinder front cover 100 can be made as large as possible under the condition of manufacturing operation, and it is ensured that the inner cylinder front cover 100 can carry a sufficient amount of water through the recess 11, thereby improving the flushing efficiency. Meanwhile, the inner ring deep recess 11 can bear a large axial force, and the outer ring shallow recess 11 can bear a large radial force, so as to further improve the structural strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, in the radial direction of the inner tube front cover 100, the concave portions 11 of two adjacent circles of lifting structures 10 are at least partially staggered, and the structure of the staggered portion can block water in the two circles of lifting structures 10, so as to prevent the water from flowing out under the action of gravity, and thus, the water in the concave portions 11 is not easily lost, and further, the amount of the carried water is sufficient. In addition, the concave parts 11 of the two-ring lifting structure 10 are at least partially staggered to form a rough wave characteristic structure, so that the overall strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is improved, and the inner cylinder front cover has better deformation resistance.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the multi-ring lifting structure 10 may be concentrically arranged, so as to facilitate the processing and manufacturing of the inner cylinder front cover 100, and the forming effect is good, and it can be ensured that the concave portion 11 is more uniformly formed on the inner cylinder front cover 100, and the water carrying effect is good.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4-6, the lifting structure 10 further includes a plurality of protrusions 20, in the circumferential direction of the inner casing front cover 100, the plurality of recesses 11 and the plurality of protrusions 20 are arranged at intervals, and the protrusions 20 protrude forward, so that the space of the recess 11 between two adjacent protrusions 20 can be larger, the chamber for containing water can be effectively enlarged, the chamber can be larger, and the amount of water carried can be improved. In addition, when the inner tube front cover 100 rotates, the convex part 20 can play a role of stirring water flow, so that the water flow at the bottom is better lifted to a high place, and the water quantity is ensured to be sufficient.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, in the radial direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100, the height of the convex portion 20 located at the inner ring (for example, in the front-back direction shown in fig. 5) may be greater than the height of the convex portion 20 located at the outer ring, and the convex portion 20 located at the inner ring may provide a better blocking effect for water, so as to prevent water from flowing out under the action of gravity, thereby increasing the amount of entrained water, forming a main water-entrained area, and further increasing the amount of entrained water of the inner cylinder front cover 100. Meanwhile, the convex part 20 with a high inner ring can bear a large axial force, and the convex part 20 with a low outer ring can bear a large radial force, so that the structural strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is further improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, in the radial direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100, the height difference between the convex portion 20 and the concave portion 11 located in the inner ring may be greater than the height difference between the convex portion 20 and the concave portion 11 located in the outer ring, that is, the distance between the top end (e.g., the front end shown in fig. 4) of the adjacent convex portion 20 and the bottom end (e.g., the rear end shown in fig. 4) of the concave portion 11 in the same ring is the height difference therebetween, and the height difference of the inner ring is greater than the height difference of the outer ring, so that the structure of the inner ring can play a main water carrying role by the cooperation of the convex portion 20 and the concave portion 11, so that the water carrying amount is greater.

When the drum 700 of the laundry treating apparatus 600 rotates at a high speed, a force generated in the radial direction of the drum 700 is gradually increased from the inside to the outside, and a force generated in the axial direction of the drum 700 is gradually decreased from the inside to the outside. Therefore, when the height difference of the inner ring is greater than that of the outer ring, the higher height of the inner ring can bear larger axial force, the lower height of the outer ring can bear larger radial force, so as to further improve the structural strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100, the heights of the convex part 20 and the concave part 11 are set according to the stress condition of the inner cylinder front cover 100, different stress requirements of the inner cylinder front cover 100 can be met, the structural strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is effectively improved, partial structural damage caused by different stress of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is avoided, and the normal use of the clothes processing equipment 600 is ensured.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4-6, in the radial direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100, the convex portion 20 may be disposed opposite to the concave portion 11, so that the concave portion 11 may cooperate with the oppositely disposed convex portion 20, and the convex portion 20 acts as a barrier to water, further increasing the amount of water carried by the inner cylinder front cover 100.

In some embodiments, the inner cylinder front cover 100 may be a single piece, the structural strength of the inner cylinder front cover 100 is high, and the protrusion 20 and the recess 11 are formed effectively, for example, by a sheet metal process, which can improve the production efficiency.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 to 6, the inner cylinder front cover 100 may be provided with a plurality of turns of the lifting structure 10, each turn of the lifting structure 10 may include a plurality of protrusions 20 and a plurality of recesses 11, and the plurality of protrusions 20 and the plurality of recesses 11 may be provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100. In other words, the convex portion 20 is provided between any two adjacent concave portions 11, and the plurality of concave portions 11 and the plurality of convex portions 20 located at the same turn constitute the lifting structure 10.

In the lifting structure 10 of two adjacent circles, the convex part 20 and the concave part 11 can be oppositely arranged, the height difference between the convex part 20 and the concave part 11 positioned in the inner circle can be greater than the height difference between the convex part 20 and the concave part 11 positioned in the outer circle, so that the structural strength of the inner drum front cover 100 is high, and a good water carrying effect can be realized by matching the convex part 20 and the concave part 11, so that water flow can impact the dirt inside the outer drum 200 for remaining, a clean and healthy washing environment is favorably formed, the water flow can continuously impact clothes, the dissolution of a detergent is accelerated, and the washing degree of the clothes is higher.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and fig. 6, the annular flange 31 of the rolling structure may be disposed at a front opening of the inner drum front cover 100 (e.g., at an annular opening of the inner drum front cover 100), and the annular flange 31 can prevent the inner drum front cover 100 from cutting off the laundry when the inner drum front cover 100 moves (e.g., when the inner drum front cover 100 rotates at a high speed), and at the same time, can prevent the user from being scratched when the user takes and places the laundry, thereby improving the user experience.

The laundry treating apparatus 600 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the drum front cover 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Since the inner drum front cover 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the above-mentioned beneficial technical effects, according to the laundry treating apparatus 600 of the embodiment of the present invention, the inner drum front cover 100 is provided with the multi-ring lifting structure 10, and the lifting structure 10 includes the plurality of recesses 11 arranged at intervals, so that the overall strength of the inner drum front cover 100 can be effectively improved, and the laundry treating apparatus has a better deformation resistance, and the lifting structure 10 can lift the water flow at the bottom to a higher level, so that the water flow can flush the internal structure of the outer drum 200, thereby avoiding the internal dirt retention of the outer drum 200, facilitating the formation of a clean and healthy laundry environment, and continuously impacting the laundry, accelerating the dissolution of the detergent, and improving the washing degree of the laundry.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, and 7 to 9, the laundry treating apparatus 600 further includes an outer tub 200, a rear surface of a front wall of the outer tub 200 may be provided with a plurality of water guide ribs 40 (two or more), the plurality of water guide ribs 40 may be spaced apart along a circumferential direction of the outer tub 200, and each water guide rib 40 may extend obliquely with respect to a radial direction of the outer tub 200. Promote water through promoting structure 10, the rivers of promotion can realize the transient state through a plurality of water guide muscle 40 and deposit water, make the better promotion from the bottom of rivers, and water guide muscle 40 can shunt rivers to form the waterfall formula rivers that wash away the foam and wash the clothing, thereby realize washing away outer bucket 200 inside, form clean healthy laundry environment, improve the washing effect.

In the rotation process of the inner drum front cover 100, the water flow between the inner drum front cover 100 and the outer drum 200 can be gradually lifted from the lowest point to the highest point, in the process, the lifted water flow is uniformly distributed and dispersed at the water guide ribs 40, and under the action of the water guide ribs 40, a sheet water flow is formed, so that a waterfall-shaped dispersed water flow can be formed and sprayed on the internal structure of the outer drum 200, the internal dirt retention of the outer drum 200 can be avoided, the clean and healthy washing environment can be formed, the clothes can be continuously impacted, the dissolving of a detergent is accelerated, and the washing degree of the clothes is higher.

The plurality of water guide ribs 40 can be distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer barrel 200, and the lifting structure 10 is combined with the water guide ribs 40, so that the rotating speed of the inner barrel 700 is in a lower value range (such as 170r/min-220r/min), a good waterfall water flow effect can be ensured, the rotating speed of the inner barrel 700 can be reduced, and the vibration noise is reduced. In addition, the water between the outer tub 200 and the inner tub 700 can be returned to the inner tub 700 under the guidance of the water guiding ribs 40 and the lifting structure 10, so as to form a circulating water flow, which continuously penetrates the laundry to improve the washing effect.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the specific structure of the water guide rib 40 can be flexibly set according to actual conditions.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the water guiding rib 40 may extend obliquely along an arc line, or the water guiding rib 40 may also extend obliquely along a straight line, which may achieve the diversion of the water flow and improve the washing effect of the laundry treating apparatus 600.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, the plurality of water guide ribs 40 are radially distributed from the center of the front wall of the outer tub 200 to the outer periphery of the front wall of the outer tub 200, so that a better water guide effect can be achieved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the outer tub 200 may include a front tub 400 and a rear tub 800, and the water guide rib 40 may be located on a rear surface of a front wall of the front tub 400 to facilitate the water guide rib 40 to be engaged with the lifting structure 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, and 10 to 12, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may include a door seal 300, and the door seal 300 may seal a gap between the door body and the outer tub 200. And the door seal 300 may include a door seal body 50 and a flange 60, and the door seal body 50 may be connected to the front tub 400 of the laundry treating apparatus 600, enabling connection of the door seal 300 to the front tub 400. The flange 60 may be annular, and the flange 60 may be disposed at the rear side of the door seal body 50, the flange 60 improves the structural stability of the door seal 300, and can block laundry or hard objects (e.g., coins, etc.), so as to avoid the problem that the laundry or hard objects fall between the outer tub 200 and the inner tub 700 to cause abnormal noise, damage or block the drain port, and ensure the normal use of the laundry processing apparatus 600.

In addition, as shown in fig. 3 and 12, the height of the upper portion of the cuff 60 in the front-rear direction may be smaller than the height of the lower portion in the front-rear direction, so that the water flow can be prevented from being blocked by the cuff 60 that is too high in the front-rear direction. When the inner drum front cover 100 rotates, the carried water flow can flow through the gap between the flanging 60 and the inner drum front cover 100, so that the internal structures such as the door seal 300 and the door glass 500 of the clothes treatment equipment 600 can be washed, the dirt residue can be avoided, and the water flow can flow to the inner drum 700 to wash the clothes, thereby improving the washing effect of the clothes.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the door seal body 50 may be connected to the front tub 400, the flange 60 may be located on a rear wall surface of the front tub 400, and the flange 60 is disposed toward the inner tub front cover 100, and a water flow gap may be formed between the flange 60 and the inner tub front cover 100 by a height of an upper portion of the flange 60 in a front-rear direction being smaller, so that water may flow to a front portion of an inner structure of the outer tub 200 through the gap.

In some embodiments, the dock seal 300 may be a single piece, and the dock seal 300 has high structural strength, so that the dock seal body 50 is reliably connected with the flange 60, and the production efficiency is improved.

According to the door seal 300 of the embodiment of the utility model, the flanging 60 is arranged at the rear side of the door seal body 50, so that the flanging 60 can block clothes or hard objects and the like, the clothes or hard objects and the like are prevented from falling out of the inner barrel 700, the normal operation of the clothes treatment equipment 600 is ensured, and the height of the upper part of the flanging 60 along the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part along the front-back direction, so that water flow can conveniently flow to the door seal body 50 through the flanging 60, the front part of the internal structure of the outer barrel 200 can be cleaned, the internal dirt of the outer barrel 200 is prevented from remaining, and the clean and healthy washing environment is favorably formed.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, in the circumferential direction of the flange 60, the flange 60 may include a first section 61 and a second section 62, the first section 61 may be located above the second section 62, and the height of the first section 61 in the front-back direction may be smaller than the height of the second section 62 in the front-back direction, so that an opening area is formed in an area between the first section 61 and the inner tub front cover 100, the lifted water flow may conveniently flow through the opening area, and the first section 61 is prevented from blocking the water flow to influence the downward flow of the water flow, thereby ensuring that the uniform water flow can clean the inside of the outer tub 200.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, the length of the second section 62 may be greater than that of the first section 61, the shorter first section 61 may prevent the blocking of the upper water flow, and the longer second section 62 may effectively shield the laundry or hard objects in the outer tub 200, so as to prevent the laundry or hard objects from falling out of the inner tub 700 to affect the use of the laundry processing apparatus 600, so that the turn-up 60 may meet various use requirements.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 12, the length of the second section 62 may be greater than half of the total length of the cuff 60, so that the length of the second section 62 is greater than the length of the first section 61, which meets the requirements of facilitating the water flow through the gap and effectively blocking the clothing or hard objects.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, the heights of the first section 61 in the front-back direction may be equal everywhere, and the heights of the second section 62 in the front-back direction may be equal everywhere, which can facilitate the processing and manufacturing of the flange 60, facilitate the forming, and ensure that the heights of the first section 61 in the front-back direction are all smaller than the heights of the second section 62 in the front-back direction, thereby ensuring the manufacturing accuracy.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, the flange 60 may further include a transition section 63, the transition section 63 may connect the first section 61 and the second section 62 in a transition manner, and the height of the transition section 63 in the front-back direction may be increased downward, so that the first section 61 and the second section 62 may be in smooth transition, stress concentration at the flange 60 is avoided, and it is ensured that the structural strength of the flange 60 is good, thereby avoiding cracking and effectively improving the service life of the door seal 300.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, the vertical heights of the two ends of the first section 61 are not equal, so that the vertical heights of the two transition sections 63 connected to the two ends of the first section 61 are not equal, so that the first section 61 and the second section 62 form a structure which is not symmetrical along a vertical center line, so that the opening area of the whole flange 60 is not symmetrical about the vertical center line, but is biased to one side along the circumferential direction of the outer tub 200. When the inner tub 700 rotates, the water current is lifted by the lifting action of the lifting structure 10, and the water current does not fall vertically from right above completely, but flows in a rotational flow direction. Through the asymmetric arrangement of the first section 61, the opening area of the flanging 60 can be matched with the flow direction of the water flow in the rotation flow direction of the water flow, so that clothes or hard objects can be effectively prevented from entering between the inner barrel 700 and the outer barrel 200, the water flow direction can be better guided, the water flow can easily flow to the door body through the opening area of the flanging 60, and the front part of the inner structure of the outer barrel 200 can be cleaned.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the height of the flange 60 in the front-back direction may increase downward from the top of the flange 60 to the bottom of the flange 60, so that the water flow at the upper portion may enter the inner barrel 700 through the flange 60, and the height of the flange 60 increasing in the front-back direction may resist the laundry and hard objects.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, the door seal 300 may further include a rib 70, the rib 70 may be disposed on an inner side of a lower portion of the flange 60, and the rib 70 may be an arc rib extending along a circumferential direction of the flange 60, and by the arrangement of the rib 70, the laundry or the hard object in the inner drum 700 may be further blocked, so that the laundry or the hard object may be prevented from slipping out of the flange 60 under the action of gravity, and the normal operation of the laundry processing apparatus 600 may be further ensured. For example, the ribs 70 may be disposed inboard of the second segment 62.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 12, the rib 70 may be disposed at the rear end of the turn-up 60, when the laundry or the hard object falls out of the inner drum 700, the rib 70 may again block the laundry or the hard object at the rear end of the turn-up 60, so as to prevent the laundry or the hard object from further moving and entering between the inner drum 70 and the outer drum 200, thereby preventing the laundry or the hard object from affecting the rotation of the inner drum 70 or causing damage, and ensuring the normal operation of the laundry processing apparatus 600.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 and 12, the inner diameter of the flange 60 may increase backward, so that the flange 60 may form a trumpet-like structure, which can prevent the flange 60 from blocking water flow, and thus the water flow can more easily flow to the front of the inner structure of the outer tub 200 through the gap between the door seal 300 and the inner tub front cover 100.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 12, the door seal body 50 may include an annular connecting portion 51, an outer circumferential surface of the annular connecting portion 51 may be provided with an annular groove 52, and the annular groove 52 may be used to connect with the front barrel 400, so as to ensure that the door seal 300 is stably connected with the front barrel 400, and the front barrel 400 can be effectively prevented from falling out of the annular connecting portion 51, thereby ensuring that the door seal 300 is stably installed.

In addition, as shown in fig. 3 and 12, the flange 60 is connected to the edge of the notch of the annular groove 52, so as to prevent the flange 60 from blocking water flow, so that the water flow can flow to the front portion of the inner structure of the outer tub 200 through the gap between the door seal 300 and the inner tub front cover 100, and the water flow can be prevented from flowing to the joint between the annular groove 52 and the front tub 400, thereby avoiding connection failure or accumulated water inconvenient to clean, etc., ensuring the tidiness of the outer tub 200, and prolonging the service life.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, 9 and 12, the front barrel 400 may have a mounting portion 41, the mounting portion 41 may include a mounting section 411 and a positioning section 412, the positioning section 412 extends forward from a front end surface of the front barrel 400, the positioning section 412 is connected to the mounting section 411 and extends inward, the mounting section 411 may enter the annular groove 52 through a notch of the annular groove 52, the positioning section 412 is located in the notch of the annular groove 52, and the positioning section 412 contacts an inner wall surface of the notch and is connected to the mounting portion 41 through the annular groove 52, so that the fixing and positioning of the dock seal 300 can be achieved, and the reliable connection is ensured.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 12, two mounting holes may be circumferentially arranged on the door seal body 50, the two mounting holes may be used for mounting a down lamp and a temperature and humidity sensor, the down lamp is convenient for taking clothes, omission does not easily occur, and the inside of the outer tub 200 can be detected through the temperature and humidity sensor, so that more use requirements of users are met.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10-12, the dock seal 300 may include a dock seal body 50 and a flange 60. The dock seal body 50 may be connected to the front tub 400 of the laundry treating apparatus 600 to ensure that the dock seal 300 is firmly fixed. The flange 60 may be annular and the flange 60 may be provided on the rear side of the dock seal body 50. In the circumferential direction of the turn-up 60, the turn-up 60 may include a first section 61, a second section 62 and a transition section 63, the first section 61 may be located above the second section 62, the height of the first section 61 in the front-back direction may be less than the height of the second section 62 in the front-back direction, the transition section 63 may be gradually increased downwards along the height in the front-back direction to connect the first section 61 and the second section 62, it may be ensured that the turn-up 60 has better structural strength, and it may be enabled that water flow may flow to the front portion of the internal structure of the outer tub 200 through the first end, the laundry or hard objects in the inner tub 700 may be retained through the second section 62, it is avoided that the laundry or hard objects, etc. fall out of the inner tub 700, it is ensured that the laundry treatment apparatus 600 may normally operate, and it may be ensured that the inside of the outer tub 200 is clean.

The laundry treating apparatus 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the dock seal 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Since the door seal 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the above-mentioned beneficial technical effects, according to the clothes treatment apparatus 600 of the embodiment of the present invention, the flanging 60 is disposed at the rear side of the door seal body 50, so that the flanging 60 can block clothes, hard objects, and the like, and prevent the clothes, hard objects, and the like from falling out of the inner drum 700, thereby ensuring the normal operation of the clothes treatment apparatus 600, and the height of the upper portion of the flanging 60 in the front-back direction is smaller than the height of the lower portion in the front-back direction, so that water flow can be facilitated to flow to the door seal body 50 through the flanging 60, the front portion of the internal structure of the outer tub 200 can be cleaned, the internal contamination of the outer tub 200 is prevented from remaining, and a clean and healthy washing environment is facilitated to be formed.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-3, 13 and 14, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may include a door glass 500, where it is understood that the door glass 500 is a general term for the door body of the laundry treating apparatus 600 by those skilled in the art, and the door glass 500 is not limited to be made of glass.

Specifically, the door glass 500 may include the end wall 80, and the rear surface of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500 may include the water guide slope 81, that is, the water guide slope 81 is a water collection surface of the door glass 500, and the water guide slope 81 extends downward and rearward, so that water flowing onto the water guide slope 81 can uniformly flow, the water is prevented from splashing to affect the flow effect, and a better washing effect on the door glass 500 is ensured.

Further, the angle between the water guiding slope 81 and the vertical direction (for example, along the up-down direction shown in fig. 14) may be 25 ° to 30 °, that is, the angle between the water guiding slope 81 and the vertical direction may be α, and α satisfies: alpha is more than or equal to 25 degrees and less than or equal to 30 degrees. In above-mentioned within range, can be favorable to rivers to flow to water guide inclined plane 81, make rivers fully decompose into regular rivers on water guide inclined plane 81, form waterfall formula rivers, guarantee to have better bandwagon effect, and can wash door glass 500, be convenient for wash door glass 500's dead angle, avoid dirty remaining, be favorable to forming clean healthy laundry environment. For example, in some embodiments, the included angle α of the water guide slope 81 from the vertical direction may be 25 °, 25.5 °, 26 °, 26.5 °, 27 °, 27.5 °, 28 °, 28.5 °, 29 °, 30 °, and the like.

In some embodiments, the door glass 500 may open and close the outer tub 200. When the door glass 500 is opened, laundry may be taken in and out of the laundry treating apparatus 600; when the door glass 500 is closed, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may be caused to wash laundry.

According to the door glass 500 provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the water guide inclined plane 81 can extend downwards and backwards, and the included angle between the water guide inclined plane 81 and the vertical direction is 25-30 degrees, so that water flow can be fully decomposed into regular water flow through the guiding effect of the water guide inclined plane 81 to form waterfall type water flow, a better display effect is achieved, the door glass 500 can be washed, the dead angle of the door glass 500 can be conveniently cleaned, the dirty residue is avoided, and the clean and healthy washing environment can be favorably formed.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the water guide slope 81 may be formed at an upper portion of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500, so that the water flow directly falls from the upper portion to the water guide slope 81, the water flow is uniformly guided by the water guide slope 81, the water flow is prevented from splashing on the door glass 500 to cause poor flow effect, and the cleaning effect of the door glass 500 is ensured to be good.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the distance between the lower end of the water guide slope 81 and the top end of the door glass 500 in the vertical direction is L1, and the height of the door glass 500 (e.g., in the up-down direction as shown in fig. 14) is L2, wherein 1/4 ≦ L1/L2 ≦ 1/2. In the above-mentioned within range, can make door glass 500 have comparatively gentle transition, can guarantee that rivers flow out evenly, guarantee to have better bandwagon effect, and evenly erode door glass 500, make door glass 500's cleaning performance good.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the rear surface of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500 may further include a dispersion surface 82, that is, the dispersion surface 82 shows a water surface for the door glass 500, the dispersion surface 82 is located at a lower side of the water guide inclined surface 81, and the dispersion surface 82 may be connected to the water guide inclined surface 81, after a uniform water flow is formed on the water guide inclined surface 81, the water flow may further flow to the dispersion surface 82, the dispersion surface 82 is washed, cleanness of the dispersion surface 82 is ensured, and a user may view an internal condition of the laundry treating apparatus 600 through the dispersion surface 82.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the dispersing surface 82 may be a plane extending in a vertical direction, or the dispersing surface 82 may be a curved surface recessed forward, and the curvature of the dispersing surface 82 may be less than or equal to 0.8, which can ensure that water flows uniformly on the dispersing surface 82 after passing through the water guide slope 81, and avoid generating a disordered turbulent flow, so as to ensure that the door glass 500 can be cleaned more completely and cleanly under the flow effect of the uniform water flow. For example, in some embodiments, the curvature of the dispersion surface 82 may be 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, etc.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13, the outer circumferential edge of the water guiding slope 81 may be arc-shaped, and the radius of the outer circumferential edge of the water guiding slope 81 is R1, the outer circumferential edge of the dispersing surface 82 may be arc-shaped, and the radius of the outer circumferential edge of the dispersing surface 82 is R2, wherein the outer circumferential edge of the water guiding slope 81 and the outer circumferential edge of the dispersing surface 82 satisfy: r1 < R2, the curved radius in upper portion of door glass 500 can be greater than the curved radius in lower part promptly, is favorable to rivers to flow to water guide inclined plane 81, and makes rivers fully decompose into regular rivers, and rivers can avoid rivers to take place to splash through the less periphery along the radius on water guide inclined plane 81, ensure that rivers flow evenly.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13, the outer circumference edge R1 of the water guiding slope 81 may satisfy: r1 is more than or equal to 150mm and less than or equal to 170mm, and the outer circumference edge R2 of the dispersion surface 82 can satisfy the following conditions: r2 is more than or equal to 170mm and less than or equal to 180mm, and in the size range, the radius of the upper arc of the door glass 500 can be larger than that of the lower arc, so that the water flow can uniformly flow after flowing to the door glass 500. For example, in some embodiments, the outer peripheral edge R1 of the water guide slope 81 may be 150mm, 153mm, 158mm, 161mm, 165mm, 170mm, etc., and the outer peripheral edge R2 of the dispersion surface 82 may be 170mm, 172mm, 174mm, 176mm, 178mm, 180mm, etc.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the dispersing surface 82 may be in smooth transition connection with the water guiding inclined surface 81, so as to ensure uniform water flow, prevent splashing of water flow due to connection of a protruding structure, ensure uniform water flow, prevent stress concentration from occurring on the door glass 500, and ensure high structural strength.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the door glass 500 further includes a side wall 90, the side wall 90 of the door glass 500 may be connected to an outer periphery of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500, and the side wall 90 extends along a circumferential direction of the door glass 500, so that water flowing onto the water guide slope 81 may further flow toward the side wall 90, thereby ensuring cleaning of the side wall 90. Through the slope setting of water guide inclined plane 81, make the upper end of lateral wall 90 not closed, lateral wall 90 can form into the arc promptly, and water guide inclined plane 81 can directly extend to door glass 500's upper end, has increased the water guide area, and when rivers flow direction water guide inclined plane 81, through the direction of water guide inclined plane 81, rivers can more evenly disperse to flow to dispersion plane 82 and lateral wall 90, ensure that door glass 500's whole is clean and tidy, clean effectual, difficult health dead angle that exists.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 13 and 14, the door glass 500 may include an end wall 80, a rear surface of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500 may include a water guide slope 81 and a dispersion surface 82, the dispersion surface 82 is located at a lower side of the water guide slope 81, the dispersion surface 82 and the water guide slope 81 may be in smooth transition connection, a curvature of the dispersion surface 82 may be greater than or equal to 0, and a curvature of the dispersion surface 82 is less than or equal to 0.8. The water guide inclined plane 81 extends downwards and backwards, an included angle alpha between the water guide inclined plane 81 and the vertical direction can be 25-30 degrees, the outer peripheral edge of the water guide inclined plane 81 and the outer peripheral edge of the dispersion surface 82 can be arc-shaped, the radius of the outer peripheral edge of the water guide inclined plane 81 is R1, the radius of the outer peripheral edge of the dispersion surface 82 is R2, wherein R1 is smaller than R2, water flow left on the door glass 500 can flow uniformly to form waterfall type water flow, and the integral cleaning effect of the door glass 500 is good.

The laundry treating apparatus 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the door glass 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention. Because the door glass 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the above-mentioned beneficial technical effects, according to the clothes treatment apparatus 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the water guide slope 81 can extend downward and rearward, and the included angle between the water guide slope 81 and the vertical direction is 25 ° to 30 °, so that the water flow can be sufficiently decomposed into regular water flow by the guiding function of the water guide slope 81, and a waterfall type water flow is formed, thereby having a better display effect, and the door glass 500 can be washed away, so that the dead angle of the door glass 500 can be conveniently cleaned, the dirty residue can be avoided, and the clean and healthy laundry environment can be favorably formed.

The laundry treating apparatus 600 according to one embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is to be understood that the following description is only exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the laundry treating apparatus 600 may include an inner tub 700, an inner tub front cover 100, an outer tub 200, a door seal 300, and a door glass 500, the outer tub 200 including a front tub 400 and a rear tub 800.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the inner cylinder front cover 100 may be provided with a plurality of lifting structures 10, each lifting structure 10 may include a plurality of protrusions 20 and a plurality of recesses 11, the plurality of protrusions 20 and the plurality of recesses 11 are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the inner cylinder front cover 100, in two adjacent lifting structures 10, the protrusions 20 and the recesses 11 may be arranged opposite to each other, and the height difference between the protrusions 20 and the recesses 11 at the inner ring is greater than the height difference between the protrusions 20 and the recesses 11 at the outer ring.

As shown in fig. 7 to 9, the rear surface of the front tub 400 is provided with a plurality of water guide ribs 40, the plurality of water guide ribs 40 may be distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer tub 200, and each water guide rib 40 extends obliquely along an arc line with respect to the radial direction of the outer tub 200.

As shown in fig. 3, 10-12, the dock seal 300 may include a dock seal body 50 and a flange 60. The door seal body 50 is connected to the front tub 400 of the laundry treating apparatus 600, the flange 60 is annular, and the flange 60 may be provided at the rear side of the door seal body 50. The flange 60 may include a first section 61, a second section 62, and a transition section 63, the first section 61 may be located above the second section 62, the first section 61 may have a height in the front-rear direction smaller than that of the second section 62, the transition section 63 may transition the first section 61 and the second section 62, and the first section 61 is spaced apart from the inner cylinder front cover 100 to form a gap for allowing water to flow therethrough.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14, the door glass 500 may include an end wall 80 and a side wall 90, the side wall 90 of the door glass 500 may be connected to an outer circumferential edge of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500, the side wall 90 of the door glass 500 extends in a circumferential direction of the door glass 500, and a rear surface of the end wall 80 of the door glass 500 may include a water guide slope 81 and a dispersion surface 82. The water guide slope 81 extends downward and rearward, and an angle α between the water guide slope 81 and the vertical direction may be 27 °. The outer circumference of the water guide slope 81 and the outer circumference of the dispersion surface 82 are arc-shaped, the dispersion surface 82 is located below the water guide slope 81, the dispersion surface 82 is in smooth transition connection with the water guide slope 81, the radius of the outer circumference of the water guide slope 81 is 161mm, and the radius of the outer circumference of the dispersion surface 82 is 174 mm.

When the clothes treating apparatus 600 operates, the amount of water reaches the drum front cover 100, and the rotation speed of the drum 700 is 170r/min-220 r/min. Rotation through inner tube 700 drives inner tube protecgulum 100, make lifting structure 10 can bring rivers, can realize transient state through lifting structure 10 and combining together water guide muscle 40 and deposit water, simultaneously bulk form rivers can disperse into banding even rivers through water guide muscle 40, banding even rivers can flow to door glass 500 through the clearance between inner tube protecgulum 100 and the first section 61, rivers can fully decompose into regular rivers through the guide of water guide inclined plane 81, flow direction dispersion plane 82 and door glass 500's end wall 80, form waterfall form rivers, the flow path of rivers can be as shown in fig. 3 arrow, can wash out door glass 500, in order to avoid dirty remaining, be favorable to forming clean healthy laundry environment.

Other constructions and operations of the drum front cover 100, the door seal 300, the door glass 500, and the laundry treating apparatus 600 according to the embodiment 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 should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; 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 meanings 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," "particular 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 utility model. 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 utility model 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 utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (14)

1. A door seal of a laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a door seal body connected with a front tub of the laundry treating apparatus;

a flange which is annular and is arranged at the rear side of the door seal body, wherein,

the height of the upper part of the flanging along the front-back direction is smaller than that of the lower part of the flanging along the front-back direction.

2. The door seal of a laundry processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the burring includes a first section and a second section in a circumferential direction of the burring, the first section is located above the second section, and a height of the first section in a front-rear direction is smaller than a height of the second section in the front-rear direction.

3. The laundry processing apparatus dock seal of claim 2, wherein the second section has a length greater than a length of the first section.

4. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the length of the second section is greater than half of the total length of the cuff.

5. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2,

the heights of the first sections in the front-back direction are equal everywhere;

the heights of the second sections in the front-back direction are equal everywhere.

6. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the flange further includes a transition section transitionally connecting the first section and the second section, the transition section having a height increasing downward in a front-rear direction.

7. The laundry processing apparatus dock seal of claim 2, wherein the vertical heights of the two ends of the first section are not equal.

8. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the height of the flange increases downward in the front-rear direction from the top of the flange to the bottom of the flange.

9. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

the convex rib is arranged on the inner side of the lower portion of the flanging, and the convex rib is an arc rib extending along the circumferential direction of the flanging.

10. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the rib is provided at a rear end of the burring.

11. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the burring is increased in a backward direction.

12. The door seal of a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the door seal body includes an annular connecting portion, an outer circumferential surface of the annular connecting portion is provided with an annular groove for connecting with the front tub, and the flange is connected with a notch edge of the annular groove.

13. A door seal of a laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a door seal body connected with a front tub of the laundry treating apparatus;

the door seal comprises a door seal body, a flanging, wherein the flanging is annular and is arranged on the rear side of the door seal body, in the circumferential direction of the flanging, the flanging comprises a first section, a second section and a transition section, the first section is positioned above the second section, the height of the first section in the front-back direction is smaller than that of the second section in the front-back direction, the transition section is in transition connection with the first section and the second section, and the height of the transition section in the front-back direction is increased downwards.

14. A laundry treating apparatus, characterized by comprising a door seal of the laundry treating apparatus according to any one of claims 1-13.

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