CN215887576U

CN215887576U - Washing apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN215887576U
Application number: CN202120474409.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王佑喜; 邱朝
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-03-04
Filing date: 2021-03-04
Publication date: 2022-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 2031-03-04

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly provides washing equipment. The utility model aims to solve the problems that the stirring capability or the durability of a wave wheel is easy to be deteriorated and the operation is complicated when shoes are washed when a plurality of shoe washing components are configured in the conventional wave wheel washing machine. To this end, the top of the washing pulsator of the washing apparatus of the present invention can detachably mount the shoe washing pulsator, so that a user can selectively mount and dismount the shoe washing pulsator according to washing and shoe washing demands. Through the above setting, on the one hand, the shoe washing component can be concentrated on the shoe washing impeller, and the installation structure of the shoe washing component is not required to be arranged on the shoe washing impeller, so that even if the shoe washing component needs to be arranged in a plurality of ways, the shoe washing impeller cannot be occupied in large-area arrangement space, and the stirring effect and the durability of the shoe washing impeller on clothes and washing water are ensured. On the other hand, the user only needs to disassemble and assemble the shoe washing impeller when washing shoes at each time, the shoe washing components do not need to be disassembled and assembled one by one, the operation is simple and convenient, and the use convenience is strong.

Description

Washing apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly provides washing equipment.

Background

Generally, in order to satisfy different cleaning requirements of clothes and shoes, the clothes and the shoes are washed by a dedicated laundry device and a dedicated shoe washing device, respectively. However, some users do not have a space for placing a plurality of washing devices in their homes, and it is difficult to easily arrange a dedicated shoe washing device to clean shoes, and it is difficult for the washing device to reliably clean the surfaces of shoes, in addition to the washing devices with high frequency of use. In view of this, some conventional pulsator washing machines have both washing functions and shoe washing functions. Particularly, a plurality of shoe washing components can be detachably mounted on the impeller of the impeller washing machine, such as a shoe washing brush, so that the shoe washing components are driven to stir and brush the shoe surface through the rotation of the impeller, the aim of cleaning shoes is fulfilled, the shoe washing components are dismounted under the condition of washing, and the impeller can meet the stirring requirements of clothes and washing water. In this case, in order to detachably connect the shoe washing members to the pulsator, corresponding mounting structures are generally provided on the pulsator corresponding to the number of the shoe washing members to meet the detachable requirement of each shoe washing member. But the above-mentioned impeller type washing machine that can wash shoes's design drawback lies in: the mounting structure who sets up on the impeller can occupy the arrangement space of dialling the muscle on the impeller, can reduce the stirring ability of impeller by a wide margin when mounting structure's a great deal or area occupied is great to influence rotary drum washing machine's laundry efficiency or laundry effect. Furthermore, the frequency of use of the washing function of the pulsator washing machine in daily life is usually much higher than the frequency of shoe washing of the shoe washing function, and when the mounting structure comprises a plurality of mounting holes and other hollowed mounting structures, the use strength of the pulsator can be greatly reduced, so that the durability of the pulsator is not matched with the long-term washing requirement of a user. In addition, when the number of the shoe washing components is large, a user needs to install and detach each shoe washing component one by one before and after washing shoes at each time, the use steps are complicated, and the operation convenience is poor.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for a new washing apparatus to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problems that the conventional pulsator washing machine is easy to have poor stirring capability or durability and complicated operation during washing shoes when a plurality of shoe washing members are provided, the present invention provides a washing apparatus, comprising a washing tub, a washing pulsator and a shoe washing pulsator, wherein the washing pulsator is rotatably disposed at the inner bottom of the washing tub, at least one shoe washing member is disposed on the shoe washing pulsator, a first connecting member is disposed on the washing pulsator, a second connecting member is disposed on the shoe washing pulsator, and the first connecting member and the second connecting member can be detachably connected to each other, so that the shoe washing pulsator is mounted above the washing pulsator in a shielding manner in a shoe washing situation.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing apparatus, the first connecting member is disposed at a top center of the washing pulsator, the second connecting member is disposed at a bottom center of the shoe washing pulsator, one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member is a screw hole structure, and the other of the first connecting member and the second connecting member is a screw post matched with the screw hole structure.

In the preferable technical scheme of the washing equipment, a conical bulge is arranged at the center of the top of the washing impeller, the screw hole structure is arranged in the middle of the conical bulge, and the threaded column is arranged at the center of the bottom of the washing impeller.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing appliance, the washing appliance further comprises a cover member provided with a third connecting member detachably connectable to the first connecting member in a laundry condition.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing apparatus, the cover member is a dome-shaped cover protruding upward, and the third connecting member is disposed at a bottom of the dome-shaped cover.

In a preferred technical scheme of the washing equipment, the radial size of the shoe washing impeller is not smaller than that of the washing impeller.

In a preferred embodiment of the above washing apparatus, in a mounted state, the bottom of the shoe washing pulsator is close to or abutted against the top of the laundry pulsator.

In a preferred technical solution of the above washing apparatus, a skirt structure is provided at a side portion of the shoe washing pulsator downward in a circumferential direction, and in a mounted state, the skirt structure is shielded from a radial outer side of a circumferential gap between the shoe washing pulsator and the washing pulsator.

In a preferred embodiment of the washing apparatus, the side of the shoe washing pulsator is disposed close to an inner tub wall of the washing tub in an installed state.

In the preferable technical scheme of the washing equipment, a plurality of water stirring ribs are arranged at the top of the shoe washing impeller, and a brush column is arranged at the center of the top of the shoe washing impeller.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the top of the washing pulsator of the washing apparatus of the present invention can detachably mount the shoe washing pulsator, so that the user can selectively mount and dismount the shoe washing pulsator according to the washing and shoe washing needs. Through the above setting, on the one hand, the shoe washing component can be concentrated on the shoe washing impeller, and the installation structure of the shoe washing component is not required to be arranged on the shoe washing impeller, so that even if the shoe washing component needs to be arranged in a plurality of ways, the shoe washing impeller cannot be occupied in large-area arrangement space, and the stirring effect and the durability of the shoe washing impeller on clothes and washing water are ensured. On the other hand, the user only needs to disassemble and assemble the shoe washing impeller when washing shoes at each time, the shoe washing components do not need to be disassembled and assembled one by one, the operation is simple and convenient, and the use convenience is strong.

Preferably, the first connecting member is disposed at the top center of the washing pulsator, the second connecting member is disposed at the bottom center of the washing pulsator, and the first connecting member is a screw hole structure or a screw thread column, and the second connecting member is correspondingly a screw thread column or a screw hole structure, so as to further improve the operation convenience of connection and detachment of the first connecting member and the second connecting member, and the connection position of the washing pulsator and the washing pulsator disposed at the center of the pulsator can effectively reduce the influence of the arrangement of the first connecting member on the stirring performance of the washing pulsator, and maximally ensure the washing effect of the washing pulsator.

Preferably, the top center of impeller is provided with the toper arch, and the screw structure sets up in the bellied middle part of toper, and the bellied intensity that can avoid reducing impeller central point to above-mentioned toper sets up to screw structure and the bellied structure that can make the laundry impeller top not have the structure of scraping the clothing easily, prevents that its laundry effect from receiving the influence when making the washing equipment possess simultaneously laundry and wash shoes function.

Preferably, the washing apparatus further includes a blocking cover member capable of being connected to the first connection member in a washing situation, so that the blocking cover member can block the first connection member when the washing shoe pulsator does not need to be installed, thereby preventing the first connection member from having a problem of scraping or catching the laundry in the washing situation.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The attached drawings are as follows:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of a laundry pulsator of the washing machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of a shoe washing pulsator of the washing apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the assembly of the shoe washing pulsator of the washing apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the operation of the shoe washing pulsator of the washing apparatus of the present invention.

In the drawings:

1. an inner barrel; 2. washing the impeller; 21. a first water-repellent rib; 22. a first connecting member; 23. a conical projection; 3. a shoe washing impeller; 31. a second water repellent rib; 32. a second connecting member; 33. a brush column; 4. a cover member.

Detailed Description

It will be understood by those within the art that in describing the present invention, terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are for convenience of description only, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus are not to be considered as limiting. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, 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 meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the washing apparatus of the present invention includes a casing (not shown), a washing tub, a washing pulsator 2, and a shoe washing pulsator 3. Specifically, the washing tub includes an outer tub (not shown in the figure) fixed in the casing and an inner tub 1 coaxially disposed inside the outer tub, a tub body of the outer tub is closed to contain washing water, the inner tub 1 is used to contain clothes, and a water through hole allowing the washing water to pass in and out is disposed on the tub body of the inner tub 1. The inner barrel 1 is rotatably or non-rotatably arranged in the outer barrel, and when the inner barrel 1 is rotatably arranged, a driving device is arranged below the bottom of the outer barrel and penetrates through the outer barrel to be connected with the bottom of the inner barrel 1 so as to drive the inner barrel 1 to rotate. The washing pulsator 2 is rotatably disposed at the inner bottom of the inner tub 1, and similarly, the driving device of the washing pulsator 2 is also disposed below the bottom of the outer tub and connected to the washing pulsator 2 through the outer tub (since the inner tub 1 and the washing pulsator 2 are driven in the same manner as those of the conventional pulsator washing machine, detailed arrangement and structure of the driving device of the inner tub 1 and the washing pulsator 2 will not be described in detail in this embodiment). The top surface of the laundry pulsator 2 is provided with a plurality of first water stirring ribs 21 which are raised, exemplarily, the plurality of first water stirring ribs 21 are centered at the top of the laundry pulsator 2 and are uniformly distributed at the top of the laundry pulsator 2 in a centrosymmetric manner, and each first water stirring rib 21 extends from the top center of the laundry pulsator 2 approximately along the radial direction of the laundry pulsator 2 towards the edge, so that the laundry pulsator 2 can stir the laundry and the washing water through the plurality of first water stirring ribs 21 which rotate when rotating. The shoe washing pulsator 3 is provided with at least one shoe washing member, the washing pulsator 2 is provided with a first connection member 22, the shoe washing pulsator 3 is provided with a second connection member 32, the first connection member 22 and the second connection member 32 can be detachably connected and thus the shoe washing pulsator 3 is shieldingly mounted above the washing pulsator 2 in a shoe washing situation, so that the shoe washing pulsator 3 is exposed to a washing space of the inner tub 1 instead of the washing pulsator 2.

By the above-mentioned detachable fitting of the first and

second connection members

22 and 32, the shoe washing pulsator 3 can be selectively installed at the top of the washing pulsator 2 according to the shoe washing demand, so that the washing apparatus can directly expose the washing pulsator 2 to the washing space to agitate the laundry and the washing water in the washing situation, and shield the washing pulsator 2 by the shoe washing pulsator 3 to thereby place the shoe washing pulsator 3 in the washing space to agitate the shoes and the washing water in the washing situation.

In the above embodiment, the shoe washing member is any one of washing members having a shoe cleaning function and suitable for the purpose of friction washing of shoes, such as a brush for washing shoes with bristles, a rubber brush for washing shoes, and a water repellent rib. As an example, a plurality of second water-repellent ribs 31 are distributed on the top of the shoe washing pulsator 3 shown in fig. 2 in a centrosymmetric manner, a brush column 33 is vertically arranged at the top center of the shoe washing pulsator 3, a plurality of bristles are spirally implanted in the side part of the column body of the brush column 33, so that the second water-repellent ribs 31 can stir shoes to be washed and washing water when the shoe washing pulsator 3 is driven to rotate by the shoe washing pulsator 2, and the brush column 33 can rub and scrub shoe uppers and soles. Of course, the kind and number of the shoe washing components arranged on the shoe washing impeller 3 are not limited to the examples in the figure, for example, a plate-shaped brush may be arranged on the top of the shoe washing impeller 3 between every two second water-repellent ribs 31, or a plurality of friction bumps may be distributed on the top surface of the shoe washing impeller 3.

The detachable connection mode is any connection matching detachable connection mode capable of realizing the connection between the washing impeller 2 and the shoe washing impeller 3, such as any one or combination of any multiple of detachable connection modes including clamping, screwing, magnetic adsorption, splicing and the like, and the shoe washing impeller 3 can be installed or detached as long as the selected connection mode can be convenient for users to use daily.

In a preferred embodiment, one of the first connecting member 22 and the second connecting member 32 is a screw hole structure, the other of the first connecting member 22 and the second connecting member 32 is a threaded post matched with the screw hole structure, the screw hole structure/threaded post is arranged at the top center of the washing impeller 2, and the threaded post/screw hole structure is arranged at the bottom center of the washing impeller 3, so that a user can connect or disconnect the washing impeller 3 and the washing impeller 2 only by holding the washing impeller 3 with hands and screwing the threaded post into the threaded hole or screwing the threaded post out of the threaded hole, and the operation is convenient and reliable.

Further, a conical protrusion 23 is disposed at the top center of the washing pulsator 2, the plurality of first water stirring ribs 21 extend from the circumferential direction of the conical protrusion 23 toward the radial outer side (i.e., the washing pulsator 2 is close to the circumferential outer edge along the radial direction), a screw hole structure is formed on the conical protrusion 23 and located in the middle of the conical protrusion 23, and a threaded column is correspondingly disposed at the bottom center of the washing pulsator 3. Compare with setting up the screw thread post on laundry impeller 2, the structure of probably scraping the clothing when the setting of the smooth side of toper arch 23 and screw hole makes laundry impeller 2 top can not have the laundry to the setting of toper arch 23 can avoid laundry impeller 2 to reduce durable degree because of the top is directly punched.

In the above, it should be understood that the arrangement structure of the first connecting member 22 and the second connecting member 32 is not limited to the threaded columns and the threaded holes, and the first connecting member 22 and the second connecting member 32 may be any combination of connecting structures capable of facilitating the quick assembly and disassembly of the washing pulsator 2 and the shoe washing pulsator 3, such as a combination structure of clamping slots and clamping claws, a combination structure of inserting slots, an insertion column and an anti-dropping bolt, or a combination structure of threaded holes, through holes and fastening screws.

Preferably, the washing device of the present invention further comprises a cover member 34, and the cover member 34 is provided with a third coupling member which can be detachably coupled to the first coupling member 22 in a washing situation to shield the first coupling member 22 from the laundry and isolate the first coupling member 22 from the washing space to prevent the laundry from directly contacting the first coupling member 22. For example, when the first connecting member 22 is the above threaded post, the blocking cover member 34 may be a cylindrical structure with an open bottom, and an inner thread matched with the threaded post is provided inside a cylindrical opening of the cylindrical structure, so that the blocking cover member 34 can cover the blocking threaded post, and the threaded post is covered by a flat cover body thereof, thereby preventing the laundry from being worn out, or, when the first connecting member 22 is the above threaded hole, the blocking cover member 34 may be a dome-shaped blocking cover as shown in the drawings, and the third connecting member is an external thread structure extending downward from the bottom of the cover body of the dome-shaped blocking cover, and the radial dimension of the dome-shaped blocking cover is larger than that of the threaded hole, and the external thread structure is matched with the threaded hole, so that the dome-shaped blocking cover can be screwed and fixed to the top of the tapered protrusion 23, thereby blocking the threaded hole, thereby preventing water or laundry from being held inside the threaded hole. Of course, besides the first connection member 22, other connection members may be disposed on the washing pulsator 2 to be detachably connected with the third connection structure on the cover structure.

With any of the above embodiments, it is preferable that the radial dimension of the shoe washing pulsator 3 is not smaller than the washing pulsator 2, so that the shoe washing pulsator 3 can completely shield the washing pulsator 2 after being mounted on the washing pulsator 2.

Further, under the condition of being installed, the lateral part of the shoe washing impeller 3 is close to the inner side barrel wall of the inner barrel 1, and the bottom of the shoe washing impeller 3 is close to or abutted to the top of the laundry impeller 2 so as to reduce the gap width between the shoe washing impeller 3 and the inner side barrel wall of the inner barrel 1 to the maximum extent, and prevent shoes from falling below the shoe washing impeller 3, so that all shoes can obtain a good washing effect based on the shoe washing impeller 3.

Preferably, under the condition of the retention requirement that has a large gap between the inside barrel wall of the shoe washing impeller 3 and the inner barrel 1, the lateral part of the shoe washing impeller 3 can also be provided with a skirt structure downwards along the circumferential direction, the skirt structure is a flange extending downwards along the circumferential direction from the outer edge lateral part of the shoe washing impeller 3, so that under the installed condition, the skirt structure shields the radial outer side of the circumferential gap between the shoe washing impeller 2 and the shoe washing impeller 3, thereby sealing the gap between the top of the shoe washing impeller 2 and the bottom of the shoe washing impeller 3, avoiding the shoes from falling and clamping and plugging in the gap, and even if the shoes fall below the shoe washing impeller 3, the normal rotation of the shoe washing impeller 3 cannot be influenced by the clamping condition.

Alternatively, in the mounted condition, the bottom of the shoe washing pulsator 3 is disposed close to or abutting the top of the laundry pulsator 2, so as to reduce the height dimension of the gap between the bottom of the shoe washing pulsator 3 and the top of the laundry pulsator 2, thereby avoiding accidental pinching of small shoe accessories such as shoelaces in the gap.

In summary, the shoe washing pulsator 3 can be installed above the washing pulsator 2 of the washing device of the present invention in a screw connection manner, so that the user can selectively keep the shoe washing pulsator 3 in the inner tub 1 according to the washing or shoe washing requirements, and only the shoe washing pulsator 3 needs to be held to be screwed or unscrewed when the washing device is disassembled and assembled, thereby greatly improving the use convenience of the washing device while ensuring the diversification of the washing function of the washing device.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the utility model, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A washing device is characterized by comprising a washing barrel, a washing impeller and a shoe washing impeller, wherein the washing impeller is rotatably arranged at the inner bottom of the washing barrel, at least one shoe washing component is arranged on the shoe washing impeller, a first connecting component is arranged on the washing impeller, a second connecting component is arranged on the shoe washing impeller, and the first connecting component and the second connecting component can be detachably connected and accordingly the shoe washing impeller is arranged above the washing impeller in a shielding manner under the condition of shoe washing.

2. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first coupling member is provided at a top center of the washing pulsator, the second coupling member is provided at a bottom center of the washing pulsator, one of the first coupling member and the second coupling member is a screw hole structure, and the other of the first coupling member and the second coupling member is a screw post matched with the screw hole structure.

3. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a conical protrusion is provided at a top center of the washing pulsator, the screw hole structure is provided at a middle portion of the conical protrusion, and the screw post is provided at a bottom center of the washing pulsator.

4. A washing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a cover member on which is provided a third connecting member which is detachably connectable to the first connecting member in a laundry situation.

5. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cover member is an upwardly convex dome-shaped cover, and the third coupling member is provided at a bottom of the dome-shaped cover.

6. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shoe washing pulsator has a radial dimension not smaller than the washing pulsator.

7. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an installed condition, a bottom portion of the shoe wash pulsator is close to or abuts a top portion of the laundry pulsator.

8. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side portion of the shoe washing pulsator is provided with a skirt structure circumferentially downward, the skirt structure being shielded radially outward of a circumferential gap between the washing pulsator and the shoe washing pulsator in an installed state.

9. The washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an installed condition, a side of the shoe wash pulsator is disposed adjacent to an inner tub wall of the washing tub.

10. The washing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a plurality of water-repellent ribs are provided on a top of the shoe washing pulsator, and a brush column is provided at a center of the top of the shoe washing pulsator.