CN215925342U

CN215925342U - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN215925342U
Application number: CN202122132338.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 凌新府
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-03
Filing date: 2021-09-03
Publication date: 2022-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-03

Abstract

The application provides a washing machine, comprising a water containing barrel, a wave wheel, a clutch and a motor; the impeller is rotatably arranged in the water containing barrel; the clutch is arranged on the water containing barrel and comprises an output end and an input end; the output end is connected with the wave wheel; the motor is arranged at the bottom of the water containing barrel and is positioned on one side of the water containing barrel, which is far away from the impeller; the motor shaft of the motor is in transmission connection with the input end through a gear assembly, and the motor is used for driving the impeller to rotate. Through setting up the motor in the bottom of water-holding bucket and being located the water-holding bucket and deviating from one side of impeller to adopt the driven mode of gear assembly to realize the transmission between motor and the clutch, can make washing machine's structure compacter, and then reduced washing machine's overall dimension, and compare with the driven mode of belt among the correlation technique, through adopting the driven mode of gear assembly, can avoid the belt because of tired impaired tensile strength that leads to belt self and the problem that the tension that corresponds descends, the stability and the reliability of transmission have been improved.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of laundry equipment, in particular to a washing machine.

Background

A washing machine is widely used in homes as a convenient laundry device. For example, the pulsator washing machine drives the clothes to continuously turn up, down, left and right by means of the forward and reverse rotation of a pulsator mounted at the bottom of a washing tub, so that the clothes and the wall of the tub are gently rubbed in water, and the decontamination and the washing are realized under the action of a detergent.

In the related art, a motor is usually used as a driving element, and the impeller and the motor are driven by a belt assembly, so that the motor can drive the impeller to rotate forward and backward. However, the related art motor and belt assembly requires a large installation space, so that the entire size of the washing machine is large.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine to solve the great problem of current washing machine overall dimension.

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine, includes:

a water containing barrel;

a pulsator rotatably disposed within the tub;

a clutch disposed on the water tub, the clutch including an output end and an input end; the output end is connected with the impeller;

the motor is arranged at the bottom of the water containing barrel and is positioned on one side of the water containing barrel, which is far away from the impeller; and a motor shaft of the motor is in transmission connection with the input end through a gear assembly, and the motor is used for driving the impeller to rotate.

Optionally, the gear assembly includes a first gear and a second gear, the first gear is disposed on a motor shaft of the motor, the second gear is disposed on the input end, and the first gear is in meshed connection with the second gear.

Optionally, the first gear and the second gear are spur gears.

Optionally, the diameter of the first gear is smaller than the diameter of the second gear.

Optionally, a plurality of blades are arranged on the first gear, the plurality of blades are arranged on one side of the first gear facing the motor, and the plurality of blades are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction.

Optionally, the washing machine further comprises a mounting bracket disposed at the bottom of the tub, and the motor and the clutch are respectively disposed on the mounting bracket.

Optionally, the mounting bracket includes a first mounting wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall is connected to one end of the first mounting wall, the second side wall is connected to the other end of the first mounting wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are located on the same side of the first mounting wall and are oppositely disposed, the first mounting wall, the first side wall and the second side wall form a mounting cavity, the motor is disposed on the first mounting wall, and a part of the motor is accommodated in the mounting cavity.

Optionally, be provided with first installation department on the first lateral wall, be provided with the second installation department on the second lateral wall, washing machine still includes the mounting panel, the one end of mounting panel with first installation department fixed connection, the other end of mounting panel with second installation department fixed connection, the clutch with mounting panel fixed connection.

Optionally, a holding tank is arranged on one side of the bottom of the water containing barrel, which is far away from the impeller, and the mounting rack is held in the holding tank.

Optionally, one side of the bottom of the water containing barrel, which is far away from the impeller, is provided with a first mounting column and a second mounting column, the first mounting portion is fixedly connected with the first mounting column, and the second mounting portion is fixedly connected with the second mounting column.

The washing machine that this application embodiment provided, through setting up the motor in the bottom of water-holding bucket and lie in the one side that the water-holding bucket deviates from the impeller, and adopt the driven mode of gear assembly to realize the transmission between motor and the clutch, can make washing machine's structure compacter, and then can reduce washing machine's overall dimension, and compare with the driven mode of belt among the correlation technique, through adopting the driven mode of gear assembly, can avoid the belt because of the tired impaired tensile strength that leads to belt self and the problem that the tension that corresponds descends, the stability and the reliability of transmission have been improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.

For a more complete understanding of the present application and its advantages, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals represent like parts in the following description.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the tub and the driving assembly of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of fig. 2 with the tub hidden.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the structure shown in fig. 3 from another perspective.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the mounting bracket, the second gear, the clutch and the mounting plate of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the structure shown in fig. 4 from another perspective.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the tub of fig. 2.

Reference numerals:

1. a washing machine; 10. a washing machine housing; 20. a water containing barrel; 21. accommodating grooves; 30. a boom; 40. an impeller;

50. a drive assembly; 51. a motor; 52. a clutch;

53. a gear assembly; 531. a first gear; 532. a second gear; 5321. lightening holes; 533. a blade;

60. a dewatering barrel;

70. a mounting frame; 71. a first mounting wall; 72. a first side wall; 73. a second side wall; 74. a mounting cavity; 75. a first mounting portion; 76. a second mounting portion; 80. and (7) mounting the plate.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the application, its application, or uses. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without inventive step, are within the scope of the present application.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" or "an implementation" means that a particular feature, component, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or implementation can be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine to solve the problem that the whole size of the existing washing machine is large. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

The washing machine that this application embodiment provided is impeller washing machine. For example, please refer to fig. 1, and fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present application. The washing machine 1 includes a washing machine housing 10, a tub 20, a hanger 30, a pulsator 40, and a driving assembly 50, wherein the pulsator 40 is rotatably disposed in the tub 20, and the tub 20 is disposed in the washing machine 1 housing through the hanger 30. Taking the normal installation of the water tub 20 as an example, the upper end of the hanger bar 30 is connected to the washing machine housing 10, the lower end of the hanger bar 30 is connected to the water tub 20, and the water tub 20 is suspended in the washing machine 1 housing by the hanger bar 30. The space between the bottom of the tub 20 and the washing machine housing 10 may be used for installing the driving assembly 50, and it can be understood that the driving assembly 50 is used for driving the pulsator 40 to rotate so as to drive the laundry to be continuously turned upside down, left and right, thereby achieving the purpose of washing the laundry.

In order to stably lift the water containing barrel 20, the four corners of the washing machine shell 10 are respectively provided with the hanging rods 30, the water containing barrel 20 is lifted by the four hanging rods 30, after water is injected, the total mass of the water containing barrel 20, clothes and water is large, the water containing barrel 20 can move up and down in the working process of the washing machine 1, and at the moment, the hanging rods 30 can buffer part of kinetic energy, play a role in buffering, and improve the stability of the washing machine 1 in the working process.

It should be noted that the driving assembly 50 in the related art is driven by a belt, and the installation method thereof needs to occupy a large installation space, so that the overall size of the washing machine 1 is large.

Based on this, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the tub and the driving assembly in fig. 1. The washing machine 1 provided by the embodiment of the present application includes a tub 20, a pulsator 40, a motor 51, and a clutch 52 having an output terminal and an input terminal. Wherein the pulsator 40 is rotatably provided within the tub 20; a clutch 52 provided on the tub 20, an output end of the clutch 52 being connected with the pulsator 40; the motor 51 is disposed at the bottom of the tub 20 and at a side of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40; the motor shaft of the motor 51 is in transmission connection with the input end of the clutch 52 through the gear assembly 53, so that when the motor 51 is started, power can be transmitted to the input end of the clutch 52 through the gear assembly 53, the output end of the clutch 52 drives the impeller 40 to rotate, and the impeller 40 can drive clothes to turn over up, down, left and right continuously when rotating, so that the aim of washing the clothes is fulfilled. By disposing the motor 51 at the bottom of the tub 20 and at a side of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40, and implementing transmission between the motor 51 and the clutch 52 by means of transmission of the gear assembly 53, the structure of the washing machine 1 can be made more compact, and thus the overall size of the washing machine 1 can be reduced.

As can be appreciated, since the motor 51 is disposed at the bottom of the tub 20 and at a side of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40, the gear assembly 53 and the motor 51 are completely located outside the tub 20 at this time, so that the motor 51 does not contact with water, the motor 51 can be effectively isolated from water, and the safety of the washing machine 1 is improved.

As can be understood, after the laundry is washed, the laundry needs to be dehydrated, and therefore, please continue to refer to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the washing machine 1 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include a dehydration barrel 60, the dehydration barrel 60 is disposed in the water tub 20 and connected to the output end of the clutch 52, and the pulsator 40 is disposed in the dehydration barrel 60, wherein, when the washing machine 1 dehydrates, the clutch 52 can drive the dehydration barrel 60 to rotate to spin the laundry under the transmission of the motor 51 and the gear assembly 53, and at this time, the pulsator 40 is not driven to rotate by the clutch 52; when the washing machine 1 washes the laundry, the clutch 52 can drive the pulsator 40 to rotate to turn the laundry, and the spin tub 60 is not driven to rotate by the clutch 52. The clutch 52 may be a conventional speed reduction clutch used in a washing machine, and therefore, the detailed structure and operation principle thereof are not described herein.

It should be noted that, because the main materials of the belt are natural rubber and styrene rubber, the tensile strength and the corresponding tension of the belt are difficult to control accurately in the manufacturing process; and in the operation process, the rubber structure is easy to generate fatigue damage, so that the tensile strength of the belt and the corresponding tension are reduced, and the reliability of transmission cannot be ensured.

Based on this, the motor 51 and the clutch 52 of the embodiment of the present application are driven by the gear assembly 53, so that the problem that the tensile strength of the belt itself and the corresponding tension are reduced due to fatigue damage of the belt can be avoided, the stability and reliability of the driving are improved, and the service life of the washing machine 1 can be prolonged.

In order to more clearly illustrate the structure of the gear assembly 53, the gear assembly 53 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the accompanying drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order, and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of fig. 2 when the tub is hidden. The gear assembly 53 includes a first gear 531 and a second gear 532, wherein the first gear 531 is disposed on a motor shaft of the motor 51, the second gear 532 is disposed on an input end of the clutch 52, and the first gear 531 is in meshed connection with the second gear 532. When the motor 51 drives the first gear 531 to rotate, the power of the motor 51 can be transmitted to the second gear 532 due to the meshing action of the gears, and then the power can be transmitted to the input end of the clutch 52, so that the pulsator 40 at the output end of the clutch 52 can be driven to rotate.

In some embodiments, since the rotation speed of the motor 51 is fast, a deceleration process is required, at this time, the diameter of the first gear 531 may be set to be smaller than the diameter of the second gear 532, that is, the number of teeth of the first gear 531 is smaller than the number of teeth of the second gear 532, and at this time, according to the transmission ratio, the rotation speed of the second gear 532 is smaller than the rotation speed of the first gear 531, so as to achieve the purpose of deceleration.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the structure shown in fig. 3 from another view angle. In order to reduce the weight of the second gear 532, lightening holes 5321 may be provided in the second gear 532, and the number of the lightening holes 5321 may be set according to actual circumstances.

To illustrate the normal placement state of the washing machine 1, in order to reduce the size of the washing machine 1 in the radial direction, the motor 51 may be disposed vertically, that is, the motor shaft of the motor 51 may be disposed vertically downward, and the motor shaft of the motor 51 and the clutch 52 are parallel to each other, in this case, the first gear 531 and the second gear 532 may be spur gears. The first gear 531 and the second gear 532 may be aluminum gears.

It should be noted that, during the operation of the motor 51, the motor 51 generates heat, and when the motor 51 is overheated, the life of the motor 51 is affected, and further the life of the washing machine 1 is affected.

Based on this, please refer to fig. 4, the present embodiment may further provide a plurality of blades 533 on the first gear 531, wherein the plurality of blades 533 are disposed on a side of the first gear 531 facing the motor 51, and the plurality of blades 533 are circumferentially spaced. At this time, when the motor 51 drives the first gear 531 to rotate, the blade 533 on the first gear 531 also rotates to accelerate the airflow around the motor 51, and the flowing airflow can remove the excessive heat, so that the heat of the motor 51 can be dissipated, the service life of the motor 51 is prolonged, and the service life of the washing machine 1 is further prolonged.

Wherein the blade 533 may be integrally formed with the first gear 531. To improve the compactness between the first gear 531 and the blade 533, and the integrally formed structure saves the installation process and facilitates the installation.

In order to facilitate the installation of the motor 51 and the clutch 52, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the laundry machine 1 provided in the embodiments of the present application may further include a mounting bracket 70, wherein the mounting bracket 70 is disposed at the bottom of the tub 20, it is understood that the mounting bracket 70 is disposed at a side of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40, and the motor 51 and the clutch 52 are respectively disposed on the mounting bracket 70.

For a more clear description of the structure of the mounting bracket 70, the mounting bracket 70 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4 to 6, fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the mounting bracket, the second gear, the clutch and the mounting plate in fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the structure shown in fig. 4 from another perspective. The mounting bracket 70 may include a first mounting wall 71, a first side wall 72 and a second side wall 73, the first side wall 72 is connected to one end of the first mounting wall 71, the second side wall 73 is connected to the other end of the first mounting wall 71, the first side wall 72 and the second side wall 73 are located on the same side of the first mounting wall 71 and are oppositely disposed, the first mounting wall 71, the first side wall 72 and the second side wall 73 form a mounting cavity 74, and the motor 51 is disposed on the first mounting wall 71, wherein a portion of the motor 51 can be received in the mounting cavity 74. By providing the mounting bracket 70 in a structure having the mounting cavity 74 and allowing the motor 51 to be partially received in the mounting cavity 74 after being mounted, the mounting bracket 70 can be fully utilized to save a mounting space between the bottom of the tub 20 and the cabinet of the washing machine 1, thereby enabling the overall size of the washing machine 1 to be reduced.

In order to further save the installation space between the bottom of the tub 20 and the cabinet of the washing machine 1, please refer to fig. 7, and fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of the tub in fig. 2. A receiving groove 21 may be provided at a side of the bottom of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40 so that the mounting bracket 70 can be mounted and received in the receiving groove 21.

For example, referring to fig. 5, a first mounting portion 75 may be disposed on the first side wall 72, and a second mounting portion 76 may be disposed on the second side wall 73, in order to fix the clutch 52 better, the washing machine 1 may further include a mounting plate 80, one end of the mounting plate 80 is fixedly connected to the first mounting portion 75, the other end of the mounting plate 80 is fixedly connected to the second mounting portion 76, and in this case, the clutch 52 is fixedly connected to the mounting plate 80, so that the clutch 52 is indirectly fixedly connected to the mounting plate 70.

In some embodiments, to facilitate mounting of the mounting bracket 70 at the bottom of the tub 20, a first mounting post and a second mounting post may be provided at a side of the bottom of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40, the first mounting portion 75 is fixedly connected with the first mounting post, the second mounting portion 76 is fixedly connected with the second mounting post, such as by screwing the first mounting portion 75 with the first mounting post, and the second mounting portion 76 with the second mounting post, so that the mounting bracket 70 may be fixedly mounted at the side of the bottom of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40.

In other embodiments, the first mounting wall 71 may be directly fixed to a side of the bottom of the tub 20 facing away from the pulsator 40, so as to fixedly mount the mounting bracket 70 on the bottom of the tub 20.

The mounting frame 70 can be manufactured by stamping a metal plate, so that the mounting frame is convenient and quick to manufacture and low in cost. Of course, the first mounting wall 71, the first side wall 72, the second side wall 73, the first mounting portion 75, and the second mounting portion 76 may be spliced together by welding to form the mounting bracket 70, which is not limited herein in this embodiment of the application.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

The washing machine provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above, and the principle and the embodiment of the present application are explained herein by applying specific examples, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

a water containing barrel;

a pulsator rotatably disposed within the tub;

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the gear assembly includes a first gear provided on a motor shaft of the motor and a second gear provided on the input end, the first gear being in meshed connection with the second gear.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first gear and the second gear are spur gears.

4. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first gear has a diameter smaller than that of the second gear.

5. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first gear is provided with a plurality of blades provided on a side of the first gear facing the motor, the plurality of blades being spaced apart in a circumferential direction.

6. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a mounting bracket provided at a bottom of the tub, the motor and the clutch being respectively provided on the mounting bracket.

7. The washing machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mounting frame includes a first mounting wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall is connected with one end of the first mounting wall, the second side wall is connected with the other end of the first mounting wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are located at the same side of the first mounting wall and are oppositely disposed, the first mounting wall, the first side wall and the second side wall form a mounting cavity, the motor is disposed on the first mounting wall, and a portion of the motor is received in the mounting cavity.

8. A washing machine as claimed in claim 7 wherein a first mounting portion is provided on the first side wall and a second mounting portion is provided on the second side wall, the washing machine further comprising a mounting plate, one end of the mounting plate being fixedly connected to the first mounting portion, the other end of the mounting plate being fixedly connected to the second mounting portion, the clutch being fixedly connected to the mounting plate.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein a side of the bottom of the tub facing away from the pulsator is provided with a receiving groove in which the mounting bracket is received.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein a side of the bottom of the tub facing away from the pulsator is provided with a first mounting post and a second mounting post, the first mounting portion is fixedly connected with the first mounting post, and the second mounting portion is fixedly connected with the second mounting post.