CN216006370U - Household equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides household equipment which comprises a shell assembly, a flow guide device and a heat exchange assembly, wherein a first accommodating cavity is formed in the shell assembly, the heat exchange assembly is arranged in the shell assembly and used for drying gas, and the flow guide device is used for guiding the gas to flow in the shell assembly and guiding the gas to flow between the inside and the outside of the shell assembly. Through setting up the guiding device in the one end of casing subassembly, the user only can directly know the operating condition of guiding device from the outward appearance of casing subassembly for the work of guiding device is visual, and the user of being convenient for transforms the operating condition of guiding device according to actual demand.

Description

Household equipment

Technical Field

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

Background

The home appliance may have a function of drying laundry, for example, a dryer or a washing and drying all-in-one machine, etc. For coastal areas, besides the requirement of drying clothes, the air dehumidifying device also has the requirement of dehumidifying indoor air, and related household devices integrate the function of dehumidifying air outside the household devices, but the structure is complex, and a user cannot intuitively observe the working state of the household devices, so that the control of the household devices by the user is not facilitated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the present invention provides a household device to solve the technical problem of how to realize the drying and dehumidifying functions of the household device and facilitate direct observation.

The technical scheme of the utility model is realized as follows:

an embodiment of the present invention provides a home appliance, including: a housing assembly having a first receiving chamber therein for receiving laundry; flow directing means for directing gas flow within said housing assembly and between the interior and exterior of said housing assembly; a heat exchange assembly disposed within the housing assembly for drying the gas; wherein the deflector is disposed at one end of the housing assembly to display the deflector.

In some embodiments, the deflector is removably attached to the housing assembly.

In some embodiments, the flow directing device comprises one of a first flow directing assembly and a second flow directing assembly; the first flow guide assembly comprises a drying flow guide piece and a dehumidifying flow guide piece which can be replaced mutually, the drying flow guide piece is used for guiding gas to flow in the shell assembly, and the dehumidifying flow guide piece is used for guiding gas to flow between the inside and the outside of the shell assembly; the second flow directing assembly may be switchable between flow directing states including a first flow directing state directing gas flow within the housing assembly and a second flow directing state directing gas flow between the interior and exterior of the housing assembly.

In some embodiments, the drying baffle comprises: the first cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow first cavity, one extended end of the first cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the first cavity is closed; the side wall of the first cylindrical body is provided with an opening to communicate the first cavity with the heat exchange assembly.

In some embodiments, the dehumidifying baffle comprises: the second cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow second cavity, one extended end of the second cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the first cavity is communicated with the outside; the partition plate is arranged in the second cavity to divide the second cavity into an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel which have the same extending direction with the second cavity; and one end of the air inlet duct, which is close to the first accommodating cavity, is closed and is communicated with the heat exchange assembly through the side wall opening of the second cylindrical body.

In some embodiments, the second flow directing assembly comprises: the third cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow third cavity, one extended end of the third cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the third cavity is communicated with the outside; the side wall of the third cylindrical body is provided with an opening to communicate the third cavity and the heat exchange assembly; the movable plate is arranged in the third cavity and movably connected with the third cylindrical body so as to switch the flow guiding state; wherein, in the first diversion state, the movable plate closes the other end of the third cavity extending; in the second diversion state, the movable plate divides the third cavity into an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel which have the same extending direction as the third cavity, and seals one end of the air inlet channel close to the first accommodating cavity; wherein, the air inlet duct is communicated with the opening of the side wall of the third cylindrical body.

In some embodiments, the housing assembly is provided with a second accommodating cavity for accommodating the flow guide device, and the second accommodating cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity and the heat exchange assembly.

In some embodiments, the housing assembly comprises: the barrel body assembly is internally provided with the first accommodating cavity; the door body assembly is movably connected with the barrel body assembly so as to open and close the first accommodating cavity; the base is fixed below the barrel body assembly, a channel communicated with the first accommodating cavity is formed in the base, and the heat exchange assembly is arranged in the channel; the second accommodating cavity is formed in the door body assembly or the base.

In some embodiments, in a state where the second receiving chamber is opened in the door assembly, the door assembly includes: a door panel having a through opening; the anti-scalding cover is arranged at one end, close to the first accommodating cavity, of the door panel around the opening and is connected with the door panel to form the second accommodating cavity.

In some embodiments, the burn protection enclosure comprises: the extending direction of the end plate and the extending direction of the door panel form a set included angle; the end plate is provided with a first through hole communicated with the first accommodating cavity;

the side plate is connected with the end plate and the door plate to enclose the second accommodating cavity; the side plate is provided with a second through hole communicated with the heat exchange assembly; wherein the flow guide device is communicated with the first through hole and the second through hole.

In some embodiments, the first through-hole of the end plate comprises a plurality of spaced apart apertures.

In some embodiments, the flow directing device comprises: the flow guide device is arranged on the end plate, and the flow guide device is arranged at the end close to the end plate.

In some embodiments, the side plate or the deflector has a filter screen for filtering lint from the gas.

The household equipment comprises a shell assembly, a flow guide device and a heat exchange assembly, wherein a first accommodating cavity for accommodating clothes is formed in the shell assembly, the heat exchange assembly is arranged in the shell assembly and used for drying air, and the flow guide device is used for guiding the air to flow in the shell assembly and guiding the air to flow between the inside and the outside of the shell assembly. The clothes drying function and the air dehumidifying function of the household equipment can be realized through the difference of the guiding directions of the airflow by the guiding device under different working states; with the guiding device setting in the one end of casing subassembly, the user only can directly know the operating condition of guiding device from the outward appearance of casing subassembly for the work of guiding device is visual, and the user of being convenient for transforms the operating condition of guiding device according to actual demand.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a household appliance in a laundry drying state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a household appliance in a dry air state according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a door body assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a drying guide member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a dehumidifying guide element according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a second flow guide assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a first via in an embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a hollow plate according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a housing assembly; 11. a first accommodating chamber; 12. a bottom air duct; 13. a back air duct; 14. a barrel assembly; 15. a door body assembly; 151. a second accommodating chamber; 152. a door panel; 153. an anti-scald cover; 154. an end plate; 155. a side plate; 156. an opening; 157. a first through hole; 158. a second through hole; 16. a base; 2. a flow guide device; 21. a first flow guide assembly; 211. drying the diversion piece; 212. a dehumidifying flow guide member; 213. a first cylindrical body; 214. a first cavity; 215. a second cylindrical body; 216. a partition plate; 217. a second cavity; 218. an air inlet duct; 219. an air outlet channel; 22. a second flow guide assembly; 221. a third cylindrical body; 222. a movable plate; 223. a third cavity; 23. a hollowed-out plate; 24. a filter screen; 2a, a sealing member; 3. a heat exchange assembly; 31. an evaporator; 32. a condenser.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.

The individual features described in the embodiments can be combined in any suitable manner without departing from the scope, for example different embodiments and aspects can be formed by combining different features. In order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations of the specific features of the utility model will not be described further.

In the following description, the term "first/second/so" is used merely to distinguish different objects and does not mean that there is a common or relationship between the objects. It should be understood that the description of the "upper", "lower", "outer" and "inner" directions as related to the orientation in the normal use state, and the "left" and "right" directions indicate the left and right directions indicated in the corresponding schematic drawings, and may or may not be the left and right directions in the normal use state. The XYZ coordinate system is an absolute coordinate in a normal use state.

It should be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. "plurality" means greater than or equal to two.

The present invention provides a household appliance, which can be embodied in various forms, such as a clothes dryer independent from a washing machine for separate washing, a washing and drying machine with washing and drying functions, etc., it should be noted that the type of application scenario of the present invention does not limit the protection scope of the cleaning device of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, the following description will be made taking the dryer as an example.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a home appliance, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, which can be used to dry both laundry inside the home appliance and humid air outside the home appliance. Specifically, the household appliance comprises a shell assembly 1, a flow guide device 2 and a heat exchange assembly 3. The shell assembly 1 is internally provided with a first accommodating cavity 11 for accommodating clothes, and the heat exchange assembly 3 is arranged in the shell assembly 1. The flow guiding device 2 shown in fig. 1 is used for guiding air to flow in the housing assembly 1, and circulating air between the first accommodating cavity 11 and the heat exchange assembly 3, so that wet clothes in the first accommodating cavity 11 are dried, and a drying function of the clothes in the household appliance is realized; the diversion device 2 shown in fig. 2 can also be used for guiding air to flow between the inside and the outside of the shell assembly 1, guiding humid air outside the shell assembly 1 to the heat exchange assembly 3, and guiding air dried by the heat exchange assembly 3 to the outside of the shell assembly 1, so that the humid air in the surrounding environment of the household equipment is dried, and the dehumidification function of the air outside the household equipment is realized. The air guiding device 2 in the embodiment of the present invention is disposed at one end of the housing assembly 1, and it should be noted that one end of the housing assembly 1 refers to a boundary between the housing assembly 1 and the external environment, that is, the air guiding device 2 is disposed at an outer edge of the housing assembly 1; specifically, it is not limited to which end of the housing assembly 1 the air guiding device 2 is disposed, for example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the air guiding device 2 is disposed at the front end (right end shown in fig. 1 and 2) of the housing assembly 1 close to the user operation, and of course, in other embodiments, the air guiding device 2 may be disposed at the left end, right end, upper end, and lower end of the housing assembly 1 in the working state. The following is a general description of two functions of the household appliance in an embodiment of the utility model:

fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a household appliance for drying laundry, with arrows indicating the flow of air in the cavity. The inside first chamber 11 that holds that has of casing subassembly 1, first chamber 11 that holds is used for placing moist clothing, casing subassembly 1 bottom (the downside shown in fig. 1) still has bottom wind channel 12, the back (the left side shown in fig. 1) of casing subassembly 1 has back wind channel 13, guiding device 2 communicates first chamber 11 and the bottom wind channel 12 of holding under the operating condition of stoving clothing, make first chamber 11 that holds, bottom wind channel 12 all communicates with back wind channel 13, thereby form a circulating wind channel, the air can be at the wind channel internal circulation flow, heat exchange assembly 3 sets up in bottom wind channel 12, heat exchange assembly 3 can include evaporimeter 31 and condenser 32. In the working state of drying clothes, air flowing out of the first accommodating cavity 11 passes through the heat exchange assembly 3 to form dry hot air, the hot air can be blown into the back air duct 13 through a fan and the like and is blown into the first accommodating cavity 11, and the dry hot air passes through wet clothes to take away moisture to form warm and humid air; the warm and humid air enters the bottom air duct 12, is cooled and separated out of water through the evaporator 31 to become dry cold air, then enters the condenser 32 to be heated into dry hot air, and enters the back air duct 13 again, and the cycle is repeated to realize the drying of the clothes.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of a household appliance for drying room air, with arrows indicating the flow direction of the gas in the cavity. The working condition of guiding device 2 at the air in the drying chamber, first chamber 11 and bottom wind channel 12 that holds do not have direct intercommunication, but leads the air outside the domestic appliance to bottom wind channel 12 through guiding device 2, bottom wind channel 12 and back wind channel 13 intercommunication, back wind channel 13 and the first chamber 11 intercommunication that holds, first chamber 11 that holds is through guiding device 2 again with gas outgoing to the outside of domestic appliance. Under the operating condition of air in the drying chamber, from casing subassembly 1 outer leading-in air through guiding device 2 entering bottom wind channel 12, heat exchange assembly 3 in the wind channel 12 of bottom is with air drying formation hot air, hot air can blow into back wind channel 13 through fan etc. and insufflate first chamber 11 that holds, from first chamber 11 that holds again through guiding device 2 outflow casing subassembly 1, so circulate, wet cold air in the air lasts and gets into heat exchange assembly 3 through guiding device 2, hot air after heat exchange assembly 3 drying lasts through first chamber 11 that holds, guide device 2 is back to derive, realize the drying of room air.

According to the embodiment of the utility model, the flow guide device 2 is arranged at one end of the shell assembly 1, namely the flow guide device 2 is not blocked by the shell assembly 1 and directly contacts with the outside, so that a user can directly know the working state of the flow guide device 2 only from the appearance of the shell assembly 1, the working of the flow guide device 2 is visualized, the current household equipment is simply and conveniently judged to be in a clothes drying state or an air dehumidifying state, and the working state of the flow guide device can be conveniently changed by the user according to actual requirements.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the air guiding device 2 is detachably connected to the housing assembly (the door assembly 15 shown in fig. 3), that is, the air guiding device 2 can be disposed in the opening 156 of the housing assembly as a separate component, the air guiding device 2 can be separately installed in the housing assembly, or the air guiding device 2 can be separately detached from the housing assembly. Specifically, the flow guide device 2 and the housing assembly may be connected in a clamping manner, and the flow guide device 2 may be disconnected from the housing assembly under the action of an external force. Through being connected guiding device and housing assembly detachable, be convenient for replace guiding device, can reduce the complexity of guiding device structure, reduce the degree of difficulty of guiding device maintenance, simultaneously can be more convenient the clearance dismantle the batting in the guiding device that gets off and the batting of housing assembly and guiding device hookup location department to improve domestic equipment's water conservancy diversion efficiency.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the household appliance further comprises a sealing member 2a, the sealing member 2a is used for sealing the deflector 2 and the housing assembly, and the sealing member is located between the deflector and the housing assembly in a state that the deflector is connected with the housing assembly, so that in a state that clothes are dried, the risk that air in the housing assembly flows out of the housing assembly is reduced. Under the state of dehumidification indoor air, reduce gaseous gap circulation from between guiding device and the casing subassembly, and then influence heat exchange assemblies's drying efficiency.

In some embodiments, as shown in connection with fig. 4-6, the flow directing device 2 includes one of a first flow directing assembly 21 and a second flow directing assembly 22; that is, the air guiding device 2 may be provided as the first air guiding assembly 21, and may also be provided as the second air guiding assembly 22. Specifically, referring to fig. 4 to 5, the first airflow guiding assembly 21 includes a drying airflow guiding member 211 and a dehumidifying airflow guiding member 212 that are replaceable with each other, that is, in the case that the airflow guiding device 2 in the household appliance is configured as the first airflow guiding assembly 21, the first airflow guiding assembly 21 may be the drying airflow guiding member 211 or the dehumidifying airflow guiding member 212, in the case that the household appliance is used for drying the laundry, the first airflow guiding assembly 21 is configured as the drying airflow guiding member 211, and the drying airflow guiding member 211 is used for guiding the air to flow in the housing assembly, so as to dry the laundry in the household appliance; in case the household appliance is used for drying indoor air, the first deflector assembly 21 is replaced by a dehumidifying deflector 212, the dehumidifying deflector 212 being used for guiding air to flow between the inside and outside of the housing assembly, so that the air of the environment surrounding the household appliance is dried; according to the embodiment of the utility model, the drying guide piece 211 and the dehumidifying guide piece 212 can be replaced to realize the switching of two different functions, so that the structure of the guide device is simpler, the drying type of the household equipment can be switched only by replacing the type of the first guide component 21, a user can directly know the dried type of the household equipment through the type of the first guide component 21, no redundant display component is needed for informing the user, the structure of the household equipment is simplified, and the cost of the household equipment is reduced.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the drying guide 211 includes a first cylindrical body 213, the first cylindrical body 213 has a hollow first cavity 214 therein, it should be noted that the first cylindrical body 213 may have a regular cylindrical structure or an irregular cylindrical structure; in the case of a regular cylindrical structure, the extending direction of the first cavity 214 is defined as the axial direction of the cylinder, and in the case of an irregular cylindrical structure, the extending direction of the first cavity 214 may be the length extending direction of the first cylindrical body 213. The end of the first cavity 214 extending refers to the vertex of the first cavity 214 in the extending direction, the end (the left end in the x direction in fig. 4) of the first cavity 214 extending is communicated with the first accommodating cavity 11, and the other end (the right end in the x direction in fig. 4) of the first cavity 214 extending is closed; the end of the first cavity 214 extending may be disposed opposite to the other end of the first cavity 214 extending, but in other embodiments, the extending direction is not necessarily a straight line direction, and the end and the other end may be disposed adjacently rather than oppositely. In the case that the first cylindrical body 213 has a regular cylindrical structure, the sidewall of the first cylindrical body 213 can be understood as a cylindrical (i.e. hollow cylinder) sidewall, and the sidewall of the first cylindrical body 213 is opened for communicating the first cavity 214 with the heat exchange assembly 3. As shown by the arrow in fig. 1, the gas in the first accommodating cavity 11 in the embodiment of the present invention may enter through one end of the first cavity 214, and then enter the heat exchanging assembly 3 from the opening of the side wall of the first cylindrical body 213, so that the gas enters the first accommodating cavity 11 after being dried, and the other end (the right end in the x direction in fig. 4) of the first cavity 214 extending is closed, so that the gas in the first cavity 214 cannot communicate with the outside of the housing assembly 1, and therefore the drying guide 211 can only guide the gas to circulate inside the housing assembly 1 among the first accommodating cavity 11, the first cavity 214, and the heat exchanging assembly 3, thereby drying the clothes in the first accommodating cavity 11.

As shown in fig. 2 and 5, the dehumidifying guide 212 includes a second cylinder 215 and a partition 216, the second cylinder 215 may be a regular cylinder structure, the second cylinder 215 may also be an irregular cylinder structure, and a hollow second cavity 217 is provided inside the second cylinder 215, in the case that the second cylinder 215 is a regular cylinder structure in the embodiment of the present invention, one end (left end in x direction shown in fig. 5) where the second cavity 217 extends is communicated with the first accommodating chamber 11, and the other end (right end in x direction shown in fig. 5) where the second cavity 217 extends is communicated with the outside, where the end where the second cavity 217 extends refers to an apex of the second cavity 217 in the extending direction. One end (the left end in the x direction in fig. 5) of the second cavity 217 communicates with the first accommodating chamber 11, and the other end (the right end in the x direction in fig. 5) of the second cavity 217 communicates with the outside of the housing assembly 1. The partition 216 is disposed in the second cavity 217, the partition 216 divides the second cavity 217 into an air inlet duct 218 and an air outlet duct 219, and the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219 extend in the same direction as the second cavity 217, that is, the partition 216 extends in the same direction as the second cavity 217 (in the x direction shown in fig. 5). Wherein, one end (left end in x direction in fig. 5) of the air inlet duct 218 near the first accommodating chamber 11 is closed and the air inlet duct 218 communicates with the heat exchanging assembly 3 through the side wall opening of the second cylindrical body 215, the side wall of the second cylindrical body 215 refers to a wall surface which can be understood as surrounding the extending direction of the second cylindrical body 215, in case that the second cylindrical body 215 is a cylindrical structure having an axis, the axis direction is the extending direction of the second cylindrical body 215, and the cylindrical side wall surrounding the axis is the side wall of the second cylindrical body 215. One end (right end in x direction shown in fig. 5) of the air inlet duct 218 communicates with the outside of the case assembly 1, and the other end (lower end in z direction shown in fig. 5) of the air inlet duct 218 communicates with the heat exchange assembly 3, so that the moist air outside the case assembly 1 is introduced into the heat exchange assembly 3 through the air inlet duct 218. One end (the left end in the x direction shown in fig. 5) of the air outlet channel 219 is communicated with the first accommodating cavity 11, the other end (the right end in the x direction shown in fig. 5) of the air outlet channel 219 is communicated with the outside of the shell assembly 1, and the air dried by the heat exchange assembly 3 is led out to the outside of the shell assembly 1 through the air outlet channel 219.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 5, an included angle between the partition plate 216 and the horizontal plane (a plane extending in the xy direction shown in fig. 5) between the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219 in the embodiment of the present invention is not limited, that is, the extending plane of the partition plate 216 may be parallel to the horizontal plane, may be perpendicular to the horizontal plane, or may form an acute angle or an obtuse angle with the horizontal plane, for example, fig. 5 shows that the partition plate 216 is parallel to the horizontal plane, the air outlet duct 219 is disposed on the upper portion (above the x direction shown in fig. 5) of the air inlet duct 218, and the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219 are disposed side by side in the vertical direction; in other embodiments where the partition 216 is vertical to the horizontal plane, the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219 are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction (y direction in fig. 5). The angle of the partition 216 is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention, as long as the partition 216 can separate the second cavity 217 into the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219, and the air inlet duct 218 can guide the moist air into the heat exchange assembly 3, and the air outlet duct 219 can guide the dry air out of the housing assembly 1.

As shown in fig. 6, in case that the guide device is provided as the second guide assembly 22, the second guide assembly 22 may switch the guide state to switch the home appliance between two states of drying the laundry and drying the indoor air. Specifically, the flow guiding states of the second flow guiding assembly 22 include a first flow guiding state in which the second flow guiding assembly 22 is used to guide the gas to flow in the housing assembly, and a second flow guiding state in which the second flow guiding assembly 22 is used to guide the gas to flow between the inside and the outside of the housing assembly. That is to say, in the embodiment of the present invention, the second diversion assembly 22 can not only realize the air diversion of the dried clothes but also realize the air diversion of the dried indoor air by adjusting the components in the same diversion assembly without replacement, so that the same diversion assembly can switch between two different diversion states, and has a simple structure and is convenient to install.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 6, the second guide assembly 22 includes a third cylindrical body 221 and a movable plate 222. The third cylindrical body 221 has a hollow third cavity 223 therein, one end (left end in the x direction shown in fig. 6) of the third cavity 223 extending communicates with the first accommodating cavity 11, and the other end of the third cavity 223 extending communicates with the outside; the side wall of the third cylindrical body 221 is provided with a hole to communicate the third cavity 223 with the heat exchange component 3; the movable plate 222 is arranged in the third cavity 223 and movably connected with the third cylindrical body 221 to switch the flow guiding state; in the first flow guiding state, the movable plate 222 closes the other end (the right end in the x direction shown in fig. 6) of the third cavity 223 (the structure in this state is similar to that of the drying flow guiding element shown in fig. 4), and an air duct for communicating the first accommodating cavity 11 with the heat exchange assembly 3 is formed inside the third cavity 223; in the second diversion state, the movable plate 222 divides the third cavity 223 into the air inlet duct 218 and the air outlet duct 219 in the same direction as the extending direction (x direction shown in fig. 6) of the third cavity 223, and closes one end (left end shown in fig. 6) of the air inlet duct 218 near the first accommodation cavity 11; wherein the air inlet duct 218 is communicated with the opening of the sidewall of the third cylindrical body 221 (the structure in this state is similar to that of the dehumidifying guide member shown in fig. 5). Specifically, the movable plate 222 may be detachably connected to the third cylinder, so that the movable plate 222 may be detached and installed to different positions to form different required air channels in a state of switching between different flow guiding states; the movable plate 222 may also be connected to the third cylindrical body 221 in the form of a guide rail, and when different flow guiding states are switched, the movable plate 222 may move along the guide rail to reach different positions to block different openings, so as to implement conduction switching of different air ducts.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the housing assembly 1 is provided with a second accommodating cavity 151 for accommodating the flow guide device 21, and the second accommodating cavity 151 communicates the first accommodating cavity 11 and the heat exchange assembly 3. An opening at one end of the second accommodating cavity 151 can be used for taking and placing the flow guide device 2, and a through hole for communicating the first accommodating cavity 11 with the heat exchange component 3 is further formed in the position, close to the second accommodating cavity 151, of the shell component 1. According to the embodiment of the utility model, the second accommodating cavity 151 for accommodating the flow guide device 2 is arranged on the shell assembly 1, so that the flow guide device 2 is approximately flush with the surface of the shell assembly 1, the compactness of the household equipment is improved, and the appearance of the household equipment is beautified.

In some embodiments, as depicted in FIG. 1, the housing assembly 1 includes a tub assembly 14, a door assembly 15, and a base 16. The first receiving chamber 11 is disposed inside the tub assembly 14. The door assembly 15 and the barrel assembly 14 are movably connected to open and close the first accommodating cavity 11, and it should be noted that the door assembly 15 and the barrel assembly 14 in the embodiment of the present invention may be connected in a rotating manner or in a translating manner, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific connection manner of the door assembly 15 and the barrel assembly 14, as long as the door assembly 15 can open and close the first accommodating cavity 11. The base 16 is fixed below the barrel assembly 14, a channel communicated with the first accommodating cavity 11 is formed in the base 16, the channel is a bottom air duct 12, and the heat exchange assembly 3 is arranged in the bottom air duct 12.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the second accommodating cavity 151 in the embodiment of the present invention may be disposed in the door assembly 15, or may be disposed in the base 16, that is, the air guide device 2 may be disposed in the door assembly 15, or may be disposed in the base 16. In the case where the second receiving chamber 151 is provided in the door assembly 15, a hollow structure provided inside the door assembly 15 constitutes the second receiving chamber 151. The flow guide device 2 may be fixedly disposed in the second receiving cavity 151 or detachably disposed in the second receiving cavity 151. An opening communicated with the outside is formed in the door body assembly 15, and the door body assemblies 15 and 11 are communicated with the bottom air duct 12. The second receiving chamber 151 in the embodiment of the present invention may be disposed in the door body assembly 15 or the base 16. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the second accommodating cavity 151 is disposed in the door assembly 15, and the drying diversion member or the dehumidifying diversion member may be disposed in the second accommodating cavity 151 in the door assembly 15. In other embodiments, the second receiving cavity 151 may be disposed on the base 16, that is, the air guiding device 2 may be disposed in the second receiving cavity on the base, and the embodiments of the present invention do not limit the specific location of the second receiving cavity 151, as long as the second receiving cavity 151 is disposed at the end of the housing assembly 1, and a user can directly know the air guiding type of the air guiding device 2 from the appearance of the housing assembly 1.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, in a state where the second accommodating chamber 151 is opened in the door assembly 15, the door assembly 15 includes a door panel 152 and an anti-scald cover 153. Door plant 152 is last to have a through-going opening 156, prevents scalding cover 153 and sets up around opening 156, and prevents scalding cover 153 and set up in door plant 152 and be close to the one end (the left end of the x direction shown in fig. 3) of first holding chamber 11, prevents scalding cover 153 and door plant 152 fixed connection in order to form second holding chamber 151. The anti-scald cover 153 in the embodiment of the present invention is disposed on a side of the door panel 152 relatively close to the first accommodating cavity 11, so as to reduce the risk of scalding the door assembly 15 that is opened by a user in the process of taking and placing clothes.

As shown in fig. 3, the door panel 152 and the anti-scald cover 153 form a second accommodating cavity 151 for accommodating the airflow guiding device 2, it should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the shape of the anti-scald cover 153, the anti-scald cover 153 may be configured as a smooth curved surface structure, and the anti-scald cover 153 may also be configured as a non-smooth structure, as long as the anti-scald cover 153 and the door panel 152 can enclose the second accommodating cavity 151 for accommodating the airflow guiding device 2. Offer the opening 156 that is used for getting on the door plant 152 and put water conservancy diversion subassembly 2 for the mobilizable setting of water conservancy diversion subassembly 2 has improved the convenient degree of water conservancy diversion subassembly replacement on the one hand in the second holds chamber 151, and on the other hand makes water conservancy diversion subassembly dismantle the back and be convenient for clean and maintain.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, a depth of a first portion of the second receiving chamber 151, which is a dimension in an extending direction of the tub (x direction shown in fig. 3), is smaller than a depth of a second portion of the second receiving chamber 151, which is a portion of the second receiving chamber 151 away from the heat exchange assembly (upper portion in z direction shown in fig. 3), and the second portion is a portion of the second receiving chamber close to the heat exchange assembly (lower portion in z direction shown in fig. 3). The size of the first part is smaller than that of the second part in the embodiment of the utility model, so that the size of the first part is reduced on the basis that the second part can meet the set size of the related flow guide through holes, the space of the first accommodating cavity is increased, and the clothes accommodating space is enlarged.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the burn-proof enclosure 153 includes end panels 154 and side panels 155. The extending direction of the end plate 154 forms an angle with the extending direction of the door panel 152. For example, in the case that the door panel 152 is extended along the height direction (z direction in fig. 3) of the housing assembly, the extending direction of the end plate 154 is not parallel to the extending direction of the door panel 152, but is at an angle, so that the end plate 154 is inclined relative to the door panel 152, and the side plate 155 connects the end plate 154 and the door panel 152, so that the side plate 155, the end plate 154 and the door panel 152 together enclose the second accommodating chamber 151. The end plate 154 is provided with a first through hole 157 communicated with the end plate 11, and it should be noted that the cross-sectional area of the first through hole 157 may be greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area of a through hole in the flow guide device for communicating the first accommodating cavity with the second accommodating cavity (refer to fig. 3 that the area of the left side circular hole is greater than the area of the right side circular hole in the x direction of the flow guide assembly). The side plate 155 is provided with a second through hole 158 communicating with the heat exchange module, and it should be noted that the second through hole 158 may be provided at a position of an upper end and a lower end (an upper end and a lower end in the z direction shown in fig. 3) of the side plate 155, for example, the second through hole 158 is provided at a lower end of the side plate 155 and communicates with the heat exchange module provided in the base of the household appliance. Of course, in other embodiments, the second through hole 158 may be disposed at any position of the side plate 155, as long as the second through hole 158 can communicate the second cavity 151 and the heat exchange assembly at the bottom air duct. Accordingly, the flow guiding device (the first flow guiding assembly 21 shown in fig. 4) is communicated with both the first through hole 157 and the second through hole 158, so that the gas guided in at the first through hole 157 can enter the flow guiding device, and the gas in the flow guiding device can be guided out from the second through hole 158. In the embodiment of the present invention, the end plate 154 is obliquely disposed relative to the door plate 152, and the area of the first through hole 157 correspondingly disposed on the end plate 154 is larger than the area of the opening 156 on the door plate 152, so that the flow guiding amount in unit time can be increased, the flow guiding resistance can be reduced, and the flow guiding speed can be increased.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the first throughbore 157 of the end plate 154 includes a plurality of spaced apart apertures. A plurality of small holes each penetrate through opposite end faces (opposite faces in the x direction shown in fig. 3) of the end plate 154 so that the small holes each communicate with the first accommodation chamber 11 and the second accommodation chamber 151. It should be noted that the small holes in the embodiment of the present invention may be circular holes, or may be holes of any other shape, as long as the airflow conduction can be achieved and the clothes isolation function is satisfied. The small holes in the embodiment shown in fig. 3 are circular holes, and a plurality of small holes are arranged at intervals to form the first through holes, wherein the diameter of the small holes can be smaller than a set value, for example, the radius of the small holes can be set to 1-3 cm. In other embodiments, the small holes may be configured as bar holes, and as shown in fig. 7, a plurality of bar holes provided on the end plate 154 are spaced to form the first through holes 157, and the aspect ratio of the bar holes may be smaller than a predetermined value. Of course, the small holes can also be hollow holes with irregular shapes as long as the small holes can isolate clothes. The small holes are arranged at intervals, so that air flow can be conducted, the risk that clothes enter the second accommodating cavity from the first through hole can be reduced, and the clothes are isolated.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the deflector 2 comprises a hollowed-out plate 23. The hollow plate 23 is arranged at one end (the left end in the x direction shown in fig. 8) of the flow guide device 2 close to the end plate, and the hollow plate 23 is provided with a plurality of small holes arranged at intervals. The hollow plate 23 is used for isolating the clothes in the first accommodating cavity under the condition that the air in the first accommodating cavity is guided to the flow guide device 2. It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 3, the functions of the first through holes of the hollow plate 23 arranged in the previous embodiment of the present invention are the same, when the first through holes 157 on the end plate 154 of the scald-proof cover 153 are arranged in a plurality of spaced small holes, the flow guiding device 2 may be provided with the hollow plate 23, or may not be provided with the hollow plate 23, if the first through holes 157 in the scald-proof cover 153 are only arranged in one large through hole instead of a plurality of spaced small holes, the flow guiding device 2 needs to be provided with the hollow plate 23, and only one of the flow guiding device 2 and the scald-proof cover 153 needs to be provided with a small hole for isolating the clothes.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 to 6, the side plate 155 or the flow guide device (the first flow guide assembly 21 shown in fig. 4 to 5 or the second flow guide assembly 22 shown in fig. 6) has a filter screen 24, the filter screen 24 may be an exchangeable independent component, and a through hole for communicating the flow guide device, the second accommodating cavity and the bottom air duct is provided in the side plate 155 or the flow guide device, so that the filter screen 24 is provided at one of the side plate and the flow guide device, and in some embodiments, the filter screen 24 is provided between the side plate and the flow guide device, which can perform a double filtering effect on the guided air. The filter screen 24 can be a conducting part with fine pores, and can filter the lint in the air and purify the air on the premise of having the function of conducting the air flow.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the heat exchange assembly 3 includes a heat exchange device, which may be a heating device or a heat pump system, and the heat exchange assembly 3 includes an evaporator 31, a water tank, and a condenser 32. The evaporator 31 is used for cooling the gas guided by the guide device 2 and separating out moisture, the water box is used for collecting the moisture separated out by the evaporator 31 and guiding out of the shell assembly 1, and the condenser 32 is used for heating the gas guided out by the evaporator 31 and guiding out into the first accommodating cavity 11. According to the embodiment of the utility model, the indoor drying function is added on the basis of the existing clothes drying equipment, so that the space occupied by indoor electric appliances can be reduced, and the space utilization rate is improved.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

1. A household appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

a housing assembly having a first receiving chamber therein for receiving laundry;

flow directing means for directing gas flow within said housing assembly and between the interior and exterior of said housing assembly;

a heat exchange assembly disposed within the housing assembly for drying the gas;

wherein the deflector is disposed at one end of the housing assembly to display the deflector.

2. The domestic apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said deflector is removably connected to said housing assembly.

3. The domestic apparatus of claim 1 wherein the deflector comprises one of a first deflector assembly and a second deflector assembly;

the first flow guide assembly comprises a drying flow guide piece and a dehumidifying flow guide piece which can be replaced mutually, the drying flow guide piece is used for guiding gas to flow in the shell assembly, and the dehumidifying flow guide piece is used for guiding gas to flow between the inside and the outside of the shell assembly;

the second flow directing assembly may be switchable between flow directing states including a first flow directing state directing gas flow within the housing assembly and a second flow directing state directing gas flow between the interior and exterior of the housing assembly.

4. Household appliance according to claim 3,

the stoving water conservancy diversion spare includes:

the first cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow first cavity, one extended end of the first cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the first cavity is closed; the side wall of the first cylindrical body is provided with an opening to communicate the first cavity with the heat exchange assembly.

5. Household appliance according to claim 4,

the dehumidifying guide includes:

the second cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow second cavity, one extended end of the second cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the first cavity is communicated with the outside;

the partition plate is arranged in the second cavity to divide the second cavity into an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel which have the same extending direction with the second cavity; and one end of the air inlet duct, which is close to the first accommodating cavity, is closed and is communicated with the heat exchange assembly through the side wall opening of the second cylindrical body.

6. The domestic apparatus of claim 3 wherein said second deflector assembly comprises:

the third cylindrical body is internally provided with a hollow third cavity, one extended end of the third cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity, and the other extended end of the third cavity is communicated with the outside; the side wall of the third cylindrical body is provided with an opening to communicate the third cavity and the heat exchange assembly;

the movable plate is arranged in the third cavity and movably connected with the third cylindrical body so as to switch the flow guiding state;

wherein, in the first diversion state, the movable plate closes the other end of the third cavity extending; in the second diversion state, the movable plate divides the third cavity into an air inlet channel and an air outlet channel which have the same extending direction as the third cavity, and seals one end of the air inlet channel close to the first accommodating cavity; wherein, the air inlet duct is communicated with the opening of the side wall of the third cylindrical body.

7. The household appliance according to claim 3, wherein the housing assembly is provided with a second accommodating cavity for accommodating the flow guide device, and the second accommodating cavity is communicated with the first accommodating cavity and the heat exchange assembly.

8. The domestic apparatus of claim 7 wherein said housing assembly comprises:

the barrel body assembly is internally provided with the first accommodating cavity;

the door body assembly is movably connected with the barrel body assembly so as to open and close the first accommodating cavity;

the base is fixed below the barrel body assembly, a channel communicated with the first accommodating cavity is formed in the base, and the heat exchange assembly is arranged in the channel;

the second accommodating cavity is formed in the door body assembly or the base.

9. The home appliance according to claim 8, wherein the door assembly includes, in a state where the second receiving chamber is opened in the door assembly:

a door panel having a through opening;

the anti-scalding cover is arranged at one end, close to the first accommodating cavity, of the door panel around the opening and is connected with the door panel to form the second accommodating cavity.

10. The household appliance of claim 9, wherein the burn protection cover comprises:

the extending direction of the end plate and the door plate form a set included angle; the end plate is provided with a first through hole communicated with the first accommodating cavity;

the side plate is connected with the end plate and the door plate to enclose the second accommodating cavity; the side plate is provided with a second through hole communicated with the heat exchange assembly;

wherein the flow guide device is communicated with the first through hole and the second through hole.

11. The domestic apparatus of claim 10 wherein said first through hole of said end plate comprises a plurality of spaced apart apertures.

12. The household appliance according to claim 10, wherein the deflector comprises:

the hollow plate is arranged at one end, close to the end plate, of the flow guide device, and a plurality of small holes are formed in the hollow plate at intervals.

13. Household appliance according to claim 10,

the side plate or the flow guide device is provided with a filter screen for filtering the lint in the gas.

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