CN216107694U - Clothes treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses clothing treatment equipment includes: an outer tub; the inner barrel assembly comprises an inner barrel and a sealing disc, the inner barrel is provided with a water outlet hole, and the sealing disc is arranged at the bottom of the inner barrel and is arranged at the periphery of the water outlet hole; first sealing member, the one end of first sealing member is equipped with lip portion, lip portion with the periphery wall sealing fit of sealed dish, the other end of first sealing member with outer barrel bottom wall upper surface sealing fit, so that sealed dish first sealing member reaches inject drainage channel between the outer bucket. From this, through lip portion and the sealed dish sealing connection with first sealing member, simultaneously with the other end and the outer barrel bottom upper surface sealing cooperation of first sealing member for sealed dish only seals through first sealing member with outer barrel diapire, and assembly error is less, and the reliability is better.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to clothes treatment equipment.

Background

In the related art, JP2008167892A discloses that a seal holder 63 is fixed to an inner bottom surface of a water tub 20 to enclose a connection portion of a drain pipe 62 therein, an oil seal 64 is attached to an upper portion of the seal holder 63, and when the oil seal 64 is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of a disc 65 fixed to an outer surface of a bottom of a washing tub 30, a separate drain space 66 is formed between the water tub 20 and the washing tub 30, and the drain space 66 is communicated with the inside of the washing tub 30 through a drain hole 67 formed at the bottom of the washing tub 30. By the design, the drainage channel can be arranged in the space between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, so that the washing water can flow out from the drainage channel, the moisture between the inner barrel and the outer barrel is avoided, and the generation and the propagation of bacteria and mould can be inhibited. However, in the case of the solution disclosed in JP2008167892A, there is an assembly error in attaching the oil seal 64 to the seal holder 63; there is an assembly error when the sealing member holder 63 is fixed to the outer tub 30, and there is also an assembly error; the gasket 63a is fixed to the outer tub 30 or the sealing bracket 63, and has an assembly error, and a plurality of assembly errors cause the assembly process, so that the center position of the clutch is difficult to be ensured, and in the long-term use process, the conditions of water leakage, abrasion and the like occur, which leads to the loss of the service life of the clothes treatment equipment, and the reliability is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application is directed to solving at least one of the problems in the prior art. To this end, an object of the present application is to propose a laundry treating apparatus that can reduce the influence of assembly errors on the sealing reliability of the drain passage, thereby reducing the risk of water leakage at the drain.

The laundry treating apparatus according to the present application includes: an outer tub; the inner barrel assembly comprises an inner barrel and a sealing disc, the inner barrel is provided with a water outlet hole, and the sealing disc is arranged at the bottom of the inner barrel and is arranged at the periphery of the water outlet hole; the one end of first sealing member is equipped with the lip portion, lip portion cover with the periphery wall sealing fit of sealed dish, the other end of first sealing member with outer bucket diapire upper surface even sealing fit, so that sealed dish first sealing member reaches inject drainage channel between the outer bucket.

According to the clothing treatment facility of this application, through lip portion with first sealing member with sealed dish sealing connection, with the other end of first sealing member and outer bucket bottom upper surface sealing cooperation simultaneously for only there is one connecting piece, first sealing member between sealed dish and the outer bucket diapire, assembly error problem that a plurality of parts in the correlation technique arouse has been solved to this scheme. The coaxiality problem caused by assembly errors is solved to a certain extent. The scheme has the advantages of simple assembly mode, small error and high reliability.

In some examples of the present application, a remaining portion of the first seal is not connected with the tub except that the other end of the first seal is connected with the tub bottom wall.

In some examples of the present application, the lip portion and the first seal are a unitary piece.

In some examples of the present application, the first seal member includes an annular bottom ring portion, an underside of which constitutes the other end of the first seal member, the underside of which is connected and sealingly engaged with an upper surface of a bottom wall of the outer tub.

In some examples of the present application, the bottom ring portion includes an inner skeleton and a sealing layer wrapped outside the inner skeleton, and the inner skeleton has a rigidity greater than a rigidity of the sealing layer.

In some examples of the present application, the base ring portion includes a base ring body and a platen ring disposed above the base ring body, the platen ring having a stiffness greater than a stiffness of the base ring body.

In some examples of the present application, the first seal further includes a connecting portion connecting the rim portion and the lip portion, both the rim portion and the connecting portion providing an internal skeleton.

In some examples of this application, the diapire upper surface of outer bucket has the seal groove, the seal groove is the ring channel and includes first inner ring cell wall and first outer loop cell wall, the diapire of outer bucket has shaft hole and wash port, the shaft hole with the wash port all is located the inboard of first inner ring cell wall, the downside of base circle portion is equipped with sealed muscle, sealed muscle is annular muscle and inlays to locate the seal groove first inner ring cell wall with between the first outer loop cell wall.

In some examples of the present application, a width of the seal groove is greater than a width of the seal rib.

In some examples of the present application, a plurality of first connecting portions are formed on a bottom wall of the outer tub, the first connecting portions being circumferentially spaced apart from each other, the outer tub being connected to the bottom ring portion through the first connecting portions, and the first connecting portions being located outside the first outer ring groove wall of the sealing groove.

In some examples of the present application, a center of each of the first connection portions is connected as a first base circle, the sealing groove includes a first inner concave section located inside the first base circle and a first outer convex section located at least partially outside the first base circle, the first connection portion corresponds to the first inner concave section in a radial direction of the first base circle, and the drain hole corresponds to the first outer convex section in the radial direction of the first base circle.

In some examples of the present application, the first inner concave section and the first outer convex section are both a plurality of and are arranged at an interval one by one, the shape of the sealing rib matches with the shape of the sealing groove, the first connecting portion and the first inner concave section are arranged along a radial direction of the first base circle relatively, and the drain hole is one and is arranged along a radial direction of the first base circle relatively with one of the first outer convex sections.

In some examples of the present application, the first connection portion is a first connection hole, the rim portion has a second connection hole opposite to the first connection hole, and the tub and the rim portion are adapted to be connected by a fastener inserted through the first connection hole and the second connection hole.

In some examples of the present application, the laundry treating apparatus further comprises: and the water receiving box is arranged below the outer barrel and communicated to the drain hole.

In some examples of the present application, the bottom wall of the outer tub has a first insertion portion, the drain hole penetrates through the first insertion portion, the water receiving box has a second insertion portion, the second insertion portion has a water inlet hole, the first insertion portion is inserted into the second insertion portion so that the water inlet hole is communicated with the drain hole, and a third sealing member is disposed between the first insertion portion and a peripheral wall surface of the second insertion portion.

In some examples of the present application, the peripheral wall of the second insertion part has a limiting groove, and the third sealing element is sleeved on the peripheral wall of the second insertion part and is in limiting fit with the limiting groove.

In some examples of the present application, the first insertion portion defines an insertion groove with an open bottom, the insertion groove is an annular groove and includes a second inner annular groove wall and a second outer annular groove wall, and the second insertion portion is inserted between the second inner annular groove wall and the second outer annular groove wall of the insertion groove.

In some examples of the present application, the outer tub has a second connecting portion thereon, and the water receiving box has a third connecting portion thereon, wherein the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion are adapted to be connected, so that the outer tub is fixedly connected to the water receiving box.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a top view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a sectional view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at A in FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an outer tub of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a top view of an outer tub of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken at C-C of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view at D of FIG. 8;

fig. 10 is another angle schematic view of an outer tub of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a first sealing member of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is another angle schematic view of the first sealing member of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a bottom view of a first sealing member of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a plan view of a first sealing member of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken at E-E of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view at F-F of FIG. 14;

fig. 17 is an assembly view of an outer tub and a water receiving box of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is an assembly schematic view of an outer tub, a first seal and a clutch of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a top view of the assembled outer tub, first seal and clutch of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a sectional view taken at H-H in FIG. 19;

fig. 21 is a schematic view of a water receiving box of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 22 is another angle schematic view of a water receiving box of the clothes treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 23 is a plan view of a water receiving box of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view taken at I-I of FIG. 23;

fig. 25 is a sectional view of a water receiving box of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 26 is another angle schematic view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a laundry treating apparatus 100;

an outer tub 10; a shaft hole 11; a drain hole 12;

a seal groove 13; first inner ring groove wall 131; a first outer annular groove wall 132; a first concave section 133; a first convex section 134;

a first connecting portion 14; a first base circle 15; a first mating portion 16;

an insertion groove 17; a second inner annular groove wall 171; a second outer ring groove wall 172;

an accommodating space 18;

an inner barrel 20; a water outlet hole 21; the laundry-holding space 22; a laundry input port 23; an impeller 24;

a clutch 30; a dehydrating shaft 31; a washing shaft 32;

a drain passage 41;

a first seal 42; a bottom ring portion 421; a sealing rib 422; a second connection hole 423; an internal skeleton 424; a sealing layer 425; a connecting portion 426;

a connecting disc 43; a sealing disk 44; a fourth seal 45;

a water receiving box 50; a second mating portion 51; a water inlet 52; a third seal 53; a limiting groove 54; the third connection portion 55; a chamfer angle 56; a drain port 57; a water delivery section 58; a drain section 59;

a drain valve 60; a three-way pipe 61; a gas chamber 62; an adapter tube 63; an intermediate tube 64.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

The laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7, and the laundry treating apparatus 100 may be a washing machine.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present application includes: an outer tub 10, an inner tub assembly, and a first sealing member 42, the first sealing member 42 may be provided in a ring shape.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the bottom of the outer tub 10 is provided with a drain hole 12; further, a drain hole 12 is formed in the bottom wall of the outer tub 10. The inner barrel assembly comprises an inner barrel 20 and a sealing disc 44, the inner barrel 20 is rotatably arranged in the outer barrel 10, the bottom wall of the inner barrel 20 is provided with a water outlet 21, and the sealing disc 44 is arranged at the bottom of the inner barrel 20 and is arranged at the periphery of the water outlet 21.

As shown in fig. 4 and 11, the first sealing member 42 is disposed between the bottom of the inner tub 20 and the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, one end of the first sealing member 42 is provided with a lip portion 425, the lip portion 425 is sleeved on the outer peripheral wall of the sealing disc 44 and is in sealing fit with the outer peripheral wall of the sealing disc 44, and the other end of the first sealing member 42 is connected with and is in sealing fit with the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, so that a drainage channel 41 communicating the water outlet hole 21 and the drainage hole 12 is defined between the sealing disc 44, the first sealing member 42 and the outer tub 10. Further, the lip portion 425 may be provided with a lip portion, the lip portion is sleeved on the outer peripheral wall of the sealing disk 44 and is in sealing fit with the outer peripheral wall of the sealing disk 44, the other end of the first sealing member 42 is in sealing fit with the upper surface of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the lip portion and the first sealing member 42 are an integral piece, or the lip portion is a part of the first sealing member 42.

Specifically, the inner tub 20 has a laundry holding space 22, one axial side (e.g., an upper side shown in fig. 1) of the inner tub 20 is opened to define a laundry input port 206 communicating with the laundry holding space 22, the outer tub 10 has an accommodating space 18, one axial side (e.g., an upper side shown in fig. 22) of the outer tub 10 is opened, the inner tub 20 is rotatably disposed in the accommodating space 18 of the outer tub 10, and a user can place laundry into the laundry holding space 22 of the inner tub 20 through the laundry input port 23 or take laundry out of the accommodating space of the inner tub 20 through the laundry input port 23, thereby facilitating the use of the user.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the laundry treating apparatus 1 may further include: a clutch 30, the clutch 30 includes a washing shaft 32 and a dewatering shaft 31, the dewatering shaft 31 is disposed through the shaft hole 11, and the dewatering shaft 31 is used for driving the inner tub 20 to rotate, wherein the dewatering shaft 31 is hollow, the washing shaft 32 can be disposed through the dewatering shaft 31, and the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 has the shaft hole 11 (for example, the shaft hole 11 is disposed at the center of the bottom of the outer tub 10), the dewatering shaft 31 and the washing shaft 32 located in the dewatering shaft 31 can extend into the outer tub 10 from the outer side of the outer tub 10 through the shaft hole 11, and the dewatering shaft 31 is connected with the bottom wall of the inner tub 20, and the washing shaft 32 further passes through the bottom wall of the inner tub 20 to be connected with the pulsator 24 located in the inner tub 20. Accordingly, the rotation of the dehydrating shaft 31 may drive the inner tub 20 to rotate, and the rotation of the washing shaft 32 may drive the pulsator 24 to rotate, thereby implementing washing and dehydrating functions of the laundry treating apparatus 100. The washing principle and the dehydrating principle of the laundry treating apparatus 100 are well known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.

According to the clothing treatment facility of this application, through lip portion with first sealing member and sealed dish sealing connection, with the other end of first sealing member and outer bucket bottom upper surface sealing cooperation simultaneously for only there is a connecting piece between sealed dish and the outer bucket diapire, first sealing member promptly, assembly error problem that a plurality of parts in the correlation technique arouse has been solved to this scheme. The coaxiality problem caused by assembly errors is solved to a certain extent. The scheme has the advantages of simple assembly mode, small error and high reliability.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first sealing member 42 may include an annular bottom ring portion 421, the bottom ring portion 421 constitutes the other end of the first sealing member 42, the bottom ring portion 421 is disposed on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the tub 10, and the lower side of the bottom ring portion 421 is connected and sealed with the upper surface of the bottom wall of the tub 10, so that the first sealing member 42 is sealed with the bottom wall of the tub 10, and the liquid may be prevented from leaking out from the gap between the first sealing member 42 and the bottom wall of the tub 10.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 16, the rim portion 421 may include an internal skeleton 424 and a sealing layer 425 wrapping the internal skeleton 424, and the rigidity of the internal skeleton 424 is greater than that of the sealing layer 425, so that the structural strength of the first sealing member 42 may be improved, the first sealing member 42 may be prevented from being damaged, and the service life of the first sealing member 42 may be prolonged.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 16, the bottom ring portion 421 includes a bottom ring body and a pressing plate ring disposed on the upper side of the bottom ring body, and the rigidity of the pressing plate ring is greater than that of the bottom ring body, so that the structural strength of the first sealing member 42 can be further improved, the first sealing member 42 can be further prevented from being damaged, and the service life of the first sealing member 42 can be further prolonged.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, the first sealing element 42 may further include a connecting portion 426 connecting the bottom ring portion 421 and the lip portion 425, and the built-in skeleton 424 is disposed on both the bottom ring portion 421 and the connecting portion 426, so that the structural strength of the first sealing element 42 can be further improved, the first sealing element 42 can be further prevented from being damaged, and the service life of the first sealing element 42 can be further prolonged.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the upper surface of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 has a sealing groove 13, the sealing groove 13 is an annular groove and includes a first inner annular groove wall 131 and a first outer annular groove wall 132, the shaft hole 11 and the water discharge hole 12 are both located inside the first inner annular groove wall 131, the lower side of the bottom ring portion 421 is provided with a sealing rib 422, further, the bottom surface of the bottom ring portion 421 is provided with a sealing rib 422, and the sealing rib 422 is an annular rib and is embedded between the first inner annular groove wall 131 and the first outer annular groove wall 132 of the sealing groove 13. Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the sealing disc 44 is disposed at an upper side of the dehydrating shaft 31 of the clutch 30 and fixedly connected with the dehydrating shaft 31, and the first sealing member 42 is formed in a ring shape extending over the entire circumference of the sealing disc 44, in such a manner that the sealing disc 44, the first sealing member 42, the bottom of the outer tub 10 and the bottom of the inner tub 20 define the drainage channel 41, and the drainage channel 41 extends in a ring shape in the circumference of the dehydrating shaft 31, and the drainage hole 12 of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 and the drainage hole 21 of the bottom wall of the inner tub 20 are both communicated with the drainage channel 41. Specifically, the inner barrel 20 is a non-porous inner barrel 20, that is, water in the inner barrel 20 can only enter the drainage channel 41 in the outer barrel 10 through the water outlet hole 21, but cannot enter other positions of the outer barrel 10.

In the related art, the laundry treating apparatus generally employs a clutch having a drainage channel, and the clutch is assembled and connected with the inner tub and the outer tub to achieve the purpose of drainage, the structure of the clutch is complicated, and the assembly structure of the clutch with the inner tub and the outer tub is complicated, which is not easy to maintain and replace, and the cost is high.

In view of this, according to the laundry treating apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present application, by providing the first sealing member 42, and the first sealing member 42 is disposed between the bottom of the inner tub 20 and the bottom of the outer tub 10, and the first sealing member 42 is disposed around the outer circumference of the sealing disc 44, it is possible to make the sealing disc 44, the first sealing member 42, the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 and the bottom wall of the inner tub 20 define the drainage channel 41, and communicate with the drainage hole 12 of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 and the drainage hole 21 of the bottom wall of the inner tub 20, respectively, by using the drainage channel 41, thereby achieving drainage of water in the inner tub 20, which is not only simple in structure and convenient to install, but also does not need to use the clutch 30 having a drainage flow channel, using the common clutch 30, facilitating maintenance and replacement, and reducing costs.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 is provided with a sealing groove 13, the sealing groove 13 is provided on the upper surface of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the sealing groove 13 is provided as an annular groove, and the sealing groove 13 includes a first outer annular groove wall 132 and a first inner annular groove wall 131, and the water drain hole 12 and the shaft hole 11 are both located inside the first inner annular groove wall 131 in the radial direction of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10. As shown in fig. 12 and 13, the lower side of the bottom ring portion 421 of the first sealing member 42 is provided with a sealing rib 422, and the sealing rib 422 is an annular rib and is embedded between the first inner groove wall 131 and the first outer groove wall 132 of the sealing groove 13.

Therefore, the sealing rib 422 is embedded in the sealing groove 13, so that the sealing performance between the first sealing member 42 and the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 can be improved, and the liquid can be effectively prevented from flowing between the outer tub 10 and the inner tub 20.

In some embodiments of the present application, the width of the sealing groove 13 is greater than the width of the sealing rib 422, that is, the width of the sealing groove 13 is greater than the width of the sealing rib 422, so as to facilitate the installation of the sealing rib 422 in the sealing groove 13, improve the assembly efficiency of the first sealing element 42 and the outer tub 10, and ensure that the sealing rib 422 can be assembled to the sealing groove 13.

In some embodiments, after the sealing rib 422 is installed in the sealing groove 13, a gap between the sealing rib 422 and the sealing groove 13 may be set to be 1mm to 2mm, preferably, a gap between the sealing rib 422 and the sealing groove 13 is set to be 1.2mm to 1.6mm, and the gap between the sealing rib 422 and the sealing groove 13 can offset a problem that the axes of the first sealing member 42 and the clutch 30 are not coaxial due to manufacturing accuracy and assembly error, so that the assembly accuracy of the laundry treating apparatus 100 can be ensured, and the service life of the first sealing member 42 can also be ensured.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 has a plurality of first connecting portions 14 arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction, the plurality of first connecting portions 14 may be arranged around the shaft hole 11, the plurality of first connecting portions 14 are sequentially arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the shaft hole 11, the outer tub 10 may be connected to the bottom ring portion 421 through the first connecting portions 14, and the first connecting portions 14 may be located outside the first outer ring groove wall 132 of the sealing groove 13 in the radial direction of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10. The first connecting portions 14 are connected to the bottom ring portion 421, so that the first sealing member 42 can be reliably mounted on the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the first sealing member 42 can be prevented from being separated from the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the sealing rib 422 can be stably mounted in the sealing groove 13, the sealing rib 422 can be prevented from moving out of the sealing groove 13, and the sealing performance between the first sealing member 42 and the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 can be ensured.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, connecting the center of each first connection portion 14 as a first base circle 15, the seal groove 13 may include: a first inner concave section 133 lying inside the first base circle 15 and a first outer convex section 134 lying at least partly outside the first base circle 15, in the radial direction of the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the first inner concave section 133 is located inside the first base circle 15, at least a portion of the first outer convex section 134 is located outside the first base circle 15, the first connection portion 14 is disposed corresponding to the first inner concave section 133 along the radial direction of the first base circle 15, the drain hole 12 is disposed corresponding to the first outer convex section 134 along the radial direction of the first base circle 15, as shown in fig. 7, the arrangement enables the sealing groove 13 to be in a special-shaped (i.e. a lace-shaped) structure, so that the sealing groove 13 and the drain hole 12 can be kept away from each other, in addition, the first connection portion 14 and the sealing groove 13 can be separated from each other, so that the first connection portion 14 and the sealing groove 13 can be prevented from interfering with each other, and the reliability of the assembly between the first sealing member 42 and the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 can be ensured.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the first convex section 134 and the first concave section 133 may be disposed in a plurality, and the first convex sections 134 and the first concave sections 133 are disposed at intervals one by one, further, in the circumferential direction of the bottom wall of the outer barrel 10, the first convex sections 134 are disposed at intervals in sequence, the first concave sections 133 are disposed at intervals in sequence, one first concave section 133 may be connected between two adjacent first convex sections 134, and one first convex section 134 may be connected between two adjacent first concave sections 133. The shape of the sealing rib 422 matches the shape of the sealing groove 13, the plurality of first connecting portions 14 and the plurality of first inner concave sections 133 are arranged opposite to each other in the radial direction of the first base circle 15, one first connecting portion 14 and one first inner concave section 133 are arranged opposite to each other in the radial direction of the first base circle 15, the number of the drain holes 12 may be one, and the drain hole 12 and one of the first outer convex sections 134 are arranged opposite to each other in the radial direction of the first base circle 15. So set up and to set up the seal groove 13 into regular lace type structure, through the shape phase-match with the shape of seal muscle 422 and seal groove 13, can realize that seal muscle 422 assembles non-directionality, also can install seal muscle 422 in seal groove 13 fast.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the first connection portion 14 may be provided as a first connection hole, as shown in fig. 11, the bottom ring portion 421 has a second connection hole 426 thereon, the second connection hole 426 is opposite to the first connection hole, and the tub 10 and the bottom ring portion 421 are adapted to be connected by a fastener penetrating through the second connection hole 426 and the first connection hole. Wherein, the second connecting hole 426 also can be set up to a plurality of, and a plurality of second connecting holes 426 are spaced apart in proper order in the circumferential direction of bottom circle portion 421 and are set up, and a plurality of second connecting holes 426 and a plurality of first connecting hole one-to-one wear to locate second connecting hole 426 and first connecting hole simultaneously through the fastener, can install first sealing member 42 in the diapire of outer bucket 10 firmly, can press sealed muscle 422 in seal groove 13 to can promote the leakproofness between the diapire of first sealing member 42 and outer bucket 10.

Further, the fastening member may be provided as a bolt or a screw to further ensure the assembling accuracy of the laundry treating apparatus 1 and also to further ensure the service life of the first sealing member 42. The present application is not limited thereto and the fastener may be provided as a rivet.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5 and 17, the laundry treating apparatus 100 may further include: the water receiving box 50, the water receiving box 50 may be disposed below the outer tub 10, and the water receiving box 50 communicates with the water discharge hole 12. Wherein, the water receiving box 50 can be arranged at the bottom wall of the outer barrel 10, the water receiving box 50 is provided with a water inlet 52, the water inlet 52 is hermetically connected with the drain hole 12, and the arrangement is such that water drained from the drain hole 12 can flow into the water receiving box 50 through the water inlet 52, so as to drain water through the water receiving box 50, thereby improving the guiding effect of water flow.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 24, the water receiving box 50 may include: a water feed part 58 and a water discharge part 59. Wherein, water inlet 52 extends in the axial direction of outer tub 10, water delivery part 58 extends in the radial direction of outer tub 10, one end of water delivery part 58 adjacent to the center line of outer tub 10 communicates with the other end of water inlet 52 remote from outer tub 10, one end of water drain 59 communicates with the other end of water delivery part 58 remote from the center line of outer tub 10, and water drain 59 is provided with water drain port 57. Therefore, the water receiving box 50 is simple in structure, and the structural layout of the water receiving box 50 is reasonable.

In the correlation technique, the installation of water receiving box is insecure, in the transportation or the long-term use of clothing treatment facility, has the risk that the water receiving box drops.

In view of this, as shown in fig. 4, 8 and 21, according to the clothes treating apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present application, the bottom wall of the outer tub 10 has the first insertion part 16, the water receiving box 50 has the second insertion part 51, the water discharging hole 12 penetrates through the first insertion part 16, the second insertion part 51 has the water inlet 52, the second insertion part 51 is inserted and matched with the first insertion part 16, so that the water discharging hole 12 can be communicated with the water inlet 52, and the third sealing member 53 is disposed between the peripheral wall surface of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16. The third sealing member 53 is arranged between the peripheral wall surface of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16, the third sealing member 53 can seal a gap between the peripheral wall surface of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16, liquid can be prevented from flowing out from between the peripheral wall surface of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16, in addition, the third sealing member 53 is arranged between the peripheral wall surface of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16, space can be saved, when the liquid flows to the drain hole 12 and the water inlet hole 52, the liquid has certain lateral pressure on the second insertion part 51, the first insertion part 16 and the second insertion part 51 press the third sealing member 53, the sealing effect of the third sealing member 53 can be improved, and the risk that the water receiving box 50 falls off can also be reduced.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 24 and 25, the second insertion part 51 has a limiting groove 54, the limiting groove 54 may be disposed on an outer circumferential wall of the second insertion part 51, the third sealing member 53 may be sleeved on the outer circumferential wall of the second insertion part 51, and the third sealing member 53 may be in limiting fit in the limiting groove 54, wherein the third sealing member 53 may be configured as a sealing ring, such that the third sealing member 53 is configured to be able to be fitted in the limiting groove 54, and a part of the structure of the third sealing member 53 protrudes out of an opening of the limiting groove 54, so that after the second insertion part 51 is in insertion fit with the first insertion part 16, the third sealing member 53 can ensure that a gap between the outer circumferential wall of the second insertion part 51 and the first insertion part 16 can be sealed.

Further, the design depth of the limiting groove 54 is between 1/2 and 2/3 of the diameter of the third sealing member 53, and after the third sealing member 53 is installed in the limiting groove 54, partial structure of the third sealing member 53 can be guaranteed to protrude out of the opening of the limiting groove 54.

Further, as shown in fig. 25, the outer surface of the upper end of the second insertion-connection part 51 may be provided with a chamfer 56, and when the third sealing member 53 is installed in the limiting groove 54, the second insertion-connection part 51 can be ensured to be smoothly inserted into the insertion-connection groove 17 under the guiding action of the chamfer 56.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the first insertion part 16 may define an insertion groove 17 with an open bottom, the insertion groove 17 may be configured as an annular groove, and the insertion groove 17 includes a second outer annular groove wall 172 and a second inner annular groove wall 171, and the second insertion part 51 is inserted between the second outer annular groove wall 172 and the second inner annular groove wall 171 of the insertion groove 17. After the second inserting-connecting part 51 is inserted between the second outer ring groove wall 172 and the second inner ring groove wall 171 of the inserting-connecting groove 17, the third sealing element 53 is arranged between the second outer ring groove wall 172 and the second inserting-connecting part 51, so that the sealing performance between the first inserting-connecting part 16 and the second inserting-connecting part 51 can be improved, the waterproofness between the first inserting-connecting part 16 and the second inserting-connecting part 51 can be improved, liquid can be better prevented from flowing out from between the first inserting-connecting part 16 and the second inserting-connecting part 51, and when the liquid flows through the water drainage hole 12 and the water inlet hole 52, the liquid has a certain side pressure to the second inserting-connecting part 51 and the side wall of the inserting-connecting groove 17, the first inserting-connecting part 16 and the second outer ring groove wall 172 extrude the third sealing element 53, the sealing effect of the third sealing element 53 can be improved, and the risk of falling of the water receiving box 50 can be further reduced.

Further, a sealant can be disposed between the inner surface of the insertion groove 17 and the second insertion part 51, so that the sealing property between the inner surface of the insertion groove 17 and the second insertion part 51 can be further improved, and water leakage between the inner surface of the insertion groove 17 and the second insertion part 51 can be effectively prevented.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 21 and 22, the outer tub 10 has a second connection portion, the water receiving box 50 has a third connection portion 55, and the third connection portion 55 and the second connection portion are suitable for being connected, so that the outer tub 10 and the water receiving box 50 are fixedly connected. The second connecting portion may be a third connecting hole, the third connecting portion 55 may be a fourth connecting hole, and the outer tub 10 and the water receiving box 50 may be assembled together by being mounted in the second connecting portion and the third connecting portion 55 by screws.

Further, on the outer tub 10, the sealing groove 13 is located obliquely above the second outer ring groove wall 172, and the distance between the sealing groove 13 and the right above the second outer ring groove wall 172 is preferably 1mm to 3mm, and the distance between the sealing groove 13 and the right above the second outer ring groove wall 172 is preferably 2 mm. Because the sealing between the sealing groove 13 and the sealing rib 422 of the first sealing element 42 requires that the strength of the first sealing element 42 is good and the first sealing element is not easy to deform, and the second outer ring groove wall 172 of the insertion groove 17 can just play a role in structural reinforcement, the structural strength of the first sealing element 42 can be improved, and the risk of deformation of the first sealing element 42 is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5, the drain holes 12 are located at a radial side of the dehydrating shaft 31. Specifically, for example, as shown in fig. 7, there is only one drain hole 12, and the drain hole 12 is located on one side in the radial direction of the dewatering shaft 31. As another example, the drain holes 12 are plural, the plurality of drain holes 12 constitute a set of drain hole groups, the set of drain hole groups is located at one side in the radial direction of the dewatering shaft 31, and the plurality of drain holes 12 of the set of drain hole groups are arranged at intervals in the radial direction of the dewatering shaft 31. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the drain hole 12 may be plural, and the plural drain holes 12 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the dehydrating shaft 31.

In some alternative embodiments of the present application, the first seal 42 is detachably connected with the outer tub 10. Therefore, the first sealing member 42 can be conveniently detached from the outer tub 10 for maintenance and replacement when the first sealing member 42 is damaged due to long-term use.

In some alternative embodiments of the present application, except that the other end of the first sealing member 42 is connected to the bottom wall of the outer tub 10, the rest of the first sealing member 42 is not connected to the outer tub 10, so that the rest of the first sealing member 42 is not worn away from the outer tub 10, and the service life of the first sealing member 42 can be prolonged.

In some alternative embodiments of the present application, the lip portion and the first sealing member 42 are a single piece, so that the structural strength of the lip portion and the first sealing member 42 can be improved, and the sealing performance of the lip portion and the sealing disk 44 can be ensured.

In some embodiments of the present application, the inner barrel assembly may comprise: the drain channel 41 comprises a first sub-channel, a second sub-channel and a third sub-channel, the first sub-channel is formed on the connecting disc 43, the second sub-channel, the first sub-channel and the third sub-channel are all arranged in a plurality, and the plurality of second sub-channels, the plurality of first sub-channels and the plurality of third sub-channels are arranged in a one-to-one opposite mode. After the liquid flowing out of the water outlet hole 21 flows into the first sub-channel, the first sub-channel flows into the second sub-channel and the third sub-channel in sequence, the liquid flows into the water outlet from the third sub-channel, then the liquid flows into the water receiving box 50 from the water outlet, and the liquid is discharged from the water receiving box 50.

In some embodiments of the present application, the connecting plate 43 and the inner barrel 20 are an integrally formed part. Therefore, the structure of the integrated piece can not only ensure the structure and the performance stability of the connecting disc 43 and the inner barrel 20, but also facilitate the forming and the simple manufacture, save redundant assembling parts and connecting processes, greatly improve the assembling efficiency of the connecting disc 43 and the inner barrel 20, ensure the connecting reliability of the connecting disc 43 and the inner barrel 20, and have higher integral strength and stability, more convenient assembly and longer service life.

In some embodiments of the present application, the connecting disc 43 is removably connected to the sealing disc 44. Since the seal disk 44 is in abutting engagement with the first seal member 42, there is a risk of abrasion of the seal disk 44 after a long period of use, and by detachably connecting the connecting disk 43 to the seal disk 44, the seal disk 44 can be easily removed and replaced for maintenance and replacement of the seal disk 44.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 26, a drain valve 60 is connected to the drain port 57 of the drip tray 50. Specifically, the drain valve 60 may be controlled to be closed when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in the washing process, and the drain valve 60 may be controlled to be opened when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in the dehydration state, thereby achieving the purpose of draining water.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 26, the laundry treating apparatus 100 may include a tee 61 and a water level detecting device, wherein the water level detecting device includes a gas chamber 62 and a pressure detecting portion, wherein the gas chamber 62 may be disposed on a peripheral wall of the outer tub 10, a first port of the tee 61 is connected to the drain port 57, a drain valve 60 is connected to a second port of the tee 61, and the gas chamber 62 communicates with the pressure detecting portion at a third port of the tee 61. For example, the pressure detection part may be a water level sensor. It can be understood that when the water in the drain channel 41 enters the third port of the tee 61 and the water acts on the air chamber 62, the pressure detecting part detects the presence of the water, thereby facilitating the detection of the level of the water in the inner tub 20.

In some embodiments of the present application, the air chamber 62 is integrally formed on the outer circumferential wall of the outer tub 10. Therefore, the structure is simple, the air chamber 62 is not required to be additionally arranged, the installation is omitted, the cost is reduced, and meanwhile, the connection strength of the air chamber 62 and the outer barrel 10 can be improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, the gas chamber 62 is connected to the third port by an adapter tube 140 and an intermediate tube 150. Thus, the structure is simple.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

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1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

an outer tub;

the inner barrel assembly comprises an inner barrel and a sealing disc, the inner barrel is provided with a water outlet hole, and the sealing disc is arranged at the bottom of the inner barrel and is arranged at the periphery of the water outlet hole;

first sealing member, the one end of first sealing member is equipped with lip portion, lip portion with the periphery wall sealing fit of sealed dish, the other end of first sealing member with outer barrel bottom wall upper surface sealing fit, so that sealed dish first sealing member reaches inject drainage channel between the outer bucket.

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the remaining portion of the first seal is not connected to the tub except for the other end of the first seal connected to the tub bottom wall.

3. The laundry processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lip portion and the first seal are a unitary piece.

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first sealing member includes a bottom ring portion having a ring shape, an underside of the bottom ring portion constituting the other end of the first sealing member, the underside of the bottom ring portion being connected to and sealingly engaged with an upper surface of a bottom wall of the outer tub.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the rim portion includes an inner frame and a sealing layer wrapped around the inner frame, the inner frame having a stiffness greater than a stiffness of the sealing layer.

6. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the bottom ring portion includes a bottom ring body and a platen ring provided above the bottom ring body, the platen ring having a rigidity greater than that of the bottom ring body.

7. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first seal further includes a connecting portion connecting the rim portion and the lip portion, the rim portion and the connecting portion each providing an internal skeleton.

8. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the top surface of the bottom wall of the outer tub has a sealing groove, the sealing groove is an annular groove and includes a first inner ring groove wall and a first outer ring groove wall, the bottom wall of the outer tub has a shaft hole and a drain hole, the shaft hole and the drain hole are both located inside the first inner ring groove wall, a sealing rib is provided at a lower side of the bottom ring portion, and the sealing rib is an annular rib and is embedded between the first inner ring groove wall and the first outer ring groove wall of the sealing groove.

9. The laundry treating apparatus of claim 8, wherein the width of the sealing groove is greater than the width of the sealing rib.

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the bottom wall of the outer tub has a plurality of first connecting portions arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction, the outer tub is connected to the bottom ring portion through the first connecting portions, and the first connecting portions are located outside the first outer ring groove wall of the sealing groove.

11. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a center of each of the first connection portions is connected as a first base circle, the sealing groove includes a first inner concave section located inside the first base circle and a first outer convex section located at least partially outside the first base circle, the first connection portion corresponds to the first inner concave section in a radial direction of the first base circle, and the drain hole corresponds to the first outer convex section in the radial direction of the first base circle.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first inner concave sections and the first outer convex sections are spaced one by one, the shape of the sealing rib matches the shape of the sealing groove, the first connecting sections and the first inner concave sections are disposed opposite to each other in a radial direction of the first base circle, and the drain hole is one and disposed opposite to one of the first outer convex sections in the radial direction of the first base circle.

13. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first connecting portion is a first connecting hole, the base ring portion has a second connecting hole disposed opposite to the first connecting hole, and the tub and the base ring portion are adapted to be connected by a fastener inserted through the first connecting hole and the second connecting hole.

14. The laundry processing apparatus according to any one of claims 8-13, further comprising:

and the water receiving box is arranged below the outer barrel and communicated to the drain hole.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the bottom wall of the outer tub has a first insertion portion, the drain hole penetrates the first insertion portion, the water receiving box has a second insertion portion, the second insertion portion has a water inlet hole, the first insertion portion is inserted into the second insertion portion to connect the water inlet hole with the drain hole, and a third sealing member is disposed between peripheral walls of the first insertion portion and the second insertion portion.

16. The clothes treating apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the second insertion part has a limiting groove on an outer peripheral wall thereof, and the third sealing member is sleeved on the outer peripheral wall of the second insertion part and is in limiting fit with the limiting groove.

17. The garment treatment device according to claim 16, wherein the first socket defines an open-bottomed socket groove, the socket groove being an annular groove and including a second inner annular groove wall and a second outer annular groove wall, the second socket being interposed between the second inner annular groove wall and the second outer annular groove wall of the socket groove.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the outer tub has a second connecting portion thereon, and the water receiving box has a third connecting portion thereon, the second and third connecting portions being adapted to connect to fixedly connect the outer tub to the water receiving box.

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