CN216193466U - Detergent feeding device and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a detergent putting device and a washing machine, wherein the detergent putting device comprises a water inlet valve and a putting cavity, an auxiliary water inlet pipe is arranged between the water inlet valve and the putting cavity, an impeller mechanism is arranged on the auxiliary water inlet pipe and connected with a liquid suction device, the liquid suction device is connected with a liquid storage cavity, putting liquid is arranged in the liquid storage cavity, the impeller mechanism can be driven to rotate when the auxiliary water inlet pipe enters water, and then the putting liquid in the liquid storage cavity is pumped to the putting cavity and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe through the liquid suction device. The detergent feeding device and the washing machine provided by the utility model can be used for extracting and discharging the fed liquid by utilizing the mechanical energy generated by the flowing of the washing water, so that the structure is simplified, the cost is reduced, and the feeding is accurate and reliable.

Description

Detergent feeding device and washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a detergent feeding device and a washing machine.

Background

At present, washing machines with automatic putting functions are released by various washing machine manufacturers, intelligent addition of detergent can be achieved by the washing machines, manual addition of the detergent by users is avoided, and the washing machines are more convenient and good in use feeling. With the development of technology and the increasing perfection of functions of washing machines, the demand of users on the technology of automatically putting detergent into the washing machine is higher and higher. In the related art, the detergent putting device generally adopts a piston pump, a centrifugal pump, a peristaltic pump, an electromagnetic valve and the like, and the detergent is directly put into the water tank, but the detergent put in the mode is poor in water flow mixing effect, so that the washing performance is affected, and the clothes are damaged due to the direct contact of the detergent and the clothes. In addition, the detergent feeding device is complex in structure and high in cost.

And the washing machine with the automatic putting function can intelligently detect parameters such as water quality, clothes dirt degree and the like, and calculate the accurate detergent putting amount. Some automatic putting-in function washing machines judge the weight of clothes by fuzzy weighing, determine the water consumption corresponding to the amount of the clothes, and then control the working time of a putting-in pump according to the fixed proportion of the concentration of the detergent to put in the detergent. A flow sensor is installed on the automatic feeding device of part of washing machines, and the feeding amount is accumulated through the flow sensor so as to improve the accuracy of the feeding amount.

The control of the current various automatic detergent feeding devices on the detergent feeding amount precision is only solved by improving the precision of the feeding devices, however, the feeding devices are only one of the factors influencing the feeding amount, and the influence of the environmental factors of equipment use on the detergent feeding amount is also great. Such as the ambient temperature, the viscosity of various washing and protecting agents and the influence of water inflow on the concentration of washing and protecting articles in washing liquid, and the like, can influence the final washing and protecting effect of washing equipment.

In order to accurately grasp the putting amount and the putting time, the related automatic putting devices mostly adopt electric-driven peristaltic pumps, gear pumps, piston pumps and other pump bodies to extract detergents so as to realize automatic putting, so that the electric-driven pump bodies need to be additionally arranged, the hardware cost is increased, and the washing machine with the automatic putting function is difficult to generally popularize and apply.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to a detergent dispensing device and a washing machine, which utilize mechanical energy generated by the flow of washing water to extract and discharge the dispensed liquid, thereby simplifying the structure, reducing the cost, and achieving precise and reliable dispensing.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is realized as follows:

the utility model provides a device is put in to detergent, includes water intaking valve and puts in the cavity, set up vice inlet tube between water intaking valve and the cavity of putting in set up impeller mechanism on the vice inlet tube, impeller mechanism is connected with the imbibition device, the imbibition device is connected with the stock solution cavity set up the liquid of putting in the stock solution cavity, can drive impeller mechanism when vice inlet tube is intake and rotate, and then will through the imbibition device the liquid pump sending of putting in the stock solution cavity is to putting in cavity and/or vice inlet tube.

Further, the liquid suction device comprises a piston pump, and the rotation of the impeller mechanism can drive a piston of the piston pump to reciprocate.

Furthermore, the liquid suction device also comprises a crank connecting rod, and the impeller mechanism is connected with the piston pump through the crank connecting rod.

Further, the releasing chamber is a chamber on the drawer box, or the releasing chamber is an integrated chamber on the washing machine, or the releasing chamber is a barrel structure on the washing machine.

Further, the throwing cavity is a water drainage cavity on the water inlet box, and the liquid storage cavity is formed in the water inlet box.

Furthermore, the water inlet valve comprises a main water inlet valve and an auxiliary water inlet valve, the main water inlet valve is used for controlling water inlet of the main water inlet pipe, the auxiliary water inlet valve is used for controlling water inlet of the auxiliary water inlet pipe, and the rear ends of the main water inlet pipe and the auxiliary water inlet pipe are communicated with the throwing cavity.

Further, main inlet tube and input cavity intercommunication, the imbibition device can with the liquid pump sending of input in the stock solution intracavity is to main inlet tube.

Further, a piston pump in the liquid suction device is connected with the liquid storage cavity through a liquid inlet pipeline, and the piston pump is communicated with the throwing cavity through a liquid discharge pipe.

Furthermore, a flowmeter is arranged in the auxiliary water inlet pipe, and/or a flowmeter is arranged on the liquid inlet pipeline.

Compared with the prior art, the detergent feeding device has the following advantages:

(1) the detergent feeding device provided by the utility model drives the impeller mechanism to rotate by utilizing kinetic energy generated by water flow movement, so as to drive the liquid suction device to suck the fed liquid in the liquid storage cavity and feed the liquid into the feeding cavity and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe.

(2) According to the detergent feeding device, one or more detergents are automatically fed through the improvement of the water inlet box, the main water inlet valve and the feeding device, the feeding structure is simplified, the matching of parts is reduced, and the reliability and the stability of parts are improved.

(3) The detergent feeding device can be assembled on a washing machine as an independent detergent feeding device, and can also be integrated on the washing machine, the structure is reasonable, the application range is wide, the popularization and the use are easy, the smoothness and the stability of detergent feeding are ensured, the control is accurate, and the washing effect is greatly improved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine including the detergent dispensing device.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the utility model and, together with the description, serve to explain the utility model and not to limit the utility model. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a detergent dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

description of reference numerals:

1. the device comprises a main water inlet valve, 2, a main water inlet pipe, 3, an auxiliary water inlet valve, 4, an auxiliary water inlet pipe front section, 5, an impeller mechanism, 6, a crank connecting rod, 7, a piston pump, 8, a liquid inlet pipe rear section, 9, a flowmeter, 10, a liquid inlet pipe front section, 11, a liquid storage cavity, 12, a liquid discharge pipe, 13, an auxiliary water inlet pipe rear section, 14, a throwing cavity, 15, an auxiliary water inlet pipe, 16, a liquid suction device, 17 and a water inlet valve.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical means, objectives and functions of the present invention easy to understand, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the specific drawings.

It should be noted that all terms used in the present invention for directional and positional indication, such as: the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", "top", "lower", "lateral", "longitudinal", "center", and the like are used only for explaining the relative positional relationship, connection, and the like between the respective members in a certain state (as shown in the drawings), and are only for convenience of describing the present invention, but do not require that the present invention must be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be a mechanical connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

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

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, the utility model further discloses a detergent feeding device, which comprises a water inlet valve 17 and a feeding chamber 14, wherein an auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 is arranged between the water inlet valve 17 and the feeding chamber 14, an impeller mechanism 5 is arranged on the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15, the impeller mechanism 5 is connected with a liquid suction device 16, the liquid suction device 16 is connected with the liquid storage chamber 11, feeding liquid is arranged in the liquid storage chamber 11, the impeller mechanism 5 can be driven to rotate when water enters the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15, and then the feeding liquid in the liquid storage chamber 11 is pumped to the feeding chamber 14 and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 through the liquid suction device 16.

The utility model discloses a device is put in to detergent through being provided with impeller mechanism 5 on vice inlet tube 15, utilizes vice inlet tube 15 hydraulic motion when intaking, drives impeller mechanism 5's impeller rotational motion, and then drives the imbibition device 16 work that links to each other with impeller mechanism 5, and imbibition device 16 can put in the liquid pump sending in the stock solution chamber 11 to putting in the cavity, and/or, in the vice inlet tube 15 to the automatic of putting in liquid is put in the stock solution chamber 11 in the realization.

The detergent feeding device disclosed by the utility model drives the impeller mechanism to rotate by utilizing kinetic energy generated by water flow movement, further drives the liquid suction device to suck the fed liquid in the liquid storage cavity and feed the liquid into the feeding cavity and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe, has a smart structure, reduces the arrangement of a motor or an electric wire, realizes the suction and feeding of the detergent by utilizing mechanical energy, and ensures the working stability and reliability of the detergent feeding device.

Preferably, as a preferred example of the present invention, the liquid suction device 16 comprises a piston pump 7, and the rotation of the impeller mechanism 5 can drive the piston of the piston pump 7 to reciprocate.

This set up and disclose a imbibition mode of imbibition device, drive impeller mechanism 5 through rivers potential energy and rotate, and then turn into the piston reciprocating motion in the piston pump, and then constantly absorb the liquid pump that drops in the liquid storage cavity 11 and send to and drop in cavity 14 and/or vice inlet tube 15 in, guarantee the smoothness nature and the stability that the detergent was dropped in.

As a preferred example of the present invention, the liquid suction device 16 further comprises a crank connecting rod 6, and the impeller mechanism 5 is connected with the piston pump 7 through the crank connecting rod 6.

The arrangement discloses a specific mode that the impeller mechanism 5 drives the piston pump 7 to reciprocate, the structural connection is stable, the movement is reliable, and the smoothness and the stability of detergent putting are further improved. The crank connecting rod 6 is provided to make the impeller mechanism 5 drive the piston of the piston pump 7 to reciprocate, and this is only an exemplary illustration of a preferred solution for sucking liquid by the liquid sucking device 16, and is not specifically limited.

Preferably, as a preferred example of the present invention, the throwing chamber 14 is a chamber on a drawer box, or the throwing chamber 14 is an integrated chamber on a washing machine, or the throwing chamber 14 is a tub structure on the washing machine.

The detergent feeding device can be assembled on the washing machine as an independent detergent feeding device or integrated on the washing machine, and is reasonable in structure, wide in application range and easy to popularize and use.

As an example of the present invention, the throwing chamber 14 is a drainage chamber on a water inlet box, and the reservoir chamber 11 is disposed on the water inlet box.

The detergent feeding device can be used as an integrated part and is arranged at the position where the detergent is automatically fed on the washing machine without changing the existing structure of the washing machine, and the detergent feeding device is convenient to process and produce and easy to popularize and use.

Preferably, as a preferred example of the present invention, the water inlet valve 17 is a one-inlet-two-outlet valve, one outlet of the water inlet valve 17 is communicated with the secondary water inlet pipe 15, and the other outlet of the water inlet valve 17 is communicated with the primary water inlet pipe 2.

The arrangement enables the detergent feeding device of the utility model to feed water into the feeding chamber 14 through the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 by the water inlet valve 17 when detergent needs to be fed, and then feed the fed liquid in the liquid storage chamber 11 to the feeding chamber 14 and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 through the action of the impeller mechanism 5 and the liquid suction device 16. This setting has guaranteed that the detergent puts in the accurate nature and the reliability of device input detergent control.

As a preferred example of the present invention, the main water inlet pipe 2 is communicated with the dosing chamber 14, and the liquid suction device 16 can pump the dosing liquid in the liquid storage chamber 11 into the main water inlet pipe 2.

The arrangement further improves the applicability of the utility model, and the put liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is sucked by the impeller mechanism 5 and the liquid suction device 16 and is pumped to the put chamber 14 through the main water inlet pipe 2, and by adopting the arrangement of the structure, the water pressure in the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 is greater than the water pressure in the main water inlet pipe 2, so that on one hand, the reliability of sucking and putting detergent is ensured, on the other hand, the detergent can be fully mixed in the main water inlet pipe 2, and the washing effect is improved.

Specifically, the water inlet valve 17 comprises a main water inlet valve 1 and an auxiliary water inlet valve 3, and the main water inlet valve 1 is used for controlling the water inlet of the main water inlet pipe 2; the auxiliary water inlet valve 3 controls water inlet of the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15, and the rear ends of the main water inlet pipe 2 and the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 are communicated with the throwing cavity 14.

This setting has disclosed the mode of intaking of another detergent input device, guarantees the accurate control that the detergent was put in.

As a preferred example of the present invention, the piston pump 7 is connected to the reservoir chamber 11 through a liquid inlet pipeline, and the piston pump 7 is communicated with the dispensing chamber 14 through a liquid outlet pipeline 12.

This setting discloses a concrete structure of piston pump imbibition, flowing back for rivers drive impeller mechanism 5 pivoted mechanical energy and only drive piston 7 of piston pump and do reciprocating motion, absorb with the detergent and set up with the pipeline relatively independent of input, guarantee the accurate control that the detergent absorbs and puts in on the one hand, also make the detergent input to putting in 14 fully mix simultaneously, improve the washing effect.

Preferably, as a preferred example of the present invention, a flow meter 9 is disposed on the liquid inlet pipeline, a front liquid inlet pipe section 10 is disposed between the flow meter 9 and the liquid storage chamber 11, and a rear liquid inlet pipe section 8 is disposed between the flow meter 9 and the piston pump 7.

This arrangement further improves the accuracy of control of detergent uptake and dosing.

Alternatively, the flow meter 9 is disposed in the secondary water inlet pipe 15.

The amount of water flowing through the impeller mechanism 5 is measured, converted into the number of turns of the impeller, and converted into the liquid pumping amount of the piston pump 7, so that the input amount is converted by the water inflow amount of the auxiliary water inlet valve 3. As an example of the present invention, the impeller mechanism 5 divides the sub inlet pipe 15 into a sub inlet pipe front section 4 and a sub inlet pipe rear section 13, and the flow meter 9 is disposed in the sub inlet pipe rear section 13.

Preferably, as a preferred example of the present invention, the connection position of the liquid inlet pipe front section 10 and the liquid storage cavity 11 is a position near the lower end on the bottom wall or the side wall of the liquid storage cavity 11.

This setting makes the liquid of puting in the liquid storage cavity 11 can be smooth and easy flow direction feed liquor pipe anterior segment 10 under the effect of imbibition device 16, guarantees to put in efficiency.

As an example of the utility model, the detergent dispensing device comprises an automatic dispensing water inlet box, and the box body part of the water inlet box comprises a liquid storage cavity 11 and a dispensing cavity 14. The liquid storage cavity 11 can store the liquid for putting various washing articles such as detergent. The water inlet valve 17 is a one-inlet double-outlet water inlet valve and consists of a main water inlet valve 1 and an auxiliary water inlet valve 3, and the main water inlet valve 1 is discharged into the throwing cavity 14 through a main water inlet pipe 2. The auxiliary water inlet valve 3 is discharged into the throwing cavity 14 through the front section 4 of the auxiliary water inlet pipe and the rear section 13 of the auxiliary water inlet pipe. An impeller mechanism 5 is connected between the front section 4 of the auxiliary water inlet pipe and the rear section 13 of the auxiliary water inlet pipe. When water in the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15 passes through the impeller mechanism 5, the water can rotate, so that the crank connecting rod 6 is driven to act, and a piston of a piston pump 7 movably connected with the crank connecting rod is driven to axially reciprocate. The liquid inlet end of the piston pump is communicated with the liquid storage cavity 11 through the liquid inlet pipe front section 10 and the liquid inlet pipe rear section 8, and a flow meter 9 is connected between the liquid inlet pipe front section 10 and the liquid inlet pipe rear section 8. The outlet end of the piston pump 7 is discharged to the dosing chamber 14 through a discharge pipe 12.

The working process is as follows:

the auxiliary water inlet valve 3 works, the water flow drives the impeller mechanism 5 to rotate, and then drives the piston pump 7 to work, so that the thrown liquid in the liquid storage cavity 11 is pumped and discharged into the thrown cavity 14, and further discharged into the barrel body of the washing barrel together with the water discharged by the auxiliary water inlet pipe 15. The flow meter 9 detects the feeding amount of the fed liquid, and stops the work of the auxiliary water inlet valve 3 when the feeding requirement is met. And starting the main water inlet valve 1 to work until the inner part of the barrel body of the washing barrel reaches a set water level.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the utility model, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims (10)

1. The detergent feeding device is characterized by comprising a water inlet valve (17) and a feeding cavity (14), wherein an auxiliary water inlet pipe (15) is arranged between the water inlet valve (17) and the feeding cavity (14), an impeller mechanism (5) is arranged on the auxiliary water inlet pipe (15), the impeller mechanism (5) is connected with a liquid suction device (16), the liquid suction device (16) is connected with a liquid storage cavity (11), feeding liquid is arranged in the liquid storage cavity (11), the auxiliary water inlet pipe (15) can drive the impeller mechanism (5) to rotate when water enters, and then the feeding liquid in the liquid storage cavity (11) is pumped to the feeding cavity (14) and/or the auxiliary water inlet pipe (15) through the liquid suction device (16).

2. A detergent dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that said liquid suction means (16) comprises a piston pump (7), the rotation of said impeller means (5) being capable of reciprocating the piston of the piston pump (7).

3. Detergent dispensing device according to claim 2, wherein said wicking means (16) further comprises a crank-link (6), said impeller mechanism (5) being connected to said piston pump (7) by means of the crank-link (6).

4. A detergent dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the dispensing chamber (14) is a chamber on a drawer box, or the dispensing chamber (14) is an integrated chamber on a washing machine, or the dispensing chamber (14) is a tub structure on a washing machine.

5. A detergent dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that said dispensing chamber (14) is a water discharge chamber on a water inlet box, said reservoir (11) being provided on said water inlet box.

6. The detergent dispensing device according to claim 5, wherein the water inlet valve (17) comprises a main water inlet valve (1) and an auxiliary water inlet valve (3), the main water inlet valve (1) is used for controlling the water inlet of the main water inlet pipe (2), the auxiliary water inlet valve (3) is used for controlling the water inlet of the auxiliary water inlet pipe (15), and the rear ends of the main water inlet pipe (2) and the auxiliary water inlet pipe (15) are both communicated with the dispensing chamber (14).

7. Detergent dispensing device according to claim 6, wherein the main water inlet conduit (2) communicates with a dispensing chamber (14), and the liquid suction device (16) is capable of pumping the dispensed liquid in the reservoir (11) into the main water inlet conduit (2).

8. Detergent dispensing device according to claim 7, wherein the piston pump (7) of the suction device (16) is connected to the reservoir (11) via a liquid inlet line, and wherein the piston pump (7) is connected to the dispensing chamber (14) via a liquid outlet line (12).

9. Detergent dispensing device as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 or 8, characterized in that a flow meter (9) is arranged in the secondary inlet conduit (15) and/or a flow meter (9) is arranged in the inlet conduit.

10. A washing machine comprising the detergent dispenser as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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