CN216193475U - Washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a washing machine, comprising: a washing tub, the upper part of which is provided with a dewatering hole; a lint filter provided at an inner side of the washing tub; a drainage assembly disposed at an outer side of the washing tub and communicated with the dehydration hole; the fastener is suitable for fixing the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly on the washing barrel at the same time, and the thread scrap filter, the washing barrel and the drainage assembly are respectively provided with a first connecting hole, a second connecting hole and a third connecting hole which are suitable for the fastener to sequentially penetrate through; one of the thread scrap filter and the drainage component is provided with a positioning convex part, and the other is provided with a positioning groove. The washing tub is provided with a first escape through hole allowing the positioning protrusion to pass through. The utility model overcomes the defects that the lint filter and the drainage component in the prior art are easy to displace in the assembly process, the assembly difficulty is increased or the assembled lint filter or the drainage component leaks water, thereby allowing an operator to quickly and accurately assemble the drainage component and the lint filter on the washing barrel.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a washing machine.

Background

The conventional washing machine generally includes an inner tub and an outer tub, and a plurality of small holes are formed in a tub wall of the inner tub. When dewatering, the clothes are made to cling to the tub wall by the centrifugal force of high speed rotation, and the water in the clothes enters the outer tub through the small holes and is discharged out of the washing machine, so as to achieve the purpose of dewatering. However, dirt and scale are easily stored between the inner barrel and the outer barrel of the washing machine, bacteria are bred, and secondary pollution to clothes is easily caused and the health of a user is not good.

In view of the above problems, the applicant has developed a washing machine. Which comprises a washing tub, a drain assembly and a lint filter. And a dewatering hole is arranged above the washing barrel and communicated with the drainage component. Water is in the washing tub during the washing process. When the laundry is dehydrated, the washing tub is rotated at a high speed, and water separated from the laundry can be discharged through the drainage assembly along the dehydration holes at the upper end of the washing tub. The thread scraps filter is arranged on the inner wall of the washing barrel and used for collecting thread scraps generated in the washing barrel in the washing process so as to avoid the blockage of the drain hole. Since both the lint filter and the drainage assembly need to be fixed on the washing tub through fasteners, in order to avoid excessive openings in the washing tub, which results in complicated and redundant connection structures and reduces the production efficiency of the washing machine, the applicant sets the lint filter and the drainage assembly at the same position on the washing tub. However, in the practical operation process, the applicant finds that since an operator needs to press the lint filter on the inner side of the washing tub, press the drainage assembly on the outer side of the washing tub, and connect the lint filter and the drainage assembly to the washing tub of the washing machine by using the fastening member, the positioning difficulty of the lint filter and the drainage assembly is high, the lint filter and the drainage assembly are easily displaced in the installation process, the assembly difficulty is increased, or the drainage assembly leaks water after assembly.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defects that the lint filter and the drainage assembly in the prior art are easy to displace in the assembly process, which increases the assembly difficulty or causes water leakage of the assembled lint filter or drainage assembly, thereby providing a lint filter and a washing machine which can be assembled quickly and accurately.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a washing machine including: a washing tub, the upper part of which is provided with a dewatering hole; a lint filter provided at an inner side of the washing tub; a drainage assembly disposed at an outer side of the washing tub and communicated with the dehydration hole; the fastener is suitable for fixing the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly on the washing barrel at the same time, and the thread scrap filter, the washing barrel and the drainage assembly are respectively provided with a first connecting hole, a second connecting hole and a third connecting hole which are suitable for the fastener to sequentially penetrate through; be provided with the location convex part on one of them of line bits filter and drainage subassembly, be provided with the constant head tank on another, the constant head tank can the holding location convex part and make first connecting hole, second connecting hole and third connecting hole align, and the washtub is provided with the first through-hole of dodging that allows the location convex part to pass.

Further, the drainage assembly comprises an inner baffle and an outer baffle, the edges of the inner baffle and the outer baffle are connected in a sealing mode and are provided with connecting portions, the middle portions of the inner baffle and the outer baffle are separated from each other and are provided with drainage channels, the positioning convex portions are arranged on the thread scrap filter, and the positioning grooves are formed in the inner baffle and are communicated with the drainage channels.

Furthermore, the positioning convex part is in clearance fit with the positioning groove, one end of the positioning convex part is provided with a clamping hook which extends downwards, and the clamping hook extends into the drainage channel and is abutted against the inner baffle.

Furthermore, one of the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly is provided with a guide post extending along the direction vertical to the cylinder wall of the washing barrel, the other one of the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly is provided with a guide through hole suitable for accommodating the guide post, and the cylinder wall of the washing barrel is provided with a second avoiding through hole for the guide post to pass through.

Further, the guide post sets up on the thread scraps filter, and the direction through-hole sets up on connecting portion and runs through interior baffle and outer baffle.

Further, the guide through hole is in clearance fit with the guide post.

Further, the washing machine further comprises a sealing gasket arranged between the washing barrel and the drainage component, and the edge of the sealing gasket is wrapped outside the connecting part.

Furthermore, one of the sealing gasket and the drainage assembly is provided with a limiting convex part, the other one of the sealing gasket and the drainage assembly is provided with a limiting through hole matched with the limiting convex part, and the limiting convex part penetrates through the limiting through hole.

Further, the tub wall of the washing tub is inwardly depressed to form a fitting groove in which the drain assembly is disposed.

Further, the thread scrap filter also comprises a mounting seat, and a concave part corresponding to the assembling groove is formed on the mounting seat.

The utility model has the following advantages:

1. according to the technical scheme, the washing machine is provided with the positioning convex part and the positioning groove which can be matched with each other on the thread scraps filter and the drainage assembly respectively, and the washing barrel is additionally provided with the first avoiding through hole which can allow the positioning convex part to pass through. When the line bits filter and the drainage subassembly are installed together on the washing barrel to needs, the location convex part can pass first dodge the through-hole and cooperate with the constant head tank. The positioning groove can align the first connection hole, the second connection hole, and the third connection hole when accommodating the positioning convex part, thereby allowing the fastener to sequentially pass through the first connection hole, the second connection hole, and the third connection hole and simultaneously fix the drainage assembly and the lint filter on the washing tub. Therefore, the washing machine of the present invention can overcome the disadvantages of the prior art that the lint filter and the drain assembly are easily displaced during the assembly process, increasing the assembly difficulty or causing water leakage of the assembled lint filter or drain assembly, and can allow an operator to quickly and accurately fix the drain assembly and the lint filter to a wash simultaneously with one fastening member.

2. The fitting relationship between the positioning protrusion and the positioning groove is clearance fit. When the positioning convex part is in clearance fit with the positioning groove, one end of the positioning convex part can also be provided with a clamping hook which extends downwards, and the clamping hook extends into the drainage channel and is propped against the inner baffle. The clamping hook can hook the inner baffle of the drainage component, so that the effect of avoiding the matching failure between the positioning convex part and the positioning groove in the assembling process is achieved.

3. One of the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly is provided with a guide post extending along the direction vertical to the cylinder wall of the washing barrel, the other one of the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly is provided with a guide through hole suitable for accommodating the guide post, and the cylinder wall of the washing barrel is provided with a second avoiding through hole for the guide post to pass through. The cooperation of guide post and direction through-hole can play the guide effect to drainage component, and the guide pothook catches on drainage component's interior baffle. The guide post is set up on the thread scraps filter, and the direction through-hole sets up on connecting portion and runs through interior baffle and outer baffle. When the guide through-hole is provided on the connection portion of the drain assembly. The guide through-hole may be provided to penetrate the inner and outer baffles of the drain assembly without causing water leakage. This enables the guide post to be disposed through the drain assembly to facilitate alignment of the guide through-hole with the guide post by an operator.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 schematically shows a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view taken along line A-A of the washing machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view taken along line B-B of the washing machine of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of FIG. 4 at B;

fig. 6 is an enlarged view of fig. 1 at C.

Description of reference numerals:

100. a washing machine; 1. a washing tub; 11. a first avoidance through hole; 12. a second avoidance through hole; 13. Assembling a groove; 14. a second connection hole; 2. a lint filter; 21. a positioning projection; 211. a hook; 22. a guide post; 23. a mounting seat; 231. a recessed portion; 24. a first connection hole; 3. a drainage assembly; 31. an inner baffle; 32. an outer baffle; 33. positioning a groove; 34. a guide through hole; 35. a limiting through hole; 37. a third connection hole; 4. a fastener; 5. a gasket; 51. a limit convex part.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1 schematically shows a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view taken along line a-a of the washing machine in fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the washing machine 100 of the present embodiment mainly includes a washing tub 1, a lint filter 2, a drain assembly 3, and a fastening member 4. Wherein, the upper part of the washing tub 1 is provided with a dehydration hole. The upper part means that the height of the dewatering holes is set to: is higher than the water level in the washing tub 1 during the washing process, and can allow the water in the washing tub 1 to flow out along the dehydrating holes when the washing tub 1 is in a high-speed rotation state. The lint filter 2 is disposed inside the washing tub 1. The drain assembly 3 is disposed at the outside of the washing tub 1 and communicates with the dehydration hole. The drain assembly 3 is adapted to drain water from the washing tub 1. Preferably, the washing machine 100 may further include a water tray. The washing tub 1 is disposed in the water receiving tray, and water flowing out of the water discharging assembly 3 can enter the water receiving tray, so as to prevent water from flowing out of the washing machine 100 and bringing additional burden such as cleaning floor to a user. The fastening member 4 is adapted to simultaneously fix the lint filter 2 and the drain assembly 3 to the washing tub 1. The lint filter 2, the washing tub 1 and the drain assembly 3 are provided with a first connection hole 24, a second connection hole 14 and a third connection hole 37 adapted to pass the fastening member 4 in sequence, respectively. One of the lint filter 2 and the drain assembly 3 is provided with a positioning protrusion 21, and the other is provided with a positioning groove 33. The positioning groove 33 can receive the positioning projection 21 and align the first connection hole 24, the second connection hole 14, and the third connection hole 37. The washing tub 1 is provided with a first escape through hole 11 allowing the positioning protrusion 21 to pass through. The fasteners 4 are preferably, but not limited to, screws, bolts, rivets, or the like.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the washing machine 100 of the present embodiment is provided with the positioning protrusion 21 and the positioning groove 33 respectively disposed on the thread dust filter 2 and the drainage assembly 3, and the washing tub 1 is additionally provided with the first avoiding through hole 11 capable of allowing the positioning protrusion 21 to pass through. When it is necessary to mount the lint filter 2 and the drain assembly 3 together on the washing tub 1, the positioning protrusion 21 can pass through the first escape through hole 11 and be fitted into the positioning groove 33. The positioning groove 33 can align the first, second and third connection holes 24, 14 and 37 to each other when receiving the positioning protrusion 21, thereby allowing the fastening member 4 to sequentially pass through the first, second and third connection holes 24, 14 and 37 and simultaneously fix the drain assembly 3 and the lint filter 2 to the washing tub 1. Therefore, the washing machine 100 of the present embodiment can overcome the disadvantages of the prior art that the lint filter 2 and the drain assembly 3 are easily displaced during the assembly process, increasing the assembly difficulty or causing water leakage from the assembled lint filter 2 or the drain assembly 3, and can allow an operator to quickly and accurately fix the drain assembly 3 and the lint filter 2 to a wash simultaneously by means of one fastening member 4.

The drain assembly 3 may be provided in one piece or in separate pieces. For example, in the present embodiment, the drain assembly 3 includes an inner barrier 31 and an outer barrier 32. The edges of the inner barrier 31 and the outer barrier 32 are hermetically connected and formed with a connecting portion. The middle portions of the inner barrier 31 and the outer barrier 32 are separated from each other and formed with a drainage passage. The positioning convex part 21 is arranged on the thread dust filter 2, the positioning groove 33 is arranged on the inner baffle 31 and communicated with the drainage channel, when the positioning convex part 21 is inserted into the drainage channel, the positioning convex part can play a role in guiding the drainage component 3 and can also play a role in partially dewatering holes, and water is allowed to pass between the positioning convex part 21 and the positioning groove 33 and is discharged through the drainage component 3.

In the present embodiment, the fitting relationship between the positioning protrusion 21 and the positioning groove 33 is transition fitting, but preferably clearance fitting. When the positioning protrusion 21 and the positioning groove 33 are in clearance fit, one end of the positioning protrusion 21 may further be formed with a hook 211 (see fig. 3) extending downward, and the hook 211 extends into the drainage channel and abuts against the inner baffle 31. The hook 211 can hook the inner baffle 31 of the drain assembly 3, thereby preventing the failure of the fit between the positioning protrusion 21 and the positioning groove 33 during the assembly process.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, one of the lint filter 2 and the drain assembly 3 is provided with a guide post 22 extending in a direction perpendicular to the wall of the washing tub 1, and the other is provided with a guide through hole 34 adapted to receive the guide post 22, and the wall of the washing tub 1 is provided with a second escape through hole 12 through which the guide post 22 passes. The cooperation of the guide post 22 and the guide through hole 34 can guide the drain assembly 3, and the guide hook 211 hooks the inner baffle 31 of the drain assembly 3. However, in order to facilitate the alignment of the guide through-holes 34 with the guide posts 22 by the operator, the guide posts 22 are preferably provided on the lint filter 2, with the guide through-holes 34 provided on the connecting portion and penetrating the inner and outer baffles 31 and 32. When the guide through-hole 34 is provided on the connection portion of the drain assembly 3. The guide through-hole 34 may be provided to penetrate the inner barrier 31 and the outer barrier 32 of the drain assembly 3 without causing water leakage. This enables the guide post 22 to be disposed through the drain assembly 3 to facilitate alignment of the guide through-hole 34 with the guide post 22 by an operator. In order to facilitate the operator to move the drainage assembly 3 in the up-and-down direction after the guiding through hole 34 is sleeved on the guiding column 22 so as to hook the hook 211 on the inner baffle 31 of the drainage assembly 3, the guiding through hole 34 is preferably arranged to be in clearance fit with the guiding column 22.

In the present embodiment, the washing machine 100 further includes a gasket 5 disposed between the washing tub 1 and the drain assembly 3. The edge of the sealing gasket 5 is wrapped outside the connecting part of the drainage assembly 3, so that the risk of water leakage between the inner baffle 31 and the outer baffle 32 of the drainage assembly 3 can be further reduced. In order to ensure that the sealing gasket 5 can be always wrapped outside the connecting part of the drainage assembly 3, one of the sealing gasket 5 and the drainage assembly 3 is provided with a limiting convex part 51, the other one is provided with a limiting through hole 35 (see fig. 6) matched with the limiting convex part 51, and the limiting convex part 51 penetrates through the limiting through hole 35. The gasket 5 is preferably, but not limited to, made of a material rich in elasticity and resilience and having appropriate mechanical strength, such as rubber or silicone.

To further facilitate the assembly of the drain assembly 3 to the washing tub 1, the tub wall of the washing tub 1 may be provided to be inwardly concave, and may also be provided to be outwardly concave. For example, in the present embodiment, the washing tub 1 is provided to be inwardly depressed and formed with the fitting groove 13. The curvature of the inner barrier 31 of the drain assembly 3 is preferably configured to match the fitting groove 13, which can facilitate the drain assembly 3 to be fittingly disposed in the fitting groove 13. Accordingly, the lint filter 2 further includes a mounting seat 23, and a recess 231 corresponding to the fitting groove 13 is formed on the mounting seat 23. This enables the recess 231 to receive the inside of the fitting groove 13, enabling easy pre-positioning of the drain assembly 3 and the lint filter 2 by an operator.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

a washing tub (1) provided with a dewatering hole at an upper portion thereof;

a lint filter (2) disposed inside the washing tub (1);

a drainage assembly (3) disposed at an outer side of the washing tub (1) and communicated with the dehydration hole;

a fastener (4) adapted to simultaneously fix the lint filter (2) and the drain assembly (3) to the washing tub (1), the lint filter (2), the washing tub (1) and the drain assembly (3) being provided with a first connection hole (24), a second connection hole (14) and a third connection hole (37) adapted to be sequentially passed through by the fastener (4), respectively;

one of the thread scrap filter (2) and the drainage assembly (3) is provided with a positioning convex part (21), the other one of the thread scrap filter and the drainage assembly is provided with a positioning groove (33), the positioning groove (33) can accommodate the positioning convex part (21) and enable the first connecting hole (24), the second connecting hole (14) and the third connecting hole (37) to be aligned, and the washing barrel (1) is provided with a first avoiding through hole (11) allowing the positioning convex part (21) to penetrate through.

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drain assembly (3) includes an inner barrier (31) and an outer barrier (32), edges of the inner barrier (31) and the outer barrier (32) are hermetically connected and formed with a connection portion, a middle portion is separated from each other and formed with a drain passage, the positioning protrusion (21) is provided on the lint filter (2), and the positioning groove (33) is provided on the inner barrier (31) and communicates with the drain passage.

3. The washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the positioning protrusion (21) is in clearance fit with the positioning slot (33), one end of the positioning protrusion (21) is formed with a downwardly extending hook (211), and the hook (211) extends into the interior of the drainage channel and abuts against the inner baffle (31).

4. Washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that one of said lint filter (2) and drain assembly (3) is provided with a guide post (22) extending in a direction perpendicular to the wall of said washing tub (1), and the other is provided with a guide through hole (34) adapted to receive said guide post (22), and a second escape through hole (12) is provided in the wall of said washing tub (1) for said guide post (22) to pass through.

5. The washing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the guide post (22) is provided on the lint filter (2), and the guide through hole (34) is provided on the connection portion and penetrates the inner and outer baffles (31, 32).

6. Washing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the guide through hole (34) is clearance-fitted with the guide post (22).

7. Washing machine, according to claim 2, characterized in that it further comprises a gasket (5) arranged between said washing tub (1) and said draining assembly (3), the edge of said gasket (5) being wrapped outside said connection.

8. Washing machine according to claim 7, characterized in that one of said gasket (5) and said draining assembly (3) is provided with a limit projection (51) and the other is provided with a limit through hole (35) cooperating with said limit projection (51), said limit projection (51) passing through said limit through hole (35).

9. Washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the tub wall of the washing tub (1) is recessed inwards forming a fitting groove (13), the drain assembly (3) being provided in the fitting groove (13).

10. The washing machine according to claim 9, wherein the lint filter (2) further comprises a mounting seat (23), and a recess (231) corresponding to the fitting groove (13) is formed on the mounting seat (23).

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