CN216338602U - Clothes treating apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a clothes treating apparatus. The laundry treating apparatus includes: fan flange, wind channel, condenser, the condenser includes the condenser casing, the condenser casing with fan flange fixed connection, the wind channel is located by the clamp the condenser with between the fan flange. According to the clothes treatment equipment, the condenser and the fan flange are fixed, and the air duct is clamped between the fan flange and the condenser, so that the connection reliability of the fan flange, the air duct and the condenser can be improved, the problem that the air duct is easy to deform is effectively solved, and the problem of installation of the fan flange is also solved.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of clothes treatment, in particular to clothes treatment equipment.

Background

The clothes treatment equipment with the drying function in the related art comprises a barrel body, a fan flange, an air channel and a condenser, wherein the condenser is located between the barrel body and the air channel, the air channel is located between the fan flange and the condenser, the fan flange is fixedly connected with the air channel, the air channel is fixedly connected with the condenser, and when the air channel is a thin-wall sheet metal part, the air channel is easy to deform and cannot effectively fix the fan flange.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides a clothes treatment device, which solves the installation problem of a fan flange.

The laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: fan flange, wind channel, condenser, the condenser includes the condenser casing, the condenser casing with fan flange fixed connection, the wind channel is located by the clamp the condenser with between the fan flange.

According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the condenser and the fan flange are fixed, and the air duct is clamped between the fan flange and the condenser, so that the connection reliability of the fan flange, the air duct and the condenser can be improved, the problem that the air duct is easy to deform is effectively solved, and the problem of installation of the fan flange is also solved.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, one of the condenser shell and the fan flange is provided with a fixing column, the other one of the condenser shell and the fan flange is provided with a fixing hole, and the first fastening piece is fastened on the fixing column after penetrating through the fixing hole.

Optionally, the fixing column is disposed on the condenser casing, and the fixing hole is formed in the fan flange.

Optionally, the first fastener is a screw, and a screw hole in threaded engagement with the screw is formed in the fixing column.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the air duct includes an air duct body and an air duct flange, the air duct flange extends from an outer surface of the air duct body to an outer periphery, the fixing column extends from an outer side of the air duct body to the fixing hole, and the air duct flange is provided with a flange hole through which the first fastening member passes.

Optionally, the air duct flanging is arranged at one end of the air duct body close to the free end of the fixing column.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct flange is provided with an air duct positioning hole, at least one of the fixing posts is provided with a housing positioning hole, and a positioning pin penetrates through the air duct positioning hole and the housing positioning hole.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the air duct flange and the fan flange are also fastened and connected through a second fastening piece.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the condenser housing has a condenser outlet, the air duct has an air duct inlet opening towards the condenser outlet, and a sealing element arranged in a full circle is provided at an interface of the air duct inlet and the condenser outlet.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the clothes treating apparatus further comprises a tub, the condenser casing is provided with a plurality of mounting legs, the plurality of mounting legs are provided with mounting holes, and a fourth fastener is fastened to the tub after penetrating through the mounting holes.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the laundry treating apparatus is a clothes dryer or a washing and drying all-in-one machine.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model 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 utility model.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an assembled perspective view of a fan flange, an air duct, and a condenser of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an assembled front view of a fan flange, an air duct, and a condenser of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an assembled top view of a fan flange, an air duct, and a condenser of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partial enlarged view of FIG. 4 at B;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the air chute;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of the condenser.

Reference numerals:

the condenser comprises a condenser 1, a condenser shell 11, a condenser body 111, a condenser folded edge 112, a first folded edge 1121, a second folded edge 1122, a barrel connecting port 12, a condenser outlet 13, a sealing groove 14, a fixing column 15, a shell positioning hole 151, a screw hole 152, a condensate water inlet 16, a mounting support leg 17, a fourth fastening piece 18, an air duct 2, an air duct inlet 21, an air duct outlet 22, a sealing flange 23, a transition section 231, a horizontal section 232, an air duct body 24, an air duct flange 25, an air duct positioning hole 26, a flange hole 27, a flange second hole 28, a fan flange 3, a fan body 4, a first fastening piece 5, a second fastening piece 6, a positioning pin 7, a sealing element 8, an embedded groove 81, an inner ring surface 81, an outer ring surface 82, a bottom surface 83, a top surface 84 and a third fastening piece 9.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, 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 illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the utility model and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those 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, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used 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. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically connected, electrically connected or can communicate with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 7.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: staving, fan flange 3, wind channel 2, condenser 1 are located between staving and the wind channel 2, and wind channel 2 is located between fan flange 3 and condenser 1.

The laundry treating apparatus is at least for drying laundry. In which laundry is placed in a tub, and a condenser 1 for condensing moisture-laden hot air passing through the laundry during a drying cycle. The condenser 1 may include a condenser case 11, one end of the condenser case 11 having a tub connection port 12, and the other end of the condenser case 11 having a condenser outlet 13.

Referring to fig. 4, 6-7, one end of the air duct 2 has a duct inlet 21, the duct inlet 21 opening towards the condenser outlet 13, the duct inlet 21 being adapted to interface with the condenser outlet 13 such that air flowing from the condenser outlet 13 will enter the air duct 2 through the duct inlet 21. Particularly, the high temperature and high humidity air in the barrel body enters the condenser 1 through the barrel body connecting port 12, cooling and drying occur in the condenser 1, the temperature and the humidity of the condenser are reduced, the low temperature and low humidity air is formed, the low temperature and low humidity air enters the air duct 2 through the air duct inlet 21, a heating element can be further arranged inside the air duct 2 to heat the low temperature and low humidity air, the low temperature and low humidity air is formed, the other end of the air duct 2 is provided with the air duct outlet 22, the high temperature and low humidity air enters the barrel body again through the air duct outlet 22, therefore, through multiple circulation, moisture in clothes is continuously separated out, and finally the clothes in the barrel body are dried.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a condensate inlet 16 is formed in the condenser case 11, and a water inlet direction of the condensate inlet 16 is opposite to a direction from the tub connecting port 12 to the duct 2, so that, when the laundry treating apparatus is in use, high-temperature and high-humidity air enters the condenser 1 from the tub connecting port 12, and when condensate is injected into the condensate inlet 16, the water inlet direction of the condensate is opposite to a circulation direction of the air, thereby forming convection, thereby facilitating sufficient cooling of the air. It will be understood that the "opposite direction" referred to herein is not strictly 180 ° reversed, as long as the water inlet direction of the condensate inlet 16 is in opposition to the air flow direction in the condenser 1.

Referring to fig. 1-2 and 7, the condenser housing 11 may further include a plurality of mounting legs 17, the mounting legs 17 have mounting holes, and the fourth fastening member 18 is fastened to the barrel after penetrating through the mounting holes, so that the condenser 1 may be mounted on the barrel. Alternatively, the fourth fastener 18 may be a screw.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1-2, 4, the condenser housing 11 and the fan flange 3 are fixedly connected, thereby sandwiching the air duct 2 between the fan flange 3 and the condenser 1. The blower body 4 is mounted to the blower flange 3, and as shown in fig. 3, the blower body 4 may be mounted to the blower flange 3 by a third fastener 9. The blower body 4 is used for providing circulating power, and the power pumps air in the barrel body out to the air duct 2 through the condenser 1.

Optionally, the third fastener 9 is a bolt.

According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the condenser 1 and the fan flange 3 are fixed, and the air duct 2 is clamped between the fan flange 3 and the condenser 1, so that the connection reliability of the fan flange 3, the air duct 2 and the condenser 1 can be improved, when the air duct 2 is a thin-walled part, the connection mode provided by the utility model can solve the problem that the air duct 2 is easy to deform when the fan flange 3 is independently connected with the air duct 2 and the air duct 2 is independently connected with the condenser 1, and also solves the installation problem that the air duct 2 is a thin plate and is difficult to directly fix the fan flange 3.

In some embodiments of the present invention, one of the fan flange 3 and the condenser housing 11 is provided with a fixing post 15, the other of the fan flange 3 and the condenser housing 11 is provided with a fixing hole, and the first fastening member 5 is fastened to the fixing post 15 after the fixing hole is drilled, so that the fan flange 3 and the condenser housing 11 can be fixedly connected.

Optionally, the number of the fixing posts 15 is multiple, so that there are multiple fixing points for connection between the fan flange 3 and the condenser casing 11, thereby improving the degree of connection firmness of the fan flange 3 and the condenser casing 11.

Alternatively, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1-4 and 7, the fixing posts 15 are disposed on the condenser shell 11, the fixing posts 15 extend toward the direction of the fan flange 3, and fixing holes are disposed on the fan flange 3, the fixing holes corresponding to the positions and the number of the fixing posts 15.

In other embodiments, not shown in the figures, the fixing posts 15 can be provided on the fan flange 3, while the fixing holes are provided on the condenser housing 11. Or, a part of the fixing columns 15 is arranged on the condenser shell 11, the other part of the fixing columns 15 is arranged on the fan flange 3, a part of the fixing holes are formed in the fan flange 3, and a part of the fixing holes are formed in the condenser shell 11.

Optionally, the first fastening member 5 is a screw, a screw hole 152 is formed in the fixing column 15, the screw is suitable for being in threaded fit with the screw hole 152, and the first fastening member 5 is threaded through the fixing hole and then is in threaded fit with the screw hole 152, so that the use of a nut is reduced, and the assembly process is simplified.

In some embodiments of the present invention, with reference to fig. 1-2, 4, and 6, the duct 2 may include a duct body 24 and a duct flange 25, specifically, the duct flange 25 may extend from an outer surface of the duct body 24 to an outer periphery of the duct body 24, alternatively, the duct flange 25 may be perpendicular to the outer surface of the duct body 24, and the duct flange 25 may be formed by bending the duct body 24.

The fixed column 15 extends to the fixed orifices from the outside of wind channel body 24, and when the fixed column 15 was a plurality of, wind channel body 24 was located the space that a plurality of fixed columns 15 enclose, and a plurality of fixed columns 15 can carry on spacingly to wind channel body 24, has seted up turn-ups hole 27 on the wind channel turn-ups 25, and turn-ups hole 27 supplies first fastener 5 to wear to establish. Like this, first fastener 5 fastens in fixed column 15 after wearing to establish fixed orifices, flanging hole 27, and wind channel 2 is more difficult for droing from between fan flange 3 and the condenser casing 11 to fan flange 3, wind channel 2 and condenser casing 11's reliability of being connected has further been promoted.

Optionally, the air duct flange 25 is disposed at an end of the air duct body 24 near the free end of the fixing post 15.

Specifically, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the fixing posts 15 are disposed on the condenser casing 11, and at this time, the air duct flange 25 is disposed at an end of the air duct body 24 away from the condenser 1, in other words, the air duct flange 25 is disposed at an end of the air duct body 24 close to the fan flange 3.

In some embodiments not shown in the figures, the fixing posts 15 are provided on the fan flange 3, and in this case, the air duct flange 25 is provided at an end of the air duct body 24 facing the condenser 1.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct flange 25 has an air duct positioning hole 26, the at least one fixing post 15 has a housing positioning hole 151, and the positioning pin 7 passes through the air duct positioning hole 26 and the housing positioning hole 151. Referring to fig. 3 and 7, three fixing posts 15 are provided, two of the fixing posts 15 are provided with housing positioning holes 151, the air duct positioning holes 26 are in one-to-one correspondence with the number and positions of the housing positioning holes 151, and each housing positioning hole 151 is provided with a positioning pin 7 penetrating through the air duct positioning hole 26. One of the two positioning pins 7 forms a primary positioning (i.e., fine positioning) and the other forms a secondary positioning (i.e., coarse positioning).

Optionally, the locating pin 7 is a cylindrical locating pin or a conical locating pin or a pin body with milled flat features. The cylindrical positioning pin or the conical positioning pin is used for realizing main positioning, and the pin body with the milling flat characteristic is used for realizing auxiliary positioning.

In some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3, the air duct flange 25 and the fan flange 3 are also fastened by the second fastening member 6. Specifically, referring to fig. 6, a second flange hole 28 is formed in the air duct flange 25, a flange hole aligned with the second flange hole 28 is formed in the fan flange 3, and the second fastening member 6 penetrates through the flange hole and the second flange hole 28. Alternatively, the second fastening member 6 may be a bolt, and the bolt is fastened with the nut after being inserted into the flange hole and flanged over the second hole 28. Or the second fastening member 6 may be a rivet, which is inserted through the flange hole and the flanged second hole 28.

In some embodiments of the utility model, and as illustrated with reference to fig. 4-7, the condenser housing 11 has a condenser outlet 13, the air duct 2 has a duct inlet 21 opening towards the condenser outlet 13, and the interface of the duct inlet 21 and the condenser outlet 13 is provided with a full circle arrangement of sealing elements 8. Thus, when air passes through the joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2, the sealing element 8 can effectively prevent the air from leaking at the joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2, and furthermore, condensed water generated in the condenser 1 cannot leak at the joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2.

Specifically, the condenser housing 11 around the condenser outlet 13 is provided with a sealing groove 14, and the air duct inlet 21 is provided with a sealing flange 23 around the air duct inlet, as shown in fig. 4-5, the sealing flange 23 extends toward the condenser 1, and the sealing flange 23 can extend into the sealing groove 14, so that a primary seal can be formed between the sealing flange 23 and the sealing groove 14. Further, the sealing element 8 is arranged between the sealing groove 14 and the sealing flange 23, and the sealing element 8 enables complete sealing between the sealing groove 14 and the sealing flange 23, so that gas and liquid leakage at the joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2 is prevented.

According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the sealing groove 14 is formed in the condenser shell 11, and the sealing flanging 23 is arranged on the air duct 2, so that the sealing groove 14 is prevented from being formed in the air duct 2, and therefore, the wall thickness of the air duct 2 is not limited, and the air duct can be arranged to be thin, so that the weight of the clothes treatment equipment is reduced.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the sealing element 8 is a rubber sealing ring. The elastic property of the rubber sealing ring is better, when the rubber sealing ring is extruded by the sealing flanging 23, the rubber sealing ring can elastically deform, so that the rubber sealing ring is better attached to the sealing flanging 23 to improve the sealing effect, the technology of the rubber sealing ring is mature, the manufacturing process is simple, and the cost is low.

In some embodiments of the utility model, as shown with reference to fig. 4-5, the surface of the sealing element 8 facing the sealing bead 23 is provided with an insertion groove 81, the sealing bead 23 being at least partially inserted into this insertion groove 81.

Specifically, the seal element 8 has an inner annular surface 82, an outer annular surface 83, a bottom surface 84, and a top surface 85, the bottom surface 84 connects the bottoms of the inner annular surface 82 and the outer annular surface 83, the top surface 85 connects the tops of the inner annular surface 82 and the outer annular surface 83, the top surface 85 is a surface facing the seal bead 23, the fitting groove 81 opens on the top surface 85, and the fitting groove 81 is recessed in the direction of the bottom surface 84. That is, the sealing element 8 is configured in a "concave" shape.

When the sealing element 8 is installed in the sealing groove 14, the inner annular surface 82 is suitable for being tightly attached to the inner groove wall of the sealing groove 14, the outer annular surface 83 is suitable for being tightly attached to the outer groove wall of the sealing groove 14, and the bottom surface 84 is suitable for being tightly attached to the bottom groove wall of the sealing groove 14, so that the sealing element 8 is not easy to displace in the sealing groove 14, and the sealing flange 23 and the embedding groove 81 of the sealing element 8 can be better matched.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the sealing bead 23 extends in its entirety in the direction of the sealing groove 14. As shown in fig. 5 and 7, the sealing flange 23 extends downward as a whole.

Specifically, the air duct 2 includes the air duct body 24, the sealing flange 23 includes a transition section 231 and a horizontal section 232, the transition section 231 is used for connecting the air duct body 24 and the horizontal section 232, the transition section 231 is an arc-shaped transition section, the horizontal section 232 extends horizontally towards the center of the air duct inlet 21, the horizontal section 232 is suitable for being embedded into the embedded groove 81, and the horizontal section 232 is equal to the embedded groove 81 in width, so as to ensure better fitting between the sealing flange 23 and the sealing element 8.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown with reference to fig. 7, the condenser case 11 may include: a condenser body 111 and a condenser flange 112, wherein the condenser flange 112 may be disposed on an outer surface of the condenser body 111. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the condenser flap 112 and the condenser body 111 may be an integral piece. In other embodiments, the condenser flange 112 may be fixed to the condenser body 111 by welding or the like.

With reference to fig. 4-5 and 7, a sealing groove 14 is defined between the outer surface of the condenser body 111 and the condenser flange 112, and the sealing groove 14 is disposed toward the air duct 2, so that the sealing flange 23 can extend into the sealing groove 14.

Specifically, the condenser hem 112 may include: a first folding edge 1121 and a second folding edge 1122, wherein the first folding edge 1121 is adapted to be fixedly connected to the outer surface of the condenser body 111, in other words, the first folding edge 1121 extends from the outer surface of the condenser body 111, the second folding edge 1122 is adapted to be connected to the outer end of the first folding plate, and the second folding edge 1122 is separated from the outer surface of the condenser body 111, optionally, the first folding plate is perpendicular to the outer surface of the condenser body 111, the second folding edge 1122 is parallel to the outer surface of the condenser body 111, a space enclosed by the outer surface of the condenser body 111, the second folding edge 1122 and the first folding edge 1121 forms a sealing groove 14, and an opening of the sealing groove 14 faces the air duct 2.

It is to be noted that the terms "first", "second" are used 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. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.

After the air duct 2 and the fixed column 15 are positioned by the positioning pin 7, the sealing flanging 23 extends into the sealing groove 14, and the distance between the sealing flanging 23 and the bottom of the sealing groove 14 is smaller than the original thickness of the sealing element 8, so that the sealing element 8 is compressed and deformed, one side of the sealing element 8 is tightly attached to the sealing flanging 23, and the other side of the sealing element 8 is tightly attached to the sealing groove 14, therefore, the sealing effect is good.

Further, at least a part of one end of the condenser body 111, which is provided with the condenser outlet 13, extends into the air duct 2, and with reference to fig. 4-5 and 7, the upper end of the condenser body 111 extends into the air duct 2, so that a partial overlap is formed between the upper end of the condenser body 111 and the air duct 2, which is beneficial to improving the sealing performance of the joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2.

The free end surface of the second bent edge 1122 is lower than the end surface of the condenser body 111 at the end where the condenser outlet 13 is formed. Referring to fig. 5, the upper end of the second flange 1122 is lower than the upper end of the condenser body 111.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the air duct 2 includes an air duct body 24, the sealing flange 23 is formed by bending from the air duct body 24 toward the condenser outlet 13, and the second flange 1122 is adapted to abut against the air duct body 24. That is to say, after the air duct 2 is locked and positioned with the condenser 1, the sealing element 8 is compressed, the second flange 1122 abuts against the air duct body 24, a first seal is formed between the second flange 1122 and the air duct body 24 in the radial direction of the condenser outlet 13, and a second seal is formed at the sealing element 8, so that a double-layer sealing structure is formed, and the sealing effect can be further improved.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the condenser casing 11 is a plastic part, which has a light weight and is formed by a simple process, for example, the condenser casing 11 is integrally formed by an injection molding process. The air duct 2 is a sheet metal part, and the wall thickness of the sheet metal part is thin, so that the material is saved, and the weight of the air duct 2 is reduced. The sealing flanging 23 is formed by bending a metal plate, and the forming process is simple and easy to realize.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus may be a dryer. The wet laundry is dried in the tub of the dryer.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus may be a washing and drying machine. The clothes are washed and dried in the barrel body of the washing and drying integrated machine.

A laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is described below.

The clothes treatment equipment comprises a barrel body, a fan flange 3, an air duct 2 and a condenser 1, wherein the condenser 1 is positioned between the barrel body and the air duct 2, and the air duct 2 is positioned between the fan flange 3 and the condenser 1.

The condenser 1 includes a condenser case 11, one end of the condenser case 11 having a tub connection port 12, and the other end of the condenser case 11 having a condenser outlet 13. The condenser shell 11 is provided with a condensate inlet 16, and the water inlet direction of the condensate inlet 16 is opposite to the circulation direction of the air in the condenser 1. The condenser shell 11 can be further provided with a plurality of mounting support legs 17, mounting holes are formed in the mounting support legs 17, and screws 18 penetrate through the mounting holes and then are fastened on the barrel body, so that the condenser 1 can be mounted on the barrel body. The fan flange 3 is provided with three fixed columns 11, the condenser shell 11 is provided with three fixed holes, the air duct 2 comprises an air duct body 24 and an air duct flanging 25, the air duct flanging 25 is provided with three flanging holes 27, the fixed holes and the flanging holes 27 are aligned with the positions of the fixed columns 11, and the screws 5 are screwed with the screw holes of the fixed columns 15 after penetrating through the fixed holes and the flanging holes 27. The air duct flanging 25 is provided with air duct positioning holes 26, wherein the two fixing columns 15 are provided with shell positioning holes 151, and the positioning pins 7 penetrate through the air duct positioning holes 26 and the shell positioning holes 151. The air duct flanging 25 is provided with a flanging second hole 28, the fan flange 3 is provided with a flange hole aligned with the flanging second hole 28, and the bolt 6 penetrates through the flange hole and the flanging second hole 28 and then is fastened with the nut.

One end of the air duct 2 is provided with an air duct inlet 21, the air duct inlet 21 is opened towards the condenser outlet 13, the air duct inlet 21 is suitable for being in butt joint with the condenser outlet 13, a sealing groove 14 is formed in the condenser shell 11 around the condenser outlet 13, a sealing flange 23 is arranged around the air duct inlet 21, the sealing flange 23 extends towards the direction of the condenser 1, the sealing flange 23 can extend into the sealing groove 14, a rubber sealing ring is arranged between the sealing groove 14 and the sealing flange 23, the rubber sealing ring enables the sealing groove 14 and the sealing flange 23 to be completely sealed, and therefore gas and liquid leakage at the butt joint of the condenser 1 and the air duct 2 is prevented.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example" or "some examples" or the like are intended to 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 are not necessarily intended to 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. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by those skilled in the art.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a fan flange;

an air duct;

the condenser comprises a condenser shell, the condenser shell is fixedly connected with the fan flange, and the air channel is clamped between the condenser and the fan flange.

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the condenser casing and the fan flange is provided with a fixing post, and the other is provided with a fixing hole, and a first fastening member is fastened to the fixing post after passing through the fixing hole.

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the fixing column is provided on the condenser casing, and the fixing hole is opened on the fan flange.

4. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first fastening member is a screw, and the fixing column is provided with a screw hole for screw engagement with the screw.

5. The clothing processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the air duct includes an air duct body and an air duct flange, the air duct flange extends from an outer surface of the air duct body to an outer periphery, the fixing post extends from an outer side of the air duct body to the fixing hole, and the air duct flange is provided with a flange hole through which the first fastening member is inserted.

6. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the air duct flange is provided at an end of the air duct body near the free end of the fixing column.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the air duct flange has an air duct positioning hole formed therein, and at least one of the fixing posts has a housing positioning hole formed therein, and a positioning pin is inserted through the air duct positioning hole and the housing positioning hole.

8. The clothes treatment apparatus of claim 6, wherein the air duct flange and the fan flange are further fastened and connected through a second fastener.

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the condenser housing has a condenser outlet, the air duct has an air duct inlet opening toward the condenser outlet, and a sealing element is provided at an interface of the air duct inlet and the condenser outlet in a full-circle arrangement.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a tub, wherein the condenser casing has a plurality of mounting legs, the mounting legs have mounting holes, and a fourth fastener is fastened to the tub after passing through the mounting holes.

11. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the laundry processing apparatus is a dryer or a washer-dryer.

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