CN216615224U - Clothes treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a clothes treatment device, belongs to clothing processing technology field, and clothes treatment device includes shell subassembly, a clothing processing section of thick bamboo and filter equipment. The shell component is provided with a flow guide surface and a water storage tank. A laundry treating drum is mounted to the housing assembly. The filter device is installed in shell subassembly for the air current for handling the clothing circulates between a clothing is handled a section of thick bamboo and filter device and flows, and the water conservancy diversion face is located filter device's below in order to guide sewage to the aqua storage tank, along the directional aqua storage tank's of filter device direction, and the water conservancy diversion face downward sloping gradually, the aqua storage tank with filter device is located the same one end of a clothing is handled a section of thick bamboo. Because aqua storage tank and filter equipment are located a clothing and handle a same end of section of thick bamboo, shortened the distance between aqua storage tank and the filter equipment, can increase the contained angle of the water conservancy diversion face and the horizontal direction of slope, be favorable to filths such as batting to flow on the water conservancy diversion face and flow to the aqua storage tank to alleviate filths such as batting accumulational phenomenon below the filter equipment.

Description

Clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of clothes treatment, in particular to a clothes treatment device.

Background

In the related art clothes treating apparatus, such as a clothes dryer, dirt may be accumulated below a filtering device of the clothes dryer during use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, embodiments of the present application are directed to providing a laundry treating apparatus to alleviate accumulation of contaminants under a filtering device.

To achieve the above object, a first aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a laundry treating apparatus comprising:

the shell component is provided with a flow guide surface and a water storage tank;

a laundry treating drum mounted to the housing assembly; and

the filter equipment is installed in the shell component, and is used for treating the air current of clothing and circulating between the clothing treatment cylinder and the filter equipment, the flow guide surface is located below the filter equipment so as to guide sewage to the water storage tank, follows the filter equipment points to the direction of the water storage tank, the flow guide surface inclines downwards gradually, and the water storage tank and the filter equipment are located the same end of the clothing treatment cylinder.

In one embodiment, an included angle between the flow guide surface and the horizontal direction is not less than 6 °.

In one embodiment, the filter device comprises:

a filter assembly, between which an air flow for treating laundry circulates;

a front housing located at one end of the filter assembly; and

the rear shell is positioned at the other end of the filtering component, the front shell and the rear shell are enclosed to form an air inlet channel and a sewage draining channel, the air inlet channel and the sewage draining channel are communicated with the filtering component, the air inlet channel is used for receiving airflow flowing out of the clothes treating barrel, and the sewage draining channel is used for draining water after the filtering component is cleaned.

In one embodiment, the trapway is located below the filter assembly;

the air inlet channel is arranged above the filtering component; and/or the air inlet channel is arranged on at least one side of the sewage draining channel along a target direction, and the target direction is vertical to the water outlet direction of the sewage draining channel.

In one embodiment, the filter device further comprises a driving member mounted on the front shell, and the driving member is in driving connection with the filter assembly to drive the filter assembly to rotate.

In one embodiment, the filter equipment orientation one side of water conservancy diversion face has dodges the portion, dodge the portion orientation one side of water conservancy diversion face has dodges the face, follows the filter equipment is directional the direction of aqua storage tank, dodge the face downward sloping gradually in order to dodge the water conservancy diversion face, preceding shell orientation one side of water conservancy diversion face is formed with dodge the portion, the backshell orientation one side of water conservancy diversion face is formed with dodge the portion.

In one embodiment, the housing assembly comprises:

the flow guide surface and the water storage tank are formed on the base plate, and the filtering device is installed on the base plate; and

and the cover is covered on the chassis, and the clothes treatment drum is arranged on the cover.

In one embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a drain member for draining water in the water storage tank, and a mounting plate covering the water storage tank, the drain member being mounted to the mounting plate.

In one embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a water supply part supplying water to the filtering device to wash the filtering device, the water supply part being connected to an external water source.

In one embodiment, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises an evaporator, a condenser, a water supply component and a water supply filter, wherein air flow in the filtering device sequentially passes through the evaporator, the condenser and the clothes treatment cylinder and then flows back to the filtering device, condensed water generated by the evaporator flows to the water storage tank, the water supply component is connected with the water storage tank, the water supply component conveys water in the water storage tank to the filtering device to clean the filtering device, and the water supply filter is used for filtering the water flowing from the water storage tank to the filtering device.

In one embodiment, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises an evaporator, a condenser and a water supply component, wherein airflow in the filtering device sequentially passes through the evaporator, the condenser and the clothes treatment barrel and then flows back to the filtering device, the shell component is provided with a water storage cavity stopped by the water storage tank, condensed water generated by the evaporator flows to the water storage cavity, and the water supply component conveys water in the water storage cavity to the filtering device so as to clean the filtering device.

In one embodiment, the flow guide surface and the water storage tank are both located at the bottom of the housing assembly, and the filtering device is located below the laundry treatment drum.

The clothes treatment equipment of the embodiment of the application shortens the distance between the water storage tank and the filtering device because the water storage tank and the filtering device are positioned at the same end of the clothes treatment barrel. To the water conservancy diversion face that is located filter equipment below in order to guide sewage to the aqua storage tank, under same high drop, the aqua storage tank shortens with filter equipment's distance, can increase the contained angle of the water conservancy diversion face and the horizontal direction of slope, is favorable to filths such as battings to flow on the water conservancy diversion face and flow to the aqua storage tank to alleviate filths such as battings accumulational phenomenon below the filter equipment.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken at location A-A of FIG. 1, with the exception of arrow R2, which indicates the direction of airflow;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken at location B-B of FIG. 1, with the exception of arrow R2, which indicates the direction of airflow;

FIG. 4 is a view taken along line C of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken at location D-D of FIG. 4, with the exception of arrow R1, which indicates the direction of airflow;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, showing an end of a laundry treating drum facing a filter device;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, showing an end of a laundry treating drum facing away from a filter device;

FIG. 8 is an assembly view of the base plate, the water supply unit, and the drain unit of the embodiment of the present application, in which the water supply unit is a water supply pump;

FIG. 9 is an assembly view of the chassis, water supply and drain assembly of an embodiment of the present application, wherein the water supply is a fill valve;

FIG. 10 is an exploded view of the base pan, water supply, drain and filter assembly of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is an assembly view of the base pan, evaporator and condenser of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 12 is an assembly view of the base pan, filter, evaporator and condenser of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken at location E-E of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken at location F-F in FIG. 12;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of a filter device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals: a housing assembly 1; a flow guide surface 11; a water storage tank 12; a chassis 13; a casing 14; a water storage chamber 15; a laundry treating drum 2; a filtering device 3; an escape section 31; an avoidance surface 311; a filter assembly 32; a front case 33; a rear shell 34; a housing 341; a first seal ring 342; a second seal 343; a driving member 35; an intake passage 36; a trapway 37; a pollution discharge part 4; a mounting plate 5; a water supply unit 6; an evaporator 7; a condenser 8; a transition duct 91; a fan 92; the included angle theta.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present application, technical features in examples and embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict, and the detailed description in the specific embodiment should be understood as an explanation of the gist of the present application and should not be construed as an improper limitation to the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in fig. 1, it being understood that these orientation terms are merely for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be considered limiting of the present application. Referring to fig. 1, the direction indicated by an arrow R1 in the drawing is the up-down direction.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, reference is made to fig. 2, and the direction indicated by an arrow R2 in the drawing is the front-rear direction.

Before describing the embodiments of the present application, it is necessary to analyze the reason for the accumulation of contaminants under the filtering device of the clothes treating apparatus in the related art, and reasonably analyze the reason to obtain the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application.

In the related art, a laundry treating apparatus (e.g., a clothes dryer) generally includes a laundry treating drum, a filtering device, and a housing assembly, and an air flow for treating laundry circulates between the laundry treating drum and the filtering device to treat the laundry. The air current flows through the clothing processing drum to process the clothing, and the air current that flows out from the clothing processing drum gets into filter equipment, and the air current that flows out from the clothing processing drum often carries a certain amount of batting, and the air current gets into filter equipment and filters the batting in the air current through filter equipment. The water is used for cleaning the filtering device, the wool attached to the filtering device is cleaned, and the wool and the sewage for cleaning the filtering device are guided to the water storage tank of the shell component through the guide surface on the shell component. Because the aqua storage tank among the relevant art is located the one end that a clothing was handled a section of thick bamboo and is kept away from filter equipment, the distance between filter equipment and the aqua storage tank is far away for roughly the water conservancy diversion face that extends to the slope of aqua storage tank from filter equipment is less with the contained angle of horizontal direction under the same height fall condition, and filths such as batting flow difficulty on the water conservancy diversion face, thereby cause filths such as batting to pile up on the water conservancy diversion face, also pile up in filter equipment below promptly.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a clothes treating apparatus, referring to fig. 1 to 7, 12 and 13, the clothes treating apparatus includes a housing assembly 1, a clothes treating drum 2 and a filtering device 3. The housing assembly 1 is formed with a guide surface 11 and a reservoir 12. A laundry treating drum 2 is mounted to the housing assembly 1. The filtering device 3 is installed on the shell component 1, the air current for processing clothes circularly flows between the clothes processing barrel 2 and the filtering device 3, the flow guide surface 11 is positioned below the filtering device 3 to guide sewage to the water storage tank 12, the flow guide surface 11 gradually inclines downwards along the direction of the filtering device 3 pointing to the water storage tank 12, and the water storage tank 12 and the filtering device 3 are positioned at the same end of the clothes processing barrel 2. With such a structure, since the water storage tank 12 and the filtering device 3 are located at the same end of the laundry treating drum 2, the distance between the water storage tank 12 and the filtering device 3 is shortened. To being located filter equipment 3 below in order to guide sewage to guiding surface 11 of aqua storage tank 12, under same height drop, aqua storage tank 12 shortens with filter equipment 3's distance, can increase the contained angle theta of the guiding surface 11 and the horizontal direction of slope, is favorable to filths such as batting to flow on guiding surface 11 and flow to aqua storage tank 12 to alleviate filths such as batting accumulational phenomenon below filter equipment 3.

It will be appreciated that in the direction of the filter unit 3 towards the reservoir 12, the deflector surface 11 is inclined downwardly and the height of the deflector surface 11 is reduced.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 6, the water storage tank 12 and the filter device 3 are located at the same axial end of the laundry treating drum 2 along the laundry treating drum 2.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 6, the water storage tank 12 and the filter device 3 are located at the front end of the laundry treating drum 2.

In one embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus may be a dryer.

In an embodiment, the air flow circulates between the laundry treatment drum 2 and the filtering device 3 to treat the laundry. For example, the laundry may be dried by the air current circulating.

In one embodiment, the laundry treatment drum 2 is rotatably connected to the housing assembly 1.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5 to 7, the laundry treating drum 2 is located above the filtering device 3.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 2, 11 and 12, the laundry treating apparatus further includes an evaporator 7 and a condenser 8, and the air flow in the filtering device 3 sequentially flows through the evaporator 7, the condenser 8 and the laundry treating drum 2 and then flows back to the filtering device 3. In such a structure, after the airflow of the filtering device 3 sequentially flows through the evaporator 7 and the condenser 8, the airflow flowing out of the condenser 8 is hot airflow, the hot airflow flowing out of the condenser 8 enters the clothes treatment drum 2 to dry the clothes, and the hot airflow flows through the clothes in the clothes treatment drum 2, flows out of the clothes treatment drum 2 and enters the filtering device 3 to filter dirt such as lint carried in the airflow.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6 to 9, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a water supply part 6, and the water supply part 6 supplies water to the filtering device 3 to clean the filtering device 3.

In one embodiment, the water supply 6 is connected to an external water source. The filter device 3 is cleaned by an external water source. Illustratively, the external water source may be tap water.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 9, when the water supply unit 6 is connected to an external water source, the water supply unit 6 may be a water inlet valve.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 8, 10, 12 and 14, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a water supply filter, the condensed water generated by the evaporator 7 flows to the water storage tank 12, the water supply unit 6 is connected to the water storage tank 12, the water supply unit 6 supplies the water in the water storage tank 12 to the filtering device 3 to clean the filtering device 3, and the water supply filter is used for filtering the water flowing from the water storage tank 12 to the filtering device 3. Utilize the comdenstion water to wash filter equipment 3, can use less or even not use outside water source, can realize using water wisely betterly. The water flowing from the water storage tank 12 to the filtering device 3 is filtered through the water supply filter, so that the filth such as the batting in the water storage tank 12 is prevented from being carried to the filtering device 3 again, and the filtering device 3 is favorably cleaned.

In one embodiment, the housing assembly 1 is formed with a drain passage below the evaporator 7 for allowing condensed water of the evaporator 7 to flow to the reservoir 12.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 8 and 10, when the water supply unit 6 delivers the condensed water from the evaporator 7 to the filtering device 3, the water supply unit 6 may be a water supply pump.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 7 to 9, the water supply unit 6 is located at an end of the laundry treating drum 2 away from the filtering device 3. With such a structure, the water supply part 6 and the water discharge part 4 are respectively arranged at two ends of the clothes treatment barrel 2, and the water supply part 6 and the water discharge part 4 can be fully installed in the front and back spaces of the chassis 13. The space utilization of the chassis 13 is improved.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 8, the housing assembly 1 defines a reservoir chamber 15 that is closed off from the reservoir 12.

The storage tank 12 and the storage cavity 15 are closed, which means that the storage tank 12 and the storage cavity 15 are not communicated with each other.

In one embodiment, the condensed water generated by the evaporator 7 flows to the water storage chamber 15, and the water supply unit 6 delivers the water in the water storage chamber 15 to the filter device 3 to clean the filter device 3. With the structure, because the condensed water directly flows to the water storage cavity 15 which is cut off from the water storage tank 12, the water in the water storage cavity 15 can not be polluted by the sewage in the water storage tank 12, the cleanliness of the condensed water collected in the water storage cavity 15 can be better ensured, and the filter device 3 can be cleaned conveniently.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 8, the water supply unit 6 is disposed in the reservoir chamber 15 to supply water in the reservoir chamber 15 to the filter device 3.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 13, an included angle θ between the flow guiding surface 11 and the horizontal direction is not less than 6 °. Structural style like this, the degree of inclination of water conservancy diversion face 11 is comparatively suitable, is favorable to filths such as batting to flow on water conservancy diversion face 11 and flow to aqua storage tank 12, can alleviate filths such as batting and pile up on water conservancy diversion face 11.

In an embodiment, an included angle θ between the flow guide surface 11 and the horizontal direction may be 6 °, 10 °, 16 °, and 20 °.

In an embodiment, the included angle θ between the flow guiding surface 11 and the horizontal direction may also be set to be less than 6 ° according to actual needs.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, 13 and 15, one side of the filtering device 3 facing the diversion surface 11 has an avoiding portion 31, one side of the avoiding portion 31 facing the diversion surface 11 has an avoiding surface 311, and the avoiding surface 311 gradually inclines downward to avoid the diversion surface 11 along a direction that the filtering device 3 points to the water storage tank 12. Like this structural style, because dodge portion 31 and incline gradually downwards along the directional aqua storage tank 12's of filter equipment 3 direction towards the dodge face 311 of water conservancy diversion face 11 one side, dodge portion 31 dodge face 311 can dodge water conservancy diversion face 11, can enough make filter equipment 3 whole be unlikely to the undersize, can increase water conservancy diversion face 11 again to a certain extent and the contained angle theta of horizontal direction, be favorable to filths such as battings to flow on water conservancy diversion face 11 and flow to aqua storage tank 12.

It can be understood that, in the direction in which the filter device 3 is directed to the water storage tank 12, the avoiding surface 311 gradually inclines downward to avoid the diversion surface 11, and the height of the avoiding surface 311 gradually decreases.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 15, the filter device 3 includes a filter assembly 32, a front housing 33, and a rear housing 34. The air flow for treating the laundry circulates between the laundry treatment drum 2 and the filter assembly 32. The front housing 33 is located at one end of the filter assembly 32. The rear housing 34 is located at the other end of the filter assembly 32, the front and rear housings 33, 34 enclosing an air inlet passage 36 and a trapway passage 37, the air inlet passage 36 and the trapway passage 37 both communicating with the filter assembly 32, the air inlet passage 36 for receiving air flow from the clothes treatment canister 2, and the trapway passage 37 for directing water that cleans the filter assembly 32 towards the flow guide surface 11. In such a structure, the filter assembly 32 is disposed between the front shell 33 and the rear shell 34, the airflow flowing out of the clothes treatment drum 2 can flow to the filter assembly 32 communicated with the air inlet channel 36 through the air inlet channel 36, the airflow flowing out of the clothes treatment drum 2 is filtered by the filter assembly 32, and the sewage after cleaning the filter assembly 32 can flow to the flow guide surface through the sewage discharge channel 37, so that the sewage is prevented from accumulating among the filter assembly 32, the front shell 33 and the rear shell 34.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 15, the trapway 37 is located below the filter assembly 32. An air inlet passage 36 is provided above the filter assembly 32. In any configuration, the trapway 37 is positioned below the filter assembly 32 to facilitate drainage of the waste water under gravity. An air inlet passage 36 is provided above the filter assembly to facilitate air flowing from the laundry treating drum 2 to flow from the air inlet passage 36 to the filter assembly 32.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 15, the trapway 37 is located below the filter assembly 32. At least one side of the trapway 37 in a target direction is provided with an air intake channel 36, the target direction being perpendicular to the direction of water output of the trapway 37. In this configuration, the trapway 37 is positioned to facilitate drainage of the waste water that cleans the filter assembly 32, and the inlet passage 36 is positioned to facilitate flow of air from the clothes treating canister 2 to the filter assembly 32 from the inlet passage 36.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 15, the trapway 37 is located below the filter assembly 32. An air inlet passage 36 is provided above the filter assembly 32. At least one side of the trapway 37 in a target direction is provided with an air intake channel 36, the target direction being perpendicular to the direction of water output of the trapway 37.

In one embodiment, referring to FIG. 15, the target direction is the direction indicated by the arrow R3 in FIG. 15.

In one embodiment, the water for cleaning the filtering device 3 mainly cleans the filtering element 32, the guiding surface 11 is located below the filtering element 32, and the water for cleaning the filtering element 32 and the cleaned lint fall onto the guiding surface 11 below the filtering element 32.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 10, the diversion surface 11 is located between the front shell 33 and the rear shell 34 along the arrangement direction of the front shell 33 and the rear shell 34.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 15, an avoiding portion 31 is formed on a side of the front shell 33 facing the flow guiding surface 11, and an avoiding portion 31 is formed on a side of the rear shell 34 facing the flow guiding surface 11. In such a structure, the diversion surface 11 is avoided through the front shell 33 and the rear shell 34, so that the included angle theta between the diversion surface 11 and the horizontal direction is increased.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 15, the relief portion 31 of the front shell 33 is located on a side of the front shell 33 facing the rear shell 34.

In one embodiment, the filter device 3 may not be provided with the escape portion 31 and the escape surface 311.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 15, the filter device 3 further includes a driving member 35 mounted on the front housing 33, and the driving member 35 is drivingly connected to the filter assembly 32 to drive the filter assembly 32 to rotate. With such a structure, the driving member 35 drives the filtering assembly 32 to rotate, so that the attachments such as the lint on the filtering assembly 32 are separated from the filtering assembly 32 under the washing action of centrifugal force and water, thereby realizing the self-cleaning of the whole filtering device 3 without manually cleaning the attachments such as the lint on the filtering device 3.

In one embodiment, the driving member 35 is a motor.

In one embodiment, the driving member 35 is directly mounted on the front housing 33, or the driving member 35 is fixed on the front housing 33 by a motor mounting plate to be fixed with the front housing 33.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 15, the rear shell 34 includes a housing 341, a first sealing ring 342, and a second sealing ring 343. The housing 341 is formed with the escape portion 31, and a first seal ring 342 and a second seal ring 343 are sequentially provided between the filter assembly 32 and the housing 341 to improve the sealing effect between the housing 341 and the filter assembly 32.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, 6, 7 and 11, the housing assembly 1 includes a chassis 13 and a casing 14. The guide surface 11 and the water storage tank 12 are formed on a base plate 13, and the filter device 3 is mounted on the base plate 13. The chassis 13 is covered with a cover, and the laundry treatment drum 2 is mounted on the cover casing 14. With the structure, the diversion surface 11 and the water storage tank 12 are both formed on the chassis 13, and the installation of the filter device 3 on the chassis 13 is beneficial to visually determining the position of the filter device 3 relative to the diversion surface 11 in the installation process, so that the possibility of improper installation is reduced. On the other hand, because the cover 14 covers the chassis 13, and the chassis 13 and the cover 14 are two separate parts, when the filtering device 3 on the chassis 13 needs to be disassembled, the cover 14 can be taken down from the chassis 13, and then the filtering device 3 on the chassis 13 is disassembled, so that the disassembling and the assembling of the filtering device 3 are convenient.

In one embodiment, the laundry treatment drum 2 is rotatably connected to the casing 14.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2, and fig. 6 to 10, the clothes treating apparatus further includes a drainage part 4, and the drainage part 4 is used for draining water in the water storage tank 12. With the structure, the water in the water storage tank 12 is discharged through the sewage discharging component 4, and the overflow caused by too much water in the water storage tank 12 is avoided.

In one embodiment, the waste 4 may be a waste pump.

It can be understood that when the pollution discharge part 4 is far away from the water storage tank 12, a long pipeline is needed to be connected between the pollution discharge part 4 and the water storage tank 12, and in the process that the pollution discharge part 4 pumps water in the water storage tank 12 away from the water storage tank 12, the water in the water storage tank 12 needs to be discharged after reaching the pollution discharge part 4 through the long pipeline between the water storage tank 12 and the pollution discharge part 4, and the long pipeline of sewage between the water storage tank 12 and the pollution discharge part 4 flows, so that the pressure loss along the way can be caused, and the suction force of the pollution discharge part 4 on the sewage in the water storage tank 12 is reduced to a certain extent. In one embodiment, referring to fig. 10 and 13, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a mounting plate 5 covering the water storage tank 12, and the drain part 4 is mounted to the mounting plate 5. With the structure, the distance between the sewage discharging component 4 and the water storage tank 12 is short, the corresponding pipeline is short, the on-way pressure loss is small, and the sewage discharging component 4 is favorable for sucking and discharging the sewage in the water storage tank 12.

It will be appreciated that the waste 4 draws water from the reservoir 12 and discharges it from the outlet of the waste 4, and the pipe at the outlet of the waste 4 may be inclined downwardly to drain the water by gravity.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 3 and fig. 7, the housing assembly 1 is formed with a transition air duct 91, the clothes treating apparatus further includes a fan 92 disposed in the transition air duct 91, and hot air flowing through the condenser 8 enters the clothes treating drum 2 through the transition air duct 91 under the action of the fan 92 to dry clothes. The air flow from the laundry treatment drum 2 after the laundry treatment is returned to the condenser 8 via the filter device 3 and the evaporator 7 for reheating and is supplied to the laundry treatment drum 2 via the transition duct 91 by the fan 92.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 5, the guiding surface 11 and the water storage tank 12 are both located at the bottom of the housing assembly 1, and the filtering device 3 is located below the laundry treating drum 2. With this structure, since the filtering device 3 is located below the laundry treating drum 2 and the guiding surface 11 is located below the filtering device, the guiding surface 11 and the water storage tank 12 are both located below the laundry treating drum 2. The sewage from the cleaning and filtering device 3 flows downwards to the diversion surface 11 and is discharged to the water storage tank 12, and the sewage discharged from the cleaning and filtering device 3 does not affect the clothes treatment drum 2 and the clothes in the clothes treatment drum 2, and does not affect the treatment of the clothes treatment drum 2.

The various embodiments/implementations provided herein may be combined with each other without contradiction.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (12)

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

the shell component (1) is provided with a flow guide surface (11) and a water storage tank (12);

a laundry treatment drum (2) mounted to the housing assembly (1); and

filter equipment (3), install in shell subassembly (1), the air current that is used for handling the clothing is in a clothing processing section of thick bamboo (2) with circulation flow between filter equipment (3), water conservancy diversion face (11) are located the below of filter equipment (3) is in order to lead sewage to aqua storage tank (12), follow filter equipment (3) are directional the direction of aqua storage tank (12), water conservancy diversion face (11) downward sloping gradually, aqua storage tank (12) with filter equipment (3) are located the same one end of a clothing processing section of thick bamboo (2).

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the deflector surface (11) has an angle (θ) with the horizontal direction of not less than 6 °.

3. Laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the filtering device (3) comprises:

a filter assembly (32) for circulating an air flow for treating laundry between the laundry treatment drum (2) and the filter assembly (32);

a front shell (33) located at one end of the filter assembly (32); and

a rear housing (34) at the other end of the filter assembly (32), the front housing (33) and the rear housing (34) enclosing an air inlet passage (36) and a trapway (37), the air inlet passage (36) and the trapway (37) both communicating with the filter assembly (32), the air inlet passage (36) for receiving airflow from the laundry treatment canister (2), the trapway (37) for directing water after cleaning the filter assembly (32) towards the flow surface (11).

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the trapway (37) is located below the filter assembly (32);

the air inlet channel (36) is arranged above the filtering component (32); and/or the air inlet channel (36) is arranged on at least one side of the sewage channel (37) along a target direction, and the target direction is perpendicular to the water outlet direction of the sewage channel (37).

5. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the filter device (3) further comprises a driving member (35) mounted to the front shell (33), the driving member (35) being in driving connection with the filter assembly (32) for driving the filter assembly (32) in rotation.

6. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the side of the filter device (3) facing the guiding surface (11) has an avoiding portion (31), the side of the avoiding portion (31) facing the guiding surface (11) has an avoiding surface (311), the avoiding surface (311) is gradually inclined downward to avoid the guiding surface (11) in a direction in which the filter device (3) points to the water storage tank (12), the side of the front case (33) facing the guiding surface (11) is formed with the avoiding portion (31), and the side of the rear case (34) facing the guiding surface (11) is formed with the avoiding portion (31).

7. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the housing assembly (1) comprises:

the bottom plate (13), the flow guide surface (11) and the water storage tank (12) are formed on the bottom plate (13), and the filtering device (3) is installed on the bottom plate (13); and

a cover case (14) covering the chassis (13), wherein the clothes processing drum (2) is installed on the cover case (14).

8. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a drain member (4), the drain member (4) for draining water in the water storage tank (12), the laundry treating apparatus further comprising a mounting plate (5) provided above the water storage tank (12), the drain member (4) being mounted to the mounting plate (5).

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a water supply part (6), the water supply part (6) supplying water to the filtering device (3) to wash the filtering device (3), the water supply part (6) being connected with an external water source.

10. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an evaporator (7), a condenser (8), a water supply part (6), and a water supply filter, the air flow in the filtering device (3) sequentially passes through the evaporator (7), the condenser (8) and the clothes treatment drum (2) and then flows back to the filtering device (3), the condensed water generated by the evaporator (7) flows to the water storage tank (12), the water supply part (6) is connected with the water storage tank (12), the water supply part (6) conveys the water in the water storage tank (12) to the filtering device (3) to clean the filtering device (3), the water supply filter is used for filtering water flowing from the water storage tank (12) to the filtering device (3).

11. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an evaporator (7), a condenser (8), and a water supply part (6), wherein the air flow in the filtering device (3) sequentially passes through the evaporator (7), the condenser (8), the laundry treating drum (2) and then flows back to the filtering device (3), the housing assembly (1) is formed with a water storage cavity (15) which is closed off from the water storage tank (12), the condensed water generated by the evaporator (7) flows to the water storage cavity (15), and the water supply part (6) conveys the water in the water storage cavity (15) to the filtering device (3) to clean the filtering device (3).

12. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the deflector surface (11) and the water reservoir (12) are both located at the bottom of the housing assembly (1), the filter device (3) being located below the laundry treatment drum (2).

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