CN216962393U - Dish washing machine and door body thereof - Google Patents

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CN216962393U
CN216962393U CN202220222452.4U CN202220222452U CN216962393U CN 216962393 U CN216962393 U CN 216962393U CN 202220222452 U CN202220222452 U CN 202220222452U CN 216962393 U CN216962393 U CN 216962393U
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李志成
梁发明
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The application belongs to the technical field of dish-washing machines, and provides a door body of a dish-washing machine, which comprises a control panel part, an inner door panel part, a water baffle and a sealing element, wherein the inner door panel part covers the control panel part; the water baffle is arranged in the control panel part; the water baffle is provided with a mounting groove; the sealing element is embedded in the mounting groove of the water baffle and is abutted against the inner door plate part. The application also provides a dish washing machine with the door body. This application is improved the seal structure on the dish washer door body to it is inside to solve the easy gap infiltration from the door plant piece amalgamation of ponding on the door body, leads to setting up the technical problem who takes place to wade the accident easily in the internal electrical apparatus part of door.

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Dish washing machine and door body thereof
Technical Field
The application belongs to the technical field of dish washing machines, and particularly relates to a dish washing machine and a door body thereof.
Background
At present, a door body which can be opened and closed is generally arranged in front of a household dishwasher on the market, and the door body is flattened to form a sliding-out platform of a dishwasher basket. In practical application, the outer surface of the door body is easily covered with water. For example: after the door body is closed, the inner container of the dish-washing machine forms a sealed cavity so as to spray and clean tableware loaded in the inner container, and the door body prevents water liquid from flowing out. When the door body is opened, the flattened door body can form a sliding platform of the dish basket of the dish washing machine, the dish basket slides out of the door body, but washed tableware is loaded on the dish basket, and water on the tableware directly drops on the flattened door body. Therefore, no matter which state the door body is in, accumulated water exists on the door body difficultly.
The common door body of the dishwasher is generally formed by splicing an inner door plate and an outer door plate, and gaps are easy to exist at the splicing parts of the inner door plate and the outer door plate. Because the outer surface of the door body has water liquid, the water liquid can easily permeate into the door body from the gap between the inner door plate and the outer door plate, thereby causing the influence on electric appliance parts such as a control panel and the like arranged in the door body, and easily causing an electric accident.
Therefore, the arrangement of the sealing structure on the door body of the dish washing machine is particularly important, and is a technical structure which needs to be paid attention to by dish washing machine manufacturers at present.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a dish washer and door body thereof, makes the improvement to the seal structure on the door body to it is inside to solve the easy gap infiltration of following the door plant piece amalgamation of ponding on the door body, leads to setting up the technical problem who takes place the accident of wading easily in the electrical apparatus part of the internal door.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: provided is a door body of a dishwasher, including:
a control panel section;
the inner door plate part is covered on the control panel part;
the water baffle is arranged in the control panel part; the water baffle is provided with a mounting groove;
and the sealing element is embedded in the mounting groove of the water baffle and is abutted against the inner door plate part.
The application provides a dishwasher door's beneficial effect lies in: compared with the prior art, the water baffle is additionally arranged in the control panel part of the door body, the water baffle is provided with a mounting groove, the sealing element is embedded into the mounting groove and is abutted against the inner door panel part, so that the splicing gap between the control panel part and the inner door panel part is plugged, and water liquid is effectively prevented from infiltrating into the door body.
On the one hand, this breakwater plays the bearing effect to the sealing member, avoids only carrying out direct support to the sealing member through setting up the support rib on control panel part inner wall. Because the support rib is the interval setting, therefore make the partial position of sealing member unsettled, lead to the conflict between sealing member and the interior door plant not inseparable, there is the infiltration gap easily. This application utilizes the breakwater to carry out the bearing to the sealing member from the bottom, lets the sealing member can be complete ground inconsistent with interior door plant part, and then ensures sealed effect. On the other hand, this breakwater still plays the manger plate effect, and the breakwater is located the bottom of sealing member, can in time block a small amount of water liquid that probably permeates, improves water-proof effects effectively.
The structure of the water baffle is improved, at least one side of the water baffle is provided with a sinking step, and the sinking step and the inner wall of the control panel part are spliced to form the mounting groove. Let the sealing member set up in the mounting groove, and hug closely on the inner wall of control panel portion to the amalgamation gap between shutoff control panel portion and the interior door plant portion prevents that the outer ponding of door from this amalgamation gap infiltration door internal portion, ensures sealed effect effectively.
The structure of the water baffle is improved, the mounting groove on the water baffle is a through groove extending along the length direction of the water baffle, and the shape of the sealing element is matched with the mounting groove. Therefore, the mounting groove is a through groove structure completely arranged on the water baffle. The water liquid which possibly permeates can be positioned on the water baffle, and the interception effect on the water liquid is improved.
The positioning structure of the water baffle is improved, a boss is arranged at the bottom of the water baffle, a support rib is arranged on the inner wall of the control panel part, and a clamping groove is arranged on the support rib; the water baffle is arranged on the supporting rib, and the boss is embedded in the clamping groove of the supporting rib, so that the positioning effect of the water baffle is improved, the water baffle is prevented from shifting easily, and the accuracy of the sealing position of the sealing element is effectively ensured.
Furthermore, a support rib is arranged on the inner wall of the control panel part, a positioning rod is arranged on the support rib, and a positioning hole corresponding to the positioning rod is formed in the water baffle; when the water baffle is arranged on the support rib, the positioning rod is sleeved with the positioning hole on the water baffle. Therefore, the positioning rod is sleeved with the positioning hole in the water baffle, so that the positioning and mounting fool-proof effects on the water baffle are achieved, and the mounting efficiency is effectively improved.
The fixing structure of the water baffle is improved, a fixing column for fixing the water baffle is further arranged in the control panel part, a mounting hole for mounting a fastener is formed in the fixing column, and a fixing hole corresponding to the fixing column is formed in the water baffle; the fixing column is sleeved with the fixing hole on the water baffle; or the end part of the fixing column is abutted against the bottom of the water baffle. Therefore, the fixing holes in the water baffle and the mounting holes in the fixing columns can be sequentially connected in a penetrating manner through the mounting fasteners such as screws, and the water baffle is fixedly connected with the fixing columns, so that the fixing effect of the water baffle is effectively improved.
Furthermore, support ribs are arranged on the inner wall of the control panel portion, the fixing column is arranged close to the inner wall of the control panel portion, and the fixing column and at least one support rib are integrally connected to form a group of support units. Therefore, the inner walls of the fixing columns and the control panel part are connected through the supporting ribs, and the structural strength of the fixing columns is effectively improved.
Still further, the supporting unit comprises at least three supporting ribs, and the three supporting ribs are arranged at intervals to increase the supporting area, so that the connecting strength of the fixing column is increased, and the fixing effect of the fixing column is effectively improved.
The water baffle is improved, the reinforcing ribs or the reinforcing grids are arranged on the surface of the water baffle, and the structural strength of the water baffle can be improved by the reinforcing ribs or the reinforcing grids. In addition, because the reinforcing rib or the reinforcing grid is arranged on the surface of the water baffle in a protruding mode, a flow guide structure is easily formed, interception or shunting of water liquid is facilitated, and water liquid which possibly permeates is effectively reduced from flowing to the electric appliance parts arranged in the control panel part.
The application also provides a dish washing machine, which comprises the door body of the dish washing machine.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a door body of a dishwasher provided in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a first schematic structural diagram of a control panel portion according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a control panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a control panel portion according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a control panel part according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the portion A of FIG. 3;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a portion of a water deflector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a third control panel portion according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 9 is an enlarged view of the part B of fig. 8.
Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:
100-a door body; 101-inner door panel; 102-an outer door panel;
200-control panel portion;
1-a water baffle; 10-mounting grooves; 11-sinking step; 12-a boss; 13-positioning holes; 14-a fixation hole; 15-reinforcing ribs;
2-a seal;
3-support ribs; 31-a positioning rod; 32-scarf groove;
4-fixing the column; 41-mounting hole.
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In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.
It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, as used herein, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description and simplifying the description, and 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 considered as limiting the present application.
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 to implicitly indicate 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 application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the related art (not shown in the figures), the sealing structure of the door body of the dishwasher generally includes a sealing strip, a plurality of ribs are arranged on the inner wall of the door body at intervals, the sealing strip is installed on the plurality of ribs, and the sealing strip is erected by the ribs so as to be capable of abutting against and sealing with the inner door plate. Because the ribs are arranged at intervals, the seal strips between adjacent ribs are suspended and are not supported. After long-time use, the contact between the suspended sealing strip part and the inner door plate is not tight, and the sealing strip part is easy to loosen and form a water seepage gap, so that sealing failure is finally caused.
With respect to the above structure, referring to fig. 1, the dishwasher provided in the embodiment of the present application is provided with a door body 100, and the door body 100 is formed by splicing an inner door panel 101 and an outer door panel 102. The door body 100 is generally provided with a control panel portion 200, and the control panel portion 200 may be a separate component spliced to the outer door panel 102 or integrally formed on the outer door panel 102. At least a portion of the inner door panel 101 covers the control panel portion 200, so that the control panel portion 200 forms a cavity in which electrical components can be disposed.
Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, the door body 100 further includes a water baffle 1 and a sealing member 2, the water baffle 1 is disposed in the control panel portion 200, the water baffle 1 has an installation groove 10, and the sealing member 2 is embedded in the installation groove 10 of the water baffle 1 and abuts against the inner door panel 101. The sealing member 2 may preferably be a soft adhesive seal.
Compared with the prior art, the dishwasher door body 100 provided by the embodiment of the application has the advantages that the water baffle 1 is additionally arranged in the control panel part 200 of the door body 100, the installation groove 10 is arranged on the water baffle 1, the sealing piece 2 is embedded into the installation groove 10 and is abutted against the panel surface of the inner door panel 101 part, so that the split gap between the blocking control panel part 200 and the inner door panel 101 part is effectively prevented from permeating into the door body 100.
The water deflector 1 serves to support the seal 2. Especially, in the related art, the structure that the sealing member 2 is directly supported only by the supporting ribs is provided, because the supporting ribs are spaced, a part of the sealing member 2 is suspended, and the interference between the sealing member 2 and the inner door panel 101 is not tight, so that a water seepage gap is easily formed. This application utilizes breakwater 1 to carry out the bearing to sealing member 2 from the bottom, lets sealing member 2 can be complete inconsistent with interior door plant 101's face for each position homoenergetic on the sealing member 2 keeps closely conflicting with interior door plant 101 part, ensures sealed effect effectively.
This breakwater 1 still plays the manger plate effect, and breakwater 1 is located the bottom of sealing member 2, can in time block a small amount of water liquid that probably permeates, improves water-proof effects effectively.
In the embodiment of the present application, the inner wall of the control panel part 200 is provided with a plurality of support ribs 3 arranged at intervals, and the water guard plate 1 is mounted on the plurality of support ribs 3; then, the sealing member 2 is disposed in the mounting groove 10 of the splash plate 1 and partially abuts against the inner door panel 101.
In practical applications, since the control panel portion 200 is generally disposed at the upper end of the door body 100, it is necessary to prevent water from penetrating into the interior of the door body 100 from a gap where the inner door panel 101 and the control panel portion 200 are combined at the upper end of the door body 100. To this end, in the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2, the water baffle 1 is an elongated plate, and at least three adjacent edges of the water baffle 1 abut against the inner side wall of the control panel portion 200. With this, let breakwater 1 can set up the avris position that is close to control panel portion 200, especially the above-mentioned upside position that is close to door body 100 to control panel portion 200's the condition of setting, prevent that the infiltration from causing the influence to the electrical components that set up in control panel portion 200.
In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, at least one side of the water deflector 1 has a sinking step 11, and preferably, the sinking step 11 is located at a side close to the upper end of the door body 100. The sunken step 11 is engaged with the inner wall N of the control panel part 200 to form the mounting groove 10. Therefore, the sealing element 2 is arranged in the mounting groove 10 and tightly attached to the inner wall N of the control panel part 200, so that the splicing gap between the control panel part 200 and the inner door panel 101 is blocked, accumulated water outside the door is prevented from permeating into the door body 100 from the splicing gap, and the sealing effect is effectively ensured.
In another embodiment of the present application, the mounting groove 10 of the splash plate 1 may also be a through groove (not shown) extending along the length direction of the splash plate 1, and the shape of the sealing member 2 is adapted to the mounting groove 10. The mounting groove 10 is a through groove structure completely arranged on the water baffle 1. So that water possibly permeating can be positioned on the water baffle plate 1, and the interception effect on the water is improved.
In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 5 and 7, a boss 12 is disposed at the bottom of the water baffle 1, a plurality of supporting ribs 3 are disposed on the inner wall of the control panel portion 200, and a locking groove (not shown) is disposed on each supporting rib 3. In this embodiment, the boss 12 is preferably formed by the bottom of the sunken step 11 in the splash plate. In other embodiments, the boss 12 may be a separate structure integrally formed on the bottom of the water guard plate 1. When the water baffle 1 is arranged on the supporting ribs 3, the bottom bosses 12 of the water baffle 1 are embedded in the clamping grooves of the supporting ribs 3, so that the positioning effect on the water baffle 1 is improved, the water baffle 1 is prevented from shifting easily, and the accuracy of the plugging position of the sealing element 2 is effectively ensured.
In the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 4, fig. 5 and fig. 6, a plurality of supporting ribs 3 are disposed on an inner wall N of the control panel portion 200, a positioning rod 31 is disposed on at least one of the supporting ribs 3, and the water baffle 1 has a positioning hole 13 corresponding to the positioning rod 31. When the splash guard 1 is mounted on the support rib 3, the positioning rod 31 is sleeved with the positioning hole 13 on the splash guard 1. Therefore, the positioning rod 31 is sleeved with the positioning hole 13 on the water baffle 1, so that the positioning and mounting fool-proof effects on the water baffle 1 are achieved, and the mounting efficiency is effectively improved.
In the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 4, fig. 5 and fig. 3 together, the control panel portion 200 is further provided with a fixing post 4 for fixing the water baffle 1, the fixing post 4 is provided with a mounting hole 41 for mounting a fastener, the water baffle 1 is provided with a fixing hole 14 corresponding to the fixing post 4, the fixing post 4 is sleeved with the fixing hole 14 on the water baffle 1 to simultaneously perform the mounting and positioning functions, and the fixing post is further provided with a fastener such as a screw to sequentially penetrate through the fixing hole 14 on the water baffle 1 and the mounting hole 41 on the fixing post 4, so as to fixedly connect the water baffle 1 and the fixing post 4, thereby effectively improving the fixing effect of the water baffle 1.
In another embodiment of the present application (not shown in the figures), the end of the fixing post 4 abuts against the bottom of the water baffle 1, and the fixing can also be achieved by installing a fastener such as a screw, etc., which is sequentially penetrated, so as to effectively ensure the fixing effect on the water baffle 1.
In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 8 and 9, a plurality of supporting ribs 3 are disposed on an inner wall N of the control panel portion 200, the fixing post 4 is disposed near the inner wall N of the control panel portion 200, and the fixing post 4 and at least one supporting rib 3 are integrally connected to form a set of supporting units M. Thus, the fixing column 4 is connected with the inner wall N of the control panel part 200 through the support rib 3, thereby effectively improving the structural strength of the fixing column 4.
Among them, as shown in fig. 9, the end of the support rib 3 in the support unit M is lower than the end of the fixed post 4 to form an engagement groove 32 into which the boss 12 on the splash board 1 can be engaged between the fixed post 4 and the inner wall N of the control panel portion 200, thereby improving compactness between the respective components.
On the basis, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the supporting unit M includes at least three supporting ribs 3, and the three supporting ribs 3 are spaced apart from each other to increase a supporting area, so as to increase a connection strength to the fixing post 4, thereby effectively improving a fixing effect to the fixing post 4.
In the embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 4, 5 and 7, the plate surface of the water baffle 1 is provided with a reinforcing rib 15 or a reinforcing grid. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 7, the top plate surface and the bottom plate surface of the water guard plate 1 are provided with the reinforcing ribs 15. Thus, the structural strength of the splash guard 1 can be increased by the reinforcing ribs 15 or the reinforcing grids.
In addition, since the reinforcing ribs 15 or the reinforcing grids are protruded on the surface of the water guard 1, a flow guide structure is easily formed, which is beneficial to intercepting or shunting water, thereby effectively reducing water which may permeate into the electrical parts arranged in the control panel part 200.
The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

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1. A door body of a dishwasher, comprising:
a control panel section;
the inner door plate part is covered on the control panel part;
the water baffle is arranged in the control panel part; the water baffle is provided with a mounting groove;
and the sealing element is embedded in the mounting groove of the water baffle and is abutted against the inner door plate part.
2. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein: at least one side on the breakwater has the step of sinking, sink the step with the inner wall amalgamation of control panel part forms the mounting groove.
3. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein: the mounting groove on the water baffle is a through groove extending along the length direction of the water baffle, and the shape of the sealing element is matched with that of the mounting groove.
4. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein: a boss is arranged at the bottom of the water baffle, a support rib is arranged on the inner wall of the control panel part, and a clamping groove is formed in the support rib; the water baffle is arranged on the support rib, and the boss is embedded in the clamping groove of the support rib.
5. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein: the inner wall of the control panel part is provided with a support rib, the support rib is provided with a positioning rod, and the water baffle is provided with a positioning hole corresponding to the positioning rod; when the water baffle is arranged on the support rib, the positioning rod is sleeved with the positioning hole on the water baffle.
6. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 1, wherein: a fixing column for fixing the water baffle is further arranged in the control panel part, a mounting hole for mounting a fastener is formed in the fixing column, and a fixing hole corresponding to the fixing column is formed in the water baffle;
the fixing column is sleeved with the fixing hole on the water baffle; or the end part of the fixing column is abutted against the bottom of the water baffle.
7. The door body of a dishwasher according to claim 6, wherein: the inner wall of the control panel part is provided with a support rib, the fixing column is arranged close to the inner wall of the control panel part, and the fixing column and at least one support rib are integrally connected to form a group of support units.
8. The door body of a dishwasher of claim 7 wherein: the supporting unit comprises at least three supporting ribs which are arranged at intervals.
9. The door body of the dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: and reinforcing ribs or reinforcing grids are arranged on the surface of the water baffle.
10. A dishwasher, comprising a door body of a dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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