CN217536411U

CN217536411U - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN217536411U
Application number: CN202221576567.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱春花; 赵长兴; 段家琦
Original assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Current assignee: TCL Home Appliances Hefei Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-22
Filing date: 2022-06-22
Publication date: 2022-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-22

Abstract

The present application provides a washing machine, comprising: an inner barrel; the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder and provided with a water inlet; the water guide plate is arranged on the outer barrel, extends from one end of the outer barrel to the other end of the outer barrel, and is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes towards one side of the inner barrel, and each water outlet hole is communicated with the water inlet. Through setting up the water deflector at the one side of outer cylinder towards the inner tube, the apopore of water deflector and the water inlet intercommunication of urceolus, and the water deflector extends from the one end to the other end of urceolus, can turn into the mode that the line was intake with the mode that the point was intake from this, can increase the area of contact of rivers and inner tube lateral wall, the self-cleaning to the inner tube lateral wall can be realized to the in-process of intaking under the action of gravity, and only need set up the water deflector, clean mode is simple, and is with low costs.

Description

Washing machine

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of washing machines, and particularly relates to a washing machine.

Background

Washing machines can be classified into drum washing machines, agitator washing machines, and pulsator washing machines according to their operation modes. When the drum washing machine washes clothes, the drum can roll continuously, clothes in the drum are driven to a high position along with the drum, and then the clothes are dropped down along with gravity, and the clothes are cleaned by matching with a detergent.

The water inlet of washing machine, such as drum washing machine, is directly connected to the outer drum through water inlet pipe, and the water is conveyed from the water inlet pipe to the inner drum. Accordingly, water is supplied from the water inlet pipe to the outer tub, that is, a process of supplying water for cleaning laundry to the inside of the inner tub is achieved. However, because of the soaking of the washing water, the outer side wall of the inner cylinder is easy to store dirt and dirt, and the outer side wall of the inner cylinder is difficult to clean, which is easy to cause the pollution to the washed clothes.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine to realize the cleanness to inner drum lateral wall, reduce the pollution to the washing clothing.

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine, includes:

an inner barrel;

the outer cylinder is sleeved outside the inner cylinder and provided with a water inlet; and

the water guide plate is arranged on the outer barrel, extends from one end of the outer barrel to the other end of the outer barrel, and is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes towards one side of the inner barrel, and each water outlet hole is communicated with the water inlet.

Optionally, the inner cylinder can rotate in the outer cylinder, the water inlet is arranged above the inner cylinder in the gravity direction, and the water guide plate is covered on the water inlet.

Optionally, the water deflector is distributed from one end edge of the outer cylinder to the other end edge of the outer cylinder;

the water outlet holes are formed in the water guide plate at equal intervals.

Optionally, each water outlet is a rectangular hole, and the length direction of each water outlet is perpendicular to the length direction of the water guide plate.

Optionally, the sum of the areas of all the water outlet holes is smaller than the area of the water inlet.

Optionally, the water guide plate is detachably mounted to the outer cylinder.

Optionally, the outer barrel includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion is provided with a first guide slot and a first clamping slot which are communicated with each other, the first clamping slot is disposed at one end of the first guide slot, the second portion is provided with a second guide slot and a second clamping slot which are communicated with each other, the second clamping slot is opposite to the first clamping slot, the second clamping slot is disposed at one end of the second guide slot, and the second guide slot is communicated with the first guide slot;

the water guide plate comprises a main body, a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate which are arranged at two ends of the main body, and two opposite blocking plates which are arranged between the first clamping plate and the second clamping plate, wherein each blocking plate is clamped in the first guide groove and the second guide groove, the first clamping plate is clamped in the first clamping groove, and the second clamping plate is clamped in the second clamping groove.

Optionally, one side of each barrier plate, which faces away from the other barrier plate, is provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs, and the length direction of each reinforcing rib is perpendicular to the length direction of the barrier plate.

Optionally, a bent portion is disposed at a joint of the main body corresponding to the first portion and the second portion, and the bent portion is configured to adapt to unevenness of the joint of the first portion and the second portion.

Optionally, the main body, the two barrier plates, the first portion and the second portion enclose a receiving space.

In the washing machine that this application embodiment provided, through set up the water deflector at the outer barrel towards one side of inner barrel, the apopore of water deflector communicates with the water inlet of outer barrel, and the water deflector extends from the one end to the other end of outer barrel, can turn into the mode that the line was intake with the mode that the point was intake from this, can increase the area of contact of rivers and inner barrel lateral wall, the self-cleaning to the inner barrel lateral wall can be realized to the in-process of intaking under the action of gravity, and only need set up the water deflector, clean mode is simple, and is with low costs.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the application, and that other drawings can be derived from these drawings by a person skilled in the art without inventive effort.

For a more complete understanding of the present application and its advantages, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts in the following description.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an outer tub and a water guide panel in the washing machine shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the tub in the washing machine shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of a second angle of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first angle of a water guide plate according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second angle of the water deflector according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

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

The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine to solve and hide dirty dirt easily on the inner tube lateral wall, and difficult clean on the inner tube lateral wall causes the problem to the pollution of washing clothing easily. The following description will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an outer tub and a water guide plate in the washing machine shown in fig. 1. The embodiment of the application provides a washing machine 1, wherein the washing machine 1 can be a drum washing machine, and the washing machine 1 can also be a pulsator washing machine. The embodiment of the present application will be described with reference to a drum washing machine as an example. Illustratively, the washing machine 1 may include an inner tub 10, an outer tub 20, and a water guide panel 30. The outer cylinder 20 is sleeved outside the inner cylinder 10, and the inner cylinder 10 can rotate in the outer cylinder 20, so the inner cylinder 10 can also be called a drum. During the washing process, the inner drum 10 is continuously rolled, so that the clothes in the drum are driven to a high position and then fall down along with gravity, and the detergent is matched, thereby realizing the cleaning of the clothes. The outer cylinder 20 is designed to adapt to the shape of the inner cylinder 10, for example, the inner cylinder 10 may be a cylindrical cylinder, and the outer cylinder 20 may also be a cylindrical cylinder, and the inner diameter of the outer cylinder 20 is larger than the outer diameter of the inner cylinder 10, thereby realizing the bearing of the outer cylinder 20 on the inner cylinder 10. The inner cylinder 10 can rotate in the outer cylinder 20, the inner cylinder 10 and the outer cylinder 20 can be concentrically arranged, and the openings of the inner cylinder 10 and the outer cylinder 20 are both in the horizontal direction, and the horizontal direction is the vertical direction relative to the gravity direction.

Wherein, the outer tub 20 is provided with a water inlet 21, and the water inlet 21 is an inlet for supplying washing water to the washing machine 1. The water inlet 21 may be connected to a water tap outside the washing machine 1, and when the washing machine 1 enters the water inlet mode, water from the water tap enters the outer tub 20 through the water inlet 21, and the water accumulates at the bottom of the outer tub 20 to raise the liquid level, so that the laundry in the inner tub 10 can be soaked.

Referring to fig. 3 in conjunction with fig. 1 and 2, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the outer tub of the washing machine shown in fig. 1. The water guide plate 30 is disposed on the outer tub 20, for example, the water guide plate 30 may be disposed on an inner sidewall of the outer tub 20, that is, a sidewall of the outer tub 20 facing the inner tub 10. The water guide panel 30 may extend from one end to the other end of the outer tub 20. One side of the water guide plate 30 facing the inner cylinder 10 is provided with a plurality of water outlet holes 31, and each water outlet hole 31 is communicated with the water inlet 21.

Through setting up water deflector 30 in urceolus 20 towards one side of inner tube 10, water deflector 30's apopore 31 and urceolus 20's water inlet 21 intercommunication, and water deflector 30 extends from the one end to the other end of urceolus 20, can turn into the mode that the line was intake with the mode that the point was intake from this, can increase the area of contact of rivers and inner tube 10 lateral wall, the automatic cleaning to inner tube 10 lateral wall can be realized to the in-process of intaking under the action of gravity, and only need set up water deflector 30, clean mode is simple, and is with low costs.

It can be understood that the cleaning of the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 in the embodiment of the present application is realized by changing the water inlet mode. In the prior art, water is usually directly supplied into the outer cylinder 20 from the water inlet 21, and a single point of water supply can only clean a small part of the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 under the action of gravity. And the mode of will some water intaking in this application embodiment turns into the mode of line water intaking, can increase the area of contact of rivers and inner tube 10 lateral wall to can increase the clean area to inner tube 10 lateral wall, realize the self-cleaning to inner tube 10 lateral wall, clean mode is simple, and is with low costs.

It should be noted that the washing machine 1 may also be a pulsator washing machine, and the water guide plate 30 may be adaptively designed, for example, the water pressure may be increased, so that the outer wall of the inner cylinder is washed under the action of the water pressure.

In the gravity direction, the water inlet 21 may be disposed above the inner cylinder 10, and the water guide plate 30 may cover the water inlet 21. The water inlet 21 is disposed above the inner cylinder 10, so that water entering from the water inlet 21 can drop to the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 through the water guide plate 30 under the action of gravity, and in the rolling process of the inner cylinder 10, a circle of the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 can receive water entering from the water inlet 21 and flowing out through the water outlet 31 of the water guide plate 30. The water guide plate 30 covers the water inlet 21, that is, the water guide plate 30 and the outer cylinder 20 may enclose a channel for forming water flow, and then the water flow flows out through the water outlet hole 31 of the water guide plate 30.

For example, the water guide plate 30 extends from one end of the outer tub 20 to the other end, and the length of the water guide plate 30 may be set as needed. For example, when it is found in practice that the middle to one end of the outer sidewall of the inner tube 10 is easily contaminated, the water deflector 30 is disposed corresponding to the middle to one end region of the outer sidewall of the inner tube 10. For another example, the water guide plate 30 may be distributed from one end edge of the outer cylinder 20 to the other end edge of the outer cylinder 20. That is, the water deflector 30 is distributed on the entire inner sidewall of the outer cylinder 20, so that water flowing out of the water outlet 31 of the water deflector 30 can be distributed on the axis of the outer sidewall of the inner cylinder 10, that is, the outer sidewall of the inner cylinder 10 can be covered, thereby cleaning the outer sidewall of the inner cylinder 10. It should be noted that the outer cylinder 20 has opposite outer and inner sidewalls, i.e., the sidewall facing the inner cylinder 10. Likewise, the inner barrel 10 also has opposite outer and inner sidewalls, i.e., the sidewall facing the outer barrel 20.

Wherein, a plurality of apopores 31 have been seted up on the water guide plate 30, and a plurality of apopores 31 can be equidistant setting on water guide plate 30 to guarantee the homogeneity of play water. For example, each water outlet hole 31 may be a rectangular hole, and a length direction of each water outlet hole 31 is perpendicular to a length direction of the water guide plate 30. It can be understood that, by arranging the longitudinal direction of the water outlet hole 31 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the water guide plate 30, the contact length between the water flowing out of the water outlet hole 31 and the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 in the circumferential direction can be increased, and the cleaning area of the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 can be increased. The sum of the areas of all the water outlet holes 31 can be smaller than the area of the water inlet 21 so as to ensure the water outlet pressure and flow, thereby realizing the washing and cleaning of the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10. For example, the direction of the water flow can be changed by adding a slope or rib to each outlet hole 31, so that the outlet area of all the outlet holes 31 covers the entire outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10 along the axis of the inner cylinder 10.

The embodiment of the application adopts the linear-surface type water inlet mode by improving the water inlet mode of the washing machine 1, so that the water flow covers the axial front surface of the inner barrel 10 during water inlet. In the washing process, for example, a water inlet process can be set between the end of rinsing and pre-dewatering, and at this time, the inner cylinder 10 rotates at a low speed, and the water inlet can flush and clean the outer side wall of the inner cylinder 10. The efficiency of the cleanness to the clothing is improved, does not influence dehydration and stoving performance again.

For the connection between the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20, a detachable connection manner may be adopted, that is, the water deflector 30 may be detachably mounted to the outer tub 20. For example, the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20 may be connected by screws, that is, threaded holes are respectively formed in the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20, and then the screws are inserted into the threaded holes, so as to connect the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20.

For another example, the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20 may be detachably connected by a snap-fit manner. For example, please refer to fig. 4 to 7 in combination with fig. 1 to 3, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an explosion structure at a first angle of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present application, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an explosion structure at a second angle of the washing machine according to the embodiment of the present application, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a structure at a first angle of the water guide plate according to the embodiment of the present application, and fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a structure at a second angle of the water guide plate according to the embodiment of the present application. The outer barrel 20 may include a first portion 22 and a second portion 23 connected to each other, and the first portion 22 and the second portion 23 may be connected by screws. It should be noted that, by providing the outer cylinder 20 as the first part 22 and the second part 23 which are separately connected, the water guide plate 30 and other components can be easily attached and detached. The first portion 22 may be provided with a first guide groove 221 and a first catching groove 223 which communicate with each other, and the first catching groove 223 is provided at one end of the first guide groove 221. The second portion 23 may be provided with a second guide groove 231 and a second catching groove 233 which communicate, the second catching groove 233 being opposite to the first catching groove 223, the second catching groove 233 being provided at one end of the second guide groove 231, the second guide groove 231 communicating with the first guide groove 221.

For example, the water deflector 30 may include a main body 32, a first blocking plate 33 and a second blocking plate 34 disposed at two ends of the main body 32, and two blocking plates 35 disposed between the first blocking plate 33 and the second blocking plate 34, wherein each blocking plate 35 is clamped in the first guide groove 221 and the second guide groove 231, the first blocking plate 33 is clamped in the first clamping groove 223, and the second blocking plate 34 is clamped in the second clamping groove 233. Of course, the first card slot 233 may be engaged with the first card slot 33, and the first card slot 223 may be engaged with the second card slot 34. It will be appreciated that the outlet opening 31 is provided in the body 32, and the body 32 may have a rectangular plate shape. The main body 32, the two blocking plates 35, the first portion 22 and the second portion 23 enclose a receiving space 36, and the receiving space 36 is a flowing space of water flow after water is fed from the water inlet 21.

One side of each barrier plate 35, which faces away from the other barrier plate 35, is provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs 350, and the length direction of each reinforcing rib 350 is perpendicular to the length direction of the barrier plate 35. The arrangement of the reinforcing rib 350 may increase the stability of the connection of the water deflector 30 and the outer tub 20.

Wherein, the main body 32 is provided with a bent portion 320 corresponding to the connection portion of the first portion 22 and the second portion 23, and the bent portion 320 is used for adapting to the unevenness of the connection portion of the first portion 22 and the second portion 23. It will be appreciated that the first portion 22 and the second portion 23 have different structures, and therefore, even though the first guide groove 221 and the second guide groove 231 may be disposed flatly at the joint, the first portion 22 and the second portion 23 may have different parts to be mounted, so that the joint of the two portions is not flat. The body 32 is provided with a bent portion 320 corresponding to the portion to improve the instability of the connection of the water guide panel 30 and the outer tub 20 caused by the unevenness.

The process of installing the water deflector 30 on the outer tub 20 may be: the water guide plate 30 is first pushed into the second portion 23 along the second guide groove 231, and the second catching plate 34 is caught by the second catching groove 233. Then the inner cylinder 10 is concentrically sleeved into the second part 23, the first part 22 is pushed along the matching rib position of the water deflector 30 to be assembled in place, and finally the first part 22 and the second part 23 are fixedly connected, so that the assembly of the water deflector 30, the outer cylinder 20 and the inner cylinder 10 can be realized.

In the washing machine 1 that this application embodiment provided, through set up water deflector 30 towards one side of inner tube 10 at urceolus 20, the apopore 31 of water deflector 30 communicates with the water inlet 21 of urceolus 20, and water deflector 30 extends from the one end to the other end of urceolus 20, can turn into the mode that the line was intake with the mode of some intaking from this, can increase the area of contact of rivers and inner tube 10 lateral wall, the in-process of intaking can realize the self-cleaning to inner tube 10 lateral wall under the action of gravity, and only need set up water deflector 30, the cleaning mode is simple, and is low in cost.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the description of the present application, the terms "first", "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more features.

The washing machine provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail above, and the principle and the embodiment of the present application are explained herein by applying specific examples, and the description of the above embodiment is only used to help understanding the method and the core idea of the present application; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. A washing machine, characterized by comprising:

an inner barrel;

2. The washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inner tub is rotatable within the outer tub, the water inlet is provided above the inner tub in a gravity direction, and the water guide plate is covered on the water inlet.

3. The washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the water guide plate is distributed from one end edge of the outer tub to the other end edge of the outer tub;

the water outlet holes are formed in the water guide plate at equal intervals.

4. The washing machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the outlet holes is a rectangular hole, and a length direction of each of the outlet holes is perpendicular to a length direction of the water guide plate.

5. A washing machine as claimed in claim 4 wherein the sum of the areas of all the outlet apertures is less than the area of the inlet aperture.

6. A washing machine as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the water deflector is detachably mounted to the outer tub.

7. A washing machine as claimed in claim 6 wherein the tub comprises a first portion and a second portion connected to each other, the first portion being provided with a first guide slot and a first catch in communication, the first catch being provided at one end of the first guide slot, the second portion being provided with a second guide slot and a second catch in communication, the second catch being opposite the first catch, the second catch being provided at one end of the second guide slot, the second guide slot being in communication with the first guide slot;

8. A washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein a plurality of ribs are provided on a side of each barrier plate facing away from the other barrier plate, and a length direction of each rib is perpendicular to a length direction of the barrier plate.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein a bent portion is provided at a connection portion of the main body corresponding to the first portion and the second portion, the bent portion being adapted to accommodate unevenness of the connection of the first portion and the second portion.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 7, wherein the main body, the two blocking plates, the first portion and the second portion enclose a receiving space.