CN217678190U - Water inlet assembly for clothes washing equipment and clothes washing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses subassembly and laundry equipment of intaking for laundry equipment, the subassembly that intakes includes: the lotion box, the lotion box includes the box body, it has first cavity and second cavity to be injectd in the box body, first cavity is used for holding lotion, the second cavity is used for holding electrical component. The clothes washing equipment does not need to be provided with an additional installation structure to install the electric parts, so that the production cost and the production process are reduced, and the installation efficiency can be higher.

Description

Water inlet assembly for clothes washing equipment and clothes washing equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a water inlet assembly for a clothes washing device and the clothes washing device.

Background

The detergent and softener of the full-automatic impeller washing machine are generally put in manually to the corresponding putting ports, some products are provided with a larger detergent storage chamber, the detergent or softener can be extracted by a liquid pump according to the quantity at a time, or the detergent or softener is extracted by the Venturi negative pressure effect, and the putting ports and the storage chambers are collectively called as a spray head body assembly.

In order to meet the requirements of national safety regulations and safety, a water shielding plate/water baffle is generally arranged in a partial area below a clothes throwing-in opening to prevent the clothes from splashing water to surrounding electric elements or terminals to cause dangerous problems such as electric leakage and the like during washing, however, three parts, namely a spray head body assembly, a micro-bubble generator and the water shielding plate, are independently arranged, and the production efficiency and the installation efficiency are low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present application is directed to solving at least one of the problems in the prior art. To this end, an object of the present application is to provide a water inlet assembly for a laundry washing apparatus, which is provided with a mounting structure to mount electrical components, thereby reducing production costs and production processes and also making mounting efficiency higher.

The application also provides a clothes washing device with the water inlet assembly.

The water intake assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to the present application comprises: the lotion box, the lotion box includes the box body, it has first cavity and second cavity to be injectd in the box body, first cavity is used for holding lotion, the second cavity is used for holding electrical component.

According to the subassembly of intaking for clothes washing equipment of this application, through set up the second cavity that is used for holding the electric spare on the box body for need not to set up extra mounting structure and install the electric spare, and then reduction in production cost and production processes, can also make the installation effectiveness higher.

Further, the detergent box includes: the upper shell, the middle shell and the lower shell are sequentially arranged in the up-down direction, the first cavity is defined by the upper shell, the middle shell and the lower shell, and the second cavity is defined by the middle shell or/and the lower shell.

Further, the water inlet assembly further comprises: the baffle is arranged in the first cavity to divide the first cavity into an automatic throwing bin and a manual throwing bin.

Further, the lateral wall of mesochite or/and be provided with first passageway on the baffle, the mesochite with still inject the third chamber that is used for holding lotion mixed liquid between the inferior valve, the export of first passageway with third chamber intercommunication, still be provided with the intercommunication on the lateral wall of mesochite first passageway and the manual breach portion of puting in the storehouse.

Further, the second chamber is configured to be at least one and the second chamber is disposed circumferentially outside the first chamber.

Further, the electrical component includes: a water inlet valve disposed on the lower shell and adapted to provide a flow of water to the first chamber or/and third chamber;

the second chamber includes: and the water inlet valve mounting cavity is formed on the lower shell and is contained in the water inlet valve mounting cavity.

Further, the water inlet valve installation cavity is provided with a water inlet and a first water outlet and a second water outlet which are respectively communicated with the water inlet, and the first water outlet is communicated with the third cavity through the first channel;

the subassembly of intaking still includes the microbubble generator, the microbubble generator sets up the water intaking valve installation cavity with between the mesochite, the microbubble generator the import with the second delivery port links to each other, the microbubble generator the export with the third chamber directly links to each other.

Further, the electrical component further includes: an infusion pump adapted to pump the lotion in the automatic dispensing bin into the third chamber, the second chamber further comprising: and the liquid pump is accommodated in the liquid pump mounting cavity.

Further, the automatic delivery bin is communicated with the third chamber through a second channel, the manual delivery bin is directly communicated with the third chamber, and the second channel is formed on the side wall of the middle shell or/and the partition plate.

Further, the first channel at least partially surrounds the manual dispensing bin, the second channel at least partially surrounds the automatic dispensing bin, and an outlet of the first channel and an outlet of the second channel are one and formed on the partition plate.

Further, the middle shell includes: the manual throwing device comprises a peripheral wall, a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall, wherein the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall are arranged below the peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall, the first bottom wall and the partition plate define the manual throwing bin;

the lower shell, the second bottom wall, the partition plate and the peripheral wall define the automatic delivery bin, and the second bottom wall and the lower shell define the third chamber or at least part of the second bottom wall, the lower shell and the first bottom wall define the third chamber.

Furthermore, the automatic throwing bin is communicated with the third chamber through a second channel, a liquid pumping area communicated with the automatic throwing bin is arranged on the lower shell, the free end of a liquid pumping pipe of the liquid pumping pump is located in the liquid pumping area, and a liquid discharging pipe of the liquid pumping pump is communicated with the second channel.

Further, the height of the bottom wall of the automatic throwing bin is gradually reduced in the direction towards the liquid extracting area.

Furthermore, the middle shell is matched with a liquid discharge pipe of the liquid pump, a sealing element is arranged between the middle shell and the liquid discharge pipe of the liquid pump, and a support rib is arranged on the liquid pumping area to avoid obstructing the liquid pumping pipe of the liquid pump from pumping the lotion from the liquid pumping area when the sealing element falls off.

Further, a sensor for detecting the amount of the detergent is arranged in the automatic feeding bin.

Further, a siphon structure communicated with the third chamber is arranged in the manual throwing bin.

Further, the bottom wall of the third chamber is provided with a mixed liquid discharge port communicated with the inner barrel, and the bottom wall of the third chamber at least comprises a part which is gradually reduced in the direction towards the mixed liquid discharge port.

Further, the bottom wall of the third chamber is provided with a plurality of stopping ribs which surround the mixed liquid outlet and are spaced from each other.

The clothes washing equipment comprises the water inlet assembly for the clothes washing equipment, and the clothes washing equipment comprises the water inlet assembly, so that the production cost and the production process of the clothes washing equipment are reduced, and the installation efficiency is higher.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a water intake assembly according to the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of one orientation of a water intake assembly according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of another orientation of the water intake assembly according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a lower shell according to the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of one orientation of a mid-shell according to the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of another orientation of a mid-shell according to the present application.

Reference numerals:

the water inlet assembly (100) is provided with a water inlet,

a box body 110, an upper shell 111, a middle shell 112, a lower shell 113, a liquid pumping area 113a, a supporting rib 113b, a stopping rib 113c, a clapboard 114,

an automatic dispensing bin 101, a manual dispensing bin 102, a third chamber 103, a mixed liquid discharge port 103a, a notched portion 104, a first passage 105, a second passage 106,

the device comprises a water inlet valve 120, a water inlet valve installation cavity 109a, a water inlet 121, a first water outlet 122, a second water outlet 123, a micro-bubble generator 124, a liquid pump 130 and a liquid pump installation cavity 109b.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a water inlet assembly 100 according to an embodiment of the present application will be described, where the water inlet assembly 100 is generally applied to a laundry washing apparatus, and the laundry washing apparatus is generally used for washing laundry, for example, the laundry washing apparatus 100 may be a washing machine, although the water inlet assembly 100 in the present application is not limited thereto.

The water inlet assembly 100 according to the embodiment of the present application may include a detergent box for containing detergent, and the detergent may be mixed with water in the detergent box to form a detergent solution, and the detergent solution may be directly introduced into the inner tub or the outer tub to clean the laundry in the laundry washing apparatus.

As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 6, the lotion cartridge includes a cartridge body 110, and a first chamber and a second chamber are provided in the cartridge body 110, and both the first chamber and the second chamber may be defined by the cartridge body 110. It should be noted that the first chamber or/and the second chamber may be defined only by the box body 110, and of course, the first chamber or/and the second chamber may also be defined by the box body 110 and other components, as long as the box body 110 is a part enclosing the first chamber or/and the second chamber, the housing may be considered to define the first chamber or/and the second chamber.

In particular embodiments of the present application, a first chamber may be used to contain lotion and a second chamber may be used to contain electrical components. Therefore, the box body 110 of the present application can be used not only for containing detergent, but also for installing electrical components. In other words, the mounting structure of the electrical component and the holding structure for holding detergent may be one, and the box body 110 may be used for holding not only detergent but also the electrical component.

Compare electric needs solitary mounting structure or need the flashing board to avoid water to spatter on electric, box body 110 in this application is provided with the second cavity that is used for holding electric specially to, not only can reduce manufacturing cost and production processes with mounting structure integration on the detergent box, can also make the installation effectiveness higher.

According to the water inlet assembly 100 for the laundry washing device, the second cavity for accommodating the electrical component is arranged on the box body 110, so that the electrical component can be installed without arranging an additional installation structure, the production cost and the production process are reduced, and the installation efficiency can be higher.

According to some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the detergent box includes an upper case 111, a middle case 112, and a lower case 113, and the upper case 111, the middle case 112, and the lower case 113 are sequentially arranged in a height direction (i.e., up-down direction), i.e., the upper case 111 is disposed above the middle case 112, the middle case 112 is disposed above the lower case 113, a first chamber is defined by the middle case 112, the upper case 111, and the lower case 113, and a second chamber is defined by the middle case 112 or/and the lower case 113.

The second chamber may be defined solely by the middle shell 112, solely by the lower shell 113, or by both the middle and lower shells 112, 113. It is understood that the middle case 112 may include a circumferential wall having a ring shape, the upper case 111 being disposed to cover an upper end of the circumferential wall, and the lower case 113 being disposed to cover a lower end of the circumferential wall.

Further, the water inlet assembly 100 may further include a partition 114, and the partition 114 is located in the first chamber, so as to divide the first chamber into two chambers, namely the automatic dispensing chamber 101 and the manual dispensing chamber 102. For example, both ends of the partition 114 may be connected to the peripheral wall of the middle case 112, so that the partition 114 and a portion of the middle case 112 define the automatic dispensing bin 101, and the partition 114 and another portion of the middle case 112 define the manual dispensing bin 102.

It will be appreciated that a large amount of lotion is stored in the automatic dispensing bin 101, and that a pump can be used to pump the lotion into the third chamber 103 for mixing with water, and that the manual dispensing bin 102 is used for a user to manually dispense the lotion into the manual dispensing bin 102, and that when there is lotion in the lotion dispensing bin, a flow of water is required to flush the lotion in the manual dispensing bin 102 into the third chamber 103.

The partition 114 may be a flat plate, but may also be a plate with other shapes, such as an arc-shaped plate or an "L" shaped plate, which is able to reasonably divide the manual dispensing bin 102 and the automatic dispensing bin 101 according to actual needs. In the specific embodiment of the application, the baffle is configured in an "L" shape.

As shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, a third chamber 103 is further defined between the middle case 112 and the lower case 113, the third chamber 103 is used for containing lotion mixture of lotion and water, although lotion can be flowed into the third chamber 103 in advance, and then water can be injected into the third chamber 103 to be mixed with lotion. At least one of the side wall of the middle case 112 and the partition 114 may be constructed in a hollow structure such that the first passage 105 is formed on at least one of the side wall of the middle case 112 and the partition 114, and an outlet of the first passage 105 communicates with the third chamber 103, so that external water can be introduced into the third chamber 103 through the first passage 105.

When lotion is automatically put in, the lotion in the automatic putting bin 101 can enter the third chamber 103 under the action of the water pump, and an external water source can enter the third chamber 103 through the first passage 105, so that the lotion and the water can be mixed in the third chamber 103.

A notch 104 is further formed on the side wall of the middle shell 112, and the notch 104 can communicate the first channel 105 and the first chamber (specifically, the manual dispensing bin 102), so that water in the first channel 105 can enter the manual dispensing bin 102 through the notch 104. When the lotion is manually dispensed, the lotion is buffered in the manual dispensing bin 102, external water can enter the manual dispensing bin 102 through the first channel 105 and the notch 104, and the water and the lotion are premixed in the manual dispensing bin 102 and then enter the third chamber 103. Alternatively, the manual dispensing bin 102 and the third chamber 103 may be in communication via a siphon structure, thereby allowing pre-dissolution of the lotion in the manual dispensing bin 102.

It should be noted that the siphon structure in the embodiments of the present application may be a conventional siphon structure, and is not limited herein.

Specifically, the notch 104 is configured as a through hole disposed on the side wall of the middle shell 112, and a part of the water in the first channel 105 can directly enter the third chamber 103, and a part can enter the manual delivery bin 102 through the notch 104. Further, the notch portion 104 may be provided at an upper side portion of the side wall of the middle case 112. Therefore, only when the height of the water in the first channel 105 is higher than the lowest position of the notch 104, the water in the first channel 105 enters the manual dispensing bin 102. The first channel 105 may at least partially surround the manual dispensing bin 102, although the first channel 105 may also have a height such that the first channel 105 is not necessarily completely filled by the water flow through the first channel 105, although it will be appreciated that the water flow is greater when the inner barrel is filled with water, and that most of the time the first channel 105 is filled with water.

In some embodiments of the present application, the second chamber is at least one and the second chamber is located circumferentially outward of the first chamber. For example, the second chamber may be configured in a plurality of numbers, the plurality of second chambers may be arranged at intervals on the circumferential outer side of the first chamber, and the electrical component located in the second chamber may not be splashed by water of the throwing port, thereby ensuring stable operation of the electrical component. In a specific embodiment of the present application, two second chambers are respectively disposed on both sides of the first chamber opposite to each other, and more specifically, two second chambers are respectively disposed on the left and right sides of the first chamber. The electrical components in this application include, and are not limited to, the inlet valve 120, the draw pump 130, and sensors, among others.

Further, the electrical means may comprise a water inlet valve 120, wherein the water inlet valve 120 is used for providing water flow to at least one of the first chamber and the third chamber 103, specifically, the water inlet valve 120 may provide water flow to the manual dispensing bin 102 in the first chamber, so as to facilitate the water flow to be mixed with the lotion in the manual dispensing bin 102, and thus flush the lotion in the manual dispensing bin 102 into the third chamber 103, and of course, the water inlet valve 120 may also directly provide water flow to the third chamber 103, so that the water and the lotion in the third chamber 103 are fully mixed.

The second chamber includes a feed valve installation cavity 109a, the feed valve installation cavity 109a being formed on the lower case 113, and the feed valve 120 being received in the feed valve installation cavity 109 a. That is, the inlet valve installation cavity 109a is exclusively used to receive the inlet valve 120, and water in the first chamber or the third chamber 103 is not splashed into the inlet valve installation cavity 109 a.

The inlet valve installation chamber 109a may include: a bottom wall of the water inlet valve and a peripheral wall of the water inlet valve, the peripheral wall of the water inlet valve being formed at a periphery of the bottom wall of the water inlet valve and extending upward.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the inlet valve 120 has an inlet 121, a first outlet 122 and a second outlet 123, the inlet 121 is respectively communicated with the first outlet 122 and the second outlet 123, and optionally, the inlet 121 is selectively communicated with the first outlet 122 or/and the second outlet 123. That is, the inlet valve 120 is a three-way valve, and the inlet valve 120 is a three-way valve with one inlet and two outlets. Alternatively, the water inlet valve 120 may be a solenoid valve, whereby the opening and closing of the solenoid valve may be controlled by a center control panel.

The first water outlet 122 is communicated with the third chamber 103 through the first channel 105, that is, an external water source sequentially passes through the water inlet 121 of the water inlet valve 120, the first water outlet 122 and the first channel 105 to reach the third chamber 103; the water inlet assembly 100 may further include a microbubble generator 124, the microbubble generator 124 is installed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle shell 112, the second water outlet 123 is connected to an inlet of the microbubble generator 124, and the third chamber 103 is directly connected to an outlet of the microbubble generator 124. Therefore, the water discharged from the second water outlet 123 generates a large amount of micro-bubbles after passing through the micro-bubble generator 124, and after the micro-bubbles of countless micron-sized or more enter the third chamber 103, the dissolution of the detergent can be accelerated, thereby improving the washing efficiency.

The micro bubble generator 124 converts tap water flowing through the micro bubble generator 124 into micro bubble water rich in countless nano bubbles, and in the embodiment of the present application, the micro bubble generator 124 is disposed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle casing 112, and the converted micro bubble water directly flows into the third chamber 103 and then enters the inner tub.

It is understood that the outlet of the microbubble generator 124 may directly communicate with the third chamber 103, or may indirectly communicate with the third chamber 103 via a channel. Since the micro-bubble generator 124 is disposed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle housing 112, there is no need for an additional micro-bubble generator 124 and a water shield, and the danger of water splashing to surrounding electrical components or terminals and causing electrical leakage during washing of the laundry is prevented.

It is understood that a first nozzle having a first opening and a second opening may be disposed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle shell 112, the first opening is respectively communicated with the first water outlet 122 and the first channel 105, and the second opening is respectively communicated with the outlet of the microbubble generator 124 and the third chamber 103.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 5, the electrical component may further include an infusion pump 130, the infusion pump 130 may pump the lotion in the automatic dispensing chamber 101 into the third chamber 103, and the third chamber 103 may be dosed by controlling the operation time of the infusion pump 130, wherein the volume of the automatic dispensing chamber 101 is larger than the volume of the manual dispensing chamber 102 because the lotion in the automatic dispensing chamber 101 can be used for a plurality of times.

In order to avoid that water in the feeding cavity or other places splashes the liquid pump 130 and affects the normal operation of the liquid pump 130, a liquid pump installation cavity 109b is arranged on the middle shell 112, the liquid pump installation cavity 109b belongs to the second chamber, the liquid pump 130 can be accommodated in the liquid pump installation cavity 109b, and the liquid pump 130 can be ensured to normally and stably operate.

Alternatively, the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b may be defined by the pumping pump bottom wall and the pumping pump peripheral wall, or by the pumping pump bottom wall, the pumping pump peripheral wall and the center housing. The height of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b need not be higher than the pumping pump 130, and the bottom wall of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b can receive the liquid on the pumping pump 130 to prevent the liquid or water from entering the electrical components below.

The liquid pump 130 can generate negative pressure to suck the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 into the pipeline and then deliver the lotion into the second channel 106.

Further, the automatic dispensing chamber 101 communicates with the third chamber 103 through a second passage 106, the third chamber 103 communicates with the manual dispensing chamber 102 directly, and the second passage 106 is formed in at least one of the partition 114 and the side wall of the housing 112. That is, at least a portion of at least one of the partition 114 and the sidewall of the middle casing 112 is configured as a hollow structure, thereby avoiding the use of exposed pipes for delivering the lotion, making the whole of the water inlet assembly 100 more compact and beautiful, and simultaneously, the second channel 106 is disposed on the partition 114 or/and the sidewall of the middle casing 112, thereby improving the installation efficiency of the water inlet assembly 100.

Optionally, a second nozzle may be disposed between the pump 130 and the middle housing, and an inlet of the second nozzle may be connected to the drain of the pump 130, and an outlet of the second nozzle may be connected to the second channel 106.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the first channel 105 may at least partially surround the manual dispensing bin 102, thus facilitating the filling of the manual dispensing bin 102 with water at the notch 104 in communication with the first channel 105; at least a portion of the second channel 106 may surround the automatic dispensing cartridge 101, thereby making full use of the thickness space of the partition 114 and the side wall of the housing, and the outlet of the first channel 105 and the outlet of the second channel 106 may be one, that is, the water of the first channel 105 and the lotion of the second channel 106 may enter the third chamber 103 through the same outlet. Optionally, the outlet of the first channel 105 and the outlet of the second channel 106 are both disposed on the partition plate 114, the outlet of the first channel 105 and the outlet of the second channel 106 are the same, the partition plate 114 may be provided with an accommodating chamber for communicating the downstream end of the first channel 105 with the downstream end of the second channel 106, and the accommodating chamber is provided with an opening for communicating the third chamber 103.

In some embodiments of the present application, the middle housing 112 includes a peripheral wall, a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall, the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall are disposed below the peripheral wall, the partition 114 and the first bottom wall define the manual dispensing bin 102, the lower housing 113, the partition 114, the second bottom wall and the peripheral wall define the automatic dispensing bin 101, and the lower housing 113 and the second bottom wall may enclose the third chamber 103; or the lower case 113, the second bottom wall, and at least a portion of the first bottom wall may enclose the third chamber 103.

The manual dispensing bin 102 and the automatic dispensing bin 101 may be disposed at an upper side of the third chamber 103 so that water or lotion in the automatic dispensing bin 101 may flow toward the third chamber 103 by gravity. It will be appreciated that when the third chamber 103 is disposed below the automatic delivery bin 101 and the manual delivery bin 102, the first bottom wall, the second bottom wall and the lower housing 113 define the third chamber 103, and the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall are respectively spaced apart from the lower housing 113 to form the third chamber 103.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, a liquid-extracting area 113a is arranged on the lower shell 113, the liquid-extracting area 113a is communicated with the automatic putting-in bin 101, and lotion in the automatic putting-in bin 101 can enter the liquid-extracting area 113 a; the free end of the suction pipe of the suction pump 130 may be disposed at the suction area 113a, and the discharge pipe of the suction pump 130 may communicate with the second passage 106. Thereby, the liquid-extracting pipe of the liquid-extracting pump 130 can extract the lotion in the liquid-extracting region 113a and pump the lotion into the second passage 106.

Further, the height of the bottom wall of the automatic dispensing bin 101 is not uniform, that is, the bottom wall of the automatic dispensing bin 101 is not a horizontal plane, the bottom wall of the automatic dispensing bin 101 is configured as an inclined plane, and the height gradually decreases in a direction toward the liquid pumping region 113a. Therefore, the lotion in the automatic dispensing bin 101 can flow to the liquid extracting area 113a under the action of gravity, and the lotion can flow to the liquid extracting area 113a without an additional liquid extracting device. The pumping area 113a may be connected to a corner of the automated dropping unit 101, so that the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101 may be configured to be inclined toward the corner near the pumping area 113a, and the position on the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101 near the pumping area 113a is the lowest position of the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101.

In some embodiments of the present application, the liquid discharge pipe of the liquid pump 130 is matched with the middle shell 112, and a sealing member is disposed between the liquid discharge pipe of the liquid pump 130 and the middle shell 112, so as to avoid blocking the liquid suction area 113a when the sealing member falls off, the present application is provided with a support rib 113b on the liquid suction area 113a, so that the sealing member can be supported by the support rib 113b after falling off, thereby leaving a gap for the liquid suction pipe of the liquid pump 130 to extract the lotion from the liquid suction area 113a. The support rib 113b includes a plurality of spaced apart lateral ribs extending in the lateral direction and a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal ribs extending in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of lateral ribs and the plurality of longitudinal ribs intersecting each other.

In some embodiments of the present application, a sensor is disposed within the automated dosing bin 101, and the sensor can be used to detect the amount of wash solution within the automated dosing bin 101. Therefore, when the amount of the lotion in the automatic dispensing bin 101 is insufficient, the automatic dispensing bin 101 is reminded of adding the lotion, and normal work of washing equipment is guaranteed.

In some embodiments of the present application, a siphon structure is disposed in the manual delivery chamber 102, and the siphon structure can communicate the manual delivery chamber 102 with the third chamber 103. Therefore, when water is injected into the manual delivery bin 102, the mixed liquid of water and lotion in the manual delivery bin 102 does not immediately flow into the third chamber 103, but is buffered for a period of time in the manual delivery bin 102, so that the lotion is fully dissolved in the water, and then the mixed liquid of water and lotion enters the third chamber 103.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the bottom wall of the third chamber 103 is provided with a mixed liquid outlet 103a, the mixed liquid outlet 103a is communicated with the inner drum, and the mixed liquid of the lotion and the water entering the third chamber 103 enters the inner drum from the mixed liquid outlet 103a, so that the dirt on the clothes of the inner drum is removed; wherein the bottom wall of third chamber 103 does not form a complete plane but includes at least a portion that gradually decreases in height in a direction toward mixed liquid discharge port 103a. Thus, the mixture of water and lotion in the third chamber 103 can enter the inner barrel under the action of its own weight, and no mixture of lotion and water can remain in the third chamber 103.

The mixed liquid outlet 103a may be disposed at a middle position of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, and the mixed liquid of the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 and the water and the lotion in the manual dosing bin 102 may first impact on a peripheral position of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, that is, the mixed liquid of the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 and the water and the lotion in the manual dosing bin 102 may not be directly injected into the mixed liquid outlet 103a, but may be mixed and dissolved in the third chamber 103 and then may flow into the mixed liquid outlet.

Further, the outer side of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103 may be further provided with a discharge structure, and the discharge structure may be configured as a downwardly extending cylindrical structure or funnel-shaped structure, thereby facilitating the confluence of the mixed liquid of water and the lotion in the third chamber 103 and the entry of the mixed liquid into the inner cylinder, and the mixed liquid discharge port 103a may be defined by the discharge structure.

Further, a stopper rib 113c is provided on the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, the stopper rib 113c is configured in plurality, and the plurality of stopper ribs 113c are spaced apart from each other and surround the mixed liquid discharge port 103a. From this, formed the export between the adjacent backstop muscle 113c to the mixed liquid of water and lotion in the third chamber 103 all can enter into the inner tube from the export, and backstop muscle 113c can stop impurity at least to a certain extent, avoids impurity directly to enter into in the inner tube, and the setting of keeping off the muscle can make water flow to the inner tube more intensively, makes things convenient for the flow of the mixed liquid of water and lotion.

In some embodiments of the present application, the upper cover is provided with a manual feeding opening and an automatic feeding opening, the manual feeding opening is used for feeding the lotion to the manual feeding bin 102, and the automatic feeding opening is used for feeding the lotion to the automatic feeding opening. The middle case 112 and the structure defining the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b may be integrally formed, and the lower case 113 and the structure defining the inlet valve mounting cavity 109a may be integrally formed, so that the installation of the inlet assembly 100 is simpler and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

The volume of the automatic feeding bin 101 is larger than that of the manual feeding bin 102, the stored detergent can meet the requirement of multiple times of washing, and when a user uses the automatic feeding bin, the washing machine weighs the weight of clothes and determines the required detergent amount, then transmits a signal to the liquid pump 130, and the amount of the extracted detergent is accurately controlled by controlling the working time of the pump. A probe sensor can be arranged in the automatic feeding bin 101, and when the detergent in the automatic feeding bin 101 is used up, a signal can be transmitted to a washing machine control panel to remind a user of adding the detergent.

One specific embodiment of the water intake assembly 100 of the present application is described in detail below.

The water inlet assembly 100 of the present application comprises a detergent box, the detergent box comprises a box body 110, a first chamber and a second chamber are arranged in the box body 110, the first chamber can be used for containing detergent, and the second chamber can be used for containing electrical components. The detergent box comprises an upper shell 111, a middle shell 112 and a lower shell 113, wherein the upper shell 111, the middle shell 112 and the lower shell 113 are sequentially arranged in the height direction (namely, the vertical direction), namely, the upper shell 111 is arranged above the middle shell 112, the middle shell 112 is arranged above the lower shell 113, a first chamber is enclosed by the middle shell 112, the upper shell 111 and the lower shell 113, and a second chamber is enclosed by the middle shell 112 or/and the lower shell 113. The water intake assembly 100 may further comprise a partition 114, the partition 114 being located in the first chamber, thereby dividing the first chamber into two chambers, namely the automatic dispensing chamber 101 and the manual dispensing chamber 102. The partition 114 may be a flat plate, but may also be a plate with other shapes, such as an arc-shaped plate or an L-shaped plate, which is reasonably divided into the manual dispensing bin 102 and the automatic dispensing bin 101 according to actual needs.

A third chamber 103 is defined between the middle shell 112 and the lower shell 113, the third chamber 103 is used for containing lotion mixed liquid of lotion and water, although the lotion can also flow into the third chamber 103 in advance, and then the water can be injected into the third chamber 103 to be mixed with the lotion. At least one of the side wall of the middle case 112 and the partition 114 may be constructed in a hollow structure such that the first passage 105 is formed on at least one of the side wall of the middle case 112 and the partition 114, and an outlet of the first passage 105 communicates with the third chamber 103, so that external water can be introduced into the third chamber 103 through the first passage 105. A notch 104 is formed on the side wall of the middle shell 112, and the notch 104 can communicate the first channel 105 and the first chamber, so that water in the first channel 105 can enter the manual dispensing bin 102 through the notch 104. When the lotion is manually dispensed, the lotion is buffered in the manual dispensing bin 102, external water can enter the manual dispensing bin 102 through the first channel 105 and the notch 104, and the water and the lotion are premixed in the manual dispensing bin 102 and then enter the third chamber 103. The notch 104 is configured as a through hole provided on the side wall of the middle shell 112, and a part of the water in the first passage 105 can directly enter the third chamber 103, and a part can enter the manual dispensing bin 102 through the notch 104. Further, the notch portion 104 may be provided at an upper side portion of the side wall of the middle case 112. Therefore, only when the height of the water in the first channel 105 is higher than the lowest position of the notch 104, the water in the first channel 105 enters the manual dispensing bin 102. The first channel 105 may at least partially surround the manual dispensing bin 102, although the first channel 105 may also have a height such that the first channel 105 is not necessarily completely filled by the water flowing through the first channel 105.

The electrical appliance may include a fill valve 120, the fill valve 120 for providing a flow of water to at least one of the first chamber and the third chamber 103, the second chamber including a fill valve mounting cavity 109a, the fill valve mounting cavity 109a formed on the lower housing 113, the fill valve 120 received within the fill valve mounting cavity 109 a. The inlet valve 120 has a water inlet 121, a first water outlet 122 and a second water outlet 123, the water inlet 121 is respectively communicated with the first water outlet 122 and the second water outlet 123, and optionally, the water inlet 121 is selectively communicated with the first water outlet 122 or/and the second water outlet 123. That is, the inlet valve 120 is a three-way valve, and the inlet valve 120 is a three-way valve with one inlet and two outlets. Alternatively, the water inlet valve 120 may be a solenoid valve, whereby the opening and closing of the solenoid valve may be controlled by a center control panel. The first water outlet 122 is communicated with the third chamber 103 through the first channel 105, that is, an external water source sequentially passes through the water inlet 121 of the water inlet valve 120, the first water outlet 122 and the first channel 105 to reach the third chamber 103; the water inlet assembly 100 may further include a microbubble generator 124, the microbubble generator 124 is installed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle shell 112, the second water outlet 123 is connected to an inlet of the microbubble generator 124, and the third chamber 103 is directly connected to an outlet of the microbubble generator 124. Therefore, the water discharged from the second water outlet 123 generates a large amount of micro-bubbles after passing through the micro-bubble generator 124, and countless micro-bubbles of micron order or more can accelerate the dissolution of the detergent after entering the third chamber 103, thereby improving the washing efficiency. The micro bubble generator 124 converts tap water flowing through the micro bubble generator 124 into micro bubble water rich in countless nano bubbles, and in the embodiment of the present application, the micro bubble generator 124 is disposed between the water inlet valve 120 and the middle casing 112, and the converted micro bubble water directly flows into the third chamber 103 and then enters the inner tub. The inlet valve installation chamber 109a may include: a bottom wall of the water inlet valve and a peripheral wall of the water inlet valve, the peripheral wall of the water inlet valve being formed at a periphery of the bottom wall of the water inlet valve and extending upward.

The electrical component may further include a liquid pump 130, the liquid pump 130 may pump the lotion in the automatic dispensing bin 101 into the third chamber 103, the middle shell 112 is provided with a liquid pump installation cavity 109b, the liquid pump installation cavity 109b is affiliated to the second chamber, and the liquid pump 130 may be accommodated in the liquid pump installation cavity 109b. The infusion pump mounting cavity 109b can be defined by the infusion pump bottom wall and the infusion pump perimeter wall, or by the infusion pump bottom wall, the infusion pump perimeter wall, and the mid-shell together. The height of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b need not be higher than the pumping pump 130, and the bottom wall of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b can receive the liquid on the pumping pump 130 to prevent the liquid or water from entering the electrical components below. The infusion pump mounting cavity 109b can be defined by the infusion pump bottom wall and the infusion pump perimeter wall, or by the infusion pump bottom wall, the infusion pump perimeter wall, and the mid-shell together. The height of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b need not be higher than the pumping pump 130, and the bottom wall of the pumping pump mounting cavity 109b can receive the liquid on the pumping pump 130 to prevent the liquid or water from entering the electrical components below. The liquid pump 130 can generate negative pressure to suck the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 into the pipeline and then deliver the lotion into the second channel 106.

The automatic dispensing chamber 101 communicates with the third chamber 103 via a second passage 106, the third chamber 103 communicates directly with the manual dispensing chamber 102, and the second passage 106 is formed in at least one of the partition 114 and the side wall of the housing 112. The first channel 105 may at least partially surround the manual dispensing bin 102, thus facilitating the filling of the gap 104 communicating with the first channel 105 into the manual dispensing bin 102; at least a portion of the second channel 106 may surround the automated release magazine 101, thereby making full use of the thickness space of the partition 114 and the side walls of the housing.

The middle shell 112 comprises a peripheral wall, a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall, the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall are arranged below the peripheral wall, the partition plate 114 and the first bottom wall define the manual throwing bin 102, the lower shell 113, the partition plate 114, the second bottom wall and the peripheral wall define the automatic throwing bin 101, and the lower shell 113 and the second bottom wall can enclose a third chamber 103; or the lower case 113, the second bottom wall, and at least a portion of the first bottom wall may enclose the third chamber 103. Be provided with drawing liquid district 113a on lower casing 113, drawing liquid district 113a and automatic input bin 101 intercommunication, the lotion of automatic input bin 101 can enter into drawing liquid district 113a, and the diapire height of automatic input bin 101 is not the horizontal plane, and the diapire of automatic input bin 101 is the inclined plane, and highly reduces gradually in the direction towards drawing liquid district 113a. The pumping area 113a may be connected to a corner of the automated dropping unit 101, so that the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101 may be configured to be inclined toward the corner near the pumping area 113a, and the position on the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101 near the pumping area 113a is the lowest position of the bottom wall of the automated dropping unit 101. The fluid-discharge tube and the mesochite 112 cooperation of drawing liquid pump 130, and be provided with the sealing member between drawing liquid pump 130's fluid-discharge tube and the mesochite 112, in order to avoid the sealing member to drop when blocking up drawing liquid district 113a, this application is provided with brace rod 113b on drawing liquid district 113a to the sealing member can be supported by brace rod 113b after droing. The support rib 113b includes a plurality of spaced apart lateral ribs extending in the lateral direction and a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal ribs extending in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of lateral ribs and the plurality of longitudinal ribs intersecting each other.

A sensor is arranged in the automatic feeding bin 101, and the sensor can be used for detecting the amount of the washing agent in the automatic feeding bin 101. The bottom wall of the third chamber 103 is provided with a mixed liquid outlet 103a, the mixed liquid outlet 103a is communicated with the inner cylinder, and the mixed liquid of the lotion and the water entering the third chamber 103 enters the inner cylinder from the mixed liquid outlet 103a, so that the dirt on the clothes of the inner cylinder is removed; wherein the bottom wall of the third chamber 103 does not form a complete plane but comprises at least a portion with a decreasing height in the direction close to the discharge of the mixed liquor. A stopper rib 113c is provided on the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, the stopper rib 113c is configured in plurality, and the plurality of stopper ribs 113c are spaced apart from each other and surround the mixed liquid discharge port. The outside of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103 may also be provided with a discharge structure, which may be configured as a downwardly extending cylindrical structure or funnel-shaped structure, defining a mixed liquid discharge port 103a. The mixed liquid outlet 103a may be disposed at a middle position of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, and the mixed liquid of the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 and the water and the lotion in the manual dosing bin 102 may first impact on a peripheral position of the bottom wall of the third chamber 103, that is, the mixed liquid of the lotion in the automatic dosing bin 101 and the water and the lotion in the manual dosing bin 102 may not be directly injected into the mixed liquid outlet 103a, but may be mixed and dissolved in the third chamber 103 and then may flow into the mixed liquid outlet.

The upper cover is provided with a manual throwing port and an automatic throwing port, the manual throwing port is used for throwing the lotion into the manual throwing bin 102, and the automatic throwing and releasing are used for throwing the lotion into the automatic throwing port. The middle case 112 and the structure defining the pumping pump installation cavity 109b may be integrally formed, and the lower case 113 and the structure defining the inlet valve installation cavity 109a may be integrally formed, so that the installation of the inlet assembly 100 is simpler and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

The volume of the automatic feeding bin 101 is larger than that of the manual feeding bin 102, the stored detergent can meet the requirement of multiple times of washing, and when the automatic feeding bin is used by a user, the washing machine weighs the weight of clothes and determines the required detergent amount, then transmits a signal to the liquid drawing pump 130, and accurately controls the amount of the drawn detergent by controlling the working time of the pump. A probe sensor can be arranged in the automatic feeding bin 101, and when the detergent in the automatic feeding bin 101 is used up, a signal can be transmitted to a washing machine control panel to remind a user of adding the detergent.

The laundry machine according to the embodiment of the present application will be briefly described as follows.

The clothes washing equipment comprises the water inlet assembly 100, and the clothes washing equipment comprises the water inlet assembly 100, so that the production cost and the production process of the clothes washing equipment are reduced, and the installation efficiency is higher.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

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1. A water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance, comprising:

the lotion box, the lotion box includes the box body, it has first cavity and second cavity to be injectd in the box body, first cavity is used for holding lotion, the second cavity is used for holding electrical component.

2. The water inlet assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 1, wherein the detergent box comprises: the upper shell, the middle shell and the lower shell are sequentially arranged in the up-down direction, the first cavity is defined by the upper shell, the middle shell and the lower shell, and the second cavity is defined by the middle shell or/and the lower shell.

3. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 2, further comprising: the baffle is arranged in the first cavity to divide the first cavity into an automatic throwing bin and a manual throwing bin.

4. The water inlet assembly for a clothes washing device of claim 3, wherein a first channel is provided on the side wall of the middle shell or/and the partition plate, a third chamber for containing the lotion mixture is further defined between the middle shell and the lower shell, an outlet of the first channel is communicated with the third chamber, and a notch portion communicating the first channel and the manual dispensing bin is further provided on the side wall of the middle shell.

5. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the second chamber is configured as at least one and is disposed circumferentially outside the first chamber.

6. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 5, characterized in that the electrical components comprise: the water inlet valve installation cavity is arranged on the lower shell and is suitable for providing water flow for the first cavity or/and the third cavity;

the second chamber includes: a water inlet valve installation cavity formed on the lower casing, the water inlet valve being received in the water inlet valve installation cavity.

7. The water inlet assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 6, wherein the water inlet valve mounting chamber has a water inlet and first and second water outlets in communication with the water inlet, respectively, the first water outlet communicating with the third chamber through the first passage;

the subassembly of intaking still includes the microbubble generator, the microbubble generator sets up the water intaking valve installation cavity with between the mesochite, the microbubble generator the import with the second delivery port links to each other, the microbubble generator the export with the third chamber directly links to each other.

8. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that the electrical components further comprise: an infusion pump adapted to pump the lotion in the automatic dispensing bin into the third chamber, the second chamber further comprising: and the liquid pump is accommodated in the liquid pump mounting cavity.

9. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the automatic dispensing bin communicates with the third chamber through a second passage, the manual dispensing bin communicates directly with the third chamber, and the second passage is formed in a side wall of the middle casing or/and the partition.

10. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first passage at least partially surrounds the manual dosing bin, the second passage at least partially surrounds the automatic dosing bin, and an outlet of the first passage and an outlet of the second passage are one and formed in the partition.

11. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 8, wherein the middle casing includes: the manual throwing device comprises a peripheral wall, a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall, wherein the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall are arranged below the peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall, the first bottom wall and the partition plate define the manual throwing bin;

the lower shell, the second bottom wall, the partition plate and the peripheral wall define the automatic delivery bin, and the second bottom wall and the lower shell define the third chamber or at least part of the second bottom wall, the lower shell and the first bottom wall define the third chamber.

12. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 11, wherein the automatic dispensing bin communicates with the third chamber through a second passage, the lower housing is provided with a pumping area communicating with the automatic dispensing bin, a free end of a pumping pipe of the pumping pump is located in the pumping area, and a drain pipe of the pumping pump communicates with the second passage.

13. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 12, wherein the height of the bottom wall of the automatic dosing bin gradually decreases in a direction towards the liquid extraction zone.

14. A water inlet assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 12, characterized in that the centre housing cooperates with the drain of the liquid pump and a seal is provided between the centre housing and the drain of the liquid pump, and that the pumping area is provided with support ribs to avoid hindering the pumping pipe of the liquid pump from pumping lotion from the pumping area when the seal is removed.

15. The water inlet assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a sensor for detecting the amount of detergent is provided in the automatic dosing bin.

16. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 4, wherein a siphon structure is provided within the manual dispensing bin in communication with the third chamber.

17. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 4, wherein the bottom wall of the third chamber is provided with a mixed liquid discharge port communicating with the inner tub, and the bottom wall of the third chamber includes at least a portion gradually lowered in height in a direction toward the mixed liquid discharge port.

18. The water intake assembly for a laundry washing appliance according to claim 17, wherein the bottom wall of the third chamber is provided with a plurality of stop ribs surrounding the mixed liquor discharge outlet and spaced apart from each other.

19. Laundry washing apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a water intake assembly for a laundry washing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-18.

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