CN217973728U - Clothes treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present application provides a laundry treating apparatus, including: the drying device comprises a main body, a drying container, an air inlet and a drying assembly; the main body is provided with a main processing cavity and a main input port communicated with the main processing cavity; the drying container is arranged at the main feeding opening in an openable manner, and is provided with a drying cavity formed by sinking into the main treatment cavity and a drying feeding opening communicated with the drying cavity; the air inlet is communicated with the drying cavity; the drying assembly is disposed upstream of the air inlet in the airflow direction to introduce the heated airflow from the air inlet into the drying chamber. The clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the application has an independent drying area, and further can be more convenient for a user to use.

Description

Clothes treatment equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to clothes treatment equipment.

Background

Taking the pulsator washing machine as an example, in the related art, the pulsator washing machine generally does not have a drying function, and even if a small amount of pulsator washing machine has a drying function, all the clothes of a user, including small clothes such as underwear, baby clothes and the like, are dried in a washing chamber of the pulsator washing machine.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, embodiments of the present application are intended to provide a laundry treatment apparatus having an independent drying area.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a laundry treating apparatus including:

a main body having a main treatment chamber and a main input port in communication with the main treatment chamber;

a drying container openably and closably arranged at the main feeding port, wherein the drying container is provided with a drying cavity formed by sinking into the main treatment cavity and a drying feeding port communicated with the drying cavity;

the air inlet is communicated with the drying cavity;

a drying assembly disposed upstream of the air inlet in an airflow direction to direct a heated airflow from the air inlet into the drying chamber.

In one embodiment, the drying chamber has an air outlet disposed on a bottom wall of the drying chamber.

In one embodiment, the drying chamber has the air outlet, and the air outlet is communicated with the outside.

In one embodiment, the air inlet is disposed on a sidewall of the drying chamber.

In one embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a door assembly including a door cover provided at the drying input port in an openable and closable manner, and the drying container.

In one embodiment, one side of the drying container is provided with a holding part, the door cover is provided with a clamping part, and the holding part is clamped with the clamping part.

In one embodiment, the drying assembly comprises a heater, a fan and an air duct shell with a drying air duct, the heater and the fan are arranged at an air inlet of the drying air duct, and an air outlet of the drying air duct faces the air inlet.

In one embodiment, the heater is connected to the air duct shell, and the fan is disposed on a side of the heater away from the air duct shell.

In one embodiment, the drying assembly is disposed on the main body or the drying container.

In one embodiment, the main body is provided with an air inlet, the drying assembly is arranged on the main body and is located at the upstream of the air inlet along the airflow direction, and when the drying container is placed at the main throwing opening, the air inlet is communicated with the air inlet.

In one embodiment, the main body comprises a housing, a workbench having the main input port, and a barrel assembly having the main processing chamber, the barrel assembly is disposed in the housing, the workbench is disposed at the top of the housing, and the drying assembly is disposed on the workbench.

In one embodiment, the side wall of the workbench, which is positioned on the periphery side of the main throwing opening, is provided with a joint which protrudes inwards and is provided with the air passing opening;

the main part is located including the cover the sealing washer on the joint, works as drying container places main input mouth department, the air inlet with cross the wind gap and pass through the sealing washer communicates with each other sealedly.

In one embodiment, the door and the drying container are rotatably disposed on the worktable, and a rotation axis of the door coincides with a rotation axis of the drying container.

The embodiment of the application provides a clothes treatment equipment, this clothes treatment equipment has set up stoving container and stoving subassembly, the stoving container has the stoving chamber to the sunken formation in the main treatment chamber, the stoving container can open or seal the main mouth of puting in with the main treatment chamber intercommunication through the switching, the stoving subassembly then is used for introducing the stoving chamber with the air current after the heating from the air inlet, in order to realize drying the thing of treating stoving in the stoving chamber, therefore, through setting up stoving container and stoving subassembly, can form independent stoving region outside the main treatment chamber, and then can be convenient for the user to use more.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a first structural schematic view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, in which a door assembly is in a closed state;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic view of the clothes treating apparatus shown in FIG. 1, illustrating the door assembly in an open position;

FIG. 4 is a third schematic view of the laundry treating apparatus shown in FIG. 1, illustrating the door assembly and the door cover in an open state;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of a fourth structure of the clothes treating apparatus shown in fig. 1, in which the drying container is placed at the main input port, and the door is in an open state;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the drying assembly disposed on the workbench according to an embodiment of the present application, in which the back of the workbench is shown;

FIG. 7 is a half sectional view of the structure shown in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the mating relationship of the door assembly to the structure of FIG. 6, with the door assembly in a closed position;

fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 8, in which the continuous straight arrows indicate the direction of airflow.

Description of the reference numerals

A main body 10; a housing 11; a work table 12; a main input port 12a; a joint 12b; an air-passing opening 12c; a barrel assembly 13; a main treatment chamber 13a; a door assembly 20; a door cover 21; a clip portion 21a; a drying container 22; drying chamber 22a; drying the input port 22b; an intake port 22c; the air outlet 22d; a grip portion 22e; a drying assembly 30; a heater 31; a fan 32; an air duct case 33; a drying duct 33a; and a seal ring 40.

Detailed Description

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

An embodiment of the present application provides a laundry treating apparatus, which includes a main body 10, a drying container 22, an air inlet 22c, and a drying assembly 30, referring to fig. 1 to 9. The main body 10 has a main treatment chamber 13a and a main input port 12a communicating with the main treatment chamber 13a; the drying container 22 is openably and closably provided at the main input port 12a, the drying container 22 has a drying chamber 22a formed by being recessed into the main processing chamber 13a and a drying input port 22b communicating with the drying chamber 22a, and the air inlet 22c communicates with the drying chamber 22a. Drying assembly 30 is disposed upstream of air inlet 22c in the airflow flow direction to introduce the heated airflow from air inlet 22c into drying chamber 22a.

The clothes of the clothes treatment equipment can be a pulsator washing machine, an agitator washing machine, a roller washing machine, a clothes dryer, a washing and drying integrated machine and the like. For convenience of description, the embodiments of the present application are described taking a laundry treatment apparatus as an example of a pulsator washing machine.

The main body 10 is a main structure of the laundry treating apparatus, wherein the main input port 12a is an opening for inputting laundry into the main treating chamber 13a, and the main treating chamber 13a is a chamber for washing the laundry.

For the pulsator washing machine having a conventional drying function, the main treatment chamber 13a is also used to dry various kinds of laundry of a user.

The drying container 22 openably and closably provided at the main input port 12a means that the drying container 22 can be opened or closed. When the drying container 22 is in the opened state, the main input port 12a is opened, and the user can input the laundry into the main processing chamber 13a from the main input port 12a, or can take out the processed laundry from the main processing chamber 13a. When the drying container 22 is in the closed state, the drying container 22 closes the main input port 12a, and the user cannot take and put the laundry.

The drying chamber 22a is a drying space independent of the main processing chamber 13a, and the drying chamber 22a is a groove structure formed by sinking into the main processing chamber 13a, that is, in a use state, at least a part of the drying chamber 22a is located in the main processing chamber 13a, and the arrangement mode can reduce the space occupied by the door assembly 20, so that the whole structure of the clothes processing device can be more compact.

The drying container 22 may be provided with a separate closing door at the drying input port 22b, or may be provided with a door cover 21 as shown in fig. 1 to 9, and the door cover 21 and the drying container 22 together constitute a door assembly 20 for opening or closing the main input port 12 a.

The drying assembly 30 is used for drying the objects to be dried placed in the drying chamber 22a, and the drying assembly 30 mainly includes a heater 31 and a fan 32, the heater 31 is shown between the fan 32 and the air inlet 22c in fig. 6 to 9, and in some embodiments, the fan 32 is also shown between the heater 31 and the air inlet 22c.

Referring to fig. 5 and 9, an air inlet 22c may be disposed on a sidewall of the drying chamber 22a, so that the air heated by the drying assembly 30 may be directly blown onto the surface of the object to be dried after entering the drying chamber 22a from the air inlet 22c.

For example, referring to fig. 1 to 9, a door 21 is openably and closably disposed at the drying input port 22b for opening or closing the drying input port 22b. The door 21 may be detachably connected to the drying container 22, that is, after the door 21 is opened, the drying container 22 may be detached from the door 21, or the drying container 22 may be removed from the door 21. Referring to fig. 4, the door 21 and the drying container 22 may also be rotatably disposed on the main body 10, and the rotation axis of the door 21 coincides with the rotation axis of the drying container 22, that is, the door 21 may rotate independently with respect to the main body 10, the drying container 22 may also rotate independently with respect to the main body 10, and the door 21 and the drying container 22 may also rotate synchronously as a whole.

When the door cover 21 is in an open state, a user can put the object to be dried into the drying cavity 22a from the drying input opening 22b, after the door cover 21 is closed, the drying assembly 30 is started, the heater 31 in the drying assembly 30 heats the external air flow, the heated air flow is introduced into the drying cavity 22a from the air inlet 22c under the action of the fan 32, in the drying cavity 22a, the hot air flow flows through the surface of the object to be dried, performs heat and moisture exchange with the object to be dried, absorbs moisture in the object to be dried, and becomes wet hot air flow, and the wet air flow is discharged from the air outlet 22d, so that the drying of the clothes is realized.

It should be noted that the drying chamber 22a has an air outlet 22d for discharging the wet hot air flow, and the air outlet 22d may be communicated with the main processing chamber 13a, for example, please refer to fig. 3, fig. 5 and fig. 9, the air outlet 22d may be disposed on the bottom wall of the drying chamber 22a, and the wet hot air flow is directly discharged into the main processing chamber 13a through the air outlet 22d under the action of gravity, so as to avoid the wet hot air flow from rising and overflowing. The hot and humid airflow discharged into the main processing chamber 13a may or may not be discharged into the surrounding environment through the main processing chamber 13a. In some embodiments, the air outlet 22d may also be in communication with the outside, which means that the hot and humid air flow may also be discharged directly into the surrounding environment without passing through the main treatment chamber 13a.

For pulsator washing machines, the drying container 22 may be used to individually dry small laundry such as underwear and baby laundry of a user, so as to implement independent partition nursing. In addition, the drying assembly 30 may perform an independent operation, that is, the pulsator washing machine may dry the small laundry in the drying container 22 only by starting the drying assembly 30 when other operations, such as washing, are not performed. The drying assembly 30 may also be performed simultaneously with other operations of the pulsator washing machine, for example, during a normal washing process of the pulsator washing machine, the drying assembly 30 may also be activated to dry small clothes in the drying container 22, so as to achieve efficient operation of the pulsator washing machine.

The clothes treatment equipment of the embodiment of the application is provided with the drying container 22 and the drying assembly 30, the drying container 22 is provided with the drying cavity 22a formed by being sunken in the main treatment cavity 13a, the drying container 22 can be opened or closed through opening and closing to form the main input port 12a communicated with the main treatment cavity 13a, the drying assembly 30 is used for introducing heated airflow into the drying cavity 22a from the air inlet 22c, so that objects to be dried in the drying cavity 22a are dried, therefore, through the drying container 22 and the drying assembly 30, an independent drying area can be formed outside the main treatment cavity 13a, and further, the clothes treatment equipment can be used by users more conveniently.

In order to facilitate opening or closing of the door assembly 20, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 4, a grip portion 22e is disposed on one side of the drying container 22, the door cover 21 has a fastening portion 21a, and the grip portion 22e is fastened to the fastening portion 21 a.

Specifically, when the door 21 is in a closed state for closing the drying input port 22b, the holding portion 22e is engaged with the engaging portion 21a, so that the door 21 and the drying container 22 can be connected into a whole, which is equivalent to that the drying container 22 is not separated from the door 21, and a user can open or close the door 21 and the drying container 22 at the same time by holding the holding portion 22e, for example, when the user does not need to use the drying container 22 to dry clothes, the user can directly open the door 21 and the drying container 22 together to wash the clothes without opening the door 21 and then opening the drying container 22, thereby reducing the door opening action and improving the user experience.

In addition, when the drying container 22 is needed, the door cover 21 is directly applied with force to separate the door cover 21 from the clamping part 21a, and the operation is simple and convenient.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6 to 9, the drying assembly 30 includes an air duct housing 33 having a drying air duct 33a, a heater 31 and a fan 32 are disposed at an air inlet of the drying air duct 33a, and an air outlet of the drying air duct 33a faces the air inlet 22c of the drying air duct 33a, that is, the heated air flows into the drying air duct 33a and then flows to the air inlet 22c through the drying air duct 33a.

Specifically, there are various ways in which the heater 31 and the fan 32 are disposed at the air inlet of the drying air duct 33a, for example, referring to fig. 6 to 9, the heater 31 may be connected to the air duct casing 33, the fan 32 is disposed at a side of the heater 31 away from the air duct casing 33, that is, the heater 31 is disposed between the fan 32 and the air duct casing 33, and the external air flow flows to the heater 31 through the fan 32 and directly flows into the drying air duct 33a after being heated at the heater 31. In some embodiments, it is also possible that the fan 32 is disposed between the air duct case 33 and the heater 31.

The drying air duct 33a can perform the functions of collecting and guiding the flow, so as to not only facilitate the introduction of the hot air flow into the drying cavity 22a through the air inlet 22c, but also reduce the heat dissipation of the hot air flow.

In some embodiments, the drying duct 33a may not be provided.

The drying assembly 30 of the embodiment of the present application may be disposed on the main body 10, or may be disposed on the drying container 22, please refer to fig. 3, 7 to 9, taking the case that the drying assembly 30 is disposed on the main body 10, the main body 10 may be disposed with an air inlet 12c, the drying assembly 30 is disposed on the main body 10 and located upstream of the air inlet 12c along the airflow flowing direction, and when the drying container 22 is disposed at the main input port 12a, the air inlet 22c is communicated with the air inlet 12c.

Specifically, when the door assembly 20 is in the open state, the air inlet 22c is separated from the air passing opening 12c, that is, the air inlet 22c is not communicated with the air passing opening 12c, when the drying container 22 is placed at the main input opening 12a, the air inlet 22c is communicated with the air passing opening 12c, that is, the drying container 22 is located at the drying working position, and after the drying assembly 30 is started, the airflow firstly flows through the drying assembly 30, and then sequentially flows into the drying cavity 22a through the air passing opening 12c and the air inlet 22c.

It is understood that the main body 10 may not be provided with the air inlet 12c, for example, for the drying assembly 30 provided with the air duct shell 33, the air outlet of the drying air duct 33a may be communicated with the air inlet 22c.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, taking a pulsator washing machine as an example, a main body 10 includes a casing 11, a table 12 having a main input port 12a, and a drum assembly 13 having a main processing chamber 13a, the drum assembly 13 being disposed in the casing 11. The barrel assembly 13 mainly includes an outer barrel and an inner barrel rotatably disposed in the outer barrel, and a washing chamber of the inner barrel is a main processing chamber 13a.

The table 12 is disposed at the top of the housing 11, i.e. after the door assembly 20 is opened, a user can insert clothes into the washing chamber of the drum through the main insertion opening 12a of the table 12. The drying assembly 30 may be disposed on the table 12.

The air outlet 22d is disposed on the bottom wall of the drying cavity 22a, and after the air heated by the drying assembly 30 enters the drying cavity 22a from the air inlet 22c, the air exchanges heat and humidity with the object to be dried in the drying cavity 22a to absorb moisture in the object to be dried and turns the moisture into wet hot air flow, and the wet hot air flow can rapidly enter the main processing cavity 13a from the air outlet 22d on the bottom wall of the drying cavity 22a by virtue of gravity, so as to prevent the wet hot air flow from rising and overflowing.

The door 21 and the drying container 22 may be rotatably provided on the table 12, and the rotation axis of the door 21 may coincide with the rotation axis of the drying container 22.

Further, referring to fig. 7 and 9, an inwardly protruding joint 12b is formed on a side wall of the table 12 on the circumferential side of the main input port 12a, and the joint 12b has an air inlet 12c. The main body 10 includes a sealing ring 40 fitted over the joint 12b, and when the drying container 22 is placed at the main input port 12a, the air inlet 22c and the air passing port 12c are in sealed communication via the sealing ring 40.

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

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

Claims (12)

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a main body (10), said main body (10) having a main treatment chamber (13 a) and a main dosing port (12 a) communicating with said main treatment chamber (13 a);

a drying container (22) which is openably and closably arranged at the main input port (12 a), wherein the drying container (22) is provided with a drying cavity (22 a) formed by sinking into the main processing cavity (13 a) and a drying input port (22 b) communicated with the drying cavity (22 a);

an air inlet (22 c), said air inlet (22 c) being in communication with said drying chamber (22 a);

a drying assembly (30), said drying assembly (30) being disposed upstream of said air inlet (22 c) in an airflow flow direction to introduce a heated airflow from said air inlet (22 c) into said drying chamber (22 a).

2. Laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the drying chamber (22 a) has an air outlet (22 d);

the air outlet (22 d) is arranged on the bottom wall of the drying cavity (22 a); or the air outlet (22 d) is communicated with the outside.

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the air inlet (22 c) is provided on a sidewall of the drying chamber (22 a).

4. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a door assembly (20), the door assembly (20) comprising a door cover (21) and the drying container (22), the door cover (21) being openably and closably provided at the drying input port (22 b).

5. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein one side of the drying container (22) has a holding portion (22 e), the door cover (21) has a snap portion (21 a), and the holding portion (22 e) is snapped with the snap portion (21 a).

6. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the drying assembly (30) comprises a heater (31), a fan (32) and a duct casing (33) having a drying duct (33 a), the heater (31) and the fan (32) being disposed at an air inlet of the drying duct (33 a), an air outlet of the drying duct (33 a) being directed toward the air inlet (22 c).

7. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the heater (31) is connected with the air duct shell (33), and the fan (32) is provided at a side of the heater (31) facing away from the air duct shell (33).

8. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the drying assembly (30) is provided on the main body (10) or on the drying container (22).

9. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that an air vent (12 c) is provided on the main body (10), the drying assembly (30) is provided on the main body (10) upstream of the air vent (12 c) in an air flow direction, and the air inlet (22 c) communicates with the air vent (12 c) when the drying container (22) is placed at the main input port (12 a).

10. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the main body (10) includes a casing (11), a table (12) having the main input port (12 a), and a drum assembly (13) having the main processing chamber (13 a), the drum assembly (13) is disposed within the casing (11), the table (12) is disposed at a top of the casing (11), and the drying assembly (30) is disposed on the table (12).

11. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the table (12) is formed with a joint (12 b) protruding inward on a side wall of the main input port (12 a) on a circumferential side, the joint (12 b) having the air passing port (12 c);

the main body (10) comprises a sealing ring (40) sleeved on the joint (12 b), and when the drying container (22) is placed at the main throwing opening (12 a), the air inlet (22 c) is hermetically communicated with the air passing opening (12 c) through the sealing ring (40).

12. The laundry processing apparatus according to claim 10, characterized in that the laundry processing apparatus further comprises a door assembly (20), the door assembly (20) comprising a door cover (21) and the drying container (22), the door cover (21) being openably and closably provided at the drying input opening (22 b); the door cover (21) and the drying container (22) are rotatably arranged on the workbench (12), and the rotating axis of the door cover (21) is coincided with the rotating axis of the drying container (22).

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