CN219397151U

CN219397151U - Cleaning mechanism for cleaning machine and cleaning machine

Info

Publication number: CN219397151U
Application number: CN202320386897.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王栋
Original assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Fotile Kitchen Ware Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-02-22
Filing date: 2023-02-22
Publication date: 2023-07-25
Anticipated expiration: 2033-02-22

Abstract

The utility model relates to a cleaning mechanism for a cleaning machine and the cleaning machine, wherein the cleaning mechanism for the cleaning machine comprises a shell, a water storage chamber is arranged in the shell; a heating member provided on the housing for heating water in the water storage chamber; and a spray structure disposed adjacent to the heating member, having a spray hole spraying toward the heating member, and having a water inlet passage communicating with the water storage chamber. The spraying structure in the cleaning mechanism is arranged adjacent to the heating piece, and water flow sprayed out of the spraying hole of the spraying structure can clean the heating piece, so that scale on the heating piece is cleaned, the scale quantity on the heating piece is reduced, the descaling effect is achieved, and the heating efficiency of the heating piece is improved.

Description

Cleaning mechanism for cleaning machine and cleaning machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household washing, and particularly relates to a cleaning mechanism for a cleaning machine and the cleaning machine.

Background

Current washers typically include a cabinet having a wash chamber and a spray device disposed in the wash chamber for drawing water from the bottom of the cabinet into a water spray assembly and spraying into the wash chamber to wash the dishes.

The utility model patent of China, a cleaning machine, of which the patent number is ZL202123231916.2 (issued publication number is CN 216776991U), discloses a cleaning machine, which comprises a box body and a slag collecting basket, wherein a water outlet is formed in the bottom of the box body, the lower end of the slag collecting basket is arranged corresponding to the water outlet, a groove which is arranged around the periphery of the water outlet is formed in the bottom wall of the box body, a heating part for heating water is arranged at the groove, and the heating part is of an annular structure which surrounds the water outlet and the slag collecting basket.

The heating element is used as a heating part of the cleaning machine, and mainly aims to heat water, and after long-term use, a layer of scale can be accumulated on the surface of the heating disc, so that the efficiency of heating water by the heating disc can be affected by the existence of the scale.

Disclosure of Invention

The first technical problem to be solved by the present utility model is to provide a cleaning mechanism for a cleaning machine for descaling the surface of a heating element, aiming at the current state of the art.

The second technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a cleaning machine with the cleaning mechanism.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the first technical problem is as follows: a cleaning mechanism for a cleaning machine, comprising:

a housing having a water storage chamber therein;

a heating member provided on the housing for heating water in the water storage chamber;

it is characterized in that the method also comprises the following steps:

and a spray structure disposed adjacent to the heating member, having a spray hole spraying toward the heating member, and having a water inlet passage communicating with the water storage chamber.

The spray structure is arranged adjacent to the heating element, and water flow sprayed out of the spray hole of the spray structure can clean the heating element, so that scale on the heating element is cleaned, scale on the heating element is reduced, and a good cleaning effect is achieved.

The heating element may be located below the spray structure, either laterally or above the spray structure, but preferably the heating element is located below the spray structure and the spray holes are located on the bottom of the spray structure.

The assembly forms of the heating element and the shell are various, the bottom wall of the shell is provided with a mounting hole for the heating element to be mounted in, and the spraying structure is positioned in the water storage chamber. In addition, part of the spray structure may also be part of the housing.

The spray structure has various structural forms, can adopt the form of spray arms, can also adopt the form of spray discs, can also adopt other forms, but preferably, the spray structure comprises an annular body, the inside of the annular body is provided with a runner communicated with the spray hole, and the side wall of the annular body is provided with a water inlet channel communicated with the runner.

The spraying hole can be directly formed in the wall plate of the annular body or the spraying piece, the spraying piece is located on the annular body, but preferably, the spraying structure further comprises the spraying piece, the spraying piece is locally located in the flow channel and is arranged to rotate relative to the annular body, the rotation axis of the spraying piece is along the vertical direction, the bottom wall of the annular body is provided with an avoidance opening for the spraying piece to locally penetrate out at the position corresponding to the spraying piece, and the part of the spraying piece located below the avoidance opening is provided with the spraying hole.

The flow channel can be of an annular structure, can also be in a strip shape, and can also be of other structural forms, but in order to increase the cleaning area, preferably, the flow channel is annular, and at least two spraying pieces are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flow channel. Therefore, the water flow sprayed out of the spraying holes of the rotating spraying piece can clean the heating plate more comprehensively, and a better cleaning effect is achieved.

The spray member has various structural forms, and preferably, the spray member is a hemispherical or spherical spray ball.

In order to realize the installation of spray ball, spray ball is the open hemisphere in top, the interior roof of annular body is corresponding the position of spray ball is provided with downwardly extending's extension pole, the lateral extension of the lateral wall of extension pole is formed with the side lever, it is in to spray ball cover the periphery of extension pole, and the part is located between the interior bottom wall of side lever and the annular body. In addition, the spray ball can also be arranged on the annular body through the ball head.

In order to facilitate disassembly and assembly of the spray ball, the annular body comprises an upper annular piece and a lower annular piece which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, wherein the upper annular piece can be detachably arranged on the lower annular piece, and the upper annular piece and the lower annular piece are enclosed to form the flow channel.

In order to guide the water flow, a guide piece for guiding the water to the direction of the spray ball is arranged in the flow channel.

In order to realize the rotation of the spray ball while guiding water, the guide piece is a guide strip, a water guide channel is formed between the guide strip and the inner wall surface of the outer annular wall of the annular body, and the water guide channel is provided with a water outlet for supplying water to flow out tangentially and pushing the spray ball to rotate.

The water guide channel can be designed in various modes, and the cross section area is unchanged, but from the aspect of accelerating the flow velocity of water flow ejected through the water outlet, the cross section area of the water guide channel is preferably gradually reduced.

Preferably, the flow channel is annular, at least two spray balls are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flow channel, and each spray ball corresponds to one guide strip.

The arrangement forms of the guide strips are various, and the guide strips can take a radial form or other forms, but preferably, at least two guide strips are arranged in a radial form by taking the inner annular wall of the annular body as the center, and the spray balls are positioned between two adjacent guide strips.

In order to enable water flow entering through the water inlet channel to flow in towards one direction, the water inlet channel is positioned on the outer annular wall of the annular body, a partition plate is arranged in the flow channel and adjacent to the water inlet channel, a first side edge of the partition plate is connected with the outer annular wall of the annular body, a second side edge of the partition plate opposite to the first side edge is connected with the inner annular wall of the annular body, one guide strip is positioned at the water inlet channel, and a first end of the guide strip is connected with the partition plate and is enclosed with the partition plate and the annular body to form a water passage.

The heating element may take the form of a heating plate or a heating tube, but preferably it is a heating plate.

In order to pump out water through the first water outlet, a volute with a cavity inside is arranged in the water storage chamber, the side wall of the volute is provided with a first water outlet communicated with the cavity and the water inlet channel, and a centrifugal impeller capable of rotating relative to the volute is arranged in the cavity of the volute.

In order to realize the rotation of the centrifugal impeller, the centrifugal impeller also comprises a motor positioned below the shell, wherein the motor is provided with an output shaft which extends upwards into the volute, and the centrifugal impeller is arranged on the output shaft of the motor.

The shell has various structural forms, can adopt the form of matching the water cup and the filter plate, can also adopt an independent shell, the independent shell can be arranged at the position of the cleaning machine where the heating element is arranged, the shell comprises the filter plate and the water cup arranged at the bottom of the cleaning machine, the top of drinking cup is open, the filter has the filtration pore, and this filter covers the open department in top of drinking cup, and enclose with this drinking cup and form the reservoir chamber.

In order to supply water to the cleaning heating element and also supply water to the spray arm, the side wall of the volute is also provided with a second water outlet which is used for being in fluid communication with the spray arm of the cleaning machine, and the second water outlet is communicated with the containing cavity.

The first and second drain openings may be independently disposed or may be in communication with the cavity of the volute through a connecting passage, but preferably the first and second drain openings are in communication with the cavity of the volute through a connecting passage, the first and second drain openings being located downstream of the cavity along the fluid flow path.

The utility model solves the second technical problem by adopting the technical proposal that: the cleaning machine with the cleaning mechanism is characterized in that: the water cup is arranged below the box body and corresponds to the position of the opening.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: the spraying structure in the cleaning mechanism is arranged adjacent to the heating piece, and water flow sprayed out of the spraying hole of the spraying structure can clean the heating piece, so that scale on the heating piece is cleaned, the scale quantity on the heating piece is reduced, the descaling effect is achieved, and the heating efficiency of the heating piece is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning mechanism according to the present embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is another angular cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the spray structure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the cleaning machine;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of another angle of fig. 5.

Detailed Description

The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to the embodiments of the drawings.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the cleaning machine of the present embodiment includes a box 6, a spray arm 8 and a cleaning mechanism, wherein a cleaning chamber 61 is provided in the box 6, and an opening is provided in a bottom wall of the cleaning chamber 61.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the cleaning mechanism comprises a housing 1, a heating element, a spraying structure 3, a volute 4 and a motor 5. Wherein, the shell 1 comprises a filter plate 12 and a water cup 11, the water cup 11 is arranged below the box 6 and corresponds to the position of the opening, the top of the water cup 11 is provided with an opening, and the opening of the top of the water cup 11 corresponds to the opening. The filter plate 12 has a filtering hole, and the filter plate 12 is installed at the opening, covers the top opening of the water cup 11, and encloses the water cup 11 to form the water storage chamber 10, so that the water in the washing chamber 61 flows into the water storage chamber 10 after being filtered by the filtering hole.

As shown in fig. 1, the water storage chamber 10 is provided with a volute 4, the volute 4 is provided with a cavity 40 therein, the side wall of the volute 4 is provided with a first drain 41 and a second drain 42, the first drain 41 and the second drain 42 are communicated with the cavity 40 of the volute 4 through a connecting channel 43, and along a fluid flow path, the first drain 41 and the second drain 42 are located downstream of the cavity 40. The second water outlet 42 is communicated with a water inlet passage of the spray arm 8, namely, water discharged from the second water outlet 42 enters the spray arm 8 and is sprayed out through spray holes on the spray arm 8. In order to pump water out through the first drain opening 41 and the second drain opening 42, as shown in fig. 2, a centrifugal impeller 7 which can rotate relative to the scroll case 4 under the drive of a motor 5 is provided in the chamber 40 of the scroll case 4. The motor 5 is located below the housing 1. The motor 5 has an output shaft extending upwardly into the cavity 40 of the volute 4, and the centrifugal impeller 7 is mounted on the output shaft of the motor 5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a heating member is provided on the housing 1 for heating water in the water storage chamber 10. Specifically, the heating element is a heating plate 2, the bottom wall of the housing 1 is provided with a mounting hole 111 for mounting the heating plate 2 therein, and the heating plate 2 is mounted in the mounting hole 111 through a mounting plate. The spray structure 3 is located in the water storage chamber 10 and above the heating plate 2. The bottom of the spray structure 3 has spray holes 321 spraying toward the heating pan 2, and has a water inlet passage 36 communicating with the water storage chamber 10. Specifically, the spraying structure 3 comprises a spraying piece, a flow guiding strip 33 and an annular body 31 which is annular. The ring body 31 has a flow passage 30 communicating with the shower hole 321, and the flow passage 30 is annular. Specifically, the ring body 31 includes an upper ring member 31a and a lower ring member 32b disposed in this order from top to bottom, and the upper ring member 31a is detachably mounted on the lower ring member 32b and encloses the aforementioned flow passage 30 with the lower ring member 32 b. In addition, the water inlet channel 36 is located on the outer annular wall 314 of the annular body 31, and communicates the water storage chamber 10 with the flow channel 30. A partition plate 35 is provided in the flow passage 30 at a position adjacent to the water inlet passage 36, a first side 351 of the partition plate 35 is connected to the outer annular wall 314 of the annular body 31, and a second side 352 of the partition plate 35 opposite to the first side 351 is connected to the inner annular wall 315 of the annular body 31.

As shown in fig. 3, at least two spraying members are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flow channel 30, and four spraying members in this embodiment, and in addition, three, or more than four spraying members may be used. The structure and the installation mode of each spray member are the same, and one spray member will be described as an example. The spray member is a hemispherical or spherical spray ball 32. In the present embodiment, the shower ball 32 has a hemispherical shape with an open top, and a part of the shower ball 32 is located in the flow passage 30 and is arranged to be rotatable with respect to the annular body 31, and the rotation axis of the shower ball 32 is along the vertical direction. As shown in fig. 2, the bottom wall of the annular body 31 is provided with a avoiding opening 311 for the spray ball 32 to partially penetrate out at a position corresponding to the spray member, and the part of the spray ball 32 located below the avoiding opening 311 is provided with the spray hole 321.

In order to achieve the installation of the spray ball 32, as shown in fig. 2, the inner top wall of the ring body 31 is provided with a plurality of extension bars 312 extending downward at positions corresponding to the spray ball 32. Each of the extension bars 312 has the same structure, and in the following description, one of the extension bars is taken as an example, a side bar 313 is formed by extending the outer side wall of the extension bar 312 laterally, and the spray ball 32 is sleeved on the periphery of each of the extension bars 312 and is partially located between the side bar 313 and the inner bottom wall of the ring body 31.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the flow channel 30 is internally provided with a flow guiding member for guiding water towards the direction of the spray balls 32, the flow guiding member is a flow guiding strip 33, each spray ball 32 is correspondingly provided with one flow guiding strip 33, at least two flow guiding strips 33 are arranged in a radial manner by taking the inner annular wall 315 of the annular body 31 as the center, and the spray balls 32 are positioned between two adjacent flow guiding strips 33. A water guide channel 34 is formed between the guide strip 33 and the inner wall surface of the outer annular wall 314 of the annular body 31, and the cross-sectional area of the water guide channel 34 gradually decreases along the flow direction of the water. The water guide passage 34 has a water outlet 341 through which water flows tangentially and pushes the corresponding side shower ball 32 to rotate. In addition, one of the guide strips 33 is located at the water inlet channel 36, and a first end of the guide strip 33 is connected with the partition plate 35, and a water outlet channel 37 is formed by enclosing the partition plate 35 and the annular body 31.

The cleaning process of the heating plate is as follows:

the motor 5 drives the centrifugal impeller 7 to rotate, the centrifugal impeller 7 pumps water in the water storage chamber 10 out of the first water outlet 41 and the second water outlet 42, at this time, as shown in fig. 1, a part of water flows into the spray arm 8 through the connecting channel 43 and the second water outlet 42, and the other part of water flows into the flow channel 30 of the annular body 31 through the water inlet channel 36 after flowing out of the first water outlet 41, and impacts the spray ball 32 under the diversion of the diversion strip 33, drives the spray ball 32 to rotate, and the water entering the top opening of the spray ball 32 is sprayed out through the spray hole 321, so that the heating disc 2 is cleaned, and the four rotary spray balls 32 form a circular area in the rotating process, so that the whole area of the heating disc 2 can be impacted and cleaned. In addition, the higher the rotation speed of the motor 5, the larger the water flow, the larger the flow rate of the impact guide strip 33, the faster the spray ball 32 rotates, the farther the water flow is ejected, and the closer the water flow is, so that the water flow impact cleaning can be performed on a circular area corresponding to the heating plate 2.

The term "fluid communication" as used herein refers to a spatial positional relationship between two components or parts (hereinafter collectively referred to as a first part and a second part, respectively), that is, a fluid (gas, liquid, or a mixture of both) can flow along a flow path from the first part to the second part or/and be transported to the second part, or the first part and the second part may be directly communicated with each other, or the first part and the second part may be indirectly communicated with each other through at least one third party, and the third party may be a fluid channel such as a pipe, a channel, a conduit, a flow guiding member, a hole, a groove, or the like, or a chamber allowing the fluid to flow through, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A cleaning mechanism for a cleaning machine, comprising:

a housing (1) having a water storage chamber (10) inside;

a heating element provided on the housing (1) for heating water in the water storage chamber (10);

it is characterized in that the method also comprises the following steps:

a spray structure (3) arranged adjacent to the heating element, having spray holes (321) spraying towards the heating element, having a water inlet channel (36) communicating with the water storage chamber (10).

2. The cleaning mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the heating element is located below the spraying structure (3), and the spraying holes (321) are located on the bottom of the spraying structure (3).

3. The cleaning mechanism of claim 2, wherein: the bottom wall of the shell (1) is provided with a mounting hole (111) for mounting the heating element, and the spraying structure (3) is positioned in the water storage chamber (10).

4. The cleaning mechanism of claim 2, wherein: the spray structure (3) comprises an annular body (31) which is annular, a flow passage (30) communicated with the spray hole (321) is formed in the annular body (31), and the water inlet channel (36) is positioned on the side wall of the annular body (31) and is communicated with the flow passage (30).

5. The cleaning mechanism of claim 4, wherein: the spraying structure (3) further comprises a spraying piece, the spraying piece is locally located in the flow channel (30) and is arranged to rotate relative to the annular body (31), the rotation axis of the spraying piece is along the vertical direction, an avoidance opening (311) for the spraying piece to locally penetrate out is formed in the bottom wall of the annular body (31) at the position corresponding to the spraying piece, and a spraying hole (321) is formed in the part, located below the avoidance opening (311), of the spraying piece.

6. The cleaning mechanism of claim 5, wherein: the flow channel (30) is annular, and at least two spraying pieces are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flow channel (30).

7. The cleaning mechanism of claim 5, wherein: the spray member is a hemispherical or spherical spray ball (32).

8. The cleaning mechanism of claim 7, wherein: the spray ball (32) is hemispherical with an open top, an extension rod (312) extending downwards is arranged on the inner top wall of the annular body (31) at a position corresponding to the spray ball (32), a side rod (313) is formed by lateral extension of the outer side wall of the extension rod (312), the spray ball (32) is sleeved on the periphery of the extension rod (312), and the spray ball is locally located between the side rod (313) and the inner bottom wall of the annular body (31).

9. The cleaning mechanism of claim 4, wherein: the annular body (31) comprises an upper annular piece (31 a) and a lower annular piece (32 b) which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom, wherein the upper annular piece (31 a) is detachably arranged on the lower annular piece (32 b), and the upper annular piece and the lower annular piece (32 b) are enclosed to form the flow channel (30).

10. The cleaning mechanism of claim 7, wherein: a flow guide piece for guiding water towards the direction of the spray ball (32) is arranged in the flow channel (30).

11. The cleaning mechanism of claim 10, wherein: the guide piece is a guide strip (33), a water guide channel (34) is formed between the guide strip (33) and the inner wall surface of the outer annular wall (314) of the annular body (31), and the water guide channel (34) is provided with a water outlet (341) for supplying water and tangentially flowing out and pushing the spray ball (32) to rotate.

12. The cleaning mechanism of claim 11, wherein: the cross-sectional area of the water guide channel (34) gradually decreases along the flow direction of the water flow.

13. The cleaning mechanism of claim 11, wherein: the flow channel (30) is annular, at least two spray balls (32) are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the flow channel (30), and each spray ball (32) is correspondingly provided with one guide strip (33).

14. The cleaning mechanism of claim 13, wherein: at least two guide strips (33) are arranged in a radial manner by taking an inner annular wall (315) of the annular body (31) as a center, and the spray balls (32) are positioned between two adjacent guide strips (33).

15. The cleaning mechanism of claim 14, wherein: the water inlet channel (36) is located on the outer annular wall (314) of the annular body (31), a partition plate (35) is arranged in the flow channel (30) at a position adjacent to the water inlet channel (36), a first side edge (351) of the partition plate (35) is connected with the outer annular wall (314) of the annular body (31), a second side edge (352) opposite to the first side edge (351) of the partition plate (35) is connected with the inner annular wall (315) of the annular body (31), one guide strip (33) is located at the water inlet channel (36), and a first end of the guide strip (33) is connected with the partition plate (35) and is enclosed with the partition plate (35) and the annular body (31) to form a water outlet channel (37).

16. The cleaning mechanism of claim 1, wherein: the heating element is a heating plate (2).

17. The cleaning mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein: the water storage chamber (10) is internally provided with a volute (4) with a containing cavity (40), the side wall of the volute (4) is provided with a first water outlet (41) communicated with the containing cavity (40) and the water inlet channel (36), and a centrifugal impeller (7) capable of rotating relative to the volute (4) is arranged in the containing cavity (40) of the volute (4).

18. The cleaning mechanism of claim 17, wherein: the centrifugal impeller is characterized by further comprising a motor (5) positioned below the shell (1), wherein the motor (5) is provided with an output shaft extending upwards into the volute (4), and the centrifugal impeller (7) is arranged on the output shaft of the motor (5).

19. The cleaning mechanism of claim 17, wherein: the shell (1) comprises a filter plate (12) and a water cup (11) arranged at the bottom of the cleaning machine, the top of the water cup (11) is open, the filter plate (12) is provided with a filter hole, and the filter plate (12) covers the top open of the water cup (11) and forms the water storage chamber (10) together with the water cup (11).

20. The cleaning mechanism of claim 17, wherein: the side wall of the volute (4) also has a second drain opening (42) for fluid communication with the spray arm of the washer, the second drain opening being in communication with the chamber (40).

21. The cleaning mechanism of claim 20, wherein: the first drain outlet (41) and the second drain outlet (42) are communicated with the containing cavity (40) of the volute (4) through a connecting channel (43), and the first drain outlet (41) and the second drain outlet (42) are positioned downstream of the containing cavity (40) along a fluid flow path.

22. A cleaning machine having the cleaning mechanism of claim 19, wherein: the water cup comprises a box body (6), wherein a washing chamber (61) is arranged in the box body (6), an opening for the filter plate (12) to cover is formed in the bottom wall of the washing chamber (61), and the water cup (11) is arranged below the box body (6) and corresponds to the position of the opening.