CN219508242U

CN219508242U - Drying module and pulsator washing machine with same

Info

Publication number: CN219508242U
Application number: CN202320924971.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黎辉
Original assignee: Ningbo Jide Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Jide Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-25
Filing date: 2023-04-23
Publication date: 2023-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 2033-04-23
Also published as: CN116949781A

Abstract

The utility model provides a drying module and a pulsator washing machine with the same, wherein the drying module is arranged in the pulsator washing machine, the pulsator washing machine is provided with a washing barrel and a clothes taking and placing opening arranged above the washing barrel, the drying module is suspended above the washing barrel and forms a movable cover for the clothes taking and placing opening, the lower end of the drying module is provided with an air outlet, and the air outlet can extend into the clothes taking and placing opening to be used for conveying hot air into the washing barrel. The drying module and the pulsator washing machine with the same enable the pulsator washing machine to have good washing and drying effects.

Description

Drying module and pulsator washing machine with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a drying module and a pulsator washing machine with the same.

Background

In daily life, the use of the washing machine is more and more widespread, and consumers are not only satisfied with washing and spin-drying any more, but the washing machine with the drying function on the market is almost a drum washing machine at present, and the pulsator washing machine is limited by the structure of the washing machine and has little drying function, or even has the drying function, the drying effect is not ideal.

In case of temporarily polishing and drying, in the three types of double-cylinder, pulsator and drum washing machines, the pulsator washing machine is popular with consumers because of low price, convenient washing and high washing cleanliness. With the increasing improvement of the living standard of people and the continuous acceleration of the living rhythm, more and more consumers hope that the pulsator washing machine can also have a good washing and drying effect.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, the technical problems to be solved by the present utility model are: the first aspect is to provide a drying module, so that the pulsator washing machine can have a good instant washing and instant drying effect.

In order to solve the technical problem of the first aspect, the present utility model provides a drying module, which is installed in a pulsator washing machine, the pulsator washing machine is provided with a washing tub and a clothes taking and placing opening arranged above the washing tub, the drying module is suspended above the washing tub and forms a movable cover for the clothes taking and placing opening, an air outlet is arranged at the lower end of the drying module, and the air outlet can extend into the clothes taking and placing opening to be used for conveying hot air into the washing tub.

Preferably, the drying module comprises a lower shell, a fan and an air duct, wherein the fan and the air duct are arranged in the lower shell, a heater and an air door assembly are arranged in the air duct, and the air outlet is arranged on the lower end face of the lower shell and corresponds to the air door assembly.

Preferably, the lower shell comprises a hollow horn disc and a central concave table which are assembled up and down or are integrally formed, the hollow horn disc is suspended above the washing barrel and provided with air inlet meshes, and the central concave table can downwards extend into the clothes taking and placing opening and is provided with the air outlet on the lower end face.

Preferably, the air door assembly comprises an air door motor, a gear assembly and an air door which are in transmission connection, wherein the air door is arranged below the heater and above the air outlet.

Preferably, the fan is provided with a blowing port, the air duct is divided into a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment, the heater and the air door are arranged in the first compartment, one end of the air duct is communicated with the blowing port, the other end of the air duct is communicated with the air outlet through the air door, the air door motor is arranged in the second compartment, and the gear assembly is arranged in the third compartment.

Preferably, the air duct comprises a first air duct shell and a second air duct shell which are assembled, the right upper end of the first air duct shell is communicated with the air blowing port, a first supporting baffle plate extends rightwards below the fan, and the second air duct shell comprises a first cavity shell and a second cavity shell which are integrally formed and are arranged in an isolated mode;

the first compartment is formed by assembling the first air duct shell and the first cavity shell, the second compartment is formed by covering the first supporting baffle and the second cavity shell, and the third compartment is formed at the rear wall surfaces of the first cavity shell and the second cavity shell.

Preferably, a temperature sensor is arranged at the air outlet.

Preferably, the first air duct shell is provided with the temperature sensor in an inserted mode adjacent to the air outlet, and the temperature sensor also forms motion avoidance for the air door.

Preferably, in the air duct, a temperature controller adjacent to the heater and connected in series is further installed.

The technical problems to be solved by the utility model are as follows: a second aspect provides a pulsator washing machine, which enables the pulsator washing machine to have a good dry-drying effect.

In order to solve the technical problem of the second aspect, the utility model provides an pulsator washing machine, which comprises a drying module according to any embodiment of the first aspect.

Compared with the prior art, the drying module and the pulsator washing machine with the same have the following beneficial effects:

1) So that the pulsator washing machine has good washing and drying effects;

2) The drying module is suspended above the washing barrel, and an air outlet of the drying module can extend into the clothes taking and placing opening to be used for directly conveying hot air into the washing barrel;

3) The drying module only needs to be provided with a very compact and small air duct, and the whole drying device is very compact and small, for example, the whole drying device can be provided with a door cover which is buckled up and down;

4) The air duct of the drying device can be divided into a plurality of compartments, so that heat insulation protection is formed for the air door motor and the gear assembly in the air duct;

5) The air duct with three compartments is formed by assembling two air duct shells, so that the installation and heat insulation protection of an air door motor and a gear assembly can be completely met, meanwhile, the air duct can also form an upward support for a fan, and the normal transmission of the air door assembly is ensured.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a drying module pre-assembled in a pulsator washing machine according to embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a first perspective structure of a drying module according to embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a second perspective view of a drying module (without a lower housing) according to embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a third perspective view of a drying module (without a lower housing) according to embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective exploded view of the drying module of FIGS. 4-5 without a blower;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a three-dimensional assembly structure of an air duct according to embodiment 1 of the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate:

1-washing barrel, 2-clothing taking and placing opening, 3-air outlet, 4-lower shell, 401-air inlet mesh, 41-hollow horn disc, 42-central concave table, 5-fan, 51-air blowing opening, 6-air duct, 601-first compartment, 602-second compartment, 603-third compartment, 61-first air duct shell, 611-first supporting baffle, 62-second air duct shell, 621-first cavity shell, 622-second cavity shell, 6201-rear wall surface, 7-air door component, 71-air door, 72-air door motor, 73-gear component, 8-heater, 91-temperature sensor and 92-temperature controller.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more comprehensible, the present utility model is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments of the present utility model described herein are only some of the embodiments constituting the present utility model, which are intended to be illustrative of the present utility model and not limiting of the present utility model, and the embodiments of the present utility model and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1-7, the utility model provides a drying module, which is installed in a pulsator washing machine, wherein the pulsator washing machine is provided with a washing tub 1 and a clothes taking and placing opening 2 arranged above the washing tub 1, the drying module is suspended above the washing tub 1 and forms a movable cover for the clothes taking and placing opening 2, an air outlet 3 is arranged at the lower end of the drying module, and the air outlet 3 can extend into the clothes taking and placing opening 2 to be used for conveying hot air into the washing tub 1.

Specifically, when the clothes need to be taken and put into the washing barrel 1, the drying module can be lifted upwards slightly to completely expose the clothes taking and putting port 2; in the clothes washing and drying process, for example, the drying module can be turned downwards, so that a movable cover can be formed for the clothes taking and placing opening 2, and the drying module is still suspended above the washing tub 1 at this time, but the air outlet 3 is not prevented from extending downwards into the clothes taking and placing opening 2. Further, in the clothes washing and drying process, the rotation of the washing barrel 1 does not cause any abrasion to the drying module; meanwhile, in the clothes drying procedure, the drying module can directly convey hot air into the washing barrel 1 through the air outlet 3.

Therefore, the pulsator washing machine can have good washing-in-place dry drying effect through the drying module.

Preferably, the drying module comprises a lower shell 4, a fan 5 and an air duct 6, wherein the fan 5 and the air duct 6 are arranged in the lower shell 4, a heater 8 and an air door assembly 7 are arranged in the air duct 6, and the air outlet 3 is arranged on the lower end face of the lower shell 4 and corresponds to the air door assembly 7.

Specifically, the drying module is suspended above the washing barrel 1, and the whole drying module can be provided with a door cover which is buckled up and down, so that the clothes taking and placing opening 2 can be conveniently formed into a cover after being turned down. Wherein, in the interior of the drying module, namely in the lower shell 4 thereof, the fan 5 can externally extract cold air and send the cold air into the air duct 6, the cold air is heated into hot air in the air duct 6 by the heater 8, and then the hot air is directly blown into the washing tub 1 through the air door assembly 7 and the air outlet 3.

It can be understood that the lower casing 4 may be provided with an air inlet mesh 401, so that the fan 5 may draw cool air outwards; at the same time, only during the clothes drying process, the air door assembly 7 is opened, so that the water flow in the washing tub 1 can flow back into the air duct 6 through the air door assembly 7 under the high-speed rotation effect during the washing process.

As a preferred example of the present utility model, the lower casing 4 includes a hollow speaker disc 41 and a central concave table 42, which are assembled or integrally formed up and down, the hollow speaker disc 41 is suspended above the washing tub 1 and has an air inlet mesh 401 formed thereon, the central concave table 42 can extend downward into the laundry taking and placing opening 2, and the air outlet 3 is formed on the lower end surface thereof. Of course, to meet the hanging requirement of the drying module and enable the air outlet 3 to extend downward into the laundry taking and placing opening 2, the outer diameter of the center recess 42 will be smaller than the laundry taking and placing opening 2.

Preferably, the damper assembly 7 comprises a damper motor 72, a gear assembly 73, and a damper 71 in driving connection, the damper 71 being disposed below the heater 8 and above the air outlet 3.

Specifically, under the driving action of the damper motor 72, the gear assembly 73 acts to open or close the damper 71, so as to connect or disconnect the air duct 6 from the air outlet 3. The air door 71 may be disposed below the heater 8, and may turn downward when opened, so that the fan 5, the air duct 6 (including the built-in heater 8), and the air outlet 3 are sequentially connected. Thereby, the compact arrangement of the air duct 6 and the drying module is facilitated.

Preferably, the fan 5 has a blowing port 51, the air duct 6 is divided into a first compartment 601, a second compartment 602, and a third compartment 603, the heater 8 and the air door 71 are installed in the first compartment 601, one end of the air duct is communicated with the blowing port 51, the other end of the air duct is communicated with the air outlet 3 through the air door 71, the air door motor 72 is installed in the second compartment 602, and the gear assembly 73 is installed in the third compartment 603.

Specifically, when the air duct 6 is divided into three compartments as described above, the damper motor 72 and the gear assembly 73 may be separately disposed in the respective compartments to avoid being located in the first compartment 601 together with the heater 8 and the damper 71, and at this time, the cool air drawn by the fan 5 is only sent into the first compartment 601 and heated to be hot air by the heater 8 in the first compartment 601, and then blown directly into the washing tub 1 through the damper 71 (in an opened state) and the air outlet 3. Thereby, thermal insulation protection is facilitated for both the damper motor 72 and the gear assembly 73.

Preferably, the air duct 6 includes a first air duct housing 61 and a second air duct housing 62 assembled, the right upper end of the first air duct housing 61 is communicated with the air blowing port 51, and under the fan 5, the first air duct housing 61 extends rightward to form a first supporting baffle 611, and the second air duct housing 62 includes a first cavity housing 621 and a second cavity housing 622 which are integrally formed and are arranged in an isolated manner;

the first compartment 601 is formed by assembling the first air duct housing 61 and the first cavity housing 621, the second compartment 602 is formed by covering the first supporting baffle 611 and the second cavity housing 622, and the third compartment 603 is formed at the rear wall surface 6201 of the first cavity housing 621 and the second cavity housing 622.

Specifically, in the utility model, the three compartments are formed by assembling only two air duct shells, so that the installation and heat insulation protection of the air door motor 72 and the gear assembly 73 can be completely satisfied. The assembling mode may be, for example, plugging and fastening by screw, and meanwhile, the upper right end of the first compartment 601 formed after assembling is communicated with the air blowing port 51, and the lower end of the first compartment is communicated with the air outlet 3 through the air door 71. After the first supporting baffle 611 and the second cavity shell 622 are covered, the first supporting baffle 611 and the second cavity shell 622 can be used for accommodating the air door motor 72 and can also form upward support for the fan 5; at the same time, the third compartment 603 is located, so that the gear assembly 73 can be in transmission connection with the air door motor 72 and the air door 71 after passing through the transmission holes formed in the rear wall surface 6201, thereby ensuring the normal transmission of the air door assembly 7.

Preferably, a temperature sensor 91 is provided at the air outlet 3.

Specifically, the temperature sensor 91 may be used to detect the air outlet temperature of the hot air in the air duct 6, and after the temperature data is transmitted to the computer board of the pulsator washing machine, the computer board can conveniently make a next step of judgment and adjustment according to the change of the air outlet temperature, for example, the heating power of the heater 8 and/or the operation power of the fan 5 are adjusted.

As a preferred example of the present utility model, the temperature sensor 91 is inserted into the first duct housing 61 adjacent to the air outlet 3, and the temperature sensor 91 is, of course, required to form a movement avoidance for the damper 71 after the insertion.

Preferably, in the first duct housing 61, a thermostat 92 is also installed adjacent to the heater 8 and connected in series.

Specifically, during a laundry drying process, the damper motor 72 is operated to open the damper 71, and both the blower 5 and the heater 8 are started to operate. Wherein, the temperature controller 92 is used as an automatic control element for temperature adjustment, which can lead the heater 8 to achieve ideal heating and energy saving effects; especially, in view of the compactness and compactness of the air duct 6 and the drying device of the present utility model, if the fan 5 or the air door 71 fails accidentally, the temperature controller 92 can be used to cut off the heating circuit of the heater 8 in time, so as to form overheat protection for the heater 8 against dry burning. Of course, the thermostat 92 may also be mounted in the second air duct housing 62 as desired, i.e. as long as the thermostat 92 is secured in the first compartment 601.

Example 2

Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the present utility model also provides a pulsator washing machine having the drying module described in embodiment 1.

Specifically, as can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, when the pulsator washing machine provided in embodiment 2 has the drying module described in embodiment 1, the solution of the corresponding technical problem and the achievement of the technical effect thereof can be referred to the description of the drying module in embodiment 1, and will not be described in detail herein.

Although the present utility model is disclosed above, the present utility model is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, and the scope of the utility model should be assessed accordingly to that of the appended claims.

Claims

1. The drying module is characterized by being arranged in a pulsator washing machine, wherein the pulsator washing machine is provided with a washing barrel (1) and a clothes taking and placing opening (2) formed above the washing barrel (1), the drying module is suspended above the washing barrel (1) and forms a movable cover for the clothes taking and placing opening (2), an air outlet (3) is formed in the lower end of the drying module, and the air outlet (3) can extend into the clothes taking and placing opening (2) to be used for conveying hot air into the washing barrel (1);

the drying module comprises a lower shell (4), and a fan (5) and an air duct (6) which are arranged in the lower shell (4), wherein a heater (8) and an air door assembly (7) are arranged in the air duct (6), and the air outlet (3) is arranged on the lower end face of the lower shell (4) and corresponds to the air door assembly (7).

2. A drying module according to claim 1, wherein the lower housing (4) comprises a hollow horn disc (41) and a central concave table (42) which are assembled up and down or integrally formed, the hollow horn disc (41) is suspended above the washing tub (1) and is provided with air inlet meshes (401), the central concave table (42) can extend downwards into the clothes taking and placing opening (2), and the lower end face of the central concave table is provided with the air outlet (3).

3. A drying module according to claim 1, characterized in that the damper assembly (7) comprises a drivingly connected damper motor (72), a gear assembly (73), a damper (71), the damper (71) being arranged below the heater (8) and above the air outlet (3).

4. A drying module according to claim 3, characterized in that the fan (5) is provided with a blowing port (51), the air duct (6) is divided into a first compartment (601), a second compartment (602) and a third compartment (603), the heater (8) and the air door (71) are arranged in the first compartment (601), one end of the air duct is communicated with the blowing port (51), the other end of the air duct is communicated with the air outlet (3) through the air door (71), the air door motor (72) is arranged in the second compartment (602), and the gear assembly (73) is arranged in the third compartment (603).

5. The drying module according to claim 4, wherein the air duct (6) comprises a first air duct housing (61) and a second air duct housing (62) which are assembled, the right upper end of the first air duct housing (61) is communicated with the air blowing port (51), and a first supporting baffle (611) extends rightward from the first air duct housing (61) below the fan (5), and the second air duct housing (62) comprises a first cavity housing (621) and a second cavity housing (622) which are integrally formed and are arranged in an isolated manner;

the first compartment (601) is formed by assembling the first air duct shell (61) and the first cavity shell (621), the second compartment (602) is formed by covering the first supporting baffle (611) and the second cavity shell (622), and the rear wall surfaces (6201) of the first cavity shell (621) and the second cavity shell (622) form the third compartment (603).

6. A drying module according to claim 5, characterized in that the air outlet (3) is provided with a temperature sensor (91).

7. A drying module according to claim 6, characterized in that the temperature sensor (91) is inserted on the first air duct housing (61) adjacent to the air outlet opening (3), wherein the temperature sensor (91) also forms a movement avoidance for the damper (71).

8. A drying module according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that in the air duct (6) a thermostat (92) is also mounted adjacent to the heater (8) and connected in series.

9. A pulsator washing machine comprising the drying module of any one of claims 1 to 8.