The twin-tub automatic washing machine
The utility model relates to a kind of automatic washing machine, particularly relates to a kind of this washing machine and roller washing machine being combined in the casing, and the twin-tub automatic washing machine that can wash respectively.
In the prior art, automatic washing machine is accepted by increasing family with the characteristics that can to greatest extent people be freed from heavy laundry work.Because present washing machine trends towards big capacity development, so that people just can wash big, the thick washings of woollen blanket and so at home easily, so automatic washing machine also tends to big capacity development.But, high-capacity washing machine washing during small amount water consumption take electric phenomenon fairly obvious, do not meet environmental protection requirement, this is a washing machine, particularly the automatic washing machine problem that need solve.
In addition, now a lot of families are for reasons such as health, dyeing and the senior clothings of maintenance, adopted the method for washing respectively according to the kind of the dirty or color of washings and clothing, outside interior clothing and clothing are washed respectively, also have comparatively senior clothing is comprised what the meticulous product of silk and so on washed separately.For adapting to people's this washing demand, what had the dehydration barrel washing clothes that utilizes semi-automatic two-tub washing machine can be with the design of time-division bucket laundry, referring to Chinese patent 87103806 " centrifugal dehydrator ", but, this design is confined to the use of semi-automatic washing machine, and Modern Family more and more trends towards using the automatic washing machine easily of saving trouble, and the automatic washing machine of protonotion but all is single barrel structure, can't utilize such scheme to improve.
Single barrel automatic washing machine can only be twice washing before and after inside and outside clothing is divided if will divide bucket washing, take out into, clothing is dripping, promptly trouble, consuming timely easily surrounding environment is made dirty again, lose the full automatic advantage of this class washing machine.At this kind situation, Japan has released a kind of twin-tub automatic washing machine, its right side is general automatic washing machine---main washing machine, the left side is side wave wheel single container washing machine---the secondary washing machine of a specially washing small amount (2kg is following), referring to Chinese patent 96111420 " washing machine ", laundry solves the problem of the wasting of resources but this method for designing is only considered the branch bucket, but ignored a kind of like this basic condition, be that volume is less often for the small amount that branches away of people, thin interior clothing or the meticulousr silk clothing of material, for the lower tumbling-box washing machine of the washing of this class clothing employing wear rate preferably, and such scheme adopts pulsator washing machine, though its clean rate is higher, but the wearing and tearing to clothing are also bigger, obviously be not suitable for, and this design is in order to reduce volume, adopted the design of side wave wheel, the rotation of impeller is a horizontal line, produce the current that brandish up and down, because this impeller is in rotating process, the stressed situation in different positions is variant, thereby, the easier generation noise and vibration of its impeller more vertical than rotation, it is bigger to consume energy.
First purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of twin-tub automatic washing machine that can divide bucket laundry simultaneously and secondary washing machine clothes washing smallclothes preferably, a spot of, meticulous, is health to satisfy above-mentioned Modern Family, safeguards that reasons such as high-grade clothing require to divide the demand of bucket laundry, thereby meet constantly the make the life better pursuit of quality of people.
Second purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of can implement the twin-tub automatic washing machine of further realizing secondary washing machine miniaturization on the branch bucket laundry basis, saves the requirement that space and hope maximally utilise the space to satisfy people.
The 3rd purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of secondary washing machine simplified structure that makes, the twin-tub automatic washing machine with low vibration and low noise characteristics,
For realizing that first purpose of the present utility model can realize by following technical measures: on the basis of general automatic washing machine, set up a roller washing machine, the more main washing machine of wherein general automatic washing machine, the horizontal cross-section is square or approaching square, roller washing machine is less to be secondary washing machine, the horizontal cross-section is a rectangle, the side that its long limit is equal to main washing machine is long, major and minor washing machine closes with isometric side edge and is combined in the casing, and has the console assembly that the function of use with whole machine adapts; The same end face that is located at of opening of secondary washing machine with main washing machine, the opening of its cylinder then is located on its face of cylinder, and the side of the diameter of cylinder<main washing machine is long.
General automatic washing machine described in the utility model can be existing any such as in impeller-type, stirring-type, drum-type and the fountain automatic washing machine of the prior art.
For further realizing the purpose of this utility model, propose a scheme of simplifying secondary washing machine structure: promptly simplify the function of secondary washing machine, make its simple function with washing, functions such as rinsing and dehydration then still utilize main washing machine to carry out.Under this prerequisite, the roller washing machine dehydration that need not run up, its working speed requires lower, about about 50 rev/mins, therefore, structurally can do following variation:
(1) in transmission system, change original belt transmission into gear drive, so that compact conformation, but can not produce bigger noise and vibration.Motor is arranged in the top of cylinder, the output of motor is equipped with the gear that designs according to gearratio, driving gear pair can be in 1~4 scope, promptly can adopt 1~4 grade deceleration, described travelling gear can be selected various types of gears for use, specifically can design according to designers's requirement, the terminal of gear pair is that last direct geared is arranged on the cylinder outer rim of cylinder.
(2) cylinder adopts sliding bearing to substitute original rolling bearing pair with bearing and bearing block, so that structure is further simplified, reduces noise and vibration simultaneously.Pivot at cylinder is provided with bolster, cancel original comparatively complicated bearing block simultaneously, comprise hermetically-sealed construction, on the appropriate location of steel ladle, plain bearing housing is set, the idler axle directly is supported in the bearing block of steel ladle, because of need not this transmission power, so also need not make it pass steel ladle, steel ladle need not through hole at installation shaft bearing position, so also just need not adopt the hermetically-sealed construction of original complexity.
The utility model is further to reduce noise, and cylinder can adopt plastic sliding bearing, and this is immersed in the water sliding bearing pair in working order, and water becomes their lubricant.
The utility model can also further reduce noise, and the gear that is about on the cylinder adopts plastic material to make.Or in transmission system, adopt plastic gear more.
The utility model compared with prior art has following advantage: (1) is owing to adopt the technical scheme that automatic washing machine and roller washing machine are integrated, make it to carry out the branch bucket and do washing simultaneously, and secondary washing machine clothes washing smallclothes preferably, a spot of, meticulous; (2) transmission adopted gear drive, the cylinder back shaft needn't pass steel ladle, make the structure of secondary washing machine very compact, reduced the length of the minor face of its horizontal cross-section to greatest extent, thereby realize the requirement of its miniaturization, make whole machine can not cause volume to increase widely because of having increased secondary laundry mechanism; (3) in secondary washing machine, cylinder supports and can adopt plastic sliding bearing, even is arranged on that more gear can adopt plastic products in gear on the cylinder or the transmission system, and this helps to reduce the vibration and the noise of secondary washing machine; (4) because cylinder adopts sliding bearing, and the complicated hermetically-sealed construction of cancellation, the structure of secondary washing machine has been simplified widely, bring, good manufacturability simple, a series of advantages such as cost reduction such as assembling.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the utility model is described in further detail:
Fig. 1 is a kind of example structure front view of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is the vertical view of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the local amplification assumption diagram of the bearing of embodiment shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is the side view of the roller washing machine of embodiment shown in Figure 1.
Twin-tub automatic washing machine shown in Fig. 1~4 is one of most preferred embodiment of the present utility model, it is combined in the casing 3 by general automatic washing machine and roller washing machine and constitutes, casing 3 is installed on the base 11, and the console assembly 1 that the function of use with whole machine adapts is housed at an upper portion thereof, wherein general automatic washing machine is a full-automatic pulsator washing machine, the horizontal cross-section is square, and it comprises wash bucket 5, dehydration barrel 6, gimbal 4, impeller 7, strut angle 2, suspension rod mechanism 28, drain assembly 8, motor 10 and decelerator 9.Secondary washing machine---roller washing machine only has the simple function of washing, and its horizontal cross-section is a rectangle, and the side that its long limit is equal to main washing machine is long, and it joins with the side of its long limit and main washing machine; The same end face that all is located at of opening of secondary washing machine with main washing machine, the opening of its cylinder then is located on its face of cylinder, and the side of the diameter of cylinder<main washing machine is long.
In the roller washing machine transmission system in an embodiment, Rolling motor 20 is installed in the back upper place of cylinder 14 by fixed mount 23, the employing secondary gear slows down, the first order is the helical gear transmission, be the bevel pinion 21 and helical gear 22 engagements that motor output shaft is installed, speed ratio is 10: 1, and the spur gear transmission is adopted in the second level, promptly coaxial spur gear 24 and the gear wheel engagement that is fixed on cylinder one ora terminalis with helical gear 22, speed ratio is 6: 1; The cylinder two ends respectively are fixed with a bearing support 17,18, and gear wheel 25 is made for one with bearing support 18.The rotating action of Rolling motor rotates gear wheel 25 by the secondary transmission, does the rotating action thereby drive cylinder, to finish washing work.Adopt the helical gear transmission in the present embodiment, can improve speed ratio, made drive mechanism compacter, reasonable, saved the space.
Because this roller washing machine does not have dehydrating function, only require of the running of cylinder do than low velocity, and the bolster 26 of cylinder need not to transmit power, therefore the cylinder of present embodiment adopts plastic sliding bearing to support, steel ladle does not have shaft through-hole, need not seal, plain bearing housing 16 is installed on the appropriate location of steel ladle 15, fixing by screw 27, screw adopts common end face seal to get final product, idler axle 26 directly is supported in the bearing block 16 of steel ladle, this sliding bearing is immersed in the water in working order the time, helps the lubricated of bearing.This structure Design is favourable reduction noise on the one hand, and it is zero that the very important waterproof problem of roller washing machine is dissolved, and has simplified the mounting structure of bearing block simultaneously again, makes to install to become simple and convenient, and cost reduces naturally.
The utility model even can improve both bond strength and production efficiency, referring to Fig. 3 with engineering plastics with cylinder 14 and bolster 26 integrated injection moldings.Two bearing supports on the cylinder comprise gear wheel 25 also can with the cylinder integrated injection molding, so both helped reducing the noise of transmission system, improve manufacturability again, boost productivity.