JP2016168236A - Washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a washing machine in which taking-out properties of clothing and visibility of clothing inside a washing and dewatering tub are improved, without increasing the size of an input port, in a washing machine having an input port for putting in/taking out the clothing at an upper part.SOLUTION: A washing machine includes: a body having an upper part laundry inlet/outlet 73; an outer tub 3 suspended oscillatably inside the body, and having a laundry inlet/outlet 72 at the position opposing to the upper part laundry inlet/outlet 73; and an inner tub 4 provided rotatably in the outer tub 3. A front wall 50d of a support member 50 for forming the upper part laundry inlet/outlet 73 is inclined outwardly as it approaches the inner tub 4. Thus, taking-out workability of clothing and visibility of the clothing inside the inner tub 4 can be improved.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a washing machine for washing laundry such as clothes, and more particularly to a slot for loading laundry.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, with respect to an insertion port for loading laundry into a washing machine, a washing machine has been proposed that is configured to easily remove laundry by tilting the washing tub when loading and unloading clothes (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

  The basic structure of this conventional washing machine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional washing machine. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an inclined state of the water tank of the washing machine.

  The casing 101 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped, and a top cover 110 is installed on the top surface. The top cover 110 is formed with a top surface opening continuous with the front surface, a front surface opening is formed in the vicinity of the top surface of the front surface, and the opening including the top surface opening and the front surface opening is used for putting clothes in and out. It serves as a clothing input. The clothes insertion opening is closed and opened by a transparent outer lid 109 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The casing 101 is connected to the upper end of the suspension rod 103 near the upper ends of the four corners, and a horizontal base 119 is installed at the lower end of the suspension rod 103. Near the front surface of the horizontal table 119, a tilting fulcrum 120a for rotatably supporting the tilting table 120 is provided. A water tank 102 is provided in the housing 101, and the water tank 102 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape with the top surface opened, and is fixed to the tilting table 120. A ring-shaped water tank cover 107 is installed on the upper end surface of the water tank 102, and clothes are put in and taken out through a ring-shaped opening of the water tank cover 107. An inner lid 108 that closes or opens the opening of the water tank cover 107 is tiltably installed on the water tank cover 107. That is, the inner lid 108 is disposed below the outer lid 109.

  7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the tilting table 120 is tilted in the washing machine shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 7 shows a state in which the inner lid 108 and the outer lid 109 are open.

  In FIG. 7, since the tilting table 120 is tilted toward the front surface, the front side of the upper end opening of the washing tub 105 moves forward to the position 102 b and reaches a height of a distance B from the bottom surface of the housing 101. Yes. At this time, the upper end edge of the front surface of the housing 101 is at a position 101a, and is a height A from the bottom surface. The distance A is smaller than or substantially the same as the distance B. For this reason, the upper end edge (position 101a) of the front surface of the housing 101 has a height that allows the hand to easily reach the back of the washing tub 105, and the upper end opening of the washing tub 105 faces the user's line of sight due to tilting. Therefore, it becomes easy to look into the bottom of the washing tub 105. Therefore, clothes are easy to put in and take out.

JP 2007-275544 A

However, in the conventional configuration, in order to easily put in and take out clothes, the washing tub 105 is tilted at the time of putting and taking out clothes before and after washing, and the washing tub 1 at the time of washing.
There is a problem that the operability is poor because 05 needs to be returned vertically. Further, since the washing tub 105 is inclined, the structure becomes complicated, the cost increases due to an increase in the number of parts, and the reliability of the product may be lowered due to the complexity of the component parts.

  This invention solves the said subject, and it aims at providing the washing machine which can improve the pick_out | removability of clothing and the visibility of internal clothing.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main body having a clothing outlet, a water tank suspended in a swingable manner in the main body, and having an opening at a position facing the clothing outlet, A washing and dewatering tub provided rotatably, and a part of the wall forming the clothing outlet is inclined toward the outside as it goes downward. is there.

  Thereby, taking-out workability | operativity of clothing can be improved, a user's visual field spreads, and the visibility of internal clothing can be improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the washing machine which can improve the pick_out | removability of clothing and the visibility of internal clothing can be provided.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Perspective view when the outer lid of the washing machine is opened Longitudinal sectional view when the outer lid of the washing machine is opened Exploded perspective view of upper frame and supporting member of the washing machine Sectional view of the main part of the lamp component of the washing machine Vertical section of a conventional washing machine Longitudinal sectional view of the washing machine when the water tank is tilted

  A first invention includes a main body having a clothing outlet, a water tank suspended in a swingable manner in the main body and having an opening at a position facing the clothing outlet, and rotatably provided in the water tank. And a part of the wall forming the clothing outlet is inclined toward the outside as it goes downward.

  As a result, the workability of taking out the clothes into the water tank of the washing machine is improved, the field of view of the user is expanded, and the visibility of the internal clothes can be improved.

  In particular, according to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the garment take-out port is formed by inclining the rear side of the garment take-out port with a mist on the outside, and the rear side of the garment take-out port is widened. When a person looks at the inside of the water tank from the front, the view inside the water tank is widened, and the inside of the washing and dewatering tank is easy to look into, thereby improving the workability of taking out clothes in the water tank.

  According to a third invention, in particular, in the first or second invention, the inclined wall of the garment outlet is formed by another part constituting the lower part of the garment outlet, and is divided by dividing the part. The shape of each part can be simplified, and the cost can be reduced and the reliability of the part can be increased.

In particular, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, the lighting unit is provided on the inclined wall of the clothing outlet, so that the mounting configuration of the lighting unit and the irradiation angle adjustment configuration are special. Without being configured in a simple manner, it is possible to easily attach the irradiation angle downward, and clothes and the like inside the washing and dewatering tub can be easily found.

  According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in particular, in the fourth aspect of the invention, the illumination means is set at an irradiation angle for irradiating the inside of the washing / dehydrating tub, and the user suppresses oversight of the clothes when taking out the clothes. it can.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
A washing machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a washing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view seen from above the front of the main body with the outer lid of the washing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention open. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the washing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention with the outer lid opened, and FIG. 4 is a right side of the upper frame and the support member of the washing machine according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view seen from the front upper side, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the lamp constituting part of the washing machine in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a casing 1 is provided with a frame base 25 at the bottom, and an outer tub 3 (water tank) is elastically suspended by a plurality of suspensions 2 (not shown) therein, and vibration during dehydration is applied to the suspension 2. It is set as the structure absorbed. Inside the outer tub 3, an inner tub 4 (washing and dewatering tub) for storing clothing is arranged, and the inner tub 4 is arranged to be rotatable around a washing / dehydrating shaft 5 having a hollow and double structure. Has been established. A pulsator 6 for agitating clothes is arranged on the inner bottom of the inner tub 4 so as to be rotatable about a washing / dehydrating shaft 5. The axial direction of the washing / dehydrating shaft 5 is set to a substantially vertical direction, and the outer tub 3 and the inner tub 4 are also arranged in a substantially vertical direction.

  In addition, a large number of vent holes 4a (water holes) are provided in the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 4, and a fluid balancer 7 is provided above. The motor (driving means) 8 is attached to the outer bottom of the outer tub 3 and selectively transmits the rotational force to the inner tub 4 or the pulsator 6 via the clutch 9 and the washing / dehydrating shaft 5 during washing or dehydration. .

  The pulsator 6 is formed in a substantially pan-like shape having an inclined surface 10 on the outer peripheral surface of the upper surface, and a plurality of stirring protrusions 11 are formed on the upper surface. The clothes are stirred by the rotation of the pulsator 6 during the washing process. The clothes are stirred by the rotation of the pulsator 6, and the clothes are moved left and right (rotation direction), and are also moved up and down. A filter fixing frame 20 is fixed to the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 4. A filter 18 having a mesh for collecting lint generated from laundry during a washing operation is detachably mounted on the filter fixing frame 20.

  An upper frame 48 is attached to the upper part of the housing 1, and the main body of the washing machine is configured by the housing 1, the frame base 25, the upper frame 48 and the like. The upper frame 48 has a water supply valve 23 and a water supply hose 67 (not shown) attached to a support member 50 disposed inside. An operation unit 37 is disposed at the upper rear portion of the upper frame 48, and the detergent storage unit 35 is disposed in the upper frame 48 so as to be freely inserted and removed at a lower front position of the operation unit 37. Both upper and lower rear ends of the upper frame 48 form support portions (not shown) that support both end portions of the outer lid 49. The outer lid 49 is supported so as to be openable and closable rearward and upward around the rear end portion, has a handle portion 51 for a user to grip, and can be folded into two portions at an intermediate portion It has.

  The water supply valve 23 is configured to have a plurality of valves that can open and close the water channel, and is connected to a water supply member 43 disposed on the support member 50 by a water supply hose (not shown), so that the detergent dissolving part in the detergent storage part 35 Water is supplied to 42 and supplied to the inner tub 4 as washing water through the detergent dissolving part 42 and the like.

  A drain hose 24 is connected to the lower part of the outer tub 3, and a drain valve 22 (not shown) provided in the drain hose 24 is driven to drain the water after washing and dehydration to the outside. Yes.

  The outer tub 3 is provided with an outer tub cover 19 that covers the upper surface of the outer tub 3. The outer tub cover 19 includes a laundry entrance / exit 72 (opening) at the center. Above the laundry doorway 72, an upper laundry doorway 73 (clothing outlet) formed at a substantially central portion of the upper frame 48 is provided. A support member 50 having water supply components and the like disposed on the upper part is assembled to the rear lower peripheral edge of the upper laundry entrance 73 of the upper frame 48. The side surfaces at both sides of the upper laundry entrance / exit 73 of the upper frame body 48 are inclined outward as they become higher. The upper laundry entry / exit port 73 will spread as it goes upward, improving the workability of putting clothes on.

  The support member 50 is demonstrated based on FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the support member 50 has a detergent storage portion arrangement portion 50 a in which the detergent storage portion 35 is located in the center, and a water supply valve 23 and a water supply member 43 are arranged on the left side of the detergent storage portion arrangement portion 50 a. A lamp unit arrangement portion 50c including a lamp unit 12 that illuminates the inside of the inner tub 4 is formed on the right side of the water supply means arrangement portion 50b and the detergent storage portion arrangement portion 50a.

  The support member 50 has a notch 50e formed at the center on the front side. The notch 50e forms an opening through which the detergent storage part 35 is taken in and out with the notch 48a provided in the upper frame 48.

  Surfaces on both sides of the notch 50e on the front side of the support member 50 constitute a front wall 50d of the support member 50. The front wall 50d is formed in an arcuate contour that is bent so as to protrude forward as it goes to both ends as viewed from above, and the upper laundry is assembled with the support member 50 assembled to the upper frame 48. A part of the article entrance / exit 73 is configured, and a part of the outer tub cover 19 facing the laundry entrance / exit 72 is configured in a state of being attached to the upper portion of the housing 1 and configuring a part of the main body of the washing machine.

  Further, the shape of the front wall 50d in the vertical direction is a curved surface that is bent so as to protrude forward as it goes upward. The front wall 50d is inclined with respect to the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 4 from the upper end portion to the lower end portion, with an inclination angle that changes continuously or discontinuously or a constant inclination angle.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a lamp component of the washing machine according to the present embodiment. Based on FIG. Means) will be described.

  The lamp unit 12 is disposed in the lamp unit disposition portion 50 c of the support member 50. In the lamp unit 12, a lamp 32 is held by a lamp holder 33. The lamp 32 is connected to a control means (not shown) via a lead wire (not shown), and is controlled by a control stage in terms of points and the like. The A hole 50f is formed in the front wall 50d at a position facing the lamp 32, and the hole 50f is water-tightly closed by the lamp cover 13 made of a translucent member. Thereby, the clothes inside the inner tub 4 can be confirmed by irradiating the inside of the inner tub 4 with the light of the lamp 32 from diagonally above while protecting the lamp 32 from water or the like.

  The operation and action of the washing machine configured as described above are as follows.

  When the outer lid 49 is opened rearward, clothes as laundry are put into the inner tub 4, the detergent is put into the detergent container 35, the outer lid 49 is closed and the operation is started, the washing process starts.

  In the washing step, the motor 8 is driven after supplying water to a predetermined water level according to the amount of clothing. The power of the motor 8 is transmitted to the pulsator 6 through the washing / dehydrating shaft 5 by the clutch 9 of the transmission mechanism, and the pulsator 6 rotates. When the pulsator 6 rotates, the clothes on the outer peripheral side lower layer part of the inner tub 4 are caught by the stirring protrusion 11 of the pulsator 6 and drawn into the center part. The clothing at the center lower layer portion of the inner tub 4 is pushed up to the upper layer portion of the inner tub 4 by the drawn-in clothing. In this way, the clothes in the inner tub 4 are agitated, and the clothes are washed by the mechanical force acting by the contact between the clothes or the inner peripheral wall of the inner tub 4 or the pulsator 6 and the water flow force.

  After the washing process, a rinsing process is performed, and after the rinsing process, a dehydrating process is performed.

  In the dehydration process, the drain valve 22 is opened and the water in the inner tub 4 is drained from the drain hose 24, and then the clutch 9 of the transmission mechanism is switched to the dehydration side to power the motor 8 and the washing / dehydrating shaft 5 The moisture is separated from the clothing by transmitting to the inner tub 4 and rotating the inner tub 4 at a high speed and applying a centrifugal force to the clothing.

  Clothing is washed through these processes.

  The user opens the outer lid 49 after the operation and takes out the clothes from the inner tub 4. Since the lamp 32 is lit in conjunction with the operation of the outer lid 49 and the lamp 32 irradiates the inside of the inner tub 4, the remaining laundry in the inner tub 4 can be suppressed.

  When the clothes in the inner tub 4 are taken out, the clothes are centrifugally dehydrated in the final process, so that they are stuck along the inner peripheral wall of the inner tub 4.

  When checking clothes remaining inside the washing machine, the user looks into the inner tub 4, but the front wall 50 d of the support member 50 constituting a part of the upper laundry entrance 73 is downward as viewed from the user. Since it is inclined toward the back side, the field of view of the user toward the back side of the inner tub 4 is widened, and it is possible to easily find clothes remaining on the back side of the inner tub 4 in combination with the irradiation of the lamp 32. .

  The upper laundry entrance / exit 73 becomes wider at the bottom (downward) due to the inclination of the front wall 50d of the support member 50 in the back direction, so that when the clothes are lifted and taken out, there is less possibility of the clothes being caught. Take-out workability is improved (see arrow A in FIG. 3).

  When putting in clothes, since the upper laundry entrance 73 spreads toward the inner tub 4, it can be put into the inner tub 4 uniformly while observing the state of the clothes, and the clothes are efficiently washed. be able to. Moreover, when cleaning the upper part of the outer tank 3 or the inner tank 4, the convenience of cleaning improves.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, since the lamp 32 illuminates the inside of the inner tub 4 from the rear upper side, it may be a laundry remaining on the front side of the user or small inconspicuous clothes such as socks and handkerchiefs. It is easy to find and less likely to leave clothing at the end of washing. In particular, since a washing machine is often installed in a corner of a room, it is effective to dispose the lamp 32.

Since the lamp unit 12 is attached to the inclined front wall 50d of the support member 50, the lamp 32 can be used without taking a configuration for mounting the lamp unit 12 or a special configuration considering the irradiation direction of the lamp 32. Can be attached in the direction of irradiating the inside of the inner tank 4. Although FIG. 3 shows the irradiation range 15 as an example, the adjustment of the irradiation angle and the irradiation range can be easily changed depending on the form of the washing machine depending on the mounting angle of the lamp unit 12. Further, the irradiation timing of the lamp 32 may be configured not only in conjunction with the outer lid 49 but also to be turned on by the user operating the operation unit 37, and is changed in consideration of improvement in convenience for the user. You may do it.

  As described above, the lamp mounting configuration can be simplified, an inexpensive configuration can be achieved, and a highly reliable configuration can be achieved.

  Further, the front wall 50 d formed by the support member 50 and inclined to the back side can be constituted by the upper frame body 48.

  As described above, the washing machine according to the present invention has a convenient shape for taking out and putting in clothes even though the laundry doorway has a simple shape for creation, so that it is convenient for the user and inexpensive. Can be provided, and can be widely applied not only to a washing machine but also to various washing dryers having a drying function.

1 Housing (main body)
3 Outer tank (water tank)
4 Inner tank (washing and dehydration tank)
8 Motor (drive means)
12 Lamp unit (lighting means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Lamp cover 15 Irradiation range 19 Outer tank cover 32 Lamp 33 Lamp holder 35 Detergent storage part 37 Operation part 42 Detergent dissolution part 43 Water supply member 48 Upper frame (main body)
49 Outer lid 50 Support member (main body)
50d Front wall 72 Laundry doorway (opening)
73 Upper laundry doorway (clothing outlet)

Claims (5)

A main body having a clothing outlet, a water tank suspended in a swingable manner in the main body and having an opening at a position facing the clothes outlet, and a washing and dewatering tank rotatably provided in the water tank And a part of the wall forming the clothing outlet is inclined outward as it goes downward. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the clothing outlet has a rear side of the clothing outlet inclined toward the outside. The washing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inclined wall of the clothing outlet is formed by a separate part that forms a lower portion of the clothing outlet. The washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an illumination unit is provided on an inclined wall of the clothing outlet. The washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the illumination means is set to an irradiation angle for irradiating the inside of the washing and dewatering tub.

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