JP2022523815A - Clothes treatment agent input device and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides a clothing treatment agent charging device and a washing machine, both of which have a spouting port, and at least two in which a spouting unidirectional conduction component is provided in the spouting port. The input chamber includes a piston mechanism provided in the input chamber, a driving mechanism, a switching component, and a driven component, and a driving mechanism in which the driven component is transmitted and connected to the piston mechanism. The transmission connection with the driven component, which differs depending on the switching component, is switched, and the driven component is driven so that the piston mechanism in the loading chamber corresponding to the driven component moves. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

This disclosure claims the priority of the Chinese patent application of filing date March 05, 2019, application number 201910164801.4, and all the contents of the above application are incorporated herein by reference.

The present application relates to the technical field of detergent charging of a washing machine, for example, a clothing treatment agent charging device and a washing machine.

Washing machines are the most common household appliances used in daily life, and with the development and progress of technology, the development of washing machines is increasing after satisfying people's basic washing requirements. Emphasis is placed on improving the user experience of. More and more washing machines are equipped with automatic detergent loading, which eliminates the need for users to manually add detergent when washing clothes in the washing machine, making it extremely easy for users to use. , Improving the user experience.

In the related technology, the automatic addition method of the washing machine detergent generally adopts the Venturi principle to add the detergent, and the pressure changes due to the change in the diameter of the water supply pipe, and a constant negative pressure can be formed. It is sucked and added to the water supply pipe, and is driven so that it is uniformly added to the washing outer tub of the washing machine by water supply. Such an automatic detergent charging method has certain requirements for structural design and assembly, and the structure is complicated and costly to realize. In addition, some washing machines are charged by a gear pump, a perista pump, and a piston pump in a motor-driven manner, and this method requires the addition of an extra motor and pump, which is costly and requires precise quantitative charging. It cannot be realized.

The present application provides a clothes treatment agent charging device and a washing machine that can solve the problem that the automatic addition of detergent of a washing machine is not precise in the related technique and many kinds of poor inputability. In the loading device according to the present application, the principle is more optimized, the actual operation is simpler and feasible, and various kinds of detergents and softeners having different functions can be precisely quantitatively added.

The first aspect of the present application provides a clothing treatment agent charging device, and adopts the following technical plan.

A clothing treatment agent charging device, each of which has a spouting port, and at least two pouring chambers in which a spouting unidirectional conduction component is provided in each of the spouting ports.
A piston mechanism that can be reciprocated in the charging chamber and
A drive mechanism that includes a main drive part, a switching part, and a driven part, has a plurality of the driven parts, the driven parts have a one-to-one correspondence with the input chamber, and the driven parts are transmitted and connected to the piston mechanism. Including,
The driving component switches transmission connection with the driven component that differs depending on the switching component, drives the driven component, and drives the piston mechanism in the input chamber corresponding to the driven component to move. Discharge unidirectional conduction component is conducted to conduct clothing treatment agent.

The second aspect of the present application provides a washing machine and adopts the following technical measures.

A washing machine having the clothing treatment agent charging device according to the first aspect of the present application, which includes a detergent box, and the spout of the clothing treatment agent charging device is communicated with the detergent box.

FIG. 1 is a schematic principle diagram 1 of a clothing treatment agent charging device according to an embodiment of the present application. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram 2 of the principle of the clothing treatment agent charging device according to the embodiment of the present application. It is a principle schematic diagram of another embodiment of the clothing treatment agent charging device which concerns on embodiment of this application.

Hereinafter, the clothes processing agent charging device and the washing machine of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The clothing treatment agent charging device of this embodiment is
At least two charging chambers, each having a spouting port and each having a spouting unidirectional conducting component in the spouting port.
A piston mechanism that can be reciprocated in the charging chamber,
Including the main part, the switching part and the driven part, a plurality of driven parts are included, each of which has a one-to-one correspondence with the input chamber, and includes a drive mechanism in which the driven part is transmitted and connected to the piston mechanism.
The main component switches the transmission connection with a different driven component depending on the switching component, drives the driven component so that the piston mechanism in the corresponding charging chamber moves, and conducts the unidirectionally conductive component for discharging liquid. Add the clothing treatment agent.

The drive mechanism of the clothing treatment agent charging device of this embodiment distributes power to different driven parts by one main driving part, and the driven parts are driven so that the piston mechanism in the corresponding charging chamber moves to discharge the liquid. By conducting the unidirectional conduction component and charging the clothing treatment agent, a single-power multi-drive charging method is realized, which improves the usage rate of the power component and reduces the overall cost of the clothing treatment agent charging device. , Has a vast market outlook.

The switching component of the present embodiment includes a movable member, and the movable member can be transmitted and connected to a main driving part, and can move between different driven parts and be transmitted and connected to each other. Power is transmitted to different driven parts to charge the clothing treatment agent corresponding to the charging chamber.

In this embodiment, a movable member that can move between different driven parts transmits the movement of the main part to each driven part, and the driven part is driven so that the piston mechanism in the corresponding input chamber moves. , Discharge unidirectionally Conducting the parts to conduct the clothing treatment agent. The movable member can move under the drive of the driving component, and by changing the operating mode (for example, turning) of the driving component, a force in a different direction is applied to the movable member to change the direction of the motion. In short, the present application solves the problem that a single main driving part transmits power to different driven parts by one movable member, and realizes the single-powered multi-drive input method of the present application.

As one embodiment of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the driving component includes a driving gear 3, and the driven component includes a driven gear (as in reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure). , The piston mechanism includes a piston (as in reference numerals 10 and 19 in the figure) and a piston rod (as in reference numerals 8 and 21 in the figure), and a piston rod (as in reference numerals 8 and 21 in the figure). One end of) is eccentrically connected to a driven gear (as shown by reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure), the movable member is a free gear 4, and the free gear 4 holds meshing transmission with the main gear 3. And, it moves between different driven gears (as shown by reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure) and is meshed and transmitted.

The free gear 4 of this embodiment maintains meshing transmission with the main gear 3 to ensure that power can always be transmitted to the free gear 4 by the main gear 3, and the free gear 4 is a different driven gear (reference numeral 6 in the figure). , 23), thereby selectively transmitting the power of the main gear 3 to the corresponding driven gear (as in reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure).

One end of the piston rod (as shown by reference numerals 8 and 21 in the figure) of this embodiment is eccentrically connected to the driven gear (as shown by reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure) and rotatably connected to the driven gear (as shown by reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure). (Like reference numerals 6 and 23) drives the piston mechanism to move, whereby the driven component converts the rotation of the driving component into the reciprocating linear motion of the piston mechanism, and the clothing treatment agent in the charging chamber is charged. It can be performed.

In order to realize that the free gear 4 moves between different driven gears (as in reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure), the switching component of the present embodiment includes and mounts a mounting tool for mounting a movable member. A chute 26 is opened on the tool, the free gear 4 has a free gear shaft 25, the free gear shaft 25 is slidably mounted in the chute 26, and different driven gears (as in reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure). It is transmitted by meshing with.

This embodiment is designed so that the free gear shaft 25 of the free gear 4 can rotate on its axis and the free gear 4 can be driven to slide along the chute 26, and the free gear slides along the chute 26. By doing so, the free gear 4 can move between different driven gears (as shown by reference numerals 6 and 23 in the figure), and the free gear 4 rotates on its axis to cause the main drive gear 3 and the driven gear (reference numeral 6 in the figure). , 23) and the meshing transmission is realized.

In order to ensure the stability that the free gear 4 is meshed and transmitted with one driven gear, the free gear shaft 25 of this embodiment is positioned when the chute 26 is slid to a position where it meshes with one driven gear. The chute 26 of the present application has a plurality of stopper portions, each of which has a one-to-one correspondence with a driven gear, and the free gear shaft is provided in each stopper portion along the chute 26. When moved to, the free gear 4 is meshed and transmitted with the corresponding driven gear.

As shown in the drawings of this embodiment, the present application has two driven gears, both ends of the chute 26 of the present application are two stopper portions, respectively, limiting the movement of the free gear shaft 25, and the free gear 4 is 1. Ensuring stability in mesh transmission with one driven gear.

Since the free gear 4 needs to maintain the meshing transmission with the driving gear 3, it is necessary to reduce the motion width of the free gear 4 as much as possible to ensure the stability of the meshing transmission with the driving gear 3. The switching component of the present application further includes a transmission gear 5, the free gear 4 is directly meshed and transmitted with at least one driven gear, and is meshed and transmitted by the transmission gear with another driven gear. In this embodiment, by increasing the transmission gear 5, the moving distance of the free gear 4 can be reduced, and the stability of the total power transmission of the drive mechanism is increased.

As one embodiment of the present embodiment, the charging chamber of the present embodiment includes a first charging chamber 9 and a second charging chamber 20, and the piston mechanism is provided in the first charging chamber 9. The driven component includes a mechanism (as shown by reference numerals 8 and 10 in the figure) and a second piston mechanism (as shown by reference numerals 21 and 19 in the figure) provided in the second input chamber 20, and the driven component is the first. The first driven gear 6 connected to the piston mechanism and the second driven gear 23 connected to the second piston mechanism are included.

The free gear shaft 25 of this embodiment is slid on one end of the chute 26 to be meshed and transmitted with the first driven gear 6 / the second driven gear 23, and the free gear shaft 25 is slid on the other end of the chute 26 to be a transmission gear. It is meshed and transmitted with 5, and the transmission gear 5 is meshed and transmitted with the second driven gear 23 / first driven gear 6. In the figure, as an example, the free gear 4 is directly meshed and transmitted with the second driven gear 23, and is meshed and transmitted with the first driven gear 6 by the transmission gear 5.

The insides of the first charging chamber 9 and the second charging chamber 20 of this embodiment are used to charge different types of clothing treatment agents. For example, detergent is charged into the first charging chamber 9 and the second charging chamber 20 is charged. By adding the softener to the chamber, one power can be driven to add two kinds of clothing treatment agents.

The drive mechanism of the present embodiment further includes a power component 1, and the power output end of the power component 1 is directly driven so that the driving gear 3 rotates, or the power output end of the power component 1 is driven by a transmission component 2. The main drive gear 3 is driven to rotate.

The power component 1 of this embodiment may be a drive motor.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the transmission component 2 of the present embodiment is a worm, the worm is fixedly connected to or integrally formed with an output shaft, and the driving gear 3 is a worm wheel. , The worm wheel is meshed with the worm 2.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, the power component 1 of this embodiment has an output shaft, and the driving gear 3 is fixedly mounted directly on the output shaft.

The clothing treatment agent charging device of the present embodiment includes a housing, has a mounting chamber 27 and at least two charging chambers in the housing, and the drive mechanism is provided in the mounting chamber 27.
The housing further comprises at least two storage chambers, each containing different types of garment treatment agents.
The charging chamber further has a liquid inlet, the liquid inlet is communicated with the storage chamber, and a liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component is provided in the liquid inlet, and the liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component and the liquid discharge unidirectional continuity are provided. The direction of conduction with the component is opposite,
The drive mechanism drives the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the charging chamber, and the liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component / discharge liquid unidirectional conduction component moves the liquid inlet / discharge port respectively in the process of the piston mechanism reciprocating. Conducting in one direction, the clothing treatment agent in the storage chamber is sucked into the charging chamber by the liquid inlet, and the charging agent is discharged by the liquid discharge port.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIGS. Both the first driven gear 6 and the second driven gear 23 are provided in the mounting chamber 27, and one end of the piston rod 8 of the first piston mechanism (as shown by reference numerals 8 and 10 in the figure) is connected to the piston 10. The other end extends into the mounting chamber 27 and is eccentrically connected to the first driven gear 6 so as to be rotatably connected to one end of the piston rod 21 of the second piston mechanism (as in reference numerals 21 and 19 in the figure). Is connected to the piston 19, the other end extends into the mounting chamber 27 and is eccentrically connected to the second driven gear 23 so that the first charging chamber 9 has a first liquid inlet 12 and a first discharge. It has a liquid port 14, a first liquid inlet unidirectional valve 11 is provided in the first liquid inlet 12, and a first liquid discharge unidirectional valve 13 is provided in the first discharge port 14, and the second charging port is provided. The chamber 20 has a second liquid inlet port 15 and a second liquid discharge port 17, a second liquid inlet unidirectional valve 16 is provided in the second liquid inlet port 15, and a second liquid discharge port 17 is provided with a second liquid discharge port 17. A discharge liquid unidirectional valve 18 is provided.

A first connecting pillar 7 is provided eccentrically to the first driven gear 6 of the present embodiment, and a piston rod 8 of the first piston mechanism is rotatably mounted on the first connecting pillar 7, and the second driven gear The second connecting column 22 is provided eccentrically to the 23, and the piston rod 21 of the second piston mechanism is rotatably mounted on the second connecting column 22. In this way, it is possible to convert the rotation of the driven gear into a reciprocating linear motion that drives the piston mechanism.

The present embodiment further provides a washing machine having the clothing treatment agent charging device, including a detergent box, and the spout of the clothing treatment agent charging device is communicated with the detergent box.

In this embodiment, at the same time, in the process of water supply of the washing machine, the drive mechanism is driven so that the piston mechanism reciprocates in the charging chamber, and the piston mechanism is used for the liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component / discharge liquid unidirectional conduction component. In the process of reciprocating motion, the inlet / outlet are electrically connected in one direction, and the clothes processing agent in the storage chamber is sucked into the inlet chamber by the inlet and controlled to be discharged by the outlet. Provides a method of controlling a washing machine, including being done.

The drive motor of the drive mechanism of this embodiment can perform forward / reverse rotation, and by controlling the forward / reverse rotation of the drive motor, different types of clothing treatment agents in the first charging chamber and the second charging chamber can be used at different times. It is controlled to be turned on.

In some embodiments, the control method of the washing machine having the clothes treatment agent charging device as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is as follows.

About the forward rotation (clockwise) of the drive motor
The drive motor drives the forward rotation of the transmission component 2, drives the main drive gear 3 to rotate clockwise, drives the free gear 4 to rotate counterclockwise, and the free gear 4 is driven by the action of force. When the free gear shaft 25 moves the chute 26, the free gear 4 is meshed with the second driven gear 23, and the second driven gear 23 is driven to rotate counterclockwise. 23 has a second connecting column 22 that transforms the rotational movement into a vertical movement of the second piston rod 21 and is connected to the second piston 19 in the second input chamber 20 via the second piston rod 21. The second liquid inlet unidirectional valve 16 and the second liquid discharge unidirectional valve 18 are respectively conducted in one direction in the process of reciprocating the piston mechanism, and the clothing treatment agent in the storage chamber is sucked into the charging chamber by the liquid inlet. , Realizes that the input is discharged by the spout.

About the reverse rotation (counterclockwise) of the drive motor
The drive motor drives the reciprocating of the transmission component 2, the main drive gear 3 is driven to rotate counterclockwise, the free gear 4 is driven to rotate clockwise, and the free gear 4 is driven by the action of force to the free gear shaft. When the 25 moves the chute 26, the free gear 4 is meshed with the transmission gear 5, the transmission gear 5 is driven to rotate counterclockwise, and the transmission gear 5 is meshed and transmitted with the first driven gear 6. 1 The driven gear 6 is driven to rotate counterclockwise, and the first driven gear 6 has the first connecting column 7 to change the rotational motion into the vertical motion of the first piston rod 8. , The first liquid inlet unidirectional valve 11 and the first liquid discharge unidirectional valve 13 are connected to the first piston 10 in the first charging chamber 9 via the first piston rod 8, and the first liquid discharge unidirectional valve 13 is in the process of reciprocating the piston mechanism. Each is conducted in one direction, and the clothing treatment agent in the storage chamber is sucked into the charging chamber by the liquid inlet, and the charging agent is discharged by the discharge port.

The control method of the washing machine having the clothes processing agent charging device as shown in FIG. 3 is also realized by controlling the forward / reverse rotation of the drive motor, and the distinction is simply that the drive motor directly drives the forward / reverse rotation of the main drive gear 3. To do.

After the clothes are put into the inner tank, the weight of the clothes may be weighed, the amount of the clothes treatment agent to be added may be determined by the weight of the clothes, and the clothes processing apparatus may be controlled to be charged in a fixed amount according to the amount of the clothes.

More preferably, the user can select the amount to be charged with the garment treatment agent, and the garment treatment device is controlled to be charged in a fixed amount according to the amount to be charged by the user's selection.

The drive mechanism of the clothing treatment agent charging device of the present application distributes power to different driven parts by one main driving part, and the driven parts are driven so that the piston mechanism in the corresponding charging chamber moves, and the liquid is discharged. By conducting the directional conduction parts and charging the clothing treatment agent, a single-power multi-drive charging method is realized, which improves the usage rate of the power parts and reduces the overall cost of the clothing treatment agent charging device. Has a vast market outlook.

Claims (11)

At least two inlet chambers, each having a spout port and each having a spout unidirectional conduction component in the spout port, and
A piston mechanism that can be reciprocated in the charging chamber and
A drive mechanism that includes a main drive part, a switching part, and a driven part, has a plurality of the driven parts, the driven parts have a one-to-one correspondence with the input chamber, and the driven parts are transmitted and connected to the piston mechanism. Including,
The driving component switches transmission connection with the driven component that differs depending on the switching component, drives the driven component, and drives the piston mechanism in the input chamber corresponding to the driven component to move. A clothing treatment agent charging device that conducts a unidirectionally conductive component to charge a clothing treatment agent. The switching component includes a movable member, and the movable member is power-coupled to the driving component and can be transmitted and connected by moving between different driven components. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 1, wherein is transmitted to different driven parts and the clothing treatment agent corresponding to the charging chamber is charged. The driving component includes a driving gear, the driven component includes a driven gear, the piston mechanism includes a piston and a piston rod, and one end of the piston rod is eccentrically connected to the driven gear so as to be rotatably connected.
The garment according to claim 2, wherein the movable member is a free gear, and the free gear holds meshing transmission with the driving gear and can move between different driven gears to be meshed and transmitted. Processing agent charging device. The switching component includes a mounting tool for mounting the movable member, a chute is opened on the mounting tool, the free gear has a free gear shaft, and the free gear shaft is slidably mounted in the chute. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 3, wherein the clothing treatment agent is transmitted by meshing with a different driven gear. The chute has a plurality of stopper portions, the stopper portions are provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the driven component, and the free gear shaft is slid in each of the stopper portions along the chute. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 4, wherein the free gear is meshed and transmitted with the corresponding driven gear. 3. The switching component further includes a transmission gear, wherein the free gear is directly meshed and transmitted with at least one driven gear, and can be meshed and transmitted with the other driven gear by the transmission gear. 5. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to any one of 5. The charging chamber includes a first charging chamber and a second charging chamber, a first piston mechanism in which the piston mechanism is provided in the first charging chamber, and a second piston mechanism provided in the second charging chamber. The driven component includes a first driven gear connected to the first piston mechanism and a second driven gear connected to the second piston mechanism.
When the free gear shaft was slid to the first end of the chute, it was meshed and transmitted with one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear, and the free gear shaft was slid to the second end of the chute. The clothing processing agent charging device according to claim 6, wherein the transmission gear is meshed and transmitted with the transmission gear, and the transmission gear is meshed and transmitted with the other of the second driven gear and the first driven gear. The drive mechanism further includes a power component, the power output end of the power component is directly driven so that the driving gear rotates, or the power output end of the power component is such that the driving gear is rotated by the transmission component. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 3, which is driven. The power component has an output shaft and
The driving gear is fixedly mounted directly on the output shaft, or the transmission component is a worm, the worm is fixedly connected to or integrally molded with the output shaft, and the driving gear is wormed. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 8, which is a wheel and the worm wheel is meshed with and transmitted to the worm. A housing is further included, wherein the housing has a mounting chamber and at least two input chambers, and the drive mechanism is provided in the mounting chamber.
The housing further comprises at least two storage chambers, each of which stores different types of garment treatment agents.
The charging chamber further has a liquid inlet, the liquid inlet is communicated with the storage chamber, and a liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component is provided in the liquid inlet, and the liquid inlet unidirectional conduction component and the liquid discharge. The direction of conduction is opposite to that of the unidirectional conducting component,
The drive mechanism is configured to drive the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the charging chamber, and the liquid entry unidirectional conduction component simply reciprocates the liquid inlet in the process of the piston mechanism reciprocating. The unidirectionally conducting liquid discharge component conducts unidirectionally through the discharge port in the process of reciprocating the piston mechanism, and the clothing treatment agent in the storage chamber is said by the liquid inlet. The clothing treatment agent charging device according to claim 1, wherein the charging agent is sucked into the charging chamber and the charging is discharged by the spout. A washing machine having the clothing treatment agent charging device according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
A washing machine including a detergent box, wherein the spout of the clothing treatment agent charging device communicates with the detergent box.

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