JP7214889B2 - Garment Vibrator and Garment Care Equipment Used in Garment Care Equipment - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the technical field of garment care, and specifically provides a garment vibrating device and a garment care equipment used in the garment care equipment.

With the progress of science and technology, the level of automation in human life is getting higher and higher, and the daily domestic work is gradually replaced by machines from human power. Garment care equipment, as a home appliance often used in daily life, has brought great convenience to people's lives.

A clothing vibrating device is generally installed in the housing of conventional clothing care equipment to vibrate the clothing, thereby achieving the effect of de-wrinkling the clothing. As shown in FIG. 1, the clothes vibrating device generally includes a driving motor and a cross beam, the hanger is fixed on the cross beam, the driving motor can drive the cross beam to reciprocate linear movement, and the hanger can move the cross beam to reciprocate linear movement. However, the width of the lateral reciprocating linear movement of the horizontal beam is small, and the clothes are not spread out sufficiently, and the wrinkle removal effect is not good.

Therefore, the art needs a new garment vibrating device for garment care equipment and a corresponding garment care equipment to solve the above problems.

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, that is, to solve the problem that the clothes vibrating device of the conventional clothes care equipment has a poor wrinkle removal effect, the present invention provides a new clothes vibrating device for clothes care equipment. the clothes care equipment includes a housing, the clothes vibrating device comprises a fixing member installed in the housing, a hanger connecting member, and a driving mechanism connected to the hanger connecting member; The fixed member is connected to the housing, and the hanger connection member is rotatably installed on the fixed member so as to be reciprocally rotatable on the fixed member by being driven by the driving mechanism.

In a preferred embodiment of the above clothes vibrating device, the hanger connection member includes a connected attachment member and a support member, the attachment member is used to attach the hanger, and the support member is mounted on the fixing member. and the drive mechanism is connected to the support member.

In a preferred embodiment of the clothing vibrating device described above, the attachment member includes a bottom plate and side plates installed on both sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate and/or the side plates are connected to the support member, and the bottom plate and the side plates are connected to the support member. The two side plates jointly form a receiving groove that fits the hook of the hanger.

In a preferred embodiment of the above clothes vibrating device, both of the two side plates are made of elastic material so that the hooks of the hangers are elastically clamped and fixed in the receiving grooves.

In a preferred embodiment of the clothing vibrating device described above, the drive mechanism includes a drive motor, a first link, and a second link, the output shaft of the drive motor is fixedly connected to one end of the first link, and the first The other end of the link is hinge-connected to one end of the second link, the other end of the second link is hinge-connected to the support member, and the drive motor rotates the first link to drive the second link. 2 links can be moved, thereby reciprocally rotating the hanger connecting member on the fixed member.

In a preferred embodiment of the above clothing vibrating device, the support member is provided with a chute, the second link is provided with a slide post, and the slide post is slidably connected to the chute.

In a preferred embodiment of the above clothing vibrating device, the support member is provided with a slide post, the second link is provided with a chute, and the slide post is slidably connected to the chute.

In a preferred embodiment of the clothing vibrating device described above, the slide post is fixedly connected to or integrally installed with the support member.

In a preferred embodiment of the garment vibrating device described above, the support member is a support post.

In another aspect, the present invention further provides a garment care facility including the garment vibrating device described above.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a hanger connection member is additionally installed on said fixed member, and by rotatably installing the hanger connection member on said fixed member, the hanger connection member is , can be reciprocatingly rotated on the fixed member by driving the driving motor, so that the clothes can be reciprocally rotated and vibrated, the clothes can be sufficiently vibrated, and the wrinkle removing effect of the clothes can be improved. .

Further, the mounting member includes a bottom plate and side plates installed on both sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the two side plates together forming a receiving groove that fits the hooks of the hanger. By doing so, the mounting member can have a housing groove structure that can be adapted to the hook of the hanger, and the connection stability between the hanger and the mounting member can be improved. It is possible to prevent the hanger from swinging with respect to the mounting member and affecting the wrinkle-removing effect on the clothes.

Moreover, the two side plates are both made of elastic material so that the hooks of the hanger are elastically clamped in the receiving grooves. By doing so, it is possible to further improve the connection stability between the hanger and the mounting member, thereby preventing the hanger from falling off from the mounting member during operation of the clothes vibrating device.

In addition, according to the present invention, the clothing care equipment further provided on the basis of the above-described embodiments employs the above-described clothing vibrating device, and thus further has the technical effects provided by the above-described clothing vibrating device. At the same time, compared with the clothes care equipment before the improvement, the clothes care equipment of the present invention has a better wrinkle removing effect on the clothes.

1 is a structural schematic diagram of a conventional clothing care equipment; FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a garment care equipment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram 1 of the clothing vibrating device of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural schematic diagram 2 of the clothing vibrating device of the present invention; 5 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 4; FIG.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Persons skilled in the art will understand that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention and do not limit the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, directions such as "bottom", "inside", "up", "down", "back", "left", "right", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", or Positional terminology is solely based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and this is merely for ease of explanation, noting that the device or element has a particular orientation, It is not intended to imply that it must be configured and operated in any particular orientation. Therefore, it cannot be understood as a limitation to the present invention. Also, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "installation", "mounting", "connection", and "coupling" should be understood in a broad sense, unless otherwise specified or limited. It may be a removable connection, an integral connection, a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, a direct connection, or an intermediate connection. It may be indirectly connected by a medium, or it may be communication within two elements. A person skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention according to the specific situation.

In order to solve the problem that the wrinkle removal effect of the conventional clothes vibrating device of the clothes care equipment pointed out in the background art is not good, the present invention provides a new clothes vibrating device for the clothes care equipment and the clothes care equipment, The object is to improve the wrinkle removing effect on clothing.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the clothing care equipment includes a housing 1, the clothing vibrating device includes a fixing member 2 installed in the housing 1, a hanger connecting member 3, and a drive mechanism connected to the hanger connection member 3, the fixed member 2 is connected to the housing 1, and the hanger connection member 3 is reciprocally rotatable on the fixed member 2 by being driven by the drive mechanism. installed rotatably. It is clear from the background art that, as shown in FIG. 1, the conventional clothes care equipment fixes the hanger to the horizontal beam of the clothes vibrating device, and the horizontal beam is driven by a driving motor to reciprocate and rectilinearly move the hanger to the horizontal beam. However, the width of the horizontal reciprocating linear movement of the horizontal beam is small, and the clothes are not sufficiently unfolded, resulting in poor wrinkle removal effect. The clothes vibrating device of the present invention additionally installs a hanger connecting member 3 on the fixing member 2, the hanger connecting member 3 is rotatably installed on the fixing member 2, the fixing member 2 is fixedly connected to the housing 1, and the clothes vibrates. During operation of the device, the fixed member 2 remains stationary, the drive mechanism drives the hanger connection member 3 to rotate back and forth on the fixed member 2, the hanger 4 is fixed to the hanger connection member 3, whereby the hanger 4 can reciprocatingly rotate and vibrate the clothes with the reciprocating rotation of the hanger connecting member 3, sufficiently vibrate the clothes, and further improve the effect of removing wrinkles from the clothes. Here, the fixed member 2 may have a fixed beam structure as shown in the drawing, or may have another structure such as a fixed plate or a fixed frame. Any type adjustment or modification shall be limited to the protection scope of the present invention without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the hanger connection member 3 includes a mounting member 31 for mounting the hanger 4 and a support member 32 rotatably installed on the fixed member 2, and the drive mechanism are connected to the support member 32 . Here, the attachment member 31 and the support member 32 may be fixedly connected by inserting or engaging, or may be attached in order to facilitate maintenance or replacement of the attachment member 31 or the support member 32 . The attachment member 31 and the support member 32 may be provided integrally so that the member 31 and the support member 32 are directly integrally molded to manufacture. It suffices that the specific connection form between the mounting member 31 and the support member 32 can be fixedly connected. The mounting member 31 can have a structure such as a mounting groove or a mounting ring, and the support member 32 can have a structure such as a support post or a support cylinder. Any structural type adjustments or modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present invention without departing from its principles or scope.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 , the mounting member 31 includes a bottom plate 311 and side plates 312 installed on both sides of the bottom plate 311 , the bottom plate 311 and/or the side plates 312 being connected to the support member 32 . , the bottom plate 311 and the two side plates 312 jointly form a receiving groove that fits the hook 41 of the hanger 4 . The mounting member 31 can have a housing groove structure that can be adapted to the hook 41 of the hanger 4, and the connection stability between the hanger 4 and the mounting member 31 can be improved. It is possible to prevent the hanger 4 from swinging with respect to the mounting member 31 and affecting the wrinkle removing effect on the clothes. Here, the support member 32 may be connected only to the bottom plate 311 of the mounting member 31, may be connected only to the side plates 312 of the mounting member 31, or may be connected to both the bottom plate 311 and the side plates 312 of the mounting member 31. Such flexible adjustments and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present invention without departing from the principles and scope of the present invention. In addition, the bottom plate 311 and the two side plates 312 may be fixedly connected or installed integrally. If they can be connected, in practice, it is possible to flexibly provide a specific connection form between the bottom plate 311 and the two side plates 312 .

Preferably, the two side plates 312 are arranged such that the hooks 41 of the hanger 4 are elastically clamped in the receiving grooves to prevent the hanger 4 from falling off the mounting member 31 during operation of the clothes vibrating apparatus. Made of elastic material. Here, the elastic material may be plastic, rubber, or a metal material having elasticity, etc., and adjustment and modification of the specific type of such elastic material is a departure from the principle and scope of the present invention. without being limited within the scope of the present invention.

Preferably, as shown in FIGS. 3-5, the drive mechanism includes a drive motor 5, a first link 6 and a second link 7, the output shaft (not shown) of the drive motor 5 being connected to the first link 6 The other end of the first link 6 is hingedly connected to one end of the second link 7, the other end of the second link 7 is hingedly connected to the support member 32, and the drive motor 5 is connected to the first The link 6 can be rotationally driven to move the second link 7 , thereby reciprocatingly rotating the hanger connecting member 3 on the fixed member 2 . In one possible embodiment, the support member 32 is provided with a slide post 321, the second link 7 is provided with a chute 71, the slide post 321 is slidably connected to the chute 71, and the drive motor 5 is connected to the first link. 6 is rotated clockwise, the second link 7 is moved left rearward, the slide post 321 is slidingly engaged with the chute 71, and at the same time the hanger connection member 3 is rotated clockwise, and conversely, the drive motor 5 is rotated. rotates the first link 6 counterclockwise, it rotates the hanger connection member 3 counterclockwise via the second link 7 . In order for the slide post 321 to slide smoothly in the chute 71, the width of the chute 71 is made larger than the outer diameter of the slide post 321, or an elastic structure is provided on the outer surface of the slide post 321 so that the slide post 321 can slide smoothly in the chute 71. You may enable it to slide. Here, the slide post 321 and the support member 32 may be fixedly connected for maintenance or replacement of the slide post 321, or may be manufactured by directly integrally molding the slide post 321 and the support member 32. Alternatively, a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific connection form between the slide post 321 and the support member 32 in the actual application. and can be fixedly connected. Of course, it is also possible to provide the second link 7 with a slide post, correspondingly with a chute on the support member 32, with the slide post slidingly connected to the chute, such a stud and chute specific. Any adjustments and changes in installation position are intended to be within the scope of the present invention without departing from the principles and scope of the present invention.

The drive mechanism is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, and a person skilled in the art will understand that the drive mechanism can drive the hanger connection member 3 on the fixed member 2 so long as it can drive the hanger connection member 3 to reciprocate and rotate on the fixed member 2 . The specific structural form of the mechanism can be flexibly provided for the actual application.

Preferably, the support members 32 are support posts. The bottom of the support post is rotatably connected to the fixed member 2 .

Although the technical solutions of the present invention have been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, it is obvious for those skilled in the art that the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to these specific embodiments. is. Without departing from the principle of the present invention, those skilled in the art can equivalently change or replace the relevant technical features, and the technical solutions after these changes or replacements shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. It is included.

1 housing 2 fixing member 3 hanger connection member 31 mounting member 32 support member 311 bottom plate 312 side plate 321 slide post 4 hanger 41 hook 5 drive motor 6 first link 7 second link 71 chute

Claims (8)

A garment vibrating device for a garment care facility comprising a housing, said garment vibrating device comprising: a fixed member located within said housing; a hanger connection member; and a drive mechanism connected to said hanger connection member. wherein the fixing member is connected to the housing, and the hanger connecting member is rotatably installed on the fixing member so as to be reciprocatingly rotatable on the fixing member by driving of the driving mechanism ;
The hanger connecting member includes a connecting mounting member and a supporting member, the mounting member is used to mount the hanger, the supporting member is rotatably mounted on the fixed member, and the driving mechanism comprises: , connected to the support member;
The drive mechanism includes a drive motor, a first link, and a second link, the output shaft of the drive motor is fixedly connected to one end of the first link, and the other end of the first link is connected to the second link. One end of the second link is hinged, the other end of the second link is hinged to the support member, and the drive motor rotationally drives the first link to move the second link, thereby the hanger connection. A garment vibrating device for a garment care facility , wherein a member is reciprocally rotatable on said fixed member . The mounting member includes a bottom plate and side plates installed on both sides of the bottom plate, the bottom plate and/or the side plates are connected to the support member, and the bottom plate and the two side plates jointly form the hanger. 2. The clothes vibrating device according to claim 1 , wherein a receiving groove is formed to fit the hook. 3. The clothes vibrating device according to claim 2 , wherein the two side plates are both made of an elastic material so that the hooks of the hangers are elastically clamped and fixed in the accommodating grooves. 2. The clothing vibrating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a chute is installed on said support member, a slide post is installed on said second link, and said slide post is slidably connected to said chute. 2. The clothing vibrating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a slide post is installed on said support member, a chute is installed on said second link, and said slide post is slidably connected to said chute. 6. The clothing vibration apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the slide post is fixedly connected to or integrally installed with the support member. 7. The clothing vibration device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the support member is a support post. A garment care installation comprising a garment vibrating device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 .

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