JPH0884892A - Device for measuring and extracting powder and granular material for washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simplify the measurement and extraction of powder and granular material for washing machine by turning and moving a device for measuring and extracting powder and granular material located to the outside of a washing machine to an upper part of a cleanser throw in port and opening an opening/ closing part so as to throw in measured powder and granular material. CONSTITUTION: This device for measuring and extracting powder and granular material 3 is fitted to a cleanser throw in port 7 of a washing machine main body 1 and locked by a lock member such as a sucker fitted to a support shaft 5. Then the device is turned via the support shaft 5 and stopped, and then, a turning knob 15 is turned to match an outer cylinder 13 through a hopper section 11 of a vessel main body 8 with an extract hole 18 of an inner cylinder 17, then the powder and granular material (cleanser) is dropped into a vacant chamber 16 of the inner cylinder 17 and a prescribed amount of the material is resident in the chamber 16. Furthermore, the cleanser is extracted by progressing turning or reversing to match the extraction hole 18 with an opening 14 of the outer cylinder 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a powdery and granular material weighing and discharging device which can be easily attached to various existing washing machines, and particularly when a detergent is put into the washing machine and when it is not put into the washing machine. The present invention relates to a powdery and granular material weighing and extracting device for a washing machine, which is rotatable so that it can be moved outside the washing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a soap storage container for a washing machine of this type, a container main body having a transparent front face fixed to a peripheral wall of the washing machine,
The container main body comprises a lid for opening and closing the upper opening of the container main body, and a measuring unit arranged at the lower part of the container main body. The measuring unit is a pressure lever and a chamber communicating with the container main body in association with swinging of the pressure lever. An opening piece that is integral with the rotating blocking piece,
A take-out cup that is provided below the opening piece so that it can be inserted. When the blocking piece swings, the indoor opening in the lower part of the container body is blocked and the lower end of the room is opened by the opening piece. There has been a soap storage container for a washing machine (see Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 55-74580).

[0003]

However, the soap storage container for a washing machine according to the above-mentioned prior art is capable of putting soap into a cup so as not to scatter, and weighing, but a cup provided detachably. Soap is weighed, the soap-containing cup is taken out and put into the washing machine, the soap weighed by the operation of the weighing section is dropped into the cup, the cup containing the soap is taken out, and the washing machine at the top However, there is a drawback in that it is complicated since it requires a step of inserting it from the detergent charging port and inserting an empty cup into the lower part of the measuring section. In view of such circumstances, the present invention rotates a powdery-particles weighing-and-discharging device located outside the washing machine to move to the upper part of the detergent feeding port, and removes the powdery-grains measured by the quantitative weighing unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a powdery / meshed material discharging device for a washing machine, in which an opening / closing portion is opened so that a powdery material can be charged.

[0004]

The present invention adopts the following technical means in order to solve the above problems. Claim 1
In the invention described in the above, in a powdery-particles measuring and taking-out device which is attachable to a peripheral wall of a washing machine, the powdery- and granular-materials measuring and taking-out device comprises a powdery- and granular-material storage container, and a fixed-quantity measuring member attached to the powdery- and granular-material storage container. The technical means is adopted, in which a mounting member that can be mounted on the peripheral wall of the washing machine is mounted on the powder and granular material storage container, and the powder and granular material measuring and extracting device is rotatably mounted on the mounting member. In the invention of claim 2,
In a powdery-particles weighing-and-discharging device that can be attached to a peripheral wall of a washing machine, the powdery- and granular-materials weighing and taking-out device includes a powders and granules storage container, a lid body that opens and closes the upper opening of the container, and one side of the container. A support shaft having a quantitative measuring member disposed at the lower end of the container and a mounting member at the other end of the container that can be mounted on the peripheral wall of the washing machine, and the mounting member includes a locking member mounted on the peripheral wall of the washing machine. The technical means of arranging the powder / grain storage container rotatably with respect to this mounting member was adopted.

[0005]

As a result of adopting the above technical means, the present invention allows the detergent to be put into the washing machine by two rotation operations without touching the detergent at all, and after the putting, the detergent is rotated and returned to the outside of the washing machine. This will not hinder the closing of the washing machine lid.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is an overall schematic perspective view showing a usage state of one embodiment according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing a mounting state of a main part. First, the overall image of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As can be understood from those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the washing machine body 1 is attached to a side surface 2 with a locking member 4 such as a suction cup. . Then, the powdery or granular material measuring and extracting device 3 is rotated and moved so as to be located above the detergent input port 7 of the washing machine, and the detergent can be metered in. It should be noted that after the charging, it is rotated so as to be removed from the detergent charging port 7 of the washing machine and retracted.

Incidentally, a more detailed description will be given here with reference to FIG. The powdery-particles weighing-out device 3 attached to the side surface 2 of the washing machine body 1 is rotatably attached by a support shaft 5 having one or more locking members 4 such as rubber or plastic suction cups. The powder and granular material measuring and taking-out device 3 is fitted to the support shaft 5 via a bearing 6, and for example, the bearing 6
Is provided with a bearing or the like, a stopper (not shown) is provided to restrict the rotation range of the powder and granule weighing and discharging device 3, and a groove is formed around the angular range of the support shaft 5. , If it is regulated so that it can rotate only within the range of the groove, it will be
Since it is possible to stop at a place, it is possible to more surely add the detergent.

Next, an embodiment of the powder and granular material measuring and extracting device 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. The container body 8 is made of synthetic resin or the like and is configured to open and close the upper opening of the container body 8, and a measuring unit 10 disposed below the container body 8. The weighing unit 10 includes a hopper-shaped portion 11 at the bottom of the container main body 8.
Is formed by displacing to one side, and has an outer cylindrical body 13 having an opening portion 14 provided below the tapered lower end opening portion 12 of the displaced hopper-shaped portion 11, and the outer cylindrical body 13 Inside, the rotary knobs 15 are provided at both end portions having a bottom,
An inner cylinder body 17 having a vacant chamber 16 for accumulating the powder and granules therein is engaged, and a pouring hole 18 is formed at one location of the body part of the inner cylinder body 17. . The inner cylinder body 17 is fitted in the outer cylinder body 13 so as to be rotatable inside the outer cylinder body 13.
It is configured to be attached and sealed.

Next, how the detergent, which is a granular material, is poured into the detergent inlet 7 of the main body 1 of the washing machine by the above configuration will be described. When the powder / particle weighing device 3 is attached to the detergent loading port 7 side of the already installed washing machine body 1, it is locked by a locking member 4 such as a suction cup mounted on a supporting shaft 5 that supports it. . The granular material weighing and extracting device 3 locked to the side portion of the washing machine main body 1 is rotated via the support shaft 5 and rotated until it is located above the detergent inlet 7 of the washing machine. , The outer cylinder body 13 in a penetrating state with the hopper-shaped portion 11 of the container main body 8 by the rotation of the rotary knob 15 by stopping (more preferably a stop mechanism is provided).
In the state where the pouring holes 18 of the inner cylinder 17 are matched with each other, the detergent, which is a granular material, falls into the vacant chamber 16 of the inner cylinder 17, and a certain amount of the detergent is retained. If the pouring hole 18 formed at the top of the inner cylinder 17 by further advancing or reversing it is aligned with the opening 14 formed below the outer cylinder 13, a certain amount of the detergent, which is a granular material, is surely secured. , And can be accurately dispensed.

In this way, the powder and granular material measuring and taking-out device 3 can be positioned directly above the detergent inlet of the washing machine only by rotating it by, for example, approximately 90 °, and in this state, the rotary knob 15
By rotating, a certain amount of detergent can be poured out, and there is no risk of excess detergent leaking.

Although one embodiment has been described above, it is needless to say that the metering device 3 for measuring the amount of granular material can be replaced with a known quantitative pouring device. Further, with respect to the attachment to the washing machine, various kinds can be adopted instead of the support shaft and the locking member such as the suction cup. It can be variously designed by applying a means capable of moving to a loading position into the loading port and a retracted position.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained based on the above constitution. (1) It can be installed in a washing machine, in particular, an existing in-use washing machine. There is no need to take out what was weighed with a measuring cup from the soap storage container as in the past and inject it from the detergent inlet of the washing machine, it does not scatter reliably and the operation is easy and the hands etc. are not polluted. The box body is unnecessary, and it is sufficient to store it in a plastic bag, and the economic effect is remarkable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a state of being attached to a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a mounted state of a main part in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a powdery-particles measuring and taking-out device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a weighing unit in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... washing machine body 2 ... side surface 3 ... powder and granule weighing and extracting device 4 ... locking member 5 ... support shaft 6 ... bearing 7 ... detergent inlet 8 ... container body 9 ... lid 10: Measuring part 11: Hopper part 12: Lower end opening 13: Outer cylinder 14: Opening 15: Rotating knob 16: Vacancy 17: Inner cylinder 18: Pour out Hole

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A powder and granular material weighing and taking out device which can be freely attached to a peripheral wall of a washing machine, wherein the powder and granular material weighing and taking out device comprises a powder and granular material storage container, and a quantitative measuring member attached to the powder and granular material storage container. And a powder and granular material storage container, and a powder and granular material measuring and discharging device which is rotatably attached to the mounting member. Take-out device. 2. A powdery and granular material measuring and taking-out device which can be attached to a peripheral wall of a washing machine, wherein the powdery and granular material measuring and taking-out device comprises a powdery and granular material storage container and a lid body for opening and closing the container upper surface opening portion. , A quantitative measuring member arranged at the lower part of one end of the container, and an attachment member attachable to the peripheral wall of the washing machine at the other end of the container, and the attachment member is a locking member attached to the peripheral wall of the washing machine. A powder and granular material weighing and taking-out device for a washing machine, comprising a supporting shaft provided with a powder and granular material storage container rotatably provided to the mounting member.