JPS638793B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a washing machine with a dryer in which a dryer is disposed above the washing machine.

Recently, as a washing machine with a dryer, a structure in which a mounting table is formed on the upper surface of the washing machine and a dryer is mounted on the mounting table without using a stand for the washing machine has been considered. In this configuration, if the three parts of the dryer, mounting table, and washing machine are integrated, the weight and height of the product will become extremely large, making transportation work extremely difficult.

An object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine with a dryer in which the dryer and the mounting table can be easily connected and separated as necessary.

The gist of the present invention is that the dryer and the mounting table can be attached and removed through an opening provided in the front surface of the mounting table.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on the drawings of an embodiment. In the drawing, a washing machine with a dryer 1 includes a dryer 2, a mounting table 3, and a washing machine main body 4. (See FIG. 1) The washing machine main body 4 includes an outer frame 5 made of a steel plate and a washing mechanism member 6 mounted within the outer frame 5. The washing mechanism member 6 includes an outer tub 8 suspended within the outer frame 5 using a hanging rod 7, an inner tub 9 rotatably mounted within the outer tub 8, and an inner tub 9 rotatably mounted within the inner tub 9. A drive mechanism 11 that is attached to the outer bottom surface of the outer tub 8 and controls the rotation of the inner tub 9 and the rotor 10, and a drainage device 12 that drains the washing water in the outer tub 8. ing. The drive mechanism 11 includes a motor 13, a pulley 14, a belt 15, and a clutch 16.
Consists of etc. The drainage device 12 includes a drainage valve 17, a drainage hose 18, an overflow hose 19, and the like.
(See Figure 2) The outer tank 8 is made of synthetic resin, has an upper lid 20 at its upper opening, and has an air trap chamber 8 at its lower side wall.
It has b. A flexible air pipe 21 is connected to the air trap chamber 8b. The inner tank 9 is made of synthetic resin, and has a fluid balancer 22 fixed to its upper opening. A large number of dehydration holes (not shown) are provided in the upper part of the inner tank 9.

The mounting table 3 includes a left side plate 23 made of a steel plate, a right side plate 24 made of a steel plate, a back plate 26 made of a steel plate attached to the rear surfaces 23a, 24a of the both side plates 23, 24 using screws 25, and the above-mentioned both sides. A flat plate 28 made of a steel plate attached to the upper ends 23b, 24b of the face plates 23, 24 using screws 27, and the both side plates 23,
24 and a cover 29 made of synthetic resin. (See FIG. 3) The cover 29 has a two-part structure consisting of an upper cover 30 and a lower cover 31. The lower cover 31 is formed with a washing clothes inlet 31a into the inner tub 9 and a recess 31b serving as an operation box. Recessed portion 31b
Various control parts, which will be described later, are housed inside. A top lid 3 made of synthetic resin is attached to the washing clothes inlet 31a.
2 is provided so that it can be opened/closed and detached. Recess 31
An operation panel plate 33 is provided on the opening surface 31c of b.

The upper cover 30 is provided with an opening 30a, and a lid 34 made of synthetic resin is provided in the opening 30a so as to be openable and closable. A fitting piece 30b is provided at the lower part of the upper cover 30,
By press-fitting this fitting piece 30b into the fitting groove 31d provided in the upper part of the lower cover 31, the upper cover 31
0 and the lower cover 31 are strengthened.

Corner plates 35 having mounting holes 35a are attached to four corners of the upper surface of the outer frame 5. Mounting fittings 36 are attached to the upper ends of the left and right side walls of the outer frame 5. The mounting bracket 36 includes a mounting piece 36a for attaching the mounting bracket 36 to the inner wall of the outer frame 5, and an elastic piece 36b for attaching the right side plate 23 or the left side plate 24 to the upper surface of the outer frame 5. There is. Elastic piece 36
The gap G between b and the top surface of the outer frame 5 is the right side plate 2.
3 or slightly larger than the plate thickness t of the left side plate 24. (See Figure 5) The dryer 2 has screws 37 attached to the top plate 28 of the mounting table 3.
Attach it removably using the . The dryer 2 includes an outer box 38 made of a steel plate, a drum 39 rotatably mounted inside the outer box 38, and a dry clothes input port 39a of the drum 39 that can be opened and closed and provided on the front of the outer box 38. A door 40, a heater device 41 that warms the air inside the drum 39, and a fan that sucks the air warmed by the heater device 41 into the drum 39 and discharges the air inside the drum 39 to the outside of the outer box 38. 42, and a motor 43 for rotating the fan 42 and drum 39. A suction port 44 is provided on the front surface of the outer box 38. A filter 45 is provided on the inner wall of the drum 39.
The drying operation panel board 46 is provided at the lower front of the outer box 38. The dryer timer 47 is installed inside the drying operation panel board 46. A plug 48 connected to the drying timer 47 is pulled out from the rear surface of the outer box 38. A fan 42 is provided on the rear surface of the outer box 38.
A discharge port 49 is provided for the air sent by.

Control components such as a water supply device 50, a washing timer 51, a pressure switch 52, and various changeover switches 53 are housed in a recess 31b provided in the lower cover 31 of the mounting table 3. The illumination light 54 is arranged at the upper part of the upper cover 30 and illuminates the washing operation panel board 33 and the washing clothes input port 31a through a window 34b provided in the lid 34. The lighting lamp 54 can be replaced by opening the lid 34 and inserting your hand into the upper cover 30 of the mounting table 3 through the opening 30a. Laundry clothes slot 3
When the upper lid 32 of 1a is completely opened, the upper lid 32
The mounting positions of the illuminating lamp 54 and the upper lid 32 are set so that the light of the illuminating lamp 54 is not blocked by the illuminating lamp 54 and the inside of the washing clothes slot 31a is not darkened. (See Figure 5) An elastic piece 3 is provided on the bottom surface of the washing operation panel board 33.
Form 3a. At the lower front of the upper cover 30,
A mounting piece 30 is formed. A fitting groove 31e into which the elastic piece 33a fits is formed in the opening surface 31c of the recess 31b formed in the lower cover 31. The washing operation panel plate 33 is connected to the upper cover 30 by fitting the elastic piece 33a into the fitting groove 31e and fixing the upper end of the washing operation panel plate 33 to the mounting piece 30c with a screw 55. It is attached to the cover 29 consisting of the cover 31. The lower cover 31 is attached to the left side plate 2 which is temporarily fixed onto the outer frame 5 using a mounting bracket 36.
3 and the right side plate 24 to the corner plate 35 using screws 56.

The electrical connection between the drive mechanism 11 and control parts such as the washing timer 51 housed in the recess 31b is as follows.
This is done by electrical wiring 57. Washing machine body 4
The side power plug 58 is attached to the lower part of the back surface of the washing machine main body 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, almost the entire front surface of the mounting table 3 is curved. For this purpose, the front surfaces of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 are curved, and the lid 34 and the upper lid 32 are curved.

Curved surfaces 23c and 24c are also formed on the front side of the left side plate 23 and right side plate 24 covered by the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31. The shapes of the upper cover 30 and the lower cover 31 are set so that the front surface of the mounting table 3 is curved along the curved surfaces 23c and 24c.

The left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 are made to have exactly the same shape. Moreover, by reversing the top and bottom of the left side plate 23, the left side plate 23 can be used as the right side plate 24, or by making the top and bottom of the right side plate 24 reactive, the right side plate 23 can be used as the right side plate 24.
4, the shapes of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 are set to be vertically symmetrical so that they can be used as the left side plate 23.

The dryer 2 is fixed to the flat plate 28 of the mounting table 3 using two screws 59. To attach and remove the screws 59, open the lid 34 and open the opening 30a.
Insert the driver from here.

In the above configuration, in order to assemble the mounting table 3 on the washing machine main body 4, as shown in FIG. . Next, water supply device 5
After covering the lower cover 31 with 0 attached in advance over the lower parts of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24,
Attach the corner plate 35 using four screws 56,
The lower cover 31 is fixed together with the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24. Next, the upper cover 30 is placed over the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24, and the fitting piece 30b of the upper cover 30 is press-fitted into the fitting groove 31d of the lower cover 31. Thereafter, the upper end of the upper cover 30 is fixed together with the upper surface plate 28 to the upper ends of the left side plate 23 and the right side plate 24 with four screws 27. Next, the washing operation panel board 33
Fit the elastic piece 33a into the fitting groove 31e of the recess 31b, and insert a tool from the rear of the upper cover 30 to tighten the screw 55 between the upper end of the washing operation panel plate 33 and the mounting piece 30c of the upper cover 30. By attaching it, the washing operation panel board 33 is attached to the lower part of the mounting table 3. Finally, attach the lid 34 to the upper cover 30, attach the upper lid 32 to the lower cover 31, and fix the back plate 26 to the rear surfaces 23a, 24a of the left side plate 23 and right side plate 24 with the four screws 25. Then, the assembly of the mounting table 3 is completed.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which only the mounting table 3 is assembled to the washing machine main body 4. Pack and transport in this condition. The dryer 2 is packed and transported separately from the washing machine main body 4 and the mounting table 3. To install the dryer 2 above the washing machine main body 4 at the installation location, the dryer 2 is placed on the top plate 28 of the mounting table 3.

To install the dryer 2 above the washing machine main body 4 at the installation location, the washing machine 2 is placed on the flat plate 28 of the mounting table 3. After that, open the lid 34, insert a screwdriver through the opening 30a, and
and the bottom of the dryer 2 may be integrated with the screw 59.

After installation, if you want to transport the washing machine with dryer 1 to another location, you can easily separate the dryer 2 from the mounting base 3 by opening the lid 34 and removing the screws 59. can. Therefore, the dryer 2 and the washing machine main body 4 with the mounting table 3 can be transported separately.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a washing machine with a dryer in which the dryer can be attached and removed from the front of the mounting table as necessary.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 6 show one embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a front external perspective view, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the main part, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are exploded perspective views of the main part. , FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the main part, and FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of the main part. 2... Dryer, 3... Placement stand, 4... Washing machine body, 23... Left side plate, 24... Right side plate, 26
... Back plate, 28 ... Plane board, 29 ... Cover, 3
0... Upper cover, 30a... Opening, 31... Lower cover, 31b... Recess, 31c... Opening surface, 33
...Laundry operation panel board, 34...lid.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1.Equipped with a washing machine main body, a mounting stand fixed to the upper surface of the washing machine main body, and a dryer removably installed on the mounting stand, the mounting stand is connected to a left side plate made of a steel plate and a right side plate made of a steel plate. It consists of a face plate, a back plate attached to the rear surface of the both side plates, a cover that covers the both side plates, and a flat plate attached to the upper end of this cover and the both side plates, and a lower front side of the cover. In a washing machine with a dryer, in which a recessed portion serving as an operation box is formed in the upper part of the cover, and the opening surface of the recessed part is covered with a washing operation panel board, an opening is provided in the upper part of the front side of the cover; 1. A washing machine with a dryer, characterized in that a lid is provided to be openable and closable, and the dryer and the mounting stand can be attached and detached from the opening by opening the lid.