KR100779404B1 - Detergent supply automatic device for washer - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic detergent supply device for a washer is provided to reduce use of detergent and to curtail costs by eliminating input of detergent or rinse in case a washing pump or a rinsing pump are out of order. An automatic detergent supply device for a washer comprises a detergent supply unit, a rinse supply unit, and a control unit(13). The detergent supply unit has a detergent input line hose(106) installed in a detergent container to be connected with a detergent solenoid valve(103) connected with a detergent fine control valve(104) and the detergent input line hose. The detergent input line hose is connected with a detergent suction port of a water suction port of a washing pump(101) passed through a washing water tank fitting(110) communicated to the side of a water tank(100). The rinse supply unit includes a rinse input line hose(206) installed in a rinse container to be connected to a rinse solenoid valve(203) connected with a rinse fine control valve(204) and the rinse input line hose. The rinse input line hose is connected with a rinse suction port(205) penetrated through a rinsing water suction port of a rinsing pump(201), and with the rinse fine control valve. The control unit executes algorithm for controlling input/output of the detergent supply unit and the rinse supply unit.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a detergent supply automatic device for a washer,

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a detailed view of a conventional cleaning agent supply device in which a silicone tube is used;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of a conventional detergent supply device having a complicated configuration,

3 is a detailed view showing a conventional detergent supply device in which a defoliation condom is used

Fig. 4 is a three-dimensional view showing the cleaning agent supply device of the present invention in the lower part of the washer.

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional drawing showing the cleaning agent supply device of the present invention,

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a washing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a three-

7 is a detailed enlarged view of the configuration of the cleaning pump portion (A) of the cleaning agent supply device of the present invention.

8 is a detailed view showing the configuration of the rinsing pump portion of the cleaning agent supply device of the present invention

9 is a flowchart showing the main algorithm of the controller according to the present invention;

Description of the Related Art [0002]

100: wash water bottle 200: rinse water bottle

101: Cleaning pump 201: Rinse pump

102: detergent bottle 202: rinse bottle

103: Detergent solenoid valve 203: Rinse solenoid valve

104: detergent adjustment fine valve 204: rinse adjustment fine valve

105: Detergent inlet 205: Rinse inlet

106: Detergent injection line hose 206: Rinse injection line hose

107: wash water inlet 207: rinse water line 207-1: rinse water inlet

108: wash water discharge port 208: rinse water discharge port

109: Cleaning pump casing 209: Rinse pump casing

110: Flushing water bottle fitting

120: Wash pump Impeller 220: Rinse pump Impeller

8: Driving motor 5: Silicon dome

10: upper washing chamber 11: door 12: lower washing chamber 13:

300: roller mounting and rotating portion 301: roller 302: roller case

303: Silicone tube

The present invention relates to an automatic detergent dispenser for automatically supplying a detergent to a dishwasher, and more particularly, to a dishwasher dispenser which uses a detergent, which is a detergent, At the time of rinsing, the rinse is diluted with the rinse water to a certain extent and used as the rinse water to promote rinsing and drying. At this time, in order to supply the above detergent in a certain amount, various types of cleaning agent supply devices such as Patent Registration No. 10-0368296, Patent Registration No. 10-0390806, and Practical Registration No. 20-0234481 have been developed and used. In general, the detergent supply device includes a roller and a roller case capable of moving a cleaning agent, a tube 303 for shrinking, a silicon dome 5, and a separate control unit, provided with a driving motor for supplying a cleaning agent. The detergent supply device composed of such a large number of parts is formed of a complicated structure. Since most of the parts except for the control part are consumable parts, there is an A / S which is regularly adjusted and exchanged. As shown in FIG. 1, a three-roll roller rotating part 300 having three rollers 301 mounted thereon and a casing 302 formed on an outer wall are provided. When the three-roll roller rotating part 300 is mounted on the rear surface of the driving motor, the tube is sucked into the tube by the pressure, and the roller is rotated to push the hose. And is again sent out in the rotating direction of the motor by the rotational pressure of the roller and supplied to the cleaning cylinder. At this time, the roller presses the tube to determine the suction and discharge amount of the cleaning agent, and the tube is deformed and broken due to repeated shrinkage and expansion processes. As a result, the supply of cleaning agent is not constant and the cleaning and rinsing forces are insufficient. Backflow phenomenon occurs due to wear and deformation of the tube. Also, when pumping is not performed due to a malfunction in the washing and rinsing steps, the conventional cleaning agent supply device is used irrespective of the malfunction of the detergent and the rinse, and the excessive use of the detergent and the unnecessary input increase the usage amount. As described above, the conventional detergent supply device having a complicated configuration has a high production cost, and a large number of adjustment and exchange A / Ss due to consumable parts are generated, causing many complaints to consumers.

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a rinse prevention device that can prevent a backflow phenomenon from occurring in a consumable part, It is an object of the present invention to adopt a method of changing the supply amount of rinse according to the discharge amount of the pump and to create an automatic supplying device for supplying the cleaning agent constantly to be used in the washing machine.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to eliminate and simplify complicated components, to drastically remove consumable parts that are damaged and deformed, Is changed to the performance of the rinsing pump, so that the supply amount of the rinse can be automatically adjusted.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that the detergent is poured into the washing tub 100 so as to facilitate washing, and the rinse water discharged from the rinse receptacle 200 is rinsed for disinfection and drying In a washing machine provided with a washing pump 101 and a rinsing pump 201 for charging and rinsing,

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The structure of the present invention is as follows. The detergent supply line hose 106 is mad to the lower portion of the interior of the detergent container 102 and the detergent supply line hose 106 is connected to the detergent solenoid valve 103 The detergent solenoid valve 103 is connected to the detergent fine adjustment valve 104 and the detergent supply line hose 106 connected to the detergent fine adjustment valve 104 is connected to the side of the cleaning water can 100 And connected to the detergent suction port 105 of the washing water suction port 107 of the washing pump 101 by passing through the washing flush fitting 110. The rinse input line hose 206 is configured so as to reach the lower portion of the inside of the rinse tank 202 and the rinse input line hose 206 is connected to the rinse solenoid valve 203 The rinsing input line hose 206 connected to the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204 is connected to the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204 through the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204. The rinsing input line hose 206 is connected to the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204, And a control unit 13 connected to the rinse inlet 205 of the suction port 207-1 and controlling the same.

The control procedure of the controller 13 is as shown in the flow chart of FIG. 9. In the operation procedure, when the water is fully filled in the washing water bottle 100 and the rinse water bottle 200, The washing pump 101 is operated to dilute a certain amount of detergent in the washing machine 101. At this time, the door 11 of the washing machine is in a closed state and the detergent solenoid valve 103 is opened simultaneously with the operation of the washing pump 101, The detergent is sucked into the detergent inlet 105 of the washing water inlet 107 of the washing pump 101 by a principle similar to the Venturi principle and diluted by a certain amount with the washing water, the washing pump 101 and the detergent solenoid valve 103, And the washing machine is in a standby state for operation. When the door 11 is opened and the door 11 is closed, the cleaning pump 101 starts to operate, and the detergent solenoid valve 103 is opened to allow a certain amount of detergent to be introduced. The rinsing operation is started while the rinsing pump 201 is operated and the rinsing solenoid valve 103 is opened to start the rinsing operation. 203 are operated simultaneously with the rinsing pump 201, and after a predetermined time, the rinsing pump 201 and the rinsing solenoid valve 203 are stopped to complete the entire cleaning operation. And a control unit 13 that performs such an algorithm.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 7 is a detailed schematic view of the cleaning pump 101 for cleaning and cleaning the detergent by using a principle similar to that of the Venturi. Referring to FIG. 7, the casing 101 of the cleaning pump 101 And the washing pump impeller 120 is inserted and assembled into the washing tub 100. When the washing pump 101 is operated and the washing pump impeller 120 is rotated, The pressure of the inside of the washing water inlet 107 becomes higher than the pressure in the detergent inlet line hose 106 connected to the detergent container 102 so that the washing water inlet 107 is sucked into the washing water inlet 107, The detergent is mixed with the washing water through the detergent inlet 105 configured to penetrate through the washing water outlet 108. The washing water is delivered to the washing water outlet 108 connected to the washing water outlet 108, At this time, the detergent solenoid valve 103 is opened for a predetermined time during the operation of the cleaning pump 101, and is closed after a predetermined time to prevent backflow, and the detergent fine adjustment valve 104 responds to the high suction force of the cleaning pump 101 So that it can be increased or decreased finely.

Referring to FIG. 8 again, FIG. 8 is a detailed schematic view of the rinse pump 201, which is constructed by sucking and rinsing the rinse using a principle similar to the Venturi principle. Referring to the principle and operating conditions of the rinse pump 201 The rinsing solenoid valve 203 is opened and the rinsing pump impeller 220 is rotated so that the rinsing water in the rinsing water tub 200 is quickly sucked into the rinsing water inlet 207-1 connected to the rinsing water line 207 At this time, the pressure inside the rinsing water inlet 207-1 becomes higher than the pressure in the rinsing input line hose 206 connected to the rinsing cylinder 202, so that the rinsing water inlet 207-1 The rinsing of the rinsing tank 202 is performed by a rinsing solenoid 205 connected to the rinsing input line hose 206, The valve (203) and the rinse fine adjustment valve (204) The rinsing water mixed with the rinsing water is transferred to the rinsing means connected to the rinsing water outlet 208 so that the rinsing can be performed. At this time, the rinse solenoid valve 203 is continuously opened during the operation time of the rinse pump 201. When the rinse operation is completed, the rinse solenoid valve 203 is closed to prevent reverse flow, and the rinse fine adjustment valve 204 has a high rinse amount, The amount of rinsing can be increased or decreased in the event of occurrence of stains or poor drying in water.

According to the above construction and operation, according to the present invention, the driving motor, the roller case, the roller, and the tube as consumable parts are not required to supply the washing detergent or the rinse of the dishwasher, thereby reducing the A / S cost Effect, the effect of preventing the backflow of the cleaning agent by the solenoid valve, adjusting the quantity according to the quantity of the pump, changing according to the performance of the washing or rinsing motor, and the safety against the supply is effective. When the washing pump or the rinsing pump fails, the detergent or rinse It is possible to save the cleaning agent.

Claims (5)

In the present invention, the rinse water discharged from the rinse water cans 200 is rinsed and rinsed for rinsing and facilitating the rinsing, so that the rinse water is rinsed In the washing machine provided with the washing pump 101 and the rinsing pump 201, A detergent supply line hose 106 is installed inside the detergent container 102 and detergent supply line hose 106 is connected to the detergent solenoid valve 103 The detergent solenoid valve 103 is connected to the detergent fine adjustment valve 104 and the detergent supply line hose 106 and the detergent supply line hose 106 connected to the detergent fine adjustment valve 104 is connected to the detergent supply line hose 106, Detergent supply means connected to the detergent suction port 105 of the wash water inlet 107 of the washing pump 101 through which the wash tub 110 connected to the side of the water bottle 100 passes; And a rinsing input line hose 206 installed in the washing machine and configured to supply rinsing water to the rinsing water discharged from the rinsing water bottle 200 to the inside of the rinsing container 202. The rinsing input line hose 206 And the rinsing solenoid valve 203 is connected to the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204 and the rinsing input line hose 206. The rinsing fine adjustment valve 204 is connected to the rinsing fine adjustment valve 204, The rinse input line hose 206 is connected to rinse supply means connected to the rinse inlet 205 through which the rinse water inlet 207-1 of the rinse pump 201 is connected. And a controller (13) for performing an algorithm for interrupting the inlet and outlet of the rinse supply means and the rinse supply means. In the present invention, the rinse water discharged from the rinse water cans 200 is rinsed and rinsed for rinsing and facilitating the rinsing, so that the rinse water is rinsed The washing pump 101 is configured such that the casing 109 of the washing pump 101 and the washing pump impeller 120 are connected to the inside of the washing tub 100 by the washing pump 101 and the rinsing pump 201, The detergent inlet 105 configured to be vertically penetrated and assembled with the washing water inlet 107 formed at the center of the casing 109 of the washing pump 101 is inserted into the washing water pump 100, The inside of the washing water inlet 107 is rapidly formed so that the pressure inside the washing water inlet 107 is lower than the pressure in the detergent inlet line hose 106 connected to the washing tub 102 And the detergent Access to generate a suction force in the 105 washing pump 101 is configured to mix the detergent put into the wash water; The rinsing pump 201 is connected to the rinsing water inlet 207-1 formed at the center of the casing 209 of the rinsing pump 201. The rinsing inlet 205 is connected to the rinsing pump impeller 220, The rinsing water in the water tub 200 is rapidly sucked into the rinsing water inlet 207-1 and the fluid is rapidly formed in the rinsing water inlet 207-1 so that the pressure inside the rinsing water inlet 207-1 The rinsing liquid is supplied to the rinse inlet port 205 at a lower pressure than the pressure in the rinse inlet line hose 206 connected to the rinse trough 202 so that the rinse is injected into the rinse water, Wherein the rinse is automatically applied. The method according to claim 1, The detergent solenoid valve 103 and the rinse solenoid valve 203 are valves for opening and closing detergent input and rinse input and at the same time preventing the detergent or rinse from flowing back into the detergent container 102 and the rinse container 202 Wherein the automatic return valve is a backflow prevention valve. The method according to claim 1, The detergent fine adjustment valve 104 corresponds to a high suction force of the cleaning pump 101 and is configured to finely increase and decrease the amount of detergent used. The rinse fine adjustment valve 204 is configured to adjust the rinsing quantity So that the amount of rinsing can be increased or decreased in the event of occurrence of stains or drying defects in the washing water. In the present invention, the rinse water discharged from the rinse water cans 200 is rinsed and rinsed for rinsing and facilitating the rinsing, so that the rinse water is rinsed In the washing machine provided with the washing pump 101 and the rinsing pump 201, The control unit 13 of the washing machine compares the level of the wash water can 100 with that of the rinse water can 200 by the control unit 13 at the time of preparation after power is supplied to the washing machine. When the water supply operation is stopped and the door 11 of the washing machine is closed by comparing the opening and closing of the washing machine, the washing pump 101 is operated to dilute a certain amount of detergent into the washing water, At the same time, the detergent solenoid valve 103 is opened and the detergent is put into operation for a predetermined time, after which the cleaning pump 101 and the detergent solenoid valve 103 are stopped and the washing machine is in the standby state for operation. When the door 11 is opened in the washing machine, the door 11 is opened and the door 11 is closed. When the door 11 is closed, the washing pump 101 is operated to start the washing operation The detergent solenoid valve 103 is opened to allow the detergent solenoid valve 103 to be opened and the detergent solenoid valve 103 is closed after the set time has elapsed and the operation of the washing pump 101 is stopped after a predetermined time, The operation is started and the rinsing solenoid valve 203 is operated simultaneously with the rinsing pump 201 so that the rinsing operation is started. After the set time, the rinsing pump 201 and the rinsing solenoid valve 203 are stopped, And a control unit (13) for executing an algorithm configured to supply the detergent to the cleaner.

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