KR101146272B1 - Detergent box of a drum-type washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a detergent box of a drum washing machine having a detergent box installed at an upper portion of a cabinet to be drawn out to an upper portion of a top plate, thereby improving convenience of the detergent box. A coupling groove is formed on one side of the cabinet inner wall surface and on an upper portion of the support bracket. The top plate is disposed at the top of the cabinet and an opening is formed in the upper surface. Detergent boxes are installed inside the cabinet. One end of the housing body is elastically installed on the top of the support bracket by the first spring, and the other end is hinged to the support protrusion of the control panel, and a detergent case accommodating part is formed therein, and rails are installed on both sides. The lid covers the upper side of the housing body, and a plurality of rollers moving along the rail are arranged at the lower end thereof. The detergent case is stored in the detergent case accommodating part, and a detergent storage unit having an open top surface is formed so that detergents and fabric softeners can be put therein. The opening and closing means opens and closes the lid from the housing body. With this configuration, the space is easier to use than the conventional drum washing machine in which the detergent box is pulled forward, the use of the detergent box is convenient, and the detergent and the softening agent are easily stored in each detergent storage unit of the detergent case. Can be put in.

Drum, Washing Machine, Detergent Box

Description

DETERGENT BOX OF A DRUM-TYPE WASHING MACHINE}

1 is a perspective view of a drum washing machine applied detergent box according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which a detergent box is installed in a cabinet in a state in which the top plate is separated from FIG. 1; FIG.

3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

Figure 4 is an operating state diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4a is a view of the operation of the button member and the operating member of the opening and closing means in Figure 3, Figure 4b is a detergent box tower by the operation of the opening and closing means Figure 4c is a view of the state protruding to the upper opening of the plate, Figure 4c is a view of the detergent case housing is opened by the movement of the lid in the detergent box protruding into the opening of the top plate. And

5 is a perspective view showing an example of a drum washing machine having a conventional structure.

Description of the Related Art

A: Drum Washing Machine 10: Cabinet

12: support bracket 13: coupling groove

16: top plate 17: opening

26: control panel 27: support protrusion

40: detergent case housing 50: housing body

51: detergent case storage 57: rail

57A: Rail groove 59: First spring

60: lead 62: roller

64: operating groove 66: stepped portion

68: handle 70: detergent case

72: detergent storage unit 80: opening and closing means

81: button member 82: button housing

83: button 83A: push

84: second spring 86: operating member

87: operating port 87A: hook

88: third spring

The present invention relates to a detergent box of a drum washing machine, and more particularly, to a detergent box of a drum washing machine which can improve the structure of the detergent box to facilitate storage and use of detergent.

In general, the drum washing machine is configured to rotate the cylindrical drum from the inside of the washing tank, while washing the laundry by dropping the laundry from the top to the bottom of the drum in this process, the damage caused by the twisting of the laundry or the amount of the wash water is pulsing It is relatively small compared to a washing machine of a data type.

Such a washing machine of the drum type, as shown in Figure 5, the reservoir 110 is installed horizontally from the top of the base 130 in the interior of the cabinet 100 shown in a virtual line, the interior of the reservoir 110 The drum 120 to provide a washing space is rotatably installed, and a driving motor 140 for rotating the drum 120 is installed at the rear of the water tank 110.

In addition, the upper portion of the water tank 110 is provided with a detergent box 160 for supplying a laundry detergent and the like, including a water supply port 150 to which washing water is supplied from the outside and a laundry aid such as a fabric softener, and the drum 120. In front of the door 170 is installed to be opened and closed.

The drum washing machine 200 having the structure as described above is typically provided with a drying function to dry the laundry by spraying hot air into the drum in accordance with the operation of the heat transfer heater and the blower fan after washing and dehydration.

Conventional detergent box 160 is composed of a detergent case housing 166, the detergent case 161 providing a storage space for the detergent and the detergent case 161 is slidingly coupled, the rear side of the detergent case housing 166 The water supply hose 156 is interposed between the water supply port 150 to form a supply path for the washing water, and the lower side of the detergent supply hose 158 to supply the washing water containing the detergent into the drum. Is connected.

The detergent case 161 may be supplied to the detergent supply hose 158 together with the washing water in which the detergent storage unit 162 having an upper surface is opened and the detergent contained in the detergent storage unit 162 may be supplied with detergent. It is a drawer type structure formed with a discharge port 164 at the rear.

Detergent storage unit 162 is separated by the partition 163, the first detergent receiving unit 162A for storing the detergent used for the main laundry and the second detergent receiving unit 162BA for storing the detergent used for the preliminary washing It consists of a) is disposed on the left and right of the detergent case (161). In front of the first detergent receiver 162A and the second detergent receiver 162B, a softener receiver 162C into which the fabric softener is put and stored is formed. The detergent case housing 166 includes a housing body 167 to which the detergent case 161 is slidably coupled, and a lead 168 coupled to the upper portion of the housing body 167.

In this way, after the detergent is injected into the detergent storage unit 162 of the conventional detergent box 160 is configured, the detergent case 161 is coupled to the detergent case housing 166 inside.

When power is supplied to the drum washing machine 200 in such a state, the washing water is supplied in a shower type from the upper side of the detergent case 161, so that the first detergent receiver 162A and the second detergent receiver of the detergent storage unit 162 ( The detergent contained in 162B is dissolved, and the wash water in which the detergent is dissolved is discharged to the drum 120 through the detergent storage unit 162 and through the outlet 164 and the detergent supply hose 158.

And, during the rinsing stroke, the fabric softener stored in the softener container 162C is introduced into the drum 120.

However, the detergent box 160 could not be smoothly drawn out and accommodated because the detergent case 161 is drawn out or stored forward while being in surface contact with the inside of the detergent case housing 166.

In addition, the detergent storage unit 162 of the detergent case 161 is divided into a first detergent receiver 162A, a second detergent receiver 162B and a softener receiver 162C, and each receiver 162A. (162B) (162C) has a small space to prevent the infiltration into the other accommodation when storing detergents and fabric softeners. In particular, when the laundry detergent, which is used in the largest amount, is stored in the first detergent receiver 162A, when the detergent penetrates into the softener receiver 162C, as well as the fabric softener during the last rinse of the fabric softener, As the detergent penetrated into the softening agent accommodating part 162C flows into the drum 120, the rinsing performance is lowered, as well as the washing performance is lowered, thereby lowering the reliability of the product.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the technical problem of the present invention can improve the structure of the detergent box to facilitate the storage and use of detergent, which can greatly improve the space utilization It is to provide a detergent box of a drum washing machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention,

The cabinet forms an appearance, and a support bracket protrudes from one side of the inner wall, and a coupling groove is formed at an upper side of the support bracket;

A top plate disposed at an upper portion of the cabinet and having an opening formed at an upper surface thereof;

A housing body, one end of which is elastically installed on the upper portion of the support bracket by the first spring and the other end of which is hinged to the support protrusion of the control panel, and a detergent case accommodating portion is formed therein, and rails having rail grooves are installed on both sides;

A lid covering the upper side of the housing body and having a plurality of rollers configured to move along the rail groove;

A detergent case housed in the detergent case accommodating unit, and having a detergent storage unit open at an upper surface thereof so as to contain the detergent and the fabric softener; And

It is achieved by providing a detergent box of a drum washing machine comprising an opening and closing means for opening and closing the lid from the housing body.

Preferably, the opening and closing means is a button member which is installed on the outer wall surface of the cabinet in which the coupling groove is formed; And it is installed on the front of the lead to be coupled to the coupling groove, it consists of an operating member that is pressed by the pressing of the button member.

Preferably, the button member is a button housing fixedly installed on the outer wall surface of the cabinet; It is installed inside the button housing, one side of the button protruding pressing portion for pressing the operating member through the coupling groove; And a second spring interposed on the outer circumference of the pressing portion.

Preferably, the operation member is an operation groove formed on the front of the lead; An operation tool coupled to the operation groove, the hook being provided to be hooked to the stepped portion formed by bending inwardly at the front of the lead at the front end, the operation tool being coupled to the coupling groove; And a third spring installed in the operation groove and elastically supporting the operation port.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention having the features as described above in detail as follows.

1 is a perspective view of a drum washing machine to which a detergent box according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where a detergent box is installed in a cabinet in a state where the top plate is separated from FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1.

1 to 3, a drum washing machine (A) according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet 10, a top plate 16 installed on the cabinet 10, and a cabinet 10. The front cover 20 is installed on the front to form an appearance.

The front center of the front cover 20 is placed in and withdrawal of the laundry, while the door 24 is coupled to open and close forward to check the washing state, the upper part of the front cover 20, the user of various washing information In addition to the control panel 26 is provided with a plurality of buttons to guide the user's operation.

Subsequently, a detergent box 30 is provided inside the drum washing machine A. FIG.

2 and 3, in order to install the detergent box 30, one side of the inner wall surface of the cabinet 10 has a support bracket 12 protruding from the upper surface, and a plurality of support protrusions 12A protruding from each other. A coupling groove 13 is formed at the upper side of the bracket 12.

The detergent box 30 is composed of a detergent case housing 40 and a detergent case 70 slidingly coupled into the detergent case housing 40. And one side of the detergent case housing 40 is connected to the water supply hose (not shown) interposed between the water supply port (not shown) to form a supply path for the wash water, and the lower side of the detergent case housing 40 A detergent supply hose (not shown) is connected to feed the drum.

The detergent case housing 40 is composed of a housing body 50 and a lead 60.

The case body accommodating part 51 having an upper surface thereof is formed in the housing body 50, and an engaging protrusion 53A at a position corresponding to the support protrusion 12A of the support bracket 12 is formed at one upper end of the housing body 50. ) Is formed integrally extending the first flange end 53 formed on the bottom surface. A second flange end 55 hinged to the support shaft 27 of the control panel 26 by the hinge shaft 90 is formed at the center of the other side of the housing body 50. Rails 57 having rail grooves 57A are installed on both sides of the housing body 50 in the longitudinal direction. In addition, a first spring 59 is interposed between the support protrusion 12A of the support bracket 12 and the coupling protrusion 53A formed on the first flange end 53 to elastically support the housing body 50.

The lid 60 opens and closes the upper side of the housing body 50, and a plurality of rollers 62 moving along the rail groove 57A of the rail 57 are arranged in front and rear of the lower end. A handle 68 is formed at one side of the upper surface of the lead 60.

Referring to FIG. 2, the detergent case 70 is accommodated in the detergent case accommodating part 51 of the housing body 50, and the detergent storage unit 72 has an open top surface so that the detergent and the fabric softener are contained therein. Is formed.

Detergent storage unit 72 is separated by the partition wall 73, the first detergent receiving unit 72A for storing the detergent used for the main laundry and the second detergent receiving unit 72B for storing the detergent used for the preliminary washing Consisting of the detergent case 70 is disposed in front and rear. A softener accommodating portion 72C is formed between the first detergent accommodating portion 72A and the second detergent accommodating portion 72B to store and store the fabric softener.

Then, the opening and closing means 80 is installed to open and close the lid 60 from the housing body 50.

Opening and closing means 80 is composed of a button member 81 and the operating member 86 is installed on the outer wall surface of the cabinet 10 in which the coupling groove 13 is formed.

The button member 81 is installed in the button housing 82 and the button housing 82 fixedly installed on the outer wall of the cabinet 10 and presses the operating member 86 through the coupling groove 13 on one side. The pressing portion 83A is formed of a button 83 and a second spring 84 interposed on the outer circumference of the pressing portion 83A.

The operating member 86 is installed on the front surface of the lid 60 so as to be coupled to the coupling groove 13, and is pressed by the pressing of the button member 81. The actuating member 86 is coupled to the actuating groove 64 and the actuating groove 64 formed on the front surface of the lead 60, and the stepped portion 66 is bent inwardly on the front surface of the lead 60 at the front end thereof. The hook 87A is provided to be hooked, and is composed of an operating tool 87 coupled to the coupling groove 13 and a third spring 88 installed on the operating groove 64 and elastically supporting the operating tool 87.

The top plate 16 is disposed above the cabinet 10, and an opening 17 is formed at a position where the detergent box 30 is installed on the upper surface thereof, and the detergent box 30 protrudes outward.

Referring to the operation of the present invention configured as described above as follows.

When the user wants to use the drum washing machine (A), the user first, draw the detergent box 30 to the top plate 16. That is, the user applies an external force to the button 83 of the button member 81 in order to use the detergent box 30. Then, as the button 83 moves in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 4A, the pressing portion 83A of the button 83 penetrates the coupling groove 13 to press the front surface of the operating port 87. By pressing the pressing portion 83A, the operating tool 87 moves away from the coupling groove 13 and moves to the inside of the operating groove 64.

 At this time, the second spring 84 and the third spring 88 is compressed while elastically deformed by the movement of the button 83 and the operating port 87. On the other hand, when the external force acting on the button 83 is released, the button 83 and the operation tool 87 are returned to their original positions by the elastic restoring force of the second spring 84 and the third spring 88.

Subsequently, when the operating port 87 is released from the coupling groove 13 by the pressing operation of the button 83, the coupling protrusion formed on the support protrusion 12A and the first flange end 53 of the support bracket 12. The first spring 59 interposed between 53A is elastically deformed, and the detergent box 30 is raised in the direction of the top plate 16 by the elastic deformation of the first spring 59. That is, when the first spring 59 is elastically deformed, the first flange end 53A formed at one side of the housing body 50 is hinged to the support protrusion 27 of the control panel 26 by a hinge shaft 90. Rotating upward from the second flange end 55, as shown in Figure 4b is protruded to the outside through the opening 17 of the top plate 16.

Referring to FIG. 4C, when the detergent box 30 protrudes outwardly through the opening 17 of the top plate 16, the lid 60 moves in the right direction in the drawing. That is, when the detergent box 30 protrudes outwardly through the opening 17 of the top plate 16, at the same time, the roller 62 built on the lower end of the lead 60 is led along the rail groove 57A. 60, the housing body 50 is opened by the movement.

When the housing body 50 and the detergent case 70 are opened by the movement of the lid 60, the detergent and the softener are added to the detergent storage unit 72 shown in FIG. 2, and when the detergent and the softener are finished. Holding the handle 68 of the lid 60, the lid 60 is moved to the left direction so that the housing body 50 is closed. Then, the roller 62 arranged at the lower end of the lid 60 moves in the direction of movement of the lid 60 along the rail groove 57A, and the housing body 50 is moved by the movement of the lid 60. It is closed like 4b.

When the detergent and the softening agent are introduced and the housing body 50 is closed by the lid 60, the detergent box 30 is pressed downward. Then, the lid 60 and the housing body 50 protruding through the opening 17 of the top plate 16 are lowered below the opening 17 of the top plate 16, and installed in the lid 60. When the operating port 87 of the operating member 86 is coupled to the coupling groove 13 of the cabinet 10, the movement of the detergent box 30 is stopped, thereby completing the operation of detergent input. At this time, the first spring 59 is compressed while elastically deformed by the lowering of the detergent box 30.

In this state, when power is supplied to the drum washing machine (A), the washing water is supplied in the shower type from the upper side of the detergent box 30 and stored in the first detergent receiver 72A and the second detergent receiver 72B. Dissolved, and the wash water in which the detergent is dissolved is discharged to the drum (not shown) through the outlet (not shown) exiting the first detergent receiver (72A) and the second detergent receiver (72B).

In the rinsing stroke, the fabric softener stored in the softener container 72C together with the wash water is introduced into the drum through the softener discharge port (not shown).

In the detergent box of the drum washing machine according to the present invention as described in detail above, a conventional drum washing machine in which the detergent box is installed inside the cabinet, and the detergent box is drawn out to the top of the top plate, so that the detergent box is pulled forward. Compared with the above, the space can be easily utilized and the use of the detergent box can be made more convenient.

In addition, since the detergent box protrudes to the top of the top plate, the detergent and the softening agent can be easily added to each detergent storage unit of the detergent case.

Although the above has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention described in the claims below. Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that various modifications are possible.

Claims (5)

A cabinet having an appearance and having a support bracket protruding from one side of an inner wall thereof, and a coupling groove formed at an upper side of the support bracket; A top plate disposed on the cabinet and having an opening formed on an upper surface thereof; A housing body, one end of which is elastically installed on the support bracket by a first spring and the other end of which is hinged to a support protrusion of the control panel, and a detergent case accommodating part is formed therein, and rails having rail grooves are installed on both sides; A lid covering an upper side of the housing body, and having a plurality of rollers arranged at a lower end thereof to move along the rail groove; A detergent case accommodated in the detergent case accommodating part and having a detergent storage part open at an upper surface thereof so as to contain detergent and a fabric softener; And And a opening and closing means for opening and closing the lid from the housing body. The method according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing means, the button member is installed on the outer wall surface of the cabinet in which the coupling groove is formed; And The detergent box of the drum washing machine is installed on the front of the lead to be coupled to the coupling groove, the operation member is pressed by the pressing of the button member. The method according to claim 2, The button member, Button housing fixedly installed on the outer wall surface of the cabinet; A button provided inside the button housing and having a pressing portion protruding from the pressing part to press the operating member through the coupling groove; And Detergent box of a drum washing machine, characterized in that consisting of a second spring interposed on the outer periphery of the pressing portion. The method according to claim 2, wherein the operation member, the operation groove formed in the front of the lead; An operation tool coupled to the operation groove, the front end being provided with a hook to be hooked on the stepped portion formed by bending inwardly on the front surface of the lead; And Installed in the operating groove, detergent box of the drum washing machine, characterized in that made of a third spring to support the operating port elastically. The detergent box according to claim 1, wherein a handle is formed on an upper surface of the lid.

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