KR101286421B1 - A structure preventing from seperation of lower cover of dish washer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a structure of preventing the removal of a lower cover that forms a lower part of the dishwasher and is placed in front of the base to form an aesthetic appearance of the dishwasher. Specifically, the present invention relates to a lower cover removal prevention structure for preventing deformation and removal of parts due to product weight by applying a lower cover removal rib structure to a base.

In addition, the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention for achieving the above object, the base mounted on the lower portion of the dishwasher; A lower cover mounted to the front of the base; And a rib formed at a lower end of the base to prevent detachment of the lower cover.

On the other hand, by the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the present invention as described above, the self-weight of the product is prevented from being concentrated on the hook portion, by the rib structure so that the self-weight of the product is dispersed to the base portion, Due to the weight of the parts, there is an effect of preventing deformation of the parts and removal of the lower cover.

Dishwasher, Base, Lower Cover

Description

A structure preventing from seperation of lower cover of dish washer}

1 is a cross-sectional view of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a partially cut perspective view of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

3 is another embodiment of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Figure 4 is another embodiment of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

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 1: dishwasher 2: base

 5: Lower cover 10: Rib portion

100: support rib 110: auxiliary rib

The present invention relates to a structure of preventing the removal of a lower cover that forms a lower part of the dishwasher and is placed in front of the base to form an aesthetic view of the dishwasher. Specifically, the present invention relates to a lower cover removal prevention structure for preventing deformation and removal of parts due to product weight by applying a lower cover removal rib structure to a base.

In general, the dishwasher includes a dish rack in which dishes are stored in the tub, a spray nozzle for spraying the washing water onto the dishes stored in the dish rack, a sump for supplying the washing water to the spray nozzle, and a washing pump and a washing motor. .

In detail, the general dish washer having the above configuration is configured such that the washing pump is driven to spray the washing water stored in the sump into the spray nozzle. In addition, the washing water sprayed from the spray nozzle is ejected at a high pressure to hit the surface of the dish stored in the dish rack. Therefore, the dirt on the surface of the tableware is separated by the water pressure of the washing water that strikes the surface of the tableware.

In addition, the dish washing process includes a washing process to wash away the dirt from the dishes, a rinsing process to rinse the dishes after the cleaning process is finished, and a drying process to remove moisture from the surface of the dish after the rinsing process. Is done.

On the other hand, it is provided on the upper side of the sump, the lower nozzle is formed on the bottom of the washing tank to spray the washing water upwards, the upper nozzle located in the substantially center portion of the inside of the tub, and formed on the ceiling of the tub vertically downward Top nozzle for spraying the washing water is included.

A base is provided below the dishwasher. In addition, the base is equipped with various pumps and motors to enable the sump and the like to be actuated by electric force. In addition, the base is formed to include a predetermined curved surface so as to smoothly perform the front and rear rotation of the door. In addition, the front of the base is further provided with a lower cover formed for the beauty of the dishwasher.

However, in general, the lower cover is simply in contact with the lower end of the base, and the lower cover and the lower end of the base are hooked. Therefore, the weight of the dishwasher is concentrated on the front part of the base during deformation after frequent shaking during the use of the product or in particular during the product packaging, and the removal of the lower cover due to the deformation of the hook due to the concentration of the weight There is a problem that can occur.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, by applying a lower cover rib prevention structure (Rib) structure to the base, to prevent the weight of the product is concentrated on the hook portion, the weight of the product by the rib structure It is an object of the present invention to provide a lower cover removal prevention structure for preventing deformation and removal of parts due to the weight of the product.

Lower cover removal structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention for achieving the above object, the base mounted on the lower portion of the dishwasher; A lower cover mounted to the front of the base; And a rib formed at a lower end of the base to prevent detachment of the lower cover.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments supported by the accompanying drawings, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can add, change, delete, and remove other embodiments that fall within the scope of the same idea. It may be easily proposed by the addition.

1 is a cross-sectional view of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a lower cover detachment prevention structure of the dishwasher 1 according to the present invention includes a base 2 mounted below the dishwasher 1, and located in front of the base 2. The lower cover 5 forming the aesthetics of the lower part of the washing machine 1 and the rib part 10 formed at the lower end of the base 2 to prevent the lower cover 5 from being removed from the base 10. It consists of.

In detail, the front upper side of the base 2 generally has a shape having a predetermined curvature surface. This curvature surface is the lower end of the door 7 and the base when the user of the dishwasher 1 grips the handle 8 of the door 7 to open and close the door 7 forward and backward It is designed to prevent the front side of 2) from interfering with each other. That is, in consideration of the radius of rotation at the time of opening and closing the door 7, the curvature surface on the front side of the base 2 is placed.

In addition, a motor 3, a sump 4, and the like are accommodated in the base 2. In detail, the base 3 is accommodated in the motor 3 for generating a driving force for driving the dishwasher 1. In addition, the sump (4) is installed in the bottom surface of the tub (6) in which the washing tank of the dishwasher (1) is formed to store the washing water. The motor 3 and the sump 4 are relatively high load parts, and the base 2 provided with these parts has a structure capable of withstanding such loads. In particular, the front portion of the base (2) is relatively less than the usual weight of the dishwasher is delivered, but during the movement after packaging the lower cover 10 in the form of moving up, the front portion of the base (2) The load tends to be concentrated.

Figure 2 is a partial cutaway perspective view of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the lower cover detachment prevention structure of the dishwasher includes a support rib 100 and an auxiliary rib 110, which is referred to as a rib part 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rib part 10 extends forward from the lower end of the base 2 and supports the lower end of the mounted lower cover 5. In detail, the rib part 10 is mounted in front of the base 2 to prevent the load from being concentrated on the base 2 during the movement after the product packaging. In addition, the rib 10 directly contacts the lower end of the lower cover 5 so that the load applied to the support rib 100 and the support rib 100 in surface contact is dispersed in the base 2. It consists of an auxiliary rib 110 to be. In detail, the support rib 100 is concentrated on the hook fastening portion of the load applied to the lower cover 5, so that the hook is deformed or damaged during the movement of the product. Therefore, in order to alleviate the concentrated phenomenon of the load, in order to disperse the load under a large area so that the load is distributed, the bottom portion of the base 2 is protruded to allow surface contact with the lower end of the lower cover 5. The support rib 100 is formed. In addition, at least one support rib 100 may be designed and mounted in consideration of the load and appearance of the product, or may be integrally formed.

On the other hand, to the position where the support rib 100 is mounted, the lower end of the base (2) is preferred, it will be understood that the design can be easily changed in the position of those skilled in the art to a portion determined to be appropriate according to the product.

In addition, when the load between the base 2 and the lower cover 5 are transmitted through the support rib 100, one side surface of the support rib 100 and the base may be more effectively distributed. The auxiliary ribs 110 may be additionally formed in a shape in which one side of (2) abuts vertically. In addition, at least one of the auxiliary ribs 100 may be designed and mounted in consideration of the load and appearance of the product. In addition, the embodiment has the advantage that the manufacturing process is simplified, appearance deformation is minimized.

3 is another embodiment of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Compared to the embodiment of FIG. 2, the present embodiment is an embodiment in which the rib part 10 is common and an upper pressing part and a lower fixing part are additionally formed.

In detail, the rib portion 10 of FIG. 3 may also be equally applied as a structure including the support rib 100 and the auxiliary rib 110 as described with reference to FIG. 2. And, with reference to the configuration compared with the embodiment of Figure 2, the upper pressing end 230 and the upper pressing projection 530, the fixing ball 210 and the spring 220 and the fixing groove 510 is further formed do. First, the upper pressing end 230 is formed by cutting a portion of the curvature surface located on the upper side of the base 20. In addition, the cut shape is preferably manufactured in consideration of the front and rear rotation radius when opening and closing the door (7). In addition, the upper pressing end 230 has a structure in which the upper pressing protrusion 530 is mutually coupled to each other, and the upper pressing protrusion 530 further extends the upper portion of the lower cover 50 in a horizontal direction. The upper pressing end 230 is formed in the upper end of the base 20 to be coupled to the upper pressing projection 530. In addition, the upper pressing protrusion 530 and the upper pressing end 230 may be configured by hook coupling as a structure to facilitate the coupling. That is, the end of the upper pusher 530 may be manufactured as a hook, and the portion corresponding to the upper pusher 530 in the upper pusher 230 may be manufactured to have a hook groove. In addition, the hook portion and the hook groove portion in the above embodiment can be found to be designed in reverse with each other.

Meanwhile, the fixing ball 210 and the fixing groove 510 may be further formed at the lower end of the base 20 and the lower end of the lower cover 50, respectively. In detail, the fixing ball 210 is formed immediately above the spring 220 which is an elastic member having elastic force, and is manufactured to have a predetermined fluidity. In addition, the fixing groove 510 has a structure in which a lower end portion of the lower cover 50 is extended, and the fixing groove 510 is formed at a portion coupled to the fixing ball 510. And, when the lower cover 50 is coupled to the base 20 is configured to be smoothly sliding while being coupled easily. And, it is preferable that the fixing ball 210 is manufactured on the base 20 side, it should be noted that it may be manufactured on the lower cover 50 side in consideration of design and appearance. In addition, the embodiment has an advantage in that the detachable to the lower cover 50 to the base 20, easy detachable.

Figure 4 is another embodiment of the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the spirit of the present invention.

Compared to the embodiment of FIG. 2, the present embodiment is an embodiment in which the rib part 10 is common, and an additional protrusion is formed at the center thereof.

In detail, the rib part 10 may be equally applied as the structure including the support rib 100 and the auxiliary rib 110 as described with reference to FIG. 2. And, when mainly focusing on the configuration compared with the embodiment of Figure 2, a separate locking projection 630 is formed in the substantially center of the lower cover 60, the locking groove ( 330 is an additionally formed structure. In addition, the locking protrusion 630 is the end is made of a hook member, it may be coupled to the locking groove 330. In addition, the locking protrusion 630 and the locking groove 330 are always present in pairs, and at least one may be manufactured. In addition, it is noted that the locking protrusion may be manufactured in the base 30 and the locking groove may be manufactured in the lower cover 60 due to design and appearance considerations.

By the lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher according to the present invention as described above, the self-weight of the product is prevented from being concentrated on the hook portion, and the self-weight of the product is dispersed by the rib structure to the base portion, Due to this, there is an effect of preventing deformation and detachment of the lower cover.

In addition, the customer's reliability of the product received due to damage to the lower cover can be improved, and replacement of parts due to damage such as the lower cover is unnecessary, and thus there is an indirect effect of reducing raw materials.

Claims (7)

A base mounted at the bottom of the dishwasher; A lower cover mounted to the front of the base; And A rib extending forward from the lower end of the base and supporting a lower end of the mounted lower cover, One of the base and the lower cover is provided with a fixing ball, the other one of the base and the lower cover is provided with a lower groove of the dishwasher is provided with a fixing groove for receiving the fixing ball. The method of claim 1, The rib has a lower cover removal prevention structure of the dishwasher further comprises a secondary rib to contribute to the distribution of the load. The method of claim 1, The lower cover includes a top pusher protrusion extending from an upper end portion, and a lower cover detachment structure of the dishwasher having an upper push end coupled to the top pusher recessed at an upper end of the base. delete The method of claim 1, The fixed ball is provided on the base, The fixing groove is provided in the lower cover, Lower base of the dishwasher to remove the cover further comprises an elastic member for elastically supporting the fixing ball in the base. The method of claim 1, The lower cover is formed with a locking projection, the base is formed in the lower cover of the dishwasher to prevent the removal of the lower cover structure. The method of claim 6, The hook is formed on the end of the engaging projection, the hook groove is formed in the locking groove of the dishwasher to prevent the removal of the lower cover structure.

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