KR102081654B1 - Laundry machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a laundry machine. The present invention is the first cabinet for washing the laundry; A second cabinet provided adjacent to the first cabinet; A drawer sliding in the second cabinet and capable of drawing in or drawing out; A tub installed in the drawer to accommodate wash water; And a pulsator provided at the lower portion of the tub to rotate the washing water, wherein the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub is inclined, and the inner cover of the second cabinet is inclined to contact the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub. It provides a laundry machine characterized in that.

Description

Washing machine {Laundry machine}

The present invention relates to a laundry machine, and more particularly, to a laundry machine that can use the lower space of the laundry machine.

When washing a laundry object, the user generally washes the laundry object several times. For example, white laundry objects are separated and washed separately so as not to be affected by pigments that may be discharged from the non-white laundry objects. In addition, laundry objects with high pollution such as rags and laundry objects with low pollution such as clothes worn by children or babies are generally separated from each other and washed separately.

By the way, if one washing apparatus, washing twice, washing time is doubled, which may cause inconvenience to the user.

On the other hand, the standardized washing machine has a limit in increasing the tub size of the washing machine. This is because the larger the size of the tub, the larger the size of the drum accommodated therein, and the larger the capacity of the motor to rotate the drum is, the more the current size used and the constraints of various design changes follow.

Therefore, there is a need for a method of increasing the capacity for washing laundry objects without increasing the size of the drum in one washing apparatus.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the present invention is to provide a laundry machine capable of washing the laundry to be washed separately.

In another aspect, the present invention is to provide a washing apparatus that can increase the amount of laundry that can be washed at once.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a housing including a cabinet having an opening in the front, a housing including an inlet provided to be retractable from the opening, receiving the washing water and the clothes are put in the upper portion, and in the housing A pulsator rotatably provided to agitate clothes and a rail for coupling both sides of the housing and the inner surface of the cabinet to slide the housing forward or backward in the opening; It may include.

The pulsator may be rotatably coupled to the bottom surface of the housing fixed to the cabinet to agitate clothes or wash water.

The inner surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the pulsator may be provided spaced apart from each other. The inner side surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the pulsator may be spaced apart from each other by an interval at which the garment may be disposed.

The shape of the bottom surface of the housing and the shape of the pulsator exposed surface may be provided differently. For example, the bottom surface of the housing may be provided as a polygon, and the pulsator may be provided as a disc.

It may further include a recess that is fixed to the bottom surface of the housing for receiving the outer peripheral surface of the pulsator.

The recess may have a top surface at a position equal to or lower than a bottom surface of the housing. A lower end of the recess may be provided with an accommodation part for accommodating the wash water, and a drain pipe for discharging the wash water of the housing may be connected to the lower end of the accommodation part. Clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that the upper end of the recess is provided with a plurality of drain holes communicating with the receiving portion.

The recess is provided in a shape corresponding to the shape of the pulsator,

It may be provided in a shape different from the shape of the bottom surface of the housing.

On the other hand, the present invention the first cabinet for washing the laundry object; A second cabinet provided adjacent to the first cabinet; A drawer sliding in the second cabinet and capable of drawing in or drawing out; A tub installed in the drawer to accommodate wash water; And a pulsator provided at the lower portion of the tub to rotate the washing water, wherein the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub is inclined, and the inner cover of the second cabinet is inclined to contact the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub. It provides a laundry machine characterized in that.

In addition, the height of the upper outer peripheral surface of the tub can be lowered in the direction in which the drawer is drawn.

On the other hand, the upper outer peripheral surface of the tub in contact with the inner cover of the second cabinet, may be provided with a gasket for sealing the tub.

In particular, the gasket may be provided with a curved curved piece.

The tub may be provided with a recessed portion recessed to a predetermined depth along an outer circumferential surface of the pulsator, and the recessed portion may be formed in an annular shape.

A plurality of drain holes may be formed in the recess.

Of course, the lower end of the recess may be provided with a receiving portion for receiving wash water.

The receiving portion may be provided with a drain pipe for guiding the washing water discharged from the drain hole to the outside of the second cabinet.

In addition, the drain pipe may be a bellows formed with a plurality of corrugations.

Meanwhile, the drawer may include rails installed at both sides thereof, and a roller may be installed inside the second cabinet and accommodated in the rail to guide the moving direction of the drawer.

In this case, a plurality of rollers may be installed in a horizontal direction, and the drawers may be drawn into or taken out of the second cabinet along a horizontal direction.

According to the present invention, washing the clothes to be washed separately from each other can be made at the same time to reduce the overall washing time required.

In addition, two laundry can be separated and washed at once, thus increasing the total amount of laundry that is washed at one time.

1 is a perspective view of a washing apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the drawer in FIG.
3 is a side sectional view of a second cabinet;
4 is a schematic diagram of a collecting part and a drain pipe;
5 is a view showing a sliding structure of a second cabinet.

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

1 is a perspective view of a washing apparatus according to the present invention. A description with reference to FIG. 1 is as follows.

The washing apparatus 10 may include a first cabinet 100 for washing a laundry object. In addition, a second cabinet 200 for washing the laundry object adjacent to the first cabinet 100 may be provided. That is, a user may input laundry objects into the first cabinet 100 and / or the second cabinet 200 to perform operations such as washing, drying, or refreshing. In this case, the term "refresh" is used to provide air, hot air, steam, mist, or moisture to a laundry object to remove wrinkles, deodorizing, sanitizing, and static electricity. It may be defined as a meaning including a process of warming the object of prevention or washing. In addition, the clothes and laundry objects mentioned in the present specification include not only clothes and clothes, but also objects that can be worn by a person, such as shoes, socks, gloves, hats, and the like, and all objects that can perform laundry objects. It may include.

As described above, the first cabinet 100 may include a tub (not shown) and / or a drum 110 therein for washing, washing, drying, or refreshing a laundry object. Similarly, the second cabinet 200 may also have a tub 210 to accommodate the washing water therein. The second cabinet 200 may be provided adjacent to the first cabinet 100, and may be provided at one side of the first cabinet 100 for the convenience of the user. For example, the second cabinet 200 may be provided on the top, side, or bottom of the first cabinet 100.

In addition, when the second cabinet 200 is provided together with the first cabinet 100 for washing a laundry object, the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 have the same washing capacity. It may be provided to. However, one of the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 may be provided to have a smaller capacity than the other in consideration of constraints such as an installation space of the washing apparatus, a price of the washing apparatus, and the like. have. In the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, the second cabinet 200 may be provided so that at least one of the washing capacity, volume, height is smaller than the first cabinet 100. Accordingly, the user can select and use one of the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 appropriately according to the size of the laundry object. Alternatively, the user may select and wash one of the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 according to the type of the laundry object. For example, objects that need to be washed separately, such as baby clothes and underwear, may be washed in the second cabinet 200, and other objects to be washed may be washed in the first cabinet 100.

On the other hand, when the second cabinet 200 is configured to have a smaller washing capacity than the first cabinet 100, the second cabinet 200 is provided in the lower portion of the first cabinet (100) Can be. This is because the second cabinet 200 is provided in the lower portion of the first cabinet 100, the height of the first cabinet 100 to increase the user to put the laundry object into the first cabinet 100, or This is because it is easier to work when removing the laundry object from the first cabinet 100.

In addition, when the washing apparatus 10 includes the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200, the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 are separately manufactured and coupled to each other. The first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 may be integrally provided in consideration of ease of manufacture. That is, the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 may be provided inside the housing and share one housing. In this case, a partition (not shown) may be provided therebetween to distinguish the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200. The interior of the housing may be divided into the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 by the partition wall.

Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the first cabinet 100 and the second cabinet 200 are integrally formed will be described.

The first cabinet 100 may include a door 120 provided to be selectively opened. The user may input the laundry object by opening the door 120.

On the other hand, the second cabinet 200 may be provided with various elements for washing as will be described later. However, such a component may be configured in a structure that is easily accessible from the outside for the user's convenience and future maintenance.

The second cabinet 200 may be provided with a slidable drawer 240. The drawer 240 is provided to be slidable forward, so that the user can easily access the inside of the second cabinet 200 by pulling the drawer 240.

On the other hand, the drawer 240 is provided for ease of access of the user as described above, and furthermore, when the washing capacity of the second cabinet 200 is smaller than that of the first cabinet 100, the second cabinet The washing apparatus provided in the interior of the 200 may be provided as a top loading type (top loading type) for injecting a laundry object from the top. This makes it possible for the user to easily add or remove a laundry object. The second tub 230 forms an opening exposed on the upper side of the drawer 240, so that the user can put the laundry object on the upper side of the second tub 210.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a drawer in FIG. 1. FIG. A description with reference to FIG. 2 is as follows.

The drawer 240 includes a tub 210 for accommodating the wash water and a laundry object therein, and a pulsator 220 provided at the lower portion of the tub 210 to rotate the wash water is installed.

The pulsator 220 has a substantially disc shape, and the lower side of the pulsator 220 is provided with driving means such as a motor for rotating the pulsator 220.

In addition, an annular recess 230 is formed along the outer circumferential surface of the pulsator 220. The recess 230 may be formed to surround an outer circumferential surface of the pulsator 220 on a lower surface of the tub 210. The recess 230 is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the pulsator 220 because the pulsator 220 is formed in a circular shape.

When the recess 230 is recessed to a predetermined depth than the bottom surface of the tub 210 and the height is lower than that of the tub 210 as a whole, only a small amount of washing water remains in the tub 210. Edo wash water may be collected in the recess 230.

The recess 230 may have a stepped portion formed on the bottom surface of the tub 210 to generate a difference in height. Alternatively, a height difference may be generated between the boundary of the recess 230 and the bottom surface of the tub 210 by a curved surface formed by a curved curve.

The recess 230 is provided with a plurality of drain holes 232 through which the wash water collected in the recess 230 may be discharged downward of the recess 230. The drain hole 232 may be evenly distributed in the recess 230.

A gasket 212 may be provided on the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub 210. The gasket 212 is installed along the outer circumferential surface of the tub 210, and the gasket 212 protrudes to the upper side of the tub 210 by a predetermined height.

The gasket 212 is preferably made of a material having a restoring force restored to its original shape when the deformation is made by a force and the applied force is removed. In particular, the gasket 212 is made of a rubber material, it is possible to be easily modified by the compressive force.

3 is a side cross-sectional view of the second cabinet, and FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the collecting part and the drain pipe. A description with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 is as follows.

The upper outer circumferential surface of the tub 210 is inclined, and the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200 is inclined to contact the upper outer circumferential surface of the tub 210. In this case, the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200 refers to a surface located on an upper surface of a portion forming an inner space of the second cabinet 200. The drawer 240 may be accommodated in the inner space of the second cabinet 200.

The upper outer circumferential surface of the tub 210 and the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200 preferably have slopes corresponding to each other. This is because, after the drawer 240 is introduced into the second cabinet 200, it is preferable that the laundry object and the washing water accommodated in the inner space of the tub 210 are sealed so as not to be discharged to the outside of the tub 210. to be.

In particular, the height of the upper outer peripheral surface of the tub 210 is preferably lowered in the direction in which the drawer 240 is drawn. In other words, the upper outer peripheral surface of the tub 210 in the direction away from the second cabinet 200, the overall height is increased.

The lower end of the recess 230 is provided with an accommodating part 236 for receiving wash water. Since the recess 230 is formed with a plurality of drain holes 232, the wash water discharged through the drain holes 232 may be stored in the receiving part 236.

The receiving part 236 is provided with a drain pipe 244 for guiding the washing water discharged from the drain hole 232 to the outside of the second cabinet 200. In addition, the drain pipe 244 is provided with a drain valve 242 for opening and closing the flow path depending on whether or not to discharge the wash water collected in the receiving portion 236. When the drain valve 242 opens the drain pipe 244, the wash water may be discharged to the outside of the second cabinet 200 through the drain pipe 244.

In this case, the drain pipe 244 may be a bellows in which a plurality of corrugations are formed. When the drawer 240 is introduced into the second cabinet 200, the bellows is reduced in length of the bellows while the wrinkles formed are folded. On the other hand, when the drawer 240 is withdrawn from the second cabinet 200, the bellows extends the bellows while the wrinkles formed are extended to each other. In this case, a state in which the drain pipe 244 is coupled may be maintained regardless of whether the drawer 240 is drawn into or taken out of the second cabinet 200.

When the drawer 240 enters the second cabinet 200, the gasket 212 contacts the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200 so that the inner space of the tub 210 is closed. It can be sealed. In this case, the gasket 212 may be in overall contact with the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200.

The gasket 212 has a curved curved piece 214. The bent piece 214 is folded at a predetermined angle to form a wrinkle, and may increase the area in contact with the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200. In addition, since the bending piece 214 has a structure that is easily deformed when the bending piece 214 is pressed into the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200, the gasket 212 is the inner side of the second cabinet 200. When the cover 206 is in contact with the gasket 212, the gasket 212 may be compressed to maintain a strong contact state. Therefore, the inside of the tub 210 may be sealed by the inner cover 206 of the gasket 212 and the second cabinet 200.

5 is a view illustrating a sliding structure of a second cabinet. A description with reference to FIG. 5 is as follows.

The drawer 240 includes a rail 250 installed at both sides thereof. The rail 250 may include a first rod 252 located relatively upward and a second rod 254 located relatively downward. The first rod 252 and the second rod 254 has a rod-like shape extending in the longitudinal direction. Although only one side of the drawer 240 is illustrated in FIG. 5, the rail 250 is installed on the opposite side of the drawer 240.

Meanwhile, a roller 202 may be installed inside the second cabinet 200 and accommodated in the rail 250 to guide the moving direction of the drawer 240. A plurality of rollers 202 may be installed in a horizontal direction, and the drawer 240 may be drawn into or taken out of the second cabinet 200 along a horizontal direction.

Although two rollers are disclosed in FIG. 5, a larger number of rollers are installed for convenience, to induce sliding of the drawer 240. The roller 202 is rotatable, so that the frictional force between the first rod 252 and the second rod 254 may be reduced when the drawer 240 is moved.

The washing apparatus described above functions as follows.

First, the drawer 240 is drawn out from the second cabinet 200. At this time, while the roller 202 disposed between the first rod 252 and the second rod 254 is rotated, the drawer 240 is horizontal in the horizontal direction in which the roller 202 is disposed. Can be withdrawn.

At this time, the plurality of wrinkles of the drain pipe 244 is extended so that the length is long while the folded portion is extended.

The laundry object is introduced through the open portion of the upper portion of the tub 210. The drawer 240 is introduced into the second cabinet 200. In this case, as the roller 202 disposed between the first rod 252 and the second rod 254 is rotated, the drawer 240 may slide while sliding in the horizontal direction.

At this time, the drain pipe 244 is compressed to shorten the length, while the plurality of wrinkles are tangled. Therefore, the coupled state of the drain pipe 244 may be maintained regardless of whether the drawer 240 is pulled in or pulled out.

In addition, the wash water may be introduced into the tub 210. Although the structure in which the wash water flows into the tub 210 has not been described in detail through the drawings, it is possible to install the water supply valve and the water supply pipe adjacent to the inner cover 206 of the second cabinet 200. Such a structure related to the water supply valve and the water supply pipe is omitted because it is determined by those skilled in the art to be able to adopt through the specification of the present invention.

After the laundry object and the wash water are put into the tub 210, washing may be performed while the pulsator 220 is rotated by a motor. The pulsator 220 may rotate while intermittently mixing the clockwise or counterclockwise direction. In addition, various types of washing can be performed while applying a combination of rotation and rotation stop.

After washing is completed, the drain valve 242 is opened. When the flow path of the drain pipe 244 is opened by the drain valve 242, the wash water is discharged to the outside of the second cabinet 200 through the drain pipe 244.

Even when the amount of wash water in the tub 210 is reduced, since the recess 230 is lower than the height of the bottom surface of the tub 210, the wash water is collected in the recess 230. Thus, the receiving part 236 disposed at the lower end of the recess 230 may be discharged to the drain pipe 244.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and as can be seen in the appended claims, modifications can be made by those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

100: first cabinet 200: second cabinet
210: tub 212: gasket
230: recess 240: drawer
244: drain pipe

Claims (10)

A cabinet having an opening in the front;
A housing which is provided to be pulled out of the opening and includes a washing hole for accommodating wash water and into which clothes are put;
A pulsator rotatably provided inside the housing to stir clothes;
A rail coupling both sides of the housing and an inner surface of the cabinet such that the housing slides forward or backward in the opening;
And a recess disposed between the outer circumferential surface of the pulsator and the inner wall of the housing so as to surround the outer circumferential surface of the pulsator, the recess being recessed in the bottom surface of the housing and having a lower height than the bottom surface of the housing.
The shape of the bottom surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the pulsator are provided differently from each other,
The pulsator is rotatably coupled to the bottom surface of the housing fixed to the cabinet is provided to agitate clothes or wash water,
The recess is fixed to the bottom surface of the housing to prevent rotation,
The recess portion
A plurality of drain holes provided on an upper portion of the housing to collect water contained in the housing but having a lower height than a bottom surface of the housing;
It includes a receiving unit for collecting the water introduced into the drain hole,
And a drain pipe connected to the accommodation part for discharging the water collected in the accommodation part to the outside of the cabinet.
The method of claim 1,
The inner surface of the housing and the outer circumferential surface of the pulsator is provided with a clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that spaced apart from each other. The method of claim 2,
The inner surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the pulsator is a clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that spaced apart more than the interval that the clothing can be arranged. delete The method of claim 1,
The bottom surface of the housing is provided in a polygon,
The pulsator is a laundry treatment apparatus, characterized in that provided as a disc.
delete The method of claim 1,
The recess is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that the upper surface is provided in the same or lower position than the bottom surface of the housing. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The recess portion
Although provided in a shape corresponding to the shape of the pulsator,
Clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that provided in a shape different from the shape of the bottom surface of the housing.

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