KR19990056859A - Induction pipe of washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a rising induction pipe of a washing machine, the object of which is to provide a plurality of catching holes and catches so that the rising induction pipe can be inserted and coupled to the washing tank, and to fasten the combined rising induction pipe as a screw It is to provide a rise induction pipe of the washing machine provided with a coupling hole and a coupling groove.

The present invention is to combine the washing tank and the rising induction pipe by the temporary coupling means and the fastening means, the temporary coupling means is a locking hole provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe and the locking hole provided to correspond to the locking hole. The fastening means is a coupling groove provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe and a coupling hole provided in the washing tub so as to correspond to the coupling groove and fastened as a screw.

In this way, the rising induction pipe is coupled to the washing tank as a temporary coupling means, and the fastening means communicates with each other. Therefore, it is easy to align the coupling hole and the coupling groove as the fastening means. The cost is reduced and the work time and work process can be reduced, which improves work efficiency and productivity.

Description

Induction pipe of washing machine

The present invention relates to a rising induction pipe of the washing machine, and more particularly, to a rising induction pipe of the washing machine to improve workability by improving the coupling structure of the washing tank and the rising induction pipe.

In general, a washing machine is programmed so that washing, rinsing, draining, and dehydration of the washing machine is preprogrammed into the microcomputer in advance, and the user can selectively control the washing operation so that the laundry can be automatically washed. .

1 is an overall side cross-sectional view schematically showing the interior of such a conventional washing machine. As shown in this, the housing 10 which forms the exterior of a washing machine is provided. The housing 10 is formed in a rectangular box by bending an anti-corrosion coated metal plate, and is provided with an upper cover 20 covering the upper side thereof.

The upper cover 20 is a plastic injection molding, and a lid 25 for opening and closing the inside of the housing 10 and entering the laundry into the center of the upper cover 20 is coupled as a hinge. And the water supply pipe 21 is installed in the upper rear, the water supply pipe 21 is coupled to the water supply hose not shown is supplied with the wash water from the outside to supply to the water supply device 22 provided inside the housing 10. . The water supply device 22 is in communication with the connection pipe 23 between the detergent container 24 provided on the lower side to supply the washing water supplied from the water supply pipe 21 to the detergent container 24. In addition, a water tank 11 in which the washing water is filled is provided in the housing 10 under the detergent container 24.

The water tank 11 is provided in the form of a circular tube with an upper side opened, and the housing (by the suspension device 30 connecting four places on the inner upper side of the housing 10 and four places on the lower outer side of the water tank 11). 10) is installed hanging. The suspension device 30 has one end of the suspension rod 31 made of steel wire fixed to four inner corners of the housing 10, and the other end absorbs vibration generated from the water tank 11 during washing and dehydration of the washing machine. It is provided with a damper 32 so as to be installed in the outer four places of the water tank (11). In addition, a drain hose 60 for discharging the wash water in the tank 11 to the outside of the water tank 11 extends to the outside of the housing 10 via the drain valve 61 to operate the washing machine. It is to carry out water supply and drainage. And the washing tank 12 is provided inside the water tank 11.

The washing tank 12 is rotatably installed in an upper side of which is opened and a cylindrical tube provided with a plurality of dehydration holes 13 on the side. In the center of the washing tank 12, a pulsator 14 having a circular plate-shaped protrusion is provided on the upper side so as to form washing water flow, and the motor 11, which is rotated forward and reverse, at the bottom of the tank 11 and the washing tank 12 The drive part 40 provided with 41 is provided.

The driving unit 40 may include a clutch 42 and a motor 42 selectively transmitting the driving force of the motor 41 and the motor 41 installed on one side of the bottom surface of the water tank 11 to the pulsator 14 and the washing tank 12. It is provided as the belt 43 and the pulleys 41a and 42a which are provided below 41 and the clutch 42, and connect the motor 41 and the clutch 42 dynamically. The driving unit 40 performs the washing stroke by rotating the pulsator 14 forward and reverse at the washing stroke, and after the washing stroke is completed, the washing tank 12 is rotated at a high speed to perform the dehydrating stroke. At the top of the washing tub 12, a balance 50 is installed to maintain the balance of the washing tub 12 when washing, rinsing, and dehydrating while the washing tub 12 is rotated.

The balance 50 is a hollow body in which brine is contained. This balance 50 is to balance the washing tank 12 by using the principle that the brine is concentrated on the opposite side of the unbalanced portion when the washing tank 12 is rotated more than the natural frequency of the washing tank 12, the washing tank 12 It is provided to protrude to the inside of.

On the other hand, the impeller 15 is provided on the lower side of the pulsator 14 which rotates forward and reverse during washing and rinsing stroke to push the washing water outward with a plurality of feathers, and the lower side of the balance 50 is located inside. A rising induction pipe 70 is installed on the inner side of the washing tub 12 to guide the washing water upward so that a flow path is formed.

The rising induction pipe 70 is attached to the inner surface of the washing tank 12 as a screw 99, the rear is opened to form a flow path spaced apart from the inner surface of the washing tank 12, the lower and upper openings, respectively Thus, the washing water is provided as an inlet 71 and an outlet 72 through which the washing water flows into the lower side and is discharged to the upper side during washing and rinsing. At this time, the inlet 71 is installed adjacent to the impeller 15, the filter 73 provided with a thin mesh strainer 74 in the front outer periphery of the discharge port 72 is detachably installed to the discharge port 72 Filter foreign matter contained in the wash water drained through. The rising induction pipe (70) is that both sides are in close contact with the inner surface of the washing tank 12 is provided with a plurality of rising induction pipes 70, the coupling groove 92 in the upper and lower sides, and the corresponding rising induction pipe in the washing tank 12 (70) The washing tub 12 and the coupling hole 82 communicating with the coupling hole 82 are provided, and each coupling groove 92 and the coupling hole 82 has a screw 99 outside the washing tank 12. The combination structure of the washing tank 12 and the rising induction pipe 70 by inserting and fastening the four parts of the back and the bottom of the bottom are combined to fasten all six places as the screws 99 so that the four or four screws are provided in all directions. 99 becomes necessary.

In the washing machine configured as described above, when the washing and rinsing stroke, the pulsator 14 receives the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 41 through the clutch 42 to perform forward and reverse rotation to perform the washing and rinsing stroke. At this time, the impeller 15 under the pulsator 14 which rotates forward and backward forces a part of the wash water into the inlet 71 of the induction pipe 70, and the wash water introduced through the inlet 71 rises. The water is discharged through the discharge port 72 above the guide pipe 70. This process is repeated for a pre-programmed time to perform the washing and rinsing stroke, foreign matter contained in the wash water drained through the discharge port 72 is filtered in the strainer 74 of the filter 73 .

However, in such a washing machine, when combining a washing tank and a rising guide pipe, all four to four screws are required. As a result, it takes a lot of time to communicate with each other to match the coupling groove and the coupling hole at the time of fixing the induction pipe to increase the working time, there was a problem that the work efficiency and productivity is lowered.

In addition, since the fastening of the induction pipe is made only as a screw, there is a problem in that the coupling of the screw is loosened or the screw is loosened by the vibration generated during the operation of the washing machine.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve such a problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of catching holes and catches so that the rising induction pipe can be inserted, coupled to the washing tank, fastening the combined rising induction pipe as a screw It is to provide a rise induction pipe of the washing machine provided with a coupling hole and a coupling groove.

1 is a side cross-sectional view showing the overall internal configuration of a conventional washing machine.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the overall internal configuration of the washing machine according to the present invention.

3 is an exploded side sectional view of the washing tank and the rising induction pipe of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: housing 111: water tank 112: washing tank

114: pulsator 115: impeller 170: lift induction pipe

171: Inlet 172: Discharge outlet 181: Jam ball

182: coupling hole 191: latching mouth 192: coupling groove

193: Clasp 199: Screw

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a washing machine having a rising induction pipe provided with at least one inlet on the inner wall of the washing tank, one end of which is provided with an inlet through which washing water is introduced, and the other end is provided with a discharge hole through which washing water is discharged. In the washing tank and the rising induction pipe is provided with a temporary coupling means and a fastening means is characterized in that the fastening after the rising induction pipe is coupled to the washing tank.

On the other hand, the temporary coupling means is a locking hole provided in the laundry tank so as to correspond to the locking hole and a plurality of locking holes provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe and the fastening means is a coupling groove provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe; It is characterized in that the coupling hole is provided in the washing tank to correspond to the coupling groove is fastened as a screw.

In addition, the front end of the locking hole is bent downwardly is inserted into the locking hole is characterized in that it is extended to the lower side of the locking hole.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the overall internal configuration of the washing machine according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing an exploded view of the washing tank and the rising induction pipe according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, a housing 110 is formed to form the exterior of the washing machine. The housing 110 is formed in a rectangular box by bending an anti-corrosion coated metal plate, and an upper cover 120 covering the housing 110 is provided at an upper side thereof.

The upper cover 120 is a plastic injection molding, and a lid 125 for opening and closing the interior of the housing 110 and entering the laundry is coupled to the center of the upper cover 120 as a hinge. In addition, the water supply pipe 121 is installed at an upper rear side, and the water supply pipe 121 is combined with a water hose not shown to receive washing water from the outside and to supply the water supply device 122 provided inside the housing 110. . The water supply device 122 is in communication with the connection pipe 123 between the detergent container 124 is provided on the lower side to supply the washing water supplied from the water supply pipe 121 to the detergent container 124. In addition, a water tank 111 in which the washing water is filled is provided in the housing 110 below the detergent container 124.

The water tank 111 is provided in the form of a circular tube with an upper side opened, and the housing (by the suspension device 130 connecting the four places of the inner upper side of the housing 110 and the lower outer side of the water tank 111) ( 110 is installed hanging. The suspension device 130 has one end of the suspension rod 131 provided with iron wire is fixed to the four inner corners of the housing 110, the other end absorbs the vibration generated in the water tank 111 during washing and dehydration administration of the washing machine The damper 132 is provided so as to be installed at four outer sides of the water tank 111. In addition, a drain hose 160 for discharging the wash water in the tank 111 to the outside of the tank 111 extends to the outside of the housing 110 via the drain valve 161 to operate the washing machine. It is to carry out water supply and drainage. In addition, the washing tank 112 is rotatably provided in the water tank 111, and the driving unit 140 including the motor 141 which is rotated forward and backward is provided at the bottom of the water tank 111 and the washing tank 112. .

The driving unit 140 is a clutch 142 and a motor (141) for selectively transmitting the driving force of the motor 141 and the motor 141 installed on one side of the bottom surface of the water tank 111 to the pulsator 114 and the washing tank 112. 141 and the lower side of the clutch 142 is provided as a pulley (141a, 142a) and the belt 143 for dynamically connecting the motor 141 and the clutch 142. The driving unit 140 performs the washing stroke by rotating the pulsator 114 forward and reverse during the washing stroke, and after the washing stroke is completed, the washing tank 112 is rotated at a high speed to perform the dehydrating stroke. At the top of the washing tank 112, the balance 150 is installed to maintain the balance of the washing tank 112 when washing, rinsing, dehydration, etc. while the washing tank 112 is rotated.

The balance 150 is a hollow body in which brine is contained. The balance 150 is a washing tank to balance the washing tank 112 by using the principle that the brine is concentrated on the opposite side of the unbalanced 150 when the washing tank 112 is rotated more than the natural frequency of the washing tank 112 It is provided so as to protrude to the inside of the 112.

On the other hand, the washing tank 112 has an upper side and a pulsator having a circular plate-like protrusion on the upper side to form a washing water flow in the center of the washing tank 112 is provided with a plurality of dehydration holes 113 on the side. 114 is provided, and provisional coupling means and fastening means are provided on the side and bottom so that the rising induction pipe 170 may be coupled thereto. As the temporary coupling means, a catching hole 181 to which the catching hole 191 of the ascending induction pipe 170 to be installed is coupled is provided, and the catching hole 181 has two up and down directions at the position where the rising induction pipe 170 is to be installed. When the dog and the lower one is provided on both sides when combined with one rising induction pipe 170, six are provided. As the fastening means, two coupling holes 182 are provided on both sides of the inner wall of the washing tub 112 so as to be in communication with the coupling groove 192 provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe 170.

In addition, the impeller 115 is provided on the lower side of the pulsator 114 which rotates forward and reverse during washing and rinsing stroke to push the washing water outward with a plurality of feathers, and the lower side of the balance 150 is provided inside. The induction pipe 170 is installed on the inner side of the washing tank 112 to guide the washing water upward so that a flow path is formed.

The rising induction pipe 170 is attached to the inner side of the washing tank 112, the rear is opened to form a flow path spaced apart from the inner side of the washing tank 112, the lower and upper ends are respectively opened to the wash water flows in It is provided as the inlet 171 and the outlet 172 is configured to wash water flows into the lower side and discharged to the upper side during the washing and rinsing stroke. At this time, the inlet 171 is installed adjacent to the impeller 115, the filter 173 provided with a thin mesh filter net 174 is detachably installed at the front outer periphery of the discharge port 172 to the discharge port 172 Filter foreign matter contained in the wash water drained through. The rising induction pipe 170 has both sides are in close contact with the inner surface of the washing tank 112 is provided with a locking mechanism 191 and the coupling groove 192 as the temporary coupling means and fastening means described above. The catching hole 191 is inserted into the catching hole 181 and is inserted into the catching hole 181 at the front end of the catching hole 191 provided on the side, and can be fixed across the outer wall surface of the washing tub 112. Downwardly bent clasp 193 is provided.

The combination of the washing tank 112 and the rising induction pipe 170 is as follows. First, the locking hole 191 of the rising induction pipe 170 is inserted into the locking hole 181 and moved downward. At this time, the clasp 193 of the side locking hole 191 is fixed across the outer wall surface of the tank 111, the locking hole 191 of the lower surface is inserted into the fixing hole 181 provided on the lower surface is fixed. At this time, since the coupling hole 182 and the coupling hole are in communication with each other, the screw 199 is inserted into and coupled to the outer side of the washing tub 112 in each coupling groove 192 and the coupling hole 182.

In the washing machine configured as described above, when the washing and rinsing stroke, the pulsator 114 receives the forward and reverse rotation of the motor 141 through the clutch 142 to perform the washing and rinsing stroke. At this time, the impeller 115 under the pulsator 114 which rotates forward and backward will force a part of the washing water into the inlet 171 of the upward induction pipe 170, and the washing water introduced through the inlet 171 will rise. The water is discharged through the discharge port 172 on the upper side of the guide pipe 170. This process is repeated for a pre-programmed time to perform the washing and rinsing stroke, wherein foreign matter contained in the wash water drained through the discharge port 172 is filtered out of the strainer 174 of the filter 173. .

As described above in detail, the rising induction pipe of the washing machine according to the present invention is easy to fit the coupling groove and the coupling groove, which is a fastening means, as the rising induction pipe is coupled to the washing tank and the fastening means communicates with the washing tank. In addition, two screws are used for one induction pipe, thereby reducing the cost of the screw. In addition, the use of a small screw can reduce the working time and work process has the advantage of improved work efficiency and productivity.

In addition, since the coupling of the induction pipe is installed by using the temporary coupling means and the fastening means, when the screw is used alone, the coupling of the screw is loosened or the screw is loosened, thereby preventing the noise generated in the induction pipe and the water tank. .

Claims (3)

In the washing machine provided with at least one inlet pipe on the inner wall of the washing tank, one end is provided with an inlet through which the wash water flows, and the other end is provided with a discharge port through which the wash water is discharged. Relative coupling means and the fastening means is provided between the washing tank and the rising induction pipe is the rising induction pipe of the washing machine, characterized in that the fastening after the rising induction pipe is coupled to the washing tank. The method of claim 1, The temporarily coupling means is a locking hole provided in the washing tank so as to correspond to the locking hole and a plurality of locking holes provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe and the fastening means is a coupling groove provided on both sides of the rising induction pipe and the coupling Ascending induction pipe of the washing machine, characterized in that the coupling hole is provided in the washing tank so as to correspond to the groove is fastened as a screw. The method of claim 2, The leading end of the locking hole is bent downwardly is inserted into the locking hole is up the induction pipe of the washing machine, characterized in that it extends to the lower side of the locking hole.