KR20070016189A - pedestal for home appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pedestal for home appliances, such as a drum washing machine and a clothes dryer, and improves the pedestal structure applied to home appliances such as a drum washing machine or a clothes dryer, whereby the pedestal does not merely serve as a pedestal but utilizes an internal space. It is intended to be diversified.

To this end, the present invention is provided with a drum washing machine and a clothes dryer pedestal comprising a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped main body having an opening formed at one side, and a drawer installed inside the main body and installed to be accessible through the opening.

Household appliances, drums, washing machines, clothes dryers, pedestals

Description

Pedestal for home appliance {pedestal for home appliance}

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the drum washing machine applied to the existing pedestal

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the drum washing machine applied to the base of the present invention

3 is a perspective view of only the pedestal of Figure 2, showing a top structure

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the main body of the pedestal of the present invention, a part of the upper surface is removed

5 is a perspective view showing a drawer of the pedestal of the present invention;

6 is an exploded perspective view showing the assembled state between the handle and the front cover of FIG.

Figure 7 is a front view showing the configuration of the sliding means of the present invention

8 is an enlarged perspective view of main parts of FIG. 7;

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line II of FIG. 8.

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a leg assembly structure mounted to the bottom of the present invention pedestal

FIG. 11 is a front view as seen from the direction A of FIG. 10.

12 is a cross-sectional view showing a state before assembly of the leg assembly applied to the pedestal of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

P: Base 1: Base body

1a: Opening section 1b: Fastener

2: drawer 2a: drawer body

2b: front cover 20b: escape groove

21b: Handle outer fixing groove 2c: Handle

20c: steering wheel outer 21c: handle inner

3: Reinforcement bracket 4: Binding bracket

5: Base slide 6: Drawer slide

7: Cloud member assembly 7a: Cloud member support member

7b: Cloud member 8: Leg seat member

8a: settler

The present invention relates to a pedestal applied to home appliances such as a drum washing machine or a clothes dryer, and more specifically, a pedestal structure that is applied to a drum washing machine or a clothes dryer for the convenience of a user and diversifies functions. It is about.

In general, the drum washing machine is a household appliance of the type that washes by using the friction force of the rotating drum and the laundry by receiving the driving force of the motor while the detergent, the washing water and the laundry are put into the drum. , Laundry does not get tangled with each other, knocking and rubbing can have a washing effect.

Referring to Figure 1 schematically illustrating the configuration of a conventional drum washing machine and pedestal as follows.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a general drum washing machine (DW) and a pedestal (P) on which the drum washing machine (DW) is placed. The general drum washing machine (DW) has an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape, and controls driving of a washing machine. The control panel and the door are formed in the front.

Due to such a configuration, in the washing machine using a conventional pulsator method, the user can easily operate the washing machine or put the laundry in and out of the line, so the user did not feel great inconvenience, but the user who uses the drum washing machine (DW) Open the door installed at a relatively low height to put or collect the laundry will feel uncomfortable.

Therefore, in order to eliminate such inconvenience, the drum washing machine DW is selectively provided with the pedestal P.

Existing pedestal (P) as shown in the drawing, the panel 24 is installed vertically in four directions so as to have an area similar to the installation area of the drum washing machine (DW), the drum washing machine ( Forming a support plate 21 on which the DW) can be placed to raise the leg 11 of the drum washing machine (DW) on the support plate 21 to increase the height of the drum washing machine (DW).

Then, a leg 22 having a bolt structure is attached to the bottom surface of the pedestal P to allow height adjustment.

On the other hand, the pedestal (P) is necessary not only for the purpose of eliminating the inconvenience of the user to bend or collect the laundry by bending the waist, but also for the following additional purposes.

In general, in the case of a wooden house (most households in Japan, for example), when the drum washing machine (DW) is installed on a wooden floor, the washing and driving of the washing tank and the washing tank rotating inside the drum washing machine when the drum washing machine (DW) is operated. Vibration generated by the motor is transmitted to the wooden floor as it is, the vibration caused by the vibration in the wooden floor itself, and there is a problem that the noise increases with this.

Pedestal (P) of the drum washing machine (DW) is provided to solve this, and the pedestal (P), which is made of metal and has a considerable weight, significantly reduces the amount of vibration and noise transmitted to the wooden floor even if the drum washing machine (DW) vibrates. Can be reduced.

On the other hand, the pedestal (P) is applied to not only the drum washing machine, but also the clothes dryer (CD).

However, the conventional pedestal (P) applied to the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD) has a disadvantage in the following points.

Existing pedestal (P) was literally a structure that can only perform the role of the support stand so that the position of the drum washing machine (DW) or clothes dryer (CD).

That is, the space occupied by the pedestal is also a relatively large space, but since it is not used for any purpose, no benefit was obtained in terms of space utilization.

In addition, the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD) has the disadvantage that the base plate of the pedestal (P) has to be manufactured differently, because the positions of the legs are different due to differences in the internal structure even if they are the same size.

In other words, because the support plate position or area must be different in accordance with the leg position, workability during manufacturing was deteriorated.

In addition, the existing pedestal (P) is a structure in which the legs of the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD) is simply placed on the support plate 21, so the drum washing machine for the pedestal (P) due to the vibration of the drum washing machine or the clothes dryer. Or there is a problem that the position of the clothes dryer is distorted.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, to improve the structure of the pedestal applied to home appliances, such as drum washing machine or clothes dryer, so as to diversify the function, such as effectively utilizing the space inside the pedestal Its purpose is to.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a pedestal so that the leg position can be used in common for the drum washing machine and the clothes dryer having different leg positions, thereby improving productivity and ease of use.

Embodiments of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is a rectangular parallelepiped pedestal body with an opening formed on one side; The drawer is installed inside the pedestal body, the drawer is installed to be accessible through the opening is provided, the drum washing machine and the clothes dryer is provided.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 11.

* First, referring to Figures 2 to 4, the configuration of the drum washing machine and clothes dryer pedestal (P) according to the present invention is a rectangular parallelepiped pedestal body 1 having an opening formed on one side and the pedestal body (1) It is installed inside, and is roughly divided into a drawer 2 installed to be accessible through the opening.

5 and 6, the drawer 2 includes a drawer body 2a forming a storage space, a front cover 2b covering the front of the drawer body 2a, and the front cover ( A handle 2c coupled to 2b).

At this time, the front cover 2b has an area to cover the entire front surface of the pedestal main body 1.

And, the handle (2c) is an assembly, consisting of a handle outer (20c) which is located on the outside, and a handle inner (21c) screwed to a boss (not shown) formed on the inner surface of the handle outer (20c), When viewed in a plane, it is approximately "c" shaped.

In addition, the front cover (2b) is formed in the center of the front cover (2b) to facilitate the gripping of the handle portion 20b is formed, the front cover (2b) on both sides of the handle outer 20 is inserted into the protruding both ends of the handle outer (20c) The fixing groove 21b is formed.

In addition, a locking groove 210b for catching a locking piece 210c to be described later is formed at a lower side of the inner side of the handle outer fixing groove 21b of the front cover 2b, and both front surfaces of the front cover 2b are recessed. A positioning groove 220b into which the fastening boss 220c of the handle outer portion to be described later is inserted is formed.

In addition, the through hole 230b penetrates only the threaded portion and engages the head of the screw when the screw is fastened to the fastening boss 220c on the inner wall surface (that is, the rear wall surface of the front cover) of the positioning groove 220b. Is formed.

At this time, at the end of the surface (that is, the horizontal surface of the handle outer) to be seated in the handle outer fixing groove 21b of the handle outer 20c is formed a locking piece 210c to be fitted to the locking groove 210b, A fastening boss 220c for fastening the screw passing through the through hole 230b of the front cover 2b on a surface (ie, a vertical surface of the handle outer) that is in close contact with the front cover 2b of the handle outer 20c. Is formed.

Accordingly, the engaging piece 210c formed at the horizontal surface end of the handle outer 20c is joined to the engaging groove 210b formed at the inner side of the rear of the handle outer fixing groove 21b, and the vertical surface of the handle outer 20c. The fastening boss 220c formed thereon is inserted into the positioning groove 220b on both sides of the front cover 2b, and passes through the through hole 230b of the front cover 2b to be screwed into the fastening boss 220c. Is engaged, the handle 2c is mounted on the front cover.

At this time, it is more preferable that the screw does not protrude so that the periphery of the through-hole 230b of the rear wall surface of the front cover 2b in the forward direction of the drawer.

On the other hand, the handle outer is fixed only by the screw fastening in the state inserted into the fixing grooves on both sides of the front cover, or the hook groove is formed in the fixing groove and the front cover and a plurality of hooks are installed on the handle outer is fixed only by the hook coupling May be

On the other hand, referring to Figure 4, both sides of the front opening of the pedestal main body 1 for reinforcement to withstand the vertical load of the product, such as drum washing machine (DW) or clothes dryer (CD) which is placed on the upper surface of the pedestal (P) The bracket 3 is installed.

In addition, binding brackets used to bind the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD) placed on the upper surface of the pedestal main body 1 and the pedestal main body 1 together on both outer sides of the pedestal main body 1 ( 4) is provided with a fastening hole (1a) for fastening.

Meanwhile, the pedestal main body 1 and the drawer body 2a are provided with means for sliding when the drawer 2 enters and exits.

3 and 4 and FIGS. 7 to 9, the sliding means S is a pedestal slide 5 in the form of bars or channels fixed to both inner surfaces of the pedestal main body 1. And a drawer slide 6 which is fixed to both outer surfaces of the drawer 2 and forms a structure surrounding the pedestal slide 5 in the form of a channel having a “c” shaped cross section, and the pedestal slide 5. And a rolling member assembly 7 interposed between the drawer slide 6.

At this time, the shape of the pedestal slide 5 and the drawer slide 6 may be formed in the opposite shape.

In addition, the rolling member assembly 7 has a rolling motion on both side walls of the rolling member supporting member 7a and the rolling member supporting member 7a having a “c” shaped cross-sectional structure surrounding the pedestal slide 5. It is made of a rolling member (7b) to be installed to be possible.

In addition, as the rolling member 7b, a ball is shown in the present embodiment, but is not limited thereto. That is, a roller may be provided so that the drawer 2 may roll in or outward.

In addition, a lubricant such as grease may be interposed in the rolling member 7b to reduce friction.

The drawer slide 6 may be screwed to the drawer bracket 2d provided on both sides of the drawer body 2a (see FIG. 4), or may be directly coupled to the drawer body 2a.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, a leg seating member having seating holes 8a formed at different positions to correspond to leg positions of a drum washing machine DW or a clothes dryer CD at an upper edge of the pedestal main body 1. 8) is provided.

At this time, the seating hole (8a) formed in each of the leg seating member (8) is formed in a form where the partial region is overlapped or are formed in the spaced position respectively.

Accordingly, the seating hole 8a serves as a leg seating groove by being blocked by the upper surface of the pedestal body 1, and thus, a seating groove is formed using the leg seating member 8 in which the seating hole 8a is formed. Instead, the mounting grooves may be integrally formed at predetermined positions on the upper surface of the pedestal body 1 so that the legs may be seated at the positions.

Then, the leg assembly for height adjustment is mounted on the bottom edge of the pedestal body (1).

10 to 12, the height regulating leg assembly L includes a leg bolt 10 having a threaded portion formed with a thread and a head portion provided at an end thereof, and the leg bolt 10 of the leg bolt 10. Cushion 20 is a soft member that is in close contact with the head portion, and the holder 30 for tying the cushion 20 and the leg bolt 10 together so that the cushion 20 is pressed into the head portion of the leg bolt 10 It is configured to include.

At this time, the head portion of the leg bolt 10, a circular flat head portion 110, and the floor portion 120 (floor) protruding in the direction opposite to the screw forward direction in the center of the flat head portion 110 (floor) ) Is provided.

On the other hand, the cushion 20 is in the form of joining the round flat head 110 provided in the head portion of the leg bolt 10 and the floor portion 120 provided in the center portion, a kind of cap (cap) ) Is formed to form a shape. This is to make the cushion 20 to the product installation surface when installing the leg on the product.

And, the holder 30, the pressing portion 300 is formed in the center of the through hole is inserted into the cushion 20 to be matched to the floor portion 120 to press the edge surface of the cushion 20, The pressing portion 300 is configured to include a flange portion 310 having a hook 310a for imparting an elastic force to compress the edge of the cushion 20 toward the head portion of the leg bolt 10.

Accordingly, the distance d from the inner surface of the pressing part 300 of the holder 30 to the hook 310a is equal to the thickness t1 of the edge of the cushion 20 before compression and the flat head portion of the leg bolt 10. It should be formed with a dimension smaller than the sum of the thickness t2 of 110).

In addition, a plurality of pressing protrusions 300a are provided at the front end portion of the pressing portion 300 of the holder 30 to more reliably press the edge surface of the cushion 20 along the circumferential direction.

In addition, a cutting hole for easily assembling the holder 30 when assembling the holder 30 to the head portion of the leg bolt 10 at the projection position of the hook 310a at the edge of the pressing part 300 of the holder 30 ( 330 is additionally formed.

That is, since the cutting hole 330 is formed, the hook 310a is formed at the time of assembly so that the holder 30 may be easily assembled to the bolt head part.

Meanwhile, at least one cushion anti-rotation groove 120a is formed in the floor portion 120 of the head of the leg bolt 10, and the cushion 20 is combined with the cushion anti-rotation groove 120a to form the cushion 20. The anti-rotation protrusion 200 to prevent the rotation of the) is formed, the anti-rotation protrusion 200 is preferably formed in the same number as the cushion anti-rotation groove (120a).

At this time, the cushion rotation preventing groove (120a) is preferably to form a slot-shaped long groove, but is not limited thereto.

That is, as long as it is not formed in a center part, the groove of a circular structure is possible.

In addition, it is advantageous to be provided with four or so.

In addition, on the outer circumferential surface of the circular flat head 110 provided in the head portion of the leg bolt 10, at least one holder anti-rotation groove 110a is formed along the circumferential direction, and on the inner circumferential surface of the holder 30. Rotational protrusions 320 are formed to match the holder anti-rotation grooves 110a, and the anti-rotation protrusions 320 are formed in the same number as the holder anti-rotation grooves 110a.

At this time, the holder anti-rotation groove (110a) and the anti-rotation protrusion 320 is preferably formed in the region between the hook 310a and the hook 310a provided along the circumferential direction in the flange portion (310).

The holder 30 is preferably a non-soft member and has a polyhedral structure having an outer circumferential surface chamfered. This is to make it easy to hold the holder 30 by a tool such as a wrench wrench or by hand.

On the other hand, the head portion of the leg bolt 10 is connected to the head portion and the screw portion 100 is further provided with a bolt head portion 130 of the chamfered polyhedral structure. The bolt head 130 is to be able to hold and turn this part by a tool such as a wrench wrench or a hand separately from the holder 30.

The action of the pedestal P of the present invention configured as described above is as follows.

First, the pedestal (P) of the present invention is provided with a drawer (2) that can accommodate the article can effectively utilize the internal space of the pedestal (P).

And, the pedestal (P) of the present invention is a leg seating member formed with a seating hole (8a) at different positions to correspond to the leg position of the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD) on the upper surface corner of the pedestal body (1) (8) is provided, and since the pedestal P does not have to be manufactured exclusively for the drum washing machine DW or the clothes dryer CD, the workability is improved in the manufacture of the pedestal P.

That is, as described above, the drum washing machine (DW) and the clothes dryer (CD) have different mounting positions of the legs due to differences in their internal structure, so that the pedestal (P) of the present invention can be used regardless of the leg positions. By installing the leg seating member 8 in which the seating holes 8a are formed at different positions, there is no need to separately manufacture a pedestal with a seating groove adapted to the leg position, thereby improving workability in manufacturing the pedestal.

In addition, the user can also place a desired product on the pedestal (P) drum washing machine (DW) or clothes dryer (CD), thereby increasing the convenience of use.

In short, the present invention can be used for the drum washing machine (DW) and the clothes dryer (CD) having different leg positions, regardless of the leg position can be used to improve the manufacturability and ease of use.

* In addition, since the pedestal P of the present invention is provided with a leg assembly for height adjustment, instead of adjusting the product itself, it is possible to adjust the height of the pedestal P to fit the horizontal light of the product.

In particular, since the leg assembly L applied to the pedestal P of the present invention has a polyhedral structure in which the holder 30 is a non-soft material and chamfered, it is prevented from slipping when turned by hand, in particular, a spanner wrench. It is also possible to turn the leg assembly using tools such as to improve workability on the assembly line and product installation site.

On the other hand, the pedestal (P) of the present invention, the handle (2c) covers the front of the drawer (2), the middle portion of the front cover (2b) is recessed so that the handle portion that the user grabs is not far from the front cover (2b) In this form, it is possible to realize a stable and beautiful aesthetic appearance without increasing the overall volume of the pedestal (P).

That is, the pedestal (P) of the present invention, if the escape groove (20b) is not formed in the center of the front cover (2b) there is no gap between the handle portion of the handle (2c) and the front cover (2b) handle Although the gripping of (2c) becomes impossible, the gripping of the handle (2c) is made while the front cover (2b) coincides with the front surface of the drum washing machine (DW) or the clothes dryer (CD). This is possible, which is to implement a stable structure while reducing the overall size of the pedestal (P) as described above.

In addition, the pedestal (P) of the present invention has an advantage of providing convenience to the user by being drawn out of the drawer (2) smoothly by the sliding means interposed between the pedestal body (1) and the drawer (2).

That is, the pedestal (P) of the present invention allows the user to draw the drawer quietly and smoothly by the friction reducing action of the rolling member (7b) such as a ball or roller constituting the sliding means when the drawer (2) is pulled out. Product reliability.

As described above, the present invention improves the structure of the pedestal applied to home appliances such as a drum washing machine or a clothes dryer, thereby making it possible to diversify functions such as effectively utilizing the space inside the pedestal.

In addition, since the pedestal of the present invention can be used in common regardless of the leg position for drum washing machines and clothes dryers having different leg positions, it is possible to satisfy both workability and ease of use in manufacturing the pedestal.

Claims (8)

A rectangular parallelepiped pedestal body having an opening formed at one side thereof, A drawer is installed to be accessible inside the pedestal body, wherein the drawer is: A front cover having a fixing groove formed on an upper surface thereof; A handle having a horizontal surface seated in the fixing groove and a handle portion bent downwardly connected from the horizontal surface; Pedestal for washing machine or clothes dryer, characterized in that comprises. The method of claim 1, The handle is a pedestal for washing machine or clothes dryer, characterized in that having a width equal to the left and right width of the front cover. The method of claim 1, wherein the handle is: A handle outer having the horizontal surface and the handle portion; Pedestal for washing machine or clothes dryer, characterized in that consisting of a handle inner fastened to the inner surface of the handle portion of the handle outer. The method of claim 1, Pedestal for a washing machine or clothes dryer, characterized in that the front cover is formed in the center of the escape groove to facilitate the grip of the handle. The method of claim 1, The handle is screwed in the state inserted into the fixing grooves on both sides of the front cover, The hook groove is formed in the fixing groove and the front cover and a plurality of hooks are installed on the handle, hooks for washing machines or clothes dryers, characterized in that the hook is coupled. The method of claim 1, Locking grooves are formed in the inner surface of the fixing groove of the front cover, the horizontal surface end of the handle is a washing machine or clothes dryer pedestal, characterized in that the engaging piece is formed in the engaging groove is formed.  Positioning grooves into which the fastening bosses of the handles are inserted are formed at both front surfaces of the front cover, and fastening bosses are formed on the surface in close contact with the front covers of the handles. And a through-hole formed in the region forming the inner wall of the positioning groove on the rear wall of the front cover to penetrate only the threaded portion and to catch the head of the screw when the screw is fastened to the fastening boss. A rectangular parallelepiped pedestal body having an opening formed at one side thereof, A drawer is installed to be accessible inside the pedestal body, wherein the drawer is: Fixing grooves are formed on both sides of the upper surface, and a front cover having an escape groove at the front center portion; A handle having horizontal surfaces seated in each of the fixing grooves, contact surfaces bent downward from the horizontal surfaces to be in close contact with both sides of the front cover, and a handle positioned between the contact surfaces; Pedestal for washing machine or clothes dryer, characterized in that comprises.

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