TWM507440U - Washing machine - Google Patents

Description

washing machine

The present invention relates to a washing machine, and more particularly to a washing machine which can disinfect and sterilize the laundry, and has a window body which can adjust the transparency in accordance with the cleaning process.

At present, the existing washing machines with disinfecting and sterilizing functions use the clothes washed by the ultraviolet light with the sterilizing effect to achieve the disinfecting and sterilizing effects. In view of the fact that during the disinfection and sterilization process, the light is harmful to human health, the outer casing of the washing machine having the disinfecting and sterilizing function and the outer cover for opening or closing the clothes input opening are opaque to prevent the light from being exposed to the outside. Harm to human health. Although this design prevents the light from being irradiated to the human body, it is inconvenient for the user to observe the laundry state in time. Therefore, how to develop a new washing machine can improve the shortcomings of the prior art described above, and has become a subject to be further explored by the present invention.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine which can prevent the sterilization light from illuminating the human body and facilitate the user to immediately observe the washing condition.

Therefore, the novel washing machine comprises a casing and a a washing tank in the outer casing, a germicidal light source disposed in the outer casing, a connection with the outer casing for opening or closing the outer casing and having a window body outer cover, and a control circuit. The outer casing defines a garment outlet. The washing tank defines a washing space. The sterilizing light source is disposed in one of the outer casing and the washing tank for illuminating a sterilizing light toward the washing space. The window body of the outer cover is a dimming glass, and the dimming glass can be controlled to be switched between a light transmitting state and an opaque state, and the light adjusting glass has a first pass through the light. The light transmittance, in the opaque state, the light modulating glass has a second light transmittance lower than the first light transmittance for the light. The control circuit is electrically connected to the dimming glass and the sterilization light source, and is operable in a sterilization mode and a non-sterilization mode. In the sterilization mode, the control circuit controls the sterilization light source to emit the light, and controls the dimming glass. In the opaque state, in the non-sterilization mode, the control circuit controls the sterilizing light source not to emit the light, and controls the light modulating glass to be in the light transmitting state.

In some implementations, the control circuit operates in the sterilization mode when the control circuit executes a laundry program.

In some implementations, when the control circuit executes a laundry program, the control circuit operates in the non-sterilization mode, and the control circuit operates in the sterilization mode for a predetermined time after the control circuit executes the laundry program.

In some implementations, when the dimming glass receives a bias voltage from the control circuit, the dimming glass is in the light transmitting state, and when the dimming glass does not receive the bias voltage, the dimming glass is in the light. Light transmission state.

In some implementations, the dimming glass is controlled by the control circuit When receiving a bias voltage, the dimming glass is in the opaque state, and when the dimming glass does not receive the bias voltage, the dimming glass is in the light transmitting state.

In some embodiments, the light emitted by the germicidal light source is an ultraviolet light.

The function of the novel is that the control circuit, the dimming glass and the sterilization light source cooperate with each other, so that when the sterilization light source of the washing machine emits the light having the sterilizing effect, the dimming glass is in the opaque state, thereby preventing The sterilizing light is externally irradiated to affect human health, and when the sterilization light source of the washing machine stops emitting the sterilizing light, the dimming glass is in the light transmitting state, so that the user can conveniently view the clothes in the washing tank from the outside. Washing condition.

1‧‧‧Shell

11‧‧‧ clothing input

2‧‧‧ Laundry trough

21‧‧‧Washing space

3‧‧‧ germicidal light source

4‧‧‧ Cover

41‧‧‧ Dimming glass

5‧‧‧Control circuit

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an embodiment of the washing machine of the present invention; and FIG. 2 is a hardware connection relationship. The schematic diagram illustrates the connection relationship between a control circuit and a germicidal light source and a dimming glass in this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, an embodiment of the washing machine of the present invention comprises a casing 1, a washing tank 2, a germicidal light source 3, an outer cover 4 and a control circuit 5. The washing machine of this embodiment is a drum type washing machine, but not limited thereto, the washing machine may also be, for example, a vertical washing machine.

The outer casing 1 defines a laundry input port 11 for the user to put into the laundry to be cleaned (not shown) via the clothes insertion opening 11 or to take out the washed laundry through the clothes insertion opening 11. The washing tank 2 is disposed in the outer casing 1 and defines a washing space 21. The sterilizing light source 3 is disposed in the outer casing 1 and is configured to emit a sterilizing light toward the washing space 21 to sterilize the laundry in the washing space 21. In this embodiment, the light emitted by the germicidal light source 3 is ultraviolet light, but the wavelength of the light of the sterilization effect is the request range, and is not limited to the ultraviolet light of the embodiment. In addition, the sterilizing light source 3 may be disposed in the washing tank 2 in the case where an electrical connection can be achieved and the washing tank can be rotated.

The outer cover 4 is coupled to the outer casing 1 and can open or close the laundry input opening 11. The outer cover 4 has a window body, and the window body is a dimming glass 41, and can be controlled to be switched between a light transmitting state and an opaque state. In the light transmitting state, the light control glass 41 has a first light transmittance for the light. In the opaque state, the light modulating glass 41 has a second light transmittance lower than the first light transmittance for the light. The light transmittance is defined as the light intensity ratio of transmitted light to incident light. In the embodiment, when the dimming glass 41 receives a bias from the control circuit 5, the dimming glass 41 is in the light transmitting state, and the dimming glass is not received by the dimming glass 41. 41 is in the opaque state. However, the operation mode of the dimming glass 41 is not limited to this embodiment. In another embodiment, when the dimming glass 41 receives the bias voltage from the control circuit 5, the dimming glass 41 is in the In the light transmitting state, when the dimming glass 41 does not receive the bias voltage, the dimming glass 41 is in the light transmitting state.

The control circuit 5 is electrically connected to the dimming glass 41 and the sterilization The light source 3 is operable in a sterilization mode and a non-sterilization mode. In the sterilization mode, the control circuit 5 controls the sterilization light source to emit the light, and controls the light adjustment glass 41 to be in the opaque state. In the mode, the control circuit 5 controls the sterilizing light source 3 not to emit the light, and controls the light modulating glass 41 to be in the light transmitting state. Therefore, in the sterilization mode, the dimming glass 41 is controlled to be in the opaque state, and the light cannot be irradiated to the outside of the washing machine via the dimming glass 41, thereby avoiding the use of the light to endanger the health of the body, and In the sterilization mode, the dimming glass 41 is controlled in the light transmitting state, so that the user can view the washing state of the laundry in the washing tub 2 from the outside of the washing machine via the dimming glass 41.

It is worth mentioning that in the present embodiment, when the control circuit 5 executes a washing program (e.g., a general procedure for discharging water, water, and dehydration), the control circuit 5 operates in the sterilization mode. Thereby, when the control circuit 5 performs the completion of the washing process, the sterilization of the laundry is also completed at the same time. However, in another embodiment, when the control circuit 5 executes the laundry program, the control circuit 5 operates in the non-sterilization mode, and after the control circuit 5 executes the laundry program, The control circuit 5 operates in the sterilization mode for a predetermined time.

In summary, the embodiment of the novel washing machine is controlled by the sterilization mode dimming glass 41 in the opaque state, so that the user does not endanger the user's body by receiving the sterilizing light. Health, and by the non-sterilization mode, the dimming glass 41 is controlled to be in the light transmitting state, so that the user can view the washing state of the laundry in the washing tank 2 via the dimming glass 41, so that the novel washing machine can be cleaned at the same time. kill The purpose of the present invention is to achieve the purpose of the novel, the convenience of the user to check the washing condition of the laundry and to ensure that the sterilization process is harmless to the human body.

However, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, that is, the simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the present patent application and the contents of the patent specification, All remain within the scope of this new patent.

3‧‧‧Lighting device

41‧‧‧ Dimming glass

5‧‧‧Control circuit

Claims (6)

A washing machine comprising: a casing defining a laundry input port; a washing tank disposed in the casing and defining a washing space; a sterilization light source disposed in the casing and the washing tank for The washing space emits a light having a sterilizing effect; an outer cover connected to the outer casing and capable of opening or closing the clothes input opening, the outer cover having a window body, the window body being a dimming glass, the dimming The glass can be controlled to be switched between a light transmitting state and an opaque state, wherein the light modulating glass has a first light transmittance for the light, and the light opaque glass is used for the opaque state. The light has a second transmittance lower than the first transmittance; and a control circuit electrically connected to the dimming glass and the sterilization source, and operable in a sterilization mode and a non-sterilization mode, In the sterilization mode, the control circuit controls the sterilization light source to emit the light, and controls the dimming glass to be in the opaque state. In the non-sterilization mode, the control circuit controls the sterilization light source not to emit the light, and controls the Light in the transparent glass state. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein the control circuit operates in the sterilization mode when the control circuit executes a laundry program. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein the control circuit operates in the non-sterilization mode when the control circuit executes a washing program, and the control circuit operates in the sterilization mode after the control circuit executes the washing program scheduled time. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein the dimming glass is in a light transmitting state when the dimming glass receives a bias voltage, and the dimming glass does not receive the bias voltage, the dimming The glass is in this opaque state. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein the dimming glass is in the opaque state when the dimming glass receives a bias voltage, and the dimming glass does not receive the bias voltage. The light glass is in this light transmitting state. The washing machine of claim 1, wherein the light emitted by the germicidal light source is an ultraviolet light.