US20130312463A1 - Detergent feeding device and washing machine having the same - Google Patents

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US20130312463A1
US20130312463A1 US13/900,913 US201313900913A US2013312463A1 US 20130312463 A1 US20130312463 A1 US 20130312463A1 US 201313900913 A US201313900913 A US 201313900913A US 2013312463 A1 US2013312463 A1 US 2013312463A1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D06F33/32—Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
    • D06F33/37—Control of operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry of metering of detergents or additives
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
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    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
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  • Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a detergent feeding device to feed liquid detergent and a washing machine having the same.
  • a washing machine includes a tub to retain water and a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub. The laundry contained in the spin basket is washed in the tub by rotation of the spin basket.
  • the washing machine is provided with a detergent feeding device to feed detergent, to be used for washing, along with water to the tub.
  • a detergent feeding device to feed detergent, to be used for washing, along with water to the tub.
  • some washing machines have employed a detergent feeding device adapted to liquid detergent which is more soluble in water than powder detergent.
  • a washing machine includes a body, a tub disposed within the body to retain water, a spin basket rotatably installed in the tub, a detergent feeding device to supply detergent and water to the tub, and a control unit to control the detergent feeding device, wherein the detergent feeding device comprises a detergent housing installed in the body, a detergent case installed in the detergent housing to store liquid detergent, and a detergent introduction module installed on an outer surface of the detergent case to communicate with an inside of the detergent case and adapted to introduce the liquid detergent stored in the detergent case into the detergent housing according to a command transferred from the control unit.
  • the detergent introduction module may be detachably installed on the outer surface of the detergent case.
  • the detergent introduction module may include at least one detergent pump to pump the liquid detergent in the detergent case to discharge the liquid detergent into the detergent housing.
  • the detergent pump may include a first gear formed in an annular shape and provided with teeth on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a second gear formed to have an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first gear and provided with teeth on an outer circumferential surface thereof to engage with the teeth provided on the inner circumferential surface of the first gear, and a detergent pump motor to generate rotary power to rotate the second gear.
  • the detergent introduction module may include a detergent introduction module housing provided with a channel connected to the detergent case to guide discharge of the liquid detergent, wherein the detergent introduction module housing may include a chamber allowing the first gear and the second gear to be rotatably installed therein, an inflow guide channel to communicate with the detergent case to guide the liquid detergent to the chamber, a discharge guide channel to guide discharge of the liquid detergent to an upper side in the chamber, and a discharge guide pipe connected to an upper end of the discharge guide channel to discharge the liquid detergent downward.
  • the detergent case may be installed in the detergent housing to be movable forward and backward, and the detergent introduction module may be installed at a rear surface of the detergent case.
  • the washing machine may further include a first connector provided at a rear side of the detergent introduction module, and a second connector provided at an inner rear side of the detergent housing to be selectively connected to the first connector depending on a position of the detergent case.
  • the detergent case may include a main detergent storage part to store main detergent in a liquid state and a sub-detergent storage part to store sub-detergent in liquid state
  • the at least one detergent pump may include a main detergent pump to pump out the main detergent stored in the main detergent storage part, and a sub-detergent pump to pump out the sub-detergent stored in the sub-detergent storage.
  • a detergent feeding device includes a detergent housing, a detergent case installed in the detergent housing to store liquid detergent, and a detergent introduction module installed on an outer surface of the detergent case to communicate with an inside of the detergent case to introduce the liquid detergent stored in the detergent case into the detergent housing.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a washing machine having a detergent feeding device according to an exemplary embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the detergent feeding device according to the embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a detergent housing of the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a detergent case of the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a detergent case and a detergent introduction module applied to the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating the detergent introduction module applied to the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional top view illustrating the detergent introduction module applied to the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional side view illustrating the detergent introduction module applied to the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 9 is a control block diagram illustrating the detergent feeding device of FIG. 2 .
  • a washing machine includes a housing 10 forming an external appearance of the washing machine, a tub 20 disposed inside the housing 10 , a spin basket 30 rotatably installed in the tub 20 , and a drive motor 40 to rotate the spin basket 30 .
  • a control panel (not shown) provided with a manipulation button 810 , which will be described later, allowing a user to control operation of the washing machine.
  • a circuit board (not shown) forming a control unit 800 which will be described later, is disposed inside the control panel.
  • an introduction port 10 a is provided at the center of the front face of the housing 10 to allow introduction of laundry into the spin basket 30 , and is opened and closed by a door 11 rotatably installed at the front face of the housing 10 .
  • the tub 20 is installed inside the housing 10 using a suspension member, and water to be used in washing the laundry is stored therein.
  • the spin basket 30 includes a body part 31 having a cylindrical shape, a front plate 32 disposed at the front of the body part 31 , and a rear plate 33 disposed at the rear of the body part 31 .
  • a plurality of through holes 31 a is provided in the body part 31 of the spin basket 30 to allow flow of wash water therethrough, and a plurality of lifters 31 b to lift the laundry upward is provided on the inner circumferential surface of the spin basket 30 and arranged spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.
  • the front plate 32 is provided with an opening 32 a through which the laundry is inserted or removed.
  • Installed at the center of the rear plate 33 is a shaft flange 34 to which a rotating shaft 43 of the drive motor 40 , which will be described later, is connected.
  • the drive motor 40 includes a stator 41 fixed to the rear surface of the tub 20 , a rotator 42 to interact with the stator 41 to rotate, and a rotating shaft 43 having one end fixed to the center of the rotator 42 and the other end fixed to the center of the rear plate 33 of the spin basket 30 through the tub 20 .
  • a bearing housing 21 to support the rotating shaft 43 such that the rotating shaft 43 is rotatable.
  • the bearing housing 21 is manufactured using an insert injection molding process.
  • bearings 22 Installed inside the bearing housing 21 are bearings 22 to support the rotating shaft 43 such that the rotating shaft 43 is rotatable.
  • a water supply unit 50 to supply water to the tub 20 and a detergent feeding device 70 connected to the water supply unit 50 to supply water delivered through the water supply unit 50 to the tub 20 along with detergent.
  • a drain unit 60 At the lower portion of the tub 20 is disposed a drain unit 60 to discharge used wash water to the outside of the housing 10 .
  • the water supply unit 50 includes water supply pipes 51 to connect an external water source (not shown) and the detergent feeding device 70 to each other, and a water supply valve 52 disposed in the water supply pipes 51 to open and close the water supply pipe 51 .
  • the drain unit 60 includes a drain pipe 61 to guide water in the tub 20 to be discharged to the outside of the housing 10 , and a drain pump 62 disposed at the drain pipe 61 to discharge water through the drain pipe 61 .
  • the detergent feeding device 70 is connected to the tub 20 via a connection pipe 53 connected to the lower portion of the detergent feeding device 70 . Accordingly, water supplied through the water supply pipes 51 is supplied to the tub 20 through the connection pipe 53 via the detergent feeding device 70 .
  • the detergent feeding device 70 includes a detergent case 710 to retain detergent, a detergent housing 700 to accommodate the detergent case 710 .
  • a plurality of water supply ports 702 a is provided at the upper portion of the rear end of the detergent housing 700 to be connected with the water supply pipes 51
  • a connection port 700 b is provided at the lower portion of the detergent housing 700 to be connected with the connection pipe 53 .
  • the detergent housing 700 is mounted and fixed to the housing 10 of the washing machine, and includes a housing cover 701 to cover the top of the detergent housing 700 .
  • a first water supply guide 702 disposed at the upper portion of the detergent case 710 and provided at the rear end thereof with the water supply ports 702 a to distribute water supplied through the water supply pipes 51 to a powder detergent storage part 710 c, which will be described later, or a manual detergent supply unit 710 d, which will be described later.
  • Installed at the inner rear side of the detergent housing 700 is a second water supply guide 703 connected to the first water supply guide 702 to distribute water supplied through the water supply pipes 51 to the left and right sides in the detergent housing 700 .
  • the detergent case 710 is movably installed in the detergent housing 700 though the detergent case inserting hole 700 a provided at the front of the detergent housing 700 . Accordingly, a user is allowed to introduce detergent into the detergent case 710 by retracting the detergent case 710 from the detergent housing 700 , or to remove the detergent case 710 from the detergent housing 700 to clean the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent case 710 is provided with a plurality of detergent storage parts 710 a , 710 b, 710 c and 710 d to store detergent.
  • the detergent storage parts 710 a, 710 b, 710 c and 710 d include liquid detergent storage parts 710 a and 710 b to store liquid detergent, a powder detergent storage 710 c to store powder detergent, a manual detergent supply unit 710 d allowing the user to supply a rinse additive or bleach.
  • the liquid detergent storage parts 710 a and 710 b are divided into a main detergent storage part 710 a to accommodate main detergent in a liquid state and a sub-detergent storage part 710 b to store sub-detergent in a liquid state such as the rinse additive or bleach.
  • a detergent case cover 711 is mounted to the upper portion of the detergent case 710 to prevent overflow of detergent in the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent case cover 711 is provided with a plurality of detergent introduction ports 711 a , 711 b , 711 c and 711 d to introduce detergent into the respective detergent storage parts 710 a, 710 b, 710 c and 710 d .
  • the detergent introduction ports 711 a, 711 b, 711 c and 711 d the detergent introduction ports for the main detergent storage part 710 a and sub-detergent storage part 710 b retaining a large amount of liquid detergent are provided with storage covers 711 e and 711 f to prevent overflow of the liquid detergent.
  • the detergent feeding device 70 also includes a detergent introduction module 730 controlled by a control unit 800 to introduce liquid detergent stored in the detergent case 710 into the detergent housing 700 to thereby allow the liquid detergent to be mixed with water in the detergent housing 700 and supplied to the tub 20 along with water.
  • a detergent introduction module 730 controlled by a control unit 800 to introduce liquid detergent stored in the detergent case 710 into the detergent housing 700 to thereby allow the liquid detergent to be mixed with water in the detergent housing 700 and supplied to the tub 20 along with water.
  • the detergent introduction module 730 is installed to communicate with the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent introduction module 730 is arranged at the outer surface of the detergent case 710 to avoid arranging electrical connection structures in the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent introduction module 730 is installed at the rear surface of the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent introduction module 730 includes detergent pumps 731 M and 731 S to pump liquid detergent in the detergent case 710 to discharge the liquid detergent to the detergent housing 700 , and a detergent introduction module housing 732 provided with a channel to communicate with the detergent case 710 and guide discharge of the liquid detergent.
  • the detergent introduction module 730 also includes a detergent introduction module cover 734 to cover the top of the detergent introduction module housing 732 , and a bottom plate 735 disposed at the bottom surface of the detergent introduction module housing 732 to define a chamber, which will be described later.
  • the detergent pumps 731 M and 731 S includes a main detergent pump 731 M to pump main detergent stored in the main detergent storage 710 a and a sub-detergent pump 731 S to pump sub-detergent stored in the sub-detergent storage 710 b, and is installed in the detergent introduction module housing 732 .
  • a pair of communication holes 710 e and 710 f respectively connected to the main detergent storage part 710 a and the sub-detergent storage part 710 b is provided on the rear surface of the detergent case 710 .
  • the detergent introduction module housing 732 is provided with inlets 732 a at positions corresponding to the communication holes 710 e and 710 f to allow liquid detergent to flow into the detergent introduction module housing 732 .
  • Disposed between communication holes 710 e and 710 f and the inlets 732 a are sealing members 736 .
  • Each of the detergent pumps 731 M and 731 S includes a first gear 731 a formed in an annular shape and provided with teeth on the inner circumferential surface thereof, a second gear 731 b having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first gear 731 a and teeth provided on the outer circumferential surface thereof to engage with the teeth formed on the inner circumferential surface of the first gear 731 a, and a detergent pump motor 731 c to generate rotary power to rotate the second gear 731 b.
  • the detergent introduction module housing 732 includes a chamber 732 b provided at the lower portion of the detergent introduction module housing 732 to allow the first gear 731 a and the second gear 731 b to be rotatably installed therein, an inflow guide channel 732 c connected to the inlet 732 a to communicate with the detergent case 710 and adapted to guide liquid detergent to the chamber 732 b, a discharge guide channel 732 d to guide the liquid detergent to a higher location in the chamber 732 b than that of the liquid detergent stored in the detergent case 710 , a discharge guide pipe 733 connected to the upper end of the discharge guide channel 732 d to discharge the liquid detergent downward.
  • the detergent introduction module 730 is provided with a pair of chambers 732 b, a pair of inflow guide channels 732 c, a pair of discharge guide channels 732 d and a pair of discharge guide pipes 733 .
  • the detergent case 710 is installed in the detergent housing 700 such that the detergent case 710 is movable back and forth, and therefore a first connector 737 is provided at the rear side of the detergent introduction module 730 , and a second connector 704 is provided at the inner rear side of the detergent housing 700 to be selectively connected to the first connector 737 depending on the position of the detergent case 710 . Accordingly, when the detergent case 710 is accommodated in the detergent housing 700 , the first connector 737 is connected with the second connector 704 so that electricity may be applied to the detergent introduction module 730 . When the detergent case 710 is protruded from the detergent housing 700 , the first connector 737 is disconnected from the second connector 704 , and thus electricity is not allowed to be applied to the detergent introduction module 730 .
  • Such washing machine includes, as shown in FIG. 9 , a control unit 800 to control operations of the respective constituents of the washing machine such as the detergent feeding device 70 and the drive motor 40 , and a manipulation button 810 allowing the user to select functions of the washing machine.
  • a control unit 800 to control operations of the respective constituents of the washing machine such as the detergent feeding device 70 and the drive motor 40 , and a manipulation button 810 allowing the user to select functions of the washing machine.
  • the drive motor 40 and the detergent introduction module 730 are controlled through the control unit 800 .
  • control unit 800 applies electricity to the drive motor 40 and the detergent introduction module 730 according to cycles such as washing, rinsing and draining that are preset in the control unit 800 .
  • the detergent pumps 731 M and 731 S are driven, and main detergent or sub-detergent in liquid state stored in the main detergent storage part 710 a or sub-detergent storage part 710 b of the detergent case 710 passes sequentially through the communication holes 710 e and 710 f, inlets 732 a and inflow guide channel 732 c and flows into the chamber 732 b, and is then discharged into the detergent housing 700 via the discharge guide channel 732 d and the discharge guide pipe 733 .

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