US20170218561A1 - Washing machine provided with inflowing-water filter - Google Patents

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US20170218561A1
US20170218561A1 US15/514,757 US201415514757A US2017218561A1 US 20170218561 A1 US20170218561 A1 US 20170218561A1 US 201415514757 A US201415514757 A US 201415514757A US 2017218561 A1 US2017218561 A1 US 2017218561A1
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Sheng Xu
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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
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/10—Filtering arrangements
    • 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
    • D06F25/00—Washing machines with receptacles, e.g. perforated, having a rotary movement, e.g. oscillatory movement, the receptacle serving both for washing and for centrifugally separating water from the laundry and having further drying means, e.g. using hot air 
    • 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
    • D06F37/00—Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00
    • D06F37/26—Casings; Tubs
    • D06F37/267—Tubs specially adapted for mounting thereto components or devices not provided for in preceding subgroups
    • 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
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
    • D06F39/088—Liquid supply arrangements
    • 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
    • D06F39/00—Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00 
    • D06F39/08—Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
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  • the present disclosure relates to a field of a washing machine, in particular to a washing machine provided with an inflowing-water filter.
  • a washing machine comprises a body constituting a bottom and a side, a top cover provided at a top of the body. Inside the body, a water tank is supported by a plurality of supports and a washing tub for washing and dewatering of clothes disposed is provided inside the water tank. A pulsator is provided inside the washing tub.
  • An upper cover for users disposing clothes into the washing tub or taking clothes out is provided at a middle part of the top cover, a control panel is provided on an upper of a rear of the top cover.
  • a control unit such as a controller for controlling various operations of the washing machine is provided on the bottom surface of the control panel.
  • the user opens the top cover and disposes clothes into the washing tub and chooses the required washing operation through buttons provided on the control panel.
  • the water inlet valve is open and the washing water flows into the washing tub to the set water level.
  • the motor is driven and the driving force of the motor is appropriately decelerated and transmitted to the pulsator or the washing tub to perform the washing operation.
  • the washing operation is done, several rinsing operations are performed.
  • the washing tub rotates at a high speed and performs a dehydration operation. Further a series of washing process is completed.
  • the impurities in the water will jam the filter which results in slow inflowing water or no water after the washing machine being used several times, and the washing machine can't operate normally.
  • the water inlet valve Due to limitation of the structure of the water inlet valve, the current water inlet pipe, the water inlet valve is basically a standard interface design.
  • the filter at the entrance of the water inlet can't be made too large due to space constraints, which will result in less water filtration and is easy been jammed, the water inlet is difficult to remove and clean.
  • a handle 4 ′ is added to the filter net of the water inlet valve (see FIG. 2 ).
  • the cylindrical handle and support frame are integral forming through the injection, while the iron material filter net also put into it for integral forming. Although this may not rely on tools to facilitate the removal of clean up, but can't avoid the frequent disassembly for removal of impurities.
  • a Chinese patent application No. 03130294.7 discloses a filter structure of a water inlet valve of a washing machine.
  • the structure comprises a water inlet valve provided in the water supply path of the washing machine, a filter is provided inside a top of the water inlet valve.
  • the filter structure comprises a handle, a filter net and a support frame surrounding them, and a net shaped second filter is provided on an inner side wall of the filter.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art and to provide a washing machine equipped with an inflowing-water filter. It has a simple structure and is easy to disassemble and has a large filtation area and is not easy to plug.
  • the basic scheme adopted by the present disclosure is: a washing machine equipped with an inflowing-water filter, which is provided a water inlet and a water inlet path communicated with the water inlet.
  • a housing of the washing machine is provided with a filter mounting opening, the filter mounting opening is communicated with the water inlet path, and the inflowing-water filter is detachably mounted in the water inlet path through the filter mounting opening.
  • the water inlet path is provided with a filter box, the filter box is communicated with the filter mounting opening, and the inflowing-water filter is detachably mounted in the filter box through the filter mounting opening.
  • the washing machine is provided with a water inlet valve, the water inlet path is between the water inlet and the water inlet valve.
  • the washing machine is provided with the water inlet valve
  • the water inlet valve comprises a valve body, a water inlet end and a water outlet end.
  • a filter mounting end is provided on the valve body. An end of the water inlet end is the water inlet, an end of the filter mounting end is the filter mounting opening, and the inflowing-water filter is detachably mounted inside the valve body through the filter mounting end.
  • the water inlet path is provided inside the valve body, two ends of the water inlet path are communicated with a water inlet end and a water outlet end.
  • the water inlet path is provided with a plug, the filter mounting end is communicated with the water inlet path between the water inlet end and the plug.
  • the washing machine is provided with a water inlet valve
  • the water inlet valve comprises a valve body, a water inlet end and a water outlet end.
  • the water inlet end comprises a water inlet which is provided at an end, a water inlet path and a filter mounting opening which is provided at a side of the water inlet end.
  • the inflowing-water filter comprises a filtering mechanism and a connecting piece, the filtering mechanism is connected with the connecting piece.
  • the connecting piece is detachably connected with the filter mounting opening, and the filtering mechanism is inserted into the water inlet path through the filter mounting opening.
  • the inflowing-water filter and the water inlet path are provided in cross, or, the inflowing-water filter is set in a direction of a water flow after a direction of the water inlet path is changed.
  • the water inlet path is an “L” shape or at least two sequentially connected “L” shapes.
  • the filter mounting opening is communicated with a bend part of the water inlet path.
  • the inflowing-water filter is inserted in the direction of the water flow which is redirected at the bend part.
  • the filter mounting opening and the water inlet are in a crossed or parallel positional relationship.
  • an end of the filtering mechanism corresponding to the connecting piece is provided with a sealing ring for sealing the filter mounting opening. Further, the other end is provided with a sealing ring to close a gap between the filtering mechanism and the water inlet path.
  • the inflowing water is filtered by going through the inflowing-water filter twice to achieve a better filtering effect.
  • the water inlet is provided at a top of the housing of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening is provided at the top or a rear or a side of the housing of the washing machine. Or, the water inlet is provided at the rear of the housing of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening is provided at the top or the rear or the side of the housing of the washing machine. Or, the water inlet is provided at the side of the housing of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening is provided at the top or the rear or the side of the housing of the washing machine.
  • the positional relationship between the filter mounting opening and the water inlet is related to a structure of the inflowing-water filter installed in the water inlet path.
  • the present disclosure has the following advantageous effects as compared with the prior art.
  • the washing machine of the present disclosure is provided with a inflowing-water filter which is easy to disassemble and clean.
  • the inflowing-water filter is not provided inside the water inlet, but provided in the water inlet path through a filter mounting opening which has a larger filtering area and easy to disassemble and clean.
  • the filtering area can be freely adjusted due to no limitation on the size of the cross of the incoming water and the filter is not easy being plugged.
  • the filter mounting opening and the water inlet are arranged with different positional relationships to facilitate the filter mounting opening installation of the washing machine.
  • the inflowing-water filter can be set as multiple filters and set as filters with different filtering levels according to water quality of different regions, it has a wide range of applications.
  • the filter mounting opening is integrated in the water inlet valve which has a simple structure and easy to install. Because the filter mounting opening is independently provided, so the water inlet will not be plugged and don't need to frequently remove the water inlet pipe. It avoids the leaking caused by not correctly installed from happening.
  • FIG. 1 is an installation schematic diagram of an existing filter net of a water inlet valve of a washing machine
  • FIG. 2 is an installation schematic diagram of another existing filter net of a water inlet valve of a washing machine
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a water inlet valve of a washing machine of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a water inlet valve of a washing machine of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic view of water incoming and filtration of a water inlet valve of a washing machine of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 are schematic views of different water incoming and filtration of a washing machine of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an inflowing-water filter of a washing machine of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 11 is a sectional view of an inflowing-water filter of the present disclosure.
  • a housing 1 of the washing machine of the present disclosure is provided with a filter mounting opening 4 , the filter mounting opening 4 is communicated with the water inlet path 3 .
  • An inflowing-water filter 5 is detachably mounted in the water inlet path 3 through the filter mounting opening 4 to filter the impurities of the incoming water of the washing machine.
  • the inflowing-water filter 5 is provided in the water inlet path between the water inlet 62 and the plug closest to the water inlet (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 ) to prevent the impurities in the incoming water from affecting the service life of the plug.
  • the water inlet path 3 of the washing machine is provided with a filter box 31 , such as the water inlet path and the filter box are mounted on a control panel or the housing of the washing machine.
  • the control panel or the housing is provided with the water inlet 2 which is connected to the water inlet pipe outside.
  • the water inlet 2 is communicated with the filter box 31 through the water inlet path 3
  • the filter box 31 is communicated with the water inlet valve and the filter box 31 is communicated with the filter mounting opening 4 .
  • the inflowing-water filter 5 is detachably mounted in the filter box 31 through the filter mounting opening 4 .
  • the inflowing-water filter 5 of the present disclosure comprises a filtering mechanism 51 and a connecting piece 52 , the filtering mechanism 51 is connected with the connecting piece 52 .
  • the connecting piece 52 is detachably connected with the filter mounting opening 4 .
  • the filtering mechanism 51 is inserted into the water inlet path 3 through the filter mounting opening 4 .
  • the connecting piece 52 is a “ ” shaped cap structure, a peripheral wall of which is provided with an internal thread.
  • the filter mounting opening is provided with an external thread fitting with the internal thread.
  • the filtering mechanism 51 is a cylindrical structure, of which one end is inserted in and connected with the connecting piece 52 from an opening of the connecting piece 52 , and of which a peripheral wall is provided with a filter net 511 , or the peripheral wall and another end are provided with the filter net. Further, in order to facilitate cleaning the filter, the filtering mechanism 51 is detachably connected with the connecting piece 52 .
  • an end of the filtering mechanism 51 corresponding to the connecting piece 52 is provided with a sealing ring 53 for sealing the filter mounting opening. Further, the other end is provided with a sealing ring 53 to close a gap between the filtering mechanism and the water inlet path.
  • the inflowing water is filtered by going through the inflowing-water filter twice to achieve a better filtering effect.
  • the housing 1 of the washing machine of the present disclosure comprises that of a pulsator washing machine and a drum washing machine.
  • the water inlet 2 is provided on a top of the housing of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening 4 is provided at a top or a rear or a side of the housing of the washing machine.
  • the water inlet 2 is provided at the rear of the housing 1 of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening 4 is provided at the top or the rear or the side of the housing 1 of the washing machine.
  • the water inlet 2 is provided at the side of the housing 1 of the washing machine, the filter mounting opening 4 is provided at the top or the rear or the side of the housing 1 of the washing machine.
  • the positional relationship between the filter mounting opening and the water inlet is related to a structure of the inflowing-water filter installed in the water inlet path, see embodiment 4.

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