WO2018040204A1

WO2018040204A1 - Laundry treating device

Info

Publication number: WO2018040204A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/100920
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孙铭超; 杨静静
Original assignee: 无锡小天鹅股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-08-31
Filing date: 2016-09-29
Publication date: 2018-03-08

Abstract

Disclosed is a laundry treating device (100), comprising a laundry treating chamber (32). The laundry treating chamber is provided with a front panel (11) with a touchable region provided thereon. A user opens, in a pull-out manner, the laundry treating chamber by touching the touchable region on the front panel. The laundry treating device can improve the degree of automation, can guarantee stability during the process of opening or closing the clothes processing device, and can improve the comfort and reliability for a user when in use. The laundry treating device is simple in structure, high in automation degree, stable in operation and reliable in use, and provides a good user experience.

Description

Clothing treatment device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of washing equipment, and in particular to a laundry treating apparatus.

Background technique

The base and the cartridge of the washing device in the related art are usually a drawer structure, and the user generally adopts a pulling method when opening the drawer. In the drawing process, most of the pulling is not smooth, the operation is unstable, and the like, if the user manually Excessive force during pumping will cause damage to the base or the cartridge, reducing the service life. If the user uses too little force during pumping, the base or the cartridge will be closed tightly, and the degree of automation is low. It is automatically turned on or off according to user needs, which is inconvenient to use and has a poor user experience.

Summary of the invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the above technical problems to some extent.

To this end, the present invention proposes a laundry treating apparatus which is simple in structure, high in automation, stable in operation, reliable in use, and good in user experience.

A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a laundry treating chamber provided with a front panel, the front panel is provided with an operable area, and the user pulls by touching the touched area on the front panel The laundry treatment chamber is opened.

According to the laundry treating apparatus of the embodiment of the invention, by providing the touchable area on the front panel of the laundry treating chamber, the user pulls open the laundry treating chamber by touching the movable area. The laundry treating device has the advantages of simple structure, high degree of automation, stable operation, reliable use and good user experience.

In addition, the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

According to some embodiments of the invention, the touchable area is provided with a touch switch, and the touch switch is concealed on the back side of the front panel.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus further includes: a body, the base is provided with a base, the base defines the laundry processing room; a movable member, the movable member is telescopically disposed In the drawer of the laundry processing chamber, the touch panel is provided on the front panel of the drawer, the touch switch is disposed in the touchable area, and the touch switch has a sensing area for sensing capacitance value; the recognition module And the identification module is connected to the touch switch to identify a change in a capacitance value of the touch switch; the controller is connected to the identification module and the driving component, and the controller is configured according to the identification module The identified capacitance value controls the operation of the drive member.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treatment chamber is provided with a guide rail matching the drawer, the drive The piece is a rail motor disposed on the rail, the rail motor being coupled to the drawer to drive the drawer to move on the rail.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the identification module is formed as a motherboard disposed within the front panel.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the base is provided at the bottom of the body.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the laundry treating device is a washing machine, a clothes dryer or a washing and drying machine.

The additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows.

DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a partial view of a base of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a further partial view of the base of the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a cross-sectional view of a base of a laundry treating apparatus in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

Reference mark:

100: a laundry treatment device;

10: movable parts; 11: front panel; 12: rear panel;

20: touch switch;

30: body; 31: base; 311: support base; 32: laundry treatment room; 321: guide rail;

40: drive member; 41: transmission;

50: Identification module.

detailed description

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting.

The laundry treating apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a laundry treating chamber 32 provided with a front panel 11 provided with an operable area, and the user pulls by touching the movable area on the front panel 11 The laundry treatment chamber 32 is opened. Specifically, the touchable area is provided with a touch switch 20, and the touch switch 20 is concealed on the back side of the front panel 11, and the user opens and closes the laundry processing chamber 32 by touching the touch switch 20.

Thus, according to the laundry treating apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the touchable area on the front panel 11 of the laundry treating chamber 32, the user pulls open the laundry treating chamber 32 by touching the movable area. The laundry treatment device The structure is simple, the degree of automation is high, the operation is stable, the use is reliable, and the user experience is good.

The laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to FIGS. 1 through 4.

The laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body 30, a movable member 10, a driving member 40, a touch switch 20, an identification module 50, and a controller (not shown).

Specifically, the body 30 is provided with a laundry processing chamber 32. The movable member 10 is movably disposed on the body 30 to open and close the laundry processing chamber 32. The driving member 40 is coupled to the movable member 10 to drive the movable member 10 to move. The switch 20 is disposed on the body 30, and the touch switch 20 has a sensing area for sensing a capacitance value. The identification module 50 is connected to the touch switch 20 to identify a change in the capacitance value of the touch switch 20. The controller is connected to the identification module 50 and the driving member 40, and is controlled. The controller controls the operation of the driving member 40 according to the change in the capacitance value of the touch switch 20 identified by the identification module 50.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the base 30 is provided with a base 31. The base 31 defines a laundry processing chamber 32. The movable member 10 is a drawer that is telescopically disposed in the laundry processing chamber 32. The front panel 11 of the drawer An actuatable area is provided thereon, and the touch switch 20 is disposed in the touchable area.

In other words, the laundry treating apparatus 100 is mainly composed of the body 30, the movable member 10, the driving member 40, the touch switch 20, the identification module 50, and the controller. The body 30 extends in a vertical direction (up and down direction as shown in FIG. 1), and the body 30 is formed substantially in a rectangular parallelepiped structure. The body 30 is provided with a laundry treatment chamber 32, and the laundry treatment chamber 32 can be used for accommodating clothes as a laundry treatment room. It can also be used to accommodate a washing machine feed box or as an accommodation space for other storages. The movable member 10 is movably mounted on the body 30 and the movable member 10 is coupled to the driving member 40, and when the movable member 10 is away from the body 30. At the time of the activity, the laundry treating chamber 32 on the body 30 is opened, and when the movable member 10 is moved toward the body 30, the laundry treating chamber 32 on the body 30 is closed.

Further, the touch switch 20 is disposed on the front end surface of the body 30, and the identification module 50 is disposed adjacent to the touch switch 20 and connected to the touch switch 20. For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in the present embodiment, the touch switch 20 is provided. The identification module 50 is disposed adjacent to the touch switch 20 and disposed on the rear end surface of the front panel 11 of the body 30, and the touch switch 20 and the identification module 50 are connected, thereby shortening the touch switch 20. The wire connection distance with the identification module 50 simplifies the wiring, making the structure more compact. It should be noted that the specific installation position of the touch switch 20 and the identification module 50 can be adaptively changed according to actual design requirements, so as to facilitate the user's motion path capture and ensure structural simplification.

In addition, the controller 30 is further provided with a controller, and the controller is connected to the identification module 50 and the driving component 40 at the same time. The identification module 50 can recognize the change of the capacitance value of the touch switch 20 and transmit the signal to the controller, and the controller according to the identification module. The identified capacitance value control drive 40 drives the movable member action.

Specifically, in the closed state, the user changes the capacitance value of the sensing area of the touch switch 20 by the limb touch, and the touch switch 20 senses the change of the value of the capacitance, and transmits the value to the identification module 50 after being recognized and calculated. Delivered to the controller, the controller matches the corresponding operation and sends an instruction to the driving member 40, the driving member 40 starts to work, and the driving movable member 10 moves to open the laundry processing chamber 32; after the user uses the laundry processing chamber 32, touches the touch switch 20 again. In the sensing area, the touch switch 20 senses the change of the value of the capacitor, and transmits the value to the identification module 50 after being recognized and calculated, and then transmitted to the controller. After the controller matches the corresponding operation, the command is sent to the driving member 40, and the driving member 40 starts to work and drives. The movable member 10 closes the laundry treating chamber 32 to complete an operation.

Thus, according to the laundry treating apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, by setting the touch switch 20 on the body 30 and connecting the touch switch 20 to the identification module 50, the identification module 50 is used to identify the change in the capacitance value sensed by the touch switch 20, Then, the controller controls the driving member 40 to drive the movable member 10 according to the identification signal of the identification module 50, thereby automatically opening or closing the laundry processing chamber 32, thereby improving the degree of automation of the laundry treating device 100, and ensuring the opening or closing process of the laundry treating chamber 32. The stability in the user improves the comfort and reliability of the user. The laundry treating apparatus 100 has a simple structure, a high degree of automation, stable operation, reliable use, and good user experience.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the body 30 extends in a vertical direction (up and down direction as shown in FIG. 1), the lower end of the body 30 is provided with a base 31, and the lower end of the base 31 is provided with four evenly distributed supports. The seat 311 supports the body 30, and the base 31 is formed substantially in a rectangular parallelepiped structure, and the base 31 defines a laundry processing chamber 32 for accommodating the movable member 10. The movable member 10 is formed as a drawer structure, and the movable member 10 of the drawer structure is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The longitudinal direction of the base 31 (the front-rear direction shown in FIG. 1) is telescopically disposed in the laundry treating chamber 32, and the movable member 10 is provided with an accommodating space, and when the driving member 40 drives the movable member 10 forward along the length of the base 31 When in motion, the accommodation space on the movable member 10 is opened; when the drive member 40 drives the movable member 10 to move rearward along the length of the base 31, the accommodation space on the movable member 10 is closed.

The clothes processing chamber 32 is provided with a guide rail 321 matching the drawer. The driving member 40 is a rail motor disposed on the rail 321 , and the rail motor is connected with the drawer to drive the drawer to move on the rail 321 .

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a slide rail is provided on the left side wall surface of the movable member 10 (ie, the drawer), and the guide rail 321 is disposed at a corresponding position adjacent to the left inner wall surface of the laundry treatment chamber 32, and the slide rails and clothes of the movable member 10. The guide rails 321 of the processing chamber 32 are adapted, the driving member 40 is a rail motor, and the rail motor is disposed on the outer side wall of the rail 321 . The rail motor drives the drawer to advance and pull out through the transmission 41, and utilizes the self-aligning rail itself. The lock function prevents the drawer device from coming out during work.

Optionally, the drawer has a front panel 11 and the touch switch 20 is disposed within the front panel 11.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the front end of the drawer is fixedly connected with a rear panel 12, and the front panel 11 is indirectly connected to the front end of the drawer through the rear panel 12. The front panel 11 is substantially formed into a rectangular plate, and the front panel 11 is along the front panel. The length in the left-right direction is equal to the length in the left-right direction of the longitudinal section of the base 31, and the height of the front panel 11 in the vertical direction (up and down direction in FIG. 2) is equal to the height in the vertical direction of the longitudinal section of the base 31, so that the driving member When the drawer is advanced in the front-rear direction 40, the front panel 11 can close the laundry treatment chamber 32 of the base 31.

In addition, the touch switch 20 is disposed at a middle position inside the front panel 11 to facilitate the touch switch 20 to sense the user's Touch the action.

The identification module 50 is formed as a main board disposed in the front panel 11.

Referring to FIG. 4, the identification module 50 is formed as a rectangular main board, and the identification module 50 is disposed between the front panel 11 and the rear panel 12 of the drawer, and the identification module 50 is connected to the touch switch 20 provided in the front panel 11, thereby shortening the touch. The wire connection distance between the switch 20 and the identification module 50 simplifies wiring, making the structure more compact.

Optionally, the base 31 is disposed at the bottom of the body 30. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the body 30 extends in a vertical direction (up and down direction as shown in FIG. 1), the lower end of the body 30 is provided with a base 31, and the lower end of the base 31 is provided with four evenly distributed support seats 311. Supporting the body 30.

Optionally, the laundry treating device 100 is a washing machine, a clothes dryer or a washing and drying machine. Thereby, the degree of automation of the washing machine, the dryer or the washing and drying machine can be improved, the stability during the opening or closing of the laundry treating chamber 32 can be ensured, and the comfort and reliability of the user can be improved.

Other configurations and operations of the laundry treating apparatus 100 according to embodiments of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", " Orientation or position of indications such as "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. The relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of the description of the invention and the simplification of the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or component referred to has a specific orientation, is constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus It is not to be understood as limiting the invention.

Moreover, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more unless specifically and specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, the terms "installation", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like shall be understood broadly, and may be either a fixed connection or a detachable connection, unless explicitly stated and defined otherwise. , or connected integrally; may be mechanical connection or electrical connection; may be directly connected, or may be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and may be internal communication between the two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood on a case-by-case basis.

In the present invention, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may include direct contact of the first and second features, and may also include first and second features, unless otherwise specifically defined and defined. It is not in direct contact but through additional features between them. Moreover, the first feature "above", "above" and "above" the second feature includes the first feature directly above and above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature level is higher than the second feature. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature includes the first feature in the second The sign is above and obliquely above, or simply indicates that the first feature level is less than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" and the like means a specific feature described in connection with the embodiment or example. A structure, material or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In the present specification, the schematic representation of the above terms does not necessarily mean the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the foregoing embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive Variations, modifications, alterations and variations of the above-described embodiments are possible within the scope of the invention.

Claims

A laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a laundry treating chamber, wherein the laundry treating chamber is provided with a front panel, the front panel is provided with an operable area, and the user pulls by touching the touch area on the front panel The laundry treatment chamber is opened.
The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the touchable area is provided with a touch switch, and the touch switch is concealedly disposed on a rear surface of the front panel.
The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a body, the body is provided with a base, and the laundry processing chamber is defined in the base;

a movable member, the movable member is a drawer telescopically disposed in the laundry processing chamber, the front panel of the drawer is provided with the touchable area, and the touch switch is disposed in the touchable area The touch switch has a sensing area that senses a capacitance value;

An identification module, the identification module being connected to the touch switch to identify a change in a capacitance value of the touch switch;

And a controller, wherein the controller is connected to the identification module and the driving component, and the controller controls the driving component to operate according to the capacitance value recognized by the identification module.
A laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said laundry treating chamber is provided with a guide rail matching said drawer, said driving member being a rail motor provided on said rail, said rail motor and The drawers are coupled to drive the drawer to move on the rail.
The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the identification module is formed as a main board provided in the front panel.
The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the base is provided at a bottom of the body.
The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the laundry treating device is a washing machine, a clothes dryer, or a washing and drying machine.