WO2018077061A1

WO2018077061A1 - Control method for washing machine having water treatment function and washing machine

Info

Publication number: WO2018077061A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/106487
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邓金柱; 许升
Original assignee: 青岛海尔洗衣机有限公司
Priority date: 2016-10-28
Filing date: 2017-10-17
Publication date: 2018-05-03
Also published as: CN108004717A

Abstract

Disclosed is a control method for a washing machine having a water treatment function. The washing machine is provided with a flocculation treatment function, when water that needs to be treated in a washing drum is discharged into a flocculation module for flocculation treatment, at least one instance of laundry guarding process is performed for laundry in the washing drum. Also disclosed is the washing machine comprising the control method for the washing machine. The washing machine is provided therein with the flocculation module capable of performing flocculation treatment on water and a laundry guarding module capable of performing guarding treatment on the laundry in the washing drum. The present invention provides the flocculation treatment function and a laundry guarding function at the same time, fully utilizes the time of the flocculation water treatment process, performs laundry guarding during the flocculation water treatment process, guards the laundry in a timely manner, and puts to work the washing drum that would be resting during the flocculation water treatment process, thus reasonably utilizing time and space.

Description

Washing machine control method with water treatment function and washing machine

Technical field

The invention belongs to the field of washing machines, and in particular to a washing machine control method with a water treatment function and a washing machine.

Background technique

With the improvement of people's living standards, washing machines have become one of the essential household appliances in daily life. The washing process of the commonly used fully automatic washing machine mainly includes several stages of washing, rinsing and drying, and in the washing and rinsing process, since it is automatically controlled, only the sensor inside the washing machine can be used to detect whether the laundry has been cleaned, compared with the general manual. Hand washing or semi-automatic washing is a waste of more water. In order to reduce the washing water, the existing washing machine adopts a flocculation method to treat the washing water, and the treated water is used for subsequent rinsing. The flocculant chemically reacts with the stains and detergent in the washing water to form flocs which are deposited on the bottom of the water or float on the surface of the water, so that the water and the flocs are separated to purify the washing water.

The existing washing machine has only the flocculation water treatment function or only the laundry care function, so that when the water of the washing tub is discharged to the flocculation bucket, the flocculation bucket is subjected to a water purification process such as stirring, placing, and standing; In the standby state until the flocculation bucket completes the water purification process, the subsequent rinsing, drying, and the like can be performed. Such a washing machine does not fully utilize the time of flocculation water treatment, and timely protects the clothes, so that the user experience is not high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, and provide a washing machine control method with a water treatment function and a washing machine, which fully utilizes the time of the flocculation water treatment process to sterilize the laundry in the washing pass. The treatment of unwinding and the like greatly shortens the time of washing and dressing, and improves the user experience.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic idea of adopting the technical solution of the present invention is:

An object of the present invention is to provide a control method of a washing machine with a water treatment function, a washing machine control method with a water treatment function, the washing machine having a flocculation water treatment function, and a water to be treated in the washing tub When discharging into the flocculation module for flocculation treatment, at least one protective clothing procedure is performed on the laundry inside the washing tub.

Further, the water to be treated is washing water after washing completion, or rinsing water after rinsing is completed.

Further, the specific steps include the following steps.

S1: After the washing process is finished, the washing water is controlled to enter the flocculation module, and the washing tub is controlled to perform the protective clothing program;

S2: controlling the water after the flocculation treatment is returned to the washing tub, and rinsing the laundry;

S3: After the rinsing is finished, the rinsing water is controlled to enter the flocculation module, and the washing tub is controlled to perform the protective clothing program.

Further, step S1 specifically includes the following steps,

S11: controlling the discharge of the washing water into the flocculation module;

S12: controlling the washing tub to enter the first protective clothing program;

S13: The first type of protective clothing of the washing tub is completed, and the clean water after the flocculation processing is completed is returned to the washing tub.

Further, step S3 specifically includes the following steps,

S31: controlling the rinsing water to be discharged into the flocculation module;

S32: controlling the washing tub to enter the second protective clothing program;

S33: The second dressing process is completed, and the clean water after the flocculation process is completed is returned to the washing tub.

Further, after step S33, it is determined whether it is the last rinse, and if so, the drainage and dehydration treatment; otherwise, repeat step S3;

Preferably, after each rinsing process is finished, different protective clothing procedures are performed correspondingly.

Further, the protective clothing program is one of a sterilization program, an ozone generating program, and a spraying program, or any combination thereof.

Further, it is further included that the laundry in the washing tub is unwound and/or evenly distributed during the flocculation water treatment.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine including the above-described washing machine control method, which is provided with a flocculation module capable of flocculation treatment of water, and a garment capable of performing care treatment on laundry in the washing tub. Module.

Further, the protective cover module comprises one or any combination of a sterilizing device, an ozone generating device and a spraying device; the protective cover module is disposed in the washing tub or connected to the washing tub.

After adopting the above technical solution, the present invention has the following advantageous effects compared with the prior art.

1. The interior of the washing machine is installed to purify the washing water and/or the rinsing water to be able to be recycled. The flocculation module; the flocculation module treats the washing water of the washed laundry with flocculation water, and then discharges the treated water into the washing tub for rinsing, or continues to flocculate the foamed water of the washed laundry in sequence. After the washing and rinsing of the clothes are finished, the water of the same capacity can be washed and rinsed, which greatly saves water resources and avoids waste of resources.

2. The washing tub of the washing machine is provided with a nursing device capable of taking care of the clothes, and the clothes washing process is performed multiple times by using the time of the flocculation water treatment process, without waiting for the laundry to be washed and rinsed. The care work of the clothes, so as to achieve the purpose of clothing care, but also saves the user waiting time.

3. The washing machine control panel is provided with a variety of protective clothing buttons and protective clothing termination buttons. The user can control the type of protective clothing according to his or her own wishes (for example, a protective clothing program can be selected, or a variety of protections can be selected. The clothing program), in this way, the user can freely choose the type and intensity of the care according to the different washing clothes; of course, if the user does not need to carry out the laundry care process, the user can also choose to terminate the protective clothing button, which is simple and convenient to operate.

The specific embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be illustrative of the invention. It is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and other drawings may be obtained from those skilled in the art without departing from the drawings. In the drawing:

1 is a schematic view showing a first embodiment of a control method of a washing machine with a water treatment function according to the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of the care of the laundry in the process of flocculation water treatment of the washing water in the embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart of the care of the laundry in the process of flocculation water treatment of the rinsing water in the embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic view showing a second embodiment of a washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic view showing a third embodiment of a washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a schematic view showing the structure of a washing machine in an embodiment of the present invention.

It is to be understood that the drawings and the written description are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

detailed description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clear, the following will be incorporated in the embodiments of the present invention. The invention is described in the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The washing water referred to in the present invention refers to the non-clean washing water after the washing process is completed in the washing tub. Rinsing water refers to the non-clean rinse water after the laundry has been rinsed in the washing tub.

In one aspect, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a washing machine control method with a water treatment function, the washing machine having a flocculation water treatment function, in the process of performing flocculation water treatment, the washing machine The inner garment is subjected to at least one protective clothing procedure.

On the other hand, as described in FIG. 6, the present invention provides a washing machine including the above-described washing machine control method with a water treatment function, which is internally provided with a flocculation module for flocculation of water, and capable of washing A protective clothing module for the care of the clothes in the middle. Preferably, the protective cover module comprises one of a sterilizing device, an ozone device, and a shower device, or any combination thereof.

The invention can not only purify the washing water or the rinsing water, so that the water after the flocculation treatment can be recycled and reused, thereby achieving the purpose of saving water resources; and fully utilizing the time of the flocculation water treatment process, in the flocculation water treatment The process of clothing care, timely protection of clothing, also saves a lot of time for follow-up work, thereby improving the efficiency of laundry and protective clothing, thereby shortening the waiting time of users.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 1 , a control method for a washing machine with a water treatment function according to the embodiment, the control method specifically includes the following steps.

S3: After the rinsing process is finished, the rinsing water is controlled to enter the flocculation module, and the washing tub is controlled to perform the protective clothing program.

As shown in FIG. 2, step S1 specifically includes the following steps.

As shown in FIG. 3, step S3 specifically includes the following steps.

S33: The second protective coating procedure of the washing tub is completed, and the clean water after the flocculation processing is completed is returned to the washing tub.

In this embodiment, after the washing machine completes the washing work of the laundry, the washing machine controls the washing water to be discharged into the flocculation module; the flocculation module is a flocculation bucket that can store more water. After all the washing water is discharged into the flocculation module, the flocculation module flocculates the washing water, that is, the flocculation barrel completes the processes of stirring, placing, and standing, thereby achieving the purpose of purifying the washing water, thereby facilitating the subsequent rinsing. After the flocculation module completes the flocculation treatment of the washing water, the washing machine's protective clothing program ends. The embodiment fully utilizes the time of the flocculation water treatment process to sterilize and unwind the laundry in the washing pass, thereby greatly shortening the washing and dressing time and improving the user experience.

Embodiment 2

As shown in FIG. 4, in a washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to the embodiment, a flocculation bucket is installed inside the washing machine for flocculation water treatment of washing water and/or rinsing water. A sterilization device is installed in the washing tub, for example, an ultraviolet germicidal lamp, which sterilizes the clothes by using an ultraviolet germicidal lamp; or an ozone generating device is installed in the washing tub, and ozone gas is generated by the ozone generating device and/or ozone is dissolved. Spraying; or installing a spraying device in the washing tub, and spraying the laundry in the washing tub with a spraying device.

In the present embodiment, the washing machine for the laundry may be any of the above mentioned ones.

In the above technical solution, the protective clothing program of the washing machine is specifically: after the washing machine washes the laundry, discharging the washing water into the flocculation module, and after the washing water is completely discharged into the flocculation module, controlling the washing machine to perform a protective clothing process on the laundry, The protective clothing program is any one of a sterilization program, an ozone generation program, and a shower program. When the protective clothing program is a sterilization procedure, the ultraviolet germicidal lamp on the washing tub of the washing machine is automatically opened or can be opened by the user. During the laundry care process, the user can also press the button (the washing machine is provided with a protective cover for terminating the protective clothing program). End the button) to end the protective process. In order to allow the laundry in the washing tub to be completely irradiated and sterilized by the ultraviolet germicidal lamp, the washing tub can be controlled to rotate at a set rotation speed, so that as the washing tub rotates, the laundry will also be reversed, and the laundry is turned over. Each part can be irradiated and sterilized by ultraviolet germicidal lamps to make the sterilization of the clothes more complete and complete. Specifically, after all the washing water is discharged into the flocculation module, the flocculation module performs flocculation water treatment (that is, the flocculation treatment program shown in the figure), and the ultraviolet germicidal lamp is simultaneously turned on, or delayed for several seconds to open, and the clothing care work is performed. After the flocculation water treatment process is completed, the ultraviolet germicidal lamp is turned off, and the sterilization and disinfection treatment of the clothes is stopped. At this time, the water treated by the flocculation module is returned to the washing tub to perform the rinsing work of the laundry. During the rinsing process, the washing machine determines whether it is the last rinsing, and if so, the drainage and dehydration steps are performed, and if not, the flocculation process is continued. And UV sterilization procedures.

When the protective clothing program is an ozone generating program, the ozone generating device generates ozone gas to fully contact the clothes in the washing tub to achieve sterilization and disinfection purposes. Alternatively, the ozone gas is dissolved in the liquid and sprayed onto the laundry in the form of a spray. In actual application, in order to make the clothes more in contact with ozone gas or ozone spray, the washing tub can be controlled to rotate at a higher speed. Specifically, after all the washing water is discharged into the flocculation module, the flocculation module performs flocculation water treatment (ie, the flocculation treatment procedure shown in the figure), and the ozone generating device is simultaneously opened, or delayed for several seconds to open, and the ozone gas or ozone spray is discharged. Clothing for care work. After the flocculation water treatment process is completed, the ozone generating device is turned off, and the sterilization and disinfection treatment of the clothes is stopped. At this time, the water treated by the flocculation module is returned to the washing tub to perform the rinsing work of the laundry. During the rinsing process, the washing machine determines whether it is the last rinsing, and if so, the drainage and dehydration steps are performed, and if not, the flocculation process is continued. And ozone generation procedures.

When the protective clothing program is a spraying program, the spraying device on the washing tub can be controlled to spray the laundry in the washing pass for a specified time to achieve the effect of wrinkle removal. In the actual application process, the washing tub is controlled to rotate at a predetermined speed, so that the laundry can be just attached to the tub, so that the laundry can be fully contacted with the water sprayed by the sprinkler to obtain a shower treatment. The process of opening and closing the sprinkler device is similar to the above-mentioned ultraviolet germicidal lamp and ozone generating device, and will not be described herein.

It should be noted that the protective clothing program includes, but is not limited to, the three cases mentioned above, and other manners of the protective clothing program known to those skilled in the art are also within the scope of the present invention.

In the embodiment, when the flocculation water treatment is performed, if some water is still stored in the washing tub, the unwinding or the uniformizing treatment may be selected, and the unwinding or the uniformizing treatment may be performed simultaneously with the laundry care program, or may be smoothly performed. get on. For example, during the flocculation water treatment process, when the laundry care program is performed, the unwinding and/or the uniformizing treatment is simultaneously performed, and after the flocculation water treatment is completed, the laundry care program, the unwinding program, and the uniforming program are all terminated. Or, in the process of flocculation water treatment, the clothing care program is first carried out, and then the unwinding and spreading process is carried out to realize comprehensive and full care and protection of the clothes.

The invention has the functions of flocculation water treatment and laundry care, fully utilizes the time of the flocculation water treatment process, carries out the laundry care in the flocculation water treatment process, and timely protects the clothes, so that the treatment is still in the flocculation water treatment process. The washing bucket works to make reasonable use of time and space. After the laundry washing work is completed, since the laundry has been sterilized and disinfected in the process of flocculation water treatment, the user can perform the nursing work of the laundry, saving the workload and time of the user.

Embodiment 3

The difference between this embodiment and the above-mentioned second embodiment is that the protective clothing program includes a plurality of protective clothing programs and at the same time, the clothing is subjected to a protective clothing treatment.

Specifically, after the washing of the laundry is finished, the washing water is controlled to be discharged into the flocculation module, and after all the washing water is discharged into the flocculation module, various protective clothing programs (for example, ultraviolet sterilization program, ozone generating program, and spraying program) are simultaneously applied to the clothes. Carry out protective clothing treatment. Of course, it is also possible to combine the ultraviolet sterilization process, the ozone generation process, and the showering procedure to coat the clothes, so that the user can select the type and strength of the clothes according to the different washing clothes.

Embodiment 4

As shown in FIG. 5, the embodiment provides a control method for a washing machine with a water treatment function, which specifically includes the following steps:

After the washing machine is finished washing, it is drained to the flocculation module, the flocculation module performs the first flocculation, and at the same time, the laundry care device performs the first laundry care program (for example, any one of the ultraviolet sterilization process, the ozone generating process, and the spraying procedure). After the first flocculation is completed, the first laundry care program is terminated, and the treated water is returned to the washing tub to continue the first rinsing work on the laundry. After the first rinsing is completed, the rinsing water is discharged to the flocculation module. The second flocculation water treatment is used for the second rinse, while the laundry care device performs the second laundry care program (unlike the first laundry care program). After the second flocculation is completed, the second laundry care process is terminated, and the water after the second flocculation treatment is returned to the washing tub, and thus repeated until the last rinsing process is completed, and drainage and dehydration are performed.

Preferably, after each rinsing process is finished, different protective clothing procedures are performed correspondingly. For example, the first dressing program is an ultraviolet disinfection program; the second dressing program is an ozone generating program; the third dressing program is a spraying program, and the like.

In this embodiment, the protective clothing program is alternately performed in a plurality of manners, that is, each clothing care program is a different type of care. For example, the first laundry care program is a UV sterilization program, the second laundry care program is an ozone generation program, and the third laundry care program is a spray program. Of course, it can also be any combination of the three ways. The first type of laundry care program is not limited to the ultraviolet sterilization process, and other treatment methods are also included in the scope of the present invention.

The protective garment process of the present embodiment is an alternating process of a plurality of protective garments, so that the user can perform different strength and more comprehensive care for different garments during the washing process.

Embodiment 5

As shown in FIG. 6, the embodiment provides a washing machine, which includes the control method described in the above embodiment.

In the embodiment, the washing machine is internally provided with a care device capable of performing care processing on the laundry and a flocculation module for flocculation of water. The care device is disposed in the washing tub, and includes a sterilizing device and an ozone generating device. And at least one of the shower devices. Preferably, the washing of the present embodiment is provided with a sterilizing device, an ozone generating device, and a shower device.

In other optional embodiments, the care device may not be disposed on the washing tub, and the nursing process of the laundry inside the washing tub is realized by connecting with the washing tub.

In this embodiment, the operation interface of the washing machine is provided with a plurality of nursing program buttons and a nursing program termination button. When performing the clothing care program, the user can freely select the type of the nursing program to meet the nursing needs of different clothes and strength. If you do not need to care for the clothes, you can choose the nursing program termination button to terminate the nursing process in a timely manner, which is simple and convenient, and has good experience.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any technology that is familiar with the present patent. Those skilled in the art can make some modifications or modifications to equivalent embodiments by using the technical content of the above-mentioned hints without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, but the technology according to the present invention does not deviate from the technical solution of the present invention. Any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments are still within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

A washing machine control method with a water treatment function, the washing machine having a flocculation water treatment function, characterized in that: when the water to be treated in the washing tub is discharged into the flocculation module for flocculation treatment, the laundry inside the washing tub is Perform at least one protective clothing procedure.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to claim 1, wherein the water to be treated is washing water after washing completion or rinsing water after rinsing is completed.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises the following steps,

S1: After the washing process is finished, the washing water is controlled to enter the flocculation module, and the washing tub is controlled to perform the protective clothing program;

S2: controlling the water after the flocculation treatment is returned to the washing tub, and rinsing the laundry;

S3: After the rinsing process is finished, the rinsing water is controlled to enter the flocculation module, and the washing tub is controlled to perform the protective clothing program.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to claim 3, wherein the step S1 comprises the following steps.

S11: controlling the discharge of the washing water into the flocculation module;

S12: controlling the washing tub to enter the first protective clothing program;

S13: The first type of protective clothing of the washing tub is completed, and the clean water after the flocculation processing is completed is returned to the washing tub.
The washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to claim 3, wherein the step S3 comprises the following steps.

S31: controlling the rinsing water to be discharged into the flocculation module;

S32: controlling the washing tub to enter the second protective clothing program;

S33: The second protective coating procedure of the washing tub is completed, and the clean water after the flocculation processing is completed is returned to the washing tub.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to claim 5, characterized in that after step S33, it is judged whether it is the last rinsing, and if so, drainage and dehydration processing is performed; otherwise, step S3 is repeated. ;

Preferably, after each rinsing process is finished, different protective clothing procedures are performed correspondingly.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the protective clothing program is one of a sterilization program, an ozone generating program, and a spraying program, or any combination.
A washing machine control method with a water treatment function according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it further comprises unwinding the laundry in the washing tub during the flocculation water treatment. Or evenly spread.
A washing machine comprising the washing machine control method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the washing machine is provided with a flocculation module capable of flocculation of water, and capable of caring for laundry in the washing tub Handling protective cover module.
The washing machine according to claim 9, wherein the protective cover module comprises one of a sterilizing device, an ozone generating device and a shower device, or any combination thereof; the protective cover module is disposed in the washing tub, Or connected to the washing tub.