WO2018090578A1

WO2018090578A1 - Washing machine

Info

Publication number: WO2018090578A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/084034
Authority: WO
Inventors: 焦丽华; 陈国彪; 王金扬; 王婧
Original assignee: 深圳创新设计研究院有限公司
Priority date: 2016-11-18
Filing date: 2017-05-12
Publication date: 2018-05-24
Also published as: CN106400375B; CN106400375A

Abstract

A washing machine, provided with a housing (1), a cleaning apparatus (3), and a garment-hanging apparatus (2). The cleaning apparatus (3) and the garment-hanging apparatus (2) are provided within the housing (1). The garment-hanging apparatus (2) is provided with a garment-hanging part (21). The cleaning apparatus (3) is provided with an ultrasonic cleaning module (31). The ultrasonic cleaning module (31) is provided on at least one side of the garment-hanging part (21) and capable of moving up and down in the vertical direction relative to the garment-hanging part (21). The implementation of the washing machine of the present invention avoids the structure of inner and outer drums employed in a washing machine of the prior art and, at the same time, allows the implementation of local washing, and is convenient and easy to use.

Description

washing machine

Technical field

The present invention relates to a washing machine, and more particularly to a washing machine having an ultrasonic cleaning module.

Background technique

The type of the prior art washing machine is mainly a pulsator or a drum. Both of the washing machines are combined with an inner and outer cylinder. The structure has the following defects: 1. The washing machine of the above two structures is an inner and outer cylinder phase. In combination, the surface of the outer cylinder cannot be directly cleaned, and dirt is easily formed. At the same time, the structure in which the inner and outer cylinders are combined with each other is also complicated; 2. The above two washing machines directly immerse the laundry in water for cleaning, so the amount of water required is large. At the same time, the clothes can only be cleaned as a whole and cannot be partially cleaned.

Summary of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a washing machine having an ultrasonic cleaning module that can be moved up and down in a vertical direction. By directly cleaning the laundry with an ultrasonic cleaning module, the outer cylinder of the prior art can be omitted and can also be passed. The ultrasonic cleaning module partially cleans the clothes, so it is also more water-saving.

The present invention relates to a washing machine having a casing, a washing device, and a hanging device; the washing device and the hanging device are housed inside the casing; the hanging device has a hanging portion, The cleaning device has an ultrasonic cleaning module; the ultrasonic cleaning module is disposed on at least one side of the hanging portion and is movable up and down relative to the hanging portion in a vertical direction.

In an embodiment, the cleaning device further has at least two clothes clamping units, the two clothes clamping units are sequentially arranged in a vertical direction, and at least one of the ultrasonic cleaning modules is disposed on two of the clothes clamping Between the units; the garment clamping unit and the ultrasonic cleaning module are integrally formed to move up and down with respect to the hanging portion in a vertical direction.

In an embodiment, each of the laundry clamping units has at least two clamping assemblies, the two clamping assemblies being disposed on opposite sides of the hanging portion; the clamping assembly on each side has a driving portion And a rolling portion connected to the telescopic portion and disposed adjacent to the hanging portion in a horizontal direction with respect to the elastic portion, wherein the driving portion is coupled to the elastic portion to drive the rolling portion Telescopic.

In an embodiment, the telescopic portion is a telescopic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, and an end of the cylinder or the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder away from the cylinder is connected to the rolling portion.

In an embodiment, the driving portion is a driving motor or a motor, and the telescopic portion includes a sleeve and a telescopic rod that is spirally disposed inside the sleeve and has limited circumferential rotation; the driving portion and the driving portion The sleeve is connected; the driving portion is operated, and the sleeve rotates circumferentially to drive the telescopic rod to be screwed in and out with respect to the sleeve.

In an embodiment, the rolling portion has a connecting member and a rolling member, and the connecting member is connected to the telescopic portion, and is provided with a C-shaped receiving cavity facing an opening away from the side of the telescopic portion; The nanocavity is elongated, the rolling member is cylindrical, and the shape of the rolling member is adapted to the shape of the C-shaped receiving cavity, and is rotatably received in the C-shaped receiving cavity.

In an embodiment, the cleaning device further includes a mounting seat having a through hole penetrating up and down, and a projection of the hanging portion in a vertical direction is located in a vertical direction of the through hole. The inside of the through hole has two mounting walls respectively disposed on two sides of the hanging portion, and the laundry clamping unit assembly and the ultrasonic cleaning module are all disposed on the mounting wall.

In an embodiment, the cleaning device is further provided with a clean water inlet and a laundry liquid inlet, and the clean water inlet and the laundry liquid inlet are disposed on two clothes clamping units disposed adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. between.

In an embodiment, the opposite sides of the hanging portion are provided with ultrasonic cleaning modules arranged in a vertical direction, a clamping assembly, a water purifying inlet and a laundry liquid inlet; the ultrasonic cleaning module and the clip on each side. The number of the tight components is two, two ultrasonic cleaning modules are sandwiched between the two garment clamping assemblies, and the purified water inlet is disposed between the two ultrasonic cleaning modules, the laundry The liquid inlet is placed between the ultrasonic cleaning module located below and the clamping assembly located below.

In an embodiment, a sewage collection device is further disposed under the cleaning device, the sewage collection device includes a sewage tank provided with an opening on the surface, and a water collecting unit disposed above the sewage tank, the water collecting unit and The sewage inlets are in communication and are disposed in alignment with the through holes.

In the present invention, by providing an ultrasonic cleaning module that can be moved up and down in the vertical direction in the washing machine, the laundry can be directly washed through the ultrasonic cleaning module during washing, thereby avoiding the necessity of setting the inner and outer cylinders in the prior art. In order to complete the washing process, and because the ultrasonic cleaning module can move up and down in the vertical direction, it is possible to partially and completely clean the laundry portion, which is more water-saving.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a washing machine of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the structure of the washing machine of Figure 1 after removing the casing, the washing machine having a cleaning device;

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of the cleaning device of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the cleaning device A-A of Figure 3, the cleaning device having a garment clamping unit;

Figure 5 is a structural schematic view of the garment clamping unit of Figure 4 in a clamped state, having a clamping assembly;

Figure 6 is a partial structural view showing the clamping assembly of Figure 5.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the drawings and specific operational examples.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, the present invention relates to a washing machine having a casing 1, a washing device 3, a clothes washing device 2, a water supply device 4, and a sewage collecting device 5. The cleaning device 3 and the hanging device 2 are housed inside the casing 1; the cleaning device 3 has an ultrasonic cleaning module 31, and the hanging device 2 has a hanging portion 21; the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 is disposed on at least one side of the hanging portion 21. And it can move up and down in the vertical direction with respect to the hanging portion 21.

In the washing machine of the present invention, when the laundry 6 is washed, the laundry 6 is first placed on the clothes drying device 2, and the water is supplied to the cleaning device 3 by the water supply device 4 to wet the laundry 6, and then the laundry 6 is performed by the ultrasonic cleaning module 31. After the cleaning, the sewage discharged from the cleaning device 3 is finally collected by the sewage collecting device 5.

Thus, the washing machine of the present invention only needs the cleaning device 3 and the housing 1 for accommodating the laundry 6, and does not need to additionally provide the inner and outer cylinders, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of cleaning when the outer cylinder deposits dirt in the prior art. At the same time, the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 can be moved up and down in the vertical direction, so that the laundry 6 can be partially cleaned by the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 and the laundry 6 can be cleaned as a whole, so that the laundry 6 can be cleaned more efficiently and in a water-saving manner.

The specific structure of the washing machine of the present invention will be described in two embodiments as follows.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a first embodiment of the present invention relates to a washing machine having a casing 1, a washing device 3, a clothes washing device 2, a water supply device 4, and a sewage collecting device 5.

First, the structures of the casing 1, the clothes drying device 2, the washing device 3, the sewage collecting device 5, and the water supply device 4 will be described.

Both the cleaning device 3 and the hanging device 2 are disposed inside the casing 1. Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the housing 1 has a vertically disposed guide member 11. The cleaning device 3 is provided with a sliding slot 300. The guiding member 11 is slidably disposed inside the sliding slot 300 for the cleaning device 3. Moving up and down along the guide 11 in the housing 1 causes the cleaning device 3 to move up and down in the vertical direction.

The clothes hanging device 2 comprises two support rods 22 standing in the casing 1 and a support rod connected between the two support rods 22. The clothes rails form the above-mentioned clothes hanging portion 21, and the clothes 6 are hung on the hanging clothes. The washing unit 3 is cleaned on the garment portion 21. Specifically, the two ends of the support rod are respectively connected to the top end of the support rod 22. It should be noted that the position at which the support rod is connected to the support rod 22 in this embodiment is not particularly limited.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the cleaning device 3 includes at least one ultrasonic cleaning module 31 and at least two laundry clamping units 32. The two laundry clamping units 32 are sequentially arranged in the vertical direction, and at least one ultrasonic cleaning module 31 is arranged. The cleaning device 3 is further disposed with a purified water inlet 33 and a laundry liquid inlet 34. The purified water inlet 33 and the laundry liquid inlet 34 are also disposed adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. Between the clothes clamping units 32. It should be noted that, since the cleaning device 3 can move up and down along the vertical plane, the clothing clamping unit 32 and the whole formed by the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 can move up and down with respect to the hanging portion in the vertical direction.

By arranging the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 between the two laundry clamping units 32 disposed adjacently in the vertical direction, it is possible to realize the portion of the laundry that the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 only grips on the laundry clamping unit 32 when the laundry 6 is washed. Cleaning is performed to achieve partial cleaning. At the same time, by arranging the purified water inlet 33 and the laundry liquid inlet 34 between the two laundry clamping units 32 adjacent in the vertical direction, it is possible to achieve only two from the purified water inlet 33 when the laundry 6 is cleaned. The laundry 6 between the laundry clamping units 32 supplies water, and at the same time, the water in the laundry is locked by the clamping action of the laundry clamping unit 32, thereby reducing the loss of water in the laundry 6, and using less water can be used. The laundry 6 is cleaned.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, each of the clothes clamping units 32 has at least two clamping assemblies 321 which are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the hanging portion 21; the clips on each side The tensioning unit 321 has a driving portion (not shown), an expansion and contraction portion 323, and a rolling portion 324. The rolling portion 324 is connected to the expansion and contraction portion 323 and is disposed adjacent to the clothes hanging portion 21 in the horizontal direction with respect to the expansion and contraction portion 323. The driving portion and the expansion and contraction portion 323 are provided. Connected to drive the rolling portion 324 to expand and contract. When the control driving portion drives the telescopic portion 323 to extend, the rolling portions 324 of the two opposite clamping members 321 abut each other to clamp the clothes 6 to facilitate the cleaning of the laundry 6; the control driving portion drives the telescopic portion 323 to retract At this time, the rolling portions 324 of the two opposing clamping members 321 are away from each other to facilitate the removal of the laundry 6.

It should be noted that since the clamping assembly 321 has the rolling portion 324 and the cleaning device 3 can move up and down in the vertical direction, after the portion of the garment 6 between the two clamping members 321 is cleaned, it is rolled. The portion 324 can move the clamp assembly 321 in the clamped state downward, so that the gripping force of the laundry gripping unit 32 on the laundry 6 forces the water accumulated in the laundry 6 to flow out, thereby achieving the purpose of dehydrating the laundry 6.

Specifically, the driving part is a pneumatic or hydraulic power source, the telescopic part 323 is a telescopic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, and the cylinder of the cylinder or the hydraulic cylinder is connected with the driving part, and the end of the pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder piston rod away from the cylinder and the rolling part 324 connected. It should be noted that the position of the driving portion is not particularly limited, and may be fixedly disposed on the mounting seat 30 or It is fixedly disposed on the housing 1.

Continuing to refer to FIG. 6 , the rolling portion 324 has a connecting member 326 and a rolling member 325 , and the connecting member 326 is connected to the telescopic portion 323 and is provided with a C-shaped receiving cavity (not labeled) facing away from the side of the telescopic portion 323; The C-shaped receiving cavity has an elongated shape, and the rolling member 325 has a cylindrical shape. The rolling member 325 has a shape adapted to the shape of the C-shaped receiving cavity and is rotatably accommodated in the C-shaped receiving cavity. Preferably, a ball 327 is further disposed between the rolling member 325 and the C-shaped receiving cavity.

It should be noted that in order to fully realize the clamping function of the clamp assembly 321, the cylindrical roller 325 is horizontally disposed. Its horizontal extent of projection on the vertical plane of the garment 6 is greater than the maximum horizontal width of the garment 6. Similarly, the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 has a long strip shape. In order to achieve a relatively comprehensive cleaning of the laundry 6 when the laundry 6 is cleaned, the level of the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 projected on the vertical plane of the laundry 6 is achieved. The width is greater than the maximum horizontal width of the garment 6.

Referring to FIG. 3 again, the cleaning device 3 further includes a mounting seat 30 having a through hole 301 penetrating vertically, and the projection in the vertical direction is located inside the projection of the through hole 301 in the vertical direction; The inside of the through hole 301 has two mounting walls 302 disposed on two sides of the hanging portion 21, and the laundry clamping unit 32, the ultrasonic cleaning module 3, the purified water inlet 33, and the laundry liquid inlet 34 are disposed on the mounting wall 302 and along the side. Arrange vertically.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 2 , the clothes hanging device 2 is disposed in the through hole 301 , and when the clothes 6 are hung on the clothes hanging portion 21 of the clothes hanging device 2 , the clothes 6 are suspended into the mounting seat 30 . In the through hole 301, the laundry 6 is disposed between the two clamp assemblies 321 . After the clothes 6 are placed, the clamping assemblies 321 on both sides clamp the clothes 6, and further supply water and laundry liquid to the clothes 6 through the purified water inlet 33 and the laundry liquid inlet 34, respectively, and then the clothes 6 are processed by the ultrasonic cleaning module 31. Cleaning.

In the present invention, the number of the ultrasonic cleaning module 31, the clamping unit 321 of the laundry clamping unit 32, the purified water inlet 33, and the laundry liquid inlet 34 is not particularly limited. In the present embodiment, the clamping components 321 on both sides, the ultrasonic cleaning die 3, the purified water inlet 33, and the laundry liquid inlet 34 are correspondingly disposed. The number of the clamping assembly 321 and the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 on each side mounting wall 302 are two, two ultrasonic cleaning modules 31 are sandwiched between the two clamping assemblies 321, and the purified water inlet 33 is disposed on two ultrasonic waves. Between the cleaning modules 31, the laundry liquid inlet 34 is disposed between the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 located below and the clamping assembly 321 located below.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again, the water supply device 4 is a water purification tank installed at the bottom of the washing machine, and the water purification tank is detachably disposed under the washing machine casing 1 to facilitate timely watering of the washing machine. In addition, the water supply device 4 further has a water pump (not shown), and the water pump is respectively provided with a pipeline connected to the clean water tank and connected to the clean water inlet 33 of the cleaning device 3 to feed the water pump in the clean water tank. Cleaning device 3.

The sewage collection device 5 includes a sewage tank and a water collecting unit (not shown) disposed above the sewage tank. Sewage tank The surface is provided with a sewage inlet, and the water collecting unit is connected to the sewage inlet and arranged in alignment with the through hole 301.

Preferably, the water collecting unit is a water collecting plate disposed above the sewage tank box, and the water collecting plate is substantially C-shaped, and is disposed directly below the through hole 301 of the cleaning device 3, and one end is inclined downwardly and protrudes into the sewage tank. Sewage imports.

Like the clean water tank, the sewage tank can be pulled out under the casing 1 to facilitate the discharge of sewage.

The water purification tank and the sewage tank of the present invention are arranged side by side, but it is understood that the specific installation position of the water purification tank and the sewage tank of the present invention is not specifically limited as long as the respective functions can be realized. Similarly, it can be understood that the structure of the water collecting unit is not particularly limited, and the structure of the water collecting unit is not limited to the form of the C-shaped water collecting plate, and may be a water collecting funnel, and the funnel opening under the collecting water funnel is The sewage inlet of the sewage tank is connected.

When the laundry 6 is washed, after cleaning a certain portion of the laundry 6, the cleaning device 3 is moved downward by the power source, and the water originally located in the laundry 6 between the upper and lower clamping assemblies 321 is due to the clamping assembly 321 The action is squeezed out, directly flows out through the through hole 301, and further flows into the sewage tank through the water collecting unit to facilitate the collection of the sewage.

The present invention also provides the washing machine of the second embodiment, which is the same as the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, the washing machine includes a casing 1, a clothes drying device 2, a washing device 3, a sewage collecting device 5, and a water supply device 4. The cleaning device 3 includes an ultrasonic cleaning module 3 and a laundry clamping unit 32. The laundry clamping unit 32 has at least two clamping assemblies 321 including a driving portion, a telescopic portion 323, and a rolling portion 324. The structure of the casing 1, the clothes drying device 2, the sewage collecting device 5, the water supply device 4, the ultrasonic cleaning module 31, and the rolling portion 324 of the clamping assembly 321 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and will not be described again here. . The difference lies in the specific structure of the clamping assembly 321 .

In this embodiment, the driving portion of the clamping assembly 321 is a driving motor or a motor fixedly mounted on the mounting seat 30 of the cleaning device 3, and the telescopic portion 323 of the clamping assembly 321 includes a sleeve and a screw disposed on the sleeve (not labeled ) The inner telescopic rod (not labeled). The rotating shaft of the drive motor or motor is coupled to the sleeve to drive the sleeve to rotate. The clamping assembly 321 also has a limiting member that limits the circumferential rotation of the telescopic rod.

When the clamping assembly 321 is in operation, the driving portion drives the sleeve to rotate, and since the circumferential rotation of the telescopic rod is limited, the forward and reverse rotation of the sleeve can realize the screwing or unscrewing of the telescopic rod relative to the sleeve, thereby realizing the expansion and contraction portion. 323 telescopic function.

Referring to FIG. 3, it should be noted that the structure of the limiting member is not particularly limited. In the embodiment, at least two clamping members 321 are arranged in the axial direction of the rolling member 325, and two adjacent ones are adjacent to each other. The clamped rolling members 325 are coaxially disposed, and the two clamping members 321 share a rolling member 325. Thus, the rolling members 325 correspond to the limiting members to limit the circumferential rotation of the telescopic rods.

In summary, by providing the cleaning device 3 having the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 and the laundry clamping unit 32 in the washing machine, the laundry 6 can be cleaned by the ultrasonic cleaning module 31 after being clamped to the laundry clamping unit 32 during washing. In the prior art, it is necessary to set the inner and outer cylinders to complete the washing process, and at the same time, the cleaning device 3 can be arranged along the vertical The method of moving up and down in the straight direction can achieve partial cleaning of the portion of the garment 6 held by the clothes clamping unit 32, so that it is more water-saving.

Claims

A washing machine, characterized in that it has a casing, a washing device and a hanging device; the washing device and the hanging device are housed inside the casing;

The hanging device has a hanging portion, the cleaning device has an ultrasonic cleaning module; the ultrasonic cleaning module is disposed on at least one side of the hanging portion and can move up and down relative to the hanging portion in a vertical direction .
The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the washing device further has at least two laundry clamping units, the two laundry clamping units are sequentially arranged in a vertical direction, and at least one of the ultrasonic cleaning modules is disposed at Between the two laundry clamping units; the garment clamping unit and the ultrasonic cleaning module are integrally formed to move up and down with respect to the hanging portion in a vertical direction.
The washing machine according to claim 2, wherein each of the clothes clamping units has at least two clamping assemblies, and the two clamping members are disposed on opposite sides of the hanging portion;

The clamping assembly on each side has a driving portion, a telescopic portion, and a rolling portion; the rolling portion is connected to the telescopic portion and is disposed adjacent to the hanging portion in a horizontal direction with respect to the telescopic portion, the driving portion The rolling portion is extended and contracted in association with the expansion and contraction portion.
The washing machine according to claim 3, wherein the telescopic portion is a telescopic cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, and an end of the cylinder or the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder away from the cylinder is connected to the rolling portion.
The washing machine according to claim 3, wherein the driving portion is a driving motor or a motor, and the telescopic portion includes a sleeve and a telescopic rod that is spirally disposed inside the sleeve and has limited circumferential rotation;

The driving portion is connected to the sleeve;

The driving portion operates, and the sleeve rotates circumferentially to drive the telescopic rod to be screwed in and out of the sleeve.
The washing machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the rolling portion has a connecting member and a rolling member, and the connecting member is connected to the telescopic portion and is provided to face away from the telescopic portion a side open C-shaped receiving cavity;

The C-shaped receiving cavity has an elongated shape, the rolling member has a cylindrical shape, and the rolling member has a shape adapted to the shape of the C-shaped receiving cavity, and is rotatably accommodated in the C-shaped receiving cavity. In the cavity.
The washing machine according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the cleaning device further comprises a mounting seat having a through hole penetrating vertically, the projection of the hanging portion in a vertical direction An interior of the projection located in the vertical direction of the through hole;

The inside of the through hole has two mounting walls respectively disposed on two sides of the hanging portion, and the laundry clamping unit and the ultrasonic cleaning module are all disposed on the mounting wall.
The washing machine according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the washing device is further provided with a purified water inlet and a laundry liquid inlet, and the purified water inlet and the laundry liquid inlet are disposed in a vertical direction. Between two of the laundry clamping units disposed adjacently.
The washing machine according to claim 8, wherein the opposite sides of the hanging portion are provided with an ultrasonic cleaning module, a clamping assembly, a purified water inlet and a laundry liquid inlet arranged in a vertical direction;

The number of the ultrasonic cleaning module and the clamping assembly on each side is two, two of the ultrasonic cleaning modules are sandwiched between the two garment clamping assemblies, and the purified water inlet is disposed at two places. Between the ultrasonic cleaning modules, the laundry liquid inlet is disposed between the ultrasonic cleaning module located below and the clamping assembly located below.
The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein a sewage collecting device is further disposed under the washing device, the sewage collecting device comprising a sewage tank provided with a sewage inlet on a surface thereof and a water collecting tank disposed above the sewage tank a unit, the water collecting unit is in communication with the sewage inlet and is disposed in alignment with the through hole.