CN108396506B

CN108396506B - Clothes treating device

Info

Publication number: CN108396506B
Application number: CN201810265709.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 仝帅; 何虎成; 赵长兴; 刘志刚; 谈路福; 姜涛; 余鑫; 唐雨生
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-03-28
Filing date: 2018-03-28
Publication date: 2021-03-19
Anticipated expiration: 2038-03-28
Also published as: CN108396506A

Abstract

The invention discloses a clothes treatment device which comprises a box body, an outer barrel body, an inner barrel body assembly, a driving assembly and a door body, wherein an open opening is formed in one side of the box body, the outer barrel body is arranged in the box body, the inner barrel body assembly is arranged in the outer barrel body in a push-pull mode along the horizontal direction, the inner barrel body assembly is provided with a clothes throwing opening, the driving assembly is constructed to be capable of driving the inner barrel body assembly when the inner barrel body assembly is positioned in the outer barrel body, the inner barrel body assembly is separated from the inner barrel body assembly when the inner barrel body assembly is positioned outside the outer barrel body, the door body is arranged on the outer side of the inner barrel body assembly. The clothes treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in operation and good user experience.

Description

Clothes treating device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of household appliances, and more particularly, to a laundry treating apparatus.

Background

Along with the popularization and the updating of functions of the washing machine, the cleaning requirements and the capacity requirements of people for the washing machine are gradually improved, the inner barrel body of the washing machine in the related technology is usually arranged in the machine body of the washing machine and cannot be pulled out of the machine body during cleaning, so that on one hand, the operation is inconvenient and the cleaning is not thorough when a user cleans the inner barrel body, on the other hand, the clothes are not convenient to put in or take out during washing, and the user experience is poor.

In contrast, there is a washing machine in the prior art, as disclosed in chinese patent document CN1384238A, in which an inner tub is movably fitted over a power shaft, a cover plate connected to the inner tub is provided in front of the inner tub, at least two guide rail brackets are fixed to an inner wall of a cabinet, front ends of guide rails inserted into the guide rail brackets are connected to a connection post fixed to the cover plate, a seal ring is fitted over a front circumference of an outer tub, and a seal surface sealed with the seal ring is provided on an inner circumferential edge of the cover plate.

However, in this type of washing machine, when the washing is finished, the inner tub rotates for a long time, which causes a long time for waiting for the machine body to stop vibrating, and the door 19 is separately provided, so that the door 19 needs to be opened before the tub is pulled out, which makes the operation of this type of washing machine cumbersome, the user experience is poor, and there is a safety hazard, which is inconvenient to use.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the clothes treatment device which is simple in structure, convenient to operate and good in user experience.

The clothes treatment device comprises a box body, wherein one side of the box body is provided with an open mouth; the outer barrel body is arranged in the box body; the inner barrel body assembly is arranged in the outer barrel body in a push-and-pull mode along the horizontal direction and is provided with a clothes throwing opening; a drive assembly configured to drive the inner barrel assembly when the inner barrel assembly is located within the outer barrel and disengage the inner barrel assembly when the inner barrel assembly is located outside the outer barrel; the door body is arranged on the outer side of the inner barrel body assembly to seal the open opening, and the door body is suitable for moving along with the inner barrel body assembly.

According to the clothes processing device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the inner barrel body assembly is arranged to be capable of being pushed in and pulled out of the outer barrel body along the horizontal direction, and the door body moves along with the inner barrel body assembly, so that the inner barrel body assembly can be pulled out of the outer barrel body when a user cleans and takes and places clothes, the cleaning effect is improved, the actions of squatting, bending over and the like when the user takes and places the clothes can be avoided, the purposes of saving labor and improving convenience are achieved, and meanwhile, compared with the independent arrangement of the door body in the related technology, the clothes processing device can also simplify the integral structure, is convenient for the user to operate, and improves the user experience.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the inner tub assembly comprises: the barrel cover is connected with the door body; the clothes feeding port is arranged on the peripheral side wall of the inner barrel body; the barrel comprises a first rotating assembly and a second rotating assembly, wherein one side of the inner barrel body is connected with the barrel cover through the first rotating assembly, and the other side of the inner barrel body is connected with the outer barrel body through the second rotating assembly. Therefore, the matching reliability of the inner barrel body, the door body and the outer barrel body is ensured.

According to some examples of the present invention, the first rotating assembly includes a first rotating support part provided at a front side of the inner tub body and a first rotating body, and the second rotating assembly includes a second rotating support part provided at a rear side of the inner tub body and a second rotating body, and the driving assembly cooperates with the second rotating body to drive the inner tub body when the inner tub body is positioned inside the outer tub body.

According to some examples of the invention, a telescopic support is arranged between the barrel cover and the door body, and the support is configured to release the barrel cover during washing and extend to fix the barrel cover at the end of washing. Therefore, the inner barrel body can be supported by the supporting piece when the inner barrel body is pulled out, and the door body vibration caused by the rotation of the inner barrel body can be reduced when the washing machine is used for washing.

According to some examples of the present invention, the inner tub is further provided with a laundry feeding lid for opening and closing the laundry feeding port.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a rail assembly, the rail assembly includes a rail and a rail bracket, the door body is connected to the rail, the rail bracket is provided at the cabinet, and the door body and the inner tub assembly are engaged with the rail bracket through the rail to push in and pull out the outer tub.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the outer tub body and the cabinet are connected by a damper.

According to some examples of the invention, the damping member is a spring member.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the front side of the box body is provided with a front sealing door, the front sealing door is provided with a locking piece, and the door body is provided with a matching part matched with the locking piece.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine or a washer-dryer.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of an inner tub assembly of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a pulled-out state;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an inner tub assembly of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a pulled-out state;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an inner tub assembly of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a pushed-in state;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of an inner tub assembly of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention in a pushed-in state;

fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 5.

Reference numerals:

100: a laundry treating apparatus;

10: a box body; 20: a door body;

30: a guide rail assembly; 31: a guide rail; 32: a rail bracket;

40: an inner barrel body; 41: a throwing cover; 42: a laundry input port;

50: a barrel cover; 60: a support member; 70: a shock absorbing member;

81: a first rotating assembly; 811: a first rotational support; 812: a first rotating body;

82: a second rotating assembly; 821: a second rotational support; 822: a second rotating body;

90: front sealing the door; 91: a locking member.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

A laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the laundry treating apparatus 100 may be a drum washing machine, a washing and drying all-in-one machine, or the like.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet 10, an outer tub, an inner tub assembly, a driving assembly, and a door 20.

A receiving cavity is defined in the box body 10, an open opening is provided at one side (front side as shown in fig. 1) of the box body 10, the outer tub body is provided in the receiving cavity of the box body 10, the inner tub body assembly is provided at the outer tub body in a push-and-pull manner along a horizontal direction (front and back direction as shown in fig. 1), that is, the inner tub body assembly can be pulled out of the outer tub body (position of the inner tub body assembly as shown in fig. 1) or pushed into the outer tub body along a horizontal line, and a laundry input port 42 is provided at the inner tub body assembly, so that when the inner tub body assembly is pulled out of the outer tub body, a user can input or take laundry into or take laundry out of the inner tub body assembly through the laundry input port 42, and can clean the inner tub body assembly, thereby improving cleanliness and providing a more intuitive and reliable cleaning manner for the user, and the inner tub body assembly is provided inside the box body, the washing machine which can not be pulled out can also avoid actions of bending down, squatting down and the like, thereby achieving the purposes of saving labor, further improving the operation convenience and improving the user experience.

Further, door body 20 establishes the front side at the interior staving subassembly, and, door body 20 moves along with interior staving subassembly, that is to say well institute, like this, when interior staving subassembly pushes the outer staving along the horizontal direction, can utilize door body 20 to promote along with interior staving subassembly inwards in order to seal the opening of box 10, and when the outer staving is taken out along the horizontal direction to interior staving subassembly outward, door body 20 also moves along the direction of keeping away from box 10 along with interior staving subassembly, and then both can guarantee clothing processing apparatus 100's outward appearance effect and safety in utilization, and compare and set up the door body alone in the correlation technique, also can simplify the structure, convenience of customers operates.

Furthermore, drive assembly can locate in box 10, after the user puts in the clothing to interior staving subassembly through clothing input port 42, can push interior staving subassembly into outer barrel along the horizontal direction (as in fig. 4 interior staving subassembly position), at this moment, interior staving subassembly and drive assembly mutually support, drive assembly can drive interior staving subassembly and rotate in order to reach the washing effect, and after the washing is accomplished, the user can pull out outer staving (as in fig. 1 interior staving subassembly position) with interior staving subassembly along the horizontal direction, at this moment, interior staving subassembly breaks away from the cooperation with drive assembly.

Therefore, according to the clothes processing device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the inner barrel body assembly is arranged to be capable of being pushed in and pulled out of the outer barrel body along the horizontal direction, and the door body moves along with the inner barrel body assembly, so that a user can pull out the inner barrel body assembly from the outer barrel body when cleaning and taking clothes, the cleaning effect is improved, actions such as squatting and bending can be avoided when the user takes and takes the clothes, the purposes of saving labor and improving convenience are achieved, meanwhile, compared with the prior art in which the door body is arranged independently, the whole structure can be simplified, the operation of the user is facilitated, and the user experience is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the inner tub assembly includes a tub cover 50, an inner tub 40, a first rotating assembly 81 and a second rotating assembly 82, the tub cover 50 is disposed at a front side of the inner tub 40 and connected to the door 20, and the tub cover 50 can cooperate with the outer tub to perform a sealing function when the inner tub assembly is located inside the outer tub (i.e., the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in a washing state, as shown in fig. 4).

The laundry input port 42 is formed at a circumferential side wall of the inner tub 40, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the laundry input port 42 is formed at an upper circumferential side wall of the inner tub 40, so that a user can conveniently take and put laundry and save water, a front side of the inner tub 40 is connected to the tub cover 50 through the first rotating assembly 81, and a rear side of the inner tub 40 is connected to the outer tub through the second rotating assembly 82, so that, when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in a washing state, that is, the inner tub assembly is located in the outer tub, as shown in fig. 4, both ends of the inner tub 40 are respectively connected to the tub cover 50 and the outer tub and can rotate with respect to the outer tub and the tub cover 50, and thus, washing is achieved under a driving action of the driving assembly.

In some examples of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the first rotating assembly 81 includes a first rotating support 811 and a first rotating body 812, and the second rotating assembly 82 includes a second rotating support 821 and a second rotating body 822, the first rotating support 811 and the second rotating support 821 are fixedly coupled to the front side and the rear side of the inner tub 40, respectively, and are rotatably coupled to the tub cover 50 and the outer tub by the first rotating body 812 and the second rotating body 822, respectively, whereby reliability of the driving assembly cooperating with the second rotating body 822 to drive the inner tub 40 to rotate when the inner tub 40 is located inside the outer tub can be ensured.

In some examples of the present invention, a supporting member 60 is disposed between the tub cover 50 and the door 20, the supporting member 60 is a retractable structure, when the laundry processing apparatus 100 is in the pull-out position, for example, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, at this time, the supporting member 60 may extend to connect the door 20 and the tub cover 50, so as to fix the tub cover 50, so as to effectively reduce the time required by a user to wait for the inner tub assembly to stop rotating, thereby improving user experience, and also reduce certain potential safety hazards, and when the laundry processing apparatus 100 is in the washing start state, for example, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, at this time, the supporting member 60 may release the tub cover 50 and retract a certain distance, thereby reducing possible vibration of the door 20 caused by the rotation of the inner tub 40, and thus achieving the purpose of further improving user experience.

In some examples of the invention, the supporting pieces can be multiple, and the multiple supporting pieces are spaced and uniformly arranged on the inner surface of the door body facing the inner barrel body, so that the supporting function of the supporting pieces can be enhanced, and meanwhile, the multiple supporting pieces can be prevented from being uniformly stressed, and accidental damage can be avoided.

In some examples of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a putting lid 41 is provided on the inner tub 40, and the putting lid 41 is provided adjacent to the laundry putting opening 42 to open and close the laundry putting opening 42, thereby performing laundry putting and a sealing function at the time of washing.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the laundry treating apparatus 100 has a guide rail assembly 30, the guide rail assembly 30 includes a guide rail 31 and a guide rail bracket 32, the door 20 can be fixedly connected to the guide rail 31, and the guide rail bracket 32 is disposed in the cabinet 10, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the guide rail bracket 32 can be disposed at an outer side of the outer tub, so that, by using a cooperation effect of the guide rail 31 and the guide rail bracket 32, when a user needs to wash laundry or clean the tub, the inner tub assembly, the door 20, and the guide rail 31 connected to the door 20 can be partially or completely pulled out from the cabinet 10, so that the inner tub assembly, the door 20, and the guide rail 31 are partially or completely separated from the guide rail bracket 32, thereby facilitating the user to take and place laundry or clean parts (such as the inner tub 40, etc.).

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the outer tub body and the cabinet 10 may be connected through a plurality of damping members 70, and further, the damping members 70 may be spring members, so that the elastic characteristics of the spring members can effectively reduce the vibration of the cabinet 10 caused by the rotation of the inner tub body 40, further improve the user experience, and prolong the service life.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, a front sealing door 90 is further disposed on the front side of the box 10, a locking member 91 is disposed on the front sealing door 90, and the door 20 is disposed with a matching portion matching with the locking member 91, so that when a user washes clothes (as shown in fig. 4), the door 20 and the front sealing door 90 can be locked by the locking member 91, thereby realizing a closing effect on the opening, ensuring the use safety of the user, and improving the reliability.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus 100 may be a washing machine (as shown in fig. 1), or may be a washing and drying machine or other apparatuses.

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

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

the refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, wherein an open opening is formed in one side of the refrigerator body;

the outer barrel body is arranged in the box body;

the inner barrel body assembly is arranged in the outer barrel body in a push-and-pull mode along the horizontal direction and is provided with a clothes throwing opening;

a drive assembly configured to drive the inner barrel assembly when the inner barrel assembly is located within the outer barrel and disengage the inner barrel assembly when the inner barrel assembly is located outside the outer barrel;

the door body is arranged on the front side of the inner barrel body assembly to close the open opening and is suitable for moving along with the inner barrel body assembly;

the inner barrel body assembly comprises:

the barrel cover is connected with the door body;

the clothes feeding port is arranged on the peripheral side wall of the inner barrel body;

one side of the inner barrel body is connected with the barrel cover through the first rotating assembly, and the other side of the inner barrel body is connected with the outer barrel body through the second rotating assembly;

a telescopic supporting piece is arranged between the barrel cover and the door body, the supporting piece is constructed to be capable of loosening the barrel cover during washing, and can be extended to fix the barrel cover after washing.

2. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first rotating assembly includes a first rotating support member provided at a front side of the inner tub and a first rotating body, and the second rotating assembly includes a second rotating support member provided at a rear side of the inner tub and a second rotating body, and the driving assembly cooperates with the second rotating body to drive the inner tub when the inner tub is positioned inside the outer tub.

3. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inner tub is further provided with a laundry input lid for opening and closing the laundry input port.

4. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rail assembly, wherein the rail assembly includes a rail and a rail bracket, the door is connected to the rail, the rail bracket is disposed on the cabinet, and the door and the inner tub assembly are engaged with the rail bracket through the rail to push in and pull out the outer tub.

5. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outer tub and the cabinet are connected by a shock absorbing member.

6. A laundry treating device according to claim 5, wherein the damping member is a spring member.

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cabinet is provided at a front side thereof with a front sealing door provided with a lock member, and the door body is provided with an engaging portion engaged with the lock member.

8. A laundry treatment apparatus according to any of claims 1-7, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus is a washing machine or a washer-dryer.