CN109208278B

CN109208278B - Drum washing machine

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Publication number: CN109208278B
Application number: CN201710547299.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 冯旭升; 胡传龙; 陈涛
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-07-06
Filing date: 2017-07-06
Publication date: 2021-04-20
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-06
Also published as: CN109208278A

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of washing machines, and discloses a drum washing machine, which comprises a shell (16) and a drum arranged in the shell (16), wherein a clothes taking and placing opening (17) is formed in the front part of the shell (16) corresponding to the inlet of the drum, a front sealing door (18) is arranged at the position of the clothes taking and placing opening (17), the drum washing machine further comprises a clothes agent adding unit used for adding a clothes cleaning, disinfecting or nursing agent into the drum, the clothes agent adding unit comprises a clothes agent storage box arranged in the drum washing machine, a clothes agent feeding opening is formed in the shell (16) corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door (18), and the clothes agent feeding opening is communicated with the inlet of the clothes agent storage box. The laundry agent feeding port of the drum washing machine is arranged at the position, corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door, of the front part of the shell, so that the overall aesthetic property of the drum washing machine is not influenced, and a user can conveniently feed the laundry agent.

Description

Drum washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of washing machines, in particular to a drum washing machine.

Background

Along with people's standard of living is growing day by day, demand for automation and intelligent product increases, to drum type washing machine, the input of washing machine detergent also improves to automatic input, this has not only improved washing efficiency, and make certain contribution to the environmental protection, traditional drum type washing machine mostly sets up the detergent input mouth of automatic input device at the below trompil of control panel or preceding sealing door, there is the gap on this kind of design makes drum type washing machine surface, the pleasing to the eye shape of outward appearance of drum type washing machine complete machine has seriously been destroyed, and the bottom trompil of sealing the door in the front sets up the detergent input mouth of automatic addition device and is unfavorable for user experience and feels.

CN105358757A discloses a washing machine, which comprises a main body, an opening provided on the main body, and a door provided at the opening to close and open the opening, and further comprises a door guide located at the inner side of the door and at the opening, a detergent box being provided at the bottom of the door guide; in the washing machine, the door guide may be specifically understood as an interlayer between the door and the drum, and the inlet of the detergent box is located in the interlayer, in this design, there are problems in that gaps exist between the door guide and the front door as well as between the door guide and the drum, so that the washing machine has poor integrity, and a user needs to take out the detergent assembly before washing to add detergent and softener, and then install the detergent assembly, which causes inconvenience to the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problem that the integral and the aesthetic property of the drum washing machine are influenced by a detergent feeding port or the use feeling of a user is poor in the prior art, and provides a drum washing machine.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides a drum washing machine including a casing and a drum disposed in the casing, the casing having a laundry access opening formed at a front portion thereof corresponding to an entrance of the drum and a front sealing door disposed at the laundry access opening, the drum washing machine further including a laundry agent adding unit for adding a laundry cleaning, sterilizing or caring agent into the drum, the laundry agent adding unit including a laundry agent storage box disposed in the drum washing machine, the casing having a laundry agent input opening formed at a position corresponding to a bottom of the front sealing door, the laundry agent input opening communicating with an entrance of the laundry agent storage box.

Preferably, the housing is formed with a dropping table at a position corresponding to a bottom of the front sealing door, the dropping table horizontally extending with respect to a left-right direction of the laundry taking and putting opening and forming an inclined surface extending obliquely upward at a certain angle with respect to a front-rear direction of the laundry taking and putting opening; the bottom of the front sealing door is formed to be capable of being matched and sealed with the throwing table.

Preferably, the certain angle is 45 °.

Preferably, the laundry agent feeding opening is provided with a cover which is a rotary flip cover capable of opening towards the inside of the drum washing machine, and a rotating shaft of the rotary flip cover is arranged at an edge of the laundry agent feeding opening, which is far away from the inside of the drum washing machine.

Preferably, the cover extends upwardly with respect to a horizontal plane when fully open.

Preferably, the laundry agent feeding opening is plural, and the laundry agent storage box is plural correspondingly, each laundry agent feeding opening is communicated with the inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; and a cover is provided on each of the laundry agent feeding ports.

Preferably, the laundry agent storage case is located right below the corresponding laundry agent dispensing opening.

Preferably, the laundry agent adding unit further includes a delivery pump, a control valve, and a delivery pipe, the outlet of the laundry agent storage box and the laundry agent inlet of the drum are communicated through the delivery pipe, the control valve is disposed on the delivery pipe at or adjacent to the outlet of the laundry agent storage box, the delivery pump is disposed on the delivery pipe between the control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum; the drum washing machine further comprises a control unit for controlling the control valve and the delivery pump, and the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the control valve and the delivery pump.

Preferably, the laundry agent feeding opening is plural, and the laundry agent storage box is plural correspondingly, each laundry agent feeding opening is communicated with the inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; the outlet of each laundry agent storage box is communicated with the laundry agent inlet of the drum through a respective conveying pipeline, the plurality of conveying pumps and the plurality of control valves are correspondingly arranged, each control valve is arranged at the outlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box or on the conveying pipeline adjacent to the outlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box, and each conveying pump is arranged on the conveying pipeline between the corresponding control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum.

Preferably, the drum washing machine further comprises a weighing device for weighing the weight of the dried clothes in the drum, and the output end of the weighing device is electrically connected with the control unit.

Through the technical scheme, the laundry agent feeding port for feeding the laundry agent into the laundry agent storage box is positioned at the position, corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door, of the shell, and the mode has the advantages that the laundry agent feeding port is not arranged on the outer surface of the drum-type washing machine, so that the factors that the appearance of the drum-type washing machine is affected by gaps and the like caused by the arrangement of the laundry agent feeding port on the outer surface of the drum-type washing machine are avoided, and the appearance aesthetic feeling and the integrity of the drum-type washing machine are facilitated; the laundry agent feeding port is positioned at the position, corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door, of the shell, so that laundry agent feeding operation of a user is facilitated, and the use feeling of the user is better; the drum washing machine does not need to be additionally provided with other interlayers specially for arranging the laundry agent feeding opening, such as a door guide layer and the like, so as to avoid the problems caused by the increase of the structural complexity of the drum washing machine and the insufficient connection of gaps among all parts caused by the increased structural complexity.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a front sealing door is in an opened state in order to clearly show a laundry agent putting port;

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of the drum washing machine of FIG. 1, with the front door in an open position, highlighting the laundry agent dispensing opening portion of the drum washing machine;

fig. 3 is a front view of the drum washing machine in fig. 1, in which a front portion of the housing is omitted to clearly show an internal structure of the drum washing machine.

Description of the reference numerals

1 disinfectant conveying pipeline 2 disinfectant conveying pump

3 disinfectant storage box 4 disinfectant control valve

5 softener storage box 6 softener control valve

7 softener delivery pump 8 washing liquid storage box

9 detergent control valve 10 detergent delivery pump

11 disinfectant feeding port 12 softener feeding port

13 detergent input port 14 detergent conveying pipeline

15 shell of softener delivery pipeline 16

17 front sealing door of clothes taking and placing opening 18

19 throwing-in table 20 cover

21 rotating shaft

Detailed Description

In the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "inside", "outside", "front", "or", "left", "right", "horizontal", "vertical", etc. indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and also correspond to the orientation or positional relationship in actual use, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The invention provides a drum washing machine, which comprises a shell 16 and a drum arranged in the shell 16, wherein a clothes taking and placing opening 17 is formed on the front part of the shell 16 corresponding to the inlet of the drum, a front sealing door 18 is arranged at the position of the clothes taking and placing opening 17, the drum washing machine also comprises a clothes agent adding unit used for adding clothes cleaning, disinfecting or nursing agents into the drum, the clothes agent adding unit comprises a clothes agent storage box arranged in the drum washing machine, the shell 16 is provided with a clothes agent adding opening corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door 18, and the clothes agent adding opening is communicated with the inlet of the clothes agent storage box.

In the invention, the laundry agent adding unit is arranged, and the laundry agent feeding port for feeding the laundry agent into the laundry agent storage box is positioned at the position of the shell 16 corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door 18, so that the laundry agent feeding port does not appear on the outer surface of the drum washing machine, the factors influencing the appearance of the drum washing machine, such as gaps and the like caused by the arrangement of the laundry agent feeding port on the outer surface of the drum washing machine, are avoided, and the appearance aesthetic feeling and the integrity of the drum washing machine are facilitated; the laundry agent feeding port is positioned at the position of the shell 16 corresponding to the bottom of the front sealing door 18, so that the laundry agent feeding operation of a user is facilitated, and the use feeling of the user is better; the drum-type washing machine does not need to be additionally provided with other interlayers specially for arranging the laundry agent feeding opening, such as a door guide layer and the like, so as to avoid the problems caused by the increase of the structural complexity of the drum-type washing machine and the insufficient connection of gaps among all parts, and the problem of poor operation feeling when the drum-type washing machine is used for feeding the laundry agent.

Here, it should be understood that the laundry agent feeding port is provided on the casing 16, and may be, for example, a portion of the casing 16 extending toward the drum at the laundry feeding port 17.

Preferably, the housing 16 is formed with a dropping table 19 at a position corresponding to the bottom of the front door 18, the dropping table 19 horizontally extending with respect to the left-right direction of the laundry access opening 17 (i.e., the left-right direction in fig. 3), and being formed as an inclined surface extending obliquely upward at an angle with respect to the front-rear direction of the laundry access opening 17 (i.e., the inside-outside direction in fig. 3, the rear of the laundry access opening 17 means the direction in which the laundry access opening 17 faces the drum, and the front means the direction in which the laundry access opening 17 faces away from the drum); the bottom of the front door 18 is formed to be capable of fitting and sealing with the drop table 19. In this case, the operation for adding the clothing agent to the clothing agent inlet can be facilitated, and the user experience is improved when the user adds the clothing agent to the clothing agent inlet.

Wherein the inclined angle of the inclined plane may be specifically set according to other associated structures, space limitations and the like, for example, the certain angle is 45 ° as an option.

Preferably, the laundry agent feeding opening is provided with a cover 20 to close the laundry agent feeding opening when the laundry agent is not required to be fed, and the laundry agent feeding opening is more clean and sanitary, and further preferably, the cover 20 is a rotary flip cover capable of being opened toward the inside of the drum washing machine, and a rotating shaft 21 of the rotary flip cover is provided at an edge of the laundry agent feeding opening facing away from the inside of the drum washing machine, see fig. 2, in which the covers 20 at the two laundry agent feeding openings on the left side are in a closed state, and the cover 20 at the laundry agent feeding opening on the right side is in an open state and is in a fully open state. When the cover 20 is designed in the above-described manner, even if the cover 20 is not closed tightly after the user has finished adding the laundry agent, the cover 20 can be assisted to be closed by the pushing action of the front sealing door 18 on the cover 20 when the front sealing door 18 is closed, and interference or damage to the cover 20 is not caused.

It is further preferred that the lid 20 extends obliquely upward with respect to the horizontal when fully opened, as in the state of the rightmost lid 20 in fig. 2, so that even if the user forgets to close the lid 20 completely, the closing of the lid 20 is assisted by the pushing action of the front cover 18 on the lid 20 when the front cover 18 is closed.

According to actual needs, the plurality of laundry agent feeding ports are correspondingly provided, and the plurality of laundry agent storage boxes are correspondingly provided, and each laundry agent feeding port is communicated with the inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; a cover 20 is provided to each of the laundry agent feeding ports.

For example, referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, three laundry detergent input ports are provided, which are a disinfectant input port 11, a softener input port 12, and a detergent input port 13; correspondingly, the number of the clothes chemical storage boxes is also three, and the clothes chemical storage boxes comprise a disinfectant storage box 3, a softener storage box 5 and a washing liquid storage box 8 so as to correspond to the disinfectant feeding port 11, the softener feeding port 12 and the washing liquid feeding port 13 in a one-to-one mode, and each clothes chemical feeding port is separately provided with a cover 20, so that when one kind of clothes chemical needs to be added, the clothes chemical can be added by only opening the corresponding cover 20.

The laundry agent storage box is positioned in a space below, preferably right below, the corresponding laundry agent feeding opening, so that the laundry agent fed into the laundry agent feeding opening can directly flow into the corresponding laundry agent storage box.

Preferably, the laundry agent adding unit further includes a delivery pump, a control valve, and a delivery pipe, the outlet of the laundry agent storage box and the laundry agent inlet of the drum are communicated through the delivery pipe, the control valve is disposed on the delivery pipe at or adjacent to the outlet of the laundry agent storage box, the delivery pump is disposed on the delivery pipe between the control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum; the drum washing machine further comprises a control unit for controlling the control valve and the delivery pump, and the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the control valve and the delivery pump. In this case, the control unit can control the opening and closing of the control valve and the operation and stop of the delivery pump according to the actual situation requirements, so that the dosage of the clothes entering the drum can be reasonably controlled, and the phenomenon that the clothes cannot be cleaned due to insufficient dosage or the dosage is excessive, so that waste and pollution are avoided.

Similarly, the plurality of laundry agent feeding ports are provided, and the plurality of laundry agent storage boxes are correspondingly provided, and each laundry agent feeding port is communicated with the inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; and in this case, the outlet of each laundry agent storage box is communicated with the laundry agent inlet of the drum through a respective delivery line, the delivery pump and the control valve are correspondingly plural, each control valve is arranged on the delivery line at or adjacent to the outlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box, each delivery pump is arranged on the delivery line between the corresponding control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum, still referring to the embodiment of fig. 3, wherein, correspondingly, the delivery pumps and the control valves are also three, the delivery pumps comprise a disinfectant delivery pump 2, a softener delivery pump 7 and a detergent delivery pump 10, the control valves comprise a disinfectant control valve 4, a softener control 6 and a detergent control valve 9, and the respective delivery lines comprise a disinfectant delivery line 1, a softener delivery line 9, A detergent delivery line 14 and a softener delivery line 15.

And, the control unit may control the amount of the laundry agent to be added depending on various factors, for example, as an embodiment, the drum washing machine may further include a weighing device for weighing the weight of the dried laundry in the drum, the output end of the weighing device is electrically connected with the control unit, the weighing unit can be a weight sensor which senses the weight of the dried clothes in the roller and transmits data to the control unit, the control unit can judge the dosage of detergent, softener or disinfectant and the like according to the weight of the dried clothes and control the pumping of reasonable dosage of the clothes into the roller through a control valve and a delivery pump, alternatively, the drum washing machine may be configured to sense the weight of the dried laundry in the drum through the weighing unit and transmit data to the control unit, the control unit controls the amount of washing or rinsing water injected into the drum, and the control valve and the delivery pump are correspondingly controlled according to the water consumption to pump reasonable amount of the clothing agent into the drum.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, numerous simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the invention, including combinations of the specific features in any suitable way, and the invention will not be further described in relation to the various possible combinations in order to avoid unnecessary repetition. Such simple modifications and combinations should be considered within the scope of the present disclosure as well.

Claims

1. A drum washing machine comprising a casing (16) and a drum provided in the casing (16), the casing (16) being formed at a front portion thereof with a laundry access opening (17) corresponding to an entrance of the drum and being provided with a front sealing door (18) at the laundry access opening (17), the drum washing machine further comprising a laundry agent adding unit for adding a laundry cleaning, sterilizing or caring agent into the drum, the laundry agent adding unit comprising a laundry agent storage case provided in the drum washing machine, characterized in that the casing (16) is formed at a position corresponding to a bottom of the front sealing door (18) with a laundry agent input opening communicating with an entrance of the laundry agent storage case; the agent feeding opening for the clothes is provided with a cover (20), the cover (20) is a rotary turnover cover capable of being opened towards the interior of the drum washing machine, and the front sealing door (18) can push the cover (20) to close the agent feeding opening for the clothes when closed.

2. A drum washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing (16) is formed with a drop table (19) at a position corresponding to the bottom of the front cover door (18), the drop table (19) extending horizontally with respect to the left-right direction of the laundry access opening (17), and being formed as an inclined surface extending obliquely upward at an angle with respect to the front-rear direction of the laundry access opening (17); the bottom of the front sealing door (18) is formed to be capable of matching and sealing with the throwing table (19).

3. A drum washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the certain angle is 45 °.

4. A drum washing machine according to any of claims 1-3, characterized in that the rotation axis (21) of the rotating flip is arranged at the edge of the dosage opening facing away from the interior of the drum washing machine.

5. A drum washing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the cover (20) extends upwards with respect to a horizontal plane when fully open.

6. A drum washing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that the laundry agent input opening is plural and the laundry agent storage box is correspondingly plural, each laundry agent input opening is communicated with the inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; and a cover (20) is arranged on each clothing agent feeding opening.

7. A drum washing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the laundry agent storage box is located right below the corresponding laundry agent input port.

8. A drum washing machine according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the laundry agent adding unit further comprises a delivery pump, a control valve and a delivery pipe, the outlet of the laundry agent storage box is communicated with the laundry agent inlet of the drum through the delivery pipe, the control valve is disposed on the delivery pipe at or adjacent to the outlet of the laundry agent storage box, the delivery pump is disposed on the delivery pipe between the control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum; the drum washing machine further comprises a control unit for controlling the control valve and the delivery pump, and the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the control valve and the delivery pump.

9. A drum washing machine according to claim 8, characterized in that the laundry agent input port is plural and the laundry agent storage box is plural correspondingly, each laundry agent input port is communicated with an inlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box; the outlet of each laundry agent storage box is communicated with the laundry agent inlet of the drum through a respective conveying pipeline, the plurality of conveying pumps and the plurality of control valves are correspondingly arranged, each control valve is arranged at the outlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box or on the conveying pipeline adjacent to the outlet of the corresponding laundry agent storage box, and each conveying pump is arranged on the conveying pipeline between the corresponding control valve and the laundry agent inlet of the drum.

10. A drum washing machine according to claim 8, characterized by further comprising a weighing device for weighing the weight of the dried clothes in the drum, the output of the weighing device being electrically connected with the control unit.