Washing machine
The present invention relates to a kind of washing machine, more detailed saying is about having disposed the single barrel washing machine of laundry dehydration barrel in the bucket outside with freely rotating.
The sectional view that constitutes of the main portion of Fig. 6 automatic washing machine in the past that to be expression put down in writing by Japanese kokai publication hei 8-66589 communique etc.In this washing machine, laundry dehydration barrel 3 is supported in the outer bucket 2 by gyroaxis 4.Circulation waterway 17 in that the inside sidewalls configuration of laundry dehydration barrel 3 is extended along vertical direction is provided with the opening 18 that draws water in the lower end of this circulation waterway 17, under the gimbal 16 of upper end the opening 19 that discharges water is set.In the loading and unloading of the exit of this opening 19 that discharges water netted lint filter 20 is installed freely.
During ripple dish 5 revolutions of laundry dehydration barrel 3 bottoms owing to become the pumping action of the back blade 5b of radial formation at its back side, with the water in the gap of laundry dehydration barrel 3 diapires and outer bucket 2 diapires by sucking out on the outlet pass 24.This water is admitted to the opening 18 that draws water, and rises in circulation waterway 17, is discharged in the laundry dehydration barrel 3 by the opening 19 that discharges water.The rubbish such as line bits of sneaking in this water are collected in the lint filter 20.On the other hand, be discharged to the water in the laundry dehydration barrel 3, go out to circulate by the outside bucket of many limbers 3a 2 effluents that on laundry dehydration barrel 3 sidewalls, are provided with.
For above-mentioned washing machine in the past, when being used for washing with the water table ratio of rinsing higher (for example position of the water level H of Fig. 6), unnecessary water is raised by circulation waterway 17.Therefore, the garbage energy of sneaking in the washings is reclaimed effectively by lint filter 20.But, the amount of washings less and with water level settings under the situation of lower position (for example position of the water level L among Fig. 6), weaken by the caused pumping action of back blade 5b, can not water be sent into the opening 18 that draws water with sufficiently high hydraulic pressure.So the water yield that rises along circulation waterway 17 reduces, the refuse collection efficient of lint filter 20 reduces.
The present invention finishes in order to solve above-mentioned problem, and its main purpose provides a kind of washing machine, though few in the amount of washings, with low water level wash or the situation of rinsing under, also can keep high Soft flocks collection efficiency.
For solving the washing machine of the present invention that above-mentioned problem is finished, be in the bucket laundry dehydration barrel to be set outside, make the rotor revolution that is arranged at this laundry dehydration bucket bottom, owing to be formed at the pumping action of the back blade below this rotor, with waterborne the sucking out between laundry dehydration barrel under this rotor and the outer bucket, it is circulated in this laundry dehydration barrel, it is characterized in that possessing: the inlet opening is arranged in the outside of aforementioned rotor, extend upward with this inlet open communication and along laundry dehydration barrel inside sidewalls, at the circulation waterway that exit opening is set than the low position of standard wash water level in the laundry dehydration barrel; Make the moisture stream of the inlet opening of sending into this circulation waterway, the Soft flocks collection unit that the solids of swimming of sneaking in this water is removed.Moreover, at this said standard wash water level, be meant the water level that among the used water level of the washing of setting many levels according to the amount of washings for or rinsing, is set in moderate position.
In washing machine of the present invention, in washing or rinse cycle rotor when revolution since the pumping action of the back blade of this rotor and on the water that sucks out be sent to the following outer circumferential side of rotor, and deliver to the inlet opening of circulation waterway.This water rises in circulation waterway, is ejected in the laundry dehydration barrel by exit opening.In addition, the part of this water is flow to the Soft flocks collection unit, remove solid-state floating materials such as line bits.
The inlet opening of above-mentioned circulation waterway is littler than the circulation waterway in the above-mentioned washing machine in the past with the difference of height of exit opening, so little in order hydraulic pressure to be delivered in the circulation waterway desired pressure.Therefore, even under the lower situation of the water table ratio of laundry in the dehydration barrel, the water yield that is recycled in the laundry dehydration barrel by circulation waterway also reduces hardly.So, also be subjected to the influence of water level hardly by the water yield of Soft flocks collection unit, can collect rubbish such as line bits all the time effectively.
In addition, under the state in the water of the water level that is above standard remains in the laundry dehydration barrel, directly contact and pass through this washings by the unnecessary water of the exit opening of circulation waterway ejection with washings, therefore dirt-removing power is good when washing process, and contained liquid is washed liquid and discharged from washings easily in the washings when rinse cycle.In addition, owing in water, produce direct current,, when being difficult to turning down,, also can promote the alternatively up and down of washings owing to the strong current of above-below direction even the amount of washings is many.
In addition, in washing machine of the present invention, also can take also to possess the formation of second circulation waterway, this second circulation waterway is in the outside of rotor the inlet opening to be arranged, extend upward with this inlet open communication and along laundry dehydration barrel inside sidewalls, exit opening is being set than the also high position of the highest water level in the laundry dehydration barrel.Moreover, at this highest said water level, be meant the water level of extreme higher position among the water level of setting many levels as described above for.
That is to say that when setting up washing machine possessed such second circulation waterway in the past, then except the ejection of the water in water, water also falls from the top of laundry dehydration barrel with becoming waterfall shape.Therefore, water directly contacts with near the washings that floats the water surface, and by this washings, therefore, when washing process, dirt-removing power is good, and when rinse cycle, cleaning solution contained in the washings is discharged from washings easily.In addition, also further promote the alternatively up and down of washings.Moreover if at the exit opening of second circulation waterway Soft flocks collection unit is set also, then the collection efficiency of Soft flocks also can further improve.
In addition, on washing machine of the present invention, the formation of Soft flocks collection unit also can be and laundry dehydration barrel sidewall between form the water inlet openings that shunting usefulness is set on the water route wall of circulation waterway, the water that will be entered by circulation waterway by this water inlet openings imports in the loading and unloading reticular fibre bits filter freely.Constitute for this, remove the water of rubbish by lint filter and intactly get back in the laundry dehydration barrel.In addition, because lint filter can unload, the user can easily carry out the cleaning of lint filter.
In addition, if make the water route wall directly over the aforementioned water inlet openings form jut to water route one lateral process, so that make this jut with relative to laundry dehydration barrel sidewall between the gap little, so, the water that rises in circulation waterway contacts with jut, its part is shunted reliably, successfully flows into to water inlet openings.And if to make the section of circulation waterway be flat, when making the part of the longitudinally of its section be jut, the position of leaving jut in the then same section is not subjected to the influence of this jut, and water successfully rises.Therefore, can avoid weakening by the flow of water of upper opening ejection.
Moreover; and the water route wall between form the space the filter chamber cap be to load and unload to be installed in freely on the wall of water route; lint filter is loaded and unloaded freely in being installed in this space; and cover in filter chamber the limbers is set; when taking such formation; therefore lint filter is protected by the filter chamber cap, directly is not exposed in the laundry dehydration barrel, can prevent that lint filter is wound on the washings and causes and come off unexpectedly or damaged.In addition, the filter chamber cap loads and unloads freely, therefore the filter chamber cap is unloaded, and then lint filter is taken out and can clear up.Moreover circulation waterway is to dispose across the water route wall with the above-mentioned space that constitutes the filter chamber adjacent to each otherly, thereby can save the space.
In addition, lint filter loading and unloading are installed in after filter chamber covers freely, be installed on the side of water route wall or laundry dehydration barrel with this filter chamber cap with becoming one, when taking such formation, when unloading the filter chamber cap, can take out lint filter, so the cleaning of lint filter is more prone to.
In addition, on aforementioned water route wall outside, form to the recessed recess of aforementioned jut side, on the other hand, form recessed to the inside recess in the aforementioned filter chamber portion of covering, make the recess of the outstanding position of water route wall side of this recess and aforementioned water route wall chimeric or have the unoccupied place to embed, when taking such formation, it is interior to oneself layback that the user will point this recess of insertion, can easily unload the filter chamber cap.In addition, need not can make the recess of filter chamber cap recessed dearly the gap enlargement between filter chamber cap and the water route wall.Therefore, the result can make filter chamber's slimming, can make the filter chamber cap to laundry outstanding little in the dehydration barrel.So the washings lash reduces in the situation that filter chamber covers.
According to washing machine of the present invention, even under the low situation of water level that washing is set when the rinsing, also have the water of volume to be recycled to the Soft flocks collection unit.Therefore, no matter water level is how, can both the high Soft flocks collection efficiency of fiber.In addition, the water of volume is effectively sprayed by the exit opening of circulation waterway, contacts with washings and by washings, has therefore improved washing and rinsing performance.Moreover, in the laundry dehydration barrel owing at above-below direction current take place easily also, can promote washings above-below direction alternately, it is inhomogeneous with rinsing to reduce washing.
Fig. 1 is the overall sectional view that constitutes of the washing machine of expression one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 2 is the amplification view of the detailed construction of the A portion in the presentation graphs 1;
Fig. 3 is the amplification view of the detailed construction of expression each member of constituting the brachmorphy circulation waterway;
Fig. 4 is the plane that the brachmorphy circulation waterway among Fig. 2 is seen from the B direction;
Fig. 5 is the plane that the main component of Fig. 3 (C) is seen from the C direction.
Fig. 6 is a sectional view of representing main formation of washing machine in the past.
Below, with reference to Fig. 1~Fig. 5 an embodiment of washing machine of the present invention is illustrated.Fig. 1 is the sectional view of overall formation of the washing machine of expression present embodiment, Fig. 2 is the amplification view of the detailed construction of the A portion (circulation waterway 21) in the presentation graphs 1, Fig. 3 is the amplification view of the detailed construction of expression each member of constituting the brachmorphy circulation waterway, Fig. 4 is the plane that the brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 among Fig. 2 is seen from the B direction, and Fig. 5 is the plane that the main component 30 among Fig. 3 is seen from the C direction.
The overall formation of the washing machine of present embodiment at first, is described according to Fig. 1.In the inside of outer container 1, to hang excellent (not shown) by 4 and hanging outer bucket 2, it is that center steering is bearing in the outer bucket 2 freely with the gyroaxis 4 that is arranged on its diapire that the laundry dehydration barrel 3 of many limbers 3a is arranged on every side.Ripple dish 5 is arranged on the bottom of laundry dehydration barrel 3 with freely rotating, and the rotary motive power that is installed in the motor 6 below outer barrel 2 transmits to laundry dehydration barrel 3 and ripple dish 5 with power-supply change-over mechanism 10 by motor belt wheel 7, driving belt 8, main pulley 9.
The water supply pipe 11 that is connected with not shown water tap is configured in the top rear of outer container 1, is connected with the water filling port 13 with detergent box etc. by feed water valve 12.On the other hand, drainpipe 14 is connected the diapire rear of outer bucket 2, and the water discharge outlet by draining valve 15 and outside etc. is connected.
Gimbal 16 is installed in the upper end of laundry dehydration barrel 3, in the inside sidewalls of laundry dehydration barrel 3, forms the microscler circulation waterway 17 that vertically extends by its bottom under gimbal 16.Bottom at microscler circulation waterway 17 is provided with the opening 18 that draws water, and the opening 19 that discharges water is set in the upper end.The lint filter 20 of collecting the line crumb is equipped with in loading and unloading freely in the outlet of this opening 19 that discharges water.In addition, in another inside sidewalls of laundry dehydration barrel 3, near middle, form the brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 that vertically extends by its bottom.Bottom at brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 is provided with the opening 22 that draws water, and water spray opening 23 is set in the upper end.Moreover, in Fig. 1, microscler circulation waterway 17 and brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 are arranged on the subtend position in the laundry dehydration barrel 3, but in fact, are to add up to two short circulation waterways 21 to be arranged on respect to a microscler circulation waterway 17 to turn round round about separately on 120 ° the position.Formation about this brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 will describe in detail in the back.
On the ripple dish 5 of laundry dehydration barrel 3 bottoms with below, become radial respectively, be formed for stirring the agitator 5a and the back blade 5b of water roughly to wait revolution compartment of terrain.Gap between the neighboring of ripple dish 5 and laundry dehydration barrel 3 inwalls is minimum, and in addition, at the peripheral part of ripple dish 5, the drainage openings 5c of up/down perforation is with suitable interval perforation.On laundry dehydration barrel 3 diapires under the ripple dish 5, the outlet pass 24 of up/down perforation is set.
So, for example outside in the bucket 2, be stored at water under the state of position of water level H, when revolution drives ripple dish 5, then below ripple dish 5 with laundry dehydration barrel 3 diapires between gaps as housing by back blade 5b generation pumping action.Therefore, the water that is present in the gap of laundry dehydration barrel 3 diapires and outer bucket 2 diapires is sucted by outlet pass 24, and delivers to the following outer circumferential side of ripple dish 5.This water sprays upward by the drainage openings 5c of ripple dish 5, sends into the opening 18,22 that draws water of microscler and brachmorphy circulation waterway 17,21 simultaneously respectively with high pressure.
The ascending current that is sprayed upward by drainage openings 5c moves along with the revolution of ripple dish 5, thus current by the below with sink the laundry dehydration barrel 3 in below washings contact at large.On the other hand, the water of sending into the opening 18 that draws water of microscler circulation waterway 17 rises in this circulation waterway 17, is discharged by the opening 19 that discharges water, and falls in the laundry dehydration barrel 3.Therefore, water is dropped to by the top near the water surface that floats in the laundry dehydration barrel 3 the washings.In addition, the water of sending into the opening 22 that draws water of brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 rises in this circulation waterway 21, effectively is ejected in the laundry dehydration barrel 3 by ejection opening 23.Therefore, the laundry dehydration barrel 3 in water by the side with contact along the rotating washings of horizontal direction.Like this, water all effectively contacts with the washings of arbitrary position in being present in laundry dehydration barrel 3, and this water passes through washings.Therefore, when washing process, can promote that dirt comes off, when rinse cycle, can promote the discharge of the cleaning solution that washings sucks again.In addition, in laundry dehydration barrel 3, be not only the current of the horizontal direction that forms by agitator 5a, also be created in the rotating current of vertical direction.Therefore, washings is changed up and down easily, has reduced the inhomogeneous of washing and rinsing.
When water was emitted by the above-mentioned opening 19 that discharges water, because water will pass through lint filter 20, therefore the rubbish such as line bits of sneaking in this water were collected in the lint filter 20.But because the opening 18 that draws water of microscler circulation waterway 17 is bigger with the difference of height of the opening 19 that discharges water, desire will be delivered to hydraulic pressure the opening 19 that discharges water, and must water be sent into the opening 18 that draws water with high pressure.Therefore, for example because a small amount of load when washing with float, can not obtain sufficient pressure with lower water level (for example position of the water level L among Fig. 1), the water yield of being emitted by the opening 19 that discharges water reduces.As a result, the collection efficiency of the Soft flocks of lint filter 20 reduces significantly.
Therefore, in the washing machine of present embodiment, utilize following structure, on brachmorphy circulation waterway 21, also set up lint filter 50.In other words, brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 as shown in Figure 3, be to constitute with lint filter 50 by main component 30 (with reference to Fig. 3 (c)), filter chamber cap 40, this main component 30 is installed on the sidewall of laundry dehydration barrel 3, and forming the section that vertically extends between this main component 30 and this sidewall is the water route of flat; Above-mentioned filter chamber cap 40 is installed in the front of aforementioned body member 30, forms filter chamber between this filtration chamber cap 40 and aforementioned body member 30; Above-mentioned lint filter 50 is installed in the inside of above-mentioned filter chamber.Resin materials such as main component 30 and the also available for example acrylic resin of filter chamber cap 40 constitute.
Main component 30 is as Fig. 3 (c) and shown in Figure 5, vertically formation recess 32 is provided with the water inlet openings 33 that moisture flows usefulness to the part of the water route wall 31 of Yan Shening on the water route wall 31 under this recess 32 to rear side (side wall side of laundry dehydration barrel 3) is outstanding.In addition, the water route wall 31 directly over the recess 32 is forwards given prominence to greatly and is formed protuberance 34, forms the long ejection opening 23 that along continuous straight runs extends at an upper portion thereof.
On the other hand, filter chamber cap 40 as Fig. 3 (a) with shown in Figure 4, below be provided with many limberss 41, in the middle of top, recessed significantly accordingly and form holding section 42 with above-mentioned recess 32.The opening of degree can be inserted just for finger in the place ahead of holding section 42, the engaging of the lower limb projection 35 by protruding in pawl 43 and protuberance 34 above the holding section 42, and filter chamber cap 40 promptly is fixed on the main component 30.In addition, lint filter 50 is that the collecting bag 52 that will be made of nylon wire is installed on the ring-type support member 51 that is made of resin materials such as acrylic resins shown in Fig. 3 (b).
Covered 40 o'clock in the above-mentioned filter chamber of installation on main component 30, at first, the support member 51 of lint filter 50 is hung on the jut 44 at filter chamber cap 40 back sides, then this filter chamber cap 40 is pressed on the main component 30.So, as Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 4, filter chamber cap 40 chimeric being fixed on the main component 30.In this state, be flat pattern because water route 36, filter chamber 45 all have section, therefore all sides outstanding less in laundry dehydration barrel 3, the possibility that tangles washings is less.
With filter chamber cap 40 when main part 30 unloads, be that finger is stretched in the holding section 42, a side (laundry dehydration barrel 3 in all sides) pulls in face of oneself, can remove engaging of pawl 43 and lower limb projection 35, and filter chamber cap 40 and lint filter 50 are integrally unloaded.Therefore, the cleaning of lint filter 50 is carried out easily.
In the washing machine of the present embodiment of above-mentioned formation, during 5 revolutions of ripple dish, because the pumping action of back blade 5b is sent water into the opening 22 that draws water.This water rises in the formed water route 36 between water route wall 31 and laundry dehydration barrel 3 sidewalls shown in arrow b, c among Fig. 2 and Fig. 5.Gap between recess 32 and laundry dehydration barrel 3 sidewalls is also littler than its two side and below, and therefore near the water that rises the position of the arrow b in Fig. 5 is blocked, and the part of this water is flowed in filter chamber 45 by water inlet openings 33.On the other hand, near the water that rises the position of the arrow C among the Fig. 5 in water route 36 is not subjected to the influence ground of recess 32 to arrive ejection opening 23, effectively is ejected in the laundry dehydration barrel 3.Like this, because recess 32 is set, can not weaken the flow of water, and the part that will send into the water of the opening 22 that draws water is diverted to reliably in the filter chamber 45 by 23 ejections of ejection opening.
As mentioned above, to the water that filter chamber 45 flows into, by collecting bag 52 time, rubbish is removed, and flow back in the laundry dehydration barrel 3 by limbers 41.Because the opening 22 that draws water of this brachmorphy circulation waterway 21 is little more a lot of than microscler circulation waterway 17 with the difference of height of ejection opening 23, so, even the water level when washing and rinse cycle is lower, the pressure of sending into the water of the opening 22 that draws water descends, and the water that q.s also can be arranged is served and by lint filter 50.Therefore, can realize high Soft flocks collection efficiency.
In addition, in the above-described embodiments, be to make the water inlet openings 33 of moisture stream be arranged on water route wall 31 midway, but also can take following formation: the water inlet openings that is about to moisture stream usefulness is arranged near the opening 22 that draws water, and the water route is used in the 36 different Soft flocks collections of 45 configurations and water route from the water inlet openings to the filter chamber.
In addition, the foregoing description is an example, and in the scope of content of the present invention, change or modification can suit.