CN110578240B

CN110578240B - Washing machine's upper cover and washing machine

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Publication number: CN110578240B
Application number: CN201810589451.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋立军; 程宝珍; 张开宏; 孙广彬; 刘尊安
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-06-08
Filing date: 2018-06-08
Publication date: 2022-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 2038-06-08
Also published as: CN110578240A

Abstract

The invention discloses an upper cover of a washing machine and the washing machine. The upper cover of the washing machine is connected with a tray seat of the washing machine, the upper cover is provided with an electronic element and is provided with a flow guide structure, and the flow guide structure guides liquid to flow out of the upper cover from the electronic element. The invention has the beneficial effects that: the upper cover is provided with the flow guide structure to prevent liquid from accumulating, so that the normal work of the electronic element is ensured; the flow guide structure is arranged in the upper cover or is improved by utilizing the existing structure, no additional component is added, the cost is saved, and the purpose of attractive appearance can be achieved.

Description

Washing machine's upper cover and washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an upper cover of a washing machine and the washing machine.

Background

Along with the diversification of functions of the washing machine, the design that electronic elements are integrated on the upper lid of the washing machine is more and more, for example, devices or touch panels are arranged, so that the appearance requirements can be met, and the reasonable layout of the functions can be realized.

However, since the washing machine is used to wash laundry, there is a large amount of washing water, and there is a risk that water may enter the washing machine due to the wiring or the electronic components provided in the upper cover, the upper cover is provided with a waterproof structure.

The prior art and the conventional arrangement generally adopt a sealing ring arrangement mode, but the sealing ring can only isolate washing water and an electronic element, the structure is more complex after the upper cover is provided with the electronic element, washing water can be accumulated in gullies and gaps, and the fundamental problem cannot be solved only through the sealing ring.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides an upper cover of a washing machine and the washing machine.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

an upper cover of a washing machine is connected with a tray seat of the washing machine, an electronic element is arranged on the upper cover, and the upper cover is provided with a flow guide structure which guides liquid to avoid the electronic element and flow out of the upper cover.

The flow guide structure comprises a water collecting tank and a flow guide groove, and the water collecting tank is used for collecting liquid flowing downwards after the upper cover is opened; the diversion trench is communicated with the water collecting tank and is used for guiding out liquid collected by the water collecting tank.

The upper cover has apron and casing, the casing has the opening, the apron covers the opening forms the observation window, observation window one side is provided with electronic component, be provided with the water catch bowl between observation window and electronic component.

After the upper cover is opened, the observation window is positioned at one end of the upper cover, which is far away from the disc seat, the electronic element is arranged at one end of the upper cover, which is close to the disc seat, the water collecting tank is transversely arranged between the observation window and the electronic element, the water collecting tank is obliquely arranged, and the flow guide groove is arranged at the end part of the water collecting tank;

preferably, the electronic component is arranged in the middle of the lower portion of the observation window, the tray seat is far away from the middle of the water collecting tank, the two ends of the water collecting tank are close to the tray seat, the bent obtuse angle shape is formed and symmetrically distributed on the upper cover, the two ends of the water collecting tank are respectively provided with a flow guide groove, and liquid flows into the water collecting tank and then automatically flows into the flow guide groove and is discharged to the outside of the upper cover through the flow guide groove.

The shell is provided with a water leakage hole which is arranged at the end part of the diversion trench far away from the water collecting tank and communicated with the outside of the upper cover.

The shell is divided into an upper shell and a lower shell, the upper shell is positioned between the lower shell and the cover plate, the diversion trench is arranged on the upper shell, and the lower shell is provided with a water leakage hole communicated with the outside to lead out the washing water of the diversion trench.

The flow guide structure is a water retaining structure with a certain inclination angle, and the water retaining structure forms an inclined plane inclined towards the direction of the disc seat after the upper cover is opened to guide liquid to flow into the inner barrel.

The upper cover is provided with a cover plate and a shell, the shell is provided with an opening, the cover plate covers the outside of the opening to form an observation window, and a water retaining structure is arranged at the contact position of the shell and the cover plate, wherein one side of the observation window, which is close to the disc seat, is provided with the water retaining structure. .

The shell is divided into an upper shell and a lower shell, the upper shell is arranged between the cover plate and the lower shell and is surrounded inside by the lower shell, and a water retaining structure is formed at the contact position of the lower shell and the cover plate on one side of the observation window close to the disc seat.

A washing machine with the upper cover comprises a tray, wherein the upper cover is rotatably connected with the tray;

preferably, the electronic component is a display control module, the cover plate covers the display control module and forms a display control area, the tray base is provided with a computer board, and the display control area is electrically connected with the computer board.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

(1) After the upper cover is provided with the electronic element according to the requirement, the liquid is prevented from accumulating by arranging the flow guide structure, and the normal work of the electronic element is ensured;

(2) the flow guide structure is arranged in the upper cover or is improved by utilizing the existing structure, no additional component is added, the cost is saved, and the purpose of attractive appearance can be achieved.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the appearance of the upper cover of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the upper lid structure in example 1 of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a bottom view of the upper housing and the flow guiding structure in embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic top view of an upper housing and a flow guiding structure in embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the upper cover structure in example 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the water retaining structure after the upper cover is opened in embodiment 2 of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a partially enlarged view of the upper lid in embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In the figure:

100. an upper cover; 1. a cover plate; 11. an observation window; 2. an upper housing; 25. a second opening; 3. a lower housing;

4. an electronic component; 41. a wiring terminal; 42. a terminal cover;

61. a water collection tank; 62. a diversion trench; 63. a water retaining structure;

200. and (7) a disc seat.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

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; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case to those of ordinary skill in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present invention relates to an upper cover of a washing machine, wherein the upper cover of the washing machine is connected with a tray, and can be hinged by a hinge to be conveniently opened and closed, and an electronic component is arranged on the upper cover, and the electronic component can be a lamp decoration, a display panel, a controller, etc.

The upper cover is provided with a flow guide structure, liquid is guided to avoid the electronic element through the flow guide structure, and finally the liquid accumulated on the upper cover flows out of the upper cover.

Example one

The present embodiment is provided with a groove-like structure in the upper cover, and guides the water flow in the direction in which the groove-like structure is provided, thereby discharging the upper cover.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the guide structure includes a water collection groove 61 and a guide groove 62, wherein the water collection groove 61 is used for collecting the washing water flowing downwards after the upper cover is opened; the guide groove 62 is communicated with the water collection groove 61, and is used for guiding out the washing water collected by the water collection groove 61.

The main effect of upper cover is to cover the upper space of washtub when washing machine work, because washtub upper portion is uncovered, there is some washing water to splash the inboard of upper cover in the washing process, or washing machine has the stoving function, the inside water droplet that has the vapor condensation of upper cover in the drying process, when the upper cover was opened, above-mentioned liquid can be because the action of gravity downflow, but be provided with electronic component 4 on the upper cover, and have the gap in some connection structure departments, therefore can lead out the water of gap department through water conservancy diversion structure.

The upper cover 100 has a cover plate 1 and a housing, the housing has an opening, the cover plate covers the opening to form an observation window, an electronic component 4 is arranged on one side of the observation window, and a water collecting tank 61 is arranged between the observation window and the electronic component 4.

After the upper cover is opened, the observation window is positioned at one end of the upper cover far away from the tray seat, the electronic element 4 is arranged at one end of the upper cover close to the tray seat, the water collecting tank 61 is transversely arranged between the observation window and the electronic element 4, the water collecting tank 61 is obliquely arranged, and the flow guide groove 62 is arranged at the end part of the water collecting tank 61;

preferably, the electronic component 4 is disposed in the middle of the lower portion of the observation window, the middle of the water collecting tank 61 is far away from the tray seat, the two ends of the water collecting tank 61 are close to the tray seat, the bent obtuse angle shape is formed and symmetrically distributed on the upper cover, the two ends of the water collecting tank 61 are respectively provided with the diversion trenches 62, and liquid flows into the diversion trenches 62 after flowing to the water collecting tank 61 and is discharged to the outside of the upper cover through the diversion trenches 62.

The shell is provided with a water leakage hole which is arranged at the end part of the diversion trench 62 far away from the water collecting tank 61 and communicated with the outside of the upper cover.

Taking the structure of the upper cover as an example and taking the electronic element 4 as a display control module as an example, the following arrangement modes are provided.

The upper cover 100 of the washing machine has an integral structure to completely cover the top of the washing machine, so that the top of the washing machine is not divided into a display control area and an upper cover area, and the upper cover 100 also has an integral structure, thereby having an attractive appearance.

The solution of the present invention is to arrange the display module and/or the control module on the upper cover 100, and the upper cover 100 can directly perform display and control, so that the upper cover 100 has both protection function and display control function.

As shown in fig. 2, the upper cover 100 includes a cover plate 1 and a housing, the housing has a receiving space for placing the display module and/or the control module, after the display module is placed in the receiving space, the cover plate 1 is disposed at an upper opening of the receiving space, so that the display panel of the display module is combined with the cover plate 1, and a display area is formed at a corresponding position of the cover plate 1; similarly, after the control module is placed in the accommodating space, the cover plate 1 is disposed at the upper opening of the accommodating space, so that the control panel of the display module is combined with the cover plate 1 to form a control area at a corresponding position of the cover plate 1.

The display area and the control area are not formed independently by cutting the cover plate 1, but can be displayed and controlled through the cover plate 1, so that the integrity of the cover plate 1 is ensured, and the aim of beautifying the appearance of the air is fulfilled.

Since the display area and/or the control area need to be assembled with the cover plate 1 to form a corresponding area, the upper portion of the receiving space has an opening, the receiving space has at least one upward opening, and the display module and/or the control module form a display and control area with the cover plate through the opening.

By technical means, the display module and the control module can be integrated into a whole, and the integrated display module and the control module are placed into the accommodating space and are called as a display control module. The display module and the control module may be respectively disposed in the housing of the upper cover 100 in the above-mentioned manner, and for convenience of description, the display control module is taken as an example for illustration.

In the assembling process, the display control module needs to be placed from an opening at the bottom of the accommodating space, and after the display control module is placed into the accommodating space, in order to prevent the display control module from falling off or shifting, the display control module needs to be fixed in the accommodating space so as to facilitate the subsequent assembling process.

The display control module is detachably arranged in the accommodating space.

The casing comprises upper housing 2 and lower casing 3, sets up the casing to upper housing 2 and lower casing 3 because the casing is inside to have some other spare parts, need install or set up inside the casing in the assembling process, sets up to upper and lower casing 3 and can seal the casing again after assembling spare part to form holistic outward appearance, make spare part not expose. This is one embodiment of the housing.

The above description is made by taking the arrangement of the case 2 and the lower case 3 as an example.

The upper shell 2 is provided with a first opening, the first opening is used for forming the accommodating space for placing the display control module, and one side of the first opening is provided with a wire outlet so that the display control module can be electrically connected with a computer board and other structures. The line card is arranged outside the outlet and used for fixing structures such as a conducting wire and the like so as to prevent the circuit from moving inside the shell and causing circuit faults due to circuit abrasion.

The upper casing 2 may have a first opening and a second opening at a corresponding position of the lower casing, and the first opening and the second opening form the receiving space for placing the display control module after the upper casing and the lower casing are fixedly mounted.

The display control module is externally provided with a sealing box, the sealing box is provided with an opening at one end, the opening faces to the direction of the cover plate 1, and the opening is used for enabling the display control module to form a corresponding display control area at the cover plate.

The display control module is placed on the sealing box and then fixed on the shell through the connecting structure.

The display control module is an electrified component, washing water is arranged in the washing machine, the upper cover 100 is positioned at the upper part of the inner barrel and has a water inlet risk, and therefore a waterproof structure is arranged at the corresponding position of the upper cover 100 to ensure that the normal function of the display control module is not damaged.

The display control module is buckled inside the upper cover by the sealing box, the sealing box is fixedly connected with the shell through a screw and is sealed through a sealing ring, and a groove is formed in the open circumferential direction of the sealing box for placing the sealing ring. The corresponding position of the upper shell is provided with a convex rib which is stopped against the sealing ring, and after the sealing box and the shell are installed, the sealing ring forms a sealing structure through extrusion between the groove and the shell, and washing water is placed into the sealing structure.

The sealing ring may be a rubber sealing ring even at other locations where wash water may enter.

The upper case 2 also has a terminal escape portion where a terminal 41 and the like are placed. Since the display control module is disposed inside the housing and needs to be connected to the computer board inside the tray 200, the display control module and the computer board cannot be directly and fixedly connected due to the separation of the upper cover 100 and the tray 200 during the assembly process, and the arrangement of the plug terminals is adopted to facilitate the final assembly and circuit communication.

Since the upper cover 100 needs to be connected to the disc seat 200, the upper housing 2 is further provided with an avoiding portion of the connecting member, the upper housing 2 has a damper mounting portion and a hinge seat avoiding portion, the damper 71 can be fixed to the upper housing 2 by a screw, and since the damper 71 needs to be rotatably connected to the hinge seat mounted to the disc seat 200, the upper housing 2 is provided with the hinge seat avoiding portion for avoiding the hinge seat so that the hinge structure can normally rotate.

Go up casing 2 and lower casing 3 and assemble through corresponding connection structure, can set up to connect for dismantling and be convenient for assemble and dismantle.

One of the connection modes is that the upper shell 2 and the lower shell 3 can be connected through bolts, and are fixed by screws through screw holes with corresponding positions.

The assembly of the upper case with the lower case may also be performed as follows:

the connecting structure of the upper shell 2 and the lower shell 3 is an inserting structure, the upper shell 2 is provided with a jack, the jack and the lower shell 3 are provided with a plug, and the plug and the lower shell 3 are integrally arranged; or the upper case 2 has a plug integrally provided and the lower case 3 has a jack.

Because the plug and the shell are arranged integrally, the shell can form a connecting structure without an additional connecting piece, so that the assembling steps are reduced, and the overall cost is reduced.

The plug structure is also provided with a limiting device to ensure the firmness of the plug structure. The limiting device is formed by matching a protrusion arranged on the plug and a groove arranged on the jack to limit.

The plug is provided with a protrusion in the circumferential direction of the top, the edge of the protrusion is also provided with a limiting groove with an inclined surface capable of sliding into the insertion hole, and correspondingly, the front end of the groove is also provided with a groove with an inclined surface convenient for the protrusion to be inserted into the limiting groove.

Because the plug has protruding structure, and the circumference size is greater than the jack, therefore still be provided with elastic construction in plug department to the protruding in-process size that can insert contracts, after protruding arrival spacing recess, elastic construction resumes, makes protruding card go into the fixed connection structure in the recess, can not produce mutual displacement.

The upper and lower housings 3 may be fixed by other connecting structures, including but not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

The upper cover 100 may have a viewing function in addition to the integrated display and control function. A typical washing machine top cover 100 is made of a transparent material, and a user can view the washing machine through the top cover.

The upper cover of the washing machine of the invention also has the functions, and is specifically set as follows: the shell is provided with an opening for forming an observation window 11, and when the shell is provided with an upper shell 2 and a lower shell 3, the corresponding openings are arranged on the upper shell 3 and the lower shell 3 to form the observation window 11. Go up casing 2 and have the third opening, casing 3 has the fourth opening down, and the third opening corresponds with fourth opening position, covers on the market at the casing when apron 1, and open position and transparent material's apron 1 form observation window 11, the position of observation window 11 sets up in the upper portion of washtub, the condition in the washtub of 11 direct observation windows of accessible observation.

For the convenience of observation, the cover plate 1 may be made of a transparent material.

The upper cover of the washing machine of the present invention has an aesthetic advantage, and thus, there is no exposed connection structure provided at the outer side of the cover plate 1, and the cover plate 1 and the housing are fixed by means of adhesion, etc. in the present invention.

Because the shell is provided with the through hole which is covered by the cover plate 1, the inner side of the observation window 11 has water vapor or washing water which is splashed in the washing process to gather, when the upper cover is opened, water drops are gathered to flow to the joint of the cover plate 1 and the shell, the connecting structure possibly has no waterproof effect, and therefore, a waterproof structure can be arranged between the cover plate 1 and the shell.

The second sealing ring is arranged on the outer side of the circumference of the observation window 11, the upper shell 2 is provided with a second sealing ring groove for placing the second sealing ring, and because the washing water flows on the inner side of the observation window 11, the water condensed on the observation window 11 can be prevented from flowing into the upper cover through the gap between the cover plate 1 and the shell around the observation window 11, thereby generating bad influence on the display control module. The second sealing ring is extruded with the shell through the cover plate 1 to form a sealing structure.

Because the lower shell is provided with the fourth opening, after the display control module is assembled, the fourth opening needs to be plugged to form the whole appearance, and the star-closed shell structure is formed.

The upper cover is also provided with a bottom cover, the bottom cover covers the fourth opening of the lower shell, preferably the bottom cover is embedded into the fourth opening, and the integral structure is formed without affecting the integral attractiveness.

The bottom cover has a function of covering other coupling structures, such as a structure of covering the damper 71.

When water inside the observation window 11 flows downwards to the shell, if the shell forms a platform at the bottom of the observation window due to the thickness of the shell, the water is accumulated and possibly flows into the shell at a gap, the electronic element 4 (display control module) is affected and damaged, and therefore a groove-shaped structure is arranged at the position for guiding the water.

The direction after the upper cover is opened is used as a reference direction, the water collecting tank 61 is arranged at the lower part of the observation window and used for intercepting liquid flowing down from the observation window, and the water collecting tank 61 can be designed to have a certain inclination angle so as to facilitate the flowing of the liquid. If the electronic component 4 is arranged at the lower part of the observation window close to the left, the water collecting tank 61 can be obliquely arranged in a manner of being higher at the left and lower at the right, and the diversion trench 62 can be arranged at the right side; if the electronic component 4 is arranged at the lower part of the observation window close to the right, the water collecting tank 61 can be obliquely arranged from lower left to higher right, and the diversion trench 62 can be arranged at the left side; if the electronic component 4 is arranged in the middle of the lower part of the observation window, the water collecting groove 61 can be arranged to be high in the middle and low on two sides, the flow guide grooves 62 can be arranged on two sides, and liquid flows out of two ends of the flow guide water collecting groove 61; the water collecting groove 61 can be set to be lower in the middle and higher in two sides, and the diversion groove 62 can be set in the middle to communicate with the middle of the water collecting groove 61 and avoid the electronic component 4.

The guiding grooves 62 can penetrate through the top surface and the bottom surface of the upper shell, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the guiding grooves 62 can be observed on both the top surface and the bottom surface of the upper shell, and the upper shell is matched with the cover plate and the lower shell to form the guiding grooves with sealed peripheries so as to ensure the guiding function of the guiding grooves.

Because the upper shell is positioned between the cover plate and the lower shell, the diversion trench is covered by the cover plate and the lower shell and can not be observed outside the upper cover, thereby achieving the purpose of attractive appearance while playing a role.

Since the electronic components 4 are different in installation position and size, the water collecting tank 61 and the guiding groove 62 are different in installation manner, and can be installed according to specific requirements.

The guide groove 62 is disposed on the upper casing, and the lower casing has a water leakage hole communicated with the outside to guide out the washing water of the guide groove 62. The water leakage holes can be arranged at other positions, for example, the water leakage holes are arranged at the position of a hinge or a damper or other end covers, so that the liquid in the guide groove 62 can be guided out, and the aesthetic degree of the upper cover is not influenced.

Example two

In the embodiment, the water retaining structure 63 is arranged on the upper cover, and after the upper cover is opened, an inclined surface is formed to guide the liquid into the inner barrel.

The flow guide structure is a water retaining structure 63 with a certain inclination angle, and the water retaining structure 63 forms an inclined surface inclined towards the direction of the disc seat after the upper cover is opened to guide the washing water to flow into the inner barrel.

The upper cover is provided with a cover plate and a shell, the shell is provided with an opening, the cover plate covers the outside of the opening to form an observation window, and a water retaining structure 63 is arranged at the contact position of the shell and the cover plate at one side of the observation window close to the disc seat.

The shell is divided into an upper shell and a lower shell, the upper shell is arranged between the cover plate and the lower shell and is surrounded inside by the lower shell, and a water retaining structure 63 is formed at the contact position of the lower shell and the cover plate on one side of the observation window close to the disc seat.

The following description will be made by taking an electronic component as a display control module.

As shown in fig. 1, the upper cover 100 of the washing machine has an integral structure to entirely cover the top of the washing machine, so that the top of the washing machine is not split into a display control area and an upper cover area, and the upper cover 100 itself has an integral structure to have an attractive appearance.

The upper cover 100 includes a cover plate 1 and a housing, the housing has a receiving groove for receiving the display module and/or the control module, and after the display module is received in the receiving groove, the cover plate 1 is disposed at an opening of the receiving groove, so that a display panel of the display module is combined with the cover plate 1, and a display area is formed at a corresponding position of the cover plate 1; similarly, after the control module is placed in the accommodating groove, the cover plate 1 is disposed at the opening of the accommodating groove, so that the control panel of the display module is combined with the cover plate 1, and a control area is formed at a corresponding position of the cover plate 1.

The display area and the control area can not be formed independently by cutting the cover plate 1, but can be displayed and controlled through the cover plate 1, so that the integrity of the cover plate 1 is ensured, and the aim of beautifying the appearance of the air is fulfilled.

Because the display area and/or the control area need to form a corresponding area with the assembly of the cover plate 1, the accommodating groove is open and at least has one upward opening, the display module and/or the control module are placed into the accommodating groove through the opening, and then the cover plate 1 is arranged at the opening to form the display and control area.

By technical means, the display module and the control module can be integrated into a whole, and the integrated display module and the control module are placed into the containing groove and are called as the display control module. The display module and the control module can be respectively disposed in the housing of the upper cover 100 in the above manner, and for convenience of description, the display control module is taken as an example for illustration.

In the assembling process, after the display control module is placed in the accommodating groove, in order to prevent the display control module from falling off or shifting, the display control module needs to be fixed in the accommodating groove so as to facilitate the subsequent assembling process.

The display control module is detachably arranged in the accommodating groove.

The display control module can be fixed in the holding tank through bolted connection, or fixed in the holding tank through modes such as limiting clamping grooves. The detachably of the display control module is arranged in the accommodating groove, so that the assembly and later-stage maintenance and replacement can be facilitated, the fixing of the display control module and the relative position of the cover plate 1 in the accommodating groove can be guaranteed, the normal function is guaranteed, and the display control module is guaranteed to be limited in the accommodating groove and not to shift or fall off in the assembling process.

Because the display control module is provided with electronic elements such as a circuit board, a circuit and the like, the fixing or limiting mode can be fixed according to the specific shape and the requirement.

Preferably, the circuit board edge of display control module is provided with the screw, is provided with the screw of relevant position in holding tank edge, through the screw with display control module fixed with the holding tank in, and can dismantle.

As shown in fig. 5, the housing is composed of an upper housing 2 and a lower housing 3, and the upper housing 2 and the lower housing 3 are provided with some other components inside the housing, and need to be installed or set inside the housing during the assembly process, and the upper housing 3 and the lower housing 3 are configured to seal the housing after the components are assembled, so as to form an integral appearance, so that the components are not exposed. This is one embodiment of the housing.

Go up casing 2 and have the holding tank, the holding tank is used for placing and fixed display control module, is provided with the outlet in one side of holding tank to display control module is connected with the isotructure electricity such as computer board. The line card is arranged outside the outlet and used for fixing structures such as a conducting wire and the like so as to prevent the circuit from moving inside the shell and causing circuit faults due to circuit abrasion.

The upper case 2 may have a separate receiving groove, and may also form the receiving groove by cooperating with the lower case 3, for example, the upper case 2 has a first through hole, and a plate-shaped structure is provided at a corresponding position of the lower case 3 to block an opening at one end of the through hole, thereby forming a groove-shaped structure for placing the display control module.

Go up casing 2 and also can set up stop device, draw-in groove isotructure at the position of through-hole and will show that control module now is located the through-hole, still can play the effect of holding tank this moment, and the holding tank also is not limited to square through-hole or circular through-hole, should set for according to the concrete shape that shows control module.

The upper case 2 also has a terminal avoiding portion where a terminal or the like is placed. Because the display control module is arranged in the shell and needs to be connected with the computer board in the disk seat 200, and because the upper cover 100 and the disk seat 200 are in a separated state in the assembling process, the display control module cannot be directly and fixedly connected with the computer board, and the arrangement mode of the plug-in terminal is adopted so as to facilitate final assembly and circuit communication.

The preferred scheme is that a sealing structure is arranged in the accommodating groove, the sealing structure blocks washing water which possibly enters outside the accommodating groove through waterproof materials, the washing water is prevented from entering the display control module, the groove at the corresponding position is formed in the shell, the first sealing ring is placed in the groove, and the first sealing ring is respectively stopped on the shell and the cover plate after the shell and the cover plate are assembled, so that the accommodating groove forms a waterproof space.

The seal ring may be a rubber seal ring.

Be provided with first sealing washer recess 26 around the holding tank, after first sealing washer is put into to first sealing washer recess, through last casing 2 and apron 1 assembly connection fixed back, the sealing washer is by apron 1 and last casing 2 extrusion to form seal structure, keep apart the outside washing water of holding tank, prevent that it from getting into power module.

Go up casing 2 and lower casing 3 and assemble through corresponding connection structure, can set up to connect for dismantling and be convenient for assemble and dismantle. One of the connection modes is that the upper shell 2 and the lower shell 3 can be connected through bolts and fixed through screw holes with corresponding positions.

Since the cover plate 1 is required to be arranged on the upper part of the shell, screws cannot be placed between the upper shell and the lower shell 3 after the cover plate 1 is assembled, and only the screws can be placed from the lower part, and the arrangement mode can cause loosening or other connection problems.

The preferable mode is that the connection structure of the upper shell 2 and the lower shell 3 is a plug-in structure, the upper shell 2 is provided with a jack, the jack and the lower shell 3 are provided with a plug, and the plug and the lower shell 3 are integrally arranged; or the upper case 2 has a plug integrally provided and the lower case 3 has a jack.

The plug structure is also provided with a limiting device to ensure the firmness of the plug structure. The limiting device is matched with the protrusion arranged on the plug and the groove arranged on the jack to form limiting. The plug is provided with a protrusion in the circumferential direction of the top, the edge of the protrusion is also provided with a limiting groove with an inclined surface capable of sliding into the insertion hole, and correspondingly, the front end of the groove is also provided with a groove with an inclined surface convenient for the protrusion to insert into the limiting groove.

Because the plug has protruding structure, and the circumference size is greater than the jack, therefore still be provided with elastic construction in plug department to the protruding in-process size that can insert contracts, after the protruding spacing recess that reaches, elastic construction resumes, makes protruding card go into the recess and forms fixed connection structure, can not produce mutual displacement.

The upper and lower housings may be fixed by other connecting structures, including but not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments.

The upper cover of the washing machine of the invention also has the functions, and is specifically arranged as follows.

The shell is provided with an opening for forming an observation window 11, and when the shell is provided with an upper shell 2 and a lower shell 3, the corresponding openings are arranged on the upper shell 3 and the lower shell 3 to form the observation window 11.

Go up casing 2 and have second opening 25, casing 3 has the third opening down, and second opening 25 corresponds with the third opening position, and when apron 1 covers on the casing market, the opening position forms observation window 11 with transparent material's apron 1, the position of observation window 11 sets up in the upper portion of washing tub, and the condition in the washing tub is directly observed to the accessible observation window 11.

For easy observation, the cover plate 1 may be made of transparent material.

Because the casing is provided with the through hole, the through hole is covered by the cover plate 1, the inner side of the observation window 11 has water vapor or washing water gathering splashed in the washing process, when the upper cover is opened, water drops are gathered to flow to the joint of the cover plate 1 and the casing, the connecting structure may not have a waterproof effect, and therefore a waterproof structure still needs to be arranged between the cover plate 1 and the casing.

The second sealing ring is arranged on the circumferential outer side of the observation window 11, the upper shell 2 is provided with a second sealing ring groove for placing the second sealing ring, and because the washing water flows in the inner side of the observation window 11, the display control module is badly influenced by the fact that the water condensed on the observation window 11 can be prevented from flowing into the upper cover through the gap between the cover plate 1 and the shell by the arrangement of the upper shell around the observation window 11. The second sealing ring is extruded with the shell through the cover plate 1 to form a sealing structure.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the water blocking structure 63 is an inclined surface formed at the joint of the lower housing and the cover plate, and the water blocking structure 63 is a part of the lower housing and is located at the lower part of the observation window.

When the inboard water of observation window flows downwards to casing department, if the casing because thickness forms the platform in observation window bottom, can gather water to probably can flow into inside the casing in gap department, produce the influence to electronic component (display control module) and lead to damaging, therefore be provided with the decurrent manger plate structure 63 of slope in this position, make to have the rivers when the observation window in time to be derived, can not gather and cause the influence to inside in connection structure department.

The present invention also includes a washing machine having the above-mentioned upper cover, which includes a tray, and the upper cover 100 is rotatably connected with the tray 200 by a hinge. The washing machine comprises a tray seat, and the upper cover is rotatably connected with the tray seat; preferably, the electronic component is a display control module, the cover plate covers the display control module and forms a display control area, the tray base is provided with a computer board, and the display control area is electrically connected with the computer board.

The hinge connection is specifically configured such that the upper cover 100 is provided with a damper 71, the damper 71 has a protruding hinge shaft, the tray base 200 is fixed with a hinge base, the hinge base has a horizontal shaft hole, and the hinge shaft is inserted into the shaft hole to form a rotatable hinge structure.

The upper cover 100 is provided with only the display control module, and the computer board is usually disposed inside the washing machine chassis 200 or the washing machine, so the display control module of the upper cover 100 still needs to be electrically connected to the chassis 200 or other parts of the washing machine.

The washing machine comprises a tray base 200, the tray base 200 is provided with a computer board, and the display control module is electrically connected with the computer board through a lead.

The wire passing mechanism can be arranged at the hinge structure in consideration of the requirement of attractive appearance and the problems of safety and loss of the circuit.

The hinge seat is provided with a wire passing hole which can lead a wire extending from the disc seat into the upper cover 100 on the upper part, so that a vertical through hole is arranged at the bottom of the hinge seat, one end of the through hole leads the wire towards the inside of the disc seat 200, and the other end of the through hole is communicated with the shaft hole to lead the wire into the upper cover 100 from the other side of the shaft hole.

The upper cover 100 and the tray 200 are inevitably required to be wired, the rotatable connection of the upper cover 100 and the tray 200 makes the wires at the connection position extremely easy to wear, and the wires are arranged inside the hinge seat, so that the loss of the wires can be prevented, the external appearance can be kept, and the two purposes are achieved at one stroke.

Since the upper cover 100 is separated from the base 200 in the previous assembling process, the display control module and the computer board are not in the same component, and the electrical connection cannot be established at the beginning, so the connection between the display control module and the computer board can be set in a detachable manner, and the above-mentioned problems can be solved in the assembling process.

The display control unit is provided with a first lead, the computer board is provided with a second lead, and the first lead is connected with the second lead through a plug terminal.

The upper cover 100 has a avoiding space for placing the plug-in terminal, and due to the fact that the mode is detachable, the corresponding position of the lower shell 3 is provided with a connecting terminal cover for avoiding port matching, so that the assembling process can be facilitated, and later-stage maintenance can be facilitated.

Because the pleasing to the eye requirement of upper cover, each connection structure that exposes all has structures such as lid or callus on the sole and decorates, attenuator 71 has attenuator lid fixed mounting on the casing, and the screw connection department has the callus on the sole, can form buffering shockproof structure between upper cover and dish seat, can play waterproof effect to the screw again to have pleasing to the eye effect.

The beneficial effects of the invention can be summarized as follows: after the upper cover is provided with the electronic element according to the requirement, the liquid is prevented from accumulating by arranging the flow guide structure, and the normal work of the electronic element is ensured; the flow guide structure is arranged in the upper cover or is improved by utilizing the existing structure, no additional component is added, the cost is saved, and the purpose of attractive appearance can be achieved.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a washing machine's upper cover is connected with washing machine's dish seat which characterized in that: the upper cover is provided with an electronic element and is provided with a flow guide structure, and the flow guide structure guides liquid to avoid the electronic element and flow out of the upper cover;

the flow guide structure comprises a water collecting tank and a flow guide groove, and the water collecting tank is used for collecting liquid flowing downwards after the upper cover is opened; the diversion trench is communicated with the water collecting tank and is used for guiding out liquid collected by the water collecting tank;

the upper cover has apron and casing, the casing has the opening, the apron covers the opening forms the observation window, observation window one side is provided with electronic component, the water catch bowl is violently established between observation window and electronic component, the water catch bowl slope sets up, the guiding gutter sets up at the water catch bowl tip.

2. The upper cover of a washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: after the upper cover is opened, the observation window is positioned at one end, far away from the disc seat, of the upper cover, and the electronic element is arranged at one end, close to the disc seat, of the upper cover.

3. The upper cover of a washing machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the electronic element is arranged in the middle of the lower portion of the observation window, the tray seat is far away from the middle of the water collecting tank, the two ends of the water collecting tank are close to the tray seat, the bent obtuse angle shape is formed and symmetrically distributed on the upper cover, the two ends of the water collecting tank are respectively provided with a flow guide groove, and liquid flows into the flow guide grooves automatically after flowing to the water collecting tank and is discharged to the outside of the upper cover through the flow guide grooves.

4. The upper cover of a washing machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the shell is provided with a water leakage hole which is arranged at the end part of the diversion trench far away from the water collecting tank and communicated with the outside of the upper cover.

5. The upper cover of the washing machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the casing divide into upper housing and lower casing, upper housing is located between lower casing and the apron, the guiding gutter sets up in upper housing, lower casing has the outside hole that leaks of intercommunication and derives the liquid in guiding gutter.

6. A washing machine having the upper cover as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: the washing machine comprises a tray seat, and the upper cover is rotatably connected with the tray seat.

7. The washing machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the electronic element is a display control module, the cover plate covers the display control module and forms a display control area, the disk seat is provided with a computer board, and the display control area is electrically connected with the computer board.