CN110820239B

CN110820239B - Clothes treating device

Info

Publication number: CN110820239B
Application number: CN201810914955.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 范建峰; 陈宏尚; 张金洋
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-13
Filing date: 2018-08-13
Publication date: 2021-09-21
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-13
Also published as: CN110820239A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a clothes treatment device, comprising: the base component comprises a base and a drawer; the body is arranged at the top of the base and defines an accommodating cavity, and the body is provided with a clothes throwing port; the barrel component comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel; the driver is used for driving the cylinder assembly to rotate in the accommodating cavity; the top of the base is provided with an opening communicated with the containing cavity, and after the washing program is finished, the driver drives the cylinder body assembly to rotate to the position where the cylinder opening of the inner cylinder is opposite to the top opening of the base so as to enable the clothes in the inner cylinder to fall into the drawer. According to the clothes treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the driver can drive the barrel component to rotate to the position where the opening of the inner barrel is opposite to the top opening of the base, so that clothes in the inner barrel can freely fall into the drawer, hands are not required to extend into the inner barrel to take the clothes, unnecessary containers are not required to be used for placing the clothes, the use is more convenient, the operation is simpler, and the user experience is better.

Description

Clothes treating device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment, in particular to a clothes treatment device.

Background

In the related art, after the washing procedure of the washing machine is finished, the clothes are usually accumulated at the bottom of the inner drum of the washing machine, and the user needs to bend down or crouch for a long time to take out the clothes.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to propose a laundry treating apparatus which is more convenient to use, simpler to operate and has a better user experience.

A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the base component comprises a base and a drawer arranged in the base in a push-pull manner; the clothes storage box comprises a base, a machine body and a clothes storage box, wherein the machine body is arranged at the top of the base and defines an accommodating cavity, and is provided with a clothes throwing opening; the cylinder component is arranged in the accommodating cavity and comprises an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder which is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder; the driver is used for driving the barrel assembly to rotate in the accommodating cavity; the top of the base is provided with an opening communicated with the containing cavity, and after a washing program is finished, the driver drives the cylinder body assembly to rotate to a position where the nozzle of the inner cylinder is opposite to the top opening of the base so as to enable clothes in the inner cylinder to fall into the drawer.

According to the clothes treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the barrel component is rotatably arranged in the machine body, and the top opening at the bottom is communicated with the accommodating cavity of the machine body, so that after clothes are washed, the driver can drive the barrel component to rotate to the position where the opening of the inner barrel is just opposite to the top opening of the base, and the clothes in the inner barrel can freely fall into the drawer under the action of gravity, and the clothes do not need to be taken out of the inner barrel by hands or placed in a redundant container, and only the drawer needs to be pulled out for airing, so that the clothes treatment device is more convenient to use, simpler to operate and better in user experience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the opening of the inner tub is aligned with the laundry input opening before the washing process is performed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the laundry input opening is formed at a top portion of the main body, and before the washing process is performed, the axis of the inner tub extends in a longitudinal direction and the opening of the inner tub faces the laundry input opening.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cartridge assembly is disposed in the accommodating cavity via a bracket assembly, and the driver is disposed on the bracket assembly.

According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, the bracket assembly comprises: a first bracket mounted to the body; the second support is arranged on the machine body and is opposite to the first support, and the cylinder assembly is positioned between the first support and the second support and is rotatably connected with the first support and the second support.

In some examples, one of the first bracket and the second bracket is matched with the cylinder assembly through a bearing, and the other of the first bracket and the second bracket is connected with the cylinder assembly through a power output end of the driver so as to drive the cylinder assembly to rotate.

Optionally, the bearing is arranged on the peripheral wall of the outer barrel, a rotating shaft connected with the power output end is arranged on one side, back to the bearing, of the peripheral wall of the outer barrel, and the virtual connecting line of the rotating shaft and the bearing is perpendicular to the central axis of the outer barrel.

In some examples, the barrel assembly is suspended in the accommodating cavity by the first bracket and the second bracket, and a shock absorber is arranged between each of the first bracket and the second bracket and the body.

In some examples, an imaginary line connecting the first bracket and the second bracket to the cylinder assembly and the central axis of the outer cylinder are perpendicular to each other.

In some examples, the first bracket and the second bracket respectively comprise two struts arranged in a cross manner, two ends of each strut are respectively connected with the machine body, and the barrel assembly is rotatably connected with a cross connection position of the two struts arranged in a cross manner.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the base and/or the periphery of the opening of the outer cylinder are provided with a detection piece for detecting whether all the clothes in the inner cylinder fall into the drawer, and when the clothes in the inner cylinder are detected to be still in the drawer, the driver drives the cylinder assembly to swing within a preset angle range; when detecting that the inner drum has no clothes, the driver drives the drum body component to rotate to a position where the drum opening of the inner drum is over against the clothes throwing opening.

In some examples, the top of the base is provided with a positioning frame body, the positioning frame body surrounds the top opening of the base, and the machine body is sleeved outside the positioning frame body.

In some examples, the fuselage comprises: the shell extends along the longitudinal direction and is provided with a top end opening and a bottom end opening, the shell is arranged at the top of the base, and the bottom end opening of the shell is communicated with the top opening of the base; the workbench is arranged at the opening at the top end of the shell and limits the clothes throwing-in opening; the cover body is movably arranged between an opening position and a closing position on the workbench and used for opening and closing the clothes throwing-in opening.

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

Drawings

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

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a cover is in an open state;

fig. 2 is a front view of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 1;

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

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a front view of the laundry treating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which a cover is in a closed state;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a front view of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a drawer is in an open state;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural view of an outer tub of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a sectional view taken along line D-D in fig. 9.

Reference numerals:

the laundry treating apparatus 100 is provided with a laundry treating device,

a base component 10, a base 11, a positioning frame 111, a drawer 12, a storage cavity 121,

a body 20, a casing 21, a table 22, a cover 23,

a drum assembly 30, a laundry input port 301, a laundry treating chamber 302,

an outer cylinder 31, a rotating shaft 311, a bearing 312, an inner cylinder 32, a pulsator 33,

a bracket assembly 40, a first bracket 41, a second bracket 42, a shock absorbing member 43,

the first driver 51, the second driver 52,

a tractor 70 and a drainage pump 80.

Detailed Description

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

A laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 10. The laundry treatment apparatus 100 may be a washing machine (e.g., a pulsator washing machine) or a washing and drying machine.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, a laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base assembly 10, a body 20, a drum assembly 30, and a driver (i.e., a second driver 52 as illustrated in fig. 4).

The base assembly 10 comprises a base 11 and a drawer 12, wherein the front side of the base 11 is opened, the drawer 12 is arranged in the base 11 in a push-pull mode, and the drawer 12 defines a storage cavity 121 for containing clothes. The body 20 is provided on the top of the base 11, and the body 20 defines an accommodating chamber, and the body 20 has a laundry input opening 301.

The drum assembly 30 is disposed in the accommodating chamber and includes an outer drum 31 and an inner drum 32, the inner drum 32 is rotatably disposed in the outer drum 31, and the inner drum 32 defines a laundry treating chamber 302. The driver is used for driving the cylinder assembly 30 to rotate in the accommodating cavity, that is, the driver can drive the integral structure of the cylinder assembly 30 to rotate in the accommodating cavity, so as to change the mouth orientations of the outer cylinder 31 and the inner cylinder 32.

Wherein, the top of the base 11 has an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, that is, the base 11 has a top opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, when the clothes processing device 100 executes a washing program, the inner drum 32 can rotate relative to the outer drum 31, and after the clothes processing device 100 completes the washing program, the driver drives the drum assembly 30 to rotate to a position where the opening of the inner drum 32 faces the top opening of the base 11, so that the clothes in the inner drum 32 fall into the drawer 12 under the action of gravity, and a user does not need to bend or squat to take out the clothes from the clothes input opening 301.

It should be noted that the laundry processing apparatus 100 may be a top-opening pulsator washing machine, that is, the laundry input opening 301 is located at the top of the machine body 20, and after the laundry is finished, the user does not need to bend down and extend the hand into the inner tub 32 to take out the laundry; of course, the laundry treating apparatus 100 may be a side-opening drum washing machine, that is, the laundry input opening 301 is located at a side portion of the body 20, and after the laundry is finished, the user does not need to squat down and manually insert the laundry into the inner tub 32 to take out the laundry.

Wherein, the washing program can only comprise a washing program, and can also comprise a washing program and a dehydration program; of course, if the laundry treating apparatus has a clothes drying function, i.e. the laundry treating apparatus is a washing and drying machine, the washing program may also include a clothes drying program, and the time after the washing program may be understood as any time before the user takes out the laundry, as will be understood by those skilled in the art.

According to the clothes treatment device 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the drum assembly 30 is rotatably arranged in the machine body 20, and the top opening at the bottom is communicated with the accommodating cavity of the machine body 20, so that after clothes are washed, the driver can drive the drum assembly 30 to rotate to the position where the opening of the inner drum 32 is opposite to the top opening of the base 11, so that the clothes in the inner drum 32 can freely fall into the drawer 12 under the action of gravity, a user does not need to stretch the inner drum 32 by hands to take the clothes out, and does not need to use redundant containers to place the clothes, and only needs to pull out the drawer 12 for airing.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the washing process is performed, the opening of the inner tub 32 faces the laundry input opening 301. That is, when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in the initial state or the non-powered state, the opening of the inner drum 32 faces the laundry loading opening 301 of the body 20, so that the user can conveniently load the laundry into the inner drum 32.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a laundry input opening 301 is provided at the top of the body 20, and before a washing process is performed, an axis of the inner tub 32 extends in a longitudinal direction (up and down direction as shown in fig. 3), and a mouth of the inner tub 32 faces the laundry input opening 301, that is, the mouth of the inner tub 32 faces upward.

Specifically, before the clothes treatment device 100 is used (initial state), the opening of the inner drum 32 faces upward, and at this time, the opening of the inner drum 32 faces the clothes input opening 301 on the machine body 20, so that a user can directly input clothes into the inner drum 32 through the clothes input opening 301; when the laundry processing device 100 executes a washing program, the opening of the inner drum 32 is still facing upward, and the inner drum 32 can rotate relative to the outer drum 31 according to the program setting; after washing, the driver drives the cylinder assembly 30 to rotate 180 degrees, so that the opening of the inner cylinder 32 faces downwards, and the opening of the inner cylinder 32 faces the top opening of the base 11, so that the clothes in the inner cylinder 32 freely fall into the drawer 12 under the action of gravity, and a user does not need to bend down to take the clothes from the inner cylinder 32, only needs to pull out the drawer 12, take out the clothes for airing, and can also directly pull out the drawer 12 without using a redundant container to place the clothes.

As shown in FIG. 4, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the cartridge assembly 30 is disposed in the receiving cavity via a carriage assembly 40, and the actuator is disposed in the carriage assembly 40. For example, the cylinder assembly 30 can be suspended in the accommodating cavity by the bracket assembly 40, and after the washing is completed, the driver drives the cylinder assembly 30 to rotate relative to the bracket assembly 40.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the bracket assembly 40 includes a first bracket 41 and a second bracket 42. The first bracket 41 is mounted to the body 20. The second bracket 42 is mounted to the body 20 and disposed opposite to the first bracket 41, and the cartridge assembly 30 is located between the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 and rotatably connected to the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42. That is, the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 function to position the cartridge assembly 30 such that the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 do not rotate when the actuator drives the cartridge assembly 30 to rotate within the receiving cavity.

Since the laundry treating apparatus 100 is operated, the drum assembly 30 can bring the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 into vibration when the inner drum 32 rotates relative to the outer drum 31 and the drum assembly 30 rotates relative to the machine body 20. Thus, in order to prevent the cylinder assembly 30 from transmitting vibration to the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 during operation, in some examples, a damping member 43 is disposed between each of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 and the body 20, that is, the damping member 43 is disposed between the cylinder assembly 30 and the first bracket 41, and the damping member 43 is disposed between the cylinder assembly 30 and the second bracket 42, so that the cylinder assembly 30 is suspended in the accommodating cavity by the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42. The specific construction and operation of the shock absorbing members 43 herein are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In some examples, one of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 is engaged with the cartridge assembly 30 through a bearing 312, and the other of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 is connected with the cartridge assembly 30 through a power output end of a driver to rotate the cartridge assembly 30.

As shown in fig. 4, 9-10, the cylinder assembly 30 is engaged with the first frame 41 through a bearing 312, so that the cylinder assembly 30 can rotate relative to the first frame 41, the second frame 42 is provided with a driver, and a power output end of the driver is connected with the cylinder assembly 30, so that the cylinder assembly 30 can be driven to rotate relative to the first frame 41 and the second frame 42, and the structure is simple, compact and easy to implement.

In some specific examples, the bearing 312 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the outer cylinder 31, a side of the outer peripheral wall of the outer cylinder 31 opposite to the bearing 312 is provided with a rotating shaft 311 connected with the power output end, and an imaginary connecting line between the rotating shaft 311 and the bearing 312 is perpendicular to the central axis of the outer cylinder 31.

Referring to fig. 10, the bearing 312 is disposed at a left position of the outer circumferential wall of the outer cylinder 31, the rotation shaft 311 is disposed at a right position of the outer circumferential wall of the outer cylinder 31, the first bracket 41 is disposed at a left side of the outer cylinder 31, so that the first bracket 41 is engaged with the bearing 312 of the outer cylinder 31 to rotatably connect the outer cylinder 31 to the first bracket 41, and the second bracket 42 is disposed at a right side of the outer cylinder 31 to rotatably connect the power output end of the driver of the second bracket 42 to the rotation shaft 311 of the outer cylinder 31 to rotatably connect the outer cylinder 31 to the second bracket 42.

In some examples, imaginary connecting lines of the joints of the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 with the barrel assembly 30, respectively, are perpendicular to the central axis of the outer barrel 31. For example, an imaginary connecting line between the connection point of the first bracket 41 and the cylinder assembly 30 and the connection point of the second bracket 42 and the outer cylinder 31 extends along a horizontal direction (a left-right direction as shown in fig. 4), while the central axis of the outer cylinder 31 extends along a vertical direction and has an opening facing upward in the initial state of the laundry treatment device 100, the central axis of the outer cylinder 31 extends along a vertical direction and has an opening facing downward after the laundry is finished, and a swept plane of the central axis of the outer cylinder 31 is always perpendicular to the imaginary connecting line during the rotation of the outer cylinder 31, so as to meet the functional requirements of the laundry treatment device 100.

In some examples, the first bracket 41 and the second bracket 42 respectively include two struts arranged in a cross, both ends of each strut are respectively connected with the body 20, specifically, a shock absorbing member 43 is provided between one end of each strut and the body 20, and the barrel assembly 30 is rotatably connected with a cross connection of the two struts arranged in a cross.

Referring to fig. 4, each of the struts extends obliquely with respect to the up-down direction, a shock absorbing member 43 is disposed between the upper end of each of the struts and the fuselage 20, and a shock absorbing member 43 is disposed between the lower end of each of the struts and the fuselage 20, for example, the cross-sectional shape of the fuselage 20 forms a rectangle, four corners of the fuselage 20 at the upper portion and four corners of the fuselage 20 at the lower portion are respectively provided with a connecting portion, the upper end of each of the struts is connected to the corners of the fuselage 20 at the upper portion, the lower end of each of the struts is connected to the corners of the fuselage 20 at the lower portion, and the upper end and the lower end of each of the struts are respectively connected to the connecting portions at the corresponding corners through the shock absorbing members 43, so that the connection is reliable and the structure is compact.

In some examples, the top of the base 11 has a positioning frame 111, the positioning frame 111 surrounds the top opening of the base 11, and the body 20 is disposed outside the positioning frame 111.

Optionally, an orthographic projection of the positioning frame 111 on a plane of the top of the base 11 is located in an outer contour line of the base 11, so that a positioning step is formed between the positioning frame 111 and the base 11, the body 20 is sleeved outside the positioning frame 111 and supported on the positioning step, and after the body 20 is assembled with the base assembly 10, an outer peripheral wall of the base 11 is flush with an outer peripheral wall of the body 20, so that the appearance is attractive.

Accordingly, the positioning frame 111 is provided on the top of the base 11, thereby performing a positioning function, improving the assembling efficiency of the body 20 and the base 11, improving the productivity of the laundry treating apparatus 100, and improving the connection reliability between the body 20 and the base 11.

In some examples, the body 20 includes a housing 21, a table 22, and a cover 23. The housing 21 extends in a longitudinal direction (up and down direction as shown in fig. 4), the housing 21 has a top end opening and a bottom end opening, the housing 21 is provided on the top of the base 11, and the bottom end opening of the housing 21 communicates with the top end opening of the base 11. The table 22 is provided at the top end opening of the cabinet 21 and defines a laundry input opening 301. The cover 23 is movably arranged on the workbench 22 between an opening position and a closing position, and is used for opening and closing the clothes input opening 301, and the clothes input device is simple in structure and convenient to assemble and disassemble.

In some examples, the top of the base 11 is provided with a positioning frame 111, and an orthographic projection of the positioning frame 111 on a plane of the top of the base 11 is located inside an outer contour line of the base 11, so as to form a positioning step between the base 11 and the positioning frame 111, and the casing 21 is sleeved outside the positioning frame 111 and supported on the positioning step, so as to achieve assembly of the base 11 and the casing 21.

In some examples, the base 11 and the housing 21 are integrally formed, and the integrally formed structure can not only omit an assembly connector or an assembly connection structure between the two, simplify the structure, but also ensure the structural stability of the assembly.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5-8, according to a further embodiment of the present invention, the pedestal 11 and/or the outer tub 31 are provided with a detecting member (not shown) at the circumference of the opening thereof for detecting whether the laundry in the inner tub 32 is completely dropped into the drawer 12, and the driver drives the tub assembly 30 to swing within a predetermined angle range when detecting that the laundry still exists in the inner tub 32; when the inner drum 32 is detected to be empty of the clothes, the driver drives the drum assembly 30 to rotate to a position where the opening of the inner drum 32 faces the clothes input opening 301.

Specifically, the controller of the laundry processing apparatus 100 communicates with the detecting element, after the laundry is finished, the controller controls the driver to drive the drum assembly 30 to rotate to a position where the opening of the inner drum 32 faces downward, so that the laundry in the inner drum 32 can freely fall into the drawer 12 under the action of gravity, when the detecting element detects that the laundry in the inner drum 32 still has laundry, the detecting element feeds back the detection result to the controller, and the controller controls the driver to drive the drum assembly 30 to swing at a predetermined angle, so that the remaining laundry in the inner drum 32 can freely fall into the drawer 12; when the detecting element detects that no clothes exist in the inner drum 32, the controller controls the driver to drive the drum assembly 30 to rotate to the position where the opening of the inner drum 32 faces the clothes input opening 301, even if the drum assembly 30 rotates to the initial position, the subsequent use is convenient.

An embodiment of a laundry treatment apparatus 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 10 by taking a pulsator washing machine as an example.

The pulsator washing machine includes a base assembly 10, a body 20, a drum assembly 30, a second driver 52, a rack assembly 40, a damper 43, a detector, a tractor 70, and a drain pump 80. The second driver 52 may be a motor.

The base assembly 10 includes a base 11 and a drawer 12 slidably provided in the base 11, and the top of the base 11 has an opening. The body 20 includes a cabinet 21, a table 22, and a cover 23, the cabinet 21 is disposed on the top of the base 11, the table 22 is disposed on the top of the cabinet 21 and has a laundry input opening 301, and the cover 23 is disposed on the table 22 and opens and closes the laundry input opening 301.

The barrel assembly 30 includes an outer barrel 31, an inner barrel 32, a pulsator 33, and a first driver 51, wherein the first driver 51 is used for driving the inner barrel 32 to rotate in the outer barrel 31 and also driving the pulsator 33 to rotate. The first driver 51 may be a motor, or may be a motor and a transmission.

The support assembly 40 includes a first support 41 and a second support 42 which are oppositely arranged, the barrel assembly 30 is installed in the machine body 20 through the first support 41 and the second support 42, the first support 41 is rotatably connected with the outer cylinder 31 of the barrel assembly 30 through a bearing 312, the second support 42 is connected with the outer cylinder 31 of the barrel assembly 30 through a power output end of a second driver 52 and a rotating shaft 311 on the outer cylinder 31, and the second driver 52 is used for driving the barrel assembly 30 to rotate in the machine body 20, so as to adjust the orientation of the opening of the inner cylinder 32.

In which, the pulsator washing machine shown in fig. 1 to 3 is in a state of waiting for washing, the cover 23 is opened, and clothes can be put into the inner tub 32 from the laundry input port 301 on the table 22.

Fig. 2 shows an exploded view of the pulsator washing machine, wherein the bracket assembly 40 is suspended on the casing 21 of the body 20 by the damper 43, the drum assembly 30 is connected to the bracket assembly 40 by the bearing 312 and the rotation shaft 311, and the drum assembly 30 is simultaneously turned over by the second driver 52 to discharge the laundry from the inner drum 32 into the drawer 12; the axes of the bearing 312 and the rotating shaft 311 are on the same horizontal straight line.

Fig. 5 and 6 show the pulsator washing machine in a state after washing, the cover 23 is closed, and after washing and dewatering, the whole barrel assembly 30 turns over the barrel assembly 30 (containing the clothes in the outer barrel 31, the inner barrel 32, the first driver 51 and the inner barrel 32) by 180 degrees under the action of the second driver 52, the outer barrel 31 and the inner barrel 32 are changed from a state that the mouths of the barrels are upward to a state that the mouths of the barrels are downward, and the clothes fall into the drawer 12 in the base 11 by gravity.

Fig. 7 and 8 show the state that the clothes are completely dropped into the drawer 12, the drawer 12 can be opened outwards with the clothes, and the user can take the clothes out of the drawer 12, and can also directly pull out the drawer 12 for airing without an extra container for placing the clothes.

Fig. 9 and 10 show that a tractor 70 is installed at the bottom of the outer tub 31 to perform a switching between a washing state and a dehydrating state, and a drain pump 80 is installed at the bottom of the outer tub 31 to drain water in the outer tub 31 before and during the dehydrating.

The pulsator washing machine changes the original fixed suspension mode of the outer cylinder into the rotatable suspension mode, the direction of the mouths of the outer cylinder 31 and the inner cylinder 32 is consistent with the state of the common pulsator washing machine in the states of washing, washing and dehydration, and the rotating shaft 311 extends along the vertical direction. During washing and dewatering, the vibration generated in the outer tub 31 is controlled by the damper 43 of the rack assembly 40.

After the dehydration is finished, the common washing machine needs to take out the clothes from the inner drum through the clothes throwing-in opening on the workbench, and the clothes need to be taken out for multiple times under the condition of more clothes. Compared with the common washing machine, after the dehydration of the pulsator washing machine is finished, the second driver 52 is controlled by the controller to turn the barrel assembly 30 over, so that the mouths of the outer barrel 31 and the inner barrel 32 face downwards, clothes can automatically fall down under the action of gravity and enter the drawer 12 in the bottom base 11 below, the drawer 12 can be drawn out forwards, and after the clothes are drawn out, the clothes can be taken out from the drawer 12 together.

After the drum assembly 30 is turned over, the detecting members (e.g. sensors) mounted on the periphery of the opening of the outer drum 31 (annular drum cover) and the detecting members (e.g. sensors) mounted on the base 11 sense whether there are any clothes between the opening of the outer drum 31 and the base 11 and the clothes do not fall into the drawer 12 completely, if yes, a signal is sent to the controller, the controller controls the second driver 52 to drive the drum assembly 30 to swing back and forth at a downward position, so that the clothes fall into the drawer 12 completely, and if not, the two sensors send a signal to the controller, and the second driver 52 is controlled to turn the drum assembly 30 to a to-be-washed position, namely, the openings of the outer drum 31 and the inner drum 32 face upward; and the drawer 12 is shown to draw out the clothes.

The utility model provides a rotary drum washing machine, through the second driver 52 of fixing on bracket component 40, realize the upset of barrel subassembly 30 for after washing machine accomplished the laundry procedure, through barrel subassembly 30 reverses, pours the clothing to the drawer 12 of barrel subassembly 30 below from the inner tube 32 in, saves the inconvenience of taking the clothing from the inner tube 32.

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

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

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

Claims

1. A laundry treating apparatus (100), comprising:

the base assembly (10), the base assembly (10) includes a base (11) and a drawer (12) which is arranged in the base (11) in a push-and-pull manner;

the clothes storage box comprises a machine body (20), wherein the machine body (20) is arranged at the top of a base (11) and defines an accommodating cavity, and the machine body (20) is provided with a clothes throwing-in opening (301);

the barrel component (30) is arranged in the accommodating cavity and comprises an outer barrel (31) and an inner barrel (32) which is rotatably arranged in the outer barrel (31);

a driver for driving the cartridge assembly (30) to rotate within the receiving cavity;

wherein the top of the base (11) is provided with an opening communicated with the accommodating cavity, after the washing program is finished, the driver drives the cylinder body assembly (30) to rotate to a position that the opening of the inner cylinder (32) is opposite to the top opening of the base (11) so as to enable the clothes in the inner cylinder (32) to fall into the drawer (12),

the periphery of the opening of the base (11) and/or the outer cylinder (31) is provided with a detection piece for detecting whether all the clothes in the inner cylinder (32) fall into the drawer (12), and when the clothes in the inner cylinder (32) are detected to be still in the clothes, the driver drives the cylinder assembly (30) to swing within a preset angle range; when the inner drum (32) is detected to be free of clothes, the driver drives the drum body assembly (30) to rotate to a position where the opening of the inner drum (32) is opposite to the clothes throwing opening (301).

2. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1, wherein the opening of the inner drum (32) is directly opposite to the laundry input opening (301) before the laundry washing procedure is performed.

3. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1, wherein the laundry input opening (301) is provided at a top portion of the machine body (20), an axis of the inner drum (32) extends in a longitudinal direction and a drum opening of the inner drum (32) faces the laundry input opening (301) before the washing process is performed.

4. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that the drum assembly (30) is disposed in the accommodating cavity through a bracket assembly (40), and the driver is disposed in the bracket assembly (40).

5. The laundry treatment apparatus (100) according to claim 4, characterized in that the rack assembly (40) comprises:

a first bracket (41), the first bracket (41) being mounted to the body (20);

a second bracket (42), the second bracket (42) is installed on the body (20) and is arranged opposite to the first bracket (41), and the cylinder assembly (30) is located between the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) and is rotatably connected with the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42).

6. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that one of the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) is engaged with the drum assembly (30) through a bearing (312), and the other of the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) is connected with the drum assembly (30) through a power output end of the driver to rotate the drum assembly (30).

7. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 6, wherein the bearing (312) is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the outer tub (31), a side of the outer peripheral wall of the outer tub (31) opposite to the bearing (312) is provided with a rotating shaft (311) connected to the power output end, and an imaginary connecting line of the rotating shaft (311) and the bearing (312) is perpendicular to the central axis of the outer tub (31).

8. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that the drum assembly (30) is suspended in the accommodating chamber by the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42), and a shock absorbing member (43) is provided between each of the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) and the machine body (20).

9. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 5, characterized in that an imaginary connecting line of the joints of the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) with the drum assembly (30) and the central axis of the tub (31) are perpendicular to each other.

10. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 5, wherein the first bracket (41) and the second bracket (42) respectively comprise two cross-arranged struts, both ends of each of the struts are respectively connected with the machine body (20), and the drum assembly (30) is rotatably connected with a cross-connection of the two cross-arranged struts.

11. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized in that the top of the base (11) has a positioning frame (111), the positioning frame (111) surrounds the top opening of the base (11), and the machine body (20) is sleeved outside the positioning frame (111).

12. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized in that the main body (20) comprises:

the machine shell (21) extends along the longitudinal direction and is provided with a top end opening and a bottom end opening, the machine shell (21) is arranged at the top of the base (11), and the bottom end opening of the machine shell (21) is communicated with the top opening of the base (11);

the workbench (22), the workbench (22) is arranged at the top end opening of the machine shell (21) and defines the clothes input opening (301);

a cover body (23), wherein the cover body (23) is movably arranged on the workbench (22) between an opening position and a closing position and is used for opening and closing the clothes input opening (301).