CN110857492A

CN110857492A - Clothes treating apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN110857492A
Application number: CN201810971721.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙铭超
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co Ltd; Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-24
Filing date: 2018-08-24
Publication date: 2020-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-24
Also published as: CN110857492B

Abstract

The present invention discloses a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: an inner tub having a laundry treating chamber with an open top; the impeller is rotatably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity and arranged on the bottom wall of the inner barrel; at least one stirring piece which is rotatably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity and arranged on the side peripheral wall of the inner barrel; and the driving system is used for driving the impeller and the stirring piece to rotate. According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the rotatable stirring piece is arranged on the side peripheral wall of the inner barrel, so that the stirring piece can drive the water in the clothes treatment cavity to rotate in the axial direction of the inner barrel, the impeller can drive the water in the clothes treatment cavity to rotate in the circumferential direction of the inner barrel, and the two parts of water flow act on the clothes, so that the clothes are not only reduced in winding and abrasion, but also the washing ratio of the clothes is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment equipment, and particularly to clothes treatment equipment such as a pulsator washing machine.

Background

The impeller is arranged at the bottom of an inner barrel of the conventional impeller washing machine, and water in the inner barrel is stirred to rotate through rotation of the impeller at the bottom, so that clothes are washed. Thus, there is a need for improvement.

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 that can reduce entanglement and abrasion of laundry and improve a washing ratio of the laundry.

A laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an inner tub having a laundry treating chamber with an open top; the impeller is rotatably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity and arranged on the bottom wall of the inner barrel; at least one stirring piece, which is rotatably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity and arranged on the side peripheral wall of the inner barrel; and the driving system is used for driving the impeller and the stirring piece to rotate.

According to the clothes treatment equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention, the rotatable stirring piece is arranged on the side peripheral wall of the inner barrel, so that the stirring piece can drive the water in the clothes treatment cavity to rotate in the axial direction of the inner barrel, the impeller can drive the water in the clothes treatment cavity to rotate in the circumferential direction of the inner barrel, and the two parts of water flow act on the clothes, so that the clothes are not only reduced in winding and abrasion, but also the washing ratio of the clothes is improved, and the user experience is improved.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the stirring member is a pulsator.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the inner barrel is provided at an inner surface of a side peripheral wall thereof with a mounting seat, and the pulsator is rotatably provided at the mounting seat.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a pulsator base is provided on an inner surface of a bottom wall of the inner tub, and the pulsator is rotatably provided on the pulsator base.

According to an alternative embodiment of the invention, the drive system comprises a first drive for driving the impeller in rotation and a second drive for driving the agitator in rotation.

According to another alternative embodiment of the invention, the drive system comprises: the drive is used for driving the impeller to rotate, and the transmission assembly is in transmission connection with the drive and used for driving the stirring piece to rotate.

In some optional examples, the driver has a first power output connected to the impeller to drive the impeller to rotate and a second power output drivingly connected to the drive assembly to drive the agitator to rotate.

In some specific examples, the stirring member has a connecting shaft, and the transmission assembly at least comprises a transmission belt, and the second power output end is in transmission connection with the connecting shaft through the transmission belt.

In other optional examples, the impeller is provided with an impeller shaft, the stirring piece is provided with a connecting shaft, the transmission assembly at least comprises a gear transmission device, and the impeller shaft is in transmission connection with the connecting shaft through the gear transmission device.

In some examples, the gear assembly includes: a first gear mounted on and arranged coaxially with the impeller shaft; the second gear is installed on the connecting shaft and is coaxially arranged with the connecting shaft, and the second gear is in transmission connection with the first gear.

In some further examples, the gear assembly further comprises: the engaging gear is meshed with the first gear, and the engaging gear is connected with the second gear through a linkage shaft so as to drive the second gear to rotate through the linkage shaft.

Optionally, the engaging gear is movable between a first position and a second position, the engaging gear being in the first position to engage with the first gear when the laundry treating apparatus is in a washing state; the engaging gear is located at the second position to be disengaged from the first gear when the laundry treating apparatus is in a dehydrating state.

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 schematic configuration diagram of a laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a laundry treating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of an internal structure of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a laundry treating apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a sectional view of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 4 in one direction;

fig. 6 is a sectional view of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 5 in another direction.

Reference numerals:

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

an inner tub 10, a laundry treating chamber 11,

a pulsator 20, a pulsator base 21, a pulsator shaft 22,

a stirring piece 30, a mounting seat 31, a connecting shaft 32,

the first driver (41) is provided with a first driver,

the second driver 42 is provided in the form of a second driver,

the driving device 43, the first power output end 431, the second power output end 432, the transmission assembly 44, the transmission belt 441, the first gear 442, the second gear 443, the engaging gear 444, the linkage shaft 445 and the moving shaft 446.

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 6. The laundry treating apparatus 100 may be a washing machine or a washing and drying machine.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a laundry treating apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an inner tub 10, a pulsator 20, at least one pulsator 30, and a driving system.

The inner tub 10 has a laundry treatment chamber 11 with an open top, the pulsator 20 is rotatably provided in the laundry treatment chamber 11, the pulsator 20 is provided at a bottom wall of the inner tub 10, the pulsator 30 is rotatably provided in the laundry treatment chamber 11, and the pulsator 30 is provided at a side circumferential wall of the inner tub 10, and the driving system is used to drive the pulsator 20 and the pulsator 30 to rotate.

It should be noted that fig. 1 to 6 show an embodiment in which one stirring member 30 is provided on the side peripheral wall of the inner tub 10, but the stirring member 30 may include a plurality of stirring members 30 to stir water to rotate, thereby forming water flow matching effects in a plurality of different rotation directions.

According to the laundry processing apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, by providing the rotatable pulsator 30 on the side circumferential wall of the inner tub 10, the pulsator 30 can drive the water in the laundry processing chamber 11 to rotate in the axial direction of the inner tub 10, and the pulsator 20 can drive the water in the laundry processing chamber 11 to rotate in the circumferential direction of the inner tub 10, and the two water streams act on the laundry, so that not only can the entanglement and abrasion of the laundry be reduced, but also the washing ratio of the laundry can be improved, thereby improving the user experience.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the stirring member 30 is the pulsator 20. That is, the pulsator 30 may be formed as a pulsator 20 structure provided at the bottom of the inner tub 10, where the pulsator 20 structure is known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail herein, and by providing the pulsator 30 as the pulsator 20, it is possible to prevent laundry from blocking the rotation of the pulsator 30, thereby improving the reliability of the use of the pulsator 30 and extending the life span of the laundry treating apparatus 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the inner surface of the side circumferential wall of the inner barrel 10 is provided with a mounting seat 31, and the agitation member 30 is rotatably provided to the mounting seat 31. The installation seat 31 is arranged on the inner surface of the side peripheral wall of the inner barrel 10, so that the installation of the stirring piece 30 is facilitated, the use reliability of the stirring piece 30 is improved, the structure is simple, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient.

In some examples, the mounting seat 31 is integrally formed with the inner tub 10, and by integrally forming the mounting seat 31 with the inner tub 10, it is advantageous to improve the production efficiency of the laundry treating apparatus 100 and also to improve the reliability and stability of the connection of the inner tub 10 with the base.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pulsator base 21 is provided on an inner surface of a bottom wall of the inner tub 10, and the pulsator 20 is rotatably provided on the pulsator base 21. The impeller base 21 is arranged on the inner surface of the bottom wall of the inner barrel 10, so that the impeller 20 is favorably mounted, the use reliability of the impeller 20 is improved, the structure is simple, and the assembly and disassembly are convenient.

In some examples, the pulsator base 21 is integrally formed with the inner tub 10, and by integrally forming the mounting seat 31 with the inner tub 10, it is advantageous to improve the production efficiency of the laundry treating apparatus 100 and also to improve the reliability and stability of the connection of the inner tub 10 with the pulsator base 21.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the driving system includes a first driver 41 and a second driver 42, the first driver 41 is used for driving the pulsator 20 to rotate, and the second driver 42 is used for driving the agitator 30 to rotate.

Specifically, the pulsator 20 has a pulsator shaft 22, the first driver 41 may be a motor, and a power output end of the first driver 41 is connected with the pulsator shaft 22, thereby driving the pulsator 20 to rotate. Further, the stirring member 30 has a connecting shaft 32, the second driver 42 may be a motor and the power output end of the second driver 42 is connected with the connecting shaft 32, so as to drive the stirring member 30 to rotate. By adopting the first driver 41 and the second driver 42 to respectively drive the pulsator 20 and the stirring member 30 to rotate, the rotating speeds of the pulsator 20 and the stirring member 30 can be controlled by individually controlling the first driver 41 and the second driver 42, and the control procedure is simplified.

In some specific examples, the first driver 41 and the second driver 42 are both motors, and the first driver 41 is powered to start operation to rotate the impeller shaft 22, and the impeller shaft 22 rotates the impeller 20, so as to form a first conventional impeller water flow. After the second driver 42 is powered on, the second driver starts to operate and then drives the connecting shaft 32 to rotate, the connecting shaft 32 drives the stirring piece 30 to rotate, so that a second strand of water flow which rolls up and down is formed, the rotation beat of the impeller 20 and the stirring piece 30 can be designed through software, and various different water flow matching effects can be formed.

As shown in fig. 2-6, according to another alternative embodiment of the present invention, the driving system includes a driver 43 and a transmission assembly 44, the driver 43 is used for driving the pulsator 20 to rotate, and the transmission assembly 44 is in transmission connection with the driver 43 and is used for driving the stirring member 30 to rotate. That is, the impeller 20 and the stirring member 30 can be controlled to rotate together by using one driver 43, which is more convenient to control.

In some optional examples, the driver 43 has a first power output end 431 and a second power output end 432, the first power output end 431 is connected with the pulsator 20 to drive the pulsator 20 to rotate, the second power output end 432 is in transmission connection with the transmission assembly 44 to drive the stirring member 30 to rotate, and when the driver 43 is operated, the first power output end 431 and the second power output end 432 output power simultaneously, so that the pulsator 20 and the stirring member 30 are driven to rotate simultaneously, and the structure is simple.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some specific examples, the stirring member 30 has a connecting shaft 32 extending in the transverse direction, the second power output terminal 432 forms a shaft extending in the transverse direction, the transmission assembly 44 at least includes a transmission belt 441, the second power output terminal 432 is in transmission connection with the connecting shaft 32 through the transmission belt 441, and the power of the second power output terminal 432 can be transmitted to the connecting shaft 32 by using the transmission belt 441, so as to drive the stirring member 30 to rotate, and the structure is simple and compact.

In some specific examples, the driver 43 is a motor, and after the motor is powered on to start running, the impeller shaft 22 is driven to rotate through the first power output end 431, and the impeller shaft 22 drives the impeller 20 to rotate, so as to form a first conventional impeller water flow; through the cooperation of second power take off 432 and connecting axle 32, drive connecting axle 32 and rotate, connecting axle 32 drives stirring piece 30 and rotates to form the rivers that the second thigh tumbled from top to bottom, can design the rotation beat of impeller 20 with stirring piece 30 through software, can form various different rivers cooperation effects.

In other alternative examples, as shown in fig. 4, the pulsator 20 has a pulsator shaft 22, the stirring member 30 has a shaft 32, and the driving assembly 44 includes at least a gear assembly, and the pulsator shaft 22 is drivingly connected to the shaft 32 through the gear assembly. By using the gear transmission device to connect the impeller shaft 22 and the connecting shaft 32, the power of the driver 43 can be transmitted to the impeller shaft 22 and the connecting shaft 32 at the same time, so as to drive the impeller 20 and the stirring member 30 to rotate together, and the transmission is more stable and reliable.

In some examples, the gear transmission device includes a first gear 442 and a second gear 443, the first gear 442 is mounted on the impeller shaft 22 and is coaxially arranged with the impeller shaft 22, the first gear 442 rotates coaxially with the impeller shaft 22 when the impeller shaft 22 rotates, the second gear 443 is mounted on the connecting shaft 32 and is coaxially arranged with the connecting shaft 32, the connecting shaft 32 rotates coaxially with the second gear 443 when the second gear 443 rotates, the second gear 443 is in transmission connection with the first gear 442, the driver 43 can drive the first gear 442 to rotate when the driver 43 operates, and the first gear 442 is in transmission connection with the second gear 443, so that power is transmitted to the connecting shaft 32 to drive the stirring member 30 to rotate together, and the structure is simple and easy to implement.

In some further examples, the gear assembly further comprises: an engaging gear 444, the engaging gear 444 is engaged with the first gear 442, and the engaging gear 444 is connected with the second gear 443 by a coupling shaft 445, so that the second gear 443 is rotated by the coupling shaft 445.

When the driver 43 is operated, the impeller shaft 22 rotates the impeller 20, and the engaging gear 444 can be rotated because the first gear 442 is engaged with the engaging gear 444, the engaging gear 444 transmits power to the second gear 443 through the linkage shaft 445, and the second gear 443 drives the connecting shaft 32 to rotate together, thereby driving the stirrer to rotate.

Optionally, the engaging gear 444 is movable between a first position and a second position, the engaging gear 444 being in the first position to engage with the first gear 442 when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in the washing state; when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in the dehydrating state, the engaging gear 444 is located at the second position to be disengaged from the first gear 442.

That is, the engaging gear 444 may be switched between a state of being engaged with the first gear 442 and a state of being disengaged from the first gear 442, and when the engaging gear 444 is engaged with the first gear 442, the first gear 442 may transmit power to the second gear 443 through the engaging gear 444, thereby rotating the agitating member 30; when the engaging gear 444 is disengaged from the first gear 442, the first gear 442 does not transmit power to the second gear 443, and thus the rotation of the stirring member 30 is stopped.

When the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in a washing state, the driver 43 drives the pulsator 20 to rotate and simultaneously transmits power to the shaft 32 through the engagement of the first gear 442 with the engaging gear 444 to thereby rotate the pulsator 30, when the laundry treating apparatus 100 is in a dehydrating state, the driver 43 drives the pulsator 20 to rotate and simultaneously disengages the first gear 442 from the engaging gear 444, the pulsator 30 stops rotating,

it can be understood that when the inner tub 10 rotates, the pulsator 20 can be driven to rotate by the engagement of the engaging gear 444 and the first gear 442, so that the pulsator 20 can be driven to rotate without depending on the driver 43.

In some specific examples, the driver 43 is a motor, and when the motor is powered to start running, the motor drives the impeller shaft 22 and the first gear 442 to rotate, and the impeller shaft 22 drives the impeller 20 to rotate, so as to form a first conventional impeller water flow; first gear 442 drives and links up gear 444 and carries out vertical rotation, and linking gear 444 drives second gear 443 through universal driving shaft 445 and rotates, and second gear 443 drives connecting axle 32 and rotates to drive stirring piece 30 and rotate, and then form the rivers that the second thigh tumbles from top to bottom, can design impeller 20 and stirring piece 30's rotation beat through software, can form the rivers cooperation effect of various differences.

When the laundry treating apparatus 100 starts to enter the dehydrating state, the engaging gear 444 is moved up by the moving shaft 446, so that the engaging gear 444 is disengaged from the first gear 442, i.e., the pulsator 30 is not rotated any more in the dehydrating state, which can ensure that the power output of the pulsator 20 is realized without the rotation of the motor and the rotation of the inner tub 10.

Other configurations and operations of the laundry treating apparatus 100, such as a pulsator washing machine, according to an embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill 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), characterized by comprising:

an inner tub (10), the inner tub (10) having a laundry treating chamber (11) with an open top;

a pulsator (20), wherein the pulsator (20) is rotatably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity (11) and arranged on the bottom wall of the inner barrel (10);

at least one agitation member (30), said agitation member (30) being rotatably provided in said laundry treatment chamber (11) and provided at a side peripheral wall of said inner tub (10);

a driving system for driving the impeller (20) and the stirring piece (30) to rotate.

2. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1, characterized in that, the stirring member (30) is a pulsator (20).

3. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the inner surface of the side peripheral wall of the inner tub (10) is provided with a mounting seat (31), and the agitation member (30) is rotatably provided to the mounting seat (31).

4. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 1, wherein the inner bottom wall surface of the inner tub (10) is provided with a pulsator base (21), and the pulsator (20) is rotatably provided to the pulsator base (21).

5. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the drive system comprises a first driver (41) and a second driver (42), the first driver (41) being configured to drive the pulsator (20) in rotation, the second driver (42) being configured to drive the agitator (30) in rotation.

6. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that, the drive system comprises: the impeller (20) is driven to rotate by the driver (43), and the transmission component is in transmission connection with the driver (43) and is used for driving the stirring piece (30) to rotate.

7. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 6, characterized in that the driver (43) has a first power output (431) and a second power output (432), the first power output (431) is connected with the pulsator (20) to drive the pulsator (20) to rotate, and the second power output (432) is in transmission connection with the transmission assembly to drive the pulsator (30) to rotate.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus (100) according to claim 7, characterized in that the stirring member (30) has a connecting shaft (32), the transmission assembly comprises at least a transmission belt (441), the second power output (432) is in transmission connection with the connecting shaft (32) through the transmission belt (441).

9. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 6, characterized in that the pulsator (20) has a pulsator shaft (22), the agitator (30) has a connecting shaft (32), the transmission assembly comprises at least a gear transmission, and the pulsator shaft (22) and the connecting shaft (32) are in transmission connection through the gear transmission.

10. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 9, characterized in that the gear transmission comprises:

a first gear (442) mounted to the wave wheel shaft (22) and arranged coaxially with the wave wheel shaft (22);

a second gear (443), the second gear (443) being mounted on the connection shaft (32) and being arranged coaxially with the connection shaft (32), the second gear (443) being in driving connection with the first gear (442).

11. The laundry processing apparatus (100) according to claim 10, further comprising:

an engaging gear (444), the engaging gear (444) being engaged with the first gear (442), and the engaging gear (444) being connected with the second gear (443) by a linkage shaft (445) to rotate the second gear (443) by the linkage shaft (445).

12. The laundry processing apparatus (100) of claim 11, characterized in that the engaging gear (444) is movable between a first position and a second position,

when the laundry treating apparatus (100) is in a washing state, the engaging gear (444) is located at the first position to engage with the first gear (442);

the engaging gear (444) is located at the second position to be disengaged from the first gear (442) when the laundry treating apparatus (100) is in a dehydrating state.