CN112111947A

CN112111947A - Drum washing machine

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Publication number: CN112111947A
Application number: CN201910535372.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵志强; 许升
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-20
Filing date: 2019-06-20
Publication date: 2020-12-22

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drum washing machine, comprising: a housing; the front side wall of the shell is provided with a clothes throwing opening; the clothes input opening is positioned at the upper end of the front side wall of the shell. Through putting in the mouth with the clothing and locating lateral wall upper end before the shell for the clothing is put in the mouth and is directly located, or is close to the highest point setting of washing machine shell, with the purpose of realizing promoting drum type washing machine clothing and put in a mouthful height, and then reaches the user of being convenient for and gets and put the clothing, promotes the effect that the user used and experienced.

Description

Drum washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of clothes washing equipment, and particularly relates to a drum washing machine.

Background

As shown in fig. 1, in a conventional drum washing machine, a laundry input port 3 is generally formed in a middle portion of a front side wall 6 of a casing 1 of the washing machine, and other components such as a control panel 7 and a detergent box 4 are provided above the laundry input port 3, so that after an outer tub is mounted inside the washing machine casing 1, the other components such as the control panel 7 and the detergent box 4 are assembled.

However, the drum washing machine with the above structure has the following problems:

due to the limitation of the whole height of the drum washing machine, the height of the clothes input opening 3 in the middle of the front side wall 6 of the drum washing machine shell 1 is lower, and a user needs to bend down when controlling the door and the window 2 to open and close the clothes input opening 3 and input clothes into the outer barrel from the clothes input opening 3, so that the user observes the internal working condition of the washing machine and brings certain inconvenience to the clothes input and output process.

The present application is particularly proposed in view of the above technical drawbacks.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects in the prior art and provide a drum washing machine so as to achieve the purpose of improving the height of a clothes throwing port of the drum washing machine and further achieve the effect of improving user experience.

In order to solve the technical problems and achieve the technical effects, the basic design idea of the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:

a drum washing machine, comprising: a housing; the front side wall of the shell is provided with a clothes throwing opening; the clothes input opening is positioned at the upper end of the front side wall of the shell.

Furthermore, a door and a window for opening and closing the clothes feeding opening are correspondingly arranged on the shell, and a control panel of the washing machine is integrated on the door and the window.

Further, an outer cylinder is arranged in the shell of the washing machine, and a cylinder opening of the outer cylinder is arranged opposite to the clothes throwing opening; the top of the shell is composed of a detachable table top, and the distance between the top end of the outer cylinder and the lower side of the table top is larger than or equal to the maximum vibration amplitude of the outer cylinder; preferably, the control panel of the washing machine is arranged at the upper part of the front side of the door and window.

Furthermore, the control panel of the washing machine is arranged on the top table-board of the shell of the washing machine.

Further, a detergent box of the washing machine is mounted at the lower end of the housing, and the detergent box can be drawn out from the front side wall of the housing.

Further, the axis of the outer cylinder is horizontally arranged, the detergent box is installed in a gap between the outer cylinder and the lower end angle of the left side of the shell, and at least part of the detergent box and the outer cylinder are arranged in an overlapped mode in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, the left side and the right side below the outer barrel are respectively provided with a damping rod connected with a base of the washing machine, the middle part of the left side of the outer barrel is provided with a damping rod, detergent boxes and the damping rods are arranged in a staggered mode, and the detergent boxes are arranged in front of the damping rods on the left side of the outer barrel.

Furthermore, a detergent box and a drainage control device of the washing machine are respectively arranged at the left side and the right side of the lower end of the shell; preferably, at least part of the drainage control device is overlapped with the outer cylinder in the vertical direction; preferably, one end of the drain pipe is communicated with a drain outlet of the outer drum of the washing machine, and the other end of the drain pipe extends to the outside of the washing machine; the drainage control device is a drainage pump or a drainage valve which is arranged on the drainage pipe and controls the on-off of water flow in the pipeline.

Furthermore, the left side and the right side of the lower end of the front side wall of the shell are respectively provided with an opening for the corresponding arrangement of the detergent box and the drainage control device, the front side of the drainage control device is provided with a thread scrap filter, the thread scrap filter carries out filtering treatment on drainage water flow flowing into the drainage control device, and a filter element of the thread scrap filter can be disassembled and assembled from the right opening of the front side wall of the shell; preferably, an openable and closable decoration cover is attached to the right opening of the front side wall of the housing.

Furthermore, a water outlet of the detergent box is communicated with the outer barrel through a water inlet pipeline, and a water inlet pump which provides power to form water flow flowing from the detergent box to the outer barrel is arranged on the water inlet pipeline.

Compared with the washing machine in the prior art, the washing machine of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

through putting in the mouth with the clothing and locating lateral wall upper end before the shell for the clothing is put in the mouth and is directly located, or is close to the highest point setting of washing machine shell, with the purpose of realizing promoting drum type washing machine clothing and put in a mouthful height, and then reaches the user of being convenient for and gets and put the clothing, promotes the effect that the user used and experienced.

Meanwhile, the invention has simple structure and obvious effect and is suitable for popularization and use.

In order to make the design concept of the technical scheme of the invention clearer and facilitate further understanding of the beneficial effects brought by the technical scheme, the following detailed description of some specific embodiments of the invention is made 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 a structure of a related art washing machine;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a washing machine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The figure is marked with: 1. the washing machine comprises a shell, 2, a door and a window, 3, a clothes putting opening, 4, a detergent box, 5, a decorative cover, 6, a front side wall, 7, a control panel, 8 and a table board.

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 specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 2, a drum washing machine is described in the embodiment of the present invention; it includes: a housing 1; an outer tub for containing washing water is installed in the housing 1, and an inner tub for containing laundry is installed in the outer tub. The outer barrel is provided with a driving motor which is connected with the inner barrel through a motor shaft to drive the inner barrel to rotate, so that clothes to be washed put in the inner barrel are lifted and beaten by the rotating driving force, and the clothes are washed.

In the embodiment of the invention, a clothes input opening 3 is arranged on the front side wall 6 of the washing machine shell 1, and the clothes input opening 3 is arranged opposite to the outer cylinder opening of the washing machine so as to be used by a user for taking and putting washing clothes. Meanwhile, a door and a window 2 which are arranged opposite to the clothes input opening 3 are arranged on the front side wall 6 of the washing machine shell 1, and the door and the window 2 can be outwards turned and opened to correspondingly lock and seal the clothes input opening 3.

In the embodiment of the invention, the clothes input opening 3 is arranged at the upper end of the front side wall 6 of the shell 1, so that the clothes input opening 3 is directly arranged at or close to the highest position of the shell 1 of the washing machine, the purpose of increasing the height of the clothes input opening 3 of the drum washing machine is realized, and the effects of facilitating the user to take and place clothes and improving the use experience of the user are further achieved.

Example one

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment discloses a drum washing machine, which includes a housing 1, a laundry loading opening 3 is formed in a front sidewall 6 of the housing 1; the laundry input port 3 is formed at the upper end of the front sidewall 6 of the casing 1. In this embodiment, in order to dispose the laundry inlet 3 at the upper end of the drum washing machine casing 1, the control panel 7 originally disposed above the laundry inlet 3 needs to be disposed as follows:

in this embodiment, the casing 1 of the drum washing machine is provided with a door 2 for opening and closing the laundry loading opening 3, and the control panel 7 of the washing machine is integrally provided on the door 2. The control panel of the drum washing machine is integrated on the door and window, so that the control panel and the clothes input opening are arranged in the same height plane, and the effect that the clothes input opening is arranged in a lifting mode and is located at the upper end of the front side wall of the shell of the drum washing machine is achieved.

In this embodiment, the control panel 7 of the washing machine includes any one or combination of components that can implement a control function in the prior art, such as a display screen, a touch screen, a control button, and a control knob. In this embodiment, the power supply line of the control panel 7 of the washing machine is inserted through the hinge shaft of the door and window 2 to the washing machine housing 1, and then is connected with the power supply of the washing machine to obtain the power supply; the signal line of the control panel 7 of the washing machine is also penetrated on the washing machine shell 1 through the hinge shaft of the door and window 2 and then connected with other functional components of the washing machine to receive or transmit signals.

In the embodiment, the top of the washing machine is provided with an upper reinforcing part forming a framework of the washing machine, and the top of the outer cylinder is connected with the upper reinforcing part through a hanging spring; a damping rod connected with the base of the washing machine is arranged below the outer cylinder. In the operation process of the washing machine, the outer cylinder can generate vibration in the shell 1 due to the impact action of water flow and clothes, but the outer cylinder can only vibrate in a certain range due to the buffering action of the hanging spring and the shock absorption rod, and the maximum relative displacement amount generated after the outer cylinder is impacted is the maximum vibration amplitude of the outer cylinder.

In the embodiment, on the premise of ensuring that the outer cylinder of the washing machine is at the highest position as much as possible, the outer cylinder is prevented from colliding with the shell 1 due to vibration, and the following settings are performed: an outer cylinder is arranged in the shell 1 of the washing machine, and the cylinder opening of the outer cylinder is opposite to the clothes input opening 3; the top of the shell 1 is composed of a detachable table board 8, the distance between the top end of the outer cylinder and the lower side of the table board 8 is larger than or equal to the maximum vibration amplitude of the outer cylinder, so that the outer cylinder does not collide with the shell 1 due to shaking in the operation process of the drum washing machine, and the height of the clothes putting opening 3 of the washing machine is increased as much as possible.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the control panel of the washing machine is disposed on the upper portion of the front side of the door/window 2, so as to further raise the relative height of the control panel on the drum washing machine, thereby facilitating the user to operate and control.

Example two

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that: as shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the control panel 7 of the washing machine is disposed on the top surface 8 of the washing machine housing 1, so that the control panel 7 can be disposed above the laundry input opening 3 on the front sidewall 6 of the washing machine housing 1, and the effect of raising the laundry input opening 3 can still be achieved.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment discloses a drum washing machine, which includes a housing 1, a laundry loading opening 3 is formed in a front sidewall 6 of the housing 1; the laundry input port 3 is formed at the upper end of the front sidewall 6 of the casing 1. In this embodiment, in order to dispose the laundry inlet 3 at the upper end of the drum washing machine casing 1, the detergent box 4 originally disposed above the laundry inlet 3 needs to be disposed as follows:

in this embodiment, the detergent box 4 of the washing machine is installed at the lower end of the housing 1, and the detergent box 4 can be drawn out from the front sidewall 6 of the housing 1 to add detergent into the housing from an adding opening formed at the upper side of the drawn detergent box. By arranging the detergent box 4 below the casing 1, the detergent box 4 is arranged below the clothes input opening 3, so that the effect of lifting the clothes input opening 3 at the upper end of the front side wall 6 of the casing 1 of the drum washing machine is achieved.

In the embodiment, the axis of the outer cylinder is horizontally arranged, the detergent box 4 is arranged in a gap between the outer cylinder and the lower end corner of the left side of the shell 1, and at least part of the detergent box 4 and the outer cylinder are overlapped in the vertical direction, so that the height of the whole drum washing machine is further reduced, and the effect of improving the washing capacity of the washing machine on the premise of keeping the size of the whole drum washing machine unchanged is achieved.

In this embodiment, the left and right sides below the outer tub are respectively provided with a damping rod connected with the base of the washing machine, the middle part of the left side of the outer tub is provided with a damping rod, the detergent box 4 and the damping rod are arranged in a staggered manner, and the detergent box 4 is installed in front of the damping rod on the left side of the outer tub. Only the shock absorption rod in the middle section is arranged on one side of the detergent box 4, so that an installation space is reserved for the detergent box 4 on the front side of the lower left of the outer barrel.

In this embodiment, the detergent box 4 and the drain control device of the washing machine are respectively installed at the left and right sides of the lower end of the housing 1; preferably, at least part of the drainage control device is overlapped with the outer cylinder in the vertical direction; preferably, one end of the drain pipe is communicated with a drain outlet of the outer drum of the washing machine, and the other end of the drain pipe extends to the outside of the washing machine; the drainage control device is a drainage pump or a drainage valve which is arranged on the drainage pipe and controls the on-off of water flow in the pipeline.

In this embodiment, the left and right sides of the lower end of the front side wall 6 of the housing 1 are respectively provided with openings for the detergent box 4 and the drainage control device to be correspondingly arranged, the front side of the drainage control device is provided with a lint filter, the lint filter carries out filtering treatment on drainage water flow flowing into the drainage control device, and a filter element of the lint filter can be disassembled and assembled from the right opening of the front side wall 6 of the housing 1; preferably, an openable and closable decoration cover 5 is attached to the right opening of the front side wall 6 of the housing 1.

In this embodiment, the water outlet of the detergent box 4 is communicated with the outer tub through a water inlet pipeline, and a water inlet pump for providing power to form a water flow flowing from the detergent box 4 to the outer tub is disposed on the water inlet pipeline, so that the water flow in the lower detergent box 4 can flow into the outer tub under the action of the water inlet pump, and a smooth water inlet effect of the drum washing machine is achieved.

Example four

The present embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that: as shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, the detergent box 4 of the washing machine is disposed below the top table 8 of the washing machine housing 1, and an openable and closable addition port of the detergent box 4 is disposed on the top table 8 of the washing machine, so that a user can add detergent into the detergent box 4 through the addition port. Through the arrangement, the opening of the detergent box 4 can be also not arranged above the clothes input opening 3 of the front side wall 6 of the washing machine shell 1, and the effect of lifting the clothes input opening 3 can still 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. A drum washing machine, comprising: a housing; the front side wall of the shell is provided with a clothes throwing opening; the method is characterized in that: the clothes input opening is positioned at the upper end of the front side wall of the shell.

2. A drum washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the casing is provided with a door and window for opening and closing the laundry loading opening, and the control panel of the washing machine is integrally provided on the door and window.

3. A drum washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that an outer drum is installed in the washing machine housing, and the drum opening of the outer drum is arranged opposite to the clothes input opening; the top of the shell is composed of a detachable table top, and the distance between the top end of the outer cylinder and the lower side of the table top is larger than or equal to the maximum vibration amplitude of the outer cylinder;

preferably, the control panel of the washing machine is arranged at the upper part of the front side of the door and window.

4. A drum washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the control panel of the washing machine is provided on the top table of the washing machine housing.

5. A drum washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the detergent box of the washing machine is mounted at the lower end of the housing, and the detergent box can be drawn out from the front side wall of the housing.

6. A drum washing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the axis of the outer drum is horizontally arranged, the detergent box is installed in the gap between the outer drum and the lower end corner of the left side of the shell, and at least part of the detergent box is vertically overlapped with the outer drum.

7. A drum washing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that the left and right sides below the outer drum are respectively provided with a shock absorption rod connected with the washing machine base, the middle part of the left side of the outer drum is provided with a shock absorption rod, the detergent box is arranged in a staggered way with the shock absorption rod, and the detergent box is arranged in front of the shock absorption rod on the left side of the outer drum.

8. A drum washing machine according to claim 7, characterized in that the detergent box and the drain control device of the washing machine are respectively installed at the left and right sides of the lower end of the casing;

preferably, at least part of the drainage control device is overlapped with the outer cylinder in the vertical direction;

preferably, one end of the drain pipe is communicated with a drain outlet of the outer drum of the washing machine, and the other end of the drain pipe extends to the outside of the washing machine; the drainage control device is a drainage pump or a drainage valve which is arranged on the drainage pipe and controls the on-off of water flow in the pipeline.

9. A drum washing machine as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the left and right sides of the lower end of the front side wall of the casing are respectively provided with openings for the detergent box and the drainage control device to be correspondingly arranged, the front side of the drainage control device is provided with a lint filter, the lint filter is used for filtering the drainage water flow flowing into the drainage control device, and the filter element of the lint filter can be detached from the right opening of the front side wall of the casing;

preferably, an openable and closable decoration cover is attached to the right opening of the front side wall of the housing.

10. A drum washing machine according to claim 5, characterized in that the water outlet of the detergent box is connected to the outer drum via a water inlet pipe, and the water inlet pipe is provided with a water inlet pump for providing power to form a water flow from the detergent box to the outer drum.