CN115613277A - Laundry treating apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a clothes treatment device, a control method thereof and a storage medium, wherein the clothes treatment device comprises a filter collector, a first water path and a second water path, the filter collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller, and the filter screen is provided with an opening; the method comprises the following steps: controlling the first water path and the second water path to be communicated, wherein the water flow of the first water path cleans the surface of the filter screen, the water flow of the second water path flushes the impeller to drive the filter screen to rotate, and the opening is used for discharging impurities in the filter screen; controlling the drainage of the clothes treatment equipment to drain water and impurities in the barrel body assembly. Can realize the self-cleaning to the filter screen, and then save the manual washing of filter screen or at least prolong the length of time of service of filter screen after the manual clearance impurity of single.

Description

Laundry treating apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of laundry treatment technologies, and in particular, to a laundry treatment apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium.

Background

In the process of washing clothes by the clothes treatment equipment, if the condition that flocks or dirt is adhered to the surfaces of the clothes is met, the clothes are often difficult to clean, and the clothes are repeatedly washed for many times. In addition, fine flocks are easy to adhere to the washing machine, and after the flocks are accumulated, peculiar smell, bacteria and the like are easy to generate, so that the cleaning effect of clothes is influenced.

In the related art, a filtering device for filtering washing water may be disposed on a laundry treatment apparatus, however, the filtering device often needs to be manually cleaned, which brings inconvenience in use and affects user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide a laundry treating apparatus, a control method thereof, and a storage medium, which aim to achieve automatic cleaning of a filtering device for filtering treatment of washing water.

The technical scheme of the embodiment of the application is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method of a clothes treatment apparatus, where the clothes treatment apparatus includes a filter collector, a first water path and a second water path, the filter collector includes a filter screen and an impeller, and an opening is disposed on the filter screen; the method comprises the following steps:

controlling the first water path and the second water path to be conducted, wherein the water flow of the first water path cleans the surface of the filter screen, the water flow of the second water path flushes the impeller to drive the filter screen to rotate, and the opening is used for discharging impurities in the filter screen;

controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water.

In some embodiments, before the controlling both the first waterway and the second waterway to be conductive, the method further comprises: and controlling the first waterway to be conducted for a first set time.

In some embodiments, before the controlling both the first waterway and the second waterway to be conductive, the method further comprises:

controlling a tub assembly of the laundry treating apparatus to supply water and performing a self-cleaning treatment;

and controlling a water pumping device of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in the barrel assembly to the filter screen so as to filter water in the barrel assembly.

In some embodiments, after the controlling the draining of the laundry treating apparatus, the method further comprises:

controlling the second water path to be communicated and controlling a water pump of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in a barrel assembly to the filter screen, so that the impeller drives the filter screen to rotate, the inside of the filter screen is washed, and impurities collected in the filter screen can be discharged into the barrel assembly through the outlet;

controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water again.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application further provide a laundry treating apparatus, including: the clothes treatment equipment comprises a barrel body assembly and a filter collector used for filtering water in the barrel body assembly, wherein the filter collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller driving the filter screen to rotate, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a first water path used for cleaning the surface of the filter screen and a second water path used for driving the impeller to rotate under the action of water flow, and an opening used for guiding out impurities collected in the filter screen is formed in the filter screen;

the laundry treating apparatus further includes: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor, when running the computer program, is configured to perform the steps of the method according to an embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, the laundry treating apparatus further comprises: the collector shell is provided with a first cavity, the filtering collector is arranged in the first cavity, and the collector shell is provided with the first waterway and the second waterway.

In some embodiments, the first chamber is provided with a first water inlet for the introduction of water to be filtered and a first water outlet for the discharge of water within the first chamber;

the filter screen surrounds and forms the filter chamber, the filter chamber has the butt joint the entry of first water inlet, the filter screen is used for in proper order the first water inlet with the leading-in water of treating the filteration of entry filters, and the water process after the filtration is discharged at first drainage mouth.

In some embodiments, the filter collector is disposed in the first chamber in a horizontal direction, the inlet is located at one end of the filter screen in the horizontal direction, and the filter screen is substantially in the shape of a long cylinder.

In some embodiments, the collector housing further has a second chamber for dispensing detergent, the second chamber being provided with a second water inlet for inlet water and a second water outlet for discharge water.

In some embodiments, the filter assembly further comprises: a detergent dispensing assembly removably disposed within the second chamber.

In some embodiments, the laundry treating apparatus further comprises:

the water pumping device is used for pumping out water in the barrel assembly, and an outlet of the water pumping device is communicated with the first water inlet.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method in the embodiment of the present application are implemented.

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the first water channel and the second water channel are controlled to be conducted, the water flow in the first water channel is used for cleaning the surface of the filter screen, the water flow in the second water channel is used for scouring the impeller to drive the filter screen to rotate, so that the surface of the filter screen can be cleaned while the impeller drives the filter screen to rotate, and impurities collected in the filter screen can be discharged into the barrel body assembly through the opening; controlling the drainage of the clothes treatment equipment and draining water and impurities in the barrel body assembly. So, can realize the self-cleaning to the filter screen, can effectively improve filter collector and pile up the filter screen jam that leads to on the filter screen because of impurity such as clothing dander, and then save the manual washing of filter screen or at least prolong the time of use of filter screen after the manual clearance impurity of single.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a filter assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the filter collector, end cap and handle assembly of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a second schematic view of the filter collector, end cap and handle assembly of the present application;

FIG. 5 isbase:Sub>A schematic view of the cross-section A-A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a filter assembly according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the filter assembly has a detergent dispensing assembly;

FIG. 7 is a schematic top view of a filter assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

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

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

FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing another structure of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a clothes treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a laundry treating apparatus according to an exemplary application of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a box body; 2. a filter assembly; 3. a barrel assembly; 4. a water pump; 5. a pipeline;

21. a collector housing; 22. a filtration collector; 23. an end cap; 24. a grip portion; 25. a detergent dispensing assembly;

21A, a first chamber; 21B, a water collecting chamber; 21C, a second chamber;

211. a first water inlet; 212. a first drain port; 213. a water injection port; 214. a through hole;

214A, a first via; 214B, a second via; 216. a water spray hole; 217. an entrance and an exit;

218. a second water inlet; 219. a water falling port; 221. a support body; 222. filtering with a screen;

222A, a filter cavity; 2211. a first end; 2212. a second end;

2221. an inlet; 2222. an opening; 223. an impeller; 223A, a first impeller; 223B, a second impeller.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be described in further detail with reference to the attached drawings, the described embodiments should not be considered as limiting the present application, and all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

In the description of the present application, reference is made to "some embodiments" which describe a subset of all possible embodiments, but it is understood that "some embodiments" may be the same subset or different subsets of all possible embodiments, and may be combined with each other without conflict.

Where the description of the present application refers to the use of the terms "first", "second", etc. merely to distinguish one element from another, and not to denote a particular order, it being understood that "first", "second", etc. may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances with either the specific order or the sequence order being used to enable the embodiments of the present application described herein to be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Unless otherwise indicated, "plurality" means at least two.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, for example, the orientations of "top" and "bottom" as shown in fig. 2, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element 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 application.

In the description of the present application, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, or through both elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact of the first and second features, or may comprise contact of the first and second features not directly but through another feature in between. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Before explaining a control method of a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application will be briefly described below.

The clothes treatment equipment of the embodiment of the application comprises a filtering collector used for filtering water in the barrel body assembly, the filtering collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller driving the filter screen to rotate, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a first water path used for cleaning the surface of the filter screen and a second water path used for driving the impeller to rotate under the action of water flow, and an opening used for guiding out impurities collected inside the filter screen is formed in the filter screen.

Exemplarily, the laundry treating apparatus further includes: the ware that draws water, be used for with water pump play in the staving subassembly, just the export of drawing water the ware feed through to the inside of filter screen, draw water the ware promptly and can treat filterable pump in the staving subassembly and pump to the filter screen in, discharge to the staving subassembly after the filter screen filters in, so circulation realizes carrying out filtration treatment to the water in the staving subassembly.

Illustratively, the aperture of the opening of the filter screen is larger than the aperture of the filtering hole on the filter screen, and the opening can also be used as an overflow port of the filter screen, so that even if the filter screen is blocked or the like, water in the filter screen can still be discharged in time through the opening. The shape of the opening may be a rectangular opening, and may also be an opening with other shapes such as a circle, a square, an irregular shape, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this application.

For example, the first water path and the second water path may be both connected to an external clean water source, for example, the first water path and the second water path may be connected to a tap water supply pipe via a pipeline, and a water supply valve for respectively controlling whether the first water path and the second water path are connected may be further disposed on the laundry treatment apparatus.

The water supply valve is not limited in specific form, for example, in some embodiments, the water supply valve may be a multi-way valve, and the water flow control of the first waterway and the second waterway is realized through different working positions of the same valve. In other embodiments, the water supply valve may include at least two valves, one of which is disposed on the first water path and the other of which is disposed on the second water path.

An embodiment of the present application provides a control method of a laundry treatment apparatus, as shown in fig. 1, the method including:

step 101, controlling the first water path and the second water path to be conducted, wherein the water flow of the first water path cleans the surface of the filter screen, the water flow of the second water path flushes the impeller to drive the filter screen to rotate, and the opening is used for discharging impurities in the filter screen.

Step 102, controlling the drainage of the laundry treating apparatus.

It can be understood that the valve body assembly is controlled by the clothes treatment equipment, so that the first water path and the second water path are both communicated, the surface of the filter screen can be cleaned by the first water path, the water flow in the second water path can drive the impeller to rotate, and the rotating impeller further drives the filter screen to rotate. The filter screen can be in the pivoted simultaneously, constantly washs the filter screen surface by the water in first water route to strike the arbitrary surface of filter screen comprehensively, and when the opening of filter screen was down, the impurity of the inside collection of filter screen can fall into to the staving subassembly under the impact of rivers through the opening.

For example, the laundry treating apparatus may drain water based on a drainage mechanism. The drainage mechanism can be a drainage pump or a drainage valve, and the clothes treatment equipment controls the drainage mechanism to operate so as to drain water and impurities in the barrel assembly in time.

It is understood that step 101 and step 102 may be executed synchronously or step 102 is executed after step 101 is executed, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, when the clothes treatment equipment controls the first water path and the second water path to be both communicated, the drainage mechanism is controlled to operate, so that water and impurities discharged into the barrel assembly can be drained away in time, and the probability of the impurities remaining in the barrel assembly can be effectively reduced.

In some embodiments, before controlling the first waterway and the second waterway to be both on, the method further comprises: and controlling the first waterway to be conducted for a first set time.

Exemplarily, the laundry treatment apparatus controls the first water path to be firstly conducted for a first set time, so that the water flow of the first water path can firstly impact the surface of the filter screen, thereby dispersing impurities such as flocks adhered to the inner surface of the filter screen, and improving the cleaning effect of the filter screen. The first set time period may be reasonably determined based on experiments, for example, 30 seconds, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

In some embodiments, before controlling the first waterway and the second waterway to be both on, the method further comprises:

controlling the barrel body assembly to feed water and executing self-cleaning treatment;

and controlling a water pump of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in the barrel assembly to the filter screen so as to filter water in the barrel assembly.

For example, when the laundry treatment apparatus finishes washing laundry, a user may take out the laundry inside the tub assembly and then start a self-cleaning process. The laundry treating apparatus controls the tub assembly to supply water and performs the self-cleaning process in response to the self-cleaning program. For example, the water supply pipeline of the detergent box is controlled to feed water, and the detergent box can be filled with cleaning solution or not. Clean water enters the barrel body assembly, and the clothes treatment equipment can drive the inner barrel of the barrel body assembly to rotate, so that self-cleaning treatment of the barrel body assembly is realized.

It can be understood that staving subassembly is intake to setting for the water level, and the rotatory second of inner tube is set for long back, and impurity such as remaining flock has broken away from the wall body of staving subassembly under the effect of rivers in the staving subassembly, and at this moment, clothing treatment facility control water pumper pumps water in with the staving subassembly to the filter screen to can collect remaining impurity by the filter screen, thereby realized the inside abluent effect of staving subassembly. Then, based on the foregoing steps 101 and 102, automatic cleaning of the filter screen can be achieved, and the trouble of manually cleaning the filter screen can be eliminated.

In some embodiments, after controlling the draining of the laundry treating apparatus, the method further comprises:

controlling the second water path to be communicated and controlling a water pump of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in the barrel assembly out to the filter screen, so that the impeller drives the filter screen to rotate, the inside of the filter screen is washed, and impurities collected in the filter screen can be discharged into the barrel assembly through the opening;

controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water again.

It can be understood that, clothing treatment facility control second water route switches on, make the rivers in second water route can drive the impeller and rotate, thereby it is rotatory to drive the filter screen by pivoted impeller, and the rivers of second water route supply have partly gathering in the entire body subassembly, at this moment, clothing treatment facility starts the ware that draws water, pump in with the staving subassembly inside to the filter screen, thereby can wash inside the filter screen at the rotatory in-process of filter screen, rotatory filter screen flows out to the staving subassembly from the opening under the drive of the inside rivers of impurity such as inside residual flock, and discharge by drainage mechanism. So, can further be difficult to the filter screen inside and remove by impurity such as the rivers rinse-off clean flock in first water route, and then promote filter screen self-cleaning's effect.

In order to implement the control method of the embodiment of the present application, an embodiment of the present application also provides a laundry treatment apparatus including: the clothes treatment equipment comprises a barrel body assembly and a filter collector used for filtering water in the barrel body assembly, wherein the filter collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller driving the filter screen to rotate; the laundry treating apparatus further includes: the control device comprises a processor and a memory for storing a computer program capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is used for executing the steps of the control method of the embodiment of the application when the computer program runs.

For example, the laundry treating apparatus may be a washing machine or a washing and drying all-in-one machine having a drying function, and the tub assembly may be a single tub structure or a double tub structure including a tub and an inner tub located in the tub, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Exemplarily, the laundry treating apparatus further includes: the collector shell is provided with a first cavity, the filtering collector is arranged in the first cavity, and a first water path and a second water path are formed on the collector shell.

It will be appreciated that the collector housing and the filter collector comprise a filter assembly.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, the filter assembly comprises: a collector housing 21 and a filter collector 22. The collector housing 21 has a first chamber 21A, the filter collector 22 is disposed in the first chamber 21A, and the filter collector 22 includes a filter screen 222 and an impeller 223 driving the filter screen 222 to rotate.

It can be understood that the space enclosed by the inside of the filter screen 222 forms a filter cavity 222A, and after the water to be filtered enters the filter cavity 222A in the filter screen 222, the water flows out of the filter cavity 222A through the holes on the filter screen 222, so that impurities such as flocks, impurities or microfibers and the like in the water to be filtered can be blocked by the filter screen 222, thereby reducing pollution to the environment caused by direct discharge of washing wastewater, being beneficial to improving washing efficiency of clothes, saving washing time and reducing washing water.

In the embodiment of the present application, because filter collector 22 is including driving filter collector 22 pivoted impeller 223, impeller 223 can drive filter collector 22 and rotate under the rivers drive for filter collector 22 can also rotate when treating filterable water and filter, compare in fixed position's filter collector 22, can effectively improve the filter screen jam that impurity such as clothing flock piled up and lead to on filter screen 222 of filter collector 22 among the filtering process, do benefit to and improve filter collector's filtering capability.

Exemplarily, the first chamber 21A is provided with a first water inlet 211 for the introduction of water to be filtered and a first water outlet 212 for the discharge of water within the first chamber 21A. The filter chamber 222A has an inlet 2221 connected to the first water inlet 211, and water to be filtered can enter the filter chamber 222A through the first water inlet 211 and the inlet 2221 in sequence, and then flow out of the filter chamber 222A after permeating through the holes of the filter screen 222.

It will be appreciated that water that has been percolated through the screen 222 may collect in the first chamber 21A and may be discharged through the first drain port 212.

In the embodiment of the present application, the water to be filtered may be water of an internal circulation in a washing process of the laundry treatment apparatus, for example, the water of the internal circulation in the washing or rinsing process, since impurities in the water may be effectively filtered by the filter screen 222, so that the filtered water may be enhanced in the ability of accommodating the impurities in the following washing or rinsing process, and it is avoided that original impurities are re-stained with the laundry, thereby being beneficial to saving washing water and consuming time in washing, and improving the washing or rinsing effect. The water to be filtered can also be washing wastewater which needs to be discharged after washing or rinsing, and impurities such as flock in the discharged washing wastewater can be effectively filtered by the filter screen 222 and cannot be discharged along with the water, so that the pollution of the washing wastewater to the environment can be reduced, and the environment is protected.

Illustratively, the collector housing 21 also has a water collection chamber 21B. It is understood that the first water path and the second water path are formed at intervals in the water collecting chamber 21B.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, the water collecting chamber 21B is provided with a plurality of water jetting holes 216 at intervals along the arrangement direction of the filter screens 222 for washing the filter screens 222. I.e., the water jet holes 216 serve as water outlets for the first water path, and can clean the surface of the filter screen 222.

For example, a through hole 214 for guiding the water flow is disposed at a position of the water collecting chamber 21B opposite to the impeller 223, the impeller can drive the filter collector 22 to rotate under the driving of the water flow at the through hole 214, that is, the through hole 214 serves as a water outlet of the second water channel, the kinetic energy of the water flow can be used to drive the impeller 223 to rotate, and thus the impeller 223 drives the filter screen 222 to rotate. Therefore, the filter collector 22 can rotate while filtering the water to be filtered, and compared with the filter collector 22 with a fixed position, the phenomenon that impurities such as clothes, flocks and the like are accumulated on a specific part of the filter screen 222 of the filter collector 22 to cause the blockage of the filter screen 222 at the part in the filtering process can be effectively improved. It can be understood that when the local area on the filter screen 222 is blocked, the water flow in the corresponding area is difficult to flow out of the filter cavity 222A, so that the filtering function of the filter screen 222 is reduced, the impeller drives the filter collector 22 to rotate, impurities such as flocks and the like in the filter cavity 222A cannot be easily accumulated to block the specific part of the filter screen 222, the service life of the filter screen after single cleaning can be prolonged, and the manual cleaning frequency is reduced.

It can be understood that the water collecting chamber 21B can continuously supply water for cleaning through the water filling port 213, and the space in the water collecting chamber 21B is narrow, so that the water pressure is higher after the water entering the water collecting chamber 21B reaches a certain amount, the water in the water collecting chamber 21B can spray water to the top surface of the filter screen 222 through the plurality of water spraying holes 216, meanwhile, the water in the water collecting chamber 21B can form a cylindrical water flow through the first through holes 214A and/or the second through holes 214B, the filter screen 222 is driven to rotate by the impeller 223, the rotating filter screen 222 can be cleaned by the sprayed water flow of the plurality of water spraying holes 216, and thus the automatic cleaning of the filter screen 222 is realized.

It should be noted that the number of the water spraying holes 216 can be reasonably set according to the requirement, specifically, the larger the number of the water spraying holes 216 is, the larger the area of the water flow in the water collecting chamber 21B is, so that the cleaning area of the filter screen 222 is larger, and the cleaning effect of the filter screen 222 can be effectively improved.

It should be noted that, for the filter collector 22 with a fixed position, impurities in the water to be filtered in the filter screen 222 are easily deposited on the filter screen 222 at the bottom under the action of gravity and gradually accumulated, so that a partial area inside the filter screen 222 is blocked, the flow rate of the water passing through is reduced, and the filtering processing capacity of the filter screen 222 during the operation is seriously affected.

In the embodiment of the present application, impeller 223 can drive under the drive of the rivers of through-hole 214 department and filter collector 22 and rotate, because filter collector 22 can limit the rotation of filtering, make the inside rivers of filter screen 222 of filtering collector 22 be in the motion state, thereby can effectively reduce the deposit effect of filtration in-process impurity, make the distribution of impurity dispersion on filter screen 222, and then can improve the holistic filtration throughput of filter screen 222, and can effectively reduce the frequency that filter screen 222 needs manual washing.

Here, the filtering aperture of the filter screen 222 may be reasonably selected according to the filtering requirement, and exemplarily, the mesh number of the filter screen 222 may be greater than 120 meshes, so that foreign matters such as lint and hair on the clothes may be effectively filtered. The mesh refers to the number of mesh openings in an area of 1 inch by 1 inch.

It is understood that the material of the filter screen 222 may be metal, plastic, etc., and the present application is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, the number of the impellers 223 may be two, and accordingly, the through hole 214 on the water collecting chamber 21B is provided corresponding to each impeller 223. For example, the filter collector 22 is provided with a first impeller 223A and a second impeller 223B, and the water collection chamber 21B is provided with a first through hole 214A opposite to the first impeller 223A and a second through hole 214B opposite to the second impeller 223B, so that the filter collector 22 can effectively rotate during the filtering process based on the cooperation of the two impellers.

In some embodiments, the filter collector 22 further comprises: a support body 221 for supporting the filter screen 222, the support body 221 being rotatably disposed on the collector housing 21, the support body 221 being provided with at least one impeller 223.

It can be understood that the filter screen 222 is supported by the support body 221, which can enhance the structural strength of the filter screen 222 and prevent the filter screen 222 from deforming during the use process to affect the service life. The support body 221 is provided with an impeller 223, the support body 221 is rotatably connected with the collector housing 21, water in the water collection chamber 21B forms water flow (for example, columnar water flow) through the through hole 214, the water flow drives the impeller 223 to rotate, the impeller 223 drives the support body 221 to rotate, the support body 221 drives the filter collector 22 to rotate, and at this time, the filter screen 222 rotates along with the filter collector 22. Therefore, the filtering collector 22 can rotate under the action of the water flow formed at the through hole 214 while performing filtering operation, so as to effectively improve the phenomenon that the filter screen 222 is blocked due to the accumulation of impurities such as clothes, flocks and the like on the filter screen 222 of the filtering collector 22 in the filtering process, and facilitate the enhancement of the filtering function of the filtering collector 22.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, the filter collector 22 is disposed in the first chamber 21A in a horizontal direction, the inlet 2221 is located at one end of the screen 222 in the horizontal direction, and the screen 222 has a substantially long cylindrical shape. That is, the filter screen 222 may have a long cylindrical shape, and one end of the filter screen 222 may be opened to form an inlet 2221 of the filter chamber 222A, the filter chamber 222A being horizontally disposed.

Here, the aperture of the inlet 2221 of the filter chamber 222A is larger than that of the first water inlet 211, so that the water to be filtered introduced from the first water inlet 211 directly enters the filter chamber 222A.

It can be understood that, since the inlet 2221 of the filter cavity 222A is located on the horizontal end surface of the filter cavity 222A, and the filter screen 222 is substantially in the shape of a long cylinder, the water to be filtered can flow into the filter cavity 222A along the horizontal direction and flow out of the filter screen 222 under the action of gravity, so as to be filtered by the filter screen 222, and further the effective filtering area of the filter screen 222 is increased, and the filter screen 222 can rotate with the filter collector 22 in the first chamber 21A, which is favorable for achieving sufficient filtering treatment of the water to be filtered by the filter screen 222, and can reduce the risk of blocking of the filter screen 222 caused by the concentrated accumulation of impurities such as lint and the like in the filter screen 222.

Here, the screen 222 having a substantially cylindrical shape means that the length of the screen 222 in the horizontal direction is larger than the outer diameter of the screen 222. The longitudinal cross section of the screen 222 along the center line may be rectangular or the front half section and the rear half section along the horizontal direction are trapezoidal and rectangular, which is not particularly limited in this application.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, the support body 221 has at least a first end 2211 extending beyond the end of the screen 222 distal from the inlet 2221, and the impeller 223 includes a first impeller 223A disposed at the first end 2211; accordingly, the aforementioned through hole 214 includes: a first through hole 214A opposite to the first impeller 223A. In this way, water in the water collecting chamber 21B can form a water flow acting on the first impeller 223A through the first through hole 214A, and the support body 221 can drive the filter collector 22 to rotate in the first chamber 21A under the driving of the first impeller 223A, thereby realizing the rotation of the filter collector 22 in the filtering process.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2, the support body 221 further has a second end 2212 extending beyond the inlet 2221 of the filter cavity 222A, and the impeller 223 further includes a second impeller 223B disposed at the second end 2212; accordingly, the aforementioned through hole 214 further includes: a second through hole 214B opposite to the second impeller 223B. In this way, the water in the water collecting chamber 21B can form a water flow acting on the first impeller 223A through the first through hole 214A and a water flow acting on the second impeller 223B through the second through hole 214B, respectively. The support body 221 can drive the filter collector 22 to rotate in the first chamber 21A under the driving of the first impeller 223A and the second impeller 223B, so as to realize the continuous rotation of the filter collector 22 in the filtering process.

It will be appreciated that the water collection chamber 21B is provided with a water injection port 213 for water intake. A flow channel (i.e., a second water channel) for respectively guiding water entering from the water inlet 213 to the first through hole 214A and the second through hole 214B can be further disposed in the water collecting chamber 21B, so that the first impeller 223A and the second impeller 223B can simultaneously rotate under the driving of water flow, and the filter collector 22 is driven to continuously rotate in the filtering process.

It can be understood that, as shown in fig. 3, the filter collector 22 adopts a double-impeller driving structure, which can effectively enhance the driving capability of the filter collector 22 to rotate based on the water flow at the through hole 214, thereby realizing the reliable rotation of the filter collector 22 during the filtering process.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the screen 222 may further include an opening 2222 for overflowing and guiding out impurities. The opening 2222 may be a rectangular opening as shown in fig. 4, and may also be an opening with other shapes, such as a circle, a square, an irregular shape, and the like, which is not specifically limited in this application.

It can be understood that, if a partial region inside the filter screen 222 is blocked, which causes the filtering processing capacity of the filter screen 222 to be reduced, the water to be filtered introduced from the first water inlet 211 is difficult to be discharged through the filter screen 222 in time, thereby affecting the normal operation. Based on this, in the embodiment of the present application, the opening 2222 is formed in the filter screen 222, so that even if the filter screen 222 is clogged or otherwise abnormal, the water in the filter screen 222 can be discharged through the opening 2222 in time. In addition, the opening 2222 may facilitate discharging impurities such as lint remaining inside the screen 222.

In practice, there may be a need to periodically clean the filter collector 22 of the present embodiment. In this regard, in some embodiments, the collector housing 21 is provided with a port 217 through which the filter collector 22 enters or exits the first chamber 21A, and the filter assembly further includes an end cap 23 disposed at the first end 2211 of the support body 221 and engaged with the port 217.

Illustratively, the end cap 23 may further be provided with a grip portion 24 for facilitating the application of force. For example, the grip portion 24 may be a handle as shown in fig. 3 and 5. Illustratively, the gripping portion 24 may be integrally formed with the end cap 23. When the filter collector 22 needs to be cleaned, a user can pull the end cap 23 through the holding portion 24, and then pull out the filter assembly connected to the end cap 23, so as to manually clean the filter screen 222, and can push the filter collector 22 into the first chamber 21A by using the holding portion 24 after the filter assembly is manually cleaned. In this manner, the operation is facilitated, facilitating manual cleaning of the filter collector 22 by the user.

Illustratively, the first end 2211 of the support body 221 is rotatably coupled to the end cap 23, and the end cap 23 seals the access opening 217 and is removably secured to the collector housing 21.

Here, the first end 2211 of the support body 221 may be connected to the end cover 23 via a bearing, and the end cover 23 may be detachably fixed to the collector case 21. When the end cover 23 is fixed to the collector housing 21, the support body 221 is rotatably connected to the end cover 23 so as to rotate in the first chamber 21A under the driving of the impeller 223.

Illustratively, the side of the end cap 23 facing the inlet 217 may be further provided with a sealing member, such as a rubber sealing ring, so that the end cap 23 can seal the inlet 217 to prevent water in the first chamber 21A from overflowing through the inlet 217.

Illustratively, the side wall of the inlet 217 may be provided with a spiral groove, the circumferential side wall of the end cap 23 may be provided with a rib engaged with the spiral groove, a holding portion 24 is provided at a side of the end cap 23 away from the inlet 217, and a user can rotate the end cap 23 via the holding portion 24, so that the end cap 23 is engaged with the spiral groove via the rib, fixed on the collector housing 21, and seals the inlet 217. Thus, under the condition that the end cover 23 is fixed with the collector housing 21, even if the user pulls the holding portion 24, the filter collector 22 cannot be pulled out of the first chamber 21A, and only when the user rotates the end cover 23 through the holding portion 24, the convex rib of the end cover 23 is disengaged from the spiral groove, and then the filter collector 22 can be taken out, so that the filter collector 22 can be effectively prevented from being pulled out by misoperation.

In other embodiments, the end cap 23 may also be fixed with the inlet 217 in a snap fit manner, which is not specifically limited in this application.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, the collector body 21 also has a second chamber 21C for putting in the detergent, the second chamber 21C being provided with a second water inlet 218 for feeding water and a second water outlet (not shown in the figures) for draining water.

It can be understood that the filter assembly of the embodiment of the present application may have a function of dispensing detergent into a detergent box of the laundry treating apparatus. The filter assembly integrates the filtering function of water and the function of putting detergent in the washing process, so that the filter assembly is rich in functions, and the design of a related assembly structure on the clothes treatment equipment and the occupation of space can be saved.

Illustratively, the bottom of the collector housing 21 is further provided with a water drop 219 communicating the first drain opening 212 and the second drain opening.

Here, the first drain port 212 and the second drain port share the water dropping port 219, which may simplify the structural design of the filter assembly, so that both the filtered water and the water to which the detergent is added may be introduced into the tub assembly 3 of the laundry treating apparatus through the water dropping port 219.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 2 and 8, the water dropping port 219 has a tapered structure inclined toward the bottom end, so that the water in the collector housing 21 can be smoothly discharged into the tub assembly 3.

Illustratively, the filter assembly further comprises: a detergent dispensing assembly 25 detachably disposed in the second chamber 21C.

Here, the detergent dispensing assembly 25 may be snap-fitted into the second compartment 21C, for example, by using the drawer-type casing 1 to fit into the second compartment 21C. The detergent dispensing assembly 25 may be provided with a plurality of spaced chambers for conveniently containing various detergents such as washing liquid, softener, disinfectant, etc. The detergent dispensing assembly 25 can refer to the design of the related art and will not be described herein.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet 1, a tub assembly 3 disposed in the cabinet 1, and the laundry treating apparatus further includes: a water pump 4 for pumping out water in the barrel assembly 3, wherein the filter assembly 2 is arranged on the box body 1 and is communicated with an outlet of the water pump 4 through a pipeline 5.

As shown in fig. 11, the laundry treating apparatus 1100 provided in the embodiment of the present application includes: at least one processor 1101, memory 1102, and a user interface 1103. The various components in the laundry treating apparatus 1100 are coupled together by a bus system 1104. It will be appreciated that the bus system 1104 is used to enable communications among the connections of these components. The bus system 1104 includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus in addition to the data bus. For clarity of illustration, however, the various buses are designated as the bus system 1104 in FIG. 11.

The user interface 1103 in the embodiments of the present application may include a display, a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, a click wheel, a key, a button, a touch pad, a touch screen, or the like.

The memory 1102 in the embodiment of the present application is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the laundry treating apparatus. Examples of such data include: any computer program for operating on a laundry treatment apparatus.

The control method of the laundry treatment apparatus disclosed in the embodiment of the present application may be applied to the processor 1101, or implemented by the processor 1101. The processor 1101 may be an integrated circuit chip having signal processing capabilities. In implementation, the steps of the control method of the laundry treating apparatus may be accomplished by integrated logic circuits of hardware or instructions in the form of software in the processor 1101. The Processor 1101 described above may be a general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware components, or the like. The processor 1101 may implement or perform the methods, steps and logic blocks disclosed in the embodiments of the present application. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like. The steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present application may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module may be located in a storage medium located in the memory 1102, and the processor 1101 reads the information in the memory 1102, and completes the steps of the control method of the clothing processing apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application in combination with the hardware thereof.

In an exemplary embodiment, the laundry processing Device may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), DSPs, programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general purpose processors, controllers, micro Controllers (MCUs), microprocessors (microprocessors), or other electronic components for performing the aforementioned methods.

It will be appreciated that the memory 1102 can be either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. Among them, the nonvolatile Memory may be a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a magnetic random access Memory (FRAM), a magnetic random access Memory (Flash Memory), a magnetic surface Memory, an optical Disc, or a Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM); the magnetic surface storage may be disk storage or tape storage. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), synchronous Static Random Access Memory (SSRAM), dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM), double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDRSDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (ESDRAM), enhanced Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Enhanced DRAM), synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SLDRAM), direct Memory (DRmb Access), and Random Access Memory (DRAM). The memories described in the embodiments of the present application are intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In an application example, as shown in fig. 12, the control method of the laundry treating apparatus may include:

step 1201, start the self-cleaning procedure.

After the clothes processing equipment finishes washing clothes, a user takes out the clothes in the barrel assembly, and the user can manually start the self-cleaning program.

Step 1202, controlling the barrel assembly to enter water and executing self-cleaning treatment.

The clothes treatment equipment can feed water from a detergent box, and cleaning solution can be put into the detergent box or not. Clean water enters the inner barrel of the barrel body assembly, the inner barrel rotates to automatically clean for 1 minute, and the inner barrel stops working.

And 1203, controlling the water pump to operate a water pumping cycle.

The treater control suction pump is taken out the water in the staving subassembly to filtering collector, and the circulation of drawing water once stops drawing water, and the length of should the circulation of drawing water can be based on the experiment and rationally confirm. Through this circulation of drawing water, can be so that the filter screen is inside moist, can obtain wasing staving subassembly bottom or the remaining part of water pipe in having the flock simultaneously, and impurity such as remaining flock can be filtered and collected inside the filter screen by the filter screen, guarantees that the bucket is interior clean.

And 1204, controlling the first water path to be firstly conducted for a first set time, and then controlling the first water path and the second water path to be conducted and controlling the clothes treatment equipment to drain water.

The clothes treating apparatus controls the first water path to be conducted, that is, the water filling port 213 supplies water to the first water path, and the water spraying hole 216 sprays clean water to continuously impact the surface of the filter screen 222, so as to impact the flock adhered to the inner surface of the filter screen 222 to separate from the filter screen 222, for example, the flock can impact for 30 seconds; then, the laundry treating apparatus controls the second water path to be conducted, and the water column is formed at the through hole 214 and pushes the impeller 223 to rotate, and the water spraying hole 216 may fully impact any surface of the filter screen 222. When the openings 2222 of the screen 222 face downward, the shavings that impact from the screen 222 are flushed out into the drain 219, where the water impacting the impeller and the water impacting the screen together flush the shavings to the drain. The drainage mechanism operates to directly drain the water in the drain pipe out of the washing machine, thereby realizing the automatic cleaning of the filter screen 222.

It is understood that the rinsing time of the fresh water may be changed or maintained at a default setting according to the requirement, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

And step 1205, controlling the second water path to be communicated and the water pump to work, and controlling the clothes treatment equipment to discharge water again.

For example, after the flushing is finished, the drainage mechanism stops working, and at the moment, no water exists in the barrel assembly. The clothes treating apparatus switches on the second water path again, drives the filter screen 222 to rotate under the action of the water flow of the through hole 214, the water enters for about 30 seconds, the water pump is started simultaneously, the pumped clean water washes the inside of the filter screen 222, and the rotating filter screen 222 enables the internal residual flock to flow out from the opening 2222. And the water suction pump circulates once, water is drained again until the barrel body assembly is empty of water, the work is stopped, and the self-cleaning of the filter screen is completed.

In an exemplary embodiment, the present application embodiment further provides a storage medium, i.e. a computer storage medium, which may be a computer readable storage medium, for example, including a memory 1102 storing a computer program, which is executable by a processor 1101 of a laundry treatment apparatus to perform the steps of the method of the present application embodiment. The computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash Memory, magnetic surface Memory, optical disk, or CD-ROM, among others.

It should be noted that: "first," "second," and the like are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

The technical means described in the embodiments of the present application may be arbitrarily combined without conflict.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. The control method of the clothes treatment equipment is characterized in that the clothes treatment equipment comprises a filter collector, a first water path and a second water path, wherein the filter collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller, and an opening is formed in the filter screen; the method comprises the following steps:

controlling the first water path and the second water path to be conducted, wherein the water flow of the first water path cleans the surface of the filter screen, the water flow of the second water path flushes the impeller to drive the filter screen to rotate, and the opening is used for discharging impurities in the filter screen;

controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to controlling the first and second waterways to both be conductive, the method further comprises:

and controlling the first waterway to be conducted for a first set time.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to controlling the first and second waterways to both be conductive, the method further comprises:

controlling a tub assembly of the laundry treating apparatus to supply water and performing a self-cleaning treatment;

and controlling a water pump of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in the barrel assembly to the filter screen so as to filter water in the barrel assembly.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after the controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water, the method further comprises:

controlling the second water path to be communicated and controlling a water pump of the clothes treatment equipment to pump water in the barrel assembly out to the filter screen;

controlling the laundry treating apparatus to drain water again.

5. A laundry treating apparatus, characterized in that the laundry treating apparatus comprises: the clothes treatment equipment comprises a barrel body assembly and a filter collector used for filtering water in the barrel body assembly, wherein the filter collector comprises a filter screen and an impeller driving the filter screen to rotate, the clothes treatment equipment further comprises a first water path used for cleaning the surface of the filter screen and a second water path used for driving the impeller to rotate under the action of water flow, and an opening used for guiding out impurities collected in the filter screen is formed in the filter screen;

the laundry treating apparatus further includes: a processor and a memory for storing a computer program operable on the processor, wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, is adapted to perform the steps of the method of any of claims 1 to 4.

6. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: a collector housing having a first chamber, the filter collector disposed within the first chamber, the collector housing having the first waterway and the second waterway formed thereon.

7. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 6,

the first chamber is provided with a first water inlet for introducing water to be filtered and a first water outlet for discharging the water in the first chamber;

the filter screen surrounds and forms the filter chamber, the filter chamber has the butt joint the entry of first water inlet, the filter screen is used for in proper order the first water inlet with the leading-in water of treating the filteration of entry filters, and the water process after the filtration is discharged at first drainage mouth.

8. The filter assembly of claim 6, wherein the filter collector is disposed horizontally within the first chamber, the inlet is located at a horizontal end of the screen, and the screen is substantially cylindrical.

9. The filter assembly of claim 6, wherein the collector housing further has a second chamber for dispensing detergent, the second chamber providing a second water inlet for inlet water and a second water outlet for discharge water.

10. The filter assembly of claim 9, further comprising: a detergent dispensing assembly removably disposed within the second chamber.

11. The filter assembly of claim 7, wherein the laundry treating apparatus further comprises:

the water pumping device is used for pumping out water in the barrel assembly, and an outlet of the water pumping device is communicated with the first water inlet.

12. A storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, performs the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 4.

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