CN116024780A

CN116024780A - Clothes treating apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN116024780A
Application number: CN202111246541.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任广起; 高久兴; 王杰杰; 张文东; 周晗; 熊明
Original assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-26
Filing date: 2021-10-26
Publication date: 2023-04-28

Abstract

The present invention discloses a laundry treatment apparatus, comprising: a drum body in which a laundry treating chamber is formed; the expansion bracket component is internally provided with a limiting space communicated with the clothes treatment cavity, and is detachably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity. According to the clothes treatment equipment, the expansion bracket assembly is arranged, and the shoes are fixed by utilizing the expansion bracket, so that the problem that the shoes collide with the clothes treatment equipment and rub to make sound when the clothes treatment equipment rotates for cleaning can be effectively solved.

Description

Clothes treating apparatus

Technical Field

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

Background

In the related art, a conventional washing machine or a washing and drying machine generally puts shoes in a drying cylinder, when the drying cylinder rotates to dry the shoes, the shoes collide with the drying cylinder to generate noise, and even the drying cylinder is deformed, so that the user experience is poor.

In the prior art, a drying cylinder of a drum-type washing machine or a washing and drying machine often cannot fix shoes, but the shoes collide with the drying cylinder due to the fact that the drying cylinder rotates when working, and noise is large. In some schemes, for example, the technical field of shoe manufacturing is provided with a drying device for fixing shoes, the device is used for placing the shoes inside the drying device, however, the device cannot drive the shoes to rotate and clean, the drying effect is poor, and the device cannot be applied to clothes treatment equipment. Since the drying drum in the washing machine or the drying machine needs to rotate to dry the shoes, the device for fixing the shoes is not suitable for the washing machine or the drying machine, and therefore, designing a device which can be applied to the washing machine or the drying machine and can fix and clean the shoes is a problem to be solved in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus. According to the clothes treatment equipment, the expansion bracket assembly is arranged, shoes are fixed by utilizing the expansion bracket, and the problem that the shoes can collide with the clothes treatment equipment to rub to make sound when the clothes treatment equipment rotates to be clean can be effectively solved.

The laundry treating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a drum body in which a laundry treating chamber is formed; the clothes treating device comprises an expansion bracket assembly, wherein a limiting space communicated with the clothes treating cavity is formed in the expansion bracket assembly, and the expansion bracket assembly is detachably arranged in the clothes treating cavity.

The clothes treatment equipment can limit the position of the shoes so as to avoid the collision between the shoes and the clothes treatment cavity, solves the problem of noise generated when the shoes collide with the clothes treatment cavity, can realize the effect of expanding the support assembly and the common rotation of the cylinder body by limiting the relative position of the expansion support assembly and the clothes treatment cavity, and ensures the uniformity degree of cleaning or drying the shoes. The washing or drying effect of the clothes treatment equipment is better, the shoes and the clothes treatment cavity cannot collide, noise is generated, and the use experience of a user is improved; the expansion bracket component is detachable and convenient to install and fix.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the inner wall of the cylinder is provided with a plurality of supporting holes, and the expansion bracket assembly comprises: the support frame and with the connecting rod that the support frame links to each other, be formed with in the support frame spacing space, the tip of connecting rod optionally with the supporting hole cooperation.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the laundry treatment apparatus further comprises: and the sealing piece is arranged at the end part of the supporting hole or the connecting rod.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the laundry treating chamber is formed with a lifting rib protruding toward the inside of the laundry treating chamber, and the supporting hole is formed on the lifting rib.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the lifting bar comprises: the base is arranged on the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity and protrudes towards the clothes treatment cavity, and the support hole is formed in the base; and the blade is arranged on the base and extends towards the clothes treatment cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the support holes are configured in two groups, each group of support holes is matched with one expansion bracket component, and the two groups of support holes are arranged on two sides of the blade.

According to some embodiments of the invention, each of the expansion bracket assemblies comprises: the supporting frame is used for limiting the limiting space for supporting the object to be cleaned; and one end of the connecting rod is connected with the supporting frame, the other end of the connecting rod is fixed with the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity, and/or the two ends of the connecting rod and the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity are/is fixed between the two ends of the connecting rod, and the supporting frame is fixed between the two ends of the connecting rod.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the support frame comprises: the first limiting ribs are constructed into a plurality of annular ribs which are arranged at intervals; the second limiting ribs are multiple, and each second limiting rib is connected with the multiple first limiting ribs to limit the limiting space.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first stop bar includes: the sole rib and the upper rib, the annular area that the sole rib encloses is greater than the annular area that the upper rib encloses, the connecting rod with the sole rib is fixed.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the support frame further comprises: and the third limiting ribs are multiple, and two ends of each third limiting rib are connected with the sole rib at the bottom.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the upper tendons are arranged at intervals in the height direction and define a placement opening communicating with the limit space, and the support frame further comprises: the cover body can be opened and closed and is arranged at the placing opening.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the laundry treatment apparatus is configured as a washing machine, a washing and drying machine, or a dryer.

To sum up, the clothing treatment facility of this application extends the support subassembly through setting up detachably, makes clothing treatment facility wait for the washing article to carry out the stoving processing to shoes, and shoes are fixed in the spacing space that extends the support subassembly and enclose, and the position of relative clothing treatment chamber, spacing space can support shoes and carry out spacingly to shoes, therefore shoes can not remove at will in the clothing treatment intracavity, avoid colliding the noise production.

The expansion bracket component is detachably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity, and the clothes treatment equipment can be selectively arranged under different working conditions, so that the functions of the clothes treatment equipment are enriched, and the normal drying function of the clothes treatment equipment is not influenced.

The expansion bracket component is provided with a connecting rod so that the supporting frame can be stably connected with the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity; the whole supporting frame is hollow, so that cleaning liquid or drying gas can conveniently enter the limiting space and clean shoes, and the uniformity of cleaning or drying is improved; spacing space that the inside formation of supporting frame is laminated mutually with the outward appearance of shoes, can keep shoes shape in clean in-process, promotes user's use and experiences.

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 foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

fig. 1 is an internal structural view of a laundry treating apparatus according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of circle a in fig. 1.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an expansion bracket assembly according to some embodiments of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a lifting rib according to other embodiments of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a seal according to some embodiments of the invention.

Reference numerals:

a laundry treatment apparatus 1; expanding the bracket assembly 10;

a limit space 11a; a first stop rib 111; sole rib 111a; a rib 111b; a second stop rib 112; arc-shaped second limit ribs 112a; a curved second stopper rib 112b; a second vertical limit rib 112c; a third limit rib 113;

a connecting rod 12; a reinforcing rod 121;

a seal 13; a second engaging projection 13a; a fitting hole 13b;

lifting ribs 14; a base 141; a vane 142;

a cylinder 20; a laundry treating chamber 20a; and a support hole 20b.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may communicate with each other; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

A laundry treating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

As shown in fig. 1, the laundry treating apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a drum 20 and an expansion bracket assembly 10. The drum 20 has a laundry treating chamber 20a formed therein, and cleaning of laundry is performed in the laundry treating chamber 20 a. The expansion bracket assembly 10 is internally provided with a limiting space 11a communicated with the clothes treatment cavity 20a, objects to be cleaned can be placed in the limiting space 11a and limited by the limiting space, the expansion bracket assembly 10 is detachably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and the expansion bracket assembly is convenient to install and fix, so that a user can clean the clothes treatment equipment 1.

When the cylinder 20 rotates and cleans the object to be cleaned, the expansion bracket assembly 10 rotates together with the cylinder 20, and cleaning liquid or drying gas in the clothes treatment cavity 20a can enter the limit space 11a to wash or dry the object to be cleaned, so that the object to be cleaned is cleaned, and the object to be cleaned cannot move randomly in the cleaning process.

The laundry treatment apparatus 1 according to the present application may be used for cleaning shoes, wherein the limiting space 11a limits the position of the shoes, so as to avoid noise generated by the shoes colliding with the inner wall of the laundry treatment chamber 20a when the laundry treatment apparatus 1 is in operation. The clothes treatment device 1 can limit the position of the shoes so as to avoid the collision between the shoes and the clothes treatment cavity 20a, solves the problem of noise generated when the shoes collide with the clothes treatment cavity 20a, can limit the relative position of the expansion bracket assembly 10 and the clothes treatment cavity 20a to realize the effect of jointly rotating the expansion bracket assembly 10 and the cylinder 20, and ensures the uniformity degree of cleaning or drying the shoes. The washing or drying effect of the clothes treatment device 1 is better, shoes cannot collide with the clothes treatment cavity 20a, noise is generated, and the use experience of a user is improved; the expansion bracket assembly 10 is detachable and convenient to install and fix.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-2, a plurality of support holes 20b are provided on the inner wall of the cylinder 20, and the expansion bracket assembly 10 may be detachably connected to the inner wall of the cylinder 20 through the support holes 20b. The expansion bracket assembly 10 comprises a supporting frame and a connecting rod 12, the connecting rod 12 is connected with the supporting frame, a limiting space 11a is formed in the supporting frame, and the supporting frame can support and limit objects to be cleaned in the limiting space 11a. The end of the connecting rod 12 is optionally engaged with the support hole 20b, and when the expansion bracket assembly 10 is installed, the end of the connecting rod 12 is engaged with the support hole 20 b; when the expansion bracket assembly 10 is disassembled, the end of the connecting rod 12 is pulled out from the supporting hole 20b.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the expansion bracket assembly 10 further includes a sealing member 13, the sealing member 13 is installed in two ways, the first way is to set the sealing member 13 at the end of the connecting rod 12, the connecting rod 12 extends into the sealing member 13 and abuts against the sealing member 13 without slipping, then the sealing member 13 extends into the supporting hole 20b of the inner wall of the laundry treating cavity 20a to connect the connecting rod 12 with the inner wall of the laundry treating cavity 20a, and the sealing member 13 can strengthen the connection between the connecting rod 12 and the inner wall of the laundry treating cavity 20a, and can ensure good air tightness of the laundry treating cavity 20 a. The second type of the sealing member 13 is disposed in the supporting hole 20b on the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a, and when the expansion bracket assembly 10 is installed, the end portion of the connecting rod 12 may directly extend into the sealing member 13, i.e., be connected with the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20 a.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the sealing member 13 is constructed as a rubber member, which is relatively soft, and can prevent the connecting rod 12 from wearing the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a while connecting the connecting rod 12 with the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a, and seal the supporting hole 20b provided on the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20 a. The rubber member is provided with a matching hole 13b, the matching hole 13b is suitable for the end part of the connecting rod 12 to extend in, the diameter of the open end of the matching hole 13b is gradually increased, the open end of the matching hole 13b is conical so that the end part of the connecting rod 12 extends in, and the matching hole 13b is arranged to enable the connecting rod 12 to be stably connected with the rubber member so as to ensure the connection stability of the expansion bracket assembly 10.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, at least a portion of the outer circumference of the sealing member 13 is formed with a second clamping protrusion 13a in a ring shape, the second clamping protrusion 13a is adapted to be clamped with the supporting hole 20b, and the second clamping protrusion 13a clamps and fixes the rubber member to the supporting hole 20b on the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20 a.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the sealing member 13 is a cylindrical rubber member, and one end of the rubber member is formed with a second clamping protrusion 13a, and the diameter of the one end is smaller than that of the other end of the rubber member; the rubber member is internally formed with a fitting hole 13b, and the fitting hole 13b is tapered at the opening of the other end of the rubber member. The one end is inserted into the supporting hole 20b of the inner wall of the clothes treating cavity 20a, and the second clamping protrusion 13a on the one end is clamped with the supporting hole 20b to be fixed; the end of the connecting rod 12 extends into the matching hole 13b from the other end, and the end of the connecting rod 12 is clamped and fixed with the conical opening of the matching hole 13 b.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-2, the expansion bracket assembly 10 and the cylinder 20 may be connected to the support hole 20b through the sealing member 13. The cylinder 20 is provided with the supporting hole 20b, the sealing element 13 can be arranged in the supporting hole 20b, the connecting rod 12 of the expansion bracket assembly 10 can extend into the sealing element 13, the sealing element 13 is a rubber element, and the connecting rod 12 applies force to the rubber element to deform in the process of extending into the rubber element, so that the air tightness of the cylinder 20 is ensured. When shoes are dried, the expansion bracket assembly 10 rotates along with the rotation of the cylinder 20, so that the uniformity degree of drying the shoes can be ensured, and meanwhile, the noise generated by collision between the shoes and the clothes treatment cavity 20a is avoided.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the laundry treating chamber 20a is formed with the lifting rib 14 protruding toward the inside of the laundry treating chamber 20a, the lifting rib 14 is adapted to increase the thickness of the drum 20, the supporting hole 20b is formed on the lifting rib 14 instead of penetrating the drum 20, and thus water leakage is not occurred, and the tightness is better.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the lifting rib 14 includes a base 141 and a vane 142. The base 141 is disposed on the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a, a portion of the base 141 protrudes toward the laundry treating chamber 20a to increase the thickness of the drum 20, a supporting hole 20b is formed on the base 141, and the connecting rod 12 extends into the supporting hole 20b to connect the expansion bracket assembly 10 with the drum 20. The vane 142 is disposed on the base 141, the vane 142 extends from the base 141 toward the laundry treating chamber 20a, and further, the vane 142 is constructed in a flat shape, and the thickness of the vane 142 in the width direction is gradually reduced in the direction toward both sides, so as to enhance the supporting ability of the lifting rib 14 to the expansion bracket assembly 10.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the support holes 20b are configured in two groups, the expansion bracket assembly 10 is also configured in two groups, each group of support holes 20b is matched with one expansion bracket assembly 10, and a plurality of expansion bracket assemblies 10 can accommodate more objects to be cleaned, so that cleaning efficiency is improved. The two sets of support holes 20b are provided at both sides of the vane 142 to fully utilize the space in the laundry treating chamber 20a, save time for the laundry treating apparatus 1 when cleaning shoes, and promote user experience.

Since shoes generally appear in pairs, but a single expansion bracket can be provided with a limit space 11a to accommodate two shoes, but the drying effect of the shoes is poor, two expansion brackets are provided, and one shoe is arranged in each expansion bracket, which is beneficial to enlarging the contact area of the shoes and high-temperature gas and improving the drying effect of the shoes.

Because the depth of the clothes treatment cavity 20a may not meet the requirement of arranging two expansion bracket assemblies 10 in parallel, the expansion bracket assemblies 10 are arranged in the clothes treatment cavity 20a in a parallel manner and are opposite to each other, so that interference between the two expansion brackets can be reduced when the two expansion bracket assemblies 10 are arranged, arrangement and installation of the expansion brackets are facilitated, supporting frames arranged on the expansion brackets can be processed back to each other, and supporting holes 20b correspondingly arranged on the lifting ribs 14 are respectively positioned on two sides of the blades 142, so that the corresponding two expansion brackets are conveniently arranged.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the expansion bracket assembly 10 and the cylinder 20 may be connected to the support hole 20b through the lifting rib 14. The lifting ribs 14 are arranged on the cylinder body 20, the supporting holes 20b are arranged on the lifting ribs 14, and the connecting rods 12 of the expansion bracket assembly 10 can directly extend into the supporting holes 20b without rubber parts to improve the air tightness of the device. When shoes are dried, the expansion bracket assembly 10 rotates along with the rotation of the cylinder 20, so that the uniformity degree of drying the shoes can be ensured, and meanwhile, the noise generated by collision between the shoes and the clothes treatment cavity 20a is avoided.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, an expansion bracket assembly 10 is provided in a laundry treatment chamber 20a, and the expansion bracket assembly 10 is adapted to support and fix a laundry in the laundry treatment chamber 20 a. The expansion bracket assembly 10 includes a support frame and a connecting rod 12. The supporting frame defines a limiting space 11a, the limiting space 11a is communicated with the clothes treating cavity 20a, the limiting space 11a is used for supporting the to-be-cleaned object and limiting the position of the to-be-cleaned object in the clothes treating cavity 20a, and the to-be-cleaned object is fixed relative to the position in the clothes treating cavity 20a under the action of the limiting space 11a and cannot move in the clothes treating cavity 20a, so that the to-be-cleaned object cannot move randomly in the clothes treating cavity 20a, and the to-be-cleaned object is prevented from colliding with the inner wall of the clothes treating cavity 20 a.

The connecting rod 12 is adapted to connect the expansion bracket assembly with the laundry treating chamber 20a and secure it within the laundry treating chamber 20 a. The connecting rod 12 extends in the length direction and has two ends, the connecting rod 12 connects the supporting frame with the inner wall of the clothes treating cavity 20a, the first is that one end of the connecting rod 12 is connected with the supporting frame, the other end of the connecting rod 12 is fixed with the inner wall of the clothes treating cavity 20a, namely, the two ends of the connecting rod 12 are respectively connected with the sole rib 111a and the inner wall of the clothes treating cavity 20a, so that the supporting frame and the clothes treating equipment 1 synchronously rotate; the second is that both ends of the connecting rod 12 are fixed with the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a, the supporting frame is fixed between both ends of the connecting rod 12, that is, the supporting frame is fixed on the connecting rod 12, and the connecting rod 12 is connected with the laundry treating apparatus 1, so that the supporting frame and the laundry treating apparatus 1 rotate synchronously, and the arrangement of the connecting rod 12 is beneficial to ensuring that the supporting frame and the inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20a can be stably connected and fixed.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the support frame includes a first limit rib 111 and a second limit rib 112, wherein the first limit rib 111 is configured in plurality, and the first limit rib 111 is an annular rib disposed at a distance from each other; the second spacing ribs 112 are configured in a plurality, each second spacing rib 112 is connected with the plurality of first spacing ribs 111 to define a spacing space 11a, shoes can be placed in the spacing space 11a, the plurality of first spacing members are spaced from each other, the plurality of second spacing ribs 112 are spaced from each other, the spacing space 11a is communicated with the clothes treating cavity 20a, meanwhile, the spacing space 11a is arranged in a frame structure surrounded by the plurality of first spacing ribs 111 and the plurality of second spacing ribs 112, and the position of the spacing space 11a for supporting the shoes and limiting the shoes is kept fixed relative to the clothes treating cavity 20a so as to achieve better cleaning effect when the shoes are cleaned and dried.

Further, the shoe has a sole, a toe cap, a back, an upper, and a heel, and the first and

second spacing ribs

111 and 112 are provided to support the shoe from multiple directions and define the position of the shoe.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the annular first spacing rib 111 may perform circumferential spacing on the shoe, the plurality of second spacing ribs 112 may connect the plurality of first spacing ribs 111, where the second spacing ribs 112 may be configured to conform to the shape of the shoe to perform a more effective spacing function on the shoe, for example, the second spacing ribs 112 located on the back of the shoe may be arc-shaped second spacing ribs 112a, the arc-shaped second spacing ribs 112a may surround the shoe upper, the second spacing ribs 112 located on the back of the shoe may also be curved-shaped second spacing ribs 112b, the second spacing ribs 112 located at the shoe upper may be vertical-shaped second spacing ribs 112c, and the second spacing ribs 112 and the first spacing ribs 111 cooperate to form a spacing space 11a. It is to be understood that the shapes and positions of the first and

second spacing ribs

111 and 112 are not limited thereto, and the shapes and positions of the first and

second spacing ribs

111 and 112 may be sufficient that the shoes are not separated from each other by centrifugal force generated when the laundry treating apparatus 1 rotates in the spacing space 11a.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the first stopper rib 111 includes a sole rib 111a and an upper rib 111b. The sole rib 111a and the upper rib 111b are annular ribs, wherein the annular area surrounded by the sole rib 111a is larger than the annular area surrounded by the upper rib 111b, and the connecting rod 12 is fixed with the sole rib 111 a. Sole rib 111a is adapted to contact the sole of a shoe and support the shoe, and upper rib 111b is adapted to contact the upper of a shoe and support the shoe. The first limiting piece is enabled to better limit different positions of the shoe by arranging the sole rib 111a and the upper rib 111b respectively, and the supporting frame can provide the effect of supporting the shoe and simultaneously prevent the shoe from being accumulated in the limiting space 11a.

Further, since the types of shoes are different, the heights of the uppers of the shoes are different, and therefore, a plurality of sole ribs 111a and a plurality of upper ribs 111b can be provided, so that the applicability of the expansion bracket assembly 10 related to the application is stronger, and the limit space 11a can accommodate various types of shoes. The connecting rod 12 is fixed with the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity 20a and is fixed with the sole rib 111a, and because the area enclosed by the sole rib 111a is larger than the area enclosed by the upper rib 111b, the sole rib 111a is closer to the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and the center of gravity of the expansion bracket assembly 10 is stable and the stability of the expansion bracket assembly 10 is good when the connecting rod 12 is connected with the sole rib 111 a.

In some embodiments of the invention, the upper 111b may be configured as a resilient member to accommodate constraints with respect to shoes of different sizes.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the support frame further includes third limiting ribs 113, the third limiting ribs 113 are configured in plurality, and both ends of each third limiting rib 113 are connected to the sole rib 111a located at the bottom. The third limiting rib 113 is suitable for supporting the sole of the shoe in cooperation with the sole rib 111a, the first limiting rib 111, the second limiting rib 112 and the third limiting rib 113 together define a limiting space 11a for supporting the shoe, and the third limiting rib 113 can block the shoe in the direction of the sole while reinforcing the rigidity of the sole rib 111a so as to prevent the shoe from falling out of the limiting space 11a.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the support frame includes a first limit rib 111, a second limit rib 112, and a third limit rib 113. The first limiting rib 111 is an annular rib and comprises a plurality of sole ribs 111a positioned at soles and a plurality of upper ribs 111b positioned at uppers, the area surrounded by the upper ribs 111b is smaller than the area surrounded by the sole ribs 111a, the uppers and heels are positioned in the space surrounded by the corresponding upper ribs 111b and the sole ribs 111a, and the uppers are positioned in the space formed by the sole ribs 111 a. The second limiting ribs 112 include a plurality of arc-shaped second limiting ribs 112a located at the instep, a plurality of curved second limiting ribs 112b located at the toe-to-upper, and a plurality of vertical second limiting ribs 112c located at the upper, and specifically, the plurality of arc-shaped second limiting ribs 112a are cross-connected with the plurality of sole ribs 111a and form a space suitable for accommodating the instep, so as to limit the position of the instep; the curved second limit rib 112b connects the plurality of sole ribs 111a with the plurality of upper ribs 111b, and the curved shape of the curved second limit rib 112b is fitted with the toe-to-upper shape; the vertical second limit rib 112c is located at the position where the upper rib 111b and the sole rib 111a are spatially communicated to define the positions of the upper and the heel. The third limit rib 113 is plural and connected to the bottom sole rib 111 a. The whole supporting frame is in a hollowed-out shape so as to communicate the limiting space 11a with the clothes treatment cavity 20a, so that cleaning liquid or drying gas can conveniently enter the limiting space 11a and clean shoes, the uniformity of cleaning or drying is improved, the limiting space 11a formed inside the supporting frame is attached to the appearance of the shoes, and the shape of the shoes can be maintained in the cleaning process.

In some embodiments of the invention, the support frame is constructed as an integral piece.

It is to be understood that the shape of the second limiting rib 112 is not limited thereto, and the second limiting ribs 112 may be a plurality of and can connect the plurality of first limiting ribs 111 and define the limiting space 11a of the shoe, and the support frame may be configured as a frame body with various other shapes such as a cubic frame body, a circular frame body, etc. for supporting other types of clothing.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the upper ribs 111b are disposed at intervals in the height direction, the upper ribs 111b define a placement opening communicating with the spacing space 11a, the shoe can be placed into the spacing space 11a from the placement opening, the support frame further includes a cover adapted to open or close the spacing space 11a, the cover is disposed on the placement opening in an openable manner, and the cover is closed during the process of performing the rotary cleaning of the laundry treatment apparatus 1, so that the shoe can be prevented from being pulled out of the expansion bracket assembly 10 from the placement opening.

In some embodiments of the invention, the cover is reversibly disposed to the placement opening, and shoes can be selectively placed or cleaned by flipping the cover.

In some embodiments of the invention, the cover is removably positioned at the placement opening and is closed prior to cleaning the shoe.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treating apparatus 1 is configured as a washing machine, a washing and drying integrated machine, or a dryer.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1-3 and 5, the laundry treating apparatus 1 includes a drum 20 and an expansion bracket assembly 10. A clothes treatment cavity 20a is formed in the cylinder body 20, the expansion bracket assembly 10 is arranged in the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and a supporting hole 20b is formed in the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity 20 a. The expansion bracket assembly 10 comprises a support frame, a connecting rod 12 and a seal 13. The supporting frame may be the structure mentioned in the foregoing embodiments, and in addition, the supporting frame further includes a cover body, where the cover body is disposed on the placement opening in a reversible manner. The four connecting rods 12 are evenly distributed in the toe direction and the heel direction of the expansion bracket component, and the connecting rods 12 and the supporting frame can be integrally formed pieces. Two adjacent connecting rods 12 are arranged in parallel, and a reinforcing rod 121 is provided between the two adjacent connecting rods 12. The sealing member 13 is a rubber member, which may be of the structure mentioned in the foregoing embodiment, provided at an end of the connection rod 12 and inserted into a support hole 20b provided at an inner wall of the laundry treating chamber 20 a.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the laundry treatment apparatus 1 comprises a drum 20 and an expansion bracket assembly 10. A clothes treatment cavity 20a is formed in the cylinder body 20, the expansion bracket assembly 10 is arranged in the clothes treatment cavity 20a, lifting ribs 14 are arranged on the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and supporting holes 20b are formed in the lifting ribs 14. The expansion bracket assembly 10 includes a support frame and a connecting rod 12. Wherein the support frame and the connecting rod 12 may be the structures mentioned in the previous embodiments.

When the shoes are cleaned, the cover body is opened, the shoes are placed in the limiting space 11a, then the cover body is closed, the clothes treatment device rotates, cleaning liquid or drying gas in the clothes treatment cavity 20a enters the limiting space 11a through the hollowed-out supporting frame and cleans the shoes, and in the process, the expansion bracket assembly 10 rotates along with the clothes treatment equipment 1.

To sum up, the clothes treatment device 1 of the present application, by arranging the detachable expansion bracket assembly 10, makes the clothes treatment device 1 fix the position of the shoe relative to the clothes treatment cavity 20a in the limit space 11a surrounded by the expansion bracket assembly 10 when the shoe waits for the cleaning object to be dried, and the limit space 11a can support the shoe and limit the shoe, so that the shoe can not move randomly in the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and noise is avoided from being generated due to collision.

The expansion bracket assembly 10 is detachably arranged in the clothes treatment cavity 20a, and the clothes treatment equipment 1 can be selectively provided with the expansion bracket assembly 10 under different working conditions, so that the functions of the clothes treatment equipment 1 are enriched, and the normal drying function of the clothes treatment equipment 1 is not influenced.

The connecting rod 12 is arranged in the expansion bracket assembly 10 so that the supporting frame can be stably connected with the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity 20a; the whole supporting frame is hollow, so that cleaning liquid or drying gas can conveniently enter the limiting space 11a and clean shoes, and the uniformity of cleaning or drying is improved; the spacing space 11a that the supporting frame inside formed is laminated mutually with the outward appearance of shoes, can keep shoes shape in clean in-process, promotes user's use experience.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means 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 present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed 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. Further, one skilled in the art can engage and combine the different embodiments or examples described in this specification.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations are possible to the above embodiments.

Claims

1. A laundry treatment apparatus, comprising:

a drum body in which a laundry treating chamber is formed;

the clothes treating device comprises an expansion bracket assembly, wherein a limiting space communicated with the clothes treating cavity is formed in the expansion bracket assembly, and the expansion bracket assembly is detachably arranged in the clothes treating cavity.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drum is provided on an inner wall thereof with a plurality of support holes, and the expansion bracket assembly comprises: the support frame and with the connecting rod that the support frame links to each other, be formed with in the support frame spacing space, the tip of connecting rod optionally with the supporting hole cooperation.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: and the sealing piece is arranged at the end part of the supporting hole or the connecting rod.

4. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the laundry treatment chamber is formed with a lifting rib protruding toward an inside of the laundry treatment chamber, and the support hole is formed on the lifting rib.

5. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 4, wherein the lifting rib comprises:

the base is arranged on the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity and protrudes towards the clothes treatment cavity, and the support hole is formed in the base;

and the blade is arranged on the base and extends towards the clothes treatment cavity.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the support holes are configured in two groups, each group of the support holes being fitted with one of the expansion bracket assemblies, the two groups of the support holes being provided at both sides of the blade.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the expansion bracket assemblies comprises:

the supporting frame is used for limiting the limiting space for supporting the object to be cleaned;

and one end of the connecting rod is connected with the supporting frame, the other end of the connecting rod is fixed with the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity, and/or the two ends of the connecting rod and the inner wall of the clothes treatment cavity are/is fixed between the two ends of the connecting rod, and the supporting frame is fixed between the two ends of the connecting rod.

8. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 7, wherein the support frame comprises:

the first limiting ribs are constructed into a plurality of annular ribs which are arranged at intervals;

the second limiting ribs are multiple, and each second limiting rib is connected with the multiple first limiting ribs to limit the limiting space.

9. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first spacing rib comprises:

the sole rib and the upper rib, the annular area that the sole rib encloses is greater than the annular area that the upper rib encloses, the connecting rod with the sole rib is fixed.

10. The laundry treatment apparatus of claim 9, wherein the support frame further comprises: and the third limiting ribs are multiple, and two ends of each third limiting rib are connected with the sole rib at the bottom.

11. The laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the upper bars are disposed at intervals in a height direction and define a placement port communicating with the spacing space, the support frame further comprising: the cover body can be opened and closed and is arranged at the placing opening.

12. Laundry treatment apparatus according to any of claims 1-11, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus is configured as a washing machine, a washing-drying machine or a dryer.