CN210177177U

CN210177177U - Window pad and washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN210177177U
Application number: CN201920444833.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李威海; 张家辉; 冉庆; 闫磊; 张萌
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co Ltd; Qingdao Haier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-04-02
Filing date: 2019-04-02
Publication date: 2020-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-02

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of washing machine, specifically speaking relates to a window pad, the window pad includes the window pad body, and the window pad body is equipped with the water sealing muscle, and the water sealing muscle has first side and second side to the root that is connected with the window pad body at first side or second side is equipped with towards the concave circular arc structure of another side direction. The utility model discloses a structure setting of the water sealing muscle of window gasket is convenient for it to take place deformation or reconversion, also is difficult for taking place irreversible deformation under observation window glass's long-time extrusion, and is sealed effectual.

Description

Window pad and washing machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of washing machine, specifically speaking relates to a window pad and washing machine.

Background

The structure of the existing drum washing machine comprises an outer casing, an outer drum and an inner drum are arranged in the outer casing, the inner drum is used for washing, dehydrating and drying the drum, and can be rotatably arranged on the outer drum. An outer cabinet of a washing machine includes a front panel having an opening through which laundry is put into or taken out of an outer tub. The outer barrel is provided with a putting-in opening, and a window gasket is arranged between the opening on the front panel and the putting-in opening so as to enable the opening and the putting-in opening to be connected and communicated in a sealing way. The front panel of the washing machine is mounted with a door body to open and close the opening. The inside of the door body of the washing machine is provided with an observation window protruding inwards the opening, and the observation window is tightly attached to the window gasket when closed so as to prevent washing water in the washing process from flowing out from the edge of the door body.

In the long-time use process of the window gasket in the prior art, due to the extrusion of the observation window glass, the window gasket deforms and is not easy to bounce, the sealing effect is influenced, and the hidden danger of water leakage exists. In addition, there is the gap between inner tube and the urceolus, and in washing machine operation process, foreign matter such as coin, safety pin, button drop easily to the clearance between the interior urceolus, lead to noise or drainage jam scheduling problem, give the not good use experience of user.

In view of this, the present invention is provided.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model lies in overcoming the not enough of prior art, provides a window pad and washing machine.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model adopts the following basic concept:

a window gasket comprises a window gasket body, wherein the window gasket body is provided with a water sealing rib, the water sealing rib is provided with a first side surface and a second side surface, and a concave arc structure facing the other side surface is arranged at the root part of the first side surface or/and the second side surface, which is connected with the window gasket body.

In one embodiment, the first side of the water sealing rib faces in the opposite direction to the second side.

In one embodiment, the arc structures disposed on the first side are first arc structures, the arc structures disposed on the second side are second arc structures, and the curvature of the first arc structures is greater than that of the second arc structures.

As an embodiment, the window mat body includes a first wall surface located outside the opening of the structure to be installed and a second wall surface located inside the opening, the first wall surface and the second wall surface are connected to form an installation groove with an L-shaped opening, and the installation groove clamps the opening end of the structure to be installed inside.

In one embodiment, the first wall surface or/and the second wall surface is provided with positioning holes.

As an implementation mode, the window pad is of an annular or cylindrical structure and comprises a fastening ring layer which is contacted with the opening end part of the structure to be installed, an arc-shaped buffer layer extends outwards in the radial direction partially on the fastening ring layer, and the buffer layer and the fastening ring layer are arranged concentrically.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a washing machine, which comprises an outer tub and a door, wherein the front end of the outer tub has an opening for putting in clothes, the opening is provided with a window gasket as described above, and when the door closes the opening, the water sealing rib of the window gasket is abutted against the observation window.

As an implementation mode, the window pad includes a window pad body disposed inside the opening of the outer cylinder, and a foreign matter blocking structure is partially disposed on the window pad body, extends into a gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and has a groove at an end portion for accommodating the foreign matter.

In one embodiment, the foreign object blocking structure extends along a lower half of the outer periphery of the window mat body, and the lower half is a portion not higher than a central axis of the inner cylinder or the outer cylinder.

As an implementation mode, the foreign matter blocking structure is an arc-shaped blocking rib which extends along the circumferential direction of the window mat body, the end part of the arc-shaped blocking rib extends into a gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder of the window mat body and hooks towards the front panel of the washing machine to form a groove body, the depth of the groove body along the axial direction is D1, the gap between the window mat body and the front end face of the opening of the inner cylinder is D2, and D1 is more than D2.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the utility model following beneficial effect has:

the utility model discloses a structure of water sealing rib of window gasket is convenient for it to take place deformation or reconversion, also is difficult for taking place irreversible deformation under the long-time extrusion of observation window glass when installing on washing machine, and is sealed effectual.

The utility model discloses a window pad part is equipped with the structure that blocks the foreign matter, avoids foreign matters such as coin, safety pin, button to drop to the clearance between the interior urceolus and lead to the problem of noise or drainage jam, in addition, when saving raw and other materials, has still avoided the problem of window pad friction inner tube.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a window mat according to the present invention for use in a washing machine;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the window mat of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the window mat of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the window mat of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of the window mat of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the window mat of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the window mat of the present invention;

fig. 10 is an enlarged view of a partial structure of fig. 9.

In the figure: 1. positioning holes; 2. a buffer layer; 3. a cushion pad; 4. a front contact layer of the outer cylinder; 5. mounting grooves; 6. a foreign matter blocking structure; 7. a fastening loop layer; 8. a through hole; 9. an inner barrel; 10. an outer cylinder; 11. an observation window; 12. a window pad; 13. an outer cylinder front structure; 14. a front panel; 15. sealing the water rib; 16. and (4) a circular arc structure.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept by those skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention are combined below to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, 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 specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 9-10, the present embodiment discloses a window gasket 12, which includes a window gasket body, the window gasket body is provided with a water sealing rib 15, the water sealing rib 15 has a first side surface and a second side surface, and a root portion of the first side surface or/and the second side surface, which is connected to the window gasket body, is provided with an arc structure 16 that is concave toward the other side surface, and the first side surface of the water sealing rib 15 faces the opposite direction to the second side surface.

The window pad 12 is of an annular or cylindrical structure and comprises a fastening ring layer 7 which is contacted with the opening end part of a structure to be installed, an arc-surface-shaped buffer layer 2 extends outwards from the part of the fastening ring layer 7 along the radial direction, and the buffer layer 2 and the fastening ring layer 7 are arranged concentrically.

As a preferred embodiment, the first side surface and the second side surface of the water sealing rib 15 are both provided with the circular arc structures 16, the circular arc structure 16 provided on the first side surface is a first circular arc structure, the circular arc structure 16 provided on the second side surface is a second circular arc structure, and the curvature of the first circular arc structure is greater than that of the second circular arc structure.

The window pad body is including being located the first wall in the opening outside of treating mounting structure, being located the intraoral second wall, and first wall is connected with the second wall and is formed and has L type open-ended mounting groove 5, and mounting groove 5 will treat mounting structure's opening tip centre gripping inside. Furthermore, in order to prevent the window pad 12 from being pulled away from the installation position, the first wall surface or/and the second wall surface is/are provided with positioning holes 1.

The embodiment relates to a washing machine, comprising an outer cylinder 10 and a door body, wherein the front end of the outer cylinder 10 is provided with an opening for putting clothes, the window gasket 12 is arranged on the opening, and when the door body closes the opening, the water sealing rib 15 of the window gasket 12 is in sealing contact with an observation window 11.

When the door body of the washing machine is closed, the water sealing rib 15 is in interference connection with the observation window 11 of the washing machine, the sealing effect is good, and water leakage and water seepage are avoided. The root of water sealing rib 15 sets up circular arc structure 16 and is convenient for it to kick-back fast after the compression, and difficult emergence irreversible deformation, sealing performance is better.

When the washing machine operates, foreign matters easily fall into a gap between the inner barrel and the outer barrel from the lower half cycle of the inner barrel, the existing partial window gasket structure cannot block the foreign matters, and the problems of noise or drainage blockage and the like caused by the fact that the foreign matters such as coins, pins, buttons and the like easily fall into the gap between the inner barrel and the outer barrel are difficult to solve.

In order to solve the technical problem, the window pad 12 is equipped with the foreign matter including the inside window pad body of opening of locating urceolus 10, window pad body part and blocks structure 6, the foreign matter blocks structure 6 and stretches into between urceolus 10 and the inner tube 9 clearance and has the cell body that holds the foreign matter at the tip in addition, the foreign matter blocks the equipartition and has the through-hole 8 that is used for sluicing in the cell body of structure 6, prevents that moisture from remaining.

The foreign matter blocking structure 6 extends along the lower half circle of the periphery of the window pad body, and the lower half circle is a part which is not higher than the central axis of the inner cylinder 9 or the outer cylinder 10.

The window pad body comprises a first wall surface and a second wall surface, the first wall surface is located outside an opening of the outer barrel 10, the second wall surface is located in the opening, the first wall surface and the second wall surface are connected to form a mounting groove 5 with an L-shaped opening, and the mounting groove 5 clamps the opening end portion of the outer barrel 10 inside. Preferably, the first wall surface or/and the second wall surface is/are provided with positioning holes 1. The mounting groove 5 is connected with the opening end of the outer cylinder 10, so that the window mat 12 is supported at the opening end of the outer cylinder 10, the positioning holes 1 on the first wall surface or/and the second wall surface can be connected with the positioning structure at the opening of the outer cylinder 10, and the window mat 12 is further mounted more stably.

The foreign matter blocking structure 6 is an arc-shaped blocking rib which extends along the circumferential direction of the window pad body, the end part of the arc-shaped blocking rib extends into the gap between the outer cylinder 10 and the inner cylinder 9 of the window pad body and is hooked towards the front panel 14 of the washing machine to form a groove body, the depth of the groove body along the axial direction is D1, the gap between the window pad body and the front end face of the opening of the inner cylinder 9 is D2, and D1 is more than D2.

The opening of the outer tub 10 of the washing machine is directly integrated with the outer tub 10, or is a separate component separately, for example, in this embodiment, the opening of the outer tub 10 is a component arranged in front of the inner tub 9, i.e. the front structure 13 of the outer tub of the present invention, can be used for supporting the fixed window mat 12, and is matched with the front side of the outer tub 10 to form a relatively closed structure, and has a shielding part structure to beautify the appearance structure of the washing machine.

Example 2

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment discloses a washing machine, which comprises an inner drum 9 and an outer drum 10, wherein a sealed window gasket 12 is installed at the opening end of an outer drum front structure 13, the window gasket 12 is provided with a foreign matter blocking structure 6, and the foreign matter blocking structure 6 extends into a local gap between the inner drum 9 and the outer drum 10 and forms a groove body for accommodating foreign matters.

The outer barrel front structure 13 is a component which is arranged in front of the inner barrel 9 independently, can be used for supporting the fixed window pad 12, and is matched with the front side of the outer barrel 10 to form a relatively closed structure, and plays a role in shielding a part of structure, beautifying the appearance structure of the washing machine, and can be understood by referring to the content in the prior art.

The foreign-matter blocking structure 6 is provided to extend along a gap between the inner cylinder 9 and the outer cylinder 10 in the lower half of the circumference, which is not higher than the central axis of the inner cylinder or the outer cylinder.

The part window pad of prior art sets up the foreign matter of a border along circumference and keeps off the muscle, can realize that the foreign matter blocks, nevertheless, the installation is out of position slightly, will lead to the foreign matter to keep off the muscle and touch the inner tube and form the noise, influences the use and experiences. The utility model discloses a foreign matter blocks that structure extends the setting along the second half of window pad body periphery, has both saved raw and other materials, has realized that the foreign matter blocks, has avoidd the risk of window pad friction inner tube again.

Preferably, the foreign matter blocking structure 6 is obliquely extended into the gap at an angle with respect to the axial direction of the inner cylinder 9 or the outer cylinder 10, and guides the foreign matter dropped into the gap into the groove body. Therefore, the dropped foreign matters are conveniently and smoothly guided to the groove body, and the noise is reduced.

The window pad 12 comprises a window pad body arranged in an opening of the outer cylinder front structure 13, the foreign matter blocking structure 6 is an arc-shaped blocking rib arranged along the circumferential extension of the window pad body, the end part of the arc-shaped blocking rib extends into a gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder from the window pad body and hooks towards the front panel direction of the washing machine to form a groove body, the depth of the groove body along the axial direction is D1, the gap between the window pad body and the front end face of the opening of the inner cylinder is D2, and D1 is larger than D2.

The window pad is of an annular or cylindrical structure and comprises a fastening ring layer 7 which is contacted with the end part of an opening of the outer cylinder front structure 13, an arc-surface-shaped buffer layer 2 extends outwards from the part of the fastening ring layer 7 along the radial direction, and the buffer layer 2 and the fastening ring layer 7 are arranged concentrically.

The outer cylinder front structure 13 is provided with a positioning structure, the periphery of the fastening ring layer 7 is provided with a positioning hole 1, and the positioning hole 1 is connected with the positioning structure.

Preferably, the window pad is integrally provided with the cushion pad 3 at a portion between the front panel of the washing machine and the tub front 13.

The buffer layer 2, the positioning hole 1 and the buffer pad 3 are arranged at different parts of the same circumference of the window pad body.

The structure reduces the vibration of the washing machine during operation or the damage to the window pad during opening and closing of the door, and simultaneously can reduce noise.

The outer barrel front structure is provided with a mounting groove 5 clamped with the opening end part of the outer barrel front structure 13, the mounting groove 5 comprises a first wall surface located outside the opening and a second wall surface located inside the opening, and the first wall surface and the second wall surface form an L-shaped opening and clamp the opening end part of the outer barrel front structure 13 inside.

Therefore, the window pad 12 can be conveniently and quickly installed and fixed, and the window pad 12 is prevented from falling off when the door body of the washing machine is frequently opened and closed.

Through holes 8 for draining water are uniformly distributed in the groove body of the foreign matter blocking structure 6, so that water is prevented from remaining.

the utility model discloses a washing machine's inside and outside section of thick bamboo clearance's part is equipped with the structure that blocks the foreign matter, avoids foreign matters such as coin, safety pin, button to drop to the clearance between the inside and outside section of thick bamboo and lead to the problem of noise or drainage jam, in addition, when saving raw and other materials, has still avoided the problem of window pad friction inner tube, and washing machine stability is better.

Example 3

As shown in fig. 4-8, the utility model discloses a window pad 12, which is installed at the opening end of the outer barrel front structure 13, comprising a window pad body arranged inside the opening of the outer barrel front structure 13, wherein the window pad body is locally provided with a foreign matter blocking structure 6, the foreign matter blocking structure 6 extends into the gap between the outer barrel and the inner barrel and is provided with a groove body at the end for accommodating the foreign matter.

It should be noted that the outer barrel front structure 13 of the present invention is a component separately disposed in front of the inner barrel, and can be used to support the fixed window pad, and cooperate with the front side of the outer barrel to form a relatively closed structure, and to shield part of the structure, so as to beautify the appearance structure of the washing machine, which can be understood by referring to the content of the prior art.

The window gasket 12 is hermetically connected and communicated with the opening of the outer cylinder front structure 13 and the clothes feeding opening, and is tightly attached to the window gasket when the observation window of the washing machine is closed, so that the washing water in the washing process is prevented from flowing out from the edge of the door body.

The utility model discloses a window pad 12 is like prior art including contact layer 4 before the urceolus, locates between washing machine's front panel and urceolus front structure 13 for sealed between washing machine's front panel and the urceolus front structure 13, other structures that do not describe in detail in following embodiment can be understood with reference to prior art's structure, do not give unnecessary details here.

The foreign body blocking structure 6 extends along the lower half circle of the periphery of the window pad body, and the lower half circle is a part which is not higher than the central axis of the inner cylinder or the outer cylinder.

The foreign matter that current part window pad set up a border along circumference keeps off the muscle, can realize that the foreign matter blocks, nevertheless, the installation is out of position slightly, will lead to the foreign matter to keep off the muscle and touch the inner tube and form the noise, influences and uses experience.

The utility model discloses a foreign matter blocks that structure extends the setting along the second half of window pad body periphery, has both saved raw and other materials, has realized that the foreign matter blocks, has avoidd the risk of window pad friction inner tube again.

In order to smoothly guide the falling foreign matters to a specific part to reduce noise, the foreign matter blocking structure 6 obliquely extends into a gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder at a certain angle relative to the axial direction of the inner cylinder or the outer cylinder to guide the foreign matters falling into the gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder to enter the groove body.

The foreign matter blocking structure 6 is an arc-shaped blocking rib which extends along the circumferential direction of the window pad body, the end part of the arc-shaped blocking rib extends into the gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder of the window pad body and hooks up towards the front panel of the washing machine to form a groove body, the groove body is D1 along the axial depth, the gap between the window pad body and the front end face of the opening of the inner cylinder is D2, and D1 is larger than D2.

The foreign matter blocks the structure 6 and is located the lower half circle of the periphery of window pad body, for the slant stretches into the arcuation fender muscle in the outer barrel gap, the tip that the arcuation kept off the muscle colludes to the front panel, forms the recess of similar spoon form, can follow the slant landing when the foreign matter drops at this moment and finally be blockked by the recess of the spoon form that the tip of arcuation fender muscle formed to the effect that has realized preventing the foreign matter to get into the urceolus.

Example 4

On the basis of the embodiment 3, the window mat is in an annular or cylindrical structure and comprises a fastening ring layer 7 which is contacted with the end part of the opening of the outer cylinder front structure 13, the fastening ring layer 7 extends outwards in a cambered surface shape partially along the radial direction, and the buffer layer 2 and the fastening ring layer 7 are arranged concentrically.

Preferably, the buffer layer 2 is disposed at a position corresponding to an opening and closing portion of a door body of the washing machine, so that abrasion of the fastening ring layer 7 is reduced, and noise is reduced.

As a mounting and positioning mode, the periphery of the fastening ring layer 7 is provided with a positioning hole 1, and the positioning hole 1 is connected with a positioning structure arranged on an outer barrel front structure 13 of the washing machine. Preferably, the fastening ring layer 7 extends outwards along the radial direction to form a semicircular convex surface, the positioning hole 1 is arranged in the center of the semicircular convex surface, so that the installation and the positioning are convenient, and the problem of poor durability caused by the fact that the installation hole 1 is directly formed in the fastening ring layer 7 is avoided.

Example 5

This embodiment is a further optimization or limitation of the above embodiment.

The part of the window pad body between the front panel of the washing machine and the front structure 13 of the outer cylinder is integrally provided with the buffer pad 3, so that the abrasion of the window pad body when the window pad body bears torsional stress is reduced. The buffer layer 2, the positioning hole 1 and the buffer pad 3 are arranged at different parts of the same circumference of the window pad body.

In one embodiment, the positioning hole 1 and the cushion pad 3 are disposed adjacent to each other at the upper half-turn portion of the fastening ring layer 7. The buffer pad 3 is arranged on the lower half circle of the fastening ring layer 7 and is in the same radial direction with the positioning hole 1.

Through holes 8 for water drainage are uniformly distributed in the groove body of the different blocking structure 6, so that water residue is avoided.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention in any way, and although the present invention has been disclosed with reference to the above preferred embodiment, but not to limit the present invention, any person skilled in the art can make some changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention, and any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments by the technical spirit of the present invention still fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a window pad, includes the window pad body, its characterized in that, the window pad body is equipped with seals the water muscle, seal the water muscle and have first side and second side to first side or second side with the root that the window pad body is connected is equipped with towards the concave circular arc structure of another side direction.

2. The window mat of claim 1, wherein the first side of the water-blocking bead is oriented opposite the second side.

3. The window mat of claim 1 or 2, wherein the rounded structures disposed on the first side are first rounded structures and the rounded structures disposed on the second side are second rounded structures, the first rounded structures having a greater curvature than the second rounded structures.

4. The window mat according to claim 3, wherein the window mat body comprises a first wall surface located outside the opening of the structure to be installed, and a second wall surface located inside the opening, the first wall surface and the second wall surface being connected to form an installation groove having an L-shaped opening, the installation groove clamping the opening end of the structure to be installed inside.

5. The window mat of claim 4, wherein the first wall surface or/and the second wall surface is provided with positioning holes.

6. The window mat according to claim 5, wherein the window mat is of an annular or cylindrical structure and comprises a fastening ring layer which is in contact with the open end of the structure to be installed, the fastening ring layer is partially extended outwards in the radial direction to form a cambered buffer layer, and the buffer layer and the fastening ring layer are arranged concentrically.

7. A washing machine, comprising an outer cylinder and a door body, wherein the front end of the outer cylinder is provided with an opening for putting in clothes, and the washing machine is characterized in that the opening is provided with a window gasket according to any one of claims 1-6, and when the door body closes the opening, a water sealing rib of the window gasket is in sealing contact with an observation window.

8. A washing machine as claimed in claim 7 wherein the window gasket includes a body disposed inside the opening of the outer tub, the body being partially provided with a foreign matter blocking structure which extends into the gap between the outer tub and the inner tub and has a groove at an end thereof for receiving the foreign matter.

9. The washing machine as claimed in claim 8, wherein the foreign matter blocking structure is provided to extend along a lower half of the outer circumference of the window mat body, the lower half being a portion not higher than a central axis of the inner tub or the outer tub.

10. The washing machine as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein the foreign matter blocking structure is an arc-shaped blocking rib extending along the circumferential direction of the window gasket body, the end of the arc-shaped blocking rib extends into the gap between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder of the window gasket body and hooks up towards the front panel of the washing machine to form a groove body, the depth of the groove body along the axial direction is D1, the gap between the window gasket body and the front end face of the opening of the inner cylinder is D2, and D1 is greater than D2.