CN101967740B - Washing machine inner barrel and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an inner tub of a washing machine and a washing machine, wherein, the inner tub of the washing machine includes an inner tub bottom, a balance ring, and an inner tub side wall arranged between the inner tub bottom and the balance ring; the inner tub side wall includes several detachable side walls wall unit. In the washing machine inner tub and the washing machine of the present invention, the inner tub side wall of the washing machine inner tub is set to include several detachable side wall units, so that the gap between the washing machine inner tub and the outer tub is exposed, which solves the problems existing in the prior art. It is very inconvenient to clean the crevices, which is likely to cause secondary pollution during laundry, so that the crevices can be conveniently cleaned in time, and the cleaning effect of clothes is improved.

Description

Washing machine tub and washing machine

technical field

The invention relates to the construction technology of a washing machine, in particular to an inner tub of a washing machine and a washing machine.

Background technique

Washing machine is the necessary electrical product in modern family, which brings many conveniences to people's life. The current washing machine usually includes an inner tub and an outer tub. The basic function of the outer tub is to store an appropriate amount of water in water procedures such as soaking, washing, and rinsing. The inner tub is mainly a sports container that is in direct contact with the clothes after washing, rinsing, and drying. . There is generally a gap of 15-25 mm between the inner tub and the outer tub, and in order to prevent clothes from falling into the gap during laundry, the gap is usually sealed during the entire use of the washing machine.

However, the above-mentioned structure has the following problems: after the washing machine is used for a period of time, a layer of dirt will be deposited on the gap between the inner tub and the outer tub; and because the gap is sealed for a long time, it is very inconvenient to clean at this position. Dirt cannot be cleaned in time. And this residual dirt is often in a wet state, which is easy to breed bacteria and produce peculiar smell, which will inevitably cause secondary pollution during laundry and affect the cleaning effect of clothes.

Contents of the invention

The invention provides an inner tub of a washing machine and a washing machine, which can conveniently clean the gap between the inner tub and the outer tub in time and improve the cleaning effect of clothes.

The invention provides an inner tub of a washing machine, which comprises an inner tub bottom, a balance ring and an inner tub side wall arranged between the inner tub bottom and the balance ring; the inner tub side wall includes several detachable side wall units.

As for the inner tub of the washing machine as described above, each of the side wall units includes an inner tub column and an inner tub sheet, and the inner tub column and the inner tub sheet are respectively connected to the upper surface of the inner tub bottom and the lower surface of the balance ring, and the inner tub The side of the sheet is connected with the inner barrel column.

As for the inner tub of the washing machine mentioned above, the inner tub column and the inner tub bottom are integrally structured.

In the inner tub of the washing machine as described above, the upper surface of the bottom of the inner tub and the lower surface of the balance ring are respectively provided with several first slideways correspondingly, and the number of the first slideways is equal to the number of pieces of the inner tub; The longitudinal section of the inner barrel column is provided with several second slideways, the number of the second slideways is equal to the number of the inner barrel pieces; the upper surface of the inner barrel piece is embedded in a part of the lower surface of the balance ring In the first slideway, its lower surface is embedded in a first slideway corresponding to the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom, and the side is embedded in a corresponding second slideway; the number of the inner barrel pieces is the same as the number of the side wall units Equally, the plurality of inner barrel pieces are respectively installed in the plurality of first slideways and second slideways in a staggered manner.

According to the inner tub of the washing machine as mentioned above, the inner tub piece is provided with a handle.

According to the above washing machine inner tub, the thickness of the inner tub sheet is greater than or equal to 0.8mm.

According to the above washing machine inner tub, the depths of the first slideway and the second slideway are 15mm-25mm.

As for the inner tub of the washing machine mentioned above, the shape of the upper surface and the lower surface of the inner tub piece is Feng-shaped, Tu-shaped or T-shaped.

As for the inner tub of the washing machine as described above, the fitting parts at both ends of the inner tub sheet are provided with ribs matching the first slideway and the second slideway.

The present invention provides a washing machine, which includes an inner tub and an outer tub, and the inner tub adopts the above-mentioned inner tub of the washing machine.

In the washing machine inner tub and the washing machine of the present invention, the inner tub side wall of the washing machine inner tub is set to include several openable side wall units, so that the gap between the washing machine inner tub and the outer tub is exposed, which solves the problems existing in the prior art. It is very inconvenient to clean the crevice, which is likely to cause the problem of secondary pollution during laundry, so that the crevice can be conveniently cleaned in time, and the cleaning effect of clothes is improved.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description These are some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without any creative effort.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an inner tub of a washing machine according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of the inner tub of the washing machine of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the A-A direction sectional view of Fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of area B in FIG. 3 .

Explanation of reference signs:

11-Inner barrel bottom; 12-Balance ring; 13-Inner barrel column;

14-inner barrel piece; 15-the first slideway; 16-the second slideway;

17-handle.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments It is a part of embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The main technical solution of the present invention is to set the side wall of the inner tub of the washing machine to include several detachable side wall units, that is, the side wall units can be opened instead of the fixed closed inner tub side wall as in the prior art, The detachable side wall unit can expose the gap between the inner tub and the outer tub of the washing machine, which is convenient for cleaning the gap.

The technical solution of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

Embodiment one

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an inner tub of a washing machine according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of an embodiment of an inner tub of a washing machine according to the present invention, Fig. 3 is a sectional view along the line A-A of Fig. 2 , and Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of area B in Fig. 3 . The structure of the inner tub of the washing machine in this embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 .

The inner tub of the washing machine includes an inner tub bottom 11, a balance ring 12 and an inner tub side wall, wherein the inner tub bottom 11 is located at the bottom of the washing machine inner tub, and the balance ring 12 is located at the top of the washing machine inner tub, and its function is to maintain the inner tub of the washing machine to a certain extent. Rotational balance. The side wall of the inner tub is arranged between the bottom 11 of the inner tub and the balance ring 12, and a plurality of through holes are arranged on the side wall of the inner tub to realize the entry and discharge of washing water when the washing machine is in operation.

The main difference in structure between the inner tub of the washing machine in this embodiment and the inner tub of the washing machine in the prior art is that the side wall of the inner tub of the washing machine in the prior art is an integrated side wall structure, and is fixedly arranged between the bottom of the inner tub and the balance ring. The gap between the inner tub and the outer tub is sealed; and the heavy inner tub side wall of this embodiment may include several detachable side wall units. The feature of the side wall unit is that it can be opened, and when it is opened, the gap between the inner barrel and the outer barrel can be exposed, so that it is no longer in a closed state, thereby facilitating subsequent cleaning of the gap. The above-mentioned several side wall units can be connected continuously to form the side wall of the inner barrel together.

Each of the above-mentioned side wall units may include an inner barrel column 13 and an inner barrel sheet 14, wherein the inner barrel column 13 is arranged between the inner barrel bottom 11 and the balance ring 12, and the upper end of the inner barrel column 13 may be connected to the lower surface of the balance ring 12, which The lower end can be connected to the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom 11 . The two ends of the inner barrel column 13 can be installed with the inner barrel bottom 11 and the balance ring 12 by fixing parts such as screws, or can be integrated with the inner barrel bottom 11 to make the structure simpler. The inner barrel piece 14 is arranged between every two inner barrel columns 13 on the side wall of the inner barrel. In each side wall unit, the two ends of the inner barrel piece 14 are also respectively connected to the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom 11 and the balance ring 12. The lower surface is connected with the inner barrel column 13 at its side.

In a specific implementation, the detachable side wall unit can expose the gap space between the inner barrel and the outer barrel by opening the inner barrel piece 14; Those skilled in the art can adopt multiple commonly used opening methods. The push-pull structure is taken as an example for illustration below, but it is not limited to this implementation.

In order to realize the push-pull structure, the above-mentioned side wall units can be respectively set to be plugged and connected with the inner bucket bottom 11 and the balance ring 12 . Specifically, the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom 11, the lower surface of the gimbal 12, and the longitudinal section of the inner barrel column 13 may all be provided with slideways for sliding the inner barrel sheet 14 to open. Specifically, the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom 11 and the lower surface of the gimbal 12 may respectively be provided with several first slideways 15 correspondingly, and the number of the first slideways 15 is equal to the number of the inner barrel pieces 14 . For example, if the side wall of the inner tub of the washing machine includes 5 side wall units, the number of inner tub posts 13 and inner tub pieces 14 is also 5. Correspondingly, the upper surface of the inner tub bottom 11 and the lower surface of the balance ring 12 can be respectively Five first slideways 15 are provided. The shape of the first slideway 15 can be arc-shaped, that is, it only needs to conform to the shape of the end face and the motion track of the inner barrel piece 14 so that it can slide.

At the same time, the longitudinal section of the inner barrel column 13 also needs to be provided with several second slideways 16 , and the number of the second slideways 16 is also equal to the number of the inner barrel pieces 14 . For example, also set to 5. Considering the width and area limitations of the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom, the lower surface of the balance ring, and the longitudinal section of the inner barrel column, in actual implementation, the number of side wall units can be set to 2 to 6, that is, the number of inner barrel pieces can be 2 to 6 6. At this time, it should also be noted that the second slideways at both ends of the inner barrel column need to communicate with the above-mentioned first slideways respectively, and the height of the chute on the inner barrel column is slightly greater than the height of the inner barrel sheet, and the inner barrel The installation position of the upper end of the column on the balance ring is higher than the installation position of the inner barrel; the installation position of the bottom of the inner barrel is lower than that of the inner barrel, so as to facilitate the smooth sliding of the inner barrel.

When the inner barrel piece 14 is installed, its upper surface is embedded in a first slideway on the lower surface of the gimbal ring, its lower surface is embedded in a first slideway corresponding to the upper surface of the inner barrel bottom, and its side is embedded in a second slideway on the inner barrel column 13. In addition, the inner bucket side wall includes a number of inner bucket pieces equal to the number of the side wall units, and the several inner bucket pieces are respectively installed in the first and second slideways in a staggered manner, so that The inner barrel piece 14 can smoothly pass through the second slideway and slide along the first slideway, so as to realize the push-pull opening of the inner barrel piece 14 .

Further, the above-mentioned slideway can be set as a circular slideway, and can also be set as a circular arc slideway, that is, the length of the slideway only needs to be able to realize the opening of the inner barrel piece, and the shorter circular arc slideway can make the washing machine tub Relatively clean. In addition, each inner barrel piece 14 can be provided with a component that is convenient for opening operation, such as a handle 17, so as to facilitate operations such as pushing and pulling of the inner barrel piece 14 .

Further, in order to prevent the inner barrel piece from falling off from the slideway due to centrifugal force during the washing or dehydration process, in this embodiment, the thickness of the inner barrel piece can be generally controlled above 0.8mm, and the depth of the slideway is between 15mm Between -25mm, increase the thickness of the inner barrel to improve the strength of the inner barrel, and increase the depth of the slide to prevent the inner barrel from sliding out of the slide.

Or, the shape of the upper surface and the lower surface of the two ends of the inner bucket piece can be set as a Feng shape, a soil shape, or a T shape, and the two ends are located at the part where the inner barrel piece is embedded in the first slideway and the second slideway. By arranging the embedded parts of both ends of the inner barrel into the above-mentioned various shapes, the fastening force between the inner barrel and the slideway can be increased, and the inner barrel can be prevented from falling off under the action of centrifugal force. At this time, stainless steel with a thickness of 0.4 mm can be used for the inner barrel piece. In addition, the assembly part at both ends of the inner barrel can also be provided with ribs matching the slideway.

The inner tub of the washing machine in this embodiment adopts an openable side wall unit structure, so that when the washing machine needs to be cleaned after being used for a period of time, the user can push and pull the inner tub piece on the side wall of the inner tub, for example, by pushing and pulling the handle to drive the inner tub piece Sliding, so as to open a space on the side wall of the inner tub, touch the gap space between the inner and outer tubs of the washing machine, and clean and treat the dirt between the inner and outer tubs in time, thereby avoiding the growth of bacteria inside the washing machine and maintaining the washing machine The environment inside the bucket is clean and hygienic. In addition, if the inner tub of the washing machine with the structure of this embodiment is used to clean the dirt between the inner and outer tubs, and then cooperate with the washing machine spraying program and the tub drying program, the cleaning effect on the washing machine tub can be improved.

In the washing machine inner tub of this embodiment, by setting the inner tub side wall of the washing machine inner tub to include several openable side wall units, the gap between the washing machine inner tub and the outer tub is exposed, which solves the gap existing in the prior art It is very inconvenient to clean the parts, and it is easy to cause the problem of secondary pollution during laundry, so that the gap parts can be cleaned in time conveniently, and the cleaning effect of clothes is improved.

Embodiment two

The present invention also provides a washing machine, which comprises an inner tub and an outer tub, wherein there is generally a gap between the inner tub and the outer tub. The main difference between the washing machine of this embodiment and the prior art is that the inner tub of the washing machine adopts the inner tub of the washing machine described in the first embodiment. By setting the side wall of the inner tub of the washing machine inner tub to include several detachable side wall units, the gap between the inner tub and the outer tub of the washing machine is exposed, and the gap between the inner and outer tubs can be cleaned conveniently in time , improve the clothes cleaning effect.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still be Modifications are made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent replacements are made to some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. a washing machine inner tub, comprises at the bottom of interior bucket, gimbal and the interior bucket sidewall that is arranged at the bottom of described interior bucket and between gimbal; It is characterized in that, described interior bucket sidewall comprises several dismountable side wall element,

Side wall element described in each comprises interior bucket post and interior bucket sheet, and described interior bucket post and interior bucket sheet are connected the lower surface of upper surface at the bottom of described interior bucket and described gimbal respectively, and the side of described interior bucket sheet is connected with described interior bucket post;

Upper surface at the bottom of described interior bucket and the lower surface of described gimbal, correspondence is provided with several first slideway respectively, and the quantity of described first slideway is equal with the quantity of described interior bucket sheet;

Described interior bucket post, its longitudinal cross-section is provided with several second slideway, and the quantity of described second slideway is equal with the quantity of described interior bucket sheet;

Described interior bucket sheet, its upper surface embeds in one first slideway of described gimbal lower surface, and its lower surface embeds in one first slideway corresponding to upper surface at the bottom of described interior bucket, and side embeds in the second slideway described in corresponding;

The quantity of described interior bucket sheet is equal with the quantity of described side wall element, and described several interior bucket sheet is staggered installation of respectively in described several first slideway and the second slideway.

2. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, is structure as a whole at the bottom of described interior bucket post and described interior bucket.

3. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described interior bucket sheet is provided with handle.

4. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the thickness of described interior bucket sheet is more than or equal to 0.8mm.

5. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the degree of depth of described first slideway and the second slideway is 15mm ~ 25mm.

6. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the described upper surface of interior bucket sheet and the shape of lower surface are rich font, native font or T font.

7. washing machine inner tub according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the two ends assembled portion of described interior bucket sheet is provided with the painting muscle coordinating described first slideway and the second slideway.

8. a washing machine, comprises inner barrel and outer barrel, it is characterized in that, described interior bucket adopts the arbitrary described washing machine inner tub of claim 1 ~ 7.