Switch assembly for washing machine and washing machine
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of washing machines, and particularly provides a switch assembly for a washing machine and the washing machine.
Background
The washing machine is a device for washing clothes by using the principle of converting electric energy into mechanical energy, and comprises a switch assembly, wherein the opening and closing of a cover body/a door body of the washing machine can be realized through the switch assembly.
The existing switch assembly of the washing machine generally realizes the opening and closing of the cover body/door body of the washing machine by pressing the button to enable the transmission mechanism to touch the cover body lock/door lock, and the transmission direction of the force is not changed, namely, the pressing force direction of the button is the same as the action direction of the transmission mechanism enabling the cover body/door body of the washing machine to be opened and closed, and the arrangement can cause the installation space of the switch assembly to be larger, thereby being not beneficial to the arrangement of the structural space of the washing machine.
Therefore, there is a need in the art for a new switch assembly for a washing machine and a washing machine to solve the above problems.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, i.e., to solve the problem that the switch assembly of the existing washing machine occupies a large space and thus is inconvenient for the arrangement of the structural space of the washing machine, the present invention provides a switch assembly for a washing machine, the washing machine comprising a mounting member and a lock body disposed on the mounting member, the switch assembly comprising a button disposed on the mounting member and a screw transmission mechanism disposed between the button and the lock body, the button driving the lock body to open through the screw transmission mechanism, and the screw transmission mechanism being capable of changing the force transmission direction.
In the preferred technical scheme of above-mentioned switch module, screw drive mechanism includes screw drive shaft and stay cord, and the one end of stay cord is around locating on screw drive shaft, and the other end is connected with the lock body, and the button can drive screw drive shaft and rotate so that the stay cord drives the lock body and opens.
In the preferred technical scheme of the switch component, the circumferential surface of the spiral transmission shaft is provided with a spiral bulge, one side of the button facing the spiral transmission shaft is provided with a thimble, and the thimble is abutted against the spiral bulge.
In a preferred embodiment of the above switch assembly, the switch assembly further includes a mounting seat disposed on the mounting member, and the screw transmission shaft is inserted into the mounting seat.
In a preferred embodiment of the switch assembly, the switch assembly further comprises a reset member disposed between the screw shaft and the mounting base, the reset member being capable of driving the screw shaft to return the push button to the initial position.
In the preferred technical scheme of the switch assembly, one side of the spiral transmission shaft, which faces the mounting seat, is provided with an accommodating cavity, a baffle is arranged in the accommodating cavity, one part of the reset member is arranged in the accommodating cavity, one end of the reset member abuts against the baffle, and the other end of the reset member abuts against the mounting seat.
In the preferred technical scheme of above-mentioned switch module, switch module is still including setting up the spacing post on the mount pad, and spacing post is used for carrying out radial spacing to helical drive shaft.
In a preferred embodiment of the switch module, the mounting member is provided with a through hole for receiving the push button, and the push button is movable in the through hole in an axial direction of the through hole.
In a preferred embodiment of the switch assembly, the mounting member is a mounting beam.
In another aspect, the present invention also provides a washing machine including the switch assembly as set forth in any one of the above.
As can be understood by those skilled in the art, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the direction of the pressing force applied to the button can be changed through the screw transmission mechanism, so as to open the lock body, and compared with the existing switch assembly of the washing machine, i.e., the switch assembly with the unchanged force transmission direction, the switch assembly of the present invention reduces the occupied space of the switch assembly by changing the force transmission direction, i.e., since the force transmission direction can be changed, the accommodating space for installing the switch assembly does not need to be arranged along the same direction, thereby being more beneficial to the structural arrangement of the washing machine.
Further, can enough realize the conduction of power through helical drive shaft, namely, conduct the pressing force of button for the lock body, thereby realize opening of lock body, can also change the conduction direction of power, be about to the pulling force of the pressing force conduction one-tenth stay cord of button, and the pulling force direction of stay cord is perpendicular with the pressing force direction of button, through such setting, can be when actual arrangement, set up the button in one side of helical drive shaft vertical direction, set up the lock body in one side of helical drive shaft transverse direction, thereby make the holistic occupation space of switch module reduce, and then further improve the convenience that washing machine arranged.
Furthermore, the movement of the ejector pin can be driven through the movement of the button, the ejector pin and the spiral protrusion are matched to enable the spiral transmission shaft to rotate, the pull rope is pulled to enable the lock body to be opened, the matching space between the button and the spiral protrusion can be further reduced through the arrangement, namely, the spiral transmission shaft can be rotated through the ejector pin, and the arrangement convenience of the washing machine is further improved.
Still further, can make the button get back to initial position after the pressing force to the button is removed through the reset component, namely, after the switch module finishes the operation of opening the lock body, can get back to initial position smoothly in order to prepare to carry out the next operation of opening the lock body, through such setting, can realize opening and closing repeatedly of lock body to realize opening and closing repeatedly of washing machine lid/door body.
Still further, spiral transmission shaft is provided with towards mount pad one side and holds the chamber, can hold and spacing reset component through holding the chamber, through such setting for on the premise that switch module can realize reset function, avoid reset component to break away from between spiral transmission shaft and the mount pad, thereby guarantee that the button can get back to initial position smoothly after removing the pressing force to the button.
Furthermore, the spiral transmission shaft can be radially limited through the limiting column, so that the spiral transmission shaft can only rotate in the axis direction of the spiral transmission shaft, radial deviation is avoided, the problem of looseness of the stay cord is prevented, the tension of the stay cord is guaranteed, and the lock body can be smoothly opened.
Still further, the through-hole on the mounting component can make the button only can move along the axis direction of through-hole, plays certain guide effect to the removal of button, avoids the button to take place the skew and influence the transmission to the screw thread transmission shaft to further improve switch module transmission's reliability.
In addition, the washing machine further provided by the invention based on the technical scheme adopts the switch assembly, so that the technical effects of the switch assembly are achieved, and compared with the washing machine before improvement, the arrangement of the switch assembly in the position of the washing machine can be more flexible, and a larger space is not needed for accommodating the switch assembly, so that the whole installation and arrangement of the washing machine are facilitated.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a first schematic view of the structure of the washing machine of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural view of the washing machine of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a third structural schematic view of the washing machine of the present invention.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "lateral", "inner", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, 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; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
The switch assembly of the prior washing machine pointed out based on the background art occupies a large space, thereby being inconvenient for the arrangement of the structural space of the washing machine. The invention provides a switch assembly for a washing machine and the washing machine, aiming at reducing the occupied space of the switch assembly of the washing machine, thereby facilitating the spatial arrangement of the whole structure of the washing machine.
Specifically, the washing machine of the invention comprises a mounting member and a lock body arranged on the mounting member, the switch assembly comprises a button arranged on the mounting member and a screw transmission mechanism arranged between the button and the lock body, the button drives the lock body to open through the screw transmission mechanism, and the screw transmission mechanism can change the force transmission direction. The mounting member may be a mounting beam, a mounting bracket, a mounting rod, and/or a mounting plate, and a person skilled in the art may flexibly set a specific structure of the mounting member in practical application, as long as the mounting member can mount parts such as a lock body and a button. In addition, the screw transmission mechanism can be a screw transmission shaft, a screw transmission rod or other screw transmission structures, and a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific structure of the screw transmission mechanism in practical application as long as the transmission of the button pressing force and the transmission direction of the force can be changed through the screw transmission mechanism. It should be noted that, in the present invention, the fact that the screw transmission mechanism can change the force transmission direction mainly means that the direction of the acting force when the button is acted by the pressing force and the direction of the acting force of the screw transmission mechanism to the lock body (i.e. the force when the lock body is opened) are not on the same straight line, and the included angle between the two acting forces can be flexibly set in practical application, through the setting, the overall occupied space of the switch assembly can be properly reduced, thereby facilitating the spatial arrangement of the overall structure of the washing machine. The technical scheme of the invention is explained in detail by taking the mounting member as a mounting beam and combining with a specific embodiment.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the screw transmission mechanism includes a screw transmission shaft 1 and a pull rope 2, one end of the pull rope 2 is wound on the screw transmission shaft 1, the other end of the pull rope 2 is connected with the lock body 3, and the button 4 can drive the screw transmission shaft 1 to rotate so that the pull rope 2 drives the lock body 3 to open. Can drive screw drive shaft 1 transmission through button 4, screw drive shaft 1 makes the one end that stay cord 2 and screw drive shaft 1 are connected constantly twine at the rotation in-process to make the other end of stay cord 2 form the pulling force to lock body 3, thereby make lock body 3 open, thereby open washing machine's the door body/lid. In the present invention, the lock body 3 may be any lock body 3 that can be opened by pulling the shackle of the lock body 3 in the prior art, and a person skilled in the art may flexibly select the lock body 3 in practical applications as long as the lock body 3 can be opened by the pull rope 2.
Further preferably, a spiral protrusion 6 is disposed on the circumferential surface of the spiral transmission shaft 1, and a thimble 5 is disposed on one side of the button 4 facing the spiral transmission shaft 1, wherein the thimble 5 abuts against the spiral protrusion 6. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the lower portion of the button 4 is provided with a thimble 5, the thimble 5 and the button 4 are fixedly connected or integrated, the thimble 5 abuts against the spiral protrusion 6 to enable the spiral protrusion 6 to drive the spiral transmission shaft 1 to rotate continuously, so that the pull rope 2 on the spiral transmission shaft 1 is wound continuously, and the pull of the pull rope 2 on the lock body 3 is achieved. Of course, the button 4 and the screw transmission shaft 1 may also adopt other structures to realize the rotation of the screw transmission shaft 1, for example, a structure of a lead screw nut pair is adopted, and the specific structures of the button 4 and the screw transmission shaft 1 are not changed from the technical scheme of the invention.
Preferably, the switch assembly further comprises a mounting seat 8 arranged on the mounting beam 7, and the spiral transmission shaft 1 is inserted on the mounting seat 8. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the mounting base 8 includes a mounting plate and four mounting posts arranged on the mounting plate, the mounting posts are connected with the mounting beam 7 through screws, an inserting portion which is inserted and matched with the screw transmission shaft 1 is arranged on the mounting plate, so that the screw transmission shaft 1 rotates in the inserting portion, the inserting portion can be a through hole arranged on the mounting plate, or other structures which can enable the screw transmission shaft 1 to rotate, a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the structures of the mounting base 8 and the inserting portion in practical application, as long as the fixing of the screw transmission shaft 1 and the free rotation of the screw transmission shaft 1 can be realized through the mounting base 8 and the inserting portion.
Preferably, the switch assembly further comprises a reset member arranged between the screw drive shaft 1 and the mounting 8, the reset member being capable of driving the screw drive shaft 1 to return the push button 4 to the initial position. Wherein the return member may be a return spring 9, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the return spring 9 may move the helical drive shaft 1 upward after the pressing force of the push button 4 is removed, thereby moving the push button 4 upward and returning to the initial position. Of course, the above-mentioned reset member is the reset spring 9 only for example, in practical application, the reset member may be an elastic member such as an elastic ball, and may also be a telescopic member or an inflation member, and those skilled in the art may flexibly set the specific structure of the reset member in practical application as long as the reset of the button 4 can be realized by the reset member.
Preferably, one side of the spiral transmission shaft 1 facing the mounting seat 8 is provided with an accommodating cavity, a baffle is arranged in the accommodating cavity, a part of the reset member is arranged in the accommodating cavity, one end of the reset member abuts against the baffle, and the other end of the reset member abuts against the mounting seat 8. As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the accommodating cavity is arranged on one side of the screw transmission shaft 1 close to the mounting seat 8, and a baffle matched with the resetting member is arranged inside the accommodating cavity, so that the reset member can be abutted, the lower part of the resetting member can be abutted with the mounting plate, and the accommodating and fixing of the resetting member can be realized.
Preferably, the switch assembly further comprises a limiting column 10 arranged on the mounting seat 8, and the limiting column 10 is used for radially limiting the spiral transmission shaft 1. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the number of the limiting columns 10 is four, and the four limiting columns 10 can prevent the spiral transmission shaft 1 from moving left and right, so as to limit the spiral transmission shaft 1 in the radial direction (i.e. the transverse direction shown in the figure), and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the number and the structure of the limiting columns 10 in practical application, as long as the spiral transmission shaft 1 can be limited in the radial direction by the limiting columns 10. Of course, in practical application, the limiting column 10 may be replaced by other limiting structures such as a limiting rod or a limiting protrusion, as long as the radial limiting of the helical transmission shaft 1 can be achieved through the limiting structures, and the change of the limiting structures does not deviate from the technical scheme of the present invention.
Preferably, the mounting beam 7 is provided with a through hole for accommodating the push button 4, and the push button 4 can move in the through hole along the axial direction of the through hole. Wherein the through hole may be shaped to fit the outer contour of the push button 4, thereby facilitating the movement and guidance of the push button 4, i.e. the push button 4 may be moved in the axial direction of the through hole by the through hole.
In another aspect, the present invention also provides a washing machine including the above switch assembly, and the arrangement of the switch assembly in the washing machine of the present invention may be more flexible than the washing machine before the improvement, and a large space is not required to accommodate the switch assembly, thereby facilitating the installation and arrangement of the whole washing machine.
So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.