CN220183634U - Condensed water box for clothes dryer and clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a condensed water box for a clothes dryer, which belongs to the field of clothes treatment equipment and solves the problem of inconvenient condensed water operation of a user pouring water storage box. The utility model is mainly used for simplifying the operation of the user. The utility model also provides a clothes dryer comprising the condensed water box for the clothes dryer.

Description

Condensed water box for clothes dryer and clothes dryer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to clothes treatment equipment, in particular to a condensed water box for a clothes dryer and the clothes dryer.

Background

The condensing clothes dryer is internally provided with a condensing device, and according to the interaction of cold air and hot air, moisture in the hot and humid air is condensed in the condenser device to form condensed water, the hot and humid air passes through the condensing device to form condensed water, and the condensed water is discharged into a water box groove of the base, and the condensed water in the water box groove is discharged through a drainage pump. Considering that the space where the clothes dryer is placed in the user's home may not have a drain, the condensed water cannot be directly discharged into the drain through the drain pump, and thus the condensed water can be temporarily stored by providing a condensed water box which can be drawn out at the upper portion of the clothes dryer, and the drain pump is connected with the condensed water box through the drain pipe. When the user pulls out the condensation box, the condensation box can have large movement or water in the condensation box is too full, so that water in the condensation box can splash out, or after the user pulls out the condensation box, water can splash out of the condensation box onto the ground and even wet clothes of the user in the process of moving the condensation box.

To solve the above-mentioned problem, a water storage box and a clothes dryer as disclosed in CN211972848U in the prior art, wherein the water storage box is drawably provided in a water box accommodating chamber of the clothes dryer, the water storage box comprises: the water box is provided with a water storage cavity, the upper surface of the water box is provided with a water inlet communicated with the water storage cavity, and the water box is provided with an insertion end and a push-pull end which are oppositely arranged; the opening and closing assembly is arranged on the water box and comprises a sliding plate, the sliding plate is in sliding connection with the upper surface of the water box, so that the sliding plate closes the water inlet when the water box is pulled out of the water box accommodating cavity, and the water box is opened after the water box accommodating cavity is inserted in place. The clothes dryer comprises the water storage box. The water storage box and the clothes dryer provided by the utility model can prevent condensed water from spilling when a user pulls out the water storage box, and improve the convenience and the comfort of the user for operating the water storage box. However, when the user pours out the condensed water in the water storage box, the user needs to push away the sliding plate and keep overcoming the elasticity of the elastic piece to keep the water inlet in an account opening state, and the operation is more inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide a condensed water box for a clothes dryer, solve the problem of inconvenient operation of pouring condensed water of the water box by a user and simplify the operation of the user.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the condensed water box for the clothes dryer comprises a water storage box and a cover shell, wherein the cover shell is fixed to the clothes dryer, one end of the cover shell is provided with an opening for loading or removing the water storage box, the water storage box is provided with a water storage cavity, the top surface of the water storage cavity is provided with a water through hole, the top surface of the water storage box is slidably connected with a cover body, the cover body is provided with a cover closing position for closing the water through hole and a cover opening position for opening the water through hole, the cover body is provided with a first extension part, the inner top surface of the cover shell, which faces the top surface of the water storage box, is provided with a first guide rail for the first extension part to be matched, when the water storage box moves out of the cover shell, the first extension part moves along the first guide rail to enable the cover body to move to the cover opening position, and when the water storage box is loaded into the cover shell.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the following advantages: the lid sliding connection is in the top surface of water storage box, and is unpowered by itself, relies on self gravity also can not produce the trend of movement, after the lid passes through first extension and first guide rail cooperation, will move along with the removal of water storage box, be equivalent to the removal that utilizes first guide rail to change the water storage box into the motion of lid, and after the water storage box stops moving, the lid also can stop the motion naturally, when the water storage box shifts out the housing, the lid removes to closing the lid position, thereby after the water storage box shifts out the housing, the lid has been closed the water port, effectively avoid the comdenstion water spill in the water storage chamber, when the water storage box is packed into the housing, make the lid remove to the position of uncapping, ensure that the water port is uncovered, can receive the comdenstion water. When the user needs to pour the condensed water, the user only needs to move the cover body from the cover closing position to the cover opening position, and the cover body does not have a trend of automatically returning to the cover closing position, so that the user does not need to apply force all the time to keep the cover body at the cover opening position, and the operation is simpler and more convenient.

Further, two guide ribs are arranged on the inner top surface of the housing, a first guide rail is formed between the two guide ribs, and the first extension part stretches into the first guide rail to be matched; alternatively, the first guide rail includes a guide groove provided on an inner top surface of the housing, and the first extension portion extends into the guide groove to be engaged.

Further, the first extension portion comprises a connecting rod and a limiting head, the limiting head is connected with the cover body through the connecting rod, the size of the limiting head is larger than the outer diameter of the connecting rod, and the limiting head is limited in the first guide rail between the first position and the second position. By adopting the technical scheme, the limiting head can ensure the reliable stability of the first extension part matched with the first guide rail, and can not deviate from in the process of moving relative to the first guide rail.

Further, the first guide rail comprises an expansion section extending from the second position to the direction of the opening, the width of the expansion section is gradually increased, the maximum width of the expansion section is W, and the travel length of the first extension part moving relative to the water storage box is S, wherein W is more than or equal to S. By adopting the technical scheme, the first extension part of the cover body can be matched with the first guide rail only by pushing the water storage box into the housing without the need of a user to specially adjust the position of the cover body, so that the operation freedom degree is high, and the water storage box is more friendly to the user.

Further, the first guide rail extends along the direction that the water storage box moves out of the housing and is provided with a first position and a second position, the second position is close to the opening and is provided with displacement relative to the first position in the direction perpendicular to the direction that the water storage box moves out of the housing, so that the cover body moves from the cover opening position to the cover closing position.

Further, the first guide rail extends along a straight line or an arc or a parabola or an involute from the first position to the second position.

Further, by adopting the technical scheme, the outer top surface of the water storage box is provided with the sliding groove, the extending direction of the sliding groove is intersected with the moving direction of the water storage box, the cover body is restrained in the sliding groove, and the water through hole is formed in the bottom surface of the sliding groove. By adopting the technical scheme, the sliding groove provides guidance in the movement process of the cover body, so that the movement stability of the cover body is ensured.

Further, a second guide rail is arranged on the bottom surface of the chute, a second extension part is arranged on the cover body, and the second extension part stretches into the second guide rail to be matched with the second guide rail so as to restrict the cover body in the chute; or, the side wall of the chute is provided with a third guide rail, and the third guide rail is in plug-in fit with the edge of the cover body to restrict the cover body in the chute. By adopting the technical scheme, the cover body can be effectively prevented from falling off the water storage box after being moved out along with the water storage box.

Further, the housing comprises a shell and an upper cover, the upper cover is connected with the shell to form an inner cavity for accommodating the water storage box, the opening is formed in the front end of the shell, and the first guide rail is arranged on the lower surface of the upper cover.

The utility model also provides a clothes dryer, which comprises a dryer body, a roller, a condensing device and a condensate water box, wherein the roller, the condensing device and the condensate water box are arranged on the dryer body, the roller is communicated with the condensing device, the condensing device is communicated with the condensate water box through a drain pipe, a drain pump is arranged on the drain pipe, the condensate water box is the condensate water box for the clothes dryer according to any one of the technical schemes, a water inlet connected with the drain pipe is arranged on a housing, and the water inlet is aligned with a water through hole after the housing is in place in the condensate water box for the clothes dryer.

By adopting the technical scheme, after the user takes out the condensate water box from the machine body, the cover body closes the water through hole, so that condensate water in the water storage cavity is effectively prevented from splashing, and the use experience of the user is improved.

Drawings

The utility model is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a condensate water cartridge for a clothes dryer according to the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the cover cooperating with the first rail in the present utility model;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a cover according to the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the water storage box (cover in open position) of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a top view of the water storage cartridge of the present utility model (lid in closed position);

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the second extension portion cooperating with the second guide rail according to the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the water storage box of the present utility model in a housing to receive condensed water;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view (one) of the water storage box of the present utility model during the process of being drawn out or pushed in relative to the housing;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view (II) of the water storage box of the present utility model during the process of being drawn out or pushed in relative to the housing;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view (III) of the water storage box in the process of being pulled out or pushed in relative to the housing;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of a dryer in accordance with the present utility model.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth" and the like in the description and in the claims and in the above drawings, if any, are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate such that the embodiments of the utility model described herein may be implemented in sequences other than those illustrated or otherwise described herein.

It should be understood that in the present utility model, "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements that are expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

It should be understood that in the present utility model, "plurality" means two or more. "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, meaning that three relationships may exist, for example, X and/or Y may represent: x alone, X and Y together, and Y alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the context-dependent object is an "or" relationship. "comprising X, Y and Z", "comprising X, Y, Z" means that all three of X, Y, Z comprise, "comprising X, Y or Z" means that one of the three comprises X, Y, Z, and "comprising X, Y and/or Z" means that any one or any two or three of the three comprise X, Y, Z.

The technical scheme of the utility model is described in detail below by specific examples. The following specific embodiments may be combined with or replaced with each other according to actual situations, and the same or similar concepts or processes may not be described in detail in some embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present utility model provides a condensate water box for a clothes dryer, comprising a water storage box 1 and a housing 2, the housing 2 is fixed to the clothes dryer, one end of the housing 2 is provided with an opening 200 for loading or unloading the water storage box 1, the water storage box 1 has a water storage cavity, the top surface of the water storage cavity is provided with a water through hole 101, the top surface of the water storage box 1 is slidably connected with a cover 11, the cover 11 has a cover opening position for closing the water through hole 101 and a cover opening position for opening the water through hole 101, the cover 11 is provided with a first extension part 111, the housing 2 has an inner top surface facing the top surface of the water storage box 1, the inner top surface of the housing 2 is provided with a first guide rail 21 for the first extension part 111 to cooperate, when the water storage box 1 moves out of the housing 2, the first extension part 111 moves along the first guide rail 21 to enable the cover 11 to move to the cover opening position, and when the water storage box 1 is loaded into the housing 2, the first extension part 111 moves along the first guide rail 21 to move to the cover opening position to enable the cover 11 to move to the cover.

The lid 11 sliding connection is in the top surface of water storage box 1, lid 11 itself is unpowered, rely on self gravity can not produce the trend of movement yet, lid 11 passes through behind first extension 111 and the first guide rail 21 cooperation, will move along with the removal of water storage box 1, be equivalent to the removal that utilizes first guide rail 21 to change the removal of water storage box 1 into lid 11's motion, and after water storage box 1 stops moving, lid 11 also can stop the motion naturally when water storage box 1 shifts out housing 2, lid 11 moves to closing the lid position, thereby after water storage box 1 shifts out housing 2, lid 11 has closed the water port 101, effectively avoid the comdenstion water spill in the water storage chamber, when water storage box 1 loads into housing 2, make lid 11 move to the uncapping position, ensure that water port 101 is uncovered, can receive the comdenstion water. When the user needs to pour the condensed water, the user only needs to move the cover 11 from the cover closing position to the cover opening position, and the cover 11 does not have a trend of automatically returning to the cover closing position, so that the user does not need to apply force all the time to keep the cover 11 at the cover opening position, and the operation is simpler and more convenient.

In one embodiment, the inner top surface of the housing 2 is provided with two guide ribs 22, a first guide rail 21 is formed between the two guide ribs 22, the first extension part 111 stretches into the first guide rail 21 to be matched, the housing 2 and the water storage box 1 are generally made of plastic, certain manufacturing and assembling tolerances exist, the first guide rail 21 is formed by the guide ribs 22, the gap between the cover 11 and the housing 2 can be increased, the influence caused by the manufacturing and assembling tolerances is eliminated, the cover 11 is not easy to contact the housing 2 to influence movement, and in addition, the guide ribs 22 can also be used as reinforcing ribs of the housing 2 to improve the structural strength of the housing 2. In another embodiment, the first guide rail 21 may also be designed to include a guide groove formed on the inner top surface of the housing 2, and the first extension 111 extends into the guide groove to be matched with the guide groove, so that the guide groove is simple to process and has high structural stability.

In order to be able to stably convert the movement of the water storage cartridge 1 into the movement of the cover 11, in one embodiment, the first extension 111 includes a connection rod 112 and a limit head 113, the limit head 113 is connected to the cover 11 through the connection rod 112, the limit head 113 has a size larger than the outer diameter of the connection rod 112, and the limit head 113 is limited in the first guide rail 21 between the first position and the second position. The connecting rod 112 is arranged, so that the distance between the cover 11 and the limiting head 113 can be increased, the cover 11 is separated from the first guide rail 21 by a certain distance, the problem of mutual interference is avoided, and the design requirement on the first guide rail 21 is reduced. The limit head 113 can ensure that the first guide rail 21 is not easily separated after being matched, and the reliability after being matched is improved. The limiting head 113 may adopt a common ball head structure.

In the practical use process, after the user moves the cover 11 to the cover opening position, only the opening of the cover 101 needs to be ensured, and how much distance from the cover 11 to the cover opening 101 is not required to be forced, namely, the user does not need to specially adjust the position of the cover 11, one scheme is to limit the movement travel of the cover 11, when the cover 11 is in the cover opening position, the outer circumferential side surface of the cover 11 is just positioned at the edge of the cover opening 101, in this case, the user easily moves the cover 11 out of place, so that the cover 101 cannot be completely opened, and the condensed water is influenced.

The first guide rail 21 extends along the direction of moving the water storage box 1 out of the housing 2 and has a first position and a second position, wherein the second position is close to the opening 200 and has a displacement relative to the first position in the direction perpendicular to the direction of moving the water storage box 1 out of the housing 2, so that the cover 11 moves from the cover opening position to the cover closing position, which corresponds to the movement of the water storage box 1 in the longitudinal direction being converted into the movement of the cover 11 in the transverse direction by the first guide rail 21, and the method is simple and easy to implement. In particular, the first guide rail 21 may extend in a straight line from the first position to the second position, may extend in an arc, may extend in a parabola, may extend in an involute, or the like.

In order to limit the cover 11 to the water storage box 1 and avoid losing, a sliding groove 102 may be provided on the top surface of the water storage box 1, the extending direction of the sliding groove 102 intersects with the moving direction of the water storage box 1, the cover 11 is constrained in the sliding groove 102, the water through hole 101 is provided on the bottom surface of the sliding groove 102, the sliding groove 102 provides guidance during the movement of the cover 11, and the stability of the movement of the cover 11 is ensured. The cover 11 may have various specific restraining manners, for example, as shown in fig. 6, a second guide rail 12 may be disposed on the bottom surface of the chute 102, the cover 11 is provided with a second extension portion 114, and the second extension portion 114 extends into the second guide rail 12 to cooperate to restrain the cover 11 in the chute 102. For example, a third guide rail may be provided on a side wall of the chute 102, and the third guide rail is in plug-in fit with an edge of the cover 11 to restrict the cover 11 in the chute 102.

In one embodiment, the housing 2 includes a case 23 and an upper cover 24, the upper cover 24 is connected with the case 23 to form an inner cavity for accommodating the water storage cartridge 1, an opening 200 is provided at a front end of the case 23, and a first guide rail 21 is provided at a lower surface of the upper cover 24. It will be appreciated that in another embodiment, the housing 2 may also be of unitary construction.

During actual operation, it can be seen in connection with fig. 7 to 10. When the water storage box 1 is located in the inner cavity of the housing 2 and condensed water is normally collected, namely, the position shown in fig. 7, the cover 11 is located at the cover opening position for opening the water through hole, when a user needs to draw out the water storage box 1, the first guide rail drives the cover to move to the position shown in fig. 8 through the first extending part and then gradually moves to the position shown in fig. 9, at the moment, the cover 11 closes the water through hole, the first extending part also enters the expansion section, and the first guide rail does not drive the cover to move any more, so that the cover still remains at the position shown in fig. 9 after the user draws out the water storage box, and the cover does not move relative to the water storage box as shown in fig. 10. At the moment, after the user takes the water storage box out of the housing completely, condensed water cannot splash out of the water storage cavity. Conversely, the water storage box is pushed into the inner cavity of the housing, and through the design of the expansion section, no matter where the cover body is, the first extension part can be matched with the first guide rail, so that the cover body firstly returns to the cover closing position shown in fig. 9, and then sequentially moves from fig. 9 to the position shown in fig. 7 through fig. 8, and the opening of the water through hole is ensured.

The utility model also provides a clothes dryer, as shown in fig. 11, which comprises a machine body 9, a roller 91, a condensing device 92 and a condensate water box 93 which are arranged on the machine body 9, wherein the roller 91 is communicated with the condensing device 92, the condensing device 92 is communicated with the condensate water box 93 through a drain pipe 94, a drain pump 95 is arranged on the drain pipe 94, the condensate water box 93 is the condensate water box 93 for the clothes dryer according to any one of the embodiment, a water inlet connected with the drain pipe 94 is arranged on the housing 2, and the water inlet is aligned with the water through hole 101 after the condensate water box 93 for the clothes dryer is put into the housing 2. After the user takes the condensed water box 93 out of the machine body 9, the cover 11 closes the water through hole 101, so that condensed water in the water storage cavity is effectively prevented from splashing, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In addition to the preferred embodiments described above, other embodiments of the present utility model are also contemplated as falling within the scope of the claimed utility model, as well as all other embodiments that may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without making any inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The condensed water box for the clothes dryer comprises a water storage box and a cover shell, wherein the cover shell is fixed to the clothes dryer, one end of the cover shell is provided with an opening for the water storage box to be put in or out, the water storage box is provided with a water storage cavity, the top surface of the water storage cavity is provided with a water through hole, and the top surface of the water storage box is slidably connected with a cover body.

2. The condensate water box for a clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the inner top surface of the housing is provided with two guide ribs, a first guide rail is formed between the two guide ribs, and the first extension part extends into the first guide rail to be matched; alternatively, the first guide rail includes a guide groove provided on an inner top surface of the housing, and the first extension portion extends into the guide groove to be engaged.

3. The condensate water box for a clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the first extension portion includes a connection rod and a spacing head, the spacing head is connected to the cover body through the connection rod, the size of the spacing head is larger than the outer diameter of the connection rod, and the spacing head is limited in the first guide rail between the first position and the second position.

4. The condensate water box for a clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the first guide rail comprises an expansion section extending from the second position to the direction of the opening, the width of the expansion section gradually becomes larger, the maximum width of the expansion section is W, and the travel length of the first extension part moving relative to the water storage box is S, wherein W is greater than or equal to S.

5. The condensate water cartridge for a clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the first rail extends in a direction in which the water storage cartridge moves out of the housing and has a first position and a second position, the second position being adjacent to the opening and having a displacement relative to the first position in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the water storage cartridge moves out of the housing, to move the cover from the cover-opening position to the cover-closing position.

6. The condensate water cartridge for a clothes dryer of claim 5, wherein the first rail extends in a straight line or an arc or a parabola or an involute from the first position to the second position.

7. The condensate water box for clothes dryer of claim 1, wherein the outer top surface of the water storage box is provided with a chute, the extending direction of the chute is intersected with the moving direction of the water storage box, the cover body is restrained in the chute, and the water through hole is arranged on the bottom surface of the chute.

8. The condensate water box for clothes dryer of claim 7, wherein the bottom surface of the chute is provided with a second guide rail, the cover body is provided with a second extension part, and the second extension part stretches into the second guide rail to be matched with the second guide rail to restrain the cover body in the chute; or, the side wall of the chute is provided with a third guide rail, and the third guide rail is in plug-in fit with the edge of the cover body to restrict the cover body in the chute.

9. The condensate water cartridge as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a shell and an upper cover, the upper cover being connected to the shell to form an inner chamber for accommodating the water storage cartridge, the opening being provided at a front end of the shell, the first guide rail being provided at a lower surface of the upper cover.

10. The clothes dryer comprises a dryer body, a roller, a condensing device and a condensate water box, wherein the roller, the condensing device and the condensate water box are arranged on the dryer body, the roller is communicated with the condensing device, the condensing device is communicated with the condensate water box through a drain pipe, and a drain pump is arranged on the drain pipe.