KR20040011307A - A circulating apparatus of washer - Google Patents

Abstract

The circulation device of the washing machine according to the present invention includes a case, a tub that is buffered inside the case to contain water or detergent, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to accommodate laundry, and the drum rotates. In a washing machine comprising a motor to drive, a gasket provided in front of the tub, a door rotatably mounted to the case to open and close the front of the gasket, and a pump for pumping water or detergent drained from the tub A circulation hose for guiding water or detergent pumped from the pump to an upper portion of the gasket; A hollow shower connector inserted into an insertion hole protruding from an upper portion of the gasket and having an upper end connected to the circulation hose; Comprising a dispersing means protruding both sides and the rear in the inner circumferential surface of the gasket to disperse the water or detergent falling from the shower connector to the lower sides and rear of the shower connector, the shower connector or the dispersion ribs are blocked by a seam There is an advantage that the water or detergent pumped from the pump can be quickly wetted by the laundry inside the drum.

Description

Circulating apparatus of washer

The present invention relates to a washing machine for washing laundry by the action of detergent and water, and more particularly, to a shower connector of a washing machine in which a seam pumped together with water or detergent is not blocked.

A general washing machine is a device for washing laundry through a process of washing, rinsing, and dehydrating to remove contamination from clothes, bedding, etc. inside the drum rotated inside the tub by using the action of detergent and water contained in the tub.

Recently, a circulation device for forcibly circulating water or detergent contained in a tub into the drum is applied to quickly wash water or detergent in the laundry inside the drum and increase washing power of the laundry.

The circulation device includes a pump for pumping water or detergent drained from the tub, a circulation hose for guiding water or detergent pumped from the pump to an upper portion of a gasket mounted in front of the tub, and mounted on the gasket. It consists of a shower connector for spraying water or detergent guided to the circulation hose to the drum side.

The shower connector is arranged to protrude from the upper end of the gasket and is connected to the circulation hose, the lower end is arranged to protrude to the inner circumferential side of the gasket, the water or detergent is discharged to each of the bottom and side of the protruding lower end Injection holes are formed.

However, the circulation device of the washing machine according to the prior art is that the seams in the tub is pumped with water or detergent, and the seams are blocked in the bottom injection hole and the side injection hole of the shower connector, so that the water or detergent is not quickly wetted by the laundry. There is a problem that the washing power of the laundry is not improved.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a circulation device of a washing machine in which water or detergent can be quickly wetted to laundry since the seams pumped together with water or detergent are not caught. .

1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of an embodiment of a washing machine according to the present invention;

2 is an internal configuration of a washing machine according to the present invention,

3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of portion A of FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols on main parts of the drawings>

2: case 10: tub

20: drum 30: gasket

31; Slot 40: Door

60: pump 61: drainage bellows

62: pump case 63: circulation pump

64: drain pump 70: circulator

80: circulation hose 90: shower connector

100: dispersion rib 102: vertical portion

104: horizontal portion 106: guide groove portion

110: drain hose

The circulation device of the washing machine according to the present invention for solving the above problems is a case, a tub that is buffered inside the case is filled with water or detergent and rotatably disposed inside the tub to accommodate laundry A washing machine comprising a drum, a motor for rotating the drum, a gasket provided in front of the tub, and a door rotatably mounted to the case to open and close the front of the gasket, wherein the water drained from the tub Or a pump for pumping detergent; A circulation hose for guiding water or detergent pumped from the pump to an upper portion of the gasket; A hollow shower connector inserted into an insertion hole protruding from an upper portion of the gasket and having an upper end connected to the circulation hose; It characterized in that it comprises a dispersion means protruding both sides and the rear side in the inner circumferential surface of the gasket so that water or detergent falling from the shower connector can be distributed to the lower sides and rear of the shower connector.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a washing machine according to the present invention, and FIG.

1 to 3, the washing machine according to the present invention includes a case 2, a tub 10 which is buffered and supported in the case 2 and contains water or detergent, and the tub 10. A drum (20) rotatably disposed inside the drum (20) for receiving laundry (m), a motor (28) for rotationally driving the drum (20), and installed in front of the tub (10); A gasket 30 for preventing the leakage of the laundry m, a door 40 rotatably mounted to the case 2 to open and close the front of the gasket 30, and an inner lower side of the tub 10. The water supply device 50 for supplying water or detergent, the pump 60 for pumping the water or detergent drained from the tub 10, and the water or detergent pumped from the pump 60 during the washing or rinsing stroke A circulation device 70 for forcibly circulating a part of the drum 20 into the drum 20 and pumped by the pump 60 during a drain stroke The contaminated water is configured to include the drain hose 110, to drain out of the washing machine.

The case 2 is disposed on the base 4 having the damper 4a mounted thereon to support the tub 10, and on the upper side of the base 4 so as to surround both sides and the rear of the tub 10. The cabinet (6) is connected to the spring (6a) for hanging the tub 10, the front of the cabinet (6) is arranged to cover the front of the cabinet (6) and laundry access hole (7a) is formed in the center and the door A cabinet cover 7 connected to the laundry access hole 7a and the gasket 30 so as to cover the laundry access hole 7a, and a control panel 8a for operating the washing machine on the upper side of the cabinet 6, and covering the upper side of the cabinet 6; ) Is mounted on the top plate 8, and the upper frame 9a and the lower frame 9b are horizontally disposed on the upper and lower front surfaces of the cabinet 6, respectively.

The drum 20 is formed with a hand 21 to allow water or detergent in the tub 10 to flow into the drum 20, and a lifter 22 that lifts and drops the laundry m on an inner circumferential surface thereof. Is fitted.

The door 40 is hinged next to the laundry access hole 7a of the cabinet cover 7, and has a door frame 42 having a circular hole in the center thereof, and an edge at a circular hole of the door frame 42. It consists of a door glass 44 fitted and formed convexly toward the inner circumferential side of the gasket 30.

The water supply device 50 is a water supply hose 51 for supplying water, a detergent container 52 discharged after the water supplied from the water supply hose 51 is mixed with a previously stored detergent, and in the detergent container 82 A water supply bellows 53 for guiding the discharged water or detergent into the tub 10.

The pump 60 is provided with a pump case 62 into which water or detergent in the tub 10 flows through the drainage bellows 61 connected to the bottom of the tub 10, and on one side of the pump case 62. A circulation pump 63 connected to be connected to be driven during a washing stroke and a rinsing stroke, and a drain pump 64 connected to the other side of the pump case 62 and driven at a drain stroke; The circulation device 70 is connected to the pump 63, and the drain hose 110 is connected to the drain pump 64.

Here, the circulation device 70 includes a circulation hose 80 for guiding water or detergent pumped from the pump 60 to the upper portion of the gasket 30, and an insertion hole protruding from the upper portion of the gasket 30. 31 is inserted into the hollow shower connector 90, the upper end of which is connected to the circulation hose 80, and water or detergent falling from the shower connector 90 can be distributed to the lower sides and rear of the shower connector 90. It is composed of a dispersing means 100 protruding from both sides and rear of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket 30 so as to open.

One end of the circulation hose 80 is connected to the circulation pump 63, disposed to be bent into the upper portion of the gasket 30 through the gasket 30, and the other end 84 of the shower connector. The upper outer peripheral surface of 90 is forcibly fitted.

The shower connector 90 is formed in a cylindrical shape and is forcibly inserted from the lower side of the insertion hole 31 in the upward direction, and inserted into the insertion hole 31 so that the shower connector 90 can be caught on the upper end of the insertion hole 31. Ring-shaped locking jaw 92 is formed to protrude.

The dispersing means 100 is a dispersing rib formed integrally on the inner circumferential surface of the gasket 30, and includes a vertical portion 102 vertically protruding downwardly from the lower front of the insertion hole 31 and the vertical portion 102. It is composed of a horizontal portion 104 protruding from the bottom toward the rear and spaced apart from the bottom of the shower connector (90).

The vertical portion 102 is formed to be convex toward the rear than the two sides 102b so that water or detergent that is dropped to the horizontal portion 104 and is splashed forward can be easily dispersed in both sides.

In addition, the horizontal portion 104 is formed such that the center (104a) is convex toward the upper side than both sides so that water or detergent separated from the shower connector 90 can be easily dispersed in both sides.

In addition, the horizontal portion 104 is formed with a guide groove 106 in the left and right directions at the front end to guide the water or detergent away from the shower connector 90 to both sides, and is separated from the shower connector 90 The rear 108 of the guide groove 106 is formed to be inclined downward so as to guide the water or detergent to the rear.

Looking at the operation of the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

First, when the laundry (m) is put into the drum 20, the door 40 is closed, and the washing machine is driven by operating the control panel 8a, the inner lower portion of the tub 10 and the drainage In the bellows 61 and the pump 60, water and detergent supplied from the water supply bellows 53 are contained, and the laundry m in the drum 20 passes through the hand 21. It will be soaked in the water or detergent.

In this case, the circulation pump 63 is driven to pump water and detergent in the pump 60 to the circulation hose 80, and the water or detergent pumped to the circulation hose 80 is the shower connector 90. After spreading to the upper surface of the horizontal portion 104 of the dispersion rib 100 through the dispersed in a semi-circular shape.

That is, some of the water or detergent dropped to the upper surface of the horizontal portion 104 is splashed to the rear surface of the vertical portion 102 and then spreads to both sides of the vertical portion 102, to the rear surface of the vertical portion 102 The rest that does not fry spreads widely to the rear side of the horizontal portion 104.

Water or detergent dispersed by the dispersing rib 100 as described above is directly wetted with the laundry (m) accommodated in the drum 20 or the tub along the back surface of the door glass 42 or the inner circumferential surface of the gasket 30. (10) It flows downward.

Meanwhile, after the water supply stroke is completed, the motor 28 is driven to rotate the drum 20, and the laundry m inside the drum 20 is lifted up by the lift 22. As it falls, it is polluted by the action of detergent and water.

When the washing operation is completed, contaminated water remains inside the tub 10, the inside of the drainage bellows 61, and the pump 60, and the contaminated water is driven by the drain pump 64. When the drain hose 110 is drained to the outside of the washing machine.

Then, the washing machine supplies fresh water to the tub 10 and rinses for a predetermined number of times, and then a rinsing stroke is performed to drain the water used for rinsing to the outside of the washing machine, and the drum 20 rotates at high speed. This is going on.

On the other hand, in the washing machine, the seams, etc. in the tub 10 are pumped together with water or detergent while the circulation pump 63 is driven, and such seams pass through the circulation hose 80 and the shower connector 90. After falling to the horizontal portion 104 of the dispersion rib 100, it is distributed to both sides and the rear of the dispersion rib 100.

That is, the seams passing through the shower connector 90 are not blocked by the dispersion ribs 100 because both sides and the rear of the dispersion ribs 100 are opened, and the vertical portion 102 and the horizontal portion 104 are separated. Because of the central convex structure and the guide groove 106 and the inclined portion 108 of the horizontal portion 104 is not caught in the dispersion rib 100.

The circulation device of the washing machine according to the present invention configured as described above is pumped from a pump, water, detergent, seams, etc. guided to the circulation hose pass through the hollow shower connector, and then dispersed in the side and rear open dispersion ribs Therefore, the shower connector or the dispersion ribs are not blocked by the seams, and the water or the detergent pumped from the pump may be quickly wetted with the laundry inside the drum.

Claims (4)

A case, a tub that is buffered inside the case to contain water or detergent, a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub to accommodate laundry, a motor for rotating the drum, and a front of the tub A washing machine comprising a gasket installed at a door, a door rotatably mounted to the case to open and close the front of the gasket, and a pump for pumping water or detergent drained from the tub. A circulation hose for guiding water or detergent pumped from the pump to an upper portion of the gasket; A hollow shower connector inserted into an insertion hole protruding from an upper portion of the gasket and having an upper end connected to the circulation hose; And a dispersing means protruding from both sides and the rear of the inner circumferential surface of the gasket so as to disperse the water or the detergent falling from the shower connector to the lower sides and the rear of the shower connector. The method of claim 1, The dispersing means includes a vertical part protruding downwardly vertically from the lower front of the insertion hole, and a horizontal part protruding backward from the lower end of the vertical part and spaced apart from the lower end of the shower connector. . The method of claim 2, The vertical portion is formed in the center convex toward the rear, the horizontal portion of the washing machine, characterized in that the center is formed convex toward the upper side. The method of claim 2 or 3, The horizontal portion is formed in the guide groove in the left and right direction at the top end, the circulation device of the washing machine, characterized in that the rear of the guide groove is formed inclined downward.