US20190330779A1

US20190330779A1 - Washing machine

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Publication number: US20190330779A1
Application number: US16/475,097
Authority: US
Inventors: Shiqing Li
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2016-12-30
Filing date: 2017-09-05
Publication date: 2019-10-31
Also published as: WO2018120267A1

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a washing machine, which includes a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a drain valve, and a safety valve, the washing machine comprises a booster pump, a booster pump motor, and a booster valve, the booster pump is integrated to or connected to the booster pump motor and the booster valve, and the booster pump is connected to the barrel; and the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes.

Description

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electric appliance, and more particularly relates to a washing machine.

BACKGROUND

At present, clothes are commonly washed by water, or washing machine using washing agent. However, stains and/or parasites on the clothes can hardly be completely removed. So, the cleaning effect needs to be improved.

SUMMARY

It is therefore one main objective of the disclosure to provide a washing machine, aiming to improve the cleaning effect.
In order to achieve the above objective, the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a washing machine which includes a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a drain valve, and a safety valve, the washing machine includes a booster pump, a booster pump motor, and a booster valve, the booster pump is integrated to or connected to the booster pump motor and the booster valve, and the booster pump is connected to the barrel; and the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe, and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump, the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure for cleaning clothes.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.
In one exemplary embodiment, the sealing door is provided with a high pressure locking device.
The present disclosure further provides another washing machine, which includes a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a booster pump.
booster pump motor, a booster valve, and a safety valve, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump, a pressure reducing pump motor, and a drain valve, the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump are both connected to the barrel; the pressure reducing pump of the washing machine is configured to reduce an air pressure in the barrel to achieve a low pressure which is lower than a normal pressure for for breaking down stains on clothes; and the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes.
In one exemplary embodiment, the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure for cleaning clothes.
In one exemplary embodiment, the pressure reducing pump of the washing machine is configured to form the low pressure to break down stains on the clothes, and a vibration device is provided to the washing machine.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.
The present disclosure further provides a washing machine, which includes a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a booster pump, a booster pump motor, a booster valve, a drain valve, and a safety valve, the booster pump is connected to the barrel, the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes, and the washing machine further includes a vibration device, the vibration device generates vibration with a certain frequency, to vibrate clothes in the barrel.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe, and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump, the pressure reducing pump is configured to reduce an air pressure in the barrel to achieve a low pressure which is lower than a normal pressure for washing clothes, and the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure for cleaning clothes.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.
In one exemplary embodiment, the sealing door is provided with a high pressure locking device.
In one exemplary embodiment, the vibration device is defined in the housing, the vibration device generates mechanical vibration, electronic vibration, or electromagnetic vibration.
In one exemplary embodiment, the washing machine further includes a vibration box, the vibration box is received in the barrel.
The washing machine provided by the present disclosure includes a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a booster pump, a booster pump motor, and a booster valve, a drain valve, and a safety valve, and the booster pump is connected to the barrel. The booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure, for removing the stains and parasites from the clothes, which improves the cleaning effect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the embodiments to be described are only a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the presenting invention.

In the drawings, arrows represent the flow direction of the gas. The gas flows outwards through the pressure reducing valve or the exhaust valve, flow inwards through the booster valve, and flow outwards or inwards through the safety valve.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a washing machine according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Labels illustration for drawings:


Label	Name	Label	Name

100	washing machine	21	upper housing
10	housing	23	low housing
11	barrel	231	air outlet hole
111	pressure resistant	233	air inlet hole
	outer housing
112	pressure resistant	235	through hole
	inner housing
113	air outlet	237	mounting door
114	air inlet	25	keyboard device
115	through hole	30	pressurizing device
117	opening	31	booster pump
13	sealing door	33	booster pump motor
14	spring	35	booster valve
15	vibration device	50	pressure reducing device
151	vibration plate	51	pressure reducing pump
			or vacuum pump
153	power line	53	pressure reducing pump motor
16	inner barrel	55	pressure reducing valve
			or vacuum valve
17	shifting mechanism	71	dosing chamber
18	driving motor	73	receiving bottle
19	vibration box	75	dosing valve
20	outer housing	90	safety valve

The realization of the aim, functional characteristics, advantages of the present disclosure are further described specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will he clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the embodiments to be described are only a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
It is to be understood that, all of the directional instructions in the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure (such as top, down, left, right, front, back . . . ) can only be used for explaining relative position relations, moving condition of the elements under a special form (referring to figures), and so on, if the special form changes, the directional instructions changes accordingly.
In the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “connected”, “fixed” and the like are used broadly, and for example, “fixed” can be fixed connections, detachable connections, or integral connections; my also be mechanical or electrical connections; may also be direct connections or indirect connections via intervening structures, may also be inner connecting of two elements, or interaction relationship between two elements, unless specifically limited otherwise, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the detail embodiment of the present disclosure.
In addition, the descriptions, such as the “first”, the “second” in the exemplary embodiment of present disclosure, can only be used for describing the aim of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or suggesting relative importance or impliedly indicating the number of the indicated technical character. Therefore, the character indicated by the “first”, the “second” can express or impliedly include at least one character. In addition, the “and/or” in the present disclosure means including three paratactic solutions, for example, taking “A and/or B” as an example, the “A and/or B” includes A solution, B solution, or solution of A and B. In addition, the technical proposal of each exemplary embodiment can be combined with each other, however the technical proposal must base on that the ordinary skill in that art can realize the technical proposal, when the combination of the technical proposals occurs contradiction or cannot realize, it should consider that the combination of the technical proposals does not existed, and is not contained in the protection scope required by the present disclosure.
Referring to FIG. 1, the present disclosure provides a washing machine 100 according to a first exemplary embodiment. The washing machine 100 circularly adopts the high pressure and the low pressure to eliminate germs, parasites and odors on the clothes, so as to dean the clothes. Further, purifying liquid, purifying gas, or carbon dioxide can be adopted to deeply clean the clothes, for achieving a better effect. And, aroma or aromatic drugs which are good for health can also be added into the washing machine 100. Especially, the aromatic drugs can also play a role in preventing and curing diseases.
The washing machine 100 according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can be used as a deodorant perfuming machine which can not only remove odors but also can perfume the clothes. The washing machine 100 is energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and pollution free. The washing machine 100 includes a housing 10, an outer housing 20, a keyboard device 25, a sealing door 13, a barrel 11, a dosing valve 75, a dosing chamber 71, a safety valve 90, a booster pump 31, a booster pump motor 33, a booster valve 35, a pressure reducing pump 51 (or a vacuum pump 51), the pressure reducing pump motor 535, and a pressure reducing valve 55 (or a vacuum valve 55). The housing 10 can be a pressure resistant housing. The outer housing 20 includes an upper housing 21 and a lower housing 23, and the upper housing 21 may be provided with the keyboard device 25. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same label and their detailed description will be omitted.
The washing machine 100 would remove the stains and odors from the clothes through circularly adopting the low pressure and the high pressure, or circularly adopting the vacuum environment and high pressure, so that the washing machine 100 has the advantages of energy saving, environmental protection, and pollution free.
The low pressure in the washing machine 100 can be configured to break down and eliminate stains and odors, and the high pressure in the washing machine 100 can be configured to dissolve stains, then the low pressure can also be configured to discharge the strains and odors, and the high pressure can also be configured to make clothes soak in drug scent or aroma to treat the clothes.
The washing machine 100 is composed of a high and low pressure circulation device which includes a pressurizing system and a pressure reducing system.
The washing machine 100 is provided with a pressurizing device and a pressure reducing device, and the pressurizing device and pressure reducing device would generate the high pressure state and the low pressure state, to break down the stains and odors on the clothes and eliminate the stains and odors from the clothes.
The barrel 11 is arranged in the housing 10 of the washing machine 100. The pressurizing device 30 which includes the booster pump 21, the booster pump motor 33, the first pipe, and the booster valve 35, and the pressure reducing device 50 which includes the pressure reducing pump 51, the pressure reducing pump motor 53, the second pipe, and the pressure reducing valve 55, can cooperatively generate an environment circularly changing from the high pressure to the low pressure, to remove odors from the clothes and perfumed the clothes.
The housing 10 of the washing machine 100 is provided with the sealing door 13.
The barrel 11 is integrally or tightly coupled to the inside of the housing 10 of the washing machine 100. In one exemplary embodiment, the inside side of the barrel 11 is provided with a locker, and the inside side of the locker is provided with a clothes rack.
The barrel 11 is provided with an air inlet 114 and an air outlet 113. After the sealing door 13 is closed, the barrel 11 disposed inside the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can form a sealed space. The clothes rack may be disposed inside the barrel 11.
The air inlet 114 of the barrel 11 can be communicated with an air inlet hole of the booster pump 31, and the air outlet 113 of the barrel 11 can be communicated with an air inlet hole of the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51).
The barrel 11 is provided with the air outlet 113. The air outlet 113 of the barrel 11 communicates with the air inlet hole port of the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55) which is connected with the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51). As such, and the air outlet 113 of the barrel 11 is communicated with the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) via the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55). The air outlet hole 231 at the other end of the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) communicates with the external environment.
The barrel 11 is further provided with the safety valve 90, which can be limited and stopped automatically when the barrel 11 is in the high pressure or the low pressure. The gas can flow into the barrel 11 or flow out from the barrel 11 through safety valve 90, that is, the gas can flow out from the barrel 11 when the barrel 11 is in the high pressure, and the gas can flow into the barrel 11 when the barrel 11 is in the low pressure. One end of the safety valve 90 communicates with the barrel 11 through the through hole 115, and is positioned and coupled with the barrel 11, and the other end of the safety valve 90 communicates with the external environment through the through hole 235.
The sealing door of the washing machine 100 is provided with a high pressure locking device (not shown in FIG. 1), as such the sealing door 13 which cannot be opened when the barrel is in the high pressure.
The barrel 11 is provided with the air inlet 114. The air inlet of the booster valve 35 is communicated to the air inlet 114 of the barrel 11, as such the air inlet 114 of the barrel 11 can be communicated to the booster pump 31 via the booster valve 35, and an air inlet hole 233 in the other end of the boosting pump 31 away from the booster valve 35 is communicated with the external environment.
The receiving bottle 73 can be a purified liquid bottle, a purified gas bottle, or a aroma bottle, and is arranged on the lower housing 23 of the washing machine 100. The bottle mouth of the purified liquid bottle or the purified gas bottle is communicated with the opening 117 of the barrel 11, and is positioned and coupled to the barrel 11.
The purified liquid bottle or the purified gas bottle is disposed on a base which is located inside side of the outer housing 20 and adjacent to the mounting door 237, and the bottle mouth of the purified liquid bottle or the purified bottle is communicated with the through hole 117 of the barrel 11 through thee dosing valve 75, the third pipe. When cleaning the clothes, the clothes are first placed in the barrel 11, and the sealing door 13 on the housing 10 is closed, as such the barrel 11 defined in a space formed by the sealing door 13 and the housing 10 can form a sealed space. The pressure reducing pump motor 53 call drive the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) to exhaust gas in the barrel 11 and then discharge the exhausted gas into the external atmosphere through the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) and the second pipe. After the pressure reducing valve 55 for the vacuum valve 55) of the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) is automatically closed, the barrel 11 is in the low pressure or vacuum state. When dosing valve 75 is opened, the atomized gas in the purified liquid bottle, the purified gas in the purified gas bottle, or carbon dioxide gas can flow into the barrel 11 for sterilization, then the gas is discharged in the external atmosphere through the dosing valve 75 and the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump) 51), and then the pressure intensity inside the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can be adjusted to at the low level through the safety valve 90, and the dosing valve 75 and the dosing chamber 71 of the aroma bottle or the drug bottle can be opened, and the aroma or the drug scent enters into the barrel 11 and the locker to soak the clothes in the aroma or the drug scent The booster pump 31 is driven by the booster pump motor 33 to control the external air to be pressed into the barrel 11 or the locker in the barrel 11 via the booster valve 35. The clothes are continuously soaked in the drug scent or aroma under high pressure to form a long-lasting aroma or drug scent penetration elect The gas in the barrel 11 is discharged from the safety valve 90 and the fourth pipe after a certain period of time, as such the air pressure in the barrel 11 is balanced with the external pressure, and user can take out and wear the clothes.
According to the structures as described above, the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can be provided with the receiving bottle 73, after the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) discharges the exhaust gas in the barrel 111. The dosing valve 75 of the aroma bottle or the drug bottle may be opened to add the aroma or drug scent in to the barrel 11, the above process can be repeated to add different gas into the barrel 11 for cleaning the clothes. The temperature control device can be arranged on the washing machine 100 to make the washed clothes in the winter have a certain temperature. The microcomputer and keyboard device 25 can also be arranged on the washing machine 100 to realize intelligent cleaning of the clothes.
According to the structures as described above, the barrel 11 provided in the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can ensure the safety, and since mucedine and odors are removed in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, the clothes do not need to be kneaded, rinsed, and dried, for preventing the clothes from being mechanically damaged or aged by sunlight. The method of breaking down and vaporizing stains by purified gas can avoid the chemical damage to the clothes caused by chemical washing products used in the existing, washing machine. The stains, mucedine, and the odors can be exhausted through at least two cycles of the low pressure and the high pressure or two cycles of the vacuum environment and the high pressure, and at least two gas exhausting process. Further, the bacteria and other harmful components adhering to the clothes can also been removed through the above process. The clothes washed through the above process do not need to be dried, and the washed clothes can be worn directly, as such it is much more convenient, the efficiency and the life cycle of clothes are also improved, and the power consumption is also greatly reduced for eliminating pollution of environment.
According to the structures as described above, since water is not required as a carrier in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, a waste of water resources is reduced, and the scrubbing gas can be carbon dioxide, or carbon dioxide which can be used in combination with the washing liquid, for effectively utilizing industrial waste gas and improving the waste utilization.
As shown in FIG. 2, the present disclosure also provides a washing machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment. The washing machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment can also be used as a deodorant perfuming machine which can not only remove odors but also can perfume the clothes. The washing machine 100 is energy-saving environmentally friendly, and pollution free. The washing machine 100 circularly adopts the high pressure and the low pressure to eliminate germs, parasites and odors on the clothes, so as to clean the clothes. Further, purifying liquid, purifying gas, or carbon dioxide can be adopted to deeply clean the clothes, for achieving a better effect. And, aroma or aromatic drugs which are good for health can also be added into the washing machine 100. Especially, the aromatic drugs can also play a role in preventing and curing diseases.
The structure of the washing machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment is similar to that of the washing machine 100 according to the first exemplary embodiment.
The differences between the washing machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment and the washing machine 100 according to the first exemplary embodiment 100 at least include: the pressure swinging washing machine 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment is further provided with a vibration device 15 that generates vibration with a certain frequency, and the vibration device 15 is connected to a vibration plate 151, and the vibration device 15 is connected with an external power supply through a sealed power line 153. The vibration device 15 can vibrate the clothes in the washing machine 100.
The vibration device 15 provided in the washing machine 100 mechanically generates mechanical vibrations, electronic vibrations, or electromagnetic vibration.
The vibration device 15 provided in the washing machine 100 mechanically generates mechanical vibration (such as vibration generated by an eccentric wheel), electronic vibration (such as vibration generated by a vibration motor or a vibration line), or electromagnetic vibration (such as vibration generated when the low frequency current passes through the electromagnet).
The vibrating plate 151 may have a net structure, a palisade structure, a basket shape, or a tubular structure, or a box structure, no need to repeat again.
According to the structures as described above, the barrel 11 provided in the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can ensure the safety, and since mucedine and odors are removed in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, the clothes do not need to be kneaded, rinsed, and dried, for preventing the clothes from being mechanically damaged or aged by sunlight. The method of breaking down and vaporizing stains by purified gas can avoid the chemical damage to the clothes caused by chemical washing products used in the existing washing machine. The stains, mucedine, and the odors can be exhausted through at least two cycles of the low pressure and the high pressure or two cycles of the vacuum environment and the high pressure, and at least two gas exhausting process. Further, the bacteria and other harmful components adhering to the clothes can also been removed through the above process. The clothes washed through the above process do not need to be dried, and the washed clothes can be worn directly, as such it is much more convenient, the efficiency and the life cycle of clothes are also improved, and the power consumption is also greatly reduced for eliminating pollution of environment.
According to the structures as described above, since water is not required as a carrier in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, a waste of water resources is reduced, and the scrubbing gas can be carbon dioxide, or carbon dioxide can be used in combination with the washing liquid, for effectively utilizing industrial waste gas and improving the waste utilization.
Referring to FIG. 3, the present disclosure also provides a washing machine 100 according to a third exemplary embodiment.
The washing machine 100 includes a housing 10 on which a sealing door 13 is arranged. The housing 10 is internally provided with an inner barrel 16 which is driven by a driving motor 18. The housing 10 is further provided with a pressure reducing pump 51 (or a vacuum pump 51) which is driven by a pressure reducing pump motor 53. The booster pump 31 and the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) can be configured to generate an environment circularly changing from the high pressure and the low pressure to break down the stains on the clothes and remove bacteria from clothes. The housing 10 is further provided with a receiving bottle 73 which can be a scrubbing liquid bottle, a scrubbing gas bottle, an aroma bottle, a sterilizing agent bottle, or a fiber repair agent bottle, etc.
The washing machine 100 includes the housing 10, an outer housing 20, an inner barrel 16, a sealing door 13, a barrel 11, a shifting mechanism 17, a mounting door 237, a dosing valve 75, a dosing chamber 71, a driving motor 18, a booster valve 35, a safety valve 90 a pressure reducing valve 55 (or vacuum valve 55), a booster pump 31, a booster pump motor 33, a pressure reducing pump 51 (or vacuum pump 51), a pressure reducing pump motor 53, the receiving bottle 73 which can be pun tied liquid bottle or purified gas bottle The housing 10 is a pressure resistant housing. The housing 10 includes a pressure resistant outer housing 111 and a pressure resistant inner housing 112.
The sealing door 13 is rotatably connected with the housing 10 via a connecting device. The sealing door 13 is provided with an armrest. The inner side of the pressure resistant inner housing 112 is defined as a pressure resistant housing, and the inner barrel 16 is disposed in the pressure resistant housing, and the inner barrel 16 is driven by the driving motor 18 through the transmission of the shifting mechanism 17. The air inlet 114 and the air outlet 113 pass through the pressure resistant outer housing 111 and the pressure resistant inner housing 112. After the sealing door 13 is closed, and the sealing door 13 sealingly cooperates with the pressure resistant housing disposed inside the pressure resistant inner housing 112. The inner barrel 16 is disposed within the pressure resistant housing.
The inner barrel 16 is coupled to the pressure resistant outer housing 111 via a transmission of the shifting mechanism 17 and a sealing device, and connected to the positioning spring 14 through the sealing, device.
The pressure resistant housing is provided with an inner barrel 16, and the driving motor 18 is coupled with the inner barrel 16 in a sealed state to drive the inner barrel 16 to rotate.
The washing machine 100 includes the pressure resistant outer housing 111 and the pressure reducing device 50 connected to the pressure resistant outer housing 111. The pressure reducing device 50 includes the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51), the pressure reducing pump motor 53, and the pressure reducing valve 55 (or vacuum valve 55), the pressure reducing device 50 communicates with the external environment through the second pipe.
The sealing door of the washing machine 100 is provided with a high pressure locking device 131, as such the sealing door 13 which cannot be opened when the barrel is in the high pressure.
A stopping pin is located at the inner side of the high pressure locking device 131, the stopping pin can be pushed out to lock the sealing door 13 when the inner barrel is in the high pressure, and the stopping pin can be pushed back to release the sealing door 13 through the springs when the inner barrel 16 is at the normal pressure.
The washing machine 100 includes the pressure resistant outer housing 111, the pressurizing device 30 connected to the pressure resistant outer housing 111, and the pressurizing device 30 includes the booster pump 31, the booster pump motor 33, and the booster valve 35, and the pressurizing device 30 is connected to the external environment through the first pipe.
The pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) is coupled to the air outlet 113 of the pressure resistant housing through the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55), and the air outlet 113 communicates with the external atmosphere through the second pipe. The pressure resistant housing also defines the safety valve 90, and one end of the safety valve 90 communicates with the housing 10 through the fourth pipe, and the other end of the safety valve 90 communicates with the external environment. The air inlet 114 of the pressure resistant housing is coupled to the booster pump 31 through the booster valve 35, and communicates with the external atmosphere via the first pipe.
When purifying the clothes, the clothes is first placed in the inner barrel 16. After the sealing door 13 on the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 is closed, and the sealing door 13 and the pressure resistant housing at the inner side of the housing 10 cooperatively form a sealed space. The pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) is driven by the pressure reducing pump motor 53 to draw out the gas in the pressure resistant housing and exhaust the gas to the outside atmosphere through the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55) connected with the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) and the second pipe. After the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55) of the pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) is automatically closed, the pressure resistant housing and the inner barrel 16 are in the low pressure or vacuum state, the purified liquid in the purified liquid bottle can be atomized, the atomized liquid, the purified gas in the purified gas bottle, and carbon dioxide can be pressed into the inner barrel 16 inside of the pressure resistant housing through the dosing valve 75 for cleaning and sterilizing clothes. Further, the driving motor 18 drives the inner barrel 16 to rotate by the shifting mechanism 17 for washing the clothes.
The booster pump 31 is driven by the booster pump motor 33 to press external air into the pressure resistant housing through the air inlet hole 233, at this time, the pressure resistant housing and the inner barrel 16 are in the high pressure state. The purified liquid, purified gas, or carbon dioxide gas can deeply contact with the clothes to fully break down the stains on the clothes.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the pressure resistant housing is further provided with a drain valve, and the water inlet of the drain valve communicates with the water outlet of the pressure resistant housing, the other end of the drain valve is connected to the external environment (not shown).
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the washing machine 100 is provided with a water inlet pipe and a water inlet valve, and a scrubbing liquid or scrubbing gas dosing device not shown) is coupled to the water inlet valve.
After the clothes is washed, the stains decomposed and, vaporized by the scrubbing liquid or the scrubbing gas in the pressure are discharged to the external environment by the safety valve 90 and the inner pressure is adjusted to be balance with the outer pressure meanwhile, or the stains can be discharged to the external environment through the drain valve and the pipe. The pressure reducing pump 51 (or the vacuum pump 51) draws out the gas and moisture in the pressure resistant housing through the pressure reducing valve 55 (or the vacuum valve 55), or the inner air pressure is adjusted to be balance with the outer pressure by the safety valve 90 after the clothes are dried by the heating device. Then clothes can be taken out through opening the sealed door 13.
It can be seen from the structures as described above, the washing machine 100 can at least adopt a pulsator inner barrel 16 or a roller inner barrel 16. The housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can be provided with an aroma bottle, the aroma in the aroma bottle can flow into the pressure resistant housing through the dosing valve 75 and the third pipe. A temperature control device may be arranged on the pressure resistant housing of the washing machine 100, to make the washed clothes in the winter have a certain temperature. The outer housing 20 of the washing machine 100 includes an upper housing 21, a keyboard device 25 may also be arranged on the upper housing 21, and a microcomputer connected to the keyboard device 25 may be arranged on the washing machine 100 for washing clothes intelligently.
According to the structures as described above, the pressure resistant housing provided in the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can ensure the safety, and since mucedine and odors are removed in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, the clothes do not need to he kneaded, rinsed, and dried, for preventing the clothes from being mechanically damaged or aged by sunlight. The method of breaking down and vaporizing stains by purified gas can avoid the chemical damage to the clothes caused by chemical washing products used in the existing washing machine. The stains, mucedine, and the odors can he exhausted through at least two cycles of the low pressure and the high pressure or two cycles of the vacuum environment and the high pressure, and at least two gas exhausting process. Further, the bacteria and other harmful components adhering to the clothes can also been removed through the above process. The clothes washed through the above process do not need to be dried, and the washed clothes can be worn directly, as such it is much more convenient, the efficiency and the life cycle of clothes are also improved, and the power consumption is also greatly reduced for eliminating pollution of environment.
According to the structures as described above, since water is not required as a carrier in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, a waste of water resources is reduced, and the scrubbing gas can be carbon dioxide, or carbon dioxide can be used in combination with the washing liquid, for effectively utilizing industrial waste gas and improving the waste utilization.
Please refer to FIG. 4, the present disclosure also provides a washing machine 100 according to the fourth exemplary embodiment. The washing machine 100 has the advantages of energy saving, environmental protection and pollution free.
The structure of the washing machine 100 according to the fourth exemplary embodiment is similar to that of the washing machine 100 according to the third exemplary embodiment.
The differences between the washing machine 100 according to the fourth exemplary embodiment and the washing machine 100 according to the third exemplary embodiment 100 at least include: the washing machine 100 according to the fourth exemplary embodiment further includes a plurality of springs 14. It can be understood that the springs 14 re disposed between the vibration box 19 and the inner barrel 16.
The pressure resistant housing is defined at the inner side of the pressure resistant outer housing 111 and the positioning springs 14. The an inlet and the air outlet are communicated with each other and defined between the pressure resistant outer housing 111 and the positioning springs 14. After the sealing door 13 is closed, the sealing door 13 hermetically cooperates with the pressure resistant housing disposed inside the housing 10. The inner barrel 16 is disposed in the pressure resistant housing, and the inner barrel 16 is driven by the driving motor 18 through the transmission of the shifting mechanism 17.
The vibration device 15 provided in the washing machine 100 mechanically generates mechanical vibrations, electronic vibrations, or electromagnetic vibration.
The pressure swinging washing machine 100 is provided with the vibration device 15 that generates vibration with a certain frequency, and the vibration device 15 is connected to a vibration box 19. In detail, the vibration device 15 is located at an outer surface of the vibration box 19, and sandwiched between the vibration box 19 and the inner barrel 16. The vibration box 19 is received in the barrel 16, and coupled with the inner barrel 16 via the positioning springs 14. The vibration device 15 is connected to the external power source via the sealed power line 153.
The vibration device 15 provided in the washing machine 100 mechanically generates mechanical vibration such as vibration generated by an eccentric wheel), electronic vibration (such as vibration generated by a vibration motor or a vibration line), or electromagnetic vibration (such as vibration generated when the low frequency current passes through the electromagnet).
The vibrating box 19 may have a net structure, a palisade structure, a basket shape, or a tubular structure, or a box structure, no need to repeat again.
The inner barrel 16 is coupled to the pressure resistant outer housing 111 via a transmission of the shifting mechanism 17 and a sealing device, and connected to the positioning spring 14 through the sealing device. According to the structures as described above, the pressure resistant housing provided in the housing 10 of the washing machine 100 can ensure the safety, and since mucedine and odors are removed in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, the clothes do not need to be kneaded, rinsed, and dried, for preventing the clothes from being mechanically damaged or aged by sunlight. The method of breaking clown and vaporizing stains by purified gas can avoid the chemical damage to the clothes caused by chemical washing products used in the existing washing machine. The stains, mucedine, and the odors can be exhausted through at least two cycles of the low pressure and the high pressure or two cycles of the vacuum environment and the high pressure, and at least two gas exhausting process. Further, the bacteria and other harmful components adhering to the clothes can also been removed through the above process. The clothes washed through the above process do not need to be dried, and the washed clothes can be worn directly, as such it is much more convenient, the efficiency and the life cycle of clothes are also improved, and the power consumption is also greatly reduced for eliminating pollution of environment.
According to the structures as described above, since water is not required as a carrier in the low pressure or the vacuum environment, a waste of water resources is reduced, and the scrubbing gas can be carbon dioxide, or carbon dioxide can be used in combination with the washing liquid, for effectively utilizing industrial waste gas and improving the waste utilization.
The washing machines 100 of all the above exemplary embodiments and other washing machines obtained on the washing machines 100 of the present disclosure can all wash clothes through adopting the low pressure and the high pressure, or enhance the washing effect through adopting the low pressure and the high pressure, to reduce or eliminate environmental pollution.
The foregoing description merely portrays some illustrative embodiments according to the disclosure and therefore is not intended to limit the patentable scope of the disclosure. Any equivalent structural or flow transformations that are made taking advantage of the specification and accompanying drawings of the disclosure and any direct or indirect applications thereof in other related technical fields shall all fall in the scope of protection of the disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of this disclosure shall be subject w the claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A washing machine, comprising a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a drain valve, and a safety valve,

wherein the washing machine comprises a booster pump, a booster pump motor, and a booster valve, the booster pump is integrated to or connected to the booster pump motor and the booster valve, and the booster pump is connected to the barrel; and

the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes.

2. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the washing machine further comprises a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe, and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.

3. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump, the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure for cleaning clothes.

4. The washing machine according to claim 3, wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.

5. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the washing machine further comprises at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.

6. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the sealing door is provided with a high pressure locking device.

7. A washing machine, comprising a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a booster pump, booster pump motor, a booster valve, and a safety valve,

wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump, a pressure reducing pump motor, and a drain valve, the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump are both connected to the barrel;

the pressure reducing pump of the washing machine is configured to reduce an air pressure in the barrel to achieve a low pressure which is lower than a normal pressure, for breaking down stains on clothes; and

8. The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure, for cleaning clothes.

9. The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the pressure reducing pump of the washing machine is configured to form the low pressure to break down stains on the clothes, and a vibration device is provided to the washing machine.

10. The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the washing machine further comprises a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe, and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.

11. The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.

12. The washing machine according to claim 7, wherein the washing machine further comprises at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.

13. A washing machine, comprising a housing, a sealing door defined on the housing, a barrel, a booster pump, a booster pump motor, a booster valve, a drain valve, and a safety valve, the booster pump is connected to the barrel,

wherein, the booster pump and the booster valve of the washing machine are configured to form a high pressure for cleaning clothes, and the washing machine further comprises a vibration device, the vibration device generating vibration with a certain frequency to vibrate clothes in the barrel.

14. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine further comprises a first pipe communicated with the housing, the booster valve is arranged in the first pipe, and the booster pump is connected to or isolated from the housing through the booster valve and the first pipe.

15. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump, the pressure reducing pump is configured to reduce an air pressure in the barrel to achieve a low pressure which is lower than a normal pressure for washing clothes, and the pressure reducing pump and the booster pump of the washing machine are configured to circularly form the high pressure, a low pressure, and a normal pressure for cleaning clothes.

16. The washing machine according to claim 15, wherein the washing machine further comprises a pressure reducing pump motor connected to the pressure reducing pump, a second pipe communicated with the housing, and a pressure reducing valve arranged in the second pipe, the pressure reducing pump is connected to or isolated from the hosing through the pressure reducing valve and the second pipe.

17. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine further comprises at least one component selected from a group consisting of a temperature control device, a microcomputer, and a keyboard device.

18. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the sealing door is provided with a high pressure locking device.

19. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the vibration device is defined in the housing, the vibration device generating mechanical vibration, electronic vibration, or electromagnetic vibration.

20. The washing machine according to claim 13, wherein the washing machine further comprises a vibration box, the vibration box is received in the barrel.