Disclosed is a
linear motor for a small household appliance, comprising a housing and an iron core. Upper and lower inner side walls of the iron core are each provided with at least one salient pole, and the salient poles on the upper and lower sides are offset from each other. Coil windings are wound on the salient poles. A guide base is disposed at the bottom of the inside of the housing. A
magnet support is slidably disposed in the housing, and a drive head is disposed on the
magnet support at a position adjacent to an open end of the housing. A
magnet assembly is slidably disposed in the magnet support. The magnet
assembly is provided with at least one steel magnet. Upper and lower sides of the magnet support are each provided with at least one window, the positions of the windows being opposite the positions of the salient poles. The guide base is provided with a switching slot, the magnet
assembly is provided with a pin, and the pin is movably inserted inside the switching slot, so that when the coil windings are energized to generate a
magnetic field identical to that of the steel magnet, the magnet support drives the magnet assembly and the drive head to slide left and right, while the magnet assembly slides up and down relative to the magnet support, causing the steel magnet to be inserted into a corresponding window. The output smoothness of the
linear motor is improved, production costs are reduced, and the motion
inertia of the entire movable part is reduced.