Automatic additive feeding device and washing machine

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic additive feeding device which comprises a shell which is relatively independently arranged and is provided with at least one inserting groove; the liquid storage box forms a sealed accommodating cavity for storing the additive and is mounted in the inserting groove in a pluggable manner; the water supply path is mounted in the shell; and the liquid guide structure is used for communicating the sealed accommodating cavity of the liquid storage box inserted into the inserting groove with the water supply path. By means of the arrangement, the whole feeding device is arranged to be an independent module and can be independently arranged outside the washing machine, and the effects that the automatic additive feeding device is arranged in a modularized mode and sold independently are achieved. Meanwhile, the invention further provides the washing machine, a water inlet of the washing machine is connected with a water supply source through the water supply waterway of the automatic additive feeding device, so that the automatic additive feeding device independently arranged outside the washing machine can be matched with washing machines of different specifications, models and categories; the functions of the washing machine are richer and more diversified.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a dosing device for dosing additives, in particular to an external dosing device that can be applied to a washing machine and can do additive dosing automatically, and also relates to a washing machine that can match with the above-mentioned additive dosing device. Background technique [0002] The additive delivery methods commonly used in existing washing machines include the following two: [0003] One is that the user directly puts the additive into the tub of the washing machine. This way of putting the additive directly by the user makes it inconvenient to control the dosage of the additive, and it is easy to cause the situation that the dosage of the additive is too much or too little; at the same time, Since the additive is directly put into the barrel, the undiluted additive will directly contact the clothes in the barrel, which is likely to cause problems such as fading of the clothes. [0004] The other is to set a ...

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[0003] One is that the user directly puts the additive into the bucket of the washing machine. Since the user directly puts the additive in manually, it is inconvenient to control the amount of the additive, and it is easy to cause too much or too little additive. At the same time, Since the additive is put directly into the bucket, the undiluted additive will directly contact the clothes in the bucket, which may cause problems such as fading of the clothes

[0004] The other is to install a drop-in box on the washing machine, and the user pre-drops the additive into the drop-in box of the washing machine in advance, and flushes the additive into the bucket of the washing machine by using the water inflow of the washing machine; since the existing liquid storage box structure is an open structure, After the additive is put into it, it will be in contact with the external air and the water splashed during the operation of the washing machine, which will cause problems such as contamination and deterioration of the additive; at the same time, since the liquid storage box is generally pullable and installed on the washing machine, It needs to be disassembled during cleaning, which causes the problem of inconvenient cleaning of the liquid storage box

[0005] Of course, there is also a washing machine equipped with a feeding structure that can automatically add additives, so that additives can be automatically and quantitatively injected using the working procedures of the washing machine; however, due to cost constraints, it is generally only installed on high-end models. The automatic feeding structure makes it impossible for users to upgrade the low-end model after purchasing it, and needs to purchase a new washing machine again

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