washing machine

Abstract

The present invention discloses a washing machine, comprising a housing, an outer barrel and an inner barrel arranged in the housing, and a control panel seat arranged on the top of the housing, and also comprising: a drying and air supply module arranged in the housing, used to transport hot air into the barrel; a clothing support structure arranged on the upper side of the outer barrel, used to support the clothing above the outer barrel. The above-mentioned washing machine has a drying and air supply module arranged in the housing, which can generate hot air for air washing. At the same time, a clothing support structure is arranged above the outer barrel, which can support the clothing to be unfolded, and the hot air below can fully contact the clothing, thereby improving the cleaning effect of the air washing. At the same time, the clothing is unfolded and supported on the clothing support structure, which can avoid the clothing from being wrinkled.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a washing machine. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous improvement of living standards, people's requirements for clothing are getting higher and higher. For clothes made of medium and high-end materials (such as real mink, imitation mink, cashmere, wool, leather and down, etc.), water washing will cause damage to the clothes to a great extent; if dry cleaning is used for clothes made of the above materials, the stains on the clothes cannot be completely removed. In the prior art, clothes can be air washed by a washing machine. Air washing refers to the washing machine introducing gas of a certain temperature, humidity and pressure into the drum through heating and other treatments, and replacing traditional water washing with the help of the rotation of the motor combined with air. Air washing can make the fabric of clothes softer and more elastic, improve the wearing comfort of clothes, and most importantly, will not cause damage to clothes. If the clothes are not very dirty, choose air washing to remove odors (remove sweat odor, smoke odor, hot pot odor, sterilize, remove mites, etc.). However, in the existing pulsator washing machine, there is generally no air washing function, and the realization of the air washing function requires an independent rack to be set in the inner barrel to support the clothes. The rack needs to be disassembled during water washing, which is cumbersome and inconvenient to operate.

[0003] The above information disclosed in the background technology is only used to increase the understanding of the background technology of the present application, and therefore, it may include information that does not constitute the prior art known to ordinary technicians in the field. Summary of the invention

[0004] Based on this, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a pulsator washing machine with air washing function.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] A washing machine comprises a housing, an outer tub and an inner tub arranged in the housing, and a control panel seat arranged on the top of the housing, characterized in that it also comprises:

[0007] A drying air supply module is arranged in the housing and is used to deliver hot air into the barrel;

[0008] The clothing support structure is arranged on the upper side of the outer barrel and is used for supporting the clothing above the outer barrel.

[0009] Furthermore, the clothing supporting structure includes at least two arc-shaped support rods, and the support rods have a storage position located above the outer side of the inner barrel, and a support position located above the inner side of the inner barrel.

[0010] Furthermore, the support rod is flipped toward the inner side of the inner barrel with the line connecting the two ends thereof as the rotation axis, and after flipping, the support rod is located at the supporting position.

[0011] Furthermore, when the support rod is located at the storage position, the support rod is hidden at the lower side of the control panel seat; the support rod also has an intermediate position located below the inner side of the control panel seat, and the support rod can be translated from the storage position toward the inner side of the inner barrel to the intermediate position.

[0012] Furthermore, an outer barrel cover is arranged at the top end of the outer barrel, and the clothing supporting structure also includes a mounting seat fixed on the outer barrel cover, and both ends of the support rod are respectively arranged on the outer barrel cover through the mounting seats.

[0013] Further,

[0014] The support rod comprises an arc-shaped rod portion and a straight rod portion connected to both ends of the arc-shaped rod portion, and the straight rod portion is provided with a limiting protrusion protruding upward;

[0015] A long slot is provided on the side of the mounting seat, and the straight rod portion is slidably arranged in the slot; a limiting slide groove is provided on the top of the slot, and the limiting protrusion is slidably arranged in the limiting slide groove; the limiting slide groove is provided along the top surface of the slot and the end surface of the slot close to the inner barrel; when the support rod slides along the slot to one end close to the inner barrel, after the support rod flips inward, the limiting protrusion abuts against the end surface of the limiting slide groove, so that the support rod remains in a supporting state.

[0016] Furthermore, a fixing structure is provided on the outer barrel cover for fixing the support rod in the storage position.

[0017] Furthermore, two support rods are provided, and the two support rods are symmetrically arranged relative to the shell.

[0018] Furthermore, it also includes a spray module, which includes a connected atomization generator and a spray mechanism, and the spray mechanism is arranged above the clothing supporting structure.

[0019] Furthermore, an aromatherapy box is arranged on the spray mechanism.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the advantages and positive effects of the present invention are:

[0021] The above-mentioned washing machine has a drying air supply module disposed in the shell, which can generate hot air for air washing. At the same time, a clothing support structure is disposed above the outer barrel, which can support the clothing and allow the hot air below to fully contact the clothing, thereby improving the cleaning effect of air washing. At the same time, the clothing is supported on the clothing support structure, which can prevent the clothing from being wrinkled.

[0022] After reading the specific embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, other features and advantages of the present invention will become more clear. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0024] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the washing machine of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of air washing of the washing machine of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 3 It is a structural diagram of a control plate seat, an outer drum cover and a clothing support structure in a washing machine of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 4 A state diagram of the support rod in the washing machine of the present invention being located at the storage position;

[0028] Figure 5 A state diagram of the support rod in the washing machine of the present invention being located at a middle position;

[0029] Figure 6 A state diagram of the support rod in the washing machine of the present invention being located at the supporting position;

[0030] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of a clothing support structure in a washing machine of the present invention;

[0031] Figure 8 It is a structural schematic diagram of a support rod in a washing machine of the present invention;

[0032] Fig. 9 It is a cross-sectional view of the support rod and the mounting seat when the support rod is located at the supporting position in the washing machine of the present invention;

[0033] Description of reference numerals:

[0034] Housing 100;

[0035] Inner barrel 200;

[0036] Outer barrel 300; outer barrel cover 310;

[0037] Control panel seat 400;

[0038] Drying air supply module 500;

[0039] Garment support structure 600;

[0040] Support rod 610; arc-shaped rod portion 611; straight rod portion 612; limiting protrusion 613;

[0041] Mounting seat 620; slot 621; limiting slide groove 622;

[0042] Fixed structure 630;

[0043] Spray mechanism 700;

[0044] Clothes: 800. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0045] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0046] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating the orientation or position relationship are based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0047] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected" and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances. In the description of the above embodiments, specific features, structures, materials or characteristics can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0048] The terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "plurality" means two or more.

[0049] Reference Figure 1-Figure 9 , is an embodiment of the washing machine of the present invention. Figure 1 and Figure 2As shown, the washing machine is a pulsator washing machine, comprising a housing 100, an outer tub 300 and an inner tub 200 disposed in the housing 100, and a control panel seat 400 disposed on the top of the housing 100. The washing machine also includes a drying air supply module 500 and a clothing support structure 600.

[0050] The drying air supply module 500 is arranged in the housing 100 and is used to deliver hot air into the barrel. In this embodiment, the drying air supply module 500 is arranged at the bottom of the outer barrel 300, and the hot air is sent to the interlayer of the inner and outer barrels 300 of the washing machine along the pipeline at the bottom of the barrel, and enters the inner barrel 200 from the interlayer.

[0051] The clothing support structure 600 is disposed on the upper side of the outer tub 300, and is used to support the clothing 800 above the outer tub 300. The clothing support structure 600 can support the clothing 800 to be unfolded and placed upward, and hot air can perform air washing on the unfolded clothing 800. The clothing support structure 600 can be fixed to the outer tub cover 310 or the outer tub 300.

[0052] In the above-mentioned washing machine, a drying air supply module 500 is provided in the housing 100, which can generate hot air for air washing. At the same time, a clothing support structure 600 is provided above the outer tub 300, which can support the clothing 800 so that the hot air below can fully contact the clothing 800, thereby improving the cleaning effect of air washing. At the same time, the clothing 800 is supported on the clothing support structure 600, which can prevent the clothing 800 from wrinkling.

[0053] Specifically, Figure 3 As shown, the clothing support structure 600 includes at least two arc-shaped support rods 610. The support rods 610 have a storage position located above the outer side of the inner tub 200 (see Figure 4 ), and a support position located above the inner side of the inner tub 200 (see Figure 6 In this embodiment, the clothing support structure 600 includes two support rods 610 , and the two support rods 610 are symmetrically arranged relative to the housing 100 .

[0054] The support rod 610 is turned inside the inner tub 200 with the line connecting its two ends as the rotation axis, and after turning, the support rod 610 is located in the supporting position. In this embodiment, the support rod 610 is turned 180° inside the inner tub 200 and can be horizontally supported above the inner tub 200. When not in use, the support rod 610 can be stored on both sides of the inner tub 200, which does not affect the normal water washing function of the washing machine and does not need to be disassembled; when the air washing function is needed, the support rod 610 can be turned inward, which is easy to operate.

[0055] Furthermore, if Figure 3When the support rod 610 is in the storage position, the support rod 610 is hidden under the control panel seat 400. In order to enable the support rod 610 to flip inward, the support rod 610 also has a middle position located below the inner side of the control panel seat 400 (see Figure 5 ), the support rod 610 can be translated from the storage position to the inner side of the inner barrel 200 to the middle position. The support rod 610 is hidden under the control disc seat 400, and will not block the upper part of the inner barrel 200, affecting the placement of clothes 800 during the normal washing process. In other embodiments, when the support rod 610 is located in the storage position, the support rod 610 is arranged along the inner wall of the control disc seat 400, so that the support rod 610 can be directly flipped to the supporting position. Since the outer barrel 300 is suspended on the suspension rod in the casing, the outer barrel 300 can be swung left and right. When the outer barrel 300 is pushed to one side, the support rod 610 can be exposed, so that the support rod 610 can be pulled out and flipped for air washing. Since the support rod 610 is hidden under the lower side of the control disc seat 400, the user cannot see the support rod 610 under normal circumstances, so instructions for use can be given in the manual.

[0056] In this embodiment, an outer barrel cover 310 is disposed at the top of the outer barrel 300, and the clothing support structure 600 further includes a mounting seat 620 fixed to the outer barrel cover 310, and both ends of the support rod 610 are respectively disposed on the outer barrel cover 310 through the mounting seats 620. The mounting seat 620 can be fixed to the outer barrel cover 310 by fasteners such as screws.

[0057] The specific structure of the support rod 610 is shown in FIG. Figure 8 The support rod 610 includes an arc-shaped rod portion 611 and a straight rod portion 612 connected to both ends of the arc-shaped rod portion 611 , and an upwardly protruding limiting protrusion 613 is provided on the straight rod portion 612 .

[0058] The specific structure of the mounting seat 620 is shown in FIG. Figure 7 , a long strip-shaped slot 621 is provided on the side of the mounting seat 620, and the straight rod portion 612 of the support rod 610 is slidably set in the slot 621. In the present embodiment, the mounting seat 620 is a flat-walled annular structure, and the inner ring forms the slot 621. A limiting slide groove 622 is provided on the top of the slot 621, and a limiting protrusion 613 is slidably set in the limiting slide groove 622. The support rod 610 is assembled with the mounting seat 620 through the cooperation of the limiting protrusion 613 and the limiting slide groove 622. In the present embodiment, the limiting slide groove 622 is provided along the top surface of the slot 621 and the end surface of the slot 621 close to the inner barrel 200; Fig. 9As shown, when the support rod 610 slides along the slot 621 to one end close to the inner barrel 200, the support rod 610 flips inward, and the limiting protrusion 613 abuts against the end surface of the limiting slide groove 622, so that the support rod 610 maintains a supporting state. The structure of the support rod 610 and the mounting seat 620 in this embodiment is simple, and the limiting and positioning are achieved by the cooperation of the limiting protrusion 613 and the limiting slide groove 622.

[0059] Furthermore, a fixing structure 630 is provided on the outer barrel cover 310, and the fixing structure 630 is used to fix the support rod 610 in the storage position. In this embodiment, the fixing structure 630 is a buckle, which is fixed on the outer barrel cover 310, and the arc-shaped rod portion 611 of the support rod 610 is fixed in the buckle. The opening direction of the buckle is roughly horizontal, and the support rod 610 can be separated from the buckle when it moves horizontally inward.

[0060] When the clothes 800 need to be deodorized, the clothes 800 are relatively dry and the air washing effect is not good. Therefore, the washing machine also includes a spray module, which includes a connected atomization generator and a spray mechanism 700. The atomization generator is used to generate mist. The spray mechanism 700 is arranged above the clothes supporting structure 600 and is used to spray mist to the clothes 800. The water mist adheres to the surface of the clothes and encounters the hot air at the bottom of the barrel, which evaporates and takes away the odor on the clothes 800. The spray mechanism 700 can be arranged at

[0061] Furthermore, an aromatherapy box (not shown) is also provided on the spray mechanism 700, and aromatherapy substances are contained in the aromatherapy box. The spray mechanism 700 can spray scented mist.

[0062] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit the same. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, it is still possible for a person skilled in the art to modify the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments, or to replace some of the technical features therein by equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions claimed to be protected by the present invention.

Claims

1. A washing machine, comprising a housing, an outer tub and an inner tub arranged in the housing, and a control panel seat arranged on the top of the housing, characterized in that: Also includes: A drying air supply module is arranged in the housing and is used to deliver hot air into the barrel; A clothing support structure, disposed on the upper side of the outer barrel, for supporting clothing above the outer barrel; The clothing support structure comprises at least two arc-shaped support rods, wherein the support rods have a storage position located above the outer side of the inner tub and a support position located above the inner side of the inner tub; The support rod is turned over toward the inner side of the inner barrel with the connecting line of its two ends as the rotation axis, and after turning over, the support rod is located at the supporting position; When the support rod is located at the storage position, the support rod is hidden at the lower side of the control panel seat; the support rod also has an intermediate position located below the inner side of the control panel seat, and the support rod can be translated from the storage position toward the inner side of the inner barrel to the intermediate position.

2. The washing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the outer barrel is provided with an outer barrel cover, and the clothing supporting structure further comprises a mounting seat fixed on the outer barrel cover, and both ends of the support rod are respectively arranged on the outer barrel cover through the mounting seats.

3. The washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The support rod comprises an arc-shaped rod portion and a straight rod portion connected to both ends of the arc-shaped rod portion, and the straight rod portion is provided with a limiting protrusion protruding upward; A long slot is provided on the side of the mounting seat, and the straight rod portion is slidably arranged in the slot; a limiting slide groove is provided on the top of the slot, and the limiting protrusion is slidably arranged in the limiting slide groove; the limiting slide groove is provided along the top surface of the slot and the end surface of the slot close to the inner barrel; when the support rod slides along the slot to one end close to the inner barrel, after the support rod flips inward, the limiting protrusion abuts against the end surface of the limiting slide groove, so that the support rod remains in a supporting state.

4. The washing machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The outer barrel cover is provided with a fixing structure for fixing the support rod in the storage position.

5. The washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: There are two support rods, and the two support rods are symmetrically arranged relative to the shell.

6. The washing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: It also includes a spray module, which includes a connected atomization generator and a spray mechanism, and the spray mechanism is arranged above the clothing supporting structure.

7. The washing machine according to claim 6, characterized in that: The spray mechanism is provided with an aromatherapy box.

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