Fan assembly and clothes processing equipment

Abstract

The utility model provides a fan assembly and clothes processing equipment, the fan assembly comprises a shell, a fan impeller and a spraying structure, and a mounting cavity is formed in the shell; the fan impeller is arranged in the mounting cavity; and the spraying structure is arranged on the shell, the spraying structure comprises a spraying opening, and the spraying opening is arranged towards the fan blade wheel. According to the fan assembly, the spraying structure is additionally arranged on the shell, and the spraying structure can spray water to the fan impeller through the spraying opening to wash the fan impeller, so that the fan impeller is cleaned, and the situation that the fan impeller cannot operate normally due to the fact that too much soft flocks and dust are accumulated is avoided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of clothes processing equipment, and particularly relates to a fan assembly and clothes processing equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the improvement of people's material living standards, more and more families choose clothes processing equipment with a drying function, which is convenient for clothes drying in humid weather and solves the problem of clothes not being dried in time. The clothes dryer usually includes a drying air duct and a fan. The drying air duct is connected with the drying barrel to form a circulating air path, and the fan is installed on the drying air duct to drive the air in the circulating air path to circulate and flow, so that the hot air evaporates after flowing through the drying barrel and takes away the water in the clothes to realize the drying of the clothes.

[0003] However, after the clothes dryer has undergone multiple drying programs, a large amount of lint in the clothes is brought into the fan by the circulating air, which causes the accumulation of too much lint in the fan impeller and easily causes the locked-rotor of the driving motor, which is not conducive to the normal operation of the clothes dryer. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] The present application provides a fan assembly and clothes processing equipment, which can solve the technical problem that the fan of the clothes processing equipment is prone to accumulate lint inside and cause performance damage.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present application provides the following technical solutions:

[0006] A fan assembly applied to clothes processing equipment, the fan assembly comprising:

[0007] a housing, an installation cavity being formed inside the housing;

[0008] a fan impeller arranged in the installation cavity;

[0009] a spraying structure arranged on the housing, the spraying structure comprising a spraying opening, the spraying opening being arranged towards the fan impeller.

[0010] In some embodiments, an installation hole communicating with the installation cavity is formed on the housing, the spraying structure is arranged on the outer wall of the housing, and the spraying opening communicates with the installation cavity through the installation hole.

[0011] In some embodiments, the installation hole is arranged opposite to the fan impeller along the axial direction of the fan impeller.

[0012] In some embodiments, the fan impeller comprises an air inlet end, the housing comprises an installation wall surface arranged opposite to the air inlet end, and the installation hole is formed on the installation wall surface.

[0013] In some embodiments, an installation slot is formed on the outer wall of the shell, and the spraying structure comprises a plug-in part which is plugged into the installation slot so as to be mounted on the shell.

[0014] In some embodiments, the installation hole is formed on the bottom of the installation slot, and the spraying port is formed on the front end surface of the plug-in part along the insertion direction of the plug-in part.

[0015] In some embodiments, a fastening slot is formed on the inner side wall of the installation slot, and a fastening rib is formed on the circumferential side wall of the plug-in part, the fastening rib being clamped in the fastening slot so as to be fixedly mounted on the shell.

[0016] In some embodiments, the spraying structure comprises:

[0017] a spraying box forming a containing cavity with a water inlet and a spraying port, the spraying box comprising a lower half part provided with the spraying port and an upper half part provided with the water inlet, the lower half part forming the plug-in part, and the upper half part being protruded from the outer wall of the shell;

[0018] a water inlet pipe comprising a water inlet end and a water outlet end, the water inlet end being adapted to be connected to a water inlet assembly of the clothes treatment apparatus, and the water outlet end being connected to the water inlet.

[0019] In some embodiments, the spraying structure further comprises a sealing ring which is sleeved on the circumferential side wall of the plug-in part and is in sealing cooperation with the inner side wall of the installation slot.

[0020] A clothes treatment apparatus comprising the above-mentioned fan assembly.

[0021] The fan assembly and the clothes treatment apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application can realize cleaning of the fan blade wheel by spraying water to the fan blade wheel through the spraying port of the spraying structure, so as to avoid the fan blade wheel from being unable to normally operate due to accumulation of too much lint and dust. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed in the embodiment description will be briefly introduced. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor.

[0023] In order to more completely understand the present application and its beneficial effects, the following will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same reference numerals represent the same parts.

[0024] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the fan assembly provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0025] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The exploded view of the wind turbine assembly is shown.

[0026] Figure 3 for Figure 1 The shown is a cross-sectional view of the wind turbine assembly along the AA direction.

[0027] Figure 4 for Figure 2 The diagram shown is an enlarged view of region B.

[0028] Figure 5 for Figure 2 The diagram shown is an enlarged view of the structure in region C.

[0029] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the spray structure provided in an embodiment of this application.

[0030] Figure 7 for Figure 6 The spray structure shown is a cross-sectional view along the DD direction.

[0031] Explanation of reference numerals in the attached figures:

[0032] 100. Fan components;

[0033] 110. Shell; 120. Impeller; 130. Spray structure;

[0034] 111. Mounting cavity; 112. Mounting hole; 113. Mounting wall surface; 114. Mounting slot; 115. Upper shell; 116. Lower shell; 121. Air inlet; 131. Spray nozzle; 132. Spray box; 133. Water inlet pipe; 134. Water inlet; 135. Connecting part; 136. Receiving cavity; 137. Annular rib;

[0035] 1141. Fastening slot; 1321. Upper part; 1322. Lower part; 1351. Fastening rib. Detailed Implementation

[0036] The technical solutions of the embodiments of this application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of this application, and not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of this application without creative effort are within the scope of protection of this application.

[0037] This application provides a fan assembly applied to a garment processing device. For an example, please refer to [link to example].Figures 1-3 , Figure 1 A structure diagram of a fan assembly provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown in the figure, Figure 2 A structure diagram of a fan assembly provided by an embodiment of the present application is shown in the figure, Figure 1 An exploded view of the fan assembly shown in the figure, Figure 3 A sectional view of the fan assembly shown in the figure along the A-A direction. The fan assembly 100 comprises a housing 110, a fan wheel 120 and a spraying structure 130. Figure 1 The housing 110 is internally formed with a mounting cavity 111; the fan wheel 120 is arranged in the mounting cavity 111; the spraying structure 130 is arranged on the housing 110, and the spraying structure 130 comprises a spraying opening 131 arranged towards the fan wheel 120.

[0038] It should be noted that the spraying structure 130 is adapted to spray water to the fan wheel 120 through the spraying opening 131 to clean the fan wheel 120. The housing 110 comprises an upper shell 115 and a lower shell 116, for example, and the upper shell 115 and the lower shell 116 are coupled to form the mounting cavity 111. In actual application, the fan wheel 120 is first mounted in the lower shell 116, and then the upper shell 115 is coupled to the lower shell 116 to complete the assembly of the housing 110 and the fan wheel 120.

[0039] The fan assembly 100 provided by the embodiment of the present application is provided with the spraying structure 130 on the housing 110, and the spraying structure 130 can spray water to the fan wheel 120 through the spraying opening 131 to clean the fan wheel 120, thereby avoiding the situation that the fan wheel 120 cannot normally operate due to accumulation of too much dust and hair.

[0040] Optionally, the housing 110 is provided with a mounting hole 112 communicating with the mounting cavity 111, and the spraying structure 130 is arranged on the outer wall of the housing 110, and the spraying opening 131 communicates with the mounting cavity 111 through the mounting hole 112. In this way, the spraying structure 130 is mounted on the outer wall of the housing 110, which is conducive to convenient disassembly and connection of the water source of the spraying structure 130.

[0041] Preferably, the mounting hole 112 is arranged opposite to the fan wheel 120 along the axial direction of the fan wheel 120. In actual application, the spraying of the spraying structure 130 can be started, and the rotation of the fan wheel 120 can be controlled to be slow. In this way, each position on the circumference of the fan wheel 120 can be sequentially cleaned during the rotation of the fan wheel 120 around the axis relative to the spraying structure 130. The number of the spraying structures 130 can also be multiple, and the multiple spraying structures 130 are arranged along the circumference of the fan wheel 120, for example, which can improve the cleaning efficiency and degree of the fan wheel 120.

[0042]

[0043] ​Preferably, the impeller 120 includes an air inlet end 121, and the housing 110 includes a mounting wall surface 113 opposite to the air inlet end 121, with a mounting hole 112 formed on the mounting wall surface 113. It is understood that with the mounting hole 112 formed on the mounting wall surface 113, the spray nozzle 131 can spray water towards the air inlet end 121 of the impeller 120. This allows the spray direction to be consistent with the airflow direction, which helps to increase the spray water pressure and thus improve the cleanliness of the impeller 120.

[0044] In some embodiments, please refer to Figures 4-5 , Figure 4 for Figure 2 The diagram shown is an enlarged view of region B. Figure 5 for Figure 2 The diagram shown is an enlarged view of region C. A mounting slot 114 is provided on the outer wall of the housing 110. The spray structure 130 includes a plug-in portion 135, which is inserted into the mounting slot 114 to mount the spray structure 130 onto the housing 110. Preferably, the plug-in portion 135 conformally matches the mounting slot 114. This improves the installation efficiency of the spray structure 130.

[0045] Optionally, the mounting hole 112 is formed at the bottom of the mounting slot 114, and the spray nozzle 131 is formed on the front end face of the plug-in portion 135 along the insertion direction of the plug-in portion 135. This integrates the mounting hole 112 with the mounting slot 114, and the plug-in portion 135 with the spray nozzle 131, reducing structural complexity and improving aesthetics. The spray nozzle 131 may include multiple spray holes, evenly distributed on the front end face of the plug-in portion 135. Preferably, the front end face of the plug-in portion 135 is a curved strip surface, and the curvature is the same as the circumferential curvature of the impeller 120. This allows the spray structure 130 to spray water more precisely onto the impeller 120.

[0046] To ensure that the plug-in part 135 is securely inserted into the mounting slot 114 and to improve the stability of the spray structure 130 installed on the housing 110, a fastening groove 1141 can be opened on the inner side wall of the mounting slot 114, and a fastening rib 1351 can be provided on the circumferential side wall of the plug-in part 135. By having the fastening rib 1351 engaged in the fastening groove 1141, the spray structure 130 can be fixedly installed on the housing 110.

[0047] Preferably, the fan wheel 120 comprises an air inlet end 121, the housing 110 comprises a mounting wall surface 113 opposite to the air inlet end 121, and the mounting hole 112 is arranged on the mounting wall surface 113. It can be understood that, when the mounting hole 112 is arranged on the mounting wall surface 113, the spray opening 131 can spray towards the air inlet end 121 of the fan wheel 120, so that the spray direction is consistent with the air flow direction, which is beneficial to improve the spray water pressure and further improve the cleaning degree of the fan wheel 120.

[0048] Further, please refer to Figures 6-7 , Figure 6 the structure diagram of the spray structure provided by the embodiment of the present application, Figure 7 for Figure 6 the cross-sectional view of the spray structure along the direction D-D. The spray structure 130 comprises a spray box 132 and a water inlet pipe 133.

[0049] The spray box 132 forms a containing cavity 136 with a water inlet 134 and a spray opening 131, and the spray box 132 comprises a lower half 1322 provided with the spray opening 131 and an upper half 1321 provided with the water inlet 134. The lower half 1322 forms a plug-in part 135, and the upper half 1321 is protruded from the outer wall of the housing 110. The water inlet pipe 133 comprises a water inlet end and a water outlet end. The water inlet end is adapted to be connected to a water inlet assembly of the clothes treatment equipment, and the water outlet end is connected to the water inlet 134. In actual application, the spray water flows into the containing cavity 136 through the water inlet pipe 133, and then is sprayed towards the fan wheel 120 through the spray opening 131.

[0050] Optionally, the projection of the spray box 132 on the mounting wall surface 113 matches the projection of the fan wheel 120 on the mounting wall surface 113. For example, the projection of the spray box 132 on the mounting wall surface 113 is a strip with an arc, and the arc is the same as the arc of the fan wheel 120 in the circumferential direction.

[0051] In some embodiments, the spray structure 130 further comprises a sealing ring (not shown), which is sleeved on the outer circumferential side wall of the plug-in part 135 and sealingly cooperates with the inner side wall of the mounting slot 114. In this way, the water sprayed by the spray structure 130 can be prevented from leaking out of the housing 110 through the gap between the plug-in part 135 and the mounting slot 114. For example, the sealing ring is in interference fit with the inner side wall of the mounting slot 114.

[0052] In some embodiments, the spray structure 130 further comprises an annular protruding rib 137 arranged on the outer circumferential side wall of the plug-in part 135, which is adapted to sealingly cooperate with the sealing ring, such as interference fit, to improve the sealing performance of the connection between the spray structure 130 and the housing 110.

[0053] The fan assembly 100 provided by the embodiments of the present application is provided with the spraying structure 130 on the shell 110, and the spraying structure 130 can spray water to the fan wheel 120 through the spraying opening 131 to clean the fan wheel 120, so that the fan wheel 120 can not be normally operated due to too much accumulated lint and dust.

[0054] The embodiments of the present application also provide a clothes processing apparatus including the fan assembly 100 in any of the above embodiments. The clothes processing apparatus can be a clothes dryer, a washer-dryer or other apparatus for processing clothes. The clothes processing apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application is provided with the spraying structure 130 on the shell 110 of the fan assembly 100, and the spraying structure 130 can spray water to the fan wheel 120 through the spraying opening 131 to clean the fan wheel 120, so that the fan wheel 120 can not be normally operated due to too much accumulated lint and dust, and the clothes processing apparatus can normally realize the clothes processing function, and the product quality is improved.

[0055] The fan assembly and the clothes processing apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail above, and the principles and implementation manners of the present application are described by applying specific examples. The above description of the embodiments is only used to help understand the method of the present application and the core idea thereof; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, the specific implementation manner and application range can be changed according to the idea of the present application, and the content of the specification should not be understood as the limitation of the present application.

Claims

1. A fan assembly, characterized in that, The fan assembly, used in garment processing equipment, includes: The housing has an internal mounting cavity; An impeller is disposed in the mounting cavity; A spray structure is disposed on the housing, the spray structure including a spray nozzle, the spray nozzle being disposed toward the impeller.

2. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that, The housing has a mounting hole that communicates with the mounting cavity. The spray structure is disposed on the outer wall of the housing, and the spray nozzle communicates with the mounting cavity through the mounting hole.

3. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that, Along the axial direction of the impeller, the mounting hole is positioned opposite to the impeller.

4. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that, The impeller includes an air inlet end, the housing includes a mounting wall opposite to the air inlet end, and the mounting hole is formed on the mounting wall.

5. The wind turbine assembly according to any one of claims 2-4, characterized in that, The outer wall of the housing is provided with an installation slot, and the spray structure includes a plug-in part, which is plugged into the installation slot so that the spray structure is installed on the housing.

6. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that, The mounting hole is formed at the bottom of the mounting slot, along the insertion direction of the plug-in part, and the spray nozzle is formed on the front end face of the plug-in part.

7. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that, The inner wall of the mounting slot is provided with a fastening groove, and the circumferential side wall of the insertion part is provided with a fastening rib. The fastening rib is engaged in the fastening groove so that the spray structure is fixedly installed on the housing.

8. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that, The spray structure includes: A spray box forms a receiving cavity with a water inlet and a spray outlet. The spray box includes a lower half with the spray outlet and an upper half with the water inlet. The lower half forms the insertion part, and the upper half protrudes from the outer wall of the housing. The water inlet pipe includes an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein the inlet end is adapted to connect to the water inlet assembly of the garment processing equipment, and the outlet end is connected to the inlet.

9. The wind turbine assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that, The spray structure also includes a sealing ring, which is sleeved on the circumferential sidewall of the insertion part and seals against the inner sidewall of the mounting slot.

10. A garment processing device, characterized in that, Includes the wind turbine assembly as described in any one of claims 1-9.

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