Clothes treatment device and control method

Abstract

A main control board structure of a clothes treatment device, comprising: a main control board (200); and a display screen (300) mounted in an inwardly-recessed mounting groove (201) provided on the main control board (200). The display screen (300) is connected to the mounting groove (201) by means of a rotating shaft structure (1), the display screen (300) can rotate around an axis and flip outward out of the mounting groove (201), and the outer wall surface of the display screen (300) rotated into the mounting groove (201) and the outer side wall of the main control board (200) are located in the same flush vertical plane. The display screen (300) capable of rotating outwards is mounted on the main control board (200), achieving the effect that the front side wall of the clothes treatment device is a flat vertical surface in a normal state, and thus improving the significant technical advancement of the overall attractiveness coordination degree between the clothes treatment device and surrounding home devices. The structure is simple, the effect is significant, and the present application is suitable for popularization for use.

Description

Clothes processing device and control method Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of clothing processing equipment, and specifically relates to a clothing processing equipment equipped with an outwardly rotatable display screen, and more particularly to a control method applied to the above-mentioned clothing processing equipment. Background Art

[0002] In modern life, washing machines have become an essential household appliance. Some families will further purchase dryers to dry clothes after washing, or they may have multiple washing machines to meet the needs of washing adults' and children's clothes separately.

[0003] Currently, washing machines, dryers, and other laundry appliances have become essential household appliances in many homes. In modern home life, more and more young people are pursuing the integration of home appliances and furniture. As a major household appliance in people's daily lives, the matching of laundry appliances with furniture styles has become a key design topic for most users.

[0004] At the same time, a display screen needs to be provided on the clothing processing device to display information such as the operating parameters of the clothing processing device to the outside; therefore, a display screen generally needs to be installed on the clothing processing device, and in order to better facilitate the user to observe and operate the display screen, the display screen generally needs to be rotated outward so that the display screen forms a 25° tilt angle with the human eye.

[0005] Therefore, to accommodate the aforementioned tilt angle, conventional clothing processing devices typically have a display screen mounted on the front of the device tilted upward and gradually backward. However, when such a clothing processing device is placed in a home, particularly within a cabinet, the exposed front of the device is not flush with the exterior front of the furniture due to the tilted display screen, which compromises aesthetics and prevents the device from being flushly embedded in the furniture.

[0006] However, existing display screens are generally embedded and fixedly installed on clothing processing equipment, and are unable to realize the function of automatically flipping the rotating display screen outward; therefore, how to install a display screen that can be flipped inside out on the clothing processing equipment has become a technical problem that urgently needs to be solved; in particular, how to flip and open and close the outward-flipping display screen installed on the clothing processing equipment has become a technical problem that urgently needs to be solved by technical personnel in this field.

[0007] In view of this, the present invention is proposed. Summary of the Invention

[0008] The display panel at the notch has a side facing outward as a display surface, and the display surface and the front outer wall surface of the main control board are in the same vertical plane.

[0009] Furthermore, the top of the display screen is connected to the mounting slot via a rotating shaft structure; a stop structure is arranged at the bottom of the slot of the mounting slot, and the stop structure has an upwardly protruding stop rib; when the display screen is rotated into the mounting slot, the rear side of the display screen abuts against or is close to the front side of the stop rib.

[0010] Furthermore, the height difference between the stop rib and the front outer wall of the main control board is equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the display panel; the distance between the protruding end of the stop rib and the shaft structure is smaller than the upper and lower widths of the display panel.

[0011] Furthermore, a horizontally extending strip stopper is installed at the notch of the lower side wall of the installation groove; the installation side of the strip stopper is provided with an upwardly protruding strip stop rib, and the relative protruding side is arranged flush with the outer wall of the main control board, or slightly protrudes from the outer wall of the main control board; a set interval gap is retained between the lower side of the display screen turned into the installation groove and the upper side of the strip stopper; preferably, there is a set interval gap between the left and right sides of the display screen and the corresponding side walls of the main control board installation groove, and the above-mentioned interval gap and the interval gap between the display screen and the strip stopper are set to be equal.

[0012] Furthermore, a driving unit is installed on the main control board, and the output end of the driving unit is connected to the display screen through a transmission structure, so as to drive the display screen to rotate around the rotating shaft structure; a detection unit is provided on the driving unit and / or the transmission structure, and the detection unit is used to detect the position of the display screen and to send a control signal to terminate the operation of the driving unit when the display screen rotates around the axis to a vertical position; preferably, the detection unit is any one or a combination of a speed sensor for detecting the rotation amount of the output end of the driving unit, a timer for timing the working time of the driving unit, and a distance sensor for detecting the displacement of the display screen.

[0013] Furthermore, a decorative strip is provided at the notch of the upper side wall of the mounting groove, and a rotation gap is retained between the lower side of the decorative strip and the top of the display screen; the front side of the decorative strip is flush with the outer side wall of the main control board, or slightly protrudes from the outer side wall of the main control board; preferably, the lower side of the cross-section of the strip decorative strip is an inclined surface or a curved surface that gradually bends downward from the back to the front; a chamfered inclined surface or a chamfered curved surface is provided at the intersection of the front side and the upper side of the strip decorative strip;

[0014] Further preferably, there is a set gap between the lower side of the decorative strip and the top of the display screen, and the above gap is set to be the same as the gap between the bottom of the display screen and the strip-shaped stopper.

[0015] An embodiment of the present invention introduces a clothing processing device, which includes a main body, and a main control board structure described above is installed on the front side of the main body. The front side wall of the main control board and the outer wall surface of the display screen rotated into the installation groove are flush with the front side of the main body and are in the same vertical plane.

[0016] Furthermore, the main body includes a shell, and the main control board is installed on the upper front side of the shell; the front side of the shell is provided with a door that opens and closes outward, and the door covers other areas of the front side of the shell except the main control board. The front side wall of the closed door is flush with the front side wall of the main control board and the outer wall of the display screen rotated into the installation groove and is in the same vertical plane.

[0017] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0018] By installing an outward-rotating display screen on the main control panel, the front side wall of the clothing processing device can be made into a flat vertical surface under normal conditions, thereby achieving a significant technological advancement in improving the overall aesthetic coordination between the clothing processing device and the surrounding home furnishings.

[0019] By setting a stop structure 2 on the main control board 200, the stop structure 2 is used to stop and position the display screen 300 when it is rotated inward, so as to prevent the display screen 300 from rotating inward at too large an angle and ensure that the display screen 300 remains in a vertical position after rotating into the installation groove 201.

[0020] At the same time, the present invention has a simple structure, significant effects, and is suitable for popularization and use.

[0021] The second purpose of the present invention is to provide a control method for a clothing processing device to achieve the purpose of automatically opening and closing the rotatable display screen and facilitating user operation; at the same time, another purpose of the present invention is to provide a control method for a clothing processing device to achieve the purpose of automatically controlling the flipping and closing of the display screen.

[0022] To achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0023] A control method for a clothing processing device, the clothing processing device comprising: a main body, on which is mounted a display screen that can be flipped outward; after the clothing processing device receives a display screen flip-open signal, the display screen flips outward and opens for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward and closes.

[0024] Furthermore, when the power button of the clothing processing device is turned on, and / or when the clothing processing device starts working, and / or when the user sends a display screen flip-open signal to the clothing processing device, the clothing processing device generates a display screen flip-open signal, the display screen flips outward and opens, and lasts for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward and closes.

[0025] Furthermore, the user sending a display screen folding and opening signal to the clothing processing device includes the following: the user touches or presses the display screen, and uses the generated touch signal or press signal to generate a display screen folding and opening signal; and / or the clothing processing device recognizes that the user makes a set voice or performs a set action, and generates a display screen folding and opening signal; and / or the user uses a mobile terminal to send a display screen folding and opening signal to the clothing processing device.

[0026] Furthermore, after the display screen flips outward and opens, the working program of the clothing processing equipment is selected according to the user's operating instructions on the operating interface on the display screen; until the set time is reached after the last operating instruction on the display screen, the display screen flips inward and closes; preferably, the set time is 20s.

[0027] Furthermore, an inward flipping operation interface is provided on the display screen; after the display screen is flipped outward to open, the user operates the inward flipping operation interface on the display screen to generate an inward flipping operation instruction for the display screen, and the display screen directly flips inward and closes.

[0028] Furthermore, after the clothing processing device receives the display screen flip scene start instruction, the clothing processing device enters the display screen flip scene. After the clothing processing device receives the display screen flip open signal, the display screen flips outward to the open position and maintains it for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward to the closed position; otherwise, the clothing processing device is in the display screen non-flip scene. Regardless of whether the clothing processing device receives the display screen flip open signal, the display screen is always in the inward flip closed position.

[0029] Furthermore, when the display screen of the clothing processing device is in an outward flip position, the first operation interface is displayed on the display screen; when the display screen of the clothing processing device is in an inward flip position, the second operation interface is displayed on the display screen.

[0030] Furthermore, an outward-flipping display screen is provided on the front side wall of the clothing processing device; when the display screen flips outward, the lower side of the display screen flips outward around the upper horizontal rotation axis until the display screen and the front side of the main body of the clothing processing device are in an outward-flipping position with a set inclination angle; when the display screen flips inward, the lower side of the display screen flips inward around the upper horizontal rotation axis until the display screen and the front side of the main body of the clothing processing device are in an inward-flipping position where they are flush; preferably, the above-mentioned set inclination angle is 60 degrees.

[0031] Furthermore, the specific working process of the clothing processing device is as follows:

[0032] Clothes processing equipment starts;

[0033] The display flips outward to the flip-out position;

[0034] Detect whether the user has not operated the display screen for a set period of time; if so, flip the display screen inward to the inward flip position;

[0035] The clothes processing equipment starts working according to the selected program;

[0036] During the operation of the washing machine, it is detected whether a display screen flip-out signal is received; if so, the display screen is flipped outward to the outward flip position;

[0037] Detect whether the user has not operated the display screen for a set period of time; if so, flip the display screen inward to the inward flip position;

[0038] The laundry treatment device has finished working.

[0039] The present invention also introduces a clothing processing device that applies any of the above-mentioned control methods, which includes: a main body, a main control board installed on the front side of the main body; a display screen that can be flipped outward is installed on the main control board, and the display screen that is not flipped outward is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body.

[0040] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0041] Through the above settings, the display screen can automatically flip outward to open and flip inward to close, which greatly simplifies the user's operation and improves the intelligence level of the automatic flipping display screen. At the same time, by automatically flipping and closing the display screen after flipping outward for a set time, the user can control the display screen and issue the working program instructions of the clothing processing equipment without the need for a second action to control the display screen to automatically flip inward to close, thereby reducing the user's operation steps.

[0042] In addition, the method of the present invention is simple, effective, and suitable for promotion and use.

[0043] The third purpose of the present invention is to provide a display screen rotation drive structure of a clothing processing device to achieve the purpose of rotational drive control of a rotatable display screen; at the same time, another purpose of the present invention is to provide a display screen rotation drive structure of a clothing processing device to achieve the purpose of providing a stable rotational drive force to the display screen and precisely controlling the display screen.

[0044] To achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0045] A display screen rotation drive structure for clothing processing equipment, wherein the display screen is mounted on a main control board and can be rotated outward via a rotating shaft structure; a drive unit is provided on the main control board, and the output end of the drive unit is in transmission engagement with a transmission rack on the display screen, so as to drive the display screen to rotate around the rotating shaft.

[0046] Furthermore, the transmission rack is a rack extending along an arc line, the center of the arc line is on the axis of the shaft structure; the output end of the drive unit is directly or through a transmission gear and is engaged with the rack.

[0047] Furthermore, the main control board is arranged vertically, and the top of the display screen is connected to the main control board through a rotating shaft extending horizontally through the axis; a circular arc-shaped transmission rack protruding backward is installed on the left or right side of the display screen, and the circular arc-shaped transmission rack is provided with meshing teeth arranged on the inner circumference side of the upper rotating shaft; the output end of the drive unit is provided with an output gear that can rotate synchronously and coaxially, and the output gear is on the inner circumference side of the circular arc-shaped rack and meshing teeth are arranged on the outer circumference, and the outer circumferential meshing teeth of the output gear are meshed with the meshing teeth on the inner circumference side of the rack for transmission connection.

[0048] Furthermore, a mounting portion is provided on the front side of the transmission rack, and the front end face of the mounting portion is in contact with the rear side of the display screen, and the upper and lower portions of the mounting portion are respectively threadedly engaged with the display screen by a screw; preferably, a screw column protruding backward is provided on the rear side of the display screen, and a screw hole opening toward the rear and extending horizontally is provided on the screw column, and the screw passes through the mounting portion of the transmission rack portion from the back to the front and is threadedly engaged with the screw hole coaxially arranged on the screw column to be fixed.

[0049] Furthermore, the mounting portion of the transmission rack is an internal hollow structure surrounded by a circle of side ribs and a rear end wall, and the open side of the mounting portion is correspondingly snapped onto the rear wall of the display screen; the rear end wall of the mounting portion is provided with an arc-shaped transmission rack protruding and extending rearward and arranged in the same vertical cross-section; preferably, a positioning insert extending horizontally front and back is provided in the hollow cavity of the mounting portion, and the rear side of the display screen is provided with a positioning column protruding horizontally rearward and relatively coaxially inserted into the positioning insert; preferably, the positioning column arranged on the rear side of the display screen is in the hollow cavity of the mounting portion, and the end face of the positioning column is in relative contact with the rear end wall of the mounting portion.

[0050] Furthermore, a stop plate covering the gap between the inner circumference and the mounting portion is provided on the side of the arc-shaped transmission rack close to the center of the display screen. The output gear at the output end of the drive unit is spaced apart and arranged close to the stop plate to prevent the output gear from disengaging from the transmission rack.

[0051] Furthermore, the main control board is arranged vertically, and is provided with a mounting groove which is horizontally recessed to one side for installing the display screen, and the upper end of the display screen is rotatably connected to the mounting groove via a rotating shaft structure; a driving unit is installed on the main control board on the left or right side of the mounting groove; the driving unit is a stepper motor, and the output shaft of the stepper motor is inserted into the mounting groove, and an output gear is fixedly installed on the end of the output shaft in the mounting groove, and the output gear is engaged with a transmission rack installed on the display screen.

[0052] Furthermore, a radially protruding stop ring is provided on the output shaft, and the output shaft passes through the through-hole provided on the side wall of the mounting groove. The stop ring is located on the outside of the mounting groove. The radial dimension of the stop ring is larger than the radial dimension of the through-hole. The stop ring is in close contact with the outer wall of the mounting groove, or is arranged close to it.

[0053] Furthermore, a hollow opening is provided at the junction of the side wall of the mounting groove on one side of the transmission rack and the groove bottom, which is used to install the output shaft and the output gear into the mounting groove and engage with the transmission rack.

[0054] Another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry processing device that allows a display screen that is not rotated outward to be flush with the outer side wall of a main control panel, thereby improving the aesthetics of the laundry processing device. To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention further provides a laundry processing device comprising: a main body, a main control panel mounted on the front side of the main body; a display screen mounted on the main control panel, a rotational drive structure as described above being provided between the display screen and the main control panel for driving the display screen to rotate outward; and a display screen that is not rotated outward to be vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body.

[0055] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0056] Through the above arrangement, the drive unit is connected to the display screen via a transmission structure consisting of a gear rack, so as to achieve the effect of precisely and controllably driving the display screen to flip outward for opening or flip inward for storage, thereby greatly improving the opening and closing stability of the display screen. At the same time, the use of a gear rack transmission ensures smooth power transmission, so that the display screen that is flipped inward for storage will not be subject to problems such as tilting and deformation caused by large torsional forces. Furthermore, through the above arrangement, the drive unit is connected to the display screen via a transmission structure consisting of a gear rack, so as to achieve the effect of precisely and controllably driving the display screen to flip outward for opening or flip inward for storage, thereby greatly improving the opening and closing stability of the display screen. At the same time, the use of a gear rack transmission ensures smooth power transmission, so that the display screen that is flipped inward for storage will not be subject to problems such as tilting and deformation caused by large torsional forces.

[0057] The fourth purpose of the present invention is to provide a display screen mounting structure for a clothing processing device, so as to achieve the purpose of quick and stable installation of a rotatable display screen and a main control panel; at the same time, another purpose of the present invention is to provide a display screen mounting structure for a clothing processing device, so as to achieve the purpose of setting the display screen that has not rotated outward flush with the outer side wall of the main control panel, so as to improve the aesthetics of the clothing processing device.

[0058] To achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0059] A display screen mounting structure for a clothing processing device, wherein the display screen is mounted on a main control board so as to be rotatable outward via a rotating shaft structure; the rotating shaft structure comprises a rotating shaft which is relatively rotatable and passes through a rotating shaft hole provided on the display screen; and a mounting seat which is plug-connected to the end of the rotating shaft and is fixedly mounted on the main control board.

[0060] Furthermore, a horizontally extending shaft hole is provided on the top of the display screen; the shaft extends horizontally and coaxially passes through the shaft hole; both ends of the shaft are respectively inserted into a mounting seat, and the mounting seat is fixedly installed with the main control board.

[0061] Furthermore, the display screen includes a vertically arranged display panel, and the front side of the display panel is a display surface; a plurality of assembly parts arranged at intervals are provided on the top of the rear side of the display panel, and each assembly part is provided with a horizontally extending shaft hole that passes through the assembly part left and right, and each shaft hole is coaxially arranged; the shaft passes through each shaft hole in sequence, and both ends protrude from the corresponding side assembly part and are located on the rear side of the display panel; preferably, the axial dimension of the shaft is less than or equal to the width of the display panel in the left and right directions.

[0062] Furthermore, the mounting seat is a block-shaped structure, located on the rear side of the display panel, between the corresponding end assembly part and the corresponding side of the display panel; the mounting seat is provided with a horizontally extending plug-in hole that penetrates the left and right directions, and the end of the rotating shaft is coaxially inserted into the plug-in hole of the mounting seat; the rear side of the block-shaped mounting seat is fixedly connected to the main control board.

[0063] Furthermore, the side of the plug hole away from the center of the rotating shaft is closed, or the side of the plug hole away from the center of the rotating shaft is provided with an annular stop protruding radially inward and having a radial size smaller than the radial size of the outer wall of the rotating shaft, which is used to prevent the rotating shaft from passing out of the plug hole.

[0064] Furthermore, a mounting groove for mounting the display screen is provided on the main control board, and a shaft groove portion for installing the shaft structure is provided at the top of the mounting groove; a screw hole is provided on the mounting seat, which is open toward the rear and extends horizontally inward, and the screw passes horizontally from the back to the front through the bottom wall of the shaft groove portion and is threadedly engaged with the screw hole of the mounting seat to be fixed; preferably, the rear side wall of the mounting seat is in relative contact with the bottom wall of the shaft groove portion; the front side wall of the mounting seat is a semicircular arc surface coaxially arranged with the shaft.

[0065] Furthermore, the rear side wall of the mounting seat is provided with a positioning protrusion protruding backward, the positioning protrusion is provided on the lower side of the screw hole, and the positioning protrusion is a horizontally extending strip protrusion; the bottom wall of the shaft groove is provided with a positioning hole for the positioning protrusion to be correspondingly inserted.

[0066] Furthermore, the display screen includes a display panel arranged vertically outward, a mounting shell installed on the rear side of the display panel, and a circuit board is arranged in the mounting shell; the upper rear side of the display panel is connected to the hinge structure, and the hinge structure and the mounting shell are arranged in an interlaced manner.

[0067] Furthermore, a mounting groove with an advanced opening and a backward recess is provided on the main control board, and the display screen can be installed in the mounting groove by flipping outward via a hinge structure; when the display screen is rotated to a vertical position in the mounting groove, the display panel is located at the notch of the mounting groove and is flush with the outer wall of the main control board, and the mounting shell is located inside the mounting groove.

[0068] Furthermore, a strip decorative strip is provided on the main control board, which is located at the notch of the upper side wall of the mounting groove, and a rotation gap is retained between the lower side of the strip decorative strip and the top of the display panel; preferably, the cross-section of the strip decorative strip is an inclined surface or a curved surface that gradually bends downward from back to front.

[0069] Furthermore, the lower side wall of the installation slot is provided with a second stop portion protruding upward, and the second stop portion stops and limits at least part of the rear side wall of the installation shell to limit the display screen rotated into the installation slot to remain in a vertical position.

[0070] Another object of the present invention is to provide a clothing processing device, which includes: a main body, a main control board installed on the front side of the main body; a display screen is installed on the main control board through any of the above-mentioned installation structures, and the display screen that is not flipped outward is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body.

[0071] The present invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

[0072] With this arrangement, after the display is pre-installed on the hinge, the rotating display can be installed by simply assembling the hinge-connected mounting bracket and the main control board, significantly improving display assembly efficiency. Furthermore, with this arrangement, the drive unit is connected to the display via a gear and rack transmission structure, enabling precise and controllable movement of the display to flip outward for opening or inward for storage, significantly improving the display's opening and closing stability. Furthermore, the gear and rack transmission ensures smooth power transmission, preventing the display from tilting or deforming due to significant torsional forces when flipped inward for storage.

[0073] At the same time, the present invention has a simple structure, significant effects, and is suitable for popularization and use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0074] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a clothes processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0075] FIG2 is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the front oblique side of the main control board in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0076] FIG3 is a schematic diagram of the explosion structure of the front oblique side of the main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0077] FIG4 is a schematic diagram of the assembly structure of the rear oblique side of the main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0078] FIG5 is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of the rear oblique side of the main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0079] FIG6 is a schematic diagram of the front structure of the main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0080] FIG7 is a schematic diagram of the rear structure of the main control board in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0081] FIG8 is a schematic diagram of the AA structure of FIG7 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0082] FIG9 is a schematic diagram of the BB structure of FIG8 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0083] FIG10 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of the rotating shaft structure of the main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0084] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a driving structure of a main control board according to an embodiment of the present invention from a rear oblique perspective;

[0085] FIG12 is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of a main control board driving structure according to an embodiment of the present invention from a rear perspective;

[0086] FIG13 is a control flow chart of a clothes processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0087] Brief introduction of the main components in the figure: 100, body; 200, main control board; 300, display screen; 1, shaft structure; 2, stop structure; 3, drive unit; 4, transmission rack; 5, detection unit; 6, output gear; 7, output shaft; 8, stop ring; 9, perforation; 10, hollow opening; 11, shaft; 12, shaft hole; 13, mounting seat; 14, assembly part; 15, screw; 20, stop member; 21, stop rib; 22, second stop part; 41, installation Mounting part; 42, screw; 43, screw column; 44, screw hole; 45, positioning insert; 46, positioning column; 47, stop plate; 131, plug-in hole; 132, screw hole; 133, positioning protrusion; 134, positioning hole; 1311, annular stop protrusion; 101, housing; 102, machine door; 201, mounting groove; 202, decorative strip; 2011, shaft groove; 301, display surface; 302, display panel; 303, circuit board; 304, mounting shell. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0088] Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the following embodiments are only used to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0089] In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "setting" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0090] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "inside", "outside", etc., indicating directions or positional relationships, are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings. They are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction. Therefore, they cannot be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0091] As shown in Figures 1 to 12, an embodiment of the present invention introduces a clothing processing device, comprising: a main body 100; any one or a combination of existing clothing processing modules such as a washing module, a drying module, an ironing module, and a refreshing module for processing clothing is installed in the main body 100; that is, the clothing processing device can be an existing washing machine, a dryer, a washing-drying machine, and the like. Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, for ease of description, the clothing processing device is described as a drum washing machine, but the present invention is not limited to a drum washing machine and can also be other equipment that can process clothing. In the embodiment of the present invention, the main body 100 has a drum with a horizontal axis or a front side that extends upward and tilted, the drum mouth is opened toward the front side of the main body, the front side of the main body 100 is provided with a clothing introduction port opposite to the drum mouth, and the main body 100 is also provided with a machine door 102 that can open and close the clothing introduction port.

[0092] As shown in Figures 1 to 9, in an embodiment of the present invention, a main control board 200 is installed on the upper front part of the body 100 of the clothes processing device, and the main control board 200 is flush with the front outer wall of the body and is located in the same vertical plane; preferably, the body 100 includes a shell 101, and the main control board 200 protruding forward is installed on the upper front part of the shell 101; a door 102 that can be flipped outward to open the clothes loading port is installed on the front side of the shell, and the door 102 is located below the main control board 200 and covers the other parts of the front side of the shell except the main control board 200, so that the door constitutes the front side wall of the body 100 when closed, and the front side wall of the closed door is flush with the front side wall of the main control board and is located in the same vertical plane, so that the front side of the body 100 of the clothes processing device is in the same vertical plane, so that the clothes processing device and the front outer wall of other external furniture can be kept flush.

[0093] As shown in Figures 1 to 9, embodiments of the present invention describe a main control panel structure for a laundry processing device, comprising: a main control panel 200; a display screen 300 mounted in a recessed mounting slot 201 provided on the main control panel 200; the display screen 300 being connected to the mounting slot 201 via a rotating shaft structure 1. The display screen 300 can rotate about a rotating shaft 11 of the rotating shaft structure 1 to flip outward from the mounting slot 201. The outer wall of the display screen 300, once in the mounting slot 201, is flush with the outer wall of the main control panel 200 and aligned in the same vertical plane. By installing an outwardly rotatable display screen on the main control panel, the front sidewall of the laundry processing device is rendered flat and vertical in normal operation, thereby significantly improving the overall aesthetics and coordination between the laundry processing device and the surrounding home.

[0094] In this embodiment of the present invention, the display screen 300 can be an LCD, LED, or other screen with only a display function. Alternatively, the display screen 300 can be a touchscreen with touch functionality, an integrated screen with integrated mechanical or electronic buttons, or the like. The outer wall of the display screen 300, facing the exterior of the main control panel 200, serves as a display surface 301, which displays the functional parameters of the laundry processing device. The main control panel 200 can also be located elsewhere within the laundry processing device body 100, such as on the top surface of the body 100, in other areas on the front of the body 100, or the like.

[0095] In this embodiment of the present invention, a stop structure 2 is provided on the mounting slot 201 to stop the display screen 300 when it is rotated into the mounting slot 201, maintaining the outer wall of the display screen 300 flush with the outer wall of the main control board 200 in a vertical position. The stop structure 2 provided on the main control board 200 serves to stop and position the display screen 300 as it rotates inward, preventing the display screen 300 from rotating too far inward and ensuring that the display screen 300 remains in a vertical position after being rotated into the mounting slot 201.

[0096] In this embodiment of the present invention, the main control board 200 is vertically mounted and has a mounting slot 201 that is horizontally recessed toward the rear. The display screen 300 includes a display panel 302 that covers the notch of the mounting slot 201. The side of the display panel 302 that faces outward is the display surface 301. The display surface 301 and the front outer wall of the main control board 200 are located in the same vertical plane. The display screen 300 also includes other components, such as a circuit board 303. The circuit board 303 is electrically connected to the display panel 302 and is used to power the display panel and provide display information. Typically, a mounting shell 304 is snapped onto the rear side of the display panel 302 and is fixedly connected to the display panel. The circuit board 303 is mounted within the hollow cavity enclosed by the mounting shell 304 and the display panel 302.

[0097] In the embodiment of the present invention, the top of the display screen 300 is connected to the mounting slot 201 via the hinge structure 1; the stop structure 2 is arranged at the bottom of the slot of the mounting slot 201, and the stop structure 2 has an upwardly protruding stop rib 21; when the display screen 300 is rotated into the mounting slot 201, the rear side of the display screen 300 abuts against or is close to the front side of the stop rib 21, so as to serve as a stop and limit for the rotated display screen 300, thereby effectively avoiding the problem of the display screen 300 being rotated into the mounting slot 201 at a large angle and being unable to remain vertical.

[0098] In this embodiment of the present invention, the height difference between the stop rib 21 and the front outer wall of the main control board 200 is equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the display panel 302. The distance between the protruding end of the stop rib 21 and the axis of the rotating shaft 11 of the rotating shaft structure 1 is less than the vertical width of the display panel 302. Consequently, when the display screen 300 is rotated into the mounting slot 201 and is in a vertical position, the display surface 301 and the front wall of the main control board 200 are aligned in the same vertical plane, thereby ensuring the smoothness and aesthetics of the front side of the clothing processing device.

[0099] In an embodiment of the present invention, a horizontally extending strip stopper 21 is installed at the notch of the lower side wall of the installation groove 201; the installation side of the strip stopper 21 is provided with an upwardly protruding strip stop rib 21, and the relative protruding side is arranged flush with the outer wall of the main control board 200, or slightly protrudes from the outer wall of the main control board 200; a set interval gap is retained between the lower side of the display panel 302 of the display screen 300 turned into the installation groove 201 and the upper side of the strip stopper 21; preferably, there is a set interval gap between the left and right sides of the display panel 302 of the display screen and the corresponding side walls of the installation groove 201 of the main control board 200, and the above-mentioned interval gap and the interval gap between the display screen 300 and the strip stopper 21 are set to be equal, so that a circle of annular gap with uniform width is formed on the periphery of the display screen 300, further improving the aesthetics of the front outer wall surface of the clothing processing device.

[0100] In an embodiment of the present invention, a driving unit 3 is installed on the main control board 200, and the output end of the driving unit 3 is connected to the display screen 300 through a transmission structure, and is used to drive the display screen 300 to rotate around the axis of the rotating shaft 11 of the rotating shaft structure 1; a detection unit 5 is provided on the driving unit 3 and / or the transmission structure, and the detection unit 5 is used to detect the position of the display screen 300, and is used to send a control signal to terminate the operation of the driving unit 3 when the display screen 300 rotates around the axis to a vertical position; preferably, the detection unit 5 is any one or a combination of a speed sensor for detecting the rotation amount of the output end of the driving unit 3, a timer for timing the working time of the driving unit 3, and a distance sensor for detecting the displacement of the display screen 300.

[0101] In an embodiment of the present invention, a decorative strip 202 is provided at the notch of the upper side wall of the mounting groove 201, and a rotation gap is reserved between the lower side of the decorative strip 202 and the top of the display screen 300; the front side surface of the decorative strip 202 is flush with the outer side wall of the main control board 200, or slightly protrudes from the outer side wall of the main control board 200; preferably, the lower side of the cross section of the strip decorative strip 202 is an inclined surface or a curved surface that gradually bends downward from the back to the front; a chamfered inclined surface or a chamfered curved surface is provided at the intersection of the front side surface and the upper side surface of the strip decorative strip 202; further preferably, a set interval gap is provided between the lower side of the decorative strip 202 and the top of the display screen 300, and the above-mentioned interval gap and the interval gap between the bottom of the display screen 300 and the strip stopper 21 are equal in size, further enhancing the aesthetics of the facade of the display screen.

[0102] An embodiment of the present invention also introduces a clothing processing device, which includes a main body 100, and a main control board structure described above is installed on the front side of the main body 100, and the front side wall of the main control board 200 and the outer wall surface of the display screen 300 rotated into the installation groove 201 are flush with the front side of the main body 100 and are in the same vertical plane.

[0103] In the embodiment of the present invention, the main body 100 includes a shell 101, with a main control board 200 mounted on the upper front side of the shell 101; the front side of the shell 101 is provided with a door 102 that opens and closes outward, and covers the other areas of the front side of the shell 101 except the main control board 200. When the door 102 is closed, the front side wall of the door 102 is flush with the front side wall of the main control board 200 and the outer wall of the display screen 300 rotated into the installation slot 201 and is located in the same vertical plane. Of course, the door 102 can also be set as an ordinary circular door 102, with the front side wall of the circular door 102 being flush with or protruding from the front side wall of the main control board 200. Although this reduces the flatness, it can still ensure that the front side wall of the main body 100 of the clothing processing device does not have a bevel, thereby improving the aesthetic flatness of the device.

[0104] As shown in Figures 1 to 10, embodiments of the present invention also introduce a display screen mounting structure for a clothing processing device. The display screen 300 is rotatably mounted on the main control board 200 via a rotating shaft structure 1. The rotating shaft structure 1 includes a rotating shaft 11 that rotatably passes through a rotating shaft hole 12 provided in the display screen 300; and a mounting base 13 that plugs into and connects to the end of the rotating shaft 11 and is fixedly mounted on the main control board 200. This arrangement allows the display screen 300 to be pre-installed on the rotating shaft. The rotating display screen 300 can be installed by simply assembling the mounting base 13, which is plugged into the rotating shaft 11, with the main control board 200, thereby significantly improving assembly efficiency.

[0105] In this embodiment of the present invention, a horizontally extending hinge hole 12 is provided at the top of the display screen 300. A hinge 11 extends horizontally and coaxially through the hinge hole 12. The ends of the hinge 11 are respectively inserted into mounting brackets 13, which are fixedly mounted to the main control board 300. This arrangement allows the display screen to be flipped outward from the bottom up, creating an outwardly tilted display surface when opened, greatly facilitating user viewing and operation.

[0106] In an embodiment of the present invention, the display screen 300 includes a vertically arranged display panel 302, and the front side of the display panel 302 is a display surface 301; a plurality of assembly parts 14 arranged at intervals are provided on the top of the rear side of the display panel 302, and each assembly part 14 is provided with a horizontally extending shaft hole 12 that passes through the assembly part left and right, and each shaft hole 12 is coaxially arranged; the shaft 11 passes through each shaft hole 12 in sequence, and the two ends of the shaft 11 protrude from the corresponding side assembly part 14 respectively and are located on the rear side of the display panel 302; preferably, the axial dimension of the shaft 11 is less than or equal to the width of the display panel 302 in the left and right directions, so that the assembly part 14, the shaft 11, and the mounting seat 13 are all hidden and arranged on the back side of the display panel 302 to prevent users from touching the shaft structure 1 and causing damage to it.

[0107] In an embodiment of the present invention, the mounting seat 13 is a block structure, which is located on the rear side of the display panel 302, between the corresponding end assembly part 14 and the corresponding side of the display panel 302; the mounting seat 13 is provided with a horizontally extending plug hole 131 that penetrates the left and right directions, and the end of the rotating shaft 11 is coaxially inserted into the plug hole 131 of the mounting seat 13; the rear side of the block mounting seat 13 is fixedly connected to the main control board 200; preferably, the plug hole 131 is closed on the side away from the center of the rotating shaft 11, or the plug hole 131 is provided with a radially inwardly protruding annular stop protrusion 1311 with a radial dimension smaller than the radial dimension of the outer wall of the rotating shaft on the side away from the center of the rotating shaft 11, which is used to prevent the rotating shaft 11 from passing through the plug hole 131 outward.

[0108] In an embodiment of the present invention, a mounting groove 201 for mounting the display screen 300 is provided on the main control board 200, and a shaft groove portion 2011 for inserting the shaft structure 1 is provided at the top of the mounting groove 201; a screw hole 132 is provided on the mounting seat 13, which is open toward the rear and extends horizontally inward, and the screw 15 passes horizontally from the back to the front through the bottom wall of the shaft groove portion 2011 and is threadedly engaged with the screw hole 132 of the mounting seat 13 to be fixed; preferably, the rear side wall of the mounting seat 13 is in relative contact with the bottom wall of the shaft groove portion 2011; the front side wall of the mounting seat 13 is a semicircular arc surface coaxially arranged with the shaft 11 to avoid interference when the display screen 300 rotates around the shaft 11.

[0109] In an embodiment of the present invention, the rear side wall of the mounting seat 13 is provided with a positioning protrusion 133 protruding backward, the positioning protrusion 133 is provided on the lower side of the screw hole 132, and the positioning protrusion 133 is a horizontally extending strip protrusion; the bottom wall of the rotating shaft groove portion 2011 is provided with a positioning hole 134 for the corresponding insertion of the positioning protrusion 133; preferably, the positioning hole 134 is a through hole that passes through the bottom wall of the rotating shaft groove portion 2011 from front to back.

[0110] In an embodiment of the present invention, the display screen 300 includes a display panel 302 arranged vertically outward, a mounting shell 304 is installed on the rear side of the display panel 302, and a circuit board 303 is provided in the mounting shell 304; a plurality of assembly parts 14 extending horizontally left and right and arranged at intervals are provided on the upper part of the rear side of the display panel 302, and each assembly part 14 is provided with a shaft hole 12 consisting of left and right through holes, and each shaft hole 12 is coaxially arranged for the shaft 11 to pass through coaxially; at the same time, the height of the assembly part 14 is lower than the top height of the display panel 302 to ensure that the entire shaft structure 1 is hidden and arranged on the rear side of the display panel; in addition, the shaft structure 1 and the mounting shell 304 are arranged in an alternating manner up and down.

[0111] In an embodiment of the present invention, a mounting groove 201 with an advanced opening and a backward recess is provided on the main control board 200, and the display screen 300 can be installed in the mounting groove 201 by being flipped outward via the hinge structure 1; when the display screen 300 is rotated to a vertical position in the mounting groove 201, the display panel 301 is located at the notch of the mounting groove 201 and is flush with the outer wall of the main control board 200, and the mounting shell 304 is located inside the mounting groove 201; a strip decorative strip 202 is provided on the main control board 200, and the strip decorative strip 202 is located at the notch of the upper side wall of the mounting groove 201, and a rotation gap is retained between the lower side of the strip decorative strip 202 and the top of the display panel 302; preferably, the cross-section of the strip decorative strip 202 is an inclined surface or a curved surface that gradually bends downward from back to front.

[0112] In an embodiment of the present invention, the lower side wall of the mounting groove 201 is provided with a second stop portion 22 protruding upward, and the second stop portion 22 is stopped and limited by at least a portion of the rear side wall of the mounting shell 304, so as to limit the display screen 300 rotated into the mounting groove 201 to remain in a vertical position.

[0113] An embodiment of the present invention also introduces a clothing processing device, which includes: a main body 100, with a main control board 200 installed on the front side of the main body 100; a display screen 300 is installed on the main control board 200 through any of the above-mentioned installation structures, and the display screen 300 that is not flipped outward is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body 100.

[0114] As shown in Figures 1 to 12, an embodiment of the present invention also introduces a rotating structure of a display screen of a clothing processing device. The display screen 300 is installed on the main control board 200 so as to be rotatable outward via a rotating shaft structure 1; a driving unit 3 is provided on the main control board 200, and the output end of the driving unit 3 is in transmission engagement with a transmission rack 4 on the display screen 300, so as to drive the display screen 300 to rotate around the rotating shaft.

[0115] Through the above arrangement, the drive unit 3 is connected to the display screen 300 via a transmission structure composed of gears and racks, so as to achieve the effect of accurately and controllably driving the display screen 300 to flip outward to open or flip inward to store, thereby greatly improving the opening and closing stability of the display screen 300; at the same time, the use of gear rack transmission makes the power transmission smooth, so that the display screen 300 that is flipped inward to store will not cause problems such as tilting and deformation due to the action of large torsional force.

[0116] In this embodiment of the present invention, the transmission rack 4 is a rack extending along an arc, the center of which lies on the axis of the rotating shaft 11 of the rotating shaft structure 1. The output end of the drive unit 3 is in meshing engagement with the rack, either directly or via a transmission gear. Thus, the arc-shaped transmission rack 4 utilizes the torsional force generated by the output end to drive the display screen 300 to rotate about the axis of the rotating shaft, thereby achieving the effect of flipping the display screen 300 outward to open or inward to close.

[0117] In an embodiment of the present invention, the main control board 200 is arranged vertically, and the top of the display screen 300 is connected to the main control board 200 through a rotating shaft 11 extending horizontally through the axis; a circular arc-shaped transmission rack 4 protruding backward is installed on the left or right side of the display screen 300, and the circular arc-shaped transmission rack 4 is arranged with meshing teeth on the inner circumference side facing the upper rotating shaft 11; the output end of the drive unit 3 is provided with an output gear 6 that can rotate synchronously and coaxially, and the output gear 6 is on the inner circumference side of the circular arc-shaped transmission rack 4 and is arranged with meshing teeth on the outer circumference. The outer peripheral meshing teeth of the output gear 6 are meshed with the meshing teeth on the inner circumference side of the transmission rack 4 for transmission connection.

[0118] In the embodiment of the present invention, a mounting portion 41 is provided on the front side of the transmission rack 4, and the front end surface of the mounting portion 41 is in contact with the rear side of the display screen 300. The upper and lower portions of the mounting portion 41 are respectively threadedly engaged with the display screen 300 via a screw 42; preferably, a screw column 43 protruding backward is provided on the rear side of the display screen 300, and a screw hole 44 opening toward the rear and extending horizontally is provided on the screw column 43. The screw 42 passes through the mounting portion 41 of the transmission rack 4 from the back to the front and is threadedly engaged with the screw hole 44 coaxially arranged on the screw column 43 to be fixed.

[0119] In the embodiment of the present invention, the mounting portion 41 of the transmission rack 4 is an internal hollow structure surrounded by a circle of side ribs and a rear end wall, and the open side of the mounting portion 41 is correspondingly snapped onto the rear wall of the display screen 300; the rear end wall of the mounting portion 41 is provided with an arc-shaped transmission rack 4 that protrudes and extends rearward and is arranged in the same vertical cross-section; preferably, a positioning plug 45 extending horizontally front and back is provided in the hollow cavity of the mounting portion 41, and the rear side of the display screen is provided with a positioning column 46 that protrudes horizontally rearward and is relatively coaxially inserted into the positioning plug 45; preferably, the positioning column 46 arranged on the rear side of the display screen 300 is in the hollow cavity of the mounting portion 41, and the end face of the positioning column 46 is in relative contact with the rear end wall of the mounting portion 41 to avoid deformation of the mounting portion 41 when the screws 42 are tightened on the mounting portion 41 of the transmission rack.

[0120] In an embodiment of the present invention, a stop plate 47 covering the gap between the inner circumference and the mounting portion 41 is provided on the side of the arc-shaped transmission rack 4 close to the center of the display screen 300. The output gear 6 at the output end of the drive unit 3 is spaced apart from and close to the stop plate 47 to prevent the output gear 6 from disengaging from the transmission rack 4.

[0121] In the embodiment of the present invention, the main control board 200 is arranged vertically, and is provided with a mounting groove 201 that is horizontally recessed to one side for mounting a display screen. The upper end of the display screen 300 is rotatably connected to the mounting groove 201 via a rotating shaft structure 1; a drive unit 3 is installed on the main control board 200 and is located on the left or right side of the mounting groove 201; the drive unit 3 is a stepping motor, and the output shaft 7 of the stepping motor penetrates into the mounting groove 201. The end of the output shaft 7 in the mounting groove 201 is fixedly mounted with an output gear 6, and the output gear 6 is in transmission engagement with the transmission rack 4 installed on the display screen 300.

[0122] In an embodiment of the present invention, a radially protruding stop ring 8 is provided on the output shaft 7. The output shaft 7 passes through the through hole 9 provided on the side wall of the mounting groove 201. The stop ring 8 is located on the outside of the mounting groove 201. The radial dimension of the stop ring 8 is larger than the radial dimension of the through hole 9. The stop ring 8 is in close contact with the outer wall of the mounting groove 201, or is arranged close to it, so as to increase the supporting strength of the output shaft 7, thereby reducing the torsional stress at the output shaft 7 and improving the rotation smoothness of the display screen 300.

[0123] In the embodiment of the present invention, a hollow opening 10 is provided at the junction of the side wall and the bottom of the mounting groove 201 on one side of the transmission rack 4 for installing the output shaft 7 and the output gear 6 into the mounting groove 201 and engaging with the transmission rack 4.

[0124] An embodiment of the present invention also introduces a clothing processing device, which includes: a main body 100, a main control board 200 is installed on the front side of the main body 100; a display screen 300 is installed on the main control board 200, and any of the above-mentioned rotating structures is provided between the display screen 300 and the main control board 200, for pushing the display screen 300 to flip outward; the display screen 300 that is not flipped outward is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body 100.

[0125] As shown in Figures 1 to 13, an embodiment of the present invention introduces a control method for a clothing processing device, wherein the clothing processing device includes: a main body, a drum that can rotate around an axis is provided in the main body, and a display screen that can be flipped outward is installed on the main body; after the clothing processing device receives a display screen flip-up open signal, the display screen flips outward and opens, and continues for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward and closes.

[0126] Through the above settings, the display screen can automatically flip outward to open and flip inward to close, which greatly simplifies the user's operation and improves the intelligence level of the automatic flipping display screen. At the same time, by automatically flipping and closing the display screen after flipping outward for a set time, the user can control the display screen and issue the working program instructions of the clothing processing equipment without the need for a second action to control the display screen to automatically flip inward to close, thereby reducing the user's operation steps.

[0127] In an embodiment of the present invention, when the power button of the clothing processing device is turned on, and / or when the clothing processing device starts working, and / or when the user sends a display screen flip-open signal to the clothing processing device, the clothing processing device generates a display screen flip-open signal, and the display screen flips outward and opens, and continues for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward and closes.

[0128] In an embodiment of the present invention, the user sending a display screen folding and opening signal to the clothing processing device includes the following: the user touches or presses the display screen, and uses the generated touch signal or press signal to generate a display screen folding and opening signal; and / or the clothing processing device recognizes that the user makes a set voice or performs a set action, and generates a display screen folding and opening signal; and / or the user uses a mobile terminal to send a display screen folding and opening signal to the clothing processing device.

[0129] In an embodiment of the present invention, after the display screen is flipped outward and opened, the working program of the clothing processing device is selected according to the user's operation instructions on the operation interface on the display screen; until the set time is reached after the last operation instruction on the display screen, the display screen flips inward and closes; preferably, the set time is 20s.

[0130] In an embodiment of the present invention, an inward-flipping operation interface is provided on the display screen; after the display screen is flipped outward to open, the user operates the inward-flipping operation interface on the display screen to generate an inward-flipping operation instruction for the display screen, and the display screen directly flips inward and closes.

[0131] As shown in Figure 13, in an embodiment of the present invention, after the clothes processing device receives the display screen flip scene start instruction, the clothes processing device enters the display screen flip scene. After the clothes processing device receives the display screen flip open signal, the display screen flips outward to the open position and maintains it for a set time; after the set time is reached, the display screen flips inward to the closed position; otherwise, the clothes processing device is in the display screen non-flip scene. Regardless of whether the clothes processing device receives the display screen flip open signal, the display screen is always in the inward flip closed position.

[0132] In the embodiment of the present invention, when the display screen of the laundry processing device is in the outward flip position, the first operation interface is displayed on the display screen; when the display screen of the laundry processing device is in the inward flip position, the second operation interface is displayed on the display screen. Of course, the display screen of the laundry processing device can also display the same operation interface regardless of whether it is in the outward flip position or the inward flip position.

[0133] In an embodiment of the present invention, an outward-flipping display screen is provided on the front side wall of the clothing processing device; when the display screen flips outward, the lower side of the display screen flips outward around the upper horizontal rotation axis until the display screen and the front side of the main body of the clothing processing device are in an outward-flipping position with a set inclination angle; when the display screen flips inward, the lower side of the display screen flips inward around the upper horizontal rotation axis until the display screen and the front side of the main body of the clothing processing device are in an inward-flipping position where the display screen is flush with the front side of the main body of the clothing processing device; preferably, the above-mentioned set inclination angle is 60 degrees.

[0134] As shown in FIG13 , in the embodiment of the present invention, the specific process of the clothes processing device is as follows:

[0135] Step S1. Starting the clothing processing device;

[0136] The display flips outward to the flip-out position;

[0137] The user operates the outward-facing display screen to select the working program of the clothing processing equipment;

[0138] Step S2. Detect whether the user has not operated the display screen for a set period of time; if so, flip the display screen inward to the inward flip position;

[0139] Step S3. The clothing processing device starts working according to the selected program;

[0140] Step S4. During operation of the clothing processing device, detecting whether a display screen flip-out signal is received; if so, flipping the display screen outward to an outward flip position;

[0141] Step S5. Detect whether the user has not operated the display screen for a set period of time; if so, flip the display screen inward to the inward flip position;

[0142] Step S6: The clothes processing device finishes working.

[0143] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not constitute any form of limitation to the present invention. Although the present invention has been disclosed as above in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any technician familiar with this patent can make slight changes or modifications to equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes using the above-mentioned technical contents without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention. The implementation schemes in the above-mentioned embodiments can also be further combined or replaced. However, any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above-mentioned embodiments based on the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention are still within the scope of the solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device, comprising: The main control board; It is characterized in that: A display screen, installed in the concave installation groove provided on the main control board; The display screen is connected to the installation groove through a rotating shaft structure, and the display screen can rotate outward around the shaft and flip out of the installation groove. The outer wall surface of the display screen when it rotates into the installation groove is in the same vertical plane as the outer side wall of the main control board.

2. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 1, characterized in that, A stop structure is provided on the installation groove to stop the display screen that has flipped into the installation groove, and the outer wall surface of the display screen is kept in a flush vertical position with the outer side wall of the main control board.

3. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 2, characterized in that The main control board is vertically arranged and is provided with an installation groove that is horizontally recessed backward; the display screen includes a display panel that covers the notch of the installation groove, and one side of the display panel facing the outside is the display surface, and the display surface is in the same vertical plane as the front outer wall surface of the main control board.

4. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The top of the display screen is connected to the installation groove through a rotating shaft structure; the stop structure is arranged at the bottom of the notch of the installation groove, and the stop structure has a stop rib protruding upward; when the display screen rotates into the installation groove, the rear side of the display screen abuts against the front side of the stop rib or is close to it.

5. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 4, characterized in that, The height difference between the stop rib and the front outer wall of the main control board is equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the display panel; the distance between the protruding end of the stop rib and the rotating shaft structure is less than the vertical width of the display panel.

6. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that A horizontally extending strip-shaped stop member is installed at the notch of the lower side wall of the installation groove; the installation side of the strip-shaped stop member is provided with a strip-shaped stop rib protruding upward, and the opposite protruding side is flush with the outer side wall of the main control board or slightly protrudes from the outer side wall of the main control board; a set interval gap is reserved between the lower side of the display screen that rotates into the installation groove and the upper side of the strip-shaped stop member; Preferably, there are set interval gaps between the left and right sides of the display screen and the corresponding side walls of the installation groove of the main control board respectively, and the above interval gaps are set to be equal to the interval gap between the display screen and the strip-shaped stop member.

7. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that A driving unit is installed on the main control board, and the output end of the driving unit is in transmission connection with the display screen through a transmission structure, for driving the display screen to rotate around the rotating shaft structure; A detection unit is provided on the driving unit and / or the transmission structure, and the detection unit is used to detect the position of the display screen, and is used to send a control signal to terminate the operation of the driving unit when the display screen rotates around the shaft to the vertical position; Preferably, the detection unit is any one or a combination of a rotational speed sensor for detecting the rotational amount of the output end of the driving unit, a timer for timing the working duration of the driving unit, and a distance sensor for detecting the displacement amount of the display screen.

8. The main control board structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, A decorative strip is provided at the notch of the upper side wall of the installation groove, and a rotation gap is reserved between the lower side of the decorative strip and the top of the display screen; the front side surface of the decorative strip is flush with the outer side wall of the main control board or slightly protrudes from the outer side wall of the main control board; Preferably, the lower side of the cross-section of the strip-shaped decorative strip is an inclined surface or a curved surface that gradually bends downward from the back to the front; a chamfered inclined surface or a chamfered curved surface is provided at the intersection of the front side surface and the upper side surface of the strip-shaped decorative strip; More preferably, there is a set interval gap between the lower side of the decorative strip and the top of the display screen, and the above interval gap is set to be equal to the interval gap between the bottom of the display screen and the strip-shaped stop member.

9. The display screen installation structure of a clothing treatment device, characterized in that: The display screen is rotatably mounted on the main control board via a rotating shaft structure; The rotating shaft structure includes, a rotating shaft that rotatably passes through a rotating shaft hole provided on the display screen; a mounting seat that is inserted and connected to the end of the rotating shaft, and the mounting seat is fixedly mounted on the main control board.

10. The display screen mounting structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 9, characterized in that, A horizontally extending rotating shaft hole is provided at the top of the display screen; the rotating shaft extends horizontally and coaxially passes through the rotating shaft hole; both ends of the rotating shaft are respectively inserted into a mounting seat, and the mounting seat is fixedly mounted on the main control board.

11. The display screen mounting structure of a laundry treatment device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The display screen includes a vertically arranged display panel, and the front side of the display panel is the display surface; a plurality of spaced-apart assembly parts are provided at the top of the rear side of the display panel, and each assembly part is provided with a horizontally extending rotating shaft hole that penetrates the assembly part from left to right, and the rotating shaft holes are coaxially arranged; the rotating shaft sequentially passes through each rotating shaft hole, and both ends protrude from the corresponding side assembly part and are located at the rear side of the display panel; Preferably, the axial dimension of the rotating shaft is less than or equal to the width of the display panel in the left-right direction.

12. The display screen mounting structure of a laundry treatment device according to claim 10, wherein, The mounting seat is a block structure, located between the rear side of the display panel, the corresponding end assembly part and the corresponding side edge of the display panel; the mounting seat is provided with a horizontally extending insertion hole that penetrates in the left-right direction, and the end of the rotating shaft is correspondingly coaxially inserted into the insertion hole of the mounting seat; the rear side of the block-shaped mounting seat is fixedly connected to the main control board; Preferably, the side of the insertion hole away from the center of the rotating shaft is closed, or the side of the insertion hole away from the center of the rotating shaft is provided with a radially inward protruding annular retaining convex with a radial dimension smaller than the radial dimension of the outer wall of the rotating shaft, for blocking the rotating shaft from protruding out of the insertion hole.

13. The display screen mounting structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that, The main control board is provided with a mounting groove for mounting the display screen, and the top of the mounting groove is provided with a rotating shaft groove part for installing the rotating shaft structure; the mounting seat is provided with a screw hole that extends horizontally and inwardly and opens backward, and the screw horizontally passes through the bottom wall of the rotating shaft groove part from back to front and is threadedly engaged and fixed with the screw hole of the mounting seat; Preferably, the rear side wall of the mounting seat is in relative fitting contact with the bottom wall of the rotating shaft groove part; the front side wall of the mounting seat is a semi-circular arc surface coaxial with the rotating shaft.

14. The display screen mounting structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 13, characterized in that, The rear side wall of the mounting seat is provided with a protruding positioning convex, the positioning convex is provided below the screw hole, and the positioning convex is a horizontally extending strip-shaped protrusion; the bottom wall of the rotating shaft groove part is provided with a positioning hole for the corresponding insertion of the positioning convex.

15. The display screen mounting structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 9 to 14, characterized in that The display screen includes a display panel that is vertically arranged outward, a mounting shell is installed on the rear side of the display panel, and a circuit board is provided inside the mounting shell; the upper part of the rear side of the display panel is connected to the rotating shaft structure, and the rotating shaft structure and the mounting shell are arranged in an interleaved manner.

16. The display screen mounting structure of a laundry treatment device according to claim 15, characterized in that, The main control board is provided with a mounting groove that opens forward and is recessed backward, and the display screen is rotatably mounted in the mounting groove via a rotating shaft structure; When the display screen rotates to a vertical position in the mounting groove, the display panel is at the notch of the mounting groove and is flush with the outer side wall of the main control board, and the mounting shell is inside the mounting groove.

17. The display screen mounting structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 16, characterized in that, The lower side wall of the mounting groove is provided with a second stop part that protrudes upward, and the second stop part is in stop limit with at least part of the rear side wall of the mounting shell, for restricting the display screen rotated into the mounting groove to remain in the vertical position.

18. A display screen rotation driving structure of a laundry treatment device, characterized in that: The display screen is rotatably mounted on the main control board via a rotating shaft structure; a driving unit is provided on the main control board, and the output end of the driving unit is in driving engagement with a transmission rack on the display screen, for driving the display screen to rotate around the rotating shaft.

19. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 18, characterized in that, The described transmission rack is a rack extending along an arc line, and the center of the arc line is on the axis of the rotating shaft structure of the rotating shaft; the output end of the drive unit is directly or through a transmission gear to be in transmission engagement with the rack.

20. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 19, characterized in that, The main control board is vertically arranged, and the top of the display screen is connected to the main control board through a rotating shaft with a horizontally extending axis; An arc-shaped transmission rack protruding backward is installed on the left or right side of the display screen, and meshing teeth are arranged on the inner peripheral side of the arc-shaped transmission rack facing the upper rotating shaft; The output end of the drive unit is provided with an output gear that can rotate synchronously and coaxially. The output gear is arranged on the inner peripheral side and outer peripheral side of the arc-shaped rack with meshing teeth, and the outer peripheral meshing teeth of the output gear are in tooth meshing transmission connection with the meshing teeth on the inner peripheral side of the rack.

21. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 20, characterized in that, An installation part is provided on the front side of the transmission rack. The front end face of the installation part is in close contact with the rear side of the display screen, and the upper and lower parts of the installation part are respectively fixed to the display screen by screwing with a screw; Preferably, a screw post protruding backward is provided on the rear side of the display screen, and a horizontally extending screw hole opening backward is provided on the screw post. The screw passes through the installation part of the transmission rack part from back to front and is threadedly engaged and fixed with the coaxially arranged screw hole on the screw post.

22. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 21, characterized in that, The installation part of the transmission rack is an internally hollow structure surrounded by a circle of side ribs and a rear end wall. The open side of the installation part is correspondingly buckled on the rear side wall of the display screen; the rear end wall of the installation part is provided with an arc-shaped transmission rack extending backward and arranged in the same vertical section; Preferably, a positioning insertion cylinder extending horizontally back and forth is provided in the hollow chamber of the installation part, and a positioning post protruding horizontally backward and relatively coaxially inserted into the positioning insertion cylinder is provided on the rear side of the display screen; Preferably, the positioning post provided on the rear side of the display screen is in the hollow chamber of the installation part, and the end face of the positioning post is in relative close contact with the rear end wall of the installation part.

23. The display screen rotation driving structure of a laundry treatment device according to claim 22, characterized in that, An anti-blocking plate covering the gap between the inner peripheral side and the installation part is laid on one side of the arc-shaped transmission rack close to the center of the display screen. The output gear at the output end of the drive unit is spaced from and close to the anti-blocking plate, and is used to prevent the output gear from disengaging from the transmission rack.

24. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 18 to 23, characterized in that The main control board is vertically arranged. There is an installation groove horizontally recessed on one side of the main control board for installing the display screen. The upper end of the display screen is rotatably connected to the installation groove through a rotating shaft structure; a drive unit is installed on the left or right side of the installation groove on the main control board; the drive unit is a stepping motor, and the output shaft of the stepping motor penetrates into the installation groove. An output gear is fixedly installed at the end of the output shaft in the installation groove, and the output gear is in transmission engagement with the transmission rack installed on the display screen.

25. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 24, characterized in that, A circumferential anti-blocking ring protruding radially is provided on the output shaft. The output shaft passes through a through hole provided on the side wall of the installation groove. The anti-blocking ring is on the outside of the installation groove, and the radial dimension of the anti-blocking ring is larger than the radial dimension of the through hole. The anti-blocking ring is in close contact with or close to and spaced from the outer side wall of the installation groove.

26. The display screen rotation driving structure of a clothing treatment device according to claim 24, characterized in that, A hollow opening is provided at the junction of the side wall and the bottom of the installation groove on the side where the transmission rack is provided, for installing the output shaft and the output gear into the installation groove and engaging with the transmission rack.

27. A control method for a laundry treatment device, the laundry treatment device comprising: The main body is equipped with a display screen that can be flipped outwards; characterized in that: after the clothing treatment device receives the signal to flip open the display screen, the display screen flips outwards and opens for a set duration; after reaching the set duration, the display screen flips inwards and closes.

28. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 27, characterized in that: When the power button of the clothing treatment device is activated, and / or when the clothing treatment device starts working, and / or when the user sends a signal to flip the display screen outwards to the clothing treatment device, the clothing treatment device generates a signal to flip open the display screen, the display screen flips outwards and opens for a set duration; after reaching the set duration, the display screen flips inwards and closes.

29. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 28, characterized in that: The user sending a signal to flip the display screen outwards to the clothing treatment device includes the following, The user touches or presses the display screen, and uses the generated touch signal or press signal to generate a signal to flip the display screen outwards; and / or, the clothing treatment device recognizes that the user emits a set voice or makes a set action, and generates a signal to flip the display screen outwards; and / or, the user uses a mobile terminal to send a signal to flip the display screen outwards to the clothing treatment device.

30. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 27 to 29, characterized in that: After the display screen flips outwards and opens, the working program of the clothing treatment device is selected according to the operation instruction of the user on the operation interface on the display screen; Until the set duration is reached after the last operation instruction of the display screen, the display screen flips inwards and closes; Preferably, the set duration is 20s.

31. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to claim 30, characterized in that: An operation interface for flipping inwards is provided on the display screen; After the display screen flips outwards and opens, the user operates on the operation interface for flipping inwards on the display screen, generates an operation instruction for flipping the display screen inwards, and the display screen directly flips inwards and closes.

32. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 27 to 29, characterized in that: After the clothing treatment device receives the instruction to start the display screen flipping scenario, The clothing treatment device enters the display screen flipping scenario. After the clothing treatment device receives the signal to flip open the display screen, the display screen flips outwards to the open position and lasts for a set duration; After reaching the set duration, the display screen flips inwards to the closed position; Otherwise, the clothing treatment device is in the non-flipping scenario of the display screen. Whether the clothing treatment device receives the signal to flip open the display screen or not, the display screen is always in the inwards flipping and closed position.

33. A control method for a clothing treatment device according to any one of claims 27 to 29, characterized in that: When the display screen of the clothing treatment device is in the outwards flipping position, a first operation interface is displayed on the display screen; When the display screen of the clothing treatment device is in the inwards flipping position, a second operation interface is displayed on the display screen.

34. A control method for a laundry treatment device according to any one of claims 27 to 29, characterized in that: There is a display screen that can be flipped outwards on the front side wall of the clothing treatment device; When the display screen flips outwards, the lower side of the display screen rotates outwards around the upper horizontal rotating shaft until the display screen reaches an outward flipping position with a set inclination angle with respect to the front side of the main body of the laundry treatment device; When the display screen flips inwards, the lower side of the display screen rotates inwards around the upper horizontal rotating shaft until the display screen reaches an inward flipping position flush with the front side of the main body of the laundry treatment device; Preferably, the above-mentioned set inclination angle is 60 degrees.

35. A control method for a laundry treatment device according to any one of claims 27 to 34, characterized in that: The specific process is as follows. The laundry treatment device is started. The display screen flips outwards to the outward flipping position. It is detected whether the user has not operated the display screen within a continuous set time; if so, the display screen flips inwards to the inward flipping position. The laundry treatment device starts to work according to the selected program. During the working process of the washing machine, it is detected whether an outward flipping signal of the display screen is received; if so, the display screen flips outwards to the outward flipping position. It is detected whether the user has not operated the display screen within a continuous set time. If so, the display screen flips inwards to the inward flipping position. The operation of the laundry treatment device ends.

36. A laundry treatment device, comprising a main body, characterized in that: A main control board structure is installed on the front side of the main body. The main control board structure includes a main control board, and a display screen that can flip outwards is installed in the installation slot of the main control board; The front side wall of the main control board, the outer wall surface of the display screen that turns into the installation slot, and the front side of the main body are flush and in the same vertical plane.

37. A laundry treatment device according to claim 36, characterized in that The main body includes a housing, and the main control board is installed above the front side of the housing; A machine door that opens and closes outwards is provided on the front side of the housing. The machine door covers other areas of the front side of the housing except the main control board. The front side wall of the closed machine door is flush with the front side wall of the main control board and the outer wall surface of the display screen that turns into the installation slot and is in the same vertical plane.

38. A laundry treatment device according to claim 36 or 37, characterized in that The main control board structure adopts the main control board structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8 above.

39. A laundry treatment device according to claim 36, characterized in that The display screen is installed on the main control board by the installation structure according to any one of claims 9 to 18 above. The display screen that has not flipped outwards is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body.

40. A laundry treatment device according to claim 36, characterized in that A display screen is installed on the main control board, and a rotation drive structure according to any one of claims 19 to 27 above is provided between the display screen and the main control board for pushing the display screen to flip outwards; the display screen that has not flipped outwards is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body.

41. A laundry treatment device according to claim 36, characterized in that A display screen that can be flipped outwards and opened is installed on the main control board. The display screen that has not flipped outwards is vertically arranged flush with the front side of the main body; the control method according to any one of claims 28 to 35 above is adopted.

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