Laundry Detergent Box Sliding Mounting Vibration Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laundry treating apparatuses face issues with automatic detergent supply systems that are prone to separation due to vibrations, have limited storage capacity, and require manual checking of detergent levels, especially in top-loading machines.
Innovation Solution
A laundry treating apparatus with a detergent supply system where detergent boxes are slidably mounted on the cabinet cover, allowing for increased storage capacity and minimizing separation risks through fastening pipes and withdrawal prevention mechanisms, with transparent surfaces for easy detergent level inspection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the cartridge is disposed in a casing exposed to the outside of the cabinet, then the user can easily access the detergent, but the cartridge is highly likely to be separated from the casing due to vibrations
Solution Approach 1:
The detergent supply system is divided into a cabinet-fixed casing and a separately removable cartridge. The cartridge can be easily extracted from the casing for detergent refilling, yet when properly installed, it is secured against vibration-induced separation through the engagement of the cartridge's outer peripheral surface with the casing's inner peripheral surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The cartridge is designed with dynamic accessibility - it can be easily inserted and removed when needed for detergent supply, but once installed, it achieves stable positioning through the interference fit between the cartridge outer periphery and casing inner periphery, allowing it to resist vibrations during washing operations.
2Reliability
If the cartridge is surrounded by a casing on all surfaces except one, then the risk of separation by vibration is minimized, but the user must extend the cartridge from the casing to access detergent or check remaining amount
Solution Approach 1:
The detergent supply system is divided into a cabinet-fixed casing and a separately removable cartridge. The cartridge can be easily extracted from the casing for detergent refilling, yet when properly installed, it is secured against vibration-induced separation through the engagement of the cartridge's outer peripheral surface with the casing's inner peripheral surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The cartridge is designed with dynamic accessibility - it can be easily inserted and removed when needed for detergent supply, but once installed, it achieves stable positioning through the interference fit between the cartridge outer periphery and casing inner periphery, allowing it to resist vibrations during washing operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the cartridge is installed in a top-loading laundry treating apparatus, then the apparatus structure is maintained, but the volume of the cartridge is difficult to increase due to space constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The cartridge is designed to extend in the width direction of the cabinet rather than occupying vertical or depth space. This dimensional orientation allows the cartridge to achieve greater volume and detergent storage capacity while maintaining compatibility with the top-loading apparatus structure and not interfering with the laundry inlet positioned at the center of the top surface.
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AI summary
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet having a cover and a laundry inlet extending through the cover, a tub disposed inside the cabinet to provide a space for storing water, a drum that is rotatably disposed inside the tub and stores laundry introduced into the laundry inlet therein, a mounting portion including a hub fixed to the cover, and a first mounting groove and a second mounting groove facing each other along a width direction of the cover with the hub interposed therebetween, a first detergent box that stores detergent supplied to the tub and is slidable toward the hub from an edge of the first mounting groove along the width direction of the cover, and a second detergent box that stores the detergent supplied to the tub and is slidable toward the hub from an edge of the second mounting groove along the width direction of the cover.