阅读说明：本技术 衣物处理装置 (Clothes treating device ) 是由 付仕波 余德涛 严书林 朱彪 于 2019-04-01 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种衣物处理装置,包括壳体、桶部装、等距传动组件和第一连杆,壳体的侧壁和/或顶壁上设置有开口；桶部装设置在壳体内,桶部装设有投物口；等距传动组件设置在壳体内,等距传动组件同时与壳体及桶部装转动连接,在等距传动组件的运动过程中,等距传动组件与桶部装的连接点围绕壳体上的一个固定点转动；第一连杆设置在壳体内,第一连杆的两端分别与壳体和桶部装转动连接；其中,第一连杆和等距传动组件相配合带动桶部装移动和/或倾斜,以使至少部分投物口经开口伸出壳体之外。借由设置在壳体侧壁和/或顶壁上的开口,通过等距传动组件和第一连杆带动桶部装移动和/或倾斜,可实现侧方开门,减小衣物处理装置在高度上的空间需求。(The invention provides a clothes treatment device, which comprises a shell, a barrel, an equidistant transmission assembly and a first connecting rod, wherein an opening is formed in the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell; the barrel part is arranged in the shell and is provided with a throwing port; the equidistant transmission assembly is arranged in the shell and is simultaneously in rotating connection with the shell and the barrel part, and in the movement process of the equidistant transmission assembly, the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly and the barrel part rotates around a fixed point on the shell; the first connecting rod is arranged in the shell, and two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively and rotatably connected with the shell and the barrel part; wherein, the first connecting rod and the equidistant transmission component are matched to drive the barrel part to move and/or incline so that at least part of the throwing port extends out of the shell through the opening. The side opening door can be realized by the opening arranged on the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell and the barrel part is driven to move and/or incline by the equidistant transmission component and the first connecting rod, so that the space requirement of the clothes treatment device on the height is reduced.)

1. A laundry treatment apparatus (1), characterized by comprising:

the device comprises a shell (11), wherein an opening is formed in the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell (11);

the barrel part (12) is arranged in the shell (11), and the barrel part (12) is provided with a throwing port;

the equidistant transmission assembly (13) is arranged in the shell (11), the equidistant transmission assembly (13) is simultaneously connected with the shell (11) and the barrel (12) in a rotating way, and the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly (13) and the barrel (12) rotates around a fixed point on the shell (11) during the movement of the equidistant transmission assembly (13);

the first connecting rod (14) is arranged in the shell (11), and two ends of the first connecting rod (14) are respectively and rotatably connected with the shell (11) and the barrel part (12);

wherein the first connecting rod (14) and the equidistant transmission component (13) are matched to drive the barrel part (12) to move and/or tilt, so that at least part of the throwing port extends out of the shell (11) through the opening.

2. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to claim 1,

the connecting point of the equidistant transmission assembly (13) and the barrel (12) and the connecting line of the fixed point surrounded by the equidistant transmission assembly and the barrel (12) form an equivalent connecting rod (13 ') of the equidistant transmission assembly (13), and the equivalent connecting rod (13') and the first connecting rod (14) meet at most one of the following two conditions: parallel and equal in length.

3. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to claim 1,

at least one of the equidistant transmission assembly (13) and the first link (14) is connected to a bottom wall of the drum (12).

4. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to claim 1,

the equidistant transmission assembly (13) comprises at least one connecting rod, one end of the at least one connecting rod is hinged with the shell (11), and the other end of the at least one connecting rod is hinged with the barrel (12).

5. The laundry treating apparatus (1) according to claim 4,

the at least one connecting rod comprises a second connecting rod (131), a third connecting rod (132) and a fourth connecting rod (133), one end of the second connecting rod (131) and one end of the third connecting rod (132) are respectively hinged with the shell (11), the other end of the second connecting rod (131) and the other end of the third connecting rod (132) are respectively hinged with the fourth connecting rod (133), the barrel assembly (12) is rotatably connected to the fourth connecting rod (133), and the second connecting rod (131) and the third connecting rod (132) are parallel and equal in length.

6. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus (1) further comprises:

a control panel provided on the housing (11);

the driving piece is connected with the control panel and drives the equidistant transmission assembly (13) or the first connecting rod (14) to move.

7. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus (1) further comprises:

the identification part is arranged on one side, away from the opening, of the barrel part (12);

a detection part arranged on the shell (11) and used for detecting the identification signal of the identification part;

wherein, the barrel part (12) inclines to a preset angle, and the control panel controls the driving part to stop working according to the identification signal detected by the detection part.

8. The laundry treatment device (1) according to any of claims 1-5, said laundry treatment device (1) further comprising:

and the limiting part is arranged on the shell (11) and used for limiting the inclination angle of the barrel part (12).

9. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the laundry treatment apparatus (1) further comprises:

a door assembly (15), the door assembly (15) for closing the opening;

the door assembly (15) is connected with the barrel (12), and the door assembly (15) is opened obliquely along with the inclination of the barrel (12), or

The door assembly (15) is rotatably connected to the housing (11).

10. The laundry treatment apparatus (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5,

the first connecting rod (14) and the equidistant transmission component (13) are matched to drive the throwing opening to incline upwards or downwards.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of clothes treatment devices, in particular to a clothes treatment device.

Background

At present, washing machines such as pulsator washing machines and agitator washing machines are put on the top in the market, and the larger the capacity and the appearance volume are, the worse the operation experience of users for taking and putting clothes, opening and closing door covers and the like is. In addition, in recent years, overall design, full house appliance customization and embedded design are popular in decoration, the top-opening washing machine needs to leave the space at the top of the washing machine due to the limitation of the door opening mode, and the style of embedded home decoration design and integral design is difficult to integrate, so that the market acceptance is lower and lower, and compared with the front-opening washing machine represented by a roller washing machine, the market occupation is rapidly improved in recent years, and the front-opening washing machine has a great replacement trend. However, the drum type washing machine also has the obvious disadvantages of low opening of the door body, long washing time, and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

To this end, an aspect of the present invention proposes a laundry treating apparatus.

In view of the above, an aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus including a case, a tub, an equidistant transmission assembly, and a first link, the case having an opening formed on a side wall and/or a top wall thereof; the barrel part is arranged in the shell and is provided with a throwing port; the equidistant transmission assembly is arranged in the shell and is simultaneously in rotating connection with the shell and the barrel part, and in the movement process of the equidistant transmission assembly, the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly and the barrel part rotates around a fixed point on the shell; the first connecting rod is arranged in the shell, and two ends of the first connecting rod are respectively and rotatably connected with the shell and the barrel part; wherein, the first connecting rod and the equidistant transmission component are matched to drive the barrel part to move and/or incline so that at least part of the throwing port extends out of the shell through the opening.

The invention provides a clothes treatment device, which comprises a shell, a barrel, an equidistant transmission assembly and a first connecting rod, wherein the shell is used as a supporting unit of the whole machine and is contacted with the ground, the barrel is arranged in the shell and is used for treating clothes, the equidistant transmission assembly and the first connecting rod are arranged in the shell, the barrel can be driven to move towards an opening on the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell and/or to be inclined integrally under the action of external force, the movement can be understood as that the central axis of the barrel moves outwards integrally to generate forward horizontal movement, the inclination can be understood as that the central axis of the barrel rotates around a horizontal axis and is not parallel to the initial state, and then an object throwing port of the barrel obliquely extends out of the shell, so that the object throwing port which is inclined and opened is presented to a user. At the moment, a user can put clothes into the washing cavity through the object throwing port, and after the object throwing is finished, the equidistant transmission assembly and the first connecting rod can be driven to move so as to drive the barreled part to reset, and the subsequent clothes treatment program can be started by the barreled part. In particular, the rotational connection is a hinge.

The structure drives the barrel to move and/or incline through the equidistant transmission assembly and the first connecting rod by virtue of the opening arranged on the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell, on one hand, the side door opening can be realized, the requirement of the clothes treatment device on the object throwing space in the height direction is reduced to the maximum extent, further, the operation and use space of a user is saved to the maximum extent, the problem that the impeller washing machine in the related technology cannot be integrated into the embedded home decoration design and the integral design due to the top door opening is solved, and the impeller washing machine with various advantages can also have the advantages of simple appearance, easy collocation, decoration space saving and convenient embedded installation of the roller washing machine; on the other hand, the height and the inclination angle of the object throwing opening can be adjusted simultaneously, the traditional structural layout is broken, and the control comfort level of a user is improved. Particularly, for the drum-type washing machine, the height of the object throwing opening of the barrel part from the ground can be increased, the height and the angle for taking and placing clothes are more comfortable and reasonable for a user, the operation of the user is convenient, and the problems that the user needs to bend to throw the objects and the use experience of the user is reduced due to the fact that the object throwing opening is too low in the drum-type washing machine in the related technology are solved.

In addition, according to the laundry processing apparatus in the above technical solution provided by the present invention, the laundry processing apparatus may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, preferably, a connection line between the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly and the barrel and the surrounding fixed point thereof constitutes an equivalent link of the equidistant transmission assembly, and the equivalent link and the first link satisfy at least one of the following two conditions: parallel and equal in length.

In this technical solution, since the connection point (hereinafter referred to as the first engagement point) between the equidistant transmission assembly and the barrel can rotate around a fixed point on the shell, it can be equivalent to an equivalent connecting rod, and the two ends of the equivalent connecting rod are the first engagement point and the fixed point respectively. The condition that the equivalent connecting rod is parallel to and equal to the first connecting rod can be avoided by enabling the equivalent connecting rod and the first connecting rod to at most meet one of two conditions that the equivalent connecting rod is parallel to and equal to the first connecting rod, and a quadrangle formed by two end points of the equivalent connecting rod and two end points of the first connecting rod is not a parallelogram, so that the motion tracks of a connecting point (hereinafter referred to as a second matching point) of the first connecting rod and the barrel assembly are different from those of the first matching point, the balance of the barrel assembly is broken due to different motion states of different parts of the barrel assembly, and the barrel assembly moves and inclines.

In any of the above solutions, preferably, at least one of the equidistant transmission assembly and the first link is connected to the bottom wall of the tub.

In this technical scheme, through making at least one in equidistance transmission subassembly and the first connecting rod link to each other with the diapire of barreled, can drive the barreled forward and incline and provide the holding power for the barreled when, improved the reliability of product.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the equidistant transmission assembly includes at least one connecting rod, one end of the at least one connecting rod is hinged with the casing, and the other end of the at least one connecting rod is hinged with the barrel.

In this technical scheme, equidistance transmission subassembly includes at least one connecting rod, and the one end of at least one connecting rod is articulated mutually with the casing, and its other end is articulated mutually with the barreled, and under the effect of external force, at least one connecting rod takes place to incline in order to shift out the shell with the barreled through the opening.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the at least one connecting rod includes a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod, one end of the second connecting rod and one end of the third connecting rod are respectively hinged to the housing, the other end of the second connecting rod and the other end of the third connecting rod are respectively hinged to the fourth connecting rod, the barrel is rotatably connected to the fourth connecting rod, and the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod are parallel and have the same length.

In this technical scheme, at least one connecting rod includes second connecting rod, third connecting rod and fourth connecting rod, and wherein the one end of second connecting rod is articulated mutually with the casing, and the one end of third connecting rod is articulated mutually with the casing, and the both ends of fourth connecting rod are articulated with the other end of second connecting rod and the other end of third connecting rod respectively and are connected, and the barrel portion dress is rotationally connected on the fourth connecting rod, and this tie point is first cooperation point, specifically lies in the barrel portion dress and is close to the open-ended front side. The second connecting rod is parallel to the third connecting rod, the length of the second connecting rod is equal to that of the third connecting rod, namely, hinged points at two ends of the second connecting rod and two ends of the third connecting rod form a parallelogram, the second connecting rod, the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod form a connecting rod mechanism for horizontally moving the barrel part forwards, the connecting rod mechanism can be understood as a translational mechanism, and under the action of external force, the second connecting rod, the third connecting rod and the fourth connecting rod synchronously move obliquely so as to move the barrel part out of the shell through the opening. The fourth connecting rod can enable the second connecting rod and the third connecting rod to move and incline stably, and accordingly barrel loading can be guaranteed to move stably.

Furthermore, the first matching point is positioned between the second matching point and the opening, namely the first matching point is in the front, the equivalent connecting rod is in a forward tilting state when the second matching point is in the rear, the first connecting rod is in a backward tilting state, the equivalent connecting rod continuously rotates forwards and drives the first matching point to move forwards and downwards under the action of a forward external force F, the second matching point is pulled to move forwards together, and the second matching point is jacked and lifted along with the forward rotation of the first connecting rod, so that the barrel part is arranged in the forward moving state and is inclined downwards due to the forward lifting and the backward lifting.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a control panel and a driving member, the control panel is disposed on the housing; the driving piece is connected with the control panel and drives the equidistant transmission assembly or the first connecting rod to move.

In this technical scheme, clothing processing apparatus still includes control panel, and the driving piece is connected with control panel, and user's accessible control panel input instruction controls the driving piece operation to control equidistance transmission assembly or the motion of first connecting rod, need not the manual pulling bucket portion dress of user, promoted clothing processing apparatus's degree of automation, promoted user's use and experienced.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a marking part and a detecting part, the marking part is disposed on a side of the tub part away from the opening; the detection part is arranged on the shell and used for detecting the identification signal of the identification part; wherein, the barrel portion dress inclines to predetermineeing the angle, and control panel controls driving piece stop work according to the identification signal that detection portion detected.

In this technical solution, the laundry processing apparatus further includes an identification part and a detection part. When the barrel is inclined to a preset angle, the detection part can detect the identification signal of the identification part, which indicates that the object throwing port of the barrel extends out of the shell from the opening, the control panel can control the driving part to stop working according to the identification signal detected by the detection part, so that the inclination angle of the barrel is locked, and a user can throw clothes by means of the object throwing port. Meanwhile, the accurate control of the inclination angle of the barreled clothes is realized by detecting the identification signal, the condition that the clothes are inconvenient to put in due to the fact that the protruding area of the opening of the object throwing port is too small is avoided, the condition that the barreled clothes and the shell are unstable to assemble or even separate due to the fact that the inclination angle of the barreled clothes is too large is avoided, and the reliability of assembly and the feasibility of use are guaranteed.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the laundry treatment apparatus further includes a limiting portion disposed on the casing for limiting an inclination angle of the tub portion.

In the technical scheme, the clothes treatment device further comprises a limiting part arranged on the shell, when the barreled clothes are inclined to a preset angle, the barreled clothes can be abutted against the limiting part, so that the position stability of the barreled clothes is ensured, the phenomenon that the normal putting or taking of clothes by a user is influenced due to the fact that the area of the object throwing port extending out of the shell through the opening is too small due to too small inclination angle of the barreled clothes can be avoided, the phenomenon that the assembly between the barreled clothes and the shell is unstable or even breaks away from the shell due to too large inclination angle of the barreled clothes can be avoided, the inclination angle of the barreled clothes can be ensured from the angle of mechanical structural characteristics by arranging the limiting part, and the assembly reliability and the use feasibility of the barreled clothes and the shell are further ensured.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus further includes: a door assembly for closing the opening; the door assembly is connected with the barrel part, the door assembly is opened in a tilting mode along with the tilting of the barrel part, or the door assembly is rotatably connected with the shell.

In this technical solution, the laundry treating apparatus further includes a door assembly for closing the opening, disposed at a front side of the laundry treating apparatus. Wherein, the door subassembly can be connected with the barreled, and the door subassembly inclines along with the slope of the axis of barreled and opens, and door subassembly and barreled synchronous movement just incline promptly. When the user opens the door assembly, the barrel can be directly pulled out from the shell in an inclined mode, the structure is simple, and the operation process can be simplified. The door assembly can also be rotatably connected with the shell, and when a user puts or takes clothes, the door assembly can be opened firstly, and then the barrel can be moved and inclined.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first connecting rod and the equidistant transmission assembly cooperate to drive the object throwing opening to incline upwards or downwards.

In the technical scheme, the first connecting rod and the equidistant transmission assembly can be set as quota combination to drive the object throwing port to incline upwards or downwards according to needs so as to meet different use scenes. Particularly, the throwing opening of the pulsator washing machine is often positioned at the top of the barrel, when a side opening door is adopted, the throwing opening can be inclined downwards, namely, the central axis of the barrel is changed from vertical to forward inclination, so that the action of a user is more comfortable when clothes are taken and placed, and the extending volume of the barrel when the barrel extends out of the shell can be reduced, thereby reducing the reserved space in front of the opening of the pulsator washing machine, being capable of being used even in a relatively narrow space, and improving the space adaptability of the pulsator washing machine. For drum type washing machine, though the structure that side opened the door has been adopted, its throw thing mouth often lower, through making throw thing mouth tilt up, equally can improve user's the angle of getting put, promote user experience.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 illustrates a schematic structural view before and after a tub and a door assembly of a laundry treating apparatus are tilted according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a partial structural view illustrating a tub and a door assembly before and after being tilted in a laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the component names in fig. 1 and fig. 2 is:

1 laundry treating device, 11 cases, 12 tubs, 121 first mating points, 122 second mating points, 13 equidistant transmission components, 13' equivalent links, 131 second links, 132 third links, 133 fourth links, 14 first links, 15 door components.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

The laundry treatment apparatus 1 according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus 1, including a casing 11, a tub 12, an equidistant driving assembly 13, and a first link 14, wherein an opening is provided on a side wall and/or a top wall of the casing 11; the barrel part 12 is arranged in the shell 11, and the barrel part 12 is provided with a throwing port; the equidistant transmission assembly 13 is arranged in the shell 11, the equidistant transmission assembly 13 is simultaneously in rotating connection with the shell 11 and the barrel 12, and in the movement process of the equidistant transmission assembly 13, the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the barrel 12 rotates around a fixed point on the shell 11; the first connecting rod 14 is arranged in the shell 11, and two ends of the first connecting rod 14 are respectively and rotatably connected with the shell 11 and the barrel part 12; wherein the first connecting rod 14 and the equidistant transmission assembly 13 cooperate to move and/or tilt the barrel 12 so that at least a portion of the throwing port extends out of the housing 11 through the opening.

The invention provides a clothes treatment device 1, which comprises a shell 11, a barrel 12, an equidistant transmission assembly 13 and a first connecting rod 14, wherein the shell 11 is used as a supporting unit of the whole machine and is contacted with the ground, the barrel 12 is positioned in the shell 11 and is used for treating clothes, the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the first connecting rod 14 are arranged in the shell 11, the barrel 12 can be driven to move towards an opening on the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell 11 and/or be wholly inclined under the action of external force, the movement can be understood as that the central axis of the barrel 12 integrally moves outwards to produce forward horizontal movement, the inclination can be understood as that the central axis of the barrel 12 rotates around a horizontal axis and is not parallel to the initial state, and then the object throwing port of the barrel 12 obliquely extends out of the shell 11, so that the object throwing port which is forward inclined and opened is presented to a user. At this time, the user can put the clothes into the washing chamber through the feeding port, and after the feeding is finished, the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the first connecting rod 14 can be driven to move so as to drive the barrel 12 to reset, and the barrel 12 can start the subsequent clothes treatment process. In particular, the rotational connection is a hinge.

The structure drives the barrel part 12 to move and/or incline through the equidistant transmission component 13 and the first connecting rod 14 by virtue of the opening arranged on the side wall and/or the top wall of the shell 11, on one hand, the side door opening can be realized, the requirement of the clothes processing device 1 on the throwing space in the height direction is reduced to the maximum extent, the operation and use space of a user is further saved to the maximum extent, the problem that the embedded home decoration design and the integral design cannot be integrated due to the top door opening of the pulsator washing machine in the related technology is solved, and the pulsator washing machine with various advantages can also make the advantages of simple appearance, easy matching, decoration space saving and convenient embedded installation of the rotary drum washing machine; on the other hand, the height and the inclination angle of the object throwing opening can be adjusted simultaneously, and the traditional structural layout is broken, so that the control comfort of a user is improved. Particularly for the drum-type washing machine, the height of the throwing opening of the barrel part 12 from the ground can be increased, more comfortable and reasonable height and angle for taking and placing clothes are provided for a user, the operation of the user is convenient, and the problems that the user needs to bend down to throw the clothes and the use experience of the user is reduced due to the fact that the throwing opening is too low in the drum-type washing machine in the related technology are solved.

As shown in fig. 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the connection points of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the first link 14 to the barrel 12 are respectively referred to as a first matching point 121 and a second matching point 122, the first matching point 121 is located between the second matching point 122 and the opening, and the movement paths of the first matching point 121 and the second matching point 122 are different during the movement of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the first link 14.

In this embodiment, the relationship of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the connection point of the first link 14 to the drum 12 is specifically defined. The direction of the opening of the shell 11 is taken as the front, the direction of the back plate of the shell 11 is taken as the back, the equidistant transmission component 13 and the first connecting rod 14 form two matching points with different movement tracks in tandem on the barrel 12, so that the balance of the barrel 12 is broken due to different movement states of the front part and the back part of the barrel, and the barrel 12 moves and inclines. It should be noted that, since the first matching point 121 and the second matching point 122 are two different points, the movement trajectories thereof cannot be completely overlapped, the same movement trajectory means that the movement trajectories thereof are completely overlapped after being translated, and the different movement trajectories means that the movement trajectories thereof cannot be completely overlapped after being translated. Specifically, the number of the equidistant transmission assemblies 13 may be at least one, but the motion trajectories of the first matching points 121 of the plurality of equidistant transmission assemblies 13 are the same, as are the first connecting rods 14.

As shown in fig. 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, a line connecting the connection point of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the barrel 12 and the fixed point surrounded by the connection point forms an equivalent link 13 'of the equidistant transmission assembly 13, and the equivalent link 13' and the first link 14 satisfy at most one of the following two conditions: parallel and equal in length.

In this embodiment, since the connection point (i.e. the first fitting point 121) of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the barrel 12 can rotate around a fixed point on the housing 11, it can be equivalent to an equivalent link 13 ', and the two ends of the equivalent link 13' are the first fitting point 121 and the fixed point respectively. By making the equivalent connecting rod 13 ' and the first connecting rod 14 at most satisfy one of the two conditions of being parallel and equal in length, the situation that the equivalent connecting rod 13 ' and the first connecting rod 14 are parallel and equal can be avoided, so that the quadrangle enclosed by the two end points of the equivalent connecting rod 13 ' and the two end points of the first connecting rod 14 is not a parallelogram, and the movement trajectories of the first fitting point 121 and the second fitting point 122 are different, so that the balance of the barrel assembly 12 is broken due to the different movement states of the front and rear parts of the barrel assembly, and the barrel assembly 12 moves and tilts.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, at least one of the equidistant transmission assembly 13 and the first link 14 is preferably connected to the bottom wall of the tub 12.

In this embodiment, by connecting at least one of the equidistant driving assembly 13 and the first link 14 to the bottom wall of the tub 12, a supporting force can be provided to the tub 12 while driving the tub 12 to be forwardly tilted, thereby improving reliability of the product.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the equidistant transmission assembly 13 comprises at least one connecting rod, one end of which is hinged with the housing 11 and the other end of which is hinged with the barrel 12.

In this embodiment, the equidistant transmission assembly 13 comprises at least one link, one end of which is hinged to the housing 11 and the other end of which is hinged to the barrel 12, and which tilts under the influence of an external force to move the barrel 12 out of the housing 11 through the opening.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the at least one link includes a second link 131, a third link 132 and a fourth link 133, one end of the second link 131 and one end of the third link 132 are respectively hinged to the housing 11, the other end of the second link 131 and the other end of the third link 132 are respectively hinged to the fourth link 133, the barrel 12 is rotatably connected to the fourth link 133, and the second link 131 and the third link 132 are parallel and have the same length.

In this embodiment, the at least one connecting rod includes a second connecting rod 131, a third connecting rod 132 and a fourth connecting rod 133, wherein one end of the second connecting rod 131 is hinged to the housing 11, one end of the third connecting rod 132 is hinged to the housing 11, two ends of the fourth connecting rod 133 are respectively hinged to the other end of the second connecting rod 131 and the other end of the third connecting rod 132, and the barrel 12 is rotatably connected to the fourth connecting rod 133, which is the first fitting point 121, specifically, located on the front side of the barrel 12 near the opening. The second connecting rod 131 is parallel to the third connecting rod 132 and has the same length, that is, the hinge points at the two ends of the second connecting rod 131 and the third connecting rod 132 form a parallelogram, the second connecting rod 131, the third connecting rod 132 and the fourth connecting rod 133 form a link mechanism for moving the barrel 12 horizontally forward, which can be understood as a "translational mechanism", and under the action of an external force, the second connecting rod 131, the third connecting rod 132 and the fourth connecting rod 133 synchronously move obliquely so as to move the barrel 12 out of the housing 11 through the opening. Wherein the fourth link 133 allows the second link 131 and the third link 132 to be smoothly moved and tilted, thereby ensuring smooth movement of the tub 12.

Further, the first engaging point 121 is located between the second engaging point 122 and the opening, that is, the first engaging point 121 is located in front, the second engaging point 122 is located in back, the equivalent link 13 'is in a forward tilting state, the first link 14 is in a backward tilting state, and under the action of a forward external force F, the equivalent link 13' continues to rotate forward and drives the first engaging point 121 to move forward and downward, the second engaging point 122 is pulled to move forward together, and the second engaging point 122 is jacked up and lifted up along with the forward rotation of the first link 14, so that the barrel assembly 12 is inclined downward due to forward lowering and backward raising while moving forward.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes a control panel and a driving member, the control panel being disposed on the housing 11; the driving member is connected with the control panel, and the driving member drives the equidistant transmission assembly 13 or the first connecting rod 14 to move.

In this embodiment, the laundry processing apparatus 1 further includes a control panel, the driving member is connected to the control panel, and a user can input an instruction through the control panel to control the driving member to operate, so as to control the equidistant transmission assembly 13 or the first connecting rod 14 to move, without manually pulling the barrel 12, thereby improving the automation degree of the laundry processing apparatus 1 and improving the user experience.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes an identification part and a detection part, the identification part is disposed on a side of the tub 12 facing away from the opening; the detection part is arranged on the shell 11 and is used for detecting the identification signal of the identification part; wherein, the barrel part 12 inclines to the preset angle, and the control panel controls the driving part to stop working according to the identification signal detected by the detection part.

In this embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes an identification part and a detection part. When the barrel 12 is inclined to a preset angle, the detection part detects the identification signal of the identification part, which indicates that the object throwing port of the barrel 12 extends out of the shell 11 from the opening, the control panel can control the driving part to stop working according to the identification signal detected by the detection part, so that the inclination angle of the barrel 12 is locked, and a user can throw clothes through the object throwing port, the automatic control of the clothes treatment device 1 is realized by the arrangement, the use of the clothes treatment device 1 by the user is greatly facilitated, and the use performance and the user experience of a product are improved. Meanwhile, the accurate control of the inclination angle of the barrel 12 is realized by detecting the identification signal, the condition that the clothes are inconvenient to put in due to the fact that the protruding area of the opening of the object throwing port is too small is avoided, the condition that the assembly of the barrel 12 and the shell 11 is unstable or even separated due to the fact that the inclination angle of the barrel 12 is too large is avoided, and the reliability of the assembly and the feasibility of the use are guaranteed.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes a limiting part disposed on the case 11 for limiting an inclination angle of the tub 12.

In this embodiment, the clothes treating apparatus 1 further includes a limiting portion disposed on the casing 11, when the barrel 12 is inclined to a predetermined angle, the barrel 12 can abut against the limiting portion, so as to ensure the position stability of the barrel 12, and can avoid the situation that the tilt angle of the barrel 12 is too small, so that the area of the feeding port extending out of the casing 11 through the opening is too small, which affects the normal feeding or taking of clothes by a user, and can also avoid the situation that the tilt angle of the barrel 12 is too large, which causes the unstable assembly between the barrel 12 and the casing 11, and even the barrel is separated from the casing 11, and by disposing the limiting portion, the tilt angle of the barrel 12 can be ensured from the perspective of the mechanical structure, and the reliability of the assembly of the barrel 12 and the casing 11 and the feasibility of the use can be further ensured.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes: a door assembly 15, the door assembly 15 for closing the opening; the door assembly 15 is connected to the tub 12, the door assembly 15 is opened with the tilt of the tub 12 being inclined, or the door assembly 15 is rotatably connected to the cabinet 11.

In this embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes a door assembly 15, the door assembly 15 for closing the opening, provided at the front side of the laundry treating apparatus 1. Wherein the door assembly 15 is connectable with the drum 12, and the door assembly 15 is tilted to open with the tilt of the central axis of the drum 12, i.e., the door assembly 15 moves and tilts in synchronization with the drum 12. When the user opens the door assembly 15, the barrel 12 can be directly pulled out from the housing 11 in an inclined manner, the structure is simple, and the operation process can be simplified. The door assembly 15 may also be pivotally connected to the housing 11, such that when a user places or takes clothes, the door assembly 15 may be opened first, and then the barrel portion 12 may be moved and tilted.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes: a grip portion provided on a side wall and/or a top wall of the tub 12 facing the opening, and/or on an outer wall of the door assembly 15.

In this embodiment, the laundry treating apparatus 1 further includes a grip portion provided on a side wall and/or a top wall of the tub 12 facing the opening when the door assembly 15 is rotatably coupled to the housing 11; when door assembly 15 is connected with barreled portion 12, and door assembly 15 and barreled portion 12 simultaneous movement, then the portion of gripping sets up on door assembly 15's outer wall, can make the user pull out barreled portion 12 from casing 11 through pulling the portion of gripping through setting up the portion of gripping, simple structure, the user of being convenient for sends forth strength. In addition, when the door assembly 15 is rotatably coupled to the housing 11, a grip portion may be further provided on an outer wall of the door assembly 15 to facilitate the user to open the door.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first link 14 and the equidistant transmission assembly 13 are preferably matched to drive the throwing port to incline upwards or downwards.

In this embodiment, the first connecting rod 14 and the equidistant transmission assembly 13 can be set as quota to drive the object throwing opening to incline upwards or downwards as required, so as to meet different usage scenarios. Particularly, the feeding port of the pulsator washing machine is often located at the top of the barrel 12, and when a side door is opened, the feeding port can be inclined downwards, that is, the central axis of the barrel 12 is changed from vertical to forward, so that the action of a user is more comfortable when the user takes and places clothes, and the extension volume of the barrel 12 extending out of the shell 11 can be reduced, thereby reducing the reserved space in front of the opening of the pulsator washing machine, being capable of being used even in a relatively narrow space, and improving the space adaptability of the pulsator washing machine. For drum type washing machine, though the structure that side opened the door has been adopted, its throw thing mouth often lower, through making throw thing mouth tilt up, equally can improve user's the angle of getting put, promote user experience.

In summary, the clothes treatment apparatus 1 provided by the present invention is a front-side inclined door-opening washing machine, which breaks through the top door-opening manner of the conventional pulsator washing machine, the door is arranged at the front side and/or the top of the washing machine, the barrel 12 is connected with the casing 11 by a link mechanism, so that when the door is closed, the barrel 12 is hidden in the casing 11 in a vertical posture for working, and when the door is opened, the barrel 12 is opened in a forward inclined posture at a certain angle, so as to maximally save the user usage space, and simultaneously avoid the defects of too low material feeding opening of the drum washing machine, higher opening position of the door cover of the conventional pulsator washing machine, higher material feeding opening, and the like, thereby bringing more comfortable experience to the user.

In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.