阅读说明：本技术 用于衣物处理设备的雾化装置、衣物处理设备及控制方法 (Atomization device for clothes treatment equipment, clothes treatment equipment and control method ) 是由 庄仲凯 赵志强 王得军 许升 孙广彬 于 2019-03-05 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明属于衣物处理技术领域,具体提供一种用于衣物处理设备的雾化装置、衣物处理设备及控制方法。本发明旨在解决现有衣物处理设备中的雾化装置的雾化片易形成污垢影响雾化效率的问题。本发明提供了一种用于衣物处理设备的雾化装置、衣物处理设备及控制方法,该雾化装置包括外壳和雾化模组,外壳内设有雾化腔,雾化模组包括能够使雾化腔内的液体雾化的雾化片,进液口朝向雾化片设置。本发明提高雾化效率和雾化量,提升了用户体验。(The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and particularly provides an atomization device for clothes treatment equipment, the clothes treatment equipment and a control method. The invention aims to solve the problem that the atomization sheet of an atomization device in the existing clothes treatment equipment is easy to form dirt to influence the atomization efficiency. The invention provides an atomizing device for clothes treatment equipment, the clothes treatment equipment and a control method. The invention improves the atomization efficiency and the atomization amount and improves the user experience.)

1. The utility model provides an atomizing device for clothing treatment facility, a serial communication port, atomizing device includes shell and atomizing module, be equipped with the atomizing chamber in the shell, be provided with on the shell with inlet, air intake and the play fog mouth of atomizing chamber intercommunication, the atomizing module is including making the atomizing piece of the liquid atomization in the atomizing chamber, the inlet orientation the atomizing piece sets up.

2. The atomizing device for a clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a casing and a casing cover, the atomizing module is disposed on the casing, and the liquid inlet is disposed on the casing cover.

3. The atomizing device for a clothing processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a water permeable hole is opened at the bottom of the housing, the atomizing module further comprises a mounting bracket, and the atomizing plate is fixed at the outer portion of the housing through the mounting bracket, corresponding to the water permeable hole.

4. The atomizing device for a laundry treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a partition is further disposed in the housing, the partition separates the housing into a circuit board chamber and the atomizing chamber, the circuit board chamber is provided with a circuit board, the atomizing module further includes a driving circuit, and the circuit board is connected to the driving circuit.

5. The atomizing device for a laundry treating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the air inlet is provided at the housing corresponding to the circuit board chamber; and/or

The air inlet is provided with a fan, and the circuit board is connected with the fan to control the start and stop of the fan.

6. The atomization device for the clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a closed cavity is further provided in the housing, the atomization cavity is communicated with the closed cavity through a first communication hole, and the mist outlet is communicated with the closed cavity through a second communication hole.

7. The atomization device for a clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the mist outlet is provided at a bottom surface of the housing, the atomization device further comprising a connection pipe through which the mist outlet communicates with the second communication hole; and/or

A valve mechanism is further arranged in the closed cavity and can seal the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole.

8. The atomization device for a clothes treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the atomization module is configured to detect a height of a liquid level in the atomization chamber through vibration of the atomization sheet.

9. A clothes treatment device, comprising a box body and a washing barrel arranged in the box body, characterized in that the clothes treatment device further comprises an atomizing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a liquid inlet of the atomizing device is communicated with a water source through an electromagnetic valve, and a mist outlet is communicated with the washing barrel through a mist outlet pipe.

10. The control method of the clothes treatment equipment is characterized in that the clothes treatment equipment comprises a box body, a washing barrel and an atomization device, wherein the washing barrel and the atomization device are arranged in the box body, the atomization device comprises a shell and an atomization module, an atomization cavity is arranged in the shell, a liquid inlet, an air inlet and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomization cavity are formed in the shell, the liquid inlet is communicated with a water source through an electromagnetic valve, the mist outlet is communicated with the washing barrel through a mist outlet pipe, the atomization module comprises an atomization sheet which can detect liquid level through vibration and atomize liquid in the atomization cavity, and the liquid inlet is arranged towards the atomization sheet;

the control method comprises the following steps:

controlling the electromagnetic valve to open so as to spray and clean the atomizing sheet while feeding water;

after the electromagnetic valve is opened for a first set time, the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be closed, and after a second set time, the atomization sheet is controlled to vibrate to detect the liquid level height;

judging whether the liquid level height reaches the atomization liquid level;

and selectively controlling the electromagnetic valve to open again based on the judgment result.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of clothes treatment, and particularly provides an atomization device for clothes treatment equipment, the clothes treatment equipment and a control method.

Background

The laundry treating apparatus is an apparatus capable of washing, drying, sterilizing and/or deodorizing laundry, and as the level of production technology is continuously improved and the demand of users is continuously increased, the demands of users for the laundry treating apparatus are also increased. In order to improve the washing effect of the clothes, the clothes can be soaked by water mist (with the particle size of micron order) generated by the atomizing device, so that stains on the surface of the clothes are dissolved and removed firstly, the stains on the surface of the clothes are prevented from entering the lining of the clothes, the clothes can be cleaned by less time, water quantity, washing liquid and mechanical action in the subsequent washing process, and the washing effect of the clothes is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, namely the problems that dirt in the existing atomization device is easy to accumulate and difficult to clean, the invention provides an atomization device for clothes treatment equipment, which comprises a shell and an atomization module, wherein an atomization cavity is arranged in the shell, a liquid inlet, an air inlet and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomization cavity are formed in the shell, the atomization module comprises an atomization sheet which can atomize liquid in the atomization cavity, and the liquid inlet is arranged towards the atomization sheet.

In the above preferred technical scheme of an atomizing device for a clothes treatment apparatus, the housing includes a casing and a case cover, the atomizing module is disposed in the casing, and the liquid inlet is disposed in the case cover.

In the above preferred technical scheme of an atomizing device for a clothes treatment apparatus, the bottom of the housing is provided with a water permeable hole, the atomizing module further comprises a mounting bracket, and the atomizing sheet is fixed to the outside of the housing through the mounting bracket corresponding to the water permeable hole.

In the above preferred technical scheme of an atomizing device for a clothes treatment facility, still be provided with the baffle in the shell, the baffle will the shell is separated for the circuit board chamber with the atomizing chamber, the circuit board chamber is provided with the circuit board, the atomizing module still includes drive circuit, the circuit board with drive circuit connects.

In a preferred technical solution of the above atomizing device for a clothes treating apparatus, the air inlet is disposed at a position of the housing corresponding to the circuit board cavity; and/or the air inlet is provided with a fan, and the circuit board is connected with the fan to control the start and stop of the fan.

In the preferable technical scheme of the atomization device for the clothes treatment equipment, a closed cavity is further arranged in the shell, the atomization cavity is communicated with the closed cavity through a first communication hole, and the mist outlet is communicated with the closed cavity through a second communication hole.

In a preferable technical solution of the above atomizing device for a laundry treating apparatus, the mist outlet is provided at a bottom surface of the housing, the atomizing device further includes a connecting pipe, and the mist outlet is communicated with the second communicating hole through the connecting pipe; and/or a valve mechanism is arranged in the closed cavity and can seal the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole.

In the above preferred technical solution of the atomization device for the clothes treatment apparatus, the atomization module is configured to detect the height of the liquid level in the atomization chamber through the vibration of the atomization sheet.

The invention also provides clothes treatment equipment which further comprises the atomizing device in any one of the preferable schemes, wherein a liquid inlet of the atomizing device is connected with a water source through an electromagnetic valve, and a mist outlet is communicated with the washing barrel through a mist outlet pipe.

The invention also provides a control method of the clothes treatment equipment, the clothes treatment equipment comprises a box body, and a washing barrel and an atomization device which are arranged in the box body, the atomization device comprises a shell and an atomization module, an atomization cavity is arranged in the shell, a liquid inlet, an air inlet and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomization cavity are arranged on the shell, the liquid inlet is communicated with a water source through an electromagnetic valve, the mist outlet is communicated with the washing barrel through a mist outlet pipe, the atomization module comprises an atomization sheet which can detect liquid level through vibration and atomize liquid in the atomization cavity, and the liquid inlet is arranged towards the atomization sheet;

the control method comprises the following steps:

controlling the electromagnetic valve to open so as to spray and clean the atomizing sheet while feeding water;

after the electromagnetic valve is opened for a first set time, the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be closed, and after a second set time, the atomization sheet is controlled to vibrate to detect the liquid level height;

judging whether the liquid level height reaches the atomization liquid level;

and selectively controlling the electromagnetic valve to open again based on the judgment result.

The technical scheme includes that the atomization device for the clothes treatment equipment comprises a shell and an atomization module, an atomization cavity is arranged in the shell, a liquid inlet, an air inlet and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomization cavity are formed in the shell, the atomization module comprises an atomization sheet which can atomize liquid in the atomization cavity, and the liquid inlet is arranged towards the atomization sheet.

Through the setting of the atomization device for the clothes treatment equipment, the liquid inlet of the atomization device is arranged towards the atomization sheet, when the atomization device enters water, the water enters the atomization sheet directly to scour the atomization sheet, and deposited dirt on the atomization sheet drops under the action of water flow impact, so that the atomization sheet is cleaned completely. And the atomizing device can wash the atomizing sheet when water enters every time, so that the formation probability of deposited dirt is reduced, and the aim of automatically cleaning the atomizing sheet is fulfilled. Therefore, under the condition of longer service time, the atomization amount of the atomization device cannot be reduced due to the influence of dirt, and the atomization sheet does not need to be cleaned manually, so that the failure rate of the atomization device is reduced, the maintenance-free effect is achieved, and the user experience is obviously improved.

Further, the shell includes casing and cap, is convenient for install and dismantles, and the inlet sets up in the cap, and atomizing device sets up the split type design on the casing, is favorable to the space optimization overall arrangement, and the atomizing device of being convenient for sets up rationally.

Further, the atomizing module is fixed in the hole of permeating water of shell bottom through the installing support, can realize atomizing module dismouting through dismantling the installing support, need not dismantle atomizing device when maintenance atomizing module, is convenient for greatly improve maintenance work efficiency to the maintenance of atomizing module.

Furtherly, through setting up the baffle in the shell, divide into circuit board chamber and atomizing chamber with the shell, the circuit board sets up at the circuit board intracavity, and atomizing module is atomizing intracavity to the atomizing mode that sets up that intakes, has realized water and electricity separation, avoids because of the trouble that water reveals and leads to atomizing device, has improved atomizing device's security and stability, has improved user experience.

Furthermore, the fan is arranged at the position, corresponding to the circuit board cavity, of the shell, and/or the air inlet is/are provided with the fan, the fan is connected and controlled through the circuit board, after the fan operates, water mist in the atomizing cavity is rapidly output, meanwhile, heat generated by electronic elements on the circuit board can be taken away, reliability and operation time of the circuit board are improved, and stability and reliability of the atomizing device are further improved.

Further, a closed cavity is further formed in the shell, the atomizing cavity is communicated with the closed cavity through the first communicating hole, the mist outlet is communicated with the closed cavity through the second communicating hole, the water mist is located inside the atomizing device, the water mist is conveyed to the outside through a channel formed by the first communicating hole, the closed cavity and the second communicating hole, and the phenomenon that the water mist leaks to cause the failure of the clothes treatment equipment is avoided. The closed cavity is further provided with a valve mechanism, the valve mechanism can seal the first communicating hole and/or the second communicating hole, the opening and the closing of the valve mechanism are controlled, the sealing performance of the atomizing device is further improved, external humid air is prevented from flowing back into the atomizing cavity through the mist outlet to damage electrical elements, the stability and the reliability of the atomizing device are further improved, and the user experience is improved.

Further, the height of the liquid level in the atomizing cavity is detected through the vibration of the atomizing sheet, a liquid level sensor is not needed, the cost is reduced, the stability and the reliability of the atomizing device are improved, and the user experience is improved. Specifically, when the liquid level needs to be measured, the atomization plate operates at a lower operating frequency, pulse ultrasonic waves are emitted, the sound waves are reflected by the surface of the liquid and then received by the atomization plate, and the height of the liquid level is calculated based on the time between the emission and the reception of the sound waves. The measuring principle of the atomization piece determines that the atomization piece is slightly influenced by liquid level density, viscosity, temperature and the like during measurement, so that the measuring accuracy can be ensured by the measuring mode. When needs atomizing, atomizing piece is with higher frequency work, breaks up liquid hydrone structure and produces the elegant water smoke of nature through high frequency resonance, improves clothing nursing and experiences.

In addition, the invention also provides clothes treatment equipment and a control method on the basis of the technical scheme, because the clothes treatment equipment adopts the atomization device, the liquid inlet of the atomization device is connected with a water source through the electromagnetic valve, and the opening and closing of the liquid inlet are controlled through the electromagnetic valve, the technical effect of the atomization device is further achieved, and compared with the clothes treatment equipment before improvement, the clothes treatment equipment can directly flush the atomization sheet through the liquid inlet of the atomization device, so that the formation of deposited dirt is avoided, the safety and the reliability of the clothes treatment equipment are improved, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with a washing machine, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a first schematic structural view of an atomizing device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second schematic structural view of an atomizing device of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view at E-E of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a first internal structural view of the atomizing device of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second internal structural view of the atomizing device of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flowchart of a control method of the laundry treating apparatus of the present invention;

list of reference numerals: 1. a housing; 101. a housing; 102. a shell cover; 2. a liquid inlet; 3. an atomization module; 31. an atomizing sheet; 32. a drive circuit; 33. mounting a bracket; 4. a mist outlet; 5, air inlet; 6. a fan; 7. a partition plate; 8. an atomizing chamber; 9. a circuit board cavity; 10. a closed cavity; 11. water permeable holes; 12. a connecting pipe; 13. a valve mechanism.

Detailed Description

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. For example, although the present invention has been described in conjunction with a washing machine, the technical solution of the present invention is obviously applicable to a clothes dryer, a washing and drying machine, an air washing device, etc., and such modifications and changes of the application objects do not depart from the technical principle of the present invention and should be limited within the protective scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, the terms of direction or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

Based on the problems that deposited dirt is easily formed on the surface of an atomizing sheet in an atomizing device of the existing washing machine and the atomizing efficiency is affected, the invention provides the atomizing device for the washing machine, the washing machine and the control method.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the invention provides an atomizing device, which includes a housing 1 and an atomizing module 3, wherein an atomizing cavity 8 is arranged in the housing 1, the atomizing cavity 8 is used for containing liquid and storing water mist generated by the atomizing module 3, a liquid inlet 2, an air inlet 5 and a mist outlet 4 which are communicated with the atomizing cavity 8 are arranged on the housing 1, the atomizing module 3 atomizes water entering the atomizing cavity 8 from the liquid inlet 2 into water mist, and the water mist is conveyed to a washing tub from the mist outlet 4. Referring to fig. 3 to 5, atomizing module 3 is including the atomizing piece 31 that can make the liquid atomizing in the atomizing chamber, and inlet 2 sets up towards atomizing piece 31, and of course, the best is the central point that inlet 2 faces atomizing piece 31, makes the impact area of rivers the biggest like this, and the washing effect that reaches is best. Of course, the same effect can be achieved by making the water in the liquid inlet 2 flow through the surface of the backward impact atomizing plate 31 in other ways, and a person skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific position of the liquid inlet 2 in practical application, and the adjustment and change structure of the specific position do not limit the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention.

Preferably, the liquid entering from the liquid inlet 2 may be tap water, pure water, or other liquid for washing clothes, and a person skilled in the art may flexibly set the type of the liquid entering the atomizing device through the liquid inlet in practical application, and of course, the liquid entering through the liquid inlet 2 is preferably pure water, which has no impurities in pure water, and the atomizing sheet 31 hardly forms deposited dirt during use, so that the stability and the atomizing amount of the atomizing device can be improved to the maximum extent.

Preferably, the atomizing plate 31 of the atomizing device may be an ultrasonic atomizing plate, or may be other kinds of atomizing plates, and a person skilled in the art may flexibly set the specific type of the atomizing plate 31 in practical applications, as long as the liquid entering through the liquid inlet 2 is converted into water mist through the atomizing plate 31.

Preferably, in order to accelerate the rapid flow of the water mist in the atomizing chamber 8, the wind generated by the fan 6 can enter the atomizing chamber through the air inlet, and further accelerate the flow of the water mist in the atomizing chamber, and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific position and shape of the air inlet 5 in practical application as long as the water mist in the atomizing chamber 8 can rapidly flow.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the housing 1 includes a housing 101 and a housing cover 102, the atomizing module 3 is disposed in the housing 101, the liquid inlet 2 is disposed in the housing cover 102, so that the liquid inlet 2 and the atomizing module 3 are kept at a certain distance, and the water entering through the liquid inlet 2 impacts the atomizing plate 31 of the atomizing module 3 at a certain impact speed, so that the atomizing plate 31 can impact the atomizing plate 31 by the gravity of the water flow itself even under the condition of no water pressure, and the atomizing plate 31 can deposit and fall off dirt. Of course, the atomizing module 3 and the liquid inlet 2 may be disposed on the housing 101, and such specific position changes do not limit the present invention, and should be limited within the protection scope of the present invention. The technicians in this field can set up the specific position of atomizing module 3 and inlet 2 in a flexible way in practical application, as long as can atomize module 3 and inlet 2 keep a certain distance and the export direction of inlet is relative with atomizing piece 31 of atomizing module 3.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, a water permeable hole 11 is opened at the bottom of the housing 1, the inlet water flows onto the atomizing sheet 31 through the water permeable hole 11, the atomizing module 3 further includes a mounting bracket 33, the atomizing sheet 31 is fixed outside the housing 1 through the mounting bracket 33 corresponding to the water permeable hole 11, the atomizing module 3 can be directly mounted at the bottom of the housing 1 through the mounting bracket 33, and the operability of the maintenance of the atomizing device is further improved. Those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific structure of the mounting bracket 33 in practical applications as long as it can fix the atomizing module 3 and maintain the sealing effect.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, still be provided with baffle 7 in the shell 1, baffle 7 will shell 1 is separated for atomizing chamber 8 and circuit board chamber 9, and atomizing module 3 is atomized into water smoke and is kept apart water smoke in atomizing chamber 8 with atomizing module 8, and circuit board chamber 9 is provided with the circuit board, realizes that water and electricity keeps apart, and water smoke can not enter into circuit board chamber 9 in, further improves atomizing device's security. The atomization module 3 further comprises a driving circuit 32, the driving circuit 32 provides signals and power for the atomization sheet 31, the circuit board is connected with the driving circuit 32, and the circuit board controls the working state of the atomization module 3. Those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific position and structure of the partition 7 in practical application as long as the partition can divide the housing 1 into the atomizing chamber 8 and the circuit board chamber 9.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the fan 6 may be disposed inside the atomizing device, or outside the atomizing device, and when disposed outside the atomizing device, the air inlet 5 may be connected through a pipeline, so as to send the air generated by the high-speed rotation of the fan into the atomizing chamber 8, so as to provide power for the accelerated flow of the water mist in the atomizing chamber 8, and those skilled in the art may flexibly set the specific setting position of the fan 6 in practical application, as long as the air blown by the fan 6 can be blown into the atomizing chamber 8. More preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the fan 6 of the present invention is disposed inside the inner atomizing device, specifically, at a position corresponding to the circuit board cavity 9 of the housing 1, the fan 6 is communicated with the air inlet 5, the circuit board is connected to the fan 6, the air inlet 5 is disposed at a position corresponding to the circuit board cavity 9 of the housing 1, the fan 6 rotates at a high speed to blow air, and after the fan 6 rotates, the air outside the atomizing device is sucked from the air inlet 5 and blown into the atomizing cavity 8 through the fan 6. The setting can accelerate the circuit board heat dissipation through fan 6 like this, makes the circuit board keep high efficiency performance, avoids the overheated and atomizing device trouble that leads to of circuit board, can provide power for the water smoke rapid flow in the atomizing chamber 8 again.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, a closed cavity 10 is further disposed in the housing 1, the atomizing cavity 8 is communicated with the closed cavity 10 through a first communicating hole, the mist outlet 4 is communicated with the closed cavity 10 through a second communicating hole, and the water mist is guided out from the atomizing device through the mist outlet 4, so that the sealing performance of the atomizing device is further enhanced, and the water mist of the atomizing device is prevented from leaking. The specific structure of the closed chamber 10 can be flexibly set by those skilled in the art as long as a better sealing effect is achieved by the closed chamber 10.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 and 5, the mist outlet 4 is provided on the bottom surface of the housing 1, but is not limited to the bottom surface of the housing 1, and may be provided at other positions of the housing 1. More preferably, the mist outlet 4 is arranged on the bottom surface of the housing 1, which is beneficial to guiding out the mist in the atomizing chamber 8 and the closed chamber 10, and the flow resistance of the mist is smaller, and those skilled in the art can flexibly set the specific position of the mist outlet 4 in practical application as long as the mist generated by the atomizing module 3 can be guided out.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the atomization device further includes a connection pipe 12, and the mist outlet is communicated with the second communication hole through the connection pipe 12, so that the sealing performance of the atomization device is further improved, and the reliability and stability of the washing machine are further improved.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5, a valve mechanism may be provided in the closed cavity 10, or no valve mechanism is provided, and the opening and closing of the mist outlet 4 is controlled by the valve mechanism, so that the sealing performance of the atomizing device is further improved. More preferably, a valve mechanism 13 is arranged in the closed cavity 10 of the present invention, the valve mechanism 13 comprises a motor and a slider, and the slider slides in the closed cavity 10 under the driving of the motor to seal the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole, so as to realize the opening and closing of the mist outlet 4. The skilled person can freely select the specific arrangement position and arrangement form of the valve mechanism in practical application as long as the opening and closing of the mist outlet 4 can be controlled by the valve mechanism.

Preferably, when the atomization piece 31 of the atomization module 3 adopts the ultrasonic atomization piece, the ultrasonic atomization piece can also detect the height of the liquid level in the atomization chamber 8 through vibration, and then the water inlet valve can be controlled to be opened or closed based on the height of the liquid level, and the liquid level in the atomization chamber 8 can be sensed without the help of other liquid level sensors.

On the other hand, the invention also provides a washing machine, which comprises a box body and a washing barrel arranged in the box body, wherein the washing machine is provided with the atomization device, and the installation position of the atomization device can be specifically set by a person skilled in the art in practical application. Preferably, the liquid inlet 2 of the atomization device is connected with a water source through a water inlet valve (such as an electromagnetic valve), and the mist outlet 4 is connected with the washing barrel through a mist outlet pipe.

In addition, the present invention also provides a control method of a washing machine, and the following embodiments will describe the control method of the washing machine by means of an air wash program of the washing machine. As shown in fig. 6, the control method includes the steps of:

s01, after the air washing program is started, controlling the electromagnetic valve to open based on the atomization liquid level so as to spray and clean the atomization sheet 31;

s02, controlling the electromagnetic valve to close after the electromagnetic valve is opened for a first set time, and controlling the atomizing plate 31 to vibrate to detect the liquid level height after a second set time, for example, controlling the atomizing plate 31 to vibrate to detect the liquid level height after the electromagnetic valve is opened for 5 seconds and waiting for the liquid level to have no fluctuation basically at an interval of 2 seconds, although those skilled in the art can change the first set time and the second set time;

s03, judging whether the liquid level height reaches the atomization liquid level;

and S04, selectively controlling the electromagnetic valve to open again based on the judgment result.

Preferably, before the step of "S01, controlling the solenoid valve to open based on the atomization liquid level so as to spray clean the atomization sheet", the control method may further include: the method comprises the steps of weighing the washed clothes, determining the required atomization liquid level according to the weight of the washed clothes, and determining the atomization liquid level according to a comparison relation table or an empirical formula between the weight of the clothes and the atomization liquid level, wherein the weight detection of the washed clothes is a conventional technology and is not repeated herein.

Preferably, the step of "S04, selectively controlling the solenoid valve to open again" based on the determination result may further include: when the liquid level height reaches the set water level, the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be closed, and the atomizing plate 31 is controlled to vibrate to atomize water; when the liquid level does not reach the set water level, the electromagnetic valve is kept open, and the atomizing sheet is sprayed.

So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.