阅读说明：本技术 一种衣物处理剂投放装置及洗衣机 (Clothes treating agent feeding device and washing machine ) 是由 赵志强 许升 吕佩师 于 2019-03-05 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种衣物处理剂投放装置及洗衣机,衣物处理剂投放装置包括：至少两个投放腔室,分别具有出液口,出液口内分别设置出液单向导通部件；活塞机构,可往复运动的设置在投放腔室内；驱动机构,包括主动部件、切换部件以及从动部件,从动部件包括多个,分别与个投放腔室一一对应,从动部件与活塞机构传动连接；主动部件通过切换部件切换与不同从动部件的传动连接,驱动从动部件带动与之对应的投放腔室内的活塞机构运动,将出液单向导通部件导通进行衣物处理剂的投放。本发明的衣物处理剂投放装置实现了单动力多驱动的投放方式,提高了动力部件的利用率,降低了衣物处理剂投放装置的整体成本。(The invention provides a laundry treating agent feeding device and a washing machine, wherein the laundry treating agent feeding device comprises: at least two throwing chambers, each of which is provided with a liquid outlet, wherein liquid outlet one-way conduction components are respectively arranged in the liquid outlets; the piston mechanism can be arranged in the throwing cavity in a reciprocating mode; the driving mechanism comprises a driving part, a switching part and a driven part, the driven part comprises a plurality of driving parts, the driving parts are in one-to-one correspondence with the throwing chambers respectively, and the driven part is in transmission connection with the piston mechanism; the driving part is switched to be in transmission connection with different driven parts through the switching part, the driven parts are driven to drive the piston mechanisms in the throwing cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, and the liquid outlet one-way conduction part is conducted to throw the clothing treating agent. The clothes treating agent feeding device provided by the invention realizes a single-power multi-drive feeding mode, improves the utilization rate of power parts, and reduces the overall cost of the clothes treating agent feeding device.)

1. A laundry treating agent dispensing device, comprising:

at least two throwing chambers, each of which is provided with a liquid outlet, wherein liquid outlet one-way conduction components are respectively arranged in the liquid outlets;

the piston mechanism can be arranged in the throwing cavity in a reciprocating mode;

the driving mechanism comprises a driving part, a switching part and a driven part, the driven part comprises a plurality of driving parts, the driving parts correspond to the throwing chambers one by one, and the driven part is in transmission connection with the piston mechanism;

the driving part is switched to be in transmission connection with different driven parts through the switching part, the driven parts are driven to drive the piston mechanisms in the throwing cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, and the liquid outlet one-way conduction part is conducted to throw the clothing treating agent.

2. A laundry treatment agent dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the switching means comprises a movable member, the movable member is in driving connection with the driving member and is movable between different driven members for driving connection, so as to transmit the power of the driving member to different driven members for dispensing the laundry treatment agent into the corresponding dispensing chamber.

3. A laundry treatment agent dosing device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said driving member comprises a driving gear, said driven member comprises a driven gear, said piston mechanism comprises a piston and a piston rod, one end of the piston rod is eccentrically rotatably connected to the driven gear; the moving part is a movable gear, the movable gear and the driving gear keep meshed transmission, and the movable gear can move among different driven gears to carry out meshed transmission.

4. A laundry treatment agent dispensing device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said switching means comprises a mounting member for mounting the movable member, the mounting member having a slot, said movable gear having a movable gear shaft slidably mounted in the slot for engagement with different driven gears.

5. A laundry treatment agent feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the sliding groove has a plurality of limiting portions corresponding to the driven members one by one, the movable gear shaft slides along the sliding groove into each limiting portion, and the movable gear is in meshing transmission with the corresponding driven gear.

6. A laundry treatment agent dispensing device as defined in any of claims 3-5, wherein said switching means further comprises a transfer gear, said loose gear being in direct meshing transmission with at least one driven gear and in meshing transmission with other driven gears via the transfer gear.

7. A laundry treatment agent dosing device as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that said dosing chamber comprises a first dosing chamber and a second dosing chamber, said piston means comprises a first piston means disposed in the first dosing chamber and a second piston means disposed in the second dosing chamber, said driven member comprises a first driven gear and a second driven gear connected to the first piston means;

the movable gear shaft slides to one end of the sliding groove to be in meshed transmission with the first driven gear/the second driven gear, the movable gear shaft slides to the other end of the sliding groove to be in meshed transmission with the transmission gear, and the transmission gear is in meshed transmission with the second driven gear/the first driven gear.

8. A clothes treating agent feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the driving mechanism further comprises a power member, a power output end of the power member directly drives the driving gear to rotate, or a power output end of the power member drives the driving gear to rotate through a transmission member;

preferably, the power part is provided with an output shaft, the driving gear is directly and fixedly installed on the output shaft, or the transmission part is a worm, the worm is fixedly connected with the output shaft or integrally formed, the driving gear is a worm gear, and the worm gear is in meshing transmission with the worm.

9. A laundry treatment agent delivery device according to claim 1, comprising a housing having a mounting chamber and at least two delivery chambers, said drive mechanism being disposed within the mounting chamber;

the shell is also provided with at least two storage chambers which are used for storing different kinds of clothes treating agents respectively;

the feeding cavity is also provided with a liquid inlet which is communicated with the storage cavity, and a liquid inlet one-way conduction component is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid inlet one-way conduction component and the liquid outlet one-way conduction component are opposite in conduction direction;

the driving mechanism drives the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the throwing cavity, the liquid inlet one-way conducting part/the liquid outlet one-way conducting part respectively conduct the liquid inlet/the liquid outlet in one way in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, and the clothes treating agent in the storage cavity is sucked into the throwing cavity through the liquid inlet and is discharged and thrown through the liquid outlet.

10. A washing machine having a laundry treatment agent dispensing device according to any of claims 1-9, comprising a detergent box, wherein the liquid outlet of the laundry treatment agent dispensing device is in communication with the detergent box.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of detergent putting in of washing machines, in particular to a clothes treating agent putting device and a washing machine.

Background

Washing machine, as the most common domestic appliance of people's use in daily life, along with the continuous development and progress of technique, washing machine's research and development is on the basis of satisfying people's basic laundry requirement, and more pay attention to promoting user's use experience. More and more washing machines have the automatic function of putting in of detergent, and like this, the user no longer need carry out manual adding detergent when using washing machine laundry, very big convenience the user's use, promoted user's use experience.

The automatic detergent adding mode of the existing washing machine generally adopts a Venturi principle to add detergent, pressure change is generated due to the change of the diameter of a water inlet pipe, certain negative pressure can be formed, the detergent is attracted to be added into the water inlet pipe, and the detergent is uniformly added into a washing outer cylinder of the washing machine under the driving of water inlet. The automatic detergent feeding mode has certain requirements on the design and assembly of the structure, and the realization of the automatic detergent feeding mode has relatively complex structure and higher cost. In addition, some washing machines are put in through a gear pump, a peristaltic pump and a piston pump in a motor driving mode, the mode needs to additionally increase a motor and a pump, the cost is high, and accurate quantitative putting cannot be achieved.

In view of this, the invention mainly solves the problems of inaccurate automatic detergent adding and poor throwing performance of various types of washing machines in the prior art, and provides a throwing device which has a more optimized principle, is simpler, more convenient and feasible in actual operation, and can accurately and quantitatively add various detergents and nursing agents with different functions.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, a first object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating agent dispensing device, specifically, the following technical solution is adopted:

a laundry treating agent dispensing device comprising:

at least two throwing chambers, each of which is provided with a liquid outlet, wherein liquid outlet one-way conduction components are respectively arranged in the liquid outlets;

the piston mechanism can be arranged in the throwing cavity in a reciprocating mode;

the driving mechanism comprises a driving part, a switching part and a driven part, the driven part comprises a plurality of driving parts, the driving parts correspond to the throwing chambers one by one, and the driven part is in transmission connection with the piston mechanism;

the driving part is switched to be in transmission connection with different driven parts through the switching part, the driven parts are driven to drive the piston mechanisms in the throwing cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, and the liquid outlet one-way conduction part is conducted to throw the clothing treating agent.

Further, the switching part comprises a movable part, the movable part is in transmission connection with the driving part and can move between different driven parts to perform transmission connection, so that the power of the driving part is transmitted to the different driven parts to perform corresponding throwing of the laundry treatment agent in the throwing chamber.

Furthermore, the driving part comprises a driving gear, the driven part comprises a driven gear, the piston mechanism comprises a piston and a piston rod, and one end of the piston rod is eccentrically and rotatably connected with the driven gear; the moving part is a movable gear, the movable gear and the driving gear keep meshed transmission, and the movable gear can move among different driven gears to carry out meshed transmission.

Furthermore, the switching part comprises a mounting part for mounting the movable part, a sliding groove is formed in the mounting part, the movable gear is provided with a movable gear shaft, and the movable gear shaft is slidably mounted in the sliding groove and is in meshing transmission with different driven gears.

Furthermore, the sliding groove is provided with a plurality of limiting parts which are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the driven parts, the movable gear shaft slides along the sliding groove to each limiting part, and the movable gear is in meshing transmission with the corresponding driven gear.

Further, the switching part also comprises a transmission gear, and the movable gear is in direct meshing transmission with at least one driven gear and is in meshing transmission with other driven gears through the transmission gear.

Further, the throwing chamber comprises a first throwing chamber and a second throwing chamber, the piston mechanism comprises a first piston mechanism arranged in the first throwing chamber and a second piston mechanism arranged in the second throwing chamber, and the driven part comprises a first driven gear and a second driven gear which are connected with the first piston mechanism;

the movable gear shaft slides to one end of the sliding groove to be in meshed transmission with the first driven gear/the second driven gear, the movable gear shaft slides to the other end of the sliding groove to be in meshed transmission with the transmission gear, and the transmission gear is in meshed transmission with the second driven gear/the first driven gear.

Furthermore, the driving mechanism also comprises a power part, wherein the power output end of the power part directly drives the driving gear to rotate, or the power output end of the power part drives the driving gear to rotate through a transmission part;

preferably, the power part is provided with an output shaft, the driving gear is directly and fixedly installed on the output shaft, or the transmission part is a worm, the worm is fixedly connected with the output shaft or integrally formed, the driving gear is a worm gear, and the worm gear is in meshing transmission with the worm.

The device further comprises a shell, wherein the shell is internally provided with an installation cavity and at least two throwing cavities, and the driving mechanism is arranged in the installation cavity;

the shell is also provided with at least two storage chambers which are used for storing different kinds of clothes treating agents respectively;

the feeding cavity is also provided with a liquid inlet which is communicated with the storage cavity, and a liquid inlet one-way conduction component is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid inlet one-way conduction component and the liquid outlet one-way conduction component are opposite in conduction direction.

The driving mechanism drives the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the throwing cavity, the liquid inlet one-way conducting part/the liquid outlet one-way conducting part respectively conduct the liquid inlet/the liquid outlet in one way in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, and the clothes treating agent in the storage cavity is sucked into the throwing cavity through the liquid inlet and is discharged and thrown through the liquid outlet.

The second invention of the present invention is to provide a washing machine, specifically, the following technical solutions are adopted:

a washing machine with the clothes treating agent feeding device comprises a detergent box, and a liquid outlet of the clothes treating agent feeding device is communicated with the detergent box.

The driving mechanism of the clothes treating agent feeding device distributes power to different driven parts by one driving part, the driven parts drive the piston mechanisms in the feeding cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, and the liquid outlet one-way conduction parts are conducted to feed the clothes treating agents, so that a single-power multi-drive feeding mode is realized, the utilization rate of the power parts is improved, the overall cost of the clothes treating agent feeding device is reduced, and the clothes treating agent feeding device has a wide market prospect.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a first principle of a laundry treating agent feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a second schematic view of a laundry treating agent feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a laundry treating agent dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The laundry treating agent feeding apparatus and the washing machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings:

a clothes treating agent dispensing device of the present embodiment includes:

at least two throwing chambers, each of which is provided with a liquid outlet, wherein liquid outlet one-way conduction components are respectively arranged in the liquid outlets;

the piston mechanism can be arranged in the throwing cavity in a reciprocating mode;

the driving mechanism comprises a driving part, a switching part and a driven part, the driven part comprises a plurality of driving parts, the driving parts correspond to the throwing chambers one by one, and the driven part is in transmission connection with the piston mechanism;

the driving part is switched to be in transmission connection with different driven parts through the switching part, the driven parts are driven to drive the piston mechanisms in the throwing cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, and the liquid outlet one-way conduction part is conducted to throw the clothing treating agent.

The driving mechanism of the clothes treating agent feeding device of the embodiment distributes power to different driven parts by one driving part, the driven parts drive the piston mechanisms in the feeding cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, the liquid outlet one-way conduction parts are conducted to feed the clothes treating agents, the feeding mode of single power and multiple driving is realized, the utilization rate of the power parts is improved, the overall cost of the clothes treating agent feeding device is reduced, and the clothes treating agent feeding device has a wide market prospect.

Further, the switching member of this embodiment includes a movable member, the movable member is in transmission connection with the driving member and can move between different driven members to perform transmission connection, so as to transmit the power of the driving member to different driven members to perform laundry treatment agent dispensing in the corresponding dispensing chamber.

In the embodiment, the motion of the driving part is transmitted to each driven part through the movable part capable of moving between different driven parts, and the driven parts drive the piston mechanisms in the throwing cavities corresponding to the driven parts to move, so that the liquid outlet one-way conduction part is conducted to throw the clothing treating agent. The movable part can move under the driving of the active part, and the moving direction of the movable part is changed by changing the stress applied to the movable part in different directions by changing the operation mode (such as steering) of the active part. In a word, the problem that a single driving part transmits power to different driven parts is solved through a moving part, and the single-power multi-drive releasing mode is achieved.

Specifically, as an embodiment of this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-3, the driving member includes a driving gear 3, the driven member includes a driven gear (as shown in fig. 6, 23), the piston mechanism includes a piston (as shown in fig. 10, 19) and a piston rod (as shown in fig. 8, 21), and one end of the piston rod (as shown in fig. 8, 21) is eccentrically and rotatably connected to the driven gear (as shown in fig. 6, 23); the moving part is a movable gear 4, the movable gear 4 and the driving gear 3 keep engaged transmission, and can move between different driven gears (such as reference numbers 6 and 23 in the figure) to perform engaged transmission.

The movable gear 4 of the present embodiment is in meshed transmission with the driving gear 3, so that power can be transmitted from the driving gear 3 to the movable gear 4 all the time, and the movable gear 4 moves between different driven gears (such as 6 and 23 in the figure) to be meshed, so that power of the driving gear 3 is alternatively transmitted to the corresponding driven gear (such as 6 and 23 in the figure).

In the embodiment, one end of the piston rod (such as 8 and 21 in the figures) is eccentrically and rotatably connected with the driven gear (such as 6 and 23 in the figures), and the driven gear (such as 6 and 23 in the figures) drives the piston mechanism to move, so that the driven part can convert the rotation of the driving part into the reciprocating linear motion of the piston mechanism to throw the clothes treating agent in the throwing chamber.

In order to realize the movement of the movable gear 4 between different driven gears (as shown in 6, 23), the switching component of the embodiment includes a mounting component for mounting the movable component, a sliding slot 26 is formed on the mounting component, the movable gear 4 has a movable gear shaft 25, and the movable gear shaft 25 is slidably mounted in the sliding slot 26 and is in meshing transmission with the different driven gears (as shown in 6, 23).

In the present embodiment, the movable gear shaft 25 of the movable gear 4 is designed to be capable of rotating and driving the movable gear 4 to slide along the sliding groove 26, the movable gear slides along the sliding groove 26 to realize that the movable gear 4 moves between different driven gears (such as reference numbers 6 and 23 in the figure), and the rotation of the movable gear 4 realizes the meshing transmission between the driving gear 3 and the driven gears (such as reference numbers 6 and 23 in the figure).

Further, in order to ensure the stability of the meshing transmission between the movable gear 4 and a certain driven gear, the movable gear shaft 25 of the present embodiment keeps a limit when the sliding groove 26 slides to a position meshed with a certain driven gear, therefore, the sliding groove 26 described in the present application has a plurality of limit portions respectively corresponding to the driven gears one by one, the movable gear shaft moves to each limit portion along the sliding groove 26, and the movable gear 4 is in meshing transmission with the corresponding driven gear.

As shown in the drawings of the embodiment, the sliding groove 26 of the present application has two driven gears, and two ends of the sliding groove are respectively provided with two limiting parts, so that the further movement of the movable gear shaft 25 is limited, and the stability of the meshing transmission of the movable gear 4 and one driven gear is ensured.

Because loose gear 4 needs to keep the meshing transmission with driving gear 3, should minimize loose gear 4's motion amplitude, guarantee with driving gear 3 meshing transmission's stability, this application switching part still includes transfer gear 5, loose gear 4 and at least one driven gear direct mesh transmission, pass through transfer gear meshing transmission with other driven gear. The embodiment can reduce the moving distance of the movable gear 4 by adding the transmission gear 5, and the stability of the whole power transmission of the driving mechanism is increased.

As an implementation manner of this embodiment, the throwing chamber in this embodiment includes a first throwing chamber 9 and a second throwing chamber 20, the piston mechanism includes a first piston mechanism (8, 10) disposed in the first throwing chamber 9 and a second piston mechanism (21, 19) disposed in the second throwing chamber 20, and the driven member includes a first driven gear 6 and a second driven gear 23 connected with the first piston mechanism.

In the embodiment, one end of the movable gear shaft 25 sliding to the sliding chute 26 is in meshing transmission with the first driven gear 6/the second driven gear 23, the other end of the movable gear shaft 25 sliding to the sliding chute 26 is in meshing transmission with the transmission gear 5, and the transmission gear 5 is in meshing transmission with the second driven gear 23/the first driven gear 6; the movable gear 4 is shown in an example in mesh with the second driven gear 23, and in mesh with the first driven gear 6 via the transmission gear 5.

In the embodiment, the first putting chamber 9 and the second putting chamber 20 are respectively used for putting different types of clothes treating agents, for example, the first putting chamber 9 puts detergent, and the second putting chamber 20 puts softener, so that one power drive is realized to put two types of clothes treating agents.

The laundry treating agent of the present embodiment includes at least one or more of a detergent, a softener, a disinfectant, and the like.

Further, the driving mechanism of this embodiment further includes a power unit 1, and a power output end of the power unit 1 directly drives the driving gear 3 to rotate, or a power output end of the power unit 1 drives the driving gear 3 to rotate through the transmission unit 2.

The power unit 1 of the present embodiment may be a driving motor.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the transmission member 2 of the present embodiment is a worm, the worm is fixedly connected to the output shaft or integrally formed with the output shaft, the driving gear 3 is a worm gear, and the worm gear is in meshing transmission with the worm 2.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3, the power unit 1 of the present embodiment has an output shaft, and the driving gear 3 is directly fixed to the output shaft.

Further, the laundry treating agent dispensing device of the present embodiment comprises a housing, wherein the housing has a mounting chamber 27 and at least two dispensing chambers, and the driving mechanism is disposed in the mounting chamber 27;

the shell is also provided with at least two storage chambers which are used for storing different kinds of clothes treating agents respectively;

the feeding cavity is also provided with a liquid inlet which is communicated with the storage cavity, and a liquid inlet one-way conduction component is arranged in the liquid inlet; the liquid inlet one-way conduction component and the liquid outlet one-way conduction component are opposite in conduction direction;

the driving mechanism drives the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the throwing cavity, the liquid inlet one-way conducting part/the liquid outlet one-way conducting part respectively conduct the liquid inlet/the liquid outlet in one way in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, and the clothes treating agent in the storage cavity is sucked into the throwing cavity through the liquid inlet and is discharged and thrown through the liquid outlet.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1-3, a first throwing chamber 9, a second throwing chamber 20 and a mounting chamber 27 are provided in the housing, the driving gear 3, the movable gear 4, the transmission gear 5, the first driven gear 6 and the second driven gear 23 are all disposed in the mounting chamber 27, one end of a piston rod 8 of the first piston mechanism (8, 10) is connected with the piston 10, and the other end of the piston rod extends into the mounting chamber 27 to be eccentrically and rotatably connected with the first driven gear 6; one end of a piston rod 21 of the second piston mechanism (21, 19) is connected with the piston 19, and the other end of the piston rod extends into the mounting chamber 27 and is eccentrically and rotatably connected with the second driven gear 23; the first feeding cavity 9 is provided with a first liquid inlet 12 and a first liquid outlet 14, the first liquid inlet 12 is provided with a first liquid inlet one-way valve 11, and the first liquid outlet 14 is provided with a first liquid outlet one-way valve 13; the second feeding cavity 20 has a second liquid inlet 15 and a second liquid outlet 17, the second liquid inlet 15 is provided with a second liquid inlet check valve 16, and the second liquid outlet 17 is provided with a second liquid outlet check valve 18.

In this embodiment, the first driven gear 6 is eccentrically provided with a first connecting column 7, and a piston rod 8 of the first piston mechanism is rotatably mounted on the first connecting column 7; the second driven gear 23 is eccentrically provided with a second connecting column 22, and a piston rod 21 of the second piston mechanism is rotatably arranged on the second connecting column 22. In this way, it is achieved that the rotation of the driven gear is converted into a reciprocating linear movement of the drive piston mechanism.

The embodiment also provides a washing machine with the clothes treating agent feeding device, which comprises a detergent box, wherein a liquid outlet of the clothes treating agent feeding device is communicated with the detergent box.

The embodiment also provides a control method of the washing machine, which comprises the following steps: in the water inlet process of the washing machine, the driving mechanism is controlled to drive the piston mechanism to reciprocate in the throwing cavity, the liquid inlet one-way conducting component/the liquid outlet one-way conducting component respectively conduct the liquid inlet/the liquid outlet in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, and the clothes treating agent in the storage cavity is sucked into the throwing cavity through the liquid inlet and is discharged and thrown through the liquid outlet.

The driving motor of the driving mechanism of the embodiment can rotate forward and backward, and the forward and backward rotation of the driving motor is controlled to control different types of clothes treating agents in the first throwing chamber and the second throwing chamber to be thrown at different time.

Specifically, the control method of the washing machine having the laundry treating agent feeding device of fig. 1-2 is:

positive rotation (clockwise) of the driving motor:

the driving motor drives the transmission part 2 to rotate positively, the driving gear 3 rotates clockwise, the movable gear 4 is driven to rotate anticlockwise, the movable gear 4 moves in the sliding groove 26 under the action of force, the movable gear shaft 25 is moved in the sliding groove 26, the movable gear 4 is meshed with the second driven gear 23, the second driven gear 23 is driven to rotate anticlockwise, a second connecting column 22 is arranged on the second driven gear 23, the rotary motion is changed into the up-and-down motion of a second piston rod 21, the second piston 19 in the second feeding cavity 20 is connected through the second piston rod 21, the second liquid inlet one-way valve 16 and the second liquid outlet one-way valve 18 are respectively conducted in one way in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, the clothes treating agent in the feeding cavity is sucked into the feeding cavity through the liquid inlet, and is discharged and fed into the feeding.

Drive motor reverse (counter clockwise):

the driving motor drives the transmission part 2 to rotate reversely, drives the driving gear 3 to rotate anticlockwise, drives the movable gear 4 to rotate clockwise, and under the action of force, the movable gear shaft 25 moves in the chute 26 to realize the meshing of the movable gear 4 and the transmission gear 5, the transmission gear 5 is driven to rotate anticlockwise, the transmission gear 5 is in meshing transmission with the first driven gear 6 to drive the first driven gear 6 to rotate anticlockwise, the first driven gear 6 is provided with a first connecting column 7 to realize the rotary motion and convert the rotary motion into the up-and-down motion of a first piston rod 8, the first piston rod 8 is connected with the first piston 10 in the first throwing chamber 9, the first liquid inlet one-way valve 11 and the first liquid outlet one-way valve 13 are respectively communicated in one way in the reciprocating motion process of the piston mechanism, and the clothes treating agent in the storage chamber is sucked into the throwing chamber through the liquid inlet and is discharged and thrown into the clothes treating agent through the liquid outlet.

The control method of the washing machine having the laundry treating agent loading device as shown in fig. 3 is also implemented by controlling the forward and reverse rotation of the driven motor, except that the driving motor directly drives the forward and reverse rotation of the driving gear 3.

Further, the clothes can be weighed after being put into the inner barrel, the putting amount of the clothes treating agent is determined according to the weight of the clothes, and the clothes treating device is controlled to be put in quantitatively according to the putting amount.

Alternatively, the user may select the amount of the laundry treating agent to be dosed, and the laundry treating apparatus may be controlled to dose the laundry treating agent in a predetermined amount according to the selection of the user.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.