阅读说明：本技术 衣物处理设备及其顶出装置 (Clothes treatment equipment and ejecting device thereof ) 是由 朱春涛 于 2019-02-20 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种衣物处理设备及其顶出装置,顶出装置包括：推衣件,被配置为安装在衣物处理设备的盛衣筒内,用于推动盛衣筒内的衣物向盛衣筒的筒口方向运动；驱动机构与推衣件相连,用于驱动推衣件沿盛衣筒的轴线方向往复运动。本发明提供的顶出装置,包括推衣件和驱动机构,推衣件能安装在衣物处理设备的盛衣筒内,并在驱动机构的驱动下沿盛衣筒的轴线往复运动,因而需要掏取衣物时,驱动机构能够驱动推衣件沿盛衣筒的轴线方向向靠近筒口的方向运动,使得推衣件能够带动盛衣筒内的衣物向靠近盛衣筒的筒口的方向运动,从而缩短了筒内侧衣物与筒口之间的距离,解决了现有技术中筒内侧衣物距离筒口较远导致用户掏取衣物困难的问题。(The present invention provides a clothes treating apparatus and an ejecting device thereof, the ejecting device comprising: the clothes pushing piece is configured to be installed in a clothes containing barrel of the clothes processing equipment and used for pushing clothes in the clothes containing barrel to move towards the direction of a barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel; the driving mechanism is connected with the clothes pushing piece and used for driving the clothes pushing piece to reciprocate along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel. The ejecting device comprises a clothes pushing piece and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes pushing piece can be arranged in a clothes containing barrel of the clothes processing equipment and can reciprocate along the axis of the clothes containing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism, so that when clothes need to be picked up, the driving mechanism can drive the clothes pushing piece to move towards the direction close to a barrel opening along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel, the clothes pushing piece can drive the clothes in the clothes containing barrel to move towards the direction close to the barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel, the distance between the clothes inside the barrel and the barrel opening is shortened, and the problem that the clothes are difficult to pick up by a user due to the fact that the clothes inside the barrel are far away from the barrel opening in the prior art is solved.)

1. An ejection device for a laundry treatment apparatus, comprising:

a clothes pushing part (10) configured to be installed in a clothes containing drum (70) of the clothes processing device and used for pushing clothes in the clothes containing drum (70) to move towards the direction of a drum opening of the clothes containing drum (70); and

and the driving mechanism (20) is connected with the clothes pushing piece (10) and is used for driving the clothes pushing piece (10) to reciprocate along the axial direction of the clothes containing barrel (70).

2. Ejection device according to claim 1, characterized in that said drive mechanism (20) comprises:

the transmission part is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part (10); and

and the driver (22) is connected with the transmission piece and is used for driving the transmission piece to reciprocate, so that the transmission piece drives the clothes pushing piece (10) to reciprocate along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel (70).

3. Ejection apparatus according to claim 2,

the transmission part is a push rod, and the push rod is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part (10).

4. Ejection apparatus according to claim 2,

the transmission is a conveyor belt (21), the conveyor belt (21) being configured to: one part of the.

5. Ejection apparatus according to claim 4,

the number of the conveyor belts (21) is multiple, the conveyor belts (21) are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the clothes containing barrel (70), and the number of the drivers (22) is equal to that of the conveyor belts (21) and corresponds to that of the conveyor belts (21).

6. Ejection apparatus according to claim 4,

the number of the conveyor belts (21) is multiple, the plurality of conveyor belts (21) are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the clothes containing barrel (70), the number of the driver (22) is one, and the driver (22) comprises a driving piece and a first wire spool (221) and a second wire spool (222) which are coaxially connected with the driving piece;

the conveying belt (21) is of a strip-shaped structure, one end of the conveying belt (21) extends to the first wire spool (221) and is wound on the first wire spool (221) along a first direction, and the other end of the conveying belt (21) extends to the second wire spool (222) and is wound on the second wire spool (222) along a second direction opposite to the first direction.

7. Ejection apparatus according to claim 6,

an annular stop flange (223) is disposed between the first spool (221) and the second spool (222).

8. Ejection apparatus according to claim 6,

the drive element is a drive motor which is configured to be coaxially connected to the laundry drum (70).

9. Ejection apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 8,

the ejection device further comprises a steering mechanism for supporting the conveyor belt (21), wherein the conveyor belt (21) is tensioned on the driver (22) and the steering mechanism and drives the steering mechanism to rotate in a reciprocating manner under the driving of the driver (22).

10. Ejection apparatus according to claim 9,

the driver (22) is configured to be installed outside the bottom wall of the clothes containing drum (70), the steering mechanism comprises a first steering piece (31) configured to be installed at the opening of the clothes containing drum (70), and a part of the conveyor belt (21) is wound outside the side wall of the clothes containing drum (70) and tensioned on the driver (22) and the first steering piece (31).

11. Ejection apparatus according to claim 10,

for the case that the number of the transmission belts is multiple and the number of the drivers (22) is one, the steering mechanism further comprises a second steering member (32) and a third steering member (33) which are configured to be installed outside the bottom of the clothes containing drum (70), one end of the transmission belt (21) is bent by the second steering member (32) to extend to a first winding disc (221) of the driver (22) and is wound on the first winding disc (221), and the other end of the transmission belt (21) is bent by the third steering member (33) to extend to a second winding disc (222) of the driver (22) and is wound on the second winding disc (222).

12. Ejection apparatus according to claim 9,

the steering mechanism comprises at least one pulley and/or at least one shaft.

13. The ejection device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

the sliding block (40) is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing piece (10) and is used for being arranged on the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel (70) in a matched mode and extending along the axial direction of the clothes containing barrel (70), and the sliding block (40) is limited in the sliding groove (72) and slides in a reciprocating mode along the sliding groove (72).

14. Ejection apparatus according to claim 13,

when a transmission part of the driving mechanism (20) is a conveyor belt (21), the conveyor belt (21) is fixedly connected with the sliding block (40), and the part of the conveyor belt (21) positioned in the clothes containing barrel (70) is limited in the sliding groove (72).

15. Ejection apparatus according to claim 14,

the clothes pushing piece (10) comprises a main body (11) and a connecting bulge (12) connected with the outer periphery of the main body (11), and a first fastening piece (51) sequentially penetrates through the sliding block (40), the conveying belt (21) and the connecting bulge (12) to enable the sliding block (40), the conveying belt (21) and the clothes pushing piece (10) to be fixedly connected.

16. Ejection apparatus according to claim 15,

the ejection device further comprises a first pressing block (41), the first pressing block (41) is abutted against the surface, facing the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel (70), of the main body (11) and pressed on the conveyor belt (21), and a second fastening piece (52) penetrates through the sliding block (40) and the conveyor belt (21) and is fixedly connected with the first pressing block (41); and/or

The ejection device further comprises a second pressing block (42), the second pressing block (42) is abutted against the surface, facing the opening of the clothes containing barrel (70), of the main body (11) and the connecting protrusion (12) and is pressed on the conveyor belt (21), and a third fastener (53) penetrates through the sliding block (40) and the conveyor belt (21) and is fixedly connected with the second pressing block (42).

17. Ejection apparatus according to claim 16,

in the case that the ejection device further comprises a first pressing block (41), a first boss (411) is arranged on the surface of the first pressing block (41) facing the conveyor belt (21), the second fastening piece (52) is fixedly connected with the first boss (411), the second fastening piece (52) is a countersunk head screw, and the tail part of the second fastening piece (52) is positioned in the first pressing block (41);

for the condition that the ejection device further comprises a second pressing block (42), a second boss (421) is arranged on the surface, facing the conveyor belt (21), of the second pressing block (42), the third fastening piece (53) is fixedly connected with the second boss (421), the first fastening piece (51) and the third fastening piece (53) are both countersunk screws, and the tail portion of the first fastening piece (51) and the tail portion of the third fastening piece (53) are located in the second pressing block (42).

18. Ejection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

the clothes pushing piece (10) is a push plate or a screen structure with a frame or a wheel structure with radial wheel strips, and the clothes pushing piece (10) is configured to be installed in the clothes containing barrel (70) and is parallel to the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel (70).

19. Ejection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece (10) is locally sunken to form an avoiding groove (13), and the avoiding groove (13) is used for avoiding a reinforcing rib (71) arranged on the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel (70).

20. The ejection device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

and the sealing ring (60) is sleeved on the outer periphery of the clothes pushing piece (10).

21. Ejection apparatus according to claim 20,

the sealing ring (60) is bonded with the clothes pushing piece (10).

22. Ejection apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8,

the clothes pushing piece (10) is provided with a vent hole (14) communicated with the clothes containing barrel (70).

23. A laundry treating apparatus, comprising:

a clothes holding cylinder (70); and

the ejector device according to any of claims 1 to 22, the clothes pusher (10) of which is mounted in the drum (70).

24. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 23,

the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel (70) is provided with a sliding groove (72) matched with the sliding block (40) of the ejection device.

25. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 23 or 24,

the driving mechanism (20) of the ejection device is electrically connected with the electric control device of the clothes treatment equipment.

26. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 23 or 24,

the clothes pushing piece (10) moves between a first position (73) and a second position (74) in a reciprocating mode, the clothes pushing piece (10) is attached to the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel (70) when located at the first position (73), and a clothes containing space (75) is reserved between the clothes pushing piece (10) and the barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel (70) when located at the second position (74).

27. The laundry treating apparatus according to claim 23 or 24,

the clothes treatment equipment is a drum washing machine, a drum clothes dryer, a pulsator washing machine, a pulsator clothes dryer or a washing and protecting integrated machine.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to clothes treatment equipment and an ejection device thereof.

Background

At present, clothes processing equipment such as a washing machine, a clothes dryer and the like generally needs a user to manually plug clothes into a drum when in use, and then manually draw out the clothes after the use is finished. In the process of picking clothes, the clothes close to the opening of the barrel are relatively easy to pick out, but the process of picking the clothes on the inner side of the barrel is relatively laborious. Especially for the machine type with a large barrel depth, the barrel depth is even equivalent to the arm length of a user, so that the user is very inconvenient when picking clothes in the barrel.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an ejector device for a laundry treating apparatus.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a laundry treating apparatus including the above-mentioned ejection device.

In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides an ejection device for a laundry treatment apparatus, comprising: the clothes pushing piece is configured to be installed in a clothes containing barrel of the clothes processing equipment and used for pushing clothes in the clothes containing barrel to move towards the direction of a barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel; and the driving mechanism is connected with the clothes pushing piece and used for driving the clothes pushing piece to reciprocate along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel.

The ejection device provided by the technical scheme of the first aspect of the invention comprises a clothes pushing piece and a driving mechanism, wherein the clothes pushing piece can be arranged in a clothes containing barrel of the clothes treatment equipment and can reciprocate along the axis of the clothes containing barrel under the driving of the driving mechanism, so that when clothes need to be scooped, the driving mechanism can drive the clothes pushing piece to move towards the direction close to a barrel opening along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel, the clothes pushing piece can drive the clothes in the clothes containing barrel to move towards the direction close to the barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel, the distance between the clothes inside the barrel and the barrel opening is shortened, the problem that the clothes are difficult to be scooped by a user due to the fact that the clothes inside the barrel is far away from the barrel opening in the prior art is solved, and even for a machine type with a large barrel depth, the user can easily scoop out the clothes in the barrel, and the use experience of the user is obviously improved. After the clothes are fished and taken out, the driving mechanism can drive the clothes pushing piece to move reversely to reset, the space in the barrel is released, the normal operation of the clothes pushing piece in the clothes washing function or the clothes drying function of the clothes processing equipment is not influenced, and the normal operation of the clothes pushing piece in the next picking and taking process is ensured.

In addition, the ejection device in the above technical solution provided by the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, the driving mechanism includes: the transmission part is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part; and the driver is connected with the transmission piece and used for driving the transmission piece to reciprocate, so that the transmission piece drives the clothes pushing piece to reciprocate along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel.

The driving mechanism comprises a driver and a transmission part, and the driver is used as a power source and provides power for the reciprocating motion of the clothes pushing part; the driving part is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part, the power of the driver is transmitted to the clothes pushing part, the moving direction of the clothes pushing part is limited, the clothes pushing part is guaranteed to reciprocate along the axis direction of the clothes containing cylinder, and the driving function is achieved.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the transmission member is a top rod, and the top rod is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing member.

The driving part is a top rod which is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part, and the top rod is of a rigid structure, so that the driving part drives the top rod to move linearly, and the top rod can drive the clothes pushing part to move linearly in a reciprocating manner along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel. The specific form of the driver is not limited. Such as: the driver can be an electromagnetic push rod or a linear motor; the driver can also be a rotating motor plus a screw, the push rod is hollow and is in threaded fit with the screw, and meanwhile, the clothes containing barrel is provided with an anti-rotating structure (such as a non-circular limiting hole through which the push rod passes) which is matched with the push rod to prevent the push rod from rotating; the driver can also be a rotating motor and a gear, and the ejector rod is provided with a rack matched with the gear. The position and the number of the push rods are not limited. Such as: the number of the ejector rods is one, and the ejector rods and the clothes containing barrel are coaxially arranged; or the number of the ejector rods is a plurality of and the ejector rods are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the clothes containing barrel.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the transmission member is a conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is configured to: one part of the.

The driving part is a conveying belt, one part of the conveying belt is positioned in the clothes containing cylinder, is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing part and extends along the axis direction of the clothes containing cylinder, so that when the driving belt is driven by the driver to reciprocate, the conveying belt can drive the clothes pushing part to reciprocate. Because the transmission belt is of a flexible structure, the clothes in the clothes containing barrel can be prevented from being damaged in the moving process of the transmission belt, and the clothes containing barrel can be prevented from being damaged in the moving process of the transmission belt.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the number of the conveyor belts is multiple, the plurality of conveyor belts are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the laundry drum, and the number of the drivers is equal to the number of the conveyor belts and corresponds to the number of the conveyor belts one by one.

The quantity of conveyer belt is a plurality of, and a plurality of conveyer belts are along the circumferential direction interval distribution of flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo, then a plurality of conveyer belts with push away clothing spare along a plurality of positions fixed connection of flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo circumferential direction, existing to be favorable to pushing away the balanced atress of clothing spare to improve the motion stationarity who pushes away clothing spare, be favorable to reducing the drive power of single conveyer belt again, thereby reduce the conveyer belt and take place the risk of fracture or excessive deformation, and then improved the use reliability of product. The number of drives is equal to the number of conveyor belts and corresponds one to one, i.e.: a driver drives a conveyor belt to move, which is equivalent to form a plurality of groups of driving structures, and the principle of each group of driving structures is simpler, thereby being beneficial to simplifying the structure of the driver and shortening the length of the conveyor belt. Preferably, the number of the conveyor belts is three, and the three conveyor belts are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the clothes holding barrel. The specific form of the drive and belt fit is not limited. Such as: the driver comprises a rotating motor and a pulley, the conveying belt is of an annular structure, is sleeved on the pulley and the clothes containing barrel and rotates in a reciprocating manner under the driving of the rotating motor; or, the driver includes rotating electrical machines + two wire reels, and the conveyer belt is the strip structure, and one end extends to on one of them wire reel and establishes on this wire reel from flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo inboard, and the other end extends to another wire reel and reverse around establishing on this wire reel from flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo outside, and then the one end tensioning other end of conveyer belt is relaxed when rotating electrical machines rotates, and rotating electrical machines just reverses, can drive conveyer belt reciprocating motion.

In the above technical solution, optionally, the number of the conveyor belts is multiple, the plurality of conveyor belts are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the laundry drum, the number of the driver is one, and the driver includes a driving member, and a first wire spool and a second wire spool which are coaxially connected to the driving member; the conveyer belt is the strip structure, the one end of conveyer belt extends to first wire reel and establishes along the first direction around on the first wire reel, the other end of conveyer belt extends to second wire reel is established along with the second direction opposite to the first direction is around on the second wire reel.

The quantity of conveyer belt is a plurality of, and a plurality of conveyer belts are along the circumferential direction interval distribution of flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo, then a plurality of conveyer belts with push away clothing spare along a plurality of positions fixed connection of flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo circumferential direction, existing to be favorable to pushing away the balanced atress of clothing spare to improve the motion stationarity who pushes away clothing spare, be favorable to reducing the drive power of single conveyer belt again, thereby reduce the conveyer belt and take place the risk of fracture or excessive deformation, and then improved the use reliability of product. The number of the drivers is one, and one driver drives the plurality of conveyor belts to move, so that compared with the scheme of adopting a plurality of drivers, the number of the drivers is reduced, product parts are simplified, and the production cost is saved.

Further, the driver comprises a driving part, a first wire spool and a second wire spool, and the driving part serves as a power source and provides power for the reciprocating motion of the conveyor belt. One end of the conveyor belt extends to the first wire spool and is wound on the first wire spool in a first direction, and the other end of the conveyor belt extends to the second wire spool and is wound on the second wire spool in an opposite direction, so that when the driving member rotates in one direction, the portion of the conveyor belt wound on the first wire spool is released and the portion wound on the second wire spool is tightened. Because a part of the conveying belt is positioned in the clothes containing barrel and fixedly connected with the clothes pushing piece, the part of the conveying belt wound on the first wire spool and the part wound on the second wire spool are respectively positioned at two sides of the movement direction of the clothes pushing piece and can respectively pull the clothes pushing piece to move towards two directions, and the part of the conveying belt which is tightened when the driving piece rotates pulls the clothes pushing piece to move; conversely, when the driving member rotates in the other direction, the belt is tightened around the first wire spool, loosened around the second wire spool, and pulled to move reversely. Therefore, the movement direction of the clothes pushing piece can be controlled by controlling the rotation direction of the driving piece, and the conception is very ingenious. Preferably, the number of the conveyor belts is three, and the three conveyor belts are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the clothes holding barrel.

In the above technical solution, an annular stop flange is disposed between the first wire spool and the second wire spool.

The annular stop flange is arranged between the first wire spool and the second wire spool, so that the conveyor belt can be prevented from being wound on the part arranged on the first wire spool and the part arranged on the second wire spool together or sliding to generate interference, and the use reliability of the conveyor belt is improved.

In the above technical solution, the driving member is a driving motor, and the driving motor is configured to be coaxially connected with the laundry drum.

The driving part is a driving motor which is configured to be coaxially connected with the clothes containing drum, so that the clothes containing drum can be driven to rotate, which is equivalent to integrating the driver with the driving motor of the clothes treatment equipment, thereby reducing the quantity of the driving part and further reducing the production cost.

In any of the above technical solutions, the ejection device further includes a steering mechanism for supporting the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is tensioned on the driver and the steering mechanism and drives the steering mechanism to rotate back and forth under the driving of the driver.

The ejecting device also comprises a steering mechanism, the steering mechanism is used for supporting the conveyor belt, and the conveyor belt is tensioned on the driver and the steering mechanism, so that the conveyor belt can be separated from the wall surface of the clothes containing barrel, and the conveyor belt is prevented from being directly supported on the side wall of the clothes containing barrel and being frequently rubbed with the clothes containing barrel to cause serious abrasion of the conveyor belt and the clothes containing barrel; the conveyer belt drives steering mechanism reciprocating rotation under the drive of driver, has realized rolling friction, compares in sliding friction, has effectively reduced the frictional resistance that the conveyer belt received to show the motion smoothness nature that has improved the conveyer belt.

In the above technical solution, the driver is configured to be installed outside the bottom wall of the drum, and the steering mechanism includes a first steering member configured to be installed at the mouth of the drum, so that a part of the conveyor belt is wound outside the side wall of the drum and tensioned on the driver and the first steering member.

The driver is arranged outside the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel, so that the space in the clothes containing barrel is prevented from being occupied, the space utilization rate of the clothes containing barrel is improved, and the driver and clothes in the clothes containing barrel are well protected; steering mechanism includes first steering member, first steering member is installed in the nozzle of flourishing a clothing section of thick bamboo, on the one hand has effectively prevented that first steering member and a section of thick bamboo underwear thing from taking place to interfere, the protection effect has been played to a section of thick bamboo underwear thing, on the other hand makes partly the nozzle that needs to extend to a flourishing clothing section of thick bamboo of conveyer belt, outside the lateral wall of a flourishing clothing section of thick bamboo is wound to first steering member, then extend to driver and driver cooperation, thereby reduced the part that the conveyer belt is located a flourishing clothing section of thick bamboo, also further prevented that the conveyer belt from pulling a wound section of thick bamboo underwear thing, the protection effect has been played a section of thick bamboo.

In the above technical solution, for the case that the number of the transmission belts is multiple and the number of the drivers is one, the steering mechanism further includes a second steering member and a third steering member configured to be installed at the outer side of the bottom of the laundry drum, one end of the transmission belt is bent by the second steering member and extends to the first winding disc of the driver and is wound on the first winding disc, and the other end of the transmission belt is bent by the third steering member and extends to the second winding disc of the driver and is wound on the second winding disc.

The steering mechanism further comprises a second steering piece and a third steering piece, the two ends of the conveyor belt can extend to different directions respectively by the second steering piece and the third steering piece, the distance between the two parts of the conveyor belt wound on the first wire spool and the second wire spool is favorably increased, the parts of the conveyor belt wound on the first wire spool and the second wire spool are independent from each other, and the use reliability of the driving mechanism is improved. In addition, through the position and the size of the first steering piece, the second steering piece and the third steering piece of rational design, the part that can realize that the conveyer belt is located flourishing laundry drum lateral wall both sides all extends along the axis direction of flourishing laundry drum, makes the structure of conveyer belt comparatively regular like this, is favorable to optimizing the product structure.

In the above technical solution, the steering mechanism includes at least one pulley and/or at least one rotating shaft.

The steering mechanism comprises at least one pulley and/or at least one rotating shaft, the conveying belt is wound on the pulley or the rotating shaft, steering can be achieved, the pulley or the rotating shaft can be driven to rotate in a reciprocating mode, and the structure is simple and easy to achieve. Preferably, the first steering member, the second steering member and the third steering member are pulleys, and the pulleys are mounted on the clothes holding barrel through a bracket.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the ejection device further includes: the sliding block is fixedly connected with the clothes pushing piece and is used for being matched with a sliding groove which is arranged on the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel and extends along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel, and the sliding block is limited in the sliding groove and slides in a reciprocating mode along the sliding groove.

The ejecting device further comprises a sliding block, a sliding groove is formed in the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel, and the sliding groove extends along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel, so that the sliding block is matched with the sliding groove, the good guiding effect can be achieved on the reciprocating linear motion of the clothes pushing piece, the clothes pushing piece is effectively prevented from rotating circumferentially or inclining, the risk of jamming or blocking in the motion process of the clothes pushing piece is reduced, and the use reliability of a product is improved.

In the above technical scheme, when the transmission member of the driving mechanism is a transmission belt, the transmission belt is fixedly connected with the sliding block, and the part of the transmission belt, which is positioned in the clothes containing cylinder, is limited in the sliding groove.

For the condition that the transmission part of the driving mechanism is a transmission belt, the transmission belt is also fixedly connected with the sliding block and keeps synchronous motion with the sliding block, so that the synchronism of the transmission belt, the sliding block and the clothes pushing part is further improved; the part that the conveyer belt is located flourishing clothing section of thick bamboo also is spacing in the spout, has both effectively prevented that conveyer belt and a section of thick bamboo underwear thing from taking place to interfere and pulling a section of thick bamboo underwear, has further improved the guard action to a section of thick bamboo underwear thing, has effectively prevented again that the conveyer belt from taking place to shift even fracture under pulling of a section of thick bamboo underwear thing to actuating mechanism's use reliability has further been improved.

In the technical scheme, the clothes pushing piece comprises a main body and a connecting bulge connected with the outer periphery of the main body, and the first fastening piece sequentially penetrates through the sliding block, the conveying belt and the connecting bulge to fixedly connect the sliding block, the conveying belt and the clothes pushing piece.

The clothes pushing piece comprises a main body and a connecting bulge, the connecting bulge is connected with the outer peripheral edge of the main body, the first fastening piece sequentially penetrates through the sliding block, the conveying belt and the connecting bulge, so that the sliding block, the conveying belt and the clothes pushing piece are fixedly connected, therefore, the sliding block, the conveying belt and the clothes pushing piece are fixedly connected by one fastening piece, the connection is reliable, and the structure is simple.

In the technical scheme, the ejection device further comprises a first pressing block, the first pressing block abuts against the surface, facing the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel, of the main body and is pressed on the conveying belt, and a second fastener penetrates through the sliding block and the conveying belt and is fixedly connected with the first pressing block; and/or the ejection device further comprises a second pressing block, the second pressing block abuts against and is pressed on the conveying belt with the surface of the main body facing the cylinder opening of the clothes containing cylinder and the connecting protrusion, and a third fastener penetrates through the sliding block and the conveying belt and is fixedly connected with the second pressing block.

The ejecting device further comprises a first pressing block, the first pressing block abuts against and presses the surface of the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel towards the main body, the conveying belt is located between the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel and the main body of the clothes pushing piece, the first pressing block, the conveying belt and the sliding block are fixedly connected through a second fastener, the first pressing block and the sliding block are of rigid structures, the area of the connecting portion of the conveying belt and the clothes pushing piece is increased in a variable mode, meanwhile, the fixing of multiple portions of the conveying belt is achieved, the conveying belt can be effectively prevented from wrinkling, the driving reliability of the conveying belt to the clothes pushing piece is favorably improved, and the using reliability of products is further improved.

The ejecting device further comprises a second pressing block, the second pressing block abuts against and presses the surface of the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel towards the main body and is arranged on the conveying belt, one part of the conveying belt, which is located between the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel and the main body of the clothes pushing piece, is clamped between the second pressing block and the sliding block, the second pressing block, the conveying belt and the sliding block are fixedly connected through a third fastener, and the second pressing block and the sliding block are of rigid structures, so that the area of the connecting part of the conveying belt and the clothes pushing piece is increased in a phase-changing manner, meanwhile, the fixing of multiple parts of the conveying belt is realized, the conveying belt can be effectively prevented from wrinkling, the driving reliability of the conveying belt for the clothes pushing piece is further improved, and the use reliability of a product is further.

In the above technical solution, for the case that the ejection device further includes a first pressing block, a first boss is provided on a surface of the first pressing block facing the conveyor belt, the second fastener is fixedly connected to the first boss, the second fastener is a countersunk head screw, and a tail of the second fastener is located in the first pressing block; for the situation that the ejection device further comprises a second pressing block, a second boss is arranged on the surface, facing the conveyor belt, of the second pressing block, the third fastener is fixedly connected with the second boss, the first fastener and the third fastener are both countersunk screws, and the tail portion of the first fastener and the tail portion of the third fastener are located in the second pressing block.

For the condition that the ejection device further comprises a first pressing block, a first boss is arranged on the surface, facing the conveyor belt, of the first pressing block, and a second fastener is fixedly connected with the first boss, so that the contact area of the first pressing block and the second fastener is increased, and the connection reliability of the second fastener and the first pressing block is improved; the second fastener is a countersunk screw, and the tail part of the second fastener is positioned in the first pressing block, so that the second fastener is prevented from protruding outwards to scratch clothes in the drum, and the clothes in the drum are well protected; the head of the second fastener is sunk into the sliding block, so that the second fastener is prevented from protruding outwards to scratch the inner wall surface of the clothes containing barrel.

For the condition that the ejection device further comprises a second pressing block, a second boss is arranged on the surface, facing the conveyor belt, of the second pressing block, and a third fastener is fixedly connected with the second boss, so that the contact area of the second pressing block and the third fastener is increased, and the connection reliability of the third fastener and the second pressing block is improved; the first fastener and the third fastener are countersunk screws, and the tail parts of the first fastener and the third fastener are positioned in the second pressing block, so that the first fastener and the third fastener are prevented from protruding outwards to scratch clothes in the drum, and the clothes in the drum are well protected; the head of the first fastener and the head of the third fastener are sunk into the sliding block, so that the first fastener and the third fastener are prevented from protruding outwards to scratch the inner wall surface of the clothes containing barrel.

Preferably, the thickness of the first boss and the thickness of the second boss are equal to the thickness of the connecting protrusion, so that the stress uniformity of the conveyor belt is improved, and the conveyor belt is prevented from being broken due to overlarge local stress.

In any of the above technical solutions, the clothes pushing member is a pushing plate, a screen structure with a frame, or a wheel structure with radial spokes, and the clothes pushing member is configured to be installed in the clothes holding barrel and parallel to the bottom wall of the clothes holding barrel.

The clothes pushing piece adopts a push plate form, the push plate is arranged in the clothes containing barrel and is parallel to the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel, the structure is simple, the processing and forming are convenient, the assembly is convenient, too large space in the clothes containing barrel cannot be occupied, the space utilization rate of the clothes containing barrel is favorably improved, the contact area with clothes in the barrel is favorably increased, and the working efficiency of the ejection device is further improved. Of course, the clothes pushing member is not limited to the form of the pushing plate, for example, a screen structure with a frame, a wheel structure with radial spokes, etc. may also be adopted, and the clothes pushing function can be realized without departing from the design concept and spirit of the present invention, and therefore, the present invention is within the protection scope.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece is partially recessed to form an avoiding groove, and the avoiding groove is used for avoiding the reinforcing rib arranged on the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel.

The outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece is locally sunken to form an avoiding groove, the avoiding groove is used for avoiding the reinforcing ribs on the inner side wall of the containing barrel, and the reinforcing ribs are located in the avoiding groove, so that the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece can be close to the inner side wall of the containing barrel as far as possible, the area of the clothes pushing piece is increased, and the working efficiency of the ejecting device is improved. In addition, dodge the groove and strengthen the cooperation of advancing, on the one hand can also play the positioning action to the assembly that pushes away the clothing spare, is favorable to improving assembly efficiency, and on the other hand can also play certain guide effect to the reciprocating linear motion who pushes away the clothing spare, has further improved the motion reliability who pushes away the clothing spare. Wherein, the number of the avoiding grooves is equal to the number of the reinforcing ribs and corresponds to the number of the reinforcing ribs one by one.

Further, for the technical scheme that the ejection device further comprises the sliding blocks, the sliding blocks are located between the adjacent avoidance grooves, and the sliding grooves are located between the adjacent reinforcing ribs. Preferably, the number of the sliding blocks is equal to that of the avoidance grooves, and the distance between each sliding block and the adjacent avoidance groove is equal; correspondingly, the quantity of the sliding grooves is equal to that of the reinforcing ribs, and the distances between the sliding grooves and the adjacent reinforcing ribs are equal. Therefore, the regularity of the product structure is further improved, and the use reliability of the product is further improved.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the ejection device further includes: and the sealing ring is sleeved on the outer periphery of the clothes pushing piece.

The sealing ring is sleeved on the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece, so that gaps between the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece and the inner side wall and/or the reinforcing ribs of the clothes containing barrel can be filled, damage to parts of clothes between the outer peripheral edge of the clothes pushing piece and the inner side wall and/or the reinforcing ribs of the clothes containing barrel can be prevented, and the clothes are prevented from being pulled by the clothes pushing piece in the clothes pushing process.

In the above technical scheme, the seal ring is bonded with the clothes pushing piece.

The sealing ring is fixed on the clothes pushing piece by adopting a bonding process, the process is simple, and the cost is low.

In any of the above technical solutions, the clothes pushing piece is provided with a vent hole communicated with the clothes containing barrel.

The clothes pushing piece is also provided with a vent hole which is communicated with the inner space of the clothes containing barrel, so that hot air generated by the clothes dryer can enter the clothes containing barrel through the vent hole, and further clothes are dried. Preferably, the number of the vent holes is multiple, and the vent holes are uniformly distributed on the clothes pushing piece.

An aspect of the second aspect of the present invention provides a laundry treating apparatus, comprising: a clothes holding cylinder; and the ejection device according to any one of the first technical scheme, wherein a clothes pushing piece of the ejection device is arranged in the clothes containing barrel.

The clothes treatment equipment provided by the technical scheme of the second aspect of the invention comprises the ejection device of any one of the technical schemes of the first aspect, so that all the beneficial effects of any one of the technical schemes are achieved, and the details are not repeated.

In the technical scheme, a sliding groove matched with the sliding block of the ejection device is formed in the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel.

The ejecting device further comprises a sliding block, a sliding groove is formed in the inner side wall of the clothes containing barrel, and the sliding groove extends along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel, so that the sliding block is matched with the sliding groove, the good guiding effect can be achieved on the reciprocating linear motion of the clothes pushing piece, the clothes pushing piece is effectively prevented from rotating circumferentially or inclining, the risk of jamming or blocking in the motion process of the clothes pushing piece is reduced, and the use reliability of a product is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, the driving mechanism of the ejection device is electrically connected with the electric control device of the laundry treatment apparatus.

The driving mechanism of the ejection device is electrically connected with the controller of the clothes treatment equipment, and the driving mechanism can be controlled to act through the computer board of the clothes treatment equipment, so that the intelligent control of the ejection device is realized, the automation degree of a product is improved, the product grade is improved, and the use experience of a user is improved. Such as: after the washing or drying program is finished, the computer board can prompt a user whether to automatically eject the clothes in the drum out, and after the user confirms the operation, the clothes pushing piece can slowly eject the clothes in the drum out, so that the use comfort of the user is greatly improved.

In any one of the above technical solutions, the clothes pushing member reciprocates between a first position and a second position, the clothes pushing member is attached to the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel when located at the first position, and a clothes containing space is reserved between the clothes pushing member and the opening of the clothes containing barrel when located at the second position.

The clothes pushing piece reciprocates between a first position and a second position, and is just attached to the bottom wall of the clothes containing barrel when the clothes pushing piece is located at the first position, so that the clothes pushing piece can be pushed out of clothes at various positions in the barrel; when the clothes pushing part is located at the second position, a clothes containing space is reserved between the clothes pushing part and the barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel, namely, the clothes pushing part moves to a position which has a certain distance with the barrel opening, and then stops moving, so that the clothes at the barrel opening can be prevented from being pressed too tightly, the clothes can be prevented from being directly ejected out and falling on the ground, and a user can easily collect the automatically ejected clothes by placing the clothes collecting basket at the barrel opening.

In any of the above technical solutions, the laundry processing apparatus is a drum washing machine, a drum drying machine, a pulsator washing machine, a pulsator drying machine, or a washing and protecting all-in-one machine.

Of course, the method can also be applied to other products with single-opening cylindrical structures.

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 is a partial perspective view illustrating a laundry treating apparatus according to some embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial left side view schematically illustrating the laundry treating apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial front view schematic diagram of the laundry treating apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 4 with the drum removed;

FIG. 6 is a schematic left side view of the structure shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a partial right view schematically illustrating the structure of a laundry treating apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion A of FIG. 7;

fig. 9 is a winding view of a second wire spool of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 7;

fig. 10 is a winding view of a first wire spool of the laundry treating apparatus shown in fig. 7;

fig. 11 is a partial sectional structural view of a laundry treating apparatus according to other embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a partial bottom schematic view of the structure of fig. 11 taken along direction B.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 12 is:

10 clothes pushing parts, 11 main bodies, 12 connecting protrusions, 13 avoiding grooves, 14 vent holes, 20 driving mechanisms, 21 conveyor belts, 22 drivers, 221 first wire reels, 222 second wire reels, 223 annular stopping flanges, 31 first steering parts, 32 second steering parts, 33 third steering parts, 34 supports, 40 sliding blocks, 41 first pressing blocks, 411 first bosses, 42 second pressing blocks, 421 second bosses, 51 first fastening parts, 52 second fastening parts, 53 third fastening parts, 60 sealing rings, 70 clothes containing barrels, 71 reinforcing ribs, 72 sliding grooves, 73 first positions, 74 second positions and 75 clothes containing spaces;

wherein, the single arrow on the right side in fig. 2 indicates the clothes pushing direction of the clothes pushing piece, and the double arrow on the left side in fig. 2 indicates the returning direction of the clothes pushing piece.

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.

A laundry treating apparatus and an ejector thereof according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 12.

As shown in fig. 1 to 12, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides an ejection device for a laundry treatment apparatus, including: a clothes pusher 10 and a driving mechanism 20.

Specifically, the clothes pusher 10 is configured to be installed in a clothes drum 70 of the clothes treating apparatus, for pushing the clothes in the clothes drum 70 to move toward a drum mouth of the clothes drum 70; the driving mechanism 20 is connected to the laundry pushing member 10 for driving the laundry pushing member 10 to reciprocate along the axial direction of the drum 70.

The ejection device provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention comprises a clothes pushing piece 10 and a driving mechanism 20, wherein the clothes pushing piece 10 can be installed in a clothes containing barrel 70 of a clothes treatment device, and reciprocates along the axis of the clothes containing barrel 70 under the driving of the driving mechanism 20, so that when clothes need to be picked up, the driving mechanism 20 can drive the clothes pushing piece 10 to move towards the direction close to the barrel opening along the axis direction of the clothes containing barrel 70, and the clothes pushing piece 10 can drive the clothes in the clothes containing barrel 70 to move towards the direction close to the barrel opening of the clothes containing barrel 70, so that the distance between the clothes inside the barrel and the barrel opening is shortened, the problem that the clothes inside the barrel are difficult to pick up by a user due to the fact that the clothes are far away from the barrel opening in the prior art is solved, and even for a machine type with a large barrel depth, the user can easily pick up the clothes in the barrel, and the use experience of the user is obviously improved. After the clothes are fished and taken out, the driving mechanism 20 can drive the clothes pushing piece 10 to move reversely to reset, so that the space in the barrel is released, the clothes pushing piece 10 is ensured not to influence the normal operation of other functions of the clothes processing equipment such as a washing function or a drying function and the like, and the normal operation of the clothes pushing piece 10 is ensured when the clothes are fished and taken out next time.

The following describes in detail a specific structure of the ejection device provided in the present application with reference to some embodiments.