KR20070013811A - Drum type washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A drum-type washing machine is provided to simplify a structure of a detergent supply device and facilitate the feed of a detergent by integrally combining a detergent containing unit with a transparent member in a door. A drum-type washing machine comprises: a body(10) having an opening(13); a door(30) for opening and closing the opening of the body, and having transparent members(32,33) allowing a user to watch the inside of the body; a detergent containing unit(40) mounted at the transparent member of the door; a water tank(11) installed in the body; a rotary drum(12) mounted in the water tank; and a water supply device(14a,14b) bringing water to the detergent containing unit. The detergent containing unit has an outlet(41) guiding water to the inside of the rotary drum. The transparent member and the detergent containing unit are integrally formed.

Description

Drum Washing Machine {DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE}

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a drum washing machine according to the present invention.

2 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the drum washing machine detergent receiving portion according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a plan view showing a first embodiment of the drum washing machine detergent receiving portion according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the drum washing machine detergent receiving portion according to the present invention.

5 is an exploded perspective view showing a second embodiment of the drum washing machine detergent receiving portion according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: body, 11: tank,

12: rotating drum, 14a: water pipe,

14b: water supply control valve, 16: rotating shaft,

18: connecting member, 20: drive motor,

30: door, 31: door frame,

32: outer side perspective member, 33: inner side perspective member,

40: detergent container, 41: outlet,

42: flow delay, 50: strainer.

The present invention relates to a drum washing machine, and more particularly, to a drum washing machine that can simplify the detergent supply device and allow the user to visually check the state of detergent input.

Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-9847 (published Feb. 5, 2003) discloses a drum washing machine having a detergent supply device for dissolving and dispensing detergent in a process of supplying wash water.

The detergent supply device of the drum washing machine includes a detergent container provided with a detergent container, and a detergent container housing provided on the upper side of the main body so that the detergent container can be mounted. The detergent casing housing is connected with water supply pipes through which the wash water can be supplied toward the detergent casing housing, and a connection pipe through which the washing water passing through the detergent casing housing can be guided to the tank.

The drum washing machine is to supply the water to be supplied to the water tank through the detergent supply device so that the detergent added to the detergent supply device can be dissolved in the water to be supplied to the water tank together with the wash water.

However, such a drum washing machine has a problem in that it is difficult to manufacture as well as the manufacturing cost is high because the composition of the detergent supply device is complicated and the number of parts is high. In addition, the user could not confirm the state in which the detergent is dissolved.

The present invention is to solve such problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a drum washing machine to simplify the configuration of the detergent supply device to facilitate the manufacturing and reduce the manufacturing cost.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a drum washing machine that allows the user to visually check the state in which the detergent is injected, thereby giving visual satisfaction to the user.

Drum washing machine according to the present invention for achieving this object is a door having a main body having an opening, a see-through member which opens and closes the opening of the main body and is capable of seeing the inside of the main body, and the detergent receiving provided in the see-through member of the door It is characterized by including a wealth.

In another aspect, the present invention is characterized in that the see-through member and the detergent receiving unit is integrated.

In another aspect, the present invention further comprises a water tank installed inside the main body, a rotating drum installed inside the water tank, and a water supply device for supplying wash water to the detergent accommodation portion, wherein the detergent accommodation portion is provided with laundry. And an outlet for guiding water into the rotating drum.

In addition, the detergent receiving portion is characterized in that the top is open.

In addition, the detergent receiving portion is characterized in that the flow delay to delay the discharge of the washing water flowing toward the outlet is provided.

In addition, the outlet of the detergent receiving portion is provided with a strainer, characterized in that the strainer is detachably mounted.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the drum washing machine according to the present invention is provided with a drum-type water tank 11 installed inside the main body 10 and rotatably installed in the water tank 11 for the fresh water of the wash water. The rotating drum 12 is provided.

An opening 13 for inserting laundry into the rotating drum 12 is formed in the front portion of the main body 10, and the opening 13 is provided with a door 30 that can be opened and closed. A water supply device including a water supply pipe 14a and a water supply control valve 14b for supplying washing water into the water tank 11 is installed at an upper portion of the water tank 11, and a water tank 11 is disposed below the water tank 11. A drainage device including a drain pipe 15a and a drain pump 15b for draining water is installed.

The rotating drum 12 has an opening 12a formed in the front surface and a plurality of through holes 12b formed around the front surface, and a plurality of lifters 12c installed on the inner surface of the rotating drum 12 to allow the laundry to rise and fall when rotating. ). The rotating drum 12 is supported by a rotating shaft 16 connected to the rear center, the rotating shaft 16 extends rearward through the rear portion of the water tank 11 and the bearings 17 installed at the rear portion of the water tank 12. It is rotatably supported by.

The rear side of the water tank 11 is provided with a drive motor 20 for rotating the rotating shaft (16). The drive motor 20 has a stator 21 fixed to the rear side of the water tank 11, a rotor 22 disposed in a rotatable state outside the stator 21, and the rotor 22 is rotatably supported. The outer periphery includes a support plate 23 coupled to the rotor 22 so that the center thereof is coupled to the rotation shaft 16. The drive motor 20 rotates the rotating drum 12 at a low speed or forward rotation at a low speed to wash the laundry, and rotates the rotating drum 12 at a high speed so as to perform dehydration of the laundry.

The opening 11a is formed in the front surface of the water tank 11 at the position corresponding to the position of the opening 13 of the main body 10. FIG. And between the opening 11a of the water tank 11 and the opening 13 of the main body 10, the connection member 18 of the corrugated pipe form which has elasticity is connected. The connecting member 18 prevents the wash water from leaking between the opening 11a of the water tank 11 and the opening 13 of the main body 10. Since the connecting member 18 is stretchable, vibration and vibration generated in the water tank 11 during the washing process are prevented. Do not transmit to the main body 10.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the door for opening and closing the opening 13 of the main body 10 includes a ring-shaped door frame 31 rotatably mounted on the front surface of the main body 10, and a door frame ( 31 includes an outer perspective member 32 and an inner perspective member 33 coupled to each other. The outer viewing member 32 and the inner viewing member 33 are made of a transparent material so that the user can visually check the inside of the rotating drum 12 from the outside of the main body 10 during the washing operation.

In addition, the inner see-through member 33 protrudes in a dome shape from the door frame 31 toward the opening 12a of the rotating drum 12. And the outlet of the water supply pipe 14a is connected to the upper side of the connecting member 18 to be located above the inner see-through member 33. This is to ensure that the water to be supplied is guided into the rotating drum 12 through the dome-shaped inner viewing member 33, by washing the foam or foreign matter on the inner viewing member 33 during washing to be washed with water The inner see-through member 33 is to maintain a transparent state. In addition, the inner periphery member 33 protrudes toward the opening 12a of the rotating drum 12 so that the laundry swinging in the rotating drum 12 during washing does not leave the inside of the rotating drum 12.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the inner receiving member 33 is provided with a detergent accommodating part 40 recessed in a predetermined depth in an open state to accommodate a detergent. This allows the user to put the detergent into the detergent receiving portion 40 by opening the door 30 when performing the washing, and the detergent injected into the detergent receiving portion 40 is dissolved in water supplied to the water tank 11 It can be supplied internally. Therefore, the present invention can simplify the configuration of the washing machine because there is no need for a detergent input device as in the prior art, and when the detergent is added, it is only necessary to put the detergent in the detergent accommodating part 40 by opening the door 30 to add detergent It can be done easily. In addition, since the detergent accommodating part 40 and the inner transparent member 33 are transparent, the user can visually check the state in which the detergent is injected during washing.

For this configuration, the inner see-through member 33 is manufactured through injection molding of acrylic resin, commonly called PMMA (Poly Methyl Meta Acrylate). And the detergent receiving portion 40 is molded integrally with the inner side transparent member 33 in the process of manufacturing the inner side transparent member (33). PMMA, which is a kind of acrylic resin, is suitable for molding the inner transparent member 33 having the detergent accommodating part 40 because it is excellent in transparency, easy to mold a product through injection, and heat resistance.

2 and 3, the detergent receiving portion 40 is formed on the opening 12a side of the rotating drum 12 so that the washing water supplied therein can be discharged toward the inside of the rotating drum 12. It is provided with an exit 41. As shown in FIG. 1, the outlet 41 is wetted by the detergent and the wash water in which the laundry is dissolved in the water supply process by guiding the dissolved detergent and the wash water to fall to the upper part of the laundry contained in the rotary drum 12. The washing effect can be improved.

Inside the detergent accommodating portion 40 at a position adjacent to the outlet 41, a flow delay jaw 42 having a predetermined width and protruding upward from the bottom to delay the discharge of the washing water flowing toward the outlet 41 is provided. Prepared.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flow delayed jaw 42 of the outlet 41 may flow toward the outlet 41 after bypassing both sides of the flow delayed jaw 42. It is formed to have a width W2 wider than the width W1. The flow delay jaw 42 is to increase the dissolving effect of the detergent by delaying the discharge of the wash water supplied to the detergent receiving portion (40). In addition, the flow delayed jaw 42 allows the user to inject detergent into the flow delayed jaw 42 as shown in FIG. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the detergent in the form of powder flowing down toward the outlet (41).

4 and 5 illustrate another example of the detergent accommodating part 40, and an example of a detachable strainer 50 installed at the outlet 41 of the detergent accommodating part 40. As shown in FIG. 5, the sieve 50 has a semicircular shape surrounding the inside of the outlet 41 and includes coupling rails 51 at both ends thereof so as to be mounted on the inner surface of the detergent accommodating part 40. In addition, coupling grooves 52 for coupling the coupling rails 51 of the strainer 50 are formed on the inner surface of the detergent accommodating part 40 at both sides of the outlet 41.

This configuration is such that the detergent is caught in the strainer 50 so as not to flow down toward the outlet 41 when the detergent in powder form in the detergent accommodating portion 40. In addition, when the water supply is carried out so that the detergent dissolved in the wash water can be supplied to the water tank 11 through the sieve (50), and in the case of undissolved detergent grains to be filtered through the sieve (50). . In addition, when the foreign matter is trapped in the strainer (50), if the flow of the wash water is not smooth, the strainer (50) is to be separated and washed.

As described above in detail, the drum washing machine according to the present invention can be easily manufactured because the detergent receiving unit is provided integrally with the inner transparent member of the door, so that the structure of the detergent supply device can be simplified, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. It can be effective.

In addition, the present invention has an effect that can be easily carried out because the user only needs to put the detergent in the detergent container to open the door when the user puts the detergent.

In addition, the present invention is provided with a detergent receiving unit integrally with the see-through member of the door so that the user can visually check the state in which the detergent is put in the water supply process has an effect that can give a visual satisfaction to the user.

In addition, the present invention because the dissolved detergent and water drops directly inside the rotating drum from the detergent receiving portion of the door to the upper part of the laundry, so that the laundry can be quickly wetted by the dissolved detergent and water has the effect of increasing the washing effect. .

Claims (8)

A drum washing machine comprising a main body having an opening, a door having a see-through member which opens and closes the opening of the main body and is capable of seeing inside the main body, and a detergent receiving portion provided in the see-through member of the door. The method of claim 1, Drum washing machine, characterized in that the see-through member and the detergent receiving unit is integrated. The method of claim 1, And a water tank installed inside the main body, a rotating drum installed inside the water tank, and a water supply device for supplying wash water to the detergent accommodating part. The detergent receiving unit drum washing machine comprising an outlet for guiding the washing water supplied therein into the rotary drum. The method of claim 3, Drum washing machine, characterized in that the detergent receiving portion is open at the top. The method of claim 3, The drum washing machine is provided in the detergent accommodating portion is provided with a flow delay delay delaying the discharge of the washing water flowing toward the outlet. The method of claim 3, Drum washing machine, characterized in that the filter net is installed at the outlet of the detergent receiving portion. The method of claim 6, Drum washing machine, characterized in that the strainer is detachably mounted. Drum washing machine characterized in that the detergent receiving portion is provided on the inner surface of the door for opening and closing the opening of the main body.

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