CN116570206B

CN116570206B - Dishwasher basket height adjustment device and dishwasher

Info

Publication number: CN116570206B
Application number: CN202310689561.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈宁; 李宁; 钱宇超; 郭宝; 陆峰
Original assignee: Zhejiang Youjia Electric Appliance Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Youjia Electric Appliance Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-12
Filing date: 2023-06-12
Publication date: 2025-09-12
Anticipated expiration: 2043-06-12
Also published as: CN116570206A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a dishwasher basket height adjustment device and a dishwasher. The technical solution comprises the following key features: a bracket and an adjustment frame, the bracket being connected between a dishwashing chamber and a dish basket and being slidable up and down relative to the dish basket; the adjustment frame being connected to the dish basket; a vertically extending guide groove being defined in the bracket, and a plurality of vertically distributed locking grooves being defined on an inner wall of one side of the guide groove; an adjustment block and a spring, the adjustment block being connected to the adjustment frame and having a first end movable relative to the width of the guide groove, the first end of which is fixed with a locking block; the locking block extending into the guide groove and movable along the width of the guide groove with the adjustment block, and having a first position abutting against the inner wall and a second position engaging the locking groove; and the spring elastically acting on the adjustment block toward the inner wall. The present invention allows the height of the dish basket to be quickly adjusted by simply lifting the main body of the dish basket during use, thereby having the advantages of a simple structure and convenient height adjustment of the dish basket.

Description

Dish basket height adjusting device of dish washing machine and dish washing machine

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a dish washer, and more particularly, to a height adjusting device of a dish basket of a dish washer, and also to a dish washer having the same

Background

The bowl basket is an important component of a dishwasher for carrying dishes to be washed. The tableware size is different, and when washing big tableware or kitchen utensils, because its height is great, the bowl basket can't hold it, leads to dish washer to be difficult to wash big tableware or kitchen utensils. In order to solve the problem, the bowl basket of part of dish-washing machine adopts a structure with adjustable height, and a larger layer height space can be formed between two layers of bowl baskets by adjusting the relative height between the bowl baskets, so that larger tableware or kitchen ware can be accommodated, and the application range of the dish-washing machine is improved. However, the bowl basket adjusting part of the existing dish washing machine is troublesome to adjust and unreliable in structure, and the smoothness of dish washing machine adjustment is affected.

There is therefore a need to propose a new solution to this problem.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the problems and provide the bowl basket height adjusting device of the dish washer, which has the advantages of simple structure and convenience in adjusting the bowl basket height.

The technical aim of the invention is achieved through the following technical scheme that the bowl basket height adjusting device of the dish washing machine comprises a support and an adjusting frame, wherein the support is connected between a bowl washing cavity and the bowl basket and is arranged in a vertically sliding mode relative to the bowl basket, the adjusting frame is connected to the bowl basket, the support is provided with a guide groove which runs up and down, the inner wall of one side of the guide groove is provided with a plurality of locking grooves which are distributed up and down, the adjusting block is connected to the adjusting frame and is provided with a first end which can move relative to the width direction of the guide groove, the first end is fixedly provided with the locking block, the locking block stretches into the guide groove and can move along the width direction of the guide groove along with the adjusting block, the locking block is provided with a first position which is propped against the inner wall and a second position which is embedded into the locking groove, and the spring elastically acts on the adjusting block towards one direction of the inner wall.

The invention further provides that the lower side of the locking groove is provided with a locking surface for limiting and supporting the locking block, and the upper side of the locking groove gradually expands towards the guiding groove and forms an inclined guiding surface.

The invention is further arranged that the adjusting block is provided with a second end which is rotationally connected with the adjusting frame through a rotating shaft, the first end is positioned on the upper side of the second end, and the first end moves along the width direction of the guide groove through rotating around the rotating shaft.

The invention further provides that the adjusting frame is provided with a concave space, the adjusting block is arranged in the concave space, a first limiting wall and a second limiting wall are respectively formed on two sides of the concave space, the first limiting wall is used for blocking and limiting the rotation amplitude of the adjusting block, and the spring elastically abuts against and presses between the second limiting wall and the adjusting block.

The invention further provides that the guide groove is provided with an inner wall II opposite to the inner wall I, the gap width between the inner wall I and the inner wall II is larger than that of the locking block, the locking block is further provided with a third position, the locking block is far away from the inner wall I and is close to the inner wall II at the third position, and the guide groove further comprises a reset mechanism used for maintaining the locking block at the third position.

The invention is further arranged that a reset groove matched with the locking block is formed at the upper end of the guide groove, the width of the reset groove is smaller than that of the guide groove, one side of the reset groove is flush with the second inner wall, and the other side of the reset groove is in inclined transition with the uppermost locking groove through the guide surface.

The reset mechanism further comprises an elastic piece, wherein the elastic piece is elastically connected to the adjusting frame, a first clamping block is fixed on one side of the adjusting block, the first clamping block is provided with a first guiding inclined surface facing to one direction of the inner wall and a clamping straight surface facing away from one direction of the inner wall, and the first guiding inclined surface is used for guiding and adapting to the adjusting block and the clamping straight surface is used for clamping and adapting to the adjusting block.

The elastic piece is further provided with a second clamping block, the second clamping block and the first clamping block are positioned on the same side of the elastic piece, the protruding height of the second clamping block is higher than that of the first clamping block, the support is fixedly provided with a protrusion matched with the first clamping block, and the protrusion is used for pressing the second clamping block to drive the first clamping block of the elastic piece to be separated from the adjusting block.

The invention further provides that the first bulge is positioned at the lower side of the guide groove, and is propped against the second clamping block when the locking block moves to the position of the lowest end of the guide groove, and the lower side of the second clamping block is provided with the second guide inclined surface which is in propping fit with the bulge.

The invention is further characterized in that the bracket is in sliding connection with the rail of the inner cavity of the dish washer through the pulley, the connecting buckle I is arranged on the outer side of the bracket, and the connecting buckle I is buckled with the bowl basket to realize up-and-down sliding connection.

The invention provides a dish washer, which comprises a dish washer body, wherein a dish washer basket height adjusting assembly is arranged in a dish washer cavity of the dish washer body.

In summary, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

The bowl basket is characterized in that the bowl basket is provided with a guide groove, a locking block is arranged on the guide groove, the guide groove is matched with the locking block, the guide groove can guide and lock the position of the locking block, adjustment control of different height gears of the bowl basket can be achieved, and through the adoption of a reset structure and the locking structure, cooperative movement of the locking block can be achieved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a basket height adjustment apparatus for a dishwasher in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of a basket height adjustment assembly of a dishwasher in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a basket height adjustment device of a dishwasher in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the bracket of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the adjusting bracket of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an adjustment block of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a second position of the lock block of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a third position of the lock block of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the first position of the lock block of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the bowl basket of the present invention in the uppermost layer;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the intermediate bowl basket of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the mechanism of the bowl basket of the present invention at the lowermost side.

The device comprises the following components of 1, a bracket, 11, a first connecting buckle, 12, a pulley, 2, an adjusting bracket, 21, a second connecting buckle, 22, a concave space, 221, a first limiting wall, 222, a second limiting wall, 223, a first limiting groove, 3, an adjusting block, 301, a first end, 302, a second end, 31, a rotating shaft, 32, a locking block, 33, a second limiting groove, 34, a third clamping block, 4, a spring, 5, a bowl basket, 6, a guide groove, 61, a locking groove, 611, a locking surface, 612, a guide surface, 62, a reset groove, 601, a first inner wall, 602, a second inner wall, 7, a protrusion, 8, an elastic piece, 81, a first clamping block, 811, a guide inclined surface, 812, a clamping straight surface, 82, a second clamping block, 821 and a second guide inclined surface.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

The embodiment discloses a dish basket height adjusting device of dish washer, as shown in fig. 1-3, including support 1 and alignment jig 2, wherein, support 1 connects between dish washing chamber and bowl basket 5, can install pulley 12 in the outside of support 1, installs the slide rail in the inner wall corresponding position in dish washing chamber, forms the drawer type structure that can roll and slide.

The outer side of the bracket 1 is fixedly connected with a connecting buckle 11, and the connecting buckle 11 is matched with a vertical rod on the side edge of the bowl basket 5 in a mutually buckled mode, so that the bowl basket 5 can slide up and down with the bracket 1 to guide, and the bowl basket 5 can be lifted up and down under the supporting action of the bracket 1.

The outside fixedly connected with of this alignment jig 2 is detained two 21 in a plurality of links, and the cross bar and the montant mutual lock of link two 21 and bowl basket 5 side for alignment jig 2 can fixed connection be in bowl basket 5 side. The adjusting block 3 and the spring 4 are arranged between the adjusting frame 2 and the bracket 1, the spring 4 elastically acts on the adjusting block 3, so that the adjusting block 3 moves towards one side and is matched with the guide groove 6 structure on the bracket 1, the height gear between the adjusting frame 2 and the bracket 1 can be adjusted, and the height position of the bowl basket 5 can be adjusted.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, a guide groove 6 running up and down is formed in the bracket 1, two sides of the guide groove 6 are respectively provided with an inner wall first 601 and an inner wall second 602, and the space between the inner wall first 601 and the inner wall second 602 is the width of the guide groove 6. A plurality of locking grooves 61 distributed up and down are arranged on the first inner wall 601 at one side of the guide groove 6, and generally two groups of locking grooves 61 can be arranged to form gears with two heights.

As shown in fig. 3 and 6, the adjusting block 3 is connected to the adjusting frame 2, the adjusting block 3 can move relative to the adjusting frame 2, and has a first end 301 that can move relative to the width direction of the guide slot 6, the first end 301 is fixed with a locking block 32, and the adjusting block 3 can drive the locking block 32 of the first end 301 to move synchronously during the moving process.

The locking block 32 has a cylindrical structure, and its outer peripheral dimension is slightly smaller than the width of the guide groove 6 and extends into the guide roller groove. During the movement of the adjusting block 3, the locking block 32 can move along the width direction of the guide groove 6 following the adjusting block 3, and has a first position against the first inner wall 601 and a second position embedded in the locking groove 61.

The spring 4 elastically acts on the adjusting block 3, the adjusting block 3 and the locking block 32 elastically move towards the first 601 direction of the inner wall through the elasticity of the spring 4, and the limit is realized through the locking block 32. When the locking block 32 moves to the position of the locking groove 61, the adjusting block 3 generates elastic movement under the action of the spring 4, so that the locking block 32 can be embedded into the locking groove 61, and at the moment, the locking block 32 is in the second position, and the locking block 32 and the locking groove 61 are mutually locked, so that the bowl basket 5 is supported and limited.

Specifically, the adjusting block 3 may be connected to the adjusting frame 2 by a rotating connection structure. A second end 302 is formed at the upper end of the adjusting block 3, the second end 302 is rotatably connected with the adjusting frame 2 through a rotating shaft 31, the first end 301 is positioned at the upper side of the second end 302, and the first end 301 moves along the width direction of the guide groove 6 by rotating around the rotating shaft 31.

As shown in fig. 4, the locking groove 61 adopts an up-down asymmetric structure, wherein, the lower side is a horizontal locking surface 611, and the locking surface 611 is matched with the locking block 32, so that the locking block 32 can be supported to support the weight of the bowl basket 5 and the internal load thereof. The upper side of the locking groove 61 is gradually enlarged toward the guide groove 6 to form an inclined guide surface 612. When the lock block 32 is subjected to an upward lifting force, the guide surface 612 may generate a lateral force component on the lock block 32, pushing the lock block 32 and the lock groove 61 apart from each other until the lock block 32 enters the guide groove 6, i.e., the lock block 32 moves from the second position to the first position.

As shown in fig. 3,5 and 7, a recessed space 22 is formed on the side of the adjustment bracket 2 facing the bracket 1, and the adjustment block 3 is mounted in the recessed space 22. The first limiting wall 221 and the second limiting wall 222 are respectively formed on two sides of the concave space 22, and the first limiting wall 221 can block and limit the rotation amplitude of the adjusting block 3. When the locking block 32 is at the second position, the locking block 32 is clamped into the locking groove 61, meanwhile, the adjusting block 3 and the first limiting wall 221 are mutually pressed and limited, the transverse positioning of the locking block 32 is mainly realized through the adjusting block 3 and the first limiting wall 221, and the limiting in the vertical direction is mainly realized between the locking block 32 and the locking groove 61, so that the position stability of the locking block 32 is maintained.

The middle position of the limiting wall II 222 is provided with a limiting groove I223, the position of the regulating block 3 facing the limiting groove I223 is provided with a limiting groove II 33, two ends of the spring 4 are respectively arranged in the limiting groove I223 and the limiting groove II 33, the spring 4 is supported, the spring 4 elastically presses the regulating block 3 through compression elasticity, and the regulating block 3 is embedded into the locking groove 61 after passing through the locking groove 61 to realize limiting.

In order to realize the reset of the adjusting frame 2 and the bracket 1, the structure of the guide groove 6 is further optimized, and the adjusting frame 2 can smoothly move downwards by matching with a reset mechanism, so that the ascending bowl basket 5 is readjusted downwards.

The width of the guide groove 6, i.e. the gap width between the first wall 601 and the second wall 602, is larger than the locking block 32. The locking piece 32 can also move in a direction away from the first inner wall 601 and towards the second inner wall 602 within the width of the guide groove 6, and the locking piece 32 is in the third position. The position of the adjusting block 3 can be locked through the reset mechanism, the locking block 32 is further kept and locked at the third position, then, the locking block 32 is not embedded into the locking groove 61 in the downward movement process of the adjusting frame 2, the locking groove 61 can be used for realizing free descending adjustment, and the height of the bowl basket 5 can be reset.

As shown in fig. 4, a reset groove 62 is formed at the upper end of the guide groove 6, and the width of the reset groove 62 is sized to fit the locking block 32 so that the locking groove 61 is inserted therein. The width of the reset groove 62 is smaller than the width of the guide groove 6, one side is used for the second inner wall 602 to be flush, and the other side is in inclined transition with the uppermost locking groove 61 through the guide surface 612. An inclined guide surface 612 is formed at the upper end of the guide groove 6, between the uppermost locking groove 61 and the reset groove 62, and the locking piece 32 is moved toward the guide groove 6 by the guide surface 612 during the upward movement, and the device enters the reset groove 62, and the locking piece 32 is at the third position.

As shown in fig. 5 and 7-9, the reset mechanism comprises an elastic piece 8, and the elastic piece 8 can be an elastic piece, and is elastically connected to the adjusting frame 2 and integrally formed with the adjusting frame 2. The elastic piece can elastically deflect in the horizontal direction and the orientation corresponds to the orientation of the adjusting block 3.

The elastic piece is fixed with a first clamping block 81 on one side facing the adjusting block 3, and the first clamping block 81 is provided with a first guiding inclined surface 811 facing the first inner wall 601 and a clamping straight surface 812 facing away from the first inner wall 601. The first end 301 of the adjusting block 3 is fixedly connected with a fixture block III 34. When the adjusting block 3 rotates and deflects from the first position to the third position, the third clamping block 34 and the first guiding inclined surface 811 on the first clamping block 81 are pressed against each other, so that the pushing spring is elastically deformed until the third clamping block 34 is clamped into the other side of the first clamping block 81. The clamping straight surface 812 of the first clamping block 81 and the third clamping block 34 are mutually pressed and limited, so that the position of the adjusting block 3 can be clamped and fixed, and the position of the locking block 32 is maintained at the third position.

Further, a second clamping block 82 is further fixed on the elastic member 8, and the second clamping block 82 and the first clamping block 81 are located on the same side of the elastic member 8. And, the protruding height of the second clamping block 82 is higher than that of the first clamping block 81. The support 1 is fixed with the protruding 7 of the adaptation of fixture block one 81 towards one side of regulating block 3, can support through protruding 7 and press and act on fixture block two 82, drives fixture block one 81 and regulating block 3 of elastic component 8 and breaks away from each other, and then makes regulating block 3 and locking piece 32 can follow the third position realization and break away from, returns to the first position again under the effect of spring 4.

Specifically, the projection 7 is located at a position on the lower side of the guide groove 6. And, when the locking block 32 moves to the lowermost position of the guide groove 6, the bowl basket 5 is regulated to the lowermost position at this time. The lug can offset with the fixture block II 82, drives the elastic component 8 and produces elastic deformation for fixture block I81, fixture block II 82 are located in dorsad regulating block 3 simultaneously, because the position of fixture block II 82 is higher, and then offset the back at fixture block II 82 and the lug, can realize breaking away from each other between fixture block I81 and the fixture block III 34, make regulating block 3 can be under the effect of spring 4 elastic return to the first position again.

Further, a second guiding inclined plane 821 may be formed on the lower side of the second clamping block 82, and the second guiding inclined plane 821 can be mutually pressed and limited with the protrusion 7, so as to more smoothly drive the elastic element 8, the first clamping block 81 and the second clamping block 82 to move.

The height adjusting component of the bowl basket 5 of the dish washer can adjust the height of the bowl basket 5 in a lifting manner in the use process. In the initial state, the bowl basket 5 is positioned at the lowest position as shown in fig. 12, when the height of the bowl basket 5 needs to be adjusted, the bowl basket 5 can be lifted upwards, the bowl basket 5 can be lifted to a higher height through the adjusting component, the height positioning of the bowl basket 5 is realized through the mutual adaptation of the locking block 32 and the locking groove 61, and the bowl basket 5 can be lifted to different gear heights as shown in fig. 11.

When the bowl basket 5 needs to be lowered again, the bowl basket 5 can be lifted further upwards to move to the highest position, as shown in fig. 10, at this time, the locking block 32 is embedded into the reset groove 62, and the adjusting block 3 and the locking block 32 are locked and fixed through the locking mechanism. At this time, the locking block 32 is locked at the third position, so that smooth lifting movement between the adjusting frame 2 and the bracket 1 can be realized, and the bowl basket 5 can be lowered. When the bowl basket 5 descends to the position of the lowest side, the protruding block on the inner side of the bracket 1 is propped against the clamping block II 82 of the elastic piece 8 to drive the elastic piece 8 and the clamping block I81 and the clamping block II 82 to move, so that the clamping block I81 and the clamping block III 34 are separated from each other, and the adjusting block 3 and the locking block 32 are restored to the first position under the action of the spring 4. At this time, the bowl basket 5 is positioned at the lowermost position, and the height of the bowl basket 5 can be adjusted by repeating the above-described manner.

The embodiment also discloses a dish washer, which comprises a dish washer body, wherein the dish washer bowl basket 5 height adjusting assembly in the embodiment is arranged in a dish washer cavity of the dish washer body. Through this adjusting part, only need carry pull bowl basket 5 main part in the use, just can realize the high fast adjustment of bowl basket 5, convenient to use, simple structure, stability is good, improves the convenience that dish washer used.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the above examples, and all technical solutions belonging to the concept of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that modifications and adaptations to the present invention may occur to one skilled in the art without departing from the principles of the present invention and are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A bowl basket height adjusting device of a dish washer comprises a support (1) and an adjusting frame (2), wherein the support (1) is connected between a bowl washing cavity and the bowl basket (5) and is arranged in a vertically sliding mode relative to the bowl basket (5), the adjusting frame (2) is connected to the bowl basket (5), the dish washer is characterized in that a guide groove (6) which extends vertically is formed in the support (1), a plurality of locking grooves (61) which are distributed vertically are formed in an inner wall (601) on one side of the guide groove (6), an adjusting block (3) and a spring (4) are further arranged, the adjusting block (3) is connected to the adjusting frame (2), the adjusting block is provided with a first end (301) which can move relative to the guide groove (6) in the width direction, the first end (301) is fixedly provided with a locking block (32), the locking block (32) stretches into the guide groove (6) and can move along the width direction of the guide groove (6) along with the adjusting block (3), the first position which abuts against the inner wall (601) and a second position which is embedded in the locking groove (61), and the spring (4) acts on the inner wall (601) in the direction towards the elastic direction of the adjusting block (3);

The guide groove (6) is provided with an inner wall II (602) opposite to the inner wall I (601), and the gap width between the inner wall I (601) and the inner wall II (602) is larger than that of the locking block (32), the locking block (32) is provided with a third position, and the locking block (32) is far away from the inner wall I (601) and is close to the inner wall II (602), and the guide groove also comprises a reset mechanism, wherein the reset mechanism is used for maintaining the locking block (32) in the third position;

The upper end of the guide groove (6) is provided with a reset groove (62) which is matched with the locking block (32), the width of the reset groove (62) is smaller than that of the guide groove (6), one side of the reset groove is used for being flush with the second inner wall (602), and the other side of the reset groove is in inclined transition with the uppermost locking groove (61) through a guide surface (612);

The resetting mechanism comprises an elastic piece (8), wherein the elastic piece (8) is elastically connected to the adjusting frame (2), one side of the adjusting block (3) is fixedly provided with a first clamping block (81), the first clamping block (81) is provided with a first guiding inclined surface (811) facing the first inner wall (601) and a clamping straight surface (812) facing away from the first inner wall (601);

The elastic piece (8) is also fixedly provided with a clamping block II (82), the clamping block II (82) and the clamping block I (81) are positioned on the same side of the elastic piece (8), and the protruding height of the clamping block II (82) is higher than that of the clamping block I (81), the bracket (1) is fixedly provided with a protrusion (7) matched with the clamping block I (81), and the protrusion (7) is used for pressing the clamping block II (82) to drive the clamping block I (81) of the elastic piece (8) to be separated from the regulating block (3);

the first protrusion (7) is located at the lower side of the guide groove (6), and abuts against the second clamping block (82) when the locking block (32) moves to the position of the lowest end of the guide groove (6), and a second guide inclined surface (821) in abutting fit with the protrusion (7) is formed at the lower side of the second clamping block (82).

2. A height-adjusting device for a bowl basket of a dishwasher according to claim 1, characterized in that the locking groove (61) is provided with a locking surface (611) for limiting and supporting the locking block (32) at the lower side, and the upper side is gradually enlarged toward the guide groove (6) and forms an inclined guide surface (612).

3. A height-adjusting device for a bowl and basket of a dish washer according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjusting block (3) has a second end (302) rotatably connected to the adjusting frame (2) by means of a rotation shaft (31), the first end (301) being located on the upper side of the second end (302), the first end (301) being movable in the width direction of the guide slot (6) by rotating around the rotation shaft (31).

4. The bowl basket height adjusting device of the dish washing machine according to claim 3, wherein the adjusting frame (2) is provided with a concave space (22), the adjusting block (3) is installed in the concave space (22), a first limiting wall (221) and a second limiting wall (222) are respectively formed on two sides of the concave space (22), the first limiting wall (221) is used for blocking and limiting the rotation amplitude of the adjusting block (3), and the spring (4) elastically abuts against the second limiting wall (222) and the adjusting block (3).

5. A dishwasher, characterized in that it comprises a dishwasher body, in the dishwashing cavity of which a dishwasher basket (5) height-adjusting assembly according to any one of claims 1-4 is arranged.