CN112111944A - Water storage tank and washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a water storage tank, which comprises a water storage tank cover, a water storage tank body and a distributor box which is contained between the water storage tank cover and the water storage tank body in a drawing manner, wherein the distributor box is provided with a first guide rail or a first bulge along the drawing direction, the water storage tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first bulge or a first guide rail in sliding fit, and the first guide rail and/or the first bulge is provided with a first limiting structure. The invention controls the state of the distributor box by arranging the guide rail and the limiting structure, reduces the shaking amplitude of the distributor box, improves the problem of unsmooth drawing of the distributor box, and can avoid the condition that the distributor box sags when being drawn to the maximum state and collides with the observation window of the washing machine.

Description

A water storage tank and washing machine

technical field

The invention belongs to the field of washing machine accessories, in particular to a water storage tank and a washing machine.

Background technique

In the existing drum washing machine, the water storage tank is equipped with a dispenser box, and the dispenser box to which detergent, softener, disinfectant and washing powder are added after a long time of use, is easily pulled back and forth for many times. Move shaking. In addition, when the dispenser box is pulled out to the maximum state, the handle end of the dispenser box is easily tilted downward, causing collision with the observation window of the drum washing machine. The user uses the drum washing machine for a long time. Pushing the box into the washing machine will become unsmooth.

The Chinese patent with application number CN201610646767.0 discloses a washing machine water storage tank, which includes a tank body, an upper cover and a distributor. At least two first guide rails are arranged on the inner wall of the tank main body along the drawing direction of the distributor, so The outer wall of the dispenser is slidably matched with the first guide rail, the wall of the upper cover facing the tank body is provided with a second guide rail in the same direction as the first guide rail, and the second guide rail is slidable with the distribution the upper end of the device. Although the technical solution is provided with a guide rail, the guide rail is not provided with a limit structure, which cannot solve the problem of sagging of the distributor when it is drawn to the maximum state.

The Chinese patent application number CN201710398465.0 discloses a washing machine water storage tank and a washing machine. The washing machine water storage tank includes a water storage box with a front opening and a drawable dispenser box accommodated in the water storage box. The rear part of the dispenser box is provided with a limit structure that stops the dispenser box from coming out of the water storage box, the limit structure can be elastically deformed up and down, and the front part of the water storage box is provided with the The retaining rib that matches the above-mentioned limit structure. Although the technical solution is provided with a limiting structure to solve the problem of the sagging of the distributor box, it does not provide a sliding fit between the guide rail and the protrusion, which makes the horizontal drawing of the distributor inflexible.

The present invention has been made in view of this.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide a water storage tank. By adding a guide rail and a limit method, the shaking amplitude of the distributor box is weakened, and the unsmoothness caused by multiple pulling and pulling is improved. , to avoid the phenomenon that the handle end of the dispenser box is tilted down when it is pulled to the maximum state.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the basic conception of the technical scheme adopted in the present invention is:

A water storage tank, comprising a water storage tank cover, a water storage tank body, and a drawable dispenser box accommodated between the water storage tank cover and the water storage tank body, the dispenser box is provided along the drawing direction with a first A guide rail or a first protrusion, the water storage tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first protrusion or a first guide rail that is slidably matched, and a first limit structure is provided on the first guide rail and/or the first protrusion.

As an embodiment, the first protrusion is provided on the upper surface of the dispenser box, and the first guide rail for sliding fit is correspondingly provided on the lower surface of the water storage tank cover.

As an embodiment, the first guide rail is provided with the first limiting structure, and the first limiting structure abuts against the first protrusion when the dispenser box is pulled out to the first setting position .

As an embodiment, the first guide rail is further provided with a second limit structure, and the second limit structure abuts against the first protrusion when the dispenser box is pushed into the second set position .

As an embodiment, the front end of the first guide rail is provided with the first limit structure, and the rear end of the first guide rail is provided with a second limit structure.

As an embodiment, the first limiting structure is arranged to protrude vertically downward to form a convex surface, and the convex surface abuts against the first protrusion.

As an embodiment, the convex surface of the first limiting structure is a curved surface.

As an embodiment, the height of the protrusion of the limiting structure gradually increases along the drawing-out direction of the dispenser box.

As an embodiment, it includes a dispenser box cover disposed above the dispenser box, the top of the dispenser box cover includes a flat area extending along the direction in which the dispenser box is pushed in, and the upper surface of the flat area is provided with the first protrusion.

As an embodiment, the dispenser box is provided with a second guide rail or a second protrusion along the drawing direction, and the water storage tank body is provided with a sliding-fit second protrusion or a second guide rail correspondingly.

As an embodiment, the dispenser box has lap edges protruding outward from both side walls, the lower surface of the lap edges is provided with the second guide rail or the second protrusion, and the two sides of the water storage tank body are provided with the second guide rail or the second protrusion. The side wall has a platform surface at a position corresponding to the overlapping edge, and the platform surface is provided with a second protrusion or a second guide rail that is slidably matched.

As an embodiment, the second guide rail is provided on the lower surface of the overlapping edge, and the two inner sides of the platform surface protrude upward to form the second protrusion.

A washing machine includes the water storage tank according to any one of the above embodiments.

After adopting the above-mentioned technical scheme, the present invention has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art:

In the water storage tank of the present invention, the dispenser box is provided with a first guide rail or a first protrusion along the drawing direction, the water storage tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first protrusion or a first guide rail for sliding fit, and the first The guide rail and/or the first protrusion are provided with a first limiting structure. When the dispenser box is pulled out to the maximum state, the first limiting structure is in contact with the first protrusion to limit the further withdrawal of the dispenser box. , to avoid sagging of the handle end of the dispenser box.

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

The accompanying drawings, as a part of the present invention, are used to provide further understanding of the present invention, and the exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention, but do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without any creative effort. In the attached image:

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of the explosion structure of the water storage tank of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the general assembly schematic diagram of the water storage tank of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the top view schematic diagram of the water storage tank of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of A-A of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is the enlarged schematic diagram of A part in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is the enlarged schematic diagram of B part in Fig. 4;

7 is a schematic top view of the dispenser box of the present invention when it is pulled to the maximum state;

Fig. 8 is the sectional view of A-A of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is the C part enlarged view in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is the enlarged view of D part in Fig. 8;

11 is a schematic view of the lower surface of the lower cover of the water storage tank according to the present invention;

Fig. 12 is the C-C sectional view of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged view of E part in Fig. 12;

Figure 14 is an enlarged view of part F in Figure 12;

15 is a schematic view of the lower surface of the lower cover of the water storage tank according to the present invention;

Figure 16 is an enlarged view of part G in Figure 15;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of part H in FIG. 15 .

In the figure: 1. Upper cover of water storage tank; 2. Lower cover of water storage tank; 3. Distributor box cover; 4. Distributor box; 5. Water storage tank body; 6. First guide rail; 7. First protrusion; 8 , the second guide rail; 9, the second protrusion; 10, the first limit structure; 11, the second limit structure.

It should be noted that these drawings and written descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in any way, but to illustrate the concept of the present invention to those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purposes, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used to illustrate the present invention , but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc. The indicated orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation or a specific orientation. construction and operation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the invention. Furthermore, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed to indicate or imply relative importance.

As shown in FIGS. 1-17 , the water storage tank of the present invention includes a water storage tank body 5 , a water storage tank cover, and a drawable dispenser box 4 accommodated between the water storage tank cover and the water storage tank body 5 . , the dispenser box 4 is provided with a first guide rail 6 or a first protrusion 7 along the drawing direction, and the water storage tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first protrusion 7 or a first guide rail 6 for sliding fit, and the first guide rail 6 And/or the first protrusion 7 is provided with a first limiting structure 10, and the first limiting structure 10 abuts against the first protrusion 7 when the dispenser box 4 is pulled to the first set position The first setting position is the setting position where the distributor box 4 is pulled to the maximum state. Clearance to prevent the handle end of the dispenser box 4 from sagging.

Example 1

In this embodiment, the first guide rail 6 is arranged on the lower surface of the water storage tank cover, the first protrusion 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the distributor box 4 , and the first limiting structure 10 is arranged on the upper surface of the distributor box 4 . in the first guide rail 6; wherein, the first guide rail 6 is a guide groove along the drawing direction of the dispenser box 4, and the first protrusion 7 is arranged vertically upward, and its length direction Extend along the drawing direction of the dispenser box 4, preferably the upper surface of the first protrusion 7 is an arc surface, and the guide groove is slidingly matched with the first protrusion 7; the first limit structure 10 is provided with In the guide groove, preferably the first limiting structure 10 is arranged on the inner top surface of the front end of the guide groove. When the dispenser box 4 is pulled to the first set position, the first convex The front end of the lifter 7 is in contact with the first limit structure 10 located on the inner top surface of the front end of the guide groove, so as to realize the limit of the dispenser box 4 and prevent the handle end of the dispenser box 4 from sagging.

Example 2

The difference between this embodiment and the above-mentioned Embodiment 1 is that, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the water storage tank cover can be divided into a water storage tank upper cover 1 and a water storage tank lower cover 2 , and the water storage tank upper cover 1 and The lower cover 2 of the water storage tank is buckled and connected, the lower surface of the lower surface of the lower water storage tank 2 is provided with the first guide rail 6, and the water storage tank includes a distributor box cover 3 arranged above the distributor box 4. The The dispenser box cover 3 and the dispenser box 4 are snap-fitted and connected, and together they are pulled and slid between the water storage tank cover and the water storage tank body 5. The top of the dispenser box cover 3 includes along the 4. The plane area extending in the push-in direction, the upper surface of the plane area is provided with the first protrusion 7, when the dispenser box 4 is pulled to the first setting position, the front end of the first protrusion 7 and the The first limiting structure 10 abuts against each other to ensure that the plane area of the dispenser box cover 3 and the first protrusion 7 are still located in the water storage tank and are not pulled out, which is beneficial to the force of the dispenser box 4, Avoid sagging when the dispenser box 4 is pulled out.

Example 3

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9 , FIG. 13 and FIG. 16 , the first limiting structure 10 is attached to the inner top surface of the front end of the guide groove, and is vertically protruded downward to form a convex surface. The convex height of the convex surface gradually increases along the drawing direction of the dispenser box 4. During the process of slowly drawing out the dispenser box 4, the gap between the convex surface and the first protrusion 7 gradually changes. When the dispenser box 4 is pulled out to the maximum state, the convex surface abuts against the front end of the first protrusion 7. Preferably, the convex surface of the first limiting structure 10 is a curved surface, and the The width of the first limiting structure 10 gradually increases along the drawing direction of the dispenser box 4 . In order to obtain better drawing effect and limiting effect, the first limiting structure 10 is made of elastic material, preferably a limiting rib.

Example 4

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9 , along the drawing direction of the dispenser box 4 , the front end surface of the first protrusion 7 is an inclined surface whose thickness in the vertical direction gradually decreases. The convex inclined surface, when the dispenser box 4 is pulled out to the maximum state, the convex surface abuts the inclined surface smoothly, the impact force is small, and the laundry treatment agent in the dispenser box 4 is not easy to splash, which is conducive to distribution The pulling and pulling of the device box 4 is stable.

Example 5

In this embodiment, a blocking rib that abuts against and cooperates with the above-mentioned limiting rib can also be selected. There is a gap between the rib and the inner top surface of the first guide rail 6, which can ensure the sliding of the first protrusion 7 in the first guide rail 6, and the retaining rib needs to have a certain height of the protrusion to ensure that the dispenser box 4 can be pulled out to the maximum. In the state, the limiting rib and the blocking rib can abut against each other. Preferably, the blocking rib has an arc surface that matches the convex surface of the limiting rib.

Example 6

In this embodiment, the rear end of the first guide rail 6 is provided with a second limiting structure 11 , and the second limiting structure 11 is provided on both sides or the inner top surface of the first guide rail 6 , as shown in FIG. 10 . 14 and 17, the second limiting structure 11 is attached to the inner top surface of the rear end of the first guide rail 6, and protrudes downward, and the protruding height is drawn along with the distributor box 4. When the direction changes, the second limiting structure 11 abuts against the rear end of the first protrusion 7 when the dispenser box 4 is pushed into the second setting position to limit the dispenser box 4 to prevent distribution Further pushing of the dispenser box 4, wherein the second setting position is the position when the dispenser box 4 is pushed to the maximum state.

Example 7

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the distributor box 4 is provided with a second guide rail 8 along the drawing direction, and the second guide rail 8 is two parallel guide grooves. 5. Correspondingly, a second protrusion 9 is provided, and the second protrusion 9 and the guide groove are slidably matched with each other, so as to realize the guiding and limiting effect on the lower part of the distributor box 4, and the distributor box 4 can be pulled more smoothly. However, the dispenser box 4 can also be provided with a second protrusion 9 along the drawing direction, and the water storage tank body 5 can be provided with a second guide rail 8 correspondingly, and the specific setting method depends on the situation.

Example 8

The difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 7 lies in that the dispenser box 4 has lap edges protruding outward from both side walls, and the second guide rails 8 are provided on the lower surfaces of the lap edges, and the second guide rails 8 are two upwardly concave guide grooves, the two side walls of the water storage tank body 5 have platform surfaces at the positions corresponding to the overlapping edges, and the platform surfaces are provided with corresponding second protrusions 9, so The second protrusions 9 are arranged vertically upward, preferably the upper surface of the second protrusions 9 is an arc surface, the second guide rails 8 are slidably matched with the second protrusions 9, and the distributor box 4 is composed of When the water storage tank body 5 is pushed in or pulled out, it slides along the second guide rail 8, so as to limit and guide the left and right directions of the distributor box 4. The distributor box 4 is balanced in force during the pulling process, and the shaking amplitude is weakened. The process went smoothly. In different embodiments, the second protrusion 9 is provided on the lower surface of the lap edge, and the second guide rail 8 is provided on the platform surface, and the specific setting method depends on the specific situation.

Example 9

The difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 8 is that the two inner sides of the platform surface are vertically upwardly protruded to form second protrusions 9 to increase the strength and stability of the entire sliding structure. The second protrusions 9 are slidably matched to limit the left and right orientations of the dispenser box 4 .

Example 10

In this embodiment, the washing machine includes the water storage tank of any of the above-mentioned embodiments, and adopts the sliding cooperation between the first guide rail 6 and the first protrusion 7, the sliding cooperation between the second guide rail 8 and the second protrusion 9, and the sliding cooperation between the first guide rail 6 and the first protrusion 7. The first limit structure 10 and the second limit structure 11 provided on the first guide rail 6 guide and limit the distributor box 4 in multiple directions, prevent the distributor box 4 from shaking during the drawing process, and The problem of sagging when pulled to the maximum state.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Without departing from the scope of the technical solutions of the present invention, when the technical content indicated above can be used to make some changes or modifications to equivalent examples of equivalent changes, the implementations in the above-mentioned examples can be further combined or replaced, but any Departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention, any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present invention still fall within the scope of the solution of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A water storage tank comprises a water storage tank cover, a water storage tank body (5) and a distributor box (4) accommodated between the water storage tank cover and the water storage tank body (5) in a drawing mode, and is characterized in that the distributor box (4) is provided with a first guide rail (6) or a first protrusion (7) along the drawing direction, the water storage tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first protrusion (7) or a first guide rail (6) in sliding fit, and the first guide rail (6) and/or the first protrusion (7) are/is provided with a first limiting structure (10).

2. A water storage tank as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the dispenser box (4) is provided with the first projection (7) on its upper surface and the tank cover is correspondingly provided with a first guide rail (6) for sliding fit on its lower surface;

the first guide rail (6) is provided with the first limiting structure (10), and the first limiting structure (10) is abutted to the first bulge (7) when the distributor box (4) is drawn out to a first set part;

preferably, the first guide rail (6) is provided with a second limit structure (11), and the second limit structure (11) is abutted against the first protrusion (7) when the distributor box (4) is pushed into a second set position.

3. A water storage tank according to claim 2, characterized in that the first stop structure (10) is provided at the front end of the first rail (6) and the second stop structure (11) is provided at the rear end of the first rail (6).

4. A water storage tank according to claim 3, characterized in that the first limit structure (10) is arranged to protrude vertically downwards to form a protruding surface, and the protruding surface abuts against the first protrusion (7);

preferably, the convex surface of the first limiting structure (10) is a curved surface.

5. Water storage tank according to claim 4, characterized in that the height of the projection of the limit structure (10) increases gradually in the direction of extraction of the dispenser box (4).

6. A water storage tank according to claim 1, comprising a dispenser box cover (3) provided above the dispenser box (4), wherein the top of the dispenser box cover (3) comprises a flat area extending in the pushing-in direction of the dispenser box (4), and the first protrusion (7) is provided on the upper surface of the flat area.

7. A reservoir according to any of claims 1 to 6 wherein the dispenser housing (4) is provided with a second guide (8) or second projection (9) in the pull direction and the reservoir body (5) is correspondingly provided with a sliding fit of the second projection (9) or second guide (8).

8. A water storage tank as claimed in claim 7, wherein the dispenser box (4) has a rim protruding outward from both side walls, the lower surface of the rim is provided with the second guide rail (8) or the second protrusion (9), both side walls of the tank body (5) have a flat surface corresponding to the rim, and the flat surface is provided with the second protrusion (9) or the second guide rail (8) in sliding fit.

9. A water storage tank as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that the lower surface of the rim is provided with the second guide rail (8), and both inner side edges of the platform surface are upwardly protruded to form the second protrusion (9).

10. A washing machine comprising a sump according to claims 1-9.

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