Drainage device of washing machine, and washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10358762-B2
Application number	US-201415316970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	Jun 11, 2014
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A washing machine has cleaning particles provided between an outer barrel and an inner barrel. A water outlet on the outer barrel communicates with a drainage device including a drain valve body having a particle receiving and discharging chamber and a drainage chamber. The particle collecting and discharging chamber has a water inlet. The drainage chamber has a water outlet. A particle filtering structure is provided between the particle receiving and discharging chamber and the drainage chamber. One side of the particle collecting and discharging chamber has an opening with a sealing cover including an outer cover and an insertion portion inserted through the opening, and fitting the edge wall of the particle receiving and discharging chamber. An inner wall of the insertion portion has a plurality of protrusions for supporting the cleaning particles. Gaps between the protrusions are smaller than a minimum diameter of the cleaning particles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drainage device of a washing machine using cleaning particles for cleaning barrel walls, comprising:
a drain valve body including a particle collecting and discharging chamber and a drainage chamber, the particle collecting and discharging chamber being in fluid communication with the drainage chamber, wherein
an upper wall of the particle collecting and discharging chamber is provided with a water inlet, one side of the particle collecting and discharging chamber is provided with an opening and the drainage chamber is provided with a water outlet;
a particle filtering structure provided between the particle collecting and discharging chamber and the drainage chamber; and
a sealing cover installed on the opening of the particle collecting and discharging chamber,
the sealing cover including an outer cover and an insertion portion, the insertion portion being inserted through the opening, and fitting an edge the opening,
wherein an inner wall of the insertion portion is provided with a plurality of protrusions and wherein a gap between adjacent protrusions of the plurality of protrusions is smaller than a minimum diameter of the cleaning particles used in the washing machine;
the insertion portion includes an extension arranged against the upper wall of the particle collecting and discharging chamber and extending toward the water inlet,
the plurality of protrusions being provided on a lower surface of the extension and extending vertically downwards from a lower surface of the extension, and
a vertical dimension of each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions gradually decreases in a direction toward the water inlet from the outer cover.

2. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein lower end surfaces of the protrusions together form an inclined surface gradually rising from the outer cover toward the water inlet.

3. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusions are convex strip-shaped ribs extending from the outer cover toward the water inlet, and a water channel is formed between adjacent strip-shaped ribs.

4. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are convex strip-shaped ribs extending from the outer cover toward the water inlet, and a water channel is formed between adjacent strip-shaped ribs.

5. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein,
the strip-shaped ribs are in an erected sheet structure, and
a width of the water channel is less than the minimum diameter of the cleaning particles.

6. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein an inner wall of the particle collecting and discharging chamber between the particle collecting and discharging chamber and the drainage chamber is provided with a water retaining rib protruding inwardly into the particle collecting and discharging chamber so as to retain final residual water in the particle collecting and discharging chamber.

7. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein the water retaining rib is a raised rib formed by compressing the drain valve body from outside to inside of the particle collecting and discharging chamber at a position between the particle collecting and discharging chamber and drainage chamber.

8. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 7 , wherein a chamfering is provided between the water retaining rib and the inner wall of particle collecting and discharging chamber,
a side of the water retaining rib facing to the particle collecting and discharging chamber is curved, and forms a smooth transition with the chamfering.

9. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 7 , wherein the particle filtering structure is a grid structure composed of a plurality of blocking ribs which are parallel arranged, and
each of the blocking ribs protrudes farther into the particle collecting and discharging chamber than the water retaining rib.

10. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein a chamfering is provided between the water retaining rib and the inner wall of particle collecting and discharging chamber,
a side of the water retaining rib facing to the particle collecting and discharging chamber is curved, and forms a smooth transition with the chamfering.

11. The drainage device of a washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein the particle filtering structure is a grid structure composed of a plurality of blocking ribs which are arranged in parallel, and
each of the blocking ribs protrudes farther into the particle collecting and discharging chamber than the water retaining rib.

12. A washing machine with the drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the washing machine comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel, the cleaning particles for cleaning barrel walls are provided between the inner and outer barrels, and a water outlet at a bottom of the outer barrel is communicated with the drainage device below, the cleaning particles being one of the following shapes of spherical, square, oval spherical, cylindrical, tetrahedral and other irregular granular material.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Lv Peishi
• Yang Lin
• Liu Zunan
• Wang Lingchen
• Tian Yunlong
• Jiang Yanni
• Li Weihai

Classifications

• D06F39/10

  Filtering arrangements · CPC title

• D06F35/008 Primary

  for disinfecting the tub or the drum · CPC title

• D06F39/086 Primary

  Arrangements for avoiding detergent wastage in the discharge conduit · CPC title

• D06F39/085

  Arrangements or adaptations of pumps · CPC title