Drum washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10513816-B2
Application number	US-201515501287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2015
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

Provided is a drum washing machine, enabling a drum and a rotating body to rotate by a driving part, wherein the driving part includes: a driving motor; a first rotating shaft; a second rotating shaft; drum belt wheels; wing belt wheels; and a clutch mechanism part switching a driving form of the driving part between a biaxial driving form and a uniaxial driving form, wherein the biaxial driving form is a form that enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate at different rotating speeds through connecting the second rotating shaft and the wing belt wheels, and the uniaxial driving form is a form that enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate at a same rotating speed through connecting the second rotating shaft and the drum belt wheels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drum washing machine, comprising:
an outer tank, configured in a shell;
a drum, configured in the outer tank and capable of rotating by using a horizontal axis or an inclination axis inclining relative to a horizontal direction as a center;
a rotating body, configured at a rear part of the drum and provided with a protruding part in contact with washings on the surface of the rotating body; and
a driving part, configured to enable the drum and the rotating body to rotate, wherein
the driving part comprises:
a driving motor;
a first rotating shaft, fixed on the drum;
a second rotating shaft, fixed on the rotating body;
a first belt wheel, fixed on one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft and connected with the driving motor by a first transmission belt;
a second belt wheel, connected with the driving motor by a second transmission belt and having an outer diameter different from that of the first belt wheel, wherein the second belt wheel is supported on the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft in a freely rotatable manner; and
a clutch mechanism part, configured to switch a driving form of the driving part between a first driving form and a second driving form, wherein the first driving form is a form that enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate at different rotating speeds through connecting the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft with the second belt wheel in a manner of enabling rotation of the second belt wheel to be transmitted to the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft; and the second driving form is a form that enables the drum and the rotating body to rotate at a same rotating speed through connecting the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft with the first belt wheel in a manner of enabling rotation of the first belt wheel to be transmitted to the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft.

2. The drum washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the second rotating shaft is wrapped in the first rotating shaft and rotates coaxially with the first rotating shaft;
the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel are parallelly configured along an axial direction of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft;
the clutch mechanism part comprises:
a clutch part, configured between the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel, capable of moving to the axial direction relative to the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft and capable of rotating simultaneously with the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft; and
mobile mechanism parts, configured to enable the clutch part to move to the axial direction, wherein
a side of the first belt wheel and a side of the second belt wheel of the clutch part are respectively provided with a first engaging part and a second engaging part, and a first engaged part and a second engaged part are respectively arranged on the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel;
the first driving form becomes a state that the clutch part moves to the side of the second belt wheel by the mobile mechanism parts so that the second engaging part is engaged with the second engaged part, and the rotation of the second transmission belt is transmitted to the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft by the clutch part; and
the second driving form becomes a state that the clutch part moves to the side of the first belt wheel by the mobile mechanism parts so that the first engaging part is engaged with the first engaged part, and the rotation of the first belt wheel is transmitted to the other one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft by the clutch part.

3. The drum washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the first belt wheel is fixed on the first rotating shaft;
the driving form of the driving part comprises a third driving form that enables the drum to rotate and enables the rotating body to be in a freely rotatable state; and
the second rotating shaft is not connected with any of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel when the clutch mechanism part is in the third driving form.

4. The drum washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the driving part is provided with a bearing part supporting the first rotating shaft in a freely rotatable manner in the front of a front one of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel, and
a recess configured to contain at least part of the bearing part is formed at one side of the front one of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel, which faces to the bearing part.

5. The drum washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein
the first belt wheel is fixed on the first rotating shaft;
the driving form of the driving part comprises a third driving form that enables the drum to rotate and enables the rotating body to be in a freely rotatable state; and
the second rotating shaft is not connected with any of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel when the clutch mechanism part is in the third driving form.

6. The drum washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein
the clutch mechanism part comprises an encircling part that encircles the clutch part in a manner that the clutch part freely rotates; and
the mobile mechanism parts are connected with the encircling part.

7. The drum washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the first belt wheel is fixed on the first rotating shaft;
the driving form of the driving part comprises a third driving form that enables the drum to rotate and enables the rotating body to be in a freely rotatable state; and
the second rotating shaft is not connected with any of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel when the clutch mechanism part is in the third driving form.

8. The drum washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein
the driving part is provided with a bearing part supporting the first rotating shaft in a freely rotatable manner in the front of a front one of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel, and
a recess configured to contain at least part of the bearing part is formed at one side of the front one of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel, which faces to the bearing part.

9. The drum washing machine according to claim 8 , wherein
the first belt wheel is fixed on the first rotating shaft;
the driving form of the driving part comprises a third driving form that enables the drum to rotate and enables the rotating body to be in a freely rotatable state; and
the second rotating shaft is not connected with any of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel when the clutch mechanism part is in the third driving form.

10. The drum washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the first belt wheel is fixed on the first rotating shaft;
the driving form of the driving part comprises a third driving form that enables the drum to rotate and enables the rotating body to be in a freely rotatable state; and
the second rotating shaft is not connected with any of the first belt wheel and the second belt wheel when the clutch mechanism part is in the third driving form.

Assignees

• Haier Asia Co Ltd
• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Nakamoto Shigeharu

Classifications

• D06F37/40

  for driving the receptacle and an agitator or impeller, e.g. alternatively {(D06F37/304, D06F37/308 take precedence)} · CPC title

• D06F23/06

  and rotating or oscillating about an inclined axis · CPC title

• D06F37/04

  adapted for rotation or oscillation about a horizontal or inclined axis · CPC title

• F16D2011/004

  using an internal or intermediate axially slidable sleeve, coupling both components together, whereby the intermediate sleeve is arranged internally at least with respect to one of the components · CPC title

• D06F23/02 Primary

  and rotating or oscillating about a horizontal axis · CPC title