Inner tub of washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10563336-B2
Application number	US-201615762242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2016
Priority date	Sep 22, 2015
Publication date	Feb 18, 2020
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020

Abstract

The inner tub of a washing machine comprises a tub body, a balancing ring at the upper part of the tub body and a tub bottom at the lower part of the tub body. An annular necking structure, whose inside diameter is smaller than that of the tub body, is arranged on the tub body and positioned below the balancing ring, a plurality of dewatering holes are distributed at the necking structure and/or between the necking structure and the balancing ring. A disconnected type filtering cover on the internal wall of the tub body and positioned below the necking structure comprises a main body and an auxiliary block, the auxiliary block is arranged above the main body and below the necking structure and is located at the upper part of the inner tub, and a water passing gap is arranged between the auxiliary block and the main body.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inner tub of a washing machine, comprising:
a tub body;
a balancing ring mounted at an upper part of the tub body;
a tub bottom support mounted at a lower part of the tub body,
wherein an annular necking structure, having an inside diameter smaller than that of the tub body is arranged on the tub body and positioned below the balancing ring;
a plurality of dewatering holes distributed at the necking structure and between the necking structure and the balancing ring or between the necking structure and the balancing ring, and a portion of the tub body below the lowermost dewatering hole is a sealed water containing structure, wherein
the necking structure is an annular inward bulge formed in a wall of the tub body and is concave from outside to inside, and
from bottom to top, the inside diameter of the necking structure first decreases and then increases;
a disconnectable filtering cover arranged on an internal wall of the tub body and positioned below the necking structure, the disconnectable filtering cover including a main body and an auxiliary block which are independent from each other, the auxiliary block is arranged above the main body and below the necking structure and is located at the upper part of the inner tub; and
a water passing gap is arranged between the auxiliary block and the main body for enabling water flow to pass through along a rotating direction of the inner tub.

2. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the dewatering holes are divided into at least two layers in an axial direction of the tub body, and a distribution density of an upper-layer dewatering holes is greater than that of the lower-layer dewatering holes.

3. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the dewatering holes are formed in an upper half part of the necking structure, or the dewatering holes are formed in an area above a part, with a minimum inside diameter, of the necking structure.

4. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the balancing ring is provided with an annular convex rib which bulges towards the outside,
an upper end part of the necking structure turns up outwards and is in a wrapping connection with the annular convex rib, the dewatering holes are formed below the annular convex rib.

5. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein the necking structure turns upwards and outwards at an uppermost side of the dewatering holes and is in wrapping connection with the annular convex rib.

6. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein an annular rib which extends downward into the necking structure is arranged at the lower end of the balancing ring,
a gap between the annular rib and the internal wall of the necking structure and forming a dewatering passage, and the dewatering holes are formed in the part of the necking structure, close to a top end of the dewatering passage.

7. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 6 , wherein the dewatering passage comprises a plurality of longitudinally-arranged channels, and the dewatering holes are formed in an upper part of the channels.

8. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 7 , wherein the channels are mainly formed in a manner that longitudinal ribs are matched with the necking structure, wherein the longitudinal ribs are longitudinally distributed on the annular rib.

9. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein no dewatering hole is formed just above the filtering cover nor within an α range at each of two sides of the filtering cover, wherein
α is greater than or equal to 0 degree and is smaller than or equal to 20 degrees.

10. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the necking structure smoothly transitions to the internal wall of the tub body.

11. The inner tub of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a second dewatering hole is formed in the tub body and positioned behind the auxiliary block.

12. An inner tub of a washing machine, comprising:
a tub body;
a balancing ring support mounted at an upper part of the tub body;
a tub bottom mounted at a lower part of the tub body,
wherein an annular necking structure, of which an inside diameter is smaller than that of the tub body, is arranged on the tub body and positioned below the balancing ring;
a plurality of dewatering holes distributed at the necking structure and between the necking structure and the balancing ring, or between the necking structure and the balancing ring, and the tub body below the lowermost dewatering hole is of a sealed water containing structure, wherein
the necking structure is an annular convex rib arranged on the internal wall of the tub body along a circumference, and
from bottom to top, an inside diameter of the annular convex rib first decreases and then increases;
a disconnectable filtering cover arranged on an internal wall of the tub body and positioned below the necking structure, the disconnectable filtering cover including a main body and an auxiliary block which are independent from each other, the auxiliary block is arranged above the main body and below the necking structure and is located at the upper part of the inner tub; and
a water passing gap is arranged between the auxiliary block and the main body for enabling water flow to pass through along a rotating direction of the inner tub.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Yang Lin
• Ji Hu
• Liu Zunan
• Wang Lingchen
• Zhu Guofang

Classifications

• D06F37/26

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title

• D06F39/083 Primary

  Liquid discharge or recirculation arrangements · CPC title

• D06F37/12 Primary

  adapted for rotation or oscillation about a vertical axis · CPC title

• D06F37/00

  Details specific to washing machines covered by groups D06F21/00 - D06F25/00 · CPC title

• D06F39/10

  Filtering arrangements · CPC title