Hydraulic leveling device of washing machine and filling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10626541-B2
Application number	US-201615562473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2016
Priority date	Sep 18, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A washing machine hydraulic leveling device comprises hydraulic feet, wherein each hydraulic foot comprises a fixed part and a movable part, a hollow chamber is formed between the fixed part and the movable part, and the hollow chamber is provided with a hydraulic medium; two said hydraulic feet communicate with each other through high-pressure oil pipes: the hydraulic medium flows under pressure between the hollow chambers of the hydraulic feet to drive the movable parts to extend and retract, thereby implementing automatic leveling; and the fixed parts are provided with oil nipples communicating with the hollow chambers, and the oil nipples of the two hydraulic feet are connected to a same connecting piece through the high-pressure oil pipes, thereby implementing communication between the two hydraulic feet.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A washing machine hydraulic leveling device, comprising:
a plurality of hydraulic feet, wherein each hydraulic foot comprises a fixed part and a movable part, a hollow chamber is formed between the fixed part and the movable part, and the hollow chamber is provided with a hydraulic medium;
two hydraulic feet of the plurality of hydraulic feet communicate with each other through an oil pipe, the hydraulic medium flows under pressure between the hollow chambers of the hydraulic feet to drive the movable parts to extend and retract, thereby implementing automatic leveling; and
each fixed part is provided with an oil nipple communicating with the respective hollow chamber, and the oil nipples of the two hydraulic feet are connected to a same connecting piece through the oil pipe, thereby implementing communication between the two hydraulic feet; wherein
the connecting piece includes a main cavity, the main cavity is internally provided with two flow channels, an oil hole and a vent hole are formed in the main cavity corresponding to the two flow channels respectively, and a sealing member is mounted on each of the oil hole and the vent hole.

2. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 1 , wherein,
each hydraulic foot comprises two oil nipples, the connecting piece comprises four connecting oil nipples which communicate with each other in a pairwise manner, and each two connecting oil nipples communicating with each other communicate with the oil nipples of the two hydraulic feet through the oil pipes, respectively.

3. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 2 , wherein, each of two ends of the main cavity is provided with two connecting oil nipples, and
the two flow channels inside the main cavity communicate the four connecting oil nipples at the two ends of the main cavity with each other in a pairwise manner.

4. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 1 , wherein, each sealing member comprises a sealing bolt and a sealing gasket, the oil hole and the vent hole are both sealing screw holes matching with the sealing bolts, and the sealing gaskets are mounted between the sealing bolts and the sealing screw holes.

5. A washing machine hydraulic leveling device, comprising:
a plurality of hydraulic feet, wherein each hydraulic foot comprises a fixed part and a movable part, a hollow chamber is formed between the fixed part and the movable part, and the hollow chamber is provided with a hydraulic medium:
two hydraulic feet of the plurality of hydraulic feet communicate with each other through an oil pipe, the hydraulic medium flows under pressure between the hollow chambers of the hydraulic feet to drive the movable parts to extend and retract, thereby implementing automatic leveling; and
each fixed part is provided with an oil nipple communicating with the respective hollow chamber, and the oil nipples of the two hydraulic feet are connected to a same connecting piece through the oil pipe, thereby implementing communication between the two hydraulic feet; wherein
each hydraulic foot includes two oil nipples, the connecting piece comprises four connecting oil nipples which communicate with each other in a pairwise manner, and each two connecting oil nipples communicating with each other communicate with the oil nipples of the two hydraulic feet through the oil pipes, respectively;
the oil pipe and the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot are in sealed connection through a clamping piece, and the oil pipe and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece are in sealed connection through the clamping piece.

6. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 5 , wherein, the clamping piece is a hoop, and the hoop comprises two clamping sleeves which are sleeved on the oil pipes, and a connecting part which connects the two clamping sleeves.

7. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 1 , wherein, the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece each comprises a chamfer part which is located at an end of each nipple to enable the oil pipe to be easily inserted into, and a barb part which is located behind the chamfer part and used for preventing the oil pipe from dropping out.

8. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 1 , wherein,
the fixed part of each hydraulic foot is a sheath, and the movable part of each hydraulic foot is an adjusting foot arranged in the sheath and moves axially relative to the sheath;
each hydraulic foot comprises a flexible assembly which is arranged in the adjusting foot and is used for accommodating the hydraulic medium, one end of the flexible assembly is mounted in the sheath in a limiting manner, another end of the flexible assembly is used as a telescopic end acting on the adjusting foot, and the telescopic end extends and retracts under action of the hydraulic medium to drive the adjusting foot to axially move, thereby implementing automatic leveling; and
the flexible assembly comprises an oil press plate and an oil bag, an opening of the oil bag is in sealed connection with the oil press plate, and each oil nipple is arranged on the oil press plate and communicate with the oil bag.

9. A filling method of the washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps that:
the oil hole and the vent hole are opened;
an oiling device is connected to the oil hole, and hydraulic medium is injected into the oil hole;
the hydraulic medium flows into two hydraulic feet through the oil pipes from the two connecting oil nipples corresponding to the oil hole, respectively;
the hydraulic medium flows into another group of oil pipes after the two hydraulic feet are filled up with the hydraulic medium, and air in the oil pipe and the hydraulic foot is discharged through the vent hole under pressure of the hydraulic oil in a filling process; and
the oil hole and the vent hole are closed after the filling is completed.

10. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 3 , wherein the oil pipe and the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot are in sealed connection through a clamping piece, and the oil pipe and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece are in sealed connection through the clamping piece.

11. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 2 , wherein the oil pipes and the oil nipples of each hydraulic foot are in sealed connection through a clamping piece, and the oil pipes and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece are in sealed connection through the clamping piece.

12. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 2 , wherein the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece each comprises a chamfer part which is located at an end of each nipple to enable the oil pipe to be easily inserted into, and a barb part which is located behind the chamfer part and used for preventing the oil pipe from dropping out.

13. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 5 , wherein the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot and the connecting oil nipples of the connecting piece each comprises a chamfer part which is located at an end of each nipple to enable the oil pipe to be easily inserted into, and a barb part which is located behind the chamfer part and used for preventing the oil pipe from dropping out.

14. The washing machine hydraulic leveling device according to claim 6 , wherein the oil nipple of each hydraulic foot and the connecti

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co
• Qingdao Haier Smart Tech R & D Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Zhiqiang
• Xu Sheng

Classifications

• F16M7/00

  Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04) · CPC title

• F16F13/06

  the damper being a fluid damper, e.g. the plastics spring not forming a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper (F16F13/26 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16M2200/08

  Foot or support base · CPC title

• F15B15/10

  the motor being of diaphragm type · CPC title

• D06F39/125 Primary

  Supporting arrangements for the casing, e.g. rollers or legs · CPC title