Washing machine having separate washing arrangements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10760192-B2
Application number	US-201515737360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A washing machine having separate washing arrangements, comprising a housing (1), and, arranged within said housing (1), a first automatic washing system (2) and a second automatic washing system (3). The housing (1) contains a first washing area (4) for accommodating the first automatic washing system (2) and a second washing area (5) for accommodating the second automatic washing system (3), said first washing area (4) and second washing area (5) being arranged one on the left and the other on the right. The vertical plane upon which are located the axis of the first automatic washing system (2) and the axis of the second automatic washing system (3) and the vertical plane of the center line of the top of the present washing machine form an angle. Arrangement of the first automatic washing system (2) and the second automatic washing system (3) within the housing (1) provides a single washing machine with separate washing functions, and a user may choose according to need whether to operate one automatic washing system or both automatic washing systems at the same time. An auxiliary functional area (6) provided within the housing (1) makes more rational use of the space within the housing (1), and allows for a more compact arrangement of the two automatic washing systems, which reduces the volume of the housing (1).

First claim

What we claimed is:

1. A washing machine with dual washing systems comprising:
a shell, a first automatic washing system and a second automatic washing system, the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing system are disposed in the shell; the shell has a first washing area accommodating the first automatic washing system and a second washing area accommodating the second automatic washing system, the first washing area and the second washing area are arranged along the direction from left to right; an included angle forms by a first vertical plane where the axis of the first automatic washing system and the axis of the second automatic washing system lie in and a second vertical plane passing through the center line of the top of the shell and separating the shell into left and right positions;
wherein the second automatic washing system includes a second washing cylinder, an outer cylinder cover is arranged on the second washing cylinder, a clothes access and an inner cover sliding to open and close the clothes access are provided on the outer cylinder cover and a receiving area for receiving the opening inner cover is provided inside the shell; and
wherein the left and right ends of the inner cover extend outwardly forming sliding pieces along the horizon direction, and two pressing pieces are provided on the outer cylinder cover on the left and right sides of the clothing access, a sliding trail receiving one of the sliding pieces is provided between one of the pressing piece and the outer cylinder cover.

2. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 1 , wherein the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing systems are fully automatic washing system, and a water supply system and a drainage system is used by the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing system together.

3. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 1 , wherein a control system controls the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing system and the spinning cycle of the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing system starts at different time under the control of the control system.

4. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 1 , wherein the shell has an auxiliary functional area adjacent to the first washing area and the second washing area, the auxiliary functional area and the second washing area are arranged back and forth, the auxiliary functional area and the first washing area are disposed along the direction from left to right.

5. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary functional area is provided with a storage module, a health module or a third automatic washing system.

6. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 4 , wherein the washing machine further has a display operation module disposed on the top of the auxiliary functional area.

7. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to claim 1 , wherein the first automatic washing system comprises a first washing cylinder, the second automatic washing system comprises a second washing cylinder, and the distance between the first washing cylinder and the second washing cylinder is 15 mm to 30 mm or higher.

8. A washing machine with dual washing systems comprising:
a shell, a first automatic washing system and a second automatic washing system, the first automatic washing system and the second automatic washing system are disposed in the shell; the shell has a first washing area accommodating the first automatic washing system and a second washing area accommodating the second automatic washing system, the first washing area and the second washing area are arranged along the direction from left to right; an included angle forms by a first vertical plane where the axis of the first automatic washing system and the axis of the second automatic washing system lie in and a second vertical plane passing through the center line of the top of the shell and separating the shell into left and right positions;
wherein the shell comprises a frame and a shell body which is arranged on the outside of the frame, wherein the frame comprises an upper frame, a base and a plurality of vertical beams which are arranged between the upper frame and the base, the upper frame is provided with an upper middle beam in the front-rear direction, a bottom middle beam in the front-rear direction is arranged on the base, the vertical plane comprising the upper middle beam and the bottom middle beam divides the room enclosed by the shell into left and right parts; and
wherein the upper middle beam is provided with a first hanging structure holding the first automatic washing system and a second hanging structure holding the second automatic washing system, the upper middle beam, the first hanging structure and the second hanging structure are in one piece by molding.

9. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 1 , wherein the outer cylinder cover is provided with a wiping plate; when the inner cover is opened, the wiping plate removes water droplets from the lower surface of the inner cover.

10. The washing machine with dual washing systems according to the claim 9 , wherein the wiping plate inclines towards the closing direction of the inner cover and is tilted upwardly by a certain angle.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Lv Peishi
• Zhai Qingming
• Zhu Yingxi
• Xu Zhiwei
• Niu Yanjuan

Classifications

• D06F29/005 Primary

  the other separate apparatus being a drying appliance · CPC title

• D06F39/081

  Safety arrangements for preventing water damage · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• D06F37/40

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

• D06F39/12

  Casings; Tubs · CPC title