Detergent additive box and mounting structure thereof, and distribution box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11965277-B2
Application number	US-202217886840-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2022
Priority date	Apr 17, 2017
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed is a detergent additive box. The detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity inside. The detergent additive box is provided with a one-way ventilation valve and a liquid outlet. An on-off valve is arranged on the liquid outlet. A suction device is arranged in the detergent additive box. An inlet of the suction device is communicated with the cavity, and an outlet of the suction device is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve. The detergent additive box of the present disclosure cooperates with a switching mechanism of a washing machine and a feeding pipeline of the washing machine to realize automatic drainage and multi-time drainage, so that the detergent additive box does not need to be mounted at each time of washing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A detergent additive box mounting structure, comprising:
a detergent additive box, wherein the detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity, and is provided with a one-way ventilation valve and a liquid outlet, and an on-off valve is arranged on the liquid outlet;
a mounting cavity, being configured to be arranged on a washing machine, wherein at least one space for placing the detergent additive box is provided inside the mounting cavity, and a limiting structure is arranged on the mounting cavity for limiting the movement of the detergent additive box when the detergent additive box is placed in the mounting cavity,
wherein the limiting structure comprises an elastic member arranged on one side of the mounting cavity, and
the elastic member is arranged between the detergent additive box and a side wall of the mounting cavity in an elastic deformation manner when the detergent additive box is placed in the mounting cavity; and
a water box configured to the washing machine, a distribution box configured to be withdrawable and pushable arranged in the water box, and the mounting cavity is arranged on the distribution box, wherein
the distribution box includes an upper-layer box and a lower-layer box,
the upper-layer box and the lower-layer box are detachably arranged or integrated,
the lower-layer box is connected with a drainage structure configured to communicate with an outer drum of the washing machine, and
the mounting cavity is arranged on the upper-layer box, and a through hole communicating with the lower-layer box is formed on the bottom wall of the mounting cavity.

2. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of detergent additive boxes are provided and disposed parallel to each other in the mounting cavity; and
the limiting structure comprises at least one separation rib arranged on a bottom wall of the mounting cavity to form separate spaces for placing the detergent additive boxes.

3. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the separation rib and the elastic member are arranged in a same direction;
the separation rib limits the movement of the detergent additive box in a first direction, and
the elastic member limits the movement of the detergent additive box in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein a pull groove is arranged on a side wall, opposite to the side for arranging the elastic member, of the mounting cavity.

5. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 4 , wherein a protruding structure for increasing friction force is arranged at a position, corresponding to the pull groove, of the detergent additive box.

6. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of detergent additive boxes are provided, and are separately arranged in spaces in the mounting cavity.

7. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 6 , wherein each detergent additive box is a cuboid/cube structure;
the liquid outlet is arranged at the bottom of each cuboid/cube structure;
a communicating structure is vertically arranged in each space on the bottom wall of the mounting cavity, for opening the on-off valve to enable the liquid outlet to be communicated with a detergent feeding port of the washing machine.

8. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 3 , wherein a plurality of detergent additive boxes are provided and disposed parallel to each other in the mounting cavity; and
the limiting structure further comprises at least one separation rib arranged on a bottom wall of the mounting cavity to form the separate spaces for placing the detergent additive boxes.

9. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 4 , wherein the pull groove is a recess extending from the side wall of the mounting cavity to the outside of the mounting cavity.

10. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein a pull groove is arranged on a side wall, opposite to the side for arranging the elastic member, of the mounting cavity.

11. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 3 , wherein a pull groove is arranged on a side wall, opposite to the side for arranging the elastic member, of the mounting cavity.

12. The detergent additive box mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the through hole is close to the liquid outlet.

Assignees

• Chongqing Haier Drum Washing Machine Co Ltd
• Haier Smart Home Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lv Peishi
• Cheng Baozhen
• Huang Tao

Classifications

• D06F39/02 Primary

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