Electrolytic assembly and laundry treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12091334-B2
Application number	US-201917613077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2019
Priority date	Aug 6, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

An electrolytic assembly and a laundry treatment apparatus. An electrolytic assembly includes an electrolytic device, a heating member, and a mounting device. The electrolytic device includes an electrode. The electrolytic device and/or heating member is connected to the mounting device. The heating member and the electrode are located on the same side of the mounting device. The electrolytic assembly can produce a hydroxyl radical having a strong oxidization activity by electrolyzing water by means of the electrolytic device to perform disinfection and sterilization, and can further heat a liquid to a required temperature by means of the heating member. The integration of the heating member and the electrolytic device can facilitate the arrangement of the structures of the heating member and the electrolytic device more compact and facilitate overall assembly/disassembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrolytic assembly, comprising:
an electrolytic device, comprising an electrode;
a heating member, the heating member comprising a first rod and a second rod connected with each other and forming there-between a gap where the electrode is located; and
buckles and second fasteners, wherein the heating member and the electrode are fixedly connected through the second fasteners;
wherein the electrode comprises a cathode and an anode, the electrolytic assembly comprises second insulators, each of which at least a part is clamped between the cathode and the anode;
wherein the cathode and the anode are arranged in a stack, each of the second insulators comprises a base clamped between the cathode and the anode and columns protruding out of a surface of the base, the anode is provided with through holes, and each of the columns is arranged in a respective one of the through holes in a penetrating manner.

2. The electrolytic assembly of claim 1 , wherein the heating member comprises a transition body connecting the first rod to the second rod, and the first rod, the second rod and the transition body are integrally formed.

3. The electrolytic assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the buckles comprises a connecting section located between the first rod and the second rod and snapping sections located at two opposite ends of the connecting section, a first of the snapping sections is snapped on the first rod, and a second of the snapping sections is snapped on the second rod.

4. The electrolytic assembly of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of buckles are present, and arranged at intervals along a length direction of at least one of the first rod or the second rod.

5. The electrolytic assembly of claim 1 , wherein the buckles are arranged on two opposite sides along a stacking direction of the cathode and the anode, the cathode and the anode are clamped between two of the buckles, and the cathode, the anode and the two of the buckles are fixedly connected through the second fasteners.

6. The electrolytic assembly of claim 3 , wherein an end face of each of the columns protrudes out of a surface of the anode, and abuts against one connecting section, wherein an interval space is formed between the connecting section and the anode, a first connecting hole penetrating each of the columns and each of the bases is formed in each of the second insulators, second connecting holes are formed in the connecting section, third connecting holes are formed in the cathode, and each of the second fasteners is arranged in a respective one of the first connecting holes, the second connecting holes and the third connecting holes in a penetrating manner.

7. The electrolytic assembly of claim 6 , comprising insulated limiting members clamped in the interval space between the connecting section and the anode, wherein at least one second through hole is formed in each of the insulated limiting members.

8. The electrolytic assembly of claim 7 , wherein each of the columns is arranged in a respective one of the at least one second through hole in a penetrating manner.

9. The electrolytic assembly of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of columns are present, and arranged at intervals along an extending direction of one connecting section, one of the columns is arranged in a respective one of the at least one second through holes in a penetrating manner, each of the insulated limiting members is formed with open notches at two opposite ends thereof along the extending direction of the connecting section, and each of the open notches is matched with a respective one of the columns.

10. The electrolytic assembly of claim 7 , wherein each of the insulated limiting members is provided with a second groove extending along an extending direction of the respective connecting section, and a part of the connecting section is located in the respective second groove.

11. A laundry treatment apparatus, comprising:
an inner cylinder;
an outer cylinder, in which the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged, and having formed therein an avoiding opening; and
the electrolytic assembly of claim 1 , having the electrode and the heating member arranged between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and having a mounting device sealing the avoiding opening.

Assignees

• Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Jiuxing
• Tu Youming
• Yang Qingbo
• Xiong Ming
• Zhou Cunling

Classifications

• D06F39/04

  Heating arrangements · CPC title

• D06F35/003 Primary

  using electrochemical cells · CPC title

• C02F2307/12

  as part of household appliances such as dishwashers, laundry washing machines or vacuum cleaners · CPC title

• C02F2303/04

  Disinfection · CPC title

• C02F2209/02

  Temperature · CPC title