Washing method for washing machine and a washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9920465-B2
Application number	US-201615078461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2016
Priority date	Aug 3, 2012
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

A washing machine contains a wash tub, an impeller and a motor. Clothing is put into the tub and the load is detected. Water is added until the water level is below or equal to load height. To begin washing, the impeller drives the clothing to overturn, resulting in generating three types of water flows: agitating flow, enhancing flow and balancing flow. At first, the agitating flow breaks the balance of the load to disperse clothing, then the enhancing flow overturns clothing for washing. Finally, the balancing flow maintains the circulation path for the load balance overturning. Single sequential control or repeatedly alternating cycle control of the three types of water flows can be adopted for washing. The invention can save water, improve washing efficiency and avoid intertwining of clothing, characterized by full-range, thorough, repeated and efficient washing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A washing machine comprising:
a washing tub; and
an impeller and a motor,
the impeller comprising an impeller disk and a water spinning blade arranged on a surface of the impeller disk,
the impeller disk being of basin-shaped structure with a bulge on a center of the impeller disk,
the water spinning blade extending from the center of the impeller disk to an edge of the impeller disk, and
the water spinning blade comprising at least a first convex rib and a second convex rib which incline to two sides of the water spinning blade in an extension direction of the water spinning blade respectively to form a twisted structure of the water spinning blade,
wherein, in the extension direction from the center of the impeller disk to the edge of the impeller disk, an upper surface of the water spinning blade at first rises to a maximum height, then falls to a minimum height and finally rises to realize a smooth transition with an inner circumferential wall of the basin-shaped impeller disk,
a height difference between the maximum height and the minimum height of the water spinning blade is 1-1.5 times a depth of the impeller disk,
a height difference between the maximum height of the water spinning blade and the center of the impeller disk is 0-0.2 times the depth of the impeller disk, and
a position of smooth transition between the water spinning blade and the inner circumferential wall of the impeller disk is located on ⅓-⅔ of the impeller disk depth.

2. The washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the water spinning blade is of curved shape in the extension direction, and
the water spinning blade has at least two convex ribs with different rates of curve or slope projected on the surface of the impeller disk, or, the water spinning blade at least comprises a curved convex rib.

3. The washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the water spinning blade comprises the first convex rib close to the center of the impeller disk and the second convex rib close to the edge of the impeller disk,
the first convex rib and the second convex rib incline to the surface of the impeller disk on different sides respectively,
a slope angle between the first convex rib or the second convex rib and the surface the impeller disk are greater than or equal to 55°, and
a smooth transition is formed between both sides of the water spinning blade and the surface of the impeller disk.

4. The washing machine according to claim 3 , wherein a projection of the first convex rib and the second convex rib on the surface of the impeller disk is a profile of two arches including a first arch and a second arch, wherein a center of curvature of the first arch is located on one of the two sides of the water spinning blade in the extension direction of the water spinning blade, and a center of curvature of the second arch is located on the other one of the two sides of the water spinning blade in the extension direction.

5. The washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein a central angle between two ends of the water spinning blade is in the range 15°-90°.

6. The washing machine according to claim 5 , wherein a central angle between two ends of the water spinning blade is in the range 30°-60°.

7. The washing machine according to claim 3 , wherein:
a slope angle between the first convex rib and the surface of the impeller disk is an amount ranging from 80° to 85°; and
a slope angle between the second convex rib and the surface of the impeller disk is an amount ranging from 75° to 80°.

8. The washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the height difference between the maximum height of the water spinning blade and the center of the impeller disk is 0.1 times the depth of the impeller disk.

Assignees

• Haier Group Corp
• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Zhang Tao
• Tian Yun
• Xu Wenting
• Gao Qiuying
• Gong Menghu
• Li Feng

Classifications

• D06F17/06

  by rotary impellers · CPC title

• D06F35/006

  for washing or rinsing only · CPC title

• Y02B40/56

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• D06F17/10 Primary

  Impellers · CPC title

• D06F17/08

  Driving arrangements for the impeller · CPC title