CN109758085B

CN109758085B - Dish washing machine

Info

Publication number: CN109758085B
Application number: CN201711104262.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 解婷; 史景文; 杨林
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Dishwasher Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Dishwasher Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-11-10
Filing date: 2017-11-10
Publication date: 2022-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2037-11-10
Also published as: CN109758085A

Abstract

The invention discloses a dish washing machine, which comprises an inner container, a water tank, a steam generator and a water softener, wherein a water outlet of the water softener is communicated with the water tank, the water tank is communicated with the inner container, a filter is arranged at a position, connected with the water inlet of the steam generator, of the water tank, and a steam outlet of the steam generator is communicated with the inner space of the inner container. The water source of the steam generator is softened water which is used for removing Ca and Mg ions, the filter can remove residues in the water, the water source entering the steam generator is free of Ca, Mg ions and residues which can cause scale, the service life of the steam generator is prolonged, the steam generator is simple in structure, small in size and convenient to install, can quickly generate steam, and is suitable for various household electrical appliances which generate steam.

Description

Dish washing machine

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of cleaning equipment, and particularly relates to a dish-washing machine.

Background

Among the prior art, the steam generator water inlet of dish washer is with water source lug connection, perhaps the water source passes through the water softener and passes through the three-way valve again, supply water to the washing basin and the steam generator of dish washer respectively through controlling the three-way valve, the relation of connection of dish washer washing water and steam generator water and water source is complicated, and steam generator is bulky, the structure is complicated, along with the progress of times, the household electrical appliances that produce steam are used more and more extensively now, also more and more to steam generator performance requirement. In other words, the technical requirements of the steam generator are getting higher and higher, and the steam generator with small volume, strong applicability and simple structure becomes a more popular product according to the application requirements of various household electrical appliances.

Chinese patent application No. CN201520509852.3 discloses a dishwasher, comprising: an inner container; the water cup is arranged at the bottom of the inner container; a steam outlet of the steam generator is communicated with the inner space of the inner container; and the water supply system is respectively connected with the water source, the water cup and the steam generator. This scheme passes through the water softener with the water source and passes through the three-way valve again, supplies water to the washing basin and the steam generator of dish washer respectively through the control three-way valve, and dish washer washing water and steam generator water are complicated with the relation of connection at water source, and steam generator regards as an independent functional module, uses in the middle of the product environment of all kinds of needs, but does not simplify steam generator, also does not reduce the volume, and the structure is complicated.

The present invention has been made in view of this situation.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of overcoming the defects of the prior art and provides a dish washing machine, wherein a steam generator is simple in structure, small in size and convenient to install, steam can be generated quickly, a water source of the steam generator is softened water for removing Ca and Mg ions, a filter can remove residues in the water, the water source entering the steam generator is free of Ca, Mg ions and residues which can cause scale, and the service life of the steam generator is prolonged.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: the utility model provides a dish washer, includes inner bag, basin, steam generator and water softener, water softener delivery port and basin intercommunication, basin and inner bag intercommunication, the basin is connected steam generator water inlet department and is provided with the filter, steam generator's steam outlet and the inner space intercommunication of inner bag.

Further, the water softener delivery port passes through water softener outlet pipe and basin intercommunication, and the steam generator water inlet passes through the steam generator inlet tube and communicates with the steam generator feed water inlet of basin, and the steam generator feed water inlet is provided with the detachable filter, and steam generator's steam outlet passes through the inner space intercommunication of steam generator outlet duct and inner bag.

Further, steam generator includes the steam generator body, and steam generator body an organic whole is formed with cavity and installation department, and the cavity is used for storing water, and the installation department is equipped with the steam generation unit that is used for producing steam, steam generation unit and cavity intercommunication.

Further, the mounting portion is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the steam generating unit in the mounting portion.

Furthermore, the installation part comprises a first installation part and a second installation part which are communicated with each other, the steam generation unit is installed on the first installation part, the water suction pump is installed on the second installation part, and the steam generation unit is communicated with the chamber through the water suction pump.

Furthermore, the second installation part is located the cavity lower part, and the water suction pump passes through into water connecting piece and cavity intercommunication, first installation part is located the cavity lateral part, and the water suction pump directly communicates with steam generation unit.

Furthermore, the steam generator body is at least provided with one mounting hole, the side wall of the mounting part is provided with a concave part, and a steam outlet of the steam generating unit extends out of the steam generator body through the concave part.

Furthermore, the steam generating unit is provided with a temperature controller for controlling the closing of the steam generating unit.

Furthermore, the steam generation unit comprises a heat preservation shell and a heating body, the heat preservation shell forms a containing cavity, and the heating body is arranged in the containing cavity.

Further, the chamber is formed by sealing the groove of the steam generator body and the upper cover, and is provided with an overflow port from which water is discharged when the water level of the chamber is higher than a predetermined water level.

After the technical scheme is adopted, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects.

1. The water source of the steam generator is softened water which is used for removing Ca and Mg ions, the filter can remove residues in the water, the water entering the steam generator does not contain Ca, Mg ions and residues which can cause scale, and the service life of the steam generator is prolonged.

2. The steam generator has the advantages of simple structure, small size and convenient installation, can generate steam quickly, and is suitable for various household electrical appliances generating steam.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention to the right. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the bottom structure of the dishwasher of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the upper structure of the dishwasher of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the sump of the dishwasher of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the filter construction of the dishwasher of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded schematic view of the steam generator of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a rear schematic view of the steam generator of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a front schematic view of the steam generator of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a steam generation unit; 11. a heat preservation shell; 12. a heating body; 13. a temperature controller; 14. a steam outlet; 2. a steam generator body; 21. a first mounting portion; 22. a second mounting portion; 23. a chamber; 231. an upper cover; 232. an overflow port; 233. a steam generator water inlet; 3. a water inlet connector; 4. a water suction pump; 5. mounting holes; 6. pressing a plate; 7. a water softener; 71. a water outlet pipe of the water softener; 72. a water inlet pipe of a water softener; 8. a water tank; 81. a filter; 811. a frame; 812. a filter screen; 813. a handle; 82. a steam generator water supply port; 9. a steam generator; 91. a steam generator water inlet pipe; 92. a steam generator outlet pipe; 93. an air inlet; 10. an inner container.

It should be noted that the drawings and the description are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate it by a person skilled in the art with reference to specific embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and the following embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the dishwasher of the present invention includes an inner container 10, a water tank 8, a steam generator 9 and a water softener 7, wherein a water outlet of the water softener 7 is communicated with the water tank 8, the water tank 8 is communicated with the inner container 10, a water inlet 233 of the steam generator is communicated with the water tank 8, and a steam outlet 14 of the steam generator 9 is communicated with an inner space of the inner container 10.

Further, the water outlet of the water softener 7 is communicated with the water tank 8 through the water outlet pipe 71 of the water softener, the water inlet 233 of the steam generator is communicated with the water tank 8 through the water inlet pipe 91 of the steam generator, and the steam outlet 14 of the steam generator 9 is communicated with the inner space of the inner container 10 through the air outlet pipe 92 of the steam generator.

Specifically, basin 8 sets up in inner bag 10 bottom, and the installing port has been seted up to inner bag 10 diapire, and 8 open-top in basin makes basin 8 and inner bag 10 intercommunication through the installing port connection of inner bag 10, and the water at external water source passes through water softener inlet tube 72 and gets into water softener 7, and water softener 7 softens water, gets rid of the Ca of aquatic, the Mg ion, the softened water that has handled passes through water softener 7 delivery port and gets into in the basin 8 through water softener outlet pipe 71. Softened water in the basin 8, partly be used for washing the tableware in inner bag 10, partly steam generator water supply mouth 82 through basin 8 gets into steam generator inlet tube 91 to get into steam generator 9 through steam generator inlet tube 91, be provided with air inlet 93 on the inner bag 10 lateral wall, steam that steam generator 9 produced gets into steam generator outlet duct 92 through steam outlet 14, steam generator outlet duct 92 communicates with air inlet 93 on the inner bag 10 lateral wall, steam gets into the inner space intercommunication of inner bag 10 through air inlet 93.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, in the dishwasher of the present embodiment, since the water tank 8 is communicated with the inner container 10, although a slag collecting basket is disposed at the connection between the water tank 8 and the inner container 10, water in the water tank 8 still has fine slag, in order to prevent the slag from entering the steam generator 9 through the steam generator inlet pipe 91, a detachable filter 81 is disposed at the steam generator water supply port 82 of the water tank 8, the water in the water tank 8 passes through the filter 81 and then enters the steam generator inlet pipe 91, the filter 81 can remove the slag in the water, and the water entering the steam generator 9 has no slag by additionally disposing the filter 81, thereby prolonging the service life of the steam generator 9.

Furthermore, because the filter 81 is blocked after long-term use and has poor filtering effect, the filter 81 of the present invention is detachably mounted on the inner container 10, and a user can clean or replace the filter 81 according to actual needs, the filter 81 includes a frame 811, a handle 813, a filter screen 812, the filter screen 812 is disposed in the frame 811, the frame 811 is provided with a clamping portion, the steam generator water supply inlet 82 of the water tank 8 is provided with a connecting portion corresponding to the clamping portion, and the filter 81 is connected with the water tank 8 in a clamping manner, so as to be conveniently detached.

Example two

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, the steam generator 9 according to the present invention includes a steam generator body 2, wherein the steam generator body 2 is integrally formed with a chamber 23 and a mounting portion, the chamber 23 is used for storing water, the mounting portion is provided with a steam generating unit 1 for generating steam, and the steam generating unit 1 is communicated with the chamber 23.

Specifically, steam generator body 2 is the integrated into one piece structure, and cavity 23 is sealed by recess and upper cover 231 on the steam generator body 2 and forms, and the recess bottom surface is steam generator body 2 bottom plane, four lateral walls of protruding on the plane, and four lateral walls and the bottom surface that connect gradually form a square groove, and recess upper portion is open structure, is provided with upper cover 231 at the opening part and seals the cavity 23 that forms a recess and be used for storing water. The steam generator body 2 further comprises an installation part, the installation part is used for installing the steam generation unit 1, the steam generation unit 1 is communicated with the cavity 23, and water stored in the cavity 23 enters the steam generation unit 1 to generate steam.

Further, in order that the steam generating unit 1 can be fixed in the mounting portion on the steam generator body 2, the mounting portion is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the steam generating unit 1 in the mounting portion. The locking mechanism is a pressing plate 6, clamping grooves are formed in two sides of the installation part, two sides of the pressing plate 6 can be clamped in the clamping grooves in the two sides of the installation part, and therefore the locking process is achieved, the pressing plate 6 presses the steam generation unit 1 in the installation part, and the steam generation unit 1 is fixed in the installation part.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, in the steam generator 9 of the present embodiment, the mounting portion includes a first mounting portion 21 and a second mounting portion 22, and the first mounting portion 21 and the second mounting portion 22 are communicated with each other. The first installation part 21 is arranged at the side part of the chamber 23, the second installation part 22 is arranged at the lower part of the chamber 23, the steam generating unit 1 is installed at the first installation part 21, the water suction pump 4 is installed at the second installation part 22, and the chamber 23 formed by the steam generator body 2 is also provided with a steam generator water inlet 233, a steam generator water outlet and an overflow opening 232. Water is discharged from the overflow 232 when the water level of the chamber 23 is higher than a predetermined level. Steam generator water inlet 233 and the steam generator delivery port setting are in the lower part of cavity 23, and the water inlet of suction pump 4 passes through the steam generator delivery port intercommunication of the connecting piece of intaking 3 and cavity 23, and the steam generator delivery port of suction pump 4 is direct to communicate with steam generation unit 1 water inlet, through foretell each part mounted position and overall arrangement, has reduced the connection distance of each part, has saved corresponding adapting unit, thereby make steam generator 9 simple structure, whole volume reduces.

Example four

As shown in fig. 5 to 7, in the steam generator 9 of the present embodiment, the steam generator body 2 is provided with at least one mounting hole 5, and the specific number of the mounting holes 5 can be set by a person skilled in the art according to actual needs, and the setting position of the mounting hole 5 can be any position of the steam generator body 2. Preferably, it is disposed at the peripheral edge of the steam generator body 2, or at the peripheral corners of the steam generator body 2, so as to facilitate the installation. The user can fix the steam generator body 2 to the body of the steam generating electric home appliance by passing a screw through the mounting hole 5. The steam generating unit 1 is further provided with a steam outlet 14 for discharging steam, a concave part is arranged on the side wall of the mounting part, and the steam outlet 14 of the steam generating unit 1 extends out of the steam generator body 2 through the concave part.

Further, the steam generating unit 1 further comprises a temperature controller 13, the temperature controller 13 is disposed at one side of the steam generating unit 1, the temperature controller 13 is connected with a control circuit of the steam generating unit 1, and when the temperature of the steam generating unit 1 reaches a predetermined temperature, the temperature controller 13 can control the steam generating unit 1 to be turned off. The additional temperature controller 13 can prevent safety accidents caused by overheating of the steam generating unit 1, so that the steam generator 9 is safer to use by users.

Furthermore, the dishwasher steam generating unit 1 comprises a heat preservation shell 11 and a heating body 12, wherein the heat preservation shell 11 forms a cavity, and the heating body 12 is arranged in the cavity. The heat preservation shell 11 is used for preserving heat for the heating body 12, when the heating body 12 works, a large amount of heat can be generated, one part of heat is used for heating water to generate steam, the other part of heat can be lost along with the heat dissipation of the shell of the heating body 12, and the heat dissipation part of heat is wasted. In order to guarantee that heating body 12 warms up fast to reduce the heat that heating body 12 dispeled, this embodiment adopts to set up heating body 12 in the appearance chamber that heat preservation shell 11 formed, and heat preservation shell 11 can reduce the heat that heating body 12 during operation dispeled, has improved heating body 12's work efficiency, makes steam generator 9 produce steam fast.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A dish washer, includes inner bag, basin, steam generator and water softener, its characterized in that: the water outlet of the water softener is communicated with a water tank, the water tank is communicated with the inner container, a filter is arranged at the position of the water tank, which is connected with the water inlet of the steam generator, and the steam outlet of the steam generator is communicated with the inner space of the inner container;

the water outlet of the water softener is communicated with the water tank through a water outlet pipe of the water softener, the water inlet of the steam generator is communicated with the water supply port of the steam generator of the water tank through a water inlet pipe of the steam generator, the water supply port of the steam generator is provided with a detachable filter, and the steam outlet of the steam generator is communicated with the inner space of the inner container through a steam outlet pipe of the steam generator;

the filter comprises a frame, a handle and a filter screen, the filter screen is arranged in the frame, the frame is provided with a clamping part, a water supply port of the steam generator of the water tank is provided with a connecting part corresponding to the clamping part, and the filter is connected with the water tank in a clamping way;

the steam generator comprises a steam generator body, wherein the steam generator body is of an integrally-formed structure and is provided with a shell, a cavity and a mounting part are integrally formed on the steam generator body, the cavity is used for storing water, the cavity is formed by sealing a groove and an upper cover on the steam generator body, and the bottom surface of the groove is a bottom plane of the steam generator body; the mounting part is provided with a steam generating unit for generating steam, the steam generating unit is communicated with the cavity, and the mounting part is a mounting cavity integrally formed by the steam generator body;

the steam generating unit is arranged on the first installation part, the water suction pump is arranged on the second installation part, and the steam generating unit is communicated with the chamber through the water suction pump; the second mounting part is positioned at the lower part of the chamber, the water suction pump is communicated with the chamber through a water inlet connecting piece, the first mounting part is positioned at the side part of the chamber, and the water suction pump is directly communicated with the steam generation unit;

the steam generator is characterized in that the mounting part is provided with a locking mechanism for locking the steam generator in the mounting part, the locking mechanism is a pressing plate, clamping grooves are formed in two sides of the mounting part, and two sides of the pressing plate can be clamped in the clamping grooves in the two sides of the mounting part, so that the locking process is realized.

2. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein: the steam generator body is at least provided with one mounting hole, the side wall of the mounting part is provided with a concave part, and a steam outlet of the steam generating unit extends out of the steam generator body through the concave part.

3. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein: the steam generating unit is provided with a temperature controller for controlling the closing of the steam generating unit.

4. The dishwasher of claim 1, wherein: the steam generation unit comprises a heat preservation shell and a heating body, the heat preservation shell forms a containing cavity, and the heating body is arranged in the containing cavity.

5. The dishwasher according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein: the chamber is provided with a weir from which water is discharged when the water level of the chamber is higher than a predetermined level.