JP2006239130A - Lint collector for washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and convenient lint collector for a washing machine, which securely holds lint in a net and has a simple structure, and from which the lint is readily removed. <P>SOLUTION: The lint collector for the washing machine has a lint collection bag with a double structure of an outside net portion having a bottom and an inside net portion without a bottom. The lint collector is composed of: a net bag 1 having a bottom, which has a gradually increasing diameter from an opening portion 1a and a gradually reducing diameter from a large-diameter portion 1b; an inner ring 2 provided in the net at a part corresponding to the large-diameter portion 1b; and an outer ring 3 detachably engaged to the inner ring 2 from outside the net. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a waste collector used in an electric washing machine, and more particularly to a waste collector for a washing machine provided with a double-structure waste collection net.

Conventionally, as this kind of waste collecting tool, a washing machine with a sucker or a hook is used while maintaining the opening state of the net by fitting a plastic ring into the opening of a conical shaped collection net for washing waste It has been proposed to be used by being locked to the inner wall of the garment, or to be floated and used in a washing tub by floating.
However, if the collection net is composed of a single net, the water flow changes when the water flow is reversed or stopped even if the yarn waste in the water is collected in the net. The waste once collected in the net floats out of the net, and there is a disadvantage that the collected waste cannot be reliably held in the net.

Therefore, for the purpose of eliminating such inconvenience, the collection net has a double net structure in the vicinity of the opening of the outer net and the inner net. There has been proposed a dust collecting tool which is not to be used (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 51-39356 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-160788

  However, each of the dust collectors of Patent Documents 1 and 2 includes two bag bodies of a bottomed outer net and a bottomless inner net opened at both ends, and the openings of both are overlapped and attached to the ring. Since the structure is complicated, the cost is high, and disassembling and assembling of the waste collecting tool when taking out (cleaning) the waste collected in the bag is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of the disadvantages of such a conventional waste collecting tool, and can reliably hold the collected waste in the net, has a simple structure, and is capable of collecting. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive and easy-to-use washing machine waste collector that allows easy removal of waste.

  That is, the present invention described in claim 1 is a waste collection machine for a washing machine having a double-structured waste collection bag composed of a bottomed outer net portion and an inner bottomless inner net portion. A bottomed net bag which is gradually expanded from the opening and gradually reduced in diameter from the large diameter part, an inner ring provided inside the net corresponding to the large diameter part, It is characterized by comprising an outer ring that is detachably engaged with the inner ring from the outside.

  Further, the present invention according to claim 2 is the waste collecting tool for a washing machine according to claim 1, wherein an arm portion is provided from the circumferential portion of the outer ring toward the center, and the arm portion is assembled. It is characterized in that a locking tool mounting portion is provided at a location.

According to the present invention, the inner ring is inserted inside the portion corresponding to the large-diameter portion of the net bag, the net is folded back, and the outer ring is engaged with the inner ring from the outside of the net, thereby collecting the double structure waste. Since the bag can be configured, the structure is extremely simple and inexpensive, and the disassembly and assembly work for cleaning the collected waste can be easily performed.
In addition, the folded portion (inner net portion) is positioned below the arm portion of the outer ring, and since the lifting of the inner net portion during use is prevented by this arm portion, it is collected in the net. It is possible to prevent waste from flowing out and to securely hold and store the waste in the net.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a waste collecting tool for a washing machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows disassembly / assembly of the waste collector of this embodiment, FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the waste collector, and FIG. 3 shows the internal structure of the waste collector.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the waste collecting tool of this embodiment includes a bottomed net bag 1, an inner ring 2, an outer ring 3, and a float 4.

  The net bag 1 is composed of a fine mesh-like cloth body, the shape of which is a spindle shape that gradually expands from the opening 1a, gradually decreases from the large-diameter portion 1b, and closes at the end. It is a bag body. The large-diameter portion 1b is located at a portion of about ¼ of the entire length below the opening portion 1a, and this portion becomes a net turn-back portion described later.

  The inner ring 2 is a plastic circular ring body having a certain degree of elasticity, and is attached from the inside of the net to a portion corresponding to the large-diameter portion 1 b of the net bag 1.

  The outer ring 3 is a hard plastic circular ring body having the same diameter as that of the inner ring 2, and has a groove portion 5 in which the side wall 2a of the inner ring 2 is accommodated at the bottom of the ring body, and a circumferential portion. A plurality of (three) arm portions 6 directed toward the center are provided, and a locking tool attaching portion 7 (small hole 7) into which the air inlet 4a of the above-described floating 4 is fitted at a gathering location of the arm portions 6 is provided. Yes.

  In order to assemble the waste collecting tool having the above-described configuration, first, the inner ring 2 is inserted inside the portion corresponding to the large-diameter portion 1 b of the net bag 1. Since the inner ring 2 is an elastic plastic ring body, it can be easily deformed with a finger and pushed into the inside of the net bag 1, and after insertion, it is restored to its original shape due to its own elasticity. Return. The outer diameter of the inner ring 2 is somewhat larger than the large-diameter portion 1b of the net bag 1, and the inner ring 2 can be tightly adhered and fixed to the large-diameter portion 1b due to the stretchability of the net.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the opening 1a side of the net bag 1 is folded inward at the inner ring 2 so that the opening 1a faces downward, and from the outside of the net, the inner ring 2 By fitting the groove 5 of the outer ring 3 to the side wall 2a and fitting the outer ring 3 to the inner ring 2 with the net interposed therebetween, the bottomed triangular pyramid outer net 10a and the inner The double-structured waste collecting bag 10 can be configured by the inner net portion 10b having a bottomless inverted truncated cone shape. If the float 4 is attached to the small hole 7 of the outer ring 3 in this state, the assembly is completed, and the waste collecting tool shown in FIG. 2 is obtained.

As described above, the waste collecting tool of the present invention is a double net and has a very simple structure and is inexpensive, and can be easily disassembled and assembled for cleaning the collected waste.
As shown in FIG. 2, the inner net portion 10 b is positioned below (inner side) the arm portion 6 of the outer ring 3, and the inner net portion 10 b is lifted by the water flow during use. Therefore, the waste collected in the net can be prevented from flowing out together with water from the opening 1a of the inner net portion 10b, so that the collected waste in the net can be reliably removed during washing. Can be held and accommodated.

  As mentioned above, although this embodiment demonstrated what used the float 4 attached to the outer ring 3 of a waste collection tool, and floated on a washing tub, the latching tool with a suction cup, a clip, etc. was used for engagement of the outer ring 3. Of course, it is also possible to attach to the stopper attachment part 7 and to use it by engaging with the inner wall of the washing machine.

The disassembled perspective view of the waste collection tool for washing machines which concerns on this invention. The external appearance perspective view of the waste collection tool for washing machines. Sectional drawing of the waste collection tool for washing machines.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Net bag 1a Opening part 1b Large diameter part 2 Inner ring 3 Outer ring 6 Arm part 7 Locking tool attaching part (small hole)
10 Waste collection bag 10b Inner net 10a Outer net

Claims (2)

A waste collecting tool for a washing machine having a double-structured waste collecting bag composed of a bottomed outer net portion and an inner bottomless inner net portion,
A net bag with a bottom that gradually increases in diameter from the opening and gradually decreases in diameter from the large diameter part,
An inner ring provided on the inner side of the net corresponding to the large diameter portion;
A waste collector for a washing machine, comprising an outer ring that is detachably engaged with the inner ring from the outside of a net. The waste collection for a washing machine according to claim 1, wherein an arm portion is provided from the circumferential portion of the outer ring toward the center, and a locking tool attaching portion is provided at a gathering location of the arm portion. Ingredients.

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