JPH0245094A - Washing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily take out a dropped small object and to easily execute the maintenance of a heater by obtaining function as well to receive the small object, which is dropped through an interval between a rotating drum and an outer tank, for a case to receive the heater for washing water heating and providing this heater in the lower direction of the rotating drum with being leadable out of a washing machine. CONSTITUTION:When laundry is put in and out and the small object is dropped in the interval between a rotating drum 3 and an outer tank 2, the small object falls through this interval to a case 10, in which a heater 14 for washing water heating is received. In such a case, the case 10 is pull out in a right direction and it is pull out through a window 13 for pulling-out to the outside of the washing machine. Then, the small object received in the case 10 is picked up. After that, the case 10 is pushed into an original position, where the case is positioned before the pulling-out. When the maintenance of the heater 14 for washing water heating is executed, the maintenance is executed by pulling out the case 10 to the outside of the machine and after that, the case is returned to the original position.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a washing machine in which a laundry loading/unloading port is provided in the upper part of an outer tub and in the peripheral wall of a rotating drum housed in the outer tub.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, an outer tub 2 is installed inside a casing 1, a rotary drum 3 is housed in the outer tub 2, and a laundry loading/unloading port common to the upper part of the casing 1 and the outer tub 2 is provided. 4 is provided, and a small hole 3bii of the rotating drum 3 is provided. There is a washing machine which has a laundry loading/unloading port 5 on a peripheral wall 3a thereof and doors 6, 7 for opening and closing the laundry loading/unloading ports 4,5. In such a washing machine, the position of the rotating drum 3 is detected, the laundry loading/unloading port 5 of the rotary drum 3 is stopped at a position facing the laundry loading/unloading port 4 of the outer tub 2, the door 6°7 is opened, and the laundry loading/unloading port 4 is opened. In this state, laundry is put into the rotating drum 3 from outside the machine through the laundry loading/unloading port 4.5, and laundry is taken out of the machine from the rotating drum 3. In this case, small items such as socks, handkerchiefs, buttons, etc. are stored in the outer tub 2 and the rotating drum 3.
The dropped small items often reach the bottom of the outer tank 2. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
A small opening 8 with a lid is formed on the opposite side of the laundry loading/unloading opening 5, and the rotating drum 3 is stopped with the laundry loading/unloading opening 5 facing down. The user puts his hand into the rotating drum 3, puts his finger out from the laundry loading/unloading port 5, picks up a small item that has fallen between the outer tub 2 and the rotating drum 3, and takes the small item out of the machine in the opposite direction to the above. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional washing machine is constructed as described above, and has a rotation speed of F'7.
Because the drum has a small opening with a lid, the structure of the rotating drum becomes complicated, and even if the small opening is opened, it is difficult to see small items that have been dropped. Unfortunately, since there is a heater for warming the washing water at the bottom of the outer tub, there is a risk of getting burned if your fingers touch the heater. This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows small items dropped between the rotating drum and the outer tank to be taken out of the machine with ease and safely without the risk of burns. It is an object of the present invention to provide a washing machine in which the structure of a rotating drum does not need to be complicated, and workability during maintenance of a heater for heating washing water is improved.

[Means to solve the problem]

In the washing machine according to the present invention, the case that houses the heater for heating washing water also has the function of receiving small items that have fallen through the gap between the rotating drum and the outer tub, and the case can be pulled out of the machine. It is installed below the rotating drum at the bottom of the tank.

[For production]

In the washing machine of this invention, when loading and unloading laundry, small items such as socks, handkerchiefs, buttons, etc. dropped into the gap between the rotating drum and the outer tub can be caught in the case provided at the bottom of the outer tub. You can remove small items from the case while visually checking them, and then push the case back into its original position to retrieve dropped small items. Therefore, there is no need to provide a small opening with a lid on the rotating drum, and there is no need to grope and pick up small items that have fallen into the rotating drum. Maintenance can be carried out.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a sectional front view and a partially sectional right side view showing the overall configuration of a fully automatic washer/dryer according to an embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, inside a casing 1 with a low front side and an inclined upper surface 1a, an outer tank 2 and a peripheral wall 3 are rotatably supported in the outer tank 2.
A rotary drum 3 in which a large number of small holes 3b are formed is disposed in the rotary drum 3, and the rotary drum 3 is configured to be rotated by a drive motor 9. In addition, casing 1 and outer tank 2
A laundry loading/unloading port 4 is provided in the upper part of the laundry loading/unloading port 4, a door 6 for closing the laundry loading/unloading port 4 is pivotally attached to the casing 1, and a door 7 for closing the laundry loading/unloading opening 5 of the rotating drum 3 is provided on the peripheral wall 3a of the rotating drum 3. It is slidably held. Note that the above configuration is the same as that of a conventional integrated type fully automatic washer/dryer. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a case 1O having a groove-shaped cross section elongated in the axial direction is disposed below the rotating drum 3 at the bottom of the outer tank 2. A guide 12 having a wider cross section and a groove shape is fixed to the lower side of the long hole 11 provided at the bottom of the outer tank 2, and the case 10 is attached to the case guide 12.
is fitted and supported so that it can be pulled out in the right direction in Figure m1, and a drawer window 1 is provided on the side wall of the casing 1 facing the case 10.
3 is open. Furthermore, a heater 14 for heating the washing water is housed in the case 10, and the case 10 houses the rotating drum 3.
An end plate 10a is provided at the right end to serve as a receptacle for small objects that have fallen through the gap between the outer tank 2 and the outer tank 2, and a cooler 14a for supplying power to the heater 14 is fixed to the end plate 10n. . Furthermore, most of the drying air circulation path 15 is located in the casing 1.
The air circulation path 1 is arranged above the rear part of the outer tank 2.
The right end of Figure 1 of 5 is the warm air flow population 1 provided at the top of the outer tank 2.
6, a water-cooled water removal heat exchanger 17 is provided in the air circulation path 15, a fan 18 disposed on the left side of this, and a heater 28, and the left end of the air circulation path 15 is connected to the outer tank. 2 and the inside of the rotating drum 3 through a hot air outlet 20 provided at the center of the left end plate of the rotating drum 3. A drainage channel 21 is provided at the left end of the bottom of the outer tank 2.
is provided with a drain valve 22 , the downstream end of an overflow drain 23 is connected to the downstream side of the drain valve 22 of the drain 21 , and the upstream end of this is connected to a suitable location in the outer tank 2 . In addition, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, 24 is a washing water supply channel, 25, 26
2 is a cooling water discharge path, a dehumidifying water discharge path, and 27 is a cooling water supply path. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. The rotating drum 3 stops with the laundry loading/unloading port 5 facing the laundry loading/unloading port 4 of the outer tub 2, and with the laundry loading/unloading ports 4, 5 open, the laundry is loaded into the rotating drum 3 from the laundry loading/unloading ports 4, 5. put things in Next, detergent is added to the tap water through the washing water supply path 24 to obtain washing water, which is then supplied into the outer tub 2 and the rotating drum 3. 17i16.7 in a timely manner, the supplied washing water is heated as necessary by the heater 14, and the laundry stored in the rotating drum 3 is rotated. Do laundry while doing laundry. Next, rinsing is performed by supplying only water without detergent into the rotating drum 3 from the washing water supply path 24, and washing water containing detergent and rinsing water are supplied to the inner and outer tubs of the rotating drum 3 at appropriate times. 2. Drain from inside. After that, a dehydration operation is performed, followed by a drying operation. In this case, the cooling water is guided from the cooling water supply path 27 to the heat exchanger 17, and the air circulation path 15 is driven by the fan 18.
The humidified warm air is guided from the outer tank 2 to the air circulation path 15,
The heat exchanger 17 exchanges heat to condense and remove moisture contained in the hot air, and the heater 28 heats this air to produce hot air.
The air is supplied into the rotating drum 3 to remove water from the laundry to become humidified air, which is sucked into the air circulation path 15 again through the outer tub 2, and the above-described operations are repeated to circulate the air. Note that rinsing and drying are also performed while rotating the rotary drum 3. After drying the laundry, the rotary drum 3 is stopped at a position where the laundry loading/unloading opening 5 faces the laundry loading/unloading port 4 of the outer tub 2, the doors 6 and 7 are opened, and the laundry is removed from inside the rotating drum 3. Remove laundry from the machine. Then, when the laundry is taken out or put in, if the small items are dropped into the gap between the rotating drum 3 and the outer tub 2, the small items fall through this gap into the case 10 in which the heater 14 for warming the washing water is accommodated. In this case, the case 10 is pulled out to the right in FIG. 1 through the drawer window 13 to outside the machine, and the small items held in the case 10 are picked up. Thereafter, the case 10 is pushed back to its original position before being pulled out. Also, when maintaining the wash water warming beater 14, the case 10 is pulled out of the machine in the same manner as described above, and then returned to the light position. In this embodiment, the drawer window 13 provided in the casing 1 may be large enough to allow access, and may be provided with a lid that can be opened and closed.

【Effect of the invention】

As explained above, according to the present invention, the laundry loading/unloading port provided on the peripheral wall of the rotating drum is opposed to the laundry loading/unloading port provided at the upper part of the outer tub, and the laundry is loaded through both laundry loading/unloading ports. When putting in and out of the rotating drum, if a small item is dropped between the rotating drum and the outer tank, the dropped small item can be caught in the case that houses the wash water warming beater installed at the bottom of the outer tank. By pulling the case out of the machine, you can remove the small item while visually checking it, and then push the case back into its original position.Therefore, there is no need to grope to pick up the dropped small item from inside the rotating drum. As mentioned above, small items can be picked up without touching them, making it easier to operate and safely taking out small items. Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a small opening with a lid on the rotating drum as in the conventional case, and the structure of the rotating drum does not become complicated. This has the effect of improving workability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional front view showing a washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a right side view of the same section, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the main parts, and Fig. 4 is a case. Perspective view of 5th
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the upper part of a conventional washing machine, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the conventional washing machine when taking out small items. 1. Casing, 2. Outer tank, 3. Rotating drum, 3
a... Peripheral wall, 4, 5... Laundry loading/unloading opening, 6, 7.
・Door, 10. Case, 12. Case guide, 13. Drawer window, .. Heater for heating washing water. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or equivalent parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a washing machine equipped with an outer tub having a laundry loading/unloading port at the top and a rotating drum housed in the outer tub with a laundry loading/unloading port on the peripheral wall, a washing machine is installed below the rotating drum at the bottom of the outer tub. A washing machine characterized in that a case that accommodates a heater for heating water and receives small items that have fallen through a gap between a rotating drum and an outer tub can be pulled out of the machine.