KR20090096948A - Clothes treating machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A cloth treating device is provided to prevent the laundry from falling down when taking out the laundry from a drum since a rotating panel support the laundry at the bottom part of in input. A cloth treating device comprises a cabinet(100), a door(115), a rotating panel(200), a hinge member(210), a retractor(220), and a supporting unit(230). The cabinet comprises an input hole in which the laundry is put. The door opens and closes the input hole. The rotating panel combined with the door. The rotating panel is combined to upward and downward in the cabinet. The lower part of the rotating panel and the cabinet are hinge-coupled in the hinge member. The retractor locks the top of the rotating panel to the cabinet. When the rotating panel opened the cabinet, the supporting member maintains the rotating panel to the fixed state.

Description

Clothes treating machine

The present invention relates to a laundry treatment apparatus, and more particularly, to a laundry treatment apparatus in which a user can take out laundry and temporarily store the laundry, and can additionally add laundry during a laundry administration.

In general, a laundry treatment apparatus is a device for removing various contaminants attached to a laundry or drying the laundry by emulsifying the detergent, friction between the laundry and water, and impact on the laundry.

The type of the clothes treating apparatus includes only washing or drying functions, and being able to perform both washing and drying functions. Recently, a laundry treatment apparatus including a steam supply device having a refresh function such as wrinkle removal, odor removal, and static electricity removal of clothes and the like has been widely used.

The clothes treating apparatus is classified into a front loading type or a top loading type according to a drawing direction of clothes. In addition, according to the washing method is divided into the vertical axis type in which the pulsator or inner tub is rotated and the horizontal type in which the drum lying horizontally rotates.

Representative of the horizontal type clothes processing apparatus is a drum washing machine, hereinafter will be described taking a drum washing machine as an example.

The drum washing machine includes a cabinet forming an exterior, a tub provided inside the cabinet to store wash water, a drum rotatably installed inside the tub to wash laundry contained therein, and mounted behind the tub. And a motor that generates a rotational force of the drum.

The front of the cabinet is provided with an inlet through which laundry is introduced, and the inlet is opened and closed by a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet.

The user removes the laundry from the drum of the drum washing machine after all the laundry administration is finished, hang it on a drying rack or dry using a dryer.

However, when the user takes the laundry out of the drum, the laundry that is stuck together is loosened to each other and falls on the floor, and when the laundry falls on the floor, the laundry becomes dirty.

In addition, there is a problem in that it is difficult to additionally put laundry into the drum because the door is locked during the laundry administration.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, and provides a laundry treatment apparatus that can prevent the laundry falling on the floor when the user takes out the laundry from the drum.

In addition, the present invention provides a laundry treatment apparatus capable of temporarily storing the laundry taken out from the drum.

In addition, the present invention provides a laundry treatment apparatus that can additionally add laundry during the laundry administration.

Clothing processing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a cabinet having an inlet for the laundry is inserted, a door for opening and closing the inlet, the door is coupled to the rotation is coupled to the cabinet rotatably in the vertical direction The panel is provided.

The apparatus further includes a first hinge member which hinges a lower portion of the pivot panel to the cabinet.

The apparatus may further include a first locking device for locking an upper portion of the pivot panel to the cabinet.

The apparatus may further include a supporting member for holding the rotating panel in a fixed state when the rotating panel opens the cabinet.

In addition, the support member is formed with a link that one side is connected to the cabinet and the other side is connected to the pivot panel.

The apparatus may further include a second hinge member which hinges one side of the door to the pivot panel so that the door pivots in the horizontal direction with respect to the pivot panel.

The apparatus may further include a second locking device for locking the door to the pivot panel.

The pivot panel is provided in a rectangular shape and preferably has the same size as the width of the cabinet.

In addition, the door has a frame having an opening in the center and a transparent member coupled to the inside of the frame.

In addition, the transparent member includes a first plate fixed to the lower portion of the frame, and a second plate rotatably installed on the upper portion of the first plate.

The apparatus may further include a third hinge member for hinge coupling the second plate and the first plate, and a third locking device for locking the second plate and the frame.

In addition, a portion of the contact between the second plate and the frame is provided with a sealing member for close contact with the second plate and the frame.

In addition, the rear surface of the door is preferably formed to form the same plane as the rotation panel.

In addition, it is preferable that a gasket is provided around the inlet to closely contact the cabinet when the door is closed.

According to the laundry treatment apparatus according to the present invention, the rotation panel may serve as a support under the inlet, thereby preventing the laundry from falling on the floor when the user takes out the laundry from the drum.

In addition, the washed laundry can be removed from the drum and temporarily stored in the rotating panel, which is convenient when the washed laundry is placed on a drying rack or transferred to a dryer.

In addition, since only a part of the door is opened, there is an advantage in that laundry can be additionally added during the laundry administration.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Although there are various kinds of clothes treating apparatuses, hereinafter, a drum washing machine, which is one of the clothes treating apparatuses, will be described.

1 and 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cabinet 100 to form an appearance, the tub 120 is installed inside the cabinet 100, the wash water is stored, A drum 130 is rotatably installed in the tub 120.

A motor 150 is coupled to the rear surface of the tub 120, and the drum 130 is coupled to the motor 150 by the rotation shaft 151 to receive a driving force from the motor 150.

The upper portion of the tub 120 is supported on the upper portion of the cabinet 110 by a hanging spring 121, and the lower portion of the tub 120 is supported by the friction damper 122 to the high speed of the drum 130 The vibration generated in the drum washing machine during rotation is reduced.

A lifter 131 is installed on the inner circumferential surface of the drum 130 to raise the laundry introduced into the drum 130 to a predetermined position, and a plurality of washing water is discharged from the drum 130 in a washing operation such as dehydration. A through hole 132 is formed.

A water supply hose 140 and a water supply valve 141 installed on the water supply hose 140 to supply water from the external water source to the tub 120 in an upper side of the tub 120 are controlled. ). The detergent supply device 142 is connected to the water supply hose 140 and the other side is connected to the tub 120 so that the stored detergent is supplied to the tub 120 together with the water supplied through the water supply hose 140. Is provided.

In addition, a drain hose 106 and a drain pump 107 are installed at the lower side of the tub 120 to discharge the wash water used for washing and rinsing to the outside.

An inlet 102 is formed in the front panel 101 that forms the front surface of the cabinet 110 to inject laundry, and the inlet 102 is opened and closed by a door 115.

On the other hand, the laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention can be rotated to the front panel 101 to serve as a stand when the user takes out the laundry washed inside the drum 130 as shown in FIG. It is provided with a rotation panel 200 to be installed.

The lower portion of the rotation panel 200 is coupled to the front panel 101 by the first hinge member 210 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. In addition, an upper portion of the pivot panel 200 may be fixed to the front panel 101 by the first locking device 220.

The pivot panel 200 is usually fixed to the front panel 200 by the first locking device 220, but when the first locking device 220 is released, the pivot panel 200 is first. It can be rotated by the hinge member 210.

When the pivot panel 200 is rotated about the first hinge member 210, a support member for supporting the pivot panel 200 in a fixed state is provided. The support member preferably supports the pivot panel 200 to maintain an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the front panel 101.

In the present invention, the link 230 is used as the support member, but is not necessarily limited thereto, and a member such as a support jaw may be used to support the pivot panel 200 from the bottom.

The link 230 has a first link 231, one end of which is hinged to the cabinet 100, a second link 232 of which one end is hinged to the pivot panel 200, and the first link ( 231 and a pivot 233 for pivotally coupling the second link 232.

When the pivot panel 200 is fixed to the cabinet 100 by the first locking device 220, the first link 231 and the second link 232 rotate about the pivot 233. The link 230 is folded.

However, when the first locking device 220 is released to rotate the pivot panel 200 downward about the first hinge device 210, the link 230 is opened and the link 230 is opened. The pivot panel 200 is supported by the cabinet 100 in the unfolded state.

A second hinge member 240 is provided at one side of the door 115 so that the door 115 is hinged to the pivot panel 200 to be rotatable. In addition, a second locking device 250 for fixing the door 115 to the rotation panel 200 is provided on the opposite side where the second hinge member 240 is installed.

The door 115 includes a frame 116 having a ring shape and an opening formed at a center thereof, and a transparent member 117 coupled to the inside of the frame 116 and having a disc shape. The user can see the inside of the drum 130 through the transparent member 117.

The transparent member 117 has a semicircular shape and is fixed to the lower portion of the frame 116. The first plate 117a has a semicircular shape and has a second plate rotating in an upper portion of the first plate 117a ( 117b). In addition, the rear surface of the transparent member 117 preferably has a flat surface to form the same plane as the rear surface of the rotation panel 200.

A third hinge device 260 is provided at a lower end of the second plate 117b so as to be rotatable with respect to the first plate 117a, and an upper end of the second plate 117b is provided with the second plate 117b. ) Is provided with a third locking device 270 for fixing the frame 116.

In addition, a sealing member 119 is provided at a portion where the second plate 117b and the frame 116 contact each other to closely contact the second plate 117b and the frame 116 so that washing water does not leak out. .

Meanwhile, when the door 115 is closed, the door 115 is in close contact with the front panel 101 so that the water inside the tub 120 does not leak out around the inlet 102 formed in the front panel 101. The gasket 103 is provided.

Hereinafter, the operation of the drum washing machine having the configuration as described above will be described.

The user releases the second locking device 250 to rotate the door 115 with respect to the rotation panel 200 as shown in FIG. 4. At this time, since the first locking device 220 and the third locking device 270 are locked, the door 115 rotates with respect to the cabinet 100.

When the user inserts laundry into the drum 130, closes the door 115, and operates the drum washing machine, the second locking device 250 is automatically locked. This is to prevent the user from opening the door 115 while the drum washing machine is operating to prevent the wash water stored in the tub 120 from flowing out to the outside.

However, there may occur a case in which laundry is additionally added to the drum 130 during the operation of the drum washing machine. In this case, the user releases the locking of the third locking device 270 to rotate the second plate 117b with respect to the first plate 117a as shown in FIG. 5. When the second plate 117b is rotated, the opening formed in the frame 116 is opened, and laundry can be introduced through the opening.

When the laundry treatment apparatus finishes washing the laundry while passing through the washing stroke, the rinsing stroke, and the dehydrating stroke, the user releases the locking of the first locking device 220 as shown in FIG. The front panel 101 is rotated. At this time, the second locking device 250 and the third locking device 270 maintain the locked state.

When the rotating panel 200 is rotated and supported by the link 230, the rotating panel 200 is placed under the inlet 102, and the rear panel of the rotating panel 200 and the transparent member 117 are the same. It forms a plane, acting as a pedestal. Therefore, when the user takes out the laundry from the drum 120, the laundry can be prevented from falling to the floor.

And, the laundry taken out from the drum 120 can be temporarily stored on the upper portion of the rotation panel 200, it is convenient when the laundry temporarily stored in the rotation panel 200, such as drying racks.

6 illustrates a case where the drum washing machine 10 and the dryer 20 are used side by side.

The dryer 20 includes a rotating panel 30 having the same structure as the rotating panel 200 provided in the drum washing machine 10.

The user removes the laundry which has been washed and dried in the drum washing machine 10 from the drum 130 and places the laundry on the rotating panel 200 of the drum washing machine 10 and then moves the rotating panel 30 of the dryer 20 to the laundry. To the drum 21 inside the dryer 20 can be directly injected.

As described above, according to the laundry treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the rotation panel 200 may serve as a stand, it is convenient when the user takes out the laundry from the drum 120.

In addition, the laundry treatment apparatus is convenient because the laundry can be added additionally during the laundry administration.

1 is a perspective view of a drum washing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view of the drum washing machine shown in FIG.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the rotating panel in the drum washing machine shown in FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the door is opened.

5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a part of the door is open.

6 is a perspective view illustrating a case where a drum washing machine and a dryer are used together.

** Description of the main parts of the drawing **

100: cabinet 115: door

200: rotation panel 210: first hinge member

220: first locking device

Claims (14)

A cabinet having an inlet for laundry A door for opening and closing the inlet; And a rotation panel coupled to the door and rotatably coupled to the cabinet in a vertical direction. The method of claim 1, And a first hinge member which hinges a lower portion of the pivot panel to the cabinet. The method of claim 2, And a first locking device for locking an upper portion of the pivot panel to the cabinet. The method of claim 3, wherein And a support member for holding the pivoting panel in a fixed state when the pivoting panel opens the cabinet. The method of claim 4, wherein The support member is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that the one side is connected to the cabinet and the other side is a link to the pivot panel. The method of claim 3, wherein And a second hinge member which hinges one side of the door to the pivot panel so that the door pivots in a horizontal direction with respect to the pivot panel. The method of claim 6, And a second locking device for locking the door to the pivot panel. The method of claim 2, The rotating panel is provided in a quadrangular shape and clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that having the same size as the width of the cabinet. The method of claim 2, The door is a frame having an opening in the center, Clothing processing apparatus characterized in that it comprises a transparent member coupled to the inside of the frame. The method of claim 9, The transparent member has a first plate is fixed to the lower portion of the frame, and the clothes processing apparatus having a second plate rotatably installed on the upper portion of the first plate. The method of claim 10, And a third hinge member which hinges the second plate and the first plate, and a third locking device to lock the second plate and the frame. The method of claim 10, Clothing processing apparatus, characterized in that the sealing member which is in close contact with the second plate and the frame is provided in the contact portion of the second plate and the frame. The method of claim 2, The rear surface of the door is a clothes processing apparatus, characterized in that to form the same plane as the rotation panel. The method of claim 1, Garment processing apparatus, characterized in that the gasket is provided in close contact with the cabinet when the door is closed.

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