SHOE WASHING MACHINE
20230380657 · 2023-11-30
Assignee
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD. (Qingdao, Shandong, CN)
- Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. (Qingdao, Shandong, CN)
Inventors
- Yun TIAN (Qingdao, CN)
- Youxi WANG (Qingdao, CN)
- QI WANG (QINGDAO, CN)
- Weihui CHEN (Qingdao, CN)
- Lei Yan (Qingdao, CN)
- Chao QIU (Qingdao, CN)
Cpc classification
A46B9/026
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A47L23/02
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
A47L23/02
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A46B9/02
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
A shoe washing machine, including a housing, a washing tub provided in the housing, a pulsator, and a driving part. The shoe washing machine also includes a brush provided on the top center of the pulsator, and the brush is configured to be in a shape that projects upward from the top of the pulsator. When the pulsator rotates, the pulsator can drive the brush to rotate at the same time, so that bristles of the brush can move relative to shoes to rub and brush the shoes, so that by improving the linear smoothness of the brushing surface of the brush, an effect of brushing without damaging the shoes can be achieved, and the probability of the shoes getting stuck by the brush can be reduced.
Claims
1-13. (canceled)
14. A shoe washing machine, comprising: a washing tub, a pulsator rotatably arranged at an inner bottom portion of the washing tub, and a brush arranged at a center of a top portion of the pulsator, wherein the brush is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator.
15. The shoe washing machine according to claim 14, wherein the brush is arranged to have a radial size that gradually increases or stepwise increases from a top portion to a bottom portion.
16. The shoe washing machine according to claim 15, wherein the brush is a bowl-shaped brush, a conical brush, a spherical brush or a dome-shaped brush.
17. The shoe washing machine according to claim 14, wherein the brush comprises a lower section and an upper section; the lower section is arranged in a columnar shape, and the upper section is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from a top portion of the lower section.
18. The shoe washing machine according to claim 17, wherein the upper section is bowl-shaped, conical, spherical or dome-shaped.
19. The shoe washing machine according to claim 14, wherein a bottom portion of the brush is arranged to abut against the top portion of the pulsator.
20. The shoe washing machine according to claim 14, wherein the brush is detachably connected with the pulsator.
21. The shoe washing machine according to claim 20, wherein a bottom portion of the brush is provided with a sleeve-like snap-fit seat, a side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat is provided with a plurality of snap-fit grooves in a circumferential direction, and the top portion of the pulsator is provided with snap-fit protrusions matching with the snap-fit grooves.
22. The shoe washing machine according to claim 21, wherein the snap-fit protrusions are water-stirring ribs of the pulsator, and a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat by insertion is provided at a center intersection position of the water-stirring ribs.
23. The shoe washing machine according to claim 22, wherein the sleeve-like snap-fit seat is gradually expanded outward from top to bottom.
24. The shoe washing machine according to claim 20, wherein a bottom portion of the brush is provided with a sleeve-like snap-fit seat, and an inside top portion of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat is provided with a plurality of pins in a circumferential direction; the top portion of the pulsator is provided with a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat by insertion, and the snap-fit column is provided with holes matching with the pins.
25. The shoe washing machine according to claim 21, wherein the bottom portion of the brush is provided with a threaded structure, and the pulsator is further provided with a fastener through hole aligned with the threaded structure.
26. The shoe washing machine according to claim 24, wherein the bottom portion of the brush is provided with a threaded structure, and the pulsator is further provided with a fastener through hole aligned with the threaded structure.
27. The shoe washing machine according to claim 14, wherein the brush is integrally arranged with the pulsator.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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[0045] In the drawings: 1: shell; 11: door cover; 2: washing tub; 21: outer tub; 22: inner tub; 3: pulsator; 31: water-stirring rib; 4: driving part; 5: brush; 51: body; 511: upper section; 512: lower section; 52: bristle; 53: sleeve-like snap-fit seat; 54: snap-fit groove; 55: threaded structure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0046] Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only used to explain technical principles of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
[0047] It should be noted that in the description of the present disclosure, terms indicating directional or positional relationships, such as “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner”, “outer” and the like, are based on the directional or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings. They are only used for ease of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, or be constructed or operated in a specific orientation; therefore, they should not be considered as limitations to the present disclosure.
[0048] In addition, it should also be noted that in the description of the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, terms “install”, “connect” and “connection” should be understood in a broad sense; for example, the connection may be a fixed connection, or may also be a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection, or an indirect connection implemented through an intermediate medium, or it may be internal communication between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be interpreted according to specific situations.
[0049] First, reference is made to
[0050] In the above embodiment, the above brush 5 includes a body 51 and bristles 52 provided on the body 51. The case where the above brush 5 is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator 3 specifically includes: if the bristles 52 have the same length, the body 51 will be arranged to bulge upward from the top portion of the pulsator 3, and an outer surface of the body 51 and a brushing surface formed by terminal ends of the overall bristles 52 both have a shape that bulges upward; alternatively, the shape of the body 51 is not limited, but the bristles have different lengths, so that the brushing surface formed by the terminal ends of the overall bristles 52 can form an upward bulging shape.
[0051] In addition, the above driving part 4 includes at least a driving motor connected with the pulsator 3 or the inner tub 22. Transmission devices such as a reducer and a clutch or a power reversing device can be provided between the driving motor and the pulsator 3 or the inner tub 22 according transmission requirements. For example, when the inner tub 22 and the pulsator 3 need to be driven respectively, the driving motor can be connected to the pulsator 3 or the inner tub 22 respectively through a gear set or a pulley set, the clutch, etc., so as to drive the inner tub 22 or the pulsator 3 according to requirements of the washing process; alternatively, when only the pulsator 3 needs to be driven, the driving motor can be directly connected to the pulsator 3. Since the specific arrangement of the above driving part 4 is the same as the driving mode of the conventional pulsator 3 or inner tub 22, a detailed description will be omitted herein.
[0052] A preferred technical solution of the present disclosure will be described in detail below in connection with a preferred situation in which the bristles 52 have the same length and the body 51 is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator 3.
[0053] Reference is then made to
[0054] It should be noted that the brush 5 with the bulging base provided at the bottom portion is not limited to the shape shown in
[0055] Reference is then made to
[0056] Reference is then made to
[0057] It can be understood by those skilled in the art that although the brush of the above embodiment is described in connection with a preferred situation in which the radial size gradually increases from the top portion to the bottom portion, the shape of the brush 5 is not strictly limited to this situation. For example, the brush 5 of the present disclosure can also be arranged such that in the direction from the top portion to the bottom portion, the radial size of one part gradually increases, and the radial size of another part gradually decreases from the maximum radial size position, as long as most parts of the body 51 of the brush 5 each has a radial size that gradually increases from the top portion to the bottom portion, and a height of the part with decreasing radial size is almost negligible. For example, the shape of the body 51 can also be a three-quarters sphere, etc., as long as the set height of the part with decreasing radial size on the body 51 does not have a negative influence on the soft and efficient brushing effect of the brush 5 and the effect of reducing a frequency of the shoes being stuck.
[0058] Preferably, the bottom portion of the brush 5 of the present disclosure is arranged to abut against the center of the top portion of the pulsator 3, so as to avoid an obvious gap between the brush 5 and the pulsator 3, which would otherwise further cause the shoes to be stuck between the brush 5 and the pulsator 3.
[0059] With continued reference to
[0060] Reference is then made to
[0061] In another preferred embodiment, the brush 5 is a spherical brush. A bottom portion of a lower hemisphere of the spherical brush is a curved surface converged at the center position of the bottom portion. The bottom portion of the spherical brush abuts against the center of the top portion of the pulsator 3 in an embedded manner, so that a width of the gap between the bottom position of the lower hemisphere of the spherical brush and the pulsator 3 is very small (almost nonexistent), and that the shoes basically will not be stuck between the bottom portion of the spherical brush and the pulsator 3.
[0062] Preferably, a middle portion height of the above spherical brush, bowl-shaped brush or dome-shaped brush or a brush with the radial size gradually increasing from the top portion to the bottom portion does not exceed 15 cm. The “middle portion height” specifically refers to a vertical distance between the highest position of the top portion of the bulging shape of the brush 5 and the top center position of the pulsator 3 (a distance by which the brush 5 protrudes into an interior of the body of the pulsator 3 during connection is not included in this height). The above arrangement can prevent the height of the center of gravity of the brush 5 from being too high, ensure the installation stability of the brush 5, enable the brush 5 not to shake when rubbing the shoes, and enable the brush 5 to have a high tolerance to shoe collision.
[0063] Preferred connection solutions between the brush 5 and the pulsator 3 will be described below with continued reference to the drawings, the bowl-shaped brush and the dome-shaped brush.
[0064] Preferably, the brush 5 is detachably connected with the pulsator 3, so that the brush 5 that has been installed and fixed can be detached when the brush 5 has problems such as wear of the bristles 52. Those skilled in the art can selectively provide an installation base at the bottom portion of the body 51 according to the specific shape of the body 51 of the brush 5 and the specific shape of the top portion of the pulsator 3.
[0065] Then, with continued reference to
[0066] Further, the dome-shaped brush is installed on the pulsator 3 mainly by means of snap-fit. For example, the side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 between the snap-fit grooves 54 has a certain elastically deforming ability. Two side groove walls of the snap-fit groove 54 close to the opening of the groove are respectively provided with a convex structure in a direction of approaching each other, and the snap-fit protrusion is provided with accommodation grooves matching with the two convex structures. When installing the dome-shaped brush, the snap-fit groove 54 is snap-fit on the snap-fit protrusion, and the convex structures slide along the surface of the snap-fit protrusion, then enters the accommodation grooves and are snap-fit therein. When it is necessary to detach the dome-shaped brush, it is only required to slightly push the bottom of the side wall of the sleeve-like structure outward so that the convex structures can move out of the accommodation grooves, thus removing the dome-shaped brush.
[0067] Further, the dome-shaped brush is installed on the pulsator 3 also assisted by screwing. Specifically, in addition to the above sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 and the snap-fit grooves 54, a threaded structure 55 is also provided at the bottom center of the dome-shaped brush 5, and a fastener through hole which is aligned with the threaded structure 55 is provided at the top center of the pulsator 3 in a penetrating manner. When installation of the dome-shaped brush is completed, the snap-fit grooves 54 are snap-fit on the snap-fit protrusions to limit the rotation of the dome-shaped brush, and a fastener such as screw and bolt passes through the fastener through hole from the bottom portion of the pulsator 3 and then is screwed to the threaded structure 55 to limit an axial movement of the dome-shaped brush. At this time, even if the groove walls of the snap-fit groove 54 are not provided with the above convex structures, the dome-shaped brush can still be fixed and limited axially through the fastener.
[0068] Specifically, the snap-fit protrusions are the water-stirring ribs 31 of the pulsator 3. The shape of the snap-fit groove 54 matches with a sectional shape of the water-stirring rib 31 of the pulsator 3 after vertical sectioning in the circumferential direction, and the number of the snap-fit grooves 54 is not smaller than the number of the water-stirring ribs 31, so that each snap-fit groove 54 can be snap-fit on one of the stirring ribs 31 respectively, and that there will be no need to additionally provide the snap-fit protrusion on the pulsator 3 for matching with the snap-fit groove 54. In addition, a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 by insertion is provided at a center intersection position of the water-stirring ribs 31 in a protruding manner, so as to further improve the installation reliability of the dome-shaped brush and increase an anti-collision performance of the dome-shaped brush. In case of completion of snap-fit, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 is snap-fit on the snap-fit column, and the snap-fit grooves 54 are snap-fit on the water-stirring ribs 31 of the pulsator 3, so that the bottom of the body of the dome-shaped brush (i.e., the body 51) closely abuts against top surfaces of the water-stirring ribs 31 on the side close to the center of the pulsator 3.
[0069] Further, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 is gradually expanded outward from top to bottom, and the radial size thereof is gradually increased. The snap-fit column at the top portion of the pulsator 3 is arranged as a frustum-shaped cylinder that matches with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53, so as to further increase a snap-fit contact area between the dome-shaped brush and the pulsator 3, and further improve a reliable installation effect of the dome-shaped brush.
[0070] Alternately, a vertical height of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 arranged at the bottom portion of the dome-shaped brush is not larger than a height of the snap-fit column arranged at the top portion of the pulsator 3, so that when the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 is snap-fit on the snap-fit column, a bottom end of the sleeve-like snap-fit column is located above the water-stirring ribs 31. At this time, instead of providing the snap-fit grooves 54 on the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53, a plurality of pins are arranged at the inside top portion of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53, and the top of the snap-fit column is provided with holes matching with the pins. A threaded hole is provided at the center of the plurality of pins and surrounded by the plurality of pins. After installation of the dome-shaped brush, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat 53 is snap-fit on the snap-fit column to limit a horizontal movement of the dome-shaped brush, the pins are inserted into the holes to limit the rotation of the dome-shaped brush, and the fastener limits the axial movement of the dome-shaped brush. The arrangement positions of the above pins and holes can also be interchanged.
[0071] Next, reference is made to
[0072] It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the connection between the above brush 5 and the pulsator 3 is not limited to the above detachable connection. When there is no need for the brush 5 to be detachable, the brush 5 can also be directly integrated with the pulsator 3. Moreover, the detachable connection between the brush 5 and the pulsator 3 is not limited to that described in the above example. For example, the brush 5 can also be connected to the pulsator 3 by means of claw clamping. Those skilled in the art can improve or replace the above structure combination of the snap-fit grooves 54 and the snap-fit protrusions and the fixing means of screwing in terms of structural form or connection means, as long as the reliable connection between the brush 5 and the pulsator 3 and convenient disassembly and assembly can be realized.
[0073] To sum up, the shoe washing machine of the present disclosure is provided with the brush 5 having an upward bulging shape at the center of the top portion of the pulsator 3, so as to optimize the smoothness of the streamline of the brushing surface of the brush 5, soften the brushing effect of the brush 5, enable the brush 5 to have the function of non-destructive shoe brushing, and also reduce the probability that the brush is stuck with the shoes, thus resulting in an elaborate structure and strong practicability.
[0074] Hitherto, the technical solutions of the present disclosure have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of protection of the present disclosure is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Without departing from the principles of the present disclosure, those skilled in the art can make equivalent changes or replacements to relevant technical features, and all the technical solutions after these changes or replacements will fall within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.