Fully Automatic Washing Machine

Abstract

A fully automatic washing machine, including a housing, a control disk seat and an upper cover plate. The control disk seat is located on a top of the housing. A clothes throwing inlet is formed in the control disk seat. The upper cover plate is rotatably arranged on the control disk seat so as to open or close the clothes throwing inlet, wherein an integrated display and control knob is arranged on an upper portion of a front side surface of the washing machine; and an entire upper top surface of the washing machine is formed in a closed state of the upper cover plate.

Claims

1. A fully automatic washing machine, comprising a housing, a control disk seat and an upper cover plate, wherein the control disk seat is located on a top of the housing, and a clothes throwing inlet is formed in the control disk seat; the upper cover plate is rotatably arranged on the control disk seat so as to open or close the clothes throwing inlet, wherein an integrated display and control knob is arranged on an upper portion of a front side surface of the washing machine; and an entire upper top surface of the washing machine is formed in a closed state of the upper cover plate.

2. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the integrated display and control knob is located in a range above of an entire height of the washing machine.

3. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 1, wherein a power button and a start-stop button are symmetrically arranged on both sides of an installation position of the integrated display and control knob respectively, or the power button and the start-stop button are arranged on one side of the installation position of the integrated display and control knob.

4. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 2, wherein the integrated display and control knob is installed on a front side surface of the housing or a front side surface of the control disk seat.

5. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 4, wherein the front side surface of the control disk seat is a vertical surface or an inclined surface which is inclined towards a rear side of an entire machine body.

6. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the integrated display and control knob comprises a body located in a middle and a rotation portion surrounding the body; wherein an outer side of the rotation portion is also used as an outer side surface of the entire knob; a first display apparatus is arranged on a front end surface of the body; a second display apparatus is arranged on the outer side surface; and selection of displayed contents on the first display apparatus and/or the second display apparatus is realized through rotation of the rotation portion.

7. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the rotation portion of the control knob has a shape of a cylinder, a truncated cone or a polygon prism.

8. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the first display apparatus adopts a touch display screen.

9. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the second display apparatus has a structural form which combines a built-in LED lamp and preset printed words.

10. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the control knob is pressable downwards integrally, and a pressing action can act as confirmation of selected contents.

11. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the first display apparatus is configured to display state information in an operation process of the controlled washing machine and/or display an interaction interface of a control procedure.

12. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the second display apparatus is configured to display a plurality of selection items in the control procedure.

13. The fully automatic washing machine according to claim 6, wherein the control knob can protrude or contract from the control disk seat according to an energized or de-energized state of the washing machine.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an integral structure of a fully automatic washing machine of the present disclosure;

[0020] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a fully automatic washing machine without an upper cover plate in the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG. 3 is a detailed local diagram illustrating an integrated display and control knob in embodiments;

[0022] FIG. 4 is a use state diagram illustrating an integrated display and control knob in embodiments;

[0023] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an integrated display and control knob when an rotation portion has a shape of a polygon prism in embodiments;

[0024] FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 5;

[0025] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an integrated display and control knob when an rotation portion has a shape of a truncated cone in embodiments; and

[0026] FIG. 8 is a side view of FIG. 7.

[0027] In the figures:

[0028] 1: Housing; 2: Control disk seat; 3: Upper cover plate; 4: Integrated display and control knob; 5: Start-stop button; 6: Power button; 7: Throwing inlet; 8: Body; 9: Rotation portion.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The technical solution of the present disclosure will be further described below in combination with drawings through specific embodiments.

[0030] FIG. 1-FIG. 2 are schematic structural diagrams illustrating a fully automatic washing machine of specific embodiments of the present disclosure. The fully automatic washing machine includes a housing 1, a control disk seat 2 and an upper cover plate 3. The control disk seat 2 is located on a top of the housing 1. A clothes throwing inlet 7 is formed in the control disk seat. The upper cover plate 3 is rotatably arranged on the control disk seat 2 to open or close the clothes throwing inlet 7. The corresponding control disk seat 2 is configured to accommodate a corresponding entire control circuit board, and is also generally configured to install a conventional control and display apparatus on the upper surface. Different from a conventional fully automatic washing machine, the washing machine of the present disclosure is provided with an integrated display and control knob 4 on the upper portion of the front side surface. A power button 6 and a start-stop button 5 are symmetrically arranged on both horizontal sides of an installation position of the integrated display and control knob 4 respectively, or the power button 6 and the start-stop button 5 are jointly arranged on one side of the control knob 4. At the same time of omitting an individual display screen, the power button 6, the start-stop button 5 and the integrated display and control knob 4 are not installed on the upper surface of the control disk seat 2 unlike a traditional washing machine; and a control device does not occupy a space of the upper surface of the control disk seat 2. Therefore, the clothes throwing inlet 7 of the washing machine can be made to be as large as possible, which is convenient for taking in and out the clothes during use. Meanwhile, a water inlet of the washing machine is formed in a rear side surface of the control disk seat; and a detergent throwing inlet is formed in the clothes throwing inlet 7, so that an entire upper top surface of the washing machine is formed in a closed state of the upper cover plate 3. The entire washing machine has a simpler appearance, and also has a modern style.

[0031] Further, to enable the entire washing machine to have a simpler appearance, the integrated display and control knob 4 is arranged on a center line of the front side surface of the washing machine.

[0032] To facilitate use, the corresponding integrated display and control knob 4 is located in a range above of an entire height of the washing machine. Within this range, the integrated display and control knob 4 can be installed on a front side surface of the housing 1 or a front side surface of the control disk seat 2. Meanwhile, to consider a height of a user and generate a better visual angle during operation, accordingly, during design and production, the front side surface of the control disk seat in which the integrated display and control knob 4 is correspondingly installed is inclined towards the rear side of the entire machine body.

[0033] Different from an existing fully automatic washing machine, the above fully automatic washing machine of the present disclosure adopts the integrated display and control knob 4 which includes a body 8 located in a middle and a rotation portion 9 surrounding the body. An outer side of the rotation portion 9 is also used as an outer side surface of the entire knob. A first display apparatus is arranged on a front end surface of the body 8; and a second display apparatus is arranged on the outer side surface. Selection of displayed contents on the first display apparatus and/or the second display apparatus is realized through rotation of the rotation portion. The control knob can be integrally pressed downwards, and a pressing action can act as confirmation of selected contents. As an additional alternative mode, the above first display apparatus adopts a touch display screen. A corresponding confirmation key is displayed with software on a corresponding touch display screen to perform confirmation operation.

[0034] As a production mode which saves cost, the second display apparatus can also be designed into a structural form which combines a built-in LED lamp and preset printed words.

[0035] As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a schematic structural diagram of the above control knob and a corresponding use state diagram are given. The first display apparatus is configured to display state information in an operation process of the controlled washing machine and/or display an interaction interface of a control procedure. The second display apparatus is configured to display a plurality of selection items in the control procedure.

[0036] As a further improvement, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the rotation portion of the corresponding control knob can adopt a shape of a cylinder, a truncated cone or a polygon prism, so as to have a better operation visual angle.

[0037] Further, under a condition of energizing the washing machine, the control knob can protrude from the control disk seat; and a procedure can be selected to control the washing machine by operating the knob. Similarly, when washing is completed and the washing machine is de-energized, the control knob can contract from the control disk seat, and keeps level with the front side surface of the control disk seat of the washing machine and is beautiful.

[0038] Technical principles of the present disclosure are described above in combination with specific embodiments. These descriptions are only used for explaining the principles of the present disclosure, and are not interpreted as limitations to a protection scope of the present disclosure in any way. Based on explanation herein, those skilled in the art can contemplate other specific embodiments of the present disclosure without contributing creative labor. These embodiments shall fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.