CN1580359B - Method for smoothing wrinkles of laundry in washing machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method for smoothing the laundry wrinkled during a washing process in the washing machine is disclosed. When a command signal for smoothing wrinkles of the laundry in the washing machine is inputted, water supplied in the washing machine is heated to generate steam and then the generated steam is injected to the laundry in the washing machine while rotating a drum of the washing machine. Thus, wrinkles of the laundry can be smoothed in the washing machine without causing a trouble of ironing.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of washing machine, particularly relate to a kind of method that is used in tumbling-box washing machine, eliminating the clothing fold.
Background technology
Usually, washing machine is a kind of device that comes washing clothes by execution washing, rinsing and dehydration.According to mode of washing, washing machine can be divided into several, as impeller-type, stirring-type, drum-type etc.
Now with reference to Fig. 1 common tumbling-box washing machine is described.Fig. 1 is the sectional view that shows common tumbling-box washing machine.
As shown in fig. 1, tumbling-box washing machine 1 comprise have a plurality of take shape in wherein raised line 5 be used for washing clothes cylinder 4; Be connected in cylinder 4 and come the rotating shaft 3 of swing roller 4; Be used for by the motor 6 of belt pulley transmitting rotary power to rotating shaft 3; Supporting rotating shaft 3 also is connected in cylinder 4 outsides and is used for the wash bucket 2 of water storage; And the downside that is arranged at wash bucket 2 is used for adding the heater 7 of hot water.
The operation of common tumbling-box washing machine is as follows.
At first, after the user put into clothing on the cylinder 4 of tumbling-box washing machine and presses start button, water was fed into cylinder 4 and powers to motor 6 at the same time.At this moment, the rotary power of motor 6 passes to rotating shaft 3 by the electric system of belt pulley and belt, and rotating shaft 3 is owing to the rotary power of motor 6 rotates.That is, when cylinder 4 rotated repeatedly by means of rotating shaft 3, the clothings in the cylinder 4 obtained cleaning.In addition, also carry out washing by the impulsive force and the stretching motion that when clothing is promoted by a plurality of raised lines 5 that take shape in the cylinder 4 and descends, are produced.
According to the drum washing mode, after washing agent, water and clothing are put into cylinder, the rotary power of motor 6 is accepted in utilization and the cylinder 4 and the friction between the clothing of rotating are carried out washing, therefore clothing will never be damaged, can not be entangled with yet, in addition, can obtain to impact and the clean result of the clothing that rubs.
Other existing tumbling-box washing machine also is disclosed in United States Patent (USP) 6,615, in 619 and 6,612,138.
But there is a problem in existing tumbling-box washing machine, after a series of washing process finish, can find that fold appears in the clothing in the tumbling-box washing machine.For example, when washing machine finished washing process, rinse cycle and dehydration, the clothing in the tumbling-box washing machine will be wrinkling.Therefore, take out wrinkling clothing from washing machine after, the user also needs ironing clothes to make it become smooth.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of being used for eliminates the fold that clothing produced and the method that need not press at washing machine after washing finishes in washing process.
In order to realize these and other advantage and according to purpose of the present invention, as this summary with broadly described, a kind of method that is used for eliminating the clothing fold in washing machine is provided, may further comprise the steps: in case input is used for eliminating the instruction of clothing fold in washing machine, just the water that infeeds steam generator is heated and generate steam, wherein whether the water level of level sensor detection steam generation water reaches the predetermined water level in the steam generator, when the water level of steam generation water reached described predetermined water level, the heater of steam generator was actuated to generate steam; In the rotation of the cylinder of washing machine the steam that is produced is sprayed onto on the clothing in the cylinder at washing machine, wherein when the steam of the gathering steam storage space of steam generator in during above predetermined pressure, the steam that is produced is injected.
From following detailed description of the present invention, will understand above and other objects of the present invention, characteristic, aspect and advantage more in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Accompanying drawing is contained in this and constitutes its part to provide further understanding of the present invention and to be attached in this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and and this explanation one be used from explanation principle of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the sectional view that shows common tumbling-box washing machine;
Fig. 2 shows according to the perspective view that has the tumbling-box washing machine of steam generator of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the view that shows according to the clothing smoothing wrinkle process that washing machine adopted among Fig. 2 of the present invention.With
Fig. 4 is the flow chart that is used for eliminating at tumbling-box washing machine the method for clothing fold according to of the present invention.
The specific embodiment
Now will be in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the example of these embodiment is shown in the drawings.
A preferred embodiment of the method that is used for eliminating the fold that clothing produced in tumbling-box washing machine in washing process now is described with reference to Fig. 2 to 4, by being heated, the water that feeds washing machine produces steam, and in the rotation of the cylinder of washing machine, the steam that is produced is sprayed onto on the clothing in the washing machine, and exempted in the trouble of flatiron thereafter.
As shown in Figure 2, the tumbling-box washing machine with steam generator of the present invention comprises: by the rotary power rotation of washing machine motor internal (reference marks 210 among Fig. 3) cylinder 140 with washing clothes; Be used for supplying with the water supply pipe 100 of water to cylinder 140; Be used for supplying with the detergent box 190 of washing agent to cylinder 140; Be used for supplying with the steam generator 110 of steam to cylinder 140; Be used for the steam that steam generator 110 is produced is sprayed into the nozzle 130 of cylinder 140 by preventing backflow pool device 120; Be used for from the drainpipe 150 of cylinder 140 drainings; Be used for water that pumping drainpipe 150 discharged and be recycled to the circulating pump 160 that prevents backflow pool device 120 by circulating water pipe 170; And the casing 180 that is used for protecting cylinder 140, water supply pipe 100, detergent box 190, steam generator 110, nozzle 130, drainpipe 150 and circulating pump 160.
To describe tumbling-box washing machine according to the present invention below.
At first, after washing process, rinse cycle and dehydration finished, when the user depressed the button (not shown) that is used for the clothing smoothing wrinkle, steam generated water and is fed steam generator 110.
When steam generated water and is given to predetermined water level steam generator 110 in, supplying water stopped and the interior heater (not shown) entry into service of steam generator 110.That is, the heater steam that will feed steam generator 110 generates water and is converted into steam.
Afterwards, when the steam of assembling in the steam storage space of steam generator 110 surpassed predetermined pressure, steam was sprayed into the cylinder 140 of washing machine by nozzle 130.Then, the contact with clothing in steam that is sprayed into and the cylinder 140, thus eliminate fold.Here, in order to make steam and clothing even contact, preferably, the cylinder rotation one predetermined smoothing wrinkle period (for example, two minutes) when to the clothing uperize.
After the process of clothing smoothing wrinkle finished, cylinder rotated one period predetermined cool time (for example, one minute).When reaching predetermined cool time, the moisture that cylinder stops the rotation and produced when removing devaporation and contact with clothing.
Therefore, after washing process finishes, can be in washing machine the fold of clothing eliminated and have exempted from the trouble of flatiron thereafter.
Now come clothing smoothing wrinkle method of the present invention is elaborated with reference to Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 is the view that shows according to the clothing smoothing wrinkle process that washing machine adopted among Fig. 2 of the present invention.
At first, when according to the instruction of user's requirement input clothing smoothing wrinkle, controller opens feed water valve (not shown) is also supplied with steam and is generated water and reach predetermined water level to steam generator 110.Steam generator 110 communicates with the cylinder 140 of accommodating laundry, and the heater (not shown) is arranged in the steam generator 110.
After the instruction of input clothing smoothing wrinkle, heater comes the steam in the heating steam generator 110 to generate water and generate steam according to the control signal entry into service of controller.
Afterwards, the steam pressure that produces in steam generator 110 surpasses predetermined standard time, steam is sprayed on the clothing in the cylinder 140, the motor 210 that is communicated with cylinder 140 simultaneously starts 140 1 predetermined smoothing wrinkle periods of swing roller, thereby can finish the back in washing and press again with wrinkling clothing ironing in tumbling-box washing machine with regard to not needing.
After predetermined past smoothing wrinkle time, the heater in the steam generator just stops not regeneration steam, and residual moisture in the clothing is eliminated in cylinder 140 rotations one period predetermined cool time (for example, a minute).After predetermined past cool time, that is, after past time that is used for the clothing smoothing wrinkle, will inform the user.
Now in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention the method that is used in roller washing machine eliminating the clothing fold is described with reference to Fig. 4.
At first, when the requirement input according to the user is used for the instruction of clothing smoothing wrinkle (step S40), controller is just opened feed water valve and steam is generated water according to the smoothing wrinkle command signal and feeds steam generator 110 (step S41).
When steam generated water and fed steam generator 110, the level sensor (not shown) will detect water level that steam generates water and whether reach predetermined water level (step S42) in the steam generator 110.In this respect, preferably, predetermined water level is located at the extreme higher position of the heater of steam generator 110.
Afterwards, when the water level that generates water when steam reached predetermined water level steam generator 110 in, startup heater (step S43) generated steam.At this moment, generate steam in one period predetermined steam rise time (for example, two minutes-four minutes), after the predetermined steam rise time goes over (S44), the steam that is produced is just sprayed on the clothing 200 in the cylinder.
During clothing 200 in steam sprays into cylinder, start cylinder electric rotating machine 210 (S45) and make the cylinder rotation that wherein is placed with clothing.Therefore, driven when beginning to rotate by the cylinder electric rotating machine when the steam that is produced sprays into clothing in the cylinder and cylinder, steam contacts equably with clothing, thereby the fold that clothing produced behind washing process can be eliminated.
Uperize is to clothing and come the program of swing roller 140 (for example to be performed one predetermined smoothing wrinkle period by head roll electric rotating machine 210 simultaneously, two minutes), then, when predetermined smoothing wrinkle time in the past after (step S46), the heater of steam generator 110 stops and regeneration steam (step S47) not.
After the heater of steam generator 110 shuts down (step 47), the heat that cylinder keeps rotation one period predetermined cool time (for example, a minute) to result from clothing when coming steam jet to clothing cools off.After going over (step S48) predetermined cool time, cylinder electric rotating machine 210 stops to make cylinder stop the rotation (step S49).Therefore, behind clothing, eliminate the clothing fold, can make the fold of clothing eliminate and make clothes dewatering by swing roller at uperize.
After in step 49 clothing being dewatered, the user will be apprised of the clothing smoothing wrinkle and finish (step S50-1 and S50-2), and the power-off of washing machine is closed (step S51) automatically, and EO of the present invention.The method that can have the multiple user's of informing clothing smoothing wrinkle process to finish.For example, preferably, can send chimes of doom (step S50-1), show that perhaps the LED (light emitting diode) of executed clothing smoothing wrinkle process can glimmer (step S50-2), finish to inform user's clothing smoothing wrinkle.
In sum, the method that is used for elimination clothing fold in roller washing machine according to the present invention has the following advantages.
That is, for example, after washing process finishes, swing roller when spraying steam into the clothing that places in the cylinder, therefore wrinkling clothing can be pressed in washing process, thus the user can exempt the trouble of ironing clothes.
, the present invention do not deviate from its spirit or inner characteristic because can implementing in a variety of forms, be to be understood that, the foregoing description is not limited by above-mentioned explanation, except as otherwise noted, it should be explained in the scope of its spirit and claims definition widely, therefore all fall into boundary and the variation of scope and the equivalent of modification or this boundary and scope of claim, all will therefore be contained in the claims.
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1. method that is used in washing machine eliminating the clothing fold may further comprise the steps:
In case input is used for eliminating the instruction of clothing fold in washing machine, after the washing process of washing machine finishes, just supply with water in steam generator, wherein when level sensor determined that the water level of the water of described supply reaches predetermined water level, the heater of steam generator was actuated to generate steam;
In the rotation of the cylinder of washing machine the steam that is produced is sprayed onto on the clothing in the cylinder at washing machine, wherein when the steam of the gathering steam storage space of steam generator in during above predetermined pressure, the steam that is produced is injected.
2. the method for claim 1, wherein the step of the clothing uperize in washing machine comprises:
Stopped in the past in the clothing of uperize in the washing machine when first scheduled time, and second scheduled time of swing roller.
3. method as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the step of the clothing uperize in washing machine comprises:
When second scheduled time cylinder that stops the rotation in the past, and inform that user's clothing smoothing wrinkle finishes.
4. method as claimed in claim 3 wherein, in the step of the clothing uperize in washing machine, is sent chimes of doom or LED flash, finishes to inform user's clothing smoothing wrinkle.
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