US 11,441,255 B2Granted

Detergent additive box and mounting structure thereof, and distribution box

AssigneesChongqing Haier Drum Washing Machine Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

InventorsPeishi Lv, Baozhen Cheng, Tao Huang

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Abstract

Disclosed is a detergent additive box. The detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity inside. The detergent additive box is provided with a one-way ventilation valve and a liquid outlet. An on-off valve is arranged on the liquid outlet. A suction device is arranged in the detergent additive box. An inlet of the suction device is communicated with the cavity, and an outlet of the suction device is communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve. The detergent additive box of the present disclosure cooperates with a switching mechanism of a washing machine and a feeding pipeline of the washing machine to realize automatic drainage and multi-time drainage, so that the detergent additive box does not need to be mounted at each time of washing.

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Dependent claims

A detergent additive box, wherein the detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity,

the detergent additive box comprising:
a one-way ventilation valve;
a liquid outlet;
an on-off valve arranged on the liquid outlet;
and
a suction device arranged in the detergent additive box, the suction device including an inlet communicated with the cavity, and an outlet communicated with an inlet of the on-off valve, wherein
the liquid outlet is located on a side wall of the detergent additive box, and is configured to communicate with a feeding pipeline of a washing machine to deliver a detergent additive into the washing machine,
the liquid outlet is arranged at a lower position of the side wall towards a bottom wall of the detergent additive box,
the suction device is a hollow tubular structure horizontally arranged and a gap is formed between the inlet of the suction device and the bottom wall of the detergent additive box for allowing liquid to pass.

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A detergent additive box, wherein the detergent additive box is a closed box structure having a cavity, the detergent additive box comprising:

a one-way ventilation valve;
a liquid outlet;
an on-off valve arranged on the liquid outlet;
and
a suction device arranged in the detergent additive box, the suction device including an inlet communicated with the cavity, and an outlet communicates with an inlet of the on-off valve, wherein
the liquid outlet is located at any position of a side wall of the detergent additive box, and is configured to communicate with a feeding pipeline of a washing machine to deliver a detergent additive into the washing machine and the suction device is a hollow tubular structure with an inlet end bent to the bottom wall of the detergent additive box,
the inlet of the suction device is towards the bottom wall of the detergent additive box, and a gap is formed between the inlet of the suction device and the bottom wall of the detergent additive box for allowing liquid to pass.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/605,986Filed 17 Apr 2018
Priority: CN 201710249311.517 Apr 2017
Published: US 2020/0040510 A16 Feb 2020
Granted: 13 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification2 codes

D06F 39/02
Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00: devices for adding soap or other…
D06F
Laundering, drying, ironing, pressing or folding textile articles

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