Laundry apparatus

A washing apparatus, comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a cylinder assembly arranged inside the cabinet and including an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder, and a window gasket, wherein the inner cylinder is rotatably arranged in the outer cylinder and the window gasket connects an opening of the outer cylinder with a clothing throw-in port of the cabinet;
• a drainage pump, wherein the drainage pump is communicated with the outer cylinder through a pump pipe;
• a valve assembly, wherein the valve assembly comprises a blocking mechanism and a valve casing with an air inflow chamber and an air outflow chamber that are arranged independently from each other;
• wherein the air inflow chamber is communicated with an air inflow pipeline that communicates an outside of the washing apparatus with the pump pipe or with a bottom of the outer cylinder, and the air outflow chamber is communicated with an air outflow pipeline that communicates the outside with the window gasket;
• and
• a fan,
• wherein the fan is arranged on the air inflow pipeline and/or the air outflow pipeline, wherein the blocking mechanism comprises a driving motor, a first blocking member, and a second blocking member;
• an output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the first blocking member and the second blocking member simultaneously, the first blocking member is arranged in the air inflow chamber, and the second blocking member is arranged in the air outflow chamber;
• the driving motor is capable of driving the first blocking member and the second blocking member to move simultaneously, so that the air inflow chamber and the air outflow chamber are blocked;
• wherein the driving motor is connected with a transmission shaft, the first blocking member is a first blocking plate, and the second blocking member is a second blocking plate;
• the first blocking plate and the second blocking plate are both arranged on the transmission shaft, and the driving motor can drive the transmission shaft to rotate so that the first blocking plate and the second blocking plate rotate simultaneously;
• and
• wherein the transmission shaft extends from the outside through one side of the valve casing, the air outflow chamber, and the air inflow chamber in sequence, and the transmission shaft is rotatably arranged on a spacer plate that separates the air inflow chamber from the air outflow chamber.