Patents Assigned to Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20200263343
    Abstract: A washing machine includes an outer barrel and an inner barrel rotatably arranged in the outer barrel. During the washing/rinsing process, the inner barrel contains water, and there is no water between the inner barrel and the outer barrel. A drainage hole is arranged on the bottom of the inner barrel. A drain-sealing device and a driving device are arranged on a bottom of the inner barrel. The drain-sealing device comprises a sealing part cooperating with the drainage hole to control the opening/closing of the drainage hole, and a connecting part connected with the driving device. During washing/rinsing, the sealing part of the drain-sealing device keeps the drainage hole closed. During draining/dehydrating, the drain-sealing device opens the drainage hole under the action of the driving device. The drain-sealing device and the driving device are installed on the inner barrel, and rotate with the the inner barrel during dehydrating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zunan LIU, Limei YANG, Dafeng FANG, Xiushun SONG, Kai XU, Yiyang LIU
  • Patent number: 10745845
    Abstract: The present disclosure reduces sound generated when a driving mode of a drum washing machine having a rotating body on a rear part of a drum is switched between a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a driving mode in which the drum and the rotating body independently rotate, and the second mode is a driving mode in which the drum and the rotating body integrally rotate. A bearing-side cushioning member is arranged on a clutch carrying plate side. The bearing-side cushioning member firstly touches an object side when a spline of a clutch body is engaged with a spline of the clutch carrying plate, so as to reduce an impact force generated between the clutch body and the clutch carrying plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd., Aqua Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Yoneda, Harumi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10745850
    Abstract: The bottom of a household appliance is provided with leveling feet. The leveling foot comprises a fixed part and a movable part, and a hollow chamber is formed between the fixed part and the movable part. The hollow chamber is provided with a hydraulic medium. Under the action of pressure, the hydraulic medium can be circulated in the hollow chamber inside the leveling foot and/or the hollow chamber between leveling feet to realize the expansion and contraction of the movable part, to execute automatic leveling. The leveling device of a household appliance of the present disclosure, according to the hydraulic principle, is provided with a hydraulic medium in the leveling foot. Under different pressures, the leveling foot is made to automatically adjust adaptively due to the fluidity of the hydraulic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhao, Sheng Xu, Huacheng Song, Peiqiang He
  • Patent number: 10738932
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foot for household appliance and a household appliance. The foot comprises a hydraulic plate; a sheath, which is fixedly connected with the hydraulic plate; a regulating foot, which is arranged in the sheath and is axially movable relative to the sheath; an accommodation chamber, which is formed by the hydraulic plate, the sheath and the regulating foot; a hydraulic medium, which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and is compressed/expands depending on pressure changes to drive the regulating foot to axially move in the sheath for leveling; and a throttling structures, which is arranged in the hydraulic plate for slowing down flow velocity of the hydraulic medium. According to the foot provided by the present disclosure, the throttling structure is arranged in the hydraulic plate, so that the rapid flowing of the hydraulic medium is prevented, and a regulating process can be more stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10738403
    Abstract: A method for monitoring water consumption of a washing machine, comprising: the washing machine executing a clothes washing procedure and receiving a water level setting instruction; the washing machine executing the clothes washing procedure and acquiring opening time t of a water intake valve from start to end; the washing machine calculating the water intake flow of the water intake valve Q=Q0+?Q, and calculating the water consumption W=Qt; wherein with a normal water pressure and no load, when the water intake of the washing machine reaches the level, the theoretical flow value is Q0, the theoretical water intake time is t0, ?Q is a flow correction value, ?Q is calculated from a time difference (t?t0) and a correction coefficient k, and the correction coefficient k is a preset fixed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai Shu, Junming Yin, Zhenxing Huang, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10723639
    Abstract: A self-circulating flocculation washing machine comprises an outer barrel, a clothes washing structure arranged in the outer barrel and a flocculation water treatment device arranged outside the outer barrel, and the flocculation water treatment device comprises a flocculation container for performing flocculation treatment on water drained from the outer barrel; the washing machine is also provided with a circulating pipe for driving washing water in the outer barrel to perform self-circulation from bottom to top; one end of the circulating pipe communicates with a self-circulating water outlet in the lower part of the outer barrel, the other end of the circulating pipe communicates with a water outlet of the flocculation container and a self-circulating water inlet of the outer barrel through a tee joint, and a non-return structure for preventing the flocculation water from reflowing is arranged between the tee joint and the water outlet of the flocculation container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Li, Min Che, Jiangtao Zhang, Chunfeng Lao
  • Publication number: 20200232141
    Abstract: An impeller-type washing machine comprises a box body, an outer tub and an inner tub, the outer tub is arranged in the box body, the inner tub is installed in the outer tub, an upper part of the outer tub is fixedly connected with the box body, a damping device configured to reduce vibration of the outer tub is arranged below the outer tub in the box body, an upper edge of the outer tub is fixedly connected with an upper part of the box body, and there is a space between a side wall of the outer tub and an inner wall of the box body. A space between the outer tub and the box body is reduced, and effective washing volume of a washing machine is increased; meanwhile, vibration of a washing machine is reduced, and a better damping effect is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Yanfen LV, Huacheng SONG
  • Patent number: 10716454
    Abstract: A shoe-washing device capable of efficiently dewatering cleaned shoes. The shoe-washing device includes: an accommodating chamber supplied with cleaning fluid; a plurality of holding parts each being hollow and having an opening part, the opening parts of the holding parts are inserted into an inner space of a shoes from toplines of the shoes inside the accommodating chamber such that the shoe are held in such a manner that the toplines face a lower side and the opening parts faces the inner space of the shoes; a pipe connected to the holding part; and an air supply part for supplying air into the holding parts through the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., AQUA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hazime Suzuki, Shigeharu Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10711388
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a support for household appliance and a household appliance. The support for household appliance comprises a hydraulic plate; a sheath, which is fixedly connected with the hydraulic plate; a regulating element, which is arranged in the sheath and is axially movable relative to the sheath; an accommodation chamber, which is formed by the hydraulic plate, the sheath and the regulating element; a hydraulic medium, which is arranged in the accommodation chamber and is compressed/expands depending on pressure changes to drive the regulating element to axially move in the sheath for leveling; at least two supports for household appliance communicate with each other to allow the hydraulic medium to flow between the supports; and the hydraulic plate is provided with a one-way flow stop mechanism for conducting the hydraulic medium in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhao, Sheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20200217000
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a box body, an inner tub in the box body, a device for driving the inner tub to rotate, and a water collecting device at the bottom of the inner tub. The inner tub is a water containing tub during washing/rinsing. The outer wall of the inner tub is provided with a dewatering channel communicating with the inner tub for draining water discharged from the inner tub. The water collecting device includes a water collecting cavity with an upper opening, the bottom wall of the water collecting cavity is provided with a recessed portion, and a water outlet end of the dewatering channel downwardly extends into the recessed portion. The outlet end of the dewatering channel is inserted into the recessed portion on the bottom wall of the water collecting cavity, so that water collection and drainage are facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di WU, Xinghui HAO, Yimin LI, Chunfeng LAO, Yanfen LV, Sheng XU, Peishi LV
  • Patent number: 10704188
    Abstract: An automatic leveling washing machine includes a shell and a barrel assembly. A bottom plate of the shell has leveling bottom feet with hydraulic medium therein and hydraulic medium flows between leveling bottom feet to execute automatic leveling washing machine. The bottom plate of the shell has mounting grooves for fixing and mounting leveling bottom feet. Hydraulic medium and some gas flows inside each leveling bottom foot or between leveling bottom feet. The amount of compression of the leveling bottom foot which is under bigger pressure is big, and the amount of compression of the leveling bottom foot which is under smaller pressure can still stretch, thereby automatically realizing the leveling of the height. The mounting groove effectively and quickly positions the leveling bottom feet. A circumferential surface of the mounting groove protects the leveling bottom feet and allows high reliability of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhao, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 10704181
    Abstract: A first positioning structure is arranged at the bottom of the inner tub of a washing machine, and a second positioning structure is arranged at the bottom of the outer tub. When the two positioning structures come into concave-convex cooperation, the inner tub is locked; and when the two positioning structures separate from each other, the inner tub is unlocked. A locking hole is formed at the bottom of the inner tub; a stretchable and contractible locking rod is arranged at the bottom of the outer tub; when the locking rod projects into the locking hole, the inner tub is locked; and when the locking rod separates from the locking hole, the inner tub is unlocked. During washing, the inner tub is locked without water between the inner tub and the outer tub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi Lv, Lin Yang, Lingchen Wang, Yun Tian, Baozhen Cheng, Gangjin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10689787
    Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a dewatering tub having an impeller provided at a bottom thereof; three or more baffles arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction with respect to an inner circumferential surface of the dewatering tub, which are opened in the vicinity of the bottom and in which a water circulation opening is formed at the upper end; a water receiving ring unit fixed to an upper end of the dewatering tub and formed by stacking a plurality of annular water guiding grooves, which are connected to the upper end of the respective baffles via communication members; and a nozzle unit capable of individually injecting adjusting water into each of the water guiding grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd., Aqua Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masafumi Nishino
  • Patent number: 10689791
    Abstract: A high efficiency vented dryer having a heat pump system comprises an outer drum, an air-intake drying air duct and an air-exhaust drying air duct for allowing the outer drum communicating with outside. The dryer is provided with a heat pump system comprising a first evaporator and a second evaporator arranged in parallel or in series. The first evaporator is arranged in the air-exhaust drying air duct and the second evaporator is arranged in an external atmosphere to absorb heat from the exhaust air and outside, respectively. By arranging the evaporators in the drying air duct and the external atmosphere respectively, the heat pump system can simultaneously or independently absorb heat from the air exhausted by the dryer and from the ambient air of the dryer to heat the intake air by using heat in the exhaust air and heat in the environment to improve drying rate of the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jindong Bing, Sanwei Lu
  • Publication number: 20200191320
    Abstract: A supporting and leveling device for a household appliance and a household appliance are provided, wherein the supporting and leveling device is provided with leveling bottom legs. Each of the leveling bottom legs includes a hydraulic connection piece, a connection sleeve, a flexible deformation membrane, an adjustment leg, and a hydraulic medium. An edge of the flexible deformation membrane is hermetically mounted at a joint of the hydraulic connection piece and the connection sleeve to form an accommodating chamber together with the hydraulic connection piece. The hydraulic medium is arranged in the accommodating chamber. When the leveling bottom leg is arranged on an uneven supporting surface, the adjustment leg axially moves along the connection sleeve to squeeze the flexible deformation membrane to deform, so as to change a volume of the accommodating chamber, and the hydraulic medium is stressed to act on the adjustment leg for leveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang ZHAO, Peishi LV, Sheng XU
  • Patent number: 10683598
    Abstract: A washing machine, which does not have a narrowed portion on a throw-in and takeout route of washings, so that washings can be thrown in and taken out smoothly. The washing machine of the present invention comprises: an inner tub for accommodating washings; an outer tub for accommodating the inner tub; a housing comprising a housing body that is configured to accommodate the outer tub and is open at the upper end, a fixed lid fixed to the upper end of the housing body, and a movable lid that is movably disposed on the fixed lid, makes the upper end of the housing body selectively open towards the outside, and is capable of forming a lid side opening for making an inner tub side opening formed on the upper end of the inner tub open upwards; and a water supply unit provided on the fixed lid and used for supplying water to the inner tub, wherein the inner circumference of the lid side opening has a shape and size that make the inner tub side opening substantially open upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., AQUA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takaaki Yonezawa, Tomonari Kawaguchi, Hiroki Sato, Yoshikazu Bamba, Takashi Onishi, Wataru Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20200173095
    Abstract: A support for washing machine with automatic leveling function comprises a sheath; a regulating mechanism arranged inside the sheath in an axial movable manner, whose circumferential rotation is limited by the sheath; and a flexible body inside the regulating mechanism for accommodating a hydraulic medium. The flexible body comprises a telescopic end which acts on the regulating mechanism, the telescopic end expands and contracts under an action of the hydraulic medium and drives the regulating mechanism to move axially for automatic leveling. Based on the hydraulic principle, the support can perform adaptive regulation automatically by means of the fluidity of the hydraulic medium of different pressures. Moreover, the structures of the regulating mechanism and the sheath are designed to avoid that the automatic leveling for washing machine is influenced by the regulating mechanism's rotation in inside the sheath. Thus, the automatic leveling effect is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang ZHAO, Sheng XU, Huacheng SONG, Wenbing XU
  • Publication number: 20200157725
    Abstract: A washing machine and a control method are provided. The washing machine includes an inner tub for accommodating water, a water collection structure for collecting water drained from the inner tub and a drainage control apparatus communicating with the water collection structure. The drainage control apparatus controls drainage according to a water level in the water collection structure. A detection apparatus is arranged to detect the water level in the water collection structure, and transmit a detection result to a main control apparatus to realize real-time monitoring. Through the arrangement of a drainage apparatus for draining the water in the water collection structure, the drainage apparatus is electrically connected with the main control apparatus, and the main control apparatus controls the drainage apparatus to drain or not to drain the water in the water collection structure according to the detection result of the detection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi LV, Sheng XU, Yanfen LV, Xinghui HAO, Di WU
  • Patent number: 10655265
    Abstract: A washing machine comprises a water-containing barrel, a flocculation container and a filtering container that are successively brought into communication in a loop; the flocculation container is provided with a stirring mechanism and a washing mechanism; a rotatable filtering mechanism and a filtering and self-washing mechanism using water intake current to spray and clean the filtering mechanism are provided in the filtering container. When the washing ends, water is discharged into the flocculation container, and after the flocculation processing, the water is discharged into the water-containing barrel of the washing machine for rinsing after being filtered by the filtering container, and the processing procedure is circulated until the rinsing is completed; during the last rinsing processing, the flocculation generated in the circulated water flocculation processing is controlled to be discharged and the rinsing is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Jinzhu Deng
  • Publication number: 20200151529
    Abstract: A method for storing data for identifying fabric information, comprises: dividing the fabric information into N types of data information according to information types, and storing the N types of data information on a data carrier in a form of codes respectively, wherein different codes in a same type of data information represent different pieces of the fabric information defined specifically. The fabric information is classified according to information types, and each type of data information represents specific defined information in the form of codes, thereby saving the storage space occupied by the fabric information. Also disclosed is a data carrier which can store a large amount of fabric information with a small space, the data carrier can acquire codes stored in the data carrier through identification by a corresponding identifier, and the identifier can further acquire specific fabric information according to the codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Hai SHU, Yang LI, Junming YIN, Zhenxing HUANG, Tao ZHANG