Patent Grant
11497377
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of household electrical appliances, and more particularly, to a seal for a dish washer and a dish washer having the same.
A liner of a sink-type dish washer can be opened by pivoting a door assembly upwardly in order to put tableware in. A clearance fit is employed by a sink-type dish washer in the related art for reducing friction, which makes it convenient to open a door manually by a user.
However, during operation, an arm is rotated and sprays water in the liner when the sink-type dish washer washes the tableware. Thus, it is likely to spray water to the clearance between the door assembly and the liner, which causes the water in the clearance to accumulate at an edge of the liner, and the water is hard to remove.
The present disclosure solves at least one of the problems existing in the related art. To this end, the present disclosure provides a seal for a dish washer, and the seal for a dish washer achieves satisfactory sealing effect and is easy to mount and dismount.
The present disclosure further provides a dish washer with the above seal.
The seal for a dish washer according to embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure includes: a side seal part configured to seal a gap between an inner side surface of a water tank of the dish washer and a door body; a radial seal part connected to the side seal part and configured to seal a gap between an upper surface of the water tank and the door body; and a mounting part connected to at least one of the side seal part and the radial seal part and configured to be mounted to the door body of the dish washer.
The seal for a dish washer according to the embodiments of the present disclosure is good in sealing effect and easy to mount and dismount.
In addition, the seal for a dish washer according to the embodiments of the present disclosure also can have the following additional technical features.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in a cross section of the seal, the side seal part extends from a top to a bottom in an up-down direction.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the cross section of the seal, the radial seal part extends obliquely upwardly relative to a horizontal direction from an upper edge of the side seal part, and the mounting part is connected to an upper surface of the radial seal part.
Optionally, the seal for a dish washer further includes a seal reinforcing part connected to the side seal part and located between the side seal part and an inner side wall surface of the water tank.
Furthermore, in the cross section of the seal, the seal reinforcing part extends obliquely upwardly relative to the horizontal direction from a lower edge of the side seal part.
According to an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, the seal reinforcing part has a larger inclined angle relative to the horizontal direction in comparison with an inclined angle of the radial seal part relative to the horizontal direction.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mounting part defines an air cavity therein and is configured to be mounted in a mounting groove of the door body.
Furthermore, the mounting part has an upper wall, the upper wall includes a step part and an arc part, and a lower edge of the arc part is connected to an upper edge of the step part.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the side seal part, the radial seal part, and the mounting part are integrally formed.
The dish washer according to embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure includes: a water tank; a door body configured to open and close the water tank; and a seal for a dish washer according to the embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure.
With the seal for a dish washer according to the embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the dish washer according to embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure is good in sealing effect and easy to mount and dismount.
Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of present disclosure will be given in part in the following descriptions, become apparent in part from the following descriptions, or be learned from the practice of the embodiments of the present disclosure.
These and/or other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following descriptions made with reference to the drawings, in which:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail, and examples of the embodiments are depicted in the drawings. The same or similar elements and the elements having same or similar functions are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the descriptions. The embodiments described herein with reference to drawings are explanatory and only used to illustrate the present disclosure. The embodiments shall not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that, orientation or relation indicated by terms such as “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom” “inner”, and “outer”, as well as derivative thereof (e.g., “horizontally”, “downwardly”, “upwardly”, etc.) should be construed to refer to the orientation or relation based on the drawings, which are only used for convenience and simplification of description of the present disclosure but do not indicate or imply that the device or element must be particularly orientated or be constructed or operated in a particular orientation, and which cannot be construed to limit the present disclosure. In the description of the present disclosure, the term “a plurality of” means two or more than two, unless specified otherwise.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that, unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “mounted,” “connected,” “coupled,” and the like are used broadly, and may be, for example, fixed connections, detachable connections, or integral connections; may also be mechanical or electrical connections; may also be direct connections or indirect connections via intervening structures; may also be inner communications of two elements, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
A seal 100 for a dish washer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is described hereinafter referring to
As shown in
The side seal part 10 is configured to seal a gap between an inner side surface of a water tank of a dish washer and a door body 200. The radial seal part 20 is connected to the side seal part 10, and the radial seal part 20 is configured to seal a gap between an upper surface of the water tank and the door body 200. The mounting part 30 is connected to at least one of the side seal part 10 and the radial seal part 20, and the mounting part 30 is configured to be mounted to the door body 200 of the dish washer.
For example, the side seal part 10 is located between an inner surface 302 of a side wall 300 of the water tank and a side wall surface 202 of the door body 200, when the door body 200 is closed on the water tank, such that the side seal part 10 can functions as a seal between the inner surface 302 of the side wall 300 of the water tank and the door body 200. The radial seal part 20 is located between an upper surface 304 of the side wall 300 of the water tank and a lower wall surface 204 of the door body 200, such that the radial seal part 20 can functions as a seal between the upper surface 304 of the side wall 300 of the water tank and the lower side wall of the door body 200. The mounting part 30 can be connected to the side seal part 10, the mounting part 30 can also be connected to the radial seal part 20, or the mounting part 30 is connected to both the side seal part 10 and the radial seal part 20 at the same time. The seal 100 for a dish washer is mounted to the door body 200 via the mounting part 30; for example, in the embodiment shown in
In the seal 100 for a dish washer according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the side seal part 10 is used to seal the inner side surface 302 of the side wall 300 of the water tank and the door body 200, and the radial seal part 20 is used to seal the upper surface 304 of the side wall 300 of the water tank and the door body 200, thereby achieving satisfactory sealing performance between the door body 200 and the side wall 300 of the water tank, effectively preventing water from being spraying to the gap between the door body 200 and the side wall 300 of the water tank when the dish washer is used to wash tableware, and making it easy to clean an edge of a liner. Moreover, the seal 100 is mounted to the door body 200 via the mounting part 30, such that the seal 100 is connected to the door body 200 tightly, separation of the seal 100 from the door body hardly occurs, and mounting and dismounting of the seal 100 are convenient.
Therefore, the seal 100 for a dish washer according to the embodiments of the present disclosure achieves satisfactory sealing effect and is easy to mount and dismount.
The seal 100 for a dish washer according to a specific embodiment of the present disclosure is described hereafter referring to
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
Optionally, referring to the embodiment shown in
Furthermore, as shown in
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in
Optionally, referring to the embodiment shown in
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the side seal part 10, the radial seal part 20, and the mounting part 30 are integrally formed. Therefore, the seal 100 for a dish washer is convenient to manufacture and good in integral structural stability.
A dish washer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is described hereafter.
The dish washer according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a water tank, the door body 200 configured to open and close the water tank, and the seal 100 for a dish washer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
With the seal 100 for a dish washer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the dish washer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is good in sealing effect and convenient to mount and dismount.
Other configurations and operations of the seal 100 for a dish washer according the embodiments of the present disclosure are known to one of ordinary skill in the art and will not described in detail herein.
Reference throughout this specification to terms “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “exemplary embodiment”, “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the terms throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.
Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, alternatives and variants can be made in the embodiments without departing from principles and purpose of the present disclosure. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by claims and equivalents thereof.
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The present application is a continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2018/116132, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810090611.8 and Chinese Patent Application No. 201820175493.6, both filed on Jan. 30, 2018, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. No new matter has been introduced.
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