WASHING MACHINE

• Main Authors: YOSHIDA KIYONOBU, HASE TADAO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.11.2015
• Subjects: FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a washing machine which has an improved appearance and cannot be disassembled easily by a user.SOLUTION: A washing machine includes: a housing 200 including a top wall 250; a washing tub 300 in the housing; an input port 255 formed at the top wall; a cover member 400 for partially covering the top wall; a lid body 600 for opening/closing the input port; a hinge structure 700 for rotatably supporting the lid body; and an operation unit 500. The lid body includes: a left arm plate 610 arranged on the left side of the cover member; a right arm plate 620 arranged on the right side of the cover member; and a main plate 630 connected to the left arm plate and the right arm plate. The hinge structure includes: a left rib 710 protruding from the top wall on the left side of the cover member; a right rib 720 protruding from the top wall on the right side of the cover member; a left shaft pin 730 for connecting the left rib and the left arm plate in a rotatable manner; and a right shaft pin 740 for connecting the right rib and the right arm plate in a rotatable manner. Connection and release of the connection respectively by the left shaft pin and the right shaft pin become possible only in a state where the cover member is removed. 【課題】外観が向上し、使用者が容易に分解することができない洗濯機を提供する。【解決手段】天壁２５０を含む筐体２００と、筐体内に洗濯槽３００と、天壁に形成される投入口２５５と、天壁を部分的に覆うカバー部材４００と、投入口を開閉する蓋体６００と、蓋体を回動支持するヒンジ構造７００と、操作部５００とを備え、蓋体は、カバー部材の左側に配置される左アーム板６１０と、カバー部材の右側に配置される右アーム板６２０と、左アーム板と右アーム板とに接続される主板６３０とを含み、ヒンジ構造は、カバー部材の左側で天壁から突出する左リブ７１０と、カバー部材の右側で天壁から突出する右リブ７２０と、左リブと左アーム板とを回動可能に接続する左軸ピン７３０と、右リブと右アーム板とを回動可能に接続する右軸ピン７４０とを含み、左軸ピンと右軸ピンとによるそれぞれの接続及び接続の解除は、カバー部材を取り外した状態でのみ可能となる。【選択図】図３Ａ