Integrated laundry care machine and operating method thereof

Abstract

An integrated laundry care machine and an operating method thereof. The integrated laundry care machine comprises a housing (1), and a washing system (2) and a care system (3) disposed in the housing (1). A collapsible support plate (4) is disposed between the washing system (2) and the care system (3). After being expanded, the support plate (4) can be ascended or descended along a height direction of the integrated laundry care machine. The support plate (4) is provided to hold clothes taken out from the washing system (2), and transfer, towards the care system (3), the clothes taken out from the washing system (2), facilitating an increase in operating efficiency of transferring clothes from the washing system (2) to the care system (3), and reducing labor intensity. Moreover, the support plate can catch clothes dropping from the washing system (2) or the care system (3) when taking out the clothes, preventing clothes from dropping on the ground.

1 . An integrated laundry care machine comprising:
 a cabinet;   a washing system included in the cabinet;   a clothing care system included in the cabinet;   wherein further comprises:   a retractable plate capable of ascending or descending along the height direction of the integrated laundry care machine as being extended out is disposed between the washing system and the clothing care system.   
     
     
         2 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the cabinet is provided with a washing system access and a clothing care system access; manually or automatically, the plate is extended out or pushed back, and ascend or descend between the lower edge of the washing system access and the lower edge of the clothing care system access. 
     
     
         3 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the plate keeps horizontal or reverses in ascending or descending. 
     
     
         4 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the plate is flat, or basin-shaped, or box-shaped, or disk-shaped. 
     
     
         5 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 2 , wherein the plate is extended out and descends to the lower edge of the washing system access for containing clothing taken out from the washing system; the plate ascends for facilitating to put clothing into the clothing care system. 
     
     
         6 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the plate is extended out and descends along the height direction of the integrated laundry care machine for containing clothing taken out from the washing system; the plate with clothing ascends along the height direction of the integrated laundry care machine for transferring clothing towards the clothing care system. 
     
     
         7 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein two rails are provided on the left and right sides of the cabinet which are opposite to each other in parallel, and two or more slide blocks matched with the two rails are connected to the plate and slide on the rails. 
     
     
         8 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 6 , wherein one or more connecting rods are provided between each slide block and the plate, and one end of the connecting rod is hinged to the slide block and the other end of the connecting rod is hinged to the plate. 
     
     
         9 . The integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the clothing care system is a drying system, a washing system, a deodorizing system, a sterilization system, a folding system, or a steam ironing system. 
     
     
         10 . An operating method of the integrated laundry care machine according to  claim 1 , wherein the cabinet is provided with a washing system access and a clothing care system access, includes:
 Step A: pulling out the plate from the cabinet and moving it down to the lower edge of the washing system access as the washing system finishes washing, putting clothing taken out from the washing system on the plate;   Step B: moving the plate up to the lower edge of the clothing care system and putting clothing on the plate into the clothing care system;   Step C: pushing back the plate into the cabinet.