Patent Description:
A shoe washing machine is a household appliance that can wash shoes according to cleaning requirements of the shoes. Generally, a shoe washing chamber of the shoe washing machine is internally provided with a brush, a spray device or a combination of the brush and the spray device for the purpose of shoe cleaning. Since a direct rub-brushing method of the brush has a strong cleaning ability, the brush that can brush surfaces of the shoes will be rotatably arranged in most of the shoe washing machines. There is a kind of shoe washing machine with a built-in rotating brush on the market, and the shoe washing chamber thereof is in the form of a washing tub. An inner bottom portion of the washing tub of this kind of shoe washing machine is provided with a rotatable pulsator, and a top portion of the pulsator is provided with a columnar brush roller. Bristles are arranged along the surface of the column of the brush roller, so that the pulsator drives the brush to rotate to wash the shoes. For example, Japanese patent <CIT> and Japanese patent <CIT> each disclose a conical brush arranged in a shoe washing machine. Chinese patent <CIT> discloses a shoe washing machine with the inner bucket brush arranged on the surface of the pulsator, wherein the bristles of the brush are arranged along the axial direction of the inner barrel. Chinese patent <CIT> discloses a brush connection structure of a shoe washing machine with a wave wheel. Further, Chinese patent <CIT> discloses a brush wheel which was detachably connected with a main body of a wave wheel.

The disadvantage of this kind of shoe washing machine is that a main brushing surface formed by terminal ends of the bristles is a columnar side face of the brush roller; when the shoes are stirred by the pulsator, the shoes can be brushed only when they reach a center of the pulsator. However, when there are a large number of shoes to be washed, multiple shoes will be stacked and collected together to form irregular gaps around the brush roller, which will cause most of the bristles to be suspended in the gaps and make most of the bristles of the brushing surface fail to play a cleaning role, thus leading to a poor brushing effect. In addition, a top portion of the columnar brush roller is rigid and protruding, so that the surfaces of the shoes are very easily worn by the top portion of the brush roller when the shoes are stirred by the pulsator.

Accordingly, there is a need for a new shoe washing machine in the art to solve the above problems.

In order to solve the above problems in the prior art, the present invention is set out in the appended set of claims.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the top portion of the pulsator of the shoe washing machine of the present invention is provided with a brush, which is in the form that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator. As compared with the conventional columnar brush, through the arrangement of the above brush, first, the problem that the columnar brush can only brush through the vertical columnar surface on the side portion can be optimized. The upward bulging shape of the brush of the present invention has a brushing surface with an increased spatial deployment degree from top to bottom, and a side brushing range of this brushing surface is larger, which increases a brushing angle of the brush to the shoes, enables the brush to carry out spatial rub-washing on the shoes with no dead angle in the circumferential direction, greatly improves a contact frequency between the brush and the shoes during the washing process, alleviates the problem of small contact probability between the brush and the shoes when many shoes are piled up around the brush, and optimizes the shoe brushing effect. Moreover, the bulging shape of the above brush can leave more washing space for the shoes in the circumferential direction of the side portion of the brush, and a streamline direction from the side portion to the top portion of the brush becomes smoother, which can not only greatly mitigate the problem that the shoes are easily stuck between the brush and an inner wall of the washing tub in case of a large number of shoes, and reduce the probability that the shoes in the washing tub are stuck with the brush, but also can make a brushing action of the brush smoother when rubbing a certain part of the shoes, and make the brushing effect softer. The shape, color, accessories or fiber weaving direction of the surfaces of the brushed shoes are better kept, and the shoes will not be damaged while they are washed clean.

Preferably, the brush is a bowl-shaped brush, a conical brush, a spherical brush, or a dome-shaped brush that bulges upward. Brushes of these shapes each have a radial size that gradually increases from the top portion to the bottom portion, and each have a brushing surface with smooth and gradually changing streamline. When the shoe is stirred and thrown up by the pulsator, contacts with the brush and falls down, the brushing surface of this kind of brush, which is gradually expanded from the top portion to the bottom portion, has a certain cushioning effect on the shoe sliding down along the brushing surface, which prolongs the rubbing time of the shoe each time it contacts with the brush, improves the efficiency of shoe brushing, and has a soft and efficient brushing effect while greatly reducing the probability of the shoe being stuck.

Further, the bottom portion of the brush is arranged to abut against the top portion of the pulsator, so as to reduce a gap between the brush and the top portion of the pulsator, reduce the possibility that the shoes are stuck between the brush and the pulsator, and avoid that individual shoes are not brushed clean enough or stuck and damaged.

Further, the brush is detachably connected with the pulsator, so that users or maintenance personnel can detach and replace the brush when the brush is damaged, which improves the convenience of using the shoe washing machine.

Further, the bottom portion of the brush is provided with a sleeve-like snap-fit seat, a side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat is provided with a plurality of snap-fit grooves in a circumferential direction, and the top portion of the pulsator is provided with snap-fit protrusions matching with the snap-fit grooves, so that there can be multiple snap-fit points between the bottom portion of the brush and the pulsator, which improves the convenience of detaching and installing the brush on the premise of ensuring the installation reliability of the brush.

Further, the snap-fit protrusions are water-stirring ribs of the pulsator. By providing the snap-fit structure for installing the brush as the water-stirring ribs, a structural layout space at the top portion of the pulsator can be prevented from being occupied and the manufacturing process complexity of the pulsator can be avoided. At the same time, a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat by insertion is provided at a center intersection position of the water-stirring ribs, which further improves the installation reliability of the brush.

Preferably, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat is gradually expanded outward from top to bottom, which increases a snap-fit area between the bottom portion of the brush and the pulsator, improves an anti-shaking effect of the brush, and further improves the installation reliability of the brush.

In the drawings: <NUM>: shell; <NUM>: door cover; <NUM>: washing tub; <NUM>: outer tub; <NUM>: inner tub; <NUM>: pulsator; <NUM>: water-stirring rib; <NUM>: driving part; <NUM>: brush; <NUM>: body; <NUM>: upper section; <NUM>: lower section; <NUM>: bristle; <NUM>: sleeve-like snap-fit seat; <NUM>: snap-fit groove; <NUM>: threaded structure.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only used to explain technical principles of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present invention.

It should be noted that in the description of the present invention, terms indicating directional or positional relationships, such as "center", "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer" and the like, are based on the directional or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings. They are only used for ease of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, or be constructed or operated in a specific orientation; therefore, they should not be considered as limitations to the present invention.

In addition, it should also be noted that in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, terms "install", "connect" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense; for example, the connection may be a fixed connection, or may also be a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection, or an indirect connection implemented through an intermediate medium, or it may be internal communication between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be interpreted according to specific situations.

First, reference is made to <FIG>, which is a schematic view of an overall structure of the shoe washing machine of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, the shoe washing machine of the present invention includes a shell <NUM>, as well as a washing tub <NUM>, a pulsator <NUM> and a driving part <NUM> that are arranged inside the shell <NUM>. The washing tub <NUM> is arranged vertically, and a top portion of the shell <NUM> is provided with a throw-in port that corresponds to an opening of the tub, and a door cover <NUM> that can close/open the throw-in port. The washing tub <NUM> can be a single-layer tub body fixedly arranged inside the shell <NUM>, which is closed and sealed, and can directly hold washing water. The pulsator <NUM> is rotatably arranged at an inner bottom portion of the single-layer tub body, and the driving part <NUM> only drives the pulsator <NUM> to rotate. Alternatively, the washing tub <NUM> can also include an outer tub <NUM> fixedly arranged inside the shell <NUM> and an inner tub <NUM> rotatably arranged in the outer tub <NUM>; a tub body of the outer tub <NUM> is closed and sealed, and a tub body of the inner tub <NUM> is provided with a water passing hole. The pulsator <NUM> is rotatably arranged at an inner bottom portion of the inner tub <NUM>, and the driving part <NUM> drives the inner tub <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> to rotate respectively. The above shoe washing machine further includes a brush <NUM> arranged at a center of a top portion of the pulsator <NUM>. The brush <NUM> is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>. When the pulsator <NUM> rotates, it can drive the brush <NUM> to rotate at the same time, so that bristles of the brush <NUM> can move relative to the shoes and then rub and brush the shoes, thus ensuring a non-destructive brushing effect of the shoes by improving linear smoothness of a brushing surface of the brush <NUM> and reducing the probability of the shoes being stuck by the brush <NUM>.

In the above embodiment, the above brush <NUM> includes a body <NUM> and bristles <NUM> provided on the body <NUM>. The case where the above brush <NUM> is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> specifically includes: if the bristles <NUM> have the same length, the body <NUM> will be arranged to bulge upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>, and an outer surface of the body <NUM> and a brushing surface formed by terminal ends of the overall bristles <NUM> both have a shape that bulges upward; alternatively, the shape of the body <NUM> is not limited, but the bristles have different lengths, so that the brushing surface formed by the terminal ends of the overall bristles <NUM> can form an upward bulging shape.

In addition, the above driving part <NUM> includes at least a driving motor connected with the pulsator <NUM> or the inner tub <NUM>. Transmission devices such as a reducer and a clutch or a power reversing device can be provided between the driving motor and the pulsator <NUM> or the inner tub <NUM> according transmission requirements. For example, when the inner tub <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> need to be driven respectively, the driving motor can be connected to the pulsator <NUM> or the inner tub <NUM> respectively through a gear set or a pulley set, the clutch, etc., so as to drive the inner tub <NUM> or the pulsator <NUM> according to requirements of the washing process; alternatively, when only the pulsator <NUM> needs to be driven, the driving motor can be directly connected to the pulsator <NUM>. Since the specific arrangement of the above driving part <NUM> is the same as the driving mode of the conventional pulsator <NUM> or inner tub <NUM>, a detailed description will be omitted herein.

A preferred technical solution of the present invention will be described in detail below in connection with a preferred situation in which the bristles <NUM> have the same length and the body <NUM> is arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>.

Reference is then made to <FIG>, which is a first simplified structural view of a non-direct bulging brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, in a possible embodiment, the shape of the brush <NUM> which bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is specifically that a bottom portion of the brush <NUM> is provided with a bulging base, and a middle portion or a middle and lower portion of the brush <NUM> bulges upward based on the bulging base. Specifically, the body <NUM> includes an upper section <NUM> located above and a lower section <NUM> connected below the upper section <NUM>; the upper section <NUM> is used as a basic structure for forming the bulging shape, and its radial size is not strictly limited as changing with a radial size of the bulging structure located above. As shown in <FIG>, the upper section <NUM> of the body <NUM> is dome-shaped, and the lower section <NUM> is columnar. The body <NUM> takes the columnar bottom portion as the bulging base, and only the upper portion is of the upward bulging shape.

It should be noted that the brush <NUM> with the bulging base provided at the bottom portion is not limited to the shape shown in <FIG>. For example, the upper section <NUM> can also be bowl-shaped, conical or spherical other than being dome-shaped. For another example, the radial size of the brush <NUM> can also be increased stepwise from top to bottom. The lower section <NUM> of this kind of brush <NUM> can also include multiple (i.e., two or more) columnar structures, i.e., columnar sections stacked from bottom to top, and the radial size of each section of the columnar structures increases stepwise from top to bottom, so that the brush <NUM> has a trend of bulging upward as a whole.

Reference is then made to <FIG>, which is a second simplified structural view of the non-direct bulging brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, in another possible embodiment, the shape of the brush <NUM> which bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is specifically that the brush <NUM> bulges directly from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>. In this case, the body <NUM> bulges upward directly with the bottom portion as a start point, and the radial size of the body <NUM> increases stepwise from top to bottom. The body <NUM> of the brush <NUM> shown in <FIG> includes three brush segments, and a radial size of each brush segment gradually increases from top to bottom. However, the radial size at connection positions of the three brush segments does not change uniformly, and there is a position of sudden change in the radial size at the connection positions of the brush segments. However, the three brush segments have a trend of bulging upward from top to bottom as a whole. Of course, in addition to the brush segments with arc on the side as shown in <FIG>, at least one of the multiple brush segments included in the brush <NUM> can also be a columnar brush segment with a fixed radial size if the radial size of the brush <NUM> gradually increases from top to bottom. In this case, the brush <NUM> includes multiple columnar brush segments, and the radial size of the columnar brush segments increases in turn from top to bottom.

Reference is then made to <FIG> and <FIG> and continued reference is made to <FIG>, in which <FIG> is a front structural view of a dome-shaped brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention, and <FIG> is a bottom structural view of the dome-shaped brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, in a preferred embodiment, the shape of the brush <NUM> which bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is specifically that the brush <NUM> bulges directly from the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>. In this case, the body <NUM> bulges upward directly with the bottom portion as a start point, the radial size of the body <NUM> gradually increases from top to bottom, and the body <NUM> extends in a gradually expanding manner from top to bottom as a whole. As an example, the above brush <NUM> may be a bowl-shaped brush with a flat top and an outward bulging arc-shaped surface surrounding the side, or it may be a conical brush with a pointed top and a straight side, or a truncated conical brush with a flat top and a straight side, or a dome-shaped brush which bulges upward. Shown in <FIG> is an upward bulging dome-shaped brush. According to the orientation of <FIG>, the body <NUM> of the dome-shaped brush is a rotating body obtained by rotating an upward protruding arc segment and a straight line segment around a vertical rotation axis, in which the straight line segment extends from a bottom end of the arc segment in a direction approaching the vertical rotation axis. A curved surface part of the rotating body and a junction position between the curved surface part and a bottom horizontal surface are fully covered with the bristles <NUM> to form a dome-shaped brush, and terminal ends of the bristles <NUM> form a dome-shaped brushing surface as a whole. The curvature of the curved surface of the dome-shaped brush and the radial size of the bottom horizontal surface can be set according to the washing requirements.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that although the brush <NUM> of the above embodiment is described in connection with a preferred situation in which the radial size gradually increases from the top portion to the bottom portion, the shape of the brush <NUM> is not strictly limited to this situation. For example, the brush <NUM> of the present invention can also be arranged such that in the direction from the top portion to the bottom portion, the radial size of one part gradually increases, and the radial size of another part gradually decreases from the maximum radial size position, as long as most parts of the body <NUM> of the brush <NUM> each has a radial size that gradually increases from the top portion to the bottom portion, and a height of the part with decreasing radial size is almost negligible. For example, the shape of the body <NUM> can also be a three-quarters sphere, etc., as long as the set height of the part with decreasing radial size on the body <NUM> does not have a negative influence on the soft and efficient brushing effect of the brush <NUM> and the effect of reducing a frequency of the shoes being stuck.

Preferably, the bottom portion of the brush <NUM> of the present invention is arranged to abut against the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>, so as to avoid an obvious gap between the brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM>, which would otherwise further cause the shoes to be stuck between the brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM>.

With continued reference to <FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG>, in a specific embodiment, the horizontal surface of the bottom portion of the dome-shaped brush is arranged to abut against the highest position of the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>, so as to avoid the formation of a gap with a large radial depth and a large vertical height between the bottom portion of the dome-shaped brush and the pulsator <NUM>, and prevent the shoes from being stuck between the bottom portion of the dome-shaped brush and the pulsator <NUM> when the shoes are stirred by the pulsator <NUM> or the brush <NUM>. Specifically, when the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is provided with a plurality of water-stirring ribs <NUM> radially and the plurality of water-stirring ribs <NUM> intersect at the top center position of the pulsator <NUM>. The horizontal surface of the bottom portion of the dome-shaped brush is arranged to abut against a top side of the water-stirring ribs <NUM> at the center position of the pulsator <NUM>.

Reference is then made to <FIG> and <FIG>, in which <FIG> is a front structural view of a bowl-shaped brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention, and <FIG> is a schematic installation view of the bowl-shaped brush of the shoe washing machine of the present invention. As shown in <FIG> and <FIG>, in another preferred embodiment, the brush <NUM> is a bowl-shaped brush; the top portion of the body <NUM> of the bowl-shaped brush is flat and nearly planar, and the side portion is formed by an arc-shaped curved surface protruding outward with a gradually increasing radial size. A bottom edge of the bowl-shaped brush directly abuts against the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>, and the intersection position of the plurality of water-stirring ribs <NUM> at the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is directly installed inside the bowl-shaped brush <NUM> by buckling. There is no gap between the brush <NUM> and the water-stirring ribs <NUM> of the pulsator <NUM> or the top surface, so as to eradicate the situation in which the shoes are stuck at the bottom portion of the brush <NUM>.

In another preferred embodiment, the brush <NUM> is a spherical brush. A bottom portion of a lower hemisphere of the spherical brush is a curved surface converged at the center position of the bottom portion. The bottom portion of the spherical brush abuts against the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> in an embedded manner, so that a width of the gap between the bottom position of the lower hemisphere of the spherical brush and the pulsator <NUM> is very small (almost nonexistent), and that the shoes basically will not be stuck between the bottom portion of the spherical brush and the pulsator <NUM>.

Preferably, a middle portion height of the above spherical brush, bowl-shaped brush or dome-shaped brush or a brush with the radial size gradually increasing from the top portion to the bottom portion does not exceed <NUM>. The "middle portion height" specifically refers to a vertical distance between the highest position of the top portion of the bulging shape of the brush <NUM> and the top center position of the pulsator <NUM> (a distance by which the brush <NUM> protrudes into an interior of the body of the pulsator <NUM> during connection is not included in this height). The above arrangement can prevent the height of the center of gravity of the brush <NUM> from being too high, ensure the installation stability of the brush <NUM>, enable the brush <NUM> not to shake when rubbing the shoes, and enable the brush <NUM> to have a high tolerance to shoe collision.

Preferred connection solutions between the brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> will be described below with continued reference to the drawings, the bowl-shaped brush and the dome-shaped brush.

The brush <NUM> is detachably connected with the pulsator <NUM>, so that the brush <NUM> that has been installed and fixed can be detached when the brush <NUM> has problems such as wear of the bristles <NUM>. Those skilled in the art can selectively provide an installation base at the bottom portion of the body <NUM> according to the specific shape of the body <NUM> of the brush <NUM> and the specific shape of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>.

Then, with continued reference to <FIG> and <FIG>, a sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> (i.e., the above installation base) is provided at the center of the bottom horizontal surface of the dome-shaped brush. The sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> is vertically arranged with an opening thereof facing downward. A side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> is provided with a plurality of snap-fit grooves <NUM> in a circumferential direction, and the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is provided with snap-fit protrusions matching with the snap-fit grooves <NUM>, so that the dome-shaped brush <NUM> can be connected together through the snap-fit between the snap-fit grooves <NUM> and the protrusions. In an installed state, a bottom side of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> closely abuts against the top surface at the center of the pulsator <NUM>.

Further, the dome-shaped brush is installed on the pulsator <NUM> mainly by means of snap-fit. For example, the side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> between the snap-fit grooves <NUM> has a certain elastically deforming ability. Two side groove walls of the snap-fit groove <NUM> close to the opening of the groove are respectively provided with a convex structure in a direction of approaching each other, and the snap-fit protrusion is provided with accommodation grooves matching with the two convex structures. When installing the dome-shaped brush, the snap-fit groove <NUM> is snap-fit on the snap-fit protrusion, and the convex structures slide along the surface of the snap-fit protrusion, then enters the accommodation grooves and are snap-fit therein. When it is necessary to detach the dome-shaped brush, it is only required to slightly push the bottom of the side wall of the sleeve-like structure outward so that the convex structures can move out of the accommodation grooves, thus removing the dome-shaped brush.

Further, the dome-shaped brush is installed on the pulsator <NUM> also assisted by screwing. Specifically, in addition to the above sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> and the snap-fit grooves <NUM>, a threaded structure <NUM> is also provided at the bottom center of the dome-shaped brush <NUM>, and a fastener through hole which is aligned with the threaded structure <NUM> is provided at the top center of the pulsator <NUM> in a penetrating manner. When installation of the dome-shaped brush is completed, the snap-fit grooves <NUM> are snap-fit on the snap-fit protrusions to limit the rotation of the dome-shaped brush, and a fastener such as screw and bolt passes through the fastener through hole from the bottom portion of the pulsator <NUM> and then is screwed to the threaded structure <NUM> to limit an axial movement of the dome-shaped brush. At this time, even if the groove walls of the snap-fit groove <NUM> are not provided with the above convex structures, the dome-shaped brush can still be fixed and limited axially through the fastener.

The snap-fit protrusions are the water-stirring ribs <NUM> of the pulsator <NUM>. The shape of the snap-fit groove <NUM> matches with a sectional shape of the water-stirring rib <NUM> of the pulsator <NUM> after vertical sectioning in the circumferential direction, and the number of the snap-fit grooves <NUM> is not smaller than the number of the water-stirring ribs <NUM>, so that each snap-fit groove <NUM> can be snap-fit on one of the water-stirring ribs <NUM> respectively, and that there will be no need to additionally provide the snap-fit protrusion on the pulsator <NUM> for matching with the snap-fit groove <NUM>. In addition, a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> by insertion is provided at a center intersection position of the water-stirring ribs <NUM> in a protruding manner, so as to further improve the installation reliability of the dome-shaped brush and increase an anti-collision performance of the dome-shaped brush. In case of completion of snap-fit, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> is snap-fit on the snap-fit column, and the snap-fit grooves <NUM> are snap-fit on the water-stirring ribs <NUM> of the pulsator <NUM>, so that the bottom of the body of the dome-shaped brush (i.e., the body <NUM>) closely abuts against top surfaces of the water-stirring ribs <NUM> on the side close to the center of the pulsator <NUM>.

Further, the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM> is gradually expanded outward from top to bottom, and the radial size thereof is gradually increased. The snap-fit column at the top portion of the pulsator <NUM> is arranged as a frustum-shaped cylinder that matches with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat <NUM>, so as to further increase a snap-fit contact area between the dome-shaped brush and the pulsator <NUM>, and further improve a reliable installation effect of the dome-shaped brush.

Next, reference is made to <FIG> and <FIG>. In another preferred embodiment, in the case of the bowl-shaped brush <NUM>, the bottom portion of the bowl-shaped brush is not provided with an installation base, and a certain accommodation space is provided on an inner side of the bottom of the body <NUM> of the bowl-shaped brush. The accommodation space can accommodate the intersection position of the water-stirring ribs <NUM>, and the side of the body <NUM> is provided with a plurality of snap-fit grooves <NUM> in a circumferential direction at positions close to the bottom side. In an installed state, the snap-fit grooves <NUM> are embedded on the water-stirring ribs <NUM>, so that the protruding position formed after the intersection of the water-stirring ribs <NUM> at the top center of the pulsator <NUM> can be installed by the body <NUM> by buckling, and that a bottom edge of the body <NUM> can seamlessly abut against the top surface at the center of the pulsator <NUM> and the protruding surfaces of the water-stirring ribs <NUM>. On this basis, the bowl-shaped brush can also be assisted by the same connecting way as screwing the above dome-shaped brush to the pulsator <NUM> to increase the installation reliability. In view that the specific screwing way has already been described in the above embodiment, a repeated description will be omitted herein.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the connection between the above brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> is not limited to the above detachable connection. When there is no need for the brush <NUM> to be detachable, the brush <NUM> can also be directly integrated with the pulsator <NUM>. Moreover, the detachable connection between the brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> is not limited to that described in the above example. For example, the brush <NUM> can also be connected to the pulsator <NUM> by means of claw clamping. Those skilled in the art can improve or replace the above structure combination of the snap-fit grooves <NUM> and the snap-fit protrusions and the fixing means of screwing in terms of structural form or connection means, as long as the reliable connection between the brush <NUM> and the pulsator <NUM> and convenient disassembly and assembly can be realized.

To sum up, the shoe washing machine of the present invention is provided with the brush <NUM> having an upward bulging shape at the center of the top portion of the pulsator <NUM>, so as to optimize the smoothness of the streamline of the brushing surface of the brush <NUM>, soften the brushing effect of the brush <NUM>, enable the brush <NUM> to have the function of non-destructive shoe brushing, and also reduce the probability that the brush is stuck with the shoes, thus resulting in an elaborate structure and strong practicability.

Claim 1:
A shoe washing machine, comprising a washing tub (<NUM>), a pulsator (<NUM>) rotatably arranged at an inner bottom portion of the washing tub (<NUM>), and a brush (<NUM>) arranged at a center of a top portion of the pulsator (<NUM>), the brush (<NUM>) being arranged in a shape that bulges upward from the top portion of the pulsator (<NUM>),
wherein the brush (<NUM>) is detachably connected with the pulsator (<NUM>);
wherein a bottom portion of the brush (<NUM>) is provided with a sleeve-like snap-fit seat (<NUM>), a side wall of the sleeve-like snap-fit seat (<NUM>) is provided with a plurality of snap-fit grooves (<NUM>) in a circumferential direction, and the top portion of the pulsator (<NUM>) is provided with snap-fit protrusions matching with the snap-fit grooves (<NUM>),
characterized in that the snap-fit protrusions are water-stirring ribs (<NUM>) of the pulsator (<NUM>), and a snap-fit column matching with the sleeve-like snap-fit seat (<NUM>) by insertion is provided at a center intersection position of the water-stirring ribs (<NUM>).