CN109665480B

CN109665480B - Water treatment device

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Publication number: CN109665480B
Application number: CN201710960575.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张仕荣; 吴韩
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Filing date: 2017-10-16
Publication date: 2024-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 2037-10-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a water treatment device, comprising: a refrigeration module; a heating module; the refrigerating module and the heating module are arranged in the shell, and the shell is provided with a water diversion waterway integrated with the shell into a whole; the water supply module is communicated with the water diversion waterway and supplies water to the refrigerating module and the heating module through the water diversion waterway. According to the embodiment of the invention, the shell for the water treatment device is provided with the water diversion waterway integrated with the shell, so that the shell has the water diversion function, the structure of the water treatment device is simplified, the installation procedure of a pipeline is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

Water treatment device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of water purifying and drinking equipment, in particular to a water treatment device.

Background

In the drinking machine in the related art, in order to facilitate the arrangement of waterways and circuits, the shell structure of the drinking machine is generally designed to be larger, and because the waterways and the circuits in the shell are arranged in a complex manner, the assembly of all parts of the drinking machine is time-consuming and labor-consuming.

In addition, when the pipeline (such as a silicone tube) is improperly connected with the functional module or the pipeline is aged, the water dispenser is easy to generate water seepage phenomenon, so that potential safety hazards are brought.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least to some extent one of the above technical problems.

Therefore, the invention provides the water treatment device which has the advantages of simple structure, simple installation procedure and low production cost.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a water treatment apparatus includes: a refrigeration module; a heating module; the refrigerating module and the heating module are arranged in the shell, and the shell is provided with a water diversion waterway integrated with the shell into a whole; the water supply module is communicated with the water diversion waterway and supplies water to the refrigerating module and the heating module through the water diversion waterway.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the shell for the water treatment device is provided with the water diversion waterway integrated with the shell, so that the shell has the water diversion function, the structure of the water treatment device is simplified, the installation procedure of a pipeline is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

In addition, the water treatment device according to the embodiment of the invention can also have the following additional technical characteristics:

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water diversion waterway includes: one of the outlet ends is configured as a heating outlet end, the inlet end is communicated with the heating outlet end to form a first water inlet channel, the other outlet end is configured as a refrigerating outlet end, and the inlet end is communicated with the refrigerating outlet end to form a second water inlet channel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the inlet end extends in the longitudinal direction of the housing to form a longitudinal water inlet channel, and the first water inlet channel and the second water inlet channel extend in the transverse direction of the housing and are respectively in communication with the longitudinal water inlet channels.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the longitudinal water inlet channel is located in the central position of the housing and is open upwards.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the water flow area of the longitudinal water inlet channel is not smaller than the water flow areas of the first water inlet channel and the second water inlet channel.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water diversion waterway further includes: and a normal temperature water outlet channel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the housing is provided with at least one compartment for receiving the cooling module and the heating module.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the shell comprises a first sub-shell, a second sub-shell and a third sub-shell which are sequentially connected in the vertical direction, the water supply module is arranged on the first sub-shell, one of the heating module and the refrigerating module is arranged in the second sub-shell, and the other is arranged in the third sub-shell.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing and the third sub-housing are detachably connected or integrally formed.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing and the third sub-housing are all cylindrical bodies with one end opened upwards.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the housing comprises a first sub-housing, a second sub-housing and a third sub-housing which are sequentially arranged along the horizontal direction, the water supply module is arranged on the first sub-housing, one of the heating module and the refrigerating module is arranged in the second sub-housing, and the other is arranged in the third sub-housing.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first sub-housing is arranged in-between.

According to one embodiment of the invention, a part of the water diversion waterway is formed on the first sub-shell in a fusion manner, and another part of the water diversion waterway is formed on the second sub-shell and/or the third sub-shell in a fusion manner.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first water inlet channel comprises: the first section, the second section, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section which are communicated in sequence, wherein the first section and the second section are fused to form on the first sub-shell, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section are fused to form on the second sub-shell, the first section and the third section extend along the vertical direction, and the second section, the fourth section and the fifth section extend along the horizontal direction.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the second water inlet channel comprises: and a sixth section, a seventh section, an eighth section, a ninth section and a tenth section which are communicated in sequence, wherein the sixth section and the seventh section are fused and formed on the first sub-shell, the eighth section, the ninth section and the tenth section are fused and formed on the second sub-shell, the sixth section and the ninth section extend along the vertical direction, and the seventh section, the eighth section and the tenth section extend along the horizontal direction.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a water treatment device according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a housing structure according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an angled cross-sectional view of a first sub-housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is another angular cross-sectional view of the first sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is another angular cross-sectional view of the first sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second sub-housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is another perspective view of a second sub-housing at another angle according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is an angular cross-sectional view of a second sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is another angular cross-sectional view of a second sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a housing according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a water treatment device 1000;

A housing 100;

A first sub-housing 1;

a longitudinal water inlet channel 11;

A first water inlet channel 12; a first section 121; a second section 122; a third section 123; a fourth section 124; a fifth section 125;

A second water inlet channel 13; a sixth section 131; a seventh section 133; an eighth section 133; a ninth section 134; tenth section 135;

a normal temperature water outlet channel 14;

A second sub-housing 2;

a third sub-housing 3;

a heating module 200;

a refrigeration module 300;

A water supply module 400; a diversion basin 401; a water tub 402.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

A water treatment apparatus 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 11. The water treatment apparatus 1000 may be a water dispenser or a water purifying dispenser, and as shown in fig. 1, the water treatment apparatus 1000 generally includes a refrigeration module 300, a heating module 200, and a water supply module 400, and the water supply module 400 supplies water to the refrigeration module 300 and the heating module 200 through a water diversion channel. The cooling module 300 and the heating module 200 are both disposed within the housing 100.

The housing 100 has a water diversion waterway integrated with the housing 100. In other words, the housing 100 forms a water diversion channel, that is, the housing 100 itself has a water diversion channel integrated with the housing 100, so that the water treatment apparatus 1000 does not need to provide an additional open pipe (e.g., silicone tube) for diversion. Wherein the water diversion waterway can be prepared by a core pulling process,

Because the housing 100 has the water diversion waterway integrated with the housing 100, the water treatment device 1000 does not need to be additionally connected with an open pipe for diversion, and the water supply module 400 can directly send water to each functional module through the water diversion waterway of the housing 100, so that the installation procedure of pipelines is reduced. And the space for installing the open pipe is not needed to be vacated in the shell 100, so that the whole volume of the shell 100 structure can be greatly reduced, and the whole shell 100 structure design is more exquisite.

It is understood that the shape and structure of the housing 100 are not particularly limited, and for example, for a vertically placed water treatment device 1000, the housing 100 may be designed in a cylindrical shape as shown in fig. 2, and for a horizontally placed water treatment device 1000, the housing 100 may be designed in a square shape as shown in fig. 11.

Compared with the conventional water treatment device 1000, the housing 100 for the water treatment device 1000 according to the embodiment of the invention has the water diversion channel integrated with the housing 100, so that the housing 100 has the water diversion function, the structure of the water treatment device 1000 is simplified, the installation procedure of the pipeline is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the diversion waterway may include: one of the outlet ends is configured as a heating outlet end, the inlet end is communicated with the heating outlet end to form a first water inlet channel 12, the other outlet end is configured as a refrigerating outlet end, and the inlet end is communicated with the refrigerating outlet end to form a second water inlet channel 13. In other words, the water in the water supply module 400 enters the water diversion waterway from the inlet end, then is sent to the heating module 200 for heating through the first water inlet channel 12, and is sent to the refrigerating module 300 for heating through the second water inlet channel 13, so that the water diversion is free from open pipes, and the structure of the water treatment device 1000 is simpler.

In some alternative embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-10, the first water inlet channel 12 includes: the first section 121, the second section 122, the third section 123, the fourth section 124 and the fifth section 125 which are sequentially communicated, wherein the first section 121 and the second section 122 are formed on the first sub-shell 1 in a fusion manner, the third section 123, the fourth section 124 and the fifth section 125 are formed on the second sub-shell 2 in a fusion manner, the first section 121 and the third section 123 extend along the vertical direction, and the second section 122, the fourth section 124 and the fifth section 125 extend along the horizontal direction. The water flow is guided from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction through the first, second, third, fourth and fifth sections 121, 122, 123, 124 and 125, and then guided and conveyed to the heating module 200 to be heated.

In other alternative embodiments, the second water inlet channel 13 comprises: the sixth segment 131, the seventh segment 133, the eighth segment 133, the ninth segment 134 and the tenth segment 135 which are sequentially communicated, wherein the sixth segment 131 and the seventh segment 133 are formed on the first sub-housing 1100 in a fusion manner, the eighth segment 133, the ninth segment 134 and the tenth segment 135 are formed on the second sub-housing 2100 in a fusion manner, the sixth segment 131 and the ninth segment 134 extend in the vertical direction, and the seventh segment 133, the eighth segment 133 and the tenth segment 135 extend in the horizontal direction. The water flow is guided from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction through the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sections 131, 133, 134 and 135, and then guided and conveyed to the refrigerating module 200 to be refrigerated.

The first water inlet channel and the second water inlet channel may be symmetrically disposed with respect to the central axis of the housing 100, so that the design of the forming mold is simpler and easier to process.

In some alternative embodiments, the inlet end extends in the longitudinal direction of the housing 100 to form the longitudinal water inlet channel 11, and the first water inlet channel 12 and the second water inlet channel 13 extend in the lateral direction of the housing 100 and communicate with the longitudinal water inlet channel 11, respectively. Wherein the longitudinal water inlet passage 11 extends in a vertical direction (up and down direction of the housing 100 in fig. 2), and the first water inlet passage 12 and the second water inlet passage 13 extend in a horizontal direction (i.e., radial direction of the housing 100).

In other alternative embodiments, the longitudinal water inlet channel 11 is located at the center of the housing 100 and opens upward. The water flow direction of the diversion waterway firstly flows downwards from top to bottom and then flows from inside to outside.

In a further alternative embodiment, the water flow area of the longitudinal water inlet channel 11 is not smaller than the water flow areas of the first water inlet channel 12 and the second water inlet channel 13. In other words, the cross section of the longitudinal water inlet channel 11 is not smaller than the cross sections of the first water inlet channel 12 and the second water inlet channel 13, so that the water supply module 400 can be ensured to rapidly add water through the longitudinal water inlet channel 11, and the water yield of the first water inlet channel 12 and the second water inlet channel 13 can reach the required requirement, so that the condition of insufficient water yield of each functional module is avoided.

It will be appreciated that the more functional modules the water treatment apparatus 1000 has, and accordingly, the more water diversion channels the housing 100 can be provided. For example, the water treatment apparatus 1000 has both the functions of warm water, warm water and cold water, and accordingly, the water diversion waterway may have three water diversion waterways, one of which is a first water inlet channel 12 for supplying water to the heating module 200, the other is a second water inlet channel 13 for supplying cold water to the cooling module 300, and the other is a normal temperature water outlet channel 14 for directly supplying warm water to the outside.

The direction of each water diversion channel can be set according to the actual design requirement, such as the process forming or the assembly difficulty.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the housing 100 has at least one compartment for housing the refrigeration module 300 and the heating module 200. That is, the case 100 may include more than one compartment, and when the case 100 has only one compartment, the cooling module 300 and the heating module 200 may be simultaneously placed in one compartment, and a heat insulating layer may be placed between the cooling module 300 and the heating module 200 to prevent the heating module 200 and the cooling module 300 from performing heat exchange. The housing 100 may also be provided with two compartments, one for housing the heating module 200 and the other for housing the cooling module 300.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the housing 100 includes a first sub-housing 1, a second sub-housing 2, and a third sub-housing 3 sequentially connected in a vertical direction, and the water supply module 400 is installed on the first sub-housing 1, one of the heating module 200 and the cooling module 300 is provided in the second sub-housing 2, and the other is provided in the third sub-housing 3. In this way, the water supply module 400 may supply water to the heating module 200 and the cooling module 300, respectively, from top to bottom. Wherein, the water supply module 400 may include: a water diversion tank 401 and a water bucket 402, wherein the water diversion tank 401 is embedded in the first sub-shell 1 and communicated with a water diversion waterway, and the water bucket 402 extends into the water diversion tank 401. Thus, when the cooling module 300 or the heating module 200 lacks water and needs to be replenished, the water in the water bucket 402 flows into the water diversion tank 401, and then the water is sent to each module through the water diversion waterway.

In an alternative example, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 are detachably connected. After the water supply module 400, the cooling module 300, the heating module 200, or other components are mounted at the corresponding positions, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2, and the third sub-housing 3 may be coupled by means of a snap or screw, thereby facilitating the mounting and dismounting of the respective components.

In another alternative example, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 are integrally formed. Compared with the design of the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 as independent accessories, the water diversion waterway forming and processing of the integrated housing 100 are more convenient. It will be appreciated that the number of components,

Wherein, the first sub-shell 1, the second sub-shell 2 and the third sub-shell 3 are all cylindrical bodies with one ends opened upwards. Each sub-housing includes: the bottom plate and the upward barrel wall encircling the circumferential direction of the bottom plate are in butt joint with each other in the up-down direction to form a cylinder integrally.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the housing 100 includes a first sub-housing 1, a second sub-housing 2, and a third sub-housing 3 sequentially arranged in a horizontal direction, the water supply module 400 is disposed in the first sub-housing 1, one of the heating module 200 and the cooling module 300 is disposed in the second sub-housing 2, and the other is disposed in the third sub-housing 3. The first sub-housing 1100, the second sub-housing 2, and the third sub-housing 3 may be square bodies with downward openings.

In a further alternative embodiment, the first sub-housing 1 is interposed, and the water supply module 400 is mounted on the first sub-housing 1. For example, a part of the first water inlet passage 12 may be formed on the first sub-housing 1, and another part may be formed on the second sub-housing 2; a part of the second water inlet passage 13 may be formed at the first sub-housing 1 and another part may be formed at the third sub-housing 3. In this embodiment, the first water inlet passage 12 and the second water inlet passage 13 may be located at both sides of the longitudinal water inlet passage 11, respectively.

Optionally, in the case that a part of the water diversion waterway is formed in the first sub-housing 1 and the other part is formed in the second sub-housing 2 or the third sub-housing 3, a sealing connection member may be provided at the waterway connection portion, thereby preventing the water seepage phenomenon at the connection portion.

Other components and operations of the water treatment apparatus 1000 are understood and readily available to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., 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 invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the invention, and that variations, modifications, alternatives, and variations may be made in the above embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention.

Claims

1. A water treatment device, comprising:

A refrigeration module;

a heating module;

the refrigerating module and the heating module are arranged in the shell, and the shell is provided with a water diversion waterway integrated with the shell into a whole;

the water supply module is communicated with the water diversion waterway and is used for supplying water to the refrigerating module and the heating module;

The water diversion waterway comprises: one of the outlet ends is configured as a heating outlet end, the inlet end is communicated with the heating outlet end to form a first water inlet channel, the other outlet end is configured as a refrigerating outlet end, and the inlet end is communicated with the refrigerating outlet end to form a second water inlet channel;

The inlet end extends along the longitudinal direction of the shell to form a longitudinal water inlet channel, and the first water inlet channel and the second water inlet channel extend along the transverse direction of the shell and are respectively communicated with the longitudinal water inlet channel;

the water flow area of the longitudinal water inlet channel is not smaller than the water flow areas of the first water inlet channel and the second water inlet channel;

The housing includes: a first sub-housing and a second sub-housing;

The first water inlet channel comprises: the first section, the second section, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section are sequentially communicated, wherein the first section and the second section are formed on the first sub-shell in a fusion manner, the third section, the fourth section and the fifth section are formed on the second sub-shell in a fusion manner, the first section and the third section extend along the vertical direction, and the second section, the fourth section and the fifth section extend along the horizontal direction;

The second water inlet passage includes: and a sixth section, a seventh section, an eighth section, a ninth section and a tenth section which are communicated in sequence, wherein the sixth section and the seventh section are fused and formed on the first sub-shell, the eighth section, the ninth section and the tenth section are fused and formed on the second sub-shell, the sixth section and the ninth section extend along the vertical direction, and the seventh section, the eighth section and the tenth section extend along the horizontal direction.

2. The water treatment device of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal water inlet channel is centrally located in the housing and opens upwardly.

3. The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water diversion waterway further comprises: and a normal temperature water outlet channel.

4. The water treatment device of claim 1, wherein: the housing has at least one compartment for receiving the refrigeration module and the heating module.

5. The water treatment device according to claim 4, wherein: the shell comprises a first sub-shell, a second sub-shell and a third sub-shell which are sequentially connected along the vertical direction, the water supply module is installed on the first sub-shell, one of the heating module and the refrigerating module is arranged in the second sub-shell, and the other is arranged in the third sub-shell.

6. The water treatment device of claim 5, wherein the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing, and the third sub-housing are removably connected or integrally formed.

7. The water treatment device of claim 6, wherein: the first sub-shell, the second sub-shell and the third sub-shell are all cylindrical bodies with one ends opened upwards.

8. The water treatment device according to claim 4, wherein: the shell comprises a first sub-shell, a second sub-shell and a third sub-shell which are sequentially arranged along the horizontal direction, the water supply module is installed on the first sub-shell, one of the heating module and the refrigerating module is arranged in the second sub-shell, and the other is arranged in the third sub-shell.

9. The water treatment device of claim 8, wherein the first sub-housing is centrally disposed.

10. The water treatment device of claim 8, wherein the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing, and the third sub-housing are removably connected or integrally formed.

11. A water treatment device according to any one of claims 4 to 10, wherein a portion of the split waterway is integrally formed on the first sub-housing and another portion of the split waterway is integrally formed on the second sub-housing and/or the third sub-housing.