CN109665579B

CN109665579B - Shell for water treatment device and water treatment device with same

Info

Publication number: CN109665579B
Application number: CN201710963729.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张仕荣; 吴韩
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-10-16
Filing date: 2017-10-16
Publication date: 2024-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 2037-10-16
Also published as: CN109665579A

Abstract

The invention discloses a shell for a water treatment device and the water treatment device with the shell, comprising: the housing has a water diversion waterway integrally fused with the housing, the water diversion waterway comprising: a first longitudinal waterway extending in a vertical direction; the first transverse water channels extend along the horizontal direction, and one ends of the first transverse water channels are arranged in the circumferential direction of the first longitudinal water channels and are communicated with the first longitudinal water channels. 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

Shell for water treatment device and water treatment device with same

Technical Field

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

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.

To this end, the invention proposes a housing for a water treatment device, the housing having a water dividing waterway integrated with the housing so that the housing has a water dividing function.

The invention also provides a water treatment device with the shell, and the water treatment device is simple in structure, less in installation procedure and low in production cost.

A housing for a water treatment device according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes: the housing has a water diversion waterway integrally fused with the housing, the water diversion waterway comprising: a first longitudinal waterway extending in a vertical direction; the first transverse water channels extend along the horizontal direction, and one ends of the first transverse water channels are arranged in the circumferential direction of the first longitudinal water channels and are communicated with the first longitudinal water channels.

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 housing for a water treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first longitudinal waterway is located at a central location of the shell and is open upward.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first transverse flume extends outwardly in a radial direction of the housing.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the water flow area of the first longitudinal water channel is not smaller than the water flow area of the transverse water channel.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water diversion waterway further includes: and one end of the second longitudinal water channel is connected with the other end of the first transverse water channel.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water diversion waterway further includes: and the other ends of the second longitudinal water channels are communicated with the second transverse water channels.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water diversion waterway includes: one of the three first transverse water channels is a refrigerating transverse water channel, the other is a heating transverse water channel, and the other is a normal-temperature transverse water channel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the heating lateral water channel and the cooling lateral water channel are symmetrically arranged relative to the normal temperature lateral water channel.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the heating transversal water channel and the cooling transversal water channel are located on the same straight line.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the housing is generally cylindrical.

The water treatment device according to the second aspect of the present invention includes the housing of the above embodiment, and since the housing according to the embodiment of the present invention has the water diversion waterway integrated with the housing, the housing has the water diversion function, and therefore, the water treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention does not need to additionally provide a pipeline for diversion, and the overall structure of the water treatment device is simple, the assembly is easy, and the sealing performance is good.

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 a schematic illustration of a housing structure according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an angled cross-sectional view of a first sub-housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is another angular cross-sectional view of a first sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present 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 a perspective view of a second sub-housing according to one embodiment of the invention;

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

FIG. 8 is an angular cross-sectional view of a second sub-housing according to one embodiment of the present invention;

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

Reference numerals:

A housing 100;

A first sub-housing 1;

a first longitudinal waterway 11; a first transverse flume 12; a second longitudinal waterway 13; a third chamber 14;

A second sub-housing 2;

a third longitudinal waterway 21; a second transverse flume 22; a fourth longitudinal waterway 23; a first chamber 24;

a third sub-housing 3;

a second chamber 31.

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 housing 100 for a water treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 9. The water treatment device can be a water dispenser or a clean water dispenser and generally comprises a refrigerating module and/or a heating module and a water supply module, and the water supply module supplies water to the refrigerating module and the heating module through water diversion waterways. The cooling module and/or the heating module and the water supply module may be disposed within the housing 100.

The housing 100 has a water diversion waterway integrated with the housing 100. In other words, the housing 100 is formed with a water diversion channel, that is, the housing 100 is provided with the water diversion channel integrated with the housing 100, so that the water treatment device does not need to be provided with an additional open pipe (such as a silicone tube) for diversion. The water diversion waterway can be prepared by a core pulling process, for example, a waterway in a transverse direction is formed by horizontally pulling a core, and a waterway in a longitudinal direction is formed by vertically pulling a core.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the water diversion waterway includes: a first longitudinal waterway 11 and a plurality of first transverse waterways 12. Specifically, the first longitudinal waterway 11 extends in a vertical direction (up-down direction in fig. 1), the first lateral waterway 12 extends in a horizontal direction (i.e., radial direction of the housing 100), and one end of the first lateral waterway 12 is connected to a circumferential direction of the first longitudinal waterway 11 and communicates with the first longitudinal waterway 11. Wherein the first longitudinal water channel 11 has a water inlet end, the first transverse water channel 12 has a water outlet end, and water flows into the first longitudinal water channel 11 in advance and then is split and sent out from each first transverse water channel 12.

In other words, the first longitudinal water channel 11 is a total water inlet, and water entering the first longitudinal water channel 11 is split by a plurality of first lateral water channels 12 and then sent to different functional modules. It will be appreciated that the more functional modules the water treatment apparatus has, and accordingly, the more first transverse waterways 12 the housing 100 may be provided. For example, the water treatment apparatus has both of the functions of warm water and hot water or the functions of warm water and cold water, and accordingly, the water diversion waterway may have two first lateral waterways 12, one of which is a normal temperature water lateral waterway and the other of which is a warm water lateral waterway or a cold water lateral waterway. For another example, the water treatment device has both the functions of warm water, warm water and cold water, and accordingly, the water diversion waterway may have three first transverse waterways 12, one being a normal temperature water transverse waterway, the other being a warm water transverse waterway, and the other being a cold water transverse waterway.

The orientation of each first transverse channel 12 may be set according to actual design requirements, such as ease of process molding or assembly.

Because this casing 100 has the water diversion waterway that fuses into an organic whole with the casing 100, water treatment facilities need not the extra open tube that is used for the water diversion that connects, and water supply module can directly send water to each functional module through the water diversion waterway of casing, has reduced the installation procedure of pipeline. 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 is not particularly limited, and for example, for a vertically placed water treatment device, the housing 100 may be cylindrical, and for a horizontally placed water treatment device, the housing 100 may be square.

Compared with the traditional shell 100, the shell 100 for the water treatment device provided by the embodiment of the invention has the water diversion channel integrated with the shell 100, 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 some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the first longitudinal waterway 11 is located at a central position of the housing 100 with an opening upward, and the first lateral waterway 12 extends outwardly in a radial direction of the housing 100. Referring to fig. 3, a plurality of first transverse waterways 12 are radially distributed on the outer circumference of the first longitudinal waterway 11 to flow the water flowing direction in the first longitudinal waterway 11 from top to bottom in the first longitudinal waterway 11, and then flow from inside to outside through the first transverse waterway 12.

Wherein the water flow area of the first longitudinal water channel 11 is not smaller than the water flow area of the first transverse water channel 12. In other words, the section of the first longitudinal water channel 11 is not smaller than the section of the first transverse water channel 12, so that the water supply module can be ensured to rapidly add water through the first longitudinal water channel 11, and the water yield of each first transverse water channel 12 can reach the required requirement, and the condition of insufficient water yield of each functional module is avoided.

In other embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1,4, 7, 8 and 9, the water diversion waterway further includes: a plurality of second and third longitudinal waterways 13 and 21 extending in a vertical direction and connected to each other, a plurality of second transverse waterways 22 extending in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of fourth longitudinal waterways 23 extending in a vertical direction.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 7, one end of the second longitudinal waterway 13 is connected to the other end of the first transverse waterway 12. The other end of the third longitudinal waterway 21 communicates with one end of the second transverse waterway 22. The fourth longitudinal waterway 23 communicates with the other end of the second transverse waterway 22.

In other words, the first longitudinal waterway 11, the first transverse waterway 12, the second longitudinal waterway 13, the third longitudinal waterway 21, the second transverse waterway 22, and the fourth longitudinal waterway 23 communicate with each other by first guiding the water flow in the vertical direction through the first longitudinal waterway 11, then guiding the water flow in the horizontal direction through the first transverse waterway 12, then guiding the water flow in the vertical direction again through the second longitudinal waterway 13 and the third longitudinal waterway 21, then guiding the water flow in the horizontal direction again through the second transverse waterway 22, and finally guiding the water flow in the vertical direction again through the fourth longitudinal waterway 23. Through the reasonable design of dividing the water route for rivers can realize many times diversion in vertical direction and horizontal direction, and water treatment facilities need not to set up the water diversion pipeline that is used for reposition of redundant personnel, just can divide stream and drainage, has realized dividing the water route and has not had the open pipe ization.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, the water diversion waterway includes: three first transverse channels 12, one of which is a refrigerating transverse channel, the other is a heating transverse channel, and the other is a normal temperature transverse channel. The refrigerating transverse water channel directly supplies water to the refrigerating module, and cold water is externally supplied after the refrigerating module refrigerates; the heating transverse water channel directly supplies water to the heating module, hot water is supplied to the outside after the heating module heats, and the normal-temperature transverse water channel can directly supply normal-temperature water to the outside.

In an alternative implementation example, the heating transverse water channel and the refrigerating transverse water channel are symmetrically arranged relative to the normal-temperature transverse water channel. The normal temperature transverse water channel is positioned between the heating transverse water channel and the refrigerating transverse water channel, and the included angle between the refrigerating transverse water channel and the normal temperature transverse water channel is equal to the included angle between the heating transverse water channel and the normal temperature transverse water channel.

In one specific example, the heating transverse waterway and the cooling transverse waterway are positioned on the same straight line. In this case, the included angle between the cooling transverse water channel and the normal-temperature transverse water channel is equal to the included angle between the heating transverse water channel and the normal-temperature transverse water channel, and the included angle is 90 degrees.

In still other alternative embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 in combination with fig. 2, the housing 100 may include a first sub-housing 1, a second sub-housing 2, and/or a third sub-housing 3 stacked in a vertical direction. For example, the case 100 may include first and second sub-cases 1 and 2 or a third sub-case 3 extending in a vertical direction, and for another example, the case 100 may also include first, second and third sub-cases 1,2 and 3 extending in a vertical direction.

In other alternative embodiments, the housing 100 may include the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2, and/or the third sub-housing 3 distributed in the horizontal direction. That is, the case 100 may include the first sub-case 1 and the second sub-case 2 or the third sub-case 3 extending in the horizontal direction, and the case 100 may also include the first sub-case 1, the second sub-case 2, and the third sub-case 3 extending in the horizontal direction.

In a further alternative example, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and/or the third sub-housing 3 are integrally formed. For example, the housing 100 is a single piece, and the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2, and the third sub-housing 3 may be formed by integral injection molding, and the second longitudinal water channel 13 and the third longitudinal water channel 21 may be seamlessly connected. Therefore, the mounting process among all the sub-shells can be reduced, and the sealing performance of the water diversion waterway is better.

In a further alternative example, as shown in fig. 2, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and/or the third sub-housing 3 are formed separately. I.e. the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and/or the third sub-housing 3 are relatively independent modules. After the components are mounted and arranged on the respective sub-housings, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 are assembled, for example, the first sub-housing 1 and the second sub-housing 2, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 can be connected by a snap-fit manner.

In a specific embodiment of the invention, the first sub-housing 1 and the second sub-housing 2 define a first chamber 24 and the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 define a second chamber 31. Wherein the first chamber 24 and the second chamber 31 may be used to mount a refrigeration module and a heating module, the heating module being mounted in the second chamber 31 when the refrigeration module is mounted in the first chamber 24; when the refrigeration module is installed in the second chamber 31, the heating module is installed in the first chamber 24. The water supply module may be disposed in the third chamber 14 defined by the first sub-housing 1.

In some alternative embodiments, the first sub-housing 1, the second sub-housing 2 and the third sub-housing 3 are all cylindrical bodies with one end opened upwards. Each sub-housing includes: the bottom plate and the barrel wall which surrounds the circumferential direction of the bottom plate and is upward are butted in the up-down direction.

The water treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the housing 100 of the above embodiment, and since the housing 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the water diversion waterway integrated with the housing 100, the housing 100 has the water diversion function, and therefore, the water treatment device according to the embodiment of the present invention does not need to additionally provide a pipeline for diversion, and the overall structure of the water treatment device is simple, the assembly is easy, and the sealing performance is good.

Other components and operations of the water treatment apparatus 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 orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device 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 housing for a water treatment device, characterized in that,

The shell comprises a first sub-shell, a second sub-shell and a third sub-shell which are overlapped along the vertical direction;

the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing define a first chamber, and the second sub-housing and the third sub-housing define a second chamber;

the first chamber is used for installing one of a refrigerating module or a heating module, and the second chamber is used for installing the other of the refrigerating module or the heating module;

the housing has a water diversion waterway integrally fused with the housing, the water diversion waterway comprising:

A first longitudinal waterway extending in a vertical direction;

a plurality of first transverse waterways extending in a horizontal direction, one ends of the first transverse waterways being connected to a circumferential direction of the first longitudinal waterway and communicating with the first longitudinal waterway;

The first longitudinal waterway and the plurality of first transverse waterways are integrated with the first sub-shell;

The water diversion waterway further comprises: a plurality of second and third longitudinal waterways extending in a vertical direction and connected to each other, one end of the second longitudinal waterway being connected to the other end of the first transverse waterway;

The water diversion waterway further comprises: a plurality of second transverse waterways extending in a horizontal direction, the other ends of the third longitudinal waterways being communicated with one ends of the second transverse waterways;

The water diversion waterway further comprises: a plurality of fourth longitudinal waterways, the fourth longitudinal waterways being in communication with the other ends of the second transverse waterways;

The water diversion waterway comprises: three first transverse water channels, one of which is a refrigerating transverse water channel, the other is a heating transverse water channel, and the other is a normal-temperature transverse water channel;

Wherein the refrigeration transverse water channel supplies water to the refrigeration module; the heating transverse water channel supplies water to the heating module, and the normal-temperature transverse water channel supplies external water.

2. The housing for a water treatment device of claim 1, wherein the first longitudinal waterway is centrally located in the housing and opens upwardly.

3. A housing for a water treatment device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first transverse water channel extends outwardly in a radial direction of the housing.

4. The housing for a water treatment device of claim 1, wherein the water flow area of the first longitudinal water channel is not less than the water flow area of the first transverse water channel.

5. The housing for a water treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the heating lateral water channel and the cooling lateral water channel are symmetrically disposed with respect to the normal temperature lateral water channel.

6. The housing for a water treatment device of claim 5, wherein the heating lateral and the cooling lateral are on a common line.

7. A housing for a water treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the housing is cylindrical or square.

8. The housing for a water treatment device according to claim 7 or 1, wherein the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing and/or the third sub-housing are integrally formed.

9. The housing for a water treatment device according to claim 7 or 1, wherein the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing and/or the third sub-housing are formed separately.

10. The housing for a water treatment device of claim 1, wherein the first sub-housing, the second sub-housing, and the third sub-housing are each a cylindrical body with one end opened upward.

11. A water treatment device comprising a housing for a water treatment device according to any of claims 1 to 10.