CN116282367B - Water softener is with water route system, integrated water route component and water softener - Google Patents

Water softener is with water route system, integrated water route component and water softener Download PDF

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CN116282367B
CN116282367B CN202310514477.0A CN202310514477A CN116282367B CN 116282367 B CN116282367 B CN 116282367B CN 202310514477 A CN202310514477 A CN 202310514477A CN 116282367 B CN116282367 B CN 116282367B
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Abstract

The invention discloses a water softener water path system, an integrated water path component and a water softener, wherein the water softener water path system comprises: a soft water tank having a first tank opening and a second tank opening; the salt box is provided with a communication port; the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel and the regeneration channel module are connected with the communication port and the water outlet channel; the first valve device is connected with the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, the first tank opening, the second tank opening and the regeneration channel module; and a second valve device provided in the regeneration passage module; in soft water mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the first tank opening, the water outlet channel to be communicated with the second tank opening, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to be disconnected with the water outlet channel; in the regeneration mode, the first valve device and the second valve device jointly control the regeneration channel module to be communicated with the water outlet channel. The technical scheme of the invention is beneficial to taking into account the control requirements of different running modes of the water softener on different flow rates.

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Water softener is with water route system, integrated water route component and water softener
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of water softening equipment, in particular to a water path system for a water softener, an integrated water path component and the water softener.
Background
In the related art, each workflow (softening, water injection, regeneration and the like) of the water softener is realized by adopting parallel waterways and combining with a main control valve, and different workflows generally have different control demands on the flow, and as the flow of the same control valve is established, the control demands of different workflows on different flow cannot be considered.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a water path system for a water softener, which aims to meet the control requirements of different running modes on different flows.
In order to achieve the above object, the water softener water path system according to the present invention comprises:
a soft water tank having a first tank opening and a second tank opening;
the salt box is provided with a communication port;
the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel and the regeneration channel module are connected with each other;
the first valve device is connected with the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, the first tank opening, the second tank opening and the regeneration channel module; and
a second valve device provided in the regeneration passage module;
the water softener has a soft water mode and a regeneration mode;
In the soft water mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the first tank opening, the water outlet channel to be communicated with the second tank opening, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to be disconnected with the water outlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device and the second valve device jointly control the regeneration channel module to be communicated with the water outlet channel.
Optionally, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to communicate with the water outlet channel, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to communicate with the water outlet channel.
Optionally, the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel have a channel diameter larger than that of the channels in the regeneration channel module, and the valve channel of the first valve device has a channel diameter larger than that of the valve channel of the second valve device.
Optionally, the regeneration mode includes a regeneration stroke, and the second valve device controls the regeneration passage module to communicate with the water outlet passage, the salt tank, and the soft water tank, so that the regeneration passage module can mix water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage with the salt water of the salt tank and then deliver the mixed water to the soft water tank.
Optionally, a water pump with an adjustable rotating speed is arranged on the regeneration channel module, the water pump is opened in the regeneration stroke, and the brine of the salt tank can be conveyed to the soft water tank through the regeneration channel module under the driving action of the water pump.
Optionally, the water softener water path system further comprises a waste water channel, wherein in the regeneration stroke, the regeneration channel module is communicated with the second tank port, and the first tank port is communicated with the waste water channel.
Optionally, the regeneration mode further comprises a water injection stroke operating before the regeneration stroke, during which the second valve means controls the regeneration channel module to communicate with both the water outlet channel and the salt tank such that water entering via the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel can enter the salt tank.
Optionally, during the water injection stroke, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the first tank opening, and the water outlet channel is communicated with the second tank opening, so that indirect communication between the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel is realized.
Optionally, the regeneration mode further includes a flushing stroke, during which the second valve device controls the regeneration passage module to communicate with both the water outlet passage and the soft water tank so that water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage can enter the soft water tank to flush the soft water tank.
Optionally, the flushing stroke includes a first flushing stroke running before the regeneration stroke, a water pump is arranged on the regeneration channel module, the water pump is opened in the first flushing stroke, and under the driving action of the water pump, water entering through the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel enters the soft water tank through the regeneration waterway module so as to flush the soft water tank.
Optionally, the flushing stroke further includes a second flushing stroke operated after the regeneration stroke, in which the water pump is turned off, and water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage enters the soft water tank through the regeneration waterway module under the action of the initial water pressure of the water inlet passage to flush the soft water tank.
Optionally, the flushing stroke further comprises the first flushing stroke being run again after the second flushing stroke.
Optionally, the water softener water path system further comprises a waste water channel, wherein during the flushing stroke, the regeneration channel module is communicated with the second tank port, and the first tank port is communicated with the waste water channel.
Optionally, the water softener water path system further comprises a wastewater channel, a water pump and a flowmeter, wherein the wastewater channel is communicated with the first tank opening;
The second valve device comprises a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve, a fourth control valve, a fifth control valve and a flow limiting valve;
the regeneration passage module has a first port communicating with the salt tank, a second port communicating with the soft water tank, and a third port communicating with the water outlet passage, and includes:
a first passage communicating the third port with the first control valve;
a second passage communicating the first control valve with the restrictor valve;
the third channel is used for communicating the flow limiting valve with the water pump;
a fourth passage communicating the third passage with the flow meter;
a fifth channel communicating the flow meter with the second interface;
a sixth passage communicating the first passage with the second control valve;
a seventh passage communicating the second control valve with the second port;
an eighth passage communicating the first port with the third control valve;
a ninth passage communicating the third control valve with the water pump;
a tenth passage communicating the ninth passage with the fourth control valve;
an eleventh channel communicating the fourth control valve with the second port;
a twelfth passage communicating the first port with the fifth control valve;
A thirteenth channel communicating the fifth control valve with the second port;
and a sixth control valve is arranged on the wastewater channel.
Optionally, the first valve device is configured as a first disc valve.
Optionally, the first control valve and the second control valve are configured as the same second butterfly valve.
Optionally, the third control valve and the fourth control valve are configured as the same third butterfly valve.
Optionally, the fifth control valve and the sixth control valve are configured as the same fourth disc valve.
The invention also provides an integrated waterway component which is used for a water softener, wherein the water softener comprises a soft water tank and a salt tank, a water inlet channel, a water outlet channel, a salt tank interface, two soft tank interfaces and a regeneration channel group are arranged on the integrated waterway component, the salt tank interface is used for connecting a communication port of the salt tank, the two soft tank interfaces are respectively used for connecting two tank ports of the soft water tank, a first valve device is connected among the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, the two soft tank interfaces and the regeneration channel group, and a second valve device is arranged on the regeneration channel group;
the water softener has a soft water mode and a regeneration mode;
In the soft water mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with one soft tank interface, the water outlet channel to be communicated with the other soft tank interface, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to be disconnected with the water outlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device and the second valve device jointly control the regeneration channel group to be communicated with the water inlet channel.
Optionally, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to communicate with the water outlet channel, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to communicate with the water outlet channel.
Optionally, the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel have a channel diameter larger than that of the channels in the regeneration channel group, and the valve channel of the first valve device has a channel diameter larger than that of the valve channel of the second valve device.
Optionally, the integrated waterway component has a first channel area and a second channel area, the first channel area is communicated with the second channel area through a transfer channel, the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel and the two soft tank interfaces are all located in the first channel area, and the regeneration channel group and the salt tank interface are located in the second channel area.
Optionally, the first channel area is configured as a first waterway board, the second channel area is configured as a second waterway board, the first waterway board and the second waterway board are alternately stacked, and the switching channel is communicated with the first waterway board and the second waterway board.
Optionally, the first valve means and the second valve means are located on the same side of the integrated waterway member.
Optionally, the first valve device is mounted on a portion of the first waterway plate laterally beyond the second waterway plate, and the second valve device is mounted on a plate surface of the second waterway plate facing away from the first waterway plate.
Optionally, the regeneration channel group is further provided with a water pump with an adjustable rotating speed, the regeneration mode comprises a regeneration stroke, the water pump is turned on during the regeneration stroke, and under the driving action of the water pump, the brine of the salt tank can be conveyed to the soft water tank through the regeneration channel group.
Optionally, a flowmeter is further arranged on the regeneration channel group, and the second valve device comprises a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve, a fourth control valve, a fifth control valve and a flow limiting valve;
The regeneration passageway group have with the first interface that changes of water passageway intercommunication, with the second that soft water jar communicates changes the interface, with two pump interfaces of water pump intercommunication, the salt case interface is equipped with two, just the regeneration passageway group includes:
a first passage communicating the first transfer port with the first control valve;
a second passage communicating the first control valve with the restrictor valve;
a third passage communicating the restrictor valve with one of the pump ports;
a fourth passage communicating the third passage with the flow meter;
a fifth channel communicating the flow meter with the second transfer port;
a sixth passage communicating the first transfer port with the second control valve;
a seventh passage communicating the second control valve with the second transfer port;
an eighth passage communicating one of the salt tank ports with the third control valve;
a ninth passage communicating the third control valve with another of the pump interfaces;
a tenth passage communicating the pump port with the fourth control valve, the tenth passage and the ninth passage communicating to the same pump port;
an eleventh channel for communicating the fourth control valve with the second port;
A twelfth passage communicating another salt tank port with the fifth control valve;
and a thirteenth channel for communicating the fifth control valve with the second port.
Optionally, the first waterway board is further provided with a first transition channel and a second transition channel which are both connected with the first valve device, the second waterway board is further provided with a waste water channel, and the waste water channel is provided with a sixth control valve and a third switching port;
the transit passage includes:
the first transfer channel is communicated with the first transfer interface and the water outlet channel;
the second transfer channel is communicated with the second transfer port and the first transition channel;
and the third transfer channel is communicated with the third transfer port and the second transition channel.
Optionally, the first valve device is configured as a first disc valve; and/or
The first control valve and the second control valve are configured as the same second butterfly valve, and the first passage and the sixth passage are configured as the same passage; and/or
The third control valve and the fourth control valve are configured as the same third butterfly valve, the ninth passage and the tenth passage are configured as the same passage, and the seventh passage and the eleventh passage are configured as the same passage; and/or
The fifth control valve and the sixth control valve are configured as the same fourth butterfly valve.
The invention also provides a water softener, which comprises the water softener water path system and/or the integrated water path component.
According to the technical scheme, the soft water mode and the regeneration mode are switched through the first valve device, in the soft water mode, the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to be disconnected from the water outlet channel, so that a water flow passage is irrelevant to the regeneration channel module when the soft water mode is operated, and is relevant to the regeneration channel module only when the regeneration mode is operated, and therefore, the related flow control requirements of the soft water mode can be met through the size design of the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel and the first valve device, the related flow control requirements of the regeneration mode can be met through the size design of each channel in the regeneration channel module and the second valve device, and the control requirements of different flow of the water softener can be met through the water channel system for the water softener.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the flow direction of a water path in a soft water mode according to an embodiment of the water path system for a water softener of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the water circuit flow of the water softener system of FIG. 1 during a first flush stroke;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the water circuit flow of the water softener system of FIG. 1 during a fill stroke;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the water circuit flow of the water softener system of FIG. 1 during a regeneration stroke;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of water through the water circuit system of the water softener of FIG. 1 during a second flush stroke;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a waterway structure of another embodiment of a water softener water system according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a waterway structure of a water softener according to another embodiment of the present invention during a first flushing stroke;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of an embodiment of an integrated waterway assembly of the water softener of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the integrated waterway assembly of FIG. 8 at a first waterway plate;
FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the integrated waterway assembly of FIG. 8 at a second waterway plate;
FIG. 11 is a schematic view of an exploded view of the integrated waterway assembly of FIG. 8;
fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a second waterway plate of the integrated waterway member of fig. 8.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
It should be noted that, if a directional indication (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) is involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indication is merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a specific posture, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indication is correspondingly changed.
In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if "and/or" and/or "are used throughout, the meaning includes three parallel schemes, for example," a and/or B "including a scheme, or B scheme, or a scheme where a and B are satisfied simultaneously. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.
The invention provides a water path system for a water softener.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, the water pathway system for a water softener includes:
a soft water tank 10 having a first tank opening 11 and a second tank opening 12;
a salt tank 20 having a communication port 21;
the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302 and the regeneration channel module 40, wherein the communication port 21 and the water outlet channel 302 are connected with the regeneration channel module 40;
a first valve device 50, wherein the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302, the first tank opening 11, the second tank opening 12 and the regeneration channel module 40 are all connected with the first valve device 50; and
a second valve device provided in the regeneration passage module 40;
the water softener has a soft water mode and a regeneration mode;
in the soft water mode, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to be communicated with the first tank opening 11, the water outlet channel 302 to be communicated with the second tank opening 12, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module 40 to be disconnected from the water outlet channel 302;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 and the second valve device together control the regeneration channel module 40 to communicate with the water inlet channel 301.
In this embodiment, optionally, the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302, the channels in the regeneration channel module 40, etc. may be integrated in a waterway board structure; however, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the water inlet 301, the water outlet 302, the channels in the regeneration channel module 40, etc. may be implemented by water pipes.
In this embodiment, optionally, the water inlet channel 301 is usually connected to a tap water interface, so that tap water usually has a pressure of water, and water can be fed without using other power, which is beneficial to saving energy consumption. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the water inlet 301 may be connected to a pressure vessel, and it is understood that the pressure vessel also has an outlet pressure.
In this embodiment, the soft water tank 10 is usually a resin tank, and in the soft water mode, after water enters the soft water tank 10 through the first tank opening 11 via the water inlet channel 301, sodium ions in the resin can replace calcium and magnesium ions in the water, so as to soften the water, and softened water is delivered to the outside via the water outlet channel 302 via the second tank opening 12. For the water-using equipment, the softened water can reduce the scale forming probability of the water-using equipment and prolong the service life of the water-using equipment; for the user, drinking softened water can reduce the inhalation amount of calcium and magnesium ions of the user, thereby reducing the probability of suffering from lithiasis.
However, the amount of sodium ions of the resin in the soft water tank 10 is limited, and when the sodium ions in the soft water tank 10 are used up quickly, the resin in the soft water tank 10 needs to be replenished with sodium ions. The water softener generally has a regeneration mode including a regeneration stroke in which sodium ions are stored in the salt tank 20, and after the brine enters the soft water tank 10 through one of the tank openings, the sodium ions in the brine are replaced with calcium and magnesium ions in the soft water tank 10 so that the regenerated resin can be subjected to the next soft water operation while the sewage containing calcium and magnesium ions is discharged from the other tank opening.
In the present invention, the regeneration mode generally includes a stroke other than the regeneration stroke, for example, a water injection stroke that is operated before the regeneration stroke is operated, a flushing stroke that is operated before and/or after the regeneration stroke, and the like, and the water flow paths of the different strokes of the regeneration mode are controlled by the second valve device.
In this embodiment, optionally, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module 40 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, so that the regeneration channel module 40 realizes indirect communication with the water inlet channel 301 through the water outlet channel 302. In this embodiment, the outlet of the water outlet channel 302 is usually openable and closable, or an openable and closable valve body is disposed on an external pipe connected to the outlet of the water outlet channel 302; in the soft water mode, the outlet of the water outlet passage 302 or the valve body on the external pipe thereof is opened to deliver the softened water to the outside; in the regeneration mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel 302 or the valve body on the outer pipe thereof is closed, in which case the water outlet channel 302 may serve as an intermediate flow channel for the regeneration channel module 40 to communicate with the water inlet channel 301. However, in other embodiments, referring to fig. 7, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 may also control the water inlet channel 301 to directly communicate with the regeneration channel module 40, and the second valve device may also open a specific channel in the regeneration channel module 40 according to a specific stroke of the regeneration mode.
According to the technical scheme of the invention, the soft water mode and the regeneration mode are switched through the first valve device 50, and in the soft water mode, the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module 40 to be disconnected from the water outlet channel 302, so that a water flow passage is irrelevant to the regeneration channel module 40 when the soft water mode is operated, and is relevant to the regeneration channel module 40 only when the regeneration mode is operated, and thus, the related flow control requirement of the soft water mode can be met by sizing the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302 and the first valve device 50, and the related flow control requirement of the regeneration mode can be met by sizing each channel in the regeneration channel module 40 and the second valve device, and further, the water path system for the soft water machine can give consideration to the control requirement of different flow rates of different operation modes.
Generally, the soft water mode has a demand for a large flow rate, and the regeneration mode has a demand for a small flow rate with high accuracy control. To meet the above requirements, in the present embodiment, the channel diameters of the water inlet channel 301 and the water outlet channel 302 are larger than the channel diameter of the channel in the regeneration channel module 40, and the channel diameter of the valve channel of the first valve device 50 is larger than the channel diameter of the valve channel of the second valve device. In this embodiment, the "channel diameter" refers to an equivalent radius of a cross section of the channel where the channel is located, and it can be understood that the larger the channel diameter is, the larger the area of the cross section of the channel where the channel is located is.
Further, in the regeneration stroke, the second valve device controls the regeneration passage module 40 to communicate with the water outlet passage 302, the salt tank 20 and the soft water tank 10 so that the regeneration passage module 40 can mix water entering through the water inlet passage 301 and the water outlet passage 302 with brine of the salt tank 20 and then deliver the mixed water to the soft water tank 10 to regenerate the resin in the soft water tank 10, thereby enabling the next soft water operation. According to the technical scheme, after the brine is diluted by tap water, the diluted brine is conveyed to the soft water tank 10, so that waste of sodium ions is reduced, the utilization efficiency of the sodium ions in the salt tank 20 is improved, and the regeneration effect is improved. In this embodiment, during the regeneration stroke, the outlet of the water outlet channel 302 or the valve body on the external pipe thereof is closed, so that the water outlet channel 302 serves as an intermediate flow channel for the regeneration channel module 40 to communicate with the water inlet channel 301.
Optionally, the regeneration passage module 40 is provided with a water pump 71 with an adjustable rotation speed, the water pump 71 is turned on during the regeneration stroke, and the brine in the brine tank 20 can be delivered to the soft water tank 10 through the regeneration passage module 40 under the driving action of the water pump 71. According to the technical scheme of the embodiment, the water pump 71 with the adjustable rotating speed is selected to pump the brine, so that the flow of the brine can be controlled by adjusting the rotating speed of the water pump 71, and the brine with more stable concentration can be provided for the soft water tank 10. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the flow rate of the brine can be adjusted by adding a control valve with an adjustable opening. In addition, in other embodiments, referring to fig. 6, the regeneration passage module 40 may not be provided with the water pump 71, and a venturi ejector 72 may be used to perform salt suction.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the water softener water path system may further include a waste water passage 414, and the regeneration passage module 40 may communicate with the second tank port 12 and the first tank port 11 may communicate with the waste water passage 414 during the regeneration stroke. That is, in the regeneration stroke, the diluted brine flows into the soft water tank 10 from the second tank port 12 and flows out of the wastewater passage 414 from the first tank port 11; in the softening mode, water to be softened flows into the soft water tank 10 from the first tank opening 11 through the water inlet channel 301, and softened water is conveyed outwards from the water outlet channel 302 through the second tank opening 12; the comparison shows that the flow direction of the water flow in the soft water tank 10 is opposite during both the regeneration stroke and the soft water mode, thus improving the regeneration effect of the regeneration stroke; it will be appreciated that the reverse flow facilitates reverse flushing of resin compacted by the water flow in the softening mode, thereby increasing the contact area of brine with resin during the regeneration stroke, improving the calcium magnesium ion displacement efficiency and improving the regeneration effect. However, the design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, in the regeneration process, the regeneration channel module is communicated with the first tank port, and the second tank port is communicated with the waste water channel, in this case, in the regeneration process, the diluted brine flows into the soft water tank from the first tank port and flows out of the waste water channel from the second tank port, so that the regeneration of the resin in the soft water tank can be also realized.
Further, the regeneration mode further includes a water injection stroke operated before the regeneration stroke, during which the second valve device controls the regeneration passage module 40 to communicate with both the water outlet passage 302 and the salt tank 20 so that water entering through the water inlet passage 301 and the water outlet passage 302 can enter the salt tank 20. In general, sodium ions are initially stored as salt particles in the salt tank 20, and in the regeneration process, the salt water is required to be supplied to the soft water tank 10, so that the regeneration mode generally has a water injection process to inject water into the salt tank 20 to dissolve the salt particles, thereby obtaining salt water containing sodium ions. It should be noted that the regeneration mode further includes a salt dissolving process that is performed after the water injection stroke, in which the water injected into the salt tank 20 dissolves salt particles in the salt tank 20, it is understood that the salt dissolving process needs to wait for a preset time.
Optionally, during the water injection stroke, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the first tank opening 11, and the water outlet channel 302 communicates with the second tank opening 12, so as to achieve indirect communication between the water inlet channel 301 and the water outlet channel 302. In this embodiment, the water to be injected into the salt tank 20 flows through the soft water tank 10 before entering the regeneration channel module 40 through the water outlet channel 302 and entering the salt tank 20, so as to be softened by the residual softening capacity of the soft water tank 10, so that the probability of carrying calcium and magnesium ions in the water injected into the salt tank 20 can be reduced, more sodium ions can be dissolved in the brine, and the improvement of the regeneration effect is facilitated. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the first valve device 50 may also control the water inlet channel 301 to directly communicate with the water outlet channel 302 during the water injection stroke.
Further, the regeneration mode further includes a flushing stroke, during which the second valve means controls the regeneration passage module 40 to communicate with both the water outlet passage 302 and the soft water tank 10 such that water entering through the water inlet passage 301 and the water outlet passage 302 can enter the soft water tank 10 to flush the soft water tank 10. In this embodiment, the flushing stroke is used to flush the soft water tank 10, and the flushing action may be to flush out the residual brine and the replaced calcium and magnesium ions in the soft water tank 10 after the regeneration stroke, or to flush out the resin in the soft water tank 10 after the softening mode, so as to facilitate the improvement of the regeneration effect.
Optionally, during the flushing stroke, the regeneration passage module 40 communicates with the second tank port 12, and the first tank port 11 communicates with the waste water passage 414. That is, in the flushing stroke, flushing water flows into the soft water tank 10 from the second tank port 12 and flows out of the waste water passage 414 from the first tank port 11; in the softening mode, water to be softened flows into the soft water tank 10 from the first tank opening 11 through the water inlet channel 301, and softened water is conveyed outwards from the water outlet channel 302 through the second tank opening 12. The comparison shows that the flow direction of the water flow in the soft water tank 10 is opposite during both the flushing stroke and the soft water mode, thus improving the regeneration effect of the flushing stroke; it will be appreciated that the reverse flow facilitates reverse flushing of resin compacted by the water flow in the softening mode, thereby increasing the contact area of brine with resin during the flushing stroke, improving the calcium magnesium ion displacement efficiency and improving the regeneration effect.
Alternatively, the flushing stroke includes a first flushing stroke performed before the regeneration stroke, the regeneration passage module 40 is provided with a water pump 71, and the water pump 71 is opened in the first flushing stroke, and water introduced through the water inlet passage 301 and the water outlet passage 302 enters the soft water tank 10 through the regeneration waterway module under the driving action of the water pump 71 to flush the soft water tank 10. Typically, the first flushing stroke is operated before the water filling stroke. In this embodiment, the water flow rate of the flushing water can be increased by driving the water pump 71, thereby improving the flushing effect.
Optionally, the flushing stroke further includes a second flushing stroke operated after the regeneration stroke, in which the water pump 71 is turned off, and water introduced through the water inlet passage 301 and the water outlet passage 302 enters the soft water tank 10 through the regeneration waterway module under the effect of an initial water pressure to flush the soft water tank 10. In the present embodiment, in the second flushing stroke, the water pump 71 is turned off, and the soft water tank 10 is slowly washed by only the initial water pressure of the tap water to flush out the residual brine and the replaced calcium and magnesium ions in the soft water tank 10. It will be appreciated that the flush time of the second flush stroke is generally greater than the flush time of the first flush stroke.
Optionally, the flushing stroke further comprises the first flushing stroke being run again after the second flushing stroke. In this embodiment, after the second flushing stroke, that is, after the slow washing of the soft water tank 10 is completed, the first flushing stroke is operated again to perform the rapid back flushing of the soft water tank 10 again, so as to ensure that no brine and no residual calcium and magnesium ions are remained in the soft water tank 10 before the soft water tank 10 is operated again, thereby avoiding that the salt content of the obtained soft water is too high in the initial stage of the soft water mode.
Further, the water softener water path system further comprises a flow meter 73 provided in the regeneration passage module 40, so as to obtain the passage flow of at least a part of the strokes in the regeneration mode through the flow meter 73, thereby realizing accurate flow control of the corresponding strokes.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the second valve device includes a first control valve 61, a second control valve 62, a third control valve 63, a fourth control valve 64, a fifth control valve 65, and a restrictor valve 67;
the regeneration passage module 40 has a first port 40a communicating with the salt tank 20, a second port 40b communicating with the soft water tank 10, and a third port 40c communicating with the water outlet passage 302, and includes:
A first passage 401 communicating the third port 40c with the first control valve 61;
a second passage 402 for communicating the first control valve 61 with the restrictor valve 67;
a third passage 403 for communicating the restrictor valve 67 with the water pump 71;
a fourth passage 404 communicating the third passage 403 with the flow meter 73;
a fifth passage 405 for communicating the flow meter 73 with the second port 40b;
a sixth passage 406 that communicates the first passage 401 with the second control valve 62;
a seventh passage 407 communicating the second control valve 62 with the second port 40b;
an eighth passage 408 that communicates the first port 40a with the third control valve 63;
a ninth passage 409 that communicates the third control valve 63 with the water pump 71;
a tenth passage 410 that communicates the ninth passage 409 with the fourth control valve 64;
an eleventh passage 411 that communicates the fourth control valve 64 with the second port 40b;
a twelfth passage 412 communicating the first port 40a with the five control valves;
a thirteenth passage 413 communicating the fifth control valve 65 with the second port 40b;
the waste water channel 414 is provided with a sixth control valve 66.
In this embodiment, referring to fig. 1, in the softening mode, the first control valve 61, the second control valve 62, the third control valve 63, the fourth control valve 64, the fifth control valve 65 and the sixth control valve 66 are all closed, so that the second valve device controls the regeneration passage module 40 to be disconnected from the water outlet passage 302, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet passage 301 to communicate with the first tank opening 11, the water outlet passage 302 to communicate with the second tank opening 12, water enters the soft water tank 10 through the first tank opening 11 via the water inlet passage 301 to soften the water, and softened water is delivered to the outside through the water outlet passage 302 via the second tank opening 12.
For each stroke of the regeneration mode:
referring to fig. 2, in the first flushing stroke, the first control valve 61, the third control valve 63 and the fifth control valve 65 are closed, the second control valve 62, the fourth control valve 64 and the sixth control valve 66 are opened, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to be directly communicated with the water outlet channel 302, tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 and enters the first channel 401 through the third interface 40c, and then flows through the sixth channel 406, the second control valve 62, the seventh channel 407, the eleventh channel 411, the fourth control valve 64, the water pump 71, the third channel 403, the fourth channel 404, the flow meter 73 and the fifth channel 405 in sequence, and flows into the soft water tank 10 through the second interface 40b to clean the soft water tank 10, and the cleaned sewage is discharged through the waste water channel 414. It should be noted that the first flushing stroke, which is operated again after the second flushing stroke, also flushes salt particles and salt water residues in the water pump 71, so as to reduce the probability of salt crystallization in the water pump 71, thereby reducing the probability of failure of the water pump 71. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in another embodiment, in the first flushing stroke of the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to directly communicate with the regeneration channel module 40, and for the second valve device, the first control valve 61, the third control valve 63 and the fifth control valve 65 are all closed, the second control valve 62, the fourth control valve 64 and the sixth control valve 66 are all opened, tap water enters the regeneration channel module 40 through the water inlet channel 301 and flows into the soft water tank 10 through the second control valve 62, the fourth control valve 64, the water pump 71 and the flow meter 73 in sequence, so that the soft water tank 10 is cleaned, and the cleaned sewage is discharged through the waste water channel 414.
Referring to fig. 3, in the water filling stroke, the second control valve 62, the third control valve 63, the fourth control valve 64, and the sixth control valve 66 are all closed, the first control valve 61 and the fifth control valve 65 are all opened, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the first tank port 11, the water outlet channel 302 to communicate with the second tank port 12, tap water sequentially passes through the water inlet channel 301 and the soft water tank 10, then enters the water outlet channel 302, and then enters the first channel 401 through the third port 40c, and then sequentially passes through the first control valve 61, the second channel 402, the restrictor valve 67, the third channel 403, the fourth channel 404, the flowmeter 73, the fifth channel 405, the thirteenth channel 413, the fifth control valve 65, and the twelfth channel 412, and then flows into the salt tank 20 through the first port 40a, so as to fill the salt tank 20 with water.
Referring to fig. 4, in the regeneration stroke, the second control valve 62, the fourth control valve 64 and the fifth control valve 65 are closed, the first control valve 61, the third control valve 63 and the sixth control valve 66 are opened, the water pump 71 is opened, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to directly communicate with the water outlet channel 302, tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 and enters the first channel 401 through the third interface 40c, then sequentially flows through the first control valve 61, the second channel 402 and the flow limiting valve 67 to flow into the third channel 403, the brine in the brine tank 20 flows into the eighth channel 408 through the first interface 40a under the driving action of the water pump 71, then sequentially flows through the third control valve 63, the ninth channel 409 and the water pump 71 to enter the third channel 403, and then sequentially flows into the mixed tap water flowing into the third channel 403, then sequentially flows through the fourth channel 404 and then sequentially flows into the fifth channel 10 b through the fourth interface 405, and the soft water tank 10 is replaced by the soft water flowing into the fifth channel 10.
Optionally, a salt valve 68 is provided within the salt tank 20. The salt valve 68 has a low water level closing function, and typically, a float ball is provided on a valve port of the salt valve 68, and closes the valve port of the salt valve 68 when the water level in the salt tank 20 is lower than the salt valve 68, and opens the valve port of the salt valve 68 when the water level in the salt tank 20 is higher than the salt valve 68. By adding the salt valve 68, the solution of this embodiment can avoid sucking air in the salt tank 20 into the eighth passage 408 and avoid idling of the water pump 71 during the regeneration stroke when the water level in the salt tank 20 is too low and lower than the salt valve 68 by the self-closing function of the salt valve 68.
Referring to fig. 5, in the second flushing stroke, the second control valve 62, the third control valve 63, the fourth control valve 64 and the fifth control valve 65 are closed, the first control valve 61 and the sixth control valve 66 are opened, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to be directly communicated with the water outlet channel 302, tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 and enters the first channel 401 through the third port 40c, and then flows through the first control valve 61, the second channel 402, the flow limiting valve 67, the third channel 403, the fourth channel 404, the flow meter 73 and the fifth channel 405 in sequence and flows into the soft water tank 10 through the second port 40b to clean the soft water tank 10, and sewage after cleaning is discharged through the waste water channel 414.
Further, the first valve device 50 is configured as a first disc valve 51, and the disc valve can realize different channel switching by rotating and driving the moving plate of the disc valve relative to the static plate through a motor. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the first valve device 50 may be configured as, but not limited to, a plunger valve.
Further, the first control valve 61 and the second control valve 62 are configured as the same second butterfly valve 612; and/or the third control valve 63 and the fourth control valve 64 are configured as the same third butterfly valve 634; and/or, the fifth control valve 65 and the sixth control valve 66 are configured as the same fourth butterfly valve 656, so that the number of valves required for the whole waterway system can be reduced, the assembly process can be reduced, and the assembly efficiency of the product can be improved.
Referring to fig. 8 to 12, in an embodiment of the present invention, the water inlet 301, the water outlet 302, and the channels in the regeneration channel module 40 are integrated in an integrated waterway component, specifically, the integrated waterway component is provided with the water inlet 301, the water outlet 302, a salt tank interface 415, two soft tank interfaces 300, and a regeneration channel group, the salt tank interface 415 is used for connecting the communication port 21 of the salt tank 20, the two soft tank interfaces 300 are respectively used for connecting the two tank ports of the soft water tank 10, the first valve device 50 is connected between the water inlet 301, the water outlet 302, the two soft tank interfaces 300, and the regeneration channel group is provided with the second valve device.
In the soft water mode, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to be communicated with one of the soft tank interfaces 300, the water outlet channel 302 to be communicated with the other soft tank interface 300, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to be disconnected from the water outlet channel 302;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 and the second valve device together control the regeneration channel group to communicate with the water inlet channel 301.
In this embodiment, optionally, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, so that the regeneration channel group is indirectly communicated with the water inlet channel 301 through the water outlet channel 302. In this embodiment, the outlet of the water outlet channel 302 is usually openable and closable, or an openable and closable valve body is disposed on an external pipe connected to the outlet of the water outlet channel 302; in the soft water mode, the outlet of the water outlet passage 302 or the valve body on the external pipe thereof is opened to deliver the softened water to the outside; in the regeneration mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel 302 or the valve body on the outer pipe thereof is closed, in which case the water outlet channel 302 may serve as an intermediate flow channel for the regeneration channel group to communicate with the water inlet channel 301. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, in the regeneration mode, the first valve device 50 may also control the water inlet channel 301 to directly communicate with the regeneration channel group, and the second valve device may also open a specific channel in the regeneration channel group according to a specific stroke of the regeneration mode.
According to the technical scheme of the invention, the soft water mode and the regeneration mode are switched through the first valve device 50, and in the soft water mode, the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to be disconnected from the water outlet channel 302, so that a water flow passage is irrelevant to the regeneration channel group when the soft water mode is operated, and is relevant to the regeneration channel group only when the regeneration mode is operated, and thus, the related flow control requirement of the soft water mode can be met by sizing the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302 and the first valve device 50, and the related flow control requirement of the regeneration mode can be met by sizing the regeneration channel group and the second valve device, and further, the control requirement of different flow of the water softener water path system can be considered by different operation modes.
Typically, the soft water mode typically has a high flow demand and the regeneration mode typically has a low flow demand with high precision control. To meet the above requirements, in the present embodiment, the channel diameters of the water inlet channel 301 and the water outlet channel 302 are larger than the channel diameters of the channels in the regeneration channel group, and the channel diameter of the valve channel of the first valve device 50 is larger than the channel diameter of the valve channel of the second valve device.
Further, the integrated waterway component has a first channel 401 area and a second channel 402 area, the first channel 401 area is communicated with the second channel 402 area through a transfer channel, the water inlet channel 301, the water outlet channel 302 and the two soft tank interfaces 300 are all located in the first channel 401 area, and the regeneration channel group and the salt tank interface 415 are located in the second channel 402 area. In this embodiment, the water inlet channels 301 and the water outlet channels 302 with larger channel diameters are concentrated in the area of the first channel 401, and the regeneration channel groups with smaller channel diameters are concentrated in the area of the second channel 402, so that the integrated waterway component is formed.
Further, the first channel 401 is configured as a first waterway board 30, the second channel 402 is configured as a second waterway board 400, the first waterway board 30 and the second waterway board 400 are stacked, and the transfer channel is communicated with the first waterway board 30 and the second waterway board 400. In this embodiment, on one hand, the integrated waterway component is provided in a waterway board form, so that mass production of the integrated waterway component can be conveniently realized in an injection molding manner; on the other hand, by stacking the first waterway board 30 and the second waterway board 400, the planar size of the integrated waterway component can be reduced, so that the planar space occupied by the integrated waterway component is reduced, and the integrated waterway component is miniaturized. It will be appreciated that the salt box interface 415 in this embodiment is the first interface 40a in the embodiment of fig. 1-5.
Further, the first valve device 50 and the second valve device are located at the same side of the integrated waterway member, so that the first valve device 50 and the second valve device are only required to be assembled and disassembled in one direction, thereby improving the production efficiency and maintenance convenience of the product.
Alternatively, the first valve device 50 is mounted on a portion of the first waterway plate 30 laterally beyond the second waterway plate 400, and the second valve device is mounted on a plate surface of the second waterway plate 400 facing away from the first waterway plate 30. In this embodiment, the channel diameter of the channel in the first waterway plate 30 is larger than the channel diameter of the channel in the second waterway plate 400, so that the first waterway plate 30 is generally larger than the second waterway plate 400, and has a portion beyond the second waterway plate 400, which allows the first valve device 50 to be mounted on the side of the first waterway plate 30 facing the second waterway plate 400 without interfering with the second waterway plate 400.
Further, the regeneration passage group is further provided with the water pump 71 with an adjustable rotation speed, and the water pump 71 is turned on during the regeneration stroke of the regeneration mode, and the brine in the brine tank 20 can be transported to the soft water tank 10 through the regeneration passage group under the driving action of the water pump 71. According to the technical scheme of the embodiment, the water pump 71 with the adjustable rotating speed is selected to pump the brine, so that the flow of the brine can be controlled by adjusting the rotating speed of the water pump 71, and the brine with more stable concentration can be provided for the soft water tank 10.
Further, the regeneration channel group is further provided with a flow meter 73, so that the flow meter 73 can obtain the channel flow of at least a part of the strokes in the regeneration mode, thereby realizing accurate flow control of the corresponding strokes.
In the present embodiment, further, the second valve device includes a first control valve 61, a second control valve 62, a third control valve 63, a fourth control valve 64, a fifth control valve 65, and a restrictor valve 67;
the regeneration passage group has a first transfer port 416 communicating with the water outlet passage 302, a second transfer port 417 communicating with the soft water tank 10, and two pump ports 419 communicating with the water pump 71, and the salt tank port 415 is provided with two ports, it being understood that the first transfer port 416, the second transfer port 417, and the pump port 419 are all provided in the second waterway plate 400. The regeneration channel group includes:
a first passage 401 communicating the first transfer port 416 with the first control valve 61;
a second passage 402 for communicating the first control valve 61 with the restrictor valve 67;
a third passage 403 communicating said restrictor valve 67 with one of said pump ports 419;
a fourth passage 404 communicating the third passage 403 with the flow meter 73;
A fifth passage 405 for communicating the flow meter 73 with the second port 417;
a sixth passage 406 communicating the first transfer port 416 with the second control valve 62;
a seventh passage 407 for communicating the second control valve 62 with the second transfer port 417;
an eighth passage 408 communicating one of the salt tank ports 415 with the third control valve 63;
a ninth passage 409 communicating the third control valve 63 with another of the pump ports 419;
a tenth passage 410 communicating the pump port 419 with the fourth control valve 64, and the tenth passage 410 and the ninth passage 409 communicating to the same pump port 419;
an eleventh passage 411 communicating the fourth control valve 64 with the second adapter 417;
a twelfth passage 412 communicating another of said salt tank interfaces 415 with said five control valves;
a thirteenth passage 413 communicates the fifth control valve 65 with the second port 417.
Further, the first waterway board 30 is further provided with a first transition channel 303 and a second transition channel 304 both connected to the first valve device 50, the second waterway board 400 is further provided with a waste water channel 414, and the waste water channel 414 is provided with a sixth control valve 66 and a third switching port 418;
The transit passage includes:
a first switching passage 341, which communicates the first switching port 416 with the water outlet passage 302;
a second transfer channel 342, which communicates the second transfer port 417 with the first transition channel 303;
a third transfer passage 343 communicates the third transfer port 418 with the second transition passage 304.
It can be understood that the second conversion interface 417 in the present embodiment is the second interface 40b in the embodiment of fig. 1 to 5, and the first conversion interface 416 is the third interface 40c in the embodiment of fig. 1 to 5.
Further, the first valve device 50 is configured as a first disc valve 51, and the disc valve can realize different channel switching by rotating and driving the moving plate of the disc valve relative to the static plate through a motor. However, the present design is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, the first valve device 50 may be configured as, but not limited to, a plunger valve.
Further, the first control valve 61 and the second control valve 62 are configured as the same second butterfly valve 612; and/or the third control valve 63 and the fourth control valve 64 are configured as the same second butterfly valve 612; and/or, the fifth control valve 65 and the sixth control valve 66 are configured as the same second butterfly valve 612, so that the number of valves required for the whole waterway system can be reduced, the assembly process can be reduced, and the assembly efficiency of the product can be improved. It will be appreciated that in this embodiment, the first channel 401 and the sixth channel 406 are configured as the same channel, the ninth channel 409 and the tenth channel 410 are configured as the same channel, and the seventh channel 407 and the eleventh channel 411 are configured as the same channel.
In the present embodiment, in the softening mode, the first disc valve 51 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with one of the soft tank ports 300, and controls the other soft tank port 300 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, and the second disc valve 612, the third disc valve 634 and the fourth disc valve 656 are all closed. Tap water enters one soft tank interface 300 through the water inlet channel 301 and the first disc valve 51, then enters the soft tank 10 from one tank opening to soften water, and softened water sequentially flows through the other soft tank interface 300 and the first disc valve 51 through the other tank opening to enter the water outlet channel 302, and softened water is conveyed outwards through the water outlet channel 302.
For each stroke of the regeneration mode:
in the first flushing stroke, the first butterfly valve 51 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, controls one of the soft tank ports 300 to communicate with the second transition channel 304, and controls the other soft tank port 300 to communicate with the first transition channel 303; the second disc valve 612 controls the first passage 401 to communicate with the eleventh passage 411, the third disc valve 634 controls the eleventh passage 411 to communicate with the tenth passage 410, and the fourth disc valve 656 controls the waste water passage 414 to communicate. Tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 from the first disc valve 51, enters the first channel 401 through the first switching channel 341 from the first switching port 416, flows through the second disc valve 612, the eleventh channel 411, the third disc valve 634, the tenth channel 410, the water pump 71, the third channel 403, the fourth channel 404, the flowmeter 73 and the fifth channel 405 in sequence, flows into the second switching channel 342 through the second switching port 417, flows into the first transition channel 303 through the first switching port 341, enters the soft water tank 10 through one tank port from one soft tank port 300 through the first disc valve 51, washes the soft water tank 10, enters the second transition channel from the other tank port through the other soft tank port 300 and the first disc valve 51, enters the fourth switching port 656 through the third switching channel 343, and passes through the third switching port 343 to the fourth switching port 418 and then passes over the fourth waste water drain.
During the water injection stroke, the first disc valve 51 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with one of the soft tank ports 300, and controls the other soft tank port 300 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302; the second disk valve 612 controls the first passage 401 to communicate with the second passage 402, the third disk valve 634 closes, and the fourth disk valve 656 controls the thirteenth passage 413 to communicate with the twelfth passage 412. Tap water enters one soft tank port 300 through the water inlet channel 301 and the first butterfly valve 51, then enters the soft tank 10 from one tank port, then flows through the other soft tank port 300 and the first butterfly valve 51 in sequence through the other tank port, enters the water outlet channel 302, enters the first channel 401 through the first rotating port 416, and then flows through the second butterfly valve 612, the second channel 402, the flow limiting valve 67, the fourth channel 404, the flowmeter 73, the fifth channel 405, the thirteenth channel 413, the fourth butterfly valve 656 and the twelfth channel 412 in sequence through the second butterfly valve 612 and the fourth channel 404, and then flows into the salt tank 20 through the salt tank port 415 to fill the salt tank 20 with water.
In the regeneration stroke, the first butterfly valve 51 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, controls one of the soft tank ports 300 to communicate with the second transition channel 304, and controls the other soft tank port 300 to communicate with the first transition channel 303, the second butterfly valve 612 controls the first channel 401 to communicate with the second channel 402, the third butterfly valve 634 controls the eighth channel 408 to communicate with the ninth channel 409, and the fourth butterfly valve 656 controls the waste water channel 414 to be conducted. Tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 from the first disc valve 51, enters the first channel 401 through the first switching channel 341 from the first switching port 416, flows sequentially through the second disc valve 612, the second channel 402 and the flow limiting valve 67 into the third channel 403, and flows into the eighth channel 408 through the salt tank port 415 under the driving action of the water pump 71, flows sequentially through the third disc valve 634, the ninth channel 409 and the water pump 71 into the third channel 403, flows sequentially through the fourth channel 404, the flow meter 73 and the fifth channel 405 into the second switching channel 342 through the second switching port 417, flows into the first switching channel 303 through the first disc valve 51, enters the soft water tank 10 through the first tank port 300 through the soft water tank port, flows sequentially through the third disc valve 634, the ninth channel 409 and the water pump 71 into the third channel 403, flows sequentially through the fourth channel 656, flows sequentially through the flow meter 73 and the fifth channel 405 into the second switching channel 342, flows into the first switching channel 303 through the first switching port 51, flows into the soft water tank 10 through the first tank port 300 through the first tank port, flows into the soft water tank 10 through the second switching port 304, and then flows into the third tank port 418 through the second switching port and the third port 418 through the second switching port and the soft water tank port 300.
In the second flushing stroke, the first butterfly valve 51 controls the water inlet channel 301 to communicate with the water outlet channel 302, controls one of the soft tank ports 300 to communicate with the second transition channel 304, and controls the other soft tank port 300 to communicate with the first transition channel 303, the second butterfly valve 612 controls the first channel 401 to communicate with the second channel 402, the third butterfly valve 634 is closed, and the fourth butterfly valve 656 controls the waste water channel 414 to be conducted. Tap water enters the water outlet channel 302 through the water inlet channel 301 from the first disc valve 51, enters the first channel 401 through the first switching channel 341 from the first switching port 416, flows sequentially through the second disc valve 612, the second channel 402 and the flow limiting valve 67 into the third channel 403, flows sequentially through the fourth channel 404, the flowmeter 73 and the fifth channel 405 from the second switching port 417 into the second switching channel 342, flows into the first transition channel 303, enters the soft water tank 10 through the first disc valve 51 from one soft tank port 300 from one tank port, washes the soft water tank 10, enters the second transition channel 304 from the other tank port through the other soft tank port 300 and the first disc valve 656, enters the waste water channel 418 from the third switching port through the third switching port 343, and is discharged after passing over the fourth disc valve.
The invention also provides a water softener, which comprises a water softener water path system and/or an integrated water path component, wherein the specific structure of the water softener water path system and/or the integrated water path component refers to the embodiment, and the water softener adopts all the technical schemes of all the embodiments, so that the water softener at least has all the beneficial effects brought by the technical schemes of the embodiments, and the description is omitted.
The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by the description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings or direct/indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the invention.

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1. A water circuit system for a water softener, comprising:
a soft water tank having a first tank opening and a second tank opening;
the salt box is provided with a communication port;
the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel and the regeneration channel module are connected with each other;
the first valve device is connected with the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, the first tank opening, the second tank opening and the regeneration channel module; and
A second valve device provided in the regeneration passage module;
the water softener has a soft water mode and a regeneration mode;
in the soft water mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the first tank opening, the water outlet channel to be communicated with the second tank opening, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to be disconnected with the water outlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device and the second valve device jointly control the regeneration channel module to be communicated with the water inlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the water outlet channel, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel module to be communicated with the water outlet channel; the outlet of the water outlet channel can be opened and closed, or an external pipeline connected with the outlet of the water outlet channel is provided with an openable valve body, in the soft water mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel or the valve body on the external pipeline is opened so as to convey softened water outwards, in the regeneration mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel or the valve body on the external pipeline is closed, and the water outlet channel is used as an intermediate runner for communicating the regeneration channel module with the water inlet channel;
The channel diameters of the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel are larger than the channel diameter of the channel in the regeneration channel module, and the channel diameter of the valve channel of the first valve device is larger than the channel diameter of the valve channel of the second valve device; the channel diameter refers to the equivalent radius of the cross section of the channel where the channel is located.
2. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 1 wherein the regeneration mode includes a regeneration stroke during which the second valve means controls the regeneration passage module to communicate with the water outlet passage, the salt tank and the soft water tank such that the regeneration passage module can deliver water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage to the soft water tank after mixing with brine of the salt tank.
3. The water path system for a water softener according to claim 2, wherein a water pump with an adjustable rotation speed is arranged on the regeneration channel module, the water pump is opened in the regeneration stroke, and the brine of the brine tank can be conveyed to the soft water tank through the regeneration channel module under the driving action of the water pump; and/or
The water softener water path system further comprises a wastewater channel, the regeneration channel module is communicated with the second tank opening in the regeneration stroke, and the first tank opening is communicated with the wastewater channel.
4. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 2 wherein the regeneration mode further comprises a water injection stroke operated prior to the regeneration stroke, during which the second valve means controls the regeneration passage module to communicate with both the water outlet passage and the salt tank so that water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage can enter the salt tank.
5. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 4 wherein said first valve means controls said inlet passage to communicate with said first tank port and said outlet passage to communicate with said second tank port during said fill stroke to effect indirect communication of said inlet passage with said outlet passage.
6. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 2 wherein the regeneration mode further comprises a flushing stroke during which the second valve means controls the regeneration passage module to communicate with both the outlet passage and the soft water tank such that water entering through the inlet passage and the outlet passage can enter the soft water tank to flush the soft water tank.
7. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 6 wherein the flushing stroke comprises a first flushing stroke operated before the regeneration stroke, a water pump being provided on the regeneration passage module, the water pump being turned on during the first flushing stroke, water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage being driven by the water pump to enter the soft water tank through the regeneration passage module to flush the soft water tank.
8. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 7 wherein the flushing stroke further comprises a second flushing stroke operated after the regeneration stroke, during which the water pump is turned off and water entering through the water inlet passage and the water outlet passage enters the soft water tank through the regeneration passage module under the initial water pressure of the water inlet passage to flush the soft water tank.
9. The water softener water system of claim 8 wherein the rinse stroke further comprises the first rinse stroke being run again after the second rinse stroke.
10. The water chiller system of claim 6 further comprising a waste water passage, said regeneration passage module being in communication with said second tank port and said first tank port being in communication with said waste water passage during said flush stroke.
11. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 1, further comprising a wastewater channel, a water pump and a flow meter, wherein the wastewater channel is communicated with the first tank port;
The second valve device comprises a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve, a fourth control valve, a fifth control valve and a flow limiting valve;
the regeneration passage module has a first port communicating with the salt tank, a second port communicating with the soft water tank, and a third port communicating with the water outlet passage, and includes:
a first passage communicating the third port with the first control valve;
a second passage communicating the first control valve with the restrictor valve;
the third channel is used for communicating the flow limiting valve with the water pump;
a fourth passage communicating the third passage with the flow meter;
a fifth channel communicating the flow meter with the second interface;
a sixth passage communicating the first passage with the second control valve;
a seventh passage communicating the second control valve with the second port;
an eighth passage communicating the first port with the third control valve;
a ninth passage communicating the third control valve with the water pump;
a tenth passage communicating the ninth passage with the fourth control valve;
an eleventh channel communicating the fourth control valve with the second port;
a twelfth passage communicating the first port with the fifth control valve;
A thirteenth channel communicating the fifth control valve with the second port;
and a sixth control valve is arranged on the wastewater channel.
12. The water circuit system for a water softener of claim 11 wherein said first valve means is configured as a first butterfly valve; and/or
The first control valve and the second control valve are configured as the same second butterfly valve; and/or
The third control valve and the fourth control valve are configured as the same third butterfly valve; and/or
The fifth control valve and the sixth control valve are configured as the same fourth butterfly valve.
13. An integrated waterway component is used for a water softener, and comprises a soft water tank and a salt tank, and is characterized in that a water inlet channel, a water outlet channel, a salt tank interface, two soft tank interfaces and a regeneration channel group are arranged on the integrated waterway component, the salt tank interface is used for connecting a communication port of the salt tank, the two soft tank interfaces are respectively used for connecting two tank ports of the soft water tank, a first valve device is connected among the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, the two soft tank interfaces and the regeneration channel group, and a second valve device is arranged on the regeneration channel group;
The water softener has a soft water mode and a regeneration mode;
in the soft water mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with one soft tank interface, the water outlet channel to be communicated with the other soft tank interface, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to be disconnected with the water outlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device and the second valve device jointly control the regeneration channel group to be communicated with the water inlet channel;
in the regeneration mode, the first valve device controls the water inlet channel to be communicated with the water outlet channel, and the second valve device controls the regeneration channel group to be communicated with the water outlet channel; the outlet of the water outlet channel can be opened and closed, or an external pipeline connected with the outlet of the water outlet channel is provided with an openable valve body, in the soft water mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel or the valve body on the external pipeline is opened so as to convey softened water outwards, in the regeneration mode, the outlet of the water outlet channel or the valve body on the external pipeline is closed, and the water outlet channel is used as an intermediate runner which is communicated with the water inlet channel by the regeneration channel group;
The channel diameters of the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel are larger than the channel diameters of the channels in the regeneration channel group, and the channel diameter of the valve channel of the first valve device is larger than the channel diameter of the valve channel of the second valve device; the channel diameter refers to the equivalent radius of the cross section of the channel where the channel is located.
14. The integrated waterway component of claim 13, wherein the integrated waterway component has a first channel region and a second channel region, the first channel region in communication with the second channel region via a transfer channel, the water inlet channel, the water outlet channel, and the two soft tank interfaces are each located in the first channel region, and the regeneration channel group and the salt tank interface are located in the second channel region.
15. The integrated waterway assembly of claim 14, wherein the first channel region is configured as a first waterway plate and the second channel region is configured as a second waterway plate, the first waterway plate and the second waterway plate being spaced apart and stacked, the transfer channel communicating the first waterway plate and the second waterway plate.
16. The integrated waterway member of claim 15, wherein the first valve means and the second valve means are on a same side of the integrated waterway member.
17. The integrated waterway assembly of claim 16, wherein the first valve device is mounted to a portion of the first waterway plate laterally beyond the second waterway plate, and the second valve device is mounted to a face of the second waterway plate facing away from the first waterway plate.
18. The integrated waterway assembly of claim 15, wherein the regeneration channel group is further provided with a water pump having an adjustable rotation speed, the regeneration mode includes a regeneration stroke, the water pump is turned on during the regeneration stroke, and the brine of the brine tank is transferred to the soft water tank through the regeneration channel group under a driving action of the water pump.
19. The integrated waterway assembly of claim 18, wherein the regeneration channel group is further provided with a flow meter, and the second valve means includes a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve, a fourth control valve, a fifth control valve, and a restrictor valve;
the regeneration passageway group have with the first interface that changes of water passageway intercommunication, with the second that soft water jar communicates changes the interface, with two pump interfaces of water pump intercommunication, the salt case interface is equipped with two, just the regeneration passageway group includes:
A first passage communicating the first transfer port with the first control valve;
a second passage communicating the first control valve with the restrictor valve;
a third passage communicating the restrictor valve with one of the pump ports;
a fourth passage communicating the third passage with the flow meter;
a fifth channel communicating the flow meter with the second transfer port;
a sixth passage communicating the first transfer port with the second control valve;
a seventh passage communicating the second control valve with the second transfer port;
an eighth passage communicating one of the salt tank ports with the third control valve;
a ninth passage communicating the third control valve with another of the pump interfaces;
a tenth passage communicating the pump port with the fourth control valve, the tenth passage and the ninth passage communicating to the same pump port;
an eleventh channel for communicating the fourth control valve with the second port;
a twelfth passage communicating another salt tank port with the fifth control valve;
and a thirteenth channel for communicating the fifth control valve with the second port.
20. The integrated waterway assembly of claim 19, wherein the first waterway plate is further provided with a first transition channel and a second transition channel each coupled to the first valve assembly, the second waterway plate is further provided with a waste channel, and the waste channel is provided with a sixth control valve and a third transfer port;
The transit passage includes:
the first transfer channel is communicated with the first transfer interface and the water outlet channel;
the second transfer channel is communicated with the second transfer port and the first transition channel;
and the third transfer channel is communicated with the third transfer port and the second transition channel.
21. The integrated waterway component of claim 20, wherein the first valve device is configured to be a first disc valve; and/or
The first control valve and the second control valve are configured as the same second butterfly valve, and the first passage and the sixth passage are configured as the same passage; and/or
The third control valve and the fourth control valve are configured as the same third butterfly valve, the ninth passage and the tenth passage are configured as the same passage, and the seventh passage and the eleventh passage are configured as the same passage; and/or
The fifth control valve and the sixth control valve are configured as the same fourth butterfly valve.
22. A water softener comprising the water softener water system of any one of claims 1 to 12 and/or the integrated waterway member of any one of claims 13 to 21.
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