CN110840250A

CN110840250A - Beverage equipment and filter element detection method

Info

Publication number: CN110840250A
Application number: CN201911039213.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汤伟彬
Original assignee: Chinar Shenzhen Internet Of Things Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chinar Shenzhen Internet Of Things Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-29
Filing date: 2019-10-29
Publication date: 2020-02-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses beverage equipment and a filter element detection method. The equipment comprises a raw water tank, a pure water tank, a filter, a self-priming pump, a water pressure switch, a water inlet valve, a waste water filtering valve, a first waste water valve, a second waste water valve, a raw water first valve, a raw water second valve, a tap water inlet, a tap water waste water outlet, a first beverage quick heating unit, a second beverage heating unit, a brewing system, a water-vapor separation structure, a first beverage outlet, a second beverage outlet, a water path plate, a beverage control circuit board, a total dissolubility solid detector and a flowmeter. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the accumulated working time of the filter; acquiring water quality data of the water filtered by the filter; acquiring flow data of the water filtered by the filter; and judging whether the filter needs to be processed or not based on the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data. The embodiment of the application can reduce the operation cost of the beverage equipment.

Description

Beverage equipment and filter element detection method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of beverage equipment, in particular to beverage equipment and a filter element detection method.

Background

Beverage appliances such as capsule beverage machines are increasingly used, such as coffee capsule beverage machines in office areas.

With the development of the internet of things, the use of public beverage equipment becomes a trend. The internal waterway components of the beverage equipment are many, the use frequency of the public beverage equipment is far higher than that of the household beverage equipment, and the waterway is easy to break down. Since the public beverage equipment is scattered in different places, when the equipment breaks down, the cost of manual repair or maintenance is higher, wherein the cost of counting filter elements is the highest. Thus, the operating cost of public drink equipment is high.

The above background disclosure is only for the purpose of assisting in understanding the inventive concepts and technical solutions of the present application and does not necessarily pertain to the prior art of the present application, and should not be used to assess the novelty and inventive step of the present application in the absence of explicit evidence to suggest that such matter has been disclosed at the filing date of the present application.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a drink equipment and filter core detection method, can make drink equipment long-term steady operation and can guarantee quality of water simultaneously, can reduce the operation cost of drink equipment.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a beverage apparatus comprising a raw water tank, a pure water tank, a filter, a self-priming pump, a water pressure switch, a water inlet valve, a filtered waste water valve, a first waste water valve, a second waste water valve, a first raw water valve, a second raw water valve, a tap water inlet, a tap water waste water outlet, a first beverage fast-heating unit, a second beverage heating unit, a brewing system, a water-vapor separation structure, a first beverage outlet, a second beverage outlet, a waterway board, a beverage control circuit board, a total soluble solids detector, and a flow meter;

a plurality of fluid channels are arranged inside the water circuit board; the waterway plate comprises a first plate body and a second plate body;

the first plate body is provided with a first fluid part; the second plate body is provided with a second fluid part; the first and second fluid portions may form the plurality of fluid channels between the first and second plate bodies;

the raw water outlet of the raw water tank is connected to the water inlet of the water inlet valve through the raw water first valve and at least one fluid channel; the tap water inlet is connected to the water inlet of the water inlet valve through the water pressure switch, the tap water valve and at least one fluid channel;

the water outlet of the water inlet valve is connected to the water inlet of the self-priming pump through at least one fluid channel; the water outlet of the self-priming pump is connected to the water inlet of the filter through at least one fluid channel; the pure water outlet of the filter is connected with the water inlet of the pure water tank;

the first water outlet of the pure water tank is connected to the water inlet of the first beverage quick heating unit through a first channel; the second water outlet of the pure water tank is connected to the second beverage heating unit through a second channel; the first channel and the second channel are separate channels;

the outlet of the first beverage quick heating unit is connected to the first beverage outlet through the water-vapor separation structure;

the outlet of the second beverage heating unit is connected to the second beverage outlet through the brewing system;

the waste water outlet of the filter is connected to the water inlet of the filtered waste water valve by at least one of the fluid channels; the water outlet of said filtered waste water valve is connected to the water inlet of said first waste water valve and the water inlet of said second waste water valve by at least one of said fluid passages;

the water outlet of the first waste water valve is connected to the waste water inlet of the raw water tank through the raw water second valve and at least one fluid channel;

the water outlet of the second waste water valve is communicated with the tap water waste water outlet through at least one fluid channel;

the total dissolved solids detector is used for detecting the water quality of the water filtered by the filter;

the flowmeter is used for calculating the flow of the water filtered by the filter;

the filter, the self-priming pump, the hydraulic switch, the water inlet valve, the filtered waste water valve, the first waste water valve and the second waste water valve are all fixed on the water circuit board;

the control circuit board can control the first beverage quick heating unit and the second beverage heating unit.

In some preferred embodiments, the filter comprises a first filter element assembly and a second filter element assembly.

In some preferred embodiments, the first filter element assembly is a coarse filter element assembly; the second filter element assembly is a reverse osmosis filter element assembly.

In some preferred embodiments, the water inlet of the first cartridge component is the water inlet of the filter; the water outlet of the first filter element assembly is connected to the water inlet of the second filter element assembly through at least one fluid channel; the first water outlet of the second filter element component is a pure water outlet of the filter; and the second water outlet of the second filter element component is a wastewater outlet of the filter.

In some preferred embodiments, the flow meter is configured to calculate the flow rate of water filtered by the second filter element assembly.

In some preferred embodiments, the total dissolved solids detector comprises a first total dissolved solids detector and a second total dissolved solids detector; the first total dissolved solids detector is for detecting the quality of water prior to entering the filter; the second total dissolved solids detector is used for detecting the water quality of the water filtered by the filter.

In some preferred embodiments, the tap water inlet is in communication with a tap water pipe member fixed to the waterway plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the tap water waste outlet is in communication with a waste pipe member fixed to the waterway plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the deionized water outlet of the filter communicates with a deionized water pipe member fixed to the water path plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the waste water inlet of the raw water tank is communicated with a waste water inlet pipe member fixed to the waterway plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the raw water outlet of the raw water tank is communicated with a raw water outlet pipeline component fixed on the waterway plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the brewing system has an air pump.

In some preferred embodiments, the beverage control circuit board is further included; the control circuit board can control the first beverage quick heating unit and the second beverage heating unit.

In some preferred embodiments, the hydraulic switch is a low pressure switch.

In some preferred embodiments, the first raw water valve, the second raw water valve, and the running water valve each include a check valve and a solenoid valve.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a control method of a beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being the above beverage apparatus;

if the water pressure switch detects pressure, closing the raw water first valve, opening the tap water valve and opening the water inlet valve so as to supply water through tap water;

if the water pressure switch does not detect the pressure, closing the tap water valve, opening the raw water first valve and opening the water inlet valve so as to supply water through the raw water tank;

if the water level of the pure water tank is detected to be lower than the lowest water level, stopping making the beverage; and if the water level of the pure water tank is detected to be lower than the lowest water level in the process of making the beverage, the current process of making the beverage is finished.

In some preferred embodiments, the method further comprises: if the water is supplied by tap water, closing the first waste water valve, opening the second waste water valve and opening the filtered waste water valve to discharge the waste water; and if the raw water tank is used for supplying water, closing the second waste water valve, opening the first waste water valve and opening the waste water filtering valve so as to discharge the waste water back to the raw water tank.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a method for detecting a filter cartridge of a beverage appliance: the beverage equipment is the beverage equipment;

acquiring the accumulated working time of the filter;

acquiring water quality data of the water filtered by the filter;

acquiring flow data of the water filtered by the filter;

judging whether the filter needs to be processed or not based on the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data; if the filter needs to be processed, sending information indicating that the filter is processed.

In some preferred embodiments, the determining whether the filter requires treatment based on the accumulated operating time, the water quality data, and the flow rate data comprises: comparing the accumulated operating time with a predetermined accumulated operating time; comparing the water quality data with predetermined water quality data; comparing the flow data with predetermined flow data;

and if the accumulated working time is less than the preset accumulated working time, the water quality data is worse than the preset water quality data and/or the flow data is less than the preset flow data, the filter is judged to need to be processed and sends out information indicating water quality and/or information indicating flow.

In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to perform the above-described method.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of this application has:

the beverage equipment supplies water through tap water and a raw water tank, a tap water valve and a first fluid channel are arranged between a water inlet of a water inlet valve and a tap water inlet, a raw water first valve and a raw water second fluid channel are arranged between the water inlet of the water inlet valve and a raw water outlet of the raw water tank, and then the raw water first valve and the raw water second fluid channel are connected to a self-priming pump through a water outlet of the water inlet valve and a third fluid channel; the self-priming pump is connected to the water inlet of the filter through a fourth fluid channel, the pure water outlet of the filter is connected with the water inlet of the pure water tank, and the pure water tank is respectively connected with the first beverage quick heating unit and the second beverage heating unit through a first channel and a second channel which are independent; a waste water outlet of the filter is connected to a waste water inlet of the raw water tank through a fifth fluid channel, a waste water filtering valve, a sixth fluid channel, a first waste water valve, a raw water second valve and a seventh fluid channel; the waste water outlet of the filter is also connected to a tap water waste water outlet through a second waste water valve and an eighth fluid channel; the first fluid channel to the eighth fluid channel are all positioned between the first plate body and the second plate body, namely positioned inside the water circuit plate; therefore, the two fluid channels can be connected through the valve, the pressure of each waterway can be isolated, and the waterway parts of the beverage equipment are stably connected, so that the waterway of the beverage equipment can stably run for a long time; whether the filter needs to be processed or not is judged based on the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data, and the problem of the filter can be comprehensively positioned, so that the water quality is ensured, and the cost increase caused by replacing a filter element of the filter in advance can be avoided. Therefore, the embodiment of the application can ensure that the beverage equipment stably runs for a long time, can ensure the water quality and can reduce the operation cost of the beverage equipment.

Drawings

Figure 1 illustrates a waterway of a beverage appliance of one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 shows a part of the structure of a beverage appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

figure 3 shows a portion of the internal structure of a beverage appliance of one embodiment of the present application;

figure 4 shows another part of the internal structure of the beverage appliance of one embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a first plate according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a second plate according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 shows a waterway of a variation of a beverage appliance of an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the embodiments of the present application more clearly apparent, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 7 and the embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element. The connection may be for fixation or for circuit connection.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like, refer to an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings that is solely for the purpose of facilitating the description of the embodiments and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be considered as limiting the application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the present embodiment provides a beverage apparatus, which includes a raw water tank 1, a pure water tank 2, a filter 3, a self-priming pump 4, a water pressure switch 5, a filtered waste water valve 6, a first waste water valve 7, a second waste water valve 8, a raw water first valve 9, a raw water second valve 10, a tap water valve 11, a tap water inlet 12, a tap water waste water outlet 13, a first beverage fast-heating unit 14, a second beverage heating unit 15, a brewing system 16, a water-vapor separation structure 17, a first beverage outlet 18, a second beverage outlet 19, a water inlet valve 20, a total dissolved solids detector 21, a flow meter 22, and a waterway board 300.

Specific forms of the beverage of the present embodiment include, but are not limited to, water, coffee, tea, and milk.

The waterway part of the beverage apparatus of the present embodiment will be explained.

The raw water tank 1 is used for storing raw water.

The pure water tank 2 is used for storing pure water after filtration.

The filter 3 is used for filtering water.

The self-priming pump 4 is used to deliver water to the filter 3.

The hydraulic switch 5 is used for connecting or disconnecting a water path, and can be a low-pressure switch.

The filtered waste water valve 6 is used to control the outflow of waste water produced after filtration.

The first waste valve 7 is used to control the flow of waste water to the raw water tank 1.

The second waste water valve 8 is used for controlling waste water to flow to a tap water waste water outlet 13.

The raw water first valve 9, the raw water second valve 10, and the tap water valve 11 may be, specifically, one-way valves or electromagnetic valves.

The tap water inlet 12 is used for receiving tap water.

The tap water waste outlet 13 is used for discharging waste water generated by filtering tap water, for example, to the outside of the beverage apparatus.

The first beverage quick-heating unit 14 can quickly heat the beverage, such as quickly heating water.

The second beverage heating unit 15 may heat the beverage, such as heating water.

The brewing system 16 is for brewing a beverage, such as brewed coffee. The brewing system 16 of this embodiment is provided with an air pump.

The water-vapor separation structure 17 is used for water-vapor separation of the hot water.

The inlet valve 20 is used to control the inlet of water.

The Total dissolved solids detector 21 is used for detecting the water quality of the water filtered by the filter 3, and specifically for detecting the content of Total dissolved solids (Total dissolved solids) in the water.

The flow meter 22 is used to calculate the flow rate of the water filtered by the filter 3.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the interior of the waterway plate 300 is provided with a plurality of fluid passages, which are a first fluid passage 301, a second fluid passage 302, a third fluid passage 303, a fourth fluid passage 304, a fifth fluid passage 305, a sixth fluid passage 306, a seventh fluid passage 307, an eighth fluid passage 308, and a ninth fluid passage 309, respectively.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the waterway plate 300 of the present embodiment includes a first plate 310 and a second plate 320. Each fluid passage is located between first plate 310 and second plate 320. Referring to fig. 5, the first plate body 310 is provided with a plurality of first fluid portions 311. The first fluid portion 311 is a groove, and specifically, a back surface 310B of the first plate 310 is provided with a groove; the first fluid portion 311 is integrally formed with the first plate 310. Referring to fig. 6, the second plate body 320 is provided with a plurality of second fluid portions 321. The second fluid portion 321 is a groove, and specifically, a front surface 320A of the second plate 320 is provided with a groove; the second fluid portion 321 is integrally formed with the second plate body 320.

The first plate 310 serves as an upper plate of the water passage plate 300, and the second plate 320 serves as a lower plate of the water passage plate 300. Referring to fig. 3-6, back surface 310B of first plate 310 faces front surface 320A of second plate 320, and first plate 310 and second plate 320 are covered together such that first fluid portion 310 and second fluid portion 321 are joined together to form a fluid passage between first plate 310 and second plate 320.

The material of first plate 310 and second plate 320 is plastic, which facilitates production and also facilitates sealing of first fluid portion 311 and second fluid portion 321 to form a fluid channel.

Referring to fig. 1, a raw water outlet 1A of a raw water tank 1 is connected to an inlet of a water inlet valve 20 through a raw water first valve 9 and a first fluid passage 301; the raw water first valve 9 is installed at the raw water outlet 1A of the raw water tank 1, and the first fluid channel 301 is connected to the raw water first valve 9 and the water inlet of the water inlet valve 20. The tap water inlet 12 is connected to the inlet of the water inlet valve 20 through the hydraulic switch 5, the second fluid channel 302, the tap water valve 11 and the first fluid channel 301; wherein the water pressure switch 5 is installed at a designated position of the second fluid passage 302, and the running water valve 11 connects the second fluid passage 302 to the first fluid passage 301.

The outlet of the inlet valve 20 is connected to the inlet of the self-priming pump 4 by a third fluid passage 303. The water outlet of the self-priming pump 4 is connected to the water inlet of the filter 3 via a fourth fluid channel 304. The pure water outlet of the filter 3 is connected to the water inlet 2C of the pure water tank 2.

The first water outlet 2A of the pure water tank 2 is connected to the water inlet 14A of the first beverage instant heating unit 14 through the first passage 100. The second water outlet 2B of the pure water tank 2 is connected to the second drink heating unit 15 through the second passage 200. The first channel 100 and the second channel 200 are separate channels. The first channel 100 and the second channel 200 may specifically be pipes.

The outlet of the first beverage quick-heating unit 14 is connected to a first beverage outlet 18 via a moisture separating structure 17.

The outlet of the second beverage heating unit 15 is connected to a second beverage outlet 19 via a brewing system 16.

The waste water outlet of the filter 3 is connected to the water inlet 6A of the filtered waste water valve 6 through a fifth fluid passage 305. The water outlet 6B of the filtered waste water valve 6 is connected to the water inlet of the first waste water valve 7 and the water inlet of the second waste water valve 8 through a sixth fluid channel 306.

The water outlet of the first waste water valve 7 is connected to the waste water inlet 1B of the raw water tank 1 through the raw water second valve 10 and the seventh fluid passage 307.

The water outlet of the second waste water valve 8 is communicated with the tap water waste water outlet 13 through an eighth fluid channel 308.

The total dissolved solids detector 21 and the flow meter 22 are both located at the pure water outlet of the filter 3, so that the water quality is detected and the flow rate is calculated, respectively.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the filter 3, the self-priming pump 4, the water pressure switch 5, the water inlet valve 20, the filtered waste water valve 6, the first waste water valve 7 and the second waste water valve 8 are all fixed on the water circuit board 300. Illustratively, referring to fig. 3, a filter 3, a self-primer pump 4, a hydraulic switch 5, a water inlet valve 20, and a filtered waste water valve 6 are mounted on a front face 310A of the first plate 310; referring to fig. 4, the first waste valve 7 and the second waste valve 8 are installed on the rear surface 320B of the second plate 320.

The beverage apparatus of the present embodiment is described with reference to a control method of the beverage apparatus of the present embodiment.

If the water pressure switch 5 detects pressure, such as low pressure, it indicates that the tap water inlet 12 is connected with tap water; the raw water first valve 9 is closed, the tap water valve 11 is opened, and the water inlet valve 20 is opened, so that water is supplied through the tap water. Thus, tap water enters the second fluid channel 302 from the tap water inlet 12, flows to the first fluid channel 301 through the tap water valve 11, and then enters the self-priming pump 4 through the water inlet valve 20 and the third fluid channel 303; the self-priming pump 4 pressurizes tap water and sends the pressurized tap water into the filter 3 through the fourth fluid passage 304; after the filter 3 filters the tap water, the generated pure water flows into the pure water tank 2 from the pure water outlet of the filter 3; the waste water produced by the filter 3 flows out of the waste water outlet of the filter 3 through the fifth fluid channel 305, through the filtered waste water valve 6 and the sixth fluid channel 306 to the second waste water valve 8, and is discharged from the tap water waste water outlet 13, for example, to an external pipe, wherein the first waste water valve 7 is closed. When hot water is produced, the pure water tank 2 sends pure water into the first beverage quick-heating unit 14 through the first passage 100 to be heated; the heated purified water flows into the water-vapor separation structure 17 from the outlet 14A of the first beverage quick-heating unit 14; the water-vapor separation structure 17 performs water-vapor separation, so that the heated purified water flows out of the first beverage outlet 18 to the container. When making coffee, the pure water tank 2 sends pure water into the second drink quick-heating unit 15 through the second passage 200 to be heated; heated purified water enters the brewing system 16 from the outlet 15A of the second beverage heating unit 15; the brewing system 16 brews the coffee with the heated purified water and causes the coffee to flow out of the second drink outlet 19 to the container.

If the water pressure switch 5 does not detect the pressure, the water inlet 12 of the tap water is not communicated with the tap water; the running water valve 11 is closed, the raw water first valve 9 is opened, and the feed valve 20 is opened, so that water is supplied through the raw water tank 1. Thus, the raw water stored in the raw water tank 1 flows out from the raw water outlet 1A, passes through the raw water first valve 9, the first fluid channel 301, the water inlet valve 20 and the third fluid channel 303, and then flows to the self-priming pump 4; the self-priming pump 4 pressurizes the raw water and then sends the raw water into the filter 3 through the fourth fluid channel 304; the filter 3 filters the raw water, and the generated pure water flows into the pure water tank 2 from a pure water outlet of the filter 3; the wastewater generated from the filter 3 flows out of the wastewater outlet of the filter 3 through the fifth fluid passage 305, flows to the first wastewater valve 7 through the filtered wastewater valve 6 and the sixth fluid passage 306, and flows back to the raw water tank 1 from the wastewater inlet 1B of the raw water tank 1 through the seventh fluid passage 307 and the raw water second valve 10, wherein the raw water second valve 10 is opened and the second wastewater valve 8 is closed. The specific processes for making hot water and making coffee are the same as those using tap water.

A first water level switch (not shown) is arranged in the pure water tank 2; if the water level of the pure water tank 2 is detected to be lower than the lowest water level, the beverage production is stopped, and the equipment alarms and displays that the pure water tank is lack of water; wherein, if the water level of the pure water tank 2 is detected to be lower than the lowest water level in the process of making the beverage, the current process of making the beverage is finished.

A second water level switch (not shown) is arranged in the raw water tank 1; and if the water level of the raw water tank 1 is detected to be lower than the lowest water level, stopping filtering the raw water.

If the drinking device does not use tap water, the corresponding port, such as the tap water inlet 12, needs to be blocked.

Referring to fig. 1, the beverage apparatus of the present embodiment further includes a beverage control circuit board 400 and an operating system 500; operating system 500 is illustratively an android operating system. The control circuit board 400 is used for controlling the first beverage quick-heating unit 14 and the second beverage heating unit 15; for example, by receiving instructions from the operating system 500, the control circuit board 400 can set the operating parameters of the first beverage quick-heating unit 14 and the second beverage heating unit 15. The operating system 500 may implement artificial intelligence interactions.

The embodiment also provides a filter element detection method of the beverage equipment, and the method uses the beverage equipment. The method includes steps S1 to S4, and the main execution body is the beverage control circuit board 400.

Step S1 is to acquire the cumulative operating time of the filter 3. Specifically, the accumulated working time of the filter 3 may be calculated by a timing circuit, or the accumulated working time of the filter 3 may be calculated by a timing circuit of the beverage control circuit board 400.

Step S2 is to acquire water quality data of the water filtered by the filter 3. Specifically, water quality data is acquired from the total dissolved solids detector 21.

Step S3 is to acquire flow rate data of the water filtered by the filter 3. And in particular flow data, from the flow meter 22.

Step S4, judging whether the filter 3 needs to be processed based on the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data; if the filter needs to be processed, information instructing to process the filter is issued.

After receiving the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data, these data are analyzed to determine whether the filter 3 needs to be processed. The specific form of treatment includes, among others, replacement of the filter element of the filter 3, cleaning of the filter element of the filter 3 and maintenance of the filter element of the filter 3.

Step S4 of the present embodiment will be explained.

Comparing the accumulated operating time with a predetermined accumulated operating time; comparing the water quality data with predetermined water quality data; comparing the flow data with predetermined flow data; wherein the predetermined accumulated operating time, the predetermined water quality data and the predetermined flow rate data are set according to specific characteristics of the filter 3.

If the accumulated working time is less than the preset accumulated working time and the water quality data is worse than the preset water quality data, the filter 3 is judged to need to be processed and information indicating the water quality is sent. The accumulated operating time of the filter 3 being less than the predetermined accumulated operating time indicates that the filter 3 is still within the service life range, but the difference in the water quality data from the predetermined water quality data indicates that the filter 3 is having problems filtering water and that associated maintenance is required. The information indicative of water quality represents that the filter 3 is still within the service life range but that the quality of the filtered water is problematic.

If the accumulated operating time is less than the predetermined accumulated operating time and the flow data is less than the predetermined flow data, it is determined that the filter 3 needs to process and send information indicating the flow. The accumulated operating time being less than the predetermined accumulated operating time indicates that the filter 3 is still within the service life range, but the flow data being less than the predetermined flow data indicates that the water circuit of the filter 3 may have problems, such as possible clogging, and that the associated maintenance is required. The information indicative of the flow rate indicates that the filter 3 is still in service life but that the water circuit of the filter 3 may be problematic.

The information indicating the water quality and the information indicating the flow can be displayed on the local machine of the beverage equipment and also can be sent to the server.

According to the above description, the beverage apparatus of the present embodiment supplies water through the tap water and the raw water tank 1, the tap water valve 11 and the first fluid channel 301 are disposed between the water inlet of the water inlet valve 20 and the tap water inlet 12, the raw water first valve 9 and the second fluid channel 302 are disposed between the water inlet of the water inlet valve 20 and the raw water outlet 1A of the raw water tank 1, and then the beverage apparatus is connected to the self-priming pump 4 through the water outlet of the water inlet valve 20 and the third fluid channel 303; the self-priming pump 4 is connected to the water inlet of the filter 3 through a fourth fluid channel 304, the pure water outlet of the filter 3 is connected with the water inlet 2C of the pure water tank 2, and the pure water tank 2 is respectively connected with the first beverage instant heating unit 14 and the second beverage heating unit 15 through a first channel 100 and a second channel 200 which are independent; a waste water outlet of the filter 3 is connected to a waste water inlet 1B of the raw water tank 1 through a fifth fluid passage 305, a waste water filtering valve 6, a sixth fluid passage 306, a first waste water valve 7, a raw water second valve 10, and a seventh fluid passage 307; the waste water outlet of the filter 3 is also connected to the tap water waste water outlet 13 through a second waste water valve 8 and an eighth fluid channel 308; the first to eighth fluid passages 301 to 308 are located between the first plate body 310 and the second plate body 320, that is, inside the water passage plate 300; therefore, the two fluid channels can be connected through the valve, the pressure of each waterway can be isolated, and the waterway parts of the beverage equipment are stably connected, so that the waterway of the beverage equipment can stably run for a long time; whether the filter 3 needs to be processed or not is judged based on the accumulated working time, the water quality data and the flow data, and the problem of the filter 3 can be positioned comprehensively, so that the water quality is ensured, and the cost increase caused by replacing a filter element of the filter 3 in advance can be avoided. Therefore, the embodiment can ensure the long-term stable operation of the beverage equipment and ensure the water quality at the same time, and can reduce the operation cost of the beverage equipment.

Referring to fig. 2, the filter 3 of the present embodiment includes a first filter element assembly 31 and a second filter element assembly 32. The first filter element assembly 31 is used for first-stage filtration, and the second filter element assembly 32 is used for second-stage filtration; in other embodiments, the number of the first filter element assembly 31 is plural. The first filter element assembly 31 is a coarse filter element assembly, in particular a CF (carbon fiber) filter element assembly. The second cartridge assembly 32 is a Reverse Osmosis (RO) cartridge assembly.

The water inlet of the first cartridge module 31 is the water inlet of the filter 3. Referring to fig. 5, the water outlet of the first cartridge module 31 is connected to the water inlet of the second cartridge module 32 through a ninth fluid passage 309. The first water outlet of the second filter element assembly 32 is a pure water outlet of the filter 3. The second water outlet of the second filter element assembly 32 is the waste water outlet of the filter 3. The flow meter 22 is used to calculate the flow rate of the water after being filtered by the second filter element assembly 32.

Referring to fig. 4, the beverage appliance of the present embodiment further includes a plurality of duct members. The pipe part may be a water pipe or a connector. Referring to fig. 4, the plurality of pipe parts are a tap water pipe part 601, a waste water pipe part 602, a pure water pipe part 603, a waste water inlet pipe part 604, and a raw water outlet pipe part 605, respectively; these pipe members are fixed to the water passage plate 300. The city water inlet 12 communicates with a city water pipe member 601 fixed to the water passage plate 300. The tap water waste outlet 13 is communicated with a waste water pipe part 602 fixed on the water path plate 300. The pure water outlet of the filter 3 communicates with a pure water pipe member 603 fixed to the water passage plate 300. The waste water inlet 1B of the raw water tank 1 is communicated with a waste water inlet pipe member 604 fixed to the water passage plate 300. The raw water outlet 1A of the raw water tank 1 is communicated with a raw water outlet pipe component 605 fixed on the water path plate 300. Therefore, the turning of the waterway direction can be realized.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 7, the total dissolved solids detector 21 includes a first total dissolved solids detector 211 and a second total dissolved solids detector 212. The first total dissolved solids detector 211 is for detecting the quality of water before entering the filter 3; illustratively, the first total dissolved solids detector 211 is located between the self-primer pump 4 and the inlet valve 20. The second total dissolved solids detector 212 is for detecting the quality of the water filtered by the filter 3; illustratively, the second dissolved total solids detector 212 is located at the pure water outlet of the filter 3. By comparing the first water quality data detected by the first total dissolved solids detector 211 with the second water quality data detected by the second total dissolved solids detector 212, it is possible to analyze the cause of the poor water quality of the water filtered by the filter 3, for example, the water quality of the water entering the filter 3 is much lower than the set water quality.

This embodiment provides an intelligent terminal equipment that collects water purification, capsule drink, heating, AI interdynamic in an organic whole, can make the light official working of people, the journey is careless, the family expenses of reassuring and high-efficient operation, and the user demand of laminating more can promote consumer's user experience.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the processes of the embodiments methods may be performed by a computer program, which may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium and executed to perform the processes of the embodiments methods. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as ROM or RAM, magnetic or optical disks, etc.

The foregoing is a further detailed description of the present application in connection with specific/preferred embodiments and is not intended to limit the present application to that particular description. For a person skilled in the art to which the present application pertains, several alternatives or modifications to the described embodiments may be made without departing from the concept of the present application, and these alternatives or modifications should be considered as falling within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A beverage appliance, characterized in that: the system comprises a raw water tank, a pure water tank, a filter, a self-priming pump, a water pressure switch, a water inlet valve, a wastewater filtering valve, a first wastewater valve, a second wastewater valve, a first raw water valve, a second raw water valve, a tap water inlet, a tap water wastewater outlet, a first beverage fast heating unit, a second beverage heating unit, a brewing system, a water-vapor separation structure, a first beverage outlet, a second beverage outlet, a waterway board, a beverage control circuit board, a total dissolubility solid detector and a flowmeter;

2. The beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the filter includes a first filter element assembly and a second filter element assembly.

3. The beverage appliance of claim 2, wherein: the first filter element assembly is a coarse filter element assembly; the second filter element assembly is a reverse osmosis filter element assembly.

4. The beverage appliance of claim 2, wherein: the water inlet of the first filter element component is the water inlet of the filter; the water outlet of the first filter element assembly is connected to the water inlet of the second filter element assembly through at least one fluid channel; the first water outlet of the second filter element component is a pure water outlet of the filter; and the second water outlet of the second filter element component is a wastewater outlet of the filter.

5. The beverage appliance of claim 3, wherein: the flowmeter is used for calculating the flow of the water filtered by the second filter element component.

6. The beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the total dissolved solids detector comprises a first total dissolved solids detector and a second total dissolved solids detector; the first total dissolved solids detector is for detecting the quality of water prior to entering the filter; the second total dissolved solids detector is used for detecting the water quality of the water filtered by the filter.

7. The beverage appliance of claim 1, wherein: the specific forms of the raw water first valve, the raw water second valve and the tap water valve comprise a one-way valve and an electromagnetic valve; the brewing system is provided with an air pump; the water pressure switch is a low-pressure switch.

8. A filter element detection method of beverage equipment is characterized in that:

the beverage appliance is according to any one of claims 1 to 7;

acquiring the accumulated working time of the filter;

acquiring water quality data of the water filtered by the filter;

acquiring flow data of the water filtered by the filter;

9. The filter element testing method according to claim 8, wherein said determining whether the filter requires treatment based on the accumulated operating time, the water quality data, and the flow rate data comprises:

comparing the accumulated operating time with a predetermined accumulated operating time; comparing the water quality data with predetermined water quality data; comparing the flow data with predetermined flow data;

10. A computer-readable storage medium characterized by: the computer-readable storage medium has stored therein program instructions which, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to carry out the method according to claim 8 or 9.