CN101288564A

CN101288564A - Spout device

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Publication number: CN101288564A
Application number: CNA200810109233XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 塞恩·范莱
Original assignee: VOGUE SHOP CO Ltd
Current assignee: VOGUE SHOP CO Ltd
Priority date: 2007-04-19
Filing date: 2008-04-21
Publication date: 2008-10-22
Also published as: US20070214563A1; TW200911190A

Abstract

A jet assembly includes a casing defining a fluid flow path. The casing is adapted to couple to a basin. An impeller is disposed in the flow path and adapted to generate a flow through the flow path. A motor is coupled to the casing and the impeller and adapted to rotate the impeller. A nozzle is in the flow path adapted to receive flow from the casing and direct the flow in at least two distinct, divergent streams.

Description

Spout device

Technical field

The present invention relates to water jet, especially relate to the spout device that is used for hot spring or bathtub.

Background technology

The application is the Application No. of submitting on October 4th, 2,004 10/958,930 part continuation application requires to enjoy TaiWan, China the number of patent application 093105126 and foreign priority of submitting on February 27th, the 2004 TaiWan, China number of patent application of submitting on April 23rd, 2,004 093111340 according to 35U.S.C. § 119.

With reference to figure 1, Fig. 1 explicit declaration bathtub of the prior art.In the prior art, suction inlet motor 2, a plurality of pipe 3, inlet 4 and a plurality of delivery port 5 are installed in the bathtub 1.In the use, start motor 2, and force water to come out by managing 3 to outlet 5 from motor so that suction inlet 4 draws water enters in the motor 2.Water is transferred to outlet 5 so that promotion enters in the bathtub 1 by managing 3.

When using prior art systems, pipe 3, inlet 4 and export 5 and always can not be cleaned fully.Prolongedly in the system exist water and promoted bacterium, mould and algae grows.In addition, inlet 4 and outlet 5 are fixed and make them can not separately clean usually.Pipe 3 also becomes and is difficult to clean, often need to use bathtub bleaching agent or cleaning agent be added to 1 li of bathtub and periodically operation so that clean this system.According to forcing the spent time of cleaning method and the process of trouble to bear in the prior art, especially the system that many different people are used can cause the propagation that infects bacterium and other diseases, and causes antihygienic situation general in the bathtub.

Summary of the invention

In one aspect of the present invention, spout (jet) device comprises the shell of determining fluid flow path.This shell is suitable for being connected on the basin.Impeller is arranged on the flow path and is suitable for producing liquid stream by flow path.Motor is connected on shell and the impeller and is suitable for rotary blade.Nozzle on flow path is suitable for receiving from the liquid stream of shell and at least two different dispersion train modes and guides liquid stream.

In another aspect, the pedicure basin apparatus comprises the basin body that is suitable for holding fluid.Only a spout device is connected on the basin body.Spout device is suitable for receiving returning from the fluid of basin body and with at least two different dispersion direction directing fluids and enters basin body.

Different aspects can comprise one or more following feature.For example, spout device can comprise and determines fluid flow path and be suitable for being connected to shell on the basin; Be set on the flow path and be suitable for producing the impeller of the liquid stream by flow path; And be connected on shell and the impeller and be suitable for the motor of rotary blade.In some respects spout device also can comprise by the shell setting and be suitable for guiding air to enter the air inlet of flow path.Spout device can comprise and being suitable for allowing from the fluid of basin body by entering the inlet cover of spout device inside in some respects, and is suitable for guiding nozzle from the fluid of spout device inside in the mode of at least two dispersion trains.Inlet cover can comprise the solid section of adjacent nozzle and center on the porose sidewall sections of inlet cover periphery.Nozzle can comprise the V-arrangement current divider.Basin body is suitable for accepting user's pin and spout device and can be suitable for guiding liquid stream simultaneously towards two pin of user.The pedicure basin can comprise chair, and spout device and chair are placed on the opposite side of basin body.

Illustrate the details of one or more embodiment of the present invention in company with accompanying drawing and following specification.According to specification and accompanying drawing and claim, other features of the present invention, purpose and advantage become apparent.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of bathtub system in the prior art;

Fig. 2 is the perspective view according to exemplary spout device of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the decomposition diagram of the water jet device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view of the spout device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 and 5A are the partial cross sectional view of spout device of Fig. 2 and the part details cross-sectional view of spout device;

Fig. 6 and 6A are another part cross-sectional view of spout device of Fig. 2 and another part details cross-sectional view of spout device;

Fig. 7 is the cross-sectional view of water jet device of Fig. 2 of having described the operator scheme of spout device;

Fig. 8 and 8A are the cross-sectional view and the details cross-sectional views of nozzle of the spout device of Fig. 2;

Fig. 9 describes the exemplary bathtub system that comprises a plurality of spout devices according to of the present invention;

Figure 10 is the partial view of cross section that comprises the spout device of air inlet;

Figure 11 is the cross-sectional view that comprises the exemplary water jet device of water sensor according to of the present invention;

Figure 12 is according to the schematic diagram for the exemplary water sensor that uses with the water jet device of the present invention;

Figure 13 is the cross-sectional view of water jet of having described Figure 11 of the water level that is not enough to allow the spout operation;

Figure 14 is the cross-sectional view of spout device that comprises Fig. 2 of multi-direction nozzle and replaceable panel construction;

Figure 15 describes the exemplary pedicure bathtub system comprise single spout device.

Identical Reference numeral in different accompanying drawings is represented components identical.

The specific embodiment

Referring to figs. 2 and 3, the exemplary water jet device 10 that constitutes according to the present invention comprises the motor 40 that has housing 41, has the inlet cover 12 of nozzle bore 14 and one or more ingate 16, and lock ring 34.Also can comprise securing member 18 so that cover 12 and be fixed on the shell 32.Motor 40 provides revolving force to pass through shell 32 to cycling element 20 by driving shaft 42.The size of ingate 16 makes that chip for example dust, foreign object, hair or other materials can not enter shell 32 when lid 12 is fixed on the shell 32.

In the implementation procedure that illustrates, cycling element comprises cover 22, the nozzle of fixing movably in flange 23 24, impeller 26, and impeller base 28.Canning 30 can comprise spout shell 32, lock ring 34 and sealing ring or O type ring 36.In addition, shell 32 can be connected on the motor field frame 41.As shown in Figure 4, spout shell 32 comprises flange 39, and its size makes the main body of shell 32 to insert from the inside of bathtub or basin 46 by spray orifice 48, and flange 39 is positioned at spray orifice 48 near basin 46 against inner surface 47.In case the main body of shell 32 is inserted by the inside of basin 46, O type ring 36 and lock ring 34 can be tightened the outside against bathtub, prevent in position that to keep shell 32 fluid in the basin 46 from leaking by spray orifice 48.Should be appreciated that, different elements is shell 32 for example, inlet cover 12, one or more element of cycling element 20, and one or more element of canning 30, can be with the material Production Example that is fit to such as polymer, copolymer, plastics, nylon, alkene, many benzothiazoles composition, metal or other suitable material manufacturings with the enough characteristics of spout device element.

In the implementation shown in Fig. 4, tighten lock ring 34 with the main body outside of shell 32 on threaded engagement.In selectable implementation, can use other structure of J type springlock for example that lock ring 34 is fixed on the shell 32, in place with maintenance shell 32.

Figure 4 and 5 illustrate the cross-sectional view of water jet device 10.Motor 40 with driving shaft 42 is connected on the spout shell 32, so that driving shaft 42 operationally meshes drive sleeve 50.Can locate drive sleeve 50 so that it stretches out by the drive hole 52 in the shell 32.In the implementation shown in the Figure 4 and 5, drive sleeve 50 has driving receiving unit 54 and the impeller receiving unit 56 that is suitable for receiving driving shaft 42.In addition, impeller 26 comprises impeller shaft 58, and it is suitable for being inserted in the impeller receiving unit 56 of drive sleeve 50.

Fig. 4 also shows securing

member

18 and 43, and it can be used for an inlet cover 12 and be fixed on the shell 32.Securing member 18 can be a screw, bolt, and perhaps other suitable fasteners, they can extend and be fixed on the head of screw 37 by inlet cover 12.Selectively or additionally, use J type springlock 43 so that springlock can rotate to the fixed position near J type spring locking plate 41 relative with inlet cover 12.Securing

member

18 and 43 can manual operation.Selectively, securing

member

18 and 43 needs to use the tool operation as screwdriver.

Impeller 26 comprises blade 25 during impeller 26 rotations.Blade 25 strides across impeller 26 through flow path 70 and axially draws fluid (referring to Fig. 7).As shown in Fig. 3 and 6, impeller 26 can comprise wheel cap receiver 60.Wheel cap receiver 60 is suitable for receiving wheel cap axle 29.During operation, the operating period of spout device 10 wheel cap 27 and wheel cap axle 29 operation to remain on the position of impeller 26 in the EGR 20.Should understand wheel cap 27 not necessarily for the operation of spout device 10.Yet as shown in Fig. 3 and 4, can be at the cover 22 inner enclosings cover for impeller 27 that receive, to prevent in EGR 20, on impeller 26, producing wearing and tearing by overexercise.In addition, impeller base 28 can be connected on the cover 22 impeller 26 is locked in the position in the EGR 20.Impeller base 28 can be connected on the cover 22 by any suitable method, for example J type springlock, rotary locking mechanism or other suitable devices.In the operating period of water jet 10, enclosing cover for impeller 27 is static with respect to the rotation of impeller 26.Therefore, bearing 62 can be installed on the wheel cap receiver 60 with against impeller 26.Bearing 62 can be by the abrasion-resistant material manufacturing that be fit to of any permission impeller 26 with respect to wheel cap 27 rotations, what for example nylon, graphite, metal, polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) synthetic or other were suitable can prevent wheel cap 27 in 10 operating periods of water jet device, and impeller 26 or both lost materials are made.

Fig. 7 has described the realization operating process of water jet 10.When activating motor 40, driving shaft 42 rotates and drive sleeve 50 is rotated.Be inserted into the impeller shaft 58 in the impeller receiving unit 56 of drive sleeve 50, rotary blade 26 successively.The rotation of impeller 26 is drawn water, air or other fluids or fluid mixture by inlet hole 16.Location impeller base 28 enters in the impeller 26 and releases outside the nozzle 24 so that will draw by the fluid that arrow 70 directions flow.Thrust by nozzle 24 provides the concentrated liquid from spout device 10 to flow.Cover 22 and shell 32 are determined the liquid stream 70 by spout device, and the fluid in the liquid stream 70 is separated to suck in from drawing ingate 16, release and come out from nozzle 24 from impeller 26.The fluid that separates has by this way reduced the turbulent flow that influences each other and produce when flowing in an opposite direction owing to fluid.

Motor 40 can reverse in selectable implementation procedure, thus driving shaft 42 with the above-described opposite direction of Fig. 7 on rotate.Therefore, the operation of spout device 10 will be drawn fluid and force fluid to pass through ingate 16 from spout device 10 outflows by nozzle 24 by this way.

Fig. 8 has described the implementation procedure of spout device 10, and wherein nozzle 24 is connected on the cover 22 movably by flange 23.In the implementation procedure that illustrates, nozzle 24 comprises spherical part, and it is suitable for fitting in the spherical basically hole of being determined by the flange 23 of cover 22.Nozzle 24 can stretch out so that nozzle 24 can manual operation on alternate positions by nozzle bore 14.

Fig. 9 has described and has comprised the implementation procedure that is installed in a plurality of spout devices 10 on the basin 46.Should be appreciated that any amount of spout device 10 can be installed in basin 46 or the similar container, so that liquid stream 70 to be provided in basin.For example, in some cases basin for example foot washing basin can only have only a spout device 10.

Figure 10 has described the implementation procedure selected of the spout device 10 that comprises air inlet 72.In the operating period of spout device 10, air inlet 72 can provide air-flow 74 in fluid 70, and the fluid 70 that is mixed with air-flow 74 provides the fluid/air mixture 76 that is pushed into by nozzle 24.Air-flow 74 can be exerted pressure by air inlet 72 by compressor or other pressurization air source (not shown), perhaps because the vacuum that the speed of the fluid 70 by spout device 10 produces can be by air inlet 72 suction air-flows.

With reference to Figure 11,12 and 13, another implementation procedure comprises the system of automatically shutting down 100.The system of automatically shutting down comprises a plurality of sensors 102, sensing element 104, control element 106 and switch 108.Sensor 102 can be connected on the sensing element 104 to detect the electrical conductivity between sensor 102.

As best finding out among Figure 13, spout device 10 can be positioned in the basin, with the liquid level 110 of box lunch when enough high in spout device 10 inside, and the circuit between the fluid closed sensor 102, sensing element 104 is responded to closed circuit, and sends a signal to the control element 106 of activator switch 108.On the contrary, if liquid level 110 is too low, the circuit between sensor 102 can be not closed, and sensing element 104 can not send a signal to control element 106, and control element 106 lost efficacy switch 108.When switch failure, motor 40 is turned off, so spout device 10 can not be operated under the liquid level of deficiency.Interchangeable, can operate the resistivity of sensing element 104 with the fluid between the detecting sensor 102, like this when liquid level 110 too low and can not contact all the sensors 102 time, sensing element 104 provides signal to control element 106, and control element 106 lost efficacy switch 108 so that turn-off power supply from motor 40 thus.

Figure 14 has described the implementation procedure of the spout device 10 that comprises multi-direction nozzle 80, and multi-direction nozzle 80 is configured to a plurality of different dispersion train mode directing fluids streams 70.About different liquid stream, it means the natural tendency that difference dispersion train and fan (in fact continuous) when its revolts the main body of fluid flow.In other words, although different liquid stream can finally merge, they are that two separation, different liquid flow, and are not fan-shaped outside single stream.Liquid stream disperses, during wherein in fact liquid stream gather around dispersed locus.In the implementation procedure that illustrates, nozzle 80 determines to have crooked V-arrangement current divider 86 additional internal flow chambeies 84 wherein.Current divider 86 departs from and in fact flow cavity 84 is divided equally from the inlet 88 of nozzle 80 and is two and disperses passages 90 and 92.Enter inlet 88 fluid stream 70 by current divider 86 minutes between two passages 90 and 92.

Passage

90 and 92 prolongs with guiding fluid stream 70 in the direction that flows and becomes one liquid stream.In other structure, current divider 86 is configured to flow cavity 84 is divided into the passage of three or more.For example, trihedral angle taper current divider can divide dosing stream between three passages, and tetrahedral angle taper current divider can divide dosing stream etc. between four passages.In the structure of Figure 14, fluid stream 70 separates with about 60 two tracks of spending and is guided in same plane basically.In other structure, nozzle 80 can guide liquid stream with obtuse angle or acute angle (for example, 15 °, 30 °, 45 °, 90 ° or other angles) and/or other track in different planes.And, although describe, may provide with other structures of the current divider 86 of tabular surface (the perhaps current divider of other structures) basically in the mode of flexure plane.In the implementation procedure that illustrates,

passage

90 and 92 is equating basically perpendicular to the cross-sectional area on the direction of fluid flow, so liquid stream is divided equally between

dispersion passage

90 and 92 basically.Nozzle 80

adjacency channels

90 and 92 part are opened respectively, to determine to keep substantially the

outlet

94 and 96 by the cross-sectional area of passage 90 and 92.In other cases, outlet can have than

passage

90 and 92 littler cross-sectional areas, to increase the speed from the fluid of spout device 10.And the cross-sectional area of determining in

passage

90 and 92 can be circular substantially, and is oval-shaped, rectangular, foursquare or other shapes.

In addition, similar to foregoing description, nozzle 80 has the spherical part that is suitable for fitting in the spherical basically cavity of being determined by flange 23.Can enter various selectable positions by manipulating nozzles 80, to guide fluid stream in different directions from spout device 10.

Figure 14 also describes the structure with selectable inlet cover 82.Inlet cover 82 comprises the front surface 98 that slopes inwardly and be truncated cone of the internal diameter with fanging noz(zle) 80.Peripheral side wall 78 is extended to receive shell 32 from front surface 98.Inlet cover 82 can with aforesaid securing member and/or J type springlock be fixed to (do not specifically illustrate) on the shell 32 and/or can screw thread, snap lock and/or other modes be attached on the shell 32.The front 98 of the inlet cover 82 of adjacent nozzle 80 is solid (atresias), and inlet cover 82 comprises a plurality of holes 16 around sidewall 78.These holes are communicated to fluid stream 70 inside of shell 32.By eliminate hole 16 on front surface 98, the fluid that enters shell 32 inside flows 70 dispersing fluid stream 70 interruptions that do not intersect and do not come out from nozzle 80.In other situation, provide one or more holes on 98 in front.The shell of describing among Figure 14 32 is similar to the shell of foregoing description, and wherein it forms as single piece of material and the leakage paths from basin to the housing exterior flange 39 and drive hole 52 not.

Although demonstrate nozzle 80, be to be appreciated that selectable inlet cover 82 can be used for other structures any of spout device 10 described herein.For example, inlet cover 82 can be used for nozzle 24.Same, nozzle 80 can be used for other structures any of spout device 10 described herein.For example, nozzle 80 can substitute nozzle 24.And inlet cover 82 and/or the nozzle 24 existing spout device 10 that can be configured to retrofit for example is configured to the spout device 10 of upgrading.

Figure 15 is illustrated in the spout device 10 that has multi-direction nozzle 80 and replaceable inlet cover 82 in the pedicure basin apparatus 146.Pedicure basin apparatus 146 comprises that chair 148 and user that the user of pedicure basin sits thereon place pin groove 150 (position of pin is by dotted line 152 expressions) therein.The pin that groove 150 holds the user embathes water therein.The pedicure basin apparatus 146 of Figure 15 comprises only single spray orifice 48 and only single spout device 10 therein.Yet because multi-direction nozzle 80, spout device 10 can directing fluid stream 70 impacts two pin (around dotted line 152) of user simultaneously.In other structure, pedicure basin apparatus 146 can comprise wherein two or more spray orifices 48 with spout device 10.For example, in some cases, pedicure basin apparatus 146 can provide 10, one of two spout devices to be configured to spray from user's front and another is configured to injected behind from the user.And although the spout device of describing in Figure 15 10 sprays (that is to say that chair 148 and spout device 10 are placed in the opposite side of basin apparatus 146) from the user front, spout device 10 also can provide around any one direction of pedicure basin apparatus 146 and spray.In some cases, in dissimilar basins, bathtub, bowl-shape groove, tank, fountain or other fluid containers, the spout device that has or do not have multi-direction nozzle 80 and/or replaceable inlet cover 82 can be set also.

Although comprise the implementation procedure that spout device described in detail in above-mentioned theme, should understand and under the condition that does not deviate from the claim spirit and scope, can make various modifications, replacement and/or increase various realizations.

Claims

1. pedicure basin apparatus comprises:

Be suitable for holding the basin body of fluid; And

Be connected to the only spout device on the basin body, this spout device is suitable for receiving from the fluid of basin body and with the mode directing fluid of at least two different dispersion trains and turns back in the basin body.

2. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described spout device comprises:

Determine the shell of fluid flow path, this shell is suitable for being connected on the basin;

Be arranged in the flow path and be suitable for producing the impeller of the liquid stream by flow path; And

Be connected on shell and the impeller and be suitable for the motor of rotary blade.

3. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 2 comprises further and passes the air inlet that shell is provided with that this air inlet is suitable for introducing air and enters in the flow path.

4. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described spout device comprises:

Inlet cover is suitable for allowing fluid from basin body by entering spout device inside; And

Nozzle is suitable for guiding fluid from spout device inside in the mode of at least two dispersion trains.

5. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described inlet cover comprises the solid section of adjacent nozzle and centers on the porose sidewall sections of inlet cover periphery.

6. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein, described nozzle comprises the V-arrangement current divider.

7. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein, described basin body is suitable for receiving user's pin, and spout device is suitable for guiding simultaneously two pin of liquid stream towards the user.

8. pedicure basin apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprises chair, and wherein spout device and chair are placed on the basin body opposite side.

9. spout device comprises:

Be arranged in the flow path and be suitable for producing the impeller of the liquid stream by flow path;

Be connected on shell and the impeller and be suitable for the motor of rotary blade; And

Nozzle in flow path is suitable for receiving from the liquid stream of shell and in the mode of at least two dispersion trains and guides liquid stream.

10. spout device as claimed in claim 8 comprises further and passes the air inlet that shell is provided with that this air inlet is suitable for introducing air and enters in the flow path.

11. spout device as claimed in claim 8 further includes flap, it is suitable for allowing from the fluid of basin body by entering spout device inside, and this inlet cover has the solid section of adjacent nozzle and around the porose sidewall sections of inlet cover periphery.

12. spout device as claimed in claim 10, wherein, described solid section is a truncated cone.

13. spout device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described nozzle comprises the V-arrangement current divider.

14. spout device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described nozzle is suitable for guiding liquid stream in the mode of at least two dispersion trains on the same level substantially.

15. spout device as claimed in claim 8, wherein, described nozzle is suitable for dividing equally basically the liquid stream from shell between dispersion train.

16. as spout device according to Claim 8, wherein, described nozzle has spherical basically part, it is received in the spherical container that is equipped with by shell.