CN101343098B - Silver ion generating apparatus and washing machine using the same - Google Patents

Silver ion generating apparatus and washing machine using the same Download PDF

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CN101343098B
CN101343098B CN2008101318177A CN200810131817A CN101343098B CN 101343098 B CN101343098 B CN 101343098B CN 2008101318177 A CN2008101318177 A CN 2008101318177A CN 200810131817 A CN200810131817 A CN 200810131817A CN 101343098 B CN101343098 B CN 101343098B
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The invention provides a silver ion generating device and a washer using the same, comprising a rectangle silver electrode, a polar in contraposition to the silver electrode, a supporting part, an electrode case and a cylinder electrode cover. The support part supports the silver electrode and the polar. The electrode cover houses the silver electrode, the polar and the supporting part. The electrode cover accepts the silver electrode and the polar, fixed on the electrode cover at the upper part of the electrode cover watertight. An inflow entrance is arranged on a side lower part of the electrode cover, and an outflow entrance is arranged at a topper part than the upper part of the electrode cover. The silver electrode is set that a long side direction is parallel with a vertical direction. According to the structure, the silver electrode is completely immersed in the water, therefore dissolution is even. Moreover, air generated together with the silver ion can be flowed from the outflow entrance.

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Silver ion generating apparatus and the washing machine that uses this device
Technical field
Thereby the present invention relates to a kind ofly make silver electrode produce the silver ion generating apparatus of silver ion and have the washing machine that this silver ion generating apparatus has degerming and antibacterial action.
Background technology
In the past, silver electrode being applied voltage is applied in the various electrical equipments technology of silver electrode generation silver ion.As the electrical equipment that this silver ion generating apparatus has been installed, its representative is a washing machine.This washing machine adds in the washings through generation silver ion in liquid and with it, thereby brings degerming and antibacterial effect to washings.
Fig. 5 is arranged on the generalized section of the silver ion generating apparatus 40 in the existing washing machine, below according to its structure of description of drawings.Take in the housing 30 and be useful on silver electrode 31 that produces silver ion and the support portion 32 of supporting silver electrode 31.On the sidewall of housing 30, being provided with the inflow entrance 34 that is used to make liquid flow into inside makes liquid flow out to outside flow export 33 with being used to.Be provided with the inflow entrance switching portion 36 and flow export switching portion 35 that is used for opening and closing respectively them at inflow entrance 34 and flow export 33.
The action of the existing silver ion generating apparatus 40 that constitutes as stated is described.Liquid is flowed into from inflow entrance 34.Then, use this liquid between silver electrode 31 and not shown polarity, to carry out electrolysis.Through this electrolysis, make silver electrode 31 dissolve silver ion, and silver ion is added in the liquid.Then, the liquid that has added silver ion is flowed out to (not shown) such as sinks from flow export 33.So just can make the liquid contact washings that contains silver ion.
Repeatedly carrying out producing incrustation scale on the silver electrode 31 after the above-mentioned steps, the feasible ability drop that produces silver ion.Therefore, implement following operation as required.
After closing flow export switching portion 35, open airport 37, thereby bleed off the air that is present in the housing 30, contain the gas that produces through electrolysis in this air.After this, open inflow entrance switching portion 36, make the incrustation scale remover flow in the housings 30 and stay inside from inflow entrance 34.Thereby will remove attached to the incrustation scale on the silver electrode 31.
In this structure, one side provides liquid one to apply voltage in the face of silver electrode 31, makes silver electrode 31 produce silver ion.The silver ion that contains in the liquid is flowed out in the sink.But if supply flow rate is less, then silver electrode 31 can't immerse in the liquid fully, makes in the silver electrode 31 to produce by the part of electrolysis with not by the part of electrolysis.Consequently, only some is consumed in the silver electrode 31.
In addition, the top in housing 30 is detained has the gas that when electrolysis, is produced by silver electrode 31.Therefore, the steam vent 37 of freely openable need be set on housing 30 tops, gas is suitably discharged.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides the uneven silver ion generating apparatus and the washing machine that uses this device of dissolving that steam vent can solve electrode is not set.Silver ion generating apparatus of the present invention have the rectangle silver electrode, with polarity, support portion, electrode shell and the tubular electrode cover of silver electrode opposite disposed.Silver electrode and polarity are supported in the support portion.Electrode shell is taken in silver electrode, polarity and support portion.Electrode hood is taken in silver electrode and polarity, and watertight above the electrode shell be fixed on the electrode shell.Bottom, side at electrode shell is provided with inflow entrance, and the position above more leaning in the ratio silver electrode upper end on electrode hood top is provided with flow export.It is parallel with vertical that silver electrode is configured to long side direction.
Washing machine of the present invention has above-mentioned silver ion generating apparatus, bucket, is located at sink, water supply portion, first filling pipe and second filling pipe in the bucket.First filling pipe couples together water supply portion and silver ion generating apparatus, and supplies with water from water supply portion to silver ion generating apparatus.Second filling pipe couples together silver ion generating apparatus and bucket, and with the water guiding bucket that is dissolved with silver ion in the silver ion generating apparatus.
According to this structure, silver electrode immerses in the water fully, and dissolving can not occur so can use for a long time uneven.And, the gas that produces with silver ion is all flowed out from flow export.Therefore, need not on silver ion generating apparatus, to be provided with steam vent.And also need not to be used for the control part of emission gases.
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Fig. 1 is the whole profile of the washing machine of embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is arranged on the cross-sectional schematic of the inner silver ion generating apparatus of washing machine shown in Figure 1.
The schematic top plan view that Fig. 3 is a silver ion generating apparatus shown in Figure 2 under the state of installing electrodes cover not.
Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional schematic that expression is arranged on another structure of the inner silver ion generating apparatus of the washing machine of embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is the generalized section of the silver ion generating apparatus of existing washing machine.
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Below, with reference to description of drawings embodiment of the present invention.In addition, the invention is not restricted to this embodiment.
Fig. 1 is the whole profile of the washing machine of this embodiment, and Fig. 2 is arranged on the cross-sectional schematic of the inner silver ion generating apparatus of this washing machine, the schematic top plan view that Fig. 3 is this silver ion generating apparatus under the state of installing electrodes cover not.As shown in Figure 1, this washing machine has bucket 3, sink 2, water supply portion 12, silver ion generating apparatus 4, first filling pipe 10, second filling pipe 41 and control part 5.
Bucket 3 is configured in the housing 1, and sink 2 rotations that in bucket 3, are used to take in clothing are supported in the bucket 3 freely.Face side at bucket 3 is formed with the gateway 6 that communicates with the openend of sink 2.Anterior framework 7 front portions constituting housing 1 front surface are formed with the face of being inclined upwardly, and door 9 is covered in the peristome 8 that on this inclined plane, is provided with.The user opens door 9, just can be through gateway 6 with respect to putting into and take out washings in the sink 2.
Connect the particle size water supply line 44 that is used to supply with cleaning solution that supplies water via Box for detergent 43 grades on the top of bucket 3, connecting drainage pipeline 11 in the bottom.Control part 5 is controlled in the water supply portion 12 feed water valve and the draining valve 13 that is provided with, thus water supply and in bucket 3 from bucket 3 internal drainages.
And, series of steps such as control part 5 control washings, rinsing, dehydration, and be electrically connected with silver ion generating apparatus 4 and fetch control to silver ion generating apparatus 4 energisings, and then supply with silver ion to washings.
Silver ion generating apparatus 4 be arranged on from water supply portion 12 carry out with the path that is different from Box for detergent 43 pipe arrangement first filling pipe 10 and bucket 3 sides second filling pipe 41 midway.Through supplying water from water supply portion 12, this water silver ion generating apparatus 4 inner through the time with the silver ion of institute's stripping via second filling pipe 41, be discharged in the bucket 3 from water filling port 42.That is, first filling pipe 10 couples together water supply portion 12 with silver ion generating apparatus 4, supplies water to silver ion generating apparatus 4 from water supply portion 12.Second filling pipe 41 couples together silver ion generating apparatus 4 and bucket 3, the water guiding bucket 3 that is dissolved with silver ion in the silver ion generating apparatus 4.At this, the water of supplying with silver ion generating apparatus 4 is the water of washing usefulness, also can comprise impurity and surfactant etc.
Below, use Fig. 2, Fig. 3 that the structure of silver ion generating apparatus 4 is described.Silver ion generating apparatus 4 has each other opposed a pair of silver electrode 14, support portion 19, electrode shell 18 and tubular electrode cover 15.The side performance in the silver electrode 14 and the effect of the polarity of the opposing party's silver electrode 14 opposite disposed.The silver electrode 14 that is used to produce silver ion has the essentially rectangular shape that contains long limit and minor face, and it is parallel with vertical to be configured to long side direction.As shown in Figure 3, a pair of silver electrode 14 has the compartment of terrain each other and remains on the support portion 19.That is, the bottom of two silver electrodes 14 is supported in support portion 19.Electrode shell 18 outsides in silver electrode 14 bottoms are provided with terminal 20.Terminal 20 is electrically connected with control part 5.
Electrode shell 18 has formed end bowl-type, is used to take in silver electrode 14 and support portion 19.Electrode shell 18 has body 23, inflow entrance 16 and terminal maintaining part 24.Be used to make water to flow into the bottom, side that inner inflow entrance 16 is formed at body 23 from the outside.Inflow entrance 16 connects first filling pipe 10.In addition, terminal maintaining part 24 is located at the bottom of body 23, terminal 20 watertight ground penetrating terminal maintaining parts 24.
Electrode hood 15 has cylindrical portion 21 and flows out tube 22.Cylindrical portion 21 form can built-in silver electrode 14 roughly cylindric.Flow out tube 22 and extend setting, be formed with flow export 17 in its end in the general horizontal direction of cylindrical portion 21.Flow export 17 is located at ratio silver electrode 14 upper ends on electrode hood 15 tops and is more leaned on the position of top, and is communicated with second filling pipe 41.In addition, electrode hood 15 is mounted to the water-stop state with electrode shell 18.Therefore, liquid that can not leaks from both auxiliary sections.Like this, electrode hood 15 protects silver electrode 14 with electrode shell 18, and store water.
In addition, cylindrical portion 21 can not be a drum also, so long as tubular gets final product.That is, tubular electrode cover 15 is taken in silver electrode 14, and is being fixed on the electrode shell 18 above the electrode shell 18 watertight.
The below explanation action and the effect of the washing machine of formation as stated.When having water between a pair of silver electrode 14,, then can add to the water that is flowed into, and be discharged to the bucket 3 from flow export 17 through the silver ion of electrolysis from silver electrode 14 strippings if apply voltage.Thus, silver ion is added in the middle of the clothing, thus excellent results such as performance bactericidal effect, antibacterial effect.
Inflow entrance 16 is located at the bottom, side of the body 23 of electrode shell 18, and flow export 17 is arranged on electrode hood 15 tops.Therefore, supplying with the water that comes from water supply portion 12 flows into the mode of passing through above the lower direction in silver ion generating apparatus 4 inside.Therefore, silver electrode 14 immerses in the water fully, all dissolves uniformly in any part of silver electrode 14, and it is uneven dissolving can not occur.
And,, flow to top with silver ion generating apparatus 4 inner current apply the gas that produces when voltage makes the silver ion dissolving to silver electrode 14.Its more than half part is discharged into from flow export 17 broad space such as bucket 3.Therefore, can not have problems.
In addition, supply with the cleaning solution that comes via Box for detergent 43 and contain a large amount of powder detergent etc. sometimes.For this cleaning solution is flowed easily, the internal diameter of preferred water supply line 44 forms greatlyyer.On the other hand, the internal diameter of second filling pipe 41 that only contains internal diameter and bucket 3 sides of first filling pipe 10 that the water of silver ion flows through need not form greatlyyer.Certainly, in order to accelerate flow velocity, preferably make the caliber of first filling pipe 10 and second filling pipe 41 form less than the caliber of water supply line 44.Like this, can prevent that incrustation scale is attached to silver ion generating apparatus 4 inside.
Below, the structure that is more preferably of silver ion generating apparatus 4 is described.Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional schematic of another structure of silver ion generating apparatus of the washing machine of expression embodiment of the present invention.
In structure shown in Figure 4, be formed with the dome portion 25 of semi-spherical shape on electrode hood 15 tops.In addition the structure with shown in Figure 2 is identical, specifies so omit.
Dome portion 25 with the upper end of silver electrode 14 between form and flow out the diameter of Spherical Volume 26 that tube 22 links to each other.That is, the position configuration of flow export 17 is on electrode hood 15 tops, and in the also high position of the highest part than silver electrode 14.
And in this structure, the upper surface of electrode hood 15 is domed, so the gas that above electrode hood 15, flows through is all assembled to the diameter of Spherical Volume of electrode hood 15 center side 26, and flows out from flowing out tube 22.Therefore, gas can not be trapped in silver ion generating apparatus 4 inside.
In addition, in above-mentioned explanation, be provided with a pair of silver electrode 14, but a side of silver electrode 14 can be made up of also the electrode beyond the silver such as carbon resistance rod, and use as polarity.
As stated, in washing machine of the present invention, the silver electrode in the silver ion generating apparatus is immersed in the water fully.Therefore, silver electrode can be used for a long time, and it is uneven dissolving can not occur.And, need not on silver ion generating apparatus, to be provided with steam vent, can automatic emission gases.So also need not to be used for the control part of emission gases, can make silver ion generating apparatus with low cost.In silver ion generating apparatus of the present invention, the dissolving that can eliminate silver electrode is uneven, and the gas discharging can handle ion automatically and produce the time.Therefore, also can be applied to the cleaning device beyond the clothing, for example degerming and antibiotic device such as tableware cleaner.

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1. a silver ion generating apparatus is characterized in that,
Said silver ion generating apparatus comprises:
Have long limit and minor face and be used to produce the rectangle silver electrode of silver ion;
Polarity with said silver electrode opposite disposed;
Support the support portion of said silver electrode and said polarity;
Take in the electrode shell of said silver electrode, said polarity and said support portion; With
The tubular electrode cover, it takes in said silver electrode and said polarity, and watertight above the said electrode shell be fixed on the said electrode shell,
Bottom, side at said electrode shell is provided with inflow entrance,
It is parallel with vertical that said silver electrode is configured to the direction on said long limit,
Position above more leaning on the said silver electrode of the ratio on said electrode hood top is provided with flow export,
Be formed with the dome portion of semi-spherical shape on said electrode hood top, said flow export is located at said dome portion top.
2. a washing machine is characterized in that,
Said washing machine comprises:
Bucket;
Be located at the sink in the said bucket;
Water supply portion;
Silver ion generating apparatus;
Be used for supplying with to said silver ion generating apparatus first filling pipe of water from said water supply portion;
Be used for lead second filling pipe of said bucket of the water that said silver ion generating apparatus is dissolved with silver ion; With
The control part that control is switched on to said silver ion generating apparatus,
Said silver ion generating apparatus comprises:
Have long limit and minor face and be used to produce the rectangle silver electrode of silver ion;
Polarity with said silver electrode opposite disposed;
Support the support portion of said silver electrode and said polarity;
Take in the electrode shell of said silver electrode, said polarity and said support portion; With
The tubular electrode cover, it takes in said silver electrode and said polarity, and watertight above the said electrode shell be fixed on the said electrode shell,
Be provided with the inflow entrance that is communicated with said first filling pipe in the bottom, side of said electrode shell,
It is parallel with vertical that said silver electrode is configured to the direction on said long limit
Position above more leaning on the said silver electrode of the ratio on said electrode hood top is provided with the flow export that is communicated with said second filling pipe,
Be formed with the dome portion of semi-spherical shape on said electrode hood top, said flow export is located at said dome portion top.
3. washing machine according to claim 2 is characterized in that,
Said washing machine also comprises water supply line, and this water supply line is communicated to said bucket from said water supply portion, be used for supplying with cleaning solution to said bucket,
The internal diameter of said first filling pipe, said second filling pipe is less than the internal diameter of said water supply line.
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