Water heater
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of water heater, relate in particular to a kind of water heater with built-in electric-controlled box.
Background technology
Electric heater because of its have use safely, control the remarkable advantage such as simple and be widely used as modernization household electrical appliance.Existing electric heater is mainly made up of inner bag, electric control gear and shell conventionally.Wherein, electrothermal tube and sensor are installed in inner bag; The circuit of electrothermal tube and sensor is inserted on the ring flange of inner bag end and is connected with electric control gear, and electric control gear is controlled the duty of electrothermal tube according to the signal from sensor receiving; Shell comprises cylindrical body and end cap, and end cap seals housing main body in the port side of housing main body.
On market in common a kind of electric heater, inner bag is covered by housing main body, a side at housing main body is connected with the electric-controlled box for holding electric control gear, and this electric-controlled box is protruding and conventionally covered or seal by being roughly hemispheric housing from a side of housing main body.The electric-controlled box of this design has easy-to-install advantage, but because the shape of its housing is more complicated, makes to be difficult to Design and manufacture for the mould of electric-controlled box housing described in moulding, causes production cost higher.In addition, the contour structures of whole water heater shows slightly heavy, attractive in appearance not.
Thus, occurred the electric-controlled box of built-in design, described electric-controlled box is arranged on housing main body one side and recessed to the inside of housing main body on the whole.Use this design, can make within the inner bag of electric heater and electric-controlled box be all contained in housing main body, thereby can use flat end cap to seal the open-ended of housing main body.Described flat end cover structure is simple, is easy to Design and manufacture.In addition, this electric heater profile with built-in electric-controlled box is succinctly attractive in appearance.
But, because the outer wall of electric-controlled box need to interfix by interference fit with housing main body, therefore built-in electric-controlled box when mounted, need to slightly tilt to insert after shell by it, then makes the outer wall stress deformation of electric apparatus room and mutually engage with flange or the projection of housing main body inner side.The problem of bringing is like this, for inclined when mounted electric-controlled box is not collided with the flange of inner bag, need to be for dodging inner bag flange reserved certain installing space in housing main body, this causes the length of whole water heater longer, structure is compact not, and space availability ratio is not high.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of water heater with built-in electric-controlled box, the built-in electric-controlled box of this water heater is when mounted without too much installing space, and water heater entirety is of compact construction.
For achieving the above object, the electrically-controlled component and the water heater housing assembly that there is inner bag assembly, be electrically connected with the heating rod in inner bag assembly by water heater provided by the invention, described water heater housing assembly comprises main cylinder, be installed on the inner side of described main cylinder one end and for accommodating the electric-controlled box of electrically-controlled component, described electric-controlled box comprises the service cover of electric control panel, the end cap of annular and the opening of closed end cap for holding electrically-controlled component, described end cap is fixed on the port of main cylinder, and described electric control panel is connected with described end cap by bindiny mechanism.
Like this, end cap can be first installed, by end cap, electric control panel is fixed again, can fix in advance end cap, again fix electric control panel thereafter, the prior art problem that electric-controlled box can contact with inner bag flange in the time that end cap is installed of having avoided end cap and electric control panel to be structure as a whole, thereby without reserved installing space, make the overall structure of electric heater compacter, occupy little space.
In the outer rim of described electric control panel, along being circumferentially with at least one claw, on the inner edge of end cap, be correspondingly provided with the through hole engaging with described claw, form described bindiny mechanism by claw and through hole.
In the time that electric control panel is installed, only the claw in its outer rim need be aimed at and penetrate corresponding through hole on end cap, make claw engagement in through hole, thereby realized the location between electric control panel and end cap and be connected with simple structure.
Preferably, the number of described claw and through hole is six, and along circumferentially equidistantly arranging.Practice shows, while using this design, being connected between electric control panel and end cap has good stability.
Preferably, described bindiny mechanism also comprises the screw pole that is arranged on the outer rim of described electric control panel and the inner edge of end cap and corresponding screw hole with it, and screw for the two is fixed.Be threaded connection structure further to being fixed between electric control panel and end cap, avoid electric control panel because the relative end cap of the reasons such as vibration slides and therefrom comes off.
Described end cap relies on interference fit and engages with the port of main cylinder, thereby ensures the firm and stability connecting.
Wherein, the port inner side of described main cylinder is formed with projection, and in the outer rim of described end cap, is formed with the thin muscle of lateral buckling in main cylinder.There is strain in thin muscle, thereby stretches in main cylinder through projection when stressed, and through after projection due to discharge self elastic potential energy and radial dilatation, thereby tightly offset with the inwall of main cylinder.
Preferably, described thin muscle, along being circumferentially formed with at least one breach, makes thin muscle when stressed, be easy to deform like this.
brief description of the drawings
Below with reference to each accompanying drawing, the specific embodiment of the present invention is described.
Fig. 1 is the longitudinal sectional view of water heater of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of water heater of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the front view of the end cap shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the rearview of the electric control panel shown in Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the partial perspective view of water heater of the present invention in the time unloading service cover.
detailed description of the invention
Be illustrated in figure 1 the longitudinal sectional view of water heater of the present invention, there is shown the overall structure of water heater under installment state.Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of water heater of the present invention, shows in detail the structure of water heater all parts under disassembled form.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, water heater according to the present invention has: inner bag assembly 3, described inner bag assembly 3 comprises inner bag, is arranged on the heating rod in inner bag and (has nothing to do with content of the present invention for the sensor of sensing water temperature, water level, do not specifically illustrate), and being arranged on the ring flange of inner bag end, the wire of described heating rod and sensor is drawn from described ring flange; Automatically controlled
Assembly (for avoiding diagram too loaded down with trivial details and not shown), it is connected with heating rod and the sensor electrical of inner bag assembly 3 inside, receive from the row operation of going forward side by side of the signal of sensor, then exporting control signal and control with the duty to heating rod, for example, is that computer board and Control Component form; Water heater housing assembly, comprises electric-controlled box 7 and main cylinder 4, and described electric-controlled box 7 is for accommodating above-mentioned electrically-controlled component, and wherein electric-controlled box 7 is in main cylinder 4 is fixed in described main cylinder 4 one end, and the other end of main cylinder 4 is sealed by end cap 5.
As can see from Figure 2, electric-controlled box 7 comprises electric control panel 2 for holding electrically-controlled component, roughly ringwise end cap 6 and service cover 1.Wherein, on the base plate of electric control panel 2, be provided with interface or joint (not repeating) for electrically-controlled component is installed herein, and it has the less diameter of relatively main cylinder 4; End cap 6 is on the one hand for installing electric control panel 2 be supported on one end of main cylinder 4, seal on the other hand the gap forming between electric control panel 2 that diameter is less and main cylinder 4, therefore the outside dimension of end cap 6 matches with the internal diameter size of main cylinder 4, and the internal diameter size of end cap 6 match with the outside dimension of electric control panel 2 (specifically fit system illustrates below); Service cover 1 is for sealing the opening 16 forming on end cap 6, it passes through conventional design, as engaging, threaded engagement etc. are arranged on the opening 16 of end cap 6 and are sealed in removable mode, thereby in the time that needs overhaul electrically-controlled component, only need to open service cover 1.
The concrete structure of end cap 6 is designed to, in its outer rim, be formed with the thin muscle 11 towards main cylinder 4 interior lateral bucklings, described thin muscle 11 preferably has less thickness, for example, be 1mm, and be formed along a circumference thereof at least one breach 12, thereby made this thin muscle 11 be easy to occur strain when stressed.Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are respectively the front view of end cap 6 and the rearview of electric control panel 2.As shown in the figure, the inner edge equal intervals of end cap 6 be formed with multiple through holes 14 (in diagram of the present invention taking 6 as example), and in the outer rim of electric control panel 2, be correspondingly formed with multiple claws 15.Described claw 15 has L-shaped cross sectional shape, the head that claw 15 has bar portion and forms by bending its end.Described through hole 14 can pass for the head of claw 15.The head of claw 15 is being inserted after through hole 14, and rotatable electric control panel 2, until the bar portion of claw 15 and the edge engagement of through hole 14.In addition, in the inner edge of end cap 6 and the outer rim of electric control panel 2, screw connection structure is set, for example on the inner edge of end cap 6 and the relevant position of electric control panel 2 outer rims, be respectively provided to a few screw pole 17 and screw hole 18, thereby in the time that end cap 6 and electric control panel 2 are assembled, can use screw (not shown) that the two is interfixed.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the installation process of described electric-controlled box 7 is described in detail.
First, end cap 6 is arranged on main cylinder 4.On the inner side of described main cylinder 4 ports, be formed with projection 13 (forming this projection with flange in the present invention), form interference fit with this and end cap 6.In the time that end cap 6 is slightly tilted to insert the side of main cylinder 4, simultaneously to end cap 6 application of forces, so that stressed and strain occurs in end cap 6 outer rims, and produce diametrically by thering is thereon breach 12 and shrink, thereby stretch in main cylinder 4 through projection 13.Thin muscle 11 after through projection 13, due to discharge self elastic potential energy and radial dilatation, thereby with the inwall of the main cylinder 4 formation interference fit that tightly offsets, make thus end cap 6 be fixed on main cylinder 4.
Then, electric control panel 2 is arranged on end cap 6.When electric control panel 2 is installed, only the claw in its outer rim 15 need be aimed at and penetrated corresponding through hole on end cap 6, then rotation is until engagement.For avoiding electric control panel 2 therefrom to come off because the relative end cap 6 of the reasons such as vibration slides, further with screw, the two is fixed the state when end cap 6 and electric control panel installation have been shown in Fig. 5.Next, electrically-controlled component inserted in electric control panel 2 and complete itself and the (not shown) that is electrically connected of inner bag assembly 3.
Finally, with the opening of service cover 1 closed end cap 6, it not only can protect the not contaminated and infringement of the electrically-controlled component of electric control panel 2 inside, also makes the entirety of electric heater more attractive in appearance.
In the present invention, can be considered the split type automatically controlled box 7 that the electric-controlled box of original integral type is designed to mainly comprise end cap 6 and electric control panel 2.Like this, end cap 6 can be first installed, then by end cap 6, electric control panel 2 be fixed.Avoid need to dodging the problem of inner bag flange in the time that original electric-controlled box is installed, thereby without reserved installing space, made the overall structure of electric heater compacter, occupied little space.
In addition, owing to forming end cap 6 and the electric control panel 2 independent moulding separately of electric-controlled box 7, be also convenient to can implement separately color spraying processing to end cap 6 for object attractive in appearance or that vision is distinguished.
Describe as an example of Horizontal electric water heater example in the present invention, but above-mentioned design also can be applied in vertical electric water heater or gas heater through remodeling.