CN102296676B - Automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain - Google Patents
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The invention provides an automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, and belongs to the technical field of fixed buildings. In the prior art, the floor drain has a complex structure, and the processing cost is high. With the present invention, the problems in the prior art are solved. The automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain comprises a cylinder with a water outlet and a water inlet. A water permeation panel is arranged on the position of the water inlet of the cylinder. A leakage core is arranged in the cylinder. The leakage core is provided with a water passing channel communicated with the water outlet. A water storage chamber provided for forming water seal is arranged between the leakage core and the cylinder. The water storage chamber is communicated with the water inlet through a liquid inlet channel, and is communicated with the water passing channel through a liquid outlet channel. An opening component is arranged in the liquid outlet channel, wherein the opening component can adopt the gravity to close the liquid outlet channel or adopt the buoyancy to open the liquid outlet channel. The automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain provided by the present invention has advantages of compact structure, good deodorant effect, low processing cost and the like.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to fixed building technical field, relate to a kind of floor drain, particularly a kind of automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain.
Background technology
Along with the raising of people's quality of the life, the demand of Household ornament material is also day by day to increase, and floor drain is exactly a kind of the most common decoration accessory wherein, and it is installed in the ground surface of kitchen, washroom and balcony.For realizing the object of Anti-bad-smell anti-insect, in existing floor drain, be provided with sealing device, after locality is omitted water in printing, sealing device closes floor drain, reaches the object of deodorization and insect protected.Its complicated structure of the odour-proof floor drain of this structure, installation inconvenience, and the delivery port of this floor drain is smaller, is very easily stopped up by impurity, and odor-resistant result is not good, brings great inconvenience to people's life.
For this reason, people have carried out long-term exploration, have proposed various solutions, and some has also applied for patent.As Chinese patent literature discloses a kind of automatic sealing type floor drain [notice of authorization number is: CN2856198Y], comprise housing, on housing, be provided with drop front, also comprise and leak cylinder, this leakage cylinder is arranged on the inwall of housing and cuts with this inner walls and be sealed and matched, leak a cylinder water inlet, upper end and be provided with support, the airtight sleeve that is connected with in support soffit center, is positioned on the support soffit of sleeve and is provided with static magnet; In sleeve, be fitted with a control link that can stretch up and down along sleeve, in sleeve, support guide is carried out to control link in hole, control link upper end is provided with and the static magnet moving magnet that there is a natural attraction between the sexes, its other end is connected with a seal cover, the shape of sealing lid and size match with leakage cylinder outfall shape and size, are provided with control link lower dead center fastening structure on sleeve.
Although tight-closed, draining advantage smoothly that the floor drain of this structure has.But it is positioned on the support soffit of sleeve and is provided with static magnet, and the sewage that makes like this to enter in sleeve directly contacts with static magnet.Effluent stream in the time of static magnet, in sewage with iron filings or magnetisable material be adsorbed at the surface of sleeve by static magnet, accumulate over a long period cumulative, thereby make sleeve-port blocked, make floor drain lose the function of deodorization.And be located at support in sleeve also easily hanging head the foreign material such as send out, there is the not feature of easy cleaning.Moreover the structure of this floor drain is comparatively complicated, and magnet is applied in floor drain, can increase the cost of floor drain.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to have the problems referred to above for existing technology, proposed a kind of compact conformation, good seal performance, automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain that odor-resistant result is good.
Object of the present invention can realize by following technical proposal:
This automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, comprise the cylindrical shell with water inlet and delivery port, the water inlet of described cylindrical shell is provided with permeable panel, inside at described cylindrical shell is also provided with leakage core, this leakage core has the aquaporin of crossing being communicated with above-mentioned delivery port, it is characterized in that, between described leakage core and cylindrical shell, there is the storage chamber of the water seal of being used to form, this storage chamber is communicated with above-mentioned water inlet by a feed pathway, and described storage chamber is also communicated with the above-mentioned aquaporin of crossing by a liquid outlet channel, in described liquid outlet channel, be provided with and can utilize gravity to close or utilize buoyancy to open the opening tool of this liquid outlet channel.
This automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain is in the time of work, sewage light-transmitting panel is in intake tunnel enters storage chamber, make the sewage in this storage chamber increase gradually, sewage has certain buoyancy to opening tool in the process rising, opening tool is moved up along liquid outlet channel, now liquid outlet channel is opened, and sewage can flow in liquid passage through liquid outlet channel, reached the object of blowdown.After sewage stops, in storage chamber, forming water seal, can prevent that foul smell etc. from entering indoor.After the water of storage chamber dries up, opening tool seals up liquid outlet channel, reaches equally the effect of deodorization.This structure has the effect of opening tool and water seal Double stink, and odor-resistant result is better.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the inside indentation in the bottom of described cylindrical shell forms the support portion of matching with the bottom of above-mentioned leakage core, is provided with ring-shaped step at described support portion place, and above-mentioned delivery port is positioned at described support portion place.
Here the support portion arranging can be conveniently to leaking the installation of core.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the bottom of described leakage core is provided with the annular gear edge of matching with above-mentioned ring-shaped step.In the time that leakage core is installed on support portion, annular gear is along being just positioned on ring-shaped step, and annular keeps off edge and ring-shaped step plays the role of positioning to leaking core.Leaking core and cylindrical shell is mutual separate component, in the time that annular gear edge and ring-shaped step are separated from each other, leak core and is removed.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, between the bottom of described leakage core and support portion, be provided with sealing ring.The object that sealing ring is set is to guarantee to leak the sealing between core and cylindrical shell, prevents that the foul smell in sewer pipe from entering into indoor through the gap at this place.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the bottom of described leakage core is provided with and is positioned at the annular groove of annular gear along below, and above-mentioned sealing ring is positioned at described annular groove.
Annular groove mainly plays the role of positioning to sealing ring.As another kind of scheme, this annular groove is located at the inner side of support portion, and sealing circle is positioned at this annular groove.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described leakage core comprises is located at the core body that above-mentioned support portion place play the guiding role to described opening tool, described core body is tubular and its inside is the above-mentioned aquaporin of crossing, outside at described core body is provided with body, the top of described body is provided with the lid that can cover body upper shed, above-mentioned feed pathway is between body and cylindrical shell, and above-mentioned liquid outlet channel is between body and core body.
The core body that this place arranges can and cylindrical shell between form storage chamber, the water that body and lid make to be positioned at storage chamber forms and prevents that foul smell from returning excessive water seal.Lid is located at the upper end of body and is covered the upper shed of body, and foul smell is isolated in core body.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described opening tool is ringwise sealing mat, and described sealing mat is set in the outside of core body, and described sealing mat can move up and down along described core body.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the density of described sealing mat is less than the density of water.In the situation that having water seal to exist, sealing mat floats in water seal, and now water seal plays deodorization effect; While not using this floor drain for a long time, water seal is dry, and now sealing plate moves down along liquid outlet channel under the effect of self gravitation, closes liquid outlet channel.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the top of described core body offers the through hole that is communicated with above-mentioned liquid outlet channel and crosses aquaporin.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, between described body and described cylindrical shell, be provided with filter screen.Screen pack can filter the large foul in sewage, prevents that it from stopping up sewer pipe.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described filter screen and above-mentioned lid are integral type structure.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described body is connected on described core body by connection rib.This connection rib also plays the object that prevents that sealing mat from coming off.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described panel is connected to the water inlet of described cylindrical shell by snap fit.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, the water inlet of described cylindrical shell is provided with annular slot, and the edge of described panel has the shoulder block of setting corresponding to this annular slot, also offers the opening passing for described shoulder block on described annular slot.
In above-mentioned automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, described sealing mat is made up of plastic material.
Compared with prior art, this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain has the following advantages:
1, be provided with storage chamber leaking between core and cylindrical shell, in this storage chamber, can form water seal, can prevent that under normal circumstances foul smell in sewer pipe etc. from entering into indoor, guarantee indoor clean.
2, in liquid outlet channel, be provided with opening tool, after water seal is dry, opening tool can abut on connection rib, and seals up liquid outlet channel, prevents that foul smell in sewer pipe etc. from entering into indoor, guarantees indoor clean.
3, relatively independent between leakage core and cylindrical shell, can change leaking core when leaking after core damage, reduce costs; The compact conformation of this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain is provided with sealing ring between core body and cylindrical shell, and its good sealing effect adopts Double stink structure to prevent that foul smell from entering into indoor, and odor-resistant result is better.
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Schematic diagram when Fig. 1 is the use of this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain.
Fig. 2 is that this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain uses the schematic diagram after finishing.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram after water seal evaporation in this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain.
In figure, 1, cylindrical shell; 11, water inlet; 12, delivery port; 13, support portion; 14, ring-shaped step; 15, annular gear edge; 16, sealing ring; 17, annular groove; 18, annular slot; 2, panel; 21, shoulder block; 31, cross aquaporin; 32, core body; 33, body; 34, lid; 35, filter screen; 36, connection rib; 4, storage chamber; 41, feed pathway; 42, liquid outlet channel; 5, opening tool.
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Be below specific embodiments of the invention by reference to the accompanying drawings, technical scheme of the present invention is further described, but the present invention be not limited to these embodiment.
As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, comprise the cylindrical shell 1 with water inlet 11 and delivery port 12, water inlet 11 places of cylindrical shell 1 are provided with permeable panel 2, the inside indentation in bottom of this cylindrical shell 1 forms an annular brace portion 13, the inner side of support portion 13 is delivery port 12, and in support portion, 13 places are provided with ring-shaped step 14.As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, be also provided with leakage core in the inside of cylindrical shell 1, this leakage core has the aquaporin 31 being excessively communicated with delivery port 12.
Concrete, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, leak core and comprise the core body 32 of being located at 13 places, support portion, core body 32 is tubular and its inside was aquaporin 31, has a storage chamber 4 that can form water seal between this core body 32 and cylindrical shell 1.Be provided with body 33 in the outside of core body 32, the top of body 33 is provided with the lid 34 that can cover body 33 upper sheds, between body 33 and cylindrical shell 1, be provided with feed pathway 41, between body 33 and core body 32, be provided with liquid outlet channel 42, feed pathway 41 is communicated with water inlet 11 and storage chamber 4, and liquid outlet channel 42 was communicated with liquid passage and storage chamber 4.Offer the through hole that is communicated with liquid outlet channel 42 and crosses aquaporin 31 on the top of core body 32.The body 33 at this place is connected on core body 32 by connection rib 36, and this connection rib 36 also plays the object that prevents that sealing mat from coming off.
More specifically, be provided with the annular matching with ring-shaped step 14 in the bottom of core body 32 and keep off along 15, core body 32 by this annular gear along 15 13 places, support portion that are located at cylindrical shell 1.When leaking core while being installed on support portion 13, annular gear is just positioned on ring-shaped step 14 along 15, annular gear along 15 and ring-shaped step 14 play the role of positioning to leaking core.
In order to guarantee the sealing between cylindrical shell 1 and core body 32, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, be provided with sealing ring 16 leaking between the bottom of core and support portion 13.In order to facilitate the installation of sealing ring 16, offer and be positioned at the annular groove 17 of annular gear below along 15 leaking the bottom of core, sealing ring 16 is positioned at annular groove 17.
Indoor for preventing that the dry rear foul smell of water seal from entering, in liquid outlet channel 42, be provided with and can utilize gravity to close or utilize buoyancy to open the opening tool 5 of this liquid outlet channel 42.Concrete, as shown in Figures 1 to 3, opening tool 5 is the ringwise sealing mat of being made up of plastic material, and sealing mat is set in the outside of core body 32, and sealing mat can move up and down along core body 32, and the density of sealing mat is less than the density of water.In the situation that having water seal to exist, sealing mat floats in water seal, and now water seal plays deodorization effect; While not using this floor drain for a long time, water seal is dry, and now sealing plate moves down along liquid outlet channel 42, closes liquid outlet channel 42.
As Figure 1-3, for filtering larger foul in sewage, between body 33 and cylindrical shell 1, be also provided with filter screen 35, can prevent the obstruction of sewer pipe, filter screen 35 is integral type structure with lid 34, compact conformation.
As shown in Figures 1 to 3, panel 2 is connected to water inlet 11 places of cylindrical shell 1 by snap fit.Concrete, being provided with annular slot 18 at water inlet 11 places of cylindrical shell 1, the edge of panel 2 has the shoulder block 21 of setting corresponding to this annular slot 18, also offers the opening passing for shoulder block 21 on annular slot 18.
Fig. 1 to 3 represents respectively three kinds of states of this automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain.State when Fig. 1 is drainage works, now sewage by panel 2 in feed pathway 41 enters into storage chamber 4, a part of sewage enters into the interior promotion sealing mat of liquid outlet channel 42 and makes sealing mat floating simultaneously, now liquid outlet channel 42 is opened, sewage passed through liquid passage and flow in sewer pipe, realized blowdown.Fig. 2 is the state while carrying out deodorization by water seal, and it is indoor that the now water seal in storage chamber 4 can prevent that the foul smell in sewer pipe from entering into, and guarantees indoor cleaning.Fig. 3 is the state diagram of water seal floor drain when dry, and now due to without sewage process, sealing mat moves down along liquid outlet channel 42 under the effect of self gravitation, abuts on connection rib 36, realizes the object that liquid outlet channel 42 is sealed.This automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, by the Double stink effect of sealing mat and water seal, has better guaranteed indoor cleaning.
Specific embodiment described herein is only to the explanation for example of the present invention's spirit.Those skilled in the art can make various modifications or supplement or adopt similar mode to substitute described specific embodiment, but can't depart from spirit of the present invention or surmount the defined scope of appended claims.
Although more used herein cylindrical shell 1, water inlet 11, delivery port 12, support portion 13, ring-shaped step 14, annular gear along 15, sealing ring 16, annular groove 17, annular slot 18, panel 2, shoulder block 21, cross the terms such as aquaporin 31, core body 32, body 33, lid 34, filter screen 35, connection rib 36, storage chamber 4, feed pathway 41, liquid outlet channel 42, opening tool 5, do not get rid of the possibility that uses other term.Use these terms to be only used to describe more easily and explain essence of the present invention; They are construed to any additional restriction is all contrary with spirit of the present invention.
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1. an automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain, comprise the cylindrical shell (1) of there is water inlet (11) and delivery port (12), the water inlet (11) of described cylindrical shell (1) locates to be provided with permeable panel (2), inside at described cylindrical shell (1) is also provided with leakage core, this leakage core has the aquaporin (31) being excessively communicated with above-mentioned delivery port (12), it is characterized in that, between described leakage core and cylindrical shell (1), there is the storage chamber (4) of the water seal of being used to form, this storage chamber (4) is communicated with above-mentioned water inlet (11) by a feed pathway (41), and described storage chamber (4) is also communicated with the above-mentioned aquaporin (31) of crossing by a liquid outlet channel (42), in described liquid outlet channel (42), be provided with and can utilize gravity to close and utilize buoyancy to open the opening tool of this liquid outlet channel (42) (5), the inside indentation in bottom of described cylindrical shell (1) forms the support portion (13) of matching with the bottom of above-mentioned leakage core, locate to be provided with ring-shaped step (14) in described support portion (13), above-mentioned delivery port (12) is positioned at described support portion (13) and locates, described leakage core comprises that being located at above-mentioned support portion (13) locates the core body (32) that described opening tool (5) is play the guiding role, described core body (32) is tubular and its inside is above-mentioned aquaporin (31) excessively, be provided with body (33) in the outside of described core body (32), the top of described body (33) is provided with the lid (34) that can cover body (33) upper shed, above-mentioned feed pathway (41) is positioned between body (33) and cylindrical shell (1), above-mentioned liquid outlet channel (42) is positioned between body (33) and core body (32).
2. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the bottom of described leakage core is provided with the annular gear matching with above-mentioned ring-shaped step (14) along (15).
3. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, is provided with sealing ring (16) between the bottom of described leakage core and support portion (13).
4. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described opening tool (5) is ringwise sealing mat, and described sealing mat is set in the outside of core body (32), and described sealing mat can move up and down along described core body (32).
5. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 4, is characterized in that, between described body (33) and described cylindrical shell (1), is provided with filter screen (35).
6. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 5, is characterized in that, described filter screen (35) is integral type structure with above-mentioned lid (34).
7. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, described body (33) is connected on described core body (32) by connection rib (36).
8. automatic sealed type deodorant floor drain according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that, the water inlet (11) that described panel (2) is connected to described cylindrical shell (1) by snap fit is located.
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