CN1035238A - Mixing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of mixing apparatus, in particular for the mixing apparatus in shower or bathroom, it has a mixing arrangement, and this mixing arrangement can feed hot water and cold water, and an executing agency that regulates the mixed proportion of water is arranged.Its improvement is as follows: can add baths with simple structure in mixing water, an electronic control unit and input block are arranged for this reason, so that the control feedway, above-mentioned feedway has the hold-up vessel of a dress baths at least.In addition, the most handy pump of conveying device, when handling input block, by means of said pump, baths just can flow out from feedway by conduit, particularly flexible pipe.

Description

Mixing apparatus

The present invention relates to a kind of mixing apparatus, relate in particular to a kind of mixing apparatus that is used for shower or bathroom, this equipment has a mixing arrangement that can feed hot water and cold water, and this device has an executing agency that regulates the mixed proportion of water.

West Germany's prospectus 2925234 discloses the mixing apparatus that this class can provide mixing water, and the temperature of its mixing water can pre-determine, and the given mixed proportion of the hot water of this temperature and input and cold water adapts.This equipment comprises a Vidacare corp and a detector of measuring the mixing water leaving water temperature, and detector links to each other with a regulon.Can regulate mixed proportion with the given corresponding mixing water of rated value by means of this regulon, thus the temperature of regulating mixing water.But it is the rated value of given mixing water temperature on mixing arrangement directly, and can not carry out far distance controlled.In addition, can't in mixing water, add needed baths, promptly washing lotion, shampoo, shower agent, bathe with additive or analog.

Task of the present invention is further to improve above-mentioned that class mixing apparatus, enables to regulate soon and exactly and/or change the temperature of mixing water.When needing, for example directly on the shower nozzle of shower bath outside, also can regulate.In addition, in needs, can add the baths as washing lotion and so in the mixing water, operating simultaneously and regulate should be simple.This equipment answers volume little, and the user is easy.Can it be installed in shower room, publilc baths or other similar site with simple method, make the hilllock person no trouble at all just can be with in the needed baths injection device, in needs, baths can be flowed to shower nozzle then by suitable conduit, flexible pipe or other similar pipeline.

Above-mentioned task is finished by following measure, in the mixing arrangement of mixing apparatus, be provided with an electronic control unit, input block, one at least with a hold-up vessel with the feedway of storing baths and one conveying device of pump preferably, when the operation input block, can from feedway, flow out by suitable conduit, especially flexible pipe by means of above-mentioned feedway baths.In addition, by embodiment important architectural feature of the present invention and superiority thereof have at length been made explanation one by one.

The characteristics of present device are simple and reliable for structure, and can regulate the temperature of mixing water rapidly and reliably, can adjust cold water or the temperature of hot water and/or the fluctuation of pressure of input soon by means of the electronic control unit of control executing agency.Can regulate and give fixed temperature by input block, according to design of the present invention, this input block can be arranged on the place that certain distance is arranged apart from mixing arrangement, especially can be arranged in the shower nozzle.Mixing arrangement is contained in the housing in the mode that is fit to, and this housing also has a display that shows actual mixing water temperature.In addition, the battery that electronic control unit also is housed and is used to power in the housing.This equipment, especially this housing have a storing apparatus of laying battery, can take out battery when needing, and charging reinstalls in the housing again.Owing to use storage battery power supply, equipment not to need to link to each other, also pass through power transformer, like this in the humid area shower or have a bath and just can guarantee desired tight security with electrical network.It is suitable that this equipment also has a display that shows battery state of charge, in time battery is charged again with activation, says to such an extent that more precisely be to change battery in time.

In a kind of special structure, be provided with a feedway, this device has the baths of can packing at least, especially washing lotion, shampoo, bath are with the hold-up vessel of additive or its analog, and this feedway can pack in the above-mentioned housing, can control the outflow of baths by above-mentioned control module.The control module of operating mechanism that band is used for pump can be properly mounted on the outside of housing, especially can be installed in the shower nozzle.A flexible water supply hose is housed between housing and shower nozzle in the ordinary way, also has some electric wires in addition, transmit the signal of telecommunication with these electric wires, so that the operating electronic control module.For mixing water and baths can be transported in the shower nozzle by corresponding conduit, mixing apparatus also comprises a pump, and it is started by electronic unit.Storage is arranged in the housing with the container of the baths of additive and so on as shampoo, shower agent, bath, especially is arranged on below the cover plate, and this container can flip out from housing or take out.

The present invention will be described in more detail below in conjunction with embodiment given in the accompanying drawing.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of first embodiment;

Fig. 2 is the perspective view of equipment shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure that has the mixing arrangement of uni-drive gear box and electronic unit;

Fig. 4 is total figure of second embodiment, and it comprises a shower nozzle, and can be fixed on the wall of shower room or publilc baths (open-wire line installation);

Fig. 5 is the feedway perspective view that has the container of storing baths;

Fig. 6 is the water hose structure chart that has a multicore connector;

Fig. 7 is the profile of connector shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 8 is nozzle structure figure;

Fig. 9 is the valve partial enlarged drawing of band nozzle and fluid safety device.

Fig. 1 shows the equipment block scheme that has mixing arrangement 2, and hot water or cold water are sent into this device by two water pipes 4,6.There is an executing agency mixing arrangement 2 inside, and the mixed proportion by means of this executing agency can change the hot water or cold water can make the mixing water that flows out from outlet pipe 8 reach desired temperature simultaneously.Be provided with a temperature sensor 10 on mixing water pipeline 8, this sensor is positioned as close to mixing arrangement 2 and installs, and electric wire 12 links to each other sensor with electronic control unit 14.

Electronic control unit 14 comprises that first electronic unit, 16, the first electronic units of a control mixing arrangement 2 not only link to each other with temperature sensor 10, but also by electric wire 22,23, links to each other with input block 18 and display 20.Input block 18 and display can resemble and be installed in the same housing the mixing arrangement 2.As following will illustrate, an additional input unit 19 can also be set in shower nozzle in addition.This additional input unit 19 also links to each other with first electronic unit by electric wire 24, and adjuster 26 links to each other with first electronic unit 16 by electric wire 25 in the electronic control unit 14 so input signal is selectively sent into by electric wire 22 or electric wire 24.Adjuster 26 among the present invention is dc motors, and in order to give fixed temperature, dc motor can make the executing agency of mixing arrangement 2 towards a direction or the action of another direction by axle, uni-drive gear box or other power mesh gear.Mixing arrangement 2 also has a regulating wheel 28, so that can manually regulate the mixing water temperature sometimes.This manual adjustments is applicable to the situation of outage and/or sets up in advance.Input block 18,19 comprises two telegraph keys 30,31, and they indicate plus sige or minus sign respectively.For example press add key 30, temperature raises, and display 20 demonstrates the measured temperature value of temperature sensor 10 on the outlet pipeline 8 simultaneously.Display 20 preferably adopts digital display, and it accepts the corresponding pulses from first electronic unit 16.Adjuster 26 is regulated by first electronic unit 16 by this way, makes that the temperature sensor 10 measured temperature on the outlet pipeline 8 can satisfy desired water temperature, and regulates the mixed proportion of hot water and cold water by this requirement.

According to the present invention, mixing arrangement 2 also has a burn-proof safety device 29.This device is a mechanically interlocking device, and it is arranged in the mixing arrangement 2, departs from adjustable water temperature to prevent adjuster 26 and/or executing agency, and this burn-proof safety device must be used hand operated.

The battery 32 of rechargeable is used for to electronic control unit 14, display 20 and adjuster 26 power supplies, thereby equipment needn't link to each other with electrical network, like this, can carry out effective safety code really, and the danger when the power transformer can not occur in the humid area.

In addition, equipment of the present invention has a feedway or conveying device 34 at least, also has two hold-up vessels that separate 36,37 and pump 38,39 in the accompanying drawing.Can inject needed baths in the hold-up vessel 36,37, as washing lotion, shampoo, shower agent and analog thereof.Pump 38,39 links to each other by second electronic unit 46 of electric wire 40,41 with electronic control unit 14. Input block 18,19 links to each other with second electronic unit 46 by electric wire 42 to 45. Input block 18,19 also has two telegraph keys 47,48 separately, and they for example mark with alphabetical A and B.Press telegraph key 47,48, pump 38,39 rotates, and for the sake of clarity, pump 38,39 represents with alphabetical A and B that equally also needed baths just flows out from hold-up vessel 36 or 37.The baths of output selectively flows to shower nozzle 52 by pipeline 50,51 or flows to the place of the water outlet of not drawing in the drawings, for example flows in the bathing pool.Second electronic unit 46 is gone back control pump, presses telegraph key A or B, pump 38 or 39 entrys into service.By means of input block 19 has been installed in shower nozzle 52, it is simple especially and reasonable to guarantee that equipment of the present invention uses.

In addition, input block 18,19 at least also comprises a telegraph key 54,55, and they link to each other with the 3rd electronic unit 56 by electric wire 57,58.The 3rd electronic unit 56 links to each other with the magnetic valve 60,62 that has water pipe 4,6 by another wire 59.Cold water and hot water can be closed or open to operation telegraph key 54,55.

Mixing water and washing lotion can also suitable manner selectively be sent in shower nozzle 52 or the water outlet.For this reason, be provided with special triple valve 64,65,66, they by corresponding electric wire by the control of the 3rd electronic unit 56, so that outlet pipe 8 and pump line road 50,51 are selectively communicated with the pipeline that leads to shower nozzle 52 or lead to water outlet.

In the above-described embodiments, carry washing lotion with pump.Also other conveying devices can be set among the present invention, especially the conveying device of making by the jet pump principle can be set.In this case, pipeline 50,51 should be connected on the outlet pipe 8 with suitable manner, makes owing to the hydraulic pressure in the outlet pipe 8 to produce needed low pressure in pipeline 50,51.In addition, can replace pump with magnetic valve, these modes are on demand opened, and communicate with the washing lotion in the hold-up vessel 36,37.During valve open, because low pressure, the flowing water of outlet pipe is extracted needed washing lotion out, and mixes with them.

Fig. 2 has schematically represented entire equipment, and it is as complete, and prefabricated equipment is installed on the wall of shower bath or is installed in the top of bathtub.Be installed in the wall water pipe 4, the 6 usefulness chain-dotted lines below the ceramic tile in a usual manner and represent that their link to each other with equipment by rights.This equipment has a housing 68, and the described structure member of Fig. 1 has been installed in the housing.A flexible pipe that communicates with shower nozzle 52 70 links to each other with housing 68.Flexible pipe 70 is used to connect outlet pipe and shower nozzle 52.In addition, the flexible pipe 70 among the present invention also comprises a cable 72 of representing with chain-dotted line in the drawings, and cable comprises the electric wire that links to each other with input block 19.That the back side of shower nozzle 52 is provided with is recited above, be used for telegraph key 30,31 to fixed temperature is used for that the telegraph key 47,48 and being used to of priming pump or washing lotion conveying device feeds water or the telegraph key 55 of water yield conversion.

Housing 68 also has a storing apparatus 74, and battery and so on for example can be packed into from below in it.The capacity of battery can monitor that voltage is low by electronic control unit, and the digital flashing signal of digital display 20 will show.Manually adjust regulating wheel 28 given calibration temperatures with suitable manner, optical indicator 76 is with the regulating wheel electric coupling.The user operates telegraph key 30,31, can elevate the temperature or reduce, and digital display 20 demonstrates the temperature of mixing water in the water pipe for the user simultaneously.

Fig. 3 is the mixing arrangement STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure that has uni-drive gear box and electronic unit.In the housing 101 of cold water pipe 102 and hot-water line 103 access equipments, housing also has a mixing water outlet pipe 104.Cold water and hot water are regulated by the valve 105,106 that separates respectively, and according to the present invention, these two valves are connected with each other by uni-drive gear box 107.In this case, importantly open when big when Cold water tap 105, by uni-drive gear box hot-water valve 106 is turned down, vice versa.The housing 101 of device has one to be connected valve 105,106 mixing chamber 108 afterwards, and this mixing chamber can provide mixing water, and is regulated by the 3rd valve 109, and valve 109 is contained in before the mixing water outlet pipe 104.By uni-drive gear box 110 the top hot water or cold water's adjusting mentioned and the outflow of mixing water are carried out respectively with the action of electrically driven 111, this electrically driven is a motor, and it is by electronic unit 112 controls that install.Within the scope of the invention, the outflow of above-mentioned hot water or cold water's adjusting and mixing water can also be realized by two regulating wheels of manual operation (referring to Fig. 4).Therefore, may occur under the current interruptions situation, this equipment is with manually also running well.Hot water or cold water's pipe joint 114,115 is designed to just can remedy different formed gaps in side and the gaps that the erecting bed often had of building as long as change bridge piece 116 simply.Can measure actual water temperature in the mixing chamber 108 with temperature sensor 118.

Fig. 4 is the total figure with mixing apparatus of housing 80, and housing 80 is fixed on the wall of shower room or publilc baths, and covers mixing arrangement illustrated in fig. 3.Mixing arrangement is positioned at the left side, and the chain-dotted line among the figure is represented the manual operation regulating wheel 113 mentioned.Housing 80 has a dismountable cover plate 124, and it is positioned at the top of regulating wheel 113, so that on demand mixing arrangement is carried out manual adjustments.In addition, the left part of housing 80 also is provided with removable battery 126.For this reason, housing 80 has a cover plate 125, opens cover plate and just can change battery.The telegraph key 119,120 of band plus sige or minus sign is set up the rated value at mixing temperature.Demonstrated the actual value of the measured reset condition of temperature sensor in the mixing chamber on the display 117.Press telegraph key 119,120 and on same display 117, demonstrated rated value of the present invention.As long as operation telegraph key 119,120 displays are understood this conversion takes place self, equipment is transformed into the start position automatically simultaneously.Mixing valve 105,106 shown in Fig. 3 is adjusted to by electrically driven and uni-drive gear box 110 and gives the corresponding position of fixed temperature.In addition, mixing water operation telegraph key 121 and 122 also has been installed in advance.Pressing mixing water increases telegraph key 121, and electrically driven 111 opens mixing water outlet valve 109 by uni-drive gear box 110.Operation increases telegraph key 121 or reduces telegraph key 122, also can regulate water yield.From this moment, electronic unit 112 is regulated the water temperature set-point continuously.Compare with given rated value by the 118 measured actual values of the temperature sensor in the mixing chamber, when deviation is higher than 1 ℃, then regulate automatically.Do not need lay special stress on, just can change to fixed temperature as long as when shower, operate telegraph key 119,120 at any time.

This mixing apparatus also is provided with a safety device, so mixed water temperature can not surpass the maximum to fixed temperature.At this moment, electronic unit 112 is the modulated maximum temperature that fixes in factory, and is preferably in about 38 ℃.If desired temperature is higher, still as long as operation simultaneously increases telegraph key 119 and protection telegraph key 123, the electronic interlocking device will discharge.According to the present invention, after cutting off the water, can get back to 38 ℃ of the original values set up in the factory again automatically.In addition, shower finishes the back or in a definite time, particularly three minutes in five minutes, the inoperation telegraph key, equipment can autostop.This autostop is main aspect of the present invention, and it makes:

-outlet valve is closed;

-mixing valve changes in " cold " position;

-mixing water rated value is got back to original value;

-adjusting and circuit part open circuit.

Since autostop, operation and easy to use on the one hand, and saved the energy, this saving is not to be inappreciable.Under following situation, this mixing apparatus auto-cutout:

-open cover plate 124, make manual operation into;

-open cover plate 125, so that change battery 126;

The output voltage of-voltage, especially battery drops to below the predetermined value.

In above-mentioned these situations, before opening circuit, just be transferred to reset condition, just cold, close, rated value is the state of original value.Among the present invention, if the battery output voltage drops to below the predetermined value, display 117 also can provide indication, in view of the above the replaceable battery of user.

In addition, this mixing apparatus also comprises feedway, and available a kind of suitable manner is installed in it in another part of housing 80 bottoms.This supply or conveying device are installed in another part of housing 80, or rather, are exactly the right-hand component among Fig. 4.Housing have one movable in the character front especially can retrousse panel 130, panel back has a container that washing lotion, shower agent, shampoo or other analog are housed at least.Two such containers are arranged among the embodiment described herein, therefore can hold two kinds of different bathses, and they can continue output.In addition, also have the pump that to describe below some, can operate telegraph key 131,132 and they be controlled by electronic unit.

The outlet pipe of mixing arrangement housing communicates with the joint 134 of water hose 135.Water hose comprises five parts, and promptly 133, two of water hoses are used for carrying and supplying with 137, the cables that have multi-pin connector of flexible pipe that are contained in the baths in the said vesse, a joint 138 that connects electronic unit, and the foreskin 139 of one deck activity.The joint 134 of device and the joint 141 of shower nozzle 136 link to each other with water hose.The multicore connector that is positioned at two flexible pipe next doors has locking nut 142, thereby suitable seal is arranged.

Fig. 5 has provided the container 151 of supply or conveying device, and this container is positioned at the back of the above-mentioned panel of housing.Container 151 is contained in the guide plate 152,153, and can take out from housing.For this reason, guide plate 152,153 has suitable groove, and the side pin 154 of container 151 is inserted in the groove.Just as seen, container 151 can reduce after raising a little and moving slightly forward.In addition, feedway has a pump 127, and this pump is the soft pipeline pump preferably, and it is driven by uni-drive gear box 128 by motor 129, and the flexible pipe 137 that leads to shower nozzle is connected on the pump 127.As having seen, whole supply or conveying device comprise two this supply parts at least among this embodiment.By the telegraph key of representing with alphabetical A and B among Fig. 4 131 and 132, can handle it by the electronic unit of having described.A scution bush 155 puts in the hold-up vessel 131 from the top, and baths can be aspirated by this sleeve pipe and carry through flexible pipe 137.

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are the radial and axial sectional view of multicore connector.Mixing water spray hose 133 carries two flexible pipes 137 of baths and cable 138 to be encased by foreskin 139.The multiply heart yearn is contained in cable inside, by suitable connector 138a heart yearn electric coupling to each other.In the end of two flexible pipes a multicore connector 140 is arranged respectively, by locking nut 142, they link to each other with joint separately.143 pairs of watertight feuds of the water supply hose 133 usefulness sealing rings that supply water are connected.This multicore proposed by the invention connects can change shower nozzle without a doubt, or whole water hose 135.

Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 have schematically represented the structure of shower nozzle 136, and it comprises housing 144 and keyboard 145.By operation keyboard 145, can on shower nozzle 136, directly do following control:

-opening and closing mixing water flowing water Valve (adjusting the water yield);

-change water temperature;

-requirement provides a kind of baths A or B.

Can find out that in conjunction with Fig. 4 keyboard 145 comprises six keys altogether, 119 to 122 and 131,132, the function of these keys be installed in wall on, the function of corresponding telegraph key is identical on the equipment of band housing 80.A valve 146 of being with nozzle 147 and fluid safety device 148 has been installed in the shower nozzle of the present invention.This valve is arranged so that baths can flow out by the common outlet 149 of a water filter 150, and above-mentioned baths can be shower agent, washing lotion or analog.Guarantee when baths during just outflow from flexible pipe 137 of baths by the pump pressurized delivered of feedway by means of the fluid safety device.

Feedway of the present invention is with two kinds of operation conditions work:

1. when not having current to flow out, carry baths;

2. when having current to flow out, carry baths.

Want to cut off the water, as long as press on the equipment of being contained in, promptly on the housing 80, perhaps be contained on the shower nozzle 136 the telegraph key that indicates minus sign 122 just.Be installed in A-key 131 or B-key 132 on the apparatus casing 80 or on the shower nozzle 136 by operation, corresponding baths can be pumped out by the flexible pipe 137 that is positioned on the shower nozzle 136 under it, and, deliver to the place that needs by the delivery port 149 of water filter 150 through valve 146 and nozzle 147.On the contrary, if after current regulated, as long as operation is contained in A-key 131 or B-key 132 on housing 80 or the shower nozzle 136, by means of the special mounting of nozzle 147, baths mixed with the water outlet current when current flow out.

Claims (15)

1, mixing apparatus, mixing apparatus in particular for shower or bathroom, it has a mixing arrangement, this mixing arrangement can feed hot water and cold water, and an executing agency that regulates the mixed proportion of water arranged, it is characterized in that it also is provided with an electronic control unit (14), an input block (18,19), at least be with a hold-up vessel (36 for one, 37) with the feedway (34) of storing baths and one conveying device (38 of pump preferably, 39), at operation input block (18,19) time, can from feedway (34), flow out by suitable conduit, especially flexible pipe by means of above-mentioned feedway baths.

2, equipment according to claim 1 is characterized in that mixing arrangement (2), and electronic control unit (14) and the battery (32) of powering for electronic control unit (14) all are arranged in the housing (68).

3, equipment according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that having the storing apparatus (74) of battery (32) of can packing into, the battery heel electronic control unit of packing into to be electrically connected.

4,, it is characterized in that and electronic control unit (14) also has a display (20) together, so that show temperature by the measured mixing water of temperature sensor (10) according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 3.

5, equipment according to claim 4 is characterized in that display (20) is installed in the front of housing (68), and/or the input block (18) of adjusting temperature is installed in the front of housing (68).

6, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that feedway (34) is the conveying device that constitutes with pump (38,39), they are connected on the back of hold-up vessel (36,37) and are controlled by electronic control unit (14), by means of input block (18,19), electronic control unit (14) starting feedway (34).

7, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that in housing (68), having installed input block (18), washing lotion hold-up vessel (36,37) and conveying device, and/or input block (19) is arranged with housing (68) branch, make between input block and the housing by lead (24,44,45) and to be electrically connected.

8,, it is characterized in that input block (19) is installed in the shower nozzle (52) according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 7; In flexible pipe (70), be provided with a cable (72), add a known mixing water flexible pipe, can make input block (19) and electronic control unit (14) realize being electrically connected by this cable on the cable next door.

9, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that mixing arrangement has the shell (101) with a mixing chamber (108), temperature sensor (118) preferably is installed in this mixing chamber.

10, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 9, it is characterized in that being used for regulating the valve (105 of hot water amount or cool water quantity, 106) link together by a uni-drive gear box (107), these two valves (105,106) are preferably handled by electrically driven (111) separately respectively.

11, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that mixing arrangement is arranged in a side, feedway is arranged in opposite side as an independent functional unit, and with a suitable housing 80 they is covered.

12, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that housing (80) has one to follow that it links to each other, openable, especially the panel that can upwards stir (130), panel back have been installed the hold-up vessel (151) of a dress baths at least.

13, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 12, it is characterized in that hold-up vessel (151) is arranged between the guide plate (152,153), hold-up vessel preferably can take out from guide plate by suitable groove or similar structures.

14, according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 13, it is characterized in that a conduit that has sleeve pipe (155) puts in the hold-up vessel, this conduit links to each other with pump (127), so that baths is transported in the shower nozzle through flexible pipe (137), this pump (127) is preferably the soft pipeline pump, and/or is driven by motor (129) by uni-drive gear box (128).

15,, it is characterized in that hot water valve, cold valves (105,106) and/or Mixed water valve (109) can manually control on demand by regulating wheel (113) according to the described equipment of each claim in the claim 1 to 14.

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