CN103912147B - A kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding - Google Patents

A kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding Download PDF

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CN103912147B
CN103912147B CN201410017358.5A CN201410017358A CN103912147B CN 103912147 B CN103912147 B CN 103912147B CN 201410017358 A CN201410017358 A CN 201410017358A CN 103912147 B CN103912147 B CN 103912147B
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林华乡
许耀元
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Priority to EP14826258.7A priority patent/EP3021721B1/en
Priority to EP17170443.0A priority patent/EP3225764B1/en
Priority to PCT/US2014/047252 priority patent/WO2015010058A2/en
Priority to ES17170443T priority patent/ES2820198T3/en
Priority to EP20182819.1A priority patent/EP3739148B1/en
Priority to ES14826258T priority patent/ES2837052T3/en
Priority to PL14826258T priority patent/PL3021721T3/en
Priority to ES20182819T priority patent/ES2964562T3/en
Priority to US14/444,474 priority patent/US9254240B2/en
Priority to EP22160581.9A priority patent/EP4047159A3/en
Priority to EP14824211.8A priority patent/EP3077606B1/en
Priority to PL19168260.8T priority patent/PL3572600T3/en
Priority to PL14824211T priority patent/PL3077606T3/en
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Priority to PCT/US2014/068884 priority patent/WO2015085227A1/en
Priority to ES14824211T priority patent/ES2733776T3/en
Priority to EP19168260.8A priority patent/EP3572600B1/en
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The invention discloses a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding, comprise inflatable pool body and outlet pipeline, this inflatable pool body comprise top flat, egative film, in enclose sheet and peripheral sheet, this top flat, egative film, in enclose sheet, sealed air chamber that peripheral sheet surrounds ring-type, this outlet pipeline structure ringwise, this outlet pipeline is arranged in sealing air chamber, this outlet pipeline comprises at least two shower nozzles, be connected by folding flexible pipe between two adjacent shower nozzles, this interior sheet that encloses is provided with spray orifice, and this shower nozzle passes through this spray orifice towards these inflatable pool body internal spray current.This outlet pipeline is arranged in sealing air chamber, and when use, do not need to assemble outlet pipeline, easy for installation, Total Product structure is clean and tidy, attractive in appearance.Be connected by folding flexible pipe between two adjacent shower nozzles, when collection, directly bleed off the gas in inflatable pool body, farthest can reduce the volume of product, collection, convenient transportation.

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A kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding.
Background technology
SPA hydro-therapeutic massage pond is used for physiotherapy, loosens, lies fallow, and reaches the effect loosening body and mind, more and more obtains liking of people.
SPA Inflation water pond comprises pond body and annulus line, and pipeline is usually placed in pond external body.When installing and using, need first by pond body blowing moulding, then mounting arrangements annulus line around the body of pond, fitting operation bothers.Want to accept when depositing, need first to be dismantled by annulus line, workload is large, and the frequent dismounting of pipeline, and sealing declines, and easily occurs leakage phenomenon.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of side spray Inflation water pond, which overcome the deficiency existing for background technology.The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is:
A kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding, comprise inflatable pool body and outlet pipeline, this inflatable pool body comprises top flat, egative film, inside enclose sheet and peripheral sheet, this top flat, egative film, inside enclose sheet, peripheral sheet surrounds the sealed air chamber of ring-type, this outlet pipeline structure ringwise, this outlet pipeline is arranged in sealing air chamber, this outlet pipeline comprises at least two shower nozzles, be connected by folding flexible pipe between two adjacent shower nozzles, this interior sheet that encloses is provided with spray orifice, this shower nozzle passes through this spray orifice towards these inflatable pool body internal spray current, this nozzle set is equipped with soft sealing shroud, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this shower nozzle seals and is welded together, the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this interior sheet that encloses seal and are welded together, this soft sealing shroud is stairstepping, comprise little head part and major part part, described little head part entangles this shower nozzle, the outer face of described major part part to stretch out formation flange towards circumference, described flange and this interiorly enclose sheet welding, the material of this soft sealing shroud is identical with this interior material of enclosing sheet.
Among one preferred embodiment: the material of this soft sealing shroud is PVC or TPR or TPU.
Among one preferred embodiment: this soft sealing shroud and this interior sheet that encloses adopt high-frequency welding or hot melt or gluing mode to be fused into one.
Among one preferred embodiment: this soft sealing shroud adopts the mode welding of injection mo(u)lding on this shower nozzle.
Among one preferred embodiment: the external surface of this shower nozzle is provided with the projection of loop configuration, this soft sealing shroud encases this projection.
Among one preferred embodiment: the inner chamber of this shower nozzle has the little vestibule section and macroporous cavity section that set gradually along water (flow) direction, this macroporous cavity section offers pore in the position near this little vestibule section, and this pore is communicated with ambient atmosphere by tracheae.
Among one preferred embodiment: the diameter≤0.8mm of this pore.
Among one preferred embodiment: this outlet pipeline also comprises wireway, this wireway is inserted into sealing plenum interior through this peripheral sheet, described wireway is communicated with this tracheae and ambient atmosphere, this wireway is arranged with soft sealing shroud, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this wireway seals and is welded together, and the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this peripheral sheet seal and be welded together.
The technical program is compared with background technology, and its tool has the following advantages:
1. this outlet pipeline is arranged in sealing air chamber, and when use, do not need to assemble outlet pipeline, easy for installation, Total Product structure is clean and tidy, attractive in appearance.Be connected by folding flexible pipe between two adjacent shower nozzles, when collection, directly bleed off the gas in inflatable pool body, farthest can reduce the volume of product, collection, convenient transportation.
2. the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this shower nozzle seals and is welded together, and the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this interior sheet that encloses seal and be welded together, and ensure the tightness of sealing air chamber.Further, the material of this soft sealing shroud is softer, can well with this interior enclose sheet be fused into one, effectively avoid the two because of the generation cracking phenomena that expands with heat and contract with cold.
3. this soft sealing shroud adopts the mode welding of injection molded on this shower nozzle, and this soft sealing shroud is connected quite firm with this shower nozzle.
4. the inner chamber of this shower nozzle has the little vestibule section and macroporous cavity section that arrange along water (flow) direction, and this macroporous cavity section offers pore in the position near this little vestibule section, and this pore is communicated with ambient atmosphere by tracheae.After water flowing, formation air-bubble mixed with water in the middle of the inner chamber that air can enter into this shower nozzle along this pore, thus make this Inflation water pond have the advantage can spraying air-bubble.Particularly, the diameter≤0.8mm of this pore, after outlet pipeline stops water supply, the water of this shower nozzle inside also can not ooze out from this pore, ensures the unimpeded of pore.
5. this wireway is arranged with described soft sealing shroud, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this wireway seals and is welded together, the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this peripheral sheet seal and are welded together, and the part effectively preventing this wireway to be connected with peripheral sheet is leaked gas.
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Fig. 1 depicts a kind of sectional perspective schematic diagram facilitating the side spray Inflation water pond of folding of the present invention.
Fig. 2 depicts the schematic top plan view of Inflation water pond shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 depicts the schematic perspective view of the outlet pipeline of Inflation water pond shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 depicts local interior's structural representation of the shower nozzle of Inflation water pond shown in Fig. 1.
Detailed description of the invention
Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, a kind of side spray Inflation water pond 100 facilitating folding of the present invention, when not using, can arbitrarily folding, when needing to use, only need to inflate it.This Inflation water pond 100 comprises an inflatable pool body 10 and is arranged on an outlet pipeline 30 of this inflatable pool body 10 inside.
This inflatable pool body 10 comprises in top flat 12, egative film 14, and encloses sheet 16 and a peripheral sheet 18.This top flat 12, egative film 14, in enclose sheet 16, sealed air chamber 11 that peripheral sheet 18 surrounds ring-type.This interior sheet 16 that encloses is provided with some spray orifices.This is interior encloses open-topped space that sheet 16 and this egative film 14 surround for retaining.To sealing air chamber 11 insufflation gas, this inflatable pool body 10 can heave structure ringwise.After bleeding off the air in sealing air chamber 11, this inflatable pool body 10 can be folded arbitrarily.
This outlet pipeline 30 structure ringwise.This outlet pipeline 30 is arranged in sealing air chamber 11, arranges along sealing air chamber 11.This outlet pipeline 30 comprises several shower nozzles 32, is connected between two adjacent shower nozzles 32 by folding flexible pipe 34.This shower nozzle 32 be located in described in enclose in the spray orifice of sheet 16, this shower nozzle 32 by described spray orifice towards these inflatable pool body 10 internal spray current.Because this outlet pipeline 30 adopts this flexible pipe 34 to connect this shower nozzle 32, therefore, this outlet pipeline 30 also can be got up by folding.
This shower nozzle 32 is equipped with a soft sealing shroud 36, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud 36 one end and this shower nozzle 32 seals and is welded together, and the other end of this soft sealing shroud 36 and this interior sheet 16 that encloses seal and be welded together.The material of this soft sealing shroud 36 is identical with this interior material of enclosing sheet 16.The material of this soft sealing shroud 36 is PVC(polyvinyl chloride) or TPR(thermoplastic elastomer) or TPU(TPUE rubber).This soft sealing shroud 36 transition connects this shower nozzle 32 and interiorly encloses sheet 16 with this, ensures sealing effectiveness.
This soft sealing shroud 36, in stairstepping, comprises little head part 362 and major part part 364, and the outer face of described major part part 364 stretches out towards circumference and forms flange 366.This soft sealing shroud 36 adopts the mode welding of injection molded on this shower nozzle 32, makes described little head part 362 entangle this shower nozzle 32.Preferably, the external surface of this shower nozzle 32 is provided with the projection of loop configuration, this soft sealing shroud 36 encases this projection.This soft sealing shroud 36 adopts high-frequency welding or hot melt or gluing mode with this interior sheet 16 that encloses, and makes the interior sheet 16 that encloses of described flange 366 and this be fused into one.
Please refer to Fig. 4, the inner chamber of this shower nozzle 32 has the little vestibule section 322 and macroporous cavity section 324 that set gradually along water (flow) direction, and this macroporous cavity section 324 offers pore 326 in the position near this little vestibule section 322.Diameter≤the 0.8mm of this pore 326.
Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, this outlet pipeline 30 also comprises wireway 38.It is inner that this wireway 38 is inserted into sealing air chamber 11 through this peripheral sheet 18.This wireway 38 is also arranged with this soft sealing shroud 36.Similarly, the directly injection moulding of the little head part 362 of this soft sealing shroud 36, to be welded together with this wireway 38, flange 366 and this peripheral sheet 18 of this soft sealing shroud 36 adopt the mode such as high-frequency welding or hot melt to be welded together.
The pore 326 of this shower nozzle 32 is communicated with by tracheae 381 with this wireway 38.Like this, under the suction that current produce, ambient atmosphere is entered into this shower nozzle 32 inside by this wireway 38, this tracheae 381, this pore 326, and is mixed to form air-bubble mutually with current.In addition, the inner end of this wireway 38 is also provided with shower nozzle, encloses sheet 16 in described shower nozzle passes, and described shower nozzle also utilizes soft sealing shroud 36 to be connected with the interior sheet 16 that encloses.
Understandably, as long as shower nozzle, wireway enclose sheet with interior, peripheral sheet all utilizes soft sealing shroud to realize being connected, just can ensure the tightness of sealing air chamber well, play the function preventing from leaking, leaking gas, improve the application life of Inflation water pond.
The above, be only present pre-ferred embodiments, therefore can not limit scope of the invention process according to this, the equivalence change namely done according to the scope of the claims of the present invention and description with modify, all should still belong in scope that the present invention contains.

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1. one kind facilitates the side spray Inflation water pond of folding, comprise inflatable pool body and outlet pipeline, this inflatable pool body comprises top flat, egative film, inside enclose sheet and peripheral sheet, this top flat, egative film, inside enclose sheet, peripheral sheet surrounds the sealed air chamber of ring-type, this outlet pipeline structure ringwise, this outlet pipeline comprises at least two shower nozzles, be connected by folding flexible pipe between two adjacent shower nozzles, it is characterized in that: this outlet pipeline is arranged in sealing air chamber, this interior sheet that encloses is provided with spray orifice, this shower nozzle passes through this spray orifice towards these inflatable pool body internal spray current, this nozzle set is equipped with soft sealing shroud, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this shower nozzle seals and is welded together, the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this interior sheet that encloses seal and are welded together, this soft sealing shroud is stairstepping, comprise little head part and major part part, described little head part entangles this shower nozzle, the outer face of described major part part to stretch out formation flange towards circumference, described flange and this interiorly enclose sheet welding, the material of this soft sealing shroud is identical with this interior material of enclosing sheet.
2. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the material of this soft sealing shroud is PVC or TPR or TPU.
3. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 2, is characterized in that: this soft sealing shroud and this interior sheet that encloses adopt high-frequency welding or hot melt or gluing mode to be fused into one.
4. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 2, is characterized in that: this soft sealing shroud adopts the mode welding of injection mo(u)lding on this shower nozzle.
5. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the external surface of this shower nozzle is provided with the projection of loop configuration, this soft sealing shroud encases this projection.
6. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to any one of claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that: the inner chamber of this shower nozzle has the little vestibule section and macroporous cavity section that set gradually along water (flow) direction, this macroporous cavity section offers pore in the position near this little vestibule section, and this pore is communicated with ambient atmosphere by tracheae.
7. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 6, is characterized in that: the diameter≤0.8mm of this pore.
8. a kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding according to claim 6, it is characterized in that: this outlet pipeline also comprises wireway, this wireway is inserted into sealing plenum interior through this peripheral sheet, described wireway is communicated with this tracheae and ambient atmosphere, this wireway is arranged with soft sealing shroud, the external surface of this soft sealing shroud one end and this wireway seals and is welded together, and the other end of this soft sealing shroud and this peripheral sheet seal and be welded together.
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CN201410017358.5A CN103912147B (en) 2013-11-21 2014-01-15 A kind of side spray Inflation water pond facilitating folding
EP14826258.7A EP3021721B1 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
EP17170443.0A EP3225764B1 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
PCT/US2014/047252 WO2015010058A2 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
ES17170443T ES2820198T3 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable hydrotherapy bath
EP20182819.1A EP3739148B1 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
ES14826258T ES2837052T3 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
PL14826258T PL3021721T3 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable spa
ES20182819T ES2964562T3 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-18 Inflatable hydrotherapy bath
US14/444,474 US9254240B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2014-07-28 Inflatable spa
PL19168260.8T PL3572600T3 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
EP14824211.8A EP3077606B1 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
EP22160581.9A EP4047159A3 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
PL14824211T PL3077606T3 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
ES19168260T ES2924509T3 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 inflatable pool
PCT/US2014/068884 WO2015085227A1 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
ES14824211T ES2733776T3 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
EP19168260.8A EP3572600B1 (en) 2013-12-05 2014-12-05 Inflatable pool
US15/001,512 US9468583B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2016-01-20 Inflatable spa
US15/001,507 US9468582B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2016-01-20 Inflatable spa
US15/292,702 US9642771B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2016-10-13 Inflatable spa
US15/484,658 US10161148B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2017-04-11 Inflatable spa
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