CN105363581B - A kind of urinal nozzle and urinal - Google Patents

A kind of urinal nozzle and urinal Download PDF

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CN105363581B
CN105363581B CN201510621847.6A CN201510621847A CN105363581B CN 105363581 B CN105363581 B CN 105363581B CN 201510621847 A CN201510621847 A CN 201510621847A CN 105363581 B CN105363581 B CN 105363581B
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林孝山
申利宾
叶胜
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    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/26Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with means for mechanically breaking-up or deflecting the jet after discharge, e.g. with fixed deflectors; Breaking-up the discharged liquid or other fluent material by impinging jets
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D13/00Urinals ; Means for connecting the urinal to the flushing pipe and the wastepipe; Splashing shields for urinals
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The invention discloses a kind of urinal nozzle and urinal, urinal nozzle includes nozzle body, and nozzle body is provided with rectification passage and the throttle orifice for connecting the rectification passage;Also include an at least flow deflector, the flow deflector is provided with the guide face that can dissipate current;The water conservancy diversion sheetmolding is assemblied in nozzle body, and the throttle orifice of nozzle body corresponds to the guide face of flow deflector, so that the flushing water come out from throttle orifice can rush at guide face.Urinal includes urinal body and above-mentioned urinal nozzle.The present invention is by setting rectification passage to carry out rectification to current to reduce energy loss, increase flushing pressure by setting throttle orifice, flow deflector is coordinated to make water outlet uniform, wash away favourable, ensure when hydraulic pressure is high current will not spluttering, when hydraulic pressure is low, rinse capability is sufficient, and good airproof performance, it is not easy to block.

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A kind of urinal nozzle and urinal
Technical field
The present invention relates to urinal field, more particularly to a kind of urinal nozzle and urinal.
Background technology
Urinal is a kind of sanitary apparatus convenient for male, for the clean and tidy of urinal and reduces smell, generally exists Nozzle is installed on urinal, the washable surface of flushing water preferably flushing urinal is made by the nozzle.China Patent No. is 201420539095.X utility model patent discloses a kind of urinal nozzle, and its nozzle body bottom is provided with nozzle lower cover, Nozzle lower cover is buckled with nozzle and covered, and the water chamber connected with nozzle body, nozzle are formed after lid combines with nozzle lower cover on nozzle Upper lid one end is provided with delivery port, and sector diffuence block is covered with nozzle.Following defect be present in the urinal nozzle:Hydraulic pressure it is high when Wait, current meeting spluttering, when hydraulic pressure is low, rinse capability deficiency;Sealing is poor, between being covered on its nozzle between nozzle lower cover Drainage occurs in bath in gap, so as to influence developing result and be unfavorable for saving.In addition, some urinal nozzles use Fashion of extrusion water outlet easily blocks, it is necessary to leptosomatic water outlet fine crack.
The content of the invention
The invention provides a kind of urinal nozzle and urinal, which overcomes the urinal nozzle institute described in background technology Existing weak point.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is:A kind of urinal nozzle, nozzle body are provided with whole Circulation road and the throttle orifice for connecting the rectification passage;Also include an at least flow deflector, the flow deflector, which is provided with, to be used to dissipate current Guide face;The water conservancy diversion sheetmolding is assemblied in nozzle body, and the throttle orifice of nozzle body corresponds to the guide face of flow deflector, so that The flushing water come out from throttle orifice can rush at guide face.
In one embodiment, the guide face is provided with the first restriction and the second current limliting for being used for limiting current dispersion angle Portion.
In one embodiment, the projected outline of the guide face is in fan shape, first restriction and the second restriction It is located at the radial direction of the guide face respectively, and the angle pre-set between the first restriction and the second restriction forms water Flow dispersion angle.
In one embodiment, the guide face is the concave cambered surface or inclined-plane that current can be guided to urinal washable surface.
In one embodiment, the flow deflector is additionally provided with the limit ribs that can be resisted against urinal washable surface, and the limit rib Bar and the guide face two sides that to be located at flow deflector relative.
In one embodiment, the flow deflector, which corresponds to, is provided with first connecting portion, the nozzle at the apical position of its guide face Body corresponds to the second connecting portion for being correspondingly provided with the upside of its throttle orifice and matching with first connecting portion, first connecting portion and second Connecting portion adaptation links together.
In one embodiment, the throttle orifice of the nozzle body is located at its side;The nozzle body is additionally provided with intake tunnel, The intake tunnel connects the rectification passage.
In one embodiment, the flow deflector is one;Or the flow deflector is at least two, and each flow deflector institute The current dispersion angle of formation differs, and is assemblied in the nozzle body one of at least two flow deflector.
In one embodiment, first restriction and the second restriction are movable structure, can pass through movement described One restriction and/or the second restriction adjust the current dispersion angle that the flow deflector is formed.
In one embodiment, the nozzle body is provided with external screw thread.
A kind of urinal, including urinal body, the urinal body are provided with and scrub hole, washable surface and sewage draining exit;Also wrap Include urinal nozzle as described above, the nozzle body be installed on it is described scrub at hole, and the guide face court of the flow deflector To on front side of the washable surface of urinal body.
Compared to prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
1st, the present invention reduces energy loss by setting rectification passage to carry out rectification to current, by set throttle orifice come Increase flushing pressure, coordinate the guide face set on flow deflector, make water outlet uniform, wash away favourable, water when guarantee hydraulic pressure is high Stream will not spluttering, when hydraulic pressure is low, rinse capability is sufficient, and good airproof performance;In addition, the present invention is non-to use slender type water outlet Mouthful, different from extruding water-out manners, it is not easy to block;
2nd, the present invention is further provided for limiting the first restriction and the second limit of current dispersion angle on guide face Stream portion, it can make effectively to fall into urinal after the first restriction and the limitation of the second restriction from the water that throttle orifice is rushed out Flushing in the range of so that flushing water is utilized effectively;
3rd, the projected outline of guide face is further designed as fan shape, and the first restriction and the second current limliting by the present invention Portion is located at the radial direction of the guide face respectively, can make the current dispersion angle of flow deflector more in accordance with urinal, can be to small Each orientation in Closet bowl cleaning face is effectively washed away, so as to preferably clean the urine remained on urinal washable surface;
4th, guide face is further designed as inner concave arc surface by the present invention so that current can be smoothly transitted into urine from guide face The washable surface of device, so that the impact noise of current is well controlled;
5th, the present invention can include the different flow deflector of multiple current dispersion angles, allow the urinal nozzle according to not Urinal with size changes corresponding flow deflector, or, the present invention can also be by first restriction and the second restriction It is designed as mobilizable structure so that for various sizes of urinal, need to only pass through movement first restriction and/or the Two restrictions, you can adjust the current dispersion angle of the flow deflector, be allowed to match with urinal.
The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with drawings and Examples;A kind of but urinal nozzle of the present invention And urinal is not limited to embodiment.
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Fig. 1 is the decomposing schematic representation of the urinal nozzle of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the front schematic view of the flow deflector of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the D structure schematic diagram of the urinal nozzle of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the diagrammatic cross-section of the urinal nozzle of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the front view of the urinal of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the enlarged diagram of part A in Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 is the diagrammatic cross-section of the urinal of the present invention;
Fig. 8 is the enlarged diagram of part B in Fig. 7.
Embodiment
Embodiment, refer to shown in Fig. 1-Fig. 4, a kind of urinal nozzle of the invention, including nozzle body 1 and flow deflector 2.Nozzle body 1 is in " one " font tubular structure, and provided with the external screw thread for installing.Lead in the nozzle body 1 provided with rectification Road 12, the bottom sides of nozzle body 1 are communicated with the throttle orifice 13 of rectification passage 12, and the cross-sectional area of the throttle orifice 13 Less than the cross-sectional area of rectification passage 12.The front of flow deflector 2 is provided with the guide face 21 that can dissipate current, and the guide face 21 It is provided with the first restriction 22 and the second restriction 23 for being used for limiting current dispersion angle.The flow deflector 2 is assemblied in nozzle sheet Body 1, and the guide face 21 of the corresponding flow deflector 2 of throttle orifice 13 of nozzle body 1, enable to rush at from the flushing water that throttle orifice 13 comes out Guide face 21.Except this, flow deflector 2 can also be made directly to be shaped in nozzle body 1.
In the present embodiment, the projected outline of the guide face 21 is in fan shape, and first restriction 22 and second limits Stream portion 23 is located at the radial direction of the guide face 21 respectively, and is formed in one in the bead structures on the guide face 21, And first the angle pre-set between restriction 22 and the second restriction 23 form current dispersion angle.
In the present embodiment, the guide face 21 is preferably the concave cambered surface that current can be guided to urinal washable surface. Except this, the guide face 21 can also use other structures, for example with ramp structure.
In the present embodiment, the back side of the flow deflector 2 is provided with a limit ribs 24, and the limit ribs 24 are along flow deflector 2 Radial direction is set, and roughly triangular shape.In use, the limit ribs 24 can be resisted against the washable surface of urinal, it is right Flow deflector 2 is realized further spacing.
In the present embodiment, first connecting portion 25 is provided with the apical position of its corresponding guide face 21 of the flow deflector 2, it is described The upside of its corresponding throttle orifice 13 of nozzle body 1 is correspondingly provided with the second connecting portion 14 to match with first connecting portion 25, and first Connecting portion 25 is adapted to second connecting portion 14 and linked together.Specifically, the semicircular in shape cylinder of first connecting portion 25, and be provided with along it The through hole 26 of axial direction, the second connecting portion 14 is the matched holding part of shape, and is provided with a screw thread in the holding part Hole 15.During installation, first connecting portion 25 is inserted in second connecting portion 14, and the leading to through first connecting portion 25 using a screw Behind hole 26, threaded engagement is in the screwed hole 15 of second connecting portion 14.The shape of the first connecting portion 25 and second connecting portion 14 And its annexation is not limited to this, for example, it is also possible to external screw thread be set in first connecting portion 25, in second connecting portion 14 Internal thread is set, both is directly fixed by the way of threaded connection.
In the present embodiment, state nozzle body 1 and be additionally provided with intake tunnel 11, the intake tunnel 11 is located at the rectification passage 12 Upside, and connect the rectification passage 12.The cross-sectional area of the rectification passage 12 is less than the transversal of the intake tunnel 11 Face area, the turbulent flow type flushing water from intake tunnel 11 can be rectified into orderly flushing water, and reduce the energy of flushing water Loss, there is provided the rinse capability of flushing water.Except this, the cross-sectional area of rectification passage 12 can also need not be made to be less than intake tunnel 11 cross-sectional area, and other structures can be used, such as setting rectification rib etc. whole to realize in rectification passage 12 Function is flowed, that is, any passage that rectification can be carried out to water belongs to the scope of the rectification passage 12 of the application.
In the present embodiment, the flow deflector 2 is one.Except this, it is at least two that can also make the flow deflector 2, and often The current dispersion angle that individual flow deflector 2 is formed differs, and is assemblied in the spray one of at least two flow deflector 2 Mouth body 1.In this way, for the urinal of different Dimension Types, the flow deflector 2 of urinal nozzle need to be only changed, sends out its current Dissipate angle to be adapted with urinal, without also changing together with nozzle body 1.Or the present invention can also be by institute State the first restriction 22 and the second restriction 23 is designed as mobilizable structure so that for various sizes of urinal, only need Pass through movement first restriction and/or the second restriction, you can adjust the current dispersion angle of the flow deflector 2, be allowed to Match with the Dimension Types of urinal.When the first restriction 22 and the second restriction 23 are movable structure, can lead The left side and/or right side of stream interface 21 set some spacing grooved rails respectively, for adjusting and positioning the first restriction 22 and/or second Restriction 23.
In the present embodiment, the shape of the nozzle body 1 is not limited to in-line structure, and it may be designed in other shapes Shape, such as L-shaped etc., now, the throttle orifice 13 can be not necessarily arranged to the side of nozzle body, and can be set directly at nozzle On the end face of wherein one end of body.
In the present embodiment, the throttle orifice 13 is not necessarily designed to strip fine crack, its can play certain metering function with The impulsive force of water is provided, and is less likely to occur to block.Coordinate the flow deflector 2 to dissipate current well, enable current to small Each position in Closet bowl cleaning face is effectively washed away.
As shown in Figure 3, Figure 4, arrow represents current side to the overall structure of the urinal nozzle of the present invention wherein shown in Fig. 4 To.Flow deflector 2 uses screw locking in the bottom sides of nozzle body 1, and the guide face 21 of flow deflector 2 extends downwardly, and right Answer throttle orifice 13.Realize that water flows into from the intake tunnel 11 of nozzle body 1, and has been rectified into through over commutation passage 12 when rinsing Commutation flows to throttle orifice 13 after sequence current.Due to the metering function of throttle orifice 13, it is further improved the impulsive force of water, water Go out, and impacted on guide face 21 from throttle orifice 13, the first restriction 22 and the second restriction 23 on guide face 21 Under collective effect, fan-shaped water is formed, the angle of the fan-shaped water can be 90 °, 120 ° etc..
Refer to shown in Fig. 5-Fig. 8, a kind of urinal of the invention, including urinal body 3 and above-mentioned urinal nozzle. Urinal body 3 is provided with and scrubs hole 33, washable surface 31 and sewage draining exit 32.The nozzle body 1 of urinal nozzle is coordinated using nut Its external screw thread is installed on the scrubbing at hole 33 of urinal, and the back side of the flow deflector 2 of the urinal nozzle is towards urinal body 3 Washable surface 31, and the limit ribs 24 at the back side of flow deflector 2 are withstood on the washable surface 31 of urinal body 3, it is further to flow deflector 2 It is spacing.
After the nozzle body 1 of urinal nozzle connects water source, when a flush, intake tunnel of the water from nozzle body 1 11 flow into, and commutation flows to throttle orifice 13 after over commutation passage 12 is rectified into orderly current.Because the current limliting of throttle orifice 13 is made With being further improved the impulsive force of water, water is gone out from throttle orifice 13, and is impacted on the guide face 21 of flow deflector 2, is led Stream interface 21, which is taken advantage of a situation, guides current diverging, and is limited between the first restriction 22 and the second restriction 23, forms fan-shaped water.The fan Shape water is smoothly transitted on the washable surface 31 of urinal body 3, and along washable surface 31 from top to bottom to each of washable surface 31 Position is effectively washed away.
Above-described embodiment is only used for further illustrating a kind of the urinal nozzle and urinal of the present invention, but the present invention is not Embodiment is confined to, what every technical spirit according to the present invention was made to the structure of above nozzle body, rectification passage etc. appoints What simple modification, equivalent change and modification, each falls within the protection domain of technical solution of the present invention.

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1. a kind of urinal nozzle, including nozzle body, it is characterised in that:Nozzle body is provided with rectification passage and connects the rectification The throttle orifice of passage;Also include an at least flow deflector, the flow deflector is provided with the guide face for being used for dissipating current;The water conservancy diversion sheetmolding Or nozzle body is assemblied in, flow deflector is resisted against urinal washable surface and above throttle orifice, and the throttle orifice of nozzle body The guide face of corresponding flow deflector, so that the flushing water come out from throttle orifice can rush at guide face;Guide face is can be by current water conservancy diversion To the concave cambered surface of urinal washable surface, the concave cambered surface seamlessly transits with urinal washable surface.
2. urinal nozzle according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The guide face, which is provided with, to be used to limit current hair Dissipate the first restriction and the second restriction of angle.
3. urinal nozzle according to claim 2, it is characterised in that:The projected outline of the guide face is in fan-shaped shape Shape, first restriction and the second restriction are located at the radial direction of the guide face, and the first restriction and second respectively The angle pre-set between restriction forms current dispersion angle.
4. urinal nozzle according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The flow deflector, which is additionally provided with, can be resisted against urinal The limit ribs of washable surface, and the limit ribs and the guide face two sides that to be located at flow deflector relative.
5. urinal nozzle according to claim 1, it is characterised in that:The flow deflector corresponds to the top position of its guide face Put place and be provided with first connecting portion, the nozzle body, which corresponds to, is correspondingly provided with what is matched with first connecting portion on the upside of its throttle orifice Second connecting portion, first connecting portion are adapted to second connecting portion and linked together.
6. urinal nozzle according to claim 1 or 5, it is characterised in that:The throttle orifice of the nozzle body is located at it Side;The nozzle body is additionally provided with intake tunnel, and the intake tunnel connects the rectification passage.
7. the urinal nozzle according to any one of claim 2-4, it is characterised in that:The flow deflector is one;Or Person, the flow deflector are at least two, and the current dispersion angle that each flow deflector is formed differs, at least two water conservancy diversion The nozzle body is assemblied in one of in piece.
8. the urinal nozzle according to Claims 2 or 3, it is characterised in that:First restriction and the second restriction For movable structure, can be formed by movement first restriction and/or the second restriction to adjust the flow deflector Current dispersion angle.
9. a kind of urinal, including urinal body, the urinal body is provided with and scrubs hole, washable surface and sewage draining exit;Its feature It is:Also include urinal nozzle as any one of claim 1-8, the nozzle body be installed on described in scrub hole Place, and the guide face of the flow deflector towards urinal body washable surface on front side of.
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