CN105823031A - Steam generation device - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a steam generation device. The steam generation device comprises a heating body, wherein a vaporizing chamber is formed in the heating body. A water inlet channel and a steam discharging channel which both communicate with the vaporizing chamber are formed in the heating body. A magnetic valve is arranged on the water inlet channel. The magnetic valve comprises a valve seat and a valve element. One of the valve seat and the valve element is at least partially made of a permanent magnet material, and the other of the valve seat and the valve element is at least partially made of a material which can be attracted by the permanent magnet. The component at least partially made of the permanent magnet material is connected with the interior of the heating body or the vaporizing chamber in a heat transferring mode. The magnetic valve has a first working state and a second working state. When the magnetic valve is in the first working state, the component made of the permanent magnet material has the ferromagnetic property, the valve element is attracted onto the valve seat, and the water inlet channel is blocked; and when the magnetic valve is in the second working state, the component made of the permanent magnet material is paramagnetic, the valve element and the valve seat are separated, and the water inlet channel is unblocked. The valve body is controlled through the temperature to close and open, the structure is stable, action is reliable, water is supplied into a heater automatically without manual work, and stable steam is provided.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of steam generation device, be used particularly to producing steam on the equipment such as cleaning steam, steam ironing.
Background technology
Steam generation device be steam series products must set parts, having a class device in steam generation device is device moment producing steam, i.e. quick-heating type steam generation device, during this device busy, the water of shallow bid is added by watering vaporizer single in steam generation device, again supplying shallow bid water to vaporizer after shallow bid water is converted into steam, the advantage of this device is: without waiting for, can quickly go out to produce steam；The shortcoming of this device is to need manual control to add water frequency, a kind of steam mop as disclosed in the Chinese patent of Publication No. CN101553157, during in this mop, the water in tank is transported to boiling vessel (i.e. steam generation device) by a manual mechanical water pump, this mechanical water pump be the motion by mop start water pump thus realize carry water, owing to the motion of mop is completely by the operation of operator, it cannot realize uniform motion, therefore operating frequency and the active force of water pump are the most indefinite, this will cause the uncontrollable water yield being transported in boiling vessel and frequency of delivery, therefore, the most unstable by the quality of steam of effusion in this boiling vessel, thus affect the use of steam mop；Also having some typical steam generation devices is to utilize electric water pump by the water boiling vessel in water receiver, the ON/of this electric water pump is completely by operator's Self-operating of cleaning equipment, and not in time or the single unstable problem of steam that goes out that adds water excess and cause exists therefore to there is also water delivery.
Summary of the invention
For the problems referred to above, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of steam generation device that ensure that out vapour stay in grade, by a temperature sense, the magnet valve of the folding condition of switching valve controls whether to supply water in heater for it, Stability Analysis of Structures, reliable in action, it is ensured that the stability of quality of steam.
A kind of steam generation device, including heater, described heater includes that inside buries the calandria of electrical heating wire underground, described calandria is internally provided with vaporizer, the intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with described vaporizer on described calandria, described intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering, a magnet valve it is provided with on described intake tunnel, described magnet valve includes valve seat and spool, described valve seat and spool there are parts be at least partly made up of permanent magnet material, another parts at least part is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material are connected with described calandria phase heat transfer, described magnet valve has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and described spool is pull-in on described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is truncated；When the second described duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and described spool is separated with described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is through.
Preferably, the top of described valve seat is provided with a metal portion, described metal portion is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, in described valve seat, the remainder in addition to described metal portion is made up of not attracted with permanent magnet material, described spool is made up of permanent magnet material, and described spool is positioned at the lower section in described metal portion.
Further preferably, the first through hole being connected with described watering it is provided with on the bottom surface in described metal portion, the bottom of described valve seat is provided with the second through hole connected with described vaporizer gas mutually, and described valve seat is internally provided with cavity, and described spool is limited in described cavity；When described magnet valve is in the first duty, described spool is pull-in on the bottom surface in described metal portion, and the first described through hole is blocked by described spool；When described magnet valve is in the second duty, described spool is separated with described metal portion, and described spool leaves the first described through hole, and described the first through hole, cavity and second channel are sequentially communicated.
It is further preferred that described magnet valve is arranged in the outside edge of described calandria.
Another technical scheme, a kind of steam generation device, including heater, described heater includes that inside buries the calandria of electrical heating wire underground, described calandria is internally provided with vaporizer, the intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with described vaporizer on described calandria, described intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering, a magnet valve it is provided with on described intake tunnel, described magnet valve includes valve seat and spool, described valve seat and spool there are parts be at least partly made up of permanent magnet material, another parts at least part is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material connect with described vaporizer gas mutually, described magnet valve has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and described spool is pull-in on described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is truncated；When the second described duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and described spool is separated with described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is through.
Preferably, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material at least part extend in described vaporizer.
Present invention obtains the most useful technique effect: first, the magnet valve in the technical program has sensitive characteristic, and temperature controls it and realizes Guan Bi and open, Stability Analysis of Structures, reliable in action, it is possible to realizes automatically, supply water in heater equably；Secondly, the design is the structure of automatically open and close, it is achieved nobody is automatically brought into operation, it is to avoid the manually-operated delay infringement to heater；Furthermore, this magnet valve has a fixing State Transferring temperature, therefore when heater or steam reach this temperature, and magnet valve will carry out State Transferring, it is possible to it is precisely controlled water supply, protects heater, it is to avoid while dry combustion method, lasting, stable steam can be provided again.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is the perspective view of the steam generation device of embodiment one；
Accompanying drawing 2 is the sectional view of the magnet valve in the steam generation device of embodiment one；
Accompanying drawing 3 is the schematic top plan view of the steam generation device of embodiment one；
Accompanying drawing 4 be in accompanying drawing 2 A-A to sectional view；
Accompanying drawing 5 be in accompanying drawing 2 B-B to sectional view；
In accompanying drawing: 1, calandria；2, vaporizer；3, water inlet pipe；4, outlet pipe；5, magnet valve；501, valve seat；502, spool；503, metal portion；6, the first through hole；7, cavity；8, the second through hole；9, hollow cylinder；10, lower cover.
Detailed description of the invention
By describing technology contents, the structural feature of invention in detail, being reached purpose and effect, below in conjunction with embodiment and coordinate accompanying drawing to be described in detail.
nullEmbodiment one: such as accompanying drawing 1、3、Shown in 4 and 5，A kind of steam generation device，Including heater，Heater includes that inside buries the calandria 1 of electrical heating wire underground，Calandria 1 is internally provided with vaporizer 2，The intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with vaporizer 2 on calandria 1，Intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering，A magnet valve 5 it is provided with on intake tunnel，The water inlet end of magnet valve 5 connects water inlet pipe 3、Outlet pipe 4 connects outlet pipe 4，I.e. outlet pipe 4 is connected between magnet valve 5 and heater，As shown in Figure 2，This magnet valve 5 includes valve seat 501 and spool 502，Valve seat 501 includes the upper cover on top、The hollow cylinder 9 at middle part and the lower cover 10 of bottom，Spool 502 is made up of permanent magnet material，And the top of valve seat 501 arranges a metal portion i.e. upper cover of 503()，Metal portion 503 is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet，And in valve seat 501 remainder in addition to metal portion 503 by can not be attracted with permanent magnet material make，Spool 502 is positioned at the lower section in metal portion 503，The inside of hollow cylinder 9 has the fin of longitudinal extension，Between spool 502 and hollow cylinder 9, so form the space flow through of supplying water，And the upper surface of lower cover 10 also has fin，To form the space flow through of supplying water between the lower surface and lower cover 10 of spool 502，Magnet valve 5 has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and spool 502 is pull-in on valve seat 501, and intake tunnel is truncated；When the second duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and spool 502 is separated with valve seat 501, and intake tunnel is through；Being provided with the first through hole 6 being connected with watering on the bottom surface in metal portion 503, the bottom of valve seat 501 is provided with the second through hole 8 connected with vaporizer 2 phase gas, and valve seat 501 is internally provided with cavity 7, and spool 502 is limited in cavity 7；When magnet valve 5 is in the first duty, spool 502 is pull-in on the bottom surface in metal portion 503, and the first through hole 6 is blocked by spool 502；When magnet valve 5 is in the second duty, spool 502 is separated with metal portion 503, and spool 502 leaves the first through hole 6, and the first through hole 6, cavity 7 and second channel are sequentially communicated；Magnet valve 5 is arranged in the outside edge of calandria 1, time initial, valve body is in the first duty, i.e. spool 502 is pull-in on sheet metal (i.e. upper cover), when calandria 1 works, temperature promotes, can be to valve body transition temperature, while calandria 1 temperature raises, the temperature of spool 502 raises the most simultaneously, and along with the rising of temperature, the magnetic field intensity of the spool 502 being made up of permanent magnet material slowly diminishes, finally when magnetic adsorbability is less than spool 502 self gravitation, spool 502 and the metal portion i.e. upper cover of 503() it is separated and falls to the upper surface of lower cover 10, valve body is converted to the second duty from the first duty, supply water in calandria 1；And along with gradually adding water in calandria 1, the temperature of calandria 1 is gradually reduced, in turn, the magnetic field intensity of spool 502 is gradually increased, during until magnetic adsorbability is more than spool 502 self gravitation, spool 502 moves upward absorption at the metal portion i.e. upper cover of 503() on, valve body realizes from the second duty to the conversion of the first duty；Along with the work of calandria 1, repeat above circulation, and then realize automatically, in time to calandria 1 supplying water.
In other embodiments, it is also possible to be that valve seat upper cover is made up of permanent magnet material, and spool be by can be attracted with permanent magnet the metal portion made of material, action and principle are same as described above, repeat no more.
In other embodiments, spool can also be positioned at the top in metal portion, i.e. upper cover by can not be attracted with permanent magnet material make, lower cover is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, elastic reseting part it is provided with between spool and valve body, time initial, spool overcomes elastic reseting part to be pull-in on down and cover by self gravitation and magnetic adsorbability, work along with calandria, temperature is gradually increasing, and meanwhile, magnetic adsorbability weakens, the active force of elastic reseting part makes spool depart from lower cover, and valve body is converted to the second duty by the first duty；Equally, along with gradually adding water in calandria, the temperature step-down of calandria, the magnetic intensity of spool increases, and spool is attracted to down cover again, i.e. valve body is converted to the first duty by the second duty；Or, in other embodiments, spool and metal portion can also be horizontally disposed, are provided with the elastic reseting part making metal portion move horizontally between spool and valve body, and the most ibid, here is omitted for general principles.
In other embodiments, it is that permanent magnet material is made that spool may also be the side towards metal portion, and remainder is common material makes, and is i.e. at least partly made up of permanent magnet material.
Furthermore, in other embodiments, valve body can be connected to calandria by heat pipe and carry out conduction of heat, ensures the normal work of valve body.
Embodiment two: a kind of steam generation device, including heater, heater includes that inside buries the calandria of electrical heating wire underground, calandria is internally provided with vaporizer, the intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with vaporizer on calandria, intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering, a magnet valve it is provided with on intake tunnel, magnet valve includes valve seat and spool, valve seat and spool there are parts be at least partly made up of permanent magnet material, another parts at least part is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material connect with vaporizer gas mutually, i.e. by adding thermogenetic steam to control the duty conversion of magnet valve, magnet valve has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and spool is pull-in on valve seat, and intake tunnel is truncated；When the second duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and spool is separated with valve seat, and intake tunnel is through；Remaining structure is identical；The course of action of valve body is identical with embodiment one with principle, do not repeat, wherein, the parts (valve seat or spool) being made up of permanent magnet material at least part is come for transition temperature in extending into vaporizer, so that this parts generation action, valve body is made to change between the first duty and the second duty, it is achieved to supply water in trend calandria.
The steam generation device of the present invention may be used in domestic or commercial steam appliance.
Compared to existing steam generation device, first this device has the advantage that, magnet valve in the technical program has sensitive characteristic, and calandria is in the course of the work, it is to necessarily lead to variations in temperature, so, control it by temperature and realize Guan Bi and open, Stability Analysis of Structures, reliable in action, it is possible to realize automatically, supply water in heater equably；Secondly, the design is the structure of automatically open and close, it is achieved nobody is automatically brought into operation, it is to avoid the manually-operated delay infringement to heater；Furthermore, this magnet valve has a fixing State Transferring temperature, therefore when heater or steam reach this temperature, and magnet valve will carry out State Transferring, it is possible to it is precisely controlled water supply, protects heater, it is to avoid while dry combustion method, lasting, stable steam can be provided again.
Above-described embodiment only for technology design and the feature of the present invention are described, its object is to allow person skilled in the art will appreciate that present disclosure and to implement according to this, can not limit the scope of the invention with this.All equivalence changes made according to present invention spirit or modification, all should contain within protection scope of the present invention.Within bright protection domain.
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1. a steam generation device, including heater, described heater includes that inside buries the calandria of electrical heating wire underground, described calandria is internally provided with vaporizer, the intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with described vaporizer on described calandria, described intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering, it is characterized in that: on described intake tunnel, be provided with a magnet valve, described magnet valve includes valve seat and spool, described valve seat and spool there are parts be at least partly made up of permanent magnet material, another parts at least part is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material are connected with described calandria phase heat transfer, described magnet valve has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and described spool is pull-in on described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is truncated；When the second described duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and described spool is separated with described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is through.
Steam generation device the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the top of described valve seat is provided with a metal portion, described metal portion is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, in described valve seat, the remainder in addition to described metal portion is made up of not attracted with permanent magnet material, described spool is made up of permanent magnet material, and described spool is positioned at the lower section in described metal portion.
The position of 3.(spool and valve seat is not necessarily valve seat must be above spool, as long as ensureing that spool must bond with valve seat when playing the effect of water shutoff, the second duty completely when the first duty to be kept completely separate, with valve seat, the effect playing through water route)
Steam generation device according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: on the bottom surface in described metal portion, be provided with the first through hole being connected with described watering, the bottom of described valve seat is provided with the second through hole connected with described vaporizer gas mutually, described valve seat is internally provided with cavity, and described spool is limited in described cavity；When described magnet valve is in the first duty, described spool is pull-in on the bottom surface in described metal portion, and the first described through hole is blocked by described spool；When described magnet valve is in the second duty, described spool is separated with described metal portion, and described spool leaves the first described through hole, and described the first through hole, cavity and second channel are sequentially communicated.
Steam generation device the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that: described magnet valve is arranged in the outside edge of described calandria.
5. (magnet valve is not necessarily mounted at the side of calandria, it should be mounted in the region of any one temperature that can experience heater)
A kind of steam generation device, including heater, described heater includes that inside buries the calandria of electrical heating wire underground, described calandria is internally provided with vaporizer, the intake tunnel and steam evacuation channels being all connected it is provided with described vaporizer on described calandria, described intake tunnel is for being connected with a watering, it is characterized in that: on described intake tunnel, be provided with a magnet valve, described magnet valve includes valve seat and spool, described valve seat and spool there are parts be at least partly made up of permanent magnet material, another parts at least part is made up of material that can be attracted with permanent magnet, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material connect with described vaporizer gas mutually, described magnet valve has the first duty and the second duty；When being in the first duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have ferromagnetism, and described spool is pull-in on described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is truncated；When the second described duty, the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material have paramagnetism, and described spool is separated with described valve seat, and described intake tunnel is through.
Steam generation device the most according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: the parts being at least partly made up of permanent magnet material at least part extend in described vaporizer.
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