CN106032681A - Spray rod - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a spray rod in an intelligent closestool. The spray rod comprises a first spray rod assembly, a second spray rod assembly, and at least a water inlet and at least a water outlet. The first spray rod assembly is provided with a first surface and an opposite second surface. At least a channel used for water to flow is arranged on the second surface. The second spray rod assembly is provided with a first surface and an opposite second surface. When the first spray rod assembly and the second spray rod assembly are assembled together, the second surface of the first spray rod assembly is coupled with the first surface of the second spray rod assembly, so that at least a channel on the second surface of the first spray rod assembly and the first surface of the second spray rod assembly respectively form at least a flowing pipeline. The at least a water inlet and at least a water outlet are respectively joined with the at least a flowing pipeline, so that water flows in from at least a water inlet, and sprays out from at least a water outlet. The spray rod is simple in structure, and convenient in processing and installation, and thickness of the spray rod is reduced, thickness of an intelligent toilet lid is obviously reduced, and integrated appearance of a product is greatly improved.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to Intelligent bathroom field, particularly to a kind of spray boom for intelligent closestool and flusher.
Background technology
Intelligence is along with the progress of science and technology, and the intellectuality of sanitaryware gradually becomes trend, toilet (toilet seat) also to follow trend closely, become attached to intellectuality.Intelligent closestool is that user brings the unprecedented comfortable experience that goes to toilet, and is increasingly becoming the first-selection pursuing high-quality life crowd.Spray boom in the flusher of major part intelligent closestool arranges flexible pipe composition in hollow rod body in the market, and flexible pipe to outlet needs interface to be connected, and owing to spray boom (pipe) cross section is all circular or oval, the assembly causing spray boom not only to be installed is a lot, complex steps, integral thickness is relatively big simultaneously, and then it is big to cause loading toilet lid volume after in cover plate, affecting the appearance height of toilet lid, whole device seems heavy.
Summary of the invention
The deficiency existed for prior art, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of spray boom and flusher, and the volume of minimizing flusher is to reduce urinal height, thus improves product overall appearance, and produces easy for installation.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of spray boom, including the first bar spray assembly, be provided with first surface and relative second surface, be defined in described second surface and be provided with at least one raceway groove water supply flowing;Second bar spray assembly, it is provided with first surface and relative second surface, when described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly are fitted together, the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly are coupled, and make at least one raceway groove of second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly form at least one flow pipe respectively;At least one water inlet and at least one outlet, be connected with described at least one flow pipe respectively and flow into from described at least one water inlet to supply water, from described at least one outlet ejection.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the first surface limiting described second bar spray assembly is provided with at least one raceway groove water supply flowing being arranged side by side;Described at least one raceway groove matches at least one raceway groove described in the second surface of described first bar spray assembly;When described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly are fitted together, the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly are coupled, and make at least one flow pipe that at least one raceway groove of second surface of described first bar spray assembly is formed with at least one raceway groove of the first surface of described second bar spray assembly.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the first surface of the second bar spray assembly is substantially planar
According to one embodiment of the invention, it is characterized in that, described first bar spray assembly second surface is provided with a plurality of raceway groove, when described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly are fitted together, the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly are coupled, and make a plurality of raceway grooves of second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly form a plurality of flow pipe respectively;Wherein, the width in described spray boom cross section is more than height, and described a plurality of raceway grooves prolong the width in described spray boom cross section and are distributed side by side.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the cross section of described spray boom is specially a rectangle.
According to one embodiment of the invention, described spray boom has a preset radian.
According to one embodiment of the invention, being additionally provided with at least one aqua storage tank between described at least one flow pipe and corresponding described at least one outlet, institute's at least one aqua storage tank area of section is more than described at least one flow pipe area of section.
According to one embodiment of the invention, described at least one flow pipe is L-type to the circulation path of corresponding described at least one outlet.
According to one embodiment of the invention, described spray boom is additionally provided with at least one and enters water conduit, is connected with described at least one water inlet respectively to guide to described at least one water inlet external water source.
The spray boom of the present invention, it is convenient that simple in construction, processing are installed, and decreases the thickness of flusher, significantly reduces the height of Intelligent toilet cover, improves the overall appearance of product.
Accompanying drawing explanation
The detailed description with reference to the following drawings, non-limiting example made by reading, the other features, objects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent upon:
Fig. 1 is the sectional perspective schematic diagram of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the first bar spray assembly and the separate schematic perspective view of the second bar spray assembly of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the close-up schematic view of the outlet of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the elevational schematic view of the first bar spray assembly of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic top plan view of the second bar spray assembly of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the elevational schematic view of the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic perspective view that the spray boom of a preferred embodiment of the present invention stretches out state;
Fig. 8 is the schematic perspective view of the spray boom retracted state of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the sectional view of the flusher of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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1 spray boom
11 first bar spray assembly
12 second bar spray assembly
2 first flow pipe
21 first water inlets
22 first outlets
23 first aqua storage tanks
24 first enter water conduit
3 second flow pipe
31 second water inlets
32 second outlets
33 second aqua storage tanks
34 second water inlet pipes
4 slide blocks
5 tooth bars
6 pedestals
61 guidance parts
62 guide rails
621 chutes
63 openings
7~10 gears
Detailed description of the invention
In order to make techniques disclosed in this application content more detailed and complete, can refer to the following various specific embodiments of accompanying drawing and the present invention, labelling identical in accompanying drawing represents same or analogous assembly.But, it will be understood by those within the art that, embodiment provided hereinafter is not used for limiting the scope that the present invention is contained.Additionally, accompanying drawing is used only for schematically being illustrated, and draw not according to its life size.
With embodiment, the technology contents of the present invention is described further below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.The present invention is introduced below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the invention provides a kind of spray boom 1, spray boom is arranged to intelligent closestool, described spray boom includes the first bar spray assembly 11, being provided with first surface and relative second surface, wherein first surface is the upper surface of the first bar spray assembly 11, and second surface is the lower surface of the first bar spray assembly 11, lower surface is provided with the first raceway groove 2 being arranged side by side and the second raceway groove 3 supplies water and flows now, and the quantity that these raceway grooves can be actually needed according to actually used design in the design.It is arranged side by side and is actually arranged in parallel between raceway groove, and the degree of depth of raceway groove can be the most identical, it is also possible to different.
As shown in Figure 1, 2, having the rib of two channel isolation between the first raceway groove 2 second raceway groove 3, the shape of rib is formed with the flow path of the second raceway groove 3 according to the first raceway groove 2;Second bar spray assembly 12, it is provided with first surface and relative second surface, wherein first surface is the upper surface of the second bar spray assembly, second surface is the lower surface of the second bar spray assembly, upper surface is provided with the raceway groove of the lower surface equal number with the first bar spray assembly, the lower surface of described first bar spray assembly 11 and the upper surface of the second bar spray assembly 12 can arrange corresponding sidewall, and when described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly are fitted together, the lower surface of described first bar spray assembly and the upper surface of described second bar spray assembly can be the most chimeric because of the effect of respective sidewall, make the first raceway groove of the lower surface of described first bar spray assembly and raceway groove shape the first flow pipe and the second flow pipe respectively that the second raceway groove is corresponding with on the upper surface of described second bar spray assembly.
According to one embodiment of the invention, spray boom is also provided with the first water inlet 21 and the second water inlet 31 or more water inlet and the first outlet 22 and the second outlet 32 or more outlet, water inlet and outlet be connected with described first flow pipe and described second flow pipe respectively with supply water flow into from described first water inlet 21 or described second water inlet 31, spray from described first outlet 22 or described second outlet 32.
Above-mentioned water inlet and outlet are because the connection of flow pipe, spatially there is a certain distance, water inlet both can be arranged on the first bar spray assembly 11, can also be arranged on equally on the second bar spray assembly 12, outlet can be arranged at the first surface of the first bar spray assembly, the second surface of described second bar spray assembly can also be arranged at, and it is without limitations, simultaneously, do not connect between first flow pipe and the second flow pipe, and water inlet with matching, outlet independently form water route and be operated.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, conduit pipe is directly formed in spray boom, it is not necessary to rubber hose etc. is installed in hollow rod body and guides current, easy to assembly, it is only necessary to two mounting assembly;On the other hand, with reference to Fig. 5, the cross section of described spray boom is for a rectangle in fact, and the width W of spray boom 1 is more than its height H;Owing to two flow pipe are distributed on the width W direction of spray boom 1 side by side for prolonging in spray boom, its cross section prior art that compares is the most flat, the integral thickness of spray boom can significantly reduce, and effect can be able to reduce to 0.5~0.6 centimeter from about the 1 of prior art centimeter.
In another embodiment, the first surface of the second bar spray assembly also can be arranged to the plane of an essence, to reduce the thickness of spray boom further.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, the outlet of spray boom 1 is specifically arranged on the upper surface of spray boom 1, as it is shown on figure 3, the first outlet 22 is elliptical nozzles, the second outlet 32 is round nozzle.The shape of nozzle can also the most arbitrarily select.
In one embodiment, described spray boom is provided having certain radian, and the radian of this setting is specially between 200rad~500rad, intelligent closestool is generally made up of with seat ring ceramic base, can can make the highest point distance to ceramic base highest point of Intelligent toilet seat under this arc range in conjunction with the spray boom of the present invention, be reduced to 3 to 3.5 centimeters by existing more than 10 centimeters.
According to one embodiment of the invention, visible with reference to Fig. 3 Yu Fig. 5, it is additionally provided with the first aqua storage tank 23 and second between first flow pipe and described second flow pipe with corresponding described first outlet 22 and described second outlet 32 and goes out aqua storage tank 33, described first aqua storage tank 23 and the second aqua storage tank 33 area of section are more than described first flow pipe and described second flow pipe area of section, and the i.e. first aqua storage tank 23 and the second aqua storage tank 33 are deeper relative to the depression degree of first raceway groove on the first and second bar spray assembly each surface and the second raceway groove.
Between first raceway groove and the second raceway groove, the rib of isolation extends between the first aqua storage tank 23 and the second aqua storage tank 33 simultaneously, and the first outlet 22 and the second outlet 32 is split.
The most not only avoid owing to making hydraulic pressure deficiency be difficult to spray the situation of the current of sufficient intensity at the existence air of fluid passage, the water flow stationary ejected can be made simultaneously, according to prior art, general spray boom inner flexible tube to outlet needs one interface arrangement of additional configuration to control current, and arranges this aqua storage tank in the present invention and can play the same role.
In one embodiment, with reference to shown in Fig. 2,3,4, first flow pipe and described second flow pipe extremely described first outlet 22 of correspondence and the circulation path of described second outlet 32 are L-type, and two L-type circulation paths are staggered, can be arranged on spray boom by neat for outlet with this.
With reference to shown in sign part B of Fig. 2, spray boom is additionally provided with first and enters water conduit 24 and second and enter water conduit 34, is connected with described first water inlet 21 and described second water inlet 31 respectively to guide to described first water inlet 21 and described second water inlet 31 external water source.
It show according to Fig. 7, a kind of flusher being arranged in intelligent closestool of the present invention, described flusher includes above-described embodiment any one described spray boom 1 and a pedestal 6, described pedestal is provided with to receive and drive the guide rail 62 of described spray boom 1, and the width of described guide rail, length, radian match with described spray boom 1 simultaneously;And chute 621, the first chute and the second relative chute, described first chute matches with the described second radian talking about rough and described spray boom 1;Described spray boom 1 is additionally provided with the slide block 4 matched with described first chute and the second chute, it is the first slide block and the second relative slide block, when described pedestal 6 reclaims described spray boom 1, described first slide block and described second slide block match with described first chute and the second chute so that described spray boom 1 in sliding process without departing from described guide rail.
In one embodiment, with reference to shown in Fig. 6, spray boom 1 is additionally provided with tooth bar 5 and drives for gear, and tooth bar 5 is arranged at the lower surface of the second bar spray assembly 12.
It is additionally provided with driving assembly with reference to Fig. 7, described pedestal shown in 9, described driving assembly includes motor and at least one gear, described guide rail is provided with an opening 63, the part gear teeth of described at least one gear stretch out from described opening and are meshed with described tooth bar, in order to drive described spray boom to stretch, in one embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 9, gear has gear 7, gear 8, gear 9, gear 10 to be mutually combined operation, and the part gear teeth of its middle gear 10 are exposed to opening 63.
According to one embodiment of the invention, being additionally provided with guidance part at described pedestal as shown in Figure 8, the thickness of described guidance part adapts with described spray boom;And described guidance part is additionally provided with water injector in order to clean the first outlet 22 and the second outlet 23 of described spray boom, when described spray boom is retracted to described pedestal completely, described guidance part covers described first outlet 22 and described second outlet 23.
In each preferred embodiment above-mentioned, the first bar spray assembly 11 and the second bar spray assembly 12 are mold injection molding, but the present invention is not limited to this, and those skilled in the art can use the molding such as other processing mode such as mould punching mode according to actual design.
And for example, in each preferred embodiment above-mentioned, although the cross section of spray boom is rectangle, but the present invention is not limited to this, and those skilled in the art can also need to select such as trapezoidal, semicircle or half elliptic prismatic shapes according to actual design and use.
When being installed on toilet by the flusher of the present invention, as it is shown in figure 9, the two ends height of described chute arc is set higher than ceramic base more than the highest point 4mm of toilet, to avoid the refluence of spray boom.
Above, the detailed description of the invention of the present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.But, those skilled in the art are it is understood that in the case of without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, it is also possible to the detailed description of the invention of the present invention is made various change and replacement.These changes and replacement all fall in claims of the present invention limited range.
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1. a spray boom, is arranged in intelligent closestool, it is characterised in that described spray boom includes:
A) the first bar spray assembly, is provided with first surface and relative second surface, is defined in described
Two surfaces are provided with at least one raceway groove water supply flowing;
B) the second bar spray assembly, is provided with first surface and relative second surface, when by described first
When bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly fit together, the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and
The first surface of described second bar spray assembly is coupled, and makes the second surface of described first bar spray assembly
At least one raceway groove forms at least one flow pipe respectively with the first surface of described second bar spray assembly;
C) at least one water inlet and at least one outlet, respectively with described at least one flow pipe rank
Connect and flow into from described at least one water inlet to supply water, from described at least one outlet ejection.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that be defined in described second spray boom group
The first surface of part is provided with at least one raceway groove water supply flowing being arranged side by side;Described at least one raceway groove phase
It is matched with described at least one raceway groove of the second surface of described first bar spray assembly;
When described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly are fitted together, described first spray boom
The second surface of assembly and the first surface of described second bar spray assembly are coupled, and make described first spray boom
At least the one of the first surface of at least one raceway groove of the second surface of assembly and described second bar spray assembly
At least one flow pipe that raceway groove is formed.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the of described second bar spray assembly
One surface is substantially planar.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described first bar spray assembly second
Surface is provided with a plurality of raceway groove, when described first bar spray assembly and the second bar spray assembly being fitted together
Time, the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and the first surface phase coupling of described second bar spray assembly
Close, make a plurality of raceway grooves of the second surface of described first bar spray assembly and described second bar spray assembly
First surface forms a plurality of flow pipe respectively;
Wherein, the width in described spray boom cross section is more than height, and described a plurality of raceway grooves prolong described spray boom cross section
Width be distributed side by side.
Spray boom the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that the cross section of described spray boom is specially
One rectangle.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that it is preset that described spray boom has one
Radian.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described at least one flow pipe with
It is additionally provided with at least one aqua storage tank, at least one aqua storage tank cross section between corresponding described at least one outlet
Area is more than described at least one flow pipe area of section.
Spray boom the most according to claim 5, it is characterised in that described at least one flow pipe is extremely
The circulation path of corresponding described at least one outlet is L-type.
Spray boom the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described spray boom is additionally provided with at least one
Enter water conduit, be connected with described at least one water inlet respectively to guide to described at least one external water source
Water inlet.
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