CN107906742B

CN107906742B - Water heater

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Publication number: CN107906742B
Application number: CN201711041926.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄永财; 王明; 张中海
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Wuhu Midea Kitchen and Bath Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuhu Midea Smart Kitchen Appliance Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-10-30
Filing date: 2017-10-30
Publication date: 2021-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-10-30
Also published as: CN107906742A

Abstract

The invention provides a water heater, comprising: the water inlet is arranged on the shell, and the water outlet is arranged on the shell; the first hot water tank is arranged in the shell, communicated with the first water inlet and the first water outlet and used for containing water; the second hot water tank is arranged in the shell and communicated with the second water outlet; the softening bottle is respectively communicated with the first water inlet and the second hot water tank, the softening bottle is filled with a softening material capable of softening water, and the second hot water tank is used for containing the water softened by the softening bottle. The water heater provided by the invention comprises the first hot water tank and the second hot water tank, the softening bottle is communicated with the first water inlet and the second hot water tank, the first water inlet is connected with a water source, so that soft water and hard water with harder water can flow out of the water heater, a user can randomly select water to be used, the selectivity of the user is increased, and the functions of the water heater are more diversified.

Description

Water heater

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a water heater.

Background

At present, with the improvement of living standard of people, the requirement of people on water is more and more strict, water quality is uneven all over the country due to regional factors, water quality resources are complex, water in most regions is hard, and the use of water with high hardness can lead the skin of people to be dry, rough and aged quickly.

In the related technology, the water softener and the electric water heater are two independent products, and when being installed, the water softener and the electric water heater are required to be installed respectively and independently, so that the water softener occupies a large space, is high in purchase cost, and is difficult to use and install.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a water heater.

In view of this, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water heater comprising: the water inlet is arranged on the shell, and the water outlet is arranged on the shell; the first hot water tank is arranged in the shell, communicated with the first water inlet and the first water outlet and used for containing water; the second hot water tank is arranged in the shell and communicated with the second water outlet; the softening bottle is respectively communicated with the first water inlet and the second hot water tank, the softening bottle is filled with a softening material capable of softening water, and the second hot water tank is used for containing the water softened by the softening bottle.

The invention provides a water heater, which comprises a first hot water tank and a second hot water tank, wherein a softening bottle is communicated with a first water inlet and the second hot water tank, the first water inlet is connected with a water source, water in the water source can enter the softening bottle from the first water inlet, and enters the second hot water tank after being softened by a softening material in the softening bottle, the first hot water tank can contain hard water directly entering from the water source, namely contain and heat water which is not softened, so that the water heater can flow out soft water and hard water with harder water quality, a user can randomly select water to be used, and when the water heater is used for washing face and protecting skin at ordinary times, the soft water in the second hot water tank can be selected to protect the skin and prevent the skin from aging due to too hard water quality; when the shower at ordinary times, the water in the first hot-water tank of optional can enough satisfy the requirement of shower and be unlikely to the extravagant energy again, simultaneously, the water heater that this application provided has the function of demineralized water, need not link to each other water softeners with the water heater again, has simplified the installation among the correlation technique, has increased user's selectivity for the function of water heater is more diversified.

In addition, the water heater in the above embodiment provided by the invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, preferably, the water heater further includes: and the reversing valve is arranged on the first water inlet, the reversing valve is in a first state or a second state by controlling the reversing valve, when the reversing valve is in the first state, the first water inlet is communicated with the first hot water tank, and when the reversing valve is in the second state, the first water inlet is communicated with the softening bottle and the second hot water tank.

In the technical scheme, the reversing valve is arranged on the first water inlet and can be in a first state and a second state, when the reversing valve is in the first state, the first water inlet is communicated with the first hot water tank, water in a water source flows into the first hot water tank from the first water inlet to be heated, and hot water with harder water quality flows out from the first water outlet for washing clothes, bathing and the like by a user; when the reversing valve is in the second state, the first water inlet is communicated with the softening bottle and the second hot water tank, water in a water source can enter the softening bottle from the first water inlet to be softened, the softened water enters the second hot water tank to be heated, and hot soft water flows out from the second water outlet after being opened, so that a user can wash the face, care the skin and the like. Furthermore, the reversing valve can be in a third state, and when the reversing valve is in the third state, water in the water source can simultaneously flow to the first hot water tank and flow into the second hot water tank after passing through the softening bottle.

Furthermore, the first water outlet and the second water outlet are respectively connected with a water inlet pipe.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first hot water tank includes: the hot water container is used for containing water; the first heating assembly is arranged in the hot water container and used for heating water; and the first constant temperature component is arranged at the first water outlet and used for outputting hot water with constant temperature.

Among these technical scheme, first hot-water tank includes hot-water container, first heating element and first constant temperature subassembly, and first heating element sets up in the hot-water container for the water in the hot-water container of heating, first constant temperature subassembly setting is in first delivery port department, and the temperature that is used for guaranteeing the water of output is the temperature that the user set for, ensures the comfort level that the user used, and further, first heating element is the U type, can improve first heating element's heating efficiency.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the second hot water tank includes: the soft water container is used for containing softened water; the second heating assembly is arranged in the soft water container and is used for heating softened water; and the second constant temperature component is arranged at the second water outlet and used for outputting softened hot water with constant temperature.

Among these some technical schemes, the second hot-water tank includes soft water courage, second heating element and second constant temperature subassembly, and second heating element sets up in soft water courage for the water after the soft water courage internal softening of heating, second constant temperature subassembly set up in second delivery port department, make the temperature of the water that the second delivery port flows for the temperature that the user set for, guarantee the comfort level that the user used. Further, the second heating element is U type setting, can effectively improve second heating element's heating efficiency.

Further, the first heating assembly and the second heating assembly are identical in structure and shape, and the first constant temperature assembly and the second constant temperature assembly are identical in structure and shape.

In any of the above solutions, preferably, the softening bottle comprises: the second water inlet is communicated with the first water inlet; the third water outlet is communicated with the soft water liner; when the reversing valve is in the second state, water flows into the softening bottle through the first water inlet and the second water inlet, the softening material softens the water, and the softened water flows into the soft water container from the third water outlet and is heated.

In these some technical schemes, the bottle that softens includes the second water inlet, the third delivery port, the second water inlet is linked together with first water inlet, when the switching-over valve is in the second state, water is softened in flowing to the bottle through first water inlet and second water inlet, because the third delivery port of softening the bottle is linked together with soft water container, consequently soften the water after the bottle internal softening and flow into in the soft water container via the third delivery port, heat, make the water that flows out in the second hot-water tank be the water after softening, can realize the effect that the water heater flows out soft water respectively and the hard water that does not soften through control switching-over valve, and is simple and convenient, user experience has been promoted.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the softening bottle is detachably connected to the second hot water tank.

In these some technical schemes, soften the bottle and be detachable connection with the second thermos, also soften the bottle for the design of discardable formula, convenient, reliable, when the softened water yield of softening the bottle surpassed its upper limit, the user can dismantle it, replaced into new softening the bottle, and then guaranteed the performance of the softened water of softening the bottle for water in the second thermos keeps the state of softening, promotes user's use and experiences. Meanwhile, the softening bottle is detachable, so that a device for regenerating the softening material in the softening bottle is prevented from being additionally arranged in the water heater in the related technology, the overall size of the water heater is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, the water heater further includes: the regeneration tank is connected with the softening bottle, and is filled with a regeneration material capable of regenerating the softening material; the integrated waterway system is provided with a plurality of valve bodies, and the regeneration tank can be communicated with the softening bottle by controlling the opening and closing of the valve bodies.

Among these technical scheme, the water heater still includes regeneration tank and integrated waterway system, and regeneration tank intussuseption is filled with recycled material, can make the regeneration of softened material, through the valve body on the integrated waterway system of control, can make regeneration tank and soften the bottle and communicate mutually, makes the recycled material after soaking flow in and soften the bottle and regenerate, when having avoided softening the bottle and softening the work and disappear, still need dismantle and the condition of changing, has saved manpower and materials, and then has reduced manufacturing cost.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the valve body is an electromagnetic valve.

In the technical schemes, the valve body is an electromagnetic valve and is in signal connection with a control system of the integrated waterway system, and the opening or closing of the electromagnetic valve is controlled through the control system, so that the opening or closing of different pipelines of the integrated waterway system is realized, and different functions of the integrated waterway system are realized.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the regeneration material is sodium chloride.

In the technical schemes, the regeneration material is sodium chloride, ions for regenerating the softening material can be generated after the sodium chloride is soaked in water, so that the lasting softening function of the softening tank is realized, and the sodium chloride is low in manufacturing cost, is common and is beneficial to reducing the production cost.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the softening material is a resin.

In these technical scheme, the resin has fine adsorption efficiency, can adsorb the impurity of aquatic, has guaranteed the quality of water of soft water.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the amount of water that the softening bottle can soften is 50 liters or more.

Among these some technical schemes, the water yield that the bottle can soften is 50 liters at least, has both guaranteed the water yield of softening, guarantees user's water consumption's demand, avoids frequent dismantlement and change simultaneously again, promotes user experience.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the water heater is an electric water heater.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a water heater in one embodiment of the invention;

fig. 2 shows another schematic of the water heater in one embodiment of the invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the component names in fig. 1 and fig. 2 is:

1 water heater, 10 shells, 102 a first water inlet, 104 a first water outlet, 106 a second water outlet, 12 a first hot water tank, 122 a first heating component, 124 a first constant temperature component, 14 a second hot water tank, 142 a second heating component, 144 a second constant temperature component, 16 a softening bottle, 162 a second water inlet, 164 a third water outlet and 18 a reversing valve.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A water heater 1 according to some embodiments of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a first aspect of the present invention provides a water heater 1, including: the water purifier comprises a shell 10, wherein a first water inlet 102, a first water outlet 104 and a second water outlet 106 are arranged on the shell 10; a first hot water tank 12 disposed in the housing 10, communicating with the first water inlet 102 and the first water outlet 104, and configured to contain water; the second hot water tank 14 is arranged in the shell 10 and communicated with the second water outlet 106; the softening bottle 16 is respectively communicated with the first water inlet 102 and the second hot water tank 14, the softening bottle 16 is filled with a softening material capable of softening water, and the second hot water tank 14 is used for containing the water softened by the softening bottle 16.

The invention provides a water heater 1, which comprises a first hot water tank 12 and a second hot water tank 14, wherein a softening bottle 16 is communicated with a first water inlet 102 and the second hot water tank 14, the first water inlet 102 is connected with a water source, water in the water source can enter the softening bottle 16 from the first water inlet 102, the water is softened by a softening material in the softening bottle 16 and then enters the second hot water tank 14, the first hot water tank 12 can contain hard water directly entering from the water source, namely the water which is not softened is contained and heated, so that the water heater 1 can flow out soft water and hard water with harder water quality, a user can randomly select water to be used, and when the water heater is used for washing face and protecting skin at ordinary times, the soft water in the second hot water tank 14 can be selected to protect the skin and prevent the skin from aging due to the harder water quality; when bathing at ordinary times, the water in the first hot water tank 12 can be selected, the requirement of bathing can be met, energy sources can not be wasted, meanwhile, the water heater 1 provided by the application has the function of softening water, other water softeners do not need to be connected with the water heater 1, the installation process in the related technology is simplified, the selectivity of a user is increased, and the function of the water heater 1 is diversified.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the above embodiment, preferably, the water heater 1 further includes: and a direction change valve 18 disposed on the first water inlet 102, wherein the direction change valve 18 is controlled to be in a first state or a second state, the first water inlet 102 is communicated with the first hot water tank 12 when the direction change valve 18 is in the first state, and the first water inlet 102 is communicated with the softening bottle 16 and the second hot water tank 14 when the direction change valve 18 is in the second state.

In this embodiment, the reversing valve 18 is disposed on the first water inlet 102, the reversing valve 18 can be in a first state and a second state, when the reversing valve 18 is in the first state, the first water inlet 102 is communicated with the first hot water tank 12, water in a water source flows into the first hot water tank 12 from the first water inlet 102 for heating, and hot water with relatively hard quality flows out from the first water outlet 104 for washing clothes, bathing and the like by a user; when the reversing valve 18 is in the second state, the first water inlet 102 is communicated with the softening bottle 16 and the second hot water tank 14, water in a water source can enter the softening bottle 16 from the first water inlet 102 for softening, the softened water enters the second hot water tank 14 for heating, and hot soft water flows out by opening the second water outlet 106 for washing faces, protecting skin and the like of a user. Further, the diverter valve 18 is also capable of being in a third state, wherein when the diverter valve 18 is in the third state, water from the source of water is simultaneously able to flow to the first hot water tank 12 and through the softener bottle 16 to the second hot water tank 14.

Further, the first water outlet 104 and the second water outlet 106 are respectively connected with a water inlet pipe.

In any of the above embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, preferably, the first hot water tank 12 includes: the hot water container is used for containing water; the first heating assembly 122 is arranged in the hot water container and used for heating water; and a first thermostatic assembly 124 provided at the first water outlet 104 for outputting hot water of a constant temperature.

In these embodiments, the first hot water tank 12 includes a hot water tank, a first heating element 122 and a first thermostatic element 124, the first heating element 122 is disposed in the hot water tank and is used for heating water in the hot water tank, the first thermostatic element 124 is disposed at the first water outlet 104 and is used for ensuring that the temperature of the outputted water is the temperature set by the user, so as to ensure the comfort of the user, and further, the first heating element 122 is U-shaped, so as to improve the heating efficiency of the first heating element 122.

In any of the above embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, preferably, the second hot water tank 14 includes: the soft water container is used for containing softened water; the second heating assembly 142, the second heating assembly 142 is set up in the soft water container, is used for heating the water after softening; and a second thermostatic assembly 144 disposed at the second water outlet 106 for outputting softened hot water of a constant temperature.

In these embodiments, the second hot water tank 14 includes a soft water container, a second heating element 142 and a second thermostatic element 144, the second heating element 142 is disposed in the soft water container for heating softened water in the soft water container, and the second thermostatic element 144 is disposed at the second water outlet 106, so that the temperature of water flowing out of the second water outlet 106 is the temperature set by the user, and comfort for the user is ensured. Further, the second heating assembly 142 is provided in a U shape, which can effectively improve the heating efficiency of the second heating assembly 142.

Further, the first heating assembly 122 and the second heating assembly 142 have the same structure and shape, and the first thermostatic assembly 124 and the second thermostatic assembly 144 have the same structure and shape.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the softening bottle 16 comprises: a second water inlet 162, the second water inlet 162 being in communication with the first water inlet 102; the third water outlet 164 is communicated with the soft water liner; when the reversing valve 18 is in the second state, water flows into the soft water bottle 16 through the first water inlet 102 and the second water inlet 162, the soft material softens the water, and the softened water flows into the soft water container through the third water outlet 164 to be heated.

In these embodiments, the softening bottle 16 includes the second water inlet 162 and the third water outlet 164, the second water inlet 162 is communicated with the first water inlet 102, when the reversing valve 18 is in the second state, water is softened in the softening bottle 16 through the first water inlet 102 and the second water inlet 162, because the third water outlet 164 of the softening bottle 16 is communicated with the soft water bladder, softened water in the softening bottle 16 flows into the soft water bladder through the third water outlet 164, and is heated, so that water flowing out of the second hot water tank 14 is softened water, the effect that the water heater 1 can respectively flow out soft water and hard water which is not softened can be realized by controlling the reversing valve 18, the operation is simple and convenient, and user experience is improved.

In any of the above embodiments, the softening bottle 16 is preferably removably connected to the second hot water tank 14.

In these embodiments, the softening bottle 16 is detachably connected to the second hot water tank 14, that is, the softening bottle 16 is designed to be disposable, which is convenient and reliable, and when the amount of softened water in the softening bottle 16 exceeds the upper limit, the user can detach the softening bottle and replace the softening bottle with a new softening bottle 16, so as to ensure the performance of softened water in the softening bottle 16, so that the water in the second hot water tank 14 is kept in a softened state, and the user experience is improved. Meanwhile, because the softening bottle 16 is detachable, a device for regenerating the softening material in the softening bottle 16 is prevented from being added in the water heater 1 in the related technology, so that the whole volume of the water heater 1 is reduced, and the production cost is reduced.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the water heater 1 further includes: a regeneration tank connected to the softening bottle 16, the regeneration tank being filled with a regeneration material capable of regenerating the softening material; the integrated waterway system is provided with a plurality of valve bodies, and the regeneration tank can be communicated with the softening bottle 16 by controlling the opening and closing of the valve bodies.

In these embodiments, water heater 1 still includes regeneration tank and integrated waterway system, and regeneration tank intussuseption is filled with recycled material, can make softened material regeneration, and through the valve body on the integrated waterway system of control, can make regeneration tank and softening bottle 16 be linked together, and the recycled material after making the soaking flows into and softens bottle 16 and regenerates, has avoided when softening bottle 16 softens the function and disappears, still need dismantle and the condition of change, has saved manpower and materials, and then has reduced manufacturing cost.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the valve body is a solenoid valve.

In the embodiments, the valve body is an electromagnetic valve, is in signal connection with a control system of the integrated waterway system, and controls the electromagnetic valve to be opened or closed through the control system, so that the opening or closing of different pipelines of the integrated waterway system is realized, and different functions of the integrated waterway system are realized.

In the embodiments, the regeneration material is sodium chloride, ions which can regenerate the softening material can be generated after the sodium chloride is soaked in water, so that the lasting softening function of the softening tank can be realized, and the sodium chloride has low manufacturing cost and is common, so that the production cost can be reduced.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the softening material is a resin.

In the embodiments, the resin has a good adsorption function, so that impurities in water can be adsorbed, and the quality of soft water is ensured.

In any of the above embodiments, the amount of water that the softening bottle 16 can soften is preferably 50 liters or more.

In these embodiments, the water volume that softens bottle 16 can soften is 50 liters at least, has both guaranteed the water volume of softening, guarantees user's water consumption's demand, avoids frequent dismantlement and change simultaneously again, promotes user experience.

In any of the above embodiments, preferably, the water heater 1 is an electric water heater.

In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present specification, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," or the like, means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water heater, comprising:

the water inlet device comprises a shell, wherein a first water inlet, a first water outlet and a second water outlet are formed in the shell;

the first hot water tank is arranged in the shell, is communicated with the first water inlet and the first water outlet and is used for containing water;

the second hot water tank is arranged in the shell and communicated with the second water outlet;

the softening bottle is respectively communicated with the first water inlet and the second hot water tank, a softening material capable of softening water is filled in the softening bottle, and the second hot water tank is used for containing the water softened by the softening bottle;

the reversing valve is arranged on the first water inlet and is controlled to be in a first state or a second state, when the reversing valve is in the first state, the first water inlet is communicated with the first hot water tank, and when the reversing valve is in the second state, the first water inlet is communicated with the softening bottle and the second hot water tank;

the reversing valve can be in a third state, and when the reversing valve is in the third state, water in a water source can simultaneously flow to the first hot water tank and flow into the second hot water tank after passing through the softening bottle;

the softening bottle is detachably connected with the second hot water tank.

2. The water heater according to claim 1, wherein the first hot water tank comprises:

the hot water container is used for containing water;

the first heating assembly is arranged in the hot water container and used for heating water;

and the first constant temperature component is arranged at the first water outlet and used for outputting hot water with constant temperature.

3. The water heater according to claim 2, wherein the second hot water tank comprises:

the soft water container is used for containing softened water;

the second heating assembly is arranged in the soft water container and is used for heating softened water;

and the second constant temperature component is arranged at the second water outlet and used for outputting softened hot water with constant temperature.

4. The water heater of claim 3, wherein the softening bottle comprises:

the second water inlet is communicated with the first water inlet;

the third water outlet is communicated with the soft water liner;

when the reversing valve is in the second state, water flows into the softening bottle through the first water inlet and the second water inlet, the softening material softens the water, and the softened water flows into the soft water container through the third water outlet to be heated.

5. The water heater of claim 1, further comprising:

a regeneration tank connected to the softening bottle, the regeneration tank being filled with a regeneration material capable of regenerating the softening material;

the integrated water path system is provided with a plurality of valve bodies, and the regeneration tank and the softening bottle can be communicated by controlling the opening and closing of the valve bodies.

6. The water heater of claim 5,

the regeneration material is sodium chloride.

7. The water heater according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the softening material is resin.

8. The water heater according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the water quantity which can be softened by the softening bottle is more than or equal to 50 liters.