CN108451322B

CN108451322B - Umbrella storage cabinet

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Publication number: CN108451322B
Application number: CN201810520926.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵斌; 陈飞飞; 王立宗
Original assignee: Wuhan Polytechnic University
Current assignee: Wuhan Polytechnic University
Priority date: 2018-05-25
Filing date: 2018-05-25
Publication date: 2024-02-06
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-25
Also published as: CN108451322A

Abstract

The invention discloses an umbrella storage cabinet, wherein a plurality of umbrella barrels are arranged in the cabinet body, each umbrella barrel is obliquely downwards arranged from an inlet end to a tail end, the tail end of each umbrella barrel is provided with a water outlet, and the side wall of the cabinet body is provided with an access opening corresponding to the inlet end of each umbrella barrel; the cabinet body comprises a planting cavity for filling planting matrixes, and the umbrella barrel is arranged in the planting cavity. When a user stores the umbrella, residual water on the umbrella cover flows into the planting matrix along the umbrella barrel to provide water for plants in the planting cavity. The invention combines the traditional umbrella storage device with the landscape greening, can solve the umbrella storage problem, beautify the environment, avoid the wet and slippery ground, and simultaneously can water plants by utilizing the residual water on the umbrella, thereby having the function of environmental protection.

Description

Umbrella storage cabinet

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of daily appliances, in particular to an umbrella storage cabinet.

Background

In rainy days, people usually carry umbrellas to go out, in order to avoid wet and slippery indoor ground caused by wetted umbrellas, umbrella storage facilities are usually provided at gates of public places such as markets, office buildings and hotels so as to store umbrellas. However, the conventional umbrella storage facilities do not consider the residual water on the umbrella, and rainwater can flow to the ground along the facilities, so that the ground is wet and slippery, and pedestrians fall down. Therefore, in the prior art, an umbrella storage facility with a water collecting function exists, so that rainwater cannot wet the ground, but the rainwater collected in the prior art is not effectively utilized, and the environment is not protected.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the main object of the invention is to provide an umbrella storage cabinet which can collect rainwater, effectively utilize the collected rainwater and beautify the environment.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides an umbrella storage cabinet, comprising a cabinet body, wherein a plurality of umbrella barrels are arranged in the cabinet body, each umbrella barrel is obliquely downwards arranged from an inlet end to a tail end, the tail end of each umbrella barrel is provided with a water outlet, and the side wall of the cabinet body is provided with an access opening corresponding to the inlet end of each umbrella barrel;

the cabinet body comprises a planting cavity for filling planting matrixes, and the umbrella barrel is arranged in the planting cavity.

Preferably, at least the tail end of the umbrella barrel arranged in the planting cavity is further provided with a tail pipe and a hollow ball, the front end of the tail pipe is connected with a water outlet at the tail end of the umbrella barrel, the rear end of the tail pipe is communicated with the hollow ball, and the hollow ball is provided with a plurality of small holes at least in a lower hemisphere thereof.

Preferably, each tail pipe is arranged in a curved manner in the horizontal direction, so that each hollow sphere is arranged at a different position of the planting cavity in the horizontal direction; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the water outlet is provided with a filter screen.

Preferably, the cabinet body further comprises a containing cavity, the containing cavity is arranged below the planting cavity, a partition plate is arranged between the containing cavity and the planting cavity to separate the containing cavity from the planting cavity, a water receiving groove and a water pump are arranged in the containing cavity, the water receiving groove is used for collecting residual water discharged from the water receiving groove, and the water pump is communicated with the water receiving groove to transfer water in the water receiving groove to the planting cavity.

Preferably, the accommodating cavity is provided with the umbrella barrel, and the water receiving groove is also used for collecting rainwater discharged from the umbrella barrel in the accommodating cavity.

Preferably, the automatic water spraying system comprises a controller, a pipeline and a spray head, wherein the spray head is erected above the planting cavity and is connected with the water pump through the pipeline, and the controller is electrically connected with the water pump to control the water pump to work.

Preferably, a humidity sensor is arranged in the planting substrate, the humidity sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and when the humidity of the planting substrate is detected to be lower than a set value, the controller controls the water pump to start to operate, and water in the water receiving tank is conveyed to the spray head; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the water receiving tank is internally provided with a water level sensor, the water level sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and when the water level of the water receiving tank is detected to be lower than a set value, the controller controls the water pump to stop running and prompt.

Preferably, the spray head is a top-type rotary splash plate.

Preferably, push rods and water receivers are arranged on two sides of the cabinet body, the push rods are arranged on the upper parts of the side faces of the cabinet body, the water receivers are arranged below the corresponding push rods and are provided with upward openings, and drainage channels communicated with the water receiving grooves are arranged at the bottoms of the water receivers; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

a steering wheel is arranged below the cabinet body.

Preferably, the water receiver is detachably mounted on the cabinet, and the push rod is rotatably connected with the cabinet and has a working position positioned in a horizontal position and a storage position folded into a groove in the side surface of the cabinet.

According to the technical scheme, the umbrella barrels are distributed in the umbrella storage cabinet body and used for containing umbrellas and collecting rainwater on umbrella covers, the planting cavity is arranged to beautify the environment, plants in the planting cavity are irrigated by utilizing the rainwater collected by the umbrella barrels, the rainwater is effectively utilized, and the umbrella storage cabinet has an environment-friendly effect.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings may be obtained according to the structures shown in these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of an umbrella storage cabinet according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the umbrella storage bin of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the umbrella storage bin of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the umbrella storage bin of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the umbrella storage bin of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the arrangement of the tailpipe of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the tail end of the umbrella barrel of FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the spray head in fig. 1.

Reference numerals illustrate:

reference numerals	Name of the name	Reference numerals	Name of the name
				100	Cabinet body	30	Umbrella cylinder
200	Planting cavity	31	Access port
				300	Accommodating cavity	32	Water outlet
10	Push rod	33	Tail pipe
				11	Direction wheel	34	Hollow ball
12	Water collector	35	Filter screen
				13	Drainage channel	36	Water receiving tank
14	Support frame	40	Water pump
				15	Heat radiation plate	41	Controller for controlling a power supply
16	Groove	42	Pipeline
				20	Partition board	43	Spray head
21	Drainage hole	44	Humidity sensor
				22	Planting substrate	45	Water levelSensor for detecting a position of a body

The achievement of the object, functional characteristics and excellent effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to specific embodiments and drawings.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the case where a directional instruction is involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional instruction is merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a specific posture, and if the specific posture is changed, the directional instruction is changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present invention.

In order to prevent water residue on an umbrella from flowing to the ground to cause the ground to wet and slide, the prior art provides an umbrella storage facility with a water collecting function, but the facility does not utilize the collected rainwater. In view of the above, the present invention is directed to an environment-friendly umbrella storage cabinet capable of not only storing umbrellas, but also irrigating plants and beautifying the environment by using residual water collected during the storage of umbrellas, and fig. 1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of the umbrella storage cabinet according to the present invention.

Referring specifically to fig. 1 to 4, the umbrella storage case includes a case body 100 for storing an umbrella. For convenience of description, in this embodiment, the side of the cabinet 100 provided for the user to insert the umbrella is set to be front, the opposite side is set to be rear, and the other two sides are set to be side, and the above description of the orientation does not limit the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the umbrella storage cabinet includes a cabinet body 100, a plurality of umbrella barrels 30 are disposed in the cabinet body 100, each umbrella barrel 30 is disposed obliquely downward from an inlet end to a tail end, a water outlet 32 is disposed at the tail end of the umbrella barrel 30, and an access port 31 is disposed on a sidewall of the cabinet body 100 corresponding to the inlet end of each umbrella barrel 30; the cabinet 100 includes a planting chamber 200 for filling a planting matrix 22, where the planting matrix 22 refers to a solid matrix capable of fixing plant root systems, which may be soil, peat, perlite, etc. The planting cavity 200 is provided with the umbrella cylinder 30.

In this embodiment, the planting chamber 200 is formed by enclosing the side wall of the cabinet 100, and in another embodiment, is detachably disposed on the upper portion of the cabinet 100, so as to facilitate plant replacement as required.

When a user stores the umbrella, the umbrella is inserted into the umbrella barrel 30 from the access opening 31, and as the umbrella barrel 30 is arranged in the cabinet 100 in an inclined downward manner, residual water on the umbrella surface flows into the water outlet 32 at the tail end of the umbrella barrel along the umbrella barrel 30 and further flows into the planting substrate 22 in the planting cavity 200, thereby providing water for plants and effectively utilizing rainwater to beautify the environment.

In order to facilitate people to memorize the position of the access umbrella, referring to fig. 3, the access ports 31 are laterally arranged in a plurality of rows on the front side wall of the cabinet 100, two adjacent rows of access ports 31 are arranged, and the upper row of access ports 31 is correspondingly arranged between the lower row of access ports 31. In order to prevent the umbrella from being too heavy and causing the umbrella barrel 30 to be crushed, referring to fig. 5, a bracket 14 may be further disposed in the cabinet 100 to support the rear end of the umbrella barrel 30.

In order to prevent mud from flowing backward into the umbrella barrel 30 and soiling the umbrella, the invention preferably provides a tail pipe 33 and a hollow ball 34 at the tail end of the umbrella barrel 30 at least disposed in the planting chamber 200. Referring specifically to fig. 7, the front end of the tail pipe 33 is connected to the water outlet 32 at the tail end of the umbrella 30, the rear end of the tail pipe 33 is communicated with the hollow ball 34, and the hollow ball 34 is provided with a plurality of small holes.

With the above structure, rainwater can smoothly flow from the drain port 32 into the tail pipe 33 and then into the hollow ball 34 when flowing out of the umbrella barrel 30, and finally flows into the planting substrate 22 through the small hole of the hollow ball 34. When the mud in the planting base 22 is poured backward, the impurities are accumulated in the tail pipe 33 and the hollow sphere 34 by the small Kong Lvchu on the hollow sphere 34, and the water is not poured into the umbrella barrel 30.

In order to further enhance the water storage effect of the tail pipe 33, prevent water from being poured into the umbrella barrel 30, it is preferable that the diameter of the front end of the tail pipe 33 is larger than the diameter of the rear end, and the tail pipe 33 is inclined downward from the front end to the rear end thereof.

In order to prevent clogging of the implant matrix 22 into the hollow sphere 34, it is preferable to provide only small holes in the lower hemisphere of the hollow sphere 34 so that the implant matrix 22 does not easily enter the hollow sphere. Further, a filter screen 35 may be disposed at the drain port 32 to filter out sediment in the slurry, so that impurities will not enter the umbrella barrel 30 to pollute the umbrella even if the hollow ball 34 is filled.

In this embodiment, since the tail of the umbrella 30 is concentrated at one side of the planting chamber 200, the irrigation may be uneven, preferably, referring to fig. 6, each tail pipe 33 is horizontally curved, so that each hollow ball 34 is disposed at a different position of the planting chamber 200 in the horizontal direction, and the rainwater can be guided to the planting substrate 22, so that the irrigation is more uniform, and in order to facilitate the rainwater flowing into the hollow ball 34, a siphon rope is disposed in the tail pipe 33, one end of the siphon rope extends to the drain outlet 32, and the other end extends to the hollow ball 34.

In order to recycle rainwater, it is preferable that the cabinet 100 further includes a receiving cavity 300, referring to fig. 5, the receiving cavity 300 is disposed below the planting cavity 200, a partition 20 is disposed between the receiving cavity 300 and the receiving cavity to separate the receiving cavity from the planting cavity, the partition 20 is provided with a drain hole 21, a water receiving tank 36 and a water pump 40 are disposed in the receiving cavity 300, the water receiving tank collects the residual water discharged from the drain hole 21 by the 36, and the water pump 40 is communicated with the water receiving tank 36 to transfer the water in the water receiving tank 36 to the planting cavity 200. A shower head and a protection net are preferably installed at the junction of the water pump 40 and the water receiving tank 36 to prevent foreign materials in the water receiving tank from entering the water pump 40.

In this embodiment, the water receiving groove 36 is directly formed by the bottom of the sealed cabinet 100, which has the advantage of simple structure. In other embodiments, the water receiving channel 36 may be formed separately and disposed within the cabinet 100.

Excess water in the planting chamber 200 is discharged through the water discharge holes 21 on the partition plate 20 and flows into the water receiving groove 36 below, so that root rot of plants caused by excessive water storage is avoided. A protective screen may also be placed over the spacer 20 to prevent the growth substrate 22 from running off with the water flow. The water pump 40 transfers the water in the water receiving tank 36 to the planting chamber 200 to recycle the rainwater. Therefore, the umbrella storage cabinet provided by the invention not only can circularly utilize rainwater to irrigate plants, but also does not need to additionally treat the water receiving groove 36 manually, and is more convenient to use.

In order to store more umbrellas, it is preferable that the umbrella barrel is provided in the housing chamber 300, and the water receiving groove 36 is also used for collecting rainwater discharged from the umbrella barrel 30 in the housing chamber 300.

In order to obtain better irrigation effect, the automatic water spraying system further comprises a controller 41, a pipeline 42 and a spray nozzle 43, wherein the spray nozzle 43 is erected above the planting cavity 200 and is connected with the water pump 40 through the pipeline 42, and the controller 41 is electrically connected with the water pump 40 to control the water pump 40 to work. The user can set the irrigation mode by the controller 41 according to actual needs, for example, can set timing watering and the like.

The water pump 40 and the automatic water spraying system are both arranged inside the cabinet body 100, which may cause too high temperature and damage to electronic devices, therefore, referring to fig. 4, a heat dissipation plate 15 is arranged at the rear side of the cabinet body 100, and the heat dissipation plate 15 may have a porous hollow structure, so that facilities such as the water pump 40 can be hidden, the appearance is not affected, and heat dissipation can be realized to protect electronic elements.

In order to maintain plants more intelligently, a humidity sensor 44 may be further disposed in the planting substrate 22, the humidity sensor 44 is electrically connected to the controller 41, and when detecting that the humidity of the planting substrate 22 is lower than a set value, the controller 41 controls the water pump 40 to start to operate, and water in the water receiving tank 36 is sent to the spray head 43, so as to keep the humidity of the planting substrate 22 stable, thereby facilitating plant growth.

Preferably, a water level sensor 45 may be disposed in the water receiving tank 36, the water level sensor 45 is electrically connected to the controller 41, and when the water level in the water receiving tank 36 is detected to be lower than a set value, the controller 41 controls the water pump 40 to stop running, so as to prevent the water pump 40 from idling. Meanwhile, maintenance personnel are prompted in an acousto-optic reminding or remote prompting mode, so that plants are prevented from being dried up after being not irrigated for a long time. In addition, the water receiving groove 36 may be provided with an overflow port, and when the water level is too high, excessive water can be discharged from the overflow port in time, thereby avoiding wetting the electronic components.

Preferably, the spray head 43 is a top-type rotary splash plate, referring to fig. 8, the top-type rotary splash plate pushes the splash plate to rotate by the reaction force of the backward water spraying, so that the spraying is more uniform.

Most of the umbrellas on the market are folding umbrellas, have smaller length and can be inserted into the umbrella barrel 30 for storage. However, if a long handle umbrella is used by the user, there is a possibility that the umbrella cannot be stored in the umbrella barrel 30 due to a size problem. For this purpose, the present invention further provides push rods 10 and water collectors 12 on both sides of the cabinet 100, referring to fig. 3 and 4, the push rods 10 are disposed at the upper side of the cabinet 100, the water collectors 12 are disposed under the push rods 10 at the side of the cabinet 100, and have an upward opening, and a drainage channel 13 communicating with the water receiving tank 36 is disposed under the water collectors 12.

When a user stores the long-handled umbrella, the long-handled umbrella can be hung on the push rod 10, rainwater on the long-handled umbrella flows into the lower water receiver 12 and flows into the water receiving groove 36 through the water discharging channel 13 below the water receiver, and the long-handled umbrella is also used for irrigating plants in the planting cavity 200. In addition, when the width of the cabinet 100 is designed, the length of the long-handled umbrella does not need to be considered, so that the space is saved.

In order to enable the storage cabinet to be moved as required, a steering wheel 11 is preferably provided below the cabinet body 100. The cabinet 100 can be conveniently moved to a desired position by pushing the push rod 10. The push rod 10 can be provided with a wavy concave ring, so that the comfort of hand holding can be improved, and the suspended long-handle umbrella can be separated from each other.

Two or more umbrella cabinets can also be assembled. For easy assembly, the water receiver 12 is detachably mounted on the cabinet 100, and the push rod 10 is rotatably connected with the cabinet 100, and has a working position positioned in a horizontal position and a storage position folded into a groove 16 received in a side surface of the cabinet 100.

The specific assembly process is as follows, the water receiver 12 between two adjacent cabinet bodies 100 is disassembled, the push rod 10 is folded to the groove 16 for storage, then the two cabinet bodies 100 are spliced together, the two cabinet bodies can be connected in a well-known manner, and the specific connection manner is not described herein. When there are more umbrellas to be stored, two or more cabinets 100 may be assembled to accommodate the umbrella storage requirements.

The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, but is intended to cover all equivalent structures described in the specification and drawings, or any other related art, directly or indirectly, as would be within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The umbrella storage cabinet comprises a cabinet body and is characterized in that a plurality of umbrella barrels are arranged in the cabinet body, each umbrella barrel is obliquely downwards arranged from an inlet end to a tail end, a water outlet is formed in the tail end of each umbrella barrel, and an access port is formed in the side wall of the cabinet body corresponding to the inlet end of each umbrella barrel;

the cabinet body comprises a planting cavity for filling planting matrixes, and the umbrella barrel is arranged in the planting cavity;

the tail end of the umbrella barrel is at least arranged in the planting cavity, a tail pipe and a hollow ball are further arranged at the tail end of the umbrella barrel, the front end of the tail pipe is connected with a water outlet at the tail end of the umbrella barrel, the rear end of the tail pipe is communicated with the hollow ball, and the hollow ball is provided with a plurality of small holes at least in a lower hemisphere of the hollow ball;

the cabinet body further comprises a containing cavity, wherein the containing cavity is arranged below the planting cavity, a partition plate is arranged between the containing cavity and the planting cavity to separate the containing cavity from the planting cavity, a water receiving tank and a water pump are arranged in the containing cavity, the water receiving tank collects residual water discharged from the water discharging hole, and the water pump is communicated with the water receiving tank to transfer water in the water receiving tank to the planting cavity;

a protective net is paved on the partition plate;

the front end port diameter of the tail pipe is larger than the rear end port diameter, and the tail pipe is obliquely downwards arranged from the front end to the rear end;

each tail pipe is horizontally bent, so that each hollow sphere is distributed at different positions of the planting cavity in the horizontal direction;

the water outlet is provided with a filter screen.

2. The umbrella storage cabinet of claim 1, wherein the receiving cavity is provided with the umbrella barrel, and the water receiving trough is further configured to collect rainwater drained from the umbrella barrel within the receiving cavity.

3. The umbrella storage cabinet of claim 1, further comprising an automatic water spray system, wherein the automatic water spray system comprises a controller, a pipeline and a spray head, wherein the spray head is arranged above the planting cavity and is connected with the water pump through the pipeline, and the controller is electrically connected with the water pump to control the water pump to work.

4. The umbrella storage cabinet of claim 3, wherein a humidity sensor is arranged in the planting substrate, the humidity sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and when the humidity of the planting substrate is detected to be lower than a set value, the controller controls the water pump to start to operate, and water in the water receiving tank is conveyed to the spray head; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

5. The umbrella storage bin of claim 3, wherein the spray head is a spinning top splash plate.

6. The umbrella storage cabinet of claim 1, wherein push rods and water receivers are arranged on two sides of the cabinet body, the push rods are arranged on the upper parts of the side faces of the cabinet body, the water receivers are arranged below the corresponding push rods and are provided with upward openings, and drainage channels communicated with the water receiving grooves are arranged at the bottoms of the water receivers; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

a steering wheel is arranged below the cabinet body.

7. The umbrella storage bin of claim 6, wherein the water receiver is removably mounted to the bin, and the push rod is rotatably connected to the bin, having an operative position positioned in a horizontal position and a storage position folded into a recess received in a side of the bin.