CN110403552B

CN110403552B - Water softener and dish washing machine

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Publication number: CN110403552B
Application number: CN201810390224.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李章�; 尹斌; 其他发明人请求不公开姓名
Original assignee: Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems Wuhu Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems Wuhu Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-04-27
Filing date: 2018-04-27
Publication date: 2022-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 2038-04-27
Also published as: CN110403552A

Abstract

A water softener and a dish washer with the same are provided. The water softener comprises a shell, wherein a soft water cavity, a soft water inlet flow channel communicated with the soft water cavity, a water inlet flow channel communicated with the soft water inlet flow channel and a water outlet flow channel communicated with the soft water cavity are formed in the shell, a water inlet and a water outlet are formed in the shell, the water inlet is communicated with the water inlet flow channel, and the water outlet is communicated with the water outlet flow channel; the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication soft water cavity with soft water intake runner's soft water cavity water inlet to and the interval is located soft water intake runner with spacing between the soft water cavity, the casing is in be equipped with the intercommunication on the spacing soft water intake runner with the intercommunication portion in soft water cavity. So set up, very big improvement the utilization ratio of soft water medium in the soft water cavity.

Description

Water softener and dish washing machine

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of dish washing machines, in particular to a water softener and a dish washing machine.

Background

With the popularization of the dish washer, users put higher demands on the performance of the dish washer. In the prior art, because the water flow speed in the water softener is high, most of the water flow can rapidly and intensively pass through one side of the water softener, so that the utilization rate of the soft water medium on the other side is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a water softener with high utilization rate of a soft water medium and a dish washing machine.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a water softener includes:

the soft water inlet flow channel is communicated with the soft water cavity, the water inlet flow channel is communicated with the soft water inlet flow channel, and the water outlet flow channel is communicated with the soft water cavity;

the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication soft water cavity with soft water intake runner's soft water cavity water inlet to and the interval is located soft water intake runner with spacing between the soft water cavity, the soft water cavity is equipped with the soft water cavity water inlet that is located the bottom, the spacing is equipped with the intercommunication soft water intake runner with the intercommunication portion in soft water cavity.

In a further improved aspect of the present invention, the communication portion is provided in a hole shape and/or a gap shape.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the aperture and/or the gap width of the communicating part are/is smaller than the grain diameter of the soft water medium in the soft water cavity.

As a further improved technical scheme of the present invention, a water inlet buffer plate is spaced between the soft water chamber and the first connection chamber, a chamber bottom wall is further formed at the bottom of the first connection chamber on the housing, the housing is further provided with at least one first blocking wall extending upward from the top surface of the chamber bottom wall, and the first blocking wall and the water inlet buffer plate are spaced at a first distance.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, a water inlet buffer plate is arranged between the soft water cavity and the first connecting cavity at intervals, a cavity bottom wall positioned at the bottom of the first connecting cavity and at least one second retaining wall formed by extending downwards from the bottom surface of the water inlet buffer plate are further formed on the shell, and the second retaining wall and the cavity bottom wall are arranged at intervals of a second distance.

The invention also provides a technical scheme that a water inlet buffer plate is arranged between the soft water cavity and the first connecting cavity at intervals, the shell is further provided with a cavity bottom wall positioned at the bottom of the first connecting cavity, a first blocking wall extending upwards from the top surface of the cavity bottom wall and a second blocking wall extending downwards from the bottom surface of the water inlet buffer plate, the first blocking wall and the bottom surface of the water inlet buffer plate are arranged at intervals of a first interval, and the second blocking wall and the top surface of the cavity bottom wall are arranged at intervals of a second interval.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the shell is further provided with a second connecting cavity communicated with the water outlet flow channel and the soft water cavity, a cavity top wall positioned at the top of the second connecting cavity and a water outlet buffer plate for separating the soft water cavity from the second connecting cavity, the shell is further provided with at least one third retaining wall formed by downwards extending from the bottom surface of the cavity top wall, and the third retaining wall and the water outlet buffer plate are arranged at a third interval.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the housing is further provided with a second connecting cavity communicating the water outlet channel and the soft water cavity, a cavity top wall positioned at the top of the second connecting cavity, and a water outlet buffer plate separating the soft water cavity from the second connecting cavity, the housing is further provided with at least one fourth blocking wall extending upwards from the top surface of the water outlet buffer plate, and the fourth blocking wall and the cavity top wall are arranged at a fourth interval.

As a further improved technical scheme of the invention, the water softener is provided with a water inlet buffer plate at a water inlet of the soft water cavity, the water inlet buffer plate is provided with a plurality of water permeable parts which penetrate through the water inlet buffer plate, and the total water permeable area of the water permeable part on one side of the water inlet buffer plate, which is close to the soft water inlet flow passage, is larger than the total water permeable area of the water permeable part on one side of the water inlet buffer plate, which is far away from the soft water inlet flow passage.

The invention also provides a technical scheme that the dish washing machine is provided with the water softener and the washing cavity, the water softener is arranged close to the washing cavity, the water softener is directly communicated with the washing cavity or is communicated with the washing cavity through a pipeline, and the water softener is the water softener.

According to the technical scheme, the connecting part is arranged on the partition wall of the soft water cavity of the water softener, so that water flow can enter the soft water cavity from the bottom and the side surface simultaneously, and the utilization rate of soft water media in the soft water cavity is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a water softener according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective exploded view schematically illustrating a water softener according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the water softener according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the cover plate removed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the water softener according to the first embodiment of the present invention showing another angle after the cover plate is removed

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the circle in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of an inlet buffer plate of a water softener according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic top view of a water softener according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a top view of the second embodiment of the present invention with the cover removed.

Reference numerals: 100. 100' -a water softener; 10-lumen; 1-a shell; 11. 11' -a cover plate; 111-front flanging; 12. 12' -a shell; 112-back flanging; 120-a water inlet channel; 1201-a water inlet; 1202-water inlet section; 1203-detection segment; 1204-vertical section; 1205-an inverted U-shaped section; 1206-inner side wall; 12061-leak; 121. 121' -a soft water cavity; 1210 a communicating part; 1211. 1211' -a first connection chamber; 1212-a second connection chamber; 1213-spacer wall; 1214. 1214' -a water-entering buffer plate; 12140. 12140' -the water-permeable gap; 1215-the cavity bottom wall; 1216-first retaining wall; 1217-third barrier wall; 1218-chamber top wall; 1219-effluent buffer plate; 12101-a catch groove; 122. 122' -a salt cavity; 1220-salt adding port; 1221-a cover; 123. 123' -water outlet channel; 1231-water outlet; 124-a drainage cavity; 1241-a drainage buffer chamber; 125-cavity; 1251-bottom wall; 1250-air holes; 1252-first spacer ribs; 1253-second spacer ribs; 1254-vent; 1255-a leakage cavity; 127-a leakage flow path; 1270-outlet; 130-a primary flow channel; 131-a first dividing wall; 1310-a salt cavity water inlet runner water inlet; 1311-first part; 1312-a first horizontal section; 1313-a first vertical portion; 140-salt cavity water inlet channel; 1401-a first flow channel; 1402-a second flow channel; 1403-a separator; 14031-a first extending wall; 14032-a second extending wall; 14033-a third extending wall; 1404-bending the flow channel; 150. 150' -soft water inlet channel; 151-second separation wall; 1510-a second via; 1511-a second horizontal portion; 1512-a second vertical portion; 160-salt cavity water outlet flow channel; 1601-a water outlet of the saline cavity; 161-a third partition wall; 1611-a third upright; 1610-third through hole; 2-a flow meter; 3-a controller; 31-a valve body; 32-a valve core; 4-an insert; 41-water inlet cavity; 42-a breathing port; 5-a floater.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a water softener 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown, wherein the water softener 100 is used in a dishwasher (not shown). The water softener 100 includes a housing 1 having an inner cavity 10, a flow meter 2 installed in the inner cavity 10, and a controller 3 installed on the housing 1.

In the present embodiment, the up, down, left, right, front, and rear directions are the up, down, left, right, front, and rear directions of the water softener 100 shown in fig. 2.

The housing 1 includes a cover plate 11 and a shell 12 which are arranged in a front-back matching manner. The inner cavity 10 is formed between the cover plate 11 and the housing 12. The outer edge of the cover plate 11 is formed with a front flange 111 extending rearward, and the outer edge of the housing 12 is formed with a rear flange 112 extending forward and abutting against the front flange 111. So configured, the water softener 100 can be selectively processed on the cover plate 11 or the housing 12 to form each internal flow passage. In the present embodiment, each flow passage of the water softener 100 is formed on the housing 12.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the housing 12 is provided with a soft water cavity 121 located at the lower right, a salt cavity 122 located at the upper left of the soft water cavity 121, a water inlet channel 120 located at the left of the salt cavity 122 and partially surrounding the bottom of the salt cavity 122, a water outlet channel 123 located above the soft water cavity 121 and communicating with the soft water cavity 121, and a water drainage cavity 124 located at the left of the soft water cavity 121. The drainage chamber 124 is not communicated with the soft water chamber 121, the salt chamber 122, the water inlet passage 120 and the water outlet passage 123. In this embodiment, the soft water chamber 121 contains a soft water medium, and the soft water medium is resin. In the present embodiment, the term "communicate" refers to the structure having holes or gaps or flow passages through which fluid can pass, wherein the holes or gaps or flow passages can be opened or closed in cooperation with other structures so as to form either interception or communication, and such structures can be structures such as the controller 3.

The outer shell 12 is provided with a water inlet 1201 and a water outlet 1231 which penetrate through the outer shell 12. The water inlet 1201 is communicated with the water inlet flow passage 120, and the water outlet 1231 is communicated with the water outlet flow passage 123. The water inlet flow passage 120 comprises a water inlet section 1202 communicated with the water inlet 1201, a detection section 1203 matched with flow measurement of the flowmeter 2, a vertical section 1204 extending upwards and vertically from the detection section 1203, and an inverted U-shaped section 1205 communicated with the vertical section 1204. The U-shaped opening of the inverted U-shaped segment 1205 faces downward. Two side walls (not numbered) of the water inlet channel 120 are the rear flange 112 located at the outer side and the inner side wall 1206 located at the inner side.

The housing 12 forms a cavity 125, which is half-enclosed by the inner sidewall 1206, and a drain buffer chamber 1241 below the cavity 125 between the vertical section 1204 and the inverted U-shaped section 1205. The bottom wall 1251 of the cavity 125 is provided with air holes 1250 which penetrate up and down. And a leakage port 12061 for communicating the inverted U-shaped section 1205 with the cavity 125 is formed in the inner side wall 1206. The housing 12 is further provided with a first separating rib 1252 extending from an edge of the inner side wall 1206 on one side of the leakage 12061 into the cavity 125 and a second separating rib 1253 extending from the bottom wall 1251 into the cavity 125, wherein the first separating rib 1252 and the second separating rib 1253 extend in opposite directions but are staggered to form a ventilation opening 1254 between the first separating rib 1252 and the second separating rib 1253.

The first partition rib 1252 is matched with the second partition rib 1253 to approximately divide the cavity 125 into a left cavity (not numbered) and a right cavity (not numbered) which are communicated through the vent 1254, the vent 1254 is positioned at the upper part of the cavity 125, the bottoms of the left cavity and the right cavity are separated and not communicated by the second partition rib 1253, wherein the bottom of the right cavity forms a leakage cavity 1255, the shell 12 is also formed with a leakage flow passage 127 communicated with the leakage cavity 1255, the leakage flow passage 127 extends through the salt cavity 122, but the leakage flow passage 127 is not communicated with the salt cavity 122. The drainage buffer cavity 1241 is communicated with the drainage cavity 124, the drainage buffer cavity 1241 is communicated with the left cavity of the cavity 125 up and down through the air holes 1250 on the bottom wall 1251, the water softener 100 is further provided with a float 5 in the drainage buffer cavity 1241, and the float 5 is used for matching with the air holes 1250 to adjust the drainage of the water in the drainage cavity 124. The housing 12 is further provided with a salt adding port 1220 communicated with the salt cavity 122, and a cover 1221 covering the salt adding port 1220 in a matching manner. The cover 1221 is detachably fixed to the salting port 1220 to facilitate the user to add salt into the salt cavity 122.

The outlet 1270 of the leakage flow passage 127 is disposed outside the salt adding port 1220, the outlet 1270 is communicated with the external atmosphere of the water softener 100, and the outlet 1270 is not communicated with the salt adding port 1220 and the salt cavity 122. In the present embodiment, the leakage flow path 127 extends substantially horizontally, and the bottom of the leakage flow path 127 is higher than the bottom wall 1251 of the leakage chamber 1255 in the vertical direction, in other words, the lowest point of the leakage chamber 1255 is lower than the lowest point of the leakage flow path 1251 in the gravity direction.

In this embodiment, the leakage flow path 127 is disposed in the salt chamber 122, and the outlet 1270 is disposed outside the salt adding port 1220, and the outlet 1270 is partially covered by the cover 1221 but not sealed so that the outlet 1270 is communicated with the outside atmosphere. In other words, the projection of the cover 1221 onto the housing 12 of the water softener 100 in the front-rear direction at least partially covers the outlet 1270, so that the water softener 100 has good overall sealing performance, and the reliability and space efficiency of a dishwasher using the water softener 100 are improved.

In this embodiment, the inverted U-shaped section 1205 of the water inlet passage 120 accommodates an insert 4 therein, the insert 4 is a respirator insert, and is provided with a water inlet cavity 41 communicated with the water inlet flow passage 120 and a breathing port 42 arranged corresponding to the leakage port 12061, the breathing hole 42 is communicated with the water inlet cavity 40 and the leakage port 12061, and is arranged, after the water flow enters the inlet chamber 41 of the respirator insert 4 from the inlet channel 120, the gas in the water flow can be expelled through the breathing orifice 42, and enter the cavity 125 through the leakage orifice 12061, through the leakage 12061, the leakage chamber 1255 of the cavity 125, the leakage flow passage 127 and the outlet 1270 to the outside, the pressure difference is balanced with the external atmosphere, so that the water in the water inlet channel 120 can smoothly flow through the inverted U-shaped section 1205 and pass through the leakage 12061 to enter the next channel, i.e. the main channel 130 (described in detail later).

The housing 12 is further provided therein with a main flow passage 130 communicated with the water inlet flow passage 120, a salt cavity water inlet flow passage 140 communicated with the salt cavity 122, and a soft water inlet flow passage 150 communicated with the soft water cavity 121.

The housing 12 is provided with a first partition wall 131 between the main flow passage 130 and the salt chamber inlet flow passage 140, a second partition wall 151 between the main flow passage 130 and the soft water inlet flow passage 150, and the first partition wall 131 includes a first portion 1311 extending in a zigzag manner, a first horizontal portion 1312 extending in a horizontal direction, and a first vertical portion 1313 forming an upward-opening U-shaped structure by matching the first portion 1311 and the first horizontal portion 1312 along the extending direction of the main flow passage 130. The first vertical portion 1313 is provided with a salt chamber water inlet passage 1310 horizontally penetrating the first partition wall 131, and the salt chamber water inlet passage 1310 communicates the salt chamber water inlet passage 140 with the main passage 130 in left and right directions. The second partition wall 151 includes a second horizontal portion 1511 extending horizontally and a second vertical portion 1512 connected to the second horizontal portion 1511 substantially vertically in the extending direction of the soft water inlet flow passage 150. The second vertical portion 1512 is provided with a second through hole 1510 penetrating through the main flow passage 130 and the soft water inlet flow passage 150, and the salt chamber inlet flow passage inlet 1310 and the second through hole 1510 are concentrically arranged. The second horizontal portion 1511 is located below the first horizontal portion 1312.

In this embodiment, the outer shell 12 is further provided with a partition 1403 for dividing the salt cavity water inlet channel 140, and the salt cavity water inlet channel 140 includes a first channel 1401, a second channel 1402 and a bent channel 1404 for communicating the first channel 1401 and the second channel 1402. The first flow channel 1401 extends along a first direction, the second flow channel 1402 extends along the first direction in a reverse direction, the first flow channel 1401 is communicated with the water inlet 1310 of the salt cavity water inlet, the second flow channel 1402 is communicated with the water inlet of the salt cavity at the bottom of the salt cavity 122, and the projection of the partition 1403 along the up-down direction at least partially falls into the projection of the water inlet of the salt cavity. Specifically, the partition 1403 comprises a first extension wall 14031 positioned below the water inlet of the salt cavity, a second extension wall 14032 extending upwards from one end of the first extension wall 14031 and dividing the first flow channel 1401 from the second flow channel 1402 from left to right, and a third extension wall 14033 extending upwards from the other end of the first extension wall 14031, wherein the first extension wall 14031, the second extension wall 14032 and the third extension wall 14033 form an upward opening U-shaped structure. The first vertical portion 1313 is disposed opposite to the second extension wall 14032. In this embodiment, the first extension wall 14031 extends horizontally and is located right below the water inlet of the salt chamber. In the up-down direction, the lowest point of the bending flow passage 1404 is higher than the salt cavity water inlet 1310. The first flow channel 1401, the bent flow channel 1404 and the second flow channel 1402 are communicated along the extending direction of the flow channel 1401, so as to form the salt cavity water inlet flow channel 140 which is approximately arranged in a shape of Chinese character 'hui'. The salt cavity water inlet flow channel 140 is arranged in a shape like a Chinese character 'hui', the bent flow channel 1404 is arranged at the highest position of the salt cavity water inlet flow channel 140, and the partition plate 1403 is arranged below the salt cavity 122, so that the pressure of the salt water in the salt cavity 122 is firstly transmitted to the first extension wall 14031 of the partition plate 1403, the water pressure of the salt water in the salt cavity 122 at the salt cavity water inlet flow channel water inlet 1310 communicated with the first flow channel 1401 is greatly reduced, the leakage of the salt water from the salt cavity water inlet flow channel water inlet 1310 is avoided, and the pollution of the salt water to the water in the main flow channel 130 and the soft water cavity 121 is avoided.

The housing 12 is further provided with a salt cavity outlet runner 160 connecting the salt cavity 122 and the soft water cavity 121, and a salt cavity outlet 1601 located at the top of the salt cavity outlet runner 160. The lowest point of the bent flow passage 1404 is higher than that of the salt cavity water outlet 1601, so that the salt water in the salt cavity 122 can be normally discharged from the salt cavity water outlet 1601 and enter the salt cavity water outlet 160. The salt cavity outlet flow passage 160 and the soft water inlet flow passage 150 are provided with a third partition wall 161 therebetween, the third partition wall 161 comprises a third vertical part 1611 extending vertically and a left and right part penetrating through the third vertical part 1611 to communicate the soft water inlet flow passage 150 and the third through hole 1610 of the salt cavity outlet flow passage 160. The third through holes 1610 and the second through holes 1510 are arranged in concentric circles.

The controller 3 is an electromagnetic valve, and includes a valve body 31 and a valve core 32. The valve core 32 movably extends from the valve body 31 to control the water flow in the inlet channel 120 to one of the soft water chamber 121 and the salt chamber 122. Specifically, when the water softener 100 only needs to perform soft water operation, the valve core 32 of the controller 3 blocks the salt chamber inlet 1310 and the third through hole 1610, while maintaining the second through hole 1510 to communicate the main flow passage 130 with the soft water inlet 150. When the water softener 100 needs to soften and regenerate the soft water chamber 121, the valve core 32 of the controller 3 blocks the second through hole 1510 while keeping the salt chamber water inlet channel 1310 to communicate the main channel 130 with the salt chamber water inlet channel 140, and the third through hole 1610 to communicate the soft water inlet channel 150 with the salt chamber water outlet channel 160. In other words, the controller 3 controls the main flow passage 130 to communicate with one of the salt chamber inlet flow passage 140 and the soft water inlet flow passage 150.

A first connection cavity 1211 positioned below the soft water cavity 121 and a second connection cavity 1212 positioned above the soft water cavity 121 are also formed in the housing 12. The first connecting cavity 1211 is connected to the soft water cavity 121 and the soft water inlet channel 150, and the second connecting cavity 1212 is connected to the water outlet channel 123 and the soft water cavity 121. A partition 1213 extending in the vertical direction and a communication part 1210 penetrating the partition 1213 to communicate the soft water inlet flow passage 150 and the soft water chamber 121 are provided between the soft water inlet flow passage 150 and the soft water chamber 121.

In this embodiment, the communication part 1210 is a plurality of gaps extending in a strip shape, and the width of each gap is smaller than the particle size of the resin particles in the soft water cavity 121. In other embodiments, the communication part 1210 may be provided with porous water holes, and each of the porous water holes has a diameter smaller than a particle diameter of the resin particles in the soft water cavity 121. The communication part 1210 may be provided over the entire partition 1213 or only partially. So set up, make soft water cavity 121 of water softener 100 not only can be followed the bottom and intake, simultaneously can also follow the partition 1213 of side and intake, improved the utilization ratio of the interior resin of soft water cavity 121. In other embodiments, the communication portion 1210 may have any shape that allows water to flow therethrough, for example, a communication portion having two structures, i.e., a hole-shaped communication portion and a gap-shaped communication portion, may be provided in the partition wall 1213. Of course, the communication part may have an opening structure of any shape that allows flow; the soft water medium can be replaced by other filtering devices in the shape of gel or membrane.

In this embodiment, a water inlet buffering plate 1214 is spaced between the soft water cavity 121 and the first connection cavity 1211, that is, the water inlet buffering plate 1214 is disposed at the water inlet of the soft water cavity 121. The housing 12 further forms a chamber bottom wall 1215 at the bottom of the first connection chamber 1211 and at least one first blocking wall 1216 extending upward from the top surface of the chamber bottom wall 1215, the first blocking wall 1216 being spaced apart from the incoming water buffer plate 1214 by a first distance to allow water to flow in the first connection chamber 1211. In this embodiment, two first blocking walls 1216 are formed in the housing 12. In other embodiments, a second blocking wall (not shown) extending downward from the bottom surface of the water inlet buffer plate 1214 may be disposed at a second distance from the chamber bottom wall 1215. With this arrangement, when water flow rapidly passes through the soft water inlet channel 150 to enter the first connection cavity 1211 under the action of gravity, the flow rate of the water flow can be reduced by the blocking of the first blocking wall 1216 or the second blocking wall, so that the water flow slowly enters the soft water cavity 121 at a constant speed, thereby improving the utilization rate of resin in the soft water cavity 121. Of course, in other embodiments, a first blocking wall 1216 extending upward from the top surface of the cavity bottom wall 1215 may be provided on the cavity bottom wall 1215, and a second blocking wall (not shown) extending downward from the bottom surface of the water inlet buffer plate 1214 may be provided on the water inlet buffer plate 1214, so as to achieve the same effect of reducing the water flow speed. In the present embodiment, the water inlet buffer plate 1214 is a grid plate and has a plurality of water permeable gaps 12140, which are water permeable portions, penetrating therethrough. Wherein the total area of the water permeable portions of the inlet baffle 1214 closer to the left side of the soft water inlet flow passage 150 is larger than the total area of the water permeable portions farther from the right side of the soft water inlet flow passage 150. So set up, under the dual effect of inertia drive and the action of gravity of rivers at self velocity of flow, through the rapid entering of soft water inlet channel 150 when in the first connection chamber 1211, can be under the effect of inertia rapid flow to the right side of first connection chamber 1211, set up through the mode of dredging on the right side closely on a left side the permeable portion on the buffer plate 1214 that entries for it becomes even to advance the water in the soft water chamber 121, promotes the softening efficiency in whole soft water chamber 121.

In this embodiment, the housing 12 further includes a top wall 1218 located at the top of the second connection cavity 1212, a water outlet buffer plate 1219 separating the soft water cavity 121 and the second connection cavity 1212, and at least one third baffle wall 1217 extending downward from the bottom surface of the top wall 1218, where the third baffle wall 1217 and the top surface of the water outlet buffer plate 1219 are disposed at a third interval, so that the water outlet flow channel 123 still keeps a flowing state, and when the water flows out from the water outlet flow channel 123 after being filtered from the soft water cavity 121, the flow velocity of the water may be reduced by the baffle of the third baffle wall 1217, so that the water stays in the soft water cavity 121 for a longer time, the utilization rate of the resin in the soft water cavity 121 is increased, and the softening efficiency of the soft water cavity 121 is increased.

Of course, in other embodiments, at least one fourth blocking wall (not shown) extending upward may be disposed on the top surface of the water outlet buffer plate, and the fourth blocking wall and the top wall of the cavity are disposed at a fourth interval, and the same fourth blocking wall may also achieve the effect of the third blocking wall 1217, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, the housing 12 is further provided with retaining grooves 12101 at the upper and lower ends of the soft water cavity 121 for retaining the outlet buffer plate 1219 and the inlet buffer plate 1214, and the inlet buffer plate 1214 and the outlet buffer plate 1219 are detachably retained in the retaining grooves 12101, so as to facilitate the cleaning of the inlet buffer plate 1214 and the outlet buffer plate 1219.

Referring to fig. 7 to 9, a water softener 100 'according to a second embodiment of the present invention is shown, wherein the water softener 100' is used in a dishwasher (not shown). The overall structure of the water softener 100 'is substantially the same as that of the water softener 100 of the first embodiment, except that the soft water chamber 121 and the salt chamber 122 of the water softener 100 of the first embodiment are thin-walled, and the soft water chamber 121' and the salt chamber 122 'of the water softener 100' of the second embodiment are cylindrical. The housing 1 'of the water softener 100' includes a cover plate 11 'and a housing 12' that are disposed in a front-to-rear fit. The shell 12' is provided with a soft water cavity 121' positioned at the left side, a salt cavity 122' positioned at the right side of the soft water cavity 121', a soft water inlet channel 150' positioned at the right lower side of the soft water cavity 121', and a water outlet channel 123' positioned at the left upper side of the soft water cavity 121' and communicated with the soft water cavity 121 '. The shell 12' with form the intercommunication between the soft water chamber 121' and soft water inlet channel 150' first connection chamber 1211' and be located the buffer plate 1214' of entrying of soft water chamber 121' bottom, the buffer plate 1214' of entrying is circular setting, and is same, the buffer plate 1214' of entrying is close to one side of soft water inlet channel 150' has more closely to run through go into a plurality of clearances 12140' of entrying of buffer plate 1214', the clearance of permeating water is for penetrating water. That is, the total area of the water permeable parts of the inlet baffle 1214' closer to the right side of the soft water inlet flow passage 150' is larger than the total area of the water permeable parts farther from the left side of the soft water inlet flow passage 150 '. With such arrangement, when water flow rapidly enters the first connection cavity 1211 'through the soft water inlet flow channel 150' under the action of gravity, the water flow rapidly flows to the left side of the first connection cavity 1211 'under the action of inertia, and the water permeable parts on the water inlet buffer plate 1214' are arranged in a left-sparse-right-dense mode, so that the inlet water in the soft water cavity 121 'is uniform, and the softening efficiency of the whole soft water cavity 121' is improved. In this embodiment, the bottom 1215' of the first connecting cavity 1211' also has a plurality of first blocking walls 1216' extending upward to slow down the flow rate of the soft water inlet channel 150' into the first connecting cavity 1211 '.

In summary, in the present embodiment, the communication portion 1210 is disposed on the partition wall 1213 of the soft water cavity 121 of the dishwasher and water softener 100, so that water flow can simultaneously enter the soft water cavity 121 from the bottom and the side of the soft water cavity 121, thereby improving the utilization rate of the soft water medium in the soft water cavity 121 and further improving the efficiency of softening water quality of the dishwasher and water softener 100; in addition, the first blocking wall 1216, the second blocking wall, the third blocking wall 1217 and the fourth blocking wall are added at the water inlet and outlet positions at the upper and lower ends of the soft water cavity 121, so that the strength of the housing 12 is increased, and the water flow speed can be reduced, so that the water flow distribution is more uniform, and the utilization rate of the soft water medium in the soft water cavity 121 is further improved. In addition, the water inlet of the soft water cavities 121 and 121' is uniform by arranging the water permeable parts on the water inlet buffer plates 1214 and 1214', thereby further improving the softening efficiency of the soft water cavities 121 and 121 '.

It is to be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another.

The plurality described in this application includes two and more.

In the case of no conflict, the various embodiments in the present application may complement each other.

Terms such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "front," "rear," and the like, used herein to denote relative spatial positions, are used for ease of description to describe one feature's relationship to another feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative positional terms may be intended to encompass different orientations than those shown in the figures depending on the product presentation position and should not be construed as limiting the claims. In addition, the descriptor "horizontal" as used herein is not fully equivalent to allowing an angular tilt along a direction perpendicular to the direction of gravity.

In addition, the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the invention and not for limiting the technical solutions described in the invention, and the understanding of the present specification should be based on those skilled in the art, for example, "front and back through" means through before installing other parts, but those skilled in the art should understand that those skilled in the art can still make modifications or equivalent substitutions on the present invention, and all technical solutions and modifications thereof without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered in the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water softener, comprising: the water inlet channel is communicated with the soft water inlet channel, and the water outlet channel is communicated with the soft water cavity; the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication soft water cavity with soft water intake runner's soft water cavity water inlet, the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication soft water intake runner with the first connection chamber in soft water cavity, first connection chamber is located the below in soft water cavity to and the interval is located soft water intake runner with spacing between the soft water cavity, the spacing extends along upper and lower direction and forms, the casing is in be equipped with the intercommunication on the spacing soft water intake runner with the intercommunication portion in soft water cavity.

2. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the communication part is arranged in a hole shape and/or a gap shape.

3. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the aperture and/or the gap width of the communicating part are/is smaller than the grain diameter of the soft water medium in the soft water cavity.

4. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the soft water cavity with the interval has into water buffer board between the first connection chamber, the casing still is formed with and is located the chamber bottom wall of first connection chamber bottom, the casing still be equipped with certainly at least one first fender wall that the chamber bottom wall top surface formed of upwards extending, first fender wall with the interval first interval setting between the buffer board of entrying.

5. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the soft water cavity with the interval has into water buffer board between the first connection chamber, the casing still is formed with and is located the chamber bottom wall of first connection chamber bottom and certainly it keeps off the wall to go into at least one second that water buffer board bottom surface downwardly extending formed, the second keep off the wall with interval second interval sets up between the chamber bottom wall.

6. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the soft water cavity with the interval has into water buffer board between the first connection chamber, the casing still is formed with and is located the chamber bottom wall of first connection chamber bottom, certainly the first fender wall that the chamber bottom wall top surface upwards extended and certainly the second that goes into water buffer board bottom surface downwardly extending keeps off the wall, first fender wall with the first interval setting of income water buffer board bottom surface interval, the second keep off the wall with chamber bottom wall top surface interval second interval setting.

7. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication go out the water runner with the chamber is connected to the second in soft water chamber, is located the chamber roof and the interval at chamber top are connected to the second the soft water chamber with the chamber is connected to the second goes out the water buffer board, the casing still be equipped with certainly at least one third that chamber roof bottom surface downwardly extending formed keeps off the wall, the third keep off the wall with go out water buffer board interval third interval setting.

8. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the casing still is equipped with the intercommunication go out the water runner with the chamber is connected to the second in soft water chamber, is located the chamber roof and the interval at chamber top are connected to the second the soft water chamber with the chamber is connected to the second goes out the water buffer board, the casing still be equipped with certainly go out at least one fourth that water buffer board top surface upwards extended and formed and keep off the wall, the fourth keep off the wall with interval fourth interval sets up between the chamber roof.

9. The water softener of claim 1 wherein: the soft water cavity is equipped with the soft water cavity water inlet that is located the bottom, the water softener is in soft water cavity water inlet department establishes into the water buffer board, be equipped with a plurality of portions of penetrating water that run through on the buffer board of penetrating water, wherein, it is close to go into the water buffer board soft water inlet runner one side the total area of penetrating water is greater than keeps away from soft water inlet runner one side the total area of penetrating water.

10. A dishwasher, characterized by: the dishwasher has a water softener disposed adjacent to the washing chamber, the water softener being in direct communication with the washing chamber or in communication through a pipe, the water softener being as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 9.