CN111252911A

CN111252911A - Water softener

Info

Publication number: CN111252911A
Application number: CN201811457236.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 齐红蕊; 李章�; 尹斌
Original assignee: Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems Wuhu Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sanhua Aweco Appliance Systems Wuhu Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-30
Filing date: 2018-11-30
Publication date: 2020-06-09

Abstract

The invention discloses a water softener, which comprises a body and a one-way valve, wherein the body is internally provided with a water inlet channel, a resin cavity, a saline cavity and a saline channel, the saline channel is communicated with the saline cavity, the body is internally provided with a first channel and a second channel communicated with the resin cavity, the first channel comprises a first upward extending channel and a first downward extending channel, the tops of the first upward extending channel and the first downward extending channel are communicated with each other, the first downward extending channel is communicated with the saline cavity, the water inlet channel is communicated with the second channel in a softening state, the water inlet channel is communicated with the first upward extending channel in a regeneration state, the saline channel is communicated with the second channel, and the one-way valve is arranged in the first upward extending channel to prevent saline in the saline cavity from sequentially entering the water inlet channel through the first channel. The water softener can avoid the waste of saturated brine.

Description

Water softener

Technical Field

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

Background

The softener of the dishwasher utilizes the resin to adsorb calcium and magnesium ions in water to soften the water. As the content of calcium and magnesium ions increases and the adsorption capacity of the resin deteriorates, the resin needs to be regenerated with brine to restore the capacity of adsorbing calcium and magnesium ions.

In the related art, the softener has a water inlet passage, a resin chamber, and a brine chamber, the water inlet passage communicates with the resin chamber in a softening stage and communicates with the brine chamber in a regeneration stage under the action of a control valve. However, the saturated brine in the brine chamber of the water softener in the related art is easily wasted.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the invention provides a water softener which can avoid the waste of saturated brine in a brine cavity.

A water softener according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body having a water inlet passage, a resin chamber, a brine chamber and a brine passage therein, the brine passage communicating with the brine chamber, the body further having a first passage therein and a second passage communicating with the resin chamber, the first passage including a first upwardly extending passage and a first downwardly extending passage, a top of the first upwardly extending passage communicating with a top of the first downwardly extending passage, the first downwardly extending passage communicating with the brine chamber, wherein the water softener has a softened state in which the water inlet passage and the second passage communicate, and a regenerated state in which the water inlet passage and the first upwardly extending passage communicate, the brine passage and the second passage communicate; one-way valve, one-way valve establishes in order to avoid in the first upwards extension passageway saline in the salt solution chamber passes through in proper order first downwards extension passageway with first upwards extension passageway gets into in the inhalant canal.

According to the water softener disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the first channel is arranged to be communicated with the water inlet channel and the brine cavity and comprises the first upward extending channel and the first downward extending channel which are communicated with each other at the top, and the one-way valve is arranged in the first upward extending channel, so that the brine can be prevented from flowing back from the brine cavity to the water inlet channel when the temperature in the dish washing machine is high, and the waste of saturated brine is avoided.

In some embodiments, the water softener further comprises a partition dividing the first upward extending passage into a first upper extending passage and a first lower extending passage, the partition being provided with a through hole to communicate the first upper extending passage and the first lower extending passage, and the check valve is a sealing ball that opens and closes the through hole.

In some embodiments, the water softener further comprises a blocking plate, the blocking plate is arranged in the saline water cavity and is opposite to the bottom surface of the saline water cavity, and water entering the saline water cavity through the first downward extending channel enters the saline water cavity along the side wall surface of the blocking plate.

In some embodiments, the inlet channel includes a first inlet channel section, a second inlet channel section, a third inlet channel section, and a fourth inlet channel section that communicate with each other, the first inlet channel section extends upward and is located on the left of the resin chamber and the brine chamber, the second inlet channel section extends downward and is located on the left of the brine chamber from the first inlet channel section, the third inlet channel section extends horizontally and is located between the brine chamber and the resin chamber from the second inlet channel section, the fourth inlet channel section extends vertically upward from the third inlet channel section, and in the regeneration state the fourth inlet channel section communicates with the first upward extending channel.

In some embodiments, the second channel includes a first vertical channel section, a first horizontal channel section, a second vertical channel section, and a second horizontal channel section that communicate with each other, the first vertical channel section extending vertically downward and located on the right side of the brine chamber and above the resin chamber, the first horizontal channel section extending leftward from the first vertical channel section and located between the third water inlet channel section and the resin chamber, the second vertical channel section extending vertically downward from the first horizontal channel section and located on the left side of the resin chamber, the second horizontal channel section extending rightward from the second vertical channel section and located below the resin chamber, the second horizontal channel section communicating with the resin chamber, and the fourth water inlet channel section communicating with the first vertical channel section in the softened state.

In some embodiments, the brine channel includes a first vertical brine channel section extending vertically upward and located at the right side of the brine chamber, a first horizontal brine channel section extending rightward from the first vertical brine channel section and located above the first channel, a second vertical brine channel section extending vertically downward from the first horizontal brine channel section and located at the right side of the first channel, a second horizontal brine channel section extending rightward from the second vertical brine channel section, and a third vertical brine channel section extending vertically downward from the second horizontal brine channel section and located at the right side of the first vertical channel section, which are in communication with each other, the third vertical brine channel section is in communication with the first vertical channel section in the regeneration state.

In some embodiments, the water softener further comprises a respirator insert, the respirator insert is installed in the water inlet channel, the respirator insert is provided with a breathing port, a leakage port is formed in the wall of the water inlet channel and located below the highest position of the water inlet channel, the leakage port corresponds to and is communicated with the breathing port, a leakage cavity is further formed in the body, the water inlet channel passes through the breathing port and the leakage port is communicated with the leakage cavity, the body is further provided with a salt adding port and an outlet communicated with the outside, and the outlet is adjacent to the salt adding port and is communicated with the leakage cavity.

In some embodiments, the wall surrounding the leakage cavity includes a bottom wall, a side wall and a top wall, the bottom wall includes a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall which are sequentially connected from left to right, the first bottom wall is horizontally disposed and opposite to the breathing opening, the second bottom wall extends to right and downwards, the top wall includes a first top wall, a second top wall and a third top wall, the first top wall and the second top wall are sequentially arranged from left to right, the first top wall and the second top wall are both horizontally disposed, the second top wall is higher than the first top wall, the third top wall is connected with the first top wall and the second top wall, the side wall is adjacent to the salt adding opening, and the side wall connects the right end of the second bottom wall and the right end of the second top wall.

In some embodiments, the body is further provided with a drainage cavity, the body is further provided with a sewage inlet, a sewage outlet and a communication hole, the sewage inlet, the drainage cavity and the sewage outlet are sequentially communicated, and the drainage cavity is communicated with the atmosphere through the communication hole.

In some embodiments, the drainage chamber includes a sewage inlet chamber and a sewage discharge chamber, the sewage inlet chamber includes a first sewage inlet chamber section and a second sewage inlet chamber section that are communicated with each other, the first sewage inlet chamber section extends upward from the sewage inlet, the second sewage inlet chamber section extends upward from a top of the first sewage inlet chamber section and inclines leftward, the sewage discharge chamber includes a first sewage outlet chamber section and a second sewage outlet chamber section that are communicated with each other, the first sewage outlet chamber section extends upward from the sewage outlet, the second sewage outlet chamber section extends upward from the top of the first sewage inlet chamber section and inclines leftward, a top of the second sewage outlet chamber section is communicated with a top of the second sewage inlet chamber section, and the communication hole is formed at a top of the second sewage inlet chamber.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a water softener according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an isometric view of the internal structure of a water softener according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the inner structure of the water softener according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view at a in fig. 3 of a water softener according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a respirator insert for a water softener according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a water softener according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is another isometric view of the internal structure of a water softener according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view at B in fig. 7 of the water softener according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

the body 1, the water inlet passage 11, the first water inlet passage section 111, the second water inlet passage section 112, the third water inlet passage section 113, the fourth water inlet passage section 114, the resin chamber 12, the brine chamber 13, the water outlet passage 14, the leak chamber 15, the bottom wall 151, the first bottom wall 1511, the second bottom wall 1512, the side wall 152, the top wall 153, the first top wall 1531, the second top wall 1532, the third top wall 1533, the brine passage 16, the first vertical brine passage section 161, the first horizontal brine passage section 162, the second vertical brine passage section 163, the second horizontal brine passage section 164, the third vertical brine passage section 165, the first passage 17, the first upward extending passage 171, the first upper extending passage 1711, the first lower extending passage 1712, the first downward extending passage 172, the first horizontal extending passage 173, the second passage 18, the first vertical passage section 181, the first horizontal passage section 182, the second vertical passage section 183, the system comprises a second horizontal channel section 184, a drainage cavity 19, a sewage inlet cavity 191, a first sewage inlet cavity section 1911, a second sewage inlet cavity section 1912, a sewage discharge cavity 192, a first sewage outlet cavity section 1921, a second sewage outlet cavity section 1922, a water inlet 101, a water outlet 102, a salt adding port 103, an outlet 104, a leakage port 105, an opening 106, a sewage inlet 107, a sewage outlet 108, a respirator insert 2, a breathing port 21, a check valve 3, a partition plate 4, a through hole 41 and a blocking plate 5.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the water softener according to the embodiment of the invention comprises a body 1 and a respirator insert 2, wherein the body 1 is internally provided with a water inlet channel 11, a resin cavity 12, a brine cavity 13 and a water outlet channel 14, the body 1 is provided with a water inlet 101, a water outlet 102 and a brine adding port 103, the water inlet 101 is communicated with the water inlet channel 11, the water outlet 102 is communicated with the water outlet channel 14, the water outlet channel 14 is communicated with the resin cavity 12, the water softener has a softening state and a regeneration state, the water inlet channel 11 is communicated with the resin cavity 12 in the softening state, the water inlet channel 11 is communicated with the brine cavity 13 in the regeneration state, and the brine cavity 13 is communicated with the resin.

It can be understood that the inlet water can enter the resin cavity 12 through the inlet channel 11, the sodium ions of the resin in the resin cavity 12 are replaced with the calcium and magnesium ions in the inlet water, so that hard water is softened, and the softened water can be introduced into a dishwasher for washing. Since the softening capacity of the resin as a hard water component absorbing material is not permanently maintained, the resin needs to be regenerated after being used for a period of time, after the resin in the resin chamber 12 is used for a period of time, the water inlet channel 11 and the brine chamber 13 are communicated, the inlet water enters the brine chamber 13 through the water inlet channel 11 to be mixed with the brine, the brine in the brine chamber 13 can enter the resin chamber 12, the resin in the resin chamber 12 absorbs sodium ions in the brine, the regeneration of the resin is realized, and simultaneously the resin absorbs calcium and magnesium ions in the brine.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the respirator insert 2 is mounted in the water inlet passage 11, and the respirator insert 2 is provided with a breathing opening 21.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the body 1 further has a leakage cavity 15 therein, the water inlet channel 11 is communicated with the leakage cavity 15 through the breathing port 21, the body 1 is further provided with an outlet 104 communicated with the outside, the outlet 104 is disposed adjacent to the salt adding port 103 and is communicated with the leakage cavity 15, wherein the wall enclosing the leakage cavity 15 includes a bottom wall 151, a side wall 152 and a top wall 153, a first end of the bottom wall 151 (a left end of the bottom wall 151 shown in fig. 4) is opposite to the breathing port 21 in the up-down direction, a second end of the bottom wall 151 (a right end of the bottom wall 151 shown in fig. 4) extends toward the salt adding port 103 and extends to the adjacent salt adding port 103, the top wall 153 is located above the bottom wall 151 and is spaced from the bottom wall 151 in the up-down direction, the side wall 152 is disposed adjacent to the salt adding port 103, and the side wall 152 connects the second end of the bottom wall 151.

In other words, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the resin chamber 12 is located at the bottom of the brine chamber 13, the brine chamber 13 is located at the bottom of the leakage chamber 15, the water inlet 101 is opened at the bottom of the body 1, the water outlet 102 is opened at the right side of the body 1, and the water outlet channel 14 is arranged above the resin chamber 14 and is communicated with the resin chamber 14. The wall that encloses into inhalant canal 11 is equipped with leak 105, leak 105 is located the below of inhalant canal 11 highest point, breathe mouthful 21 and leak 105 correspond and communicate, install the highest point at inhalant canal 11 promptly for respirator insert 2, and install respirator insert 2 in the position that leak 105 corresponds, and correspond and communicate respirator insert 2's breathing mouth 21 and leak 105, the intaking in the inhalant canal 11 can get into leakage cavity 15 through respirator insert 2 and breathing mouth 21. The salt adding port 103 is provided at the upper end of the side of the body 1, and the outlet 104 is provided at the upper end of the side of the body 1 adjacent to the salt adding port 103.

It can be understood that the inlet water in the inlet channel 11 can be discharged out of the body 1 through the leakage opening 105, the breathing opening 21, the leakage cavity 15 and the outlet 104, and the outlet 104 is arranged at the periphery of the salt adding opening 103, so that the dishwasher with the water softener can be applied without additionally adding a structure matched with the outlet 104, thereby improving the reasonable distribution of the inner space of the dishwasher.

The salt adding port 103 is located at the right side of the leakage cavity 15, the wall enclosing the leakage cavity 15 comprises a bottom wall 151, a side wall 152 and a top wall 153, the left end of the bottom wall 151 is opposite to the leakage port 105 or the breathing port 21 in the up-down direction, the bottom wall 151 extends from the down direction of the leakage port 105 or the breathing port 21 to the right, so that the right end of the bottom wall 151 is adjacent to the salt adding port, the top wall 153 is located above the bottom wall 151 and spaced from the bottom wall 151 in the up-down direction, the top wall 153 is located below the leakage port 105 or the breathing port 21 and spaced from the leakage port 105 or the breathing port 21 in the up-down direction, the right end of the top wall 153 is adjacent to the salt adding port 103, the left end of the top wall 153 is located on the right side of the leakage port 105 or the breathing port 21, the right end of the bottom wall 151 is connected with the lower end of the side wall 152, the right end of the top wall 153 is connected with the upper end of the side wall 152, the side wall 152 is adjacent to the salt adding port 103, the outlet 104 is communicated with the leakage cavity 15, and the outlet 104 is located. Specifically, the sidewall 152 extends along the circumferential direction of the salting opening 103, i.e., the sidewall 152 is curved.

According to the water softener of the embodiment of the invention, the leakage cavity 15 is arranged in the body 1 of the water softener, the wall which encloses the leakage cavity 15 comprises the bottom wall 151, the side wall 152 and the top wall 153 which are connected in sequence, the first end of the bottom wall 151 is opposite to the breathing port in the vertical direction, the second end of the bottom wall 151 extends to be adjacent to the salt adding port 103, the top wall 153 has one end which is arranged adjacent to the salt adding port 103, the side wall 152 is arranged adjacent to the salt adding port 103 on the body 1 to connect the second end of the bottom wall 151 with one end of the top wall 153 which is arranged adjacent to the salt adding port 103, so that the outlet 104 on the body 1 is communicated with the leakage cavity 15, water accumulated in the leakage cavity 15 can be smoothly discharged, and the use reliability of the water softener is improved.

In some embodiments, the outlet 104 is provided in plurality, and the plurality of outlets 104 are arranged at intervals along the circumference of the salting port 103. As shown in fig. 4, the outlet 104 has two outlets 104, two outlets 104 are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the salting port 103, and each outlet 104 extends in the circumferential direction of the salting port 103.

In some embodiments, the bottom wall 151 is disposed downwardly in a direction toward the side wall 152 (to the right as viewed in fig. 3 and 4). In other words, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the bottom wall 151 extends rightward and is inclined downward such that the right end of the bottom wall 151 is lower than the left end of the bottom wall 151, so that the water leaking into the leakage chamber 15 through the leakage port 105 and the breathing port 21 in the water inlet passage 11 further smoothly flows toward the outlet 104 and is discharged from the outlet 104.

In some specific embodiments, the bottom wall 151 includes a first bottom wall 1511 and a second bottom wall 1512 connected in series in a direction toward the side wall 152 (from left to right in fig. 4), the first bottom wall 1511 is horizontally disposed (horizontally extending in a left-right direction in fig. 4), the first bottom wall 1511 is opposite to the breathing opening 21, and the second bottom wall 1512 is obliquely disposed downward in the direction toward the side wall 152 (from left to right in fig. 4). In other words, as shown in fig. 4, the bottom wall 151 includes a first bottom wall 1511 and a second bottom wall 1512, the first bottom wall 1511 and the breathing opening 21 are disposed opposite to each other in the up-down direction, the right end of the first bottom wall 1511 is connected to the left end of the second bottom wall 1512, the first bottom wall 1511 extends horizontally in the left-right direction, and the second bottom wall 1512 extends from left to right and inclines downward so that the right end of the bottom wall 151 is lower than the left end of the bottom wall 151, thereby facilitating the drainage of the accumulated water in the leakage cavity 15.

In some embodiments, the top wall 153 includes a first top wall 1531 and a second top wall 1532 sequentially arranged (from left to right as viewed in fig. 4) in a direction toward the side wall 152, the second top wall 1532 being higher than the first top wall 1531. In other words, as shown in fig. 4, the top wall 153 includes a first top wall 1531 and a second top wall 1532, the second top wall 1532 is located at the right side of the first top wall 1531, and the second top wall 1532 is higher than the first top wall 1531. It will be appreciated that the second top wall 1532 is closer to the side wall 152 than the first top wall 1531, and the height of the second top wall 1532 is higher than that of the first top wall 1531, since the water level leaking into the leakage cavity 15 from the leakage opening 105 and the breathing opening 21 is flush with the first top wall 1531, so that the part of the outlet 104 higher than the first top wall 1531 can be used for air exhaustion, and therefore, air exhaustion and water drainage are performed simultaneously, and smooth water drainage from the leakage cavity 15 is facilitated.

In some embodiments, the top wall 153 further includes a third top wall 1533, the third top wall 1533 connects the first top wall 1531 and the second top wall 1532, and the first top wall 1531 and the second top wall 1532 are both horizontally disposed. In other words, as shown in fig. 4, the lower end of the third top wall 1533 is connected to the first top wall 1531, the upper end of the third top wall 1533 is connected to the second top wall 1532, the first top wall 1531 and the second top wall 1532 both extend in the left-right direction, and the third top wall 1533 extends in the up-down direction. It is understood that the first and second

top walls

1531 and 1532 are not limited to a horizontal arrangement.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the body 1 further has a saline passage 16 therein, and the saline passage 16 is communicated with the saline chamber 13. Specifically, the brine cavity 13 is arranged above the resin cavity 12, the brine passage 16 and the brine cavity 13 are sequentially arranged along the left-right direction, an opening 106 is formed in the wall which encloses the brine passage 16, and the brine passage 16 is communicated with the brine cavity 13 through the opening 106. It will be appreciated that in the regeneration state, the brine chamber 13 communicates with the resin chamber 12 through the brine passage 16. The saturated saline water in the upper part of the saline water cavity 13 can enter the saline water channel 16 through the opening 106, the saline water in the saline water channel 16 enters the resin cavity 12, the resin in the resin cavity 12 absorbs sodium ions in the saline water, the regeneration of the resin is realized, and meanwhile, the resin absorbs calcium and magnesium ions in the saline water.

Further, the body 1 is provided with a first passage 17 and a second passage 18, the first passage 17 is communicated with the saline chamber 13, the second passage 18 is communicated with the resin chamber 12, the water inlet passage 11 is communicated with the second passage 18 in a softening state, the water inlet passage 11 is communicated with the first passage 17 in a regeneration state, and the saline passage 16 is communicated with the second passage 18.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the first channel 17 includes a first upwardly extending channel 171 and a first downwardly extending channel 172, a top of the first upwardly extending channel 171 communicates with a top of the first downwardly extending channel 172, the first downwardly extending channel 172 communicates with the brine chamber 13, and in the regeneration state, communicates with the first upwardly extending channel 171 through the water inlet channel 11 to communicate the water inlet channel 11 with the brine chamber 13.

As shown in fig. 3, 6-8, the water softener further includes a check valve 3, and the check valve 3 is provided in the first upwardly extending passage 171 to prevent the brine in the brine chamber 13 from sequentially passing through the first downwardly extending passage 172 and the first upwardly extending passage 171 into the water inlet passage 11. In other words, in the regeneration state, the inlet water in the inlet water passage 11 may sequentially enter the brine chamber 13 through the first upward extending passage 171 and the first downward extending passage 172. A check valve 3 is provided in the first upwardly extending passage 171, and the check valve 3 allows only the water to flow from the bottom up but does not allow the water to flow downward. Because in the use of dishwasher, the temperature in the dishwasher can reach more than 70 ℃, and the air expansion pressure in the brine chamber 13 is increased at this moment, and the brine in the brine chamber 13 easily flows backward to the first downward extension channel 172, can avoid the brine in the brine chamber 13 to flow backward into the water inlet channel 11 through the first downward extension channel 172 and the first upward extension channel 171 in proper order through the check valve 3, avoid the waste of saturated brine.

Further, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the water softener further includes a partition plate 4, the partition plate 4 divides the first upward extending passage 171 into a first upper extending passage 1711 and a first lower extending passage 1712, the partition plate 4 is provided with a through hole 41 to communicate the first upper extending passage 1711 with the first lower extending passage 1712, and the check valve 3 is a sealing ball which can open and close the through hole 41. In other words, in the regeneration state, the water in the water inlet passage 11 can enter the first lower extension passage 1712, as the water inlet in the first lower extension passage 1712 increases, the sealing ball is pushed out of the through hole 41, the water in the first lower extension passage 1712 enters the first upper extension passage 1711, and the water in the first upper extension passage 1711 can enter the saline chamber 13 through the first downward extension passage 172; when the temperature of the dishwasher reaches more than 70 ℃, the sealing ball blocks the through hole 41, the saline in the saline cavity 13 can not flow back, thereby avoiding the waste of saturated saline.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, 6-7, the water softener further comprises a blocking plate 5, the blocking plate 5 is disposed in the brine chamber 13 and opposite to the bottom surface of the brine chamber 13, and water entering the brine chamber 13 through the first downward extending passage 172 enters the brine chamber 3 along the sidewall surface of the blocking plate 5. It will be appreciated that by providing the blocking plate 5 within the saline chamber 13, the direction of water entry into the saline chamber 13 can be altered to avoid the impact of the water lifting up undissolved salt.

Specifically, the first channel 17 further includes a first horizontally extending channel 173, the first horizontally extending channel 173 is located below the brine chamber 13 and is communicated with the first downwardly extending channel 172, a hole is opened in the bottom surface of the brine chamber 13, and the brine chamber 13 is communicated with the first horizontally extending channel 173 through the hole. The blocking plate 5 horizontally extends within the saline chamber 13 to divide the saline chamber 13 into an upper saline chamber 131 and a lower saline chamber 132, and the upper saline chamber 131 and the lower saline chamber 132 communicate with each other. The water entering from the holes on the bottom surface of the lower saline chamber 132 enters the lower saline chamber 132 and flows along the lower surface of the blocking plate 5 to enter the upper saline chamber 131, thereby changing the flow direction of the water.

In some specific embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the water inlet passage 11 includes a first water inlet passage section 111, a second water inlet passage section 112, a third water inlet passage section 113 and a fourth water inlet passage section 114 which are communicated with each other, the first water inlet passage section 111 extends upward and is located at the left side of the resin chamber 12 and the brine chamber 13, the second water inlet passage section 112 extends downward from the upper end of the first water inlet passage section 111 and is located at the left side of the brine chamber 13, the third water inlet passage section 113 extends horizontally rightward from the lower end of the second water inlet passage section 112 and is located between the brine chamber 13 and the resin chamber 12, the fourth water inlet passage section 114 extends vertically upward from the right end of the third water inlet passage section 113, and the fourth water inlet passage section 114 is communicated with the first upward extending passage 171 in the regeneration state. Specifically, in the regeneration state, the fourth water inlet passage segment 114 communicates with the first lower extension passage 1712.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the second channel 18 includes a first vertical channel section 181, a first horizontal channel section 182, a second vertical channel section 183, and a second horizontal channel section 184 that communicate with each other, the first vertical channel section 181 extends vertically downward and is located on the right side of the brine chamber 13 and above the resin chamber 12, the first horizontal channel section 182 extends leftward from the lower end of the first vertical channel section 181 and is located between the third water inlet channel section 113 and the resin chamber 12, the second vertical channel section 183 extends vertically downward from the left end of the first horizontal channel section 182 and is located on the left side of the resin chamber 12, the second horizontal channel section 184 extends rightward from the lower end of the second vertical channel section 183 and is located below the resin chamber 12, the second horizontal channel section 184 communicates with the resin chamber 12, and the fourth water inlet channel section 114 communicates with the first vertical channel section 181 in a softened state.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 6, the brine passage 16 includes a first vertical brine passage section 161, a first horizontal brine passage section 162, a second vertical brine passage section 163, a second horizontal brine passage section 164, and a third vertical brine passage section 165 that communicate with each other, the first vertical brine passage section 161 extending vertically upward and located at the right side of the brine chamber 13, the opening 106 communicating the first vertical brine passage section 161 and the brine chamber 13, the first horizontal brine passage section 162 extending rightward from the upper end of the first vertical brine passage section 161 and located above the first passage 17, the second vertical brine passage section 163 extending vertically downward from the right end of the first horizontal brine passage section 162 and located at the right side of the first passage 17, the second horizontal brine passage section 164 extending rightward from the lower end of the second vertical brine passage section 163, the third vertical brine passage section 165 extending vertically downward from the right end of the second horizontal brine passage section 164 and located at the right side of the first vertical passage section 181, the third vertical brine passage section 165 communicates with the first vertical passage section 181 in the regeneration state.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the body 1 further has a drainage chamber 19 therein, the body 1 is further provided with a sewage inlet 107, a sewage outlet 108 and a communication hole (not shown), the sewage inlet 107, the drainage chamber 19 and the sewage outlet 108 are sequentially communicated, and the drainage chamber 19 is communicated with the atmosphere through the communication hole. Specifically, the sewage inlet 107 and the sewage outlet 108 are opened at the bottom of the body 1, and the water inlet 101, the sewage outlet 108 and the sewage inlet 107 are sequentially arranged from left to right and spaced apart from each other.

It can be understood that, when the dishwasher washes, the drainage cavity 19 communicates with the atmosphere through the communication hole, the water in the inner container of the dishwasher cannot enter the drainage cavity 19 through the sewage inlet 107, when the sewage in the inner container of the dishwasher needs to be discharged, the sewage in the inner container of the dishwasher is pumped into the drainage cavity 19 through the sewage inlet 107 under the action of the drainage pump (not shown), and is discharged through the sewage outlet 108 in the drainage cavity 107. The drainage chamber 19 performs a drainage function.

Further, the drain chamber 19 includes a sewage inlet chamber 191 and a sewage discharge chamber 192 sequentially arranged from right to left, the sewage inlet chamber 191 includes a first sewage inlet chamber section 1911 and a second sewage inlet chamber section 1912 communicated with each other, the first sewage inlet chamber section 1911 extends upward from the sewage inlet 107, the second sewage inlet chamber 1912 extends upward from the top of the first sewage inlet chamber section 1911 and is inclined to the left, the sewage discharge chamber 192 includes a first sewage outlet chamber section 1921 and a second sewage outlet chamber section 1922 communicated with each other, the first sewage outlet chamber section 1921 extends upward from the sewage outlet 108, the second sewage outlet chamber section 1922 extends upward from the top of the first sewage inlet chamber section 1921 and is inclined to the left, the top of the second sewage outlet chamber section 1922 is communicated with the top of the second sewage inlet chamber section 1912, and the communication hole is arranged at the top of the second sewage outlet chamber 1922.

A water softener according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 8.

As shown in fig. 1 to 8, the water softener according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a body 1, a respirator insert 2, a check valve 3, a partition plate 4, and a blocking plate 5.

The body 1 is internally provided with a water inlet channel 11, a resin cavity 12, a brine cavity 13, a water outlet channel 14, a leakage cavity 15, a brine channel 16, a first channel 17, a second channel 18 and a water drainage cavity 19, the body 1 is provided with a water inlet 101, a water outlet 102, a salt adding port 103, two outlets 104, a leakage port 105, an opening 106, a sewage inlet 107 and a sewage outlet 108, the water outlet 102 is communicated with the water outlet channel 14, and the water outlet channel 14 is communicated with the resin cavity 12.

Wherein the leakage cavity 15 is located above the brine cavity 13, the brine cavity 13 is located above the resin cavity 12, and the drainage cavity 19 is located below the brine cavity 13 and is sequentially arranged from left to right with the resin cavity 12 and spaced apart from each other. The water inlet 101, the sewage outlet 108 and the sewage inlet 107 are all arranged at the lower end of the side surface of the body 1 and are sequentially arranged from left to right, the water outlet 102 is arranged at the right end of the body 1, and the outlet 104 and the salt adding port 103 are arranged at the upper end of the side surface of the body 1.

The water inlet passage 11 includes a first water inlet passage section 111, a second water inlet passage section 112, a third water inlet passage section 113 and a fourth water inlet passage section 114 which are communicated with each other, the first water inlet passage section 111 extends upward and is positioned at the left side of the resin chamber 12 and the brine chamber 13, the lower end of the first water inlet passage section 111 is communicated with the water inlet 101, the second water inlet passage section 112 extends downward from the top end of the first water inlet passage section 111 and is positioned at the left side of the brine chamber 13, the third water inlet passage section 113 extends horizontally rightward from the lower end of the second water inlet passage section 112 and is positioned between the brine chamber 13 and the resin chamber 12, the fourth water inlet passage section 114 extends vertically upward from the right end of the third water inlet passage section 113, and the fourth water inlet passage section 114 is communicated with the first upward extending passage 171 in a regeneration state.

Leak 105 is opened on the wall that encloses into second inlet passage section 112 and is located the upper end of second inlet passage section 112, and leak 105 communicates second inlet passage section 112 and leak chamber 15, and respirator insert 2 is established at the upper end of second inlet passage section 112, and breathing opening 21 on respirator insert 2 corresponds and communicates with leak 105.

The salt adding port 103 is located on the right side of the leakage cavity 15, the wall enclosing the leakage cavity 15 comprises a bottom wall 151, a side wall 152 and a top wall 153, the bottom wall 151 is located below the breathing port 21 or the leakage port 105, the bottom wall 151 comprises a first bottom wall 1511 and a second bottom wall 1512, the first bottom wall 1511 is arranged opposite to the breathing port 21 or the leakage port 105 in the up-and-down direction, the right end of the first bottom wall 1511 is connected with the left end of the second bottom wall 1512, the first bottom wall 1511 horizontally extends in the left-and-right direction, the second bottom wall 1512 extends from left to right and inclines downwards, and the right end of the second bottom wall 1512 is adjacent to the salt adding port 103.

The top wall 153 is located above the bottom wall 151 and spaced apart from the bottom wall 151 in the up-down direction, the top wall 153 is located at the right lower side of the breathing port 21 or the leakage port 105, the top wall 153 includes a first top wall 1531, a second top wall 1532 and a third top wall 1533, the first top wall 1531 and the second top wall 1532 both extend in the left-right direction, the second top wall 1532 is higher than the first top wall 1531, the third top wall 1533 extends in the up-down direction, the right end of the first top wall 1531 is connected to the lower end of the third top wall 1533, the left end of the second top wall 1532 is connected to the upper end of the third top wall 1533, and the right end of the second top wall 1532 is adjacent to the salt adding port 103.

The sidewall 152 extends along the circumference of the salt adding port 103, that is, the sidewall 152 is arc-shaped, the sidewall 152 is disposed adjacent to the salt adding port 103 and is located on the left side of the salt adding port 103, the right end of the second bottom wall 1512 is connected with the lower end of the sidewall 152, and the right end of the second top wall 1532 is connected with the upper end of the sidewall 152.

The outlets 104 communicate with the leakage cavity 15, the two outlets 104 are located between the right end of the second top wall 1532 and the right end of the second bottom wall 1512, and the outlets 104 are disposed adjacent to the side wall 152 and to the left of the side wall 152. Two outlets 104 are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the salting port 103, and each outlet 104 extends in the circumferential direction of the salting port 103.

It can be understood that the inlet water in the inlet channel 11 can be discharged out of the body 1 through the leakage opening 105, the breathing opening 21, the leakage cavity 15 and the outlet 104, and the outlet 104 is arranged at the periphery of the salt adding opening 103, so that the dishwasher with the water softener can be applied without additionally adding a structure matched with the outlet 104, thereby improving the reasonable distribution of the inner space of the dishwasher. The right end through the bottom wall 151 is lower than the left end of the bottom wall 151, thereby facilitating smooth drainage of accumulated water in the leakage cavity 15. By making the second top wall 1532 higher than the first top wall 1531, the portion of the outlet 104 higher than the first top wall 1531 can be used for air exhaust, so that air exhaust and water drainage can be performed simultaneously, and water in the leakage cavity 15 can be discharged smoothly.

The brine passage 16 is provided at the right side in the brine chamber 13, the brine passage 16 includes a first vertical brine passage section 161, a first horizontal brine passage section 162, a second vertical brine passage section 163, a second horizontal brine passage section 164, and a third vertical brine passage section 165 communicating with each other, the first vertical brine passage section 161 extends vertically upward and is located at the right side of the brine chamber 13, an opening 106 is opened on a wall enclosing the first vertical brine passage section 161 to communicate the first vertical brine passage section 161 and the brine chamber 13, the first horizontal brine passage section 162 extends rightward from the top end of the first vertical brine passage section 161 and is located above the first passage 17, the second vertical brine passage section 163 extends vertically downward from the right end of the first horizontal brine passage section 162 and is located at the right side of the first passage 17, the second horizontal brine passage section 164 extends rightward from the lower end of the second vertical brine passage section 163, the third vertical brine channel section 165 extends vertically downward from the right end of the second horizontal brine channel section 164 and is located at the right side of the first vertical channel section 181.

The first passage 17 includes a first upward extending passage 171, a first downward extending passage 172, and a first horizontally extending passage 173, the partition plate 4 divides the first upward extending passage 171 into a first upper extending passage 1711 and a first lower extending passage 1712, the partition plate 4 is provided with a through hole 41 to communicate the first upper extending passage 1711 with the first lower extending passage 1712, the top of the first upper extending passage 1711 communicates with the top of the first downward extending passage 172, the first horizontally extending passage 173 is located below the saline chamber 13, the bottom of the first downward extending passage 172 is connected to the right end of the first horizontally extending passage 173, the bottom of the saline chamber 13 is provided with a hole through which the saline chamber 13 communicates with the first downward extending passage 172 and the first horizontally extending passage 173.

The check valve 3 is provided in the first upper extending passage 1711, and the check valve 3 is a sealing ball that opens and closes the through hole 41. In other words, in the regeneration state, the water in the water inlet passage 11 can enter the first lower extension passage 1712, as the water inlet in the first lower extension passage 1712 increases, the sealing ball is pushed out of the through hole 41, the water in the first lower extension passage 1712 enters the first upper extension passage 1711, and the water in the first upper extension passage 1711 can enter the saline chamber 13 through the first downward extension passage 172; when the temperature of the dishwasher reaches more than 70 ℃, the sealing ball blocks the through hole 41, the saline in the saline cavity 13 can not flow back, thereby avoiding the waste of saturated saline.

The blocking plate 5 is provided in the brine chamber 13 and disposed opposite to the bottom surface of the brine chamber 13, the blocking plate 5 horizontally extends in the brine chamber 13 to divide the brine chamber 13 into the upper brine chamber 131 and the lower brine chamber 132, and the upper brine chamber 131 and the lower brine chamber 132 are communicated with each other. The water entering from the holes on the bottom surface of the lower saline chamber 132 enters the lower saline chamber 132 and flows along the lower surface of the blocking plate 5 to enter the upper saline chamber 131, thereby changing the flow direction of the water.

The second passage 18 includes a first vertical passage section 181, a first horizontal passage section 182, a second vertical passage section 183, and a second horizontal passage section 184 that communicate with each other, the first vertical passage section 181 extends vertically downward and is located on the right side of the brine chamber 13 and above the resin chamber 12, the first horizontal passage section 182 extends leftward from the lower end of the first vertical passage section 181 and is located between the third water inlet passage section 113 and the resin chamber 12, the second vertical passage section 183 extends vertically downward from the left end of the first horizontal passage section 182 and is located on the left side of the resin chamber 12, and the second horizontal passage section 184 extends rightward from the lower end of the second vertical passage section 183 and is located below the resin chamber 12 and the second horizontal passage section 184 communicates with the resin chamber 12.

The fourth water inlet passage section 114 is communicated with the first vertical passage section 181 in the softened state, so that the inlet water in the water inlet passage 11 enters the resin cavity 12 through the second passage 18; in the regeneration state the water inlet passage 11 communicates with the first upwardly extending passage 171 so that inlet water in the water inlet passage 11 enters the brine chamber 13 through the first passage, and the third vertical brine passage section 165 communicates with the first vertical passage section 181 so that brine in the brine passage 16 enters the resin chamber 12 through the second passage 18.

The drainage cavity 19 comprises a sewage inlet cavity 191 and a sewage outlet cavity 192 which are sequentially arranged from right to left, the sewage inlet cavity 191 comprises a first sewage inlet cavity section 1911 and a second sewage inlet cavity section 1912 which are communicated with each other, the first sewage inlet cavity section 1911 extends upwards from the sewage inlet 107, the second sewage inlet cavity 1912 section extends upwards from the top of the first sewage inlet cavity section 1911 and inclines towards the left, the sewage outlet cavity 192 comprises a first sewage outlet cavity section 1921 and a second sewage outlet cavity section 1922 which are communicated with each other, the first sewage outlet cavity section 1921 extends upwards from the sewage outlet 108, the second sewage outlet cavity section 1922 extends upwards from the top of the first sewage inlet cavity section 1921 and inclines towards the left, the top of the second sewage outlet cavity section 1922 is communicated with the top of the second sewage inlet cavity section 1912, and a communication hole is formed in the top of the second sewage outlet cavity 1922 so that the drainage cavity 19 is communicated with the atmosphere.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean 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 are not necessarily intended to 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. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. 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 present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water softener, comprising:

a body, this internal inhalant canal, resin chamber, salt water chamber and salt water passageway of having, the salt water passageway with salt water chamber intercommunication, this internal first passageway and with the second passageway of resin chamber intercommunication still have, first passageway includes first upwards extension passageway and first downwards extension passageway, the top of first upwards extension passageway and the top intercommunication of first downwards extension passageway, first downwards extension passageway with salt water chamber intercommunication,

wherein the water softener has a softened state in which the water inlet passage and the second passage communicate, and a regenerated state in which the water inlet passage and the first upwardly extending passage communicate, and the brine passage and the second passage communicate;

one-way valve, one-way valve establishes in order to avoid in the first upwards extension passageway saline in the salt solution chamber passes through in proper order first downwards extension passageway with first upwards extension passageway gets into in the inhalant canal.

2. The water softener according to claim 1, further comprising a partition dividing the first upwardly extending passage into a first upper extending passage and a first lower extending passage, the partition being provided with a through hole to communicate the first upper extending passage and the first lower extending passage, the check valve being a sealing ball which opens and closes the through hole.

3. The water softener of claim 1 further comprising a blocking plate disposed within the brine chamber and disposed opposite the bottom surface of the brine chamber, water entering the brine chamber through the first downwardly extending passage entering the brine chamber along a side wall surface of the blocking plate.

4. The water softener of claim 1 wherein the inlet passage includes a first inlet passage section, a second inlet passage section, a third inlet passage section and a fourth inlet passage section that communicate with each other, the first inlet passage section extending upward and being located on the left side of the resin chamber and the brine chamber, the second inlet passage section extending downward from the first inlet passage section and being located on the left side of the brine chamber, the third inlet passage section extending horizontally from the second inlet passage section and being located between the brine chamber and the resin chamber, the fourth inlet passage section extending vertically upward from the third inlet passage section, the fourth inlet passage section communicating with the first upward extending passage in the regeneration state.

5. The water softener of claim 4 wherein the second passage comprises a first vertical passage section, a first horizontal passage section, a second vertical passage section and a second horizontal passage section communicating with each other, the first vertical channel section extends vertically downward and is positioned at the right side of the brine cavity and above the resin cavity, the first horizontal channel section extends leftwardly from the first vertical channel section and is located between the third water inlet channel section and the resin chamber, the second vertical channel section extends vertically downwards from the first horizontal channel section and is positioned at the left side of the resin cavity, the second horizontal passage section extends rightward from the second vertical passage section and is located below the resin cavity, the second horizontal passage section is in communication with the resin cavity, and the fourth water inlet passage section is in communication with the first vertical passage section in the softened state.

6. The water softener of claim 5 wherein the brine passage includes a first vertical brine passage section extending vertically upward and located at the right side of the brine chamber, a first horizontal brine passage section communicating with the brine chamber, a second vertical brine passage section extending rightward from the first vertical brine passage section and located above the first passage, a second vertical brine passage section extending vertically downward from the first horizontal brine passage section and located at the right side of the first passage, a third vertical brine passage section extending vertically downward from the second horizontal brine passage section and located at the right side of the first vertical passage section, the third vertical brine channel section is in communication with the first vertical channel section in the regeneration state.

7. The water softener according to any one of claims 1-6, further comprising a respirator insert mounted in the water inlet passage, wherein the respirator insert is provided with a breathing port, wherein a wall forming the water inlet passage is provided with a leakage port, wherein the leakage port is positioned below the highest position of the water inlet passage, the leakage port corresponds to and communicates with the breathing port, the water inlet passage is further provided with a leakage cavity in the body, the water inlet passage is communicated with the leakage cavity through the breathing port and the leakage port, the body is further provided with a salt adding port and an outlet communicated with the outside, and the outlet is arranged adjacent to the salt adding port and is communicated with the leakage cavity.

8. The water softener according to claim 7, wherein the wall enclosing the leakage chamber comprises a bottom wall, a side wall and a top wall, the bottom wall comprises a first bottom wall and a second bottom wall which are sequentially connected from left to right, the first bottom wall is horizontally arranged and opposite to the breathing port, the second bottom wall extends right and downward, the top wall comprises a first top wall, a second top wall and a third top wall, the first top wall and the second top wall are sequentially arranged from left to right, the first top wall and the second top wall are both horizontally arranged, the second top wall is higher than the first top wall, the third top wall is connected with the first top wall and the second top wall, the side wall is adjacent to the salt adding port, and the side wall connects the right end of the second bottom wall and the right end of the second top wall.

9. The water softener according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein a drain chamber is further provided in the body, the body is further provided with a sewage inlet, a sewage outlet and a communication hole, the sewage inlet, the drain chamber and the sewage outlet are communicated in sequence, and the drain chamber is communicated with the atmosphere through the communication hole.

10. The water softener of claim 9 wherein the drain chamber comprises a sewage inlet chamber and a sewage discharge chamber, the sewage inlet chamber comprising a first sewage inlet chamber section and a second sewage inlet chamber section communicating with each other, the first sewage inlet chamber section extending upward from the sewage inlet, the second sewage inlet chamber section extending upward from a top of the first sewage inlet chamber section and being inclined to the left,

the blowdown water cavity includes first play sewage cavity section and second play sewage cavity section that communicate each other, first play sewage cavity section is followed sewage outlet upwards extends, the second goes out sewage cavity section and follows the top of first entering sewage cavity section upwards extends and inclines to the left, the top of second play sewage cavity section with the top intercommunication of sewage cavity section is advanced to the second, the intercommunicating pore is established the top of sewage cavity is advanced to the second.