CN113605504B - Self-cleaning water pumping type toilet cistern - Google Patents

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CN113605504B
CN113605504B CN202110861501.9A CN202110861501A CN113605504B CN 113605504 B CN113605504 B CN 113605504B CN 202110861501 A CN202110861501 A CN 202110861501A CN 113605504 B CN113605504 B CN 113605504B
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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent home, and discloses a self-cleaning water pumping type toilet water tank which comprises a tank body, wherein a support is fixedly connected to the middle of an inner cavity of the tank body, a storage tank is fixedly installed in the middle of the support, and an outlet is formed in the middle of the bottom end of the storage tank. Through the arrangement of the storage box, the movable rod, the hollow cylinder and the baffle, the toilet cleaner is separated from the toilet water tank, a certain amount of water enters the storage box to be contacted with the toilet cleaner when the toilet water tank is flushed each time, so that the toilet cleaner is partially dissolved in the entered water body, the outlet is opened before flushing, the dissolved toilet cleaner solution is contacted with the water body inside the box body and is dissolved into the water body inside the toilet water tank, and the toilet is cleaned and disinfected along with the water drainage of the water tank, so that a certain amount of water is contacted and dissolved with the toilet cleaner each time, the toilet cleaner is effectively prevented from being contacted with the water body all the time, and the waste of the toilet cleaner is reduced.

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Self-cleaning water pumping type toilet cistern
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent home, in particular to a self-cleaning water pumping type toilet water tank.
Background
The basic principle of the toilet bowl is that the potential energy of water is converted into the kinetic energy of water by utilizing the gravity of the water, so that excreted dirt is wrapped and enters a sewer pipe, along with popularization of the toilet bowl, people begin to pay more attention to sanitation of the toilet bowl, toilet cleaning agents are generally put into a water tank, namely, blue bubbles, solid toilet cleaning agents, automatic toilet cleaning agents and toilet cleaning blocks, the toilet cleaning agents are solids containing cleaning agents, essence and degerming agents, the toilet cleaning agents are the currently popular toilet cleaning agents, the intractable dirt in a toilet bowl can be rapidly and effectively decomposed, the cleaning agents do not need to be scrubbed with effort, the sterilizing effect is achieved, meanwhile, bacteria hidden in the bowl can be killed, and the toilet bowl can be cleaned by only putting the toilet cleaning agents into the water tank of the toilet bowl, and the toilet cleaning agents can be dissolved in water each time.
However, the following problems often exist when people use the toilet cleaner in a water tank: firstly, because people generally and conveniently put the toilet cleaner into the water tank of the toilet bowl for convenience, the toilet cleaner is dissolved in water, and the effect of cleaning the toilet bowl can be achieved when the toilet cleaner is flushed, but the direct put mode also leads to the contact of the toilet cleaner with water in the water tank all the time in the flushing and non-flushing processes, thereby leading to the rapid and excessive dissolution of the toilet cleaner in the water tank, leading to the great reduction of the effective components of the toilet cleaner in the water tank of the toilet bowl after flushing for several times, leading to the need of frequently adding new toilet cleaners, and causing the waste of the toilet cleaner.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the background technology, the invention provides a self-cleaning water pumping type toilet water tank which has the advantages of waste prevention and good cleaning effect and solves the problems of the background technology.
The invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a self-cleaning water pumping formula closestool water tank, includes the box, the middle part fixedly connected with support of box inner chamber, the middle part fixed mounting of support has the bin, the export has been seted up at the middle part of bin bottom, and the through-hole has all been seted up at the middle part of bin both sides, go out the water switch is installed to one side at bin upper end middle part, the middle part fixedly connected with supporting spring of bin upper end, the movable rod has all been cup jointed to the inside of bin both sides wall, the through-hole has all been seted up to the bottom of movable rod, the upper end fixedly connected with backup pad of movable rod, the middle part fixedly connected with of backup pad upper end cup joints the depression bar with the box activity, the bottom fixedly connected with gag lever post of movable rod, the below of movable rod is provided with the cavity of seting up in bin both sides wall inside, the hollow cylinder has all been seted up to the both sides of hollow cylinder inner wall, the gag lever post passes through the screw thread recess and hollow cylinder activity cup joints, the bottom fixedly connected with wire wheel, wire wheel's side swing joint has the rope, the slider is close to the fixed connection of the side of wire wheel has the inside the slider, the slider is close to the fixed connection of the one end of fixedly cup joints.
Preferably, a coil spring with one end fixedly connected with the hollow cylinder is arranged above the wire wheel, the other end of the coil spring is fixedly connected with the side wall of the cavity, an impeller movably sleeved with the storage box is fixedly connected to the bottom of the hollow cylinder, and a reset spring with the other end fixedly connected with the storage box is fixedly connected to one end of the sliding block, which is close to the wire wheel.
Preferably, the through hole and the penetrating hole are positioned in the same vertical plane, and the height of the penetrating hole is lower than the height of the water stored in the tank body.
Preferably, the thread grooves are arranged in two groups, and the thread grooves in two groups are symmetrically and alternately distributed.
Preferably, the connecting rope is made of inelastic material.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. through the arrangement of the storage box, the movable rod, the hollow cylinder and the baffle, the toilet cleaner is separated from the toilet water tank, a certain amount of water enters the storage box to be contacted with the toilet cleaner when the toilet water tank is flushed each time, so that the toilet cleaner is partially dissolved in the entered water body, the outlet is opened before flushing, the dissolved toilet cleaner solution is contacted with the water body inside the box body and is dissolved into the water body inside the toilet water tank, and the toilet is cleaned and disinfected along with the water drainage of the water tank, so that a certain amount of water is contacted and dissolved with the toilet cleaner each time, the toilet cleaner is effectively prevented from being contacted with the water body all the time, and the waste of the toilet cleaner is reduced.
2. Through hollow cylinder, screw thread recess, coil spring, impeller's setting for when needs are washed by water, the hollow cylinder of in-process is moving down and rising at the depression bar is taking place rotary motion all the time, thereby makes the impeller carry out intensive mixing to the inside water of box when the precious solution of bin discharge toilet cleaning, not only can make the precious solution of toilet cleaning intensive mixing in the water, improves the washing effect, can prevent the inside impurity deposit of box moreover, guarantees the sanitation and hygiene in the water tank.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure A of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a cross-section of the bottom of the storage case of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the internal thread groove of the hollow cylinder of the structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a case; 2. a bracket; 3. a storage tank; 4. a water outlet switch; 5. a support spring; 6. a movable rod; 7. a through hole; 8. a support plate; 9. a compression bar; 10. an outlet; 11. a through hole; 12. a limit rod; 13. a cavity; 14. a hollow cylinder; 15. a thread groove; 16. a coil spring; 17. a wire wheel; 18. an impeller; 19. a connecting rope; 20. a slide block; 21. a return spring; 22. and a baffle.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, a self-cleaning water pumping type toilet cistern comprises a cistern body 1, a bracket 2 fixedly connected to the middle part of the inner cavity of the cistern body 1, a storage box 3 fixedly mounted at the middle part of the bracket 2, an outlet 10 provided at the middle part of the bottom end of the storage box 3, through holes 11 provided at the middle parts of both sides of the storage box 3, a water outlet switch 4 provided at one side of the middle part of the upper end of the storage box 3, a supporting spring 5 fixedly connected to the middle part of the upper end of the storage box 3, movable rods 6 movably sleeved in the inner parts of both side walls of the storage box 3, through holes 7 provided at the bottom of the movable rods 6, a supporting plate 8 fixedly connected to the upper ends of the movable rods 6, a pressing rod 9 fixedly connected to the middle part of the upper end of the supporting plate 8 movably sleeved with the cistern body 1, a limit rod 12 fixedly connected to the bottom of the movable rods 6, the lower part of the movable rod 6 is provided with a cavity 13 which is arranged inside the side walls of the two sides of the storage box 3, the middle part of the cavity 13 is movably sleeved with a hollow cylinder 14, both sides of the inner wall of the hollow cylinder 14 are provided with threaded grooves 15, the limiting rod 12 is movably sleeved with the hollow cylinder 14 through the threaded grooves 15, the bottom of the hollow cylinder 14 is fixedly connected with a wire wheel 17, the side surface of the wire wheel 17 is movably sleeved with a connecting rope 19, the connecting rope 19 is made of inelastic material, the other end of the connecting rope 19 is fixedly connected with a sliding block 20 which is movably sleeved with the storage box 3, the middle part of one end of the sliding block 20, which is close to the outlet 10, is fixedly connected with a baffle 22, the upper part of the wire wheel 17 is provided with a coil spring 16, one end of which is fixedly connected with the hollow cylinder 14, the other end of the coil spring 16 is fixedly connected with the side wall of the cavity 13, the bottom of the hollow cylinder 14 is fixedly connected with an impeller 18 which is movably sleeved with the storage box 3, one end of the sliding block 20, which is close to the wire wheel 17, is fixedly connected with a reset spring 21, and the other end of the sliding block is fixedly connected with the storage box 3.
Wherein, through-hole 7 and through-hole 11 are in same vertical plane, and the height of through-hole 11 is less than the inside water storage's of box 1 height, when not flushing, through-hole 7 and through-hole 11 are in crisscross state, lead to the unable bin 3 that gets into of water in the box 1, can avoid when not needing to wash by water, and the toilet cleaning is precious by excessive dissolution, causes the waste of toilet cleaning precious.
The threaded grooves 15 are arranged in two groups, the two groups of threaded grooves 15 are symmetrically and alternately distributed, when the pressure rod 9 is pressed down by flushing water, the hollow cylinder 14 rotates due to the cooperation of the limiting rod 12 and the threaded grooves 15, the connecting rope 19 can be wound by the wire wheel 17, the outlet 10 is opened, and toilet cleaning solution in the storage box 3 can enter the box body 1; when the compression bar 9 is loosened, the hollow cylinder 14 starts to rotate reversely under the combined action of the limiting rod 12 and the coil spring 16, so that the baffle 22 seals the outlet 10 again, and the phenomenon that the toilet cleaner contacts with water in the box body 1 after flushing is finished to cause high dissolution of the toilet cleaner and waste is avoided; simultaneously make impeller 18 can carry out intensive mixing to the inside water of box 1 when the precious solution of bin 3 discharge toilet cleaning, not only can make the precious solution of toilet cleaning intensive mixing in the water, improve the washing effect, can prevent the inside impurity deposit of box 1 moreover, guarantee the sanitation and hygiene in the water tank.
The working principle is that when flushing is not needed, the through hole 7 is positioned above the through hole 11 due to the action of the supporting spring 5, the through hole 7 and the through hole 11 are in a staggered state, and the two side baffles 22 are also in a fitting state under the action of the reset spring 21, so that water in the box body 1 cannot enter the storage box 3, and waste of the toilet cleaning device caused by excessive dissolution of the toilet cleaning device when flushing is not needed can be avoided;
when flushing, the pressure rod 9 is pressed downwards, in the downward movement process of the pressure rod 9, firstly, the through hole 7 moves downwards and gradually coincides with the through hole 11, so that a part of water in the tank body 1 can enter the storage tank 3 to be contacted with the toilet cleaner, the toilet cleaner is partially dissolved in a water body, meanwhile, the limit rod 12 moves downwards synchronously with the movable rod 6, due to the cooperation of the limit rod 12 and the threaded groove 15, when the limit rod 12 moves downwards, the hollow cylinder 14 rotates, the connecting rope 19 can be wound through the wire wheel 17, the connecting rope 19 pulls the baffle 22 to move towards two sides, the outlet 10 can be opened, the toilet cleaner solution in the storage tank 3 can enter the tank body 1 until the supporting plate 8 contacts with the water outlet switch 4, the tank body 1 starts flushing, at this moment, the pressure rod 9 is loosened, the supporting plate 8 can restore to be in situ under the action of the supporting spring 5, the through hole 7 rises to the position staggered with the through hole 11, the continuous water inlet in the storage tank 3 can be avoided, the hollow cylinder 14 is dissolved in a high degree, moreover, the hollow cylinder 14 and the limit rod 12 and the limit rod 16 together play the effect of the limit rod 16, the water inlet is prevented from jointly contacting with the water outlet 10, and the toilet cleaner is prevented from being wasted, and the water is prevented from contacting with the water cleaner 1;
the hollow cylinder 14 in the downward moving and rising process of the pressure rod 9 always rotates, so that the impeller 18 can fully stir the water in the tank body 1 when the toilet cleaner solution is discharged from the storage tank 3, the toilet cleaner solution can be fully mixed in the water, the flushing effect is improved, the deposition of impurities in the tank body 1 can be prevented, and the sanitation and hygiene in the water tank can be ensured.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a self-cleaning water pumping formula closestool water tank, includes box (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a hollow cylinder, including box (1) and hollow cylinder, including box (3) and hollow cylinder (14) and hollow screw thread, middle part fixedly connected with support (2) of box (1) inner chamber, middle part fixedly connected with support (2) of support (2), export (10) have been seted up at the middle part of box (3) bottom, and perforating hole (11) have all been seted up at the middle part of box (3) both sides, go out water switch (4) are installed to one side at the middle part of box (3) upper end middle part, middle part fixedly connected with supporting spring (5) of box (3) upper end, movable rod (6) have all been movably cup jointed in the inside of box (3) both sides wall, through-hole (7) have all been seted up to the bottom of movable rod (6), upper end fixedly connected with backup pad (8) upper end and box (1) movably cup jointed (9), bottom fixedly connected with gag lever (12) of movable rod (6), the below of movable rod (6) is provided with and sets up cavity (13) in the inside of box (3) both sides lateral wall, hollow cylinder (14) and hollow cylinder (14) have all been cup jointed through hollow screw thread (14) and hollow cylinder (15), the bottom fixedly connected with wire wheel (17) of hollow cylinder (14), the side activity of wire wheel (17) has cup jointed and has been connected rope (19), the other end fixedly connected with of connecting rope (19) is with slider (20) of bin (3) activity cup joint, one end middle part fixedly connected with baffle (22) that slider (20) is close to export (10), through-hole (7) are in same vertical plane with through-hole (11), and the height of through-hole (11) is less than the inside water storage's of box (1) height.
2. A self-cleaning water-pumping toilet tank as defined in claim 1, wherein: the top of reel (17) is provided with one end and hollow cylinder (14) fixed connection's wind spring (16), the other end and cavity (13) lateral wall fixed connection of wind spring (16), the bottom fixedly connected with of hollow cylinder (14) is with impeller (18) of bin (3) activity cup joint, one end fixedly connected with other end and bin (3) fixed connection's of slider (20) are close to reel (17) reset spring (21).
3. A self-cleaning water-pumping toilet tank as defined in claim 1, wherein: the thread grooves (15) are arranged in two groups, and the thread grooves (15) in two groups are symmetrically and alternately distributed.
4. A self-cleaning water-pumping toilet tank as defined in claim 1, wherein: the connecting rope (19) is made of inelastic materials.
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