CN1210478A - Water distribution system with water saving diffusers - Google Patents
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A water-saving diffuser (1) for which a user perceives a relatively higher flow rate than the actual flow rate includes a lower chamber portion (10) housing a distributor disk (40) therein, and an accelerator portion (20) attached to the lower chamber portion (10), the accelerator portion (20) having a plurality of apertures for producing a multiple-stream output from the water-saving diffuser (1). A central aperture (42) of the distributor disk (40) can be custom-tailored to produce a specific flow rate for a given water supply pressure. The water-saving diffuser (1) may be used in a water distribution system to provide a predetermined uniform flow rate to all regions of a single or multi-story building.
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The present invention relates generally to a kind of water-saving diffuser, this water-saving diffuser with link to each other such as tap or spray feed pipe and with the water diversion system of using water-saving diffuser, thereby to uniform current of multilayer building generation.More particularly, the present invention can discover more relevant than the water-saving diffuser of actual flow high flow with a kind of user.This water-saving diffuser is suitable for producing a predetermined flow, so use the water diversion system of these water-saving diffusers that the output of same traffic can be provided to each layer in multilayer building.
All over the world, everybody is concerned about how to obtain fresh water, especially in the zone that lacks that provides sweet water naturally, so must be with giving a long price for fresh water.Some community is to such as carwash or water flowers and the nonessential water on meadow has been taked strict restriction.In addition, also impel protection water as a kind of means that reduce the source of consuming energy in the water treatment plant to the care of ecological environment, this water treatment plant can guarantee can satisfy to the community users supply water of minimum quality standard.
In general, water saving fixtures are to economize on water by the discharge that tap or spray head are flow through in restriction, and normally sectional area that water flows through accomplishes with reducing for this.For example, but adopt one to have one or more apertures with the dish of the discharge in confinement plate downstream limited flow just.Typical current-limiting apparatus can be 60 pounds/inch in the pressure that supplies water
2The downstream flow of about 1.5 to 2 gpms is provided down.Yet, common stream the device flow velocity and the flow that can only reduce to feel of subtracting, the user discovers thread water and flows out from tap and spray head as a result, and this thread water can not satisfy and cleans greasy bowl dish or wash out shampoo on the hair.
For example be used for a typical water diversion system in the condominium and just flow device and economize on water, thereby this typical water diversion system all reduces current alike to each layer guest room of apartment with common subtracting.But,, therefore, just have less low discharge compared with the bottom guest room because the effect of gravity can make the guest room that is positioned at top layer that the hydraulic pressure loss is arranged.Equally, for taking up an area of very big apartment, because the effect of distance also can make the guest room that is positioned at away from main watering with respect to from the near guest room of main watering less discharge being arranged.More than the result of these effects just make typical water diversion system form uneven branch water.In addition, in order to guarantee to accomplish that away from the place of main watering satisfying minimum flow standard at least is minimum flow, so common water system generally wants excess to supply water.
Consider the common above-mentioned defective that subtracts stream device and water system, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of water-saving diffuser of linking tap and spray feed pipe, thereby reduced discharge, in fact but increased the sensation water flow velocity that comes from diffuser simultaneously.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of water-saving diffuser that is easy to produce a predetermined amount of flow.
A further object of the present invention provides a kind of water diversion system that can all produce uniform flux to individual layer and each layer of multilayer building.
According to an aspect of the present invention, water-saving diffuser has its upstream extremity to be fit to link the hollow bobbin of a tap and a spray feed pipe.In the tap diffuser, this hollow bobbin is suitable for holding an accelerator dish with many holes and plate distributor with certain size centre bore and one and is inserted in chamber ring between plate distributor and the accelerator dish to limit two chambers between the dish.The downstream end boss of hollow bobbin is used for keeping and locatees the interior accelerator dish of hollow bobbin, chamber ring and plate distributor.Plate distributor can unload and the centre bore of accelerator dish can customize to produce a specific flow under given pressure of supply water.In addition, plate distributor is fixed in the diffuser to prevent damage.
According to another aspect of the present invention, water diversion system comprises the water-saving diffuser of the plate distributor with customization centre bore, to produce the water of uniform flux in whole multilayer building.
Another aspect according to the present invention, economize on water and whole multilayer building is produced the even method of water of dividing and comprise definite pressure of supply water, determine that the multilayer building is positioned at the flow characteristics of each place and each layer, with according to various places and each layer fixed pressure of supply water and discharge characteristic and at selected floor, the size of centre bore suitable on the plate distributor of water-saving diffuser pipe is determined in selected place.
Another aspect according to the present invention.The water-saving diffuser that is used for tap or spray head comprises a universal pipe joint that water-saving diffuser is linked to each other with feed pipe.This universal pipe joint has an axial water pipe, a upper chamber portion that movably links to each other with universal pipe joint, an and medial compartment part and bottom section that links to each other with upper chamber portion, this bottom section has narrow upstream extremity and the wide downstream that partly links to each other with medial compartment, put a packing ring and the plate distributor that the certain size centre bore is arranged in the narrow upstream extremity of bottom section, the accelerator part is then linked the wide downstream of bottom section, and this accelerator partly has several and is used to produce the hole of exporting from many current of the water-saving diffuser of spray head.
Water-saving diffuser of the present invention is a kind of device that reduces current, and the user can think that the current bigger than actual current are arranged when using this device.The major advantage of apparatus of the present invention is that the user has reduced the water consumption unconsciously, and this is to slow down water flow velocity by having slowed down the sensation discharge that flows through tap and spray head, and this is a common shortcoming of many existing current-limiting apparatus.
The big current of sensation that water-saving diffuser of the present invention produces perhaps since device size cause, particularly by plate distributor size, accelerator portion size and separately the size of the chamber of plate distributor and accelerator part cause.In addition, how to arrange on accelerator part that these apertures also can have influence on and feel big current, yet, do not understand fully as yet to cause and feel big current cutting mechanism really.From one extremely, the size of selecting hole or arrange may produce and a kind ofly flow such as the sort of of seeing in the water fountain of spray current that do not take place, i.e. laminar flow.And laminar flow can regard a kind of slowly mobile as.From another extremely, the size of selecting hole or arrange may produce and a kind ofly flow such as garden the sort of of seeing when flexible pipe clamps of high speed jet that water, i.e. turbulent flow, and turbulent flow can be regarded a kind of as and flows fast.Water-saving diffuser of the present invention produces a kind of between above-mentioned two flowing between extreme probably.
With balance building current everywhere, what water diversion system so of the present invention just can be to the multilayer building provides uniform current everywhere by each local used water-saving diffuser in the customization building.
Water-saving diffuser of the present invention is adopted in combination in water diversion system of the present invention, the water in multilayer building consumption can reduce widely so, when improving the sensation flow velocity, can not be reduced to unacceptable tricklet to water speed again, can not make high-rise local current littler yet than the current in low layer place.
Fig. 1 represents the decomposition diagram of a water-saving diffuser according to an embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B represent top view and the side view according to the bobbin among Fig. 1 embodiment respectively;
Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B represent top view and the side view according to the accelerator dish among Fig. 1 embodiment respectively;
Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B represent top view and the side view according to the ring casing among Fig. 1 embodiment respectively;
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B represent top view and the side view according to the plate distributor that has a centre bore among Fig. 1 embodiment respectively;
Fig. 6 is the interior center-hole diameter of save-water faucet diffuser in the expression embodiment of the invention, the form that supplies water and concern between pressure and the water flow velocity.
Each equidimension floor distribution map in the schematically illustrated typical building of Fig. 7;
Fig. 8 is the water diversion system of one embodiment of the present of invention and the comparison diagram of typical water diversion system;
Fig. 9 has narrated the flow table that the multilayer building is provided the uniform flux method everywhere according to one embodiment of the invention;
Figure 10 is the form that shows flow characteristics in the multilayer building of a water diversion system that adopts the embodiment of the invention;
Figure 11 is the synthetic perspective view of the water-saving diffuser of further embodiment of this invention;
Figure 12 is among the embodiment of Figure 11, the decomposition diagram of water-saving diffuser;
Figure 13 is among the embodiment of Figure 11, the cross-sectional side elevational view of diffuser;
Figure 14 A and Figure 14 B represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, the side view of universal pipe joint and cross-sectional side elevational view;
Figure 15 A and Figure 15 B represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, the side view of upper chamber portion and cross-sectional side elevational view;
Figure 16 A and Figure 16 B represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, the side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of medial compartment part;
Figure 17 A and Figure 17 B represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, the side view of bottom section and cross-sectional side elevational view;
Figure 18 A and Figure 18 B represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, have the top view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of the plate distributor of centre bore;
Figure 19 is the centre bore of plate distributor in the water-saving diffuser that shows Figure 11 embodiment, supply water press and discharge between the form that concerns;
Figure 20 is among the embodiment of Figure 11, the cross-sectional side elevational view of packing ring;
Figure 21 A, Figure 21 B and Figure 21 C represent respectively among the embodiment of Figure 11, top view, side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of accelerator part.
With reference to accompanying drawing, hereinafter will narrate most preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein, same numeral is represented same parts or like.
Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram of one embodiment of the invention.According to this embodiment, water-saving diffuser 1 includes 30 and plate distributors 40 of 10, one accelerator dishes of a hollow bobbin, 20, one chambers ring.Be suitable for placing accelerator dish 20 in the hollow bobbin 10, chamber ring 30 and plate distributor 40.Chamber ring 30 is inserted in and limits a chamber 50 between accelerator dish 20 and the plate distributor 40 betwixt, and accelerator dish 20 is positioned at the downstream of plate distributor 40.The water-saving diffuser 1 of this embodiment can reduce discharge at least and reach 35%.
Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B be the top view and the side view of presentation graphs 1 middle bobbin 10 respectively.Bobbin 10 has a upstream extremity 12, it is connected by screw thread 14 and tap or spray feed pipe; The main part 16 of bobbin 10; Also have a downstream 18, its internal diameter is littler than the internal diameter of main part 16.
In Fig. 2 B, the external screw thread that shown screw thread 14 is complementary for the internal thread with tap or spray feed pipe.But bobbin 10 also can be provided with the internal thread (not shown) that is complementary of external screw thread with tap or spray feed pipe.
The downstream 18 of bobbin 10 can be made circular wide face, and shown in Fig. 2 A, perhaps it also can have a boss (not shown) that extends internally.Downstream 18 can be used to location accelerator dish 20 in bobbin 10, chamber ring 30 and plate distributor 40 with respect to the less internal diameter of bobbin 10 main parts 16 internal diameters.
According to the most preferred embodiment that is used for a standard size tap, bobbin 10 highly is about 0.65 inch, and the external diameter at main part 16 places is about 0.93 inch, and the internal diameter at main part 16 places is about 0.83 inch, and the internal diameter at downstream 18 places is about 0.81 inch.Certainly, also other corresponding size need be arranged for adaptive off-gauge tap and spray feed pipe.
The top view and the side view of the accelerator dish 20 among Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B difference presentation graphs 1 embodiment, accelerator dish 20 comprise some holes 22 of opening on dish and produce water spray with the downstream at water-saving diffuser 1.
According to a preferred embodiment, the diameter of accelerator dish 20 is about 0.82 inch, disc thickness h
aBe about 0.08 inch.The diameter in each hole 22 is about 0.03 inch, and the sum of aperture 22 is about 28, and the distribution of these apertures 22 makes the core of accelerator dish 20 not have aperture 22.
The top view and the side view of the chamber ring 30 among Fig. 4 A and Fig. 4 B difference presentation graphs 1 embodiment.Chamber ring 30 is an annular, the tangible extension that can make the ring of a separation or make accelerator dish 20.
According to most preferred embodiment, chamber ring 30 height h
cBe about 0.25 inch, chamber ring external diameter is about 0.83 inch, and chamber ring internal diameter is about 0.605 inch.
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B have the top view and the side view of the plate distributor 40 of a centre bore respectively among presentation graphs 1 embodiment.Plate distributor 40 has the current that a centre bore 42 is used to limit water-saving diffuser 1 on dish.Plate distributor 40 can reduce discharge and reach 35% at least, and plate distributor 40 can unload from water-saving diffuser 1, and it can also produce certain discharge through special modification or customization under known pressure of supply water.
Fig. 6 is according to plate distributor 40 center-hole diameters in the water-saving diffuser 1 among Fig. 1 embodiment, the form of relation between pressure of supply water and the discharge (gpm).The various diameters (inch) of the centre bore 42 of the pressure of supply water (pound/in2) of first row's numeral water-saving diffuser 1 upstream end and the left side first line display plate distributor 40.The discharge (gpm) of water-saving diffuser 1 downstream part of the first row representative of second row from a left side that form first row is following to the right side.For example, find out, at given 50 pounds/inch by Fig. 6
2Pressure of supply water under, have the flow that water-saving diffuser 1 that the plate distributor 40 of 0.052 inch diameter centre bore 42 constitutes can provide 0.5 gpm.Equally, at given 35 pounds/inch
2Pressure of supply water under, have the flow that water-saving diffuser 1 that the plate distributor 40 of 0.063 inch diameter centre bore 42 constitutes can provide same 0.5 gpm.By comparing, the diffuser of standard is depressed the flow that 2 gpms also can be provided in same water supply.Yet the user does not discover the difference on the flow.Because pressure is higher than 60 pounds/inch supplying water
2When (not shown among Fig. 6), the center-hole diameter shown in first row of left side, discharge is corresponding all higher in form.Force down in 35 pounds/inch in water supply
2When (Fig. 6 is not shown), the center-hole diameter shown in first row of left side, discharge is corresponding all lower in form.In other words,, keep flow constant, higher water supply is depressed corresponding center-hole diameter is diminished, then corresponding center-hole diameter is depressed in lower water supply become big in order to be higher or lower than the water supply shown in Fig. 6 form when pressing supply water pressing.
According to a most preferred embodiment, dispenser dish 40 thickness h
dBe about 0.08 inch and the dish external diameter be about 0.82 inch, the scope of center hole 42 diameters is about 0.025 inch to 0.125 inch.
In addition, water-saving diffuser 1 also comprises packing ring 60 and the shim 70 that is positioned at plate distributor 40 upstream ends.As shown in Figure 1, for the broken matter that exists in the filtered water, also can comprise a common filter webs (not shown).
According to a most preferred embodiment, water-saving diffuser 1 can be used as a tap diffuser.
According to another embodiment of the invention, a kind of water diversion system that produces uniform flux in whole multilayer building also is provided, water diversion system should be taken into account the natural pressure drop that causes water supply owing to gravity and distance affects, and this just makes in the building away from the discharge in the place of watering more less than the discharge in close watering place.The distribution map of same size floor in the schematically illustrated typical multilayer of Fig. 7 building, because the influence of gravity, supplying water to press from one deck can change to another layer.The water-saving diffuser 1 that water diversion system utilization of the present invention has a plate distributor 40 of various center-hole diameters compensates above-mentioned because gravity and apart from the influence of natural cause.The selected center-hole diameter of specific location then depends on the water supply pressure that this place, position is fixed in the building.
Fig. 8 is the comparison diagram of water diversion system and typical water diversion system in the one embodiment of the invention, and this typical water diversion system that is used for one or six layers of building has adopted common water-saving diffuser.Wherein curve C represents to adopt the water supply of each layer of water diversion system of the present invention to press (pound/in2), and curve a represents the discharge (gpm) of water diversion system of the present invention, and curve b represents to adopt the discharge (gpm) of common water saving fixtures in the typical water diversion system.As shown in Figure 8, when water diversion system of the present invention provided the uniform flow to measure to each layer of building, typical water diversion system provided the discharge that changes with floor.In addition, water diversion system of the present invention can be saved than typical water diversion system and more many water yield.
Fig. 9 has described according to one embodiment of present invention and provides the flow table of certain uniform flux method everywhere to the multilayer building, at first, and at step S
2Static conditions under, determine that building water supply everywhere presses.So-called static conditions is the dry situation in building.Next procedure S
4Be to be to determine each floor and the pressure of water supply everywhere under the situation of normal water or typical civil water under dynamic condition, so, at step S
6Each layer everywhere under the situation, for producing certain discharge, determine the suitable center-hole diameter of plate distributor 40 in the water-saving diffuser 1, again according to the fixed static state in each place, building with dynamically supply water and press, determine suitable water-saving diffuser 1, then, at step S
8In, suitable water-saving diffuser 1 is installed everywhere in the building.
Illustrate that with example Figure 10 is six layers of building,, shown in the figure, press 60 pounds/inch from main water supply of ground floor along with floor increases the shown form of water supply pressure drop that influences owing to gravity
2Drop to 38 pounds/inch of layer 6
2Again by choosing the center-hole diameter of water-saving diffuser, the form similar according to Fig. 6 form, each layer in 6 layers of building can both provide the discharge of 0.5 gpm.
Figure 11 is the assembled perspective view of the water-saving diffuser of further embodiment of this invention.According to this embodiment, water-saving diffuser 100 includes a universal pipe joint 110 of diffuser 100 being linked (not shown) on the feed pipe, a upper chamber portion 120 of movably linking on the universal pipe joint 110,130, one of a medial compartment part linking upper chamber portion 120 is linked bottom section 140 and accelerator part 180 of linking bottom section 140 of medial compartment part 130.
Figure 12 is that a decomposition diagram and Figure 13 are the cross-sectional side elevational view of diffuser 100 among Figure 11.This diffuser 100 comprises that a plate distributor 160 and one are placed on the packing ring 170 in the bottom section 140 of diffuser 100.
Figure 14 A and Figure 14 B illustrate the side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of universal pipe joint 110 respectively, and this universal pipe joint 110 has a upstream extremity 112 of linking the feed pipe (not shown).Upstream extremity 112 is provided with links screw thread 114 on the feed pipe or other device to universal pipe joint 110, so the user can regulate the output water direction from diffuser 100.This universal pipe joint 110 has a spherical downstream 116 of being used as the moving joint of pivot, and the moving joint of this pivot makes diffuser 100 can do the rotation of different directions with respect to feed pipe.Above-mentioned universal pipe joint 110 also has a hollow lumen 118 that water is flow through in it.According to a most preferred embodiment, the internal diameter of the upstream extremity 112 of universal pipe joint 110 is about 0.7 inch its external diameter and is about 1.1 inches, and the internal diameter of the downstream of universal pipe joint 110 is about 0.4 inch and the diameter D of ball 116 is about 1.18 inches.
Figure 15 A and Figure 15 B illustrate the side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of upper chamber portion 120 respectively.Upper chamber portion 120 has the upstream extremity 122 of a band tapering, movably admits the ball 116 of universal pipe joint 110 in it.The upstream extremity 122 of band tapering can rotate and still securely link on the upper chamber portion 120 simultaneously upper chamber portion around the ball 116 of universal pipe joint 110.The downstream 124 of upper chamber portion 120 also is provided with the screw thread 126 of upper chamber portion 120 being linked medial compartment part 130, and this upper chamber portion 120 has one to make water flow through wherein cavity 128 equally.According to a most preferred embodiment, the internal diameter of this upstream extremity 122 is about 0.8 inch and the internal diameter of downstream is about 1.2 inches.
Figure 16 A and Figure 16 B illustrate the side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of medial compartment part 130 respectively, and medial compartment part 130 has a upstream extremity 132 and a downstream 134 of linking bottom section 140 of linking the downstream 124 of upper chamber portion 120.The upstream extremity 132 of this medial compartment part 130 and downstream 134 all are provided with the screw thread 136,138 of linking upper chamber portion 120 and bottom section 140 respectively.Medial compartment part 130 also has one to make water flow through its interior cavity 135.According to a most preferred embodiment, the internal diameter of this medial compartment part 130 is about 0.95 inch.
Figure 17 A and Figure 17 B illustrate the side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of bottom section 140 respectively, bottom section 140 has a upstream extremity 142 of linking medial compartment part 130 (asking for an interview Figure 16 A and Figure 16 B) downstream 134, and this upstream extremity 142 also is provided with the screw thread 146 of linking medial compartment part 130.The downstream 144 of bottom section 140 is linked accelerator part 180.Bottom section 140 also has one to make water flow through its interior cavity 150, this cavity 150 comprises an epimere 152 again, a stage casing 154 and a hypomere 156, stage casing 154 then has one than the less diameter of epimere 152 diameters, so formed a boss 158 between them, in addition, 156 of hypomeres have one than the bigger diameter of stage casing 154 diameters.According to a most preferred embodiment, about 1.7 inches of bottom section 140 overall height H, wherein, the height h of epimere 152
uBe about 0.8 inch, the diameter of epimere is about 1.2 inches, the height h in stage casing 154
MBe about 0.3 inch, the diameter in stage casing is about the height h of 0.95 inch and hypomere 156
LBe about 0.6 inch, the diameter of hypomere is about 2.15 inches.Downstream 144 also is provided with the screw thread 148 that links to each other with accelerator part 180.
Figure 18 A and Figure 18 B illustrate the top view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of plate distributor 160 respectively, and the centre bore 162 that plate distributor 160 roughly has certain size ringwise and thereon flows to the flow value of expectation with the water of restriction diffuser 100.Plate distributor 160 can unload from diffuser 100, and it also can revise or be customized to the certain flow of generation under given pressure of supply water specially.Plate distributor 160 also can be fixed in addition, to prevent to damage diffuser 100.According to a most preferred embodiment, the height h of plate distributor
dBe about 0.2 inch, its external diameter is about 1.2 inches and the diameter d of centre bore 162 is about 0.08 to 0.1 inch, though big and slightly little slightly hole is also applicable, and this depends on pressure of supply water.
Figure 19 is the centre bore 162 of plate distributor 160 in the water-saving diffuser 100 that shows Figure 11 embodiment, supply water press and discharge between the form that concerns.On behalf of the water supply of diffuser 100 upstreams, the form first line number word press (pound/inch
2), form left side first row's numeral is then represented the various diameters (inch) of the centre bore 162 of plate distributor 160, the discharge (gpm) that is discharged to water-saving diffuser 100 downstream parts of the right first displacement table from a left side second that form first row is following.
Figure 20 is the cross-sectional side elevational view of the embodiment middle washer 170 of Figure 11.Packing ring 170 has one to constitute the downstream 174 of curved surface profile and one by peripheral land part 176 and make water flow through central passage 178 in it.According to a most preferred embodiment, packing ring 170 overall heights are about 0.5 inch, and central passage 178 has tapering, and it is about 0.155 inch and be about 0.195 inch at the downstream diameter of packing ring at the upstream extremity diameter of packing ring 170.
Plate distributor 160 and packing ring 170 all are positioned within the bottom section 140, and the peripheral land part 176 of packing ring 170 downstream 174 is pressed against on the boss 158 of bottom section 140 like this, upstream end surface 172 next-door neighbour's plate distributors 160 of packing ring 170.As shown in figure 13, by the downstream 134 of medial compartment part 130, plate distributor 160 and packing ring 170 all are held in place in the bottom section 140.In addition, a locating ring 200 also can be positioned at the upstream of plate distributor 160.
Figure 21 A, Figure 21 B and Figure 21 C illustrate top view, side view and the cross-sectional side elevational view of accelerator part 180 respectively.Accelerator partly has a upstream extremity 182 of linking the downstream 144 of bottom section 140, and upstream extremity 182 is provided with the screw thread 194 of linking bottom section 140.The median plane 186 of accelerator part 180 has several apertures 192 to produce the multithread output from diffuser 100.Aperture 192 is scattered in along the centerline of diffuser 100 and does not open aperture.According to a most preferred embodiment, deep-slotted chip breaker 188 leaves on the downstream 190 of accelerator part 180 median planes 186, and each hole of a plurality of apertures 192 all is positioned at the central segment separately of deep-slotted chip breaker 188, the radius of deep-slotted chip breaker is about 0.15 inch, its width is about 0.05 inch, best, the area of aperture 192 is about 0.005 in2.
According to a most preferred embodiment, promptly water-saving diffuser 100 is as a spray head diffuser.
By save-water faucet of the present invention and spray head diffuser are attached to water diversion system of the present invention, make the user an improved sensation water velocity be arranged simultaneously, water consumption just reduces widely, even result's spray head or tap become under the thread situation, the user wash off unconsciously on the head shampoo and the dish in grease.
Because cost that the present invention saved is quite big, in big apartment water consumption every day of forming by 260 cover guest rooms only 50,000 to 75,000 gallon or annual water consumption are 27,375,000 gallon, annual using water wisely reaches 3,000,000 to 12,000,000 gallon, amount to and reach 14,000 to 50 the every year of reducing expenses, 000 dollar, expense also depends on the cost of water supply.
The foregoing description is an illustrated example of the present invention, should not be considered as the present invention and only is confined to these specific embodiments, and under the spirit or scope of the present invention that does not depart from following claims and limited, this professional those of ordinary skill can carry out various modifications.For example, above-mentioned concrete size is applicable to standard-sized tap and spray feed pipe, and these sizes also can be changed into to adapt to the off-standard size tap and spray feed pipe and do not depart from scope of the present invention again.
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1. water-saving diffuser includes:
One has the hollow bobbin that upstream extremity is linked a feed pipe, a main part and the downstream that internal diameter is littler than the internal diameter of bobbin main part;
An accelerator dish that has some apertures thereon, this accelerator dish are used for producing water spray;
A plate distributor that has centre bore thereon is to reduce discharge; With
A chamber ring that is inserted between accelerator dish and the plate distributor, to form a chamber between them, the height of chamber ring is less than the diameter of chamber ring;
The accelerator dish, plate distributor and chamber ring all is seated in the hollow bobbin, and the accelerator dish is positioned at the downstream part of plate distributor like this, and is positioned in the bobbin by the little internal diameter of downstream with respect to the bobbin of bobbin main part.
2. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the some aperture arrangement one-tenth on this accelerator dish are opposite with the centre bore on the above-mentioned plate distributor, and aperture is not opened in the center of above-mentioned accelerator dish.
3. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned chamber ring highly is about 0.15 to 0.35 inch, about 0.75 to 0.95 inch of above-mentioned chamber ring external diameter, and above-mentioned chamber ring internal diameter is about 0.50 to 0.70 inch.
4. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the chamber ring is linked the accelerator dish.
5. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the diameter range of above-mentioned plate distributor centre bore is approximately from 0.025 inch to 0.125 inch.
6. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the thickness of above-mentioned plate distributor is about 0.07 to 0.09 inch.
7. water-saving diffuser according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the thickness of above-mentioned accelerator dish is about 0.07 to 0.09 inch, and the aperture of the some apertures on the above-mentioned accelerator dish is about 0.02 to 0.04 inch.
8. a water diversion system provides certain uniform flow's amount to the multilayer building, and this water diversion system includes:
Be positioned at multilayer building some taps everywhere and spray feed pipe, each tap and spray feed pipe are depressed water supply in known water supply;
Link the some water-saving diffuser of some taps and spray feed pipe, each is equipped with out the water-saving diffuser of the plate distributor of centre bore, thereby has reduced discharge widely.
Wherein, the water-saving diffuser that arbitrary place is selected for use everywhere in the multilayer building all has a centre bore, and its center-hole diameter depends on the known water supply pressure at this place, multilayer building.
9. water diversion system according to claim 8 is characterized in that, each water-saving diffuser also includes:
A bobbin;
An accelerator dish that has some apertures on it;
A chamber that is inserted between accelerator dish and the plate distributor is encircled to form a chamber between them, and chamber ring height is less than the chamber ring diameter.
10. one kind provides certain uniform flow the method for amount to the multilayer building, and this method includes following steps:
Determine multilayer building water supply pressure everywhere;
Water supply is everywhere pressed and is determined to be contained in the building water limited pore diameter of water-saving diffuser everywhere according to the building; With
Be assembled into building water-saving diffuser everywhere in the water-saving diffuser by the plate distributor that has a center water limited pore is inserted into, and water supply everywhere presses to determine the diameter of water limited pore according to the building.
11. method according to claim 10 is characterized in that, determines that the supply water step of pressing of multilayer building comprises and determines static conditions water supply pressure and the pressure of the water supply under the dynamic condition down everywhere.
12. a water-saving diffuser includes:
One has and makes water flow through the chamber portion of hollow tube, and hollow tube comprises that one is gone up hollow section and a middle hollow section littler than last hollow section diameter;
A plate distributor that has the centre bore of restriction current, this plate distributor is positioned at the last hollow section of chamber part; With
An above-mentioned accelerator part that has some apertures is to produce multithread output water, and above-mentioned accelerator is partly linked above-mentioned chamber portion
Wherein, in above-mentioned chamber portion, above-mentioned plate distributor and above-mentioned accelerator partly form a chamber, and the height of this chamber is less than its diameter.
13. water-saving diffuser according to claim 12 is characterized in that, the some aperture arrangement on the above-mentioned accelerator part become to make the place of aiming at the plate distributor centre bore do not have aperture,
14. water-saving diffuser according to claim 12 is characterized in that, also has one to have the packing ring that a water flows through central tube in it, this packing ring is positioned at hollow section on the bottom section, so the upstream face of above-mentioned packing ring is near above-mentioned plate distributor.
15. water-saving diffuser according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, the diameter of the centre bore of above-mentioned plate distributor is about 0.08 inch to 0.10 inch, and above-mentioned plate distributor can unload from diffuser, above-mentioned like this diffuser is equipped with a selected plate distributor, and this plate distributor has the specific center-hole diameter that can produce desired discharge.
16. a water-saving spray head diffuser includes:
A upper chamber portion, this upper chamber portion have the hollow tube that a water can flow through in it;
A bottom section has the hollow tube that a water can flow through and link to each other with the upper chamber portion hollow tube in it, and the hollow tube of above-mentioned bottom section comprises one first hollow section and one second hollow section, and wherein the second hollow section diameter is less than the first hollow section diameter;
A plate distributor has the centre bore of restriction current, and this plate distributor is positioned at first hollow section of bottom section; With
An accelerator partly has several apertures to produce multithread output water, and this accelerator is partly linked bottom section,
It is characterized in that above-mentioned plate distributor and above-mentioned accelerator part form a chamber in above-mentioned bottom section, this chamber height is less than its diameter.
17. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 16 is characterized in that, some aperture arrangement of accelerator part become to make the centre bore place of aiming at above-mentioned plate distributor not have aperture.
18. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 16, it is characterized in that, also include one and have a packing ring that makes water flow through central tube in it, this packing ring is positioned at first hollow section of bottom section, and the upstream face of above-mentioned like this packing ring is near above-mentioned plate distributor.
19. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 16, it is characterized in that, the center-hole diameter of above-mentioned plate distributor is about 0.08 inch to 0.10 inch, and above-mentioned plate distributor can unload from the spray head diffuser, so that the spray head diffuser is loaded onto selected above-mentioned plate distributor, this plate distributor has a specific center-hole diameter that can produce desired discharge like this.
20. a water-saving spray head diffuser includes:
One diffuser linked the universal pipe joint of feed pipe, the hollow tube that this universal pipe joint has a spherical part and that water is flow through in from it in its downstream;
A upper chamber portion is movably linked the spherical part of above-mentioned universal pipe joint, and above-mentioned upper chamber portion has a hollow tube that water is flow through in it;
A medial compartment is partly linked upper chamber portion, and above-mentioned medial compartment partly has a hollow tube that water is flow through in it;
A bottom section is linked the medial compartment part, above-mentioned bottom section has a hollow tube that water is flow through in it, the hollow tube of bottom section comprises a hollow section of going up a hollow section and a centre, the diameter of this centre hollow section is littler than the diameter of last hollow section, forms a boss like this between them;
A plate distributor has the centre bore of restriction current, and the boss that this plate distributor is partly formed by bottom section and medial compartment is fixed in the last hollow section of above-mentioned bottom section; With
An accelerator partly has several apertures to produce multithread output water, and above-mentioned accelerator is partly linked above-mentioned bottom section,
Wherein, plate distributor and accelerator part form a chamber in bottom section, and this chamber height is less than the chamber diameter.
21. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, also have one to have a packing ring that makes the central tube that water flows through in it, this packing ring is positioned at the last hollow section of above-mentioned bottom section, like this, the upstream face of above-mentioned packing ring is near above-mentioned plate distributor, and the peripheral convex shoulder part of above-mentioned packing ring downstream surface then rests on the boss of above-mentioned bottom section.
22. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, upper chamber portion is that a upstream portion of movably admitting the band tapering of universal pipe joint spherical part is arranged, and above-mentioned like this upper chamber portion can above-mentioned upper chamber portion of while be linked on the universal pipe joint securely and movably around the spherical part pivot is moving.
23. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20 is characterized in that, the internal diameter of above-mentioned medial compartment part is about 0.95 inch.
24. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20 is characterized in that the overall height of above-mentioned bottom section is about 1.7 inches; Last hollow section diameter is about 1.2 inches, and last hollow section height is about 0.8 inch; Middle hollow section diameter is about 0.95 inch, and middle hollow section height is about 0.3 inch; The following hollow section diameter of above-mentioned bottom section is about 2.15 inches, and following hollow section height is about 0.6 inch.
25. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, the external diameter of above-mentioned plate distributor is about 1.2 inches, the center-hole diameter of above-mentioned plate distributor approximately from 0.08 inch to 0.1 inch and above-mentioned plate distributor can unload from the spray head diffuser, so that above-mentioned spray head diffuser is equipped with a selected above-mentioned plate distributor, this plate distributor has a specific center-hole diameter that can produce required discharge like this.
26. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20 is characterized in that, some aperture arrangement of above-mentioned accelerator part become to make the centre bore place of aiming at above-mentioned plate distributor not have aperture.
27. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20 is characterized in that, the area of each aperture is about 0.005 inch in some apertures of above-mentioned accelerator part
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28. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 20 is characterized in that, there is the center that has arc groove in above-mentioned accelerator portion downstream side in each hole in some holes of above-mentioned accelerator part.
29. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 28 is characterized in that the radius of each deep-slotted chip breaker is about 0.15 inch.
30. water-saving spray head diffuser according to claim 21, it is characterized in that above-mentioned packing ring has a downstream that roughly is arc wide face, the central tube of above-mentioned packing ring has a tapering, the diameter at its upstream extremity place is about 0.155 inch, and the diameter of its downstream end is about 0.195 inch.
31. a water diversion system provides certain uniform flow's amount to the multilayer building, this water diversion system includes:
Be positioned at multilayer building some taps everywhere and spray feed pipe, each tap and spray feed pipe are depressed water supply in known water supply;
Link some save-water faucet diffusers of some taps, each save-water faucet diffuser has a water tap distributor dish that has a centre bore, thereby has reduced discharge widely;
Link the some water-saving spray head diffuser of some spray feed pipes, each water-saving spray head diffuser has an above-mentioned spray head plate distributor that has a centre bore, thereby has reduced discharge widely;
Wherein, save-water faucet diffuser that arbitrary place is selected for use everywhere in the multilayer building and spray head diffuser all have a centre bore, and its center-hole diameter depends on the known water supply pressure at this place, multilayer building.
32. a method that provides predetermined uniform flow to measure to the multilayer building, this method includes following steps:
Determine multilayer building water supply pressure everywhere;
Water supply is everywhere pressed and is determined to be contained in the building water limited pore diameter of water-saving diffuser everywhere according to the building; With
Be assembled into building water-saving diffuser everywhere in the water-saving diffuser by the plate distributor that has a center water limited pore is inserted into, and water supply everywhere presses to determine the diameter of water limited pore according to the building.
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