CN1402829A - System and method for dispensing soap - Google Patents
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Abstract
An automatic fluid soap dispensing apparatus (10) and method comprising a dispensing spout (24), housing (44) operatively connected to the dispensing spout (24) and the housing (44) adapted to removably receive and hold a fluid soap containing reservoir module (60) in communication with the dispensing spout (24). The reservoir module (60) has a central axis (64), and includes a pump mechanism (65) and delivery tube (68) mounted on the reservoir module in alignment with the central axis (64). The dispensing tube (68) is adapted to move in the dispensing spout (24) when the pump mechanism (65) is actuated.
Description
The application is to be for 60/156, No. 987 the non-provisional patented claim on basis with the temporary patent application that on October 1st, 1999 submitted to.
Invention field
Present invention relates in general to from removable reservoir, extrude repeatedly the automatic operating equipment of flowing material, occur just extruding automatically the fluid extrusion device and the method for flowing material more specifically to a kind of user of feeling.
Background of invention
Modern communal bathroom facility wishes that more and more each toilet fixed equipment needn't the user just touch and can operate automatically with hand.Consider that the degree of consciousness that the user propagates in the communal bathroom environment microorganism and bacterium is growing, this equipment is very important.Today, communal bathroom has automatically, exempt from manual water closet and urinal, hand washing tap, soap extruder, hand dryer and door opener are unrare.This makes the user avoided touching any fixed equipment, and fixed equipment causes the possible of microorganism and spread of germs disease in the communal bathroom because of hand contacts thereby reduced.
Also need a kind of like this liquid soap extrusion device that is contained on the washstand in the communal bathroom, it comprises that uses up the soap reservoir that the back is changed easily, and makes and safeguard all very economicals.Therefore, this soap reservoir must comprise such container, and its is installed together with permanent element of this soap extrusion device fixed equipment easily, feasiblely stores container and is fastened on the fixed equipment, and remove from this fixed equipment easily when using up.
This soap reservoir also must have a liquid soap induction system, to guarantee to open automatically this fixed equipment is all carried liquid soap from unified dosage to the user at every turn.Reservoir, pump and container must move as single equipment to carry the identical liquid soap of measuring to give the user from reservoir.
Now developed the toilet liquid soap fluid extruding device of several automatic operations, for example United States Patent (USP) 4,967,935 (Celest), 4,938,384 (Pilolla), 4,921,150 (Lagragren), 4,722,372 (Hoffman) and 4,645,094 (Acklin).But these equipment do not have to comprise as the present invention can provide coherency operation, be easy to install and replacing and structural detail cheap for manufacturing cost.
The present invention has overcome the problem of these existing washstands with liquid soap extrusion device fixed equipment.Disclosed invention provides a kind of liquid soap extrusion device assembly, can carry the consistent liquid soap of tolerance dosage with the pump assembly on hand to the user by being directly connected to the prolongation delivery pipe that stores container, when each liquid soap extrusion device started, its delivery pipe moved axially in a rigidity nozzle.
Liquid soap delivery pipe and pump assembly are positioned on liquid soap and store container top central authorities, make the soap of using the soap of filling to store the unit replacement sky that a new delivery pipe, pump parts and liquid soap container just are provided when storing assembly.Store the mid-of elongation delivery pipe on the container and pump assembly, make delivery pipe facilitate penetration of to be installed in crowded nozzle for liquid crooked on the washstand, rigidity axially to stretch, like this install new, be full of store container during, when the storing container, pump assembly and delivery pipe assembly and rotate of integral body, just can rotating duct so that in squeezing nozzle for liquid mobile it.
The pump assembly that is installed on the liquid soap reservoir of the present invention also is equipped with a pump startup mechanism, it comprises the actuator part of a lateral extension of pump assembly, and this part makes pump assembly and delivery pipe to install with respect to heart in the axle of the fixed part that stores container and liquid soap extruder.Use this pump actuator of driving mechanisms control of battery, the hand that detects the user when reflective proximity transducer just starts when squeezing nozzle for liquid, and this is used for detected reflective proximity transducer and forms the ingredient that is fixedly mounted on the liquid soap extrusion device on the washstand.
Based on the liquid soap extrusion system of conventional art, liquid soap of the present invention stores container and has a plurality of advantages relatively.Because the center of pump and crowded liquid pipe, the pump assembly of standardization manufacturing can be used for the assembling of this reservoir module.This fills the standard that can find in bottle device facility and fills bottle equipment and come can reservoir module with regard to making can to use to shrink at great majority, therefore can save the expense that the reservoir module of liquid soap can be heavily irritated in a large amount of productions.In the liquid soap reservoir module of the present invention, pump assembly and crowded liquid pipe mid-also makes only to use and finishes bayonet socket by simple rotation and be connected, just can be quickly installed to the fluid extruding device assembly on the shell of motor.Because the novel structure of reservoir module can be produced reliably filling element again in batches.
This rigidity is squeezed nozzle for liquid and is combined with the liquid soap delivery pipe that can move in nozzle, makes structure economical, and this does not have in automatic liquid soap extruder in the past.After the liquid soap of doses had squeezed, the spring that is positioned in the pump assembly that stores on the container provided the elastic force that delivery pipe is turned back to the starting position.The configuration of nozzle and structure make delivery pipe easily to move with fully little friction force in nozzle.Elongated delivery pipe has enough rigidity bear the hydraulic pressure that produces in extrusion among the present invention, and can be enough neatly, does not almost have frictionally in crowded nozzle for liquid inside and moves.
Motor housing is installed in and passes washstand along on the axle of stretching among the present invention, makes shell easily to change from the base of lower flume and takes off, and be easy to take off from the commentaries on classics of pipe fitting fixture.This is the result of the mid-installation of control member, and these members stretch out from the reservoir module, pass motor housing, arrives the inlet that squeezes nozzle for liquid.
The present invention also comprises indicator, is used for behind the soap of the predetermined close of having extruded the electronics metering, and when the reservoir module does not have liquid soap, notice attended operation personnel.Another indicator is pointed out when battery electric quantity is not enough.
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Fig. 1 is the front perspective view of automatic liquid soap extruder of the present invention, illustrates on the washstand that this device is installed in a toilet;
Fig. 2 is that the automatic liquid soap extruder 2-2 along the line of Fig. 1 sections the cross-section front view that obtains;
The part of the amplification of the rigidity nozzle of the liquid soap extruder among the automatic Fig. 1 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 2 and threaded axle carries out sectional view.
Fig. 4 is that threaded shaft portion of the present invention sections the cut-open view that obtains along Fig. 2 center line 4-4;
Fig. 5 is the rigidity nozzle of automatic liquid soap extruder of the present invention and the front view of support bar;
Fig. 6 is the cut-open view that sections junction between the support bar that obtains and motor housing and the supporting component along the line 6-6 among Fig. 2;
Fig. 7 is the detailed cross sectional view of key junction between support bar of the present invention and motor housing and the supporting component;
Fig. 8 is the thin portion top view of clip, and these parts are used for motor housing and supporting component removably are connected with support bar of the present invention;
Fig. 9 is the cut-open view that sections the clip that obtains along the line 9-9 among Fig. 8;
Figure 10 is the detail, bottom of clip among Fig. 8;
Figure 11 is the skeleton view of clip among Fig. 8;
Figure 12 is the detailed cross sectional view of back shaft, and these parts are connected on motor housing of the present invention and the supporting component, and the diagram clip is in the position of non-locking, has also shown pump hammer actuator of the present invention;
Figure 13 is the detailed perspective view of pump hammer of the present invention;
Figure 13 A sections the back shaft that obtains and the sectional view of motor housing and supporting component along the line 13-13 among Figure 12, shows that the locking clip is in unlocked position;
Figure 13 B sections the back shaft that obtains and the sectional view of motor housing and supporting component along the line 13-13 among Figure 12, shows that the locking clip is in latched position;
Figure 14 is the detail elevation of pump actuator of the present invention, shows that it places pump case;
Figure 15 A, 15B and 15C are some detailed schematic, are presented at pump of the present invention and hammer into shape when starting, pump is hammered each stage of relative pump actuator flange into shape;
Figure 16 is the cut-open view that sections the pump actuator of the present invention that obtains along the 16-16 along the line among Figure 17;
Figure 17 is the front elevation that sections the broken section that obtains along the line 17-17 among Figure 16;
Figure 18 is the front section view that sections the actuator of the present invention that obtains along 16 line 18-18 among the figure;
Figure 19 is the front section view that sections the actuator of the present invention that obtains along 16 line 19-19 among the figure;
Figure 20 is the positive cross-sectional schematic of pump machanism of the present invention;
Figure 21 is the thin portion in the bottom of a fixedly clip view, and these parts removably couple together storing assembly and pump assembly and motor housing and supporting component among the present invention;
Figure 22 is the detailed top view of the fixedly clip among Figure 21;
Figure 23 is the detailed perspective view of the fixedly clip among Figure 21;
Figure 24 is the assembled front view of reservoir module view of the present invention and pump component view;
Figure 25 is the sectional view that sections reservoir module and pump assembled part among the Figure 24 that obtains along the line 25-25 among Figure 24, and the pump assembly has only shown profile;
Figure 26 be along Figure 24 center line 26-26 section motor housing of the present invention and the supporting component that obtains and store assembly and the pump assembly between the sectional view of junction;
Figure 27 is front and the top perspective that stores assembly and pump assembly of the present invention;
Figure 28 is the fragmentary sectional view of pump actuator mechanism of the present invention and container neck;
Figure 29 is the part sectioned view that electronic eyes sensor of the present invention is installed;
Figure 30 is the detailed front elevation view of rigidity nozzle discharge notch portion of the present invention;
Figure 31 is a synoptic diagram of implementing the circuit of the automatic liquid soap extrusion device action of control among the present invention;
Figure 32 is the process flow diagram of the embodiment of dispensing soap method among the present invention; And
Figure 33 can be used for realizing that as shown in figure 31 liquid soap extrudes the embodiment of the logical diagram of circuit.
Illustrated embodiment describes in detail
With reference to Fig. 1, to represent with numeral 10 usually according to the automatic liquid soap extrusion device of the present invention's structure, it comprises three primary clusterings: nozzle and stationary shaft assembly 12, motor housing and supporting component 14, and reservoir module and pump assembly 16.Diagram liquid soap extrusion device 10 is installed on the lower flume washstand 18, has the screw thread back shaft 20 of hollow to extend through the through hole 22 of washstand 18.
When automatic liquid soap extrusion device was fully assembled, motor housing and supporting component 14 were detachably connected to the bottom of back shaft 20 by the axle clamp button, and the back makes an explanation to this with reference to Fig. 8-13.Motor housing and supporting component 14 comprise pump case 44 and motor motor and actuator mechanism shell 46 in addition.Pump case comprises the inside 47 (Fig. 2) of cylindrical hollow, and the inside of liquid soap by this hollow is sent to the escape hole 30 of nozzle 24 from reservoir and pump assembly 16, and the back will make an explanation to this.Store assembly fixedly clip 48 be positioned at the bottom of pump case 44, reservoir and pump assembly 16 are removably installed on the pump case 44, the back will make an explanation to this.
Motor and actuator mechanism housing 46 comprise motor 49, reducing gear train 51 and pump hammer 53, and this is described in detail with reference to Fig. 2 and Figure 15 A, B, C.Connecting lead 50 is electrically connected the electronic eyes of housing parts 26 (Fig. 1) lining and the switch of control motor 49 actions.Equally, in the illustrated embodiment, separate battery pack 52 is electrically connected by lead 54,56 and motor and actuator mechanism shell 46.Connection Element 58 allows lead 54 removably to connect lead 56 during automatic liquid soap extrusion device 10 is installed.(not shown) in a kind of alternative embodiment, electric battery 52 can be forever or removably attached on motor and the actuator mechanism shell 46.Electric battery 52 supply drive motor 49 and action electronic eyes detect the power supply of device 36 in illustrated embodiment.
The bottom of pump case stores container to liquid soap releasedly and is clamped on motor housing and the supporting component 14.Container 60 comprises the top closure 62 with an opening 63, and pump machanism extends 65 (Fig. 2) by this opening.In the illustrated embodiment, to be with axle 64 be the cylindrical of center line to container 60.Explain that as the back fixedly clip 48 is fixed on container 60 on the pump case 44 releasedly and securely.
With reference to Fig. 2, this figure is the sectional elevation figure of the automatic liquid soap extrusion device of Fig. 1.Rigidity nozzle 24 has the inner passage 66 of a bending, extends out from pedestal 25 and passes nozzle and be connected to opening 30.As shown in Figure 2, when storing in assembly and pump assembly 16 couple together with motor housing and supporting component 14, under the promotion of pump machanism 65, an end 70 of elongated extruding pipe 68 will move back and forth in passage 66.The part 72 of the opening 30 of nozzle 24 vicinities will be return from the top 74 of nozzle 24, to form protective cover around the outer end 70 of extruding pipe 68, not seen by the user when it stretches out opening 30 with protection outer end 70.
The position of the housing parts 26 of electronic eyes is on pedestal 25 in the nozzle 24, and the opening 32 of housing parts 26 fronts extends along the direction in the face of the opening 30 of nozzle 24.The back will explain, the single-sensor 501,502 (Figure 31) of forming electronic eyes sensor 36 can during opening 30 times, start the operation of a switch with initiation automatic extrusion device 10 at the hand of discovering the user, and the back will make an explanation to this.Be coated with lens 34 on the opening 32.
The surface of inner passage 66 is made up of lubricious material, and during installing or displacement reservoir module and pump assembly 14 and automatic liquid soap extrusion device move each time, the path of the motion of elongated extruding pipe 68 is just gone up basically not have and do not rubbed in the passage 66 like this.In addition, the radius-of-curvature of inner passage 66 makes elongated extruding pipe 68 to move glossily in passage 66.For example, the radius-of-curvature of the inner passage 66 of example approximately is two inches in illustrated embodiment.Extruding pipe 68 is made by LDPE (low density polyethylene), and also the suitable material that can be reacted by the chemical substance in other liquid soap of getting along well is made, and described material also provides a smooth outside surface to adapt to almost friction free motion of pipe 68 in the passage 66.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, external thread 76 and inner passage 78 are arranged on the back shaft 20, elongated extruding pipe 68 extends by this inner passage 18.Nut 38 comprises and the internal thread that cooperates of external thread 76 engagements that permission nut 38 rotates and moves up, and with bottom's engagement of washstand 18, and guarantees back shaft 20 and nozzle 24 competing phases moving washstand.Is furnished with outwardly directed finger-type handle 80 on the nut 38, for the ease of rotating nut 38 during automatic liquid soap extrusion device 10 is installed.
With reference to Fig. 3, Fig. 4, passage 78 are included in the wall 82,83 that forms in the hollow space in the back shaft 20.By isolator 88, wall 82,83 is remained on the position of axle 20 outside wall surface 86 a certain distances.External thread 76 forms on outside wall surface 86, basically along the length distribution of back shaft 20.The hollow space 84 of back shaft 20 also comprises the passage 90 (Fig. 4) of the length of an outrigger shaft 20, and connector lead 50 is arranged in the passage 90, and this line reaches on the clip (not shown) of lead 50 ends from electronic eyes sensor 36.The bottom of lead 50 is below screw thread 76, and the perforate 92 from the bottom part 94 of axle 20 wears out.Passage 78 is also formed by the end 96 of muscle 98, the length of its outrigger shaft 20 between wall 82 and 83.When extruding pipe 68 inserts or separates passage 78, or it is when rotating in passage 78, and starts, manages 68 when moving back and forth when pump machanism 65 in passage 78, and the end 96 of muscle 98 is used for engaging with the outside surface of extruding pipe 68.
With reference to Fig. 5,6 and 7, columniform connecting link 100 stretches out from the bottom part 94 of axle 20, and a plurality of circumferential keys 102 are arranged on it.In the illustrated embodiment, key 102 is arranged one every 30 degree, and its reason back will be explained.Key 102 is used for cooperating with a plurality of grooves 104, and described groove 104 is used to provide being connected of motor housing and supporting component 14 and back shaft 20 circumferentially on the inside 106 of motor housing and supporting component 14.Thus, the inner passage 78 of axle 20 is aligned on the line with the inside center part 106 of motor housing and supporting component 14.
The unique fit structure that comprises clip 42 makes that motor housing and supporting component 14 are easy to be connected and break away from back shaft 20.As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 5, the bottom part 94 of axle 20 comprises a profile of tooth groove 108 along circumference.Clip 42 (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 8-11) is suitable for guaranteeing motor housing and a supporting component 14 and 20 is connected.Clip 42 is generally U-shaped, has the blind end 112 of an opening 110 and arc.As Fig. 9 and shown in Figure 11, the passage 14 that clip 42 has inwardly and extends along the length of clip 42.Sidewall 116,118 has been determined passage 114 with bottom surface 120.Shown in Fig. 8-11, on U-shaped clip length, sidewall 116 is usually than sidewall 118 height, and sidewall 116,118 all have a specific profile, and this makes clip can provide removably fast to cooperate, with motor housing and supporting component 14 engages fixed to axle 20.
Each inside part of clip 42 sidewalls 118 all comprises the rounding 134 of an inlet, and it is connected to the part 136 of first arc that stops at first fritter, 138 places.Fritter 138 is connected with rounded basically part 140, and this circle extends beyond 180 degree in the illustrated embodiment, extends about 240 degree along blind end 112, up to the opposite side of clip 42.Circular portion 140 is connected with second fritter 142, and this fritter is connected on the arch section 144 of sidewall 118.An inlet rounding is arranged in the outer end of sidewall 118.
Can see among Fig. 8-11 that in illustrated embodiment, interior size and the formation to the surface that forms sidewall 116 and 118 tops is inequality.Only son rather than restriction as an example, in the illustrated embodiment, the radius R 1 of the circular portion 126 of sidewall 116 approximately is 0.327 inch, the radius R 2 of the circular portion 140 of sidewall 118 approximately is 0.502 inch.Clip 42 is made up of firm and pliable and tough material, make and enough motor housing and supporting component 14 are secured together with back shaft on clip 42 intensity, and have flexiblely fully in side direction, allow on two snap action positions, suitably to work, as following explanation.
(Fig. 1, Fig. 2), the upper interior of motor housing and supporting component 14 partly moves up, and cooperates with the cylindrical connecting link 100 of back shaft 20, till key 102 and groove 104 are worked good along with nozzle 24 and back shaft 20 are installed to washstand 18.
With reference to Figure 12, Figure 13 A and Figure 13 B, with before connecting link 100 contacts, clip 42 is by inserting the mode that grooves 148 cooperate with it with sidewall 118 at mobile motor shell and supporting component 14, and partly craft is installed on the assembly 14.On first position, originally just impel inlet rounded portion 134,136 to place the bottom of groove 148, cause clip 42 bendings, and when clip 42 back bending, arch section 136 and 144 is cooperated with the bottom of groove.Clip 42 intrinsic pliabilities make clip 42 some be fixedly mounted in the primary importance of upper surface of the outside of pump case 14.
When mobile motor shell and supporting component 14 cooperate with connecting link 100, between the contiguous key 102 and the circumferential distance between the contiguous groove 104 just allow motor housing and supporting component 14 incremental rotation with 30 degree, make the arrangement of motor housing and supporting component 14 avoid the bottom with lower flume, and the pipe fitting or the structure member that are installed under the washstand 18 conflict mutually, and when contingency needs repairing device, allow assembly 14 to place on the position that is easy to get at.
When motor housing and supporting component 14 correctly are installed on the connecting link 100, by hand clip 42 is laterally inwardly moved on second position from its first position, sidewall 116 there, 118 is outwardly-bent slightly, and when the circular portion 140 of clip 42 on its whole length during with the bottom engagement of groove 148, they are just crooked inwardly.In the illustrated embodiment, circular portion 140 extends 240 degree around the bottom of groove 148, removably clip is kept placing second position in Fig. 8-11.
Can see having a flange 150 and partly form groove 148 in motor housing and the supporting component 14 among Figure 12 best towards upper surface 152.When clip 42 moved inward, the surface 154,156 (Fig. 9) of clip 42 slipped over the part on surface, top 152 of flange 150 and the downside of flange 150 respectively, and flange 150 (Fig. 9) slidably mates in the passage 114 of clip 42 respectively.As mentioned above, when inwardly advancing clip 42, sidewall 118 moves in the groove 148, and sidewall 116 moves to the groove 108 of the vicinity in the back shaft 10 (Figure 12), till flat portions 124,128 (Figure 11) touches the bottom of groove 108.Clip 42 is outside then, make the crooked of clip 42 and inwardly the circular portion 126 of sidewall 116 mesh with groove 108 tops on the length of groove 108 (Figure 13 B) greater than 180 degree.In the illustrated embodiment, the circular portion 126 of sidewall 116 extends about 240 degree around groove 108, yet this size can change.When clip 42 during in the position shown in Figure 13 B, flange 150 closely is engaged between sidewall 116,118 surface 154 and 156 separately.In addition, the circular portion 126 of sidewall 116 closely meshes with the groove 108 in the back shaft 20, and the groove 148 in circular portion 140 buckle ground and motor housing and the supporting component 14 closely meshes.Therefore, motor-driven shell and supporting component 14 can be detachably and clamp axis 20 securely, up to manual outside mobile clip 14, with groove 108, till groove 148 and flange 150 are thrown off.
As mentioned above, in the time of on being installed to axle 20, motor housing and supporting component 14 comprise pump case 44 and motor, and actuating mechanism shell 46 will provide the driving force of pump machanism 65 runnings.See figures.1.and.2, motor 49 is contained in the shell 46, carries out electricity with electronic eyes and links to each other by connecting lead 50, also passes through lead 54,56 and connector 58 and links to each other with power supply in being included in electric battery 52.The electronic eyes sensor is as a switch activated motor 49, and perhaps if desired, sensor can trigger the switch (not shown) action of separation, starts motor 49.
One is contained in the shell 46 rotating reduction gearing and the output of motor 49 is coupled to pump hammer 53 when tying up to action, and this device has been expressed in Figure 14.With reference to Fig. 2,53 comprise an actuation gear part 158 that meshes with spur gear 160, and spur gear self is again to be driven by motor 49 by reducing gear train.Pump hammer 53 is installed on the bearing pin 162, comes to rotate a little radian with respect to shell 46.In the illustrated embodiment, be a pair of actuator arm 164,166 in the end of pump hammer, when pump hammer 53 rotated a little radian, their rotated.Pump hammer 53 also comprises a plane 168, and it is used for cooperating with the hammer block 170 that recoils, and this parts rigidity but adjustable ground is installed in the inside of shell 46, as Fig. 1, shown in Fig. 2 and Figure 15 A-C.The space 172 (Figure 14) of the opening of space definition between the actuator arm 164,166, the back will illustrate its purpose.
Normally columniform pump actuator 174 (Figure 14) places the internal cavities of pump case 47, and it has the actuator flange 176 that extends upwardly around its periphery from actuator 174 bodies.As shown in figure 14, pump actuator 174 and the hollow pump suction pipe 178 that is connected on the pump machanism 65 (Fig. 2) cooperate, and move down when pump machanism 65 actions, and the back will be described in more detail.As shown in figure 14, the mobile restriction that is subjected to actuator top end surface 180 with respect to the blocking surface of the inside restriction face 182 of pump case 44 that makes progress of actuator 174.Elongated extruding pipe 68 is overlapped on the cylindrical aperture of actuator 174 securely, and taking this extruding pipe 68 can move along with actuator 174 moves along reciprocal direction.Actuator 174 also comprises a part 186 that stretches downwards, makes liquid soap come out to pass actuator and enter the extruding pipe 68 from storing container 60, and the back will be introduced in more detail.As shown in figure 14, pump case 44 is provided with an opening 188 at a sidewall, selectively contacts between the flange 176 of pump hammer 53 and actuator 174 with permission.
The drawn state of when motor does not start pump hammer 53 of Figure 15 A, and the pump hammer is in the super backflush position.Actuator arm 164,166 makes under the influence of motor 20 on the top part 190 of actuator 174, when the pump hammer clockwise when pivot 162 rotates, top part 190 is stretched in the opening 172 between the actuator arm 164,166.In Figure 15 A, actuator 164,166 is positioned at apart from the position very near on the actuator flange 176 upper surface opposite side.
After motor 49 actions, reducing gear train 51 driving pumps hammer 53 clockwise rotates, and shown in Figure 15 B, begins till the outer end face position of opposition on the actuator flange 176 up to the outer end of actuator arm 164,166.Shown in Figure 15 C, at this moment, motor 49 continues action, continues to clockwise rotate pump hammer 53, and downwards pump actuator is advanced in the pump machanism 65.The amount that pump actuator 174 moves has down determined automatic extrusion device 10 when moving each time, the dosage of extension tubing 68 dispensing soaps.Pump actuator displacement is down controlled by the position of hammer recoil block 170, because when the liquid soap dosage of expection is extruded out 68 from managing, collide with the recoil block in the plane on the pump hammer 53, thereby pump hammer 53 stops further to clockwise rotate.
With reference to Figure 15 A, B and C are when the plane surface 168 of pump hammer is run into the recoil block 170 of hammer, motor stall, the electric current by motor increases, and the electric current by the stall motor increases and is detected by circuit (Figure 31), the driving of motor 49 disappears, thereby prevents to send torsion by motor to pump hammer 53.Along with disable motor, the spring 236 in the pump machanism 65 (Figure 20) makes pump chamber 218 expand, and takes this pump actuator 174 and moves up, and flange 176 forces pump hammer 53 to rotate counterclockwise to its starting position.Inertia from reducing gear train drives the pump hammer that rotates counterclockwise to the position shown in Figure 15 A.
Figure 16, Figure 17 are the detailed views of pump actuator 174, have shown the shape of a band hypotenuse of actuator flange 176, and it moves as foregoing device.The part of the outside of actuator 174 comprise single around external connection screw 193 (Figure 20), be used for cooperating with the respective threads of container 60 necks, during storing assembly and 16 vannings of pump assembly, can remain on actuator 174 and pump machanism 165 on the position that can not operate, the back will be explained.
Have 194, one time Control Shafts 196 of cell of a hollow to extend from part 198 in the actuator 174 downwards, part 198 forms the bottom 188 (Figure 14) of cylinder open, and extruding pipe 68 is connected on the actuator 174 at this place.The school transfers axle 198 to comprise four blades 200 that extend down, its upper part coupling part 198, an opening 202 is arranged between blade, and when pump machanism 65 started, liquid soap made progress, passes opening 202 arrival extruding pipes 68 along time Control Shaft 196 passage is provided.The bottom of time Control Shaft 196 comprises a platform 204, after pump machanism 65 starts, is used for it and cooperates (Figure 20) with sealing up stroke bulb stopper 206.
With reference to Figure 20, be pump actuator 174, a synoptic diagram of relation between pump machanism 65 and the liquid soap container 60.According to the intent of the present invention, pump machanism 65 is known standard self-starting pumps in the field.Pump actuator 174 is positioned at the top of the cylindrical wall 208 of pump machanism 65, is fixed on the pump machanism at pressure fitted point 210.The inside of pump machanism 65 comprises a V-shaped basically limited part 212, has a perforate 214 therefrom to pass.In halted state, bulb stopper 206 is suitable for being parked in V-shaped groove 216 and the retardance hole 2 14.In the pump machanism 65, are cylindrical open downstream chambers 218, have ridge 220 in its bottom in limited part 212 bottoms; Also have outward extending circular wall 222, outer end 224 is arranged on it, the described outer end 224 fixed pump shell 226 on the pump machanism 65 that slidably mates forms the ingredient of pump machanism 65.The bottom of shell 226 is limited by a circular discs 228, and its center is furnished with 234 li of the grooves that 230, one the pump bulb stoppers 232 in hole rest the upper part that forms hole 230.Stop 233 is positioned at the top of circular discs 228, has formed the installation of spring 236 bottoms.The upper end of spring 236 is adjacent to ridge 220.When actuator 174 downward driving pump mechanisms 65, liquid soap is pumped from container 60 when sucking out, spring 236 compressions, and after motor stall, spring provides the power that actuator is turned back to position on it, as previously mentioned.The bottom of pump case 226 comprises columniform boss 238, You Kong core 240 wherein, and empty liquid soap tail pipe 242 is inserted in the inside.Pipe 242 extends downwards from boss 238, almost arrives the bottom of container, with container bottom be to manage 242 at interval in order to allow liquid soap be sent to from container.
Fixed pump shell 226 is by on the firm neck that is connected container 60 246 of cuff 245, cuff 245 be crimped on outside stretching, extension, on the flange 250 as the part of the whole of pump case 226.In the seal member 252 firm tightenings of 254 place's pumps be fixed on the pump case 226 with prevent pump machanism 65 during the band press operation and during the vanning of container 60 liquid soap from container 60, leak.The seal member 252 of pump is circular, and an inside cell 256 that comprises screw thread 256 is arranged.Screw thread 258 be used for actuator 174 on screw thread 192 cooperate.During container 60 vannings, the power that pump machanism heads on spring 236 moves down, and rotates an about complete wheel and return to make sealing thread 258 to cooperate with the screw thread 192 of actuator, and holding pump mechanism is in the position that can not move during casing.Before using,,, remove the cooperation of screw thread 258 and 192, move up under the elastic force of the spring 236 that pump machanism 65 is former have been compressed actuator 174 counter-rotatings in order to start pump 65.
The present invention also comprises dismountable fastening assembly, and this assembly comprises fixedly clip 48 (Fig. 1), makes liquid soap container 60 can be installed on motor housing and the supporting component 14 according to priority and dismounting from it.With reference to Fig. 2 and Figure 21-23, fixedly clip 48 is connected the bottom of assembly 14 securely, and fixedly clip 48 comprises the perforate 262 of center arrangement, and the perforate 264 (Figure 15 A) of this perforate 262 and assembly 14 bottoms is on the straight line that aligns.Screw or other suitable fasteners (not shown) are passed handle hole 266 (Figure 21-23) and are inserted, so that clip 48 is fixed on the assembly 14.
As seen from Figure 23, clip 48 comprises a low plate 268, and this face comprises the wall 270 that 264, one slave plates of perforate 268 extend downwards, and a flange that extends internally 272.In the illustrated embodiment, clip 48 comprises a flat rear wall 274, yet rear wall 274 also can be other suitable shape.With reference to Figure 21 and Figure 23, flange 272 all includes flat 276, fritter 278 and extended about 180 degree on each limit of perforate 264 circular portion 280.A passage 282 has been determined in space between flange 272 and the low plate 268, and this passage has also extended 180 degree around perforate 264, also has two flat channel parts to extend to rear wall 274 simultaneously.Stop component 284 places passage 282, and its purpose will be explained in the back.
With reference to Figure 21-23, the plate 268 of clip 48 comprises the inside projectioies 286 of a plurality of 262 distributions along the hole, forms interval 288 between the projection 286.Rubbing surface 290 (Figure 21,23) are furnished with one or more projectioies 286 up, be used for causing the frictional fit between the fin 292 on clip 48 and the container 60 when storing assembly and pump assembly 16 and be installed on the liquid soap extrusion device 10, the back will be explained.
With reference to Figure 24 and Figure 25, diagram clip 48 does not have to link together with the bottom 260 of motor housing and supporting component 14, but as shown in Figure 2, is appreciated that clip 48 is connected on the assembly 14.As shown in figure 27, container 60 comprises neck 246, and from the outside fin 292 of neck.As shown in figure 25, each fin 292 has a flat basically top and bottom portion surface, and its size is fit to cooperate with the cell 282 of clip 48.The embodiment of Figure 24-27 has shown four fins with equal intervals 292 that distribute around the neck of container 60.Yet container 60 can have different fin configuration modes, as an example, if desired, also can comprise 3 or 2 fins, and the number at projection 286 in the clip 48 and interval 288 will correspondingly change (Figure 21,22).
Figure 29 is the view of the position of sensor unit 36 in nozzle 24 electronic eyess, and Figure 31 is the block diagram of the liquid soap extrusion device embodiment of circuit of liquid soap automatic extrusion device 10 of the present invention.In Figure 31, liquid soap extrusion device circuit 500 comprises an infrared transmitter 501, infrared detector 502, combined control circuit 503, voltage stabilizer 504, voltage source 505, control diode 506 and loudspeaker 507.In the present embodiment, infrared transmitter 501 is arranged in electronic eyes sensor unit 36 (Figure 29), comprise that one second voltage source 508 is to provide the voltage to infrared transmitter 501, so that launch the infrared signal of pulse from liquid soap extrusion device 10.As known in the industry, second voltage source 508 can be the power supply that produces current potential, such as a battery or other equipment, produces current potential to cause the electric current from second source 508.Illustrated embodiment provides 6 volts the current potential that puts on infrared transmitter 501, and second source is to change in other embodiments, as long as can produce the infrared pulse signal from infrared transmitter 501.Equally, the part of infrared transmitter 501 is diodes 509 of a standard, and is very similar from the control diode 506 of the direction of current of second source 508 with control.Moreover infrared transmitter 501 is used for providing continuous infrared signal from liquid soap extrusion device 10, and it is by as the emission (TX) of the part of device control circuit 503 with receive 510 controls of (RX) control circuit.The outside of device control circuit 503 is infrared detectors 502, physically places electronic eyes sensor unit 36 (Figure 29).Infrared detector 502 is the equipment of low-power consumption, also by TX and 510 controls of RX control circuit, work as object, such as hand (liquid soap is extruded in view of the above), be arranged in when detecting field (path just) from the infrared signal of infrared transmitter 501 emission is formed, infrared detector 520 can detect it.It is known to notice that infrared signal emission is to use in the field of infrared data lift-off technology of standard.In the present embodiment, infrared detector has the diode 511 of a standard to come the direction of Control current, also has an infrared detection amplifier 512.Infrared detection amplifier 512 amplifies pulse signal and passes the signal to acceptor circuit 513.Have only when acceptor circuit 513 when infrared detector 502 receives 3 consecutive pulses signals, acceptor circuit 513 just can be passed to 514 1 signals of motor driver, this signal then actuating motor 49.It should be noted that the those of ordinary skill in the field is well known that, run through the signal of whole liquid soap extrusion device circuit 503, transmit along the conducting wire of the standard of forming by conductive material.It shall yet further be noted that motor 49 is driven by motor driver 514 collaborative voltage sources 505, this motor also is subjected to the control of conventional triode 516.
Extrude in the circuit 503 at the liquid soap of Figure 31, also have TX and RX control circuit 510, control is from infrared transmitter 501 emission infrared signals, and the reception of the infrared signal of 502 pairs of reflections of infrared detector, this signal sends to acceptor circuit 513 and is launched with reception control circuit 510 and controls.In order to control the emission that transmits and receives the control signal between control circuit 510 and the infrared detector 502, there is the triode 517 of a standard to be electrically connected with voltage source 518 (for example 5 volts).Note electrically ground connection 519 of infrared detector 502, accurately to control to the electric current of infrared detector 502.As previously mentioned, in one embodiment, when acceptor circuit 513 when infrared detector 502 receives 3 (the device at other can how or few) consecutive pulses signals, motor 49 starts (and then liquid soap is extruded).It is a real user that 3 pulses make sensor to distinguish, or is once in a while from other object of transmitter front process.When motor was connected, to memory counter 520, this counter was the counter of a known routine in field from signal of motor driver 514 emissions.Memory counter is electrically connected with an ON-OFF control circuit 521, and 3 switches of this circuit control in the present embodiment, comprise Test Switchboard 521, reset switch 522 sum counter switches 523.These switches are conventional switches, they according to work (such as test, reset or count) need open and close, so that current drain is arrived ground wire.By using ON-OFF control circuit 521, collaborative motor driver 514 and TX and RX control circuit 510, memory counter 520 keeps the memory capacitance (for example liquid soap extrude number of times) of cycle indexes, and when the circulation (for example 960 times or 1200 times) of some when taking place, transmit a signal to led driver 525 and audio driver 525, make and be embedded in pilot lamp or the alarm (such as using loudspeaker 507) that (can see) in the electronic eyes sensor unit 36 by the lens among Figure 29 34, can send signal, the can again of the assembly of indication liquid soap extrusion device.Notice that after starting pilot lamp or alarm, extrusion device will work on.
Also have oscillatory circuit 526, the first frequency dividers 527, the second frequency dividers 528 among Figure 31, and led driver 529 and battery level selector switch 530, all in assembly control circuit 503.These parts provide required signal frequency and the time for led driver 529 and audio driver 525, produce the indicator and the warning horn signal of can again.526 pairs first frequency dividers of oscillatory circuit 527 produce electronic oscillations, and with transmit and receive control circuit and link to each other.Pierce circuit 526 is electro coupled oscillators of the standard in the known technology.First and second frequency dividers and TX and RX control circuit 510 and audio driver 525 conduct electricity and are connected, and purpose is indicator and the warning horn signal that produces required can again.Audio driver 525 drives loudspeaker 507, when liquid soap extrusion device can again, produces sound.Equally, with the led driver that first frequency divider 527 links to each other, battery level selector switch 530 and audio driver 525, drive pilot lamp and send signal, prompting liquid soap extrusion device needs can again.Equally, when the battery of device must be changed, battery level selector switch 530 prompting led drivers 529.The battery level selector switch links to each other with several resistors, and these resistors are used for controlling the voltage swing that arrives battery level selector switch 530.In the outside of circuit 503 are voltage stabilizers 504.These voltage stabilizers are used for controlling the size of the voltage that passes to circuit 503, and link to each other with the electric capacity and the ground wire of a standard, with the required voltage of regulating circuit rightly 503.
During use, the embodiment that the liquid soap among Figure 31 is extruded circuit 500 extrudes the infrared transmitter emission infrared signal of assembly outside continuously from soap.When an object, such as hand, enter from the infrared signal of infrared transmitter 501 emission form detect zone or the path time, infrared detector 502 receives the pulse of object reflection, and sends a signal to acceptor circuit 513.In the illustrated embodiment, when acceptor circuit 513 received 3 consecutive pulses, acceptor circuit sent a signal to motor driver 514, and motor driver is transferred starter motor 49 again, with dispensing soap.The dosage of the liquid soap of extruding is monitored that by memory counter 520 as mentioned above, when liquid soap can again, its collaborative audio driver provides auditory tone cues by loudspeaker 507, and perhaps, pilot lamp is luminous as previously mentioned.
Figure 33 is the logical diagram of a series of embodiment, and this logic is used for control and finish among Figure 50 liquid soap and extrude circuit 500.
Figure 32 is the process flow diagram of the embodiment of dispensing soap method of the present invention.Two process flow diagrams of process flow diagram A and process flow diagram B are arranged in Figure 32, described the liquid soap extrusion method.Process flow diagram A is described in the embodiment that continuous circulation that liquid soap described by process flow diagram B uses up the method for rear substitution liquid soap.Process flow diagram A is since 540 steps, and bottles 60 of the liquid soap that will be extruded by liquid soap extrusion device of the present invention is being adorned in this replacement in step.And do not require and fill liquid soap in the bottle fully, as long as there are some to exist just passable in the bottle by the liquid soap that the liquid soap extrusion device is extruded.Then press reset key in 541 steps, so that the memory counter 520 to 0 among the Figure 31 that resets, this action was finished in 542 steps.Recall noted earlier, memory counter keeps following the tracks of round-robin number of times (being the number of times that liquid soap is extruded), and when circulation reaches some (such as 960 or 1200 times), send a signal to audio driver 525, point out the can again of liquid soap extrusion device to start pilot lamp or warning horn (for example when using the loudspeaker 507 of Figure 31).In one embodiment, owing to replaced by a bottle of filling at 540 step bottles, counter resetted in 542 steps.
Still,,, carry out the action (such as 4) of several exciting pumps from container or bottle for liquid soap is elevated by liquid soap extruding pipe 68 in 543 steps referring to process flow diagram A.There are several different embodiment can finish the action of exciting pump.For example, in one embodiment, aforesaid self-excitation pump machanism 65 may operate 4 times liquid soap is risen to liquid soap extruding pipe 68 from container.In optional embodiment, but user's manual pump is pressed extruding pipe 68, and liquid soap is risen in the pipe 68.Alternatively, can increase several extra pumps in other embodiments, reach liquid soap is risen to liquid soap extruding pipe 68 needed pumps time from container or bottle.What a then,, close by the low LED of surplus in the expression bottle of led driver 529 (Figure 31) driving owing to replaced new liquid soap bottle in 540 steps in 544 steps.
Process flow diagram B among Figure 32 is the process flow diagram of embodiment of the step of the circulation (just liquid soap is whenever extruded once) that takes place when liquid soap is extruded each time.In 545 steps, infrared detector 502 (Figure 31) detects the existence of user's hand, extruding of 546 step beginning liquid soaps.Whenever extrude the disposable fertilizer soap lye in 545 steps, a counter (such as the memory counter among Figure 31 520) adds up, to follow the tracks of the residue amount of soap in container 68 or the bottle.Recall noted earlier, nearly 960 or 1200 circulations that can measure and store of each bottle or container 68, so that liquid soap use seldom or container 60 skies in, pilot lamp or warning horn can be reminded the user or the owner of this device.As long as the counting of counter 520 is less than 900 circulations, the 545-547 step just repeats, and is described by 548 steps in this embodiment.Notice that in optional embodiment, the cycle index of counting can only be owing to require the more or less liquid soap of storage in the reservoir of liquid soap extrusion device 16 more or less.Therefore, 900 circulations only are the round-robin numbers that is counted among a kind of embodiment, and in other optional embodiment, this number is the amount doesn't matter.In case the round-robin number of times reaches 900 times or more, LED light or warning horn will start in 549 steps, remind user or owner need add liquid soap.Also have, the part of process flow diagram B is the battery sensor in 550 steps, and it checks whether battery level is lower than predetermined in advance magnitude of voltage (such as 4.85 volts).If, so in 551 steps, LED light or warning horn action, the prompting cell voltage is low, and battery need charge or change.If battery voltage level is not less than predetermined in advance magnitude of voltage, extrudes at 546 step liquid soaps, and do not start LED light or warning horn.Notice that once more in optional embodiment, the battery voltage level and the cycle index that excite LED light or warning horn to start can change, but still fall within the scope of claim.
Figure 24,25,27 and 28 have shown aforementioned reservoir and pump assembly 16, they are used in liquid soap extrusion device 10 uses automatically.Liquid soap tail pipe 242, the actuator 174 of pump machanism 65 and extruding pipe 68 have all formed a black box, when this assembly with empty time of the soap in the container 60 can be dismantled.Therefore, be installed on the extrusion device 10 along with replacing parts 16 each time, new pump machanism 65 and pipe 68 and 242 also have been assembled.Among the present invention, as will be described, for ease of the installation of parts 16, extruding pipe 68, actuator 174, pump machanism 65 and tail pipe 242 all are aligned on the common center line, shown in the label among Fig. 2 and Figure 24 64.Therefore, during runner assembly 16, all parts that comprise assembly 16 glossily, almost do not have frictionally and rotate in shell and passage separately when disassembling on attaching it to motor housing and supporting component 14 or with it.Consider the integrality of elongated extruding pipe 68, it is extremely important that these characteristics just seem, this extruding pipe 68 is followed the actuator path of 66 li in the middle passage of nozzle 24 (Fig. 2).During installing or dismantling, the rotation excitation of reservoir module 16 causes bend pipe 68 to rotate (shown in 64 among Fig. 5) around the axle of himself.Yet, be to rotate because manage 68 around self axle, whole axle rotates free basically, is not subjected to significantly compression or drawing stress on the extruding pipe.
Bring on the other hand owing to store the single centerline structure of assembly 16, actuator 174 can use with common commercially available pump machanism 65, and does not need special structure or design pump assembly.Reduced the cost of reservoir module 16 so significantly.Pump machanism 65 is self-starting pumps, moves each time according to motor 49, carries the liquid soap of predetermined close from the end 70 of extruding pipe 68 (Fig. 3).Be also noted that along with each operation of actuator 174, extruding pipe 68 moves back and forth in nozzle passage 66, the operation of collaborative automatic extrusion device 10 has a plurality of advantages as described below.
As shown in Figure 2, the installation of automatic liquid soap extrusion device 10 of the present invention, by hole 22 beginnings that are arranged on a suitable size of washstand, this hole is on a position at the contiguous lower flume (not shown) of washstand edge.Back shaft 20 is connected on nozzle and the stationary shaft assembly 12, is inserted through hole 32 downwards, till elastic washer 27 below the base part 25 that is positioned at nozzle 26 and the upper surface of washstand 18 29 adjacency.Then nut 38 and safety washer 40 are installed in the bottom part 94 of back shaft 20, connect the center pit that lead 50 passes nut 38 and safety washer 40 simultaneously.Bottom's 33 close proximity of nut 38 and safety washer 40 and washstand 18 have been rotated nozzle 24 simultaneously in advance, make the escape hole 30 of nozzle point to lower flumes.
Then, (Fig. 2 Fig. 7) places on the connecting link 100, makes key 102 and groove 104 cooperate on its length separately, and motor housing and supporting component 14 are connected on the back shaft 20 by the interior section 106 with assembly 14.Before this step, the sidewall 118 of axle clamp button 42 partly is inserted in the groove 148 of assembly 14, and remains on the position shown in Figure 12 A.During installation component 14, originally motor and actuator mechanism shell 46 may amplexiform with the lower flume downside, perhaps with lower flume under pipe fitting or other fixation means and lead collide.If produce this problem, can solve by following way: disconnect assembly 14 from the connecting link 100, runner assembly 14 is not met other any parts until motor housing 46, and again with interior section 106 (Fig. 2 of assembly 14, Fig. 7) be inserted on the connecting link 100, till key 102 and groove 104 cooperate once more.In the illustrated embodiment, assembly 14 can serve as the step incremental rotation with 30 degree.When the location-appropriate of assembly 14 relative connecting links 20, with hand to inner pushing shaft clip 42, make wall 116 be inserted into the bottom of the groove 108 of connecting link 100 fully, circular portion 126 this moment (Figure 11) meshes with the bottom of groove 108, and securely motor housing and supporting component is fixed on the back shaft 20.Just in case need allow the axle clamp button shift out groove 108 and 148 from the side from disconnect assembly 14 on the axle 20, reverse said process, handle component 14 is pulled down from axle 20.
As mentioned above, at motor housing and supporting component 14 correctly with after back shaft 20 links to each other, lead 50 (Fig. 1) links to each other with a socket (not shown) in the motor housing 46, motor 49 and Figure 31 are led in this socket connection, and being used among Figure 33 moved the lead 50 of the circuit of electronic eyes sensor element 36 and motor 49.And, comprise linking to each other the electric battery 52 (Fig. 2) of suitable number battery, and lead 54 links to each other with lead 56 by removable link 58 with a chest wall, appts wall or other fixed part (not shown).
By being alignd in the hole 296 (Figure 14) of the outer end 70 of extruding pipe 68 center arrangement inside with being formed at assembly 14 necks, begin liquid soap reservoir and pump assembly are installed in the extrusion device 10.The hypotenuse 298 in hole 296 helps to guide extruding pipe 68 upwards by hole 296.After extruding pipe 68, connection actuator 174 and the pump machanism 65, container 60 is moved up, extruding pipe 68 is filled in the passage 66 of nozzle 24.Container 60 is continued to move up, contacts with the limiting surface 182 of assembly 14 up to the top surface 180 (Figure 14) of actuator 174, stop container 60 to continue to move up till.On this tie point, extruding pipe 68 inserts in the passage 66 of nozzle 24 fully, and the tip 70 of extruding pipe reaches outside the leakage fluid dram 30 (Fig. 2) a little, the effect of the tooth-like part of anything 72 of nozzle 20 (Figure 30) extruding part makes owing to can not seen by the user by the tip 70 of pipe 68 extruding pipes that block.
When moving up reservoir module and pump assembly 16, fin 292 on the neck 246 enters the perforate 264 on the fixing clip 48, each fin 292 moved the space 288 that forms between the projection 286, till the groove 282 that each fin 292 engages in the clip 48.When mobile stopping that container 60 makes progress, container 60 all turns on both direction, forces fin 292 to place the groove 282 of bump, adjacent 286.Stop component 284 and a fin 292 amplexiform, and control the rotation of container 60.Some or all projection 286 friction surfaces are up exerted pressure to fin 292, to firmly fix container 60 and casing 16, still can remove owing to supporting component 14 appropriate the contact being arranged with motor housing.For with sky store assembly 16 from assembly 14 dismounting, container rotates on aforesaid opposite direction, up to fin 292 with till aliging in the interval 288 in the clip 288.Then, reduce the position of container, shift out extruding pipe 68 in the passage 66 from nozzle 24, remove actuator 174 and pump assembly 65 from motor housing and supporting component 16.Then as previously mentioned, the whole assembly that stores is installed.
In case correctly install, when the user was put into hand below the leakage fluid dram 30 of nozzle 24, liquid soap extruder 10 just began to start automatically.As previously mentioned, electronic eyes sensor 36 detects existence in one's hands, and sends a signal and give actuator motor 49.Reducing gear train 51 driving pumps are hammered 53 clockwise direction into shape and are rotated (as shown in Figure 2), thus, actuator arm 162,164 beginnings are moved (Figure 15 A) towards the flange 176 on the actuator 174, the top part 190 of actuator enters in the space 172 of the opening between the actuator arm 164,166.Actuator arm 164,166 engages with actuator flange 176 (Figure 15 B), and orders about actuator 174 move (shown in Figure 15 C) down.In illustrated embodiment, as just giving an example, actuator 174 moves 0.280 inch down.The moving down of actuator 174 caused elongated extruding pipe 68 identical distance of withdrawal in nozzle 24 and passage 66.In illustrated embodiment, in the position of shifting out, the tip 70 of extruding pipe 68 still remains on the outside of the opening 30 of nozzle 24.
When actuator 174 moves down under the influence of pump hammer, move even manage its retracted position of 68 forwards, also can extrude quantitative liquid soap from the tip 70 of elongated extruding pipe 68.With reference to Figure 20, in the illustrated embodiment, pump machanism 65 is self-starting pumps, before the pump machanism action, has been full of liquid soap in pump machanism and the extruding pipe 68.When actuator 174 moved down, pump machanism 65 forced liquid soap in the pump machanism to the upper reaches, and compression spring 236.Bulb stopper 206 and 232 moves up, and causes extra liquid soap to be upward through inlet tube 242, enters in the cell 218 through bulb stopper 232.Bulb stopper 206 rises, when the platform 204 of bulb stopper 206 and time Control Shaft 196 amplexiforms, it make progress move and just be limited.
When pump hammer 53 its restriction sites that clockwise rotate of arrival, motor 49 stall, spring 236 (Figure 20) forces pump machanism 65, actuator 174 and extruding pipe 68 to move up, and makes liquid soap be full of pump machanism 65 and extruding pipe 68.Bulb stopper 206 moves on on the off-position on the hole 214.Bulb stopper 206 moves on to 216 time spents of V-shaped groove from platform 204, has determined the dosage of pump machanism 65 dispensing soap in once moving.
With reference to Figure 18, when pump machanism 65 dispensing soaps, liquid soap also centers on the time Control Shaft 196 of actuator 174 through perforate 202.
After pump machanism 65 starts, along with pipe 68 towards nozzle 24 withdrawals, liquid soap is extruded from managing 68 end 70 with continuous flowing.As mentioned above, when motor stall, the spring 236 (Figure 20) that has compressed during liquid soap is carried makes pump chamber 218 return the nozzle 24 from leakage fluid dram 30 with extruding pipe to expand.Pump chamber 218 expansions and extruding pipe action forward combine, and make that the liquid soap that does not also leave tip 70 is sucked back when pipe 68 is return.This has just kept a string liquid soap in pipe 68, not so these liquid soaps will drip after main fertilizer soap lye conveying function is finished.This mode of operation also can prevent from using and cleaning dropping liquid and raffinate accumulation between the liquid soap extruder.
The front is illustrated the illustrated embodiment of the invention, to its objective is in order explaining, and not to attempt to accomplish exhaustive, neither limit the invention to disclosed precise forms.Selected declaratives are to be used at length explaining the practical application of principle of the present invention and these principles, make the one of ordinary skilled in the art can utilize the present invention by various embodiment and the various modification that is fit to its special-purposes.Scope of the present invention is not limited to instructions, but defines in the claims by elucidated hereinafter.
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1. the reservoir module of the automatic extrusion system of liquid soap comprises:
A container is used to deposit the liquid substance that the system that is extruded is extruded, and a central shaft and a head portion are arranged in the described container;
A perforate, at the head portion of container, described perforate is positioned on the container central axis;
A liquid pump machanism is installed on the described head portion of described container, and is arranged as with requiring described perforate and aligns; And
A delivery pipe links to each other with the top part of described liquid pump machanism, and described delivery pipe is arranged as with the central shaft of container and aligns.
2. reservoir module as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described delivery pipe is elongated.
3. reservoir as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described liquid pump machanism comprises an actuator with flange, and described actuator arrangement must depart from the center with respect to the central shaft of described container.
4. reservoir module as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described pump machanism comprises an actuator, after described pump machanism starts by described actuator, these parts are extruded described liquid substance from described container, by described pump machanism, send to described delivery pipe.
5. reservoir module as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, actuator comprises a spider element, when described actuator action, by described pump machanism, the core through described actuator is advanced to mid-described delivery pipe liquid substance in permission.
6. the extrusion mechanism of a liquid substance comprises:
A crowded nozzle for liquid;
A shell that effectively is connected with described crowded nozzle for liquid;
Described shell is used for removably holding and the fixing reservoir module that is being communicated with described crowded nozzle for liquid;
Described reservoir module has a central shaft,
Pump machanism and delivery pipe are installed on the described reservoir module, align with described central shaft.
7. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, when described reservoir module by described shell fixedly the time, described delivery pipe places described crowded nozzle for liquid.
8. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described pump machanism comprises that an actuator optionally starts described pump machanism,
When described pump machanism started, described delivery pipe moved an increment from primary importance, arrived the second place.
9. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described pump machanism comprises a bias component, and when the release of described pump machanism, this bias component makes described delivery pipe get back to the primary importance in the described crowded nozzle for liquid.
10. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described shell comprises a level at least in its bottom and along the internal recess of circumference, contiguous described internal recess has been arranged first perforate;
Described reservoir module is included in the second mid-perforate of described reservoir module top, when described reservoir module by described shell fixedly the time, described second perforate places first perforate.
11. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described reservoir module comprises a neck at contiguous described second tapping;
Have at least a flange components to stretch out from described neck;
Described at least one flange components extends in described at least one groove of described shell, so that releasably described reservoir module is fixed on the described shell.
12. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, described internal recess in the described shell comprises a slit that extends downwards at least, and when described reservoir module is installed or dismantled to described relatively shell, described at least one flange moved this slit.
13. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that when described reservoir module was installed in the described shell, described extruding pipe stretched in the described crowded nozzle for liquid, and when described reservoir module when described shell is removed, described extruding pipe shifts out from described crowded nozzle for liquid.
14. extrusion mechanism as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described reservoir module comprises an actuator flange that is connected to effectively on the described pump machanism, optionally to start described pump machanism;
Described shell comprises a driving mechanism on the actuator that is connected to described pump machanism effectively, and when detecting the user of extrusion device, described driving mechanism moves described pump machanism actuator.
15. method from an automatic liquid soap extrusion device dispensing soap.This device has a nozzle, a removable extruding pipe of in described nozzle, arranging, and a liquid soap container, and this container has the pump machanism that links to each other with described extruding pipe.This method may further comprise the steps:
A) detect user's hand;
B) detect in one's hands after, start pump machanism, from extruding pipe, discharge liquid soap;
C) when starting pump machanism, at the extruding pipe that moves up of the first party of nozzle relatively; And
D) after finishing the step that starts pump machanism, at the extruding pipe that moves up of the second party of nozzle relatively.
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