CN201899364U

CN201899364U - Drinking fountain

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Publication number: CN201899364U
Application number: CN2010201956429U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 北野辉幸
Original assignee: KITANO MACHINERY CO Ltd
Current assignee: KITANO MACHINERY CO Ltd
Priority date: 2010-03-01
Filing date: 2010-05-14
Publication date: 2011-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 2020-05-14
Also published as: KR101184099B1; KR20110099154A

Abstract

The utility model relates to a drinking fountain. An air container (30) is divided into a sterilization air guiding channel (31) on one side, a convection chamber (47) in the middle and an external air ascending channel (33) on the other side, wherein the bottom of the external air ascending channel is provided with an external air inlet part (34) communicated with the external air ascending channel; the bottom of the external air ascending channel is also provided with an ozone generation device (39) and heating devices (39 and 40); ozone and external air are heated and rise along the external air ascending channel to enter the convection chamber; and in the convection chamber, the external air is contacted with the ozone to generate sterilization air. The drinking fountain disclosed by the utility model is characterized in that air from the air container enters via the air inlet part, and cooled or heated drinking water is provided so as to practically prevent mildews or bacteria from being mixed into drinking water.

Description

Water dispenser

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of water dispenser, relate in particular to and a kind ofly can prevent exactly that mould or assorted bacterium from sneaking into the air feeder in the drinking water in inner bag or the drinking water container.

Background technology

Recently, advocate food security,, also require safer, delicious drinking water for drinking water.For example, place water dispenser, provide clean, safe cold water or hot water to the user in retail shop or family.

Common water dispenser, the hard drinking water container that clean water is injected 9L～20L seals inlet with lid, and this drinking water container is being fallen to be installed on the insertion oral area of water dispenser, drinking water in the drinking water container is fallen in the storage tank of the hermetically-sealed construction that inserts the oral area below, supply water with the form of cold water or hot water.

But, adopt the water dispenser of hard drinking water container, based on its structure, from drinking water container after storage tank supplies water, if do not have the air of respective amount to enter in the drinking water container, then can't supply water, therefore, mould or various assorted bacterium in the extraneous air can be sneaked in the interior drinking water of drinking water container, and drinking water can be by mould or living contaminants.Especially,, contain the various mineral matters of the abundant nutrient source that can be used as mould or assorted bacterium on the contrary because drinking water is different from running water and does not contain the composition with bactericidal effect, thus very easily contaminated.

To this, replace the hard drinking water container with soft drinking water container, and along with the falling into of drinking water, drinking water container has been obtained practicability by the water dispenser that atmospheric pressure dwindles.

Adopt the water dispenser of this soft drinking water container, the contaminated possibility of drinking water in its drinking water container is less, but, storage tank in water dispenser inside, along with the change of water level has extraneous air to flow in it, thereby still exist drinking water in the storage tank by the possibility of mould or living contaminants.

To this, patent documentation 1, patent documentation 2 disclosed water dispensers, be provided with along with the air in following general who has surrendered's air importing storage tank of water level imports oral area at the storage tank of inside or the insertion oral area of drinking water container, import oral area at air and connect air vessel, the inside of air vessel is divided into up and down the multistage space and is communicated with each space with a plurality of passages, in epimere space, ozone generator is set, hypomere space is imported extraneous air, this extraneous air is risen on the space upward by passage, make the ozone that takes place in epimere space utilize the difference in specific gravity between the air to descend in the space downwards on the other hand from passage, thereby extraneous air is contacted with ozone, extraneous air is carried out sterilization, supply with inner storage tank then.

The open communique of [patent documentation 1] Japan Patent is speciallyyed permit No. 4317259

The open communique of [patent documentation 2] Japan Patent is speciallyyed permit No. 4253036

Yet the antipollution method that patent documentation 1,2 is put down in writing needs the inside of air vessel is divided into the multistage space, thereby its complex structure, makes the raising that miscellaneous meeting causes cost.

And, the antipollution method that patent documentation 1 is put down in writing, because utilize the dividing plate that tilts to form horizontal wide multistage space, therefore, the water dispenser that has based on its structure, can't be guaranteed the design space in inside, causes and can't use.

Summary of the invention

The present invention does in view of the above problems, its purpose be to provide a kind of possess have make simple, can be arranged in the less space, be used to provide the water dispenser of the air vessel of filtrated air.

Water dispenser involved in the present invention, air from air vessel is entered via air importing oral area, thereby provide the drinking water of cooling or heating, the inside of above-mentioned air vessel, be divided into the sterilizing and air guide channel that is positioned at a side, be connected with this sterilizing and air guide channel and be positioned at the convection cell of central authorities and be connected with the top of this convection cell and be positioned at the extraneous air rising passway of opposite side, be formed with in the bottom of said external air rising passway and be attached thereto extraneous air logical and that extraneous air is flowed into and flow into oral area, and be provided with ozone generating-device and heater, ozone and extraneous air by the heat heating that above-mentioned heater produced, rise along said external air rising passway and to enter convection cell, and generated sterilizing and air by ozone sterilization at this convection cell inside and outside air, and this sterilizing and air is entered from above-mentioned air importing oral area, is formed with the ventilating part that the air that makes when externally air does not flow in the convection cell is drawn into extraneous air rising passway bottom on the other hand near said external air inflow aperture portion.

The invention is characterized in, in air vessel, be partitioned into convection cell, and the side at this convection cell forms the sterilizing and air guide channel, form the extraneous air rising passway at opposite side, heating by heater is heated so that its rising enters convection cell to the extraneous air that flows into oral area from extraneous air or the air in the convection cell with from the ozone of ozone generating-device, and in convection cell, make extraneous air or air contact ozone and generate sterilizing and air, this sterilizing and air is discharged from the sterilizing and air guide channel.

Thus, extraneous air or air are contacted fully in convection cell with ozone and are generated sterilizing and air, along with the water supply of the drinking water in the storage tank, this sterilizing and air enters in the storage tank in the water dispenser, can prevent exactly that therefore mould or assorted bacterium from sneaking in the storage tank.

Ozone has superior oxidisability based on its unstability, thereby its sterilizing ability is extremely strong, and its decomposition rate is also fast on the contrary, can become stable oxygen within several minutes to a few hours.Yet,, may cause redundant ozone to be sneaked in the drinking water if sterilizing and air enters in the water dispenser from air vessel at short notice.Therefore, comparatively it is desirable to, extract oral area out at the air of the air vessel that is communicated with air importing oral area active carbon filter is set, remove the ozone that is included in the sterilizing and air.

And, can flow into oral area at the extraneous air of air vessel filter also is set, after removing the mould or assorted bacterium in the extraneous air in advance it is flowed in the air vessel, yet, when the drinking water in the drinking water container falls into storage tank, the air adverse current in air vessel in the storage tank, the air that contains ozone in the air vessel can be discharged in the atmosphere, therefore, comparatively it is desirable to, the filter that extraneous air flows into oral area also adopts the active carbon that can remove ozone.

Drinking water do not fall into storage tank during, do not have the attraction of sterilizing and air in the air vessel, extraneous air can not flow in the air vessel, yet, during this period, the air in the convection cell enters in the extraneous air rising passway by ventilating part and rises with ozone, enters in the convection cell.

Import the air in the convection cell in the extraneous air rising passway and when it is risen with ozone, if externally formation can make the interior air of convection cell be drawn into the ventilating part of extraneous air rising passway bottom near the air inflow aperture portion, air and the ozone from the convection cell that import to extraneous air rising passway bottom are heated by heater, in the extraneous air rising passway, rise rapidly, can further promote the air in the convection cell and the convection current of ozone, air can contact effectively with ozone.

At this moment, comparatively it is desirable to, make the aisle spare of the aisle spare of ventilating part, in order to avoid a large amount of air in the convection cell enter in the extraneous air rising passway when externally air flows into less than the extraneous air rising passway.And, comparatively it is desirable to, the aisle spare of the part that is communicated with convection cell top that makes the extraneous air rising passway is less than the aisle spare of the part that is provided with ozone generating-device, so that extraneous air or air and ozone quicken to enter convection cell.

And, convection cell can form the space that produces a free convection, but, comparatively it is desirable to, the inwall of factory's word shape of the inwall of anti-L word shape of sterilizing and air guide channel side and extraneous air rising passway side is faced one another, constitute the 1st convection cell and the 2nd convection cell thus, and when externally air does not flow into, in the 1st convection cell, form the free convection of the 1st direction, in the 2nd convection cell, then form the reciprocal free convection of the 1st direction.

Ozone generating-device and heater can be made of ozone generation lamp, bulb lamp circuit and timing circuit.And heater except ozone generation lamp, bulb lamp circuit and timing circuit, can also be provided with heater dedicated heating such as radiator separately.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the sectional structure chart of the preferred forms of expression water dispenser involved in the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of wanting portion's structure of the above-mentioned embodiment of expression.

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of the air vessel structure of the above-mentioned embodiment of expression.

Fig. 4 is the figure of expression extraneous air and the trend of ozone in above-mentioned air vessel.

Fig. 5 is the figure of the trend in expression air and the ozone above-mentioned air vessel when externally air does not flow into.

Fig. 6 is the cutaway view of the air vessel structure of expression the 2nd embodiment.

Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of the air vessel structure of expression the 3rd embodiment.

Fig. 8 is the schematic diagram of applicable another water dispenser of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is the schematic diagram of applicable other water dispenser of the present invention.

Among the figure:

The 14A air imports oral area

30 air vessels

31 sterilizing and air guide channels

32 air are extracted oral area out

34 extraneous airs flow into oral area

36 active carbon filters

37 passages (ventilating part)

47 convection cells

48,49 venting channels (ventilating part)

113 air import oral area

220,221 air import oral area

The specific embodiment

Below, with reference to the accompanying drawings shown in object lesson, just the present invention is elaborated.Fig. 1 to Fig. 5 represents the preferred forms of water dispenser involved in the present invention.As shown in the figure, be formed with at the top of water dispenser shell 10 and insert oral area 11, be provided with extraction unit 12 at the central projection of this insertion oral area 11, the bottom 13 of this extraction unit 12 extends in the storage tank 14 of enclosed construction roughly.

Inserting the tender filling hole cover 26 that oral area 11 is inserted with drinking water container 25, by extraction unit 12, drinking water is flowed out.This drinking water container 25 uses rigid plastics to be made into ampuliform, and its upper end water filling port tegmentum 26 sealings are formed with embolism in the central authorities of this lid 26, and to clamp-on drinking water container interior and opened and this embolism is drawn out of portion 12.

Water level in above-mentioned storage tank 14 drops to the bottom of extraction unit 12 below 13, air in the storage tank 14 supplies in the drinking water container 25 by bottom 13 and extraction unit 12, drinking water in the drinking water container 25 falls in the storage tank 14, supplies water thus.

Be provided with cooling tube (not shown) at storage tank 14, thereby drinking water is cooled to uniform temperature, and, below storage tank 14, be provided with the boiler 16 that has heater (not shown), thereby the part of drinking water flow into boiler 16 and is heated to uniform temperature and becomes hot water.

Be connected with

feed pipe

17,18 on storage tank 14 and the boiler 16, on the other hand, be provided with

control valve

19,20 in the front of water dispenser shell 10, and be connected with

feed pipe

17,18 on this

control valve

19,20, thereby extract cold water or hot water out by operation to control

valve

19,20.

Air vessel 30 is installed on the storage tank 14.Side in this air vessel 30, form the less sterilizing and air guide channel 31 of aisle spare by dividing plate 41, central authorities form the convection cell 47 that is connected with the bottom of sterilizing and air guide channel 31, and opposite side forms the extraneous air rising passway 33 that is connected with convection cell 47 by dividing plate 42.

Be formed with air on the top of sterilizing and air guide channel 31 and extract oral area 32 out, be provided with active carbon filter 36 under this air extraction oral area 32, above-mentioned air is extracted oral area 32 out and is linked to each other with the air importing oral area 14A of storage tank 14 by tube connector 44.

On the other hand, externally the bottom of air rising passway 33 is provided with and is attached thereto logical filter 35, thereby and in this filter 35 active carbon is housed and can removes ozone.On this filter 35, be formed with the extraneous air that extraneous air is flowed into and flow into oral area (not shown).And externally the bottom of air rising passway 33 is equipped with ozone generation lamp 39, and the circuit box 40 that is used to accommodate bulb lamp circuit and timing circuit is installed in the outside of air vessel 30.

33A is little in the area ratio of combustion chamber passage of the top 33B that links to each other with convection cell 47 of extraneous air rising passway 33 bottom, thereby extraneous air or air and ozone can quicken to enter convection cell 47.

And, under filter 35 shells, be formed with the venting channels (ventilating part) 49 that is communicated with extraneous air rising passway 33 bottoms, this venting channels 49 comprises horizontal component 49A and vertical component 49B and is the L word shape, the aisle spare of this horizontal component 49A and vertical component 49B is identical in fact, and littler than the aisle spare of the narrow upper section 33B of extraneous air rising passway 33.

And, the inwall of the inwall of the anti-L word shape of sterilizing and air guide channel 31 sides in the convection cell 47 and factory's word shape of extraneous air rising passway 33 sides, its longitudinal wall face faces one another, its part overlaps each other in the vertical, constitute the 1st convection cell 47A and the 2nd convection cell 47B thus, and when externally air does not flow into, form the free convection of (the 1st direction) direction counterclockwise in the 1st convection cell 47A, then form the free convection of (opposite direction of the 1st direction) direction clockwise in the 2nd convection cell 47B.

When

operation control valve

19 or 20 is emitted cold water or hot water causes the water level in the storage tank 14 to drop under extraction unit 12 bottoms 13, then the air in the storage tank 14 enters within the drinking water container 25 by bottom 13 and extraction unit 12, drinking water in the drinking water container 25 falls into storage tank 14 via extraction unit 12 and bottom 13, thereby supplies water.

At this moment, water level in storage tank 14 descends, then as shown in Figure 4, sterilizing and air in the air vessel 30, extract oral area 32, tube connector 44 and air out via sterilizing and air guide channel 31, active carbon filter 36, air and import oral area 14A and enter in the storage tank 14, what are also just supplied with this water level how many air that descend.

On the other hand, in air vessel 30, by the timing circuit in the circuit box 40, ozone generation lamp 39 is intermittently lit a lamp, the extraneous air that flows into oral area 34 inflows from extraneous air is removed the mould or assorted bacterium of a part at filter 35, flow into extraneous air rising passway 33 then, produce ozone by the oxygen of ozone generation lamp 39 from extraneous air, and extraneous air and ozone cause temperature to rise by the heat heating that ozone generation lamp 39, bulb lamp circuit and timing circuit are produced.

Extraneous air and ozone through heating, rise along extraneous air rising passway 33, narrow top 33B by extraneous air rising passway 33 quickens to flow in the convection cell 47, and enter the extraneous air and the ozone of broad convection cell 47, loses heat and moving downwards, ozone and extraneous air are stirred fully and are generated sterilizing and air with contacting thus.

Extraneous air flows into oral area 34 from extraneous air and enters, then a part of extraneous air and ozone flow to convection cell 47 by venting channels 49 lentamente with beeline, yet because the aisle spare of venting channels 49 is less, channel resistance is bigger, even thereby attract rapidly, can not flow to convection cell 47 rapidly yet.

Drinking water in storage tank 14 not with the form of cold water or hot water supply water during, as shown in Figure 5, by the timing circuit in the circuit box 40 ozone generation lamp 39 is intermittently lit a lamp, part of air in the convection cell 47 flows in the extraneous air rising passway 33 by venting channels 49, heat and rise and turn back to convection cell 47 with ozone, and this moment, interior shape based on convection cell 47, in the 1st convection cell 47A and the 2nd convection cell 47B, produce rightabout free convection, air and ozone in the convection cell 47 are proceeded free convection, fully stir and contact with ozone, produce sterilizing and air conscientiously.

Fig. 6 represents the 2nd embodiment, in the drawings, and the identical or equal part of the symbolic representation identical with Fig. 1 to Fig. 5.In the present embodiment, passage (ventilating part) 37, externally the shell of air inflow aperture portion 34 under, bottom opening to extraneous air rising passway 33 forms, and, be provided with the switch valve 38 that trends towards closing the direction of passage 37 by spring members (not shown) at this passage 37.

When extraneous air when extraneous air flows into oral area 34 and flows into, extraneous air is attempted to flow to convection cell 47 by passage 37 with beeline, and this moment, passage 37 is by switch valve 38 closures, thereby extraneous air can't be with the beeline adverse current to convection cell 47.

Drinking water in storage tank 14 not with the form of cold water or hot water supply water during, by the timing circuit in the circuit box 40 ozone generation lamp 39 is intermittently lit a lamp, part of air in the convection cell 47 flows in the extraneous air rising passway 33 by passage 37, heat and rise and turn back to convection cell 47 with ozone, thereby air and ozone in the convection cell 47 are proceeded free convection, fully stir and contact with ozone, produce sterilizing and air conscientiously.

Fig. 7 represents the 2nd embodiment, in the drawings, and the identical or equal part of the symbolic representation identical with Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.In the present embodiment, one end of venting channels (ventilating part) 48, externally the shell of air inflow aperture portion 34 under, bottom opening to extraneous air rising passway 33, and the other end, extend on the base that flows into the shell of oral area 34 along extraneous air, extends upward then, is communicated with convection cell 47 by path passage 48B.

When extraneous air when extraneous air flows into oral area 34 and flows into, because the other end of venting channels 48 is communicated with convection cell 47 by path passage 48B, thereby the heat heating that produced by ozone generation lamp 39 or circuit box 40 of extraneous air or ozone, and the extraneous air after the heating and the part of ozone are blown in the convection cell 47 from its opening 48B by venting channels 48, and the extraneous air and the ozone that flow in the convection cell 47 with rising along rising passway 33 collide, therefore, extraneous air can fully stir and contact with ozone, produces sterilizing and air conscientiously.

Drinking water in storage tank 14 not with the form of cold water or hot water supply water during, by the timing circuit in the circuit box 40 ozone generation lamp 39 is intermittently lit a lamp, part of air in the convection cell 47 flows in the extraneous air rising passway 33 by venting channels 48, heat and rise and turn back to convection cell 47 with ozone, thereby air and ozone in the convection cell 47 are proceeded free convection.

In addition, the present invention is not only limited to the water dispenser of above-mentioned embodiment, can also be applicable to that the air from air vessel is imported oral area through air to suck, thereby supplies with other water dispensers of the drinking water that cools off or heat.

Fig. 8 represents the example of applicable another water dispenser of the present invention.Water dispenser 100 in this example, its top is formed with the insertion oral area 110 of the admission port that is used to insert plastic bottle (pet bottle) 111, at this insertion oral area 110 control valve 112 is installed, on this control valve 112, be formed with air and import oral area 113, import oral area 113 at this air and be communicated with air delivery pipe 114, this air delivery pipe 114 is inserted in the plastic bottle 111, is provided with check valve at the front end of this air delivery pipe 114.

In the present example, operation control valve 112, then the drinking water in the plastic bottle 111 flows out from control valve 112 through inserting oral area 110, and the air that is equivalent to institute's supplying drinking water amount on the other hand supplies in the plastic bottle 111 through air delivery pipe 114 from the air importing oral area 113 of control valve 112.

Therefore,, be connected in air and import oral area 113, just sterilizing and air can be offered in the plastic bottle 111 as long as extract the air of the air vessel 30 of the 1st, the 2nd embodiment out oral area 32 at the water dispenser 100 of this example.

Fig. 9 represents the example of applicable other water dispenser of the present invention.Water dispenser 200 in this example, its top are provided with the water receiving container 222 that receives running water etc., and this water receiving container 222 is by water receiving flap 223 closures.

Below water receiving container 222, be connected with water injecting tank 210 by filter 211, the running water that flow into water receiving container 222 supplies to water injecting tank 210 through filter 211.

At water injecting tank 210, feed pipe by separately is connected with storage tank 212,213, wherein storage tank 212 is provided with cooling tube (not shown), and another storage tank 213 is provided with heater (not shown), by operation control valve 214,215, cold water or hot water are provided, and air enters in the storage tank 212,213 from air importing oral area 220,221 on the other hand.

And, the feed pipe of storage tank 212,213 is provided with switch valve 216,218, in storage tank 212,213, be provided with buoy (float) 217,219, when the water level in the storage tank 212,213 descends; the open switch valves 216,218 of buoy 217,219, make drinking water supply in the water injecting tank 210 in storage tank 212,213.

Therefore,, be connected in air and import oral area 220,221, just sterilizing and air can be offered in the storage tank 212,213 as long as extract the air of the air vessel 30 of the 1st, the 2nd embodiment out oral area 32 at the water dispenser 200 of this example.

Claims

1. water dispenser, it makes air from air vessel import oral area via air and enters, thereby the drinking water of cooling or heating is provided, and it is characterized in that, comprising:

Sterilizing and air guide channel (31) is arranged on the side in the described air vessel (30);

Convection cell (47) is positioned at the central authorities of described air vessel (30), and is connected with described sterilizing and air guide channel (31);

Extraneous air rising passway (33) is arranged on the opposite side in the described air vessel (30), and is connected with the top of described convection cell (47);

Extraneous air flows into oral area (34), forms with the bottom of described extraneous air rising passway (33) to be communicated with, and is used to make extraneous air to flow into;

Ozone generating-device and heater are arranged on the bottom of described extraneous air rising passway (33);

Ventilating part (37,48,49), be formed on described extraneous air flow into oral area (34) near, when externally air does not flow into, make air in the convection cell (47) be drawn into the bottom of extraneous air rising passway (33).

2. water dispenser according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

In described convection cell (47), the inwall of factory's word shape of the inwall of the anti-L word shape of sterilizing and air guide channel (31) side and extraneous air rising passway (33) side faces one another, and constitutes the 1st convection cell (47A) and the 2nd convection cell (47B) thus.

3. water dispenser according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

Described ventilating part (49), the described extraneous air rising passway of its area ratio of combustion chamber passage (33) is little.

4. water dispenser according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

The aisle spare of part (33A) that described extraneous air rising passway (33), the area ratio of combustion chamber passage of the part (33B) that it is connected with convection cell (47) top are provided with ozone generating-device is little.

5. water dispenser according to claim 1 is characterized in that:

Described heater, mainly by ozone generation lamp, bulb lamp circuit and timing circuit, perhaps heater dedicated formation.