CN209815828U

CN209815828U - Water treatment machine

Info

Publication number: CN209815828U
Application number: CN201821487599.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 褚振麟; 贾攀; 胡霄宗
Original assignee: Ningbo Coman Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Coman Environmental Protection Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-05-30
Filing date: 2018-09-12
Publication date: 2019-12-20
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-12
Also published as: CN110550770A; CN110550765A; CN211226632U; CN110550765B; CN110550770B; CN210736372U; CN110550766B; CN110550766A

Abstract

The utility model provides a water treatment machine, it includes a purifier, a softening installation and an organism, wherein this purifier includes at least one purification filter core, and this softener includes at least one softening case, and wherein this organism includes a shell and a lid that is suitable for the lid at this shell, and wherein this organism forms an inner chamber, and wherein this purification filter core of this purifier and this softening installation's softening case all is set up this inner chamber at this organism.

Description

Water treatment machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a water treatment technical field especially relates to a water processor, wherein the utility model discloses water processor can carry out purification treatment and softening treatment to water. Further, the utility model discloses water processor purifier (purification filter core) and softening installation (softening box) are all set up at the water processor, and are set up and can purify and soften the processing to raw water (or pending water) through single control valve, realization to make the user can obtain purified water and demineralized water simultaneously.

Background

With the increasing health concern and water pollution concern, water treatment machines or systems have become common household appliances. Water treatment machines, especially household water treatment machines, such as central water purifiers, water softeners and the like are often installed in kitchens to treat water and obtain cleaner water.

Water treatment machines are generally classified into water purification machines and water softening machines according to the treatment mode of raw water or water to be treated. Common water purifiers, such as activated carbon filtration water purifiers, ultrafiltration water purifiers, RO membrane water purifiers, and the like, are mostly used for removing impurities, such as harmful substances and foreign substances with peculiar smell, in water as much as possible. And the water softener is mainly used for removing calcium ion plasma in water. Purifier such as ultrafiltration purifier and RO membrane purifier handle the water phase that the raw water obtained relatively cleaner and be fit for drinking, and the water softener handles the soft water that the raw water obtained because contain less calcium ion etc. more be fit for shower, wash clothes etc.. It is also believed that soft water is more suitable for cosmetic purposes. However, most of the existing water treatment machines having a composite water treatment function are water treatment machines for purifying water only, such as an activated carbon-ultrafiltration filtration composite water purification system, an ultrafiltration-RO membrane composite water purification system, a PP cotton-activated carbon composite water purification system, and the like, but there are almost few water purification-softening composite water treatment machines. The main reason is that the purification of water and the softening of water are different in mechanism or mechanism. When carrying out purification treatment to the water intaking, the user needs regularly to change the filter core to it loses purification performance to avoid purifying filter core after long-time the use. For example, although flushing or the like can extend the useful life of the filter element, the activated carbon filter element and the ultrafiltration filter element need to be replaced after a long period of use. After a period of water softening treatment by using the water softener, the water softener needs to periodically replenish salt solution (generally, NaCl solution) into a softening tank (which may also be a softening filter element or a softening tank) and clean the softening tank, so as to prevent the softened resin in the softening tank from losing activity and removing impurities in the softening tank after long-term use. In addition, the water softener needs to be replenished with water into the salt (liquid) tank in addition to the salt liquid in the softening tank to prevent the salt liquid in the salt liquid tank from being exhausted and failing to supply the salt liquid into the softening tank. However, all water treatment machines involve control of the water flow. Due to the complexity of the structure and function realization of the water softener for softening water, the purification-softening composite water treatment machine needs to form a complex water path and can realize reasonable control on the complex water path. In order to realize the control of a purified water channel and a softened water channel at the same time, most of the existing purification-softening composite water treatment machines are provided with more than two control valves, which finally leads to the overstaffed structure, large volume and poor use experience of the whole water treatment machine. Furthermore, water treatment machines, especially domestic water treatment machines, are typically mounted under the counter of a kitchen, such as under a hand sink. The existing purifying-softening composite water treatment machine has huge volume, occupies too much space and brings great inconvenience to the installation of users. Needless to say, maintenance and filter element replacement in the event of a malfunction of the water treatment machine. In addition, the existing purifying-softening composite water treatment machine rarely provides purified water to a user at the same time when softening water. Even more, there are purification-softening composite water treatment machines that supply only softened water, not purified water. The user has to access the purified water through an additional water purification mechanism. Finally, for safety reasons, it is necessary for water treatment facilities, particularly water treatment machines having multiple water treatment functions, to continuously supply water (or raw water) in a non-water treatment operating state. However, most of the existing purification-softening composite water treatment machines can only provide purified water or/and softened water at the purification or/and softening functional position, and can not provide water continuously in other working states, such as the cleaning working state of the purification filter element of the purification device.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the water treatment machine comprises at least two water treatment devices, such as a purification device and a softening device, and both are connected in series via a water flow path in at least one operating state. Preferably, the purification device has a purification cartridge and the softening device has a softening tank.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein this purifier's of this water treatment machine purification filter core and this softening installation's softening tank all are set up the inner chamber that forms at the organism of this water treatment machine.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the purifying filter element of the water treatment machine can be a pre-filter, an activated carbon filter element, an ultrafiltration filter element, a screen filter or a laminated filter, and the softening tank can be a tank or other softening mechanism or device for softening water by using softening resin. In other words, the shape, structure and form of the softening tank should not constitute a limitation of the present invention.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the control valve of the water treatment machine is set to control the purifying filter element and the softening tank to be connected in series and to sequentially purify and soften water in a purifying-softening operation state. Preferably, the water treatment machine is capable of providing both purified and softened water in a purification-softening operating state.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the control valve of the water treatment machine is set to control the purifying filter element and the softening tank to be connected in series and to sequentially purify and soften water in a purifying-softening operation state. Preferably, the series connection of the purification cartridge and the softening tank of the water treatment machine and the treatment of purifying and softening water in sequence are realized by a single control valve.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the purification device and the softening device of the water treatment machine are disposed in series at a purification-softening operation state, and the purification device of the water treatment machine is located at the upstream of the softening device, so that the softening device can treat the purified water from the purification device to obtain clean softened water.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the water treatment machine further comprises a control valve, wherein in the purification-softening operation state of the water treatment machine, the control valve of the water treatment machine connects the purification device and the softening device in series, thereby realizing the purification and softening treatment of water in sequence.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a water processor, wherein the control valve of this water processor is set up and can be controlled the rivers and carry out forward washing and back washing respectively to this purification filter core and this softening box. Preferably, the water treatment machine achieves forward and reverse flushing of its purification cartridge and softening tank through a single control valve.

An object of the utility model is to provide a water processor, wherein this purifier includes a set of looks series connection's purification filter core in proper order to can carry out multistage purification to water. Optionally, the purification cartridges of the purification apparatus are connected together in parallel to increase the flow of purified water per unit time. Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the purifying filter element and the softening tank of the water treatment machine are highly integrally disposed in the inner chamber of the machine body of the water treatment machine, thereby making the water treatment machine more compact and convenient for users to install and use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the purifying filter element of the purifying device of the water treatment machine and the softening tank of the softening device are integrally provided in the inner chamber of the machine body of the water treatment machine, so that the water treatment machine can be set to have a regular shape, thereby making it suitable for being installed in a kitchen and making the kitchen space more fully utilized.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the control valve of the water treatment machine can not only control the water purification-softening treatment, but also control the realization of other functions, such as the functions of washing the softening tank, supplementing salt solution to the softening tank, supplementing water to the salt (water) tank, etc.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a water processor, wherein the control valve of this water processor can form a plurality of water routes (or intercommunication passageway) of mutual noninterference at the workstation of difference to realize the utility model discloses water processor's multiple functions.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the water treatment machine can realize the control of the purification device and the softening device through a single control valve, thereby making the integration level of the water treatment machine higher and the volume smaller. Preferably, the control valve is a planar valve.

Another object of the utility model is to provide a water processor, wherein be linked together through corresponding water route between this (water) purifier of this water processor, this (water) softening installation and this control valve to the realization is to the control in aqueous cleaning water route and water softening water route and to the purification and the softening treatment of water. In particular, the purified water treated by the (water) purification device flows to the purified water passage and the water inlet of the (water) softening device, respectively, to provide purified water to the purified water passage and the (water) softening device, either separately or simultaneously.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the control valve of the water treatment machine can simultaneously control the flow in the purification water path and the flow in the softening water path to flow in different directions without interfering with each other, so as to control the purification device and the softening water mechanism of the water treatment machine to realize the purification and softening treatment of the raw water or the water to be treated individually and/or simultaneously, thereby providing purified water and softened water to the user individually and/or simultaneously according to the needs of the user. In other words, the control valve of the water treatment machine enables the water treatment machine of the present invention to simultaneously realize the control of the purification water path and the softening water path through a single control valve.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment machine, wherein the water treatment machine does not require precise components and complicated structure, and the manufacturing process is simple and the cost is low.

The other advantages and features of the invention will be fully apparent from the following detailed description and realized by means of the instruments and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

According to the utility model discloses, can realize aforementioned at least one purpose or other purposes and advantage the utility model discloses water processor includes:

a purification device, wherein the purification device comprises at least one purification cartridge;

a softening unit, wherein the softening unit comprises a softening tank; and

a organism, wherein this organism forms an inner chamber, wherein this purification filter core of this purifier and this softening tank of this softening installation all are set up in this inner chamber of this organism.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be fully apparent from the ensuing description and drawings.

These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description, the accompanying drawings and the appended claims.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a water treatment machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an assembly view of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the control valve (flat valve) of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an assembly view of the above-mentioned flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5A is a perspective view of the valve body of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5B is another perspective view of the valve body of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6A is the above cross-sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the figure shows that the inner cavity of the planar valve is communicated with the first opening of the valve body of the planar valve, and also shows that the eighth channel of the stationary blade of the planar valve is communicated with the sixth opening of the valve body.

Fig. 6B is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the view shows the first opening, the second opening, the third opening, the fourth opening, the fifth opening, the sixth opening, the seventh opening and the eighth opening of the valve body of the flat valve.

Fig. 6C is another cross-sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the eleventh channel of the movable plate of the flat valve is connected to the ninth opening.

Fig. 6D is a perspective view of the fixed valve plate and the valve body of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the fifth passage and the twelfth passage of the stationary plate of the flat valve are shown.

Fig. 8A is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a first operating position.

Fig. 8B is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the first working position.

Fig. 8C is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the first working position.

Fig. 8D is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is in the first working position.

Fig. 8E is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the first operating position.

Fig. 9A is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a second working position.

Fig. 9B is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the second working position.

Fig. 10A is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a third operating position.

Fig. 10B is another sectional view of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the planar valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the third operating position.

Fig. 11A is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a fourth operating position.

Fig. 11B is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the fourth working position.

Fig. 11C is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the fourth working position.

Fig. 11D is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in the fourth working position.

Fig. 12A is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a fifth working position.

Fig. 12B is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is in the fifth working position.

Fig. 12C is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is in the fifth working position.

Fig. 13A is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is shown in a sixth working position.

Fig. 13B is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the flat valve of the water treatment machine is in the sixth working position.

Fig. 14 is another sectional view of the flat valve of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment apparatus is shown in a seventh operating position.

Fig. 15A is a perspective view of the stationary plate of the flat valve of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15B is a perspective view of the movable valve plate of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15C is a top view of the stationary plate of the flat valve of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15D is a top view of the movable valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15E is a bottom view of the stationary plate of the flat valve of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15F is a bottom view of the movable valve plate of the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 16A is a schematic structural view of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment apparatus is shown in a purification-softening operation position, and arrows are directed to water flow.

Fig. 16B is another schematic diagram of a water treatment machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in a softening cartridge (e.g., softening tank) backwashing operation position, and the arrow is directed to water flow.

Fig. 16C is another schematic structural diagram of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in the backwashing operation position of the purification device, and the arrow in the figure indicates the water flow direction.

Fig. 16D is another schematic view of a water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in a softening cartridge regeneration position, and the arrow in the figure indicates the direction of water flow.

Fig. 16E is another schematic diagram of a water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in a softening cartridge forward washing position, in which the arrows are pointing in the direction of water flow.

Fig. 16F is another schematic diagram of a water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in a forward washing position of the purification apparatus, and the arrow indicates the direction of water flow.

Fig. 16G is another schematic structural diagram of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the water treatment machine is shown in a water replenishing position, and an arrow in the figure indicates a water flow direction.

Fig. 17A is a schematic structural diagram of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 17B is a schematic structural diagram of the movable valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the broken line in the diagram shows the conducting channel of the movable valve plate.

Fig. 17C is an isometric view of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the figure shows that each channel is disposed at a specific isometric position of the fixed valve plate.

Fig. 17D is an isometric view of the movable valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the view shows that each channel is disposed at a specific isometric position of the movable valve plate.

Fig. 18A is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the first working position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 18B is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second working position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 18C is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the third operating position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 18D is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the flat valve when the flat valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the fourth operating position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the flat valve.

Fig. 18E is the schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the fifth working position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 18F is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the sixth operating position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 18G is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve when the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the seventh working position, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 19 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 20 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 21 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 22 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 23 shows an alternative implementation of a planar valve of a water treatment machine in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 24 is a cross-sectional view of the alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the figure shows that different portions of the eighth passage of the planar valve are respectively in communication with the sixth opening.

Fig. 25A is a schematic structural diagram of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 25B is an isometric view of the stationary plate of the alternative embodiment of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the figure shows that each channel is positioned at a specific isometric position of the stationary plate.

Fig. 26A is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the planar valve is in the first working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 26B is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the planar valve is in the second working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 26C is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the planar valve is in the third operating position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 26D is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the fourth working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown, wherein the shaded portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 26E is the schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the fifth working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 26F is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in the sixth operating position, wherein the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown in the hatched portion in the figure, and the channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve are shown in the hatched portion.

Fig. 26G is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the seventh working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve, wherein the shaded portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 27A is a perspective view of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve for an alternative implementation of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 27B is a perspective view of the movable valve plate of the planar valve for the optional implementation of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 27C is a top view of the stationary plate of the flat valve for the alternative embodiment of the water treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 27D is a top view of the movable valve plate of the planar valve for the alternative implementation of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 27E is a bottom view of the stationary plate of the flat valve for an alternative embodiment of the water treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

Fig. 27F is a bottom view of the movable valve plate of the planar valve for an alternative implementation of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 28A is a schematic view of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softening water treatment system is shown in the purification-softening operation position, and the arrows are directed to the water flow direction.

Fig. 28B is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in the softened filter element backwashing operation position, and the arrow indicates the water flow direction.

Fig. 28C is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in the back washing position of the purification apparatus, and the arrow indicates the water flow direction.

Fig. 28D is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in the softened filter element regeneration position, and the arrows are in the water flow direction.

Fig. 28E is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in the softened filter element forward washing position, with the arrows pointing in the direction of water flow.

Fig. 28F is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in the purification device forward washing position, and the arrows are in the water flow direction.

Fig. 28G is another schematic diagram of the alternative embodiment of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the purification-softened water treatment system is shown in a water replenishing position, and the arrows are in the water flow direction.

Fig. 29A is a schematic structural diagram of the movable valve plate of the planar valve according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the broken line in the diagram shows the conducting channel of the movable valve plate.

Fig. 29B is an isometric view of the movable valve plate of the alternative planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the view shows that each channel is disposed at a specific isometric position of the movable valve plate.

Fig. 30A is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the planar valve in the first working position of the planar valve according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown in the hatched portion in the figure, and the channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve are shown in the hatched portion in the figure.

Fig. 30B is a schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve in the second working position of the planar valve according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 30C is the schematic view of the above-mentioned communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve in the third operating position of the planar valve according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 30D is the schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative implementation of the flat valve in the fourth operating position of the water treatment machine according to the present invention, wherein the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the flat valve is shown in the hatched portion in the figure, and the channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the flat valve are shown in the hatched portion in the figure.

Fig. 30E is the schematic view of the above-mentioned optional plane valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the plane valve is in the fifth working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the plane valve is shown, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the plane valve.

Fig. 30F is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the planar valve is in the sixth working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve is shown, wherein the shaded portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 30G is a schematic view of the above-mentioned alternative planar valve of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the seventh working position, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate and the channel of the fixed valve plate of the planar valve, wherein the hatched portion in the figure shows the mutually communicated channels of the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate of the planar valve.

Fig. 31 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a water treatment machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 32 is a schematic sectional view of the body of the water treatment machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the inner space of the body of the water treatment machine.

Fig. 33 is a schematic partial sectional view of the body of the water treatment machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 34 is a schematic connection diagram of the purification device and the softening device of the water treatment machine according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 35 shows that the salt solution exists in the inner cavity of the body of the water treatment machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 36 and 37 show the control valve of the water treatment machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, as the terms are used in the description to indicate that the referenced device or element must have the specified orientation, be constructed and operated in the specified orientation, and not for the purpose of limitation.

It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.

Referring to fig. 1 to 37 of the drawings of the present invention, a water treatment machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, which is adapted to perform purification-softening treatment of raw water or water to be treated, wherein the water treatment machine comprises a purification apparatus 20, a softening apparatus 30 and a machine body 50, wherein the purification apparatus 20 comprises at least one purification cartridge 21A, the softening apparatus 30 comprises at least one softening cartridge (or softening tank) 31, and the machine body 50 forms an inner cavity 500, wherein the softening tank 31 of the softening apparatus 30 and the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 are both disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the machine body 50. As shown in fig. 1 to 37 of the drawings, preferably, when the water treatment apparatus of the present invention is in a first operating state, the purifying device 20 and the softening device 30 are connected in series through a purifying-softening water path, so that the water treatment apparatus can sequentially purify and soften raw water or water to be treated, thereby providing purified water subjected to purification treatment and softened water obtained by further softening the purified water to a user. In other words, the first operating state of the water treatment machine corresponds to its purification-softening operating state. Preferably, the softening tank 31 of the softening device is a glass reinforced plastic tank.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 31 to 37 of the drawings, the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a housing 51, wherein the housing 51 of the body 50 forms the inner cavity 500. In some embodiments, the housing 51A of the housing 51 may be configured to have a barrel-like configuration.

As shown in fig. 35 of the drawings, the softening device 30 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a salt tank 33, wherein the salt tank 33 is formed by the housing 51 of the machine body 50. Accordingly, a saline chamber 330 for containing saline solution in the saline tank 33 of the softening device 30 is formed by the inner chamber 500 of the housing 51 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine. In other words, the housing 51 of the machine body 50 forms the salt solution tank 33, and the inner cavity 500 of the housing 51 of the machine body 50 of the water treatment machine forms the salt solution cavity 330 of the salt solution tank 33 of the softening device 30.

As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention preferably further includes an inner housing 52, wherein the inner housing 52 is configured and adapted to receive the purifying cartridge 21A of the purifying device 20 therein. In other words, the inner shell 52 of the housing 50 further forms at least one receiving chamber 520 for receiving the purifying cartridge 21A of the purifying device 20.

As shown in fig. 31 of the drawings, the inner casing 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a spacer 522, wherein the spacer 522 is configured to form the accommodating cavity 520 of the inner casing 52. Preferably, the spacing portion 522 of the inner shell 52 of the machine body 50 is configured to separate the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 from the salt solution chamber 330 of the softening device 30. In other words, the partition 522 of the inner shell 52 of the housing 50 is configured to prevent the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 from contacting the salt solution or the salt in the salt solution cavity 330 of the softening device 30, so as to prevent the using and the operation of the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 from being affected by the salt solution or the salt in the salt solution cavity 330 of the softening device 30. For example, when the user detaches the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20, there is a possibility that salt or salt liquid may enter the inside of the purification cartridge 21A from the opening of the purification cartridge 21A without the isolation function of the spacer 522 of the inner casing 52.

As shown in fig. 31 of the drawings, the inner shell 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is further configured to form a salt adding channel 501 between the inner shell and the outer shell 51 of the body 50, so that a user can add salt into the salt solution chamber 330 formed by the outer shell 51 of the body 50 according to needs. Preferably, the salting channel 501 is in communication with the salt solution chamber 330 of the softening device 30. More preferably, the inner shell 52 of the machine body 50 further forms an elongated slot 5201, wherein the elongated slot 5201 is formed on the outer surface of the inner shell 52 from top to bottom, wherein the elongated slot 5201 of the inner shell 52 forms the salting channel 501.

As shown in fig. 31 to 32 of the drawings, the body 50 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a viewing window 504 facing the salt solution chamber 330 of the softening device 30 and a viewing window 54, wherein the viewing window 54 is disposed facing the viewing window 504 of the housing 51, wherein the viewing window 54 is made of transparent material to allow a user to view the salt solution chamber 330 of the softening device 30 from the viewing window 504 (or through the viewing window 54). Preferably, the viewing port 504 of the housing 51 is disposed opposite to the salt adding passage 501 of the body 50, so that a user can view the condition that salt is added.

As shown in fig. 31 to 32 of the drawings, the viewing port 504 of the body 50 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is preferably provided at the housing 51 from the top down.

As shown in fig. 32 to 33 of the drawings, the housing 51 includes a high end portion 511 and a low end portion 512 extending downward from the high end portion 511, wherein the viewing port 504 of the body 50 is disposed at the low end portion 512 of the housing 51.

As shown in fig. 2 and 32 to 33 of the drawings, in order to facilitate a user to observe the salt liquid chamber 330 of the softening device 30 from the observation port 504 (or through the observation window 54) and to check the consumption of the salt or salt liquid in the salt liquid chamber 330, the distance D1 from the lower edge 5041 of the observation port 504 of the housing 51 of the water treatment apparatus of the present invention to the bottom 3201 of the salt liquid chamber 330 of the softening device 30 of the housing 51 is not more than 10 cm. Preferably, the distance D1 of the lower edge 5041 of the viewing port 504 of the housing 51 from the bottom 3201 of the saline chamber 330 of the softening device 30 of the housing 51 is no greater than 6 centimeters. More preferably, the distance D1 of the lower edge 5041 of the viewing port 504 of the housing 51 from the bottom 3201 of the saline chamber 330 of the softening device 30 of the housing 51 is no greater than 5 centimeters. In view of the size and human eye resolution of the water treatment machine, the lower edge 5041 of the viewing port 504 is spaced from the bottom 3201 of the saline chamber 330 of the softener 30 by a distance D1 of no more than 5 cm, which is more convenient for a user to see the bottom 3201 of the saline chamber 330 when standing beside the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 2 and 32 to 33 of the drawings, in order to facilitate a user to observe the salt solution chamber 330 of the softening device 30 from the observation port 504 (or through the observation window 54) and to check the consumption of salt or salt solution in the salt solution chamber 330, the length L1 of the observation port 504 of the housing 51 of the water treatment machine of the present invention is not less than 5 cm. Preferably, the length L1 of the viewing port 504 of the housing 51 is not less than 10 centimeters. More preferably, the width D2 of the viewing port 504 of the housing 51 is not less than 2 centimeters. Most preferably, the viewing window 54 is configured to seal the viewing port 504.

As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further comprises a cover 53, wherein the inner cavity 500 of the housing 51 has a housing opening 502, wherein the cover 53 of the housing 51 is adapted to cover the housing opening 502 of the housing 51. Preferably, the cover 53 of the housing 51 is detachably covered on the housing opening 502 of the housing 51. It is understood that the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is adapted to be disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the housing 51 through the housing opening 502 of the housing 51. Further, the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 is also disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the housing 51 through the housing opening 502 of the housing 51.

As shown in fig. 31 of the drawings, the salt adding passage 501 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a salt adding port 5010, wherein the salt adding port 5010 is provided in the cover 53 of the body 50. Optionally, the salting port 5010 is formed in the housing 51 of the body 50. Further, the body 50 further includes a salt adding window 55, wherein the salt adding window 55 is disposed opposite to the salt adding port 5010 of the body 50 to selectively close or open the salt adding port 5010. It will be appreciated that the salting window 55 may be considered a shutter or cover plate, and that when a user desires to add salt to the salt chamber 330, the user removes the salting window 55 (or pivots the salting window 55 and exposes the salting opening 5010) to expose the salting opening 5010 of the salting channel 501 to allow the user to add salt through the salting channel 501.

As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the purification device 20 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention preferably includes two purification cartridges 21A, wherein the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification device 20 are connected in series. Optionally, the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 are connected together in parallel. It can be understood that the purification device 20 of the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can also include more than two purification cartridges 21A.

As shown in fig. 34 of the drawings, the purifying device 20 of the water treatment apparatus of the present invention has a first communicating opening 201 and a second communicating opening 202, wherein the purifying device 20 is configured to allow water to flow into and flow out of the first communicating opening 201 of the purifying device 20 and the second communicating opening 202 of the purifying device 20, and to allow water to flow into and flow out of the second communicating opening 202 of the purifying device 20 and the first communicating opening 201 of the purifying device 20. Accordingly, the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 has a first through opening 301 and a second through opening 302, wherein the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 is configured to allow water to flow in from the first through opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and out from the second through opening 302 of the softening tank 31, and to allow water to flow in from the second through opening 302 of the softening tank 31 and out from the first through opening 301 of the softening tank 31.

As shown in fig. 31 to 37 of the drawings, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a control valve 10, wherein when the water treatment apparatus is in the first operating state, the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 and the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 of the water treatment apparatus are connected in series through the control valve 10, so that the water treatment apparatus can sequentially purify and soften raw water or water to be treated. It can be understood that, when the water treatment machine is in the first operating state, the purified water obtained by the purification treatment of the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 of the water treatment machine, controlled and guided by the control valve 10, flows to the softening apparatus 30 through a water flow branch and the softened water obtained by the softening treatment of the softening tank 31 of the softening apparatus 30 is supplied to the user through a softened water supply path; and through another water flow branch, the purified water flows to a purified water supply waterway and is provided to the user.

As shown in fig. 2 and 31 to 37 of the drawings, the control valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is configured to control water flow to selectively flow through the purification device 20 and/or the softening device 30, thereby realizing the corresponding functions of the water treatment machine. That is, both the purification apparatus 20 and the softening apparatus 30 can perform the purification-softening treatment of water by a single control valve 10. Therefore, compared with the existing water treatment equipment, the utility model discloses the complexity of the control mechanism of water treatment machine obviously reduces and the volume of water treatment machine can become littleer and convenient to use and installation. Especially, the utility model discloses the water processor can save the finite space in narrow and small kitchen. Preferably, the control valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is disposed in the inner cavity 500 formed by the housing 51. More preferably, the control valve 10 is provided to the softening tank 31. That is, the softening tank 31 provides a mounting location for the control valve 10. More specifically, the control valve 10 may be connected to the softening tank 31 by a screw. It will be appreciated that the control valve 10 may be provided in the softening tank 31 in other ways.

As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be detachably disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the machine body 50, so as to replace the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30. Preferably, the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 of the water treatment apparatus is also detachably disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the machine body 50, so as to replace the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20.

As shown in fig. 33 of the drawings, the housing 51 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a front side 5101, wherein the salting channel 501 of the body 50 is disposed opposite to the front side 5101 of the housing 51. In other words, the inner shell 52 of the body 50 is disposed opposite to the front side 5101 of the outer shell 51.

As shown in fig. 31 of the drawings, the outer shell 51 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a back side 5102 opposite to the front side 5101, wherein the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 is disposed between the back side 5102 of the outer shell 51 and the inner shell 52 of the body 50.

As shown in fig. 33 of the drawings, the housing 51 of the body 50 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has two sides 5103 disposed between the front side 5101 and the back side 5102. Optionally, the salting channel 501 of the housing 50 is disposed opposite the side 5103 of the housing 51.

As shown in fig. 32 of the drawings, the inner shell 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an inner shell 521 and at least one spacer 522 disposed on the inner shell 521, wherein the spacer 522 is disposed to extend outward from the inner shell 521 of the inner shell 52 of the body 50, so as to ensure that the inner shell 52 and the outer shell 51 can form a salt adding channel 501 therebetween when the inner shell 52 is disposed in the inner cavity 500 of the body 50. In other words, the partition 522 is configured to ensure that there is a continuous space between the inner shell 52 and the outer shell 51, and the space is always communicated with the saline solution chamber 330, thereby forming the saline adding passage 501 of the machine body 50. As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the inner casing 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a shielding case 523 and has a mounting opening 524, wherein the shielding case 523 is configured to cover the inner casing 52 to cover the mounting opening 524 of the inner casing 52, so as to prevent the salt from entering the inside of the inner casing 52 through the mounting opening 524 of the inner casing 52 when the salt is added by the user. It can be understood that the mounting opening 524 of the inner housing 52 allows a user to mount the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 to the receiving chamber 520 of the inner housing 52 through the mounting opening 524. As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the shielding case 523 has a guide surface 5231 facing the salting channel 501. Preferably, the guide surface 5231 is an inclined surface that extends upwardly and outwardly relative to the salting channel 501 so that when salt is placed on the guide surface 5231, it can slide downwardly along the guide surface 5231 and fall through the salting port 5010 into the salting channel 501 and further into the salt chamber 330 under the influence of gravity. More preferably, the guide surface 5231 of the shield 523 is disposed directly opposite the salting port 5010 of the salting channel 501.

As shown in fig. 2 of the drawings, the inner shell 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention forms at least one supporting portion 525 adapted to be supported at the bottom of the outer shell 51 of the body 50, wherein the supporting portion 525 of the inner shell 52 and the outer shell 51 form a water path therebetween to allow water in the saline solution chamber 330 to flow to the saline solution adding passage 501 and form saline solution. Optionally, the inner shell 52 of the housing 50 forms at least two support portions 525, wherein two adjacent support portions 525 of the inner shell 52 form a water path therebetween to allow water in the saline solution chamber 330 to flow to the saline adding channel 501 and form saline solution.

It should be noted that the inner shell 521 and the spacer 522 of the inner shell 52 of the body 50 of the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can also form a support frame structure, wherein the inner shell 521, the spacer 522 of the inner shell 52 and the support portion 525 of the inner shell 52 form a support mechanism for holding the purifying filter element 21A of the purifying device 20 at a proper position, and under the effect of the spacer 522, the inner shell 521 and the outer shell 51 of the inner shell 52 always keep a certain distance, so as to form a salt adding channel 501 between the inner shell 521 and the outer shell 51 of the inner shell 52.

Referring to fig. 1 to 30G of the drawings of the present invention, a water treatment machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, which is adapted to perform purification-softening treatment of water (or raw water) to be treated, wherein the water treatment machine comprises a control valve 10, a purification device 20 and a softening device 30, wherein the control valve 10 comprises a valve body 11 and a valve cartridge 1, wherein the control valve 10 has an inner chamber 110, a first opening 1101, a second opening 1102, a third opening 1103, a fourth opening 1104, a fifth opening 1105, a sixth opening 1106, a seventh opening 1107 and an eighth opening 1107, wherein the valve cartridge 1 is disposed in the inner chamber 110. Preferably, the control valve 10 further defines a ninth opening 1109. It is understood that the first opening 1101, the second opening 1102, the third opening 1103, the fourth opening 1104, the fifth opening 1105, the sixth opening 1106, the seventh opening 1107 and the eighth opening 1108 are preferably provided at intervals in the valve body 11 of the control valve 10.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a first operating state, a second operating state and a third operating state, wherein when the water treatment apparatus is in the first operating state, the control valve 10 forms a first communicating channel 1001 respectively communicating with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, a second communicating channel 1002 respectively communicating with the second opening 1102 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and a third communicating channel 1003 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1106 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11, and when the water treatment apparatus is in the second operating state, the control valve 10 forms a fourth communicating channel 1004 respectively communicating with the first opening 1101 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 and a fourth communicating channel 1004 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1109 of the valve body 11 and a fifth opening 1109 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1101 and the ninth opening 1106 of the valve body 11A passage 1005, the control valve 10 forming a sixth communicating passage 1006 communicating with the first opening 1101 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, respectively, and a seventh communicating passage 1007 communicating with the fifth opening 1105 and the ninth opening 1109 of the valve body 11, respectively, when the water treatment apparatus is in the third operating state. Preferably, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a fourth operating state and a fifth operating state, when the water treatment machine is in the fourth operating state, the control valve 10 forms an eighth communicating channel 1008 communicating with the first opening 1101 and the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, respectively, a ninth communicating channel 1009 communicating with the seventh opening 1107 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, respectively, and a tenth communicating channel 10010 communicating with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the control valve 10, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in the fifth working state, the control valve 10 forms an eleventh communication passage 10011 communicating with the first and sixth openings 1101 and 1106, respectively, of the valve body 11 and a twelfth communication passage 10012 communicating with the seventh and ninth openings 1107 and 1109, respectively, of the valve body 11. More preferably, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a sixth operating state and a seventh operating state, when the water treatment apparatus is in the sixth operating state, the control valve 10 forms a thirteenth communicating channel 10013 respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and a fourteenth communicating channel 10014 respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 and the ninth opening 1109 of the valve body 11, and when the water treatment apparatus is in the seventh operating state, the control valve 10 forms a fifteenth communicating channel 10015 respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, further, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the fifth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the control valve 10 forms a sixteenth communicating channel 10016 respectively communicating with the first opening 1101 and the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11; in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the control valve 10 forms a seventeenth communication channel 10017 respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11; and in the fifth operating state, the control valve 10 forms an eighteenth communication passage 10018 communicating with the first opening 1101 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11, respectively.

As shown in fig. 1 to 30G of the drawings, the control valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is a flat valve, wherein the flat valve 10 further includes a movable valve plate 13 and a fixed valve plate 12, wherein the fixed valve plate 12 has a first fluid control surface 120, the movable valve plate 13 has a second fluid control surface 130, wherein the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 are both disposed in the inner cavity 110, wherein the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 is disposed on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and the movable valve plate 13 is disposed to be capable of rotating relative to the fixed valve plate 12, wherein the purification apparatus 20 has a first communication opening 201 and a second communication opening 202, wherein the softening apparatus 30 includes a softening tank 31, wherein the softening tank 31 has a first communication opening 301 and a second communication opening 302, wherein the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 is communicated with the first opening 1101, the first communication opening 201 of the purifying device 20 is communicated with the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, the second communication opening 202 of the purifying device 20 and the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 are both communicated with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31 is communicated with the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11. Therefore, when the fluid valve 10 is a flat valve, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 includes the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12. Furthermore, it can be understood that, since the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10 communicates with the first opening 1101, water to be treated is supplied through the first opening 1101 and the inner cavity 110.

As shown in fig. 1 to 30G of the drawings, the softening device 30 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further comprises an ejector 32 and a saline solution tank 33, wherein the ejector 32 has an ejection port 321 adapted to communicate with the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11 and an ejection port 322 adapted to communicate with the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, wherein the saline solution tank 33 is adapted to communicate with the ejector 32, so that the saline solution from the saline solution tank 33 can pass through the ejector 32 and the fourth opening 1104 and flow to the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30 through the flat valve 10, thereby regenerating the softened resin in the softening tank 31. Correspondingly, when the water treatment machine of the present invention is in a softening filter element (or softening tank) for absorbing salt and regenerating operation, raw water or water to be treated flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the third opening 1103 through an eighth communicating channel 1008, then flows into the ejection opening 321 of the ejector 32, flows through the ejector 32, mixes the liquid from the salt solution tank 33, then flows into the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11 through the ejection opening 322 of the ejector 32, then flows into the seventh opening 1107 through a ninth communicating channel 1009, enters the second communicating opening 302 of the softening tank 31, regenerates the water treatment material or mechanism in the softening tank 31 in a reverse flow manner, such as softened resin, flows out from the first communicating opening 301, then flows into a tenth communicating channel 10010 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and then out of a ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10. It is to be understood that although the present invention is described by way of example only as providing saline to the softening tank 31 through the ejector 32, saline may be provided to the softening tank 31 through the fourth opening 1104 of the face valve 10 by other means or mechanisms. Therefore, the manner of supplying the salt solution to the softening tank 31 through the ejector 32 should not be a limitation of the present invention.

It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus of the present invention may further have a connection mechanism, such as a connection screw, a snap joint, etc., disposed at the valve body 11, so that the flat valve 10 is connected with other structural components of the water treatment apparatus, such as a purification device, a softening device, etc., to guide water flow to the purification device, the softening tank of the softening device, and each communication channel formed by the flat valve 10, respectively.

As shown in fig. 1 to 30G of the drawings, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a first operating state, a second operating state and a third operating state, wherein when the water treatment apparatus is in the first operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form a first communicating channel 1001 respectively communicating with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, a second communicating channel 1002 respectively communicating with the second opening 1102 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and a third communicating channel 1003 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1106 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11, and when the water treatment apparatus is in the second operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form a fourth communicating channel 1004 respectively communicating with the first opening and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and a sixth communicating channel 1004 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 11 of the valve body 11A fifth communication channel 1005 communicated with the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, when the water treatment machine is in the third working state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form a sixth communication channel 1006 communicated with the first opening 1101 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, respectively, and a seventh communication channel 1007 communicated with the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, respectively.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the first operating state, the first communicating channel 1001 formed by the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, the second communicating channel 1002 is respectively communicated with the second opening 1102 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, the third communicating channel 1003 is respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the purifying device 20 through the first communicating channel 1105 formed by the flat valve 10, the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, and the first communicating opening 201 of the purifying device 20, raw water purified by the purifying device 20 flows out of the second communicating opening 202 of the purifying device 20, then, the purified water is divided into two paths, wherein one path of the purified water flows into the softening tank 31 through the first communicating opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and is softened to obtain softened water, the softened water flows out from the second communicating opening 302 of the softening tank 31, then flows through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, the second communicating channel 1002 of the flat valve 10, and finally flows out through the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 and supplies the softened water to the user, and the other path of the purified water flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, the third communicating channel 1003 of the flat valve 10, and finally flows out through the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and supplies the purified water to the user. Therefore, when the water treatment machine is in the first working state, the water treatment machine can provide purified water and softened water for a user at the same time. Accordingly, the first operating state of the water treatment machine corresponds to a purification-softening operating state of the water treatment machine. Therefore, when the water treatment apparatus is in the first operating state, the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 (or the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11), the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, the first communication opening 201 of the purifying device 20, the second communication opening 202 of the purifying device 20, the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30, the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31 of the softening device 30, the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 are sequentially communicated, so as to form a water flow path connecting the purifying device 20 and the softening device 30 in series, so that raw water can flow from the purifying device 20 to the softening device 30 and be sequentially purified and softened. Meanwhile, the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, the third communication passage 1003 of the planar valve 10 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 form a purified water supply branch (water path) to provide purified water to a user.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the fourth communicating channel 1004 formed by the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, the fifth communicating channel 1005 is respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the seventh opening 1107 through the fourth communicating channel 1004 formed by the flat valve 10, flow into the softening tank 31 through the second communicating opening 302 of the softening tank 31, and flow out of the softening material (or water treatment material) in the softening tank 31, such as softening resin, after reverse flushing, the obtained sewage or wastewater flows out of the first communicating opening 301 of the softening tank 31, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 into the fifth communication passage 1005 of the planar valve 10 and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10. In other words, when the water treatment apparatus is in the second operating state, the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can control the back flushing of the softening filter element, such as the softening tank 31. Accordingly, the second operating condition of the water treatment machine corresponds to a softening filter element backwashing operating condition of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the third operating state, the sixth communication channel 1006 formed by the planar valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, the seventh communication channel 1007 is respectively communicated with the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flow into the sixth opening 1106 through the sixth communication channel 1006, then flow into the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20, and after the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification device 20 is reversely flushed, flow out from the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20, then flow through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 into the seventh communication channel 1007, then out of the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10; accordingly, the third operating state of the water treatment machine corresponds to a backwashing operating state of the purification device of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a fourth operating state and a fifth operating state, when the water treatment machine is in the fourth operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form an eighth communicating channel 1008 respectively communicating with the first opening 1101 and the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, a ninth communicating channel 1009 respectively communicating with the seventh opening 1107 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, and a tenth communicating channel 10010 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10; when the water treatment apparatus is in the fifth operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form an eleventh communicating channel 10011 respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and a twelfth communicating channel 10012 respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10.

When the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the fourth operating state, the eighth communicating channel 1008 formed by the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, the ninth communicating channel 1009 is respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, the tenth communicating channel 10010 is respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flow into the third opening 1103 through the eighth communicating channel 1008, then flow into the output opening 321 of the jet injector 32, and flow through the jet injector 32, mix the liquid from the salt solution tank 33, and then flow into the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11 through the output opening 322 of the jet injector 32, then flows into the seventh opening 1107 through the ninth communication passage 1009, enters the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31, regenerates the softened resin in the softening tank 31 in a counter-flow manner, flows out from the first communication opening 301, then flows into the tenth communication passage 10010 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10. Accordingly, the fourth operating state of the water treatment machine corresponds to a softening cartridge regeneration operating state of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the fifth working state, the eleventh communication channel 10011 formed by the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and the twelfth communication channel 10012 is respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the sixth opening 1106 through the eleventh communication channel 10011, then flow into the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31, flush water treatment material or mechanism in the softening tank 31, then flow out from the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31, then flow into the twelfth communication channel 10012 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and then out of the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10. In other words, when the water treatment apparatus is in the fifth operating state, the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can control the softening filter element, such as the softening tank 31, to be positively washed. Accordingly, the fifth operating condition of the water treatment machine corresponds to a softening cartridge forward washing operating condition of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a sixth operating state and a seventh operating state, when the water treatment machine is in the sixth operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form a thirteenth communicating channel 10013 and a fourteenth communicating channel 10014, which are respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10; when the water treatment apparatus is in the seventh operating state, the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 form a fifteenth communication channel 10015 which is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the sixth operating state, the thirteenth communication channel 10013 formed by the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, and the fourteenth communication channel 10014 is respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the fifth opening 1105 through the thirteenth communication channel 10013, then flow into the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20, flush the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification device 20, flow out from the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20, then flow into the fourteenth communication channel 10014 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and then out of the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10. In other words, when the water treatment apparatus is in the sixth operating state, the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can control the purification device 20 to be positively washed. Accordingly, the sixth operating state of the water treatment machine corresponds to a forward washing operating state of the purification apparatus of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the seventh working state, the fifteenth communication channel 10015 formed by the planar valve 10 is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the fourth opening 1104 through the fifteenth communication channel 10015, and then flow into the injection port 322 of the injector 32, so as to replenish water to the saline tank 33. In other words, when the water treatment apparatus is in the seventh operating state, the water treatment apparatus of the present invention can control the water supply to the saline solution tank 33. Accordingly, the seventh operating condition of the water treatment machine corresponds to a saltwater tank refill operating condition of the water treatment machine.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the fifth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the sixteenth communication channel 10016 formed by the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the planar valve 10 allows raw water to flow into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 and the sixteenth communication channel 10016 in sequence, so as to provide raw water to a user in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the fifth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the seventeenth communication channel 10017 formed by the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 allows raw water to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 and the seventeenth communication channel 10017 in sequence, so as to provide the raw water to the user in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state. Furthermore, when the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the fifth operating state, the eighteenth communicating channel 10018 formed by the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 of the planar valve 10 allows raw water to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, and the eighteenth communicating channel 10018 in sequence, so as to provide raw water to the user in the fifth operating state.

Accordingly, as shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 18G of the drawings, the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a first operating position, a second operating position, a third operating position, a fourth operating position, a fifth operating position, a sixth operating position and a seventh operating position, wherein when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the first operating position, the valve core 1 (the movable plate 13 and the fixed plate 12) of the fluid valve 10 forms the first communicating channel 1001, the second communicating channel 1002 and the third communicating channel 1003, when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the second operating position, the valve core 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the fourth communicating channel 1004 and the fifth communicating channel 1005, when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the third operating position, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the sixth communication passage 1006 and the seventh communication passage 1007; preferably, when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the fourth working position, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the eighth communication passage 1008, the ninth communication passage 1009 and the tenth communication passage 10010; when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the fifth working position, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the eleventh communication passage 10011 and the twelfth communication passage 10012; more preferably, when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the sixth working position, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the thirteenth communication passage 10013 and the fourteenth communication passage 10014; when the fluid valve (or planar valve) 10 is in the seventh operating position, the spool 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the fifteenth communication channel 10015. Further, when the fluid valve (or the flat valve) 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the fifth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the valve core 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the sixteenth communication channel 10016. Further, when the fluid valve (or the flat valve) 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the valve element 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the seventeenth communication channel 10017, and when the fluid valve (or the flat valve) 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the fifth working position, the valve element 1 of the fluid valve 10 forms the eighteenth communication channel 10018.

As shown in fig. 15A to 18G of the drawings, the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a first channel 101, a second channel 102, a third channel 103, a fourth channel 104, a fifth channel 105, a sixth channel 106, a seventh channel 107, an eighth channel 108, a ninth channel 109, a tenth channel 1010, an eleventh channel 1011, a twelfth channel 1012 and a thirteenth channel 1013, wherein the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 are respectively disposed on the fixed valve plate 12 and respectively extend from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12; the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011 and the thirteenth channel 1013 are respectively disposed on the movable valve plate 13 and respectively extend from the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13, wherein the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 are respectively communicated with the fifth opening 1105, the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 are respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107, the fifth channel 105 is communicated with the second opening 1102, the sixth channel 106 is communicated with the third opening 1103, the seventh channel 107 is communicated with the fourth opening 1104, the eighth channel 108 is communicated with the sixth opening 1106, the twelfth channel 1012 is communicated with the eighth opening 1108, the ninth channel 109 is communicated with the first opening 1101 (through the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11), and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the ninth opening 1109. Preferably, the ninth opening 1109 is provided in the valve body 11 of the planar valve 10, and the ninth opening 1109 communicates with the eleventh passage 1011 through a trapway 150. Therefore, optionally, the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 is formed at the movable valve plate 13, and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the eleventh channel 1011 and the trapway 150. It is understood that the communication between the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20 and the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 can be realized in various ways. As shown in fig. 6A of the drawings, the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 can realize the communication among the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20, the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 through a communication pipe (or a three-way pipe) respectively communicating with the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20 and the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31. Alternatively, the communication between the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20 and the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 may also be realized by communication passages provided in the valve body 11, wherein the communication passages may be provided in communication with the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, respectively, and in communication with the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, respectively. Thus, the eighth passage 108 of the valve body 11, the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20 and the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31 form a three-way structure through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11. In addition, in order to ensure that the water in the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 enters the ninth passage 109, the ninth passage 109 is configured to be always in communication with the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 through an inlet 1091 which is always in communication with the external space.

It is noted that the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 of the flat valve 10 are respectively in communication with the fifth opening 1105, can be respectively and independently in communication with the fifth opening 1105, and can also be in communication through a fluid channel; the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 are in communication with the seventh opening 1107 respectively, may be in communication with the seventh opening 1107 respectively and independently, or may be in communication through a fluid channel. For example, as shown in fig. 1 to 14 of the drawings, the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 of the planar valve 10 communicate through a first fluid channel 1211, and the second channel 102 is disposed to directly communicate with the fifth opening 1105, such that the first channel 101 also communicates with the fifth opening 1105 through the first fluid channel 1211 and the second channel 102; the third passage 103 and the fourth passage 104 of the flat valve 10 are separately communicated with the seventh opening 1107, respectively. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 19 and 20 of the drawings, the first passage 101 is disposed in direct communication with the fifth opening 1105, and the second passage 102 is also in communication with the fifth opening 1105 via the first fluid passage 1211 and the first passage 101. Or alternatively, the first passage 101 and the second passage 102 of the planar valve 10 may communicate with the fifth opening 1105 separately and independently; or alternatively, as shown in fig. 21 of the drawings, the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 communicate through a second fluid channel 1212, the third channel 103 being disposed in direct communication with the seventh opening 1107 such that the fourth channel 104 also communicates with the seventh opening 1107 through the second fluid channel 1212 and the third channel 103; alternatively, as shown in fig. 22 of the drawings, the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 communicate through a second fluid channel 1212, and the fourth channel 104 is disposed in direct communication with the seventh opening 1107, such that the third channel 103 also communicates with the seventh opening 1107 through the second fluid channel 1212 and the fourth channel 104. It is understood that, further, the first fluid passage 1211 and the second fluid passage 1212 can be disposed on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and can also be disposed inside the valve body 11 or the fixed valve plate 12. It is understood that the communication between the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 of the flat valve 10 and the fifth opening 1105, respectively, and the communication between the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 and the seventh opening 1107, respectively, can be realized by other methods.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the drawings, the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12 so as to make the flat valve 10 have a first working position, a second working position, and a third working position, wherein when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the first channel 101, the tenth channel 1010 is respectively communicated with the third channel 103 and the fifth channel 105, and the thirteenth channel 1013 is respectively communicated with the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012; when the flat valve 10 is in the second working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the fourth channel 104, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the eighth channel 108; when the flat valve 10 is in the third operating position, the eighth channel 108 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the ninth channel 109, and the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the first channel 101.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the drawings, the planar valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a fourth operating position and a fifth operating position, when the planar valve 10 is in the fourth operating position, the ninth channel 109 of the planar valve 10 is communicated with the sixth channel 106, the tenth channel 1010 is communicated with the fourth channel 104 and the seventh channel 107, respectively, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the eighth channel 108; when the flat valve 10 is in the fifth working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108, the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the third channel 103, and the tenth channel 1010 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012, respectively.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the drawings, the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further has a sixth operating position and a seventh operating position, when the flat valve 10 is in the sixth operating position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the second channel 102, and the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108; when the flat valve 10 is in the seventh operating position, the ninth passage 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the seventh passage 107.

It can be understood that when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be in the purification-softening working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the first channel 101 to form the first communicating channel 1001, the tenth channel 1010 is communicated with the third channel 103 and the fifth channel 105 to form the second communicating channel 1002, and the thirteenth channel 1013 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 to form the third communicating channel 1003; when the flat valve 10 is in the second working position, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be in the softening filter element backwashing working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the fourth channel 104 to form the fourth communicating channel 1004, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 to form the fifth communicating channel 1005; when the flat valve 10 is in the third working position, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be in the backwashing working position of the purification apparatus, the eighth channel 108 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the ninth channel 109 to form the sixth communicating channel 1006, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the first channel 101 to form the seventh communicating channel 1007. Further, when the flat valve 10 is located at the fourth working position, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be located at the softening filter regeneration working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the sixth channel 106 to form the eighth communicating channel 1008, the tenth channel 1010 is respectively communicated with the fourth channel 104 and the seventh channel 107 to form the ninth communicating channel 1009, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 to form the tenth communicating channel 10010; when the flat valve 10 is located at the fifth working position, the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be located at the softening filter element forward washing working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 to form the eleventh communicating channel 10011, and the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the third channel 103 to form the twelfth communicating channel 10012. Furthermore, when the flat valve 10 is located at the sixth working position, and the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be located at the purifying device forward washing working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the second channel 102 to form the thirteenth communicating channel 10013, and the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108 to form the fourteenth communicating channel 10014; when the flat valve 10 is located at the seventh working position, the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is controlled to be located at the salt solution tank water replenishing working position, and the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the seventh channel 107, so as to form the fifteenth communication channel 10015. It is understood that the eleventh channel 1011 can be a through hole formed in the movable valve plate 13, wherein the eleventh channel 1011 extends upward from the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 to the opposite side thereof, thereby discharging the sewage or wastewater upward to the trapway 150 at the corresponding operation position. It can be understood that, when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the tenth passage 1010 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the third passage 103 and the fifth passage 105, the movable plate 13 of the flat valve 10 separates the fifth passage 105 from the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 to prevent raw water in the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from entering the fifth passage 105, the thirteenth passage 1013 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the eighth passage 108 and the twelfth passage 1012, and the movable plate 13 of the flat valve 10 separates the twelfth passage 1012 from the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 to prevent raw water in the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from entering the twelfth passage 1012.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the drawings, further, when the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the fifth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the fifth channel 105 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 (through the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11A), so as to form the sixteenth communication channel 10016. Accordingly, when the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the fifth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the raw water is allowed to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, and further flows from the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 to the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the fifth channel 105 of the fixed valve plate 12.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the accompanying drawings, further, when the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the twelfth channel 1012 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, so as to form the seventeenth communication channel 10017. Accordingly, when the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the raw water is allowed to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, and further flows from the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 to the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the twelfth channel 1012 of the fixed valve plate 12. Further, when the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the fifth working position, the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the eighth channel 108, and the tenth channel 1010 is respectively communicated with the first channel 101, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012, so that the ninth channel 109 is communicated with the twelfth channel 1012, thereby forming the eighteenth communication channel 10018. Correspondingly, when the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the fifth working position, the raw water is allowed to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the eighth channel 108 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, flows into the twelfth channel 1012 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the tenth channel 1010 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11.

As shown in fig. 8A to 18G of the drawings, correspondingly, when the flat valve 10 is at the first working position, the water processor is in the purification-softening working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the first passage 101 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20 through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, and after being treated by the water treatment material or mechanism of the purification device 20, the purified water flows out from the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20, and then is divided into two paths, wherein one path of purified water flows into the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31, and after being treated by the softening resin in the softening tank 31, flows out from the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31, and then flows through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 into the third passage 103 of the fixed valve plate 12, the water is guided to enter the fifth channel 105 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the tenth channel 1010 of the movable valve plate 13, then the softened water is supplied to the user through the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11, the other path of purified water flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 to enter the eighth channel 108 of the fixed valve plate 12, is guided to enter the twelfth channel 1012 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the thirteenth channel 1013 of the movable valve plate 13, and finally flows out through the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and supplies the purified water to the user; when the flat valve 10 is at the second working position, the water treatment machine is in the softening filter element backwashing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the fourth channel 104 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, reversely flushes the softened resin in the softening tank 31, flows out from the first conducting opening 301 of the softening tank 31, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, then flows through the eighth channel 108 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the eleventh channel 1011 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10; when the flat valve 10 is at the third working position, the water treatment machine is in a backwashing working state of the purification device, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the eighth passage 108 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, flows out of the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20 after backwashing the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification device 20, then flows through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, enters the first passage 101 of the fixed valve plate 12, and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13. Further, when the flat valve 10 is at the fourth working position, the water processor is in the regeneration working state of the softening filter element, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the sixth channel 106 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the ejection opening 321 of the ejector 32 through the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, flows through the ejector 32, mixes the liquid from the salt liquid tank 33, then flows into the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11 through the ejection opening 322 of the ejector 32, then enters the seventh channel 107 of the fixed valve plate 12, flows into the fourth channel 104 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the tenth channel 1010 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows into the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, after the softened resin in the softening tank 31 is regenerated in a counter-flow manner, the softened resin flows out of the first conducting opening 301, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 to enter the eighth channel 108 of the fixed valve plate 12, and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh channel 1011 of the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the fifth working position, the water treatment machine is in the softening filter element forward washing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the eighth passage 108 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the first conducting opening 301 of the softening tank 31 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, and flows out from the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 after the softened resin in the softening tank 31 is flushed forward, then flows through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, then flows through the third passage 103 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10. Furthermore, when the flat valve 10 is at the sixth operating position, the water treatment machine is in the cleaning device forward washing operating state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the second passage 102 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the first communication opening 201 of the cleaning device 20 through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, and flows out of the second communication opening 202 of the cleaning device 20 after forward washing of water treatment materials or mechanisms in the cleaning device 20, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, enters the eighth passage 108 of the fixed valve plate 12, and flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the seventh working position, the water processor is in the salt solution tank water replenishing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the seventh passage 107 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the injection port 322 of the injector 32 through the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, and replenishes water to the salt solution tank 33. Therefore, in each working position, the inner cavity 110 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is respectively communicated with the first opening 1101 and the ninth channel 109, so that the first opening 1101 of the flat valve 10 can be communicated with the ninth channel 109 through the inner cavity 110, and different flow direction control of the water to be treated in each working position can be realized. In addition, the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is used as a sewage opening, which is directly or indirectly communicated with the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10, and can be formed in the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10, or can be formed in a sewage channel.

As shown in fig. 18A to 18G of the drawings, preferably, when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the second channel 102 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the second working position, the first channel 101 and the third channel 103 of the flat valve 10 are respectively sealed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the third working position, the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 are respectively sealed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is in the fourth working position, the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is in the fifth working position, the second channel 102 and the fourth channel 104 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is in the sixth working position, the first channel 101 and the third channel 103 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13.

As shown in fig. 18A to 18G of the drawings, more preferably, when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 are closed by the movable valve plate 13, and the eleventh channel 1011 is closed by the fixed valve plate 12; when the flat valve 10 is in the second working position, the sixth channel 106 of the flat valve 10 is closed by the movable valve plate 13, the thirteenth channel 1013 is communicated with the seventh channel 107, and the tenth channel 1010 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the second channel 102 and the eighth channel 108; when the flat valve 10 is in the third working position, the tenth channel 1010 of the flat valve 10 communicates with the eighth channel 108, the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 communicates with the second channel 102; when the flat valve 10 is in the fourth working position, the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 is in communication with the third channel 103; when the flat valve 10 is in the fifth working position, the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13, and the thirteenth channel 1013 and the eighth channel 108 of the flat valve 10 are communicated; when the flat valve 10 is in the sixth working position, the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13, the tenth channel 1010 of the flat valve 10 communicates with the eighth channel 108, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 communicates with the fourth channel 104; when the flat valve 10 is in the seventh working position, the first channel 101 and the third channel 103 of the flat valve 10 are respectively sealed by the movable valve plate 13, the tenth channel 1010 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the second channel 102 and the fourth channel 104, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the sixth channel 106.

It should be noted that the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 of the flat valve 10 are separately disposed on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12; the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011 and the thirteenth channel 1013 are separately disposed on the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13. In other words, the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 of the flat valve 10 respectively form a channel opening disposed at the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011 and the thirteenth channel 1013 respectively form a channel opening disposed at the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13, when the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 is disposed opposite to the second fluid control surface 130 (the first fluid control surface 120) and the movable valve plate 13 rotates relative to the fixed valve plate 12, the channel disposed at the movable valve plate 13 and the channel disposed at the fixed valve plate 12 selectively communicate with each other through the corresponding channel openings, thereby forming corresponding communication channels and controlling the flow direction of the fluid (e.g., water flow).

It is understood that the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108, the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011, the twelfth channel 1012, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the planar valve 10 may have any extended path (or direction) that enables the communication relationship therebetween; the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 of the flat valve 10 respectively form the channel openings of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011 and the thirteenth channel 1013 respectively form the channel openings of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13, and can have any shape capable of achieving the communication relationship therein. For example, the passage opening of the eighth passage 108 formed at the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12 can be configured to have a regular shape, and can also be configured to have an irregular shape. Therefore, the extension paths (or directions) of the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108, the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011, the twelfth channel 1012 and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the planar valve 10 and the shapes of the channel openings thereof should not be construed as limitations of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 17A to 18G of the drawings, preferably, the closed passages in this document mean that the passage openings of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 formed in the respective passages are covered by the solid portions of the movable valve plate 13 and the fixed valve plate 12 in a specific operation position (or operation state of the water treatment machine) of the planar valve 10, so that the respective passages cannot communicate with each other through the passage openings. For example, when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, the solid portion of the movable plate 13 faces the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 to form a channel opening on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed plate 12, so that the sixth channel 106 and the seventh channel 107 of the flat valve 10 are closed (or blocked) by the movable plate 13, and the solid portion of the fixed plate 12 faces the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 to form a channel opening on the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable plate 13, so that the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 is closed by the fixed plate 12. Accordingly, the communication between the channel of the movable valve plate 13 and the channel of the fixed valve plate 12 herein means that in a specific operation position (or operation state of the water treatment machine) of the planar valve 10, the channel opening of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 formed by the channel of the movable valve plate 13 and the channel opening of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12 formed by the channel of the fixed valve plate 12 are selectively partially or exactly aligned and form a water flow passage for allowing water to pass through. For example, when the planar valve 10 is in the first working position, the ninth passage 109 of the planar valve 10 is aligned with the first passage 101 to communicate with and form the first communicating passage 1001, the tenth passage 1010 is aligned with the third passage 103 and the fifth passage 105 to communicate with and form the second communicating passage 1002, and the thirteenth passage 1013 is aligned with the eighth passage 108 and the twelfth passage 1012 to communicate with and form the third communicating passage 1003.

As shown in fig. 17A to 18G of the drawings, the first channel 101, the eighth channel 108, the second channel 102, the fourth channel 104, the seventh channel 107, the sixth channel 106, the third channel 103 and the fifth channel 105 of the planar valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are arranged clockwise on the fixed valve plate 12 in this order; the eleventh channel 1011, the tenth channel 1010, the ninth channel 109, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 are arranged clockwise in this order on the movable valve plate 13. Optionally, the first channel 101, the eighth channel 108, the second channel 102, the fourth channel 104, the seventh channel 107, the sixth channel 106, the third channel 103 and the fifth channel 105 of the flat valve 10 are arranged on the fixed valve plate 12 counterclockwise in this order; the eleventh channel 1011, the tenth channel 1010, the ninth channel 109, and the thirteenth channel 1013 of the flat valve 10 are arranged counterclockwise in this order on the movable valve plate 13.

As shown in fig. 15A to 15F and fig. 17A to 18G of the drawings, the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a first central portion 121, a first extending portion 122 extending outward from the first central portion 121, and a first edge portion 123 extending outward from the first extending portion 122, the movable valve plate 13 has a second central portion 131, a second extending portion 132 extending outward from the second central portion 131, and a second edge portion 133 extending outward from the second extending portion 132, wherein the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12 has a central portion 1200 shown by a chain line in the drawing, wherein the central portion 1200 is disposed on the first central portion 121 of the fixed valve plate 12, and a portion of the first fluid control surface 120 outside the central portion 1200 is equally divided into a first portion 1201, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, a sixth portion, a fifth portion, a sixth portion, A second portion 1202, a third portion 1203, a fourth portion 1204, a fifth portion 1205, a sixth portion 1206, a seventh portion 1207, an eighth portion 1208, a ninth portion 1209, a tenth portion 12010, and an eleventh portion 12011; the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable plate 13 of the planar valve 10 has a central area 1300 shown by a chain line in the figure, wherein the central area 1300 is disposed at the second central portion 131 of the movable plate 13, and the portion of the second fluid control surface 130 outside the central area 1300 is divided clockwise equally into a first area 1301, a second area 1302, a third area 1303, a fourth area 1304, a fifth area 1305, a sixth area 1306, a seventh area 1307, an eighth area 1308, a ninth area 1309, a tenth area 13010 and an eleventh area 13011 shown by chain lines; wherein the first channel 101 extends downwardly from the first portion 1201 of the first flow control surface 120; the eighth channel 108 extends downwardly from the second portion 1202, the third portion 1203, the fourth portion 1204 and the fifth portion 1205 of the first fluid control surface 120 of the stationary plate 12; the second channel 102 extends downwardly from the sixth portion 1206 of the first flow control surface 120 of the stationary vane 12; the fourth channel 104 extends downward from the seventh portion 1207 of the first flow control surface 120 of the stationary vane 12; the seventh channel 107 extends downwardly from the eighth portion 1208 of the first fluid control surface 120; the sixth channel 106 extends downward from the ninth portion 1209 of the first fluid control surface 120; the third channel 103 extends downward from the tenth portion 12010 of the first fluid control surface 120; the fifth channel 105 extends downward from the eleventh portion 12011 of the first fluid control surface 120; the twelfth channel 1012 extends downward from the second portion 1202 of the first fluid control surface 120; the ninth channel 109 extends upwardly from the first region 1301 of the second flow control surface 130; the thirteenth channel 1013 extends upwardly from the second region 1302 of the second fluid control surface 130; the eleventh channel 1011 extends upwardly from the eighth region 1308 of the second flow control surface 130; the tenth channel 1010 extends upwardly from the tenth region 13010 and the eleventh region 13011 of the second fluid control surface 130.

It can be understood that, when the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 is disposed on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the second central portion 131 of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 faces the first central portion 121 of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the second extending portion 132 of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 faces the first extending portion 122 of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and the second edge portion 133 of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 faces the first edge portion 123 of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12.

Optionally, the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 are both circular, the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108, and the twelfth channel 1012 are all radially disposed on the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, and the thirteenth channel 1013 are all radially disposed on the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13.

Preferably, the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107 and the eighth channel 108 of the flat valve 10 are respectively disposed at the first extending portion 122 of the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the fifth channel 105 is disposed at the first edge portion 123 of the first fluid control surface 120 and extends inward from the first edge portion 123, and the twelfth channel 1012 is disposed at the first edge portion 123 of the first fluid control surface 120. More preferably, the fifth channel 105 is disposed at the first edge portion 123 of the first fluid control surface 120 and extends inward from the first edge portion 123 to the first extending portion 122 of the first fluid control surface 120.

Preferably, the ninth channel 109 and the eleventh channel 1011 of the flat valve 10 are respectively disposed on the second extension portion 132 of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable vane 13, and the tenth channel 1010 and the thirteenth channel 1013 are respectively disposed on the second edge portion 133 of the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable vane 13 and extend inwards from the second edge portion 133 to the second extension portion 132.

Preferably, the first channel 101 of the flat valve 10 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the second channel 102 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the third channel 103 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the fourth channel 104 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the fifth channel 105 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the sixth channel 106 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the seventh channel 107 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, the eighth channel 108 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12, and the twelfth channel 1012 extends downward and outward from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has an inner wall 111, wherein the fixed valve plate 12 is adapted to be disposed in the inner cavity 110 with the first fluid control surface 120 facing upward, and the movable valve plate 13 is adapted to be disposed in the inner cavity 110 with the second fluid control surface 130 facing downward, wherein the inner cavity 110 is always communicated with the ninth channel 109. It should be noted that the fixed valve plate 12 of the flat valve 10 can be detachably disposed on the inner wall 111 of the valve body 11, or can be integrally formed with the inner wall 111 of the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that when the stationary plate 12 is detachably disposed in the valve body 11, the stationary plate 12 and the valve body 11 maintain synchronization therebetween by a fixing mechanism, and the stationary plate 12 and the valve body 11 are fixed to each other. For example, as shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the stationary plate 12 has a stopper 123 protruding outward from the edge of the stationary plate 12, and the inner wall 111 of the valve body 11 has a stopper groove 1110, wherein the stopper 123 of the stationary plate 12 is configured to engage with the stopper groove 1110 of the inner wall 111 of the valve body 11, so as to ensure synchronization (or no relative rotation) between the stationary plate 12 and the valve body 11 and ensure that each channel disposed on the stationary plate 12 communicates with a corresponding opening disposed on the valve body 11. It is understood that when the stationary valve plate 12 is detachably provided in the valve body 11, the stationary valve plate 12 may be separately manufactured. In other words, the stationary plate 12 can be made of a wear-resistant material, thereby increasing the service life of the stationary plate 12 (or the entire flat valve). Preferably, the first fluid control surface 120 of the stationary plate 12 is smoothed to reduce its roughness.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a flow guiding element 15, wherein the flow guiding element 15 forms the sewage draining passage 150, wherein the flow guiding element 15 is disposed to extend upward from the movable valve plate 13 and the sewage draining passage 150 of the flow guiding element 15 is respectively communicated with the ninth opening 1109 and the eleventh passage 1011 of the flat valve (the ninth opening 1109 is disposed at the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10), or the sewage draining passage 150 is directly communicated with the ninth opening 1109 (the ninth opening 1109 is disposed at the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 and is communicated with the eleventh passage 1011), so that sewage or waste water can flow out therefrom.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the planar valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a driving element 18 extending upward from the movable valve plate 13, wherein the driving element 18 is configured to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the planar valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12. Preferably, the drive element 18 is integrally formed with the deflector element 15. Alternatively, the driving element 18 and the deflector element 15 are two separate mechanisms.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the planar valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention further includes a sealing element 17, wherein the sealing element 17 is disposed to face the driving element 18, wherein the sealing element 17 forms a first sealing surface 170, the driving element 18 forms a second sealing surface 180, wherein the first sealing surface 170 of the sealing element 17 is disposed on the second sealing surface 180 of the driving element 18, so that when the driving element 18 rotates relative to the sealing element 17 to drive the movable valve plate 13 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, the driving element 18 and the sealing element 17 are sealed from water leakage. Furthermore, the sealing element 17 is arranged to hold the driving element 18 in position, thereby holding the movable flap 13 in a preset position.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7 of the drawings, the diameter of the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is set to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, so that the ninth channel 109 of the flat valve 10 can be kept in communication with the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 through the water inlet 1091.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the control device 16 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is configured to drive the driving element 18 to rotate through a transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, according to a purification-softening control command, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming a first communicating channel 1001 respectively communicating with the inner cavity 110 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10, a second communicating channel 1002 respectively communicating with the second opening 1102 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, and a third communicating channel 1003 respectively communicating with the sixth opening 1106 and the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11, so as to allow raw water to flow from the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, through the first communicating channel 1001, and the third communicating channel 1003 formed by the flat valve 10, The fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20 flow into the purification apparatus 20, the purified water obtained by purifying the raw water by the purification apparatus 20 flows out from the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20, and then the purified water is divided into two paths, one path of purified water flows into the softening tank 31 through the first opening 301 of the softening tank 31, and softened water is obtained after the softening treatment, the softened water flows out from the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31, then through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, the second communication channel 1002 of the flat valve 10, and finally through the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 to flow out and supply softened water to the user, and the other path of purified water flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, the third communication channel 1003 of the flat valve 10, and finally through the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 to flow out and supply purified water to the user; according to a softening filter element backwashing control command, the driving element 18 is driven to rotate by the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming a fourth communicating channel 1004 respectively communicated with the inner cavity 110 and the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 of the flat valve 10 and a fifth communicating channel 1005 respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 11 and allowing raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the seventh opening 1107 through the fourth communicating channel 1004 formed by the flat valve 10, flow into the softening tank 31 through the second communicating opening 302 of the softening tank 31, and supply softened material (or water treatment material) such as softened resin and the like in the softening tank 31, after the reverse flushing, the obtained sewage or wastewater flows out from the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31, then flows into the fifth communication channel 1005 of the flat valve 10 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, and at the same time, a sixteenth communication channel 10016 is formed to communicate with the second opening 1102 and the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, respectively, to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flows into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication channel 10016 to provide raw water to a user, and a seventeenth communication channel 10017 is formed to communicate with the eighth opening 1108 and the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, respectively, to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, and then flows into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the seventeenth communication channel 10017, providing raw water to a user; according to a backwashing control command of the purification device, the driving element 18 is driven to rotate by the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the planar valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming a sixth communication channel 1006 respectively communicated with the inner cavity 110 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and a seventh communication channel 1007 respectively communicated with the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the sixth opening 1106 through the sixth communication channel 1006, and then flow into the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20, and after backwashing the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification device 20, flow out from the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20, then flows into the seventh communication channel 1007 through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, and at the same time, a sixteenth communication channel 10016 respectively communicating with the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 and the inner chamber 110 is formed to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner chamber 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication channel 10016 to provide raw water to a user, and a seventeenth communication channel 10017 respectively communicating with the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and the inner chamber 110 is formed to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner chamber 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the seventeenth communication channel 10017 to provide raw water to a user.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the control device 16 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is further configured to drive the driving element 18 to rotate through the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, according to a softened filter element regeneration control command, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming an eighth communication channel 1008 communicating with the inner cavity 110 and the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, respectively, a ninth communication channel 1009 communicating with the seventh opening 1107 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, respectively, and a tenth communication channel 10010 communicating with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, respectively, so as to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flows into the third opening 1103 through the eighth communication channel 1008, flows into the ejection opening 321 of the ejector 32, is ejected through the ejector 32, mixes the liquid from the salt liquid tank 33, flows into the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11 through the ejection opening 322 of the ejector 32, flows into the seventh opening 1107 through the ninth communication channel 1009, enters the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31, regenerates the softened resin in the softening tank 31 in a countercurrent manner, flows out from the first communication opening 301, flows into the tenth communication channel 10010 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, and simultaneously, forms a sixteenth communication channel 1001101 respectively communicated with the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 and the inner cavity 110, so as to allow the raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening of the valve body 11, then flows into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication passage 10016 to provide raw water to a user, and further forms a seventeenth communication passage 10017 respectively communicated with the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and the inner cavity 110 to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the seventeenth communication passage 10017 to provide raw water to a user; according to a softening filter core forward washing control command, the driving element 18 is driven to rotate by the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the planar valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming an eleventh communication channel 10011 respectively communicated with the inner cavity 110 and the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and a twelfth communication channel 10012 respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the planar valve 10, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flow into the sixth opening 1106 through the eleventh communication channel 10011, then flow into the first conducting opening 301 of the softening tank 31, flow out of the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 after the water treatment material or mechanism in the softening tank 31 is forward washed, and then flow into the twelfth communication channel 10012 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, and at the same time, a sixteenth communication passage 10016 respectively communicating with the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 and the inner chamber 110 is formed to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 into the inner chamber 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication passage 10016 to supply raw water to a user, and an eighteenth communication passage 10018 respectively communicating with the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and the inner chamber 110 is formed to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 into the inner chamber 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the eighteenth communication passage 18 to supply raw water to a user 10016.

As shown in fig. 8A to 14 and 16A to 16G of the drawings, the control device 16 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is further configured to drive the driving element 18 to rotate through the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, according to a purifying device forward washing control command, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the flat valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming a thirteenth communication channel 10013 respectively communicated with the inner cavity 110 and the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11 and a fourteenth communication channel 10014 respectively communicated with the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 and the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, so as to allow the raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flow into the fifth opening 1105 through the thirteenth communication channel 10013, and then enter the first communication opening 201 of the purifying device 20, after the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification apparatus 20 is flushed in the forward direction, the water flows out from the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 into the fourteenth communication channel 10014, then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10, at the same time, a sixteenth communication channel 10016 is formed to communicate with the second opening 1102 and the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, respectively, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication channel 10016, and is provided to the user, and a seventeenth communication channel 10017 is formed to communicate with the eighth opening 1108 and the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, respectively, so as to allow raw water to flow into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the seventeenth communication passage 10017 to supply raw water to a user; according to a water replenishing control instruction, the driving element 18 is driven to rotate by the transmission mechanism 14, such as a transmission gear, so as to drive the movable valve plate 13 of the planar valve 10 to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate 12, thereby forming a fifteenth communication channel 10015 respectively communicated with the inner cavity 110 and the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, so as to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, then flow into the fourth opening 1104 through the fifteenth communication channel 10015, flow into the injection port 322 of the injector 32, replenish water to the salt solution tank 33, and simultaneously forming a sixteenth communication channel 10016 respectively communicated with the second opening 1102 and the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, so as to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, and then flow into the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11 through the sixteenth communication channel 10016, a seventeenth communication path 10017, which is respectively communicated with the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and the inner chamber 110, is formed to allow raw water to flow from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11 to the inner chamber 110 of the valve body 11 and then to flow into the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 through the seventeenth communication path 10017 to provide raw water to a user.

It should be noted that, correspondingly, when the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the fifth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the water treatment machine forms a first raw water supply waterway (the sixteenth communication channel 10016 can be regarded as a part of the first raw water supply waterway), wherein the first raw water supply waterway is configured to allow raw water to flow through the raw water supply waterway and be provided through the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11; when the water treatment apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is in the second operating state, the third operating state, the fourth operating state, the fifth operating state, the sixth operating state and the seventh operating state, the water treatment apparatus forms a second raw water supply waterway, wherein the second raw water supply waterway is configured to allow raw water to flow through the raw water supply waterway and be provided through the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11. Preferably, the second raw water supply waterway (the seventeenth communication channel 10017 is formed in a participatory manner, and may be regarded as a part of the second raw water supply waterway) formed by the water treatment machine in the second operation state, the third operation state, the fourth operation state, the sixth operation state, and the seventh operation state and the second raw water supply waterway (the eighteenth communication channel 10018 is formed in a participatory manner, and may be regarded as a part of the second raw water supply waterway) formed by the water treatment machine in the fifth operation state are significantly different in structure.

It is understood that the control commands, such as the purifying-softening control command, the softening device backwashing control command, the purifying device backwashing control command, the softening filter regeneration control command, etc., the softening device forward washing control command, the purifying device forward washing control command, and the water replenishing control command, can be preset in the control module of the control device 16, can be received from a control terminal through an electronic communication network, or can be input by a user through an input interface. For example, when the water treatment apparatus of the present invention is configured to have an input interface for the planar valve 10, such as a touch pad or a control button, a user can send the above control command to the control module of the control device 16 through a touch panel or a corresponding control button, so that the control module of the control device 16 controls the motor of the control device 16 to rotate, thereby driving the driving element 18 to rotate through a transmission mechanism 14.

As shown in fig. 1 to 2 and fig. 16A to 16G of the drawings, the purification-softening treatment of raw water by the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is exemplarily illustrated, wherein the purification device 20 is a purification cartridge, wherein the purification device 20 includes a purification cartridge housing 21, a connector 22 disposed in the purification cartridge housing 21, and a filter portion 23 disposed in the purification cartridge housing 21, wherein the filter portion 23 may be an ultrafiltration wire, a mesh filter or a laminated filter for ultrafiltration, PP cotton or other water treatment material or filter material capable of filtering raw water. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 16A to 16G of the drawings, the softening device 30 of the water treatment machine of the present invention includes a softening tank 31, wherein the softening tank 31 includes a tank body 311, a liquid collecting unit 312 and a water softening unit 313, wherein the housing 311 has a softening chamber 3110, a first through opening 301 and a second through opening 302, wherein the liquid collection unit 312 includes a center tube 3121, the water softening unit 313 is adapted to be received within the softening chamber 3110, wherein the center tube 3121 is adapted to communicate with the second opening 302, wherein the center tube 3121 has a high end opening 31211 and a low end opening 31212, wherein the liquid in the tank 311, such as water, is adapted to flow into the center tube 3121 from the lower opening 31212 of the center tube 3121 of the liquid collecting unit 312 and flow out from the upper opening 31211 of the center tube 3121 after being treated by the water softening unit 313; preferably, the water softening unit 313 in the tank 311 includes a water treatment material, such as a water softening resin, activated carbon having softening properties, or other similar softening materials, or a combination thereof.

It can be understood that, in order to reinforce the structural strength of the stationary plate 12 of the planar valve 10, the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012 can be split or separated into two adjacent slightly smaller channels by a reinforced solid structure. For example, as shown in fig. 23 to 26G of the drawings, the eighth passage 108 of the stationary plate 12 of the flat valve 10 of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is separated into two passages 1081 and 1082 with slightly smaller inner diameters by a reinforcing rib or a reinforcing rib, wherein the thirteenth passage 1013 of the flat valve 10 is respectively communicated with the passages 1081 and the twelfth passage 1012 when the flat valve 10 is in the first working position, so as to form the third communicating passage 1003; when the flat valve 10 is in the second working position, the eleventh passage 1011 of the flat valve 10 is communicated with the passage 1081, so as to form the fifth communication passage 1005; when the flat valve 10 is in the third operating position, the ninth passage 109 is communicated with the passage 1082, so that the sixth communication passage 1006 is formed; when the planar valve 10 is in the fourth working position, the eleventh passage 1011 is in communication with the passage 1082, so as to form the tenth communication passage 10010; when the planar valve 10 is in the fifth working position, the ninth passage 109 of the planar valve 10 is communicated with the passage 1081, so that the eleventh communication passage 10011 is formed; when the planar valve 10 is in the sixth working position, the eleventh channel 1011 of the planar valve 10 is communicated with the channel 1081, so as to form the fourteenth communication channel 10014. Accordingly, when the flat valve 10 is at the first working position, the water treatment machine is in the purification-softening working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the first channel 101 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20 through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, flows out from the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20 after being treated by the water treatment material or mechanism of the purification device 20, and then the flowing clean water is divided into two paths, wherein one path of clean water flows into the first communication opening 301 of the softening tank 31, flows out from the second communication opening 302 of the softening tank 31 after being treated by the softening resin in the softening tank 31, and then flows into the third channel 103 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, the water is guided to enter the fifth channel 105 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the tenth channel 1010 of the movable valve plate 13, then the treated water is supplied to the user through the second opening 1102 of the valve body 11, the other path of purified water flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 to enter the channel 1081 of the fixed valve plate 12, is guided to enter the twelfth channel 1012 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the thirteenth channel 1013 of the movable valve plate 13, and finally flows out through the eighth opening 1108 of the valve body 11 and supplies the purified water to the user; when the flat valve 10 is at the second working position, the water treatment machine is in the softening filter element backwashing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the fourth channel 104 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, reversely flushes the softened resin in the softening tank 31, flows out from the first conducting opening 301 of the softening tank 31, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, then flows through the channel 1081 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the eleventh channel 1011 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10; when the flat valve 10 is at the third working position, the water processor is in a backwashing working state of the purification device, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the passage 1082 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the second communication opening 202 of the purification device 20 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, flows out of the first communication opening 201 of the purification device 20 after backwashing the water treatment material or mechanism in the purification device 20, then flows through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, enters the first passage 101 of the fixed valve plate 12, and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13; further, when the flat valve 10 is at the fourth working position, the water processor is in the regeneration working state of the softening filter element, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the sixth channel 106 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth channel 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the ejection opening 321 of the ejector 32 through the third opening 1103 of the valve body 11, flows through the ejector 32, mixes the liquid from the salt liquid tank 33, then flows into the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11 through the ejection opening 322 of the ejector 32, then enters the seventh channel 107 of the fixed valve plate 12, flows into the fourth channel 104 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the tenth channel 1010 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows into the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, after the softened resin in the softening tank 31 is regenerated in a counter-flow manner, the softened resin flows out from the first conducting opening 301, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11 into the passage 1082 of the fixed valve plate 12, and then flows out from the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the fifth working position, the water treatment machine is in the softening filter element forward washing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the passage 1081 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then enters the first conducting opening 301 of the softening tank 31 through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, flows out of the second conducting opening 302 of the softening tank 31 after the softened resin in the softening tank 31 is flushed forward, then flows through the seventh opening 1107 of the valve body 11, then flows through the third passage 103 of the fixed valve plate 12 and the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13, and then flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10; furthermore, when the flat valve 10 is at the sixth operating position, the water treatment machine is in the cleaning device forward washing operating state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the second passage 102 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the first communication opening 201 of the cleaning device 20 through the fifth opening 1105 of the valve body 11, and flows out of the second communication opening 202 of the cleaning device 20 after forward washing of water treatment materials or mechanisms in the cleaning device 20, then flows through the sixth opening 1106 of the valve body 11, enters the passage 1081 of the fixed valve plate 12, and flows out of the ninth opening 1109 of the flat valve 10 through the eleventh passage 1011 of the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10 is at the seventh working position, the water processor is in the salt solution tank water replenishing working state, raw water flows into the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11 from the first opening 1101 of the valve body 11, then flows into the seventh passage 107 of the fixed valve plate 12 through the ninth passage 109 of the movable valve plate 13, then flows into the injection port 322 of the injector 32 through the fourth opening 1104 of the valve body 11, and replenishes water to the salt solution tank 33.

Referring to fig. 27A to 30G of the drawings, an alternative implementation of the planar valve 10 of a water treatment machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, wherein the flat valve 10P has a first passage 101, a second passage 102, a third passage 103, a fourth passage 104, a fifth passage 105P, a sixth passage 106, a seventh passage 107, an eighth passage 108, a ninth passage 109, a tenth passage 1010, an eleventh passage 1011, a twelfth passage 1012P, and a thirteenth passage 1013, wherein the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105P, the sixth channel 106, the seventh channel 107, the eighth channel 108 and the twelfth channel 1012P are respectively disposed on the fixed valve plate 12 and respectively extend from the first fluid control surface 120 of the fixed valve plate 12; the ninth channel 109, the tenth channel 1010, the eleventh channel 1011 and the thirteenth channel 1013P are respectively disposed on the movable valve plate 13 and respectively extend from the second fluid control surface 130 of the movable valve plate 13, the first channel 101 and the second channel 102 are respectively communicated with the fifth opening 1105, the third channel 103 and the fourth channel 104 are respectively communicated with the seventh opening 1107, the fifth channel 105P is communicated with the second opening 1102, the sixth channel 106 is communicated with the third opening 1103, the seventh channel 107 is communicated with the fourth opening 1104, the eighth channel 108 is communicated with the sixth opening 1106, the twelfth channel 1012P is communicated with the eighth opening 1108, the ninth channel 109 is communicated with the inner cavity 110 of the valve body 11, and the eleventh channel 1011 is communicated with the ninth opening 1109.

As shown in fig. 27A to 30G of the drawings, when the flat valve 10P is in the second working position, the first channel 101, the third channel 103, the fifth channel 105P and the twelfth channel 1012P of the flat valve 10P are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10P is in the third working position, the third channel 103, the fourth channel 104, the fifth channel 105P and the twelfth channel 1012P of the flat valve 10P are respectively sealed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10P is in the fourth working position, the first channel 101, the second channel 102, the fifth channel 105P and the twelfth channel 1012P of the flat valve 10P are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10P is at the fifth working position, the second channel 102, the fourth channel 104 and the fifth channel 105P of the flat valve 10P are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10P is in the sixth working position, the first channel 101, the third channel 103, the fifth channel 105P and the twelfth channel 1012P of the flat valve 10P are respectively sealed by the movable valve plate 13; when the flat valve 10P is in the seventh working position, the fifth channel 105P and the twelfth channel 1012P of the flat valve 10P are respectively closed by the movable valve plate 13. In other words, the flat valve 10P is different from the flat valve 10 in that when the flat valve 10P of the water treatment machine according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the fifth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the flat valve 10P no longer forms (or cannot form) the sixteenth communicating channel 10016; when the planar valve 10P is located at the second working position, the third working position, the fourth working position, the sixth working position and the seventh working position, the seventeenth communication channel 10017 is no longer formed (or cannot be formed) by the planar valve 10P. In other words, when the flat valve 10P is at the second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh operating positions, the flat valve 10P does not provide the water to be treated (or raw water) through the second and eighth openings 1102 and 1108; when the flat valve 10P is in the fifth operating position, the flat valve 10P does not supply water to be treated (or raw water) through the second opening 1102.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the integrated machine capable of implementing purification-softening treatment is described by taking the case that the water treatment machine includes one softening device 30 and one purifying device 20 as an example, but in other embodiments of the present invention, the water treatment machine may include a plurality of softening devices 30 or a plurality of purifying devices 20 to implement multi-stage purification or softening, or to implement providing of multiple purified water or multiple softened water, and it should be understood that the present invention is not limited in this respect.

It is understood that the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 can be connected in series or in parallel, wherein when the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 are connected in series, the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 form a two-stage composite purification cartridge structure, wherein the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20 is communicated with the water inlet of the first-stage purification cartridge 21A, the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20 is communicated with the water outlet of the second-stage purification cartridge 21A, and the water outlet of the first-stage purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 is communicated with the water inlet of the second-stage purification cartridge 21A. In other words, the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 form a primary purification cartridge 21A and a secondary purification cartridge 21A, wherein the water inlet of the primary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 can be regarded as the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20, the water outlet of the secondary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 can be regarded as the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20, the fifth opening 1105 of the control valve 10 is communicated with the water inlet of the primary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 (or directly communicated with the water inlet of the primary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20) through the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20, and the sixth opening 1106 of the control valve 10 is communicated with the water outlet of the secondary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 (or directly communicated with the water outlet of the secondary purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20) through the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20.

When the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 are connected in parallel, the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 form a parallel composite purification cartridge structure, the fifth opening 1105 of the control valve 10 is respectively communicated with the water inlets of the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 (or directly communicated with the water inlets of the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20) through the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20, and the sixth opening 1106 of the control valve 10 is communicated with the water outlets of the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20 (or directly communicated with the water outlets of the two purification cartridges 21A of the purification apparatus 20) through the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20. In other words, the water inlet of the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 can be regarded as the first communication opening 201 of the purification apparatus 20, and the water outlet of the purification cartridge 21A of the purification apparatus 20 can be regarded as the second communication opening 202 of the purification apparatus 20.

It is noted that the terms first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth, as used herein, are only used for describing the present invention, and do not have the meaning of how much order or number per se, unless otherwise specified, for distinguishing between the naming of the present invention and the various components and structures of the present invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention as described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the present invention.

The objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the embodiments, and any variations or modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water treatment machine, comprising:

a purification device, the purification device comprising at least one purification cartridge;

a softening device comprising at least one softening tank; and

a body, wherein this body includes a shell and one is suitable for the lid of lid at this shell, and wherein this body forms an inner chamber, and wherein this purification cartridge of this purifier and this softening installation's softening tank all are set up at this inner chamber of this body.

2. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing of the machine body forms the internal chamber.

3. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the softening device comprises a salt tank, wherein the salt tank is formed by the housing of the machine body.

4. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the softening device comprises a salt solution tank, the housing of the machine body forming the salt solution tank, the interior chamber of the housing of the machine body of the water treatment machine forming a salt solution chamber of the salt solution tank of the softening device.

5. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the body further comprises an inner housing, wherein the inner housing is arranged and adapted to receive the purification cartridge of the purification apparatus therein.

6. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner housing of the machine body further defines at least one receiving chamber for receiving the purification cartridge of the purification apparatus.

7. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner housing of the machine body comprises a partition, wherein the partition is arranged to form the receiving cavity of the inner housing.

8. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 7 wherein the partition of the inner housing of the body is configured to separate the purification cartridge of the purification device from the saline chamber of the softening device.

9. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner housing of the machine body is further arranged to form with the outer housing of the machine body a salting channel therebetween.

10. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the salting channel is in communication with the salt chamber of the softening device.

11. The water treatment machine as claimed in claim 9, wherein the housing of the body has a front side, wherein the salting channel of the body is disposed directly opposite the front side of the housing.

12. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 11 wherein the outer shell of the body of the water treatment machine further has a back side opposite the front side, wherein the softening tank of the softening device is disposed between the back side of the outer shell and the inner shell of the body.

13. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 5 wherein the outer shell of the housing has a front side, a back side opposite the front side, and two sides disposed between the front side and the back side, wherein the inner shell of the housing and the outer shell of the housing form a salting channel therebetween, wherein the salting channel is disposed opposite the sides of the outer shell.

14. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 5 wherein the inner housing of the body comprises an inner housing and at least one spacer disposed in the inner housing, wherein the spacer is disposed to extend outwardly from the inner housing of the body.

15. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 5 wherein the inner housing of the body further comprises a shield and has a mounting opening, wherein the shield is configured to cover the inner housing to cover the mounting opening of the inner housing.

16. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner housing of the machine body forms at least one support portion adapted to be supported at the bottom of the outer housing of the machine body, wherein the inner housing of the machine body and the outer housing of the machine body form a salting channel therebetween, and wherein the support portion of the inner housing and the outer housing form a water path therebetween to allow water in the salt solution chamber to flow to the salting channel and form salt solution.

17. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 4 wherein the body further has a viewing port facing the saline chamber of the softening device and a viewing window disposed facing the viewing port.

18. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 17 wherein the viewing window is made of a transparent material.

19. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 17 wherein the viewing port of the housing is disposed directly opposite the saline chamber of the softening device of the housing.

20. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 17 wherein the viewing port of the body is disposed in the housing from top to bottom.

21. The water processor of claim 17, wherein the housing includes a high end and a low end extending downwardly from the high end, and wherein the viewing port of the housing is disposed at the low end of the housing.

22. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21, wherein a lower edge of the viewing port of the housing is spaced from a bottom of the saltwater chamber of the softening appliance of the housing by a distance of no more than 10 cm.

23. The water treatment machine of claim 22, wherein a lower edge of the viewing port of the housing is no more than 5 cm from a bottom of the saltwater chamber of the softening device of the housing.

24. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21, wherein the length of the viewing port of the housing is not less than 5 cm.

25. The water processor of claim 24, wherein the length of the viewing port of the housing is no less than 10 centimeters.

26. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 17, 18, 19, 20 or 21, wherein the viewing port of the housing is not less than 2 cm wide.

27. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, wherein the purification device comprises two purification cartridges, wherein the two purification cartridges of the purification device are connected together in series.

28. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, wherein the purification means and the softening means are connected in series by a purification-softening water circuit when the machine is in a first operating condition.

29. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, wherein the purifying means has a first communication opening and a second communication opening, wherein the purifying means is arranged to allow water to flow into and out of the first communication opening of the purifying means and to allow water to flow into and out of the second communication opening of the purifying means.

30. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, wherein the softening tank of the softening device has a first and a second conducting opening, wherein the softening tank of the softening device is arranged to allow water flow in from the first conducting opening of the softening tank and out from the second conducting opening of the softening tank, and to allow water flow in from the second conducting opening of the softening tank and out from the first conducting opening of the softening tank.

31. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, characterized in that the water treatment machine further comprises a control valve, wherein the purification cartridge of the purification apparatus of the water treatment machine and the softening tank of the softening apparatus are connected together in series via the control valve when the water treatment machine is in a first operating state.

32. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 31, wherein the control valve is provided in the softening tank.

33. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23 or 25, wherein the purification cartridge of the purification apparatus of the water treatment machine is detachably disposed in the inner chamber of the machine body.

34. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 10 wherein the inner housing of the housing further comprises a shield, wherein the shield has a guide surface, wherein the guide surface is positioned directly opposite the salting channel, wherein the guide surface is an inclined surface extending upwardly and outwardly relative to the salting channel.

35. The water treatment machine of claim 31, wherein the purification device has a first communication opening and a second communication opening, the softening tank of the softening device has a first communication opening and a second communication opening, the control valve has a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, a fourth opening, a fifth opening, a sixth opening, and a seventh opening, wherein the first communication opening of the purification device communicates with the fifth opening of the control valve, the second communication opening of the purification device and the first communication opening of the softening tank of the softening device both communicate with the sixth opening of the control valve, and the second communication opening of the softening tank communicates with the seventh opening of the control valve.

36. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 35 wherein when the water treatment machine is in the first operating state, the control valve defines a first communication passage communicating with the first opening and the fifth opening, respectively, and a second communication passage communicating with the second opening and the seventh opening, respectively.

37. The water treatment machine of claim 36, wherein the control valve further has an eighth opening, and wherein the control valve further defines a third communication path in communication with the sixth opening and the eighth opening, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in the first operating state.

38. The water treatment machine of claim 37, wherein the control valve further has a ninth opening, and wherein the control valve defines a fourth communication passage in communication with the first opening and the seventh opening, respectively, and a fifth communication passage in communication with the sixth opening and the ninth opening, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a second operating state.

39. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 38 wherein the control valve defines a sixth communication passage communicating with the first opening and the sixth opening, respectively, and a seventh communication passage communicating with the fifth opening and the ninth opening, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a third operating state.

40. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 39, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a fourth operating state, the control valve forms an eighth communication passage communicating with the first and third openings respectively, a ninth communication passage communicating with the seventh and fourth openings respectively, and a tenth communication passage communicating with the sixth and ninth openings respectively.

41. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 40, wherein the control valve forms an eleventh communication passage communicating with the first and sixth openings, respectively, and a twelfth communication passage communicating with the seventh and ninth openings, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a fifth operating state.

42. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 41, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a sixth operating state, the control valve forms a thirteenth communication passage communicating with the first and fifth openings, respectively, and a fourteenth communication passage communicating with the sixth and ninth openings, respectively.

43. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 42, wherein the control valve forms a fifteenth communication path with the first and fourth openings respectively when the water treatment machine is in a seventh operating state.

44. The water treatment machine of claim 36, wherein the control valve further has an eighth opening and a ninth opening, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a second operating state, the control valve forms a fourth communication passage in communication with the first opening and the seventh opening, respectively, and a fifth communication passage in communication with the sixth opening and the ninth opening, respectively.

45. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 44, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a fourth operating state, the control valve forms an eighth communication passage communicating with the first and third openings respectively, a ninth communication passage communicating with the seventh and fourth openings respectively, and a tenth communication passage communicating with the sixth and ninth openings respectively.

46. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 45, wherein the control valve forms a fifteenth communication path with the first and fourth openings, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a seventh operating state.

47. The water treatment machine as recited in claim 36 wherein the control valve further has an eighth opening and a ninth opening, the control valve defining a sixth communication path in communication with the first opening and the sixth opening, respectively, and a seventh communication path in communication with the fifth opening and the ninth opening, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a third operating state.

48. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 47, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a fourth operating state, the control valve forms an eighth communication passage communicating with the first and third openings respectively, a ninth communication passage communicating with the seventh and fourth openings respectively, and a tenth communication passage communicating with the sixth and ninth openings respectively.

49. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 48, wherein the control valve forms a fifteenth communication path with the first and fourth openings, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a seventh operating state.

50. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 44, wherein the control valve forms a fifteenth communication path with the first and fourth openings respectively when the water treatment machine is in a seventh operating state.

51. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 47, wherein the control valve forms a fifteenth communication path with the first and fourth openings, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a seventh operating state.

52. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 44, wherein when the water treatment machine is in a fifth operating state, the control valve forms an eleventh communication passage communicating with the first and sixth openings respectively and a twelfth communication passage communicating with the seventh and ninth openings respectively.

53. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 47, wherein the control valve forms an eleventh communication passage communicating with the first and sixth openings, respectively, and a twelfth communication passage communicating with the seventh and ninth openings, respectively, when the water treatment machine is in a fifth operating state.

54. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 or 53, wherein the control valve also forms a third communication passage communicating with the sixth and eighth openings respectively when the machine is in the first operating condition.

55. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 or 44, wherein the purification device comprises two purification cartridges, wherein the two purification cartridges of the purification device are connected together in series to form a primary purification cartridge and a secondary purification cartridge, wherein the water inlet of the primary purification cartridge of the purification device communicates with the first communication opening of the purification device, the water outlet of the secondary purification cartridge of the purification device communicates with the second communication opening of the purification device, and the water outlet of the primary purification cartridge of the purification device communicates with the water inlet of the secondary purification cartridge.

56. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 or 44, characterized in that the purification device comprises two purification cartridges, wherein the two purification cartridges of the purification device are connected together in parallel, the water inlets of both purification cartridges of the purification device are in communication with the first communication opening of the purification device, and the water outlets of both purification cartridges of the purification device are in communication with the second communication opening of the purification device.

57. A water treatment machine as claimed in claim 5, 6, 7 or 8, wherein the inner housing of the machine body is further formed with an elongated slot, wherein the elongated slot is formed on an outer surface of the inner housing from top to bottom, wherein the elongated slot of the inner housing forms a salting channel.