CN210008897U - Energy-saving water dispenser - Google Patents

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CN210008897U
CN210008897U CN201920542697.3U CN201920542697U CN210008897U CN 210008897 U CN210008897 U CN 210008897U CN 201920542697 U CN201920542697 U CN 201920542697U CN 210008897 U CN210008897 U CN 210008897U
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罗卫东
安启龙
张跻骞
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The utility model discloses an energy-saving water dispenser, which comprises a water dispenser body with an inner cavity of a hollow structure, a water storage tank connected to the middle part of the top end of the water dispenser body, a mounting seat fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body, a heater fixedly connected to the top end of the mounting seat, a cold water inlet pipe which is positioned in the inner cavity of the water dispenser body and is vertically connected to the bottom end of the water storage tank to form an L shape, and a cold water preheating mechanism which is positioned in the inner cavity of the water dispenser body and is fixedly connected to the outer. The utility model integrates three drinking forms of cold water, hot water and warm water; the heat exchange of cold water and hot water can be realized, the initial temperature of the cold water entering the heater is increased, the energy required by the cold water during heating is reduced, the time for heating the cold water is shortened, the electric energy required by the cold water during heating to the hot water is reduced, the energy loss is also reduced, and the obvious energy-saving effect is achieved.

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Energy-saving water dispenser
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of water dispensers, in particular to an energy-saving water dispenser.
Background
Energy shortage is a major problem facing human beings at present, but in daily production and life of people, the phenomenon of energy waste is serious; at present, the traditional household barreled water dispenser has a large energy waste phenomenon, the traditional household barreled water dispenser has large energy consumption, a long time is needed for heating cold water to hot water, and large electric energy is needed for heating hot water.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide an energy-conserving water dispenser to solve the current water dispenser energy consumption that proposes in the above-mentioned background art big, need very long time when heating to hot water from cold water, need consume great electric energy when heating to hot water, only can drink cold water and hot water simple simultaneously, problem that the form is single.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
an energy-saving water dispenser comprises a water dispenser body with a hollow inner cavity, a water storage tank connected to the middle part of the top end of the water dispenser body, a mounting seat fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body, a heater fixedly connected to the top end of the mounting seat, a cold water inlet pipe which is positioned in the inner cavity of the water dispenser body and vertically connected to the bottom end of the water storage tank in an L shape, a cold water outlet pipe which is connected to the top surface of the right side wall of the cold water inlet pipe and extends out of the right side of the water dispenser body, a hot water outlet pipe which extends out of the right side of the water dispenser body and is communicated with the heater; the inner cavity of the water storage tank is communicated with the pipe cavity of the cold water inlet pipe, and the free end of the cold water inlet pipe is communicated with the heater; the cold water preheating mechanism consists of a warm water leading-out pipe wound on the outer pipe wall of the cold water leading-in pipe, a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate for fixing the warm water leading-out pipe on the inner wall of the water dispenser body, and a support frame which is positioned at the bottom end of the cold water leading-in pipe and is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body and is in an I shape; the warm water eduction tube comprises a spiral tube tightly wound on the bottom surface of the vertical section of the cold water inlet tube, an upper injection tube connected with the tube end at the top of the spiral tube and communicated with the heater, and a lower eduction tube connected with the tube end at the bottom of the spiral tube and extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body; the overall appearance of the lower guide pipe is of an L-shaped structure, the vertical section of the lower guide pipe is tightly attached to the right side wall of the support frame, the vertical section of the lower guide pipe is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body through a first connecting plate, and the horizontal section of the lower guide pipe is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body through a second connecting plate; the supporting frame comprises a supporting block which is transversely clung to the bottom of the transverse straight section of the cold water inlet pipe and is rectangular, a supporting plate which is vertically fixed at the bottom end of the supporting block, and a bottom plate which is transversely fixed at the bottom end of the supporting plate and is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body through screws; the top end of the supporting block is provided with a storage groove for arranging the bottom end of the transverse and straight section of the cold water inlet pipe.
Preferably, the cross-sectional shapes of the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate are both in a C-shaped structure, the inner wall of the first connecting plate is tightly attached to the outer pipe wall of the vertical section of the lower delivery pipe, the inner wall of the second connecting plate is tightly attached to the outer pipe wall of the horizontal section of the lower delivery pipe, and rubber pads are arranged on the inner wall of the first connecting plate and the inner wall of the second connecting plate.
Preferably, the side view appearance of the storage groove is in a U-shaped structure, and a spongy cushion is bonded in the groove wall of the storage groove.
Preferably, the cold water inlet pipe and the warm water delivery pipe are copper tubes, and the bottoms of the horizontal straight sections of the cold water inlet pipe are coated with wear-resistant layers.
Preferably, the whole appearance of mount pad is rectangular column structure, and the top middle part of mount pad link up and offers the square cavity that hot water supply contact tube bottom stretched into, and the inner chamber right side wall of mount pad link up and offers the round hole that hot water supply contact tube right-hand member passed.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. the utility model improves the internal structure of the water dispenser through the arranged cold water preheating mechanism, and can integrate three drinking forms of cold water, hot water and warm water into a whole; meanwhile, the heat of the hot water in the warm water outlet pipe is conducted to the cold water in the cold water inlet pipe, so that the cold water to enter the heater can fully absorb the heat, the heat exchange of the cold water and the hot water is realized, the initial temperature of the cold water entering the heater is improved, the energy required by the heating of the cold water is reduced, the time for heating the cold water is shortened, the electric energy required by the heating of the cold water to the hot water is reduced, the energy loss is also reduced, and the purpose of energy conservation is achieved.
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FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure at A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the support frame of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the first connecting plate of the present invention.
In the figure: 1 water dispenser body, 2 water storage tanks, 3 heaters, 4 mounting seats, 5 cold water inlet pipes, 6 cold water outlet pipes, 7 cold water preheating mechanisms, 71 warm water outlet pipes, 711 spiral pipes, 712 upper injection pipes, 713 lower outlet pipes, 72 first connecting plates, 73 supporting frames, 731 support blocks, 7311 storage tanks, 732 support plates, 733 bottom plates, 74 second connecting plates and 8 hot water outlet pipes.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides a technical solution:
an energy-saving water dispenser comprises a water dispenser body 1 with a hollow inner cavity, a water storage tank 2 connected to the middle part of the top end of the water dispenser body 1, a mounting seat 4 fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body 1, a heater 3 fixedly connected to the top end of the mounting seat 4, a cold water inlet pipe 5 which is positioned in the inner cavity of the water dispenser body 1 and vertically connected to the bottom end of the water storage tank 2 in an L shape, a cold water outlet pipe 6 connected to the top surface of the right side wall of the cold water inlet pipe 5 and extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body 1, a hot water outlet pipe 8 extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body 1 and communicated with the heater 3, and a cold water preheating; the inner cavity of the water storage tank 2 is communicated with the pipe cavity of the cold water inlet pipe 5, and the free end of the cold water inlet pipe 5 is communicated with the heater 3; the cold water preheating mechanism 7 is composed of a warm water leading-out pipe 71 wound on the outer pipe wall of the cold water leading-in pipe 5, a first connecting plate 72 and a second connecting plate 74 for fixing the warm water leading-out pipe 71 on the inner wall of the water dispenser body 1, and a supporting frame 73 which is positioned at the bottom end of the cold water leading-in pipe 5 and fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body 1 and is in an I shape; the warm water delivery pipe 71 comprises a spiral pipe 711 tightly wound on the bottom surface of the vertical section of the cold water inlet pipe 5, an upper injection pipe 712 connected to the pipe end at the top of the spiral pipe 711 and communicated with the heater 3, and a lower delivery pipe 713 connected to the pipe end at the bottom of the spiral pipe 711 and extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body 1; the overall appearance of the lower delivery pipe 713 is in an L-shaped structure, the vertical section of the lower delivery pipe 713 is tightly attached to the right side wall of the support frame 73, the vertical section of the lower delivery pipe 713 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body 1 through the first connecting plate 72, and the horizontal section of the lower delivery pipe 713 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body 1 through the second connecting plate 74; the supporting frame 73 comprises a supporting block 731 which is transversely clung to the bottom of the transverse straight section of the cold water inlet pipe 5 and is rectangular, a supporting plate 732 which is vertically fixed at the bottom end of the supporting block 731, and a bottom plate 733 which is transversely fixed at the bottom end of the supporting plate 732 and is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body 1 through screws; the top end of the supporting block 731 is provided with a storage groove 7311 for the bottom end of the horizontal straight section of the cold water inlet pipe 5 to be arranged.
The cross-sectional shapes of the first connecting plate 72 and the second connecting plate 74 are both in a C-shaped structure, the inner wall of the first connecting plate 72 is tightly attached to the outer tube wall of the vertical section of the lower delivery tube 713, the inner wall of the second connecting plate 74 is tightly attached to the outer tube wall of the horizontal section of the lower delivery tube 713, and rubber pads are arranged on the inner wall of the first connecting plate 72 and the inner wall of the second connecting plate 74; the firmness of the whole warm water delivery pipe 71 can be enhanced through the first connecting plate 72 and the second connecting plate 74, which is beneficial to the long-term use of the warm water delivery pipe 71; the set rubber pads can reduce the contact abrasion between the first connecting plate 72 and the lower delivery pipe 713 and between the second connecting plate 74 and the lower delivery pipe 713, thereby prolonging the service life of the lower delivery pipe 713 and further prolonging the service life of the warm water delivery pipe 71.
The side view of the storage groove 7311 is in a U-shaped structure, and a sponge pad is bonded in the wall of the storage groove 7311; the arrangement of the storage groove 7311 facilitates the cold water inlet pipe 5 to be rapidly arranged in the support block 731, thereby greatly increasing the overall stability of the cold water inlet pipe 5 and being beneficial to the long-term use of the water dispenser; the sponge cushion can reduce the contact abrasion between the cold water inlet pipe 5 and the branch block 731, thereby prolonging the service life of the cold water inlet pipe 5 and the branch block 731, further prolonging the service life of the water dispenser, and being beneficial to popularization and use of the water dispenser.
The cold water inlet pipe 5 and the warm water outlet pipe 71 are made of copper tubes, and the design can enhance the characteristics of high heat dissipation efficiency, high strength and corrosion resistance of the cold water inlet pipe 5, so that the water dispenser can be used for a long time.
And the bottom of the horizontal straight section of the cold water inlet pipe 5 is coated with a wear-resistant layer, the wear-resistant layer can enhance the wear resistance of the cold water inlet pipe 5, and the service life of the cold water inlet pipe 5 is prolonged.
The mounting seat 4 is rectangular in overall appearance, a square cavity into which the bottom of the hot water supply outlet pipe 8 extends is formed in the middle of the top end of the mounting seat 4 in a penetrating manner, and a round hole through which the right end of the hot water supply outlet pipe 8 penetrates is formed in the right side wall of an inner cavity of the mounting seat 4 in a penetrating manner; the setting of the mounting seat 4 can increase the overall stability of the heater 3, so that the heater 3 can work stably for a long time, and the long-term use of the water dispenser is facilitated.
The utility model improves the internal structure of the water dispenser by the cold water preheating mechanism 7, and can integrate three drinking forms of cold water, hot water and warm water; meanwhile, the heat of the hot water in the warm water leading-out pipe 71 is conducted to the cold water in the cold water leading-in pipe 5, so that the cold water to enter the heater 3 can fully absorb the heat, the cold water and the hot water can fully exchange heat, the initial temperature of the cold water entering the heater 3 is improved, the energy required for heating the cold water is reduced, the time for heating the cold water is shortened, the electric energy required for heating the cold water to the hot water is reduced, the energy loss is also reduced, and the purpose of saving energy is achieved.
The warm water outlet pipe 71 is of a spiral structure, and the design can increase the heat dissipation area and the time for the hot water to stay in the warm water outlet pipe 71, so that the heat transfer time of the cold water in the warm water outlet pipe 71 and the cold water inlet pipe 5 is prolonged, and the cooling effect is improved.
The utility model discloses principle of energy-conserving water dispenser: by utilizing the conduction effect among different temperature differences of water, hot water entering the warm water outlet pipe 71 is cooled by exchange of hot water and cold water to form warm water which is retained in the warm water outlet pipe 71 under the action of cold water in the cold water inlet pipe 5 through the action of heat conduction, and the warm water which is suitable for drinking flows out of the warm water outlet pipe 71, so that the water dispenser has the function of preparing the warm water, the function of the water dispenser is increased, and the water dispenser integrates three drinking forms of cold water, hot water and warm water; meanwhile, the heat of the hot water in the warm water leading-out pipe 71 is conducted to the cold water in the cold water leading-in pipe 5, so that the cold water to be fed into the heater 3 can fully absorb the heat, the initial temperature of the cold water fed into the heater 3 is increased, the energy required when the cold water is heated is reduced, the time for heating the cold water is shortened, the electric energy required when the cold water is heated to the hot water is reduced, and the obvious energy-saving effect is achieved.
The working principle is as follows: when in use, cold water is needed to be injected into the heater 3; cold water flowing out of a bucket inverted from the top end of the water dispenser is stored in a water storage tank 2, the cold water in the water storage tank 2 flows downwards along a cold water inlet pipe 5 from top to bottom under the action of gravity, the cold water entering the cold water inlet pipe 5 is divided into two branches, one branch enters a cold water outlet pipe 6 for people to drink directly, the other branch enters a heater 3, hot water is formed through heating treatment of the heater 3, and when a user needs to drink hot water, the user only needs to utilize a hot water outlet pipe 8 to lead out the hot water; when a user needs to drink warm water, hot water in the heater 3 passes through the warm water delivery pipe 71, the warm water delivery pipe 71 is in a spiral structure, the hot water enters the spiral pipe 711 along the upper injection pipe 712 and then flows out of the spiral pipe 711 through the lower delivery pipe 713 for drinking, the cold water in the cold water delivery pipe 5 absorbs heat emitted by the hot water in the warm water delivery pipe 71 according to the heat transfer principle, the temperature rises along with the cold water because the warm water delivery pipe 71 is in a spiral shape and the warm water delivery pipe 71 is wound in the cold water delivery pipe 5, and on the contrary, the temperature of the hot water in the warm water delivery pipe 71 is reduced along with the cold water to form warm water which flows out of the lower delivery pipe 713 for drinking; because the cold water in the cold water inlet pipe 5 absorbs heat, the initial temperature of the cold water is increased, the temperature of the cold water naturally entering the heater 3 is higher, and the time required for heating is shortened, so that the energy consumption is greatly reduced, and the energy-saving effect is achieved.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. An energy-saving water dispenser comprises a water dispenser body (1) with a hollow inner cavity, a water storage tank (2) connected to the middle of the top end of the water dispenser body (1), a mounting seat (4) fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body (1), a heater (3) fixedly connected to the top end of the mounting seat (4), a cold water inlet pipe (5) positioned in the inner cavity of the water dispenser body (1) and vertically connected to the bottom end of the water storage tank (2) in an L shape, a cold water outlet pipe (6) connected to the top surface of the right side wall of the cold water inlet pipe (5) and extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body (1), a hot water outlet pipe (8) extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body (1) and communicated with the heater (3), and a cold water preheating mechanism (7) positioned in the; the method is characterized in that: the inner cavity of the water storage tank (2) is communicated with the pipe cavity of the cold water inlet pipe (5), and the free end of the cold water inlet pipe (5) is communicated with the heater (3); the cold water preheating mechanism (7) is composed of a warm water leading-out pipe (71) wound on the outer pipe wall of the cold water leading-in pipe (5), a first connecting plate (72) and a second connecting plate (74) for fixing the warm water leading-out pipe (71) on the inner wall of the water dispenser body (1), and a support frame (73) which is positioned at the bottom end of the cold water leading-in pipe (5) and fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body (1) in an I shape; the warm water delivery pipe (71) comprises a spiral pipe (711) tightly wound on the bottom surface of the vertical section of the cold water inlet pipe (5), an upper injection pipe (712) connected with the pipe end at the top of the spiral pipe (711) and communicated with the heater (3), and a lower delivery pipe (713) connected with the pipe end at the bottom of the spiral pipe (711) and extending out of the right side of the water dispenser body (1); the overall appearance of the lower guide pipe (713) is of an L-shaped structure, the vertical section of the lower guide pipe (713) is tightly attached to the right side wall of the support frame (73), the vertical section of the lower guide pipe (713) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body (1) through a first connecting plate (72), and the horizontal section of the lower guide pipe (713) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the water dispenser body (1) through a second connecting plate (74); the supporting frame (73) comprises a supporting block (731) which is transversely clung to the bottom of the transverse straight section of the cold water inlet pipe (5) in a rectangular shape, a supporting plate (732) which is vertically fixed at the bottom end of the supporting block (731), and a bottom plate (733) which is transversely fixed at the bottom end of the supporting plate (732) and is fixedly connected with the bottom of the inner cavity of the water dispenser body (1) through screws; the top end of the supporting block (731) is provided with a storage groove (7311) for arranging the bottom end of the horizontal straight section of the cold water inlet pipe (5).
2. The energy-saving water dispenser of claim 1, characterized in that: the cross-sectional shapes of the first connecting plate (72) and the second connecting plate (74) are both C-shaped structures, the inner wall of the first connecting plate (72) is tightly attached to the outer pipe wall of the vertical section of the lower delivery pipe (713), the inner wall of the second connecting plate (74) is tightly attached to the outer pipe wall of the horizontal section of the lower delivery pipe (713), and rubber pads are arranged on the inner wall of the first connecting plate (72) and the inner wall of the second connecting plate (74).
3. The energy-saving water dispenser of claim 1, characterized in that: the side view appearance of the storage groove (7311) is in a U-shaped structure, and a sponge pad is bonded in the groove wall of the storage groove (7311).
4. The energy-saving water dispenser of claim 1, characterized in that: the cold water inlet pipe (5) and the warm water outlet pipe (71) are both copper tubes, and the bottoms of the transverse straight sections of the cold water inlet pipe (5) are coated with wear-resistant layers.
5. The energy-saving water dispenser of claim 1, characterized in that: the whole appearance of mount pad (4) is rectangular column structure, and the top middle part of mount pad (4) link up and set up the square cavity that hot water delivery tube (8) bottom stretched into, and the inner chamber right side wall of mount pad (4) link up and sets up the round hole that hot water delivery tube (8) right-hand member passed.
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