CN211650760U - Novel shell of water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a novel casing of water heater, including drain pan, face-piece and waterproof, the lateral wall circumference of drain pan is equipped with water retaining structure, the lateral wall circumference of face-piece is equipped with and encircles the waterproof construction that the drain pan lateral wall set up the face-piece with when the drain pan cooperatees and connects, waterproof construction with water retaining structure matches and encloses each other and close and be formed with the installation cavity, waterproof set up in the installation cavity and its both ends respectively with water retaining structure waterproof construction looks butt. The utility model discloses a novel casing of water heater, it is through dual waterproof, has strengthened the waterproof performance of water heater casing, has effectively prevented inside outside water gets into the water heater to guarantee that the fail safe nature of water heater is higher, improve the life and the user experience of water heater.

Description

Novel shell of water heater

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a water heater technical field especially relates to a waterproof technology of water heater casing.

Background

At present, along with the design planning of people to the house is more and more practical, in order to save space, more and more users install the water heater in the open air. Therefore, the requirement on the waterproof performance of the water heater is higher and higher, so that rainwater is prevented from permeating into the shell of the water heater from the gap between the bottom shell and the face shell, and the damage to parts of the water heater due to water seepage is avoided, and the service life of the water heater and the user experience are influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the problems that exist among the prior art to a certain extent at least, for this reason, the utility model provides a novel casing of water heater, its waterproof performance that can effectively strengthen the water heater casing improves the life and the user experience of water heater.

According to the novel casing of a water heater that provides above-mentioned, it realizes through following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a novel casing of water heater, has open-ended drain pan, face-piece and waterproof piece including one side, the lateral wall circumference of drain pan is equipped with water retaining structure, the lateral wall circumference of face-piece is equipped with and encircles the waterproof construction that the drain pan lateral wall set up the face-piece with when the drain pan cooperatees to be connected, waterproof construction with water retaining structure matches and encloses each other and be formed with the installation cavity, waterproof piece set up in the installation cavity and its both ends respectively with water retaining structure waterproof construction looks butt.

In some embodiments, the water retaining structure disposed on the upper sidewall of the bottom case is an upper water guide groove extending in a horizontal direction; the waterproof structure comprises an upper U-shaped groove extending in the horizontal direction and facing the bottom shell direction opening, the upper U-shaped groove is formed in the face shell, the outer side wall of the upper U-shaped groove is integrally formed with the upper side wall of the face shell, the upper U-shaped groove is formed in the upper water guide groove and mutually surrounded to form a transverse installation cavity used for installing the waterproof piece, and the transverse installation cavity forms part of the installation cavity.

In some embodiments, the upper flume comprises an upper folded edge extending downwards from the edge of the upper side wall of the bottom shell and an L-shaped water baffle, the lower edge of the upper folded edge is connected with the bottom surface of the water baffle and mutually encloses the water baffle to form a U shape, and the upper folded edge and the upper U-shaped groove enclose to form the transverse installation cavity.

In some embodiments, the edge of the outer side wall of the upper U-shaped groove abuts against the upper folded edge, and a transverse drainage port is formed between the inner side wall of the upper U-shaped groove and the upper folded edge and is respectively communicated with the transverse installation cavity and the upper water guide groove.

In some embodiments, the water retaining structures disposed on the left and right side walls of the bottom shell are side water guide grooves extending in the vertical direction, the upper ends of the side water guide grooves are communicated with the upper water guide groove, and the lower ends of the side water guide grooves are provided with water discharge ports; the waterproof structure still includes and extends and move towards along vertical direction drain pan direction open-ended side U-shaped groove the left and right sides wall of face-piece be equipped with respectively with the side diversion groove is corresponding the side U-shaped groove, every the side U-shaped groove set up in corresponding in the side diversion groove and enclose each other and close and be formed with vertical installation cavity, vertical installation cavity constitutes a part of installation cavity.

In some embodiments, the side water guide groove comprises a water blocking edge and a side folding edge extending inwards from the edge of the left side wall or the right side wall of the bottom shell, the water blocking edge and the side folding edge are connected and mutually enclosed to form an L shape, and the side folding edge and the side U-shaped groove are enclosed to form the vertical installation cavity.

In some embodiments, the lateral U-shaped groove outer side wall abuts against the lateral folded edge, and a vertical water leakage port is formed between the lateral U-shaped groove inner side wall and the lateral folded edge, and the vertical water leakage port is respectively communicated with the vertical mounting cavity and the lateral water guide groove.

In some embodiments, upper water outlets are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the upper water guide groove, the distance between each upper water outlet and the left side wall or the right side wall of the bottom shell close to the upper water outlet is La, and La is smaller than the width Lb of the side folding edge in the horizontal direction, so that the water blocking edge is positioned below the position between the two upper water outlets.

In some embodiments, the waterproof structure further comprises a flange extending inwards from the edge of the side wall of the face shell, and the flange positioned on the upper side wall of the face shell is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the upper U-shaped groove and abuts against the inner side wall of the upper water guide groove; the flanging positioned on the left side wall or the right side wall of the face shell is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the side U-shaped groove and is abutted against the inner side wall of the side diversion groove.

In some embodiments, the side folding edge is provided with a buckling part, the side U-shaped groove is provided with a clamping part at a position corresponding to the buckling part, and the clamping part and the buckling part are matched and clamped.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses an at least including following beneficial effect: the utility model discloses a novel casing of water heater, it is through dual waterproof, has strengthened the waterproof performance of water heater casing, has effectively prevented inside outside water gets into the water heater to guarantee that the fail safe nature of water heater is higher, improve the life and the user experience of water heater.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a right side view of a novel housing in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a bottom case in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged view of a portion B of fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a front shell in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a portion C in fig. 5;

fig. 7 is a sectional view of a front view of the novel housing in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 is a partially enlarged view of a portion D in fig. 7.

Detailed Description

The present invention is illustrated by the following examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. To the embodiment of the present invention, modify or replace some technical features, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, it should be covered in the technical solution scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1-5, a novel shell of a water heater comprises a bottom shell 1 with an opening on one side, a face shell 2 with an opening on one side, and a waterproof piece 3, wherein a water retaining structure is arranged on the circumferential direction of the side wall of the bottom shell 1, and a waterproof structure 21 arranged around the side wall of the bottom shell 1 is arranged on the circumferential direction of the side wall of the face shell 2. When the face shell 2 is connected with the bottom shell 1 in a matching mode and covers the opening of the bottom shell 1, the waterproof structure 21 is matched with the water retaining structure and mutually encloses to form an installation cavity 4 for installing the waterproof piece 3, the waterproof piece 3 is arranged in the installation cavity 4, and two ends of the waterproof piece 3 are respectively connected with the water retaining structure and the waterproof structure 21 in an abutting mode. Preferably, the waterproof member 3 of the present embodiment is a waterproof sponge.

This embodiment hot water heater's novel casing, it is equipped with water retaining structure through the lateral wall circumference at drain pan 1, and lateral wall circumference at face-piece 2 is equipped with the waterproof construction 21 that encircles the setting of drain pan 1 lateral wall, when drain pan 1 is connected with the cooperation of face-piece 2, water retaining structure and waterproof construction 21 enclose each other and close the installation cavity 4 that forms and be used for installing waterproof piece 3, so set up waterproof piece 3 of installation cavity 4 and can regard as first waterproof line, and the waterproof line can be regarded as to the second to the water retaining structure of drain pan 1, through dual waterproof, the waterproof performance of hot water heater casing has been strengthened, outside water has effectively been prevented and inside getting into the water heater, thereby guarantee that the fail safe nature of water heater is higher, improve the life and the user experience of water heater.

Further, the water blocking structure disposed on the upper sidewall of the bottom case 1 is an upper water guiding groove 11 extending along the horizontal direction, and upper water outlets 1101 (see fig. 4) are disposed at two ends of the upper water guiding groove 11. The waterproof structure 21 includes an upper U-shaped groove 211 extending in the horizontal direction and opening toward the bottom case 1, the upper U-shaped groove 211 being provided in the face case 2 and having an outer side wall integrally formed with an upper side wall of the face case 2 (see fig. 6). When the bottom shell 1 is matched and connected with the face shell 2, the upper U-shaped groove 211 is arranged in the upper water guide groove 11 and mutually encloses to form a transverse installation cavity 41 for installing the waterproof piece 3, and the transverse installation cavity 41 forms a part of the installation cavity 4. Thus, the waterproof member 3 as a first waterproof line and the upper gutter 11 as a second waterproof line are formed on the top of the new casing of the water heater. As shown in fig. 2, when external water seeps from the fitting gap between the bottom case 1 and the top of the face case 2, the waterproof member 3 prevents the water from seeping in; if the water seepage is too much and seeps through the waterproof part 3, the upper water guide groove 11 can block the water seepage, so that the water seepage can only flow to the upper water outlets 1101 at two ends along the upper water guide groove 11, the water seepage is effectively prevented from entering the inside of the shell through the top of the shell, and the use safety of the water heater is improved.

In this embodiment, the outer sidewall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 specifically refers to a sidewall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 close to the sidewall of the face shell 2, or a sidewall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 far from the inner bottom surface of the upper water guide groove 11; the inner side wall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 specifically means the other side wall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 away from the side wall close to the face shell 2, or the other side wall of the upper U-shaped groove 211 close to the inner bottom surface of the upper water guide groove 11.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, specifically, both ends of the upper flume 11 are open to form an upper water outlet 1101, the upper flume 11 includes an upper folded edge 111 extending downward from the edge of the upper side wall of the bottom case 1 and an "L" -shaped water baffle 112, the lower edge of the upper folded edge 111 is connected to the bottom surface 1121 of the water baffle 112, and encloses the water baffle 112 and the upper folded edge 111 to form a "U" -shaped water baffle having an open top, so that both the bottom surface 1121 and the side surface 1122 of the water baffle 112 can be used as water baffles to prevent water from flowing into the interior of the case through the top of the case. In addition, when the bottom shell 1 is connected with the face shell 2 in a matching way, the lower part of the upper U-shaped groove 211 extends into the upper water guide groove 11, the inner side wall of the upper U-shaped groove is abutted or not abutted with the bottom surface 1121 of the water baffle 112, and the upper U-shaped groove 211 and the upper folding edge 111 are enclosed to form the transverse installation cavity 41.

Preferably, the upper water guide groove 11 is formed by bending the upper sidewall of the bottom case 1 a plurality of times. Specifically, the upper side wall of the bottom shell 1 is first bent vertically downward to form the upper folded edge 111, then bent horizontally toward the face shell 2 to form the bottom surface 1121 of the water baffle 112, and finally bent vertically upward to form the side surface 1122 of the water baffle 112, so that water leakage at the matching position between the upper folded edge 111 and the upper side wall of the bottom shell 1, and between the upper folded edge 111 and the bottom surface 1121 of the water baffle 112 can be avoided. In the present embodiment, the side 1122 of the water guard 112 has a height in the vertical direction lower than that of the upper flap 111.

Specifically, the outer side wall edge of the upper U-shaped groove 211 abuts against the upper flange 111 to reduce the amount of water seeping from the top of the case into the waterproof member 3. Go up and be formed with horizontal water leakage mouth 51 between U-shaped groove 211 inside wall and the last hem 111, this horizontal water leakage mouth 51 respectively with horizontal installation cavity 41, go up diversion channel 11 intercommunication, so behind the infiltration volume is too much and ooze waterproof part 3, flow into last diversion channel 11 the inside through horizontal water leakage mouth 51, then the last delivery port 1101 at both ends is flowed to the length along last diversion channel 11, thereby realized preventing that the infiltration from entering into the casing through the casing top inside, promote the waterproof performance at water heater casing top, the safety in utilization and the life of improvement water heater.

As shown in fig. 4-6, the water retaining structures disposed on the left and right side walls of the bottom case 1 are side water guide grooves 12 extending in the vertical direction, the upper ends of the side water guide grooves 12 are communicated with the upper water outlets 1101 of the upper water guide grooves 11, and the lower ends thereof are provided with water outlets 1201, so that the water seepage of the upper water guide grooves 11 is discharged out of the case through the side water guide grooves 12, and the water seepage of the upper water guide grooves 11 is prevented from being directly discharged through the upper water outlets 1101. The waterproof structure 21 further includes a side U-shaped groove 212 extending in the vertical direction and opening toward the bottom case 1, and side U-shaped grooves 212 corresponding to the side water guide grooves 12 are respectively provided on the left and right side walls of the face case 2. When the bottom shell 1 is connected with the face shell 2 in a matching way, each side U-shaped groove 212 is arranged in the corresponding side water guide groove 12 and mutually encloses to form a vertical installation cavity, and the vertical installation cavity forms a part of the installation cavity 4. Thus, the waterproof material 3 as a first waterproof line and the side gutter 12 as a second waterproof line are formed on both the left and right sides of the water heater case.

When external water seeps from the matching gaps on the left side and the right side of the bottom shell 1 and the face shell 2, the waterproof piece 3 can prevent the seeped water from entering; if the water seeps too much and seeps through the left or/and right waterproof pieces 3, the side water guide grooves 12 can block the seeped water, so that the seeped water can only flow downwards along the side water guide grooves 12 and flows out of the shell through the water outlet 1201 at the lower end of the side water guide grooves 12, the seeped water is effectively prevented from entering the shell through the left and right sides of the shell, and the use safety and the service life of the water heater are improved.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the upper and lower ends of the side gutter 12 are open, the opening at the upper end of the side gutter 12 is a water inlet, and the opening at the lower end of the side gutter 12 is a water outlet 1201. This side diversion flume 12 includes water retaining edge 121, and by the side hem 122 of drain pan 1 left side wall or right side wall edge extension inwards, water retaining edge 121 and side hem 122 are connected and enclose mutually and close and form "L" font, side hem 122 encloses mutually with side U-shaped groove 212 and closes and form vertical installation cavity (not shown in the figure), so, water retaining edge 121 can regard as the water retaining part, can effectively prevent to ooze in left side or right side waterproof component 3's infiltration or/and the infiltration of last diversion flume 11 flow into casing 1, promote the waterproof performance of water heater casing lateral part.

Preferably, the side gutter 12 located on the left side wall of the bottom case 1 is formed by double bending the left side wall of the bottom case 1. Specifically, the left side wall of bottom case 1 is bent toward the inside of bottom case 1 to form side folded edge 122, and then bent toward the outside of bottom case 1 (i.e. toward the direction of face case 2) to form water retaining edge 121, so as to prevent water leakage from occurring at the matching position between side folded edge 122 and the left side wall of bottom case 1, and between side folded edge 122 and water retaining edge 121. Similarly, the side gutter 12 located on the right side wall of the bottom case 1 is formed by bending the right side wall of the bottom case 1 twice.

Specifically, the outer side wall of the side U-shaped groove 212 abuts against the side flap 122 to reduce the amount of water seeping into the flashing 3 from the left or/and right side of the casing. A vertical water leakage port (not shown in the figure) is formed between the inner side wall of the side U-shaped groove 212 and the side folding edge 122, and is respectively communicated with the vertical installation cavity and the side water guide groove 12, so that after the water seepage amount is too much and seeps through the left side or/and the right side waterproof part 3, the water flows downwards along the side water guide groove 12 under the action of gravity and flows out of the shell through the water outlet 1201, thereby realizing the purpose of preventing the water seepage from entering the shell through the left side or/and the right side of the shell, and improving the waterproof performance of the side part of the shell of the water heater.

As shown in fig. 7-8, preferably, the distance between upper water outlet 1101 at the left end of upper water guiding groove 11 and the left side wall of bottom case 1 is La, and this La is smaller than width Lb of side folded edge 122 located at the left side wall of bottom case 1 in the horizontal direction, so that water retaining edge 121 located at the left side wall of bottom case 1 is located below two upper water outlets 1101, to ensure that when seepage water flows into side water guiding groove 12 located at the left side of bottom case 1 from upper water outlet 1101 at the left end of upper water guiding groove 11, seepage water can be retained by water retaining edge 121 located at the left side wall of bottom case 1, so as to ensure that seepage water flowing out from upper water guiding groove 11 flows downwards out of the water heater housing along side water guiding groove 12 under the action of gravity, thereby improving the waterproof effect on the left side of the. Similarly, the distance between the upper water outlet 1101 at the right end of the upper water guiding groove 11 and the right side wall of the bottom shell 1 is La, and the La is smaller than the width Lb of the side folding edge 122 at the right side wall of the bottom shell 1 in the horizontal direction, so that the waterproof performance at the right side of the water heater is enhanced.

As shown in fig. 6, the waterproof structure 21 further includes a flange 22 extending inward from the edge of the side wall of the face housing 2, the flange 22 located on the upper side wall of the face housing 2 is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the upper U-shaped groove 211, and the flange 22 abuts against the inner side wall of the upper flume 11 (i.e., the upper flange 111 of the upper flume 11) (see fig. 2), so that the flange 111 and the flange 22 located on the upper side wall of the face housing 2 cooperate to abut against each other, thereby facilitating reduction of the amount of water seeping into the upper flume 11 from the top of the housing and improving the waterproof performance of the water heater housing to a certain extent. In addition, the flange 22 on the left side wall or the right side wall of the face shell 2 is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the corresponding side U-shaped groove 212 and is abutted against the inner side wall of the corresponding side flume 12 (i.e. the side flange 122 of the side flume 12), so that the water seepage quantity entering the side flume 12 from the left side and the right side of the shell can be reduced, and the waterproof performance of the water heater shell is improved to a certain extent.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3 to 6, further, the side folding edge 122 is provided with a buckling portion 1221, the inner bottom surface of the side U-shaped groove 212 is provided with a clamping portion 2121 at a position corresponding to the buckling portion 1221, and the clamping portion 2121 is clamped with the buckling portion 1221 in a matching manner, so that the bottom shell 1 and the face shell 2 are reliably connected together. In this embodiment, the fastening portion 1221 is a slot, and the locking portion 2121 is a hook.

Preferably, two fastening portions 1221 are spaced from each other and arranged side by side, and two fastening portions 1221 form a set of fastening portions. Correspondingly, two clamping portions 2121 are arranged in parallel at an interval in each side U-shaped groove 212, and each two clamping portions 2121 form a set of clamping portions. From this, under the mating reaction of two sets of buckling parts and two sets of joint portions, make the connection of drain pan 1 and face-piece 2 more reliable and stable.

What has been described above are only some embodiments of the invention. For those skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, several modifications and improvements can be made, which are within the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a novel casing of water heater, its characterized in that has open-ended drain pan (1), face-piece (2) and waterproof (3) including one side, the lateral wall circumference of drain pan (1) is equipped with water retaining structure, the lateral wall circumference of face-piece (2) is equipped with and encircles waterproof construction (21) that drain pan (1) lateral wall set up face-piece (2) with when drain pan (1) cooperatees to be connected, waterproof construction (21) with water retaining structure matches and encloses each other and close and be formed with installation cavity (4), waterproof (3) set up in installation cavity (4) and its both ends respectively with water retaining structure waterproof construction (21) looks butt.

2. The new shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the water retaining structure provided on the upper side wall of the bottom shell (1) is an upper water guide groove (11) extending in the horizontal direction; waterproof construction (21) include along the horizontal direction extend and towards drain pan (1) direction open-ended goes up U-shaped groove (211), go up U-shaped groove (211) set up in face shell (2) and its lateral wall with side wall integrated into one piece on face shell (2), just go up U-shaped groove (211) set up in go up in diversion groove (11) and enclose each other and close and be formed with and be used for the installation horizontal installation cavity (41) of waterproof (3), horizontal installation cavity (41) constitute a part of installation cavity (4).

3. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 2, wherein the upper water guide groove (11) comprises an upper folded edge (111) extending downwards from the upper side wall edge of the bottom shell (1) and an L-shaped water baffle (112), the lower edge of the upper folded edge (111) is connected with the bottom surface (1121) of the water baffle (112) and mutually encloses with the water baffle (112) to form a U-shape, and the upper folded edge (111) and the upper U-shaped groove (211) enclose to form the transverse mounting cavity (41).

4. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 3, wherein the outer side wall edge of the upper U-shaped groove (211) abuts against the upper folded edge (111), a transverse water drainage port (51) is formed between the inner side wall of the upper U-shaped groove (211) and the upper folded edge (111), and the transverse water drainage port (51) is respectively communicated with the transverse mounting cavity (41) and the upper water guide groove (11).

5. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in any one of claims 2-4, wherein the water retaining structures arranged on the left and right side walls of the bottom shell (1) are side water grooves (12) extending in the vertical direction, the upper ends of the side water grooves (12) are communicated with the upper water groove (11) and the lower ends thereof are provided with water outlets (1201); waterproof construction (21) still include and extend and move towards along vertical direction drain pan (1) direction open-ended side U-shaped groove (212) the left and right sides wall of face-piece (2) be equipped with respectively with side diversion groove (12) are corresponding side U-shaped groove (212), every side U-shaped groove (212) set up in corresponding in side diversion groove (12) and enclose each other and close and be formed with vertical installation cavity, vertical installation cavity constitutes the partly of installation cavity (4).

6. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 5, wherein the side water guide groove (12) comprises a water blocking edge (121) and a side folding edge (122) extending inwards from the edge of the left side wall or the right side wall of the bottom shell (1), the water blocking edge (121) and the side folding edge (122) are connected and mutually enclose to form an L shape, and the side folding edge (122) and the side U-shaped groove (212) enclose to form the vertical mounting cavity.

7. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 6, wherein the outer side wall of the side U-shaped groove (212) abuts against the side folded edge (122), and a vertical water leakage port is formed between the inner side wall of the side U-shaped groove (212) and the side folded edge (122), and is respectively communicated with the vertical mounting cavity and the side water guide groove (12).

8. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 7, wherein upper water outlets (1101) are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the upper water guide groove (11), the distance between each upper water outlet (1101) and the left side wall or the right side wall of the bottom shell (1) close to the upper water outlet (1101) is La, and La is smaller than the width Lb of the side folding edge (122) in the horizontal direction, so that the water blocking edge (121) is positioned below the two upper water outlets (1101).

9. The novel shell of the water heater as claimed in claim 5, wherein the waterproof structure (21) further comprises a flange (22) extending inwards from the edge of the side wall of the face shell (2), the flange (22) on the upper side wall of the face shell (2) is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the upper U-shaped groove (211) and abuts against the inner side wall of the upper flume (11); the flanging (22) positioned on the left side wall or the right side wall of the face shell (2) is integrally formed with the edge of the outer side wall of the corresponding side U-shaped groove (212) and is abutted against the inner side wall of the corresponding side water guide groove (12).

10. The novel shell of a water heater as claimed in claim 6, wherein the side folding edge (122) is provided with a buckling part (1221), the side U-shaped groove (212) is provided with a clamping part (2121) at a position corresponding to the buckling part (1221), and the clamping part (2121) is in matched clamping connection with the buckling part (1221).

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