CN212804507U - Waterproof intelligent water tap - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a waterproof smart faucet. This waterproof type intelligent faucet includes: the faucet comprises a faucet body, wherein a PCB is arranged in the faucet body, and a switch button is arranged on the PCB; the operation knob located above the faucet body includes: the display component comprises a display screen, and the display screen is connected with the PCB; the knob is of an annular structure with openings at two ends; the rotary outer frame of the rotary encoder is rotatably arranged on the rotary encoder; the rotary outer frame is fixedly connected with the knob, the fixed inner frame and the encoder are fixed on the PCB, and the display assembly moves up and down along the fixed inner frame to trigger the switch key; and the waterproof assembly is used for sealing a gap between the components in the operation knob and a gap between the operation knob and the faucet body, and preventing water from flowing into the display screen, the encoder and the PCB. The technical scheme can meet various use requirements of users, save operation display interfaces, ensure that the display direction of the display screen is optimal, does not rotate along with the knob and can prevent water.

Description

Waterproof intelligent water tap

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to waterproof type intelligence tap.

Background

At present, the household faucet basically adopts a handle of a rotary faucet to select the water quantity and switch the water, so that more use requirements of users cannot be met, and the household faucet is not intelligent and convenient to use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a waterproof intelligent faucet. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a waterproof smart faucet including:

the faucet comprises a faucet body, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the faucet body, a PCB is fixed in the accommodating cavity, and a switch button is arranged on the PCB;

the operation knob is connected the PCB board is located holding chamber top, wherein, operation knob includes:

the display component comprises a display screen, the display screen is connected with the PCB, and the PCB is used for controlling the display screen to display corresponding contents;

the knob is of an annular structure with two open ends;

the rotary encoder is of a hollow structure and comprises an encoder and an encoder shell, wherein the encoder shell comprises a fixed inner frame and a rotary outer frame, and the rotary outer frame is rotatably arranged on the rotary encoder; the rotary outer frame is connected with the knob, and the rotary outer frame is driven by the knob to rotate by taking the axis of the rotary encoder as a rotation center; the fixed inner frame and the encoder are fixed on the PCB, the display assembly penetrates through the hollow space of the rotary encoder to be connected with the fixed inner frame and moves up and down along the fixed inner frame, and the display assembly penetrates through the hollow space of the rotary encoder to trigger the switch key when moving downwards;

and the waterproof assembly is used for sealing a gap between the components in the operation knob and a gap between the operation knob and the faucet body, and preventing water from flowing into the display screen, the encoder and the PCB.

In one embodiment, the display assembly further comprises: the display screen protection cover comprises a display screen bracket and a display screen protection cover;

the display screen support comprises an installation plate and a support positioned below the installation plate, wherein an installation groove is formed in the installation plate and used for fixing the display screen;

the display screen protecting cover is positioned above the display screen, fixed on the display screen support, matched with the display screen support and used for wrapping the display screen, and completely covers the upper surface of the display screen support;

the knob comprises an annular outer wall, a circle of horizontal annular rib is arranged in the middle of the annular outer wall corresponding to the bottom of the mounting plate, a circle of annular inner wall is arranged below the annular rib, and the annular inner wall is connected with the rotating outer frame and moves up and down along the rotating outer frame; the annular rib is provided with at least one water leakage hole in the vertical direction, and the water leakage hole is positioned between the annular inner wall and the annular outer wall;

the waterproof assembly comprises a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring, wherein the first sealing ring is located between the mounting plate and the annular ribs, the water leakage hole is located between the first sealing ring and the annular outer wall of the knob, the second sealing ring is sleeved on the inner side of the top of the containing cavity of the faucet body, and the second sealing ring is attached to the annular inner wall of the knob.

In one embodiment, a flange is provided on the bracket at a position corresponding to the switch key, and the flange passes through a hollow space of the rotary encoder to trigger the switch key when moving downward.

In one embodiment, the display screen includes at least one of: OLED screen, LCD screen, LED screen, digital screen.

In one embodiment, further comprising:

and one end of the elastic element is fixed on the display screen bracket, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the PCB.

In one embodiment, the resilient element comprises a spring or at least one resilient rib.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

above-mentioned technical scheme, integrated display screen in waterproof type intelligent faucet's operation knob, three kinds of signal reception devices of rotary encoder and button and signal feedback device, can satisfy user's various operation requirement, convenience of customers uses, and can effectively save the operation display interface, promote the product science and technology and feel, in addition, this waterproof type intelligent faucet can ensure that integrated display screen can not follow the knob and rotate together in the operation knob, the display effect can keep at the best position of user's vision always, user experience feels better, and can prevent effectively that the remaining water on tap surface from entering into display screen or PCB board surface when user's wet hand state operation tap from arousing short circuit or other performance faults.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a waterproof type smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a waterproof smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view illustrating a structure of a waterproof type smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a waterproof type smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a display bracket of a waterproof type smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

The present disclosure provides a waterproof intelligent faucet, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a waterproof intelligent faucet shown according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 1, the waterproof intelligent faucet 1 includes: a faucet body 11 and an operation knob 12.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a structure of a waterproof intelligent faucet according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, a receiving cavity 110 is provided in a faucet body 11, a PCB 111 is fixed in the receiving cavity 110, and a switch button 1111 is provided on the PCB 111; the faucet body 11 may include a connector 112 and a water outlet pipe 113, the receiving cavity 110 may be disposed in the connector 112, the receiving cavity 110 is located above a connection portion between the water outlet pipe 113 and the connector 112, the PCB 111 is provided with a switch button 1111, when the switch button 1111 is triggered, the PCB 111 may control the intelligent faucet to discharge water or shut off water, for example, an electromagnetic valve is disposed in the intelligent faucet, the electromagnetic valve is connected to the PCB 111, and the PCB 111 may control the water discharge or shut off water of the waterproof intelligent faucet by controlling the opening and closing of a valve port of the electromagnetic valve.

As shown in fig. 2, the operation knob 12, connected to the PCB 111, is located above the faucet body 11, and the operation knob 12 has a cylindrical or approximately cylindrical appearance as shown in fig. 1, wherein, as shown in fig. 2, the operation knob 12 includes: a display assembly 121, a knob 122, and a rotary encoder 123. The user can input corresponding operation through the operation knob 12, and the operation knob 12 transmits the operation to the PCB 111 through connection, so that the PCB controls the intelligent faucet correspondingly. The upper side in the present embodiment refers to the direction of the faucet body 11 toward the operation knob 12, and the lower side refers to the direction of the operation knob 12 toward the faucet body 11.

The display assembly 121 includes a display screen 1210, the display screen 1210 is connected to the PCB 111, the PCB 111 is configured to control the display screen 1210 to display corresponding content, for example, the PCB 111 may control the display screen 1210 to display content required by a user, such as a switch state, water flow information, and the like of the waterproof intelligent faucet.

The knob 122 is an annular structure with two open ends. The rotary encoder 123 is a hollow structure, the rotary encoder 123 includes an encoder and an encoder housing, the encoder housing includes a fixed inner frame 1231 and a rotating outer frame 1232, the rotating outer frame 1232 is rotatably disposed on the rotary encoder 123, and the rotating outer frame 1232 can freely rotate with an axis of the rotary encoder 123 as a rotation center; the rotating outer frame 1232 is fixedly connected to the knob 122, so that the rotating outer frame 1232 can be driven by the knob 122 to rotate around the axis of the rotary encoder 123; the fixed inner frame 1231 and the encoder are fixed on the PCB 111, the encoder is electrically connected to the PCB 111, the display module 121 passes through the hollow space of the rotary encoder 123, is connected to the fixed inner frame 1231, and moves up and down along the fixed inner frame 1231, the display module 121 passes through the hollow space of the rotary encoder 123 when moving down, and triggers the switch button 1111. Here, the switch button 1111 may be a resilient button, and when the user stops pressing the display element 121, the resilient of the switch button 1111 may restore the display element 121 to the original position so that the user continues to activate the switch button the next time.

The waterproof assembly is used for sealing a gap between components in the operation knob and a gap between the operation knob and the faucet body, and water is prevented from flowing into the display screen, the encoder and the PCB.

Here, the waterproof type smart faucet shown in fig. 1 is formed when the above-mentioned components in fig. 2 are assembled together, and when the components shown in fig. 2 are assembled together, the knob 122 forms a side wall of the operation knob 12, the top surface of the display module 121 forms a top surface of the operation knob 12, and the rest of the display module 121 is located in the hollow space of the rotary encoder 123. For example, as shown in fig. 1, the waterproof assembly 124 may include a sealing ring a and a sealing ring B, the sealing ring a is located at a gap between the top of the knob 122 and the display assembly 121 and is used for sealing the gap between the top of the knob 122 and the display assembly 121 to prevent residual water on the surface of the faucet from entering from the gap when the faucet is operated in a wet state of a user, and the sealing ring B is located at a gap between the bottom of the knob 122 and the faucet body 11 to seal the gap between the bottom of the knob 122 and the faucet body 11 to prevent residual water on the surface of the faucet from entering from the gap when the faucet is operated in a wet state of a user. Therefore, after the gaps on the intelligent water faucet are sealed, residual water on the surface of the water faucet cannot enter the surface of a display screen, a PCB (printed circuit board) or an encoder to cause short circuit or other performance faults.

When a user uses the intelligent faucet, the intelligent faucet is in a closed state, and the user wants to open the waterproof intelligent faucet, the user can press the display assembly 121 on the operation knob 12 to enable the display assembly 121 to move downwards to trigger the switch button 1111, when the switch button 1111 is triggered, the PCB 111 can control the waterproof intelligent faucet to discharge water, after the user receives water and wants to close the waterproof intelligent faucet, the user can press the display assembly 121 on the operation knob 12 again to enable the display assembly 121 to trigger the switch button 1111 again, and when the switch button 1111 is triggered again, the PCB 111 can control the waterproof intelligent faucet to turn off the water.

If a user wants to control the water flow or water temperature at the water outlet, the knob 122 can be rotated, the knob 122 can drive the rotating outer frame 1232 of the rotary encoder 123 to rotate after being rotated, the encoder can detect mechanical quantities such as angular displacement and angular velocity when the rotating outer frame 1232 rotates and convert the mechanical quantities into corresponding electric pulses and other electric signals to be output to the PCB 111, and the PCB 111 can control the waterproof intelligent faucet to output corresponding water flow at a corresponding flow rate or water temperature after receiving the electric signals. Here, the flow rate may be controlled by the size of the valve port of the solenoid valve, and the water temperature may be controlled by the sizes of the cold water valve port and the hot water valve port, which will not be described in detail herein.

Here, in order to facilitate the user to use the waterproof intelligent faucet, an indicator light may be disposed on the display screen 1210 of the waterproof intelligent faucet to display the on or off state of the waterproof intelligent faucet, so as to prevent the user from being unable to determine the on/off state of the waterproof intelligent faucet when the water is cut off. The display screen 1210 may also display information such as water temperature and flow rate corresponding to the state of the knob 122, so that the user can adjust the knob 122 accordingly until the water temperature and flow rate required by the user are adjusted.

The utility model provides an operation knob among waterproof type intelligent faucet integrated the display screen, three kinds of signal reception devices of rotary encoder and button and signal feedback device, can satisfy user's various operation requirements, convenience of customers uses, and can effectively save the operation display interface, promote the product science and technology and feel, in addition, this waterproof type intelligent faucet can ensure that integrated display screen can not follow the knob and rotate together in the operation knob, the display effect can keep at the best position of user's vision always, user experience feels better, and be provided with when waterproof assembly can effectively prevent that user's wet hand state from operating faucet the remaining water on tap surface from entering into the display screen, encoder or PCB board surface arouse short circuit or other performance failures.

In a possible embodiment, fig. 3 is an exploded view of a structure of a waterproof smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment, and fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of a waterproof smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 3, the display module 121 further includes: a display screen support 1211 and a display screen protective cover 1212, the display screen support 1211 includes a mounting plate 12111 and a support 12112 located under the mounting plate 12111, the mounting plate 12111 is provided with a mounting groove for fixing the display screen 1210, where the mounting plate and the support may be integrated. The display screen protector 1212 is positioned above the display screen 1210, is fixed to the display screen support 1211, and is engaged with the display screen support 1211 to wrap the display screen 1210, and the display screen protector 1212 completely covers the upper surface of the display screen support 1211.

The knob 122 comprises an annular outer wall 1221, a ring of horizontal annular ribs 1222 are arranged in the middle of the annular outer wall 1221 corresponding to the bottom of the mounting plate 12111, a ring of annular inner walls 1223 are arranged below the annular ribs 1222, and the annular inner walls 1223 are connected with the rotating outer frame 1232 and move up and down along the rotating outer frame 1232; as shown in fig. 4, at least one vertical water leakage hole 12221 is formed in the annular rib 1222, and the water leakage hole 12221 is located between the annular inner wall 1223 and the annular outer wall 1221.

The waterproof assembly 124 comprises a first sealing ring 1241 and a second sealing ring 1242, wherein the first sealing ring 1241 is located between the mounting plate 12111 and the annular rib 1222, the water leakage hole 12221 is located between the first sealing ring 1241 and the annular outer wall 1221 of the knob 122, the second sealing ring 1242 is sleeved on the inner side of the top of the accommodating cavity of the faucet body, and the second sealing ring 1242 is attached to the annular inner wall 1223 of the knob. For example, an upper end cover is arranged on the upper end surface of the faucet body corresponding to the bottom of the knob, the upper end cover is of a central opening annular structure, and the second sealing ring 1242 can be sleeved on the inner side of the upper end cover and is in fit sealing with the annular inner wall 1223 of the knob, so that residual water cannot flow in from a gap between the knob and the faucet body.

Under the combined action of the two sealing rings and the water leakage hole of the waterproof assembly, the residual water on the surface of the knob flows out along the gap between the display screen protective cover and the knob according to the path shown by the dotted arrow in fig. 4, as shown by the dotted line in fig. 4, under the blocking of the first sealing ring 1241, the water leaks out from the water leakage hole 12221 to the position between the annular outer wall 1221 and the annular inner wall 1223, is blocked by the second sealing ring 1242, and flows out from the combined gap between the knob 122 and the faucet body 11 to the outer surface of the faucet. Therefore, when a user operates the faucet in a wet-hand state, residual water on the surface of the faucet can be effectively prevented from entering a display screen, an encoder or the surface of an internal PCB (printed circuit board) to cause short circuit or other performance faults.

In a possible embodiment, fig. 5 is an exploded view of a partial structure of a waterproof type smart faucet according to an exemplary embodiment, a flange 12113 is provided on a bracket 12112 of the display screen support 1211 at a position corresponding to the switch button 1111, and the flange 12113 triggers the switch button through a hollow space of the rotary encoder 123 when moving downward.

Thus, when the user presses the display screen protector 1212, the downward movement of the display screen protector 1212 against the display screen mount 1211 causes the flange 12113 to actuate the switch button 1111, which causes the PCB 111 to respond to the user's pressing action.

In one possible embodiment, the display screen 1210 includes at least one of: OLED screen, LCD screen, LED screen, digital screen.

For example, the display screen 1210 may include an indicator for indicating the state of the faucet switch and a display panel for displaying other contents, so the display screen 1210 may include two screens, one screen for displaying the indicator such as an OLED screen, an LCD screen, an LED screen, and a digital screen, and the other screen for displaying other contents such as an OLED screen, an LCD screen, an LED screen, and a digital screen.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the waterproof type smart faucet may further include an elastic member 125, wherein one end of the elastic member 125 is fixed to the display assembly 121, and the other end is fixed to the PCB 111.

In a possible embodiment, the elastic element 124 may be a spring or at least one elastic rib, when the user presses the display assembly 121, the displacement amount of the user when pressing can be absorbed by the elastic deformation of the spring or the elastic rib, and the display assembly 121 can be restored to the initial position by the resilience of the spring or the elastic rib after the user releases his hand, which is more convenient for the restoration of the display assembly 121.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (6)

1. A waterproof intelligent faucet is characterized by comprising:

the faucet comprises a faucet body, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed in the faucet body, a PCB is fixed in the accommodating cavity, and a switch button is arranged on the PCB;

the operation knob is connected the PCB board is located holding chamber top, wherein, operation knob includes:

the display component comprises a display screen, the display screen is connected with the PCB, and the PCB is used for controlling the display screen to display corresponding contents;

the knob is of an annular structure with two open ends;

the rotary encoder is of a hollow structure and comprises an encoder and an encoder shell, wherein the encoder shell comprises a fixed inner frame and a rotary outer frame, and the rotary outer frame is rotatably arranged on the rotary encoder; the rotary outer frame is connected with the knob, and the rotary outer frame is driven by the knob to rotate by taking the axis of the rotary encoder as a rotation center; the fixed inner frame and the encoder are fixed on the PCB, the display assembly penetrates through the hollow space of the rotary encoder to be connected with the fixed inner frame and moves up and down along the fixed inner frame, and the display assembly penetrates through the hollow space of the rotary encoder to trigger the switch key when moving downwards;

and the waterproof assembly is used for sealing a gap between the components in the operation knob and a gap between the operation knob and the faucet body, and preventing water from flowing into the display screen, the encoder and the PCB.

2. The water resistant smart faucet of claim 1, wherein the display assembly further comprises: the display screen protection cover comprises a display screen bracket and a display screen protection cover;

the display screen support comprises an installation plate and a support positioned below the installation plate, wherein an installation groove is formed in the installation plate and used for fixing the display screen;

the display screen protecting cover is positioned above the display screen, fixed on the display screen support, matched with the display screen support and used for wrapping the display screen, and completely covers the upper surface of the display screen support;

the knob comprises an annular outer wall, a circle of horizontal annular rib is arranged in the middle of the annular outer wall corresponding to the bottom of the mounting plate, a circle of annular inner wall is arranged below the annular rib, and the annular inner wall is connected with the rotating outer frame and moves up and down along the rotating outer frame; the annular rib is provided with at least one water leakage hole in the vertical direction, and the water leakage hole is positioned between the annular inner wall and the annular outer wall;

the waterproof assembly comprises a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring, wherein the first sealing ring is located between the mounting plate and the annular ribs, the water leakage hole is located between the first sealing ring and the annular outer wall of the knob, the second sealing ring is sleeved on the inner side of the top of the containing cavity of the faucet body, and the second sealing ring is attached to the annular inner wall of the knob.

3. The waterproof intelligent faucet of claim 2,

and a flange is arranged at a position on the bracket corresponding to the switch key, and penetrates through the hollow space of the rotary encoder to trigger the switch key when the flange moves downwards.

4. The water resistant smart faucet of claim 1, wherein the display screen includes at least one of: OLED screen, LCD screen, LED screen, digital screen.

5. The water resistant intelligent faucet of claim 1, further comprising:

and one end of the elastic element is fixed on the display screen bracket, and the other end of the elastic element is fixed on the PCB.

6. The water resistant smart faucet of claim 5, wherein the resilient element comprises a spring or at least one resilient rib.

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