CN213361281U

CN213361281U - Novel water tap

Info

Publication number: CN213361281U
Application number: CN202021480158.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨华; 龚圆杰; 张涛
Original assignee: Chunmi Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Chunmi Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-23
Filing date: 2020-07-23
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-23

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a novel faucet. This novel tap includes: the faucet body is internally provided with a PCB, and the PCB is provided with a switch key; the operation knob is connected the PCB board, includes: the display assembly comprises a display screen, the display screen is connected with the PCB, and the knob is of an annular structure with openings at two ends; the rotary encoder is of a hollow structure and comprises an encoder and an encoder shell, 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 fixedly connected with the knob; 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. The technical scheme can meet various use requirements of users, saves operation display interfaces, and ensures that the display direction of the display screen is optimal and does not rotate along with the knob.

Description

Novel water tap

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, the household faucet basically adopts a handle of a rotary faucet to select the water speed 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 novel water faucet. The technical scheme is as follows:

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

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

the operation knob is connected with the PCB and is positioned above the accommodating cavity and at a position corresponding to the PCB; wherein the 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 fixedly 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, is 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.

In one embodiment, at least one first buckling position and at least one slot are arranged on the outer side wall of the rotating outer frame, at least one first buckle and at least one inserting rib are arranged at the corresponding position of the knob, the first buckle is buckled with the corresponding first buckling position to fix the knob on the rotating outer frame, and the inserting rib is inserted into the corresponding slot to transmit the rotating action of the knob to the rotating outer frame.

In one embodiment, at least one second buckling position and at least one limiting groove are arranged on the inner side wall of the fixed inner frame, at least one second buckle and at least one limiting rib are arranged at the corresponding position of the display component, the second buckle is buckled with the second buckling position to fixedly assemble the display component on the fixed inner frame along the axis, and the second buckle moves up and down in the second buckling position; the limiting ribs move up and down in the corresponding limiting grooves to limit the display assembly to rotate along the axis.

In one embodiment, the display assembly further comprises:

the display screen support is characterized in that an upper plate surface of the display screen support is provided with a mounting groove, the mounting groove is used for fixing the display screen, a flange is arranged at a position of a lower plate surface of the display screen support, which corresponds to the switch key, and the flange penetrates through a central hole of the spiral cover to trigger the switch key when moving downwards;

and the display screen protecting cover is positioned above the display screen, fixed on the display screen support and matched with the display screen support to wrap the display screen.

In one embodiment, the display screen protective cover is fixed on the display screen support through a thermal welding process, wherein at least one thermal welding column is arranged on the display screen protective cover, at least one through hole is correspondingly arranged on the display screen support, and the at least one thermal welding column penetrates through the at least one through hole and is fixed at the through hole through thermal welding.

In one embodiment, the display screen protective cover is adhesively secured to the display screen support.

In one embodiment, the display screen protective cover is fixed on the display screen bracket in a clamping mode.

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 component, 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, can be in novel tap's operation knob integrated display screen, 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 sense, in addition, this novel tap can ensure that integrated display screen can not follow the knob and rotate together in the operation knob, and the display effect can keep in the best position of user's vision always, and user experience feels better.

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 novel faucet according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a new faucet construction according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a portion of a novel faucet shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a new faucet construction 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 novel water faucet, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a novel water faucet shown according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the novel water faucet 1 includes: a faucet body 11 and an operation knob 12.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of a structure of a novel 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; this tap body 11 can include connector 112 and outlet pipe 113, can set up this holding chamber 110 in this connector 112, and this holding chamber 110 is located the top of this outlet pipe 113 and this connector 112 intercommunication department, be provided with switch button 1111 on the PCB board 111, this switch button 1111 is when being triggered, and this novel tap of this PCB board 111 just can be controlled to this novel tap and goes out water or close water, and the example, can be provided with the solenoid valve in this novel tap's the tap body, and this PCB board 111 is connected to this solenoid valve, and this PCB board 111 can be through the switch of the valve port of control solenoid valve control this novel tap's play water or close water.

As shown in fig. 1, the operation knob 12 is connected to the PCB 111, and is located above the accommodating cavity 110 and corresponding to the PCB 111, and the overall appearance of the operation knob 12 is cylindrical or approximately cylindrical 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 novel water 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 used to control the display screen 1210 to display corresponding contents, for example, the PCB 111 can control the display screen 1210 to display contents required by a user, such as an on-off state of the novel faucet, water temperature information, and the like.

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.

Here, when the above-mentioned components in fig. 2 are assembled together to form the novel faucet shown in fig. 1, 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 when the components shown in fig. 2 are assembled together.

When the user uses this novel tap, if novel tap is in the off-state, when the user wants to open this novel tap, the user can press display element 121 on this operation knob 12, make this display element 121 move down and trigger this switch button 1111, PCB board 111 can control this novel tap and go out water when this switch button 1111 is triggered, after the user has received water, when wanting to close this novel tap, the user can press display element 121 on this operation knob 12 once more, make this display element 121 trigger this switch button 1111 once more, PCB board 111 can control this novel tap and close water when this switch button 1111 is triggered once more.

If the user wants to control the water flow or the 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 the mechanical quantity such as angular displacement and angular velocity when the rotating outer frame 1232 rotates and convert the mechanical quantity into corresponding electric pulse and other electric signals to be output to the PCB board 111, and the PCB board 111 can control the novel faucet to output corresponding water flow at corresponding flow 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 novel faucet, an indicator lamp may be disposed on the display screen 1210 of the novel faucet to display the on or off of the novel faucet, so as to prevent the user from being unable to determine the on/off state of the novel faucet when the water supply is cut off. The display screen 1210 may also display information such as a water temperature and a 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 the flow rate required by the user are adjusted, and of course, the display screen 1210 may also display other contents, which is not limited herein.

The utility model provides an operation knob among novel tap has 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 operation display interface, promote the product science and technology sense, in addition, this novel tap can ensure that integrated display screen can not follow the knob and rotate together in the operation knob, the display effect can keep in the best position of user's vision always, user experience feels better.

In one possible embodiment, fig. 3 is an exploded view of a portion of the structure of a new faucet shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.

As shown in fig. 3, at least one first fastening position 12321 and at least one slot 12322 are disposed on an outer sidewall of the rotating outer frame 1232, and at least one first buckle 1221 and at least one insertion rib 1222 are disposed at corresponding positions of the knob 122, wherein the first buckle 1221 is fastened to the corresponding first fastening position 12321 to fix the knob 122 on the rotating outer frame 1232, and the insertion rib 1222 is inserted into the corresponding slot 12322 to transmit the rotation of the knob 122 to the rotating outer frame 1232; so, when the knob 122 rotates, the dowel bar 1222 of the knob 122 in the slot 12322 can drive the rotating outer frame 1232 to rotate together, after the rotating outer frame 1232 rotates, the encoder can output a corresponding electrical signal to the PCB 111, and notify the PCB 111 of the rotation of the knob 122, so as to control the novel faucet to perform corresponding operation by the PCB 111. The rotating outer frame 1232 and the knob 122 provided above are simple in structure and easy to implement.

In a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, at least one second fastening position 12311 and at least one limiting groove 12312 are disposed on the inner sidewall of the fixed inner frame 1231, and at least one second fastening 12114 and at least one limiting rib 12115 are disposed at the corresponding position of the display assembly 121, wherein the second fastening 12114 is fastened to the second fastening position 12311 to fix the display assembly 121 on the fixed inner frame 1231 along the axis, and the second fastening 12114 can move up and down in the second fastening position 12311; for example, as shown in fig. 4, the second buckle 12114 is a hook, and the second buckle 12311 is a slot, the hook can hook the upper sidewall of the slot to limit the upward movement of the display component, and when the display component moves downward, the hook moves downward to disengage from the upper sidewall of the slot. The limiting ribs 12115 move up and down in the corresponding limiting grooves 12312 to limit the rotation of the bracket along the axis and fix the bracket at a position of a fixed angle in the circumferential direction; this allows the display assembly to move only up and down and not in other directions. The fixed inner frame 1231 and the display assembly 121 provided above are simple in structure and easy to implement.

In one possible embodiment, fig. 4 is an exploded view of the structure of a new faucet shown in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the display module 121 further includes: a display screen holder 1211 and a display screen protector 1212.

The display screen holder 1211 includes a mounting plate 12111 and a holder 12112 under the mounting plate 12111, the mounting plate 12111 is provided with a mounting groove for fixing the display screen 1210, and here, the mounting plate and the holder may be integrated. A flange 12113 is provided on a holder 12112 of the display screen holder 1211 at a position corresponding to the switch button 1111, and the flange 12113 passes through the hollow space of the rotary encoder 123 to activate the switch button 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.

It should be noted that the at least one second buckle 12114 and the at least one limiting rib 12115 may be disposed on a bracket 12112 of the display screen bracket 1211, and the bracket 12112 is located in the hollow space of the rotary encoder 123, connected to the fixed inner frame 1231 of the rotary encoder 123, and moves up and down along the fixed inner frame 1231.

The display screen protector 1212 is located above the display screen 1210, fixed to the mounting plate of the display screen support 1211, and wraps the display screen 1210 in cooperation with the display screen support 1211, and the display screen protector 1212 completely covers the upper surface of the display screen support 1211.

In one possible embodiment, the display screen protector 1212 is fixed to the display screen support 1211 through a thermal welding process, wherein at least one thermal welding column 12121 is disposed on the display screen protector 1212, at least one through hole (not shown) is correspondingly disposed on the display screen support 1211, and the at least one thermal welding column 12121 is fixed to the through hole through the at least one through hole by thermal welding, so that the fixing is more secure.

In one possible embodiment, the display screen protector 1212 can be adhesively secured to the display screen support 1211 by adhesive tape or glue for easy and convenient installation.

In one possible embodiment, the display screen protector 1212 may also be snap-fit to the display screen support 1211, which facilitates removal by the user.

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 a possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the novel faucet may further include a resilient member 124, and one end of the resilient member 124 is fixed to the display assembly 121, and the other end is fixed to the PCB 111.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the elastic element 124 may be a spring or at least one elastic rib, and 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

1. A novel faucet is characterized by comprising:

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

2. The novel faucet of claim 1,

the outer side wall of the rotating outer frame is provided with at least one first buckling position and at least one slot, the corresponding position of the knob is provided with at least one first buckle and at least one dowel, the first buckle and the corresponding first buckling position are buckled to fix the knob on the rotating outer frame, and the dowel is inserted into the corresponding slot to transmit the rotating action of the knob to the rotating outer frame.

3. The novel faucet of claim 1,

the inner side wall of the fixed inner frame is provided with at least one second buckling position and at least one limiting groove, and the corresponding position of the display component is provided with at least one second buckle and at least one limiting rib; the limiting ribs move up and down in the corresponding limiting grooves to limit the display assembly to rotate along the axis.

4. The novel faucet of claim 1, wherein the display assembly further comprises:

the display screen support is characterized in that an installation groove is formed in the upper plate surface of the display screen support and used for fixing the display screen, a flange is arranged at the position, corresponding to the switch key, of the lower plate surface of the display screen support, and the flange penetrates through a center hole of the rotary encoder to trigger the switch key when moving downwards;

5. The novel faucet of claim 4,

the display screen protection cover is fixed on the display screen support through a thermal welding process, wherein at least one thermal welding column is arranged on the display screen protection cover, at least one through hole is correspondingly arranged on the display screen support, and the at least one thermal welding column penetrates through the at least one through hole and is fixed at the through hole through thermal welding.

6. The novel faucet of claim 4,

the display screen protecting cover is fixedly bonded on the display screen support.

7. The novel faucet of claim 4,

the display screen protecting cover is fixed on the display screen support in a clamping mode.

8. The novel faucet of claim 1, wherein the display screen comprises at least one of: OLED screen, LCD screen, LED screen, digital screen.

9. The novel faucet of claim 1, further comprising:

10. The novel faucet of claim 9, wherein the resilient element comprises a spring or at least one resilient rib.