Water dispenser with cooling function
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a water dispenser with a cooling function.
Background
In order to meet the drinking water requirements of users for different water temperatures, a water dispenser with multiple water temperature adjusting functions is provided in the market, the water temperature is set by the users according to the needs, the heating pipe in the water dispenser heats liquid to the preset temperature and then stops heating so as to be convenient for the users to drink, but the liquid is not completely boiled at the moment, and the drinking water sanitation cannot be guaranteed. In order to solve the above problems, the prior art provides a water dispenser, a heat exchanger is arranged in the water dispenser, the heat exchanger cools down the liquid at the downstream of a heating pipe, although a cold water channel and a hot water channel communicated with a water outlet of the heating pipe are arranged in the heat exchanger, the hot water channel and the cold water channel are arranged side by side for heat exchange, and therefore the water dispenser is low in heat exchange efficiency, large in occupied space and not beneficial to miniaturization and portability of the water dispenser.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to achieve the purpose of providing a water dispenser with cooling function, having improved heat exchange efficiency, having guaranteed the cooling effect of heat exchanger, also do benefit to the occupation space who has reduced the heat exchanger.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a water dispenser with a cooling function comprises a dispenser body, wherein a heating module, a water outlet component and a heat exchanger located on the downstream of the heating module are arranged on the dispenser body, the heat exchanger is communicated with a water inlet of the water outlet component, the heat exchanger is provided with a hot water pipe and a cold water cavity used for cooling the hot water pipe, the hot water pipe is communicated with a water outlet of the heating module and a water inlet of the water outlet component, and one of the cold water cavity and the hot water pipe wraps the other one to perform heat exchange.
Furthermore, the heat exchanger is provided with a sleeve, the sleeve comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe sleeved outside the inner pipe, one of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a hot water pipe, and the other one of the inner pipe and the outer pipe forms the cold water cavity.
Furthermore, the hot water pipe is an outer pipe, and the cold water cavity is an inner cavity of the inner pipe; or the hot water pipe is an inner pipe, and the cold water cavity is positioned between the inner pipe and the outer pipe.
Further, the inner diameter of the inner tube is d1, the inner diameter of the outer tube is d2, wherein d2 is √ 2d 1.
Further, the sleeve is coiled along the circumferential direction of the inner side wall of the machine body; and/or, the inner tube and the outer tube are concentrically arranged; and/or the inner pipe and the outer pipe are copper pipes or aluminum pipes.
Further, the sheathed tube both ends are equipped with the connector, and the connector has the sealed passageway that supplies inner tube and outer tube to stretch into, and the inner wall of sealed passageway is equipped with inner tube seal groove and outer tube seal groove, and the inner tube stretches out outer tube and inner tube seal groove seal cooperation, and outer tube seal groove seal cooperation, the inner wall of sealed passageway is equipped with the intercommunicating pore between inner tube seal groove and outer tube seal groove, and the intercommunicating pore is through sealed passageway and outer tube intercommunication.
Furthermore, the cold water cavity is provided with a cold water cavity water inlet and a cold water cavity water outlet, the cold water cavity water inlet is communicated with a water source, and the cold water cavity water outlet is communicated with the water inlet of the heating module.
Furthermore, the water dispenser also comprises a water tank, the hot water pipe is arranged in the inner cavity of the water tank, and the cold water cavity is the inner cavity of the water tank.
Further, the water tank is provided with a lowest water level line, and the hot water pipe is arranged at the bottom of the water tank and is not higher than the lowest water level line; and/or the hot water pipe is coiled along the circumferential direction of the inner side wall of the water tank.
Furthermore, the bottom wall of the water tank is provided with a water pipe sealing groove from which the hot water supply pipe extends, a sealing ring surrounding the outside of the hot water pipe is arranged in the water pipe sealing groove, and the sealing ring is compressed in the water pipe sealing groove by the liquid pressure of the water tank.
After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the advantages of as follows:
1. on the one hand, the heat exchanger is located the low reaches of heating module to the hot water that has completely boiled in the heating module flows into and cools off in the hot-water line of heat exchanger, not only can obtain the water of the required temperature of user, and water cools off after boiling again in addition, has guaranteed drinking water health and drinking water safety. On the other hand, the heat exchanger has strong heat absorption capacity due to large specific heat capacity of water, and reduces the temperature by performing heat exchange between cold water in the cold water cavity and hot water in the hot water pipe compared with the mode of directly radiating heat to air, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger is ensured; meanwhile, the cold water cavity and the hot water pipe are mutually wrapped, the hot water pipe in unit length transfers more heat to the cold water cavity, the cooling speed of the heat exchanger to hot water is improved, a user can quickly obtain water with required temperature, and the length of the hot water pipe is reduced, so that the occupied space of the heat exchanger is reduced, and the miniaturization and the portability of the water dispenser are facilitated.
2. The sleeve comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe sleeved outside the inner pipe, wherein one of the inner pipe and the outer pipe is a hot water pipe, and the other one of the inner pipe and the outer pipe forms the cold water cavity. Not only do benefit to realizing the parcel that encircles of cold water chamber and hot-water line, the inner tube stretches into in the outer tube moreover, can make full use of the inside space of outer tube, does benefit to the volume that reduces the heat exchanger.
3. The hot-water line is the outer tube, and the cold water chamber is the inner chamber of inner tube to hot water in the hot-water line not only can be through the pipe wall to the air heat dissipation, can also be inwards with the cold water heat transfer heat in the cold water chamber, inside and outside heat absorption has improved the cooling efficiency of heat exchanger greatly, prevents that the inlayer hot water in the hot-water line and outer hot water difference in temperature are too big and influence leaving water temperature, promotes the hot water uniform cooling in the hot-water line.
The hot water pipe is the inner tube, and the cold water chamber is located between inner tube and the outer tube to the heat exchange can be carried out with the air through the pipe wall of outer tube to the well heat in cold water chamber, prevents that the cold water in cold water chamber from absorbing heat and the high temperature, guarantees heat exchange speed.
4. The inner diameter of the outer pipe is √ 2 times of the inner diameter of the inner pipe, so that the inner cavity space in the inner pipe is the same as the space between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, after cold water in the inner pipe is filled, hot water between the inner pipe and the outer pipe can be filled, the heat exchange area of the hot water and the cold water is maximized, and the heat exchange efficiency is prevented from being influenced by the fact that a local neutral position occurs in flowing.
5. The sleeve is circumferentially wound along the inner side wall of the machine body, so that the space close to the inner side wall of the machine body is fully utilized, the space utilization rate of the interior of the machine body is higher, meanwhile, the inner side wall of the machine body can exchange heat with the external space, heat on the hot water pipe can be conveniently and quickly dissipated, the phenomenon that the temperature is too high due to long-time accumulation of the heat in the machine body is avoided, and the normal operation of a circuit board and other components is ensured; in addition, the coiled sleeve can be used as a reinforcing part of the side wall of the machine body, and the impact resistance of the side wall of the machine body is improved.
The inner tube and the outer tube can be concentrically arranged, the influence on the whole heat exchange effect caused by overlarge local distance between the inner tube and the outer tube is avoided, and the heat exchange uniformity of hot water and cold water is ensured.
The inner pipe and the outer pipe are copper pipes or aluminum pipes with high heat conductivity coefficients, heat on hot water can flow to cold water quickly, and hot water in the heat exchange initial section can be guaranteed to be cooled to a preset temperature quickly.
Drawings
The present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings:
fig. 1 is a sectional view of a water dispenser with a cooling function in the first embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a structural view of the connection between a heat exchanger and a heating module in the first embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a structural view of a bushing according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a bushing according to one embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a connecting head according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 6 is a sectional view of a water dispenser with a cooling function in a second embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a view showing the construction of the connection between the hot water pipe and the heating module in the second embodiment;
fig. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 6.
Detailed Description
In the present embodiment, "cold water" and "hot water" are only relative concepts, and cold water refers to water having a lower temperature than hot water, while hot water refers to water having a higher temperature than cold water.
Example one
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the embodiment provides a water dispenser with a cooling function, which includes a machine body 1, wherein the machine body 1 is provided with a heating module 2, a water outlet part 4 and a heat exchanger located at the downstream of the heating module 2, the heat exchanger is communicated with a water inlet of the water outlet part 4, the heat exchanger is provided with a hot water pipe and a cold water cavity for cooling the hot water pipe, the hot water pipe is communicated with a water outlet of the heating module 2 and a water inlet of the water outlet part 4, and one of the cold water cavity and the hot water pipe wraps the other to perform heat exchange.
On the one hand, the heat exchanger is located the low reaches of heating module 2 to the rivers that have completely boiled in the heating module 2 are cooled and cooled in going into the hot-water line of heat exchanger, not only can obtain the water of the required temperature of user, and water cools down after boiling again in addition, has guaranteed drinking water health and drinking water safety. On the other hand, because the specific heat capacity of water is large, the heat absorption capacity of the water is strong, and compared with the direct heat dissipation to the air, the heat exchanger cools by carrying out heat exchange between hot water in the hot water pipe and cold water in the cold water cavity, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger is ensured; meanwhile, the cold water cavity and the hot water pipe are mutually wrapped, the hot water pipe in unit length transfers more heat to the cold water cavity, the cooling speed of the heat exchanger to hot water is improved, a user can quickly obtain water with required temperature, and the length of the hot water pipe is reduced, so that the occupied space of the heat exchanger is reduced, and the miniaturization and the portability of the water dispenser are facilitated.
In order to reduce the volume of the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is provided with a sleeve 3, the sleeve 3 comprises an inner pipe 31 and an outer pipe 32 sleeved outside the inner pipe 31, one of the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 is a hot water pipe, and the other forms the cold water cavity. Not only do benefit to realizing the parcel that encircles of cold water chamber and hot-water line, heat exchange efficiency is good, and inner tube 31 stretches into outer tube 32 in addition, can make full use of outer tube 32 inside space, does benefit to the volume that reduces the heat exchanger.
Specifically, the hot water pipe is an outer pipe 32, and the cold water chamber is an inner chamber of the inner pipe 31. Thereby hot water in the hot-water line not only can be through the pipe wall of outer tube 32 to the air heat dissipation, can also inwards with the cold water transfer heat in the cold water chamber, inside and outside heat absorption has improved the cooling efficiency of heat exchanger greatly, prevents that the inlayer hot water in the hot-water line from influencing the leaving water temperature with outer hot water difference in temperature is too big, promotes the hot water uniform cooling in the hot-water line.
The cold water cavity is provided with a cold water cavity water inlet and a cold water cavity water outlet, the cold water cavity water inlet is communicated with a water source, and the cold water cavity water outlet is communicated with the water inlet of the heating module 2. Thereby behind the cold water absorption heat in the hot-water line of cold water intracavity, its essence has realized cold water and has preheated in the heat exchanger, and the cold water after preheating flows into heating module 2 again and heats, not only make full use of the heat on the hot water of heat exchanger, has realized recycling of heat energy, does benefit to the heating power who reduces heating module 2 moreover, saves the electric energy. The water source in this embodiment may be the water tank 5 mounted on the machine body, or may be a faucet.
In this embodiment, the heating module 2 is an instant heating pipe, and the cold water chamber and the hot water pipe are serially connected in the same water path, so that the flow rates of the cold water in the cold water chamber and the hot water in the hot water pipe are mutually influenced. To ensure that the inner tube 31 and the outer tube 32 are filled with liquid in their entire spaces, the inner diameter of the inner tube 31 is d1, and the inner diameter of the outer tube 32 is d2, where d2 is √ 2d 1. Therefore, the inner cavity space in the inner pipe 31 is the same as the space between the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32, and after the cold water in the inner pipe 31 is filled, the hot water between the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 can be filled, so that the heat exchange area between the hot water and the cold water is maximized, and the influence on the heat exchange efficiency due to the fact that partial neutral position occurs in flowing is avoided.
In order to reduce the occupied space of the heat exchanger, the sleeve 3 is circumferentially coiled along the inner side wall of the machine body 1. The space close to the inner side wall of the machine body 1 is fully utilized, the space utilization rate in the machine body 1 is higher, meanwhile, the inner side wall of the machine body 1 can exchange heat with the external space, heat on a hot water pipe can be conveniently and quickly dissipated, the phenomenon that the heat is accumulated in the machine body 1 for a long time and the temperature is too high is avoided, and the circuit board and other components can be ensured to normally operate; in addition, the coiled casing 3 can be used as a reinforcing part of the side wall of the machine body 1, and the impact resistance of the side wall of the machine body 1 is improved.
It can be understood that, in order to ensure uniform heat exchange between the hot water and the cold water, the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 may be concentrically arranged, so as to avoid that the local distance between the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 is too large to affect the overall heat exchange effect.
In order to improve the heat transfer efficiency, the inner tube 31 and the outer tube 32 may be copper tubes with high thermal conductivity, and certainly, the inner tube 31 and the outer tube 32 may also be aluminum tubes, so as to ensure that the hot water in the initial stage of heat exchange can be rapidly cooled to a preset temperature.
In order to facilitate water cooling and hot water to flow into the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 respectively, the two ends of the sleeve 3 are provided with connectors 33, each connector 33 is provided with a sealing channel 331 for the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32 to extend into, the inner wall of each sealing channel 331 is provided with an inner pipe sealing groove 332 and an outer pipe sealing groove 333, the inner pipe 31 extends out of the outer pipe 32 and is in sealing fit with the inner pipe sealing groove 332, the outer pipe 32 is in sealing fit with the outer pipe sealing groove 333, the inner wall of each sealing channel 331 is provided with a communication hole 334 between the inner pipe sealing groove 332 and the outer pipe sealing groove 333, and the communication hole 334 is communicated with the outer pipe 32 through the sealing channel 331. Cold water and hot water flow in and flow out through the different positions of connector 33 respectively, effectively avoid the external pipe mutual interference of inner tube 31 and outer tube 32, and the installation reliability is good, and simultaneously, inner tube 31 stretches out outer tube 32 to cold water is greater than the flow length of hot water at the heat exchanger at the flow length of heat exchanger, and the cooling effect is good.
Of course, the hot water pipe may also be an inner pipe 31, and correspondingly, the cold water chamber is located between the inner pipe 31 and the outer pipe 32. Therefore, the heat in the cold water cavity can exchange heat with air through the pipe wall of the outer pipe 32, the cold water in the cold water cavity is prevented from absorbing heat and being overhigh in temperature, and the heat exchange speed is ensured.
Example two
As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the water dispenser in this embodiment further includes a water tank 5, the hot water pipe is installed in an inner cavity of the water tank 5, and the cold water cavity is an inner cavity of the water tank 5. Thereby water tank 5 can regard as the water source, can also regard as the part of heat exchanger, has not only simplified the structure of heat exchanger, and hot-water line 30 is located water tank 5 in addition, make full use of 5 inner spaces of water tank, do benefit to and reduce 1 inner space of organism, and simultaneously, the cold water volume of 5 insides of water tank is big, and the cooling effect is better.
In order to ensure that the heat exchanger can operate in the using process of the water dispenser, the water tank 5 is provided with the lowest water level line, and the hot water pipe 30 is arranged at the bottom of the water tank 5 and is not higher than the lowest water level line. Therefore, the cold water in the water tank 5 can always submerge the hot water pipe 30, thereby ensuring that the heat exchange is continuously and effectively carried out and the reliability of the heat exchanger is good.
In order to ensure the heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger, the hot water pipe 30 is circumferentially wound along the inner side wall of the water tank 5. Not only increased the length of hot-water line 30, hot water is longer at the inside flow time of water tank 5, the heat transfer is more abundant, and hot-water line 30 coils near the inside wall of water tank 5 in addition, do benefit to the intensity of the 5 lateral walls of increase water tank, the heat that also does benefit to hot-water line 30 department is followed 5 lateral walls effluvium fast, the radiating effect is good, simultaneously, the hot-water line 30 convenience of customers who coils in circumference stretches into 5 diapalls of water tank, do benefit to the deposit of clearance 5 bottoms of water tank.
In order to facilitate the water path connection between the hot water pipe 30 and the outside of the water tank 5, the bottom wall of the water tank 5 is provided with a water pipe sealing groove 51 for the hot water pipe 30 to extend out, a sealing ring 6 surrounding the outside of the hot water pipe 30 is arranged in the water pipe sealing groove 51, and the sealing ring 6 is compressed in the water pipe sealing groove 51 by the liquid pressure of the water tank 5. The sealing ring 6 is prevented from falling off from the water pipe sealing groove 51, the mounting reliability is good, and the waterproof sealing performance of the water tank 5 at the water pipe sealing groove 51 is ensured.
In addition to the preferred embodiments described above, other embodiments of the present invention are also possible, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications according to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention, which should fall within the scope of the present invention defined by the appended claims.