CN214548896U - Bubble water machine - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a bubble water machine, comprising: the air needle assembly is used for inflating the water bottle; at least one gas cylinder for providing gas for making bubble water; a lever assembly configured to open a gas cylinder; a motor cam assembly for powering movement of the lever assembly and for powering inflation of the air needle assembly; and the main control PCBA is electrically connected with the motor cam assembly and used for controlling the operation of the motor cam assembly. According to the invention, through the design of the transmission structure of the motor cam assembly, the running time is accurately calculated under the control of the master control PCBA, and the valve is opened or closed, so that the gas introduction amount is accurately controlled, and continuous gas supply can be ensured by adopting a double-gas-bottle design; through the drive of motor cam subassembly, adopt the lever subassembly to open the gas cylinder, degree of automation is high, and labour saving and time saving has removed the step such as assembly, the dismantlement of water-jug from, and is very convenient.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of a bubble water machine, and particularly relates to a bubble water machine.
Background
The bubble water machine, as the name implies promptly be for making the machine of bubble water, is affiliated to the household electrical appliances industry, and in recent two years with healthy environmental protection product image rise, the basic theory of operation of bubble water machine is: the valve of the gas cylinder is manually pressed, carbon dioxide gas is filled in the gas cylinder, the valve is opened along with the gas cylinder, the carbon dioxide gas is introduced into the water bottle filled with liquid, and the carbon dioxide gas reacts with the water to generate edible carbonated water.
In the prior art, the bubble water machine has the following technical problems:
1. the traditional key switch is adopted to open the gas cylinder, and due to the particularity of the bubble water machine, the force for opening the gas cylinder by a user is usually more than 5KG, so that the gas cylinder is very labor-consuming for children and old people, the sound is large in the midway inflating process, and part of users can have certain sense of fear and dare not to press the inflating switch;
2. the traditional inflating mode is that a switch is manually pressed, gas is introduced into a water bottle, a user cannot accurately control the gas introduction amount introduced into the water bottle, and the mouth feel of the gas-bubble water is directly influenced by the gas introduction amount due to different requirements of different types of gas-bubble water on the gas introduction amount;
3. when the traditional bubble water machine is inflated, the keys need to be pressed continuously, the valve can be restored after the hands are loosened, the operation of a user is very inconvenient, the residual amount of gas in the gas cylinder cannot be detected, and the user experience is poor;
4. most of the existing bubble water machines adopt one gas cylinder, and after the existing bubble water machines are used, a new gas cylinder needs to be replaced, so that the gas pumping is interrupted at the moment, and the purpose of gas supply at any time cannot be realized;
5. the traditional steam bubble water machine needs to be screwed in or tightly assembled with a water bottle before inflation, and the water bottle is screwed out or loosened after the inflation is finished, so that the operation of a user is very inconvenient.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a bubbling water machine, which solves the technical problems that the bubbling water machine in the prior art is troublesome to assemble, wastes time and labor, cannot control air inflow, cannot realize continuous air supply and the like. The technical scheme used for solving the technical problems of the invention is as follows:
a bubbling water machine comprising:
the air needle assembly is used for inflating the water bottle;
at least one gas cylinder for providing gas for making bubble water;
a lever assembly configured to open a gas cylinder;
a motor cam assembly for powering movement of the lever assembly and for powering inflation of the air needle assembly;
and the main control PCBA is electrically connected with the motor cam assembly and used for controlling the operation of the motor cam assembly.
The further technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the gas needle assembly comprises a body, a gas needle and a tracheal stent, the gas needle is located at one end of the body, the gas needle is provided with a gas outlet, the gas outlet is communicated with the tracheal stent, and the tracheal stent is used for leading gas in a gas cylinder into the tracheal stent.
Further, the gas cylinders include a left gas cylinder having a left cylinder valve and a right gas cylinder having a right cylinder valve.
Further, the lever assembly comprises a left lever and a right lever, the left lever is used for opening the left cylinder valve, and the right lever is used for opening the right cylinder valve.
Further, the motor cam assembly comprises a motor, a gas needle up-and-down motion cam, a left gas cylinder valve opening cam and a right gas cylinder valve opening cam, and the gas needle up-and-down motion cam, the left gas cylinder valve opening cam and the right gas cylinder valve opening cam are respectively installed on the rotating shaft.
Furthermore, one side of the right cylinder valve opening cam is provided with a limiting detection cam, and the limiting detection cam is used for limiting detection of the motor cam component.
Further, one side of left gas cylinder has left side gas detection PCBA, left side gas detection PCBA is used for detecting the existence of gas in the left gas cylinder, right gas cylinder one side has right side gas detection PCBA, right side gas detection PCBA is used for detecting the existence of gas in the right gas cylinder.
Further, still include control panel, control panel is connected with master control PCBA electricity, last left gas cylinder surplus pilot lamp, the right gas cylinder surplus pilot lamp, the power touch switch, water class touch switch, the drink class touch switch of being provided with of control panel.
Further, the body is provided with a fixing part, and the air needle assembly is installed on the bubble water machine through the fixing part.
Furthermore, the air injection device further comprises a resetting mechanism, and the resetting mechanism is used for resetting the air needle assembly after the air needle assembly completes the air injection operation.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial technical effects that: 1. according to the invention, the motor cam assembly is controlled through the master control PCBA, the gas cylinder is automatically opened under the driving of the motor cam assembly, and the gas cylinder is triggered through the touch screen, so that a user does not need to open the gas cylinder in a mode of pressing the inflating key switch with great effort, and the feeling of great effort and fear of opening the gas cylinder by children or old people are avoided; 2. through the transmission structure design of the motor cam assembly, the running time is accurately calculated under the control of a master control PCBA, and a valve is opened or closed, so that the introduction amount of gas is accurately controlled; 3. the lever assembly is driven to open or close the valve through the transmission of the motor cam assembly, a user does not need to continuously press a key, the gas allowance indicator lamp on the control panel can display the gas allowance in the gas cylinder in real time, and when the gas allowance is insufficient, the user is reminded to replace a new gas cylinder; 4. the invention preferably adopts a double-gas-cylinder design, when the gas allowance of the left gas cylinder is insufficient, the gas is automatically switched to the right gas cylinder for supplying gas, and the continuous gas supply can still be ensured in the process of replacing the left gas cylinder by a user, so that the satisfaction degree of the user is greatly improved; 5. the motor cam assembly drives the air needle assembly to automatically move up and down, so that air can be automatically pumped into the water bottle, the water bottle can be directly taken away after the air pumping is finished, the steps of assembling, disassembling and the like of the water bottle are omitted, and the time and the labor are saved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a bubbling water machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a simplified structural diagram of a bubbling water machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the motor cam assembly and air pin assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cam assembly of the motor according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an air needle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of an air needle assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a control panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein: 1. motor cam assembly 101, motor 102, air needle up-and-down movement cam 103, left air cylinder valve opening cam 104, right air cylinder valve opening cam 105, limit detection cam 106, rotating shaft 2, air needle assembly 201, air needle 2011, air outlet 202, body 203, fixed part 3, left lever 4, right lever 5, left air cylinder 501, left air cylinder valve 6, right air cylinder 601, right air cylinder valve 7, main control PCBA 8, left air inlet pipe 9, right air inlet pipe 10, water bottle 11, base 12, bottle holder 13, left fixed slot 14, right fixed slot 15, control panel 1501, left air cylinder allowance indicator lamp 1502, right air cylinder allowance indicator lamp 1503, power touch switch 1504, water touch switch, beverage 1505 touch switch 16, air pipe bracket 17, left air inlet 18, right air inlet 19, left air detection PCBA20, and right air detection PCBA.
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In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the invention and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
Referring to fig. 1 to 7, the embodiment provides a bubbling water machine, including: the air needle assembly 2 is used for inflating the water bottle 10; at least one gas cylinder for providing gas for making bubble water; a lever assembly configured to open a gas cylinder; the motor cam assembly 1 is used for providing power for the movement of the lever assembly and providing power for the inflation of the air needle assembly 2; a main control PCBA7, the main control PCBA7 is electrically connected with the motor cam assembly 1 and is used for controlling the operation of the motor cam assembly 1.
The air needle assembly 2 comprises a body 202, an air needle 201 and an air pipe support 16, the body 202 is installed on the air bubble water machine through a fixing portion 203, the air needle 201 is located at one end of the body 202, the air needle 201 is provided with an air outlet 2011, the air outlet 2011 is communicated with the air pipe support 16, and the air pipe support 16 is used for guiding air in an air bottle.
In a preferred embodiment, the gas cylinder comprises a left gas cylinder 5 and a right gas cylinder 6, the left gas cylinder 5 is provided with a left gas cylinder valve 501, the right gas cylinder 6 is provided with a right gas cylinder valve 601, the left gas cylinder 5 and the right gas cylinder 6 jointly form the double-gas-cylinder structure of the invention, when the gas allowance of the left gas cylinder 5 is insufficient, the gas is automatically switched to the right gas cylinder 6 for supplying gas, at the moment, a user can replace the left gas cylinder 5, in the process, the gas can still be ensured to be continuously supplied to the water bottle 10, the satisfaction degree of the user is greatly improved, and the same is also achieved when the gas allowance of the right gas cylinder 6 is insufficient.
The lever assembly preferably comprises a left lever 3 and a right lever 4, the left lever 3 is used for opening the left gas cylinder valve 501, the right lever 4 is used for opening the right gas cylinder valve 601, the left lever 3 and the right lever 4 can respectively and independently move or can cooperatively move, for example, after the motor cam assembly 1 is opened, the left lever 3 is driven to open the left gas cylinder valve 501, the running time of the left lever 3 is accurately calculated under the control of a master control PCBA7, the left gas cylinder valve 501 is driven to be opened or closed, and further the gas introduction amount of the left gas cylinder 5 is accurately controlled; the right lever 4 opens the right gas cylinder valve 601 under the drive of the motor cam assembly 1, the running time of the right lever 4 is accurately calculated through the master control PCBA7, the right gas cylinder valve 601 is driven to be opened or closed, and then the gas introduction amount of the right gas cylinder 6 is accurately controlled to prepare different kinds of bubble water.
The motor cam assembly 1 comprises a motor 101, a gas needle up-and-down movement cam 102, a left gas cylinder valve opening cam 103 and a right gas cylinder valve opening cam 104, wherein the gas needle up-and-down movement cam 102, the left gas cylinder valve opening cam 103 and the right gas cylinder valve opening cam 104 are respectively arranged on a rotating shaft 106, the gas needle up-and-down movement cam 102 is used for driving a gas needle 201 to move up and down, specifically, the gas needle up-and-down movement cam 102 is positioned at one side close to the motor 101, after the motor 101 is opened, the gas needle up-and-down movement cam 102 drives a gas needle assembly 2 to move up and down, so that automatic inflation of the gas needle 201 is realized, the motor 101 is used for providing power for movement of the motor cam assembly 1 so as to realize automation of inflation, the left gas cylinder valve opening cam 103 is used for opening the left gas cylinder valve 501, and the purpose of realizing automatic air intake of the left gas cylinder 5 and avoiding the trouble of manually opening the left gas cylinder valve 501, more laborsaving, right gas cylinder valve opening cam 104 is used for opening right gas cylinder valve 601, and the purpose is that the automation of realizing right gas cylinder 6 admits air, has removed the trouble of manual work opening right gas cylinder valve 604, and is more laborsaving.
Preferably, the motor cam assembly 1 further comprises a limit detection cam 105, the limit detection cam 105 is located on one side of the right cylinder valve opening cam 104, the left cylinder valve opening cam 103 is located between the right cylinder valve opening cam 104 and the needle up-and-down movement cam 102, and the limit detection cam 105 is used for limit detection of the motor cam assembly 1, so that the working area of the motor cam assembly 1 is prevented from being changed and the working efficiency of the motor cam assembly 1 is prevented from being affected.
The bubble water machine can use a single gas cylinder, and can also use two or more than two gas cylinders, in the embodiment, the two gas cylinders are taken as an example and are respectively called as a left gas cylinder 5 and a right gas cylinder 6, wherein the left gas cylinder 5 is provided with a left gas inlet 17, the right gas cylinder 6 is provided with a right gas inlet 18, one end of a gas pipe support 16 is communicated with the left gas inlet 17 to realize gas introduction of the left gas cylinder 5, and the other end of the gas pipe support 16 is communicated with the right gas inlet 18 to realize gas introduction of the right gas cylinder 6.
In a preferred embodiment, one side of the left gas cylinder 5 is provided with a left gas detection PCBA19, one side of the right gas cylinder 6 is provided with a right gas detection PCBA20, the left gas detection PCBA19 is used for starting the motor cam assembly 1 when gas enters the left gas inlet 17, the motor cam assembly 1 is driven by the motor cam assembly 1 to move up and down, so that the purpose of automatic inflation is achieved, the right gas detection PCBA20 is used for starting the motor cam assembly 1 when gas enters the right gas inlet 18, the motor cam assembly 1 is driven by the motor cam assembly 1 to move up and down, so that the purpose of automatic inflation is achieved, in the invention, when the left gas detection PCBA19 does not detect that gas enters the left gas inlet 17, the gas supply is automatically switched to the gas supply through the right gas cylinder 6, and at this time, a user can replace the left gas cylinder 5; when the right gas detection PCBA20 does not detect that gas is entering the right gas inlet 18, it is automatically switched to supply gas through the left gas cylinder 5, at which point the user can replace the right gas cylinder 6.
In order to enable a user to operate the bubbling water machine more conveniently and intuitively, the bubbling water machine preferably further comprises a control panel 15, the control panel 15 is electrically connected with a main control PCBA7, a left air bottle allowance indicator lamp 1501, a right air bottle allowance indicator lamp 1502, a power touch switch 1503, a water touch switch 1504 and a beverage touch switch 1505 are arranged on the control panel 15, the user can intuitively know the gas allowance of the left air bottle 6 through the state of the left air bottle allowance indicator lamp 1501, intuitively know the gas allowance of the right air bottle 6 through the state of the right air bottle allowance indicator lamp 1502, and can respectively select the water touch switch 1504 and the beverage touch switch 1505 to manufacture different types of bubbling water.
Preferably, the bubble water machine in this embodiment further includes a reset mechanism, the reset mechanism is used for resetting the air needle assembly after the air needle assembly completes the inflating operation, the reset mechanism may be a spring, for example, after the air needle assembly is reset, a user directly removes the water bottle 10, the disassembling step of the water bottle 10 is omitted, and the operation is simpler.
According to the invention, the motor cam assembly is controlled through the master control PCBA, the gas cylinder is automatically opened under the driving of the motor cam assembly, and the gas cylinder is triggered through the touch screen, so that a user does not need to open the gas cylinder in a mode of pressing the inflating key switch with great effort, and the feeling of great effort and fear of opening the gas cylinder by children or old people are avoided; through the transmission structure design of the motor cam assembly, the running time is accurately calculated under the control of a master control PCBA, and a valve is opened or closed, so that the introduction amount of gas is accurately controlled; the lever assembly is driven to open or close the valve through the transmission of the motor cam assembly, a user does not need to continuously press a key, the gas allowance indicator lamp on the control panel can display the gas allowance in the gas cylinder in real time, and when the gas allowance is insufficient, the user is reminded to replace a new gas cylinder; the invention preferably adopts a double-gas-cylinder design, when the gas allowance of the left gas cylinder is insufficient, the gas is automatically switched to the right gas cylinder for supplying gas, and the continuous gas supply can still be ensured in the process of replacing the left gas cylinder by a user, so that the satisfaction degree of the user is greatly improved; the motor cam assembly drives the air needle assembly to automatically move up and down, so that air can be automatically pumped into the water bottle, the water bottle can be directly taken away after the air pumping is finished, the steps of assembling, disassembling and the like of the water bottle are omitted, and the time and the labor are saved.
The above examples merely represent several embodiments of the present invention, which are described in more detail and in more detail, but are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.
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1. A bubble water machine, characterized by comprising:
the air needle assembly is used for inflating the water bottle;
at least one gas cylinder for providing gas for making bubble water;
a lever assembly configured to open a gas cylinder;
a motor cam assembly for powering movement of the lever assembly and for powering inflation of the air needle assembly;
and the main control PCBA is electrically connected with the motor cam assembly and used for controlling the operation of the motor cam assembly.
2. The bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the air needle assembly comprises a body, an air needle and an air tube bracket, the air needle is positioned at one end of the body, the air needle is provided with an air outlet which is communicated with the air tube bracket, and the air tube bracket is used for introducing air in an air bottle.
3. The bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the gas cylinder comprises a left gas cylinder and a right gas cylinder, the left gas cylinder having a left gas cylinder valve, and the right gas cylinder having a right gas cylinder valve.
4. The bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the lever assembly comprises a left lever and a right lever, the left lever is used for opening the left cylinder valve, and the right lever is used for opening the right cylinder valve.
5. The bubbling water machine according to claim 1, wherein the motor cam assembly comprises a motor, a gas needle up-and-down movement cam, a left gas cylinder valve opening cam and a right gas cylinder valve opening cam, and the gas needle up-and-down movement cam, the left gas cylinder valve opening cam and the right gas cylinder valve opening cam are respectively mounted on the rotating shaft.
6. The bubbling water machine according to claim 5, wherein a limit detection cam is arranged on one side of the right cylinder valve opening cam, and the limit detection cam is used for limit detection of the motor cam assembly.
7. The bubbling water machine according to claim 3, wherein one side of the left gas cylinder has a left gas detection PCBA for detecting the presence of gas in the left gas cylinder, and one side of the right gas cylinder has a right gas detection PCBA for detecting the presence of gas in the right gas cylinder.
8. The bubbling water machine according to claim 1, further comprising a control panel, wherein the control panel is electrically connected with a main control PCBA, and a left gas cylinder allowance indicator lamp, a right gas cylinder allowance indicator lamp, a power touch switch, a water touch switch and a beverage touch switch are arranged on the control panel.
9. The bubbling water machine according to claim 2, wherein the body has a fixing portion, and the air needle assembly is mounted on the bubbling water machine through the fixing portion.
10. The bubbling water machine according to any one of claims 1-9, further comprising a resetting mechanism for resetting the air needle assembly after the air needle assembly completes the pumping operation.
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