CN215522273U - Joint component and water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a joint component and a water heater, wherein the joint component comprises a panel, a water pipe and a stop piece, and the panel is provided with a mounting hole; the water pipe comprises a joint and a pipe body which are connected, the joint penetrates through the mounting hole, and a first clamping part is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the joint; the retainer is located the outside of panel and can dismantle with the panel and be connected, and the retainer is equipped with second joint portion, second joint portion and the cooperation of first joint portion so that connect and retainer relatively fixed. The utility model can limit the rotation and the movement between the water pipe and the stop piece through the matching of the stop piece and the joint, so that the stop piece and the water pipe are relatively fixed, and the stop piece is fixedly connected with the panel, thereby realizing the stable connection between the water pipe and the panel; the retainer is arranged on the outer side of the panel and detachably connected with the panel, so that the retainer is convenient to mount or dismount, the water pipe and the panel can be rapidly mounted or dismounted by mounting or dismounting the retainer, and the mounting and maintenance efficiency of the joint assembly is improved.

Description

Joint component and water heater

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of hot water equipment, in particular to a joint assembly and a water heater.

Background

In the correlation technique, the water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe of the water heater penetrate out from the inside through the through hole of the panel, and the joint of the water pipe and the panel are fixed through a clamping structure formed by two nuts respectively arranged on the inner side and the outer side of the panel. However, the above-mentioned method is inconvenient to install, and two wrenches are needed to operate during installation to tighten the nuts inside and outside; the mode is inconvenient to maintain, and the upper cover of the water heater needs to be disassembled firstly during maintenance, and then the nuts on the inner side and the outer side need to be disassembled by using two wrenches; the operation difficulty is high, the operation time consumption is long, and the installation and maintenance efficiency is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides a joint assembly which can improve the mounting and dismounting efficiency between a water pipe and a panel.

The utility model also provides a water heater with the joint assembly.

A joint assembly according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, comprising: a panel provided with at least one mounting hole; the at least one water pipe comprises a joint and a pipe body which are connected, the joint penetrates through the mounting hole, and a first clamping part is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the joint; the retainer is located the outside of panel and with the connection can be dismantled to the panel, the retainer is equipped with second joint portion, second joint portion with first joint portion cooperation is so that connect with the retainer relatively fixed.

The joint assembly according to the embodiment of the utility model has at least the following advantages:

the outer peripheral wall of the joint is provided with a first clamping part through a matching structure of the stopping piece and the joint of the water pipe, the stopping piece is provided with a second clamping part matched with the first clamping part, the stopping piece is matched with the joint to limit rotation and movement between the water pipe and the stopping piece, so that the stopping piece and the water pipe are relatively fixed, and the stopping piece is fixedly connected with the panel to realize stable connection of the water pipe and the panel; the retainer is arranged on the outer side of the panel and detachably connected with the panel, so that the retainer is convenient to mount or dismount, the water pipe and the panel can be rapidly mounted or dismounted by mounting or dismounting the retainer, and the mounting and maintenance efficiency of the joint assembly is improved.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first clamping portion is a clamping groove extending along the circumferential direction of the joint, and the second clamping portion is a part of the structure of the stop piece in clamping fit with the clamping groove.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first clamping portion comprises two clamping grooves extending along the circumferential direction of the joint, and bottom walls of the two clamping grooves are arranged in parallel; the second clamping portion is a concave portion, the concave portion comprises two side walls which are arranged in parallel, and the two side walls are respectively abutted to the bottom wall of the corresponding clamping groove.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the stopper is provided with a grip portion at an end of the stopper remote from the recess.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the grip portion is formed by bending the stopper in a direction away from the panel.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the outer peripheral wall of the joint is provided with a boss, the boss and the clamping groove are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the joint, and the boss is located on the inner side of the panel and is abutted against the panel.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the stopper is provided with a through hole, and the stopper is fixed to the panel by a fastener penetrating through the through hole.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the tube is of a hose construction.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the number of the water pipes is two, the first clamping portion is a clamping groove extending along the circumferential direction of the joint, and the second clamping portion comprises two concave portions which are respectively clamped with the corresponding clamping grooves of the water pipes.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the openings of the two recesses are oriented perpendicularly to a line connecting the centers of the two joints.

The water heater according to the second aspect of the embodiment of the utility model comprises the joint assembly described in the above embodiment.

The water heater provided by the embodiment of the utility model at least has the following beneficial effects:

by adopting the joint assembly of the embodiment of the first aspect, the joint assembly is provided with a matching structure of the stopper and the joint of the water pipe, the peripheral wall of the joint is provided with a first clamping part, the stopper is provided with a second clamping part matched with the first clamping part, the stopper is matched with the joint to limit the rotation and the movement between the water pipe and the stopper, so that the stopper and the water pipe are relatively fixed, and the stopper is fixedly connected with the panel to realize the stable connection of the water pipe and the panel; the retainer is arranged on the outer side of the panel and detachably connected with the panel, so that the retainer is convenient to mount or dismount, the water pipe and the panel can be rapidly mounted or dismounted by mounting or dismounting the retainer, and the mounting and maintenance efficiency of the water heater is improved.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

The utility model is further described with reference to the following figures and examples, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a joint assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the water pipe of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the stop of FIG. 1.

Reference numerals:

a joint assembly 1000;

a water pipe 100; a water inlet pipe 110; a water outlet pipe 120; a tube body 130; a joint 140; a card slot 141; a boss 142;

a panel 200;

a stopper 300; a recess 310; a grip portion 320; a through hole 330.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to, for example, the upper, lower, etc., is indicated based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, a plurality means two or more. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly limited, terms such as arrangement, installation, connection and the like should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in combination with the specific contents of the technical solutions.

Referring to fig. 1, a water heater according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a joint assembly 1000. The water heater provided by the embodiment of the utility model is used for realizing hot water supply and meeting the requirements of hot water shower, hot water heating and the like. For example, the water heater according to the embodiment of the present invention may employ a heat pump system to heat water, the heat pump system includes a compressor, an evaporator, a throttling device, and a condenser, and a high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor releases heat at the condenser, so as to heat water and raise temperature, thereby supplying hot water. In addition, the refrigerant after passing through the throttling device absorbs heat at the evaporator, and the heat pump system can also be beneficial to the evaporator to cool the air, so that the refrigeration of the indoor environment is realized, and the energy efficiency of the water heater is further improved.

Referring to fig. 1, a joint assembly 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a panel 200 and a water pipe 100. It is understood that the panel 200 is disposed around an outer surface of the water heater, and the panel 200 may be one of the plates of the tank of the water heater, such as a front plate, an upper cover, a bottom plate, etc., and is not limited thereto. The box body can be an outer shell of equipment such as a hydraulic module and a water tank of an air energy water heater.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, two water pipes 100 are generally provided, where the two water pipes 100 include a water inlet pipe 110 and a water outlet pipe 120, and the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 are spaced apart from each other, so as to prevent vibrations between the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 from being transmitted to each other, and thus, the service lives of the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 are not affected. The water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 are respectively connected with the panel 200 and a heat exchanger (not shown in the figure), water enters the heat exchanger from the water inlet pipe 110, is discharged from the water outlet pipe 120 after heat exchange, and is connected to a water storage device or a heating device through an external pipe (not shown in the figure), so that the process of hot water preparation is realized. It can be understood that the water storage device can be a water tank, and the heating device can be a heating sheet, a floor heating pipeline and the like. Of course, the water pipe 100 may be provided with one, three, four or more pipes according to actual needs, and is not limited in detail here.

Referring to fig. 1, a water pipe 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pipe body 130 and a joint 140, and the pipe body 130 and the joint 140 are fixedly coupled. The tube 130 is located within the housing and the connector 140 is connected to the faceplate 200. It should be noted that the panel 200 is provided with mounting holes (not shown), the size of the mounting holes corresponds to the number of the joints 140, the number of the mounting holes corresponds to the number of the joints 140, and the joints 140 of each water pipe 100 are inserted into the corresponding mounting holes. As another embodiment, the installation hole may be a long hole, and a plurality of connectors 140 may be arranged in the long hole side by side. The installation part of the joint 140 is positioned outside the box body, so that the connection and fixation of the external connecting pipe and the joint 140 are facilitated. It should be noted that the mounting portion of the joint 140 may be an external thread or an internal thread, or may be a quick joint 140, and is not limited in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, a joint assembly 1000 according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a stopper 300. The stopper 300 is located at the outer side of the case, and the stopper 300 is detachably coupled to the panel 200 for easy installation and removal. Referring to fig. 5, the outer circumferential wall of the connector 140 is provided with a plurality of engaging grooves 141, the engaging grooves 141 extend in the circumferential direction of the connector 140, and the engaging grooves 141 may be provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the connector 140. Correspondingly, the stopper 300 is provided with a structure clamped with the clamping groove 141, for example, when the stopper 300 is a stop plate, part of the structure of the stopper 300 can be inserted into the clamping groove 141 so as to realize the relative fixation between the connector 140 and the stopper 300, specifically, the bottom wall of the stopper 300 is abutted against the bottom wall of the clamping groove 141, and the front side wall and the rear side wall of the stopper 300 are abutted against the front side wall and the rear side wall of the clamping groove 141 respectively. The stopper 300 is fixedly coupled with the panel 200 to achieve stable coupling of the water pipe 100 with the panel 200. It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present invention, "fixedly connected" may be interpreted as being connected in a manner incapable of relative displacement with respect to each other. In addition, the stop member 300 of the embodiment of the present invention can be conveniently mounted on or detached from the panel 200, so that the water pipe 100 can be quickly mounted on or detached from the panel 200 by mounting or detaching the stop member 300, thereby improving the efficiency of mounting and maintaining the water heater.

It can be understood that, the peripheral wall of the joint 140 may further be provided with a structure of a first clamping portion such as a convex column, correspondingly, the stopper 300 is provided with a structure of a second clamping portion such as a groove matched with the convex column, and the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are matched to realize the relative fixation of the stopper 300 and the joint 140. The matching structure of the first clamping part and the second clamping part can also be other types of structures, and is not limited in detail here.

It should be noted that the stop member 300 can limit the rotation of the joint 140, so that the installation position of the external connection pipe and the joint 140 can be more conveniently installed or disassembled in a rotating manner, the joint 140 does not need to be additionally fixed, the installation and disassembly time is shortened, and the assembly efficiency and the maintenance efficiency are improved. The stopper 300 also restricts the movement of the coupling 140, thereby making the connection of the water pipe 100 to the cabinet more reliable, preventing the water pipe 100 from being separated outwardly from the panel 200, and also preventing the water pipe 100 from being separated inwardly from the panel 200, making the connection of the water pipe 100 more stable, and further reducing the probability of damage to the water pipe 100.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, it can be understood that the joint 140 is provided with two catching grooves 141, and the two catching grooves 141 extend in the circumferential direction of the joint 140. The two card slots 141 are symmetrically arranged along the left-right direction, the bottom walls of the two card slots 141 are arranged in parallel, and the extending direction of the bottom walls of the two card slots 141 is the up-down direction.

Referring to fig. 6, it can be understood that the stopper 300 is provided with a recess 310, and the recess 310 has a groove structure of a U-shaped structure. Concave part 310 includes two lateral walls that set up along left right direction symmetry to and connect the arc wall of two lateral walls, and two lateral walls are parallel to each other, and two lateral walls correspond the butt with the diapire one-to-one of two draw-in grooves 141 respectively, thereby realize that stopper 300 is fixed with the joint that connects 140, adopt two sets of joint structures to realize connecting moreover and can further improve the reliability that stopper 300 and joint 140 are connected, promote the reliability of being connected that connects 140 and panel 200. It will be appreciated that the arcuate walls cooperate with the peripheral wall of the connector 140 to ensure that the side walls are in full contact abutment with the bottom wall of the pocket 141. In addition, the design of the U-shaped recess 310 enables the stopper 300 to be smoothly inserted into the slot 141 along the extending direction of the bottom wall of the slot 141, so that the convenience of installation and removal is improved, and the installation efficiency and the removal efficiency of the water pipe 100 are improved.

Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, it can be understood that the stopper 300 is provided with a grip portion 320, and the grip portion 320 may be fixed to the stopper 300 by welding, screwing, riveting, or the like. The grip portion 320 is provided to facilitate the movement and installation of the stopper 300. When the stopper 300 is installed, it can be held by the grip portion 320 and inserted into the card slot 141; when the stopper 300 is detached, it can be gripped by the grip portion 320 and pulled out of the card slot 141. It is understood that the grip portion 320 may be disposed at an end of the stopper 300 away from the recess 310, so as to facilitate gripping and forceful insertion into the slot 141 or forceful withdrawal from the slot 141.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, it can be understood that, when the stopper 300 is a stopper plate, the end of the stopper 300 may be bent in a direction away from the panel 200 to form the grip 320, that is, the grip 320 and the stopper 300 are integrated, thereby improving the structural strength of the grip 320. Moreover, the grip portion 320 is bent outward, so that the grip portion 320 can be easily knocked by using auxiliary tools such as a hammer. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the mounting of the stopper 300 to the joint 140 may be achieved by striking the grip portion 320 downward, and the dismounting of the stopper 300 from the joint 140 may also be achieved by striking the grip portion 320 upward.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, it will be appreciated that the joint 140 is further provided with a boss 142, and the boss 142 surrounds an outer circumferential wall provided to the joint 140 to form an annular protrusion structure. Boss 142 and draw-in groove 141 set up along the axial interval of joint 140, and boss 142 is located the inboard of box, and draw-in groove 141 is located the outside of box, and boss 142 and panel 200 butt to the realization is connected with the location of panel 200, prevents that water pipe 100 from moving outward to the box along the axial, has further improved the reliability of being connected between water pipe 100 and the panel 200.

As another embodiment, a plurality of bosses 142 may be provided, and the plurality of bosses 142 are spaced along the circumferential direction of the joint 140, so that the water pipe 100 can be prevented from coming off the tank body in the axial direction, and the connection reliability between the water pipe 100 and the panel 200 can be improved.

Referring to fig. 4 and 6, it can be understood that the stop member 300 is fixedly coupled to the panel 200 using a fastener such as a screw, and has a stable structure and is easy to assemble and disassemble. Specifically, the stopper 300 is provided with a through hole 330, and a fastener is inserted through the through hole 330 and fixed to the panel 200, thereby achieving stable connection of the stopper 300 and the panel 200. It is understood that, in order to improve the stability of the connection of the panel 200 and the stopper 300, the inner side of the panel 200 is provided with a reinforcement step (not shown) disposed opposite to the through hole 330, and the fastening member is fixedly connected to the reinforcement step.

Referring to fig. 5, it can be appreciated that the tube body 130 is a hose structure. Compare and adopt the copper pipe to be connected with the heat exchanger in current design, body 130 adopts the hose can effectively reduce pipeline vibration and noise that the heat exchanger vibration leads to, has improved the bulk noise of hot-water machine, has promoted user experience. And the structure of the hose does not need to consider the influence of the internal layout of the water heater on the fixation of the joint 140, and the space of the internal layout of the box body is released, so that the space utilization rate of the water heater is improved.

It can be understood that, in order to improve the strength of the tube 130 and ensure the wear resistance of the tube 130, the tube 130 may be made of explosion-proof steel braided hose. Of course, the tube 130 can also be constructed as other types of hoses.

Referring to fig. 1, 5 and 6, the water heater according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an inlet pipe 110 and an outlet pipe 120. The water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 are arranged side by side, and the joint 140 of the water inlet pipe 110 and the joint 140 of the water outlet pipe 120 are arranged at intervals and penetrate out of the outer side of the box body. The joint 140 of the water inlet pipe 110 is provided with two clamping grooves 141 extending along the circumferential direction, and the two clamping grooves 141 are symmetrically arranged along the left and right direction; the connector 140 of the water outlet pipe 120 is provided with two clamping grooves 141 extending along the circumferential direction, and the two clamping grooves 141 are symmetrically arranged along the left-right direction. The stopper 300 is provided with two recesses 310 at intervals in the left-right direction, and the two recesses 310 are respectively clamped with the clamping grooves 141 of the water inlet pipe 110 and the clamping grooves 141 of the water outlet pipe 120, so that the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 are simultaneously fixed on the panel 200, and the mounting and dismounting efficiency of the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 is improved.

Referring to fig. 4 and 7, it can be understood that the openings of the two recesses 310 are oriented perpendicular to the central line of the two connectors 140, that is, the opening direction of the recess 310 is the up-down direction in fig. 7, and the opening direction of the recess 310 may be oriented in the up direction or the down direction, so that the stopper 300 may be inserted into the connector 140 of the inlet pipe 110 and the connector 140 of the outlet pipe 120 at the same time, thereby improving the installation convenience of the inlet pipe 110 and the outlet pipe 120 with the panel 200. In addition, the opening of the recess 310 and the grip 320 are located at both ends of the stopper 300, respectively, so that the structural strength of the grip 320 is improved and the grip is facilitated. The through hole 330 is located between the two concave portions 310, the structural strength between the two concave portions 310 is higher, and the fixing connection between the stopper 300 and the panel 200 by screwing in the structure can further improve the installation strength of the stopper 300 and the panel 200, thereby improving the stability of the connection between the water inlet pipe 110 and the water outlet pipe 120 and the panel 200.

Since the water heater adopts all technical solutions of the joint assembly 1000 of the above embodiment, at least all beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the above embodiment are achieved, and no further description is provided herein.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A connector assembly, comprising:

a panel provided with at least one mounting hole;

the at least one water pipe comprises a joint and a pipe body which are connected, the joint penetrates through the mounting hole, and a first clamping part is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the joint;

the retainer is located the outside of panel and with the connection can be dismantled to the panel, the retainer is equipped with second joint portion, second joint portion with first joint portion cooperation is so that connect with the retainer relatively fixed.

2. The joint assembly of claim 1, wherein: first joint portion is the draw-in groove, the draw-in groove is followed the circumference that connects extends, second joint portion be with draw-in groove joint complex the partial structure of retainer.

3. The joint assembly of claim 1, wherein: the first clamping portion comprises two clamping grooves extending along the circumferential direction of the connector, and the bottom walls of the two clamping grooves are arranged in parallel; the second clamping portion is a concave portion, the concave portion comprises two side walls which are arranged in parallel, and the two side walls are respectively abutted to the bottom wall of the corresponding clamping groove.

4. The joint assembly of claim 3, wherein: the stopping piece is provided with a handle part which is positioned at one end of the stopping piece far away from the concave part.

5. The joint assembly of claim 4, wherein: the handle part is formed by bending the stop piece towards a direction far away from the panel.

6. The joint assembly of any of claims 2 to 5, wherein: the periphery wall that connects is equipped with the boss, the boss with the draw-in groove is followed the axial interval that connects sets up, the boss is located the inboard of panel and with the panel butt.

7. The joint assembly of claim 1, wherein: the stopping piece is provided with a through hole and is fixed on the panel through a fastening piece penetrating through the through hole.

8. The joint assembly of claim 1, wherein: the pipe body is of a hose structure.

9. The joint assembly of claim 1, wherein: the water pipe is equipped with two, first joint portion is for following the draw-in groove that the circumference that connects extends, second joint portion includes two concave parts, two the concave part respectively with correspond the water pipe the draw-in groove joint.

10. The joint assembly of claim 9, wherein: the openings of the two concave parts are perpendicular to the central connecting line of the two joints.

11. The hot water machine, its characterized in that: comprising the joint assembly of any one of claims 1 to 10.

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