CN216011292U - Water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a water heater, which comprises a shell, an inner container and a sealing ring, wherein the inner container and the sealing ring are positioned in the shell; the inner container is provided with a second mounting hole corresponding to the first mounting hole; the sealing ring is arranged around the first mounting hole in a sealing mode, and the side edge, far away from the inner container, of the sealing ring extends out of the first mounting hole to form a water retaining edge protruding out of the outer surface of the shell. The sealing washer encircles the week side of establishing the first mounting hole on the shell sealedly, the side that the inner bag one side was kept away from to the sealing washer stretches out from first mounting hole and forms the manger plate limit of protrusion in the shell surface, that is to say, the protrusion that the sealing washer formed can replace the turn-ups of designing on the shell in the correlation technique in the manger plate limit of shell surface, play waterproof effect, the shell need not design the turn-ups in first mounting hole department, therefore, the water heater that this application embodiment provided can improve production efficiency in waterproof.

Description

Water heater

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of electrical equipment, in particular to a water heater.

Background

The air energy water heater is widely applied to the market, and the high-efficiency and energy-saving heating effect provides life convenience. In the related art, in order to prevent the temperature controller and the electric heating pipe thereof from being affected by water leakage, the air energy water heater generally designs the flanging at the corresponding opening of the shell for water prevention, but the process of designing the flanging at the opening of the shell affects the production efficiency of the shell, and further affects the production efficiency of the air energy water heater.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, it is desirable to provide a water heater capable of improving production efficiency while preventing water.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a water heater, including:

a housing having a first mounting hole;

the inner container is positioned in the shell and provided with a second mounting hole corresponding to the first mounting hole;

the sealing ring is arranged around the first mounting hole in a sealing mode, and the side edge, far away from the inner container, of the sealing ring extends out of the first mounting hole to form a water blocking edge protruding out of the outer surface of the shell.

In one embodiment, one side of the water retaining edge, which is far away from the inner container, is turned outwards along the circumferential direction of the first mounting hole to form a first turned edge.

In one embodiment, the side edge of the sealing ring close to the inner container is turned outwards along the circumferential direction of the first mounting hole to form a second turned edge, and the second turned edge is abutted against the inner surface of the outer shell.

In one embodiment, the first flange has a larger outer dimension than the second flange.

In one embodiment, the water heater further comprises a bubble blocking piece with a through hole, the bubble blocking piece is arranged on the outer surface of the inner container located at the second mounting hole, and the through hole is communicated with the second mounting hole.

In one implementation mode, one side of the bubble blocking piece, which is far away from the inner container, is provided with an accommodating cavity communicated with the through hole, one side of the accommodating cavity, which is far away from the inner container, is open, the water heater further comprises a sealing piece, and at least part of the structure of the sealing piece extends into the accommodating cavity from the open position of the accommodating cavity and is in sealing contact with the side wall of the accommodating cavity.

In one embodiment, the water heater further comprises an electric heating pipe positioned in the inner container, a pipe orifice of the electric heating pipe is positioned at the second mounting hole, one side of the bubble blocking piece, which is far away from the inner container, is provided with a wire passing groove communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the wire passing groove is used for passing a wire through the electric heating pipe.

In one embodiment, the sealing member includes a sealing portion and a blocking portion connected to the sealing portion, the sealing portion extends into the accommodating cavity from the opening of the accommodating cavity and is in sealing contact with the side wall of the accommodating cavity, and the blocking portion is located outside the accommodating cavity.

In one embodiment, at least a partial region of the sealing portion located at the top is recessed to form a drain groove, and at least a partial region of the drain groove is located outside the accommodating cavity.

In one implementation mode, the water heater further comprises a sealing element integrally formed with the bubble blocking element, one side, away from the inner container, of the bubble blocking element is provided with an accommodating cavity communicated with the through hole, one side, away from the inner container, of the accommodating cavity is opened, and at least part of structure of the sealing element extends into the accommodating cavity from the opening position of the accommodating cavity so as to seal the opening position of the accommodating cavity.

The embodiment of the application provides a water heater, which comprises an outer shell, inner bag and sealing washer, the sealing washer encircles all sides of establishing the first mounting hole on the shell sealedly, the side that the inner bag one side was kept away from to the sealing washer stretches out the manger plate limit that forms protrusion in the shell surface from first mounting hole, that is to say, the protrusion that the sealing washer formed can replace the turn-ups of designing on the shell in the correlation technique in the manger plate limit of shell surface, play waterproof effect, the shell need not design the turn-ups in first mounting hole department, therefore, the water heater that this application embodiment provided can improve production efficiency in waterproof.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a water heater according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the water heater shown in FIG. 1 with the outer shell and the gasket omitted;

FIG. 3 is a partial exploded view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the seal ring shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the seal ring shown in FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of the bubble blocking member shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the seal shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of the sealing member shown in fig. 1 from another perspective.

Description of the reference numerals

A housing 10; a first mounting hole 10 a; an inner container 20; the second mounting hole 20 a; a seal ring 30; a first flange 30 a; a second flange 30 b; a bubble blocking member 40; a through hole 40 a; the accommodation chamber 40 b; a wire passing groove 40 c; a seal 50; the seal portion 50 a; a blocking portion 50 b; a drain tank 50 c; an electric heating tube 60; a microchannel 70.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present application, technical features in examples and embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict, and the detailed description in the specific embodiment should be understood as an explanation of the gist of the present application and should not be construed as an improper limitation to the present application.

In the description of the present application, a "top" orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in fig. 1, wherein a "height" direction is based on the "top-bottom" direction of fig. 1, it being understood that these orientation terms are merely for convenience in describing the present application and for simplicity in 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 considered as limiting the present application.

The embodiment of the present application provides a water heater, please refer to fig. 1 to 5, including a housing 10, an inner container 20 located in the housing 10, and a sealing ring 30, wherein the housing 10 has a first mounting hole 10 a; the inner container 20 has a second mounting hole 20a corresponding to the first mounting hole 10 a; the sealing ring 30 is disposed around the first mounting hole 10a in a sealing manner, and the side edge of the sealing ring 30 away from the inner container 20 extends from the first mounting hole 10a to form a water retaining edge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer shell 10.

In an embodiment, the water heater includes the outer shell 10, the inner container 20 and the sealing ring 30 located in the outer shell 10, the sealing ring 30 is sealingly disposed around the first mounting hole 10a on the outer shell 10, the side of the sealing ring 30 away from the inner container 20 extends out from the first mounting hole 10a to form a water retaining edge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer shell 10, because the sealing ring 30 is sealingly disposed around the first mounting hole 10a, the water retaining edge can prevent water from flowing into the first mounting hole 10a to a certain extent, that is, the water retaining edge protruding out of the outer surface of the outer shell 10 formed by the sealing ring 30 can replace a flange designed on the outer shell 10 in the related art, so as to achieve a waterproof effect, and the outer shell 10 does not need to be provided with a flange at the first mounting hole 10a, so that the water heater provided by the embodiment of the present application can improve the production efficiency while being waterproof.

In an embodiment, sealing washer 30 is the working of plastics, for example, can be fire-retardant PP, sealing washer 30 has elastic deformation, therefore, can encircle sealing washer 30 and establish week side at first mounting hole 10a sealedly, sealing washer 30 replaces the original turn-ups structure of shell 10, on the one hand, sealing washer 30's low price, the production efficiency of shell 10 has been improved under the prerequisite of assurance cost, make production succinct more, on the other hand, the original water-proof effects in the turn-ups hole remains, the potential safety hazard of product has been solved, the security in the user's use can be improved in effectual drainage.

In some embodiments, the seal ring 30 is a rubber member with flame retardant properties, and the seal ring 30 also has certain weather resistance.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 4 to 7, one side of the water blocking edge away from the inner container 20 is outwardly turned along the circumferential direction of the first mounting hole 10a to form a first turned edge 30a, so that a groove formed between the first turned edge 30a and the outer shell 10 can be enclosed, and when water on the surface of the outer shell 10 flows to the first mounting hole 10a, the water can flow into the groove, thereby further improving the waterproof effect.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 4 to 7, a side edge of the sealing ring 30 close to the inner container 20 is turned outwards along a circumferential direction of the first mounting hole 10a to form a second flange 30b, the second flange 30b abuts against an inner surface of the outer shell 10, and a side edge of the sealing ring 30 close to the inner container 20 is turned over to form a second flange 30b, so that the sealing ring 30 is conveniently mounted, during mounting, the sealing ring 30 is elastically deformed to enable the second flange 30b to extend into the first mounting hole 10a, and the second flange 30b abuts against the inner surface of the outer shell 10, on one hand, the sealing ring 30 can be positioned, so that the sealing ring 30 can be better and sealingly arranged around the first mounting hole 10a, on the other hand, the second flange 30b can prevent the sealing ring 30 from falling off after being mounted, therefore, the connection structure of the sealing ring 30 is simple and reliable, and the assembly efficiency of the water heater can be improved, thereby improving the production efficiency.

In an embodiment, please refer to fig. 6 and 7, the outer dimension of the first flange 30a is greater than the outer dimension of the second flange 30b, wherein the outer dimension of the first flange 30a is greater than the outer dimension of the second flange 30b, that is, the highest point of the first flange 30a is greater than the highest point of the second flange 30b along the height direction of the water heater, so that the first flange 30a can further improve the waterproof effect, and the outer dimensions of the first flange 30a and the second flange 30b are different, which can be used as a foolproof design to prevent assembly errors when assembling the sealing ring 30, thereby improving the assembly efficiency of the water heater and reducing the assembly error rate.

Along the height direction of the water heater, the height difference between the highest points of the overall dimensions of the first turned-over edge 30a and the second turned-over edge 30b is not limited, as long as the highest point of the first turned-over edge 30a is higher than the highest point of the second turned-over edge 30b, the waterproof effect can be further improved, and exemplarily, the highest point of the first turned-over edge 30a is higher than the highest point of the second turned-over edge 30b by 2 mm.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 8, the water heater further includes a bubble blocking member 40 having a through hole 40a, the bubble blocking member 40 is disposed on an outer surface of the inner container 20 at the second mounting hole 20a, and the through hole 40a is communicated with the second mounting hole 20a, it can be understood that the bubble blocking member 40 is disposed on the outer surface of the inner container 20 at the second mounting hole 20a, so that on one hand, a foaming material can be prevented from polluting the second mounting hole 20a of the inner container 20 during a foaming process, on the other hand, an unfoamed position can be effectively protected, a waterproof component inside the water heater can be prevented from being damaged due to water leakage from the housing 10, and further, a potential safety hazard of a product can be reduced.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the water heater further includes a micro channel 70, the micro channel 70 is disposed on the outer surface of the inner container 20, and the bubble blocking member 40 is disposed on the outer surface of the micro channel 70 at the second mounting hole 20 a.

In some embodiments, the material of the bubble blocking member 40 is not limited herein as long as the function of the bubble blocking member 40 can be achieved, and the bubble blocking member 40 is exemplified by bubble blocking foam.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 8, the side of the bubble blocking member 40 away from the inner container 20 has a receiving cavity 40b communicated with the through hole 40a, the side of the receiving cavity 40b away from the inner container 20 is open, the water heater further includes a sealing member 50, at least part of the sealing member 50 extends into the receiving cavity 40b from the open position of the receiving cavity 40b and is in sealing contact with the side wall of the receiving cavity 40b, it can be understood that, through set up in the chamber 40b that holds with through-hole 40a intercommunication and hold the sealing member 50 of chamber 40 b's lateral wall sealing contact, can seal the protection to second mounting hole 20a on inner bag 20, on the one hand, can further prevent that the foaming material from polluting second mounting hole 20a of inner bag 20 in the foaming process, on the other hand, can further prevent that shell 10 from leaking water and can make the inside waterproof part of water heater damage, and then can further reduce the potential safety hazard of product.

In an embodiment, please refer to fig. 5 and 8, the water heater further includes an electric heating tube 60 located inside the inner container 20, a tube opening of the electric heating tube 60 is located at the second mounting hole 20a, a wire passing groove 40c communicated with the accommodating cavity 40b is formed in one side of the bubble blocking member 40 away from the inner container 20, and the wire passing groove 40c is used for passing a wire through the electric heating tube 60, wherein the tube opening of the electric heating tube 60 is located at the second mounting hole 20a, and a line of the electric heating tube 60 is located in the wire passing groove 40c, so that the sealing member 50 can be in sealing contact with the sidewall of the accommodating cavity 40b on the bubble blocking member 40 better, and further the second mounting hole 20a on the inner container 20 can be better sealed and protected, a closed design is achieved, normal operation of the electric heating is protected, and further potential safety hazards of products are reduced.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, 9 and 10, the sealing member 50 includes a sealing portion 50a and a blocking portion 50b connected to the sealing portion 50a, the sealing portion 50a extends into the accommodating cavity 40b from the opening of the accommodating cavity 40b and is in sealing contact with the sidewall of the accommodating cavity 40b, the blocking portion 50b is located outside the accommodating cavity 40b and is sealed and disposed on the bubble blocking member 40 by the sealing portion 50a, and the blocking portion 50b is located outside the accommodating cavity 40b, so as to further protect the second mounting hole 20a of the inner container 20 from water.

Wherein, the material of sealing member 50 is the foam, and one side that sealing member 50 is close to shell 10 is the cambered surface with shell 10 looks adaptation, and the overall dimension of sealing member 50 along radial inward direction diminishes gradually, is the trapezium structure, easy to assemble.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 5, 9 and 10, at least a partial area of the sealing portion 50a at the top is recessed to form a drainage groove 50c, and at least a partial area of the drainage groove 50c is located outside the accommodating cavity 40b, wherein the drainage groove 50c is configured to enable water on the sealing member 50 and the bubble blocking member 40 to drain away from the drainage groove 50c without entering the second mounting hole 20a from the accommodating cavity 40b, so that the line of the electric heating pipe 60 can be further protected, and the safety performance and the service life of the water heater can be further improved.

In addition, the shape of the drain groove 50c is not limited herein as long as it can allow water to be drained from the drain groove 50c, for example, the drain groove 50c may extend from the top of the sealing portion 50a to both sides so that water can be drained from both sides along the drain groove 50c, and it is understood that the drain groove 50c may guide water to be drained from either side of the sealing portion 50a along the drain groove 50 c.

Wherein at least a partial region of the drainage channel 50c is located outside the accommodating cavity 40b, so that water on the sealing member 50 and the bubble blocking member 40 can enter the drainage channel 50c and then drain along the drainage channel 50 c.

In an embodiment, the water heater further comprises a sealing element 50 integrally formed with the bubble blocking element 40, one side of the bubble blocking element 40, which is far away from the inner container 20, is provided with a containing cavity 40b communicated with the through hole 40a, one side of the containing cavity 40b, which is far away from the inner container 20, is opened, at least part of the structure of the sealing element 50 extends into the containing cavity 40b from the opening of the containing cavity 40b to block the opening of the containing cavity 40b, and the sealing element 50 and the bubble blocking element 40 are integrally formed, so that on one hand, the sealing performance of the second mounting hole 20a can be further improved, on the other hand, the number of assembling parts of the water heater is reduced, and further, the mounting efficiency of the water heater is improved.

The various embodiments/implementations provided herein may be combined with each other without contradiction.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application are included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A water heater, comprising:

a housing having a first mounting hole;

the inner container is positioned in the shell and provided with a second mounting hole corresponding to the first mounting hole;

the sealing ring is arranged around the first mounting hole in a sealing mode, and the side edge, far away from the inner container, of the sealing ring extends out of the first mounting hole to form a water blocking edge protruding out of the outer surface of the shell.

2. The water heater of claim 1, wherein one side of the water blocking edge, which is far away from the inner container, is folded outwards along the circumferential direction of the first mounting hole to form a first flange.

3. The water heater according to claim 2, wherein a side edge of the sealing ring on a side close to the inner container is folded outwards along the circumferential direction of the first mounting hole to form a second flange, and the second flange abuts against the inner surface of the outer shell.

4. The water heater of claim 3, wherein the first flange has a larger outer dimension than the second flange.

5. The water heater according to any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a bubble blocking member having a through hole, wherein the bubble blocking member is disposed on an outer surface of the inner container at the second mounting hole, and the through hole is communicated with the second mounting hole.

6. The water heater according to claim 5, wherein a containing cavity communicated with the through hole is formed in one side, away from the inner container, of the bubble blocking piece, and the side, away from the inner container, of the containing cavity is open, and the water heater further comprises a sealing piece, wherein at least part of the sealing piece extends into the containing cavity from the open position of the containing cavity and is in sealing contact with the side wall of the containing cavity.

7. The water heater according to claim 6, further comprising an electric heating tube positioned inside the inner container, wherein a tube opening of the electric heating tube is positioned at the second mounting hole, a wire passing groove communicated with the accommodating cavity is formed in one side of the bubble blocking member away from the inner container, and the wire passing groove is used for passing a wire through the electric heating tube.

8. The water heater according to claim 6, wherein the sealing member includes a sealing portion extending into the receiving chamber from an opening of the receiving chamber and being in sealing contact with a sidewall of the receiving chamber, and a blocking portion connected to the sealing portion, the blocking portion being located outside the receiving chamber.

9. The water heater according to claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the top portion of the sealing portion is recessed to form a drain channel, and at least a portion of the drain channel is outside the receiving chamber.

10. The water heater according to claim 5, further comprising a sealing member integrally formed with the bubble blocking member, wherein a containing cavity communicated with the through hole is formed in one side, away from the inner container, of the bubble blocking member, the containing cavity is open in one side, away from the inner container, and at least part of the sealing member extends into the containing cavity from the opening of the containing cavity to block the opening of the containing cavity.

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