CN216618653U - Water flow regulating valve and shower - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a water flow regulating valve and a shower, which comprise a water path valve seat and at least two electromagnetic valves, wherein the water path valve seat comprises a water outlet connector and at least one group of water flow channels, the water outlet connector is communicated with water outlets of all the water flow channels, at least two independent flow channels with different cross-section sizes are arranged between a water inlet and a water outlet of each water flow channel, an electromagnetic valve is arranged in each flow channel, and the electromagnetic valve switches on or switches off the corresponding flow channel. According to the technical scheme, at least two runners with different sectional areas are arranged in the water flow channel, the runners respectively control the switches through different electromagnetic valves, and the switches through different runners are combined to form different water flow rates. The water flow rate is more, so that the precise control is convenient; and the electromagnetic valve has the advantages of low delay and energy conservation, and is suitable for the fields of bathroom products, industrial production and the like.

Description

Water flow regulating valve and shower

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of bathrooms, in particular to a water flow regulating valve and a shower.

Background

The regulating valve is also called a control valve, and in the field of industrial automation process control, the final control element for changing the process parameters of medium flow, pressure, temperature, liquid level and the like by power operation through receiving the control signal output by a regulating control unit. The electric control valve commonly used in the market at present generally uses a servo motor to drive an adjusting valve core to adjust water temperature and flow, and the mode of adjusting water flow and flow has long delay time and slow reaction speed, and is power-consuming and high in failure rate because of the use of the motor to drive work. And the equipment of the solenoid valve is partially adopted, and because the solenoid valve only has two states of opening and closing, the regulating gear of the water flow is less, and the control of multiple temperatures and multiple flow rates cannot be well finished.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a water flow regulating valve and a shower, which can solve the problems of slow response and few gears of the current flow electric control valve.

A water flow regulating valve comprises a water path valve seat and at least two electromagnetic valves, wherein the water path valve seat comprises a water outlet connector and at least one group of water flow channels, the water outlet connector is communicated with water outlets of all the water flow channels, at least two flow channels which are independent from each other and have different cross-section sizes are arranged between a water inlet and a water outlet of each water flow channel, one electromagnetic valve is arranged in each flow channel, and the corresponding flow channel is cut off or opened by the electromagnetic valve.

The electromagnetic valve is a bistable electromagnetic valve in order to accelerate the reaction speed of the electromagnetic valve and enable the electromagnetic valve to be more efficient and energy-saving.

In order to quickly open and close the flow channel, the electromagnetic valve is fixed on the water flow valve seat through a screw, and a valve clack of the electromagnetic valve is arranged in the flow channel; the valve clacks are controlled to move, and then the corresponding flow passages are cut off or cut off.

In order to mix a plurality of groups of water flow channels, the waterway valve seat comprises two groups of water flow channels, the water outlet joint is a water mixing joint comprising two water inlets and a water outlet, and the two water inlets of the water outlet joint are respectively communicated with the water outlets of the two groups of water flow channels.

In order to adjust the water temperature, the water inlet of one water flow channel is communicated with a hot water pipe, and the water inlet of the other water flow channel is communicated with a cold water pipe.

Wherein the waterway valve seat comprises a group of water flow channels.

Furthermore, each group of water flow channels comprises three flow channels, and each flow channel is internally provided with one electromagnetic valve.

In another aspect, the utility model further provides a shower, wherein the water flow regulating valve is arranged in the water path of the shower.

According to the technical scheme, at least two runners with different sectional areas are arranged in the water flow channel, the runners respectively control the switches through different electromagnetic valves, and the switches through different runners are combined to form different water flow rates. The water flow rate is more, so that the precise control is convenient; and the electromagnetic valve has the advantages of low delay and energy conservation, and is suitable for the fields of bathroom products, industrial production and the like.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a general schematic view of an embodiment of a water flow regulating valve of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the water flow regulating valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view in one direction of an embodiment of the water flow regulating valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the water flow regulating valve of FIG. 1 in another orientation;

fig. 5 is a right side view of an embodiment of the water flow regulating valve shown in fig. 1.

In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:

1. a waterway valve seat; 11. a flow channel; 2. an electromagnetic valve; 21. a valve flap; 3. and a water outlet joint.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. It is apparent that the specific details set forth in the following description are merely exemplary of the utility model, which can be practiced in many other embodiments that depart from the specific details disclosed herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without any inventive step, are within the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the utility model herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model.

In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 5, a water flow regulating valve includes a water path valve seat 1 and at least two electromagnetic valves 2, the water path valve seat 1 includes a water outlet connector 3 and at least one set of water flow channels, the water outlet connector 3 is connected to water outlets of all the water flow channels, at least two independent flow channels 11 with different cross-sectional sizes are disposed between a water inlet and a water outlet of each water flow channel, an electromagnetic valve 2 is disposed in each flow channel 11, and the electromagnetic valve 2 cuts through or cuts off the corresponding flow channel 11.

According to the technical scheme, at least two runners 11 with different sectional areas are arranged in the water flow channel, the runners 11 are respectively controlled to be switched through different electromagnetic valves 2, and different water flow rates are combined through the switches of the different runners 11. The water flow rate is more, so that the precise control is convenient; and the electromagnetic valve 2 has the advantages of low delay and energy saving due to the use, and is suitable for the fields of bathroom products, industrial production and the like.

On the basis of this embodiment, in order to accelerate the reaction speed of the solenoid valve 2 and make it more efficient and energy-saving, the solenoid valve 2 is a bistable solenoid valve. The bistable electromagnetic valve adopts advanced pulse and permanent magnet technology, the open and close states of the valve can be changed only by switching electrode contacts of the pulse through a controller, when the controller sends out the electric pulse, the magnetic core is driven to drive the valve clack 21 to overcome the permanent magnetic force to generate up-and-down displacement, and the valve clack 21 is in a self-holding state under the action of the permanent magnet after being in place.

Of course, the solenoid valve 2 may also adopt a solenoid valve other than a bistable solenoid valve for switching the flow passage 11, which is not described as a limitation in the present embodiment.

On the basis of the embodiment, further, in order to quickly open and close the flow channel 11, the electromagnetic valve 2 is fixed on the water flow valve seat by screws, and the valve flap 21 of the electromagnetic valve 2 is arranged in the flow channel 11; the valve flap 21 is controlled to displace, and then the corresponding flow channel 11 is cut off or opened. Of course, the size of the valve flap 21 is adapted to the size of the corresponding flow channel 11, i.e. the valve flaps 21 of different solenoid valves 2 are different in size.

On this embodiment basis, in order to carry out the mixture of multiunit rivers passageway, water route disk seat 1 includes two sets of rivers passageways, and water connectors 3 are for including the muddy water joint of two water inlets and a delivery port, and two water inlets of water connectors 3 switch on with the delivery port of two sets of rivers passageways respectively. Furthermore, in order to adjust the water temperature, the water inlet of one water flow channel is communicated with a hot water pipe, and the water inlet of the other water flow channel is communicated with a cold water pipe.

It can be understood that the flow and proportion of cold water and hot water are respectively controlled through two groups of different water flow channels, and the cold water and the hot water are mixed in the water mixing joint, so that the effect of accurately controlling the water temperature is achieved.

In another embodiment of the utility model the waterway valve seat 1 includes only one set of water flow passages. The scheme is only used for controlling the water flow, and the equipment is small in size and more portable.

Taking fig. 1 to 5 as an example, the electromagnetic valve includes two sets of water flow passages, each set of water flow passages includes three flow passages 11, and an electromagnetic valve 2 is disposed in each flow passage 11. The cold water inlet channel 1, 2, 3 are respectively provided with water outlet holes (i.e. flow channels) with different sizes, 1, 2, 3 can be opened independently, or 1+2, 1+3, 2+3, 1+2+3 different arrangement and combination methods, the hot water inlet channel is provided with the same structure as the cold water inlet channel, or seven different arrangement and combination methods, the cold and hot water inlet channels have 7 × 7 ═ 49 arrangement and combination methods, and flow into the water mixing joint to mix the cold water and the hot water to adjust the temperature, 49 different arrangement and combination methods represent 49 different water temperatures and water flows, thereby forming the electromagnetic valve 2 with adjustable temperature and flow. Compared with a water valve with the same flow passage cross section area, the water valve can be combined into more types.

The utility model also provides a shower, wherein the water channel of the shower is internally provided with the water flow regulating valve so as to regulate the water temperature of the shower.

According to the technical scheme, the MCU controls the plurality of electromagnetic valves 2 to obtain a plurality of different permutation combination switches to achieve the function of adjusting water temperature and water flow, the switching time of the bistable electromagnetic valve is only about 50-100mS, and the bistable electromagnetic valve has a higher response speed than that of motor adjustment (2-3S or even longer), so that the function of quickly adjusting water temperature and water flow is achieved. The bistable electromagnetic valve can greatly save power consumption, so that the shower can be powered by weak current modes such as a saline dry battery, a rechargeable battery, a non-rechargeable battery, hydroelectric power generation and the like, the problem of difficult alternating current power connection in the application of products such as the shower and the like is solved, and the potential safety hazard problem of alternating current strong current is also solved.

All possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments may not be described for the sake of brevity, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present disclosure as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above examples only show some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the claims.

Claims (8)

1. A water flow regulating valve, comprising: the water channel valve seat comprises a water outlet connector and at least one group of water flow channels, the water outlet connector is communicated with the water outlets of all the water flow channels, at least two independent channels with different cross-section sizes are arranged between the water inlet and the water outlet of each water flow channel, one electromagnetic valve is arranged in each channel, and the corresponding channel is switched on or switched off by the electromagnetic valve.

2. The water flow regulating valve of claim 1, wherein said solenoid valve is a bistable solenoid valve.

3. The water flow regulating valve of claim 2, wherein the solenoid valve is fixed on the waterway valve seat by a screw, and a valve flap of the solenoid valve is arranged in the flow passage; the valve clacks are controlled to move, and then the corresponding flow passages are cut off or cut off.

4. The water flow regulating valve according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the waterway valve seat comprises two sets of water flow passages, the water outlet joint is a water mixing joint comprising two water inlets and one water outlet, and the two water inlets of the water outlet joint are respectively communicated with the water outlets of the two sets of water flow passages.

5. The water flow regulating valve according to claim 4, wherein the water inlet of one of said water flow passages is communicated with a hot water pipe, and the water inlet of the other of said water flow passages is communicated with a cold water pipe.

6. The water flow regulating valve according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein each set of said water flow passages comprises three flow passages, and one said solenoid valve is disposed in each flow passage.

7. The water flow regulating valve of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said waterway valve seat comprises a set of water flow passages.

8. A shower, wherein a water flow regulating valve as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 is provided in the water path of the shower.

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