CN218233681U - Vacuum closestool with flushing function after defecation - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a vacuum closestool with after-defecation flushing function, the vacuum closestool comprises a nozzle, a controller, a first water valve, a second water valve, a flushing ring and a discharge valve, an external water pipe is connected with the first water valve and the second water valve through a three-way joint, the controller is respectively connected with the first water valve and the discharge valve through an air pipe, the first water valve is communicated with the flushing ring, the controller controls the flushing ring to flush the closestool through the first water valve, and the controller controls the discharge valve to open to discharge the closestool; the second water valve is communicated with the nozzle and used for opening and closing the nozzle. The utility model provides a vacuum closestool, it possesses just the back flushing function and need not electrical control, greatly the cost is reduced to the installation procedure has been simplified.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a closestool technical field further relates to a vacuum closestool who possesses just after-flushing function.
Background
With the progress of society and the continuous improvement of social productivity level, more and more appliances which can facilitate the daily life of people and improve the health level of people are born in large quantity. In addition to the routine washing of hands, the post-defecation flushing of the lower body of the human body is also very important, and it is generally accepted in the global medical community that 80% of anorectal diseases and 50% of women diseases are caused by incomplete cleaning after defecation. In terms of human perception, simple use of toilet paper cannot wipe out dirt in wrinkles due to wrinkles around the anus of the human body, and a thorough cleaning effect can be achieved only by washing with water. However, the conventional toilet with the after-defecation flushing function needs to have power access, and the design is expensive under the control of a sensor, so that the cost is increased by more than 50% only by using a split cover plate, and an additional power supply needs to be connected. Particularly in the field of ships where vacuum toilets are widely used, the cost and installation difficulty are greatly increased.
Therefore, there is a need for a vacuum toilet with a post-flush function that does not require electrical controls to reduce cost.
Disclosure of Invention
To the technical problem, an object of the utility model is to provide a vacuum toilet, it possesses just the back flush function and need not electrical control, greatly the cost is reduced to the installation procedure has been simplified.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a vacuum toilet with washing function after having, including nozzle, controller, first water valve, second water valve, flushing ring and blow-off valve, outside water pipe pass through three way connection with first water valve with the second water valve is connected, the controller respectively through the trachea with first water valve, the blow-off valve is connected, first water valve with the flushing ring intercommunication, the controller controls through first water valve the flushing ring washes the closestool, the controller control the blow-off valve opens and discharges the closestool; the second water valve is communicated with the nozzle and used for opening and closing the nozzle.
In some embodiments, further comprising:
and the button is connected with the controller through a first air pipe and is used for opening the first water valve and the discharge valve through the controller.
In some embodiments, further comprising:
the three-way joint is a reducing tee, one port of the reducing tee is connected with the external water pipe, one port of the reducing tee is connected with the first water valve, and the other port of the reducing tee is connected with the second water valve.
In some embodiments, the second water valve includes a cleaning handle and a ball valve, the cleaning handle is connected to a valve core of the ball valve and used for controlling the opening and closing of the ball valve, and a torsion spring is arranged in the cleaning handle and used for achieving automatic resetting.
In some embodiments, the nozzle includes a nozzle head and a sleeve, the nozzle head is provided with a water jet, the sleeve is provided with a water vent, the water vent is connected with the second water valve, the nozzle head is telescopically arranged in the sleeve, the water jet is communicated with the water vent when the nozzle head extends out of the sleeve by a preset length, and the water jet is disconnected with the water vent when the nozzle head is less than the preset length.
In some embodiments, the sleeve comprises a sleeve and a sleeve back cover, the sleeve being removably connected to the sleeve back cover;
the spray nozzle comprises a spray pipe and a spray nozzle rear cover, the water spray opening is formed in one end of the spray pipe, the spray nozzle rear cover is formed in one end, away from the water spray opening, of the spray pipe, and the spray nozzle rear cover is detachably connected with the spray pipe.
In some embodiments, the water inlet includes a first water inlet, a second water inlet, and a water outlet, the first water inlet and the second water inlet are disposed on the sidewall of the sleeve at an interval, the first water inlet is connected to the second water valve, the second water inlet is connected to the water outlet through a flexible water pipe, the water outlet is disposed on the rear cover of the sleeve, and when the nozzle extends out of the sleeve by a predetermined length, the water outlet is communicated with the second water inlet.
In some embodiments, the sleeve comprises a first pipe section and a second pipe section which are connected in sequence, the inner diameter of the first pipe section is smaller than that of the second pipe section, one end, far away from the second pipe section, of the first pipe section is provided with an end wall, an opening is formed in the end wall, the spray head extends out of the opening, and the rear cover of the sleeve is arranged at one end, far away from the first pipe section, of the second pipe section;
the spray pipe is provided with a piston, the piston is inserted into the second pipe section in a matching mode, the outer diameter of the piston is larger than the inner diameter of the first pipe section, and the spring is sleeved on the spray pipe and clamped between the piston and the end wall of the first pipe section.
In some embodiments, the piston is provided with a water injection port, the water injection port is communicated with the water injection port, and when the piston moves to the end part of the second pipe section close to the first pipe section, the water injection port is communicated with the second water inlet port.
In some embodiments, a guide rail is arranged on the inner wall of the sleeve, and a guide block is arranged at a corresponding position of the piston and is in fit connection with the guide rail, so that the piston does not rotate in the sleeve;
the sleeve is provided with a drain hole which is positioned at the lower side of the second water inlet;
and/or the sleeve is provided with an air hole, and the air hole is positioned at the position, close to the end wall, of the first pipe section.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a vacuum closestool who possesses just after-flushing function has following beneficial effect:
in the post-defecation flushing stage of the vacuum closestool with the post-defecation flushing function, the starting button enables air to enter the controller through the first air pipe, the controller controls the first water valve and the discharge valve to be opened, and water flows into the flushing ring through the first water valve to finish the discharging and flushing processes; in the cleaning stage after defecation, the cleaning handle is pressed down to open the ball valve, water flows into the nozzle and pushes the spray head to extend outwards, when the spray head extends to a preset position, the water injection port is communicated with the second water inlet, the water flows into the spray head and is sprayed out from the water spray port in front of the spray pipe to be cleaned, after cleaning is completed, the cleaning handle is loosened to close the ball valve, and the nozzle returns to an initial position under the elastic force of the spring; the automatic stretching and water spraying of the spray head are realized by controlling the opening and closing of the ball valve through the cleaning handle, the adjustment is simple, electric control is not needed, the cost is greatly reduced, and the installation steps are simplified.
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The above features, technical features, advantages and modes of realisation of the present invention will be further described in the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof, which is to be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the internal structure of a vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the external structure of a vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the nozzle of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment nozzle of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of another perspective of a preferred embodiment nozzle of the present invention.
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the water jet device comprises a nozzle 1, a spray head 11, a water spray opening 111, a spray pipe 112, a piston 1121, a spring 1122, a water filling opening 1123, a spray head rear cover 113, a sleeve 12, a sleeve 121, a first pipe section 1211, a second pipe section 1212, an end wall 1213, an opening 1214, a guide rail 1215, a guide block 1216, a water discharge hole 1217, an air vent 1218, a sleeve rear cover 122, a first water inlet 123, a second water inlet 124, a water outlet 125, a controller 2, a button 21, a first air pipe 22, a first water valve 3, a second water valve 4, a cleaning handle 41, a ball valve 42, a discharge valve 5, a flushing ring 6, a three-way joint 7, an external water pipe 71 and a toilet seat 8.
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In order to more clearly illustrate embodiments of the present invention or technical solutions in the prior art, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only examples of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings and embodiments can be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort.
For the sake of simplicity, only the parts related to the utility model are schematically shown in the drawings, and they do not represent the actual structure as a product. In addition, in order to make the drawings concise and understandable, components having the same structure or function in some of the drawings are only schematically illustrated or only labeled. In this document, "one" means not only "only one" but also a case of "more than one".
It should be further understood that the term "and/or" as used in this specification and the appended claims refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
In this context, it is to be understood that, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may include, for example, a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In addition, in the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used only for distinguishing the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance.
In one embodiment, referring to the attached drawings 1 and 2 of the specification, the utility model provides a vacuum toilet with a flushing function after defecation, which comprises a nozzle 1, a controller 2, a first water valve 3, a second water valve 4, a flushing ring 6 and a discharge valve 5, wherein an external water pipe 71 is connected with the first water valve 3 and the second water valve 4 through a three-way joint 7, the controller 2 is respectively connected with the first water valve 3 and the discharge valve 5 through an air pipe, the first water valve 3 is communicated with the flushing ring 6, the controller 2 controls the flushing ring 6 to flush the toilet through the first water valve 3, and the controller 2 controls the discharge valve 5 to open to discharge the toilet; the second water valve 4 is communicated with the nozzle 1 and used for opening and closing the nozzle 1.
Specifically, the vacuum toilet with a post-toilet flushing function further comprises: a button 21, wherein the button 21 is connected with the controller 2 through a first air pipe 22 and is used for opening the first water valve 2 and the discharge valve 5 through the controller 2. The three-way joint 7 is a reducing three-way joint, one port of the three-way joint 7 is connected with the external water pipe 71, one port of the three-way joint 7 is connected with the first water valve 3, and the other port of the three-way joint 7 is connected with the second water valve 4. The second water valve 4 comprises a cleaning handle 41 and a ball valve 42, the cleaning handle 41 is connected with a valve core of the ball valve 42 and used for controlling the opening and closing of the ball valve 42, and a torsion spring is arranged in the cleaning handle 41 and used for achieving automatic resetting.
Further, the vacuum toilet with the toilet flushing function further comprises: a toilet seat 8, a toilet opening is arranged at the upper side of the toilet seat 8, and a flushing ring 6 is arranged at the toilet opening. The inside of closestool seat 8 is provided with the installation cavity, and nozzle 1, controller 2, first water valve 3, second water valve 4, blow-off valve 5 and three way connection 7 all set up in the installation cavity of closestool seat 8, and the one end that nozzle 1 is close to the water jet can stretch into the mouth of sitting in the stool when extending, and clean handle 41 and button 21 set up in the outside of closestool seat 8.
In this embodiment, in the post-defecation flushing stage, the button 21 is started to make air enter the controller 2 through the first air pipe 22, the controller 2 controls the first water valve 3 and the discharge valve 5 to be opened, and water enters the flushing ring 6 through the first water valve 3 to complete the discharging and flushing processes; in the cleaning stage after defecation, the cleaning handle 41 is pressed down to open the ball valve 42, water flow enters the nozzle 1 and is sprayed out from a water spraying port in front of the nozzle 1 for cleaning, after cleaning is completed, the cleaning handle is loosened to close the ball valve, the nozzle 1 stops spraying water, and the cleaning device is simple to adjust, greatly reduces the cost and simplifies the installation steps.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3 to 5 of the specification, on the basis of the above embodiment, the nozzle 1 includes a nozzle 11 and a sleeve 12, the nozzle 11 is provided with a water outlet 111, the sleeve 12 is provided with a water passage, the water passage is connected to the second water valve 4, the nozzle 11 is telescopically arranged in the sleeve 12, when the nozzle 11 extends out of the sleeve 12 by a preset length, the water outlet 111 is communicated with the water passage, and when the nozzle 11 is contracted in the sleeve 12, the water outlet 111 is disconnected from the water passage.
The sleeve 12 includes a sleeve 121 and a sleeve back cover 122, and the sleeve 121 is detachably connected to the sleeve back cover 122, for example, a threaded connection may be used. The nozzle 11 includes a nozzle 112 and a nozzle rear cover 113, the water outlet 111 is disposed at one end of the nozzle 112, the nozzle rear cover 113 is disposed at one end of the nozzle 112 far away from the water outlet 111, and the nozzle rear cover 113 is detachably connected to the nozzle 112, for example, it may be a threaded connection. The water through port comprises a first water inlet 123, a second water inlet 124 and a water outlet 125, the first water inlet 123 and the second water inlet 124 are arranged on the side wall of the sleeve 121 at intervals, the first water inlet 123 is connected with the second water valve 4, the second water inlet 124 is connected with the water outlet 125 through a flexible water pipe, the water outlet 125 is arranged on the sleeve rear cover 122, and when the spray head 11 extends out of the sleeve 12 by a preset length, the water spray port 111 is communicated with the second water inlet 124.
Further, a guide 1215 is disposed on the inner wall of the sleeve 121, a guide block 1216 is disposed at a corresponding position of the piston 1121, and the guide block 1216 is fittingly coupled to the guide 1215, so that the piston 1121 rotates inside the sleeve 121.
The casing 121 is provided with a drainage hole 1217, the drainage hole 1217 is located at the lower side of the second water inlet 124, or the drainage hole 1217 may be connected to a drain line.
And/or, the sleeve 121 may be provided with an air vent 1218, and the air vent 1218 may be located near the end wall 1213 of the first tube 1211.
In this embodiment, the working process of the nozzle 1 is as follows: pressing the cleaning handle 41 opens the ball valve 42, and water flows into the rear cavity of the sleeve 12 through the first water inlet 123 and pushes the piston 1121 forward, at this time, a small amount of water flows into the front cavity of the sleeve 12 through the water outlet 125, the flexible water pipe and the second water inlet 124 and is discharged through the water discharge hole 1217, and the water discharge hole 1217 can be connected with a discharge pipe to collect and discharge residual water if necessary. When piston 1121 moves to the connection of first tube section 1211 and second tube section 1212, at which time the maximum stroke is reached, piston 1121 stops moving; at this time, the second water inlet 124 is communicated with the water filling port 1123, and the water entering from the first water inlet 123 enters the nozzle 112 through the water outlet 125, the flexible water pipe, the second water inlet 124 and the water filling port 1123 and is sprayed out from the water spraying port 111 in front of the nozzle 112.
When the cleaning handle 41 is loosened to close the ball valve 42, the outside water flow stops, the nozzle 11 is pushed back under the action of the spring 1122, the residual water in the rear cavity of the sleeve 12 enters the front cavity of the sleeve 12 through the water outlet 125, the flexible water pipe and the second water inlet 124 and is discharged through the water discharge hole 1217, and the water discharge hole 1217 can be connected with a discharge pipe to collect and discharge the residual water if necessary; at this time, the first water inlet 123 and the water injection port 1123 are disconnected in a dislocation manner, and the water injection port 111 stops injecting water immediately; when the nozzle 11 returns to the initial position, the nozzle back cover 113 holds the nozzle 112 to ensure that the first water inlet 123 has enough space for water to enter, and the remaining water in the first pipe 1211 can be discharged through the air hole 1218.
In the flushing stage after defecation, the button 21 is started to make air enter the controller 2 through the first air pipe 22, the controller 2 controls the first water valve 3 and the discharge valve 5 to be opened, and water flow enters the flushing ring 6 through the first water valve 3 to finish the discharging and flushing processes; in the cleaning stage after defecation, the cleaning handle 41 is pressed down to open the ball valve 42, water flows into the nozzle 1 and pushes the spray head 11 to extend outwards, when the spray head is extended to a preset position, the water injection port 1123 is communicated with the second water inlet 124, the water flows into the spray head 11 and is sprayed out from the water spraying port 111 in front of the spray pipe 112 for cleaning, after cleaning is completed, the cleaning handle 41 is released to close the ball valve 42, and the nozzle 1 returns to the initial position under the elastic force of the spring 1122; the cleaning handle 41 is used for controlling the ball valve 42 to open and close to realize automatic extension and water spraying of the spray head 11, the spray head 11 can be retracted when not in use, normal use of the toilet is not affected, adjustment is simple, cost is greatly reduced, and installation steps are simplified.
The specific structure of the toilet bowl for realizing the flushing stage may be other existing structures as long as the toilet bowl has the flushing function.
In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments for parts that are not described or recited in detail in a certain embodiment.
It should be noted that the above embodiments can be freely combined as necessary. The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A vacuum closestool with a flushing function after defecation comprises a nozzle, a controller, a first water valve, a second water valve, a flushing ring and a discharge valve, wherein an external water pipe is connected with the first water valve and the second water valve through a three-way joint; the second water valve is communicated with the nozzle and used for opening and closing the nozzle.
2. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 1, further comprising:
and the button is connected with the controller through a first air pipe and used for opening the first water valve and the discharge valve through the controller.
3. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 1, further comprising:
the three-way joint is a reducing tee, one port of the reducing tee is connected with the external water pipe, one port of the reducing tee is connected with the first water valve, and the other port of the reducing tee is connected with the second water valve.
4. The vacuum toilet with a post-toilet flushing function according to claim 3,
the second water valve comprises a cleaning handle and a ball valve, the cleaning handle is connected with a valve core of the ball valve and used for controlling the opening and closing of the ball valve, and a torsion spring is arranged in the cleaning handle and used for achieving automatic resetting.
5. The vacuum toilet with a post-toilet flushing function according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
the nozzle comprises a spray head and a sleeve, a water spray opening is formed in the spray head, a water through opening is formed in the sleeve, the water through opening is connected with the second water valve, the spray head is arranged in the sleeve in a telescopic mode, the spray head stretches out of the sleeve for a preset length, the water spray opening is communicated with the water through opening, and when the spray head shrinks to be smaller than the preset length, the water spray opening is disconnected with the water through opening.
6. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 5,
the sleeve comprises a sleeve and a sleeve rear cover, and the sleeve is detachably connected with the sleeve rear cover;
the spray head comprises a spray pipe and a spray head rear cover, the water spraying opening is formed in one end of the spray pipe, the spray head rear cover is arranged at one end, away from the water spraying opening, of the spray pipe, and the spray head rear cover is detachably connected with the spray pipe.
7. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 6,
the limbers includes first water inlet, second water inlet and delivery port, first water inlet with second water inlet interval set up in on the sheathed tube lateral wall, first water inlet with the second water valve is connected, the second water inlet pass through flexible water pipe with the delivery port is connected, the delivery port set up in cover behind the sleeve, the shower nozzle stretch out in when the length is predetermine to the sleeve, the water jet with the second water inlet intercommunication.
8. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 7,
the sleeve comprises a first pipe section and a second pipe section which are sequentially connected, the inner diameter of the first pipe section is smaller than that of the second pipe section, one end, far away from the second pipe section, of the first pipe section is provided with an end wall, an opening is formed in the end wall, the spray head extends out of the opening, and the rear cover of the sleeve is arranged at one end, far away from the first pipe section, of the second pipe section;
the spray pipe is provided with a piston, the piston is inserted into the second pipe section in a matching mode, the outer diameter of the piston is larger than the inner diameter of the first pipe section, and the spring is sleeved on the spray pipe and clamped between the piston and the end wall of the first pipe section.
9. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 8,
and a water injection port is arranged on the piston and is communicated with the water injection port, and when the piston moves to the end part of the second pipe section close to the first pipe section, the water injection port is communicated with the second water inlet.
10. The vacuum toilet with a post-flush function according to claim 9,
a guide rail is arranged on the inner wall of the sleeve, a guide block is arranged at a position corresponding to the piston, and the guide block is in adaptive connection with the guide rail, so that the piston does not rotate in the sleeve;
the sleeve is provided with a drain hole which is positioned at the lower side of the second water inlet;
and/or the sleeve is provided with an air hole, and the air hole is positioned at the position, close to the end wall, of the first pipe section.
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