EP2886727B1 - Robinet sanitaire et procédé d'apport énergétique d'un tel robinet - Google Patents

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EP2886727B1
EP2886727B1 EP14004250.8A EP14004250A EP2886727B1 EP 2886727 B1 EP2886727 B1 EP 2886727B1 EP 14004250 A EP14004250 A EP 14004250A EP 2886727 B1 EP2886727 B1 EP 2886727B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/10—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated electrically, e.g. by a photo-cell; also combined with devices for opening or closing shutters in the bowl outlet and/or with devices for raising/or lowering seat and cover and/or for swiveling the bowl
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/05—Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like for remote control of taps
    • E03C1/055—Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like

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  • the present invention relates to a sanitary fitting according to the preamble of patent claim 1, and a method for supplying energy according to claim 8.
  • Such fittings are used in daily use. For example, in public washrooms or in private households. Insofar as these are equipped with electrically operated sensor devices that are not supplied via a mains supply, it is necessary to ensure the power supply via another energy source.
  • batteries and capacitors are known as energy sources.
  • a flushing system for the purpose of automatic flushing of urinals and similar sanitary facilities described uses an electrical energy storage and switches when falling below a specified minimum charge, the power supply automatically to an additional existing electric battery or a rechargeable battery. As a result, the power supply is redundant and the energy removal from the electric battery or accumulator significantly reduced.
  • the autonomous operating time is extended by the energy supply from the short-term storage means is improved. This also means that less energy must be removed from the long-term storage means and thus this reaches a longer life.
  • the present invention has in fact recognized that a significantly improved charging is possible by maintaining a lower charge limit in the short-term storage means in an energy supply by means of energy generating device.
  • the electronic control device prevents the charge from falling below a predefined minimum charge limit which can also be referred to as the minimum charge or the lower charge limit.
  • Suitable energy generating devices are, for example, turbines or pelleting elements arranged in the water flow, which are arranged between hot and cold water lines.
  • the present invention has recognized that a deep-discharged short-term storage means, such as a capacitor, behaves with low electrical resistance, which causes the voltage provided by the power generation device to drop sharply during the charging process or even collapse. This means that a very large part of the energy generated is lost during the charging process.
  • Short-term storage means are to be understood as meaning those electronic storage means which can be charged very quickly several times, to power the electronic controller for a given period of time.
  • control device prevents falling below the charge limit, exactly this low-resistance state is avoided and instead reaches a high-impedance state of the short-term storage means.
  • the energy loss described in the charging process is thus significantly reduced.
  • a charge carried out in this state is much more efficient. So it is possible in practice, for example, with the invention, with a charge limit of 70% of the maximum charge capacity of the short-term storage means after a running time of the power generation device of 10 seconds to provide sensor electronics with 15 uA for about 4 hours alone with energy from the short-term storage means.
  • the energy required for this purpose can be generated.
  • the short-term storage means and the energy generating device are coordinated so that at a charging time of 10 seconds, a self-sufficient operation of about 4 hours, with a charging time of 4 to 5 minutes, an effective charge of 10% and a charging time of 10 to 20 minutes an effective charge of 100% is reached.
  • the effective charge is the amount of charge that is available between the charge limit and a maximum charge amount of the short-term storage means. For example, with a charge limit of 70%, an effective charge amount of 100% corresponds to a value of 30% of the maximum charge amount of the short-term storage means.
  • the monitoring of the charge state is interrupted by time intervals.
  • the control device is not used continuously but periodically recurring for monitoring the state of charge and switched off during the intervals.
  • the time intervals of the interruptions can be a few milliseconds, for example, 50 to 200 milliseconds, or extended to minutes and hours. In any case, it is possible to shut down the function of the control device in this time interval of the interruption and thereby save energy.
  • a charge monitoring device for monitoring a short-term storage means and possibly additionally the long-term storage means which transmits at least the state of charge to the control device.
  • the use of special monitoring devices is possible.
  • different control processes can be triggered by the control device depending on, for example, the state of the long-term storage means.
  • the runtime of the energy generating device can be extended by an after-run time during an actuation, as a result of which the energy removal from the long-term storage device can be reduced and the water consumption increases only slightly.
  • the charge monitoring device in addition to the respective charge states, the number of charge cycles or the change in the actual available charge capacities can be detected and transmitted.
  • the charge limit value or the charging voltage can be adapted as a function of such variable charge states or storage medium parameters.
  • control device obtains the required electrical energy directly from the storage means.
  • the long-term storage means is used exclusively for charging the short-term storage means.
  • the control device obtains the required electrical energy directly or indirectly from the long-term storage means as long as the charge state of the short-term storage means is in the range of the charge limit value.
  • the control device additionally or alternatively obtain energy from the long-term storage means and thus avoid a total discharge of the short-term storage means below the predetermined charge limit.
  • the energy from the long-term storage means is insufficient, a part of the required energy can be retrieved on a temporary basis and in addition from the short-term storage means. It is also conceivable to allow temporary and limited underruns of the predetermined lower charge limit, so that, for example, 10, 20 or 30% underruns are tolerated.
  • the lower charge limit is in the range of 63%, preferably between 40 and 75% and very particularly preferably between 40% and 70% of the maximum charge capacity of the short-term storage.
  • the short-term storage means which is generally designed as a high-performance capacitor, is always charged outside of the low-resistance operating state.
  • the energy supply method according to the invention is accordingly characterized in that the charge state of the short-term storage means is monitored in order to selectively supply energy from the long-term storage means or the energy production device to the short-term storage means as soon as the lower charge limit value is reached.
  • the short-term storage means is only charged beyond the lower charge limit value by means of energy from the energy generating device.
  • the energy withdrawal from the long-term storage means is reduced to the minimum.
  • the charge desired above the lower charge limit value is therefore carried out in a particularly efficient manner in this embodiment only by means of the energy generating device.
  • FIG. 1 shows a sanitary fitting 1 according to the invention in a schematic representation.
  • This sanitary fitting 1 consists of a housing 2, in which two water inlets 3, 4 are guided.
  • the water inlet 3 is a hot water inlet and the water inlet 4 is a cold water inlet.
  • Both water inlets 3, 4 lead to an energy generating device 5, which is designed for example as a turbine with a connected generator or as a pelletizing element.
  • the power generating device 5 is traversed by two water inlets 3, 4, it can also be arranged at other locations. For example, it can be arranged in the mixed water line 7, whereby only one input and one output are required at the same time always maximum flow rate of the flowing water.
  • the flow control means 6 is in the simplest case an electrically controllable solenoid valve. But there are also flow control means 6 known and usable within the scope of the invention, which can also produce certain predetermined mixing ratios, for example between hot water and cold water in addition to controlling the flow rate, in order to realize a temperature regulation in this way.
  • the water mixed in the flow control means 6 is led via a mixed water line 7 to an outlet 8, where the water then emerges from the housing 2.
  • the sanitary fitting 1 is equipped with a detection means 9, which is for example an infrared sensor, a touch sensor or a pressure switch.
  • the presently illustrated infrared sensor of the detection means 9 detects a user who acts, for example, with his hands in the detection area and generates corresponding signal.
  • a controller 10 is provided, which is in the form of electronic circuits and executes programmed instructions.
  • the control device 10 is connected via conduit means to the power generation device 5, the flow control means 6 and the detection means 9.
  • the power supply of the control device 10 is ensured by a long-term storage means 11 and a short-term storage means 12.
  • the control device 10 is designed such that, on the one hand, it can conduct energy flows, for example between the energy generation device 5 and the short-term storage means 12, and, on the other hand, receives and processes information signals.
  • the mode of operation of the control device 10 will be described below FIG. 2 described.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic charge curve of a short-term storage means 12 according to the invention over a charge curve according to the prior art.
  • the charge quantity Q of the short-term storage means 12 is shown on the y-axis and the time duration on the x-axis. It should be clarified that this is a schematic charge curve used to illustrate the present invention.
  • each short-term storage means 12 such as the high-performance capacitors already mentioned above, a progressive self-discharge occurs over time. This self-discharge is shown from the time 0 by the falling charge curve.
  • the curve indicated by the solid solid line corresponds to the present invention and the dashed line of a charge curve according to the prior art.
  • the control device 10 of the invention monitors the charge amount of the short-term storage means 12 and prevents falling below the lower charge limit, which is plotted as Q min in the diagram is. For this purpose, energy is supplied from the long-term storage means 11 to the short-term storage means 12.
  • the advantage of the present invention will now be particularly clear if charging of the short-term storage means 12 starts at time t 1 .
  • This charging can be done for example by means of the power generating device 5, when the sanitary fitting 1 is used. Since the control device 10 has kept the short-term storage means 12 by means of the supplied energy from the long-term storage means 11 on the lower charge limit Q min or above, the short-term storage means 12 behaves relatively high impedance and can be charged in a very short time by the amount of charge .DELTA.Q 1 .
  • the charge amounts can drop significantly below the lower charge limit Q min , as a result of which the short-term storage means 12 behaves in a low-resistance relative to the state according to the invention.
  • the significantly smaller amount of charge ⁇ Q 2 can be charged into the short-term storage means 12 in the same time period of the energy supply between t 1 and t 2 , since a lot of electrical power is lost due to the low-resistance state.
  • FIG. 3 shows another preferred embodiment of the present invention in which a charge monitor 13 separated from the controller 10 is connected to both the controller 10 and the short-term memory means 12.
  • the charge monitoring device 13 monitors, on the one hand, the charge state of the short-term storage means 12 as well as other parameters, such as the number of charge cycles and measured values of capacity changes or of maximum charge capacities.
  • the charge monitoring device 13 can additionally be used to monitor the long-term storage means 11. In any case, however, it forwards information or signals to the control device, which uses these at least for the charge control.
  • FIG. 4 shows FIG. 4 another embodiment in which the charge monitoring device 13 is arranged between the short-term storage means 12 and the long-term storage means 11.
  • the control device 10 is operated exclusively with energy from the short-term storage means 12.
  • the charge monitoring device 13 charges the short-term storage means 12 if necessary in order to avoid falling below the charge limit value Q min .
  • the energy generating device 5 generates energy, it is loaded into the short-term storage means 12 via the control device 10.
  • the power generation device 5 could also be connected to the charge monitoring device 13, which then prioritizes the energy from the power generation device 5 used to charge the short-term storage means 12.
  • the energy from the long-term storage means 11 is used exclusively to obtain the charge limit Q min in the short-term storage means 12. A charge beyond this lower charge limit value occurs exclusively by energy from the power generation device 5.
  • the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiments in the form described. On the contrary, it is obvious that numerous modifications of the invention are possible within the scope of the patent claims. For example, instead of the described energy flows and control links within the scope of the inventive concept, numerous other embodiments can be realized.
  • the invention can also be used in connection with sanitary fittings having only a single water supply for cold, mixed or hot water or fittings that have more than two water supplies.

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  1. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) équipée d'au moins une arrivée d'eau (3, 4) qui est reliée fluidiquement à une sortie (7) pour permettre le passage d'un flux d'eau, et comportant en outre des moyens de commande du flux passant (6) et au moins un dispositif de production d'énergie (5) qui sont respectivement traversés par le flux d'eau, ainsi que des moyens de détection (9) permettant d'identifier une demande d'eau, le dispositif de production d'énergie (5), les moyens de commande du flux passant (6) et les moyens de détection (9) étant reliés à un dispositif de commande électronique (10), la robinetterie sanitaire comportant, pour permettre l'alimentation en énergie du dispositif de commande (10), des moyens de stockage à long terme (11) et des moyens de stockage à court terme (12), électriques, et le dispositif de commande électronique (10) étant susceptible de surveiller l'état de charge des moyens de stockage à court terme (12),
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande électronique (10) est susceptible, en présence d'une diminution de l'état de charge, d'empêcher une diminution de l'état de charge au-dessous d'une valeur limite prédéfinie de la charge (Qmin) par alimentation en énergie sélectivement à partir du dispositif de production d'énergie (5) ou des moyens de stockage à long terme (11).
  2. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à la revendication précédente,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la surveillance de l'état de charge peut être interrompue pendant des intervalles de temps.
  3. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce qu'
    il est prévu un dispositif de surveillance de la charge (13) permettant de surveiller les moyens de stockage à court terme (12) et le cas échéant également les moyens de stockage à long terme (11) qui est réalisé pour pouvoir transmettre au moins l'état de charge au dispositif de commande (10).
  4. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce qu'
    elle peut, outre l'état de charge, également détecter d'autres informations concernant les moyens de stockage (11, 12) surveillés et les transmettre au dispositif de commande (10).
  5. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande (10) peut obtenir l'énergie électrique nécessaire directement à partir des moyens de stockage à court terme (12).
  6. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    le dispositif de commande (10) peut obtenir l'énergie électrique nécessaire indirectement ou directement à partir des moyens de stockage à long terme (11) tant que l'état de charge des moyens de stockage à court est situé au-dessous de la valeur limite de la charge (Qmin)
  7. Robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisée en ce que
    la valeur limite de la charge (Qmin) est située entre 40% et 70% de la capacité de charge maximum des moyens de stockage à court terme (12).
  8. Procédé permettant l'alimentation en énergie d'une robinetterie sanitaire (1) conforme à l'une des revendications précédentes équipée de moyens de stockage électriques à long terme (11) et de moyens de stockage électriques à court terme (12), d'un dispositif de production d'énergie électrique (5) et d'un dispositif de commande (10) comprenant les étapes suivantes consistant à :
    a) surveiller l'état de charge des moyens de stockage à court terme (12),
    b) transférer sélectivement de l'énergie aux moyens de stockage à court terme (12) à partir des moyens de stockage à long terme (11) ou du dispositif de production d'énergie (5) en cas de diminution de l'état de charge à une valeur limite de la charge (Qmin) pour permettre le maintien de la charge.
  9. Procédé conforme à la revendication précédente,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les moyens de stockage à court terme (12) se sont chargés qu'avec de l'énergie provenant du dispositif de production d'énergie (5) au-dessus de la valeur limite de la charge (Qmin)
  10. Procédé conforme à l'une des deux revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les moyens de stockage à court terme (12) sont alimentés en priorité avec de l'énergie provenant du dispositif de production d'énergie (5).
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