ES2209665A1 - Electric decalcifier comprises deposit for storage of water, first conduit for moving water from deposit to pump or impulsion device, and second conduit for moving water on from pump or impulsion device to boiler - Google Patents

Abstract

The electric decalcifier comprises a deposit (1) for storage of water (15), a first conduit (3) for moving water from the deposit to a pump or impulsion device (2) and a second conduit (4) for moving water on from the pump or impulsion device to a boiler which heats the water (16) to form steam (17). At least a third conduit (6) moves the steam from the boiler (5) to a steam device (7). In front of the boiler and at least on one of the conduits is at least one set of transducers (9) connected to an electronic signal generator (10) which applies an electric signal to the transducers which act on the calcium carbonate of the water.

Description

Electric water softener

Electric water softener, especially for pressure steam generators, coffee makers or water heaters, of the type comprising a water storage tank, a first conduit that carries water from the aforementioned reservoir to a pump or drive means, a second conduit that carries the referred water from the said pump or drive means to a boiler that heats the water inside for the formation of water vapor, and at least a third conduit that carries the referred water vapor from the boiler to a steam appliance and because also before the boiler and on at least one of the ducts that transport water from the tank to the boiler are configure at least one set of transducers connected to a electronic signal generator, which applies an electrical signal on the transducers and these on the water that circulates inside of the ducts, affecting the calcium carbonate of Water.

Background of the invention

They are known in the state of the art different patents that protect water softeners, especially for steam or water generating devices hot.

This is how Spanish Patent No. 9900113 is known (2168891), of the year 1999, on behalf of the firm KRAINEL, S.A., which refers to a descaling device for electric irons steam. It has product retention means water softeners that are located in accommodation facilities provided inside a water tank that supplies a vaporization chamber It is characterized because the means of Retention of decalcifying product are determined by one or several affected container cartridges of a plurality of holes and / or grooves of water in the tank. The means of retention are immersed in water when the user uses the steam iron, through the housing means, which allow in turn the movement of the cartridges inside the water tank. The accommodation facilities consist of three points materialized in two lower guides and one upper. Is structure keeps the containers in continuous contact with the water and facilitates water decalcification, especially when perform the ironing action.

It is also in the state of the art European Patent No. 0785303, requested in 1997, in the name of the firm SEB, S.A .. This invention relates to an apparatus steam appliance with an antifouling device. The invention refers to an appliance that carries a internal or internal water tank connected to generation means  of substantially instantaneous steam as well as a device anti-fouling, - according to the invention the device antifouling includes means of thermoprecipitation of the tartar upstream of said steam generating means.

Brief Description of the Invention

The present invention is a considerable advance in the sector of preventive devices to the appearance of the lime or calcium carbonate, as it increases the benefits of appliances or appliances in which it is installed, to own time that does not consume any type of organic product anti-lime, thereby being very beneficial for the environment.

So in this application, the inventors, after  countless exams and tests have found an effective remedy to prevent the deposition of water lime in the heaters of water, coffee makers or steam generators. Lime is the cause in many occasions of irreparable damage to the attacking device, especially in boilers, being necessary to invest money and routine to prevent her from depositing in the device in question.

Apart from the patents indicated in the Background of the invention, in the state of the art they find different patents that try to avoid deposition of lime by means of osmotic membranes or by fighting them by means of chemical products (preferably in washing machines, dishwasher and coffee makers) or by means of organic filters that they demand a diligence in the user.

The invention consists in placing in a moment before the water boiler enters the heater of water, coffee makers or steam generator, of some transducers, by example as coils or plates, which affect the duct that carries water. Thus, by means of an electronic generator signal, a series of electrical signals are continuously applied on the transducers, which affect the lime that contains the water and prevent it from depositing in the boiler, being eliminated said lime at the time of the steam or water outlet to the Exterior.

To all the advantages listed above, it  it also joins its simplicity, its easy installation, its zero cost of maintenance, allowing the user to never worry more than the use of an anti-lime device or product anti-lime

Brief description of the drawings

In order to facilitate the explanation, accompanying herein two sheets of drawings in which they have represented a practical case of realization, which citation by way of example, not limiting the scope of this invention.

- Figure 1 is a schematic of the device object of the present invention, with coils.

- Figure 2 is a schematic of the device object of the present invention, with plates.

Concrete realization of the requested patent

Thus in Figure 1 a tank 1 is illustrated with water 15 inside, a pump or drive means 2, a first duct 3, a boiler 5 with water 16 and water vapor 17 in its interior, a second conduit 4, a primer 18, means of water heating 19, a steam iron 7, a third conduit 6, coils 9 and an electronic signal generator 10.

In Figure 2 identical elements are represented  that in figure 1 with the change of the coils for some plates conductive 11.

In a specific embodiment, tank 1 supplies water through the first conduit 3 to the pump or drive means 2. From the pump or drive means 2, by means of a second conduit 4, after passing through a primer 18, is distribute the water to the boiler 5, which heats it, thanks to heating means 19, the steam being distributed resulting through a third conduit 6 to the plate a steam 7.

Between the tank 1 and the boiler 5 are located about  9.11 transducers, connected to an electronic signal generator 10 that applies an electrical signal on the referred transducers, so that said electrical signal affects the passing water through the 3,4 ducts, and in turn on the crystals of calcium carbonate

Once the water 16, inside the boiler 5, thanks to the electrical signals that have been applied on the water and calcium carbonate lime as it passes through the ducts 3,4, to said water being heated, calcium carbonate does not precipitate and is transported to the third conduit 6 through water vapor 17 and of said conduit to the steam iron 7 which eliminates it by outside, without precipitating inside the circuit hydraulic.

For an easier understanding they have represented in figures 1 and 2 transducers by way of coils (figure 1) and conductive plates (figures 2) although fine Any other type of transducers could be used.

They have also been represented in the drawings said transducers 9.11, before the pump or drive means 2 and after deposit 1, although they can be placed in any point of the hydraulic circuit, being able to even be located more than one transducer In any case at least one set of transducers must be located at a point located after deposit 1 and before the boiler 5.

The present invention patent describes a New electric water softener. The examples mentioned here do not they are limiting of the present invention, therefore it may have different applications and / or adaptations, all of them within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (4)

1. Electric water softener, especially for pressurized steam generators, coffee makers or water heaters, of the type comprising a tank (1) for water storage (15), a first duct (3) that transports water from said tank to a pump or delivery means (2), a second conduit (4) that transports the said water from the said pump or delivery means (2) to a boiler (5) that heats the water (16) inside it to the formation of water vapor (17), and at least a third conduit (6) that transports said water vapor from the boiler (5) to a steam apparatus (7) characterized in that in a place between the tank ( 1) and at the boiler (5) and at least one of the ducts (3,4) that transports water from the tank (1) to the boiler (5), at least one set of transducers (9, 11) ) connected to an electronic signal generator (10) that applies an electrical signal to the transducers (9, 11) and these in turn on the water circulating inside the ducts (3, 4), said electrical signal having an impact on the calcium carbonate in the water. 2. Water softener according to claim 1 characterized in that it incorporates a second set of transducers, located at a point after the boiler (5) and within the hydraulic circuit. 3. Water softener according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that said transducers (9) are coils. 4. Water softener according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that said transducers (11) are conductive plates.