JP2000050977A - Equipment for water section - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To extremely easily set and adjust respective electric equipments even when plural electric equipments are provided. SOLUTION: Plural sinks 2 are installed on the upper surface of a cabinet 1, and a faucet 3 is provided for every sink 2. Below the respective sinks 2 in the cabinet 1, electric water warmers 4 are respectively installed so that hot water can be supplied to the respective faucets 3. On the front face of the electric water warmer 4, a receiving parts 5 is provided and a signal wave from a remote controller 6 is received. The remote controller 6 has a function for setting the temperature of hot water to be supplied from the electric water warmer 4 and a function for controlling the human body detecting sensitivity of the automatic faucet 3. A signal can be applied to the faucet 3 or electric water warmer 4 one by one by the remote controller 6 or signals are simultaneously applied to all the faucets 3 or electric water warmers 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plumbing system equipped with an electric device such as an electric water heater, and more particularly to a plumbing device that remotely controls the electric device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electric water heater is installed in a hand-washing cabinet so that hot water can be discharged from a faucet provided on the cabinet. In the case of multiple hand wash cabinets with multiple sinks,
An electric water heater may be placed for each sink.

[0003]

In this electric water heater, it is necessary to adjust the discharge temperature according to the season, but in the case of a multiple cabinet in which a plurality of electric water heaters are provided in the cabinet, It is necessary to open the doors in front of the electric water heaters one by one and perform an adjusting operation (for example, switching a switch, turning a volume, etc.) on each electric water heater one by one.
Therefore, as the number of electric water heaters increases, this operation becomes troublesome.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a plumbing system in which electric equipment such as an electric water heater can be easily operated by remote control.

[0005]

A plumbing system according to the present invention (claim 1) is characterized in that in a plumbing system having a plurality of electric devices, these electric devices can be operated by a common operation unit. It is assumed that.

[0006] In such a plumbing system, a plurality of electric devices can be operated by a common operation unit, and the operation work can be simplified.

The present invention is extremely effective when this electric equipment is of the same type as an electric water heater of a multiple cabinet and is arranged in a large number in one cabinet.

The operation section may be of a wireless type using light, ultrasonic waves, radio waves, or the like, or may be of a wired type using lead wires. The former wireless type operation unit simplifies the installation of electric devices.

A plumbing system of the present invention (claim 7) is a plumbing system in which electric equipment is installed in a cabinet.
A wave transmitting portion for transmitting a signal wave from the operation portion is provided in the cabinet.

[0010] With such a plumbing system, a signal from the wireless operation unit can be reliably supplied to the electric equipment.

In this case, by providing the wave transmitting portion on the door, the main body side (portion other than the door) of the cabinet can be shared by various cabinets, and only the door can be provided with the wave transmitting portion. Cost is reduced.

The human body may be detected through the wave transmitting portion.

[0013]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plumbing system according to an embodiment.

The plumbing system is related to a multiple-type hand-washing cabinet. A plurality of sinks 2 are installed on the upper surface of a cabinet 1, and a faucet 3 is provided for each sink 2. An electric water heater 4 is installed below each sink 2 in the cabinet 1 so that hot water can be supplied to each faucet 3.

A receiving section 5 is provided on the front of the electric water heater 4, and receives a signal wave from a remote controller 6.

In this embodiment, the faucet 3 is an automatic faucet, and is configured to automatically discharge water when a human body is detected below the water outlet.

The remote controller 6 has a function of setting the hot water supply temperature of the electric water heater 4 and a function of adjusting the sensitivity of the automatic faucet 3 for detecting a human body.

When the selection button 6b of the remote controller 6 is operated, items to be set or adjusted appear on the display screen 6a, and the temperature and sensitivity are adjusted by operating the adjustment button 6c.

In this case, signals may be given to the faucet 3 and the electric water heater 4 one by one by the remote controller 6,
A signal may be given to all faucets 3 or electric water heaters 4 at once.

In the present invention, the faucet 3 and the electric water heater 4 may be configured to emit a sound when an operation signal is given, so that it is possible to confirm that adjustment and setting have been performed. , Convenient.

In this case, the timing at which each faucet 3 or electric water heater 4 generates a sound may be slightly different. Further, the frequency of the generated sound may be made different.

Note that, instead of generating a sound, a light emitting means such as an LED may be provided in a portion that can be seen from the outside.

In the present invention, a two-way communication system is used, and a signal indicating that a signal has been given is output from the faucet 3 or the electric water heater 4 to the remote controller 6, and the display unit 6 of the remote controller 6 is displayed.
a may be displayed.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which a wired remote controller 6A is used.
And the electric water heater 4 by a signal line 7.

According to the water supply system, the faucet 3 and the electric water heater 4 can be collectively and extremely reliably set or adjusted collectively.

FIG. 3 shows a cabinet 1 having an automatic faucet 9.
0, electric appliances such as an electric water heater 11, a disposer 12, an ionized water generator 13, and an electrolyzed water generator 14 are installed, and a foot heater 15 is installed at the bottom of the cabinet 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which a dishwasher 16 and a dryer 17 are provided adjacent to FIG.

A door 20 on the front of the cabinet 10 is provided with a light transmitting portion 21 for transmitting an infrared signal wave for setting or adjustment from a remote controller 22. A human body detection sensor 19 is provided on the back side of the translucent section 21 so that the foot heater 15 can be driven by a human body detection signal.

According to this plumbing system, each electric device 11 to 14 can be adjusted or set without opening the door 20, which is extremely convenient. Each of the automatic faucet 3, the foot heater 15, the dishwasher 16 and the dryer 17 is provided with a light receiving portion (not shown) for receiving signal light from the remote controller 22. Can be set or adjusted.

Although infrared light is used in FIG. 3, a translucent portion is unnecessary when using ultrasonic waves or radio waves.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if a plurality of electric devices are provided, setting and adjustment of each electric device can be performed very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hand-washing cabinet according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a hand-washing cabinet according to another embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a hand-washing cabinet according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,10 cabinet 2 sink 3 automatic faucet 4,11 electric water heater 6,7,22 remote control 7 signal line 20 door 21 translucent part

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A plumbing system having a plurality of electric devices, wherein the electric devices can be operated by a common operation unit. 2. The plumbing system according to claim 1, wherein the electric devices are of the same type. 3. The plumbing system according to claim 1, wherein the electric equipment is arranged in a cabinet. 4. The plumbing system according to claim 1, wherein the electric device is a water heater. 5. The plumbing system according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is configured to provide an operation signal to an electric device by light, ultrasonic waves, or radio waves. 6. The plumbing system according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is configured to supply an operation signal to an electric device by a lead wire. 7. A plumbing system in which electric equipment is installed in a cabinet, wherein a wave transmitting portion for transmitting a signal wave from an operation unit is provided in the cabinet. 8. The plumbing system according to claim 7, wherein the wave transmitting section is a light transmitting section. 9. The plumbing system according to claim 7, wherein the wave transmitting portion is provided on a cabinet door. 10. The plumbing system according to claim 7, wherein a human body detector for detecting a human body through the wave transmitting portion is provided in the cabinet.