JP2001288791A - Water treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance operability of a water treatment apparatus having a shower device, a water outlet or the like. SOLUTION: The water treatment apparatus 10 has a water treating unit 30 housed in a case 20, and a water supply pipe 40 and a water discharge pipe 50 are connected to the water treating unit 30. An electric ON-Off valve 42 is provided on the water supply pipe 40 and is connected to an operation part 72 of the water outlet 60 provided on a front end part of the discharge pipe 50 through a signal line 70. By operating the operation part 72 provided on the water outlet 60 the water supply valve 42 can be remote-controlled so that operability is enhanced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a water treatment apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been no water treatment apparatus or water softening apparatus capable of opening and closing a water supply valve near a discharge port. Other than a water treatment device or a water softening device, a device for discharging and stopping water with a shower head is disclosed in, for example,
There are known a shower device disclosed in JP-A-38950, a shower device disclosed in JP-A-11-197552, and the like.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned water treatment apparatus and water softening apparatus, the operability is poor because the water discharge operation cannot be performed at the discharge port. On the other hand, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
The shower apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 0 and JP-A-11-197552 can operate an open / close valve with a shower head, but has a complicated mechanism because a tube is inserted through a hose. In addition, when this is combined with a water treatment device or a water softening device, an on-off valve is provided on the discharge pipe side, and a water supply pressure is applied. Therefore, the water treatment device and the water softening device need to have a pressure-resistant structure. Was.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, has excellent operability, does not apply excessive water pressure to the water treatment apparatus, and has a simple structure of a discharge pipe and a water supply valve.
An object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment apparatus having good shower controllability.

[0005]

The present invention relates to the following. (1) A water treatment apparatus comprising a water supply pipe for guiding water to a water treatment section and a discharge pipe for discharging water treated in the water treatment section, wherein a water supply valve is provided in the middle of the water supply pipe; A water treatment device comprising an operation unit for opening and closing the water supply valve near a discharge port of a discharge pipe. (2) The water supply valve is electrically openable and closed, and the water supply valve and the operation unit are electrically connected by wire or wirelessly. (3) A structure in which the discharge port is a shower head is provided.

(4) The water supply valve is electrically openable and closed, and a wiring connecting the water supply valve and the operation unit is integrated with a shower hose. (5) The water treatment section has water softening means. Such a water treatment apparatus according to the configuration of the present invention has excellent operability, does not apply excessive water pressure to the water treatment apparatus, has a simple structure of the discharge pipe and the water supply valve, and has a good shower controllability. It can be.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a shower hose of the water treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The water treatment apparatus indicated by reference numeral 10 as a whole has a water treatment section 30 housed in a case 20. A water supply pipe 40 is attached to the water treatment unit 30 to supply water. The water supply pipe 40 is provided with a water supply valve 42. The water supply valve 42 is, for example, an electromagnetic valve, and opens and closes the water supply pipe 40 electrically.

[0008] The water treated by the water treatment section 30 is sent to the discharge port 60 through the discharge pipe 50. Discharge port 6
For 0, for example, a shower head is attached. Discharge port 6
An operation unit 72 is provided at 0 and is connected to the water supply valve 42 by a signal line 70. A signal from the operation unit 72 can be sent to the water supply valve 42 via the signal line 70 to open and close the water supply valve.

With the above configuration, the operation of stopping water from the discharge port 60 can be performed in the vicinity of the discharge port 60, so that the operability is excellent, and the water supply valve 42 is provided upstream of the water treatment section 30. Therefore, it is possible to provide a water treatment apparatus that does not apply excessive water pressure to the water treatment apparatus. Further, if the water supply valve 42 is an electric open / close type and the water supply valve 42 and the operation unit 72 are electrically connected wirelessly, the discharge pipe 50 and the water supply valve 42 can have a simple structure. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the operation section 72 has a built-in transmission function for infrared rays and the like, and has a reception function for infrared rays and the like built in and connected to the water supply valve 42 side.

Further, when the discharge port 60 is a shower head, the water supply valve 42 is an electric opening / closing type, and the wiring 70 connecting the water supply valve 42 and the operation unit 72 is connected to the wiring part of the shower hose 50 as shown in FIG. By embedding and integrating, the handling of the shower is improved.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. The water treatment apparatus indicated by reference numeral 100 as a whole has a water treatment section 130 housed in a case 120. A water supply pipe 140 is attached to the water treatment unit 130 to supply water. The water supply pipe 140 is provided with a water supply valve 142. The water supply valve 142 is, for example, an electromagnetic valve, and opens and closes the water supply pipe 140 electrically. Water treatment unit 13
0, the first discharge pipe 150 and the second discharge pipe 21
0 is attached.

A discharge port 160, for example, a shower head, is attached to the first discharge pipe 150. The first discharge pipe 150 is provided with a first switching valve 152.

The second discharge pipe 210 has a discharge port 220
Is attached. A second switching valve 212 is provided in the second discharge pipe 210.

The first discharge port 160, the water supply valve 142 and the first
The switching valve 152 and the second switching valve 212 are connected to the signal line 170.
Are linked by A first operation unit 172 is attached to the first discharge port 160, and is connected to the signal line 170.

In the vicinity of the second discharge port 220, a second operation unit 200 is provided. When using the first discharge port 160, the first operation unit 1 provided in the first discharge port 160
By operating the valve 72, the water supply valve 142 and the switching valve 152 can be electrically controlled, and the water discharged from the first discharge port 160 can be easily controlled.

Next, when the second discharge port 220 is used, the second operation unit 2 provided near the second discharge port 220 is used.
00, the water supply valve and the switching valve 142
By controlling the switching valve 212, the water discharged from the second discharge port 220 can be easily controlled.

With the above configuration, the first discharge port 1
The water discharge operation from the second discharge port 160 can be performed near the first discharge port 160, and the water discharge operation from the second discharge port 220 can be performed near the discharge port 220. Since the water supply valve 142 is provided on the upstream side of the unit 130, a water treatment device that does not apply excessive water pressure to the water treatment device can be provided.

Here, the water treatment units 30 and 13 for ordinary households are used.
As 0, a water purification device, an electrolysis device, a heating device, a water softening device and the like are preferable.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the water discharge operation from the discharge port can be performed in the vicinity of the discharge port, so that the operability is excellent, and since the water supply valve is provided on the upstream side of the water treatment section, the water treatment apparatus is provided. The water supply valve is electrically open and closed, and the water supply valve and the operation unit are electrically connected by wire or wirelessly. In addition, since the wiring connecting the water supply valve and the operation unit is integrated with the shower hose, a water treatment apparatus having good shower controllability can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a water treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a shower hose of the water treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Water treatment part 20 Case 40 Water supply pipe 42 Water supply valve 50 Discharge pipe 60 Discharge port 70 Signal line 72 Operation part

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor, Yashio Suzuki, 1250, Shimoe-ren, Shimodate-shi, Ibaraki Pref.Hitachi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.Yuki Office (72) Inventor, Shinya Fujie F-term in Yuki Office Co., Ltd. (reference) 2D032 FA04 FA08 FA11 2D060 CA00 CD00 CD10 4F033 AA11 BA04 CA01 DA05 EA01 GA07 LA13 NA01

Claims (5)

[Claims] In a water treatment apparatus comprising a water supply pipe for guiding water to a water treatment section and a discharge pipe for discharging water treated in the water treatment section, a water supply valve is provided in the middle of the water supply pipe;
A water treatment apparatus, comprising: an operation unit for opening and closing the water supply valve near a discharge port of the discharge pipe. 2. The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water supply valve is an electric open / close type, and the water supply valve and the operation unit are electrically connected. 3. The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the discharge port is a shower head. 4. The water treatment apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the water supply valve is an electric open / close type, and a wiring connecting the water supply valve and the operation unit is integrated with a shower hose. 5. The water treatment apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water treatment section has water softening means.