JP2008167877A - Bathtub water cleaning method and jetting implement for cleaning bathtub water - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub water cleaning method capable of cleaning bathtub water by efficiently removing dirt substances with little waste water. <P>SOLUTION: The bathtub water is cleaned by floating the dirt substances D such as hair, boiling scale and sebum in the bathtub water to a bathtub water surface layer Wa by using air bubbles jetted from a bubble jetting port 2a, generating a rotating flow inside a bathtub by a jet flow jetted from a water flow jetting port 2b, gathering the floating dirt substances D, and discharging the gathered dirt substances D from a discharge port 4 to the outside. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathtub water purification method capable of efficiently removing dirt substances such as hair, scales, and sebum in bathtub water, and an ejection tool for purifying bathtub water.

Conventionally, when multiple people use the same bathtub water, there is a high potential need to purify the bathtub water of the people who used before, and now the bathtub water is drawn up until the next morning and used as washing water Users are increasing and there is a lot of potential demand for purification of bathtub water. In addition, the purification of bathtub water can reduce the dirt of the bathtub and the trouble of cleaning.
From such an increase in demand, for example, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1 as a bath purification device for removing dirt such as hair, scales, and sebum in bath water.
In the bath purification device of Patent Document 1, the swirling flow in the collection cylinder creates a swirl flow in the bathtub, draws dirt on the surface of the bathtub water into the collection cylinder, captures the dirt with a filtration filter that follows the collection cylinder, It is the structure which purifies bathtub water, and also becomes the structure which mixes a bubble in a water flow in order to make it easy to purify bathtub water.
JP 2001-246207 A

  In the bath purification device disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the filter water is used to remove dirt substances such as hair, scale, and sebum, and the bath water is purified. Filtration filter contamination, filter unit contamination, and the like have become new issues, which necessitates cleaning and replacement of the filtration filter.

  The present invention has been devised in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a bathtub water purification method and an ejection tool for purifying bathtub water that can efficiently remove dirt substances with less waste water without using a filter. The method for purifying bathtub water according to claim 1, wherein dirt substances such as hair, scales and sebum in the bathtub water are floated on the surface of the bathtub water using bubbles and collected by swirling flow, Throw it out of the bathtub.

  Moreover, the bathtub water purification method of Claim 2 is collecting the said dirty substance in the desired position of the bathtub water surface layer by making the jet flow for turning bathtub water spout toward the bottom face of a bathtub.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purifying a bathtub water, wherein a discharge port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface of the bathtub water is detected by detecting the water level of the surface of the bathtub water and following the water level with a motor or the like.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for purifying bathtub water, wherein a discharge port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface of the bathtub water is integrated with a water level detection float for detecting the water level of the bathtub water surface. It is automatic tracking.

  The bathtub water purification method according to claim 5 is provided with a suction port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface layer of the bathtub water on the bathtub wall surface, and sucking out the dirt substances from the suction port under negative pressure.

  Moreover, the bathtub water purification method of Claim 6 pushes up the dirt substance collected on the said bathtub water surface layer along the inclination part in a bathtub by a jet, and makes it discharge from the discharge port provided above the bathtub water surface layer. It is.

  Further, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a jetting tool provided on a side wall surface of the bathtub for executing the bathtub water purification method according to the first aspect, wherein a bubble jetting port for jetting microbubbles and a water jet for jetting water flow are provided. It is a spout for purifying bathtub water provided with an outlet.

  In the bathtub water purification method of the present invention, dirt, such as hair, scale, sebum, etc. in the bathtub water is floated on the surface of the bathtub water using bubbles, collected by swirling flow, and then discarded outside the bathtub. The contaminants that are floated by the bubbles and collected on the surface of the bathtub water by the swirling flow can be efficiently removed with a small amount of waste water, so that the bathtub water can be purified cleanly.

  In addition, since the dirty substance is collected at a desired position on the surface of the bathtub water by jetting a jet for swirling the bathtub water toward the bottom of the bathtub, the jet is jetted toward the bottom of the bathtub and the bathtub The place where the dirt substance is collected on the water surface can be well controlled, and the dirt substance can be collected at a desired position.

In addition, since the outlet for discharging the dirt substance collected on the surface of the bathtub water is to detect the water level of the bathtub water surface and follow the water level with a motor or the like, the dirt collected on the bathtub water surface When discharging to the discharge port, the discharge port is made to follow the water level of the bathtub water surface layer, and the discharge port is opened favorably at the position of the bathtub water surface layer, so that the dirt substance can be discharged well from the discharge port.
Moreover, since the discharge port can be made to follow the water level of the bathtub water surface layer, the waste water discharged from the discharge port can be reduced, and a water-saving effect can be obtained.

  In addition, since the discharge port for discharging dirt collected on the surface of the bathtub water is integrated with the water level detection float for detecting the water level of the bathtub water surface, the water level is detected automatically. If the discharge port is integrated with the water float, the water level detection float moves up and down in response to fluctuations in the water level of the bathtub water surface, and the water discharge port is moved to the water level of the bathtub water surface using the water level detection float. It is possible to automatically follow, and the amount of waste water from the discharge port can be reduced, and the dirt substance can be discharged well from the discharge port.

  In addition, when a suction port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface of the bathtub water is provided on the wall of the bathtub and dirt substances are sucked out from the suction opening under negative pressure, the water level of the bathtub water surface falls below the suction opening. However, it is possible to reliably suck out and discharge the dirt substance from the suction port under negative pressure.

  In addition, the dirt substance collected on the surface of the bathtub water is pushed upward along the inclined portion in the bathtub by a jet, and discharged from an outlet provided above the bathtub water surface layer, thereby removing the dirt substance from the water level of the bathtub water. Regardless of, it can be pushed up to the discharge port and discharged from the discharge port for removal.

  In addition, the jetting tool provided on the side wall surface of the bathtub for purifying the bath water is provided with a bubble jetting port for jetting microbubbles and a water jetting jet for jetting a water flow. The dirt substance in the bathtub water is efficiently levitated by the micro bubbles, and the swirling flow is generated by the jet flow from the water jet outlet, so that the dirt substance can be efficiently collected on the bathtub water surface layer.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a broken block diagram of the bathtub of the first embodiment, and a jetting tool 2 is attached at a position close to the bottom surface 1 b of the side wall surface 1 a of the bathtub 1.
As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 2, the jetting tool 2 is provided with a bubble jetting port 2a and a downward water jetting jet 2b. The bubble jetting port 2a is connected to a bubble pump (not shown), Microbubbles can be ejected into the bath water by the operation of the bubble pump. Moreover, the water flow outlet 2b is connected to a jet pump or the like (not shown), and sucks in the bathtub water in the bathtub 1 and ejects the bathtub water downward toward the bottom surface 1b of the bathtub. It is possible to generate a swirling flow swirling in the bathtub 1.
In addition, it is comprised so that a water flow can be ejected in multiple directions, for example, three directions toward the bottom face 1b from the water flow outlet 2b.

Moreover, the water level detection float 3 is attached to the upper part of the side wall surface 1a of the bathtub so that the water level detection float 3 can be moved up and down by the bathtub water. The water level detection float 3 is fixed to the side wall surface 1a by the fixture 3a. The discharge port 4 is integrally formed on the upper surface side of the water level detection float 3, and the discharge port 4 is connected to a drain pipe 5 connected to an external drain trap. .
In addition, 1d in a figure is a flange part of the upper surface of the bathtub 1. FIG.

In such a configuration, by causing microbubbles to be ejected from the bubble ejection port 2a into the bath water, dirt substances such as hair, scale, and sebum that are present in the bath water are preferably floated to the bath water surface layer Wa by the microbubbles. It is something that can be done.
At the same time as or after the ejection of the microbubbles from the bubble jet outlet 2a, a swirling flow can be generated in the bathtub by jetting a water flow from the water jet outlet 2b. The floating dirt substance D can be collected on the discharge port 4 side. In addition, by controlling the angle and direction in which the jet from the water jet 2b is jetted toward the bottom 1b of the bathtub, the dirt substance D can be collected at a desired position on the outlet 4 side. is there.

The collected dirt substance D flows into the discharge port 4 and is discharged from the drain pipe 5 to the drain trap together with part of the bathtub water.
In addition, since the water level detection float 3 automatically moves up and down following the water level of the bathtub water, the discharge port 4 can be satisfactorily arranged at the position of the bath water surface layer Wa and discharged from the discharge port 4. Bath water becomes very small, and waste water can be reduced, resulting in a water-saving effect.

  In this way, dirt substances in the bath water float up to the bath water surface layer Wa using bubbles such as microbubbles, and the dirt substances are well collected by the swirl flow toward the drainage port 4 side. For example, after one person takes a bath, bubbles and swirl flow are generated so that the bathtub water can be cleaned before the next person takes a bath. It can be kept.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, which is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the bathtub, a bubble outlet 2 a and a water outlet 2 b are provided on the bottom 1 b side of the lower side wall surface 1 a of the bathtub, as in the first embodiment. A jetting tool 2 is provided, and a rotating member 7 is provided in the vicinity of the bathtub water surface layer Wa in the upper part of the side wall surface 1a.

As shown in the front view of FIG. 4, the rotary member 7 has a discharge port 4 formed therethrough, and the rotary member 7 is rotated in a vertical plane by a motor 8. It is comprised so that it may rotate within the holding member 9, and the holding member 9 is fixed to the side wall surface 1a of the bathtub by tightening the fixing member 10 from the outside of the bathtub.
The holding member 9 has a drain port 9a, which is connected to a drain pipe P leading to a drain trap, opened downward. The drain pipe P can be provided with a valve B.

Moreover, the water level sensor 6 which detects the water level of bathtub water is attached to the bottom side of the bottom face 1b of a bathtub.
In such a configuration, the position of the bathtub water surface layer Wa is detected by the water level sensor 6, the motor 8 is operated based on the signal from the water level sensor 6, the rotating member 7 is rotated, and the rotating member 7 is formed. The outlet 4 that is present can be aligned with the position of the bath water surface layer Wa. That is, even if the water level of the bathtub water surface layer Wa fluctuates, the discharge port 4 can be moved up and down by the motor 8 to the water level of the bathtub water surface layer Wa.

In addition, bubbles, such as microbubbles, are jetted from the bubble jetting port 2a, and the dirt substance in the bath water can be well floated to the bath water surface layer Wa side, and jetted from the water jet jet port 2b. The water flow can generate a swirling flow in the bathtub water so that the dirt substance can be collected well on the drain water outlet 4 side of the bathtub water surface layer Wa, and the collected dirt substance is discharged from the outlet 4 together with a little bathtub water to the drain outlet 9a. It can be discharged to a drain trap through and the bath water can be purified well.
Thus, since the discharge port 4 can be reliably aligned with the position of the bath water surface layer Wa by the rotating member 7 and the motor 8, the waste water from the discharge port 4 can be reduced, and dirt substances are efficiently discharged. It will be possible.
When a person enters the bathtub and the water level rises, the valve B of the drain pipe P is closed so as not to drain the bathtub water.

Next, FIG. 5 is a broken perspective view of the bathtub, which is a third embodiment. In FIG. 5, a bubble outlet 2 a and a water outlet 2 b are provided on the bottom surface 1 b side of the side wall surface 1 a of the bathtub. The ejection tool 2 is attached, and the suction member 11 is attached to the upper part of the side wall surface 1a.
The suction member 11 is connected to a suction pump (not shown) via a pipe or the like, and the suction member 11 is provided with a suction port 11 a that opens downward inside the bathtub 1.

Also in this example, the dirt substance in the bath water is levitated by the bubbles ejected from the bubble jet outlet 2a, and the swirl flow is generated by the water jet ejected from the water jet outlet 2b, so that the dirt substance can be satisfactorily removed from the surface of the bathtub water. The collected dirt substance can be collected to the suction port 11a side, and the collected dirt substance can be strongly sucked out by the negative pressure from the suction port 11a by operating the suction pump.
Since the dirt substance can be strongly sucked out from the suction port 11a by the negative pressure, even when the water level of the bath water surface layer Wa is lower than the suction port 11a, the dirt substance is surely sucked up and discharged to a drain trap or the like. It is possible to purify bath water by efficiently removing dirt substances.

  Next, the bathtub shown in the perspective configuration diagram of FIG. 6, the front view of the side wall surface of FIG. 7, and the side schematic configuration diagram of FIG. 8 is the fourth embodiment. Slopes (inclined portions) 1c and 1c are formed on the left and right sides of the left and right side wall surfaces 1a, and the slopes 1c and 1c are gently curved from the bottom surface 1b side of the bathtub toward the flange portion 1d side. The boomerang-shaped handrails 12 are respectively attached to the left and right slopes 1c.

In this example, a water jet 2 b is opened in the slope 1 c on the lower end side of the handrail 12, and a discharge port 4 is opened in the slope 1 c on the upper end side of the handrail 12.
A circulation pipe 13 connected to a jet pump (not shown) is connected to the water flow outlet 2b, and a drain pipe 5 connected to a drain trap (not shown) is connected to the discharge port 4. The drain pipe 5 and the circulation pipe 13 can be provided in the outer space of the side wall surface 1a of the bathtub, and the discharge port 4 and the water flow outlet 2b are covered with a handrail 12 in a concealed manner. It can be attached from the outside of the side wall surface 1a, and can be made into a neat design in which the discharge port 4 and the water flow outlet 2b are not visible.

  In addition, the lower end side of the handrail 12 can be formed in, for example, a U-shaped cross section, and the upper end side of the handrail 12 can be formed in a pipe shape. The bathtub 1 is separately provided with a bubble outlet 2a for injecting bubbles on the bottom surface 1b side of the side wall surface 1a. However, in order to avoid complication of the drawing, the bubble outlet 2a is omitted. It is shown.

  In such a structure, the bubbles ejected from the bubble ejection port 2a (not shown) allow the contaminants in the bath water to rise well, and the jet flow ejected from the water flow ejection port 2b generates a swirling flow in the bathtub. Thus, the dirt substance can be well collected on the surface of the bathtub water on the slope 1c, and the dirt substance collected on the surface of the bathtub water on the slope 1c can be collected by the jet flow ejected from the water flow outlet 2b. It can be pushed upward along 1c to discharge dirt substances from the upper outlet 4 and is removed by pushing up dirt substances along the slope 1c toward the outlet 4 regardless of the water level of the bath water surface layer. Is something that can be done.

  Furthermore, it is also possible to make the jet jetted from the water jet nozzle 2b jet into the pipe-shaped handrail 12 so that the dirt substance can be discharged into the discharge port 4 through the handrail 12. it can.

Next, the bathtub shown in a broken perspective view in FIG. 9 is a fifth embodiment, and a bubble outlet 2a is formed on the short side wall surface 1a on the right side of the bathtub 1 in the drawing and on the bottom surface 1b side of the orthogonal long side wall surface. Each of the jetting devices provided with the pipe is connected to the bubble jetting port 2a by turning the outside of the bathtub, and the pipe is connected to the bubble pump 15.
A fixed receptacle 17 is attached to the upper part of the short side wall surface 1 a on the bubble pump 15 side, and a discharge port 4 is opened on the upper surface of the fixed receptacle 17. Is connected to a drain pipe 5 communicating with a drain trap or the like.

In addition, the discharge port 4 is arrange | positioned in the height position substantially equivalent to the height position of the wall surface notch part 1e formed in the notch shape at the upper end of the short side wall surface 1a.
On the other hand, water jet outlets 2b and 2b are provided in the upper part of the opposed short side wall surface 1a, and circulation pipes 13 are connected to the water jet outlets 2b and 2b from the outside, respectively. Is connected to the jet pump 14.

A bath water inlet 18 is formed in the lower portion of the short side wall surface 1a, and when the jet pump 14 is operated, the bath water is sucked from the water inlet 18 and water flows from the water outlet 2b. It is comprised so that can be ejected.
Further, a hot water filling port 16 is provided between the water flow outlets 2b, 2b in the upper part of the short side wall surface 1a, and a pipe is connected to the hot water filling port 16 from the outside. It is configured so that it can be added to hot water.

  In such a configuration, the bubble pump 15 is operated, and bubbles are ejected from the bubble outlets 2a and 2a into the bath water, so that the dirty substances in the bath water can be floated on the surface of the bath water using the bubbles. In addition, when the jet pump 14 is operated, a swirling flow is generated in the bath water by the water flow ejected from the water flow outlets 2b, 2b, and the dirt substance floating by the swirling flow can be satisfactorily removed. It can be collected on the surface of the water.

In addition, since the discharge port 4 is fixedly arranged outside the side wall surface 1 a, additional hot water is added from the hot water filling port 16 into the bathtub 1 in order to discharge the dirt collected in the discharge port 4. The water level is raised by the added hot water, and the surface of the bathtub water gets over the wall notch 1c, so that the dirt substance flows well into the discharge port 4 together with the bathtub water and is discharged.
In this example, the water level is raised with additional hot water from the hot water filling port 16, and the collected dirt substances are surely discharged to the discharge port 4, so that the bathtub water can be purified efficiently.

It is a fracture perspective lineblock diagram of the bathtub of the 1st example. It is an expansion perspective view of an ejection tool. It is a longitudinal cross-section enlarged block diagram of the bathtub of 2nd Example. It is a front lineblock diagram of a rotation member. It is a fracture perspective view figure of a bathtub of the 3rd example. It is a perspective block diagram of the bathtub of 4th Example. It is a front block diagram of the slope and handrail of the bathtub of 4th Example. It is a side block diagram of the part of a slope. It is a fracture perspective view figure of a bathtub of the 5th example.

Explanation of symbols

1 Bathtub 1a Side wall surface 1b Bottom surface 1c Slope (inclined part)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1d Flange part 2 Jet 2a Bubble jet 2b Water jet 3 Water level detection float 4 Discharge port 5 Drain pipe 6 Water level sensor 7 Rotating member 8 Motor 9 Holding member 9a Drain port 11 Suction member 11a Suction port 12 Handrail 13 Circulation Pipe 14 Jet pump 15 Bubble pump 16 Filling port 17 Fixed receptacle D Dirty substance Wa Bath water surface layer

Claims (7)

  A method for purifying bathtub water, characterized in that dirt substances such as hair, scales, and sebum in the bathtub water are floated on the surface of the bathtub water using bubbles, collected by swirling flow, and then discarded outside the bathtub.   2. The bathtub water purification method according to claim 1, wherein the contaminant is collected at a desired position on the surface of the bathtub water by ejecting a jet for swirling the bathtub water toward the bottom surface of the bathtub.   The discharge port for discharging dirt substances collected on the bathtub water surface layer detects the water level of the bathtub water surface layer and causes the motor or the like to follow the water level. Bath water purification method.   2. A discharge port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface of the bath water is integrated with a water level detection float for detecting the water level of the bath water surface to automatically follow the water level. Or the bathtub water purification method of Claim 2.   The bathtub water purification according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a suction port for discharging dirt substances collected on the surface of the bathtub water is provided on the wall surface of the bathtub, and the dirt substances are sucked out from the suction port by negative pressure. Method.   The dirt substance collected in the bathtub water surface layer is pushed upward along an inclined portion in the bathtub by a jet and discharged from an outlet provided above the bathtub water surface layer. The bathtub water purification method as described in 2.   It is an ejection tool provided in the side wall surface of a bathtub in order to perform the bathtub water purification method of Claim 1, Comprising: The bubble jet nozzle which jets a microbubble, and the water jet nozzle which jets a water flow are provided A spout for purifying bathtub water.

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