JP2009131425A - Bathtub water clarifying system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub water clarifying system equipped with a simple exhaust passway which has low probability of having problems. <P>SOLUTION: The bathtub water clarifying system is so constructed that polluted matters such as hairs, scale, sebum and the like in the bathtub water are collected at the water level of the bathtub by using air bubbles and a water stream and then are discarded from the outlet which is arranged in the position of the water level of the bathtub out of the bathtub. A hose 8 whose end opening 8a can be vertically moved is arranged on the secondary side of the outlet. When the end opening 8a of the hose 8 is oriented upward, the bathtub water including the polluted matter can be stored in the hose 8. When the end opening 8a is oriented downward, the polluted matter can be properly discharged. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a bathtub water purification system capable of purifying bathtub water by satisfactorily throwing away dirt substances such as hair, scales and sebum in the bathtub water.

Conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a suction portion that has a suction position variable mechanism that varies the height of the suction portion according to the bathtub water level, and sucks dirt such as dirt on the bathtub water surface, and a bathtub drain plug It has a discharge part that can be inserted into and removed from the bathtub outlet, a communication part that communicates the suction part and the discharge part, and a suction part opening and closing means to suck the dirt on the surface of the bathtub water from the suction part. There is a dirt removing device configured to discharge from the discharge unit.
JP 2000-24418 A

  In the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, dirt substances are floated with bubbles and collected by a water flow, but the subsequent drainage is not mentioned.

One object of the present invention is to provide a bath water purification system having a discharge path that can discharge collected dirt substances out of the bath well. To achieve at least a part of this object, Took measures.
The present invention relates to a bathtub configured to collect dirt substances such as hair, scale, and sebum in bathtub water on the bathtub water surface using bubbles and a water flow, and then to throw it out of the bathtub from the outlet provided in the bathtub water surface position. In the water purification system, a hose is provided on the secondary side of the discharge port so that the opening at the tip can be moved up and down, and the bathtub water can be stored in the hose with the opening at the tip of the hose facing upward The summary is as follows.

  In the present invention, by configuring with a simple discharge path provided with a hose on the secondary side of the discharge port, it is possible to reduce the valve, it is possible to reduce the probability of failure due to the biting of dust etc. With the opening at the tip of the hose facing up, the bath water can be stored together with dirt in the hose. The soiling substance can be discharged well out of the bathtub.

In addition, the present invention is configured to collect dirt substances such as hair, scales, and sebum in the bathtub water on the bathtub water surface using bubbles and water flow, and then throw it out of the bathtub from the outlet provided at the bathtub water surface position. In the bathtub water purification system, a double trap structure pipe line may be provided on the secondary side of the discharge port, and a suction mechanism capable of sucking air in the pipe line may be provided.
In this way, the air in the double trap structure pipe line is sucked by using a suction mechanism, so that a siphon phenomenon is generated in the double trap structure discharge pipe on the secondary side of the discharge port, and the bathtub together with the waste water is generated. Dirt substances such as underwater hair, scale, sebum, etc. can be discharged well out of the bathtub, and the siphon phenomenon that occurs is stopped by injecting air into the double trap structure discharge pipe. Thus, the discharge of the bath water can be stopped, the valves of the discharge path can be reduced with a simple structure, and the probability of failure can be reduced.

Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described using examples.
First, operation | movement of the bathtub water purification system of this invention is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.
In FIG. 1, when the system is activated, the fine bubble generating device is activated, and the fine bubbles are ejected into the bathtub water accumulated in the bathtub to fill the bathtub water with the fine bubbles. Due to the fine bubbles, dirt substances such as hair, scale, sebum, and dust in the bath water float on the bath water surface together with the fine bubbles, and in this state, the ejection of the fine bubbles from the fine bubble generating device is stopped.
Thereafter, the water flow generating device is activated, water is spouted into the bath water to generate a swirling flow in the bath water, and a dirt substance such as floating dust is moved to the vicinity of the discharge port by the swirling flow. Here, the discharge device is activated, and the floating dust collected at the discharge port is discarded together with the water to be discharged out of the bathtub, and the system is stopped.

In this way, dirt substances such as hair, scales, sebum, and dust in the bathtub water can be well discharged outside the bathtub to purify the bathtub water, and a specific embodiment of this bathtub water purification system Are shown in FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a perspective configuration diagram of a main part of the bathtub viewed from the inside, and FIG. 3 is a perspective configuration diagram of the bathtub viewed from the outside.

A water flow generating port 2 (water flow generating device) that also serves as a bubble generating port (fine bubble generating device) is provided on the long side surface 1 a of the bathtub 1, and a discharge port 3 is provided above the water flow generating port 2. Is open.
A discharge port gate 4 is provided inside the discharge port 3 so as to be movable up and down, and a concave portion 4a aligned with the discharge port 3 is formed at an upper portion of the discharge port gate 4. It can be made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than the specific gravity of water so that it can be moved up and down by the buoyancy of the bathtub water stored in the bathtub 1. The discharge gate 4 can be manually moved up and down.

  A sub tank 5 is provided outside the discharge port 3, and the bath water flowing from the discharge port 3 can be stored in the sub tank 5. A circulation pipe 6 is connected to the lower surface of the sub tank 5, and the downstream end of the circulation pipe 6 is connected to the water flow generating port 2. A pump 7 is provided in the middle of the circulation pipe 6, and when the pump 7 is operated, the bathtub water in the sub tank 5 is ejected from the water flow generating port 2 into the bathtub 1 through the circulation pipe 6. It is configured to be able to.

Further, a hose 8 is connected to the side surface of the sub-tank 5 so as to be curved upward and an upper end of the hose 8 is a free end, and an opening 8a is formed.
The hose 8 constitutes a discharge device, and can be constituted by a flexible or bellows-like one. Moreover, the hose 8 can also be comprised so that it can rotate to the up-down direction centering | focusing on the base by the side of the sub tank 5. FIG.
In this example, the water flow generating port 2 is also used as a bubble generating port. However, a bubble generating port (fine bubble generating device) is separately provided on the side surface 1a or the bottom surface of the bathtub 1, and a pump is separately supplied to the bubble generating port. A configuration in which is connected may be used.

In such a configuration, air bubbles are ejected from the air bubble generating port, and hair, scale, sebum, dust, etc. in the bath water float up together with the air bubbles and are collected on the bath surface. 6, a swirling flow is generated in the bathtub 1 by the water flow jetted from the water flow generating port 2 into the bathtub 1.
By this swirling flow, dirt substances such as dust are collected in the vicinity of the discharge port 3, the bathtub water on the surface of the bathtub flows from the discharge port 3 into the sub tank 5, and the dirty material flows into the sub tank 5 together with the bath water. It is.

Until the ejection of the water flow from the water flow generating port 2 is stopped, the hose 8 constituting the discharge device holds the opening 8a upward as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 4, the lower end of the lever 9 is connected in the vicinity of the opening 8 a of the hose 8, and the lever 9 is configured to be operated by moving it up and down manually or electrically.
In the state of FIG. 4, dirt substances such as hair, scale, sebum and the like are collected in the hose 8 together with the bath water, and the tip opening 8 a is held at a position above the water level of the bath water surface in the bath 1. Bath water does not leak from the tip opening 8a.

When the lever 9 is pushed downward from the state shown in FIG. 4 as shown in FIG. 5, the hose 8 is rotated around the root or bent so that the opening 8a faces downward. The bathtub water containing the dirt substance accumulated in the water 8 is discharged well. After the dirt substance is discharged, the lever 9 is pushed up again as shown in FIG. Can be held.
In this way, if the hose 8 is formed of a flexible or bellows-like shape, or if the hose 8 is configured to be able to rotate up and down around the root on the sub tank 5 side, the structure is simple. The dirt substance can be discharged, and the discharge path is only the hose 8, and a valve or the like is unnecessary, and there is no failure due to the biting of dust into the valve or the like.

Next, FIG. 6 is a perspective configuration diagram showing another example of the discharging device.
In FIG. 6, a water flow generating port 2 that also serves as a bubble generating port is provided on the short side surface 1 a of the bathtub 1, and a discharge port 3 is provided above the water generating port 2. The water flow generating port 2 includes a pump 7. A circulation line 6 is connected.
Further, a first trap pipe 11 is connected to the discharge port 3 from the outside, and a second trap pipe 12 is connected to the downstream side of the first trap pipe 11. A discharge pipe 13 is connected downstream in a drooping manner, and the first trap pipe 11 and the second trap pipe 12 form a double trap structure discharge device 10.

The first trap pipe 11 is composed of a raised portion 11a that rises upward from the discharge port 3, and a suspended portion 11b that is bent in an inverted U shape at the upper end of the raised portion 11a and is suspended downward. In addition, a communication pipe 14 is connected to the hanging part 11b of the first trap pipe 11 so as to extend horizontally in the lateral direction, and a valve 15 is provided at the tip of the communication pipe 14 so as to be opened and closed. A float valve 16 is provided to rise upward from the communication pipe 14, and an intake pipe 17 is connected to the upper end of the float valve 16, and an air pump (not shown) is connected to the intake pipe 17.
A suction mechanism 10a is configured by the valve 15, the float valve 16, the intake pipe 17, and an air pump (not shown) of the communication pipe 14.

In such a configuration, dirt substances such as hair, scales, and sebum in the bath water float up due to bubbles, and the dirt substances are collected in the discharge port 3 by the swirling flow caused by the water flow ejected from the water flow generating port 2. At this time, the air pump is operated to suck the air in the first trap pipe 11 from the intake pipe 17, thereby generating a siphon phenomenon in the first trap pipe 11. 3, the contaminants together with the bath water can be forcibly sucked toward the first trap pipe 11 and discharged from the discharge pipe 13.
When the dirt substance is discharged from the discharge pipe 13, the valve 15 is opened, so that air enters the double trap pipe constituted by the first trap pipe 11 and the second trap pipe 12 and siphon phenomenon occurs. In this state, the drainage is stopped.

In this way, by connecting the suction mechanism 10a to the double trap structure pipe and configuring the discharge device 10, the suction mechanism 10a sucks the air in the double trap pipe and forcibly siphons into the pipe. The water can be discharged out of the bathtub together with dust, etc., and the siphon phenomenon is stopped by injecting air from the valve 15 into the double trap pipe, and the bathtub water is discharged outside the bathtub. Can be stopped, and a discharge device that does not cause a failure can be obtained with a simple pipeline configuration.
The float valve 16 is provided in order to prevent the bathtub drainage from flowing into the intake pipe 17 side.

It is a flowchart figure explaining operation | movement of a bathtub purification system. It is the principal part perspective block diagram which looked at the bathtub from the inner side. It is the principal part perspective block diagram which looked at the bathtub from the outer side. It is the perspective block diagram which looked at the water stop state bathtub which turned up the hose which comprises a drainage device from the outside. It is the perspective block diagram which looked at the bathtub of the drained state which turned the hose downward from the outside. It is the perspective block diagram which looked at the bathtub which shows another example of a drainage device from the outer side.

Explanation of symbols

1 Bathtub 1a Side surface 2 Water flow generating port (Water flow generating device)
3 Discharge port 4 Discharge port gate 5 Sub tank 6 Circulation line 7 Pump 8 Hose (discharge device)
8a Opening 9 Lever 10 Discharge device 11 First trap pipe 12 Second trap pipe 13 Discharge pipe 14 Communication pipe 15 Valve 16 Float valve 17 Intake pipe

Claims (2)

In a bathtub water purification system configured to collect dirt substances such as hair, scale, and sebum in bathtub water on the bathtub water surface using air bubbles and water flow, and then throw it out of the bathtub through an outlet provided in the bathtub water surface position. ,
A hose is provided on the secondary side of the discharge port so that the opening at the tip can be moved up and down, and the bath water can be stored in the hose with the opening at the tip of the hose facing upward. Bathtub water purification system. In a bathtub water purification system configured to collect dirt substances such as hair, scale, and sebum in bathtub water on the bathtub water surface using air bubbles and water flow, and then throw it out of the bathtub through an outlet provided in the bathtub water surface position. ,
A bathtub water purification system characterized in that a double trap structure pipe line is provided on the secondary side of the discharge port, and a suction mechanism capable of sucking air in the pipe line is provided.

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