JP2018078872A - Underwater heater - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means to prevent an increase in the temperature of a circuit part even when power of a heating part increases in an underwater heater in which the heating part and the circuit part are integrally formed.SOLUTION: An underwater heater includes: a heating part 1 having a ceramic core member in which a heating wire is wound around the outer periphery, and a thermocouple is inserted into the inside, a metal sheath-like outer cylinder for coating the core member, and a powder-type filler subjected to swaging processing, which is put between the sheath-like outer cylinder and the core member; a circuit part 2 which includes a power supply circuit for supplying power to the heating wire, a control circuit for preventing overheating of the heating wire, a sleeve composed of metal circular pipe, whose both ends are water-tightly sealed after storing the control circuit inside, and a powder-type filler put in a space between the inner wall of the sleeve and a circuit board; and a connection member 3 for connecting the sheath-like outer cylinder and the sleeve.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a submersible heater for temperature control of a large-sized live fish tank used for transporting and rearing live fish.

  Traditionally, underwater heaters are often used for aquariums for breeding ornamental fish such as tropical fish to control the temperature. To prevent air blow accidents, the industry group “Aquarium Fish Heater Safety Council” Standardization of the standard has been issued, and the setting of the upper limit temperature of the heater and the flame resistance of the cover are progressing. This is because when the heater body is mistakenly heated outside the water (in the air), the heater body becomes empty and causes a fire.

  Various means for preventing accidents by controlling the temperature of the submersible heater have been proposed in order to prevent such idling. For example, Patent Document 1 includes a heater body, a control unit that controls the operation of the heater body, and a temperature sensor that senses the temperature of the heater body. The control unit opens and closes an energization circuit for the heater body, and a temperature. An underwater heater for an ornamental aquarium comprising an abnormality detection circuit for detecting an abnormal temperature of a sensor, a drive circuit for driving an opening / closing means in response to the abnormality detection, and a storage circuit for storing the abnormal state is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, as in Patent Document 1, based on the temperature sensing operation of the temperature sensing element, the temperature control circuit opens the semiconductor switch when an abnormality is detected and cuts off the power supply to the electric heating member. An underwater heater for an ornamental aquarium is disclosed.

  However, all of these are intended to maintain the temperature of a small water tank having a capacity of several liters to several tens of liters, and the required power of the heater is about several tens of watts. On the other hand, a heater used in a large-sized live fish tank for business use has a large capacity of several hundred watts to several kW. In addition, when the aquarium containing live fish is moved or cleaned, the heater is taken in and out of the aquarium. For this reason, the airing prevention means used for the ornamental water tank cannot be applied to a large water tank for business use as it is. At the present time, the unified standard for safety by the "Aquarium Fish Heater Safety Council" is not applied to commercial large tanks, and no means for preventing commercial large tanks from being blown up has been proposed.

JP 10-162936 A JP 2002-58386 A

  Live fish tanks for live fish, such as fish tanks for transporting live fish, fish tanks for fish restaurants, aquaculture tanks for fry rearing, etc. must be maintained at a temperature of about 20-25 ° C. The water tank is heated using an underwater heater and the temperature is adjusted. In order to ensure the safety of such a large capacity underwater heater, there is a control circuit unit that measures not only the temperature of the water tank but also the temperature of the underwater heater itself, and controls the energization when the underwater heater becomes an abnormal temperature. Indispensable.

  The technology for ensuring the safety of the underwater heater used in the ornamental water tank described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 is a cartridge type in which the heater main body and the control circuit unit are accommodated in the same metal case. A configuration is disclosed.

  The heater main body / control circuit unit integrated heater configuration described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 is extremely useful in eliminating the labor of mounting the control circuit section and the wiring work of the upper part of the water tank.

  However, in a cartridge type heater in which the heater body and the control circuit unit are integrated, when the required power of the heater increases, the temperature of the control circuit unit easily exceeds 100 ° C., and the control circuit is configured by a semiconductor or the like. Causes a problem that does not work properly. In addition, in large-capacity heaters, it is preferable to compress the insulating powder filled in the heater part to a high density by swaging to increase the efficiency of heat conduction, but the control circuit part and the heating part are integrated. Then, the control circuit may be damaged during the swaging process. For this reason, it is preferable that the heating unit and the control circuit unit be separated from each other, and that the swaging process is not performed on the control circuit unit. In addition, many live fish tanks for fishery-related applications that are also used for business use have a capacity of several hundred kilos to several tons, and the required power of the heater for maintaining the temperature is several hundred W to several kW or more. Therefore, how to reduce the temperature rise of the control circuit section is an important issue. Furthermore, the problem is that the structure does not easily break even when subjected to an impact from the outside.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a heater body / control circuit unit-integrated submersible heater used in a fishery tank for fisheries-related applications that is used for business purposes, even if the required power of the heater reaches a scale of several kW or more. It is an object to provide a means capable of maintaining the temperature at a normal level.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a ceramic core member in which a heating wire is wound around the outer periphery and a thermocouple is inserted therein, a metal sheath-like outer cylinder covering the core member, Insulating powder filled between the sheath-like outer cylinder and the core member and subjected to swaging processing, attached to the open end of the sheath-like outer cylinder, and insertion of the terminal pin of the heating wire and the thermocouple A heating unit including a sealing member having a hole;
A circuit incorporating a power supply circuit that supplies power to the heating wire, a thermocouple amplifier that amplifies the signal of the thermocouple, a control circuit that prevents overheating of the heating wire, and a semiconductor relay that turns on / off power to the heating wire A sleeve made of a metal tube having the same diameter as the sheath-like outer cylinder, the circuit board being stored therein, and sealed at both ends thereof, an inner wall of the sleeve, and the circuit A circuit unit comprising a powdery filler having an insulating property and a high thermal conductivity filled in a gap with the substrate;
An underwater heater comprising a connecting member that connects an outer cylinder of the heating unit and a sleeve of the circuit unit.

  In the underwater heater, the powder filler is preferably made of one or more of magnesium oxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride.

  Moreover, in the said underwater heater, it is preferable that the heat sink, for example, a metal heat sink, is attached to the outer side of the semiconductor relay of the said circuit part, for example, a triac. This is to increase the heat dissipation of the semiconductor relay and prevent malfunction or damage due to high temperatures.

  Furthermore, in the underwater heater, it is preferable that the sheath-like outer cylinder of the heating unit and the sleeve of the circuit unit are made of metal titanium. This is because damage to internal components can be prevented from impact, corrosion, etc. due to external force.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the amount of heat transferred from the heat generating portion to the circuit portion can be reduced, and the heat dissipation of the heat generated by the circuit portion itself can be promoted, thereby preventing an increase in the temperature of the circuit portion. . Moreover, the inside is protected by a metal circular tube such as metal titanium, and damage due to impact can be prevented. By these, the underwater heater of this invention can be safely used as a heating means for temperature maintenance of the large-sized live fish tank for fisheries related use.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of the examples. 1A and 1B are views showing the shape and structure of a submersible heater according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is an external view, and FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view. The heater includes a heat generating portion 1, a circuit portion 2, a coupling joint 3, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the heat generating portion of the underwater heater of this embodiment. The heat generating portion 1 includes a ceramic core member 11, a heating wire 12 wound around the outer periphery thereof, a thermocouple 13 inserted into the core member 11, and a core member 11 wound with the heating wire 12. The metal sheath-like outer cylinder 14 to be stored, the insulating powder 15 filled in the gap between the core member 11 and the sheath-like outer cylinder 14, the sealing member 16 attached to one end of the sheath-like outer cylinder 14, and the like It is made up of.

  In this embodiment, the core member 11 is a magnesium oxide cylinder having two to four through holes that are divided into two in the longitudinal direction and extend in the axial direction. Two of the through holes are holes through which the heating wire 12 or terminal pins (not shown) connected thereto are inserted, and the other two are holes through which the strands of the thermocouple 13 are inserted. The reason for dividing the core member 11 into two is that the thermocouple contact 17 is located at the dividing point. In this embodiment, the dividing point is near the center of the core member 11 in the longitudinal direction, but the temperature measuring position can be arbitrarily changed by changing the dividing position.

  The sheath-like outer cylinder 14 is formed of a sheath-like metal cylinder whose one end is sealed and the other end is opened, and the open end is sealed with a sealing member 16. The sealing member 16 is provided with a terminal pin (not shown) of the heating wire 12 and an insertion hole for the wire of the thermocouple 13. The purpose of using the sealing member 16 is to seal the insulating powder, to prevent deterioration due to intrusion of moisture, etc., to thermally insulate the circuit portion, etc., and the material may be a simple substance such as insulating packing, glass, epoxy resin, silicon resin or the like. Use a combination.

  The heating wire 12 is formed by winding a nickel-chromium-based or iron-chromium-based wire in a spiral shape around the outer periphery of the core member 11, and its end is connected to a terminal pin. As the insulating powder 15, magnesium oxide powder having high insulating properties and high thermal conductivity was used. Moreover, although the metal-made thing was used for the sheath-like outer cylinder 14, it is not necessary to restrict to this, and other corrosion-resistant metals such as stainless steel, copper, brass, incoloy and the like may be used.

  Further, after the core member 11 is accommodated in the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 and the insulating powder 15 is filled, the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 is subjected to a swaging process (diameter reduction by cold forging, the degree of diameter reduction is several% to 20%. %). Thereby, the density of the insulating powder layer 15 can be increased, the heat transfer coefficient can be improved, and the heat transfer from the heating wire can be promoted.

3A and 3B are cross-sectional views of the circuit portion of the submersible heater of the present embodiment. FIG. 3A shows a horizontal cross section, and FIG. 3B shows a vertical cross section.
The circuit unit 2 is externally mounted on a circuit board 21 containing various electronic circuits, a heat radiating metal plate 22 that promotes heat dissipation from the electronic circuits, an insulating tube 23 that covers them, and an outer side of the insulating tube 23. A metal sleeve 24, a powdery filler 25 filled in the space inside the sleeve 24, a sealing material 26 for sealing the opening of the sleeve 24 (the end opposite to the heating portion), and a sealing material 26, and a power cable 28 for supplying power to the circuit unit 2 from the outside.

  The circuit board 21 incorporates various electronic circuits described later. Further, terminal pins and thermocouple wires from the heat generating portion 1 are connected to the circuit board 21. The circuit board 21 and terminal pins (not shown) are connected by lead wires through caulking metal fittings.

  After various wirings are connected to the circuit board 21, a metal sleeve 24 is packaged. In this embodiment, a metal titanium circular tube is used for the sleeve 24. An internal thread is engraved on the inner side of one end of the sleeve 24, and this is fixed to the coupling joint 3 to be described later by screwing. Thereby, the heat generating part 1 and the circuit part 2 are fixed integrally.

  An insulating tube 23 is disposed between the circuit board 21 and the sleeve 24 to prevent a short circuit due to contact. In the present embodiment, the insulating tube 23 is divided into two parts and covers only the vicinity of both end portions of the sleeve 24. The inner diameter of the insulating tube 23 is substantially the same as the width of the circuit board 21, and the circuit board 21 can be fixed inside the insulating tube 23 by friction of the end face. As the insulating tube 23, it is preferable to use a silicon glass tube, a heat-resistant resin tube, or the like.

  In order to promote the heat dissipation of the heat generated by the circuit board 21, the heat radiating metal plate 22 is arranged so as to cover the electronic circuit arrangement surface of the circuit board 21. Among the electronic circuits, the semiconductor relay, the triac 29 in the present embodiment, emits a large amount of heat. Therefore, the heat radiating metal plate 22 is disposed so as to be in contact with at least the triac.

After the circuit board 21 is accommodated in the sleeve 24, the powdery filler 25 is filled in the gap between the circuit board 21 and the inner wall of the sleeve 24. As the powder filler 25, it is preferable to use a powder having high insulation and thermal conductivity, for example, magnesium oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride alone or a mixture of two or more thereof.
The sleeve 24, which is the outer cylinder of the circuit unit 2, is not subjected to the swaging process in order to avoid damage to the circuit elements. However, the heat dissipation effect can be greatly improved only by filling the powder with high thermal conductivity.

  After filling the sleeve 24 with the powder filler 25, a sealing material 26 that seals the opening of the sleeve 24 (the end opposite to the heat generating portion) and a cap 27 that covers the sealing material 26 are attached. The sealing material 26 may be a single piece of insulating packing, epoxy resin, silicon resin, or a combination thereof. The cap 27 is intended to prevent moisture from entering and to fix the power cable 28. In this embodiment, the cap 27 is made of rubber.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the coupling joint 3 is attached to the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 of the heat generating portion 1. Hereinafter, the coupling joint will be described. The coupling joint 3 is intended to connect the heat generating unit 1 and the circuit unit 2 and reduce heat transfer from the heat generating unit 1 to the circuit unit 2.

One end portion side of the coupling joint 3 is joined to the outside of the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 of the heat generating portion 1 by welding, an adhesive, or the like. A thread groove 31 is formed on the other end side surface. The circuit portion 2 is fixed to the heat generating portion 1 by screwing a female screw carved inside one end of the sleeve 24 of the circuit portion 2 into the screw groove 31.
It is preferable to use a material having a relatively low thermal conductivity for the coupling joint 3. For example, a metal such as titanium or stainless steel, ceramics having a certain degree of workability, graphite, or the like can be used.

  The point of the present invention is to devise a heat-proof measure for preventing the temperature rise of the circuit part when the heat generation amount of the heat-generating part becomes large in the submersible heater in which the heat-generating part and the circuit part are integrated. In the point. For this purpose, the submersible heater of the present invention employs the following two measures.

(1) Reducing the amount of heat transfer from the heat generating portion 1 to the circuit portion 2: For this reason, the heat generating portion 1 and the circuit portion 2 are not housed in an integral metal case, and are separated from each other by a separate metal sheath. The tube 14 and the metal sleeve 24 are accommodated, and a layer of the sealing member 16 is provided between the two and the two are connected by the connecting joint 3. By using a material having low thermal conductivity for the sealing member 16 and the coupling joint 3, the amount of heat transfer from the heat generating portion 1 to the circuit portion 2 can be greatly reduced.

(2) Since the heat generation of the circuit unit 2 itself is large when the power becomes high, the heat radiation amount of the circuit unit 2 should be increased: For this reason, the circuit unit 2 is covered with the heat radiating metal plate 22 and the circuit board 21 and the metal The gap between the sleeve 24 and the sleeve 24 is filled with powder having high insulation and thermal conductivity. The powder filler 25 is preferably a powder of magnesium oxide, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride or the like.

  Magnesium oxide has high insulation and thermal conductivity is higher in ceramics (thermal conductivity is about twice that of alumina). In addition, it has the characteristic that it is extremely chemically stable and hardly changes in any environment. Aluminum nitride and silicon nitride have high insulating properties, and the thermal conductivity belongs to the highest category among ceramics (thermal conductivity is about 5 times that of magnesium oxide), and has higher thermal conductivity than steel. It is a feature.

Aluminum nitride or silicon nitride may be used alone, but is preferably added to magnesium oxide (about 10 to 50% by weight of the whole) and used as a mixed powder. Thereby, a powder-filled layer having both high thermal conductivity and chemical stability can be formed.
The above-described countermeasure against heat insulation is a configuration unique to the underwater heater of the present invention.

  Next, the safety circuit (overheat prevention circuit) used in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing the configuration of the safety circuit in the present embodiment. The safety circuit includes a power supply circuit 101, a reference voltage generation circuit 102, a thermocouple amplifier 103, a comparison circuit 104, an RS latch circuit 105, a power-on detection circuit 106, a buffer circuit 107, a photocoupler 108, a triac 109, an indicator R110, an indicator B111 or the like.

  The power supply circuit 101 is a circuit that generates about 5V DC for driving the control low voltage circuit from 100V AC from the heater controller. The reference voltage generation circuit 102 is a circuit that generates a voltage for restriction comparison based on DC5V supplied from the power supply circuit 101. In this embodiment, the reference voltage generation circuit 102 generates 0.93V.

  The thermocouple amplifier 103 is a circuit that amplifies a weak voltage obtained from the thermocouple. In this embodiment, an output of about 5 mV / 1 ° C. is obtained using a dedicated standard IC. The comparison circuit 104 compares the voltage obtained from the thermocouple amplifier 103 with the voltage supplied from the reference voltage generation circuit 102, and when the former is larger than the latter (hereinafter, this is referred to as “detecting overheating”). , A circuit for changing the output from the logic level H to the logic level L.

  In the present embodiment, the RS latch circuit 105 uses two NAND gates to form a latch circuit, but the system is not limited to this. In this embodiment, both set / reset operate at the logic level L. Immediately after the power is turned on, the output is reset by the output of the power-on detection circuit 106, and when the comparison circuit 104 enters the “detection of overheating” state, the set signal becomes the logic level L. This is maintained until the supply of AC 100V from the heater controller is stopped.

  The power-on detection circuit 106 is a circuit that detects the rise when power is supplied. In this embodiment, after supplying power, the logic level L is output for a moment, and then the logic level H is continuously output.

  The buffer circuit 107 is a buffer circuit that enhances the output of the RS latch circuit 105. The photocoupler 108 is a circuit for transmitting a signal created by a low-voltage control circuit to a circuit that operates at an AC 100 V level in an insulated state. Specifically, the triac 109 is controlled based on the output of the buffer circuit 107. The photocoupler 108 is turned on when the RS latch circuit 105 is in a reset state (logic level L output), and the photocoupler 108 is turned off when the RS latch circuit 105 is in a set state (logic level H output).

  The triac 109 is a circuit for operating whether or not AC100V is sent to the heater. ON / OFF control is performed by a signal from the photocoupler 108. Based on the buffer circuit 107, the indicator R110 turns on the LED when “overheating is detected” (red in this embodiment). The indicator B111 normally turns on the LED based on the buffer circuit 107 (blue in this embodiment), and turns off when “overheating is detected”. In this embodiment, since the window for visually recognizing the inside is not formed on the sleeve, the inside cannot be seen in the product state, but it is preferable to form a window for checking the operation. Even if there is no window, it is effective in confirming the operation in the manufacturing process.

Hereinafter, the operation of the safety circuit will be described. First, at normal time without an overheating state, the AC 100V from the heater controller is repeatedly turned ON / OFF depending on the set temperature and the detection state from the controller. The operation of this circuit at that time is as follows.
1) When AC100V from the heater controller is applied, DC5V is generated by the power supply circuit 101.

2) As a result, the power-on detection circuit 106 outputs a logic level L for a moment, and the RS latch circuit 105 is reset.
3) The RS latch circuit 105 is not set until “overheating is detected”, and the reset state is maintained.

4) That is, in a normal water temperature state, for example, 30 ° C. (for example, the internal temperature of the heater heating unit is 60 ° C.), the output of the thermocouple amplifier is approximately 0.3V. On the other hand, the output of the reference voltage generation circuit 102 is about 0.93 V, and as a result of comparing the two by the comparison circuit 104, the output of the comparison circuit 104 remains at the logic level H, and the RS latch circuit 105 It is never set.

5) As a result, the photocoupler 108 continues to be kept on and the triac 109 is kept on. As a result, when AC 100 V is supplied from the heater controller, AC 100 V is always supplied to the heater, and temperature control by the heater controller is maintained.

On the other hand, the operation at the time of overheating is as follows.
1) When the heater part becomes an abnormal temperature state (for example, 190 ° C.) due to emptying or the like, the output of the thermocouple amplifier 103 is approximately 0.95V.
2) On the other hand, the output of the reference voltage generation circuit 102 is about 0.93 V, and as a result of comparing the two by the comparison circuit 104, the output logic level H of the comparison circuit 104 is obtained and the RS latch circuit 105 is set become.

3) As a result of setting the RS latch circuit 105, the photocoupler 108 is turned off, the triac 109 is also turned off, and the power supply to the heater is stopped.
4) Since the reset of the RS latch circuit 105 occurs only when the supply of AC 100V from the heater controller is started, this energization stop state is continued unless the supply of AC 100V from the heater controller is once turned off. .

  Next, the manufacturing procedure of the submersible heater of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the manufacturing procedure of the heat generating part of this embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 5A, the heating wire 12 is wound around each of the core members 11a and 11b divided into two in the longitudinal direction. Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), the thermocouple element 13 is inserted into the through hole of the core member 11a, and a thermocouple contact 17 is created at the right end of the core member 11a.

  Further, the end of the heating wire 12 is connected to two terminal pins (not shown) inserted into the through holes of the core members 11a and 11b, one to the left end, and the other to the other end. Keep connected. Next, as shown in FIG. 5C, the core members 11 a and 11 b around which the heating wire 12 is wound in a coil shape are accommodated in a sheath-like sheath-like outer cylinder 14. The inner diameter of the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the coil of the heating wire 12 so that they do not come into contact with each other.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5D, the insulating powder 15 is filled between the core member wound with the heating wire and the inner wall of the outer cylinder. Next, swaging is applied to the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 to reduce the diameter of the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 by about 5 to 20% (the swaging process is not shown).

  Next, as shown in FIG.5 (e), the connection member 3 is inserted in the open end of the sheath-shaped outer cylinder 14 by which the swaging process was carried out, and it joins with the sheath-shaped outer cylinder 14 by welding or adhesion | attachment. Next, as shown in FIG. 5 (f), the open end of the sheath-like outer cylinder 14 is sealed with a sealing member 16. At this time, the terminal pin and the thermocouple element are exposed to the outside through the sealing member 16 from the sheath-like outer cylinder 14.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the manufacturing procedure of the circuit section of this embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 6A, a circuit board 21 is attached to the heat generating portion 1 manufactured by the above-described method. At this time, the terminal pins and thermocouple wires from the heat generating portion 1 are connected to predetermined locations on the circuit board 21. Next, the power cord pipe 28 is connected to the circuit board 21. Further, a metal heat sink (not shown) is attached to the circuit board 21 in advance. Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, an insulating tube 23 is externally mounted on the outside of the circuit board 21. In this embodiment, the insulating tube 23 is divided into two parts and attached to the outside of the circuit board 21 at an appropriate interval.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6C, the metal sleeve 24 whose both ends are open is fitted to the outside of the insulating tube 23. At this time, the screw formed on the end portion of the metal sleeve 24 and the screw of the connecting member 3 are screwed together to fix the sleeve 24 to the sheath-like outer cylinder 14. The inner diameter of the metal sleeve 24 is substantially the same as or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the insulating tube 23 so that both can be fitted without difficulty. As shown in FIG. 6D, a powder filler 25 is filled in the gap between the circuit board 21 and the metal sleeve 24. Since the metal sleeve 24 of the circuit unit 2 is not subjected to the swaging process, the powder is sufficiently distributed in the gap by vibration or the like.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6E, the end portion on the open side of the sleeve 24 is sealed with a sealing material 26. The sealing material 26 is provided with a hole through which the power cord pipe 28 is inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (f), a rubber cap 27 is put on the sealing material 26. The cap 27 is also provided with a hole through which the pipe 28 passes, and this pipe can be inserted therethrough. With the above procedure, the underwater heater of the present invention in which the heat generating portion 1 and the circuit portion 2 are connected by the connecting member 3 can be manufactured.

It is a figure which shows the shape and structure of the underwater heater which is an Example of this invention. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the heat generating part in the underwater heater of a present Example. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the circuit part in the underwater heater of a present Example. It is a circuit diagram which shows the structure of the safety circuit of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the manufacture procedure of the heat generating part in a present Example. It is explanatory drawing of the manufacture procedure of the circuit part in a present Example.

1: Heating part
2: Circuit part 3: Connecting member 11, 11a, 11b: Core member 12: Heating wire 13: Thermocouple 14: Outer cylinder 15: Filling powder 16: Sealing member 17: Contact point of thermocouple 21: Circuit board 22: Heat radiation Metal plate 23: Insulating tube 24: Sleeve 25: Powdery filler 26: Sealing material 27: Cap 28: Power cord piping 29: Triac 31: Screw groove 101: Power supply circuit 102: Reference voltage generating circuit 103: Thermocouple amplifier 104: Comparison circuit 105: RS latch circuit 106: Power-on detection circuit 107: Buffer circuit 108: Photocoupler 109: Triac 110: Indicator R
111: Indicator B

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a ceramic core member in which a heating wire is wound around the outer periphery and a thermocouple is inserted therein, a metal sheath-like outer cylinder covering the core member, A heat generating portion including an insulating powder filled between the sheath-like outer cylinder and the core member;
A control circuit for supplying electric power to the heating wire and preventing overheating of the heating wire; a sleeve made of a metal circular tube and storing the control circuit therein; A circuit part including a powdery filler filled in a gap between an inner wall of the sleeve and a circuit board containing the control circuit;
A submersible heater comprising a connecting member for connecting the sheath-like outer cylinder and the sleeve,
A submersible heater in which a swaging process is applied to a sheath-like outer cylinder after filling with the insulating powder .

Furthermore, in the underwater heater, it is preferable that the sheath-like outer cylinder of the heat generating portion and the sleeve of the circuit portion are made of metal titanium. This is because damage to internal components can be prevented from impact, corrosion, etc. due to external force.

1: Heating part
2: Circuit part 3: Connecting member 11, 11a, 11b: Core member 12: Heating wire 13: Thermocouple 14: Outer cylinder 15: Insulating powder 16: Sealing member 17: Contact point of thermocouple 21: Circuit board 22: Heat radiation Metal plate 23: Insulating tube 24: Sleeve 25: Powdery filler 26: Sealing material 27: Cap 28: Power cord piping 29: Triac 31: Screw groove 101: Power supply circuit 102: Reference voltage generating circuit 103: Thermocouple amplifier 104: Comparison circuit 105: RS latch circuit 106: Power-on detection circuit 107: Buffer circuit 108: Photocoupler 109: Triac 110: Indicator R
111: Indicator B

Claims (5)

A ceramic core member in which a heating wire is wound around the outer periphery and a thermocouple is inserted therein, a metal sheath-like outer cylinder covering the core member, and the sheath-like outer cylinder and the core member A heating unit provided with a powder filler filled in between and swaging processed,
A power supply circuit that supplies power to the heating wire, a control circuit that prevents overheating of the heating wire, and a sleeve that is made of a metal circular tube and that is watertightly sealed at both ends after storing the control circuit inside And a circuit unit comprising a powdery filler filled in a gap between the inner wall of the sleeve and the circuit board,
An underwater heater, comprising: a connecting member that connects the sheath-like outer cylinder and the sleeve. The heating unit includes a sealing member attached to an open end of the sheath-like outer cylinder and having a terminal pin of the heating wire and an insertion hole of the thermocouple,
2. The underwater according to claim 1, wherein the circuit unit includes a thermocouple amplifier that amplifies a signal of the thermocouple, and a circuit board that includes a semiconductor relay that turns on and off power to the heating wire. heater.   The submerged heater according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the powder filler is made of one or more of magnesium oxide, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride.   The submersible heater according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a heat radiating plate is attached to the outside of the semiconductor relay of the circuit unit.   The submersible heater according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sheath-like outer cylinder of the heating unit and the sleeve of the circuit unit are made of titanium metal.

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