JP3208829U - Drinking water production equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a drinking water production apparatus that is easy to transport and install and that can supply sanitary drinking water. A drinking water production apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a transportable container 2, a purification station 3 provided in the container 2 for filtering and purifying water taken from the outside of the container 2, and a container 2. A cleaning station 4 is provided for cleaning the inside of the container B containing drinking water, and a drinking water filling station 5 for filling the drinking water purified by the purification station 3 into the container B. . [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a drinking water production apparatus.

  There is a need to provide drinking water in an area or facility that does not have water supply facilities, or in an area or facility that has water supply facilities but water supplied from the water supply facilities is not suitable as drinking water. For example, there are water sources such as wells, rivers, and reservoirs, but there is a need for a device that can provide drinking water by purifying the water source in an area where the water source is not suitable as drinking water. . For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that can obtain drinking water by taking water from a water source into the apparatus and filtering raw water taken into the apparatus with a filtration membrane.

JP 2001-198443 A

  The device shown in Patent Document 1 is used in an emergency such as a disaster, but the device used in an emergency is not expected to supply a large amount of drinking water on a daily basis, and is used for a long time ( It is not a structure suitable for deferring the equipment. Moreover, the apparatus shown by patent document 1 is inadequate in the response | compatibility regarding sanitary aspects, such as supplied drinking water and a container, The apparatus which can provide safer and safer drinking water is desired. On the other hand, in a region or facility where drinking water is not provided, it is very costly and time consuming to newly provide a water purification facility with a water supply facility or a filtration device, which is not economical.

  Therefore, in view of such problems, the present invention aims to provide a drinking water production apparatus that is easy to transport and install and that can supply sanitary drinking water.

A drinking water production apparatus of the present invention is a container that can be transported, a purification station that is provided in the container and filters and purifies water taken from outside the container, and is provided in the container to contain drinking water. A washing station for washing the inside of the container and a drinking water filling station for filling the container with drinking water purified by the purification station are provided.

  In addition, the purification station generates hypochlorous acid to sterilize the pretreatment filtration tank that primarily filters the water taken from the outside of the container and the primary treatment water that is primarily filtered by the pretreatment filtration tank. It is preferable to include a hypochlorous acid generating unit to be used, and an ultrafiltration membrane unit to which primary treated water sterilized by the hypochlorous acid is supplied and the supplied primary treated water is turbid.

  In addition, the drinking water production apparatus is configured to fill a container for storing the drinking water in a self-type, and the washing station and the drinking water filling station are provided in the container. The beverage station is disposed in a supply chamber, and the cleaning station includes a sterilizing water supply unit that supplies sterilizing water for sterilizing the inside of the container, and a rinse water supply unit that rinses the inside of the container cleaned by the sterilizing water, It is preferable that the water filling station includes a drinking water supply unit that supplies drinking water.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said drinking water manufacturing apparatus is provided with the charging apparatus which charges according to the amount of drinking water supplied in the said container.

  The drinking water manufacturing apparatus is an automatic drinking water manufacturing apparatus that automatically performs washing of the container and filling of drinking water, and the drinking water manufacturing apparatus includes both the cleaning station and the drinking water filling station. It is preferable to provide a water filling device that automatically fills empty containers with drinking water.

  The drinking water production apparatus includes a first conveyor that conveys empty containers to the water filling apparatus, and a second conveyor that conveys containers filled with drinking water from the water filling apparatus, It is preferable that an external cleaning device for cleaning the outside of the empty container is provided on the first conveyor.

  In addition to the self-type water supply chamber, the drinking water production apparatus includes an automatic water supply chamber that automatically cleans the container and fills the drinking water. It is preferable that both the cleaning station and the second potable water filling station are provided, and a water filling device for automatically filling the empty container with drinking water is provided.

  According to the drinking water production apparatus of the present invention, it is easy to transport and install and can supply sanitary drinking water.

It is the schematic which shows the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of FIG. It is the schematic which shows the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of other embodiments of the present invention. It is the schematic which shows the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of further another embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of further another embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of FIG.

  Hereinafter, the drinking water production apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, embodiment shown below is an example to the last, and the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of this invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
The drinking water production apparatus of this embodiment produces drinking water by taking raw water from a water source and purifying the raw water. Examples of the water source include a well, a river, a lake, and the like, but the water source is not particularly limited as long as raw water having a predetermined range of turbidity can be taken in. The drinking water production apparatus of the present embodiment is installed in a factory or school where there is a water source but the water of the water source is not used for beverages or the like and there is no drinking water supply facility.

  As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 1, the drinking water production apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a transportable container 2. The container 2 accommodates components of the drinking water production apparatus 1 such as members constituting a purification station 3, a cleaning station 4, and a drinking water filling station 5 described later. The container 2 is, for example, a metal container for freight transportation (see FIG. 2). For example, the longitudinal direction has a length of 20 feet, 40 feet, etc., and is configured to be capable of sea transportation and land transportation. . Therefore, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1 can be easily transported and installed by transporting the container 2 to a desired location. In this embodiment, the container 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has doors 21 and 22 that can be opened and closed at both ends in the longitudinal direction. By opening the doors 21 and 22, users and workers can enter and exit the container 2. In addition, the container 2 should just contain the component of the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1, and the shape and structure are not limited.

  In the container 2, as shown in FIG. 1, a purification station 3 for filtering and purifying water taken from the outside of the container 2, and a washing station for washing the inside of a container B (see FIG. 2) containing drinking water. 4 and a drinking water filling station 5 for filling the container B with the drinking water purified by the purification station 3. Moreover, in this embodiment, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1 also has a storage station 6 that stores the water purified by the purification station 3. The stations are connected by a pipe (not shown), and the water taken from the water source outside the container 2 is configured to be sent to other stations while being processed. Further, in the container 2, a generator that supplies power to each device of the drinking water producing device 1 may be provided, or each device may be supplied with power from outside the container 2.

  In the present embodiment, a purification station 3, a cleaning station 4, and a drinking water filling station 5 are provided in the container 2, and raw water can be taken in from the water source and the raw water can be purified in the container 2. By bringing the empty container B into the container, the container B can be washed and the container B can be filled with drinking water. Therefore, it is possible to easily provide drinking water in an area or facility where there is no drinking water system.

  The purification station 3 purifies the raw water taken in from the water source outside the container 2 by the pump P. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the purification station 3 is primarily filtered by a pretreatment filtration tank 31 that primarily filters water taken from the outside of the container 2 and the pretreatment filtration tank 31. In order to sterilize the primary treated water, the hypochlorous acid generating unit 32 for generating hypochlorous acid and the primary treated water sterilized with hypochlorous acid are supplied, and the supplied primary treated water is turbidized. And an ultrafiltration membrane unit 33. The pretreatment filtration tank 31, the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32, and the ultrafiltration membrane unit 33 are connected by a pipe (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, the pretreatment filtration tank 31 is composed of two pretreatment filtration tanks connected in series by piping, and the treated water filtered in the first pretreatment filtration tank is the second pretreatment filtration tank. To be further filtered. Moreover, the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32 is comprised by the salt water tank, the hypochlorous acid generator, and the chemical | medical solution injection | pouring unit, for example. In the present embodiment, the ultrafiltration membrane unit 33 includes a plurality of (four) ultrafiltration membrane modules. In addition, if the purification | cleaning station 3 can purify | clean raw | natural water, the structure and arrangement | positioning will not be specifically limited to what is illustrated.

  In this embodiment, at the time of start-up, first, raw water taken by the pump P is treated in the pretreatment filtration tank 31, subsequently treated in the ultrafiltration membrane unit 33, and this treated water is treated with the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32. Water is sent to the salt water tank and hypochlorite generator. That is, the treated water of only the pretreatment filtration and the ultrafiltration treatment without the addition of hypochlorous acid by the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32 is the salt water tank of the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32 and the hypochlorous acid generator. Is satisfied.

  Subsequently, in the hypochlorous acid generation unit 32, the hypochlorite generating unit 32 converts the hypochlorite into the primary treated water at such a concentration that the final treated water having a predetermined chlorine concentration, that is, the secondary treated water that has passed through the ultrafiltration membrane is obtained. Hypochlorous acid having a concentration sufficient to add chloric acid is produced. Only after the generated hypochlorous acid is added to the primary treated water and the final secondary treated water obtained through the ultrafiltration membrane treatment has a desired range of chlorine concentration, Supply as drinking water is started. In addition, the structure of the said purification | cleaning station 3 is an example to the last, and the purification | cleaning station 3 may purify | clean raw | natural water with another apparatus structure or another method.

  The purified water is stored in the tank T constituting the storage station 6. In FIG. 2, a plurality of tanks T are provided, but the number of tanks T is not particularly limited. In addition to the drinking water storage tank for storing drinking water, the tank T stores a tank for storing raw water, a tank for storing liquid used for cleaning containers, such as a cleaning station 4, and a liquid for other purposes. It does not matter if it is a tank. The treated water purified by the purification station 3 and the washing water for container washing are sent from the storage station 6 to the washing station 4 and the drinking water filling station 5 by a pump unit PU comprising a plurality of pumps. The pump unit PU can not only send water to the cleaning station 4 and the drinking water filling station 5, but can also send water between other stations such as between the purification station 3 and the tank T, The number is not particularly limited.

  In this embodiment, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1 is configured to fill drinking water into a container for drinking water in a self-type. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cleaning station 4 and the potable water filling station 5 are disposed in a self-type water supply chamber R <b> 1 provided in the container 2. The self-type water supply chamber R1 is an area in the container 2 provided for the user of the drinking water production apparatus 1 to fill the container B with drinking water. In the present embodiment, the self-type water supply chamber R <b> 1 is shown as an end room located on the one door 21 side of the container 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the cleaning station 4 includes a sterilizing water supply unit 41 that supplies sterilizing water for sterilizing the inside of the container B, and a rinse water supply unit 42 that rinses the inside of the container B cleaned with the sterilizing water. It has. The sterilizing water supply unit 41 can supply sterilizing water such as hypochlorous acid water into the container B. In the present embodiment, the sterilizing water supply unit 41 is provided in each of the plurality of sinks S provided in the cleaning station 4. Each sink S is provided with a nozzle of the sterilizing water supply unit 41, and the sterilizing water is discharged from the nozzle of the sterilizing water supply unit 41 when the user operates a predetermined operation unit such as a foot pedal or a button. Is done. In this embodiment, it installs in the sterilization water supply part 41 of the sink S so that the opening of the container B may face downward, and in that state, sterilization water is sprayed into the container B from the nozzle to sterilize the inside of the container B. After the inside of the container B is sterilized with the sterilizing water, the inside of the container B is cleaned by spraying the rinsing water from the rinsing water supply unit 42 having the nozzle. In addition, the water supplied from the rinse water supply part 42 can use the drinking water stored by the tank T. FIG.

  The drinking water filling station 5 includes a drinking water supply unit 51 that supplies drinking water. The drinking water supply unit 51 fills the cleaned container B with drinking water. The drinking water supply part 51 can be made into the arbitrary structures which can supply drinking water, such as a faucet and a nozzle. The drinking water supply unit 51 has a plurality of sinks S, like the cleaning station 4, puts the containers B in the sinks S, and operates the operation units such as a faucet and a nozzle to bring the drinking water into the containers B. Can be filled. In the present embodiment, since the drinking water is put into the container B in a self-type, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1 performs charging according to the amount of drinking water supplied into the container B as shown in FIG. A device 7 may be provided. For example, the billing device 7 may be a card reader that reads a prepaid card or the like that can be purchased or deposited by paying predetermined money, or may be a settlement device that can insert bills or money. Moreover, the charging device 7 may be provided with a measuring device for measuring the filling amount of the drinking water, and may charge according to the amount of the supplied drinking water.

  In the present embodiment, for example, when the user inserts a prepaid card or the like into the charging device 7 and operates a predetermined operation button, the cleaning station 4 and the drinking water filling station 5 can be used. The user arranges the container B upside down in the sterilizing water supply part 41 of the sink S of the cleaning station 4, sterilizes the inside of the container B by spraying the sterilizing water inside the container B. After sterilizing the inside of the container B, the inside of the container B is cleaned by the rinse water supply unit 42. Next, the user moves the sterilized and washed container B to the drinking water filling station 5 and fills the container B with drinking water from the drinking water supply unit 51 of the drinking water filling station 5. Thereby, the user can obtain drinking water only when it is necessary. And since the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 1 which can obtain drinking water simply in this way can be easily installed by conveying the container 2 to the area where drinking water was not supplied, it is large-scale. It is not necessary to install a proper water supply facility.

Second Embodiment
Below, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated. In the following description, some of the points common to the first embodiment will be omitted. The matters described in the first embodiment can also be applied to the second embodiment.

  The drinking water manufacturing apparatus 10 of this embodiment is an automatic drinking water manufacturing apparatus that automatically performs cleaning of containers and filling of drinking water. The drinking water production apparatus 10 of the present embodiment automatically cleans the empty container B and automatically fills the empty container B with the drinking water generated by purifying the raw water.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the drinking water production apparatus 10 of the present embodiment has both a cleaning station 4 and a drinking water filling station 5, and automatically fills an empty container B with drinking water. F is provided. Thereby, in the water filling device F, the empty container B is washed, and the empty container B is automatically filled with drinking water. In addition, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 10 of this embodiment has the purification | cleaning station 3 and the storage station 6 similarly to 1st Embodiment, and the storage station 6 is connected to the water filling apparatus F by piping which is not shown in figure, and water filling Drinking water is supplied to the device F.

  In the present embodiment, the drinking water production apparatus 10 includes a first conveyor C1 that transports an empty container B to the water filling apparatus F, and a second conveyor that transports the container B filled with drinking water from the water filling apparatus F. And a conveyor C2. Thus, empty containers B that need to be filled are automatically conveyed to the water filling device F by the first conveyor C1, and containers B filled with drinking water in the water filling device F are fed by the second conveyor C2. Be transported. In this way, empty containers B are automatically transported in the container 2 and automatically filled with drinking water, thereby producing a large amount of containers B filled with drinking water as compared with self-type containers. be able to. The user can easily supply the drinking water by transporting the container 2 and installing the drinking water production apparatus 10 in a place where there is no facility for supplying drinking water or an area where drinking water is not sold. Can be purchased.

  Hereinafter, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 10 of this embodiment is demonstrated in detail. First, when an empty container B is placed on the first conveyor C1, the empty container B is conveyed toward the water filling device F on the first conveyor C1. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first conveyor C <b> 1 is provided with an external cleaning device 8 that cleans the outside of the empty container B. The external cleaning device 8 cleans the outside of the empty container B with cleaning water and a cleaning brush. The container B whose exterior is cleaned is conveyed to the water filling device F by the first conveyor C1. The container B that has entered the water filling device F is inverted upside down by the reversing device F1 (see FIG. 4) provided in the water filling device F, so that the opening of the container B faces downward. The container B whose opening faces downward is sterilized and cleaned inside the container B by the cleaning station 4 provided in the water filling device F. Next, the reversing device F1 reverses the container B so that the opening of the container B faces upward, and the water filling station 5 provided in the water filling device F fills the container B with drinking water. The container B filled with drinking water is attached with a cap by a cap attaching device F2 (see FIG. 4) provided in the water filling device F, and the container B is closed with the cap. Since the reversing device F1 and the cap attaching device F2 can use known devices, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the container B is closed, the container B is conveyed from the water filling device F by the second conveyor C2. The container B moving on the second conveyor C2 passes through a foreign matter contamination detection device D for detecting foreign matter such as illumination and infrared irradiation shown in FIG. After the contamination is checked, the cap portion of the container B is passed through the packaging device PA for packaging the container B by packaging such as a shrink film, so that the container B can be sold.

  Thus, according to this embodiment, the empty container B can be automatically conveyed and filled. Then, by transporting the container 2 to a place where there is no facility for supplying drinking water or to an area where drinking water is not sold, it becomes possible for the user to easily obtain drinking water, and a large-scale water supply facility There is no need to provide such as.

<Third Embodiment>
Below, the drinking water manufacturing apparatus of 3rd Embodiment is demonstrated. In the following description, a part of the description common to the first embodiment and the second embodiment is omitted. The matters described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment can also be applied to the third embodiment.

  The drinking water production apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is capable of filling the container B with drinking water in a self-type and automatically filling the drinking water into the container B. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the drinking water production apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is an automatic water supply chamber that automatically cleans the container B and fills with drinking water in addition to the self-type water supply chamber R <b> 1. R2 is provided. The automatic water supply chamber R <b> 2 includes a water filling device F that automatically fills empty containers B with drinking water having both a second washing station 400 and a second drinking water filling station 500. The cleaning station 4 and the drinking water filling station 5 provided in the self-type water supply chamber R1 are substantially the same as those described in the first embodiment. Further, the water filling device F for automatically filling the drinking water including the second washing station 400 and the second drinking water filling station 500 is substantially the same as that described in the second embodiment, and the purification station 3 The storage station 6 can be substantially the same.

  In the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, the user can also fill the container B with drinking water in the container 2 in a self-type manner, or can automatically fill the container B with drinking water or automatically. A container B filled with drinking water can be purchased. Therefore, the user can select either self-type or automatic type, and can obtain drinking water in a necessary amount when necessary. And the drinking water manufacturing apparatus 100 which can obtain drinking water simply like this is easy by conveying the container 2 to the area where drinking water was not supplied, and the area where drinking water is not sold. Therefore, there is no need to install large-scale water supply facilities.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 10, 100 Drinking water manufacturing apparatus 2 Container 21, 22 Door 3 Purification station 31 Pretreatment filtration tank 32 Hypochlorous acid generation unit 33 Ultrafiltration membrane unit 4 Washing station 41 Sterilization water supply part 42 Rinse water supply part 400 2nd washing station 5 Drinking water filling station 51 Drinking water supply part 500 2nd drinking water filling station 6 Storage station 7 Charging device 8 External washing device B Container C1 1st conveyor C2 2nd conveyor D Foreign material contamination detection device F Water filling device F1 Inversion device F2 Cap mounting device P Pump PA Packaging device PU Pump unit R1 Self-type water supply chamber R2 Automatic water supply chamber S Sink T Tank

Claims (7)

A transportable container;
A purification station provided in the container for filtering and purifying water taken from outside the container;
A cleaning station provided in the container for cleaning the inside of a container for drinking water;
A drinking water production apparatus comprising: a drinking water filling station that fills the container with drinking water purified by the purification station. The purification station is
A pretreatment filtration tank for primary filtration of water taken from the outside of the container;
A hypochlorous acid generating unit for generating hypochlorous acid to sterilize the primary treated water that has been primarily filtered by the pretreatment filtration tank;
The drinking water manufacturing apparatus of Claim 1 provided with the ultrafiltration membrane unit by which the primary treated water sterilized by the said hypochlorous acid is supplied, and the supplied primary treated water is turbidized. The drinking water production apparatus is configured to fill drinking water into a container for storing the drinking water in a self-type,
The washing station and the potable water filling station are arranged in a self-type water supply chamber provided in the container,
The cleaning station includes a sterilizing water supply unit that supplies sterilizing water for sterilizing the inside of the container, and a rinse water supply unit that rinses out the inside of the container washed with the sterilizing water,
The drinking water manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drinking water filling station includes a drinking water supply unit that supplies drinking water. The drinking water manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the drinking water manufacturing apparatus includes a charging device that performs charging according to the amount of drinking water supplied into the container. The drinking water production apparatus is an automatic drinking water production apparatus that automatically performs washing of the container and filling of drinking water,
The drinking water production apparatus is
The drinking water production apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a water filling device that has both the washing station and the drinking water filling station and automatically fills an empty container with drinking water. The drinking water production apparatus is
A first conveyor for transporting empty containers to the water filling device;
A second conveyor for transporting containers filled with drinking water from the water filling device,
The drinking water manufacturing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an external cleaning device for cleaning the outside of the empty container is provided on the first conveyor. In addition to the self-type water supply chamber, the drinking water production apparatus includes an automatic water supply chamber that automatically performs washing of the container and filling of drinking water,
The automatic water supply chamber is
5. The drinking water production apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a water filling device that has both a second washing station and a second drinking water filling station and automatically fills empty containers with drinking water.

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