JPH08206665A - Quality modifying water container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform water quality modifying operation only for the time corresponding to the quantity of water by permitting the driving of an electromotive pump when lid opening and closing detection data are held but prohibiting the same when not held to prevent overlapped water quality modifying operation. CONSTITUTION: A water storage inner container 1, a water quality modifying device 3 housing a water quality modifying material 2 and a water purifier 4 housing a water filtering material 11 are arranged in one casing 5. The water in the inner container 1 is supplied to the water quality modifying device 3 through a water circulating passage 7 by a first electromotive pump 6 and again returned to the inner container 1 from the water quality modifying device 3 to be circulated. The water in the inner container 1 is supplied to the water purifier 4 through a purified water extraction passage 9 by a second electromotive pump 8 and subsequently sent out of the casing 5 from the water purifier 4. The electromotive pump 6 is driven only when there is a lid opening and closing detection signal after a power supply is closed and the driving of the electromotive pump 6 is prohibited on and after so far as a lid is not opened and closed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water quality improving water storage container, and more particularly, to a water quality improving water storage container which can supply high quality drinking water by improving water quality and filtering in addition to water storage. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A water storage container having a mineral material and a filter material has already been provided. This is equipped with an inner container that stores water, a water quality improver that is provided in the inner container and contains a mineral material, and a water purifier that contains a filtering material. The water that has been supplied to the reformer and passed through the water quality improver is returned to the inner container and circulated to improve the water quality, after which it is stored in the inner container and then poured out to the outside via a water purifier by another electric pump. Ready to use.

As a result, delicious water that has been mineralized is stored, and when this water is poured out, it is purified through a water purifier, so that delicious and clean water can be supplied.

By the way, even when water is made into mineral water by passing through a water quality improver, there is a limit to the amount of mineral components that can be dissolved in water. For this reason, the drive of the electric pump of the water quality improving circulation path is automatically continued for a certain period of time from the start of the mineral liquefaction operation so that the treatment is not wasted.

[0005]

However, since the drive duration of the electric pump is set in accordance with the amount of water when the inner container is full, the amount of water is reduced when the inner container is not full of water. Only a small amount wastes processing, and wastes time and driving of the electric pump.

Further, when the water after the water quality improving operation is subjected to the water quality improving operation again, the entire treatment operation again is wasted.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problem of such wasteful treatment operation, so that overlapping water quality improving operations are prevented from being performed, or water quality improving operations are performed only for a time corresponding to the amount of water. It is an object of the present invention to provide a water quality improvement water storage container.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a water quality improving water storage container of the present invention contains an inner container for storing water in the body and an improving material for improving water quality. And a water quality improving circuit for supplying water in the inner container to the water improving device by an electric pump and returning the water passing through the water quality improving device into the inner container for circulation. Therefore, the lid opening / closing detection means for detecting the opening / closing of the lid of the body, the signal holding means for holding the lid opening / closing detection data when the opening / closing of the lid is detected, and the electric pump are driven to start the water quality improving operation. The main feature is to provide an operating means and a control means for permitting the electric pump drive when the lid opening / closing detection data is held and for prohibiting the electric pump driving when the lid opening / closing detection data is not held. It is what

Further, the water amount detecting means for detecting the water amount in the inner container, the operating means for driving the electric pump to start the water quality improving operation, and the operating means for operating the operating means for the second time after the power is turned on. The control means for driving the electric pump for a predetermined time when the amount of water in the inner container is increasing more than that in the previous operation and for prohibiting the driving of the electric pump when the amount of water is not increasing is provided. It is a feature of.

Further, the water amount detecting means for detecting the water amount in the inner container, the operating means for driving the electric pump to start the water quality improving operation, and the operation of the operating means for driving the electric pump for a time corresponding to the water amount. The third feature is that the control means is provided.

In the third feature, the amount of water can be that when the operating means is operated.

The amount of water may be the amount of water in the inner container increased when the operation means is operated for the second time after the power is turned on, as compared to when the operation means is operated before.

[0013]

In the above basic structure of the water quality improving water storage container of the present invention, the water in the inner water container is repeatedly supplied to the water quality improving device through the water quality improving circuit and then returned to the inner water container. Since it can be circulated repeatedly through the improvement material, the total amount of water in the inner container is stored in the inner container with the water quality adjusted to the required degree, and a pump is used or a pump is not used. It can be used for the purpose of pouring through the outlet, tilting the body, or pumping out with a container.

Particularly, according to the above-mentioned constitution of the main feature of the water quality improving water storage container of the present invention, when the water is put into the inner container, the lid of the body is opened and then closed. The opening / closing of the lid of the container is detected by the lid opening / closing detecting means, and the lid opening / closing detection data is held by the signal holding means, and the holding is not released until the electric pump is driven. On the other hand, the control means permits the electric pump drive when the lid opening / closing detection data is held in the signal holding means, so that the operation means is operated to drive the electric pump to circulate water in the inner container. It is possible to repeatedly improve the water quality through the water quality improver, and the control means has a function of prohibiting the drive of the electric pump when the lid opening / closing detection data is not held. If the electric pump is driven by the operation of the operating means after the water is supplied to the vessel and the water quality improving operation is performed even once, the driving of the electric pump is prohibited. Even if the operating means is repeatedly operated with respect to the same water supplied to the water, it is possible to avoid the waste of repeatedly performing the water quality improving operation on the same water.

Further, in the above-mentioned construction of the second feature, while the amount of water in the inner container is detected by the water amount detecting means, when the operating means is operated, the water quality improving operation is started by driving the electric pump to start the water inside the inner container. The water quality improvement operation is carried out. In particular, the control means operates during the second and subsequent operations of the operating means after the power is turned on, and the electric pump is driven for a predetermined time when the amount of water in the inner container is increased as compared with the case of the previous operation of the operating means. Therefore, perform the water quality improvement operation corresponding to the fact that the water in the inner container contains new water, but if the water in the inner container is not increasing, the electric pump drive is prohibited, It is possible to avoid waste that water quality improvement operation is repeatedly performed on water in the inner container that does not contain it.

Further, in the above-mentioned constitution of the third feature, when the water amount in the inner container is detected by the water amount detecting means, the control means operates when the electric pump is driven by the operation of the operating means to start the water quality improving operation. Since the electric pump is driven for a time corresponding to the amount of water working, it is possible to prevent the water quality improving operation from being excessive or insufficient due to the amount of water.

Here, in the structure in which the amount of water is when the operating means is operated, no matter how the amount of water changes in the inner container, the amount of water when the operating means is operated is
It can be achieved without waste and without waste.

In the structure in which the amount of water is the amount of water in the inner container increased when operating the operating device after the second time after the power is turned on as compared with the case of the previous operation of the operating device, new water in the inner container is used. Since the water quality improving operation is performed for the time corresponding to the additional amount, it is possible to avoid the waste of performing the water quality improving operation again for the amount of water for which the water quality improving operation has been completed.

[0019]

EXAMPLES The water quality improvement water storage container of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to some examples below.

The first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 13 improves the quality of water and the inner container 1 for storing water as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, 7, and 8. A water quality improver 3 for accommodating the improving material 2 and a water purifier 4 for accommodating the filtering material 11 for filtering water are provided in one container body 5, and the water in the inner container 1 is removed by the first electric pump 6. The water in the inner container 1 is supplied to the water purifier 4 by the second electric pump 8 and the water quality improving circulation path 7 for supplying the water to the water quality improving device 3 and returning the water having passed through the water quality improving device 3 into the inner container 1. After that, the water from the water purifier 4 is poured into the spout 9c.
It is provided with the purified water pouring path 9 which sends it out of the container body 5 through. Then, the inner container 1, the water quality improving chamber 22 that houses the water quality improver 3 in a detachable manner, and the water purifying room 23 that houses the water purifier 4 in a detachable manner are separated from each other to form the body 5. It is provided so as to be individually opened on the upper surface.

In addition to this, at least one position of the water circulation path utilizing the water quality improving circulation path 7 is provided with a fogging means 101 for bringing the circulating water into contact with air. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the water-falling means 101 of this embodiment has a return port 7c of a return pipe 7b for returning water from the water quality improver 3 of the water quality improving circulation path 7 to the inner container 1, It is assumed that the opening is made in a normal space 100 formed in the upper part of.

Further, the water quality improver 3 of the present embodiment is adapted to mineralize the water passed through it by elution of minerals.

The water quality improver 3 is located outside the inner container 1,
By operating the water quality improving circulation path 7 by the first electric pump 6, the water in the inner container 1 is circulated so as to repeatedly pass through the improving material 2 in the water quality improving device 3, so that the inner container 1
It is possible to store the water in the inner container 1 by improving the water quality with respect to the total amount of the water in the inside, in this embodiment, mineralizing. at the same time,
The water circulated to improve the water quality repeatedly passes through the water-vaporizing means 101 provided in the middle of the circulation path of the water circulation, and is repeatedly touched by the air to be water-vaporized. As a result, the mellowness is increased like water of clear streams such as mountains. On the other hand, the water purifier 4 is also located outside the inner container 1, but the second electric pump 8 works the purified water outlet 9 to store the water in the inner container 1 to improve the water quality and mineralize the water. When the water is poured into the inner container 1, the quality-improved water in the inner container 1 is supplied to the water purifier 4 and passed through the filter material 11 to be poured out to the outside of the body 5. The mineralized water obtained by the improvement can be poured out and used as a clean product from which fine particles of the improving material 2, calcination components, and other foreign substances have been removed.

However, the water stored in the inner container 1 after the water quality is improved can be directly poured out or pumped out for use, and the pouring can also be carried out by using an electric pump or a manual pump, or these This can be achieved by appropriately adopting a pouring path or the like that allows natural outflow without using a pump, and is not limited to the pouring structure of this embodiment.

As described above, the water quality improving chamber 22 accommodating the water quality improving device 3 detachably accommodated therein and the water purification chamber 23 accommodating the water purifier 4 detachably accommodating therein the inner container 1 and one container 5 It is convenient to use because it is located in the water and is treated as one body, and these three are partitioned from each other in one container 5 and individually opened on the upper surface of the container 5, and the water quality improver 3 and When one of the water purifiers 4 is removed and the water stored in the inner container 1 is removed from the water quality improver 3 or the water purifier 4 due to the mutual water level difference, the water is improved in the water quality improver 22 or the water purifier 23. Connection port 22a and connection port 23
Even if it naturally flows out through a and 23b, it will stop when the water level reaches the same level and prevent it from leaking into the body 5 or overflowing outside the body 5. The water quality improvement room 22 in which the water quality improver 3 and the water purifier 4 have been removed by a circulation operation or a pouring operation, should it be possible.
Even if the water in the inner container 1 is sent into the water purification chamber 23 through the connection ports 22a and the connection ports 23a and 23b, it is prevented that the water leaks into the container 5. It is possible, and it takes a considerable amount of time to overflow from the water quality improvement chamber 22 and the water purification chamber 23 where the water quality improvement device 3 and the water purification device 4 have been removed due to the capacity difference to the outside of the container 5, and in the meantime. If the user notices that the state corresponding to the operation cannot be obtained, or if the user overflows outside the body 5, the user who is performing the operation can Can be immediately noticed and dealt with,
It is not a special issue.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the container body 5 includes a container-shaped main body 14 made of synthetic resin and a shoulder member 30 made of synthetic resin fitted in the upper end opening of the main body 14. It is configured. The bottom portion of the main body 14 is formed so that a bottom cover 15 made of synthetic resin can be attached to and detached from the bottom portion 14a which is slightly smaller than the other. The bottom cover 15 is provided with integrally formed leg portions 15a as shown in FIG. Leg 1
5a may be omitted, or may have another shape.
The shoulder member 30 is integrally formed with a fitting port 21 of the inner container 1 having an opening 17, a water quality improving chamber 22 and a water purifying chamber 23 for accommodating the water quality improving device 3 and the water purifying device 4.

The inner container 1 is made of aluminum and, as shown in FIG. 4, is fitted with an outward flange 1a at the upper end thereof and is fitted on the inward flange 21a integrally formed at the lower end portion of the fitting port 21, and is placed downward via a seal packing 24a. Screws 18, 1 received from the
By the connection by 9, the shoulder member 30 and the inner container 1 are integrated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the water quality improver 3 is a synthetic resin cylinder, and a cylindrical introduction port 25a for introducing water into the center of the lower end of the water improver 3 is provided at the center of the upper end of the water. The water quality improving cartridge 25 is formed with the respective tubular delivery ports 25b for delivery, and the return pipe 7b having the return port 7c is fitted and fixed to the delivery port 25b. This adhesively fixed return pipe 7b has an L-shape bent at a right angle from the delivery port 25b, so that it can be used as a convenient handle when attaching or detaching the water quality improving cartridge 25 or when handling it alone. it can. At the bottom of the water quality improving chamber 22, there is formed a connection port 22a into which the introduction port 25a is fitted from above and which is detachably connected to the outward path 7a side of the circulation path 7.
When the water quality improving cartridge 25 is housed in the water quality improving chamber 22 and connected to the outward path 7a, the return path 7b is located at a position immediately above the upper opening 22b of the water quality improving chamber 22 as shown in FIGS. The return port 7c extends straight in the lateral direction to the center of the opening 17 of the inner container 1, and the return port 7c is formed in the opening 1 of the inner container 1.
It is located in the central part of 7 and is opened upward in this embodiment. The synthetic resin lid 27 that is detachably fitted to the fitting opening 21 of the shoulder member 30 is made of synthetic resin at a position and size corresponding to the opening 17 of the inner container 1 and is slightly dome-shaped and convex upward. A transparent plate 28 is attached to receive the water returned from the upward return port 7c via the water quality improver 3 and to allow the water to naturally flow down into the inner container 1 while spreading it. Therefore, the contact efficiency with the air in the upper space in the inner container 1,
In other words, the efficiency of waterfall is improved and this state can be visually confirmed from the outside. Therefore, it becomes easier for the user to feel that the water quality is being improved.

In the water quality improving cartridge 25, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, as the improvement material 2, antibacterial activated carbon 25e that has been impregnated with silver, 25f of cage, 25g of barley stone, 25h of cage, 25k of coral stone, 25k of cage, and other necessary treatment materials such as purified water activated carbon 25m. Yayanoko 25
n and 25o are stored in order, and in addition to mineralization, antibacterial treatment and temporary purification treatment of calcination are performed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 8, the first electric pump 6 is provided in the middle of the outward path 7a, and by its operation, the water in the inner container 1 passes through the water quality improving circulation path 7 to the water quality improving device 3. It is sent into the installed water quality improvement cartridge 25, and the antibacterial activated carbon 25e, the barley stone 25g, and the coral stone 25
j, after passing through the purified water active end 25m sequentially, in addition to the antibacterial and purified water treatment, after receiving the elution of minerals, the inner container 1 again
The water in the inner container 1 can be uniformly mineralized because it is circulated repeatedly by returning it to the inside.

In the present embodiment, the water quality improver 3 converts the circulated water into mineral water with the improving material 2 which is a mineral component. However, the water quality improver 3 is not limited to this, but performs alkaline water treatment and other necessary treatments. May be

As shown in FIG. 3, in the water quality improving cartridge 25, the outer peripheral portion of the introduction side end which is the lower end and the outer peripheral portion of the delivery side end which is the upper end are rounded portions 25r so that no corners are formed. Yes, the water entering the water quality improving cartridge 25 stays in the corners that are likely to be formed on the outer peripheral portion of the inlet side end portion and the outer peripheral portion of the sending side end portion of the water quality improving cartridge 25 and does not flow for a long time. It is possible to prevent miscellaneous bacteria from breeding and becoming unsanitary.

The improvement material 2 can be replaced easily and quickly by attaching and detaching the water quality improving cartridge 25 to and from the water quality improving chamber 22, which is handled as a single body, and is also convenient for disposal after use. Is. When the water quality improving cartridge 25 is not disposable, it is preferable that the water improving cartridge 25 has a structure in which it can be separated so that the improving material 2 can be replaced.
In order to attach / detach the water quality improving cartridge 25 to / from the water quality improving chamber 22, the upper part of the water quality improving chamber 22 is formed as a gripping space 22b which is expanded more downward than the lower part. The improved cartridge 25 is grasped by a hand so that it can be easily removed. In addition, the water quality improvement cartridge 25 is installed in the water quality improvement chamber 2 in the reverse operation.
It is also easy to insert and mount it in 2.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the water purifier 4 comprises a synthetic resin bottomed main body 127 and a synthetic resin lid 128 fitted in the upper end opening of the main body 127. There is. Inside the main body 127, there is a water purification cartridge 31 in which the hollow fiber membrane 4a as the filtering material 11 is installed in the synthetic resin cylindrical body 31a, and the main body 127 is detachably attached to the bottom recessed portion 127a which is eccentric to one of the bottom portions. It is fitted. In the activated carbon chamber 127b, which is the remaining space around the water purification cartridge 31, the purified water activated carbon 32 as another filtering medium 11 is provided.
Is housed. The purified water activated carbon 25m in the water quality improving cartridge 25 is used as a preliminary filter medium for preliminarily removing chlorine to the extent that various bacteria of water do not propagate in the stored water, for example, about 0.3 ppm, whereas the water purifier is used. For the purified water activated carbon 32 in No. 4, the water with improved quality in the stored water is the spout 9
It is used as a final filter medium that finally removes residual chlorine when it is poured out from c to a standard residual chlorine value required for tap water, for example, about 0.1 to 0.2 ppm. While suppressing the growth of various bacteria while water is stored in this way, the residual chlorine of tap water level is suppressed at the spout 9c to prevent the influence of the odor of this water to the maximum extent, and it is used by pouring out. It is possible to suppress the growth of bacteria that remain in the final portion of the purified water spouting path 9 of the water purifier 4 to the spout 9c by stopping the spouting, as well as the water. Further, the hollow fiber membrane 4a has a filter mesh size of, for example, 0.1 micron level so that the final filtration may include the removal of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia coli. It is prevented that the thread film 4a is clogged early and its life is shortened.

Inside the lid 128, an inner lid 132 that fits the inner circumference of the main body 127 and the upper end of the tubular body 31a is provided, and between the lid 128 and the activated carbon chamber 127b upper end to the tubular body 31a upper end. A path 127c through which water flows is formed.

The water purifier 4 also has a cylindrical inlet 4b communicating with the activated carbon chamber 31b and a cylindrical outlet 4c communicating with the cylinder 31a, which are integrally formed at the bottom of the body 127. Correspondingly, at the bottom of the water purification chamber 23, as shown in FIG.
A connection port 22a for inserting and removing c to detachably connect to the base side pipe 9a and the tip side pipe 9b of the purified water pouring path 9,
23b is formed. As a result, when the introduction port 4b and the outflow port 4c are fitted to the connection ports 22a and 23b,
The purified water outlet 9 is connected via the water purifier 4. As shown in FIG. 8, the second electric pump 8 is provided in the middle of the base side pipe 9a.
When this is operated, the mineralized water in the inner container 1 by the water quality improvement first passes through the purified water activated carbon 32 in the activated carbon chamber 27a of the water purifier 4 to finally remove the residual scaly content. By entering the inside of the cylindrical body 31a through the path 127c inside the lid 128 and passing through the innumerable hollow fiber membranes 4a here, harmful harmful bacteria and red water components which cannot be removed by activated carbon are finally removed. From the inside of the beak-shaped protruding portion 5a provided on the upper front side of the container 5, to the pouring outlet 9c of the purified water pouring path 9 which projects downward, the water is poured out to the outside and used.

The replacement of the filter medium 11 can be carried out easily and quickly by attaching / detaching the water purifier 4 to / from the water purifying chamber 23, and it is convenient for disposal of the used material.
In this embodiment, the water purifier 4 is not disposable, and the water purification cartridge 3 can be obtained by removing the lid 128 and removing the lid 128.
1 or the purified water activated carbon 32 may be replaced. In order to attach / detach the water purifier 4 to / from the water purifier 23, the upper portion of the water purifier 23 is formed as a grip space 23c that is expanded to the surroundings from below, and fingers are put into this to grip the water purifier 4 in the water purifier 23. It is easy to remove. Water purifier 4 by reverse work
It is also possible to easily insert and mount the above into the water purification chamber 23. In the present embodiment, a lid cover 126 is provided on the portion of the water purifier 4 that projects into the picking space 23c, and the lid cover 126 is seated on the upward step 23d formed by the picking space 23c, and the upward step is formed. The convex wall 23e formed on the inner circumference of 23d is fitted and positioned so as to be detachable. The lid cover 126 has a knob 126a.
Are integrally formed.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 7, the water quality improving cartridge 25 and the water purifier 4 are provided on the front side of the body 5 in which the beak-like projection 5a of the body 5 and the spout 9c are located. positioned. Thereby, when the pouring is stopped, the water remaining on the side of the spout 9c from the water purifier 4 of the purified water spouting passage 9 is sent out by the next pouring. However, at this time, it does not pass through the water purifier 4 and remains filtered at the time of the previous pouring. In this embodiment, since the water purifier 4 is located on the front side of the body 5 close to the spout 9c, it is possible to shorten the passage portion where the water remains at the time of pouring, and the water purifier 4 or later is not spouted. The amount of water remaining in the area can be reduced as much as possible to suppress the growth of various bacteria.

At the portion of the shoulder member 30 where each of the water quality improving chambers 22 and 23 is opened, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. Synthetic resin lids 40 that are formed adjacent to each other and are common to the water quality improvement chambers 22 and 23 are detachably fitted.

Further, the water quality improvement room 22 and the water purification room 23
The lid 40 that covers the opening is transparent. Thereby, even if the water in the inner container 1 may overflow into the water quality improvement chamber 22 or the water purification chamber 23 from which the water quality improvement device 3 or the water purification device 4 has been removed due to the circulation operation or the pouring operation. Can be easily noticed by the operator and can be dealt with immediately.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the inlet 201b and the outlet 201c, which are attachment / detachment parts to / from the water purifying chamber 23, are the water purifier 4
Common to the inlet port 4b and the outlet port 4c of the water, and the inner container 1 of the purified water outlet 9 at the time of mounting to the connection ports 23a and 23b of the purified water chamber 23.
The cleaning cartridge 201, which forms a communication passage that allows the side and the spout 9c side to communicate in place of the water purifier 4, is provided in combination. Accordingly, when the inner container 1 and the purified water pouring path 9 are washed with a cleaning liquid, the water purifier 4 located in the middle of the purified water pouring path 9 is mounted in place of the cleaning cartridge 201, so that the inner container After the cleaning liquid is put into 1 and washed, the cleaning liquid in the inner container 1 can be poured out from the purified water outlet 9 to wash the inside of the purified water outlet 9 as well. By cleaning, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the cleaning liquid passes through the water purifier 4 and contaminates it. In order to prevent such contamination of the water purifier 4, the water purifier 4 is removed as described above. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the cleaning liquid overflows through the water purification chamber 23 after cleaning. The cleaning cartridge 201 is provided only in the outer shell portion in which the filtering agent 11 is not housed in the water purifier 4, so that no special parts need to be manufactured. However, it can also be a special part.

An operation panel 42 is provided on the upper surface of the beak-shaped protrusion 5a as shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and 7, and a water quality improvement operation start key is provided on the operation panel 42 as shown in FIGS. 43, pouring / pouring stop key 44, reset key 45, power-on display 46, cartridge cleaning display 4
7a, a cartridge replacement display 47b, a water quality improving water producing display 48, a finished display 49, a buzzer 410, etc. are provided, and electrical and electronic parts for controlling these operations and displays are provided on the back surface of the operation panel 42. An operation board 151 mounted is provided.

FIG. 10 shows a control circuit of the water quality improving water storage container of this embodiment in a block connection state, which has a control board 401 on which a microcomputer is mounted. The control board 401 includes the operation board 151, the electric pumps 6, 8,
And a reed switch 402 for detecting opening / closing of the lid 27,
And the power transformer 403 is connected. A current fuse 404 is provided on the power source side of the power transformer 403.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the reed switch 402 is provided with a stainless steel cover 405 on a window portion 408 provided on the upper surface of the shoulder member 30 of the body 5 and fitted from below, and a restraining plate 407 is attached. It is attached with screws from the back side via the magnet, and faces the magnet 406 provided on the lid 27 at this attachment position. This allows the lid 2
When the switch 7 is opened / closed, the magnet 406 causes the reed switch 4
The reed switch 402 detects opening and closing of the lid 27 by the contact and separation of the magnet 406, and inputs a signal to the control board 401.

As shown in FIG. 4, the electric equipment such as the first and second electric pumps 6 and 8 is a container type body 41 in a prone state.
It is housed in an electric box 41 consisting of a and a lid 41b fitted to this, and is mounted and mounted in the bottom of the main body 14 so that it can be protected from water. Further, if the electrical equipment to be housed is attached to the main body 41a side and handled integrally, including wiring between them, it is convenient for assembly and repair.

A liquid quantity display tube 146 made of a transparent resin or glass rising on the side of the inner container 1 is connected to a portion of the purified water discharge passage 9 near the base end of the pipe 9a as shown in FIG. , Which are provided on the side surface of the body 5, as shown in FIGS.
It is made visible from the outside through the liquid volume display window 147 as shown in FIG. The connection portion of the liquid volume display tube 146 with the base side pipe 9a is a portion of the base side pipe 9a on the suction side of the second electric pump 8, and the electric pump 8 is a water that naturally flows from the inside of the inner container 1. The liquid in the inner container 1 is improved in water quality because the liquid amount display tube 146 is not sucked because the liquid amount display tube 146 is continuously drawn out by repeatedly discharging the same to the tip side pipe 9b. Therefore, regardless of whether it is circulated or poured out, it is possible to always maintain the same liquid level as the water in the inner container 1 and confirm the amount of water stored in the inner container 1. Therefore, it is possible to confirm the degree of water reduction when the water in the inner container 1 is poured out.

The upper end of the liquid amount display tube 146 may be simply opened to the outside air in order to maintain the same liquid level in the inner container 1.
Considering the outflow of water when the body 5 falls down, it is preferable to connect it to the upper part of the inner container 1 as in this embodiment.

The liquid volume display window 147 has a transparent cover portion 147a formed on the liquid volume display window 147, which is slightly larger than the diameter of the liquid volume display tube 146 and protrudes from the side surface of the body 5 as shown in FIG. By positioning the liquid amount display tube 146 in the protruding portion, the state of the liquid amount displayed by the liquid amount display pipe 146 is displayed in the body 5.
It can be easily seen from the front side of the. Therefore, even if the liquid volume display window 147 is provided on the side surface of the container 5, the liquid volume display window 147 can be easily seen by a user who often uses it from the front side.

On both sides of the shoulder member 30, both ends of a hand-held handle 51 made of synthetic resin are provided with a shaft 51 as shown in FIGS.
The handle 51 is rotatably supported by a, and the handle 51 is integrally formed at the mouth of the shoulder member 30 so that the handle 51 can be received sideways.

The bottom cover 15 covering the bottom portion 14a of the body 14 of the body 5 is removed, and the body 5 is drawn as indicated by phantom lines in FIG.
When it is used for the table, the installation height of the body 5 can be increased, and the pouring water can be poured directly into the tall PET bottle 52 and the like from the pouring outlet 9c. Therefore, the container body 5 which tends to become large can be made as small as possible, and further, the advantage that the poured water can be directly poured into the PET bottle 52 can be provided. Moreover, the bottom cover 15 is covered with the bottom portion 14a of the main body 14 when unnecessary, so that the bottom cover 15 is not bulky. In this embodiment, the water quality improver 3 and the water purifier 4 are accommodated side by side on the front surface of the container 5, so that the shape of the front surface of the container 5 is a circular cross section and the water purifier. 4, a concave surface 61 that curves inward as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 is formed substantially along the cylindrical surface of the container 4 from the bottom of the body 5 to the spout 9c. It becomes a relief for the front surface of the container body 5 with respect to the bottle 52, and the PET bottle 52 can be placed at a position just right for pouring in the pouring water directly from the pouring outlet 9c.

By the way, even when water is passed through a water quality improver to perform water quality improvement operations such as mineral hydration, there is a limit to the amount of mineral components that can be dissolved in water. However, if the drive duration in one water quality improving operation of the electric pump 6 is set corresponding to the amount of water when the inner container is full, if the water in the inner container is not full, the amount of water is reduced. Only a small amount wastes processing, and wastes time and driving of the electric pump. Further, when the water after the water quality improving operation is subjected to the water quality improving operation again, the entire treatment operation again is wasted.

In order to solve this, in this embodiment, the control shown in FIG. 11 is performed by the microcomputer mounted on the control board 401. To explain this, the lid opening / closing data detected by the reed switch 402 after the power is turned on is addressed. Next, when the water quality improvement operation start key is turned on, the electric pump 6 is driven only when there is a lid opening / closing detection signal in the captured lid opening / closing data, and thereafter, unless the lid 27 is opened / closed, the water quality improvement operation start key is turned on. Even if it is done, the drive of the electric pump 6 is prohibited and this is stopped. The electric pump 6 is driven for a predetermined time due to the lid opening / closing signal, and then stopped. Therefore, the water quality improving operation is performed once only when the inner container is supplied with water by opening and closing the lid 27, and the waste of repeating the water quality improving operation for the same water twice or more can be avoided.

The predetermined time here is the inner container 1 at that time.
If it is set according to the amount of water inside, the water quality improvement operation without excess or deficiency based on the actual amount of water will be realized. In addition,
In this case, it is necessary to provide a water amount detecting means for automatically detecting the water amount in the inner container 1. Such water amount detection means,
Employ various known methods such as a method of detecting the height position of the float contained in the liquid volume display tube 146 with a photo sensor provided at each height position, or a method using electrostatic capacitance. You can

FIG. 12 shows the second embodiment of the present invention.
The water quality improving operation for the second time is performed for a time period corresponding to the amount of water in the inner container 1, and for the second time and thereafter, the water quality improving operation is performed by an amount corresponding to an increase in the water amount compared to the previous operation.

More specifically, when the water quality improvement operation start key is turned on, the value of the counter whose count value is reset by the initial setting when the power is turned on or the operation of the reset key is determined, and this value is 0. Is the first operation after the power is turned on, so set the counter to +
After 1 to set the count value to 1, the water amount data Q1 at this time is taken in and the operation time T1 corresponding to this is set. Next, the electric pump is driven for the set time T1 and then stopped, and the first water quality improving operation according to the amount of water is performed.

If it is the second or subsequent operation of the water quality improving operation start key, the counter value is not 0, the flow is different from the above, and the counter value is first incremented by 1 and then
Water quantity Qn at the time of this operation corresponding to the value n of this time counter
Is taken in, and from this water amount Qn the previous counter value n-
The amount of water Qn-1 corresponding to 1 is subtracted, and the range of increasing the amount of water in the inner container is detected, for example, Q2, Q3, and Q4, and when there is no change or there is a decrease, new water is added. Since water is not being supplied, keep the electric pump stopped and prohibit water quality improvement operations. When increasing the amount of water, set the operation time T2 to T4 corresponding to the amount of increase Q2 to Q4, and then drive the electric pump until the set time elapses, and perform the water quality improvement operation to increase the amount of water in the inner container. I try to do it only for the corresponding time.

Therefore, it is possible to avoid the waste of performing the water quality improving operation again for the amount of water for which the water quality improving operation has been completed.

FIG. 13 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, in which the returning means 7b of the water quality improving circulation path 7 is used as a downward shower tube to constitute the fogging means 101, and the fogging by contact with air in the space 100 is performed. In addition to enhancing the effect, the circulating water is hit like a shower against the stored water in the inner container 1 to bring the air in the space 100 into the stored water for contact with and dissolution of the air, thereby increasing the mellowness of the stored water. be able to.

[0059]

According to the above-mentioned basic structure of the water quality improving water storage container of the present invention, the water in the inner container is repeatedly supplied to the water quality improving device through the water quality improving circuit and then returned to the inner water container to improve the water quality improving device. Since it can be circulated repeatedly through the improvement material in the inner container, the total amount of water in the inner container is improved to meet the required degree of water quality and stored in the inner container, and a pump is used or a pump is used. It is possible to use it because it is said that the liquid is poured out through the pouring path, or the container is tilted, or the container is pumped out.

In particular, according to the main feature of the water quality improving water storage container of the present invention, the lid of the body is opened and then closed when water is poured into the inner container. The opening / closing of the lid of the container is detected by the lid opening / closing detecting means, and the lid opening / closing detection data is held by the signal holding means, and the holding is not released until the electric pump is driven. On the other hand, the control means allows the electric pump to be driven when the lid opening / closing detection data is held in the signal holding means, so that the operating means is operated to drive the electric pump to circulate water in the inner container. It is possible to repeatedly improve the water quality through the water quality improver, and the control means has a function of prohibiting the drive of the electric pump when the lid opening / closing detection data is not held. If the electric pump is driven by the operation of the operating means after the water is supplied to the vessel and the water quality improving operation is performed even once, the driving of the electric pump is prohibited. Even if the operating means is repeatedly operated with respect to the same water supplied to the water, it is possible to avoid the waste of repeatedly performing the water quality improving operation on the same water.

Further, according to the second feature, while the water amount in the inner container is detected by the water amount detecting means, when the operating means is operated, the water quality improving operation is started by driving the electric pump, and the water quality in the inner container is increased. Water quality improvement operation is performed. In particular, the control means operates during the second and subsequent operations of the operating means after the power is turned on, and the electric pump is driven for a predetermined time when the amount of water in the inner container is increased as compared with the case of the previous operation of the operating means. Therefore, perform the water quality improvement operation corresponding to the fact that the water in the inner container contains new water, but if the water in the inner container is not increasing, the electric pump drive is prohibited, It is possible to avoid waste that water quality improvement operation is repeatedly performed on water in the inner container that does not contain it.

According to the third feature, while the water amount in the inner container is detected by the water amount detecting means, when the electric pump is driven by the operation of the operating means to start the water quality improving operation, the control means operates. Since the electric pump is driven for a time corresponding to the amount of water, it is possible to prevent excess or deficiency in the water quality improvement operation depending on the amount of water.

Here, in the structure in which the amount of water is when the operating means is operated, no matter how the amount of water in the inner container changes, the amount of water when the operating means is operated is
It can be achieved without waste and without waste.

In the structure in which the amount of water in the inner container is increased when operating the operating device after the second time after the power is turned on, as compared with the case of the previous operation of the operating device, new water in the inner container is supplied. Since the water quality improving operation is performed for the time corresponding to the additional amount, it is possible to avoid the waste of performing the water quality improving operation again for the amount of water for which the water quality improving operation has been completed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a water quality improvement water storage container showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a water quality improving portion and a water purifier portion of the water quality improving water storage container of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view including a water purifier portion of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG. 1.

5 is a cross-sectional view including a water quality improver portion of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view of a cleaning cartridge provided in combination with the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG.

7 is a plan view of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG. 1 and a cross-sectional view of a reed switch and a magnet mounting portion.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG. 1 with the bottom removed.

9 is a cross-sectional view of the water purifier of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block connection diagram of a control circuit of the water quality improvement water storage container of FIG. 1.

11 is a flowchart showing a water quality improvement operation process by the control circuit of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a water quality improving operation process according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view showing a watering means of a water quality improving water storage container according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Inner container 2 Improvement material 3 Water quality improver 5 Body 6 Electric pump 7 Water quality improvement circulation path 27 Lid 401 Control board 402 Reed switch

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An inner container for storing water in a container, a water quality improver for accommodating an improving material for improving water quality, and water in the inner container supplied to the water improver by an electric pump. It is equipped with a water quality improving circulation path that circulates water that has passed through the inside of the container and circulates it, and holds lid opening / closing detection means for detecting opening / closing of the lid of the body, and lid opening / closing detection data when opening / closing of the lid is detected. The signal holding means, the operating means for driving the electric pump to start the water quality improving operation, the electric pump drive when the lid opening / closing detection data is held, and the lid opening / closing detection data is not held. A water quality improvement water storage container provided with a control means for prohibiting driving of an electric pump. 2. An inner container for storing water in a container, a water quality improver for containing an improving material for improving the quality of water, and water in the inner container supplied to the water improver by an electric pump. A water quality improving circuit for circulating the water that has passed through the inside container to circulate, and a water amount detecting means for detecting the amount of water in the inner container,
When operating the operating means for driving the electric pump to start the water quality improving operation and the operating means for the second time after the power is turned on, the amount of water in the inner container is larger than that of the operation before the operating means. A water quality improvement water storage container, which is provided with control means for driving the electric pump for a predetermined period of time and prohibiting driving of the electric pump when the volume is not increased. 3. An inner container for storing water in the container, a water quality improver for containing an improving material for improving the quality of water, and a water quality improver for supplying water in the inner container to the water improver by an electric pump. A water quality improving circuit for circulating the water that has passed through the inside container to circulate, and a water amount detecting means for detecting the amount of water in the inner container,
A water quality improving water storage container comprising: an operating means for driving an electric pump to start a water quality improving operation; and a control means for operating the electric pump for a time corresponding to the amount of water by operating the operating means. 4. The water quality improved water storage container according to claim 3, wherein the amount of water is when the operating means is operated. 5. The water quality improved water storage reservoir according to claim 3, wherein the amount of water is the amount of water in the inner container increased when operating the operation means after the second time after the power is turned on, as compared to when the operation means is operated before. container.