JPH09327693A - Magnetic water activating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the mounting work of a magnetic water activating device and to omit an exclusive fastener to make maintenance free even in a case buried in the ground. SOLUTION: This magnetic water activating device is a water activating device 8 having a split type structure wherein the split surfaces 2 of a pair of housing cases 1, 1 respectively housing rare earth element type permanent magnets 7 are mutually mated and one permanent magnet 7 of the housing case 1 and the other permanent magnet 7 of the other housing case have opposite magnetic poles and are arranged in opposed relationship and the smooth split surfaces 2 of the respective housing cases 1 are brought to a close contact state by the mutual attraction force of the permanent magnets 7. Therefore, the fastening bolts of the mutual housing cases 1 are unnecessary and the water activating device 8 can be simply attached to a water sending pipe and trouble such as the corrosion of a fastener is eliminated and the water activating device 8 is made free in maintenance over a long period of time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic water activator for exerting a magnetic line of force on water flowing through a water pipe or the like, which can be easily attached to a water pipe or the like and requires no fasteners for that purpose for long-term maintenance. Provide what you can do for free.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 6, the basic structure of a magnetic type water activator to which the present invention is applied is a pair of storage boxes 1
A split type structure in which the split surfaces 2 of 1 are fitted to each other, and the insertion portion 3 is recessed in the split surface 2 of the housing box 1,
With the water pipe 5 inserted in the center, the central water pipe 5 can be sandwiched between the pair of storage boxes 1.1 from above and below,
The permanent magnet 7 is housed and held in the housing chamber 6 of each housing box 1,
It is of a type configured so that the water supply pipe 5 is exposed to the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet 7.

The water flowing in the water pipe 5 is activated and finely divided by the magnetic lines of force of the permanent magnet 7, and the activated water gradually causes rust, scale, slime, etc. on the pipe wall. It removes and peels off to prevent redeposition and purifies water quality. For this reason, the above-mentioned magnetic activator does not require chemical agents and other energy such as electricity, is semi-permanently effective, does not require the work of cutting the pipe, and does not take up much installation space. There are advantages.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art As a water-activating device utilizing magnetism, as shown in JP-A-59-189992 (see FIG. 5), a magnetic rod 57 is hung from a lid 56 in a water storage tank 55, and a magnetic rod 57 below the magnetic rod 57 is suspended. The area 60 divided by the perforated metal plates 59 is filled with barley stone 58, and the sludge attached to the pipe is removed by the action of the magnetic force of the magnetic rod 57 and the adsorption / decomposition force of the wheat stone 58. There is something I did.

On the other hand, the split type water activator shown in the basic structure is different from the method of the above-mentioned publication in which the magnet is brought into direct contact with the water to be treated, and is a water treatment method of sandwiching the magnet between the water pipes without cutting work. FIG. 6 shows a conventional example of this type of container.

That is, the water heater has a lid 1a and a receiver 1b.
It is a two-piece type structure with the water pipe 5 inside and the lid 1
a and the receiving body 1b are sandwiched from above and below, a plurality of hexagon socket fastening bolts 50 are screw-fitted from the lid body 1a to the receiving body 1b side, the hexagon holes 51 of the fastening bolts 50 are crushed and caulked, and the lid is closed. The body 1a and the receiving body 1b are configured so as to be sandwiched and fixed so as not to separate from each other.

[0007]

In the above-mentioned conventional technique, it is necessary to successively screw-fit the lid 1a and the receiving body 1b using the plurality of fastening bolts 50, and the work of mounting the water activator on the water pipe 5 is required. Becomes complicated. In addition, the water activator is often attached to the underground pipe portion of the water pipe 5, and in long-term burial,
The fastening bolts 50 may corrode, which may adversely affect the permanent magnets in the water heater, or the fixing force between the lid body 1a and the receiving body 1b may be hindered. Therefore, in practice, it is difficult to make the water-activating device maintenance-free for a long period of time, and some kind of maintenance management is required.

It is a technical object of the present invention to facilitate the work of mounting a magnetic water activator, and to achieve long-term maintenance-free operation even when buried in the soil by omitting a dedicated fastener.

[0009]

Means for achieving the above object will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 showing an embodiment.

That is, the first aspect of the present invention is the magnetic water heater of the basic structure described above, in which the split surface 2 of the storage box 1 is formed smooth, and the intubation portion 3 is provided in the front-rear direction at the center of the support surface 4. ,
The water feed pipe 5 is configured to be sandwiched by the contact between the split surfaces 2 of each storage box 1, and the permanent magnets 7 are rare earth element-based magnets. The permanent magnets 7 of the housing box 1 are arranged so as to face each other with opposite magnetic poles,
By the attractive force of the permanent magnets 7 between the pair of storage boxes 1 and 1, the smooth split surfaces 2 of the storage boxes 1 are brought into close contact with each other,
It is characterized in that the pair of storage boxes 1 and 1 can be fixedly and integrally fixed to each other in a holding posture with respect to the water supply pipe 5.

A second aspect of the present invention is the same as the first aspect of the present invention, in which the split surfaces 11 of the pair of protective cases 10 are engageable with each other, and the insertion recesses for the water pipe 5 are provided on both front and rear sides of the protective case 10. 12 is formed, and the holding box 1.1 in the sandwiched state is configured to be able to be covered from the outside by the split-type protective case 10/10, and each protective case 10 is made of synthetic resin, rubber material, etc. It is what

The water supply pipe 5 of the present invention 1 is, for example, a water supply pipe branched from a water main to a house, a condominium, a building, etc. via a water faucet, or a water supply tank on the roof of a building to connect to each room. In a broad sense, it means a water supply pipeline, such as a supply pipe that is led out. The water activation device of the present invention can be applied regardless of the material of the water supply pipe 5 (a steel pipe, a vinyl chloride pipe, etc.). In addition, the water activating device is attached to the underground portion of the water pipe 5 (for example,
It is often mounted on the water supply pipe to each home on the downstream side of the meter), but various mounting modes can be adopted such as mounting on the outside air exposed portion along the outer wall surface of a condominium, building, or the like. The housing box 1 is made of stainless steel, iron or the like, but may be made of other material such as synthetic resin. The shape of the storage box 1 does not matter whether it is a tetrahedron box or a semi-cylindrical shape.

The permanent magnet 7 is not a usual ferrite magnet or alloy magnet (for example, alnico magnet), but a rare earth element magnet (specifically, neodymium / iron magnet, samarium / cobalt magnet, etc.). To do. The rare earth-based permanent magnet 7 has a large magnetic flux density, the attracting force between the permanent magnets 7 is increased, and the holding and fixing force between the housing boxes 1 and 1 is improved. In particular, when the water supply pipe 5 is a steel pipe, the attraction force between each of the housing boxes 1 and the steel pipes is increased to increase the clamping and fixing force. The permanent magnets 7 can be appropriately adjusted in the accommodation mode such as the number and arrangement of the permanent magnets 7 in accordance with the flow rate of the water supply pipe 5, the flow velocity, the pipe diameter, and the like. When a plurality of permanent magnets 7 are arranged, they are usually arranged side by side along the length direction of the housing box 1.

In the present invention 1, when the split surfaces 2 of the storage boxes 1.1 are aligned with the water supply pipe 5 inside, the storage boxes 1.1 are automatically brought into close contact with each other by the attractive force of the permanent magnet 7. Unlike the above-mentioned conventional technique, a dedicated fastener for fixing the housing boxes 1 and 1 to each other is not required, and as a result, the work of attaching the water activator to the water supply pipe 5 is extremely simple.

On the other hand, the synthetic resin of the present invention 2 is a lightweight resin such as styrene foam or urethane foam, or a usual synthetic resin such as polyolefin, polyamide or polyester. The rubber material may be synthetic rubber or natural rubber, and may be foamed rubber or the like.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the outside of the water-activating device is made of synthetic resin,
Since it is covered with the protective case 10 made of rubber or the like, it is possible to avoid direct contact of the water activator with the soil even when the water activator is buried in the soil. Also, the split surface 1 of the protective case 10
Since the 1.1 and 11 are engaged with each other, the protective case 10 is covered with the water heater, so that the half-separated storage boxes 1 and 1 can be automatically aligned with each other on the split surface 2.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 is a vertical front view of a magnetic water heater,
FIG. 2 is a right side view of a vertical section of the water-activating device, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the water-activating device and a protective case, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of an essential part showing an engagement state of split surfaces of the protective case.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the magnetic water activator 8 has a split type structure in which split surfaces 2 of a pair of storage boxes 1 and 1 are joined to each other. The split surface 2 is formed as a smooth surface, and an intubation portion 3 having a rectangular cross section is recessed in the front-rear direction of the central portion of the split surface 2. The whole storage box 1 is made of stainless steel,
The front and rear wall surfaces 15 of the front surface are cut out in a semicircular shape on the split surface 2 side (see FIG. 3). However, the housing box 1 is made of polycarbonate resin, A
A synthetic resin having high mechanical strength such as BS resin, FRP or polyamide resin, or a normal polyolefin-based synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride resin, polyethylene resin or polypropylene resin may be used as the material.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a support body 4 formed by bending a steel plate into a substantially concave shape is arranged in the storage box 1, and smooth flanges 16 at both left and right ends of the support body 4 are provided. The storage box 1
It is pressed against the split surface 2 from inside. A plurality of steel plates 17 are spread over the bottom wall 4a of the support 4, the permanent magnets 7 are placed above the steel plates 17, and the permanent magnets 7 face the intubation portion 3 of the housing box 1. In this case, the permanent magnets 7 of the one housing box 1 and the permanent magnets 7 of the other housing box 1 are opposed to each other with opposite magnetic poles so that attractive force acts between the permanent magnets 7 of the pair of housing boxes 1. Set to. Receiving portions 18 are provided on the left and right sides of the front and rear end portions of the support body 4, and the receiving portions 18 are fixed to the front and rear wall surfaces 15 of the housing box 1 via fixing screws 19.

The permanent magnet 7 is a rare earth element-based neodymium / iron magnet, has a strong magnetic flux density of about 10,000 to 20,000 gauss, and has 2000 gauss or more for running water in the water pipe 5. Can affect the magnetic flux density. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the permanent magnet 7 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape,
Two or three or more fixed numbers are fixed along the front-back direction of the support 4. However, the permanent magnet 7 may be formed in a long shape and one may be arranged in the front-rear direction, but basically, according to the pipe diameter of the water pipe 5 to be attached, the flow rate or the flow velocity of water, The installation mode of the permanent magnet 7 can be adjusted in various ways.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the split type magnetic water activator 8 attached to the water pipe 5 is further fitted with split type protective cases 10. The protective case 10 is a rectangular parallelepiped box made of lightweight Styrofoam, and the split surface 1 of one protective case 10
A circumferential support protrusion 20 is provided on the first protective case 10, and a circumferential receiving groove 21 is formed on the split surface 11 of the other protective case 10. The support protrusion 20 and the receiving groove 21 form a pair of protective case 10
The 10 is configured to be engageable with the split surface 11 (see FIG. 4).
In addition, when both sides 22 of the front and rear of the protective case 10 are cut out in a semicircular shape to form the insertion recess 12 for the water pipe 5, and when the protective case 10 is put on the housing case 1, the water pipe 5 Configure so that it does not interfere with the insertion of.

Therefore, a procedure for mounting the magnetic water heater 8 on the water pipe 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, first, the water pipe 5 is placed in the middle, the split surfaces 2 are brought into contact with each other from the vertical direction (or the horizontal direction), and the pair of storage boxes 1 and 1 are sandwiched. Due to the action of the magnetic lines of force acting on the magnets 7, the storage boxes 1.1 are attracted to each other and the smooth split surfaces 2 are automatically brought into close contact with each other, so that the pair of storage boxes 1.1 hold the water pipe 5 therebetween. They are fixed to each other in a fixed manner. Next, while the split surfaces 11 are engaged with each other, the protective case 10 having the split type structure is put on the storage box 1 from the outside, and the entire storage box 1.1 in the holding posture is covered with the protective case 10. To do.

The magnetic water activator 8 of this embodiment is often buried in the soil, and is attached to the water pipe 5 by the attractive force of the permanent magnet 7. Therefore, unlike the above-mentioned prior art, a dedicated fastener is used. The installation work is extremely easy and there is no problem such as corrosion of fasteners in the soil, and the water heater can be maintenance-free for a long period of time. In particular, the permanent magnet 7 is a neodymium / iron magnet, and has a very large magnetic flux density (specifically, a little over 20,000 Gauss) as compared with a ferrite magnet or the like, so that it can be reliably attached to the water pipe 5. Usually, the water pipe 5 of a condominium, a building, etc. is a steel pipe, and in this case, the attraction force between the permanent magnet 7 and the steel pipe is added,
The water activating device 8 can be more strongly attached to the water pipe 5. Further, the split surface 2 of the storage box 1 is smooth, and there is no risk of the operator's hands being injured, and the mounting work can be performed safely.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, since the above-mentioned water activator is covered with a protective case 10 which is free from corrosion, the water activator 8 does not come into direct contact with the soil even if it is buried in the soil. Instead, the live water 8 can be protected by that amount for a long time. As shown in FIG. 4, the split type protective case 10 has a structure in which the split surfaces 11 are engaged with each other. -It is possible to correct the misalignment between the ones and to automatically perform the alignment, and when the water pipe 5 is mounted, it is possible to surely eliminate the misalignment of the water activating device 8.

However, by providing a hemispherical projection on one of the split surfaces 2 of the storage box 1 of the water-activating device 8 and a plurality of hemispherical depressions at corresponding positions on the other split surface 2, respectively, the storage box 1.1 You may comprise so that it can mutually position mutually. In this case, since the projections and the depressions are hemispherical, there is no risk of injuring an operator when the water activating device 8 is attached.

As described above, when the magnetic activator 8 of this embodiment is attached to the water pipe 5, the water flowing in the water pipe 5 is in the association state by the action of the strong magnetic lines of force of the permanent magnet 7 made of neodymium / iron. For example, the hydrogen bond of the water molecule group in
It is physicochemically activated and atomized. Due to the action of this activated water, rust, scale, slime, etc. on the pipe wall are gradually removed, peeled off, or prevented from re-adhering, and chlorine and carbon dioxide gas in the water are released to improve water quality. Is purified.

Therefore, for example, when applied to the purification of water supply in the home, the action of the activated water makes the hot water of the bathtub mellow and makes it difficult for dirt to adhere to the bathtub. In addition, in cooking, the smell of water is eliminated, rice is cooked fluffy, and dishwashing becomes easier. In addition, various effects can be expected, such as reducing the amount of detergent used during washing and saving water.

[0028]

[Example] When the diameter of the water pipe 5 is 20 mm, a specific example of the magnetic water heater 8 is as follows. As shown in FIG.
Three neodymium / iron permanent magnets 7 having a strength of more than 20,000 gauss are arranged in each housing box 1 in parallel at a constant distance in the longitudinal direction of the housing box 1 (that is, the front-back direction). The size of each storage box 1 is set to have a lateral width of 75 mm, a longitudinal width of 220 mm, and a vertical width of 35 mm.

Further, in the small-sized water activating device 8 in which two permanent magnets 7 are arranged in parallel in each storage box 1, the front-back width of each storage box 1 is 110.
The mm, the left-right width, and the vertical width are the same as those of the three-container storage box 1.

[0030]

【The invention's effect】

(1) In the first aspect of the present invention, when the split surfaces of the storage boxes are aligned from both sides with the water pipe inside, the storage boxes automatically contact each other due to the attractive force of the permanent magnets. There is no need for a fastening bolt or the like to fix the housing boxes together. Therefore, the fitting operation of the fastening bolts can be omitted, so that the water activator can be attached to the water pipe extremely quickly and easily. Moreover, since the rare earth-based permanent magnets are housed in the housing boxes, the attracting forces between the housing boxes are strong and the fixing forces between the housing boxes are high. In particular, when the water supply pipe is not a vinyl chloride pipe or the like but a steel pipe, the attracting force between the permanent magnet and the steel pipe is added, so that the fixing force becomes stronger.

On the other hand, most of the water activators are buried in the soil, but in this case, in the method using a fastener as in the prior art, this fastener corrodes for a long period of time and adversely affects the permanent magnet in the storage box. There is a risk that it may affect the fixing force between the housing boxes. However, since the water activating device of the present invention 1 does not require a dedicated fastener, the water activating device can be maintenance-free for a long period of time without such an adverse effect. Further, since the support surface of the storage box is smooth and has no irregularities, there is no risk of the worker being injured on the split surface during the work of mounting on the water pipe, and the work can be performed safely.

(2) In the present invention 2, the outside of the water activator is covered with a protective case such as a synthetic resin or a rubber material that does not cause corrosion. Therefore, even when the water activator is buried in the soil, the water activator does not come into contact with the soil. Direct contact can be avoided, and the water-activating device can be better protected for a long period of time. Also, when the split surfaces of the protective case put on the water purifier are engaged with each other, the live water container is automatically aligned in the protective case without the half of the storage boxes in the protective case being displaced from each other on the split surface. . Therefore, it is possible to position and hold the water activation device in an appropriate mounting posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of a magnetic water heater showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a right side view in vertical section of the same water heater.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a magnetic water heater and a protective case.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of an essential part showing an engagement state of the split surfaces of the protective case.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view of a conventional water activating device using magnetism.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a magnetic water heater having a split type structure showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Storage box, 2 ... Split surface of storage box, 3 ... Insertion part of storage box, 4 ... Support body, 5 ... Water supply pipe, 6 ... Storage chamber of storage box, 7
… Permanent magnets, 8… Magnetic water heaters, 10… Protective cases, 1
1 ... split surface of protective case, 12 ... insertion recess of protective case.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A split mold structure in which split surfaces (2) of a pair of storage boxes (1) and (1) are joined to each other, and an intubation portion (3) is attached to the split surface (2) of the storage box (1). Recessed, intubation part
With the water pipe (5) inserted through (3), the central water pipe
(5) is constructed so that it can be vertically sandwiched by a pair of storage boxes (1), (1), and a permanent magnet is provided in the storage chamber (6) of each storage box (1).
(7) is housed and held, and in the magnetic water heater configured so that the water pipe (5) is exposed to the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet (7), the split surface (2) of the housing box (1) is smoothed. And the intubation part (3) is recessed in the front-back direction near the center of the split surface (2),
The water pipe (5) can be sandwiched by the contact between the split surfaces (2) of (1), and the permanent magnet (7) is a rare earth element magnet, and one of the housing boxes (1) is Of the permanent magnet (7) and the permanent magnet (7) of the other housing box (1) are arranged so as to face each other with opposite magnetic poles, and the permanent magnets (7) between the pair of housing boxes (1) and (1) The smooth dividing surfaces (2) of the storage boxes (1) are brought into close contact with each other by the pulling force of the storage boxes (1) so that the pair of storage boxes (1) and (1) are not separated from each other in a holding posture with the water pipe (5). A magnetic water heater characterized in that it can be fixed together. 2. A split surface of a pair of protective cases (10), (10)
(11) are configured to be engageable with each other, and insertion recesses (12) for the water pipe (5) are formed on both front and rear sides of the protective case (10),
Protective case with split type structure
2. The magnetic water heater according to claim 1, wherein the protective case (10) is made of synthetic resin, a rubber material, or the like so as to be able to be covered from outside by (10) and (10).