JPH10195943A - Ion-water discharging device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ion-water discharge device having good appearance and making an operation method clearly understandable. SOLUTION: A water purifying apparatus 8 is provided to a faucet 1, and water for cleaning is changed over to an ion-water production apparatus 30 and an end outflow room 17 with a selector valve. When the water for cleaning is supplied to the ion-water production apparatus 30, alkali ion water only is supplied to the end outflow room 17 and is discharged from a discharge pipe 4. The selector valve is switched and operated with a handle 7. When a push-button 37 is pushed in, the handle 7 can be turned larger than normal rotation limits, and in that case, a signal for adjusting alkalinity of the alkali ion water is outputted by a lead switch 40.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ion water discharge device capable of switching between discharge of alkaline ionized water and purified water. More specifically, the present invention relates to an ionized water discharger capable of adjusting the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ionized water discharge equipment, in which an ionized water generator is installed in a cabinet of a sink or the like and discharges ionized water from a faucet provided in the sink, is becoming widespread. This ion water discharger includes a water purifier provided with a filtration element such as a hollow fiber membrane and activated carbon, and an electrolytic cell for generating alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water. After the tap water from the tap water pipe passes through the water purifier, a calcium salt is added as necessary, and then passes through the electrolytic cell to generate alkaline ionized water and acidic ionized water.

[0003] In some of such faucets, there is provided a switching valve for switching between discharge of alkaline ionized water and discharge of purified water, and discharges alkali ionized water or purified water from a discharge pipe.

In some cases, a switch for adjusting the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water from the ionized water generator is provided in the faucet.

[0005]

In a conventional ionic water discharging apparatus provided with a switching valve for switching between alkaline ionized water and purified water in a faucet and a switch for adjusting alkalinity, a switching handle and a switch are provided on the faucet. It was provided separately, and not only did the appearance look bad, but also the usage was difficult to understand due to the presence of many handles and switches.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an ion water discharging apparatus which solves such a problem and has a good external appearance and which can be easily operated.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an ionized water discharge device having a compact faucet.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided an ion water discharger comprising: a water purifier; an ion water generator for treating purified water from the water purifier to produce alkali ion water and acidic ion water; A faucet for discharging ionized water, the ionized water generator is an ionized water discharger that is capable of adjusting the alkalinity of alkaline ionized water,
The faucet is provided with a switching valve for switching the discharge between alkaline ionized water and purified water, and a manual handle for operating the switching valve, and the alkaline ionized water operated by operating the manual handle to the alkaline ionized water discharge side. Wherein the alkalinity adjusting switch is provided to adjust the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water of the ionized water generator.

This water purifier is preferably incorporated in a faucet.

In the present invention, not only switching between purified water and alkaline ionized water but also adjustment of the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water can be performed with a single handle.

In the present invention, the manual handle is a rotary handle, and a push button which comes into contact with a stopper when the manual handle is rotated to the alkaline ionized water discharge side is provided on the manual handle. It is preferable that, when pushed in, the engagement between the push button and the stopper is released, and the manual handle can be further rotated. In such an ion water discharge device, when the handle is turned toward the alkali ion water discharge side, the push button hits the stopper, so that the user can recognize that the operation has been switched to the alkali ion water discharge. Only when it is desired to change the alkalinity, the handle is further turned by pressing the push button, so that it is possible to prevent the discharge of high alkalinity alkaline ionized water.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a faucet of an ion water discharging apparatus according to an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the faucet, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the faucet. FIG. 4 is a water flow diagram of the ionized water discharge device.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a faucet 1 is installed near the sink 3 of the cabinet 2. The faucet 1 has a spout pipe 4 for purified or alkaline ionized water and a spout pipe 5 for acidic ionized water. Are provided.

A rotary handle 7 for operating a switching valve 6 inside the faucet 1 is provided on a side surface of the faucet 1. A water purifier 8 is installed in the upper part of the faucet 1. The water purifier 8 can be replaced by opening the lid 9. In the water purifier 8, an element for purification treatment such as activated carbon or a hollow fiber membrane is provided.

At the lower part of the faucet 1, a calcium addition cylinder 10 is installed so as to be inserted into a purified water flow path in the faucet 1. The calcium addition cylinder 10 is filled with calcium salts such as calcium glycerophosphate and calcium lactate. When the calcium salt dissolves in the purified water, the ionized water is efficiently generated by the electrolytic treatment in the ionized water generator.

Next, the switching valve 6, the handle 7, and the flow path configuration inside the faucet 1 will be described.

Tap water flows into the water purifier 8 from the tap water pipe 12 through the tap water channel 13 in the faucet 1 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the purified water from the water purifier 8 flows into the primary purified water chamber 15 in the faucet 1 from the outflow nozzle 14 at the bottom of the water purifier 8. The purified water in the purified water primary room 15 is used as the purified water secondary room 1
6 and the final outflow chamber 17.
Is installed.

The switching valve 6 has a cylindrical valve case 20.
And a spindle 23 installed in the valve case 20.
And the first O attached to the tip of the spindle 23
It has a ring 21 and a second O-ring 22 mounted slightly behind the foremost portion. Spindle 23
The handle 7 is fixed to the rear end.

A male screw is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the spindle 23, and a male screw engaged with the male screw is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the valve case 20. The spindle 23 is rotated by the handle 7 to rotate the spindle 23. Is the first
Move back and forth in the left and right directions in the figure.

When the spindle 23 is located at the limit of forward movement, the first O.O.
The ring 21 adheres, and the purified water in the purified water primary chamber 15 flows into the valve case 20 from the outflow port 24 of the purified water primary chamber,
The liquid flows into the final outflow chamber 17 through the window hole 26 on the side surface of the valve case 20 and the inflow port 27 of the final outflow chamber 17, and is discharged from the water discharge pipe 4.

When the spindle 23 retreats leftward in FIG. 1 and the second O-ring 22 enters the inside of the distal end of the valve case 20, the first O-ring 21 is separated from the inflow port 25, and the inside of the primary water purification chamber 15 is removed. The purified water flows into the purified water secondary chamber 16 from the outflow port 24. And calcium attachment tube 1
After contacting with 0 and receiving the addition of the calcium salt, it is sent to the ionized water generator 30 (FIG. 5) by the purified water outflow pipe 28.

The alkaline ionized water generated by the ionized water generator 30 flows into the final outflow chamber 17 in the faucet 1 through the alkaline ionized water pipe 29 and is discharged from the water discharge pipe 4.
The acidic ionic water generated by the ionic water generator 30 flows into the acidic ionic water flow path 32 in the faucet 1 via the acidic ionic water pipe 31 and is discharged from the water discharge pipe 5.

The rear end of the valve case 20 protrudes out of the faucet 1, and an annular body 34 is fixed to the outer periphery of the rear end.
The first stopper 35, the second stopper 36
And a third stopper 43 protruding therefrom.

These stoppers 35, 36, 43 are arranged apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the ring 34 as shown in FIG.

The handle 7 is provided with a push button 37 whose one end is in contact with the stoppers 35, 36, 43. The other end of the push button 37 projects from the small opening 38 of the handle 7 to the outer periphery of the handle 7, and a spring 39 presses the push button 37 in this projecting direction.

A reed switch 40 is attached to the ring 34. A magnet 41 protruding from the inner surface of the handle 7 faces the reed switch 40. When the handle 7 rotates, the magnet 4
1 moves, and the output of the reed switch 40 changes. The output of the reed switch 40 is input to the controller 42 of the ion water generator 30 via the lead wire 45, and the controller 42 adjusts the electrolytic voltage of the ion water generator 30.

When the push button 37 is located between the second stopper 36 and the first stopper 35, the ion water generator 30
Is set to 0, and no ionic water is generated. When the push button 37 exceeds the second stopper 36 and faces the "weakness" of alkali in FIG. 3, alkali ion water with weak alkalinity is generated. Push button 37 is the "middle" of alkali
The electrolysis voltage increases as the “strength” is encountered, and the alkalinity of the generated alkaline ionized water increases.

In the state shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
7 is in contact with the first stopper 35 and the spindle 23
Is located at the forward limit. When the handle 7 is turned counterclockwise from this state, the spindle 23 retreats. When the handle 7 is turned until the push button 38 comes into contact with the second stopper 36, the second O-ring 22 has just entered the tip of the valve case 20, and only the alkaline ionized water flows into the final outflow chamber 17.

In this state, the electrolysis voltage of the ion water generator 30 is low, and weakly alkaline ion water is supplied to the final outflow chamber 17.

When the push button 37 is pushed into the handle 7 with the push button 37 in contact with the second stopper 36, the push button 37 gets over the second stopper 36, and the handle 7 further rotates counterclockwise. It becomes possible. By turning the handle 7 in the counterclockwise direction, the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water is increased as described above.

As shown in FIG. 3, a mark for indicating the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water is provided on the side surface of the faucet 1.

The ring 34 is provided with the third stopper 43 as described above. This third stopper 43 is
The length of the ring body 34 in the radial direction is larger than that of the stopper 36, so that even if the push button 37 is pushed in, the handle 7 cannot be further turned counterclockwise.

When the handle 7 is rotated clockwise in a state where the push button 37 is between the second stopper 36 and the third stopper, the push button 37 comes into contact with the stopper 36, but as shown in FIG. The stopper 36 has a triangular cross section. Even if the push button 37 is not pushed in, the push button 37 gets over the second stopper, and the handle 7 rotates clockwise.

Like the third stopper 43, the first stopper 35 has a large length in the radial direction of the ring body 34. Even when the push button 37 is pushed in, the engagement between the push button 37 and the first stopper 35 is achieved. Is not released, and the handle 7 cannot be further rotated clockwise.

As described above, according to this ionized water discharge device, the discharge of the alkaline ionized water from the water discharge pipe 4 and the discharge of the purified water can be switched by operating the handle 7. In addition, the alkalinity of the alkaline ionized water can be adjusted by the handle 7.

The water faucet 1 has an operating member 1
It is only an individual, has a good appearance, and its operation is very clear.

Although the reed switch 40 is used in the above embodiment, a variable resistor or the like may be used.

In the above embodiment, the alkalinity is adjusted in three steps of strong, medium and weak. However, the alkalinity may be adjusted in two steps of strong and weak or in four or more steps. Further, the alkalinity may be continuously and continuously adjusted.

[0039]

As described above, the ionized water discharger of the present invention has a good appearance and a clear operation method, and is extremely easy to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a faucet used in an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the faucet.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of the faucet.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a water flow system of the ionized water discharge device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 faucet 4,5 water discharge pipe 6 switching valve 7 handle 8 water purifier 10 calcium addition cylinder 15 primary water purification chamber 16 secondary water purification chamber 17 final outflow chamber 20 valve case 23 spindle 30 ion water generator 35 first stopper 36 first 2 stopper 37 push button 39 spring 40 reed switch 42 controller 43 third stopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A water purifier, an ion water generator for treating purified water from the water purifier to generate alkali ion water and acidic ion water, and a faucet for discharging the alkali ion water. The ion water generator is an ion water discharge device capable of adjusting the alkalinity of alkaline ion water, wherein a switch valve for switching discharge of alkali ion water and purified water to the faucet, and a manual valve for operating the switch valve A handle is provided, and an alkali ion water alkalinity adjustment switch is operated by operating the manual handle to the alkali ion water discharge side, and the alkali ion water of the ion water generator is adjusted by the switch. An ion water discharge device characterized in that: 2. The ionic water discharge device according to claim 1, wherein the water purifier is incorporated in the faucet. 3. The manual handle according to claim 1, wherein said manual handle is a rotary handle, and said manual handle is provided with a push button which comes into contact with a stopper when said manual handle is rotated to the side of discharging alkaline ionized water. When the push button is pushed in, the engagement between the push button and the stopper is released, and the manual handle can be further rotated.