JPH11114553A - Water purifier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change the contact time of a raw water with a purifying material by providing an air control part, capable of freely adjusting the quantity of air to be introduced into the inside of a vessel housing a 1st and 2nd purifying layer for removing odor and impurities and forming a mineral water, in a cap to be freely attachably and detachably loaded on the upper surface of the vessel. SOLUTION: The cap 7 of a purifier A is removed from the vessel 1 and after the raw water is poured into a storing part 8 of the 1st purifying layer 4, the cap 7 is loaded. Then, the raw water is passed through the 1st purifying layer 4 to adsorb and remove chlorine by an activated carbon 11 to perform the deodorization, sterilization and water quality purification. Next, the raw water is passed through a 2nd water passing hole 12 at the lower part of the 1st purifying layer 4 to reach the 2nd purifying layer and is turned into the mineral water by a siliceous stone 13 packed in the 2nd purifying layer 5. In such a case, the flow rate of the raw water in the vessel 1 is changed with the quantity of air introduced into the vessel 1 adjusted by the air control part 16 and when a large quantity of air is introduced and the raw water is passed through in a short time, the quantity of the mineral contained in water is decreased and when a small quantity of air is introduced, the concentration of the mineral is increased.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water purifier capable of removing unnecessary components such as odors, impurities and germs from tap water and the like and obtaining safe and delicious drinking water supplemented with minerals useful for health. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a water purifier of this type, there is one shown in FIG. 2 (FIG. 7 of the present application) of Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 2-30069. Referring briefly to FIG. 7, the water purifier 31 includes a cylindrical container 32 having a spout 36 formed at the upper end of the outer peripheral surface and a handle 37 formed at the other side.
A lid 33 removably fitted to the upper end face;
It comprises a filter 34 housed therein and an auxiliary filter 35 mounted on the downstream side of the filter 34, by removing the lid 33 and injecting the raw water into the raw water reservoir 38 of the filter 34, Raw water flows into the filter 34 through the through-hole 39, passes through the first filter medium layer 40 formed of a silica stone layer and an activated carbon layer in order, and performs water softening and deodorization simultaneously with the adsorption of impurities. After flowing into the auxiliary filter 35 and passing through the second filter medium layer 41 such as a coral sand layer in the auxiliary filter 35, sterilization and mineral addition are performed, and then the discharge holes 42
The drinking water that is more useful for health flows out to the purified water reservoir 43 in the container 32.

[0003] In the case of the above, when the raw water is poured into the raw water reservoir and the lid is attached, the raw water falls naturally in the container,
The falling speed could not be adjusted and was constant, and the contact time of raw water with each filter medium layer was so short that mineralization was sometimes insufficient. Further, if the contact time with the filter material layer is long, it takes a long time until the mineral component elutes unnecessarily or the drinking water is produced, which is disadvantageous in that the usability is poor.

[0004]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to freely control the speed at which raw water passes through a water purification material when producing mineral water by a water purifier, thereby enabling the raw water to be adjusted. The contact time with the water purification material can be changed,
It is to increase the water purification effect.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a first water purification layer for removing odors and impurities from raw water and a second water purification layer for producing mineral water are accommodated in a container having an open upper part. The lid, which is detachably mounted on the upper surface of the container, is provided with an air adjusting section for adjusting the amount of air introduced into the container.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the first water purification layer is filled with activated carbon or porous ceramics, and the second water purification layer is filled with barley stone or another mineral water generating agent.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a water purifier A of the present invention has a bottomed cylindrical container 1 having an open upper part.
A handle 3 protruding vertically is provided on the side opposite to the drain port 2, and a first water purification layer 4 and a second water purification layer 5 are vertically accommodated in the container 1, and the upper part is formed in the upper part. A lid 7 is detachably attached to the opening 6.

The first water purification layer 4 has a number of first water holes 9 at the bottom.
A vertically long cylindrical cartridge 10 is formed at the lower portion of the storage portion 8 in which water is perforated, and the inside of the cartridge 10 is filled with, for example, activated carbon 11 as a water purification material. The activated carbon 11 contains chlorine contained in tap water, It not only absorbs and removes unnecessary components such as various bacteria, but also has deodorizing, sterilizing, and water purifying functions.

A second water purification layer 5 having a horizontally long columnar shape and having a diameter larger than that of the first water purification layer 4 is provided below the first water purification layer 4 and has a plurality of second water holes. It communicates up and down by 12 and elutes minerals inside to generate weak alkaline mineral water containing calcium and magnesium, and removes harmful organic substances contained in the raw water by adsorption and removal. For example, it is filled with barley stone 13 as an activator, and mineral water is provided in a large number of third holes drilled at the bottom.
The water is supplied to the storage room 15 through the water passage hole 14.

In this embodiment, activated carbon and barley stone are described as water purifying materials. However, porous ceramics are used in place of activated carbon, and those having equivalent water purifying and mineral-imparting effects in place of barley stone. Various materials such as sunstone, pearlite, zeolite and the like, which are known as, may be used as needed.

The lid 7 covers the opening 6 of the container 1 and prevents dust and dirt from entering the inside of the container 1.
At the center, there is provided an air control unit 16 for introducing air from the outside so that raw water smoothly passes through the first water purification layer 4 and the second water purification layer 5 inside the container 1.

The air control unit 16 includes a fixed plate 17 and a movable plate 1.
8 and knob 19, fixed plate 17 and movable plate 1
8 are substantially fan-shaped through-holes 20 and 20 penetrating through both sides in a disc shape having the same shape as shown in FIGS.
a are formed as a pair, and as shown in FIG. 2, the through holes 20, 2 of the non-rotatable fixed plate 17 and the rotatable movable plate 18 are formed.
When 0a overlaps over the entire surface, a large amount of air is introduced into the container 1 from the outside. In this case, the passing speed of the raw water in each of the water purification layers 4, 5 is high. 3. As shown in FIG.
0 and the through hole 20a of the movable plate 18 overlap by approximately half,
By reducing the amount of air introduced as compared with FIG. 2, the speed at which the raw water passes through each of the water purification layers 4, 5 can be reduced, and as shown in FIG. Hole 2
Until the air is blocked into the container 1 so that air is not introduced into the container 1, the amount of air introduced is adjusted without permission to each of the water purification layers 4, 5, and 5.
The speed of raw water passing through can be adjusted.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the air conditioner. The air adjusting portion 16a of this embodiment forms a passage 23 having a T-shaped cross section through which air passes below the adjusting knob 22, and by rotating the adjusting knob 22, the adjusting knob 22 rises together with the passage 23 to the air container 1. Can be adjusted. The other configuration is the same as that of the embodiment.

In a water purifier B of another embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a lower container 1a for storing mineral water and an upper container 1b for accommodating each of the water purification layers 4, 5 are separately provided, and an opening 6a of the lower container 1a is provided. , An upper container 1b is fitted therein, and the mineral water generated in the upper container 1b is stored in the lower container 1a. With such a configuration, a larger amount of mineral water can be stored in the lower container 1a than in the above embodiment.

In order to convert raw water into mineral water using the water purifier A of the present invention, the lid 7 shown in FIG. 1 is removed from the container 1, the raw water is poured into the storage section 8 of the first water purification layer 4, and then the lid 7 is closed again. Attach to container 1. Then, when the raw water passes through the first water purification layer 4, chlorine is adsorbed and removed by the activated carbon 11, and deodorization, sterilization,
Water purification is performed.

Next, the water passes through the second water holes 12 below the first water purification layer 4 to reach the second water purification layer 5, and the raw water contains calcium and magnesium due to the malt stone 13 filled in the second water purification layer 5. Turns into rich mineral water.

At this time, if the amount of air introduced into the container 1 is adjusted by the air adjusting section 16 provided on the lid 7, the speed of the raw water passing through the container 1 changes, and a large amount of air is introduced. If it passes for a short time, the amount of minerals contained in the water is small, and if it passes for a long time by introducing a small amount of air, the contact time of the water with the barley stone 13 is long and the concentration of minerals is high. The content of minerals contained in mineral water can be adjusted.

To pour out mineral water from water purifier A,
When the container 1 is tilted with the handle 3, water is discharged from the drain hole 2.

[0019]

According to the water purifier of the present invention, the lid of the container accommodating the water purification layer is provided with an air control section capable of adjusting the amount of air introduced into the container, and the speed of the raw water passing through the water purification layer is reduced. As it can be freely set, it is possible to change the contact time of raw water with each water purification material, adjust the concentration of mineral water optimally according to preference or use conditions, and use this mineral water to make delicious water without odor, mellow It can make coffee, tea, juice and other healthful drinking water and rice.

Compared with the conventional water purifier, it is possible to generate mineral water which is optimally improved according to the purpose by a simple change in which an air control section is provided on the lid mounted on the upper surface of the container. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water purifier.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an air adjusting unit when air is fully supplied.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an air adjusting unit when an intermediate air amount is supplied.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an air adjusting unit, in a state where air supply is stopped.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water purifier provided with an air adjusting section of another embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a water purifier of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container 4 1st water purification layer 5 2nd water purification layer 7 Lid 11 Activated carbon 13 Barley stone 16 Air control part A Water purifier

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A lid which contains a first water purification layer for removing odors and impurities from raw water and a second water purification layer for producing mineral water inside a container having an open top, and which is detachably attached to an upper surface of the container. Is a water purifier characterized by having an air adjusting section for adjusting the amount of air introduced into the container. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first water purification layer is filled with activated carbon or porous ceramics, and the second water purification layer is filled with barley stone or another mineral water generating agent.
The described water purifier.