KR100789716B1 - Apparatus for opening and shutting drainage pipe of a bathtub - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a tub drain opening and closing device having improved automatic closing and maintainability. The drain pipe opening and closing device is formed in the upper portion is sealed with a packing, the lower portion is provided with a support opening and closing is installed in the drain pipe of the tub by the guide member so that the water supplied to the tub is discharged / blocked while operating in the up and down direction A driving means for operating the opening / closing member in an up and down direction by including a member, an operating portion connected to the opening / closing member, and a driving portion for driving the operating portion, so that the opening / closing member opens and closes the drain pipe; It includes. According to the tub drain pipe opening and closing device, the tub drain control system is automatically opened and closed by the tub remote control system or the opening and closing switch, so that the tub remote control system can be completely implemented, and the user directly closes the drain pipe using an opening and closing plug. The effect of not having to open or close is provided. In addition, since the opening and closing member is operated by a driving means installed at a long distance away from the drain pipe, the failure rate can be significantly lowered. According to the manual opening and closing means, when the driving unit fails, the opening and closing member can be opened and closed to manually open and close the drain pipe. The effect is provided, and the maintenance means are formed in the region in which the drain pipe is installed or in the peripheral region thereof, thereby improving the maintainability.

Bath, Drain, Automatic, Switchgear

Description

Bath drain pipe opening and closing device {APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND SHUTTING DRAINAGE PIPE OF A BATHTUB}

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a tub drain opening and closing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a state in which the tub drain opening and closing device shown in FIG. 1 is controlled by the tub remote control system.

Figure 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a tub drain opening and closing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a tub drain opening and closing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a tub drain opening and closing device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a tub drain opening and closing device according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: bathtub 12: mechanic

13: airtight packing 14: mechanic cover

20: opening and closing member 22: sealing

24 support portion 26 guide member

28: seating groove 29: handle ring

30: drive means 32: operating part

32A: Seesaw member 32B: Guide tube

32C: flexible member 32D: drive wheel

32E: Worm gear part 32F: Worm wheel

32G: through hole 32H: opening and closing

34: drive unit 40: bathtub remote control system

42: control unit

The present invention relates to a tub drain opening and closing device, in particular, by closing or opening the drain pipe provided in the tub by an electrical signal in conjunction with the tub remote control system tub that can receive water in the tub at a distance or drain the tub water It relates to a drain pipe opening and closing device.

In general, the bathtub forms a space for bath water, and the bottom is provided with a drain pipe for discharging water after use. The drain pipe is installed in the drain pipe.

The drain plug has a function of selectively opening and closing the drain pipe so that water can be contained in the bathtub, or the water after use can be drained through the drain pipe.

However, the drain plug according to the related art is manually operated, i.e., the user can directly open and close the drain pipe by inserting the drain plug into the drain pipe inlet or closing the drain plug from the drain pipe to open the drain pipe. Could not.

On the other hand, recently, a home network system for controlling various electronic products in a home from a long distance has been disclosed. In addition to such a home network system, in order to configure a bathtub remote control system, a certain amount of water is automatically supplied into the bathtub, the water temperature is adjusted, the supplied water is discharged, or the drain pipe is closed in the initial state so that the supplied water is not discharged. Although it had to be configured, there was a problem that it is difficult to remotely control the bathtub because the means for automatically opening and closing the drain pipe are inconvenient.

In addition, when the drain pipe of the bathtub is configured to be opened and closed by the drain plug, when the drain plug is lost, there is a problem that the drain pipe cannot be closed, and therefore, an automatic opening and closing means for automatically opening and closing the drain pipe was needed. .

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the technical problem of the present invention is to provide a means for automatically opening and closing the drain pipe of the bathtub by a remote control system or an open / close switch. .

Another technical problem of the present invention is to reduce the failure rate of the driving unit by separating the opening and closing member and the driving unit of the drain pipe.

Another technical problem of the present invention is to improve the maintainability of the opening and closing means by providing a mechanic of the drain pipe.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention,
An opening and closing member formed on an upper part of the tub, the opening part being provided on the drain pipe of the tub by a guide member so that water supplied to the bath is discharged / blocked while the upper part is provided with a sealing part, and a support part is provided in the lower part;
The intermediate region is provided with a hinge, one end of the seesaw member is in contact with the lower end of the support in the inner region of the drain pipe, one end is connected to the other end of the seesaw member flexible member installed in the guide tube, and the drain pipe and An operating unit including a fixed rod connected to the other end of the flexible member at a spaced apart position, a driving gear coupled to the fixed rod, and a driving wheel engaged with the driving gear;
A driving means including a driving part for opening and closing the drain pipe by pushing or pulling the flexible member to open and close the drain pipe by opening / closing the drive wheel by an electric opening / closing signal; Including,
In the upper portion of the opening and closing member is provided with a manual opening and closing means for manually opening and closing the drain pipe by operating the opening and closing member up and down when the drive unit is broken, the manual opening and closing means,
A seating groove formed on an upper surface of the opening and closing member; And

It provides a tub drain opening and closing device comprising a; hook for the handle rotatably arranged in the seating groove.

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Operation unit according to another embodiment, the worm gear portion formed on the support of the opening and closing member; And

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And a worm wheel engaged with the worm gear part and driven by the driving part.

The worm gear unit is engaged by the driving of the worm wheel, and the opening and closing member is moved upward or downward, while opening and closing the drain pipe.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a curved inner surface formed in a drain pipe of a lower bath and a spherical outer circumferential surface of the curved inner surface are rotatably installed in a state of being kept tight and provided with a through hole. Actuator made of opening and closing; And
And driving means including a driving part for forward / reverse rotation of the opening / closing opening of the operating part by an electrical opening / closing signal.
The opening and closing port by the drive unit is characterized in that for opening and closing the drain pipe by communicating with or blocking the passage hole with the drain pipe while rotating forward and reverse.

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The driving means is controlled by a control unit of the remote control system of the bathtub controlled by the open / closed switch or wired / wireless.

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When the driving means is controlled by the control unit, the control unit is configured to close the drainage pipe by operating the driving means after 6 to 13 seconds when the drainage pipe closing command is received.

On the other hand, the bath is provided with a check means, the check means,

Mechanic is formed in the bottom of the bath unit; And

And a mechanic cover provided with an airtight packing to be coupled by screws in a state seated at the edge of the mechanic's end.

Characterized in that it is to maintain the drain pipe and the drive means through the mechanic.

At this time, the mechanic cover is characterized in that the drain pipe is installed. That is, the drain pipe may be formed in the mechanic cover, or a mechanic may be formed around the drain pipe.

When described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, each preferred embodiment of the present invention having such features as follows.

1 is a view schematically showing a tub discharge tube opening and closing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a drain hole is formed at the bottom of the bath 10, and a drain pipe 18 is installed at the bottom of the drain hole.

In addition, a filter net may be installed in the drain pipe 18, and a guide member 26 may be installed to support the opening and closing member 20 and to guide the up and down directions.

As shown in FIG. 1, the opening / closing member 20 has a structure in which a disc-shaped sealing portion 22 is formed at an upper portion thereof, and a rod-shaped support portion 24 is formed at a lower portion thereof. The outer circumferential surface of the sealing portion 22 is provided with a packing 21 to be in close contact with the inner diameter of the drain pipe 18 to maintain airtightness. Then, the support 24 is guided to the guide member 26 to be able to move naturally to the upper or lower.

The driving means 30 is for opening and closing the drainage pipe 18 by operating the opening and closing member 20 installed in the drainage pipe 18 up and down, and as an actuator such as a servo motor, a motor, a solenoid operated by an electrical signal. It consists of a driving unit 34 and the operating unit 32 for transmitting the driving force of the driving unit 34 to the opening and closing member 20.

The actuating part 32 is a seesaw member whose intermediate region is installed in the drain pipe 18 or a separate bracket by a hinge and whose one end is in contact with the lower end of the support part 24 of the opening and closing member 20 in the inner region of the drain pipe 18. 32A, a flexible rod 32C such as a wire connected to the other end of the seesaw member 32A and installed on the guide tube 32B, and a fixed rod connected to the other end of the flexible member 32C ( 33) and a driving wheel 32D for engaging the driving gear of the driving unit 34 at a position spaced apart from the drain pipe 18 to rotate forward and reverse to push or pull the flexible member 32C.

The other end of the flexible member 32C may be directly coupled to the edge of the drive wheel 32D to push or pull the flexible member 32C, but as shown in FIG. 1, one end of the fixed rod 33 may be pushed or pulled. Is fixed to the drive wheel 32D, and the other end of the flexible member 32C is connected to the other end of the fixed rod 33, so that the fixed rod 33 is rotated in the forward or reverse direction by a predetermined angle. It is desirable to allow () to pull or push the flashable member 32C.

In this operation part 32, the driving rod 32D is operated to rotate forward or reverse by the driving unit 34, so that the fixed rod 33 pushes or pulls the flexible member 32C. As a result, the flexible member 32C pulls or pushes the seesaw member 32A around the hinge so that one end of the seesaw member 32A pushes the opening / closing member 20 or the opening / closing member 20 descends.

On the other hand, the drive means 30 may be operated by a separate open / closed switch (not shown) installed in the bathroom, as shown in Figure 2 to the control unit 42 of the bathtub remote control system 40 Can be controlled.

When the bathtub remote control system 40 inputs a control command to the home server 900 of the home network through an input device 800 such as a wireless controller, a mobile phone, a personal computer, the home server 900 is a bathtub remote control system 40. The control unit 42 of FIG. 2 controls the driving unit 34 of the driving unit 30 through the driver 300. Home network and bathtub remote control system 40 is already known in the art and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to the operation of the tub drain opening and closing device according to the first embodiment configured as described above is as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the closing signal is generated by various input means, that is, the bathtub remote control system 40 or the open / close switch connected to the home network, power is applied to the driving means 30 to provide a driving unit ( 34) will work. In this operation, when the drive gear rotates the drive wheel 32D forward, the drive wheel 32D rotates forward while the fixed rod 33 pushes the flexible member 32C. At this time, the control unit 42 applies the power to the driving means 30 after 6 seconds to 13 seconds, preferably 10 seconds when the closing signal is input. This is to drain the initial feed because the initially supplied water may not be hot water and may contain impurities.

When the fixed rod 33 of the drive wheel 32D pushes the flexible member 32C, the flexible member 32C is guided to the guide tube 32B and moves toward the seesaw member 32A while the Push the other end up. As described above, when the flexible member 32C pushes up the other end of the seesaw member 32A, one end of the seesaw member 32A moves downward about the hinge.

When one end of the seesaw member 32A is moved downward, the opening and closing member 20 in which the support 24 is supported on the upper surface of one end of the seesaw member 32A is moved downward by its own weight. At this time, the opening and closing member 20 is guided by the guide member 26 so that it can be moved stably under.

The opening and closing member 20 moved downward by its own weight is closed because the sealing part 22 having the packing 21 is in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the inlet side formed to be the end of the drain pipe 18.

On the other hand, when the drain pipe 18 open signal is input to discharge the water supplied to the bath 10, the drive unit 34 of the drive means 30 is to rotate the drive wheel (32D) in reverse. When the fixed rod 33 pulls the flexible member 32C while the driving wheel 32D rotates in reverse, the flexible member 32C moves the other end of the seesaw member 32A downward.

When the other end of the seesaw member 32A moves downward, one end of the seesaw member 32A moves upwardly around the hinge to push up the support 24 of the opening and closing member 20. When the seesaw member 32A pushes the opening and closing member 20 upward by the operation of the flexible member 32D, the sealing portion 22 of the opening and closing member 20 opens the inlet of the drain pipe 18. .

As such, the opening and closing member 20 is automatically opened and closed at a position spaced apart from the drain pipe 18, so that a failure rate of the driving means 30 is lowered.

3 shows a second preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In the tub drain opening and closing device according to the second embodiment, the worm wheel part 32E formed on the support part 24 of the opening and closing member 20 and the worm wheel 32F are engaged with the worm gear part 32E and driven by the driving part 34. It is composed of

The opening and closing device opens and closes the drain pipe 18 while the worm gear part 32E is engaged by the driving of the worm wheel 32F while the opening and closing member 20 moves upward or downward.

Figure 4 shows a third preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The tub drain pipe opening and closing apparatus according to the third embodiment as shown in FIG. 4 has a through hole 32G, and the spherical or cylindrical outer circumferential surface 32I is airtight on the curved inner surface 18A of the drain pipe 18. It is rotatably installed in a state of being held in close contact, and is rotated at an angle set by the driving unit 34 and is composed of an opening and closing port 32H for opening and closing the drain pipe 18. The opening and closing device is a drive hole 34, the only opening and closing operation of the opening and closing 32H within the set angle, the passage hole 32G coincides with the drain pipe 18 to open the drain pipe 18 or through the hole 32G The drain pipe 18 is positioned on the curved inner surface of the drain pipe 18 so that the drain pipe 18 can be closed.

5 shows a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the drain pipe opening and closing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment is the first embodiment except that a manual opening and closing means for manually opening and closing the drain pipe 18 is provided on the opening member 20. Same as the third embodiment.

The manual opening and closing means is to open and close the drain pipe 18 manually by operating the opening and closing member 20 up and down when the drive unit 34 is broken, a seating groove formed on the upper surface of the opening and closing member 20 ( 28, and the handle ring 29 is rotatably arranged in the seating groove (28).

When the user breaks down the driving part 34, the user can take out the handle ring 29 from the seating groove 28 to rotate or pull the opening / closing member 20 to open or close the drain pipe 18.

6 shows a fifth preferred embodiment according to the present invention.

The drain pipe opening and closing device as shown in FIG. 6 has the same configuration as the first and fourth embodiments except that the check means is provided in the tub 10.

The inspection means provided in the tub 10 includes a maintenance hole 12 formed at the bottom of the bathtub 10 and a packing 13 for airtightness, and is mounted on the stepped edge of the maintenance worker 12. It consists of a mechanic cover 14 is coupled by a screw. The airtight packing 13 is installed between the edge of the mechanic 12 and the mechanic cover 14 to prevent leakage of water.

Therefore, when servicing the drive means 30 or the opening and closing member 20, by unscrewing the mechanic cover 14 from the tub 10 to open the mechanic 12 to maintain the parts and the like.

On the other hand, the mechanic 12 is formed in the bottom region of the tub 10, the drain pipe 18 is installed as shown in Figure 6 may be of a structure in which the drain pipe 18 is coupled to the mechanic cover 14. However, although not shown in the drawings, the mechanic 12 may be formed on one side of the drain pipe 18. That is, the mechanic 12 and the mechanic cover 14 can be installed not only in the region in which the drain pipe 18 is installed, but also in the peripheral region thereof.

In the tub drain opening and closing device according to the present invention, the tub drain control system can be completely realized by automatically opening and closing the drain pipe of the bathtub by a bathtub remote control system or an opening / closing switch, and the user directly opens and closes the drain pipe by using an opening and closing plug. The effect is that there is no need to block or open. In addition, since the opening and closing member is operated by a driving means installed at a distance away from the drain pipe, the failure rate of the driving unit due to the water is remarkably lowered.

Hyogo is provided for opening and closing the drainage pipe by manually operating the opening and closing member when the driving part breaks down by the manual opening and closing means, and since the maintenance means is formed in the area where the drainage pipe is installed or in the surrounding area, the drainage pipe, the opening and closing member, the driving Maintenance of the means and the like can be made more easily, and the maintainability is improved.

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delete delete delete An operating part including a curved inner surface formed in a drain pipe of a lower bath, and an opening and closing hole rotatably installed in a state in which a spherical outer circumferential surface is kept in close contact with the curved inner surface and having a through hole; And And driving means including a driving part for forward / reverse rotation of the opening / closing opening of the operating part by an electrical opening / closing signal. Bath opening and closing the tub drain opening and closing device characterized in that the opening and closing the opening and closing by the drive unit communicates or blocks the through-hole with the drain pipe while rotating. An opening and closing member formed on an upper part of the tub, the opening part being provided on the drain pipe of the tub by a guide member so that water supplied to the bath is discharged / blocked while the upper part is provided with a sealing part, and a support part is provided in the lower part; The intermediate region is provided with a hinge, one end of the seesaw member is in contact with the lower end of the support in the inner region of the drain pipe, one end is connected to the other end of the seesaw member flexible member installed in the guide tube, and the drain pipe and An operating unit including a fixed rod connected to the other end of the flexible member at a spaced apart position, a driving gear coupled to the fixed rod, and a driving wheel engaged with the driving gear; A driving means including a driving part for opening and closing the drain pipe by pushing or pulling the flexible member to open and close the drain pipe by opening / closing the drive wheel by an electric opening / closing signal; Including, In the upper portion of the opening and closing member is provided with a manual opening and closing means for manually opening and closing the drain pipe by operating the opening and closing member up and down when the drive unit is broken, the manual opening and closing means, A seating groove formed on an upper surface of the opening and closing member; And Tub drain opening and closing device comprising a; hook for pivotally rotatably arranged in the seating groove. 6. The tub drain opening and closing device according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the driving means is controlled by a control unit of a bathtub remote control system controlled by an open / close switch or a wired / wireless control. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the control unit is configured to close the drain pipe by operating the driving means after 6 to 13 seconds when the command to close the drain pipe is received, when controlled by the controller. . The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the bath is provided with a check means, the check means, Mechanic is formed in the bottom of the bath unit; And And a mechanic cover provided with an airtight packing to be coupled by screws in a state seated at the edge of the mechanic's end. Bath drain pipe opening and closing device characterized in that to maintain the drain pipe and the driving means through the maintenance. The method according to claim 6, wherein the bath is provided with a check means, the check means, Mechanic is formed in the bottom of the bath unit; And And a mechanic cover provided with an airtight packing to be coupled by screws in a state seated at the edge of the mechanic's end. Bath drain pipe opening and closing device characterized in that to maintain the drain pipe and the driving means through the maintenance. The tub drain opening and closing device of claim 8, wherein the mechanic cover is provided with a drain pipe.

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