KR102372379B1 - Water processing shower apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, disclosed is a water treatment shower device. The water treatment shower device of the present invention includes: a casing unit; a foreign material filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering foreign materials contained in water; a soft water conversion unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering heavy metals and minerals contained in water filtered by the foreign material filter unit to generate soft water; a head filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and removing chlorine from the soft water discharged from the soft water conversion unit; and a spray plate disposed inside the casing unit and spraying the soft water filtered by the head filter unit.

Description

Water treatment shower system {WATER PROCESSING SHOWER APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a water treatment shower device, and more particularly, to a water treatment shower device capable of removing foreign substances, heavy metals, chlorine, and the like contained in water.

In general, a shower is a device that sprays cold or hot water. The shower is installed in a toilet, sink, or bathroom. The shower consists of a handle connected to the shower hose and a head connected to the handle to spray water inside.

However, conventionally, chlorine components for disinfection treatment remain in the water supplied through the shower. The residual chlorine component functions to remove harmful bacteria, but the residual chlorine component causes a characteristic odor, which may cause aversion to users.

In addition, the residual chlorine component reacts with sensitive skin to cause various skin troubles or to generate carcinogens such as trihalomethanes.

Background art of the present invention is disclosed in Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 2020-0046705 (published on May 07, 2020, title of invention: filter cartridge for shower head).

The present invention was created to improve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment shower device capable of removing foreign substances, heavy metals, chlorine, etc. contained in water.

A water treatment shower device according to the present invention includes: a casing; a foreign material filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering foreign substances contained in water; a soft water conversion unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering heavy metals and minerals contained in water filtered by the foreign material filter unit to generate soft water; a head filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and removing chlorine from the soft water discharged from the soft water conversion unit; and an injection plate disposed inside the casing unit and configured to spray soft water filtered by the head filter unit.

The casing portion includes a handle portion in which the foreign material filter portion and the soft water conversion portion are installed; and a head part connected to the handle part, in which the head filter part and the spray plate are installed.

The foreign material filter unit may be a sediment filter unit.

The soft water conversion part is disposed inside the handle part, the filter housing part connected to the foreign material filter part; and an ion adsorption filter unit disposed inside the filter housing unit and adsorbing ions contained in water.

The head filter part is installed in the head part, the first filter cover part in which the soft water inlet part is formed; a second filter cover portion coupled to the first filter cover portion to form a filling space together with the first filter cover portion, the second filter cover portion having a soft water discharge portion formed therein; a carbon filter unit filled in the filling space to adsorb chlorine from the soft water flowing in from the soft water inlet hole; a first porous member installed to cover the soft water inlet; and a second porous member installed to cover the soft water discharge unit.

The soft water inlet may be formed in an annular shape on the periphery of the first filter cover, and the soft water discharge may be formed in an annular shape inside the second filter cover to avoid the opposing position of the soft water inlet.

The first porous member may be formed in an annular shape, and the second porous member may be formed in an annular shape having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first porous member.

The carbon filter unit may include vitamin solids, aroma solids, or water quality improvement solids.

An annular buffer channel portion may be formed in the head portion to correspond to the soft water inlet portion on the inlet side of the first filter cover portion.

A cross-section of the buffer channel may be formed in a rounded recessed form to the opposite side of the soft inlet.

According to the present invention, the foreign matter filter unit, the soft water conversion unit, and the head filter unit remove foreign substances, heavy metals, minerals, chlorine components, etc. contained in water by type. Therefore, it is possible to use soft water that is clean and from which components causing skin troubles and the like have been removed.

1 is a perspective view showing a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a flow direction of water in a foreign material filter unit and a soft water conversion unit in a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a head filter unit of a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a head part of a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a perspective view illustrating a flow state of soft water in the buffer channel part of the head part in the water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a flow state of soft water in the head of the water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a water treatment shower device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the process of explaining the water treatment shower device, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of the user or operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the content throughout this specification.

1 is a perspective view showing a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow direction of water in the foreign material filter unit and the soft water conversion unit in the water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention An exploded perspective view showing a head filter part of a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a head part of a water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an embodiment according to the present invention A perspective view showing the flow state of soft water in the buffer channel part of the head part in the water treatment shower device, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing the flow state of the soft water in the head part of the water treatment shower device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 8 , the water treatment shower device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a casing 110 , a foreign material filter 140 , a soft water conversion unit 150 , and a head filter unit 160 . and a spray plate 170 .

A hose connection part 122 is formed in the casing part 110 to be connected to a hose (not shown). A screw part (not shown) is formed on the outer surface of the hose connection part 122 . The casing part 110 may be formed in a cylindrical shape as a whole.

The foreign material filter unit 140 is disposed inside the casing unit 110, and filters the foreign material contained in the water. The foreign material filter unit 140 filters a relatively large foreign material such as particulate matter.

The soft water conversion unit 150 is disposed inside the casing unit 110 , and filters heavy metals and minerals contained in the water filtered by the foreign material filter unit 140 to generate soft water. The heavy metal component may include chromium, cadmium and cesium, and the like, and the mineral component may include calcium, magnesium, silicon, zinc, manganese, selenium, and the like. Since the soft water conversion unit 150 removes mineral components such as calcium and magnesium from water, hard water is converted into soft water.

The head filter unit 160 is disposed inside the casing unit 110 , and removes chlorine or the like from the soft water discharged from the soft water conversion unit 150 . Since the chlorine component used for sterilizing water is removed from the head filter unit 160 , it is possible to prevent a peculiar smell of chlorine from being generated in the water. In addition, it is possible to prevent the chlorine component from reacting with sensitive skin to cause various skin problems or to generate carcinogens such as trihalomethane.

The injection plate 170 is disposed inside the casing unit 110 , and sprays soft water filtered by the head filter unit 160 . A plurality of spray holes (not shown) are formed in the spray plate 170 to evenly spray water. The injection plate 170 is formed in a disk shape.

In the water treatment shower device, the foreign material filter unit 140, the soft water conversion unit 150 and the head filter unit 160 filter foreign substances, heavy metals, minerals, chlorine components, and the like contained in water by type. Therefore, it is possible to use soft water that is clean and from which components causing skin troubles and the like have been removed.

The casing part 110 includes a handle part 120 and a head part 130 . A foreign material filter unit 140 and a soft water conversion unit 150 are installed inside the handle unit 120 . The head unit 130 is connected to the handle unit 120 , and the head filter unit 160 and the spray plate 170 are installed inside the head unit 130 . The handle part 120 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and the head part 130 is connected to the longitudinal direction of the handle part 120 at a predetermined angle. The head portion 130 may be formed in the form of a disk having a diameter several times greater than the diameter of the handle portion 120 . Since the foreign material filter unit 140 , the soft water conversion unit 150 , and the head filter unit 160 are sequentially disposed inside the casing unit 110 , the water pressure inside the casing unit 110 can be dispersed. In addition, since the removal material contained in the water is removed in the order of the particle size, it is possible to improve the fluidity of the water in the casing 110 .

An inlet passage 123 through which water flows is formed between the outer surface of the foreign material filter 140 and the inner surface of the handle 120 . The inlet passage 123 is formed in a cylindrical shape so that the foreign material filter 140 surrounds the outer surface. The foreign material filter unit 140 may be a sediment filter unit 141 (sediment filter). A hollow part 143 is formed inside the sediment filter part 141 . An O-ring 145 is sandwiched between the foreign material filter unit 140 and the soft water conversion unit 150 . The O-ring 145 blocks the water of the inflow passage 123 from directly flowing into the soft water conversion unit 150 without passing through the foreign material filter 140 .

The sediment filter unit 141 is a filter manufactured so that a polypropylene material has a multi-layer density structure. The sediment filter unit 141 filters particulate matter of about 0.5-200 μm and has an antibacterial function. In addition, since the sediment filter unit 141 has excellent chemical resistance and heat resistance, an organic chemical reaction does not occur. Since the sediment filter unit 141 filters a relatively large particle material contained in water, water permeability can be ensured in the sediment filter unit 141 .

The soft water conversion unit 150 includes a filter housing unit 151 and an adsorption filter unit 153 .

The filter housing unit 151 is disposed inside the handle unit 120 , and is connected to the foreign material filter unit 140 . The adsorption filter unit 153 (HPS: high-performance surface adsorption filter) is disposed inside the filter housing unit 151 and adsorbs ions and the like contained in water. A filter cap part 155 is coupled to the discharge side of the filter housing part 151 . A hole is formed in the filter cap part 155 so that water can be discharged. The filter housing unit 151 may be integrally connected or detachably coupled to the foreign material filter unit 140 . The filter housing part 151 may be formed in a cylindrical shape. The adsorption filter unit 153 adsorbs heavy metal components, hardness components, mineral components, lime components, and the like.

The adsorption filter unit 153 uses an adsorption material to design the size of the adsorption filter unit and the adsorption system for target contaminants contained in water according to customer requirements. Since the state of water quality is different for each country and region, the filter components and particle size can be adjusted appropriately to remove ionic substances such as heavy metal components, hardness components, lime components, dyes, and radioactive contaminants.

The adsorption filter unit 153 includes sulfonic acid, crosslinked polystyrene, and gel-type beads. The adsorption filter unit 153 has a particle size of 0.62 mm, a density of 1.22 g/ml, a total capacity of 2.0 eq/l, a volume change of up to 8 vol.%, and a water retention capacity of 47-53 wt%.

The adsorption material of the adsorption filter unit 153 is evaluated to have a maximum adsorption amount of magnesium of 30.86 mg/g and an adsorption amount of calcium of 55.49 mg/g. In addition, the adsorption material is evaluated to have a maximum adsorption amount of cadmium of 121.5 mg/g and a maximum adsorption amount of cesium of 113.29 mg/g. In addition, the adsorption material is evaluated to have a maximum adsorption amount of ions of methylene blue, a dye, of 72.85 mg/g. It can be seen that this adsorption material has an adsorption amount of about 5 to 10 times or more compared to the conventional ion exchange resin.

The head filter unit 160 includes a first filter cover unit 161 , a second filter cover unit 163 , a carbon filter unit 166 , a first porous member 167 , and a second porous member 168 . .

The first filter cover part 161 is installed on the head part 130 , and the soft water inlet part 162 is formed. The second filter cover part 163 is coupled to the first filter cover part 161 to form a filling space together with the first filter cover part 161 , and the soft water discharge part 164 in the first filter cover part 161 is provided. ) is formed. The carbon filter unit 166 is filled in the filling space 165 to adsorb chlorine from the soft water introduced from the soft water inlet 162 . The first porous member 167 is installed to cover the soft water inlet 162 . The second porous member 168 is installed to cover the soft water discharge unit 164 . Since the carbon filter unit 166 adsorbs chlorine contained in the soft water, chlorine is removed from the soft water. Since the first porous member 167 and the second porous member 168 block the soft water inlet 162 and the soft water outlet 164 , a portion of the carbon filter unit 166 is removed from the first filter cover unit 161 . and leakage to the outside of the second filter cover part 163 can be prevented.

The first filter cover part 161 and the second filter cover part 163 are screwed to form a disk shape, and are installed in close contact with the inner surface of the head part 130 . The carbon filter unit 166 may be formed in various forms such as carbon fillers and carbon particles accommodated in the filling space 165 .

The soft water inlet 162 is formed in an annular shape on the periphery of the first filter cover 161 , and the soft water outlet 164 is provided with the second filter cover 163 to avoid the opposing position of the soft water inlet 162 . ) is formed annularly on the inside. At this time, the outer diameter D2 of the soft water outlet 164 is formed smaller than the inner diameter D1 of the soft water inlet 162 , so that the soft water outlet 164 and the soft water inlet 162 do not overlap each other. The soft water inlet 162 includes a plurality of soft water inlet holes (not shown) arranged in an annular shape, and the soft water discharge unit 164 includes a plurality of soft water discharge holes arranged in an annular shape. Therefore, the soft water that has passed through the soft water inlet 162 flows toward the center of the carbon filter unit 166 after flowing into the peripheral portion of the carbon filter unit 166 and the soft water that flows toward the center of the carbon filter unit 166 . Since soft water is discharged through the soft water discharge unit 164 , as the soft water flows while contacting the entire area of the carbon filter unit 166 , the adsorption area and adsorption performance of the carbon filter unit 166 can be significantly increased. It is possible to prevent a dead zone in which soft water does not come into contact with the carbon filter unit 166 .

The first porous member 167 is formed in an annular shape, and the second porous member 168 is formed in an annular shape having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first porous member 167 . At this time, the width of the first porous member 167 is formed to be larger than the width of the soft water inlet 162 , and the width of the second porous member 168 is formed to be larger than the width of the soft water outlet 164 . In addition, the first porous member 167 is in close contact with the inner surface of the first filter cover part 161 , and the second porous member 168 is in close contact with the inner surface of the second filter cover part 163 . Water passes through the first porous member 167 and the second porous member 168 and blocks the carbon filler or carbon particles. Since the first porous member 167 covers the annular soft water inlet 162 and the second porous member 168 covers the annular soft water outlet 164, the carbon particles of the carbon filter unit 166 or It is possible to prevent the carbon filler from leaking to the outside of the first filter cover part 161 and the second filter cover part 163 .

In the carbon filter unit 166, functional substances such as vitamin solids, aroma solids, or water quality improvement solids are mixed. Here, the solid body may be in the form of a chip or a filler, or a form in which vitamins, aroma, and water quality improvement materials are solidified in a porous material. When a solid vitamin is applied to the carbon filter unit 166 , the vitamin component may help remove chlorine by strong oxidizing power and help skin beautification. In addition, when the solid aroma is applied to the carbon filter unit 166, it is possible to smell the aroma during the sour. In addition, when the water quality improvement solid material is applied to the carbon filter unit 166, the water quality can be further improved in the form desired by the user.

An annular buffer channel part 137 is formed in the head part 130 to correspond to the soft water inlet part 162 on the inflow side of the first filter cover part 161 . The area of the buffer channel part 137 is significantly increased than the area of the communication channel part 135 . Therefore, since the water pressure is relieved while the soft water of the communication channel part 135 flows in the buffer channel part 137 , the water pressure deviation in the buffer channel part 137 as a whole is resolved. Furthermore, since the soft water of the buffer channel 137 is supplied almost uniformly to the entire soft water inlet 162 , the amount of soft water supplied to the periphery of the carbon filter 166 becomes uniform. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a local variation in the amount of soft water supply in the periphery of the carbon filter unit 166 .

The buffer channel part 137 cross-section is formed in a rounded recessed form to the opposite side of the soft water inlet 162 . Therefore, it is possible to prevent flow resistance from occurring while the soft water discharged from the soft water inlet 162 flows along the buffer channel unit 137 . Furthermore, it is possible to secure the fluidity of the soft water in the buffer channel unit (137).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and it is understood that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible by those of ordinary skill in the art. will understand

Accordingly, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

100: water treatment shower device 110: casing unit
120: handle portion 121: inlet port portion
122: hose connection 123: inlet passage
130: head portion 131: head body portion
132: coupling screw portion 133: head cover portion
135: communication channel portion 137: buffer channel portion
140: foreign matter filter unit 141: segment filter unit
143: hollow part 145: O-ring
150: soft water conversion unit 151: filter housing unit
153: adsorption filter unit 155: filter cap unit
160: head filter unit 161: first filter cover unit
162: soft water inlet 163: second filter cover part
164: soft water discharge unit 165: charging space
166: carbon filter unit 167: first porous member
168: second porous member 170: spray plate
173: sealing member

Claims (10)

casing part;
a foreign material filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering foreign substances contained in water;
a soft water conversion unit disposed inside the casing unit and filtering heavy metals and minerals contained in water filtered by the foreign material filter unit to generate soft water;
a head filter unit disposed inside the casing unit and removing chlorine from the soft water discharged from the soft water conversion unit; and
and a spray plate disposed inside the casing part and spraying soft water filtered by the head filter part,
The casing part,
a handle in which the foreign material filter unit and the soft water conversion unit are installed; and
It is connected to the handle and includes a head in which the head filter unit and the spray plate are installed,
The head filter unit,
a first filter cover part installed in the head part and having a soft water inlet part formed therein;
a second filter cover portion coupled to the first filter cover portion to form a filling space together with the first filter cover portion, the second filter cover portion having a soft water discharge portion;
a carbon filter unit filled in the filling space to adsorb chlorine from the soft water introduced from the soft water inlet;
a first porous member installed to cover the soft water inlet; and
and a second porous member installed to cover the soft water discharge part,
The soft water inlet is formed in an annular shape on the periphery of the first filter cover,
The water treatment shower device, characterized in that the soft water discharge unit is formed in an annular shape inside the second filter cover to avoid the opposite position of the soft water inlet.
delete According to claim 1,
The water treatment shower device, characterized in that the foreign matter filter unit is a sediment filter unit.
According to claim 1,
The soft water conversion unit,
a filter housing part disposed inside the handle part and connected to the foreign substance filter part; and
and an ion adsorption filter unit disposed inside the filter housing unit and adsorbing ions contained in water.
delete delete According to claim 1,
The first porous member is formed in an annular shape,
The second porous member is a water treatment shower device, characterized in that formed in an annular shape having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first porous member.
According to claim 1,
The carbon filter unit is a water treatment shower device, characterized in that it comprises a vitamin solid body, an aroma solid body or a water quality improvement solid body.
According to claim 1,
A water treatment shower device, characterized in that the head portion has an annular buffer channel portion formed on the inlet side of the first filter cover portion to correspond to the soft water inlet portion.
10. The method of claim 9,
The cross section of the buffer channel part is a water treatment shower device, characterized in that it is formed in a rounded recessed form to the opposite side of the soft water inlet.

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