KR20040081097A - A bathtub water heating & purifying apparatus using home network system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A device for heating and purifying water in a bathtub is provided to reduce the consumption of water and energy by using a home network system. CONSTITUTION: A device for heating and purifying water in a bathtub is composed of a control panel(12) having a microprocessor, a suction tube(17), a discharge tube(18) for discharging water, a suction pump(13), a filter(14) for filtering water, a heating unit(16) for heating water, a solenoid valve for opening/closing a filter tube, a check valve for preventing the back flow of water, and a communication circuit(27).

Description

{A bathtub water heating & purifying apparatus using home network system}

The present invention relates to a device for heating and purifying bath water, and more particularly, in order to improve the inconvenience that water in the bath cools down over time when bathing and soaking in a bath when bathing. It relates to a heating and purifying apparatus for a bath of water having a heating function for maintaining the desired temperature and the function of removing foreign matters to the human body. In addition, the invention using the home network system similar invention is not the conventional pioneering invention to look at the conventional bathing method,

Conventionally, taking a bath in a tired state while taking a bath is a waste of time and adjusting the temperature itself to avoid taking a bath and taking a bath.

If the temperature of the bath is not right at the time of bathing, take out some of the bath water and take the warm water and cold water again to set it to the desired temperature and bathe. I bathed with water flowing out, and the bath water after bathing discarded the water once bathed due to the foreign substance falling out of the human body at the time of bathing. As a result, a lot of waste of water, as well as heat loss and bathing was inconvenient.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above problems, the present invention is characterized by the fact that it is possible to reuse the bath water inhaled by purifying and heating to provide a bath water of a desired temperature, as well as to clean the bath water. .

In addition, by using the home network system through the telephone or the Internet for the whole process of the operation and reservation of the device of the present invention to provide the bath water of the reserved temperature at the scheduled time.

To this end, the present invention provides a control panel 12 having a microprocessor as a control means, a suction pipe 17 which is a passage that is sucked into the apparatus of the bath water and moves, a discharge pipe 18 which is a passage where the bath water is discharged from the apparatus, and a bath water. The suction pump 13 having the function of supplying into the apparatus, the filter 14 capable of removing foreign matters in the bath water, the heating device 16 having the function of heating the bath water, and the circulating bath water have passed through various filters. The solenoid valve 22 having a function of opening and closing the filter passage pipe, the check valve 23 having a function of preventing backflow from the transfer pipe 26 which is a passage of the bath water to the filter discharge pipe, and a telephone line are used. The communication circuit 27 etc. of the function to control were comprised and achieved.

1 is a schematic diagram of a heating and purification device of a bath using a home network system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the heating and purification apparatus of the bath water using the home network system according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the filter unit according to the present invention.

4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation by the reservation and communication of the heating and purification device of the bath water according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11 main body 12 control panel 13 suction pump

14 filter 5 LED display 16 heating device

17: suction pipe 18: discharge pipe 19: bimetal

20: temperature fuse 21: heater temperature sensor 22: solenoid valve

23 check valve 24 bathtub water temperature sensor 25 water flow sensor

26: transfer pipe 27: communication circuit 28: bathtub

29: UV sterilization lamp 30: sterilization container 31: ceramic filter

32 softening tank 33 mineral filter 34 nanosilver filter

35: aroma scent filter 36: ion exchange resin

The heating apparatus of the present invention is installed near the bathtub in the bathroom, and the power is applied, and two suction and discharge pipes come out from the apparatus and are installed under the surface of the bath.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a heating and purifying apparatus for a bath water using the present home network system will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to the present invention;

The main body 11 sucks water from a control panel 12 having an operation switch, a microprocessor and a display unit, a communication circuit 27 connected to an input / output port of a microprocessor installed in the control panel, and a bathtub 28 to be supplied into the apparatus. A suction pump 13 having a function, a suction pipe 17 which is a passage of a bath water to be sucked, a discharge pipe 18 which is a passage of a discharged bath water, a filter 14 which is a material such as carbon having a function of removing foreign matters in the bath water, UV germicidal lamp (UV 殺菌 燈) 29 which sterilizes germs which are harmful to human body of bath water, heating device 16 which heats bath water, and detects the flow of bath water circulating in the device And a water flow sensor 25 having a function.

In addition, in the treatment of the end portion of the tub side of the suction and discharge tube, which is the passage of the tub water supplied to and discharged from the apparatus of the present invention, the end of the tube is inserted into the suction discharger (not shown), and a rubber suction pad is installed on the rear side of the suction discharger. Since a suction cup is installed by adsorbing a pad on the wall of the bathtub, the suction pipe is prevented from shaking due to the suction of the tub.

The bath water, which is the water of the bathtub, is sucked into the apparatus by the suction force of the suction pump 13 installed in the apparatus, and the water passing through the pump is installed after the pump by the discharge pressure of the pump 14, the bath. The heating device 16 or the like for heating the water is circulated and discharged to the bath 28 again.

This circulation continues and the user bathing in the bath 28 can bathe in the bath water of the set temperature for a long time.

The heating device 16 having a function of heating the bath water can be used as a gas boiler as well as an electric heater, and the heating device has a bimetal (not shown) having a function of blocking power until cooling when the heating device is overheated, and allowing safety. A temperature fuse (not shown) having a function of completely shutting off power when overheated beyond a range, and a temperature sensor (not shown) having a function of detecting a temperature of a heating device and transmitting it to a control panel 12 which is a control means. .

2 is a front view of the heating and purification device of the bath water according to the present invention,

As shown in the figure, the apparatus has an electric lead wire which is a supply line of power from the outside, a suction tube 17 which is a passage for sucking the water of the bathtub into the apparatus, and a discharge tube 18 which is a passage for discharging water from the apparatus into the bathtub. The control panel 12 is installed on the outer wall surface, and the device can be operated and reserved by operating a Tact switch of the control panel.

3 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the filter unit according to the present invention;

In communication with the transfer pipe 26, which is a passage that is sucked from the tub 28 and circulates in the apparatus, several different functions of the filter can be installed and only the desired filter can be operated by the user's choice. The filters 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35 installed in communication with the transfer pipe 26 are provided with solenoid valves 22 at the part where water enters the filter from the transfer pipe, pass through the filter, and withdraw the water. The check valve 42 is installed.

The solenoid valve 22 of each filter operates according to a user's choice,

The selection method includes a method of operating a Tact switch of the control panel corresponding to the filter selected by the user or making a reservation by the communication circuit 27.

In operation, only a part of the bath water in which the solenoid valve 22 of the selected filter is opened and circulated passes through the filter. The back flow to the filter outlet portion is blocked by the check valve 23.

In addition, even if only a part of the circulating bath water passes through the filter, the bath water is continuously repeated and the suction and discharge are repeated into the apparatus so that the effect of the filter is gradually increased over time.

Here, the filter includes a ceramic filter 31 having various functions, a softening tank 32 having an ion exchange resin, a mineral filter 33 containing a rock of a specific component, a nano silver filter 34 containing silver powder of nanoparticles, Aroma fragrance filter (35) containing the aroma fragrance can be changed in kind and composition,

The installation can provide several pieces within the range which can be passed by the discharge pressure of a pump.

Figure 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation by the reservation, communication of the heating and purification device of the bath water according to the present invention,

In the apparatus of the present invention, the reservation of a desired time for bathing in the future can be input by operating a tack switch of the main body control panel as well as using a communication circuit.

The operation by the communication circuit or reservation is operated according to the timer time of the device, and the suction pump 13 is operated before a predetermined time until the time of the device becomes a reserved time, so that the water in the bathtub is sucked into the transfer pipe ( The operation of the bath water temperature sensor 24 installed at 26 starts the operation before the reservation time according to the difference between the output value of the sensor and the reservation temperature.

The reason for this is that it is impossible to provide bath water at the temperature set at the time of reservation at the time of reservation bathing time and to operate the heating device 16, which is the heating means, from the time when reservation is started, to adjust the set temperature and to continue bathing time. This is a waste of power, so the microprocessor compares it at regular time intervals before determining the bathing time, which is the real time of the timer and the scheduled time, to determine whether to operate.

The suction pump is operated at regular time units such as 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 15 minutes before the scheduled bathing time, so that the tub is sucked into the device and the output value of the bath temperature sensor 24 installed in the transfer pipe and entered at the time of reservation The set temperature value is compared by the comparison signal processing unit of the microprocessor, and the output value outputted by the comparison is calculated including the previously input bath capacity of the microprocessor, and the operation start is determined accordingly.

Example 1) Heating amount of equipment: 2000 Kcal / 30 minutes (heat amount rising 200 ℃ of water at 10 ℃ for 30 minutes)

2. Size of the input bath: 200L

3. Reserved Temperature: 40 ℃ 4. Bath Water Temperature: 30 ℃

5. Reservation time: 08:00 minutes

* At 07:00, one hour ago, the microprocessor was inactive.

At 30 minutes, 07:30, the microprocessor operates with an operation command, providing a bath of 40 ° C at 08:00 at the scheduled time, and no waste of power.

Example 2) Heating amount of equipment: 2000 Kcal / 30 minutes (heat amount rising 10 ℃ for 30 minutes with 200L of water)

2. Size of the input bath: 200L

3. Reservation temperature: 40 ℃ 4. Bath water temperature: 35 ℃

5. Reservation time 08:00 minutes

* At 07:00, one hour ago, the microprocessor was inactive.

At 30 minutes, 07:30, the microprocessor is inactive.

At 15 minutes, 07:45, the microprocessor runs on operating instructions, providing a bath of 40 ° C at 08:00 at the scheduled time, and no waste of power.

As described above, the pump 13 is operated before the reservation time as described above, and the time for determining whether the pump 13 is operated by comparing the output value of the bath water temperature sensor 24 with the reservation temperature is varied in units of 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 15 minutes. can do.

After operation, the heater heating, which is the operation of the heating device 16, and the suction pump are operated by the control of the control panel 12, which is a PCB circuit having a microprocessor, which is a control means, and the bath water is sucked into the device and starts circulation. The solenoid valve 22 of the filter is opened.

Thereafter, the bath water is circulated in the apparatus and is continuously transported in the bath and the apparatus.

After operation, the water flow sensor 25 installed in the transfer pipe 26, which is the circulation passage of the bath water in the device, operates to detect the flow of water, that is, the circulation state of the bath water. Start the restart.

In addition, when the reactivation is repeated several times, the microprocessor stops the operation of the device, encodes the contents thereof, and displays them on the LED display window 15 of the control panel 12.

Starting from the beginning of the reactivation is to prevent the damage of the suction pump (13) caused by overload when there is no water in the absence of water circulating the bath even if the water does not circulate, but the passage is blocked will be.

The bath water temperature sensor 24, which is a temperature sensing unit, continues to operate and the detected value is transmitted to the microprocessor through a comparison signal processing unit which compares the set temperature input by the user even in the course of continuous heating and purification. The microprocessor controls the heating device 16, which is a heating means of the bath water, in an ON / OFF manner.

In addition, in using the bath water heating purification apparatus of this article for home use,

As for how to take a bath late at night because of work of user, or to take a bath, without bathing time,

The bath water heating and purifying apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that water is reused by purification, and the water can always be used in the bathtub 28, and the device has a home network using a telephone or the Internet at a remote place. The communication circuit 27 operates or reserves the apparatus of the present invention to operate in the same manner as above to receive the bath water at the set temperature. The communication circuit 27, which is a means thereof, is connected to and installed in the input / output port of the microprocessor included in the control panel 12.

The operation and reservation by the communication circuit 27 are different only from the operation path and from the operation of the switch on the control panel 12, and the input contents are the same.

As expected, the heating function can use various heat sources such as gas boilers in addition to the electric heater, and the purification function can separately install the container containing mud, aroma, mugwort, etc. used for bathing as well as removing foreign substances by the filter. ,

In particular, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Such changes are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention is an invention of a device for cleaning and maintaining a constant temperature at a desired temperature by heating the water in the bath using a home network has the following effects.

First, it is convenient to use the home network so that you can bathe immediately at the desired reservation time.

Second, there is no waste of water supply time by supplying the bath water of the desired temperature at the scheduled time.

Third, it saves water by heating, purifying and reusing the bathed water.

Fourth, during bathing, the bath water can be continuously sucked, heated, and supplied to maintain a set temperature to bathe for a sufficient time.

Fifth, there is no waste of water and energy to adjust the temperature at the start of bathing.

(If you have a high temperature, drain the water and add cold water. If you have a low temperature, drain the water and add hot water.)

Sixth, it is convenient because the desired type of bath is attached to the device in the form of a filter.

Claims (3)

In maintaining the constant temperature by heating the water in the bath, A suction pump 13 for sucking water from the bathtub and supplying the water to the main body; A transfer pipe 26 which is a circulation passage of the bath water in the apparatus; Bath water temperature sensor 24 for detecting the temperature of the bath water; A filter 14 for removing foreign matters contained in the bath water circulating in the apparatus; A heating device 16 for heating the sucked water; And a communication circuit (27) connected to an input / output port of a microprocessor having a function of operating or making a reservation through a telephone or the Internet. According to claim 1, An apparatus for heating and purifying a bath water using a home network system having a function of comparing a set temperature and an output value of a bath water temperature sensor 44 before a reservation time in comparison with a reservation time which is a time and a bathing time of the device. According to claim 1, A heating and purifying apparatus for a bath water using a home network system having a function of comparing a set temperature with an output value of a bath water temperature sensor 44 to start heating by operating a device before a reservation time.