KR200492913Y1 - Collecting apparatus of rainwater - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed rainwater collecting device includes a drainage connection part through which the rainwater flows inward by being sandwiched between the upper and lower rainwater drainage pipes separated in a tubular shape, a discharge hole passing through the inner and outer surfaces of the drainage connection, and the discharge hole A rainwater branch pipe including a discharge pipe extending to and protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the drainage connection part, and a collecting part discharged to the outside of the drainage connection part through the discharge hole after a part of the rainwater is received; A storage tank having a case defining an internal space blocked from the outside, a water supply hole penetrating through one side of the case, and a water supply pipe extending from the water supply hole and protruding from the outer surface of the case; And a connection pipe having both ends connected to the discharge pipe and the water supply pipe through which the rainwater flows.

Description

Collecting apparatus of rainwater

The present design (Disclosure) relates to a rainwater collecting device, specifically, rainwater can be automatically collected in case of rain, and storage tanks can be moved and provided according to the use location of stored rainwater, and pollutants contained in rainwater can be removed. It can be stored after a long period of time, it can be used as living water by minimizing deterioration of water quality, and by converting the natural environment into energy resources, it relates to a rainwater collecting device that can prevent floods and overcome drought.

Here, the background technology related to the present invention is provided, and these do not necessarily mean the known technology (This section provides background information related to the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art).

In recent years, the problem of water shortage due to severe climate change is gradually increasing.

In particular, Korea is a water shortage country established by the United Nations (UN). Moreover, extreme weather events such as drought or temporary heavy rain due to climate change are continuously different.

Therefore, not only is the habit of saving water required, but also the necessity of storing and using rainwater that has been discharged without existing meaning is increasing.

In general, as a method of storing rainwater, there is a method of directly collecting rainwater by placing various storage bins that can accommodate rainwater outdoors.

However, with this method, the collection step is temporary and passive. Therefore, in a situation in which concentrated heavy rains or droughts are repeated unpredictably as in recent years, there is a problem in that it is difficult to keep the amount of collection constant.

To solve this, it may be considered to use a rainwater discharge pipe installed on the wall of a building. This is a method of placing a reservoir for collection at the end of the rainwater drain pipe, that is, the end adjacent to the ground.

However, since the end of the rainwater drainage pipe is usually installed close to the ground to minimize contamination of the surroundings due to splashing of water discharged, it is very difficult to locate the storage container. Even if the storage container is disposed by removing a part of the rainwater drainage pipe If overflowing, there is a problem that the surroundings are contaminated.

1. Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2011-0085947

The present invention (Disclosure) aims to provide a rainwater collecting device capable of automatically collecting rainwater in case of rain.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rainwater collecting device capable of moving and providing a storage tank according to a use position of stored rainwater.

The present invention (Disclosure) is intended to provide a rainwater collecting device that can be stored after removing contaminants contained in rainwater.

The present invention (Disclosure), when storing stored rainwater for a long period of time, it is an object of the provision of a rainwater collecting device capable of minimizing deterioration in water quality.

Here, a summary of the present invention is provided, and this section provides a general summary of the disclosure and is not a comprehensive disclosure of its full scope or all of its features).

In order to solve the above problem, the rainwater collecting device according to any one of the various aspects describing the present invention is inserted between the rainwater drainage pipes on the upper and lower sides separated as a tube shape so that the rainwater is inside A drainage connection portion flowing to the drainage connection portion, a discharge hole penetrating the inner and outer surfaces of the drainage connection portion, a discharge pipe extending from the discharge hole and protruding from the outer circumferential surface of the drainage connection portion, and through the discharge hole after receiving a part of the rain A rainwater discharge pipe including a collecting part discharged to the outside of the drain connection part; A storage tank having a case defining an internal space blocked from the outside, a water supply hole penetrating through one side of the case, and a water supply pipe extending from the water supply hole and protruding from the outer surface of the case; And a connection pipe having both ends connected to the discharge pipe and the water supply pipe through which the rainwater flows.

In the rainwater collecting device according to any one of the various aspects describing the present invention, the collecting unit includes a partition wall disposed coaxially with the drain connection unit in a tube shape, and protrudes laterally from the lower end of the partition wall. It may include a flange portion joined to the inner surface of the drain connection portion.

In the rainwater collecting device according to one of the various aspects describing the present invention, the collecting part is disposed between the upper end of the partition wall and the inner surface of the drain connection part, and the foreign matter contained in the rainwater is removed. It may further include a strainer to filter.

In the rainwater collecting device according to any one of the various aspects describing the present invention, the storage tank is disposed under the water supply hole to filter foreign substances contained in the rainwater discharged from the collecting unit. It may further include an output filter.

In the rainwater collecting device according to any one of the various aspects describing the present invention, the storage tank further includes a cultivation tank disposed on the water surface of the received rainwater to grow plants. , The plant can be grown using the rainwater accommodated in the inner space.

In the rainwater collecting device according to any one of the various aspects describing the present invention, the storage tank may further include an aeration device disposed below the inner space.

In the rainwater collecting device according to any one aspect of the various aspects describing the present invention, the storage tank includes a photocatalyst layer coated and deposited on the bottom of the inner space-a floor material, and the photocatalyst layer reacts. It may further include a photocatalytic water quality improvement device including a light source emitting light.

According to the present invention, rainwater can be automatically collected in rainy weather by arranging the rainwater pipe on the rainwater drain pipe and collecting it.

According to the present invention, by separating the rainwater pipe and the storage tank, the storage tank can be moved and provided according to the location of the stored rainwater.

According to the present invention, by using a strainer and a filter, contaminants contained in rainwater can be removed and stored.

According to the present invention, by using a cultivation tank capable of vegetation cultivation and a photocatalytic water quality improvement device, when stored rainwater is stored for a long time, deterioration of water quality can be minimized.

1 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a rainwater collecting device and a rainwater distribution pipe in which the drain connection unit is cut according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rainwater collecting device of Figure 1;
3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the rainwater pipe of FIG. 2;
4 is a cross-sectional view of a storage tank in which cultivation tanks and water purification plants grow in the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of a storage tank further comprising a photocatalytic water quality improvement device in the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment implementing the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

However, the intrinsic technical idea of the present invention cannot be said to be limited by the embodiments to be described below, and the intrinsic technical idea of the present invention is given below by a person skilled in the art. It turns out to cover the range that can be easily proposed by a method of substitution or change of the embodiment described in FIG.

In addition, since the terms used below are selected for convenience of explanation, in grasping the intrinsic technical idea of the present invention, it is not limited to the dictionary meaning and is appropriately interpreted as a meaning consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Should be.

1 is a view for explaining an embodiment of a rainwater collecting device and a rainwater distribution pipe in which a drain connection part is cut according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the rainwater collecting device of FIG. 1. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the rainwater jet pipe of FIG. 2.

1 to 3, the rainwater collecting apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a rainwater branch pipe 100, a storage tank 200, and a connection pipe 300.

The rainwater branch pipe 100 is disposed in the rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12 for discharging rainwater from the upper floor to the lower floor of the building. The rainwater discharge pipe 100 includes a drain connection part 101, a discharge hole 130, a discharge pipe 140, and a collecting part 120.

The drainage connecting portion 101 is disposed between the upper and lower rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12 separated in a tubular shape, and the rainwater 1 flows inward. The discharge hole 130 is formed through the inner and outer surfaces of the drain connection unit 101, and the discharge pipe 140 extends to the discharge hole and protrudes from the outer circumferential surface of the drain connection unit 101. The water collecting unit 120 is discharged to the outside of the drain connection unit 101 through the discharge hole 130 after a part of the rainwater 1 flowing through the drain connection unit 101 is received.

The storage tank 200 includes a case 210 and a water supply hole 220 and a water supply pipe 230.

The case 210 forms an inner space 201 blocked from the outside. The water supply hole 220 is formed through the one side of the case, and the water supply pipe 230 extends from the water supply hole 220 and protrudes from the outer surface of the case 210.

The connection pipe 300 is connected to the discharge pipe 140 and the water supply pipe 230 at both ends of the rainwater (1) flows.

In the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention, the rainwater branch pipe 100 diverges a part of rainwater drained through the rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12 to the outside of the rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12. The branched and discharged rainwater is supplied to and stored in the internal space 201 of the storage tank 200 through the discharge pipe 140, the connection pipe 300, and the water supply pipe 230.

The rainwater distribution pipe 100 of the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention is disposed in the rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12 to continuously collect rainwater. In addition, since the water collecting unit is disposed on the inner surface of the drain connection unit 101, it is possible to collect even rainwater flowing along the inner surfaces of the rainwater drainage pipes 11 and 12 in a situation where precipitation is small.

In addition, the storage tank 200 of the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention may be installed to be spaced apart from the rainwater branch pipe 100. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that the storage tank 200 can be disposed close to a place where stored rainwater is used.

Referring to FIG. 3, the collecting part 120 of the rainwater jet pipe 100 according to the present embodiment includes a partition wall 121 and a flange part 122. The partition wall 121 has a tube shape and is disposed coaxially with the drain connection part 101. The flange portion 122 protrudes laterally from the lower end of the partition wall 121 and is joined to the inner surface of the drain connection portion 101.

The branch reservoir 110 formed by the partition wall 121 and the flange portion 122 stores a portion of the flowing rainwater 1 and discharges it into the discharge hole 130.

In addition, referring to FIG. 3, the water collecting unit 120 according to the present embodiment further includes a strainer 150. The strainer 150 is disposed between the upper end of the partition wall 121 and the inner surface of the drain connection unit 101, and filters foreign substances contained in the rainwater 1.

At this time, the sieve 150 is formed to be inclined to the inside of the drain connection unit 101, so that the foreign matter filtered by the sieve 150 does not remain on the top surface of the sieve 150, and can be removed.

In addition, referring to FIGS. 1 to 2, the storage tank 200 according to the present embodiment may further include a filter 240. The filter 240 is disposed under the water supply hole 220 to filter foreign substances contained in rainwater discharged from the water collecting unit 120.

The storage tank 200 may further include a foreign material discharge hole 201. The filter 240 may be formed to be inclined from the water supply hole toward the foreign material discharge hole 201. The foreign matter discharge hole 201 may discharge foreign matter filtered by the foreign matter filter 240 to the outside of the storage tank 200.

When the above-described sieve 150 and filter 240 are applied at the same time, the sieve 150 can filter out large foreign substances, and the filter 240 can filter out small or fine foreign substances. . The material of the filter 240 may be preferably a nonwoven fabric.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a storage tank in which cultivation tanks and water purification plants grow in the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the rainwater collecting device according to the present embodiment can cultivate plants for various purposes using rainwater 2 stored in the storage tank 200.

The storage tank 200 according to the present embodiment may further include a cultivation tank 250 that is disposed on the water surface of the stored rainwater 2 to cultivate plants.

Plants may be cultivated by arranging the soil 251 inside the cultivation tank 250. At this time, the cultivation tank may be a wick type hydroponic cultivation structure using the wick 252.

Alternatively, the cultivation tank 250 may further arrange a cultivation tank-filter unit 253 capable of filtering foreign substances under the interior in which the soil 251 is disposed. Rainwater supplied to the inner space 201 through the filter 240 may directly supply moisture to the soil 251. Rainwater that has passed through the soil 251 is drained through the drain hole 254. In this case, the cultivation tank-filter unit 253 may filter fine particles, suspended matter, and soil powder contained in rainwater that has passed through the soil 251. The cultivation tank-filter unit 253 may be composed of activated carbon and nonwoven fabric.

Plants cultivated using the cultivation tank 250 may cultivate recyclable plants by cultivating ornamental flowers and edible plants using the cultivation tank 250.

In addition, water purification plants 259 may be vegetated on the rainwater surface accommodated in the storage tank 200.

The water purification plant can prevent deterioration of the water quality of the rainwater 2 stored for a long time by absorbing suspended substances, nitrogen, phosphorus, etc. contained, and decomposing by coexisting microorganisms. If some of the cultivated plants are continuously removed, there is an advantage of being able to continuously remove deteriorating factors such as nitrogen and phosphorus in the inner space 201.

The rainwater collecting device according to the present embodiment performs physical and biological water purification actions by using the water purification plant 259 after removing foreign substances twice by the sieve 150 and the filter 250.

Therefore, it is possible to cultivate edible or ornamental plants using the cultivation tank 250 as described above, without using a separate rainwater purification device.

5 is a cross-sectional view of a storage tank further including a photocatalytic water quality improvement device in the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the storage tank 200 according to the present embodiment may further include a photocatalytic water quality improvement device 260.

The photocatalyst water quality improvement device 260 may include a photocatalyst-floor material 261 and a light source 262. The photocatalyst-floor material 261 is disposed by being deposited on the bottom of the inner space 201 by coating a photocatalyst layer. The light source 262 emits light in which the photocatalyst layer reacts. Accordingly, light emitted from the light source excites the energy of electrons in the photocatalyst layer, and the water quality of the stored rainwater 2 can be continuously improved by using this energy.

In addition, the light source 262 may be disposed in the inner space 201 of the storage tank 200, and may be disposed outside the storage tank 200 when the case 210 is formed of a transparent material.

In addition, the photocatalyst water quality improvement device 260 may further include a photocatalyst layer on the surface of the inner space 201, and by using this, the water quality improvement effect may be increased.

In addition, by using a material that reacts to light contained in natural light, such as ultraviolet rays or visible light, and a transparent or semi-transparent material of the case 210, the water quality of the photocatalyst layer is improved. You can also use natural light.

In addition, the storage tank 200 of the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention may further include an aeration device disposed below the inner space 201. The aeration device supplies oxygen to the lower layer of the stored rainwater 2. In addition, by activating the circulation action of the upper layer and the lower layer, there is an effect of preventing deterioration of water quality.

In addition, the storage tank 200 of the rainwater collecting device according to the present invention may further include a plurality of storage partitions partitioned by at least two or more separation walls. At this time, rainwater supplied from the water supply hole 220 is accommodated in the first storage compartment. When the water level of rainwater stored in the first storage compartment is higher than the separation wall forming the first storage compartment, it moves to the adjacent second storage compartment. Rainwater that has moved a plurality of storage compartments in this way has the effect of sedimenting foreign matter in each storage compartment.

In addition, the rainwater jet pipe 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include an opening and closing means (not shown) in the discharge hole 130.

When rainwater is excessively received in the internal space 201 of the storage tank 200 and the water level of the stored rainwater 2 approaches the height of the internal space 201, the filter 240 and the internal cultivation tank 250 The back may be damaged.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, as described above, in the branch water storage unit 110, rainwater 1 is temporarily stored and then discharged to the discharge hole 130. The discharge hole 130 may be provided with an opening/closing means to block rainwater from the branch water storage unit 110 from being discharged to the discharge hole 130. When the opening/closing means is closed, when the water level of rainwater (1) in the branch water reservoir 110 is higher than the partition wall 121, it overflows into the drainage connection unit 101. Accordingly, in a situation in which local heavy rain occurs in recent years, by closing the opening/closing means, it is possible to maintain an appropriate water level of the storage tank 200.

Claims (7)

In the rainwater collecting device connected to a rainwater drain pipe for discharging rainwater from an upper floor to a lower floor of a building,
A drainage connection part through which the rainwater flows inward by being inserted between the upper and lower rainwater drainage pipes separated in a tube shape, a discharge hole passing through the inner and outer surfaces of the drainage connection part, and the drainage connection part extending to the discharge hole A rainwater branch pipe including a discharge pipe protruding from an outer circumferential surface, and a collecting part discharged to the outside of the drain connection part through the discharge hole after a part of the rainwater is received;
A storage tank having a case defining an internal space blocked from the outside, a water supply hole penetrating through one side of the case, and a water supply pipe extending from the water supply hole and protruding from the outer surface of the case; And
Including; both ends of the connection pipe is connected to the discharge pipe and the water supply pipe through which the rainwater flows,
The collecting part,
A partition wall disposed coaxially with the drainage connector in a tube shape;
A flange portion protruding laterally from the lower end of the partition wall and joined to the inner surface of the drain connection portion; And
It is disposed between the upper end of the partition wall and the inner surface of the drainage connection part and is formed to be inclined toward the inside of the drainage connection part, thereby filtering foreign substances contained in the rainwater and removing the foreign substances without remaining on the upper surface thereof. Rainwater collecting device further comprising a strainer. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The storage tank,
It is disposed under the water supply hole, characterized in that it further comprises a filter for filtering foreign substances contained in the rainwater discharged from the water collecting unit, rainwater collecting device. The method according to claim 1,
The storage tank,
Further comprising a cultivation tank disposed on the water surface of the received rainwater to grow plants,
Rainwater collecting device capable of growing the plant by using the rainwater accommodated in the inner space. The method according to claim 1,
The storage tank,
It characterized in that it further comprises an aeration device disposed below the inner space, rainwater collecting device. The method according to claim 1,
The storage tank,
It characterized in that it further comprises a photocatalyst water quality improvement device comprising a photocatalyst-floor material coated with a photocatalyst layer and deposited on the bottom of the inner space, and a light source for emitting light reacted by the photocatalyst layer.

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