TW201822747A - Hydrotherapeutic equipment and disinfection method of hydrotherapeutic equipment characterized by not requiring to refill water in every cleaning process to save time and water, keeping medicine concentration at a certain concentration so as to provide a good disinfection effect and avoid problem of cross-infection among users - Google Patents

Abstract

A hydrotherapeutic equipment mainly includes: adopting an arrangement among a water spraying pipeline, a circulation pipeline, a disinfection pipeline and a drainage pipeline; and using a medicine motor to control the medicine concentration after mixing the medicine and the cold water so as to not require to refill water in every cleaning and disinfection process, thereby saving time and preventing from wasting water resource. In addition, the medicine concentration can be kept at a certain concentration to provide a good cleaning and disinfecting effect, and the waste water after cleaning can be effectively and completely drained, so as to prevent problem of cross-infection among users.

Description

Hydrotherapy equipment and method for disinfecting the same

The present invention relates to a hydrotherapy device, and particularly to a hydrotherapy device and a method for disinfecting the same.

Hydrotherapy mainly uses the characteristics of temperature, buoyancy, pressure and flow of water to provide therapeutic effects, plus air jets in water to increase the speed of water, so as to achieve the purpose of massage and relaxation.

In terms of related prior technologies, for example, the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4977455 discloses the use of an air bubble generating device in a bathtub to mix water and a chemical solution, and then using a motor to pump the mixed chemical solution back to the pipeline. Cleaning. Another example is the technology disclosed in Chinese Patent No. CN203436239, which uses a water inlet valve to inject fresh water into the bathtub through the water suction seat. When the water level reaches a certain level, the water is pumped from the water suction seat into the pipe for cleaning.

However, in the aforementioned conventional patent case, each cleaning needs to be filled with water to a certain level in the bathtub, causing waste of waiting time and water resources. In addition, the waste water cannot be completely removed after cleaning, which may lead to different users. Risk of cross infection.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a hydrotherapy equipment which has an automatic cleaning function, and can effectively save waiting time and completely eliminate wastewater after cleaning.

In order to achieve the above object, the spa equipment of the present invention includes a water storage tank, a water spray system, and a disinfection system. The water storage tank has a water outlet; the water spray system is provided in the water storage tank and has a massage motor, a water spray pipeline, a plurality of spray heads, a return pipeline, a drainage pipeline and a drainage valve, among which: the water spray pipe One end of the road is connected to the massage motor, the plurality of spray heads are provided on the water spraying pipe, one end of the return pipe is connected to the massage motor, and the other end of the return pipe is connected to the drain of the water storage tank. One end is connected to the return line, and the other end of the drain line is connected to the drain valve. Thus, when the massage motor is in a closed state, the water in the water spray line can flow to the return line through the massage motor. Inside, when the massage motor is in an on state, the massage motor draws the water in the water storage tank into the water spraying pipeline through the return pipe, and then sprays the water from the plurality of spray heads into the water storing tank, so Continuous circulation to achieve the reflux effect; the disinfection system is adjacent to the water storage tank and has a medicine storage tank, a medicine motor, a sterilization pipeline, a solenoid valve and a cold water pipeline, wherein the medicine motor is connected to the One end of the sterilizing pipeline is connected to the medicament motor, the other end of the sterilizing pipeline is connected to the water spraying pipeline of the water spraying system, and the solenoid valve is provided in the sterilizing pipeline to control the sterilizing pipeline. Flow, one end of the cold water pipeline is connected to the sterilization pipeline, and the other end of the cold water pipeline is connected to a water source for injecting cold water into the sterilization pipeline, thereby, when the pharmacy motor is in an on state, the medicament The motor transfers the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank to the sterilization pipeline and mixes the cold water in the cold water pipeline, and then flows from the sterilization pipeline to the water spray pipeline of the water spray system for disinfection.

More preferably, the return pipe has an oblique extension section and a straight extension section, the oblique extension section has an inclination angle of less than 10 degrees with respect to the ground, and one end of the oblique extension section is connected to the massage motor, and the oblique extension section The other end is connected to one end of the straight extension, and the other end of the straight extension is connected to the drain of the water storage tank. With the inclined design of the oblique extension of the return pipe, the water flow can be made smoother.

More preferably, when the drain valve is in a closed state and the medicament motor is in the open state, the medicinal liquid in the water spraying pipe flows to the oblique extension of the returning pipe via the massage motor, and then passes through the returning pipe The obliquely extending section of the road flows back to the straightly extending section of the return pipe, thereby achieving the effect of cleaning the return pipe.

More preferably, when the drain valve is in an open state and the medicine motor is in the closed state, the water in the water storage tank is sequentially discharged to the outside through the straight extension of the return pipe and the drain pipe, and the cold water pipe The cold water in the road is discharged to the outside through the disinfection pipeline, the water spray pipeline, the massage motor, the oblique extension of the return pipeline and the drainage pipeline in order to achieve the cleaning effect after disinfection.

More preferably, the disinfection system further has a first check valve and a second check valve. The first check valve is provided at the connection between the medicine motor and the disinfection pipeline to prevent the cold water pipeline. The water flows into the medicine motor, and the second check valve is provided at the connection between the disinfection pipeline and the cold water pipeline to prevent the medicine in the disinfection pipeline from flowing into the cold water pipeline.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a method for disinfecting the aforesaid hydrotherapy equipment. First, the drain valve is closed and the medicine motor is started, so that the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank is transported by the medicine motor to the disinfection pipeline and the cold water. After the cold water in the pipeline is mixed, it first flows from the disinfection pipeline to the water spray pipeline for disinfection, and then flows from the water spray pipeline through the massage motor to the return pipeline for disinfection. After the disinfection process is completed, the drain valve is opened and the medicament motor is turned off, so that the cold water of the cold water pipeline flows through the disinfection pipeline to the water spray pipeline for cleaning, and then flows from the water spray pipeline to the massage motor to The return line is cleaned, and finally discharged from the drainage line to the outside, thereby achieving the effect of removing waste water.

The detailed structure, characteristics, assembly or usage of the spa equipment provided by the present invention will be described in the detailed description of the subsequent embodiments. However, those having ordinary knowledge in the field of the present invention should understand that the detailed descriptions and the specific embodiments listed in the implementation of the present invention are only used to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 first. The spa equipment 10 of the present invention includes a water storage tank 20, a water spray system 30 and a disinfection system 40.

A water inlet 21 is provided on the top of the water storage tank 20, and a water outlet 22 is provided on the bottom of the water storage tank 20.

The water spray system 30 is provided in the water storage tank 20 and has a hot water pipe 31 and a temperature control unit 32 provided in the hot water pipe 31. One end of the hot water pipe 31 is connected to a water source 50, and the other end of the hot water pipe 31 is connected to the water storage tank. The water inlet 21 of 20 enables the water generated by the water source 50 to be heated by the temperature control unit 32 to flow from the water inlet 21 of the water storage tank 20 into the water storage tank 20 through the hot water pipe 31.

The water spraying system 30 further has a massage motor 33, a water spraying pipeline 34, a plurality of spray heads 35, and a return line 36, wherein: one end of the water spraying pipeline 34 is connected to the massage motor 33; and the spraying heads 35 are arranged on the water spraying spaced from each other. The pipeline 34 is used for spraying water to the water storage tank 20; the return pipeline 36 has an obliquely extending section 361 and a straightly extending section 362, and the obliquely extending section 361 has an inclination angle α (with 6 degrees as The best aspect), one end of the inclined section 361 is connected to the massage motor 33, the other end of the inclined section 361 is connected to the bottom end of the straight section 362, and the top of the straight section 362 is connected to the drain 22 of the water storage tank 20. Therefore, when the massage motor 33 is in an on state, the massage motor 33 extracts the water in the water storage tank 20 into the water spraying pipeline 34 through the return line 36, and then sprays the water from the water spraying tank 35 to the water in the water storage tank 20. At the same time, an air line 37 can be used to output air in the water of the water storage tank 20 to achieve the purpose of massage. When the massage motor 33 is in a closed state, the water in the water spray line 34 can flow to the return line through the massage motor 33 36 of the oblique extension section 361.

In addition, the water spray system 30 further has a drain pipe 38 and a drain valve 39, and the top end of the drain pipe 38 is connected to the junction of the inclined section 361 of the return pipe 36 and the straight section 362 of the return pipe 36. The drain pipe The bottom end of 38 is connected to the drain valve 39. Therefore, when the drain valve 39 is in a closed state, as shown in FIG. 2, neither the water in the water storage tank 20 nor the water in the return pipe 36 can be discharged to the outside through the drain pipe 38. The water in the oblique extension section 361 will flow back to the straight extension section 362 of the return pipe 36 due to the gradual rise of the liquid surface. When the drain valve 39 is in an open state, as shown in FIG. 3, the water in the water storage tank 20 will flow from the water outlet 22 of the water storage tank 20 to the straight extension 362 of the return pipe 36, and then from the return pipe 36. The straight stretched section 362 flows to the drain pipe 38 and is discharged to the outside. As for the oblique stretched section 361 of the return pipe 36, the water is discharged to the outside through the drain pipe 38.

The disinfection system 40 is adjacent to the water storage tank 20 and has a medicine storage tank 41, a medicine motor 42, a disinfection pipeline 43, a solenoid valve 44 and a cold water pipeline 45. The medicament motor 42 is connected to the medicament storage tank 41 to output the medicament in the medicament storage tank 41. However, in order to accurately control the concentration of the medicament, the medicament motor 42 adopts a proportional design in this embodiment; one end of the disinfection pipeline 43 is connected to the medicament motor 42. The other end of the disinfection line 43 is connected to the water spray line 34 of the water spray system 30, which is used to send the medicine solution or cold water for cleaning to the water spray line 34. The solenoid valve 44 is provided in the disinfection line 43 to control the disinfection. The flow rate of the medicinal solution in the pipeline 43; one end of the cold water pipeline 45 is connected to the disinfection pipeline 43 and the other end of the cold water pipeline 45 is connected to the water source 50 to inject cold water into the disinfection pipeline 43 so that the cold water and the medicine are mixed in a certain ratio Into a medicinal solution.

Thereby, when the medicine motor 42 is in an on state, the medicine motor 42 transports the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank 41 to the disinfection pipeline 43 and the cold water of the cold water pipeline 45 to mix, and then flows along the disinfection pipeline 43 It goes to the water spraying pipe 34 of the water spraying system 30 for disinfection, and then flows from the water spraying pipe 34 to the return line 36 for disinfection.

In addition, the disinfection system 40 further includes a first check valve 46 and a second check valve 47. The first check valve 46 is provided at the connection between the medicine motor 42 and the disinfection pipe 43 to prevent the cold water from the cold water pipe 45 from flowing into the medicine motor 42 to cause contamination of the medicine. The second check valve 47 is provided in the disinfection pipe. The connection between the road 43 and the cold water pipe 45 is used to prevent the medical solution of the disinfection pipe 43 from flowing to the cold water pipe 45 and causing pollution of the water source 50.

The above is the detailed structure of the spa equipment 10 of the present invention. The disinfection method of the spa equipment 10 of the present invention will be described below. However, it must be explained first that the entire cleaning and disinfection process is performed when the massage motor 33 is turned off. .

Step a): Perform the disinfection procedure. As shown in FIG. 2, close the drain valve 39 and start the medicine motor 42, so that the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank 41 is transported by the medicine motor 42 to the disinfection pipeline 43 and the cold water pipeline 45. After the cold water is mixed at a ratio of 1: 200, the disinfection of the water spraying pipe 34 is first passed from the disinfection pipe 43 to the water spraying pipe 34, and then the water flowing from the water spraying pipe 34 through the massage motor 33 to the slope of the return pipe 36. The extension 361 is disinfected. Since the drain valve 39 has been closed at this time, the liquid medicine in the oblique extension section 361 of the return pipe 36 will flow to the drain pipe 38 until the drain pipe 38 is full and it will flow back to the straight extension section 362 of the return pipe 36. Disinfected inside.

In the foregoing step a), before the medicine motor 42 is started, if the water level of the water storage tank 20 is higher than a water level sensor 52, the drain valve 39 is first opened so that the water level of the water storage tank 20 is lower than the water level sensor 52. The water level of the water storage tank 20 is lower than the water level sensor 52, and the drain valve 39 is automatically closed after the medicine motor 42 is activated. In addition, in order to ensure that the water injection line 34 does not affect the water intake when the full pipe disinfection function is achieved, the water injection line 34 uses a 4-split pipe in this embodiment. Similarly, in order to allow the water flow in the return line 36 to be smooth The flow, return line 36 uses a 6-pipe in this embodiment.

Step b): After the disinfection is finished, the cleaning process of the medicinal solution is started to be used by the next user. As shown in FIG. 3, the drain valve 39 is opened and the medicament motor 42 is closed, so that the cold water of the cold water pipe 45 flows to the water spray pipe 34 through the disinfection pipe 43 to clean the water spray pipe 34, and then from the water spray pipe 34 The massage motor 33 flows to the inclined section 361 of the return pipe 36 for cleaning, and the washed wastewater is discharged from the drainage pipe 38 to the outside. At the same time, the water in the water storage tank 20 flows from the drainage port 22 of the water storage tank 20 to the straight extension 362 of the return pipe 36 for cleaning, and then is discharged from the drainage pipe 38 to the outside.

To sum up, the spa equipment 10 of the present invention uses the arrangement between the water spraying pipe 34, the returning pipe 36, the disinfecting pipe 43 and the draining pipe 38 to achieve the returning effect, so that each cleaning and disinfection process does not require Water is refilled in the water storage tank 20 to save time and avoid waste of water resources. In addition, the concentration of the medicament and cold water is controlled by the medicament motor 42 to provide a good and stable cleaning and disinfection effect. Effectively and completely eliminate the problem of cross infection between different users.

10‧‧‧Spa Equipment

20‧‧‧ water tank

21‧‧‧ water inlet

22‧‧‧ Drain

30‧‧‧ water spray system

31‧‧‧ hot water pipeline

32‧‧‧Temperature Control Unit

33‧‧‧Massage motor

34‧‧‧Water spray pipe

35‧‧‧Nozzle

36‧‧‧Return line

361‧‧‧ oblique extension

362‧‧‧Straight extension

37‧‧‧air line

38‧‧‧ drainage pipe

39‧‧‧Drain valve

40‧‧‧ Disinfection system

41‧‧‧Pill storage tank

42‧‧‧Pharmaceutical motor

43‧‧‧ Disinfection pipeline

44‧‧‧ Solenoid Valve

45‧‧‧ cold water pipeline

46‧‧‧The first check valve

47‧‧‧Second check valve

50‧‧‧ Water source

52‧‧‧Water Level Sensor

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the pipeline of the spa equipment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of the spa equipment during the disinfection process of the present invention. Figure 3 is a schematic flow diagram of the spa equipment in the cleaning process of the present invention.

Claims (9)

A hydrotherapy device includes: a water storage tank having a drainage outlet; a water spray system provided in the water storage tank and having a massage motor, a water spray pipeline, a plurality of spray heads, a return pipeline, a drainage pipeline and A drain valve, one end of the water spraying line is connected to the massage motor, the plurality of spray heads are provided in the water spraying line, one end of the returning line is connected to the massage motor, and the other end of the returning line is connected to the drainage of the water storage tank One end of the drainage line is connected to the return line, and the other end of the drainage line is connected to the drain valve. When the massage motor is in a closed state, the water in the water spray line can flow to the In the return line, when the massage motor is in an on state, the massage motor draws water from the water storage tank into the water spray line through the return line, and then sprays the water from the plurality of spray heads to the storage. A water tank; and a disinfection system, which is adjacent to the water tank and has a medicine storage tank, a medicine motor, a sterilization pipeline, a solenoid valve and a cold water pipeline, the medicine motor is connected to the medicine storage tank, One end of the disinfection pipeline is connected to the medicament motor, the other end of the disinfection pipeline is connected to the water spraying pipeline of the water spraying system, the solenoid valve is provided in the disinfection pipeline, and one end of the cold water pipeline is connected to the disinfection pipeline. When the medicine motor is in an on state, the medicine motor transports the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank to the sterilization pipeline and mixes the cold water in the cold water pipeline, and then flows from the sterilization pipeline to the water spray system. Water spray line. The spa equipment according to claim 1, wherein the return pipeline has an oblique extension and a straight extension, one end of the oblique extension is connected to the massage motor, and the other end of the oblique extension is connected to one end of the straight extension, The other end of the straight extension is connected to the drain of the water storage tank, the oblique extension has an inclination angle of less than 10 degrees relative to the ground, and one end of the drainage pipe is connected to the junction of the oblique extension and the straight extension. The spa equipment according to claim 2, wherein when the drain valve is in an open state and the medicine motor is in the closed state, the water in the water storage tank sequentially passes through the straight extension of the return pipe and the drain pipe. The cold water is discharged to the outside, and the cold water in the cold water pipeline is sequentially discharged to the outside through the disinfection pipeline, the water spray pipeline, the massage motor, the oblique extension of the return pipeline, and the drainage pipeline. The spa equipment according to claim 3, wherein when the drain valve is in a closed state and the medicament motor is in the open state, the medicinal liquid in the water spray line flows to the oblique extension of the return line through the massage motor. In the section, the obliquely extending section of the return pipeline is reversed to the straightly extending section of the return pipeline. The spa equipment according to claim 1, wherein the disinfection system further has a first check valve and a second check valve, and the first check valve is provided at the connection between the medicine motor and the disinfection pipeline, The second check valve is arranged at the connection between the sterilization pipeline and the cold water pipeline to prevent the water from the cold water pipeline from flowing into the medicine motor. road. A method for sterilizing a spa equipment according to claim 1, comprising the following steps: a) closing the drain valve and activating the medicine motor, so that the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank is delivered to the disinfection pipeline by the medicine motor After being mixed with the cold water in the cold water pipeline, first flowing from the sterilizing pipeline to the water spraying pipeline for sterilization, and then flowing from the water spraying pipeline through the massage motor to the return pipeline for sterilization; and b) turning on The drain valve and the medicine motor are closed, so that the cold water of the cold water pipeline flows to the water spray pipeline through the disinfection pipeline for cleaning, and then flows from the water spray pipeline through the massage motor to the return pipeline for cleaning, and then It is discharged to the outside from this drainage pipe. According to the disinfection method described in claim 6, in step a), before starting the medicine motor, if the water level of the water storage tank is higher than a water level sensor, first open the drain valve to make the water level of the water storage tank low. To the water level sensor. According to the disinfection method described in claim 6, in step b), the water in the water storage tank is sequentially discharged from the drainage port to the outside through the return pipe and the drainage pipe. According to the disinfection method described in claim 6, in step a), the medicine stored in the medicine storage tank and the cold water in the cold water pipeline are mixed at a ratio of 1: 200.