TWI699079B - Liquid carrier with temperature control capability - Google Patents

Abstract

A liquid carrier with temperature control capability includes a carrier body, a temperature sensing module, a temperature adjusting module and a temperature control module. The carrier body includes a non-linear flow passage. The non-linear flow passage has a main passage, an inlet and an outlet. The temperature sensing module has at least one temperature sensor disposed in the non-linear flow passage for sensing the temperature of the liquid to generate at least one temperature sensing signal. The temperature adjusting module is in contact with the carrier body for cooling or heating the liquid. The temperature control module is electrically connected to the temperature sensing module and the temperature adjusting module, respectively, for receiving at least one temperature signal from the temperature measuring module, and controlling the temperature adjusting module to cool or heat the liquid in the non-linear flow channel, so as to make the liquid cold or hot.

Description

Liquid carrier with adjustable temperature

The present invention relates to a liquid carrier, in particular to a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature, so as to rapidly cool or heat liquid.

In some places, such as restaurants or entertainment venues, the drinks provided are frozen in the refrigerator in advance, and customers take it out when needed. When there are many customers and the frozen drinks are used up for a while while other drinks are not frozen, it will affect the drinking of the guests. Some people put ice cubes directly into the wine, but the melting of the ice cubes will weaken the taste of the wine and make the taste worse. It is difficult to meet the needs of customers who need to cool down quickly and ensure the taste. Therefore, there is a quick ice wine device on the market, such as an ice wine stick, to insert the ice wine stick into the wine water for cooling. However, ice wine sticks must be frozen in the refrigerator before being put into the wine, which is very inconvenient.

The reason is that the inventor of the present invention feels that the above-mentioned problems can be improved, and he has made great efforts to study and cooperate with the application of scientific theory, and proposes an invention that is reasonably designed and effectively improves the above-mentioned problems.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature in response to the shortcomings of the prior art.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention is to provide a temperature-adjustable liquid carrier, including: a carrier body having a non-linear flow channel, the non-linear flow channel having The flow channel body, the flow channel entrance and the flow channel exit, the flow channel body is located inside the carrier body and extends from the flow channel entrance to the flow channel exit, and the flow channel The inlet and the outlet of the flow channel are respectively located at two ends of the carrier body; a pump module connected to the non-linear flow channel of the carrier body; a temperature sensing module having at least one temperature sensing The device is arranged in the non-linear flow channel to sense the temperature of the liquid in the non-linear flow channel to generate at least one temperature sensing signal; a temperature adjustment module is in contact with the carrier body for cooling or heating The liquid in the non-linear flow channel; and a central control module electrically connected to the pump module, the temperature sensing module, and the temperature adjustment module, respectively, and the central control module is used to control the help The start and stop of the Pu module are used to receive the at least one temperature signal from the temperature sensing module, and control the temperature adjustment module to cool or heat the liquid in the non-linear flow channel, so that the liquid in the non-linear flow channel The formation of low temperature or high temperature.

In a preferred embodiment, both ends of the pump module are provided with a first connector and a second connector, and the first connector of the pump module is connected to the runner outlet of the carrier body.

In a preferred embodiment, both ends of the pump module are provided with a first connector and a second connector, and the second connector of the pump module is connected to the flow channel inlet of the carrier body.

In a preferred embodiment, the number of the at least one temperature sensor is three, divided into a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a third temperature sensor. The first temperature sensor is configured At the center of the runner body, the second temperature sensor is arranged at the entrance of the runner, and the third temperature sensor is arranged at the exit of the runner.

In a preferred embodiment, the number of the at least one temperature sensing signal is three, divided into a first temperature sensing signal, a second temperature sensing signal, and a third temperature sensing signal. The first temperature sensor is used for Sensing the temperature of the liquid flowing through the flow channel body to generate the first temperature sensing signal, and the second temperature sensor is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing in from the inlet of the flow channel to generate the second temperature sensing Signal, the third temperature sensor is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing out of the outlet of the flow channel to generate the third temperature sensing signal.

In a preferred embodiment, the central control module receives the first temperature sensing signal According to the signal, the second temperature sensing signal, and the third temperature sensing signal, the temperature adjustment module is controlled to cool or heat the liquid in the non-linear flow channel.

In a preferred embodiment, the temperature adjustment module is a uniform hot and cold chip.

In a preferred embodiment, the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier further includes: a water stop module electrically connected to the central control module, and at least one water stop valve is opened and closed on the non-linear type The flow channel is used to temporarily stop the flow of liquid in the non-linear flow channel.

In a preferred embodiment, the flow channel body is S-shaped or spiral-shaped.

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier provided by the present invention has a non-linear flow channel to extend the length of the flow channel, lengthen the flow path of the liquid flowing through the flow channel, and make When the liquid flows through the non-linear flow channel, it can be cooled or heated quickly and better.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings about the present invention. However, the provided drawings are only for reference and description, and are not used to limit the present invention.

10: Vehicle body

11: Non-straight flow channel

110: Runner body

111: runner entrance

112: Runner exit

20: Temperature sensing module

20a: The first temperature sensor

20b: Second temperature sensor

20c: The third temperature sensor

30: Temperature adjustment module

31: Thermal conductive structure

40: Central control module

50: Waterstop module

50a: The first stop valve

50b: The second stop valve

60: Pump module

601: first joint

602: second connector

70: Chassis

81: Water inlet hose

82: Outlet hose

W: Red wine

C: Wine glass

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a functional block diagram of a liquid carrier capable of controlling temperature according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the use state of the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

The following are specific specific examples to illustrate the disclosed embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be modified and changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the concept of the present invention. In addition, the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn according to actual dimensions, and are stated in advance. The following embodiments will further describe the related technical content of the present invention in detail, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2, the present invention provides a temperature-adjustable liquid carrier, which mainly includes: a carrier body 10, a temperature sensing module 20, a temperature adjustment module 30, and a central control module 40.

The carrier body 10 has a non-linear flow channel 11. The non-linear flow channel 11 is arranged inside the carrier body 10. The non-linear flow channel 11 has a flow channel body 110, a flow channel entrance 111 and a flow channel exit 112. The runner body 110 is located inside the carrier body 10 and extends from the runner inlet 111 to the runner outlet 112, and the runner inlet 111 and the runner outlet 112 are respectively located at two ends of the carrier body 10. In detail, in this embodiment, the flow channel inlet 111 and the flow channel outlet 112 are respectively located at opposite upper and lower ends of the carrier body 10.

In this embodiment, the appearance of the carrier body 10 is a rectangular parallelepiped, but it can also be round. Cylinder. It should be noted that the appearance of the carrier body 10 of this embodiment is not limited, and can be appropriately changed according to actual design requirements.

In this embodiment, the non-linear flow channel 11 of the carrier body 10 allows liquid (for example, water, wine) to flow in from the flow channel inlet 111, pass through the flow channel body 110, and flow out from the flow channel outlet 112.

Furthermore, the flow channel body 110 is non-linear, that is, the flow channel body 110 of this embodiment is S-shaped, so as to extend the length of the flow channel body 110 and lengthen the flow path of the liquid flowing through the flow channel body 110 .

In addition, from the above, it should be understood that the runner body 110 can also be formed by connecting two or three S-shaped runners, so that the length of the runner body 110 is extended, and the liquid flowing through the runner body 110 is longer. Flow distance.

The temperature sensing module 20 has at least one temperature sensor (such as 20a) disposed in the non-linear flow channel 11 for sensing the temperature of the liquid in the non-linear flow channel 11 to generate at least one temperature sensing signal .

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the temperature sensing module 20 has three temperature sensors, which are divided into a first temperature sensor 20a, a second temperature sensor 20b, and a third temperature sensor 20c.

The first temperature sensor 20 a is disposed at the center of the S-shaped runner body 110, the second temperature sensor 20 b is disposed at the runner inlet 111, and the third temperature sensor 20 c is disposed at the runner outlet 112.

Furthermore, the second temperature sensor 20b is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing in from the flow channel inlet 111 to generate a second temperature sensing signal. The first temperature sensor 20a is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing through the S-shaped flow channel body 110 to generate a first temperature sensing signal. The third temperature sensor 20c is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing out of the flow channel outlet 112 to generate a third temperature sensing signal. Therefore, by the temperature sensing module 20 having the first temperature sensing signal, the second temperature sensing signal, and the third temperature sensing signal respectively sensed and generated by the three temperature sensors, more accurate measurement can be achieved. The process of measuring the rise or fall of liquid temperature.

The temperature adjustment module 30 contacts the carrier body 10 to cool or heat the liquid in the carrier body 10. Furthermore, the temperature adjustment module 30 can be connected to a heat conducting structure 31. In this embodiment, the temperature adjustment module 30 is, for example, a uniform hot and cold chip, which utilizes the Peltier Effect to generate low temperature and high temperature.

In detail, the cooling and heating chip has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface is in contact with the carrier body 10, and the second surface is in contact with the aforementioned heat conducting structure 31, such as a heat conducting block. When direct current is applied to the cooling and heating chip to produce low temperature on the first side, the first side is the cold side, so that the cold side directly cools the carrier body 10, and the second side is the hot side, and the heat generated by the hot side The temperature can be lowered with the assistance of the heat conducting structure 31. Conversely, when the direction of direct current is changed and the first side of the cooling and heating chip generates a high temperature, the first side is the hot side, so that the hot side directly heats the carrier body 10, and the second side is the cold side and the cold side The surface can absorb the heat in the air through the assistance of the heat conducting structure 31. Therefore, after the heating and cooling chip is energized, the temperature will drop on one side, and the opposite temperature will be generated on the other side, so as to cool or heat the liquid in the carrier body 10.

The central control module 40 is electrically connected to the temperature sensing module 20 and the temperature adjusting module 30, respectively, for receiving at least one temperature sensing signal from the temperature sensing module 20, and controlling the temperature adjusting module 30 to cool or heat The liquid in the non-linear flow channel 11 of the carrier body 10 makes the liquid in the non-linear flow channel 11 of the carrier body 10 form a low-temperature or high-temperature state.

In this embodiment, the central control module 40 can more accurately determine the rising or falling process of the liquid temperature based on the received first temperature sensing signal, second temperature sensing signal, and third temperature sensing signal. Therefore, the DC power supply through the temperature adjustment module 30 can be controlled more accurately according to the setting, so that the liquid temperature reaches the set temperature value.

Therefore, when there are many customers and the frozen drinks are used up for a while while the other drinks are not frozen, the unfrozen drinks can be poured into the carrier body 10 so that the drinks can flow through the non-frozen drinks. The linear flow channel 11 lengthens the flow distance of the wine, and the temperature sensing module 20 can accurately measure the temperature drop of the wine when the wine is flowing, so that the central control module 40 can more accurately control the temperature according to the setting. The DC power supply of the module 30 makes the temperature of the wine quickly reach the set temperature value, and can quickly obtain the frozen wine.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier of the present invention may further include: a water stop module 50.

The water stop module 50 is electrically connected to the central control module 40 to be controlled by the central control module 40. In addition, the water-stop module 50 has at least one water-stop valve (such as 50a) that can be opened and closed in the non-linear flow channel 11 to temporarily stop the flow of liquid in the non-linear flow channel 11.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the water stop module 50 has two water stop valves, which are divided into a first water stop valve 50a and a second water stop valve 50b.

The first water stop valve 50a is disposed at the flow channel inlet 111, adjacent to the second temperature sensor 20b, and the second water stop valve 50b is disposed at the flow channel outlet 112, adjacent to the third temperature sensor 20c. Furthermore, the central control module 40 can determine the opening and closing of at least one water stop valve according to the received at least one temperature sensing signal.

In detail, the central control module 40 can determine the opening and closing of the first and second water stop valves 50a, 50b according to the received first, second, and third temperature sensing signals. Therefore, when the central control module 40 determines that the temperature drop of the liquid flowing through the flow channel body 110 is slow according to the received first, second, and third temperature sensing signals, the first and second water stop valves can be controlled. 50a and 50b temporarily stop the flow of the liquid, so that the liquid in the flow channel body 110 increases the residence time, so that the liquid can be better cooled. In addition, the central control module 40 can also determine that the temperature of the liquid flowing to the outlet 112 of the flow channel is slowly decreasing according to the received first, second, and third temperature sensing signals, and control the second water stop valve 50b temporarily The ground stops the flow of the liquid, so that the liquid flowing to the outlet 112 of the flow channel increases the residence time, so that the liquid can be better cooled.

Therefore, in addition to the non-linear flow channel of the carrier body, this embodiment can extend the flow path of the liquid, and can also increase the residence time of the liquid through the opening and closing of the water stop valve in the flow channel, so that the liquid can be better Cool down or heat up.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a temperature-adjustable liquid carrier has a flow channel body 110 that is non-linear, that is, the flow channel body 110 of this embodiment is a spiral shape. The length of the flow channel body 110 is extended, and the flow path of the liquid flowing through the flow channel body 110 is longer, so that the liquid can be quickly and better cooled or heated when flowing through the spiral flow channel.

In a preferred embodiment, please refer to Figures 6, 7, and 8, and can also refer to Figure 1 in conjunction. As shown in FIG. 7, the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier of the present invention may further include: a pump module 60.

In this embodiment, the pump module 60 is connected to the non-linear flow channel 11 of the carrier body 10, and the central control module 40 is electrically connected to the pump module 60 to control the pump module 60 Start and stop.

Furthermore, two ends of the pump module 60 are provided with a first connector 601 and a second connector 602. The first connector 601 can be used as a water inlet connector or a water outlet connector, and the second connector 602 can also be used as a water inlet connector or a water outlet connector.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the pump module 60 is located at the rear end of the carrier body 10, and the first connector 601 of the pump module 60 is used as a water inlet connector connected to the rear end of the carrier body 10. The channel outlet 112 enables the pump module 60 to reduce the atmospheric pressure on the channel when it is operating, so that the wine flows to the channel outlet 112, enters the water through the first connector 601 and exits from the second connector 602. It should be understood that the pump module 60 can also be located at the front end of the carrier body 10, and the second connector 602 of the pump module 60 can be used as a water outlet to connect to the flow channel inlet 111 at the front end of the carrier body 10, so that When the pump module 60 is in operation, it can push gas into the flow channel to generate a pressure difference, so that the change in atmospheric pressure makes the wine enter the water through the first joint 601 and the water is discharged from the second joint 602, so that the wine enters the flow channel. The port 111 flows to the runner outlet 112.

In this embodiment, a liquid carrier with adjustable temperature can be arranged in a casing 70 to form a fast ice wine maker. When in use, as shown in Figure 8, put the red wine W and the wine glass C into the fast ice wine machine, and extend a water inlet hose 81 connected to the flow channel inlet 111 into the red wine W through the operation of the pump module 60 , The wine can be drawn out from the water inlet hose 81 to enter the carrier body 10 for cooling. Then, the cooled wine can flow out into the wine glass C from a water outlet hose 82 connected to the second joint 602, thereby allowing the user Can quickly get the cooled wine.

The above descriptions are only the preferred and feasible embodiments of the present invention, which do not limit the scope of the patent of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical changes made by using the description and drawings of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention. .

10: Vehicle body

11: Non-straight flow channel

110: Runner body

111: runner entrance

112: Runner exit

20: Temperature sensing module

20a: The first temperature sensor

20b: Second temperature sensor

20c: The third temperature sensor

30: Temperature adjustment module

31: Thermal conductive structure

40: Central control module

Claims (5)

A liquid carrier with adjustable temperature, comprising: a carrier body with a non-linear flow channel, the non-linear flow channel has a flow channel body, a flow channel entrance and a flow channel exit, the flow channel body is located in the carrier The inside of the vehicle body extends from the inlet of the flow channel to the outlet of the flow channel, and the inlet of the flow channel and the outlet of the flow channel are respectively located at both ends of the carrier body; a pump module connected to the carrier body The non-linear flow channel; wherein, both ends of the pump module are provided with a first joint and a second joint, and the first joint of the pump module is connected to the non-linear flow channel of the carrier body The outlet of the flow channel; a temperature sensing module with at least one temperature sensor arranged in the non-linear flow channel for sensing the temperature of the liquid in the non-linear flow channel to generate at least one temperature sensing signal; A temperature adjustment module, which is in contact with the carrier body, for cooling or heating the liquid in the non-linear flow channel; wherein the temperature adjustment module is a cooling and heating chip; and a central control module, which is electrically respectively Connected to the pump module, the temperature sensing module and the temperature adjustment module, the central control module is used to control the start and stop of the pump module, and to receive the at least one from the temperature measurement module A temperature signal controls the temperature adjustment module to cool or heat the liquid in the non-linear flow channel, so that the liquid in the non-linear flow channel forms a low-temperature or high-temperature state. The temperature-controllable liquid carrier described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the number of the at least one temperature sensor is three, which are divided into a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a third temperature sensor. A temperature sensor, the first temperature sensor is arranged at the center of the flow channel body, the second temperature sensor is arranged at the inlet of the flow channel, and the third temperature sensor is arranged at the outlet of the flow channel . As described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, the temperature-controllable liquid carrier, wherein the number of the at least one temperature sensing signal is three, divided into a first temperature sensing signal, a second temperature sensing signal, and a third temperature sensing signal. A temperature sensing signal, the first temperature sensor is used to sense the temperature of the liquid flowing through the flow channel body, to generate the first temperature sensing signal, and the second temperature sensor is used to sense the flow entrance from the flow channel The temperature of the inflowing liquid generates the second temperature sensing signal, and the third temperature sensor is used for sensing the temperature of the liquid flowing out of the flow channel outlet to generate the third temperature sensing signal. The temperature-controllable liquid carrier described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the central control module receives the first temperature sensing signal, the second temperature sensing signal, and the third temperature sensing signal, Accordingly, the temperature adjustment module is controlled to cool or heat the liquid in the non-linear flow channel. As described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the temperature-adjustable liquid carrier, wherein the flow channel body is in the shape of an S or spiral.

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