TWI755082B - Smart toilet and ozone assembly thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a smart toilet and an ozone assembly thereof. The ozone assembly is configured to be connected to a water pipe of a water spraying assembly for human body clean. The ozone assembly includes an ozone electrolyzer for being assembled to the water pipe and an ozone circuit module that is electrically coupled to the ozone electrolyzer. The ozone electrolyzer is configured to generate ozone for being mixed into water transmitted toward the water spraying assembly so as to jointly form an ozone water. The ozone electrolyzer allows the ozone water to have an ozone concentration that is within a range of 0.05 – 0.3 ppm. The ozone circuit module is configured to drive the ozone electrolyzer to work during a water drawing process of the water spraying assembly.

Description

Smart toilet and its ozone assembly

The invention relates to a toilet, in particular to an intelligent toilet and its ozone assembly.

The functions of sterilization or deodorization of existing smart toilets are mostly achieved by releasing negative ions, but the negative ions have weak activity and cannot exist on existing smart toilets for a long time. Accordingly, how to accurately match the device with the sterilization or deodorization function to the existing smart toilet is the direction in which the existing smart toilet can further enhance the value.

Therefore, the inventor believes that the above-mentioned defects can be improved. Nate has devoted himself to research and application of scientific principles, and finally proposes an invention with reasonable design and effective improvement of the above-mentioned defects.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a smart toilet and its ozone assembly, which can effectively improve the possible defects of the existing smart toilet.

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a smart toilet, which includes: a toilet seat; a human body cleaning water spray assembly, which is telescopically installed on the toilet seat, and the human body cleaning water spray assembly can be retracted relative to the toilet seat. move between the position and a cleaning position; a water tank and a water delivery pipeline, the water delivery pipeline connects the water tank and the human body cleaning water spray assembly, so that the water in the water tank is directed towards the human body cleaning water spray assembly conveying; a control circuit board electrically coupled to the human body cleaning water spray assembly for controlling the human body cleaning water spray assembly to the retracted position or the cleaning position; wherein the control circuit board can drive all The human body cleaning water spray assembly performs a pumping operation to extract water with a flow rate of 0.5-1.5 liters/min from the water tank through the water delivery pipeline; an ozone electrolyzer is installed on the water delivery pipeline and can generate ozone, The ozone water is formed by dissolving the water transported toward the body cleaning water spray component, and the ozone electrolyzer can make the ozone concentration of the ozone water between 0.05-0.3 ppm; and an ozone circuit module with electrical properties is coupled to the ozone electrolyzer and the control circuit board, and the ozone circuit module can drive the ozone electrolyzer to operate during the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly.

The embodiment of the present invention also discloses an ozone assembly for a smart toilet, which is used for connecting to a water delivery pipeline of a water spray assembly for cleaning the human body. The water delivery pipeline; wherein, the ozone electrolyzer can generate ozone for dissolving the water transported toward the human body cleaning water spray assembly to form an ozone water, and the ozone electrolyzer can be used to make the ozone water The ozone concentration is 0.05-0.3ppm; and an ozone circuit module is electrically coupled to the ozone electrolyzer, and the ozone circuit module is used for the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly, The ozone electrolyzer is driven to operate.

To sum up, in the smart toilet and its ozone assembly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, the ozone electrolyzer and the human body cleaning water spray assembly can be realized by combining the ozone circuit module with the control circuit board The electrical linkage with each other can precisely adjust the operation time of the ozone electrolyzer and the human body cleaning water spray assembly.

Furthermore, in the smart toilet and its ozone assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly is controlled by the flow rate (eg, 0.5-1.5 liters/min), according to the The ozone water with the ozone concentration ranging from 0.05 to 0.3 ppm can be accurately matched with the ozone electrolyzer.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings of the present invention, but these descriptions and drawings are only used to illustrate the present invention, rather than make any claims to the protection scope of the present invention. limit.

The following are specific specific examples to illustrate the embodiments of the "smart toilet and its ozone assembly" disclosed in 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 the actual size, and are stated in advance. The following embodiments will further describe the related technical contents of the present invention in detail, but the disclosed contents are not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that although terms such as "first", "second" and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements or signals, these elements or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are primarily used to distinguish one element from another element, or a signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or", as used herein, should include any one or a combination of more of the associated listed items, as the case may be.

[Example 1]

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , which are Embodiment 1 of the present invention. This embodiment discloses a smart toilet 100, which includes a toilet seat 1, a human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 retractably mounted on the toilet seat 1, a water tank 3, and connecting the water tank 3 and the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2, a water delivery pipeline 4, a control circuit board 5 electrically coupled to the body cleaning water spray assembly 2, an ozone electrolyzer 6 installed on the water delivery pipeline 4, and electrically coupled to the The ozone electrolyzer 6 and an ozone circuit module 7 of the control circuit board 5 are connected.

It should be additionally noted that the ozone electrolyzer 6 and the ozone circuit module 7 can be combined to be called an ozone assembly in this embodiment, which is used for connecting to the water delivery pipeline 4 . Furthermore, the ozone assembly in this embodiment is described by being matched with the above-mentioned multiple components (eg: the toilet seat 1, the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2, the water tank 3, the water delivery pipeline). 4. and the control circuit board 5), but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the ozone assembly can also be used alone (eg, sold) or used in combination with other components.

Furthermore, the smart toilet 100 (or the ozone assembly) is limited to use the ozone electrolyzer 6 to generate ozone in this embodiment, so other mechanisms (such as an ultraviolet light mechanism or a high-voltage discharge mechanism) are used to generate ozone. Any components that generate ozone are different from the ozone electrolyzer 6 referred to in this embodiment. The components other than the ozone assembly will be described below, and then the ozone assembly and its connection relationship will be described.

The human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 can move relative to the toilet seat 1 between a retracted position (eg, FIG. 1 ) and a cleaning position (eg, FIG. 7 ). In this embodiment, the control circuit board 5 is electrically coupled to the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 for controlling the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 to the retracted position or the cleaning position. In addition, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the control circuit board 5 is electrically coupled to an operating member (eg, a remote control or a control panel) for the user to operate.

The water W in the water tank 3 can be transported toward the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 through the water delivery pipeline 4, and the water delivery pipeline 4 includes a first pipe body 41 and a second pipe body in this embodiment. The pipe body 42, the two ends of the first pipe body 41 are respectively connected to the water tank 3 and the ozone electrolyzer 6, and the two ends of the second pipe body 42 are respectively connected to the ozone electrolyzer 6 and the ozone electrolyzer 6. The human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 is described above, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the water delivery pipeline 4 can also be connected to the water tank 3 , the ozone electrolyzer 6 , and the human body cleaning water spray assembly through other pipeline designs 2.

Furthermore, the control circuit board 5 can drive the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 to perform a pumping operation of pumping water W with a flow rate of 0.5-1.5 liters/min to the water tank 3 through the water delivery pipeline 4 . That is to say, the pumping operation in which the extraction flow rate does not fall within the above-mentioned range of 0.5-1.5 liters/min is different from the pumping operation performed by the control circuit board 5 in this embodiment, which is not conducive to matching this embodiment. The ozone electrolyzer 6 in the. It should be noted that the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 is described in this embodiment as comprising a spray head, a motor group for driving the spray head to move, and a pump for pumping water toward the spray head, but The present invention is not limited to this.

The ozone electrolyzer 6 is installed between the first pipe body 41 and the second pipe body 42 of the water delivery pipeline 4, and the ozone electrolyzer 6 can generate ozone O to dissolve into the water toward the The water W delivered by the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 is used to form an ozone water Wo. Wherein, the ozone electrolyzer 6 can make the ozone concentration of the ozone water Wo between 0.05-0.3 ppm. That is to say, the result of the combination of the ozone electrolyzer 6 and the water pumping operation in this embodiment is to clearly exclude the ozone water whose ozone concentration does not fall within the range of 0.5-1.5 liters/min.

Furthermore, the ozone circuit module 7 can drive the ozone electrolyzer 6 to operate during the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 . Further, the control circuit board 5 can send a water pumping signal to drive the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 to perform the water pumping operation, and the ozone circuit module 7 can receive and drive the water pumping signal according to the water pumping signal. The ozone electrolyzer 6 operates. That is, the ozone circuit module 7 can control the operation of the ozone electrolyzer 6 by receiving the signal from the control circuit board 5 .

Accordingly, the ozone electrolyzer 6 and the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 can be electrically linked to each other through the cooperation of the ozone circuit module 7 and the control circuit board 5 in this embodiment. Accordingly, the operating time of the ozone electrolyzer 6 and the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 can be precisely adjusted, and the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 can be accurately controlled through flow control. It is matched with the ozone electrolyzer 6 to generate ozone water Wo with an ozone concentration ranging from 0.05 to 0.3 ppm.

Furthermore, since the ozone electrolyzer 6 is an expensive consumable material, in this embodiment, the ozone electrolyzer 6 can be more precisely matched with the water pumping operation, so that the The ozone electrolyzer 6 is used more efficiently and has a longer service life. Specifically, the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 sequentially includes a first flushing period, a second flushing period, and a third flushing period, and the ozone electrolyzer 6 ( only) generating ozone and maintaining the ozone concentration of the ozone water Wo during the second flushing period.

It should be noted that the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 sprays the water W (eg tap water) in the water tank 3 toward the human body during the first flushing period; During the second flushing period, the ozone water Wo is sprayed toward the human body; during the third flushing period, the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 sprays the water W (such as tap water) in the water tank 3 toward the human body, However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the third flushing time period may be omitted in the pumping operation; or, the first flushing time and the Third flush time. In other words, the ozone electrolyzer 6 may further generate ozone and maintain the ozone concentration of the ozone water Wo during the first flushing period and/or the third flushing period.

It should be additionally noted that the ozone electrolyzer 6 discloses one of the more efficient structures in the following description of this embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the specific structure of the ozone electrolyzer 6 can be adjusted and changed according to design requirements.

In this embodiment, the ozone electrolyzer 6 includes a casing module 61 and an ozonation module 62 installed in the casing module 61 . The housing module 61 forms a water flow space 6111, and a water inlet 6121 and a water outlet 6122 connected to the water flow space 6111; wherein, the two ends of the first pipe body 41 are connected respectively The water tank 3 and the water inlet 6121 , and the two ends of the second pipe body 42 are respectively connected to the water outlet 6122 and the human body cleaning water spray assembly 2 .

More specifically, the casing module 61 in this embodiment includes a lower casing 611 , an upper casing 612 assembled (eg, screwed to) the lower casing 611 , and an upper casing 612 mounted on the lower casing 611 . A gasket 613 of the lower casing 611 is described. Wherein, the water flow space 6111 is mainly formed in the lower casing 611 in this embodiment, and the water inlet 6121 and the water outlet 6122 are respectively formed at opposite sides of the upper casing 612 , but the present invention is not limited to this. The gasket 613 is clamped between the upper casing 612 and the lower casing 611 , so that the water flow space 6111 can only communicate with the outside through the water inlet 6121 and the water outlet 6122 .

Furthermore, the ozonation module 62 is installed in the water flow space 6111 , and the ozonation module 62 includes a circuit board that is electrically coupled (eg, connected to) the ozone circuit module 7 by wires. Two current collectors 621 , at least one electrode sheet 622 and a proton exchange membrane 623 sandwiched between the two current collectors 621 . In this embodiment, the total surface area of the at least one electrode sheet 622 is between 0.125-0.25 cm 2 , and the number of the at least one electrode sheet 622 is described as one, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the number of at least one of the electrode sheets 622 may be two, and the proton exchange membrane 623 is sandwiched between the two electrode sheets 622, The total surface area of the two electrode sheets 622 is still maintained at 0.125-0.25 square centimeters.

In more detail, any one of the current collectors 621 includes a ring body 6211 and a pin 6212 extending from the ring body 6211 and out of the housing module 61 , and any one of the current collectors 621 The pins 6212 are electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module 7, and at least one of the electrode sheets 622 and the proton exchange membrane 623 is sandwiched between the two rings 6211; wherein, At least one of the electrode sheets 622 is formed with a plurality of through holes 6221 , which correspond to (or communicate with) the space surrounded by each of the ring bodies 6211 .

[Example 2]

Please refer to FIG. 7 to FIG. 9 , which is the second embodiment of the present invention. Since this embodiment is similar to the above-mentioned first embodiment, the similarities between the two embodiments will not be repeated, and the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment mainly lies in that the smart toilet 100 is in this embodiment. A DC tip discharger 8 is further included.

More specifically, the DC tip discharger 8 is installed on the toilet seat 1 and is electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module 7 , and the ozone circuit module 7 can receive the control circuit board 5 by , which in turn controls the operation of the DC tip discharger 8 . For example, the ozone circuit module 7 can drive the DC tip discharger 8 to generate a concentration value of 5-10 mg (by receiving the signal from the control circuit board 5) before or after the water pumping operation is performed. Ozone O per hour, thereby effectively eliminating the odor around the toilet seat 1.

In addition, the smart toilet 100 can further include a fan 9 in this embodiment, and the fan 9 is installed on the toilet seat 1 and the position corresponds to the DC tip discharger 8 . Wherein, the fan 9 is electrically coupled to the control circuit board 5 , so that the control circuit board 5 can directly control the operation of the fan 9 , and then use the fan 9 to discharge the DC tip discharger 8. The generated ozone O is blown around the toilet seat 1 to achieve the effect of accelerating the elimination of peculiar smells around the toilet seat 1 .

[Technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention]

To sum up, in the smart toilet and its ozone assembly disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, the ozone electrolyzer and the human body cleaning water spray assembly can be realized by combining the ozone circuit module with the control circuit board The electrical linkage with each other can precisely adjust the operation time of the ozone electrolyzer and the human body cleaning water spray assembly.

Furthermore, in the smart toilet and its ozone assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly is controlled by the flow rate (eg, 0.5-1.5 liters/min), according to the The ozone water with the ozone concentration ranging from 0.05 to 0.3 ppm can be accurately matched with the ozone electrolyzer.

In addition, in the smart toilet and the ozone assembly thereof disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention, the ozone circuit module can drive the DC tip discharger to generate a concentration value ranging from 5 to 5 before or after the pumping operation is performed. 10 mg/hour of ozone, thereby effectively eliminating odors around the toilet seat.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Therefore, any equivalent technical changes made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention are included in the patent scope of the present invention. Inside.

100: Smart Toilet 1: toilet seat 2: Human body cleaning water spray components 3: water tank 4: water pipeline 41: The first tube body 42: Second body 5: Control circuit board 6: Ozone electrolyzer 61: Shell module 611: Lower shell 6111: Water Flow Space 612: Upper shell 6121: Inlet 6122: Water outlet 613: Gasket 62: Ozonation module 621: Collector 6211: Ring body 6212: pin 622: Electrode 6221: Through hole 623: Proton Exchange Membrane 7: Ozone circuit module 8: DC tip discharger 9: Fan W: water Wo: Ozone water O: Ozone

FIG. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a smart toilet according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the internal components of the smart toilet of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the smart toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic perspective view of the ozone electrolyzer of the smart toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an exploded schematic view of FIG. 4 .

FIG. 6 is a partial exploded schematic view of FIG. 5 .

FIG. 7 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a smart toilet according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of the internal components of the smart toilet of FIG. 7 .

FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the smart toilet according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

2: Human body cleaning water spray components

3: water tank

4: water pipeline

41: The first tube body

42: Second body

5: Control circuit board

6: Ozone electrolyzer

7: Ozone circuit module

W: water

Wo: Ozone water

Claims (8)

An intelligent toilet, comprising: a toilet seat; a human body cleaning water spray assembly, which is telescopically installed on the toilet seat, and the human body cleaning water spray assembly can be in a retracted position and a cleaning position relative to the toilet seat move between; a water tank and a water delivery pipeline, the water delivery pipeline connects the water tank and the human body cleaning water spray assembly, so that the water in the water tank is transported toward the human body cleaning water spray component; a control circuit a board electrically coupled to the human body cleaning water spray assembly for controlling the human body cleaning water spray assembly to the retracted position or the cleaning position; wherein the control circuit board can drive the human body cleaning water spray assembly A pumping operation is performed to extract water with a flow rate of 0.5 to 1.5 liters/min from the water tank through the water delivery pipeline; an ozone electrolyzer is installed on the water delivery pipeline and can generate ozone to dissolve into the water toward the The water transported by the body cleaning water spray assembly forms an ozone water, and the ozone electrolyzer can make the ozone concentration of the ozone water between 0.05-0.3 ppm; and an ozone circuit module is electrically coupled to the The ozone electrolyzer and the control circuit board, and the ozone circuit module can drive the ozone electrolyzer to operate during the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly; wherein, the water delivery pipeline includes a The first pipe body and the second pipe body, and the ozone electrolyzer includes: a shell module, forming a water flow space, and a water inlet and a water outlet connected to the water flow space; wherein, the Two ends of the first pipe body are respectively connected to the water tank and the water inlet, and two ends of the second pipe body are respectively connected to the water outlet and the human body cleaning water spray assembly; and An ozonation module is installed in the water flow space of the housing module, and the ozonation module includes two current collectors electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module, and a clip At least one electrode sheet and a proton exchange membrane held between the two current collectors; wherein, the total surface area of at least one of the electrode sheets is between 0.125 and 0.25 square centimeters. The smart toilet according to claim 1, wherein the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly includes a first flushing period and a second flushing period in sequence, and the ozone electrolyzer is in the The second flush period generates ozone and maintains the ozone concentration of the ozone water. The smart toilet of claim 2, wherein the water pumping operation performed by the human body cleaning water spray assembly includes a third flushing period after the second flushing period, and the ozone electrolyzer only Ozone is generated and the ozone concentration of the ozone water is maintained during the second flushing period. The smart toilet according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit board can send a water pumping signal to drive the human body cleaning water spray assembly to perform the water pumping operation; the ozone circuit module can receive and according to the water pumping The signal drives the ozone electrolyzer to operate. The smart toilet according to claim 1, wherein any one of the current collectors includes a ring body and a pin extending from the ring body and out of the housing module, and any one of the current collectors The element is electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module through the pins, and at least one of the electrode sheet and the proton exchange membrane is sandwiched between the two ring bodies; wherein at least one of the The electrode sheet is formed with a plurality of through holes corresponding to the space surrounded by each of the ring bodies. The smart toilet of claim 1, wherein the smart toilet further comprises a DC tip discharger mounted on the toilet seat and electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module; wherein the ozone circuit The module can drive the DC tip discharger to generate ozone with a concentration value of 5-10 mg/hour before or after the pumping operation. An ozone assembly for a smart toilet is used to connect to a water delivery pipeline of a water spray assembly for human body cleaning, and the ozone assembly for the smart toilet includes: an ozone electrolyzer to be installed on the water delivery pipeline; wherein , the ozone electrolyzer can generate ozone for dissolving the water transported toward the human body cleaning water spray assembly to form an ozone water, and the ozone electrolyzer can be used to make the ozone concentration of the ozone water between 0.05 ~0.3ppm; and an ozone circuit module electrically coupled to the ozone electrolyzer, and the ozone circuit module is used to drive the ozone electrolyzer during the pumping operation of the human body cleaning water spray assembly Operation; wherein, the ozone electrolyzer includes: a casing module, forming a water flow space, and a water inlet and a water outlet connected to the water flow space; wherein, the water inlet and the water outlet used for connecting to the water delivery pipeline; and an ozonation module installed in the water flow space of the housing module, and the ozonation module includes an ozonation module electrically coupled to the ozone circuit Two collectors of the module, and at least one electrode sheet and a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between the two collectors; wherein, the total surface area of at least one of the electrode sheets is between 0.125 and 0.25 square cm. The ozone assembly for a smart toilet according to claim 7, wherein the ozone assembly The component further includes a DC tip discharger, which is electrically coupled to the ozone circuit module and used to be installed on a toilet seat provided with the human body cleaning water spray assembly; wherein, the ozone circuit module can drive the DC tip arresters produce ozone at concentrations ranging from 5 to 10 mg/hour.

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