WO2018164562A1 - Dispositif d'actionnement automatique de chasse d'eau dans des réservoirs - Google Patents

Dispositif d'actionnement automatique de chasse d'eau dans des réservoirs Download PDF

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WO2018164562A1
WO2018164562A1 PCT/MX2017/000029 MX2017000029W WO2018164562A1 WO 2018164562 A1 WO2018164562 A1 WO 2018164562A1 MX 2017000029 W MX2017000029 W MX 2017000029W WO 2018164562 A1 WO2018164562 A1 WO 2018164562A1
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César REAL DIEZ MARTÍNEZ
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Alto Diseño, S.A. De C.V.
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/02—High-level flushing systems
    • E03D1/14—Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/02—High-level flushing systems
    • E03D1/22—Twin or multiple flushing cisterns
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/10—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated electrically, e.g. by a photo-cell; also combined with devices for opening or closing shutters in the bowl outlet and/or with devices for raising/or lowering seat and cover and/or for swiveling the bowl
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/40—Protecting water resources

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  • the present invention relates to the means and devices used in toilets or toilets; in particular, it refers to the means used for actuating the water discharge means from the tank to the toilet. More specifically it refers to an automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems from a water tank tank to a toilet.
  • Commonly used toilets are defined by a cup-shaped body that is anchored in the floor or wall and that integrates a waste discharge system through a siphon conduit that connects it to the residential drainage network that conducts the waste to the public drainage network, and a second body consisting of a water tank that is disposed on the top and back of the cup.
  • Said water tank comprises in the lower zone a connection of a water supply pipe with a water supply control valve for the accumulation of a volume of water discharge and wherein said valve is actuated by a mechanism of float;
  • said cup comprises at the center of its bottom a water discharge hole where a releasable seal element is commonly known as a toad that is raised by a chain and lever system.
  • central water discharge systems to the toilet are known as dual discharge valve devices such as water saving systems comprising two actuation buttons for two discharges of different volume of water to the toilet, one of smaller volume discharge when it is desired to evacuate urine from the toilet and the discharge of greater volume when it is desired to discharge feces from the toilet.
  • JP201452204A was published, published as J P2015175435 (A) (which we will call as document D1) of Oshikawa Takuya and Saruwatari Hodaka, with application date of March 14, 2014, which discloses a closing / opening device of a flow passage that performs The main cleaning operation for opening a main valve when a multi-step type solenoid valve to provide a sub-valve arranged in a bypass flow passage that satisfies a first amount of valve opening, and then after the Multi-step solenoid valve type closes to complete the main cleaning operation, the flash valve performs a water supply recharge operation through the bypass flow passage without the need to open the main valve when the valve multi-step solenoid satisfies a smaller opening amount of a second valve than the first opening amount of the valve.
  • a valve is revealed that allows the closing and opening of a flow passage and is installed in a main water supply pipeline to a toilet that integrates a multi-step solenoid valve to regulate the volume of discharge water.
  • Said document D1 is not structurally configured so that it can be housed inside a storage water tank; Document D1 discloses a valve that by itself is a water discharge regulating valve.
  • our invention is the assembly of a mechanism that is configured to fit in conventional toilet tanks and to activate a conventional manually operated two-valve valve or system arranged at the center and bottom of the tank and comprising two mechanisms for unloading a greater volume of water or a smaller volume of water, depending on whether it is only desired to discharge half of the tank when there is only urination by the user or a complete discharge when the toilet must be washed when it is desired to discharge urination and feces from the WC cup
  • Document CN100572700C (which we will name as document 02) of Richard Nortier of October 22, 2004, which discloses a discharge valve characterized in that it comprises a body that defines a pressure chamber and has an inlet and an outlet, was also located. a main seat assembly between the inlet and the outlet, a piston that can be moved inside the body, a filler hole in the piston that provides fluid communication between the inlet and the pressure chamber, the pressure in the pressure chamber keeps the piston closed on the main seat assembly, a safety valve carried by the piston to ventilate the chamber of pressure, a fluid-activated activator attached to the body to selectively open the safety valve, a hydraulic passage tube in the body that provides fluid communication between the inlet and the fluid-activated activator, the main seat assembly has a plurality of fluid passages that provide fluid communication from the inlet to the hydraulic passage tube to provide fluid to the fluid actuated activator.
  • Document D2 discloses whether a fluxometer and specifically a seat configuration for a piston-type fluxometer, is a fluxometer that comprises all the drive mechanisms for actuating a piston and allowing the discharge flow of pressurized water from a main water supply pipeline. towards the toilet, it is not adapted, nor configured to stay inside a water tank, it is not adapted, nor configured to cause an upward movement of a stem to which a chain can be attached that is fixed to the discharge toad of a Conventional valve system of a toilet to activate it automatically.
  • Document D2 does not affect the novelty of our invention and by itself it does not allow us to deduce in an obvious way our invention, that is to say, a technician with average knowledge in the field will not be enabled so that based on the information disclosed in said document D2 can clearly deduce our invention, therefore, our invention meets inventive activity.
  • Application CN2001811576A (which we will name as document D3) of Katsunori Tomita et al. of February 8, 2001, which discloses a shut-off valve that defines a housing that has a water inlet port and a water outlet port.
  • a piston that is slidably mounted in the housing in an axial direction by means of an external operation of an axle, and a means to compensate for the pressure that the piston receives from water at the water outlet port.
  • the piston is attached to a seat face of the housing when it is slid on one side in an axial direction to close the communication between the water inlet port and the water outlet port, and the piston is separated from the face of the The seat of the housing being slid on the other side in an axial direction by means of cams (see figures 3 and 4) to open the communication between the water inlet port and the water outlet port.
  • the pressure compensation means comprise a pressure compensation chamber that is formed on the other side of the piston, and a passage for communication of one side of the piston with the pressure compensation chamber.
  • the valve of said document D3 is not of the type used in toilets that include a water storage tank with western style of water discharge.
  • the valve is a switching valve.
  • Document D3 reveals a completely different structure from that of the present invention, with an operation and a concept inventive completely different from the present invention, so that this should not affect even the novelty, the inventive activity of our invention.
  • the present invention has the objective of converting a conventional toilet into an automatic toilet by means of an automatic actuation device for operating central water discharge systems towards a toilet. Another objective of the invention is to provide said automatic actuation device for central water discharge systems to a toilet, which also contributes to saving water and energy.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide said automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems to a toilet, which can also be mounted inside the water storage tank, without interfering with the tank filling systems, without affecting the operation of the central water discharge systems themselves to the toilet; but allowing its drive.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide said automatic actuation device for central water discharge systems to a toilet, which is also structurally simple, easy to install and operatively practical.
  • the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems to a toilet consists of a platform that is disposed in the upper part of the water storage and discharge tank of the toilet and is fixed with means fixing on the inner face of the wall of said tank; said platform is adapted to fixedly receive a single piston system or a double piston system, wherein each system consists of one or two cylinders, each piston comprises a water inlet control solenoid valve and a discharge discharge solenoid valve water to the tank; a piston is housed in each cylinder, the end of which is adapted to receive drive means to drive the central water discharge systems of the toad type or double discharge; said device comprises a capacitive sensor for each piston, two sensors for double piston system being necessary, which are in communication with a microcontroller powered by a battery mounted on said platform, which is operated depending on the activation of each capacitive sensor to operate
  • the solenoid valves, each cylinder has an inlet and an outlet of water, in these are connected
  • the preferred dual piston mode involves two cylinders, each comprising a water inlet and a water outlet; a water inlet control solenoid valve and a water discharge control solenoid valve towards the tank in communication with said water inlet and outlet via communication ducts; a piston housed in each cylinder at whose exposed lower ends of each piston some probes are connected which will make contact with the full discharge or middle discharge actuation buttons of the dual central discharge system.
  • the device comprises two capacitive sensors in communication with said microcontroller.
  • the microcontroller activates a solenoid valve (4 in total ) that allows the entry of water to one of the two cylinders that will be filled and will allow the displacement of the piston rod that at its end has a probe attached, which will activate one of the buttons of the central water discharge system; also by means of communicating vessels the other piston will be propelled in the opposite direction which discharges the water from its cylinder directly to the water tank of the toilet (no water is wasted);
  • the discharge is possible thanks to the opening of the solenoid valve of the second piston, it is clarified that each piston has an outlet valve and an inlet valve, therefore the piston that goes down opens its inlet valve and the piston that discharge opens its outlet valve in this way the alternation is achieved to activate a complete discharge or average according to the user's need.
  • the whole system is supported by the platform that has fixing means that allow to adjust internally to the variable dimensions of the tanks;
  • the system has said battery that supplies the sensors, the microcontroller and the valves, the mechanical force is realized by the pressure of the water network with which the tank is fed, so it saves on electricity and does not wastes water
  • the second single-piston mode it involves a cylinder with only two solenoid valves and a piston housed in said cylinder together with a position-restoring spring of said piston, whose end of its rod protrudes at the lower end of the cylinder and is adapted to join the end of a chain attached to the plug or toad of obstruction of the water discharge hole of the tank.
  • the system is placed inside the tank, it has a single capacitive sensor that the user activates to rinse the toilet, the sensor signal is monitored by a microcontroller that activates a solenoid valve that allows the piston to drain water due to the restoring action of a spring inside it, this will allow the movement of a rod upwards, to this rod the chain of the toilet tank cap is attached to discharge.
  • a microcontroller that activates a solenoid valve that allows the piston to drain water due to the restoring action of a spring inside it, this will allow the movement of a rod upwards, to this rod the chain of the toilet tank cap is attached to discharge.
  • Figure 1 shows a top perspective view of a tank and toilet, illustrating within the tank the arrangement of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a simple piston system.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross-section on the line AA 'illustrated in Figure 1, of the tank and toilet, illustrating inside the tank the arrangement of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a simple piston system
  • Figures 3 and 3a illustrate a conventional perspective and a front view, respectively, of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a simple piston system, in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a cross-section on the line BB 'shown in Figure 3a, of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a simple piston system, in accordance with the present invention .
  • Figure 5 shows a top perspective view of a tank and toilet, illustrating within the tank the arrangement of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a double piston system.
  • Figure 6 shows a cross-section on the CC line illustrated in Figure 5, of the tank and toilet, illustrating inside the tank the arrangement of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a system double piston
  • Figures 7 and 7a illustrate a conventional perspective and a front view, respectively, of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a double piston system, in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 8 illustrates a cross-section on the line DD 'shown in Figure 7a, of the automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet, in the form of a double piston system, in accordance with the present invention .
  • FIGS 1 to 4 show an automatic actuation device of central water discharge systems towards a toilet in the single piston system mode, which is formed by a platform (1) that is arranged in the high part inside the water storage and discharge tank (2) of the toilet (3) and fixed with fixing means (4) on the inner wall face of said water storage and discharge tank (2); said platform (1) is adapted to fixedly receive a simple piston system (5) that involves a cylinder (6) comprising a water inlet (7) and a water outlet (8) connected with ducts (not shown) to an inlet solenoid valve (9) and an outlet solenoid valve (10) respectively and a piston (11) housed in said cylinder (6) together with a return spring of position (12) of said piston (11), whose end of its rod (13) protrudes at the lower end of the cylinder (6) and is
  • the system is placed inside the water storage and discharge tank (2), it has a single capacitive sensor (14) that the user activates to rinse the toilet, the signal from said capacitive sensor (14) is monitored by said microcontroller (15) which activates an outlet solenoid valve (10) that allows water to escape through the water outlet (8) of the cylinder (6) due to the action of the position return spring (12) inside; this will allow the displacement of the stem (13) upwards, to this stem (13) the chain of the plug or toad (not shown) of water discharge is coupled to thus discharge.
  • a double piston system (17) is mounted that involves two cylinders (18, 19), each comprising a water inlet (20, 21) and a water outlet (22, 23) and each one comprises a water inlet control solenoid valve (24, 25) and a water discharge control solenoid valve (26, 27); a piston (28, 29) housed in each cylinder (18, 19) at whose exposed lower ends of their respective rods (30, 31) are connected probes (32, 33) that will make contact with the full discharge drive buttons or medium discharge of the dual central discharge system (not shown).
  • the device comprises two capacitive sensors (34, 35) in communication with said microcontroller (15) also arranged on the same platform (1) and which are powered by said battery (16).
  • the system is placed inside the water storage and discharge tank (2), the capacitive sensors (34, 35) one for half discharge and another for complete discharge, once the user activates one of them (without contact) according to his need, the microcontroller (15) activates a water inlet control solenoid valve (24, 25) that allows the entry of water through the water inlets (20, 21) to one of the two cylinders (18, 19) that will be filled and will allow the displacement of the rod (30, 31) of the respective piston (28, 29) that at its end It has attached the corresponding probe (32, 33), which will activate one of the buttons of the central water discharge system (not shown); also by means of communicating vessels (36) the other piston (28, 29) will be driven in the opposite direction which discharges the water from its cylinder (18, 19) directly to the water storage and discharge tank (2) ( no water wasted); The discharge is possible thanks to the opening of the water discharge control solenoid valve (26, 27) of the second piston (28, 29), therefore the piston (28, 29) that lowers, opens its sole
  • the entire system is supported by said platform (1) which has fixing means (4) that allow to adjust internally to the variable dimensions of the water storage and discharge tanks (2); the system has said battery (16) that supplies the capacitive sensors (34, 35), the microcontroller (15) and the water inlet control solenoid valves (24, 25) and the solenoid valves of Water discharge control (26, 27), the mechanical force is realized by the pressure of the water network with which the tank is fed, so it saves on electricity and does not waste water.

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Dispositif d'actionnement automatique de chasse, simple ou double, d'eau contenue dans des réservoirs, ledit dispositif comprenant au moins un cylindre équipé d'une électrovanne de commande d'entrée d'eau et d'une électrovanne de commande de passage d'eau vers le réservoir. Chaque cylindre est doté d'un piston dont l'extrémité est reliée aux moyens d'activation de chasse d'eau du W.-C., ce dernier pouvant être un W.-C. du type à chasse simple ou du type à chasse double qui, dans ce dernier cas, comporte deux cylindres munis de leurs pistons respectifs. Ledit système comprend en outre un capteur capacitif communiquant avec un microcontrôleur alimenté par une batterie. L'ensemble de ces éléments est installé sur une plate-forme disposée dans le haut du réservoir d'eau, et fixée à ce dernier par des moyens de fixation.
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