WO2024018095A1 - Flow meter that can be fitted to shower heads and shower sets - Google Patents

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WO2024018095A1
WO2024018095A1 PCT/ES2023/000016 ES2023000016W WO2024018095A1 WO 2024018095 A1 WO2024018095 A1 WO 2024018095A1 ES 2023000016 W ES2023000016 W ES 2023000016W WO 2024018095 A1 WO2024018095 A1 WO 2024018095A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/30—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F15/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
    • G01F15/06—Indicating or recording devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F15/00—Details of, or accessories for, apparatus of groups G01F1/00 - G01F13/00 insofar as such details or appliances are not adapted to particular types of such apparatus
    • G01F15/18—Supports or connecting means for meters

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Abstract

The invention relates to a flow meter (1) that can be fitted to a shower head (3) or a shower set (3), which is threaded at both ends and comprises a digital screen (2) and a wire for connecting same. The flow meter (1) is installed between the show head/set (3) and a supply hose (4). The volume of water consumed from the moment a supply valve is opened is reflected on the digital screen (2), such that each user can identify the volume being consumed during the activity, i.e., from the opening of the supply valve (opening of the faucet) to the closing of the valve (closing of the faucet).

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SECTOR DE LA TECNICA TECHNIQUE SECTOR
La presente invención se refere a un sistema de medición de caudal adaptable a una 10 alcachofa de ducha o conjunte de ducha existente. Este sistema resulta ser un sistema aplicabie a todas tes duchas dte mercada ya pire, consta de una rosca en ambos extremos que hace que se pueda conectar entre la manguera de alimentación y te alcachofa de ducha o conjunto de ducha The present invention relates to a flow measurement system adaptable to an existing shower head or shower assembly. This system turns out to be a system applicable to all showers on the market and it consists of a thread at both ends that allows it to be connected between the supply hose and your shower head or shower set.
15 ANTECEDENTES DE LA INVENCION 15 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Según la REAL ACADEMIA DE LA LENGUA ESPANOLA, alguna de las definiciones de “ducha" son las siguientes: According to the ROYAL ACADEMY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE, some of the definitions of "shower" are the following:
"Proyección de agua que, en forma de llvia de choro , se haca caer en 20 el cuerpo para limpiarto o refrescarto, o can propósito medicinal. !í "Projection of water that, in the form of a jet of rain, was made to fall on the body to cleanse or refresh it, or for medicinal purposes .
"Aparato o instalaci ón que
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para ducharse. " "Apparatus or installation that
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To take a shower. "
Asimismo, se define "alcachofa" como: Likewise, "artichoke" is defined as:
“praza agujereada por donde safe rd agua de la rogadero o de la ducha"“holey area where water from the shower or shower runs”
-te te -you
¥. por último, la definición de “caudah’metro" es’ ¥. Finally, the definition of “caudah’meter” is’
“festrumento que sirve paro medir caudafes*. “a instrument used to measure caudafes*.
Actualmente, como as sabido, en la inmensa mayoría de los hogares o instalaciones, 30 existen duchas para los propósitos indicados arriba. Sin embargo, ninguna de ellas cuenta con un dispositivo de medición de caudal adaptable y que a su vez cuente con un dispositivo electrónico que facilite al usuario conocer el caudal que está usando para el fin que este acometiendo (ducha de aseo personal, aseo de una mascota .etc.)
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EXPLICACION DE LA INVENCION Currently, as is known, in the vast majority of homes or facilities, there are showers for the purposes indicated above. However, none of them has an adaptable flow measurement device and that in turn has an electronic device that makes it easier for the user to know the flow they are using for the purpose they are undertaking (personal hygiene shower, toilet of a pet .etc.)
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EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION
El modelo de utilidad que se presenta consiste en un sistema de medición de caudal adaptable a una alcachofe de ducha o conjunte de ducha existente. Este sistema de medición contiene un medidor de caudal y se le pudría incorporar una pantalla digital y un cable de conexión entre ambos El medidor de caudal se instalará entre la alcachofe/conjunto de ducha y la manguera de alimentación El caudal que se consuma desde la apertura de la válvula de alimentación se refiniate en la pantalla digital, de forma que cada usuario sea conocedor del caudal que está siendo consumido durante la activida que se esté llevando a cabo, es decir, desde la apertura de la válvula de alimentación (apertura del grifo) hasta el cierre de dicha válvula (cierre del grifo) The utility model presented consists of a flow measurement system adaptable to an existing shower head or shower assembly. This measurement system contains a flow meter and could incorporate a digital display and a connection cable between both. The flow meter will be installed between the head/shower assembly and the supply hose. The flow rate consumed from the opening of the supply valve is refined on the digital display, so that each user is aware of the flow that is being consumed during the activity being carried out, that is, from the opening of the supply valve (opening of the tap ) until said valve closes (tap closes)
BREVE DESCRIPCION DE LOS DIBUJOS BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Para complementar ia descripción realizada en el punto anterior y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de la invención, se acompaña nomo parte integrante dedicha descripción, dos ligaras en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente To complement the description made in the previous point and in order to help a better understanding of the invention, two links are attached, as an integral part of said description, where, with an illustrative and non-limiting nature, the following has been represented.
La figura 1 Muestra el medidor de caudal. el cual se puede conectar a la manguera de alimentación por un late y a te alcch0fa por el otro. En la "Pantalla Digital" se mostrarla el caudal consumido Figure 1 shows the flow meter. which can be connected to the feed hose on one side and to the head on the other. The flow consumed will be shown on the "Digital Screen".
La figura 2 Muestra un conjunto de ducha estándar en la que se representa el medidor de caudal instalado previo a la alimentación de dicho conjunto Figure 2 shows a standard shower set, showing the flow meter installed prior to powering said set.
En dichas figuras se destacan los siguientes elementos numerados. The following numbered elements stand out in these figures.
1 Medidor de caudal 1 Flow meter
2. Pantalla digital 3 Conjunto de ducha a alcachofa de ducha 2. Digital display 3 shower set to shower head
4 Manguera o conducto alimentación 4 Supply hose or conduit
En caso de que la ducha conste únicamente de una mangúete y una alcachofa, el medidor de caudal se instalará entre ambos mediante rosca adaptable (figura 1) En caso de ser un conjunto de ducha, ia instalación podrá ser como la indicada en la figura 2 es decir, el medidor de caudal instalado previo al conjunto de ducha If the shower consists only of a hose and a shower head, the flow meter will be installed between them using an adaptable thread (figure 1). If it is a shower set, the installation may be as indicated in figure 2, that is, the flow meter installed prior to the shower set.
REALIZACION PREFERENTE DE LA INVENCION PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION
Para llevar a cabo esta Invención se debe instalar un medidor de caudal (1 ) entre el conducto de alimentación (4) y ia alcachofa de ducha o conjunto de ducha (3) ,Este medidor de caudal podrá cantar con una pantalla digital (2) que indique el caudal acumulado desde la apertura de la válvula (apertura del grifo) To carry out this invention, a flow meter (1) must be installed between the supply pipe (4) and the shower head or shower set (3). This flow meter can operate with a digital display (2). indicating the accumulated flow since the opening of the valve (opening of the tap)
Esta invención tendría un uso universal, es decir, que previo a cualquier conjunto de ducha o alcachofa de ducha se podría instalar lo descrito anteriormente de forma que se conozca el caudal que se esté consumiendo desde el momento en que se realiza la apertura de ia válvula (apertura del grifo) This invention would have a universal use, that is, prior to any shower or shower head assembly, what was described above could be installed so that the flow being consumed is known from the moment the valve is opened. (tap opening)

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1..- MEDIDOR DE CAUDAL ADAPTABLE A ALCACHOFAS DE DUCHA y CONJUNTOS DE DUCHA, caracterizado par estar constituido por un medidor de caudal con rosca en ambos extremos que hace que se puede conectar entre la manguera de alimentación y ia alcachofa de duche o conjunto de ducha 1.- FLOW METER ADAPTABLE TO SHOWER HEADS and SHOWER ASSEMBLY, characterized by being made up of a flow meter with thread at both ends that allows it to be connected between the supply hose and the shower head or shower set. shower
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EP2287408A1 (en) * 2009-08-13 2011-02-23 Christopher Dobbins H2ecO Ecostat
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FR2917436A1 (en) * 2007-06-15 2008-12-19 Hervo Odorico Water volume measuring and regulating device for use in e.g. home, has case measuring and controlling volume of water consumed while taking shower, where case has flow meter, LEDs, and two digital displays
WO2009121072A1 (en) * 2008-03-28 2009-10-01 Showerminder, Llc Indicating a shower stage
EP2287408A1 (en) * 2009-08-13 2011-02-23 Christopher Dobbins H2ecO Ecostat
WO2011055362A1 (en) * 2009-11-04 2011-05-12 A2 Design Solutions Attachable water meter
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