CN119196343B

CN119196343B - Cold exhaust structure of shower control panel and shower

Info

Publication number: CN119196343B
Application number: CN202310768249.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张华锋; 陈鹏
Original assignee: Zhangzhou Solex Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhangzhou Solex Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-27
Filing date: 2023-06-27
Publication date: 2025-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 2043-06-27
Also published as: CN119196343A

Abstract

This invention provides a cooling structure for a shower control panel. The control panel has a water inlet channel and at least two water outlets. Each water outlet is connected to the water inlet channel via an outlet channel, and a first control switch is provided on the outlet channel for connecting or disconnecting the water inlet channel and the water outlet. It also includes a cooling channel corresponding to some or all of the outlet channels and connected in parallel. The cooling channel and its corresponding water outlet share a single water outlet. A second control switch is provided on the cooling channel for connecting or closing the cooling channel to the water inlet channel. This cooling structure for the shower control panel allows cooling to be dissipated from the shower's water outlet terminal, eliminating the need for a separate cooling outlet. This invention also provides a shower, including: a control panel and a water outlet terminal; the control panel is equipped with the cooling structure described above.

Description

Cold exhaust structure of shower control panel and shower

Technical Field

The invention relates to a bathroom device, in particular to a shower.

Background

Shower systems are now indispensable equipment in the home. The shower system is generally provided with a top shower head, a second water outlet device and a water outlet controller, wherein the top shower head, the second water outlet device and the water outlet controller are connected through pipelines so as to form water outlet or water shutoff. When the top shower head or the second water outlet device is switched from water outlet to water outlet, a part of residual water inevitably moves towards the shower head direction and cannot be discharged between pipelines, so that residual cold water is formed. When the shower is performed next time, the part of residual cold water flows out first, if the part of residual cold water directly flows to the body of a user, the user can feel uncomfortable, and the shower experience is greatly influenced. In the traditional shower system, no special design is made for the part of residual cold water, a user can only empty for a period of time when taking a shower, so that the cold water is discharged, on one hand, the water is wasted, and on the other hand, the user forgets to discharge the cold water, so that the cold water is directly poured on the user, and the experience is very poor. To solve this problem, there are some shower systems in which a cool-removing button is separately provided, and a user presses the cool-removing button before showering to remove cool and then showers. However, a separate cold water discharging outlet is required to be arranged on the shower, so that the shower has a relatively complex structure.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the main technical problem of providing a cold discharging structure of a shower control panel, which can discharge cold from a water outlet terminal of a shower without additionally arranging a cold discharging water outlet.

Another technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a cold discharging structure of a shower control panel, which can realize the simultaneous cold discharging of a plurality of water outlet terminals.

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a cold discharge structure of a shower control panel, wherein the control panel is provided with a water inlet flow passage and at least two water outlets, each water outlet is communicated with the water inlet flow passage through a water outlet flow passage, and a first control switch for communicating or disconnecting the water inlet flow passage and the water outlet is arranged on the water outlet flow passage;

The water outlet device further comprises a cold discharge runner which is corresponding to part or all of the water outlet runners and is arranged in parallel, wherein the cold discharge runner and the water outlet runner corresponding to the cold discharge runner share a water outlet, and a second control switch which is used for communicating or closing the cold discharge runner and the water inlet runner is arranged on the cold discharge runner.

In a preferred embodiment, the second control switch is used for controlling the cold discharge channels to be simultaneously opened or simultaneously closed.

In a preferred embodiment, the water inlet flow channel comprises a cold water inlet, a hot water inlet and a water mixing valve, wherein the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet are respectively communicated with the water mixing valve, and a water mixing outlet of the water mixing valve is communicated with the first control switch and the second control switch.

In a preferred embodiment, a first check valve is arranged in the cold-discharging flow passage, and the first check valve enables residual water in the cold-discharging flow passage to flow unidirectionally towards the water outlet.

In a preferred embodiment, a third control switch is further arranged between the second control switch and the water inlet flow channel, and the third control switch is communicated with the water outlet flow channel through a water supplementing flow channel.

In a preferred embodiment, the water supplementing channel is communicated with the water inlet channel when the second control switch is closed and the third control switch is opened, and the cold discharging channel is communicated with the water inlet channel when the second control switch and the third control switch are opened.

In a preferred embodiment, a second check valve is arranged in the water supplementing flow passage, and the second check valve enables water in the water supplementing flow passage to flow unidirectionally in the direction of the water outlet flow passage.

In a preferred embodiment, a temperature sensor, a flow sensor and a flow controller are arranged between the water outlet flow channel and the water inlet flow channel.

In a preferred embodiment, the flow controller is a water-saving sheet.

The invention also provides a shower which comprises a control panel and a water outlet terminal, wherein the control panel is provided with the cold discharging structure.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. The invention provides a cold discharging structure of a shower control panel, which can utilize a water outlet of a water outlet channel as a water outlet of residual water by arranging the cold discharging channel which is connected with the water outlet channel in parallel, thereby realizing cold discharging from a water outlet terminal connected with the control panel. And the cold discharge flow channels can be provided with a plurality of cold discharge flow channels which are respectively connected with different water outlet flow channels in parallel, so that a plurality of water outlet terminals can simultaneously discharge cold.

2. The invention provides a cold discharging structure of a shower control panel, which is characterized in that a cold discharging flow channel and a water outlet flow channel are connected in parallel, so that a first control switch arranged on the water outlet flow channel can be bypassed, and a user can realize cold discharging operation by only operating a second control switch, so that the operation is relatively simple.

3. The invention provides a cold discharging structure of a shower control panel, which is also provided with a water supplementing flow passage and a third control switch, so that when the third control switch and the second control switch are both opened, the cold discharging operation can be realized. When the third control switch is turned on and the second control switch is turned off, residual water flows into the water outlet flow passage through the cold drainage flow passage to supplement water, and the flow rate of the water outlet flow passage is increased.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a shower in a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the waterway of the shower (with only the second control switch) in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a control panel in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the flow direction of the water path of the control panel according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the waterway of the shower (with the second control switch and the third control switch) according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 6 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the control panel in a cold drain state with water flowing into the cold drain runner in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the control panel in a cold drain state with water flowing into the cold drain runner in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of water paths of the control panel in a cold discharge state according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the residual water flowing into the first row of cold runners in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a control panel in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 11-13 are cross-sectional views of fig. 8 in three positions A-A, B-B, C-C, respectively.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making any inventive effort based on the embodiments of the present invention are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the positional or positional relationship indicated by the terms such as "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "top/bottom", etc. are based on the positional or positional relationship shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," configured to, "" engaged with, "" connected to, "and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example," connected to, "wall-mounted," connected to, removably connected to, or integrally connected to, mechanically connected to, electrically connected to, directly connected to, or indirectly connected to, through an intermediary, and may be in communication with each other between two elements, as will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, in view of the detailed description of the terms herein.

Referring to fig. 1-13, the embodiment provides a shower, which comprises a control panel 1 and a water outlet terminal 2 connected with the control panel 1, wherein the number of the water outlet terminals 2 in the embodiment is four, namely a water shower with two functional tops, a lower water outlet terminal and a hand-held shower. This is an example of the present embodiment, and the number of the water outlet terminals 2 can be increased or decreased in a specific design, which belongs to a simple replacement of the present embodiment.

In order to realize the water outlet of the four water outlet terminals 2, the control panel 1 is provided with a water inlet channel consisting of a cold water inlet 11, a hot water inlet 12 and a water mixing valve 13, and is also provided with water outlet channels 14 corresponding to the four water outlet terminals 2, wherein each water outlet channel 14 is provided with a water outlet 141 which is connected with the corresponding water outlet terminal 2. And each of the water outlet flow passages 14 is provided with a first control switch 142 for connecting or disconnecting the water inlet flow passage and the water outlet 141. The first control switch 142 may be a mechanical switch, an electronic switch, or an electronic and mechanical linkage control switch, in this embodiment, the first control switch 142 adopts a mechanical switch, specifically adopts a push switch to rotate to adjust a flow valve, and four mechanical switches are connected in parallel, so that the push switch can respectively control whether each water outlet channel 14 is water outlet or not.

The cold water and the hot water respectively pass through the cold water inlet 11 and the hot water inlet 12, flow into the water mixing valve 13 and are mixed to form mixed water, and flow out from the mixed water outlet 131 of the water mixing valve 13. The mixing valve 13 functions to adjust the ratio of cold water and hot water entering the mixing valve 13, thereby adjusting the temperature of the mixed water.

The control panel 1 is provided with a temperature detecting device 15 and a flow detecting device 16 at the rear end of the mixed water outlet 131 of the mixed water valve 13, so that the temperature and the flow of the mixed water can be detected in real time, the control panel 1 is also provided with a display screen 102 for displaying the temperature and the flow, and the temperature and the flow can be displayed on the display screen 102 through numbers or symbols. The flow detection device 16 is arranged in the water inlet flow channel, and the temperature detection device 15 is arranged in the water inlet flow channel and is separated from the water outlet 141 by a long distance, so that the temperature of the water outlet 141 is lower than the temperature of the position of the temperature detection device 15 in the process of performing cold discharge. That is, when the temperature of the mixed water in the temperature detector detecting passage has reached the preset temperature, the temperature of the water outlet 141 is lower than the preset temperature. If the cooling is stopped at this time, the user still feels that the temperature of the water is lower, and then the flow detection device 16 is provided, when the temperature detector detects that the water temperature has reached the preset temperature, the control panel 1 starts to record flow information through the flow detection device 16, and when the flow reaches the set value, the cooling is ended, so that the water temperature of the water outlet 141 reaches the set value of the user when the user takes a shower. The set point of the flow rate depends on the line volume at the rear end of this temperature detection device 15. The junction of the inlet flow path and the outlet flow path 14 is provided with a flow controller 17, such as a water-saving sheet, to adjust the size of the outlet water flow of each outlet terminal 2.

This completes the conventional function of the control panel 1, namely, controls the different water outlet terminals 2 to carry out water outlet. The control panel 1 in this embodiment also has a main function of draining the residual water in the pipeline. A common way to drain the residual water is to drain the residual water through a separate cold drain outlet. Therefore, the control panel 1 is provided with a cold water discharging outlet, the structure is complex, and the appearance is unsightly. The cold discharging scheme adopted in this embodiment uses the existing water outlet terminal 2 to perform cold discharging, for this purpose, the control panel 1 further includes a cold discharging runner 18 corresponding to part or all of the water outlet runners 14 and arranged in parallel, the cold discharging runner 18 and the water outlet runner 14 corresponding to the cold discharging runner share a water outlet 141, and the cold discharging runner 18 is provided with a second control switch 181 for communicating or closing the cold discharging runner 18 with the water inlet runner. In this embodiment, there are three cold discharge channels 18, corresponding to three of the four water outlet channels 14. Of course, four cold-drain channels 18 may be provided, corresponding to the four water outlet channels 14 one by one. By providing the cold discharge flow path 18 in parallel with the water discharge flow path 14, the water outlet 141 of the water discharge flow path 14 can be used as the water outlet 141 of the residual water, thereby realizing cold discharge from the water discharge terminal 2 connected to the control panel 1. And the cold discharge runner 18 can be provided with a plurality of cold discharge runners which are respectively connected with different water outlet runners 14 in parallel, so that the plurality of water outlet terminals 2 can discharge cold at the same time.

And because the cold discharge runner 18 and the water outlet runner 14 are connected in parallel, and the cold discharge runner 18 is directly connected to the water outlet 141 of the water outlet runner 14, the cold discharge runner 18 can bypass the first control switch 142 arranged on the water outlet runner 14, so that a user can realize cold discharge operation by only operating the second control switch 181, and the operation is relatively simple.

In order to increase the efficiency of the cooling discharge, the second control switch 181 is used to control the cooling discharge flow channels 18 to be simultaneously opened or simultaneously closed. Thus, as long as the second control switch 181 is turned on, the three water outlet terminals 2 communicated with the cold discharge channel 18 are simultaneously cooled, and compared with the traditional method that different water outlet terminals are sequentially cooled one by one, the cold discharge efficiency is improved.

The second control switch 181 is preferably an electromagnetic valve, when the user enters the shower, the second control switch 181 is controlled to be opened by remote control and wireless, the three water outlet terminals 2 communicated with the cold discharge channel 18 can discharge cold at the same time, and residual water in the top spray, the hand hold and the lower water outlet channels can be discharged at one time, and of course, other modes, such as adding a distance sensor on a control panel, can be adopted, when the user approaches the shower, the distance sensor is electrically connected with a control main board, and then the control main board controls to open the control switch 181 for full cold discharge. The cooling may also be performed by setting the control board on the control panel 1 to perform cooling once every predetermined period of time, for example, cooling once every 4 hours, cooling for 10 seconds, and setting the cooling in a program on the control board of the control panel.

Meanwhile, in order to prevent the residual water in the cold drain runner 18 from flowing into the water outlet runner 14, a first check valve 182 is disposed in the cold drain runner 18, and the first check valve 182 enables the residual water in the cold drain runner 18 to flow unidirectionally toward the water outlet 141. Thus, the residual water in the cold drain channel 18 can flow only in one direction, and there is no fear that the residual water enters the water outlet channel 14 and flows out of the water outlet channel 14 when the user takes a shower normally. Conversely, water in the water outlet channel 14 can be prevented from entering the cold drain channel 18 to cause water to be discharged from other water outlets 141, that is, if the cold drain channel 18 is not provided with the first check valve 182, if the first control switch 142 of the hand shower channel is opened, water can flow back through the cold drain channel 18 in series flow through the other cold drain channel 18 to cause water to be discharged from other water outlet terminals 2.

In this embodiment, in order to further increase the functions of the control panel 1, a third control switch 191 is further disposed between the second control switch 181 and the water inlet channel. The third control switch 191 communicates with the water outlet passage 14 through a water supplementing passage 192. The residual water has two flow modes, namely, the first mode is that the second control switch 181 is closed, the water supplementing channel 192 is communicated with the water inlet channel when the third control switch 191 is opened, the residual water enters the water inlet channel for supplementing water when the residual water is discharged normally at the water outlet terminal 2, and the water outlet quantity of the water outlet terminal 2 is increased, and the second mode is that the cold discharging channel 18 is communicated with the water inlet channel when the second control switch 181 and the third control switch 191 are opened simultaneously, and the residual water is discharged from the water outlet terminal 2 through the cold discharging channel 18 when the residual water is discharged normally.

Similarly, in order to avoid reverse flow of water in the water replenishment flow path 192, a second check valve 193 is provided in the water replenishment flow path 192, and the second check valve 193 allows water in the water replenishment flow path 192 to flow in one direction in the direction of the water outlet flow path 14. Meanwhile, the water mixed in the water mixing valve can be prevented from flowing to the second control switch 181 through the flow detector and then flowing out through the cold drainage channel 18, because the water mixed in the water mixing valve always has water in the water channel of the flow detector, if the one-way valve is reversely arranged, the water channel of the residual water channel is in a water drainage state when the second control switch is controlled to be opened.

Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 6, the cold and hot mixed water from the mixing valve passes through one flow controller and then passes through four first control switches 142, finally passes through hand-held, top-spraying or water discharging to be used for shower bath of a user, passes through the second control switch 181 and then passes through a residual water channel to discharge residual water from the same water outlet of the terminal. For the arrangement of the water outlet flow channel 14 and the cold discharge flow channel 18, in this embodiment, the water outlet flow channel 14 is communicated with the water inlet flow channel through a bypass 143, the bypass 143 is also communicated with a side water outlet 145 through an upper water inlet 144, the side water outlet 145 is communicated with the cold discharge flow channel 18, and a solenoid valve installation cavity 146 is arranged at the communication position of the bypass 143 and the upper water inlet 144, so that the second control switch 181 is used for controlling the connection and the disconnection of the bypass 143 and the upper water inlet 144. So that when the second control switch 181 is opened, residual water enters the upper water inlet 144 from the bypass 143 and then enters the cold drain channel 18 from the side water outlet 145.

The residual water flows out from the side water outlet 145 and then enters the first cold drain runner 183, the residual water entering the first cold drain runner 183 is divided into two paths, one path flows in from two water inlets 1835 at the inner side of the first cold drain runner 183 and then flows out from the first water outlet 1841 and the second water outlet 1832 after passing through two check valves of two runners in the water channel assembly, the residual water passing through the first water outlet 1831 flows out from the first water outlet 1841 through the second cold drain runner 184, the residual water passing through the second water outlet 1832 flows out from the second water outlet 1851 through the third cold drain runner 185, and the other path continuously flows downwards through the first cold drain runner 183, then flows out of the water channel through the third water inlet 1833, and then flows out from the third water outlet 1834, so that the water channel of the whole water channel assembly is compact in arrangement, and the water flow can not be streamed and the space is compact.

Referring to fig. 11, the residual water flows in from the third inflow port 1833, flows out from the third outflow port 1834 through the check valve, the residual water goes from bottom to top and flows to the left in fig. 11.

Referring to fig. 12, the residual water flows out of the first outflow hole 1831 through the check valve, and flows out of the first water outlet 1841 from top to bottom, and flows to the right in fig. 12.

Referring to fig. 13, the residual water flows out of the second outflow hole 1832 through the check valve and is discharged from the second water outlet 1851, and the water flows from bottom to top to the left in fig. 13.

In addition, the shower bar is provided with a body sensor 103 for sensing the position of the user, and the body sensor 103 may be an infrared, microwave, laser equidistant sensor. The human body sensor 103 can detect whether the user is within the shower outlet coverage. In normal use of the shower, if the body sensor 103 recognizes that the current flow rate of the water outlet terminal 2 is automatically reduced when the user leaves the shower coverage, it plays a role of saving water and energy.

The second control switch 181 is an electric control valve, and is used in cooperation with a wireless remote controller. The wireless remote controller can send a cold discharge instruction to the control main board 10 of the shower, and after receiving the instruction, the control main board 10 controls the second control switch 181 to be turned on to execute the cold discharge action.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the design concept of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will be able to make insubstantial modifications of the present invention within the scope of the present invention disclosed herein by this concept, which falls within the actions of invading the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The cold discharging structure of the shower control panel is characterized in that the control panel is provided with a water inlet flow passage and at least two water outlets, each water outlet is communicated with the water inlet flow passage through a water outlet flow passage, and a first control switch for communicating or disconnecting the water inlet flow passage and the water outlet is arranged on the water outlet flow passage;

The water outlet channel is connected with the water inlet channel through a first control switch, and the water outlet channel is connected with the water outlet channel through a second control switch;

a third control switch is further arranged between the second control switch and the water inlet flow passage, and the third control switch is communicated with the water outlet flow passage through the water supplementing flow passage.

2. The cold drain structure of a shower control panel according to claim 1, wherein the second control switch is configured to control the cold drain channels to be simultaneously opened or simultaneously closed.

3. The cold discharging structure of the shower control panel according to claim 1, wherein the water inlet channel comprises a cold water inlet, a hot water inlet and a water mixing valve, the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet are respectively communicated with the water mixing valve, and the water mixing outlet of the water mixing valve is communicated with the first control switch and the second control switch.

4. The cold exhaust structure of the shower control panel according to claim 1, wherein the cold exhaust flow passage is internally provided with a first check valve, and the first check valve enables residual water in the cold exhaust flow passage to flow unidirectionally towards the water outlet.

5. The cold discharging structure of a shower control panel according to claim 1, wherein the water supplementing channel is communicated with the water inlet channel when the second control switch is closed and the third control switch is opened, and the cold discharging channel is communicated with the water inlet channel when the second control switch and the third control switch are opened.

6. The cold discharging structure of shower control panel according to claim 5, wherein a second check valve is arranged in the water supplementing flow passage, and the second check valve enables water in the water supplementing flow passage to flow unidirectionally in the direction of the water outlet flow passage.

7. The cold discharging structure of shower control panel according to claim 1, wherein a temperature sensor, a flow sensor and a flow controller are arranged between the water outlet flow channel and the water inlet flow channel.

8. The cooling structure of the shower control panel according to claim 7, wherein the flow controller is a water-saving sheet.

9. A shower including a control panel, a water outlet terminal, the control panel being fitted with a cold drain structure as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8.