CN211903319U - a water heater - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model belongs to the field of water heaters, and discloses a water heater, which comprises a safety valve, a guide pipe connected to the safety valve, and a drip collecting device, wherein the drip collecting device comprises a box body and is arranged on the box body The inlet and outlet are connected to the guide pipe, and the inlet is provided with a purification unit, and the outlet is provided with a valve. The utility model is provided with a drip collecting device, which can collect the dripping water of the safety valve, can effectively prevent the occurrence of water stains on the ground or wet nearby equipment, and avoid the waste of water resources. The dripping water can be used for washing and other scenes with a small amount of water, which improves the user experience.

Description

a water heater

technical field

The utility model relates to the field of water heaters, in particular to a water heater.

Background technique

The water heater is a water heater that uses electricity as an energy source for heating. It is not affected by the outside weather and can provide hot water for people at any time. Therefore, it is very popular. Existing electric water heaters usually set a safety valve at the water inlet pipe. The safety valve is used to protect the inner tank under a limited pressure. However, when the inner tank pressure exceeds the limit value, it will start to release pressure and drip water. Generally, it is connected to the safety valve. The overflow pipe is only 1 meter long, which will cause the dripping water from the safety valve to drip onto the bathroom floor to form water stains, or drip onto nearby equipment and cause equipment damage, resulting in complaints or losses from users, and there is a problem of water resources.

Utility model content

The purpose of the utility model is to provide a water heater, which can prevent the dripping water of the safety valve from dripping on the ground or on the nearby equipment, and can collect the dripping water and avoid the waste of water resources.

For this purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

A water heater, comprising a safety valve and a guide pipe connected to the safety valve, and a drip collection device, the drip collection device comprising a box body, an inlet and an outlet arranged on the box body, and the inlet is communicated with A purification unit is arranged at the inlet of the guide pipe, and a valve is arranged at the outlet.

Preferably, the drip collecting device further includes a water volume detection unit, and the water volume detection unit is used to detect the water volume in the box.

Preferably, the water quantity detection unit is a liquid level sensor or a flow sensor.

Preferably, the water volume detection unit is electrically connected with an alarm unit, and the alarm unit is configured to issue an alarm when the water volume detection unit detects that the water volume in the tank exceeds a preset value.

Preferably, the water quantity detection unit is wirelessly connected to the control panel of the water heater, and the control panel can issue an alarm and/or cut off all the water when the water quantity detection unit detects that the water quantity in the tank exceeds a preset value. the water heater power supply.

Preferably, the water quantity detection unit includes a signal transmitter, and the signal transmitter is wirelessly connected to the control panel, and is used for sending a water quantity exceeding signal to the control panel.

Preferably, the inlet is arranged on the top of the box.

Preferably, the inlet is set below the safety valve.

Preferably, the drip collecting device is fixed on the water heater shell or wall.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: by setting the drip collecting device, it can collect the dripping water of the safety valve, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of water stains on the ground or soaking nearby equipment, avoid the waste of water resources, and purify the dripping water by setting the purification unit. , the purified dripping water can be used for washing and other scenes with a small amount of water, which improves the user experience.

A water volume detection unit is further provided, which can detect the water volume information collected by the drip collection device. When the water volume exceeds the preset value, an alarm can be issued to notify the user to cut off the power supply of the water heater or discharge water. Of course, the power supply of the water heater can also be cut off directly. To avoid the dripping water from the safety valve falling on the ground or nearby equipment, the performance of the water heater and the user experience are improved.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a water heater provided by the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the cooperation structure of the safety valve and the drip collecting device provided by the present invention.

In the picture:

1. Safety valve; 2. Diversion pipe; 3. Drip collection device; 31. Box body; 32. Inlet; 33. Outlet; 34. Purification unit; 35. Valve.

Detailed ways

The present utility model will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention. In addition, it should be noted that, for the convenience of description, the drawings only show some but not all structures related to the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the terms "connected", "connected" and "fixed" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or a fixed connection. It can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can be an internal connection between two elements or an interaction relationship between the two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature may include the first and second features in direct contact, or may include the first and second features The features are not in direct contact but through additional features between them. Also, the first feature being "above", "over" and "above" the second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature is "below", "below" and "below" the second feature includes the first feature being directly below and diagonally below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature has a lower level than the second feature.

In the description of this embodiment, the terms "upper", "lower", "right", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings, which are only for convenience of description and simplified operation, rather than indicating Or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are only used for distinction in description, and have no special meaning.

Example 1

This embodiment provides a water heater. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the water heater includes a safety valve 1, a guide pipe 2 and a drip collection device 3, wherein the safety valve 1 is installed on the water inlet pipe of the water heater. 2 One end is connected to the pressure relief port of the safety valve 1, and the other end is connected to the drip collecting device 3. After the water pressure of the inner tank reaches the limit value during the heating process of the water heater, the safety valve 1 starts dripping water. By setting the drip collecting device 3, the dripping water of the safety valve 1 can be collected (specifically collected through the guide pipe 2), which can prevent ground water. Stain or soak nearby equipment and avoid wasting water resources. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned drip collecting device 3 can be fixed on the water heater shell or the wall by nail-free glue.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 , the drip collecting device 3 includes a box body 31 , an inlet 32 , an outlet 33 , a purification unit 34 and a water quantity detection unit (not shown in the figure), wherein the inlet 32 is arranged in the box body 31, and is preferably arranged in the middle of the top of the box body 31, the inlet 32 is connected to the above-mentioned guide pipe 2, the above-mentioned outlet 33 is arranged at the bottom of the box body 31, and optionally, the outlet 33 is arranged in the box body 31 On one side of the bottom, the outlet 33 is provided with a valve 35 . When the water heater is in operation, the dripping water flowing out of the safety valve 1 will flow into the inlet 32 through the guide pipe 2, and enter the box 31 through the inlet 32, thereby realizing the collection of dripping water.

In this embodiment, preferably, the above-mentioned inlet 32 is set lower than the safety valve 1 , so that most or all of the dripping water of the safety valve 1 can enter the box 31 .

A purification unit 34 is provided at the above-mentioned inlet 32, and the purification unit 34 can filter and purify the dripping water entering the box body 31, so that it can be used in a scene with a small amount of water such as washing. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned purification unit 34 may be a filter or other water purification component with a filtering function, for example, it may include a composite filter element of PP (polypropylene) and activated carbon. In addition, the purification unit 34 can also have a sterilization function, so that the water in the box 31 is safer.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned water volume detection unit is used to detect the water volume in the tank 31, so as to remind the user or cut off the power supply of the water heater when the water volume in the tank 31 exceeds the preset value. Exemplarily, the water quantity detection unit in this embodiment may be a liquid level sensor, which detects the liquid level of the water in the tank 31 and then determines whether the detected liquid level exceeds a preset value (ie, a preset liquid level value). Determine if you need to alert the user or cut power to the water heater. The above-mentioned water volume detection unit may also be a flow sensor, which detects the total flow of water entering the tank 31, and then determines whether the user needs to be reminded according to whether the detected total flow exceeds a preset value (ie, a preset flow value). Or cut off the power to the water heater.

Optionally, the above-mentioned drip collecting device 3 may also include an alarm unit, which is electrically connected to the water volume detection unit. When the water volume detection unit detects that the water volume in the box 31 exceeds a preset value, the alarm unit can receive the water volume detection unit. The water volume exceeds the standard signal, and then an alarm can be issued according to the water volume exceeding signal to remind the user that there is a large amount of water in the box 31, and the user can then discharge the dripping water in the box 31 through the outlet 33 according to the needs or not in the box 31. The dripping water is treated, but the power to the water heater is cut off. In this embodiment, the above-mentioned alarm unit is a common alarm device in the prior art, for example, it may be a buzzer, or a device with an alarm function such as an alarm lamp.

In the above water heater of this embodiment, the drip collecting device 3 is provided, which can collect the dripping water of the safety valve 1, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of water stains on the ground or wet nearby equipment, and avoid the waste of water resources. 34 Purify the dripping water, and the purified dripping water can be used for washing and other scenes with a small amount of water, which improves the user experience.

In addition, by setting the water volume detection unit, the water volume information collected by the drip collection device 3 can be detected, and when the water volume in the water volume exceeds the preset value, an alarm can be issued to notify the user to cut off the power supply of the water heater or discharge water to avoid the safety valve 1. Drops of water fall on the ground or on nearby equipment, improving water heater performance as well as user experience.

Embodiment 2

This embodiment provides a water heater, which is different from Embodiment 1 in that the water quantity detection unit of this embodiment is wirelessly connected to the control panel of the water heater, and the water quantity detection unit includes a signal transmitter, which is wirelessly connected to the water heater. On the control panel, the above-mentioned control panel is connected with an alarm component. When the water volume detection unit detects that the water volume in the box 31 exceeds the preset value, the signal transmitter sends a water volume excess signal to the control panel, and the control panel controls the alarm component to give an alarm, and at the same time. It can also automatically cut off the power to the water heater. Of course, it can be understood that, in this embodiment, after the control panel receives the signal that the water volume exceeds the standard, it can also only control the alarm component to give an alarm, or only cut off the power supply of the water heater. The above-mentioned control panel and signal transmitter are common structures in the prior art, and their control methods are also in the prior art. The above-mentioned alarm component is also a common alarm component in the prior art, for example, it may be a buzzer, or a device with an alarm function such as an alarm lamp.

The rest of the structure of the water heater of this embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and will not be repeated.

Obviously, the above-mentioned embodiments of the present invention are only examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, rather than limiting the implementation of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, various obvious changes, readjustments and substitutions can be made without departing from the protection scope of the present invention. There is no need and cannot be exhaustive of all implementations here. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present utility model shall be included within the protection scope of the claims of the present utility model.

Claims (9)

1. The utility model provides a water heater, including relief valve (1) and communicate in honeycomb duct (2) of relief valve (1), characterized in that still includes and drips collection device (3), drip collection device (3) including box (31), set up import (32) and export (33) on box (31), import (32) communicate in honeycomb duct (2), just import (32) department is equipped with purification unit (34), export (33) department is equipped with valve (35).

2. A water heater according to claim 1, wherein the drip collecting device (3) further comprises a water quantity detecting unit for detecting the quantity of water in the tank (31).

3. The water heater according to claim 2, wherein the water amount detection unit is a liquid level sensor or a flow sensor.

4. The water heater according to claim 3, characterized in that said water quantity detection unit is electrically connected with an alarm unit configured to issue an alarm when said water quantity detection unit detects that the quantity of water inside said tank (31) exceeds a preset value.

5. The water heater according to claim 3, characterized in that the water quantity detection unit is wirelessly connected to a control panel of the water heater, the control panel being capable of issuing an alarm and/or switching off the power supply of the water heater when the water quantity detection unit detects that the quantity of water in the tank (31) exceeds a preset value.

6. The water heater of claim 5, wherein the water volume detecting unit comprises a signal transmitter wirelessly connected to the control panel for transmitting a water volume overproof signal to the control panel.

7. A water heater according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the inlet (32) is provided at the top of the tank (31).

8. The water heater according to claim 7, characterized in that the inlet (32) is arranged lower than the safety valve (1).

9. A water heater according to any one of claims 1-6, wherein the drip collecting device (3) is fixed to the water heater housing or wall.

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