ES2335831A1 - Savings and recycling device for water and energy for sanitary facilities (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

The device comprises a module (1) with syphonic canisters (2) and (3) associated with respective motors (11) and (12), for the recycling, heating and delivery of water from the shower, for its new use, passing through through a filter (25), an instantaneous electric heater (26) and a solenoid valve (29), while the dirty water that accesses the syphonic can (3) is recycled to a storage tank (15), from which said water can be evacuated to the general drain (8) or directly to the corresponding toilet, all of which makes it possible to recycle the water used in a bathroom to be reheated again and used for showering, or for filling the cistern or direct use in the toilet itself, complemented by an electrical panel (18) that commands both the motors and the electrovalves that are part of the installation. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Water saving and recycling device and energy for sanitary facilities.

The present invention relates to a water and energy saving and recycling device for sanitary facilities, intended as a modular unit by which is possible the full use of a bathroom conventional with hot water without its consumption and minimizing Turn energy expenditure.

It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a device as an implantable modular unit in any installation sanitary or bathroom, either new construction or as a reform of a already existing bathroom, saving water and energy, enjoying the water without temporary limitation.

Background of the invention

In a bathroom, the water used to showering and / or bathing, is lost through the general drain of the shower or bathtub, the bidet and the washbasin resulting proportional water consumption while the tap.

The same can be said in relation to water used for washing and personal hygiene in the bidet, also being lost through the corresponding drain of one and Another sanitary device.

In the best case, and as the only attempt of water use in bathrooms, there are derivations in showers and bathtubs that derive dirty water to the toilets cisterns, in order to perform the filling of said cisterns and therefore reduce water consumption.

Obviously, filling the tank of a toilet, even if it is done several times a day in each home, a very small volume results compared to the total water consumption that originates from a bathroom, where the tap opening of the washbasin, the water used in the bidet, the water used in the shower and the water used in the bathtub, are very remarkable volumes and that at the end of the day they involve a very considerable amount of liters, so even in those cases where there are output leads of dirty water from showers and bathtubs connected to the cisterns of the toilet, most of the water used in a bathroom is lost through the general drain.

Description of the invention

The installation that is recommended has been designed to solve the problem described above, based on a modular unit of general prismatic configuration rectangular, although it could have any other configuration appropriate, intended to be embedded in one of the walls of the corresponding bathroom, going said modular unit constituting the installation supported on the ground and having internal trusses to receive the walls in order to avoid overturning, with the particularity that said modular unit can incorporate attached to its front the corresponding toilet, since it should be tried to locate it near The general downspout.

From that general prismatic body or module of the installation, it is planned that at the bottom of it two siphon boats connected to each other and connected to water pipes from, for example, the sink and the bidet, and the water coming from the shower, the boat being Siphonic shower water receiver at a higher height than the siphon water receiver boat from the sink and bidet, at so that when that soapy can access soapy water, it can pass to the siphonic boat of smaller novel, and of this one to evacuate either directly to the general downspout, or be driven, to through an engine, to a water storage tank soapy, which is in turn communicating with the mixed input of water from the general supply network.

The highest level siphon boat is in communication with a water recycling network from the shower, providing for it an engine that drives water to recycle it to the shower and be able to be used in this previous step by a filter, an electric heater, a flusostato to avoid the air formation inside the duct or pipe, and a solenoid valve in combination with another provided at the entrance of the water from the general network.

That storage tank of soapy water has an overflow communicated with the downspout, to get that in case of unwanted filling, the water is evacuated to general drain, also having an outlet connected directly with the toilet itself, for water supply stored in that soapy water tank, for use directly in the toilet or for filling the tank East.

The installation is complemented by a painting electric, as well as a float inside the receiver tank of soapy water and a network water inlet planned on the upper part of the soapy or dirty water receiving tank.

The engine associated with the siphon boat located at higher height, that is the water receiver from the shower, It will be variable speed, in order to give more or less pressure to the circulating water, so that the passage of said water through the filter and electric heater allows water recycling up to the shower arm, so that using the heater electrical recovery of heat losses is achieved that occur in the circulation of water.

For its part, the water receiving tank dirty or soapy, considered as a recycling bin, may have a capacity of approximately 250 liters, and will be intended as already mentioned to the water supply to toilet.

As for the electrical panel, it will be associated with a magneto-thermal differential that it will cut off the power in the face of any incident, so that from said magneto-thermal you reach two differentials as a protective measure, one of them linked to a inter-filling mechanism provided in the boats symphonic, specifically the one located higher, and the other linked to the solenoid valves that are activated and deactivated so that pass the water from the general network or from the recycling network to engine associated with the siphon boat located at lower elevation.

It is also planned that the installation count on a transformer to pass the current from 224 V to 24V in order to avoid electrocution hazards, since when the user is in the shower, this button has a button so that one or the other of the engines are put into operation associated with siphon boats.

In this way it is possible to recycle all the water consumed in a bathroom, either coming from the sink, either coming from the bidet, either from the shower or the bathtub, and be able to use as much time as desired without any consumption, taking into account that one of the siphon boats is planned to collect wastewater from all sanitary appliances except the of the shower, while the other siphon boat receives specifically the water coming from the shower.

The referred installation or modular unit is planned for its location preferably in new construction, can be used in ready-made bathrooms, as an alternative of reform, for which it is planned that instead of the deposit of recycling only include the shower tray with a deposit of minimum capacity, which would logically fit the shower tray existing, and from this new dish the sump will be connected to two drain pipes through their corresponding solenoid valves, one of whose pipes is the one that exists previously and that goes directly to the downspout, and the other connects to an outdoor module provided for a filter and an engine. In this alternative of realization, since there is no water recycling tank, will save 100% of water used, although it is an option perfectly valid as a comfort installation that allows to be under hot water as long as you want without consumption of Water.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as an integral part of said description, a set of drawings where with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows a representation schematic of the modular unit that constitutes the installation for optimization of water consumption in bathrooms made of according to the object of the invention.

Figure 2.- Shows an enlarged detail and in section of the two symphonic boats used in the installation represented in the previous figure, and its corresponding connection, as well as the water inlets to them and the downspout connected to one of said symphonic boats.

Figure 3.- Shows a variant of realization of the installation applicable to a shower.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

As can be seen in figures 1 and 2, the installation of the invention is constituted from a unit modular (1), of general prismatic rectangular configuration, in whose bottom part two siphon boats (2) and (3) are planned, the first of them of greater volume and located higher than the second, with the peculiarity that the siphonic boat (2) is connected to the conduit (4) corresponding to the waters coming from the shower, while the siphon canister (3) is connected to the conduit (5) corresponding to the water coming from the washbasin and bidet of a bathroom.

Both siphon boats (2) and (3) are connected each other, through a branch (6), while the siphon boat (3) located at a lower level and is connected, through the connection (7), to the corresponding general downpipe (8), counting both boats siphonic (2) and (3) with a mechanism of inter-filling (9) and (10), respectively, represented by two quadrangular contours in the figure 2.

Such siphon boats (2) and (3) are associated to respective engines (11) and (12), the first one with speed variable, and the second with a single speed, the engine being (11) connected to the siphonic boat (2) through the branch (13), constituting a water suction conduit to recycle the corresponding shower, as will be discussed later, including same the siphonic boat (3) the duct or branch (14) for absorption of water to a dirty water storage tank (15) or soapy, counting this one with an overflow (16) in direct connection with the general downpipe (8), and including a drain pipe (17) connected with an outlet (18) directly to the corresponding toilet of the bathroom, with the particularity that this toilet can be coupled to the front of the module, that is to say of the structure corresponding to the modular unit (1), and connected, through the conduit (19), to the general downpipe itself (8). To that deposit of Recycled or soapy water storage, access a conduit (20) mains water inlet, as well as the inlet duct (21) of soapy water corresponding to the suction branch (14) referred to in advance

An electrical panel is also planned (22) for correct operation of solenoid valves that then they will be commented, including also a float (23) provided at the bottom of the commented deposit (15), existing in the drain (17) a cutting key (24).

Next to the engine (11) associated with the boat siphonic (2), a filter (25) is provided, and then a instant electric heater (26) from which a branch is derived (27) with the corresponding to the water outlet to the shower, after passing through a flusostato (28) and an electrovalve (29), whose operation is combined with a solenoid valve (30) provided in the mixed inlet conduit (31) of water coming from the network general.

According to the mentioned characteristics, The operation of the installation is as follows:

The siphoning canister (3) collects the residual water from all sanitary appliances, that is to say the sink, bidet, exception of the water coming from the shower, so that when the water height in that siphon boat (3) reaches the mechanism of inter-filling (10), the engine starts (12) and drives water to the storage or recycling tank (fifteen). However, when said engine or fuel tank does not work storage or recycling is full, such a boat will drain siphonic (3) without any mechanism, going directly to the general downpipe (8).

For its part, the siphonic boat (2), which collects the water coming from the shower, through the duct or branch (4), if that water comes with soap, the button on place where the user is showering, not running the engine (11) and draining the siphon canister (2) from the top towards the siphon canister (3), drain that will correspond to all the water supposedly dirty, without any contact being made mechanism.

For this to occur, the siphon canister (2) is higher than the siphon boat (1), as has been said with previously, so that according to those characteristics, the water will pass to the storage or recycling tank (15) of same way as previously said.

When the shower water comes clean, it is say, without waste, the button incorporated in the shower enclosure, reaching the siphon boat (2), and activating the inter-filling mechanism (9) that will put in I run the engine (11), pumping that water to get it through through the filter (25), whose function is to collect dirt not controllable, continuing that recycled water through the heater instant electric (26), which is responsible for raising the temperature that could have been lost in the route that it performs, continuing the water the path, if the flusostato (28) guarantees that there is no air through the pipe, so the water runs its course and solenoid valves (29) and (30) are activated, the latter closing the network input (31) and the other opening for the uninterrupted water cycle, passing to the shower arm or diffusers corresponding.

For its part, the key cut (24) established in the drain pipe (17) of the recycling tank and storage (15), constitutes a drain tap that allows the water evacuation, either to the general downpipe (8), when said faucet or tap is open, or divert water to the toilet, to through the duct (18), when said tap or faucet is closed, so that the evacuation to the toilet, as just that is, it is done with a fluxometer, which regulates the amount necessary that is needed every time it is used.

On the other hand, the storage depot of recycling (15) incorporates inside and below the float (23) to detect that it is empty, in which case the general network (20) It will supply the exclusive water for the toilet to work.

In the embodiment variant shown in the Figure 3, shows that installation or modular unit associated with a shower tray (32), observing a toilet (33) incorporated in the in front of the module (1), with the branch (5) of the water coming from of the sink or bidet, and the branch (4) of the water coming from the shower, so that these waters pass through module (1) as in the case represented in figure 1, coming out of the branch (27) of recycled and reheated water outlet, which accesses the shower (34), after passing through the solenoid valve (29), there is also the branch (31) of mixed water input from the general network with the solenoid valve (30). In this variant embodiment you can show the conduit (35) of the cold water coming from the network and the hot water line (36) from the general boiler of the house, working exactly the same as in the previous case but with the particularity that in this case there is no deposit of dirty or recycled water storage, so you cannot water used to fill the toilet tank, as was the case in the previous case, so the water recovery is not 100% as in the embodiment represented in Figure 1.

Claims (3)

1. Device saving and recycling of water and energy for sanitary facilities, being provided to save both water and energy, characterized in that it is formed from a module (1) on the corresponding bathroom, inside which are located two siphonic boats (2) and (3), the first one connected to the water pipe (4) from the shower and the second connected to the water pipe (5) coming from the sink and bidet, said siphonic boats ( 2) and (3) associated with respective engines (11) and (12), the first one to drive water through a filter (25), and an instant electric heater and achieve a recycled and hot water outlet (27 ) towards the corresponding shower, while the second motor is provided to propel dirty or soapy water into a recycling storage tank (15) located in the upper part of the module (1), said tank (15) being provided with a overflow (16) and a drain (17) with a stopcock (24) that allows water to flow from the tank (15) to the general downpipe (8), or bypass to an outlet (18) connected to the corresponding toilet, all complemented by an electrical panel (22) that governs the motors and electrovalves (29) and (30), the latter provided in a conduit (31) for mixing water from the general network and connected to the outlet (27) of recycled and hot water. 2. Water and energy saving and recycling device for sanitary facilities, according to claim 1, characterized in that the siphon canister (2) is located higher than the siphon canister (3), both being communicated with each other through a connection (6) that allows the passage of dirty water that could access the siphonic boat (2) from the duct in communication with the shower to the symphonic boat (3) located at a lower height, for the evacuation from it of that dirty water, either directly to the general downpipe (8), through a connection (7), or for recycling, through the engine (12), to the storage or recycling tank (15). 3. Water and energy saving and recycling device for sanitary facilities, according to previous claims, characterized in that the siphoning boats (2 and 3) incorporate corresponding inter-filling mechanisms (9 and 10) respectively.