This application is the national stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/001024, which was filed on Aug. 30, 2013, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201210318454.4, which was filed on Aug. 31, 2012, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a vaporization pot, and more particularly to an automatic water-adding vaporization pot.
For the automatic water-adding vaporization pot in the related art, for example, the French Patent FR2755706A1 published on May 15, 1998 discloses an automatic water-adding steam iron, in which the internal temperature of the pot body is detected by the temperature controller disposed at the outer surface of the pot body, then by continuously sampling values, the water level in the pot body is obtained based on an algorithm, so that the water is added to the pot body under the control of the water pump. This control method needs a complicated control circuit for calculating, and the control is not exact because of the influences of the mounting location of the temperature controller outside of the pot body and the environment. Moreover, this control method is high in cost.
Technical problems to be solved by the present disclosure include providing an automatic water-adding vaporization pot with simple structure and low cost.
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, an automatic water-adding vaporization pot is provided, comprising a pot body, a heating component mounted on the pot body, a water pump connected with the pot body, and a control circuit for controlling the water pump. The automatic water-adding vaporization pot further comprises: a first temperature acquisition board and a water-shortage and temperature sensing element mounted on the first temperature acquisition board, one end of the first temperature acquisition board is connected with the heating component or to a position of the pot body in proximity to the heating component, remaining parts of the first temperature acquisition board are away from the pot body, the water-shortage and temperature sensing element is mounted at a position of the first temperature acquisition board away from the pot body, and the water-shortage and temperature sensing element is connected with the control circuit.
In some embodiments, a running time of the water pump is depended on a heat transfer rate and a heat capacity of the first temperature acquisition board.
In some embodiments, the heat transfer rate and the heat capacity of the first temperature acquisition board are depended on a mounting position, a volume and a shape of the first temperature acquisition board.
In some embodiments, the first temperature acquisition board and the heating component are formed integrally.
In some embodiments, the heating component is provided with a heating tube, and the one end of the first temperature acquisition board is located at the heating tube.
In some embodiments, the one end of the first temperature acquisition board is bent and then connected with the heating component, and an interval between the remaining part of the first temperature acquisition board and the pot body ranges from 0.5 mm to 20 mm.
In some embodiments, the first temperature acquisition board and the heating component are connected together by welding or bolt connection.
In some embodiments, a mounting hole is formed in the part of the first temperature acquisition board away from the pot body, a support member is mounted in the mounting hole, and a bottom of the support member is supported on the pot body.
In some embodiments, a second temperature acquisition board is further provided, and a temperature sensor for controlling a steam pressure is mounted on the second temperature acquisition board.
In some embodiments, the first temperature acquisition board is further provided with a temperature sensor for controlling a steam pressure.
In some embodiments, an on-off switch is connected into a power supply circuit of the heating component, and the on-off switch and the water-shortage and temperature sensing element are linked, or the water-shortage and temperature sensing element controls the on-off switch on or off.
In some embodiments, a plurality of connection elements are disposed at a bottom of the pot body, and the heating component is provided with through holes through which the connection elements penetrate, so as to be fixed via the connection elements and brazed to the bottom of the pot body.
In some embodiments, a reinforcing column is disposed within the pot body and has one end connected with an inner surface of a bottom of the pot body and the other end connected with a top of the pot body.
In some embodiments, a protection circuit for dry burning prevention is further provided, the protection circuit for dry burning prevention comprises a PTC thermal protector for sensing a dry burning temperature, and the PTC thermal protector is connected with a heating control circuit of the heating component.
In some embodiments, the first temperature acquisition board is formed by middle part of the heating component which is protruded outward, and the temperature acquisition board is connected with the heating component via a connecting leg.
By providing the first temperature acquisition board, the water-shortage and temperature sensing element is mounted on the first temperature acquisition board. When a water quantity is decreased, an amount of heat transferred from the heating component to the temperature acquisition board is increased, and thus the temperature acquisition board can be quickly heated up. The water-shortage and temperature sensing element controls the water pump to be operated via the control circuit, and once the pot body is filled with water, a temperature of the pot body is decreased quickly. Because of the heat capacity of the first temperature acquisition board and a temperature compensation effect of the heating component, however, the decreased internal temperature of the pot body influences the temperature of the first temperature acquisition board with a delay, and a duration of the delay equals to a duration of adding water of the water pump. Therefore, with a delay effect of the temperature acquisition board, functions of high-low water level detection and automatic water-adding may be achieved by one temperature sensing element. The automatic water-adding vaporization pot is simple in structure and low in cost.
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More specifically, one end 31 of the first temperature acquisition board 3 is connected with the heating component 2, the remaining parts 32 of the temperature acquisition board 3 are away from the pot body 1, so that temperatures of the temperature acquisition board 3 and the pot body 1 are not synchronous. For instance, when the temperature of the pot body 1 is decreased rapidly, the temperature of the temperature acquisition board 3 may be decreased later or far more slowly than the decreased temperature of the pot body 1. The water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 is mounted at a position of the first temperature acquisition board 3 away from the pot body 1, and the water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 is connected with the control circuit.
A conventional temperature controller is generally directly mounted on the pot body, in other words, the temperature controller can detect a temperature of the pot body directly. When the pot body is filled with water, a temperature detected by the temperature controller is decreased quickly, and thus the temperature controller can detect the decreased temperature immediately (i.e. there is no delay for detecting the decreased temperature by the temperature controller), a duration of adding water to the water pump cannot be met. A conventional solution is to detect a water level with an electric contact due to an influence of hard water, however, a detection accuracy is poor.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first temperature acquisition board 3 plays a role of controlling a temperature-sensing. When a water quantity is decreased, an amount of heat transferred from the heating component 2 to the first temperature acquisition board 3 is increased, and thus the first temperature acquisition board 3 can be quickly heated up. The water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 detects a change of the temperature and controls the water pump to fill water into the pot body 1. Once the pot body 1 is filled with water, the temperature of the pot body 1 is decreased quickly. Due to a heat capacity of the first temperature acquisition board 3 and a temperature compensation effect of the heating component 2, however, the decreased internal temperature of the pot body 1 influences the temperature of the first temperature acquisition board 3 with a delay, i.e. the first temperature acquisition board 3 may not be quickly cooled down, such that a dropped temperature of the first temperature acquisition board 3 is detected by the water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5, after the temperature of the pot body 1 has been decreased a while. A duration of the delay equals to the duration of adding water of the water pump. The duration of adding water of the water pump can be calculated according to a volume of the pot body 1, and a mounting location of the water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 on the first temperature acquisition board 3 is determined accordingly. The water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is a temperature controller or a temperature sensitive resistor. By providing the water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 and the first temperature acquisition board 3, a function of continuous automatic water-adding may be achieved without any complicated control calculation, and a cost of the automatic water-adding vaporization pot is reduced.
The solution of the present disclosure is different from the conventional solution such that the internal temperature of the pot body 1 is directly measured by a temperature sensing element 5. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first temperature acquisition board 3 is used as a reference for measuring temperature. Such an indirect detection method for detecting temperature has adjustability and is favorable for adjustments of both a reference temperature and a measurement temperature of the temperature sensing element 5, so as to achieve the continuous water-adding. The first temperature acquisition board 3 in the embodiment of the present disclosure plays roles of both transferring and collecting heat. The first temperature acquisition board 3 plays a role of stable calibration for a temperature control element at an initial stage. During ordinary work, the first temperature acquisition board 3 has a stable temperature, which may better meet a requirement of the detection of the temperature sensing element 5.
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In this embodiment, a second water-shortage and temperature sensing element may be also provided on the second temperature acquisition board 6, and the first water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 and the second water-shortage and temperature sensing element are configured for a high temperature detection and a low temperature detection respectively. A control for automatic water-adding is achieved by calculating a temperature difference or a temperature variation between the two water-shortage and temperature sensing elements.
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Certainly, other structures may also be applied in the present disclosure to enable the water-shortage and temperature sensing element 5 to control the heating component 2 to work. For example, when two water-shortage and temperature sensing elements are used, a high temperature water-shortage and temperature sensing element is connected into the power supply circuit 22 of the heating component 2. The heating component 2 is connected at the high temperature, and once the temperature is reduced, it switches to an ordinary power supply circuit. Certainly, a controller mode may also be used, such that once a controller receives an activation signal from the water-shortage and temperature sensing element, the controller controls the heating component 2 to work.
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In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the connection elements are provided between reinforcing ribs at the bottom of the pot body 1. With an aluminum sheet and a stainless steel for a screw fixing at the connection elements 4 and a brazing solder penetration into the screw fixing, a reinforcing structure is formed at the connection elements 4. Firstly, the reinforcing structure at the connection elements 4 reduces the creep of the aluminum sheet caused by different coefficients of thermal expansion. Secondly, a part of the bottom of the pot body 1 between the reinforcing ribs and the connection elements 4 may keep minimum deformation under a pressure of the pot body 1, and thus the heating tube is disposed at this part more stably, and an edge cracking of the aluminum sheet is reduced.
The structure of this embodiment described above is applicable for each embodiment described above, and remaining structures of this embodiment identical with each embodiment described above will not be described in detail herein.
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The structure of this embodiment described above is applicable for each embodiment described above, and remaining structures of this embodiment identical with each embodiment described above will not be described in detail herein.
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The structure of this embodiment described above is applicable for each embodiment described above, and remaining structures of this embodiment identical with each embodiment described above will not be described in detail herein.
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In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the first temperature acquisition board 3 is connected with the heating component 2 via the connecting leg 39 located at one side. Moreover, the connecting leg 39 is configured for transferring heat. Therefore, a time period for transferring heat may be controlled by adjusting a size of the connecting leg 39. In this embodiment, both sides of the first temperature acquisition board 3 are connected with the heating component 2 via the connecting legs 39, and the remaining parts of the first temperature acquisition board 3 are away from the heating component 2. Certainly, such outward protruding structure may be also replaced by an inward recessing of the pot body 1. A design that the connection elements 4 are arranged in inner-and-outer-circles according to the sixth embodiment is used in this embodiment. Other structures may use a related structure of the embodiments described above or a combination thereof.
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