The present disclosure relates to the technical field of microbubbles, in particular, to a microbubble generation container and a water discharging device.
With the improvement of people's living standards, people put forward higher and higher requirements for domestic water, such as bath water and cleaning water for fruits, vegetables and tableware. It is not only required that domestic water should be pollution-free, but also required that the domestic water can have a bactericidal activity, as well as good water quality. For this reason, people have developed microbubble generation containers, which can make water mixed with air and other gases to form microbubble water. When water contains microbubbles, the water can achieve a bactericidal effect, and the water use experience of a user can be improved.
In relevant technologies, when air in the microbubble generation container is used up, that is, after the container is filled with water, it is necessary to press a press end of a drain valve to open a drain port at a bottom of the container to discharge the water in the container. At the same time, a press end of a press valve is connected to a sealing member through a linkage rod, so that when the drain valve is pressed, the linkage sealing member moves far away from an air inlet, so that external gas can enter the container through the air inlet. However, due to its complex structure, the container cannot be repeatedly used before the press end of the drain valve is pressed, resulting in limitations to an application scenario.
The present disclosure aims to provide a microbubble generation container with a simplified structure, and a water discharging device.
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solution:
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the present disclosure provides a microbubble generation container. The microbubble generation container includes a barrel main body, an excitation member and an elastic member. The barrel main body is provided with a water inlet, a water outlet and a connecting port; the excitation member is movably arranged in the barrel main body, and includes a partition plate and a sealing portion; the partition plate divides an inner space of the barrel main body into a first chamber and a second chamber, and a water passage for communicating the first chamber with the second chamber is arranged on the partition plate; the water passage enables water flowing by to form water droplets and be ejected; the sealing portion opens and closes the connecting port with a motion of the excitation member; the elastic member acts on the excitation member to open the connecting port, wherein the water inlet is communicated to the first chamber; the water outlet and the connecting port are both communicated to the second chamber; an impact force of water entering the first chamber from the water inlet on the partition plate drives the excitation member to overcome an elastic force of the elastic member to move, so that the sealing portion closes the connecting port.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a guide hole is further arranged on the barrel main body; the excitation member further includes a guide rod; and the guide rod is movably arranged in the guide hole in a penetrating manner.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the sealing portion is annular, and is annularly connected to the guide rod; the barrel main body further includes a connecting pipe section and a supporting portion; one end of the connecting pipe section is communicated with the second chamber, and a connecting port is formed in the end; the other end of the connecting pipe section is communicated to the outside of the barrel main body; the supporting portion is connected to the inside of the connecting pipe section and is away from the connecting port; the guide hole is arranged on the supporting portion, and a through hole is arranged on the supporting portion; and the sealing portion can move into the connecting pipe section or out of the connecting pipe section to open and close the connecting port.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, one end of the connecting pipe section communicated to the barrel main body extends into the barrel main body.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the elastic member is a spring; and the spring sleeves the guide rod and is located between the supporting portion and the sealing portion.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a flow rate of the water inlet is greater than that of the water passage.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a limiting portion is arranged on an inner circumferential wall of the barrel main body; and the limiting portion limits the partition plate to move between an inner end face of the barrel main body and the limiting portion.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the water passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage which are communicated in sequence; a plurality of first passages are arranged around the second passage; a flowing cross-sectional area from one end of the second passage communicated to the first passage to one end communicated to the third passage gradually decreases; and a flowing cross-sectional area from one end of the third passage communicated to the second passage to one end away from the second passage gradually increases.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first passages are slantways arranged.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a water discharging device includes the microbubble generation container according to any one of the above embodiments, and further includes a dissolved air release member and a water utilization terminal; the dissolved air release member is used for generating microbubble water from water flowing out of the water outlet, so that the water utilization terminal uses the microbubble water; and a water intake of the water inlet is greater than a water discharge of the water utilization terminal.
According to the above technical solutions, the present disclosure has the following advantages and beneficial effects:
In the microbubble generation container of the embodiments of the present disclosure, when water enters the first chamber from the water inlet, an impact force of the water on the partition plate can drive the excitation member to overcome an elastic force of the elastic member to move, so that the sealing portion closes the connecting port. When the water passes through the water passage, water droplets are formed and enter the second chamber. Due to the formation of the water droplets, a contact area between the water and air in the second chamber can be enlarged, thus improving the air dissolution efficiency. After water and air are mixed, the mixture outwards flows to the water utilization terminal for use through the water outlet.
When water supplying is stopped at the water inlet, the elastic member acts on the excitation member, so that the excitation member automatically reversely moves to open the connecting port, and the water in the barrel main body can outwards flow through the connecting port. Meanwhile, external air can also enter the barrel main body through the connecting port to fully fill the barrel main body again, so that there is enough air dissolved in the water during next use. According to the container, the impact force of the water flow and the elastic force of the elastic member are ingeniously used, thus automatically opening and closing the connecting port. The structure of the microbubble generation container is simplified, and the microbubble generation container can adapt to more application scenarios.
Numerals in the drawings: 1: barrel main body; 11: barrel body; 111: water outlet; 112: connecting port; 113: connection ring; 114: first lug portion; 115: first reinforcing rib; 12: barrel cover; 121: water inlet; 122: second lug portion; 13: connecting pipe section; 14: water outlet pipe section; 15: supporting portion; 151: guide hole; 152: through hole; 16: first chamber; 17: second chamber; 2: excitation member; 21: partition plate; 211: second reinforcing rib; 212: water passage; 2121: first passage; 2122: second passage; 2123: third passage; 22: sealing portion; 23: connecting member; 24: guide rod; 3: elastic member; 41: first sealing ring; 42: second sealing ring; 43: third sealing ring; 5: dissolved air release member; 51: flow guide passage; 511: pressurization section; 512: throat section; and 513: pressure relief section.
Although the present disclosure can easily be represented as embodiments in different forms, only some of the specific embodiments are shown in the drawings and will be described in detail in this specification. Meanwhile, it can be understood that this specification should be regarded as an exemplary description of the principle of the present disclosure, rather than being intended to limit the present disclosure to those described here.
Therefore, a feature indicated in this specification will be used to describe one of the features of one embodiment of the present disclosure, rather than implying that each embodiment of the present disclosure must have the described feature. In addition, it should be noted that this specification describes many features. Although some features can be combined to show a possible system design, these features can also be used for other unspecified combinations. Thus, unless otherwise stated, the stated combinations are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
In the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, direction indications (such as up, down, left, right, front and back) are used to explain that the structures and movements of various elements of the present disclosure are not absolute but relative. When these elements are in the positions shown in the drawings, these descriptions are appropriate. If the descriptions of the positions of these elements change, the indications of these directions change accordingly.
The preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are further described in detail below in combination with the drawings of this specification.
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The barrel main body 1 extends vertically and is internally hollow, an inner space of which provides a mounting space for the excitation member 2 and the elastic member 3, and serves as a space for containing water and/or air.
A top of the barrel main body 1 is provided with a water inlet 121 which is communicated to an external water source, so that water can enter the inner space of the barrel main body 1 from the water inlet 121. A bottom of the barrel main body 1 is provided with a water outlet 111 and a connecting port 112, and the water outlet 111 is communicated to a water utilization terminal, so as to supply water to the water utilization terminal. The connecting port 112 connects the inner space of the barrel main body 1 to the outside, so that the water in the barrel main body 1 can be discharged to the outside, or external air can enter the inner space of the barrel main body 1 through the connecting port 112.
In some embodiments, the barrel main body 1 includes a barrel body 11 and a barrel cover 12. The barrel body 11 extends vertically and is internally hollow. The water outlet 111 and the connecting port 112 are arranged at a bottom of the barrel body 11, and a top of the barrel body 11 is provided with an opening. The barrel cover 12 is covered to the top of the barrel body 11 and closes the opening in the top of the barrel body 11. The water inlet 121 is arranged on the barrel cover 12. The barrel body 11 and the barrel cover 12 are detachably connected, so that the mounting of the microbubble generation container is completed by covering the barrel cover 12 to the top of the barrel body 11 after the excitation member 2 and the elastic member 3 in the barrel body 11.
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In some embodiments, the outer circumferential wall of the barrel body 11 is sleeved with a first sealing ring 41, and the first sealing ring 41 is located between the outer circumferential wall of the barrel body 11 and an inner circumferential wall of the barrel cover 12 to further improve the sealing performance of the barrel main body 1.
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In some embodiments, the upper end of the connecting pipe section 13 extends into the barrel body 11, which makes a height difference between the connecting port 112 and the water outlet 111. Therefore, when a small amount of water enters the barrel body 11, the water will only flow out from the water outlet 111, rather than the connecting port 112.
In some embodiments, the barrel main body 1 also includes a supporting portion 15. The supporting portion 15 is connected to the inside of the connecting pipe section 13 and away from the water outlet 111. A guide hole 151 is arranged on the supporting portion 15, and the supporting portion 15 is also provided with a through hole 152. The connecting port 112 connects the inner space of the barrel main body 1 to the outside through the through hole 152, so that the water in the barrel main body 1 can be discharged to the outside from the connecting port 112 and the through hole 152, or external air can enter the inner space of the barrel main body 1 through the through hole 152 and the connecting port 112. A plurality of through holes 152 can be arranged around the guide hole 151. By the arrangement of the plurality of through holes 152, the water discharge and the air intake can be increased.
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The partition plate 21 is provided with a water passage 212 for connecting the first chamber 16 with the second chamber 17. The water passage 212 enables the water flowing by to form water droplets and be ejected, and the formed water droplets can enlarge a contact area between the water and the air, thereby improving the air dissolution efficiency. There may be a plurality of water passages 212 to improve the efficiency of producing water droplets.
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When the water enters the first passage 2121, since the first passage 2121 is small, the flow velocity of the water flow is accelerated, which makes the pressure of air around it low, and the surrounding air will flow around the water flow. The water has surface tension, so that when air enters a water surface, the water surface becomes concave. Because of the formation of the concave shape, the air then enters the water flow to form bubbles.
When the water in the plurality of first passages 2121 flows into the second passage 2122, multiple water flows generate impact and generate vibrations, and then water droplets are generated in the water flow in the second passage 2122. In addition, the flowing cross-sectional area from the water inlet end to the water outlet end of the second passage 2122 gradually decreases, which also accelerates the flowing of the water. In some embodiments, the second passage 2122 is hemispherical, which is conducive to generating turbulence by the multiple water flows in the hemispherical second passage 2122 to improve the vibration effect.
When the water in the second passage 2122 flows into the third passage 2123, the flowing cross-sectional area from the water inlet end to the water outlet end of the third passage 2123 gradually increases. The pressure can be gradually relieved when the water flows through the third passage 2123, so that innumerable water droplets in the water flow are formed and diffused, and are dispersed into the second chamber 17 to enlarge the contact area with the air in the second chamber 17 and improve the air dissolution efficiency.
In some embodiments, the first passage 2121 is arranged slantways to further accelerate the flowing of the water in the first passage 2121, which is convenient for more air to enter the water flow to generate bubbles, thus improving the vibration effect of the water flow in the second passage 2122 and increasing the number of water droplets.
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In some embodiments, the outer circumferential wall of the partition plate 21 is provided with a second sealing ring 42, and the second sealing ring 42 is located between the outer circumferential wall of the partition plate 21 and the inner circumferential wall of the barrel body 11 to ensure the sealing performance of the first chamber 16 and the second chamber 17.
The sealing portion 22 opens and closes the connecting port 112 along with the motion of the excitation member 2. When the sealing portion 22 moves up, the connecting port 112 is opened, so that the water in the barrel main body 1 can be discharged to the outside, or external air can enter the inner space of the barrel main body 1 through the connecting port 112. When the sealing portion 22 moves down, the connecting port 112 is closed, and the water in the barrel main body 1 only flows from the water outlet 111 to the water utilization terminal.
In some embodiments, the excitation member 2 also includes a guide rod 24. The guide rod 24 extends vertically and can be move up and down through the guide hole 151 arranged on the supporting portion 15. The guide rod 24 and the guide hole 151 cooperate to guide the motion of the excitation member 2.
In some embodiments, the sealing portion 22 is annular, and is annularly connected to the guide rod 24. The sealing portion 22 can move up out of the connecting pipe section 13 to open the connecting port 112. Or, the sealing portion 22 can move down into the connecting pipe section 13 to close the connecting port 112, and can also close a clearance between the guide rod 24 and the guide hole 151 when closing the connecting port 112.
In some embodiments, a third sealing ring 43 is annularly arranged on an outer circumferential wall of the sealing portion 22. When the sealing portion 22 can move down into the connecting pipe section 13 to close the connecting portion 112, the third sealing ring 43 is located between the outer circumferential wall of the sealing portion 22 and the inner circumferential wall of the connecting pipe section 13 to improve the sealing performance.
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In some embodiments, the elastic member 3 is a spring which sleeves the guide rod 24 to limit and guide the deformation of the spring with the guide rod 24. The elastic member 3 is positioned between the support portion 15 and the sealing portion 22 to drive the sealing portion 22 to move up to open the connecting port 112.
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It is worth mentioning that in the process that the impact force of the water on the partition plate 21 drives the excitation member 2 to move down against the elastic force of the elastic member 3, that is, when the connecting port 112 is not closed, although a small amount of water flows into the second chamber 17 from the water passage 212, the water will flow to the water utilization terminal only from the water outlet 111 on the basis of the design of a height difference between the connecting port 112 and the water outlet 111, thus avoiding a waste of the water flowing out of the connecting port 112.
In some embodiments, a flow rate of the water inlet 121 is greater than a total flow rate of the plurality of water passages 212, which makes a water level in the first chamber 16 continuously rise to compress the air in the first chamber 16. The increase of the pressure of the first chamber 16 and the impact force of the water drive the excitation member 2 to move down to close the connecting port 112.
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The dissolved air release member 5 releases air dissolved in water in the container to form microbubble water with extremely small bubbles for delivery at the water utilization terminal, which greatly improves the cleaning ability.
The water outlet 111 of the microbubble generation container is used for supplying water to the water utilization terminal, and the water inflow of the water inlet 121 is greater than the water outflow of the water utilization terminal, which makes a water level in the second chamber 17 continuously rise to compress the air in the second chamber 17, and the pressure of the second chamber 17 increases to form a high-pressure chamber. The air dissolution efficiency of the air in a high-pressure state is higher than that in a low-pressure state. At this time, more air can be dissolved in the water of the second chamber 17 and flows to the water utilization terminal from the water outlet 111.
It should be noted that the dissolved air release member 5 can be arranged in the barrel main body 1 of the microbubble generation container and located at the water outlet 111. The dissolved air release member 5 can also be arranged in a connection pipeline between the microbubble generation container and the water utilization terminal. The dissolved air release member 5 can also be arranged in the water utilization terminal, which is not limited here.
In some embodiments, the dissolved air release member 5 is internally provided with a plurality of flow guide passages 51. Each flow guide passage 51 includes a pressurization section 511, a throat section 512, and a pressure relief section 513 which are communicated in turn. A flowing cross-sectional area from a water inlet end to a water outlet end of the pressurization section 511 gradually decreases. A flowing cross-sectional area from a water inlet end to a water outlet end of the throat section 512 is roughly equal. A flowing cross-sectional area from a water inlet end to a water outlet end of the pressure relief section 513 gradually increases.
Water mixed with air is delivered to the dissolved air release member 5, so that the water is pressurized through the pressurization section 511, and the pressure reaches the maximum at the throat section 512. The water then flows into the pressure relief section 513. At this time, the water pressure decreases, and the air dissolved in the water is released, thus forming microbubble water with extremely small bubbles used in the water utilization terminal to improve the cleaning ability.
It should be noted that since the flowing cross-sectional area of the flow guide passage 51 in the dissolved air release member 5 is smaller than that of the water inlet 121, the water inflow of the water inlet 121 is greater than the water outflow of the water outlet 111. When the water level in the barrel main body 1 rises to compress the air in the barrel main body 1, high pressures are generated in the first chamber 16 and the second chamber 17. The high pressure generated in the first chamber 16 can cooperate with the impact force of the water entering the first chamber 16 from the water inlet 121 to jointly promote the excitation member 2 to move. The high pressure generated in the second chamber 17 can improve the air dissolution efficiency. In some other embodiments, the flowing cross-sectional area of the water outlet 111 can also be smaller than that of the water inlet 121, so that the water inflow of the water inlet 121 is greater than the water outflow of the water outlet 111, and high pressures are generated in the first chamber 16 and the second chamber 17.
Based on the design that simplifies the structure of the microbubble generation container, the microbubble generation container can be used in more scenarios. For example, the water utilization terminal can be a washbasin faucet, a kitchen faucet, a shower head, a top sprayer, etc., and the microbubble water can flow out of the water utilization terminal for use through the microbubble generation container and the dissolved air release member 5.
Based on the above technical solutions, the embodiments of the present disclosure at least have the following advantages and beneficial effects.
In the microbubble generation container of the embodiments of the present disclosure, when water enters the first chamber 16 from the water inlet 121, an impact force of the water on the partition plate 21 is greater than the elastic force of the elastic member 3 and can drive the excitation member 2 to overcome an elastic force of the elastic member 3 to move, so that the sealing portion 22 closes the connecting port 112. When the water passes through the water passage 212, water droplets are formed and enter the second chamber 17. The formation of the water droplets can enlarge the contact area between the water and air in the second chamber 17, thereby improving the air dissolution efficiency. After the water is mixed with the air, the mixture flows out from the water outlet 111 to the water utilization terminal for use.
When water supplying is stopped at the water inlet 121, the elastic member 3 acts on the excitation member 2, so that the excitation member 2 automatically reversely moves to open the connecting port 112, and the water in the barrel main body 1 can outwards flow through the connecting port 112. Meanwhile, external air can also enter the barrel main body 1 through the connecting port 112 to fully fill the barrel main body 1 again, so that there is enough air dissolved in the water during next use. According to the container, the impact force of the water flow and the elastic force of the elastic member 3 are ingeniously used, thus automatically opening and closing the connecting port 112. The structure of the microbubble generation container is simplified, and the microbubble generation container can adapt to more application scenarios.
Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to a few typical embodiments, it should be understood that the terms used are illustrative and exemplary rather than restrictive. Since the present disclosure can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or essence of the present disclosure, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are not limited to any of the foregoing details, but should be interpreted broadly within the spirit and scope defined by the appended claims. Therefore, all changes and modifications falling within the scope of the claims or their equivalents shall be covered by the appended claims.
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202222564998.0 | Sep 2022 | CN | national |