The present invention relates to the field of smart toilet, and particularly to a test paper box and a smart toilet containing same.
With the improvement of people's life demands, smart toilets are increasingly favored by consumers. Currently, the smart toilets generally have the functions of cleaning, heating, sterilizing, or the like, and some toilets are added with a urine detection function, The function is generally realized by detecting real-time urine through a test paper stored in the smart toilet in advance. Due to the special environment condition of the smart toilet (such as smaller space, humidity, etc.), the storage and replacement issues of the test paper need to be solved. Therefore, a novel test paper box that is convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost is designed, which can greatly simplify the operating method of the smart toilet while ensuring the accuracy of the urine detection.
One object of the present invention is to provide a test paper box that is convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost, and is more suitable for a smart toilet.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a smart toilet containing the test paper box.
In order to achieve the objects above, the following technical solutions are employed in the present invention.
A test paper box comprises a support and a housing outside the support, the support comprises a base and an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing the test paper, the base is provided with a through hole disposed at a position corresponding to a bottom surface of the elongated cavity, a paper-receiving slot is arranged below the through hole, the paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and a paper outlet is arranged at the paper-receiving slot.
As further improvement of the present invention, a side wall of the elongated cavity is provided with air hole, and a dampproof component is provided at the air hole.
The dampproof component can be a desiccant bag, and the desiccant bag is fixed between the side wall of the elongated cavity and the housing.
The base of the support is provided with a clamping slot. The housing is provided with a locking tongue at inner wall. The support and the housing are fixed together through the fitting between the clamping slot and the locking tongue.
The housing is a shell with an opening at the bottom. The shell is sheathed on the elongated cavity of the support, and the opening at the bottom of the shell is covered by the base of the support.
A paper inlet is provided on the top of the elongated cavity. And a covering structure is provided on the top of the shell for matching with the paper inlet.
The shell of the housing is further provided with a positioning slot for installation.
The test paper box further comprises a seal assembly, and the seal assembly comprises a seal platform raised surrounding the through hole on the base, and a gasket for matching with the seal platform to seal the paper-receiving slot.
A smart toilet comprises a paper feeding module which comprises a lifting mechanism and a pushing mechanism, and further comprises the test paper box, wherein the test paper box is provided with a clamping slot for being connected to the lifting mechanism, and when the lifting mechanism lifts the test paper box to expose the paper-receiving slot of the test paper box, the pushing mechanism is used for pushing out the test paper in the paper-receiving slot from the paper outlet.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the clamping slot comprises grooves arranged at two ends of the base of the test paper box and grooves arranged at two ends of the housing.
By using the above technical solution, the present invention at least has the following advantages.
(1) With the paper-receiving slot arranged at the bottom of the base, the test paper box is convenient in paper delivery, do not readily jam and easy to push out.
(2) With the air hole and the dampproof component provided at the air hole, an effective dampproof protection of the test paper in the test paper box is obtained, thereby avoiding invalidation.
(3) With the snap-fit between the support and the housing and the opening of the housing being covered by the base of the support, the advantages of convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in replacement, simple in structure and low in cost can be obtained.
(4) The covering structure is provided on the top of the inner surface of the housing for matching with the paper inlet, which further improves the sealing property,
(5) The shell of the housing is provided with the positioning slot for installation, which avoids reverse direction during replacement or installation.
(6) The seal assembly ensures the good sealing of the test paper box under a non-use state, which avoids the influence of damp environment when the test paper box is used in the smart toilet.
In conclusion, the test paper box of the present invention is good in sealing property, convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost, and is more suitable for the smart toilet.
The foregoing description is merely a summary of the technical solutions of the present invention. To understand the technical means of the present invention more clearly, the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the figures and the detailed embodiments hereinafter.
The present invention provides a test paper box that is good in sealing property, convenient in disassembly and assembly, easy in paper delivery, easy in replacement, and low in cost.
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The present invention further provides a smart toilet containing the test paper box above. The smart toilet comprises a paper feeding module, which comprises a lifting mechanism and a pushing mechanism for matching with the test paper box. With reference to
When the paper delivery of the test paper box is needed during actual use, the test paper box needs to be lifted by the lifting mechanism firstly and the paper-receiving slot 7 of the test paper box is revealed, and then the pushing mechanism is used for horizontally pushing out the test paper from the paper-receiving slot 7. Specifically, the pushing mechanism is provided with a pulling rod, the pulling rod can enter through one end of the paper-receiving slot 7 and push out the test paper from the paper outlet 8 at the other end of the paper-receiving slot 7 after passing through the paper-receiving slot 7. The test paper pushed out is the bottommost piece of test paper stored in the elongated test paper cavity. After the test paper is pushed out, the upper piece of test paper will fall into the paper-receiving slot 7 by the effect of the self-weight, Next time when use, the pushing mechanism will enter through the paper-receiving slot 7 again to push out the test paper. Since a plurality of new test paper is stored in the elongated cavity, continuous use of the test paper is available; after the test paper is used up, new test paper can be supplemented again, or the empty test paper box can be abandoned, and new test paper box is directly replaced. In order to prevent the newly installed test paper box from reversing left and right, the housing 1 of the test paper box is further provided with a positioning slot 11 for determining a placement direction of the test paper box (
If the test paper is not used, and the test paper box needs to be placed stationarily, then test paper box is descended through the lifting mechanism, the bottom of the test paper box is pressed on the said gasket, and the paper-receiving slot 7 is completely sealed through the matching of the gasket with the seal platform 13, to prevent the test paper from being affected with damp. The gasket can be arranged according to the actual installation position of the test paper box, for example, the smart toilet can be independently provided with a special gasket installation support.
The foregoing description is merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, but is not intended to limit the present invention in any form, and any simple amendments, equivalent changes or modifications made by those skilled in the art using the technical contents disclosed above shall all fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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