Patent Grant
10806984
The present invention is related to the technical field of water flow control for swimming training, and more particularly related to a water flow control device for swimming training.
At present for the common ground pool and the assembled ground pool, due to space constraints, generally only for family fun, cannot be used as swimming training. Currently, swimming training devices in the market are mainly installed in ground swimming pools and include axial-flow type swimming training devices and jet type swimming training devices. The axial-flow type training devices generally use hydraulic transmission device or direct-current power supply. The hydraulic transmission device are relatively heavy and high cost. And the direct-current power supplied device is low power and low water dynamic, so the training effect is not ideal. While for the above-mentioned jet-type swimming training device, the water flows are concentrated on several points and would directly hit human faces easily, thus lead to a bad experience feeling. Besides, when the above-mentioned swimming training devices are used, a manual vacuuming action is required to activate the swimming training devices to realize a water circulation.
In view of the disadvantages of the prior art described above, the instant disclosure provides a water flow control device for swimming training for solving the problem of bad water flow control in the prior art.
The embodiment of the instant disclosure provides a water flow control device for swimming training that includes following components.
A swimming training device includes at least a swimming pump, and a main water inlet pipe and a main water outlet pipe connected with the swimming pump. A water inlet of the main water inlet pipe is communicated with a swimming pool and a water outlet of the main water outlet pipe connected with a jet nozzle.
A filter device includes at least a filter pump, a filter sterilization device, and a filter water inlet pipe and a filter water outlet pipe connected with the filter pump. The filter water inlet pipe is communicated with the swimming pool through the filter sterilization device and the filter water outlet pipe communicated with said main water inlet pipe.
A control device includes a main controller, a first control switch for controlling start and stop of the swimming pump, a second control switch for controlling start and stop of the filter pump, and a water level sensor for detecting a water level in the main water inlet pipe. The first control switch, second control switch and water level sensor are all connected with the main controller.
The water flow control device further includes a swimming pump overcurrent protective mechanism that includes a swimming pump current detector for detecting current in the swimming pump, and a swimming pump overcurrent protective circuit connected with the swimming pump current detector. The swimming pump overcurrent protective circuit is connected with the start circuit in the swimming pump.
The water flow control device may further include a swimming pump abnormality protective mechanism that includes a swimming pump parameter detector for detecting operating state of the swimming pump, and a swimming pump abnormality protective circuit connected with the swimming pump parameter detector. The swimming pump abnormality protective circuit is connected with the start circuit in the swimming pump.
The parameters detected by the swimming pump parameter detector include a rotational speed value and a temperature value of the swimming pump during operation.
The water flow control device may further include a filter pump overcurrent protective mechanism that includes a filter pump current detector for detecting current in the filter pump, and a filter pump overcurrent protective circuit connected with the filter pump current detector. The filter pump overcurrent protective circuit is connected with the start circuit in the filter pump.
The water flow control device may further include a filter pump abnormality protective mechanism that includes a filter pump parameter detector for detecting operating state of the filter pump, and a filter pump abnormality protective circuit connected with the filter pump parameter detector. The filter pump abnormality protective circuit is connected with a start circuit in the filter pump.
The parameters detected by the filter pump parameter detector include a rotational speed value and a temperature value of the filter pump during operation.
The water flow control device may further include a 230V/120V power supply, one side connected with the swimming pump and the filter pump, and the other side connected with the main controller through a step-down circuit.
The step-down circuit may further include with a manual start switch.
The filter pump is a 12V low-voltage motor pump and the power supply is connected with the filter pump through a voltage transformation circuit.
The main water outlet pipe is configured with a flow control valve.
The flow control valve is a manual control valve.
The flow control valve is a remote control valve connected with the main controller.
The main control has a wireless communication module and communicated with the first control switch and the second control switch, respectively, via the wireless communication module.
The main controller is a wearable device or a portable electronic terminal.
The filter sterilization device comprises a sand filter module, a carbon filter module, a filter element filter module and an UV sterilization module.
As described above, the water flow control device for swimming training in accordance with the instant disclosure has the following beneficial effects: as the filter water outlet pipe of the filter pump is in communicated with the main water inlet pipe and the main water inlet pipe is the water inlet pipe of the swimming pump, the swimming pump realizes the vacuum by starting up the filter pump and then initial start the water circulation without manual external force, so that the water flow control device in accordance with the instant disclosure can form a water circulating effect at the beginning.
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A swimming training device includes at least a swimming pump 5, and a main water inlet pipe and a main water outlet pipe connected with the swimming pump 5, a water inlet of the main water inlet pipe communicated with a swimming pool 3 and a water outlet of the main water outlet pipe connected with a jet nozzle 11.
A filter device includes at least a filter pump 10, a filter sterilization device, and a filter water inlet pipe and a filter water outlet pipe connected with the filter pump 10. The filter water inlet pipe is communicated with the swimming pool 3 through the filter sterilization device and the filter water outlet pipe is communicated with the main water inlet pipe. The thick line in
A control device includes a main controller, a first control switch 12 for controlling start and stop of the swimming pump 5, a second control switch 13 for controlling start and stop of the filter pump 10 and a water level sensor 30 for detecting a water level in the main water inlet pipe. The first control switch 13, the second control switch 14 and the water level sensor 30 are all connected with the main controller.
For the water flow control device for swimming training in accordance with the instant disclosure, the filter water outlet pipe of the filter pump is in communicated with the main water inlet pipe. The swimming pump realizes the vacuum by starting up the filter pump to make the water enter the swimming pump and then forms a water circulating effect at the beginning, so that a rapid start of the swimming pump would be achieved without manual external force.
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A water flow control method for swimming training may be implemented by using the above-described water flow control device for swimming training.
Start the filter pump 10, and then the filter pump 10 pumps water from the swimming pool 3 into the swimming pump 5 to form the first state of water circulation.
Start the swimming pump 5, and then the swimming pump 5 starts to pump water at a preset time. In particular, the time is required for the filter pump to be operated to complete the evacuation of the swimming pump, the swimming pump 5 pumps water from the swimming pool 3. The pressurized reflow is injected to the swimming pool 3 through a jet nozzle 11 to form a second state of water circulation.
When the second state of water circulation is formed, that is, when the swimming pump 5 is started, the filter pump 10 is stopped correspondingly at the above-mentioned preset time.
The first state of water circulation refers to that start the filter pump 10 pump the water from the swimming pool into the filter pump pipeline. Herein, the filter pump pipeline includes the filter water inlet pipe and the filter water outlet pipe connected with the filter pump 10. Then, water enter the swimming pump 5 through the main water inlet pipe 7 and circulated back into the swimming pool 3 through the main water outlet pipe 8. The first state of water circulation is a state that the swimming pump 5 is evacuated, and the operation is performed when the swimming training device is initially installed and used, or when it is necessary to evacuate the swimming pump of the swimming training device.
The second state of water circulation refers to that start the swimming pump 5 to pump the water from the swimming pool 3 into the swimming pump 5 through the main water inlet pipe 7 and the filter pump pipeline. Then, water is circulated back into the swimming pool through the main water outlet pipe 8 and the jet nozzle 11, such that a circulating “river” can be formed in the swimming pool with the inflow and outflow of the water. The second state of water circulation is a training available water flow formed after the normal start of the swimming pump.
The above-described water flow control method for swimming training may further include judging whether the swimming pump 5 is in a evacuated state or not. When the swimming pump 5 is in the evacuated state, the swimming pump 5 is activated to directly form the second state of water circulation. If vacuuming is needed, start the filter pump 10 to form the first state of water circulation, and then start the swimming pump 5 after the preset time to form the second state of water circulation.
The above-described water flow control method may further includes detecting a water level of the main water inlet pipe 7, through the water level sensor 30 included in the main water inlet pipe 7. When the detected water level is higher than the preset depth value, start the swimming pump 5. When the detected water level is lower than the preset depth value, and the operation time of the filter pump 10 reaches the preset time, stop the filter pump. By detecting the water level through the water level sensor and judging the detected water level to ensure the water level of the swimming pool is suitable for the swimming pump to start, i.e., to confirm whether the swimming pump is in the evacuated state or not. When the detected water level is lower than the preset depth value, it is needed to start the filter pump to evacuate the swimming pump.
The present embodiment realizes the protection of the swimming pump on the basis of the water flow control device for swimming training. The water flow control device for swimming training further comprises a swimming pump overcurrent protective mechanism. As illustrated in
The present embodiment further realizes the protection of the swimming pump on the basis of the above-described water flow control device for swimming training or the first embodiment. As illustrated in
The present embodiment realizes the protection of the filter pump on the basis of the water flow control device for swimming training. In this embodiment, the water flow control device further comprises a filter pump overcurrent protective mechanism. As illustrated in
The present embodiment further realizes the protection of the filter pump on the basis of the above-described water flow control device for swimming training or the third embodiment. The water flow control device in this embodiment further comprises a filter pump abnormality protective mechanism. As illustrated in
This embodiment is based on the water flow control device for swimming training in the above-mentioned embodiments. In this embodiment, the water flow control device further comprises a 230V/120V power supply (i.e., the power supply 4 illustrated in
This embodiment is based on the water flow control device for swimming training in the above-mentioned embodiments. The filter pump is a 12V low-voltage motor pump. Based on the fifth embodiment, the mentioned power supply is connected with the filter pump through a voltage transformation circuit to realize low working voltage of the filter pump.
This embodiment is based on the water flow control device for swimming training in the above-mentioned embodiments. A flow control valve 20 is included on the main water outlet pipe. The flow control valve 20 is a manual control valve or a remote control valve and is connected with the main controller. In this embodiment, the amount of water outlet from the jet nozzle 11 may be adjusted according to the flow control valve to achieve a good effect of water flow for better training. The above-mentioned water flow control method further comprises adjusting the amount of water flow from the main water outlet pipe: the amount of water outlet from the jet nozzle 11 is dynamically adjusted by controlling the flow control valve 20.
If the flow control valve is a manual control valve, a specific structure thereof may be configured as shown in
In this embodiment, the main pipe in the second pipe can move forward and backward relative to the first pipe, when the main pipe moves forward, i.e., the main pipe moves far away from the first pipe, the flared portion 211 also moves far away from the first pipe, the gap between the flared portion 211 and the plug core 212 is increased and thereby the amount of water entering the main pipe from the main water outlet pipe 8 is increased, i.e., the amount of water outlet from the jet nozzle 11 is increased; when the main pipe moves backward, i.e., the main pipe moves close to the first pipe, the flared portion moves close to the first pipe, the gap between the flared portion 211 and the plug core 212 is decreased and thereby the amount of the water entering the main pipe from the main water outlet pipe 8 is decreased, i.e., the amount of water outlet from the jet nozzle 11 is decreased. In this embodiment, the forward and backward movement of the main pipe in the second pipe relative to the first pipe is realized by rotating the main pipe.
The above-described main pipe is formed by two pipe sections by ultrasonic welding, one end of one pipe section 202 has the flared portion 221, the outer surface of the other end of one pipe section 202 has a threaded section which is screwed to the auxiliary pipe 204, and the outer surface of the other pipe section 201 has a rotating part 203 protruding radially. Rotating the rotating part 203 to rotate the main pipe and thereby the main pipe move forward and backward relative to the auxiliary pipe 204 and the first pipe.
In this embodiment, when the flow control valve is installed on the main water outlet pipe, a sealing ring 208 and a sealing pad 207 are included at the junction between the first pipe and the main water outlet pipe 8; the inner side surface of the inner pipe wall of the first pipe has a seal ring 209; the sealing ring 208, the sealing pad 207 and the seal ring 209 are included for sealing the connection between the pipes for better sealing.
This embodiment is based on the water flow control device for swimming training in the above-mentioned embodiments. The main controller has a wireless communication module 31 and communicated with the first control switch 14 and the second control switch 13, respectively, via the wireless communication module 31. In this embodiment, by adopting the wireless communication device, the control of the water flow control device can be more conveniently realized. For better use, the main controller is a wearable device or a portable electronic terminal.
This embodiment is based on the water flow control device for swimming training in the above-mentioned embodiments. The filter sterilization device comprises a sand filter module, a carbon filter module, a filter element filter module and an UV sterilization module. The filter sterilization device in this embodiment filter the water in the swimming pool in time.
Since the filter pump 10 is further connected with the filter sterilization device 9, the water flow control method for swimming training further comprises starting the filter pump 10, which pumped water from the swimming pool 3 into a filter sterilization device 9 to form a third state of water circulation. The third state of water circulation in this embodiment filter and sterilize the water in the swimming pool.
Based on the second embodiment and fourth embodiment, the water flow control method may further comprise detecting whether the swimming pump and the filter pump are overcurrent or not. The swimming pump overcurrent protective mechanism detects the current of the swimming pump, when the load has overcurrent, cuts off the start circuit, stops the swimming pump, and then the filter pump overcurrent protective mechanism detects the current of the filter, where the filter pump overcurrent protective mechanism described in embodiment 4 may be employed). When the load has overcurrent, cut off the start circuit, stop the filter pump. In this embodiment, the overcurrent detection may be implemented by the swimming pump overcurrent protective mechanism described in the second embodiment and the filter pump overcurrent protective mechanism described in the fourth embodiment.
Based on the third embodiment and fifth embodiment, the water flow control method may further comprise detecting whether the swimming pump and the filter pump are abnormal or not. The first abnormality protective mechanism detects the operation state of the swimming pump. When the operation state is abnormal, cut off the start circuit and stop the swimming pump. The second abnormality protective mechanism detects the operation state of filter pump. When the operation state is abnormal, cut off the start circuit and stop the filter pump. In this embodiment, the abnormality detection may be implemented by the swimming pump abnormality protective mechanism described in the third embodiment and the filter pump abnormality protective mechanism described in the fourth embodiment.
To sum up, the water flow control device for swimming training in accordance with the present disclosure, as the filter water outlet pipe of the filter pump is in communicated with the main water inlet pipe and the main water inlet pipe is the water inlet pipe of the swimming pump, the swimming pump realizes the vacuum by starting up the filter pump and then initial start the water circulation without manual external force, so that the water flow control device in accordance with the instant disclosure can form a water circulating effect at the beginning. Therefore, the present disclosure effectively overcomes shortcomings of the prior art and thus has a great industrial utilization value.
The above-mentioned embodiments are just used for exemplarily describing the principle and effects of the present disclosure instead of limiting the present disclosure. One skilled in the art may make modifications or variations to the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or variations made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical concept disclosed by the present disclosure shall be still covered by the claims of the present disclosure.
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This application is a divisional application of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/437,342, filed on Feb. 20, 2017, which claims priority to Chinese Patent App. No. 201621444926.0 filed on Dec. 27, 2016, the entire disclosure of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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