CN102735652A - Ice detection apparatus and ice block water dispenser with function of ice detection - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an ice detection apparatus, which comprises an ice block storage unit for storing manufactured ice blocks, wherein the first surface of the ice block storage unit is provided with a light emitting unit, a reflection unit on a second surface opposite to the first surface can reflect light emitted from the light emitting unit, and inside the first surface there is provided a light receiving unit.
Description
Technical field
The invention relates to the inspection ice production apparatus and have this function water dispenser, the amount that particularly relates to according to the ice cube of storing in the ice cube storage unit reflects the inspection ice production apparatus of testing and has this function water dispenser.
Background technology
Generally speaking, setting such as family or office and the water dispenser that uses are to be former water with tap water or natural water, and have through the function of cold water and hot water is provided after filtering.
Person again, nearest water dispenser can provide the water dispenser of ice cube to receive publicity especially except hot water and cold water can be provided.
Always, the ice cube water dispenser is not only different with ice cube storage unit such as refrigerator, is used as the ice cube storage unit with narrow space, and because ice cube itself transparent, can not check out the amount of the ice cube of storage in the ice cube storage unit, and these all are existing problems.
Summary of the invention
The present invention conceives in order to address the above problem; Wall emitted in ultraviolet line in the ice cube storage unit; The ultraviolet amount of returning after distributing through the reflection of receiving is checked the device of ice cube, provides through inspection ice production apparatus after such improvement and the ice cube water dispenser with this function.
In order to address the above problem, according to the inspection ice production apparatus that best instance of the present invention is realized, have through filtering the filtration unit body that former water produces water purification, through this device water purification is provided, utilize water purification to make ice cube, store the ice cube storage unit of ice cube; First face of above-mentioned ice cube storage unit is provided with the light portion of delivering letters; Can reflect the light reflecting portion of sending from the above-mentioned light portion of delivering letters with above-mentioned first second relative face being provided with; Also have in above-mentioned first and be provided with the light receiving part.
Best is; In each limit face between above-mentioned first and above-mentioned second; Minimum end face and the wherein one side of bottom surface at above-mentioned ice cube storage unit also will be provided with one second reflecting part, and said each limit face is other four faces except first and second.
Best is above above-mentioned reflecting part and above-mentioned second reflecting part mirror or reflecting plate to be set.
Best is, what the above-mentioned light portion of delivering letters emitted is ultraviolet ray.
Best is, above-mentioned light deliver letters portion and above-mentioned collection of letters letter portion on one side, exist, but both vertical heights are different.
The present invention also provides a kind of ice cube water dispenser with aforesaid inspection ice production apparatus.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:
Ice cube verifying attachment of the present invention and the ice cube water dispenser with this function though the space that narrow ice cube is stored is restricted, owing to used ultraviolet reflection to distribute structure, can be checked out the amount of the ice cube in the ice cube storage unit accurately
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the general drawing pie graph of best instance medium floe water dispenser of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the general diagram pie graph of inspection ice production apparatus that possesses the ice cube water dispenser of Fig. 1.
Symbol description
10: filtration unit body 11: booster
12: deposition filter 13: automatic former water resistance blocks valve
14: preceding carbon filter 16: film filter
18: back carbon filter 20: water purification water storing tank
22: former water feed path 24: water level sense part
26: water intaking feed path 28: water purification intake
30,130: cold water water storing tank 32: the water purification feed path
33: solenoid valve 35: the cold water vent pipe
36: Cold water supply path 38: the cold water intake
40: 42: the second water purification feed paths of warm water water storing tank
46: warm water feed path 48: the warm water intake
50: outer flow path 131: dividing plate
132: cold water storage unit 134: the ice making unit
135: ice making pump 136: the ice cube storage unit
137: drainage path 139: utilize the path again
142: cage valve 100: water dispenser
200: inspection ice production apparatus 230: light receiving part
201: 202: the first of ice cubes
204: the second 206: end face
208: bottom surface 210: the light portion of delivering letters
220: 240: the second reflecting parts of reflecting part.
Embodiment
In ensuing detailed description, in the term of employed characteristic, for convenience's sake, but not must usefulness.The word of " left side " " right side " " top " and " following " is a speech of showing direction in the attached drawings." to the inside " word of " laterally " is the device that is provided with, the geometry of system and each parts towards the center or from the center outwardly away from the noun of locality." the place ahead " " rear " " top " " below " also has with position and the direction of statement with reference to the drawing that links to each other with relevant therewith speech, can not only limit to this.Such a term, comprised top theory or its derivative and similar speech with it.
Characteristic of the present invention is to describe according to the drawing with reference to the enumerative instance.
Fig. 1 is the general drawing pie graph that utilizes the ice cube water dispenser of inspection ice production apparatus in the best instance of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 1; This instance medium floe water dispenser 100 comprises the former water that filtration is supplied with from similar supply sources (not having diagram) such as water-supply lines; Produce the filtration unit body 10 of water purification, the filtration unit body 10 that links to each other with former water feed path 22 is stored the water purification that receives from former water feed path 22; And can carry out water level detecting to the water purification that receives, possess the water purification water storing tank 20 of water level sense part 24; Through water purification feed path 32, optionally receive from the water purification water storing tank 20 interior water purification of supplying with, and be adjusted to water temperature below the preset water temperature, can store the cold water water storing tank 130 of cold water; Through the second water purification feed path 42, the water purification that heating obtains in the water purification water storing tank 20, and store the warm water water storing tank 40 of these warm water; One end links to each other with water purification water storing tank 20, the outer flow path 50 that the other end links to each other with cold water water storing tank 130.
Filtration unit body 10 is in order to cause water purification to similar former water such as tap water; Mainly comprise deposition filter 12; Before carbon filter 14, film filter 16 can cause water purification with former water with back carbon filter 18. filtration unit bodies 10, is made up of the filtrator or the configuration of other forms.Filtration unit body 10 is provided with booster 11 and blocks valve 13 with automatic former water resistance between deposition filter 12 and preceding carbon filter 14.The pressure of the former water that carbon filter 14 was supplied with before booster 11 improved makes filtration unit propose 10 water purification ability reinforcement, and it is the quantity delivereds that can regulate the former water that filtration unit body 10 is provided automatically that automatic former water resistance blocks valve 13.
Water purification water storing tank 20 is stored the water purification that produces in the filtration unit body 10; The water purification of storing in the water purification water storing tank 20 is through the continuous water purification intake 28 of end of water intaking feed path 26; To the user drinking-water is provided; Perhaps supply water to cold water water storing tank 130, perhaps supply water to warm water water storing tank 40 through the second water purification feed path 42 through water purification feed path 32.Respectively be provided with solenoid valve in the water purification feed path 32 and the second water purification feed path 42.Person again, be arranged on water level sense part 24 in the water purification water storing tank 20 installed be applicable to water purification water storing tank 20 can the perception water purification the sensor of whether full water of capacity.Water level sense part 24 information that the perception water level is related passes to control part (not having diagram), and control part determines automatic former water resistance to block the folding of valve 13 automatically.
Cold water water storing tank 130 is that cooling is from the water purification water storing tank 20 interior water purification of supplying with; In order to cool off water purification; The cold water storage unit 132 that need have cooling-part (not having diagram); Utilize the cold water of storing in the cold water storage unit 132 to come the ice making unit 134 of ice making and can store ice cube storage unit 136. by ice making unit 134 output ice cubes
Cold water storage unit 132 is separated with being arranged on cold water water storing tank 130 inner dividing plates 131 with ice cube storage unit 136, and the top of the cold water storage unit 132 that dividing plate 131 separates is provided with ice making unit 134.The cold water or the cold water that provide in person's cold water storage unit 132 again offer ice making unit 134 through ice making pump 135.Ice making unit 134 is to utilize in the ice making pump 135 from cold water storage unit 132 to obtain water purification or cold water becomes the product ice cube, is stored in ice cube storage unit 136.
The bottom of ice cube storage unit 136 is provided with drainage path 137.Drainage path 137 is the water that dissolves for the ice cube that utilizes ice cube storage unit 136 once more, perhaps arranges to the outside, and the end of drainage path 137 links to each other with three valves.Through drainage path 137, the change water conservancy that moves is provided to 11 li of boosters with three valves through utilizing path 139 again, perhaps directly is rejected to the outside.In order to prevent to utilize the adverse current in the path 139 again, be provided with cage valve 142.
According to this instance; Connecting outer flow path 50 between water purification water storing tank 20 and the cold water storage unit 132; When water level sense part 24 broke down, the end that the 20 inner outer water purification ability free fallings of flowing out of water purification water storing tank get into cold water storage unit 132. outer flow paths 50 preferably linked to each other with the upper end of water purification water storing tank 20.Person again, water purification water storing tank 20 communicates with outer flow path 50 for the water purification that makes outflow.On the one hand, when the cold water of storing in the cold water storage unit 132 outflowed, these cold water can enter ice cube storage unit 136 along dividing plate 131, perhaps entered ice cube storage unit 136. through outflow pipe (not having diagram) and finally discharged through drainage paths 137.
The water purification that 40 heating of warm water water storing tank provide from water purification water storing tank 20 needs heater block (not having diagram) for forming warm water, and the warm water of storing in the warm water water storing tank 40 is through the warm water intake 48 of the end of warm water feed path 46, for the user supplies water.
Cold water water storing tank 130 is arranged on than low place, water purification water storing tank 20 positions with warm water water storing tank 40.
Figure two is that the inspection ice water dispenser of other best instances of the present invention illustrates pie graph generally.Has identical function with the identical inscape of explaining among the figure one of reference marks.
Inspection ice production apparatus 200 is arranged in the ice cube storage unit 136, is provided with the light portion 210 of delivering letters in 4 of conscientiously airtight regular hexahedron in first 202 of one.Be arranged on second 204 inside parallel, can reflect from the deliver letters reflecting part 220 of the light that portion 210 sends of light with first 202; The light receiving part 230 that is provided with in first 202 is provided with second reflecting part 240. in the end face 206 of ice cube storage unit 136 and the bottom surface 208 in addition
The reflecting part 220 or second reflecting part 240 are the metopes that stick on mirror or reflecting plate ice cube storage unit 136.From the light only ultraviolet ray that portion 210 launches of delivering letters.Though the light portion 210 of delivering letters is arranged on the different position of mutual vertical height with light receiving part 230 in the diagram, also can be arranged on the identical height.Second reflecting part 240 is arranged between first 202 and second 204, will form reflecting part in one side at least.
With reference to Fig. 2; Examine in the ice production apparatus 200 in this instance; Light is delivered letters, and the direction of arrow points is the direction that ultraviolet ray is distributed in the portion 210, through ice cube 201 in ice cube storage unit 136 internal storage, and reflection or scatter and come; Through the reflecting part or second reflecting part, perhaps directly reflex on the light receiving part 230 through ice cube once more.In this process, ultraviolet displacement is the twice of ice cube storage unit 136 inner distance, and the effect that produces light according to the difference of the amount of ice cube is different, has the effect that reduces.Person again; The ice cube of the periphery of ultraviolet mobile route can produce reflection or distribute; Collect mail successfully interior with time receiving part 230, compare with light receiving part 230 direct relative states according to deliver letters portion 210 of light, so in broader scope, can better judge the amount of ice cube.
Above-mentioned said detailed explanation and drawing have been showed the instance that the present invention is best on the one hand, and another side should be understood that; With apply for a patent above-mentioned together defined; Can make the diversified condiment that does not break away from center of the present invention and scope, deformations, assembly etc. or substitute etc.Especially, utilize other key elements of the present invention, article, one-tenth grades, and does not break away from other interior specific forms of scope such as the indispensable characteristic in center of the present invention, and structure is arranged, and ratios etc. can specifically be realized need understanding as the dealer.Do not break away from principle of the present invention, particular environment and automatic condition etc., the structure that especially can make it to combine is arranged, ratio, material, many distortion of composition all are to have utilized this invention together interior, it is clear that this also need work as the dealer.Person again, the use that the characteristic that this instructions disclosed etc. can be independent also can be used in combination with other characteristics etc.Give an example, the characteristic that interrelates with an instance etc. can or be intersected each other with the characteristics of other instances and used.Simultaneously, the instance of showing now, though be to explain with limited instance and diagram, the present invention is not limited only to this.In the technical field of the present invention for the person that holds the general knowledge, can make multiple modification and change in the same range as of technological thought of the present invention and following application for a patent for invention scope.
Do not break away from various distortion and the possibility of change of the additional application range of this invention, the party should be understood that it is top narrations that such distortion has several, and other party is understood that.
Claims (6)
1. the inspection ice production apparatus is characterized in that, comprising: through causing raw water filtration the filtration unit body of water purification, utilize the water purification of supplying with to make ice cube, and can store the ice cube storage unit of these ice cubes;
The light that on first of above-mentioned ice cube storage unit, the is provided with portion of delivering letters;
Be arranged on above-mentioned first relative second, can reflect the deliver letters reflecting part of light of portion of above-mentioned light;
Also have above-mentioned first to go up the light receiving part that is provided with.
2. inspection ice production apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, in each the limit face that between above-mentioned first and above-mentioned second, is provided with, minimum end face and bottom surface at above-mentioned ice cube storage unit one second reflecting part wherein simultaneously also will be set.
3. inspection ice production apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned reflecting part and above-mentioned second reflecting part are provided with mirror or reflecting plate.
4. inspection ice production apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the light that the above-mentioned light portion of delivering letters launches is ultraviolet ray.
5. inspection ice production apparatus according to claim 1 is characterized in that, deliver letters portion and above-mentioned smooth receiving part of above-mentioned light exists on one side, but both vertical heights are different.
6. ice cube water dispenser that adopts the described inspection ice production apparatus of claim 1-5.
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