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CN212564634U
CN212564634U CN202021238014.4U CN202021238014U CN212564634U CN 212564634 U CN212564634 U CN 212564634U CN 202021238014 U CN202021238014 U CN 202021238014U CN 212564634 U CN212564634 U CN 212564634U
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实用新型提出了一种组合龙头,属于卫浴器材。包括主体,设置有水流系统以及皂液系统,其中水流系统包括电子感应控制的电子感应水流系统和由机械式阀芯控制的机械式水流系统,电子感应水流系统和机械式水流系统的水流从出水口流出,流出的水流在出水口下方形成流水区域,电子感应水流系统包括水流探头、控制电路、电控阀、电源,水流探头的感应范围与流水区域相交,电子感应皂液系统包括皂液探头、控制电路、电动泵、电源、皂液出口、皂液容器,皂液探头的感应范围不与流水区域相交,控制电路被配置为根据来自皂液探头和水流探头的信号,确定是否有物体处于皂液探头或水流探头的感应范围内,并根据确定结果来操作电动泵或电控阀。

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The utility model proposes a combined faucet, which belongs to bathroom equipment. It includes a main body, and is provided with a water flow system and a soap liquid system, wherein the water flow system includes an electronic induction water flow system controlled by electronic induction and a mechanical water flow system controlled by a mechanical valve core. The water outlet flows out, and the outflowing water forms a flowing water area under the water outlet. The electronic induction water flow system includes a water flow probe, a control circuit, an electric control valve, and a power supply. The sensing range of the water flow probe intersects with the flowing water area. The electronic induction soap liquid system includes a soap liquid probe. , control circuit, electric pump, power supply, soap outlet, soap container, the sensing range of the soap probe does not intersect with the flowing water area, the control circuit is configured to determine whether there is an object in the Within the sensing range of the soap liquid probe or water flow probe, and according to the determination result, the electric pump or electric control valve is operated.

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Combined faucet
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bathroom articles for use technical field, especially a combination tap.
Background
1. The existing conventional hand basin and kitchen faucet only have a water outlet function, and a soap liquid bottle needs to be additionally placed to provide soap liquid, so that the operation is inconvenient, the residual soap liquid is easy to drip on a table board, frequent washing is needed, and water resources are wasted.
2. Some existing induction faucets can provide soap liquid, but the induction faucets need to be positioned at the water outlet by hands to discharge water, and the hands need to be positioned at the water outlet all the time when the water is discharged to a hand basin, so that the induction faucets are inconvenient for families to use.
3. The existing induction automatic soap dispenser needs to be placed on a table board independently, residual soap is easy to drip on the table board, and some hand basins are not provided with the table board and have no space for placing the soap dispenser.
In the application of the utility model, a new technical scheme is provided to solve the above-mentioned problem.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to solve one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least, provide a combination tap, the combination provides machinery and tries out water function, response play water function, response out the soap lye function, and the mesa is more succinct, and it is more convenient to use.
The utility model provides a combination tap:
the electronic induction soap system comprises a soap liquid probe, a control circuit, an electric pump, a power supply, a soap liquid outlet and a soap liquid container, wherein the induction range of the soap liquid probe is close to the soap liquid outlet and is not intersected with the water flowing region, the electric pump is respectively communicated with the soap liquid container and the soap liquid outlet through a suction pipe and an output pipe, the control circuit is configured to be used for according to signals from the soap liquid probe and the water flow probe, determining whether an object is within a sensing range of the soap liquid probe or the water flow probe, and operating the electric pump or the electric control valve according to the determination result.
Furthermore, at least one path of water inlet of the mechanical water flow system controlled by the mechanical valve core is connected with a water flow sensor, when the mechanical valve core is opened to discharge water, the water flow sensor feeds water flow to the control circuit through a signal, the control circuit controls the closing of the electric control valve, and the electronic sensing water flow system stops working, so that conflict with the mechanical water flow system is avoided.
Furthermore, a containing box is arranged, and at least part of components of the electronic induction water flow system and the electronic induction soap lye system are arranged in the containing box.
Furthermore, when the hand of a person is in the sensing range of the water flow probe, the control circuit controls the electric control valve to be opened and the water outlet to discharge water according to the signal from the water flow probe, and when the hand of the person moves to the sensing range of the soap liquid probe, the control circuit still controls the electric pump to be started according to the signal from the soap liquid probe, whether the hand of the person is in the water discharge sensing range of the water flow probe or not, the soap liquid flows out from the soap liquid outlet, and meanwhile, the electric control valve is closed and the water outlet stops discharging water.
Furthermore, the main body is provided with a water outlet pipe, and the water outlet and the soap lye outlet are both arranged on the water outlet pipe.
Furthermore, a sensing element is arranged between the main body and the handle, when the mechanical valve core is operated by the handle to open water, the relative position of the handle and the main body changes, the sensing element is triggered to generate a signal to be fed back to the control circuit, the control circuit controls the closing of the electric control valve, and the electronic induction water flow system stops working, so that the conflict with the mechanical water flow system is avoided.
Further, the soap lye probe comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, one of the transmitting end and the receiving end is arranged on the water outlet pipe, the other one of the transmitting end and the receiving end is arranged on the main body, the infrared light beam transmitted by the transmitting end can be received by the receiving end, the light path between the transmitting end and the receiving end is an induction range, and the induction range is not intersected with the flowing water area.
Furthermore, the soap lye probe comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, the transmitting end and the receiving end are respectively arranged on different parts of the water outlet pipe, the infrared light beam transmitted by the transmitting end can be received by the receiving end, the light path between the transmitting end and the receiving end is an induction range, and the induction range is not intersected with the flowing water area.
Furthermore, the soap liquid probe is arranged on the water outlet pipe and faces downwards, and the sensing range of the soap liquid probe is not intersected with the water flowing area.
Further, the soap lye probe sets up on outlet pipe partly, and towards outlet pipe another part, is blockked by outlet pipe another part, avoids responding to the fan wide, leads to the maloperation.
The embodiment of the utility model provides a pair of combination tap has following beneficial effect at least:
the automatic soap lye machine of will responding to makes up on the tap, need not to place in addition the soap lye bottle and provide the soap lye, convenient operation has solved some wash basins and has not set up the mesa, does not have the problem that the soap lye machine was placed in the space, because the soap lye export is located the top of basin, remaining soap lye holds can not drip on the mesa, need not often wash, the water economy resource has the manual play water of mechanical type and responds to out the water function simultaneously, responds to out the soap lye function, it is more convenient to use.
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The invention will be further described with reference to the following figures and examples:
fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a combination faucet according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a combination faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a combination faucet according to a third embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a combination faucet according to embodiment four of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional schematic view of a fifth embodiment of the utility model of a combination faucet;
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This section will describe in detail the specific embodiments of the invention, the preferred embodiments of which are shown in the attached drawings, which serve to supplement the description of the text section of the description with figures, enabling one to understand visually and vividly each technical feature and the overall technical solution of the invention, but which are not to be construed as limiting the scope of protection of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the orientation description, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, the terms such as setting, installing, connecting, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the terms in the present invention by combining the specific contents of the technical solutions.
Example one
Referring to fig. 1, a combined faucet according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 1, which is provided with a water flow system and a soap solution system, wherein the water flow system includes an electronic sensing water flow system controlled by electronic sensing and a mechanical water flow system controlled by a mechanical valve element 2, the mechanical valve element 2 may be a single-handle dual-control valve element, a single-handle single-control valve element, a time-delay valve element, etc. the mechanical valve element 2 is disposed at an upper end of the main body 1, and may be disposed at a side or other direction and position without affecting the use, or may be disposed on an independently disposed valve body separated from the main body 1, the main body 1 is provided with a water outlet pipe 115, the water outlet pipe 115 is provided with a water outlet 13 and a soap solution outlet 14, the water flows from the electronic sensing water flow system and the mechanical water flow system flow out of the water outlet 13, the outflow water flows below the water outlet 13 to form, the electronic induction water flow system comprises a water flow probe 9, a control circuit 7, an electric control valve 11 and a power supply 16, wherein the water flow probe 9 is arranged on the main body 1, can also be arranged on a water outlet pipe 115, can be a human body infrared induction probe, and can also be a probe comprising a transmitting end and a receiving end which are close to each other, the water flow probe 9 faces to a water flow area 131, and a water outlet induction range 91 of the water flow probe is intersected with the water flow area 131, the electric control valve 11 can be an electromagnetic valve or a mechanical valve core driven by a motor, the electronic induction soap liquid system comprises a soap liquid probe 6, the control circuit 7, an electric pump 8, a power supply 16, a soap liquid outlet 14 and a soap liquid container 12, the electronic induction water flow system and the electronic induction soap liquid system are controlled by the same control circuit 7 and are powered by the same power supply 9, the power supply 9 can be a disposable battery, can also be a rechargeable battery, and, the electric pump 8 is communicated with the soap container 12 and the soap outlet 14 through a suction pipe 81 and an output pipe 82, respectively, the soap container 12 is a container disposed outside the main body 1, and the control circuit 7 is configured to determine whether an object is within a sensing range of the soap probe 6 or the water flow probe 9 based on signals from the soap probe 6 and the water flow probe 9, and operate the electric pump 8 or the electric control valve 11 based on the determination result.
Specifically, at least one path of water inflow of the mechanical water flow system controlled by the mechanical valve element 2 is connected with a water flow sensor 10, when the mechanical valve element 2 is opened to discharge water, the water flow sensor 10 feeds a water flow passing signal back to the control circuit 7, the control circuit 7 controls the electric control valve 11 to be closed, the electronic induction water flow system stops working, and conflict with the mechanical water flow system is avoided.
Specifically, in order to protect the electronic components and facilitate installation, a containing box 17 is provided, and at least part of the components of the electronic induction water flow system and the electronic induction soap liquid system are placed in the containing box 17.
Specifically, when the mechanical valve element 2 is in a closed state, when a hand is in the water outlet sensing range 91 of the water flow probe 9, the control circuit 7 controls the electric control valve 11 to be opened and the water outlet 13 to discharge water according to a signal from the water flow probe 9, when the hand moves to the sensing range 61 of the soap liquid probe 6, the control circuit 7 controls the electric pump 8 to be started and the soap liquid outlet 14 to discharge the soap liquid according to the signal from the soap liquid probe 6 no matter whether the hand is partially in the sensing range of the water flow probe 9, and simultaneously the electric control valve 11 is closed and the water outlet 13 stops discharging water, so that water resource waste is avoided.
Specifically, the soap solution probe 6 includes a transmitting end and a receiving end, one of the transmitting end and the receiving end is disposed on the water outlet pipe 115, the other is disposed on the main body 1, the infrared beam emitted from the transmitting end can be received by the receiving end, the light path between the transmitting end and the receiving end is an induction range 61, and the induction range 61 does not intersect with the flowing water region 131 to avoid misoperation.
The working principle is as follows:
1. the mechanical valve core 2 is operated by an operating switch of the handle 5 in a manner consistent with that of a conventional faucet, details are not described, when water needs to be discharged from the hand basin for a long time, the mechanical valve core 2 can be opened to discharge water, the water flow sensor 10 feeds a water flow passing signal back to the control circuit 7, the control circuit 7 controls the closing of the electric control valve 11, and the electronic sensing water flow system stops working, so that conflict with the mechanical water flow system is avoided.
2. When the mechanical valve element 2 is in a closed state, when a hand approaches the water outlet 13, namely the hand is in the water outlet sensing range 91 of the water flow probe 9, the control circuit 7 controls the electric control valve 11 to be opened according to a signal from the water flow probe 9, the water outlet 13 discharges water, when the hand leaves the water outlet 13 and approaches the soap liquid probe 6, the control circuit 7 still controls the electric pump 8 to be started according to the signal from the soap liquid probe 6 no matter whether the hand is partially in the sensing range of the water flow probe 9 or not, the soap liquid outlet 14 discharges soap liquid, and meanwhile, the electric control valve 11 is closed, the water outlet 13 stops discharging water, so that water resource waste is avoided.
Example two
Compared with the first embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the main difference of the combined faucet provided in this embodiment is that a sensing element 15 is disposed between the main body 1 and the handle 5, the sensing element 15 may be a hall sensor, a micro-touch switch, or the like, when the mechanical valve element 2 is operated by the handle 5 to open and discharge water, the relative position between the handle 5 and the main body 1 changes, the sensing element 15 is triggered to generate a signal to be fed back to the control circuit 7, the control circuit 7 controls to close the electric control valve 11, and the electronic sensing water flow system stops working, thereby avoiding a conflict with the mechanical water flow system.
EXAMPLE III
For the first embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the main difference of the combined faucet provided in this embodiment is that the soap solution probe 6 includes a transmitting end and a receiving end, the transmitting end and the receiving end are respectively disposed on different portions of the water outlet pipe 115, the infrared light beam transmitted by the transmitting end can be received by the receiving end, the light path between the transmitting end and the receiving end is the sensing range 61, the sensing range 61 is not intersected with the flowing water region 131, and the water outlet pipe 115 can be set as a bent pipe in order to conveniently set the sensing probe 6 and avoid the soap solution from being mistakenly operated.
Example four
With reference to fig. 4, the main difference of the combined faucet provided in this embodiment is that the soap solution probe 6 is disposed on the water outlet pipe 115, and faces downward and is far away from the water outlet 13, so as to ensure that the sensing range 61 does not intersect with the water flowing region 131, and the soap solution probe 6 may be a probe including a transmitting end and a receiving end close to each other, or may be a human body infrared sensing probe.
EXAMPLE five
With reference to fig. 5, the main difference of the combined faucet provided in this embodiment is that the soap solution probe 6 is disposed on a portion of the water outlet pipe 115, and faces another portion of the water outlet pipe 115, and is blocked by another portion of the water outlet pipe 115, so as to avoid erroneous operation caused by inductive coverage, and the soap solution probe 6 may be a probe including an emitting end and a receiving end that are close to each other, or may be a human body infrared sensing probe.
Similarly, the working principle of the second to fifth embodiments is similar to that of the first embodiment, and is not described herein again.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a combination tap, includes main part (1), is provided with water flow system and soap lye system, its characterized in that: the water flow system comprises an electronic induction water flow system controlled by electronic induction and a mechanical water flow system controlled by a mechanical valve element (2), the water flow of the electronic induction water flow system and the mechanical water flow system flows out from a water outlet (13), the flowing water flow forms a flowing water area (131) under the water outlet (13), the electronic induction water flow system comprises a water flow probe (9), a control circuit (7), an electric control valve (11) and a power supply (16), the water flow probe (9) faces the flowing water area (131), the flowing water induction range (91) is intersected with the flowing water area (131), the electronic induction soap liquid system comprises a soap liquid probe (6), the control circuit (7), an electric pump (8), the power supply (16), a soap liquid outlet (14) and a soap liquid container (12), the induction range (61) of the soap liquid probe (6) is close to the soap liquid outlet (14) and is not intersected with the flowing water area (131), the electric pump (8) is communicated with the soap liquid container (12) and the soap liquid outlet (14) through a suction pipe (81) and an output pipe (82), and the control circuit (7) is configured to determine whether an object is in a sensing range of the soap liquid probe (6) or the water flow probe (9) or not according to signals from the soap liquid probe (6) and the water flow probe (9) and operate the electric pump (8) or the electric control valve (11) according to a determination result.
2. The combination faucet of claim 1, wherein: the mechanical water flow system controlled by the mechanical valve element (2) is characterized in that at least one path of water inlet (500) is connected with a water flow sensor (10), when the mechanical valve element (2) is opened to discharge water, the water flow sensor (10) feeds a water flow passing signal back to a control circuit (7), the control circuit (7) controls to close an electric control valve (11), and an electronic sensing water flow system stops working to avoid conflict with the mechanical water flow system.
3. The combination faucet of claim 1, wherein: the electronic induction soap dispenser is provided with a containing box (17), and at least part of components of an electronic induction water flow system and an electronic induction soap lye system are placed in the containing box (17).
4. The combination faucet of claim 1, wherein: when a hand is in a water outlet sensing range (91) of the water flow probe (9), the control circuit (7) controls to open the electric control valve (11) and the water outlet (13) to discharge water according to a signal from the water flow probe (9), when the hand moves to a sensing range (61) of the soap liquid probe (6), whether a part of the hand is in the sensing range of the water flow probe (9) or not, the control circuit (7) still controls to start the electric pump (8) according to the signal from the soap liquid probe (6), soap liquid flows out from the soap liquid outlet (14), the electric control valve (11) is closed, and water discharge is stopped from the water outlet (13).
5. The combination faucet of claim 1, wherein: the main body (1) is provided with a water outlet pipe (115), and the water outlet (13) and the soap liquid outlet (14) are both arranged on the water outlet pipe (115).
6. The combination faucet of claim 1, wherein: a sensing element (15) is arranged between the main body (1) and the handle (5), when the mechanical valve element (2) is operated to open water through the handle (5), the relative position of the handle (5) and the main body (1) changes, the sensing element (15) is triggered to generate a signal to be fed back to the control circuit (7), the control circuit (7) controls the electric control valve (11) to be closed, and the electronic induction water flow system stops working to avoid conflict with the mechanical water flow system.
7. The combination faucet of any one of claims 1-6, wherein: the soap solution probe (6) comprises an emitting end and a receiving end, one of the emitting end and the receiving end is arranged on the water outlet pipe (115), the other one of the emitting end and the receiving end is arranged on the main body (1), an infrared beam emitted by the emitting end can be received by the receiving end, a light path between the emitting end and the receiving end is an induction range (61), and the induction range (61) is not intersected with the running water area (131).
8. The combination faucet of any one of claims 1-6, wherein: the soap solution probe (6) comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, the transmitting end and the receiving end are respectively arranged on different parts of the water outlet pipe (115), an infrared beam transmitted by the transmitting end can be received by the receiving end, a light path between the transmitting end and the receiving end is an induction range (61), and the induction range (61) is not intersected with the flowing water area (131).
9. The combination faucet of any one of claims 1-6, wherein: the soap liquid probe (6) is arranged on the water outlet pipe (115) and faces downwards, and the sensing range (61) of the soap liquid probe does not intersect with the flowing water area (131).
10. The combination faucet of any one of claims 1-6, wherein: the soap liquid probe (6) is arranged on one part of the water outlet pipe (115), faces the other part of the water outlet pipe (115), and is blocked by the other part of the water outlet pipe (115), so that the induction range is prevented from being too wide, and misoperation is avoided.
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