JP2778791B2 - Shower equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a shower apparatus in which a plurality of different types of shower equipment are arranged on a skeleton.

(Prior Art) There have conventionally been shower devices in which a plurality of different types of shower equipment, for example, an overhead shower, a hand shower, a pouring hot water, etc., are arranged on a frame, but the amount of water discharged from each shower equipment is all Either the same value is set or the flow rate of the shower equipment used last time is discharged as it is.

Therefore, when changing the shower, the water discharge flow rate is adjusted each time to set a desired flow rate.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the above-described conventional shower device, a certain shower is set at a desired flow rate and used, and then another shower is adjusted and used in the same manner, and then used again last time. When a shower is used, water is discharged at the flow rate value of the previously used shower, and it must be adjusted and set again in order to at least discharge water at the desired flow rate adjusted at the last use.

Therefore, performing the above-described operation every time the shower equipment is changed in a water heater provided with a plurality of different shower equipment has a problem that it is very troublesome and lacks usability.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional hot water supply device, and the object thereof is to set the flow rate of the previously set hot water supply without setting the flow rate again when the water heater is reused within a predetermined time. An object of the present invention is to provide a shower device that discharges water at a flow rate value.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a shower device according to the present invention includes a plurality of different shower appliances attached to a skeleton and an optimal water discharge amount corresponding to each shower appliance. A control unit that stores as a preset value, a flow setting change unit that changes the water discharge amount of each shower device in the control unit, a holding unit that holds the setting change flow value within a fixed time, and a shower device that was used last time, A reading means for reading and outputting a setting change flow rate value in preference to a preset value as a water discharge amount when reused within a predetermined time.

The frame is composed of a mounting board fixed to a wall and a panel to be placed on the board, and has a vertically long shape. There are several different types of shower equipment to be attached to the frame, such as overhead shower (spray, soft (foam), massage), micro shower, hot water, body shower (spray, massage), under shower, hand shower (spray) , Foam, massage) and the like, and all or a plurality of them are selected and attached.

Further, among the above shower appliances, the micro shower, the pouring hot water, the body shower, and the under shower are not limited to being attached to one each, but may be symmetrically arranged on both left and right sides of the frame.

The preset value (/ min) set as the optimal water discharge amount of the various shower appliances described above is a value approximately in the middle of the set range (/ min). For example, the overhead shower (spray) is 15 / min, and the overhead shower (massage) is ): 17 / min, overhead shower (soft)
18 / min, hand shower (spray, massage, foam) 12 / min, mist shower 7 / min, tapping water 18 / min, under shower 16 / min, body shower (spray) 20 / min, Body shower (massage) is set as 18 / min.

The flow rate value to be changed is stored and held in the control unit for a certain period of time, and depending on the time of re-use, either the setting change flow rate value or the preset value at the time of the previous use is discharged.

(Operation) According to the above means, when a switch corresponding to a desired shower device is selected and operated, a flow of a preset value is discharged by a signal from the control unit. If the setting is changed by operation, the changed value is stored in the control unit, and the setting change is discharged.

And after stopping using the shower, selecting and using another shower equipment, stopping using another shower,
When the use of the shower equipment used last time is started again, if the time of re-use is within a certain time, the setting change value stored and held in the control unit is output with priority and the water of the setting change value is discharged. Done. If the point of re-use is outside the fixed time, the water discharge is started with the preset value stored and set in the control unit.

(Effect of the Invention) Since the shower device of the present invention is configured as described above, the setting change flow rate value at the time of stopping water discharge in use of each shower device is stored and held in the control unit for a certain period of time, When the shower device is used again within a certain period of time, water discharge is started at the flow rate value (final flow value) changed during the previous use.

Therefore, if each of them is set to a desired flow rate once using several types of showers, the water is discharged at the set flow rate value set last time without re-setting the flow rate value during reuse within a certain period of time. It is possible to provide a shower device in which a troublesome operation of changing the setting is performed, and a comfortable shower can be easily taken.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, an embodiment using a combination of a water heater and a pressurized tank as a hot water supply source according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which shower equipment is attached to a skeleton, and different types of shower equipment 2 to 7 are attached to a peripheral portion of a vertically long skeleton 1, and the middle of the skeleton 1 in the width direction. An accessory storage section 8, a built-in section 10 of an operation panel 9, and an operation knob 11 for temperature control are attached from above.

The shower fixtures attached to the frame 1 are an overhead shower 2, a micro shower 3, a pouring hot water 4, a body shower 5, an under shower 6, and a hand shower 7, and the micro shower 3, the body shower 4, and the under shower 7 are respectively left and right. It is installed in a symmetric position.

In addition, the above overhead shower 2 sprays water,
As a structure having three water passages for soft (foam) spouting and massage spouting, it is attached downward to an overhang portion 1a formed at the top of the frame 1.

The micro shower 3 is installed on the left and right sides of the overhead shower 2 in the overhang portion 1a.

The pouring water 4 is attached upward on both sides of the upper part of the frame 1 so that the water discharged upwardly falls in a parabolic shape.

The body shower 5 has a structure having two water passages for spray water discharge and massage water discharge. A total of four water showers are installed on each of the left and right sides of the frame 1 so that the water discharge direction can be variably adjusted.

The under shower 6 is juxtaposed at a predetermined interval to the overhang portion 1b formed at the lower part of the frame 1, and is configured such that two simultaneous spouts can be used as a base and a single side can be spouted as a foot shower.

The hand shower 7 has a manually variable structure for spraying, massaging, and foam discharging, and the mounting portion is freely adjustable.

The piping connection between the shower appliances 2 to 7 and the hot water supply source 12 will be described with reference to FIG.
And a combination of a water heater and a pressurized tank comprising a water supply tank 12b and a hot water tank 12c.
The pipe from the hot water supply tank 12c is connected to a hot / water mixer tap 13, and a pipe 14 connected to the outlet side of the hot / water mixer tap 13 is branched into two paths on the left and right sides. The control units 15 and 16 are provided. Each shower fixture is connected to a pipe downstream of the flow control units 15 and 16, and a solenoid valve 17 is attached to a branch pipe to each shower fixture.
Is configured to open and close the valve by operating a switch provided in the switch.

A water supply valve connected to the hot / water mixer tap 13 and a check valve
18, a strainer 19 and a water stopcock 20 are provided, respectively, and a temperature sensor 21 is further provided in the hot water supply line.

The flow control units 15, 16 provided in the pipes 14a, 14b downstream of the hot and cold mixing tap 13 are selected from a flow control valve 23 whose opening is controlled by the operation of a motor 22, and a water flow sensor 24. The operation (forward rotation, reverse rotation, stop) of the motor 22 is controlled by a signal from the control unit according to the shower equipment, and the flow rate is adjusted.

Downstream from the flow control units 15 and 16, there are three lines of spray 2 a of overhead shower 2, soft (foam) 2 b, massage 2 c, left and right pouring hot water 4, and line of hand shower 7 in lines 14 a downstream of flow control units 15 and 16. The micro-shower 3, the spray 5a of the body shower 5, the massage 5b, and the two under-showers 6 are connected to the pipe 14b.

The electromagnetic valves 17 provided in the respective conduits of the shower appliances 2 to 7 are formed by integrating a water supply electromagnetic valve 17a and a drainage electromagnetic valve 17b, and are fixed to a position where water in the frame 1 is drained.

The control unit 25 that controls the amount of water discharged from each of the shower appliances,
It consists of a microcomputer consisting of a CPU, ROM, RAM memory, I / O ports, and a system controller.
Each switch and other operation switches corresponding to each shower device provided on the operation panel 9 are electrically connected to the input side of the port, and the output side is provided in the flow control units 15, 16 and the pipeline of each shower device. Is electrically connected to the solenoid valve 17, and an optimal water discharge amount corresponding to each of the shower appliances 2 to 7 is set and stored in the memory as a preset value, and a setting range in which the flow rate can be adjusted is stored. In addition, the order of the water showers in the automatic mode and the water discharge time of each shower are stored as a program.

In addition, the control unit has a setting change flow value (final flow value)
Timer means 39 for measuring a fixed time (for example, 3 minutes) from the time when the water discharge is stopped at a predetermined time. A reading means 40 for reading any of the setting change flow values is provided.

Various switches as shown in FIG. 3 are provided on an operation panel 9 for selecting and switching each shower fixture.

The various switches include a power switch 26, a shower selection switch 27 for alternately switching between water discharge and water stoppage for each of the shower appliances 2 to 7, a water stop switch 28 for stopping all showers during water discharge, and starting operation in automatic mode. A switch 29, a flow rate setting switch 30 for increasing / decreasing and changing a water discharge flow rate value are provided, and display sections 31 and 32 of the set flow rate value, a water supply, a display section 33 indicating a state of the hot water supply pressurizing device, and a shower device are provided in the panel. A check sign display unit 34 and a water discharge location display unit 35 are provided.

The power switch 26 and the shower selection switch 27 are “on”, “off” or “water discharge” for each touch (press) operation,
"Water stop" switches.

The flow rate setting switch 30 is composed of both “+” and “−” switches, and when the “+” or “−” switch is pressed,
Each time the operation is performed, the flow rate target is changed by one step, and at the same time, the flow rate display value on the display unit 31 or 32 is changed every “1 / min”.

In the automatic mode, several types (three types in the present embodiment) are set by changing the number of water discharge showers, and in mode 1, a body shower (spray), an overhead shower (spray), a body shower (massage), and a micro shower are incorporated. , Mode 2 incorporates an overhead shower (spray), body shower (spray), body shower (massage), under shower, micro shower, overhead shower (massage), and overhead shower (soft). ), Overhead shower (massage), overhead shower (soft), body shower (spray), body shower (massage), tapping hot water (alternate), under shower, micro shower It is rare. In addition, the order of the water showers in each mode, the set flow rate of each shower, and the water discharge time are set in advance, and the flow rate can be changed during operation.

Also, the preset value and the adjustable setting range of each shower are set as shown in Table-1.

Next, the flow rate adjustment of the shower will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 4 and the time chart of FIG. 5. First, a desired shower A is selected on the operation panel 9 and the selection switch 27 is pressed. The selection switch judging means 36 of the section 25 judges which shower is selected, and the solenoid valve provided in the pipe of the shower corresponding to the judgment result.
The water supply solenoid valve 17a of 17 is opened to start water discharge.

Further, the selection switch judging means 36 of the control unit 25 reads the preset value of the shower A selected from the preset value storage means 37 at the same time as the opening command of the solenoid valve 17 and compares it with the comparing means 38.
And the flow rate at the start of water discharge is measured by the water flow sensor 24 of the flow control unit 15 or 16 and compared with the input measurement value.
The opening of the flow control valve 23 is controlled by the operation of the motor 22 in accordance with the difference between the preset value and the measured value, and the water flow sensor 24
When the measured value of coincides with the preset value, the operation of the motor stops, the opening of the flow control valve 23 is maintained, and the flow of the preset value is discharged.

Then, when the set value is changed by operating the flow rate setting switch 30 to a value higher than the preset value in the middle of the water discharge, the changed value is stored in the storage means 37 and output to the comparison means 38 at the same time as described above. By performing the same operation, water is discharged at the setting change flow rate value, and the setting change flow rate value is held in the storage means 37 for a certain period of time.

Then, the use of the above-mentioned shower A is stopped, another shower B is selected and water discharge is started, and the flow rate value is changed to a value lower than the preset value on the way and used for a predetermined time.
Stop using shower B and use shower A again
Select to start using.

At this time, the timer means 39 has started counting when the use of the shower A is stopped, and if the time of re-use of the shower A is within the fixed time T after the start of the count, the reading means 40 returns to the last time of the previous use. The flow rate value, that is, the setting change flow rate value is instructed to be output from the storage means 37, and is output to the comparison means 38. Thereby, the flow rate at the time of re-use of the shower A becomes the same flow rate value as that at the time of the previous use, and the flow rate adjusting unit 15
16 is controlled to start water discharge.

In addition, the time when the shower A is reused is determined by the timer means 39.
If the predetermined time T has elapsed after the start of counting, the reading means 40 instructs the storage means 37 to output a preset value, and the preset value is discharged.

Note that the setting change flow rate value held in the
When turned OFF, it is deleted and the preset value is displayed as the water discharge flow rate. Further, the function of holding the setting change flow value described above does not function during the operation in the automatic mode.

In addition, the above-mentioned hot water supply source 12 and the piping system to each shower are provided with an all-water function so that hot water can be quickly discharged at the set temperature when the shower is started to be used. As the flushing function, there are a first type in which cold water is passed through a hot water supply pipe to a position just before the hot water mixing tap 13 by a flow method, and a shower branched into two paths on the left and right from the hot water mixing tap 13. The second three types, in which the water flows to the solenoid valve 17 of the above, and the third type in which the cold water (residual water) from the shower water outlets 2 to 5 is drained from the solenoid valve 17 of each shower by the drainage method It is configured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the appearance of the present apparatus, FIG. 2 is a piping connection diagram, FIG. 3 is a front view of an operation panel, and FIG. And FIG. 5 is a time chart. In the figure, 1: Frame 2 to 7: Various shower fixtures 9: Operation panel, 12: Hot water supply 15, 16: Flow control unit, 17: Solenoid valve 22: Flow control valve, 24: Water flow sensor 25: Control unit 27: Switch of each shower 36: Selection switch judgment means 37: Preset value and setting change flow rate value storage means 38: Comparison means 39: Timer means 40: Readout means

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Yasuharu Kato 2-1-1, Nakajima, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka Tochiki Kiki Co., Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47K 3 / twenty two

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of different types of shower equipment attached to a frame, a control unit for storing an optimum water discharge amount corresponding to each shower equipment as a preset value, and a water discharge amount of each shower equipment in the control unit. Means for changing the flow rate setting, a holding means for holding the setting change flow rate value within a certain period of time, and a water discharge amount when the previously used shower equipment is reused within the certain time period, which is set in preference to a preset value. And a reading means for reading and outputting the changed flow rate value.