JP5484751B2 - System kitchen - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system kitchen provided with a disposer for treating straw and a water purifier for treating raw water such as tap water.

Recently, a system kitchen has been adopted in which a disposer for treating straw is provided in the sink. In addition, it is also widespread to provide a water purifier for removing residual chlorine from tap water in the system kitchen.
A general disposer has a soot inlet formed at the top of the disposer body, and this soot inlet is attached to a drain outlet at the bottom of the sink. And garbage such as garbage is thrown into the disposer body from the straw inlet and crushed. The crushed soot is sent to a dedicated wastewater treatment facility through a wastewater pipe.

  When treating the soot with the disposer in this way, it is usually necessary to supply water to the disposer body. For this reason, when using the disposer, the user first opens the general faucet attached to the sink of the system kitchen, allows tap water to flow into the sink from the spout, and tap water flows from the dredging inlet. Flow into the disposer body. Next, operate the disposer switch, such as a safety lid type, that has a switch function on the lid attached to the dredge inlet to start the disposer body, and crush the straw that has been thrown into the disposer body under the supply of water. . Next, after confirming the end of crushing from the rotating sound of the disposer body, etc., the disposer switch is operated to stop the disposer body, and then the tap is stopped by closing the general faucet.

  When using the disposer in this way, in addition to starting and stopping the disposer body by switch operation, the user must also manually open and close the general faucet according to the above procedure. Yes, the operation was troublesome.

  Therefore, it has been studied to improve the operability when using the disposer by opening and closing the general faucet in conjunction with the starting and stopping of the disposer body.

For example, in a system kitchen provided with a hand shower type general faucet with a hand shower as a spout attached to the tip of a flexible pipe that can be pulled out, an open / close valve such as an electromagnetic valve is provided in the middle of the flexible pipe. There is a technology in which opening and closing is linked to the starting and stopping of the disposer body.
That is, when the disposer body is activated, the on-off valve is opened, tap water flows from the hand shower to the sink, and tap water is supplied into the disposer body. On the other hand, when the disposer body stops, the on-off valve closes, tap water discharge stops, and the supply of tap water into the disposer body also stops. Therefore, when the disposer is used, the user only has to operate the disposer switch, and it is not necessary to manually open and close the general faucet, so that the operability when using the disposer is excellent.

  However, when an open / close valve is provided in the middle of the flexible pipe and the opening / closing of the open / close valve is linked to the activation and stop of the disposer body, the flexible pipe is assumed to be provided in the middle. Therefore, many connecting parts are required for so-called retrofitting work when connecting the on-off valve, and there is a problem that work is troublesome and poor connection is likely to occur.

On the other hand, for example, in FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1, a disposer dedicated faucet is provided in the sink separately from the existing general faucet, and the start and stop of water discharge from the disposer dedicated faucet is started and stopped. The form linked to is disclosed.
In this example, apart from the water supply pipe for supplying tap water to the general faucet, a dedicated water supply pipe for supplying tap water to the disposer dedicated faucet is laid under the sink in advance. By connecting the pipe and the disposer faucet, tap water is supplied to the disposer faucet and discharged from the spout.
In this case, it is necessary to connect the dedicated water pipe and the disposer faucet, but the dedicated water pipe is pre-laid on the assumption that it is connected to the disposer dedicated faucet. is there. For this reason, it is considered that the connection work is a relatively simple operation using a minimum number of connection parts, and it is considered that poor connection is unlikely to occur.

JP 2003-155664 A

However, many recent system kitchens are equipped with a water purification device for removing residual chlorine and the like from tap water. In that case, when the technique disclosed in FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1 is applied, water is discharged into a general kitchen faucet for discharging tap water or a dedicated faucet for disposer in the sink of the system kitchen. A total of three water faucets, including water faucets for water purification, will be installed.
As a result, the top of the sink becomes narrower, and the configuration of piping and wiring under the sink becomes complicated, resulting in a problem that the sink and the sink cannot be simply configured.

On the other hand, in the water purifier, there has been a problem that bacteria in the pipe where the purified water tends to stay or the spout of the faucet for water purifying the purified water are easily contaminated with bacteria. This is because purified water from which residual chlorine effective for sterilization is removed stays in the pipe when not in use, and bacteria and the like are generated therefrom.
Therefore, in the water purifier, a technique capable of suppressing such bacterial contamination has been demanded.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a system kitchen provided with a disposer and a water purifier, which is excellent in operability when using the disposer, has no troublesome construction work and poor connection, and is on a sink. It is an object to provide a system kitchen that can be configured simply and under the sink and that can suppress bacterial contamination of the water purifier by using a disposer.

The system kitchen of the present invention is a disposer having a disposer body for processing soot, and a disposer operating means for switching between starting and stopping of the disposer body,
A water purification apparatus comprising water purification means for treating raw water, and a water purification pipe through which purified water passed through the water purification means flows;
A faucet for water purification having a water discharge pipe formed at the tip of a water discharge port for discharging the purified water from the water purification pipe;
A system kitchen provided with a sink incorporating the disposer body,
The water purifier has a bypass pipe that supplies raw water to the water purification pipe, and a bypass pipe on / off valve that opens and closes the bypass pipe, and the bypass pipe on / off valve of the disposer main body is operated by the disposer operating means. It opens at the time of starting, it closes when the said disposer main body stops by operation of the said disposer operation means , The said water purification means and the said water purification pipe are distribute | arranged to the inside of the said water faucet for water purification, It is characterized by the above-mentioned .

  According to the system kitchen of the present invention, it is excellent in operability when using a disposer, there is no troublesome work or connection failure problem, the sink top and under the sink can be simply configured, and by using the disposer, water purification Bacterial contamination of the device can be suppressed.

It is a schematic structure figure showing one embodiment of a system kitchen of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows other one Embodiment of the system kitchen of this invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a system kitchen of the present invention. The system kitchen of this example includes a sink S, a disposer 10 and a general faucet 21 as shown in FIG. The raw water part 20 and the water purifier 31 provided with the water purifier 31 and the water purifier 30 are comprised.

The disposer 10 includes a disposer body 11 that crushes straws such as thrown-in garbage by the action of centrifugal force, and a disposer switch (disposer operating means) that switches activation and deactivation of the disposer body 11.
In this example, the disposer body 11 is formed in the upper part of the disposer main body 11, and the disposer body 11 is incorporated in the sink S by attaching the spear input opening 11 a to the drain outlet at the bottom of the sink S.
In this example, the disposer switch is a safety lid type switch in which the lid body 12 attached to the basket insertion port 11a has a switching function as shown in the top view in FIG. By turning in the direction, the disposer body 11 can be switched between starting and stopping. That is, the lid body 12 of this example has not only a function of preventing the splash of the dispersal when the disposer 10 is used, but also a function as a disposer switch.
The soot crushed in the disposer body 11 is sent to a dedicated wastewater treatment facility (not shown) through the wastewater pipe 13.

  The raw water section 20 includes a general faucet 21 attached to the top plate of the sink, and a water supply pipe 23 that supplies tap water (raw water) from the stop cock 22 to the general faucet 21. Tap water is discharged into the sink S from the raw water outlet 21 a of the stopper 21. The raw water section 20 in this example also includes a hot water supply pipe 24 for supplying warm water to the general faucet 21.

The water purifier 30 includes water purifying means 32 for treating tap water to obtain purified water. In the example of FIG. 1, the so-called under-sink type water purifying means 32 in which the water purifying means 32 is installed below the sink S. It is said that. Further, the water purifier 30 includes a purified water pipe 33 through which purified water that has passed through the purified water means 32 flows, and a raw water supply pipe 34 that branches from the middle of the water supply pipe 23 of the raw water section 20 and supplies tap water to the purified water means 32. It has.
In this example, the water purification means 32 is a water purification cartridge that includes activated carbon that removes and adsorbs residual chlorine and total trihalomethane in tap water, a hollow fiber membrane that removes general bacteria and impurities, and the like, and is detachable from the water purification apparatus 30. It is installed.
The downstream side of the water purification pipe 33 is introduced into the body part of the water faucet 31 for water purification installed on the top plate part of the sink, and here communicates with the water discharge pipe 31a extending outward from the body part of the water faucet 31 for water purification. doing. At the tip (downstream end) of the water discharge pipe 31a, a water discharge port 31b for discharging the purified water flowing through the water purification pipe 33 via the water purification means 32 to the sink S is formed.

  In the middle of the raw water supply pipe 34, an electromagnetic valve (open / close valve) 35 for opening and closing the raw water supply pipe 34 is provided. The electromagnetic valve 35 is connected with a water purification operation switch (purified water operation means) 36 that opens and closes the electromagnetic valve 35 and switches between water discharge and water stoppage from the water discharge port 31b by electric wiring (not shown). Yes. Therefore, when the water purification operation switch 36 is operated to open the electromagnetic valve 35, tap water is supplied to the water purification means 32, purified water is discharged from the water outlet 31 b, and when the electromagnetic valve 35 is closed, the tap water is supplied. It stops and the spout of the purified water from the spout 31b also stops. In this example, a push-type tact switch (registered trademark) is employed as the water purification operation switch 36, and is provided on the upper surface of the body portion of the water purification faucet 31.

Further, the water purifier 30 is branched from the raw water supply pipe 34 upstream of the electromagnetic valve 35 by the branch plug 40, and a bypass pipe 37 for directly supplying tap water to the water purification pipe 33 without going through the water purification means 32. And a bypass pipe solenoid valve (bypass pipe opening / closing valve) 38 that is installed in the middle of the bypass pipe 37 and opens and closes the bypass pipe 37. In this example, the downstream end 37 a of the bypass pipe 37 is connected to the vicinity of the upstream end 33 b of the water purification pipe 33.
The bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is connected to the disposer switch composed of the lid 12 by the electric wiring 39, and when the disposer body 11 is activated by operating the disposer switch, the bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is opened. When the disposer body 11 is stopped by operating the disposer switch, the bypass pipe electromagnetic valve 38 is closed. Therefore, when the disposer switch 1 is operated to activate the disposer main body 11, the tap water from the raw water supply pipe 34 flows through the bypass pipe 37 without passing through the water purifying means 32, and is then introduced into the water purifying pipe 33, and the water purifier faucet Water is discharged from the water discharge port 31b of the 31 water discharge pipe 31a. On the other hand, when the disposer switch is operated in order to stop the disposer body 11, the tap water discharge from the water discharge port 31b of the water purifying faucet 31 is stopped.
Thus, the bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is configured to open and close in conjunction with the activation and stop of the disposer body 11.

When using the disposer 10 in such a system kitchen, the user may operate according to the following procedure.
First, after throwing in the disposer main body 11 with garbage such as garbage from the sprinkle inlet 11a, the disposer switch is operated. Then, the disposer body 11 is activated and the bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 provided in the middle of the bypass pipe 37 is opened. Thereby, the tap water supplied from the raw water supply pipe 34 flows through the bypass pipe 37, then flows through the water purification pipe 33, and then flows through the water discharge pipe 31a of the water faucet 31 for water purification, and then from the water discharge port 31b to the sink S. Water is discharged. The tap water discharged to the sink S flows into the disposer body 11 from the dredging inlet 11a, and thus the tap water necessary for crushing the trough is supplied to the disposer body 11.
Thereafter, after confirming the end of crushing from the rotating sound of the disposer body 11, the user operates the disposer switch. Then, the disposer main body 11 is stopped, and the bypass pipe electromagnetic valve 38 provided in the middle of the bypass pipe 37 is closed, whereby the water discharge from the water outlet 31b to the sink S is also stopped. The soot crushed in the disposer body 11 is sent to a dedicated wastewater treatment facility (not shown) through the wastewater pipe 13.

  In addition, when discharging purified water from the spout 31b of the water faucet 31 for drinking or cooking, the operation switch 36 for water purification is operated, and the electromagnetic wave provided in the middle of the raw water supply pipe 34 The valve 35 may be opened. When the electromagnetic valve 35 is opened, tap water is supplied to the water purification means 32, and purified water is discharged from the water outlet 31b.

As described above, such a system kitchen has a bypass pipe 37 for supplying tap water to the water purification pipe 33 of the water purification apparatus 30, and a bypass pipe electromagnetic valve 38 for opening and closing the bypass pipe 37, The bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is configured to be opened when the disposer body 11 is started by operating the disposer switch, and closed when the disposer body 11 is stopped by operating the disposer switch. Therefore, in such a system kitchen, the operation when using the disposer is simple and the operability is excellent.
That is, when the disposer 10 is used, the user activates the disposer main body 11 with only one operation of operating the disposer switch, and tap water necessary for the treatment of dredging is discharged from the spout 31b of the water purifier 31. And can be supplied to the disposer body 11. Further, when stopping the disposer 10, the user can stop the disposer body 11 and stop the tap water from the water outlet 31b by only one operation of operating the disposer switch.

Further, in such a system kitchen, tap water supplied to the disposer body 11 when using the disposer is discharged from the spout 31b of the water purifying faucet 31, so there is no need to provide a separate disposer faucet. For this reason, the upper part of the sink and the lower part of the sink can be simply configured without making the upper part of the sink narrower and without complicating the configuration of piping and wiring under the sink.
Furthermore, such a system kitchen is originally configured to discharge tap water required when using the disposer from the water faucet 31 for purification, and does not require time-consuming retrofitting work. Therefore, the problem of poor connection does not occur.

Moreover, in such a system kitchen, the water discharged from the water outlet 31b when the disposer is used, and the water supplied to the disposer main body 11 is not purified water, flows through the bypass pipe 37 without passing through the water purification means 32, and flows through the water purification pipe 33. This is tap water introduced into the water discharge pipe 31a. Thus, since the water supplied to the disposer main body 11 is tap water that has not passed through the water purifying means 32, the water purifying cartridge of the water purifying means 32 is not used unnecessarily, and its life is not shortened.
Furthermore, according to such a system kitchen, every time the disposer 10 is operated, tap water from which residual chlorine has not been removed flows through the water purification pipe 33 of the water purification apparatus 30 and is discharged from the water outlet 31b of the water discharge pipe 31a. . Therefore, after use of the water purifier 30, the purified water stays and is washed with tap water containing residual chlorine each time the disposer 10 is used for the inside of the water purification pipe 33 and the water discharge pipe 31 a and the water outlet 31 b that are easily contaminated by bacteria. Therefore, it is possible to suppress bacterial contamination that is a concern. Particularly in this example, the downstream end 37a of the bypass pipe 37 is connected to the vicinity of the upstream end 33b of the water purification pipe 33, and when the disposer 10 is operated, the tap water starts to flow from the vicinity of the upstream end 33b of the water purification pipe 33. Therefore, tap water flows through the water purification pipe 33 over almost the entire length, and the cleaning effect is high.
In particular, in the water purifier 30 having the undersink type water purifying means 32 as shown in FIG. 1, the water purifying pipe 33 connecting the water purifying means 32 and the water discharge pipe 31a is a water purifying apparatus having a counter-on type water purifying means described later. It is longer than 30, and therefore, there is a tendency to be more concerned about bacterial contamination than counter-on water purification means. In this respect, in such a system kitchen, every time the disposer 10 is used, tap water flows through the water purification pipe 33 and exerts a cleaning effect. Therefore, the undersink type water purification means 32 in which bacterial contamination is more concerned in this way. It is more effective when it comprises

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the system kitchen of the present invention. The system kitchen of this example also has a sink S, a disposer 10 and a general faucet as in the example of FIG. The raw water part 20 provided with 21 and the water purification part provided with the faucet 31 for water purification and the water purification apparatus 30 ′ are configured.
However, in this example, the water purifier 30 ′ is a so-called counter-on type water purifier in which a water purifying cartridge as the water purifier 32 ′ is disposed inside the body portion of the water purifier 31 as a water purifier for treating raw water. 32 '. And the purified water pipe 33 into which the purified water which passed through purified water means 32 'flows is also arrange | positioned inside the trunk | drum part of the faucet 31 for purified water.
Therefore, the downstream side of the bypass pipe 37 is introduced into the body portion of the water purifying faucet 31, where it is connected by the water purifying pipe 33 and the branch plug 41. The bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is provided not in the bypass pipe 37 in the water purifier 31 but in the bypass pipe 37 outside the water purifier 31.
The downstream end of the water purification pipe 33 is connected to a water discharge pipe 31 a provided in the water purification faucet 31, and the purified water that has flowed through the water purification pipe 33 flows through the water discharge pipe 31 a and is discharged from the water outlet 31 b of the water purification water faucet 31 to the sink S. It has become so.

  Similarly to the system kitchen of the example of FIG. 1, the system kitchen of this example also includes a bypass pipe 37 for supplying tap water to the water purification pipe 33 and a bypass pipe electromagnetic valve 38 for opening and closing the bypass pipe 37. The bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 is configured to open when the disposer body 11 is activated by operating the disposer switch, and to be closed when the disposer body 11 is stopped by operating the disposer switch. Therefore, in such a system kitchen, the operation when using the disposer is simple and the operability is excellent.

In addition, in the system kitchen of this example as well, it is not necessary to provide a separate water tap for the disposer as in the system kitchen of the example of FIG. Since no retrofitting work is required, there is no problem of poor connection.
Furthermore, since the water discharged from the water outlet 31b and supplied to the disposer main body 11 is tap water when the disposer is used, the water purification cartridge of the water purifying means 32 is used unnecessarily, and its life is not shortened. It is also possible to suppress bacterial contamination of the water purification pipe 33 and the water discharge pipe 31a and the water discharge port 31b.

  In the above example, as the water purification means 32, 32 ', a removable water purification cartridge provided with activated carbon that removes and adsorbs residual chlorine and total trihalomethane in tap water, and a hollow fiber membrane that removes general bacteria and impurities, etc. Although it has been exemplified, water purification means having at least a function of removing residual chlorine in tap water and further having a function of removing total trihalomethane, general bacteria, impurities, etc., as required, may be used. There is no limitation on the configuration or the form of the cartridge filled with the processing agent.

Further, as the disposer switch, a safety lid type switch in which the lid body 12 has a switching function is exemplified, but the form is not limited, and for example, a panel switch type can be exemplified. In addition, when the switch is installed with a safety lid type switch, the installation location is naturally the spout insertion port 11a of the disposer body 11. However, in the case of a panel switch type or the like, the wall near the sink S or the sink S It may be a front plate or the like.
Moreover, as the water purification operation means, the water purification operation switch 36 composed of a push-type tact switch (registered trademark) has been exemplified, but the form is not limited, and for example, a rotary dial type, a sensor type, a remote control type, etc. In addition to the switch, a rotary operation lever can be exemplified. Further, in this example, a tact switch (registered trademark) is adopted as the operation means for water purification, and the upper surface portion of the water faucet 31 is illustrated as the installation location from the viewpoint of easy operation at hand. The shape can be determined as appropriate according to the shape of the operation means for water purification.
In addition, as the forms of the on-off valve and the bypass pipe on-off valve of the raw water supply pipe 34, electromagnetic valves are exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to electromagnetic valves as long as the opening and closing of the flow path can be switched.
Further, a three-way valve is provided at the branch portion of the raw water supply pipe 34 and the bypass pipe 37 in place of the branch plug 40, and the functions of the bypass pipe solenoid valve 38 and the solenoid valve 35 are provided on the three-way valve. You can also. According to such a configuration, it is possible to realize downsizing and saving construction under the sink.

  10: Disposer, 11: Disposer body, 30, 30 ′: Water purifier, 31: Water faucet, 32, 32 ′: Water purification means, 31a: Water discharge pipe, 31b: Water discharge port, 33: Water purification pipe, 37: Bypass pipe 38: Bypass pipe solenoid valve (bypass pipe on-off valve), S: Sink

Claims (1)

A disposer having a disposer main body for processing soot, and a disposer operating means for switching between starting and stopping of the disposer main body,
A water purification apparatus comprising water purification means for treating raw water, and a water purification pipe through which purified water passed through the water purification means flows;
A faucet for water purification having a water discharge pipe formed at the tip of a water discharge port for discharging the purified water from the water purification pipe;
A system kitchen provided with a sink incorporating the disposer body,
The water purifier has a bypass pipe that supplies raw water to the water purification pipe, and a bypass pipe on / off valve that opens and closes the bypass pipe, and the bypass pipe on / off valve of the disposer main body is operated by the disposer operating means. A system kitchen which is opened at the time of startup, closed when the disposer main body is stopped by operation of the disposer operating means, and wherein the water purification means and the water purification pipe are arranged inside the water purifier faucet .

Images