JPH07193B2 - Ion water generator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION “Industrial field of application” The present invention relates to an ionized water generator.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, raw material water (usually tap water is used in the present invention, and henceforth in the present application, simply referred to as "tap water".)
Various types have been proposed, including an intermittent type in which the water is once stored in a container and electrolysis is performed for a certain period of time to obtain ionic water, and a continuous type in which electrolysis is performed while continuously flowing water.

Then, the conventional continuous ion water generator, a body containing an electrolytic cell having a pair of electrodes opposed to each other and an intermediate portion partitioned by an ion-permeable diaphragm, and a tap water inlet connected to a tap by a hose. The structure has an acidic ion water outlet and an alkaline ion water outlet.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" However, the conventional ionized water generator has a drawback that the device itself is large, and when used, it is connected to a faucet with a hose, and tap water is fed from the faucet, After that, it is necessary to energize the electrolytic cell to obtain ionized water (since energization without watering will damage the electrodes and the ion-permeable diaphragm), for example, when drinking a glass of alkaline ionized water. The operation had a drawback that it was very complicated.

In addition, in the conventional ion water generator, after use, it is necessary to sanitize the water in the electrolytic cell to dry the ion permeable diaphragm for hygiene, and to prevent bacteria from growing on this ion permeable diaphragm. It has a drawback that it is difficult to obtain ionized water.

"Purpose" The present invention has been made in view of the above drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ionized water generation device that is small in size, easy to operate, and can easily and hygienically obtain ionized water when desired. Is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the structure of the present invention having the above-mentioned claims as its gist is in accordance with the above-mentioned object, and a water extraction pipe 41 is provided in the faucet valve seat 13 of the water faucet 10. Connect one end of the
The other end of 41 is connected to the tap water inlet 51 of the electrolytic cell 50, and the switching valve 90 is connected to the alkaline ion water outlet 53 of the electrolytic cell 50.
Of the electrolyzer 50, the acidic ion water outlet 52 of the electrolytic cell 50 is communicated with the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10, and the one side outlet 91 of the switching valve 90 is connected to the alkaline ion water supply port 43. In addition, a technical means is adopted in which the other side outlet 92 is joined in the middle of the acidic ion water flow path R3 that connects the acidic ion water outlet 52 and the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10. is there.

"Operation" Therefore, the ionized water producing apparatus of the present invention operates as follows.

When using normal water During normal operation when no water is used, a water stop valve 60 is inserted in the middle of the water extraction pipe 41 and the electrolytic cell 50, and the water passage is blocked by this water stop valve 60. Water does not flow to the downstream side of the water shutoff valve 60, and neither the faucet 10 nor the alkaline ionized water supply port 43 flows out. Therefore, when using water, by opening the water shutoff valve 60, tap water flows into the electrolytic cell 50, and tap water that has passed through this electrolytic cell 50 (however, in this state, the electrolytic cell 50 is energized) Tap water is not electrolyzed.) Flows out from the acidic ion water outlet 52 and the alkaline water outlet 53, and the water flowing out from the acidic ion water outlet 52 is supplied from the tap 10 through the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the tap 10. To be done.
In addition, the water flowing out from the alkaline water outlet 53 has a switching valve 90.
Since this switching valve 90 normally communicates with the other side outlet 92 side, the water merges with the acidic ion water flow path R3, and the tap water is supplied as it is from the tap 10. Exerts the action.

When using ionized water When using ionized water, energize the electrolytic cell 50 and
The switching valve 90 is switched so that the inflow port 115 and the one-sided outflow port 91 communicate with each other. Therefore, the water flowing out from the acidic ion water outlet 52 passes through the acidic ion water flow path R3 and then the faucet.
The water supplied from the alkaline water outlet 53 flows out from the alkaline water outlet 53, passes through the switching valve 90, and flows out from the alkaline ionized water inlet 43.

Cleaning Action In the above action, tap water always passes through the electrolytic cell 50. That is, it is possible to prevent new bacteria from growing in the electrolytic cell 50 by constantly passing new tap water in the electrolytic cell 50. Further, since tap water contains chlorine for sterilization, it is positive. A bactericidal action can also be expected.

[Examples] Next, examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the figure, 10 is a water faucet, and the water faucet 10 is a conventionally known faucet casing. That is, this faucet 10
Is tap water flowing from the faucet inlet 11 at one end
Through the other end of the faucet water supply port 12, and a faucet valve seat 13 is provided in the middle of the faucet flow path R6.
Above the faucet valve seat 13, a valve chamber cylinder 14 having an open upper end is provided. The valve chamber cylinder 14 is provided with an outer peripheral thread 15 and an inner peripheral thread 16, and usually the outer peripheral thread 15 has a lid body,
A guide piece for advancing and retracting the valve rod is screwed into the inner peripheral thread 16, the valve rod is threadedly penetrated through the guide piece, and a valve body is provided at a lower end of the valve rod and a handle is provided at an upper end thereof. However, these lids, valve rods, guide pieces, valve bodies, and handles are not necessary for the device of the present invention, and are therefore removed. Further, in the illustrated example, the inner peripheral thread 16
However, this is because it is based on the assumption that the existing faucet is used, and it is needless to say that the inner peripheral thread 16 is not necessary when the dedicated faucet 10 is prepared.

Then, one end of the water extraction pipe 41 is connected to the faucet valve seat 13 of the water faucet 10, and the other end of the water extraction pipe 41 is connected to the tap water inlet 51 of the electrolytic cell 50 via the water stop valve 60 in the middle. I am doing it.

In the present embodiment, the faucet valve seat 13 and the water extraction pipe 41 are connected to the outer peripheral thread 15 of the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the faucet 10 by upwardly expanding the valve chamber having a through hole portion 21 having an enlarged diameter. The diameter body 20 is screwed. This valve chamber upper expanded body 20 has a connecting cylinder portion 20a having an inner peripheral surface with a thread 18 which is screwed into a thread 15 provided on the outer circumference of the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the faucet 10.
In the upper part of the connecting cylinder part 20a, a lower cone communicates with the connecting cylinder part 20a, an inner diameter of which is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the valve chamber cylinder 14, and an upper cone of the through hole is sequentially expanded. A diameter-expanded cylinder portion 20b having a portion 21 is continuously provided. The through-hole portion 21 has a lower end that is substantially the same as the inner diameter of the valve chamber cylinder 14 and an upper end that has a diameter that is a normal columnar shape. It may be a through hole.

The through hole 21 is formed on the valve chamber upper expanded body 20.
The case 30 is fixed by closing the top part of the water removal pipe 41 whose lower end is loosely inserted into the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10 and the lower end of which is pressed against the faucet valve seat 13. It is projected. The lower surface of the case 30 may be used to close the top of the through hole portion 21, but in the present embodiment, most of the flow passages described later are formed in the manifold 110, so The bottom surface closes the top of the through hole portion 21. That is, at the bottom of the manifold 110, a thread 111
The column portion 112 having the
Is fastened to this thread 111 with a fastening socket 23, and the lower surface of the manifold 110, more precisely, the manifold 1
The top of the through hole 21 is closed by the lower surface of the pillar 112 of the ten, and the case 30 is fixed to the manifold 110.If the manifold 110 is not used, the bottom of the case 30 or the like is used. The top of the through hole 21 may be closed.

In the illustrated embodiment, the case 30 includes a cylindrical case body 31, a bottom board 32 having a hollow portion into which the fastening socket 23 is loosely inserted, and a cover board having an operation button 34 of an electrolytic switch 101 described later. 32 consists of this bottom plate 32 manifold
It is fixed to 110 etc. with fixing screws 33, 33, 33 .... Further, the water take-out pipe 41 may be provided so as to project from the bottom surface portion of the case 30, but when the manifold 110 is used for the bottom surface portion of the case 30 as in the present embodiment, this tap water introduction tubular portion 41 is used. Naturally, it is provided so as to project from the bottom surface of the manifold 110, and tap water is introduced into the case 30 through the water extraction pipe 41.

The electrolytic cell 50 may be a conventionally known one, and in the present embodiment, an electrolytic cell 50 having a tap water inlet 51 at one end and an acidic ion water outlet 52 and an alkaline ion water outlet 53 at the other end. It is stored in the case 30. In addition, this electrolytic cell
A detailed description of 50 will be given later.

The raw water supply passage R1 (see FIG. 3) is used to connect the other end of the water extraction pipe 41 to the tap water inlet 51 of the electrolytic cell 50 via the water shutoff valve 60 on the way. In the present embodiment, a water shutoff valve 60 operated by a proximity switch is inserted in the middle of the raw water feed passage R1, and a manual flow rate adjustment valve 70 is further inserted, and the upstream and downstream sides of the water shutoff valve 60 are inserted. Bypass road between
R2 is communicated with, a manual opening / closing valve 80 is provided in the middle of the bypass passage R2, and a permanent magnet body M1 is provided at an appropriate outer peripheral portion of the raw material water passage R1.

The water stop valve 60 uses various proximity switches such as infrared type, ultrasonic type, electrostatic capacitance type, etc. as a sensor to detect that a hand of a water user has approached a predetermined position, and this detection signal is used. The one that operates the water shutoff valve 60 is used, and in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the infrared lamp 201 and the infrared light receiving element 202 are used, and the infrared light emitted from the infrared lamp 201 comes close to a predetermined position. The proximity of the object H is detected by being reflected by the object H such as a hand and received by the infrared light receiving element 202, and this detection signal is processed by the amplification / control circuit 103 to control the opening / closing of the water stop valve 60. is doing. Further, the water shutoff valve 60 itself may be a valve that opens by energizing the solenoid 61, but in the present embodiment, the solenoid 61 having a small capacity is used.
In order to reliably open and close the valve against the water pressure, the valve mechanism shown most clearly in Fig. 4 is used. This valve mechanism constitutes a valve lower chamber 62 having an upper opening in the middle of the raw material water flow passage R1, and a secondary side raw material water flow passage R1 ″ (described later, a third through hole R1-3 Same as above) Cylindrical valve seat part communicating with
63 are set up. Further, a valve 68 is formed in the upper part of the valve lower chamber 62 by a diaphragm 68 to form a valve upper chamber 64. The diaphragm 68 does not always close the cylindrical valve seat portion 63. A first small hole 65 that connects the lower chamber 62 and the valve upper chamber 64, and a second-small hole 66 that connects the inside of the cylindrical valve seat portion 63 and the valve upper chamber 64 are provided.
The lower end of the plunger 67 of the water shutoff valve 60 is normally in pressure contact with the second-small hole 66 to close the second-small hole 66.

Therefore, in FIG. 4, if there is a predetermined water pressure in the primary side raw material water flow path R1 '(which will be described later, the same as the first through hole R1-1),
This water pressure acts on the upper surface side of the diaphragm 68 through the first small hole 65 and presses the diaphragm 68 against the cylindrical valve seat portion 63. And the solenoid 61 to open the valve
When electricity is applied to the diaphragm 68, the diaphragm 68 is normally pulled up by an electromagnetic attraction force, but only the plunger 67 is pulled up in this embodiment. Then, since the second-small hole 66 becomes conductive,
The internal pressure of the valve upper chamber 64 is lowered, and the diaphragm 68 is pushed up by the internal pressure of the valve lower chamber 62 to open the valve.

Further, as shown most clearly in FIG. 6, the manual flow rate adjusting valve 70 has a raw material water flow path R1 (in the drawing, the secondary side raw material water flow path R
1 ″), a rotary type flow rate adjusting valve rod 71 is inserted orthogonally to the flow rate adjusting valve rod 71, and a portion of the flow rate adjusting valve rod 71 that penetrates into the raw water channel R1 is provided with a through hole 72 (may be a cutout portion). The flow passage cross-sectional area of the raw material water flow passage R1 can be adjusted by the rotation angle of the through hole 72. It goes without saying that the adjustment dial 73 is attached to the outer end of the flow rate adjustment valve rod 71. However, the flow control valve rod 71 has a large diameter portion 71a inside the manifold 110 and a small diameter portion 71b extending from the manifold 110.
A pressing plate 74, through which 71b penetrates, is fixed to the manifold 110 so that it can be rotated but cannot be moved in the inserting / removing direction. Further, since the adjustment dial 73 also serves as an operation knob of the manual opening / closing valve 80 described later, it can be moved in the insertion / removal direction within a certain range, and the rotation stop pin 75 provided on the small diameter portion 71b of the flow rate adjustment valve rod 71 is provided. , Adjustment dial 73
It is adapted to be engaged in the key groove 76 provided in the.

The bypass passage R2 has a small hole formed in the cylindrical valve seat portion 63 described above, and this small hole is used as the bypass passage R2.
The valve body 81 is urged by a spring 82 in the closing direction, and a valve rod 83 protruding from the valve body 81 in parallel with the above-mentioned flow rate adjusting valve rod 71 is provided. It is locked to the adjustment dial 73. The engagement between the valve rod 83 and the adjustment dial 73 does not hinder the rotation of the adjustment dial 73, and the valve body 81 can be opened against the spring 82 when the adjustment dial 73 is moved in the pulling direction. Like this,
Specifically, the bottom lid 73a of the adjustment dial 73 has concentric elongated holes 75,
76 is opened, the tip of the valve rod 83 is loosely inserted into the one long hole 75, and locking pins 87, 87 are provided on both sides of the bottom lid 73a of the valve rod 83.
Is provided. A side portion of the retaining screw 78 is loosely inserted in the other long hole 76.

Further, in the present embodiment, the permanent magnet body M1 is arranged on the outer peripheral portion of the appropriate place of the raw water channel R1. The permanent magnet body M1 may be any one as long as a magnetic field is generated in the raw water channel R1, but in the present embodiment, a storage pocket 113 is provided at the outlet of the raw water channel R1 provided in the manifold 110, and the storage pocket 113 is provided. Permanent magnets M1 and M1 are housed inside with a spacer M2 sandwiched therebetween.
It is generally said that when a magnetic field is applied to water, the cluster structure of water is disrupted and the water dissolving ability is improved, but in reality, this phenomenon is only slight. However, if the disruption of the water cluster structure due to this magnetic field and the disruption of the water cluster structure due to electrolysis are performed at close positions, the cluster structure of water molecules will be disrupted by a synergistic effect. Then, the electrolysis efficiency was remarkably improved.

In the present invention, the alkaline ionized water outlet 53 of the electrolytic cell 50 is communicated with the inlet 115 of the switching valve 90, and the acidic ionized water outlet 53 of the electrolytic cell 50 is communicated with the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10. I am doing it.

To communicate the acidic ion water outlet 53 with the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10, the acidic ion water outlet 52 and the lower surface of the case 30 are opened downstream on the through hole portion 21 of the valve chamber upper expanded body 20. The side acidic ion water outlet 42 is connected with the acidic ion water flow path R3, and the alkaline ion water outlet 53 is connected to the inlet of the switching valve 90.
In order to communicate with 115, they are connected by an alkaline ionized water flow path R4.

Then, one side outlet 91 of the switching valve 90 communicates with the alkaline ionized water supply port 43, and the other side outlet 92 communicates with the acidic ionized water outlet 53 and the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10. The ionic water flow path R3 is merged in the middle.

Connect the other side outlet 92 to the acidic ion water outlet 52 and the tap.
In order to join the acidic ionized water flow path R3 communicating with the ten valve chamber cylinders 14 in the middle, they are connected by a communication path R5.

The acidic ionized water flow path R3, the communication path R5, the raw material water flow path R1 and the bypass path R2 are housed in the manifold 110 in the present embodiment, and further, the switching valve 90, the water shutoff valve 60, and the manual flow rate adjustment. The main parts of the valve 70 and the manual on-off valve 80 are also housed in the manifold 110, and the manifold 110 is provided with necessary flow passages and valve chambers.

The manifold 110 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. For convenience of manufacturing, the manifold 110 is divided into an upper manifold 110a and a lower manifold 110b, and the lower manifold 110b has a substantially central portion. A first through hole R1-1 whose lower end communicates with the tap water introducing cylinder 41 is opened, and a second through hole R1-2 which communicates with this first through hole R1-1 is opened in the upper manifold 110a. ing. The upper end of the second through hole R1-2 communicates with the lower portion of the valve lower chamber 62, which is drilled from the upper surface of the upper manifold 110a. Further, the upper manifold 110a has a cylindrical valve seat portion 63 provided in the valve lower chamber 62.
A third through hole R1-3 communicating with the third through hole R1−
A fourth through hole R1-4 communicating with No. 3 is drilled from the upper surface of the lower manifold 110b, and the other end of the fourth through hole R1-4 is bent halfway to form a permanent magnet on the side surface of the lower manifold 110b.
This is the fourth through hole R1 that opens inside the storage pocket 113 of M1.
-4 is connected to the tap water inlet 51 of the electrolyzer 50, and the first through hole R1-1 to the fourth through hole R1-4 form the raw water passage R1.

The upper manifold 110a is provided with an insertion hole 114 for the flow rate adjusting valve rod 71 and an insertion hole 115 for the valve rod 83 (see FIG. 6) from the side surface thereof toward the valve lower chamber 62. A small hole that forms a bypass R2 is formed in the peripheral wall of the cylindrical valve seat portion 63 at the tip side of the insertion hole 115 of the outer valve rod 83. Further, an alkali ion water inlet 115 is provided on the upper surface of the upper manifold 110a, and a valve chamber 93 of the switching valve 90 communicating with the alkali ion water inlet 115 is provided. Then, a fifth through hole R4-1 and a sixth through hole R5-1 communicating with the valve chamber 93 are opened in the lower manifold 110b, and an alkaline ionized water supply port 43 is provided in the fifth through hole R4-1. The alkaline ionized water outlet 53 and the alkaline ionized water inlet 15 of the electrolytic cell 50 are connected to each other by a hose 117 (see FIG. 1).
The hose 117 and the alkaline ion water outlet 53 form an alkaline ion water flow path R4.

A seventh through hole R3-1 communicating with the acidic ion water outlet 52 of the electrolytic cell 50 is drilled from the side wall of the upper manifold 110a, and the tip of the seventh through hole R3-1 has an upper manifold 11
An eighth communication hole R3-2 communicating with the lower surface of 0a and further communicating with the seventh communication hole R3-1 is opened in the lower manifold 110b, and the tip of the eighth communication hole R3-2 is the lower surface of the case 30. Is opened above the through hole portion 21 of the valve chamber upper expanded body 20, and the acidic ionized water flow passage R3 is formed by the seventh through hole R3-1 and the eighth through hole R3-2.

Further, the lower manifold 110b is provided with a ninth communication hole R5-1 in which the tip of the sixth communication hole R5-1 communicates with the eighth communication hole R3-2, and the ninth communication hole R5-1 is connected to the communication passage R5. Is formed.

It is needless to say that the manifold 110 may be integrally molded without being divided into upper and lower parts, and further, the manifold 110 itself may be omitted and each of the above-mentioned flow paths may be configured by a pipe or the like. Further, in the present application, the alkaline ionized water is set to be supplied from the alkaline ionized water outlet 53 so that the acidic ionized water is supplied from the faucet 10. However, in the implementation, the alkaline ionized water is set to be supplied from the faucet 10. It doesn't matter.

Further, the switching valve 90 may be one that can switch the downstream side to the one side outlet 91 and the other side outlet 92,
In the illustrated example, a cylindrical body 96 whose upper end is fixed to a shaft 95 which is rotated by the rotation of the operation lever 94 is housed in the valve chamber 93.
A ball valve body 98 biased in a direction to be pushed outward from the cylindrical body 96 by a spring 97 is housed therein, and by rotating the operation lever 94, the ball valve body 98 is moved to the one side outlet 91.
And the other side outflow port 92.

Further, in the electrolytic cell 50, an ion-permeable diaphragm that partitions the downstream side of the tap water inlet 51 into an acidic chamber portion 50a communicating with the acidic ion water outlet 52 and an alkaline chamber portion 50b communicating with the alkaline ion water outlet 53. 54 and this ion-permeable diaphragm
A pair of electrodes with 54 at the center and some gaps
55 and 56 are stored.

As the ion-permeable diaphragm 54, the mixing of water between the acidic chamber 50a and the alkaline chamber 50b is limited (there is no need to completely limit it, and there is a conventional one using a water-permeable material such as Japanese paper). However, it is possible to use a material that is permeable to ions, and a porous plate, a sheet material having fine through holes on one surface, an ion exchange membrane, or the like is used.

Further, although there is no particular restriction on the material of the electrodes 55 and 56, it is a matter of course that a corrosion resistant metal is used.
A predetermined DC voltage is applied between 5 and 56 as in the conventional case.In the example shown in FIG. 10, the left electrode 55 is the anode side and the right electrode 56 is the cathode side. The left side of 54 is an acidic chamber part 50a, and the right side is an alkaline chamber part 50b. (To set the alkaline ionized water to be supplied from the faucet 10, the polarity can be reversed.) I am doing it.

In the present embodiment, the electrolytic cell 50 is configured in the form of a vertical two-divided container, and the one side container part 50a 'and the other side container part 50 are formed.
B'is fitted to form a thin container, and a tap water inlet 51 is provided in the lower part.

Further, a weir 1 that narrows the inside of the electrolysis cell 50 in a slit shape over the entire width is provided on the downstream side (upper side in FIG. 10) of the portion where the tap water inlet 51 of the electrolysis cell 50 communicates, and upstream of this weir 1. Tank chamber 2 with a certain capacity at the site (lower side in Fig. 10)
The tap water that has flowed into the tank chamber 2 through the tap water inlet 51 is provided next to the electrolyzer when it passes through the weir 1 part.
It is designed to flow evenly over the entire width of 50.

In this embodiment, the ion-permeable membrane 54 is housed in the lower part of the electrolytic cell 50 at a position downstream from the weir 1 by projecting on one side container part 50a 'and the other side container part 50b'. 3
A sandwiching portion 3 in which a, 3a, 3a ... Are juxtaposed in the width direction is provided (the weir 1 may also serve as the sandwiching portion 3), and the sandwiching portions 3 and 3 form the ion-permeable diaphragm 54. The lower part of the electrolysis tank 50, and the upper one side holding part 4 in which the whole surface is in contact with the ion-permeable diaphragm 54 is provided in the one side container part 50a 'in the upper part of the electrolytic cell 50, and the projection 4a, in the other side container part 50b'. .. are arranged side by side in the width direction, and an upper other side holding portion 4'is provided, and the upper end of the ion permeable diaphragm 54 is held by the holding portions 4, 4 '.

Further, in the present embodiment, the electrodes 55 and 56 are housed in such a manner that the electrode 55 on the anode side is on the inner surface of the one side container portion 50a ′ between the holding portions 3 and 4, and the electrode 56 on the cathode side is the holding portions 3 and 4. ′ Between the other side container part 5
They are fixed to the inner surface of 0b '(fixed to a screw hole indicated by reference numeral 58 in FIG. 9 with a fixing screw not shown).

Further, in the present embodiment, the acidic ion water outlet 52 is provided with the upper end of the anode side electrode 55 and the holding part 4 on the downstream side of the acidic chamber part 50a formed by the gap between the ion permeable membrane 54 and the anode side electrode 55. The return flow path 5 that is turned back between the
It is formed in the bulging portion 57 bulging in a ′ and is provided at the tip of the folded flow path 5, and the alkali ion water outlet is also provided.
53 is provided above the holding portion 4 of the one side container portion 50a '.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the tap water flowing in from the tap water inlet 51 becomes a uniform flow over the entire width in the electrolytic cell 50 when it enters the tank chamber 2 and passes through the weir 1, and then the projections 3a, 3a, The tap water passing between the ion-permeable diaphragm 54 and the cathode-side electrode 56 is separated into the both sides of the ion-permeable diaphragm 54 from the space 3a ...
Of the alkaline ionized water outlet 53 passing through the projections 4a, 4a, 4a, ..., On the other hand, tap water passing between the ion-permeable diaphragm 54 and the anode 55 is acid-ionized and turned back. The acidic ion water outlet 52 flows out through the flow path 5.

In addition, in the embodiment of FIG. 10, the alkali ion water outlet
53 is provided on the one side container portion 50a 'side because the alkaline ion water outlet 53 is provided with the acidic ion water outlet 52 in the electrolytic cell.
The alkaline ionized water outlet 53 may be provided on one side of the container 50b 'on the other side. Further, the folded flow path 5 is provided by the electrode
55 to increase the contact area with 55, in particular, by changing the flow direction at the electrolytic concentration portion of the corner of the electrode 55, to generate a vortex at this portion and to effectively affect the effect of electrolysis on tap water,
A flow path corresponding to the return flow path 5 may be provided on the cathode electrode 56 side.

Further, the ionized water generator of the present invention is closed when the switching valve 90 is linked to the alkaline ionized water outlet side 43 in conjunction with the switching valve 90 in the middle of the energization circuit to the electrodes 55 and 56. A water passage switch that is interlocked with the opening and closing of the electrolytic switch 101 and the water shutoff valve 60 and is closed when the water shutoff valve 60 is open.
102 is inserted in series.

In the illustrated example, in the electrolytic switch 101, once the operation button is pushed, the switch is closed in the state where the operation button is pushed, and then, when the operation button is pushed, the operation button is restored and the switch is opened. The operation button 34 of the case 30 and the operation button of the electrolytic switch 101 are connected by the connecting rod 6. Then, the middle of the connecting rod 6 and the operating lever 94 are connected by the link 7, so that the electrolytic switch 101 is interlocked with the switching valve 90. Further, in the present embodiment, the water flow switch 102 uses normally open contacts in which the solenoid 61 of the water shutoff valve and the relay coil 103b are connected in parallel.

In FIG. 12, 104 is a power supply terminal, 105 is a fuse, and 106
Is a transformer, 107a and 107b are commutators, 108a and 108b are smoothing capacitors, 109a is an indicator lamp for energizing the electrodes 55 and 56, and 109b.
Indicates a lamp for energizing the solenoid 61.

[Advantages of the Invention] Since the present invention is as described above, the faucet 10 can be used as usual by opening and closing the water shutoff valve 60 (this energization and switching can be interlocked as in the embodiment), and ion water can be used. It is possible to provide an ionized water generator that can be obtained.

In particular, the present invention, even when using normal tap water, electrolytic cell
Since the tap water passes through 50, the electrolytic cell 50
It is possible to provide an ionized water generator whose inside is always kept hygienic.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the ionized water producing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2-A is a plan view of an upper portion of a manifold used in this embodiment, and FIG. The drawing is a plan view of the lower part of the manifold, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA, FIG. 4 is a detailed sectional view of the solenoid valve portion, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB, and FIG. 6 is a manual flow rate adjusting valve. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC, FIG. 8 is a front view of the electrolytic cell, FIG. 9 is a front view of the inner surface of the other side container portion of the electrolytic cell, and FIG. A sectional view taken along the line D, FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of a water channel, and FIG. 12 is an electric circuit diagram. 10 …… faucet, 13 …… faucet valve seat, 14 …… valve chamber cylinder, 41…
… Water extraction pipe, 43 …… Alkaline ion water inlet, 50 …… Electrolyzer, 51 …… Tap water inlet, 53 …… Alkaline ion water outlet, 60 …… Stop valve, 90 …… Switching valve, 91… … One side outlet, 92 …… other side outlet, 115 …… inlet, R3 …… acid ionized water flow path

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A tap water inlet 51 of an electrolysis tank 50 by connecting one end of a water extraction pipe 41 to a faucet valve seat 13 of a water faucet 10 and interposing the other end of the water extraction pipe 41 through a water stop valve 60. The alkaline ionized water outlet 53 of the electrolyzer 50 and a switching valve 90.
Of the electrolyzer 50, the acidic ion water outlet 52 of the electrolytic cell 50 is communicated with the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10, and the one side outlet 91 of the switching valve 90 is connected to the alkaline ion water supply port 43. And an ionized water generating device in which the other side outlet 92 is joined in the middle of an acidic ionized water flow path R3 that communicates the acidic ionized water outlet 52 and the valve chamber cylinder 14 of the water faucet 10.