Faucet with blue light drying function

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of faucets, and discloses a faucet with a blue light drying function, which comprises a faucet main body and a drying piece, two ends of a straight rod are fixedly connected with inner rings of bearings, a straight cylinder is sleeved outside the straight rod and fixedly connected with outer rings of the bearings, two openings are arranged on the side wall of the straight cylinder, and the two openings are communicated with the drying piece. Connecting rods are arranged in the two openings and welded to the straight rod and the drying piece, and a motor for driving the straight rod to rotate is arranged at the tail of the straight rod. According to the faucet with the blue light drying function, the hinge assemblies are arranged on the two sides of the protruding end of the faucet body and used for being hinged to the drying piece, and then the infrared sensor and the control system arranged at the water outlet are matched for use; when the infrared sensor detects that the hand is far away from the detection area downwards but not withdrawn from the detection area, the motor is controlled to drive the hinge assembly to drive the drying piece to incline downwards to be adjusted by a proper angle so as to align the hand to conduct accurate drying, and therefore the effects of improving the space utilization rate and improving the use experience are achieved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of faucets, in particular to a faucet with a blue light drying function. Background Art

[0002] The first faucets were manual, requiring users to control the water flow through a handle or valve. Later, water-saving faucets were designed to reduce water usage in response to water scarcity. As technology advances, automatic sensor faucets have emerged, which detect user gestures or proximity through sensors and automatically turn the water flow on or off, improving convenience and hygiene. In recent years, faucet designs have incorporated more intelligent features, such as temperature and flow control, blue light sterilization technology, and energy-saving functions. At the same time, some faucets also use sustainable materials and manufacturing processes to pursue more environmentally friendly and durable designs. These changes are driving the faucet industry towards a smarter, more water-saving, more hygienic and more sustainable direction.

[0003] Blue light sterilization is a technology that uses blue light of a specific wavelength to eliminate bacteria and microorganisms. This technology is based on the special wavelength of blue light, which is in the range of about 405 nanometers and can penetrate the bacterial cell wall, affect its DNA structure and interfere with the growth and reproduction of bacteria. In the product, blue light LED is usually used as the light source. When the blue light LED emits blue light, these specific wavelengths of light can stimulate the photosensitive pigments in the bacterial cells. This process causes an oxidation reaction and produces reactive oxygen species, such as hydroxyl radicals and superoxide radicals. These reactive oxygen species interfere with the metabolic process of bacteria, damage their cell membranes and DNA, and ultimately cause the bacteria to die or lose their ability to grow. This technology is often used in products such as medical equipment, air purifiers, water treatment equipment and household appliances. It is designed to eliminate bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms to improve the hygiene level of equipment and environment. Blue light sterilization technology does not require chemicals, so it is environmentally friendly, and can effectively kill various types of microorganisms to a certain extent, providing users with a safer and cleaner environment.

[0004] Nowadays, hand dryers are widely used in public places as the main way to dry hands after washing hands. However, the current design usually separates the hand dryer from the faucet, which is inconvenient when used in a small space. Users need to move from the hand washing position to the hand dryer position, which increases the complexity of space use, especially in high-traffic places such as toilets or restrooms. In addition, the separate setting also brings another problem: when the user moves from the hand washing position to the hand dryer, the water droplets remaining on the hands will drip onto the ground or the surrounding area, which may cause the ground to be wet or pollute the surrounding environment, reducing the level of hygiene. In terms of improvement, a more convenient and hygienic design may be to integrate the hand dryer with the faucet so that users can complete the steps of hand washing and drying in the same position, reduce movement and avoid splashing of water droplets. Not only that, but it also combines the blue light sterilization function of the hand dryer to make the product better. Utility Model Content

[0005] 1. Technical issues to be solved

[0006] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the utility model provides a faucet with a blue light drying function, which has the advantages of improving space utilization, improving user experience, and being more convenient and hygienic, and solves the problem of low space utilization due to single function and separation of the faucet and the dryer.

[0007] (II) Technical solution

[0008] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose of improving space utilization, improving user experience, and being more convenient and hygienic, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a faucet with a blue light drying function, comprising a faucet body and a drying piece, both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body are provided with hinged components for hingedly connecting the drying piece, the hinged components include a straight rod, a connecting rod, two bearings, and a straight cylinder, the tail of the straight rod is provided with a motor for driving it to rotate, and both ends of the straight rod are fixedly connected to the inner ring of the bearing, the straight cylinder is sleeved on the outside of the straight rod and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the bearing, and two openings are opened on the side wall of the straight cylinder, and connecting rods are provided in the two openings and welded to the straight rod and the drying piece.

[0009] Preferably, a water outlet is designed at the lower part of the protruding end of the faucet body, and an infrared sensor with a detection port facing downward is arranged in the water outlet.

[0010] Preferably, the infrared sensor controls the faucet body to discharge water when it detects that the hand is approaching upward, and controls the motor to drive the hinge assembly to drive the drying part to tilt downward when it detects that the hand is moving away from the detection area but has not withdrawn from the detection area.

[0011] Preferably, the drying element is specifically a small hair dryer, whose air outlet is designed at its lower part, and a fan blade for changing its wind direction is arranged at the air outlet position.

[0012] Preferably, germicidal lamps are also provided on both sides of the air outlet, and the germicidal lamps are specifically ultraviolet blue light with a wavelength of 400 to 420 nanometers.

[0013] Preferably, the drying element is controlled by a motor to rotate downward around the hinge assembly so that the angle between the drying element and the horizontal is 30 degrees.

[0014] Preferably, the faucet body, drying element, motor, and infrared sensor all operate in coordination with each other through a control system and a control circuit.

[0015] (III) Beneficial effects

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a faucet with blue light drying function, which has the following features:

[0017] Beneficial effects:

[0018] The faucet with blue light drying function is provided with hinged assemblies on both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body for hingedly connecting the drying part. The hinged assembly includes a straight rod, a connecting rod, two bearings, and a straight cylinder. Both ends of the straight rod are fixedly connected to the inner ring of the bearing. The straight cylinder is sleeved outside the straight rod and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the bearing. Two openings are opened on the side wall of the straight cylinder. Connecting rods are provided in the two openings and welded to the straight rod and the drying part. A motor is provided at the tail of the straight rod to drive the straight rod to rotate. This completes the integrated assembly of the faucet body and the drying part. When used with the infrared sensor and the control system provided at the water outlet, the faucet body can be controlled to discharge water when the infrared sensor detects that the hand is approaching upward. When the hand is detected to be moving downward away but not withdrawn from the detection area, the motor is controlled to drive the hinged assembly to drive the drying part to tilt downward and adjust the appropriate angle to accurately dry the hand, thereby improving space utilization, improving user experience, and achieving more convenient and hygienic effects. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the front view structure of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the state structure of the drying element of the utility model when it is in operation;

[0022] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the hinge assembly of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the exploded structure of the hinged assembly of the utility model

[0024] In the figure: 1-faucet body, 11-water outlet, 12-infrared sensor, 2-drying part, 21-sterilization lamp, 22-fan blade, 3-hinge assembly, 31-straight rod, 311-connecting rod, 32-bearing, 33-straight cylinder, 331-opening, 4-motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0026] See also Figure 1-3 , a faucet with a blue light drying function, comprising a faucet body 1 and a drying part 2, both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body 1 are provided with hinge components 3 for hingedly connecting the drying part 2, the hinge components 3 include a straight rod 31, a connecting rod 311, two bearings 32, and a straight cylinder 33, a motor 4 for driving the straight rod 31 to rotate is provided at the tail of the straight rod 31, and both ends of the straight rod 31 are fixedly connected to the inner ring of the bearing 32, the straight cylinder 33 is sleeved outside the straight rod 31 and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the bearing 32, and two openings 331 are opened on the side wall of the straight cylinder 33, in order to connect the straight rod 31 with the drying part 2, connecting rods 311 are provided in the two openings 331 and are welded to the straight rod 31 and the drying part 2, so when the motor 4 drives the straight rod 31 to rotate, the straight rod 31 can drive the drying part 2 to rotate together, thereby realizing the downward tilt of the drying part 2;

[0027] The lower part of the protruding end of the faucet body 1 is designed with a water outlet 11, and an infrared sensor 12 with a detection port facing downward is arranged in the water outlet 11. When the infrared sensor 12 detects that the hand is approaching upward, the faucet body 1 is controlled to discharge water. When the hand is detected to be moving downward but not out of the detection area, the motor 4 is controlled to drive the hinge assembly 3 to drive the drying part 2 to tilt downward. The drying part 2 is controlled by the motor 4 to rotate downward around the hinge assembly 3 to form an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal, so as to complete the drying more effectively.

[0028] The drying element 2 is specifically a small hair dryer, the air outlet of which is designed at the lower part, and a fan blade 22 capable of changing the wind direction is arranged at the air outlet position, and a germicidal lamp 21 is also arranged on both sides of the air outlet. The germicidal lamp 21 is specifically an ultraviolet blue light with a wavelength of 400 to 420 nanometers. These functions enable the drying element to sterilize while drying, providing a more hygienic use environment;

[0029] Finally, the entire system not only includes the faucet body 1, the drying part 2, the motor 4 and the infrared sensor 12, but also an intelligent control system and control circuit. The design of this system allows these elements to work in coordination with each other, ensuring that the entire faucet system can efficiently and intelligently provide users with a hygienic and convenient experience. This design is not only a functional improvement, but also a focus on user health and comfort.

[0030] See also Figure 4-5 , Figure 4 is a front view schematic diagram of the initial state of the device, Figure 5 Reason Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the state after operation, that is, when the infrared sensor 12 detects that the hand moves downward but does not withdraw from the detection area, the control motor 4 drives the hinge assembly 3 to drive the drying part 2 to tilt downward. After the tilt, the drying part 2 is at a certain angle to the horizontal so as to align the hand for drying operation.

[0031] Working principle: First, when the user approaches the faucet body 1, the infrared sensor 12 detects the movement of the hand approaching upward. This action triggers the control system, causing the water outlet 11 of the faucet body 1 to open and provide a clean water source. The user can complete hand washing at this time. Then, when the user finishes washing hands and moves his hands downward away from the detection area, the infrared sensor 12 plays a role again. After the system senses this action, the control motor 4 starts to operate. The motor 4 is connected to the hinge assembly 3 located on both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body, including a straight rod 31, a connecting rod 311, a bearing 32 and a straight cylinder 33. The rotation of the motor 4 drives the straight rod 31 to rotate downward, and the design of the connecting rod 311 causes the drying part 2 to also start to tilt downward. The drying part 2 is a small hair dryer with an air outlet and a fan blade 22 that can change the wind direction. At the same time, ultraviolet blue light sterilization lamps 21 with a wavelength in the range of 400 to 420 nanometers are also arranged on both sides of the air outlet. When the drying part 2 tilts, the drying part 2 starts to provide users with efficient hand drying. The ultraviolet blue light sterilizing lamp 21 sterilizes while drying, thus improving the hygiene level.

[0032] In summary, the faucet with blue light drying function is provided with hinge components 3 on both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body 1 for hingedly connecting the drying part 2. The hinge components 3 include a straight rod 31, a connecting rod 311, two bearings 32, and a straight cylinder 33. Both ends of the straight rod 31 are fixedly connected to the inner ring of the bearing 32. The straight cylinder 33 is sleeved outside the straight rod 31 and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the bearing 32. Two openings 331 are opened on the side wall of the straight cylinder 33. The two openings 331 are provided with connecting rods 311 welded to the straight rod 31 and the drying part 2. A motor 4 is provided at the tail to drive it to rotate, thus completing the integrated assembly of the faucet body 1 and the drying part 2. When used in conjunction with the infrared sensor 12 and the control system provided at the water outlet 11, the faucet body 1 can be controlled to discharge water when the infrared sensor 12 detects that a hand is approaching upward. When it is detected that a hand is moving downward away but not out of the detection area, the motor 4 is controlled to drive the hinge assembly 3 to drive the drying part 2 to tilt downward and adjust the appropriate angle to accurately dry the hand, thereby achieving the effect of improving space utilization, improving user experience, and being more convenient and hygienic.

[0033] It should be noted that, in this article, relational terms such as first and second, etc. are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also other elements not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to such process, method, article or device. In the absence of further restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "comprise a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article or device including the elements.

[0034] Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention, and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A faucet with a blue light drying function, comprising a faucet body (1) and a drying element (2), characterized in that: Both sides of the protruding end of the faucet body (1) are provided with hinged assemblies (3) for hingedly connecting the drying element (2). The hinged assembly (3) comprises a straight rod (31), a connecting rod (311), two bearings (32), and a straight cylinder (33). A motor (4) for driving the straight rod (31) to rotate is provided at the tail end of the straight rod (31), and both ends of the straight rod (31) are fixedly connected to the inner ring of the bearing (32). The straight cylinder (33) is sleeved outside the straight rod (31) and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the bearing (32). Two openings (331) are provided on the side wall of the straight cylinder (33), and connecting rods (311) are provided in the two openings (331) and are welded to the straight rod (31) and the drying element (2).

2. The faucet with blue light drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that: A water outlet (11) is designed at the lower part of the protruding end of the faucet body (1), and an infrared sensor (12) with a detection port facing downward is arranged in the water outlet (11).

3. The faucet with blue light drying function according to claim 2, characterized in that: The infrared sensor (12) controls the faucet body (1) to discharge water when it detects that the hand is approaching upward, and controls the motor (4) to drive the hinge assembly (3) to drive the drying part (2) to tilt downward when it detects that the hand is moving away from the hand but has not left the detection area.

4. The faucet with blue light drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drying element (2) is specifically a small hair dryer, the air outlet of which is designed at its lower part, and a fan blade (22) for changing the wind direction is arranged at the air outlet position.

5. The faucet with blue light drying function according to claim 4, characterized in that: Germicidal lamps (21) are also arranged on both sides of the air outlet, and the germicidal lamps (21) are specifically ultraviolet blue light with a wavelength of 400 to 420 nanometers.

6. The faucet with blue light drying function according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drying element (2) is controlled by a motor (4) to rotate downward around a hinge assembly (3) to form an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal.

7. The faucet with blue light drying function according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The faucet body (1), the drying element (2), the motor (4), and the infrared sensor (12) all operate in coordination with each other through a control system and a control circuit.

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