Water dispenser faucet and control switch thereof

Abstract

The utility model relates to a water dispenser faucet and a control switch thereof. According to the technical scheme, the water dispenser faucet is characterized by comprising an installation frame, a rotary pressing assembly, a positioning assembly, a display assembly, an induction assembly and a control assembly; the rotary pressing assembly is rotatably installed on the installation frame to form an installation cavity in a matched mode, and the positioning assembly is rotatably installed on the installation frame and located in an upper cavity body of the installation cavity; the positioning assembly can be fixedly connected with the rotary pressing assembly; the control assembly and the induction assembly are both installed on the installation frame and located in the lower cavity body of the installation cavity. The display assembly is mounted on the mounting frame; the control assembly is electrically connected with the display assembly and the induction assembly. The function that a single faucet can output multiple kinds of functional water is achieved, and the using body feeling of a user is improved; before the faucet outputs the functional water, the display assembly prompts the type of the functional water in the water dispenser, so that a user can select different types of functional water at different temperatures according to actual application conditions.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of packaging equipment, and more specifically, it relates to a water dispenser faucet and its control switch. Background Art

[0002] A water dispenser, as the name implies, is a household product born to solve people's drinking water problems. It has become popular among Chinese people as a fashion because it improves people's drinking water quality and living taste. The initial water dispenser is a household product using barreled water, which is divided into two categories: vertical and desktop. In order to meet the drinking habits of Chinese people, the functions of the water dispenser have also achieved heating and refrigeration effects. Judging from the overall market trend, the sales volume of the Chinese water dispenser market shows an increasing trend year by year; however, all existing water dispensers adopt a scheme of two faucets to discharge water, one hot water outlet and one cold water outlet. With such a setting, in order to obtain the warm water needed for drinking, it is necessary to pick up the water from two faucets, which is not easy to control and the user experience is poor; for example, the utility model patent with the patent number CN201820958732.5 discloses such a water dispenser that discharges water by adopting a scheme of two faucets. Therefore, we propose a water dispenser faucet and its control switch. Summary of the Utility Model

[0003] Aiming at the deficiencies existing in the prior art, the purpose of the present utility model is to provide a water dispenser faucet and its control switch to solve the technical problems existing in the above background art.

[0004] The above technical purpose of the present utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions: A control switch for a water dispenser faucet, comprising: a mounting bracket for connecting with the faucet, a rotary pressing assembly, a positioning assembly for angle-positioning the rotary pressing assembly, a display assembly for indicating the type of functional water output by the faucet, a sensing assembly, and a control assembly for electrically connecting with the main control board of the water dispenser; the rotary pressing assembly is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket to cooperate to form a mounting cavity, the positioning assembly is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket and is located in the upper cavity of the mounting cavity; the positioning assembly can be fixedly connected with the rotary pressing assembly; the control assembly and the sensing assembly are both mounted on the mounting bracket and are located in the lower cavity of the mounting cavity; the display assembly is mounted on the mounting; the control assembly is electrically connected with the display assembly and the sensing assembly respectively.

[0005] Optionally, the rotary pressing assembly includes: a pressing cap, a guiding rod, and a return spring; a bushing adapted to the guiding rod is provided along the length direction of the central axis of the mounting bracket; a concave cavity is provided at the lower end of the pressing cap; the pressing cap is slidably buckled on the mounting bracket through the guiding rod to form the mounting cavity in cooperation; the upper end of the bushing is placed in the concave cavity; the pressing cap is fixedly connected to the guiding rod; the positioning assembly is arranged in the concave cavity and fixedly connected to the pressing cap; the return spring is sleeved on one end of the guiding rod close to the pressing cap, and its two ends are respectively abutted against the positioning assembly and the inner wall of the concave cavity.

[0006] Optionally, the positioning assembly includes: a positioning disc, an induction magnet, a compression spring, and a ball; the positioning disc is rotatably sleeved on the upper end of the bushing and fixedly connected to the pressing cap; the induction magnet is arranged on the positioning disc; the positioning disc abuts against the return spring; a through groove is provided on the side wall of the positioning disc; the ball and the compression spring are both arranged in the through groove; one end of the compression spring abuts against the ball, and the other end abuts against the inner side wall of the pressing cap; the ball abuts against the side wall of the bushing through the compression spring; four U-shaped card slots adapted to the ball are further provided on the side plate of the bushing; the included angle between every two U-shaped card slots is 90°.

[0007] Optionally, the depths of the four U-shaped card slots are all smaller than the diameter of the ball.

[0008] Optionally, the induction assembly includes: four Hall sensors adapted to the induction magnet; a mounting plate is provided on the mounting bracket; the four Hall sensors are respectively installed on the mounting plate corresponding to the four U-shaped card slots and are located below the positioning disc; the four Hall sensors are all electrically connected to the control assembly.

[0009] Optionally, the control assembly includes: a battery, a controller electrically connected to the main control board of the water dispenser, and at least one micro switch; the micro switch and the controller are both installed on the mounting plate; the controller is respectively electrically connected to the Hall sensor, the battery, and the display assembly.

[0010] Optionally, the display assembly includes: at least one LED signal lamp; the LED signal lamp is installed on the side wall of the mounting bracket; the LED signal lamp can emit four colors of light: red, yellow, blue, and green; the LED signal lamp is electrically connected to the controller.

[0011] Optionally, a sealing rubber ring is provided at the connection position between the mounting bracket and the faucet.

[0012] Optionally, a limiting block is provided at one end of the guiding rod away from the pressing cap.

[0013] The present utility model also provides a water dispenser faucet, which includes the control switch structure for the water dispenser faucet described above.

[0014] To sum up, the present utility model has the following beneficial effects: realizing the function that a single faucet can output multiple functional waters, improving the user experience; before the faucet outputs functional water, the display component prompts the types of functional waters in the water dispenser, so that the user can select different temperature and different types of functional waters according to the actual application situation. Description of the Drawings

[0015] Figure 1 is the assembly drawing when the present utility model is connected to the faucet;

[0016] Figure 2 is the assembly drawing when the present utility model is assembled;

[0017] Figure 3 is Figure 2 the cross-sectional view of

[0018] Figure 4 is the schematic diagram of the structural relationship between the positioning disk and each component;

[0019] Figure 5 is the schematic diagram of the structural relationship between the bushing and each component.

[0020] In the figure: 1, mounting bracket; 2, rotating pressing assembly; 21, pressing cap; 22, guiding rod; 23, return spring; 24, limiting block; 3, positioning assembly; 31, positioning disk; 32, induction magnet; 33, compression spring; 34, ball; 35, through groove; 4, induction assembly; 41, Hall sensor; 5, control assembly; 51, micro switch; 6, installation cavity; 7, concave cavity; 8, bushing; 9, U-shaped card slot; 10, mounting plate; 11, sealing rubber ring; 12, faucet. Detailed Description of the Embodiments

[0021] In order to make the purpose, features and advantages of the present utility model more obvious and understandable, the following will make a detailed description of the specific embodiments of the present utility model with reference to the drawings. Several embodiments of the present utility model are given in the drawings. However, the present utility model can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

[0022] In the present utility model, unless otherwise clearly stipulated and defined, terms such as "installation", "connection", "linkage", "fixation" shall be understood in a broad sense. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it may be the communication inside two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood according to specific circumstances. The terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features.

[0023] In the present utility model, unless otherwise clearly stipulated and defined, the first feature being "on" or "under" the second feature may include the direct contact between the first and second features, or may include the situation where the first and second features are not in direct contact but in contact through additional features therebetween. Moreover, the first feature being "above", "over" and "on top of" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is higher than that of the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes that the first feature is directly below and obliquely below the second feature, or merely indicates that the horizontal height of the first feature is lower than that of the second feature. Terms such as "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right", "up", "down" and similar expressions are only for the purpose of illustration, rather than indicating or implying that the indicated device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus cannot be understood as a limitation to the present utility model.

[0024] The present utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and embodiments.

[0025] The present utility model provides a control switch for a water dispenser faucet, as Figures 1-5As shown in the figure, it includes: a mounting bracket 1 for connecting to a faucet 12, a rotary pressing assembly 2, a positioning assembly 3 for angular positioning of the rotary pressing assembly 2, a display assembly for prompting the type of functional water output by the faucet 12, a sensing assembly 4, and a control assembly 5 for electrically connecting to the main control board of the water dispenser; the rotary pressing assembly 2 is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket 1 to cooperate to form a mounting cavity 6, the positioning assembly 3 is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket 1 and is located in the upper cavity of the mounting cavity 6; the positioning assembly 3 can be fixedly connected to the rotary pressing assembly 2; the control assembly 5 and the sensing assembly 4 are both mounted on the mounting bracket 1 and are located in the lower cavity of the mounting cavity 6; the display assembly is mounted on the mounting bracket; the control assembly 5 is electrically connected to the display assembly and the sensing assembly 4 respectively.

[0026] In this embodiment, as Figures 1-5 shown, the mounting bracket 1 is connected and installed to the faucet 12 by screws. The faucet 12 connected to the mounting bracket 1 is connected to the cold water system, warm water system, hot water system, and carbonated water system in the water dispenser through the pipeline with an inlet solenoid valve in the water dispenser. The inlet solenoid valve is electrically connected to the control assembly 5 on the control switch of the faucet 12 through the main control board of the water dispenser; during operation, first rotate the rotary pressing assembly 2. During the rotation process, the positioning assembly 3 is driven to rotate. When the positioning assembly 3 rotates to a predetermined position, the sensing assembly 4 senses the position of the positioning assembly 3 and sends the cover position signal to the control assembly 5. At the same time, the display assembly prompts the type of functional water in the water dispenser so that the user can select the type of functional water. The control assembly 5 transmits the position information to the main control board of the water dispenser. The main control board determines the type of functional water corresponding to it based on this position information, and then opens the inlet solenoid valve connected to the faucet 12 on the water path of this type of functional water, so that the faucet 12 outputs the corresponding functional water; realizing the function that a single faucet 12 can output multiple types of functional water, improving the user's usage experience; before the faucet 12 outputs functional water, the display assembly prompts the type of functional water in the water dispenser so that the user can select different-temperature and different-type functional water according to the actual application situation.

[0027] Further, the rotary pressing assembly 2 includes: a pressing cap 21, a guiding rod 22, and a return spring 23; a bushing 8 adapted to the guiding rod 22 is disposed along the length direction on the central axis of the mounting bracket 1; a concave cavity 7 is provided at the lower end of the pressing cap 21; the pressing cap 21 is slidably buckled on the mounting bracket 1 through the guiding rod 22 to cooperate to form the mounting cavity 6; the upper end of the bushing 8 is placed in the concave cavity 7; the pressing cap 21 is fixedly connected to the guiding rod 22; the positioning assembly 3 is disposed in the concave cavity 7 and fixedly connected to the pressing cap 21; the return spring 23 is sleeved on one end of the guiding rod 22 close to the pressing cap 21, and its two ends respectively abut against the positioning assembly 3 and the inner wall of the concave cavity 7; a limiting block 24 is provided at one end of the guiding rod 22 away from the pressing cap 21.

[0028] In this embodiment, as Figures 2-5 shown, the mounting bracket 1 is a cylindrical mounting bracket 1 with a bushing 8 provided downward at the central position and adapted to the guiding rod 22; the diameter of the concave cavity 7 at the lower end of the pressing cap 21 is larger than the diameter of the upper end of the mounting bracket 1, so that when the pressing cap 21 is pressed downward, the upper end of the mounting bracket 1 is received in the concave cavity 7; the pressing cap 21 is slidably mounted on the mounting bracket 1 through the cooperation of the guiding rod 22 and the bushing 8; during operation, by rotating the pressing cap 21, the positioning assembly 3 is driven to rotate to an angular position corresponding to the type of functional water in the water dispenser, and then the pressing cap 21 is pressed downward to push the positioning assembly 3 downward, so that the positioning assembly 3 opens the control switch of the control assembly 5, so that the position angle information of the positioning assembly 3 is transmitted to the main control board of the water dispenser, so as to control the water dispenser to output the corresponding type of functional water; after the operation is completed, the user releases the pressing cap 21, so that the pressing cap 21 is reset under the action of the return spring 23; a limiting block 24 is provided at the lower end of the guiding column to prevent the guiding column from falling off the bushing 8 and affecting the normal use of the control switch.

[0029] Further, the positioning component 3 includes: a positioning disk 31, an induction magnet 32, a compression spring 33, and a ball 34; the positioning disk 31 is rotatably sleeved on the upper end of the sleeve 8 and is fixedly connected to the pressing cap 21; the induction magnet 32 is arranged on the positioning disk 31; the positioning disk 31 abuts against the return spring 23; a through groove 35 is formed on the side wall of the positioning disk 31; the ball 34 and the compression spring 33 are both arranged in the through groove 35; one end of the compression spring 33 abuts against the ball 34, and the other end abuts against the inner side wall of the pressing cap 21; the ball 34 abuts against the side wall of the sleeve 8 through the compression spring 33; four U-shaped card slots 9 adapted to the ball 34 are further arranged on the side plate of the sleeve 8; the included angle between every two U-shaped card slots 9 is 90°; the depths of the four U-shaped card slots 9 are all smaller than the diameter of the ball 34.

[0030] Further, the induction component 4 includes: four Hall sensors 41 adapted to the induction magnet 32; a mounting plate 10 is arranged on the mounting frame 1; the four Hall sensors 41 are respectively mounted on the mounting plate 10 corresponding to the four U-shaped card slots 9 and are located below the positioning disk 31; the four Hall sensors 41 are all electrically connected to the control component 5.

[0031] In this embodiment, as Figures 2-5 shown, the four U-shaped card slots 9 on the sleeve 8 respectively correspond to four types of functional water in the water dispenser, and the four Hall sensors 41 also correspond to the four U-shaped card slots 9 and are respectively mounted on the mounting plate 10 of the mounting frame 1; during assembly, the positioning disk 31 is fixedly installed in the cavity 7 of the pressing cap 21, the ball 34 and the mounting spring are installed in the through groove 35 on the side of the positioning disk 31, the positioning disk 31 is sleeved on the sleeve 8, and the induction magnet 32 is installed on the lower end surface of the positioning disk 31; during operation, when the pressing cap 21 rotates, it drives the positioning disk 31 to rotate around the sleeve 8. During the rotation process, under the elastic force of the compression spring 33, the ball 34 always abuts against the side wall of the sleeve 8. When the ball 34 rotates into a U-shaped card slot 9, the induction magnet 32 at the bottom of the positioning disk 31 is above a Hall sensor 41 corresponding to this U-shaped card slot 9. At this time, the Hall sensor 41 generates an induction signal and transmits it to the main control board of the water dispenser through the control component 5, so that the main control board opens the inlet solenoid valve of the corresponding type of functional water, so that the faucet 12 outputs the corresponding functional water; in this embodiment, the Hall sensor 41 adopts a mature technical product on the market, which belongs to the prior art and will not be elaborated here.

[0032] Further, the control component 5 includes: a battery, a controller electrically connected to the main control board of the water dispenser, and at least one microswitch 51; the microswitch 51 and the controller are both installed on the mounting plate 10; the controller is respectively electrically connected to the Hall inductor 41, the battery, and the display component.

[0033] In this embodiment, as Figures 3-5 shown, the control component 5 mainly consists of a battery, a controller electrically connected to the main control board of the water dispenser, and the microswitch 51; in this embodiment, the controller can be a single-chip microcomputer, an MCU, a PLC, etc., which can control the orderly operation of each component in the control switch. In this embodiment, a PLC is selected; during operation, when the Hall inductor 41 sends the position signal of the induction magnet 32 to the controller, the controller controls the display component to display the lighting information corresponding to the type of functional water, for the user to confirm whether it is the functional water they want. After confirmation, press down the pressing cap 21, drive the positioning disk 31 to move downward, so that the positioning disk 31 abuts against the microswitch 51, turn on the microswitch 51, so that the controller transmits this signal information to the main control board of the water dispenser to open the inlet solenoid valve on the water path of the functional water of the corresponding drinking type, so that the faucet 12 outputs the corresponding functional water.

[0034] Further, the display component (not marked in the drawings) includes: at least one LED signal lamp; the LED signal lamp is installed on the side wall of the mounting frame 1; the LED signal lamp can emit four colors of light: red, yellow, blue, and green; the LED signal lamp is electrically connected to the controller.

[0035] In this embodiment, the LED signal lamp is an LED signal lamp that can emit four colors of light: red, yellow, blue, and green. The four colors respectively correspond to the four U-shaped card slots 9 on the bushing 8 one by one; the four types of functional water corresponding to the four colors are: red - boiling water, yellow - warm water, blue - ice water, green - carbonated water.

[0036] Further, a sealing rubber ring 11 is provided at the connection position between the mounting frame 1 and the faucet 12. As Figures 2-5 shown, by providing the sealing rubber ring 11, it is possible to prevent the functional water of the faucet 12 from entering the inside of the control switch and affecting the normal use of the control switch.

[0037] The present utility model also provides a water dispenser faucet, which includes the control switch structure for the water dispenser faucet 12 described above.

[0038] Advantages of the present utility model: It realizes the function that a single faucet 12 can output multiple types of functional water, improving the user experience; before the faucet 12 outputs functional water, the display component prompts the types of functional water in the water dispenser, so that the user can select functional water with different temperatures and different types according to the actual application situation.

[0039] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present utility model, and the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited to the above embodiments. All technical solutions within the idea of the present utility model belong to the protection scope of the present utility model. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, several improvements and refinements made without departing from the principle of the present utility model should also be regarded as within the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A control switch for a water dispenser faucet, characterized in that, Comprising: A mounting bracket for connecting to a faucet, a rotary pressing assembly, a positioning assembly for angularly positioning the rotary pressing assembly, a display assembly for indicating the type of functional water output by the faucet, a sensing assembly, and a control assembly for electrically connecting to the main control board of a water dispenser; the rotary pressing assembly is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket to cooperate to form a mounting cavity, the positioning assembly is rotatably mounted on the mounting bracket and is located in the upper cavity of the mounting cavity; the positioning assembly can be fixedly connected to the rotary pressing assembly; the control assembly and the sensing assembly are both mounted on the mounting bracket and are located in the lower cavity of the mounting cavity; the display assembly is mounted on the mounting bracket; the control assembly is electrically connected to the display assembly and the sensing assembly respectively.

2. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 1, characterized in that, The rotary pressing assembly includes: a pressing cap, a guide rod, and a return spring; a bushing adapted to the guide rod is provided along the length direction on the central axis of the mounting bracket; a concave cavity is provided at the lower end of the pressing cap; the pressing cap is slidably buckled on the mounting bracket through the guide rod to cooperate to form the mounting cavity; the upper end of the bushing is placed in the concave cavity; the pressing cap is fixedly connected to the guide rod; the positioning assembly is arranged in the concave cavity and is fixedly connected to the pressing cap; the return spring is sleeved on one end of the guide rod close to the pressing cap, and its two ends are respectively abutted against the positioning assembly and the inner wall of the concave cavity.

3. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 2, wherein The positioning assembly includes: a positioning disk, an induction magnet, a compression spring, and a ball; the positioning disk is rotatably sleeved on the upper end of the bushing and is fixedly connected to the pressing cap; the induction magnet is arranged on the positioning disk; the positioning disk abuts against the return spring; a through groove is formed on the side wall of the positioning disk; the ball and the compression spring are both arranged in the through groove; one end of the compression spring abuts against the ball, and the other end abuts against the inner side wall of the pressing cap; the ball abuts against the side wall of the bushing through the compression spring; four U-shaped card slots adapted to the ball are further provided on the side plate of the bushing; the included angle between every two of the U-shaped card slots is 90°.

4. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 3, characterized in that, The depths of the four U-shaped card slots are all smaller than the diameter of the ball.

5. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 4, wherein The sensing assembly includes: four Hall sensors adapted to the induction magnets; a mounting plate is provided on the mounting bracket; the four Hall sensors are respectively mounted on the mounting plate corresponding to the four U-shaped card slots and are located below the positioning disk; the four Hall sensors are all electrically connected to the control assembly.

6. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 5, characterized in that, The control assembly includes: a battery, a controller electrically connected to the main control board of the water dispenser, and at least one micro switch; the micro switch and the controller are both mounted on the mounting plate; the controller is electrically connected to the Hall sensor, the battery, and the display assembly respectively.

7. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 6, characterized in that, The display component includes: at least one LED signal lamp; the LED signal lamp is installed on the side wall of the mounting bracket; the LED signal lamp can emit lights of four colors: red, yellow, blue, and green; the LED signal lamp is electrically connected to the controller.

8. The control switch for a water dispenser faucet according to claim 1, characterized in that, A sealing rubber ring is provided at the connection position between the mounting bracket and the faucet.

9. A water dispenser faucet, characterized in that, It includes the control switch structure for the water dispenser faucet described in any one of the above claims 1-8.

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