Water leakage detection device of solar water heater

By using color-changing silicone and a float guide rod system in solar water heaters to detect leaks, and combining it with a limiting mechanism, the problems of visualizing leak detection and rapid installation are solved, improving detection and installation efficiency.

CN223564479UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-18JIANGSU IMPOSOL NEW ENERGY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423083933.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-13
Publication Date
2025-11-18
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-13

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Technical Problem

Leaks at the connection between the inlet and outlet pipes of existing solar water heaters are difficult to detect, are not easily observed with the naked eye, and require tools and are time-consuming to install the housing.

Method used

Color-changing silica gel absorbs moisture and changes color to facilitate the observation of leaks. The water level is displayed through a float and guide rod system, and the box can be quickly disassembled and assembled using a limiting mechanism.

Benefits of technology

It enables clear observation of leaks and quick installation, reducing the difficulty of manual inspection and the time required for tool use.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a water leakage detection device of a solar water heater, which relates to the technical field of water leakage detection and comprises a solar water heater body, a water inlet pipe communicated with one side of the solar water heater body, a water supply pipe connected with the water inlet pipe, a lower box body located at the bottom of the joint of the water inlet pipe and the water supply pipe, and an upper box body located at the top of the lower box body. A color developing part and a lifting part are arranged on the upper box body and used for detecting whether water leaks at the joint of the water inlet pipe and the water supply pipe, water flows into the lower box body, water can generate water vapor to be absorbed by allochroic silicagel, the color of the allochroic silicagel can be changed and can be directly observed through glass, and when water leaks seriously, the water in the lower box body is too much, and the water level rises, the water leaks more easily. The floating plate can drive the guide rod to move upwards through the U-shaped rod, meanwhile, the color block can move upwards, the situation of the water level in the upper box body and the lower box body can be known by observing the upward moving distance of the color block, the effect is obvious, and workers can observe the situation conveniently.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to water leakage detection technical field, concretely is a solar water heater's water leakage detection device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Solar water heater is the heating device that converts solar light energy into heat energy, water is heated from low temperature to high temperature to meet people's hot water use in life, production. Solar water heater is divided into vacuum tube type solar water heater and flat plate type solar water heater according to structural form, mainly with vacuum tube type solar water heater, the water inlet pipe of solar water heater and the connecting part of water supply pipe are prone to water leakage.

[0003] The water leakage detection device of patent number CN220187936U is set by setting a sleeve, which is sleeved outside the connecting part of the two water pipes, a drip pipe is arranged at the bottom of the sleeve and is connected with the inside of the sleeve, and a balloon is sleeved outside the drip pipe by a fixing piece. Through the utility model, by setting the drip pipe at the bottom of the sleeve, when the connecting part of the two water pipes leaks, the water flow will flow down from the drip pipe and flow into the balloon, and the balloon will swell after being filled with water, so that the staff can judge whether there is water leakage by observing the swelling of the balloon. However, when there is slight water leakage, the swelling of the balloon is not obvious, and the balloon is easy to break.

[0004] Generally, there are many solar water heaters on the roof, and sometimes it is difficult to see the leakage of the connecting part of the water inlet pipe and the water supply pipe with the naked eye, which needs to be touched by hand, which is not easy to observe and is more troublesome. At the same time, when installing the upper box body and the lower box body, it is generally fixed by bolt fastening, but bolt fastening needs the help of tools and takes a long time, therefore, technical innovation and design optimization are needed to optimize the water leakage detection device of a solar water heater. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0005] Generally, there are many solar water heaters on the roof, and it is difficult to observe the leakage of the connection between the water inlet pipe and the water delivery pipe by naked eyes, and it is necessary to touch with hands, which is not easy to observe and is more troublesome. When installing the upper box body and the lower box body, the upper box body and the lower box body are generally fixed by bolt fastening, but bolt fastening needs the help of tools and takes a long time. In order to solve the above problems, the application provides a leakage detection device of a solar water heater. When water flows into the lower box body, the water vapor is absorbed by the color-changing silica gel, and the color of the color-changing silica gel changes. The color-changing silica gel can be directly observed through the glass. When the leakage is serious, the water in the lower box body is too much, the water level rises, the floating plate moves upward through the U-shaped rod and the guide rod, and the color block moves upward. By observing the distance that the color block moves upward, the water level in the upper box body and the lower box body can be known, which is more obvious and convenient for the staff to observe. At the same time, by pulling the pulling block, the insertion column is aligned with the cylindrical groove and inserted, at this time, the sliding block and the limiting block enter the insertion slot, the pulling block is released, and under the action of the spring, the sliding block drives the limiting block to enter the limiting slot, so that the upper box body and the lower box body are quickly disassembled and assembled, and the installation efficiency is improved.

[0006] The technical scheme adopted by the application to solve the technical problems is:

[0007] A leakage detection device of a solar water heater, comprising:

[0008] A solar water heater body, one side of the solar water heater body being communicated with a water inlet pipe, and the water inlet pipe being connected with a water delivery pipe;

[0009] A lower box body, the lower box body being located at the bottom of the connection between the water inlet pipe and the water delivery pipe;

[0010] An upper box body, the upper box body being located at the top of the lower box body, and the upper box body being provided with a color development part and a lifting part for detecting whether the connection between the water inlet pipe and the water delivery pipe leaks;

[0011] A limiting mechanism, the limiting mechanism being located at both sides of the upper box body and the lower box body, and being used for connecting the upper box body and the lower box body;

[0012] A support, the support being located at the bottom of the lower box body, and the support being fixed with the solar water heater.

[0013] In a possible implementation manner, the color development part comprises a rectangular port opened at the top of the upper box body, the color development part is fixed with color-changing silica gel inside the rectangular port, and the color-changing silica gel is fixed with glass inside the top of the color-changing silica gel. The color-changing silica gel absorbs the water vapor in the air in the upper box body and the lower box body, and then changes color.

[0014] In a possible implementation, the lifting part comprises a guide rod penetrating through the upper box body, a color block is fixed at the top of the guide rod, a U-shaped rod is fixed at the bottom of the guide rod, and a floating plate is fixed at the bottom of the U-shaped rod; when water leaks at the connection between the water inlet pipe and the water delivery pipe, the floating plate will drive the guide rod to move upward through the U-shaped rod along with the rising of the water level in the lower box body, and the color block will move upward, so that the water level in the upper box body and the lower box body can be known by observing the distance of the upward movement of the color block.

[0015] In a possible implementation, upper fixing plates are fixed at both sides of the upper box body, and lower fixing plates are fixed at both sides of the lower box body.

[0016] In a possible implementation, the limiting mechanism comprises a sliding groove formed at the bottom of the upper fixing plate, two sliding blocks sliding in the sliding groove, a connecting rod fixed between the two sliding blocks, a limiting block fixed at one side of each of the two sliding blocks, an insertion slot formed at the top of the lower fixing plate, a limiting slot formed at one side in the insertion slot, and a spring arranged in the sliding groove; the connecting rod is moved, the two sliding blocks are driven to slide in the sliding groove along with the connecting rod, the spring is compressed, the sliding blocks and the limiting blocks are inserted into the insertion slot, the connecting rod is released, and the sliding blocks drive the limiting blocks to be inserted into the limiting slot under the action of the spring, so that the upper box body and the lower box body are limited in the vertical direction.

[0017] In a possible implementation, the limiting blocks and the sliding blocks can be inserted into the insertion slot, and the limiting blocks can be inserted into the limiting slot, so that the limiting blocks and the sliding blocks are conveniently inserted into the insertion slot.

[0018] In a possible implementation, one end of the spring is fixedly connected with the sliding groove, and the other end of the spring is fixedly connected with the sliding block, so that the spring is prevented from falling out of the sliding groove.

[0019] In a possible implementation, a notch is formed at the top of the upper fixing plate, and a pulling block slides in the notch; the bottom of the pulling block is fixed with the connecting rod, so that the connecting rod is conveniently pulled through the pulling block.

[0020] In a possible implementation, an insertion column is fixed at each of four corners at the bottom of the upper box body, a column-shaped slot is formed at each of four corners at the top of the lower box body, and the insertion column can be inserted into the column-shaped slot, so that the upper box body and the lower box body are guided during installation and are limited in the horizontal direction.

[0021] In summary, the utility model has at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0022] 1、Through the water flow to the inside of the lower box body, water will produce water vapor is absorbed by the color-changing silica gel, the color-changing silica gel will change color, can be directly observed through the glass, when the water leakage is serious, the water in the lower box body is too much, the water level rises, the floating plate will drive the guide rod to move up through the U-shaped rod, and the color block will move up, the water level in the upper box body and the lower box body can be known by observing the distance of the color block moving up, which is more obvious and convenient for the staff to observe.

[0023] 2、By pulling the pulling block, the insertion column is aligned with the cylindrical slot and inserted, at this time the sliding block and the limiting block enter the insertion slot, the pulling block is released, and under the action of the spring, the sliding block drives the limiting block to enter the limiting slot, so that the upper box body and the lower box body are quickly disassembled and assembled, and the installation efficiency is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0024] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the side section structure of the upper fixing plate and the lower fixing plate of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the side section structure of the overall upper box body and lower box body of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the side section structure of the local structure of the utility model.

[0028] Mark: 1, solar water heater body; 2, water inlet pipe; 3, upper box body; 4, water supply pipe; 5, lower box body; 6, support; 7, upper fixing plate; 8, limiting groove; 9, lower fixing plate; 10, sliding groove; 11, limiting block; 12, sliding block; 13, insertion slot; 14, spring; 15, slot; 16, color block; 17, glass; 18, color-changing silica gel; 19, rectangular opening; 20, guide rod; 21, floating plate; 22, U-shaped rod; 23, pulling block; 24, connecting rod; 25, insertion column; 26, cylindrical slot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The technical scheme in the utility model will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the utility model, and in addition, the forms of each structure described in the following embodiments are only examples, and the appliance placing rack involved in the utility model is not limited to each structure described in the following embodiments, and all other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skilled in the art without making creative efforts belong to the range protected by the utility model.

[0030] This embodiment introduces the specific structure of the water leakage detection device of the solar water heater, and specifically refers to Figures 1-4As shown, a water leakage detection device of a solar water heater comprises:

[0031] A solar water heater body 1, one side of the solar water heater body 1 is communicated with a water inlet pipe 2, the water inlet pipe 2 is connected with a water delivery pipe 4;

[0032] A lower box body 5, the lower box body 5 is located at the bottom of the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4;

[0033] An upper box body 3, the upper box body 3 is located at the top of the lower box body 5, the upper box body 3 is provided with a color developing part and a lifting part, which are used to detect whether the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4 leaks water;

[0034] A limiting mechanism, the limiting mechanism is located at both sides of the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5, which is used to connect the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5;

[0035] A support 6, the support 6 is located at the bottom of the lower box body 5, and the support 6 is fixed with the solar water heater.

[0036] Generally, there are many solar water heaters on the roof, and sometimes it is difficult to see the leakage of the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4 by naked eyes, and it is necessary to touch with hands, which is not easy to observe and is more troublesome.

[0037] In order to make the leakage of the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4 more obvious, the color developing part includes a rectangular port 19 opened at the top of the upper box body 3, the inside of the rectangular port 19 is fixed with a color-changing silica gel 18, the top of the color-changing silica gel 18 is fixed with a glass 17 inside the rectangular port 19, the color-changing silica gel 18 will absorb the water vapor in the air inside the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5, and then the color-changing silica gel 18 will change color, the lifting part includes a guide rod 20 penetrating through the upper box body 3, the top of the guide rod 20 is fixed with a colored block 16, the bottom of the guide rod 20 is fixed with a U-shaped rod 22, the bottom of the U-shaped rod 22 is fixed with a floating plate 21, when the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4 leaks water, the floating plate 21 will drive the guide rod 20 to move upward through the U-shaped rod 22, at the same time, the colored block 16 will move upward, by observing the distance of the upward movement of the colored block 16, the water level inside the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5 can be known, the upper box body 3 is fixed with an upper fixed plate 7 at both sides, and the lower box body 5 is fixed with a lower fixed plate 9 at both sides.

[0038] When installing the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5, it is generally fixed by bolt fastening, but the use of bolt fastening needs tools and takes a long time.

[0039] The limiting mechanism comprises a sliding groove 10 formed in the bottom of the upper fixed plate 7, two sliding blocks 12 sliding in the sliding groove 10, a connecting rod 24 fixed between the two sliding blocks 12, a limiting block 11 fixed on one side of each of the two sliding blocks 12, an insertion slot 13 formed in the top of the lower fixed plate 9, a limiting slot 8 formed in one side of the insertion slot 13, a spring 14 arranged in the sliding groove 10, and the connecting rod 24 is moved to drive the two sliding blocks 12 to slide in the sliding groove 10 while pressing the spring 14, the sliding block 12 and the limiting block 11 are inserted into the insertion slot 13, the connecting rod 24 is released, and under the action of the spring 14, the sliding block 12 drives the limiting block 11 to be inserted into the limiting slot 8, thereby limiting the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5 in the vertical direction, the limiting block 11 and the sliding block 12 can be inserted into the insertion slot 13, the limiting block 11 can be inserted into the limiting slot 8, and the limiting block 11 and the sliding block 12 are inserted into the insertion slot 13, one end of the spring 14 is fixedly connected with the sliding groove 10, the other end of the spring 14 is fixedly connected with the sliding block 12, and the spring 14 is prevented from falling off from the sliding groove 10, a notch 15 is formed in the top of the upper fixed plate 7, a pulling block 23 slides in the notch 15, the pulling block 23 is fixedly connected with the connecting rod 24 at the bottom, and the connecting rod 24 is pulled by the pulling block 23.

[0040] It is worth noting that the insertion column 25 is fixed at the four corners of the bottom of the upper box body 3, the cylindrical slot 26 is formed at the four corners of the top of the lower box body 5, the insertion column 25 can be inserted into the cylindrical slot 26, the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5 can be guided during installation, and the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5 can be limited in the horizontal direction, and the two can be separated by reverse operation.

[0041] When the staff needs to install the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5, the insertion column 25 is inserted into the cylindrical slot 26 by pulling the pulling block 23, at this time the sliding block 12 and the limiting block 11 enter the insertion slot 13, the pulling block 23 is released, and under the action of the spring 14, the sliding block 12 drives the limiting block 11 to enter the limiting slot 8, thereby quickly installing the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5.

[0042] When slight water leakage occurs at the connection between the water inlet pipe 2 and the water delivery pipe 4, water will flow into the lower box body 5, water vapor will be absorbed by the color-changing silica gel 18, and the color of the color-changing silica gel 18 will change, which can be directly observed through the glass 17, when the water leakage is serious, the water in the lower box body 5 is too much, the water level rises, the floating plate 21 drives the guide rod 20 to move upward through the U-shaped rod 22, and the colored block 16 moves upward, and the water level in the upper box body 3 and the lower box body 5 can be known by observing the distance that the colored block 16 moves upward.

[0043] Finally, it should be noted that: apparently, the above embodiments are merely examples for clearly illustrating the utility model, and are not limited to the implementation. For ordinary skilled in the art, on the basis of the above description, other different forms of changes or variations can be made. Here, it is not necessary and impossible to exhaust all the implementation. The obvious changes or variations derived from it are still within the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A water leakage detecting device for a solar water heater, characterized in that, Include: Solar water heater body (1), one side of the solar water heater body (1) is communicated with the water inlet pipe (2), the water inlet pipe (2) is connected with the water supply pipe (4); Lower box body (5), the lower box body (5) is located at the bottom of the water inlet pipe (2) and the water supply pipe (4) connection; Upper box body (3), the upper box body (3) is located at the top of the lower box body (5), the upper box body (3) is provided with color developing part and lifting part, which is used to detect whether the water inlet pipe (2) and the water supply pipe (4) are connected; Limiting mechanism, the limiting mechanism is located at both sides of the upper box body (3) and the lower box body (5), which is used to connect the upper box body (3) and the lower box body (5); Support (6), the support (6) is located at the bottom of the lower box body (5), and the support (6) is fixed with the solar water heater.

2. 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