Water tank structure of a cage washing machine
By combining an open water tank structure with high and low water level sensors, the problems of difficult maintenance of the cage washing machine's water tank and inaccurate water level detection are solved, achieving convenient maintenance and efficient water level control.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422916979.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-27
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-28
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-27
AI Technical Summary
The existing cage washing machine uses a fully enclosed design for its water tank, which makes maintenance, cleaning and upkeep inconvenient. The combination of float and reed switch results in poor water level detection stability and high cost, and the float occupies space, affecting the water storage capacity.
An open water tank structure is adopted, and high water level and low water level sensors are fixedly installed in the water tank respectively, replacing the traditional combination of float and reed switch, thereby improving the accuracy of water level detection and space utilization.
It simplifies the maintenance and upkeep of water tanks, improves the accuracy of water level detection and the utilization rate of water tank space, and reduces production costs.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of cage washing machine technology, specifically a water tank structure for a cage washing machine. Background Technology
[0002] A cage washing machine primarily uses high-pressure, high-temperature circulating water to spray onto contaminated cages and other items inside the inner tank to clean them. It mainly employs water-flushing cleaning and contains at least one water tank, separate from the inner tank and mounted on the main body of the machine. Currently, existing cage washing machines use fully enclosed water tanks, which significantly hinders maintenance, cleaning, and upkeep. Furthermore, current technology typically uses a combination of floats and reed switches for water level detection. However, this combination is costly to produce, and the float's movement within the tank affects the stability of the water level detection. Additionally, when a water shortage alarm is triggered, the float's weight leaves residual water in the tank, resulting in poor accuracy. Moreover, the float's size also occupies internal space, reducing the tank's capacity. Therefore, further improvements are necessary. Utility Model Content
[0003] The present invention aims to provide a water tank structure for a cage washing machine to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.
[0004] A water tank structure for a cage washing machine designed for this purpose includes a tank body, a top plate at the top of the tank body, a bottom plate at the bottom, a top opening on the top plate, a water tank cover assembly that is detachably mounted on the top opening, a high water level sensor on the upper part of the tank body or the top plate, and a low water level sensor on the lower part of the tank body or the bottom plate.
[0005] The top of the box is provided with an opening, and the top plate is fixed to the opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0006] The bottom of the box is provided with a bottom opening, and the bottom plate is fixed to the bottom opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0007] An opening surround plate is provided on the top opening, and the opening surround plate is fixed on the top opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0008] The upper part of the opening enclosure extends at least partially beyond the top opening, and a flap is provided on the bottom periphery, which is positioned on the bottom surface of the top opening by means of the flap.
[0009] The handle is fixedly arranged on the cover plate by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, and the cover plate is detachably positioned on the opening coaming by the handle.
[0010] The water inlet is arranged on the tank body, the top plate or the bottom plate, and a water inlet connector is arranged on the water inlet and communicates with a water supply end through the water inlet connector.
[0011] The water inlet connector is fixedly arranged on the water inlet by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, and an end of the water inlet connector at least partially extends out of the water inlet and is connected with a water inlet pipe, and the water inlet connector communicates with the water supply end through the water inlet pipe.
[0012] High water level assembly holes are arranged on the upper part of the tank body, and low water level assembly holes are arranged on the lower part of the tank body, the high water level sensor is arranged on the high water level assembly hole, and the low water level sensor is arranged on the low water level assembly hole.
[0013] The high water level sensor is fixedly arranged on the high water level assembly hole by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the water level sensing end of the high water level sensor is located above the inside of the tank body, and the electric connection end of the high water level sensor extends out of the tank body through the high water level assembly hole, and the low water level sensor is fixedly arranged on the low water level assembly hole by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the water level sensing end of the low water level sensor is located below the inside of the tank body, and the electric connection end of the low water level sensor extends out of the tank body through the low water level assembly hole.
[0014] The utility model discloses through the improvement of above -mentioned structure, utilize the interconnection between tank body, top plate, bottom plate to constitute the water tank of washing cage machine, additionally detachable water tank cover plate group is arranged on the top opening of top plate, because water tank cover plate group can carry out dismounting, therefore can be convenient for the maintenance, cleaning, maintenance etc. operation of water tank inside in later period, in addition, utilize the cooperation of high water level sensor, low water level sensor to detect the water level of water tank inside, replace the combination mode of traditional technology float and dry reed, not only the overall volume of high, low water level sensor is little, and the influence of water amount in water tank is little, can effectively reduce the inside space occupancy of water tank, makes the volume of water tank can be fully utilized, and high, low water level sensor is fixedly arranged respectively, and the water level detection accuracy of two is high, can effectively detect, control and grasp the water amount of inner bag inside, thereby effectively protect the safety of washing cage machine. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 It is the exploded view of an embodiment of the utility model.
[0016] Figure 2 It is the assembly structure schematic diagram of an embodiment of the utility model.
[0017] Figure 3 Another view assembly structure schematic view of one embodiment of the utility model.
[0018] Figure 4 For Figure 3 Structure schematic view of along A-A line section.
[0019] Figure 5 For Figure 4 Enlarged structure schematic view of X in it.
[0020] Figure 6 Working principle view of the washing cage machine. Specific embodiments
[0021] In order to make the above purpose, features and advantages of the utility model more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the utility model are described in detail below. In the following description, a lot of specific details are set forth in order to fully understand the utility model. But the utility model can be implemented in many other ways different from the description, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without departing from the connotation of the utility model, therefore the utility model is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
[0022] The utility model is further described below in combination with the drawings and embodiments.
[0023] Referring to Figures 1-6 The water tank structure of the washing cage machine comprises a tank body 1, the top of the tank body 1 is provided with a top plate 2, the bottom is provided with a bottom plate 3, the top plate 2 is provided with a top opening 2.1, the water tank cover plate group is detachably arranged on the top opening 2.1, the upper part of the tank body 1 or the top plate 2 is provided with a high water level sensor 4, and the lower part of the tank body 1 or the bottom plate 3 is provided with a low water level sensor 5.
[0024] The tank body 1, the top plate 2 and the bottom plate 3 are connected to each other to form the water tank of the washing cage machine in the embodiment, and the water tank cover plate group is detachably arranged on the top opening 2.1 of the top plate 2. Since the water tank cover plate group can be disassembled, the water tank can be easily maintained, cleaned and maintained in the later period. In addition, the high water level sensor 4 and the low water level sensor 5 are used to detect the water level in the water tank, instead of the combination of the float and the reed tube in the traditional technology. The high and low water level sensors have small overall volume and little influence on the water volume in the water tank, can effectively reduce the internal space occupation rate of the water tank, make the volume of the water tank fully utilized, and the high and low water level sensors are fixedly arranged, and the water level detection accuracy of the two is high, so that the water volume in the inner container can be effectively detected, controlled and grasped, thereby effectively protecting the safety of the washing cage machine.
[0025] The box body 1 is provided with a box body upper opening, and the top plate 2 is fixedly arranged on the box body upper opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0026] The box body 1 is provided with a box body bottom opening, and the bottom plate 3 is fixedly arranged on the box body bottom opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0027] In the embodiment, the top plate 2 and the bottom plate 3 are fixedly arranged on the box body upper opening and the box body bottom opening by welding, and are stable in connection, simple in assembly and low in production cost.
[0028] The top opening 2.1 is provided with an opening coaming 6, and the opening coaming 6 is fixedly arranged on the top opening 2.1 by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
[0029] The upper part of the opening coaming 6 at least partially extends out of the top opening 2.1, and the bottom periphery is provided with a flip 6.1 and is positioned on the bottom surface of the top opening 2.1 through the flip 6.1.
[0030] In the embodiment, the opening coaming 6 is assembled from bottom to top on the top opening 2.1 and is positioned on the bottom surface of the top opening 2.1 through the flip 6.1, and the opening coaming 6 is fixedly arranged on the top opening 2.1 by welding, and is stable in connection, simple in assembly and low in production cost.
[0031] The water tank cover plate set comprises a handle 7 and a cover plate 8, the handle 7 is fixedly arranged on the cover plate 8 by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, and the cover plate 8 is detachably positioned on the opening coaming 6 through the handle 7.
[0032] In the embodiment, the cover plate 8 is positioned and assembled on the periphery of the upper part of the opening coaming 6 extending out of the top opening 2.1 when assembled, so that the positioning and assembly of the cover plate 8 are realized, and the user can take the cover plate 8 through the handle 7 when using, which is convenient to use.
[0033] The box body 1, or the top plate 2, or the bottom plate 3 is provided with a water inlet 1.1, the water inlet 1.1 is provided with a water inlet connector 9 and is communicated with a water supply end through the water inlet connector 9.
[0034] The water inlet connector 9 is fixedly arranged on the water inlet 1.1 by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the end of the water inlet connector 9 at least partially extends out of the water inlet 1.1, and a water inlet pipe is connected, and the water inlet connector 9 is communicated with the water supply end through the water inlet pipe.
[0035] In the embodiment, the position of the water inlet 1.1 is not limited, and the water inlet 1.1 is preferably arranged on the top plate 2, the water inlet connector 9 is fixedly arranged on the water inlet 1.1 by clamping, which is simple in assembly and low in production cost, and the water inlet connector 9 is communicated with the water supply end through the water inlet pipe, so that the water of the water supply end can enter the water tank from top to bottom and there is no problem of external leakage.
[0036] The upper portion of the box 1 is provided with a high water level assembly hole 1.2, and the lower portion is provided with a low water level assembly hole 1.3. The high water level sensor 4 is arranged on the high water level assembly hole 1.2, and the low water level sensor 5 is arranged on the low water level assembly hole 1.3.
[0037] In this embodiment, the high water level assembly hole 1.2 and the low water level assembly hole 1.3 are arranged on the upper and lower positions of the side portion of the box 1, and a vertical distance is formed between the two. The specific positions and vertical distance of the high water level assembly hole 1.2 and the low water level assembly hole 1.3 can be arranged reasonably according to actual use requirements.
[0038] The high water level sensor 4 is fixedly arranged on the high water level assembly hole 1.2 by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners. The water level sensing end of the high water level sensor 4 is located above the inside of the box 1, and the electrical connection end thereof extends out of the box 1 through the high water level assembly hole 1.2. The low water level sensor 5 is fixedly arranged on the low water level assembly hole 1.3 by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners. The water level sensing end of the low water level sensor 5 is located below the inside of the box 1, and the electrical connection end thereof extends out of the box 1 through the low water level assembly hole 1.3.
[0039] In this embodiment, the high water level sensor 4 and the low water level sensor 5 are fixedly arranged on the high water level assembly hole 1.2 and the low water level assembly hole 1.3 respectively by fasteners. The connection is stable, the assembly is simple, and the production cost is low.
[0040] The end portions of the high water level sensor 4 and the low water level sensor 5 extending out of the box 1 are electrically connected to the controller of the washing cage machine through power lines. The high water level sensor 4 and the low water level sensor 5 detect the high and low water levels in the water tank through the water level sensing ends during work, and feed back to the controller.
[0041] The working principle of the above washing cage machine is as follows:
[0042] When the washing cage machine is used for the first time or restarted and opened, and is about to enter the washing program, the low water level signal and the high water level signal given by the low water level sensor 5 and the high water level sensor 4 should be “no”. The water adding button in the washing cage machine program is selected. At this time, the controller controls the water inlet system of the washing cage machine to work, so that the water at the water supply end enters the water tank through the water inlet joint 9. When the water in the water tank increases to the water level sensing end surface of the low water level sensor 5, the low water level signal given by the low water level sensor 5 is “yes”. The water supply end continues to add water to the water tank, and when the water level reaches the water level sensing end surface of the high water level sensor 4, the high water level signal given by the high water level sensor 4 is “yes”. At this time, the whole water adding process is completed, and the controller controls the water inlet system to stop working.
[0043] Next step controller controls the heating system of the washing cage machine to work, when the temperature meets the set condition, next step controller controls the washing system of the washing cage machine to start, the washing system transports the water in the water tank to the inner container to carry out cleaning operation, at this time, the water in the water tank will gradually decrease, when the water level decreases to the water level sensing end surface of low water level sensor 5, the low water level signal given by low water level sensor 5 is "yes", at this time, the controller controls the heating system and the washing system to be closed, to prevent dry burning and stop washing, then the controller controls the water inlet system to work again, the water in the water supply end enters the water tank through the water inlet joint 9 again, and when the water level reaches the water level sensing end surface of high water level sensor 4, the high water level signal given by high water level sensor 4 is "yes", at this time, the water supplementing process is completed, the controller controls the water inlet system to stop working, and the above heating and washing procedures are repeatedly cycled.
[0044] The above is the preferred scheme of the present application, which shows and describes the basic principle, main features and advantages of the present application. Those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principle of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A water tank structure of a cage washing machine comprising a tank body (1), characterized in that: The box (1) is provided with a top plate (2) on the top and a bottom plate (3) on the bottom, the top plate (2) is provided with a top opening (2.1), the top opening (2.1) is detachably provided with a water tank cover plate group, the upper part of the box (1) or the top plate (2) is provided with a high water level sensor (4), and the lower part of the box (1) or the bottom plate (3) is provided with a low water level sensor (5).
2. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 1, wherein: The box (1) is provided with a box upper opening on the top, and the top plate (2) is fixedly arranged on the box upper opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
3. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 2, wherein: The bottom of the box (1) is provided with a box bottom opening, and the bottom plate (3) is fixedly arranged on the box bottom opening by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
4. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 1, wherein: The top opening (2.1) is provided with an opening coaming (6), and the opening coaming (6) is fixedly arranged on the top opening (2.1) by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners.
5. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 4, wherein: The upper part of the opening coaming (6) at least partially extends out of the top opening (2.1), the bottom periphery is provided with a flip (6.1), and the opening coaming (6) is positioned on the bottom surface of the top opening (2.1) through the flip (6.1).
6. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 5, wherein: The water tank cover plate group comprises a handle (7) and a cover plate (8), the handle (7) is fixedly arranged on the cover plate (8) by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, and the cover plate (8) is detachably positioned on the opening coaming (6) through the handle (7).
7. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 1, wherein: The box (1), or the top plate (2), or the bottom plate (3) is provided with a water inlet (1.1), the water inlet (1.1) is provided with a water inlet connector (9), and the water inlet connector (9) is communicated with a water supply end.
8. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 7, wherein: The water inlet connector (9) is fixedly arranged on the water inlet (1.1) by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the end of the water inlet connector (9) at least partially extends out of the water inlet (1.1), and a water inlet pipe is connected to the water inlet connector (9).
9. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 1, wherein: The upper part of the box (1) is provided with a high water level assembly hole (1.2), and the lower part is provided with a low water level assembly hole (1.3), the high water level sensor (4) is arranged on the high water level assembly hole (1.2), and the low water level sensor (5) is arranged on the low water level assembly hole (1.3).
10. The water tank structure of the cage washing machine according to claim 9, wherein: The high water level sensor (4) is fixedly arranged on the high water level assembly hole (1.2) by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the water level sensing end of the high water level sensor (4) is located above the inside of the box (1), and the electrical connection end thereof extends out of the box (1) through the high water level assembly hole (1.2), and the low water level sensor (5) is fixedly arranged on the low water level assembly hole (1.3) by welding, riveting, bonding or fasteners, the water level sensing end of the low water level sensor (5) is located below the inside of the box (1), and the electrical connection end thereof extends out of the box (1) through the low water level assembly hole (1.3).