Display device of faucet

• US 10,267,432 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiamen INNO Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Agreat Shower & Sanitary (Xiamen) Co.,Ltd.
• Inventors: Tsai, Pi Kuang
• Primary Examiner(s): Bousono, Orlando
• Application Number:
  US15/986,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20180340629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 335 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/04 Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2001/0418 having temperature indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 19/006 Specially adapted for faucets
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 37/005 for measuring fluid parameters F16K37/0033 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/028 arrangements for numerical indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 1/14 Supports; Fastening devices; Arrangements for mounting thermometers in particular locations
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/02 for measuring temperature of moving fluids or granular materials capable of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/026 of moving liquids

Abstract

A display device is arranged in a faucet at a temperature detection zone to detect a temperature of water flowing therethrough and includes a sealing housing formed therein with an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space in communication with each other and having a bottom having a discharge hole extending therethrough; a circuit board arranged in the upper receiving space; a display module electrically connected with the circuit board; a temperature detection unit electrically connected with the circuit board and partly exposed outside the sealing housing; a hydraulic power generation module arranged in the lower receiving space and electrically connected with the circuit board, the display module, and the temperature detection unit; and a bottom cover fit to the bottom of the sealing housing in a manner of not covering the discharge hole and having a lower opening for entry of the mixture warm water.

Claims

1. A display device for use with a faucet and adapted to arrange in a faucet at a temperature detection zone to detect a temperature of mixture wane water flowing through the temperature detection zone, the display device comprising:

a sealing housing, which comprises, formed therein, an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space in communication with each other, the sealing housing having a bottom that is formed with a discharge hole extending therethrough;

a circuit board, which is arranged in the upper receiving space;

a display module, which is electrically connected with the circuit board and is located on the circuit board;

a temperature detection unit, which is electrically connected with the circuit board and is partly exposed outside the sealing housing;

a hydraulic power generation module, which is arranged in the lower receiving space and is electrically connected with the circuit board, the display module, and the temperature detection unit; and

a bottom cover, which is fit to the bottom of the sealing housing in a manner of not covering the discharge hole, the bottom cover comprising a lower opening for entry of the mixture warm water.

2. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 1, wherein the hydraulic power generation module comprises a body, a rotary spindle, and a fan, the rotary spindle being arranged to extend along a central axis of the body, the fan having a central axle that is coupled, through a sphere, to a lower end of the rotary spindle, the fan being driven by a flow of the mixture warm water to rotate so that the fan drives the rotary spindle and the body to rotate for generation of electrical power.

3. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 1, wherein the bottom cover comprises a cover body and a fitting ring, the lower opening being formed in and extending through a bottom of the cover body, the fitting ring being fit outside the cover body.

4. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 1, further comprising a protection module, which is mounted, in a removable manner, to the faucet to be set on and covering the sealing housing, the protection module comprising a water-resistant lid, a frame cover, a retention cover, and a sealing ring, the water-resistant lid being set on and covering the sealing housing and comprising a transparent raised portion having a shape and size corresponding to the display module and arranged at location corresponding to the display module, the frame cover being mounted on the water-resistant lid and comprising a window corresponding to the transparent raised portion to receive, as being accommodated therein, projection of the transparent raised portion, the retention cover being set on and covering the frame cover and being mounted, in a removable manner, to the faucet, the retention cover having a configuration of a hollow ring so as to expose the transparent raised portion and the window and allow for observation of the display module.

5. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 1, wherein the faucet comprises a hot water inlet opening, a cold water inlet opening, a hot water flow channel, a cold water flow channel, a mixture warm water flow channel, the temperature detection zone, and a water outlet opening, wherein the hot water inlet opening is in communication with the hot water flow channel;

the cold water inlet opening is in communication with the cold water flow channel;

the hot water flow channel is isolated from the cold water flow channel;

an end of the hot water flow channel that is distant from the hot water inlet opening and an end of the cold water flow channel that is distant from the cold water inlet opening are both in communication with the mixture warm water flow channel;

the mixture warm water flow channel is also in communication with the lower opening formed in the bottom cover of temperature-detection display device that is arranged in the temperature detection zone;

the mixture warm water flows through the lower opening of the bottom cover to be discharged through the discharge hole;

the mixture warm water flows through a part of the temperature detection unit that is located outside the sealing housing of the temperature detection zone so that the temperature detection unit detects the temperature of the mixture warm water that is applied to the circuit board for signal processing;

the processed signal is transmitted from the circuit board to the display module, so that the display module displays the temperature of the water.

6. A display device for use with a faucet and adapted to arrange in a faucet at a temperature detection zone, the display device comprising:

a sealing housing, which comprises, formed therein, an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space in communication with each other, the sealing housing having a bottom that is formed with a discharge hole extending therethrough;

a circuit board, which is arranged in the upper receiving space;

a display module, which comprises at least one light-emitting diode and is electrically connected with the circuit board and located on the circuit board;

a hydraulic power generation module, which is arranged in the lower receiving space and is electrically connected with the circuit board and the display module to generate electrical power as being driven by a water flow inside the temperature detection zone to supply the electrical power to energize the light-emitting diode for emission of light;

a bottom cover, which is fit to the bottom of the sealing housing in a manner of not covering the discharge hole, the bottom cover comprising a lower opening for entry of water;

a protection module, which comprises a water-resistant lid, the water-resistant lid being set on and covering the sealing housing and comprising a light transmitting section at a location corresponding to the display module, the light transmitting section being light transmitting, the light transmitting section comprising a display target formed thereon such that the display target is irradiated by lighting from the light emitting diode.

7. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 6, wherein the hydraulic power generation module comprises a body, a rotary spindle, and a fan, the rotary spindle being arranged to extend along a central axis of the body, the fan having a central axle that is coupled, through a sphere, to a lower end of the rotary spindle, the fan being driven by a flow of the mixture warm water to rotate so that the fan drives the rotary spindle and the body to rotate for generation of electrical power.

8. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 6, wherein the bottom cover comprises a cover body and a fitting ring, the lower opening being formed in and extending through a bottom of the cover body, the fitting ring being fit outside the cover body.

9. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 6, wherein the protection module further comprises a displaying section and a retention cover, the displaying section being in the form of a plate mounted on the light transmitting section of the water-resistant lid, the display target being formed on the displaying section, the retention cover being set on and covering the water-resistant lid and being mounted, in a removable manner, to the faucet at the temperature detection zone, the retention cover having a configuration of a hollow ring so as to expose the display target.

10. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 6, wherein the display target comprises one of a pattern, a text, and a combination of a pattern and a text.

11. The display device for use with the faucet according to claim 6, further comprising a temperature detection unit, the temperature detection unit being electrically connected with the circuit board and partly exposed outside the sealing housing, the temperature detection unit being operable to detect a temperature of water flowing through the lower receiving space to allow the display module to emit light of different colors according to the detected temperature.