Integrated System for Hydro-Thermo-Sanitary Apparatuses

• US 20090154524A1
• Filed: 04/27/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blue Magic s.r.l.
• Original Assignee: Blue Magic s.r.l.
• Inventors: Girelli, Agostino
• Application Number:
  US12/226,762
• Publication Number:
  US 20090154524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 374/148
• 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 1/0404 Constructional or functional features of the spout
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/08 Jet regulators or jet guides, e.g. anti-splash devices
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2001/0418 having temperature indicating means

Abstract

An integrated system for hydro-thermo-sanitary apparatuses comprising electric current generating means, a control board, water temperature sensors and LEDs or strips of LEDs arranged near the water outlet section for indicating the dispensed water temperature according to the colour with which the light of the LEDs is emitted. An acoustic-vocal indicator may also be provided.

Claims

1. An integrated system for hydro-thermo-sanitary apparatuses, such as a faucet, a shower head, a shower cabin, a radiator in a heating system, a toilet bowl, arranged along a hydraulic conduit, comprising electric current generating means (12, 13) adapted to be fed by the water flowing in the conduit, light indicating means (4, 25, 27, 29, 54) adapted to be powered by said electric current generating means, electronic control means (10) for controlling the electric current and monitoring the temperature of the water in the conduit, at least one temperature sensor (11) of the water in the conduit connected to said electronic means (10), wherein the electric current generating means and the electronic control means are incorporated in a single body arranged in the conduit.

2. A system according to claim 1 wherein the electric current generating means are water turbines.

3. A system according to claim 1 wherein said body is arranged upstream of a water mixer valve (6).

4. A system according to claim 1 wherein said body is arranged downstream of a water mixer valve (6).

5. A system according to claim 1 wherein said body is arranged in proximity of a water dispensing outlet section (5).

6. A system according to claim 1, comprising electric current accumulators (15, 40).

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein there is provided an acoustic indicator (14) adapted to indicate the water temperature, said indicator being controlled by the electronic control means (10).

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one temperature sensor (11) is arranged within said body.

9. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one temperature sensor (11) is arranged outside said body.

10. A system according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control means (10) and said at least one temperature sensor (11) are integrated within light indicating means (4).

11. A system according to claim 1, wherein the light indicating means comprise at least one LED (4).

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein said light indicating means comprise a plurality of LEDs (25, 27, 29, 54).

13. A system according to claim 12, in which said plurality of LEDs (54) is provided on a flexible membrane (51).

14. A shower cabin comprising an integrated system (1) according to claim 1.

15. A radiator in a heating system comprising an integrated system (1) according to claim 1, arranged along a water delivery conduit in said radiator.

16. A toilet bowl comprising in proximity of an outlet conduit of the water into said bowl an integrated system (1) according to claim 1.