WATER FLOW TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20100126612A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corporation
• Original Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corporation
• Inventors: LO, Tsung-Yi, CHANG, Chung-Hsiang, WU, Ming-Chia, HUANG, Chung-Yi
• Application Number:
  US12/277,322
• Publication Number:
  US 20100126612A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/625.410
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/074 with flat sealing faces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86823 Rotary valve

Abstract

A water flow temperature control system is described. A hot and cold water flow respectively flow through a first and a second inlet passage of a valve and reach a temperature control sheet through a pressure equalization valve and two water seals. The quantities of the water flows are controlled by changing positions of two large or two small tapered adjusting holes on the temperature control sheet relative to the two water seals before flowing towards a water mixer of a mixing device. The water flows enter from a large opening portion of the water mixer, and are mixed in a helical direction. After that, the water flows pass through a number of outlet holes on a small opening portion of the water mixer towards an outlet passage of the valve. The center of the temperature control sheet is connected to a first end of a transmission shaft.

Claims

1. A water flow temperature control system, comprising:

a valve, having a first inlet passage, a second inlet passage, an outlet passage, and an upper cover;

a pressure equalization valve, disposed in the valve, for controlling the quantity of a water flow flowing through the first inlet passage and the quantity of a water flow flowing through the second inlet passage, wherein the pressure equalization valve has a first chamber and a second chamber respectively disposed corresponding to the first inlet passage and the second inlet passage; and

a mixing device, having a temperature control sheet, a first water seal, a second water seal, a transmission shaft, and a water mixer, wherein the first water seal and the second water seal are pressed between the pressure equalization valve and the temperature control sheet and are disposed corresponding to the first chamber and the second chamber, the temperature control sheet has a number of adjusting holes disposed corresponding to the positions of the first water seal and the second water seal, the water mixer of a tapered funnel structure is disposed between the upper cover and the temperature control sheet and has a large opening portion and a small opening portion, the large opening portion is adjacent to the temperature control sheet and the small opening portion having a through-hole in the center and a number of water outlets is adjacent to the upper cover, a first end of the transmission shaft is connected to the temperature control sheet, and a second end of the transmission shaft is connected to a stepping motor through the through-hole and the upper cover so as to control the rotation of the temperature control sheet through the stepping motor.

2. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting holes of the temperature control sheet comprise a first large tapered hole, a second large tapered hole, a first small tapered hole, and a second small tapered hole, each tapered hole has a large area portion and a small area portion, the small area portion of the first large tapered hole is adjacent to the small area portion of the first small tapered hole, the large area portion of the first large tapered hole is adjacent to the small area portion of the second small tapered hole, the small area portion of the second large tapered hole is adjacent to the large area portion of the first small tapered hole, and the large area portion of the second large tapered hole is adjacent to the large area portion of the second small tapered hole.

3. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 1, wherein the water mixer is further provided with a helical guide rib, the guide rib has an inlet portion and an outlet portion, the inlet portion is adjacent to the large opening portion, and the outlet portion is adjacent to the small opening portion and connected to the water outlets.

4. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 1, wherein a total area of the water outlets is 1.1 to 1.2 times larger than that of the water inlets of the water seals.

5. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 1, wherein the water mixer has a taper angle of 42±

1°

defined between an inner side wall of the water mixer and the temperature control sheet.

6. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 1, wherein the water mixer is rotatably connected to the upper cover by a hollow cylinder to form an integral structure, the through-hole of the water mixer is communicated with the hollow cylinder, and a second end of the transmission shaft passes through the through-hole, the hollow cylinder, and the upper cover.

7. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 2, wherein the outlet passage is further provided with a temperature sensor for sensing the outlet water temperature.

8. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 7, wherein the stepping motor and the temperature sensor are electrically connected to a microcomputer control module, after a user inputs a required temperature to the microcomputer control module through a digital control interface, the microcomputer control module controls the stepping motor to rotate the temperature control sheet so as to control the positions of the two water seals relative to the two large tapered holes or the two small tapered holes, thereby controlling the quantities of a hot water flow flowing in from the first inlet passage and a cold water flow flowing in from the second inlet passage, after the hot water flow and the cold water flow are mixed in the water mixer, a warm water flow is obtained and passes through the outlet passage, and when the warm water flow passes through the temperature sensor, the temperature sensor senses a temperature of the warm water flow and transmits an information to the microcomputer control module, so as to determine whether the outlet water temperature is required by the user.

9. A water flow temperature control system, comprising:

a valve, having a first inlet passage, a second inlet passage, and an outlet passage;

a pressure equalization valve, disposed in the valve for controlling the quantity of a water flow flowing through the first inlet passage and the quantity of a water flow flowing through the second inlet passage, wherein the pressure equalization valve has a first chamber and a second chamber respectively disposed corresponding to the first inlet passage and the second inlet passage;

a mixing device, disposed between the two inlet passages and the outlet passage of the valve, and having a water mixer and a temperature control sheet, wherein the temperature control sheet has a pair of penetrating large adjusting holes and a pair of penetrating small adjusting holes, and a cross-sectional area of the pair of large adjusting holes is larger than that of the pair of small adjusting holes;

a driving source, for driving the mixing sheet to move rotatably; and

a microcomputer control module, for controlling the driving source to adjust a moving position of the temperature control sheet and selectively communicate the pair of first adjusting holes or the pair of second adjusting holes with the two inlet passages and the outlet passage.

10. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 9, wherein the pair of large adjusting holes are formed by a first large tapered hole and a second large tapered hole, the pair of small adjusting holes are formed by a first small tapered hole and a second small tapered hole, each tapered hole has a large area portion and a small area portion, the small area portion of the first large tapered hole is adjacent to the small area portion of the first small tapered hole, the large area portion of the first large tapered hole is adjacent to the small area portion of the second small tapered hole, the small area portion of the second large tapered hole is adjacent to the large area portion of the first small tapered hole, and the large area portion of the second large tapered hole is adjacent to the large area portion of the second small tapered hole.

11. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 9, wherein the mixing device further has a first water seal, a second water seal, a transmission shaft, and a water mixer, the first water seal and the second water seal are pressed between the pressure equalization valve and the temperature control sheet and are disposed corresponding to the first chamber and the second chamber, the adjusting holes of the temperature control sheet are respectively disposed corresponding to the positions of the first water seal and the second water seal, the water mixer of a tapered funnel structure is disposed between the upper cover and the temperature control sheet and has a large opening portion and a small opening portion, the large opening portion is adjacent to the temperature control sheet and the small opening portion having a through-hole in the center and a number of water outlets is adjacent to the upper cover, a first end of the transmission shaft is connected to the temperature control sheet, and a second end of the transmission shaft is connected to the driving source via the through-hole and the upper cover so as to control the rotation of the temperature control sheet through the driving source.

12. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 11, wherein the water mixer is further provided with a helical guide rib, the guide rib has an inlet portion and an outlet portion, the inlet portion is adjacent to the large opening portion, and the outlet portion is adjacent to the small opening portion and connected to the water outlets.

13. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 11, wherein a total area of the water outlets is 1.1 to 1.2 times larger than that of the water inlets of the water seals.

14. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 11, wherein the water mixer has a taper angle of 42±

1°

defined between an inner side wall of the water mixer and the temperature control sheet.

15. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 9, wherein the outlet passage is further provided with a temperature sensor for sensing the outlet water temperature.

16. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 15, wherein the driving source and the temperature sensor are electrically connected to the microcomputer control module, after a user inputs a required temperature to the microcomputer control module through a digital control interface, the microcomputer control module controls the driving source to rotate the temperature control sheet so as to control the positions of the two water seals relative to the two large tapered holes or the two small tapered holes, thereby controlling the quantities of a hot water flow flowing in from the first inlet passage and a cold water flow flowing in from the second inlet passage, after the hot water flow and the cold water flow are mixed in the water mixer, a warm water flow is obtained and passes through the outlet passage, and when the warm water flow passes through the temperature sensor, the temperature sensor senses a temperature of the warm water flow and transmits an information to the microcomputer control module, so as to determine whether the outlet water temperature is required by the user.

17. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 9, wherein the driving source is a stepping motor.

18. The water flow temperature control system according to claim 11, wherein the water mixer is rotatably connected to the upper cover by a hollow cylinder to form an integral structure, the through-hole of the water mixer is communicated with the hollow cylinder, and a second end of the transmission shaft passes through the through-hole, the hollow cylinder, and the upper cover.