EP3366848A1 - Appareil électroménager destiné à distribuer du liquide pourvu d'un système d'eau chaude et d'un système de refroidissement séparé correspondant - Google Patents

Appareil électroménager destiné à distribuer du liquide pourvu d'un système d'eau chaude et d'un système de refroidissement séparé correspondant Download PDF

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EP3366848A1
EP3366848A1 EP18155116.9A EP18155116A EP3366848A1 EP 3366848 A1 EP3366848 A1 EP 3366848A1 EP 18155116 A EP18155116 A EP 18155116A EP 3366848 A1 EP3366848 A1 EP 3366848A1
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Gottfried Schneiderbauer
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/044—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths having a heating or cooling apparatus in the supply line
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
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  • the invention relates to a household appliance for dispensing liquid.
  • the household appliance has an output unit for dispensing the liquid, wherein this dispensing unit is a sanitary fitting.
  • the household appliance also has a connection device for connecting the household appliance to an external water network.
  • the household appliance also has a hot water system, with which a water supplied from the external water supply system can be heated.
  • the hot water system is formed with a piping unit with which it is connected to the output unit.
  • a valve is arranged in the line unit.
  • the household appliance has a separate line device to this line unit, with which the water of the device external water network can be conducted directly from the connection device to the output unit.
  • a liquid processing system used in a household is known in the art.
  • sanitary fittings are known as output units for the liquid in a further specification. So is out of the DE 10 2013 002 857 A1
  • Such a sanitary fitting for tapping water known.
  • a boiler is associated with this appliance.
  • This hot water can be made available, which is significantly warmer in temperature than usually via a hot water pipe, which is connected to the external equipment water network, and which can be output via this sanitary fitting or the faucet.
  • the local device has a water outlet pipe, which can be acted upon by closing a valve element with a negative pressure.
  • the water located in the water outlet line is at least partially sucked against the outflow direction into a water reservoir.
  • the sanitary fitting Due to the local curved geometry, in particular a gooseneck geometry, the sanitary fitting is there generated in this remindsaugvorgang a line breaker at the maximum of this gooseneck curvature, so that that part of the residual water in the water outlet pipe, which is located up to a discharge opening in this sanitary fitting, is discharged explicitly via this discharge opening and that part which is upstream of this line breaker is sucked back into the water reservoir, namely the boiler.
  • the device as a dispensing unit on a fitting body, which represents a sanitary fitting and thus a faucet.
  • the fitting body is connected to a device-external water network.
  • This connection device has a cold water pipe and a hot water pipe. Between a discharge opening of the fitting body and these two supply lines, a mixing valve is arranged to possibly also allow mixing of the water from the cold water supply and the hot water supply.
  • the apparatus includes a hot water system having a boiler.
  • the boiler is via a separate pipe unit, in which is also arranged a valve, connected to the fitting body and in particular the local output unit.
  • the line unit is completely separate and guided separately to this discharge opening and thus is not in communication with the line leading from the mixing valve to the discharge opening of the fitting body.
  • the household appliance can thus also be referred to as a liquid treatment system for the household.
  • the household appliance has an output unit for dispensing the liquid, wherein this dispensing unit is a sanitary fitting.
  • the household appliance also has a connection device for connecting the household appliance to an external water network.
  • the household appliance also has a hot water system, with which a water supplied from the external water supply system can be heated.
  • the hot water system is formed with a piping unit with which it is connected to the output unit.
  • a valve is arranged in the line unit.
  • the household appliance has a separate line device to this line unit, with which the water of the device external water network can be conducted directly from the connection device to the output unit.
  • the domestic appliance also has a separate from the hot water system and the conduit device cooling water system, with which a particular of the device external water supply water is cooled.
  • the cooling water system has a line unit with which it is connected to the output unit. In this Line unit of the cooling water system is arranged a valve.
  • the household appliance has a control unit with which the valves in the line units of the hot water system and the cooling water system can be brought into an open state simultaneously, so that a mixed liquid which can be mixed from the liquid of the hot water system and from the liquid of the cooling water system can be dispensed via the dispensing unit is.
  • the mixing of the hot water with the cooling water can take place and here also individual mixing ratios can be set.
  • the household appliance also possible to issue via the output device directly via the conduit device and independent of the hot water system and the cooling water system.
  • the line device preferably has a cold water line and a hot water line
  • a mixing medium can also be produced in an advantageous manner, in particular in the line device, which can then also be output separately via a dispensing opening of the dispensing unit.
  • the output unit of the household appliance has, as stated, a sanitary fitting, which can also be referred to as a faucet.
  • a functionally specific unit which is basically designed to dispense water from an associated external equipment water network, functionally expanded.
  • the line units of the hot water system and the cooling water system open into an output line of the output unit.
  • This output line is a mixed line.
  • the specifically mixed mixing liquid produced from these two additional systems can be provided specifically and independently of other liquids.
  • this output line is a separate line to the conduit device.
  • the output of mixed liquid at the output unit can therefore be carried out independently of the line device.
  • the line device and the output line open independently of each other to the output port of the output unit.
  • valve in the piping unit of the hot water system and the valve in the piping unit of the cooling water system are formed as a single valve.
  • the number of valves can be reduced and the hot water system and the cooling water system can open to a common mouth to this output line, which is a mixing line.
  • the household appliance has at least one sensor, with which the temperature of the mixed liquid, which is generated from the hot water system and the cooling water system, can be detected.
  • the operating positions of the valves in the line units depending on the detected temperature of the mixed liquid through the Control unit are adjustable.
  • a particularly precise metering of the respective quantities of hot water and cooling water to be added can be achieved.
  • the household appliance has at least one sensor with which the temperature of the liquid, in particular in the line unit, can be detected in the cooling water system.
  • the dosage of the cooling water can be particularly advantageous.
  • the operating position of the valve of the line unit of the cooling water system is adjustable by the control unit in the cooling water system as a function of the detected temperature of the liquid, in particular of the line unit.
  • the domestic appliance has a display and / or adjusting device, with which by a user a desired temperature of a dispensed mixed liquid to be generated from a hot water of the hot water system and a cooling water from the cooling water system is displayed.
  • a display and / or adjusting device with which by a user a desired temperature of a dispensed mixed liquid to be generated from a hot water of the hot water system and a cooling water from the cooling water system is displayed.
  • the household appliance has a display and / or adjusting device, on which a measured and / or set by a user as the desired temperature temperature of the mixed liquid is displayed.
  • the transparency of the production of the mixed liquid is thus increased again for a user.
  • the hot water system has a sensor for detecting a flow rate of the liquid and / or the cooling water system has a sensor for detecting a flow rate of the liquid in the cooling water system.
  • At least one of the valves has an equal percentage characteristic.
  • An equal percentage characteristic is a characteristic curve which includes the same stroke changes and the same percentage changes of the respective kv value (flow factor). As a result, the inflow and thus the dosage can be controlled very precisely.
  • the conduit means comprises a cold water pipe and a separate hot water pipe, wherein the hot water system and the cooling water system are internally connected to the cold water pipe.
  • the water supply of the hot water system and the cooling water system can be done via the conduit device itself.
  • valves in the line units are electrical valves. As a result, they can be controlled very precisely via the control units, whereby the proportions of the amounts to be added of hot water and cooling water for generating the mixed liquid can be adjusted very precisely and thus on the other hand, the respective influencing temperatures of these amounts added to a precise adjustment of the temperature of the mixed liquid ,
  • the cooling water system is connected to a Karbonmaschinesech of the household appliance and / or with a medium addition unit of the household appliance.
  • the carbonation unit can supply carbon dioxide to the cooled liquid in the cooling water system, so that a carbonated liquid medium can be generated and discharged.
  • the medium addition unit individual taste notes can be added, in which case as a medium, for example, a liquid or a gel or a powder can be added as an additive.
  • Other additives are possible.
  • the Media addition unit may be provided in addition to the aforementioned flavor additives and the addition of minerals or sweeteners or the like.
  • the hot water system is designed such that the water present therein can be heated to temperatures above 90 °.
  • the cooling water system is designed in particular to the effect that the water therein can be cooled to temperatures even below 10 °.
  • the domestic appliance is in particular in the embodiment with the output unit as a sanitary fitting to another household appliance, such as a household refrigerator or a coffee machine separate household appliance.
  • a household appliance such as a household refrigerator or a coffee machine separate household appliance.
  • the household appliance hereby explained above is therefore not part of a domestic refrigerator or a coffee machine in these embodiments.
  • the described household appliance can also be constructed relatively compact and space-saving and installed in localities in the home, where such devices such as household refrigerators or fully automatic coffee machines can not be installed.
  • this embodiment of the household appliance can then be arranged in the range of a kitchen with a sink or other catchment.
  • the single FIGURE shows a schematic representation of a household appliance 1, which is designed to dispense liquid.
  • the household appliance 1 may also be referred to as a household liquid processing system.
  • the household appliance 1 has an output unit 2, which is in particular a sanitary fitting.
  • the output unit 2 is formed in the household as a free-standing component, which thus also represents a visual component and can be grasped and operated.
  • the dispensing unit 2 has a dispensing opening 3, via which the liquid can be dispensed.
  • the household appliance 1 has a connection device 4, which is designed to be connected to an external water network 5. Between the connection device 4 and the output unit 2, a conduit means 6 is arranged, with which the water of the device external water network 5 directly and thus without being passed through a preferably existing other Wasseremper istssystem of the household appliance 1 to the output unit 2 can be passed.
  • this line device 6 has a cold water line 7 and a separate hot water line 8.
  • the two lines 7 and 8 lead directly to the output unit 2. It can thus be provided that only water from the cold water pipe 7 is output via the discharge port 3 or only warm water from the hot water pipe 8 is output via the output unit 3. It is also provided that the conduit means 6 is formed such that a mixing of the warm water from the hot water pipe 8 and the cold water from the cold water pipe 7 takes place and such a mixed water of the conduit means 6 is output via the discharge opening 3.
  • the domestic appliance 1 has at least one water tempering system 9, which is designed as a separate system for the conduit device 6.
  • the water temperature control system 9 is connected to a line 10.
  • the line 10 is a mixing line and thus arranged and connected in the household appliance 1, that a mixed liquid mixed from at least two liquids is passed therein.
  • the line 10 is connected to the output unit 2. Liquid from the Water tempering 9 can thus be output via the separate line 10 to the output unit 2 and there via the output port 3.
  • the line 10 is a separate line to the conduit means 6, which is also separate to the cold water pipe 7 and the hot water pipe 8 in the output unit 2 and thus in particular separately into the discharge opening 3 opens.
  • a mixed liquid which is mixed by liquid from the hot water system 11 and liquid from the cooling water system 12, can be dispensed separately and independently from the dispensing of a mixed water via the line device 6 to the dispensing unit 2.
  • the domestic appliance 1 has two water tempering systems, namely a hot water system 11 and a separate cooling water system 12.
  • the hot water system 11 and the cooling water system 12 are separate from one another and also constitute separate systems for the conduit device 6.
  • the hot water system 11 is connected to the cold water line 7 at an orifice 13, which is downstream of the connection device 4. This makes it possible that cold water is diverted from the cold water line 7 and the hot water system 11 is supplied.
  • the hot water system 11 opens on the other hand at the mouth 14 in the conduit 10.
  • the hot water system 11 has a hot water treatment tank, in particular a boiler 15, on. This boiler 15 is connected to a supply line 16, which opens to the mouth 13.
  • the hot water system 11 has a line unit 17 which extends between the boiler 15 and the mouth 14. In the line unit 17, a valve 20 is arranged.
  • a valve 18 is arranged in the supply line 16.
  • a filter 19 is preferably arranged in the boiler 15.
  • the cooling water system 12 is also connected to the cold water pipe 7, in particular at the mouth 13. This cold water from the cold water pipe 7 can be supplied to the cooling water system 12 and cooled there to a desired lower temperature.
  • the cooling water system 12 has a refrigeration cycle 21, in particular with a compressor 22, a condenser 23 and an evaporator 24.
  • the cooling water system 12 to a reservoir or a container 25 which is thermally coupled to the refrigeration cycle 21 and in which the supplied via a supply line 26 water can be cooled by the refrigeration circuit 21.
  • the container 25 is connected to the line 10, in particular, this line unit 27 opens to the mouth 14.
  • a valve 28 is arranged.
  • the line device 6 has a bypass line 29.
  • This bypass line 29 branches off from an opening 30 of the cold water line 7 and opens at a further mouth 39 in the cold water line 7 again.
  • a water filter 32 which is arranged in the main line of the cold water line 7, bypassed.
  • the mouth 39 is thus downstream of the water filter 32 in the cold water line. 7
  • a valve 31 is arranged at the branch or mouth 30, which is arranged upstream of the water filter 32 in the cold water line 7.
  • the cooling water system 12 also opens to this mouth 39, so that at this mouth 39 cold water from the cold water line 7 in the supply line 26 of the cooling water system 12 is branched off.
  • the household appliance 1 also has, in particular, a display unit 33, to which, for example, temperatures of hot water in the hot water system 11 and / or temperatures of the cooled water in the cooling water system 12 can be displayed. In addition, further information can be displayed here.
  • the display unit 33 can also be designed as an input unit via which a user can make settings.
  • a display and / or adjusting device is formed.
  • temperatures of a mixed liquid to be dispensed which is to be mixed from a hot water of the hot water system 11 and a cooling water from the cooling water system 12 can then be entered and / or displayed here.
  • the household appliance 1 has a control unit 34, by means of which the household appliance 1 is controllable.
  • output processes and / or mixing processes can be controlled accordingly here.
  • the hot water system 11 and the cooling water system 12 can be controlled accordingly.
  • the corresponding valves 18, 20 and in particular also 28 are controlled accordingly.
  • the valve 20 is arranged here in the line unit 17 between the boiler 15 and the mouth 14.
  • the further valve 31 can be controlled by this control unit 34, so that the bypassing of the water filter 32 is also individually controlled.
  • control unit 34 may be a single control unit, but it may be formed as a higher-level control system of a plurality of control units.
  • the domestic appliance 1 furthermore has a carbonation unit 35, which is connected in particular to the cooling water system 12, preferably the line unit 27.
  • a valve 36 may be arranged.
  • the cooled liquid which is to be dispensed from the cooling liquid system 12 of the mixed liquid, which is to be discharged via the mixing line 10, which is the output line, may then also be carbonated here.
  • the household appliance 1 may have a medium addition unit 37, which is also preferably connected to the cooling water system 12 in particular. Again, a valve 38 may be arranged in the corresponding line.
  • the medium addition unit 37 is connected to the conduit unit 27 extending from the container 25 to the mouth 14.
  • the household appliance 1 may also advantageously have a sensor 40, with which the temperature of the mixed liquid in the mixing line 10 can be detected.
  • the household appliance 1 may be additionally or instead provided that the household appliance 1 has a sensor 41 which in the cooling water system 12th is arranged, in particular in the line unit 27 is arranged. As a result, the temperature of the already cooled liquid can be detected.
  • the hot water system also has a sensor 42. Again, the sensor may be configured to detect the temperature of the hot water.
  • the sensors 41 and 42 may additionally or instead also be designed to detect the flow rate of the respective line units 17 and 27.

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