JPH0690871A - Circulation type bathing water heat reserving apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] [Structure] A circulation pump is used to filter the bath water from the bath.
And a device for purifying and keeping warm by circulating through a circulation path including a warming heater and the like, and provided with a bath water temperature detecting device 3 for detecting the temperature of bath water, and a clock device 4 for measuring time. In the bath water warming device, a pattern data storage means ROM storing bathing pattern data for a plurality of bathing patterns consisting of a bathing time zone and its heating temperature.
And a bathing pattern selection means 26 for the user to select a bathing pattern, and a circulating bath water heat retaining device configured to control the energization of the heat retaining heater 9 based on the selected bathing pattern. [Effect] The bathing pattern consisting of the bathing time zone and the heat-retaining temperature can be selected with only the pattern selection key, and the bathing pattern can be easily selected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a circulating bath water heat retaining device having a function of selecting a bathing pattern consisting of a bathing time zone and its retaining temperature in a circulating bath water heat retaining device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a circulating pump is used to remove bath water from a bathtub.
A circulating bath water heat retention device is proposed, which is circulated through a circulation path including a filtration device, a heat retention heater, etc. to purify and keep warm, and to keep the bath water at a temperature at which it can be bathed all day long.
In order to save the power consumption of the heater of the device, set the time zone and the temperature to keep the user bathing, and energize the heater to keep the temperature that bath water can enter for that period of time. A circulating bath water heat retention device has been proposed in which the current is controlled and the energization is controlled so as to maintain a standby temperature lower than the heat retention temperature at which bathing is possible during the remaining time.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional circulation type bath water heat retention apparatus, firstly, among the settings of the bathing time zone and the heat retention temperature thereof, particularly in the bathing time zone, the start time and The setting of the end time requires several steps of input operation using a plurality of keys, which is relatively complicated and time-consuming, which is a problem.

Secondly, the circulating bath water heat retaining device has a wide range of age groups for its users, and many users are not very familiar with the operation of this type of product, and therefore the method for setting the bathing time period, etc. Since it is complicated and time-consuming, the device is operated without setting the bathing time, and as a result, the warming heater of the circulating bath water warming device can keep the bath water at a temperature where it can be bathed all day There are many cases in which the energization is controlled so as to keep the power consumption to waste power consumption, which is a problem.

[0005]

In order to solve the problems of the prior art, the present invention creates a plurality of bathing patterns consisting of a bathing time zone and its heat retention temperature in advance, and stores the plurality of bathing pattern data in a storage device. The present invention provides a circulating bath water heat retaining device in which a user can select a bathing pattern from a plurality of patterns by operating a pattern selection key.

[0006]

According to the present invention, firstly, the operation of selecting a bathing pattern consisting of the bathing time zone and the heat retention temperature can be performed only by the operation of the pattern selection key, and the operation of selecting the bathing pattern is easy. is there.

Secondly, since it is easy to select the bathing pattern, the warming heater of the circulating bath water warming device can be used without setting the bathing pattern as in the conventional case. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent wasting power consumption by controlling energization so as to maintain a temperature that allows bathing during the day.

[0008]

【Example】

(1) Device Configuration First, the configuration of an embodiment of the circulating bath water heat retaining device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The integrated control unit 1 (hereinafter, the control unit 1) is composed of a single-chip microcomputer in this embodiment, and is controlled by a control program stored in a built-in memory (not shown) as described below. The control of the entire device including the control of various actuators and the display device is performed based on information from various input devices and sensors.

A key input device 2 is connected to the control unit 1 so that a user can perform various input operations.
The key input unit 2 includes a clock setting unit 20 and a driving environment setting unit 22.

The clock setting unit 20 is a key input unit for setting the time of the clock, and by operating the clock setting unit 20,
The control unit 1 sets the time of the timepiece device 4 that measures the time, and displays the time on the time display unit 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the operating environment setting unit 22 operates the operation / stop key 23 for operating / stopping the apparatus and the bubble generating apparatus 10 to activate the bubbles for ejecting the water flow containing the bubbles in the bathtub. It comprises a generation key 24, a bathing key 25 for stopping the generation of ozone at the time of bathing, and a pattern selection key 26 as a pattern selection means for selecting a bathing pattern described later. The driving environment set and selected by these keys is displayed on the driving environment display device 7.

The driving environment display device 7 is provided with a plurality of LEDs as shown in FIG. 2, and displays the driving environment selected and set by the respective keys of the driving environment setting section 22 by lighting it.

In the present embodiment, there are four types of bathing patterns that can be selected, that is, bathing time zone type bathing patterns indicated by P1 to P4 in the display portion of FIG. 2, and the operation / stop key is used to operate the apparatus. If it is started and the pattern selection key 26 is not operated, the bathing patterns P1 to P4 are not initially selected.
The pattern selection that the bathing time is 4 hours is automatically selected. Every time the pattern selection key is pressed, P1, P2, P3,
P4 is selected in this order, then the above-mentioned 24-hour bathing pattern is selected, and the bathing pattern from P1 is cyclically selected again.

Further, a bath water temperature detecting device 3 and a clock device 4 for detecting the bath water temperature are connected to the control unit 1,
The detected hot water temperature value is displayed on the bath water temperature display device 6, and the time measured by the clock device is displayed on the time display device 5.

Further, the control unit 1 is connected to a circulation pump 8 for circulating the bath water and a warming heater 9. The control unit 1 controls the circulation pump and the bath water temperature data from the bath water temperature detection device 3. And a heat retention temperature set value to be described later are compared with a standby temperature to be described later to control the energization of the heat retaining heater 9.

Further, the control unit 1 is connected with a first memory ROM and a readable / writable second memory RAM as pattern data storage means for holding the stored contents even when the power is cut off. A plurality of bathing pattern data are stored in the first memory ROM. The bathing pattern is, as shown in FIG. 3, a pattern of bathing time zone, its heat retention temperature, and temperature during standby excluding the bathing time zone.

In FIG. 3, the standby temperature is set to a constant temperature, for example, 5 ° C. lower than the heat retention temperature in the bathing time zone, or set to a predetermined constant temperature in advance. When the bath pattern is selected by operating the pattern selection key 26, the selected bath pattern data is read from the first memory ROM and registered in the second memory RAM.

In this embodiment, the types of bathing patterns selectable as described above are four types of bathing time zone type bathing patterns indicated by P1 to P4 in the display section of FIG. 2 and one type of 24 hours type. There are a total of 5 types, but it is possible to increase the types as necessary. By increasing the types of bathing patterns that can be selected, it is possible to practically meet the demands of many users for bathing patterns.

(2) Bathing Pattern Selection and Operation Control Next, the bathing pattern selection and operation control of the circulating bath water heat retaining device will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, Sn (n = 1, 2, 3, ...) Indicates each processing step of control.

S1 to S3 When the bathing pattern is selected by operating the pattern selection key 26 of the operating environment setting section 22 in S1, the bathing pattern data selected in S2 is read from the first memory ROM and the second One of the LEDs 14 corresponding to the bathing pattern registered in the memory RAM of No. 1 and selected in S3 as shown in FIG. 2 is turned on.

When the bathing patterns S4 to S6 are selected, the time of the timepiece device 4 is read out in S4, and it is determined in S5 whether or not the circulation pump 8 is in operation. If the circulation pump 8 is operating, the process proceeds to S7, and if not, the process proceeds to S6, the heat retention heater 9 is turned off, and the process returns to S4.

S7 The selected bathing pattern data is read from the second memory RAM. As described above, the bathing pattern data is data of a bathing time period, a heat-retention temperature thereof, and a standby temperature pattern excluding the bathing time period.

S8: It is judged whether it is within the bathing control time zone. The bathing control time zone is a time zone from a time a certain time before the start time of the bathing time zone to the end time of the bathing time zone. This is because the heat-retaining heater 9 is not for reheating but for heat-retaining, so it takes some time to raise the bath water from the standby temperature to the heat-retaining temperature in the bathing time zone. If it is within the bathing control time zone, the process proceeds to S9, and if not, the process proceeds to S10.

S9 While maintaining the temperature of the bath water to the heat retention temperature while comparing with the bath water temperature data from the bath water temperature detecting device 3 based on the heat retention temperature data of the selected bathing pattern data, the heat retention heater is maintained so as to maintain the temperature. 9 is energized and controlled.

S10 Bath water temperature detection device 3 based on temperature data during standby
The bath water is brought to the temperature at the time of standby while the bath water temperature data is compared with the above data, and the heat insulation heater 9 is energized and controlled so as to maintain the temperature.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, firstly, the operation of selecting the bathing pattern consisting of the bathing time zone and the heat-retaining temperature can be performed only by operating the pattern selection keys, and the selection operation is easy. can get.

Secondly, since it is easy to select the bathing pattern, the warming heater of the circulating bath water warming device can be used without setting the bathing pattern as in the conventional case, and 1 It is possible to obtain an effect that the power consumption is prevented by controlling the energization so that the temperature can be kept bathing during the day.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a circulating bath water heat retention device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a driving environment setting unit and a driving environment display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a bathing pattern.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing bathing pattern selection and operation control of the circulating bath water heat retention device.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 Bath Water Temperature Detection Device 4 Clock Device 8 Circulation Pump 9 Insulation Heater 26 Pattern Selection Key as Pattern Selection Means 1st Memory as ROM Pattern Data Storage Means S8 Bathing Control Time Zone Discrimination Means S9 Insulation Control Means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for circulating and purifying bath water in a bathtub by a circulation pump through a circulation path including a filtration device, a heat-retaining heater, etc., and detecting the temperature of the bathwater. In a circulating bath water heat retention device comprising a detection device and a clock device for clocking time, pattern data storage means in which bath pattern data for a plurality of bath patterns consisting of a bath time zone and its heat retention temperature are stored, A circulating bath water heat retention apparatus, comprising: a bathing pattern selection means for a user to select a bathing pattern; and controlling energization of a heat retention heater based on the selected bathing pattern. 2. A device for circulating and purifying bath water in a bathtub by a circulation pump through a circulation path including a filtration device, a heat-retaining heater, etc., and detecting the temperature of the bathwater. In a circulating bath water heat retention device comprising a detection device and a clock device for clocking time, pattern data storage means in which bath pattern data for a plurality of bath patterns consisting of a bath time zone and its heat retention temperature are stored, A bathing pattern selection means for the user to select a bathing pattern, and a bathing control time zone determination means for determining a bathing control time zone from the time measured by the clock device and the bathing time zone data of the selected bathing pattern, A warming control hand that compares the warming temperature data of the selected bathing pattern data with the temperature of the bath water and controls the energization of the warming heater so as to maintain the warming temperature during the bathing time. Circulating bath water insulation apparatus characterized by including and.