CN-122014892-A - Plunger type water softener control valve system and method

CN122014892ACN 122014892 ACN122014892 ACN 122014892ACN-122014892-A

Abstract

The invention provides a plunger type water softener control valve system and a plunger type water softener control valve method, comprising a valve body assembly, wherein the valve body assembly comprises a valve body, a first water diversion plate, a second water diversion plate, a third water diversion plate and a fourth water diversion plate which are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the valve body, sealing rings are sleeved on the water diversion plates and divide an inner cavity of the valve body into a plurality of independent cavities together, a driving assembly comprises a motor, a transmission mechanism, a push rod and a main control plate, the motor drives the push rod to axially reciprocate in the valve body through the transmission mechanism, at least one sealing ring is arranged on the push rod and is used for being matched with the water diversion plates to switch different waterways so as to realize hardness adjustment, and a wedge-shaped groove is formed in the inner wall of the second water diversion plate and the cross section area of the wedge-shaped groove continuously changes along the axial direction of the push rod. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the hardness of the discharged water can be adjusted, and the bypass and water leakage alarming functions are realized.

Inventors

HUANG BO
WANG BIN
ZHANG JIANFANG

Assignees

深圳安吉尔饮水产业集团有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20260227

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a plunger type water softener control valve system, the water softener carries out hardness adjustment through the resin jar, its characterized in that, plunger type water softener control valve system includes: The valve body assembly comprises a valve body, a first water diversion plate, a second water diversion plate, a third water diversion plate and a fourth water diversion plate which are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the valve body, and sealing rings are sleeved on the water diversion plates to jointly divide the inner cavity of the valve body into a plurality of independent chambers; The driving assembly comprises a motor, a transmission mechanism, a push rod and a main control board, wherein the motor drives the push rod to axially reciprocate in the valve body through the transmission mechanism, and at least one sealing ring is arranged on the push rod and is used for being matched with each water distribution board to switch different waterways, so that hardness adjustment is realized; And the inner wall of the second water distribution plate is provided with a wedge-shaped groove, and the cross section area of the wedge-shaped groove continuously changes along the axial direction of the push rod.
2. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The driving mechanism comprises a driving gear, a driven gear, a cam and a lantern ring, the motor drives the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, and the driven gear drives the cam to rotate; The cam is disposed within a collar that reciprocates as the cam rotates.
3. The plunger type water softener control valve system of claim 1, wherein the valve body assembly further comprises a hardness sensor: The hardness sensors are respectively arranged at the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve body and are used for detecting the hardness of raw water and the hardness of water in real time and transmitting detection signals to the main control board; the main control board is configured to receive a set target hardness value, control the motor to rotate forward or reversely according to the deviation between the actual water hardness value fed back by the hardness sensor and the target hardness value, and drive the push rod to move in the wedge-shaped groove area, so that part of raw water directly passes through the wedge-shaped groove without being softened by the resin tank and is mixed with water softened by the resin tank in the valve body, and the stepless regulation of the water hardness is realized.
4. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 3, wherein the target hardness value is adjustable in a range of 0 to raw water hardness value: when the target hardness value is set to 0, the main control board controls the push rod to move to the limit position of one end of the wedge-shaped groove, so that the sealing ring on the push rod and the inner wall of the second water distribution plate form complete sealing, and all inflow water flows through the resin tank to be subjected to complete softening treatment.
5. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 1, wherein the wedge-shaped groove is an annular groove continuously extending along the circumferential direction of the second water dividing plate, and the depth or width of the annular groove is gradually changed linearly or nonlinearly along the axial direction of the push rod.
6. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 1, further comprising a water leakage sensor: The water leakage sensor is arranged at the ground position and is used for detecting leakage conditions.
7. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 6, wherein the main control board is further configured to immediately control the motor to drive the push rod to move to a preset bypass position when receiving the water leakage signal sent by the water leakage sensor, so that the water inlet is directly communicated to the water outlet from the water inlet of the valve body, the resin tank is bypassed, and a local or remote alarm is triggered.
8. The plunger type water softener control valve system of claim 1 wherein the main control board is further configured to drive the push rod to move to the corresponding station by the driving assembly to realize multi-mode waterway switching when a routine running program of the water softener is executed.
9. The plunger type water softener control valve system according to claim 1, wherein the main control board supports receiving a target hardness command sent by a user terminal through a wireless communication module, and transmitting current water hardness, equipment state and alarm information back to the user terminal to realize remote monitoring and adjustment.
10. A method for a plunger type water softener control valve, the method comprising: Receiving a set target hardness value, controlling a motor to rotate forwards or reversely according to the deviation between the actual water hardness value fed back by the hardness sensor and the target hardness value, and driving a push rod to move in a wedge-shaped groove area, so that part of raw water directly passes through the wedge-shaped groove without being softened by a resin tank and is mixed with water softened by the resin tank in a valve body, and further realizing stepless regulation of water hardness; When receiving the water leakage signal sent by the water leakage sensor, the motor is immediately controlled to drive the push rod to move to a preset bypass position, so that water is directly communicated to the water outlet from the water inlet of the valve body, the resin tank is bypassed, and meanwhile, a local or remote alarm is triggered.

Description

Plunger type water softener control valve system and method Technical Field The invention relates to the technical field of mineralized water, in particular to a control valve system and method of a plunger type water softener. Background The water softener is used as an important household device for improving the quality of domestic water, and has the core functions of removing hardness ions such as calcium, magnesium and the like in tap water through ion exchange resin, thereby reducing the hardness of the water, preventing scaling and improving the washing effect. At present, the plunger type water softener control valve widely applied in the market sequentially switches the procedures of water making (softening), backwashing, salt absorbing, slow flushing, fast flushing and the like, so that the periodic regeneration and normal water supply of the water softener are realized. However, the existing plunger type control valve has the following obvious technical defects that the functions of softening hard water, flushing, absorbing salt and supplementing water can only be realized, the hardness of water outlet can not be adjusted so as to meet the requirements of different crowds on the hardness of soft water, and the functions of bypass and water leakage alarm can not be realized, so that larger loss caused by water leakage can not be prevented in time when the product leaks. Therefore, a technical scheme is needed to solve the defects of the prior art, so as to meet the requirements of different crowds on soft water hardness, and prevent the product from causing larger loss in time when the product leaks. Disclosure of Invention The invention aims to provide a method and a system for realizing stepless hardness adjustment, bypass and water leakage alarm of a plunger type water softener control valve, which only need to utilize the existing control and driving structure of the control valve and do not need to additionally add a control and driving device to realize different hardness adjustment, and when a sensor detects water leakage, the control valve gives an alarm and automatically switches a waterway to a bypass position, thereby avoiding continuous water leakage and not affecting normal water use of a user. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plunger type water softener control valve system, which performs hardness adjustment through a resin tank, comprising: The valve body assembly comprises a valve body, a first water diversion plate, a second water diversion plate, a third water diversion plate and a fourth water diversion plate which are sequentially arranged along the axial direction of the valve body, and sealing rings are sleeved on the water diversion plates to jointly divide the inner cavity of the valve body into a plurality of independent chambers; The driving assembly comprises a motor, a transmission mechanism, a push rod and a main control board, wherein the motor drives the push rod to axially reciprocate in the valve body through the transmission mechanism, and at least one sealing ring is arranged on the push rod and is used for being matched with each water distribution board to switch different waterways, so that hardness adjustment is realized; And the inner wall of the second water distribution plate is provided with a wedge-shaped groove, and the cross section area of the wedge-shaped groove continuously changes along the axial direction of the push rod. According to some embodiments, the transmission comprises a driving gear, a driven gear, a cam, and a collar: The motor drives the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear is meshed with the driven gear, and the driven gear drives the cam to rotate; The cam is disposed within a collar that reciprocates as the cam rotates. According to some embodiments, the valve body assembly further comprises a hardness sensor: The hardness sensors are respectively arranged at the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve body and are used for detecting the hardness of raw water and the hardness of water in real time and transmitting detection signals to the main control board; the main control board is configured to receive a set target hardness value, control the motor to rotate forward or reversely according to the deviation between the actual water hardness value fed back by the hardness sensor and the target hardness value, and drive the push rod to move in the wedge-shaped groove area, so that part of raw water directly passes through the wedge-shaped groove without being softened by the resin tank and is mixed with water softened by the resin tank in the valve body, and the stepless regulation of the water hardness is realized. According to some embodiments, the target hardness value is adjustable from 0 to raw water hardness value: when the target hardness value is set to 0, the main control board controls the push rod to move to the limit position of one end of the wedge-shaped groove, so that th