Air freshener and automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks, wash basins or similar

Abstract

Automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks, wash basins or similar, arranged in an installation with a plumbing trap, a pipe, a siphon, a connecting piece, connected to a valve of the basin that is located between the valve of the basin and the siphon and has a receptacle consisting of a compartment of products, a discharge medium compartment and an electronic compartment for control and command, where the mediums for the air freshener functions are housed, including an air freshener discharge pump, an air freshener compressor and a nebuliser as well as an unblocking compartment having a unblocker discharge pump, an unblocking tank with a nozzle for expelling the unblocker to the water supply pipe.

Claims

1. An automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, arranged in an installation with a plumbing trap (1), a pipe (2), a siphon (3), a connecting piece (4), connected to a valve (5) located between a basin (6) and the siphon (3), the device comprising a receptacle (7) consisting of a compartment of products (8), a discharge medium compartment (9) and an electronic compartment (10) for control and command, where an air freshener tank (81) is housed, a discharge pump (11), an air freshener compressor (12) and a nebuliser (19), the receptacle (7) is also equipped with an electronic control (10) with a programmable microchip (16) for control and command, and an unblocking compartment comprises: an unblocker discharge pump (13), an automatic dosing of unblocker (15) to the pipe (2) above the siphon (3); an unblocking tank (82), an unblocking duct (24), a nozzle (23) for ejecting the unblocker to the water pipe (2).

2. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according to claim 1, characterised in that a mixture of air and air freshener (14) is produced in a cavity (20) where an air freshener duct (21) and an air duct (22) end.

3. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according claim 1, characterised in that the nebuliser (19), which is expelling a mixture of air and air freshener (14) in the form of a mist from an injection nozzle.

4. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according to claim 1, characterised in that the air freshener (81) and unblocker (82) tanks are fixed with refillable contents.

5. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according to claim 1, characterized in that the air freshener (81) and unblocker (82) tanks are removable and replaceable.

6. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according to claim 1, characterised in that the programmable microchip (16) links the control of the discharge media with an air freshener pushbutton (17), so that the discharge media of the air freshener, pump (11) and air compressor (12) of the air freshener, are momentarily activated by the actuation of the air freshener pushbutton (17) by the user.

7. The automated unblocking device for plumbing trap for sinks or wash basins, according to claim 1, characterized in that the programmable microchip (16) links the command of the discharge media with an unblocking pushbutton (18), in such a way that the discharge media of the unblocker discharge pump (13) will be activated during the time that the unblocking pushbutton (18) is being acted on.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) In order to better understand the object of the present invention, a preferential practical embodiment of it has been represented in the annexed drawing.

(2) FIG. 1— shows a schematic view of the device covered by this invention.

(3) FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the components of the receptacle in FIG. 1.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

(4) The constitution and characteristics of the invention may be better understood with the following description made with reference to the attached figures.

(5) In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 this device is represented in a simplified way, the installation of which firstly shows a plumbing trap (1) in which a water pipe (2) can be distinguished, a siphon (3), a connecting piece (4), connected with a valve (5) of the basin (6), where the device consists of a receptacle (7) that collects most of the elements.

(6) This receptacle (7) consists of a product compartment (8), a discharge medium compartment (9) and a control electronics compartment (10).

(7) The product compartment (8) has inside accommodations for an air freshener tank (81) and a plunger product tank (82), as well as any other consumable product tank for injection into the water supply pipe (2). On the other hand, the discharge medium compartment (9) houses an air freshener discharge medium compartment (91) consisting of an air freshener discharge pump (11) and an air compressor (12) and an unblocker discharge medium compartment (92) with an unblocker discharge pump (13).

(8) The tanks (81 and 82) may be fixed in the product compartment (8), especially in cases where the product in question is refillable or where there is a corresponding anchorage for tanks which are replaced by new ones. These tanks contain the product consumed in the pipe, i.e. the air freshener tank (81) will contain an air freshener (14), preferably liquid, and the unblocking tank (82) will contain the unblocking product itself (15).

(9) At the same time, the compartment of the electronic control and command part (10), houses a programmable microchip (16) which allows the user to choose between a certain number of pre-established programs or to personally program the cadence and automatic dose of the products in the pipe of evacuation of the waters from the basin (6) or sink.

(10) In addition, this programmable microchip also links the control of the supply media with push buttons, so that the supply media of the air freshener, pump (11) and air compressor (12) of the air freshener, are momentarily activated by the actuation of an air freshener push button (17) by the user. In the same way, the unblocker discharge pump (13) will be activated during the time that the corresponding unblocker pushbutton (18) is being operated.

(11) On the one hand, in this connecting piece (4), the corresponding ejectors are inserted, including a nebuliser (19) that expels the mixture of air and air freshener (14) in the form of a mist inside the pipe (2) by means of a few tiny holes that nebulise this mixture. This mixture takes place in a cavity (20) where the ducts of the air freshener supply the air compartment (91) end, i.e. on the one hand the air freshener duct (21) and on the other the air duct (22).

(12) At another point of the connecting piece (4) the ejector consists of a nozzle (23) which introduces into the pipe (2) the unblocking liquid (15) guided by the unblocking duct (24) from the unblocking tank (82) in the form of a liquid or gel which by gravity will descend through the pipe (2) towards the siphon (3) mixing partially with the water maintained in the siphon.

(13) Its application is very simple, to this end, once the tank of air freshener (81) contains air freshener (14) and unblocking tank (82) contains unblocker (15), when the selected program of the programmable microchip (16) sends the order to the means of impulsion, pump (11) and air compressor (12) of air freshener, these impel the air freshener (14) and the air through the respective ducts (21 and 22) to the cavity (20) where the mixture of both liquids is produced, and then pass through a single duct to the nebuliser (19) which nebulises the mixture and injects it into the pipe (2) of water in the form of mist.

(14) Due to the difference in pressure and density, this mist with air freshener ascends through the pipe (2) towards the valve (5) and exits outwards through the basin (6). On the other hand, the part of the mist that is more dense than the air, or due to air saturation, will descend towards the lower part of the pipe (2) to the water of the siphon, impregnating it slightly with air freshener.

(15) In the case of the unblocker, the command of the programmable microchip (16) acts on the unblocker discharge pump (13), which drives the unblocker (15) through the unblocker tube (24) to the nozzle (23), and from there to the inside of the pipe (2). This unblocking liquid (15), being more dense than the water and not fogged by the nozzle (23), will descend through the pipe (2) of water towards the siphon (3), normally through the walls of the pipe itself (2), so a light sheet of unblocking product (15) will be created at the bottom of the siphon (3) and another part will be dissolved in the water itself.

(16) When the user charges the water through the pipe (2) from the basin (6), it drags the unblocking product (15) deposited on the pipe (2) walls and at the bottom of the siphon (3) through the drain, acting on those points that obstruct the passage of the water and exercising its unblocking function.

(17) On the other hand, apart from the commands of the programmable microchip program (16), the user can at any time operate on the pushbutton of the air freshener (17), which causes an action on the air freshener means of impulsion, pump (11) and air compressor (12), and the corresponding air freshener ejection (14) in the pipe (2) towards the outside by the basin (6) as described above.

(18) In the event that the user acts on the unblocker pushbutton (18), its specific operation as a unblocker will be as described above for the device as an unblocker, but it will only function for the duration of the pushbutton operation.