WATER HEATER AND CONTROL DEVICE

• Main Authors: SAKANOUE TOMOKI, TAIRA SHOTO, ARIKAWA KEN, KAZAMA SHIRO, TSUJIMOTO KAZUMA, OGAWA KOHEI, TAKAYAMA HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.08.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEATGENERATING MEANS, IN GENERAL; FURNITURE; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; RANGES; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

To efficiently perform automated cleaning of a bathtub by linking an automated cleaning function of the bathtub with a purification function of bathwater.SOLUTION: A water heater 1 includes: a circulation circuit 55 connected to a bathtub 60 in which a bathtub cleaning device 63 capable of cleaning the bathtub 60 is provided, taking out bathwater from the bathtub 60 and returning it to the bathtub 60; a circulation device provided in the circulation circuit 55 to circulate the bathwater in the circulation circuit 55; a purifier 56 provided in the circulation circuit 55 to purify the bathwater flowing in the circulation circuit 55; and a control device 70 connected to each of the bathtub cleaning device 63 and the purifier 56 to enable communications, storing a purification past record of purification of the bathwater by the purifier 56, and changing cleaning capacity of the bathtub cleaning device 63 in accordance with the purification past record when the bathtub 60 is cleaned by the bathtub cleaning device 63.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】浴槽の自動洗浄機能と浴水の浄化機能とを連携させて、効率的に浴槽の自動洗浄を実施する。【解決手段】給湯機１は、浴槽６０を洗浄可能な浴槽洗浄装置６３が設けられた浴槽６０に接続され、浴槽６０から浴水を取り出して浴槽６０に戻す循環回路５５と、循環回路５５に設けられ、循環回路５５に浴水を循環させる循環装置と、循環回路５５に設けられ、循環回路５５を流れる浴水を浄化する浄化装置５６と、浴槽洗浄装置６３および浄化装置５６の各々と通信可能に接続され、浄化装置５６が浴水を浄化した浄化実績を記憶し、浴槽洗浄装置６３に浴槽６０を洗浄させる場合に、浄化実績に応じて浴槽洗浄装置６３の洗浄能力を変化させる制御装置７０と、を備える。【選択図】図１