阅读说明：本技术 净水装置及其减振方法 (Water purifying device and vibration reduction method thereof ) 是由 顾承相 李广青 李耀中 于 2020-05-06 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一净水装置及其减振方法,其中所述净水装置包括至少一滤瓶、至少一浮动支撑单元以及一净水主体,其中所述净水主体包括一安装部和一底板以及形成于所述安装部和所述底板之间的一安装空间,其中所述滤瓶以被可拆卸地安装于所述安装部的方式被保持在所述净水主体的所述安装空间,其中所述浮动支撑单元以抵住所述滤瓶的底部和所述底板的方式被保持在所述滤瓶和所述底板之间,以藉由所述浮动支撑单元浮动支撑所述滤瓶和所述底板。(The invention discloses a water purifying device and a vibration reduction method thereof, wherein the water purifying device comprises at least one filter flask, at least one floating support unit and a water purifying main body, wherein the water purifying main body comprises a mounting part, a bottom plate and a mounting space formed between the mounting part and the bottom plate, the filter flask is held in the mounting space of the water purifying main body in a manner of being detachably mounted on the mounting part, and the floating support unit is held between the filter flask and the bottom plate in a manner of abutting against the bottom of the filter flask and the bottom plate so as to be in floating support with the floating support unit.)

1. A water purification apparatus, comprising:

at least one filter flask;

at least one floating support unit; and

a water purifying body, wherein the water purifying body includes a mounting portion and a bottom plate and a mounting space formed between the mounting portion and the bottom plate, wherein the filter flask is held at the mounting space of the water purifying body in such a manner as to be detachably mounted at the mounting portion, wherein the floating support unit is held between the filter flask and the bottom plate in such a manner as to abut against the bottom of the filter flask and the bottom plate, so as to floatingly support the filter flask and the bottom plate by the floating support unit.

2. The water purifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the floating support unit includes a fixed abutting portion, a floating abutting portion, and a deformable support member held between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein the fixed abutting portion abuts against the bottom plate in such a manner as to be mounted to the bottom plate, and the floating abutting portion abuts against the filter flask in such a manner as to contact a bottom of the filter flask.

3. The water purifying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the floating support unit includes a fixed abutting portion, a floating abutting portion, and a deformable support member held between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein the fixed abutting portion abuts against the filter flask in such a manner as to be mounted on a bottom of the filter flask, and the floating abutting portion abuts against the bottom plate in such a manner as to contact the bottom plate.

4. The water purifying device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the floating supporting portion has an arc supporting surface, wherein the arc supporting surface of the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom of the filter flask, so that the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom of the filter flask in a point-surface manner.

5. The water purifying device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the floating supporting portion has an arc supporting surface, wherein the arc supporting surface of the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom plate, so that the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom plate in a point-surface manner.

6. The water purifying apparatus as claimed in claim 2 or 4, wherein the bottom plate has a mounting groove and an extension opening, the mounting groove and the extension opening are communicated to penetrate the bottom plate, and the extension opening has a size smaller than that of the mounting groove, wherein the floating supporting portion includes a supporting member and a stopper member extending from a lower end of the supporting member in a circumferential direction, the floating supporting portion is mounted to the mounting groove of the bottom plate, and the supporting member extends to the mounting space of the water purifying body through the extension opening of the bottom plate, and the stopper member is stopped by the bottom plate, wherein the fixed supporting portion is mounted to the bottom plate in a manner of closing an opening of the mounting groove of the bottom plate.

7. The water purifying apparatus according to claim 2 or 4, wherein the fixed supporting portion includes a fixed supporting body and a fixed supporting cover, the fixed supporting body has a movable space and a movable passage, the movable space and the movable passage communicate with each other to penetrate the fixed supporting body, and the movable passage has a size smaller than that of the movable space, wherein the floating supporting portion includes a supporting member and a stopper member extending from a lower end of the supporting member in a circumferential direction, the floating supporting portion is installed in the movable space of the fixed supporting body, and the supporting member extends to an outside of the fixed supporting portion through the movable passage of the fixed supporting body, and the stopper member is stopped by the fixed supporting body, wherein the fixed supporting cover is installed in the fixed supporting body in such a manner as to close an opening of the movable space of the fixed supporting body.

8. The water purifying apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the fixed supporting portion includes a fixed supporting body and a fixed supporting cover, the fixed supporting body has a movable space and a movable passage, the movable space and the movable passage communicate with each other to penetrate the fixed supporting body, and the movable passage has a size smaller than that of the movable space, wherein the floating supporting portion includes a supporting member and a stopper member extending from a lower end of the supporting member in a circumferential direction, the floating supporting portion is installed in the movable space of the fixed supporting body, and the supporting member extends to an outside of the fixed supporting portion through the movable passage of the fixed supporting body, and the stopper member is stopped by the fixed supporting body, wherein the fixed supporting cover is installed in the fixed supporting body in such a manner as to close an opening of the movable space of the fixed supporting body.

9. The water purifying device of claim 7, wherein the bottom plate has an accommodating space for accommodating the fixing support portion.

10. The water purification apparatus of any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the support member is a compression spring.

11. A vibration reduction method of a water purification apparatus, characterized in that the vibration reduction method comprises the steps of:

(a) a floating support unit is used for floating and supporting the filter bottle and a bottom plate of a water purification main body between the bottom of the filter bottle and the bottom plate; and

(b) absorbing, by the floating support unit, vibration generated from the filter flask to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the bottom plate through the floating support unit.

12. The vibration damping method according to claim 11, wherein the step (a) further comprises the steps of:

a fixed abutting portion of the floating support unit is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate;

allowing a floating support part of the floating support unit to support the filter flask at the bottom of the filter flask; and

and keeping a deformable supporting piece between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter bottle is transmitted to the floating abutting portion, the supporting piece absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the fixed abutting portion.

13. The vibration damping method according to claim 11, wherein the step (a) further comprises the steps of:

a fixed support part of the floating support unit is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the filter flask;

allowing a floating support part of the floating support unit to support the bottom plate; and

and keeping a deformable supporting piece between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter bottle is transmitted to the fixed abutting portion, the supporting piece absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the floating supporting portion.

14. The vibration damping method according to claim 12, wherein in the above method, the floating rest surface of the floating rest portion is allowed to come into point-surface contact with the bottom of the filter flask.

15. The vibration damping method according to claim 13, wherein in the above method, the floating support surface of the floating support portion and the bottom plate are allowed to come into point-surface contact.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of small household appliances, in particular to a water purifying device and a vibration reduction method thereof.

Background

As health consciousness of people is continuously improved and water quality problems are highlighted in recent years, people feel more worried about the quality of drinking water, and water purifying devices for treating the drinking water to improve the quality of the drinking water are developed and widely applied. The existing water purifying device comprises a water purifying main body, a plurality of mounting seats, a plurality of filter bottles with filter elements and a plurality of fixed supporting bodies, wherein the water purifying main body is provided with a water inlet, a water outlet and a mounting space, the mounting seats are arranged at the top of the water purifying main body and are kept at the upper part of the mounting space, the supporting bodies are arranged on a bottom plate of the water purifying main body and are kept at the lower part of the mounting space, the mounting seats are communicated with the water inlet and the water outlet of the water purifying main body after being connected in series, the filter bottles can be detachably mounted on the mounting seats from bottom to top and are kept in the mounting space of the water purifying main body, and the top end surfaces of the supporting bodies arranged on the bottom plate of the water purifying main body respectively abut against the bottoms of the filter bottles. The water inlet of the water purifying body is connected to a water source side, and the water outlet of the water purifying body is connected to a water using side. Raw water provided by a water source end is allowed to be provided to the water purifying device from the water inlet of the water purifying main body, the raw water is guided to sequentially flow through the filter bottles and is processed by the filter elements of the filter bottles to obtain purified water, and the purified water is allowed to flow out of the water purifying device from the water outlet of the water purifying main body and is further provided to a water using end. Since the filter bottles need to be mounted to the mount base from bottom to top, a gap is formed between the bottom of the filter bottles and the bottom plate of the water purifying body after the filter bottles are mounted to the mount base, so that the reliability of the mounting relationship between the filter bottles and the mount base can be ensured by the supporting bodies provided to the bottom plate abutting against the bottom of the filter bottles. However, due to the manufacturing tolerance of the filter bottle and the detachable mounting relationship between the filter bottle and the mounting seat, the supporting body is unable to be reliably supported against the filter bottle after the filter bottle is replaced, and the filter bottle is shaken during the operation of the water purifying device, so that the whole water purifying device is vibrated, and the noise is unacceptable. In addition, the supporting bodies are fixed supporting bodies which are respectively in hard contact with the bottom plate and the bottom of the filter flask, which causes that the vibration generated in the process of processing raw water by the filter flask can be supported and transmitted to the bottom plate of the water purifying main body through the supporting bodies, because the bottom plate of the water purifying main body is directly placed on a supporting surface (the ground or a lower plate body of a cabinet), the whole water purifying device shakes to generate noise, and the long-time vibration also easily causes the bad phenomenon of water leakage of the water purifying device and influences the service life of the water purifying device.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to provide a water purifying apparatus and a vibration damping method thereof, in which the water purifying apparatus provides a floating support unit which is provided between a filter flask and a base plate of the water purifying apparatus for automatically adjusting a gap between the filter flask and the base plate so that the floating support unit can reliably support the filter flask.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water purifying apparatus and a vibration damping method thereof, in which the floating support unit can absorb vibration generated from the filter flask during operation to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the base plate, so that noise generated from the water purifying apparatus during operation can be effectively reduced and reliability of the water purifying apparatus can be secured.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water purifying apparatus and a vibration damping method thereof, in which the floating support unit can automatically support the filter flask against the bottom of the filter flask to allow the filter flask to be conveniently installed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a water purifying apparatus and a vibration damping method thereof, in which a floating support unit is in point-surface contact with a filter flask or the floating support unit is in point-surface contact with a base plate, so that resistance in replacing the filter flask can be reduced to facilitate replacement of the filter flask.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water purifying apparatus, comprising:

at least one filter flask;

at least one floating support unit; and

a water purifying body, wherein the water purifying body includes a mounting portion and a bottom plate and a mounting space formed between the mounting portion and the bottom plate, wherein the filter flask is held at the mounting space of the water purifying body in such a manner as to be detachably mounted at the mounting portion, wherein the floating support unit is held between the filter flask and the bottom plate in such a manner as to abut against the bottom of the filter flask and the bottom plate, so as to floatingly support the filter flask and the bottom plate by the floating support unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the floating support unit includes a fixed support portion, a floating support portion, and a deformable support member held between the fixed support portion and the floating support portion, wherein the fixed support portion supports against the bottom plate in a manner of being mounted on the bottom plate, and the floating support portion supports against the filter flask in a manner of contacting the bottom of the filter flask.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the floating support unit includes a fixed support portion, a floating support portion, and a deformable support member held between the fixed support portion and the floating support portion, wherein the fixed support portion supports against the filter flask in a manner of being mounted on a bottom of the filter flask, and the floating support portion supports against the bottom plate in a manner of contacting the bottom plate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the floating supporting portion has an arc supporting surface, wherein the arc supporting surface of the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom of the filter flask, so that the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom of the filter flask in a point-to-surface manner.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the floating supporting portion has an arc supporting surface, wherein the arc supporting surface of the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom plate, so that the floating supporting portion contacts with the bottom plate in a point-surface manner.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate has an installation groove and an extension opening, the installation groove is communicated with the extension opening to penetrate through the bottom plate, and the extension opening has a size smaller than that of the installation groove, wherein the floating supporting portion includes a supporting element and a limiting element extending from a lower end of the supporting element in a circumferential direction, the floating supporting portion is installed in the installation groove of the bottom plate, and the supporting element extends to the installation space of the water purification body through the extension opening of the bottom plate, and the limiting element is limited by the bottom plate, wherein the fixed supporting portion is installed on the bottom plate in a manner of closing an opening of the installation groove of the bottom plate.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing support portion includes a fixing support main body and a fixing support cover, the fixed support main body is provided with a movable space and a movable channel, the movable space is communicated with the movable channel to penetrate through the fixed support main body, and the size of the movable channel is smaller than that of the movable space, wherein the floating support part comprises a support element and a limit element extending from the lower end of the support element to the peripheral direction, the floating support part is arranged in the movable space of the fixed support main body, the supporting element extends to the outside of the fixed supporting part through the movable channel of the fixed supporting main body, and the limiting element is limited by the fixed supporting main body, wherein the fixed support cover is mounted to the fixed support body in a manner to close the opening of the movable space of the fixed support body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom plate has an accommodating space for accommodating the fixing support portion.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the support is a compression spring.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a vibration damping method of a water purification apparatus, the vibration damping method comprising the steps of:

(a) a floating support unit is used for floating and supporting the filter bottle and a bottom plate of a water purification main body between the bottom of the filter bottle and the bottom plate; and

(b) absorbing, by the floating support unit, vibration generated from the filter flask to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the bottom plate through the floating support unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step (a) further comprises the steps of:

a fixed abutting portion of the floating support unit is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate;

allowing a floating support part of the floating support unit to support the filter flask at the bottom of the filter flask; and

and keeping a deformable supporting piece between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter bottle is transmitted to the floating abutting portion, the supporting piece absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the fixed abutting portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step (a) further comprises the steps of:

a fixed support part of the floating support unit is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the filter flask;

allowing a floating support part of the floating support unit to support the bottom plate; and

and keeping a deformable supporting piece between the fixed abutting portion and the floating abutting portion, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter bottle is transmitted to the fixed abutting portion, the supporting piece absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the floating supporting portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the above method, the floating support surface of the floating support portion is allowed to come into point-surface contact with the bottom of the filter flask.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the above method, the floating support surface of the floating support portion and the bottom plate are allowed to be in point-surface contact.

Drawings

Fig. 1A is a perspective view of a water purifying device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 1B is a perspective view of another perspective view of a water purifying apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the water purifying device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the water purifying apparatus according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view illustrating a modified example of the water purifying device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating the floating support unit of the water purifying device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view of the floating support unit of the water purifying device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the water purifying device according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a portion of fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a schematic sectional view showing another modified example of the water purifying apparatus according to the above preferred example of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged view of a portion of fig. 10.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or components must be constructed and operated in a particular orientation and thus are not to be considered limiting.

It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.

Referring to fig. 1A to 4 of the accompanying drawings of the present specification, a water purifying apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed and illustrated in the following description, wherein the water purifying apparatus includes a water purifying body 10, at least one filter bottle 20, and at least one floating support unit 30.

The water purifying body 10 includes a mounting portion 11 and a bottom plate 12 and has a mounting space 13, wherein the mounting space 13 is formed between the mounting portion 11 and the bottom plate 12, wherein the filter flask 20 is held between the mounting space 13 of the water purifying body 10 in such a manner as to be detachably mounted to the mounting portion 11, wherein the floating support unit 30 is held between the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 in such a manner as to abut against the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, such that the floating support unit 30 can automatically adjust a gap between the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 in such a manner as to be floatingly supported, thereby enabling the floating support unit 30 to reliably abut against the filter flask 20.

Further, the water purifying body 10 has a holding arm 14, the holding arm 14 is provided to extend between one end of the mounting portion 11 and one end of the bottom plate 12, and the mounting portion 11 is held above the bottom plate 12 to form the mounting space 13 between the mounting portion 11 and the bottom plate 12.

It is noted that the position where the holding arm 14 is provided is not limited in the water purifying apparatus of the present invention, for example, in a specific example of the water purifying apparatus of the present invention, the holding arm 14 may be provided along the periphery of the mounting portion 11 and the periphery of the bottom plate 12, or the holding arm 14 may be provided at the middle of the mounting portion 11 and the middle of the bottom plate 12.

Further, the water purifying main body 10 has a water path 101 and a water inlet 102 and a water outlet 103 respectively communicating with the water path 101, wherein the filter bottle 20 mounted to the mounting portion 11 of the water purifying main body 10 is provided to communicate with the water path 101 of the water purifying main body 10, the water inlet 102 of the water purifying main body 10 is provided with a water communication port, and the water outlet 103 of the water purifying main body 10 is provided with a water communication port. Raw water provided from a water source can enter the water channel 101 of the water purification body 10 from the water inlet 102 of the water purification body 10, and enter the filter flask 20 through the water channel 101 of the water purification body 10, the raw water can be purified after being processed by the filter flask 20, and the purified water can be guided to enter the water channel 101 of the water purification body 10, and then the purified water can be provided to a water using end from the water outlet 103 of the water purification body 10.

It is worth mentioning that the type of the filter element of the filter flask 20 is not limited in the water purification apparatus of the present invention, for example, the filter element of the filter flask 20 may be, but is not limited to, a polypropylene melt-blown filter element, an activated carbon filter element, a ceramic filter element, an ultrafiltration filter element, a permeable membrane filter element.

It is also worth mentioning that the number of the filter flasks 20 is not limited in the water purification apparatus of the present invention, for example, in the preferred example of the water purification apparatus shown in fig. 1A to 4, the number of the filter flasks 20 may be two, and in other examples of the water purification apparatus of the present invention, the number of the filter flasks 20 may be more. It is understood that the specific structure of the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10 and the design of the water path 101 are different for the water purifying apparatuses having different numbers of the filter cartridges 20.

In addition, the position where the water inlet 102 and the water outlet 103 of the water purifying body 10 are disposed is not limited in the water purifying apparatus of the present invention, and as a preferred example, the water inlet 102 and the water outlet 103 of the water purifying body 10 are disposed adjacent to each other at one side of the upper portion of the water purifying body 10 so as to facilitate installation of the water purifying apparatus in an application environment.

With continued reference to fig. 1A to 4, in this particular example of the water purification apparatus of the present invention, the floating support unit 30 includes a fixed support portion 31, a floating support portion 32, and a deformable support member 33 held between the fixed support portion 31 and the floating support portion 32, wherein the fixing support part 31 of the floating support unit 30 is installed at the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, the floating support part 32 is provided to be able to float against the bottom of the filter flask 20, wherein the support member 33 has elasticity, such that the floating supporting portion 32 of the floating supporting unit 30 is allowed to float under the elastic deformation of the support member 33, so that the floating support unit 30 can automatically adjust the gap between the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 by floating support.

Preferably, the support member 33 is a compression spring, so that the support member 33 has elasticity. In the process of mounting the filter flask 20 on the mounting portion 11 of the water purifying body 10, when the bottom of the filter flask 20 presses the floating support portion 32 of the floating support unit 30 to move the floating support portion 32 toward the fixed support portion 31, the support member 33 can be pressed by the floating support portion 32 to deform to accumulate a restoring elastic force, and after the filter flask 20 is mounted on the mounting portion 11 of the water purifying body 10, the support member 33 can have a tendency of restoring to an initial state under the action of the restoring elastic force to make the floating support portion 32 displace away from the fixed support portion 31, so that the floating support portion 32 can always support the bottom of the filter flask 20, so that the floating support unit 30 can automatically adjust a gap between the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 in a floating support manner, thereby ensuring that the filter flask 20 is reliably mounted to the mounting space 13 of the water purifying body 10.

Specifically, the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10 has one or more mounting ports facing the mounting space 13 to be allowed to mount a top opening of the filter flask 20. In the process of mounting the filter flask 20 on the water purifying body 10, the water purifying apparatus requires that the whole body of the filter flask 20 is firstly moved to the mounting space 13 of the water purifying body 10, and after the top opening of the filter flask 20 is aligned with the mounting opening of the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10, the top opening of the filter flask 20 is mounted on the mounting opening of the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10 by moving the filter flask 20 upward, in this process, the floating support unit 30 can automatically support the filter flask 20 against the bottom of the filter flask 20 to drive the filter flask 20 to move toward the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10, thereby facilitating the mounting of the filter flask 20 on the mounting part 11 of the water purifying body 10. And after the filter flask 20 is mounted to the mounting portion 11 of the water purifying body 10, the floating support portion 32 of the floating support unit 30 can always support the bottom of the filter flask 20, so that the filter flask 20 can be reliably mounted to the mounting space 13 of the water purifying body 10.

In the course of the water purifying apparatus of the present invention operating to purify raw water by the filter flask 20, the filter flask 20 vibrates, and the support 33 of the floating support unit 30 held between the fixed supporting portion 31 and the floating supporting portion 32 absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being transmitted to the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, so that noise generated when the water purifying apparatus operates can be effectively reduced and reliability of the water purifying apparatus can be ensured.

Preferably, the floating support portion 32 of the floating support unit 30 has an arc-shaped support surface 321, so that the floating support portion 32 and the filter flask 20 are in point-surface contact, which can reduce resistance when the filter flask 20 is replaced, thereby facilitating replacement of the filter flask 20.

Further, with continued reference to fig. 1A to 4, the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 has a mounting groove 121 and an extension opening 122, the mounting groove 121 and the extension opening 122 are communicated with each other to penetrate through the bottom plate 12, and the extension opening 122 has a size smaller than that of the mounting groove 121. The floating support portion 32 of the floating support unit 30 includes a support element 322 and a limiting element 323 extending from the lower end of the support element 322 to the circumferential direction, and the arc-shaped support surface 321 is formed on the support element 322. The floating supporting part 32 is installed in the installation groove 121 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, wherein the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting part 32 extends to and is held in the installation space 13 of the water purifying body 10 through the extension opening 122 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, and the limiting element 323 of the floating supporting part 32 is limited by the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 and is held in the installation groove 121 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10. The support member 33 is mounted to the mounting groove 121 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 such that one end portion thereof contacts the floating supporting portion 32. The fixing support part 31 is installed to the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 in such a manner that the other end of the support member 33 contacts and closes the opening of the installation groove 121 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10.

It should be noted that the way in which the fixing support part 31 is installed on the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying main body 10 is not limited, for example, in the preferred example of the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 1A to 4, the fixing support part 31 may be fixed on the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying main body 10 by screws, and in other possible examples of the water purifying apparatus, the fixing support part 31 may be fixed on the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying main body 10 by glue.

Preferably, the end of the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting portion 32 away from the limiting element 323 is hemispherical, so that the floating supporting portion 32 forms the arc supporting surface 321.

When the bottom of the filter flask 20 presses the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting portion 32 in the installation space 13 of the water purifying body 10, the supporting element 322 can be driven to allow a portion of the supporting element 322 to enter the installation groove 121 through the extending opening 122 of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, so as to compress the supporting member 33 and deform the supporting member 33 to accumulate a restoring elastic force. Accordingly, when the pressure applied to the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting portion 32 by the filter bottle 20 is removed or the pressure applied to the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting portion 32 by the filter bottle 20 is smaller than the restoring elastic force of the support member 33, the support member 33 drives the supporting element 322 of the floating supporting portion 32 to move toward the installation space 13 of the water purifying body 10 and always support the bottom of the filter bottle 20, so that the floating support unit 30 automatically adjusts the gap between the filter bottle 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 by floating support, thereby ensuring that the filter bottle 20 is reliably installed in the installation space 13 of the water purifying body 10, wherein the position-limiting element 323 of the floating supporting portion 32 is limited by the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 and preventing the floating supporting portion 32 from being separated from the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 under the driving of the support member 33 Thereby ensuring the reliability of the water purifying device.

Further, the fixed supporting part 31 of the floating supporting unit 20 has a lower holding groove 310, and the floating supporting part 32 has an upper holding groove 320, wherein the lower end of the supporting member 33 is held in the lower holding groove 310 of the fixed supporting part 31, and the upper end of the supporting member 33 is held in the upper holding groove 320 of the floating supporting part 32, so that the supporting member 33 is prevented from being separated from the fixed supporting part 31 and/or the floating supporting part 32 during deformation, thereby ensuring reliability of the water purifying apparatus.

Fig. 5 to 9 show a modified example of the water purifying apparatus according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention, different from the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 1A to 4, in the preferred example of the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 5 to 9, the floating support unit 30A includes a fixed abutting portion 31A, a floating abutting portion 32A, and a deformable support member 33A held between the fixed abutting portion 31A and the floating abutting portion 32A, wherein the fixed abutting portion 31A of the floating support unit 30 abuts against the bottom plate 12 in such a manner as to be mounted on the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, and the floating abutting portion 32A abuts against the filter flask 20 in such a manner as to be in contact with the bottom of the filter flask 20, wherein the support member 33A has elasticity such as to allow the floating abutting portion 32A of the floating support unit 30A to be elastically deformed by the support member 33A Is floated so that the floating support unit 30A can automatically adjust a gap between the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 by floating support.

Specifically, the fixed supporting portion 31A includes a fixed supporting body 311A and a fixed supporting cover 312A, the fixed supporting body 311A has a movable space 3111A and a movable channel 3112A, the movable space 3111A and the movable channel 3112A are communicated with each other to penetrate through the fixed supporting body 311A, and the size of the movable channel 3112A is smaller than that of the movable space 3111A. The floating support portion 32A includes a support element 322A and a limiting element 323A extending from a lower end of the support element 322A to the circumferential direction, and the arc-shaped support surface 321A is formed on the support element 322A. The floating support portion 32A is installed in the movable space 3111A of the fixed support body 311A, wherein the support element 322A of the floating support portion 32A extends to the outside of the fixed support portion 31A through the movable channel 3112A of the fixed support body 311A, and the limit element 323A of the floating support portion 32A is limited by the fixed support body 311A and is held in the movable space 3111A of the fixed support body 311A. The support member 33A is attached to the movable space 3111A of the fixed backup body 311A in such a manner that one end portion contacts the floating backup portion 32A, and the fixed backup cover 312A is attached to the fixed backup body 311A in such a manner that the other end portion of the support member 33A contacts and closes the opening of the movable space 3111A of the fixed backup body 311A.

The fixing support body 311A of the fixing support part 31A can be mounted to the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 such that the fixing support part 31A of the floating support unit 30A is supported against the bottom plate 12 in such a manner as to be mounted to the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10. It is understood that, in order to reduce the height of the floating support unit 30A protruding from the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, the bottom plate 12 may further be provided with an accommodating space 120 for accommodating the fixing support portion 31A.

It should be noted that the way in which the fixing support cover 312A is installed on the fixing support body 311A is not limited, for example, in the preferred embodiment of the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 1A to 4, the fixing support cover 312A may be locked to the fixing support body 311A by screws, and in other possible embodiments of the water purifying apparatus, the fixing support cover 312A may be glued to the fixing support body 311A by glue.

Fig. 10 and 11 show another modified example of the water purifying apparatus according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention, different from the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 5 to 9, in this preferred example of the water purifying apparatus shown in fig. 10 and 11, the fixing support part 31A of the floating support unit 30A is supported against the filter flask 20 in such a manner as to be mounted to the filter flask 20, the floating supporting portion 32A supports against the bottom plate 12 in a manner of contacting with the bottom of the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10, wherein the support member 33A has elasticity, such that the floating supporting portion 32A of the floating supporting unit 30A is allowed to float under the elastic deformation of the support member 33A, so that the floating support unit 30A can automatically adjust the gap between the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 by floating support.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a vibration damping method of a water purification apparatus, wherein the vibration damping method comprises the steps of:

(a) the floating support unit 30 floatingly supports the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 between the bottom of the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10; and

(b) the vibration generated from the filter flask 20 is absorbed by the floating support unit 30 to be prevented from being transmitted to the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10 through the floating support unit 30, so that it is possible to achieve vibration reduction of the water purifying apparatus and to reduce noise generated from the water purifying apparatus in operation.

In a preferred example of the present invention, the step (a) further comprises the steps of: the fixing support part 31 of the floating support unit 30 is fixedly installed on the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10; allowing the floating support portion 32 of the floating support unit 30 to support the filter flask 20 at the bottom of the filter flask 20; and holding the deformable support member 33 between the fixed support portion 31 and the floating support portion 32, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter flask 20 is transmitted to the floating support portion 32, the support member 33 absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the fixed support portion 31. Preferably, the support member 33 is a compression spring, and the floating support unit 30 can float and support the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 through the support member 33 and can absorb vibration generated from the filter flask 20 during operation. More preferably, in the above method, the floating support surface 321 of the floating support portion 32 is allowed to make point-surface contact with the bottom of the filter flask 20.

In another preferred example of the present invention, the step (a) further includes the steps of: fixedly mounting the fixed support part 31 of the floating support unit 30 on the bottom of the filter flask 20; allowing the floating supporting part 32 of the floating supporting unit 30 to support the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10; and holding the deformable support member 33 between the fixed support portion 31 and the floating support portion 32, wherein after the vibration generated by the filter flask 20 is transmitted to the fixed support portion 31, the support member 33 absorbs the vibration to prevent the vibration from being further transmitted to the floating support portion 32. Preferably, the support member 33 is a compression spring, and the floating support unit 30 can float and support the filter flask 20 and the bottom plate 12 through the support member 33 and can absorb vibration generated from the filter flask 20 during operation. More preferably, in the above method, the floating support surface 321 of the floating support portion 32 is allowed to make point-surface contact with the bottom plate 12 of the water purifying body 10.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only examples, wherein features of different embodiments may be combined with each other to obtain embodiments which are easily conceivable in accordance with the disclosure of the invention, but which are not explicitly indicated in the drawings.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the invention. The objects of the invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the examples, and any variations or modifications of the embodiments of the present invention may be made without departing from the principles.