A water-dividing valve core with automatic resetting function and a faucet thereof

By designing the reset ring and spring structure of the automatic reset function in the water division valve core, the problem of poor universality of the existing water split valve core has been solved, and the automatic return and water road opening and closing functions suitable for multi -functional water faucet have been realized, which improved Use convenience and generality.

CN112283404BActive Publication Date: 2025-01-28JIANGMEN YILONA SANITARY WARE CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202011280104.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2020-11-16
Publication Date
2025-01-28
Estimated Expiration
2040-11-16

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Technical Problem

The structure of the existing water dispensing valve core is poor in versatility and cannot be applied to the settings of diversified faucets, which leads to inconvenience to users.

Method used

Design a water -dividing valve core with automatic reset function, set at least one first extension oblique wall by setting at the top of the shell, and set a second extension of the oblique wall in the reset ring. The automatic return of ceramic slots and the automatic opening and closing of waterway.

Benefits of technology

The automatic return function of the water division valve core makes it suitable for the faucet with multi -functional water, which improves the versatility and use convenience.

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Abstract

The present application provides a water diversion valve core with an automatic reset function, including a rotating shaft, a shell, a movable plate, a clamping ring, a ceramic movable plate, a ceramic static plate, and a positioning lock plate. The top surface of the shell is provided with at least one first extending inclined wall extending upward, and a reset ring, which includes a ring cylinder, an extension cylinder extending along the top of the ring cylinder, and at least one second extending inclined wall extending downward from the end surface of the ring cylinder. The ring cylinder and the extension cylinder are both slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft along the longitudinal direction, and the arc surface of the second extending inclined wall slides against the arc surface of the first extending inclined wall; a spring is sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the ring cylinder, one end of the spring abuts against the top ring surface of the ring cylinder, and the other end abuts against the lower end surface of the movable plate. Compared with the prior art, the reset ring and the spring are provided, combined with the first extending inclined wall and the second extending inclined wall of the shell, so that the present application has strong versatility and is easy to use. The present application also provides a faucet.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a water-dividing valve core with automatic resetting function and a faucet thereof. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous improvement of living standards, existing household water needs more functional water in addition to ordinary hot and cold water, such as boiled water, purified water, soda water, ice water, etc. Therefore, other matching household drinking water equipment, such as water purifier, water machine, soda water machine, etc., need to be installed on the kitchen faucet.

[0003] At present, there is a water-dividing valve core in the prior art, which includes a rotating shaft, a housing, a movable plate, a clamping ring, a ceramic movable plate, a ceramic static plate, and a positioning locking plate. The housing has a receiving cavity, the upper end of the rotating shaft is inserted into the receiving cavity and fixed thereto, the movable plate is slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the receiving cavity, the lower end of the rotating shaft is embedded in the top plane of the ceramic movable plate, the side of the ceramic movable plate is provided with a water outlet, the ceramic static plate is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole arranged alternately with the first through hole, the positioning locking plate is provided with a first inlet for connecting to the first waterway, the positioning locking plate is provided with a second inlet for connecting to the second waterway, the first inlet is connected to the first through hole, and the second inlet is connected to the second through hole. The problem is that after the aforementioned water-dividing valve core is assembled on the faucet, due to the structural limitation of the water-dividing valve core, a corresponding special water-dividing valve core is matched in each household drinking water device, so that the versatility of the aforementioned existing water-dividing valve core is poor, and it cannot be applied to the setting of diversified faucets, which brings inconvenience to users.

[0004] To this end, the present invention provides a water diversion valve core with automatic resetting function and a faucet thereof. Summary of the invention

[0005] In view of the above problems existing in the prior art, the object of the present invention is to provide a water diversion valve core with an automatic reset function, which has the characteristics of strong versatility and easy use.

[0006] The purpose of the present invention can be achieved by the following technical solutions:

[0007] A water-dividing valve core with an automatic reset function comprises a rotating shaft, a housing, a movable sheet, a clamping ring, a ceramic movable sheet, a ceramic static sheet, and a positioning locking sheet, wherein the housing has a containing cavity, the upper end of the rotating shaft is penetrated through the containing cavity and fixed with the clamping ring, the movable sheet is slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the containing cavity, the lower end of the rotating shaft is embedded in the top plane of the ceramic movable sheet, the side surface of the ceramic movable sheet is provided with a water outlet, the ceramic static sheet is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole arranged alternately with the first through hole, the positioning locking sheet is provided with a first inlet for communicating with a first waterway, the positioning locking sheet is provided with a second inlet for communicating with a second waterway, the first inlet is communicated with the first through hole, and the second inlet is communicated with the second through hole;

[0008] Also includes the following components:

[0009] The top end surface of the housing is provided with at least one first extending inclined wall extending upward.

[0010] A reset ring, comprising a ring cylinder, an extension cylinder extending from the top of the ring cylinder, and at least one second extension inclined wall extending downward from the end surface of the ring cylinder, wherein the ring cylinder and the extension cylinder are both slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft along the longitudinal direction, and the arc surface of the second extension inclined wall is slidably fitted to the arc surface of the first extension inclined wall;

[0011] The spring is sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the annular cylinder. One end of the spring is abutted against the top ring surface of the annular cylinder, and the other end is abutted against the lower end surface of the movable sheet.

[0012] The water-dividing valve core with automatic reset function is special in that: there are two first extending inclined walls and two second extending inclined walls, the two first extending inclined walls are arranged alternately along the circumferential direction, and the arc surface of the first extending inclined wall is integrally transitioned to the longitudinal side wall of the first extending inclined wall through a rounded surface;

[0013] The two second extending inclined walls are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction, and the arcuate surface of the second extending inclined wall is integrally transitionally connected with the longitudinal side wall of the second extending inclined wall through a rounded surface.

[0014] The water-dividing valve core with automatic resetting function is special in that: the rotating shaft includes a shaft platform body and a longitudinal shaft body extending along the top of the shaft platform body, the shaft platform body is rotatably embedded in the accommodating cavity of the shell, the longitudinal shaft body is penetrated through the accommodating cavity and slidably cooperates with the movable plate, the retaining ring is engaged with the side wall of the longitudinal shaft body above the movable plate, and the extended platform portion of the lower end surface of the shaft platform body is inserted into the recess of the ceramic movable plate.

[0015] The water-dividing valve core with automatic reset function is special in that it also includes two sealing rings and two steel rings, the two sealing rings are alternately embedded in the cavity of the positioning lock plate below the ceramic static plate, and the two steel rings are respectively sleeved in the corresponding sealing rings;

[0016] The first inlet is formed by one of the sealing rings and one of the steel rings, and the second inlet is formed by another of the sealing rings and another of the steel rings.

[0017] The present invention also provides a faucet, comprising a table, a faucet body, a bent pipe, a water purifier, and a water boiler. The faucet also includes a water diversion valve core with an automatic reset function as described above, the water diversion valve core is built into the cavity of the faucet body, the two ends of the water purifier are connected to the water diversion valve core through a pipe body, and the two ends of the water boiler are connected to the water diversion valve core through another pipe body.

[0018] The faucet is special in that the water purifier is a filter element or a water purifier.

[0019] As described above, the water diversion valve core and faucet with automatic reset function disclosed in the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

[0020] After the present invention utilizes the above-mentioned water-dividing valve core with automatic reset function, compared with the prior art, due to the adoption of this structure, a reset ring and a spring are provided, and at least one first extended inclined wall extending upward is provided in combination with the top surface of the shell body, so that the arc surface of the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring slides and fits the arc surface of the first extended inclined wall, so that when the rotating shaft is rotated, the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring will move toward the top of the rotating shaft, so that the top ring surface of the ring cylinder of the reset ring gradually compresses the spring, so that when the reset ring reaches an extreme position, the lower end of the rotating shaft will drive the ceramic moving plate to rotate, so that the water outflow of the ceramic moving plate The opening is connected to the second through hole, so that the water flow introduced into the ceramic movable plate flows out of the water outlet and then flows into the second inlet, so as to open the second water path connected with the second inlet; on the contrary, after the rotation of the rotating shaft stops, under the action of the spring restoring force, the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring falls back to the original position along the arc surface of the first extended inclined wall, so that the water outlet of the ceramic movable plate is closed in the second through hole to close the second water path; in summary, the water diversion valve core of the present application can realize automatic return, so that the present application has the function of automatic rebound and reset, the function is no longer single, it is suitable for outflowing multi-functional water, and it has strong versatility and is easy to use.

[0021] The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific implementation modes. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a water diversion valve core with automatic resetting function;

[0023] Figure 2 A top view of a water diversion valve core with an automatic reset function;

[0024] Figure 3 A bottom view of a water diversion valve core with an automatic reset function;

[0025] Figure 4 for Figure 1 AA section view;

[0026] Figure 5 This is a structural exploded view of a water diversion valve core with automatic resetting function;

[0027] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of a faucet containing a water diversion valve core with an automatic resetting function of the present invention in a use state. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The following is a description of the implementation of the present invention by means of specific embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present invention from the contents disclosed in this specification.

[0029] It should be noted that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in the drawings of this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification for people familiar with this technology to understand and read, and are not used to limit the limiting conditions that the present invention can be implemented, so they have no substantial technical significance. Any modification of the structure, change in the proportional relationship, or adjustment of the size should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed by the present invention without affecting the effects that the present invention can produce and the purposes that can be achieved. At the same time, the terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" quoted in this specification are only for the convenience of description, and are not used to limit the scope of the implementation of the present invention. The change or adjustment of the relative relationship should also be regarded as the scope of the implementation of the present invention without substantial changes in the technical content. The specific structure can be described with reference to the drawings of the patent application.

[0030] In the following embodiments, the left side of the paper is the left direction, the right side of the paper is the right direction, the upper side of the paper is the upper direction, the lower side of the paper is the lower direction, the front side perpendicular to the paper is the front direction, and the rear side perpendicular to the paper is the rear direction.

[0031] The present invention provides a water diversion valve core 1a with an automatic reset function, please refer to Figures 1 to 5 As shown, it includes a rotating shaft 1, a shell 2, a movable sheet 3, a snap ring 4, a ceramic movable sheet 5, a ceramic static sheet 6, and a positioning locking sheet 7. The shell 2 has a accommodating chamber 20. The upper end of the rotating shaft 1 is penetrated through the accommodating chamber 20 and fixed with the snap ring 4. The movable sheet 3 is slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft 1 located above the accommodating chamber 20. The lower end of the rotating shaft 1 is embedded in the top plane of the ceramic movable sheet 5. A water outlet 50 is provided on the side of the ceramic movable sheet 5. The ceramic static sheet 6 is provided with a first through hole 60 and a second through hole 61 arranged alternately with the first through hole 60. The positioning locking sheet 7 is provided with a first inlet 70 for communicating with a first waterway (not shown in the figure, all are the same below). The positioning locking sheet 7 is provided with a second inlet 71 for communicating with a second waterway (not shown in the figure, all are the same below). The first inlet 70 is communicated with the first through hole 60, and the second inlet 71 is communicated with the second through hole 61.

[0032] Also includes the following components:

[0033] The top end surface of the housing 2 is provided with at least one first extending inclined wall 21 extending upward.

[0034] The reset ring 8 comprises a ring cylinder 80, an extension cylinder 81 extending from the top of the ring cylinder 80, and at least one second extension inclined wall 82 extending downward from the end surface of the ring cylinder 80. The ring cylinder 80 and the extension cylinder 81 are both slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft 1 along the longitudinal direction, and the arc surface 820 of the second extension inclined wall 82 is slidably attached to the arc surface 210 of the first extension inclined wall 21.

[0035] The spring 9 is sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft 1 above the annular cylinder 80 , one end of the spring 9 is in abutment with the top ring surface of the annular cylinder 80 , and the other end is in abutment with the lower end surface of the movable sheet 3 .

[0036] It should be noted that: compared with the prior art, the present invention is provided with a reset ring 8 and a spring 9, and at least one first extended inclined wall 21 extending upward is provided on the top surface of the housing 2, so that the arc surface 820 of the second extended inclined wall 82 of the reset ring 8 slides and fits the arc surface 210 of the first extended inclined wall 21, so that when the rotating shaft 1 is rotated, the second extended inclined wall 82 of the reset ring 8 moves toward the top of the rotating shaft 1, so that the top ring surface of the ring cylinder 80 of the reset ring 8 gradually compresses the spring 9, so that when the reset ring 8 reaches an extreme position, the lower end of the rotating shaft 1 will drive the ceramic moving plate 5 to rotate, so that the water outlet 50 of the ceramic moving plate 5 is connected to the second through hole 6 1, so that the water flow introduced into the ceramic movable plate 5 flows out of the water outlet 50 and then flows into the second inlet 71, so that the second water path connected with the second inlet 71 is opened; on the contrary, after the rotation of the rotating shaft 1 is stopped, under the action of the restoring force of the spring 9, the second extended inclined wall 82 of the reset ring 8 falls back to the original position along the arc surface 210 of the first extended inclined wall 21, so that the water outlet 50 of the ceramic movable plate 5 is closed to the second through hole 61, so as to close the second water path; in summary, the water diversion valve core 1a of the present application can realize automatic return, so that the present application has the function of automatic rebound and reset, the function is no longer single, and it is suitable for flowing out multi-functional water, with strong versatility and easy use.

[0037] Combination Figure 1 , Figure 4 as well as Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, there are two first extending inclined walls 21 and two second extending inclined walls 82, the two first extending inclined walls 21 are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction, and the arcuate surface 210 of the first extending inclined wall 21 is integrally transitioned to the longitudinal side wall of the first extending inclined wall 21 through a rounded surface;

[0038] The two second extending inclined walls 82 are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction, and the arcuate surface 820 of the second extending inclined wall 82 is integrally transitioned to the longitudinal side wall of the second extending inclined wall 82 through a rounded surface.

[0039] Combination Figure 1 , Figure 4 as well as Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, the rotating shaft 1 includes a shaft platform body 10 and a longitudinal axis body 11 extending along the top of the shaft platform body 10, the shaft platform body 10 is rotatably embedded in the accommodating cavity 20 of the shell 2, the longitudinal axis body 11 is penetrated through the accommodating cavity 20 and slidably cooperates with the movable plate 3, the retaining ring 4 is engaged with the side wall of the longitudinal axis body 11 above the movable plate, and the extended platform portion 110 on the lower end surface of the shaft platform body 11 is inserted into the recess of the ceramic movable plate 5.

[0040] Combination Figure 4 or Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, two sealing rings 12 and two steel rings 13 are also included. The two sealing rings 12 are alternately embedded in the cavity of the positioning lock plate 7 located below the ceramic static plate 6, and the two steel rings 13 are respectively sleeved in the corresponding sealing rings 12;

[0041] The first inlet 70 is formed by one of the sealing rings 12 and one of the steel rings 13 , and the second inlet 71 is formed by another of the sealing rings 12 and another of the steel rings 13 .

[0042] Combination Figure 1 and Figure 6 As shown, Figure 6 The black arrows in the figure represent the flow direction of water. The present invention also provides a faucet, including a table 14, a faucet body 15, a bend 16, a water purifier 17, and a water boiler 18. The faucet also includes the water diversion valve core 1a with automatic resetting function as described above, the water diversion valve core 1a is built in the cavity of the faucet body 15, both ends of the water purifier 17 are connected to the water diversion valve core 1a through a pipe body 19, and both ends of the water boiler 18 are connected to the water diversion valve core 1a through another pipe body 19.

[0043] As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, the water purifier 17 is a filter element or a water purifier.

[0044] It should be noted that: when using the faucet of the present invention, Figures 1 to 6As shown, the faucet body of the present invention is a three-inlet and two-outlet type. In the figure, the first switching valve core (i.e., a one-inlet and two-outlet type) is located on the left side of the faucet body 15, and the second switching valve core (i.e., a two-inlet and one-outlet type) is located on the right side of the faucet body 15. There is a water path for entering pure water and switching to the water diversion valve core 1a of the present application on the left side of the faucet body 15; if pure water is to flow out, in combination with the set water purifier 17, the water diversion valve core 1a needs to be opened in the forward direction, that is, the first inlet 70 is connected to the first through hole 60, so that the first One water channel is in an open state, at which time pure water can flow out directly from the water outlet connected to the end of the elbow 16 (for example, water channel a or water channel b in the figure), and mixed warm water can also flow out through water channel a; if boiling water is to flow out, in combination with the setting of a boiling water machine 18, the water diversion valve core 1a needs to be opened in the rear direction, that is, the second inlet 71 is connected to the second through hole 61, so that the second water channel is in an open state, and at this time boiling water can flow out directly from another water outlet connected to the end of the elbow 16 (for example, water channel c in the figure).

[0045] As described above, the water diversion valve core and faucet with automatic reset function disclosed in the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

[0046] After the present invention utilizes the above-mentioned water-dividing valve core with automatic reset function, compared with the prior art, due to the adoption of this structure, a reset ring and a spring are provided, and at least one first extended inclined wall extending upward is provided in combination with the top surface of the shell body, so that the arc surface of the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring slides and fits the arc surface of the first extended inclined wall, so that when the rotating shaft is rotated, the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring will move toward the top of the rotating shaft, so that the top ring surface of the ring cylinder of the reset ring gradually compresses the spring, so that when the reset ring reaches an extreme position, the lower end of the rotating shaft will drive the ceramic moving plate to rotate, so that the water outflow of the ceramic moving plate The opening is connected to the second through hole, so that the water flow introduced into the ceramic movable plate flows out of the water outlet and then flows into the second inlet, so as to open the second water path connected with the second inlet; on the contrary, after the rotation of the rotating shaft stops, under the action of the spring restoring force, the second extended inclined wall of the reset ring falls back to the original position along the arc surface of the first extended inclined wall, so that the water outlet of the ceramic movable plate is closed in the second through hole to close the second water path; in summary, the water diversion valve core of the present application can realize automatic return, so that the present application has the function of automatic rebound and reset, the function is no longer single, it is suitable for outflowing multi-functional water, and it has strong versatility and is easy to use.

[0047] In summary, the present invention effectively overcomes various shortcomings of the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.

[0048] The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with the art may modify or alter the above embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent modifications or alterations made by a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and technical concept disclosed by the present invention shall still be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water-dividing valve core with an automatic reset function, comprising a rotating shaft, a housing, a movable sheet, a snap ring, a ceramic movable sheet, a ceramic static sheet, and a positioning locking sheet, wherein the housing has a containing cavity, the upper end of the rotating shaft is penetrated through the containing cavity and fixed with the snap ring, the movable sheet is slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the containing cavity, the lower end of the rotating shaft is embedded in the top plane of the ceramic movable sheet, the side surface of the ceramic movable sheet is provided with a water outlet, the ceramic static sheet is provided with a first through hole and a second through hole arranged alternately with the first through hole, the positioning locking sheet is provided with a first inlet for communicating with a first waterway, the positioning locking sheet is provided with a second inlet for communicating with a second waterway, the first inlet is communicated with the first through hole, and the second inlet is communicated with the second through hole; It is characterized in that Also includes the following components: The top end surface of the housing is provided with at least one first extending inclined wall extending upward. A reset ring, comprising a ring cylinder, an extension cylinder extending from the top of the ring cylinder, and at least one second extension inclined wall extending downward from the end surface of the ring cylinder, wherein the ring cylinder and the extension cylinder are both slidably sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft along the longitudinal direction, and the arc surface of the second extension inclined wall is slidably fitted to the arc surface of the first extension inclined wall; A spring is sleeved on the side wall of the rotating shaft located above the annular cylinder, one end of the spring is in abutment with the top annular surface of the annular cylinder, and the other end is in abutment with the lower end surface of the movable sheet; There are two first extending inclined walls and two second extending inclined walls, the two first extending inclined walls are arranged alternately along the circumferential direction, and the arcuate surface of the first extending inclined wall is integrally transitioned to the longitudinal side wall of the first extending inclined wall through a rounded surface; The two second extending inclined walls are alternately arranged along the circumferential direction, and the arcuate surface of the second extending inclined wall is integrally transitionally connected with the longitudinal side wall of the second extending inclined wall through a rounded surface; The rotating shaft includes a shaft platform body and a longitudinal shaft body extending along the top of the shaft platform body. The shaft platform body is rotatably embedded in the accommodating cavity of the shell, the longitudinal shaft body is inserted into the accommodating cavity and slidably cooperates with the movable plate, the retaining ring is engaged with the side wall of the longitudinal shaft body above the movable plate, and the extended platform portion of the lower end surface of the shaft platform body is inserted into the recess of the ceramic movable plate.

2. The water diversion valve core with automatic reset function according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes two sealing rings and two steel rings, wherein the two sealing rings are alternately embedded in the cavity of the positioning lock plate below the ceramic static plate, and the two steel rings are respectively sleeved in the corresponding sealing rings; The first inlet is formed by one of the sealing rings and one of the steel rings, and the second inlet is formed by another of the sealing rings and another of the steel rings.

3. A faucet, comprising a table, a faucet body, an elbow, a water purifier, and a water boiler, characterized in that: The faucet also includes a water diversion valve core with automatic resetting function as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the water diversion valve core is built into the cavity of the faucet body, the two ends of the water purifier are connected to the water diversion valve core through a pipe body, and the two ends of the water boiler are connected to the water diversion valve core through another pipe body.

4. The faucet according to claim 3, characterized in that: The water purifier is a filter element or a water purifier.

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