KR200357338Y1 - Faucet for saving water - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a structure of a water-saving water valve having a structure of automatically opening and closing a flow path when a shower head is coupled to or separated from a one-touch adjusting knob. The water-saving water valve includes: a valve housing including a valve cartridge assembly for opening and closing the inlet pipe and the discharge pipe by vertical rotation of the hinge lever, and mixing cold water and hot water by left and right rotation; An adjustment knob coupled to an upper portion of the hinge lever to pivot the hinge lever up and down, left and right, and having a shower head hook hole formed at a distal end thereof; A rotating guide plate having a circular groove shape and coupled to an outer circumference of the valve housing; A compression spring housing having one side coupled to the guide groove of the rotation guide plate and the other side coupled to the link coupling hole formed at the lower portion of the adjustment handle to be compressed and extended; It consists of a shower head coupled to the flexible pipe connected to the discharge pipe of the valve housing. In the water-saving water valve configured as described above, the hinge lever is vertically rotated by compression / expansion of the compression spring housing as the shower head is coupled / disconnected to the shower head hanger formed in the adjustment knob.

Description

Water-saving water valves {FAUCET FOR SAVING WATER}

The present invention relates to a water-saving water valve having a shower head, and more particularly to a structure of a water-saving water valve having a structure that automatically opens and closes the flow path when the shower head is coupled to or separated from the one-touch adjustment knob.

In general, a cold and hot water combined-use water valve installed in a sink such as a kitchen or a bathroom has a valve cartridge assembly coupled to an inner side of the main body, and the valve cartridge assembly has cold water according to a rotational operation in the left and right directions of the adjustment knob. In addition, hot water or mixed water having a temperature at which cold water and hot water are properly mixed is discharged to the outlet. The faucet having such a showerhead has a water dispenser built into the showerhead or valve cartridge assembly.

For example, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0268339 (a shower device having a shower head equipped with a water temperature and / or water quantity adjusting means) is provided with a water temperature control switch and a water quantity control switch in the shower head. The prior registration utility model as described above discloses a technical configuration for controlling the temperature and the discharge amount to be discharged to the temperature and the shower head by appropriately controlling the valve by the adjustment of the water temperature control switch and the water quantity control switches.

However, the pre-registration utility model is mechanically complicated due to the configuration of driving the solenoid valve of the valve cartridge assembly by generating an electric control signal according to the selection of the quantity control switch provided in the shower head, and the water is blocked according to the water pressure. There was a problem that the time was not constant. In addition, there is a risk of leakage due to the use of an electrical signal, it was difficult to use in an area without electricity.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a structure of a water-saving water valve that automatically opens and closes the valve by the weight of the shower head.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a structure of a water-saving water valve having a structure to open and close automatically when the shower head is coupled to or separated from the control lever rotated up and down, left and right.

Another object of the present invention is to close the valve by the weight of the shower head when the shower head is attached to the one-touch control lever that controls the opening and closing of the valve, and the shower head is opened automatically by the tension of the compression spring when the shower head is removed. In providing a structure of a water-saving water valve having a.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a valve housing for opening and closing between the inlet pipe and the discharge pipe by the vertical rotation of the hinge lever, and a valve cartridge assembly for mixing cold water and hot water by left and right rotation; An adjustment knob coupled to an upper portion of the hinge lever to pivot the hinge lever up and down, left and right, and having a shower head hook hole formed at a distal end thereof; A rotating guide plate having a circular guide groove formed therein and coupled to an outer circumference of the valve housing; A compression spring housing having one side coupled to the guide groove of the rotation guide plate and the other side coupled to the link coupling hole formed at the lower portion of the adjustment handle to be compressed and extended; The hinge lever is composed of a shower head coupled to a flexible pipe connected to a discharge pipe of the valve housing, and the hinge head is compressed / extended by the compression spring housing as the shower head is coupled / disconnected to the shower head hanger formed on the adjustment knob. It is characterized in that it operates to rotate up and down.

It is preferable that the link coupler formed at the bottom of the adjustment knob has a rectangular hole formed in the longitudinal direction.

The rotation guide plate is a disc inserted into the valve housing is formed with a ball insertion hole of a predetermined size and a guide groove cut out in the form of an arc from the ball insertion hole.

The compression spring housing has a cylindrical upper case inserted into the long hole of the link coupling hole formed in the lower portion of the adjustment knob and coupled to the pin, and a guide ball inserted into the guide through the ball insertion hole of the rotary guide, It consists of a lower gate inserted into the inside and a compression spring inserted into the upper case and the lower gay.

The present invention configured as described above locks the valve by operating the hinge lever when the control knob is lowered by the weight of the shower head when the shower head is coupled to the shower head hook of the one-touch adjustment lever capable of rotating up and down, left and right. . When the valve is locked, the flow path between the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe, and the mixed water discharge pipe is closed to prevent water discharge. When the showerhead is separated from the showerhead hook of the adjustment knob, the adjustment handle is raised by extending the compression spring housing by the tension of the compression spring inserted therein. When the adjustment knob is raised, the hinge lever inside the valve housing is operated to open a flow path between the cold water inlet tube, the hot water inlet tube, and the mixed water discharge tube to discharge the mixed water into the discharge tube.

1 is a perspective view of a water-saving water valve having a shower head according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a plan view of the rotating guide plate shown in FIG.

3A and 3B are partial cross-sectional views illustrating an operating state of a water-saving water valve having a showerhead according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Main Parts in Drawings>

12: cold water inlet pipe, 14: hot water inlet pipe, 16: valve housing,

18: adjusting knob, 20: flexible pipe 22: shower head,

24: shower head hook hole 26: rotating guide plate,

27: guide groove, 28: compression spring housing,

30 valve cartridge assembly, 32 hinge lever, 34 screw,

36: link coupler, 37: rectangular hole, 38: the upper case,

40: lower case, 42: compression spring, 44: guide ball,

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the described embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention described below are intended to sufficiently convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art. It should also be noted that detailed description of known functions and configurations in the art that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention are omitted.

1 is a perspective view of a water-saving water valve having a shower head according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view of the rotary guide plate shown in Figure 1, Figures 3a and 3b is a view of the present invention Some cross-sectional views showing an operating state of a water-saving water valve having a showerhead according to a preferred embodiment.

1 to 3b, the water-saving water valve having a shower head according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is connected to the hot water inlet pipe 12 and the cold water inlet pipe 14, according to the operation of the inner valve cartridge assembly A valve housing 16 for controlling the discharge amount and the mixing amount of the hot and cold water through the hot water inlet pipe 12 and the cold water inlet pipe 14, and a shower head hook 24 is formed at the end of the valve housing 16. And a control knob 18 for operating the valve cartridge assembly by vertically rotating and rotating left and right to adjust the discharge amount of water and the mixing of cold and hot water, and a flexible pipe for supplying water flowing out of the valve housing 16. A pipe 20 and a shower head 22 for spraying water transferred through the flexible pipe 20 to a desired position, and a guide groove 27 formed in a circular shape are formed outside the valve housing 16. Combined with the leading role One side is coupled to the true rotary guide plate 26 and the guide groove 27 of the rotary guide plate 26 and into the rectangular hole 37 of the link coupler 36 formed at the lower portion of the adjustment knob 18. The other side is composed of a compression spring housing 28 which is coupled and compressed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the rotation guide plate 26 is formed with a hole that is screwed to the valve housing 16 at the center thereof, and extends from a ball insertion hole 29 into which a circular ball is inserted. Guide grooves 27 are formed. At this time, the guide groove 27 has the shape of a circle having a wide central width and an open upper portion. The compression spring housing 28 includes a lower case 40 having a guide ball 44 formed at a lower portion thereof and a guide groove 27 of the rotary guide plate 26, and an upper portion of the adjustment handle 18. It is composed of the upper case 38 is coupled to the link so as to slide in the hole 37 of the link coupling hole 36 made in the lower portion of the lower case 40, the upper case 38 and the lower case ( The compression spring 42 is inserted inside the 40.

In the configuration of FIGS. 3A and 3B, the link coupler 36 coupled to the lower portion of the adjustment knob 18, the rotation guide plate 26 screwed to the outer circumference of the valve housing 16, and the link coupler The configuration and function of the water valve of the one-touch adjustment knob except for the compression spring housing 28 coupled between the 36 and the rotation guide plate 26 are disclosed in Korean Patent Application Publication No. 1988-019519 : Water-saving faucets. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, only the configuration and the action related to the coupling of the link coupler 36, the rotary guide plate 26, and the compression spring housing 28 coupled to the lower portion of the adjustment knob 18 are detailed. It should be noted that the explanation is made to

3A and 3B, reference numeral 32, which is not described in FIG. 3, opens or closes the flow path of the cold water inlet pipe 12, the hot water inlet pipe 14, and the discharge pipe according to the vertical rotation and the left and right rotation of the adjustment knob 18. 12) and the hinge lever for driving the valve cartridge assembly 30 for mixing the water of the hot water inlet pipe (14). And, 34 is a screw for fastening the hinge lever 32 and the adjustment knob 18.

As now shown in FIG. 1, when the showerhead 22 having a predetermined weight is separated from the showerhead hook 24 formed at the end of the adjustment knob 18, the inside of the compression spring housing 28 is removed. The inserted compression spring 42 is extended as shown in FIG. 3A. When the compression spring 42 is extended, the upper case 38 inserted into the lower case 40 is moved upward to rotate the control knob 18 to the upper side.

When the adjustment knob 18 is rotated to the upper portion as described above, the flow path between the cold water inlet pipe 12 or the hot water inlet pipe 14 and the flexible pipe 20 is opened to the water of the temperature selected by the shower head 20 Discharged. In the above state, by rotating the control knob 18 to the left and right it is possible to discharge the water of the desired temperature to the shower head (22).

At this time, the upper portion of the compression spring housing 28 is linked to the link coupler 36 formed at the lower portion of the adjustment knob 18 by a pin or a screw, and the guide ball 44 at the lower portion of the compression spring housing 28. ) Is coupled to the guide groove 27 formed in the rotary guide plate 26 screwed to the valve housing 16, so that the compression spring housing 28 when the adjustment knob 18 is rotated from side to side Is rotated as shown.

When the shower head 22 is fitted to the shower head hanging hole 24, the weight of the shower head 22 itself is applied to the adjustment knob 18 as it is. That is, the compression spring 42 inserted into the compression spring housing 28 is compressed by the weight of the shower head 22.

When the compression spring 42 is compressed by the weight of the shower head 22, an upper case pinned to the rectangular hole 37 of the link coupler 36 coupled to the lower side of the adjustment knob 18 By sliding the engaging link of 38, the adjustment knob 18 is rotated to the lower side as shown in Fig. 3b.

When the adjustment knob 18 is rotated to the lower side, the hinge lever 32 is driven to close the flow path of the valve cartridge assembly 30 to flow into the cold water inlet pipe 12 and the hot water inlet pipe 14 to the flexible pipe 20 The water discharged to the side is blocked.

As described above, the water-saving water valve according to the embodiment of the present invention can automatically open and close the valve by coupling / disconnecting the shower head to the shower head hanger formed on the one-touch adjustment knob, thus using a lot of the shower head. When used in the bathroom (bath, wash basin), the simple structure can maximize the water saving effect.

Claims (4)

In a water-saving water valve having a shower head, A valve housing having a valve cartridge assembly configured to open and close between the inflow pipe and the discharge pipe by vertical rotation of the hinge lever, and to mix cold water and hot water by left and right rotation; An adjustment knob coupled to an upper portion of the hinge lever to pivot the hinge lever up and down, left and right, and having a shower head hook hole formed at a distal end thereof; A rotating guide plate having a circular groove shape and coupled to an outer circumference of the valve housing; A compression spring housing having one side coupled to the guide groove of the rotation guide plate and the other side coupled to the link coupling hole formed at the lower portion of the adjustment handle to be compressed and extended; The hinge lever is composed of a shower head coupled to a flexible pipe connected to the discharge pipe of the valve housing, and the shower head is coupled to or detached from the shower head hanger formed in the adjustment knob. Water-saving water valve having a shower head, characterized in that the upper and lower rotates. The water-saving water valve having a shower head according to claim 1, wherein the link coupler formed at the bottom of the adjusting knob is a rectangular hole formed in a longitudinal direction. According to claim 1, The rotating guide plate is a water-saving type having a shower head, characterized in that the ball insertion hole of a predetermined size and the guide groove cut out in the form of an arc from the ball insertion hole is formed screwed to the valve housing Water valve. The compression spring housing of claim 2 or 3, wherein the compression spring housing is inserted into the guide through a cylindrical upper case inserted into a long hole of a link coupling hole formed at a lower portion of the adjustment knob and coupled with a pin, and a ball insertion hole of the rotating guide. The water-saving water valve having a shower head, characterized in that it has a combined guide ball and a lower gate inserted into the upper gate and a compression spring inserted into the upper case and the lower case.