CN109611569B

CN109611569B - Energy-concerving and environment-protective tap with adjustable gear

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Publication number: CN109611569B
Application number: CN201811623698.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任国石; 陈子涵
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-12-28
Filing date: 2018-12-28
Publication date: 2020-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 2038-12-28
Also published as: CN109611569A

Abstract

The invention provides a gear-adjustable energy-saving environment-friendly faucet, which comprises: the water inlet end and the water outlet end are arranged on the shell, and the main valve is arranged between the water inlet end and the water outlet end; the gear adjusting mechanism is arranged at the main valve and the water outlet end and comprises a gear adjusting valve and a resetting structure, the gear adjusting valve can be used for adjusting the water outlet quantity of the faucet when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated, and the resetting structure can be used for closing the faucet and then enabling the gear adjusting valve to automatically return to the initial water outlet quantity state. The water tap has the beneficial effects that the gear regulating valve can regulate the water yield of the water tap according to the water consumption requirement of people; when the water faucet is used, even if a user opens the water faucet to the end, the phenomenon of water waste can be effectively avoided due to the fact that the initial water yield is low; if a user needs a large amount of water, the water yield can be increased by triggering the gear adjusting valve, the main valve is directly closed after the water is used, and the gear adjusting valve does not need to be operated to return to the initial water yield state.

Description

Energy-concerving and environment-protective tap with adjustable gear

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of water faucets, in particular to a gear-adjustable energy-saving environment-friendly water faucet.

Background

The water consumption problem is an important component of people's daily life and is related to various aspects of people's production and life. At present, the problem of water resources in China is very severe, on one hand, fresh water resources are lacked, and on the other hand, a large amount of water is wasted. The water resource saving is a constant topic, the water faucet is a necessity for daily water, and the bubbler and the adjustable water faucet of the water faucet are popular water-saving solutions at present.

In the prior art, the maximum requirements of corresponding use scenes are generally considered in the design of the water outlet quantity of the water faucet and the water supply quantity of a water supply system so as to meet the use in various states. In practice, however, most scenarios are satisfied without requiring a maximum water supply. The tap is usually provided with a handle or an end cover which is movably connected with the tap main body, and when the tap is used, the pressing end is easily and directly lifted to the position of the maximum water level, so that the tap is not beneficial to saving water resources. Although the prior art also has the tap of adjustable water yield, drive valve rod and case through the handle, at 0 ~ 90 internal rotation of within range, can infinitely variable control water yield size, although convenient to use, often can not be swiftly and accurate the required water yield of adjusting, especially people often can unconsciously revolve the handle to the end, thereby make the water yield the biggest, even go back again, but cause the waste of water resource, especially in some places that the water consumption is little at every turn, but the frequency of use is very high, such as public place, more need the tap of accurate, swiftly adjust water yield, with the water economy resource. Therefore, even if the faucet is designed to control the water yield in a mode of lifting the handle knob or lifting the handle, more people are used to simple opening and closing actions, the use habit of opening the water to the maximum once the water is opened is usually provided during hand washing, the water yield is usually adjusted back to the maximum when the water yield is not large during hand washing, and the faucet is not closed during hand washing, so that about 50% of water is wasted during hand washing. In daily life, few people adjust the water quantity by controlling the degree of the switch, and the adjustable water faucet is only suitable for users with strong water-saving awareness, so that the adjustable water faucet still has the use problem that the daily operation habits of people are difficult to meet.

Therefore, according to different water use modes and purposes of various places and different requirements on the water yield of the faucet, the faucet with the adjustable gears can provide different water yields so as to save daily water consumption of people, and is an important technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the invention provides an energy-saving and environment-friendly water faucet with adjustable gears.

The technical scheme of the invention is that a gear-adjustable energy-saving environment-friendly faucet is provided, which comprises:

the water inlet end and the water outlet end are arranged on the shell, and the main valve is arranged between the water inlet end and the water outlet end;

the gear adjusting mechanism is arranged at the main valve and the water outlet end and comprises a gear adjusting valve and a resetting structure, the gear adjusting valve can be used for adjusting the water outlet quantity of the faucet when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated, and the resetting structure can be used for closing the faucet and then enabling the gear adjusting valve to automatically return to the initial water outlet quantity state.

In a preferred scheme, an assembly port for installing the gear regulating valve is arranged between a main valve and a water outlet end of the shell, the gear regulating valve comprises a valve shell and a valve core matched with a cavity chamber in the valve shell in shape, and the valve core is provided with a channel through which fluid flows when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated; the top of the valve core is provided with a shaft which passes through a matching hole arranged at the top of the valve shell and can move relative to the valve shell; the height of the valve shell is greater than that of the valve core.

Preferably, the length of the shaft is not less than the height difference between the valve shell and the valve core.

Preferably, the valve housing is in a hollow straight prism shape, and the valve core is in a straight prism shape matched with the hollow cavity shape of the valve housing.

Preferably, the top of the shaft is provided with a pressing cover or a handle which can trigger the valve core to move along the axial direction of the valve shell.

Preferably, the channel is arranged obliquely along the axial direction of the valve core.

Preferably, the angle of the channel inclined with the axial direction of the valve core is 20-30 degrees.

Preferably, the reset structure comprises a spring vertically arranged on the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve shell, and two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve shell and the outer wall of the bottom of the valve core.

Preferably, the reset structure comprises a circle of tripping steps tightly attached to the inner side wall of the valve shell, and a cavity not larger than the shape of the valve core is formed in the middle of the circle of tripping steps.

Preferably, the ring of tripping steps is made of rubber.

Preferably, the angle formed by the connection of the end face of the circle of tripping step firstly contacting the valve core and the side wall of the middle cavity is a chamfer angle.

Preferably, the gear control valve still includes minimum water yield control structure, minimum water yield control structure is including locating the bolt hole of valve housing roof, and with adjusting bolt that the bolt hole cooperation was used.

Preferably, the gear control valve further comprises a maximum water amount control structure, wherein the maximum water amount control structure comprises a bolt hole formed in the bottom plate of the valve shell and an adjusting bolt matched with the bolt hole for use.

Preferably, the main valve handle and the pressing cover or the handle of the gear adjusting valve are arranged in a staggered mode.

The invention has the beneficial effects that the energy-saving and environment-friendly water faucet with the adjustable gears is provided with the gear adjusting mechanism, wherein the gear adjusting valve can adjust the water yield of the water faucet according to the water consumption requirement of people, and the reset structure can also provide the function of automatically returning the gear adjusting valve to the initial water yield state after the water faucet is closed. When the water faucet is used, even if a user opens the water faucet to the bottom, the water outlet quantity of the water faucet is small, the water waste phenomenon cannot be effectively avoided because the main valve opens the water faucet to the bottom, and the water consumption wasted in the hand washing process can be effectively reduced; if the user can continue to change the water yield gear through triggering the gear regulating valve when needing big water yield, increase the water yield, the main valve is directly closed after the water use finishes, need not to go to operation gear regulating valve again and reply initial water yield state, accords with "lazy" custom user operation, also can realize when using tap next time, when the user opens the tap to the end, tap still is less water yield state.

Description of the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an energy-saving and environment-friendly faucet with adjustable gears according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of the energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears in the working state of the minimum water amount working gear according to the embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a portion A of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional structural view of the energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears in the working state of the maximum water amount working gear according to the embodiment of the invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1. The hydraulic control valve comprises a shell, 11, a water inlet end, 12, a water outlet end, 13, a main valve, 2, a gear adjusting valve, 21, a valve shell, 22, a valve core, 221, a channel, 222, a shaft, 223, a pressing cover, 31, a spring, 32, an adjusting bolt and 33, a tripping step.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides the following embodiments:

the energy-concerving and environment-protective tap with adjustable gear of this embodiment includes: the water-saving device comprises a shell 1, wherein a water inlet end 11, a water outlet end 12 and a main valve 13 arranged between the water inlet end 11 and the water outlet end 12 are formed on the shell 1; the gear adjusting mechanism is arranged at the main valve and the water outlet end and comprises a gear adjusting valve 2 and a reset structure, the gear adjusting valve can be used for adjusting the water outlet quantity of the faucet when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated, and the reset structure can be used for closing the faucet and then enabling the gear adjusting valve to automatically return to the initial water outlet quantity state. People often get used to the mode that very simple convenient tap opened and closed in daily life like washing hand, even tap has the regulation water yield function and "lazy" opens the water tap to the end (that is, tap water yield one opens promptly and is big), few and few people can slowly adjust tap and go the control water consumption, and often do not need so big water yield when washing hand, even at this moment toward the regulation water yield of callback also has wasted water, in addition also do not close tap when scrubbing liquid soap, it is extravagant to lead to washing the water of about 50% in-process. The embodiment provides an energy-concerving and environment-protective tap with adjustable gear, is provided with gear adjustment mechanism, and wherein gear governing valve can be according to people's water consumption needs adjusting faucet's water yield, and reset structure can provide again and close behind the tap make gear governing valve automatic recovery initial water yield state's function. When the water faucet is used, even if a user opens the water faucet to the bottom, the water outlet quantity of the water faucet is small, the phenomenon of water waste can not be effectively avoided due to the fact that the main valve opens the water faucet to the bottom, if the user needs a large amount of water, the water outlet quantity gear can be changed by continuously triggering the gear adjusting valve, the water outlet quantity is increased, the main valve is directly closed after water use is finished, the gear adjusting valve does not need to be operated to restore the initial water outlet quantity state, the operation is in accordance with the 'lazy' habit of the user, the next-time use of the water faucet can also be realized, and when the user opens the water faucet to the bottom.

In the scheme of the preferred embodiment, an assembly port for installing the gear adjusting valve is arranged between the main valve and the water outlet end of the shell, the gear adjusting valve comprises a valve shell 21 and a valve core 22 matched with the cavity shape of the valve shell, and the valve core is provided with a channel 221 through which fluid flows when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated; the top of the valve core is provided with a shaft 222, the shaft passes through an adaptive hole arranged at the top of the valve shell and can move relative to the valve shell, and the shaft and the adaptive hole can be sealed by a rubber ring; the height of the valve shell is greater than that of the valve core. In this embodiment, the gear control valve adopts a mode that the valve core and the valve shell move relatively, and changes the flow rate of fluid flowing out when the water inlet end and the water outlet end of the faucet are communicated by moving the valve core with the channel. Specifically, if the water tap shell can be tubular, the two ends are respectively a water inlet end and a water outlet end, the water inlet end can be connected with a water supply pipe, the water outlet end can be connected with a water outlet pipe, a main valve for controlling a water flow switch is arranged between the water inlet end and the water outlet end, a channel in the valve core of the gear adjusting valve is a tubular channel, and the inner diameter of the tubular channel is equal to the inner diameter of the tubular shell; when the valve core moves along the direction vertical to the axial direction of the tubular shell, the valve core and the valve shell generate relative displacement, and displacement difference is generated between a channel in the valve core and a flow channel formed by water flow when the water inlet end and the water outlet end of the tubular shell are communicated, so that the flow of the water tap is changed. The gear regulating valve has two working states, when the gear regulating valve is not triggered, the top of the valve core is stopped on the inner wall of the top plate of the valve shell, and the gear is a working gear with minimum water quantity at the moment, so that when the water tap is used, even if a user opens the main valve to the bottom, the water yield of the water tap is small, and the water waste phenomenon caused by the fact that the main valve is opened to the bottom can be avoided; when a user needs a large amount of water, the gear adjusting valve is triggered (the valve core moves relative to the valve shell), and one end of the valve core channel close to the main valve is aligned with the center of a flow channel formed by water flow, namely the working gear with the maximum amount of water. Through the above, when a user uses the water faucet at the beginning even if the main valve is opened to the maximum, the water consumption wasted in the process of washing hands can be effectively reduced.

In a preferred embodiment, the length of the shaft is not less than the height difference between the valve housing and the valve core. In this embodiment, when the length of selection axle just equals the difference in height of valve case and case to the case top is minimum water yield gear when ending in valve case roof inner wall, and the case bottom is the maximum water yield gear when ending in valve case bottom plate inner wall, can save valve case space, and play the purpose of cavity in the rational utilization valve case, practice thrift the material of preparation gear governing valve.

In a preferred embodiment, the valve housing is a hollow straight prism, and the valve core is a straight prism matched with the hollow chamber of the valve housing. In this embodiment, the valve housing is set to be a hollow straight prism, and the valve core is set to be a straight prism matched with the hollow cavity of the valve housing, so that the valve core can be prevented from rotating relative to the valve housing when the valve core moves along the axial direction of the valve housing, and the water yield adjustment effect of the faucet is prevented from being affected.

In a preferred embodiment, the top of the shaft is provided with a pressing cover 223 or a handle which can trigger the valve core to move along the axial direction of the valve shell. According to the arrangement of the pressing cover or the handle in the embodiment, a user can trigger the gear adjusting valve conveniently.

In a preferred embodiment, the channel is obliquely arranged along the axial direction of the valve core. In this embodiment, the valve core passage may be a tubular passage inclined in the axial direction of the valve core, and the inclined passage is favorable for generating a certain pressure to the valve core when water passes through the inclined passage.

In the scheme of the preferred embodiment, the angle of the channel inclined with the axial direction of the valve core is 20-30 degrees.

In the scheme of the preferred embodiment, the reset structure comprises a spring 31 vertically arranged on the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve shell, and two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve shell and the outer wall of the bottom of the valve core. In this embodiment, the spring is provided with the following advantages: when the main valve of the tap is opened but the gear regulating valve is not triggered, the elastic force provided by the spring can support the valve core and enable the valve core to be maintained at the minimum water quantity working gear under the action of water flow pressure when the water flow communicated with the passage of the valve core is small; when the gear regulating valve is triggered, the valve core moves downwards along the axial direction of the valve shell to a maximum water quantity working gear, and the spring is compressed under the action of water flow pressure when the water flow circulating in the valve core channel is larger; after the water faucet is closed after use, water flow does not exist in the valve core channel any more, the valve core is supported to move upwards along the axial direction of the valve shell under the elastic force provided by the spring, and therefore the water faucet automatically returns to the minimum water quantity working gear. After the user has used tap under the heavy water demand, can directly close the main valve, need not to go to operation gear governing valve again and reply initial water yield state (little water volume state), accord with "lazy" custom user operation, also can realize when using tap next time, when the user opened the tap to the end, tap still is less water yield state, can effectively reduce like the extravagant water consumption of washing hand in-process.

In the preferred embodiment, the reset structure includes a ring of tripping steps 33 tightly attached to the inner side wall of the valve housing, and a cavity not larger than the shape of the valve core is formed in the middle of the ring of tripping steps. The setting of dropout step in this embodiment, when the case along valve housing axial direction downstream to the maximum water yield operating position, the cavity that forms in the middle of the round dropout step can be blocked into to case bottom, prevents that the case from rocking.

In a preferred embodiment, the ring of tripping steps is made of rubber. The tripping step is made of rubber, so that certain flexibility can be provided, the valve core is in elastic contact with the tripping step, and the rigid contact is prevented from being damaged.

In the scheme of the preferred embodiment, the angle formed by the connection of the end surface of the first contact valve core of the ring of tripping steps and the side wall of the middle cavity is a chamfer. The bottom of the valve core can be conveniently clamped into a cavity formed in the middle of a circle of tripping steps, and the valve core can be conveniently separated from the cavity.

In the preferred embodiment, the gear control valve further includes a minimum water amount control structure, and the minimum water amount control structure includes a bolt hole formed in a top plate of the valve housing, and an adjusting bolt 32 used in cooperation with the bolt hole. In this embodiment, set up adjusting bolt at the valve housing roof, adjusting bolt and valve housing roof threaded connection, the distance between adjustable case top and the valve housing roof, steerable minimum water yield that changes the case at minimum water yield operating position is used in the adaptable different water consumption scenes.

In the preferred embodiment, the gear control valve further includes a maximum water amount control structure, and the maximum water amount control structure includes a bolt hole formed in the bottom plate of the valve housing, and an adjusting bolt 32 used in cooperation with the bolt hole. In this embodiment, the adjusting bolt is arranged on the bottom plate of the valve housing, and the adjusting bolt is in threaded connection with the bottom plate of the valve housing, so that the distance between the bottom of the valve core and the bottom plate of the valve housing can be adjusted, the maximum water yield of the valve core at the maximum water yield working gear can be controllably changed, and the valve can adapt to different water consumption scenes.

In a preferred embodiment, the main valve handle and the pressing cover or the handle of the gear adjusting valve are arranged in a staggered mode. The main valve handle and the pressing cover or the handle of the gear adjusting valve are arranged in a staggered mode, so that when a user uses the gear adjusting valve, the main valve handle can shield the pressing cover or the handle of the gear adjusting valve, and the gear adjusting valve cannot be operated conveniently.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "center", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for the purpose of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Where "inside" refers to an interior or enclosed area or space. "periphery" refers to an area around a particular component or a particular area.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the terms "first", "second", "third", and "fourth" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", "third", "fourth" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "assembled" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the description of the embodiments of the invention, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that "-" and "-" indicate the same range of two numerical values, and the range includes the endpoints. For example, "A-B" means a range greater than or equal to A and less than or equal to B. "A to B" means a range of not less than A and not more than B.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the term "and/or" herein is only one kind of association relationship describing an associated object, and means that there may be three kinds of relationships, for example, a and/or B, and may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an energy-concerving and environment-protective tap with adjustable gear which characterized in that includes:

the gear adjusting mechanism is arranged at the main valve and the water outlet end and comprises a gear adjusting valve and a resetting structure, the gear adjusting valve can be used for adjusting the water outlet quantity of the faucet when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated, and the resetting structure can be used for enabling the gear adjusting valve to automatically return to the initial water outlet quantity state after the faucet is closed;

the gear regulating valve comprises a valve shell and a valve core matched with the cavity of the valve shell in shape, and the valve core is provided with a channel through which fluid flows when the water inlet end and the water outlet end are communicated; the top of the valve core is provided with a shaft which passes through a matching hole arranged at the top of the valve shell and can move relative to the valve shell; the height of the valve shell is greater than that of the valve core;

the valve shell is in a hollow right prism shape, and the valve core is in a right prism shape matched with the shape of the hollow cavity of the valve shell; the channel is arranged along the axial direction of the valve core in an inclined mode.

2. The tap with adjustable gears of claim 1, wherein the length of the shaft is not less than the height difference between the valve housing and the valve core.

3. The energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pressing cover or a handle capable of triggering the valve core to move along the axial direction of the valve housing is arranged at the top of the shaft.

4. The energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle of the channel inclined with the axial direction of the valve core is 20-30 °.

5. The energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reset structure comprises a spring vertically disposed on the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve housing, and two ends of the spring are respectively connected with the inner wall of the bottom plate of the valve housing and the outer wall of the bottom of the valve core.

6. The energy-saving and environment-friendly tap with adjustable gears as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reset structure comprises a ring of tripping steps tightly attached to the inner side wall of the valve housing, and a cavity not larger than the shape of the valve core is formed in the middle of the ring of tripping steps.

7. The tap with adjustable gears of claim 6, wherein the ring of tripping steps is made of rubber.