CN211344133U

CN211344133U - Valve with liquid soap box

Info

Publication number: CN211344133U
Application number: CN201922153895.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 查昭; 陈金勇; 陈礼宏; 杜盈土
Original assignee: Zhejiang Wandekai Fluid Equipment Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Wandekai Fluid Equipment Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-05
Filing date: 2019-12-05
Publication date: 2020-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-05

Abstract

A valve with a liquid soap box comprises a valve body, a water inlet connector and a water outlet connector, wherein the water inlet connector and the water outlet connector are arranged on the left side and the right side of the valve body; the screw hole is screwed with a vertical pipe; the upper end of the vertical pipe is provided with a hand sanitizer box; a liquid outlet is formed in the bottom of the liquid soap box, the diameter of the liquid outlet is smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical pipe, and the liquid soap box is communicated with the vertical pipe through the liquid outlet; a supporting plate is screwed in the pipe orifice at the lower end of the vertical pipe. The utility model discloses a valve with liquid soap box can be when opening the valve with the liquid soap act on the user's hand with the liquid soap, and whole process need not to go the touching hand wheel again, effectively avoids the hand wheel to be polluted, and can effectively avoid the water resource to be wasted.

Description

Valve with liquid soap box

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a valve, especially a valve with liquid soap box.

Background

When the hand wheel of the valve controls the opening and closing piece to open, the water flow in the water pipe enters the valve and finally flows out of the water outlet faucet for use.

When a user washes hands, in order to ensure the cleaning quality, the user generally uses the hand sanitizer, if the user opens the valve to wash the hands after using the hand sanitizer, the hand sanitizer on the hands can be stained on a hand wheel of the valve to cause pollution of the hand wheel, if the user uses the hand sanitizer, the valve is opened, and during the period of using the hand sanitizer, a large amount of water flow is lost, so that the water resource cannot be effectively utilized, and the water resource is wasted.

Disclosure of Invention

The to-be-solved technical problem of the utility model is to provide a valve with liquid soap box, it can be when opening the valve with the liquid soap act on the user's hand the staff, whole process need not to go the touching hand wheel again, effectively avoids the hand wheel to be polluted, and can effectively avoid the water resource to be wasted.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted does:

the utility model discloses a valve with liquid soap box, including the valve body and locate water supply connector, the water connectors of the valve body left and right sides, valve body middle part upside is equipped with the mesopore, be equipped with in the mesopore rather than assorted valve rod, the valve rod lower extreme is equipped with the opening and closing piece that is located the valve body middle part, and the valve body upper end upwards is worn out outside the mesopore and is connected with hand wheel, its characterized in that: the outer wall of the upper side of the water inlet joint is provided with a screw hole communicated with the inner space of the water inlet joint; the screw hole is screwed with a vertical pipe; the upper end of the vertical pipe is provided with a hand sanitizer box; a liquid outlet is formed in the bottom of the liquid soap box, the diameter of the liquid outlet is smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical pipe, and the liquid soap box is communicated with the vertical pipe through the liquid outlet; a supporting plate is screwed in a pipe orifice at the lower end of the vertical pipe; a plurality of liquid through holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the supporting plate; a first spring matched with the vertical pipe is arranged in the vertical pipe; the lower end of the first spring is abutted against the supporting plate, and the upper end of the first spring is provided with a sealing ball for blocking and sealing the orifice at the lower end of the liquid outlet hole; a lower pressing plate which is attached to the inner wall of the upper side of the hand sanitizer box is arranged in the hand sanitizer box; a plurality of sliding holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the side wall of the upper side of the liquid soap box; the side wall of the upper side of the lower pressure plate is provided with a plurality of pressure bars corresponding to the positions of the slide holes; the upper ends of the pressure rods penetrate out of the corresponding sliding holes, and the upper ends of the pressure rods are connected through an upper pressure plate; a plurality of second springs sleeved outside the pressure rod are arranged between the upper pressure plate and the liquid soap box; a left baffle is arranged in the left part of the water outlet joint, a right baffle is arranged in the right part of the water outlet joint, and the screw hole is positioned between the left baffle and the right baffle; and a plurality of water permeable holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the left baffle and the right baffle.

A liquid mixing ball is placed in a cavity formed by enclosing the inner walls of the left baffle, the right baffle and the water outlet joint, and the liquid mixing ball is made of rubber; a liquid mixing cavity is arranged in the liquid mixing ball; the outer wall of the liquid mixing ball is provided with a plurality of uniformly distributed liquid inlet holes, and the liquid inlet holes are communicated with the liquid mixing cavity.

A plurality of elastic supporting columns which are uniformly distributed are arranged in the liquid mixing chamber.

A liquid adding pipe positioned below the lower pressing plate is arranged at the upper part of the side wall of the right side of the liquid soap box; the liquid feeding pipe is externally screwed with a sealing cover.

The peripheral surface of the lower pressing plate is provided with an annular sealing groove; and a sealing ring matched with the sealing groove is arranged in the sealing groove.

A water sealing plate is arranged in the left part of the water inlet joint, and a guide plate is arranged in the right part of the water inlet joint; the middle part of the water sealing plate is provided with a water sealing hole; a plurality of through holes which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the guide plate; the middle part of the guide plate is provided with a guide hole; a guide rod matched with the guide hole is arranged in the guide hole; the left end of the guide rod penetrates out of the guide hole leftwards and is provided with a plug which blocks and seals the orifice at the right end of the water sealing hole, and the right end of the guide rod penetrates out of the guide hole rightwards and is provided with a limiting head which is attached to the side wall of the right side of the guide plate; and a set of third spring arranged outside the guide rod is arranged between the plug and the guide plate.

A plurality of limiting rods which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are arranged on the edge of the side wall of the right side of the plug, and a space is reserved between each limiting rod and the corresponding guide plate; the position of the limiting rod is staggered with the position of the through hole.

The utility model has the advantages that:

compared with the prior art, the valve with the liquid soap box adopting the structure of the utility model can inject the liquid soap in the liquid soap box into the water outlet joint in advance by pressing the upper pressure plate, when needing to wash hands, only the valve needs to be opened, the first water flow sprayed by the valve can be mixed with the liquid soap, the user can realize the effect of automatically adding the liquid soap on the hand while washing hands, the hand of the user can be fully cleaned under the action of the liquid soap, in the whole cleaning process, the user only needs to open the hand wheel by the clean hand at first, and after the user uses the liquid soap mixed in the first water flow, the subsequent clean water flow can continuously flush the residual liquid soap on the hand of the user, the cleaning degree of the hand is ensured, the valve can be closed by the hand rotating wheel which is cleaned at the moment, and the hand is always kept in a clean state, the hand wheel is prevented from being polluted by the hands of users in the whole cleaning process, and the hand sanitizer is mixed in water flow and flows out of the valve together, so that the users always keep the water using state, and the condition that water resources are wasted is avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a valve with a hand sanitizer container of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the following figures and detailed description:

referring to fig. 1 and 2, the utility model provides a valve with a liquid soap box, which comprises a valve body 1, a water inlet connector 2 and a water outlet connector 3, wherein the water inlet connector 2 and the water outlet connector 3 are arranged at the left side and the right side of the valve body 1, a middle hole 4 is arranged at the upper side of the middle part of the valve body 1, a valve rod 5 matched with the middle hole 4 is arranged in the middle hole 4, an opening and closing piece 6 positioned in the middle part of the valve body 1 is arranged at the lower end of the valve rod 5, the upper end of the valve body 1 upwards penetrates out of the middle hole 4 and is connected with a hand wheel; the screw hole 8 is in threaded connection with a vertical pipe 9; a hand sanitizer box 10 is arranged at the upper end of the vertical pipe 9; a liquid outlet hole 11 is formed in the bottom of the liquid soap box 10, the diameter of the liquid outlet hole 11 is smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical pipe 9, and the liquid soap box 10 is communicated with the vertical pipe 9 through the liquid outlet hole 11; a supporting plate 12 is screwed in a pipe orifice at the lower end of the vertical pipe 9; a plurality of liquid through holes 13 which are uniformly distributed are formed in the supporting plate 12; a first spring 14 matched with the vertical pipe 9 is arranged in the vertical pipe; the lower end of the first spring 14 is abutted against the supporting plate 12, and the upper end of the first spring 14 is provided with a sealing ball 15 for blocking and sealing the orifice at the lower end of the liquid outlet hole 11; a lower pressing plate 16 which is attached to the inner wall of the upper side of the hand sanitizer box 10 is arranged in the hand sanitizer box; a plurality of sliding holes 17 which are uniformly distributed are formed in the side wall of the upper side of the liquid soap box 10; the side wall of the upper side of the lower pressure plate 16 is provided with a plurality of pressure levers 18 corresponding to the positions of the slide holes 17; the upper ends of the pressure levers 18 penetrate out of the corresponding sliding holes 17, and the upper ends of the pressure levers 18 are connected through an upper pressure plate 19; a plurality of second springs 20 sleeved outside the pressure lever 18 are arranged between the upper pressure plate 19 and the liquid soap box 10; a left baffle 21 is arranged in the left part of the water outlet joint 3, a right baffle 22 is arranged in the right part of the water outlet joint 3, and the screw hole 8 is positioned between the left baffle 21 and the right baffle 22; the left baffle 21 and the right baffle 22 are both provided with a plurality of water permeable holes 23 which are uniformly distributed.

A liquid mixing ball 24 is arranged in a cavity formed by enclosing the left baffle 21, the right baffle 22 and the inner wall of the water outlet joint 3, and the liquid mixing ball 24 is made of rubber; a liquid mixing chamber 25 is arranged in the liquid mixing ball 24; the outer wall of the liquid mixing ball 24 is provided with a plurality of uniformly distributed liquid inlet holes 26, and the liquid inlet holes 26 are communicated with the liquid mixing chamber 25.

A plurality of elastic supporting columns 27 which are uniformly distributed are arranged in the liquid mixing cavity 25.

A liquid adding pipe 28 positioned below the lower pressing plate 16 is arranged at the upper part of the side wall of the right side of the liquid soap box 10; the filling pipe 28 is externally screwed with a sealing cover 29.

An annular sealing groove 30 is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the lower pressing plate 16; a sealing ring 31 matched with the sealing groove is arranged in the sealing groove 30.

A water sealing plate 32 is arranged in the left part of the water inlet joint 2, and a guide plate 33 is arranged in the right part of the water inlet joint 2; the middle part of the water sealing plate 32 is provided with a water sealing hole 34; a plurality of through holes 35 which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the guide plate 33; the middle part of the guide plate 33 is provided with a guide hole 36; a guide rod 37 matched with the guide hole 36 is arranged in the guide hole; the left end of the guide rod 37 penetrates out of the guide hole 36 leftwards and is provided with a plug 38 for plugging and sealing the orifice at the right end of the water sealing hole 34, and the right end of the guide rod 37 penetrates out of the guide hole 36 rightwards and is provided with a limiting head 39 attached to the side wall of the right side of the guide plate 33; a third spring 40 sleeved outside the guide rod 37 is arranged between the choke plug 38 and the guide plate 33.

A plurality of limiting rods 41 which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are arranged on the edge of the right side wall of the plug 38, and a space is reserved between each limiting rod 41 and the guide plate 33; the position of the limiting rod 41 is staggered with the position of the through hole 35.

The utility model discloses a use method as follows:

before the valve is used, the water inlet connector 2 is connected with the water pipe, the water outlet connector 3 is connected with the water outlet tap, after the connection is completed, a user can unscrew the sealing cover 29, liquid soap is injected into the liquid soap box 10 through the liquid feeding pipe 28, after the liquid soap is filled, the sealing cover 29 is screwed, under the condition of no external force intervention, the sealing ball 15 always blocks and seals the orifice at the lower end of the liquid outlet hole 11 under the elastic force of the first spring 14, and the liquid soap is always in the liquid soap box 10.

When a user needs to use the hand sanitizer to clean hands, the user can press the upper pressing plate 19 downwards, when the upper pressing plate 19 moves downwards under the action of pressure, the lower pressing plate 16 is connected with the upper pressing plate 19 through the pressing rod 18, so that the lower pressing plate 16 moves downwards along with the upper pressing plate 19, when the lower pressing plate 16 moves downwards, the hand sanitizer in the hand sanitizer box 10 is pressed downwards by the lower pressing plate 16, the hydraulic pressure of the hand sanitizer begins to increase gradually, when the hydraulic pressure of the hand sanitizer is greater than the elastic force of the first spring 14, the sealing ball 15 is pressed downwards by the hand sanitizer, the sealing ball 15 does not block and seal the lower end opening of the liquid outlet hole 11, the hand sanitizer enters the stand pipe 9 through the liquid outlet hole 11, and the hand sanitizer entering the stand pipe 9 falls into a cavity formed by the enclosing of the left baffle plate 21, the right baffle plate 22 and the inner wall of the water outlet joint 3 through the liquid inlet hole 13 on the supporting plate 12, after a proper amount of liquid soap is squeezed into the water outlet connector 3, a user can release the upper pressing plate 19, at the moment, the second spring 20 originally compressed by the upper pressing plate 19 can utilize the elasticity of the second spring to enable the upper pressing plate 19 to move upwards quickly to reset, when the upper pressing plate 19 moves upwards to reset, the lower pressing plate 16 moves upwards simultaneously to reset, when the lower pressing plate 16 does not squeeze the liquid soap any more, the hydraulic pressure of the liquid soap suddenly drops, the elastic force of the first spring 14 can quickly reset the sealing ball 15, the sealing ball 15 can block and seal the orifice at the lower end of the liquid outlet hole 11 again, the liquid soap is trapped in the liquid soap box 10, and the situation that the liquid soap is wasted is avoided.

When the hand sanitizer enters the water outlet connector 3 in advance, a user can start to rotate the hand wheel 7, at the moment, the hand wheel 7 drives the opening and closing piece 6 to rotate through the valve rod 5, when the opening and closing piece 6 is rotated and opened, the water inlet connector 2 is communicated with the water outlet connector 3, water flow in the water pipe enters the valve body 1 through the water inlet connector 2 and then flows into the water outlet connector 3, the water flow entering the water outlet connector 3 flows into a cavity formed by the enclosing of the inner walls of the left baffle plate 21, the right baffle plate 22 and the water outlet connector 3 through the water permeable holes 23 on the left baffle plate 21, the water flow is mixed with the hand sanitizer extruded into the cavity at the moment, the existence of the left baffle plate 21 and the right baffle plate 22 can prolong the time of the water flow in the cavity, the water flow and the hand sanitizer can be fully mixed in the cavity, and the mixed water flow can flow into the water outlet faucet connected with the water outlet connector 3 through the water permeable holes 23 on the right baffle plate 22, finally flow out from a water faucet, a user only needs to place water below the water faucet for kneading, the hand can be sufficiently cleaned by utilizing the water flow mixed with the hand sanitizer, and meanwhile, the hand sanitizer on the hand of the user can be washed clean along with the continuous flow out from the water faucet of subsequent clean water flow.

In conclusion, the utility model can inject the hand sanitizer in the hand sanitizer box 10 into the water outlet connector 3 in advance by pressing the upper pressing plate 19, when needing to wash hands, only the valve needs to be opened, the first water flow sprayed by the valve can be mixed with the hand sanitizer, the user can automatically add the hand sanitizer onto the hands while washing the hands, so that the hands of the user can be fully cleaned under the action of the hand sanitizer, in the whole cleaning process, the user only needs to open the hand wheel 7 by the clean hand at first, after the user uses the hand sanitizer mixed in the first water flow, the subsequent clean water flow can continuously flush the residual hand sanitizer on the hands of the user, the cleaning degree of the hands is ensured, at the moment, the valve can be closed by rotating the hand wheel 7 by the cleaned hand, and the hands are always kept in a clean state, the hand wheel is prevented from being polluted by the hands of users in the whole cleaning process, and the hand sanitizer is mixed in water flow and flows out of the valve together, so that the users always keep the water using state, and the condition that water resources are wasted is avoided.

The liquid mixing ball 24 is placed in a cavity formed by enclosing the inner walls of the left baffle plate 21, the right baffle plate 22 and the water outlet connector 3, the liquid mixing ball 24 is made of rubber, a liquid mixing cavity 25 is arranged in the liquid mixing ball 24, a plurality of liquid inlet holes 26 which are uniformly distributed are formed in the outer wall of the liquid mixing ball 24, the liquid inlet holes 26 are communicated with the liquid mixing cavity 25, when water flows are flushed into the cavity formed by enclosing the inner walls of the left baffle plate 21, the right baffle plate 22 and the water outlet connector 3, the water flows in the cavity can be mixed with the hand sanitizer in the cavity and can be driven to roll by the liquid mixing ball 24, when the liquid mixing ball 24 rolls, the water flows in the cavity can be stirred, the mixing degree of the water flows and the hand sanitizer is further deepened, and when the liquid mixing ball 24 collides with the inner walls of the left baffle plate 21, the right baffle plate 22 or the water outlet connector 3 under the driving of the water flows, the liquid flows mixed with the hand sanitizer entering the liquid mixing cavity 25 through the liquid inlet holes 26 can, the squeezing process can deepen the fusion between the water flow and the hand sanitizer again, and the situation that the hand sanitizer is not fully mixed by the water flow and is brought out of a valve to cause waste is avoided.

Be equipped with a plurality of evenly distributed's elastic support 27 in mixing liquid cavity 25, the existence of elastic support 27 not only can not influence the deformation that mixes liquid ball 24, and can help it to resume to original state fast after mixing liquid ball 24 warp, avoids mixing liquid ball 24 to warp for a long time and leads to the condition that elastic failure influences the use.

The outer peripheral surface of lower pressure plate 16 is equipped with and is annular seal groove 30, is equipped with rather than assorted sealing washer 31 in the seal groove 30, and the existence of sealing washer 31 can effectively improve the leakproofness between lower pressure plate 16 and the liquid soap box 10 inner wall, avoids the not good condition that leads to liquid soap hydraulic pressure boost unstable between lower pressure plate 16 and the liquid soap box 10 inner wall.

A water sealing plate 32 is arranged in the left part of the water inlet connector 2, a guide plate 33 is arranged in the right part of the water inlet connector 2, a water sealing hole 34 is arranged in the middle part of the water sealing plate 32, a plurality of through holes 35 which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the guide plate 33, a guide hole 36 is arranged in the middle part of the guide plate 33, a guide rod 37 matched with the guide hole 36 is arranged in the guide hole 36, the left end of the guide rod 37 penetrates out of the guide hole 36 leftwards and is provided with a plug 38 for plugging and sealing the orifice at the right end of the water sealing hole 34, the right end of the guide rod 37 penetrates out of the guide hole 36 rightwards and is provided with a limit head 39 attached to the right side wall of the guide plate 33, a third spring 40 sleeved outside the guide rod 37 is arranged between the plug 38 and the guide plate 33, when water flows to the water inlet connector 2 from a water pipe, the water pressure of the water flow pushes the plug 38 rightwards against the plug 38, follow closely and flow into to the opening and closing member 6 through the perforation on the deflector 33 in, finally flow into in the water connectors 3, if when the condition of rivers refluence appears in water connectors 3 position, the water pressure in the water connectors 2 then can change, the elasticity of third spring 40 is greater than water pressure in the twinkling of an eye, third spring 40 then can block up end cap 38 once more on the right-hand member drill way in water hole 34 through self elasticity very first time, the rivers that will flow back are detained in water connectors 2, play the effect of preventing flowing backwards, effectively avoid mixing the rivers that have the liquid soap to cause the contaminated condition of water in the water pipe through water connectors 2 refluence to the water pipe in.

The right side wall edge of the plug 38 is provided with a plurality of limiting rods 41 which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, a space is reserved between each limiting rod 41 and the corresponding guide plate 33, the positions of the limiting rods 41 and the positions of the through holes 35 are staggered, the existence of the limiting rods 41 can effectively limit the right movement distance of the guide rods 37, and the situation that the guide rods 37 are excessively moved rightwards and collide with the opening and closing piece 6 is effectively avoided.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a valve with liquid soap box, includes the valve body and locates water supply connector, the water connectors of the valve body left and right sides, valve body middle part upside is equipped with the mesopore, is equipped with in the mesopore rather than assorted valve rod, and the valve rod lower extreme is equipped with the piece that opens and shuts that is located the valve body middle part, and the valve body upper end upwards is worn out outside to the mesopore and is connected with hand wheel, its characterized in that: the outer wall of the upper side of the water inlet joint is provided with a screw hole communicated with the inner space of the water inlet joint; the screw hole is screwed with a vertical pipe; the upper end of the vertical pipe is provided with a hand sanitizer box; a liquid outlet is formed in the bottom of the liquid soap box, the diameter of the liquid outlet is smaller than the inner diameter of the vertical pipe, and the liquid soap box is communicated with the vertical pipe through the liquid outlet; a supporting plate is screwed in a pipe orifice at the lower end of the vertical pipe; a plurality of liquid through holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the supporting plate; a first spring matched with the vertical pipe is arranged in the vertical pipe; the lower end of the first spring is abutted against the supporting plate, and the upper end of the first spring is provided with a sealing ball for blocking and sealing the orifice at the lower end of the liquid outlet hole; a lower pressing plate which is attached to the inner wall of the upper side of the hand sanitizer box is arranged in the hand sanitizer box; a plurality of sliding holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the side wall of the upper side of the liquid soap box; the side wall of the upper side of the lower pressure plate is provided with a plurality of pressure bars corresponding to the positions of the slide holes; the upper ends of the pressure rods penetrate out of the corresponding sliding holes, and the upper ends of the pressure rods are connected through an upper pressure plate; a plurality of second springs sleeved outside the pressure rod are arranged between the upper pressure plate and the liquid soap box; a left baffle is arranged in the left part of the water outlet joint, a right baffle is arranged in the right part of the water outlet joint, and the screw hole is positioned between the left baffle and the right baffle; and a plurality of water permeable holes which are uniformly distributed are formed in the left baffle and the right baffle.

2. A valve with a hand sanitizer container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a liquid mixing ball is placed in a cavity formed by enclosing the inner walls of the left baffle, the right baffle and the water outlet joint, and the liquid mixing ball is made of rubber; a liquid mixing cavity is arranged in the liquid mixing ball; the outer wall of the liquid mixing ball is provided with a plurality of uniformly distributed liquid inlet holes, and the liquid inlet holes are communicated with the liquid mixing cavity.

3. A valve with a hand sanitizer container as claimed in claim 2, wherein: a plurality of elastic supporting columns which are uniformly distributed are arranged in the liquid mixing chamber.

4. A valve with a hand sanitizer container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a liquid adding pipe positioned below the lower pressing plate is arranged at the upper part of the side wall of the right side of the liquid soap box; the liquid feeding pipe is externally screwed with a sealing cover.

5. A valve with a hand sanitizer container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the peripheral surface of the lower pressing plate is provided with an annular sealing groove; and a sealing ring matched with the sealing groove is arranged in the sealing groove.

6. A valve with a hand sanitizer container as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a water sealing plate is arranged in the left part of the water inlet joint, and a guide plate is arranged in the right part of the water inlet joint; the middle part of the water sealing plate is provided with a water sealing hole; a plurality of through holes which are uniformly distributed are arranged on the guide plate; the middle part of the guide plate is provided with a guide hole; a guide rod matched with the guide hole is arranged in the guide hole; the left end of the guide rod penetrates out of the guide hole leftwards and is provided with a plug which blocks and seals the orifice at the right end of the water sealing hole, and the right end of the guide rod penetrates out of the guide hole rightwards and is provided with a limiting head which is attached to the side wall of the right side of the guide plate; and a set of third spring arranged outside the guide rod is arranged between the plug and the guide plate.

7. The valve of claim 6, wherein: a plurality of limiting rods which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are arranged on the edge of the side wall of the right side of the plug, and a space is reserved between each limiting rod and the corresponding guide plate; the position of the limiting rod is staggered with the position of the through hole.