EP3885500A1 - Montagestruktur für einen bedienhebel einer armatur und duscharmatur mit dieser struktur - Google Patents

Montagestruktur für einen bedienhebel einer armatur und duscharmatur mit dieser struktur Download PDF

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EP3885500A1
EP3885500A1 EP20212869.0A EP20212869A EP3885500A1 EP 3885500 A1 EP3885500 A1 EP 3885500A1 EP 20212869 A EP20212869 A EP 20212869A EP 3885500 A1 EP3885500 A1 EP 3885500A1
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Xiaofo Lin
Xiaoshan Lin
Xiaoqing DENG
Qinchi FU
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
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  • the present application relates to the field of sanitary ware, in particular, to a mounting structure of a tap handle and a shower tap.
  • valve core At present, most taps on the market (including washbowl taps and shower taps) are still using a toggle valve core.
  • the way to operate such valve core is to fixedly connect a handle to a valve rod, then the valve rod is driven by the handle directly to rotate within a certain angle relative to a valve body, so as to change the relative position of a sealing body in the valve body, thereby realizing opening and closing or other corresponding functions of the valve core.
  • a handle of the tap is located outside the body, and the handle and the body move relatively, therefore, irregular openings and seams will unavoidably exist at the connection position of the handle and the body, and the integrity of the product is affected.
  • dirt such as toothpaste stains, body wash stains, etc. will attach to the seams, and since such dirt is difficult to remove, the appearance of the product and further the smoothness of handle operation of the product thus will be affected.
  • a mounting structure of a tap handle which can toggle the valve core by rotating a ball head structure, appears on the market at present to fulfill the aims of reducing a size of the body by reducing a rotation stroke and improving the integrity of the product by hiding most of a rotation part of the handle into the body, wherein the ball head structure is arranged in the body through a plastic piece, an arc-shaped surface matched with the ball head structure is arranged in the plastic piece, and the plastic piece is fixedly connected with the body in a form of interference fit, such that the ball head structure is arranged in the body; however the plastic piece is difficult to disassemble and assemble and is liable to damage in the disassembling and assembling processes.
  • the present application provides a mounting structure of a tap handle and a shower tap, which are simple in structure and convenient to disassemble and assemble.
  • a mounting structure of a tap handle includes a body in round tubular shape, a valve core, a handle; the handle includes a ball-head connection part which is arranged at an end portion of a first end of the body, the valve core is located in the body, the ball-head connection part rotates around a first axis to toggle the valve core to open and close, and the first axis is vertical to an axis of the body; and the mounting structure of a tap handle further includes a first limiting sleeve, the first limiting sleeve is clamped to an inner wall of the body by coaxial relative rotation, and an inner wall surface of the first limiting sleeve being provided with an arc surface matched with the ball-head connection part; and a second limiting sleeve, the second limiting sleeve being coaxially arranged on the end portion of the first end of the body and the ball-head connection part being clamped between the second limiting sle
  • FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 show schematic structural diagrams of a mounting structure of a tap handle according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • a tap which the mounting structure of the tap handle is applicable to takes a shower tap used in a shower device as an example, it should be understood that the tap which the mounting structure of the tap handle is applicable to may further be a washbowl tap or a tap used at other positions, which is not limited by the embodiment.
  • the mounting structure of the tap handle includes a body 1, a valve core 2, a handle 3, a first limiting sleeve 4 and a second limiting sleeve 5.
  • the body 1 is round tubular, two ends of which are open; one end of the body 1 is used for a temperature regulating assembly to mount, and the other end is used for an opening and closing assembly to mount.
  • the mounting structure of the tap handle according to the embodiment takes a handle mounting structure of the opening and closing assembly as an example, the valve core 2 driven by the mounting structure adopts a toggling type opening and closing valve core.
  • the mounting structure of the tap handle according to the embodiment is applicable to the toggling type opening and closing valve core applied to any scenes, for example, applied to flow channel switching, cold and hot water mixing and other function implementation scenes, which are not specifically limited by the present application.
  • the valve core 2 is arranged in the body 1, one end on the valve core 2 to be toggled faces towards the port of a first end of the body 1, and the first end of the body 1 herein refers to one end of the body for the opening and closing assembly to mount.
  • the characteristic of water flow could be changed by providing a valve rod 211 that rotates around a second axis to drive a sealing body in the valve core 2 to generate relative movement , thereby achieving a function of switching the valve core 2 to open and close, wherein the second axis is vertical to an axis of the body, and in actual application, the second axis is also vertical to a wall according to the mounting characteristic of the shower tap and the operation habit of a user.
  • the handle 3 is arranged on an end portion of the first end of the body 1 and includes a ball-head connection part 31 and an operation part 32, the ball-head connection part 31 is a sphere or a part of a sphere and rotates around a first axis to toggle the valve core 2 to open and close;
  • the first axis is vertical to the axis of the body, and in actual application, the first axis is also vertical to a wall according to the mounting characteristic of the shower tap and the operation habit of the user;
  • the first axis is parallel to the second axis, thereby ensuring that a rotation direction of the ball-head connection part 31 is consistent with a toggling direction of the valve core; and the operation part 32 stretches out of the body 1 for the user to hold and operate.
  • the operation part 32 is detachably and fixedly connected to the ball-head connection part 31; and when the valve core 2 is closed, the operation part 32 extends out of an outer wall of the body 1 in a manner of vertical to the axis of the body 1.
  • an external thread is formed at one end of the operation part 32
  • a threaded hole 313 is formed on the ball-head connection part 31, and the threaded connection between the operation part 32 and the threaded hole 313 fulfills the aim of detachable and fixed connection between the operation part 32 and the ball-head connection part 31.
  • a mounting structure of the ball-head connection part 31 in the body 1 is mainly introduced
  • the ball-head connection part 31 is confined in the body 1 by the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5, the first limiting sleeve 4 is clamped to the inner wall of the body 1 by coaxial relative rotation, and an inner wall surface of the first limiting sleeve 4 is provided with an arc surface matched with the ball-head connection part 4;
  • the second limiting sleeve 5 is coaxially arranged at an end portion of the first end of the body 1 and the ball-head connection part 31 is clamped between the second limiting sleeve 5 and the first limiting sleeve 4;
  • the second limiting sleeve 5 is detachably and fixedly connected to an inner wall of the body 1 and prevents the first limiting sleeve 4 from separating from the inner wall of the body 1 in the relative rotation by establishing
  • an embodiment is implemented by the following manner: as for the inner wall of the body 1 and an outer wall of the first limiting sleeve 4, one is provided with a first protrusion 11, and the other one is provided with a first notch 42 for the first protrusion 11 to insert into and a first clamping groove 41 for the first protrusion 11 to clamp with; during assembling, after the first protrusion 11 is aligned with the first notch 42, the first limiting sleeve 4 is being inserted into the body 1 until the first protrusion 11 reaches a plane where the first clamping groove 41 locates, the first limiting sleeve 4 is operated to rotate by a certain angle relative to the body 1 to make the first protrusion 11 clamp to the first clamping groove 41, thereby achieving simple structure, easy and convenient operation and excellent limiting strength in the axial direction; and due to the first notch 42, reliable inserting connection between the first limiting slee
  • a second clamping groove 43 and a second protrusion are arranged on end faces, opposite to each other, of the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5 correspondingly; the second protrusion is inserted into the second clamping groove 43 to establish the rotation stopping connection relationship between the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5; during assembling, the second limiting sleeve 5 and the body 1 are fixedly connected in place, meanwhile, the second protrusion is inserted into and connected with the second clamping groove 43, that is, a function of preventing a relative rotation between the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5 is realized; the structure is simple, and inserting connection of the second protrusion and the second clamping groove 43 is completed synchronously while plugging the second limiting s
  • an embodiment is implemented by the following manner: as for an outer wall of the second limiting sleeve 5 and an inner wall of the body 1, one is provided with a third protrusion 51, and the other one is provided with a third clamping groove 12 for the third protrusion 51 to clamp to; a fourth clamping groove 13 and a fourth protrusion are arranged on end faces, opposite to each other, of the body 1 and the second limiting sleeve 5 correspondingly; the fourth protrusion is inserted into the fourth clamping groove 13 to establish the rotation stopping connection between the body 1 and the second limiting sleeve 5; the above limiting relationship in axial direction and in the circumferential direction determines the detachably fixed connection between the second limiting sleeve 5 and the body 1.
  • the fourth protrusion is aligned with the fourth clamping groove 13, then the second limiting sleeve 5 is being sleeved in and connected to the body 1 until the third protrusion 51 is embedded into the third clamping groove 12 to be in clamping connection to the third clamping groove 12, when clamping connection is in place, the fourth protrusion is inserted into and connected to the fourth clamping groove 13, thereby realizing fixed connection between the second limiting sleeve 5 and the body 1; and during disassembling, it is only required to pull the second limiting sleeve 5 out of the body 1, thus the structure is simple and the disassembling and assembling are facilitated.
  • the following implementation manner is specifically given for the mounting of the ball-head connection part 31 in the body 1: two first protrusions 11 opposite to each other are arranged on an inner wall of the body 1; the first protrusions 11 are arc-shaped, and a radian of the first protrusions 11 is matched with a radian of the inner wall of the body 1; and the two first protrusions 11 are located on the same ring and are used for forming a clamping connection with the first limiting sleeve 4 in the axial direction.
  • An annular third clamping groove 12 is arranged on the inner wall of the body 1; compared with the first protrusions 11, the third clamping groove 12 is closer to a side of the first end of the body 1 and is used for forming a clamping connection with the second limiting sleeve 5 in the axial direction.
  • a fourth clamping groove 13 extending in an axial direction of the body 1 is formed on an end face of the first end of the body 1, and is used for forming a rotation stopping connection with the second limiting sleeve 5.
  • An arc-shaped surface matched with a spherical outer wall surface of the ball-head connection part 31 is arranged on an inner wall of the first limiting sleeve 4; a pair of first clamping grooves 41 and a pair of first notches 42 which are back on to each other are arranged on an outer wall of the first limiting sleeve 4; the two first clamping grooves 41 are respectively used for being in clamping connection with the two first protrusions 11; the two first notches 42 are respectively used for the two first protrusions 11 to insert into; in particular, in the embodiment, a part, proximal to a first end of the first limiting sleeve 4, of the outer wall of the first limiting sleeve 4 is concavely provided with the first clamping grooves 41, and the two first notches 42 are formed between the two first clamping grooves 41; during actual assembling, the first limiting sleeve 4 is arranged in the body 1 in a sleeving manner and is being
  • the reason why the number of the first protrusions 11 on the body 1 is two and the two first protrusions 11 are arranged oppositely is to obtain a preferable solution for realizing balanced limitation and convenient operation.
  • the number of the first protrusions 11 is 1 or greater than or equal to 2, and whether the first protrusions 11 are arranged oppositely may be designed according to the actual condition.
  • the rotary clamping connection relationship between the first limiting sleeve 4 and the inner wall of the body 1 is not limited to the specific implementation manners given in the embodiment. It should be understood that any rotary clamping connection manners capable of limiting the relative position of the first limiting sleeve 4 and the body 1 in the axial direction may be adopted.
  • the second clamping groove 43 is arranged on an end face, back on to the valve core 2, of the first limiting sleeve 4, that is, the second clamping groove 43 is arranged on an end face of a second end of the first limiting sleeve 4, and the second clamping groove 43 is used for cooperating with the second limiting sleeve 5 to form a rotation stopping connection, so as to limit the rotation of the first limiting sleeve 4 relative to the body 1, thereby preventing the first limiting sleeve 4 from rotating and disengaging from the clamping connection, and ensuring the stability of the mounting structure of the tap handle.
  • the second limiting sleeve 5 includes a clamping connection part and an inserting connection part 53.
  • the clamping connection part is of a ring shape and with a second notch; a third protrusion 51 is arranged on an outer wall surface of the clamping connection part; the third protrusion 51 is matched with and in clamping connection with the third clamping groove 12; when the second limiting sleeve 5 is arranged in the body 1 in a sleeving manner, the third protrusion 51 is arranged in the third clamping groove 12 on the inner wall of the body 1 and is prevented by the third clamping groove 12 from separating from the body 1 in an axial direction of the third clamping groove 12, thereby limiting axial movement of the second limiting sleeve 5 relative to the body 1.
  • more than three third protrusions 51 are distributed on an outer wall of the second limiting sleeve 5 circumferentially and evenly.
  • two ends, along an axis direction of the second limiting sleeve 5, of each third protrusion 51 are respectively provided with chamfers.
  • the inserting connection part 53 is U-shaped; two ends of the inserting connection part 53 are respectively connected to two ends of the second notch; a U-shaped bottom of the inserting connection part 53 extends towards the valve core 2 and is inserted into and connected with the second clamping groove 43 to realize a rotation stopping connection relationship between the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5, and further is clamped to the fourth clamping groove 13 to realize a rotation stopping connection relationship between the second limiting sleeve 5 and the body 1, that is, the inserting connection part 53 forms a second protrusion that is matched and in inserting connection with the second clamping groove 43 and further forms a fourth protrusion that is matched and in clamping connection with the fourth clamping groove 13.
  • the operation part 32 when the valve core 2 is closed, the operation part 32 is located in a space enclosed by the second notch and a U-shaped opening 54 of the inserting connection part 53, and the space is also used for dodging the operation part during rotation.
  • clamping connection between the second limiting sleeve 5 and the body 1 mainly includes the following actions : the third protrusion 51 on the clamping connection part is clamped to and connected with the third clamping groove 12 on the body 1; the inserting connection part 53 on the second limiting sleeve 5 is inserted into and connected with the fourth clamping groove 13 on the body 1 to form inserting connection; and the inserting connection part 53 on the second limiting sleeve 5 is further inserted into and connected with the second clamping groove 43 on the first limiting sleeve 4 to form inserting connection.
  • the inserting connection part 53 mainly realizes the following three functions: a rotation stopping connection relationship with the body 1 is realized in circumferential direction; a rotation stopping connection relationship with the first limiting sleeve 4 is established to limit rotation of the first limiting sleeve 4 relative to the body 1; and the inserting connection part 53 is also used for an operation part to stop.
  • the multiple functions are integrated on the same structure, so the complexity of the structure is reduced, formation of spare parts is facilitated, manufacturing cost is reduced, the assembly can be completed in one go without too much alignment during assembling, and operation is facilitated.
  • a certain deformation space is advantageously provided for deformation of the clamping connection part by arranging the second notch on the clamping connection part, such that the third projection 51 on the clamping connection part can pass through the body 1 smoothly and easily and realize clamping connection with the third clamping groove 12, wherein the inserting connection part 53 is connected to the second notch, thereby reasonably utilizing a space at the opening of the clamping connection part, enabling the entire structure of the second limiting sleeve to be smoother, ensuring that not too many notches arranged on the clamping connection part are required, and improving the convenience of assembling and the aesthetic appearance of the structure.
  • the number of the second clamping grooves 43 on the first limiting sleeve 4 is two, and the two second clamping grooves 43 are arranged symmetrically; accordingly, the second limiting sleeve is further provided with a rotation stopping protrusion 52 symmetrical with the inserting connection part 53; and the inserting connection part 53 is matched and in inserting connection with one of the second clamping grooves 43, and the rotation stopping protrusion 52 is matched and in inserting connection with the other second clamping groove 43, thus by increasing the number of structures for forming the rotation stopping connection relationship between the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5, the strength of the rotation stopping connection will be advantageously and effectively improved.
  • the ball-head connection part 31 of the handle 3 is confined in the body 1 by the first limiting sleeve 4 and the second limiting sleeve 5, which replaces the traditional mounting connection mode of interference fit, such that the disassemble and assemble of the handle 3 is more convenient and the service life of parts is ensured, wherein the first limiting sleeve 4 is arranged on the body 1 in a rotary clamping connection way, which is simple and convenient in disassembling and assembling; during assembling, the first limiting sleeve 4 is clamped in the body 1 in place, then the ball-head connection part 31 is positioned in the body 1, and finally the second limiting sleeve 5 is clamped to and fixed in the body 1 to cooperate with the first limiting sleeve 4, so as to define an axial position of the ball-head connection part 31, assembling convenience and low disassembling difficulty are achieved; meanwhile, in the embodiment, a rotation stopping connection relationship between the second limiting sle
  • FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 show schematic structural diagrams of a mounting structure of a tap handle according to an embodiment of the present application.
  • the mounting structure of the tap handle is applied to the shower tap, in particular, the shower tap according to the embodiment includes the above-mentioned body 1, valve core 2, handle 3, first limiting sleeve 4, second limiting sleeve 5 and elastic cushion 6.
  • the handle 3 is arranged on an end portion of the body 1 via the mounting structure of the handle tap described in the above embodiment.
  • the valve core 2 is provided with a toggled part 20, and the toggled part 20 rotates around a second axis relative to the body 1 to switch the valve core 2 to open and close; and the ball-head connection part 31 is provided with a toggling part 311, and the toggling part 311 is used for toggling the toggled part 20.
  • the valve core 2 includes a valve body 21, a rotating base 22 and a screw 23;
  • the valve body 21 is a valve core body and is provided with a valve rod 211;
  • a rotating shaft 221 is arranged on the rotating base 22;
  • the rotating base 22 is fixedly connected to an end portion of the valve rod 211 by the screw 23, and the rotating base 22 and the valve rod 211 jointly form the toggling part 311;
  • the rotating shaft 221 is convex columns which are convexly arranged on two sides of the rotating base 22.
  • the ball-head connection part 31 is provided with a rotating groove 3111 for the rotating shaft 221 to rotatably and slidably connect with, and is further provided with a dodge groove 314 for dodging the rotating base 22; the rotating groove 3111 is used for rotatable mounting of the rotating shaft 221 and allows the rotating shaft 221 to rotate and radially slide along a rotating plane 312 of the ball-head connection part 31.
  • the elastic cushion 6 with a U-shaped structure is fixedly arranged on the ball-head connection part 31, abuts against the toggled part 20 and enables the ball-head connection part 31 to toggle the toggled part 20 all the time in the rotating process; in particular, lengths of two side walls of the elastic cushion 6 are different, a U-shaped bottom of the elastic cushion 6 is fixedly plugged into the dodge groove 314, the longer side wall of the elastic cushion 6 extends into the rotating groove 3111 and matches with a groove wall of the rotating groove 3111 to abut against a side wall of the rotating shaft 221, such that no clearance exists between the rotating shaft 221 and the ball-head connection part 31 for rotation, thus a situation where the handle 3 cannot directly drive the rotating shaft 221 during rotation due to a clearance can be avoided, and the operating hand feeling is improved; and the elastic cushion has elasticity, thus, the existence of the elastic cushion 6 will not affect the rotation of the rotating shaft 221 relative to the ball-head connection part 31.
  • the ball-head connection part 31 is provided with a plane 312, and when the valve core 2 is closed, the plane 312 is flush with an end face of the first end of the body 1, such that the end portion of the body 1 is flat, material cost is reduced and visual aesthetic feeling is improved.
  • the handle 3 toggles the valve core 2 to open and close by virtue of rotation of the ball-head connection part 31, such that the stroke and range of rotation required by the operation part 32 of the handle 3 is effectively reduced, the rotating part of the handle 3 can be substantially accommodated in the body 1, the integrity, fineness and aesthetic appearance of the body 1 thus are improved; moreover, the mounting structure of the ball-head connection part 31 of the handle 1 on the body 1 is simple, thereby realizing rapid disassembling and assembling; in addition, since the seam between the outer wall of the body 1 and the handle 3 is small, dirt is not easy to hide, cleaning is facilitated and the operating hand feeling of the handle 3 is not affected.
  • the valve core 2 is fixed in the body 1 in place by a locknut, the first limiting sleeve 4 is sleeved in the body 1, the first notch 42 is aligned with the first protrusion 11 during sleeving so as to ensure that the first clamping groove 41 on the first limiting sleeve 4 and the first protrusion 11 can be located on the same circumference when the first limiting sleeve 4 is arranged in the body 1 in place, when the first limiting sleeve 4 cannot further enter into an inner side of the body 1, rotate the first limiting sleeve 4 by 90 degrees, the first protrusion 11 and the first clamping groove 41 form clamping connection, and assembling of the first limiting sleeve 4 is completed; the elastic cushion 6 is fixed in the dodge groove 314 of the ball-head connection part 31; then the ball-head connection part 31 is arranged in the body 1 and a threaded hole 313 on the ball-head connection part 31 is adjusted to be align
  • fixedly connected or “fixed connection” should be broadly understood, that is, any connection manners without a displacement relationship and a relative rotation relationship between the two, that is, including non-detachably fixed connection, detachably fixed connection, integral connection, and fixed connection by other devices or components.

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US20160208464A1 (en) * 2015-01-16 2016-07-21 Delta Faucet Company Integral finial for a faucet
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US20160208464A1 (en) * 2015-01-16 2016-07-21 Delta Faucet Company Integral finial for a faucet
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