JP6737919B2 - Faucet body and bidirectional branch faucet including the same - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a faucet body and a bidirectional branch faucet including the faucet body, and more specifically, unlike the prior art, a branch flow path can be formed through simplification of the flow path. The present invention relates to a faucet body that can be manufactured by forging or a normal bar material processing without using, and thereby can significantly reduce the production cost, and a bidirectional branch faucet including the faucet body.

1 and 2 are views showing a state in which a water purification module is connected to both sides of a conventional faucet, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a faucet body applied to FIGS. 1 and 2. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, the faucet 1 is provided in a sink or the like, and a faucet body 10 having a hot water flow passage 20 and a cold water flow passage 30 is provided therein. ..

The faucet body 10 cooperates with other adjacent components (not shown) so that hot water or cold water is discharged.

Such a faucet 1 is commonplace, but if the cold water passage 30 of the faucet 1 is branched, it is attempted to connect it to a module such as a water purifier or a dishwasher, for example, a branch module A. In this case, in order to be able to deal with both the left and right sides depending on the position of the branch module A, it is necessary to branch the cold water flow passage 30 in the faucet 1 in both left and right directions.

At this time, the faucet body 10 of the faucet 1 according to the related art was forced to branch the cold water in both directions while avoiding the hot water flow passage 20 inside, as shown in FIG. However, the branch flow path 40 cannot be formed in a straight line, and it is unavoidable that the branch flow path 40 must be complicatedly designed so as to be routed along the outer circumference of the faucet body 10.

Therefore, it cannot be manufactured by forging or ordinary bar material processing, and in that it can be manufactured only by a casting process using a core, there is a problem that the production cost rises significantly. is there.

Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-00909023

The object of the present invention is that, unlike before, the branch channel can be formed through the simplification of the channel, so that the faucet can be formed by forging or ordinary bar processing without using a casting process as before. It is an object of the present invention to provide a faucet body and a bidirectional branch faucet including the faucet body, which can be manufactured to reduce a production cost.

The purpose is to provide a main body portion, a diameter-expanded warm water passage, and a diameter-reduced warm water passage that is in communication with the diameter-expansion warm water passage but is narrower than the diameter-expansion warm water passage, and is provided in the body portion. A hot water flow path forming a place where hot water flows, an expanded cold water channel, and a reduced diameter cold water channel that is in communication with the expanded diameter cold water channel but is narrower than the expanded diameter cold water channel, Forming a place where cold water flows, a cold water flow path provided in the main body part so as to be adjacent to the hot water flow path, and branched from one of the hot water flow path and the cold water flow path As such, a branch flow path formed in the main body portion, and a virtual horizontal line in the expanded diameter cold water channel region of the cold water flow path corresponds to the reduced diameter hot water path of the hot water flow path, or An imaginary horizontal line in the expanded hot water channel region of the hot water channel corresponds to the reduced diameter cold water channel of the cold water channel, which is achieved by a faucet body.

The branch channel is connected to the expanded cold water channel of the cold water channel or the expanded hot water channel of the hot water channel, and is branched into two branches along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cold water channel. It may be formed on the main body.
The branch flow passage may be formed in the main body portion by forging or ordinary bar processing.

On the other hand, the object is a faucet housing, a faucet arm that is connected to one side of the faucet housing, and has a discharge port at its end through which hot water or cold water is discharged, and the faucet housing that is connected to the faucet housing. A lever for opening and closing the discharge port, a faucet body provided in the faucet housing for supplying hot or cold water, a hot water supply hose for supplying hot water to the faucet body, and cold water for supplying water to the faucet body. A cold water supply hose for connecting the water faucet body to the main body portion, the expanded hot water channel, and the expanded hot water channel, the narrowed hot water path being narrower than the expanded hot water path. And a hot water channel that is provided in the main body portion and that is connected to the hot water supply hose to form a place where hot water flows, an expanded cold water passage, and a expanded cold water passage. , A reduced-diameter cold water passage narrower than the expanded-diameter cold water passage, and connected to the cold water supply hose to form a place where cold water flows, but inside the main body portion so as to be adjacent to the hot water flow passage. A cold water flow path provided in the main body portion, and a branch flow path formed in the main body so as to branch from one of the hot water flow path and the cold water flow path. The virtual horizontal line in the expanded cold water channel region corresponds to the reduced diameter hot water channel of the hot water flow passage, or the virtual horizontal line in the expanded hot water channel region of the hot water flow channel is the cold water flow channel It is also achieved by a two-way branch faucet characterized by corresponding to a reduced diameter cold water channel.

The branch channel is connected to the expanded cold water channel of the cold water channel or the expanded hot water channel of the hot water channel, and is branched into two branches along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cold water channel. It may be formed on the main body.
The faucet body provided with the branch channel may be formed in the main body by forging or ordinary bar processing.

According to the present invention, unlike the prior art, since the branch flow path can be formed through the simplification of the flow path, the faucet can be formed by forging or normal bar material processing without using a casting process as in the past. It is possible to manufacture the body, which has an effect of significantly reducing the production cost.

Explanatory drawing of the state where the water purification module is connected to both sides of the faucet by the conventional technology Explanatory drawing of the state where the water purification module is connected to both sides of the faucet by the conventional technology Sectional drawing of the faucet body applied to FIG. 1 and FIG. Sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bidirectional branch faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a faucet body applied to the bidirectional branch faucet of FIG. 6 is a sectional perspective view of FIG. Sectional view of FIG. Sectional drawing which followed CC line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a faucet body applied to a bidirectional branch faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings to the extent that those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs can easily implement the embodiments.
On the other hand, the following description of the present invention is merely an embodiment for structural or functional description. Therefore, the scope of rights of the present invention is not limited by the embodiments described in the present text.
For example, the embodiments can be modified in various ways and have various forms. Therefore, the scope of the present invention includes equivalents that can realize the technical idea.
In addition, the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that the specific embodiment must include all of them or only include such an effect, and thus the scope of rights of the present invention. Are not limited by this.

The meanings of the terms used in the present invention are as follows.
When a component is referred to as being “coupled” or “connected” to another component, the component is directly coupled to or connected to the other component. It should be understood that, or is connected or connected via new other components. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being “directly connected” with another component or “directly connected” with another component, a new component is used to It should be understood that it is not connected or connected. Other phrases that describe the relationship between components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "adjacent to" and "directly adjacent to", are similar. is there.
The terms used in this specification are merely used to describe particular embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention.
Expressions in the singular include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In this specification, terms such as "comprising" or "having" are only used to specify that there are features, numbers, steps, acts, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification. Nor does it preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or figures, steps, acts, components, parts or combinations thereof.

All technical and scientific terms used herein have no ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains, unless otherwise specified herein or clearly contradicted by context. Has a commonly understood meaning to.
Commonly used terms, such as those defined in a dictionary, have meanings consistent with the meanings associated with the context of the relevant art and, unless explicitly defined otherwise in this specification, either as ideal or as excessive. Not in a formal sense.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by describing preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same members.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a bidirectional branch faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view of a faucet body applied to the bidirectional branch faucet of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a sectional perspective view of FIG. 6, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view of FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

Referring to these drawings, the bidirectional branch faucet 100 according to this embodiment can form a branch flow path through simplification of the flow path, unlike the conventional one, and thus does not need to use a casting process. In addition, the faucet body 110 can be manufactured by forging or ordinary bar material processing, whereby the production cost can be significantly reduced.

The bidirectional branch faucet 100 according to this embodiment having such an effect includes a faucet housing 101 as an external casing, and has a structure in which a large number of parts are connected to each position of the faucet housing 101.
To one side of the faucet housing 101, a faucet arm 102 having a discharge port 103 for discharging hot water or cold water at an end is connected.

Although the drawing shows the faucet arm 102 in an elongated shape, unlike the drawing, the faucet arm 102 may be short, and the faucet arm 102 is very short and integrally connected to the faucet housing 101. However, it can be said that all of them belong to the scope of rights of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of rights of the present invention is not limited by the shape of the drawings.

A lever 104 that opens and closes the discharge port 103 is provided at the upper end of the faucet housing 101. The lever 104 applied to this embodiment is a seesaw type, but may be a rotary type.

A faucet body 110 for supplying hot water or cold water is provided in the faucet housing 101. Since hot water or cold water is supplied through the faucet body 110, the faucet body 110 is connected to a hot water supply hose 105 for supplying hot water and a cold water supply hose 106 for supplying cold water.

On the other hand, the faucet body 110 includes a main body 120, a hot water flow passage 130 and a cold water flow passage 140 provided in the main body 120, and a branch flow passage 150 formed by bifurcating from the cold water flow passage 140. Equipped with.

The main body 120 is an external structure of the faucet body 110. A large number of openings 121 are formed at the upper end of the main body 120. Hot water or cold water supplied via the hot water supply hose 105 and the cold water supply hose 106 is directed to the discharge port 103 via the opening 121.

A large number of grooves 122 are formed on the wall surface of the main body 120. The main body 120 cooperates with other components (not shown) in the faucet body 10 so that hot water or cold water is discharged.

The hot water passage 130 is provided in the main body 120, and is connected to the hot water supply hose 105 to form a place where hot water flows. The warm water flow path 130 has a radially expanded hot water channel 131 and a radially reduced hot water channel 132 that is in communication with the radially expanded hot water channel 131 but is narrower than the radially expanded hot water channel 131.

The cold water channel 140 is connected to the cold water supply hose 106 to form a place where cold water flows, and is provided in the main body 120 so as to be adjacent to the hot water channel 130. The cold water flow path 140 as described above has a diameter-expanded cold water channel 141 and a diameter-reduced cold water channel 142 that is in communication with the diameter-expanded cold water channel 141 but is narrower than the diameter-expanded cold water channel 141.

In such a structure of the hot water channel 130 and the cold water channel 140, a virtual horizontal line in the expanded diameter cold water channel 141 region of the cold water channel 140, in other words, a virtual horizontal line through which the CC line in FIG. 8 passes. Corresponds to the reduced-diameter hot water passage 132 of the hot water passage 130.
The branch channel 150 is a channel formed in the main body 120 so as to branch from either one of the hot water channel 130 and the cold water channel 140.

In this embodiment, the branch flow path 150 is communicated with the expanded diameter cold water path 141 of the cold water flow path 140, but the main body part 120 is branched so as to bifurcate along the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cold water flow path 140. Is formed. Needless to say, the branch channel 150 may be formed in the hot water channel 130, but in this embodiment, the case where the branch channel 150 is formed in the cold water channel 140 will be described as an example.
Such a branch flow path 150 is a flow path for supplying cold water to a module such as a water purifier or a dishwasher which may be arranged outside the bidirectional branch faucet 100.

On the other hand, as described above, according to the position between the hot water flow passage 130 having the expanded diameter hot water passage 131 and the reduced diameter hot water passage 132 and the cold water flow passage 140 having the expanded diameter cold water passage 141 and the reduced diameter cold water passage 142. Since there is a difference in the diameter and the depth, the branch channel 150 can be easily formed in a straight line, unlike the case of FIG. That is, an imaginary horizontal line in the expanded diameter cold water channel 141 region of the cold water flow path 140, in other words, an imaginary horizontal line through which the CC line in FIG. 8 passes corresponds to the reduced diameter hot water path 132 of the hot water flow path 130. Therefore, even if the branch channel 150 is formed so as to communicate with the expanded diameter cold water channel 141 of the cold water channel 140, it does not interfere with the hot water channel 130 and, as a result, is sufficiently processed. You can

Therefore, it is sufficient to easily form the branch flow channel 150 in a straight line, but for this reason, the faucet body 110 including the branch flow channel 150 performs the casting process using the core as before. Since it can be manufactured by this forging process without need, it is possible to reduce the production cost.

According to this embodiment having the above-described structure and action, unlike the conventional method, the branch flow path can be formed through the simplification of the flow path, so that it is not necessary to use the casting process as before. The faucet body 110 can be manufactured by forging or ordinary bar material processing, which makes it possible to significantly reduce the production cost.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a faucet body applied to a bidirectional branch faucet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the figure, the faucet body 210 according to the present embodiment also has a main body 220, a hot water flow path 230 and a cold water flow path 240 provided in the main body 220, and a bifurcated branch from the cold water flow path 240. The branch channel 250 formed may be provided.

In the case of this embodiment as well, there is a difference in diameter and depth depending on the position between the hot water flow passage 230 and the cold water flow passage 240, so even if the branch flow passage 250 is formed in the cold water flow passage 240 in a wide area. The branch channel 250 can be easily formed without any interference. Therefore, in this case, there is an advantage that the water faucet body 210 can be manufactured by the normal bar processing.

Even when this embodiment is applied, unlike the conventional method, since the branched flow path can be formed through the simplification of the flow path, it is possible to perform the water treatment in the normal bar processing without using the casting process as in the conventional method. It is possible to manufacture a plug body, which can significantly reduce the production cost.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and various modifications and variations can be added without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, these modifications or variations belong to the scope of the claims of the present invention.

100 bidirectional branch faucet 101 faucet housing 102 faucet arm 103 discharge port 104 lever 105 hot water supply hose 106 cold water supply hose 110 faucet body 120 body part 130 hot water flow path 131 expanded diameter hot water path 132 reduced diameter hot water path 140 cold water flow Channel 141 Expanded cold water channel 142 Reduced diameter cold water channel 150 Branch flow path

Claims (6)

Body part,
It has a diameter-expanding hot water channel and a diameter-reducing hot water channel that is in communication with the diameter-expanding hot water channel but is narrower than the diameter-expanding hot water channel, and is provided in the main body to form a place where hot water flows. Hot water flow path to
The expanded cold water channel and the expanded cold water channel are connected to each other, but have a reduced cold water channel narrower than the expanded cold water channel to form a place where cold water flows. A cold water flow path provided in the main body so as to be adjacent to
A branch channel formed in the main body so as to branch from one of the hot water channel and the cold water channel,
Since the diameter-expanded cold water channel is longer than the diameter-expanded warm water channel and the diameter-reduced cold water channel is shorter than the diameter-reduced hot water channel, there is a section where the diameter-expansion cold water channel and the diameter-reduced hot water channel face each other. Then
In the section, the branch channel is linearly arranged so as to intersect the expanded diameter cold water channel and the reduced diameter hot water channel, and the diameter of the branched channel communicates with the reduced diameter hot water channel. In addition, it is a diameter that communicates with the expanded cold water channel,
Further, the expanded hot water passage and the expanded cold water passage are respectively disposed below the hot water passage and the cold water passage, which are the portions to which pipes for inflowing hot water or cold water are connected. Faucet body characterized by. The branch channel is connected to the expanded cold water channel of the cold water channel or the expanded hot water channel of the hot water channel, and is branched into two branches along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cold water channel. The faucet body according to claim 1, wherein the faucet body is formed on the main body portion. The faucet body according to claim 1, wherein the branch flow passage is formed in the main body by forging or normal bar processing. A faucet housing,
A faucet arm connected to one side of the faucet housing and having a discharge port at its end for discharging hot or cold water;
A lever that is connected to the faucet housing and opens and closes the discharge port;
A faucet body provided in the faucet housing for supplying hot or cold water;
A hot water supply hose for supplying hot water to the faucet body,
A cold water supply hose for supplying cold water to the faucet body;
The faucet body is
Body part,
A diameter-expanded hot water channel and a diameter-reduced hot water channel that is in communication with the diameter-expanded warm water channel but has a narrower width than the diameter-expanded warm water channel, are provided in the main body, and are connected to the hot water supply hose. And a hot water flow path that forms a place where hot water flows,
A diameter expansion cold water channel and a diameter reduction cold water channel that is in communication with the diameter expansion cold water channel but is narrower than the diameter expansion cold water channel, and is connected to the cold water supply hose to provide a place where cold water flows. Although formed, a cold water channel provided in the main body so as to be adjacent to the hot water channel,
A branch channel formed in the main body so as to branch from one of the hot water channel and the cold water channel,
Since the diameter-expanded cold water channel is longer than the diameter-expanded warm water channel and the diameter-reduced cold water channel is shorter than the diameter-reduced hot water channel, there is a section where the diameter-expansion cold water channel and the diameter-reduced hot water channel face each other. Then
In the section, the branch channel is linearly arranged so as to intersect the expanded diameter cold water channel and the reduced diameter hot water channel, and the diameter of the branched channel communicates with the reduced diameter hot water channel. In addition, it is a diameter that communicates with the expanded cold water channel,
Further, the expanded hot water passage and the expanded cold water passage are respectively disposed below the hot water passage and the cold water passage, which are the portions to which pipes for inflowing hot water or cold water are connected. A bidirectional branch faucet featuring. The branch channel is connected to the expanded cold water channel of the cold water channel or the expanded hot water channel of the hot water channel, and is branched into two branches along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the cold water channel. The bidirectional branch faucet according to claim 4, which is formed in the main body portion. The faucet body provided with the branch channel is formed in the main body by forging or ordinary bar processing.
The bidirectional branch faucet according to claim 4 .

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