JPH08145209A - Three way valve using ceramic disc - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce a size of a three way valve by forming a valve chamber in which superposed ceramic fixed disc and movable disc are housed, and turning a handle engaged with an outer periphery of the movable disc along an outer periphery of a valve body for switching first and second outflow ports. CONSTITUTION: A three way valve is operated for independently or simultaneously feeding water to a water cleaner and back washing the cleaner. This three way valve has an inflow side water port 16 and an outflow side water port 16a on a fixed disc 14. In addition, a movable disc 15 has a water port 25 communicated with the inflow side water port 16, a, closing land for closing the inflow side water port 16, and a bypassing recession 27 simultaneously communicated with the inflow side water port 16 and the outflow side water port 16a. A handle 29 shows a condition G where the valve is fully closed, a condition H where introduction of backwash water is started, and a condition J the cleater is subjected complete backwash. In addition, it shows a condition M where backwash water and starting water are introduced to the cleaner. Only the starting water is introduced by shifting the handle from K position to L position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a three-way valve using a ceramic disk.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, movable and fixed
The switching valve composed of two ceramic disks is composed of a cylindrical valve box and two disks housed in the valve box, and these disks have fan-shaped water passages, respectively, and are movable. The disc is rotated by a spindle to open and close the valve according to the coincidence / mismatch of these water ports (for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-50164, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 89688/1989, and Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 4-1486).
No. 6, etc.).

In this disk valve, the movable disk is rotated with respect to the fixed disk by a spindle provided at the center of the disk and perpendicular to the sliding surface. Therefore, if an attempt is made to increase the size of the water inlet, the diameter of the disk becomes larger, and the handle at the tip of the spindle is required. Therefore, if such a disc valve is applied to a three-way valve that switches to two or three outlets, there is a problem that the whole becomes bulky.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and the gist of the present invention is to provide a cylindrical valve body (1) in which a fixed and a movable two-piece are superposed. A valve chamber (13) is provided for accommodating the ceramic disks (14) and (15) of the movable disk (1).
The handle (29) engaged with the outer periphery of (5) is attached to the valve body (1).
A three-way valve that switches between the first and second outlets by rotating along the outer peripheral surface of the fixed disk.
The movable disk (15) is provided with an inflow side water passage (16) and an outflow side water passage (16a).
A penetrating water port (25) communicating with the inflow-side water port (16); and a closed land portion (2) adjacent to the water port (25) and capable of closing the inflow-side water port (16).
6), these water inlets (25) and closed land portions (2)
6), and a bypass recess (27) which is simultaneously isolated from the inflow-side water passage (16) and the outflow-side water passage (16a) is provided. There is a three-way valve.

[0005]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is FIG.
(Or FIG. 3) A-arrow cross-sectional view, FIG. 3 is a B-arrow cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a C-arrow cross-sectional view of FIG. 3 (or FIG. 2), and FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part of FIG.

The three-way valve of this embodiment is suitable for a small and compact three-way valve having two or three outlets attached to a single faucet installed in a sink or the like. In the case of a three-way valve, for example, it is attached to the discharge pipe of a single faucet, and can separately or simultaneously perform water supply to supply raw water to the water purifier and water to backwash the water purifier It is.

First, the valve body 1 will be described. In FIG. 1, this is a cylindrical valve body 1, and this valve body 1 has:
An inlet joint 3 is screwed on one side in the axial direction, and a first outlet joint 4 is screwed on the other side. A second outlet joint 5 is screwed on the upper side in the axis orthogonal direction, and a third outlet joint 6 is screwed on the lower side in the axis orthogonal direction. Therefore, the second and third outlet joints 5 and 6 are arranged orthogonal to the first outlet joint 4.

As shown in FIG. 3, these inflow or outflow joints are screwed to the valve body 1, and a screw 7 to which a pipe to be connected can be detachably screwed is provided on the outer periphery. It is constituted by a connecting member in which a flow path 8 penetrating in the axial direction is formed.

The valve body 1 uses a brass cylinder,
In addition to providing a through hole 9 penetrating parallel to the axis and a non-penetrating hole 10 parallel to the axis but not penetrating,
First and second drill holes 11 and 12 that do not communicate with each other are provided on the same line in the direction perpendicular to the axis. Then, the through-hole 9 and the first through-hole 11 correspond to the non-through hole 10 and the second
Through holes 12 communicate with each other. Therefore,
The communication drill hole 9 is connected to the first joint 3 through the inlet joint 3, the second outlet joint 5, and the disc valve 2 described later.
Are respectively connected to the outflow joints 4.

The non-penetrating drill hole 10 is provided in the disc valve 2.
Through the third outlet joint 6.
A large-diameter valve chamber 13 for accommodating the disc valve 2 is provided in the axial direction of the valve body 1, and a female screw is engraved on an inner periphery of an outer end side of the valve chamber 13. The first outlet joint 4 is screwed.

Next, the disk valve 2 will be described. This disk valve 2 is made of ceramic and has a diameter of 26 mmφ.
Fixed disk 14 with outer thickness 5.5mm and diameter 26mm
A movable disk 15 having a diameter of φ and an outer thickness of 14 mm is superimposed via grease or the like.

The fixed disk 14 is opposed to the fixed disk 14 by 180 °.
Two fan-shaped water passages are opened, one of which is an inflow-side water passage 15 and the other is an outflow-side water passage 16a. A rubber collar is provided on the opposite side of the fixed disk 14 from the sliding side.
A packing fitting portion 18 in which the packing 17 is inserted and cylindrical recesses 20 and 20 in which the two spring receiving cylinders 19 and 19 are inserted are respectively provided as recesses. The packing fitting portion 18 communicates coaxially with the inflow water passage 16. A compression coil spring 21 is housed in each of the spring receiving cylinders 19 and 19. The coil spring 21 includes a spring receiving cylinder 19 and a bottom portion of a spring receiving cylinder fitting portion 22 recessed in the valve body 1. It has a spring support.

Therefore, with the rubber color packing 17 and the coil springs 21 of the two spring receiving cylinders 19,
Even if a biased water pressure acts on the fixed disk 14, the pressure is corrected, the rotation of the fixed disk 14 is stopped, and the sliding resistance between the fixed disk 14 and the movable disk 15 is reduced. .

The movable disk 15 includes an outer ring portion 23, a rib plate 24 supporting the outer ring portion 23, and a fan-shaped water inlet 2 provided on the rib plate 24 and having a central angle of about 60 °.
5 and approximately 60 at the central angle adjacent to the fan-shaped water inlet 25.
And a bypass recess 27 having a central angle of about 240 ° and separated from the fan-shaped water inlet 25 and the closed land 26.

Therefore, the side end surface of the outer ring portion 23 slides with the fixed disk 14, and the sector-shaped water passage 25 communicates with the inflow-side water passage 16 of the fixed disk 14 and the first outlet joint 4, respectively. The closed land 26 closes the inflow port 16 of the fixed disk 14, and the bypass recess 27 is
After being simultaneously connected to the inflow-side water inlet 16 and the outflow-side water inlet 16a of the fourth, the third outlet joint 6 is connected.

Two engaging grooves 28, 28 facing each other are provided in the axial direction of the peripheral surface of the outer ring portion 23 of the movable disk 15, and the engaging grooves 28 are opposed to each other by 180 °.
One knob type (one that is gripped with a fingertip and rotated one inch)
The respective feet 30 of the handles 29, 29a are inserted through cutouts 31 provided in the valve body 1, and by switching the knob-type handle 29 in a range of about 120 °, the valve can be switched. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The inflow joint 3 of the three-way valve of this embodiment is connected to a single faucet (not shown) to introduce tap water. Then, the first outlet joint 4 is connected to a backwashing hose (both not shown) of the water purifier, and the second outlet joint 5 is connected to the closing lid 3.
2 is attached, and further, the third outlet joint 6 is connected to the raw water hose (not shown) of the water purifier.

Therefore, in FIG. 2, when the knob type handle 29, (29a) is set to the G state, it is in the completely closed position, and the tap water is not introduced into the backwash water or the raw water of the water purifier. Next, when the knob-type handle 29 is set to the H state, the backwash water starts to be introduced into the water purifier. In the state of J, the water purifier is in a state of completely backwashing. Next, if the knob-type handle 29 is set to the state of M, the backwash water and the raw water are introduced into the water purifier, and then, from the state of K to the state of L,
Only raw water will be introduced. Therefore, by turning the knob handle 29 upward from below in the figure,
Since blockage → backwash → backwash / raw water → introduction of raw water, complete clean water can be obtained without malfunction.

[0019]

According to the present invention, the handle which rotates along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical valve body is rotated by engaging with the outer periphery of the movable disk. Thus, the disk valve becomes small and compact, and can be configured as a compact three-way valve. Moreover,
Since the fixed disk is provided with an inlet-side water inlet and an outlet-side water inlet, and the movable disk is provided with a water inlet, a closed land portion, and a recess for bypass, the rotation of the movable disk causes the first outlet and the third outlet in the three-way valve to rotate. A simultaneous communication portion with the two outlets can be formed, and each of the closing, the first outlet, the overlap of the first and second outlets, and the switching of the second outlet can be obtained, and the switching of the three-way valve can be performed. Can be diversified. Further, since only the closed land portion and the concave portion for bypass are provided in addition to the water supply port, these can be easily formed into a small ceramic disk.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the arrow B in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3 (or FIG. 2) taken along line C-arrow.

5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1. FIG.

6 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Valve body, 13 ... Valve chamber, 14 ... Fixed disk, 15 ...
Movable disk, 16 ... inlet side water inlet, 16a ... outlet side water inlet, 25 ... fan-shaped water inlet, 26 ... closed land, 27 ...
Recess for bypass, 29 ... handle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A fixed and movable superposed ceramic disc (14) (1) is mounted on a cylindrical valve body (1).
5) A valve chamber (13) for accommodating the movable disk (15) is provided, and a handle (29) engaged with the outer periphery of the movable disk (15) is rotated along the outer peripheral surface of the valve body (1). The fixed disk (14) is provided with an inflow-side water passage (16) and an outflow-side water passage (16a) through the fixed disk (14), respectively. , The inlet side water inlet (1
6) a penetrating water passage (25), a closed land (26) adjacent to the water passage (25) and capable of closing the inflow side water passage (16), and these water passages ( 25) and the closed land portion (26), and a bypass concave portion (27) which is connected to the inflow side water inlet (16) and the outflow side water outlet (16a) at the same time, respectively. A three-way valve using a ceramic disc.