KR100695734B1 - Water saving type faucet - Google Patents

Abstract

A water saving faucet is provided to regulate the flow rate of water supply without additionally operating a handle by opening an opening disk of an elastic valve with tension of a wire in stepping on a footboard panel, and to save water by reducing waste of water. An elastic valve part(400) of a water saving part(300) is installed in a discharge part(200) integrally formed with a faucet body(100), and connected to a footboard part(500) by a pulling line part(600). A discharge tip is combined with a guide protruded from the faucet body, and the guide is divided into a water supply path and a laying path by a partition. An assembling groove is formed in the partition of the guide, and the elastic valve part is combined with the assembling groove of the partition and a discharge groove of the discharge tip. A rod combined with a piston is inserted to a hollow cylinder with a slide groove, exposed through the slide groove and combined with an opening disk. The hollow cylinder is combined with a cylinder cap with a penetration knob, and a compression coil spring is inserted between the cylinder cap and the piston. A wire(620) of the pulling line part is inserted to the penetration knob of the cylinder cap, and combined with the piston by a link member.

Description

Water saving type faucet {Water saving type faucet}

1 is a front view showing a state in which the water-saving faucet is installed in the wash basin according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view showing the internal, external structure of the water-saving faucet according to the present invention.

Figure 3a, 3b is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the elastic valve portion coupled to the discharge portion of the water-saving faucet according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the elastic valve portion installed inside the water-saving faucet according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is a bottom view when the cover is coupled to the lower portion of the water-saving faucet according to the present invention removed.

Figure 6 shows the operating state of the scaffolding part for selectively operating the water-saving faucet according to the present invention, 6a shows a state that the water supply is blocked, Figure 6b is a water supply state, Figure 6c is a water supply state Sectional view showing the state in which the hook is released from the hook groove by the lifting rod of the hook rod to move to the singular state.

Figure 7 is a front view showing another state of the water-saving faucet according to the present invention.

8 is a front view of the water-saving faucet according to the present invention.

<Brief description of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: bracket body 200: discharge part

210: Guide 220: Discharge tip

221: discharge home 230: water supply

240: buried 250: compartment

251: fastening groove 300: water saving

400: elastic valve part 600: pulling line part

500: footrest

The present invention relates to a water-saving faucet, in particular, the opening and closing disk of the elastic valve portion coupled to the interior of the faucet by selectively changing the tension of the wire pulled or released by pressing or releasing the footrest installed to be placed on the floor selectively By opening and closing the handle, the handle of the faucet is opened so that the cold and hot water are being supplied. In addition, through this to reduce the amount of water is not used and discarded to protect the water resources.

In general, the faucet bracket is installed on the wall side of the upper part of the washbasin, so that the hot and cold water supplied from the outside can be selectively supplied to the washbasin to receive and use the water.

In the initial faucet bracket, one faucet body is coupled to both sides of the cold and hot water supply pipe, and the valve is coupled so that the rotating shaft is exposed to the outside inside the faucet body, and the handle is coupled to the rotating shaft to rotate. By opening and closing each valve, it is possible to use cold water, hot water and water mixed with cold and hot water.

However, since a plurality of handles are coupled to one faucet body, there is an inconvenience in operating each of them.

In order to solve this problem, water is released when the handle is moved up and down by using one handle on one faucet body, and only cold or hot water comes out when the handle is moved left and right in this state. When the handle is positioned in the middle, a faucet bracket configured to supply water with a mixture of cold and hot water has been proposed.

On the other hand, the faucet bracket that allows the use of cold and hot water selectively using a single handle and at the same time uses hot water with proper temperature when the handle is placed in the middle should also handle the handle when water and water are repeated. Another faucet has a sensor sensing form has been proposed, but there is a problem that must be replaced by a washbasin, equipped with an auxiliary device for the operation of the solenoid valve and sensor, in addition to rotating the handle In order to reduce or lock the amount of water to be supplied while the valve is open, there is an inconvenience in that the user directly manipulates the handle coupled to the faucet bracket.

In addition, when the handle is not properly operated at that time, there is another problem that the waste water is used as unused water is drained through the drain holes.

The present invention has been created to solve the above problems, the opening and closing disk of the elastic valve portion coupled to the interior of the faucet by selectively changing the tension of the wire pulled or released by stepping or releasing the footrest installed to be placed on the floor selectively opening and closing By opening the handle of the faucet bracket, the water supply and the number of stages of the cold and hot water can be easily adjusted by using the feet without using the handle separately in the state of being supplied with water. The purpose is to provide a water-saving faucet that can reduce the amount of water drained as it is.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with the elastic valve part 400 of the water saving part 300 installed inside the discharge part 200 integrally formed with the bracket body 100, and the water saving part 300 is In the water-saving faucet configured so that the elastic valve unit 400 is connected to the scaffolding part 500 by the pulling line part 600, the discharge part 200 is a guide 210 protruding from the bracket body 100. Discharge tip 220 is coupled to the water supply, the water supply path 230 and the buried furnace 240 is divided by the partition wall 250 in the guide 210, the compartment inside the guide 210 A fastening groove 251 is formed in the wall 250, and one side of the elastic valve part 400 is coupled to the fastening groove 251 of the partition wall 250, and the other side is inside the discharge tip 220. It is characterized in that coupled to the discharge groove 221 formed.

In addition, the elastic valve 400 is inserted into the rod 421, the piston 420 is coupled to the inside of the hollow cylinder 410, the slide groove 411 is formed on one side, exposed to the slide groove 411 The opening and closing disk 430 connected to the packing 431 is coupled to the rod 421, and the through-furnace part 451 on which the other side of the hollow cylinder 410 is fastened to the fastening groove 251 of the partition wall 250. Is coupled to the formed cylinder cap 450, the compression coil spring 440 is interposed between the cylinder cap 450 and the piston 420, inserted into the through knob 451 of the cylinder cap 450 One side of the wire 620 of the pull line portion 600 is characterized in that it is coupled to the piston 420 by the ring member 460.

In addition, the scaffold 500 has a support bracket in which a hinge groove 521 is formed by forming a space 512 having a predetermined depth in the scaffolding body 510 having a drainage side 511 having an inclination toward the lower center. 520 is coupled, the hinge shaft 530 is interposed with the spring 531 in the hinge groove 521 of the support bracket 520 is inserted into the scaffold panel 540, the scaffold panel 540 ) Forms an extension rod 542 which extends the lower portion of the hinge piece 541 into which the hinge shaft 530 is fitted to a predetermined length so that the tension adjusting piece having the wire 620 coupled to the lower portion of the extension rod 542. 550 is coupled to the coupling pin 551, the hook rod 560 having a hook 561 to the hinge bracket 541 to the other side of the scaffolding panel 540 on which the hinge piece 541 is formed is coupled The lifting piece 562 is coupled to the lower portion of the hook rod 560, and the hook body 570 having the hook groove 571 is coupled to the space 512. The guide pipe 610 constituting the pulling line part 600 is coupled to the fixed bracket 580 and the outside of the support bracket 520 is airtight. It is characterized by being covered with a pleating member (590)

In addition, the pulling line part 600 is composed of a wire 620 having a predetermined thickness inside the guide pipe 610 that is free to bend, and the wire 620 coupled to the piston 420 is buried 240 The object is achieved by providing a water-saving faucet characterized in that the direction is changed by the roller 260 installed in the).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the water-saving faucet according to the present invention is composed of the bracket body 100, the discharge portion 200 and the water-saving portion 300.

Here, the bracket body 100 is coupled to both sides of the cold and hot water pipe (not shown) to control the water supply of cold and hot water, and at the same time to selectively cut it to the upper part of the washbasin (W) It is configured to be coupled through the connection 110.

In addition, the shape of the bracket body 100 is a hollow form inside the valve 130 is configured to be coupled to the handle 120 is located between the connecting portion 110 and the handle 120 The bracket body 100 is configured such that the discharge part 200 having a form in which part thereof protrudes forward is coupled.

Further, between the inside of the bracket body 100 and the discharge part 200, a separate scaffolding part 500 to be described later without using the handle 120 for water that is supplied with cold water or hot water and cold and hot water in a mixed state. It is configured such that the elastic valve 400 constituting the water-saving portion 300 that is selectively operated by the ().

The discharge part 200 is to allow the cold and hot water passing through the bracket body 100 to be supplied to the upper part of the wash basin W. The discharge part 200 has a hollow shape from the bracket body 100 and protrudes to a predetermined length. A male screw 210a is formed at an end of the male screw 210a, and the female screw 220a formed at the discharge tip 220 is screwed to the male screw 210a.

In addition, the partition wall 250 having a function of distinguishing the water supply passage 230 and the buried passage 240 through which cold and hot water are supplied into the guide 210 integrally formed in the bracket body 100. Is formed and has a predetermined diameter in a portion of the vertically located partition wall 250 inside the guide 210 to form a fastening groove 251 having a screw thread formed in the inner circumference of the water-saving portion 300 The outer circumferential surface of the through knob 451 formed in the cylinder cap 450 of the elastic valve unit 400 to be described later is configured to be screwed.

In addition, the packing 431 of the elastic valve portion 400 constituting the water-saving portion 300 to be described later is applied to the elastic force of the compression coil spring 440 in the discharge groove 221 formed in the discharge tip 220. It is configured to maintain confidentiality because it is pressed by.

In addition, an opening 150 having a predetermined space is formed between the connecting portions 110 coupled to the lower portion of the bracket body 100, and a through hole 151 is formed on one side of the opening 150 to be described later. The guide pipe 610 of the pulling line part 600 is configured to be inserted, and the drain side sealing hole 152 having a predetermined diameter is integrally formed at the upper portion of the opening 150.

The water saving portion 300 is a partition wall 250 formed inside the guide 210 to allow the cold and hot water passing through the water supply path 230 to be supplied to the wash basin W through the discharge tip 220. And an elastic valve part 400 interposed between the discharge tip 220 having the discharge groove 221 formed thereon and a pull line part 600 coupled to the footrest part 500 and the footrest part 500. 400 is selectively operated so that the cold and hot water supplied through the discharge tip 220 is intermittent to supply and cut without any manipulation of the handle 120 coupled to the bracket body 100. .

To this end, the water saving portion 300 is connected to one side of the elastic valve portion 400 and the pull line portion 600 interposed between the partition wall 250 and the discharge tip 220 and the elastic valve portion 400. The other side is configured to be coupled to the scaffolding portion 500, the cover 140 having a predetermined area is coupled to the lower portion of the bracket body 100, the partition wall 250 is formed with a screw 141 It is configured to be.

The elastic valve unit 400 is such that the water to be supplied by separating the packing 431 inserted into the discharge groove 221 by the tensile force acting on the wire 620 to be described later to pass through the discharge tip 220 and Water is passed through the discharge tip 220 by causing the packing 431 to be inserted into the discharge groove 221 again by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 440 in a state where the tensile force acting on the wire 620 is terminated. It is configured to singularly.

To this end, the hollow valve 410 is hollow hollow 410 and the other side is open in the hollow form and the one side is closed in a closed form in which the slide groove 411 having a predetermined area is formed and the The rod 421 coupled with the piston 420 is inserted into the hollow cylinder 410, and the rod 421 coupled to the piston 420 is exposed through the slide groove 411 in the axial direction. The slide is configured to be moved back and forth or left and right.

In addition, the rod 421 exposed from the slide groove 411 is coupled to the opening and closing disk 430 is connected to the packing 431, the piston 420 and the cylinder cap 430 of the hollow cylinder 410 It is comprised so that the compression coil spring 440 may interpose.

In addition, the packing 431 is configured to have a tip of an almost cone shape, a portion of which is taken to be cut form is configured to reduce the water hammer generated during water supply and water cutting. That is, as the packing 431 is inserted into the discharge groove 221 formed in the discharge tip 220, the water discharge groove 221 is not closed or opened at a time, but the water hammer is gradually reduced or widened as its cross-sectional area is gradually reduced. It is possible to prevent the impact or noise caused by the action.

The other side of the hollow cylinder 410 is coupled to the cylinder cap 450 formed of the through knob 451 fastened to the fastening groove 251 of the partition wall 250, and the through knob of the cylinder cap 450 One side of the wire 620 of the pull line portion 600 inserted into the 451 is configured to be coupled to the piston 420 by the ring member 460.

The pulling line unit 600 is an elastic valve unit coupled to the front end by pulling or slowing the wire 620 according to the amount of rotation of the foot panel 540 is rotated at the same time as the user steps on the foot panel 540 The packing 431 of the 400 is controlled to move the amount of cold and hot water passing through the discharge groove 221 is adjusted.

To this end, the pulling line part 600 is configured such that a wire 620 having a constant diameter is inserted into the guide pipe 610 having a predetermined diameter that is free to bend and positioned above the guide pipe 610. One end is fixed with a screw 640 and a fixing plate 630 to the buried passage 240 that is provided to the lower portion of the bracket body 100 and the other end located below the one side of the foot plate body 510 to be described later It is configured to be fixed to the fixing bracket (580).

In addition, one side end of the wire 620 inserted into the guide pipe 610 is coupled to the piston 420 of the elastic valve unit 400 by a ring member 460 and the other end thereof is an extension rod to be described later. 542 is configured to be fixed to the tension adjusting piece 550 coupled to the coupling pin 551.

The wire 620 coupled to the piston 420 is configured to be easily changed in direction by a roller 260 installed in the buried passage 240.

The scaffolding part 500 slides the piston 420 of the elastic valve part 400 interposed inside the bracket body 100 and the rod 421 coupled to the piston 420 to seal the end thereof. The step portion 500 has a function of separating or re-combining the 431 from the discharge groove 221 of the discharge tip 220, the scaffold 500 has a slope in which both sides deeper toward the lower center 511 ) Is formed on the scaffold body 510 to be easily drained of moisture that may be generated, and the hinge groove (formed by forming a space 512 having a predetermined depth on one side of the scaffold body 510). The support bracket 520 in which the 521 is formed is configured to be coupled in the inserted state therein.

In addition, the hinge groove 521 of the support bracket 520 is fitted so that the hinge shaft 530 is interposed with the spring 531 is coupled to the hinge piece 541 coupled to the lower portion of the scaffold panel 540. have.

In addition, the hinge piece 541 to which the hinge shaft 530 is fitted is coupled to be biased in one direction on the bottom surface of the scaffolding panel 540, and an extension rod 542 extending downward in a lower portion thereof toward a lower portion thereof. ) Is integrally formed, and the tension adjusting piece 550 to which the wire 620 is coupled to the lower portion of the extension rod 542 is configured to be coupled to the coupling pin 551.

And the hinge rod 560 having a hook 561 is coupled to the hinge bracket 541 to the other side of the scaffolding panel 540 on which the hinge piece 541 is formed, and a lifting piece 151 below the hook rod 560. 562 is configured to be integrally coupled.

In addition, a hook body 570 having a hook groove 571 is coupled to the space part 512 so that the hook 561 formed on the hook rod 560 is selectively hooked to the hook groove 571. .

In addition, the guide pipe 610 is coupled to the scaffolding body 510 by a fixing bracket 580, and the outside of the support bracket 520 is configured to be covered with a pleating member 590 so that water or foreign matter from the outside It is configured to keep confidential to prevent seepage.

Using water-saving faucet having such a configuration, cold and hot water is supplied to the wash basin and the water is as follows.

First, in the state in which the valve 130 is opened by using the handle 120 formed on the upper part of the bracket body 100, water supplied from the outside is supplied to the space of the guide 210 through the water supply path 230. At the same time the water is to be supplied through the discharge tip 220, but as shown in Figure 3a, the opening and closing disk 430 coupled to the end of the elastic valve 400 is interposed inside the hollow cylinder 410 As the packing 431 is inserted into the discharge groove 221 by the elastic force of the compressed coil spring 440, the water filled in the space is supplied to the wash basin W through the discharge tip 220. Rather than losing, no water is released, that is, a singular state is maintained.

At this time, the footrest part 500 coupled to the pulling line part 600 has a footrest panel 540 coupled to the support shaft 520 of the footrest body 510 by the hinge shaft 530 as shown in FIG. 6A. It will be inclined toward the protruding state. That is, in this state, as the extension rod 542 coupled to the bottom of the scaffold panel 540 is inclined toward the lower left side, the tensile force does not act on the wire 620.

The state in which the tensile force does not act on the wire 620 means that the piston 420 is located close to the slide groove 411 of the hollow cylinder 410 by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 440 of the elastic valve unit 400. As the rod 421 coupled to the 420 is maximally drawn out through the slide groove 411, the opening and closing disk 430 coupled to the tip of the rod 421 is formed in the discharge tip 220. It comes in close contact with the periphery of 221, and the tip of the packing 431 is inserted into the discharge groove 221, and it becomes a stage.

In this state, in order to supply the cold and hot water, the user steps on the footing panel 540 with his foot and at the same time the hinge piece 541 of the footing panel 540 rotates counterclockwise around the hinge axis 530. Accordingly, the extension rod 542 integrally formed at the lower portion thereof moves together.

As the extension rod 542 moves, the wire 620 coupled or fixed to the tension adjusting piece 550 is pulled from the left to the right as shown in FIG. The piston 420 is connected to the piston 420 by the ring member 460, so that the piston 420 moves from the right side to the left side as shown in FIG. 3B while compressing the compression coil spring 440, thereby being inserted into the discharge groove 221. As the packing 431 is released, cold and hot water are supplied to the upper part of the wash basin W through the gap. At this time, since the packing 431 is pulled from the discharge groove 221 according to the stepping amount or stepping amount of the scaffolding panel 540, the water supply amount is controlled by the scaffolding panel 540 since the discharge groove 221 is rapidly supplied. It becomes possible.

At this time, the packing 431 is inserted back into the discharge groove 221 by the elastic force of the compression coil spring 440 while releasing the force from the scaffolding panel 540, thereby being coupled to the upper portion of the bracket 100. It can be conveniently used without operating the handle 120.

On the other hand, in order for the cold and hot water to continue to be supplied to the wash basin to step on the footrest panel 540 of the footrest part 500 again so that the lower part of the foothold panel 540 abuts the upper part of the hanger body 570 and At the same time, as shown in Figure 6b, as the hook 561 formed at its end in the folded state of the hook rod 560 coupled to the hinge bracket 541 is held in the hook groove 571, that is, As the tension adjusting piece 550 continues to pull the wire 620, the packing 431 is separated from the discharge groove 221, so that cold and hot water are continuously supplied to the wash basin.

Next, in order to cut off the cold and hot water supplied to the wash basin, as shown in FIG. 6C, the foot plate 540 is stepped on again and at the same time, the lifting piece 562 integrally formed at the bottom of the hanger rod 560 is hooked. At the same time as contacting the upper surface of the body 570 and the hook 561 is separated from the hook groove 571 is located in the front and the binding force is terminated,

In this state, the packing 431 is again inserted into the discharge groove 221 by the elastic force of the spring 531 and the elastic force of the compression coil spring 440 while releasing the force from the foot on the foot panel 540. According to the repetitive use of such a process, cold and hot water are selectively supplied in a state in which the valve 130 is opened by using the handle 120 for the first time, and thus can be conveniently used.

The embodiment of the present invention described above is applied to the faucet of the type to fix the connection portion 110 of cold and hot water in the washbasin (W), and in addition to the configuration shown in Figures 7 and 8 is a one-hole washbasin (W) ) As a faucet bracket for the embodiment of the present invention, the patent technology is applied to the faucet of the type that is configured to press a single knob to the lower side of the detachable surface of the bracket body 100.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention constitutes a discharge part 200, an elastic valve part 400, and a pulling line part 600 in the bracket body 100, and a footrest part (a guide pipe 610). 500), the purpose of the water-saving faucet can be achieved.

At this time, it is more preferable that the air side 252 is formed on the lower surface between the roller 260 fastening groove and the hollow cylinder 410 fastening groove 251 of the inner bracket body 100, and such an air side 252. ) Part of the water is discharged.

The present invention as described above is to open and close the handle of the faucet bracket by opening and closing the handle of the faucet bracket by opening and closing the elastic valve part coupled to the inside of the faucet by the tension of the wire pulled by pressing the footrest panel of the footrest part placed on the floor In this state, it is possible to obtain an effect of easily adjusting the water supply amount and the number of stages without operating a handle separately. In addition, through this it is possible to save resources by reducing the amount of waste water is not used.

Claims (4)

The elastic valve part 400 of the water saving part 300 is installed in the discharge part 200 formed integrally with the bracket body 100, and the water saving part 300 has the elastic valve part 400 drawn by the pulling line part. In the water-saving faucet configured to be connected to the scaffolding part 500 by 600,  The discharge part 200 is coupled to the discharge tip 220 to the guide 210 protruding from the bracket body 100, the water supply passage 230 and the buried furnace 240 inside the guide 210 Is divided by the partition wall 250 and a fastening groove 251 is formed in the partition wall 250 in the guide 210, one side of the elastic valve 400 is fastening of the partition wall 250 The water-saving faucet, characterized in that coupled to the groove 251 and the other side is coupled to the discharge groove 221 formed in the discharge tip 220. The method of claim 1, The elastic valve unit 400 has a rod 421 coupled to the piston 420 is inserted into the hollow cylinder 410, the slide groove 411 is formed on one side, the rod exposed to the slide groove 411 421 is coupled to the opening and closing disk 430 connected to the packing 431, the through-knob 451 is formed in which the other side of the hollow cylinder 410 is fastened to the fastening groove 251 of the partition wall 250 Is coupled to the cylinder cap 450, the compression coil spring 440 is interposed between the cylinder cap 450 and the piston 420, the pull is inserted into the through knob 451 of the cylinder cap 450 A water-saving faucet characterized in that one side of the wire 620 of the line portion 600 is coupled to the piston 420 by the ring member 460. The method of claim 1, The scaffolding part 500 supports a space in which the hinge groove 521 is formed by forming a space 512 having a predetermined depth in the scaffolding body 510 in which the drainage side 511 having a slope in which both sides thereof are deepened toward the lower center thereof is formed. The bracket 520 is coupled, the hinge shaft 530 is interposed between the hinge groove 521 of the support bracket 520, the spring 531 is inserted into the scaffold panel 540 is coupled, the scaffolding panel ( 540 forms an extension rod 542 extending a lower portion of the hinge piece 541 into which the hinge shaft 530 is fitted to a predetermined length, thereby adjusting tension in which the wire 620 is coupled to the lower portion of the extension rod 542. The hook rod 560 having the hook 561 is coupled to the hinge bracket 541 on the other side of the scaffolding panel 540 on which the piece 550 is coupled to the coupling pin 551 and the hinge piece 541 is formed. The lifting piece 562 is integrally formed at the bottom of the hook rod 560, and has a hook groove 571 in the space 512. The body 570 is coupled, the guide pipe 610 constituting the pulling line portion 600 to the scaffold body 510 is coupled to the fixing bracket 580, the support bracket 520 A water-saving faucet characterized in that the outside is covered with a pleating member (590) for airtightness. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The pulling line part 600 is composed of a wire 620 having a predetermined thickness inside the guide pipe 610 that is free to bend, and the wire 620 coupled to the piston 420 is a buried furnace 240 Water-saving faucet characterized in that the configuration is configured to be switched by the roller 260 installed in the).

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