KR101656624B1

KR101656624B1 - Faucets for Water Purifier

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Publication number: KR101656624B1
Application number: KR1020150129631A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김용문; 김남곤
Original assignee: (주)미륭이엔씨
Priority date: 2015-09-14
Filing date: 2015-09-14
Publication date: 2016-09-09

Abstract

The present invention relates to a faucet for a water purifier to which an external water purifier is attached, in which a water purification valve and a raw water switching valve are integrally formed on a valve shaft such as a temperature control water cooling water mixing valve, So that the flow rate can be adjusted easily.

Description

{Faucets for Water Purifier}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a faucet for a water purifier capable of attaching an external water purifier used in a kitchen of a general household or a dining kitchen. In particular, the present invention relates to a faucet for a water purifier integrally provided with a valve shaft such as a cold / hot water mixing valve for controlling temperature, and a valve for controlling discharge flow rate in addition to switching between water and raw water.

Generally, faucets for water purifiers are used in domestic kitchens or kitchens of kitchens, and such water purifier faucets are disclosed in the following patent documents.

The faucet for a water purifier shown in Patent Document 1 relates to a water purifier faucet which can use raw water and purified water while controlling cold water and hot water, and a water supply hole and a discharge hole connected to a water receiving pipe of a faucet main body and a discharge hole , And a control device is installed in the intake hole to select and use the raw water and the purified water.

The faucet for water purifier described in Patent Document 1 has an integrated faucet in which a water inlet and an exhaust hole provided in a water receiving pipe are built in the shape of a pipe, thereby making it easy and simple to connect the water purifier, It is possible to select and use purified water to increase the service life of the filter, thereby reducing the cost burden. However, Patent Document 1 discloses that the handle for controlling the cold water and hot water for controlling cold water and hot water, Since the control devices to be selected are separately provided, the users have to use the both hands to change the hot and cold water control knobs and control devices to select the cold and hot water of the faucet and to select the raw water and the purified water. And gave a hassle.

Therefore, it is urgently required to develop a faucet for a water purifier that allows the user to easily operate a single hand at the same time without using both hands in selecting the temperature control and / or the purified water and the raw water.

KR Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0053968

The present invention has been developed in order to overcome the problems of the prior art and to provide various additional advantages, and it has been developed to integrate the purified water and raw water switching valve into a valve shaft such as a temperature and temperature- And to provide a water faucet for a water purifier that has convenience of being able to control the discharge flow rate as well as to switch between the purified water and the raw water.

Also, it is an object of the present invention to provide a faucet for water purifier which can economically perform maintenance by integrating a purified water and a raw water switching valve together with a temperature and temperature-controlled hot / cold water mixing valve.

The above object is achieved by a faucet for a water purifier provided according to the present invention.

The faucet for water purifier according to one aspect of the present invention includes an external water purifier disposed outside a faucet body protruding from a sink top plate to purify raw water and having purified water and a raw water flow path discharged toward a discharge port The water faucet body is provided with an on / off water mixing control valve, which is connected to the external water purifier by the purified water and the raw water flow passage, and a water / And the water / water mixture switching valve and the flow control valve can be adjusted simultaneously with the temperature control of the hot / cold water mixing control valve.
In one embodiment, the purified / raw water switching and flow rate control valve may include any one of the raw water flow path formed to directly communicate with the on / cold water mixing control valve and the purified water flow path formed to communicate with the raw water flow path through the external water purifier And the flow rate of raw water or purified water discharged through the discharge port can be adjusted according to the degree of rotation of the valve.

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According to the present invention, since the valve shaft is integrally formed with the valve shaft such as the purified water and the raw water switching valve and the temperature and temperature-controlling hot / cold water mixing valve, the temperature can be adjusted at the same time, In addition, both the purified water and the raw water switching valve and the hot and cold water mixing valve for temperature control are arranged in a concentrated manner, which makes it possible to economically perform the maintenance.

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a switching configuration for raw water and purified water for a water purifier with an external water purifier according to the present invention, and FIG.
2 is a partial side sectional view showing an example of a faucet for a water purifier with an external water purifier according to the present invention,
Fig. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of Fig. 2, which is an enlarged view showing only the configuration of the switching part for the raw water and constants of the faucet,
Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 2,
Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the outer configuration by separating only the valve indicated by the reference numeral "A" in Fig.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings,

The preferred embodiments will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a switching configuration for raw water and purified water for a water purifier with an external water purifier according to the present invention. Referring to FIG.

As shown in the drawing, the faucet 100 for a water purifier according to the present invention includes a faucet body 110. The faucet body 110 protrudes from a sink top plate 1 installed in a kitchen or a kitchen, for example. On the upper side of the faucet body 110 installed on the faucet body 110, The faucet section 130 is provided with the faucet section 130 which is integrally combined with the valve shaft 137 and the faucet section 130 which is different from the conventional patent document ) And the cold / hot water temperature control by the cold water mixing control valve 132, and at the same time, the purified / raw water changeover and flow control valve 134 can be operated to control the flow rate as well as the conversion of purified water and raw water .

An external water purifier 120 (the water purifier is an under sink water purifier currently on the market) is disposed below the faucet body 110 protruded from the sink top panel 1, The cold water pipe 12 is connected to the hot and cold water mixing control valve 132 connected to the hot water pipe 12 so as to extend the cold water mixed water And connects to the inlet side connection portion of the external water purifier 120.

The water purifier / water switching and flow control valve 134 is connected to the purified water pipe 121 extending from the outflow side of the water purifier 120 and the outflow side of the raw water pipe 13 of the water purifier 120 And a discharge pipe 125 is connected from the purified water / flow rate control valve 134 to which the purified water pipe 121 and the raw water pipe 123 are connected, And is opened to a discharge port 112 protruded upward from the opposite side of the faucet portion 130 of the faucet body 110. [

The purified water pipe 121 connected to the external water purifier 120 is a purified water pipe since the raw water flows through the external water purifier 120 while the filtered water flows, Since the raw water that does not pass through the external water purifier 120 flows, it becomes a 'raw water flow path', and a branch path of raw water is formed from the external water purifier 120.

As shown in the drawing, in order to allow the users to operate the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134 with only one hand, the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 And an operation lever 135 or a knob 136 is provided to expose the faucet 130 from the water / water conversion and flow control valve 134. The water / And the raw water switching and flow control valve 134 are operated.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 to be described later, a lever 135 is installed on the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 so as to protrude from the faucet 130, The flow rate control valve 134 is provided in the form of a knob 136 in the faucet part 130 to facilitate the simultaneous operation of the cold water mixing control valve 132 and the purified water /

That is, the hot and cold water mixing control valve 132 is provided with an operation lever 135 protruding from the faucet 130 and forming an operation part of the valve shaft 137 of the cold water mixing control valve 132 in the left and right directions (See FIG. 2), thereby making raw water flowing through the hot water pipe 11 and the cold water pipe 12, that is, cold water and hot water or temperature-controlled mixed water to be supplied to the outside water purifier 120 or the water / (134).

The water flow control valve 134 is installed to expose the faucet part 130 at the end of the faucet part 130 so as to expose the valve shaft 137 of the water / (See Fig. 2) in the same manner as the operation lever 135 of the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132, thereby to remove the operation knob 136 from the external water purifier 120 The user selects one of the raw water and the purified water flow path provided by the purified water pipe 121 and the raw water pipe 123 connected to each other and switches the connection to the discharge pipe 125 to change the discharged water quality of the purified water and the raw water, 112 or the like.

The water / water switching and flow control valve 134 and the on / cold water mixing control valve 132 are installed on the same valve shaft 137 so as to be rotatable in the same direction, And the operation lever 135 of the cold water mixing control valve 132 is rotated to control the temperature of the raw water and the operation knob 136 of the water / And the flow rate control valve 134 can control the switching of the flow rate of the purified water and the flow rate of the raw water, So that the flow rate of purified water and raw water can be controlled.

FIG. 2 is a partial side sectional view showing an example of a faucet for water purifier with an external water purifier according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of FIG. 2, Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 2. Fig.

As shown in the drawing, the faucet body 110 is installed at one side of the faucet body 110 in such a manner that the faucet portion 130 is integrally formed with the faucet body 110. The faucet portion 130 is provided with an on / The control valve 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134 are integrally combined with the valve shaft 137. The faucet portion 130 is provided with an on / And an operation lever 135 and an operation knob 136 for operating the water / flow rate control valve 134 and the operation knob 136 are provided adjacent to each other, thereby facilitating the operation.

The hot water pipe 11 and the cold water pipe 12 are connected to the faucet body 110 in a state where they are in communication with the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134 And is provided so as to be directly connected to a cold water supply pipe (not shown).

In addition, the faucet body 110 is connected to the outdoor water purifier 120, the purified water and the raw water control valve 132, the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134 and the external water purifier 120, There are provided a purified water pipe 121, a raw water receiving pipe 13 and a raw water receiving pipe 123 for connecting and forming a flow path.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing only the outer left tube by separating only the valve indicated by A in FIG.

As shown in the drawing, the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134 provided in the faucet section 130 (see FIG. 2) And an operation lever 135 and an operation knob 136 (see FIG. 2 (a)) are provided on the shaft portions of the hot / cold water mixing control valve 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve 134, And the operation knob 135 and the operation knob 136 are disposed in the housing 137. The operation of the operation knob 135 and the operation knob 136 is the same as that of the first embodiment, And the slip is not generated during opening and closing operations of the valve plates of the purified water source 132 and the purified / raw water switching and flow rate control valve 134.

The detailed configuration of the cold water mixing control valve 132 and the valve disks for the water / water conversion and flow control valve 134 in the housing 138 can be variously configured, And a detailed description thereof has been omitted.

In this embodiment, reference numeral 150 denotes a connection port provided in the original receiving pipe 123 forming the raw water flow path and acting to facilitate connection with the external water purifier 120.

1: sink top plate
11: Hot water pipe
12: Cold water pipe
13: Raw water piping
100: Faucet for water purifier
110: faucet body
112:
120: External water purifier
121: piping for water purification forming a purified water line
123: Circulating water piping forming the raw water flow path
130: faucet
132: On / cold water mixing control valve
134: Water / Water Conversion and Flow Control Valve
135: Operation lever
136: Operation knob
137: Valve shaft

Claims

A faucet for a water purifier, which is disposed outside a faucet body protruding from a sink top plate and purifies raw water and has an outside water purifier having a purified water and a raw water flow path discharged toward a discharge port,
The faucet body is provided with a faucet portion which is integrally combined with the valve shaft 137 such that the hot / cold water mixing control valve and the purified / raw water switching and flow rate control valve, which are communicated with the external water purifier, And the water / water conversion and flow control valve can be adjusted simultaneously with the temperature control of the hot / cold water mixing control valve.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the purified / raw water switching and flow control valve includes either the raw water flow path formed to directly communicate with the on / cold water mixing control valve and the purified water flow path formed to communicate with the raw water flow path through the external water purifier, And the flow rate of raw water or purified water discharged through the discharge port can be adjusted according to the degree of rotation of the valve.

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