KR20020066602A - apparatus for supplying water in commode - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A water supply device of a toilet bowl is provided to adjust the supply amount of washing water, to simplify the manipulation thereof, and to minimize the generation of noise by virtue of the shortening of water supply time. CONSTITUTION: The water supply device of a toilet bowl is comprised of a water supply pipe(10) for supplying washing water to a water vessel; a ball top cap(12) installed to the upper end of the water supply pipe; a siphon(16) having a cap connected to the ball top cap through a hose(14), a tube to which the cap is fixed and a body formed with a discharge hole(24) communicating with a main body of the toilet bowl; a valve(26) for opening and closing the discharge hole, a handle(30) connected to the valve through a wire(28); and a float for controlling the supply amount of water. The valve is provided with a weight(40) for making the valve returned to an original position when a user releases the handle.

Description

Toilet water supply device {apparatus for supplying water in commode}

The present invention relates to a water supply apparatus for a toilet, and more particularly, to a water supply apparatus for a toilet that can be arbitrarily manipulated by a user with a simple structure to adjust and save the amount of washing water supplied to the toilet.

In general, a common toilet is composed of a body that can actually see or treat the toilet in a seated state of the user, and a tank that is addressed to the body and stores the wash water for the user to discharge the toilet after use. The tank is provided with a water supply device for supplying the washing water stored in the tank to the main body.

As shown in FIG. 1, the water supply device installed in the water tank is provided with a water supply pipe 1 for introducing washing water supplied from the outside, and a ball top cap 2 is mounted at the upper end of the water supply pipe 1. The ball top cap 2 is connected with a hose 3 in communication with the water supply pipe 1, and the hose 3 is connected to the siphon 4. The siphon 4 is fixed to the cap 4a to which the hose 3 is fixed, the siphon tube 4b to which the cap 4a is fixed at the upper end, and the lower end of the siphon tube 4b. It consists of a siphon body 4c fixed to the bottom of the reservoir. The siphon body 4c has a discharge port 5 for discharging the washing water of the tank to the main body. The siphon body 4c is rotatably provided with an opening / closing valve 6 for opening the outlet 5 to supply the washing water to the main body or closing the siphon body 4 to store the washing water in the water tank. The on-off valve 6 is connected with a wire 7 having a sufficient length, and a user-operable handle 8 is connected to an end of the wire 7, and the handle 8 is connected to an appropriate portion of the water tank. It is installed rotatably. Of course, a float 9 is installed above the ball top cap 2 to control a water supply valve rotated at a predetermined angle according to the amount of washing water supplied to the water tank to control the water supply valve installed therein.

According to the configuration of the water supply device, when the user operates the handle 8 after the toilet, the float 9 is lifted while the wire 7 connected to the handle 8 is drawn out. When the float 9 is raised, the outlet 5 of the siphon body 4c is opened, whereby the washing water stored in the water tank is discharged through the outlet and supplied to the main body, whereby the septic tank together with the excrement in the main body through the pipe. To be discharged.

On the other hand, the float 9 is lowered as the wash water in the water tank is discharged, and when the float is lowered, the valve in the ball top cap 2 is opened to supply the wash water again. As such, the float rises as the washing water is supplied, and when the predetermined amount of the washing water is supplied in a predetermined amount, the float is fully raised and the water supply valve in the ball top cap 2 is closed, thereby completing the water supply.

However, such a common toilet water supply device has a problem that the amount of the wash water is excessively consumed because almost all of the wash water in the tank is used regardless of the user's use, that is, when the user is urinating Regardless of the stool case, almost all washing water in the tank is always consumed, which leads to a high waste of water, which in turn increases costs, and therefore, the washing water has to be supplied for a long time. There is a problem.

On the other hand, there have been various attempts to solve such problems. As a solution for such a problem, for example, Utility Publication Nos. 85-10122, 87-10287, 91-15548, 96-8221, 96-11289, 96-11290, 96-14665, 96-17771, 96-17772, 96-17773, 96-31633, 97-13866, 98-3155, 99-36301, and the like.

However, feeders of such designs isolate the bath into a small amount of wash water reservoir and a large amount of wash water reservoir, form two outlets to discharge the wash water in small and large quantities, or selectively select large and small amounts of wash water. It has a very complicated configuration, such as to provide a handle device for doing so, there is a problem that the operation is not easy and the manufacturing cost is excessively consumed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-described problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a water supply device for a toilet bowl that allows the user to adjust the amount of washing water according to the type of toilet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a water supply device for a toilet bowl with a simple structure and easy operation.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a toilet water supply device which can save washing water and shorten the generation of noise.

1 is a perspective view showing a water supply device of a conventional toilet.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an opening and closing valve applied to the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing an opening and closing valve applied to the water supply device of the toilet according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a perspective view showing a water supply device of a toilet according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ♣

10: water pipe 12: ball top cap

14: Hose 16: Siphon

24: outlet 26: on-off valve

28: wire 30: handle

32: plate 40: weight

50: elastic member 60: connecting member

These objects, in a toilet consisting of a main body and a water tank, a water supply pipe for supplying the washing water to the water tank, a ball top cap installed on the top of the water supply pipe, a cap connected to the ball top cap by a hose and the hose is in communication communication And a siphon having a tube having a cap fixed to an upper end and a body having an outlet formed in communication with the main body, an on / off valve for opening and closing the outlet, and for opening the valve. A toilet water supply device comprising a handle connected to a wire and installed at an appropriate position of a water tank, and a float for controlling a water supply amount of washing water, wherein the on / off valve immediately returns to its original position by its own weight when the user releases the handle. It can be achieved by the water supply device for toilet bowl, characterized in that it is provided with a certain amount of weight so that it can be returned to .

Such objects include a water supply pipe for supplying washing water to a water tank, a ball top cap installed at an upper end of the water supply pipe, a cap connected to the ball top cap by a hose, and a hose connected to each other. A siphon having a tube having a cap fixed to the upper end and a body having a discharge port fixed to the lower end of the tube and communicating with the main body, an opening / closing valve for opening and closing the discharge port, and a wire for opening the opening / closing valve. In the water supply device for a toilet comprising a handle which is connected by the water and installed in the proper position of the water tank, and a float for controlling the water supply amount of the washing water, the on-off valve is returned to its original position as soon as the user releases the handle and the outlet By the water supply of the toilet bowl, characterized in that connected to the siphon by an elastic member to close the Can be achieved.

These objects are also, in a toilet comprising a main body and a water tank, a water supply pipe for supplying washing water to the water tank, a ball top cap installed on the top of the water supply pipe, and a hose connected to the ball top cap and fixed in communication with the hose. A siphon having a cap, a pipe in which the cap is fixed to the upper end, and a body fixed to the lower end of the pipe and having a discharge port communicating with the main body, an on / off valve for opening and closing the discharge port, and opening the shutoff valve. In the water supply device for a toilet comprising a handle installed at an appropriate position of the water tank, and a float for controlling the water supply amount of the washing water, the opening and closing valve is fixed length so that the user can directly adjust the opening and closing angle of the opening and closing valve. It can be achieved by the water supply of the toilet bowl, characterized in that connected to the handle by a connecting member having.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, referring to Figure 2, the toilet water supply apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention is basically provided with a water supply pipe 10 for introducing the washing water supplied from the outside as described above. Ball top cap 12 is mounted on the top of the water supply pipe (10). The ball top cap 12 is connected to the hose 14 in communication with the water supply pipe 10, the hose 14 is connected to the siphon (16). The siphon 16 is, of course, the cap 18 to which the hose 14 is fixedly communicated, the siphon tube 20 to which the cap 18 is fixed at the upper end, and the lower end of the siphon tube 20, It consists of a siphon body 22 fixed to the bottom of the reservoir. The siphon body 22 has a discharge port 24 for discharging the washing water of the tank to the main body. The siphon body 22 is rotatably provided with an opening / closing valve 26 for opening the outlet 24 to supply the washing water to the main body or closing the siphon body 22 to store the washing water in the water tank. On and off valve 26 is generally connected to a wire 28 having a sufficient length, the end of the wire 28 is connected to the user-operable handle 30, the handle 30 is appropriate for the tank It is rotatably installed in the part. Of course, the ball top cap 12 is rotated at a predetermined angle in accordance with the amount of the washing water supplied to the water tank is provided with a float 32 for controlling the amount of the washing water or blocking the supply.

In particular, the opening and closing valve 26 of the water supply device according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configured to be returned to its original position immediately when the user releases the handle 30. That is, the on-off valve 26 has a weight 40 of a predetermined weight, and when the user releases the handle 30, the on-off valve 26 is quickly rotated to its original position by the weight of the weight 40. And return to close the outlet 24. Here, the weight 40 or the total weight of the on-off valve 26 including the weight 40 is preferably set to overcome the discharge pressure of the washing water discharged through the outlet 24.

3, the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the second embodiment of the present invention further includes an elastic member 50 for forcibly rotating the on-off valve 26 to return to the original position. The elastic member 50 is, of course, preferably formed of a material having an elastic force capable of overcoming the discharge pressure of the washing water discharged through the outlet 24. In addition, one end of the elastic member 50 is preferably fixed to the on-off valve 26 and the other end is fixed to the body 22 of the siphon (16). According to such a configuration, when the user releases the handle 30, the user returns to the original position by the elastic force of the elastic member 50 to close the outlet 24.

4, the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the third embodiment of the present invention is provided with a connecting member 60 of fixed length so that the user can directly adjust the opening and closing angle of the opening and closing valve 26. The connecting member 60 is formed in a rod shape, one end of the connecting member 60 is rotatably fixed to the front end portion 30a of the handle 30, and the other end is also rotatably connected to the on / off valve 24. It is fixed. According to such a configuration, the on-off valve 24 is rotated corresponding to the angle at which the user rotates the handle in one direction so that the amount of washing water through the outlet 26 can be adjusted.

Hereinafter, an operation example and a mode of operation of the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to each embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

First, in the case of the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, when the user rotates the handle 30 to handle the toilet after seeing the toilet, the wire 28 connected to the handle is drawn and the opening / closing valve (26) is rotated so that the outlet 24 is opened, and thus the washing water is supplied to the main body through the outlet 24 to discharge the feces. Then, when the user releases the handle 30 at the appropriate time, that is, when the toilet is completely discharged, the wire 28 is relaxed and at the same time the on-off valve 26 returns to its original position by its own weight to close the outlet 24. As a result, the further washing water is blocked from being supplied to the main body through the outlet 24. Accordingly, the required amount of washing water is consumed to save the washing water.

In addition, in the case of the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 when the user rotates the handle 30 and releases the handle at an appropriate time as described above, the elastic force of the elastic member 50 It is rotated to the original position by to close the outlet 24, and thus the washing water is supplied to the main body through the outlet 24 as much as necessary to save the washing water.

On the other hand, in the case of the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 4 when the user rotates the handle 30 in one direction as described above, the on-off valve 26 is directly opened by the connecting member 60. The discharge port 24 is rotated so that the washing water is supplied to the main body through the discharge port 24 to discharge the excrement. After the excreta is completely discharged, when the user rotates the handle 30 in the opposite direction, the opening and closing valve 26 is forcibly returned to the original position by the connecting member 60 to close the outlet 24 to block the water supply of the washing water. Therefore, only a proper amount of washing water is consumed. In particular, the user can adjust the rotation angle of the on-off valve 24 by adjusting the rotation angle of the handle 30, so that the opening range of the outlet 26 can be adjusted, ultimately the amount of wash water supplied to the main body of the toilet bowl It is adjustable.

Accordingly, the user can appropriately adjust the supply amount of the washing water according to the type of the toilet or the amount thereof to prevent waste of the washing water.

As a result, according to the water supply apparatus of the toilet according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the supply amount of the washing water according to the type of toilet and save the washing water, thereby improving the economics.

In addition, the structure is simple and easy to operate, it is possible to shorten the water supply period of the wash water has the advantage of improving the productability and reliability by minimizing the generation of noise.

Claims (4)

In a toilet comprising a main body and a water tank, a water supply pipe for supplying washing water to the water tank, a ball top cap installed at an upper end of the water supply pipe, a cap connected to the ball top cap by a hose and fixed in communication with the hose, and the cap is at an upper end thereof. A siphon having a tube fixed to the lower end of the tube and a body formed with a discharge port communicating with the main body, an opening / closing valve for opening and closing the discharge port, and connected by a wire to open the opening / closing valve. In the water supply apparatus for a toilet bowl including a handle installed at an appropriate position of the water tank, and a float for controlling the water supply amount of the washing water, The opening and closing valve, water supply device for a toilet, characterized in that the additional weight is provided so that the user can immediately return to the original position by its own weight when the handle is released. The water supply device for a toilet according to claim 1, wherein the weight has a weight capable of overcoming the discharge pressure of the washing water discharged through the discharge port. In a toilet comprising a main body and a water tank, a water supply pipe for supplying washing water to the water tank, a ball top cap installed at an upper end of the water supply pipe, a cap connected to the ball top cap by a hose and fixed in communication with the hose, and the cap is at an upper end thereof. A siphon having a tube fixed to the lower end of the tube and a body formed with a discharge port communicating with the main body, an opening / closing valve for opening and closing the discharge port, and connected by a wire to open the opening / closing valve. In the water supply apparatus for a toilet bowl including a handle installed at an appropriate position of the water tank, and a float for controlling the water supply amount of the washing water, The opening and closing valve is connected to the siphon by the elastic member to return to the original position as soon as the user releases the handle to close the outlet. In a toilet consisting of a main body and a water tank, a water supply pipe for supplying washing water to the water tank, a ball top cap installed at an upper end of the water supply pipe, a cap connected to the ball top cap by a hose and fixed in communication with the hose, and the cap at the upper end A siphon having a fixed pipe and a body fixed to a lower end of the pipe and having a discharge port communicating with the main body, an on / off valve for opening and closing the discharge port, and installed at an appropriate position of a water tank to open the open / close valve. In the toilet water supply device comprising a handle and a float for controlling the water supply amount of the washing water, The opening and closing valve, the water supply apparatus of the toilet, characterized in that connected to the handle by a connecting member having a fixed length so that the user can directly adjust the opening and closing angle of the opening and closing valve.