KR20040093825A - Flow channel change valve assembly for bidet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A passage switch-over valve assembly for a bidet apparatus is provided to flexibly cope with the position of a water supply pipe and to facilitate connecting work of a water supply part and the water supply pipe. CONSTITUTION: A passage switch-over valve assembly(7) for a bidet apparatus changes a passage of water flowing into a bidet body from the outside. The passage switch-over valve assembly comprises a valve body(10) having the passage for the flowing of the water and having a valve(13) for controlling the water flowing in the passage; a water supply part(30) rotatably combined to an inlet side(15) of the valve body; and a drainage part(50) connected to an outlet side(19) of the valve body. The water supply part communicates with the passage and has an inflow end part(33) through which the water flows in from the outside. The water discharge part has a discharge end part(53) through which the water passing through the valve is discharged.

Description

Flow switch valve assembly for bidet device {FLOW CHANNEL CHANGE VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR BIDET}

The present invention relates to a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device, and more particularly, to flexibly correspond to the position of the water supply pipe provided with water from the outside, and to freely adjust the position of the water supply portion of the flow path switching valve assembly installed in the bidet device. A flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device can be provided.

In general, a bidet device is widely used to wash the anus and the local part of the human body.

Such a bidet device includes a washing unit for washing the anus and the local part of the human body, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the washing unit.

In addition, the bidet device is provided with a flow path switching valve assembly for switching the flow path of the water flowing into the bidet body from the outside to supply water to the washing unit, the flow path switching valve assembly is supplied to the water supply pipe and hose provided with water from the outside Are interconnected.

The flow path switching valve assembly for the bidet device has a valve body having a valve which forms a flow path through which water flows and regulates water flowing through the flow path, and an inflow end portion in communication with the flow path of the valve body and into which water from the outside flows. It consists of a water supply part and a drain part which communicates with the flow path of a valve body, and the discharge end which discharges water which passed through the valve.

On the other hand, in the conventional bidet apparatus flow path switching valve assembly is formed integrally with the water supply portion, the valve body and the drainage portion, in particular the inlet end of the water supply portion of the valve assembly which is connected to the water supply pipe and the hose by the water supply pipe and the hose It is fixedly arranged at a predetermined position of the bidet body so as to be connected.

By the way, in the conventional flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device, the water supply portion of the flow path switching valve assembly, the valve body and the drainage portion is formed integrally, that is, the inlet end of the water supply portion is fixedly arranged at a predetermined position of the bidet body. In addition, there is a problem in that the water supply pipe provided with water from the outside and the flow inlet end portion of the water supply part of the flow path switching valve assembly cannot be flexibly coped with. That is, depending on the position of the water supply pipe and the inlet end of the water supply, in some cases, it is not easy to connect the hoses such as twisting the hoses that interconnect the water supply of the pipe assembly and the valve assembly. There is a problem.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device that can flexibly correspond to the position of the water supply pipe from which water is provided from the outside, and facilitate the connection work between the water supply unit and the water supply pipe. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device that can facilitate the connection work between the drainage part and the components in the bidet device.

1 is a perspective view of a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device according to the present invention,

2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 1;

Figure 3 is an operating state of the flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device according to the present invention,

Figure 4 is a breakaway perspective view showing the main portion of the bidet device flow path switching valve assembly according to the present invention installed in the bidet device.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

7: flow path switching valve assembly 10: valve body

13: valve 15: inlet

17: first catch jaw 19: outlet

21: O-ring 23: the second hook

30: water supply 33: inlet end

37: O-ring 39: the first hook

41: primary pressure reducing unit 50: drainage

53: discharge end 57: second locking jaw

59: secondary pressure reducing unit 65: filtration unit

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device for switching the flow path of water flowing into the bidet body from the outside, forming a flow path for the water flow to control the water flowing through the flow path A valve body having a valve; A water supply part rotatably attached to the inlet side of the valve body and having an inflow end portion communicating with the flow path and into which water is introduced from the outside; It is connected to the outlet side of the valve body, and provides a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device, characterized in that it comprises a drain having a discharge end in communication with the flow passage through which the water is discharged.

Here, the drain portion is rotatably attached to the outlet side of the valve body, it is possible to freely adjust the position of the discharge end of the drain relative to the valve body, and facilitates the connection work between the drain portion and the components in the bidet device You can do it.

A first catching jaw that protrudes to a predetermined length along an outer circumference of one of the valve body and the water supply part, and a protruding from the other of the valve body and the water supply part and being held with the first catching jaw. By further including one hook, the valve body and the water supply portion can be prevented from being separated from each other.

In addition, the second catching jaw protruding to a predetermined length along the outer periphery of any one of the valve body and the drain portion, and protruding from the other one of the valve body and the drain portion and holding the second catching jaw By further including a second hook, it is possible to prevent the valve body and the drain portion from being separated from each other.

It is preferable that the water supply part and the drainage part and the coupling member of the valve body further comprises a seal member for preventing leakage of water flowing through the flow path.

The water supply unit may further be provided with a primary pressure reducing unit for primary pressure reducing the water flowing into the inlet side of the valve body.

The drainage part may further include a secondary decompression part for secondaryly depressurizing the water firstly reduced from the primary decompression part.

Removably coupled to the water supply unit, and further comprising a filtration unit for filtering the water introduced from the outside, it is possible to prevent the water supply unit, each of the valve body and the flow path of the drain portion to be blocked by foreign substances introduced from the outside. Will be.

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

1 is a perspective view of a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. As shown in these figures, the flow path switching valve assembly 7 for a bidet device according to the present invention has a valve 13 for forming a flow path (not shown) through which water flows and intercepting water flowing through the flow path. Water supply unit having a valve body 10, the inlet end 33 which is detachably rotatably coupled to the inlet port 15 side of the valve body 10 and in communication with the flow path of the valve body 10, the water flows in from the outside 30 and a drain 50 having a discharge end 53 connected to the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10 and communicating with a flow path of the valve body 10 through which the water passing through the valve 13 is discharged. )

The valve body 10 has a tubular shape, and a flow path through which water flows is formed inside the valve body 10. One end of the valve body 10 is provided with an inlet 15 through which water flows into the flow path of the valve body 10, and the other end of the valve body 10 has an outlet through which water flows out of the valve body 10. 19 is provided, the inlet 15 and the outlet 19 of the valve body 10 communicates with the flow path and forms an angle of approximately 90 degrees. Thus, the water flowing along the flow path of the valve body 10 is switched in the flow direction in the valve body (10).

A valve 13 is provided between the inlet 15 side and the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10 to control the water flowing in the flow path, where the valve 13 is preferably a solenoid valve.

The outer circumferential surface of the first pivotal coupling end portion 35 of the water supply portion 30 to be described later is rotatably coupled to the inner circumference of the inlet 15 side of the valve body 10. A first catching jaw 17 protruding to a predetermined length is formed at an outer circumference of the inlet 15 side of the valve body 10, and the first catching jaw 17 is formed of the water supply part 30 to be described later. 1 hook 39 is held. Here, the length of the first catching jaw 19 is preferably formed to have a length corresponding to the range of the rotation radius of the inlet end 33 of the water supply portion 30 with respect to the valve body 10.

On the outer circumference of the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10, the inner circumference of the second pivotal coupling end portion 55 of the drain 50, which will be described later, is shaped and pivotally coupled. A pair of O-rings 21 are mounted on the outer circumference of the outlet body 19 side of the valve body 10 as a seal member for preventing leakage of water flowing from the valve body 10 to the drainage part 50. In addition, a second hook 23 is formed around the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10 at predetermined intervals and protrudes from the valve body 10 toward the drain 50, which will be described later. The second hook 23 is held by the second catching jaw 57 of the drain 50, which will be described later.

On the other hand, on the outer circumference of the valve body 10, a plurality of protruding jaws 25 for supporting the valve body 10 on a bidet body (not shown) are provided. The plurality of protruding jaws 25 has an arc shape along the outer circumference of the valve body 10 and protrudes at predetermined intervals. Here, the plurality of protrusions 25 may be selectively provided in the valve body 10 as needed.

The water supply part 30 which is rotatably attached to the inlet 15 of the valve body 10 has a 'T' shape, and communicates with the flow path of the valve body 10 to the inside and inflows from the outside. This flowing water flow passage 31 is formed. The water supply unit 30 includes an inlet end 33 into which water from the outside flows, a first pivotal coupling end 35 that is conformally coupled to the inner circumference of the inlet 15 side of the valve body 10, and a valve. It has a primary decompression unit 41 for primary depressurizing the water flowing into the inlet 15 of the body 10.

The inlet end 33 is disposed horizontally with respect to the axis of the valve body 10, the outer periphery of the inlet end 33 for interconnecting the water supply pipe (not shown) and the water supply unit 30 is provided with water from the outside Hose (not shown) or piping (not shown) is coupled.

A pair of O-rings 37 are mounted on the outer circumference of the first pivotal coupling end 35 as a seal member that prevents leakage of water flowing from the water supply portion 30 to the valve body 10. In addition, the first hook 39 protruding toward the valve body 10 on the side of the first rotational coupling end portion 35 of the water supply part 30 and held by the first locking jaw 17 of the valve body 10 is held. It is prepared. Accordingly, the first hook 39 is held by the first catching jaw 17, so that the water supply part 30 which is detachably coupled to the valve body 10 does not detach from the valve body 10 and is firmly secured. Combined.

The primary pressure reducing portion 41 for firstly reducing the water flowing into the inlet 15 of the valve body 10 to a predetermined pressure is embedded in the water supply portion 30 and adjacent to the first rotational coupling end 35. It is provided in the area. Here, the primary decompression unit 41 may be selectively interposed as necessary.

In addition, the water supply unit 30 is disposed coaxially with the first rotational coupling end 35 and disposed opposite to the first rotational coupling end 35, and is equipped with a filtration unit 65 to be described later for filtering water flowing from the outside. The filter mounting part 43 is provided, and the filter part 65 and the filter mounting part 43 in this embodiment are screwed together.

The drainage portion 50 rotatably detachably coupled to the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10 communicates with a flow path of the valve body 10 at an inner side thereof, and a drainage flow path through which water introduced from the valve body 10 flows. 51 is formed. The drainage portion 50 includes a discharge end portion 53 through which water passing through the valve 13 is discharged, and a second rotational coupling end portion 55 that is conformally coupled to the outer circumference of the outlet port 19 side of the valve body 10. And a secondary decompression unit 59 for secondary decompression of the water decompressed primary from the primary decompression unit 41.

Discharge end 53 is spaced apart from the axis of the valve body 10 at a predetermined interval, the outer periphery of the discharge end 53 is a component (e.g. water tank) and the drain 50 in the bidet device mutually A hose (not shown) or pipe (not shown) to connect is coupled.

A second catching jaw 57 protruding to a predetermined length is formed at an outer circumference of the second pivotal coupling end 55, and the second catching jaw 57 is a second hook 23 of the valve body 10. ) And is retained. Here, the length of the second catching jaw 57 is preferably formed to have a length corresponding to the range of the rotation radius of the discharge end portion 53 of the drain portion 50 with respect to the valve body 10. Accordingly, the second hook 23 is held by the second catching jaw 57 so that the drain portion 50 detachably coupled to the valve body 10 does not detach from the valve body 10 and is firmly secured. Combined.

The secondary decompression unit 59 for decompressing the primary depressurized water from the primary decompression unit 41 to a predetermined pressure is built in the drainage unit 50 and is located in an area adjacent to the second pivotal coupling end 55. It is prepared. Here, the secondary decompression unit 59 may be selectively interposed as necessary.

On the other hand, the bidet device flow path switching valve assembly 7 according to the present invention is detachably coupled to the water supply unit 30 further has a filtration unit 65 for filtering water introduced from the outside. The filtration unit 65 is screwed to be detachably attached to the filtration mount 43 of the water supply unit 30, and the filtration unit 65 is installed on the water supply passage 31 of the water supply unit 30 and included in the water. A strainer 67 is provided to remove foreign substances having a predetermined size or more, and the water supply unit 30, the valve body 10, and each flow path 31 and 51 of the drainage unit 50 are blocked by foreign substances introduced from the outside. Can be prevented. In addition, a pair of O-rings 69 are attached to the outer circumference of the filtration unit 65 as a seal member that prevents water flowing in the water supply passage 31 from leaking to the outside.

With this configuration, looking at the assembling process of the flow path switching valve assembly 7 for the bidet device according to the present invention, first, the first rotational coupling end of the water supply unit 30 on the inlet port 15 side of the valve body 10 At the same time, the water supply unit 30 is rotated so that the first hook 39 of the water supply unit 30 is engaged with the first catching jaw 17 of the valve body 10 at the same time. Complete the assembly of the body 10 and the water supply unit 30.

Next, the shape fitting of the second rotational coupling end portion 55 of the drain portion 50 to the outlet 19 side of the valve body 10, and at the same time, the second locking jaw 57 of the drain portion 50 The drainage part 50 is rotated to hold the second hook 23 of the valve body 10 to complete the assembly of the valve body 10 and the drainage part 50.

Then, the filter unit 65 is coupled to the water supply unit 30 so as to filter the water introduced from the outside, thereby completing the assembly of the flow path switching valve assembly 7 for the bidet device according to the present invention.

Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the inlet end 33 of the water supply unit 30 is rotated relative to the valve body 10 by the length that the first catching jaw 17 and the first hook 39 is held. It is coupled to the possible, the discharge end portion 53 of the drain 50 is also rotatably coupled to the valve body 10 by the length that the second catching jaw 57 and the second hook 23 is held.

On the other hand, when the water supply pipe (not shown) for supplying water to the flow path switching valve assembly 7 from the outside and the flow path switching valve assembly 7 by a hose or pipe, etc., corresponding to the position of the water supply pipe, Fig. 4 As shown in the figure, the inlet end 33 of the flow path switching valve assembly 7 provided in the casing 73 of the bidet body 71 is rotated within a predetermined range, whereby the inlet end of the water supply pipe and the water supply unit 30 is rotated. It is possible to facilitate the connection of (33). At this time, the valve body 10 and the drain 50 of the flow path switching valve assembly 7 is maintained in a fixed state in the casing 73 of the bidet body 71.

In addition, although not shown, when connecting the drain 50 and the components in the bidet device (for example, a water tank) by using a hose or pipe, etc., the drain 50 is connected to the valve body 10. By rotating, the position of the discharge end portion 53 of the drain portion 50 with respect to the valve body 10 can be freely adjusted, and the connection work between the drain portion 50 and the components in the bidet device can be facilitated. .

In this way, water is supplied from the outside by rotatably coupling a water supply unit having an inflow end portion through which water is introduced from the outside to a valve body having a valve that forms a flow path through which water flows and controls the water flowing through the flow path. It responds flexibly to the position of the pipe and facilitates the connection work with the water supply pipe.

Further, by rotatably coupling the drain portion having the discharge end for discharging the water passing through the valve to the valve body, it is possible to freely adjust the position of the discharge end of the drain relative to the valve body, and parts in the drain and the bidet device (example As a result, the connection between the water tanks can be facilitated.

On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, although the water supply portion and the drainage portion is described as detachably coupled to the valve body rotatably, although not shown, the valve body and the drainage portion are integrally formed and only the water supply portion can rotate on the valve body. Of course, the removable can be combined.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, it is described that the first hook is provided on the first pivotal coupling end side of the water supply unit and the first locking jaw is provided on the valve body to hold the first hook on the first locking jaw. On the contrary, the first hooking jaw may be provided on the first rotational coupling end of the water supply unit, and the first hook may be provided on the valve body to hold the first hook on the first hooking jaw.

In the above-described embodiment, the second locking jaw is provided on the side of the second pivotal coupling end of the drain and the second hook is provided on the valve body to hold the second hook on the second locking jaw. On the contrary, a second hook may be provided on the second pivotal coupling end side of the drain and a second catching jaw may be provided on the valve body to hold the second hook on the second catching jaw.

As described above, according to the present invention, by attaching and detaching the water supply part to the valve body in a rotatable manner, it is possible to flexibly correspond to the position of the water supply pipe provided with water from the outside, and to facilitate the connection work with the water supply pipe. A flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device is provided. In addition, there is provided a flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device that can facilitate the connection work between the drainage part and the components in the bidet device by attaching and detaching the drainage part to the valve body.

Claims (8)

In the bidet device flow path switching valve assembly for switching the flow path of water flowing into the bidet body from the outside, A valve body forming a flow path through which water flows and having a valve for controlling water flowing through the flow path; A water supply part rotatably attached to the inlet side of the valve body and having an inflow end portion communicating with the flow path and into which water is introduced from the outside; And a drain having a discharge end connected to the outlet side of the valve body and communicating with the flow path and through which the water passing through the valve is discharged. The method of claim 1, The drain portion flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device, characterized in that detachably coupled to the outlet side of the valve body. The method of claim 1, A first catching jaw protruding to a predetermined length along an outer circumference of any one of the valve body and the water supply part; And a first hook protruding from the other of the valve body and the water supply part, the first hook being held with the first catching jaw. The method of claim 2, A second locking jaw protruding to a predetermined length along an outer circumference of any one of the valve body and the drainage part; And a second hook protruding from the other one of the valve body and the drain portion, the second hook being held with the second catching jaw. The method of claim 2, And a sealing member provided at each of the water supply unit and the drainage unit and the valve body to prevent leakage of water flowing through the flow path. The method of claim 1, A flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device provided in the water supply unit, further comprising a primary pressure reducing unit for primary pressure reduction of water flowing into the inlet side of the valve body. The method of claim 6, A flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device, further comprising: a secondary decompression unit provided in the drainage unit, the secondary decompression unit depressurizing the water firstly depressed from the primary decompression unit. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, Removably coupled to the water supply, the flow path switching valve assembly for a bidet device further comprising a filtration unit for filtering the water introduced from the outside.