KR20080025488A - Water supply cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

A water supply cartridge is provided to improve controllability of a water valve through smooth operation of a rotary disk for a fixed disk by reducing close adhesion force between the fixed disk and the rotary disk. A water supply cartridge includes a packing(115) and a fixed disk(120). The packing is inserted outside cold/hot water supply holes(111,112) and a drain hole(114) of a cartridge base(110) to prevent cold and hot water inputted from the outside and discharged water drained to a faucet from being leaked inside the cartridge formed by the coupling of the cartridge housing(190) and a cartridge base. The fixed disk is stacked on an upper part of the packing and sealed in case of rotation of a rotary disk(130) by closely surface-adhered to an additional rotary disk for controlling water temperature. The fixed disk is fixed between the cartridge base and the cartridge housing to prevent the fixed disk from pressing the rotary disk by elastic force of the packing.

Description

Water valve cartridge {WATER SUPPLY CARTRIDGE}

1 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of a conventional water valve cartridge.

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view "A" portion showing a packing elasticity transfer state of the conventional water valve cartridge.

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing only the main portion coupled state of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion " B " showing the main portion of the present invention;

        <Description of Signs of Major Parts of Drawings>

100: water valve cartridge 110: cartridge base

116: coupling groove 120: fixed disk

124: engaging projection 130: rotating disk

190: cartridge housing 191: stone pieces

The present invention relates to a water valve cartridge, and more particularly, to a cartridge base cold / cold to prevent leakage of the cold / hot water flowing from the outside and the discharged water discharged to the faucet inside the cartridge made by the combination of the cartridge housing and the cartridge base Inserting the packing in the hot water supply and drain holes, and laminated on the packing, the surface closely contacted with a separate rotating disk for water temperature control, may include a fixed disk to maintain the airtight during the rotation operation of the rotating disk Relates to a valve cartridge.

In general, the temperature and flow control valve of the water valve is a control valve which is to adjust the water temperature by literally adjusting the amount of tap water (including hot water through the boiler) supplied from the outside, and selecting cold and hot water or mixing them. .

The temperature and flow rate control valve of the tap water is installed in the top of the sink of the kitchen, or installed in the bathroom (including the bathroom) so that the water can be used to operate when necessary.

The water temperature and flow control valve is a rotary type that adjusts the water temperature by rotating the cock and selects cold / hot water or mixes them, and adjusts the water temperature by raising or lowering the lever, and from side to side. There is a lever type that adjusts the water temperature by turning to select cold and hot water or mixing them.

The rotary type is provided with a cold water lever for opening and closing the supplied cold water to adjust the amount and at the same time to open and close the supplied hot water to adjust the amount and at the same time, the amount of water lever, and in recent years by the lever operation The disk is operated to adjust the quantity / water temperature.

One example of such a conventional water valve cartridge will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, while controlling the water temperature by appropriately mixing cold / hot water supplied from the outside, the flow rate of each of the cold / hot water or the flow rate of the mixed water. A water valve for regulating the water supply, comprising: a fixed disk 1 (120) for guiding cold / hot water supplied through respective cold / hot water supply holes formed in a surface mounted in the water valve into a cartridge; A rotating disk 130 through which a water temperature adjusting hole for adjusting an amount of cold / hot water is formed through the surface of the fixed disk 1 120 according to a degree corresponding to the cold / hot water supply hole formed in the fixed disk 1 120; A fixed disk 2 (140) for inducing water by forming an inflow hole formed through the surface within the rotation angle of the water temperature control hole formed in the rotating disk (130), and firmly fixing the rotating disk (130); One end is coupled to the rotary disk 130, the other end is protruded above the cartridge housing 190, the rotation operation of the rotary disk 130 by the operation of the water temperature control lever fitted to the projected upper end Water temperature control unit 170 to be made; A drain hole for discharging cold / hot water supplied in communication with the fixed disks 1, 2 (120) 140 and the rotating disk 130; And further comprises a block 150 for blocking while lifting the drainage hole of the fixed disk 2 (140); One end is inserted through to protrude in the center of the water temperature control unit 170 is supported by the block 150 to guide the lifting operation (160); It includes, but may be made to be accommodated in all the inner space of the case formed by the combination of the cartridge base 110 and the cartridge housing 190.

This is Korean Patent Application No. 10-2004-0115142 (filed date 2004.12.29; water valve) filed by the present applicant, the water valve cartridge including the other disk does not deviate greatly from such a configuration and structure.

Such a conventional water valve has a structure in which a packing 115 and a fixed disk 1 120 are inserted into a cartridge base 110, and a rotating disk 1 130 is stacked thereon.

However, in this structure, as shown in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings, the elastic force of the packing 115 is provided to prevent the leakage of the inside of the cartridge is transmitted to the fixed disk 1 (120) and rotating disk 1 (130), The elasticity of the disks is increased by applying the elasticity of other packings, and as a result, the rotation operation of the rotating disk 1 130 becomes stiff, resulting in difficulty in operating the water valve.

The present invention for solving such a problem is to prevent the elasticity of the packing provided in the cartridge to prevent leakage to be delivered to the portion for adjusting the quantity and water temperature, so that the operation to adjust the quantity and water temperature is made smoothly The purpose is to provide a water valve cartridge.

The present invention for achieving the object is a cartridge base cold / hot water supply and drain hole to prevent the discharged water discharged from the cold / hot water and faucet introduced from the outside inside the cartridge made by the combination of the cartridge housing and the cartridge base In the water valve cartridge inserting the packing in the part, laminated on top of the packing, the surface close contact with the separate rotating disk for water temperature control, the fixed disk to maintain the airtight during the rotation operation of the rotating disk, The fixed disk is fixed between the cartridge base and the cartridge housing so as to prevent the fixed disk from being pressed by the resilient force of the packing.

According to the present invention, the fixed disk is fixed between the cartridge base and the cartridge housing, thereby preventing the elastic force of the packing from being transferred to the rotating disk, thereby reducing the mutual adhesion between the fixed disk and the rotating disk.

Then, smooth rotational motion of the rotating disk is achieved with respect to the fixed disk.

  Before describing the present invention to be described in detail as a reference to the description of the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the present invention, Figure 4 is a separation showing only the main portion coupled state of the present invention 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a "B" enlarged cross-sectional view showing the main configuration of the present invention.

For reference, the reference numerals of the present invention will be apparent that the description overlaps with those of FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrated in the prior art.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are presented in this way, the present invention will be described below.

First, the present invention, as shown in Figure 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings, the inside of the cartridge made by the combination of the cartridge housing 190 and the cartridge base 110, the discharge water drained to the faucet and cold / hot water flowing from the outside Inserting the packing 115 in the cartridge base 110 cold / hot water supply 111 (112) and the drain hole 114, the outer portion to prevent leakage from the water, and laminated on the packing 115, the water temperature control In the water valve cartridge 100, which is in close contact with a separate rotating disk 130 for the surface, the fixing disk 120 to maintain the airtightness during the rotation operation of the rotating disk 130, the packing 115 The fixed disk 120 is fixed between the cartridge base 110 and the cartridge housing 190 to prevent the fixed disk 120 from pressing the rotating disk 130 by the elastic force of the). .

Here, the cartridge base 110 described above in the present invention, for example, the cold / hot water supply 111 and 112 and the drain hole 114 is connected to the outside protrudes inward (upward projection in the drawing), the outer peripheral surface A fixing groove 113 into which the packing 115 and the fixed disk 120 are inserted is formed between the formed recesses, and a pair of coupling grooves 116 are symmetrically formed on the upper end of the annulus of the outer circumferential surface.

The coupling groove 116 provides a space in which the coupling protrusion 124 protruding from the upper peripheral surface of the fixed disk 120 is correspondingly coupled.

On the other hand, the above-described fixing disk 120 of the present invention, for example, is partially inserted into the fixing groove 113 of the cartridge base 110, the cold / hot water supplied from the outside through the cartridge base 110 into the cartridge Cold / hot water supply holes 121 and 122 are formed to separate and flow into each other, and a separate drain hole 123 is formed, and the engaging protrusion 124 is partially protruded from the outer circumferential surface thereof, so that the cartridge base 110 is formed. The fitting is coupled to correspond to the coupling groove 116.

On the other hand, the above-described rotating disk 130 of the present invention, for example, is laminated to the surface contact with the fixed disk 120, while rotating through the rotation operation of the water temperature control unit 170 to be described later to the fixed disk 120 A water temperature adjusting hole 131 is formed to adjust the open area of the formed cold / hot water supply holes 121 and 122, and the drain hole 132 is located at a position that matches the drain hole 123 formed in the fixed disk 120. Is formed, the fixing groove 133 is formed on the outer circumferential surface so that the end of the water temperature control unit 170 to be described later can be fitted.

At this time, the rotating disk 130 is an example in which the movement is rotated, it may be a disk moving in a straight line.

Here, the fixed disk 120 and the rotating disk 130 may be made of a ceramic disk or another material, the shape and shape and the number of stacking may be added or subtracted according to the shape and function of the water valve cartridge 100. Can be.

At this time, the water temperature control unit 170, for example, one end is coupled to the above-described rotating disk 130, the other end is protruded upwards to the cartridge housing 190 to be described later, the water temperature control is fitted to the projected top By operating the lever to rotate the rotation disk 130 within a predetermined angle, a portion of the outer peripheral surface is extended and bent downward to form a side extension piece 171, the end of the side extension piece 171 There is formed a fixing projection 172 is fitted to correspond to the fixing groove 132 of the rotating disk 130.

On the other hand, the cartridge housing 190 described above of the present invention, for example, is coupled to the cartridge base 110, to accommodate including the respective components, the side extension piece 171 of the water temperature control unit 170 A pair of stone pieces 191 for limiting the outer rotation angle of the) is formed corresponding to the inner circumferential surface, the lower end of the stone piece 191 extends to reach the upper surface of the engaging projection 124 of the fixed disk 120 do.

In this case, the protrusion 191 of the cartridge housing 190 closely couples the coupling protrusion 124 of the fixed disk 120 to the coupling groove 116 of the cartridge base 110, thereby reducing the elasticity of the packing 115. This prevents the fixed disk 120 from pressing the rotating disk 130.

On the other hand, reference numeral 140 of the reference numerals described in the accompanying drawings of the present invention is a fixed disk 2, which is to introduce the mixed cold / hot water flow into the cartridge through one flow path, for example, the rotating disk ( In the state stacked on the 130, the inlet hole 141 is formed in the rotation angle of the water temperature control hole 131 of the rotating disk 130, and drained so as to coincide with the drain hole 132 of the rotating disk 130. The hole 142 is formed.

At this time, the fixed disk 2 (140) is formed in the outer portion of one side of the fixing groove 143 which is fitted with the fixing protrusion of the blocking bush to be described later.

In addition, reference numeral 150 is a rotating disk 2, which is to adjust the discharge amount of the cold / hot water flowing from the fixed disk 2 (140), for example, in a state of being in contact with the fixed disk 2 (140), to be described later Through the rotation operation of the flow rate control port 160 to be, the flow rate adjusting groove 151 for adjusting the opening area of the inlet hole 142 formed in the fixed disk 2 (140) is formed.

At this time, the above-described flow regulating groove 151 may be, for example, a triangular shape or a fan shape around the center.

In addition, the reference numeral 160 is a flow rate control, one end is fitted to the other side surface is formed, the flow control groove 151 of the rotating disk 2 (150), the rotating disk 2 (150) on the surface of the end ) Is provided with a ballistic body 161 to be in close contact with the fixed disk 2 (140), and a stopper at the middle portion of the outer circumferential surface so as to rotate within a 90 ° angle to correspond to the guide groove formed at one end of the blocking bush to be described later. (162) is provided.

In addition, reference numeral 180 denotes a blocking bush, and a fixing protrusion 181 is formed on an outer circumferential surface of one end to be inserted into the protrusion 191 formed on the inner circumferential surface of the cartridge housing 190 to prevent flow. In order to correspond to the fixing groove 143 of the 140, a fixing protrusion 182 is formed at one end of the above-described fixing protrusion 181 is formed, the other end of the stopper 162 of the flow adjustment port 160 Guide groove 183 is formed to be formed.

Referring to the operation of the present invention as described above, it is as shown in FIG.

First, when cold / hot water flows through the cold / hot water supply holes 111 and 112 of the cartridge base 110 and reaches the cold / hot water supply holes 121 and 122 of the fixed disk 120, rotation is performed. Depending on the position of the water temperature control hole 131 of the disk 130, the cold / hot water is mixed or introduced respectively, and the introduced water passes through the inlet hole 141 of the fixed disk 140, the rotation of the disk 150 The flow rate is adjusted according to the degree to which the flow rate adjusting groove 151 opens the drain hole 142, and is drained through the drain hole 114 of the cartridge base 110 through the drain hole formed in each disk.

However, even if water flows in through the inlet hole 141 of the fixed disk 140, in the state where the drainage hole 142 of the fixed disk 140 and the flow rate adjusting groove 151 of the rotating disk 150 are shifted and blocked. The flow of water no longer proceeds in the cartridge 100 so that it is not drained.

At this time, the present invention, as shown in Figure 6, the protrusion 191 of the cartridge housing 190, the coupling protrusion 124 of the fixed disk 120, the coupling groove 116 of the cartridge base 110 In close contact with each other to prevent the fixed disk 120 from pressing the rotating disk 130 by the elastic force of the packing 115.

Then, the adhesion between the fixed disk 120 and the rotating disk 130 is reduced, so that the smooth rotating operation of the rotating disk 130 with respect to the fixed disk 120 is made.

While the invention has been described and illustrated in connection with a preferred embodiment for illustrating the principles of the invention, the invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as such is shown and described.

Rather, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications to the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Accordingly, all such suitable changes and modifications and equivalents should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the fixed disk is fixed between the cartridge base and the cartridge housing, thereby preventing the elastic force of the packing from being transferred to the rotating disk, thereby reducing the mutual adhesion between the fixed disk and the rotating disk. As a result, a smooth rotational operation of the rotating disk is performed with respect to the fixed disk, thereby obtaining the effect of improving the operability of the water valve.

Claims (4)

Cartridge base 110 cold / hot water supply 111 to prevent the discharge water discharged from the cold / hot water and the faucet introduced from the outside leak inside the cartridge made by the combination of the cartridge housing 190 and the cartridge base 110 ) 112 and the packing 115 is inserted into the outer portion of the drain hole 114, the packing 115 is stacked on top, the surface is in close contact with a separate rotating disk 130 for water temperature control, the rotating disk 130 In the water valve cartridge 100 including a fixed disk 120 to maintain the airtightness during the rotation operation, the fixed disk 120 is driven by the resilient force of the packing 115 to the rotating disk 130 The water valve cartridge, characterized in that the fixing disk 120 is fixed between the cartridge base (110) and the cartridge housing (190) to prevent the pressing. The method of claim 1, wherein the cartridge base 110 is a cold / hot water supply 111 and 112 and the drain hole 114 portion is connected to the outside protrudes inwards, the packing 115 between the annulus formed on the outer peripheral surface And a fixed groove 113 into which the fixed disk 120 is inserted, and a pair of coupling grooves 116 are symmetrically formed on the upper end of the outer circumference of the water valve cartridge. According to claim 1, wherein the fixed disk 120 is partially inserted into the fixing groove 113 of the cartridge base 110, the cold / hot water supplied from the outside through the cartridge base 110 separated into the cartridge Cold / hot water supply holes 121 and 122 are formed to each other, and a separate drain hole 123 is formed, the engaging projection 124 is partially protruded on the outer peripheral surface, the coupling of the cartridge base 110 Water valve cartridge, characterized in that the fitting is fitted corresponding to the groove (116). According to claim 1, wherein the cartridge housing 190 is coupled to the cartridge base 110, including the respective components to accommodate, the outer rotation of the side extension piece 171 of the water temperature control unit 170 A pair of stone pieces 191 for limiting the angle is formed corresponding to the inner circumferential surface, the lower end of the stone piece 191 is characterized in that it is formed to extend to reach the upper surface of the engaging projection 124 of the fixed disk 120 Water valve cartridge.

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