KR20080075417A - Sliding cartridge for water valve - Google Patents

Abstract

A sliding cartridge for a water valve is provided to prevent water hammer due to a sudden change in flow rate of water by sliding to control the water flow rate. A valve housing(110) is installed in the body of a water valve. An operating unit(120) is inserted into the valve housing, rotated within a predetermined angle range, and slid back and forth at the upper center part of the valve housing. A disk cover(130) is coupled under the operating unit and interlocked with the rotation and sliding of the operating unit to transmit movement of the operating unit. A ceramic upper plate(140) is coupled under the disk cover, has a water converting groove(142) at the center of the lower surface. The water converting groove rotates to control supply of cold and hot water and slides back and forth to control the flow rate of water. A ceramic lower plate(150) is located under the ceramic upper plate and has a cold water inlet(151), a hot water inlet(152), and a water outlet(153) to discharge the introduced cold or hot water. A seat(160) is located under the ceramic lower plate, coupled with the valve housing, and has a seat hot water inlet(161) to introduce the cold water through a water pipe and a seat water outlet(163) to discharge the introduced cold or hot water.

Description

Sliding cartridge for water valve

1 is an external perspective view of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an exploded perspective view of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view illustrating the movement of the operating unit according to the cross section of III-III of FIG.

4 is a rear view of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is an exemplary view illustrating a rotational movement of the ceramic top plate shown in FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: valve housing 111: tightening groove

112: engaging projection 120: operating part

121: lever 122: bushing

123: pin 124: stop projection

130: disc cover 131: lever receiving groove

140: ceramic top plate 141: disc cover receiving groove

142: water conversion groove 150: ceramic lower plate

151: cold water inlet hole 152: hot water inlet hole

153: water discharge hole 160: sheet

161: sheet cold water inlet hole 162: sheet hot water inlet hole

163: fastening protrusion 170: rubber packing

The present invention relates to a cartridge for a water valve, and more particularly, to a sliding cartridge for a water valve that can prevent a burn due to user's carelessness and can prevent a water hammer phenomenon.

In general, the water valve is installed at the top of the sink of the kitchen or installed in the bathroom so that the water can be supplied when operated as needed. It is also possible to adjust the water temperature by adjusting the hot water.

The supply / blocking of water or the control of cold / hot water by the water valve as described above is performed by a cartridge provided inside the water valve.

The cartridge of the conventional general water valve was turned up, down, left, and right to adjust the flow rate of water or select cold / hot water.

However, in the conventional water valve cartridge as described above, there is a risk that the user may be burned by a sudden supply of hot water when the user immediately uses the lever provided in the direction of cold water or hot water.

In addition, due to the water hammer phenomenon caused by the pressure change of the water valve generated when the water is supplied suddenly, there was a disadvantage that the noise can be generated, or even easily broken.

The present invention for achieving the above object by simply changing the structure in the mixing of cold and hot water, water temperature and flow rate can be easily adjusted, as well as water hammer phenomenon and sliding for water valves that can prevent the risk of burns of the user The purpose is to provide a cartridge.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. In addition, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

The present invention to solve the above problems, the valve housing is employed in the body of the water valve; An operation part inserted into the valve housing and capable of rotating and sliding back and forth in an angle range in an upper center portion of the valve housing; A disk cover coupled to the lower part of the operating part to transfer the movement of the operating part in interworking according to the rotation and sliding of the operating part; It is coupled to the bottom of the disk cover, a key hole shaped water conversion groove is formed in the center of the lower surface, the water supply conversion groove is rotated to control the supply of cold and hot water, the water supply conversion groove is slid back and forth to adjust the flow rate of the ceramic Tops; Located in the lower ceramic plate, the ceramic lower plate formed with a cold water inlet hole, the cold water inlet, the hot water inlet hole for the hot water is introduced and the water supply outlet for the cold water or hot water is discharged; And a seat disposed under the ceramic lower plate, coupled to the valve housing, and having a sheet hot water inflow hole into which cold water is introduced through a water supply pipe, and a sheet water discharge hole into which cold water or warm water is discharged.

Here, a rubber packing corresponding to the shape of the cold water inlet hole, the hot water inlet hole and the water supply outlet hole may be further included in the lower portion of the ceramic lower plate and the sheet for buffering and sealing.

In addition, the operating unit, the lever is inserted in the axial direction of the valve housing; A bushing coupled to a lower portion of the lever to support the lever; And a pin inserted in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the lever such that the lever and the bushing are coupled to each other.

Further, the valve housing has a locking protrusion protruding inwardly on both sides of the upper part, and the bushing of the operating part has a stopper protrusion protruding outwardly on both lower sides thereof, so that the bushing stops when the operating part is rotated left and right. More preferably, the protrusion is locked to the locking protrusion of the valve housing to limit the rotation range.

In addition, the disc cover may be formed with a lever groove of a predetermined depth so that the lever is coupled to the upper surface.

In addition, the diameter of the ceramic upper plate is preferably smaller than the diameter of the ceramic lower plate.

Finally, the valve housing, the fastening grooves are formed on both sides of the lower, the fastening protrusions are coupled to the fastening groove is formed on the sheet upper, the valve housing and the seat may be combined.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to explain their invention in the best way. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

1 is an external perspective view showing a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is III of Figure 1 4 is a rear view of a sliding cartridge for a water valve according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a rotational movement of the ceramic upper plate shown in FIG. It is an exemplary view illustrated.

First, referring to Figures 1 to 3, the water cartridge sliding cartridge 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is the valve housing 110, the operation unit 120, the disk cover 130, ceramic The upper plate 140, the ceramic lower plate 150, the sheet 160, and the rubber packing 170 are included.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sliding cartridge 100 for a water valve according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention forms an outer body by coupling a seat 160 to the valve housing 110.

At this time, the valve housing 110 is employed in the body of the water valve, the water introduced from the water supply pipe through the seat 160 is discharged through the seat 160 again.

In addition, the valve housing 110, as shown in Figure 2, consists of a clay shape with the top and bottom open, and accommodates each component member to be described later.

Furthermore, the valve housing 110 has fastening grooves 111 formed on both lower sides thereof, and a fastening protrusion 164 to which the fastening grooves 111 are coupled to the seat 160 is formed on the valve housing 110. The seat 160 is fastened.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the operation unit 120 includes a lever 121, a bushing 122, and a pin 123, and is inserted into the valve housing 110 to insert the valve housing 110. ) Rotate or slide left and right at a certain angle in the upper center part.

The user can operate the operation unit 120 to adjust the water temperature by mixing the desired cold and hot water, it can also adjust the flow rate of water.

The lever 121 is inserted in the rod shape in the axial direction from the upper center portion of the valve housing 110, the bushing 122 is coupled to the center portion of the lever 121 to support the lever 121, the lever 121 And by a pin 123 connecting the bushing 122.

Here, it is preferable that the lower portion of the bushing 122 is opened so that the lower end of the lever 121 is exposed.

In addition, the valve housing 110 is preferably formed with engaging projections on both sides of the upper inner surface, the operation unit 120 is more preferably formed with a stop projection 124 protruding outward on both lower sides.

In addition, the operation unit 120 is preferably inserted into the valve housing 110 so that the engaging projection 111 and the stop projection 124 is located on the same line.

When the user rotates the operating unit 120 to the left and right through the above configuration, if the operating unit 120 is rotated more than a predetermined angle, the stop projection 124 of the operating unit 120 is the upper side of the valve housing 110 The left and right rotation angle of the operation unit 120 is limited because it is no longer rotated in contact with the hanging protrusion 112 protruding therein.

In addition, in the present invention, since the flow rate is controlled by sliding unlike the conventional, it is impossible to supply and cut off the water suddenly, to prevent the water hammer (water hammer, water 擊 作用) phenomenon caused by changing the state of movement of water rapidly Can be.

Next, the disk cover 130 is coupled to the lower portion of the operation unit 120 to transfer the movement of the operation unit 120 in conjunction with the left and right rotation of the operating unit 120 and the front and rear sliding.

The disk cover 130 has a lever receiving groove 131 is formed in the upper portion, a plurality of cover protrusions 132 are protruded in the lower portion.

In addition, the lower end of the lever 121 of the operation unit 120 is inserted into the lever receiving groove 131 of the disc cover 130, and interlocks with the movement of the lever 121.

The ceramic top plate 140 is coupled to the bottom of the disc cover 130. That is, the ceramic upper plate 140 has a plurality of cover accommodation grooves 141 formed thereon, and the cover protrusions 132 of the disc cover 130 described above are coupled to the cover accommodation grooves 141.

The ceramic lower plate 150 is located below the ceramic upper plate 140 and has a cold water inlet hole 151 through which cold water is introduced, a hot water inlet hole 152 through which hot water is introduced, and a water supply outlet through which cold water or hot water is discharged ( 153 is formed.

Here, the ceramic upper plate 140 and the ceramic lower plate 150 are bonded to each other, the ceramic in order to selectively open the cold water inlet hole 151 or hot water inlet hole 152 formed in the ceramic lower plate 150 The top plate 140 slides according to the movement of the lever.

At this time, when the diameter of the ceramic upper plate 140 is smaller than the diameter of the ceramic lower plate 150, a more effective sliding movement is possible.

The ceramic upper plate 140 rotates left and right or slides back and forth according to the movement of the operation unit 120, and appropriately receives water introduced through the cold water inlet hole 151 and the hot water inlet hole 152 formed in the ceramic lower plate 150. Block it.

That is, the cold / hot water inflow holes 151 and 152 of the ceramic lower plate 150 are blocked and opened according to the angle rotated to the left and right of the ceramic upper plate 140 to control the cold and hot water, and according to the front and rear sliding of the ceramic upper plate 140. Inflow is controlled.

Referring to Figure 5 in more detail, Figure 5 (a) is an exemplary view when the ceramic upper plate 140 is stopped, as shown in the ordinary, the ceramic lower plate (140) by the ceramic upper plate 140 Since the cold water inlet hole 151 and the hot water inlet hole 152 of 150 are blocked, water is not supplied.

Next, as shown in (b) to (e) of FIG. 5 when the ceramic top plate 140 is rotated in accordance with the rotation of the lever 121, by the feed water conversion groove 142 of the ceramic top plate 140 The cold water inflow hole 151 of the ceramic lower plate 150 is opened, and the cold water flowing into the cold water inflow hole 151 is discharged to the water supply discharge hole 153.

In the present invention, such cold water can be supplied so as to prevent a risk of burns due to user's carelessness.

In addition, when the ceramic top plate 140 is rotated as shown in (f) and (g) of Figure 5, the cold water inlet hole 151 and the hot water inlet by the feed water conversion groove 142 of the ceramic top plate 140 The hole 152 is simultaneously opened and discharged to the water supply outlet 153 while the cold water and the hot water are mixed.

And, as shown in (h) of Figure 5, when the ceramic top plate 140 is rotated, only the hot water inlet hole 152 is opened by the water supply switching groove 142 of the ceramic top plate 140, hot water inlet hole Hot water introduced into 152 is discharged to the water supply outlet 153.

As described above, as the ceramic upper plate 140 is rotated to the left and right, the opening and closing of the cold water inlet hole 151 or the hot water inlet hole 152 of the ceramic lower plate 150 by the water supply conversion groove 142 is adjusted to the cold and hot water Is selectively discharged or mixed and discharged.

Although the above-described FIG. 5 illustrates that the ceramic upper plate 140 is rotated up to 210 °, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, the lever 121 is capable of the refraction movement of about 7 °, through which the ceramic top plate 140 can be adjusted to adjust the flow rate of the water, due to this configuration, water saving effect is expected Can be.

Here, the degree of refraction movement of the lever 121 is not necessarily limited to 7 °, it can be changed as much as the user's convenience.

Next, the seat 160 is positioned below the ceramic lower plate 150, and a fastening protrusion 164 is formed on the seat 160, and is coupled to the fastening groove 111 formed in the valve housing 110.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sheet 160 includes a sheet cold water inlet hole 161 through which a cold water is introduced through a water supply pipe, a sheet hot water inlet hole 162 through which hot water is introduced, and cold water or hot water introduced therethrough. Sheet water supply discharge hole 163 is provided.

The rubber packing 170 is positioned below the ceramic lower plate 150 and the upper portion of the sheet 160 to cushion and seal the sheet 160. The sheet cold water inlet hole 161 and the sheet hot water inlet hole of the sheet 160 are provided. 162, it has a shape corresponding to the edge of the sheet water supply discharge hole 163.

The rubber packing 170 may prevent leakage that may occur between the ceramic lower plate 150 and the sheet 160.

Hereinafter, a method of using the sliding cartridge 100 for a water valve according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the user rotates the lever 121 to the left or right or refracts at a predetermined angle.

Then, the disk cover 130 is interlocked by the operation of the operation unit 120 including the lever, thereby rotating or sliding to the ceramic top plate 140.

Next, the cold water or hot water is introduced through the sheet cold water inlet hole 161 or the sheet hot water inlet hole 162 of the sheet 160, and the cold water or hot water introduced is the ceramic lower plate 150 connected to the upper part of the sheet 160. The cold water or hot water is introduced through the cold water inlet hole 151 or the hot water inlet hole 152.

In addition, the sheet 160 is provided with a sheet water supply discharge hole 163 for discharging water, the water supply discharge hole 153 corresponding to the ceramic lower plate 150 is also formed, the water that was introduced is discharged through To help.

Meanwhile, water introduced through the cold water inlet hole 151 or the hot water inlet hole 152 of the ceramic lower plate 150 is appropriately blocked by the ceramic upper plate 140 bonded to the upper portion of the ceramic lower plate 150.

That is, as the ceramic top plate 140 rotates or slides according to the user's input, not only cold / hot water may be selected or mixed by the water supply switching groove 142, but the flow rate may be adjusted. .

Finally, the water temperature and the flow rate is adjusted through the above method is discharged through the sheet water supply discharge hole 163 formed in the sheet 160.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Of course, various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

According to the present invention, the user's convenience is maximized by not only finely controlling the water temperature by mixing the cold / hot water but also controlling the flow rate by only operating the lever left and right.

In addition, the present invention can prevent the risk of burns due to carelessness of the user by being supplied from the cold water, and unlike the existing, since the flow rate is adjusted by sliding, it is impossible to supply and cut off the water suddenly, the state of movement of the water is changed drastically. It is possible to prevent water hammer from occurring.

Therefore, the present invention can solve the problem of noise or damage, which is a conventional problem caused by the water hammer phenomenon.

Claims (7)

A valve housing employed in the body of the water valve; An operation part inserted into the valve housing and capable of rotating and sliding back and forth in an angle range in an upper center portion of the valve housing; A disk cover coupled to the lower part of the operating part to transfer the movement of the operating part in interworking according to the rotation and sliding of the operating part; It is coupled to the bottom of the disk cover, a key hole shaped water conversion groove is formed in the center of the lower surface, the water supply conversion groove is rotated to control the supply of cold and hot water, the water supply conversion groove is slid back and forth to adjust the flow rate ceramic Tops; A ceramic lower plate positioned below the ceramic upper plate and having a cold water inflow hole through which cold water is introduced, a hot water inflow hole through which hot water is introduced, and a water discharge hole through which cold water or hot water is introduced; And Sliding cartridge for a water valve, including; seat is located below the ceramic lower plate, the seat is coupled to the valve housing, the sheet hot water inlet hole for cold water flows through the water supply pipe and the sheet water discharge hole for cold water or warm discharge discharged . The method of claim 1, And a rubber packing corresponding to the shape of the cold water inlet hole, the hot water inlet hole, and the water supply outlet hole in the upper portion of the ceramic lower plate and the seat to buffer and seal the bottom of the ceramic lower plate. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating unit, A lever inserted in the axial direction of the valve housing; A bushing coupled to a lower portion of the lever to support the lever; And And a pin inserted in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the lever such that the lever and the bushing are coupled to each other. The method of claim 3, wherein the valve housing, On both sides of the upper protrusions are formed projecting protrusions, The bushing of the operating part is provided with stop projections protruding outward on both lower sides, Sliding cartridge for a water valve, characterized in that the stopping projection of the bushing is locked to the locking projection of the valve housing when the operating portion is rotated left and right to limit the rotation range. The method of claim 4, wherein the disc cover, Sliding cartridge for a water valve, characterized in that the lever groove of a predetermined depth is formed so that the lever is coupled to the upper surface. The diameter of the ceramic top plate, Sliding cartridge for a water valve, characterized in that smaller than the diameter of the ceramic lower plate. The method of claim 6, wherein the valve housing, Fastening grooves are formed on both lower sides, A fastening protrusion coupled to the fastening groove is formed at the upper portion of the seat, and the valve housing and the water cartridge sliding cartridge are characterized in that the seat is coupled.

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