KR20090001771U - Faucet bracket with 3-way valve - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a faucet with a three-way valve equipped with a three-way valve to easily and economically realize the convenience of directly selecting any one of the three flow paths to the tub outlet, fixed shower and hand shower by one valve operation It's about brackets.

The present invention for realizing this includes an on-off valve and a flow path switching valve for opening and closing a cold water pipe connection part and a hot water pipe connection part and controlling a water temperature in a body which is connected to a cold water pipe and a hot water pipe, and a flow path connecting a tub outlet and a shower is formed. In addition, the flow path switching valve is a faucet consisting of a one-way valve connected to the flow path through the tub outlet, the fixed shower and the hand shower, the main body is equipped with an on-off valve on the upper end and the cold water pipe connection and hot water on the left and right An upper body portion of a vertical tube shape in which a pipe connection part is formed and a water outlet is formed downward; A three-way valve chamber disposed in the orthogonal direction with respect to the upper body portion downward and above the upper body portion is provided with a three-way valve chamber communicating with the water outlet passage forwardly, and a second flow passage leading to the fixed shower is formed downward, and the first flow passage and the third flow passage downwards. An intermediate portion in which a communication portion is formed; The first flow passage disposed below the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the middle portion and communicating with the three-way valve chamber forms a tub outlet and protrudes forward, and the third flow passage communicating with the three-way valve chamber is formed downward. A lower body part forming a shower connection part; It is characterized in that formed integrally.

Description

Faucet fitting with three-way valve {A FAUCET WITH 3-WAY VALVE}

The present invention relates to a faucet bracket, and in particular, it is equipped with a three-way valve to easily and economically implement the convenience of directly selecting any one of the three flow path to the tub outlet, fixed shower and hand shower by one valve operation It relates to a power receiving bracket provided with a three-way valve.

In general, the faucet bracket of the water supply facility has a bathtub outlet for mixing cold and hot water and discharging it directly into the bathtub. In addition, the hand shower and the shower head which are used by the user holding the shower head in the form of a sunflower flower form the wall. The fixed shower unit is fixedly installed so that the hand shower and the fixed shower unit can be selectively used depending on the situation, including receiving water in the bathtub through the tub outlet.

As shown in FIG. 6, the prior art of the faucet bracket controls the water temperature while opening and closing the cold / hot water flow path to the main body 110 that is connected to the cold / hot water pipe and connects the tub outlet and the shower. Opening and closing valve 120, the water temperature controlled water is provided with a flow path switching valve 130 for selecting any one of the outlet 118 and the shower flow path.

In addition, the shower channel selects one of two connection parts of the fixed shower connection part 142 and the hand shower connection part 152 through the second flow path switching valve 163 installed in the cross distribution pipe 160.

In addition, the faucet bracket body 110 in which the open / close valve 120 is installed is disposed in the first flow path switching valve 130 under the first flow path 111 toward the tub outlet 118 as shown in FIG. 7. Opening and closing by the shower flow path 112 leading to the cross distribution pipe 160 is formed therein.

The flow path switching valves 130 and 163 are all two-way valves.

The prior art of such a configuration is to open and close the cold and hot water flow path using the on-off valve 120, adjust the inflow rate to adjust the water temperature, the bath outlet and the shower flow path using the first flow path switching valve 130 One of 112 is selected. In other words, when the tub receives water, the first flow path switching valve 130 is used to switch to the tub outlet, and when the shower is used, the shower flow path 112 is selected.

After the shower flow path 112, one of the fixed shower unit 140 and the hand shower unit 150 is selected using the second flow path switching valve 163.

As described above, the conventional technology uses a shower, and the flow path is made in two stages, so the operation is cumbersome and the flow path switching valves must be installed in two places. Therefore, the device is complicated and the number of parts is wasted. there was.

On the other hand, Patent Application No. 2004-0097854, as shown in Figure 8, the opening and closing valve 220 is mounted on one side of the housing 210 and the three-way valve connected to the tub outlet, the fixed shower and the hand shower channel on the other side ( A configuration 200 equipped with 230 is described as prior art.

The contents of the above description are mixed in the opening and closing valve 220, the cold water flows into the three-way valve 230, the three-way valve 230 in the tub outlet 218, fixed shower 240 and hand shower 250 It is provided with a flow path connected to it so that any one of these can be selected directly.

Such a configuration has the simplicity of theoretically directly selecting a flow path through the one-way valve 230 through the tub outlet, the fixed shower, and the hand shower as one three-way valve.

However, in the above configuration, three flow paths are formed at one side and four flow paths at one side of the housing 210 in which the on-off valve 220 is mounted. There is a problem with the implementation.

That is, the manufacturing of the faucet bracket mainly consists of forging or casting. As the flow path must be formed in one body as described above, forging is impossible and casting molding may be possible by using a special method, but the manufacturing cost is very expensive. It is a configuration that seems unrealistic in terms of productivity and economics, and is unlikely to be feasible.

The present invention has been devised to solve the above problems,

An object of the present invention is equipped with a three-way valve is provided with a three-way valve to easily and economically implement the convenience of directly selecting any one of the three flow path to the tub outlet, fixed shower and hand shower by one valve operation In providing a faucet

Faucet bracket with a three-way valve according to the present invention to achieve the above object is

The opening and closing valve and the flow path switching valve for opening and closing the cold water pipe connecting portion and the hot water pipe connecting portion and the water temperature is connected to the body which is connected to the cold water pipe and the hot water pipe and the tub outlet and the shower is formed, the flow path switching valve In the faucet consisting of one three-way valve connected to the flow path through the tub outlet, fixed shower and hand shower,

The main body

An upper body part of a vertical tube type having an open / close valve at an upper end thereof, a cold water pipe connection part and a hot water pipe connection part formed at left and right sides, and a water outlet formed at a lower side thereof;

The lower flow path is disposed in the orthogonal direction with respect to the upper body part and is provided with a three-way valve chamber communicating with the water outlet passage in front and a second flow passage leading to the fixed shower at the rear, and the first flow path and the third flow path downward. An intermediate portion in which a flow path communication portion is formed;

The first flow passage disposed below the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the middle portion and communicating with the three-way valve chamber forms a tub outlet and protrudes forward, and the third flow passage communicating with the three-way valve chamber is formed downward. A lower body part forming a shower connection part; It is characterized in that formed integrally.

The faucet bracket with the three-way valve according to the present invention having the above configuration is equipped with a three-way valve on the main body to directly select any one of the three flow paths to the tub outlet, fixed shower and hand shower by one valve operation There is an excellent effect of easy and economical implementation.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment of the power receiving bracket having a three-way valve of the present invention will be described in more detail.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of Figure 1, Figure 4 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the AA line of Figure 3, Figure 5 The installation state diagram according to the invention.

As shown in Figures 1 to 5, the faucet bracket (1) having a three-way valve according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to the cold water pipe and hot water pipe, the flow path for connecting the tub outlet 18 and the shower The opening and closing valve 20 and the flow path switching valve for opening and closing the cold water pipe connecting portion 15 and the hot water pipe connecting portion 16 to adjust the water temperature to the main body 10 is formed, the flow path switching valve is the tub outlet 18 In the faucet consisting of a three-way valve 30 is connected to the flow path to the fixed shower (40) and hand shower (50),

The main body 10 has a vertical tube-shaped upper body portion in which an opening / closing valve 20 is mounted at an upper end thereof, and a cold water pipe connecting portion 15 and a hot water pipe connecting portion 16 are formed at left and right sides thereof, and a water outlet 14 is formed downward. 10a and a three-way valve chamber 17 disposed in an orthogonal direction with respect to the upper body portion 10a below the upper body portion 10a and communicating with the water outlet 14, is provided forward and fixed to the rear. A second passage 12 leading to 40 is formed and an intermediate portion 10b in which a communication portion of the first passage 11 and a third passage 13 is formed downward, and an intermediate portion below the intermediate portion 10b. The first flow path 11 which is disposed in the direction orthogonal to and communicates with the three-way valve chamber 17 forms a tub outlet 18 and protrudes forward, and communicates with the three-way valve chamber 17. Three flow paths 13 are formed downward to form the lower body portion 10c constituting the hand shower connection 19 is integrally formed.

Here, the main body 10 has a first flow passage 11 through the upper body portion 10a in which the on-off valve 20 is installed, the intermediate portion 10b in which the three-way valve 30 is installed, and the tub outlet 18. And three parts of the lower body part 10c in which two flow paths, which are the third flow paths 13 leading to the hand shower, are formed and then welded together integrally.

The lower body portion 10c may be separated and combined into a vertical portion 10ca connected to the middle portion and a branch portion 10cb leading to the tub outlet (see FIG. 3).

In addition, the three-way valve 30 is formed in the knob 31, the flow path display 32 toward the tub outlet 18, the fixed shower 40 and the hand shower (50).

In addition, the knob 31 may be formed in various forms to prevent sliding during the rotation operation.

The second flow passage 12 has an elbow 121 coupled to the fixed shower group connecting pipe 42 at an end thereof is coupled upwardly, and the third flow passage 13 has a separate branch pipe in the first flow passage 11. The insertion is made, it is preferred that the third nipple tip 132 is provided with a hand shower group connecting pipe 52 for coupling.

The three-way valve 30 has three inlets (35) (36) formed at the periphery of the inlet (33) communicating with the outlet (14) at the periphery and communicating with the first to third passages at the bottom surface thereof. In the form of a conventional cartridge comprising a housing 30a in which a 37 is formed, a cam plate installed inside the housing and integrally coupled to the knob spindle 34 and selectively opening only one of the three flow paths. Is preferred.

In addition, in the present invention, the flow path switching valve is not a three-way valve but a four-way valve or a five-way valve, and the main body may be correspondingly formed accordingly. Reference numeral 'a' in the drawing indicates an O-ring.

It looks at the manufacturing and use of the faucet (1) having a three-way valve according to the present invention having such a configuration.

According to the present invention, when the knob 31 of the three-way valve 30 is rotated, the fixed shower device 40 among the three outlets of the three-way valve 30 is matched with the flow path display 32 formed on the surface, for example, the fixed shower display. The second passage 12 in communication with the opening is discharged immediately to the fixed shower (40) in such a way that not only the tub outlet 18 but also the fixed shower (40) and the hand shower (50) as one valve It has the convenience of selecting at once using the valve 30.

The manufacture of the present invention is to manufacture the upper body portion 10a, the middle portion (10b) and the lower body portion (10c) as a separate component, then welded to integrate and surface polishing treatment.

As such, the main body 10 is partially divided and then coupled to each other, so that a plurality of flow paths in which the open / close valve 20 and the three-way valve 30 are connected to the main body 10 may be easily formed.

That is, the upper body portion 10a is provided with a flow path according to the on-off valve 20 is installed, the three-way valve chamber 17 and the second flow passage 12 in the middle portion (10b), the tub 10 in the lower body portion (10c) A branch pipe forming two flow paths, the outlet 18 and the first flow passage 11 and the third flow passage 13 through the hand shower 50, and then the corresponding valve and the third flow passage 13 in each component. After assembling the welding is made sequentially made easily.

The present invention is equipped with a three-way valve 30 to the faucet bracket body 10, one of the three flow path toward the tub outlet 18, fixed shower 40 and hand shower 50 by one valve operation. It is easy to implement the convenience of selecting one directly.

In the above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, but should be construed as meanings and concepts corresponding to the technical spirit 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 ideas 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.

1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of Figure 1

3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG.

4 is an enlarged view of a portion of section A-A of FIG. 3.

5 is an installation state according to the present invention

6 is a block diagram of a prior art

7 is a cross-sectional view of the main body of FIG.

8 is a block diagram of a prior art

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Faucet bracket with 3-way valve

10: main body 10a: upper body 10b: middle

10c: Lower limb 11: Euro 1 12: Euro 2

13: Euro 3 14: Water outlet 15: Cold water pipe connection

16: Hot water pipe connection 17: 3-way valve chamber 18: Bath outlet

19: Hand shower connection 20: On-off valve 30: 3-way valve

31: Knob 32: Euro display 40: Fixed shower

50: hand shower

Claims (4)

Opening and closing valves for opening and closing the cold water pipe connecting portion 15 and the hot water pipe connecting portion 16 to the main body 10 is connected to the cold water pipe and hot water pipe, the flow path for connecting the tub outlet (18) and the shower ( 20) and a flow path switching valve, wherein the flow path switching valve comprises a three-way valve (30) connected to the flow path through the tub outlet (18), the fixed shower (40), and the hand shower (50). To The main body 10 is An upper body part 10a having an open / close valve 20 mounted at an upper end thereof, a cold water pipe connecting part 15 and a hot water pipe connecting part 16 formed at left and right sides thereof, and a water outlet 14 formed downward; The three-way valve chamber 17 is disposed in the orthogonal direction with respect to the upper body portion 10a below the upper body portion 10a, and communicates with the water outlet 14, and is provided at the front and passes through the fixed shower 40 to the rear. An intermediate portion 10b in which a second flow passage 12 is formed and downwardly communicating with the first flow passage 11 and the third flow passage 13; The first flow passage 11 is disposed orthogonally to the intermediate portion below the intermediate portion 10b and communicates with the three-way valve chamber 17 to form a tub outlet 18 so as to protrude forward. A lower body portion 10c having a third flow passage 13 communicating downward with the room valve chamber 17 to form a hand shower connection portion 19; A power receiving bracket having a three-way valve, characterized in that formed integrally. The method according to claim 1, The main body 10 has a first flow passage 11 and a hand connected to the upper body portion 10a in which the on-off valve 20 is installed, the intermediate portion 10b in which the three-way valve 30 is installed, and the tub outlet 18. And a three-way valve having a three-way valve, characterized in that it is formed by dividing into three parts of the lower body portion 10c in which two flow paths, which are the third flow paths 13 through the shower, are formed. The method according to claim 1, The three-way valve 30 is a faucet having a three-way valve, characterized in that the knob 31 is formed with a flow path display 32 directed to the tub outlet 18, the fixed shower 40 and the hand shower (50). Bracket. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The second passage 12 has an elbow 121 is coupled upwardly to be coupled to the fixed shower connection pipe 42 at the tip, The third flow path 13 is formed by inserting a separate branch pipe in the first flow path, characterized in that the end of the third flow passage is provided with a pipe fitting nipple 132 for coupling the hand shower connecting pipe 52. Faucet bracket with three-way valve.

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