KR20140141017A - Water suppling valve for single lever - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a water supply valve for a single lever and, more specifically, to a water supply valve (10) for a single lever comprising: a lower disk (11) which has cold and hot water inlet holes (11a, 11b) and a drain hole (11c); and an upper disk (12) which moves in every direction by an operation lever (13) by corresponding to the surface of the lower disk (11) and has an opening and closing connection hole (12a) for controlling the opening and closing of at least one of the cold and hot water inlet holes (11a, 11b) and controlling the opening. When the operation lever (13) is rotated toward hot water, the present invention enables a user to previously recognize a hot water supply by tactually or tactually and aurally notifying the user that the hot water supply will be executed, thereby preventing unnecessary energy consumption.

Description

 {WATER SUPPLING VALVE FOR SINGLE LEVER}

The present invention relates to a single-lever water valve, and more particularly, to a single-lever water valve capable of recognizing that a hot water supply operation is to be performed at a time before hot water is supplied when the operation lever is rotated to the hot water side due to normal operation or malfunction, Supply valve to the first-lever-throttle valve.

Generally, the water supply valve is provided in the faucet (faucet), and is a valve that mixes or selects only the hot / cold water supplied from the outside, and adjusts the required amount of water to be used at a required temperature. In other words, it is an open / close control device that adjusts the amount of tap water (including hot water through a boiler) supplied from the outside and controls the water temperature by selecting cold or hot water or mixing them.

Such water valve has recently been widely used as a single lever type water valve which is easy to operate and has a good water saving effect. Generally, the single lever water valve used in the home is installed in the sink basin bathroom, etc., and it is used to supply water at a desired temperature and quantity by operating a single operation lever.

As an example of the technology of the conventional water supply valve as described above, there is disclosed a Korean Utility Model Publication No. 20-1997-0000673 (structure of a hot and cold water mixing valve disk cluster; filed on March 3, 1994; hereinafter referred to as Document 1) Patent Publication No. 10-0301090 (application method of valve for non-powered devices; filing date: May 5, 1999; hereinafter referred to as Document 2).

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a valve device comprising: a guide block having an operation lever installed inside a valve disc case; And a valve disc assembly coupled to the valve disc and configured to insert a pair of inlet holes and a disc seat having a single outlet hole in order and fix them with a fixed disc, Wherein the guide block is made of Teflon material, and a separate fixed cap for supporting and coupling the valve disc case is screwed to the valve disc case.

The description of the above document 2 is briefly described as follows: the face plate 133 and the limit jaws 131 and 132 are provided and the receiving hole 22 is formed in the cartridge 25 in which the female screw 25 ' 23 and 24 and the O-rings 19 and 19 'and 17 are placed above and below the bottom of the vertical drainage hole 22' and the vertical drainage hole 21, respectively, and then the inlet holes 28 and 28 ' And the side grooves 127 and 128 of the ceramic base plate 26 in which the drain holes 27 are drilled are inserted into the side plates 133 and 134 of the cartridge 25 and the connection holes 29 and recesses 124 of the rail plate 32 having the circular grooves 36 and the two chambers 119 and 120 is placed on the ceramic upper plate 30 having the grooves 124 (Not shown) is inserted into the hole 34 'of the rotary shaft tube 34 having the flange 117 and the restrictor 122 (122') on the shaft 119 (120) of the rail plate 32, The fixing bolt 74 is engaged with the female screw 73 of the lower horizontal board 67 by inserting the lever 37 with the lever 37 ' (14 ', 14'), respectively. The omissions 500 and 500 'are inserted into the lower ends of the water supply pipes 69 and 69' and then the female threads 72 ' And a stopper 70 is fitted to the female screw at the opposite side of the faucet 57 between the upper end 58 of the straight pipe and the lower end 60 of the vertical pipe 60. The anchor board 71 ' This is a valve application method before the automatic power saving of non-motorized water.

The conventional single-lever type water supply valve as described above includes a lower disk having a cold / hot water supply hole provided symmetrically forward and a drain disposed at the rear, and a lower disk having a drain hole provided at the rear, And an opening and closing communication hole for communicating the cold / hot water supply hole with the drain hole to adjust the opening / closing degree and the opening degree of any one or both of the cold / hot water supply holes, And either one of cold water and hot water is supplied.

However, in the conventional single-lever type water supply valve as described above, the operation lever is unconsciously used at the center. In this case, when the water supply hole of the upper disk is opened both the cold water hole and the hot water hole of the lower disk In this case, since the boiler is operated to supply hot water, there is a problem that unnecessary energy is wasted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the related art and to meet the requirements, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a hot water supply device, The present invention is directed to a single-lever water valve which can be switched to a hot water supply after a first stop.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a washing machine comprising a lower disk 11 provided with cold and hot water inflow holes 11a and 11b and a drain hole 11c, And a top disk 12 provided with an opening and closing communication hole 12a for adjusting the opening and closing degree of any one or both of the hot and cold water inflow holes 11a and 11b while moving left and right. , Wherein the operation lever (13) is provided on the left and right rotation path of the central axis and the central axis of the backward and forward rotation operation of the operation lever (13), and immediately before the hot water inflow hole (11b) is opened And a hot water supply advance notification means 20 for transmitting a tactile sense or a tactile sense to the user to hear that the hot water supply operation is to be performed.

In the present invention, when the operation lever 13 is rotated to the hot water side, the user is informed that the hot water supply operation will be performed immediately before the hot water inflow hole 11b is opened, The operation lever 13 is prevented from rotating further to the hot water supply side so as to prevent the boiler from operating for the supply of hot water so that unnecessary energy Is prevented from being consumed.

Further, according to the present invention, the hot water supply advance notice function is provided to the central axis of the operation lever 13, which must be constituted essentially, so that the multi-function can be realized through a simple structure.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention (hot water supply advance notification means);
2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a plan view of a disk assembly illustrating one embodiment of the present invention being switched from a blocked state to an open state.
4 is a plan sectional view and plan view showing the position of the hot water supply advance notification means and the opening state of the disk, respectively, when the operation lever is located at the center in the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a plan sectional view and plan view showing the operation of the hot water supply advance notification means and the opening state of the disk, respectively, when the operation lever of the present invention is moved to the hot water supply side.
6 is a plan sectional view and plan view showing the position of the hot water supply pre-notification means and the open state of the disk, respectively, when the operation lever of the present invention is completely moved to the hot water side.
7 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention;

The present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, the present invention includes a lower disk 11 provided with cold / hot water inflow holes 11a and 11b and a drain hole 11c, And an upper disc 12 provided with an opening and closing communication hole 12a for adjusting the opening and closing degree of any one or both of the cold and hot water inflow holes 11a and 11b while moving in the front and rear directions by the operation lever 13 Wherein the operating levers (13) are provided on the left and right rotation paths of the central axis and the central axis of the operation lever (13) in such a manner that when the operation lever (13) rotates toward the hot water side, And a hot water supply advance notification means 20 for transmitting tactile, tactile, and auditory information to the user that the hot water supply operation will be performed immediately before the hole 11b is opened.

In the present invention, the assembly of the lower disk 11 and the upper disk 12 is formed with cold / hot water supply holes 14a and 14b and a discharge hole 14c, And may be seated in the base 14 provided with the packing 15 as much as possible.

In this case, the upper disc 12 may be moved back and forth and left and right according to the direct movement of the operation plate 18 coupled to the upper surface. At this time, Or by a bush 17 interlocked with the left-right rotation of the operation lever 13 while supporting the forward-backward rotation of the operation lever 13, as shown in Fig.

The upper and lower discs 11 and 12 and the operating plate 18 and the bush 17 are protected by a housing 16 formed of a two- .

At this time, the operation lever 13 is exposed above the bush 17, and the bush 17 is inserted into the interior of the housing 16.

In the meantime, the hot water supply advance notification means 20 of the present invention is configured to allow the operation lever 13 to pass from one side to the other side of the bush 17 through which the operation lever 13 passes vertically, And a ball 21c which is provided on both ends of the shaft 21a so as to be elastically biased outward by a spring 21b in the shaft 21a, ; The bush 17 is provided at an inner circumference of the housing 16 which is in contact with the outer diameter of the bush 17 so that the ball 21c at both ends of the center shaft 21 is engaged with the groove 21c, (22). ≪ / RTI >

At this time, both ends of the center shaft 21 may be curved so as to prevent the ball 21c from coming off.

In addition, the ball 21c of the center shaft 21 may be replaced with a capsule having a cross section of "? &Quot;.

The groove 22 may be positioned when the operation lever 13 is rotated to the hot water supply side and reaches the position immediately before the supply of hot water is started. The housing 16, which contacts the outer diameter of the bush 17, Or may be provided in a circular dot shape.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described.

The shutoff state of the water valve 10 to which the present invention is applied is determined by the fact that the upper disk 12 is located at the rear of the lower disk 11 and the opening and closing communication hole 12a of the upper disk 12 is located at the lower side of the lower disk 11. [ (11a) and (11b).

4, when the operation lever 13 is pushed to the rear of the main body of the water valve 10 (lifting the handle coupled to the distal end of the operation lever), the upper disk 12, The opening and closing communication hole 12a of the upper disc 12 coincides with the cold water inflow hole 11a of the lower disc 11 and the cold water is opened.

At this time, both ends of the center shaft 21 of the hot water supply advance notification means 20 are positioned in both lateral directions (9 o'clock and 3 o'clock direction) of the main body of the water valve 10, And the angle is shifted to the hot water direction side in the range of 3 to 5 degrees.

In this state, when the user malfunctions while operating the operation lever 13 and rotates to the hot water supply side, as shown in FIG. 5, when the central axis 21 coincides with the groove 22 The ball 21c is resiliently biased by the spring 21b into the groove 22 to temporarily stop the rotation operation so that the tactile sensation is transmitted to the user's hand while a "clicking" sound is generated, .

Thus, the user recognizes that the operation lever 13 is unintentionally rotated to the hot water supply side and stops the operation of the operation lever 13. [ However, when hot water is to be used, hot water can be used as long as the operating lever 13 is turned without stopping the hot water supply side, as shown in FIG.

In the present invention as described above, when the operation lever 13 is rotated to the hot water side, the user is informed by the tactile or tactile and auditory sense that the hot water supply operation will be performed immediately before the hot water inflow hole 11b is opened, It is recognized that the hot water supply operation is going to proceed so that the operation lever 13 is no longer rotated to the hot water supply side and as a result the boiler is prevented from operating for hot water supply so that unnecessary energy consumption is prevented .

Further, the present invention provides a hot water supply advance notice function to the central axis of the operation lever 13, which must be essentially constituted, so that a multi-function can be realized through a simple structure.

In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7,

The hot water supply advance notification means 20 is inserted through one side of the bush 17 supporting the rotation operation of the operation lever 13 and is inserted into the other side via the operation lever 13, And a ball 21c which is fitted to one end of the shaft 21a and which is elastically biased outward by a spring 21b inside the shaft 21a, A central shaft 21 made of a metal material; The bush 17 is provided at an inner circumference of the housing 16 to which the outer diameter of the bush 17 contacts. The bush 17 has a groove 21c, which is engaged with the ball 21c at one end of the central shaft 21, (22). ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the other surface of the bush 17 to which the center shaft 21 is inserted may be supported by a jaw that prevents the center shaft 21 from being pushed.

Other embodiments of the present invention configured as described above are simpler in construction and structure than those of the embodiment of the present invention, and are easy to assemble, and other operations are the same as those of the embodiment of the present invention, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments.

In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Accordingly, all such appropriate modifications and changes, and equivalents thereof, should be regarded as within the scope of the present invention.

10: water valve 11: lower disk
11a, 11b, 11c: hot / cold water supply hole, drainage hole 12:
12a: opening and closing communication hole 13: operation lever
20: hot water supply advance notification means 21: central axis
21a: shaft 21b: spring
21c: ball 22: groove 1,2,3

Claims (4)

A lower disk 11 provided with cold and hot water inflow holes 11a and 11b and a drain hole 11c and an operation lever 13 in correspondence with the lower disk 11 to move left and right, And an upper disc (12) provided with an open / close communication hole (12a) for regulating the opening and closing degree and the degree of opening of any one or both of the valve bodies (11a, 11b)
The operation lever 13 is provided on the left and right rotation path of the central axis and the central axis of the forward and backward rotation operation of the operation lever 13 so that when the operation lever 13 is rotated toward the hot water side, And a hot water supply advance notification means (20) for transmitting a tactile sense or a tactile sense to the user in a tactile and audible manner. The method according to claim 1,
The hot water supply advance notification means (20)
A cylindrical shaft 21a penetrating from one side to the other side of the bush 17 through which the operation lever 13 vertically penetrates and acting as a central axis of forward and backward rotation of the operation lever 13, A center shaft 21 provided at both ends of the shaft 21a and composed of a ball 21c that is elastically biased outward by a spring 21b inside the shaft 21a; The bush 17 is provided at an inner circumference of the housing 16 which is in contact with the outer diameter of the bush 17 so that the ball 21c at both ends of the center shaft 21 is engaged with the groove 21c, (22) which is formed in the valve body (20). The method according to claim 1,
The hot water supply advance notification means (20)
A bush 17 for supporting the rotating operation of the operating lever 13 is inserted and fixed to the inside of the other side through the operating lever 13 so as to be rotatable about the center axis of the front- A central axis 21 formed by a shaft 21a acting as a cylinder and a ball 21c sandwiched between one end of the shaft 21a and elastically biased outward by a spring 21b inside the shaft 21a; The bush 17 is provided at an inner circumference of the housing 16 to which the outer diameter of the bush 17 contacts. The bush 17 has a groove 21c, which is engaged with the ball 21c at one end of the central shaft 21, (22) which is formed in the valve body (20). 3. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
The groove (22)
Is located when the operating lever (13) is rotated to the hot water supply side and reaches the position immediately before the hot water supply is started.

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