KR20170011256A

KR20170011256A - A Drainage Valve Assembly for a Washbowl

Info

Publication number: KR20170011256A
Application number: KR1020150103560A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김창환
Original assignee: 김창환
Priority date: 2015-07-22
Filing date: 2015-07-22
Publication date: 2017-02-02

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drainage valve assembly for a washbowl, comprising: a valve housing which is a hollow tube body installed in a drainage hole of a washbowl, having a flange on an upper end thereof; and a drainage valve inserted and provided in the valve housing. More specifically, the present invention provides a drainage valve assembly for a washbowl, wherein a mounting unit is provided in an internal side of the valve housing for the drainage valve to be caught. The drainage valve comprises: a pop-up head; a casing provided on a lower portion of the pop-up head; and a protruding projection unit provided on a lower portion of the casing and composed of a plurality of protruding projections protruding outwards in a radial direction.

Description

[0001] A Drainage Valve Assembly for a Washbowl [

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drain valve assembly for a wash bowl, and more particularly to a drain valve assembly for a wash bowl installed in a wash bowl to discharge water from the wash bowl to the drain through the drain hole.

Generally, a washstand installed in a bathroom or toilet is provided with a washstand that allows a certain amount of water to be used, a water supply device that supplies water to the washstand, and a drain device that stores water in the washstand or drains the stored water, Is used to take a certain amount of water into the washbasin and, after use, is drained through a drainage device.

As described above, the conventional drainage device used for the washstand is used for storing water in the washstand or discharging the stored water to the drain pipe while the opening and closing operation is performed. The drainage body forms a drain port while being inserted through the lower portion of the washstand, And a drain valve installed inside the drain hole body to open and close the drain hole while being raised and lowered. The drain valve is normally installed by using a drain valve operated by a push button operation or a lever operation.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a drain valve assembly for a washstand installed in a washstand according to a related art, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a state where a drain valve constituting a conventional drain valve assembly for a washstand is coupled to a valve housing.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a conventional drain valve assembly 30 for a washstand has a water hole 31b formed laterally at an upper end thereof, a male screw groove 31c formed at an outer diameter thereof, (31) having a fixing portion (31a) formed with a female screw capable of fixing the valve body (32); A casing 32 in which male screw grooves 32a are formed at the upper end and the follower portion 37 is moved in one direction by the rotation of the cam portion 45 so as to move up and down; And a pop-up head 33 having a female thread groove formed at the lower side thereof and threadedly coupled with a male thread groove 32a formed at an upper end of the casing 32 and having a packing 33a inserted therein. The pop-up head 33 has a circular section.

The structure in which the casing 32 and the pop-up head 33 are combined is referred to as a " drain valve ".

The casing 32 includes an operating member 34 for performing a cam movement by a pressure difference, a spring 35, a through hole formed so that the operating member 34 and the spring 35 are inserted, A snap ring 38 is formed at a lower end of the shaft 35 so that the spring 35 is engaged with the shaft 35 and a male screw 36 is formed at an outer lower end of the shaft 35, And a follower fixed end 40 made up of a follower fixing groove 39 for fixing the follower 37 to the casing main body 41.

When the spring 35 and the follower 37 are inserted into the through hole of the casing main body 41, the spring 35 is engaged with a predetermined area of the periphery of the casing main body 41 And the follower portion 37 is fixed on the follower portion fixing groove 39 through the snap ring 38 of the follower portion fixed end 40 protruded at the outer lower end through the through hole at one end And finally the operation member 34 is inserted into the through hole of the casing main body 41 and the other side end of the follower portion 37 is fixed to a predetermined region of the cam portion 45 formed in the operation member 34. [ At this time, in order to prevent the operation member 34 from being pushed upward by the force of the spring 35, a fixing groove 42 is formed on a side surface of the operation member 34, And a fixing hole (43) is formed on the side surface and fixed by a fixing screw (44).

The conventional drain valve assembly for a washer is screwed into a male screw groove 31c formed at an outer end of the valve housing 31 with a nut (not shown) This is installed in the wash basin. At this time, between the lower side of the drain hole provided with the drain valve 30 and the nut screwed thereon, a packing is inserted to prevent leakage of water, and a leakage phenomenon is also caused between the upper side of the drain hole contacting the lower end of the upper end of the valve housing 31 (Not shown) are respectively fitted to prevent the above-mentioned problems.

As described above, in order to store water in the wash basin while the drain valve assembly for the wash bowl is installed in the drain port of the wash bowl, the pop-up head 33 of the drain valve installed on the drain of the wash bowl is pressed, As the follower 37 is moved downward (one direction) by the rotational movement of the cam portion 45 provided in the casing 34, the pop-up head closes the drain port and water is stored.

At this time, the pop-up head is provided with a packing 33a to close the valve housing 31, thereby preventing stored water from leaking. When the pop-up head moved downward is once again depressed to drain the water stored in the washstand, the rotation of the cam portion 45 provided in the casing 34 screwed on the lower side of the pop- 37 are moved upward and the pop-up head opens the valve housing 31 to drain the water.

However, since the conventional drain valve assembly for a washstand is screwed to a fixing part formed inside the valve housing in which the drain valve is inserted, when the drain port of the washstand needs to be cleaned, the drain valve is released from the valve housing I could separate it. Therefore, it is not easy to remove the drain valve from the valve housing, so that it is not easy to remove the foreign matter from the drain hole. Also, since the screw thread is deeply provided in the drain pipe, the user can not easily remove the foreign matter There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems, and provides a drain valve assembly for a washstand which allows a user to easily remove a drain valve from a valve housing and to easily remove a filtered foreign matter.

The present invention provides a drain valve assembly for a washstand comprising: a valve housing having a flange at an upper end thereof and being a hollow tube installed in a drain of a washstand; and a drain valve inserted into the valve housing; Wherein the valve housing is provided with a seat portion for catching the drain valve therein; Wherein the drain valve comprises a pop-up head, a casing provided at a lower portion of the pop-up head, and a squeeze protrusion portion formed at a lower portion of the casing and formed of a plurality of squeezing protrusions protruding in a radially outward direction. Lt; / RTI >

Wherein the protruding portion includes a body connected to a lower portion of the casing and a plurality of elongated protrusions extending laterally from the body; And an upper extension protruding upward is provided on the upper portion of the squeezing protrusion.

In this case, the protrusion part comprises a first protrusion part made of a plurality of protrusions and a second protrusion part provided below the first protrusion part, Wherein the first protrusion part comprises a plurality of protrusions extending laterally outwardly from the body; Wherein the second protrusion part comprises a plurality of elongated protrusions extending laterally outwardly from the body; The first protrusion of the first protrusion and the protrusion of the second protrusion of the second protrusion are disposed at positions displaced from each other.

In the above, the seat portion is formed by projecting inward from the inner surface of the valve housing; And the drain valve has a lower end of the protrusion protruding from the seating part.

The virtual circumferential diameter connecting the radially outer ends of the plurality of elongated projections forming the first elongated projecting portion and the second elongated projecting portion is smaller than the inner diameter surface of the valve housing.

Since the valve body is provided with the protrusion at the lower portion of the valve means and is seated in the protrusion portion and the seat portion, the drain valve can be easily removed from the valve housing by the user, foreign substances are filtered at the flange portion of the valve means, When the valve body is detached from the valve housing, the foreign body is also detached, so that the filtered foreign body can be easily removed.

1 is an exploded view of a conventional drain valve assembly for a washstand,
2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where a drain valve constituting a conventional drain valve for a toilet bowl is coupled to a valve housing,
3 is a sectional view showing a drain valve assembly for a toilet bowl of the present invention,
4 is a perspective view showing a drain valve provided in the drain valve assembly for a toilet bowl of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a drain valve assembly for a toilet according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a drain valve assembly for a toilet according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a drain valve provided in the drain valve assembly for a toilet bowl of the present invention.

3, the drain valve assembly for a toilet according to the present invention comprises a valve housing 200 installed in a washstand, and a drain valve 100 provided in the valve housing 200. As shown in FIG.

The valve housing 200 includes a tube portion 210, which is a hollow tube extending vertically so that water can flow into the valve housing 200. The valve housing 200 has a flange 211 extending radially outwardly from the upper end thereof. The valve housing 200 is inserted into the upper part of the washstand drain, and the flange 211 is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drain hole.

A lateral hole 210a is laterally formed in the valve housing 200 at a position spaced downward from the flange 211. The side hole 210a is formed at a position communicating with a side drain hole (not shown) of the washstand.

The valve housing (200) is provided with a seating part (213) for catching the drain valve (100). The seat 213 protrudes inward from the inner surface of the valve housing 200. The seat portion 213 is spaced downward from the upper end of the valve housing 200. The seating portion 213 protrudes inwardly from the inner surface of the valve housing 200. A drain valve 100 is provided in the valve housing 200 by seating the lower portion of the protrusion 120 on the seating portion 213.

The drain valve 100 includes a valve means 110 and a protrusion 120 provided at a lower portion of the valve means 110.

The valve means 110 includes a pop-up head 111 and a casing 113 provided below the pop-up head 111 to operate the pop-up head in the vertical direction.

The pop-up head 111 has a circular section. The pop-up head 111 has a thickness in the vertical direction. The pop-up head 111 is formed with a packing groove portion 111a extending in the circumferential direction to be concave. A packing member 1111 is inserted into the packing groove portion 111a.

The casing 113 is a conventionally known technique. Hereinafter, detailed operation and configuration of the casing 113 will be omitted.

The casing 113 includes a casing main body 1131 having a cylindrical shape with an open top and an operation member 1133 inserted into the casing main body 1131 and operated up and down.

A fixing screw 1135 is radially coupled to the casing main body 1131 so that an end portion thereof protrudes into the casing main body 1131. A threaded portion is formed in the lower portion of the casing main body 1131.

The operation member 1133 is provided in a cylindrical shape. On the outer surface of the operation member 1133, a fixing groove 1133a extending in the upward direction is formed concavely.

Therefore, when the operation member 1133 is lifted up and down from the casing main body 1131, the operation member 1133 is guided by a fixing screw 1135 having an end inserted into the fixing groove 1133a.

The squeeze protrusion 120 includes a body 121 connected to a lower portion of the casing 113 and a squeeze protrusion 123 provided on the body 121.

The body 121 is provided with a hollow body having a circular cross section. A threaded portion is formed on the inner surface of the upper portion of the body 121. Therefore, the lower portion of the casing 113 is inserted into the body 121 and is screwed.

The squeezing protrusion 123 protrudes laterally outward from the body 121. The plurality of protrusions 123 may be spaced along the outer surface of the body 121.

The upper protrusion 125 protrudes upward and is provided on the upper surface of the protrusion 123. The upper protrusion 125 may be provided along the protrusion 123 or at least one of the protrusions.

Therefore, foreign matter that is primarily filtered by the squeezing protrusion 123 is prevented from being siphoned laterally by the sludge that falls down by the upper extension protrusion 125 and falls down.

The lower end of the squeezing protrusion 123 is seated on the seating part 213 of the valve housing 200 and seated on the seating part 213.

The squeeze protrusion 120 includes a first squeeze protrusion 124 and a second squeeze protrusion 126 located below the first squeeze protrusion 124.

The first protrusion part 124 includes a plurality of protrusions 123 projecting laterally outwardly from the body 121.

The second relief protrusion 126 is provided below the first relief protrusion 124. The second squeeze protrusion 126 includes a plurality of squeeze protrusions 123 projecting laterally outwardly from the body 121.

The body 121 has an auxiliary body 127 protruding downward from the second squeezing protrusion 126. The auxiliary body 127 is provided in a cylindrical shape. The auxiliary body 127 is provided below the body 121. The auxiliary body 127 protrudes downward beyond the seating part 213.

The body 121 is formed in a circular shape in cross section, and the squeeze protrusion 123 protrudes radially outward from the body.

The relief protrusion 123 of the first relief protrusion 124 and the relief protrusion 123 of the second relief protrusion 126 are offset from each other in the circumferential direction. Accordingly, the foreign matter not caught by the first protrusion part 124 provided at the upper part when the wastewater containing the foreign matter falls down is separated from the lower part of the second protrusion part 126, which is located at a position distanced from the first protrusion part 124 in the circumferential direction, Can be filtered.

The virtual circumferential diameter connecting the radially outer ends of the plurality of elongate projections 123 constituting the first elongated projecting portion 124 or the second elongated projecting portion 126 is formed to be smaller than the inner diameter of the valve housing 200 , And is larger than the inner diameter of the seating part (213).

Therefore, since the drain valve 100 is installed in the valve housing 200 in a state where the drain valve 100 is seated in the seating part 213, the user can grasp the drain valve 100 and lift it upward to remove the drain valve 100 The drain valve 100 can be easily removed from the valve housing 200.

Since foreign matter is filtered on the protrusion 120 provided at the lower portion of the drain valve 100, foreign objects are lifted together with the drain valve when the drain valve 100 is detached, The drainage capacity of the washstand can be easily maintained and the drainage valve 100 can be simply inserted into the valve housing 200 after removing the foreign substances from the protrusion 120. As a result, And the maintenance of the drain valve is simplified.

Although the drain valve assembly for a basin according to the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention by those skilled in the art . Accordingly, the scope of the true technical protection should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100: drain valve
110: valve means 111: pop-up head
113: casing 120:
121: Body 123:
125: upper extension projection

Claims

And a drain valve (100) inserted into the valve housing (200), the drain valve assembly comprising: a valve housing (200) having a flange (211) at an upper end thereof and being a hollow tube installed in a drain of a washstand; A seat part 213 is provided on the inside of the valve housing 200 so that the drain valve 100 is engaged; The drain valve 100 includes a pop-up head 111 having a circular cross section, a casing 113 provided at a lower portion of the pop-up head 111, And a squeeze protrusion (120) formed of a plurality of squeeze protrusions (123).

2. The washing machine according to claim 1, wherein the squeezing protrusion (120) comprises a body (121) connected to a lower portion of the casing (113) and a plurality of squeezing protrusions (123) extending outwardly from the body ; And an upper extension protrusion (125) protruding upward is provided at an upper portion of the squeezing protrusion (123).

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the protrusion (120) includes a first protrusion (124) formed of a plurality of protrusions (123) and a second protrusion (126) disposed below the first protrusion (124) &Lt; / RTI > The first protrusion part 124 includes a plurality of protrusions 123 extending outwardly from the body 121, The second squeeze protrusion 126 may include a plurality of squeeze protrusions 123 extending laterally outwardly from the body 121; Wherein a thread projection 123 of the first thread projection 124 and a thread projection 123 of the second thread projection 126 are provided at positions displaced from each other.

4. The valve according to claim 3, wherein the seating portion (213) is formed to protrude inward from an inner surface of the valve housing (200); Wherein the drain valve (100) is provided with a lower end of the protrusion part (120) seated on the seating part (213).

The valve according to claim 4, wherein a virtual circumferential diameter connecting the radially outer ends of the plurality of elongated projections (123) constituting the first elongated projecting portion (124) and the second elongated projecting portion (126) Is smaller than the inner diameter of the drain valve assembly.