WO2001096675A1

WO2001096675A1 - Device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl

Info

Publication number: WO2001096675A1
Application number: PCT/KR2000/000632
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jongsung Choi
Original assignee: Jongsung Choi
Priority date: 2000-06-15
Filing date: 2000-06-15
Publication date: 2001-12-20
Also published as: KR100360368B1; KR20020033483A; AU5114100A

Abstract

A device (10) for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl which has a water tank for supplying the water to the toilet bowl through a water leak opening, a lever and an adjusting bar installing at the exterior of the water tank and being operated for supplying the water to the toilet bowl, and a supplement valve for receiving the water from an exterior water supply tube and supplying the water to the water tank, the supplement valve installing at the interior of the water tank, including: a leg (12) installed for rotating and moving at a lower end of the supplement valve; and, a blocking film (18) for blocking the water leak opening by coupling to the front of the leg (12), the blocking film (18) being made of quality different from that of the leg (12).

Description

DEVICE FOR BLOCKING WATER LEAK FOR USE IN

A TOILET BOWL

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl, and more particularly, to a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl, which has a leg made of plastic, a blocking film made of rubber, and a weight unit at rear portion of the leg, thereby making the above device to be open at a maximum angle upon opening, preventing the above device from suddenly being closed by the weight unit after opening, and exactly returning to closing position by the plastic leg.

2. Description of the Related Art

Usually, if pushing down a lever after people go to stool or to urinate urine in the toilet bowl, a device for blocking water leak is open, the above device blocking a water leak opening passing to the toilet bowl, the water filled in the water tank is flown into the toilet bowl, and thus, the stool or the urine is flown into the septic tank. Upon the water leak to the toilet bowl is nearly completed, the device for blocking water leak blocks the water leak opening while again returning to its original position and fulls the water tank of the water.

Also, the device for properly adjusting the amount of water filled in the water tank upon using the toilet bowl according to the urine or the stool, is installed at the toilet bowl. The above device was invented and filed by the same applicant of the present invention and, when the water is leaked from the water tank to the toilet bowl, the open device for blocking the water leak is forcibly closed, blocks the water leak opening, blocks the water supplied to the toilet bowl, and d-i-minis-hes the amount of the water.

The conventional device for blocking water leak is mostly made of rubber and is a little made of plastic. However, in the case that the device made of rubber applies to the device for adjusting the amount of the water filled in the water tank as stated above because the leg is very smooth, it results in not exactly^' returning the device for blocking water leak to its original position by the pressure of the adjusting tube for forcibly closing the device for blocking the water leak according to the operation of the lever upon closing. Further, the device made of both rubber and plastic arises the increase of production cost on account of complicated assembly process of construction. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

A more complete appreciation of this invention, many of the attendant advantages thereof, will be readily apparent as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference symbols indicate the same or similar elements components, wherein,

FIG. 1 is a separated side view showing a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing coupling state of the device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl as shown in FIG. l;

FIG 3 is a sectional view showing the state where an adjusting tube and the device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl are coupled to each other;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view showing the device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl as shown in FIG. 3; and,

FIGs. 5a and 5b are sectional views showing operation state of the device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 5a shows opening state of the above device and FIG. 5b shows closing state of the above device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention for solving the above problem to provide a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl, which has a leg made of plastic, a blocking film made of rubber, and a weight unit at rear portion of the leg, thereby making the above device to be open at a maximum angle upon opening, preventing the above device from suddenly being closed by the weight unit after opening, and exactly returning to closing position by the plastic leg.

The above object can be achieved according to the present invention with a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl which has a water tank for supplying the water to the toilet bowl through a water leak opening, a lever and an adjusting bar installing at the exterior of the water tank and being operated for supplying the water to the toilet bowl, and a supplement valve for receiving the water from an exterior water supply tube and supplying the water to the water tank, the supplement valve installing at the interior of the water tank, including: a leg installed for rotating and moving at a lower end of the supplement valve; and, a blocking film for blocking the water leak opening by coupling to the front of the leg, the blocking film being made of quality different from that of the leg. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be in detail explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Most of all, FIG. 1 is a separated side view showing a device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Herein, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the present invention is for solving position changing problem by twisting of the conventional leg made of rubber and uses after making the leg and the blocking film made of quality different from that of the leg and coupling the leg and the blocking film

Therefore, while the device 10 for blocking water leak according to the present invention makes the leg 12 having a fixing ring 14 of plastic, the blocking film 18 coupled to the fixing ring 14 of the leg 12 is made of rubber, thereby being used after forcibly engaged to the leg 12.

Additionally, at the same time of making perfect opening of the device for blocking the water leak, a weight unit 12a is shaped at one portion of th leg 12 to induce smooth closing of the device for blocking the water leak after water leak. Meantimes, as shown in FIGs. 2 and 4, a fixing groove 13 having digged portion is provided at the rear surface of the weight unit 12a and a iron pole 15 having the given weight is inserted into the fixing groove 13. At this point, the weight is adjusted by the fixing groove 13 and the iron pole 15 because of excessive cost consumption (by plastic molding) and difficulties when making the above-mentioned leg 12.

A hinge ball 12b for hinge coupling is shaped between the fixing ring 14 and the weight unit 12a, and a protrusion unit 14 included with a coupling ball 16 for coupling a chain operated by a lever 30 is shaped at the fixing ring 14.

In the meanwhile, since an engaging groove 18a circularly extended is formed at the blocking film 18, the engaging groove 18a is forcibly engaged to the inner circumference surface 14b upon assembly, as shown in FIG. 2. As illustrated in FIG. 2, it can be seen that the engaging groove 18a of the blocking film 18 is tightly engaged to the fixing ring 14 of the leg 12. In FIG. 2, a connecting ring 24 is provided at the coupling ball 16 shaped at the front protrusion unit 14a of the leg 12 shown at the left, and the chain 22 connected to the lever is coupled to the connecting ring 24. FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the state where an adjusting tube and the device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl are coupled to each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the connecting ring 24 is provided at the low end of the chain 22 installed inside the adjusting tube 20, the leg 12 is coupled to the connecting ring 24, and an operation bar 28 is coupled to the upper end of the chain 22 through the connecting ring 26. Accordingly, when the lever 30 is operated, the operation force of the lever 30 is transmitted to the operation bar 28 and the leg 12 through the chain 22 in the adjusting tube 20. And due to this, while the leg 12 is rotated and moved, the blocking film 18 is lifted to thereby make the water leak opening, to be open, as depicted in FIG. 5a.

As illustrated in FIG. 5a, while the operation bar 28 is rotated and moved by the operation of the lever 30, the blocking film 18 is lifted through the chain 22. In this case, the leg 12 installed at a supplement valve 34 is rotated and moved centering around the hinge 32. When the water leak through the water leak opening is completed or the user lifts the lever 30, a shown in FIG. 5b, the chain 22 pushes down while the operation bar 28 is rotated and moved to its original state and thus, the blocking film 18 returns to its original position according to rotation and movement of the leg 12 and the water leak opening is blocked. Simultaneously, while the supplement valve 34 is open, the water flown through a water supply tube 42 and a duct 40 to a pipe 22 fulls the water tank 50. A cock 24 is engaged at the upper portion of the duct 26. A cover 52 is provided to block the flow of an alien substance at the upper portion of the water tank 50.

Whereas the device for blocking the water leak according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as stated hereinbefore is defined to the device made of two different qualities.

While there have been illustrated and described what are considered to be preferred embodiments of the present invention as stated hereinabove, that is, the device for blocking the water leak, the device made of two different qualities, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the true scope of the present invention. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teaching of the present invention without departing from the central scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the present invention not be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed as the best mode contemplated for cairying out the present invention, but that the present invention includes all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.

As may be apparent from the foregoing, the device according to the present invention can block water leak for use in a toilet bowl, by making a leg and a blocking film made of two different qualities, namely, the leg made of plastic, the blocking film made of rubber, coupling the leg and the blocking film, and making a weight unit at rear portion of the leg, thereby simultaneously making the above device to be open at a maximum angle upon opening, preventing the above device from suddenly being closed by the weight unit after opening, and exactly reli-i-rning to closing position by the plastic leg. Therefore, the above device can be used in the conventional flush toilet bowl necessitating the blocking film made of rubber as well as in the device for adjusting the amount of the water, which is invented by the same applicant of the present invention. Likewise, since only one portion of the above device is made of plastic, the cost is chapter than that of the conventional device, thereby widely being used with inexpensive cost, advantageously.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A device for blocking water leak for use in a toilet bowl which has a water tank for supplying the water to said toilet bowl through a water leak opening, a lever and an adjusting bar installing at the exterior of said water tank and being operated for supplying the water to said toilet bowl, and a supplement valve for receiving the water from an exterior water supply tube and supplying the water to said water tank, said supplement valve installing at the interior of said water tank, comprising: a leg installed for rotating and moving at a lower end of said supplement valve; and, a blocking film for blocking said water leak opening by coupling to the front of said leg, said blocking film being made of quality different from that of said leg.

2. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein said leg is made of plastic and said blocking film is made of rubber.

3. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein a weight unit having a given weight is formed at one end of said leg.

4. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein a weight unit having a given weight is formed at one end of said leg.

5. The device as recited in claim 3 or 4, wherein a fixing groove is formed at the rear surface of said weight unit, and an iron pole having a given weight is inserted and fixed into/to said fixing groove.