Level adjuster of water supply of water box

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6679287
  • Patent Number
    6,679,287
  • Date Filed
    Monday, May 20, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 20, 2004
    21 years ago
Abstract
A level adjuster of a water supply of a water box serves for adjusting the amount of water in a water box conveniently and easily. The level adjuster comprises a press, a supporting rod, an pressable button, a positioning seat, a pontoon, an inner water injecting tube and an outer water injecting tube of a water injector. The amount of water in the water box can be precisely controlled and the operation is easy without using any other auxiliary tool. No problem of element fatigue and change of water level occurs.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to level adjusters, and particularly to a level adjuster of a water supply of a water box serves for adjusting the amount of water in a water box conveniently and easily. The amount of water in the water box can be precisely controlled and the operation is easy without any other auxiliary tool. No problem of element fatigue and change of water level.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Stool has become a necessary device for the currently life, but generally, the water supplied to the stool is unadjustable and a large amount of water is supplied for each time the stool is used so that water is wasted. Tools are necessary for adjusting water supplied to the stool, however, this is inconvenient, and thus the user can not determine the water to flush a stool each time the stool is used.




A prior art water supply is illustrated in FIG.


1


. The water supply has an inner water injecting tube


52


and an outer water injecting tube


51


and a pontoon


53


. An outer side of the pontoon


53


is pivotally connected to a U shape elastomer


54


. An upper and a lower section of the U shape elastomer


54


are installed with an upper positioning hole


541


and a lower positioning hole


542


. A supporting rod


56


capable of being connected to a press


55


passes through an upper positioning hole


541


and a lower positioning hole


542


. By the expanding elastic force of the U shape elastomer


54


, the edges of the positioning holes


541


and


542


can be buckled to the supporting rod


56


. When the U shape elastomer


54


are pressed at two ends thereof, the edges of the upper positioning hole


541


and the lower positioning hole


542


will disengage with the supporting rod


56


(the diameter of the upper and lower positioning holes


541


and


542


are slightly larger than the diameter of the supporting rod


56


). The user can adjust the pontoon


53


to a desired level and the U shape elastomer


54


can be positioned on the supporting rod


56


. Although this structure can adjust the water amount rapidly, but the advantage is that the edges of the upper and lower positioning holes


541


and


542


are obliquely buckled to the supporting rod


56


. It is possible that the rod slides due to the buoyance of the pontoon


15


. Especially when the U shape elastomer has elastic fatigue. Thereby, the water level to be controlled has a shift from the predict level, and the water stored is wasted due to change of level.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a level adjuster of a water supply of a water box comprising a press, a supporting rod, an pressable button, a positioning seat, a pontoon, an inner water injecting tube and an outer water injecting tube of a water injector. The user can press the pressable button to force the elastomer of the positioning seat to reduce backwards, and thereby, the positioning block will retract from the positioning groove of the supporting rod. Therefore, the user can adjust the level of the pontoon. After adjusting to a desire level, the pressable button is released. Then the elastomer of the positioning seat restores to drive the block to be buckled to the positioning groove of the supporting rod. After the level positioning operation is completed, and when it is stated to fill water into a water box, the pontoon will move to a predetermined height due to the buoyance of water, the pontoon will drive the press to press the water stop pin of the water supply. Thereby, by the present invention, the amount of water in the water box can be precisely controlled and the operation is easy without any other auxiliary tool. No problem of element fatigue and change of water level. The amount of water in the water box can be precisely controlled and the operation is easy without any other auxiliary tool. No problem of element fatigue and change of water level.




The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a schematic view of a prior art water supply of a water box.





FIG. 2

is a schematic perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a schematic view showing the operation of the present invention.





FIG. 5

is another schematic view of the operation of the present invention.





FIG. 6

is a further schematic view of the operation of the invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Referring to

FIGS. 2 and 3

, the perspective view and exploded perspective view of the present invention are illustrated. The present invention includes a water supply


2


with a level adjusting device


1


. The level adjusting device


1


is formed by a press


11


, a supporting rod


12


, an pressable button


13


, a positioning seat


14


, a pontoon


15


, an inner water injecting tube


21


and and outer water injecting tube


22


of a water injector


2


.




The press


11


has a front section. The front section has a first inserting hole


111


which is pivotally connected to a positioning hole


221


of the water supply


2


by a pin A. A distal end of the press


11


is installed with a second inserting hole


112


which is pivotally connected to a pivotal hole


121


at a top end of the supporting rod


12


by a pin A.




The supporting rod


12


has a top installed with the pivotal hole


121


corresponding to the second inserting hole


112


of the press


11


. An inner side of the supporting rod


12


is installed with a groove row


122


formed by at least one positioning groove


1220


. The groove row


122


of the supporting rod


12


has an upper limiting block


123


at an upper side thereof and a lower end of the supporting rod


12


is pivotally connected with a lower limiting block


124


which are utilized as an upper limit and a lower limit of the position pressable button


13


moving along the supporting rod


12


.




The pressable button


13


has an inner side which is installed with a engaging hole for being inserted by the connecting posts


142


of the positioning seat


14


. An upper and a lower side of the pressable button


13


are installed with corresponding notches


132


for confining the movement of the pressable button


13


and the supporting rod


12


.




The positioning seat


14


has a transversal plate with two posts


142


at two ends of the plate. Each post


142


is installed with an elastomer


143


. A positioning block


141


capable of buckling the supporting rod


12


and the positioning groove


1220


is installed between the two connecting posts


142


.




The pontoon


15


has a round hole


151


at one side for being inserted by an outer water injecting tube


22


of the water supply


2


. Another side of the pontoon


15


is installed with a via hole


152


for being inserted by the supporting rod


12


. One lateral side of the via hole


152


is communicated with an opened receiving chamber


153


for receiving the pressable button


13


.




By above components, referring to

FIGS. 4

,


5


, and


6


, the user can press the pressable button


13


to force the elastomer


143


of the positioning seat


14


to reduce backwards, and thereby, the positioning block


141


will retract from the positioning groove


122


of the supporting rod


12


. Therefore, the user can adjust the level of the pontoon


15


. After adjusting to a desire level, the pressable button


13


is released. Then the elastomer


143


of the positioning seat


14


restores to drive the block


141


to be buckled to the positioning groove


1220


of the supporting rod


12


. After the level positioning operation is completed, and when it is stated to fill water into a water box


3


, the pontoon


15


will move to a predetermined height due to the buoyance of water, the pontoon


15


will drive the press


11


to press the water stop pin


222


of the water supply


2


.




Thereby, by the present invention, the amount of water in the water box can be precisely controlled and the operation is easy without any other auxiliary tool. No problem of element fatigue and change of water level occurs.




The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.



Claims
  • 1. A level adjuster of a water supply of a water box comprising a press, a supporting rod, an pressable button, a positioning seat, a pontoon, an inner water injecting tube and an outer water injecting tube of a water injector; wherein:the press has a first inserting hole at a front section thereof; the first inserting hole is pivotally connected to a positioning hole of the water supply by a first pin; a distal end of the press is installed with a second inserting hole which is pivotally connected to a pivotal hole at a top end of the supporting rod by a second pin; the supporting rod has a top installed with the pivotal hole corresponding to the second inserting hole of the press; an inner side of the supporting rod is installed with a groove row formed by at least one positioning groove; thereby, the positioning block of the positioning seat is capable of being buckled to the positioning groove; the pressable button has an inner side which is installed with a engaging hole for being inserted by a connecting post of a positioning seat; an upper and a lower side of the pressable button are installed with corresponding notches for confining the movement of the pressable button and the supporting rod; and the positioning seat has a transversal plate with two posts at two ends of the plate; each post is installed with an elastomer; a positioning block capable of buckling the supporting rod and the positioning groove are installed between two connecting posts; the pontoon has a round hole at one side for being inserted by an outer water injecting tube of the water supply; another side of the pontoon is installed with a via hole for being inserted by the supporting rod; one lateral side of the via hole is communicated with an opened receiving chamber for receiving the pressable button.
  • 2. The level adjuster of a water supply of a water box as claimed in claim 1, wherein the groove row of the supporting rod has an upper limiting block at an upper side thereof and a lower end of the supporting rod is pivotally connected with a lower limiting block which are utilized as an upper limit and a lower limit of the position pressable button as the pressable button moves along the supporting rod.
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Number Name Date Kind
2911000 Doyle Nov 1959 A
2986155 Doyle May 1961 A
3194258 Grant Jul 1965 A
6510866 Li Jan 2003 B2