The present invention relates to water outflow devices, and particular to an outflow device which the installation is fast and easy without spouting out water during installation.
Referring to
However, the regulator of the house pipe 12 is usually away from the outflow component 10. A lot of time will be spent on moving back and forth between the outflow component and the regulator. Sometimes the regulator or the main valve of the house is hard to locate or even not equipped in the house for some old design, user might need to reach the regulator located outside the house, on the roof, or in the basement. Obviously, it could cause more trouble for the installation of the outflow device. Moreover, the use of the seal tape 13 for the threaded end 11 needs some skills. An uneven arrangement of the seal tape 13 could cause leaking to the connection. Especially for threading the threaded end 11 with the seal tape 13 into the outlet 14, few practices are needed for amateur. Therefore, the installation of the outflow device is not easy and convenient to the general public.
Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a water outflow device which is easy to install by a simple insertion and twist.
To achieve above object, the preset invention includes a joint and an outflow component. The joint includes a connector, sleeve, plunger, and a spring. The connector is threaded to a house pipe and the sleeve respectively. The sleeve has a connection port for connecting the outflow component. The plunger is movable between a close position and an open position so as to link or isolate a through hole of the connector and the connection port of the sleeve. The spring arranged inside the connector serves to push the plunger to maintain the plunger in the close position. The outflow component has a buckle portion, seal portion, and a push portion. The buckle portion is separably arranged to the connection port of the sleeve. The seal portion is extending from the buckle portion. The push portion extending from the seal portion has an inlet on an end thereof. The push portion will push the plunger to the open position and the seal portion will isolate the through hole of the connector from the connection port of the sleeve while the buckle portion is arranged to the connection port, and the inlet of the push portion will link to the through hole of the connector
In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.
Referring to
The joint 20 includes a connector 21, sleeve 22, first seal 23, plunger 24, spring 25, and a second seal 26.
The connector 21 has a first thread 210 and a second thread 211 on the two opposite ends thereof. A handle 212 with a larger diameter is formed between the first and the second threads 210 and 211. The first thread 210 serves to be threaded into a water outlet 41 of a house pipe 40 with a seal tape wound around the first thread 210. The handle 212 for fastening the connector 21 is hexagonal so as to be clamped by a tool. A through hole 213 penetrating the connector 21 has an inner flange 214 inside thereof.
The sleeve 22 has a threaded port 220 on an end and a connection port 221 on another end thereof. An inner flange 222 is formed between the threaded port 220 and the connection port 221 inside the sleeve 22. The inner flange 222 defines a link 22a communicating the threaded port 220 and the connection port 221. The threaded port 220 serves to be threaded by the second thread 211 with a seal tape wound around the second thread 211. A ring groove 223 and at least one guiding groove 224 are formed to an inner wall of the connection port 221. A plurality of axial rib 226 is formed to an outer peripheral of the sleeve 22 to be held by a tool for handling. Instead of the rib 226, the outer peripheral of the sleeve 22 can be hexagonal.
The first seal 23 is arranged inside the threaded port 220, between the connector 21 and the inner flange 222 of the sleeve 22. The first seal 23 has a first through hole 230 penetrating two opposite sides thereof.
The plunger 24 is arranged in the through hole 213 of the connector 21. The plunger 24 includes a plug 240, a plurality of rib 241, and a spring holder 242. The plug 240 serves to close or open the first through hole 230. The ribs 241 will be received into the first through hole 230 while the plug 240 closing the first through hole 230. Rib slots 243 are formed between adjacent ribs 241. A protrusion 244 is extending from the plurality of rib 241. A spring seat 242 is formed to the plug 240 opposite to the ribs 241.
The spring 25 is an cone spring arranged inside the through hole 213 of the connector 21. The larger side of the cone spring 25 is pushing against the inner flange 214 inside the through hole 230, and the smaller side of the cone spring 25 is slid into the spring seat 242 of the plunger 24 so as to push the plunger 24 to close the first through hole 230.
The second seal 26 is received by the ring groove 223. The second seal 26 has a second through hole 260 penetrating two opposite sides thereof. The second through hole 260 is larger than the first through hole 230.
The outflow component 30 can be a faucet, shower nozzle, or triangle valve. In the preferable embodiment of the present invention, the outflow component 30 includes a buckle portion 31, seal portion 32, and push portion 33. At least one buckle 34 is formed to a peripheral of the buckle portion 31. The buckle 34 serves to be inserted into the guiding groove 224 of the sleeve 22 so as to fix the buckle portion 31 into the connection port 221. The seal portion 32 extending from the buckle portion 31 has a first cone 320, first ring ditch 321, second cone 322, and a second ring ditch 323. The first cone 320 serves to penetrate the first seal 23 so that the first ring ditch 321 is tightly received by the first through hole 230. The second cone 322 serves to penetrate the second seal 26 so that the second ring ditch 323 is tightly received by the second through hole 260. The push portion 33 extending from the seal portion 32 serves to push the plunger 24 away from the first seal 23. The end of the push portion 33 has an inlet 330 linking to the outflow component 30. The inlet 330 receives the protrusion 244 extending from the ribs 241. The inlet 330 and through hole 213 are isolated while the first through hole 230 is shut by the plunger 24. When the plunger 24 is pushed away from the first through hole 230, the inlet 330 is linked to the through hole 213 through the rib slots 243.
Referring to
Moreover, the twist section 226 can be perpendicular to the guide-in section 225. When the buckle 34 is inserted into the border between the guide-in section 225 and the twist section 226, the push portion 33 will push the plunger 24 away from the first through hole 230. The first through hole 230 will be sealed by the first ring ditch 321 and the second through hole 260 will be sealed into the second ring ditch 323.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, the guiding groove 224 and the buckle 34 serve to fix the buckle portion 31 into the connection port 221.
Referring to
The joint 20 of the present invention is arranged to a water outlet 41 of the house pipe 40, and the plunger 24 will seal the first through hole 230 before the outflow component 30 is installed so that wafer will not come out from the joint 20. The plunger 24 will open the first through hole 230 while the outflow component 30 is fixed to the joint 20 so that water will flow into the outflow component 30 through the inlet 330. Through the above components, water will not spout out during the installation of the outflow component 30. There is no need to close the water regulator before the installation. Moreover, the installation of the outflow component 30 is simply inserting the buckle portion 31 into the connection port 221 and twisting it by a predetermined angle without the seal tape.
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.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
100215783 A | Aug 2011 | TW | national |
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
2305841 | Carlson | Dec 1942 | A |
2457052 | Le Clair | Dec 1948 | A |
3704002 | Skarzynski | Nov 1972 | A |
7093612 | Greene et al. | Aug 2006 | B2 |
7419135 | Chang | Sep 2008 | B2 |
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
20130049351 A1 | Feb 2013 | US |