Single button, cyclic shower head switch

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066374-B2
Application number	US-201615056285-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 29, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A single button, cyclic shower head switch includes a main body having a button opening and at least two outlet passages; a reversing shaft disposed in the main body by a connecting element having a pivot, that has a sealing pad and one end having a spherical surface including a top face and a bottom face, and is configured to move along the axis of the main body; and a reversing button movably coupled to the pivot, that protrudes from the button opening, and is disposed with a guiding groove coupled to the spherical surface of the reversing shaft. When the reversing button is switched, the guiding groove moves circularly about the pivot and abuts against the spherical surface and causes the reversing shaft to move downwardly or upwardly along the axis of the main body so that the sealing pad closes one outlet passage and opens another outlet passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A single button, cyclic shower head switch comprising:
a main body that is hollow, that has an axis, that has a button opening and that has at least two outlet passages;
a reversing shaft that is disposed in the main body by a connecting element having a pivot, that is disposed with a sealing pad, that has one end having a spherical surface including a top face and a bottom face, and that is configured to move along the axis of the main body; and
a reversing button that is movably coupled to the pivot of the connecting element, that protrudes from the button opening so as to allow the reversing button to switch from one position to another position, and that is disposed with a guiding groove coupled to the spherical surface of the end of the reversing shaft,
wherein, when the reversing button is switched from one position to another position, the guiding groove moves circularly about the pivot, so that the guiding groove abuts against the top face or the bottom face of the spherical surface of the one end of the reversing shaft and the spherical surface slides in the guiding groove, and so that the abutting by the guiding groove causes the reversing shaft to move downwardly and upwardly along the axis of the main body, and
wherein, when the reversing shaft moves downwardly or upwardly along the axis of the main body, the sealing pad closes one of the at least two outlet passages and opens another of the at least two outlet passages.

2. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting element is disposed with an accommodating chamber to hold the reversing shaft and is disposed with a flow passage connected to a side wall of the accommodating chamber via a hole having a bottom end face and a top end face, and wherein, when the reversing shaft moves downwardly or upwardly along the axis of the main body, the sealing pad closes the bottom end face or top end face of the hole.

3. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two outlet passages of the main body comprises a first outlet passage and a second outlet passage, wherein the bottom end face of the hole is connected to and communicates with the first outlet passage, and wherein the top end face of the hole is connected to and communicates with the second outlet passage.

4. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 3 , wherein the main body has a bottom surface, wherein the first outlet passage has an outlet that is disposed at a center of the bottom surface of the main body, and wherein the second outlet passage has an outlet that is disposed at an external periphery of the outlet of the first outlet passage.

5. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 4 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

6. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 3 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

7. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 2 , wherein the accommodating chamber is disposed with an elastic element therein along the axis of the main body coupled to the reversing shaft, and wherein, when the reversing shaft moves downwardly along the axis of the main body, the elastic element stores energy under pressure and has an elastic force that is larger than a force required to push the reversing shaft back to an initial position and is smaller than a total force necessary to push the reversing shaft back to the initial position and a force of water pressure on the sealing pad.

8. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 7 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

9. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting element has a side surface that is disposed with a protruding portion that is inclined with respect to the button opening and that has a top end that is disposed with a rotating shaft.

10. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 9 , wherein the reversing button is disposed with a concave slot coupled to the rotating shaft that is disposed on the top end of the protruding portion in a rotating way.

11. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 10 , wherein the reversing button is further disposed with an elastic groove at an external side of the concave slot.

12. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 11 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

13. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 10 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

14. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 9 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

15. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 2 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

16. The single button, cyclic shower head switch according to claim 1 , wherein the first outlet passage outflows bubble water, and the second outlet passage outflows shower water.

Assignees

• Xiamen Solex High Tech Ind Co Ltd
• Zhou Huasong

Inventors

• Wu Pengfei
• Hu Youxian
• Wu Gangqiang
• Chen Bin

Classifications

• F16K31/528

  with pin and slot · CPC title

• E03C2001/0415

  having an extendable water outlet · CPC title

• F16K11/044

  with movable valve members positioned between valve seats · CPC title

• F16K31/52416

  comprising a multiple-way lift valve · CPC title

• E03C1/02

  Plumbing installations for fresh water · CPC title