Water stop device and shower head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10220395-B2
Application number	US-201615379095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2016
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

The present invention is provided with a water stop device, wherein comprising: a main body, a transmitting element and a sealing element; the main body is disposed with an inlet passage, a diversion passage and a confluence passage in the axial direction in order; the diversion passage is connected to the confluence passage by a normal-open hole; one end of the sealing element is coupled to the transmitting element in transmitting way, such that the sealing element moves between a first position and a second position along the axial direction of the confluence passage; the diversion passage is connected to the confluence passage when the sealing element is situated in the first position; the sealing element closes the confluence passage when the sealing element is situated in the second position. The present invention can occupy small space such to decrease the diameter of the inlet pipe efficiently.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A water stop device, comprising:
a main body, a transmitting element and a sealing element;
the main body having, in the following order in an axial direction, an inlet passage, a diversion passage and a confluence passage;
wherein
the diversion passage is connected to the confluence passage by a normally-open hole;
one end of the sealing element is coupled to the transmitting element in a transmitting way, such that the sealing element moves between a first position and a second position along the confluence passage in the axial direction;
the diversion passage is connected to the confluence passage when the sealing element is situated in the first position;
the sealing element closes the confluence passage when the sealing element is situated in the second position;
the main body has a chamber in the inlet passage;
one end of the chamber is an opening end configured to face the confluence passage along the axial direction;
water flowing in the inlet passage impacts a bottom wall of an external wall of the chamber and then divides in the diversion passage at sides of the chamber;
an external periphery of the sealing element has a first sealing ring; and
when the sealing element switches between the first position and the second position in the axial direction, the first sealing ring always contacts a side wall of the chamber in a sealing way;
an external periphery of the one end of the sealing element has a second sealing ring coaxial with the first sealing ring,
the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring are equal in size;
when the sealing element is situated in the second position, the second sealing ring contacts a side wall of the confluence passage in a sealing way; and
when the sealing element is situated in the first position, the second sealing ring separates from the side wall of the confluence passage.

2. The water stop device according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmitting element is a push rod disposed in the axial direction,
an end of the push rod is connected to the sealing element,
the external periphery of the one end of the sealing element is connected to the push rod,
a third sealing ring is coaxial with the first sealing ring,
the first sealing ring and the third sealing ring are equal in size, and
the third sealing ring always contacts the side wall of the confluence passage in a sealing way.

3. The water stop device according to claim 2 , wherein the side wall of the confluence passage has an outlet disposed between the second sealing ring and the third sealing ring.

4. The water stop device according to claim 2 , wherein
a front end of the push rod has a lock ring,
the lock ring is linked to an activating element, and
when the activating element is operated, the push rod drives the sealing element to move in the axial direction.

5. The water stop device according to claim 4 , wherein the activating element is a push button or a rocker switch.

6. The water stop device according to claim 1 , wherein the chamber has an air exhausting hole to connect the chamber and outside air.

7. A shower head including the water stop device according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Xiamen Solex High Tech Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Fengde
• Gong Hailang
• Zhang Mingfu
• Chen Wenxing

Classifications

• B05B1/30 Primary

  designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages {(B05B11/0094 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B05B1/18

  Roses; Shower heads · CPC title

• B05B1/3026 Primary

  Gate valves; Sliding valves; Cocks (B05B1/326 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B12/002

  Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers (for single units B05B11/00) · CPC title

• Y02A20/40

  Protecting water resources · CPC title