Water valve and pool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10584797-B2
Application number	US-201815889558-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 6, 2018
Priority date	Dec 21, 2017
Publication date	Mar 10, 2020
Grant date	Mar 10, 2020

Abstract

A water valve and a pool are provided. The water valve includes a valve body having a first channel; and a valve plate having a valve plate opening and configured to control opening or closing of the first channel by sliding; when the valve plate is in a first position, the valve plate opening is aligned with the first channel and water can flow through the first channel, the water valve is opened; when the valve plate is in a second position, the first channel is blocked by the valve plate, the water valve is closed. The pool includes a water inlet part connected with a pool wall and the water valve detachably connected with the water inlet part. The water valve is simple in operation, has good sealing performance and switch function of the water valve and disinfection function of the chemical dispenser, thereby improving the water valve's performance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water valve, applied to a pool, comprising:
a valve body, provided with a first channel;
a valve plate, provided with a valve plate opening and configured to control opening or closing of the first channel by sliding;
wherein when the valve plate is positioned in a first position, the valve plate opening is aligned with the first channel so that water can flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in an open state; and when the valve plate is positioned in a second position, the first channel is blocked by the valve plate so that water cannot flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in a closed state; and
a first limit assembly, configured to limit movement of the valve plate in a first predetermined direction, when the valve plate is positioned in the first position;
wherein the first limit assembly comprises a slot disposed on the valve plate and a hook disposed on the valve seat, the hook comprises a vertical plane and an oblique plane, when the valve plate is positioned in the first position, the vertical plane of the hook abuts against an end of the slot;
wherein the valve body comprises:
a valve seat, provided with a first pipe; and
a valve housing, detachably connected with the valve seat and comprising a second pipe;
wherein a pipe channel of the first pipe and a pipe channel of the second pipe collectively define the first channel, the valve plate is disposed between the first pipe and the second pipe, and when the valve plate opening is aligned with the pipe channel of the first pipe and the pipe channel of the second pipe, the first pipe is communicated with the second pipe.

2. The water valve according to claim 1 , wherein a first opening and a second opening are disposed on the valve seat, the valve plate passes through the first opening and the second opening and is configured to slide within the first opening and the second opening.

3. The water valve according to claim 1 , further comprising: a second limit assembly disposed at an end of the valve plate and configured to abut against the valve seat to limit movement of the valve plate in a second predetermined direction when the valve plate is positioned in the second position.

4. The water valve according to claim 3 , further comprising a stop plate disposed on the valve seat, wherein the stop plate and the valve seat define a slideway of the valve plate, and the valve plate is disposed between the stop plate and the valve seat.

5. The water valve according to claim 4 , further comprising: a third limit assembly, wherein the valve plate is positioned in the first position or the second position via the third limit assembly; and
the third limit assembly comprises: a first groove and a second groove disposed on the stop plate, and a protrusion disposed on the valve plate, wherein the first groove and the second groove are disposed at an interval along a sliding direction of the valve plate, when the protrusion slides into the first groove, the valve plate is positioned in the first position, and when the protrusion slides into the second groove, the valve plate is positioned in the second position.

6. The water valve according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealing ring, disposed at an end of the first pipe near the valve plate; and/or
a ring-shaped rib, disposed on the valve plate, wherein the ring-shaped rib abuts against the sealing ring when the valve plate is positioned in the second position.

7. A water valve, applied to a pool, comprising:
a valve body, provided with a first channel; and
a valve plate, provided with a valve plate opening and configured to control opening or closing of the first channel by sliding;
wherein when the valve plate is positioned in a first position, the valve plate opening is aligned with the first channel so that water can flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in an open state; and when the valve plate is positioned in a second position, the first channel is blocked by the valve plate so that water cannot flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in a closed state; and
a chemical dispenser connected with the valve body, wherein the chemical dispenser is provided with a chamber for receiving solid chemicals and at least one first hole configured to make the chamber communicated with an external environment.

8. The water valve according to claim 7 , wherein the chemical dispenser is farther provided with a second channel communicated with the first channel and at least one second hole configured to make the chamber communicated with and the second channel, and chemical solution in the chamber can be discharged via the at least one second hole when water flows through the second channel.

9. The water valve according to claim 8 , wherein the chemical dispenser further comprises:
a first housing, detachably connected with the valve body and comprising a third pipe; and
a second housing, detachably connected with the first housing and comprising a fourth pipe;
wherein the first housing and the second housing collectively define the chamber, the third pipe and the fourth pipe are connected and collectively define the second channel, and the at least one second hole is disposed on the fourth pipe.

10. The water valve according to claim 9 , wherein the chemical dispenser further comprises:
a control member detachably connected with the second housing and configured to open or close the at least one second hole.

11. The water valve according to claim 10 , wherein the control member comprises: a fifth pipe and a hand wheel connected with one end of the fifth pipe, the other end of the fifth pipe is configured to be inserted into the fourth pipe and rotated in the fourth pipe, and the hand wheel is configured to be rotated by a user so as to rotate the fifth pipe; and
at least one third hole is disposed on the fifth pipe, when the at least one third hole is overlapped with the at least one second hole, the at least one second hole is opened, and when the at least one third hole and the at least one second hole are non-overlapped, the at least one second hole is closed.

12. A pool, comprising:
a water inlet part, connected with a pool wall; and
a water valve detachably connected with the water inlet part;
wherein the water valve comprises: a valve body, provided with a first channel; and
a valve plate, provided with a valve plate opening and configured to control opening or closing of the first channel by sliding;
wherein when the valve plate is positioned in a first position, the valve plate opening is aligned with the first channel so that water can flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in an open state; and when the valve plate is positioned in a second position, the first channel is blocked by the valve plate so that water cannot flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in a closed state.

13. The pool according to claim 12 , wherein the water inlet part comprises a water pipe part and a connecting part connected with the water pipe part, the connecting part is connected with the pool wall, and at least a part of the water valve is configured to be inserted into the water pipe part.

14. A water valve, applied to a pool, comprising:
a valve body, provided with a first channel; and
a valve plate, provided with a valve plate opening and configured to control opening or closing of the first channel by sliding;
wherein when the valve plate is positioned in a first position, the valve plate opening is aligned with the first channel so that water can flow through the first channel, and the water valve is in

Assignees

• Bestway Inflatables & Mat Corp

Inventors

• Huang Shuiyong
• Hu Wenhua
• Chen Zhibin
• Wan Changde

Classifications

• A61H33/6063

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• E04H4/12 Primary

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