Pressure reducing valve and pull-out faucet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11680653-B2
Application number	US-202017138997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2019
Publication date	Jun 20, 2023
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a pressure reducing valve and a pull-out faucet. The pressure reducing valve comprises a valve body, a piston and an elastic member, the valve body comprises a connector, the connector comprises a water passing hole penetrating from an inner side to an outer peripheral surface of the connector, a sealing member encompasses the connector, the piston comprises a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upward from a periphery of the bottom wall, an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall comprises a discharging section and a sealed section disposed between the discharging section and the bottom wall, the discharging section defines one or more discharging passages, the peripheral wall of the piston is configured to slidably encompass an outer side of the connector, and the elastic member configured to drive the piston to be separated from the connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure reducing valve, comprising:
a valve body,
a piston, and
an elastic member, wherein:
the valve body comprises a connector,
the connector comprises a water passing hole penetrating from an inner side to an outer peripheral surface of the connector,
a sealing member encompasses an outer side of the connector,
the piston comprises a bottom wall and a peripheral wall extending upward from a periphery of the bottom wall,
an inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall comprises a discharging section and a sealed section disposed between the discharging section and the bottom wall,
the discharging section defines one or more discharging passages,
the peripheral wall of the piston is configured to slidably encompass the outer side of the connector,
the peripheral wall slides relative to the connector to control the sealed section to cooperate with the sealing member to control the water passing hole to discharge water, and
the elastic member acts on the piston to generate an elastic force configured to drive the piston to be separated from the connector.

2. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
a sealed cavity is defined between the piston and the connector, and
the connector comprises an air flow passage in communication with an external environment and the sealed cavity.

3. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the discharging section is disposed on an end portion of the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, and
the one or more discharging passages penetrate an end surface of the peripheral wall.

4. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more discharging passages penetrate an inner side and an outer side of the peripheral wall.

5. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more discharging passages define one or more through grooves penetrating an inner side and an outer side of the peripheral wall, and
the one or more through grooves penetrate an end surface of the peripheral wall.

6. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more discharging passages define one or more give-way grooves extending inward from the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall, and
the one or more give-way grooves penetrate an end surface of the peripheral wall.

7. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein an end of the inner peripheral surface of the peripheral wall defines a guiding tapered surface.

8. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 7 , wherein:
an outer side of the piston is secured with one or more first positioning portions,
the outer side of the connector protrudes to define a second positioning portion,
the elastic member encompasses the connector and the piston, and
the elastic member abuts and is disposed between the one or more first positioning portions and the second positioning portion.

9. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 8 , wherein the second positioning portion is disposed above the sealing member.

10. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein the discharging section is concave to define a plurality of discharging passages of the one or more discharging passages circumferentially and evenly disposed at intervals.

11. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the peripheral wall of the piston upwardly encompasses the outer side of the connector, and
the sealing member is disposed above the water passing hole.

12. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 11 , wherein:
the outer side of the connector is concave to define an annular groove, and
the sealing member is disposed in the annular groove.

13. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the valve body comprises a valve housing,
the connector is secured in the valve housing, and
a water outlet passage in communication with the water passing hole is defined between an outer side of the piston and an inner peripheral surface of the valve housing.

14. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 13 , wherein:
the inner peripheral surface of the valve housing protrudes to define a protrusion ring,
the outer side of the piston is secured with one or more first positioning portions configured to be abutted by the elastic member, and
the protrusion ring is configured to cooperate with the one or more first positioning portions to limit a furthest sliding position of the piston.

15. The pressure reducing valve according to claim 1 , wherein:
the connector is concave to define a water inlet passage, and
the water passing hole is in communication with the water inlet passage.

16. A pull-out faucet, comprising:
a water outlet terminal,
a hose, and
a pressure reducing valve, wherein:
an inner side of the hose comprises a first water passage and a second water passage,
the water outlet terminal comprises two water outlets and a control mechanism,
the hose is connected to the water outlet terminal,
the first water passage and the second water passage are respectively in communication with the two water outlets,
the control mechanism is configured to control the second water passage to be opened and to be closed, and
the pressure reducing valve is connected to the hose and is used in conjunction with the second water passage.

17. The pull-out faucet according to claim 16 , wherein:
the hose has a pipe-in-pipe structure and comprises an inner pipe and an outer pipe,
the second water passage is disposed in the inner pipe, and
the first water passage is defined between the inner pipe and the outer pipe.

18. The pull-out faucet according to claim 17 , wherein:
the pressure reducing valve comprises a housing, a valve body, a piston, and an elastic member,
the valve body comprises a connector and a valve housing,
the connector is secured in the valve housing,
the valve body is disposed in the housing,
a first communication passage is defined between the housing and the valve housing to define a part of the first water passage,
the connector comprises a water passing hole penetrating from an inner side to an outer peripheral surface of the connector,
the piston slidably encompasses an outer side of the connector,
the piston slides relative to the connector to control the water passing hole to discharge water,
the elastic member acts on the piston to generate an elastic force configured to drive the piston to be separated from the connector,
a water outlet passage in communication with the water passing hole is defined between an outer side of the piston and an inner peripheral surface of the valve housing, and
the second water passage comprises the water passing hole and the water outlet passage.

Assignees

• Xiamen Solex High Tech Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Dingwei
• Xie Yicong
• Xiong Wenjing
• Chen Wenxing

Classifications

• E03C2001/0415

  having an extendable water outlet · CPC title

• F16K17/04 Primary

  spring-loaded · CPC title

• E03C1/0404

  Constructional or functional features of the spout · CPC title

• G05D16/106

  Sleeve-like sensing elements; Sensing elements surrounded by the flow path · CPC title

• F16K17/26 Primary

  operating in either direction · CPC title