Faucet with two outlets

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016305101-A1
Application number	US-201615003840-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 18, 2015
Publication date	Oct 20, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A faucet with two outlets includes a main body, an outlet pipe, a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit, a filtered water conduit and a switch member. The outlet pipe has an inner channel and an outer channel. Filtered water flows through the inner channel, running water flows through the outer channel. The switch member laterally formed a peripheral wall of the main body, and having a valve core being mounted inside the main body. The valve core has control filtered water or running water outlet from the outlet pipe. The faucet with two outlets respectively outputs filtered water and running water through two different waterways in the outlet pipe and ensures simple structure, convenient operation and multiple water output modes.

First claim

1 . A faucet with two outlets comprising:
a main body having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end serves as an extended portion of an outlet pipe, and the bottom end is connected with a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit and, a filtered water conduit, wherein the filter water conduit is adapted to connect with an outlet of a water purification device; and a switch member laterally formed on a peripheral wall of the main body, and having:
a valve core rotated according to two types of water output modes to control filtered water or running water to flow out of the outlet pipe;
a knob mounted in the main body;
a button coupled to the knob by a spring connection, and pressed down for the knob to be turned radially;
a limit ring mounted on a periphery of the valve core; and
a pin axially mounted inside the limit ring and the knob.

2 . The faucet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the limit ring has a bore axially formed in the limit ring, and a pin mounted inside the bore and securely mounted inside the knob.

3 . The faucet as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the valve core has:
a housing being cylindrical and having a top opening and a bottom opening; a rotary stem mounted inside the housing, protruding beyond the top opening of the housing, and having:
a connector formed on an outer end of the rotary stem and engaging an inner portion of the knob through splined connection; and
multiple bumps formed around and protruding radially from a perimeter of a bottom surface of the rotary stem, and spaced apart from each other by gaps;
a rotary tile mounted inside the housing and having:
a slot centrally formed in an inner surface of the rotary tile;
a rotary lid mounted between the rotary stem and the rotary tile; a stationary tile having four guide holes; and a base mounted on a bottom of the housing and having a cold inlet hole, a hot inlet hole, a filtered hole, and a mixed outlet hole formed through the base and communicating with the four guide holes of the stationary tile.

4 . The faucet as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a bolt and a spring are mounted in an inner wall of the housing to connected with the rotary lid.

5 . The faucet as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a first collar seal and a second collar seal are respectively mounted in an outer surface and an inner surface of the base to formed hermetic seal among the stationary tile, the main body and the base.

Assignees

• Xiamen Runner Ind Corp

Inventors

• Liu hui-ming
• Lin Feng

Classifications

• F16K11/0787 Primary

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• E03C2201/40

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• Y10T137/9464

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• Y10T137/87579

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• Y10T137/86863

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