High temperature protective valve and the use thereof in a shower head

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9770726-B2
Application number	US-201214116202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2012
Priority date	May 10, 2011
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

A high temperature protective valve and the use thereof in a shower head, wherein the high temperature protective valve includes a body, the body having a complete one-way waterway, and also a thermo-sensitive assembly and a pivot valve assembly. The thermo-sensitive assembly is fixed inside the body and has a memory alloy body which can be immersed in the waterway and extend and retract along the direction of the flow. The pivot valve assembly is also fixed inside the body downstream waterway of the thermo-sensitive assembly. The pivot valve assembly has a pivot valve plug which is controllable by the thermo-sensitive assembly so as to cut off the waterway. The high temperature protective valve of such a structure has a fast response and can achieve good protective effects at a high temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high temperature protective valve, comprising a body, the body is disposed with a complete one-way waterway, wherein further comprising:
a thermo-sensitive assembly ( 110 ), which is fixed inside the body, the thermo-sensitive assembly has a memory alloy body ( 112 ) which can be immersed in the waterway and extend and retract along the direction of the flow; and
a pivot valve assembly ( 120 ), which is fixed inside the body ( 110 ) and has a pivot valve plug ( 124 ) controllable by the thermo-sensitive assembly ( 110 ) so as to cut off a downstream waterway of a backpressure cavity ( 124 d ),
wherein the pivot valve assembly ( 120 ) is provided with a plug ( 122 ) fixed to the memory alloy body ( 112 ),
the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) is provided with a pivot hole ( 124 b ) centrally located therein and on-off controllable by the plug ( 122 ), the plug ( 122 ) and the pivot hole ( 124 b ) situated inside a pivot cavity ( 124 c );
the pivot cavity ( 124 c ) and the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) are disposed in order from an upstream waterway to the downstream waterway, and connected by a guiding pipe ( 124 e ), the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) further comprising a needle valve ( 124 f );
the pivot hole ( 124 b ) is connected to a pressure relief hole ( 124 h ) to connect to the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ); and
the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) further comprises a packing leather ( 124 a ) to control the on-off of the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) in response to changes in water pressure between upstream and downstream waterways due to opening and closing of the pivot hole ( 124 b ) by the plug ( 122 ), the packing leather ( 124 a ) being situated in the end face of the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ).

2. A high temperature protective valve according to claim 1 , wherein the memory alloy body ( 112 ) is a spring shape, the fixing end is situated in the most upstream waterway.

3. A high temperature protective valve according to claim 1 , wherein the movable end of the memory alloy body ( 112 ) is fixed with a pushing rod ( 113 ), the pushing rod ( 113 ) threads a positioning sleeve ( 131 ) movably, and is fixed to the plug ( 122 ), the pushing rod ( 113 ) is disposed with a piston ( 113 a ), which can slide along the axial direction inside the positioning sleeve ( 131 ).

4. A high temperature protective valve according to claim 1 , wherein the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) is disposed with a restoring spring ( 124 g ) to hold the shape of the packing leather ( 124 a ).

5. A shower head with a high temperature protective valve, comprising a body, the body has a complete one-way waterway, wherein further comprising:
a thermo-sensitive assembly ( 110 ), which is fixed inside the body, the thermo-sensitive assembly has a memory alloy body ( 112 ) which can be immersed in the waterway and extend and retract along the direction of the flow; and
a pivot valve assembly ( 120 ), which is fixed inside the body ( 110 ) in the downstream waterway of the thermo-sensitive assembly ( 110 );
wherein, the pivot valve assembly ( 120 ) has a pivot valve plug ( 124 ) controllable by the thermo-sensitive assembly ( 110 ) so as to cut off the waterway;

a downstream waterway of the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) is disposed with a straight switch ( 130 ), which can manually release the waterway from disconnecting state by the pivot valve plug ( 124 ), wherein
the pivot valve assembly ( 120 ) is provided with a plug ( 122 ) fixed to the memory alloy body ( 112 ),
the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) is provided with a pivot hole ( 124 b ) centrally located therein and on-off controllable by the plug ( 122 ), the plug ( 122 ) and the pivot hole ( 124 b ) situated inside a pivot cavity ( 124 c );
the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) comprising the pivot cavity ( 124 c ) and a backpressure cavity ( 124 d ), the pivot cavity ( 124 c ) and the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) disposed in order from upstream waterway to downstream waterway, and connected by a guiding pipe ( 124 e ), the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) further comprising a needle valve ( 124 f );
the pivot hole ( 124 b ) is connected to a pressure relief hole ( 124 h ) to connect to the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ); and
the pivot valve plug ( 124 ) further comprises a packing leather ( 124 a ) to control the on-off of the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) in response to changes in water pressure between upstream and downstream waterways due to opening and closing of the pivot hole ( 124 b ) by the plug ( 122 ), the packing leather ( 124 a ) being situated in the end face of the downstream waterway of the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ).

6. A shower head with a high temperature protective valve according to claim 5 , wherein
the straight switch ( 130 ) comprising a moving pipe ( 132 ), a button ( 131 ) and a second spring ( 133 );
the moving pipe ( 132 ) is coupled to the inside of the body in the axial direction in moving way, one end of the moving pipe ( 132 ) is disposed with an entrance coupled to the packing leather ( 124 a ), the other end of the moving pipe ( 132 ) is connected to the body by the second spring ( 133 );
the button ( 131 ) is disposed with a guiding inclined surface to make the moving pipe ( 132 ) detached from the packing leather ( 124 a ) in the axial direction.

7. A shower head with a high temperature protective valve according to claim 5 , wherein the memory alloy body ( 112 ) is a spring shape, the fixing end of the spring is situated in the most upstream waterway.

8. A shower head with a high temperature protective valve according to claim 7 , wherein the movable end of the memory alloy body ( 112 ) is fixed with a pushing rod ( 113 ), the pushing rod ( 113 ) threads a positioning sleeve ( 131 ) movably, and is fixed to the plug ( 122 ), the pushing rod ( 113 ) is disposed with a piston ( 113 a ), which can slide along the axial direction inside the positioning sleeve ( 131 ).

9. A shower head with a high temperature protective valve according to claim 7 , wherein the backpressure cavity ( 124 d ) is disposed with a restoring spring ( 124 g ) to hold the shape of the packing leather ( 124 a ).

Assignees

• Zhou Huasong
• Jin Zhongcheng
• Huang Hui
• Cao Bin
• Xiamen Solex High Tech Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhou Huasong
• Jin Zhongcheng
• Huang Hui
• Cao Bin

Classifications

• Y10T137/7737

  Thermal responsive · CPC title

• F16K31/002

  actuated by temperature variation (thermo-electric F16K31/025) · CPC title

• B05B12/10

  responsive to temperature or viscosity of liquid or other fluent material discharged · CPC title

• B05B1/3013 Primary

  Lift valves (B05B1/3033 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B1/18

  Roses; Shower heads · CPC title