CA2576666A1

CA2576666A1 - Faucet structure

Info

Publication number: CA2576666A1
Application number: CA 2576666
Authority: CA
Inventors: Kim Chang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2007-02-01
Filing date: 2007-02-01
Publication date: 2008-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 2027-02-01
Also published as: CA2576666C

Abstract

A faucet structure comprises a valve body having outlet coupling tubes, accommodating tubes, and inlet ducts that are fluidly connected and fixed between a mount having an opening, fixing holes, a clearance recess, and through holes, and a covering board equipped with thru-holes thereon. The valve body also has a connecting tube extending in the middle section wherein the connecting tube has coupling ends protruding at both sides to join to the outlet coupling tubes, and an assembly section extending in the middle to lock to a spout of a water-supply seat thereby. The valve body has a water-flow control valve received into each accommodating tube therein to match to a handle seat equipped with a grip. The water-supply seat having a set of upper and lower housings to house the spout therein is firmly locked to the middle section of the mount thereon, achieving easy and flexible assembly thereby.

Claims

1. A faucet structure, comprising a valve body equipped with a connecting tube detachably mounted to the middle section thereon wherein the connecting tube is made up of a set of coupling ends and an assembly section, and an outlet coupling tube is respectively joined to the coupling ends extending at both sides of the connecting tube thereon; the outlet coupling tube has one end equipped with an accommodating tube having a locking section with a water-flow control valve received therein, and another end fluidly connected to an inlet duct having a locking section defining thereon; a mount is equipped with a set of fixing holes symmetrically arranged at both sides thereon for the extension of each accommodating tube there-through respectively; the mount also includes an opening for the extension of the assembly section of the connecting tube, a clearance recess for the mounting of a lift rod, and through holes for the fixing of screws thereby; a covering board is provided opposite to the mount, and equipped with thru-holes to match to the fixing holes of the mount for the extension of the inlet duct there-through so that the valve body is allowed to locate between the mount and the covering board, permitting the accommodating tubes and the inlet ducts to extend outwards and fix in position by a locking element respectively; the water-flow control valve has one side mounted to a handle seat equipped with a grip; an upper housing equipped with a set of fixing posts and a lift-rod hole is bound with a lower housing equipped with an opening, a set of through holes, and a clearance hole so as to house a spout therein and form a water-supply seat therewith wherein the water-supply seat is matched and assembled to the mount with the opening, the clearance recess, and the through holes, and to the connecting tube with the assembly section thereof; therefore, via the aforementioned structure, the present invention can avoid the complicity and difficulty in assembly as well as help saving the cost of material and processing, efficiently boosting its competitive thereby.

2. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the faucet is molded of high-and-low-temperature resistant plastic material.

3. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the coupling end of the connecting tube, equipped with a stop face for the accommodation of a watertight ring thereon, is mounted to the outlet coupling tube of the valve body, and the outlet coupling tube has multiple ribs annularly arranged and spaced out at the internal surface thereon so that the watertight ring is precisely sandwiched between the stop face and the ribs, and restricted in position thereby.

4. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the locking section of the accommodating tube and the inlet duct can be respectively defined by external threads, each matching and securing to a locking element equipped with an internal-threaded hole thereon.

5. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the assembly section of the connecting tube has an internal-threaded hole indented at one end side thereon.

6. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the water-flow control valve is equipped with a fixing member having positioning flanges extending thereon to mount to a regulating member defined by water-guiding apertures thereon, permitting a limiting plate respectively extending at the preset position of the fixing member and the regulating member thereon to precisely abut against each other thereby;
moreover, the positioning flanges are allowed to reciprocally engage with insert recesses cut at the opening edge of the accommodating tube thereon; the regulating member has a guide plate with orifices defining thereon fixed at one side to precisely match to the water-guiding apertures thereby; the inlet duct and the accommodating tube have a conjoining section defined by a port into which an elastic water-sealing collar is accommodated to match to the orifices of the guide plate thereby.

7. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 6 wherein the regulating member has one side equipped with a positioning shaft defined by an internal-threaded fixing hole therein.

8. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the handle seat has a limiting groove indented at one side thereon, and a linkage section disposed opposite to the limiting groove with a bore extending there-through to which a screw topped by a decorative plug is mounted; the linkage section also includes an internal-threaded fitting hole indented at one end side thereon to match to a grip wherein the grip has a fixing passage extending there-through for the accommodation of a securing member equipped with an external-threaded locking end that is guided to pass through a waterproof ring and firmly lock to the fitting hole of the linkage section thereby.

9. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 8 wherein the grip is molded into a crown-topped and tapered cylindrical shape.

10. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 8 wherein the linkage section of the handle seat is molded into an arched shape.

11. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 8 wherein the linkage section of the handle seat can also be molded into a T-shaped configuration.

12. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 11 wherein the linkage section of the handle seat has an internal-threaded bore indented at one side thereon, and a grip has an external-threaded rod protruding at one side thereon, permitting the internal-threaded bore of the linkage section to securely lock to the external-threaded rod of the grip thereby.

13. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 12 wherein the grip, molded into a tapered shape, has multiple different-angled diamond-facets cut at the circumferential surface thereon.

14. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the spout is matched to the upper and lower housings and molded into an arcuate hooked shape.

15. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the fixing posts of the upper housing are respectively defined by an internal-threaded hole therein to which screws are fixed to lock the upper housing onto the mount thereby.

16. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the spout has both ends respectively equipped with an external-threaded fixing portion, permitting one fixing portion to securely lock to the assembly section of the connecting tube, and the other fixing portion to secure to an inner-threaded nozzle and fix onto one conjoining end edge of the upper and lower housings thereof.

17. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the spout can be matched to the upper and lower housings and molded into a consecutive arched magic lamp-like configuration.

18. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the spout can also be matched to the upper and lower housings and smoothly curved into an inverted pipe-shaped configuration.

19. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the inlet duct and the accommodating tube equipped with the outlet coupling tube can be molded into a separate-type assembly.

20. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 19 wherein the accommodating tube has a larger-diameter stop flange and a smaller-diameter threaded tube extending downwards at the bottom side, and the threaded tube has an annular groove indented at an appropriate position thereon for the accommodation of a watertight ring therein to form a set of abutment ringed flanges extending at both sides thereon; the inlet duct, molded of copper element, has a polygonal tool notch indented at the interior of one end with an oblique guide slope cut at the internal end edge thereon; the inlet duct has the interior of the other end equipped with a conjoining section, an internal-threaded section, and an oblique tapered guide surface disposed between the conjoining section and the internal-threaded section so that the threaded tube of the accommodating tube can be mounted from top to bottom into the inlet duct to securely lock to the internal-threaded section and form the first layer of connection thereby;
then, the abutment ringed flanges of the threaded tube can also be tightly coupled with the conjoining section and restricted in position by the guide surface to form the second layer of connection, achieving securer connection thereby; meanwhile, the watertight ring is limited in place by the abutment ringed flanges to precisely abut tight and close against the internal wall of the conjoining section thereon.

21. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 19 wherein the inlet duct can also have a multiple-toothed insert portion protruding at the end edge of the other side, and the insert portion has the inner edge of the teeth cut into reverse cornered shapes.

22. The faucet structure as claimed in Claim 19 wherein the threaded tube of the accommodating tube can also have reinforcing ribs extending at the internal surface thereon, and triangular inlet ports preset therein for the transport of water flow to the outlet coupling tube thereby.