Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects or problems in the prior art and provides a water outlet device, wherein a body of the water outlet device comprises a handheld part and a water outlet part, a rotating part and a sliding part are arranged on the water outlet part, a user can control the sliding part to slide up and down by rotating the rotating part so as to control the water path switching of the water outlet device, and meanwhile, the rotating part is arranged at the end part of the water outlet part, so that the assembly process of the rotating part is very simple, the connection relation with other parts is not required to be considered, the assembly difficulty and the internal water path layout difficulty are reduced on the premise of ensuring the simple and easy operation of the switching function of the water outlet device, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a water outlet device comprising: a body provided with a water outlet part; the water outlet part is provided with a sliding cavity, and the cavity wall of the sliding cavity is provided with a water passing port for introducing water; the water outlet part is provided with a first water outlet and a second water outlet which are communicated with the sliding cavity; the sliding piece is arranged in the sliding cavity in a sliding mode in a rotation stopping mode, the water passing port is communicated with the first water outlet when the sliding piece slides to a first position, and the water passing port is communicated with the second water outlet when the sliding piece slides to a second position; the rotating piece is arranged at one end of the water outlet part, is rotatably connected with the body around a rotating shaft parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding piece and is matched with the inclined surface of the sliding piece; and the elastic piece is arranged between the body and the sliding piece and is used for driving the sliding piece to prop against the rotating piece.
Furthermore, a water channel with one end communicated with the first water outlet is arranged in the sliding part, and a first opening communicated with the water channel is arranged on the side wall of the sliding part; when the sliding piece slides to the first position, the water passing opening is communicated with the first opening.
Further, the outer wall of the sliding part is matched with the inner wall of the sliding cavity to form a water passing gap; the side wall of the sliding cavity is provided with a second opening; one end of the second opening is communicated with the second water outlet, and the other end of the second opening is communicated with the water passing gap; when the sliding piece slides to the second position, the water passing opening is communicated with the water passing gap.
Furthermore, a plurality of sealing rings are fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the sliding part along the sliding direction of the sliding part; the first opening is positioned between the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring, and when the sliding piece slides to the first position, the water passing opening corresponds to the position between the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring; the outer wall of the sliding part between the third sealing ring and the fourth sealing ring is matched with the inner wall of the sliding cavity to form the water passing gap, and when the sliding part slides to the second position, the water passing opening corresponds to the position between the third sealing ring and the fourth sealing ring.
Further, when the sliding part slides to the third position, the water passing opening corresponds to a position between the second sealing ring and the third sealing ring so as to cut off the communication between the water passing opening and the first water outlet and the second water outlet.
Furthermore, at least two first abutting blocks are uniformly distributed on the rotating part along the circumferential direction; the sliding piece is provided with a second abutting block which is suitable for being matched with the inclined surface of the first abutting block, and at least one of the first abutting block or the second abutting block is provided with an inclined surface which is used for realizing the inclined surface matching between the first abutting block and the second abutting block.
Furthermore, the first abutting block is provided with the inclined surface, and a limiting part is arranged on the inclined surface; the body is provided with a stop block on the motion path of the first abutting block; the stopper is configured and adapted to abut against the stopper portion from opposite directions when the slider slides to the first position and the second position to restrict the rotating member from continuing to rotate.
Further, when the sliding piece slides to the third position, the communication between the water passing opening and the first water outlet and the communication between the water passing opening and the second water outlet are cut off; the first abutting block is provided with an abutting surface and a positioning groove which are connected with the inclined surface; a positioning bulge is arranged on the second abutting block; when the sliding piece slides to a first position, the second abutting block abuts against the abutting surface so that the sliding piece is positioned at the first position; when the sliding piece slides to a third position, the positioning protrusion on the second abutting block is embedded into the positioning groove so that the sliding piece is positioned at the third position; when the sliding piece slides to the second position, the sliding piece abuts against the top wall of the rotating piece so that the sliding piece is positioned at the second position.
Furthermore, one end of the water outlet part is provided with a sliding groove relative to the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft; the rotating piece is provided with a clamping block which is used for being clamped with the sliding groove and sliding along the extending direction of the sliding groove.
Further, the bearing areas of the bearing surfaces on the sliding part, which are limited by the sealing ring, are equal.
As can be seen from the above description of the present invention, the present invention has the following advantages over the prior art:
1. the body of the water outlet device is provided with a handheld part for a user to hold and a water outlet part for water outlet, the water outlet part is provided with a sliding cavity for mounting the sliding part, the sliding cavity can introduce water from the handheld part through a water passing port, and water flow can be switched to flow to the first water outlet or the second water outlet after entering the sliding cavity; the switching of the water outlet device is realized by the matching of the rotating piece, the sliding piece and the elastic piece, wherein the rotating piece is arranged at one end of the water outlet part; meanwhile, the rotating piece is matched with the inclined plane of the sliding piece, and the sliding piece is arranged in a rotation stopping way, under the action of the elastic piece, the sliding piece can reciprocate between a first position and a second position when the rotating piece is rotated, and the communication between the water passing opening and the first water outlet or the second water outlet can be switched through the movement of the sliding piece, so that the switching of different water outlet functions of the water outlet device is realized; the water outlet device has the advantages of convenient water outlet function switching, low assembly difficulty and simple structure.
2. The sliding part is provided with a water passing channel communicated with the first water outlet, the water passing port can be communicated with the water passing channel through a first opening formed in the side wall of the sliding part, and the water passing channel is arranged inside the sliding part, so that the water path layout of the water outlet device at the water outlet part is simpler, a water path communicated with the first water outlet is not required to be arranged at the water outlet part, and the water passing channel in the sliding part is directly communicated.
3. The outer wall of the sliding part is matched with the inner wall of the sliding cavity to form a water passing gap, the side wall of the sliding cavity is provided with a second opening, the water passing port can be communicated with a second water outlet through the water passing gap and the second opening, and the water passing gap is formed by matching the outer wall of the sliding part with the inner wall of the sliding cavity, so that the body of the water outlet device is not required to be provided with an independent water channel on a water outlet part, and the water outlet device also has the function of reducing the complexity of the water channel layout of the body.
4. The sliding piece is sleeved with the plurality of sealing rings, and the water passing port can respectively and independently correspond to the first opening and the position of the water passing gap by utilizing the sealing effect of the sealing rings, so that the purpose of switching the water outlet function is achieved.
5. The sliding piece can also slide to a third position between the first position and the second position, and when the sliding piece slides to the third position, the water flow of the water outlet is blocked by the second sealing ring and the third sealing ring, so that the water outlet of the water outlet device is closed.
6. Rotate the piece and have two at least first butt pieces at circumference equipartition, be provided with corresponding second butt piece on the slider simultaneously, through the inclined plane cooperation between first butt piece and the second butt piece, when the rotation piece, the extension direction that the slip chamber can be followed to the slider slides, simultaneously in this scheme, because first butt piece is the equipartition in the circumference of rotating the piece, it can guarantee to rotate the piece and rotate axial atress at it evenly, reduce the probability that rotates the piece and damage or drop, and because the water course setting of crossing on the slider is in the inside of slider, make the water route can not set up in the body of water installation, thereby set up between two parties for the relative piece that rotates of slider and provide the space.
7. Be provided with spacing portion on first butt joint piece, set up the dog simultaneously on the body, the dog is in the motion route of spacing portion, when rotating the rotation and sliding with the drive slider, the dog can pass through the rotation of the spacing portion restriction rotation piece of butt to inject the rotation range of rotating the piece, be convenient for control rotating the piece.
8. Set up butt face and positioning groove on first butt piece, set up the location arch on the second butt piece, thereby the location arch can push up to the butt face or imbed among the positioning groove and make the slider location in corresponding position, and the protruding area of contact that can also reduce second butt piece and first butt piece of location simultaneously reduces the frictional force between the two for it is more smooth and easy to control and feel.
9. Set up the sliding tray on water portion, set up on the rotation piece and can joint at this sliding tray and along the gliding fixture block of this sliding tray for the rotation piece also can rotate relative water portion when realizing the axial spacing of relative water portion.
10. The bearing areas of the bearing surfaces on the sliding part are equal, and the two bearing surfaces impacted by water flow at each position where the sliding part stops are symmetrically arranged, so that the water flow pressure can be mutually offset, the sliding of the sliding part can avoid the influence of the water flow pressure, and the user can control the hand feel more comfortably.
Detailed Description
The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are presently preferred embodiments of the invention and are not to be taken as an exclusion of other embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly limited, the terms "first", "second" or "third", etc. are used for distinguishing between different items and not for describing a particular sequence.
In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly limited, all directional or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center," "lateral," "longitudinal," "horizontal," "vertical," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are based on the directional or positional relationships indicated in the drawings and are used for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element so indicated must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
In the claims, the description and the drawings of the present application, unless otherwise expressly limited, the terms "fixedly connected" or "fixedly connected" should be interpreted broadly, that is, any connection between the two that does not have a relative rotational or translational relationship, that is, non-detachably fixed, integrally connected, and fixedly connected by other devices or elements.
In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, the terms "including", "having" and their variants, if used, are intended to be inclusive and not limiting.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a structure of an embodiment of a water outlet device provided by the present invention, which mainly includes a body, a sliding member 30, a rotating member 20, an elastic member 40, and a plurality of sealing rings.
The body can be divided into a handheld part and a water outlet part, the handheld part is used for being held by a user, and the water outlet part is used for forming water outlet. Specifically, the body is composed of a water outlet device body 10, a water outlet part 11, a bubbler 12, a water inlet joint 13 and a fixed seat 21. The water outlet device body 10 includes a first tubular member extending along a first direction, the first tubular member forms a hand-held portion of the body, and referring to fig. 5, the first tubular member is hollow inside to form a water inlet passage 101. The water inlet joint 13 is fixed to one end of the first tubular member by means of screw connection, welding, etc., and is used for being connected to an external water inlet pipe, etc. to introduce external water.
The water outlet device body 10 further includes a second tubular member extending along a second direction, the second tubular member is integrally formed with the first tubular member, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and particularly, a portion of the first tubular member connected with the second tubular member is located at a portion of the second tubular member near an upper end thereof. Referring to fig. 5 to 7, a chamber is arranged in the second tubular member and penetrates up and down, a water passing opening 103 is arranged on the side wall of the chamber, and the water passing opening 103 is communicated with the water inlet channel 101 in the first tubular member and is used for introducing inlet water into the chamber. A plurality of protrusions extending upwards are further arranged at the upper end of the second tubular member, and sliding grooves 14 extending in the second direction are formed among the protrusions.
The water outlet piece 11 is fixed at the lower end of the second tubular member in a threaded manner, a water outlet channel which is through along the axial direction is formed in the middle of the bottom end of the water outlet piece 11, a first water outlet 121 is formed at the lower end of the water outlet channel, and the water outlet channel can be used for installing the bubbler 12; another water outlet channel which is parallel to the axial direction of the water outlet piece 11 and penetrates through the periphery of the water outlet piece is arranged, the lower end of the water outlet channel forms a second water outlet 111, and particularly, in the embodiment, the water passing area of the second water outlet 111 is gradually reduced along the water outlet direction, so that water flow can be sprayed from the second water outlet 111 to form spray gun water. A cylindrical structure is formed at the upper side position of the water outlet member 11, the cylindrical structure is communicated with the first water outlet 121, and another cylindrical structure with a lower height is arranged at the bottom of the cylindrical structure, and the cylindrical structure with the lower height is used for installing the elastic member 40; in this embodiment, the elastic member 40 is a spring, which can be sleeved on the outer side of the cylindrical structure with a lower height. A plurality of notches are arranged at the upper end of the water outlet piece 11 along the circumferential direction.
When the water outlet member 11 is fixed at the lower end of the second tubular member, the upper end surface of the water outlet member will abut against the lower end surface of the chamber inside the second tubular member, and the cylindrical structure arranged at the upper side of the water outlet member 11 will cooperate with the chamber to form a sliding cavity, which is used for installing the sliding member 30 and the elastic member 40. The water passing opening 103 is formed in the side wall of the sliding cavity, and the notch on the water outlet member 11 forms a second opening 112 at the side wall of the sliding cavity. The outer wall of the water outlet member 11 is also matched with the inner wall of the second tubular member to form a communication water channel 102, and the communication water channel 102 is used for communicating the second opening 112 with the second water outlet 111. The first water outlet 121 and the second water outlet 111 are both communicated with the sliding cavity.
The fixed seat 21 is fixedly connected to an opening at the upper end of the second tubular member in a screwing, clamping, welding and other modes, and a circle of sliding groove 211 extending along the circumferential direction is formed in the outer side wall of the fixed seat.
The fixing base 21, the second tubular member, the water outlet member 11 and the bubbler 12 together form a water outlet portion of the body, and the water outlet portion is used for forming outlet water.
Referring to fig. 2, the rotating member 20 is installed at the upper end of the water outlet portion and rotatably connected to the body about a rotating shaft parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding member 30, and it is engaged with the inclined surface of the sliding member 30.
Specifically, the rotating member 20 is provided with a main body portion and a handle 201 integrally formed with the main body portion, and the handle 201 is used for being pulled by a user to control the rotating member 20 to rotate relative to the main body. The main body of the rotating part 20 is provided with a cavity, the side walls of the cavity are circumferentially and uniformly provided with the clamping blocks 202, the clamping blocks 202 can be clamped in the sliding grooves 211 of the fixed seat 21 and slide along the extending direction of the sliding grooves 211, so that the rotating part 20 can axially and limitedly rotate relative to the main body. The bottom wall circumference equipartition of this cavity is provided with dress trim cover joint mouth 205, and dress trim cover 23 can be fixed to rotating on the piece 20 through this dress trim cover joint mouth 205 of joint.
In addition, a structure for providing gear feeling is also arranged in the water outlet device, and the structure mainly comprises an elastic strip 22 and a groove 212 arranged on the fixed seat 21. The two ends of the elastic strip 22 are fixed on the rotating member 20 through the elastic strip clamping interface 204 clamped on the main body part of the rotating member 20, and the elastic strip clamping interface has a downward convex part, and the convex part can move when being pressed due to the elasticity of the elastic strip 22. When the rotating member 20 rotates, the protruding portions of the elastic strip 22 sequentially fall into the groove 212 corresponding to the first position, the second position and the third position, and between these positions, the protruding portions of the elastic strip 22 are pushed against by the upper end surface of the fixing seat 21, so that the elastic strip 22 deforms and the protruding portions fall into the groove 212, thereby providing a gear feeling for the rotation of the rotating member 20. The structure for providing gear feeling does not need to be provided with the ball and the ball spring, improves the space utilization rate and has simpler structure.
The bottom wall of the cavity is protruded with two first abutting blocks 203, and the two first abutting blocks 203 are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating member 20. The first abutting block 203 has an inclined surface 2031, the inclined surface 2031 faces the opening direction of the cavity of the rotating member 20, and extends obliquely outward from the bottom wall of the cavity to form a slope structure extending obliquely in the circumferential direction of the rotating member 20. Meanwhile, an abutting surface 2033 is arranged at the topmost position of the first abutting block 203, and the abutting surface 2033 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating member 20; a positioning groove 2032 is arranged at the middle height position of the first abutting block 203, the positioning groove 2032 is recessed inwards and penetrates through both sides of the first abutting block 203 along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating member 20; at the lowest position of the first abutment block 203, a guide surface 2034 is provided, the guide surface 2034 being adapted to engage the bottom wall of the recess of the rotation member 20 and the inclined surface 2031. A limiting portion 206 is further disposed at the topmost position of the first abutting block 203, the limiting portion 206 extends in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the rotating member 20, and a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating member 20 forms a 7-shaped structure, and a blocking surface perpendicular to the abutting surface 2033 and away from the abutting surface 2033 is formed. Meanwhile, two stoppers are provided on the water outlet device body 10, corresponding to the movement path of the limiting portion 206, and are symmetrically arranged, and the two stoppers are used for cooperating with the limiting portion 206 to limit the rotation range of the rotating member 20.
Referring to fig. 3, the sliding member 30 is a circular rod-shaped member, and the outer wall thereof is sequentially provided with a first seal ring groove 301, a second seal ring groove 302, a third seal ring groove 303 and a fourth seal ring groove 304 along the extending direction thereof, for respectively installing and sleeving the first seal ring 51, the second seal ring 52, the third seal ring 53 and the fourth seal ring 54. A first water cut part 305 is formed between the first and second seal ring grooves 301 and 302, and a first opening 3051 is provided at the first water cut part 305 on a side wall of the slider 30; a second water cut portion 306 is formed between the second seal ring groove 302 and the third seal ring groove 303; a third water cut 307 is formed between the third seal ring groove 303 and the fourth seal ring groove 304. Two second abutting blocks 308 for forming an inclined surface fit with the two first abutting blocks 203 respectively are arranged at the upper end positions of the sliding member 30, the upper side surface of the second abutting block 308 is a fit inclined surface 3081 fit with the inclined surface 2031, and a positioning protrusion 3082 fit with the positioning groove 2032 is arranged at the same time. Referring to fig. 5 to 7, a water passage 3052 is further provided inside the sliding member 30, and the upper end of the water passage 3052 is communicated with the first opening 3051 and the lower end thereof forms an outlet at the lower end surface of the sliding member 30.
It should be noted that each of the above-described seal ring grooves and the corresponding seal ring cooperate to form pressure bearing faces on the slider 30 perpendicular to the direction in which the slider 30 extends, and all of the pressure bearing faces are equal in area.
The sliding member 30 is slidably disposed in the sliding cavity in a rotation-stopping manner, and can insert the second abutting block 308 thereon into the sliding slot 14 formed at the upper end of the second tubular member, so as to achieve a rotation-stopping fit with the body. The elastic member 40 is installed between the bottom end of the sliding member 30 and the water outlet member 11, and always drives the sliding member 30 to move upward, so that the sliding member 30 can be kept abutted on the inclined surface 2031, thereby realizing the inclined surface engagement between the sliding member 30 and the rotating member 20. The sealing ring that the cover was established on slider 30 is laminated on the chamber wall in slip chamber to make each partial water portion mutually isolated. And the outer wall of the sliding member 30 corresponding to the third water dividing part 307 also cooperates with the wall of the sliding chamber to form a water passing gap 309, and the water passing gap 309 is kept communicated with the second opening 112.
After the slider 30 is mounted, the rotation member 20 is mounted at the upper end position of the water outlet portion and comes into inclined engagement with the slider 30. Specifically, referring to fig. 4, the first abutting block 203 of the rotating member 20 abuts against the second abutting block 308 of the sliding member 30, and when the rotating member 20 rotates, the sliding member 30 is driven to move in the extending direction of the sliding cavity, and the sliding member 30 can perform a reciprocating motion under the action of the elastic member 40.
With reference to fig. 5 to 7, a specific operation process of the above-described water discharge apparatus will be described below.
The slider 30 can reciprocate between a first position, in which the slider 30 moves to the lowermost end, a second position, in which the slider 30 moves to the uppermost end, and a third position, in which the slider 30 moves between the first position and the second position, by the cooperation of the rotary member 20 and the elastic member 40. The lowermost end and the uppermost end are defined herein with respect to the outlet end of the outlet portion as the lower side.
The initial position of the rotating member 20 is defined as the position where the second abutting block 308 abuts against the abutting surface 2033 on the first abutting block 203, at this time, the sliding member 30 is located at the first position, at this time, the blocking surface on the limiting portion 206 abuts against a side surface of a stop block on the water outlet device body 10, and at this time, the sliding member 30 is limited by the water outlet portion and cannot move downwards any more, so that the rotating member 20 cannot rotate any more, the rotating member 20 reaches its limit position in one direction, at the same time, at the first position, the first water dividing portion 305 on the sliding member 30 faces the water passing opening 103, and water can enter the water passing channel 3052 through the water passing opening 103, the first water dividing portion 305 and the first opening 3051, and then reaches the first water outlet 121 of the water outlet member 11 from the water passing channel 3052.
The rotating member 20 is rotated to make the positioning protrusion 3082 on the second abutting block 308 be embedded into the positioning groove 2032 on the first abutting block 203, at this time, the sliding member 30 is located at the third position, at this position, the second water diversion part 306 on the sliding member 30 is directly opposite to the water passing opening 103, and after the water passes through the water passing opening 103, the water is blocked by the second sealing ring 52 and the third sealing ring 53, so as to cut off the communication with the first water outlet 121 and the second water outlet 111.
The rotating member 20 is continuously rotated to make the second abutting block 308 abut against the bottom wall of the cavity of the rotating member 20, at this time, the sliding member 30 is located at the second position under the action of the elastic member 40, at this time, the limiting portion 206 on the first abutting block 203 abuts against the other side surface of the stopper on the water outlet device body 10, so as to limit the rotating member to continue to rotate, the rotating member 20 reaches the limit position in the other direction, at the same time, the sliding member 30 is limited by the rotating member 20 and cannot move upwards any more, at the second position, the water passing gap 309 formed by the sliding member 30 and the inner wall of the sliding cavity is communicated with the water passing port 103, and water flow can enter the communicating water channel 102 through the water passing port 103, the water passing gap 309 and the second opening 112 and then reaches the second water outlet 111. Then, the rotating member 20 is rotated in the other direction, and the second abutting block 308 will return to the inclined surface 2031 after passing through the guiding surface 2034.
In addition, because the rotating member 20 is installed at the upper end of the water outlet portion, and the handle 201 faces the position of the handheld portion, when the user holds the handheld portion of the water outlet device, the user can still stir the handle 201 of the rotating member 20 with one hand, so that the switching operation of the water outlet function of the water outlet device is very convenient.
In addition, in other embodiments, when the sliding member 30 is not provided with any one of the second sealing ring 52 and the third sealing ring 53, when the rotating member 20 rotates to a specific position, the water flow can simultaneously pass through the first opening 3051 and the water gap 309, so that the first water outlet 112 and the second water outlet 111 can simultaneously discharge water.
In addition, in other embodiments, the inclined plane of the rotating part 20 and the sliding part 30 may be configured as a chute fit, and the sliding part 30 is provided with a sliding block that can slide in the chute of the rotating part 20, and since both ends of the chute in the axial direction form a limit for the sliding block, the elastic part 40 may be omitted, and the sliding part 30 is directly driven to slide up and down by the chute fit.
According to the water outlet device provided by the invention, the body of the water outlet device is provided with the handheld part and the water outlet part, the water outlet part is provided with the rotating part 20 and the sliding part 30, a user can control the sliding part 30 to slide up and down by rotating the rotating part 20 so as to control the waterway switching of the water outlet device, and meanwhile, the rotating part 20 is arranged at the end part of the water outlet part, so that the assembly process of the rotating part 20 is very simple, the connection relation with other parts is not required to be considered, the assembly difficulty and the internal waterway layout difficulty are reduced on the premise of ensuring the switching function of the water outlet device to be simple and easy to operate, and the manufacturing cost is further reduced.
The description of the above specification and examples is intended to be illustrative of the scope of the present invention and is not intended to be limiting. Modifications, equivalents and other improvements which may occur to those skilled in the art and which may be made to the embodiments of the invention or portions thereof through a reasonable analysis, inference or limited experimentation, in light of the common general knowledge, the common general knowledge in the art and/or the prior art, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.