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US 8,857,471 · App. 13/304,367 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Control structure of wall-mounted faucet

Inventor: Li-Chen Huang (Changhua, TW)
Assignee: Alexander Yeh Industry Co. Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,857,471
App. No.
13/304,367
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control structure of a wall-mounted faucet includes a water outlet and a control device, wherein the control device has a control stick, a valve block, a sealing unit and a resilient unit, wherein the control stick is disposed through a through hole of the water outlet, and the valve block has two clamping ribs protrudingly located at front side of the valve block, and the clamping ribs clamp the control stick. A connecting surface is located on top of the clamping ribs, and the resilient unit covers the control stick, wherein both ends of the resilient unit are against the stopping surface of the water outlet and the connecting surface of the valve block. So, the control stick is pushed by the resilient unit to drive the valve block to escape the valve of the water outlet to avoid the water unexpectedly spraying out from the showerhead.

Claims (7)

1. A control structure of a wall-mounted faucet comprising:

a water outlet having an outlet at a front end, a connecting pole formed protrudingly on top of the outlet, and a through-hole on the connecting pole that has a stopping surface at a lower edge of the through-hole, and a valve located near the outlet; and

a control device having a control stick, a valve block, a sealing unit and a resilient unit, wherein the control stick is disposed through the through-hole of the water outlet, and the valve block has two clamping ribs protrudingly located at a front side of the valve block, and the clamping ribs clamp the control stick, and a connecting surface is located on top of the clamping ribs, wherein a positioning slot is recessedly formed at a rear end of the valve block, and the sealing unit is disposed in the positioning slot of the valve block, wherein a recessed opening is formed on one side of the sealing unit, and the recessed opening has an attaching edge attaching to an opening surface of the positioning slot of the valve block, and a connecting hole is formed through the recessed opening, wherein the resilient unit covers the control stick, and one end of the resilient unit is used against the stopping surface of the water outlet and the other end of the resilient unit is used against the connecting surface of the valve block, wherein a slanting edge extends radially outward from the attaching edge to an outer substantially cylindrical surface of the sealing unit, such that when the sealing unit is compressed by an edge of the valve, the slanting edge is deformed to block an inner portion of the positioning slot, so that the attaching edge seals a gap between the sealing unit and the inner wall of the positioning slot to avoid water leaking into the sealing unit.

2. The control structure of the wall-mounted faucet of claim 1 , wherein a connecting tube is formed and extended toward a rear end from a periphery of the valve of the water outlet.

3. The control structure of the wall-mounted faucet of claim 1 , wherein a pulling head is located on top of the control stick, and a sealing circle is disposed at the edge of the through hole of the water outlet.

4. The control structure of the wall-mounted faucet of claim 1 , wherein a wedging slot is recessedly formed close to a bottom end of the control stick, and the wedging slot is provided for the clamping ribs of the valve block to clamp.

5. The control structure of the wall-mounted faucet of claim 1 , wherein the recessed opening of the sealing unit enlarges in diameter extending towards the attaching edge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2013
From: HUANG, LI-CHEN
To: ALEXANDER YEH INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030114/0747 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130134346A1 · May 30, 2013