IP Library Granted Patent US 8,997,790
Granted Patent B2
US 8,997,790 · App. 13/811,017 · Granted Apr 7, 2015

Touch switch outlet mechanism

Inventors: Huasong Zhou (Xiamen, CN); Libin Shen (Xiamen, CN); Jianmin Chen (Xiamen, CN); Bin Cao (Xiamen, CN)
Assignees: Huasong Zhou; Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
F16K31/44B05B1/1636B05B1/18
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Patent No.
US 8,997,790
App. No.
13/811,017
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch switch outlet mechanism has a fixation unit and a switch unit. The fixation unit includes an inlet waterway connected to the water source, a water diversion cavity connected to the inlet waterway, N number of water diversion holes connected to the water diversion cavity and several outlet functions with same number as the water diversion holes and one to one corresponding to the water diversion holes, N is equal to or more than 2; The switch unit includes N−1 number of sealing balls and N touch buttons, the N touch buttons are separately disposed with a touch end inside the water diversion cavity and a controlled end controlled by the user, the touch ends of the N touch buttons corresponding to N water diversion holes and sliding connected to the fixation unit, the N−1 sealing balls can close N−1 of the N water diversion holes.

Claims (15)

1. A touch switch outlet mechanism, wherein the mechanism includes a fixation unit and a switch unit;

the fixation unit includes an inlet waterway connected to a water source, a water diversion cavity connected to the inlet waterway, N number of water diversion holes connected to the water diversion cavity and several outlet functions with the same number as the water diversion holes and one to one correspondence to the water diversion holes, wherein N is equal to or more than 2;

the switch unit includes N−1 number of sealing balls and N number of touch buttons, the N number of touch buttons are separately disposed with a touch end inside the water diversion cavity and a controlled end, the touch ends of the N number of touch buttons are corresponding to N number of water diversion holes and slidingly connected to the fixation unit, the N−1 number of sealing balls are configured to seal up N−1 number of the N number of water diversion holes, the switch of the water diversion holes to connect to the water diversion cavity is obtained by the sealing balls moving from one of the water diversion holes to another one by the sliding of the touch button.

2. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 1 , wherein each touch button is disposed with a restore spring withstanding the touch end of the touch button.

3. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 1 , wherein the mechanism further includes a water diversion unit disposed inside the fixation unit, the water diversion unit includes a first water diversion plate and a second water diversion plate stacked vertically.

4. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 3 , wherein the water diversion cavity is disposed inside the first water diversion plate, the water diversion holes are opened in the surface of the first water diversion plate, the surface of the second water diversion plate is disposed with inlet grooves one by one corresponding to the water diversion holes.

5. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 1 , wherein the mechanism further includes a limiting unit, the limiting unit is disposed inside the water diversion cavity.

6. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 5 , wherein the limiting unit includes limiting mechanisms with the same number as the touch buttons, each limiting mechanism includes a sleeve body and two extending sections, the two extending sections are separately extended out of one end of the sleeve body in opposite directions, the extending sections cooperate to form a ring wall with gaps surrounding the water diversion holes.

7. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 6 , wherein the sleeve bodies are separately disposed with a horizontal through hole, the touch ends are separately sleeved inside the through holes and extended out of the through holes into the water diversion cavity.

8. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 1 , wherein the sealing ball is bigger than the aperture of the water diversion hole.

9. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 1 , wherein the fixation unit is a shower, which includes a handle, the inlet waterway is disposed inside the handle.

10. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 3 , wherein an outlet cover is disposed in a lower part of the fixation unit, each inlet groove is disposed with an outlet hole to connect to different outlet functions of the outlet cover.

11. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 3 , wherein the mechanism includes three touch buttons, the controlled ends of which are buttons.

12. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 11 , wherein the three touch buttons are disposed in a line.

13. A touch switch outlet mechanism according to the claim 11 , wherein touch buttons on two sides of the three touch buttons are in symmetry and separately disposed with a button, a touch rod, a restore spring, a shaft and a rocker arm; the touch rod includes a straight section, a middle section and a pushing section, the button is disposed in the top end of the straight section; the rocker arm is kept by the shaft, the restore spring is sleeved in the touch end in the lower end of the rocker arm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; ZHOU, HUASONG
To: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044599/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2013
From: ZHOU, HUASONG; SHEN, LIBIN; CHEN, JIANMIN; CAO, BIN
To: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; ZHOU, HUASONG
Reel/Frame 029655/0955 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2010 1 0255565 · Aug 17, 2010 · national
CN 2010 2 0294497 U · Aug 17, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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