IP Library Granted Patent US 9,217,512
Granted Patent B2
US 9,217,512 · App. 14/046,633 · Granted Dec 22, 2015

Combination of a faucet handle and a control valve

Inventor: Li-Chen Huang (Changhua Hsien, TW)
Assignee: ALEXANDER YEH INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
F16K31/60E03C1/0412
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,217,512
App. No.
14/046,633
Granted
Dec 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combined faucet handle and control valve assembly has a faucet handle, a plurality of connecting joints and a control valve. The faucet handle provided with a chamber, with an engaging space formed by a dividing member and a base in the chamber, an assembly aperture disposed in the base and passing through the faucet handle. The assembly aperture is engaged with a corresponding first securing member. Each connecting joint has a rod, an end of the rod provided with a connecting portion having an engaging aperture, the engaging aperture having a shape corresponding to a valve rod of the control valve, another end of the rod provided with a first section and a second section, the first section provided with a through aperture disposed axially through the rod and the connecting portion and engaging with a second securing member, and the second section is provided with a positioning aperture.

Claims (11)

1. A combined faucet handle and control valve assembly comprising a faucet handle, a plurality of connecting joints and a control valve, wherein:

the faucet handle is provided with a chamber, with an engaging space formed by a dividing member and a base in the chamber, an assembly aperture disposed in the base and passing through the faucet handle, the assembly aperture is engaged with a corresponding first securing member;

each connecting joint has a rod, an end of the rod provided with a connecting portion having an engaging aperture, the engaging aperture having a shape corresponding to a valve rod of the control valve, another end of the rod provided with a first section and a second section, the first section provided with a through aperture disposed axially through the rod and the connecting portion and engaging with a second securing member, and the second section is provided with a positioning aperture at a lower portion;

the control valve is configured for installation into a wall and includes an outer housing extending and engaged with a sleeve, an ornament panel is sandwiched between the wall and the sleeve, and the valve rod of the control valve is disposed in the sleeve and connected to an inner control member;

each connecting joint utilizes the engaging aperture to engage with the valve rod, and the second securing member is disposed through the through aperture and locked with the valve rod;

with the respective rod, each connecting joint extends out from the sleeve and is connected to the faucet handle; and

the first section and the second section of each connecting joint engage with the engaging space of the faucet handle and are respectively secured with the positioning aperture and the assembly aperture via the first securing member, such that the faucet handle is assembled with the valve rod via the connecting joints.

2. The combined faucet handle and control valve assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a bottom portion of the chamber of the faucet handle includes four evenly separated dividing members, a bottom edge of each dividing member is connected to a respective base, and the engaging space formed by the dividing members and the base in the faucet handle is connected to the chamber.

3. The combined faucet handle and control valve assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging aperture and the valve rod respectively have corresponding oval shapes.

4. The combined faucet handle and control valve assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engaging aperture and the valve rod respectively have corresponding tongue and groove shapes.

5. The combined faucet handle and control valve assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first section and the second section of each connecting joint have different respective dimensions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2013
From: HUANG, LI-CHEN
To: ALEXANDER YEH INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150097134A1 · Apr 9, 2015