Two-way faucet
View Patent ↗A two-way faucet includes a hollow faucet body; a rotatable water guide seat positioned in the faucet body; a rocker arm water guide assembly coupled to the rotatable water guide seat, the rocker arm water guide assembly including a supporting water guide seat and a supporting water guide tube in communication with the supporting water guide seat; a reversing outlet assembly assembled to one end of the supporting water guide tube afar from the supporting water guide seat, the reversing outlet assembly defining an upper outlet and a lower outlet; an outlet tube hermetically connected to the reversing outlet assembly and in communication with the upper outlet; and a shower outlet assembly having a switch assembled to one end of the outlet tube afar from the reversing outlet assembly, the shower outlet assembly being detachably supported on the supporting water guide seat.
1. A two-way faucet, comprising:
a hollow faucet body;
a rotatable water guide seat positioned in the faucet body;
a rocker arm water guide assembly coupled to the rotatable water guide seat, the rocker arm water guide assembly comprising a supporting water guide seat and a supporting water guide tube in communication with the supporting water guide seat;
a reversing outlet assembly assembled to one end of the supporting water guide tube afar from the supporting water guide seat, the reversing outlet assembly defining an upper outlet and a lower outlet;
an outlet tube hermetically connected to the reversing outlet assembly and in communication with the upper outlet; and
a shower outlet assembly having a switch assembled to one end of the outlet tube afar from the reversing outlet assembly, the shower outlet assembly being detachably supported on the supporting water guide seat; and
wherein when the switch of the shower outlet assembly is closed and the shower outlet assembly is supported on the supporting water guide seat, the lower outlet is opened, and the water from the faucet body flow out from the lower outlet via the rotatable water guide seat, the supporting water guide tube and the reversing outlet assembly; and
when the shower outlet assembly is detached from the supporting water guide seat and the switch is opened, the lower outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet body flow out from the upper outlet via the rotatable water guide seat, the supporting water guide tube and the reversing outlet assembly.
2. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein a diverter body is arranged between the outlet tube and the reversing outlet assembly, the diverter body is provided with an upper opening and a lower opening, and the outlet tube is hermetically assembled to the diverter body and is rotatable relative to the diverter body.
3. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein the rotatable water guide seat defines an annular groove, a wear ring is received in the annular groove and seated between the rotatable water guide seat and the supporting water guide seat.
4. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein the supporting water guide seat and the rotatable water guide seat are coupled to each other via threaded connection.
5. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein the reversing outlet assembly comprises a hollow valve body, a valve seat assembled in the valve body, and a valve cartridge seated in the valve seat and being capable of moving relative to the valve seat, when the shower outlet assembly is detached from the supporting water guide seat and the switch is opened, the valve cartridge abuts against the valve cartridge seat, the lower outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet body flow out from the upper outlet of the reversing outlet assembly; when the switch of the shower outlet assembly is closed and the shower outlet assembly is supported on the supporting water guide seat, the valve cartridge is detached from the valve cartridge seat under a water pressure, the upper outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet body flow out from the lower outlet of the reversing outlet assembly.
6. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein the reversing outlet assembly comprises a reversing valve body, a nozzle connector, a liner, a reversing valve cartridge seat, a valve rod, an upper valve cartridge and an lower valve cartridge,
the reversing valve body defines a liner chamber, a nozzle connecting chamber, a valve cartridge seat chamber, an inlet chamber, an upper valve cartridge seat and an external thread joint;
the valve rod comprises an upper valve cartridge connecting portion, a lower valve cartridge connecting portion and a sliding guide restricting portion, the upper valve cartridge and the lower valve cartridge are formed on the upper connecting portion and the lower valve cartridge connecting portion, respectively;
the reversing valve cartridge seat defines a lower opening, a lower valve cartridge seat is provided on an inner surface of a top plate thereof, a guide positioning portion is formed on the top in the form of annular distribution;
an upper end of the diverter body is provided with an external thread joint, and a lower end is internally provided with an internal thread;
a lower end of the valve rod passes through a screw hole on the lower valve cartridge seat and extends into the reversing valve cartridge seat, the lower valve cartridge is engaged with the lower valve cartridge seat, the sliding guide restricting portion of the valve rod is slidingly engaged with the water guide positioning portion; the reversing valve cartridge seat is formed in the valve cartridge seat chamber and the guide positioning portion extends into the inlet chamber, the upper valve cartridge is engaged with the upper valve cartridge seat; the nozzle connector is detachably connected with the nozzle connecting chamber, the liner is detachably engaged with the liner chamber; the external thread joint of the reversing valve body is screwed with the internal thread of the diverter body.
7. The two-way faucet of claim 6 , further comprising a connecting sleeve, wherein the connecting sleeve comprises an internal thread connecting portion, a connecting countersunk and an upper rotatable cavity portion, one end of the outlet tube is provided with a flange, the outlet tube extends through the connecting sleeve, the flange is in rotatable engagement with the connecting countersunk, and the internal thread connecting portion is screwed with the external thread joint of the water diversion body.
8. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein the shower outlet assembly with a switch comprises shower body, a water outlet head, a diverter rod, a diverter sleeve, a pressure spring and a button;
the shower body comprises a lower water outlet chamber, a switch chamber and an upper water inlet chamber, the upper water inlet chamber is communicated with a closed end of the switch chamber, an annular water groove is disposed on the switch chamber, the lower water outlet chamber is communicated with the annular water groove which is located in the middle of the switch chamber;
the diverter rod comprises a valve cartridge portion, a water guide portion and a sliding connecting portion, the diverter sleeve is provided with a water inlet portion having a water inlet hole;
the diverter sleeve is disposed within the switch chamber, a gap between one end of the diverter sleeve and a closed end of the switch chamber defines a water guide chamber, and the water inlet portion corresponds to the annular water groove of the switch chamber;
the diverter rod is disposed within the diverter sleeve, the valve core portion is engaged with the diverter sleeve, the water guide portion corresponds to the water inlet portion; the button is fixed to the diverter rod, the pressure spring is engaged with the button and a spring seat which located at the end of the diverter sleeve, the upper water inlet chamber communicates with the outlet tube.
9. The two-way faucet of claim 1 , wherein a first magnet is provided on an internal face of the supporting water guide seat, one distal end of the show outlet assembly having a switch afar from the reversing outlet assembly is provided with a second magnet, and the show outlet assembly having a switch is detachably connected to the supporting water guide seat via magnetic attraction.