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US 12,429,159 · App. 17/874,193 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Waterway transferring device and water purification faucet

Inventors: Qiang Huang (Fujian, CN); Yanyan Wang (Fujian, CN); Chuanbao Zhu (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd.
F16L41/023E03C1/0403F16L39/005E03C2201/40
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Patent No.
US 12,429,159
App. No.
17/874,193
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterway transferring device comprises a transferring body, a water outlet joint, and an anti-releasing mechanism. The transferring body comprises a first water inlet passage, a second water inlet passage, and a water outlet passage. The water outlet joint comprises an outer joint and an inner joint extending in the outer joint and connected to the first water inlet passage. The anti-releasing mechanism comprises a first anti-releasing member and a second anti-releasing member. When the outer joint is rotated to be connected to the water outlet passage, the first anti-releasing member and the second anti-releasing member are rotated relative to each other to be connected together, and when the outer joint is rotated reversely, the first anti-releasing member and the second anti-releasing member abut each other in an opposite direction to inhibit a rotation of the outer joint.

Claims (72)

1. A waterway transferring device, comprising:

a transferring body,

a water outlet joint, and

an anti-releasing mechanism, wherein:

the transferring body comprises a first water inlet passage, a second water inlet passage, and a water outlet passage,

the first water inlet passage and the second water inlet passage are respectively connected to the water outlet passage,

the water outlet joint comprises an outer joint and an inner joint,

the inner joint extends in the outer joint,

the inner joint is configured to be connected to the first water inlet passage,

the outer joint is configured to be rotated to be connected to the water outlet passage and in communication with the second water inlet passage,

the first water inlet passage, the water outlet joint, and the water outlet passage are coaxially arranged,

the second water inlet passage extends relative to the first water inlet passage at an acute angle,

the anti-releasing mechanism comprises a first anti-releasing member and a second anti-releasing member,

the first anti-releasing member is disposed on the transferring body,

the second anti-releasing member is disposed on the water outlet joint,

the first anti-releasing member comprises a plurality of protrusions,

the second anti-releasing member comprises a plurality of grooves,

two opposite sides of each of the plurality of protrusions are:

an oblique side with a height increasing along a direction in which the water outlet joint rotates, and

a straight side to prevent the water outlet joint rotating and disconnecting from the water outlet passage due to water flowing from the second water inlet passage,

the first water inlet passage is connected to a first outlet through which purified water is output,

the second water inlet passage is connected to a second outlet through which mixed water is output,

when the outer joint is rotated to be connected to the water outlet passage, the first anti-releasing member and the second anti-releasing member are rotated relative to each other to be connected together, and

when the outer joint is rotated reversely, the first anti-releasing member and the second anti-releasing member abut each other in an opposite direction to inhibit a rotation of the outer joint.

2. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of grooves are respectively arranged along a circumferential direction of the outer joint at intervals,

when the outer joint is rotated to be connected to the water outlet passage, the plurality of protrusions are rotated relative to the plurality of grooves and are disposed in the plurality of grooves, and

when the outer joint is rotated reversely, a side wall of each of the plurality of grooves abuts each of the plurality of protrusions to inhibit the rotation of the outer joint.

3. The waterway transferring device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the plurality of protrusions extend for a distance along a rotation direction of the outer joint,

the straight side defines a position-limiting wall, and

the side wall of each of the plurality of grooves is configured to abut the position-limiting wall.

4. The waterway transferring device according to claim 3 , wherein:

the plurality of protrusions are configured to move along the rotation direction of the outer joint and move into the plurality of grooves.

5. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from each other on an inner peripheral wall of the water outlet passage, and

the plurality of grooves are spaced from each other on the outer joint.

6. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second water inlet passage is adjacent to the first water inlet passage.

7. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the acute angle between the first water inlet passage and the second water inlet passage is 30 degrees.

8. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the waterway transferring device comprises two water inlet joints, and

the two water inlet joints are respectively connected to the first water inlet passage and the second water inlet passage.

9. A water purification faucet, comprising:

the waterway transferring device according to claim 1 .

10. The water purification faucet according to claim 9 , wherein:

the water purification faucet further comprises a double-layer tube body,

a first end of the double-layer tube body is connected to the water outlet joint, and

a second end of the double-layer tube body is connected to a water outlet terminal of the water purification faucet.

11. The water purification faucet according to claim 9 , wherein:

the water purification faucet further comprises a tube-in-tube structure,

the tube-in-tube structure comprises a double-layer tube body and the water outlet joint,

one end of the double-layer tube body is connected with the water outlet joint,

the double-layer tube body comprises an outer layer tube and an inner layer tube extending in the outer layer tube,

a water passage is defined between the outer layer tube and the inner layer tube,

an inner end of the inner joint is sealingly disposed in an end of the inner layer tube,

an outer end of the inner joint is sleeved with a sealing ring sealingly connected between the outer end of the inner joint and an inner peripheral wall of the first water inlet passage, and

an outer peripheral wall of the outer joint is sleeved with the outer layer tube.

12. The water purification faucet according to claim 11 , wherein:

an inner side of the outer peripheral wall of the outer joint comprises at least one positioning ring for preventing the outer layer tube from being released, and

the at least one positioning ring comprises an inclined surface facing the outer layer tube.

13. The water purification faucet according to claim 12 , wherein:

an outer side of the outer layer tube is disposed with a pressing sleeve configured for applying a pressure onto the outer layer tube to enable the outer layer tube to be fixedly connected to the at least one positioning ring.

14. The water purification faucet according to claim 11 , wherein:

an outer side of the outer peripheral wall of the outer joint comprises external threads.

15. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from each other at an inlet of the water outlet passage or on a bottom wall of the water outlet passage, and

the plurality of grooves are spaced from each other on the outer joint.

16. The waterway transferring device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of grooves are evenly disposed, and

a shape of each of the plurality of grooves is left-right symmetric in a rotation direction of the outer joint.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: HUANG, QIANG; WANG, YANYAN; ZHU, CHUANBAO
To: XIAMEN LOTA INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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