Back to results
US 12,006,672 B2Granted
Automatic faucet for wash basin
OwnerXingui Zhang, Yihui Chen +1inventors
InventorsXingui Zhang, Yihui Chen, Mouyong Lin
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An automatic faucet for a wash basin includes a control box. The control box includes a control box body, a solenoid valve, and a manual control member. Both the solenoid valve and the manual control member can control whether water flows out from a mixed water outlet of the control box body or not. The automatic faucet can realize a manually-operated spray function for use in an emergency when the solenoid valve fails.
Claims11
An automatic faucet for a wash basin, comprising a cold water valve, a hot water valve, a spout, a sensor, and a control box;
- the control box including a control box body, a solenoid valve, and a manual control member;
- the control box body having a cold water inlet, a hot water inlet, a water-mixing chamber, and a mixed water outlet;
- the water-mixing chamber communicating with the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet, the water-mixing chamber communicating with the mixed water outlet via a sensor control water passage, the water-mixing chamber further communicating with the mixed water outlet via a manual control water passage;
- the solenoid valve being mounted in the control box body and controlling opening and closing of the sensor control water passage;
- the manual control member being movably fitted to the control box body and controlling opening and closing of the manual control water passage;
- an outlet end of the cold water valve being connected to the cold water inlet of the control box through a cold water pipe;
- an outlet end of the hot water valve being connected to the hot water inlet of the control box through a hot water pipe;
- an inlet end of the spout being connected to the mixed water outlet of the control box through a water discharge pipe;
- the sensor being mounted on the spout and being electrically connected to the solenoid valve of the control box.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.