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US 2010/0133458 A1Published application
Separated-control valve device
OwnerTien-Ho Chunginventor
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Abstract
A separated-control valve device includes a sleeve having two inlet holes and an outlet hole defined therein. A limiter is received in the sleeve and has two grooves defined therein. A control assembly received in the limiter. The control assembly has a valve seat, two valves mounted in the valve seat, two driven members relatively connected to the two valves, two operating levers relatively connected to the two driven members.
Claims12
A separated-control valve device comprising:
- a sleeve having a space defined therein, the sleeve having two inlet holes and an outlet hole defined in a bottom of the space in the sleeve, the two inlet holes adapted for respectively connecting to a hot water tube and a cold water tube;
- a limiter received in the sleeve, the limiter having a space defined in the limiter, two grooves respectively defined in a bottom of the space in the limiter;
- a control assembly received in the sleeve and comprising:
- a valve seat having two inlets respectively defined in a first end thereof, the two inlets longitudinally passing through the valve seat, the valve seat having a retaining space defined in an outer periphery of the two inlets in the first end of the valve seat for communicating with the two inlets;
- two valves respectively passing through the two inlets, each valve having a head disposed on a first end thereof, and a pivotal portion disposed on a second end thereof;
- two operating levers pivotally mounted on the second end of the valve seat, each operating lever having a first end relatively connected to the valve, a second end restrictedly received in a corresponding groove in the limiter, and a middle section pivotally connected to the second end of the valve seat;
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- two driven members mounted on the second end of the valve seat, each driven member having three corners respectively pivotally connected to the pivotal portion of a corresponding valve, the second end of the valve seat, and the first end of a corresponding operating lever;
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- wherein when each operating lever is gradually slantwise pushed to relatively drive a corresponding driven member, the driven member pivoted relative to the second end of the valve seat to relatively pull up a corresponding valve relative to the valve seat, a corresponding inlet enclosed by the head of the corresponding valve such that the retaining space is diminishingly communicated with the corresponding inlet;
- when each operating lever gradually vertically pushed to relatively drive a corresponding driven member, the driven member pivoted relative to the second end of the valve seat to relatively push down a corresponding valve relative to the valve seat for allowing a corresponding inlet increasingly communicating with the retaining space such that a temperature and a flow of water is separately adjustable.
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A separated-control valve device comprising:
- a sleeve having a space defined therein, the sleeve having two inlet holes and an outlet hole defined in a bottom of the space in the sleeve, the two inlet holes adapted for respectively connecting to a hot water tube and a cold water tube;
- a limiter received in the sleeve, the limiter having a space defined in the limiter, two grooves respectively defined in a bottom of the space in the limiter;
- a control assembly received in the limiter and comprising:
- a valve seat having two aprons longitudinally formed thereon to respectively define two inlets, the two inlets passing through the valve seat, the valve seat having a retaining space defined in an outer periphery of the two aprons and simultaneously communicated with the two inlets;
- two valves respectively passing through the two inlets, each valve having a head disposed on a first end thereof, and a pivotal portion disposed on a second end thereof;
- two operating levers pivotally mounted on the second end of the valve seat, each operating lever having a first end relatively connected to the valve, a second end restrictedly received in a corresponding groove in the limiter, and a middle section pivotally connected to the second end of the valve seat;
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- two driven members mounted on the second end of the valve seat, each driven member having three corners respectively pivotally connected to the pivotal portion of a corresponding valve, the second end of the valve seat, and the first end of a corresponding operating lever;
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- wherein when each operating lever gradually vertically pushed to relatively drive a corresponding driven member, the driven member pivoted relative to the second end of the valve seat to relatively push down a corresponding valve relative to the valve seat, a corresponding inlet enclosed by the head of the corresponding valve such that the retaining space is diminishingly communicated with the corresponding inlet;
- when each operating lever gradually slantwise pushed to relatively drive a corresponding driven member, the driven member pivoted relative to the second end of the valve seat to relatively pull up a corresponding valve relative to the valve seat for allowing a corresponding inlet increasingly communicating with the retaining space such that a temperature and a flow of water is separately adjustable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.