Drain valve
AssigneeJamco Corporation
InventorHiroyasu Onoue
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Abstract
A drain valve 1 comprises a body 10 having a cylinder portion 11 and a branch portion 12, to which are mounted a plug 30 constituting a valve seat and a hose joint 70. A poppet 50 constituting a valve means is slidably inserted to the plug 30. An operating device 100 mounted to said branch portion 12 and comprising a movable shaft 120 is used to open and close the valve by operating said poppet 50 via an operating rod 160.
Claims8
A drain valve mounted to the bottom area of a bowl in a washbasin, said drain valve comprising:
- a body having a cylinder portion and a branch portion arranged orthogonal to said cylinder portion;
- a plug mounted to one end of said cylinder portion of said body and constituting a valve seat;
- a poppet slidably inserted to said plug and constituting a valve means;
- a hose joint mounted to the other end of said cylinder portion of said body;
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- an operating device mounted to said branch portion of said body for operating said poppet, wherein said operating device of the poppet constituting the valve means comprises a bracket fixed to said branch portion of said body, a shaft penetrated through said bracket and movably supported by said bracket, and a link member mounted to one end of said shaft, wherein a rod member fixed to said link member by a wing screw is connected to an operating means equipped to the washbasin, and the other end of said shaft is connected to said groove of said poppet.
A drain valve according to claim, 1, wherein said operating device of the poppet constituting the valve means comprises a bracket fixed to said branch portion of said body, a shaft penetrated through said bracket and movably supported by a flexible material to said bracket, and a link member mounted to one end of said shaft, wherein a rod member fixed to said link member is connected to an operating means equipped to the washbasin, and the other end of said shaft is connected to said groove of said poppet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.