Fine ceramic control valve

#The present invention relates to a ceramic control valve for a faucet, and more particularly to a ceramic control valve changing the water output status of the faucet without using an additional handle.

#Conventional faucets can usually provide water output from front end or from a showerhead. When these two modes of water output are used in the same faucet, a handle is employed to switch the water source. In other words, when the faucet is on, the water can directly flow from the front end of the faucet to a container underneath (such as a water basin or bathtub); and when the user wants to change the mode of water output, he/she lifts the handle to shut the water channel of the front end of the faucet, so the water can be guided to the showerhead. Meanwhile, the handle will not fall down until the water source is shut off because it is supported by the water pressure.

#However, the handle is protruding from the faucet to reduce the aesthetic value thereof. Also, the handle may be inadvertently touched to change the water output status or cause unnecessary water output.

#FIG. 1 illustrates a three-dimensional view of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 illustrates a three-dimensional exploded view of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 illustrates a three-dimensional exploded view from another angle of the present invention.

#The detailed description set forth below is intended as a description of the presently exemplary device provided in accordance with aspects of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only forms in which the present invention may be prepared or utilized. It is to be understood, rather, that the same or equivalent functions and components may be accomplished by different embodiments that are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention.

#Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods, devices and materials similar or equivalent to those described can be used in the practice or testing of the invention, the exemplary methods, devices and materials are now described.

#All publications mentioned are incorporated by reference for the purpose of describing and disclosing, for example, the designs and methodologies that are described in the publications that might be used in connection with the presently described invention. The publications listed or discussed above, below and throughout the text are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that the inventors are not entitled to antedate such disclosure by virtue of prior invention.