Valve body of a water faucet
AssigneeDahata Inc.
InventorJeffery Tzeng
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Abstract
Provided is a valve body of a water faucet including a water outlet pipe seat and two water valve seats configured to receive a cold water valve cartridge and a hot water valve cartridge respectively at two sides of the water outlet pipe seat. Each valve seat is formed with a water inlet pipe enclosed by a cooper casing pipe. Each valve seat is fixed to a corresponding copper casing pipe via injection molding. The valve body of a water faucet in accordance with the present invention is formed with a copper casing pipe which can be connected to an external water pipe around each water inlet pipe. Therefore, lifespan of the water faucet is prolonged remarkably.
Claims8
A valve body of a water faucet, comprising:
- a water outlet pipe seat;
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- two water valve seats configured to receive a cold water valve cartridge and a hot water valve cartridge respectively at two sides of the water outlet pipe seat,
- wherein each valve seat is formed with a water inlet pipe, each water inlet pipe is formed with a cooper casing pipe set around, and each valve seat is fixed to a corresponding copper casing pipe via injection molding,
- wherein each valve seat comprises a valve cartridge receiving portion for receiving a valve cartridge and a water inlet pipe in communication with the valve cartridge receiving portion via an inlet hole, an annular cylinder enclosing the water inlet pipe is provided at a juncture of the valve cartridge receiving portion and the water inlet pipe, and one end of the copper casing pipe connected to the valve seat is inserted and sandwiched in a space between the annular cylinder and the water inlet pipe;
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- wherein the water inlet pipe defines a plurality of positioning slots at an outer sidewall thereof adjacent to the valve cartridge receiving portion, the copper casing pipe is formed with a plurality of protrusions on an inner sidewall thereof adjacent to one end thereof configured to connect the valve seat, and each protrusion is suitably embedded in a corresponding positioning slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.