Valve body of a dosing device
AssigneeTTS Cleaning s.r.l.
InventorRenato Zorzo
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Abstract
The object of this invention is a valve body of a cleaning appliance, specifically a dosing device, whose valve body can open and close the inlet and outlet pipes of the dosing chamber of the dosing device, to release a correct amount of detergent for soaking a cleaning cloth.
Claims12
A valve body for a dosing device comprises a hollow body for storing and retaining a pre-determined amount of a cleaning liquid, the hollow body comprising a first valve body element and a second valve body element and adapted for insertion into a hollow body of the dosing device, the valve body adapted for an opening and closing of an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, respectively, for supplying and emptying the cleaning fluid inside the hollow body, the valve body slidable upon operation of an actuation device of the dosing device between a first position with the inlet pipe open and the outlet pipe closed, and a second position with the inlet pipe closed and the outlet pipe open, the valve body having profiles proximate opposing ends thereof that join with cooperative inlet and outlet seals for closing the inlet and outlet pipes, a lower part of the first valve body element exposed on an outside of the hollow body and partially protruding from the hollow body upon opening of the outlet pipe, the outlet seal thereby being exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.