Inlet valve with a shortened lifting lever and a method of shortening the lifting lever of the inlet valve

• US 10,280,603 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2015
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eco (Xiamen) Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Feiyu Li
• Inventors: Li, Feiyu, Xiong, Jusheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Craig J
• Application Number:
  US15/034,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20160265205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,502 Days
• Field of Search: 137430, 137432, 137429, 137444, 137445, 137414, 137415, 137448, 137 1526, 13731508, 4392, 4315
• CPC Class Codes: E03D 1/32 Arrangement of inlet valves devices for reducing noise E03D9/14 ; noise-reducing means E03D11/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/265 with a second lever or toggle between the pivoted arm and the valve
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/32 actuating a tap or cock
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/34 acting on pilot valve controlling the cut-off apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/053 Float valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6004 Assembling or disassembling float or float valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7433 Float surrounds inlet pipe
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7475 With toggle or second lever connected to valve

Abstract

An inlet valve having a shortened lifting lever mechanism includes a main body having defined therein a compression hole and a waterway passage; a sealing pad; a float; and a shortened lifting lever mechanism that is rotatably connected to the main body, that comprises at least two lever stages each having a fulcrum, respectively, and that include a first stage lever, and a last stage lever that are connected in a driving way. The float is coupled to the first stage lever so that a dynamic body is formed to drive the shortened lifting lever mechanism to move. The sealing pad is assembled to the last stage lever so that the sealing pad opens or closes the compression hole with the movement of the shortened lifting lever mechanism when the float moves up and down. A method of shortening a lifting lever mechanism of an inlet valve is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of shortening a lifting lever mechanism of an inlet valve, comprising:

providing the inlet valve comprising

a main body having defined therein compression hole and a waterway passage;

a sealing pad;

a float that surrounds the main body and is movable up and down around the main body; and

the lifting lever mechanism that is rotatably connected to the main body of the inlet valve; and

shortening the lifting lever mechanism by configuring a shortened lifting lever mechanism that comprises at least two stages of levers, that each have a fulcrum, respectively, and that include a first stage lever and a last stage lever that are connected in a driving way one by one,

wherein the float is coupled to the first stage lever of the shortened lifting lever mechanism and forms a dynamic body to drive the shortened lifting lever mechanism to move,

wherein the sealing pad is assembled to the last stage lever of the shortened lifting lever mechanism, so that the sealing pad opens or closes the compression hole of the main body of the inlet valve when the float moves up and down to drive the shortened lifting lever to move, and

wherein each of the lever stages of the at least two lever stages has a respective length of arm of force and a respective length of arm of resistance, and wherein the respective length of arm of force is longer than or equal to the respective length of arm of resistance, respectively, and

wherein the first stage lever and the last stage lever are respectively rotatably connected to the main body of the inlet valve, the last stage lever is disposed between the first stage lever and the main body of the inlet valve, and the first stage lever is connected to the last stage lever in a driving way.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the shortened lifting lever mechanism comprises two stages of levers, of which one is the first stage lever and the other one is the last stage lever,

the float is linked to and coupled to the first stage lever, and

the sealing pad is assembled to the last stage lever.

3. An inlet valve having a shortened lifting lever mechanism, comprising:

a main body having defined therein a compression hole and a waterway passage;

a sealing pad;

a float that surrounds the main body and is movable up and down around the main body; and

the shortened lifting lever mechanism that is rotatably connected to the main body of the inlet valve, that comprises at least two lever stages that each have a fulcrum, respectively, and that include a first stage lever and a last stage lever that are connected in a driving way one by one,

wherein the float is coupled to the first stage lever so that a dynamic body is formed to drive the shortened lifting lever mechanism to move,

wherein the sealing pad is assembled to the last stage lever so that the sealing pad opens or closes the compression hole of the main body of the inlet valve with movement of the shortened lifting lever mechanism when the float moves up and down,

wherein each of the lever stages of the at least two lever stages has a respective length of arm of force and a respective length of arm of resistance, and wherein the respective length of arm of force is longer than or equal to the respective length of arm of resistance, respectively, and

wherein the first stage lever and the last stage lever are respectively rotatably connected to the main body of the inlet valve, the last stage lever is disposed between the first stage lever and the main body of the inlet valve, and the first stage lever is connected to the last stage lever in a driving way.

4. The inlet valve according to claim 3, wherein the first stage lever comprises a first support arm and a second support arm, the first support arm and the second support arm are connected and form an intersection angle that ranges between 0°

and 180, wherein the first support arm is rotatably connected to the main body of the inlet valve and is rotatably connected to the last stage lever, and the last stage lever is disposed between the first support arm and the main body of the inlet valve, and wherein the second support arm is rotatably connected to the float.

5. The inlet valve according to claim 4, wherein the compression hole is disposed at a top end of the main body of the inlet valve, the first support arm of the first stage lever is rotatably connected to the top end of the main body of the inlet valve, and the second support arm of the first stage lever is rotatably connected to the float at a side surface of the main body of the inlet valve.

6. The inlet valve according to claim 4, wherein the last stage lever has a first support arm and a second support arm provided on either side of the fulcrum of the last stage lever, respectively, and wherein the sealing pad and the first support arm of the first stage lever are disposed at a same side or on either side of the fulcrum of the last stage lever.