Valve for a water dispenser for bicyclists

• US 5,699,933 A
• Filed: 12/09/1996
• Issued: 12/23/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Ping Ho
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Ping Ho
• Inventors: Chienp, Ping-Lien, Ho, Kuo-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): MOY, JOSEPH MAN
• Application Number:
  US08/761,894
• Time in Patent Office: 379 Days
• Field of Search: 220/703, 220/714, 220/715, 222/508, 222/518, 222/545, 222/563
• US Class Current: 220/703
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/20 of flexible material; Collapsible or stackable cups
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/248 the valve being opened or closed by imparting a motion to the valve stem B65D47/244, B65D47/245 take precedence

Abstract

A valve for a water dispenser including a housing, a resilient member, a slide, a button, a O-ring and an inlet connector, wherein the resilient and slide are fitted within the housing and the inlet connection is engaged with an outer end of the housing, characterized in that when the button is pressed by the teeth of an user, the slide will be forced to go further into the housing thereby moving an O-ring 34 away from the circular recess of the inlet connector and therefore enabling water to flow through the passage of the inlet connector and the interior of the housing into the mouth of the user.

Claims

1. A valve for a water dispenser comprising:

a housing formed with outlets at a first end thereof and an opening at a top thereof, said outlets and said opening being in communication with interior of said housing, said first end of said housing having an elongated projection at an upper surface thereof and two elongated protuberances at a tower surface thereof, a second end of said housing having a resilient tongues, the interior of said housing being formed with two opposite longitudinal grooves;

a resilient member disposed within said housing and having an end bearing against said first end;

a slide having a front portion provided with two portrusions at two opposite sides thereof each formed with an inclined edge, two aligned arms each extending outwardly a respective one of said protrusions, and a longitudinal cylindrical end adapted to fit into another end of said resilient member, a rear portion of said slide being formed with a neck, said intermediate portion of said slide having a ciruclar flange adjacent to said neck and two longitudinal ribs at two opposite sides thereof, and a O-ring being fitted in said neck of said slide;

a button having a body portion partly protruded out of said opening of said housing, said body portion being formed with two stop arms extending horizontally outwardly from two opposite sides of said body portion, and two legs depending downwardly from said body portion, said legs being formed with an inclined edge adapted to engage with said inclined edge of said slide; and

an inlet connector having a longitudinal passage, two protuberances at an upper and lower sides thereof adapted to engage with said resilient tongues of said housing, a circular recess at an end thereof adapted to engage with said O-ring, and a plurality of annular teeth at another other end thereof.

2. The valve for a water dispenser as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient member is a spring made of stainless steel.