Faucet with two outlets

• US 9,772,040 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2016
• Issued: 09/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Runner (Xiamen) Corp.
• Original Assignee: Xiamen Runner Industrial Company Limited (Wateriental Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Liu, Hui-Ming, Lin, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): McManmon, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLON MORALES, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US15/003,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20160305101A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 251 89-116, 251297
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2201/30 Diverter valves in faucets or taps
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2201/40 Arrangement of water treatment devices in domestic plumbing installations
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0743 with both the supply and the discharge passages being on one side of the closure plates
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 11/0787 with both the supply and the discharge passages being on the same side of the closure members F16K11/0785 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 35/025 said actuating element being operated manually (e.g. a push-button located in the valve actuator)
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7256 Locks against rotary motion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86823 Rotary valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86863 Rotary valve unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87579 Faucet attachment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/9464 Faucets and spouts

Abstract

A faucet with two outlets includes a main body, an outlet pipe, a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit, a filtered water conduit and a switch member. The outlet pipe has an inner channel and an outer channel. Filtered water flows through the inner channel, running water flows through the outer channel. The switch member laterally formed a peripheral wall of the main body, and having a valve core being mounted inside the main body. The valve core has control filtered water or running water outlet from the outlet pipe. The faucet with two outlets respectively outputs filtered water and running water through two different waterways in the outlet pipe and ensures simple structure, convenient operation and multiple water output modes.

Claims

1. A faucet comprising:

a main body having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end serves as an extended portion of an outlet pipe, and the bottom end is connected with a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit and a filtered water conduit, wherein the filter water conduit is adapted to connect with an outlet of a water purification device; and

a switch member laterally formed on a peripheral wall of the main body, and having;

a valve core rotated according to two types of water output modes to control filtered water or running water to flow out of the outlet pipe;

a knob mounted to the main body;

a button coupled to the knob by a spring connection, and pressed down for the knob to be turned radially;

a limit ring mounted on a periphery of the valve core; and

a pin axially mounted inside the limit ring and the knob, wherein the limit ring has a bore axially formed in the limit ring, and the pin mounted inside the bore and securely mounted inside the knob.

2. A faucet comprising:

a main body having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the top end serves as an extended portion of an outlet pipe, and the bottom end is connected with a hot water inlet conduit, a cold water inlet conduit, a cold water conduit and, a filtered water conduit, wherein the filter water conduit is adapted to connect with an outlet of a water purification device; and

a switch member laterally formed on a peripheral wall of the main body, and having;

a valve core rotated according to two types of water output modes to control filtered water or running water to flow out of the outlet pipe;

a knob mounted to the main body;

a button coupled to the knob by a spring connection, and pressed down for the knob to be turned radially;

a limit ring mounted on a periphery of the valve core; and

a pin axially mounted inside the limit ring and the knob,

wherein the valve core has;

a housing being cylindrical and having a top opening and a bottom opening;

a rotary stem mounted inside the housing, protruding beyond the top opening of the housing, and having;

a connector formed on an outer end of the rotary stem and engaging an inner portion of the knob through splined connection; and

multiple bumps formed around and protruding radially from a perimeter of a bottom surface of the rotary stem, and spaced apart from each other by gaps;

a rotary tile mounted inside the housing and having;

a slot centrally formed in an inner surface of the rotary tile;

a rotary lid mounted between the rotary stem and the rotary tile;

a stationary tile having four guide holes; and

a base mounted on a bottom of the housing and having a cold inlet hole, a hot inlet hole, a filtered hole, and a mixed outlet hole formed through the base and communicating with the four guide holes of the stationary tile.

3. The faucet as claimed in claim 2, wherein a bolt and a spring are mounted in an inner wall of the housing to connected with the rotary lid.

4. The faucet as claimed in claim 2, wherein a first collar seal and a second collar seal are respectively mounted in an outer surface and an inner surface of the base to formed hermetic seal among the stationary tile, the main body and the base.