US 12,247,668 B2
Switching valve
Yunan Hu, Ganzhou (CN); Chunhua Wang, Xiamen (CN); Changzheng Ni, Xiamen (CN); and Yongqiang Yan, Fuzhou (CN)
Assigned to XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD., Xiamen (CN)
Filed by XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD., Xiamen (CN)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,240.
Claims priority of application No. 202321503746.5 (CN), filed on Jun. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0418274 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 11/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/044 (2006.01); F16K 31/44 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/0445 (2013.01) [F16K 31/44 (2013.01); F16K 2200/30 (2021.08)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switching valve, comprising:
a valve body, wherein the valve body is provided with a water inlet channel, a first water outlet, and a second water outlet, the valve body is internally provided with a first water outlet chamber and a second water outlet chamber, openings of the first water outlet chamber and the second water outlet chamber are arranged opposite to each other, and the first water outlet chamber and the second water outlet chamber each has a hollow cavity surrounded and formed by a bottom wall and a side wall;
a driving component, wherein the driving component has a plug end, and the driving component is slidably connected between the first water outlet chamber and the second water outlet chamber;
when the driving component slides to a position where the plug end contacts an end portion of the side wall of the second water outlet chamber, the first water outlet chamber communicates with the water inlet channel and the first water outlet, and the valve body is in a first water outlet state with the second water outlet chamber closed;
when the driving component slides to a position where the plug end contacts an end portion of the side wall of the first water outlet chamber, the second water outlet chamber communicates with the water inlet channel and the second water outlet, and the valve body is in a second water outlet state with the first water outlet chamber closed; and
a reset component, wherein the reset component is configured to control the driving component to return to the position where the plug end contacts the end portion of the side wall of the second water outlet chamber, such that the valve body is automatically switched from the second water outlet state to the first water outlet state;
wherein the switching valve further comprises a rotation component rotatably arranged in the valve body, an end of the rotation component proximal to the water inlet channel is provided with a first adjustment sheet, the first adjustment sheet is provided with a first adjustment hole, and the valve body is internally provided with a second adjustment sheet attached with the first adjustment sheet, the second adjustment sheet is provided with a second adjustment hole, an overlapping area between the first adjustment hole and the second adjustment hole can be adjusted by rotating the rotation component.