CN105926736A - Double-drainage flush valve and method for controlling same - Google Patents
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The invention relates to a double-drainage flush valve and a method for controlling the same. The double-drainage flush valve comprises a valve. The valve is mounted on a pressure water tank, a water outlet is formed in the lower end of the valve, a movable valve element which can float up and down under the control of water pressures is arranged in the middle of the valve, a water inlet hole which is communicated with the pressure water tank is formed in the middle of the valve, and the water inlet hole and the water outlet can be communicated with each other or can stop from being communicated with each other under the control of the up-down floating actions of the movable valve element; an upper water inlet cavity and a lower water inlet cavity are arranged in the valve, the upper water inlet cavity is positioned on the upper side of the movable valve element, the lower water inlet cavity is positioned on the periphery of the movable valve element and is communicated with the water inlet hole, a pressure relief hole which is communicated with the upper water inlet cavity and the water outlet is formed in the middle of the movable valve element, a pressure relief rod is arranged in the pressure relief hole, and the pressure relief hole can be opened or closed under the control of the pressure relief rod. The double-drainage flush valve and the method have the advantages that various functional components of the double-drainage flush valve are in vertical arrangement designs, water pressure difference and theories of communicating vessels are effectively utilized, and accordingly accurate sealing and water channel opening effects can be realized, low-pressure sealing technologies of the water pressure difference are utilized, accordingly, the double-drainage flush valve and the method are economical and effective, elements can be easily combined with one another, the double-drainage flush valve can be conveniently and reliably assembled, and the drainage quantity can be freely adjusted.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of double flushing valve and control method thereof.
Background technology
The flushing valve of currently available technology is varied due to its structure, but poor universality mostly, displacement cannot freely regulate, and is difficult to mate to different size toilet and uses, sealing simultaneously and control structure that water route opens and closes is complicated, cause flushing valve in-convenience in use or the inconvenience brought of fault rate height；When water supply pipe intake pressure diminishes, and existing flushing valve can not close water route, causes water resource waste.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of simple in construction, the double flushing valve of convenient and reliable assembly and control method thereof.
The technical solution used in the present invention is: a kind of double flushing valve, including the valve body being installed on pressure water tank, valve body lower end has delivery port, the movable valve plug fluctuated by hydraulic pressure control it is provided with in the middle part of valve body, there is in the middle part of valve body the inlet opening communicated with pressure water tank, fluctuated control break-make by movable valve plug between described inlet opening and delivery port；There is in valve body the upper intake antrum being positioned on the upside of movable valve plug and be positioned at movable valve plug perimembranous the lower intake antrum communicated with inlet opening, offer the upper intake antrum of connection and the relief hole of delivery port in the middle part of movable valve plug, in described relief hole, be provided with the pressure release bar controlling relief hole break-make.
Further, described valve body madial wall has the upper intake antrum of connection and the slot apertures of lower intake antrum, and described movable valve plug is more than the lifting surface area of the water upward pressure effect by lower intake antrum by the lifting surface area of the water downward pressure effect of upper intake antrum.
Further, described valve body upper end is connected with the regulation screw in order to regulate movable valve plug upper limit position stretching in intake antrum, the water hole being positioned at below movable valve plug it is provided with in described valve body, connect bottom movable valve plug and have the fairlead being slidably matched with water hole, between fairlead and water hole, leave the gap passed through of supplying water.
Further, described pressure release bar upper end has the back-up ring blocking relief hole, have in movable valve plug and push down on back-up ring and block the first spring of relief hole, there is in described upper intake antrum the second spring pushing down on movable valve plug, valve body both sides are provided with a pair can move and promote the release lever that pressure release bar swings to centre, and two release levers are controlled to move to centre by a pair button being positioned at above valve body respectively.
Further, two buttons are respectively arranged below the depression bar moved up and down with button, valve body both sides have also been respectively articulated with connecting rod, connecting rod lower end is flexibly connected with the release lever outer end of respective side, and small end has the lozenges with the laminating of respective side depression bar lower end so that when pressing under depression bar, small end outwardly opens, connecting rod lower end is drawn in centre and promotes release lever to move to centre；Valve body both sides are provided with the 3rd spring promoting release lever to be displaced outwardly.
Further, it is threaded connection between described depression bar and button, is positioned at below button and is provided with the 4th spring promoting button upwards to reset.
The control method that another solution is that a kind of double flushing valve that the present invention uses, including double flushing valve as above, rotate depression bar and regulation screw all can realize regulating displacement, when needing to rinse toilet, press one of them button, by connecting rod control pressure release bar swing, upper intake antrum is carried out draining pressure release, movable valve plug floats and opens water route, water enters in toilet and is rinsed, water carries out moisturizing by slot apertures to upper intake antrum until movable valve plug goes downwards to closedown water route, the end simultaneously, stops to toilet draining.
Compared with prior art, the method have the advantages that the present invention each functor of double flushing valve places design vertically, can effectively utilize differential water pressures and law of connected vessels, realize accurately sealing and water route unlatching, utilize the low pressure seal technology of differential water pressures, economical and effective, element combination is simple, convenient and reliable assembly, can freely regulate displacement simultaneously, different size toilet is coordinated to use, because movable valve plug is to move up and down, it it is i.e. the deadweight using movable valve plug, no matter water supply pipe intake pressure becomes how little (i.e. back pressure is the least), movable valve plug all can move downward closedown water route.
For making the purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer, below by specific embodiment and relevant drawings, the present invention will be described in further detail.
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Fig. 1 is that the embodiment of the present invention constructs stereogram；
Fig. 2 is embodiment of the present invention structural side view；
Fig. 3 is A-A profile in Fig. 2；
Fig. 4 is B-B profile in Fig. 3；
Fig. 5 is that the embodiment of the present invention constructs explosive view；
Fig. 6 is that the embodiment of the present invention uses view；
Label declaration in figure: 100-pressure water tank, 110-discharge outlet, 200-valve body, 210-delivery port, 220-movable valve plug, 221-relief hole, 222-the first spring, 223-the first sealing gasket, 224-the second sealing gasket, 225-fairlead, 230-inlet opening, the upper intake antrum of 240-, 241-the second spring, intake antrum under 250-, 260-pressure release bar, 261-back-up ring, 270-slot apertures, 280-regulates screw, 290-release lever, 291-the 3rd spring, 300-bend pipe, 400-button, 410-depression bar, 420-the 4th spring, 500-connecting rod, 510-lozenges, 600-safety valve.
Detailed description of the invention
As shown in Fig. 1 ~ 6, a kind of double flushing valve, including the valve body 200 being installed on pressure water tank 100, valve body 200 lower end has delivery port 210, delivery port 210 is connected with the discharge outlet 110 bottom pressure water tank by drainpipe, and the water that discharge outlet 110 is discharged is in order to rinse toilet；Being provided with the movable valve plug 220 fluctuated by hydraulic pressure control in the middle part of valve body 200, movable valve plug is to move up and down along vertical direction or incline direction；There is in the middle part of valve body 200 inlet opening 230 communicated with pressure water tank 100 through bend pipe 300, fluctuated control break-make by movable valve plug 220 between described inlet opening 230 and delivery port 210, when movable valve plug 220 floats, delivery port 210 connects with inlet opening 230, entering toilet through flushing valve and be rinsed in pressure water tank 100.
There is in valve body 200 the upper intake antrum 240 being positioned on the upside of movable valve plug 220 and be positioned at movable valve plug 220 perimembranous the lower intake antrum 250 communicated with inlet opening, described movable valve plug 220 is more than the lifting surface area of the water upward pressure effect by lower intake antrum 250 by the lifting surface area of the water downward pressure effect of upper intake antrum 240, offer the upper intake antrum 240 of connection and the relief hole 221 of delivery port 210 in the middle part of movable valve plug 220, in described relief hole 221, be provided with the pressure release bar 260 controlling relief hole 221 break-make；When upper intake antrum 240 and lower intake antrum 250 are filled with water, water in upper intake antrum 240 to the downward active force of movable valve plug 220 more than the water in lower intake antrum 250 to movable valve plug 220 active force upwards, movable valve plug 220 is made to be in the position blocking delivery port 210, when swinging pressure release bar 260 and opening relief hole 221, water in upper intake antrum 240 drains pressure release through relief hole and delivery port, make water in intake antrum 240 to the downward active force of movable valve plug 220 and movable valve plug 220 gravity sum less than the water in lower intake antrum 250 to movable valve plug 220 active force upwards, movable valve plug moves upward, open water route, water enters in toilet and is rinsed.
In the present embodiment, described valve body 200 madial wall has the upper intake antrum 240 of connection and the slot apertures 270 of lower intake antrum 250, when movable valve plug moves upward, the water that water inlet is come in can be flowed in intake antrum slowly by slot apertures 270, water in upper intake antrum slowly becomes many until promoting movable valve plug 220 the most descending partition inlet opening and delivery port, stops to toilet draining.
In the present embodiment, described valve body 200 upper end is connected with the regulation screw 280 in order to regulate movable valve plug 220 upper limit position stretching in intake antrum 240, control and regulation screw 280 stretches into the length in intake antrum 240, can adjust movable valve plug 220 up time upper limit position, and then play the effect of regulating pondage.
In the present embodiment, it is provided with, in described valve body 220, the water hole being positioned at below movable valve plug 220, connect bottom movable valve plug and have the fairlead 225 being slidably matched with water hole, the gap passed through of supplying water is left between fairlead 225 and water hole, movable valve plug 220 carries out the guiding moved up and down by fairlead 225, it is to avoid occur rocking.When movable valve plug 220 moves upward, water hole connection inlet opening and delivery port；When movable valve plug 220 moves downward and blocks water hole, water route is closed.
In the present embodiment, the first sealing gasket 223 being arranged with in described movable valve plug between upper intake antrum and lower intake antrum, first sealing gasket blocks upper intake antrum and lower intake antrum makes water can only be flowed in upper intake antrum by slot apertures, and movable valve plug 220 lower end is additionally provided with the second sealing gasket 224 being sealed into water route between water hole and delivery port.
In the present embodiment, described pressure release bar 260 upper end has the back-up ring 261 blocking relief hole 221, has and push down on back-up ring 261 and block the first spring 222 of relief hole 221 in movable valve plug 220；For preventing movable valve plug from can not close downwards water route, having the second spring 241 pushing down on movable valve plug 220 in upper intake antrum 240, auxiliary pushing movable valve plug moves downward closedown water route；Valve body 200 both sides are provided with a pair can move and promote the release lever 290 that pressure release bar swings to centre, two release levers 290 are controlled to move to centre by a pair button 400 being positioned at above valve body respectively, pressure water tank and valve body 200 are all mounted in the water tank of toilet, and button 400 is then mounted on the upside of water tank.
Movable valve plug 220 self gravitation is plus the gravity of the parts such as first spring the 222, first sealing gasket the 223, second sealing gasket 224, fairlead 225 and the pressure release bar 260 being assembled together with movable valve plug 220, movable valve plug 220 entirety is made to have the active force moved downward by deadweight, when upper intake antrum is the same with the hydraulic pressure of lower intake antrum, no matter water supply pipe intake pressure becomes how little (i.e. back pressure is the least), and movable valve plug all can move downward closedown water route.
In the present embodiment, two buttons 400 are respectively arranged below the depression bar 410 moved up and down with button, and valve body 200 both sides have also been respectively articulated with connecting rod 500, are hinged with valve body 200 in the middle part of connecting rod 500；Connecting rod 500 lower end is flexibly connected with release lever 290 outer end of respective side, and connecting rod 500 upper end has the lozenges 510 with the laminating of respective side depression bar 410 lower end so that when depression bar is pressed for 410 times, connecting rod 500 upper end outwardly opens, connecting rod 500 lower end is drawn in centre and promotes release lever 290 to move to centre；Valve body 200 both sides are provided with the 3rd spring 291 promoting release lever 290 to be displaced outwardly；Pressure release bar 260 is driven to swing during pressing keys, although the amplitude that pressure release bar 260 swings is less and the time is shorter, but it is sufficient for intake antrum and drains all or part of water, by slot apertures 270, upper intake antrum is carried out moisturizing slowly, and then control the time that movable valve plug is closed, in utilization, intake antrum carries out, between this section of moisturizing, before movable valve plug completely closes, toilet being carried out draining flushing.
In the present embodiment, it is threaded connection between described depression bar 410 and button 400, it is positioned at below button 400 and is provided with the 4th spring 420 promoting button 400 upwards to reset, the height of depression bar can be regulated by rotating depression bar 410, the height of depression bar is different, the amplitude promoting connecting rod swing during lower pressure is the most different, and then the amplitude difference the most therewith that pressure release bar 260 swings, the time of upper intake antrum moisturizing is the most different, entering the water in toilet also the most different, therefore two buttons 400 control big bath and little flushing respectively.
A kind of control method of double flushing valve, including double flushing valve as above, rotate depression bar 410 and regulation screw 280 all can realize regulating displacement, when needing to rinse toilet, press one of them button 400 to control pressure release bar 221 by connecting rod 500 and swing upper intake antrum 240 is carried out draining pressure release, movable valve plug 220 floats and opens water route, water enters in toilet and is rinsed, water carries out moisturizing by slot apertures to upper intake antrum until movable valve plug goes downwards to closedown water route, the end simultaneously, stops to toilet draining.
Above-listed preferred embodiment; the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention are further described; it is it should be understood that; the foregoing is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention; not in order to limit the present invention; all within the spirit and principles in the present invention, any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement etc. made, should be included within the scope of the present invention.
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1. a double flushing valve, it is characterized in that: include the valve body being installed on pressure water tank, valve body lower end has delivery port, the movable valve plug fluctuated by hydraulic pressure control it is provided with in the middle part of valve body, there is in the middle part of valve body the inlet opening communicated with pressure water tank, fluctuated control break-make by movable valve plug between described inlet opening and delivery port；There is in valve body the upper intake antrum being positioned on the upside of movable valve plug and be positioned at movable valve plug perimembranous the lower intake antrum communicated with inlet opening, offer the upper intake antrum of connection and the relief hole of delivery port in the middle part of movable valve plug, in described relief hole, be provided with the pressure release bar controlling relief hole break-make.
Double flushing valve the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described valve body madial wall has the upper intake antrum of connection and the slot apertures of lower intake antrum, described movable valve plug is more than the lifting surface area of the water upward pressure effect by lower intake antrum by the lifting surface area of the water downward pressure effect of upper intake antrum.
Double flushing valve the most according to claim 2, it is characterised in that: described valve body upper end is connected with the regulation screw in order to regulate movable valve plug upper limit position stretching in intake antrum；Being provided with the water hole being positioned at below movable valve plug in described valve body, connecting bottom movable valve plug has the fairlead being slidably matched with water hole, leaves the gap passed through of supplying water between fairlead and water hole.
Double flushing valve the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: described pressure release bar upper end has the back-up ring blocking relief hole, have in movable valve plug and push down on back-up ring and block the first spring of relief hole, there is in described upper intake antrum the second spring pushing down on movable valve plug, valve body both sides are provided with a pair can move and promote the release lever that pressure release bar swings to centre, and two release levers are controlled to move to centre by a pair button being positioned at above valve body respectively.
Double flushing valve the most according to claim 4, it is characterized in that: two buttons are respectively arranged below the depression bar moved up and down with button, valve body both sides have also been respectively articulated with connecting rod, connecting rod lower end is flexibly connected with the release lever outer end of respective side, and small end has the lozenges with the laminating of respective side depression bar lower end so that when pressing under depression bar, small end outwardly opens, connecting rod lower end is drawn in centre and promotes release lever to move to centre；Valve body both sides are provided with the 3rd spring promoting release lever to be displaced outwardly.
Double flushing valve the most according to claim 5, it is characterised in that: it is threaded connection between described depression bar and button, is positioned at below button and is provided with the 4th spring promoting button upwards to reset.
7. the control method of a double flushing valve, it is characterized in that: include any one double flushing valve as described in claim 1 ~ 6, rotate depression bar and regulation screw all can realize regulating displacement, when needing to rinse toilet, press one of them button, by connecting rod control pressure release bar swing, upper intake antrum is carried out draining pressure release, movable valve plug floats and opens water route, water enters in toilet and is rinsed, water carries out moisturizing by slot apertures to upper intake antrum until movable valve plug goes downwards to closedown water route, the end simultaneously, stops to toilet draining.
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