ES1065844U - Ecological monomand tap (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Ecological single-lever tap, which is constituted by a tap body and a manually operated lever, tilting up and down to carry out the opening and closing of the output flow, as well as being able to tilt to one side and another to providing hot water or cold water, characterized in that a plurality of grooves at different heights are provided on the side surface and in correspondence with the rear part of the handle, each of which is capable of incising and positioning an appendix provided at the end of an elastic arm attached to the body of the faucet. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Ecological mixer tap.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a tap ecological single lever, intended to be able to perform a suitable control of the desired flow of the outlet water, avoiding classic scores that are usually done until you get more or minus the desired flow, which means a considerable saving of Water.

Background of the invention

As is known, the mixer taps are conventionally constituted by a tap body and a handle manually operated, so that the output flow in this type of faucets is difficult to regulate, since when it is carried out the opening by actuating the corresponding handle, it tends to rise providing a water outflow excessive, so when it comes to solving that problem it it produces the opposite effect, since when lowering the handle usually lower more than due by closing the flow or providing a minimum and unwanted flow.

Obviously, getting a flow that is corresponds more or less with what the user intends, carries a time of scores in the actuation of the handle, with the consequent loss of water that occurs in that way of leading to out regulation.

Description of the invention

The mixer tap and ecological that is recommended It has been designed to solve the choice of flow based on A simple solution but very effective.

Among the various ways to develop the invention, we present the present as one of them.

More specifically the tap of the invention, constituting basically by means of a body and a handle that acts on the mechanism for regulating the flow of cold water and hot water and consequently the flow of the mixture, as it is conventional, presents the novelty that on the body of the tap and in correspondence precisely with the back of it, an elastic arm is projected upwards and finished off in an appendix oriented towards the corresponding handle, provided in it a plurality of slots at different levels so that when acting on the aforementioned handle in its tilting towards up or down to carry out the opening or closing of the tap, said appendix is jumping over the different slots, what which allows perfectly controlled drive, by stably position in any of them, as desired by the user

The fixation of the elastic arm, or its regulation, will be chosen, according to the model of each manufacturer, while the Slots made for control can be in variable number, that is to say greater or lesser number of slots and therefore allow carry out different degrees of graduation, for the election of desired flow

It is evident that the graduation slots, they will have an adequate length s to the oscillation necessary for the choice of hot or cold water.

In an alternative embodiment, the arm in instead of having an appendix it is likely to be endowed with a complementary toothed section of another planned and made for that purpose in the corresponding area of the lateral surface of the handle. That is, instead of grooves in the handle, there will be a serrated protruding outward complementary with another jagged established in the extreme stretch of the elastic arm itself.

Based on the mentioned characteristics, it is say due to the new structuring of the mixer tap of the invention, a series of advantages are achieved among which Summarize the following:

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Graduación o control del consumo de agua.\ medcirc

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Graduation or control of water consumption.

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Reducción del consumo de agua y por lo tanto ahorro económico.\ medcirc

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Water consumption reduction and therefore economic savings.

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Comodidad y seguridad por su sistema de accionamiento que permite la graduación a satisfacción del que lo emplea.\ medcirc

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Comfort and safety for its drive system that allows graduation to the satisfaction of the employee.

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Posibilidad de conseguir un ahorro que puede alcanzar hasta el 75%.\ medcirc

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Possibility of achieving savings that can reach up to 75%.

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Sencilla y fácil manera de educar a los niños para conseguir un consumo racional de agua.\ medcirc

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Simple and easy way to educate children to achieve rational water consumption.

Description of the drawings

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To complement the description that then it will be done and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization thereof, is accompanied as an integral part of that description, a set of drawings in where illustrative and not limiting, it has been represented the next:

Figure 1.- Shows a view according to an elevation side of an ecological mixer tap made in accordance with the object of the invention, the elastic arm being seen with its appendix located in one of the four slots that have been represented on the handle, without wanting to say that number of slots cannot be greater and therefore achieve greater number of specific flows in the handle operation.

Figure 2.- Shows a detailed view. corresponding to a side elevation where the grooves of the handle of figure 1 have been replaced by an upper teeth external and the appendix the elastic arm replaced by a toothed complementary to the one established in the handle itself.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

As you can see in the referred figures, the ecological mixer tap object of the invention is constituted, as is conventional, by means of a body (1) and a handle (2) mounted on that with a tilting character, both upwards as down, as well as left or right, in order to achieve a greater or lesser flow and a greater or lesser amount of cold or hot water.

In any case, from those characteristics, the novelty of the invention consists in the controlled regulation of tap opening, or water discharge, and for this you see in the details that now follow: that about the rear of the handle (2) a plurality of slots (3) at different heights, on each of which is liable to affect and position an appendix (4) corresponding to an elastic arm (5) fixed, by means of thyme or any other appropriate element or system (6), to the body itself (1) from the tap.

In this way, when the handle (2) is tilted, for example upwards, to provide a water flow, the appendix (4) jumps through the different slots (3) of the handle (2), thereby allowing to regulate the operation of such handle and therefore the flow rate of the tap, occurring the same in the opposite movement, that is in the tilting down in such a way (2) to carry out the closing of the tap or provide a lower flow rate that corresponds to the desired and that this way will be achieved without any problem, since the different slots (3) establish positions stable lever (2), corresponding to different flows, all of this as a consequence in addition to the appendix (4) going jumping through the grooves (3) by virtue of the elasticity of the arm (5) to which this appendix belongs (4).

In another variant embodiment, instead of the aforementioned grooves of the handle (2) it is provided that it externally presents a tooth (3 ') complementary to a tooth (4') provided at the end of the fixed elastic arm (5) fixed to the tap body (1), as shown in figure 2. In this case there is also a jump of the teeth (3 'and 4') established in the handle (2) and elastic arm (5), allowing the perfectly controlled actuation of the handle and therefore of the flow that is
aims to.

Finally, say that both the slots (3) of the handle (2) as the tooth (3 ') will have a suitable length and enough that once the desired flow rate is established, can pivot said handle (2) laterally to provide water cold and hot water, interchangeably, or a mixture of them, of according to the wishes of the user.

Claims (4)

1. Ecological mixer tap, which is constituted by a tap body and a manually operated lever, tilting up and down to carry out the opening and closing of the output flow, as well as capable of tilting to one side and another to providing hot water or cold water, is characterized in that a plurality of grooves at different heights are provided on the lateral surface and in correspondence with the back of the handle, in each of which an intended appendix is capable of affecting and positioning at the end of an elastic arm attached to the tap body. 2. Ecological mixer tap, according to claim 1, characterized in that the elastic arm is fixed to the body of the tap preferably by means of a screw or similar element. 3. Ecological mixer tap, according to previous claims, characterized in that the grooves established in the handle are of sufficient length so that once the desired flow rate has been established, by positioning the appendix of the elastic arm in one of said grooves, rotation is allowed towards one side or the other of such a handle for supplying cold water or hot water. 4. Ecological mixer tap, according to previous claims, characterized in that, optionally, at the rear of the operating mode, replacing the grooves, an externally provided gear is provided, which is complementary to another set in the end section of the arm elastic, replacing the appendix thereof.