Patent ID: 6302339
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A continuously adjustable water flow control apparatus comprising:a control seat having a male thread at one end thereof, a step rim at a center thereof and a partition inside thereof, a center of said partition including a first through hole at the step rim of which a plurality of first channels are disposed;an adjustment head being cylinder-shaped, a side wall of an opening end thereof being comprised of adjusting plates arranged in a ring-shaped manner and evenly spaced, a bottom thereof including a second through hole and second channels that are aligned with the plurality of first channels of said control seat;a push sleeve having a resilient ring positioned at a side wall thereof;an adjustment cap having a slope at an inner rim thereof and a female thread at one end thereof;said adjustment head is inserted into one end of said control seat such that said first and second channels are aligned, said push sleeve is installed in said adjusting plates of said adjustment head while said adjustment cap and said control seat are screwed together by said female thread and said male thread;said adjustment cap is rotatively movable backwards and forwards at an outer rim of said control seat while said slope at an inner rim thereof is pushed against an outer rim of said adjusting plates, whereby a stepless change is created at a clearance between said adjusting plates and said push sleeve.