Patent ID: 6398185
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A01G,G05D,Y10S

Abstract:
A water flow timer comprising:a main body having a water admitting tube and a water discharging tube, each of said water admitting tube and said water discharging tube having a fastening portion engageable with a water pipe, said main body having an upper chamber and a lower chamber, said lower chamber having a water control tank located at a juncture of said water admitting tube and said water discharging tube, said water control tank being divided into an inner chamber and an outer chamber, said inner chamber having a through hole in communication with said upper chamber, said upper chamber having at least two pivoting holes and a locating slot having a retaining hook; a water stopping membrane disposed at a bottom of said inner chamber and said outer chamber such that a top of said water stopping membrane removably seals off a bottom opening of said inner chamber, said inner chamber and said outer chamber being separated from each other or in communication with each other, said water stopping membrane being in intimate contact with an inner wall of said water control tank; a control rod pivotably connected to a center of said water stopping membrane such that a top end of said control rod juts out of said upper chamber through said through hole of said inner chamber, said control rod having a stop portion at a bottom end thereof, said stop portion urging against an underside of said water stopping membrane; a bottom cover sealing off a bottom of said lower chamber such that a top edge of a center tube of said bottom cover is positioned at said underside of said water stopping membrane; a spring disposed between an underside of a center of said center tube and said stop portion of said control rod; a control member having two pivoting shafts pivotally received in said upper chamber such that said two pivoting shafts are respectively received in said two pivoting holes of said upper chamber, said control member having a press plate provided in a top thereof, said press plate having a protruded block located over said top end of said control rod, said control rod having two elastic support arms disposed between said two pivoting shafts and said press plate such that said two elastic support arms are disposed across a slot opening of said locating slot of said upper chamber so as to enable said press plate to move upwardly and downwardly in a reciprocating manner; a rotating member having a locating shaft which is retainable within said locating slot of said upper chamber, said locating shaft having an inverted hook corresponding in location to said retaining hook of said locating slot, said rotating member having a rotary disk having an annular protrusion with a recess formed in a bottom thereof, said annular protrusion corresponding in location to said protruded block of said control member, said rotary disk having an annular groove and a plurality of locating pillars formed in a top thereof, said rotary disk having a pair of locating edges formed in a periphery thereof; a timing member having an orienting shaft, an upper frame, a lower frame, an intermittent gear set, and a torsion spring, said torsion spring being disposed at a bottom of said lower frame such that an inner end of said torsion spring is fastened to said orienting shaft, an outer end of said torsion spring being retained by a protruded plate of said lower frame, said intermittent gear set being pivotally connected to a plurality of pivoting pillars positioned between said upper frame and said lower frame, said orienting shaft having a center gear which is engaged with said intermittent gear set; and a rotary cap having a plurality of retaining slots, said rotary cap being joined with said rotary disk such that said locating edges of said rotary disk are respectively retained in said plurality of retaining slots of said rotary cap, said protruded block of said control member being receivable in said recess of said annular protrusion of said rotating member so as to cause said press plate of said control member to be raised such that said top end of said control rod is no longer pressed by said press plate of said control member, said control rod being urged by said spring, said top of said water stopping membrane sealing off said bottom opening of said inner chamber so as to separate said inner chamber from said outer chamber, said protruded block of said control member being pressable by said annular protrusion of said rotary disk of said rotating member when said rotary cap causes said press plate of said control member to be pressed downwardly such that said top end of said control rod is pressed by said press plate of said control member so as to slide downwardly to form a gap between said top of said water stopping membrane and said bottom opening of said inner chamber, said inner chamber being in communication with said outer chamber such that said torsion spring is compressed so as to provide said rotary cap with a recovery force when the rotary cap is turned.