A two-way faucet includes a hollow faucet body; a rotatable water guide seat positioned in the faucet body; a rocker arm water guide assembly coupled to the rotatable water guide seat, the rocker arm water guide assembly including a supporting water guide seat and a supporting water guide tube in communication with the supporting water guide seat; a reversing outlet assembly assembled to one end of the supporting water guide tube afar from the supporting water guide seat, the reversing outlet assembly defining an upper outlet and a lower outlet; an outlet tube hermetically connected to the reversing outlet assembly and in communication with the upper outlet; and a shower outlet assembly having a switch assembled to one end of the outlet tube afar from the reversing outlet assembly, the shower outlet assembly being detachably supported on the supporting water guide seat.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority to Chinese utility model application number 201721127127.5 filed on Sep. 4, 2017. The content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present application generally relates to kitchen faucets and, more specifically, relates to a two-way faucet.

Description of the Related Art

At present, kitchen faucets generally include pull-out faucets and rocker arm faucets. A pull-out faucet occupies too much space of the sink under the kitchen cabinet, and it is difficult to clean the tube thereof. A rocker arm faucet does not take up the space under the kitchen cabinet and is easy to clean. However, the cleaning range of the rocker arm faucet is much smaller, and it is also difficult to clean the fixed fork of the rocker arm spout.

In view of the foregoing, what is needed, therefore, is to provide a two-way faucet which can be cleaned conveniently and has water outlets which can be converted readily.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One object of the present application is to provide a two-way faucet which can be cleaned conveniently and has water outlets which can be converted readily.

According to one embodiment of the present application, a two-way faucet includes:

a hollow faucet body;

a rotatable water guide seat positioned in the faucet body;

a rocker arm water guide assembly coupled to the rotatable water guide seat, the rocker arm water guide assembly comprising a supporting water guide seat and a supporting water guide tube in communication with the supporting water guide seat;

a reversing outlet assembly assembled to one end of the supporting water guide tube afar from the supporting water guide seat, the reversing outlet assembly defining an upper outlet and a lower outlet;

an outlet tube hermetically connected to the reversing outlet assembly and in communication with the upper outlet; and

a shower outlet assembly having a switch assembled to one end of the outlet tube afar from the reversing outlet assembly, the shower outlet assembly being detachably supported on the supporting water guide seat; and

wherein when the switch of the shower outlet assembly is closed and the shower outlet assembly is supported on the supporting water guide seat, the lower outlet is opened, and the water from the faucet boy flow out from the lower outlet via the rotatable water guide seat, the supporting water guide tube and the reversing outlet assembly; and

when the shower outlet assembly is detached from the supporting water guide seat and the switch is opened, the lower outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet boy flow out from the upper outlet via the rotatable water guide seat, the supporting water guide tube and the reversing outlet assembly.

According to one aspect of the present application, a diverter body is arranged between the outlet tube and the reversing outlet assembly, the diverter body is provided with an upper opening and a lower opening, and the outlet tube is hermetically assembled to the diverter body and is rotatable relative to the diverter body.

According to one aspect of the present application, the rotatable water guide seat defines an annular groove, and a wear ring is received in the annular groove and seated between the rotatable water guide seat and the supporting water guide seat.

According to one aspect of the present application, the supporting water guide seat and the rotatable water guide seat are coupled to each other via threaded connection.

According to one aspect of the present application, the reversing outlet assembly includes a hollow valve body, a valve seat assembled in the valve body, and a valve cartridge seated in the valve seat and being capable of moving relative to the valve seat, when the shower outlet assembly is detached from the supporting water guide seat and the switch is opened, the valve cartridge abuts against the valve cartridge seat, the lower outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet boy flow out from the upper outlet of the reversing outlet assembly; when the switch of the shower outlet assembly is closed and the shower outlet assembly is supported on the supporting water guide seat, the valve cartridge is detached from the valve cartridge seat under a water pressure, the upper outlet is closed, and the water from the faucet boy flow out from the lower outlet of the reversing outlet assembly.

According to one aspect of the present application, the reversing outlet assembly includes a reversing valve body, a nozzle connector, a liner, a reversing valve cartridge seat, a valve rod, an upper valve cartridge and an lower valve cartridge,

the reversing valve body defines a liner chamber, a nozzle connecting chamber, a valve cartridge seat chamber, an inlet chamber, an upper valve cartridge seat and an external thread joint;

the valve rod includes an upper valve cartridge connecting portion, a lower valve cartridge connecting portion and a sliding guide restricting portion, the upper valve cartridge and the lower valve cartridge are formed on the upper connecting portion and the lower valve cartridge connecting portion, respectively;

the reversing valve cartridge seat defines a lower opening, a lower valve cartridge seat is provided on an inner surface of a top plate thereof, a guide positioning portion is formed on the top in the form of annular distribution;

an upper end of the diverter body is provided with an external thread joint, and a lower end is internally provided with an internal thread;

a lower end of the valve rod passes through a screw hole on the lower valve cartridge seat and extends into the reversing valve cartridge seat, the lower valve cartridge is engaged with the lower valve cartridge seat, the sliding guide restricting portion of the valve rod is slidingly engaged with the water guide positioning portion; the reversing valve cartridge seat is formed in the valve cartridge seat chamber and the guide positioning portion extends into the inlet chamber, the upper valve cartridge is engaged with the upper valve cartridge seat; the nozzle connector is detachably connected with the nozzle connecting chamber, the liner is detachably engaged with the liner chamber; the external thread joint of the reversing valve body is screwed with the internal thread of the diverter body.

According to one aspect of the present application, the two-way faucet further includes a connecting sleeve, wherein the connecting sleeve includes an internal thread connecting portion, a connecting countersunk and an upper rotatable cavity portion, one end of the outlet tube is provided with a flange, the outlet tube extends through the connecting sleeve, the flange is in rotatable engagement with the connecting countersunk, and the internal thread connecting portion is screwed with the external thread joint of the water diversion body.

According to one aspect of the present application, the shower outlet assembly with a switch includes shower body, a water outlet head, a diverter rod, a diverter sleeve, a pressure spring and a button;

the shower body comprises a lower water outlet chamber, a switch chamber and an upper water inlet chamber, the upper water inlet chamber is communicated with a closed end of the switch chamber, an annular water groove is disposed on the switch chamber, the lower water outlet chamber is communicated with the annular water groove which is located in the middle of the switch chamber;

the diverter rod includes a valve cartridge portion, a water guide portion and a sliding connecting portion, the diverter sleeve is provided with a water inlet portion having a water inlet hole;

the diverter sleeve is disposed within the switch chamber, a gap between one end of the diverter sleeve and a closed end of the switch chamber defines a water guide chamber, and the water inlet portion corresponds to the annular water groove of the switch chamber;

the diverter rod is disposed within the diverter sleeve, the valve core portion is engaged with the diverter sleeve, the water guide portion corresponds to the water inlet portion; the button is fixed to the diverter rod, the pressure spring is engaged with the button and a spring seat which located at the end of the diverter sleeve, the upper water inlet chamber communicates with the outlet tube.

According to one aspect of the present application, a first magnet is provided on an internal face of the supporting water guide seat, one distal end of the show outlet assembly having a switch afar from the reversing outlet assembly is provided with a second magnet, and the show outlet assembly having a switch is detachably connected to the supporting water guide seat via magnetic attraction.

The two-way faucet of the present application can be cleaned conveniently and the water outlets thereof can be converted readily.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Example embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements.

Referring toFIG. 1andFIG. 5, a two-way faucet according to one embodiment of the present application includes a hollow faucet body1having a cold and hot water mixing valve cartridge assembly positioned therein and an outlet tube2.

The two-way faucet further includes a rocker arm water guide assembly3, a rotatable water guide seat4, a wear ring5, a shower outlet assembly6with a switch, a water diverter body7having an upper opening and a lower opening, a connecting sleeve8and an automatic reversing outlet assembly9. An upper water outlet end of the faucet body1is provided a connecting chamber1A having a radial screw hole (not shown).

The rocker arm water guide assembly3includes a supporting water guide seat31having a lower opening and a supporting water guide tube32communicated with the supporting water guide seat31. The other end of the supporting water guide tube32is fixed to and communicated with the automatic reversing outlet assembly9. The supporting water guide seat31is provided with an internal thread at the lower opening thereof.

A body portion41of the rotatable water guide seat4defines an annular groove. The wear ring5is disposed in the annular groove of a body portion41. The body portion41is inserted into the connecting chamber1A of the faucet body1. A screw extends through the radial screw hole and engaged with a positioning hole51defined in the wear ring5. The inner thread of the supporting water guide seat31is screwed with a upper thread interface portion42of the rotating water guide seat4.

The water diverter body7is connected to the automatic reversing outlet assembly9. One end of the outlet tube2is rotatably coupled to the water diverter body7and sealed in a liquid-tight manner. The other end of the outlet tube2is connected to the shower outlet assembly6.

Referring toFIG. 1, in the first state, the shower outlet assembly6is supported by the supporting water guide seat31, and the switch of the shower outlet assembly6is in a closed state, and water flows out of the automatic reversing outlet assembly9. The water enters the automatic reversing outlet assembly9through the rotatable water guide seat4, the supporting water guide seat31and the supporting water guide tube32, and flows out of the automatic reversing outlet assembly9. The supporting water guide seat31can rotate relative to the rotatable water guide seat4, so as to change the position of the automatic reversing outlet assembly9.

Referring toFIG. 5, in the second state, the shower outlet assembly6is detached from the supporting water guide seat31. The automatic reversing outlet assembly9is communicated with the outlet tube2. Water flows out of the shower outlet assembly6. In use, the shower outlet assembly6is turned on via operating the switch of the shower outlet assembly6. The shower outlet assembly6is detached from the supporting water guide seat31, the automatic reversing outlet assembly9is reversed, and water flows out of the shower outlet assembly6. When the state shifted from the first state to the second state, the automatic reversing outlet assembly9is automatically converted.

Referring toFIG. 1andFIG. 3, the automatic reversing outlet assembly9includes a reversing valve body91, a nozzle connector92, a liner93, a reversing valve cartridge seat94, a valve rod95, an upper valve cartridge96and a lower valve cartridge97. The reversing valve body91includes a liner chamber911, a nozzle connecting chamber912, a valve cartridge seat chamber913, an inlet chamber914, an upper valve cartridge seat915and an external thread joint916from the bottom to the top.

The valve rod95includes an upper valve cartridge connecting portion951, a lower valve cartridge connecting portion952and a sliding guide restricting portion953. The upper valve cartridge915and the lower valve cartridge916are disposed on the upper connecting portion and the lower valve core connecting portion, respectively.

Referring toFIG. 3andFIG. 4, the reversing value cartridge seat94has a lower opening. A lower valve cartridge seat941is provided on an inner surface of the top plate. A number of guide positioning portions942are formed on the top and arranged along a circle. The guide positioning portion942includes several connectors, and each connector includes a rod portion and a guide limiting head at the top of the rod portion, the guide limiting head slidingly engages the sliding guide restricting portion for positional restriction.

Referring toFIG. 1, the upper end of the diverter body7is provided with an external thread joint71, and the lower end is provided with an internal thread.

A lower end of the valve rod95passes through a screw hole on the lower valve cartridge seat941and extends into the reversing valve cartridge seat94. The lower valve cartridge97is engaged with the lower valve cartridge seat941. The sliding guide restricting portion953of the valve rod95slidingly engages the guide positioning portion942. The reversing valve cartridge seat94is formed in the valve cartridge seat chamber913and the guide positioning portion942extends into the inlet chamber914. The upper valve cartridge96is engaged with the upper valve cartridge seat915. The nozzle connector92is detachably coupled to the nozzle connecting chamber912. The liner93is detachably coupled to the liner chamber911. The external thread joint916of the reversing valve body91is screwed with the internal thread of the diverter body7.

Referring toFIG. 1, from the bottom to the top, the connecting sleeve8includes an internal thread connecting portion81, a connecting countersunk82and an upper rotating cavity portion83. One end of the outlet tube2is provided with a flange.

The outlet tube2extends out of the connecting sleeve8, the flange is in rotatable engagement with the connecting countersunk82, and the internal thread connecting portion81is screwed with the external thread joint71of the diverter body7. In this case, the outlet tube2can rotate relative to the diverter body7.

Referring toFIG. 2, the shower outlet assembly6with a switch includes a shower body61, a water outlet head62, a diverter rod63, a diverter sleeve64, a pressure spring65and a button66. The shower body61includes a lower water outlet chamber611, a switch chamber612and an upper water inlet chamber613, and the upper water inlet chamber613is communicated with a closed end of the switch chamber612. An annular water groove6121is provided in the switch chamber612, and the lower water outlet chamber611is communicated with the annular water groove6121located in the middle portion of the switch chamber612.

The diverter rod63includes a valve cartridge portion631, a water guide portion632and a sliding connecting portion633. The diverter sleeve64is provided with a water inlet portion having a water inlet hole641.

The diverter sleeve64is disposed within the switch chamber612. A gap between the end of the diverter sleeve64and the closed end of the switch chamber612forms a water guide chamber. The water inlet portion corresponds to the annular water groove6121of the switch chamber612. The diverter rod63is disposed within the diverter sleeve64. The valve cartridge portion631is engaged with the diverter sleeve64. The water guide portion632corresponds to the water inlet portion. The button66is fixed to the diverter rod63. The pressure spring65is engaged with a key66and a spring seat located at the end of the diverter sleeve64. The upper water inlet chamber613communicates with the outlet tube2.

Referring toFIG. 1, a first magnet101is provided on an internal face of the top plate of the supporting water guide seat31.

Referring toFIG. 2, a lower end of the water outlet head62is provided with a second magnet102. The supporting water guide seat31is detachably connected to the water outlet head62by means of a magnetic connection.

The supporting water guide seat31cooperates with the water outlet head62, and the supporting water guide seat31closes the water outlet hole of the water outlet head62.

When the state is shifted from the first state to the second state, press the button66, the valve cartridge portion631of the diverter rod63detaches from the diverter sleeve64and enters the water guide chamber between the end portion of the diverter sleeve64and the closed end of the switch chamber612. The water in the outlet tube2flows into the water outlet head62through the upper water inlet chamber613, the water guide chamber, the water inlet hole641of the water inlet portion of the diverter sleeve64and the annular water groove6121, and finally flows out of the water outlet head62.

Referring toFIG. 1andFIG. 3, in the first state, the automatic reversing outlet assembly9is in a conductive state, the lower valve cartridge97and the lower valve cartridge seat941are separated from each other. When the state is shifted from the first state to the second state, after pressing the button66, the shower outlet assembly6with a switch detaches from the supporting water guide seat31and communicates the air, the shower outlet assembly6, the outlet tube2, the diverter body7and the reversing valve body91with each other. The upper valve cartridge plays a role of a float, under the effect of the water flow, the valve rod95moves upwardly. Referring toFIG. 5, the lower valve cartridge97is brought into close contact with the lower valve cartridge seat941, the automatic reversing outlet assembly9is closed and the water flows out of the shower outlet assembly6.

When the state is shifted from the second state to the first state, the switch of the shower outlet assembly6is closed, the water outlet head62cooperates with the supporting water guide seat31, and the supporting water guide seat31closes the water outlet hole of the water outlet head62. Due to the pressure of water flow, the lower value cartridge97moves downwardly, and the lower valve cartridge97and the lower valve cartridge seat941are separated from each other.

Compared with the conventional faucet, the two-way faucet of the present application can be cleaned conveniently and the water outlets thereof can be converted readily.