Patent ID: 8408231

Claim:
A pressure balance valve comprising a body including a cylindrical chamber; a first opening disposed on one side of the chamber and a second opening fixed on another side of the chamber; a first inflow channel to flow cold water connecting with a middle section of the chamber and a second inflow channel to flow hot water communicating with the middle section of the chamber; a sleeve member retained in the chamber and including at least one first orifice to flow the cold water coupling with the first inflow channel and at least one second orifice to flow the hot water in connection with the second inflow channel; a first cover used to close the first opening of the body; a second cover applied to close the second opening of the body; a valve core fitted into the sleeve member to move axially and including a pressure sensing wall, two annular portions in connection with two peripheral sides of the pressure sensing wall individually, and a cold-water pressure room and a hot-water pressure room defined in two side fences of the pressure sensing wall and the annular portions respectively; wherein one of the annular portions includes at least one first inlet to flow the cold water connecting with the first orifice of the sleeve member, and the other annular portion including at least one second inlet to flow the hot water connecting with the second orifice of the sleeve member and the hot-water pressure room; characterized in that: the first cover includes a first projected portion with a first guide tunnel extending from an inner side thereof and extending inside one of the annular portions; the first guide tunnel includes a first axial flowing section communicating with the cold-water pressure room and a first longitudinal flowing section communicating with the first outflow channel; the first projected portion includes a first circular back pressure fence formed around the first axial flowing section to be adjacent to one of the side fences of the pressure sensing wall; the second cover includes a second projected portion with a second guide tunnel extending from an inner side thereof and extending inside the other annular portion; the second guide tunnel includes a second axial flowing section communicating with the hot-water pressure room and a second longitudinal flowing section communicating with the second outflow channel; the second projected portion includes a second circular back pressure fence formed around the second axial flowing section to be adjacent to the other side fence of the pressure sensing wall.