Patent ID: 7066445

Claim:
A control valve, comprising: a valve seat having an inside formed with a valve chamber having a first side formed with a water inlet and a second side formed with a water outlet; a control switch rotatably mounted in the valve chamber of the valve seat and having an inside formed with a water channel; and two annular leakproof rings each detachably mounted on the control switch to move therewith, wherein: the control switch is rotatable between a first position where the water channel of the control switch aligns with the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve seat to connect the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve seat, and a second position where each of the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve seat is closed by a peripheral wall of the control switch and is sealed closely by a respective one of the two annular leakproof rings; the peripheral wall of the control switch is formed with two radially opposite annular leakproof grooves for detachably mounting the annular leakproof rings; the leakproof grooves of the control switch are not communicated with the water channel; the leakproof grooves of the control switch are perpendicular to the water channel; when the control switch is rotatable to the second position, each of the water inlet and the water outlet of the valve seat is aligned with and stopped by a respective one of the leakproof grooves of the control switch; the valve seat has a peripheral wall formed with a threaded mounting portion, and the control valve further comprises a locking nut mounted on the control switch and screwed onto the threaded mounting portion of the valve seat to limit the control switch on the valve seat; the control switch has an end face formed with a control lever extending through the locking nut and protruding outward from the valve seat, and the control valve further comprises a control handle secured on the control lever of the control switch to control rotation of the control switch.