IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0884117
(2010-09-16)
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등록번호 |
US-8479761
(2013-07-09)
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우선권정보 |
CN-2010 1 0184109 (2010-05-26) |
발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Globe Union Industrial Corp.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
1 인용 특허 :
9 |
초록
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A device used in a digital shower system contains a valve box including a housing fixed on a frame; a temperature control valve installed in the housing to mix cold and hot waters together; two inlet pipes to supply the cold and the hot waters toward the temperature control valve respectively; a mot
A device used in a digital shower system contains a valve box including a housing fixed on a frame; a temperature control valve installed in the housing to mix cold and hot waters together; two inlet pipes to supply the cold and the hot waters toward the temperature control valve respectively; a motor to drive the temperature control valve; two outlet pipes to output mixed cold and hot water; two solenoid valve to turn on and off the outlet pipe; a controlling panel to control the valve box including a first abutting portion to contact with an external face of a front fence of the device and to close a groove of the front fence, a retaining means including two second bolts and two orifices, the second bolt being inserted through the controlling panel to screw with the orifice so that the first abutting portion abuts against the external face.
대표청구항
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1. A device used in a digital shower system comprising: a valve box includinga housing fixed on a frame;a temperature control valve installed in the housing to mix cold and hot waters together;two inlet pipes to supply the cold and the hot waters toward the temperature control valve respectively;a m
1. A device used in a digital shower system comprising: a valve box includinga housing fixed on a frame;a temperature control valve installed in the housing to mix cold and hot waters together;two inlet pipes to supply the cold and the hot waters toward the temperature control valve respectively;a motor to drive the temperature control valve;at least one outlet pipe to output mixed cold and hot water in the temperature control valve;at least one solenoid valve to turn on and off the outlet pipe;a controlling panel to control and operate the valve box, and including a first abutting portion mounted around a peripheral side of a back surface thereof to contact with an external face of a front fence formed on a front side of the device and to close a groove of the front fence, and a back side of the controlling panel corresponding to the valve box through the groove;a retaining means including at least one bolt and at least one orifice for corresponding to the at least one bolt, the at least one bolt being inserted through a predetermined portion of the controlling panel to screw with the at least one orifice by using a determined screwing travel so that the first abutting portion of the controlling panel is biased against the external face of the front fence;wherein the controlling panel includes a fixing plate and a body retained in and removed from the fixing plate, the fixing plate includes a second abutting portion formed on a back side thereof;the retaining means includes two bolts, two bores mounted around the fixing plate, and two engaging blocks limited around a peripheral side of the fixing plate and located at an inner side of the front fence, and each engaging block has an orifice for corresponding to each bore, such that the two bolts are inserted through the two bores to screw with the two orifices of the two engaging blocks so that the second abutting portion of the fixing plate engages with the external face of the front fence. 2. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a closing means to apply waterproof sealing glue between the first abutting portion of the controlling panel and the external face of the front fence to form a waterproof sealing structure. 3. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing further including a removable cover, and the cover is in response to the back side of the controlling panel via the groove. 4. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retaining means includes two bolts, two bores mounted on the controlling panel, and two orifices disposed on a cover of the housing so as to correspond to the two bores, and the first abutting portion of the controlling panel is biased against the external face of the front fence by inserting the two bolts through the two bores to screw with the two orifices. 5. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the controlling panel further includes a removable adjusting knob to cover the bores. 6. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling panel is fitted into the valve box to form an anti-rotating structure to limit the controlling panel to be rotated. 7. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the anti-rotating structure includes a non-circular first cliff arranged on a side fringe connected with a peripheral side of the housing, and a non-circular second cliff formed on an outer surface of a positioning rim of the controlling panel, and when the first abutting portion of the controlling panel contacts with the external face of the front fence, the groove engages with the first cliff of the side fringe of the housing to form the anti-rotating structure, thus preventing the controlling panel from rotation, and the second cliff slides in the first cliff. 8. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing plate includes a pressing portion and an outer peripheral segment integrally extending from the pressing portion; the pressing portion includes the second abutting portion fixed around a back side thereof, and the outer peripheral segment includes two symmetrical resilient locking members and two defining slots arranged therein to receive the engaging blocks; the body includes a flat portion and an inner peripheral segment integrally extending from an inner surface of the flat portion; the inner peripheral segment includes two symmetrical recesses secured on an outer side thereof to engage with the resilient locking members, and when the flat portion is connected to the fixing plate, it covers the pressing portion of the fixing plate and the bores. 9. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a removable wire is electrically connected between the controlling panel and the valve box, and includes a power line and a control line, the wire is long enough to remove the controlling panel from the groove so that the valve box is cleaned, checked, and repaired via the groove. 10. The device used in a digital shower system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling panel allows to control the valve box in a wireless manner. 11. An installing structure of a device used in a digital shower system comprising a wall, and the wall including a frame and a front fence fixed on the frame, the front fence includes a groove formed in a predetermined size and shape; a valve box including:a housing fixed on the frame and corresponding to the groove of the front fence;a temperature control valve installed in the housing to mix cold and hot waters together;two inlet pipes to supply the cold and the hot waters toward the temperature control valve respectively;a motor to drive the temperature control valve;at least one outlet pipe to output mixed cold and hot water in the temperature control valve;at least one solenoid valve to turn on and off the outlet pipe;a controlling panel including a first abutting portion mounted around a peripheral side of a back surface thereof to contact with an external face of the front fence and to close the groove of the front fence, and a back side of the controlling panel corresponding to the valve box through the groove;a retaining means including at least one bolt, and at least one orifice corresponding to the at least one bolt, the at least one bolt being inserted through a predetermined portion of the controlling panel to screw with the at least one orifice by using a determined screwing travel so that the first abutting portion of the controlling panel is biased against the external face of the front fence;wherein the controlling panel includes a fixing plate and a body retained in and removed from the fixing plate, the fixing plate includes a second abutting portion formed on a back side thereof;the retaining means includes two bolts, two bores mounted around the fixing plate, and two engaging blocks limited around a peripheral side of the fixing plate and located at an inner side of the front fence; each engaging block has an orifice for corresponding to each bore, such that the two bolts are inserted through the two bores to screw with the two orifices of the two engaging blocks so that the second abutting portion of the fixing plate engages with the external face of the front fence. 12. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11 further comprising a closing means, wherein waterproof sealing glue is applied between the first abutting portion of the controlling panel and the external face of the front fence to generate a) waterproof sealing structure. 13. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the housing includes a removable cover, and the cover corresponds to the back side of the controlling panel via the groove. 14. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the retaining means includes two bolts, two bores mounted on the controlling panel, and two orifices disposed on a cover of the housing so as to correspond to the two bores, and the first abutting portion of the controlling panel is biased against the external face of the front fence by inserting the two bolts through the two bores to screw with the two orifices. 15. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controlling panel further includes a removable adjusting knob to cover the two bores. 16. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controlling panel is fitted into the valve box to form an anti-rotating structure. 17. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the anti-rotating structure includes a non-circular first cliff arranged on a side fringe connected with a peripheral side of housing, and a non-circular second cliff formed on an outer surface of a positioning rim of the controlling panel, and when the first abutting portion of the controlling panel contacts with the external face of the front fence, the groove engages with the first cliff of the side fringe of the housing to form the anti-rotating structure, thus preventing the controlling panel from rotation, and the second cliff slides in the first cliff. 18. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the fixing plate includes a pressing portion and an outer peripheral segment integrally extending from the pressing portion; the pressing portion includes the second abutting portion fixed around a back side thereof, and the outer peripheral segment includes two symmetrical resilient locking members and two defining slots arranged therein to receive the engaging blocks; the body includes a flat portion and an inner peripheral segment integrally extending from an inner surface of the flat portion; the inner peripheral segment includes two symmetrical recesses secured on an outer side thereof to engage with the resilient locking members, and when the flat portion is connected to the fixing plate, it covers the pressing portion of the fixing plate and the bores. 19. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein a removable wire is electrically connected between the controlling panel and the valve box, and includes a power line and a control line, the wire is long enough to remove the controlling panel from the groove so that the valve box is cleaned, checked, and repaired via the groove. 20. An installing structure of the device used in the digital shower system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controlling panel allows to control the valve box in a wireless manner.
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