US 11,813,621 B2
Switching device for shower system and shower system including same
Jianxiong Shen, Putian (CN); Biao Shen, Xiamen (CN); Changzheng Ni, Xiamen (CN); and Wenjun Li, Nanping (CN)
Assigned to XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD., Xiamen (CN)
Filed by XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD., Xiamen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,077.
Claims priority of application No. 202121630426.7 (CN), filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014980 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B05B 1/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 1/1672 (2013.01) [B05B 1/1681 (2013.01); B05B 1/18 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A switching device for a shower system, comprising:
a housing;
a valve core main body, wherein the valve core main body comprises a first valve core and a second valve core, a first end of the first valve core is provided with a plurality of water passing holes in different positions, and a second end of the first valve core is slidably connected to the second valve core, the water passing holes comprise a first water passing hole, a plurality of second water passing holes and a plurality of third water passing holes; the first water passing hole is located at a front end surface of the first valve core, the second water passing holes are evenly distributed around an outer surface of a valve core front end of the first valve core and the third water passing holes are evenly distributed around the outer surface of the valve core front end of the first valve core behind the second water passing holes, the first water passing hole and the second water passing holes form a part of a first water passage, the first water passing hole and the third water passing holes form a part of a second water passage;
a push rod, wherein the push rod is located inside the valve core main body, and an end of the push rod is inserted into the second valve core; and
a switch button unit, wherein a first end of the switch button unit is slidably connected to the housing and a second end of the switch button unit is connected to the second valve core, and when the switch button unit is pressed, the push rod can switch on one of the first water passage and the second water passage and close the other one of the first water passage and the second water passage.