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EP-4741695-A1 - JOINT ASSEMBLY AND FAUCET

EP4741695A1EP 4741695 A1EP4741695 A1EP 4741695A1EP-4741695-A1

Abstract

A joint assembly and a faucet include a first coupling portion (11) and a second coupling portion (21). A first connecting structure (13) and a first guide structure (12) disposed on the first coupling portion (11); a connecting structure (23) and a second guide structure (22) are disposed on the second coupling portion (21). The second coupling portion (21) and the first coupling portion (11) are sleeved with each other. The first guide structure (12) and the second guide structure (22) cooperate with each other to limit a movement direction of the first coupling portion (11) and a movement direction of the second coupling portion (21) in a sleeving process, so that the first connecting structure (13) is aligned with the second connecting structure (23). The first connecting structure (13) and the second connecting structure (23) cooperate with each other to position the first coupling portion (11) and the second coupling portion (21) after the second coupling portion (21) and the first coupling portion (11) are sleeved with each other.

Inventors

  • Qiu, Chunhe

Assignees

  • Wenzhou Furuisi Building Materials Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20251105

Claims (15)

  1. A joint assembly, comprising: a first joint; and a second joint; wherein the first joint defines a first channel penetrating through the first joint in a length direction thereof, and the first joint comprises a first coupling portion, a first connecting structure, and a first guide structure; wherein the first connecting structure and the first guide structure are disposed on the first coupling portion; wherein the second joint comprises a second channel penetrating through the second joint in a length direction thereof, and the second joint comprises a second coupling portion, a second connecting structure, and a second guide structure, wherein the second connecting structure and the second guide structure are disposed on the second coupling portion; wherein the second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are sleeved with each other, the second coupling portion is configured to be sleeved on the first coupling portion, and the first guide structure and the second guide structure cooperate with each other to limit a movement direction of the first coupling portion and a movement direction of the second coupling portion in a sleeving process, so that the first connecting structure is aligned with the second connecting structure; wherein the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure cooperate with each other to position the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion after the second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are sleeved with each other; wherein the first connecting structure comprises coupling portions and limiting portions connected to the coupling portions, and an end portion of each of the coupling portions recesses inward to form a corresponding one of the limiting portions; wherein the second connecting structure comprises clamping holes or clamping grooves disposed on an inner wall of the second coupling portion; wherein after the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are sleeved with each other, the clamping holes or the clamping grooves are configured to accommodate the coupling portions, and the limiting portions are attached to the inner wall of the second coupling portion to limit the first connecting structure being completely accommodated in the clamping holes or the clamping grooves.
  2. The joint assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first guide structure and the second guide structure guide the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion to rotate relative to each other in the sleeving process, so as to limit the movement direction of the first coupling portion and the movement direction of the second coupling portion; wherein when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion, the first connecting structure is fastened to the second connecting structure to fix a position of the first coupling portion relative to the second coupling portion.
  3. The joint assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first guide structure comprises at least two guide pieces, the at least two guide pieces are disposed around the first joint in the length direction of the first joint, and the at least two guide pieces are spaced apart from each other and are disposed on an outer wall of the first coupling portion; wherein the second guide structure comprises at least two guide plates, the at least two guide plates are disposed around the second joint in the length direction of the second joint, the at least two guide plates are spaced apart from each other and are disposed on an inner wall of the second coupling portion, a guide groove is defined between each two adjacent guide plates of the at least two guide plates, and each guide groove is corresponding to a corresponding one of the at least two guide pieces; wherein when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion, each of the guide pieces is accommodated in a corresponding guide groove and is slidable in the corresponding guide groove.
  4. The joint assembly according to claim 3, wherein each of the guide pieces comprises two first guide walls, and the two first guide walls of each of the guide pieces intersect at one end of each of the guide pieces to form a first guide tip of each of the guide pieces; wherein each of the guide plates comprises two second guide walls, and two second guide walls of each of the guide plates intersect at one end of each of the guide plates to form a second guide tip of each of the guide plates; wherein when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion, each first guide tip faces the second coupling portion, each second guide tip faces the first coupling portion, and the two first guide walls of each of the guide pieces are disposed in the corresponding guide groove and are slidable relative to at least one of two adjacent guide plates.
  5. The joint assembly according to claim 4, wherein the two first guide walls and the first guide tip in each of the guide pieces form a first isosceles triangle shaped vertex structure; wherein the two second guide walls and the second guide tip in each of the guide plates form a second isosceles triangle shaped vertex structure.
  6. The joint assembly according to claim 2, wherein the first guide structure is connected to the first connecting structure, and the first guide structure and the first connecting structure are rotatable on an outer wall of the first coupling portion.
  7. The joint assembly according to claim 6, wherein the first joint further comprises a first rotating structure, the first rotating structure is disposed on the outer wall of the first coupling portion, and the first rotating structure is rotatable on the outer wall of the first coupling portion; wherein the first guide structure and the first connecting structure are disposed on the first rotating structure, and the first guide structure is closer to a free end of the first coupling portion than the first connecting structure.
  8. The joint assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first rotating structure is a first sleeving ring sleeved on the outer wall of the first coupling portion, the first connecting structure extends from the first sleeving ring toward the second coupling portion, and the first guide structure extends from one end of the first connecting structure toward the second coupling portion.
  9. The joint assembly according to claim 8, wherein the first sleeving ring is a first C-shaped ring; and/or the first guide structure, the first connecting structure, and the first rotating structure are integrally disposed.
  10. The joint assembly according to claim 3, wherein one of the first joint and the second joint comprises operating structures, the operating structures are configured to drive the first connecting structure or the second connecting structure to deform to separate the first connecting structure from the second connecting structure.
  11. The joint assembly according to claim 10, wherein the coupling portions are connected to the first guide structure, the second connecting structure comprises the clamping holes defined on the second coupling portion, and the clamping holes are configured to accommodate the coupling portions when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion; wherein the operating structures are disposed on the second coupling portion, the operating structures are disposed corresponding to the clamping holes; and the operating structures are configured to drive the coupling portions disposed in the clamping holes to deform, so that the coupling portions move from the clamping holes to the second channel.
  12. The joint assembly according to claim 11, wherein the operating structures comprise pressing portions and protruding portions, each of the protruding portions is disposed on an inner side of a corresponding one of the pressing portions, and each of the protruding portions at least partially extends into a corresponding one of the clamping holes; wherein the pressing portions deform under acting forces; wherein when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion, the coupling portions drive the pressing portions to deform outward through the protruding portions, so that the coupling portions are respectively clamped into the clamping holes; wherein when outer walls of the pressing portions are under the acting forces, the pressing portions drive the coupling portions to deform through the protruding portions, so that the coupling portions respectively retract from the clamping holes into the second channel.
  13. The joint assembly according to claim 12, wherein the second joint further comprises a blocking structure disposed on the second coupling portion, the blocking structure is disposed on an inner wall of the second channel and extends to positions of the clamping holes, and the blocking structure is configured to block the outer walls of the pressing portions from deforming under the acting forces and going deep into the second channel; and/or each of the operating structures is located between each two adjacent guide plates, each of the pressing portions and each of the protruding portions are located at one end of a corresponding guide groove and face a corresponding one of the clamping holes, so that after each of the guide pieces slides through the corresponding guide groove, each of the guide pieces faces a corresponding one of the coupling portions clamped into a corresponding one of the clamping holes; and/or the operating structures share a second rotating structure sleeved on the second coupling portion, the second rotating structure is a second sleeving ring, the second sleeving ring is a second C-shaped ring, the pressing portions extend from the second sleeving ring toward the first coupling portion, and each of the protruding portions are disposed adjacent to one end of a corresponding one of the pressing portions; wherein a top end of each of the protruding portions is an arc surface.
  14. A faucet, comprising the joint assembly according to any one of claims 1-13.
  15. A joint assembly, comprising: a first joint; and a second joint; wherein the first joint defines a first channel penetrating through the first joint in a length direction thereof, and the first joint comprises a first coupling portion, a first connecting structure, and a first guide structure; wherein the first connecting structure and the first guide structure are disposed on the first coupling portion; wherein the second joint comprises a second channel penetrating through the second joint in a length direction thereof, and the second joint comprises a second coupling portion, a second connecting structure, and a second guide structure, wherein the second connecting structure and the second guide structure are disposed on the second coupling portion; wherein the second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are sleeved with each other, the second coupling portion is configured to be sleeved on the first coupling portion, and the first guide structure and the second guide structure cooperate with each other to limit a movement direction of the first coupling portion and a movement direction of the second coupling portion in a sleeving process, so that the first connecting structure is aligned with the second connecting structure; wherein the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure cooperate with each other to position the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion after the second coupling portion and the first coupling portion are sleeved with each other; wherein the first connecting structure comprises coupling portions connected to the first guide structure,-the second connecting structure comprises clamping holes defined on the second coupling portion, and the clamping holes are configured to accommodate the coupling portions when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion; wherein operating structures are disposed on the second coupling portion, and the operating structures are disposed corresponding to the clamping holes; wherein the operating structures comprise pressing portions and protruding portions, each of the protruding portions is disposed on an inner side of a corresponding one of the pressing portions, and each of the protruding portions at least partially extends into a corresponding one of the clamping holes; wherein the pressing portions deform under acting forces; wherein when the second coupling portion is sleeved on the first coupling portion, the coupling portions drive the pressing portions to deform outward through the protruding portions, so that the coupling portions are respectively clamped into the clamping holes; wherein when outer walls of the pressing portions are under the acting forces, the pressing portions drive the coupling portions to deform through the protruding portions, so that the coupling portions respectively retract from the clamping holes into the second channel.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a field of faucets, and in particular to a joint assembly and a faucet. BACKGROUND In the related art, a joint assembly of a faucet is generally connected by screwing. The joint assembly of the faucet comprises an external thread, and one end of a water pipe or a connector connected to the joint assembly comprises an internal thread. The external thread of the joint assembly is aligned with the internal thread of the water pipe or the connector, and then the water pipe or the connector is rotated to enable the external thread being screwed with the internal threads, so that the water pipe or the connector is tightly connected to the faucet. However, during an installation process, an auxiliary tool such as a wrench is required to apply force, which makes an installation of the faucet inconvenient. In view of this, there are faucet assemblies assembled by a plug-in method and the faucet assemblies adopt a non-threaded structure thereof to connect to the water pipe or the connector. However, the plug-in method requires to artificially aligning fixing structures of joints of the faucet assemblies in advance, and then an insertion operation is performed. A plug-in process thereof is still time-consuming and causes inconvenience in installation. Moreover, if the fixing structures are not aligned in advance before the insertion operation, subsequent assembly operations are very likely to cause damage to the faucet assemblies and cause losses. SUMMARY The present disclosure provides a joint assembly and a faucet, which are convenient to install and avoid damage to components thereof caused by an assembly action. In the joint assembly and the faucet of the present disclosure, a first guide structure thereof and a second guide structure thereof cooperate with each other to limit a movement direction of a first coupling portion thereof and a movement direction of the second coupling portion thereof, so that the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure are automatically aligned during an assembly process. Therefore, the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure cooperate with each other to fix a position of the first coupling portion relative to the second coupling portion after the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion are sleeved with each other. There is no need for manual alignment, the assembly process is more convenient, and damage to the components caused by not aligning the components in advance are avoided. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS In order to clearly describe technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the drawings in the following description are merely some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art are able to obtain other drawings according to the drawings without contributing any inventive labor. For a complete understanding of the present disclosure and its characteristics, the following description is made in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, where same reference numbers in the following description indicate same structures. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a joint assembly shown in an assembled state according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 2 is another schematic diagram of the joint assembly shown in the assembled state according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the joint assembly shown in a separated state according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 4 is another schematic diagram of the joint assembly shown in the separated state according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 5 is another schematic diagram of the joint assembly shown in the separated state according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 6 is an exploded schematic diagram of the joint assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 7 is another exploded schematic diagram of the joint assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the joint assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 9 is another cross-sectional schematic diagram of the joint assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative and is in no way intended as any limitation on the present disclosure, appl