Patents Assigned to Hydrotek Corporation
  • Patent number: 11686398
    Abstract: A control valve of a manual/automatic and cold/hot water faucet includes a sliding member, a linking member, and an operating member. The sliding member has a notch. The linking member is recessed with a connecting groove. The operating member has a valve stem and a linking portion. The linking portion drives the linking portion and the sliding portion through the connecting groove. The valve stem, the connecting groove and the central axis are arranged concentrically, so that the overlapping area of the notch and the cold water hole is equal to the overlapping area of the notch and the hot water hole to keep the same ratio of cold water to hot water in an automatic mode to dispense water, thereby increasing the safety in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 10874262
    Abstract: A soap dispensing nozzle structure is mounted to a soap dispenser. The soap dispenser includes a soap bottle. The soap bottle is connected with a conveying member. The conveying member is connected with a dispensing member. The dispensing member has a dispensing opening. The dispensing opening is provided with a joint. The joint is connected with a soap dispensing nozzle. The soap dispensing nozzle includes a nozzle body. The nozzle body has a mounting portion, a body portion, and a reduced portion. The nozzle body has a passage therein. The passage has a pressuring hole. Thereby, through the reduced portion and the pressurizing hole, the force of discharging the liquid soap is strong, and it is not easy to remain excessive residual foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 10316501
    Abstract: The present invention recites a control method for a controller of a water faucet particularly for a battery operated water faucet. The method comprises the step to detect the change of back electromagnetic voltage in the driving circuit. The present invention also provides a control circuit of a controller for a water faucet particularly for a battery operated water faucet. The controller comprises a controller body having an electric solenoid formed therein, a sensor to emit and receive an Infrared signal so as to generate and transmit an operating signal, a microprocessor to receive and process the operating signal from the sensor, a driving circuit to control the switching ON-OFF of the solenoid, and a detecting means associated with a detecting circuit to detect the change of back electromagnetic voltage of the power applied to the solenoid so as to accurately control the water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 10208870
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a coil housing, a coil barrel and an actuator. The coil barrel is mounted in the coil housing, is coiled with multiple coils, and has a valve gate formed on a bottom of the coil barrel. The actuator is moveably mounted in the coil barrel and has a piston, a magnetic shaft, a spring mounted between the piston and the magnetic shaft, and a sealing pad abutting the piston. The actuator is driven by the coils to move the piston. The piston has two notches being able to break a vacuum state, and can be pushed upward easily and efficiently to save electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Huang, Cheng-Yi Ma
  • Patent number: 9850644
    Abstract: A plunger-type diaphragm valve is disposed in an accommodation trough of a flush device. The accommodation trough communicates with an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve includes a control unit. One end of the control unit is provided with a diaphragm member and an engaging member, and another end leans against the outlet passage to block the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An outer wall of the diaphragm member is fixed to the accommodation trough. The diaphragm member has a curved portion. When the valve is actuated, the curved portion is deformed by water pressure to bring the control unit to move away from the inlet passage for the inlet passage to communicate with the outlet passage. The stressed area of the diaphragm member is small and the deformation is less, so the diaphragm member won't wear. The valve is durable and has a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 8474481
    Abstract: A manual/automatic and cold/hot faucet with a ceramic valve includes a main body adopting a ceramic valve that is connected with an automatic water exit passage and a manual water exit passage. The ceramic valve has a fixing member and a sliding member, with the sliding member sliding against the fixing member to command water to flow into the automatic water exit passage or the manual water exit passage. So the faucet can give water automatically or manually. As the ceramic valve is excellently resistant to abrasion, the present faucet can thus be durable, not apt to get leaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 7201359
    Abstract: A manual pressing device for a flusher includes a stop ring, a pressing rod unit, a spring, and a nut. The manual-pressing device is located in a lateral hole of the body of a flusher, normally stopping water in the flusher or pressed to connect a lengthwise hole in the body with a water-exhausting passageway for flushing water. The nut screws with the body to keep the stop ring, the pressing rod unit and the spring stably combined in the lateral hole. When the pressing member of the pressing rod unit fitted with an outer end of the pressing rod is pressed inward, the annular leak recess of the pressing rod unit may communicate with the water exhausting passageway to let water flow therethrough so as to flush water, and releasing the pressing member pressed makes the pressing rod return to its original position to block the water exhausting passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Patent number: 6974114
    Abstract: A double valve flusher includes a body, a separating plate, an upper and a lower valve base, a movable valve, a film valve, a fixing member, and an electromagnet. An upper leak room is formed between the film valve and the upper valve base. A leak room is formed between the separating plate, the lower valve base and the movable valve contained in a chamber in the body. The upper leak passageway in the upper leak room and the upper valve base is blocked or opened by the core of the electromagnet, thus controlling the film valve in disfiguring to block or open the leak passageway of the leak room and the lower valve base. Then the movable valve is controlled to move up and down to flush or stop flushing water into a urinal where this flusher is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Publication number: 20050247899
    Abstract: A double valve flusher includes a body, a separating plate, an upper and a lower valve base, a movable valve, a film valve, a fixing member, and an electromagnet. An upper leak room is formed between the film valve and the upper valve base. A leak room is formed between the separating plate, the lower valve base and the movable valve contained in a chamber in the body. The upper leak passageway in the upper leak room and the upper valve base is blocked or opened by the core of the electromagnet, thus controlling the film valve in disfiguring to block or open the leak passageway of the leak room and the lower valve base. Then the movable valve is controlled to move up and down to flush or stop flushing water into a urinal where this flusher is positioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Patent number: 6883541
    Abstract: A manual-automatic water faucet includes a shell installed inside with a water intake base, a water outlet valve, an electromagnetic valve, an induction device and a control device. The control device is composed of a valve rod, a spindle and a revolving button. The revolving button is able to actuate the valve rod to rotate or actuate the spindle to shift axially. When the valve rod is actuated to rotate, it can control water temperature, and when the spindle is actuated to shift axially, it can control the faucet to supply water automatically or manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Patent number: 6845524
    Abstract: A manual and automatic flusher includes an infrared sensor added to a conventional manual flusher, and the infrared sensor consists of an electronic eye and an electro-magnetic valve. The electro-magnetic valve has an iron core moved in and out for controlling opening and shutting of a block, and a communicating tube connected between a flow hole of the block and the upper end of a valve body to enable a hand rod and the infrared sensor separately operated by means of the flexibility of the communicating tube, not interfering with each other. Then the flusher can be used by a manual operation or by automatic operation, with a simple structure for manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Publication number: 20040250343
    Abstract: A manual and automatic flusher includes an infrared sensor added to a conventional manual flusher, and the infrared sensor consists of an electronic eye and an electromagnetic valve. The electro-magnetic valve has an iron core moved in and out for controlling opening and shutting of a block, and a communicating tube connected between a flow hole of the block and the upper end of a valve body to enable a hand rod and the infrared sensor separately operated by means of the flexibility of the communicating tube, not interfering with each other. Then the flusher can be used by a manual operation or by automatic operation, with a simple structure for manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hwang Su
  • Publication number: 20040187934
    Abstract: A manual-automatic water faucet includes a shell installed inside with a water intake base, a water outlet valve, an electromagnetic valve, an induction device and a control device. The control device is composed of a valve rod, a spindle and a revolving button. The revolving button is able to actuate the valve rod to rotate or actuate the spindle to shift axially. When the valve rod is actuated to rotate, it can control water temperature, and when the spindle is actuated to shift axially, it can control the faucet to supply water automatically or manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Su Hwang
  • Publication number: 20020195580
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a valve seat with a hole, a magnetically conductive hollow winding reel, an induction coil unit wound around the reel, a permanent magnet fixed on the reel, and a magnetically insulating vertical tube disposed within the reel. A moving core is biased by a spring to a lower limit position so as to close the hole, thereby preventing water flow though the hole. A magnetic fluid is filled within a sealed gap between the reel and the tube. When a forward current flows through the coil unit, the core is attracted by the magnet so as to move to an upper limit position, where the hole is open, thereby permitting the water flow through the hole. When the core is disposed at the upper limit position and when a reverse current flows through the coil unit, a magnetic repulsion force is created between the magnet and the core, thereby returning the core to the lower limit position with assistance from the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Applicant: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wu-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 6219857
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a mounting frame having open front and rear ends, and right and left inner side walls opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction and extending between the front and rear ends so as to define a passage. The mounting frame is adapted to be mounted such that the body of a user of the sanitary apparatus will be sighted by the passage. A sensor body is inserted into the passage, and has a front side proximate to the front end to emit and receive a light signal, and right and left lateral walls that face respectively and spacedly the right and left inner side walls. A pair. of pivotally mounting members are respectively disposed between the right lateral and inner side walls, and between the left lateral and inner side walls such that the pivotally mounting members effect pivotal mountings which are pivotable between angular positions about an axis parallel to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Shui-Shun Wu
  • Patent number: 4928732
    Abstract: A fluid faucet includes a first passage having a first mouth and connected to a first fluid source, a second passage having a second mouth and connected to a second fluid source, a hollow cylinder having a first hole and a second hole, a third passage having a third mouth for passing a fluid mixed from the first and second fluids, an electromagnetic valve having a valve stem engagable with the third mouth and an infrared coupling-and-controlling circuit. The first and second holes are capable of respectively fully shielding or communicating with the first and second mouths when the hollow cylinder is rotated. The infrared coupling-and-controlling circuit actuates the electromagnetic valve to set the valve stem to be in disengagement with the third mouth to permit the mixed fluid passing through the third mouth when a body is in a distance close enough to such a faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Lee-Ping Hu
  • Patent number: 4741363
    Abstract: A fluid faucet includes a first passage having a first mouth and connected to a first fluid source, a second passage having a second mouth and connected to a second fluid source, a hollow cylinder having a first hole and a second hole, a third passage having a third mouth for passing a fluid mixed from the first and second fluids, an electromagnetic valve having a valve stem engagable with the third mouth and an infrared coupling-and-controlling circuit. The first and second holes are capable of respectively fully shielding or communicating with the first and second mouths when the hollow cylinder is rotated. The infrared coupling-and-controlling circuit actuates the electromagnetic valve to set the valve stem to be in disengagement with the third mouth to permit the mixed fluid passing through the third mouth when a body is in a distance close enough to such a faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1988
    Assignee: Hydrotek Corporation
    Inventor: Lee-Ping Hu
  • Patent number: D885221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang