Patents Assigned to Solex
  • Publication number: 20140326805
    Abstract: A shower head with alternating outlet function, includes: an inlet waterway with an inlet port, an outlet port, a waterway, an outlet terminal having at least two mutually independent outlet cavities rotatably distributed on a plane, and all have outlet holes, alternating inlet holes and synchronous inlets; the outlet holes are disposed on the outlet surface of the shower head; and an alternating cavity with alternating inlets, fixed to the outlet terminal. The alternating cavity is connected to all alternating inlet holes. The interior thereof is disposed with a hydraulic alternating device to make the alternating inlets to connect to the alternating inlet holes in alternating manner driven by water pressure. The synchronous inlets and the alternating inlets are switched to connect to the outlet port by a water diversion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Yangfeng Ji, Jianmin Chen, Yuanfang Huang
  • Publication number: 20140319247
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shower head with a single-point touch switch. The shower head comprises a ball head component, a water-distributing unit, a switching unit and a wedge block. The ball head component has a protruding seat, and the protruding seat has a connection slot on its lower part. The water distributing unit is mounted on the swing component. The switching unit comprises a sliding bar and a switching disc. The wedge block is slidably connected with the water distributing unit and has an upward wedge on one side; and the upward wedge coordinates with the connecting slot. Sliding movement of the wedge block and sliding movement of sliding bars constitute an interlinking connection relationship. It is simple in structure, stable in configuration, and easy to operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Zhongcheng Jin, Jianmin Chen, Hua Yao
  • Patent number: 8851398
    Abstract: An overhead shower comprises a stationary part rotably connected to a rotating part having two water division apertures disposed oppositely left and right, and a cover plate having two movable members disposed left and right, rotably connected inside said rotating part. A switching method comprises: step 1, Push one side of the overhead shower to rotate the rotating part until the top surface of the movable member of said side of the cover plate leans against the stationary part, and until the water division aperture seals and leans against the underside of the movable member of said side of the cover plate, to seal said water division and simultaneously open another water division aperture; step 2, Release the overhead shower, then the rotating part and said movable member of the cover plate attach hermetically under the water pressure, the rotating part will be restored by a spring or gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renzhong Li, Jianmin Chen, Mayang Lai, Huasong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140246184
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a housing that includes an inlet for receiving bulk solids and an outlet for discharging the bulk solids. A first heat transfer plate bank is disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The first heat transfer plate bank includes a plurality of horizontally spaced apart, substantially parallel heat transfer plates for cooling the bulk solids that flow from the inlet, through spaces between adjacent plates. A second heat transfer plate bank is disposed between the first bank and the outlet. The second bank includes plurality of horizontally spaced apart, substantially parallel heat transfer plates for cooling or heating the bulk solids that flow from the spaces between adjacent plates of the first bank, through spaces between adjacent plates of the second bank, to the outlet. The plates of the second bank are horizontally offset from the plates of the first bank such that the plates of the second bank are not in vertically aligned with the plates of the first bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: SOLEX THERMAL SCIENCE INC.
    Inventors: Ashley Dean BYMAN, Thomas Layne Charles, Xingcun Huang
  • Patent number: 8739831
    Abstract: A self-reset valve has a fixed unit, a water diversion body, a stop mechanism, a drive shaft and a clutch. The fixed unit is disposed with an inlet waterway and at least two waterways. The water diversion body is rotatably connected to the fixed unit inside. The water diversion body is disposed with an outer revolution surface having an outer ratch and an inner revolution surface. The stop mechanism is connected to the fixed unit and acted on the outer ratch. The drive shaft is rotatably connected to the fixed unit. The drive shaft is disposed with a control end and a drive end. The clutch is connected between the drive end of the drive shaft and the inner revolution surface of the water diversion body. The reset elastic body is connected between the drive shaft and the fixed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Yanhui Zhong, Haisong Peng, Qingshuang Li
  • Publication number: 20140131482
    Abstract: A fragrance shower has a shower unit having a body and an outlet cover. The outlet cover covers the body to form a waterway, further includes a fragrance unit connected to the shower unit. The fragrance unit includes an impeller, an accommodating room, a perfume pouch, a fan and a cover. The impeller is disposed inside the shower unit in rotating way and is coupled to the waterway. Water flows through the waterway to rotate the impeller. The cover is disposed with air holes and covers the accommodating room. The perfume pouch and the fan are placed inside the accommodating room, the rotating shaft of the fan is connected to the shaft of the impeller in a driving way, the impeller rotates to drive the fan to rotate. The fan rotates to blow the fragrance of the perfume pouch out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulin WU, Jianmin CHEN, Honghuang XIONG, Huasong ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20140110507
    Abstract: A demountable showerhead with tearing mode has backstop mouths arranged on an outlet surface of a shower. Each backstop mouth is disposed with an outlet waterway to connect to the waterway of the shower. The outlet waterway has a big and small end, and is contracted along the outlet direction of the shower, and a flexible cover, which comprise bowl shape plugs and a flexible connector connected to the bowl shape plugs; each plug has a big and small end, the small end of the plug is connected to the connector, the big end of the bowl shape plug is deformed and plugged into the small end of the backstop mouth, the external wall of the plug is coupled to the outlet waterway in elastic way; the internal wall of the plug is contracted along the outlet direction, the bottom of the external wall is disposed with outlet holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Xiaowei DU, Yuanfang HUANG, Huasong ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20140091160
    Abstract: An air-intake and focused type sprayer apparatus includes: a convergence chamber having a large end and a small end of varying sizes along the axial direction, an inner wall provided with a gradual transition between the large end and the small end, at least two water inlet paths in communication with the large end, where all of the water inlet paths converge within the convergence chamber towards an water discharging direction of the convergence chamber, at least one air intake passage in communication with the convergence chamber from the external open space, and a rectifier opening in communication with the small end and provided with a throat for allowing water flow to form a liquid seal. The cross-section area of the throat is one to three times larger than the maximum total cross-section area of the water inlet path; the rectifier opening gradually increases in the cross-section size outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Yangfeng Ji, Yongbin Cao, Bin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140076993
    Abstract: A high temperature protective valve and the use thereof in a shower head, wherein the high temperature protective valve includes a body, the body having a complete one-way waterway, and also a thermo-sensitive assembly and a pivot valve assembly. The thermo-sensitive assembly is fixed inside the body and has a memory alloy body which can be immersed in the waterway and extend and retract along the direction of the flow. The pivot valve assembly is also fixed inside the body downstream waterway of the thermo-sensitive assembly. The pivot valve assembly has a pivot valve plug which is controllable by the thermo-sensitive assembly so as to cut off the waterway. The high temperature protective valve of such a structure has a fast response and can achieve good protective effects at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Zhongcheng Jin, Hui Huang, Bin Cao
  • Publication number: 20140076445
    Abstract: A quick-install three-way pipe connector including a valve body, a lower pipe assembly and a switching element. The valve body has a fitting opening, a water inlet and a lower pipe orifice. The lower pipe assembly includes an on-flow pipe and a counter-flow pipe. The upper ends of the on-flow pipe and the counter-flow pipe pass through the lower pipe orifice and are fixed inside the valve body by means of an upper connector. The switching element is fixed on the lower end of the on-flow pipe and the counter-flow pipe and is provided with a lower water outlet. The fitting opening is provided with an upper cover which seals a water inlet cavity. The complete water path of the entire device includes water in-flow from a support arm joint to flow sequentially through the water inlet, the on-flow pipe, the switching element, the counter-flow pipe and the water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Haisong Peng, Gangqiang Wu, Boqing Lian
  • Patent number: 8665673
    Abstract: A clock shower head includes a hollow body, a hydroelectric generator, a storage battery, a clock processor, a clock displayer and a main control circuit; the hydroelectric generator, the storage battery, the clock processor and the main control circuit are disposed inside the sealing zone of the hollow body. The clock shower head has both illuminating and time display function. People can see the time when enjoying the shower using the clock shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industires Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Jianmin Chen, Xianguo Zou
  • Publication number: 20140027234
    Abstract: An auto-rebound switching apparatus has: a body provided with a water-separating apparatus, an upper cover rotatably arranged on the rear side of the body, a passive disc rotatably arranged between the rear side of the body and the upper cover, a clutch mechanism comprising a bi-directional ratchet gear and a bi-directional pawl matching the ratchet gear, the ratchet gear being rotatably arranged on the rear side of the body and transmissively connected to the water-separating apparatus, thus allowing the ratchet gear, when rotating, to drive the water-separating apparatus into motion to allow switching, the bi-directional pawl, the upper cover, and the passive disc being interconnected, allowing the upper cover to rotate relative to the passive disc thus driving the bi-directional pawl to move between a forward rotation position, a reverse rotation position, and a detached position, and a rebound apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jianmin Chen, Bin Cao
  • Publication number: 20140029293
    Abstract: An LCD shower includes a body part with waterway, an information acquisition module, a transparent or semitransparent display module, a CPU connected to the information acquisition module and the display module and a power module to supply power to the information acquisition module, the display module and the CPU; the body part is disposed with a through hole, the display module is assembled in the through hole, wherein the display module includes a LCD screen, a first light guiding panel and a second light guiding panel, the LCD screen is sealed and disposed between the first light guiding panel and the second light guiding panel. User can see the display information of the LCD screen from one side of the first light guiding panel or the second light guiding panel; at the same time, as the display module is transparent or semi-transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong ZHOU, XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20140008464
    Abstract: A shower has a fixed unit and an outlet unit. The fixed unit is disposed with an inlet waterway and, the outlet unit is disposed with a first outlet cavity to connect to the inlet waterway and several first outlet nozzles, which are connected to the first outlet cavity. Each of the first outlet nozzles is assembled with a diverter in interference fit way inside, the external revolution surface of the diverter is disposed with side grooves, each side groove is disposed with an oblique groove to make the water flowing of the first outlet cavity rotated when the water flowing is entered into the diverter, the diverter is disposed with centre holes throughout along the axis; the first outlet cavity is disposed with a moving plate inside; the outlet unit is connected to the fixed unit in rotating way, the plate can move between a first and second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jianmin chen, Yangwang Liu
  • Publication number: 20140001289
    Abstract: A point touch switching mechanism has a ball head component, a water separation unit, a switching unit, and a swinging block. The water separation unit can swing with respect to the ball head. The switching unit comprises a slide base connected to the water separation unit and a water separation disk fixedly connected to the slide base, so that the water separation disk can rotate forward when sliding with respect to the water separation unit, and water separation switching can be implemented when the water separation disk rotates with respect to the water separation unit. The swinging block can be connected to the water separation unit in a sliding manner, and the sliding of the swinging block and of the slide base form a connection, so that the water separation unit can drive the swinging block and drive the slide base to slide with respect to the water separation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Zhongcheng Jin, Jianmin Chen, Bin Chen
  • Patent number: 8607819
    Abstract: A water saving device and method of using same. The water saving device includes a sleeve and an elastomer fixed in the sleeve. The elastomer has at least a permanently-open hole, a throttling hole and a protrusion for arranging the permanently-open hole and the throttling hole. The permanently-open hole is a hole which still maintains open status after being distorted by pressure. The throttling hole is a hole which will be closed approximately after distortion by pressure. The water saving device not only has the function of decreasing the flow, but also can adjust the flow of the shower and faucet to make the flow steady.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tianyu Chen, Renzhong Li, Robert Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130327431
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a button switch outlet mechanism, which is provided with a body communicating with the water source and in which at least two water passages are arranged, wherein, it is further provided with a switch unit and a water division unit mounted in the body, the switch unit comprises at least two switch buttons that are arranged to the control poles of the switch buttons and a limiting assembly respectively, the limiting assembly controls that one of the switch button is pressed or all the switch buttons are pressed simultaneously and located to the limiting plate; the water division unit is connected to the switch unit to control that the water passages are communicated with the water source respectively or simultaneously. The cooperation of the components of the present outlet mechanism is tight and artistic with effective and stable switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Fuli Guo, Xiang Huang, Haisong Peng
  • Publication number: 20130320113
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with a rich air sprayer component, which is disposed with a fixation part. The fixation part is disposed with an inlet part and an air enriching part. The inlet part is disposed with at least an inlet hole; the air enriching part is disposed with an air hole; the sectional area of the cavity of the air enriching part is larger than the sectional area of the inlet hole, making that negative pressure generates when water flows into the air enriching part from the inlet hole and air gets in from outside, air and water flow mix to form gas-water mixture, the sectional area of the cavity of the air enriching part is gradually narrowed, so that the gas-water mixture is dashed on the inner wall of the air enriching part to make water flow drawn air enough. It has advantages as below: the gas-water mixture is rich in air, making the sprayer with water saving, of granular sensation and strong spraying force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangfeng JI, Yurong Yang, Tao Cai, Huasong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130320111
    Abstract: A massage water outlet mechanism has a rotor component and an annular outlet cavity, which is disposed with a bottom wall with several spaced outlet holes. The outlet cavity has a rotor component, which can slide along the outlet cavity. The rotor component includes several rotors which close the outlet holes in cycles. The rotor includes a close plate and a connection plate, the rear portion of the bottom surface of the connection plate is fixed to the front portion of the top surface of the close plate, the top surface of the close plate is disposed with a pivot shaft, the connection plate is disposed with a pivot hole; in each two adjacent rotors, the connection plate of the latter rotor is contacted on the close plate of the previous rotor, and the pivot hole of the latter rotor is sleeved on the pivot shaft of the previous rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Wenxing Chen, Denghui Bai, Qingshuang Li
  • Patent number: 8578624
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for indirect-heat thermal processing of material, such as a dryer or evaporator for treatment of particulate material, is provided. In one embodiment, a dryer for drying particulate material comprises a plurality of heat transfer plates arranged in spaced relationship for the flow of the material to be dried therebetween. Each heat transfer plate is provided with an inlet and an outlet for the flow of the heating fluid through the plates. A purge fluid delivery system provides a flow of purge fluid, such as air, gas or steam between the plates in a direction across the direction of flow of the material to be dried. The purge fluid delivery system provides a flow path for the purge fluid which is isolated from the flow of the heating fluid through the plates. A method for the indirect-heat processing of particulate material is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Solex Thermal Science Inc.
    Inventors: Neville Jordison, Niels A. Rozendaal, Peter Xingeun Huang