Structure of optoelectronic faucet

The present invention generally relates to a structure of an optoelectronic faucet, and particularly to an interesting and decorative faucet that can get conducted on due to rotation of a switch base of the faucet for generating lighting decoration on the top of the faucet.

A faucet is used to control opening/blocking of a water flow. Constituent parts of a faucet include a discharge section and a mounting section for coupling with a water supply pipe. Inside the faucet is a control valve that controls the opening/blocking of the water flow. The control valve is in turn controlled by a rotary handle member to selectively open block the water flow.

Conventional faucets are commonly of the above described arrangement of parts, but may have different configuration for the rotary handle member, which varies from the early triangular shape, spherical shape, stem-like shape, to a duck-beak shape. Besides the variation of the rotary handle member, the overall configuration/contour of the faucet is also of versatile designs that are soft and innovating. However, simply varying the contour of the faucet is not sufficient to suit the needs for variation and innovation of the modern consumers. Thus, besides aesthetic consideration, functionality and interesting are also important factors to attract the interesting of the consumers.

Based on years\' experience in development and manufacturing of decorative articles, the present applicant wishes to provide a faucet that, besides functioning as a regular faucet, provides an additional lighting effect. With successive attempts in the development of such a device, an optoelectronic faucet is invented and will be further described hereinafter.

Thus, the present invention provides an optoelectronic faucet comprising a faucet body to which a control valve for opening/blocking a water flow is mounted. The control valve is provided thereon with and coupled to a switch base containing a light-transmitting light emission portion and also contains therein a touch control module comprising an illuminator, which is triggered by means of electrostatics or vibration to activate a power source to drive operation of the illuminator. As such, touching and attempting to rotate the switch base of the faucet control valve triggers the micro-switch to have the touch control module activating the illuminator to give off light traveling to and through the light-transmitting light emission portion for both providing decoration and facilitating fancy/interesting and dazzling effect.

The foregoing objective and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.