B05B 1/1609
With a selecting mechanism comprising a lift valve
Official title: {with a selecting mechanism comprising a lift valve (B05B1/1681 takes precedence)}
B05B1/1609 (With a selecting mechanism comprising a lift valve) appears on 232 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 232
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 427
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2022 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 7 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium8 Sep 2026US 12,728,429 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Spray assembly11 Aug 2026US 12,702,988 B2Kohler Co.
- Valve device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,199 B2Kohler Mira Limited
- Two-stage valve for high pressure washing system4 Aug 2026US 12,697,630 B2Stant USA Corp.
- Circulating switchable shower head, faucet, and shower system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295607 A1Zhangzhou Solex Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Variable Cooling System for Strips and Rolls17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273549 A1ANDRITZ Metals Germany GmbH
- Shower head sprinkler7 May 2026US 2026/0124625 A1Xiamen Aokecheng Technology Co., Ltd
- Control module for water outlet device, waterway switching device, water outlet device and shower30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115740 A1Fujian Domoo Sanitary Ware Technology Co., Ltd.
- Valve priming and depriming16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104105 A1Raven Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spray head for a sink faucet or the like149US 5,145,114 AIdeal-Standard GmbH · 1992
- Hand shower142US 4,703,893 AHansa Metallwerke AG · 1987
- Pullout spray head with single-button mode selector137US 7,000,854 B2Moen Incorporated · 2006
- Multi-pattern pull-out spray head135US 7,070,125 B2Newfrey LLC · 2006
- Shower132US 4,629,124 AHansa Metallwerke AG · 1986