Mixing tap for dispensing water
AssigneeQuooker International B.V.
InventorNiels Theodoor Peteri
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Abstract
A mixing tap for dispensing water includes a tap body having a fitting end for fitting the tap body in or on a fitting opening, an spout fitted in or on the tap body and provided with a dispensing end, a mixing device arranged in the tap body. The mixing device includes a first inlet for cold water, a second inlet for hot water and an outlet for mixed water, and a hose having a nozzle. The mixing tap has an accommodation duct which runs from the fitting end to the dispensing end for receiving at least a portion of the hose. The hose is displaceable with respect to the spout between a pulled-out position, in which the hose protrudes with respect to the dispensing end, and a normal position, in which the hose does not extend with respect to the dispensing end or to a lesser degree.
Claims14
A mixing tap for dispensing water, comprising:
- a tap body having a fitting end for fitting the tap body in or on a fitting opening,
- a spout fitted in or on the tap body and provided with a dispensing end,
- a mixing device arranged in the tap body, in which the mixing device comprises a first inlet for cold water, a second inlet for hot water and an outlet for mixed water, and
- an at least partly flexible hose, in which the flexible hose comprises a first water conduit with an inflow end and an outflow end, in which the inflow end is connected to the outlet and in which the outflow end ends in a nozzle provided near the dispensing end of the spout for dispensing the mixed water,
- wherein the mixing tap has an accommodation duct which runs from the fitting end to the dispensing end for receiving at least a portion of the hose,
- wherein the hose with nozzle is displaceable with respect to the spout between a pulled-out position, in which the hose protrudes with respect to the dispensing end, and a normal position, in which the hose does not extend with respect to the dispensing end or to a lesser degree than in the pulled-out position,
- wherein the hose has a second water conduit with a second inflow end and a second outflow end, in which the second inflow end is connected to a connection for connecting a water supply conduit coming from a water source, and the second outflow end ends in the nozzle,
- wherein the mixing tap comprises an operating element for operating the dispensing of water coming from the water source by the mixing tap,
- wherein the operating element is configured to emit an electrical operating signal to operate a valve that can be actuated electrically,
- wherein the hose is provided with a ballast element for pulling the hose with nozzle to the normal position and/or keeping the hose with nozzle in the normal position
- wherein the connection for connecting the water supply conduit coming from the water source is arranged in or near the ballast element,
- wherein the hose has a loop part and a spout part, in which the spout part extends at least partly in the accommodation duct and is connected to the nozzle and in which the loop part is connected to the outlet of the mixing device, and
- wherein the ballast element is provided between the loop part and the spout part of the hose.
A mixing tap for dispensing water, comprising:
- a tap body having a fitting end for fitting the tap body in or on a fitting opening,
- a spout fitted in or on the tap body and provided with a dispensing end,
- a mixing device arranged in the tap body, in which the mixing device comprises a first inlet for cold water, a second inlet for hot water and an outlet for mixed water, and
- an at least partly flexible hose, in which the flexible hose comprises a first water conduit with an inflow end and an outflow end, in which the inflow end is connected to the outlet and in which the outflow end ends in a nozzle provided near the dispensing end of the spout for dispensing the mixed water,
- wherein the mixing tap has an accommodation duct which runs from the fitting end to the dispensing end for receiving at least a portion of the hose,
- wherein the hose with nozzle is displaceable with respect to the spout between a pulled-out position, in which the hose protrudes with respect to the dispensing end, and a normal position, in which the hose does not extend with respect to the dispensing end or to a lesser degree than in the pulled-out position,
- wherein the hose has a second water conduit with a second inflow end and a second outflow end, in which the second inflow end is connected to a connection for connecting a water supply conduit coming from a water source, and the second outflow end ends in the nozzle, and
- wherein the mixing tap is configured to dispense water from the water source only when the hose is in the normal position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.