Faucet spout having an exposed waterway and a supplemental discharge outlet
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsMichael Scot Rosko, Thad J. Eads
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Abstract
A faucet spout includes a first discharge outlet that is configured to discharge water therefrom. A water delivery surface is configured to receive water discharged by the first discharge outlet, and the water delivery surface is configured to direct water thereacross. A water delivery edge is configured to receive water directed across the water delivery surface, and the water delivery edge is configured to deliver water thereover. A second discharge outlet is coupled to the first discharge outlet, and the second discharge outlet is configured to discharge water therefrom.
Claims20
A faucet spout comprising:
- a first discharge outlet configured to discharge water therefrom;
- a water delivery surface configured to receive a first stream of water discharged by the first discharge outlet, and the water delivery surface being an exposed surface configured to direct the first stream of water thereacross;
- a water delivery edge configured to receive the first stream of water directed across the water delivery surface, and the water delivery edge configured to deliver the first stream of water thereover;
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- a second discharge outlet coupled to the first discharge outlet, the second discharge outlet configured to discharge a second stream of water therefrom wherein the second stream of water is not directed across the water delivery surface to the water delivery edge.
A faucet spout comprising:
- a first discharge outlet configured to discharge a first stream of water therefrom;
- an arm coupled to the first discharge outlet, the arm comprising:
- an exposed waterway configured to receive the first stream of water discharged by the first discharge outlet, and the exposed waterway configured to direct the first stream of water thereacross;
- a water delivery edge configured to receive the first stream of water directed across the exposed waterway, and the water delivery edge configured to deliver the first stream of water thereover;
- a lower surface opposite the exposed waterway;
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- a second discharge outlet coupled to the arm and disposed on the lower surface, the second discharge outlet configured to discharge a second stream of water therefrom.
A faucet spout comprising:
- an arm portion comprising:
- an upstream end portion;
- a downstream end portion;
- a hydrophilic water delivery surface extending between the upstream end portion and the downstream end portion;
- a first hydrophobic surface disposed on a first side of the hydrophilic water delivery surface;
- a second hydrophobic surface disposed on a second side of the hydrophilic water delivery surface;
- a first discharge outlet disposed at the upstream end portion, the first discharge outlet configured to discharge a first stream of water therefrom such that the first stream of water is directed across the hydrophilic water delivery surface and toward the downstream end portion wherein at least the downstream end portion of the hydrophilic water delivery surface is an exposed surface;
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- a second discharge outlet disposed at the downstream end portion, the second discharge outlet configured to discharge a second stream of water therefrom wherein the second stream of water is not directed across the hydrophilic water delivery surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.