Valve enclosure
OwnerLily Herroninventor
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Abstract
A valve enclosure and side handle faucet system comprising the valve enclosure. The valve enclosure comprises an inlet portion, an outlet portion and a valve cavity. The valve enclosure further comprises a ball valve and is mounted to the side of a spout such that fluid enters the valve cavity perpendicularly from a fluid inlet line and exits the cavity perpendicularly from an outlet such that the distance between the input and output flow to the cavity is minimized.
Claims18
A valve enclosure of a ball valve assembly disposed on a side of a single-handle faucet or dispenser comprising:
- at least one outlet having a first outlet portion substantially perpendicular to a second outlet portion;
- at least one inlet having a first inlet portion substantially perpendicular to a second inlet portion;
- a flow path axis substantially parallel to the first inlet portion;
- a valve mounted substantially perpendicular to a terminal end of the first inlet portion such that the valve is mounted substantially perpendicular to the flow path axis;
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- a valve cavity in fluid communication with the at least one outlet and the at least one inlet;
- wherein the valve cavity comprises a ball wherein the ball is substantially hollow and has at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice, a stem for rotating the ball within the valve cavity, and a bonnet to rotatably secure the ball within the cavity.
A valve enclosure of a ball valve assembly disposed on a side of a single-handle faucet or dispenser comprising:
- at least one outlet having a first outlet portion substantially perpendicular to a second outlet portion;
- at first inlet having a first inlet portion substantially perpendicular to a second inlet portion;
- a second inlet having a third inlet portion substantially perpendicular to a fourth inlet portion;
- a flow path axis substantially parallel to the first inlet portion;
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- a valve mounted substantially perpendicular to a terminal end of the first inlet portion such that the valve is mounted substantially perpendicular to the flow path axis;
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- a valve cavity in fluid communication with the at least one outlet, the first inlet and the second inlet;
- wherein the valve cavity comprises a ball having a first inlet orifice, a second inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice;
- and wherein the ball is substantially hollow.
A ball valve assembly of a single-handle faucet or dispensing system comprising:
- a faucet, a valve enclosure, a ball valve, and a valve control wherein the valve enclosure comprises at least one outlet, a first and a second inlet and a flow path axis substantially parallel to the first inlet;
- the ball valve comprises a ball having a first inlet orifice, a second inlet orifice, at least one outlet orifice, a stem, and is mounted on a side of the valve enclosure perpendicular to a terminal end of the first inlet such that the valve enclosure is mounted substantially perpendicular to the flow path axis;
- the valve control connects to the stem to rotatably move the ball within the valve enclosure such that when the ball comprises at least four positions whereby in a first position the first inlet orifice fully aligns with the first inlet and the second inlet does not align with the second inlet orifice and at least one outlet at least partially aligns the with the at least one outlet orifice;
- when the ball is in a second position the second inlet fully aligns with the second inlet orifice and the first inlet does not align with the first inlet orifice and the at least one outlet at least partially aligns with the at least one outlet orifice;
- when the ball is in a third position the first inlet at least partially aligns with the first inlet orifice and the second inlet at least partially aligns with the second inlet orifice and the at least one outlet at least partially aligns with the at least one outlet orifice;
- and when the ball is in a fourth position the at least one outlet does not align with the at least one outlet orifice;
- and wherein the valve control is substantially located on the side of the faucet.
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