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US 12,467,244 B2Granted
Housing for a flow modifying device
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsMark Cipriani, Darrell Scott Crowe, Stephen Boedicker
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Abstract
A housing fluidly coupled to an inlet tube received within a faucet delivery spout. The housing receives a flow modifying device (e.g., an aerator or a stream straightener), and includes a first baffle and a second baffle to provide a desired water flow to the flow modifying device.
Claims27
A water dispensing device comprising:
- a delivery spout including a passageway extending between an inlet end and an outlet end;
- a housing supported by the outlet end of the delivery spout, the housing including a body defining a chamber and having an inlet opening defining a longitudinal axis;
- a flow modifying device supported within the chamber and in fluid communication with the inlet opening;
- a polymer tube fluidly coupled to the housing and extending within the passageway of the delivery spout;
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- wherein the housing includes a first baffle disposed within the chamber and supported by the body, the first baffle being positioned on the longitudinal axis downstream from the inlet opening to redirect water flow from the inlet opening in a lateral direction and wherein the housing includes a second baffle disposed in the chamber and supported by the body, the second baffle configured to redirect lateral fluid flow from the first baffle in a longitudinal direction.
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A water dispensing device comprising:
- a housing including a body defining a chamber and having an inlet opening defining a longitudinal axis;
- a flow modifying device supported within the chamber and in fluid communication with the inlet opening;
- a polymer tube fluidly coupled to the inlet opening of the housing;
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- wherein the housing includes a first baffle disposed within the chamber, positioned on and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and configured to redirect water flow from the inlet opening in a lateral direction, and a second baffle disposed in the chamber downstream from the first baffle, the second baffle extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and configured to redirect lateral water flow from the first baffle in a longitudinal direction.
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A housing for a flow modifying device comprising:
- a body defining a chamber and including an inlet opening defining a longitudinal axis;
- a first baffle disposed within the chamber, the first baffle being positioned on and extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and configured to redirect water flow from the inlet opening in a lateral direction, the first baffle including a shelf extending between and supported by a pair of arms coupled to the body;
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- a second baffle disposed within the chamber downstream from the first baffle, the second baffle including a first fin and a second fin, the first fin and the second fin positioned on opposing sides of the first baffle, each of the first fin and the second fin extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and configured to redirect lateral water flow from the first baffle in a longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.