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US 2006/0042006 A1Published application
Pull rod coupling
AssigneeMasco Corporation of Indiana
InventorKurt Thomas
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Abstract
A pull rod coupling configured to operably couple a pull rod to a fluid control device.
Claims21
A faucet assembly comprising:
- a pull rod including a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end;
- a fluid control device;
- a coupling operably connecting the second end of the pull rod to the fluid control device, the coupling including a male portion supported by the second end of the pull rod and having a threaded section with a plurality of external threads, a female portion having a threaded section with a plurality of internal threads and a socket positioned axially adjacent the threaded section, the male portion being movable from a first mode where the external threads are threadably coupled with the internal threads of the female portion, to a second mode where the external threads are uncoupled from the internal threads and received within the socket;
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- wherein the male portion is rotatable relative to the female portion about the longitudinal axis and independently movable along the longitudinal axis within the socket when the male portion of the coupling is in the second position.
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A pull rod coupling comprising:
- a male portion including a connecting section having a longitudinal axis and an outer diameter, and a threaded section positioned axially below the connecting section and having a plurality of external threads with a major diameter and an axial length;
- a female portion including a socket having an inner diameter and an axial length, and a threaded section positioned axially above the socket, the threaded section having a plurality of internal threads with a minor diameter and configured to threadably couple with the external threads of the male portion;
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- wherein the outer diameter of the connecting section is less than the minor diameter of the internal threads, the major diameter of the external threads is less than the inner diameter of the socket, and the axial length of the external threads is less than the axial length of the socket.
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A faucet assembly comprising:
- a fluid control device;
- a pull rod including a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end positioned below the first end;
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- a coupling operably connecting the second end of the pull rod to the fluid control device, the coupling providing for rotation of the pull rod relative to the fluid control device about the longitudinal axis, for movement of the pull rod relative to the fluid control device in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis, and for pivoting movement of the pull rod relative to the fluid control device about an axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.