Wall-Mounted Faucet that is Available for Water Supply Lines of Different Specifications and Sizes
AssigneeAlexander Yeh Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorLi-Chen Huang
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Abstract
A faucet includes a faucet body, a connecting member mounted in the faucet body, a control valve mounted between the faucet body and the connecting member, a plurality of elastic plates each connected between the faucet body and the connecting member, a first connector selectively connected with the connecting member, and a second connector selectively connected with the connecting member. Thus, the connecting member is connected with a water supply line by the first connector or the second connector so that the faucet is available for water supply lines of different types and sizes.
Claims18
A faucet, comprising:
- a faucet body;
- a connecting member mounted in the faucet body;
- a control valve mounted between the faucet body and the connecting member;
- a plurality of elastic plates each connected between the faucet body and the connecting member;
- a first connector selectively connected with the connecting member;
- a second connector selectively connected with the connecting member;
- wherein the faucet body has an inner portion provided with a receiving chamber;
- the faucet body has a first end provided with an opening, a mediate portion provided with a conduit and a second end provided with an outlet port and a through hole;
- the receiving chamber of the faucet body has a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of retaining blocks;
- each of the retaining blocks of the faucet body has a face provided with a locking slit;
- the faucet further comprises a water-tight gasket mounted in the through hole of the faucet body;
- the connecting member is received in the receiving chamber of the faucet body;
- the connecting member has a first end connected with a disk which is located in the opening of the faucet body to seal the opening of the faucet body;
- the connecting member has a second end provided with a reduced mounting tube which is connected with the conduit of the faucet body;
- the disk is provided with a mounting sleeve;
- the mounting sleeve of the disk has an inner portion provided with a mounting hole;
- the disk has a periphery provided with a plurality of retaining recesses locked onto the retaining blocks of the faucet body respectively;
- the disk has a surface provided with a plurality of elongate retaining slots aligning with the retaining recesses;
- the control valve includes:
- a valve shaft movably mounted in the water-tight gasket;
- a plurality of O-rings each mounted between the water-tight gasket and the valve shaft;
- each of the elastic plates has an elastic portion which has a first side provided with a first locking blade snapped into and locked in the locking slit of a respective one of the retaining blocks of the faucet body and has a second side provided with a second locking blade hooked in a respective one of the retaining slots of the disk of the connecting member;
- each of the elastic plates is biased between the faucet body and the connecting member to combine the faucet body and the connecting member;
- the first connector is removably mounted in the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve;
- the second connector is removably mounted in the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.