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US 2016/0090719 A1Published application
Hose weight for a faucet
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsAlfred C. Nelson, Jeffrey L. Moore
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Abstract
A hose weight for use with a faucet outlet hose fluidly coupled to a dispensing unit. The hose weight includes an outer housing defining a chamber and a filler received within the chamber.
Claims21
A hose weight for use with a faucet outlet hose fluidly coupled to a dispensing unit, the hose weight comprising:
- an outer housing including a shell, the shell having an outer wall, an inner wall, a first end wall, and a chamber defined between the outer wall, the inner wall and the first end wall, and a cap secured to the shell and defining a second end wall;
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- a filler received within the chamber, the filler comprising a granular material having grains each with a major dimension of between 0.005 inches and 0.079 inches.
A hose weight for use with a faucet outlet hose fluidly coupled to a dispensing unit, the hose weight comprising:
- an outer housing including a shell formed of a polymer, the shell having a cylindrical outer wall, a cylindrical inner wall, a first end wall, and an annular chamber defined between the cylindrical outer wall, the cylindrical inner wall and the first end wall, the inner wall defining a passage for slidably receiving a faucet hose, and a cap formed of a polymer, the cap secured to the shell and defining a second end wall, the cap including a center opening aligned with the passage defined by the inner wall, and the polymer having a density between 0.03 lbs. per cubic inch and 0.09 lbs. per cubic inch;
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- a filler received within the chamber, the filler comprising a metallic material having a density between 0.09 lbs. per cubic inch and 0.37 lbs. per cubic inch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.