Faucet with a rotatable outlet structure
OwnerJui-Chien CHEN, Jui-Ching CHENinventors
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Abstract
A faucet with a rotatable outlet structure includes a main body, a spool disposed in the main body, a connecting structure rotatably received in the main body, an outlet structure rotatably mounted onto the main body and a control lever connected to the spool, wherein the outlet structure includes an outer tube and an inner tube received in the outer tube. The outer tube is engaged to the connecting structure and the inner tube is securely sleeved on the connecting structure. Consequently, the inner tube is rotated with the outer tube when the outer tube is rotated relative to the main body such that inner tube does not be twisted when the outer tube is rotated relative to the main body.
Claims18
A faucet with a rotatable outlet structure, comprising:
- a main body adapted to be mounted on a worktable and having an outlet flow passage defined therein;
- a spool mounted in the main body and adapted to be connected to a water source;
- a tubular connecting structure rotatably mounted in the main body, the connecting structure divided into a first insertion and a second insertion, wherein the first insertion is water-tightly and rotatably inserted into the outlet flow passage, the connecting structure formed with a first buckle structure between the first insertion and the second insertion;
- an outlet structure rotatable mounted onto the main body, the outlet structure including an outer tube having a lower end rotatably received in the main body and an inner tube received in the outer tube, wherein the inner tube is flexible and water-tightly and securely sleeved on the second insertion, a second buckle structure formed on a lower end of the outer tube and engaged to the first buckle structure such that the connecting structure does not be rotated relative to the outer tube;
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- a control lever connected to the spool, the control lever provided to operate the spool for selectively communicating the outlet flow passage with the water source such that the water flows through the outer tube and/or the inner tube via the spool.
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