Pull-out faucet with magnetic docking system
AssigneeXiamen Lota International Co., Ltd.
InventorsChuanbao Zhu, Liming Ye, Jianping Zhou, Bentai Chen
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Abstract
A pull-down faucet includes a spout and a water hose movable within the spout. A spray hose connector is attached to the discharge end of the water hose. A sprayhead is in fluid communication with the spray hose connector and the water hose, and is movable between a docked position adjacent the discharge end of the spout, to an undocked position away from the spout. A magnet is secured to the interior of the spray hose connector, and a metallic element is secured near the discharge end of the spout.
Claims23
1-22. (canceled)
A pull-down faucet with magnetic docking capability, the pull-down faucet comprising:
- (a) a spout having an internal first magnetic attraction element secured near a discharge end of the spout, the first magnetic attraction element having a central opening;
- (b) a water hose extending into the spout and movable through the internal first magnetic attraction element and the discharge end of the spout;
- (c) a spray hose connector coupled to the water hose and having an internal second magnetic attraction element;
- (d) a sprayhead coupled to the spray hose connector and in fluid communication with the water hose;
- wherein the sprayhead and spray hose connector are movable between (i) a docked position where the sprayhead and the spray hose connector are joined to the discharge end of the spout by a magnetic attraction force provided by the first and second magnetic attraction elements, and (ii) an undocked position where the sprayhead and the spray hose connector are spaced a distance from the discharge end of the spout;
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- wherein in the docked position, an extent of the spray hose connector extends into the central opening of the first magnetic attraction element whereby the spray hose connector engages the first magnetic attraction element, said engagement between the spray hose connector and the first magnetic attraction element preventing the spray hose connector, in its entirety, from passing through the central opening of the first magnetic attraction element.
A pull-down faucet with magnetic docking capability, the pull-down faucet comprising:
- (a) a spout having an internal first magnetic attraction element secured near a discharge end of the spout, the first magnetic attraction element having a central opening;
- (b) a water hose extending into the spout and movable through the internal first magnetic attraction element and the discharge end of the spout;
- (c) a spray hose connector coupled to the water hose and having an exterior wall that radially surrounds an internal second magnetic attraction element;
- (d) a sprayhead coupled to the spray hose connector and in fluid communication with the water hose;
- wherein the sprayhead and spray hose connector are movable between (i) a docked position where the sprayhead and the spray hose connector are joined to the discharge end of the spout by a magnetic attraction force provided by the first and second magnetic attraction elements, and (ii) an undocked position where the sprayhead and the spray hose connector are spaced a distance from the discharge end of the spout;
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- wherein in the docked position, the exterior wall of the spray hose connector is positioned between the first magnetic attraction element and the second magnetic attraction element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.