Metered dispense pot filler
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsJoshua Wales, Robert W. Rodenbeck, Joel D. Sawaski, Anthony G. Spangler, Kent Rittenhouse
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Abstract
A pot filler including a metered dispense input device for dispensing of predetermined volumes of water. The pot filler illustratively includes an electrically operable valve operably coupled to a metered dispense input unit, and a control module configured to control operation of the electrically operable valve.
Claims24
A metered dispense pot filler mounted on a wall having a fluid supply for use in dispensing fluid into a vessel resting on a support surface, the pot filler comprising:
- a metered dispense input device;
- an electrically operable valve operably coupled to the metered dispense input device and in fluid communication with a fluid supply;
- a first arm having a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably coupled to and extending radially of the metered dispense input device;
- a second arm having a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably coupled to and extending radially of the second end of the first arm;
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- a fluid outlet, in fluid communication with the fluid supply and coupled to the second end of the second arm.
A metered dispense pot filler mounted on a wall having a fluid supply for use in dispensing fluid into a vessel resting on a support surface, the pot filler comprising:
- a metered dispense input device;
- an arm rotatably supported by the metered dispense input device;
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- a fluid outlet, in fluid communication with the fluid supply and supported by the arm;
- wherein the metered dispense input unit includes:
- a shell defining a chamber;
- an input controller disposed within the chamber and configured to communicate with an electrically operable valve;
- a rotatable first dial supported by the shell and operably coupled to the input controller;
- a rotatable second dial supported by the shell and operably coupled to the input controller;
- an activation button positioned above the first dial, the activation button operably coupled to the input controller;
- an electrically operable valve operably coupled to the metered dispense input unit;
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- a control module in communication with the input controller and configured to control operation of the electrically operable valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.