US 2021/0215256 A1Published application

Valve cartridge assembly for a faucet assembly

AssigneeThe Boeing Company

InventorJagdish Shinde

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Abstract

A valve cartridge assembly includes a rod member and a wall member, which defines a channel, which extends through the valve cartridge assembly and surrounds at least a portion of the rod member. A first portion of the channel has a first width dimension which is greater than a second width dimension of the rod member. A first end wall of wall member and the rod member define an inlet opening to first portion of channel. A seal member secured to the rod member, wherein the seal member has a third width dimension greater than a fourth width dimension of the inlet opening and with rod member and the seal member in a first position, seal member is positioned abutting against first end wall closing inlet opening and in a second position, seal member is positioned spaced apart from first end wall which places inlet opening in an open position.

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Dependent claims

A valve cartridge assembly, comprising:

a rod member;
a wall member which defines a channel which extends through the valve cartridge assembly and surrounds at least a portion of the rod member, wherein:
a first portion of the channel has a first width dimension which is greater than a second width dimension of the rod member;
a first end wall of the wall member and the rod member define an inlet opening to the first portion of the channel;
and
the first end wall defines a projection, which extends about the rod member and extends away from the first end wall;
and
a seal member secured to the rod member, wherein:
the seal member has a third width dimension greater than a fourth width dimension of the inlet opening;
with the rod member and the seal member in a first position, the seal member is positioned abutting against the first end wall in order to close the inlet opening, and the seal member also engages the projection, which provides a deformation of the seal member;
and
with the seal member positioned in a second position, the seal member is positioned spaced apart from the first end wall in order to position inlet opening in an open position.

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