Single-hand operated faucet
AssigneeHamat Sanitary Fittings and Castings Ltd.
InventorShlomo PIRUTIN
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a faucet including a housing, inlet and outlet ports associated with the housing, a faucet cartridge having hot and cold water inlets for receiving respective flows of hot and cold water through the inlet port, a mixed water outlet, and a mixing chamber disposed between the hot and cold water inlets and the mixed water outlet for liquid flow communication therebetween, a flow guide connected to the mixed water outlet of the faucet cartridge, for guiding an outflow of water therefrom to the outlet port so as to prevent the outflow of water from contacting the housing, and a sealing element configured to create a sealed interface between the faucet cartridge and the flow guide so as to prevent leakage.
Claims16
A faucet comprising:
- a housing;
- inlet and outlet ports associated with said housing;
- a faucet cartridge having hot and cold water inlets for receiving respective flows of hot and cold water through said inlet port, a mixed water outlet, and a mixing chamber disposed between said hot and cold water inlets and said mixed water outlet for liquid flow communication therebetween;
- a flow guide connected to said mixed water outlet of said faucet cartridge, for guiding an outflow of water therefrom to said outlet port so as to prevent the outflow of water from contacting said housing;
- and,
- a sealing element configured to create a sealed interface between the faucet cartridge and said flow guide so as to prevent leakage.
A flow guide associated with a faucet, said flow guide comprising:
- hot and cold water inlet conduits facilitating extension of hot and water hoses therethrough and associated with hot and cold water inlets of a faucet cartridge;
- and,
- a mixed water conduit for directing an outflow from a mixed water outlet of said faucet cartridge to an outlet port of a faucet so as to prevent said outflow from contacting a hosing of said faucet.
A faucet comprising:
- a housing configured to be gripped between a palm and fingers of a single hand of a user;
- inlet and outlet ports associated with said housing;
- said outlet port provided at a bottom portion of said housing;
- a flow control mechanism configured to control a flow and temperature of said mixed water outflow, said flow control mechanism is positioned along a top surface of said faucet housing to facilitate operation of said flow control mechanism with a digit of the single hand;
- and,
- a spray control mechanism positioned along a side wall of said housing and configured to facilitate changing a spray of the mixed water outflow from said outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.