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US 2025/0019947 A1Published application
Valve assembly for an electronic faucet
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsKurt J. Thomas, Derek A. Brown, Joel D. Sawaski
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Abstract
An electronic faucet includes a spout, a fluid supply conduit supported by the spout, and a valve assembly including an electrically operable valve. A controller is coupled to the valve assembly and includes a processor operative to control the electrically operable valve to control fluid flow through the fluid supply conduit. The controller includes a port in communication with the processor, the port being releasably coupled to electronics of a secondary device.
Claims20
A faucet system including:
- an electronic faucet including a spout, a fluid supply conduit supported by the spout, a valve assembly having an electrically operable valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply conduit, and a controller operative to control the electrically operable valve to control fluid flow through the fluid supply conduit, the controller including a port, the controller and the port being mounted to the valve assembly;
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- a secondary dispensing device including a spout, a fluid supply conduit supported by the spout, and electronics operably coupled to the port of the controller of the electronic faucet, the controller being operative to at least one of control or power the electronics of the secondary dispensing device via the port to control fluid flow through the fluid supply conduit of the secondary dispensing device.
A faucet system including:
- a primary dispensing device including a fluid supply conduit, a valve assembly having an electrically operable valve in fluid communication with the fluid supply conduit, and a controller operative to control the electrically operable valve to control fluid flow through the fluid supply conduit, the controller including a port;
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- a secondary dispensing device including electronics operably coupled to the port of the controller of the electronic faucet, the controller being operative to at least one of control or power the electronics of the secondary dispensing device via the port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.