US 2026/0168222 A1 · UNIVERSAL INTERNAL WATERWAY PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR SINGLE HANDLE WATER FAUCETS

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a universal internal waterway platform system for installation within a wide variety of top-mounted, single handle water faucets. The universal internal waterway platform system is modularly designed and configured to ensure fast, accurate and easy installation in multiple connection configurations found across numerous types of single handle water faucets, including bathroom faucets or kitchen faucets. The universal waterway platform system comprises: (i) a valve body assembly, (ii) a water inlet and outlet group, (iii) an arrangement of tubes, namely a water discharge tube, a faucet discharge tube, a water discharge tube, and a water discharge tube, (iv) a mixed water connector, and (v) water group coupler. These components enable the universal internal waterway platform system to be installed in more than 80% of the single handle kitchen and bathroom faucets, regardless of their variances in component geometry and layout.

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Dependent claims

A single handle water faucet having a universal waterway platform system, the single handle water faucet comprising:

a faucet housing coupled to a mounting shank that is configured to extend through a support surface to which the faucet housing is mounted;
a valve body assembly, wherein a majority of the valve body assembly is positioned within the faucet housing, the valve body assembly having a mixing cartridge and a valve body housing, the valve body housing including:
a cartridge receiving extent with a cartridge receiver that receives a majority of the mixing cartridge in a secured state, and
a water group receiver having:
a first collection of securing structures and a second collection of securing structures;
a water group coupler selectively positioned in one of:
(i) the first collection of securing structures to secure a first water inlet and outlet group type to the valve body housing, or (ii) the second collection of securing structures to secure a second water inlet and outlet group type to the valve body housing;
a mixed water connector including:
(i) a first coupler secured to a mixed water tube of the first and second water inlet and outlet group types, and (ii) a second coupler secured to a water discharge tube that extends through the faucet housing;
and
wherein the mixed water connector has an outer diameter that is greater than 85% of an inner diameter of the mounting shank.

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A single handle water faucet having a universal waterway platform system, the single handle water faucet comprising:

a faucet housing coupled to a mounting shank;
a water discharge tube extending through the faucet housing;
a water inlet and outlet group comprising:
a first water inlet line,
a second water inlet line, and
a mixed water tube;
a mixed water connector positioned within the mounting shank, the mixed water connector having:
a first coupler that is secured to the mixed water tube;
a second coupler that is secured to the water discharge tube;
a first external recess formed in a first side of the mixed water connector;
a second external recess formed in the opposed second side of the mixed water connector;
wherein an extent of the first water inlet line is positioned within the first external recess of the mixed water connector, and an extent of the second water inlet line is positioned within the second external recess of the mixed water connector;
and
wherein the arrangement of (i) the first coupler and the second coupler and (ii) the first and second water inlet lines define an outer periphery of the mixed water connector, and wherein said outer periphery is greater than 85% of an inner periphery shank of the mounting shank.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Universal internal waterway platform system for single handle water faucets

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Universal internal waterway platform system for single handle water faucets

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