Sanitary fitting
AssigneeAmerican Standard Inc.
InventorWolfgang Fabian
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Abstract
A sanitary fitting adapted to be rotatably mounted to a sanitary fixture is disclosed. The sanitary fitting includes a valve body and spout assembly and may be of unitary design. The valve body and spout assembly is rotatably mounted on a tubular manifold which is rigidly mounted to the sanitary fixture. Flexible hose means is coupled between a supply source and the valve body. Special seal means, such as O-rings, lubricants or the like, is not required since the flexible hose means is coupled to the valve body whereby water does not contact the rotatable connection.
Claims4
A sanitary fitting adapted to be mounted on a sanitary fixture such as a kitchen sink or a lavatory, said fitting comprising:
- a tubular manifold removably mounted to said fixture in fixed position;
- a valve body having a base including water inlet openings to connect said sanitary fitting to a source of water;
- a spout integrally formed with said valve body;
- said base of said valve body and said manifold being in sliding frictional engagement and forming a rotatable joint;
- coupling and tensioning means removable mounting said valve body and spout to said manifold;
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- flexible hose means adapted to be coupled between said water supply means at one end and to said water inlet openings of said valve body at the other end so that when said valve body and spout assembly are rotated, said flexible hose means is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.