US 5,180,140 A · Hot/cold water mixing faucet and mounting structure therefor

Abstract

Herein disclosed are a hot/cold water mixing faucet structure and a mounting structure therefor, which are installed on a lavatory sink and enabled to joint and integrate a control knob and a faucet body directly and to control the separate two at a remote position by a control cable. The faucet body (15) housing a control unit (30) for controlling the temperature and/or flow of hot water to be spouted can be integrated into the hot/cold water mixing faucet device by separating the faucet body (15) and a control knob (16) and by jointing the two directly into the integral hot/cold water mixing faucet device through the meshing of the threads (29a and 26b). The faucet body (15) can be disposed in a different position by separating the control knob (16) and the faucet body (15) and connecting them to the ends (17a and 17b) of a removable control cable (17), and by mounting the control knob (16) on the lavatory sink (9) and so on.

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Dependent claims

A hot/cold water mixing faucet device comprising:

a control mechanism for controlling temperature of hot water to be spouted and having a control input end,
a faucet body housing the control mechanism, said control input end of said control mechanism protruding from one end of the faucet body;
a cable having first and second ends,
a sink having a hole, and
a control knob having a cylindrical head to be inserted into the hole of the sink and a joint, said joint being removably connected to one of the control input end of said control mechanism and the first end of the cable such that when the control knob is to be located adjacent the control mechanism, the joint of the control knob is directly engaged with the control input end, and when the control knob is to be located away from the control mechanism, the joint of the control knob is engaged with the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable is engaged with the control input end.

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A hot/cold water mixing faucet device comprising:

a control mechanism for controlling temperature of hot water to be spouted and having a control input end at one side of the control mechanism, temperature of water being controlled when the control input end is adjusted,
a faucet body housing the control mechanism, said control input end of said control mechanism protruding from one end of the faucet body;
a cable having first and second ends, and
a control knob having a joint, said joint being removably connected to one of the control input end of said control mechanism and the first end of the cable such that when the control knob is to be located adjacent the control mechanism, the joint of the control knob is directly engaged with the control input end, and when the control knob is to be located away from the control mechanism, the joint of the control knob is engaged with the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable is engaged with the control input end, said control mechanism being disposed near pipes for supplying water while the control knob is disposed at a desired place easily to be handled by a user without substantially changing the control mechanism and the control knob.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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