Faucet valve with safety handle
AssigneeThe Meyer Company
InventorRaymond P. Kowalics
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Abstract
A faucet for controlling the dispensing of liquids includes a valve body having a valve chamber with a valve element movable between first and second positions for controlling flow between an inlet and the outlet. An operating stem extends from the valve element to a position exteriorly of the body through a bonnet connected to the body. A safety-type cam actuator is joined to the stem and is pivotally movable to selectively move the valve element between the first and second positions if it is first moved inward radially of the stem. Wall forming portions extending outwardly from an insert located between the bonnet and the body to define guide surfaces closely adjacent the stem and the cam actuator to prevent undesired tilting of the stem and the cam actuator.
Claims11
A faucet for controlling the dispensing of liquids comprising:
- a) a valve body having a valve chamber with an inlet and an outlet;
- b) a valve element in the valve chamber movable from a first to a second position for permitting flow between the inlet and the outlet;
- c) an operating stem extending from the valve element to a position exteriorly of the body;
- d) a bonnet connected to the body and surrounding the stem which extend therethrough;
- e) an actuator assembly joined to the stem and including a lever element pivotally movable about a pivot axis perpendicular to the stem, said actuator assembly further including a cam actuator mounted on the lever for selective linear movement thereon from an outwardly biased inoperative first position to an inward operative position wherein said selective linear movement is initiated first inward between guide means above the bonnet causing the cam actuator to slide along the lever and then allowing pivotal movement of the lever element and the cam actuator together as a single unit to produce movement of the valve element from the first to the second position;
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- f) an insert member captured between the bonnet and the body and including wall portions extending outwardly through the bonnet and defining said guide means, said wall portions having surfaces closely adjacent the stem and the cam actuator in planes perpendicular to the said pivot axis to prevent tilting of the stem and the cam actuator in planes parallel to the said pivot axis.
A faucet for controlling the dispensing of liquids comprising:
- a) a valve body having a valve chamber with an inlet and an outlet;
- b) a valve element in the valve chamber movable from a first and to a second position for permitting flow between the inlet and the outlet;
- c) an operating stem extending from the valve element to a position exteriorly of the body;
- d) a bonnet connected to the body and surrounding the stem which extend therethrough;
- e) actuator assembly joined to the stem and including a lever element pivotally movable about a pivot axis perpendicular to the stem, said actuator assembly further including a cam actuator mounted of the lever for selective linear movement thereon from an outwardly biased inoperative first position to an inward operative position wherein said selective linear movement is initiated first inward between guide means above the bonnet causing the cam actuator to slide along the lever and then allowing pivotal movement of the lever element and the cam actuator together as a single unit to produce movement of the valve element from the first to the second position;
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- f) wall forming portions extending outwardly of the bonnet and defining said guide means, said wall forming portions including guide surfaces closely adjacent the stem and the cam actuator in planes perpendicular to the said pivot axis to prevent tilting of the stem and the cam actuator in planes parallel to the said pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.