Illuminated fluid tap
OwnerJoseph E. Currieinventor
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Abstract
An illumination device illuminates a tap handle and an area proximate to a tap outlet. The device illuminates a stream of fluid flowing from the tap outlet and the receptacle into which the fluid flows when the tap handle opens the tap to release the fluid. The tap handle actuates a tilt switch adjacent to the tap handle. The device illuminates the tap handle when there is no fluid flow. Light from lamps contained within the device is communicated to the tap outlet and tap handle by separate fiber optic lines. Light from the lamps is colored by a continuously rotating color wheel for aesthetic effects. The device includes a capacitor for generating a time delay to prevent false control signals from being relayed to the lamps.
Claims17
An illumination device for a fluid-bearing tap having a fluid control handle and an outlet, said fluid illumination device comprising:
- a light source including a first lamp and a second lamp;
- a first light conduit connected to the tap, said first light conduit being illuminated by said first lamp;
- a second light conduit connected to the outlet of the tap, said second light conduit being illuminated by said second lamp;
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- a switch adjacent to the tap and communicating with said light source, said switch deactivating said first lamp and activating said second lamp when the tap is actuated;
- wherein the tap is illuminated by said first light conduit when the tap is not actuated, and an area proximate to the outlet of the tap is illuminated by said second light conduit when the tap is actuated.
An illumination device comprising:
- a fluid-bearing tap having a tap handle and a tap outlet;
- a light source including a first lamp and a second lamp;
- a first light conduit connected to said tap handle, said first light conduit being illuminated by said first lamp;
- a second light conduit connected to said tap outlet, said second light conduit being illuminated by said second lamp;
- a switch adjacent to the tap and communicating with said light source, said switch deactivating said first lamp and activating said second lamp when said tap is actuated by said tap handle;
- wherein said tap handle is illuminated by said first light conduit when the tap is not actuated, and the fluid from said tap outlet is illuminated by said second light conduit when the tap is activated.
A fluid illumination device providing for the illumination of fluid from a tap having a flow control handle, a fluid conduit and an outlet, said fluid illumination device comprising:
- illumination means for illuminating an area proximate to the outlet of the tap, said illumination means including an input end and an output end;
- a light source including a first lamp and a second lamp, said first lamp providing illumination for said input end of said illumination means;
- a portable nozzle installable over the outlet of the tap, said nozzle containing said output end of said illumination means;
- means for illuminating the flow control handle, wherein said means for illuminating said flow control handle is connected to said light source and illuminated by said second lamp;
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- a switch adjacent to the handle and communicating with said light source, said switch activating said second lamp and deactivating said first lamp when said tap handle is displaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.