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US 5,853,024 AGranted
Top-mountable widespread valve body
AssigneePerani, Inc.
InventorJames W. Life
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Abstract
A one-piece, leakproof, top-mountable valve body for lavatories which has a uniform, screwthreaded outer diameter and parallel inlet and outlet ports in its bottom surface.
Claims8
A valve body for lavatory valves, comprising:
- a) a substantially cylindrical barrel;
- b) a water inlet and a water outlet both formed on the bottom surface of said barrel;
- c) valve chamber formed in said barrel at its top end;
- d) a first bore extending axially downwardly from said valve chamber and being in fluid communication with said water inlet;
- e) an annular channel surrounding said first bore, said channel being open to said valve chamber;
- f) said bore and said channel defining between them a valve seat;
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- g) a second bore extending axially of said barrel from said water outlet to said channel.
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A valve body for lavatory valves, comprising:
- a) a substantially cylindrical barrel having a bottom surface;
- b) a valve chamber formed in said barrel at the top thereof;
- c) first and second bores extending upwardly through a first portion of said barrel in a direction axial of said barrel, said bores being positioned on opposite sides of the axis of said barrel, said first and second bores constituting inlet and outlet connections, respectively;
- d) a third bore extending downwardly from said valve chamber through a second portion of said barrel substantially coaxially with said barrel;
- e) an annular channel formed around an upper portion of said third bore and substantially coaxially therewith, the portion of said barrel lying between said third bore and said channel forming a valve seat for said valve chamber;
- f) a fourth bore extending in said barrel in a direction axial of said barrel between said second bore and said channel in fluid connection therewith;
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- g) a fifth bore extending in said barrel in a direction axial of said barrel between said first bore and said third bore in fluid connection therewith.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.