Retractable hose for faucet
AssigneeResources Conservation, Inc.
InventorMichael Wales
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Abstract
A retractable sprayer hose installation kit for use with a faucet assembly has a connector attachable to a discharge opening of the faucet assembly and traversed by a flexible hose, a free end of which is inserted into a spout, an a proximal end traverses a bushing which provides connection between the hose and a hand-held spray head. The connector receives a fitting which is recessed to form a seat for a stopper attachable to the proximal end of the flexible hose and engaging the seat in a retracted position of the spray head. The kit further has a bushing releasably engaging the spray head and dimensioned to provide the spray head and the hose with simultaneous displacement between the retracted and extended positions of the spray head.
Claims20
A retractable sprayer hose installation kit for use with a faucet assembly having a spout with a discharge opening and a water inlet port, the kit comprising:
- a flexible hose insertable into the spout and having proximal and free opposite ends, the flexible hose being dimensioned and shaped to provide flow communication between the inlet port and the discharge opening;
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- a spray assembly including a hand-held spray head, which is in flow communication with and attached to the proximal end of the flexible hose, displaceable between an extended position, wherein the spray head is spaced from the discharge opening, and a retracted position, wherein the spray head is displaced next to the discharge opening as the free end of the flexible hose occupies a position between the inlet port and the discharge opening.
A retractable sprayer hose installation kit for use with a faucet assembly having a spout with a threaded discharge opening and a water inlet port, the kit comprising:
- a flexible hose insertable into the spout and having proximal and free opposite ends, the flexible hose being dimensioned and shaped to provide flow communication between the inlet port and the discharge opening;
- an outlet stopper attached to the proximal end of the flexible hose to move therewith;
- a hand-held spray head engaging the proximal end of the flexible hose to be in flow communication with the hose and to travel therewith between extended and retracted positions of the spray head;
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- a connector traversed by the hose and detachably engaging the discharge opening of the faucet assembly, the connector selectively engaging the outlet stopper when the spray head is displaced in its retracted position, wherein the spray head is adjacent to the discharge opening, and disengaging the outlet stopper to enable the spray head to travel to its extended position, wherein the spray head is spaced from the discharging opening.
A method for installing a retractable hose assembly in a faucet assembly, which is provided with a spout having a discharge opening, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting a flexible hose into the interior of the spout;
- attaching a connector having an inner passage traversed by the flexible hose to the discharge opening, the connector having an interior filled with a fist fitting recessed at its outlet end to form a compartment in the connector;
- providing a stopper on a proximal end of the flexible hose, the stopper having an inner passage traversed by the flexible hose and including a plate, which faces an opening provided on an outlet end of the connector and opening into the compartment, and a skirt with an outer diameter substantially greater than an outer diameter of the flexible hose;
- providing a bushing having an inlet end circumferentially pressing against the skirt and attachable to a hand-held spray head;
- providing a second fitting received in the spray head and having an inlet end which engages the skirt of the stopper upon attachment of the connector to the spray head to enable the spray head to be displaceably fixed with the flexible hose for traveling between a retracted position, wherein the plate is received in the compartment to arrest displacement of the spray head in the vicinity of the discharge opening, and an extended position, wherein the spray head is distanced from the discharge opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.