Faucet for a drinking-water dispenser
AssigneeGD Midea Holding Co., Ltd.
InventorsWen Li, Xiao-Lin Wu
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Abstract
A faucet for a water dispenser has a seat secured on a front housing. The seat has at least one nozzle formed therein. At least one button is provided above the seat to control the nozzle's on/off modes when a user presses the button inwards. The button has a slot longitudinally defined therein and a locking key is movably received in the slot. The locking key has a finger extending downwards and blocked by the front housing. The button cannot be pressed when the locking key in a locked position, and can be pressed when the locking key is moved to an unlocked position to retract the finger.
Claims8
A faucet for a water dispenser, comprising:
- a seat (4) secured on a front side (2) of the water dispenser, the seat (4) having at least one nozzle (41) formed therein;
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- at least one button (3) provided above the seat (4) and controlling the nozzle (41) to on and off modes by pressed towards the front side (2), the at least one button (3) having a slot (31) longitudinally defined therein and a locking key (1) movably received in the slot (31), wherein the at least one button (3) cannot be pressed to turn on the nozzle (41) when the locking key (1) is in a locked status, and the button (3) can be pressed to turn on the nozzle (41) when the locking key (1) is in an unlocked status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.