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US 6,802,424 B2Granted
Strainer in shower bath tap valve
AssigneeGlobe Union Industrial Corp.
InventorScott Ouyoung
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Abstract
An improved strainer in a shower bath tap valve is essentially having provided a trough respectively over the inlet passages of cold and hot water to place in a strainer comprised of support, seat and mesh; the strainer then is secured to the valve with fixation nuts so to make easier replacement of the strainer without removing couplings to both cold and hot water supply lines.
Claims1
An improved configuration for a strainer in a shower bath tap valve essentially having provided a strainer trough each over and connected through at a right angle with a cold and hot water inlet respectively;
- and a strainer comprised of a mesh support, a mesh seat, and a mesh being placed in the strainer trough and the strainer trough each being blocked with a fixation nut, wherein the mesh support having a circular plate provided on the top and an arc positioning frame at the bottom of the mesh support and a rod protruding from the center of the plate;
- the mesh seat having a cylindrical body with an open top, a gap cut on one side and a through hole provided on the other side, a slit being each provided in the plate on both sides close to the gap, and a post being provided on the bottom of the mesh seat;
- the mesh being mounted on the positioning frame of the mesh support and then placed in the mesh seat with both sides of the positioning frame of the mesh seat to lock into the slits to complete an assembly of the strainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.