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US 8,739,813 B2Granted
Waterway for a single supply faucet
AssigneesMasco Corporation of Indiana, Mercury Plastics, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey L. Moore, Alfred C. Nelson
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Abstract
A fluid delivery device includes a waterway assembly, a valve assembly, and a waterway adapter to fluidly couple the waterway assembly to the valve assembly. The exemplary embodiment of the waterway assembly includes at least one inlet supply tube and at least one outlet supply tube generally disposed opposite to the at least one inlet supply tube. The waterway adapter and at least one inlet supply tube are supported by at least one coupler.
Claims24
A fluid delivery device including:
- a spout;
- a hub coupled to the spout and including a generally hollow body portion having a longitudinally disposed first open end and a valve portion having a laterally disposed second open end, the body portion of the hub configured to rest atop a surface, the second open end of the valve portion disposed substantially perpendicular to the first open end of the body portion, the body portion of the hub including a vertically-extending wall generally opposite the valve portion and spaced apart from the valve portion, the vertically-extending wall extending continuously from proximate the surface to proximate the spout;
- a valve assembly removably coupled to the valve portion of the hub and in fluid communication with the spout;
- a waterway assembly in fluid communication with the valve assembly, the waterway assembly including:
- a single inlet supply tube;
- a waterway adapter removably coupled to the body portion of the hub, the waterway adapter being configured to contact a portion of the vertically-extending wall of the hub to retain the waterway adapter within the hub, and the waterway adapter perpendicularly coupling the single inlet supply tube to the valve assembly;
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- a single outlet supply tube in fluid communication with the waterway adapter and the spout.
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A fluid delivery device including:
- a hub including a body portion disposed along a generally vertical axis and a valve portion disposed along a generally horizontal axis;
- a valve assembly positionable in the valve portion of the hub along the generally horizontal axis;
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- a waterway assembly including:
- at least one inlet supply tube;
- an outlet tube;
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- a waterway adapter laterally spaced from the valve assembly and configured to be fluidly coupled to the valve assembly at an interface, the waterway adapter being positionable in the body portion of the hub along the generally vertical axis, the waterway adapter having a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, the bottom end of the waterway adapter defining an inlet for receiving the at least one inlet supply tube, the inlet is configured to direct the inlet supply tube in a downward direction, and the top end of the waterway adapter defining an outlet for receiving the outlet tube, the outlet is configured to direct the outlet tube in an upward direction.
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A fluid delivery device including:
- a hub;
- a valve assembly removably coupled to the hub and including an inlet port and an outlet port;
- a waterway adapter coupled within the hub, the waterway adapter being laterally spaced from the valve assembly and fluidly coupled to the valve assembly at an interface, the waterway adapter defining at least one inlet channel in fluid communication with at least one inlet supply tube, the waterway adapter further defining at least one outlet channel in fluid communication with at least one outlet supply tube, the at least one inlet channel of the waterway adapter in fluid communication with the inlet port of the valve assembly, and the at least one outlet channel of the waterway adapter in fluid communication with the outlet port of the valve assembly;
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- at least one coupler removably coupled to the waterway adapter and the at least one inlet supply tube, the at least one coupler supporting the at least one inlet supply tube within the waterway adapter in the hub and being positioned beneath the waterway adapter.
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A fluid delivery device including:
- a hub including a generally hollow body portion having a longitudinally disposed first open end and a valve portion having a laterally disposed second open end, the body portion of the hub configured to rest atop a surface, the second open end of the valve portion disposed substantially perpendicular to the first open end of the body portion;
- a spout coupled to the hub;
- a valve assembly removably coupled to the valve portion of the hub and in fluid communication with the spout;
- a waterway assembly in fluid communication with the valve assembly, the waterway assembly including:
- a single inlet supply tube;
- a waterway adapter removably coupled to the body portion of the hub, the waterway adapter perpendicularly coupling the single inlet supply tube to the valve assembly;
- a single outlet supply tube in fluid communication with the waterway adapter and the spout;
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- a clip that couples the single inlet supply tube to the waterway adapter, wherein the clip includes a first member and a second member, the first and second members are configured to engage with a first track and a second track of the waterway adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.