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US 8,985,146 B2Granted
Faucet including a molded waterway assembly
AssigneesDelta Faucet Company, Mercury Plastics, Inc.
InventorsKurt Judson Thomas, Alfred Charles Nelson, Derek Allen Brown, Joshua R. Barber, Thomas C. Pinette
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Abstract
A faucet including a molded waterway assembly having a plurality of tubes overmolded within a valve interface member.
Claims12
A fluid delivery device comprising:
- a valve assembly including a lower surface and a first locating element supported by the lower surface;
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- a waterway assembly including a first fluid transport component having opposing first and second ends, a second fluid transport component having opposing first and second ends, and a base having an upper surface and a lower surface, the base being overmolded around the first end of the first fluid transport component and the first end of the second fluid transport component, the waterway assembly further including a second locating element supported by the upper surface of the base and configured to cooperate with the first locating element of the valve assembly to facilitate proper orientation of the valve assembly relative to the waterway assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.