# US 9,038,654 B2 · Double-handle faucet

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- Number: US 9,038,654 B2
- Document ID: US9038654B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/899,574
- Filed: 2013-05-22
- Published: 2014-11-27
- Granted: 2015-05-26
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-22
- Applicants: Jilin Cai
- Inventors: Jilin Cai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9038654B2

## CPC

- F16K 19/006: {Specially adapted for faucets}
- E03C 1/04: Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths (valves, faucets, mixing valves, taps F16K)
- E03C 1/0401: {Fixing a tap to the sanitary appliance or to an associated mounting surface, e.g. a countertop}
- F16K 11/207: {with two handles or actuating mechanisms at opposite sides of the housing}
- F16K 31/60: Handles {(form, features or function of taps or faucet handles for domestic plumbing installations E03C1/04)}
- E03C 2001/0416: {using a socket for mounting of faucet}
- Y10T 137/6017: Including removable valve head and seat unit
- Y10T 137/7036: Jacketed
- Y10T 137/87579: Faucet attachment
- F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)}
- E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The present invention discloses a novel double-handle faucet comprising two valve seats, two spools, two inlet pins, two handles, an outlet pipe, a connecting tube, an upper panel, a lower panel, a cladding member, and two caps, the two valve seats, the connecting tube, the cladding member, and two caps are all made of a plastic material, each of the valve seats is provided with an upper annular flange and a lower annular flange, each of the inlet pins is further provided with a connecting ring, the cladding member comprises two first enveloping parts and a second enveloping part, the two first enveloping parts are located at both sides and are both provided with a chamber for accommodating the valve seats at respective side, the chamber is provided with a positioning step at the bottom, the connecting ring is abutted against the positioning step, the second enveloping part covers the outer side of the connecting tube, each of the caps is provided with a cover body and a circular engaging edge which is formed along the periphery of the cover body. As compared with the prior art, the present invention not only avoids lead contamination, but also has a low cost.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A novel double-handle faucet comprising two valve seats, two spools, two inlet pins, two handles, an outlet pipe, a connecting tube, an upper panel, and a lower panel, the two valve seats are connected by the connecting tube; characterized in that, the novel double-handle faucet further comprises a cladding member, and two caps, the two valve seats, the connecting tube, the cladding member, and two caps are all made of a plastic material, each of the valve seats is provided with an upper annular flange and a lower annular flange which are arranged in the vertical direction and spaced apart from each other, each of the inlet pins is further provided with a connecting ring, the cladding member comprises two first enveloping parts and a second enveloping part which is between the two first enveloping parts and forms an integral part with the two first enveloping parts, the two first enveloping parts are located at a left side and a right side of the cladding member respectively and are each provided with a chamber for accommodating a respective valve seat of the two valve seats at respective side, the chamber is provided with a positioning step at the bottom, the connecting ring is abutted against the positioning step, the second enveloping part covers the outer side of the connecting tube, each of the caps is provided with a cover body and a circular engaging edge which is formed along the periphery of the cover body, the cover body is provided with a through hole through which the valve seats and the spool pass, when the circular engaging edge and the first enveloping part are fully engaged with each other, the upper surface of the upper annular flange collides with the lower surface of the cover body.