Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Faucet spout with water isolating couplings
- Patent Title (中): 水龙头与水隔离联轴器
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Application No.: US12228305Application Date: 2008-08-12
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Publication No.: US07992590B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Steven Kyle Meehan , Christopher Michael McGuire , Brian Matthew Jolliffe , Jeffrey Lee Moore , Darrell Scott Crowe , Derek Allen Brown
- Applicant: Steven Kyle Meehan , Christopher Michael McGuire , Brian Matthew Jolliffe , Jeffrey Lee Moore , Darrell Scott Crowe , Derek Allen Brown
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
- Current Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Baker & Daniels LLP
- Main IPC: F16K21/00
- IPC: F16K21/00

Abstract:
A faucet including a spout body formed of metal and having an inlet end, an outlet end and a chamber extending between inlet and outlet ends. A tube formed of a non-metallic material is enclosed within the chamber and has receiving and dispensing ends. Tube defines a passage extending between receiving and dispensing ends. Receiving end is in fluid communication with water source to communicate water through passage. An inlet coupling formed of a non-metallic material and having an inlet opening extending therethrough is molded about receiving end such that receiving end is sealingly received within inlet opening. An outlet coupling formed of a non-metallic material and having an outlet opening extending therethrough is molded about dispensing end such that dispensing end is sealingly received within outlet opening. Inlet and outlet couplings are sealingly coupled to inlet and outlet ends of spout body, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080308165A1 Faucet spout with water isolating couplings Public/Granted day:2008-12-18
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