Locking device for selectively preventing access to the valve handles of a domestic water tap
US5588316A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/7062
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A locking device for selectively preventing access to the valve handles of a domestic water tap. The locking device is adapted to prevent a child from playing with the hot water tap handle and potentially getting burned by the hot water emanating from the hot water tap. The locking device has a pair of handle enclosing components which are adapted to enclose the tap handles and prevent access to the latter. Each handle enclosing component has a substantially concave-shaped wall defining a substantially hollow body. Each substantially concave-shaped wall has a corresponding peripheral edge defining a lateral aperture. The handle enclosing components are linked together by a pair of connecting rods extending from the respective peripheral edges of the handle enclosing component. Both connecting rods are attached to a locking block positioned intermediate the handle enclosing components. The locking block slidably receives the connecting rods and allows the handle enclosing components to be locked in a predetermined spaced relationship relatively to one another. The user is thus adapted to initially position the handle enclosing components on each side of the tap handles and then to s…
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