Hose-type pull-out faucet

US5758690A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Friedrich Grohe AG · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Humpert · Hemer, DE
• Eckhard Gransow · Lennestadt, DE
• Bernd Bischoff · Hemer, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/9464
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A faucet has a base provided with a valve for supplying water under pressure and a tubular U-shaped spout having an inner end pivotal in the base and an opposite downwardly directed outer end forming a downwardly open seat. A hose has an inner end connected in the base to the water-supply valve, an intermediate portion extending through the tubular spout, and an outer end carrying an end fitting formed with a rearwardly directed abutment and fittable in the seat of the spout in a seated position with the abutment engaged against the spout outer end.