Handle assembly for single-control valve

US5850846A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Friedrich Grohe AG · DE

Inventors

• Fred Hannemann · Herzberg, DE
• Roland Weiss · Iserlohn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 22, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/86815
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A single-control valve having a valve housing and a stem projecting along a stem axis from the housing and displaceable relative to the housing to control flow through the valve has a handle assembly having a handle body having an actuating arm, a cup-shaped part spacedly surrounding the stem and projecting toward the valve housing, and a mounting collar fittable snugly over the stem. An annular cover skirt us supported on the body by interengaging formations for displacement of the skirt relative to the body between an access position forming with the body an access hole and a use position closely snugly juxtaposed with the body and closing the hole. A fastener engaged is in the collar with the stem and accessible through the hole by a tool only in the access position of the skirt. The fastener is hidden by the skirt in the use position.