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Gooseneck faucet

US5975140A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 28, 1997
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/9464
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A gooseneck faucet is composed of a gooseneck tube, a faucet body, and a threaded tube. The gooseneck tube is provided at one end thereof with a spout and at another end thereof with a water inlet having outer threads. The faucet body is composed of a shell and an inner body. The shell is provided with a flow control valve hole and a water outlet having inner threads, whereas the inner body is provided with a control valve water tract and a water discharging tract. The threaded tube is provided with a fastening nut for fastening one end of the threaded tube with a drinking fountain. The threaded tube is fastened at another end thereof with one end of the control valve water tract of the inner body of the faucet body. The gooseneck tube is fastened at another end thereof with the faucet body such that the outer threads of the water inlet of the gooseneck tube are engaged with the inner threads of the water outlet of the shell of the faucet body.

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