Fluid handling – With casing – support – protector or static constructional... – Static constructional installations
Patent
1983-02-28
1985-09-03
Chambers, A. Michael
Fluid handling
With casing, support, protector or static constructional...
Static constructional installations
137375, 251 82, 251264, 251318, F16L 500
Patent
active
045386374
ABSTRACT:
A freeze proof faucet which is adapted to be mounted to an exterior wall and comprises an elongated tubular housing defining an interior housing chamber. The housing is mounted to the wall and the interior end of the housing is connected to the water supply while an outlet is formed on the housing outside the wall. An elongated valve member is longitudinally slidably mounted within the housing and movable from a closed position, in which one end of the valve member sealingly engages and closes a valve seat adjacent the innermost end of the housing, and an open position in which the valve member permits water to flow from the inlet, through the housing and out through the outlet. A valve actuator is threadably mounted to the housing on its exterior end and includes a pusher surface which cooperates with an abutment surface formed on the valve member. Thus, when the valve actuator is rotated to a closed position, the pusher surface engages the abutment surface and longitudinally slides the valve member to its closed position. Conversely, in its open position, the distance between the pusher surface and the valve seat is greater than the length of the valve member thus permitting the water pressure to force the valve member away from the valve seat and establish fluid flow from the inlet and to the outlet. In the preferred form of the invention, all major components of the faucet are constructed of plastic.
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Chambers A. Michael
Novack Sheri
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