Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Fountains or drinking tubes and straws – Drinking
Patent
1994-03-26
1995-10-17
Merritt, Karen B.
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Fountains or drinking tubes and straws
Drinking
4675, D 7304, 251238, E03B 920
Patent
active
054582881
ABSTRACT:
The invention involves the use in a drinking fountain of a large control bar which is pressed by the user to operate a water flow control mechanism. The control bar is located at the front of the fountain. The control bar covers the entirety of the front of the fountain, providing the user clear access to the control bar without obstruction by any other part of the fountain when the fountain is approached at its front. The control bar operates a valve which controls water flow. The embodiment of the control bar and associated mechanisms for controlling the valve may be entirely mechanical, entirely electrical, or a combination of the two. The control bar may additionally be provided with a surface which is sensuously differentiable from the rest of the fountain. An additional feature may be a pair of handles, located to the rear of the basin and along opposite sides of the fountain, which allows a user to pull his body toward the fountain so that his chest presses against the control bar as he leans in toward the basin. Each and all of these features may be embodied in either a wall mounted or a free standing drinking fountain.
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Guthrie Matthew C.
LaMonica Michael F.
Mullick Abir
Osadciw Michael
Coslick Ronald
Merritt Karen B.
The Research Foundation of State University of New York
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