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Mechanical touch faucet

  • US 10,184,230 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2014
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A touch faucet device for coupling to a pressurized fluid supply comprising:

  • a faucet with touch plate and an outlet; and

    a mechanical membrane valve having a first position and a second position, said mechanical membrane valve blocking fluid flow from the pressurized fluid supply in the first position and allowing fluid flow from the pressurized fluid supply through the outlet in the second position, said mechanical membrane valve being urged into the first position by a spring; and

    an activator mechanism comprising a ball cage attached to said touch plate, said ball cage controlling the position of a ball between an open position and a closed position, where in the closed position the ball blocks a channel positioned downstream of said mechanical membrane valve and the flow of said fluid through said device, and where in the open position the ball moves away from the channel and said fluid flows through said channel, said actuator mechanism actuated by depression of said touch plate by a user to selectively open and close the channel positioned downstream of said mechanical membrane valve;

    wherein movement of said mechanical membrane valve from the first position to the second position is controlled by actuation of said activator mechanism to open the channel thereby allowing the mechanical membrane valve to compress the spring.

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