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AERATOR SPRAY ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS

  • US 3,786,995 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1972
  • Issued: 01/22/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a spray aerator for attachment to a faucet for selectively discharging water in the form of a spray or an aerated stream, a swivel member having a water passage therein, means for attaching said swivel member to a faucet, housing having a chamber therein into which water is discharged from said swivel member and a pair of outlet ports opening from said chamber, said housing including a spray-forming passage means communicating with one of said outlet ports for discharging water from said one outlet port in the form of a spray, said housing being rotatable on said swivel member, said outlet ports being offset from the axis of rotation of said housing, a valve member in said chamber and means confining said valve member to a predetermined angular position offset from the axis of rotation of said housing whereby rotation of said housing brings a selected one of said outlet ports into engagement with said valve member so as to close said selected outlet port while opening the other, said housing having provisions for securing an aerator thereto in communication with the other of said outlet ports for discharging water from said other outlet port through said aerator.

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