Anti-rotation device

• US 4,856,122 A
• Filed: 03/28/1988
• Issued: 08/15/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sloan Valve Company
• Original Assignee: Sloan Valve Company
• Inventors: Pilolla, Joseph J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Roberts, Edward L.
• Application Number:
  US07/173,884
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 4/191, 4/192, 4/623, 137/359, 137/801
• US Class Current: 4/695
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0401 Fixing a tap to the sanitary appliance or to an associated mounting surface, e.g. a countertop
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6977 Escutcheon type support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/9464 Faucets and spouts

Abstract

An anti-rotation device for mounting on a faucet shank on the underside of a basin has a cylindrical body adapted to be keyed to the shank. A pair of diametrically opposed, outwardly directed webs extend from the spacer body. Each includes an adjustable abutment rod threaded to the web for adjusting its length. Free ends of the abutment arms are adapted for engagement with an associated planar surface such as a wall to resist rotation of the spacer body, and, thus, the faucet shank.

Claims

1. In a sink having a faucet mounted on a basin with a faucet shank extending through a port in the basin, the shank including a keyway, the improvement comprising an anti-rotation spacer including:

a generally cylindrical body having a central bore therethrough for mounting the body on the faucet shank on the underside of the basin;

a key on the interior of the body and engageable with the shank'"'"'s keyway;

a pair of webs attached to opposite sides of the body; and

a pair of arms connected to the webs and adapted to extend to a rigid surface for engagement therewith, the arms being disposed in a plane perpendicular to the shank axis.

2. The spacer of claim 1 further comprising a longitudinal slot in the body and a cable guide loop spanning the slot.

3. The spacer of claim 1 further comprising a locating ring on the upper surface of the body, the locating ring being engageable with the port so that the faucet shank is centralized with respect to the port.

4. The spacer of claim 1 wherein the webs are spaced 180°

apart.

5. An anti-rotation device for mounting a faucet to a sink comprising a generally cylindrical body having a central bore therethrough to receive a faucet shank, such body defining means to secure said device to a shank of a faucet to preclude relative rotation therebetween, said body including at least one pair of opposed webs extending therefrom, and arms extending from said webs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said bore for engagement with an adjacent rigid surface.

6. An anti-rotation device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said webs are generally vertically disposed and positioned approximately 180°

apart.

7. An anti-rotation device as claimed in claim 6 wherein said webs each include threaded holes therein and said arms are adjustably threaded therein.

8. An anti-rotation device as claimed in claim 7 wherein said arms extend generally perpendicularly of the axis of said body.

9. An anti-rotation device as claimed in claim 7 wherein said arm includes a nut to releasably secure said arm at a given length.