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Faucet spray control assembly

  • US 7,909,269 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2006
  • Issued: 03/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A spray control assembly for a faucet having a faucet body and a spray head in communication with a water line, the assembly comprising:

  • a hollow spray head body with a button opening;

    a valve body disposed in the spray head body and having an axial valve cavity and an inlet opening for communicating water from the water line through a passage to an outlet opening in an axial direction aligned with the axial cavity;

    a diverter valve disposed in the axial cavity of the valve body and slideable along a valve axis in alignment with the flow of water through the spray head, the diverter valve having first and second sealing surfaces at one end and a circumferential groove;

    first and second valve seats disposed at the outlet opening concentric with the valve axis for mating with the respective first and second sealing surfaces of the diverter valve;

    a diverter button accessible through the button opening in the spray head body, the diverter button being pivotally mounted to the valve body to allow the diverter button to rock between first and second angular positions, the diverter button having a pair of legs extending transversely with respect to the valve axis at opposite sides of the valve body and having feet extending beyond an inner edge of each leg in a direction that is essentially parallel to the pivot axis and wherein the feet mate with the circumferential groove in the diverter valve through openings in the valve body; and

    an outlet mounted at an open end of the spray head body, the outlet having spray orifices, including a first set of spray orifices and a second set of spray orifices;

    wherein when the diverter button is in the first angular position the first sealing surface of the diverter valve is seated in the first valve seat and water can pass from the valve body to the first spray orifices and when the diverter button is in the second angular position the second sealing surface of the diverter valve is seated in the second valve seat and water can pass from the valve body to the second spray orifices.

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