Moen Incorporated

Darren S Lopp

W Randall Tucker

Sharon M Vilagi

William E Patton

Terry L Burger

Brian J Schwartz

Thomas L Falencki

David Stech

A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body.

Valve cartridge with lobular key

A faucet includes a spout body formed by joining an upper body and a lower body to one another. A one-piece spout tube is secured to the upper body. For example, only a cartridge seat and an aerator of the faucet are used to hold the spout tube in the upper body. Water supply hoses connected to the cartridge seat bring hot and/or cold water from a water supply source to a valve cartridge interfaced with the cartridge seat. The water flows from the water supply source, through the water supply hoses, the cartridge seat, the valve cartridge, and the spout tube, and out the spout body through the aerator. The valve cartridge allows a user to control a flow rate and/or temperature of the water delivered through the spout tube and out the spout body.

Faucet

A tub and shower valve assemble including a valve having a housing with an outwardly opening cup-like socket. A removable cartridge having an outwardly extending operating stem is installed in the cup-like socket. A plaster ground is provided for mounting the valve on a supporting wall structure. An escutcheon assembly is positioned over the valve housing and is removably attached to the plaster ground and to the valve housing and cartridge for removal and replacement of the cartridge. A transparent overlay is applied to the escutcheon with graphics and operating indicia applied to the underside of the overlay.

Tub and shower valve

A faucet includes a housing with a valve body assembly having a valve body positioned within the housing. There is a water inlet connection for the valve body and a water outlet connection for the valve body. A handle collar is seated on the housing and has an interior surface which is formed and adapted to attach to and support the valve body within the housing. A valve is positioned within a cavity in the valve body. The valve has an outwardly extending stem and there is a handle attached to the valve stem. A valve retainer is threadedly attached to the valve body to hold the valve within the valve body cavity.

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North Ridgeville, OH, United States of America

Darren S Lopp