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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Darrell S. Crowe, Lebanon, IN (US);
Gerald R. Hayes, Lebanon, IN (US);
Assignee:
Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/0412 (2013.01); F16K 31/60 (2013.01); F16K 31/605 (2013.01);
Abstract
A valve assembly for a faucet includes a valve body, a valve cartridge received within the valve body and including a valve stem defining a longitudinal axis, a handle operably coupled to the valve stem of the valve cartridge, and a magnetic coupling operably coupled between the valve body and the handle. A spring biases the magnetic coupling downwardly toward the valve body, and biases the downwardly facing surface supported by the handle downwardly toward an upwardly facing surface supported by the valve body.