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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruno Heimann, Frondenberg-Ardey, DE;
Harald Dickel, Iserlohn, DE;
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137359 ; 292357 ; 411 15 ; 411 55 ;
Abstract
An escutcheon used with a plumbing fixture that is recessed in a wall and that has a part projecting through the wall itself has a plate shaped to fit around the part flatly against the wall and formed offset from the part with a throughgoing hole. Structure fixed relative to the fixture forms a throughgoing hole offset from the part snugly receiving a radially expansible anchor tube also extending through the plate hole and having an enlarged head lying against an outer face of the plate. A screw engaged in the tube radially expands same into tight engagement with the structure hole.