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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary A Fleischmann, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
239436 ; 239571 ; 239588 ; 4677 ;
Abstract
A faucet with a vacuum breaker for a pull-out spray head plumbing fixture is provided. The vacuum breaker is placed in the faucet housing immediately under a valve unit and has fluid inlets and an outlet all passing therethrough. The vacuum breaker also has a multiplicity of openings extending through a base portion. A flapper gasket is stretch fitted over the base portion. The vacuum breaker affords ease of installation and removal. A check valve is placed immediately adjacent to the vacuum breaker.