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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Chris Miedzius, Newark, DE (US);
Robert S. Varney, Harleysville, PA (US);
Imants Stiebris, Newark, DE (US);
Speakman Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An integrated eye wash and sink faucet connected to cold and hot water supplies. The integrated eye wash and sink faucet includes a valve having a body with first and second openings provided therein, and a spindle having an arm integrally connected to a chamber. The spindle is slidably provided in the valve body. The first opening of the valve body is controllably in fluid communication with the cold and hot water supplies. The second opening of the valve body fluidly communicates with the cold water supply when the spindle chamber is provided at a predetermined location of the valve body. The integrated eye wash and sink faucet also has a sink faucet integrally formed with the valve body and in controlled fluid communication with the cold and hot water supplies, via the first opening of the valve body. Finally, the faucet of the present invention includes at least one eye wash spray nozzle connected to the valve body and in fluid communication with the cold water supply, via the second opening of the valve body, when the spindle chamber is provided at the predetermined location of the valve body.