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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
George J. Jost, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Sean Bellinger, Kenosha, WI (US);
Jerry Mcdermott, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
George J. Jost, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Sean Bellinger, Kenosha, WI (US);
Jerry McDermott, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Technical Concepts, LLC, Mundelein, IL (US);
Abstract
A hands-free faucet includes a sensing plate, a capacitor-based sensor circuit, a non-conductive valve housing, a non-conductive seating ring, and a conductive connector. Preferably, the capacitor-based sensor circuit is electrically connected to said sensing plate. Furthermore, the non-conductive valve housing preferably further comprises a valve inlet and valve outlet. Preferably, said non-conductive seating ring is located between the valve inlet and valve outlet, and is traversed by the conductive connector. In a preferred embodiment, the conductive connector is a metal pin.