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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Applicant:
David E. Hansen, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Inventor:
David E. Hansen, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are faucets having a housing with a hollow main body, a lower inlet, a hollow side arm, and an upper outlet. A control valve is mounted to the side arm. A waterway subassembly is removably mounted in the main body using a catch located in the side arm which is accessible from outside the side arm and moveable between a first position that prevents the waterway from dropping out of the housing lower inlet and a second position that permits the waterway to drop out of the housing lower inlet.