Patent References 3818929 3862640 Back flow preventer valve Spout tube assembly Mixing fixture for flexible-pipe spray head Pipe Interrupter Pipe interrupter Mixing valve with decorative faucet Patent #: 5014749 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 627195 filed on 12/13/1990US Classes:4/678, Faucet or spout137/801FAUCETS AND SPOUTSExaminersPrimary: Cuchlinski, William A. Jr.Assistant: Beres, John L. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesE03C 001/04F16K 021/00 Foreign Application Priority Data1989-12-13 CHAbstractA sanitary fitting includes a fitting housing which has a fixed housing part which is overlapped by a jacket element which can be swivelled about an axis. Projecting toward the front from the jacket element is a nozzle in which a guide bush is inserted. Together with the inner wall of the nozzle, the guide bush bounds a jacket space which is connected to the surroundings by a passage. Furthermore, the jacket space is communicated by an aeration passage to an annular channel which is communicated by an aeration line to an aeration aperture of a safeguard mechanism. Water fed through a feed line is mixed in a control cartridge and flows through the safeguard mechanism, connected downstream from the control cartridge, and through a pipe into a hose to a shower. In the case of conditions permitting backflow of water into the feed line, the safeguard mechanism prevents backflow and aerates the pipe and the hose while exposing an aeration aperture. Any water thereby escaping through the aeration aperture is conducted through an aeration channel into a deeper part of a sink.Other References
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