Automatic delivery tap
CA 1198798 A · Owner: Ferrante, Pasquale · Inventors: Ferrante, Diego
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1-, Abstract, Automatic delivery tap, Automatic delivery tap applicable to wash basins bath, tubs, kitchen sinks, showers, and the like equipped, with a sensor consisting of an infrared ray emitter (2) photodiode or phototransistor next to a corresponding receiver (3) such that, in rest conditions the ray e-, mitted and reflected by the inner surface of the wash basin or the like does not reach the receiver (3) because the distance is too great, thus keeping the water delivery off. However, insertion of the hands or other part of the body between said distributor and the basin leads to reflection of the emitted ray and its capture by the receiver (3), which because of the presence of an …
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- Granted December 31, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 31, 2002.
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