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Faucet spring

CA 1293494 C · Owner: Roland, R. Douglas · Inventors: Roland, R. Douglas

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A faucet spring utilized to urge the faucet seal member into sealing contact with the rotatable valving member and prevent large debris, such as valve washer screws from previous faucet assemblies from contacting, the valving member under the fluid pressure. The coil spring has a substantially frusto-conical configuration with a smaller diameter upper end which engages the seal and urges it against the valving member. The larger diameter lower end of the spring engages an annular shoulder of the counterbored inlet passage of the valve assembly. The lower end of the spring also includes an obstruction member formed as an extension of the coil spring which extends into the opening of the …

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  • Granted December 24, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 24, 2008.
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FiledAugust 9, 1988
GrantedDecember 24, 1991
Term endedDecember 24, 2008
Patent numberCA 1293494 C
Classification (IPC)F16K5/14 +2 more

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 9, 1988Patent grantedDec 24, 1991Term endedDec 24, 2008

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