Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for manually overriding a solenoid valve of a faucet
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Application No.: US15140127Application Date: 2016-04-27
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Publication No.: US10458565B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: John C. Esche
- Applicant: Kohler Co.
- Applicant Address: US WI Kohler
- Assignee: KOHLER CO.
- Current Assignee: KOHLER CO.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Kohler
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: F16K31/05
- IPC: F16K31/05 ; F16K31/06 ; E03C1/04 ; F16K37/00 ; F16K31/40 ; E03C1/05

Abstract:
A system for a faucet including a solenoid operated valve and a lifter. The solenoid operated valve includes a valve body including a sealing surface, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a sealing element that is movable relative to the sealing surface to fluidly connect and disconnect the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; and a solenoid configured to selectively couple and decouple the sealing element to the sealing surface to fluidly disconnect and connect the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The lifter manually overrides the solenoid operated valve during a power failure, the lifter includes threads that thread to the solenoid operated valve, such that a rotation of the lifter in a first direction moves the lifter through the threads relative to the valve body to decouple the sealing element from the sealing surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160238152A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUALLY OVERRIDING A SOLENOID VALVE OF A FAUCET Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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