公开(公告)号：US11598076B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17000042

申请日：2020-08-21

Applicant: AS America, Inc.

Inventor： James McHale ,  Joseph Ientile ,  Walter Pitsch ,  Jean-Jacques L'Henaff

IPC: E03C1/04 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29L23/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B22F5/10 ,  B22F10/20 ,  B29K105/00

Abstract: Novel plumbing products, including faucets, are fabricated, e.g., using metallic 3-dimensional or other 3-D printing techniques, to have complex geometries, such as multiple channels that may diverge and re-converge near the spout. The geometries of the various channels can resemble interwoven net-like patterns that define various shapes between the channels. The plumbing fixtures may be formed from one or more of stainless steels, INCONEL, brass, bronze, polycarbonate, PVC, acrylics, rigid polyolefins, PET, carbon fiber, AES, or other plumbing fitting suitable corrosion resistant materials. In some embodiments, the handles of an exemplary faucet can include the same or a similar multiple channel configuration as the spout, providing an advantageously, aesthetically pleasing faucet system. In exemplary embodiments, faucet spouts and their handles are formed so as to couple to standard faucet underbodies, standard valve platforms, or standard threaded hose/waterway connections.

公开(公告)号：US10801191B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US16140480

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: AS America, Inc.

Inventor： James McHale ,  Joseph Ientile ,  Walter Pitsch ,  Jean-Jacques L'Henaff

IPC: E03C1/04 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B22F5/10 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29L23/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B29K105/00

Abstract: Novel plumbing products, including faucets, are fabricated, e.g., using metallic 3-dimensional or other 3-D printing techniques, to have complex geometries, such as multiple channels that may diverge and re-converge near the spout. The geometries of the various channels can resemble interwoven net-like patterns that define various shapes between the channels. The plumbing fixtures may be formed from one or more of stainless steels, INCONEL, brass, bronze, polycarbonate, PVC, acrylics, rigid polyolefins, PET, carbon fiber, AES, or other plumbing fitting suitable corrosion resistant materials. In some embodiments, the handles of an exemplary faucet can include the same or a similar multiple channel configuration as the spout, providing an advantageously, aesthetically pleasing faucet system. In exemplary embodiments, faucet spouts and their handles are formed so as to couple to standard faucet underbodies, standard valve platforms, or standard threaded hose/waterway connections.