Patent Application
20070151021
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a connector for a faucet, and more particularly to a connector that conveniently attaches the faucet to a wash basin and has a low manufacturing cost and a simple and graceful appearance.
2. Description of Related Art
With reference to
However, the conventional connector has the following drawbacks:
1. The conventional connector is composed of two tubes 10, 20 so that the junction between the first tube 10 and the second tube 20 incurs additional attaching trouble and leakage possibility. Therefore, the conventional connector has poor utility.
2. Because the first tube 10 and the second tube 20 are respectively manufactured, the manufacturing cost of the conventional connector is correspondingly increased.
Therefore, the present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the drawbacks of the conventional connector for the faucet.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a connector for a faucet, wherein the connector is a curved tube in one piece to simplify manufacturing processes and reduce manufacturing costs.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a connector for a faucet, wherein the connector has a neat and graceful appearance and is adapted to easily and stably attach the faucet to a wash basin.
To achieve foregoing main objectives, the connector being a curved tube in one piece having:
two ends; and
a twist section integrally extending between the two ends, wherein the twist section is smoothly swirled and bent to make the curved tube non-planar in curving direction;
wherein, the connector further comprises:
a mounting base attached at one end of the curved tube; and
a threaded hole defined in the other end of the curved tube.
By making the curved tube in one piece to substitute the two tubes in the conventional connector, structure of the connector is simplified and thus manufacturing cost and material cost of the connector are reduced.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
A connector for a faucet in accordance with the present invention is substantially a curved tube in one piece. The curved tube has two ends and a twist section and further comprises a mounting base and a coupler assembly respectively attached to the two ends of the curved tube. Selectively, the twist section extends between the two ends and is smoothly swirled and bent to make the curved tube non-planar in curving direction. Thereby, the connector has a simple structure and neat appearance to reduce manufacturing cost and to increase aesthetic appreciation. Moreover, the connector directly attaches the faucet to a wash basin in a convenient way and has no leakage problem itself because the connector is one-piece without any junction seam.
With reference to
The coupler assembly 2 is composed of a nut 21, a cushion 22, a positioning ring 23 and an O-ring 24. The nut 21 surrounds the end having the threaded hole 12 on the curved tube 1. The positioning ring 23 has a threaded protrusion engaged the threaded hole 12 on the curved tube 1 and snugly combines with the nut 21 to keep the nut 21 in position on the curved tube 1. The cushion 22 and the O-ring 24 are clamped between the positioning ring 23 and the nut 21 to provide an anti-leakage efficiency.
When the connector is mounted between the faucet 3 and a wash basin, water from the wash basin flows through the curved tube 1 to drain out via the faucet 3.
The connector in the present invention has the following advantages:
1. Unlike the conventional connector composed of two tubes, the single curved tube 1 is one-piece that makes the attachment simplified and has no junction seam to eliminate leakage problem on itself. Therefore, the connector has excellent utility.
2. By making the connector in one piece to substitute the two tubes in the conventional connector, manufacturing cost and material cost of the connector are reduced.
Although the invention has been explained in relation to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.
