Patent ID: 9663925
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: E03C

Claim:
1. A faucet, comprising: a hub, the hub being operable to connect to a mounting surface; and a spout, the spout including a receptor and a wand, the receptor being operable to connect to the hub, the wand being operable to mount in the receptor, the wand being operable to pull away from the receptor; the wand including a shell, a waterway, a diverter valve, and a spray face; the shell being operable to pull away from the receptor; the waterway being separately formed from the shell, the waterway being operable to be substantially disposed in the shell, the waterway including an inlet region and an outlet region, the inlet region including an inlet passage, the outlet region including a first outlet passage and a second passage, the inlet region being operable to connect to a water hose, the waterway including a first conduit, a second conduit, and a third conduit disposed between the inlet passage and the first outlet passage and the second outlet passage, the waterway including a diverter valve chamber, the diverter valve chamber being disposed between the first conduit and the second conduit and between the first conduit and the third conduit; the diverter valve being operable to be received in the diverter valve chamber, the diverter valve being operable to divert fluid flow between the first conduit and the second conduit and between the first conduit and the third conduit; and the spray face being operable to connect to the outlet region of the waterway, the spray face including an opening and a plurality of nozzles, the opening being operable to fluidly communicate with the second conduit and the first outlet passage and deliver water from the spray face in the form of a stream, the nozzles being operable to fluidly communicate with the third conduit and the second outlet passage and deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray, the spray including a plurality of streamlets; wherein a velocity of the spray from each of the plurality of nozzles is greater than approximately two-hundred fifty inches per second at a flowing pressure of approximately sixty pounds per square inch; and wherein at least one of the nozzles includes an inlet section, a converging section, and a throat section, the inlet section having an inlet width and an inlet length, the throat section having a throat width and a throat length, the inlet width being greater than the throat width, the converging section extending between the inlet section and the throat section, the converging section narrowing from the inlet section to the throat section.