Patent ID: 7770244
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: A47K,E03C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A soap-dispensing faucet structure, comprising: a faucet body having an upper section, a core shaft equipped with a spindle, a locking cap, a faucet handle, a pump device and a sleeve cover; wherein said faucet body has an arched spout extending for an appropriate length at the front of said upper section thereon, and a tube seat defined by an appropriate-depth cavity extending outwards at one side of the lower section thereon; said faucet body also includes an upper opening end disposed above said arched spout, said upper opening end having an appropriate-depth receiving chamber preset at said upper section of said faucet body thereon, and said appropriate-depth receiving chamber has an inner-threaded portion defining an internal opening edge thereon; said faucet body also has a lower section including a bottom edge, said lower section equipped with a set of cold and hot water ducts and an outlet tube wherein said cold and hot water ducts have one ends extending to said bottom edge of said faucet body and the other ends extending to join to a set of cold and hot water inlet orifices of said tube seat thereof; wherein said pump device is made up of a press head and a pump tubing equipped with a flexibly rebound element, wherein said press head has a push button disposed at the top and a bifurcated coupling tube disposed at the bottom thereon; said bifurcated coupling tube has one end joined to a liquid-guiding conduit with a dispensing hole disposed thereon, and the other end connected to said pump tubing with said flexibly rebound element mounted thereto; said pump tubing also has an axle sleeve disposed at an upper section of said pump tubing and above said flexibly rebound element, an appropriate-length suction conduit locating below said flexibly rebound element and extending from an end section of said pump tubing, and a ball locates underneath said flexibly rebound element and flexibly abuts against both upper and lower ends thereon respectively; wherein said sleeve cover has an upper section molded into an appropriate-depth and hollow cylindrical body, and a lower section shaped into a larger stepwise and hollow arcuate cap body with an appropriate-length outer-threaded locking portion extending at the bottom end thereon; wherein said core shaft is accommodated and guided to mount into said tube seat extending at one side of said lower section, and said locking cap is secured to said tube seat before said faucet handle is mounted to said spindle protruding at one side of said core shaft to form an individual water supply chamber that is fluidly connected to said arched spout of said faucet body to provide a water influx and outflow circuit thereby; then, said sleeve cover is locked to said inner-threaded portion defining said upper opening end of the faucet body, permitting said receiving chamber combining with said sleeve cover and forming an integral and depth-extending accommodation space which also provides an individual soap-receiving accommodation space thereby; then, said pump tubing of said pump device is guided through said sleeve cover with said axle sleeve precisely engaged and stopped therein, and said suction conduit located at the end section of the pump tubing extending downwards into a lower portion of said individual soap-receiving accommodation space therein; therefore, said faucet body is combined to form a set of integral but separate upper and lower sections, wherein said upper section defined by said appropriate-depth receiving chamber to which said sleeve cover and said pump device are joined to form said individual soap-receiving accommodation space therein and said lower section in conjunction with said tube seat defining another individual faucet water-discharging space disposed at said lower section of said faucet body, which not only offer a whole and concise depth-extending visual effect with minimum space occupied thereby, but also facilitate easier assembly and maintenance to provide a neat and hygienic faucet structure with both soap-dispensing and water-discharging functions integrated into said body faucet.