Patent ID: 7025282
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. In a drinking fountain adapted for connection to a supply of water under pressure and including a bubbler head body having a discharge port for outward projection of a water stream therefrom upon connection to the pressurized water supply, and a control valve for selectively turning the fountain on and off by respectively connecting and disconnecting the pressurized water supply from the bubbler head body, the improvement comprising: a protective cover having a generally inverted cup-shaped configuration with a substantially closed upper end, said protective cover slidably carried on said bubbler head body and having said bubbler head body mounted therein for relative sliding displacement therebetween; and means for hydraulically displacing said cover relative to said bubbler head body to an elevated position when the fountain is turned on to expose the bubbler head discharge port for substantially unimpeded outward water stream projection, and for displacing said cover relative to said bubbler head body to a retracted position when the fountain is turned off whereby said cover substantially overlies and conceals said bubbler head discharge port.