Patent ID: 6298875
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
An ergonomic slide valve and handle for a faucet, said slide valve and handle having a cartridge with a pivoting movable plug alternately permitting fluid flow therethrough, said ergonomic slide valve and handle comprising:a hollow body having a fluid inlet conduit and a fluid outlet conduit,said ergonomic slide valve operable upon user manipulation of a handle back and forth in one axis in a predetermined arc,said slide valve regulating flow in a continuous arcuate linear axis,said handle being alternately movable in a first direction in an arcuate motion to increase fluid flow or movable in an opposite second direction to reduce and shut off fluid flow, said valve body having the pivoting movable plug of the cartridge therein directing said first and said second fluid flows, an escutcheon/valve housing being provided at a bottom of said valve body with said handle being provided at a top of said valve body, said handle having a movable cover and a manually graspable knob attached to said movable cover,said knob and said movable cover being movable in unison along said arcuate axis, wherein when said knob and said movable cover are in an upright position, said slide valve is closed to fluid flow therethrough and wherein when said knob and said movable cover are tilted fully back, said slide valve is open to fluid flow therethrough,wherein a full excursion of said knob and said movable handle is about thirty degrees off a vertical axis,wherein said movable cover is hemispheric with a section removed at an angle to permit said movable cover to advance forward over a shoulder of said escutcheon/valve housing, said shoulder bearing a shape corresponding to a shape of said movable cover.