Patent ID: 6341389
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: E03C,F16K

Abstract:
A faucet assembly comprising:a faucet housing having an outlet; a conduit defining a flow path from a supply of water through the housing to the outlet; an openable and closable servovalve in the conduit; an openable and closable manual valve in the conduit and having a control element movable between a full-flow open position, an intermediate-flow middle position, and a no-flow closed position; a position-detecting switch subassembly mounted on the housing and engageable with the control element; a proximity detector having a detection field adjacent the outlet; and control means connected to the proximity detector, to the switch subassembly, and to the servovalve for in the closed position of the element deactivating the detector and closing the servovalve, in the middle position of the element opening the servovalve on detection of an object in the field of the proximity detector, and in the open position of the element disabling the detector and opening the servovalve.