Patent ID: 6345806
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
A foot-actuated faucet comprising:a valve including a body, a bonnet mounted on said body and a diaphragm mounted between said body and said bonnet to define a chamber in said bonnet, said body including an inlet adapted to connect to a water source and an outlet, a vertical outlet channel with a seat formed on the upper end formed in the body of the valve and communicating with the outlet near the lower end with the outlet lower than the seat and allowing the outlet channel to communicate with an outer periphery of said body, an actuating hole defined in and extending through said bonnet, an actuating tube mounted to communicate with said chamber via said actuating hole, a hole defined in said diaphragm and having a diameter smaller than that of said actuating hole; and an actuating device communicating with said chamber of said valve via said actuating tube and including an actuating valve movably mounted in said actuating device, said actuating valve having a shank partially extending out of said actuating device and adapted to be stepped by a user to selectively release pressure in said chamber.