Patent ID: 8656952
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: B67D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A faucet for dispensing pressurized liquids, the faucet comprising: a body with a first end and a second end, the body defining an interior extending between the first and second ends; a lever extending into the interior through the body between the first and second ends, a lower end of the lever within the interior; the lower end of the lever configured to engage a sealing member adjacent the second end to prevent flow of the liquid through the faucet, the sealing member also engaging a seat within the cavity; the seat larger than the sealing member, so that when the lower end of the lever is disengaged from the sealing member to permit flow of the liquid through the faucet, the liquid may flow about the sealing member as it flows through the second end of the body; a flow reducing insert positioned within the interior adjacent the first end of the faucet, the flow reducing insert having a tapered portion with a wider end upstream and a narrower end downstream and a straight portion extending downstream from the tapered portion, the interior having a tapered wall adjacent the tapered portion and a straight wall adjacent the straight portion; a shaft extending through a side of the faucet body having an eccentrically mounted pin engaging the insert, the shaft being rotatable such that the pin moves the insert laterally within the interior, and a handle on the outer portion of the shaft to aid in rotation of the shaft; the insert configured such that movement of the insert laterally upstream will permit liquid to pass through the first end between the tapered portion and the tapered wall toward the second end and movement of the insert laterally downstream such that the tapered portion engages the tapered wall will prevent flow of the liquid through the faucet.