Patent ID: 9051719
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
1. A fixing structure of a faucet being mounted on a sink countertop with an opening and comprising: a base including a supporting portion and an inserting portion connecting with the supporting portion; the supporting portion having an annular fence and an annular shoulder coupling with an inner wall of the annular fence; the annular fence having a retaining recess defined on an outer wall thereof; the annular shoulder having two longitudinally through holes formed therein and an opening defined around an inner wall thereof; the inserting portion having a cylindrical fence extending downwardly along an inner wall of the opening from a bottom end of the inner wall thereof and having two stopping rods connecting with an outer wall of the cylindrical fence, and the cylindrical fence having a longitudinal channel defined therein and communicating with the opening; the annular shoulder having an annular abutting area arranged on a bottom end thereof and around an upper end of the outer wall of the cylindrical fence, such that after the inserting portion of the base inserts into the opening of the sink countertop, the annular abutting area abuts against a top peripheral surface of the opening of the sink countertop so that the supporting portion of the base is supported and fixed on the sink countertop, wherein the two longitudinally through holes are formed adjacent to and spaced apart from an inner peripheral side of the annular abutting area; a locking assembly including two positioning screws rotatably inserting through the two longitudinally through holes of the base; and two clamping blocks screwed with the two positioning screws, and when the two positioning screws are rotated, the two clamping blocks are rotated by the two stopping rods to move upwardly and then to retain a bottom peripheral surface of the opening of the sink countertop, thus fixing the base on the sink countertop; a faucet including a fitting tube; a sheath connected with the fitting tube and having a groove defined therein and fitted on the base, the sheath also having a peripheral fence arranged around the groove and a threaded orifice defined on the peripheral fence; a controlling valve assembly mounted on a top end of the fitting tube and having a bottom end connected with a water pipe set which pass through the fitting tube and the longitudinal channel of the base downwardly; a fastening bolt screwed with the threaded orifice of the sheath so as to retain with the retaining recess of the base, thus fixing the faucet on the base.