Patent ID: 7856681
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: B05B,E03C

Abstract:
1. An integrated drain and fountain device, comprising: a stationary fountain nozzle integrated within a lower portion of a sink and disposed to produce a vertical stream of water at a user-defined water pressure; a concentrically located drain to the fountain nozzle and adapted to receive collect water and further being in fluid communication with drain piping; a water supply riser in fluid communication with a water intake pipe that allows both hot and cold water to enter the water supply riser so that water can be discharged through the fountain nozzle; an o-ring stopper operationally controlled by a first controller located on a counter top so that when a downward force is applied to the first controller, the downward force is directed through a linkage including a flexible arm that redirects the downward force to an upward force causing the o-ring stopper to move vertically upwards from an open position to a closed position; and an outer cylinder module having a plurality of open grooves disposed concentrically to an inner cylinder module having a plurality of ridges extending from its periphery so that as the inner cylinder module rises in response to the upward force, the plurality of notches are raised up out of the plurality of open grooves of the outer cylinder module causing the inner cylinder module to rotate to an adjacent position and remain in the elevated closed position cylinder module that causes the inner module to rotate to an adjacent position as a compression force is applied using the linkage and controller.