Patent ID: 6145670
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
A bathtub water receiving, filtering, and dispensing apparatus, comprising:a bathtub filler spout including an elongated substantially horizontally extending housing having front and rear end portions and a longitudinal axis, a top surface, a bottom surface, a vertically disposed rear opening facing rearwardly from the rear end portion in substantially coaxial relation with the housing, a horizontally disposed outlet opening facing downwardly from the bottom surface at the front end portion in angular relation to said axis, an internal water chamber extending lengthwise of the housing and having a rearward portion communicating with the rear opening and a forward portion communicating with the outlet opening;a water filter removably received in the chamber having a rear inlet portion adjacent to the rear opening and a front end portion in fluid communication with the outlet opening, said water filter including a filter cartridge filled with a filter media; anda substantially horizontally extending water inlet conduit assembled with the water filter having a forward end portion extending through the rear opening into the chamber and an externally threaded rearward end portion extending rearwardly from and outside of the housing in substantially coaxial relation therewith, the rearward end portion being threadable into a source of water.