Patent ID: 6575429
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: F16K,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A dripless hose bib comprising:a hose bib valve body having a front end, a rear end, an intermediate portion, a top surface and a bottom surface; said rear end having an inlet port having a horizontal n-axis also has internal threads; said front end having an outlet port having an m-axis; said front end having external garden hose threads; said in-axis intersects said n-axis at an obtuse angle in the range of 91Â°-179Â° so that said front end of said hose bib valve body slopes downwardly from said horizontal n-axis in order to help prevent a hose connected to said front end from bending downwardly under its own weight and causing a reduction in the water flow; a fluid passageway P1 in said hose bib valve body between said inlet port and said outlet port; a ball valve having a front surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a bottom surface; a bore hole extends through said ball valve from said front surface to said rear surface; said ball valve being positioned in said fluid passageway P1 and this is done by inserting said ball valve into said inlet port; said ball valve has a diameter D2 and said inlet port of said hose bib valve body has a diameter D1 and D1 is at least slightly greater than D2 so that said ball valve can be inserted into said passageway P1 of said hose bib valve body through said inlet port; a notch is formed in said top surface of said ball valve; a valve body plug having a front end, a rear end, an inner surface and an outer surface; an aperture is formed in said front end and an aperture is formed in said rear end; a fluid passageway P2 is in said valve body plug between said front end and said rear end; said front end of said valve body plug having thread means that mate with said internal threads in said inlet port of said hose bib valve body; said rear end of said valve body plug having internal threads for connection to the outlet port of a pressurized water source pipe; a neck portion extends upwardly from said top surface of said intermediate portion, said neck portion having a top surface and a valve stem aperture is formed therein and said valve stem aperture is in communication with said top surface of said ball valve; an elongated vertically oriented valve stem having a top end and a bottom end; a head is formed on said bottom end; said head having structure that mates with said notch in said top surface of said ball valve so that when said valve stem is rotated, said ball valve will rotate the same number of degrees; said valve stem having an intermediate cylindrical shank portion having an upper end and a bottom end, a first annular flange is formed on said cylindrical shank portion adjacent said bottom end and a multi-sided shank portion is formed adjacent said top end; a valve stem bushing has a bottom flange and said valve stem bushing telescopes over said cylindrical shank portion and rests on said first annular flange; a valve stem nut has a bore hole and external threads that mate with said internal threads of said valve stem aperture of said neck portion; a lever handle having a front end has a multi-sided aperture formed adjacent said front end that receives and mates with said multi-sided shank portion adjacent said top portion of said valve stem; said multi-sided shank portion has external threads adjacent said top end of said valve stem and a nut is threaded thereon to secure said handle to said valve stem.