Patent ID: 8448271

Claim:
A faucet controlled in a contactless manner, said faucet comprising a faucet body, which has a base that is securable to a wash-stand or a building wall and a housing that is detachably mounted on said base and has an outlet member with a water outlet opening, an electrically operated valve mounted on the base and a presence detector, said presence detector is mounted in a receiving space of the housing on a holder that has electrical contacts and said presence detector has a window, which is inserted into a recess of the housing, and the window is sealed off from said recess by means of a seal, wherein said holder is positioned so as to be mechanically and electrically detachable on a contact carrier and wherein said holder is locked to said housing in an interior of said receiving space into which said holder is positioned from below, wherein said contact carrier is secured to the base and has electrical contacts for establishing direct electrical contact with the electrical contacts of said holder, wherein the contact carrier comprises two contact carrier members, wherein the one member is connected electrically to the valve and the other member is connected electrically to the energy source, and wherein the housing with the holder and the presence detector is mechanically and electrically detachable and removable as a unit from the base with said contact carrier.