Patent ID: 7258322

Claim:
A manually operated switch for a faucet comprising a body being hollow and having a front end; a rear end; a bottom; a bottom opening formed at the bottom of the body and near the front end of the body; a seat formed inside of the body and having a through hole formed through the seat; a hole formed at the front end of the body; and a rear opening formed at the rear end of the body; an inner pipe mounted inside of the body and having a front end; a rear end; a neck formed at the front end of the inner pipe and extending into the through hole of the seat of the body; and a flowing way formed through the inner pipe from the neck to the rear end of the inner pipe and having an inner wall; and an inner inclined shoulder being annular and formed on the inner wall of the flowing way and near the front end of the inner pipe; a switching valve assembly having a block located inside of the flowing way of the inner pipe and having a through hole formed through the block; and an inclined shoulder formed on the block and selectively abutting with the inner inclined shoulder of the inner pipe; a frame located inside of the flowing way of the inner pipe and having a rod hole formed through the frame; an outer annular shoulder; and multiple fins separately formed and extending out of outer annular shoulder of the frame and abutting against the inner wall of the inner pipe to define multiple passageways between the fins and the inner wall of the inner pipe; a rod seat mounted at the hole of the body and having a sliding hole formed through the rod seat; a stopper located inside of the body and between the front end of the body and the neck of the inner pipe and having a hole formed through the stopper; a spring located at neck of the inner pipe and having a front end pressed against the stopper; and a rear end pressed against the block; a button having a screw hole formed on the button; and a rod having a front end; a rear end extending through the sliding hole of the rod seat, the hole of the stopper, the spring, the through hole of the block and the rod hole of the frame; and a thread formed at front end of the rod and screwing into the screw hole of the button to mount the button onto the rod.