Patent ID: 8424558

Claim:
A faucet, comprising: a faucet body; a connecting member mounted in the faucet body; a control valve mounted between the faucet body and the connecting member; a plurality of elastic plates each connected between the faucet body and the connecting member; a first connector and a second connector connected with the connecting member separately; wherein the faucet body has an inner portion provided with a receiving chamber; the faucet body has a first end provided with an opening, a mediate portion provided with a conduit and a second end provided with an outlet port and a through hole; the receiving chamber of the faucet body has a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of retaining blocks; each of the retaining blocks of the faucet body has a face provided with a locking slit; the faucet further comprises a water-tight gasket mounted in the through hole of the faucet body; the connecting member is received in the receiving chamber of the faucet body; the connecting member has a first end connected with a disk which is located in the opening of the faucet body to seal the opening of the faucet body; the connecting member has a second end provided with a reduced mounting tube which is connected with the conduit of the faucet body; the disk is provided with a mounting sleeve; the mounting sleeve of the disk has an inner portion provided with a mounting hole; the disk has a periphery provided with a plurality of retaining recesses locked onto the retaining blocks of the faucet body respectively; the disk has a surface provided with a plurality of elongate retaining slots aligning with the retaining recesses; the control valve includes: a valve shaft movably mounted in the water-tight gasket; a plurality of O-rings each mounted between the water-tight gasket and the valve shaft; each of the elastic plates has an elastic portion which has a first side provided with a first locking blade snapped into and locked in the locking slit of a respective one of the retaining blocks of the faucet body and has a second side provided with a second locking blade hooked in a respective one of the retaining slots of the disk of the connecting member; each of the elastic plates is biased between the faucet body and the connecting member to combine the faucet body and the connecting member; the first connector is removably mounted in the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve; the second connector is removably mounted in the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve; the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve has a distal end provided with a reduced stop flange; the faucet further comprises a spacer mounted in the mounting hole of the mounting sleeve and located between the stop flange of the mounting sleeve and the first connector.