Patent ID: 8439076

Claim:
A faucet module comprising a base, a valve chamber formed in the base, a bottom of the base in communications with a cold water inlet pipe, a hot water inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, an inner bottom surface of the valve chamber in communications with a cold water inlet port, a hot water inlet port and an outlet port respectively, the cold water inlet port, the hot water inlet port and the outlet port in communications with the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe and the outlet pipe respectively, a first threaded section formed at an outer periphery of an opening of the valve chamber, a flange formed around the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe and the outlet pipe at a predetermined position away from the bottom face of the base, a protrusion having a second threaded section respectively formed at an end of the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe and the outlet pipe below the flange, each of the base, the valve chamber, the cold water inlet port, the hot water inlet port, the outlet port, the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe, the outlet pipe, the first threaded section, the flange, the protrusion and the second threaded section formed as an entire unit by plastic injection; wherein during assembly, the cold water inlet pipe, the hot water inlet pipe and the outlet pipe of the faucet module are all placed through corresponding holes at a desired location; the flange is pressed towards the second threaded section for installation of the faucet module at the desired location, and a control valve is placed in the valve chamber of the faucet module; the faucet module designed to accept a faucet shroud and a faucet body, the control valve compressed to prevent disengagement, and wherein the faucet shroud is screwed onto the first threaded section.