Mesh-type angle-adjustable faucet

Abstract

Disclosed is a mesh-type angle-adjustable faucet for a kitchen sink, which can control the angle stepwisely by crown gears arranged at contact surfaces of two tubes. The faucet includes: a raw water pipe; a water tap; flow rate controlling means; a first tube connected with the water tap and having a first crown gear fixed at an end portion of the water tap via fixing means for preventing an idle rotation; a second tube having a second crown gear engaged with the first crown gear of the first tube at an end thereof via fixing means for preventing the idle rotation, the other end of the second crown gear being connected with the raw water pipe; an elastic member for allowing the first and second crown gears to be in close contact with each other; and a watertight member arranged at the contact surfaces of the first and second tubes.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a faucet capable of adjusting the angle of a water tap in a mesh type, and more particularly, to a faucet for a kitchen sink, which can adjust the angle stepwisely by crown gears arranged at contact surfaces of two tubes. [0003] 2. Background Art [0004] In general, a faucet, particularly, installed at a kitchen sink which is one of kitchen utensils, needs to regulate the angle of a water tap according to kinds and the volume of vessels to be washed. [0005] To regulate the angle of the water tap, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0165227 (registered on Oct. 15, 1999) discloses a built-in water tap for kitchen. In the built-in water tap, a main body which includes a shut-off valve is connected with a water tap via a flexible hose, so as to freely regulate the angle of the water tap in all directions. [0006] However, the angle-adjustable faucet disclosed in Korean Utility Model Regi...

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Benefits of technology

[0012] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above disadvantages of the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mesh-type angle-adjustable faucet, which can control the angle of the water tap in the vertical and lateral directions by the stepwise engagement of the crown gears arranged at the contact surfaces of the tubes, thereby preventing drooping of the tubes in spite of the repeated use and preventing a trouble of the faucet.

[0013] It is another object of the present invention to provide a mesh-type angle-adjustable faucet, which includes crown gears disposed at contact surfaces of the tubes and serving as means for controlling a vertical angle of the water tap and lateral angle controlling means and / or a flexible hose, thereby solving the problems of the conventional faucets installed at the kitchen sink.

[0014] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a mesh-type angle-adjustable faucet, which has a special watertight member for guaranteeing watertightness provided to the contact surfaces of the tubes, thereby providing watertightness and a strong coupling force between the two tubes and allowing a user to easily assemble and repair it.

Problems solved by technology

However, the angle-adjustable faucet disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0165227 has been decayed since the advent of a ‘ring-type weight of a water tap having a drawable hand spray’ disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0109088 (registered on Sep. 3, 1997).

However, such faucet disclosed in Korean Utility Model No. 0358852 also has a disadvantage in that the discharge; pipe droops if a nut of the slip wedge for connecting the support pipe with the discharge pipe gets loose due to a repeated angle regulation.

Therefore, the above prior art has several problems in that durability of the prior art is weak and lots of costs are needed to repair and maintain the faucet.

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