Raymond S Bovaird

US Patent:

60933135, Jul 25, 2000

Filed:

Dec 9, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/207813

Inventors:

Raymond Bovaird - Hudson OH
James J. Sposit - Parma OH
W. Randall Tucker - Oberlin OH

Assignee:

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

International Classification:

B01D 1712
B01D 3504

US Classification:

210 94

Abstract:

A faucet with multiple water discharges includes a housing, an input water connection for said housing, an unfiltered water discharge and a filtered water discharge. There is a water filter within the housing and a valve within the housing which is connected to each water discharge. There is an unfiltered water flow path from the input water connection to the valve and a filtered water flow path from the input water connection, through the filter, to the valve. A manual control element, accessible from the exterior of the housing, operates the valve to direct filtered water to the filtered water discharge and unfiltered water to the unfiltered water discharge. There is an electrical circuit positioned within the housing. The circuit includes a display and the circuit is responsive to operation of the manual control to cause the circuit to operate the display only during the discharge of filtered water.