Reversible adapter for symmetrical mixer tap cartridge and mixer tap incorporating it

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5893386
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08842099

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A reversible adapter designed to be disposed between the bottom of a standard mixer tap cartridge and the bottom of a standard mixer tap body chamber, said bottoms conforming to a substantially circular common design, with two inlet locations disposed symmetrically about a diameter, includes: a rigid part (10) having a transverse surface (11) flanked by a skirt (12) and including two inlet locations, two half-moon shape openings (17, 18) respectively radially inside and radially outside a half-circle, one of two elastic material seals, the first of which includes two angularly offset chambers respectively surrounding the inlet locations and the second (40) of which includes two concentric circumferential chambers disposed on radially opposite sides of this semicircle, and each of which includes, at its end axially aligned with one of the half-moons, a web (40F, 40G) defining, facing that half-moon, a cup the depth of which increases in the direction towards the other end.

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NORTON DESMARQUEST FINE CERAMICS48 RUE DES VIGNERONS F-94685 VINCENNES CEDEX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Caria, Bernard Yerres, FR 1 13
Delaisement, Yves Villecresnes, FR 2 22

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