Plumbing fixture fitting

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9663925
SERIAL NO

14491494

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The present invention provides a plumbing fixture fitting having a spray mode with improved spray performance. The fitting includes a spray face. The spray face includes nozzles. The nozzles are operable to deliver water from the spray face in the form of a spray. The spray includes streamlets. A velocity of the spray from each of the streamlets is greater than approximately two-hundred fifty inches per second at a flowing pressure of approximately sixty pounds per square inch. In exemplary embodiments, each of the streamlets has a substantially uniform width along an entire length of the streamlet, an average unbroken length of the streamlets is greater than approximately two inches at a flow rate of approximately thirty-seven thousandths gallons per minute, and a splash created from the spray is less than approximately twenty percent at approximately one and a half gallons per minute.

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Patent Owner(s)

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FORTUNE BRANDS WATER INNOVATIONS LLC25300 AL MOEN DRIVE NORTH OLMSTED OH 44070

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kacik, Mark S Lakewood, US 22 258
Pulver, Dale A Oberlin, US 15 322

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