Note: Claims are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A spout assembly comprising a base having a bottom
wall and a side wall, said bottom and side walls defining a
cavity within said base having an open end, a fluid inlet
port formed in said base and extending into said cavity,
projection means carried by said base bottom wall and spaced
from said base side wall, a spout having a bore therethrough
with inlet and outlet end portions, said spout inlet portion
fitting into said vase cavity through the open end thereof
and over said projection means, means securing said spout
inlet portion within said base cavity for rotative movement
of the spout relative to the base to position said spout
outlet portion at selected angular locations, said projection
means extending into said spout bore and contacting said spout
inlet portion within said bore for guidably anchoring said
inlet portion during said rotative movement of the spout, said
projection means defining a fluid passage from said inlet
port into said spout bore, said projection means including
spaced ribs contacting said spout inlet portion within said
spout bore, said ribs having an interstice therebetween de-
fining said fluid passage.
2. A spout assembly comprising a base having a bottom
wall and a side wall, said bottom and side walls defining a
cavity within said base having an open end, a fluid inlet
port formed in said base and extending into said cavity,
projection means carried by said base bottom wall and spaced
from said base side wall, a spout having a bore therethrough
with inlet and outlet end portions, said spout inlet portion
fitting into said base cavity through the open end thereof
and over said projection means, means securing said spout
inlet portion within said base cavity for rotative movement
of the spout relative to the base to position said spout
outlet portion at selected angular locations, said projection
means extending into said spout bore and contacting said
spout inlet portion within said bore for guidably anchoring
said inlet portion during said rotative movement of the spout,
said projection means defining a fluid passage from said inlet
port into said spout bore, said spout inlet portion having a
circumferential external groove, said base side wall having
an internal shoulder formed within said cavity and spaced
from said base end wall, said spout securing means including a
sleeve and collar means, said sleeve fitted about said spout
inlet portion and including lip means seated within said spout
groove for securing said sleeve against longitudinal movement
along said spout, said sleeve fitting within said cavity at
its open end and seated upon said base shoulder, said collar
means fitted about said spout and overlying said sleeve at
said cavity opening for securing said sleeve within said
cavity, and means for securing said collar means to said
base.
3. The spout assembly of Claim 2 wherein said sleeve
constitutes bearing means for providing rotation between
said spout and base side wall.
4. The spout assembly of Claim 3 and a fluid seal
between said spout inlet portion and base side wall above
said fluid inlet port.
5. The spout assembly of Claim 4 wherein said seal is
an O-ring fitted about said spout inlet portion and
compressed against said base side wall within said cavity.
6. The spout assembly of Claim 5 wherein said spout
inlet portion includes a second circumferential external
groove located between said first groove and the end of the
inlet portion, said O-ring fitted within said second
groove.
7. The spout assembly of Claim 2 wherein said sleeve
lip part is formed at one end of the sleeve, the opposite
end of the sleeve extending to said cavity open end, said
collar means fitted with clearance about said spout and
including an inturned lip overlying said sleeve opposite end.
8. The spout assembly of Claim 7 wherein said means
for securing said collar means to said base constitutes
mutually engaging threads carried by said collar means and
base.
9. A spout assembly comprising a base having a bottom
wall and a side wall, said bottom and side walls defining a
cavity within said base having an open end, a fluid inlet
port formed in said base and extending into said cavity, a
spout having a bore therethrough with inlet and outlet end
portions, said spout inlet portion fitting into said base
cavity through the open end thereof, means securing said spout
inlet portion within said base cavity for rotative movement
of the spout relative to the base to position said spout
outlet portion at selected angular locations, said spout
inlet portion having a circumferential external groove, said
base side wall having an internal shoulder formed within said
cavity and spaced from said base end wall, said spout securing
means including a sleeve and collar means, said sleeve fitted
about said spout inlet portion and including lip means seated
within said spout groove for securing said sleeve against
longitudinal movement along said spout, said sleeve fitting
within said cavity at its open end and seated upon said base
shoulder, said collar means fitted about said spout and over-
lying said sleeve at said cavity opening for securing said
sleeve within said cavity, and means for securing said collar
means to said base.
10. The spout assembly of Claim 9 wherein said sleeve
constitutes bearing means for providing rotation between said
spout and base side wall.
11. The spout assembly of Claim 10 and a fluid seal
between said spout inlet portion and base side wall above said
fluid inlet port.
12. The spout assembly of Claim 11 wherein said seal is
an O-ring fitted about said spout inlet portion and
compressed against said base side wall within said cavity.
13. The spout assembly of Claim 12 wherein said spout
inlet portion includes a second circumferential external
groove located between said first groove and the end of the
inlet portion, said O-ring fitted within said second
groove.
14. The spout assembly of Claim 9 wherein said sleeve
lip part is formed at one end of the sleeve, the opposite end
of the sleeve extending to said cavity open end, said collar
means fitted with clearance about said spout and including
an inturned lip overlying said sleeve opposite end.
15. The spout assembly of Claim 14 wherein said means
for securing said collar means to said base constitutes
mutually engaging threads carried by said collar means and
base.