A system for opening and closing water for a shower head, hand shower or a bathroom or kitchen mixer, said system comprising an inlet for water supplied from a water supply network; an outlet for water directed towards said shower head, hand shower or bathroom or kitchen mixer; a valve situated along the fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet and comprising a valve body intended to receive water from the inlet and a closing member movable inside the valve body. The valve body comprises a discharge hole hydraulically connected to the inlet of a duct; a secondary valve is hydraulically connected to an outlet of the duct so as to open or close the outlet; the closing member is designed to be operated, between the position for opening and the position for closing the flow, by opening or closing of the secondary valve.

A manifold for water dispensing units includes a manifold body having: one or more inlet paths, an outlet path, a collecting chamber delimited by a lateral wall and communicating with the inlet paths and with the outlet path. The collecting chamber is configured to receive a cartridge body for the regulation of flow. A safety group is associated to the manifold body and includes: a flange removably attached to the manifold body, a safety shutter provided with through inlet gaps and with shut-off surfaces and a control body for the movement of the safety shutter: from a first position in which the through inlet gaps communicate with the inlet paths and contrast means prevent the separation of the control body and the cartridge body from the manifold body, to a second position in which the shut-off surfaces sealingly close the inlet paths. A sliding surface allows the separation of the control body and the cartridge body from the manifold body, and vice versa.

A bathtub spout quick connecting mechanism includes a main body, a hand wheel, and a gasket. A boss of the hand wheel is inserted through an open top of the main body. A conical recess at an outer end of the boss is fitted on a pull rod head of a bathtub spout. The gasket is attached to the inner bottom surface of the main body. The gasket has a central perforation communicating with a through hole at the bottom of the main body. The conical recess of the hand wheel screwedly connected to the main body abuts against the pull rod head to drive the pull rod head to move up and down. The installation is convenient and quick.

A fluid delivery device comprises a faucet. The faucet includes a hub, a sprayhead, and a hose coupling the hub to the sprayhead. Each end of the hose has a pivot coupling. One of the pivot couplings is configured to permit rotation of the hose relative to the hub. Another of the pivot couplings is configured to permit rotation of the sprayhead relative to the hose.

A reduced profile faucet handle assembly illustratively includes a mounting shank receiving a valve assembly, and an escutcheon operably coupled to the mounting shank. A mounting ring is positioned intermediate the mounting shank and the escutcheon, and a retainer couples the escutcheon to the mounting ring.

A faucet assembly includes a faucet body having a mounting axis in a direction the faucet body projects from a mounting point. The assembly further includes a valve housing projecting from the faucet body and a valve disposed in the valve housing. The valve is configured to rotate about an axis parallel to and offset from the mounting axis.

A spout for a tub. The spout includes a spout shell having opposite first and second sides. The spout further includes an inlet portion extending from the first side. The spout further includes an outlet portion extending from the second side. The outlet portion includes an outlet bore that is in fluid communication with the inlet portion. The spout further includes a plastic engine configured with waterway connection geometry and one or more locking lips, where the plastic engine is installed in the spout shell through the annular inlet portion and is secured in place by the one or more locking lips prior to reaching the annular outlet portion.

In accordance with an embodiment, a universal adapter configured for use in a fluid delivery apparatus and an annular shaped member having a first end and a second end, an outer wall, a first opening at the first end, a second opening at a second end, and a duct extending from the first opening to the second opening. Grooves are formed in portions of the outer wall, an internal thread is formed in the duct, and a groove is formed in another portion of the duct. In accordance with another embodiment, method for manufacturing a universal adapter includes forming an annular shaped member having a first end and a second end, an outer wall, a first opening at the first end, a second opening at a second end, and a duct extending from the first opening to the second opening. A mating structure is formed from the outer wall and threads and a groove are formed in the duct.

A faucet column and/or free-standing sanitary fitting with the faucet column includes a floor-side column end and a faucet-carrying column end, with at least one water conduit disposed within the faucet column, extending from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end. The faucet column includes a supporting profile which extends from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end, at least one cavity which encompasses the water conduit and extends from the floor-side column end up to the faucet-carrying column end and is provided by the supporting profile, and an enveloping element which surrounds the supporting profile.

A connecting assembly and method for manufacturing thereof, said assembly being intended for a fluid conduit facility, comprising at the least a tubular member made of flexible plastic material intended for the circulation of a fluid through it, at the least a substrate that surrounds the tubular member having a braided mesh configuration and a connecting member attached in at least one of the ends of the tubular member, wherein said connecting member is made up of a plastic material moldable by injection, being encapsulated at the end of a set formed by the tubular member and the substrate.