US 12,305,370 B2
Sanitary faucet having a hose
Christian Kutsch, Dortmund (DE); Wulf Woesthoff, Hemer (DE); and Matthias Schlueter, Dortmund (DE)
Assigned to GROHE AG, Hemer (DE)
Filed by Grohe AG, Hemer (DE)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,983.
Claims priority of application No. 102022106361 .5 (DE), filed on Mar. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295906 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16L 11/22 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/025 (2013.01) [E03C 1/0404 (2013.01); F16L 11/22 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sanitary faucet (1) comprising:
a faucet housing (2) having an outlet (3) and an outlet opening (4); and
a single hose (5) made of silicone, the single hose (5) having a first lumen (6), a second lumen (8), and a third lumen (10) running parallel through the single hose (5),
wherein the first lumen (6) routes a first liquid from a first source of liquid (7) to the outlet opening (4),
wherein the second lumen (8) routes a second liquid from a second source of liquid (9) to the outlet opening (4), and
wherein the third lumen (10) routes a third liquid from a third source of liquid (11) to the outlet opening (4),
wherein the single hose (5) has a first partition (27) separating the first lumen (6) from the second lumen (8) and the third lumen (10) such that the first lumen (6) has an orthogonal cross-section (15) to a longitudinal axis of the single hose (5) that is a semicircle,
wherein the single hose (5) has a second partition (28) separating the second lumen (8) and the third lumen (10) such that both the second lumen (8) and the third lumen (10) have orthogonal cross-sections (16, 17) to the longitudinal axis of the single hose (5) that are quarter circles, and
wherein the hose (5) comprises at least in part a jacket (12).