ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,171, issued on Dec. 30.
"Faucet with novel valve core structure" was invented by Aiping Xie (Putian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet includes a main housing with communicating first and second chambers. A valve core is mounted in the first chamber and controls water flow from an inlet pipe to an outlet pipe mounted in the second chamber. The outlet pipe includes a bendable braided pipe. An inlet connector, sleeved with a rubber ring, is plugged into an outlet opening of the valve core. An outlet connector is plugged at the other end, with both connectors fixed by a steel sleeve. A mesh liner is detachably connected to t...