Abstract: A monoblock faucet comprises a main body with a spout and a handle mounted on top of the spout. The main body further includes inlet holes for cold and hot water and a flow controlling cartridge. The handle is linked to the cartridge so that by turning the handle the proportion between the cold and the hot water that flows into the cartridge is changed. The symmetric axis of the inlet holes is displaced in a way so that the position, when the horizontal component of the symmetric axis of the handle is parallel with the horizontal component of the symmetric axis of the spout, corresponds to the maximum cold water position.

Abstract: A cartridge base, for use in a monoblock faucet having a handle which is pivotable and rotatable to achieve open and closed flows of hot and cold water, the cartridge base including a base body with a pair of inlet ports and an exit port, wherein the centroid of the outlet opening of each of the inlet port is offset from the centroid of their respective inlet openings, such that the handle is positioned above the outlet opening in the cold water inlet port when in a closed flow position.

Abstract: A monoblock faucet comprises a main body with a spout and a handle mounted on top of the spout. The main body further includes inlet holes for cold and hot water and a flow controlling cartridge. The handle is linked to the cartridge so that by turning the handle the proportion between the cold and the hot water that flows into the cartridge is changed. The symmetric axis of the inlet holes is displaced in a way so that the position, when the horizontal component of the symmetric axis of the handle is parallel with the horizontal component of the symmetric axis of the spout, corresponds to the maximum cold water position.