Abstract: A spout assembly is provided with a discharge conduit defining a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet. The conduit has a unitary internal wall defining an aperture and a shoulder around the aperture upon which is disposed a foraminous, flow restricting member. The flow restricting member is held in position against the shoulder by a plug which is threadingly engaged with the discharge conduit in an access opening spaced from, but aligned with, the internal wall shoulder.

Abstract: A three-way fluid mixing valve as provided with a valve body having a mixing chamber in communication with an outlet passage and two inlet passages, the two inlet passages opening into the chamber through opposed, axially aligned inlet ports. A cylindrical stem is guided by the valve body for angular movement about the stem axis and rectilinear movement along the axis and supports a cage in the mixing chamber. The cage has two spaced-apart planar valve members each defining an orifice therethrough disposed so as to be movable into and out of registration with one of the inlet ports in two mutually perpendicular directions in a plane of movement extending parallel to the associated inlet port. The cage is mounted on a stem for vertical movement with the stem and the stem has a camming shaft received in a cam follower slot in the cage for effecting reciprocating movement of the cage within the chamber when the stem is rotated by suitable handle means.

Abstract: A faucet valve to control the volume flow of hot or cold water, such as in a sink fixture, includes a housing having a hollow chamber, a cap removably attached to said housing and defining a passage offset from the axis of the chamber, and a stem rotatably disposed within the housing and having an inlet passage offset from the axis of rotation of the stem. A resilient grommet seal is disposed in the passage in the cap and is in sliding sealing engagement with the stem. The cap can be removed from the housing to replace the grommet, or to reverse the direction of rotation of the stem member between the open and closed positions, whereby the faucet valve can be interchangeably used in the hot or cold water lines of a sink fixture.