Abstract: A collar weight for securing hand held spray faucet hoses therethrough is provided, wherein the collar weight is made of a composition including a zinc-based alloy to replace the use of lead in the collar weight, to prevent leaching of lead from the collar weight. To maintain the hose in an untangled position beneath the surface of a sink, the collar weight is strategically placed along an arcuate surface of the hose to weigh down the hose at approximately the midpoint of the hose. The collar weight includes a top half collar portion and a lower half collar portion, which are joinable at respective inner edges thereof by fastening means, such as screws, to provide a generally hollow longitudinally extending bore for insertion of the hose therein.

Abstract: An improved inlet stop fixture for conventional hot and cold inlets to plumbing fixture which is threaded onto a male pipe thread with a nipple, to prevent a gap of uncontrolled length from the fixture to the wall. The improved inlet stop system includes a new intermediate element, namely a water inlet tube extension, which fits between the conventional pipe nipple and the valve fixture itself. The inlet tube extension includes an inlet coupling section, an O-ring collar, with an O-ring, and a fixture coupling threaded nipple at the far end. The water inlet tube extension is threaded onto the nipple that extends through the wall. Alternately, a non-threaded solder type connection water inlet tube extension may be connected to a non-threaded copper tube for a solder connection. In either embodiment, the inner O-ring is provided in a groove to produce a sliding fit over the body of the valve fixture.

Abstract: A hot water shut off valve for use for domestic household water shower use which shuts off excessively hot water. The valve generally includes an water inlet source opening to an inner chamber. The inner chamber has an outlet source at the base of said chamber, a sealing means communicating with said outlet sources for alternately turning on or off the flow of water from said inlet sources through said outlet sources. The sealing means is urged against the base of said mixing chamber by means of a paraffin power element communicating with a spring. In the preferred embodiment, a reset member is provided to reset the flow of warm water from the inlet source to the outlet source.