Faucet and liquid supply tube therefor

摘要

A faucet and liquid supply tube therefor. The faucet includes a body portion defining a valve chamber having a discharge opening communicating with a spout together with an inlet opening adapted to communicate with a liquid supply line. It also includes a control valve received in the valve chamber and having an inlet passage communicating with the inlet opening together with a discharge port communicating with the discharge opening. The liquid supply tube has an area of increased wall thickness defining an enlarged head terminating in a shoulder at the end thereof associated with the inlet opening together with a substantially uniform inner diameter for carrying liquid from the supply line into the inlet passage. In addition, a seal is associated with the enlarged head externally of the liquid supply tube.