Faucet with Auto-Fill Feature

摘要

A kitchen faucet is provided that automatically fills a vessel up to a user-specified level without regard to a specific volume. The faucet illustratively includes a faucet body and a spray head that can be detached from the faucet body, such as a pull-down or pull-out faucet. The faucet illustratively includes a user interface for setting the level at which to fill the vessel (e.g., 20%, 40%, 75%, etc.). The spray head illustratively includes sensor(s) to determine a water level in the vessel in relation to its top edge. This allows a vessel to be filled to a user-specified level regardless of the vessel shape or size.

主权项

1. A faucet comprising:
a faucet body; a spray head configured to dispense water generally along a dispensing axis, wherein the spray head is movable with respect to the faucet body; an interface configured to set a user-specified level at which a vessel will be filled, wherein the user-specified level is identified on the interface as a level of a vessel to be filled without regard to a specific fluid volume; an electronic valve configured to control flow through the spray head; and a controller configured to control the electronic valve to fill the vessel to the user-specified level.