Concealed widespread faucet and method of installing same

摘要

A wide spread faucet includes a main body, which is formed as a unitary forging. The valves are factory installed in the valve housings, which are pre-connected to the main body at the factory. A hanger holds the main body in place to the sink deck while the installer inserts the C-washers to hold the valve housings above the sink deck and the main body below the sink deck. The hanger is disengaged from the sink deck and the main body. The C-washers enable the installer to automatically level the faucet and tighten the threaded flange nuts beneath the sink deck to secure the valve housings to the sink deck in the leveled condition. The center shank is connected at the factory to a deck flange nut. The center shank is compression fitted to the main body and secured to the sink deck by a central flange nut beneath the sink deck and the deck flange nut above the sink deck.