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Alfred M. Moen (27 December 1916 – 17 April 2001) was an American inventor and founder of Moen Incorporated.He invented the single-handed mixing faucet.In 1959 Fortune magazine listed the Moen "one-handle mixing faucet", along with inventions such as Henry Ford's Model T and Benjamin Franklin's Franklin stove, as one of the top 100 best-designed mass-produced products, the result of a survey ...
Most Moen kitchen, washbasin, and bathtub/shower faucets are of the single-handle design, and almost all have used the same basic water-controlling cartridge from the 1960s until 2010. Known as the Moen 1225, it is a plastic (older versions were brass) cylinder approximately 4 inches long by 3/4 inches in diameter.
Delta Faucet Company [1] is an American manufacturer of plumbing fixtures and plumbing materials. It is a subsidiary of Masco Corporation . It manufactures and markets faucets , kitchen sinks , bath/shower fixtures, and toilets under the Delta, Kraus, Peerless, and Brizo [ 2 ] brand names.
Elie Prodromou Aghnides (1901–1988) was a Greek engineer and inventor, best known for his invention of the faucet aerator. He was born in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire, in 1901. He had three siblings: Nicholas Aghnides, a former professor at Columbia University ; Thanasis Aghnides, a Greek ambassador and undersecretary to the United Nations in ...
Aerator assembly diagram. Aeration occurs in two basic steps: [2] [5] Air is drawn into the water stream, breaking the stream into a flow of tiny droplets mixed with air. The mixture of air and water passes through a screen, further mixing the air and water and evenly spreading out the resulting stream.
A sink/basin in a bathroom Enamel washbowl and jug Sink in Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, Croatia. A sink (also known as basin in the UK) is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have a tap (faucet) that supplies hot and cold water and may include a spray feature
Manoogian's redesign and production of the Delta faucet, which allowed one-handed use, resulted in best-selling status for the plumbing fixture and generated substantial profits for his business. In 1995, his company had $3 billion in sales and had 38 percent of the domestic market for faucets. [9]
Faucet is the most common term in the US, similar in use to "tap" in British English, e.g. "water faucet" (although the term "tap" is also used in the US). Spigot is used by professionals in the trade (such as plumbers), and typically refers to an outdoor fixture.