As a longtime leader in innovative design, Delta Faucets has a long and solid history of new designs that have helped to revolutionize the bath and kitchen fixture market. Founded in 1954, they were the first to bring high fashion affordable faucets and dual lever washer less faucets to the market in the 1970′s. That same decade also brought the dawn of TV and print advertising to consumers for plumbing fixtures. The 1980s continued to be profitable for Delta as they became the first company to manufacture and sell the first domestic pull out kitchen faucets across the nation. Since that day, the demand for functional and beautiful pull out kitchen faucets has continued to grow, making them one of the hottest styles on the market for all your kitchen needs.
Evolution of the Pull Out Kitchen Faucet
The concept of a pull out sprayer for the kitchen faucet has actually been around for quite some time and were once extremely popular in kitchens everywhere. Originally, the sprayer nozzle was mounted into the base plate of kitchen faucets as a separate unit. The sprayer could be pulled out, as it was attached to the plumbing via a long flexible hose. The extra length allowed users to direct water flows at unusual angles, fill large pots with water without them having to be place in the sink, and simply have more control over the flow of the water in general. The main issue lie in the fact that these sprayers were often cheaply made with rather sub-par materials. After all, the visual emphasis was placed on the handles and spout of the faucet itself, while the sprayer attachment was often made from light plastic and prone to breakage.
Commercial Pull Out Faucets
Commercial kitchens were slightly different as they often had faucets that were operated solely with a sprayer on a flexible hose. Since these kitchens and sinks were often significant;y larger than residential kitchens, a fixed faucet spout rarely made much sense. The faucet unit was often hung from overhead, as were the plumbing lines in many of these establishments. When needed, it could be pulled down to be used, often attached by a stretchable cord that would allow it to return to its original overhead position for easy storage in an out of the way location. While this concept seemed like an ideal solution, it lacked the stationary faucet component that is, in fact, a requirement for residential sinks. The sprayer units were also too bulky for home use, coupled with the fact that residential plumbing was almost always run closer to ground level, as opposed to being piped overhead.
First Residential Kitchen Faucet Is Born
The perfect solution was reached by Delta Faucets in 1980 when they brought the first pull out kitchen faucet to the market. This design not only eliminated the need for a separate sprayer nozzle, it also managed to incorporate some of the most suitable features from commercial faucet construction. The Delta pull out kitchen faucet looked on the outside to be nothing more than a standard kitchen sink, typically having a high arch design for the center spout. The catch to this new design was the fact that the bottom portion of the spout where the water was dispersed from, could be pulled out, essentially separating the spout into two separate parts, connected, of course, by the same type of flexible hose as was used on the original sprayer nozzles. This hose was not only much longer than those that came with sprayer nozzles, the pull out portion itself was also of much higher quality that a standard sprayer nozzle. This was due largely in part to the fact that the pull out portion was constructed with the same quality materials and craftsmanship as the main faucet was.
Environmentally Friendly
These new pull out faucets not only saved time and energy when doing kitchen tasks, they were also very environmentally friendly as well. When pulled out from the man faucet, the water supply to the pull out spout was typically controlled by a trigger switch, similar to those on the original sprayer nozzles. By having control over when you wanted the water off and on, as opposed to running it as a steady stream from the spout, it helped to significantly reduce the amount of water being used unnecessarily. The spouts were also often equipped with built in aerator devices, allowing a percentage of air to be blended with the water being dispersed, reducing water usage while still maintaining adequate water pressure.
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