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An automatic faucet apparatus comprises a drive control means wherein an intermediate drive section coupled to a motor as normally resiliently biased toward the original position is interlocked to a driving shaft coupled to a valve member with a play involved in the interlocking, so that, when the m

An automatic faucet apparatus comprises a drive control means wherein an intermediate drive section coupled to a motor as normally resiliently biased toward the original position is interlocked to a driving shaft coupled to a valve member with a play involved in the interlocking, so that, when the motor is energized to provide an actuating torque to the intermediate drive section and is thereafter deenergized, the intermediate drive section can reset to the original position without requiring any motor output, while the driving shaft is prevented from being affected by the resetting of the intermediate drive section due to the play involved.

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An automatic faucet apparatus comprising a valve member disposed within a hot and cold water supply path for opening and closing motion with respect to said supply path, an operating lever provided in the vicinity of said supply path and interlocked to said valve member for manual operation thereof

An automatic faucet apparatus comprising a valve member disposed within a hot and cold water supply path for opening and closing motion with respect to said supply path, an operating lever provided in the vicinity of said supply path and interlocked to said valve member for manual operation thereof for said opening and closing motion, a motor providing an actuating output to said valve member, a drive control means including an intermediate drive section coupled to said motor to be thereby actuated and a driving shaft coupled to said valve member and interlocked to said intermediate drive section, said intermediate drive section being resiliently biased to reset to the original position upon deenergization of said motor after an energization for actuating the intermediate drive section, and said interlocking between said intermediate drive section and said driving shaft involving a play which allows the intermediate drive section to reset due to said biasing without causing the driving shaft to be displaced, and means having a sensing region for sensing an entrance of an object into said region and generating a responsive output which is provided to said drive control means to activate a desired water flow.