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A faucet with a vacuum breaker for a pull-out spray head plumbing fixture is provided. The vacuum breaker is placed in the faucet housing immediately under a valve unit and has fluid inlets and an outlet all passing therethrough. The vacuum breaker also has a multiplicity of openings extending throu

A faucet with a vacuum breaker for a pull-out spray head plumbing fixture is provided. The vacuum breaker is placed in the faucet housing immediately under a valve unit and has fluid inlets and an outlet all passing therethrough. The vacuum breaker also has a multiplicity of openings extending through a base portion. A flapper gasket is stretch fitted over the base portion. The vacuum breaker affords ease of installation and removal. A check valve is placed immediately adjacent to the vacuum breaker.

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A faucet, comprising: a faucet housing having a first bore in communication with a fluid inlet and fluid outlet, and a second bore; a valve unit positioned in the first bore for regulating fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; a pull-out spray unit removably mountable adjacent to a te

A faucet, comprising: a faucet housing having a first bore in communication with a fluid inlet and fluid outlet, and a second bore; a valve unit positioned in the first bore for regulating fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet; a pull-out spray unit removably mountable adjacent to a terminus of the second bore and connected to a tube, the tube extending into the second bore and being axially movable therein; a conduit between the first bore and the tube; a vacuum breaker positioned in the first bore between the fluid inlet and valve unit, the vacuum breaker having a base section with a fluid entry passage, a fluid exit passage and at least one air passage, the three passages all passing therethrough, the fluid entry passage being in communication with the fluid inlet and with a fluid passageway of the valve unit, the fluid exit passage being in communication with the fluid outlet and with a fluid vent of the valve unit, and the air passage communicating at one end with atmosphere and at another end with the conduit when the other end is not closed; and a flapper valve mountable to removably cover the other end of the air passageway so as to permit air entry into the conduit during reduced pressure conditions, the flapper valve having a gasket with a central hole and also a peripheral portion that surrounds the base section.