Faucet assembly

1. A faucet assembly comprising:

a mixing valve including a valve stem; and

a control handle connected to the mixing valve and having an inner wall spaced apart from an outer wall to at least partially define a cavity, the control handle including a set screw bore through the inner wall and a visible bore through the outer wall, the set screw bore being separated from the visible bore by the cavity;

wherein the control handle has a lever arm that extends radially outward from a side of the control handle, and the visible bore is positioned at a diametrically opposed side of the control handle from the lever arm; and

wherein the set screw bore includes a central axis, and in a first position of the control handle, the central axis of the set screw bore is vertical and extends through the visible bore and the cavity.

2. The faucet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the visible bore provides access to a set screw within the set screw bore, where the set screw attaches the inner wall of the handle to the valve stem.

3. The faucet assembly of claim 2 , wherein the visible bore is circumferentially aligned with the set screw bore.

4. The faucet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cavity has a volume larger than either the set screw bore or the visible bore.

5. The faucet assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a bushing mounted at least in part between the control handle and the mixing valve, the bushing defining an aperture extending axially through the bushing and a cutout extending radially through the bushing adjacent the aperture.

6. The faucet assembly of claim 5 , wherein the cutout of the bushing has a continuous contour which provides a clearance access to the set screw at a plurality of angular positions of the valve stem;

wherein in a second position of the control handle, the central axis of the set screw bore is not vertical and extends through the cutout of the bushing, the visible bore, and the cavity; and

wherein in the first and second positions, the outer wall of the control handle is positioned both above and below the bushing.

7. The faucet assembly of claim 6 , wherein the cutout of the bushing is a keyhole-shaped cutout, the bushing being mounted at least in part between the control handle and the mixing valve;

wherein the outer wall of the handle does not include an exposed cutaway therethrough.

8. The faucet assembly of claim 1 , wherein the visible bore is axially aligned with the set screw bore to provide access to tighten a set screw within the set screw bore.

9. The faucet of claim 1 , further comprising a bushing with a keyhole-shaped cutout, the bushing being mounted at least in part between the control handle and the mixing valve;

wherein the outer wall of the handle does not include an exposed cutaway therethrough.

10. A faucet assembly comprising:

a bushing defining a cutout at a portion of a first end; and

a control handle received on the first end of the bushing, the control handle comprising:

an inner wall defining a set screw bore therein;

an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, the outer wall defining a visible bore therethrough; and

a cavity at least partially defined between the inner wall and the outer wall;

wherein the cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of the cutout.

11. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the control handle is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position, such that in the first position, the portion of the cutout is not received in the cavity, and in the second position, the portion of the cutout is received in the cavity.

12. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the control handle is configured to receive, directly between the set screw bore and the visible bore, at least a portion of the cutout.

13. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the control handle is configured to receive, between the first wall and the second wall, at least a portion of the cutout.

14. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the visible bore is circumferentially aligned with the set screw bore.

15. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the outer wall of the handle does not include an exposed cutaway therethrough.

16. The faucet assembly of claim 10 , wherein the cavity has a volume larger than either the set screw bore or the visible bore.

17. A faucet assembly comprising:

a bushing defining a cutout at a portion of a first end; and

a control handle received on the first end of the bushing, the control handle comprising:

an inner wall defining a set screw bore therein, the set screw defining a central axis; and

an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall, the outer wall defining a visible bore therethrough disposed along the central axis;

wherein at least a portion of the cutout is configured to intersect the central axis.

18. The faucet assembly of claim 17 , wherein the control handle is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position, such that in the first position, the portion of the cutout does not intersect the central axis, and in the second position, the portion of the cutout intersects the central axis.

19. The faucet assembly of claim 18 , wherein the cutout defines a continuous contour configured to provide a clearance access from the visible bore to the set screw bore when the control handle is in the first position.

20. The faucet assembly of claim 17 , wherein the outer wall of the handle does not include an exposed cutaway therethrough.