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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074894 | Secondary mixing valve hot port A thermostatic mixing valve for mixing a hot fluid and a cold fluid to produce a tempered mixed fluid stream. The thermostatic mixing valve may have a valve body that defines a cold fluid inlet port, a hot fluid inlet port, a mixing chamber, a mixed fluid outlet por... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7913926 | Thermostatic mixing valve A thermostatic mixing valve (TMV) having a mixing chamber with a plurality of pockets defined therein. The mixing chamber receives cold water flow and hot water flow that has been passed through respective flow inlets and mechanically forced into the pockets defined... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7770808 | Thermostatic mixing valve The invention relates to a thermostatic mixing valve in which the access path of the hot water to the mixing chamber is completely formed within a bottom base (2) and the ceramic disks (4, 5) of the valve group, the slider (8) of the thermostati... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7740183 | Thermostatic mixer with device for dynamic regulation of a water flow The disclosure relates to a thermostatic mixer, including a device for the dynamic regulation of the cold water flow which supplies the mixer. A resistance is generated to the flow of cold water supplied to the thermostatic mixer when small flows of mixed water are ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7673808 | Thermostatic cartridge for regulating hot and cold fluids to be mixed, and a mixer tap provided with such a cartridge A thermostatic cartridge regulates hot and cold fluids to be mixed, and a mixer tap one such cartridge. The cartridge includes two disks which are used to adjust the flow of hot and cold fluids and which each include a passage for hot fluid, a passage for cold fluid... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7669776 | Thermostatic mixing valve A thermostatic mixing valve for hot and cold water has two-stage inlet chambers for the hot and cold water flows respectively. The inlet chambers distribute the flows uniformly with respect to porting for admitting the flows to the mixing chamber to reduce asymmetri... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7597270 | Control assembly for thermostatic mixing A mixing valve has a valve housing, a thermostatic valve in the housing having a collar extending outward along an axis from the housing, and a stem axially shiftable in the collar. A sleeve surrounds the collar. A retaining part and interengaging screwthread format... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7370572 | Machine for coffee beverage production The machine for producing coffee beverages comprises a device to contain coffee powder and another device to supply a fluid to produce the coffee beverage, both devices being reciprocally mobile so that when connected together they form a coffee powder infusion cham... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7344088 | Dual-function valve with pressure adjustment and temperature control functions A dual-function valve with pressure adjustment and temperature control functions comprises a valve body having a first cool water inlet, a first hot water inlet, two first mixing water outlets, a first chamber and a second chamber; the first chamber and second chamb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7322744 | Temperature measurement device A temperature measuring device includes a temperature-responsive element that mechanically moves a first inductive assembly component relative to a second inductive assembly component in response to temperature changes. The movement of the first inductive assembly c... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7240850 | Thermostatic mixing valve A thermostatic mixing valve for hot and cold water has two-stage inlet chambers for the hot and cold water flows respectively. The inlet chambers distribute the flows uniformly with respect to porting for admitting the flows to the mixing chamber to reduce asymmetri... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217357 | Oil filter for engines, transmissions or automatic transmissions Oil filter for engines, transmissions or automatic transmissions, said oil filter being integrated in an oil pan, at least one bypass valve being arranged on the oil filter, the bypass valve containing a spring whose spring resistance increases with increasing tempe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7191954 | Method of mixing fluids using a valve A thermostatic mixing valve for the mixing of a first fluid and a second fluid is disclosed. The thermostatic mixing valve is configured to produce a mixed fluid of a particular temperature from a first fluid of a temperature higher than or equal to the particular t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7175100 | Fail-safe proportional mixing valve A fail-safe proportional mixing valve is provided that tempers a hot fluid supply by proportional flow from a hot fluid inlet and a cold fluid inlet. The valve includes a fail-safe mechanism disposed within the body of the valve to isolate flow from the hot fluid in... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163157 | Automatic compensating valve for individual shower and tub/shower combination fixtures An automatic compensating valve, e.g., for individual shower and tub/shower combination fixtures, has a valve body defining cold and hot water inlet flow passageways, a mixing chamber, a mixed temperate water outlet flow passageway, and an axial bore. The valve incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140394 | Thermostatic control valve with fluid mixing A thermostatic control valve assembly for use in continuously mixing a hot first fluid with a cold second fluid to continuously produce a mixed fluid at a constant temperature. The valve assembly includes an improved mixing dome defining a mixing chamber that facili... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121303 | Mixed water faucet A mixed water faucet includes a valve seat, a control valve, a flow control member, a handle, and a nozzle. Thus, the mixed water faucet has a simplified construction, thereby decreasing costs of fabrication. In addition, the mixed water is controlled exactly by ope... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108012 | Fluid control valve A fluid control valve for the mixing of hot and cold water and delivery at a selected flow rate is described wherein an upper housing and lower housing are clamped together by a snap-fit connection thereby enclosing other fluid control valve component parts. A ball ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7086602 | Valve for mixing cold and hot water A valve includes a housing having an inlet opening and an inlet orifice for receiving cold and hot water, a barrel slidably received in the housing and movable to control the cold and the hot water to flow into the housing. A stem is secured to the barrel and shorte... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080790 | Cartridge for sanitary appliances A cartridge intended for insertion in a sanitary fitting contains a control disk rotated with respect to a fixed distributor disk. The cartridge contains a thermostatic valve. The disk control formed by the two disks constitutes both a quantity control and a switchi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073725 | Flow mixer A mixer tap for a shower has a body 1, with a cold water pipe connection 2, a hot water pipe connection 3 and a mixed water outlet connection 4. A flow control knob 5 and a water temperature control knob 6 are provided at th... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7013919 | Throttle device for high fluid pressures A throttle device comprises a tubular outer sleeve having a plurality of outer sleeve circumferential grooves formed on an outer sleeve inner surface and intersecting a plurality of outer sleeve axial grooves formed on an outer sleeve outer surface to form outer sle... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994266 | Flow mixer shuttle A flow mixer shuttle having first and second annular rims for controlling the flow of hot and cold water, a central hub connected to the rims, a seat on the hub for supporting a thermostatic capsule for controlling the position of the shuttle to control the flow of ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988669 | Thermostatic mixer valve assembled in a cartridge body The invention concerns a thermostatic mixer valve for hot and cold water, which comprises a rotary delivery regulator device (15), a thermostatic bulb (17) positioned coaxially to said regulator device, and a mixer control device (16) working in... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6957778 | Sanitary mixing unit A sanitary mixing unit (1), in particular for wall installation, has a cartridge (6) with an outer housing (12), a flow adjustment device, a temperature adjustment device and a thermostatic device, in which the flow adjustment device has a fixed... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6938827 | Mixer valve In a mixing valve for cold and hot water with thermostatic control of the mixed-water temperature by a thermostat (4) that is connected with a tubular double valve slide (3a, 3b) that is positioned by a temperature selector (5 | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935568 | Single-lever thermostatic cartridge using ceramic disks The cartridge comprises a body in which there is formed a mixed fluid chamber; a fixed disk; a movable disk; thermostatic regulation means including a regulation slide-valve and a thermostatic element which are mechanically connected to each other; and a single cont... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929188 | Variable flow fluid tempering valve A tempering valve is connected to hot and cold water supplies. The tempering valve has first and second thermal valves, each of which mixes hot and cold water flows to produce a tempered flow at a selected temperature. the mixed flow from the first thermal valve byp... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926205 | Fluid supply failure protection valve A water supply failure protection valve is connected to hot and cold water supplies. The failure protection valve is responsive to the loss of cold water supply pressure to shut off all water flow. The failure protection valve is responsive to the loss of hot water ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6886755 | Sanitary mixing unit A sanitary mixing unit (1), in particular for wall installation, has a thermostatic device with a thermostatic element (16), and an excess travel spring (40) and a return spring (41) which act on the thermostatic element (16). A a ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6820816 | Thermostatic mixing value A thermostatic mixing valve (TMV) for operation across a range of flow rates wherein during low pressure operation water enters the TVM (100) into chamber (157) around the circumference of the valve member (150) and cold valve seat (140) ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6732937 | Mixing valve A mixing valve includes a manifold, a temperature-responsive device, a first by-pass mechanism, and a second by-pass mechanism. The manifold defines a cold fluid inlet, a hot fluid inlet, a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the cold fluid inlet and the hot fl... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6676025 | Temperature-controlled mixer valve A temperature-controlled mixer valve contains a disk control for determining the quantity of mixed water flowing out of the valve. To the disk control is connected a regulating unit, which determines the mixed water temperature. The control disk is movabl... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6604687 | Thermal fluid control valve A thermal control valve provides more accurate control of the valve outlet temperature for a high flow rate valve in a low flow rate environment. The valve utilizes a thermal motor to close the valve during high temperature operation and includes flow-dir... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6585167 | Thermostatic valve A thermostatic valve contains a hollow cylindrical valve element, each of whose two ends form an inlet port for hot or cold water. The mixed water formed by mixing hot and cold water strikes a temperature sensor which, as a function of the temperature, di... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6575377 | Mixing valve A mixing valve includes a manifold, a temperature-responsive device, a first by-pass mechanism, and a second by-pass mechanism. The manifold defines a cold fluid inlet, a hot fluid inlet, a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the cold fluid inlet and... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557770 | Thermostatic cartridge for mixer taps To obtain an exact regulation of temperature, a strong flow, and a moderate cost, the cartridge comprises a first disc having two transverse hot fluid passages and two transverse cold fluid passages as well as a groove, the base of which forms a seat for ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6517006 | Thermostatic mixing faucet having improved stability Two flow control ceramic discs (22 and 24) for a thermostatic valve (10) have ports (30, 32, 38 and 40) to adjust water flow from a closed to a full open position. Ceramic disc (24) has a contoured opening (38 and 40) that has a wide section (84) and a na... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6484949 | Fluid flow control A dual control assembly for a shower fitting comprising a thermostatic valve in the form of a cartridge removably fitted in the mixing chamber of the fitting, and a flow rate valve, the two valves being operatively linked or coupled together, for example ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6471132 | Thermostatic mixing device with arrangement to increase mixing A thermostatic mixing valve includes a body, inlets for intake of hot and cold water and a discharge outlet for delivery of mixed water. A mixing chamber is within the body and is defined by a perimeter wall member that houses a slide valve which slidably... | 10/29/2002 |
