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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325747 | Flow compensated control valve A fluid control system includes a valve and a restrictor. The valve is configured to regulate the proportion at which a first fluid and a second fluid are mixed together. Based on the pressure drop across the restrictor, the valve further regulates the overall flow ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6098954 | Valve-actuating handle with end-position override A water valve has a fixed valve housing, a knob pivotal on the housing about a knob axis and formed with a radially throughgoing aperture, and an abutment projecting radially from the housing. The aperture passes the abutment on rotation of the knob on th... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5779139 | Automatic water combination faucet A mixing valve mechanism and a thermostat respectively incorporated in a body are housed in a cartridge of an axial cylinder shape, and the cartridge is inserted into the body so as to be freely rotated around a rotary axis in the longitudinal axial direc... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5433378 | Hot and cold water mixer valve assembly with thermostatic regulation The invention covers a not and cold water mixer valve with thermostatic regulation, which comprises a valve body enclosing a ceramic-disc valve assembly and a thermosensitive bulb (30) arranged axially, centered and contiguos with the valve assembly, susc... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5356074 | Thermostatic mixing device A fluid mixing device which can adjust for temperature fluctuations of fluids wherein a thermal expansion element drives a reciprocating member and has a portion extending into and through a fluid inlet. In a preferred embodiment, the inlet is a common in... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5347956 | Water heater with integral mixing valve A water heater comprising a tank adapted to hold water, a water outlet communicating with the tank, a water inlet communicating with the tank and communicable with the outlet independently of the tank, and a temperature responsive valve in the tank for pe... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5033671 | Hot-water and cold-water mixing device A hot-water and cold-water mixing device is provided wherein a hot-water side valve element and a cold-water side valve element are provided for regulating the respective flow rates of hot and cold water flows. The valve elements are constructed so as to ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4767052 | Thermostatically self-regulating mixing valve A self-regulating mixing valve has a main housing having hot- and cold-water inlets, compartments, and valve seats. A valve body is displaceable axially in the housing between one end position engaging the hot-water seat and an opposite end position engag... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4509677 | Mixing valve Disclosed is a valve for mixing hot and cold water and providing for accurate outlet temperature control to within &#b1;1° C. Valve consists of a hollow body closed at one end and including an internal sleeve located by two annular flanges that define ch... | 04/09/1985 |
