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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5709339 | Sanitary mixing faucet with thermostat control A thermostat-regulated sanitary mixing tap has a cold water inlet (1), a hot water inlet (2), a mixed water outlet, a temperature control and regulation block (5), a control and regulation piston (6), temperature-dependent regulating means (7) which coope... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5509150 | Drainage fixture A drainage fixture for a sanitary device, such as a sink, lavatory, or bathtub having a drainage socket with a drain hole includes a drainage funnel and a stationary disk inserted into the drain hole of the sanitary device. A plunger, including a plunger ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5497584 | Plaster protective cover for flush mounted bathroom fittings A plaster-protective cover for bathroom fittings is mounted recessed in the wall, the cover being fixed to the buried part of the fitting and having an outwards-facing dome-shaped cap designed to protect the fitting parts inside it. The hole in the wall f... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5494069 | Check valve The invention relates to a check valve, particularly for sanitary water fittings, whereby preferably the valve closing member (11) is composed of a cone (4) and a cone cap (5), which is provided in the closing direction of the check valve with a dome-like... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5482080 | Check valve A check valve with a housing having a valve seat, a valve closing member cooperating with the valve seat and an upstream dirt trapping filter, particularly for sanitary water fittings, wherein the dirt trapping filter and housing are of a unitary construc... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5456289 | Plumbing fixture with passage choke having a knockout A passage choke in particular for the outlet of a plumbing fixture which is installed between the end (9) of the outlet (5) and an aerator (6) or a flow controller, which is provided with a through-flow opening (8) which advantageously has to enlarge it a... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5337424 | Shower enclosure A shower partition of the type which is attached to a wall and which can be swiveled as well as swung open and closed, between a rest position and an open position in which the shower partition forms an enclosed shower stall in conjunction with the wall t... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5301716 | Closure damper for a sanitary water fitting A suitable design is given of a closure damper for a sanitary water fitting, especially in the form of a single-handle mixing unit, with a casing, an activation handle, and with a control unit presenting a disk, piston, balls, or the like, as well as a cl... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5144981 | Sanitary water valve with actuating mechanism In a sanitary water valve having a control member which consists of three disk cams arranged above one another and which is enclosed by a casing, whereby the lower and the upper disk cam are stationary and the middle disk cam is moveable relative to the s... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5110044 | Sanitary mixing valve A sanitary mixing valve for controlling the flow and mix of hot and cold water supplied respectively from a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet. The valve includes a valve body coupleable to the hot and cold water inlets and having a water outlet. A di... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5032992 | Electronic temperature control system An electronic temperature control method and apparatus unit for a mixing valve for plumbing fixtures. The loop gain in the control unit is at least approximately inversely proportional to the instantaneous slope of the characteristic curve of the mixing v... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5024378 | Shut-off valve for scald prevention An assembly is provided for the prevention of scalding in showers and other such installations. The assembly includes a valve assembly within a mixed water supply line and a temperature sensitive element for controlling the operation of the valve assembly... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4991241 | Combination sanitaryware and fitting A sanitary fitting and plumbing fixture, such as a sink, bathtub or lavatory, are so arranged such that the actuating lever and spout are disposed in recesses formed in the plumbing fitting, the spout being constructed so that when water is flowing throug... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4981261 | Shut-off valve for scald prevention An assembly is provided for the prevention of scalding in showers and other such installations. The assembly includes a valve assembly within a mixed water supply line and a temperature sensitive element for controlling the operation of the valve assembly... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4968152 | Electric immersion thermometer An electric immersion thermometer, for use in a device such as a mixing faucet, is disclosed. The immersion thermometer includes a body which houses a temperature sensing assembly in which the sensing element is encapsulated or laminated in a plastic shea... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4941506 | Sanitary mixing valve A single-handle sanitary valve, of the type having valve means including a movable control disc mounted in face-to-face seating contact with a stationary valve seat, is disclosed. The valve seat disc includes temperature attentuating means operatively cou... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4917294 | Shut-off valve for scald prevention An assembly is provided for the prevention of scalding in showers and other such installations. The assembly includes a valve assembly within a mixed water supply line and a temperature sensitive element for controlling the operation of the valve assembly... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4889157 | Cartridge valve assembly A top cartridge for an individual, sanitary, dual-control, shut-off valve is provided. The cartridge includes an upper stationary and a lower rotatable disk, each disk including port apertures. The disks are arranged with a defined clearance in the longit... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4842191 | Temperature-controlled mixing fitting An electronically operated mixing valve is disclosed wherein a combination of a control module which houses the electronics for electrically operating a valve module having one or more valves for mixing, shut-off and distribution of mixed water which is i... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4796666 | Sanitary single-handle mixing valve The invention relates to a sanitary single-handle mixing valve having control elements composed of at least two discs, one of which serves as a fixed valve seat disc with two inlet openings for cold and hot water. For purposes of operating the mixing valv... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4738393 | Mixing valve assembly A sanitary mixing valve assembly, of the single handle type, which includes both a thermostatic control means to preset water temperature, and valving means to regulate volume flow between opened and closed positions, is disclosed. The thermostatic contro... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4723574 | Sanitary water fitting A damping means for controlling the closing action of a sanitary fitting to lengthen its closing time and, thereby, reduce its closing speed, is disclosed. The damping means is operatively mounted between the handle and valve control unit assemblies.... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4697620 | Sanitary valve assembly A sanitary valve assembly for controlling the flow of hot and cold water, which includes at least two superimposed annular control elements arranged and constructed to provide at least two passgeways therethrough with a control lever operable coupled to o... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4682626 | Single-lever water mixer fitting The disclosure and drawings describe and illustrate a water mixer fitting having a temperature measuring means operatively coupled between the mixed water outlet opening and a display terminal disposed in or adjacent to the handle assembly.... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4674537 | Straight-way & shut-off valve The present invention is directed to a straight-way and shut-off valve in which identical discs are arranged in face-to-face contact to provide a fluid-tight seal therebetween and means are provided whereby fluid is not trapped between the central rotatab... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4653535 | Single-lever sanitary water valve A single-lever sanitary water valve is provided with a fixed cylinder which has at least one water inlet aperture and serves to receive a rotatable and/or slidable piston, by means of which the inlet aperture can be wholly or partly closed and can be link... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4554948 | Straight-way valve A straight-way valve comprising a valve body having regulating elements is mounted therein. The valve regulating elements include a plurality of discs, one of which is mounted for rotation and at least one of the other discs is statically mounted in valve... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4549579 | Straight-way valve A straight-way valve assembly is provided with regulating elements in the form of discs, of which one is rotatably-mounted and includes flow ports, which correspond to flow ports of the other static discs, which static discs are arranged on opposite faces... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4522231 | Sanitary water valve This invention concerns a sanitary water valve having a valve assembly, which includes a cylinder having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough and at least one water inlet orifice and a water outlet orifice formed in the cylinder wall; and a slot o... | 06/11/1985 |