Mixing valve assembly

US4738393A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• American Standard Inc. · US

Inventors

• Konrad Bergmann
• Bernd Loose · Traben-Trarbach, DE
• Klaus-Jurgen Laller · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 14, 1986
• Grant date: Apr 19, 1988
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05D23/1353
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

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 control means and valving means are arranged and constructed to form a unit within a replaceable cartridge.