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Sanitary mixing unit

US6957778B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateSep 8, 2001
Grant dateOct 25, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86823
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

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 valve disc (13) and a rotatable valve disc (14) which co-acts with the fixed valve disc. A sanitary mixing unit which is of simple and economical construction and in which a functional matching of the inlet connections for hot and cold water can be matched to the locations of the hot and cold water supplies is provided by an inner housing (15), which can be coaxially rotated relative to the outer housing (15) having the thermostat device arranged in it, the rotatable valve disc (14) being fixed to the inner housing (15) and the fixed valve disc being fixed to the outer housing (12).

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