Thermostatic fluid supply inverter valve

US9274531B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kohler Co. · US

Inventors

• Daniel R. Guilbert · Bouilly, FR
• Bernard Barrault · Deshaies, FR
• Diego Omar Croci Russo · Tortuguitas, AR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/6011
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An assembly for a thermostatic mixing valve includes a valve body including a first fluid channel having a first inlet port for receiving a first fluid from a first fluid supply line, a second fluid channel having a second inlet port for receiving a second fluid from a second fluid supply line, and a cartridge chamber having a first layer, a second layer offset from the first layer, and an opening for receiving a thermostatic mixing cartridge. A first removable insert guides the first fluid to the first layer when inserted into the first fluid channel and guides the second fluid to the first layer when inserted into the second fluid channel. A second removable insert guides the first fluid to the second layer when inserted into the first fluid channel and guides the second fluid to the second layer when inserted into the second fluid channel.