Retrofit electronic plumbing system
AssigneeFortune Brands Water Innovations LLC
InventorRyan M. Snitil
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Abstract
A plumbing system operable to retrofit a mechanical system into an electronic system is provided. The plumbing system includes a showerhead, a valve body, a tub spout, and a retrofit assembly. The retrofit assembly includes an adapter, a mixing assembly, a power module, a digital assembly, a housing, and a mounting assembly. The valve body and the adapter are operable to be located behind a mounting surface. The mixing assembly, the digital assembly, and the housing are operable to be located in front of a mounting surface. The mounting assembly is operable to mount the mixing assembly, the power module, the digital assembly, and the housing in front of the mounting surface to the valve body and the adapter behind the mounting surface.
Claims20
A plumbing system, the plumbing system having a valve body, the plumbing system comprising:
- an adapter, the adapter operable to be received in the valve body behind a mounting surface, the adapter further operable to receive hot water from a hot water inlet of the valve body and cold water from a cold water inlet of the valve body;
- a mixing assembly, the mixing assembly operable to fluidly communicate with the adapter, the mixing assembly further operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
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- a housing, the mixing assembly operable to be received in the housing in front of the mounting surface;
- the mixing assembly including a waterway and an electronic valve;
- the waterway operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
- the electronic valve operable to control flow of hot water and cold water from the adapter to the waterway;
- the waterway including a mixing chamber;
- the mixing chamber including a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet;
- the mixing chamber including a hot interface between the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber and a cold interface between the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber;
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- wherein the electronic valve is not operable to seal against the hot interface between the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber or the cold interface between the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber and is not operable to prevent flow of water from the hot water inlet or the cold water inlet to the mixing chamber.
A plumbing system, the plumbing system having a valve body, the plumbing system comprising:
- an adapter, the adapter operable to be received in the valve body behind a mounting surface, the adapter further operable to receive hot water from a hot water inlet of the valve body and cold water from a cold water inlet of the valve body;
- a mixing assembly, the mixing assembly operable to fluidly communicate with the adapter, the mixing assembly further operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
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- a housing, the mixing assembly operable to be received in the housing in front of the mounting surface;
- the mixing assembly including a waterway and an electronic valve;
- the waterway operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
- the electronic valve operable to control flow of hot water and cold water from the adapter to the waterway;
- the waterway including a mixing chamber;
- the mixing chamber including a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet;
- the mixing chamber including a hot interface between the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber and a cold interface between the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber;
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- wherein the electronic valve is not operable to seal against the hot interface between the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber and is not operable to prevent flow of water from the hot water inlet to the mixing chamber.
A plumbing system, the plumbing system having a valve body, the plumbing system comprising:
- an adapter, the adapter operable to be received in the valve body behind a mounting surface, the adapter further operable to receive hot water from a hot water inlet of the valve body and cold water from a cold water inlet of the valve body;
- a mixing assembly, the mixing assembly operable to fluidly communicate with the adapter, the mixing assembly further operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
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- a housing, the mixing assembly operable to be received in the housing in front of the mounting surface;
- the mixing assembly including a waterway and an electronic valve;
- the waterway operable to receive hot water and cold water from the adapter and provide mixed water to the adapter;
- the electronic valve operable to control flow of hot water and cold water from the adapter to the waterway;
- the waterway including a mixing chamber;
- the mixing chamber including a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet;
- the mixing chamber including a hot interface between the hot water inlet and the mixing chamber and a cold interface between the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber;
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- wherein the electronic valve is not operable to seal against the cold interface between the cold water inlet and the mixing chamber and is not operable to prevent flow of water from the cold water inlet to the mixing chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.