Valve
AssigneeReliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.
InventorsGary Hay, Greg Harrap
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Abstract
A valve including a valve body having at least two inlets and an outlet configured to be in fluid communication with the at least two inlets; an adjusting portion associated with the valve body, the adjusting portion providing a stop structure; a piston in fluid communication with the at least two inlets and the outlet; a thermostatic element configured to assist with moving the piston in response to engaging with the stop structure, the piston being configured to regulate fluid flow from the at least two inlets to the outlet; and a return spring configured to assist with biasing the thermostatic element; and a mixing part provides assistance with mixing fluid from the at least two inlets to the outlet, wherein the mixing part is integrally formed with valve body.
Claims15
A valve including:
- a valve body having:
- at least two inlets;
- and
- an outlet configured to be in fluid communication with the at least two inlets;
- an adjusting portion associated with the valve body, the adjusting portion providing a stop structure;
- a piston in fluid communication with the at least two inlets and the outlet;
- a thermostatic element configured to assist with moving the piston in response to engaging with the stop structure, the piston being configured to regulate fluid flow from the at least two inlets to the outlet;
- and
- a return spring configured to assist with biasing the thermostatic element;
- and
- a mixing part provides assistance with mixing fluid from the at least two inlets to the outlet,
- wherein the mixing part is integrally formed with valve body;
- and
- the at least two inlets transition from a substantially circular shape to a substantially rectangular shape.
A method of manufacturing a valve, the method including the steps of:
- forming at least two inlets in a valve body;
- forming an outlet in the valve body;
- and
- forming a mixing part in the valve body, the mixing part configured to assist with mixing fluid from the at least two inlets to the outlet;
- wherein the mixing part is integrally formed with the valve body;
- and
- wherein the at least two inlets transition from a substantially circular shape to a substantially rectangular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.