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US 2008/0164331 A1Published application
Fluid delivery control system
AssigneeMasco Corporation of Indiana
InventorRandall Paul Schmitt
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Abstract
A fluid delivery control system including a rotatable flow control member to provide a flow control signal to a controller and a rotatable temperature control member to provide a temperature control signal to a controller.
Claims24
A fluid delivery control system comprising:
- a first fluid control valve;
- a first actuator operably coupled to the first fluid control valve;
- a controller in communication with the first actuator;
- a flow control member in communication with the controller, the flow control member supported for rotation about a rotational axis and configured to provide a flow control signal to the controller in response to rotation;
- a temperature control member in communication with the controller, the temperature control member supported for rotation about the rotational axis and configured to provide a temperature control signal to the controller in response to rotation relative to the flow control member;
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- wherein the controller is configured to cause the first actuator to adjust a fluid flow rate in response to the flow control signal and to adjust a fluid temperature in response to the temperature control signal.
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A fluid delivery control system comprising:
- a flow control member supported for rotation;
- a flow potentiometer operably coupled to the flow control member and configured to generate a flow control signal in response to rotation of the flow control member relative thereto;
- a temperature control member supported for rotation relative to the flow control member;
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- a temperature potentiometer operably coupled to the temperature control member and configured to generate a temperature control signal in response to rotation of the temperature control member relative thereto.
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A fluid delivery control system comprising:
- a mounting member;
- a flow control handle supported by the mounting member;
- a temperature control handle supported by the mounting member;
- an outer shaft adapter operably coupled to the flow control handle;
- an inner shaft operator operably coupled to the temperature control handle;
- a flow input detector supported within, and operably coupled to, the outer shaft adapter for providing a flow control signal;
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- a temperature input detector supported within the outer shaft adapter and operably coupled to the inner shaft operator for providing a temperature control signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.