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US 2023/0400119 A1Published application
Pressure Balance Valve Apparatus
AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorsXiaoping Zheng, Xiaojing Ye
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Abstract
A valve apparatus comprising a push button assembly coupled to a pressure balance valve, wherein the push button assembly comprises a pushbutton configured to be pressed/released and to be rotated, a first press/release of the button opens the valve, a second press/release of the button closes the valve, and a rotation of the button adjusts water temperature. A push button assembly comprising an axial press/release on/off function and an independent rotary setting function.
Claims20
A valve apparatus comprising a push button assembly coupled to a pressure balance valve,
- wherein
- the push button assembly comprises a push button configured to be pressed/released and to be rotated,
- a first press/release of the button opens the valve,
- a second press/release of the button closes the valve, and
- a rotation of the button adjusts water temperature.
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A push button assembly, comprising
- a push button configured to be pressed/released and to be rotated;
- and
- a stem coupled to the button and to a plate,
- wherein
- a press/release of the button moves the stem in a direction of the press/release,
- a first press/release of the button moves the stem in axial direction,
- a second press/release of the button moves the stem in an opposite axial direction, and
- a rotation of the button is configured to rotate the stem and plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.