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US 5,647,530 AGranted
Anti-scald sanitary valve
AssigneeHans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
InventorWerner Lorch
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Abstract
A sanitary valve contains a valve housing with a fixed control surface and a hot water intake. In the valve housing is provided a control element, which controls the water quantity leaving the valve. According to the invention the sanitary valve contains a scalding protection, which is arranged and constructed on the control element in such a way that on exceeding a predetermined temperature it reduces or prevents the passage of water through a hot water-carrying opening.
Claims19
Sanitary valve comprising:
- a valve housing, which has a fixed control surface and
- a hot water intake,
- a control element for controlling a water quantity leaving the valve and which is movably arranged with at least one degree of freedom with respect to the housing, and
- the control element having a movable control surface cooperating with the fixed control surface, and a valve element cooperating with at least one of the fixed control surface and the movable control surface and is constructed for closing the hot water intake.
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