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US 5,957,160 AGranted
Sanitary water valve
AssigneeIdeal-Standard GmbH
InventorHeiner Monch
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Abstract
In a sanitary valve, particularly a mixing valve, with a connection unit provided in a housing for connecting to the water supply lines (4) a cartridge (1) comprising the control elements, whereby the connection unit (6) is arranged in the housing and has passages for hot and cold water, the walling of the passages of the connection unit (6) having openings into which the noise mufflers can be inserted.
Claims4
A mixing valve for a sanitary fixture comprising:
- a valve housing having a pair of water inlets and a water outlet;
- a control cartridge received in said housing and operable to mix water arriving from said inlets and to controllably discharge water from said outlet, said housing having water passages connecting said inlets with said cartridge;
- an insert received in said housing between said passages and said cartridges and formed with openings in walls of said insert along paths of water through said insert connecting said passages with said cartridge;
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- noise mufflers in said openings damping noise generated by the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.