Sanitary fitting
AssigneeHans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsKlaus Grohe, Werner Lorch
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Abstract
A sanitary fitting contains in a common basebody thereof a flow control valve and a thermostatic valve. The flow control valve contains a valve for the cold water and a valve for the hot water. These valves are arranged upstream of the thermostatic valve in the direction of flow. Both valves are actuated by a common control valve. In addition, the flow control valve may be used for selecting several outlets.
Claims15
A sanitary fitting comprising a cold water supply, a hot water supply, a mixer valve, a thermostat, including a flow control valve including a valve arranged in the cold water supply leading to the mixer valve, a valve arranged in the hot water supply leading to the mixer valve and a control element dictating the opening position of both valves in common, each valve having an inlet port and an outlet port porting into a control surface area of a fixed control element in each case, and at least one of said inlet port and said outlet port is closable by a control surface area of a control element movable in a common contact surface area, wherein said movable control element comprises three separate water guides.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.