Mixing faucet

A mixing faucet, comprising:

• a tubular casing;
• a hot water inlet opening and a cold water inlet opening provided, spaced part from each other in the axial direction, in the peripheral wall of the casing;
• an outlet opening provided in the end of the casing, on the side of the cold water inlet opening;
• a control valve element provided inside the casing, the control valve element disposed so as to be slidable within the casing in the axial direction, and capable of switching, by sliding within the casing, between any one of a cold water discharge state of closing the hot water inlet opening and opening the cold water inlet opening, whereby only cold water is discharged out of the outlet opening, a mixed water discharge state of opening the hot water inlet opening and the cold water inlet opening, whereby hot and cold water are mixed and discharged out of the outlet opening, and a hot water discharge state of opening the hot water inlet opening and closing the cold water inlet opening, whereby only hot water is discharged out of the outlet opening;
• a temperature adjusting screw rotatably disposed inside the casing, at one end thereof on the side of the hot water inlet opening, such that one end of the temperature adjusting screw is exposed out of the casing in the axial direction;
• a slider that is disposed inside the casing so as to be screwed to the temperature adjusting screw in a state of being prevented from rotating, and that slides in the axial direction within the casing through rotation of the temperature adjusting screw;
• a bias spring that is disposed inside the casing between the control valve element and the slider, and that biases the control valve element toward the cold water inlet opening;
• a temperature sensing spring that is disposed inside the casing, and that biases the control valve element toward the hot water inlet opening, the elastic force of the temperature sensing spring changes in accordance with changes in the temperature of hot and cold water flowing inside the casing;
• and
• a pull-up spring that biases the control valve element toward the hot water inlet opening in the cold water discharge state and the mixed water discharge state,
• wherein the casing comprises a casing main body and a cap body connected to the casing main body;
• one end of the casing main body or the cap body is formed with a plurality of projecting pieces extending toward the other end;
• a plurality of receiving portions that receive the projecting pieces are formed in the outer peripheral face of the other end;
• first groove portions extending in the circumferential direction are formed in the outer peripheral face of the projecting pieces;
• second groove portions extending in the circumferential direction are formed in the outer peripheral face of the other end, at positions between the receiving portions;
• each of the first groove portions and each of the second groove portions making an annular groove continuous in the circumferential direction, in a state where each of the projecting pieces is received in the corresponding receiving portion;
• and a retaining ring is fitted to the annular groove.