Cartridge for a single-lever mixing faucet

• US 20010011558A1
• Filed: 01/24/2001
• Published: 08/09/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kludi Aramaturen Scheffer Vertriebs- und Verwaltungs OHG
• Original Assignee: Kludi Aramaturen Scheffer Vertriebs- und Verwaltungs OHG
• Inventors: Schumacher, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 6,321,786 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/613
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 27/045 with pivotal obturating members
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 27/048 Electromagnetically actuated valves
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86549 Selective reciprocation or rotation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87917 Flow path with serial valves and/or closures

Abstract

A cartridge for a mixing faucet is provided, in addition to the valve formed by a pair of disks and controlled by a single lever, with an electrically operated valve which can be actuated by a proximity detector to respond to the presence of a user'"'"'s hand near the valve outlet.

Claims

1. A cartridge for a single-lever mixing faucet comprising:

a faucet-cartridge housing;

a nonshiftable inlet/outlet disk in said housing communicating with hot and cold water inlets and an outlet;

a shiftable control disk in said housing juxtaposed with said inlet/outlet disk for selectively connecting said inlets with said outlet;

a lever pivotally mounted in said housing and operatively connected with said control disk for displacing said control disk; and

an electrically operated valve within said housing in said outlet.

2. The cartridge defined in

claim 1

wherein said inlet/outlet disk is formed with a first discharge opening communicating with said outlet through said valve and a second discharge opening communicating directly with said outlet.

3. The cartridge defined in

claim 2

wherein said electrically operated valve is an electromagnetic membrane valve.

4. The cartridge defined in

claim 1

wherein said electrically operated valve is an electromagnetic membrane valve.