ELECTRONIC SHOWER USER INTERFACE
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1. An electronic shower system comprising:
- a mixing valve fluidly coupled to a hot water supply and a cold water supply;
a mixing valve drive operably coupled to the mixing valve for controlling the proportion of water from the hot water supply and the cold water supply provided to an outlet;
a controller in electrical communication with the mixing valve drive; and
wherein the mixing valve drive includes an electric motor, a drive gear operably coupled to the motor, a driven gear operably coupled to the mixing valve, a transmission coupling the drive gear with the driven gear, and a manual override configured to disengage the transmission coupling to the drive gear in response to manual engagement from a user.
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Abstract
An electronic shower system including a mixing valve operably coupled to a mixing valve drive, and a diverter valve operably coupled to a diverter valve drive and in fluid communication with the mixing valve. A controller is in communication with the mixing valve drive and the diverter valve drive. A user interface includes a removable module in communication with the controller.
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28 Claims
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1. An electronic shower system comprising:
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a mixing valve fluidly coupled to a hot water supply and a cold water supply; a mixing valve drive operably coupled to the mixing valve for controlling the proportion of water from the hot water supply and the cold water supply provided to an outlet; a controller in electrical communication with the mixing valve drive; and wherein the mixing valve drive includes an electric motor, a drive gear operably coupled to the motor, a driven gear operably coupled to the mixing valve, a transmission coupling the drive gear with the driven gear, and a manual override configured to disengage the transmission coupling to the drive gear in response to manual engagement from a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic shower system comprising:
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a mixing valve fluidly coupled to a hot water supply and a cold water supply; a mixing valve drive operably coupled to the mixing valve for controlling the proportion of water from the hot water supply and the cold water supply provided to an outlet; a controller in electrical communication with the mixing valve drive; and a battery operably coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to detect the loss of external power and the battery is configured to operate the mixing valve drive a predetermined time following the detected loss of external power. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic shower system comprising:
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a mixing valve fluidly coupled to a hot water supply and a cold water supply; a mixing valve drive operably coupled to the mixing valve for controlling the proportion of water from the hot water supply and the cold water supply provided to an outlet; a diverter valve fluidly coupled to the mixing valve; a diverter valve drive operably coupled to the diverter valve for controlling the delivery of water from the mixing valve to at least one of a plurality of outlets; a controller operably coupled to the mixing valve drive and the diverter valve drive; and a user interface including a temperature input portion and a flow rate input portion, the temperature input portion configured to cause the controller to control the mixing valve, and the flow rate input portion configured to cause the controller to control the diverter valve. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An electronic shower system comprising:
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a mixing valve fluidly coupled to a hot water supply and a cold water supply; a mixing valve drive operably coupled to the mixing valve for controlling the proportion of water from the hot water supply and the cold water supply provided to an outlet; a controller in electrical communication with the mixing valve drive; a main user interface module in electrical communication with the controller; and a remote user interface in wireless communication with the controller, wherein the controller provides priority to operation of the main user interface module over the remote user interface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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