Cold and hot water mixer tap with ceramic plates controlled by means of a thermostat
First Claim
1. Mixer tap comprising within a body presenting cold and hot water inlet openings and an outlet opening for the mixed water, a device for regulating the flow rate of at least one of the inlet water and of the mixture of water, as well as a regulating device of the temperature, characterized by the fact that the device for regulating the flow rate comprises an obturator with only one pair of ceramic plates displaceable in rotation the one with respect to the other, the ceramic plates controlling the flow rate of and contacting simultaneously only one stream of inlet water and the outgoing mixture of water.
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Abstract
A body (1) presenting inlet openings (2,3) for cold water and hot water and an outlet opening (4) for the mixed water, has a device for regulating the flowrate of at least one of the incoming streams of water and of the mixture of water (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23, 24) and a device for regulating the temperature (43 to 51) actuated by control members (13, 49). The device for regulating the flow rate (12 to 16, 23, 24) comprises as obturator only one pair of ceramic plates (23, 24) displaceable in rotation the one with respect to the other, the flow rate of and contacting simultaneously only one stream of inlet water and the stream of the outgoing water mixture.
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- 1. Mixer tap comprising within a body presenting cold and hot water inlet openings and an outlet opening for the mixed water, a device for regulating the flow rate of at least one of the inlet water and of the mixture of water, as well as a regulating device of the temperature, characterized by the fact that the device for regulating the flow rate comprises an obturator with only one pair of ceramic plates displaceable in rotation the one with respect to the other, the ceramic plates controlling the flow rate of and contacting simultaneously only one stream of inlet water and the outgoing mixture of water.
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