Water draw-off system

• US 6,119,948 A
• Filed: 07/24/1998
• Issued: 09/19/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: HAGE Fittings GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: HAGE Fittings GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Boehm, Robert, Spiegel, Herbert
• Primary Examiner(s): WAYNER, WILLIAM E
• Application Number:
  US09/117,146
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 236/94, 236/12.12, 236/12.17
• US Class Current: 236/12.12
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 39/00 Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 41/021 T- or cross-pieces F16L41/025, F16L41/026, F16L41/028 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 41/03 comprising junction pieces for four or more pipe members
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86823 Rotary valve
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49361 Tube inside tube
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49442 T-shaped fitting making

Abstract

A mixing device for hot and cold water having a mixing chamber formed in a circular--sector shaped cross section and having circumferentially spaced water inlet and an outlet. Within the camber is a circular-sector shaped mixing valve controlled in response to the mixed water temperature to thereby cover or open the inlets.

Claims

1. A mixing device in a water draw-off system having a hot water feed line and a cold water feed line, the water draw-off system having a water draw-off device which is connected to a temperature measuring and evaluation device, the draw-off device being integrated with an indicating element that indicates an adjustable nominal temperature, the mixing device comprising:

a mixing chamber, into which the hot water feed line and the cold water feed line open to each other at an acute; and

a mixer, arranged in the mixing chamber such that it can pivot about its vertical axis and which is provided with a drive,

wherein the mixing chamber having, at least in the region between the hot water feed line and the cold water feed line, an inner wall in the shape of a section of a circle, the mixer having an essentially circular-sector shaped cross section and its radial wall being adapted to the inner wall, and each of the hot water feed line and the cold water feed line can be completely covered and opened by a pivoting movement of the mixer,

wherein there being play between the inner wall and the radial wall, and

wherein the mixer has arcuate walls in a flow direction of the water, that are of concave shape in the flow direction.

2. The mixing device according to claim 1, wherein the mixer is driven by an electric servomotor.

3. The mixing device according to claim 1, wherein the mixer is driven by an electric motor which receives control signals from the temperature measuring and evaluation device.

4. The mixing device according to claim 1, wherein the draw-off device includes a pivotable lever that pivots to set the nominal temperature.

5. The mixing device according to claim 1, wherein the mixer having the circular-sector shaped cross section is formed as a wedge-shaped single block.

6. The mixing device according to claim 5, wherein the arcuate walls of mixer are formed on opposite side of the wedge-shaped single block mixer in the flow direction of the water.