Patent ID: 11859721
Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A mixing valve comprising:
a first inlet port;
a second inlet port extending transverse to said first inlet port;
an outlet port, wherein the first and second inlet ports open out into a valve chamber and the outlet port branches off the valve chamber;
a movable valve element arranged inside the valve chamber;
an obstruction inside the second inlet port, the obstruction protruding from an inner circumference of the second inlet port into an interior of the second inlet port, and extending along an entire inner circumference, wherein the obstruction and an adjacent circumferential wall define a fluid communicating pocket area on a downstream side of the obstruction, wherein a radial extent of the obstruction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the second inlet port is in the range of 3% to 25% of an inner diameter of the second inlet port; and
a temperature sensor arranged on or in the second inlet port, upstream of the obstruction.