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

Claim 10:
11. A mixing valve comprising:
a first inlet port;
a second inlet port extending transverse to said first inlet port;
an outlet port, wherein the 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; and
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 at least a portion of the inner circumference, wherein said portion of the inner circumference is located on an inner side of the second inlet port that is distant from the first inlet port, 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.