Patent ID: 9260844
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: B05B,B05D,E03B,E03C,F16K,F17D,G05D,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A shower head configured to receive a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit, wherein the shower head includes a mixer valve within a portion thereof that is configured to receive a first fluid from the first fluid conduit and a second fluid from the second fluid conduit and to output the first fluid or the second fluid or a blend of the first and second fluids to a shower head outlet, wherein the mixer valve comprises: a first fluid inlet adapted to receive the first fluid from the first fluid conduit; a second fluid inlet adapted to receive the second fluid from the second fluid conduit; a fluid outlet; a first flow control valve for controlling the flow of fluid from the first fluid inlet; and a second flow control valve for controlling the flow of fluid from the second fluid inlet, wherein each of the first and second flow control valves includes a valve member assembly to control the fluid flow through the respective flow control valve; and wherein, when in use, fluid flowing through the first flow control valve exerts substantially no net force on the valve member assembly of the first flow control valve and fluid flowing through the second flow control valve exerts substantially no net force on the valve member assembly of the second flow control valve, and wherein substantially no net force is a level of imbalance of up to ±10% of the actuating force when fully force balanced.