Patent ID: 6402041
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G05D

Abstract:
A control device for controlling a flow of a fluid through a thermostatic faucet having a body (4) with a cold fluid inlet (10) and a hot fluid inlet (9), comprising:a temperature control device (5) within the body (4) for controlling an outlet temperature of the fluid, said device (5) comprising a mixing chamber (6) and a thermosensitive element (3) adapted to be plunged into the mixing chamber (6) to adjust the temperature of mixed fluid by modifying cross-sections (7,8) of flow to the mixing chamber (6) to hot fluid issuing from a hot fluid inlet (9) and a cold fluid issuing from a cold fluid inlet (10), a flow control device (11) disposed downstream from the mixing chamber and adapted to adjust a flow cross section of an outlet (14) downstream from the mixing chamber for controlling the flow of the faucet, a control knob (12) connected to the temperature control device and a control element (13) connected to the flow control device and located on a same side of the body of the faucet that houses the temperature control device, and on an opposite side from the outlet (14), a rotationally guided jacket (17) coaxial to the thermosensitive element for transmitting rotation of the control element (13), said rotationally guided jacket (19) housing the thermosensitive element (3), and first and second coupling means, said jacket (19) being rotationally coupled with the control element of the flow control device by said first coupling means (20), and rotationally coupled with the flow control device (11) by said second coupling means.