Patent ID: 7669613

Claim:
A connecting device for a wall mixer for fitting in masonry or for fastening to an installation wall, comprising: a housing adapted to be fastened to the masonry or the installation wall and having a cold-water inflow, a hot-water inflow and a mixed-water outflow; a mixer insert accommodated in the housing in a manner to be rotatable relative to the housing about an axis disposed perpendicularly to the masonry or the installation wall, when the connecting device is installed, the mixer insert being adapted to accommodate a mixer cartridge, the mixer insert comprising a first and a second inflow passage and an outflow passage and the mixer insert being connected to the housing in such a way that, irrespective of the rotary position of the mixer insert about the axis, cold water is always directed in the same manner from the cold-water inflow through the first inflow passage to the mixer cartridge and hot water is always directed in the same manner from the hot-water inflow through the second inflow passage to the mixer cartridge; and an outlet member arranged on the housing, the outlet member being rotatable relative to the housing and relative to the mixer insert about the axis, the outlet member comprising an outlet opening, wherein a plurality of annular passages are defined between the mixer insert, the housing and the outlet member concentrically to the axis for always directing the resulting mixed water in the same manner from the mixing cartridge through the outflow passage of the mixer insert and through the mixed-water outflow of the housing to the outlet opening of the outlet member irrespective of the rotary position of the outlet member and of the mixer insert relative to the housing about the axis.