Patent ID: 7073725

Claim:
A cartridge for a flow mixer comprising: a barrel having: an outlet at one end of said barrel, two aligned barrel portions and a intermediate barrel portion and said barrel portions providing: two respective liquid inlets spaced along said barrel, one to one side of said intermediate barrel portion and said other to said other side thereof, and a shuttle mounted in said barrel in sealing relationship with said intermediate barrel portion and axially movable in said barrel, said shuttle and said barrel being adapted and arranged to: close one of said inlets by co-operation with said inlet's respective barrel portion and said intermediate barrel portion when moved towards this barrel portion; close said other inlet by co-operation with its respective barrel portion and said intermediate portion when moved in the other direction and allow both inlets to be open in a mid position, and said shuttle being apertured for flow therethrough, a thermostatic capsule arranged within said barrel in the flow of liquid through said inlets and adapted to control the position of said shuttle for selection of flow from the two inlets, a combined-flow control member (â€œflow controllerâ€) arranged downstream of said thermostatic capsule at the outlet end of the barrel for controlling the combined flow from the inlets and means including at least one finger passing through said shuttle for longitudinal actuation of the flow controller to control the combined flow.