US 11,987,964 B2
Sanitary faucet having a non-axial thermostatic mixing valve and method for installing a sanitary faucet
Ole Benedikt Kostorz, Menden (DE)
Assigned to GROHE AG, Hemer (DE)
Appl. No. 17/914,606
Filed by Grohe AG, Hemer (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054178
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 26, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/190839, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020108544.3 (DE), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107446 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); F16K 11/078 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/041 (2013.01) [F16K 11/0782 (2013.01); F16K 19/006 (2013.01); G05D 23/1353 (2013.01); F16K 11/0787 (2013.01); G05D 23/134 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sanitary faucet (1) comprising:
a faucet body (2);
a mixing valve (3) for mixing cold water and warm water to form a mixed water; and
a thermostatic mixing valve (4) for mixing cold water and hot water to generate the warm water, comprising an expansion material element (5) and a gate valve (6) that can be operated by the expansion material element (5) for adjusting a mixing ratio between the cold water and the hot water, wherein the expansion material element (5) and the gate valve (6) are arranged non-coaxially to each other, wherein the expansion material element (5) can be used to operate the gate valve (6) via a connection element (9), and wherein the connection element (9) can be attached to the gate valve (6) or the expansion material element (5) and can subsequently be rotated into a closed position (10), in which the gate valve (6) and the expansion material element (5) are interconnected by the connection element (9).