US 12,338,907 B2
Valve cartridge
Jörg Wendt, Lüdenscheid (DE); Lutz Lange, Lüdenscheid (DE); and Tim-Florian Klawin, Halver (DE)
Assigned to FLÜHS DREHTECHNIK GMBH, Lüdenscheid (DE)
Appl. No. 18/267,514
Filed by FLÜHS DREHTECHNIK GMBH, Lüdenscheid (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057171
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/238033, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21173531 (EP), filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035576 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 31/53 (2006.01); F16K 3/08 (2006.01); F16K 25/00 (2006.01); F16K 27/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 3/085 (2013.01) [F16K 25/00 (2013.01); F16K 31/53 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve cartridge, having comprising:
a valve;
a headpiece; and
a spindle centrally penetrating the headpiece and held rotatably and axially displaceably in the headpiece,
wherein the spindle comprises an axial bore for passage of water,
wherein the valve can be actuated by the spindle to control the rate of flow of water through the bore, and
wherein the spindle has a coupling portion with a non-circular cross-section outside the headpiece.