US 12,146,575 B2
Mixer device for a valve system
Samuel Marquier, Evry (FR); and Guillaume Robin, Montgeron (FR)
Assigned to VERNET, Ollainville (FR)
Appl. No. 18/254,279
Filed by VERNET, Ollainville (FR)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/083211
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/112517, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2012287 (FR), filed on Nov. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003453 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 11/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/044 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/044 (2013.01) [F16K 27/0263 (2013.01); F16K 31/002 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for a valve system, the device comprising:
a housing, which comprises a bottom, and by means of which the device can be coupled with a socket of the valve system, so that the housing exchanges water flows, with the socket by means of the bottom;
a slide valve which, in order to regulate the flow rate of at least one of said water flows, is movable in translation inside the housing, parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing passing through the bottom, between a distal position, in which the slide valve is held against a distal seat of the housing and a proximal position, in which the slide valve is held against a proximal seat of the housing, the proximal seat being turned in a distal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and the distal seat being turned in a proximal direction opposite to the distal direction; and
a control, for moving the slide valve in translation;
wherein the housing comprises:
a base, which contains the slide valve and forms the bottom of the housing, the base comprising a proximal edge with a closed contour, surrounding the longitudinal axis and delimiting a proximal opening of the base, the distal direction being oriented from the proximal edge toward the bottom;
a spacer, which comprises an inner ring at least partially inserted into the proximal opening and being traversed by the longitudinal axis; and
a cover, which contains a part of the control, the control passing through the inner ring to move the slide valve;
wherein:
the base forms the distal seat and the spacer forms the proximal seat, the proximal seat being carried by the inner ring;
the cover comprises a cover fin, by means of which the cover is held against the proximal edge along the distal direction; and
the spacer comprises a spacer fin, which is fixedly connected to the inner ring and by means of which the spacer is held against the proximal edge along the distal direction, the cover fin and the spacer fin being successive along the proximal edge.