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Patent No.:

US 10000914 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2016

Plumbing fixture with user interface

Applicant:

Kohler Mira Limited, Gloucestershire, GB;

Inventor:

Kevin T. Peel, Gloucester, GB;

Assignee:

KOHLER MIRA LIMITED, , GB;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ian Paquette

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); E03B 7/00 (2006.01); F16K 49/00 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01); G05D 11/13 (2006.01); B05B 1/24 (2006.01); G05D 11/16 (2006.01); G05D 23/185 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01); F16K 1/44 (2006.01); F16K 11/24 (2006.01); F16K 11/22 (2006.01); B05D 1/24 (2006.01); E03C 1/044 (2006.01); B05B 1/18 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/055 (2013.01); B05B 1/18 (2013.01); B05B 1/24 (2013.01); B05D 1/24 (2013.01); E03B 7/006 (2013.01); E03B 7/074 (2013.01); E03B 7/075 (2013.01); E03B 7/078 (2013.01); E03C 1/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/04 (2013.01); E03C 1/044 (2013.01); E03C 1/0404 (2013.01); E03C 1/0409 (2013.01); F16K 1/44 (2013.01); F16K 11/22 (2013.01); F16K 11/24 (2013.01); F16K 19/00 (2013.01); F16K 19/006 (2013.01); F16K 27/0263 (2013.01); F16K 31/04 (2013.01); F16K 49/002 (2013.01); F17D 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 7/0617 (2013.01); G05D 11/13 (2013.01); G05D 11/16 (2013.01); G05D 23/1393 (2013.01); G05D 23/1858 (2013.01); G05D 23/19 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/0329 (2015.04); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04); Y10T 137/0424 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6606 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7759 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8376 (2015.04); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86389 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87668 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87684 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87692 (2015.04);
Abstract

A shower head having a stem, a spray head coupled to the stem and including a plurality of outlets for discharging water into at least one spray pattern, and a mixing valve located within the stem. The mixing valve has a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet; a first flow control valve for controlling the flow of a first fluid from the first inlet to the outlet; and a second flow control valve for controlling the flow of a second fluid from the second inlet to the outlet. The shower head also has a touchscreen user interface located on a surface of the shower head, wherein the touchscreen user interface allows a user to control at least one of a temperature or a flow rate of fluid from the outlet to the spray head by controlling the first and second flow control valves.

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