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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Eagle Farm, Queensland, AU;
David Peter Forrestal, Clayfield, AU;
Reliance Worldwide Corporation (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, AU;
Abstract
A water temperature regulating valve () including a valve body () having a cavity () in which mixing of fluids can occur, and provided with a hot fluid (or heated water) inlet () adapted for communication with a source of hot (or heated) water, a cooled fluid inlet () adapted for communication with an apparatus that has used the mixed fluid for heating, a mixed fluid outlet () adapted for communication with an apparatus that uses the mixed fluid for heating, and a return fluid outlet () adapted for communication with the source of hot (or heated) water, all inlets and outlets also being in communication with the cavity () provided within the valve body (), said cavity () being provided with an insert () in a sealing relationship with an inner surface of the said cavity (), said insert () having a central bore () and also defining flow passages and being configured to direct the flows of hot fluid entering the cavity () via the hot fluid inlet () and cooled fluid entering the cavity via the cooled fluid inlet (), the flow passages defined by the said insert () interacting with moveable closure means to selectively permit, restrict or prevent the flows of hot fluid and cooled fluid into the cavity (), and mixed fluid and return fluid out of the cavity (), said moveable closure means being temperature-reactive and/or manually operable.