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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10494798 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2018

Plumbing fixture with heating element

Applicant:

Kohler Mira Limited, Cheltenham, GB;

Inventor:

Kevin T. Peel, Gloucester, GB;

Assignee:

KOHLER MIRA LIMITED, , GB;

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Reinaldo Sanchez-Medina

Assistant Examiner:

David Colon-Morales

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (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); F16K 11/22 (2006.01); G05D 11/16 (2006.01); G05D 23/185 (2006.01); F16K 1/44 (2006.01); F16K 11/24 (2006.01); F17D 1/00 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01); E03B 7/00 (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 1/0404 (2013.01); E03C 1/044 (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); H05K 999/99 (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 that includes a movable handset, a mixing valve, and an electric heater. The movable handset includes a stem configured to detachably engage a shower head dock, and a spray head coupled to the stem and configured to discharge water. The mixing valve is disposed within the movable handset and includes a housing including a waterway located therein for water to flow through, a first flow control valve located within the housing and configured to control the flow of hot water to the spray head, and a second flow control valve located within the housing and configured to control the flow of cold water to the spray head. The electric heater is disposed within the movable handset and configured to heat at least part of the housing to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.

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