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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Applicant:
Kohler Mira Limited, Cheltenham, GB;
Inventor:
Kevin T. Peel, Gloucester, GB;
Assignee:
KOHLER MIRA LIMITED, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01); F16K 49/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01); G05D 11/13 (2006.01); G05D 11/16 (2006.01); G05D 23/185 (2006.01); F16K 11/22 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (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); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/24 (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 plumbing component includes a valve provided within a portion of the plumbing component and configured to control the flow of water through the plumbing component. The valve includes a body and at least one waterway within the body. An electric heater extends through at least a portion of the body of the valve and is configured to heat at least a portion of the body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.