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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Kohler Mira Limited, Gloucesterhire, GB;

Inventors:

Barry Steven Hobbs, Cheltenham, GB;

Mark Frederick Florencio Barton, Cheltenham, GB;

Charles Maxwell Parker, Cheltenham, GB;

Assignee:

Kohler Mira Limited, Cheltenham, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/13 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 23/1353 (2013.01); E03C 1/023 (2013.01); E03C 1/041 (2013.01); G05D 23/1393 (2013.01); E03C 1/0408 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control system for one or more ablutionary devices, comprising: a mixer valve having a first inlet and a second inlet configured to receive a supply of hot and cold water, and an outlet configured to output cold water, hot water or a mixture thereof as an output stream for suppling water to the one or more ablutionary devices downstream of the mixer valve; and a controller in communication with the mixer valve. The controller is configured to control the mixer valve according to one or more target output water properties; obtain one or more operating signals each related to an operating parameter of the control system; and generate, based on the one or more operating signals, a diagnostic signal that indicates an associated failure mode of the water supply if the mixer valve cannot be controlled to reach the one or more target water output properties.


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