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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfons Knapp, Biberach/Riss, DE;
Assignee:
Masco Corporation, Taylor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/313 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 2/313 ;
Abstract
A thermostatic regulator ( ) for a single handle mixer valve ( ) has a sensor ( ) mounted in a mixed water chamber ( ) for sensing the temperature of the outlet water. The sensor is connected to a valve ( ) that is mounted in the cold water supply line ( ) to restrict the availability of cold water when the water in the hot water line ( ) is down below a set temperature.