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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
Kensaku Todaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideyuki Matsui, Kitakyushu, JP;
Eiji Seki, Kiyose, JP;
Isao Negishi, Kiyose, JP;
Kensaku Todaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideyuki Matsui, Kitakyushu, JP;
Eiji Seki, Kiyose, JP;
Isao Negishi, Kiyose, JP;
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hot and cold water mixing valve including a temperature adjusting dial, and a cylindrical casing having formed therein a hot water inlet and a cold water inlet is provided with a control valve member in which one end thereof is subjected to a load from a biasing member and the other end is subjected to a load from an actuator. By balancing between the loads applied by the biasing member and the actuator, a mixture ratio between the hot water which flows in through the hot water inlet and the cold water which flows in through the cold water inlet is adjusted. A temperature adjuster adjusts a position of the control valve member through the biasing member and includes a tapered skirt portion, which spreads in a radial direction, at an end on the control valve member side thereof.