A sanitary fixture having a connector assembly which includes an adapter piece is provided for connection to a single-lever mixing cartridge. A pivotable connector piece having a hose connector is pivotably mounted between the base plate and the adapter piece. The base plate includes receptacles for a cold-water hose end piece and a warm-water end piece. The connector piece has an inner duct which, at a first end, opens out to the connector assembly and, at a second end, opens out to the hose connector. The connector piece is connected via a plug-in connection to a connector-piece receptacle of the adapter piece. The connector-piece receptacle opens out into a connection duct of a first type, which extends in the adapter piece crosswise to a connection duct of a second type in the adapter piece.

A testing cap for a valve body includes a base configured to releasably attach to the valve body and to cover an opening in the valve body. The opening is configured to receive a valve cartridge and the base covers the opening in place of the valve cartridge. The testing cap includes a structure extending from the base. The structure is configured to be oriented relative to the valve body in a first orientation and a second orientation. The structure allows fluid to enter the valve body through an inlet port in the valve body and exit the valve body through an outlet port in the valve body when the structure is oriented in the first orientation. The structure covers at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port when the structure is oriented in the second orientation, thereby preventing fluid flow through the valve body.

A faucet system for providing adjustable water flow is provided. The system includes hot and cold water valves operable to respectively control a flow of hot and cold water, a sensor pad with substantially continuous sensing axes, and a controller in communication with the sensor pad and operatively connected to the hot and cold water valves. The controller processes user gestures detected using the sensor pad to determine a selected flow temperature or a selected flow magnitude from a substantially continuous range of possible values, and operate the hot and cold water valves to attain the selected flow temperature or the selected flow magnitude. A method is also provided for operating the same, along with a kit for retrofitting existing faucet assemblies in order to form a faucet system.

The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting, such as an electronic faucet. The electronic plumbing fixture fitting includes a wand hose and a hose bracket. The hose bracket is operable to connect to a mounting shank and to the wand hose. The hose bracket is operable to position the wand hose between a mixed water outlet of a flow module and an inlet of the mounting shank such that a portion of the wand hose extends in a loop between the hose bracket and the inlet of the mounting shank. When installed, the hose bracket is in direct contact with the wand hose between the mixed water outlet of the flow module and the inlet of the mounting shank.

A fitting (1), at least comprising a housing (2) having a housing wall (3), a mixing cartridge (4), arranged in the housing (2), having a first feed connection (5), a second feed connection (6), a mixing region (7) for mixing a fluid flowing into the mixing region (7) via the feed connections (5, 6), and an outlet connection (8) via which the fluid can flow out of the mixing region (7) and out of the mixing cartridge (4); an actuation unit (9) for actuating the mixing cartridge (4) and a hose (10); the hose (10) being connected to the outlet connection (8) by means of a first end (11) and being arranged in a moveable manner on the housing (2) by means of a second end (12); the hose (10) extending through a channel (13) of the mixing cartridge (4), the mixing region (7) being arranged at least partially between the channel (13) and the housing wall (3).

The present invention relates to a cartridge for an electronic tap having a handle or controller with an extended operative range of motion, which allows moving said handle or controller beyond its normal range of motion determined by a first stop, providing in said extended areas additional functionalities using a control system that determines the position of the handle in order to associate to said position a flow value, a fluid mixing ratio value, and/or an additional functionality. The invention also relates to the tap including said cartridge with a handle having an extended operative range of motion and to the operation method thereof.

Described herein is a fluid dispensing system, a system for processing waste material and a fluid monitoring system and a method of monitoring the quality of a fluid. One embodiment provides a fluid dispensing system (1) including a fluid dispenser (3) in fluid communication with at least one source of a first fluid. An identification device identifies a user of the system and generates a user identifier. A processor (19) is responsive to the user identifier to access a database (27) to retrieve user data indicative of one or more user preferences and, in response, generate a control signal. One or more electrical sensors (25) are configured to sense a gesture motion from the user and, in response, generate a local input signal. An actuator system (29) is responsive to the control signal and the local input signal to dispense the first fluid from the fluid dispenser with predefined characteristics.

An outlet structure of a faucet valve seat, has a valve seat and a sleeve pipe, wherein the valve seat forms a sleeve hole, the sleeve pipe is used to set an outlet pipe, and the sleeve pipe is sleeved in the sleeve hole. The sleeve pipe penetrates through a plug hole, and one end of the outlet pipe is inserted into the plug hole, such that a long axis is parallel to the central axis of the valve core, and a central axis of the plug hole forms an included angle with the long axis as θ. The valve seat can be selected by the sleeve pipe with the corresponding angle of the plug hole according to the needs of the outlet pipe, and meet the diversified demand of the outlet pipe elevation angle.

A recirculation valve for use with a tankless water heater in a system that includes hot and cold water fixtures and a cold water supply. The recirculation valve includes a valve body having an inlet connection, a pair of outlet connections and an internal chamber; a thermostatic element that is disposed in a first portion of the internal chamber of the valve body and includes an actuation body that is responsive to water temperature; wherein the valve body further has a port opening that is disposed between the thermostatic element and a second portion of the internal chamber; wherein the thermostatic element further includes a piston constructed and arranged to operatively extend from said actuation body when the actuation body is heated, and a plunger that is carried by and is moveably responsive to the actuation body; and whereby, when the actuation body is heated, the valve transitions from an open position to a closed position by the piston moving the actuation body and plunger so that the plunger moves to seal against the port opening of the valve body.

A single-lever cartridge for a sanitary faucet for adjusting the temperature and/or quantity of mixed water by means of a swivel lever (3), having a control disk arrangement (5), which has a stationary control disk (6) disposed in a stationary position in the cartridge, in which a cold-water inlet and a hot-water inlet (27, 29) and a mixed-water outlet (31) are formed, and a dynamic control disk (8) displaceable by means of the swivel lever (3), in which a recess (33) is formed, which is disposed in different overlaps with the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets (29, 27) and the mixed-water outlet (31) to adjust the temperature and/or quantity of the mixed water fed from the mixed-water outlet (31) of the stationary control disk (6), wherein the two control disks (6, 8) are in sliding contact with sealing surfaces (35, 37) facing each other at a sealing plane (DE), and wherein the mouths (39) of the cold-water inlets and hot-water inlets (29, 27) are formed in the sealing surface (35) of the stationary control disk (6), which mouths can be covered by the sealing surface (37) of the dynamic control disk (8). According to the invention, the cartridge has a throttling element (41) designed as a separate component, which can be used to reduce a flow cross-section of the mouths (39) of the cold-water inlets and the hot-water inlets (29, 27), for throttling the hot-water flow and/or cold-water flow into the recess (33) of the dynamic control disk (37).