US Patent Issued to VERNET on Oct. 21 for "Thermostatic mixing valve for sanitary purposes and modular assembly comprising one such mixing valve" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,829, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VERNET (Ollainville, France).

"Thermostatic mixing valve for sanitary purposes and modular assembly comprising one such mixing valve" was invented by Guillaume Robin (Montgeron, France) and Samuel Marquier (Evry, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing valve comprising lower, intermediate and upper baseplates stacked along an assembly axis, a thermostatic cartridge and one or more flow members, which is actuatable from the upper face of the upper baseplate. The cartridge is provided with axial hot-water and cold-water inlets, and a mixed water outlet that is transverse to the assembly ax...