EP4330789A1 - Water management system - Google Patents

Water management system

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EP4330789A1
EP4330789A1 EP22717914.0A EP22717914A EP4330789A1 EP 4330789 A1 EP4330789 A1 EP 4330789A1 EP 22717914 A EP22717914 A EP 22717914A EP 4330789 A1 EP4330789 A1 EP 4330789A1
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Stefano Ruzza
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Almar Srl
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D23/00—Control of temperature
    • G05D23/01—Control of temperature without auxiliary power
    • G05D23/13—Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures
    • G05D23/1306—Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures for liquids
    • G05D23/132—Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures for liquids with temperature sensing element
    • G05D23/134—Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures for liquids with temperature sensing element measuring the temperature of mixed fluid
    • G05D23/1346—Control of temperature without auxiliary power by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures for liquids with temperature sensing element measuring the temperature of mixed fluid with manual temperature setting means
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/021—Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines

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  • the present invention relates to a water management system.
  • the water management system comprises an installation device, installable inside a wall to be connected to pipes and ducts of a plumbing system, and a water adjustment device suitable for allowing the execution of adjustment operations of the water to be dispensed, for example for temperature adjustment.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that solves the aforementioned drawbacks of the known solutions.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that has a fluid path for the water which does not negatively affect the design and manufacture of the water adjustment device, but above all which does not negatively affect the movements of the thermostatic mixer.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that has improved fluid, and in particular thermostatic, properties compared to the solutions of the prior art.
  • Figures 1 and la show a perspective view and a perspective view with separate parts, respectively, of a water management system according to the present invention, according to an embodiment
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view with separate parts of a water adjustment device included in the water management system of Figure 1;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an installation device included in the water management system of Figure l;
  • Figures 2a and 2b show a side view and a front view of the installation device of Figure 2;
  • FIG. 2c is a sectional view of the installation device according to the section plane C-C present in
  • FIG. 2d is a sectional view of the installation device according to the section plane D-D present in
  • Figure 2c; [0014]- Figure 3 is a front view of the water management system of Figure 1;
  • FIGS 3a, 3b and 3c are sectional views along the section planes A-A, B-B and C-C, respectively, present in Figure 3;
  • FIGS 4a, 4b and 4c are sectional views along the section planes A-A and B-B present in Figure 3a, and along the section plane C-C present in Figure 3b, respectively.
  • reference numeral 1 indicates as a whole a water management system according to the present invention.
  • the water management system 1 comprises an installation device 2 and a water adjustment device 3.
  • the water management system 1 comprises an axis X-X and the installation device 2 and the water adjustment device 3 are positioned along the axis X-X.
  • the installation device 2 is installable inside a wall.
  • the water adjustment device 2 is suitable for engaging the installation device 2 along the axis X-X.
  • the axis X-X is therefore orthogonal to the wall where the water management system 1 is installed.
  • the installation device 2 which is installable inside a wall, comprises side faces 21 and an operating face 22.
  • the side faces 21 are substantially parallel to the axis X-X and are fluidically connectable to the hydraulic pipes. [0025]Preferably, the installation device 2 comprises four side faces.
  • the side faces 21 comprise side inlet mouths 211, 212 fluidically connectable to at least one hydraulic hot water pipe and at least one hydraulic cold water pipe, and at least one side outlet mouth 215 connectable to a hydraulic delivery pipe.
  • the side inlet mouths 211, 212 are positioned on a single face 21, while the side outlet mouth 215 is positioned on another face.
  • the other three faces in addition to the one with the side inlet mouths 211, 212, each comprise a side outlet mouth 215, each of which is fluidically connectable, or is fluidically connected, to a respective hydraulic delivery pipe.
  • the installation device 2 comprises an operating region 220 comprising said operating face 22.
  • the operating face 22 is substantially orthogonal to the axis X-X.
  • the operating face 22 is engageable with, and is fluidically connected to, the water adjustment device 3.
  • Said operating face 22 comprises operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and operating outlet mouths 225', 225 .
  • the installation device 2 comprises a fluid connection path 25 that fluidically connects the side inlet mouths 211, 212 to the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and that connects the operating outlet mouths 225', 225 to the at least one side outlet mouth 215, preferably to all the side outlet mouths 215.
  • the installation device 2 comprises an inner portion of a metal alloy, preferably of a brass alloy, in which the mouths and the fluid path are formed.
  • the installation device 2 comprises an outer portion of polymeric material, which contains said inner portion.
  • the outer portion is co-molded, or thermo-molded, on the inner portion.
  • the water management system 1 comprises a water adjustment device 3 engaged to the operating face 22 comprising a plurality of distinct components.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises a body 4 that extends along the axis X-X and comprises a body face 42 which engages the operating face 22 comprising two body inlet mouths 421, 422 fluidically connected to the operating inlet mouths 221, 222.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises a body 4 that extends along the axis X-X and comprises a body face 42 that engages the operating face 22 comprising two body outlet mouths 425', 425 fluidically connected to the operating outlet mouths 225', 225''.
  • the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 are aligned on an imaginary foreground II on which the axis X-X lies.
  • the two body outlet mouths 425', 425'' are aligned on a second imaginary plane 12 on which the axis X-X lies.
  • the first imaginary plane II and the second imaginary plane 12 are mutually orthogonal.
  • the body 4 comprises a housing 40 comprising a mixing chamber 45 which extends along the axis X-X starting from said body face 42 fluidically connected to the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''.
  • the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and the operating outlet mouths 225', 225'' are positioned with respect to axis X- X in the same way in which the two body inlet mouths 421,
  • the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and the operating outlet mouths 225', 225 are arranged facing parallel to the axis X-X to the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''.
  • the housing 40 comprising two inlet chambers 411, 412 which extend along the axis X-X starting from said body face 42.
  • each inlet chamber 411, 412 is fluidically connected to a respective body inlet mouth 421, 422.
  • each inlet chamber 411, 412 is fluidically connected to the mixing chamber 45 through an opening 43 positioned distally from the body face 42.
  • said opening 43 comprises a plurality of mutually angularly spaced fluid passages.
  • the inlet chambers 411, 412 extend substantially along the axis X-X so that the first inlet chamber 411 is connected to the opening 43 in an axially higher position than the position in which the second inlet chamber 412 is connected to the opening 43.
  • the water flowing into one inlet chamber enters the opening in a different axial position than the position in which the water flowing into the other inlet chamber enters.
  • both the inlet chambers 411, 412 and the mixing chamber 45 extend in height parallel to the axis X-X.
  • the inlet chambers 411, 412 extend substantially radially externally to the mixing chamber 45.
  • the inlet chambers 411, 412 and the mixing chamber 45 are mutually concentric.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises a thermostatic mixer 5 housed in the mixing chamber 45.
  • the thermostatic mixer 5 extends along the axis X-X.
  • the thermostatic mixer 5 is of the type comprising a temperature-sensitive wax element 41 and an adjusting element 53 moved by the wax element, in such a way that the position of the movable element entails an adjustment of the outgoing water.
  • the thermostatic mixer 5 performs the adjustment by controlling the position along the axis X-X of the adjusting element 53.
  • the adjusting element 53 is positioned proximal to the opening 43. [0062]According to a preferred embodiment, the adjusting element 53 is wetted at the top by the water flowing into an inlet chamber, while it is wetted at the bottom by the water flowing into the other inlet chamber.
  • the adjusting element 53 comprises fluid passages 530 that extend parallel to the axis X-X.
  • thermostatic mixer 5 moves in the same direction along which the flow flows from the opening 43 to the body face 42.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises a pair of non-return valves 61, 62 suitable for allowing the incoming water flow through the body inlet mouths 421, 422.
  • the non-return valves 61, 62 allow the water to enter towards the inlet chamber 41 and then towards the mixing chamber 42, preventing the flow in the opposite direction.
  • the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 is housed in the body 4.
  • the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 acts on the body face 42.
  • the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 is housed in the inlet chamber 41.
  • the pair of non return valves 61, 62 is housed in the installation device
  • each non-return valve is housed in the fluid path 25, proximal to one of the operating inlet mouths 221, 222.
  • the non-return valves are positioned parallel to the axis X-X.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises an adjustment group 7 positioned along the axis X-X, operatively connected to the thermostatic mixer 5.
  • the adjustment group 7 is a handle or a knob positioned centered on the axis X-X.
  • the water adjustment device 3 comprises transmission means 8 operatively connected to the adjustment group 7 and to the thermostatic mixer 5.
  • the transmission means 8 are therefore suitable for configuring the thermostatic mixer 5 along the axis X-X upon a rotation of the adjustment group 7.
  • the transmission means 8 are wetted as they are fluidically connected to the mixing chamber 45.
  • the transmission means 8 comprise a water chamber 80 in which the water flows, making the actuation of the transmission means 8 always lubricated.
  • the water management system 1 comprises a gasket 9 housed between the body face 42 and the operating face 22.
  • the gasket 9 comprises a peripheral portion 90 that extends containing both the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''.
  • the gasket 9 preferably comprises two central sections 91 that extend inside the peripheral portion 90 in such a way as to identify a first area containing a first inlet mouth, a second area containing a second inlet mouth and a third area, containing both outlet mouths.
  • any leaks between the installation device 2 and the water adjustment device 3 are managed by means of a single gasket 9.
  • the water management system object of the present invention allows the achievement of the intended object.
  • the water management system is simple and functional to manufacture and install.
  • the water management system is suitable for having a linear fluid path along the axis.
  • the thermostatic mixer operates in the same flow direction.
  • thermostatic mixer is wet in the same direction of flow resulting in more reactive adjustments .
  • the installation device and the water adjustment device are mutually engaged planarly.
  • the fluid connection between the mouths of the installation device and the water adjustment device is easy to obtain and is always guaranteed.
  • the seal is obtained by means of a single gasket.

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Abstract

The invention is a water management system (1) that extends along an axis (X-X) and comprises: i) an installation device (2), installable inside a wall, comprising an operating face (22) substantially orthogonal to the axis (X-X), comprising operating inlet mouths (221, 222) and operating outlet mouths (225', 225'') ii) a water adjustment device (3) comprising: - a body (4) that extends along the axis (X-X) comprising a body face (42) which engages the operating face (22) comprising two body inlet mouths (421, 422), fluidically connected to the operating inlet mouths (221, 222), aligned on a first imaginary plane (II) on which the axis (X-X) lies, and two body outlet mouths (425', 425''), fluidically connected to the operating outlet mouths (225', 225"), aligned on a second imaginary plane (12) on which the axis (X-X) lies, wherein said imaginary planes are mutually orthogonal, wherein the body (4) comprises a housing (40) comprising a mixing chamber (45) that extends along the axis (X-X) from said body face (42) fluidically connected to the body outlet mouths (425', 425''); - thermostatic mixer (5) housed in the mixing chamber (45); - a pair of non-return valves (61, 62); - an adjustment group (7) positioned along the axis (X-X), operatively connected to the thermostatic mixer (5).

Description

"WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM"
DESCRIPTION
[0001]The present invention relates to a water management system. [0002]In particular, the water management system comprises an installation device, installable inside a wall to be connected to pipes and ducts of a plumbing system, and a water adjustment device suitable for allowing the execution of adjustment operations of the water to be dispensed, for example for temperature adjustment.
[0003]In the prior art, solutions of water management systems are known in which the adjustment device accommodates a thermostatic mixer by means of which the temperature is adjusted, above all the presence of temperature and/or flow rate changes is managed to maintain the desired temperature set by the user.
[0004]The known solutions, in addition to having complex geometric shapes, in particular with reference to the fluid paths of the water inside the water adjustment device, also exhibit some drawbacks linked to the movements that must be performed by the thermostatic mixer.
[0005]The object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that solves the aforementioned drawbacks of the known solutions. In other words, the object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that has a fluid path for the water which does not negatively affect the design and manufacture of the water adjustment device, but above all which does not negatively affect the movements of the thermostatic mixer. In other words, the object of the present invention is to provide a water management system that has improved fluid, and in particular thermostatic, properties compared to the solutions of the prior art. [0006]Such object is achieved by a water management system according to claim 1. The dependent claims describe further preferred embodiments.
[0007]The features and the advantages of the invention will appear more clearly from the following description, made by way of an indicative and non-limiting example with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:
[0008]- Figures 1 and la show a perspective view and a perspective view with separate parts, respectively, of a water management system according to the present invention, according to an embodiment;
[0009]- Figure 1 shows a perspective view with separate parts of a water adjustment device included in the water management system of Figure 1;
[0010]- Figure 2 is a perspective view of an installation device included in the water management system of Figure l;
[0011]- Figures 2a and 2b show a side view and a front view of the installation device of Figure 2;
[0012]- Figure 2c is a sectional view of the installation device according to the section plane C-C present in
Figure 2a;
[0013]- Figure 2d is a sectional view of the installation device according to the section plane D-D present in
Figure 2c; [0014]- Figure 3 is a front view of the water management system of Figure 1;
[0015]- Figures 3a, 3b and 3c are sectional views along the section planes A-A, B-B and C-C, respectively, present in Figure 3; [0016]- Figures 4a, 4b and 4c are sectional views along the section planes A-A and B-B present in Figure 3a, and along the section plane C-C present in Figure 3b, respectively.
[0017]In the accompanying figures, reference numeral 1 indicates as a whole a water management system according to the present invention.
[0018]The water management system 1 comprises an installation device 2 and a water adjustment device 3. [0019]In particular, the water management system 1 comprises an axis X-X and the installation device 2 and the water adjustment device 3 are positioned along the axis X-X.
[0020]The installation device 2 is installable inside a wall. [0021]The water adjustment device 2 is suitable for engaging the installation device 2 along the axis X-X. [0022]The axis X-X is therefore orthogonal to the wall where the water management system 1 is installed.
[0023]According to the present invention, the installation device 2, which is installable inside a wall, comprises side faces 21 and an operating face 22.
[0024]The side faces 21 are substantially parallel to the axis X-X and are fluidically connectable to the hydraulic pipes. [0025]Preferably, the installation device 2 comprises four side faces.
[0026]According to the present invention, the side faces 21 comprise side inlet mouths 211, 212 fluidically connectable to at least one hydraulic hot water pipe and at least one hydraulic cold water pipe, and at least one side outlet mouth 215 connectable to a hydraulic delivery pipe.
[0027]According to a preferred embodiment, the side inlet mouths 211, 212 are positioned on a single face 21, while the side outlet mouth 215 is positioned on another face. Preferably, the other three faces, in addition to the one with the side inlet mouths 211, 212, each comprise a side outlet mouth 215, each of which is fluidically connectable, or is fluidically connected, to a respective hydraulic delivery pipe.
[0028]According to the present invention, the installation device 2 comprises an operating region 220 comprising said operating face 22.
[0029]The operating face 22 is substantially orthogonal to the axis X-X.
[0030]In other words, the operating face 22 is engageable with, and is fluidically connected to, the water adjustment device 3.
[0031]Said operating face 22 comprises operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and operating outlet mouths 225', 225 .
Through said operating inlet mouths 221, 222 the water reaches the water adjustment device 3, while through said operating outlet mouths 225', 225 the water, suitably mixed, exits from the water adjustment device 3. [0032]According to the present invention, the installation device 2 comprises a fluid connection path 25 that fluidically connects the side inlet mouths 211, 212 to the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and that connects the operating outlet mouths 225', 225 to the at least one side outlet mouth 215, preferably to all the side outlet mouths 215.
[0033]According to a preferred embodiment, the installation device 2 comprises an inner portion of a metal alloy, preferably of a brass alloy, in which the mouths and the fluid path are formed.
[0034]According to a preferred embodiment, the installation device 2 comprises an outer portion of polymeric material, which contains said inner portion. [0035]Preferably, the outer portion is co-molded, or thermo-molded, on the inner portion.
[0036]According to the present invention, as mentioned above, the water management system 1 comprises a water adjustment device 3 engaged to the operating face 22 comprising a plurality of distinct components. [0037]The water adjustment device 3 comprises a body 4 that extends along the axis X-X and comprises a body face 42 which engages the operating face 22 comprising two body inlet mouths 421, 422 fluidically connected to the operating inlet mouths 221, 222. [0038]The water adjustment device 3 comprises a body 4 that extends along the axis X-X and comprises a body face 42 that engages the operating face 22 comprising two body outlet mouths 425', 425 fluidically connected to the operating outlet mouths 225', 225''. [0039]The two body inlet mouths 421, 422 are aligned on an imaginary foreground II on which the axis X-X lies.
[0040]The two body outlet mouths 425', 425'' are aligned on a second imaginary plane 12 on which the axis X-X lies. [0041]According to the present invention, the first imaginary plane II and the second imaginary plane 12 are mutually orthogonal.
[0042]Preferably, on the body face 42 there are therefore four mutually spaced mouths. [0043]Preferably, the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425'’ are positioned on the body face 42, equally spaced apart from the axis X-X. [0044]In other words, the center of each mouth lies on the same circle concentric with the axis X-X. [0045]According to the present invention, the body 4 comprises a housing 40 comprising a mixing chamber 45 which extends along the axis X-X starting from said body face 42 fluidically connected to the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''. [0046]According to such preferred embodiment, the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and the operating outlet mouths 225', 225'' are positioned with respect to axis X- X in the same way in which the two body inlet mouths 421,
422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425'' are positioned. [0047]Specifically, the operating inlet mouths 221, 222 and the operating outlet mouths 225', 225 are arranged facing parallel to the axis X-X to the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''.
[0048]Preferably, the housing 40 comprising two inlet chambers 411, 412 which extend along the axis X-X starting from said body face 42.
[0049]Each inlet chamber 411, 412 is fluidically connected to a respective body inlet mouth 421, 422.
[0050]According to a preferred embodiment, each inlet chamber 411, 412 is fluidically connected to the mixing chamber 45 through an opening 43 positioned distally from the body face 42. [0051]Preferably, said opening 43 comprises a plurality of mutually angularly spaced fluid passages.
[0052]According to a preferred embodiment, the inlet chambers 411, 412 extend substantially along the axis X-X so that the first inlet chamber 411 is connected to the opening 43 in an axially higher position than the position in which the second inlet chamber 412 is connected to the opening 43.
[0053]In other words, the water flowing into one inlet chamber enters the opening in a different axial position than the position in which the water flowing into the other inlet chamber enters.
[0054]According to a preferred embodiment, both the inlet chambers 411, 412 and the mixing chamber 45 extend in height parallel to the axis X-X. [0055]According to a preferred embodiment, the inlet chambers 411, 412 extend substantially radially externally to the mixing chamber 45.
[0056]Preferably, the inlet chambers 411, 412 and the mixing chamber 45 are mutually concentric. [0057]According to the present invention, the water adjustment device 3 comprises a thermostatic mixer 5 housed in the mixing chamber 45.
[0058]The thermostatic mixer 5 extends along the axis X-X. [0059]Preferably, the thermostatic mixer 5 is of the type comprising a temperature-sensitive wax element 41 and an adjusting element 53 moved by the wax element, in such a way that the position of the movable element entails an adjustment of the outgoing water.
[0060]According to a preferred embodiment, the thermostatic mixer 5 performs the adjustment by controlling the position along the axis X-X of the adjusting element 53.
[0061]Preferably, the adjusting element 53 is positioned proximal to the opening 43. [0062]According to a preferred embodiment, the adjusting element 53 is wetted at the top by the water flowing into an inlet chamber, while it is wetted at the bottom by the water flowing into the other inlet chamber.
[0063]Preferably, the adjusting element 53 comprises fluid passages 530 that extend parallel to the axis X-X.
[0064]In other words, the thermostatic mixer 5 moves in the same direction along which the flow flows from the opening 43 to the body face 42.
[0065]According to the present invention, the water adjustment device 3 comprises a pair of non-return valves 61, 62 suitable for allowing the incoming water flow through the body inlet mouths 421, 422.
[0066]Preferably, therefore, the non-return valves 61, 62 allow the water to enter towards the inlet chamber 41 and then towards the mixing chamber 42, preventing the flow in the opposite direction.
[0067]According to a preferred embodiment, the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 is housed in the body 4.
Preferably, the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 acts on the body face 42. Preferably, the pair of non-return valves 61, 62 is housed in the inlet chamber 41.
[0068]According to a further embodiment, the pair of non return valves 61, 62 is housed in the installation device
2. Preferably, each non-return valve is housed in the fluid path 25, proximal to one of the operating inlet mouths 221, 222.
[0069]Preferably, the non-return valves are positioned parallel to the axis X-X.
[0070]According to a preferred embodiment, the water adjustment device 3 comprises an adjustment group 7 positioned along the axis X-X, operatively connected to the thermostatic mixer 5.
[0071]Preferably, the adjustment group 7 is a handle or a knob positioned centered on the axis X-X. [0072]According to a preferred embodiment, the water adjustment device 3 comprises transmission means 8 operatively connected to the adjustment group 7 and to the thermostatic mixer 5.
[0073]The transmission means 8 are therefore suitable for configuring the thermostatic mixer 5 along the axis X-X upon a rotation of the adjustment group 7.
[0074]According to a preferred embodiment, the transmission means 8 are wetted as they are fluidically connected to the mixing chamber 45. Preferably, the transmission means 8 comprise a water chamber 80 in which the water flows, making the actuation of the transmission means 8 always lubricated.
[0075]Furthermore, according to a preferred embodiment, the water management system 1 comprises a gasket 9 housed between the body face 42 and the operating face 22. [0076]According to a preferred embodiment, the gasket 9 comprises a peripheral portion 90 that extends containing both the two body inlet mouths 421, 422 and the two body outlet mouths 425', 425''. [0077]Furthermore, the gasket 9 preferably comprises two central sections 91 that extend inside the peripheral portion 90 in such a way as to identify a first area containing a first inlet mouth, a second area containing a second inlet mouth and a third area, containing both outlet mouths.
[0078]According to a preferred embodiment, any leaks between the installation device 2 and the water adjustment device 3 are managed by means of a single gasket 9. [0079]Innovatively, the water management system object of the present invention allows the achievement of the intended object.
[0080]Advantageously, the water management system is simple and functional to manufacture and install. [0081]Advantageously, the water management system is suitable for having a linear fluid path along the axis. Advantageously, the thermostatic mixer operates in the same flow direction.
[0082]Advantageously, the thermostatic mixer is wet in the same direction of flow resulting in more reactive adjustments .
[0083]Advantageously, the installation device and the water adjustment device are mutually engaged planarly. [0084]Advantageously, the fluid connection between the mouths of the installation device and the water adjustment device is easy to obtain and is always guaranteed. Advantageously, the seal is obtained by means of a single gasket.
[0085]Advantageously, the actuation of the adjustment group is always soft and well lubricated by the presence of the water itself.
[0086]It is clear that those skilled in the art, in order to meet contingent needs, may make changes to the invention described above, all of which are contained within the scope of protection defined by the following claims.

Claims

1. A water management system (1) that extends along an axis (X-X) and comprises: i) an installation device (2), installable inside a wall, comprising: side faces (21), substantially parallel to the axis (X-X) provided with side inlet mouths (211, 212) fluidically connectable to at least one hydraulic hot water pipe and at least one hydraulic cold water pipe and at least one side outlet mouth (215) connectable to a hydraulic delivery pipe; an operating region (220) comprising an operating face (22) substantially orthogonal to the axis (X-X), comprising operating inlet mouths (221, 222) and operating outlet mouths (225', 225"); a fluid connection path (25) that fluidically connects the side inlet mouths (211, 212) to the operating inlet mouths (221, 222) and the operating outlet mouths (225', 225") to the at least one side outlet mouth (215); ii) a water adjustment device (3) engaged with the operating face (22) comprising:
• a body (4) that extends along the axis (X-X) comprising a body face (42) which engages the operating face (22) comprising two body inlet mouths (421, 422), fluidically connected to the operating inlet mouths (221, 222), aligned on a first imaginary plane (II) on which the axis (X-X) lies and two body outlet mouths (425', 425"), fluidically connected to the operating outlet mouths (225', 225"), aligned on a second imaginary plane
(12) on which the axis (X-X) lies, wherein the first imaginary plane (II) and the second imaginary plane (12) are mutually orthogonal, wherein the body (4) comprises a housing (40) comprising a mixing chamber (45) that extends along the axis (X-X) from said body face (42) fluidically connected to the body outlet mouths (425', 425");
• a thermostatic mixer (5) housed in the mixing chamber (45) extending along the axis (X-X); · a pair of non-return valves (61, 62) suitable for allowing the incoming water flow through the body inlet mouths (421, 422);
• an adjustment group (7) positioned along the axis (X-X), operatively connected to the thermostatic mixer (5).
2. Water management system (1) according to claim 1, wherein the housing (40) comprises two inlet chambers (411, 412) that extend along the axis (X-X) from said body face (42), each respectively connected to a body inlet mouth (421, 422), wherein said inlet chambers (411, 412) are fluidically connected to the mixing chamber (45) through an opening (43) positioned distally from the body face (42).
3. Water management system (1) according to claim 2, wherein the inlet chambers (411, 412) extend substantially radially outside the mixing chamber (45).
4. Water management system (1) according to claim 3, wherein the inlet chambers (411, 412) extend substantially along the axis (X-X) so that the first inlet chamber (411) is connected to the opening (43) in an axially higher position than the position in which the second inlet chamber (412) is connected to the opening (43).
5. Water management system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the thermostatic mixer (5) comprises an adjusting element (53) that performs the adjustment of water by moving along the axis (X-X), thus adjusting the amount of water entering through the opening (43) from the first inlet chamber (411) and/or from the second inlet chamber (412).
6. Water management system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the two body inlet mouths (421, 422) and the two body outlet mouths (425', 425") are positioned on the body face (42), equally spaced apart from the axis (X-X). 7. Water management system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a gasket (9) housed between the body face (42) and the operating face (22), wherein the gasket (9) comprises a peripheral portion (90) that extends containing both the two body inlet mouths (421, 422) and the two body outlet mouths (425',
425") and comprises two central sections (91) that extend inside the peripheral portion (90) so as to identify a first area containing a first inlet mouth, a second area containing a second inlet mouth, and a third area containing both outlet mouths.
8. Water management system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the water adjustment device (3) comprises transmission means (8) operatively connected to the adjustment group (7) and to the thermostatic mixer (5) suitable for configuring the thermostatic mixer (5) along the axis (X-X) at a rotation of the adjustment group (7).
9. Water management system (1) according to claim 8, wherein the transmission means (8) are wet, being fluidically connected to the mixing chamber (45).
10. Water management system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the pair of non-return valves (61, 62) is housed in the body (4). 11. Water management system (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the pair of non-return valves
(61, 62) is housed in the installation device (2).
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