Fluid mixing valve with adjustable cam actuator

Claim 1

A FLUID MIXING VALVE INCORPORATING A MAIN HOUSING PROVIDED WITH AN INLET FOR THE HOT FLUID AND WITH AN OPPOSITELY DISPOSED INLET FOR THE COLD FLUID AND WITH OUTLET MEANS FOR THE MIXED FLUIDS, SEPARATELY FORMED VALVE HOUSINGS WHICH ARE REMOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID MAIN HOUSING, VALVE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW FROM SAID INLETS, MEANS FOR ENSURING AN AXIAL GUIDED MOVEMENT OF THE VALVE MEANS RELATIVELY TO THEIR RESPECTIVE VALVE HOUSING, TAPPETS FOR ACTUATING SAID VALVE MEANS, A TURNABLE SINGLE PROFILE CAM ADAPTED WHEN TURNED TO CO-ACT WITH SAID TAPPETS FOR EFFECTING THE PROGRESSIVE OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE INLET CONTROL VALVE MEANS SO THAT THERE SHALL BE A PROPORTIONATE MIXING OF HOT AND COLD FLUIDS AS THE CAM IS TURNED, MEANS FOR TURNING THE CAM FOR ACHIEVING THE SAID PURPOSE AND MEANS FOR RETAINING THE VALVE HOUSING WITHIN THE MAIN HOUSING WHICH MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSINGS ARE CORRECTLY POSITIONED AND RETAINED WITHIN THE MAIN HOUSING AND THEREBY TO ENSURE THAT THE TAPPETS FOR ACTUATING THE GUIDED VALVE MEANS WILL ALWAYS BE PRESENTED TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE CAM.