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A faucet, such as a mixing valve (32), is connected to plumbing pipes through a fixture (7) adjustably received in a bore (19) of a fitting member (4) mounted in a housing (5). The position adjustable fixture (7) has two longitudinal ducts (28, 30) provided with duct inlets (36, 38) opening into rin

A faucet, such as a mixing valve (32), is connected to plumbing pipes through a fixture (7) adjustably received in a bore (19) of a fitting member (4) mounted in a housing (5). The position adjustable fixture (7) has two longitudinal ducts (28, 30) provided with duct inlets (36, 38) opening into ring grooves (37, 39). Sealing rings (40) on the fixture separate the duct inlets and grooves in pairs for keeping cold and hot water apart upstream of the mixing valve. The duct inlets communicate through ports (45, 47) with chambers (12, 14) in the fitting member. The chambers in turn are connected to the plumbing pipe to provide a separate through flow connection between the pipes and the mixing valve separately for the hot and cold water. This structure permits rotation of the housing (5) about its central axis which coincides with the longitudinal axis of the fixture, so that the housing may be mounted in selectable, rotationally adjusted positions to a wall while maintaining the separate through flow connections through the ducts.

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A fitting for connecting a plumbing faucet to hot and cold water plumbing pipes (8, 9; 8a, 9a) for supplying hot and cold water to said faucet, comprising: a housing (5) having a central housing axis and a cavity (25) in said housing, a fixture (7) for mounting said faucet, a fitting member (4) oper

A fitting for connecting a plumbing faucet to hot and cold water plumbing pipes (8, 9; 8a, 9a) for supplying hot and cold water to said faucet, comprising: a housing (5) having a central housing axis and a cavity (25) in said housing, a fixture (7) for mounting said faucet, a fitting member (4) operatively mounted in said housing for connecting said fixture (7) to said housing (5), said fixture (7) having separate cold and hot water ducts (28, 30), said fitting member (4) comprising respective hot and cold water chambers (12, 14) for communicating with said ducts (28, 30) and respective connecting pipe sections (11, 11′) connecting said hot and cold water chambers (12, 14) to said hot and cold water plumbing pipes, said fitting member (4) further comprising a bore (19) extending substantially coaxially with said central housing axis, said fixture (7) being operatively received in said bore (19) for rotational adjustment into a position for fluid passing cooperation between said respective chambers in said fitting member (4) and the corresponding one of said ducts in said fixture (7), each of said hot and cold water ducts of said fixture having a respective duct inlet (36, 38) in said fixture (7), said duct inlets (36, 38) being axially displaced relative to each other with respect to said central axis for facilitating said cooperation, and sealing means (40) on said fixture (7) for separating said duct inlets (36, 38) from each other, said fitting member (4) comprising two axially spaced ports (45, 47) each port communicating through said hot and cold water chambers (12, 14) with said connecting pipe sections (11) and through said duct inlets (36, 38) with said ducts (28, 30) for providing fluid passages from said hot and cold water plumbing pipes to said faucet, a mixing valve unit (32) connected to ends of said ducts (28, 30) outside said fixture for selecting the desired temperature of the mixed water and for volume control, ring groove means betweeen said fitting member (4) and said fixture (7) cooperating with said duct inlets (36, 38), said fixture 7 comprising a discharge port (49) for the mixed water outside said fitting member (4), said fitting member (4) and said fixture (7) with said discharge port (49) forming separate parts for permitting any desired rotational angular adjustment betweeen these parts, said fitting further comprising means for securing said fixture (7) in an angularly and axially adjusted position relative to said housing (5), and wherein said fixture (7) comprises a cylindrical insert section (7a) fitting into said bore (19) of said fitting member (4), said means for securing said fixture (7) fixing said cylindrical insert section (7a) radially and axially in said bore of said fitting member, said duct inlets (36, 38) of said fixture (7) being so constructed and located in said cylindrical insert section (7a) that the respective inlet duct (28, 30) remains in fluid communication with the corresponding port (45, 47) in said fitting member (4) in any angularly adjusted position of said cylindrical insert section (7a) of said fixture, said sealing means (40) comprising a number of sealing rings located around said cylindrical insert section (7a) so as to separate said duct inlets (36, 38) from each other in said cylindrical insert section (7a) of said fixture (7).