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Apparatus for sensing the temperature of a flowing liquid includes a molded plastic fitting having a stream divider extending across a liquid flow passage. A temperature sensor encapsulated in the stream divider senses the temperature of a liquid stream flowing through the passage as the stream is s

Apparatus for sensing the temperature of a flowing liquid includes a molded plastic fitting having a stream divider extending across a liquid flow passage. A temperature sensor encapsulated in the stream divider senses the temperature of a liquid stream flowing through the passage as the stream is split to flow past the stream divider.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An apparatus for sensing the temperature of a flowing liquid comprising a fitting molded from a plastic material and having a liquid flow passage therethrough, a temperature sensor molded into said fitting in a position extending across said passage internally of said fitting, said

[ I claim:] [1.] An apparatus for sensing the temperature of a flowing liquid comprising a fitting molded from a plastic material and having a liquid flow passage therethrough, a temperature sensor molded into said fitting in a position extending across said passage internally of said fitting, said temperature sensor being positioned for splitting a single liquid stream flowing through said passage into two liquid streams as the liquid stream flows past said temperature sensor. [15.] In a clothes washing machine having a tub to which water is supplied through electrically operated hot and cold water valves, said machine including an electronic control having a warm water setting in which both of the hot and cold water valves are opened to supply warm water to the tub, said machine including a molded plastic fitting between said tub and said valves, said fitting having a flow passage through which water flows from said valves to said tub, a molded plastic stream divider molded into said fitting and extending across said passage to divide a single stream flowing through said passage into two streams that flow past said stream divider, said stream divider having a cross sectional profile that minimizes turbulent flow therepast, a thermistor encapsulated in said stream divider and connected with said control to provide feedback signals related to water temperature, said control being responsive to said feedback signals to modulate at least said hot water valve and regulate the temperature of mixed hot and cold water flowing through said passage in said fitting.