CN101990468B

CN101990468B - Shower head

Info

Publication number: CN101990468B
Application number: CN200980110028.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: U·金勒
Original assignee: Hansgrohe SE
Current assignee: Hansgrohe SE
Priority date: 2008-03-20
Filing date: 2009-03-06
Publication date: 2013-11-06
Anticipated expiration: 2029-03-06
Also published as: EP2265380A1; EP2265380B1; WO2009115195A1; CN101990468A; DE102008015967A1

Abstract

A shower head comprises a shower head housing with a water inlet (1) and a jet discharge disc (2), wherein a plurality of jet discharge openings (4) are functionally combined into groups. For each group of jet discharge openings (4) at least one valve closing body is provided, which keeps some of the jet discharge openings of each group open, while keeping the other openings closed. By means of a water-operated drive and a reduction gear, the valve closing bodies are put in motion such that the currently open jet discharge openings are being closed and in return others are opened.

Description

Spray head

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of spray head, have spray head shell, water inlet and jet outgoing dish.

Background technology

Known a kind of spray head is provided with turbine in this spray head, turbine makes jet go out beam with respect to spray head shell periodically move (EP 676241).Go out between beam decelerator can be set at turbine and jet.

In the known spray equipment of another kind, jet outgoing dish itself without carrying out eccentric motion with reversing.The jet outgoing part of being made by elastomeric material as sleeve pipe moves on cone at this, and wherein, all jet outgoing parts are keeping parallelism (WO00/10720) each other.

The same known spray head of massaging in addition, wherein the jet perforation hole opens and closes with very fast order.Provide the pulsating jet at this, this jet should produce massage effect when impacting skin.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of spray head, it is in the situation that large tracts of land is also producing strong water jet without additional water consumption when spraying.

For realizing that the present invention of this purpose proposes a kind of spray head with the described feature of claim 1.The theme that further constitutes dependent claims of the present invention.

According to therefore on its jet outgoing dish comprise at least two group jet perforation holes opposite to prior art of spray head of the present invention, they are dividually by being used at least one own valve closing body opening and closing separately of output spray jet.This opening and closing utilize the valving of continuous operation to carry out.Reduce by the flow of sprinkling equipment and improve simultaneously the pressure of spray head inside by temporary transient disconnection jet perforation hole group.This state of opening simultaneously with respect to all jet perforation holes is enhanced jet.

Therefore described at least two group jet perforation holes have the closure body that at least one is responsible for this group jet perforation hole.In this regard, two valve closing bodies are the parts of common parts, thereby they can be jointly and motion simultaneously.However, here the every part in two parts is responsible for one group of jet perforation hole separately.

On the other hand, equally the valve closing body of oneself can be set respectively at least two group jet perforation holes, it also consists of as the parts that own and other valve closing body separates.When needing, this point can make the different parts of making this spray head become easily, particularly in the situation that all valve closing body structures are identical with structure.

The motion mode of valve closing body depends on formation and the setting of jet perforation hole.Preferably at least one valve closing body is rotatably mounted.

According to the present invention, for therefore all valve closing bodies also arrange common drive unit for the jet perforation hole of all groups.So also make mechanically phase mutually synchronization of valve closing body.Can coordinate in this manner the spray jet model that the user identifies visibly, make the pattern of determining that produces.

In another kind of the present invention further consists of, between drive unit and valving, decelerator is set, in order to jet graphics is changed by this way, makes the user can identify jet graphics, namely not only jet model can be identified, and the pattern of variation can be identified.In addition, produce the long shut-in time thus, reduce like this water consumption.

Proposing in further consisting of, meaningfully, described drive unit is handled by the water that flows by sprinkling equipment, particularly is provided with the turbine of the back that directly is arranged in water inlet for this reason as the present invention.

In further formation of the present invention, at least one valve closing body lies on the inboard of jet outgoing dish and the interior lateral movement by jet outgoing dish.In this regard, the valve closing body opens and closes the jet perforation hole of deriving continuously on the inboard.

The geometrical arrangements of the jet perforation hole in jet outgoing dish can consist of in further formation of the present invention like this, and the simple power that produces is enough with its manipulation on the one hand, and jet graphics also makes the people interested but then.Fact proved on sprinkling equipment that meaningfully, the jet perforation hole is arranged on a circle, namely on the curve of a closure.Because the present invention adopts at least two group jet perforation holes, so meaningfully at least two group jet perforation holes are separately positioned on a circle, wherein, particularly two circles distribute concentrically with respect to one another.

But can and be proposed by the present invention equally, two or more circle are arranged side by side, and namely neither contact is also non-intersect.These circles can have common central point, but also can arrange arbitrarily.

In further formation of the present invention, the valve closing body of the jet perforation hole of two adjacent sets is driven or also can be driven along opposite direction along identical direction.Particularly when the jet perforation hole is arranged on two concentric circles, especially effectively allow the valve closing body oppositely work.

For especially clearly consisting of jet graphics, according to further formation of the present invention, the jet perforation hole of maximum 1/3-1/4 of one group of jet perforation hole is opened, and namely exports water.The circulation of the water jet of therefore discharging can be clear that especially and the saving effect is effective.

In further consisting of, the jet perforation hole that all of one group of jet perforation hole are opened is adjacent one another are.

In further formation of the present invention, at least one valve closing body consists of as dish, also can be used as annular disk according to the setting of jet perforation hole and consists of.But closure body also can have fan-shaped shape.

For opening the jet perforation hole, the valve closing body that consists of as planar element has along the opening of its circumference sealing.

The valve closing body can make the valve closing body have the edge engaging tooth as dish or annular disk formation, and described edge engaging tooth is used for driving by speed changer.This has realized the quantity of part is kept less.

Description of drawings

Further feature of the present invention, details and advantage obtain from claims and summary, the two text becomes the content of specification by reference, and further feature of the present invention, details and advantage are also from the following explanation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention and acquisition with reference to the accompanying drawings.Wherein:

Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view by the spray head of first embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 illustrates the profile of the spray head of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates the cross-sectional view of the spray head of Fig. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 illustrates along the part sectioned view of the line IV-IV in Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 illustrates the perspective view by the spray head of the second embodiment;

Fig. 6 illustrate Fig. 5 spray head with the corresponding profile of Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 illustrate Fig. 5 and 6 embodiment with the corresponding profile of Fig. 3;

Fig. 8 illustrates in another embodiment and Fig. 2 and 6 corresponding profiles;

Fig. 9 illustrates the part sectioned view of the spray head of Fig. 8;

Figure 10 illustrate Fig. 8 embodiment with Fig. 3 and 7 corresponding profiles;

Figure 11 illustrates the parts with two valve closing bodies;

Figure 12 illustrates central floor panel;

Figure 13 illustrates the part by the shell of the embodiment of Fig. 8;

Figure 14 illustrate another embodiment spray head with the corresponding profile of Fig. 8;

Figure 15 illustrates the corresponding view with Fig. 9;

Figure 16 illustrates the profile of the spray head of another embodiment;

Figure 17 illustrates the profile that is in the spray head in the another location.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 illustrates the perspective view of the first spray head obliquely from below, its shell has the shape of flat cylinder.Consist of water inlet 1 on the back side on Fig. 1 top, shower water flows to the inside of shell by this water inlet.In the face of having jet outgoing dish 2 on user's bottom surface, it for example consists of integratedly with the cover 3 of shell.Have three groups of jet perforation holes 4 in jet outgoing dish, wherein, these jet perforation holes 4 are on the circle of a sealing separately.The user it has been seen in that at this and relates to three groups of jet perforation holes 4 in this view.

Fig. 2 illustrates the profile of this spray head.Jet outgoing dish 2 is connected integratedly with the cover 3 of shell.The spray head shell utilizes lid 5 sealings that equally flatly consist of with jet outgoing dish 2 overleaf.In the inboard of jet outgoing dish 2 at center moulding or mounting support neck 6 otherwise.Rotatably mounted turbine 7 on supporting neck 6, the wheel hub 8 of this turbine extend to from the inboard of jet outgoing dish 2 always and cover 5 inboard.In zone on the inboard that lies in jet outgoing dish 2, wheel hub 8 comprises external toothing tooth 9, and described external toothing tooth roughly extends on half height of the inner space of spray head shell.In the zone that engaging tooth 9 tops exist, amount to radially outward directed blade 10 of six of moulding on wheel hub 8.They extend to always covers 5 inboard.

Consist of the water inlet 1 that beginning is mentioned on the outside of lid 5, this water inlet is from joint sleeve 11s infundibulate expansion.Inside in the zone of this expansion is at four through-flow mouthfuls 12 of tilting to extend of the interior formation of the lid 5 of spray head shell, also referring to Fig. 4.Opening 12 tilts to extend, and definite says, if along the circular motion around the axis of supporting neck 6, all openings all tilt in the same direction.

The outer 13 of blade 10 is on the cylinder of radius greater than through-flow mouthful of 12 residing radius of a circles.Therefore the water that enters the spray head shell by water inlet 1 arrives obliquely the blade 10 of turbine 7 and turbine is placed among rotation.

In addition, in the inboard of jet outgoing dish 2, three supporting necks 15 of moulding in the zone between central point and outward flange, dish 16 rotatable being bearing on described supporting neck.These dishes 16 have external toothing tooth 9 with turbine 7 wheel hubs 8 and are in external toothing tooth 17 among engagement.Therefore when wheel hub 8 rotation, dish 16 reverses equally.Coil 16 lies on the inboard of jet outgoing dish 2 planarly.Supporting neck 15 is in separately on one group of central point that is in a jet perforation hole 4 on circle separately.The excircle that has engaging tooth 17 here is in outside the residing circle of jet perforation hole 4.They process described hole 4 so thus, make water can not pass these holes.Each dish 16 has gap 18, and the width in described gap is equivalent to the diameter of jet perforation hole 4, and the distance of described gap and supporting neck 15 also is equivalent to the distance of jet perforation hole 4 and supporting neck 15.Gap 18 is superimposed with some described jet perforation holes 4 thus, and three this jet perforation holes 4 are superimposed separately with just in time in the embodiment shown in fig. 3.Therefore these three jet perforation holes adjacent one another are 4 are opened, thereby water can be discharged by them.All three dishes 16 are identical aspect the arranging of size and length and gap 18.Each in 16 of these dishes forms the valve closing body in an illustrated embodiment, its with the acting in conjunction of jet perforation hole 4 under form valve.

Shown in Fig. 1-4, the operation principle of spray head is as follows: as long as water enters the inside of shell, it is just discharged by the hole 4 of being opened by the gap 18 of three dishes 16.Water acts on the blade 10 of turbine 7 and makes its torsion.Coiling thus 16 also reverses and progressively discharge other jet perforation hole 4 during the jet perforation hole 4 of opening before their sealings.Thus on the outside of spray head shell, namely Fig. 1 below, form three groups of three water jets separately, their aspect the position along the circular motion that jet perforation hole 4 is set.

Introduce now the embodiment of Fig. 5-7.Here the spray head shell is similar to the embodiment shaping of Fig. 1-4, but jet perforation hole 4 arranges along two concentric circles in jet outgoing dish 2.The user can find out without any problems, produces thus or plans with the merging of jet perforation hole in groups.The internal structure of spray head is similar to the embodiment of introducing previously.Turbine 7 utilizes its wheel hub 8 to be bearing on middle supporting neck 6.Wheel hub comprises the ring gear 9 with the external toothing tooth on it directly lies in the zone of jet outgoing dish 2 inboards.The diameter of this ring gear is greater than the first embodiment.The blade 10 of turbine 7 also is set on ring gear 9, and the embodiment of they and front configures and definite size in a similar fashion.Water inlet 1 structure and front are identical, thereby needn't elaborate any further.Fig. 4 also is applicable to this embodiment.

In the inboard of jet outgoing dish 2, directly with the adjacent formation in inboard 19 of the cover 3 of shell around cannelure 20, jet perforation hole 4 is in the extension of the center of described cannelure.Consisting of with one heart the second cannelure 22, the second cannelures with the cannelure 20 of outside dividually by rib 21 overlaps equally with the ring of inner jet perforation hole 4 along the inside that arranges.At each this cannelure 20, the 22 interior

annular disks

23,24 that arrange respectively, they move in these cannelures, namely can reverse.Outside annular disk 23 has interior engaging tooth 25, and inner annular disk 24 has outside but to the engaging tooth 26 of interior orientation.

External toothing tooth meshed gears 28 at other supporting neck 27 upper supports and ring gear 9.In the extend radially of the connecting line between the supporting neck 27 of the supporting neck 6 of turbine 7 and gear 28, directly support pinion 29 between two

annular disks

23,24, this pinion both was among engagement with gear 28, also was among engagement with the interior engaging tooth 25 of the annular disk 23 of outside.Gear 28 additionally is among engagement with the external toothing tooth 26 to interior orientation of the annular disk 24 of inside.This means, when turbine for example reverses along the direction of arrow shown in Figure 7, gear 28 rotates on opposite direction of rotation, in order to pinion 29 is reversed again in the counterclockwise direction, thereby outside annular disk 23 equally in the counterclockwise direction along shown in the direction of arrow reverse.But because gear 28 also meshes with engaging tooth 26, so inner annular disk 24 moves along clockwise direction.

Each in two

annular disks

23,24 also has gap 18 separately, and the width in described gap is equivalent to the diameter of jet perforation hole 4, described gap also be equivalent to respectively organize the radial distance of jet perforation hole with this radial distance that central point is set.In the embodiment of Fig. 5-7, also adjacent one another are by the jet perforation hole that open in gap 18, because only there is a this gap 18 in each

annular disk

23,24.

The operation principle of this spray head is similar to the embodiment of front, thus no longer repeat specification.

In the embodiment of Fig. 1-4, all three dishes 16 all reverse with identical direction of rotation, and in the embodiment of Fig. 5-7, two

annular disk

23,24 counter motions of using as the valve closing body.

Now, Fig. 8-13 illustrate the another kind of embodiment of spray head of the present invention.At first the embodiment with the spray head shown in profile and front is corresponding by this way in Fig. 8, and namely this spray head has the shell of the flat cylinder shape of band cover 3 and jet outgoing dish 2.A large amount of jet perforation holes 4 is set in jet outgoing dish 2.In the side back to jet outgoing dish 2, shell is by covering 5 sealings.Moulding water inlet 1 on lid 5, water from this water inlet by covering 5 inside that enter shell.At the interior formation passage 30 of slightly thicker lid 5, referring to Fig. 9, they from the diameter relatively little water inlet 1 by cover in 5 one zones outside the shell.

Form outside step 31 forming on the parts inboard of jet outgoing dish 2 and jacket 3.Has toroidal membrane 32 with described step 31 equal heights in the inboard moulding of jet outgoing dish at interval with this outside step 31.Part jet perforation hole 4 is arranged in space between the outer wall 3 of toroidal membrane 32 and shell, and another part jet perforation hole 4 is arranged on the inside of toroidal membrane 32.Place central floor panel 33 on convex shoulder 31 and toroidal membrane 32, this central floor panel forms the first Room 34 between cover 3, jet dish 2 and toroidal membrane 32 and the second Room 35 between toroidal membrane 32 and jet outgoing dish 2 thus.Each from these two

chambers

34,35 of jet perforation hole 4 led to the outside.

Central floor panel has the entrance 37 in the entrance 36 that leads in outside chamber 34 and the chamber 35 of leading to inside.Central floor panel 33 has supporting neck 6 at the center in the side back to jet outgoing dish 2, rotatably mounted parts 38 on supporting neck.These parts have the blade 39 that substantial radial extends, and they almost extend to the outside of shell always.The water slug blade 39 of discharging from passage 30 also is placed in these parts 38 among rotation.Parts 38 have the part

annular slab

40,41 that extends on two each comfortable approximately semi-circumferences on the bottom surface of its blade 39.Outside plate 40 arranges like this, and the outside, outer and its interior edge that make its outer be in ingate 36 are on the inboard inner circle in ingate 36.This means, this plate 40 can seal the entrance 36 that leads in outside chamber 34.

Identical content is applicable to the corresponding part annular slab 40 of distributing to the inside of leading to the entrance 37 in inner chamber 35 therewith.

1 Shen is prolonged in

ingate

36 or 37 on short circular arc, referring to Figure 12 that central floor panel 33 perspective views are shown.Internal view with jet outgoing dish 2 of toroidal membrane 32 and convex shoulder 31 can be found out in Figure 13.

The spray head of-13 illustrated embodiment of the spray head of embodiment and Fig. 8 shown in Figure 14 and 15 is distinct in detail.Not only exist in lid 5 in the zone of radial outside in the enclosure pass-out with for the passage 30 that drives rotor.Additionally have vertically to run through and cover 5 passage 50, these passages directly lead to the supporting member side of the rotor on wheel hub 6.Lid 5 rotatably arranges with respect to water inlet 1, thus in the groove of the outside of the rib embedding water inlet 1 of interior orientation.Certainly be provided with seal, but seal is not shown.The spray head shell can reverse by acting on its external margin, once enters the position that the opening 51 in water inlet 1 closure wall 52 aligns with the entrance 53 of passage 30.Then spray head is worked in the mode identical with Fig. 8-13 illustrated embodiment.But cover 5 by reversing opening 51 position consistent with passage 50 that also can enter in water inlet 1 closure wall 52.In this case, rotor does not have driven, but the opening that water is just opened from midfeather 33 flows into distribute separately indoor and flows to the outside by jet perforation hole 4 therefrom.In this manner, can manually cancel conversion.

Embodiment shown in Figure 16 and 17 and the difference of embodiment before this be, the wheel hub 6 that forms in the side back to jet dish 2 of central floor panel 33 has the opening of perforation here.Jet dish 2 also has the opening that aligns with wheel hub 6.This opening is in the interior formation of wheel hub 61.The thrust piece 62 that comprises handle 63 on the outside of jet dish 2 is passed the opening of mutual alignment.Thrust piece 62 is utilized in the supporting member 64 of its inner embedding rotor.By shaking hands 63 push and rotor can be lifted like this, part

annular slab

40,41 is broken away from and the contacting of central floor panel 33 inboards.This means, although rotor is also in rotation, its no longer generation effect.Supplied water in two chambers, and water jet is discharged from all jet perforation holes 4.

Figure 14 and 15 and Figure 16 and 17 embodiment can make up by this way mutually on the other hand on the one hand, rotor is for example lifted with respect to the torsion of water inlet 1 by shell, wherein, then by changing the water guiding, the rotation of rotor also is adjusted simultaneously.

Claims

1. spray head, have

1.1 by the shell of jet outgoing dish (2) sealing,

1.2 lead to the water inlet (1) in described shell,

1.3 at least two group jet perforation holes (4) in described jet outgoing dish (2),

1.4 be used for the valving of described jet perforation hole (4), this valving

1.5 for every group of jet perforation hole (4) has at least one oneself valve closing body, and have

1.6 be used for the common drive unit that is used for all valve closing bodies of control valve door gear,

Wherein said drive unit has the turbine (7) that is arranged on described water inlet (1) back,

Wherein said spray head has decelerator between described drive unit and described valving.

2. by spray head claimed in claim 1, wherein, the described valve closing body of at least two group jet perforation holes (4) consists of as the part of common element.

3. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, the described valve closing body of at least two group jet perforation holes (4) consists of as the element that separates.

4. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing physical efficiency is supported rotationally.

5. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing body lies on the inboard of described jet outgoing dish (2), and can move on this inboard.

6. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, the described jet perforation hole (4) of at least one group of jet perforation hole (4) arranges along circle.

7. by spray head claimed in claim 6, wherein, two groups of jet perforation holes (4) arrange along circle respectively, and wherein, a circle in two circles is arranged on the inside of another circle.

8. by spray head claimed in claim 6, wherein, two groups of jet perforation holes (4) arrange along circle respectively, and two circles are non-intersect.

9. by spray head claimed in claim 4, wherein, the valve closing body of the jet perforation hole (4) of two adjacent sets oppositely is driven in rotation.

10. by spray head claimed in claim 4, wherein, the valve closing body of the jet perforation hole (4) of two adjacent sets is driven along identical direction of rotation.

11. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, open at most separately 1/4th hole (4) at least one group of jet perforation hole (4).

12. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, all jet perforation holes of opening are adjacent at least one group of jet perforation hole (4).

13. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, half in the jet perforation hole (4) of opening at least one group of jet perforation hole (4) is opposite each other.

14. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing body consists of as the planar element that has along the opening (18) that circumferentially extends.

15. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing body consists of as dish (16).

16. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing body consists of as annular element (23,24).

17. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one valve closing body has edge engaging tooth (17,25,26).

18. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, at least one group of jet perforation hole (4) is arranged in chamber (34,35), and distributes to the valve closing body and entrance (36, the 37) acting in conjunction of leading in described chamber (34,35) of this group jet perforation hole (4).

19. by the described spray head of claim 18, wherein, described chamber (34,35) described jet outgoing dish (2) be parallel to formation between the central floor panel (33) that this jet outgoing dish extends.

20. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, described valving consists of like this, makes be used to the drive unit of handling described valving to stop or inoperative by manual intervention.

21. by the described spray head of claim 1 or 2, wherein, described turbine (7) is set directly at described water inlet (1) back.

22. by spray head claimed in claim 7, wherein, the described circle in described two circles and described another circle extend with one heart.