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EP0435031B1
EP0435031B1 EP90123392A EP90123392A EP0435031B1 EP 0435031 B1 EP0435031 B1 EP 0435031B1 EP 90123392 A EP90123392 A EP 90123392A EP 90123392 A EP90123392 A EP 90123392A EP 0435031 B1 EP0435031 B1 EP 0435031B1
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Bruno Heimann
Bernd Bischoff
Friedrich Wagner
Hans-Peter Strelow
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18—Roses; Shower heads
    • B05B1/185—Roses; Shower heads characterised by their outlet element; Mounting arrangements therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B15/00—Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
    • B05B15/50—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter
    • B05B15/52—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter for removal of clogging particles
    • B05B15/528—Arrangements for cleaning; Arrangements for preventing deposits, drying-out or blockage; Arrangements for detecting improper discharge caused by the presence of foreign matter for removal of clogging particles by resilient deformation of the nozzle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18—Roses; Shower heads

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  • the invention relates to a shower head with the features specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • shower devices of this type are known (DE 31 07 808 Al / DE 30 44 310 Al).
  • the tendency to calcification of conventional shower heads can be reduced by the arrangement of tubular water outlet nozzles made of elastic material.
  • limescale encrustations do occur at individual water outlet openings, which is undesirable.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the shower head specified in the preamble of claim 1 and in particular to design such that scale deposits can be easily removed from all water outlet openings.
  • a hand shower is shown in FIG. 1, the handle of the hand shower being articulated to a shower head 1 behind the section plane.
  • the water is supplied via a flexible hose line through a water inlet 11 in the handle of the shower, not shown in the drawing. From the water inlet 11, the fresh water reaches water chambers 12 which can be optionally switched on.
  • the water chambers 12 are delimited downstream by a base part 2, in which water outlet openings 22 are provided as jet formers for the emerging water jets.
  • tubular end pieces 21 are integrally formed on the bottom part 2 on the downstream end face, the bottom part 2 being made of an elastomer. In order to prevent deformation of the entire base part 2 by the water pressure, it is correspondingly thick-walled.
  • the water outlet openings 22 have a circular cross section and have a diameter of 1 to 2 mm, preferably of about 1.2 mm.
  • the tubular end pieces 21 on the downstream end face of the base part 2 protrude approximately 2.5 mm and have a wall thickness of approximately 0.5 mm.
  • a flat slide valve 4 is arranged in front as a cover on the shower head 1, the end pieces 21 engaging in bores 41 of the flat slide valve 4.
  • a hub 14 is formed on the shower head 1, from which the flat slide 4 is rotatably held, the flat slide 4 being secured axially fixed on the shower head 1 with the aid of a fastening screw 15.
  • the flat slide 4 can be rotated by hand relative to the base part 2 with the aid of gripping surfaces 42, as a result of which a rolling and wiping of the end pieces 21 on the walls of the bores 41 takes place.
  • the rotatable arrangement of the flat slide 4 it can also be immovably fixed to the hub 14 with the aid of a polygonal profile, for example a square, in which case the base part 2 is then designed to be rotatable.
  • Rotatable bottom parts are often used for adjusting and / or optionally blocking some water outlet openings 22. In this arrangement, the end pieces 21 are then automatically wiped off the flat slide with the beam adjustment or changeover.
  • the tubular end pieces 21 do not engage in the flat slide 4.
  • 4 knobs 43 are formed on the flat slide on the back for wiping.
  • the shower jets formed in the water outlet openings 22 can pass freely through openings 44 in the flat slide valve 4 in a neutral central position.
  • hose pieces 3 can also be inserted into corresponding openings 23 of a rigid bottom part 2.
  • a thin-walled rubber plate can be placed on the base part 2, with corresponding hose-like end pieces 21 being formed on the rubber plate, which reach through the base part 2 in openings 23.
  • two pieces of hose 3 can be buttoned into the individual openings 23 of the base part.
  • the tube piece 3 has an inner collar 31 and an outer collar 32.
  • the flat slide 4 is expediently held on the shower head 1 in such a way that it automatically assumes a neutral central position in the rest position, in which the shower jets can emerge undisturbed.
  • the downstream end face can expediently be tapered with a cone 210.
  • the proposed flat slide valve 4 can also be completely omitted if the end pieces 2l of the water outlet openings 22 are made of an elastic material with a material hardness of 20 to 100 shore.
  • the end pieces 21 can be wiped with the user's hand to remove incrustations etc.
  • the device otherwise required is replaced by the hand of the user.
  • the end pieces 21 expediently have a wall thickness of 0.1 to 3 mm and a projecting free length of 0.1 to 4 mm.

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In a shower head with a housing which can be connected to the water supply and which forms at least one water chamber, and with a floor part with water outlet openings formed from elastic material which downstream are of hose-like design, it is proposed for the sake of improvement, and in particular in order to remove calcium deposits on all the water outlet openings, that in the area of the hose-like end pieces of the water outlet openings a device for optionally vigorously squeezing and/or scraping off of the end pieces on the shower head is provided, the hose-like end pieces being constructed with walls which are as thin as possible. Instead of a particular device, it can also be provided that the protruding hose-like area of the water outlet openings is produced from a material with a material hardness of 20 to 100 Shore so that vigorously squeezing or scraping off of the end pieces can be carried out manually by the user without a special device. <IMAGE>

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Brausekopf mit den im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 angegebenen Merkmalen. Brauseeinrichtungen dieser Art sind bekannt (DE 31 07 808 Al / DE 30 44 310 Al). Durch die Anordnung von schlauchförmigen Wasseraustrittsdüsen aus elastischem Werkstoff kann die Verkalkungsneigung von herkömmlichen Brauseköpfen reduziert werden. Andererseits kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, daß doch an einzelnen Wasseraustrittsöffnungen Kalkverkrustungen auftreten, was unerwünscht ist.The invention relates to a shower head with the features specified in the preamble of claim 1. Shower devices of this type are known (DE 31 07 808 Al / DE 30 44 310 Al). The tendency to calcification of conventional shower heads can be reduced by the arrangement of tubular water outlet nozzles made of elastic material. On the other hand, it cannot be ruled out that limescale encrustations do occur at individual water outlet openings, which is undesirable.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, den im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 angegebenen Brausekopf zu verbessern und insbesondere so auszubilden, daß an allen Wasseraustrittsöffnungen Kalkverkrustungen leicht entfernbar sind.The invention has for its object to improve the shower head specified in the preamble of claim 1 and in particular to design such that scale deposits can be easily removed from all water outlet openings.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch die im kennzeichnenden Teil des Anspruchs 1 bzw. des Anspruchs 2 angegebenen Merkmale gelöst.This object is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of claim 1 and claim 2.

Mit diesen Ausbildungen wird mit einfachen Mitteln ermöglicht, an jeder Wasseraustrittsöffnung am stromabwärts gelegenen Rand, an dem sich bevorzugt durch die Verdunstung des Wassers Kalkverkrustungen ausbilden, diese gezielt zu entfernen.
Weitere Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Ansprüchen 3 bis 15 angegeben.With these designs, simple means make it possible to remove these incrustations in a targeted manner at each water outlet opening on the downstream edge, at which lime incrustations preferably form due to the evaporation of the water.
Further refinements of the invention are specified in claims 3 to 15.

Ausführungsbeispiele der Erfindung sind in der Zeichnung dargestellt und werden im einzelnen näher erläutert. Es zeigt

Figur 1
einen Brausekopf mit gewölbtem Bodenteil im Schnitt;
Figur 2
einen Ausschnitt aus dem Bodenteil eines anderen Brausekopfes im Schnitt in vergrößerter Darstellung;
Figur 3
einen weiteren Brauseboden eines Brausekopfes im Schnitt in vergrößerter Darstellung;
Figur 4
den Brauseboden gemäß Figur 3 mit einknöpfbaren Schlauchstücken;
Figur 5
ein schlauchartiges Endstück stark vergrößert im Schnitt.
Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawing and are explained in more detail. It shows
Figure 1
a shower head with a curved base section;
Figure 2
a section of the bottom part of another shower head in section in an enlarged view;
Figure 3
another shower base of a shower head in section in an enlarged view;
Figure 4
the shower base according to Figure 3 with button pieces of hose;
Figure 5
a tube-like end piece greatly enlarged in section.

Der Einfachheit halber sind bei den Ausführungsbeispielen in der Zeichnung gleiche oder entsprechende Elemente mit jeweils gleichen Bezugszeichen versehen.For the sake of simplicity, the same or corresponding elements are provided with the same reference numerals in the exemplary embodiments in the drawing.

In der Figur 1 ist eine Handbrause gezeigt, wobei das Griffstück der Handbrause hinter der Schnittebene an einen Brausekopf 1 angelenkt ist. Die Wasserzuführung erfolgt dabei über eine flexible Schlauchleitung durch einen Wasserzulauf 11 in dem in der Zeichnung nicht dargestellten Handgriff der Brause. Vom Wasserzulauf 11 gelangt das Frischwasser in wahlweise zuschaltbare Wasserkammern 12. Die Wasserkammern 12 sind dabei von einem Bodenteil 2 stromabwärts begrenzt, in dem Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 als Strahlbildner für die austretenden Wasserstrahlen vorgesehen sind. Konzentrisch zu den einzelnen Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 sind an der stromabwärts gelegenen Stirnseite schlauchartige Endstücke 21 einstückig an dem Bodenteil 2 angeformt, wobei der Bodenteil 2 aus einem Elastomer hergestellt ist. Um eine Verformung des gesamten Bodenteils 2 durch den Wasserdruck zu verhindern, ist er entsprechend dickwandig ausgebildet. Die Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 haben einen kreisförmigen Querschnitt und weisen einen Durchmesser von 1 bis 2 mm, vorzugsweise von etwa 1,2 mm auf. Die schlauchförmigen Endstücke 21 an der stromabwärts gelegenen Stirnseite des Bodenteils 2 kragen etwa 2,5 mm vor und weisen eine Wandstärke von etwa 0,5 mm auf. Parallel zu dem leicht kugelförmig ausgebildeten Bodenteil 2 ist ein Flachschieber 4 als Deckel am Brausekopf 1 vorgelagert, wobei die Endstücke 21 in Bohrungen 41 des Flachschiebers 4 einfassen. Koaxial zur Mittelachse 13 ist an dem Brausekopf 1 eine Nabe 14 ausgebildet, von der der Flachschieber 4 drehbar gehalten ist, wobei der Flachschieber 4 mit Hilfe einer Befestigungsschraube 15 axial festliegend am Brausekopf 1 gesichert ist. Zur Reinigung bzw. zur Entfernung von Kalkverkrustungen am stromabwärts gelegenen Bereich der Endstücke 21 kann mit Hilfe von Griffflächen 42 der Flachschieber 4 relativ zum Bodenteil 2 von Hand verdreht werden, wodurch ein Verwalken und Abstreichen der Endstücke 21 an den Wandungen der Bohrungen 41 erfolgt.
Alternativ zu der drehbaren Anordnung des Flachschiebers 4 kann dieser auch unbeweglich an der Nabe 14 mit Hilfe eines Polygonprofils, z.B. Vierkant, fixiert werden, wobei dann der Bodenteil 2 verdrehbar auszubilden ist. Verdrehbare Bodenteile werden häufig zur Verstellung und/oder wahlweisen Absperrung einiger Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 eingesetzt. Bei dieser Anordnung erfolgt dann automatisch mit der Strahlverstellung oder Umstellung ein Abstreichen der Endstücke 21 am Flachschieber.A hand shower is shown in FIG. 1, the handle of the hand shower being articulated to a shower head 1 behind the section plane. The water is supplied via a flexible hose line through a water inlet 11 in the handle of the shower, not shown in the drawing. From the water inlet 11, the fresh water reaches water chambers 12 which can be optionally switched on. The water chambers 12 are delimited downstream by a base part 2, in which water outlet openings 22 are provided as jet formers for the emerging water jets. Concentric to the individual water outlet openings 22, tubular end pieces 21 are integrally formed on the bottom part 2 on the downstream end face, the bottom part 2 being made of an elastomer. In order to prevent deformation of the entire base part 2 by the water pressure, it is correspondingly thick-walled. The water outlet openings 22 have a circular cross section and have a diameter of 1 to 2 mm, preferably of about 1.2 mm. The tubular end pieces 21 on the downstream end face of the base part 2 protrude approximately 2.5 mm and have a wall thickness of approximately 0.5 mm. Parallel to the slightly spherical bottom part 2, a flat slide valve 4 is arranged in front as a cover on the shower head 1, the end pieces 21 engaging in bores 41 of the flat slide valve 4. Coaxial to the central axis 13, a hub 14 is formed on the shower head 1, from which the flat slide 4 is rotatably held, the flat slide 4 being secured axially fixed on the shower head 1 with the aid of a fastening screw 15. To clean or remove limescale deposits on the downstream region of the end pieces 21, the flat slide 4 can be rotated by hand relative to the base part 2 with the aid of gripping surfaces 42, as a result of which a rolling and wiping of the end pieces 21 on the walls of the bores 41 takes place.
As an alternative to the rotatable arrangement of the flat slide 4, it can also be immovably fixed to the hub 14 with the aid of a polygonal profile, for example a square, in which case the base part 2 is then designed to be rotatable. Rotatable bottom parts are often used for adjusting and / or optionally blocking some water outlet openings 22. In this arrangement, the end pieces 21 are then automatically wiped off the flat slide with the beam adjustment or changeover.

Bei dem Ausführungsbeispiel gemäß Figur 2 greifen die schlauchartigen Endstücke 21 nicht in den Flachschieber 4 ein. Zum Abstreichen sind an dem Flachschieber 4 Noppen 43 an der Rückseite ausgebildet. Die in den Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 geformten Brausestrahlen können dabei in einer neutralen Mittelstellung durch Öffnungen 44 im Flachschieber 4 ungehindert ins Freie treten.In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, the tubular end pieces 21 do not engage in the flat slide 4. 4 knobs 43 are formed on the flat slide on the back for wiping. The shower jets formed in the water outlet openings 22 can pass freely through openings 44 in the flat slide valve 4 in a neutral central position.

Anstatt der einstückigen Ausbildung von Bodenteil 2 und Endstücke 21 können auch Schlauchstücke 3 in entsprechende Öffnungen 23 eines starren Bodenteils 2 eingefügt werden. Gemäß der Ausführung nach Figur 3 kann eine dünnwandige Gummiplatte auf den Bodenteil 2 aufgelegt werden, wobei an der Gummiplatte entsprechende schlauchartige Endstücke 21 angeformt sind, die den Bodenteil 2 in Öffnungen 23 durchgreifen. Alternativ können aber auch, wie es aus Figur 4 zu entnehmen ist, in den einzelnen Öffnungen 23 des Bodenteils 2 Schlauchstücke 3 eingeknöpft werden. Zur sicheren Halterung in dem Bodenteil 2 weist das Schlauchstück 3 einen inneren Ringbund 31 und einen äußeren Ringbund 32 auf.Instead of the one-piece design of bottom part 2 and end pieces 21, hose pieces 3 can also be inserted into corresponding openings 23 of a rigid bottom part 2. According to the embodiment according to FIG. 3, a thin-walled rubber plate can be placed on the base part 2, with corresponding hose-like end pieces 21 being formed on the rubber plate, which reach through the base part 2 in openings 23. Alternatively, as can be seen from FIG. 4, two pieces of hose 3 can be buttoned into the individual openings 23 of the base part. For secure mounting in the bottom part 2, the tube piece 3 has an inner collar 31 and an outer collar 32.

Zweckmäßig wird der Flachschieber 4 an dem Brausekopf 1 so gehaltert, daß er als Ruhestellung selbsttätig eine neutrale Mittelstellung einnimmt, in der die Brausestrahlen ungestört austreten können. Um ein leichteres Entfernen von Verkalkungen an den Endstücken 21 zu ermöglichen, kann zweckmäßig die stromabwärts gelegene Stirnseite mit einem Kegel 210 verjüngt ausgebildet sein.The flat slide 4 is expediently held on the shower head 1 in such a way that it automatically assumes a neutral central position in the rest position, in which the shower jets can emerge undisturbed. In order to make it easier to remove limescale from the end pieces 21, the downstream end face can expediently be tapered with a cone 210.

Der vorgeschlagene Flachschieber 4 kann auch völlig entfallen, wenn die Endstücke 2l der Wasseraustrittsöffnungen 22 aus einem elastischen Werkstoff mit einer Materialhärte von 20 bis 100 Shore ausgebildet sind. In diesem Fall kann nämlich ein Abstreichen der Endstücke 21 zur Entfernung von Verkrustungen etc. mit der Hand des Benutzers erfolgen. Die sonst erforderliche Vorrichtung wird hierbei ersetzt durch die Hand des Benutzers. Zweckmäßig weisen in dieser Ausbildung die Endstcke 21 eine Wandstärke von 0,1 bis 3 mm und eine vorkragende freie Länge von 0,1 bis 4 mm auf.The proposed flat slide valve 4 can also be completely omitted if the end pieces 2l of the water outlet openings 22 are made of an elastic material with a material hardness of 20 to 100 shore. In this case, the end pieces 21 can be wiped with the user's hand to remove incrustations etc. The device otherwise required is replaced by the hand of the user. In this embodiment, the end pieces 21 expediently have a wall thickness of 0.1 to 3 mm and a projecting free length of 0.1 to 4 mm.

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  1. Shower head having a housing connectible to the water supply and forming at least one water chamber, and a base part having water outlet openings that are formed from resilient material and are of hose-like construction on the downstream side, characterised in that in the region of the hose-like end pieces (21) of the water outlet openings (22) there is provided a device (4, 42) for scraping the end pieces (21) on the shower head (1), the hose-like end pieces (21) being as thin-walled as possible.
  2. Shower head having a housing connectible to the water supply and forming at least one water chamber, and a base part having water outlet openings that are formed from resilient material and are of hose-like construction on the downstream side, characterised in that the projecting region of the hose-like water outlet openings (22) is so manufactured from a material having a material hardness of from 20 to 100 Shore that the end pieces (21) can be scraped by the user's hand without a special device.
  3. Shower head according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the hose-like end pieces (21) are formed integrally with the base part (2).
  4. Shower head according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that in the base part (2) there are arranged in openings (23) hose pieces (3) having projecting end pieces (21).
  5. Shower head according to claim 4, characterised in that each of the hose pieces (3) is secured in the inserted position with an annular collar (31, 32) on both faces of the base part (2).
  6. Shower head according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the projecting length of the end pieces (21) from the base part (2) corresponds approximately to the diameter of the water outlet opening (22).
  7. Shower head according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the water outlet openings (22) are of circular construction in cross-section and have a diameter of from 1 to 2 mm, preferably 1.2 mm.
  8. Shower head according to any one of claims 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, characterised in that the device for scraping the end pieces (21) is formed by a flat slide (4) arranged parallel to the base part (2), which slide is in engagement with the end pieces (21).
  9. Shower head according to claim 8, characterised in that in the flat slide (4) there are provided bores (41) into which the end pieces (21) fit, and the flat slide (4) is mounted to rotate about the central axis (13) relative to the base part (2).
  10. Shower head according to at least one of claims 1 and 3 to 8, characterised in that the base part (2) is movable, especially for the adjustment of the jet form of the emergent shower jets, and the flat slide (4) is immovably fixed to the shower head (1), preferably to a hub of polygonal shape.
  11. Shower head according to claim 9, characterised in that the flat slide (4) is mounted at a distance from the base part (2), coaxially with the central axis (13), on a hub (14) and is secured axially by means of a fastening screw (15), gripping surfaces (42) for hand operation being provided on the edge region.
  12. Shower head according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that the end pieces (21) are so constructed that the wall thickness tapers in the direction of flow, for example by means of a cone (210).
  13. Shower head according to any one of claims 1 and 3 to 8, characterised in that the end pieces (21) are arranged to be recessed behind the flat slide (4), and there are provided on the rear side of the flat slide (4) projections, for example knobs (43), with which the end pieces (21) can be scraped by movement of the flat slide (4), the flat slide (4) having openings (44) for the outlet of the shower jets.
  14. Shower head according to any one of claims 1 and 3 to 13, characterised in that the flat slide (4) automatically assumes as rest position a neutral central position in which the shower jets can emerge unhindered.
  15. Shower head according to claim 2, characterised in that the end pieces (21) have a wall thickness of from 0.1 to 3 mm and a projecting free length of from 0.1 to 4 mm.
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