EP0501262A1 - Robinetterie commandée à proximité - Google Patents

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EP0501262A1
EP0501262A1 EP19920102578 EP92102578A EP0501262A1 EP 0501262 A1 EP0501262 A1 EP 0501262A1 EP 19920102578 EP19920102578 EP 19920102578 EP 92102578 A EP92102578 A EP 92102578A EP 0501262 A1 EP0501262 A1 EP 0501262A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/05—Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like for remote control of taps
    • E03C1/055—Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like
    • E03C1/057—Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like touchless, i.e. using sensors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/87571—Multiple inlet with single outlet
    • Y10T137/87676—With flow control
    • Y10T137/87684—Valve in each inlet
    • Y10T137/87692—With common valve operator

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  • a sanitary fitting according to the invention therefore presents itself to the user as he is familiar with hand-operated sanitary fittings, namely with a handle.
  • this handle no longer has the function of adjusting the amount and / or temperature of the outflowing water in the fitting according to the invention. Rather, this handle serves as an "operating mode switch", that is to say as an electrical switch which changes the internal functional sequences of the electronics in its different operating positions.
  • the switch designed in the manner of a handle according to the present invention is actuated only exceptionally when it is intended to switch from one operating mode to another.
  • the visual appearance of the sanitary fitting according to the invention largely corresponds to a conventional manually operated sanitary fitting, the type of integration of the operating mode switch into the sanitary fitting is easily accepted by the public.
  • the arrangement of such fittings under optically appropriately designed fittings of conventional construction in the same room is also easily achieved in the embodiment according to the invention.
  • a manually operated sanitary fitting is designed with a substantially horizontal pivot axis. This corresponds to the most common type of handles, such as those found in known sanitary fittings, which have to be turned to adjust the water flow.
  • the visual appearance of the fitting according to the invention is particularly successful when the switch is one of two handles symmetrically attached to the housing, in such a way that the visual appearance of a conventional two-handle fitting is given.
  • the handle of conventional sanitary fittings can be used for the purpose according to the invention, which is used there for quantity adjustment.
  • the opening and closing of the valve according to the invention is normally done by the electronics.
  • the essentially electronic components are combined as a structural unit in the housing of the switch.
  • the space available within the housing of the switch is additionally used, so that the electronic components do not have to be accommodated in the actual valve housing. This can therefore be made slim and appealing.
  • the connection paths between the switch and the electronic components are short; since the latter take part in the rotary movement of the switch, the electrical connecting lines are also not mechanically stressed.
  • the switch is pivoted about the horizontal pivot axis into the position in which the detection range of the sensor is directed obliquely downwards
  • two processes take place at the same time: the water begins first by electrical means, i.e. caused by the new switch position to flow without this flow requiring a sensor signal.
  • the electronic components are now reprogrammed in such a way that they emit a signal interrupting the flow of the water instead of initiating the flow of the water. The latter appears when the water level in the sink or the like has reached a certain height.
  • the sensor can monitor this because it has been brought into a position deviating from the normal position by pivoting the switch.
  • the essentially mechanical components can be combined as a structural unit on the second handle. Once again, the available space is used in this way, which is given in the handle. In addition, the maintenance of all mechanical components is simplified since they can be removed from the sanitary fitting together with the second handle.
  • the electronic components and in particular the sensor are integrated in the switch, they assume a position in the position in which the switch electrically performs the normal operating mode (contactless detection of a user) in which the detection range of the sensor is directed forward .
  • the second position of the switch prevents undesired triggering of the sanitary fitting, for example when cleaning it.
  • the third position of the switch enables water to flow out continuously without the hand of a user or any other object having to be in the detection range of the sensor during this time. In this way, for example, water can be let into a sink.
  • a timer is effective, which closes the electrically operated valve again after a certain opening time.
  • the timer is adapted to the liter performance of the sanitary fitting that overflowing the washbasin or the like is impossible.
  • the contactlessly controlled sanitary fitting shown can be divided into five main components: A swivel spout 3 is attached to a central main housing 1, to which a base part 2 is attached at the bottom. Inlet channels, not shown, for hot and cold water penetrate the base part 2.
  • Two handles 6 and 7 are attached to the main housing 1 symmetrically to a central plane.
  • the left handle 6 has a double function: on the one hand, it serves to hold the electronic components of the non-contact controlled sanitary fitting.
  • the optical entry and exit window 8 for the infrared light used to detect a user shown.
  • the window 8 is colored dark so that its function as an optical window and the transmitting diode 9 behind it and the receiving diode 10 cannot be seen from the outside.
  • FIG. 2 shows how the electronics 11 are accommodated in the interior of the handle 6, which is supplied with the supply voltage via a cable 12 and which is connected to a solenoid valve via a further cable 13 in a manner not of interest here which controls the water flow.
  • the cable 12 is made through an axially parallel bore in the main housing 1 or the base part 2 from the sanitary fitting.
  • the second function of the handle 6 is that of a rotary switch with which different operating modes of the sanitary fitting can be selected.
  • the handle 6 can be pivoted about a horizontal axis between three positions. This will be discussed in more detail below.
  • a bottom part 17 is screwed into the right-hand end of the cup-shaped housing 16 facing the main housing 1 in FIG.
  • An axis 18 passes through a bore 19 of the main housing 1.
  • the axis 18 is provided with a screw head 20 which bears against a step 22 of the bore 19 via a washer 21 such that the axis 18 is opposite the main housing 1 can be rotated, but is axially fixed.
  • the axle 18 is provided with a threaded section 23 which is screwed into a corresponding central bore 24 in the base part 17.
  • the arrangement is obviously such that the handle 6 is rotatably attached to the main housing 1 by the axis 18.
  • the handle 6 is additionally guided on the main housing 1 in that the right inner end of the cup-shaped housing 16 in FIG. 2 engages in corresponding grooves on the substantially flat end face 25 of the main housing 1 on the left in FIG.
  • the ease of twisting the handle can also be determined.
  • annular space 26 is formed on the side facing the main housing 1.
  • Two reed contacts 27, 28 are arranged in this.
  • the reed contacts 27, 28 are in electrical connection with the electronics 11 and influence them in a manner explained below.
  • the reed contacts 27, 28 cooperate with a magnet 29, which is accommodated in a corresponding opening on the left end face 25 of the main housing 1, as can be seen in FIG. 2.
  • Suitable catches and stops between the handle 6 and the main housing 1 ensure that one of the following three positions can be found by pivoting the handle 6 about the axis 18: In the first position shown in FIG. 1, the optical window 8 of the handle 6 points essentially horizontally forward. This is the usual operating position for the contactless detection of users before Sanitary fitting. In this pivoted position of the handle 6, the magnet 29 lies at an angle approximately in the middle between the two reed contacts 27, 28 and does not influence them. When the reed contacts 27, 28 are not actuated, the electronics 11 are in their normal operating mode, which corresponds to the position of the handle 6.
  • the handle 6 can be pivoted clockwise in the direction of the double arrow 30 of FIG. 3 such that the window 8 points obliquely upwards.
  • the reed contact 28 is brought angularly in front of the magnets 29 embedded in the side wall 25 of the main housing 1, that is to say aligned with the latter.
  • the reed contacts 28 are actuated. This has the consequence that the electronics 11 accommodated in the handle 6 are deactivated.
  • second pivoting position of the handle 6, contactless detection is therefore not possible. This position can be selected, for example, for cleaning the sanitary fitting or the wash basin to which the sanitary fitting is attached.
  • a third position of the handle 6 is reached if it is pivoted counterclockwise in the direction of the double arrow 3 in FIG.
  • the exit window 8 is then directed obliquely downwards.
  • the reed contacts 27 are now in angular alignment with the magnet 29 and are actuated in this way.
  • an operating mode of the electronics 11 is selected in which water constantly flows out of the swivel spout 3, regardless of whether a user is in front of the exit window 8 or not.
  • the valve can thus be opened by hand by pivoting the handle 6 from the middle position into the last-mentioned third position.
  • the water flow from the sanitary fitting can be stopped in any case by pivoting the handle 6 back into the middle or upper position.
  • an operating mode is conceivable in which the water flow through the swivel spout 3 stops after a predetermined time which is sufficient to fill a certain amount of water into the wash basin.
  • the embodiment of the sanitary fitting specifically shown in the drawing automatically shuts off the water flow when the water level in the sink has reached a certain height.
  • the transmitter diode 9 and the receiver 10 are used, which are normally intended for the detection of a user.
  • the handle 6 By pivoting the handle 6 into the third position, in which the radiation emitted by the transmitter diode 9 is directed obliquely downwards towards the rising water level, it is now possible to monitor the latter.
  • the light reflected on the water surface and collected by the receiver 10 reaches such an intensity that the electronics 11 bring the water flow through the swivel spout 3 to a halt. An unintentional overflow of the water over the wash basin is therefore not possible even when the handle 6 is in the "continuous operation" position.

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