EP0514751B1 - Brause mit Umstelleinrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0514751B1
EP0514751B1 EP92108040A EP92108040A EP0514751B1 EP 0514751 B1 EP0514751 B1 EP 0514751B1 EP 92108040 A EP92108040 A EP 92108040A EP 92108040 A EP92108040 A EP 92108040A EP 0514751 B1 EP0514751 B1 EP 0514751B1
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Bruno Heimann
Bernd Bischoff
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Grohe Water Technology AG and Co KG
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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
    • B05B1/16—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 having selectively- effective outlets
    • B05B1/1681—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 having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, sliding valve or cock and a lift valve
    • 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, in particular hand shower, for shower and bath facilities with a water supply channel and a shower head arranged on the water supply channel, which has a plurality of spray jets that generate shower jets, which can be optionally connected to the water supply channel by rotating the shower head about its longitudinal axis.
  • a shower is known for example from DE-U-79 20 406.
  • the manufacturing tolerances which inevitably occur can lead to different stiffnesses of the changeover in the different showers, which is undesirable.
  • increased stiffness increased wear occurs, particularly on the sealing means of the changeover.
  • the invention has for its object to improve the switching device specified in the preamble of claim 1 and to design such that largely independent of the manufacturing tolerances that occur safe operation and roughly constant smoothness is achieved over a long period of time.
  • a sealing washer with at least one passage opening is arranged in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner, an elastic ring being provided at the edge region of the sealing washer, with which the edge seal to the water guide channel is provided and the sealing washer is resilient is pressed against the shower head with a minimum contact pressure.
  • the sealing washer can have relatively small axial dimensions. It can expediently be held non-rotatably on the water supply channel by positive locking, but it is movable in the axial direction and is pressed against an end face of the rotatable shower head by an elastic ring acting as a rubber spring together with the water pressure present.
  • the sealing washer is advantageously made of easily slidable plastic.
  • the hand shower shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is essentially formed by a shower head 1, a handle 2, a water guide channel 3, a sealing disk 4 and a water guide disk 5.
  • the shower water is introduced at the upstream end region of the handle 2 (not shown in the drawing) via a hose line into the water duct 3 and fed to a downstream receptacle 32 in which a flange pin 31 is welded with its edge region 313 (FIGS. 8, 9) is.
  • Two diagonally arranged water passage openings 311 are formed in the flange area, as can be seen in particular from FIGS. 7 to 9.
  • the flange on the downstream side is approximately pot-shaped and has a circumferential shoulder 314, in the area of which four ribs 315 are arranged approximately symmetrically and radially projecting.
  • a projection 316 is formed on the downstream end face, a polygonal profile 312 being formed in the pot-like region of the flange pin 31.
  • the sealing washer 4 is attached and is held in a rotationally fixed but axially displaceable manner by the polygonal profile 312.
  • Four approximately symmetrically arranged passage openings 40 are provided in the sealing disk 4.
  • two through openings 40 are provided a ring segment-like overflow channel 43.
  • one passage opening 40 is approximately circular in cross-section and the other passage opening 40 is formed as an arcuate elongated hole approximately at an angle 44 of 45 °.
  • An annular shoulder 42 is formed on the outer jacket of the sealing disk 4 for receiving and holding the ring 41, which acts as a rubber spring and seal.
  • the water guide disc 5 of the shower head 1 can be rotated with the jet nozzles 11 on the front area of the attachment 316, but is held axially fixed by means of a sealing screw 55 which can be screwed into the attachment 316.
  • the water guide disk 5 has correspondingly symmetrically designed openings of water guides 51, 52 on the end face facing the sealing disk 4.
  • the openings of the water guides 51, 52 are each formed in pairs diametrically opposite one another, as can be seen in particular from FIG.
  • An annular groove 53 is also formed around the openings of the water guide 51, in which an O-ring 54 is held for sealing with the sealing disk 4.
  • the water guide 51 opens into an outer ring channel 12 of the shower head 1.
  • the jet nozzles 11 are arranged on an arc with which shower jets are generated.
  • the two water channels 52 are connected to an inner annular chamber 13, the annular channel 12 being separated from the annular chamber 13 by a seal 14. Further jet nozzles 11 are provided in the bottom of the annular chamber 13.
  • the water guide disc 5 with the part of the shower head 1 carrying the jet nozzles 11 can be rotated with the aid of an adjusting lever 15 to the central axis.
  • a radially projecting nose 56 is formed on the water guide disc 5, which cooperates with appropriately designed stops in the receptacle 32 of the water guide channel 3, so that the pivoting movement is limited to 45 °.
  • the hand shower works as follows: The shower water supplied passes through the water guide channel 3 via the water passage openings 311 to the sealing washer 4.
  • the sealing washer 4 is axially tightened by the elastic ring 41 via the ribs 315 against the end face of the water guiding disk 5 with a minimum pressure.
  • the water pressure present acts on the end face of the sealing disk 4, so that an additional pressure or sealing pressure is applied to the water guide disk 5 as a function of the water pressure. Radial leakage of water in the area of the sealing disk 4 is prevented by the circumferential shoulder 314 and the ring shoulder 42 in cooperation with the ring 41.
  • the water guides 51 with their O-rings 54 reach an area of the sealing disk 4 in which no through openings are provided, so that the water guides 51 now pass through the sealing disk 4 the Minimum pressure from the ring 41 acting as a rubber spring, supplemented by the water pressure present, can be tightly blocked. Tilting of the sealing washer 4 is avoided by the symmetrical arrangement of the water channels in pairs. In addition, with the rearward arrangement of the overflow channel 43, the two O-rings 54 essentially abut the sealing disk 4 in each rotational position.

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  • Bathtubs, Showers, And Their Attachments (AREA)
  • Catching Or Destruction (AREA)
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EP92108040A 1991-05-24 1992-05-13 Brause mit Umstelleinrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0514751B1 (de)

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DE4116929A DE4116929A1 (de) 1991-05-24 1991-05-24 Brause mit umstelleinrichtung
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US5213267A (en) 1993-05-25
DK0514751T3 (da) 1995-05-29
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