EP0621081B1 - Pomme de douche avec dispositif de nettoyage - Google Patents

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EP0621081B1
EP0621081B1 EP94103970A EP94103970A EP0621081B1 EP 0621081 B1 EP0621081 B1 EP 0621081B1 EP 94103970 A EP94103970 A EP 94103970A EP 94103970 A EP94103970 A EP 94103970A EP 0621081 B1 EP0621081 B1 EP 0621081B1
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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
    • B05B1/1627—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, a sliding valve or a cock
    • B05B1/1636—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, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements
    • B05B1/1645—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, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements the outlets being rotated during selection
    • B05B1/1654—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, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements the outlets being rotated during selection about an axis parallel to the liquid passage in the stationary valve element
    • 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
    • B05B15/522—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 using cleaning elements penetrating the discharge openings
    • B05B15/5223—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 using cleaning elements penetrating the discharge openings the cleaning element, e.g. a needle, and the discharge opening being movable relative to each other in a direction substantially parallel to the flow of liquid or other fluent material through said opening
    • B05B15/5225—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 using cleaning elements penetrating the discharge openings the cleaning element, e.g. a needle, and the discharge opening being movable relative to each other in a direction substantially parallel to the flow of liquid or other fluent material through said opening the cleaning element being located upstream of the discharge opening or being actuated upstream therefrom
    • 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 a cleaning device, for cleaning the jet outlet openings of deposits as it is caused by contaminants tap water or limescale deposits can.
  • a shower head of this type is already known (EP-A-28 48 01), which has two switchable shower devices. At the Switching between the two shower devices is the Cleaning device for the shower holes of the one shower device automatically operated.
  • a shower head (EP-A-489398) in which a cleaning device for the simultaneous cleaning of all Beam outlet openings of the spray disc through a Swiveling movement is provided.
  • the invention has for its object a shower head with an improved cleaning facility.
  • the invention proposes a shower head with the features of the main claim. Training are the subject of the subclaims.
  • jet openings too Groups only need to be mental. For example all jet openings must be arranged along a circle and the cleaning device be designed such that it cleaning elements also arranged along a circle has a distance equal to twice the hole spacing. So every second hole in the spray disc can be used one operation. By turning the spray disc or the ring of cleaning elements can then at next actuation the other group of jet openings clean. The distance between the cleaning elements could also correspond to a triple hole spacing, so that then every third hole could be cleaned at the same time and thus there would be three groups of jet openings.
  • the actuator has at least one position in which all Groups of cleaning elements out of engagement with the Are jet openings.
  • the shower head can be a further development Have switching or throttle device that the water supply throttles to the group of jet outlets, with which the cleaning elements are engaged or being engaged. This can serve the actuating device for the cleaning device to make it easier to move because then the cross sections of the Cleaning elements not as hydraulically loaded Piston surfaces occur. This feature also has the Advantage that no undefined from the jet ring to be cleaned Trickle flows out.
  • the number of Groups of cleaning elements of the number of groups of Beam outlet openings is the same.
  • the shower head or the cleaning device simply constructed as there are no more complicated movements to align the Cleaning elements with different groups of jet outlet openings are more needed.
  • the invention proposes that the actuator for the cleaning device the movement of the cleaning elements can have controlling groove.
  • This groove can be very easy to manufacture when manufacturing the shower head.
  • the groove can in particular extend over a circumference extend part of the shower head so that a continuous Actuation becomes possible.
  • each group of Cleaning elements a separate groove is provided.
  • the Coordinate the movement of each group of cleaning elements then takes place in that the grooves either on same part or on parts rigidly connected to each other are arranged.
  • the shower head is particularly simple when the cleaning elements by turning the spray disc can be operated.
  • each group of Beam openings form a circular ring of different diameters form.
  • the spray disc then points, for example two concentric circular rings of jet openings of which each ring forms a group.
  • the cleaning elements Pins are whose diameter is the diameter of the Beam outlet openings is approximately the same. When inserting of the pens will become deposits in the openings pushed this outward.
  • the pins on one Ring element are formed, which is in the longitudinal direction of the Can move pins. This way is an easy one Possibility of movement provided.
  • the shower shown in Figure 1 only in its head area contains an opening 2 in a housing 1, into which a Unit having a jet disc is used.
  • a cylindrical bushing 3 molded into which a central bolt 4 is screwed, which defines the unit on the housing 1.
  • the unit defined in the opening 2 contains one Distributor element 5, which, for example with ribs 6, cannot be rotated is mounted on the bolt 4 in the housing 1.
  • the Distribution element contains openings 7 in its upper side, through which the water from inside the body of the hand shower flows through.
  • the inner jet 9 has one annular ring of outlet openings 11, while the outer jet disc 10 also a ring-shaped ring of jet outlet openings 12.
  • the outer jet disc 10 has a radially inward directed section 13 up to the core sleeve 8th reaches and between the inner jet disc 9 and the Distribution element 5 is.
  • the radial section 13 are Cavities 14 formed, the tops of which are open and whose Floors are also partially open. 1 position shown, the bottoms of the cavities 14 are open, so that the water through the cavities 14 into the inner Enter the jet disk 9 and from there through the jet outlet openings can leak.
  • the cavities 14 also point radially outwards Channels 15 on in the position shown in Figure 2 are shown.
  • the water can in this position an annular space 16 and from there to the jet outlet openings 12 of the outer jet disc 10 arrive.
  • a cleaning device is arranged in the flow direction in front of the jet outlet openings 11 in the annular space there 17 a cleaning device is arranged.
  • This contains a Ring element 18 which extends around the bolt 4.
  • the Ring element 18 has one in the region of its underside A large number of pin-shaped cleaning elements 19.
  • the Cleaning elements have a diameter that the Diameter of the narrowest point of the outlet opening 11 is the same is.
  • the ring element 18 On the inside is the ring element 18 with individual Provide projections 20 which engage in a groove 21.
  • the Groove 21 extends around the circumference of the core sleeve 8.
  • the distributor element 5 has in the area of its radial Outside a cylinder jacket 22 which in the area of his Bottom contains a projection 23. From the outside is on the Cylinder jacket 22 is a ring element with a T-shaped cross section 24 pushed on, on the outside of the cylinder jacket 22 adjacent web 25 forms a side surface of a groove 26, which is delimited on the other side by the projection 23.
  • FIG. 1 shows a position in which the cleaning elements 30 in the Jet exit openings 12 of the outer jet disk 10 are retracted.
  • an actuating ring 32 is attached to which a user can attack can and with the help of which he the two jet disks around the from the distributor element 5 and the core sleeve 8 formed unit can twist. With this twist the two ring elements 18 and 29 are also rotated, their axial position being determined by the shape of the grooves 21 and 26 is determined.
  • Figure 3 shows a development in a dashed line the grooves 26 and 21 and the associated position of the cleaning elements 30 and 19.
  • the processing of Figure 3 should represent a complete revolution of the jet disks.
  • the section 1 corresponds to the cleaning elements 30 in the Openings of the spray disc retracted while the cleaning elements 19 for the inner spray disc from the openings are brought out what is shown by the Water jets is indicated.
  • the spray disc is around Twisted 60 °, the cleaning elements 30 from the Drilled holes and the cleaning elements 19 in the Holes retracted.
  • 60 ° are now two groups of cleaning elements from the Drilled out holes so that the water from all outlet openings exit.
  • the starting position shown on the far left is 60 ° reached again.
  • With a rotation of 180 ° all are possible positions. Leave the spray disks but twist as much so that during the complete Revolution all positions of the actuating device and thus taken twice by the cleaning device will.
  • two are concentric Rows of outlet openings, each one Form a group of outlet openings.
  • For each group of Outlet openings is a group of cleaning elements available. It is of course also possible to have three provide concentric rows of jet outlets. To keep the mechanical effort small, you can for example two adjacent rows of jet outlets with a common group of cleaning elements getting cleaned. The same would happen for four Rows apply.
  • the invention is of course also applicable if there is only one Row of outlet openings there, because then simply the Cleaning elements would have a distance that the corresponds to twice the distance from the beam outlet openings.
  • the groove for the cleaning device should be like this be formed that the cleaning elements when twisted pulled out of the jet outlet openings and after one further twisting into the one in between Beam outlet openings are retracted. Also in this Case there is a position in which all outlet openings are free, and no position in which all jet outlet openings are closed by cleaning elements.

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  • Nozzles (AREA)
  • Cleaning Or Drying Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Cleaning By Liquid Or Steam (AREA)
  • Automatic Analysis And Handling Materials Therefor (AREA)
  • Bathtubs, Showers, And Their Attachments (AREA)

Claims (13)

  1. Pomme de douche comprenant
    un boítier (1),
    un disque à jet (9, 10) qui est fixé dans le boítier (1)
       et présente au moins deux groupes d'orifices de sortie du jet (11, 12),
    un dispositif de nettoyage, qui présente au moins deux groupes d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30), dont chacun des groupes est actionnable pour le nettoyage d'un groupe d'orifices de sortie (11, 12) à jet,
    ainsi que comprenant
    un dispositif d'actionnement, qui assure l'engagement de chaque groupe d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) avec les groupes d'orifices de (11, 12) du jet en vue du nettoyage de ces derniers et qui est conçu de manière qu'au moins un groupe d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) soit toujours désengagé.
  2. Pomme de douche selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le dispositif d'actionnement présente une position dans laquelle tous les groupes d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) sont désengagés des orifices de sortie (11, 12) du jet.
  3. Pomme de douche selon la revendication 1 ou 2, comprenant un dispositif de commutation qui étrangle l'arrivée d'eau du groupe des orifices de sortie (11, 12) du jet, avec lesquels sent engagés les éléments de nettoyage (19, 30).
  4. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle le nombre des groupes d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) est égal au nombre des groupes d'orifices de sortie (11, 12) du jet.
  5. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle chaque groupe d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) est associé respectivement à un groupe d'orifices de sortie (11, 12) du jet.
  6. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle le dispositif d'actionnement présente une gorge (21, 26) commandant le mouvement des éléments de nettoyage (19, 30).
  7. Pomme de douche selon la revendication 6 pour laquelle il est prévu une gorge (21, 26) pour chaque groupe d'éléments de nettoyage (19, 30).
  8. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle les éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) sont activés par rotation du disque à jet (9, 10).
  9. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle les orifices à jet (11, 12) sont disposés de manière à former un anneau.
  10. Pomme de douche selon la revendication 9, pour laquelle chaque groupe d'orifices à jet (11, 12) forme un anneau circulaire de différents diamètres.
  11. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle les éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) sont des tiges dont le diamètre est égal au diamètre des orifices à jet (11, 12).
  12. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications précédentes, pour laquelle les éléments de nettoyage (19, 30) sont moulés sur un élément annulaire (18, 29) qui est mobile dans le sens longitudinal des éléments de nettoyage (19, 30).
  13. Pomme de douche selon l'une des revendications 8 à 12, pour laquelle les positions possibles du dispositif d'actionnement sont répétées plusieurs fois lors d'une rotation complète du disque à jet (9, 10).
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