EP1234615A2 - Pommeau de douche - Google Patents

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EP1234615A2
EP1234615A2 EP02003043A EP02003043A EP1234615A2 EP 1234615 A2 EP1234615 A2 EP 1234615A2 EP 02003043 A EP02003043 A EP 02003043A EP 02003043 A EP02003043 A EP 02003043A EP 1234615 A2 EP1234615 A2 EP 1234615A2
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shower
shower head
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Eckhard Gransow
Hans Lobermeier
Bernd Bischoff
Hans-Peter Strelow
Sascha Körfer
Holger Ellerbrock
Andreas Kirchhoff
Thomas Raadts
Hans-Jürgen Linde
Uwe Neumann
Andreas Rehklau
Joachim Störk
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Grohe Water Technology AG and Co KG
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Grohe Water Technology AG and Co KG
Friedrich Grohe Armaturenfabrik GmbH and Co
Friedrich Grohe AG
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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
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/0495—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet the liquid or other fluent material discharged powering several motors, e.g. several turbines
    • 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
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/04—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet
    • B05B3/0404—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet the motor comprising a movable ball
    • 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 for production of pulsating shower jets, especially for the Water massage, with at least one water outlet having annular channel in which a locking body is arranged for the water outlet openings, the shower water tangential or inclined to the axis of rotation flows into the ring channel so that the Barrier body revolves in the ring channel.
  • the invention is based on the object smooth-running and low-wear all-round locking body for the simultaneous coverage of several To create water outlet openings.
  • the frictional resistance due to the arrangement of rolling elements can be reduced so that the locking body is dimensioned that can also be a larger number of Water outlet openings are concealable at the same time.
  • the blocking body covers about a third to a quarter of the water outlet openings at the same time.
  • the blocking body can expediently be arranged on a ring which can be inserted into the ring channel, three symmetrically arranged cages for accommodating three rolling bodies advantageously being formed in the area of the ring.
  • the rolling elements can advantageously be spherical or conical.
  • the ring with the blocking body and the cages can expediently be produced in one piece from plastic by injection molding, the blocking body being arranged on the ring in such a way that it is held by the rolling elements in the ring channel with little play to the shower base of the ring channel.
  • two or more concentrically arranged ring channels can also be provided, in each of which the circumferential blocking bodies can be arranged independently of one another, alternatively on the one hand a blocking body that covers several water outlet openings at the same time, and on the other hand a circumferential ball as a blocking body only briefly covers one water outlet opening at a time.
  • the connection of the individual concentrically arranged ring channels is advantageously carried out via guide nozzles, which orient the inflowing water tangentially again before it enters the next ring channel.
  • the blocking bodies according to the invention with the annular channel formation can also be arranged in a shower head, in which still further shower jet generation systems, for example one or more devices for generating non-pulsating shower jets, are provided.
  • the incoming shower water can be supplied to the desired shower jet generation system with a switch valve to be provided.
  • an approximately cup-shaped shower head housing 1 is provided, on which a handle 10, which is shown in part, is integrally formed.
  • a plate 11 arranged in a rotationally fixed manner and sealed with an O-ring, in which a passage opening 110 is provided eccentrically to the central axis 13 for the incoming shower water.
  • the shower head housing 1, which is open downstream, is closed with a shower base 2.
  • the shower base 2 is axially rotatable by a central screw 12 relative to the shower head housing 1, but is axially fixed, a circumferential collar 23 formed on the shower base 2 encompassing the shower head housing 1 with an O-ring in a sealed manner.
  • a water guide body 25 is sealed and held in a rotationally fixed manner on the upstream side.
  • the water guide body 25 is provided with an inlet opening 250 which is designed eccentrically to the passage opening 110 and an O-ring 253 which surrounds the inlet opening 250 in the end face, in such a way that in the rotational position shown in FIG. 1 the shower water flowing in from the passage opening 110 into the inlet opening 250 of the water guide body 25 flows and reaches an inner annular space 252.
  • the shower base 2 with the water guide body 25 is rotated by 180 °, as shown in FIG. 3 of the drawing, the inlet opening 250 is blocked off by the plate 11, while the shower water flows through the passage opening 110 into an outer annular space 251 of the shower base 2 flows.
  • the outer annular space 251 is connected downstream with a ring of water outlet openings 20, with which non-pulsating, continuous shower jets can be generated.
  • the inner annular space 252 is connected to two concentrically arranged annular channels 21 via guide nozzles 22.
  • each of the two ring channels 21 there is a circularly arranged row of water outlet openings 20 which penetrate the shower base 2 and which are partially covered by a blocking body 3 which circulates with the inflowing water in the ring channel 21, so that shower jets which pulsate are generated.
  • the blocking body 3 is integrated in a ring 30, which has a considerably smaller cross section and exposes the water outlet openings.
  • the blocking body 3 is dimensioned such that it covers about a third of the total number of water outlet openings 20 in the shower base 2 of the ring channel 21.
  • three symmetrically arranged cages 31 are formed in the ring 30, which serve as receptacles each of a rolling element 4 designed as a ball.
  • the locking body 3 is made together with the ring 30 and the three cages 31 in one piece from plastic in an injection molding process.
  • the three rolling elements 4 designed as balls are guided in the annular channel 21 in a groove 210 embedded in the shower base 2.
  • only one ball is arranged as the blocking body 3.
  • a locking body formed in accordance with the outer ring channel and having a reduced diameter can also be provided in the inner ring channel 21.
  • the embodiment shown in the drawing Figs. 4 and 5 differs from that described above essentially by just an annular channel 21 is formed and in the shower base 2 of the ring channel 21 two concentrically arranged rings of water outlet openings 20 are provided.
  • the Locking body 3 is designed so that it is a Third of the two circles with the water outlet openings 20 covers, the locking body 3 with two Rings 30 is provided on the inside and outside, in which three symmetrically arranged cages 31 for the rolling elements 4 are provided.
  • the rolling elements 4 are conical in shape, so that circumferential Grooves in the shower base 2 can be omitted. Furthermore this embodiment corresponds to the above.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show a further exemplary embodiment of a shower base 2 without a shower head housing.
  • the ring channel 21 is provided on the outer area of the shower base 2, while in the central area two rings of water outlet openings 20 are formed, from which continuous, non-pulsating shower jets can be emitted.
  • the blocking body 3 also covers about a third of the circularly arranged water outlet openings 20.
  • the locking body 3 is again guided smoothly by three spherical rolling elements 4, a ring 30 having a reduced cross section being formed on the inside of the locking body 3, on which three symmetrically arranged cages 31 for the rolling bodies 4 are formed.
  • the rolling elements 4 are guided in a groove 210 in the shower base 2.
  • this can also be done through one or more nozzles arranged at an angle to the central axis of the shower head housing 1.

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DK (1) DK1234615T3 (fr)
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EP1380347A1 (fr) * 2002-07-11 2004-01-14 Grohe Water Technology AG & Co. KG Pomme de douche pour une douche sanitaire
WO2007116274A2 (fr) * 2006-03-30 2007-10-18 Packcenter S.R.L. Dispositif de douche presentant de multiples configurations
EP4005681A1 (fr) * 2020-11-30 2022-06-01 Hansgrohe SE Dispositif de génération de jet de douche pour jets de douche à direction variable

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DE102004027040B4 (de) * 2004-06-02 2009-09-24 Grohe Ag Brausekopf
US7374112B1 (en) * 2007-04-19 2008-05-20 Moen Incorporated Interleaved multi-function showerhead
DE102008015967A1 (de) * 2008-03-20 2009-09-24 Hansgrohe Ag Brausekopf
DE102022207933A1 (de) 2022-08-01 2024-02-01 Hansgrohe Se Brausefluidpulsiereinheit, Brausekopf und Brausefluidleitung

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EP0308693A1 (fr) 1987-09-25 1989-03-29 Oras Oy Douche à main pour un jet d'eau continu et pulsé

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EP0308693A1 (fr) 1987-09-25 1989-03-29 Oras Oy Douche à main pour un jet d'eau continu et pulsé

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EP1380347A1 (fr) * 2002-07-11 2004-01-14 Grohe Water Technology AG & Co. KG Pomme de douche pour une douche sanitaire
WO2007116274A2 (fr) * 2006-03-30 2007-10-18 Packcenter S.R.L. Dispositif de douche presentant de multiples configurations
WO2007116274A3 (fr) * 2006-03-30 2007-12-21 Packcenter Srl Dispositif de douche presentant de multiples configurations
US7980489B2 (en) 2006-03-30 2011-07-19 Packcenter S.R.L. Multiple configuration shower device
EP4005681A1 (fr) * 2020-11-30 2022-06-01 Hansgrohe SE Dispositif de génération de jet de douche pour jets de douche à direction variable

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ATE352377T1 (de) 2007-02-15
DE50209318D1 (de) 2007-03-15
EP1234615B1 (fr) 2007-01-24
ES2280441T3 (es) 2007-09-16
DE10108326A1 (de) 2002-08-29

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