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EP1259331B1
EP1259331B1 EP01913807A EP01913807A EP1259331B1 EP 1259331 B1 EP1259331 B1 EP 1259331B1 EP 01913807 A EP01913807 A EP 01913807A EP 01913807 A EP01913807 A EP 01913807A EP 1259331 B1 EP1259331 B1 EP 1259331B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • 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
    • B05B3/008—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements comprising a wobbling or nutating element, i.e. rotating about an axis describing a cone during spraying
    • 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
    • B05B3/0409—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 with moving, e.g. rotating, outlet elements
    • B05B3/0463—Rotor nozzles, i.e. nozzles consisting of an element having an upstream part rotated by the liquid flow, and a downstream part connected to the apparatus by a universal joint

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  • shower heads serve to provide a way to dispense the water used for showering at a particular location and / or in a particular manner.
  • showerheads There are many types of different showerheads. It is often tried to give the exiting water jets special properties in order to achieve an improved or more pleasant effervescent effect, or even to change the appearance only for visual reasons.
  • massage jets pulsating rays, rays in which the spray pattern can be adjusted or automatically change, etc.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a shower head, in which the spray pattern can be changed in a previously unknown manner.
  • the invention proposes a shower head with the features of claim 1. Further developments of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent claims, the wording of which as well as the wording of the abstract is incorporated by reference into the content of the description.
  • the water jet emerging from the jet outlet opening moves in a continuously changing direction.
  • a closed line This causes a certain massage effect.
  • the body of the showering person is sprayed over a larger area with water, although the shower head in its position does not change.
  • an image different from the jet images of conventional showers arises.
  • the device for continuously changing the direction of the exiting jet with respect to the housing can be driven by the water flowing into and out of the shower head. There are therefore no additional facilities required.
  • the invention proposes that the water jet is moved so that it lies in the lateral surface of a cone. It may be advantageous to a cone that deviates from a circular cone.
  • the tip of the cone is approximately in the region of the jet disk, possibly also slightly offset in the interior of the housing of the shower head, is arranged. This makes it possible, on the one hand to create a very interesting spray pattern and on the other hand to build the housing small, since only a single relatively small opening for the exit of the beam is needed.
  • the jet looks particularly surprising if a cross section through the cone also has concave sections.
  • the change in the direction of the beam may be formed so that a cross section through the cone has approximately the shape of an eight.
  • the nozzle body is arranged so that the opening, from which the water jet emerges, is offset slightly inwards relative to the jet disk and / or the housing of the shower head. It can thus be achieved that the nozzle body is practically invisible during operation of the shower.
  • the shower head according to the invention is particularly, but not exclusively, as a permanently installed shower, for example as a side shower.
  • FIG. 1 shows in a longitudinal section the arrangement of a shower head according to the invention as a side shower.
  • the side shower is installed in an opening of a plate 1, which may, for example, be the side wall of a shower cubicle.
  • a plate 1 which may, for example, be the side wall of a shower cubicle.
  • the shower head includes a rear housing part 2, which has a flat-cylindrical section 3 with a part-spherical extension 4.
  • an inlet nozzle 5 is arranged, for example integrally formed. He goes into a connecting piece 6, where a water pipe can be attached.
  • the flat cylindrical portion 3 of the rear housing part 2 is provided on its outer side with an external thread 7.
  • In the region of its front end of the flat cylindrical portion 3 includes an outwardly directed flange 8.
  • the rear housing part 2 is inserted from the front through the opening in the plate 1 until it rests with the flange 8 at the edge of the opening. Subsequently, a nut 9 is screwed onto the external thread 7 from behind, which then fixes the rear housing part 4 in the opening of the plate 1.
  • a part-spherical distributor plate 10 is then inserted into the housing, which has individual openings for the passage of water.
  • a bottom part 11 which includes a rear part-spherical area with through openings 12 and a cylindrical skirt 13.
  • This bottom part 11 is in Fig. 2 shown from below or front.
  • the apron 13 includes at least one, preferably a plurality of obliquely radially extending slots 14 through which the water can flow obliquely into the interior of the skirt 13. In this interior also open the openings 12, in FIG. 1 can be seen in section.
  • the bottom contains around the openings 12 around a cam track 15 which has approximately the shape of an eight. This web has the same width everywhere.
  • the turbine 16 includes a ring member 17 extending into the interior of the housing through a bottom with a radial slot 18 is completed.
  • the radial slot 18 is in FIG. 1 to be seen in section, in FIG. 2 he is only hinted.
  • turbine blades 19 are mounted, which extend radially to the axis of symmetry of the housing and in its other extension axially.
  • the outside of the turbine blades 19 lie on a cylinder whose circumference corresponds approximately to the inner circumference of the skirt 13.
  • a nozzle body 20 is supported, which is composed of a front rounded portion 21 with a through bore 22 and a rear guide portion.
  • the guide section includes two webs 24, which merge into a pin 25 arranged symmetrically in extension of the bore 22.
  • the diameter of the pin 25 corresponds to the width of the cam track 15.
  • the dimensions of the nozzle body 20 are selected so that it is disposed within the turbine element 16 and engages with the pin 25 in the slot 15.
  • FIG. 1 shows the nozzle body 20 right of its center line in section and left in view.
  • the cap 26 is pushed onto the floor 11 until it rests with its edge on a shoulder. In this position, the cap 26 is secured by a front panel 28.
  • This front panel is with a circumferential skirt 29 in an internal thread of the flat cylindrical portion. 3 screwed the rear housing part 2.
  • a seal 33 is disposed between the housing part 2 and the front panel 28.
  • the cap 26 has on its inside the opening 27 surrounding a ring 31 which supports the front edge 32 of the turbine blades 19.
  • the turbine element 16 is therefore held in the axial direction within the housing.
  • the proposed by the invention and illustrated in the drawings device operates as follows.
  • the water flows through the inlet 5 into the interior of the housing 1 and through the various openings on.
  • the water entering through the obliquely radially arranged slots 14 impinges on the turbine blades 19 and sets the turbine in rotary motion.
  • the nozzle body is, since its pin 25 is held in a radial slot 18, taken in this rotational movement.
  • the orientation of the nozzle body 20 is determined by the engagement of its pin 25 in the link 15.
  • the water emerging from the opening 22 describes a figure that is geometrically similar to the figure of the scenery 15.
  • When hitting a body describes the water jet so a closed line, which corresponds in the example shown about an eight.
  • the water jet is located on the lateral surface of a cone, which is not a circular cone in the example shown.
  • the gate 15 it is possible to realize different shapes of the cone and thus the line along which the jet of water impinges on a surface.
  • the nozzle body 20 abuts with its front portion 21 on the edge of the opening 27.
  • the nozzle body is a separate part of the cap 26. It would also be conceivable to connect the nozzle body via a film hinge or a membrane with a jet disk so that the nozzle body does not rest on an opening, but by deformation of the membrane can join the prescribed by the guideways 15th movement.

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Abstract

The shower head is designed so that a water jet emerging from an outlet opening (27) exits in a certain direction relative to the housing or jet disc. The direction of the jet opposite the housing is changed continuously through a device which can be driven by the water flowing into the shower head. The direction of the water jet moves along a cone sleeve and the tip of the cone lies in the region of the spray jet disc.

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Brauseköpfe dienen dazu, eine Möglichkeit zu schaffen, das zum Duschen verwendete Wasser an einer bestimmten Stelle und/oder in einer bestimmten Art und Weise auszugeben. Es gibt viele Arten von unterschiedlichen Brauseköpfen. Es wird häufig versucht, den austretenden Wasserstrahlen besondere Eigenschaften zu geben, um eine verbesserte oder angenehmere Brausewirkung zu erreichen, oder auch um das Aussehen nur aus optischen Gründen zu verändern. Bekannt sind Massagestrahlen, pulsierende Strahlen, Strahlen, bei denen sich das Strahlbild verstellen oder automatisch ändern lässt, usw.Shower heads serve to provide a way to dispense the water used for showering at a particular location and / or in a particular manner. There are many types of different showerheads. It is often tried to give the exiting water jets special properties in order to achieve an improved or more pleasant effervescent effect, or even to change the appearance only for visual reasons. Are known massage jets, pulsating rays, rays in which the spray pattern can be adjusted or automatically change, etc.

Es ist bereits eine winkelverstellbare Rotordüse bekannt ( DE 3915962 ), die für eine Hochdruckstrahlreinigung gedacht ist. Die eigentliche Rotordüse ist mit Turbinenchaufeln versehen und greift mit einem seitlich angeordneten Zapfen in eine in einer Ebene liegende umlaufende Nut ein.It is already known an angle-adjustable rotor nozzle ( DE 3915962 ) intended for high pressure jet cleaning. The actual rotor nozzle is provided with turbine blades and engages with a laterally disposed pin in a lying in a plane circumferential groove.

Weiterhin bekannt ist ein Brausekopf ( EP 676241 ), bei dem mithilfe eines Zahnräder aufweisenden Getriebes eine Verschwenkung des Brausekopfs durchgeführt werden kann.Further known is a shower head ( EP 676241 ), in which with the aid of a gears having gear pivoting of the shower head can be performed.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Brausekopf zu schaffen, bei dem sich das Strahlbild in bislang nicht bekannter Weise verändern lässt.The invention has for its object to provide a shower head, in which the spray pattern can be changed in a previously unknown manner.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe schlägt die Erfindung einen Brausekopf mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 vor. Weiterbildungen der Erfindung sind Gegenstand der abhängigen Ansprüche, deren Wortlaut ebenso wie der Wortlaut der Zusammenfassung durch Bezugnahme zum Inhalt der Beschreibung gemacht wird.To solve this problem, the invention proposes a shower head with the features of claim 1. Further developments of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent claims, the wording of which as well as the wording of the abstract is incorporated by reference into the content of the description.

Der aus der Strahlaustrittsöffnung austretende Wasserstrahl bewegt sich in einer sich kontinuierlich ändernden Richtung. Beim Auftreffen auf dem Körper der sich duschenden Person beschreibt er also eine geschlossene Linie. Dies ruft eine gewisse Massagewirkung hervor. Darüberhinaus wird der Körper der sich duschenden Person über einen größeren Bereich mit Wasser besprüht, obwohl sich der Brausekopf in seiner Position nicht ändert. Darüberhinaus entsteht optisch, je nach der Schnelligkeit, mit der sich die Richtung ändert, ein Bild, das von den Strahlbildern herkömmlicher Brausen verschieden ist.The water jet emerging from the jet outlet opening moves in a continuously changing direction. When hitting the body of the showering person he describes a closed line. This causes a certain massage effect. In addition, the body of the showering person is sprayed over a larger area with water, although the shower head in its position does not change. Moreover, optically, depending on the speed with which the direction changes, an image different from the jet images of conventional showers arises.

In Weiterbildung der Erfindung kann vorgesehen sein, dass die Einrichtung zur kontinuierlichen Änderung der Richtung des austretenden Strahles gegenüber dem Gehäuse durch das in den Brausekopf einströmende und aus diesem ausströmende Wasser angetrieben werden kann. Es sind daher keine zusätzlichen Einrichtungen erforderlich.In a further development of the invention it can be provided that the device for continuously changing the direction of the exiting jet with respect to the housing can be driven by the water flowing into and out of the shower head. There are therefore no additional facilities required.

Insbesondere schlägt die Erfindung vor, dass der Wasserstrahl so bewegt wird, dass er in der Mantelfläche eines Kegels liegt. Es kann sich mit Vorteil um einen Kegel handeln, der von einem Kreiskegel abweicht.In particular, the invention proposes that the water jet is moved so that it lies in the lateral surface of a cone. It may be advantageous to a cone that deviates from a circular cone.

Erfindungsgemäß kann in Weiterbildung vorgesehen sein, dass die Spitze des Kegels etwa im Bereich der Strahlscheibe, ggf. auch etwas in das Innere des Gehäuses des Brausekopfs versetzt, angeordnet ist. Dadurch wird es möglich, einerseits ein sehr interessantes Strahlbild zu schaffen und andererseits das Gehäuse klein zu bauen, da nur eine einzige relativ kleine Öffnung für das Austreten des Strahles benötigt wird.According to the invention may be provided in a development that the tip of the cone is approximately in the region of the jet disk, possibly also slightly offset in the interior of the housing of the shower head, is arranged. This makes it possible, on the one hand to create a very interesting spray pattern and on the other hand to build the housing small, since only a single relatively small opening for the exit of the beam is needed.

Besonders überraschend sieht der Strahl aus, wenn ein Querschnitt durch den Kegel auch konkave Abschnitte aufweist.The jet looks particularly surprising if a cross section through the cone also has concave sections.

Beispielsweise kann die Änderung der Richtung des Strahles so ausgebildet sein, dass ein Querschnitt durch den Kegel etwa die Form einer Acht aufweist.For example, the change in the direction of the beam may be formed so that a cross section through the cone has approximately the shape of an eight.

Zur Herstellung einer bestimmten Bewegung des Düsenkörpers kann vorgesehen sein, dass dieser mit einer gehäusefesten Kulisse zusammenwirkt.To produce a specific movement of the nozzle body can be provided that this cooperates with a housing-fixed backdrop.

Zur Verbesserung des Strahlbildes kann erfindungsgemäß vorgesehen sein, dass der Düsenkörper so angeordnet wird, dass die Öffnung, aus der der Wasserstrahl austritt, etwas gegenüber der Strahlscheibe und/oder dem Gehäuse des Brausekopfs nach innen versetzt angeordnet ist. Es kann damit erreicht werden, dass der Düsenkörper während des Betriebs der Brause praktisch nicht sichtbar ist.To improve the jet pattern, it can be provided according to the invention that the nozzle body is arranged so that the opening, from which the water jet emerges, is offset slightly inwards relative to the jet disk and / or the housing of the shower head. It can thus be achieved that the nozzle body is practically invisible during operation of the shower.

Der Brausekopf nach der Erfindung eignet sich insbesondere, aber nicht ausschließlich, als fest installierte Brause, beispielsweise als Seitenbrause.The shower head according to the invention is particularly, but not exclusively, as a permanently installed shower, for example as a side shower.

Weitere Merkmale, Einzelheiten und Vorzüge der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der folgenden Beschreibung einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform der Erfindung sowie anhand der Zeichnung. Hierbei zeigen:

Fig. 1
einen Schnitt durch einen montierten Brausekopf nach der Erfindung;
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perspektivisch zwei Einzelteile des in Figur 1 dargestellten Brausekopfs;
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perspektivisch einen Teil des Brausekopfs.
Further features, details and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and from the drawing. Hereby show:
Fig. 1
a section through a mounted shower head according to the invention;
Fig. 2
in perspective two parts of the in FIG. 1 illustrated shower head;
Fig. 3
in perspective, a part of the shower head.

Figur 1 zeigt in einem Längsschnitt die Anordnung eines Brausekopfs nach der Erfindung als Seitenbrause. Die Seitenbrause ist in einer Öffnung einer Platte 1 eingebaut, bei der es sich beispielsweise um die Seitenwand einer Duschkabine handeln kann. Selbstverständlich ist es auch möglich, die Seitenbrause in der oberen Begrenzung einer Duschkabine als Kopfbrause einzubauen. Der Brausekopf enthält ein rückwärtiges Gehäuseteil 2, das einen flachzylindrischen Abschnitt 3 mit einer teilkugelförmigen Verlängerung 4 aufweist. Etwa in der Mitte der teilkugelförmigen Verlängerung 4 ist ein Einlassstutzen 5 angeordnet, beispielsweise einstückig angeformt. Er geht in einen Anschlussstutzen 6 über, wo eine Wasserleitung angebracht werden kann. FIG. 1 shows in a longitudinal section the arrangement of a shower head according to the invention as a side shower. The side shower is installed in an opening of a plate 1, which may, for example, be the side wall of a shower cubicle. Of course, it is also possible to install the side shower in the upper limit of a shower stall as overhead shower. The shower head includes a rear housing part 2, which has a flat-cylindrical section 3 with a part-spherical extension 4. Approximately in the middle of the part-spherical extension 4, an inlet nozzle 5 is arranged, for example integrally formed. He goes into a connecting piece 6, where a water pipe can be attached.

Der flachzylindrische Abschnitt 3 des rückwärtigen Gehäuseteils 2 ist an seiner Außenseite mit einem Außengewinde 7 versehen. Im Bereich seines vorderen Endes enthält der flachzylindrische Abschnitt 3 einen nach außen gerichteten Flansch 8. Der rückwärtige Gehäuseteil 2 ist von vorne durch die Öffnung in der Platte 1 eingesetzt, bis er mit dem Flansch 8 am Rand der Öffnung anliegt. Anschließend wird von hinten eine Mutter 9 auf das Außengewinde 7 aufgeschraubt, die den rückwärtigen Gehäuseteil 4 dann in der Öffnung der Platte 1 festlegt.The flat cylindrical portion 3 of the rear housing part 2 is provided on its outer side with an external thread 7. In the region of its front end of the flat cylindrical portion 3 includes an outwardly directed flange 8. The rear housing part 2 is inserted from the front through the opening in the plate 1 until it rests with the flange 8 at the edge of the opening. Subsequently, a nut 9 is screwed onto the external thread 7 from behind, which then fixes the rear housing part 4 in the opening of the plate 1.

Von vorne bzw. unten ist dann in das Gehäuse eine teilkugelförmige Verteilerplatte 10 eingesetzt, die einzelne Öffnungen zum Durchlassen des Wassers aufweist. Daran schließt sich ein Bodenteil 11 an, der einen rückwärtigen teilkugelförmigen Bereich mit durchgehenden Öffnungen 12 sowie eine zylindrische Schürze 13 enthält. Dieser Bodenteil 11 ist in Fig. 2 von unten bzw. vorne dargestellt. Die Schürze 13 enthält mindestens eine, vorzugsweise mehrere schräg radial verlaufende Schlitze 14, durch die das Wasser schräg in den Innenraum der Schürze 13 einströmen kann. In diesen Innenraum münden auch die Öffnungen 12, die in Figur 1 im Schnitt zu sehen sind.From the front or below a part-spherical distributor plate 10 is then inserted into the housing, which has individual openings for the passage of water. This is followed by a bottom part 11, which includes a rear part-spherical area with through openings 12 and a cylindrical skirt 13. This bottom part 11 is in Fig. 2 shown from below or front. The apron 13 includes at least one, preferably a plurality of obliquely radially extending slots 14 through which the water can flow obliquely into the interior of the skirt 13. In this interior also open the openings 12, in FIG. 1 can be seen in section.

Der Boden enthält um die Öffnungen 12 herum eine Nockenbahn 15, die etwa die Form einer Acht aufweist. Diese Bahn weist überall die gleichen Breite auf.The bottom contains around the openings 12 around a cam track 15 which has approximately the shape of an eight. This web has the same width everywhere.

Innerhalb der Schürze 13 des Bodens 11 ist Platz für eine dort frei drehbar angeordnete Turbine 16, die in Figur 2 ebenfalls perspektivisch dargestellt ist. Die Turbine 16 enthält ein Ringelement 17, das in das Innere des Gehäuses hinein durch einen Boden mit einem radialen Schlitz 18 abgeschlossen ist. Der radiale Schlitz 18 ist in Figur 1 in Schnitt zu sehen, in Figur 2 ist er nur angedeutet.Inside the skirt 13 of the bottom 11 there is room for a turbine 16, which is freely rotatably arranged there, and which in FIG FIG. 2 also shown in perspective. The turbine 16 includes a ring member 17 extending into the interior of the housing through a bottom with a radial slot 18 is completed. The radial slot 18 is in FIG. 1 to be seen in section, in FIG. 2 he is only hinted.

An dem Ring 17 sind Turbinenschaufeln 19 angebracht, die radial zu der Symmetrieachse des Gehäuses und in ihrer anderen Erstreckung axial verlaufen. Die Außenseite der Turbinenschaufeln 19 liegen auf einem Zylinder, dessen Umfang etwa dem Innenumfang der Schürze 13 entspricht.On the ring 17 turbine blades 19 are mounted, which extend radially to the axis of symmetry of the housing and in its other extension axially. The outside of the turbine blades 19 lie on a cylinder whose circumference corresponds approximately to the inner circumference of the skirt 13.

In dem Turbinenelement 16 ist ein Düsenkörper 20 gehaltert, der aus einem vorderen abgerundeten Abschnitt 21 mit einer durchgehenden Bohrung 22 und einem hinteren Führungsabschnitt aufgebaut ist. Der Führungsabschnitt enthält zwei Stege 24, die in einen symmetrisch in Verlängerung der Bohrung 22 angeordneten Zapfen 25 übergehen. Der Durchmesser des Zapfens 25 entspricht der Breite der Nockenbahn 15. Die Abmessungen des Düsenkörpers 20 sind so gewählt, dass er innerhalb des Turbinenelements 16 angeordnet ist und mit dem Zapfen 25 in die Kulisse 15 eingreift.In the turbine element 16, a nozzle body 20 is supported, which is composed of a front rounded portion 21 with a through bore 22 and a rear guide portion. The guide section includes two webs 24, which merge into a pin 25 arranged symmetrically in extension of the bore 22. The diameter of the pin 25 corresponds to the width of the cam track 15. The dimensions of the nozzle body 20 are selected so that it is disposed within the turbine element 16 and engages with the pin 25 in the slot 15.

In dieser Position wird sowohl das Turbinenelement 16 als auch der Düsenkörper 20 durch eine Kappe 26 gehalten, die die Schürze 13 außen umgibt und in ihrem mittleren Teil eine Öffnung 27 aufweist. Der Rand der Öffnung 27 ist etwas nach innen gezogen. An diesem Rand liegt der abgerundete vordere Teil 21 des Düsenkörpers 20 an, siehe Figur 1. Figur 1 zeigt den Düsenkörper 20 rechts von seiner Mittellinie im Schnitt und links in Ansicht.In this position, both the turbine element 16 and the nozzle body 20 is held by a cap 26 which surrounds the skirt 13 on the outside and in its central part has an opening 27. The edge of the opening 27 is pulled slightly inwards. At this edge of the rounded front part 21 of the nozzle body 20 is located, see FIG. 1 FIG. 1 shows the nozzle body 20 right of its center line in section and left in view.

Die Kappe 26 wird soweit auf den Boden 11 aufgeschoben, bis sie mit ihrem Rand auf einer Schulter aufliegt. In dieser Position wird die Kappe 26 durch eine Frontplatte 28 gesichert. Diese Frontplatte wird mit einer umlaufenden Schürze 29 in ein Innengewinde des flachzylindrischen Abschnitts 3 des rückwärtigen Gehäuseteils 2 eingeschraubt. Zur Abdichtung ist zwischen dem Gehäuseteil 2 und der Frontplatte 28 eine Dichtung 33 angeordnet.The cap 26 is pushed onto the floor 11 until it rests with its edge on a shoulder. In this position, the cap 26 is secured by a front panel 28. This front panel is with a circumferential skirt 29 in an internal thread of the flat cylindrical portion. 3 screwed the rear housing part 2. For sealing a seal 33 is disposed between the housing part 2 and the front panel 28.

Zur Abdichtung zwischen der Kappe 26 und der Frontplatte dient ebenfalls eine umlaufende Lippendichtung 30.For sealing between the cap 26 and the front panel also serves a circumferential lip seal 30th

Die Kappe 26 weist an ihrer Innenseite die Öffnung 27 umgebend einen Ring 31 auf, der die vordere Kante 32 der Turbinenschaufeln 19 abstützt. Das Turbinenelement 16 ist daher in axialer Richtung innerhalb des Gehäuses gehalten.The cap 26 has on its inside the opening 27 surrounding a ring 31 which supports the front edge 32 of the turbine blades 19. The turbine element 16 is therefore held in the axial direction within the housing.

Die von der Erfindung vorgeschlagene und in den Zeichnungen dargestellte Einrichtung arbeitet wie folgt. Das Wasser strömt durch den Einlass 5 in das Innere des Gehäuses 1 und durch die verschiedenen Öffnungen weiter. Das durch die schräg radial angeordneten Schlitze 14 eindringende Wasser trifft auf die Turbinenschaufeln 19 und setzt die Turbine in Drehbewegung. Der Düsenkörper wird, da sein Zapfen 25 in einem radialen Schlitz 18 gehalten ist, bei dieser Drehbewegung mitgenommen. Bei der Drehbewegung wird die Orientierung des Düsenkörpers 20 durch den Eingriff seines Zapfens 25 in die Kulisse 15 bestimmt. Das aus der Öffnung 22 austretende Wasser beschreibt eine Figur, die der Figur der Kulisse 15 geometrisch ähnlich ist. Beim Auftreffen auf einen Körper beschreibt der Wasserstrahl also eine geschlossene Linie, die in dem dargestellten Beispiel etwa einer Acht entspricht. Da die Öffnung 22 sich zwar in ihrer Winkelausrichtung ändert, ihre absolute Position aber kaum verändert wird, liegt der Wasserstrahl auf der Mantelfläche eines Kegels, der im dargestellten Beispiel kein Kreiskegel ist. Durch die Gestaltung der Kulisse 15 ist es möglich, unterschiedliche Formen des Kegels und damit der Linie, längs der der Wasserstrahl auf einer Fläche auftrifft, zu verwirklichen.The proposed by the invention and illustrated in the drawings device operates as follows. The water flows through the inlet 5 into the interior of the housing 1 and through the various openings on. The water entering through the obliquely radially arranged slots 14 impinges on the turbine blades 19 and sets the turbine in rotary motion. The nozzle body is, since its pin 25 is held in a radial slot 18, taken in this rotational movement. During the rotational movement, the orientation of the nozzle body 20 is determined by the engagement of its pin 25 in the link 15. The water emerging from the opening 22 describes a figure that is geometrically similar to the figure of the scenery 15. When hitting a body describes the water jet so a closed line, which corresponds in the example shown about an eight. Since the opening 22 changes in its angular orientation, but its absolute position is hardly changed, the water jet is located on the lateral surface of a cone, which is not a circular cone in the example shown. By the design of the gate 15, it is possible to realize different shapes of the cone and thus the line along which the jet of water impinges on a surface.

Bei der dargestellten Ausführungsform liegt der Düsenkörper 20 mit seinem vorderen Abschnitt 21 auf dem Rand der Öffnung 27 an. Der Düsenkörper ist ein von der Kappe 26 getrenntes Teil. Es wäre auch denkbar, den Düsenkörper über ein Filmscharnier oder eine Membran mit einer Strahlscheibe so zu verbinden, dass der Düsenkörper nicht auf einer Öffnung aufliegt, sondern durch Verformung der Membran die durch die Führungsbahnen 15. vorgeschriebene Bewegung mitmachen kann.In the illustrated embodiment, the nozzle body 20 abuts with its front portion 21 on the edge of the opening 27. The nozzle body is a separate part of the cap 26. It would also be conceivable to connect the nozzle body via a film hinge or a membrane with a jet disk so that the nozzle body does not rest on an opening, but by deformation of the membrane can join the prescribed by the guideways 15th movement.

Claims (10)

  1. Shower head
    with a housing (2, 28),
    a jet disc,
    a jet outlet opening (27)
    from which a water jet exits in a certain direction relative to the housing or relative to the jet disc, as well as with
    a device for continuous change of the direction of jet relative to the housing, whereby
    the jet exits from a nozzle body (20), which is movably mounted inside the housing and
    engages with a pintle (25) in a cam groove (15) determining its movement,
    characterised in that
    a freely rotatable turbine (16) is positioned inside the housing (2, 28) and
    the nozzle body (20) is moved with it during the rotation of turbine (16).
  2. A showerhead according to Claim 1, wherein the device for continuously changing the direction of water jet may be driven by the water flowing inside the showerhead.
  3. A showerhead according to Claim 1 or 2, wherein the direction of water jet moves along a conical casing.
  4. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the tip of the cone lies approximately within the jet disc section.
  5. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cone differs from a circular cone.
  6. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a cross-section through the cone features concave sections.
  7. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a cross-section through the cone somewhat features the shape of an eight.
  8. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the nozzle body (20) interacts with a slider (15) fixed on the housing.
  9. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the nozzle body (20) is positioned such that it is slightly offset inwards.
  10. A showerhead according to one of the preceding claims, formed as a side shower outlet.
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