EP1362960A1 - Dispositif pour la commande sans contact d'une douche - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la commande sans contact d'une douche Download PDF

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EP1362960A1
EP1362960A1 EP03007203A EP03007203A EP1362960A1 EP 1362960 A1 EP1362960 A1 EP 1362960A1 EP 03007203 A EP03007203 A EP 03007203A EP 03007203 A EP03007203 A EP 03007203A EP 1362960 A1 EP1362960 A1 EP 1362960A1
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Horst Kunkel
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Hansa Metallwerke AG
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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

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  • Such a device for contactless control a shower is known from DE 41 06 539 C2.
  • the first operating mode which corresponds to a larger detection area detected the presence of a person.
  • the electrically operated valve is open for so long and keep the water flow through the shower so long how the user is present.
  • the second operating mode of the sensor which is the smaller one Detection area corresponds to, is used to To be able to temporarily interrupt the flow of water to the shower, z. B. during the time the user is lathering want without leaving the shower stall.
  • the detection area which is used to determine the presence of a person, relatively small. Children or particularly slim People may not be recognized. If the User bends down or in inside the shower cubicle otherwise in the edge area of the detection area device, this can be misunderstood by the facility as if the user had left the shower cabin removed.
  • Another disadvantage of the known device is that only one way of influencing the shower of running water is possible.
  • the object of the present invention is a device of the type mentioned in such a way that with it a more reliable detection of the presence of people and a more variable influence on the the shower of flowing water is possible.
  • the individual detection areas can be deliberately aligned at different angles so that they cover the entire room in which optimally there may be one user and completely "illuminate". Even smaller people or people bending down can be reliably detected become. Shutting off the water flow on a Error in determining the presence of a person based, can no longer occur.
  • the first sensor as in the aforementioned DE 41 06 539 C2 in its first operating mode, in the manner of a two-way switch the water flow to and from the shower off.
  • the logic circuit of at least one other Sensor preferably influences in the second operating mode the temperature of the water flowing to the shower.
  • Influencing temperature and / or amount of Water can be done using two sensors, one of which is for increasing the corresponding Value and the other for humiliation of the corresponding Value is responsible.
  • That embodiment of the is particularly preferred Invention in which both switching on and off as well as increasing or decreasing temperature and amount of water is possible.
  • This embodiment contains five sensors, for example, according to the type of Cube image "five" can be arranged.
  • the viewing panel of a device for non-contact control of a shower with the reference symbol 1 marked. It closes one in the wall 2 installation space embedded in a shower cabin to the outside waterproof. There are five in the viewing panel 1 elliptical windows 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The first window 3 is approximately in the middle of the rectangular viewing panel 1, the other windows 4, 5, 6, 7 are near the corners the viewing panel 1 arranged so that approximately the known Cube image "five" is created.
  • each 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 each have a transmitting and receiving diode 8a, 8b, 9, 10a, 10b arranged, of which in Figure 2 the Windows 3, 5 and 6 assigned transmit and receive diodes 8b, 9, 10b are recognizable.
  • Each of these transmit and receive diodes 8a, 8b, 9, 10a, 10b is connected via a cable 11, 12, 13 connected to control electronics, their function becomes clear below.
  • the transmitting and receiving diode 9 is in rapid change operated in two different modes: in the first this mode is - for example, by choosing the Light generation flowing through the transmitting and receiving diode 9 Current, by adjusting the sensitivity of the receiver that receives the received signals of the transmit and Receiving diode 9 evaluates, or by choosing the response threshold the corresponding electronics a relative large detection area for the transmitter and receiver diode 9 set. This relatively large area of coverage is in Figures 1 and 2 each as a corresponding "Club" shown.
  • the transmit and Receive diode 9 for detecting the presence of a User in the shower stall. So the presence a person found in this coverage area the control electronics, not shown, causes that water flows to the shower and emerges from the shower head can.
  • the transmit and receive diodes 9 operated with a small detection area, again, by either the electricity that is used to generate light the transmitting and receiving diode 9 flows, or the sensitivity of the downstream amplifier or the switching threshold assigned to this amplifier is set accordingly.
  • This smaller detection area is dimensioned so that a "normal" in the shower cubicle standing person unintentionally in this Penetration area penetrates. The person must rather a voluntary movement, for example by hand, run to in the second mode of the transmit and receive diode 9 to trigger.
  • the other transmit and receive diodes 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b are in quick succession in two different Modes operated by the size of the detection area differ.
  • the mode in which the larger detection area occurs also serve further transmit and receive diodes 8a, 8b, 10a, 10b Capturing a person in the shower stall, so meet the same function as this for the send and Receiving diode 9 was described in the first operating mode.
  • the output signals of the detection circuits of all transmitters Receiving diodes 8a, 8b, 9, 10a, 10b are in this Operating mode of an OR gate of the control electronics fed. As long as this OR gate is an output signal is generated, the solenoid valve, which the water flow controls to the shower head, kept open.
  • the user moves his hand into the detection area that behind the entrance window 4 in Figure 1 Transmitting and receiving diode 8a, this has the consequence that the temperature of the water flowing to the shower head is reduced, and for so long with a certain one Speed as the hand in the corresponding Detection area is located.
  • the user takes his Hand out of the detection range of this transmitting and receiving diode 8a, the temperature of the flowing water remains constant.
  • the user moves his hand into the detection area the broadcasting station located behind window 5 Receiving diode 8b, the temperature of the shower head flowing water at a certain speed increased as long as the presence of the hand of the User is detected in this detection area.
  • the bottom two, behind windows 6 and 7 of the Viewing panels 1 arranged transmitting and receiving diodes 10a, 10b serve in a comparable way to the amount of running water: the user moves his Hand in the (small) detection area behind Window 7 located transmit and receive diode 10a, see above becomes the amount of water flowing to the shower head reduced at a certain speed so long how the user puts his hand in this detection area holds. The amount of flowing water is reversed increased at a certain speed so long as the user puts his hand in the (small) detection area the transmission and arranged behind the window 6 Introduces receiving diode 10b.

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EP03007203A 2002-05-03 2003-03-29 Dispositif pour la commande sans contact d'une douche Withdrawn EP1362960A1 (fr)

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DE2002119944 DE10219944C1 (de) 2002-05-03 2002-05-03 Einrichtung zur berührungslosen Steuerung einer Dusche

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EP2116655A1 (fr) * 2008-05-09 2009-11-11 Achim Pohl Garniture d'écoulement pour lavabos ou éviers
DE102017129185A1 (de) 2016-12-19 2018-06-21 Wimtec Sanitärprodukte Gmbh Verfahren zum energieeffizienten Betrieb einer Schaltungsanordnung mit einem Annäherungssensor sowie Annäherungssensoren und Schaltungsanordnungen zum Durchführen dieses Verfahrens

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US5694653A (en) * 1992-06-18 1997-12-09 Harald; Phillipp Water control sensor apparatus and method
EP0864700A2 (fr) * 1997-03-14 1998-09-16 Oras Oy Système de douche
US5829072A (en) * 1995-01-14 1998-11-03 Friedrich Grohe Ag Automatic shower control
DE19962742A1 (de) * 1999-12-23 2001-06-28 Artweger Gmbh & Co Sanitäreinrichtung

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US5694653A (en) * 1992-06-18 1997-12-09 Harald; Phillipp Water control sensor apparatus and method
US5829072A (en) * 1995-01-14 1998-11-03 Friedrich Grohe Ag Automatic shower control
EP0864700A2 (fr) * 1997-03-14 1998-09-16 Oras Oy Système de douche
DE19962742A1 (de) * 1999-12-23 2001-06-28 Artweger Gmbh & Co Sanitäreinrichtung

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DE102004039917A1 (de) * 2004-08-18 2006-02-23 Hansa Metallwerke Ag Betätigungsvorrichtung für Armaturen und ein Verfahren zum Betreiben einer solchen
DE102004039917B4 (de) * 2004-08-18 2008-01-31 Hansa Metallwerke Ag Betätigungsvorrichtung für Armaturen und ein Verfahren zum Betreiben einer solchen
US7784481B2 (en) 2004-08-18 2010-08-31 Hansa Metallwerke Ag Actuating device for fixtures and method for the operation thereof
EP2116655A1 (fr) * 2008-05-09 2009-11-11 Achim Pohl Garniture d'écoulement pour lavabos ou éviers
US8267328B2 (en) 2008-05-09 2012-09-18 Achim Pohl Electronically controlled fitting
DE102017129185A1 (de) 2016-12-19 2018-06-21 Wimtec Sanitärprodukte Gmbh Verfahren zum energieeffizienten Betrieb einer Schaltungsanordnung mit einem Annäherungssensor sowie Annäherungssensoren und Schaltungsanordnungen zum Durchführen dieses Verfahrens
AT519532A1 (de) * 2016-12-19 2018-07-15 Wimtec Sanitaerprodukte Gmbh Verfahren zum energieeffizienten Betrieb einer Schaltungsanordnung sowie Annäherungssensoren und Schaltungsanordnungen zum Durchführen dieses Verfahrens
AT519532B1 (de) * 2016-12-19 2018-10-15 Wimtec Sanitaerprodukte Gmbh Verfahren zum energieeffizienten Betrieb einer Schaltungsanordnung sowie Annäherungssensoren und Schaltungsanordnungen zum Durchführen dieses Verfahrens

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