EP1501637B1 - Garden shower - Google Patents

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EP1501637B1
EP1501637B1 EP03722570A EP03722570A EP1501637B1 EP 1501637 B1 EP1501637 B1 EP 1501637B1 EP 03722570 A EP03722570 A EP 03722570A EP 03722570 A EP03722570 A EP 03722570A EP 1501637 B1 EP1501637 B1 EP 1501637B1
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Ralf Claus
Reiner Frey
Dietmar Gerstlauer
Franz-Anton Reiber
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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
    • A47K3/283—Fixed showers
    • A47K3/285—Free-standing or hanging showers without a cabinet
    • 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
    • B05B1/30—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a shower device, in particular in the manner of a garden shower.
  • a garden shower shower devices As a garden shower shower devices are called, which are installed without permanent installation as needed with little effort outdoors.
  • the water supply typically takes place via a hose which can be detachably connected to the shower device.
  • Known such shower devices have on a relative to a stand height-adjustable support tube to a shower head with a nozzle assembly, which generates a divergent shower jet with a plurality of individual water jets.
  • the DE 87 08 556 U1 describes a two-spray shower set, in which two separate showerheads are connected to the output of a fitting via their own connecting hoses. Additional control valves may be provided on one or both shower heads.
  • One from the DE 36 37 470 A1 known shower head has two alternatively selectable outputs, of which a first shower outlet emits a plurality of individual beams and a second beam outlet a concentrated beam.
  • At one of the US 4,901,927 known double shower arrangement is arranged a first pivotable shower head near a valve and a second shower head via a curved tube pivotally attached to a second outlet of the valve. Through the valve, the first or both shower heads can be supplied with water.
  • Another shower arrangement with a first and a second alternatively selectable shower head is in the US 5,788,160 described.
  • the first shower head is fixedly arranged with respect to a wall attachment and gives off a conventional spray jet.
  • the second shower head is designed to deliver a hot water spray in the form of finely divided droplets.
  • One from the US 5,339,469 known shower arrangement has a first fixed to a Armature arranged shower head with a shower jet and connected via hoses with the fitting further showerheads, which are alternatively selectable and form a pulse jet shower head or a brush shower head.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a shower device in the manner of a garden shower, which brings particular advantages for installation in the garden or the like with a simple and inexpensive construction.
  • the invention provides by a further nozzle arrangement in the form of a spray nozzle arrangement, which sprays water in the form of single drops of at least one spray nozzle in contrast to a conventional shower spray or a pulsed spray jet, in addition to a conventional first nozzle arrangement over conventional garden showers with little effort a significant gain in Use value, wherein such a gain can be achieved both by a comparison with the first nozzle arrangement different configuration and other positioning of the other nozzle assembly.
  • Such spray nozzles are known per se and typically produce a spray pattern in which the individual drops spread approximately along a cone sheath.
  • a spray pattern can be generated in particular by the fact that water forms a vortex in a nozzle chamber and exits through a narrow nozzle ring gap.
  • the spray pattern is advantageously variable adjustable, for example, by a the gap of the annular gap changing, relative to the nozzle opening longitudinally displaceable cone body.
  • the flow rate is typically much lower for a spray nozzle than for a shower spray.
  • the spray nozzle arrangement is particularly advantageous for a garden shower because the fine droplet distribution extreme temperatures of the discharged water, especially cold water from the supply network or by solar radiation heated in a supply hose water, are perceived by the user less uncomfortable than a conventional shower jet.
  • the further nozzle arrangement is arranged according to a first advantageous embodiment together with the first nozzle arrangement in the shower head, wherein the different nozzle arrangements are individually selectable as each active nozzle arrangement.
  • a changeover between different flow paths to the individual nozzles or a displacement of the individual nozzles in front of a common outlet opening of a connecting line can be provided in the nozzle head, for example in the form of a rotatable nozzle carrier disk.
  • the further nozzle arrangement is arranged at a distance from the shower head, in the fixed position of the shower head, in particular at a lower level, in order to selectively apply water to water or body or legs when water consumption is low.
  • the further nozzle arrangement is preferably variably alignable, in particular in the case of an arrangement spaced from the shower head.
  • the shower device according to the invention preferably has, in a manner known per se, a lower stand and an upper shower head support, which is height-adjustable relative to the stand.
  • the stand may, for example, a ground spike, a heavy base plate, several feet, etc. included.
  • a stand and shower head support mechanically connecting module can advantageously also carry the other nozzle assembly and / or a shut-off valve assembly.
  • an advantageous embodiment provides shut-off valve arrangement and supply line to the further nozzle arrangement in a common valve housing, on which also the further nozzle arrangement, preferably releasably and / or variably alignable, is arranged is.
  • the common valve housing and the module for the mechanical connection of the stand and the shower head carrier are combined in one structural unit.
  • these and the first nozzle arrangement can preferably be connected to the input connection via a common connecting line, in particular by inserting a shut-off valve arrangement.
  • a shut-off valve arrangement inserted between the inlet connection and the connection lines to the first and further nozzle arrangements is preferably designed as a multi-way valve, in particular with alternative opening positions for each of the connection lines to the different nozzle arrangements at separate outlets of the shut-off valve arrangement besides a shut-off position.
  • the flow rate in the shut-off valve assembly is variably adjustable, so that the shut-off valve assembly also serves as a regulating valve.
  • the shut-off valve arrangement can be handled by means of only one operating element which, in addition to the change between a closed position and at least one open position, also enables the regulation of the flow rate and / or the switching between two separate outputs of the shut-off valve arrangement.
  • a particularly suitable valve for this purpose for example, for a switchable irrigation device from the DE 199 41 573 A1 known.
  • shut-off valve arrangement which is selectively switchable between two opening positions and for the two different opening positions different flow resistance or flow cross-sections, preferably additionally given Regulierventilfunktion different minimum flow resistance or maximum flow cross-sections.
  • both the opening positions associated outputs of the shut-off valve assembly can be merged back to the connecting line to the shower head and the opening position with the larger flow resistance or the smaller opening cross-section than Serve water saving.
  • a garden shower which is powered only from a cold water network via a supply hose, as the water in the hose heats up to the cold water temperature and in the water saving the shut-off valve assembly by the low flow rate until consumption of heated water in the supply hose more Time is available until inflowing cold water reaches the nozzle assembly.
  • the larger minimum flow resistance or the smaller maximum opening cross-section offers the advantage of finer adjustability of the flow rate.
  • the finer adjustability is also of particular advantage for the spray nozzle arrangement with the maximum flow rate even lower by the spray nozzle arrangement.
  • a larger flow resistance can also be realized by a longer flow path.
  • the shower head can advantageously be connected via a flexible hose as a connecting line to the input terminal or the shut-off valve arrangement and preferably be detachable as a hand shower of the carrier.
  • a shower head DK1 arranged with a conventional multi-jet shower BD as the first nozzle assembly (DAE) at the upper end of a water-bearing pipe VR, which on the one hand as a mechanical support for the shower head DK1 and as a connection line to the water supply from an input terminal EA serves.
  • the input terminal EA is designed as a nipple plug-in coupling.
  • the water is usually fed by means of a hose from a cold water network.
  • the lower end of the tube VR is held in a tube receiving a connection module, to which also the nipple EA is attached and which contains an inserted between nipple EA and pipe VR shut-off valve assembly VA.
  • the valve assembly VA has an operating lever BH, by means of which a valve plug is rotatable about a horizontal axis in the sketched arrangement.
  • the connecting module also serves for the mechanical connection of the tube VR as the upper part of the shower device with a running in the example as a tube SR lower stator part of the shower device.
  • the connection module is held by a holding mechanism not shown in detail, in particular a clamping mechanism on the stator tube SR and can be moved by releasing the retaining mechanism by lateral pressure on the spring-loaded release button along the stator tube SR to adjust the height of the shower head over the To reach the footprint and / or to disassemble the shower device to release the stator tube from the connection module VM.
  • An additional nozzle arrangement DAW is additionally fastened to the connection module, which in the example outlined comprises three spray nozzles SD in a horizontal row.
  • the spray pattern of the spray nozzles can be changed, for example by twisting the nozzle caps.
  • the further nozzle arrangement DAW is preferably variably alignable, for example by rotation about a horizontal axis, as indicated by a ring arrow.
  • the showerhead DK1 can also be variably aligned relative to the pipe VR.
  • connection module also serves as a valve housing, in which flow paths from the input connection to the input of the valve arrangement, from a first outlet of the valve arrangement to the connection tube VR and via a clamping receptacle for the stator tube bypassing own connection line to the further nozzle arrangement DAW are formed.
  • the valve assembly VA which in detail, for example, similar to that of DE 199 41 573 A1 known valve arrangement can be pivoted from a middle position O, in which the valve at the input port against both valve outputs and thus against both nozzle arrangements DAE and DAW blocks up to a first maximum open position I up or up to a second maximum opening position II down become.
  • a path from the inlet connection through the valve arrangement to the connection tube VR and the first nozzle arrangement DAW is released in the second open position to the further nozzle arrangement DAW.
  • the valve assembly is also designed as a regulating valve in such a way that upon pivoting of the operating lever to the maximum opening positions I and II of the flow cross section SQ by the valve assembly increases continuously monotonically up to each maximum cross-sectional values or the flow resistance is reduced to minimum flow resistance values ,
  • the maximum cross-sectional values QMI and QMII are preferably different.
  • a flow diagram with a qualitative profile of the flow cross sections SQ is in Fig. 3 outlined.
  • the pivoting ranges OI and O-II are preferably, but not necessarily, at least approximately the same size. The pivoting movements can be limited by attacks on pivot positions with the respective maximum flow cross section QMI or QMII.
  • the Regulier a valve assembly with a flow pattern of in Fig. 3 sketched kind has at a showering device like in Fig. 1 outlines the advantageous effect that through the larger maximum flow cross section in the first maximum open position, the flow rate to the first nozzle assembly can be increased so that, if necessary, a sufficiently strong shower spray is discharged from the nozzle BD.
  • the spray nozzles themselves already limit the maximum flow rate to a substantially lower value compared to a shower nozzle BD, so that a lower maximum flow cross-section is favorable for good controllability of the flow rate by means of the valve arrangement in the second open position II.
  • a shower head DK2 on a holder HK which can be clamped in different height positions on a support tube DT, detachably mounted.
  • the water-conducting connection line to the valve arrangement VA arranged at the inlet connection EA is designed as a flexible hose SL.
  • the shower head DK2 can thereby also be used as a hand-held shower head with a handle GR.
  • valve housing VG carrying the inlet connection EA as the nipple of a plug-in coupling and the connection of the connecting tube SL and containing the valve arrangement VA can in turn pass over the already closed valve housing VG Fig. 1 explained mechanism with the release button LK variably fixed along the stator tube SR and / or be removable from this.
  • Stand pipe SR and support tube DT form in the example sketched two, by a pipe sleeve RV releasably connected portions of a pipe assembly, which at the bottom End is held in a tripod stand, whose legs SF in turn are removable from a central plate ZP, so that the entire shower device for transport or storage purposes can be reduced to a small pack size.
  • the shower head DK2 advantageously contains at least one first nozzle arrangement, in particular a multi-jet showerhead BD, and a spray nozzle arrangement with at least one spray nozzle SD.
  • the two nozzle assemblies may be active, respectively d. H. be acted upon by the inflowing water through the connecting hose SL water nozzle arrangement.
  • a nozzle carrier disk carrying both nozzle arrangements can be designed to be rotatable in the indicated direction of the arrow.
  • the showerhead DK2 may include other nozzle arrangements. shower heads with several different nozzle arrangements and rotatable support for selecting a nozzle arrangement as active are well known. The combination of a conventional multi-jet shower with a spray nozzle is for a garden shower for already described reasons of particular advantage.
  • valve assembly VA leads to the in Fig. 2 sketched shower device via only one connecting line, the hose SL, to the shower head DK2 as the only water dispenser, so that in itself a simple shut-off valve, preferably with Reguliertownkeit, can be advantageously used.
  • a garden shower with, as in Fig. 2 outlined, only a water dispenser an adjustable shut-off valve arrangement with the already described in detail and in Fig. 3 graphically illustrated flow behavior of particular advantage, in which case both valve outputs are brought together again on the one connecting line.
  • a valve arrangement on the one hand, depending on the respectively selected as active nozzle arrangement analogous to the comments on Fig. 1 combined with Fig. 3 the more favorable for regulation opening position I or II are selected.
  • valve arrangement with two open positions I and II with different regulation ranges can be used in such a way that a first open position I with a larger maximum flow cross section MQI for full shower spray and a second opening position II with a smaller Maximum flow cross-section MQII is used for water-saving use.
  • the ability to hang the shower head from the wearer and close to the body by hand of particular advantage.

Abstract

The invention relates to a shower device in the form of a garden shower. Advantageous combinations of nozzle arrangements and valve arrangements are described. Said arrangements are especially appropriate for using outside, for the simple installation of the inventive device.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Duschvorrichtung, insbesondere nach Art einer Gartendusche.The invention relates to a shower device, in particular in the manner of a garden shower.

Als Gartendusche werden Duschvorrichtungen bezeichnet, welche ohne Festinstallation nach Bedarf mit geringem Aufwand im Freien aufgestellt werden. Die Wasserzuführung erfolgt typischerweise über einen lösbar an der Duschvorrichtung anschließbaren Schlauch. Bekannte derartige Duschvorrichtungen weisen an einem relativ zu einem Ständer höhenverstellbaren Trägerrohr einen Duschkopf mit einer Düsenanordnung auf, welche einen divergierenden Brausestrahl mit einer Mehrzahl einzelner Wasserstrahlen erzeugt.As a garden shower shower devices are called, which are installed without permanent installation as needed with little effort outdoors. The water supply typically takes place via a hose which can be detachably connected to the shower device. Known such shower devices have on a relative to a stand height-adjustable support tube to a shower head with a nozzle assembly, which generates a divergent shower jet with a plurality of individual water jets.

US 512 36 28 zeigt eine gattungsgemäße Gartendusche. US 512 36 28 shows a generic garden shower.

Die DE 87 08 556 U1 beschreibt eine Zweifach-Brausegarnitur, bei welcher über jeweils eigene Verbindungsschläuche zwei Brauseköpfe mit dem Ausgang einer Armatur verbunden sind. Es können zusätzliche Regelventile an einem oder beiden Brauseköpfen vorgesehen sein.The DE 87 08 556 U1 describes a two-spray shower set, in which two separate showerheads are connected to the output of a fitting via their own connecting hoses. Additional control valves may be provided on one or both shower heads.

Ein aus der DE 36 37 470 A1 bekannter Brausekopf weist zwei alternativ wählbare Ausgänge auf, von welchen ein erster Brauseauslass eine Mehrzahl einzelner Strahlen und ein zweiter Strahlauslass einen konzentrierten Strahl abgibt.One from the DE 36 37 470 A1 known shower head has two alternatively selectable outputs, of which a first shower outlet emits a plurality of individual beams and a second beam outlet a concentrated beam.

In der DE 199 41 573 A1 ist für Gartenbewässerungszwecke eine Spritz-Gießbrause beschrieben, welche gleichfalls zwischen einem konzentrierten weitreichenden Strahl und einem sanften Mehrstrahl-Gießbild umschaltbar ist. Eine Gartenspritze mit einer Mehrzahl von umschaltbaren Düsen in einem Düsenkopf ist z.B. in der US 4,903,897 beschrieben.In the DE 199 41 573 A1 is described for garden irrigation purposes, a spray-pouring shower, which is also switchable between a concentrated long-range beam and a gentle multi-jet casting pattern. A garden sprayer with a plurality of switchable nozzles in a nozzle head is eg in the US 4,903,897 described.

Bei einer aus der US 4,901,927 bekannten Zweifach-Duschanordnung ist ein erster schwenkbarer Duschkopf nahe einem Ventil angeordnet und ein zweiter Duschkopf über ein gekrümmtes Rohr schwenkbar an einem zweiten Ausgang des Ventils befestigt. Über das Ventil kann der erste oder beide Duschköpfe mit Wasser beaufschlagt werden. Eine weitere Duschanordnung mit einem ersten und einem zweiten alternativ wählbaren Duschkopf ist in der US 5,788,160 beschrieben. Der erste Duschkopf ist bezüglich einer Wandbefestigung fest angeordnet und gibt einen gebräuchlichen Brausestrahl ab. Der zweite Duschkopf ist zur Abgabe eines Heißwasser-Sprühstrahls in Form fein verteilter Tröpfchen ausgebildet. Eine aus der US 5,339,469 bekannten Duschanordnung weist einen ersten fest an einer Armatur angeordneten Duschkopf mit einem Brausestrahl und über Schläuche mit der Armatur verbundene weitere Duschköpfe auf, welche alternativ wählbar sind und einen Pulsstrahl-Brausekopf oder einen Bürsten-Duschkopf bilden.At one of the US 4,901,927 known double shower arrangement is arranged a first pivotable shower head near a valve and a second shower head via a curved tube pivotally attached to a second outlet of the valve. Through the valve, the first or both shower heads can be supplied with water. Another shower arrangement with a first and a second alternatively selectable shower head is in the US 5,788,160 described. The first shower head is fixedly arranged with respect to a wall attachment and gives off a conventional spray jet. The second shower head is designed to deliver a hot water spray in the form of finely divided droplets. One from the US 5,339,469 known shower arrangement has a first fixed to a Armature arranged shower head with a shower jet and connected via hoses with the fitting further showerheads, which are alternatively selectable and form a pulse jet shower head or a brush shower head.

Aus der US 5,983,419 ist eine Duschvorrichtung für den Außenbereich mit einem Schlaucheinsauganschluss und einem Absperrventil bekannt, bei welcher neben einem Duschkopf am oberen Ende eines vertikalen Rohrs noch eine zweite Düsenanordnung hinter dem Absperrventil oder ein tieferliegender Wasserauslass mit einem eigenen Absperrventil vorhanden sein kann.From the US 5,983,419 is a shower device for outdoor use with a Schlaucheinsauganschluss and a shut-off valve is known in which next to a shower head at the upper end of a vertical pipe still a second nozzle assembly behind the shut-off valve or a lower water outlet with its own shut-off valve may be present.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Duschvorrichtung nach Art einer Gartendusche anzugeben, welche bei einfachem und kostengünstigem Aufbau besondere Vorteile für die Aufstellung im Garten oder dergleichen bringt.The present invention has for its object to provide a shower device in the manner of a garden shower, which brings particular advantages for installation in the garden or the like with a simple and inexpensive construction.

Die erfindungsgemäße Lösung ist im unabhängigen Anspruch beschrieben. Die abhängigen Ansprüche enthalten vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen und Weiterbildungen der Erfindung.The solution according to the invention is described in the independent claim. The dependent claims contain advantageous refinements and developments of the invention.

Die Erfindung bietet durch eine weitere Düsenanordnung in Form einer Sprühdüsenanordnung, welche im Unterschied zu einem gebräuchlichen Brausestrahl oder einem gepulsten Brausestrahl aus wenigstens einer Sprühdüse Wasser in Form von Einzeltropfen versprüht, zusätzlich zu einer gebräuchlichen ersten Düsenanordnung gegenüber herkömmlichen Gartenduschen mit geringem Aufwand einen deutlichen Gewinn im Gebrauchswert, wobei ein solcher Gewinn sowohl durch eine gegenüber der ersten Düsenanordnung andere Ausgestaltung als auch andere Positionierung der weiteren Düsenanordnung erreicht werden kann.The invention provides by a further nozzle arrangement in the form of a spray nozzle arrangement, which sprays water in the form of single drops of at least one spray nozzle in contrast to a conventional shower spray or a pulsed spray jet, in addition to a conventional first nozzle arrangement over conventional garden showers with little effort a significant gain in Use value, wherein such a gain can be achieved both by a comparison with the first nozzle arrangement different configuration and other positioning of the other nozzle assembly.

Derartige Sprühdüsen sind an sich bekannt und erzeugen typischerweise ein Sprühbild, bei welchem sich die Einzeltropfen ungefähr entlang eines Kegelmantels ausbreiten. Ein solches Sprühbild kann insbesondere dadurch erzeugt werden, dass Wasser in einer Düsenkammer einen Wirbel bildet und durch einen schmalen Düsenringspalt austritt. Das Sprühbild ist vorteilhafterweise veränderlich einstellbar, beispielsweise durch einen die Weite des Ringspalts verändernden, relativ zur Düsenöffnung längsverschiebbaren Kegelkörper. Die Durchflussrate ist bei einer Sprühdüse typischerweise wesentlich geringer als bei einem Brausestrahl. Die Sprühdüsenanordnung ist für eine Gartendusche besonders vorteilhaft, weil durch die feine Tropfenverteilung extreme Temperaturen des abgegebenen Wassers, insbesondere kaltes Wasser aus dem Versorgungsnetz oder durch Sonneneinstrahlung in einem Zuleitungsschlauch aufgeheiztes Wasser, vom Benutzer weniger unangenehm empfunden werden als bei einem herkömmlichen Brausestrahl.Such spray nozzles are known per se and typically produce a spray pattern in which the individual drops spread approximately along a cone sheath. Such a spray pattern can be generated in particular by the fact that water forms a vortex in a nozzle chamber and exits through a narrow nozzle ring gap. The spray pattern is advantageously variable adjustable, for example, by a the gap of the annular gap changing, relative to the nozzle opening longitudinally displaceable cone body. The flow rate is typically much lower for a spray nozzle than for a shower spray. The spray nozzle arrangement is particularly advantageous for a garden shower because the fine droplet distribution extreme temperatures of the discharged water, especially cold water from the supply network or by solar radiation heated in a supply hose water, are perceived by the user less uncomfortable than a conventional shower jet.

Die weitere Düsenanordnung ist gemäß einer ersten vorteilhaften Ausführungsform zusammen mit der ersten Düsenanordnung im Duschkopf angeordnet, wobei die verschiedenen Düsenanordnungen einzeln als jeweils aktive Düsenanordnung wählbar sind. Hierfür kann im Düsenkopf eine Umschaltung zwischen verschiedenen Strömungswegen zu den einzelnen Düsen oder eine Verschiebung der einzelnen Düsen vor eine gemeinsame Austrittsöffnung einer Verbindungsleitung vorgesehen sein, beispielsweise in Form einer verdrehbaren Düsenträgerscheibe.The further nozzle arrangement is arranged according to a first advantageous embodiment together with the first nozzle arrangement in the shower head, wherein the different nozzle arrangements are individually selectable as each active nozzle arrangement. For this purpose, a changeover between different flow paths to the individual nozzles or a displacement of the individual nozzles in front of a common outlet opening of a connecting line can be provided in the nozzle head, for example in the form of a rotatable nozzle carrier disk.

In anderer vorteilhafter Ausführungsform ist die weitere Düsenanordnung von dem Duschkopf beabstandet angeordnet, bei fester Position des Duschkopfes, insbesondere in geringerer Höhe, um bei geringem Wasserverbrauch gezielt Körper oder Beine mit Wasser zu beaufschlagen.In another advantageous embodiment, the further nozzle arrangement is arranged at a distance from the shower head, in the fixed position of the shower head, in particular at a lower level, in order to selectively apply water to water or body or legs when water consumption is low.

Die weitere Düsenanordnung ist, insbesondere bei von dem Duschkopf beabstandeter Anordnung, vorzugsweise veränderlich ausrichtbar.The further nozzle arrangement is preferably variably alignable, in particular in the case of an arrangement spaced from the shower head.

Die erfindungsgemäße Duschvorrichtung weist vorzugsweise in an sich bekannter Weise einen unteren Ständer und einen oberen Duschkopfträger, welcher relativ zu dem Ständer höhenverstellbar ist, auf. Der Ständer kann beispielsweise einen Erdspieß, eine schwere Bodenplatte, mehrere Standfüße usw. enthalten. Ein Ständer und Duschkopfträger mechanisch verbindendes Modul kann vorteilhafterweise auch die weitere Düsenanordnung und/oder eine Absperrventilanordnung tragen.The shower device according to the invention preferably has, in a manner known per se, a lower stand and an upper shower head support, which is height-adjustable relative to the stand. The stand may, for example, a ground spike, a heavy base plate, several feet, etc. included. A stand and shower head support mechanically connecting module can advantageously also carry the other nozzle assembly and / or a shut-off valve assembly.

Bei von dem Duschkopf beabstandet angeordneter weiterer Düsenanordnung mit einer eigenen Zuleitung von der Absperrventilanordnung sieht eine vorteilhafte Ausführung vor, Absperrventilanordnung und Zuleitung zu der weiteren Düsenanordnung in einem gemeinsamen Ventilgehäuse auszubilden, an welchem auch die weitere Düsenanordnung, vorzugsweise lösbar und/oder veränderlich ausrichtbar, angeordnet ist. In einer besonders vorteilhaften Ausführungsform sind das gemeinsame Ventilgehäuse und das Modul zur mechanischen Verbindung von Ständer und Duschkopfträger in einer Baueinheit vereinigt.In the case of a further nozzle arrangement arranged at a distance from the shower head and having its own supply line from the shut-off valve arrangement, an advantageous embodiment provides shut-off valve arrangement and supply line to the further nozzle arrangement in a common valve housing, on which also the further nozzle arrangement, preferably releasably and / or variably alignable, is arranged is. In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the common valve housing and the module for the mechanical connection of the stand and the shower head carrier are combined in one structural unit.

Bei in dem Duschkopf integrierter weiterer Düsenanordnung sind diese und die erste Düsenanordnung vorzugsweise über eine gemeinsame Verbindungsleitung mit dem Eingangsanschluss verbindbar, insbesondere unter Einfügen einer Absperrventilanordnung.In the case of an additional nozzle arrangement integrated in the shower head, these and the first nozzle arrangement can preferably be connected to the input connection via a common connecting line, in particular by inserting a shut-off valve arrangement.

Bei von dem Duschkopf beabstandet angeordneter weiterer Düsenanordnung ist diese vorteilhafterweise über eine eigene Verbindungsleitung mit dem Eingangsanschluss verbindbar. Eine zwischen Eingangsanschluss und den Verbindungsleitungen zu erster und weiterer Düsenanordnung eingefügte Absperrventilanordnung ist vorzugsweise als Mehrwegeventil, insbesondere mit neben einer Absperrstellung alternativen Öffnungsstellungen für jede der Verbindungsleitungen zu den verschiedenen Düsenanordnungen an getrennten Ausgängen der Absperrventilanordnung, ausgeführt.In the case of a further nozzle arrangement arranged at a distance from the shower head, it can be advantageously connected to the input connection via its own connecting line. A shut-off valve arrangement inserted between the inlet connection and the connection lines to the first and further nozzle arrangements is preferably designed as a multi-way valve, in particular with alternative opening positions for each of the connection lines to the different nozzle arrangements at separate outlets of the shut-off valve arrangement besides a shut-off position.

Vorteilhafterweise ist die Durchflussmenge in der Absperrventilanordnung variabel einstellbar, so dass die Absperrventilanordnung zugleich als Regulierventil dient. Vorzugsweise ist die Absperrventilanordnung über lediglich ein Bedienelement handhabbar, welches neben dem Wechsel zwischen einer Schließstellung und wenigstens einer Öffnungsstellung auch die Regulierung der Durchflussmenge und/oder die Umschaltung zwischen zwei getrennten Ausgängen der Absperrventilanordnung ermöglicht. Ein hierfür besonders geeignetes Ventil ist beispielsweise für eine umschaltbare Bewässerungseinrichtung aus der DE 199 41 573 A1 bekannt.Advantageously, the flow rate in the shut-off valve assembly is variably adjustable, so that the shut-off valve assembly also serves as a regulating valve. Preferably, the shut-off valve arrangement can be handled by means of only one operating element which, in addition to the change between a closed position and at least one open position, also enables the regulation of the flow rate and / or the switching between two separate outputs of the shut-off valve arrangement. A particularly suitable valve for this purpose, for example, for a switchable irrigation device from the DE 199 41 573 A1 known.

Besonders vorteilhaft ist eine Absperrventilanordnung, welche wahlweise zwischen zwei Öffnungspositionen umschaltbar ist und für die beiden verschiedenen Öffnungspositionen unterschiedliche Strömungswiderstände bzw. Durchflussquerschnitte, bei bevorzugterweise zusätzlich gegebener Regulierventilfunktion unterschiedliche minimale Strömungswiderstände bzw. maximale Durchflussquerschnitte aufweist. Insbesondere in Verbindung mit einer Brausestrahldüse als erster Düsenanordnung unabhängig vom Vorhandensein einer weiteren Düsenanordnung im Duschkopf können dann beide den verschiedenen Öffnungspositionen zugeordnete Ausgänge der Absperrventilanordnung wieder zu der Verbindungsleitung zum Duschkopf zusammengeführt sein und die Öffnungsposition mit dem größeren Strömungswiderstand bzw. dem geringeren Öffnungsquerschnitt kann dann als Wassersparstellung dienen. Dies ist wiederum von besonderem Vorteil für eine Gartendusche, welche lediglich aus einem Kaltwassernetz über einen Zuleitungsschlauch gespeist ist, da das Wasser im Schlauch sich gegenüber der Kaltwassertemperatur erwärmt und in der Wassersparstellung der Absperrventilanordnung durch die geringe Durchflussrate bis zum Verbrauch des im Zuleitungsschlauch erwärmten Wassers mehr Zeit zur Verfügung steht, bis nachströmendes kaltes Wasser die Düsenanordnung erreicht. Bei zusätzlicher Regulierfunktion der Absperrventilanordnung und gleichem Verstellbereich eines Bedienelementes in beiden Öffnungspositionen bietet der größere minimale Strömungswiderstand bzw. der geringere maximale Öffnungsquerschnitt den Vorteil feinerer Regulierbarkeit der Durchflussrate. Die feinere Regulierbarkeit ist auch von besonderem Vorteil für die Sprühdüsenanordnung mit der durch die Sprühdüsenanordnung selbst geringeren maximalen Durchflussrate. Ein größerer Strömungswiderstand kann auch durch einen längeren Strömungsweg realisiert sein. Der Duschkopf kann vorteilhafterweise über einen flexiblen Schlauch als Verbindungsleitung mit dem Eingangsanschluß bzw. der Absperrventilanordnung verbunden und vorzugsweise als Handbrause von dem Träger lösbar sein.Particularly advantageous is a shut-off valve arrangement which is selectively switchable between two opening positions and for the two different opening positions different flow resistance or flow cross-sections, preferably additionally given Regulierventilfunktion different minimum flow resistance or maximum flow cross-sections. In particular, in conjunction with a effervescent jet nozzle as the first nozzle assembly regardless of the presence of a further nozzle arrangement in the shower head then both the opening positions associated outputs of the shut-off valve assembly can be merged back to the connecting line to the shower head and the opening position with the larger flow resistance or the smaller opening cross-section than Serve water saving. This in turn is of particular advantage for a garden shower, which is powered only from a cold water network via a supply hose, as the water in the hose heats up to the cold water temperature and in the water saving the shut-off valve assembly by the low flow rate until consumption of heated water in the supply hose more Time is available until inflowing cold water reaches the nozzle assembly. With additional regulation function the shut-off valve arrangement and the same adjustment range of a control element in both opening positions, the larger minimum flow resistance or the smaller maximum opening cross-section offers the advantage of finer adjustability of the flow rate. The finer adjustability is also of particular advantage for the spray nozzle arrangement with the maximum flow rate even lower by the spray nozzle arrangement. A larger flow resistance can also be realized by a longer flow path. The shower head can advantageously be connected via a flexible hose as a connecting line to the input terminal or the shut-off valve arrangement and preferably be detachable as a hand shower of the carrier.

Die Erfindung ist nachfolgend anhand bevorzugter Ausführungsbeispiele noch eingehend veranschaulicht. Dabei zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine erste Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemäßen Duschvorrichtung,
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The invention is illustrated below with reference to preferred embodiments in detail. Showing:
Fig. 1
A first embodiment of a shower device according to the invention,
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a flow diagram of a valve assembly.

Bei der in Fig. 1 in Schrägdarstellung skizzierten Duschvorrichtung ist ein Duschkopf DK1 mit einer gebräuchlichen Mehrstrahl-Brause BD als erster Düsenanordnung (DAE) am oberen Ende eines wasserführenden Rohres VR angeordnet, welches zum einen als mechanischer Träger für den Duschkopf DK1 als auch als Verbindungsleitung zur Wasserzufuhr von einem Eingangsanschluss EA dient. Der Eingangsanschluss EA ist als Nippel einer Steckkupplung ausgeführt. Die Wassereinspeisung erfolgt üblicherweise mittels eines Schlauches aus einem Kaltwassernetz.At the in Fig. 1 in diagonal representation sketched shower device is a shower head DK1 arranged with a conventional multi-jet shower BD as the first nozzle assembly (DAE) at the upper end of a water-bearing pipe VR, which on the one hand as a mechanical support for the shower head DK1 and as a connection line to the water supply from an input terminal EA serves. The input terminal EA is designed as a nipple plug-in coupling. The water is usually fed by means of a hose from a cold water network.

Das untere Ende des Rohres VR ist in einer Rohraufnahme eines Verbindungsmoduls gehalten, an welchem auch der Nippel EA angesetzt ist und welches eine zwischen Nippel EA und Rohr VR eingefügte Absperrventilanordnung VA enthält. Die Ventilanordnung VA weist einen Bedienhebel BH auf, mittels dessen ein Ventilküken um eine bei der skizzierten Anordnung horizontale Achse drehbar ist.The lower end of the tube VR is held in a tube receiving a connection module, to which also the nipple EA is attached and which contains an inserted between nipple EA and pipe VR shut-off valve assembly VA. The valve assembly VA has an operating lever BH, by means of which a valve plug is rotatable about a horizontal axis in the sketched arrangement.

Das Verbindungsmodul dient zugleich zur mechanischen Verbindung des Rohres VR als oberem Teil der Duschvorrichtung mit einem im Beispiel als Rohr SR ausgeführten unteren Ständerteil der Duschvorrichtung. Das Verbindungsmodul ist dabei über einen nicht im Detail dargestellten Haltemechanismus, insbesondere einen Klemmmechanismus, an dem Ständerrohr SR gehalten und kann nach Lösen des Haltemechanismus durch seitlichen Druck auf den federbelasteten Löseknopf entlang des Ständerrohres SR verschoben werden, um eine Verstellung der Höhe des Duschkopfes über der Aufstellfläche zu erreichen und/oder um zur Zerlegung der Duschvorrichtung das Ständerrohr aus dem Verbindungsmodul VM zu lösen.The connecting module also serves for the mechanical connection of the tube VR as the upper part of the shower device with a running in the example as a tube SR lower stator part of the shower device. The connection module is held by a holding mechanism not shown in detail, in particular a clamping mechanism on the stator tube SR and can be moved by releasing the retaining mechanism by lateral pressure on the spring-loaded release button along the stator tube SR to adjust the height of the shower head over the To reach the footprint and / or to disassemble the shower device to release the stator tube from the connection module VM.

An dem Verbindungsmodul ist zusätzlich eine weitere Düsenanordnung DAW befestigt, welche im skizzierten Beispiel drei Sprühdüsen SD in einer horizontalen Reihe umfaßt. Das Sprühbild der Sprühdüsen kann veränderbar sein, beispielsweise durch Verdrehen der Düsenkappen. Die weitere Düsenanordnung DAW ist vorzugsweise veränderlich ausrichtbar, beispielsweise durch Verdrehen um eine horizontale Achse, wie durch einen Ringpfeil angedeutet. Der Duschkopf DK1 kann abweichend vom skizzierten Beispiel gleichfalls relativ zum Rohr VR veränderlich ausrichtbar sein.An additional nozzle arrangement DAW is additionally fastened to the connection module, which in the example outlined comprises three spray nozzles SD in a horizontal row. The spray pattern of the spray nozzles can be changed, for example by twisting the nozzle caps. The further nozzle arrangement DAW is preferably variably alignable, for example by rotation about a horizontal axis, as indicated by a ring arrow. Deviating from the example outlined, the showerhead DK1 can also be variably aligned relative to the pipe VR.

Das Verbindungsmodul dient zugleich als Ventilgehäuse, in welchem Strömungswege vom Eingangsanschluss zum Eingang der Ventilanordnung, von einem ersten Ausgang der Ventilanordnung zu dem Verbindungsrohr VR sowie über eine die Klemmaufnahme für das Ständerrohr umgehende eigene Verbindungsleitung zu der weiteren Düsenanordnung DAW ausgebildet sind.The connection module also serves as a valve housing, in which flow paths from the input connection to the input of the valve arrangement, from a first outlet of the valve arrangement to the connection tube VR and via a clamping receptacle for the stator tube bypassing own connection line to the further nozzle arrangement DAW are formed.

Die Ventilanordnung VA, welche im Detail beispielsweise ähnlich der aus der DE 199 41 573 A1 bekannten Ventilanordnung ausgeführt sein kann, kann aus einer Mittenstellung O, in welcher das Ventil am Eingangsanschluss gegen beide Ventilausgänge und damit gegen beide Düsenanordnungen DAE und DAW sperrt bis zu einer ersten maximalen Öffnungsstellung I nach oben oder bis zu einer zweiten maximalen Offnungsstellung II nach unten geschwenkt werden. In der ersten Öffnungsstellung I wird ein Weg vom Eingangsanschluss durch die Ventilanordnung zu dem Verbindungsrohr VR und der ersten Düsenanordnung DAW, in der zweiten Öffnungsstellung zu der weiteren Düsenanordnung DAW freigegeben.The valve assembly VA, which in detail, for example, similar to that of DE 199 41 573 A1 known valve arrangement can be pivoted from a middle position O, in which the valve at the input port against both valve outputs and thus against both nozzle arrangements DAE and DAW blocks up to a first maximum open position I up or up to a second maximum opening position II down become. In the first open position I, a path from the inlet connection through the valve arrangement to the connection tube VR and the first nozzle arrangement DAW is released in the second open position to the further nozzle arrangement DAW.

Vorzugsweise ist die Ventilanordnung zugleich als Regulierventil in der Weise ausgeführt, dass beim Verschwenken des Bedienhebels bis in die maximalen Öffnungsstellungen I bzw. II der Strömungsquerschnitt SQ durch die Ventilanordnung kontinuierlich bis zu jeweils maximalen Querschnittswerten monoton vergrößert bzw. der Strömungswiderstand bis zu minimalen Strömungswiderstandswerten verkleinert wird. Die maximalen Querschnittswerte QMI und QMII sind vorzugsweise verschieden. Ein Durchflussschema mit qualitativem Verlauf der Strömungsquerschnitte SQ ist in Fig. 3 skizziert. Die Schwenkbereiche O-I und O-II sind vorzugsweise, aber nicht zwingend, zumindest annähernd gleich groß. Die Schwenkbewegungen können durch Anschläge auf Schwenkstellungen mit dem jeweils maximalen Strömungsquerschnitt QMI bzw. QMII begrenzt sein.Preferably, the valve assembly is also designed as a regulating valve in such a way that upon pivoting of the operating lever to the maximum opening positions I and II of the flow cross section SQ by the valve assembly increases continuously monotonically up to each maximum cross-sectional values or the flow resistance is reduced to minimum flow resistance values , The maximum cross-sectional values QMI and QMII are preferably different. A flow diagram with a qualitative profile of the flow cross sections SQ is in Fig. 3 outlined. The pivoting ranges OI and O-II are preferably, but not necessarily, at least approximately the same size. The pivoting movements can be limited by attacks on pivot positions with the respective maximum flow cross section QMI or QMII.

Das Regulierverhalten einer Ventilanordnung mit einem Durchflussschema der in Fig. 3 skizzierten Art hat bei einer Duschvorrichtung wie in Fig. 1 skizziert den vorteilhaften Effekt, dass durch den größeren maximalen Strömungsquerschnitt in der ersten maximalen Öffnungsstellung die Durchflussrate zu der ersten Düsenanordnung so weit erhöht werden kann, dass bei Bedarf ein hinreichend starker Brausestrahl aus der Düse BD abgegeben wird. Bei der weiteren Düsenanordnung DAW begrenzen bereits die Sprühdüsen selbst die maximale Durchflussrate auf einen gegenüber einer Brausendüse BD wesentlich geringeren Wert, so dass für eine gute Regulierbarkeit der Durchflussrate mittels der Ventilanordnung in der zweiten Öffnungsstellung II ein geringerer maximaler Strömungsquerschnitt günstig ist.The Regulierverhalten a valve assembly with a flow pattern of in Fig. 3 sketched kind has at a showering device like in Fig. 1 outlines the advantageous effect that through the larger maximum flow cross section in the first maximum open position, the flow rate to the first nozzle assembly can be increased so that, if necessary, a sufficiently strong shower spray is discharged from the nozzle BD. In the case of the further nozzle arrangement DAW, the spray nozzles themselves already limit the maximum flow rate to a substantially lower value compared to a shower nozzle BD, so that a lower maximum flow cross-section is favorable for good controllability of the flow rate by means of the valve arrangement in the second open position II.

Bei der in Fig. 2 skizzierten Ausführungsform ist ein Duschkopf DK2 an einem Halter HK, der in verschiedenen Höhenpositionen an einem Trägerrohr DT festgeklemmt werden kann, lösbar eingehängt. Die wasserführende Verbindungsleitung zu der beim Eingangsanschluss EA angeordneten Ventilanordnung VA ist als flexibler Schlauch SL ausgeführt. Der Duschkopf DK2 kann dadurch auch als handgehaltener Duschkopf mit einem Handgriff GR benutzt werden.At the in Fig. 2 sketched embodiment, a shower head DK2 on a holder HK, which can be clamped in different height positions on a support tube DT, detachably mounted. The water-conducting connection line to the valve arrangement VA arranged at the inlet connection EA is designed as a flexible hose SL. The shower head DK2 can thereby also be used as a hand-held shower head with a handle GR.

Das den Eingangsanschluss EA als Nippel einer Steckkupplung und den Anschluss des Verbindungsschlauchs SL tragende und die Ventilanordnung VA enthaltende Ventilgehäuse VG kann wiederum über den bereits zu Fig. 1 erläuterten Mechanismus mit dem Löseknopf LK entlang des Ständerrohrs SR veränderlich festlegbar und/oder von diesem abnehmbar sein. Ständerrohr SR und Trägerrohr DT bilden im skizzierten Beispiel zwei, durch eine Rohrmanschette RV lösbar verbundene Abschnitte einer Rohranordnung, welche am unteren Ende in einem Dreibeinständer gehalten ist, dessen Standbeine SF wiederum von einer Zentralplatte ZP abnehmbar sind, so dass die gesamte Duschvorrichtung zu Transport- oder Lagerzwecken auf ein geringes Packmaß reduziert werden kann.The valve housing VG carrying the inlet connection EA as the nipple of a plug-in coupling and the connection of the connecting tube SL and containing the valve arrangement VA can in turn pass over the already closed valve housing VG Fig. 1 explained mechanism with the release button LK variably fixed along the stator tube SR and / or be removable from this. Stand pipe SR and support tube DT form in the example sketched two, by a pipe sleeve RV releasably connected portions of a pipe assembly, which at the bottom End is held in a tripod stand, whose legs SF in turn are removable from a central plate ZP, so that the entire shower device for transport or storage purposes can be reduced to a small pack size.

Der Duschkopf DK2 enthält vorteilhafterweise wenigstens eine erste Düsenanordnung, insbesondere wiederum eine Mehrstrahl-Brause BD, sowie eine Sprühdüsenanordnung mit wenigstens einer Sprühdüse SD. Die beiden Düsenanordnungen können alternativ als jeweils aktiv, d. h. mit durch den Verbindungsschlauch SL zuströmendem Wasser beaufschlagte Düsenanordnung gewählt werden. Hierzu kann beispielsweise eine beide Düsenanordnungen tragende Düsenträgerscheibe in angedeuteter Pfeilrichtung verdrehbar ausgeführt sein. Der Duschkopf DK2 kann weitere Düsenanordnungen enthalten. Duschköpfe mit mehreren verschiedenen Düsenanordnungen und verdrehbarem Träger zur Auswahl einer Düsenanordnung als aktiv sind allgemein bekannt. Die Kombination einer gebräuchlichen Mehrstrahl-Brause mit einer Sprühdüse ist für eine Gartendusche aus bereits geschilderten Gründen von besonderem Vorteil.The shower head DK2 advantageously contains at least one first nozzle arrangement, in particular a multi-jet showerhead BD, and a spray nozzle arrangement with at least one spray nozzle SD. Alternatively, the two nozzle assemblies may be active, respectively d. H. be acted upon by the inflowing water through the connecting hose SL water nozzle arrangement. For this purpose, for example, a nozzle carrier disk carrying both nozzle arrangements can be designed to be rotatable in the indicated direction of the arrow. The showerhead DK2 may include other nozzle arrangements. Shower heads with several different nozzle arrangements and rotatable support for selecting a nozzle arrangement as active are well known. The combination of a conventional multi-jet shower with a spray nozzle is for a garden shower for already described reasons of particular advantage.

Die Ventilanordnung VA führt bei der in Fig. 2 skizzierten Duschvorrichtung über nur eine Verbindungsleitung, dem Schlauch SL, zu dem Duschkopf DK2 als einzige Wasserausgabeeinrichtung, so dass an sich auch ein einfaches Absperrventil, vorzugsweise mit Reguliermöglichkeit, vorteilhaft einsetzbar ist.The valve assembly VA leads to the in Fig. 2 sketched shower device via only one connecting line, the hose SL, to the shower head DK2 as the only water dispenser, so that in itself a simple shut-off valve, preferably with Reguliermöglichkeit, can be advantageously used.

Vorzugsweise ist aber auch für eine Garten-Duschvorrichtung mit, wie in Fig. 2 skizziert, nur einer Wasserausgabeeinrichtung eine regulierbare Absperrventilanordnung mit dem bereits eingehend geschilderten und in Fig. 3 graphisch veranschaulichten Durchflussverhalten von besonderem Vorteil, wobei dann beide Ventilausgänge wieder auf die eine Verbindungsleitung zusammengeführt werden. Durch eine solche Ventilanordnung kann zum einen in Abhängigkeit von der jeweils als aktiv gewählten Düsenanordnung analog zu den Ausführungen zu Fig. 1 in Verbindung mit Fig. 3 die zur Regulierung günstigere Öffnungsstellung I oder II gewählt werden. Zum anderen kann, was auch für einen Duschkopf ohne Sprühdüse, insbesondere auch einen Duschkopf mit nur einer gebräuchlichen Mehrstrahl-Brause oder einer sonstigen Düsenanordnung mit relativ großer Durchflussrate, die Ventilanordnung mit zwei Öffnungsstellungen I und II mit unterschiedlichen Regulierbereichen in der Weise eingesetzt werden, dass eine erste Öffnungsstellung I mit größerem maximalen Strömungsquerschnitt MQI für vollen Brausestrahl und eine zweite Öffnungsstellung II mit geringerem maximalem Strömungsquerschnitt MQII für wassersparenden Einsatz benutzt wird. Hierfür ist wiederum die Möglichkeit, den Duschkopf vom Träger abzuhängen und von Hand körpernah zu führen, von besonderem Vorteil.Preferably, however, is also for a garden shower with, as in Fig. 2 outlined, only a water dispenser an adjustable shut-off valve arrangement with the already described in detail and in Fig. 3 graphically illustrated flow behavior of particular advantage, in which case both valve outputs are brought together again on the one connecting line. By such a valve arrangement, on the one hand, depending on the respectively selected as active nozzle arrangement analogous to the comments on Fig. 1 combined with Fig. 3 the more favorable for regulation opening position I or II are selected. On the other hand, as for a shower head without a spray nozzle, in particular also a shower head with only one common multi-jet shower or other nozzle arrangement with a relatively large flow rate, the valve arrangement with two open positions I and II with different regulation ranges can be used in such a way that a first open position I with a larger maximum flow cross section MQI for full shower spray and a second opening position II with a smaller Maximum flow cross-section MQII is used for water-saving use. For this purpose, in turn, the ability to hang the shower head from the wearer and close to the body by hand, of particular advantage.

Die vorstehend und die in den Ansprüchen angegebenen sowie die den Abbildungen entnehmbaren Merkmale sind sowohl einzeln als auch in verschiedener Kombination vorteilhaft realisierbar. Die Erfindung ist nicht auf die beschriebenen Ausführungsbeispiele beschränkt, sondern im Rahmen fachmännischen Könnens in mancherlei Weise abwandelbar. Insbesondere sind Details des mechanischen Aufbaus einer großen Variationsbreite innerhalb des bekannten fachmännischen Wissens zugänglich. Die Einzelmerkmale aus den gegebenen Beispielen sind leicht erkennbar auch in anderer Kombination zu Duschvorrichtungen mit den entsprechenden Vorteilen für den Benutzer realisierbar.The features indicated above and in the claims, as well as the features which can be seen in the figures, can be implemented advantageously both individually and in various combinations. The invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described, but can be modified in many ways within the scope of expert knowledge. In particular, details of the mechanical structure of a wide variety are available within the skill of the art. The individual features from the given examples are easily recognizable also in another combination to shower devices with the corresponding benefits for the user feasible.

Claims (14)

  1. Shower apparatus of the garden shower kind, having an inlet connection (EA) for a supply hose, having a shower head (DK1, DK2) and a shut-off valve arrangement (AV) in the course of a connecting line between the inlet connection and the shower head, therein, in addition to a first nozzle arrangement (DAE) in the shower head, at least one further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is connectable to the inlet connection via the shut-off valve arrangement, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (SD) contains a nozzle chamber in order to form a swirl and/or contains a nozzle having a narrow annular gap.
  2. Shower apparatus according to Claim 1, characterized in that the spray pattern of the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is settable in a variable manner.
  3. Shower apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is arranged together with the first nozzle arrangement (DAE) in the shower head (DK1) and is settable individually as a nozzle arrangement that is in each case active in the shower head.
  4. Shower apparatus according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is arranged in a manner spaced apart from the shower head (DK2).
  5. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) is part of a connecting module (VM) which at the same time forms a mechanical connection between a stand (SR) and a shower-head support (DT).
  6. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is arranged on a valve housing (VG) that contains the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) and the connecting line to the further nozzle arrangement.
  7. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is orientable in a variable manner.
  8. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the shower head (DK2) is connected to the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) via a connecting hose (SL).
  9. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) has two different opening positions (I, II) having different minimum flow resistances.
  10. Shower apparatus according to Claim 9, characterized in that the shut-off apparatus has different flow cross sections in the two opening positions (I, II).
  11. Shower apparatus according to Claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the smaller of the two minimum flow resistances in one opening position is at least 30% less than the larger minimum flow resistance in the other opening position.
  12. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the outlets, assigned to the different opening positions, of the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) are combined in a supply line to a nozzle arrangement.
  13. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) is configured at the same time as a regulating valve for variably setting the through-flow rate.
  14. Shower apparatus according to one of Claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the further nozzle arrangement (DAW) is connectable to the inlet connection via the shut-off valve arrangement (AV) separately from the first nozzle arrangement (DAE) via a separate connecting line.
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