EP2099975B1 - Articulation sphérique pour une structure d'écoulement sanitaire - Google Patents

Articulation sphérique pour une structure d'écoulement sanitaire Download PDF

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EP2099975B1
EP2099975B1 EP07819273A EP07819273A EP2099975B1 EP 2099975 B1 EP2099975 B1 EP 2099975B1 EP 07819273 A EP07819273 A EP 07819273A EP 07819273 A EP07819273 A EP 07819273A EP 2099975 B1 EP2099975 B1 EP 2099975B1
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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
    • E03C1/08—Jet regulators or jet guides, e.g. anti-splash devices
    • 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
    • E03C1/025—Water supply lines as such, e.g. shower hoses
    • 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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0404—Constructional or functional features of the spout
    • 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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0408—Water installations especially for showers
    • E03C1/0409—Shower handles
    • 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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C2001/0415—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths having an extendable water outlet
    • 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
    • E03C1/08—Jet regulators or jet guides, e.g. anti-splash devices
    • E03C2001/082—Outlets connected by an universal joint

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  • the invention relates to a ball joint with a first and a second hinge part, which are hinged together and having interconnected fluid channels and of which a hinge part is releasably attached to a water inlet and the other hinge part is formed as a water drain or releasably connectable to a water drain, wherein the first joint part with a spherical cap or spherical segment-shaped or similar spherical end region of its wall between a form-fitting joint socket on the second joint part on the one hand and a joint head on a provided in the inner cavity of the first joint part sleeve-shaped holding member on the other hand is pivotally supported, wherein the holding element with an external thread can be screwed into an internal thread in the second joint part and with an attacking on the second joint part Verbinclungsachaft an insertion opening of the first hinge part interspersed and wherein the Hal teelement connect the fluid channels of the first hinge part and the second hinge part with each other via its sleeve
  • the previously known ball joints have a connection part which can be screwed to the connection thread at the water outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting.
  • the previously known ball joints have an outlet part, which is pivotally connected to the connecting part.
  • a ball head which can be pivoted in a complementary joint socket in the outlet part is stored.
  • a sealing ring which engages behind the ball head is provided on the edge part of the joint socket facing the connection part.
  • a ball joint which has a first and a second hinge part, which are hinged together and having interconnected fluid channels, wherein a hinge part at the outlet end of a sanitary outlet fitting is releasably secured, while the other hinge part is designed as a water spout.
  • the attachable at the outlet end of the outlet fitting joint part has downstream a serving as a holding element ball head, which is encompassed by a designed as a ball socket inner cavity of the other joint part.
  • This ball socket is formed by a sleeve, which has a ball diameter adapted to the clear width.
  • the sleeve has on its inside a groove groove for receiving a sealing against the ball surface O-ring, and in the Near their end facing the end of a grooved groove for receiving a snap ring. At the other end a sliding ring is pressed into the bush.
  • the inner diameter of the untensioned snap ring is slightly smaller than the ball diameter, which is why the snap ring remains when pressing the ball socket on the ball with the latter in a constant adhesion, which eventually leads to an axial distortion of the seal ring with the ball.
  • the inventive solution to this problem is in the ball joint of the type mentioned in particular that the sleeve interior of the support member is designed as a non-circular in the cross-section tool engagement surface.
  • the ball joint according to the invention has two hingedly connected joint parts, of which a first joint part is pivotally held with its spherically configured Stirnend Scheme between a form-fitting socket on the second joint part on the one hand and a joint head on a provided in the inner cavity of the first joint part holding member. Since the first hinge part is thus held securely and firmly between the second hinge part and the holding element and since the first hinge part is not merely secured with a sealing ring, the ball joint according to the invention has a comparatively high functionality, as the holding and sealing functions are separate from each other and can be optimized individually.
  • the sleeve interior of the sleeve-shaped retaining element not only the fluid channels of the first and second hinge part to connect with each other, - but this sleeve interior of the holding elements is also designed as a non-circular in the cross-section tool engagement surface. At this, not visible from the outside tool engagement surface can be safely located and twist with his condyle located in the interior of the first joint part holding member without much effort to screw the retaining element with its external thread in the internal thread on the second joint part can.
  • the ball joint according to the invention has a comparatively high functionality, since the holding and the sealing function are separated from each other and each can be optimized for themselves. Since the first joint part, which may be arranged on the inflow side or the outflow side of the ball joint according to the invention, is pivotably arranged in a socket of the second joint part, the first joint part and second joint part can be connected to each other without major transitions and in particular without aesthetically disturbing diameter jumps.
  • the holding element passes through an engagement opening of the first joint part with a connecting shaft engaging the second joint part, the retaining element connecting the fluid passages of the first joint part and of the outlet part to one another.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention in that the sleeve interior of the retaining element configured as a tool engagement surface is designed as a hexagon socket.
  • a particularly shapely and appealing embodiment according to the invention provides that adjoins the spherical front end region of the first joint part is a cylindrical and preferably extending to the water outlet portion.
  • such an embodiment can be designed practically over its entire longitudinal extent with a substantially constant outer diameter.
  • the ball joint according to the invention can be mounted, for example, instead of a conventional outlet nozzle on the outlet fitting, it is advantageous if a sanitary functional unit with at least one jet regulator, a flow rate regulator, a flow restrictor, a backflow preventer and / or one of the joint parts and preferably on the first joint part Front screen is provided.
  • the ball joint according to the invention can just as well connected to a flexible water pipe and attached, for example, to an angle valve or mounted on a dashboard shower hose connection or a shower handle connection to achieve torsion protection in the region of these Einspannstellen the flexible water pipe and counteract mechanical overload.
  • a flow rate regulator or a flow restrictor is arranged on one of the joint parts and preferably on the first joint part.
  • Such an embodiment proves to be particularly advantageous because the functions of the flow rate regulation and the anti-buckling and beyond also the torsion protection for the connected flexible water pipe can be realized in one component.
  • flexible hose lines and in particular shower hoses often fail at the clamping points, ie therefore at the fitting connection or the shower handle connection due to mechanical overload.
  • the embodiment described here illustrates that such a flexible water pipe and in particular a corresponding shower hose can be beautifully and efficiently secured by the ball joint according to the invention against a mechanical bending overload, because in the ball joint already large tilt angle can be absorbed, which relieves the hose accordingly.
  • the first joint part with a sleeve-shaped outlet mouthpiece is releasably connected, which carries the sanitary functional unit in its sleeve interior.
  • one of the joint parts, and preferably the first joint part it is also possible for one of the joint parts, and preferably the first joint part, to have an outlet-side insertion opening into which the sanitary functional unit can preferably be detachably inserted.
  • the insertion opening has an axial longitudinal extent which is approximately equal to or greater than the installation height of the sanitary functional unit.
  • the longitudinal extent of the insertion opening is thus dimensioned so that the sanitary functional unit can be accommodated in it virtually completely concealed.
  • the ball joint according to the invention has at its first joint part on a through opening, which passes through the holding element with an engaging on the second joint part connecting shaft.
  • the insertion opening limiting peripheral edge and the connecting shaft serves as a guide stop, which limits the pivotal movement of the first hinge part relative to the second hinge part.
  • a pivot stop is effective, which limits the pivotal movement of the hinge parts to each other and preferably of the first hinge part in a defined pivoting direction preferably on one side.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the retaining element at the downstream edge region of its joint head carries a loadable from the inner periphery of the first joint part swivel stop, which is preferably designed as a stop lug.
  • the first joint part to a non-circular and / or eccentrically arranged insertion opening has, which is designed as a pivotal movement of the first joint part limiting pivot stop.
  • a preferred development according to the invention provides that between the first joint part and the second joint part and / or between the holding element and the first joint part, a rotation stop of the joint parts limiting each other rotation is provided.
  • a rotation stop allows a rotational movement between the articulated interconnected components of the ball joint according to the invention by almost 360 °, but then goes on attack.
  • the adjustment mechanism also requires a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis, wherein the friction values of the adjustment of the sanitary functional unit defined on the one hand differently to the friction conditions of the rotational movement provided in the ball joint according to the invention could be.
  • a particularly simple and inexpensive to produce embodiment according to the invention provides that the stop and / or the counter-stop are designed pin-shaped.
  • the rotation stop limits the rotational movement in each pivot position of the first joint part. Instead, however, it may also be advantageous if the rotation stopper releases or limits the rotational movement of the first joint part as a function of its pivoting position. In such an embodiment, the rotation stop is effective only in a certain relative position between the joint parts, while the rotation stop is not engaged in another extreme deflection position. It may be advantageous if the stop and the counter-stop in a swing end position happen to each other.
  • the retaining element with an external thread in an internal thread in the second hinge part is screwed and / or if the sleeve interior of the retaining element is designed as a tool engagement surface and in particular as a hexagon socket.
  • the external thread of the retaining element can be detachably screwed into the internal thread in the second joint part and / or glued waterproof.
  • At least one ring seal is provided between the first joint part and the second joint part and / or between the retaining element and the first joint part.
  • At least one ring seal is provided, and if at least one ring seal is effective between the first joint part and the retaining element and / or between the first joint part and the second joint part.
  • annular groove for receiving a ring seal is provided on the outer circumference of the retaining element, on the inner or outer circumference of the first joint part and / or on the inner circumference of the second joint part in the region of the joint socket.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention which can be produced with relatively little effort, provides that the holding element with a connection shaft passes through an insertion opening on the second hinge part, and that the connection shaft in the insertion opening by means of a on the upstream free shaft end of the connecting shaft attacking sapwood or Circlip is secured.
  • the holding element in its first hinge part engaging behind portion is configured cap-shaped. So that the retaining element can connect the fluid channels of the first joint part and of the second joint part to one another, a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the retaining element has at least one through-flow opening in its cap-shaped subregion.
  • an external or internal thread is provided on one of the joint parts and in particular on the second joint part, which is detachably connectable to an internal or external thread on the sanitary outlet fitting.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that at least one of the joint parts, and preferably at least the second joint part at the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting or a water supply line is releasably attachable.
  • an advantageous embodiment according to the invention also consist in that the ball joint according to the invention is interposed in a sanitary water pipe and in particular in a hose line.
  • a further preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that one of the joint parts and preferably the first joint part with a shower, kitchen or similar hand shower is releasably connectable.
  • a particularly simple, easy to manufacture and easy to handle embodiment according to the invention provides that the first hinge part is designed as a discharge part and the second hinge part as a connecting part.
  • the ball joint 1 has a first joint part 5 and a second joint part 2, which are hinged together and have interconnected fluid channels. While one of the joint parts is releasably attached to a water inlet, the respective other joint part can be formed as a water drain or fixed or detachably connected to a water drain.
  • a first joint part 5 is provided, which with a spherical cap or the like spherical Stirnend Scheme 6 its wall between a form-fitting socket 7 on the second hinge part 2 on the one hand and a condyle 8 on the other hand in the inner cavity of the first hinge part 5 holding member 9 on the other hand pivotally held.
  • the holding element 9 passes through a connecting shaft 10 acting on the second joint part 2 through an insertion opening of the first joint part 5, the retaining element 9 connecting the fluid channels of the joint parts 2, 5 to one another. From a close-up view of the Figurren 1 to 39 it is clear that the first joint part 5 can be arranged on the inflow side or the outflow side of the ball joint 1.
  • Ball joints 1 shown have an inflow-side and here designed as a connecting part hinge part 2, which can be fixed by means of an external thread 3 or an internal thread 4 to the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting 20 to redirect the water jet there and to align in the desired direction of withdrawal can.
  • the inflow-side and formed as a connection part hinge part 2 in the FIGS. 1 to 39 shown ball joints 1 is pivotally connected thereto with a downstream and designed as an outlet part joint part 5, wherein the connecting part 2 and outlet part 5 have fluid channels which are interconnected.
  • the outlet part 5 of the ball joints 1 shown here is pivotally held with a spherical end region 6 of its wall between a shape-matched socket 7 on the connector part 2 on the one hand and a joint head 8 on a provided in the inner cavity of the outlet part 5 holding member 9.
  • the holding element 9 intersperses with an engaging on the connecting part 2 connecting shaft 10 through opening 11 of the outlet part 5.
  • the holding element 9 connects the fluid channels of the connecting part 2 and the outlet part 5 with each other.
  • the holding element 9 can be designed to be sleeve-shaped.
  • the ball joints shown here can be relatively reliable and inexpensive to produce. Because the outlet part 5 is arranged pivotably in the socket 7 of the connecting part 2, connecting part 2 and outlet part 5 can be connected to each other without major transitions and in particular without aesthetically disturbing diameter jumps.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 in non-deflected relative position between the connector part 2 and outlet part 5 shown ball joint is in the FIGS. 5 to 8 shown in a deflected pivot position, in which the connecting part 2 and the outlet part 5 are arranged at an angle to each other.
  • That in the FIGS. 1 to 8 shown ball joint has on the downstream side of its outlet part an external thread 21, on which external thread 21, a conventional outlet nozzle can be screwed.
  • This screw-on outlet nozzle can carry a jet regulator or the like sanitary functional unit.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 is an aesthetically pleasing ball joint 1 shown, are avoided in the large diameter jumps and the ball joint 1 virtually over the entire longitudinal extent of its contour has the same diameter almost uninterrupted. That in the FIGS. 9 and 10 shown ball joint 1 is aesthetically very appealing and shows that the ball joints 1 shown here leave the designer a comparatively large design freedom.
  • ball joint 1 has at its outlet part 5 on a downstream insertion opening with an internal thread into which a configured here as a jet regulator 22 functional unit is used.
  • This functional unit has for this purpose an external thread, which with a Inner wind is releasably 29aubbar on the inner circumference of the insertion. That in the FIGS. 9 and 10 shown ball joint 1 makes an outlet nozzle on the outlet part 5 dispensable.
  • FIG. 11 a ball joint 1 is shown in its installed position at the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting.
  • the ball joint 1 at its connection part 2 on an external thread 3, which can be screwed so far into a threaded hole in the water outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting, so that for the user, preferably all-sided mobility in the area of the water outlet practically does not occur at all.
  • FIGS. 12 to 17 a ball joint 1 is shown, which has an additional rotation stop 23.
  • this rotation stop 23 can be a rotational movement between the connector part 2 and outlet part 5 by almost 360 °, but at the latest then to go to stop.
  • the in the FIGS. 12 to 17 illustrated embodiment has the advantage that a sanitary functional unit can be connected downstream of the ball joint 1, whose adjustment mechanism also requires a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis, wherein the friction values of the adjustment of the sanitary functional unit defined differently to the friction conditions during the rotational movement of the ball joint 1 can be.
  • FIGS. 18 to 23 a ball joint 1 is shown, which in the FIGS. 12 to 17 shown ball joint largely corresponds, however, acts on the outlet part 9 in the radial direction projecting, pin-shaped stop 24 with two counter-stops 25 together, projecting on both sides of the stop 24 in the discharge direction on the holding element 9. That in the FIGS. 18 to 23 Although illustrated ball joint 1 allows a pivoting movement of the outlet part 5 in a pivoting plane, however, a rotational movement of the outlet part 5 and connector part 2 is prevented in the circumferential direction.
  • rotational stops 23 also act at fully deflected outlet part 5, that is, the pin-shaped stops 24 and counter stops 25 are dimensioned by their length so that even with maximum bending and contact of the stops 24 and counter stops 25 can be made.
  • FIGS. 24 and 25 a ball joint embodiment 1 is shown, in which the pin-shaped stops 24 and counter-stops 25 of the rotation stopper 23 only in a pivoting position for engagement (see. Fig. 24 ), while the rotation stop in other pivotal positions (see. Fig. 25 ) does not take effect.
  • This has the advantage that in the in FIG. 24 shown pivoting position applied to the outlet part torque can also be transmitted to the connector part such that sufficient preload can be applied to the provided between the ball joint 1 and outlet fitting ring seal 26.
  • the ball joint 1 can be performed only by a corresponding force attack on the outer circumference of the connecting part 2 on the one hand or by inserting a key in the inner hexagon 27 configured sleeve interior of the sleeve-shaped retaining element 9 on the other.
  • FIGS. 26 to 31 a further embodiment is shown in which the in FIG. 28 or 29 shown pivot angle ⁇ 1 deviates greatly from the pivot angle ⁇ 2 , in the FIGS. 30 and 31 is shown.
  • Such an embodiment which allows different maximum pivoting angles in different pivoting directions, may be useful, for example, in bidet taps to restrict the pivoting range of the water outlet and to prevent the water jet splashes over the edge of the bidet basin. It is from the FIGS. 26 to 31 and in particular from a comparison of FIGS. 26, 28 and 30 clearly that on the outlet end face of the holding member 9 on one side a stop lug 43 protrudes, to which the holding member 9 can create the inner circumference side so that a further pivotal movement of the outlet part 5 is limited.
  • the outlet part 5 While the outlet part 5 only reaches a pivoting angle ⁇ 1 when the stop lug 43 becomes effective, the outlet part 5 can be swiveled out in the opposite pivoting direction, in which the stop lug 43 can not be activated, up to a swing angle ⁇ 2 that is relatively larger.
  • FIGS. 32 to 35 a further type of movement limitation is shown, in which the through-hole 11 penetrated by the connecting shaft 8 of the holding element 11 is designed such oval that movement in the plane of the drawing is possible without hindrance, while a relative movement between the connector part 2 and outlet part 5 perpendicular to the plane due to the short Axis of the oval-shaped through-opening 11 is comparatively severely limited.
  • FIGS. 36 and 37 a preferred embodiment of a ball joint 1 is shown.
  • the ball joint 1 has a connection part 2, which can be fixed by means of an internal thread 4 to the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting.
  • the connection part 2 of the in FIGS. 36 and 37 shown ball joint 1 is pivotally connected to a spout part 5.
  • the outlet part 5 is provided with a spherical front end region 6 of its wall between a shape-adapted joint socket 7 on the connection part 2 on the one hand and a joint head 8 on one in the inner cavity of the outlet part 5 Holding element 9 on the other hand held pivotally.
  • the holding element 9 passes through an insertion opening 11 of the outlet part 5 with a connection shaft 10 acting on the connection part 2.
  • the holding element 9 is sleeve-shaped here and connects the fluid channels of the connection part 2 and the outlet part 5 to one another.
  • the holding element 9 has on the connecting part 2 facing the shaft end of its connecting shaft 10 has an external thread 44 which can be screwed into an internal thread in the connecting part 2.
  • the provided between the external thread and the internal thread screw can be releasably or waterproof glued.
  • the sleeve-shaped retaining element 9 in the sleeve interior of its connecting shaft 10 has a designed here as a hexagon tool engagement surface. In the FIGS. 36 and 37 can be seen that adjoins the spherical end portion 6 of the outlet part 5, a cylindrical portion.
  • the outlet part 5 is detachably connected at its cylindrical portion with a sleeve-shaped outlet mouthpiece 45, which carries in its sleeve interior designed as a jet regulator 46 sanitary functional unit.
  • a ring seal 47 is provided, which is arranged in an annular groove 48 on the inner circumference of the outlet part 5. This ring seal 47 is sealingly between the retaining element 9 and outlet part 5.
  • a ball joint 1 is shown, which is connected at its first joint part 5 with a flexible water line 60, while the second, here inflow-side joint part 2 connected to an angle valve, not shown here, or at the water outlet of a sanitary Outlet fitting can be attached.
  • the first joint part 5 has at its, the holding element 9 remote earth region a thread 61 which is detachably screwed to a mating thread 62 at the adjacent line connection 63 of the flexible water pipe 60.
  • the first joint part 5 acts with its Stirnrahd Scheme designed as a sealing ring ring seal 64 which is provided in the interior of the pipe connection 63.
  • the first joint part 5 designed as a flow rate controller 65 sanitary functional unit is provided which limits the maximum flow rate to a specified value.
  • the first joint part 5 has an outlet-side insertion opening into which the flow rate regulator 65 serving as a sanitary functional unit is inserted.
  • Ball joint 1 Due to the all-round mobility of the ball joint 1, it is possible to install the flexible water pipe 60 torsion-free, which was previously possible only with correspondingly elaborately designed nipple constructions.
  • the with the help of Ball joint 1 achievable torsion freedom of the shower hose 60 offers the user in the handling of a shower, kitchen or similar hand shower great advantages.
  • This hand shower can be provided, for example, at the end remote from the ball joint of the water pipe 60.

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  1. Articulation sphérique (1) comprenant des première et seconde parties d'articulation (5, 2) qui sont reliées l'une à l'autre de manière articulée, sont munies de canaux à liquide reliés mutuellement et parmi lesquelles, sélectivement, l'une (2) desdites parties d'articulation peut être fixée amoviblement à une arrivée d'eau, et l'autre partie d'articulation (5) considérée est réalisée comme une évacuation d'eau, ou peut être raccordée amoviblement à une évacuation d'eau ; sachant que ladite articulation sphérique comprend, en outre, un élément de retenue (9) sous la forme d'une douille présentant une tête d'articulation (8), un filetage extérieur (30), une hampe de liaison (10) et un espace intérieur ; sachant que la première partie d'articulation (5) comporte une cavité intérieure et un orifice d'emboîtement (11), ainsi qu'une zone de paroi extrême frontale (6) qui revêt, respectivement, la forme d'une calotte sphérique ou d'un segment sphérique, ou offre une configuration sphérique similaire ; sachant que la seconde partie d'articulation est pourvue d'une cuvette d'articulation (7) et d'un filetage intérieur (31), la première partie d'articulation étant retenue avec faculté de pivotement par sa zone extrême frontale (6) entre, d'une part, la cuvette d'articulation (7) de configuration adaptée sur la seconde partie d'articulation et, d'autre part, la tête d'articulation (8) située sur l'élément de retenue (9) en forme de douille, prévu dans la cavité intérieure de ladite première partie d'articulation (5) ; sachant que ledit élément de retenue (9) peut être vissé, par son filetage extérieur (30), dans le filetage intérieur (31) pratiqué dans ladite seconde partie d'articulation (2), et traverse l'orifice d'emboîtement (11) de ladite première partie d'articulation (5) par sa hampe de liaison (10) venant en prise avec ladite seconde partie d'articulation (2) ; et sachant que ledit élément de retenue (9) raccorde mutuellement, par l'espace intérieur de sa douille, les canaux à liquide de la première partie d'articulation, ainsi que de la seconde partie d'articulation, caractérisée par le fait que l'espace intérieur de la douille de l'élément de retenue (9) est configuré en une surface d'engagement d'un outil, dotée d'une section transversale intérieure hexagonale.
  2. Articulation sphérique selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait qu'une batterie fonctionnelle sanitaire (22, 65), comprenant au moins un régulateur de jets, un régulateur de débits, un limitateur de débits, un inhibiteur de reflux et/ou un mousseur à crépine, est prévue sur l'une des parties d'articulation (2, 5) et, de préférence, sur la première partie d'articulation (5).
  3. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée par le fait que l'une des parties d'articulation (2, 5) et, de préférence, la première partie d'articulation (5) est reliée amoviblement à un embout d'évacuation qui revêt la forme d'une douille, et renferme la batterie fonctionnelle sanitaire dans l'espace intérieur de sa douille.
  4. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée par le fait que l'une des parties d'articulation (2, 5) et, de préférence, la première partie d'articulation (5) comporte un orifice d'insertion qui est situé côté évacuation et dans lequel la batterie fonctionnelle sanitaire (22, 65) peut être insérée, de préférence de manière amovible.
  5. Articulation sphérique selon la revendication 4, caractérisée par le fait que l'orifice d'insertion présente une étendue longitudinale axiale approximativement égale ou légèrement supérieure à la hauteur d'intégration de la batterie fonctionnelle sanitaire (22).
  6. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée par le fait qu'une butée de pivotement, agissant entre la première partie d'articulation (5) et la seconde partie d'articulation (2), limite le mouvement pivotant relatif desdites parties d'articulation (2, 5), et notamment celui de ladite première partie d'articulation (5) dans une direction de pivotement bien définie, de préférence unilatéralement.
  7. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée par le fait qu'une butée de rotation (23, 24, 25) limite le mouvement rotatoire dans chaque position que la première partie d'articulation (5) a prise par pivotement.
  8. Articulation sphérique selon la revendication 7, caractérisée par le fait que la butée de rotation autorise ou limite le mouvement rotatoire de la première partie d'articulation (5), en fonction de la position qu'elle a prise par pivotement.
  9. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 7 et 8, caractérisée par le fait que la butée (24), et la contre-butée (25) prévue au minimum, se franchissent mutuellement dans une position extrême prise par pivotement.
  10. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisée par le fait qu'au moins une garniture annulaire d'étanchement (32) est prévue entre les première et seconde parties d'articulation (5, 2), et/ou entre l'élément de retenue (9) et la première partie d'articulation (5).
  11. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisée par le fait qu'au moins une garniture annulaire d'étanchement est prévue ; et par le fait qu'au moins une garniture annulaire d'étanchement exerce son action entre la première partie d'articulation (5) et l'élément de retenue (9), et/ou entre ladite première partie d'articulation (5) et la seconde partie d'articulation (2).
  12. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisée par le fait que l'élément de retenue (9) traverse, par une hampe de liaison (10), un orifice d'emboîtement pratiqué dans la seconde partie d'articulation (2) ; et par le fait que ladite hampe de liaison (10) est arrêtée, dans ledit orifice d'emboîtement, au moyen d'une bague fendue ou bague d'arrêt (41) venant en prise avec l'extrémité libre de ladite hampe de liaison (10), située côté afflux.
  13. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée par le fait que l'élément de retenue (9) présente au moins un orifice d'écoulement (42) dans une région partielle (8) en forme de capuchon.
  14. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisée par le fait qu'au moins l'une des parties d'articulation (2, 5) et, de préférence, la première partie d'articulation (5) peut être reliée, de manière amovible, à un flexible de douchette ou à une conduite d'eau flexible.
  15. Articulation sphérique selon l'une des revendications 1 à 14, caractérisée par le fait que la première partie d'articulation (5) est réalisée sous la forme d'une partie d'évacuation, la seconde partie d'articulation (2) étant réalisée sous la forme d'une partie de raccordement.
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