EP2341195A2 - Unité sanitaire, pour montage dans le robinet, comprenant un canal d' aération - Google Patents

Unité sanitaire, pour montage dans le robinet, comprenant un canal d' aération Download PDF

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EP2341195A2
EP2341195A2 EP10014102A EP10014102A EP2341195A2 EP 2341195 A2 EP2341195 A2 EP 2341195A2 EP 10014102 A EP10014102 A EP 10014102A EP 10014102 A EP10014102 A EP 10014102A EP 2341195 A2 EP2341195 A2 EP 2341195A2
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Oliver Denzler
Christoph Weis
Christoph Taran
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0404Constructional or functional features of the spout
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/08Jet regulators or jet guides, e.g. anti-splash devices
    • E03C1/084Jet regulators with aerating means
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/08Jet regulators or jet guides, e.g. anti-splash devices
    • E03C1/086Jet regulators or jet guides, easily mountable on the outlet of taps

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  • the invention relates to a sanitary functional unit with a sleeve-shaped insertion cartridge, which is used for shaping the outgoing water jet in the tubular fitting outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, wherein the Einsetzkartusche on at least one of its end faces a water inlet and the cartridge periphery has a water outlet and wherein provided in the water outlet a beam shaper is that has transverse and preferably perpendicular to the cartridge longitudinal axis oriented flow guide walls.
  • Jet regulators which can be used in the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, are already known in various designs. Such jet regulators are used to form the water leaving the outlet fitting into a ventilated or non-ventilated, but above all, a homogeneous and non-splashing jet of water.
  • the previously known jet regulators have in the region of their frontal water inlet to a beam splitter, which divides the inflowing into the sleeve-shaped cartridge insertion water into a plurality of individual beams, the latest in Be formed area of the downstream water outlet again to a homogeneous overall jet.
  • a sanitary functional unit which is designed as a hand shower and has a synthetic resin body, which consists of a designed as a handle portion and serving as an exit chamber portion. Inside the handle, a metallic tube is formed, in which the outlet chamber facing portion is inserted as a Einsetzkartusche designed metallic spacer.
  • the metallic intermediate piece has a frontal and connected to the handle located in the pipe water inlet and a right angle angled water outlet.
  • previously known functional unit is not designed as a jet regulator, which could form a homogeneous and / or non-squirting water jet.
  • outlet fittings which have a substantially tubular water outlet, where the outlet opening is provided on the tube circumference.
  • a pipe peripheral outlet port can be from the side of a sleeve-shaped cartridge insertion not readily available.
  • the solution of this task according to the invention consists, in particular, in that at least one ventilation channel is integrated into the insertion cartridge.
  • At least one ventilation channel is integrated into the insertion cartridge of the functional unit according to the invention. Since the functional unit according to the invention has a ventilation channel which is integrated in the insertion cartridge, the jet regulator according to the invention can serve as a ventilated jet regulator.
  • the functional unit according to the invention has an insertion cartridge which can be inserted into the tubular valve outlet of an outlet fitting and, if appropriate, can also each have a water inlet at its two end faces.
  • a water outlet with a jet former is provided on the cartridge circumference, which has transversely and preferably at right angles to the cartridge longitudinal axis oriented flow guide walls.
  • the functional unit according to the invention is therefore able to divert the water jet flowing in the axial direction in such a way that it can then flow out of the valve outlet in the almost radial direction.
  • the functional unit according to the invention has, in particular, a jet former provided in the region of the water outlet, which has flow guide walls oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis of the cartridge.
  • these oriented transversely to the cartridge longitudinal axis flow guide walls of the jet former form any outlet structure and, for example, define a honeycomb-like hole structure in the water outlet. Since the functional unit according to the invention is oriented approximately coaxially to the valve outlet, this is not disturbing over the pipe circumference of the fitting outlet even with a certain installation length.
  • an attachment or dirt sieve is provided on the inflow side upstream of at least one water inlet of the insertion cartridge. If required, the attachment screen can also be replaced or removed if the attachment screen / attachment screens can be detachably fastened to the cartridge housing.
  • the sleeve-shaped insertion cartridge is formed closed at its end facing away from the water inlet end and / or a tool engagement surface for a Has screwing or turning tool.
  • the insertion cartridge is designed as an interchangeable cartridge, which has a water inlet at each of its end faces, and provided on opposite sides of the Einsetzkartusche water supplies for different water pressures, flow rates or the like water properties of the inflowing and / or outflowing water are provided.
  • the water properties can be changed and varied with the help of the same cartridge.
  • the different components used on the opposite end faces may have a color coding, which the assignment and differentiation Also facilitates such components the same function about individual flow or performance classes.
  • the functional unit according to the invention may be designed as a ventilated or non-aerated jet regulator. If the functional unit according to the invention is designed as a ventilated jet regulator, it may be advantageous if at least one ventilation channel is provided, which opens in the downstream area of at least one jet separator. In this case, a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the channel inlet of at least one ventilation channel is provided in the end of the cartridge facing away from the water inlet.
  • the jet former In order to be able to design the functional unit according to the invention in a modular design, it is expedient for the jet former to be detachably insertable into the water outlet of the insertion cartridge.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that in the region of the water outlet an internal thread is provided, in which the preferably designed as an insert beam former is releasably fastened by means of an external thread.
  • At least one further beam forming unit can be attached to the beam former, which follows the course of the pipe recess of the fitting outlet in the region of the jet outlet, so that a cylindrical circumference of the outlet pipe can be created high aesthetic requirements is sufficient because the outlet pipe has a continuous cylindrical contour, which only in the region of the water outlet through the flow channels of the essay is interrupted.
  • the jet splitter of the functional unit according to the invention can for example be designed as a diffuser. However, in order to limit the number of noise-causing flow deflections, it may be expedient if the jet regulator is designed as a perforated plate. In this case, a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the jet splitter is releasably held in the insertion cartridge.
  • a sanitary functional unit 30 which has a sleeve-shaped insertion cartridge 1 and in the tubular valve outlet 2 a sanitary outlet fitting 3 is detachably insertable.
  • the functional unit 30 can be inserted from the free front end into the fitting outlet up to an insertion stop 4.
  • the front end edge region of the insertion cartridge 1, which is in the insertion direction, serves as insertion stop 4, which interacts with a counterstop provided on the inner circumference of the valve outlet 2 and designed here as annular flange 5, the two stops 4, 5 without being shown in greater detail here, particularly advantageously as threaded stops can be executed.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 of the functional unit 30 has, at least on one of its end faces, a water inlet 6, upstream of which, upstream of the flow direction, a filter or attachment sieve 7 projecting in the opposite direction to the flow direction is provided.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 has at its cartridge periphery a water outlet 8, wherein in the water outlet 8, a beam shaper 9 is provided with transverse to the cartridge longitudinal axis and mutually preferably coaxial flow guide walls.
  • This beam shaper 9 may, for example, aligned at right angles to the cartridge longitudinal axis
  • Have flow guide walls, or hole structure may be formed, forming the flow holes defining the flow passage walls a honeycomb cell-like structure.
  • the functional unit 30 can divert the water jet flowing in the axial direction in such a way that it can then flow out of the valve outlet in the almost radial direction.
  • the functional unit 30 has, above all, the jet former 9 provided in the region of the water outlet 8, which has flow-guiding walls oriented in the radial direction. Since the functional unit 30 is oriented approximately coaxially with the tap outlet, it does not interfere with the pipe circumference of the tap outlet 2 even with a certain installation length.
  • Fig. 4 It can be seen that the attachment screen 7 with a downstream jet splitter 13 on the one hand and the jet former 9 on the other hand are releasably held in the insertion cartridge 1. While the front screen 7 and / or the downstream thereon beam splitter 13 can be releasably latched to the cartridge end, an internal thread 11 is provided in the region of the water outlet 8, in which the trained as an insert beam former with the aid of an external thread 12 is detachably fastened.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 has at least one water inlet 6 with an inflowing water flow into a plurality of individual beams dividing jet splitter 13, wherein this jet splitter 13 is formed here as a transverse to the flow direction oriented perforated plate having a plurality of flow holes.
  • the functional unit 30 is designed here as a jet regulator, which is intended to shape the outgoing water jet.
  • the in Figure 1 to 4 shown jet regulator 30 is designed as a ventilated jet regulator, which is to form a ventilated and thus pearly soft water jet.
  • At least one ventilation channel 19 is provided for this purpose, which opens in the region of the jet separator 13 provided downstream of the mixing zone 15.
  • the channel inlet 17 of the at least one ventilation channel 14 integrated in the insertion cartridge 1 is provided in the end of the cartridge facing away from the water inlet 6.
  • jet regulator 30 is formed closed at its, the water inlet facing away from the front end.
  • a trained here as hexagon tool engagement surface 16 is provided on the closed end face of the jet regulator 30, which allows, for example, a twisting the cartridge outlet 2 located in the cartridge 1 until the water outlet 8 of the cartridge 1 and fitting outlet 2 are aligned.
  • the jet regulator can also have an insertion cartridge 1, which is designed as a replaceable cartridge.
  • the interchangeable cartridge of such a jet regulator has at each of its end faces a water inlet, wherein the provided on opposite sides water supplies for different water pressures, Flow rates or the same water properties of the inflowing and / or outflowing water are provided.
  • the insert cartridge of such a jet regulator makes it possible to use either one or the other water inlet as needed, depending on which water inlet is positioned in the direction of flow of the water flow. In this way, the water properties can be changed and varied with the help of the same cartridge.
  • the water feeds provided on the opposite end faces of the insertion cartridge with different front screens, flow regulators, flow restrictors, jet separators, homogenizers and / or jet shapers.
  • the different components used on the opposite end faces may have a color coding, which facilitates the assignment and differentiation of such components the same function as to individual flow or performance classes.
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 From the FIGS. 1 to 4 It is clear that the annular space between the outer circumference of the cartridge 1 and the inner periphery of the valve outlet 2 by at least one ring seal, preferably a sealing ring 14, is sealed.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 here in the peripheral edge region of its two end faces in each case carries a sealing ring 14.
  • the trained as a perforated plate jet splitter 13 of the functional unit 30 is detachably snapped onto the inflow-side front end of the insertion cartridge 1 by means of a latching connection.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 of the functional unit 30 preferably has an external thread 150 on its inflow-side peripheral edge region, which can be screwed to an internal thread on the inner circumference of the valve outlet 2.
  • This screw connection between insertion cartridge 1 and valve outlet 2 ensures the functional position of the insertion cartridge 1 in the fitting outlet 2. It is also possible to connect the Einsetzkartusche 1 with a provided at the free end face of the valve outlet 2 cover 18, which lid 18 then secure the Einsetzkartusche 1 in the fitting outlet and can hold ,
  • the ventilation channel 14 is arranged in the upper region of the insertion cartridge 1, in order to counteract leakage of water from the ventilation channel 14.
  • the lid 18 on the tap outlet does not close airtight.
  • air inlet openings 21 are provided, which are kept free from the lid.
  • the insertion cartridge 1 of the jet regulator 30 is circumferentially sealed in the region of the insertion stop with an annular seal 22 acted upon in the axial direction.
  • the sanitary functional unit 30 can also be associated with a jet forming unit 9 'which can be attached to the tap outlet in such a way that in the course of its outer contour it follows the pipe recess of the tap outlet 2 in the region of the jet outlet.
  • the jet-forming unit 9 ' can also be connected downstream of the jet former 9 of the insertion cartridge 1 or form its single jet former 9.
  • the jet-forming unit 9 ' is snapped or mounted in the fitting outlet 2 after mounting the insertion cartridge 1 and the jet former 9, so that the outlet structure of this jet-forming unit 9' is flush with the course of the pipe outlet forming the water outlet.

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