EP3128089B1 - Systeme de chasse d'eau a debit de rinçage reglable - Google Patents

Systeme de chasse d'eau a debit de rinçage reglable Download PDF

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EP3128089B1
EP3128089B1 EP16182746.4A EP16182746A EP3128089B1 EP 3128089 B1 EP3128089 B1 EP 3128089B1 EP 16182746 A EP16182746 A EP 16182746A EP 3128089 B1 EP3128089 B1 EP 3128089B1
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Reiner Pauli
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/30—Valves for high or low level cisterns; Their arrangement ; Flushing mechanisms in the cistern, optionally with provisions for a pre-or a post- flushing and for cutting off the flushing mechanism in case of leakage
    • E03D1/34—Flushing valves for outlets; Arrangement of outlet valves
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/01—Shape or selection of material for flushing cisterns
    • E03D1/012—Details of shape of cisterns, e.g. for connecting to wall, for supporting or connecting flushing-device actuators
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/02—High-level flushing systems
    • E03D1/14—Cisterns discharging variable quantities of water also cisterns with bell siphons in combination with flushing valves
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • E03D9/16—Water pressure regulating means in flushing pipes

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  • the present invention relates to a cistern arrangement for flushing a sanitary ceramic according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the DE 80 06 070 U1 discloses a waste set for cisterns, by means of which the amount of water flowing into the toilet bowl or the like per unit time can be regulated.
  • a height-adjustable ring is arranged on an outside of a housing of the drain fitting and, depending on its position, changes the free height of windows which are formed on the housing.
  • a cistern which has a plurality of partitions, so that a plurality of chambers are formed.
  • a through opening is provided in a partition, which can be closed or opened by a pivotable slide.
  • a plurality of openings are provided in a partition, which can be closed by plugs.
  • a flow adjustment body is arranged around the drain valve.
  • the adjustment body is rectangular and open at the top.
  • the adjustment body has flow openings in its side walls, through which water can get from the water box into the interior of the adjustment body.
  • the flow openings can be covered with adjustment lids, which can be connected to the adjustment body in different positions.
  • a flushing water distributor for reducing the flushing flow is known, which is used in a rimless toilet bowl.
  • the rinse water distributor has an elongated, half-shell-like base body in which two parallel inner walls are formed. Due to the inner walls, the rinse water distributor is divided into three flow channels, each of which has an area bent at the end with a lateral outlet opening for deflecting the rinse water.
  • the flushing water distributor has a flushing flow restrictor which is detachably fastened to the base body and by means of which the flushing water flowing into the flushing water distributor is to be disentangled or calmed down.
  • the flushing rimless toilet bowl has a cover which is fastened in front of it after the flushing water distributor has been inserted.
  • flushing flow restrictors each with a differently strong flushing flow restrictor effect, must be provided in order to be able to adapt the flushing flow of a connected cistern to the toilet bowl.
  • the entire rinsing water distributor must always be removed in order to adjust the rinsing flow in order to replace the rinsing throttle held on the back of the rinsing water distributor or in the direction of flow on the main body of the rinsing water distributor. This makes the setting of the flushing flow to the toilet bowl complex.
  • the drain valve interacting with the valve seat must be removed or subsequently reassembled due to the narrow interior of the concealed cistern.
  • a throttle set with several throttles with different throttling effects must be provided in order to be able to set the flushing current suitable for the connected sanitary ware.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a cistern arrangement which can be adapted to a sanitary ware in a simple and inexpensive manner in order to avoid over-splashing.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention in a cistern arrangement for flushing a sanitary ceramic according to the type mentioned at the outset in that the adjusting device is arranged on the drain valve, the actuating body being moved up together with the drain valve when the flush is actuated and then lowered again together with the drain valve.
  • the adjustment body is arranged to be movable relative to the water tank and adjustable in several drain positions, the flushing flow of the defined amount of flushing water flowing out of the water tank being dependent on or influenced by the drain position of the adjustment body.
  • the height of the adjustment body is kept adjustable on the drain valve, the flushing flow being changeable or adjustable accordingly.
  • flush flow is understood to mean a volume flow, specifically the volume of the flushing water per unit of time through an outlet of the cistern arrangement, in particular the outlet of a drain connector of a cistern.
  • the adjustment body changes a passage geometry of a passage through which the flushing water flows.
  • the smaller the passage geometry that is, the more the adjustment body narrows the passage, the lower the resulting purge flow.
  • the flushing flow is usually maximal when the influence of the adjustment body on the passage is marginal.
  • a first rinsing flow is thus established in the one outflow position on the basis of a first passage geometry influenced by the adjusting body and in the second outflow position on account of a changed second passage geometry a second rinsing flow.
  • the first flushing stream can be a high flushing stream, for example 2.4 liters per second
  • the second flushing stream can be a lower flushing stream, for example 2.0 liters per second.
  • the adjustment body can also be moved into additional drain positions.
  • the flushing flow can be changed or adjusted.
  • the adjusting body can be moved into one of the drain positions between individual rinsing processes, in particular between the test rinsing processes carried out by an installer.
  • the movable or adjustable adjusting body can be held stationary relative to the water tank or a component of a conventional cistern arrangement, for example the drain valve or a filling valve, arranged in the water tank.
  • the adjusting body can thus also be referred to as an obstacle body or resistance body, which changes or influences the flow in the cistern arrangement.
  • the flowing rinsing water is disturbed in its undisturbed flow, which would occur without the adjusting body, since the adjusting body changes the passage geometry through which the rinsing water flows. In this way, the adjusting body engages in the flushing flow to change the flushing flow.
  • the position and / or orientation of the adjustment body in relation to the flushing flow can be changed.
  • the movement of the adjustment body can be graded or infinitely variable.
  • the installer can easily adjust the flushing flow to the individual drain positions by means of the adjustment body inserted or installed in the cistern arrangement, without having to remove it or replace it with another adjustment body.
  • the adjustment body has been arranged in the flushing flow, it no longer has to be removed during operation of the sanitary arrangement and especially for setting the flushing flow.
  • the flushing flow is changed by moving the adjustment body into one of the drain positions.
  • the adjusting body is designed and positioned in such a way that rinsing water is retained in the water tank by the adjusting body or the adjusting device.
  • the total volume of rinsing water available for the rinsing process that is to say the defined amount of rinsing water, thus remains unchanged.
  • the defined amount of rinsing water can be, for example, a small amount of rinsing water of approximately 3 liters in a cistern with a known dual-flush technique, or a large amount of rinsing water of approximately 4 to 9 liters when selecting full rinsing.
  • the flushing process can be interrupted in a cistern with a known start-stop function, whereby the defined amount of flushing water can be changed manually by pressing the stop button.
  • the dual-flush technology or the start-stop function only changes the flush water quantity, the flush flow remaining unchanged.
  • the flushing flow can be reduced by the adjustment body partially covering or narrowing the area of the passage through which there is no flow, without narrowing it completely. Conversely, the flushing flow can be increased if the adjustment body is adjusted in such a way that the original passage geometry of the passage, which would result without the adjustment body, is reached again.
  • the adjustment body in one of the drain positions, can be arranged such that it is so distant from the passage, or its extension can be reduced in such a way, or it can be aligned parallel to the flow direction of the outflowing rinsing water with such low friction that the influence of the adjustment body on the rinsing water flowing out through the passage is marginal.
  • a change in the flushing flow due to the influence of the adjusting body of a maximum of 5% compared to a flushing current which results without the adjusting body is still considered to be marginal considered.
  • the setting device can represent an independent structural unit.
  • the adjusting device is a functionally and structurally separate unit from the drain valve.
  • the setting device can be detachably attached to the drain valve, for example.
  • the setting device is usually adjusted by the installer between two test rinsing processes in order to reduce or increase the rinsing flow.
  • the drain valve usually only moves during the rinsing process.
  • the adjusting device thus functions independently of moving components of the drain valve, for example the valve closure part of the drain valve moving between the open position and the closed position.
  • the setting device can be moved up and down together with the valve closure part.
  • the adjustment body is held stationary relative to the valve closure part.
  • the cistern arrangement can comprise exactly one adjustment body.
  • the adjustment body can be made in one piece or in several parts.
  • at least one of the adjustment bodies can be arranged in the water tank and / or at least one of the adjustment bodies can be arranged in the outlet connection of the water tank and / or two adjustment bodies can be rotated relative to one another.
  • the at least one adjustment body is briefly referred to as the adjustment body. If exactly one adjustment body is important, it will be pointed out accordingly.
  • the adjustment body can be arranged to be movable within the water box.
  • the adjustment body can be reached by the installer via an inspection opening of the water box and moved into the individual drain positions.
  • the height of the adjustment body is held within the water box.
  • the influence of the adjustment body on the flushing flow increases, the closer the adjustment body is to the bottom opening of the water tank or the valve seat is arranged, and vice versa.
  • the drain valve usually lifts the valve closure part linearly upward from the valve seat along a travel path between the closed position and the open position. In a conventional cistern without an adjusting body, the flushing water would then flow through the bottom opening between the drain valve and the valve seat. Due to the height adjustment, the adjustment body can be moved up and down, for example, radially spaced from the valve closure part.
  • the adjustment body If the adjustment body is moved upwards to such an extent that the adjustment body does not axially overlap with the travel path of the valve closure part, the adjustment body has no or at most a marginal effect on the flushing flow that arises. If, on the other hand, the adjustment body is adjusted further downwards, the passage between the drain valve and the valve seat is partially covered. This results in a changed passage geometry of the passage, in particular the passage is reduced in size, as a result of which the flow rate, that is to say the flushing flow, is reduced. Furthermore, in the open position of the valve closure part, the adjustment body can also be arranged at least partially in the bottom opening in order to change the passage of the bottom opening, or to narrow it selectively compared to the original passage of the bottom opening.
  • guide and / or holding means are provided which hold the adjustment body in the water tank.
  • the adjusting body can, for example, be held in a height-adjustable manner in the water tank by being fastened to a guide and / or holding means in the form of an elongated rod which is held on a stationary component of the cistern arrangement, for example a wall of the water tank or a housing of the drain valve ,
  • the rod can, for example, be clipped, releasably locked, or fastened to a stationary component within the water box or to the water box itself with a manually operated plastic screw.
  • the adjustment body in the water tank can be moved up and down in a simple manner, in particular linearly.
  • the height of the adjustment body can also be adjusted by a rotary movement.
  • the adjustment body on one be attached to the lower end of a rotating spindle, which in turn can be held on the water tank, drain valve or on a stationary component.
  • the adjustment body can be displaceably guided in the water tank.
  • a guide rail can be attached to the water box, on which the adjustment body can be moved in a guided manner.
  • the adjustment body is held stationary by the guide and / or holding means, at least during a flushing process, relative to the flushing flow.
  • an axial longitudinal extent of the adjustment body can be smaller than an axial distance between the valve closure part located in the open position and the valve seat. This ensures that the adjustment body does not completely cover the original passage in any position and that flushing water can always flow out through the passage.
  • the adjustment body can be dimensionally stable and can only be adjusted in the position and / or orientation to the flushing flow.
  • the adjustment body can be closed in the circumferential direction.
  • the adjustment body can be of hollow cylindrical or frustoconical or frustoconical design.
  • the adjustment body can have a closed outer surface.
  • the adjustment body can have a perforated and / or slotted jacket surface, so that at least a portion of the outflowing rinsing water can flow through the adjustment body before it flows through the passage. This can also slow down the rinsing water and thus reduce the rinsing flow.
  • an inner radius of the adjusting body can be larger, equal to or smaller than an outer radius of the valve closure part.
  • the adjustment body can be arranged concentrically with the valve seat. If the inner diameter of the adjusting body is larger than that of the drain valve, then the adjusting body can grip around the drain valve and be moved axially up and down to the drain valve.
  • the adjustment body is expediently held adjustable on the drain valve.
  • the adjustment body can be designed interrupted in the circumferential direction.
  • the adjustment body can have a plurality of elements distributed in the circumferential direction. The Elements can, for example, be held relative to one another via guide and / or holding means.
  • the adjustment body can be held on one of the components usually provided in a water tank of a conventional cistern. Conventional cisterns can thus be easily retrofitted with the setting device.
  • the adjustment body can be arranged at least partially within the bottom opening of the water tank, at least in the open position of the valve closure part. In this way, the adjustment body reaches into the bottom opening in the open position and narrows the passage or the passage geometry of the bottom opening. In the closed position of the valve closure part, the adjustment body can in particular be arranged completely in the bottom opening. The adjustment body can thus be lowered together with the valve closure part in the closed position, in which the valve closure part sits on the valve seat and closes the bottom opening in a watertight manner.
  • a drain basket can be used in the bottom opening, which has a drain section tapering the cross section of the bottom opening. In this way, the passage resulting between the adjustment body and the bottom opening can be narrowed additionally in order to influence the flushing flow.
  • the drain valve can have an overflow pipe with the valve closure part, wherein the adjustment body can be arranged below the valve closure part on the overflow pipe.
  • the valve closure part can be disc-shaped, for example in the form of a silicone sealing disc. This can be held on a longitudinal end region of the overflow pipe facing the bottom opening.
  • the adjustment body can be raised together with the overflow pipe when the drain valve is actuated, so that the adjustment body located in the closed position below the valve closure part is at least partially lifted out of the bottom opening.
  • the adjustment body is only raised so far that it remains at least partially within the bottom opening and there narrows the passage geometry between the water tank or a drain basket inserted into the bottom opening and the adjustment body.
  • the adjusting device can have a base body arranged on the overflow pipe.
  • the adjustment body can be held on the base body so as to be adjustable relative to the base body.
  • the base body can serve as a connecting body between the overflow pipe and the adjustment body.
  • the base body can have a support surface for the valve closure part on the end face facing the valve closure part in order to prevent the valve closure part from turning over due to the water load which acts particularly on the valve closure part in the open position.
  • the adjusting device can have latching means which are effectively arranged between the adjusting body and the base body.
  • the latching means can be effective in such a way that the height of the adjustment body is held on the base body.
  • the locking means can have two locking arms arranged on the adjusting body, wherein the locking arms can engage undercuts formed on the base body in a spring-elastic manner. In this way, the adjustment body can be adjusted or snapped into different drain positions, with the locking arms locking in a positive and non-positive manner in the individual drain positions to hold the adjustment body on the base body.
  • the latching means can also have, in particular, two latching arms arranged on the base body, wherein the latching arms can engage undercuts formed on the adjusting body in a spring-elastic manner. In the respective locking positions, the adjustment body is held stationary relative to the base body.
  • the adjusting device can have screw means.
  • the adjustment body and the base body can have mutually corresponding threaded sections.
  • the adjustment body and the base body can thus be screwed to one another in a height-adjustable manner.
  • the adjustment body have an internal thread and the base body has a corresponding external thread.
  • the base body can have an internal thread into which the adjusting body provided with an external thread can be screwed in and out in a height-adjustable manner.
  • the adjusting device has loosening means in order to prevent a complete detachment of the adjustment body from the base body when the adjustment body is adjusted into the different drain positions.
  • the guide means of the adjusting device can be designed in such a way that the adjustment body can be adjusted into the drain position from a longitudinal end of the drain valve facing away from the bottom opening.
  • the guide means can have a rod which is arranged in the overflow pipe and is connected to the adjusting body. In this way, the adjustment body can be moved from the upper longitudinal end of the drain valve into the individual drain positions.
  • the rod can be guided in the overflow pipe in order to be able to pull the rod up and down easily.
  • the rod can also be moved up and down by rotating it.
  • the rod can in particular be a threadless rod or a threaded rod.
  • a filling unit can be provided for filling the water tank with rinsing water, the adjusting body being held on a carrier of the filling unit, in particular held vertically adjustable.
  • a carrier can be, for example, a height-adjustable partition for a two-quantity control technique of the cistern.
  • the adjusting body can be fastened to a holding rod, which is held in particular in a height-adjustable manner on a stationary housing of the drain valve or the filling unit or the water tank itself.
  • valve seat can be a component inserted in the bottom opening.
  • the valve seat can have a central through-hole through which the rinsing water can drain. In the closed position, the valve closure part sits on the valve seat and closes the valve seat and thus also the bottom opening in a watertight manner.
  • the valve seat can be formed on a conventional drain basket his.
  • the valve seat can be part of the drain basket.
  • the drain basket is usually inserted in the bottom opening of the water box and sealed against the bottom opening of the water box.
  • the drain basket used in the bottom opening can extend in the direction of the drain valve and at least partially encompass it in the circumferential direction. The drain basket can thus axially cover the travel path of the valve closure part.
  • valve closure part can move up and down within the drain basket between the open position and the closed position.
  • valve closure part can also perform a pivoting movement between the open position and the closed position.
  • the drain basket usually has ribs or struts, in particular transverse and longitudinal struts, which delimit passages between them through which the rinsing water can flow first into the drain basket and then through the valve seat or the bottom opening from the water tank.
  • the valve seat can be formed on a drain basket, wherein the adjusting body can be held movably on the drain basket or can be an adjustable component of the drain basket.
  • the at least one adjustment body of the adjusting device can be designed in the form of at least one movably arranged strut, in particular the transverse and / or longitudinal struts, of the drain basket. The struts can then be adjusted to adjust the rinsing flow in order to disturb the outflowing rinsing water as close as possible to the bottom opening or the valve seat and in this way to change the rinsing flow.
  • the adjustment body is arranged in an outlet connection of the water box following the valve seat in the flow direction.
  • the adjustment body can be held so as to be rotatable in the drainage connection and have at least one passage opening for the rinsing water.
  • the adjusting device can have a second adjusting body with at least one second passage opening for the rinsing water.
  • the through openings of the two adjustment bodies match in shape and position. If the passage openings of the two adjusting bodies are arranged one above the other in alignment, the flushing flow that is set is maximum. If the two adjustment bodies are rotated against each other, the passage geometry of the passage through which the flushing water flows can be reduced, so that a flushing flow that is reduced compared to the maximum achievable flushing flow can be set.
  • the adjustment bodies can each have a plurality of the passage openings, which are formed distributed on the adjustment bodies in the circumferential direction.
  • the second adjustment body is held in the drain socket in a rotationally fixed manner. In this way, the flushing flow can be adjusted in a simple manner by rotating the first adjustment body.
  • the passage openings of the adjustment body can be designed to be uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction.
  • the adjustment bodies can be wheel-shaped or star-shaped.
  • webs that run radially and delimit the passage openings are narrower than the passage openings when viewed in the circumferential direction, so that when the adjustment bodies are rotated relative to one another, a flow of the flushing water through the passage is always maintained. This avoids that flushing water flowing out is completely retained by the adjustment body, or that the flushing flow becomes zero.
  • the adjustment body can have means for changing its inner diameter.
  • the adjustment body can be designed in the form of a photographic diaphragm.
  • the adjusting body can have a plurality of lamellae distributed in the circumferential direction, which can be shifted into one another in such a way that the inside diameter becomes larger or smaller. The smaller the inside diameter, the more the flushing water is slowed down or the flushing flow is reduced. Accordingly, the larger the inner diameter, the more The outflowing rinsing water can flow through the adjustment body more freely and is accordingly braked less strongly. This results in a further possibility of setting or changing the flushing flow by changing the passage geometry of the passage.
  • the passage geometry changed by the adjustment body can in principle have any two or three-dimensional geometric shape.
  • the changed passage geometry lies on the lateral surface of a cone, a truncated cone, a cylinder or a cuboid.
  • the passage can also be formed by a plurality of gaps between the adjusting body on the one hand and the drain valve or the bottom of the water tank on the other hand and / or by cutouts in the adjusting body itself.
  • the adjustment body can be adjusted without tools.
  • the adjusting body arranged in the water box can be fastened to a holding rod. Then the installer can easily grasp an upper end of the holding rod through an inspection opening in order to adjust the adjustment body to the desired drain position. Snap-in and / or snap and / or clip connections are particularly suitable for tool-free adjustment.
  • the adjusting body can in particular have an adjusting lever or adjusting ring which passes through the drain connector and is sealed with respect to it.
  • Optical and / or haptic display means are expediently provided for displaying the position and / or orientation of the adjusting body in the flushing flow.
  • the installer can use the display means to adjust the adjustment body to the desired drain position in order to change, in particular enlarge or reduce, the passage geometry of the passage through which the flushing water flows, without having to have a direct view of the adjustment body.
  • the display means can, for example, be a scale, in particular comprise a number scale or a plurality of palpable elevations which are arranged, in particular, equidistantly from one another.
  • the cistern arrangement has a flush-mounted cistern for front wall or stud wall installation or a surface-mounted cistern.
  • the cistern arrangement has a water tank 1 for receiving rinsing water, which can be filled with rinsing water via a filling unit 2 in a manner known per se.
  • the filling unit 2 is on one inside the water tank 1 arranged carrier 3 held.
  • the carrier 3 is here as a partition that is vertically displaceable along a longitudinal direction X for one of the DE 10 2004 046 721 B1 known two-quantity control technology trained.
  • the water tank 1 has a bottom opening 4, to which an outlet connection 20 with an outlet 21 at the end connects.
  • the bottom opening 4 is opened by a drain valve 5 and closed watertight.
  • the drain valve 5 has a valve closure part 6, which is between one in the Figure 6 shown open position and a closed position in the Figures 1 and 2 is shown, can be moved linearly up and down along a travel path H extending parallel to the longitudinal axis X.
  • the valve closure part 6 interacts with a valve seat 7, inserted in the bottom opening 4, of a drain basket 25 inserted in the bottom opening 4.
  • the valve closure part 6 In the open position, the valve closure part 6 is lifted off the valve seat 7 and opens the bottom opening 4, so that the rinsing water can flow out through the bottom opening 4 and flush the connected sanitary ware.
  • the drain basket 25 has, in a manner known per se, a plurality of longitudinal struts 26 and transverse struts 27 arranged between the longitudinal struts 26 and connected to them. Between the struts 26, 27, the rinsing water can flow into the drain basket 25 and, in the open position, flow out through the valve seat 7 of the drain basket 25 into the drain connector 20 connected to the sanitary ceramic.
  • the cistern arrangement has an adjusting device 8 which is shown in FIG Figure 4 to clarify the structure of which is shown separately.
  • the adjusting device 8 has, for example, a hollow cylindrical adjusting body 9.
  • Enlarged view of the adjustment body 9 can have several, for example two, in particular diametrically opposed arranged radially inwardly bent guide openings 24.
  • the adjustment body 9 can have a plurality of openings in the form of round or elongated bores or slots.
  • the adjustment body 9 can also have an angular profile.
  • the adjustment body 9 can have the shape of a shell which is semicircular in cross section and can be adjusted axially and / or radially to the longitudinal axis X.
  • the adjustment body 9 can also consist of several parts be trained.
  • the adjusting body 9 can have a plurality of shell-like elements, in particular two semicircular shells, which can be adjusted axially and / or radially to the longitudinal axis X.
  • the individual elements of the adjusting body 9 can be arranged in the circumferential direction in an abutting manner or at a distance from one another.
  • the adjustment body 9 can have any three-dimensional geometric shape, wherein the adjustment body 9 can be formed in one piece or in several parts.
  • the embodiment shown here can be held on guide means by way of example of the adjustment body 9 which is designed here as closed in the circumferential direction.
  • the guide means have an elongated holding rod 10 to which the adjustment body 9 is attached.
  • a plurality of cutouts 11 are provided which are equally distributed over the longitudinal extent.
  • the guide means have a holding plate 12, on which the holding rod 10 and thus also the adjusting body 9 are guided so as to be adjustable in height parallel to the longitudinal axis X.
  • a holding tab 13 is formed on the holding plate 12, which is penetrated by the holding rod 10.
  • the holding rod 10 detachably latches with the holding plate 12. In this way, the adjusting body 9 is guided and held on the holding plate 12 in a height-adjustable manner.
  • Adjustment device 8 shown in the installed state is held by the holding plate 12 on the carrier 3 of the filling valve 2.
  • the holding plate 12 and the holding rod 10 are arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis X and the adjusting body 9 is arranged radially to the longitudinal axis X.
  • an inner radius r i of the hollow cylindrical adjusting body 9 is greater than an outer radius r a of the drain valve 5.
  • the outer radius r a need not be the maximum outer radius of the drain valve 5.
  • the inner radius r i of the adjusting body 9 should only be greater along the area in which the adjusting body 9 is adjusted in height relative to the drain valve 5 than the drain valve 5 in this area.
  • the adjusting body 9 should be brought as close as possible to the bottom opening 4 or the valve seat 7 in order to adjust the flushing flow. Basically, it is sufficient if the inner radius r i of the adjusting body 9 is greater than an outer radius of the valve closure part 6.
  • the adjusting body 9 is arranged concentrically with the valve seat 7 and engages around the drain valve 5.
  • the adjusting body 9 is arranged eccentrically or eccentrically to the valve seat 7.
  • an axial longitudinal extent B of the adjusting body 9 is smaller than an axial distance H between the valve closure part 6 and the valve seat 7 in the open position of the drain valve 5.
  • the adjusting body 9 is shown in an upper drain position.
  • a cylindrical passage 16a is formed between a lower end face 14 of the drain valve 5 and an upper outer surface 15 of the valve seat 7.
  • the adjustment body 9 is pushed so far up that it does not axially cover the passage 16a.
  • the flushing water can flow freely through the bottom opening 4 in the open position of the drain valve 5.
  • the high purge flow corresponds negligibly to the maximum achievable purge flow that would have been achieved with this cistern arrangement if no adjustment body 9 was used.
  • the adjusting body 9 is shown in a middle drain position, in which the adjusting body 9 axially partially covers the cylindrical passage 16a. It can be seen that the passage geometry of the passage has been changed. The rinsing water that is drained off must now flow through a restricted passage. Specifically, the adjustment body 9 moved down in front of the passage results in a passage with an annular gap 16b 'extending radially to the longitudinal axis X and a narrower cylindrical passage gap 16b "extending axially to the longitudinal axis X. The sum of the two surfaces 16b', 16b through which the flushing water flows "is smaller than the original one in the Figure 5a shown cylindrical passage 16a. The result of the narrowed passage geometry of the passage 16b ', 16b "is an average purge flow.
  • the adjustment body 9 is further shifted downwards in the direction of a bottom 17 of the water tank 1.
  • the passage is further narrowed by the adjustment body 9.
  • the sum of the two surfaces 16c', 16c" through which the flushing water flows is smaller than the original , in the Figure 5a shown cylindrical passage 16a and smaller than the sum of the in the Figure 5b shown passage geometry 16b ', 16b ".
  • the passage geometry 16b', 16c" which is narrowed further, results in a low purge flow.
  • a mark 18 is provided on the carrier 3 of the filling valve 2 so that the installer can recognize the drain position of the adjusting body 9 from the outside when looking into the water tank 1.
  • An upper longitudinal end 19 of the holding rod 10 is flush with the marking 18 when the adjustment body 9 is arranged in a predetermined lowest drain position, in which the adjustment body 9 is spaced from the floor 17.
  • the adjustment body 9 in the lowest can be spaced from the floor 17 by approximately 10 millimeters.
  • the installer can reach into the water tank 1 through an inspection opening (not shown in more detail) and move the holding rod 10 by pulling the holding rod 10 upwards or pushing it downwards.
  • a number scale can be applied to the holding rod 10, so that when the holding rod 10 is adjusted in height, the installer recognizes together with the marking 18 in which of the drain positions the adjusting body 9 is located.
  • the adjusting device 8 is held height adjustable on the drain valve 5. Specifically, a guide rail 22 is arranged on a housing 23 of the drain valve 5, on which the holding rod 10 is movably held. The adjusting body 9 can thus be adjusted into the desired running position by adjusting the holding rod 10.
  • the adjusting device 28 has a first adjusting body 29 and a second adjusting body 29 ', both adjusting bodies 29, 29' being arranged in the outlet connection 20.
  • the first adjusting body 29 in the flow direction is held so as to be rotatable in the outlet connection 20 and can be adjusted from the outside via a rotary ring 30 which is sealed off from the outlet connection 20.
  • the second adjusting body 29 'following in the direction of flow is inserted in the outlet connection 20 in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the second adjustment body 29 ' is shown as an example.
  • the first adjustment body 29 corresponds to the configuration of the second adjustment body 29 ′, the first adjustment body 29 additionally having the rotating ring 30.
  • the two adjusting bodies 29, 29 ' have a spoke-shaped configuration in cross section. This means that the adjustment bodies 29, 29 'have a plurality of radially extending webs 31 which delimit through openings 32 for the rinsing water between them.
  • the rotatable first adjustment body 29 is rotated relative to the fixed second adjustment body 29 ′ via the rotary ring 30 into the desired running position.
  • the degree of coverage of the passage openings 32 of the adjusting bodies 29, 29 ′ arranged one above the other is changed.
  • the passage geometry of the passage is changed in the individual drain positions. The greater the degree of coverage of the passage openings 32 of the two adjusting bodies 29, 29 ', the larger the passage, or the greater the resulting rinsing flow, and vice versa. In this way, the purge flow can be changed.
  • optical and / or haptic display means for displaying the position and / or orientation of the Adjustment body 29 may be provided.
  • At least one of the struts 26, 27 is variably adjustable in order to change the rinsing flow of the rinsing water flowing out through the bottom opening 4.
  • the adjusting device 38 has an adjustment body 39 and a base body 40, the base body 40 being arranged on an overflow pipe 41 of the drain valve 5.
  • the valve closure part 6 is also held on the overflow pipe 41, the base body 40 being releasably connected to the overflow pipe 41 below the valve closure part 6.
  • the base body 40 can, for example, be pushed on, plugged on or screwed onto the longitudinal end of the overflow pipe 41.
  • the base body 40 and the overflow pipe 41 are connected to one another by means of a bayonet lock 42.
  • the base body 40 is approximately tapered to the bottom opening 4, so that the end face of the base body 40 facing the valve closure part 6 has a maximum outer diameter.
  • the valve closure part 6, which is designed here in the form of an annular silicone sealing disc, can be in the Figure 11 Support the open position shown on the end face of the base body 40. This prevents the silicone sealing disk 6 from folding over due to the water load acting on it.
  • the adjusting body 39 is of hollow cylindrical design and can be adjusted in height in the form of a sliding ring or telescopically by moving it up and down relative to the base body 40 and thus moved into several drain positions.
  • the adjusting device 38 has latching means 43 which are effective between the adjustment body 39 and the base body 40.
  • two locking arms 44 arranged diametrically opposite one another are arranged on the hollow-cylindrical adjusting body 39.
  • the latching arms 44 extend through two receiving slots 45 formed in the base body 40 into the interior of the base body 40.
  • the locking arms 44 have on their radial outer sides a plurality of locking lugs 46, here six locking lugs 46 per locking arm 44, which engage undercuts 47 formed on the base body 40 due to the spring-elastic design of the locking arms 44.
  • the adjustment body 39 can be adjusted in height relative to the base body 40, or relative to the drain valve 5, in six different drain positions.
  • a retaining lug 48 is formed on the free end of the latching arms 44 facing the drain valve 5, which lugs prevent the adjusting body 39 from being lost towards the bottom opening 4.
  • webs 49 can be formed on the radially inwardly facing outer surfaces, which webs are designed here as triangular webs 49 projecting radially inwards.
  • the adjusting device 38 further comprises guide means 50, by means of which the adjusting body 39 can be adjusted in height from a longitudinal end 51 of the drain valve 5 facing away from the bottom opening 4 into the different drain positions determined by the latching lugs 46.
  • the guide means 50 have a rod 52 which is arranged in the overflow pipe 41 and is connected to the adjusting body 39 at its lower longitudinal end.
  • two radially oriented retaining webs 53 are arranged at the lower longitudinal end of the rod 52, which are connected to the rod 52 on the radially inner side.
  • the retaining webs 53 are connected radially on the outside to the adjustment body 39, two longitudinal slots open axially downward being formed in the base body 40, through which the retaining webs 53 extend radially outward.
  • a holding element 54 is arranged for the clamping reception of the rod 52.
  • the drain valve 5 is shown as a separate assembly. It can be seen that the setting device 38 is arranged on the drain valve 5 and can therefore be inserted and removed from the water tank 1 together with the drain valve 5.
  • This allows a conventional cistern arrangement with a conventional drain valve by exchanging the drain valve with the in Figure 14 drain valve 5 shown can be retrofitted with the adjusting device 38.
  • a conventional drain valve can also be retrofitted with the setting device 38.
  • the adjusting device 38 then only has the base body 40 and the adjusting body 39, which is retrofitted on the lower longitudinal end of the overflow pipe of a conventional drain valve.
  • the retrofitted variant can also be provided in a particularly simple embodiment of the adjusting device 38 without the guide means 50.
  • the adjusting body 39 When the flush is actuated, the adjusting body 39 is moved up together with the drain valve 5 and then lowers again together with the drain valve 5.
  • the drain valve 5 In Figure 11 the drain valve 5 is shown in the open position, in which the valve closure part 6 is lifted off the valve seat 7 and releases the bottom opening 4.
  • the drain valve 5 In Figure 12 the drain valve 5 is shown in the closed position, in which the valve closure part 6 sits on the valve seat 7 and closes the bottom opening 4 in a watertight manner.
  • the adjusting body 39 extends in the open position into the bottom opening 4, or into the drain section 55 tapered by the drain basket 25, the drain opening or the passage geometry for the outflowing rinse water is narrowed.
  • the term depth is understood here to mean the axial length of the axial overlap of the adjusting body 39 with the bottom opening 4.
  • the adjusting body 39 can be adjusted in six different drain positions, the flushing flow of the defined amount of flushing water flowing out through the bottom opening 4 being dependent on the adjusted drain position of the adjusting body 39.
  • the closed position shown is the base body 40 and the adjustment body 39 within the bottom opening 4. Depending on the set drain position, the adjusting body 39 can also extend beyond the bottom opening 4 into the drain connector 20 connected to the water tank 1.
  • the adjusting body 39 can be moved between individual flushing processes, in particular between the test flushing processes carried out by an installer, by pulling the rod 52 upward or pushing it downward into one of the, here six, latching positions, or drain positions. During the flushing process, the adjusting body 39 is held stationary relative to the base body 40 or to the drain valve 4.
  • the adjusting body 39 could be screwed to the base body 40 so as to be height-adjustable in a manner not shown, so that a rotational movement of the rod 52 would then transfer the adjusting body 39 into the different running positions. This enables a continuous height adjustment of the adjustment body 39 to be provided.

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  1. Dispositif de chasse d'eau, destiné à rincer un produit céramique sanitaire, comprenant
    un réservoir d'eau (1) comportant une ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4), destiné à recevoir l'eau de rinçage,
    une soupape d'évacuation (5) pourvue d'un organe obturateur (6), qui dans une position de fermeture repose sur le siège de soupape (7) et ferme de manière étanche à l'eau l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4) et dans une position d'ouverture, est relevé du siège de soupape (7) et libère l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4), dans la position d'ouverture, une quantité définie d'eau de rinçage s'écoulant hors du réservoir d'eau (1), à travers l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4), et
    un dispositif de réglage (8; 38), pourvu d'un corps d'ajustage (9; 39) destiné à modifier le flux de rinçage de la quantité d'eau définie s'écoulant du réservoir d'eau (1), le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) étant placé de manière mobile à l'intérieur du réservoir d'eau (1) et par rapport au réservoir d'eau (1) et étant ajustable dans plusieurs positions d'écoulement, et le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) étant maintenu en étant réglable en hauteur sur la soupape d'évacuation (5), le flux de réglage de la quantité d'eau définie qui s'écoule du réservoir d'eau (1) dépendant de la position d'écoulement du corps d'ajustage (9; 39) réglable en hauteur,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de réglage (8; 38) est placé sur la soupape d'évacuation (5), lors de l'actionnement du rinçage, le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) se relevant, conjointement avec la soupape d'évacuation (5) et se rabaissant par la suite, conjointement avec la soupape d'évacuation (5).
  2. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de réglage (8; 38) comporte des moyens de guidage (10, 12, 13; 50) qui sont conçus de telle sorte que le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) soit mobile en étant guidé dans le réservoir d'eau (1), les moyens de guidage (10, 12, 13; 50) comprenant notamment une tige de retenue (10; 52) reliée avec le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) .
  3. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que
    le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) est conçu en forme de cylindre creux et en étant fermé ou interrompu dans la direction périphérique.
  4. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce
    qu'au moins dans la position d'ouverture de l'organe obturateur (6), le corps d'ajustage (39) est placé au moins en partie à l'intérieur de l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4) du réservoir d'eau (1).
  5. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que
    dans l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4) est inséré un panier d'évacuation (25), qui comporte une portion d'évacuation (55) rétrécissant la section transversale de l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4).
  6. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que
    la soupape d'évacuation (5) comporte un tuyau de trop-plein (41) pourvu de l'organe obturateur (6), le corps d'ajustage (39) étant placé en-dessous de l'organe obturateur (6) sur le tuyau de trop-plein (41).
  7. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon la revendication 6,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de réglage (38) comporte un corps de base (40) placé sur le tuyau de trop-plein (41), le corps d'ajustage (39) étant maintenu en étant ajustable par rapport au corps de base (40).
  8. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 7, caractérisé en ce que
    les moyens de guidage (50) sont conçus de telle sorte que le corps d'ajustage (39) soit ajustable à partir d'une extrémité longitudinale (51) de la soupape d'évacuation (5) qui est opposée à l'ouverture dans le fond inférieur (4) dans les positions d'évacuation, et comportant notamment une barre (52) placée dans le tuyau de trop-plein (41) qui est reliée avec le corps d'ajustage (39).
  9. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif de réglage (38) comporte des moyens d'enclenchement (43) qui sont actifs entre le corps d'ajustage (39) et le corps de base (40), de telle sorte que le corps d'ajustage (39) soit maintenu en étant réglable en hauteur sur le corps de base (40), étant notamment prévu que les moyens d'enclenchement (43) comportent deux bras d'enclenchement (44) qui sont placés sur l'un des corps, corps d'ajustage et corps de base (39, 40), les bras d'enclenchement (44) s'engageant de manière élastique dans des contre-dépouilles (47) qui sont conçues sur l'autre des corps, corps de base et corps d'ajustage (40, 39).
  10. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications 7 ou 8, caractérisé en ce que
    le corps d'ajustage (39) et le corps de base (40) comportent des tronçons filetés qui se correspondent, de telle sorte que le corps d'ajustage (39) et le corps de base (40) puissent se visser l'un sur l'autre en étant réglables en hauteur.
  11. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le corps d'ajustage (9; 39) est réglable sans outil.
  12. Dispositif de chasse d'eau selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des moyens indicateurs (18) optiques et/ou haptiques sont prévus pour indiquer la position et/ou l'orientation du corps d'ajustage (9; 39).
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