EP3292252A1 - Régulateur de jet avec renfoncement en forme de fente servant de surface de prise à un outil - Google Patents

Régulateur de jet avec renfoncement en forme de fente servant de surface de prise à un outil

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EP3292252A1
EP3292252A1 EP16715241.2A EP16715241A EP3292252A1 EP 3292252 A1 EP3292252 A1 EP 3292252A1 EP 16715241 A EP16715241 A EP 16715241A EP 3292252 A1 EP3292252 A1 EP 3292252A1
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jet regulator
recess
housing
jet
depression
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Gerhard Blum
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Neoperl GmbH
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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
    • E03C1/086—Jet regulators or jet guides, easily mountable on the outlet of taps
    • 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
    • E03C1/084—Jet regulators with aerating means

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  • the invention relates to a jet regulator with a jet regulator housing, which carries an external thread on its outer circumference, with which the steel regulator can be mounted in an internal thread provided in the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, wherein a downstream end face of the jet regulator housing acts as a throughflow hole for the flow through the jet regulator
  • Water-containing grid or network structure is formed, which has at least one designed as a slot-shaped depression of this grid or network structure and intended for a turning tool tool engagement surface.
  • a jet regulator which has a sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing, which carries an external thread on its outer circumference of the housing. With the help of this external thread, the jet regulator housing is screwed directly into an internal thread, which is provided in the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting.
  • the jet regulator is intended to form the water flowing out of the outlet fitting into a homogeneous, non-spraying and possibly also soft, soft water jet.
  • the downstream housing end face of the jet regulator housing is formed as a grid or network structure having a plurality of flow holes in which the water flowing through the jet regulator is guided and formed leading.
  • At least one slot-shaped depression is provided on the downstream grid or network structure, which, for example, serves as a tool for a coin which is used as a turning tool. attack surface is determined with the provided between the prior art jet regulator and the water outlet screw can be solved or tightened in a simple manner.
  • the jet regulator according to the invention has, in the region of its downstream first depression, a second depression, which is likewise slot-shaped and intended as a tool engagement surface.
  • This second depression has a smaller depression cross-section compared to the first depression. While in the opposite larger first depression can be inserted as a turning tool misused coin or the screwdriver blade of a larger screwdriver, in the second depression and a smaller screwdriver can be inserted.
  • a rotary tool can be used to rotate a grid or network structure designed as a pivoting part, which is pivotably mounted in a socket on the housing inner circumference of the jet regulator housing, or else the rotary tool serves to tighten and loosen the screw connection between the jet regulator and the water outlet. Since with the help of smaller screwdriver in receiving second depression operating errors can be counteracted without therefore outside the grid or network structure projecting separate tool engagement surfaces must be formed, must therefore not be waived the compact design and structural design of such a jet regulator.
  • the second slot-shaped depression can be arranged at a small distance from the first depression on the downstream housing end face of the jet regulator housing.
  • the second slot-shaped depression which is likewise intended as a tool engagement surface, is provided in the first recess.
  • Such an embodiment may, for example, two, designed as a cross slot to each other Have depressions, of which the second depression compared to the first recess has a smaller Einsenkungsquer- cut and possibly also has a contrast shorter leg length.
  • a particularly advantageous and easy-to-handle embodiment according to the invention provides that in the slot bottom of the first recess which is also provided as a tool engagement surface second slot-shaped depression is provided. Since the second slot-shaped depression provided in the slot base of the first recess has a smaller depression cross-section, a smaller screwdriver can also be inserted into the second depression, which passes through the first depression practically without contact.
  • the compact design and the aesthetically pleasing design of the jet regulator according to the invention in the region of its outlet end face is still favored when the first and the second recess have a same shape and preferably rectangular Einsenkungsquerexcellent mit Einsenkungs- longitudinal and contrast shorter Ein noirsschmaltransport.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the first and second indentations have axially parallel longitudinal axes and that the second indentation is arranged approximately centrally in the indentation base of the first indentation.
  • the second recess is formed as a blind hole, which has a preferably closed slot bottom on the side facing away from an end-side depression opening of the first depression side.
  • the turning tool is only into the slot bottom of the second depression in this insertable.
  • a preferred development according to the invention by which the compact design of the jet regulator according to the invention is still favored, provides that the second recess extends into a formation which faces away from the end face of the grid or opening of the first recess Net structure is formed.
  • a preferred development according to the invention which also allows the recording and transmission of higher torques on the grid or network structure, before, that the formation is reinforced by molded reinforcing ribs, which remote from the depression opening of the first depression end face of the grid or Project network structure and preferably cross in their extension in the jet regulator longitudinal axis.
  • the depression cross section of the second depression tapers at least in regions in the direction of the slot base.
  • the Einsenkungslashess- and / or Eins- kungsquerrien converge toward each other in the direction of the slot bottom.
  • the first depression has an arcuate depression base, wherein this countersink base formed in the form of a circle segment is designed to accommodate a tool other than a rotary tool that is alienated from its outer contour. mentally shaped coin is intended.
  • Such an arcuate depression base not only adapts well to the outer contour of a complementary shaped coin intended for use as a rotary tool, but rather a rotary tool intended for the second depression is well guided on this circular depression base of the first depression until this rotary tool forms the depression opening the second depression finds.
  • the circular arc-shaped configuration of the sinking ground of the first recess can thus considerably facilitate simple handling during assembly of the jet regulator according to the invention.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the second recess for receiving a turning tool serving as a screwdriver or screwdriver blade is intended.
  • the second recess is provided for a screwdriver used as another rotary tool.
  • the throughflow holes are arranged at a distance from the depression longitudinal sides and / or from the depression narrow sides of the first depression, which distance is greater than the wall thickness from, between adjacent flow holes of the grid or network structure arranged separation or flow guide walls.
  • the jet regulator has a convexly curved or bulged housing end face. By the convex bulge of the downstream housing end face also has the first depression in the region of the jet regulator longitudinal axis a correspondingly large longitudinal extension, which substantially increases the contact surface available to the turning tool in this region.
  • the depressions in the housing end face intended for corresponding turning tools can serve to rotate the lattice or network structure designed as a pivoting part and pivotably mounted in a joint socket provided on the inner housing circumference of the jet regulator housing in such a way that this lattice or network structure optionally has one compared with the jet regulator longitudinal axis changed outlet angle occupies, which deflects the exiting water in this direction.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention which additionally favors the handling of the jet regulator according to the invention, on the other hand, provides that the downstream housing end face is integrally connected to the jet regulator housing or to a downstream housing part of the multi-part jet regulator housing.
  • jet regulator according to the invention is also intended to form a bead-soft, ie aerated outflow jet, it is advantageous if the jet regulator is designed as a ventilated jet regulator or as a so-called jet aerator.
  • a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that the jet regulator housing or the downstream housing part has an inner housing peripheral wall and at least one inner housing peripheral wall at a distance encompassing outer housing wall and that in the space between the inner housing peripheral wall and the adjacent outer housing peripheral wall at least one to the downstream side of the Jet regulator out of- fener and in the interior of the jet regulator housing opening Belüf ⁇ tion channel is provided.
  • a sanitary inserting unit which is shown in a perspective top view of its discharge outlet and can be mounted on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and which has an outflow-side jet regulator whose jet regulator housing has a downstream housing end face in the form of a grid or network structure 1, the sanitary inserting unit from FIG. 1 is shown in a longitudinal section, the sanitary inserting unit from FIGS. 1 and 2 in a longitudinal section rotated by 90 ° with respect to FIG.
  • FIG. 4 shows the jet regulator housing, shown here in isolation, of the jet regulator belonging to the sanitary inserting unit according to FIGS. 1 to 3 in a perspective plan view of its downstream end face, FIG.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 shows the jet regulator housing from FIGS. 4 to 6 in a plan view of the inflow side facing the interior of the housing
  • FIG. 8 shows the jet regulator housing from FIGS. 4 to 7 in a longitudinal section through sectional plane VIII-VIII of FIG. 7, FIG.
  • FIG. 9 shows the jet regulator housing from FIGS. 4 to 8 in a longitudinal section rotated by 90 ° relative to FIG. 8 through a sectional plane IX-IX from FIG. 8 and FIG
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 shows the sanitary inserting unit from FIGS. 1 to 3 in an exploded single part illustration.
  • a sanitary inserting unit 1 is shown, which is mountable in the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting not shown here and can be axially sealed against this water outlet by an annular seal 26.
  • the insertion unit 1 has an inflow-side filter or attachment screen 2, which has to filter out the entrained water entrained dirt particles that could otherwise affect the function of this insertion unit.
  • the insertion unit 1 also has a downstream flow regulator 3, which has the water flowing through to form a homogeneous, non-splashing and possibly also soft-pearly exiting water jet. Between the inflow side Front strainer 2 and the downstream end jet regulator 3, a flow restrictor may be provided which reduces the flow area. Instead, however, a flow rate regulator 4 is arranged here, which regulates the water flowing to the jet regulator 3 in a pressure-independent manner to a defined flow volume per unit time.
  • the jet regulator 3 of the insertion unit 1 has a jet regulator housing 4, which is shown in more detail in various views in FIGS. 4 to 9.
  • the jet regulator housing 4 carries on its housing outer circumference an external thread 5, with which the jet regulator 3 and with it also the insertion unit 1 in a provided in the water outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting internal thread can be mounted.
  • a downstream end face 6 of the jet regulator housing 4 is designed as a grid or network structure having throughflow holes 7 for the water flowing through the jet regulator 3.
  • This grid or network structure has at least one tool engagement surface formed as a slot-shaped depression 8, 9 of this grid or network structure and intended for a turning tool.
  • the jet regulator 3 shown here has a second slot-shaped depression 9, which is likewise intended as a tool engagement surface for another rotary tool, in the slot bottom, and that the second depression 9 has a smaller depression cross-section compared to the first depression 8.
  • the jet regulator 3 thus has the second recess 9 in the slot bottom of the downstream first first depression 8, which is likewise slot-shaped and intended as a tool engagement surface.
  • This second recess 9 has a smaller depression cross-section compared to the first recess 8.
  • first recess 8 can be inserted as a turning tool misused coin or the screwdriver ⁇ blade of a larger screwdriver
  • second recess 9 also a smaller screwdriver can be inserted, which passes through the first recess 8 virtually contactless.
  • a rotary tool can be used to rotate a grid or network structure designed as a pivoting part, which is pivotably mounted in a joint socket on the inner housing circumference of the jet regulator housing or if the rotary tool serves - as here - to tighten and loosen the screw connection between the jet regulator 3 and the water outlet.
  • first and second indentations 8, 9 have an identical and here rectangular depression cross-section with depression longitudinal sides and, on the other hand, shorter depression narrow sides.
  • the longitudinal axes of these depressions 8, 9 are arranged approximately in one plane, and the depression 9 is positioned approximately centrally or centrally in the slot bottom of the first depression 8.
  • the second recess 9 is formed as a blind hole, which on the end face an opening Einsenkungsöf 10 of the first recess 8 side facing away from a closed slot bottom 11 here. While the first recess 8 approximately axially parallel to the jet regulator longitudinal axis extending Einsenkungslutzs- and Having Einenkungsschmalfact, the Eins- kungsquer bain the second recess 9 tapers in the direction of the slot base 11 at least partially. For this purpose, the countersinking lengths - as well as the narrowing sides of the second indentation 9 in the direction of the slot base 11 converge towards one another.
  • the first recess 8 is approximately circular-segment-shaped and has an arcuate recess slot base for this purpose.
  • the first recess 8 is thus suitable for receiving a purpose as a turning tool and in its outer contour approximately complementary shaped coin.
  • the second recess 9 is intended for receiving a rotary tool serving as a screwdriver or screwdriver blade.
  • this screwdriver blade is now well grasped in the second recess 9, in order subsequently to be able to absorb and transmit a corresponding torque in the area of the jet regulator longitudinal axis and thus in the center of the grid or network structure.
  • the second depression 9 extends into a formation 12 which protrudes beyond the end face of the lattice or network structure facing away from the depression opening 10 of the first depression 11.
  • reinforcing ribs 13 are provided which, on the one hand, are in contact with the perforations. mung 12 and on the other hand to the grid or network structure are formed. These reinforcing ribs 13 intersect in their extension approximately in the region of the jet regulator longitudinal axis.
  • the flow holes 7 are spaced from the depression longitudinal sides of the first depression 8, which is greater than the wall thickness of, between adjacent flow holes 7 arranged separation or flow guide walls 14 of the grid or network structure.
  • the grid or network structure has a downstream bulge such that the jet regulator has a convexly curved housing end face. Due to the convex bulging of the housing end face, the Einsenkungslnatureshunt the first recess 8 to an increased depth, whereby the turning tool available contact surface is increased.
  • the downstream end face of the housing 6 and thus also the grid or network structure is integrally connected to the jet regulator housing 4.
  • the jet regulator 3 is designed here as a ventilated jet regulator or as a so-called jet aerator.
  • the jet regulator housing 4 has an inner housing peripheral wall 24 and an outer housing peripheral wall 24 at a distance encompassing outer housing peripheral wall 25, between which at least one to the downstream side of the jet regulator 3 out open and opening into the interior of the jet regulator housing 4 venting channel 16 is provided.
  • the jet regulator 3 has a jet separator 17 which has a plurality of breaker openings 18. This jet splitter 17 deflects the water flowing through to the outside to the housing peripheral wall and divides the water flowing through in individual jets.
  • This jet splitter 17 is designed here as a cup-shaped diffuser, the a transverse to the flow direction of the inflowing water ori ⁇ ented pot bottom 19 which serves as a water deflecting the side baffle surface.
  • the decomposition openings 18 arranged at regular intervals are provided. These burster openings 18 open into an annular channel 21 which tapers at least in sections in the direction of flow, the at least one ventilation channel 16 being arranged in its channel opening 22 leading into the housing interior in a subregion of the housing inner circumference adjoining the annular channel 21.
  • the divided into the Zerlegerö réelleen 18 in individual jets of water then flows into the annular channel 21, which tapers in the flow direction. Due to the cross-sectional constrictions in this region of the jet regulator 3 and the tapered configuration of the annular channel 21, the water flowing through undergoes an increase in velocity, which leads to a negative pressure on the outflow side of the annular channel 21.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un régulateur de jet (3) ayant un boîtier (4) qui présente sur son pourtour extérieur un filetage externe (5) avec lequel le régulateur de jet (3) peut être monté dans un filetage interne prévu dans l'écoulement d'eau d'une robinetterie sanitaire d'écoulement, une surface frontale à contre-courant (6) du boîtier (4) du régulateur de jet est conçue en tant que structure de filet ou de grille, comportant des trous de passage (7) pour l'eau traversant le régulateur de jet (3), qui comporte au moins un premier renfoncement (8, 9), de cette structure de filet ou de grille, en forme de fente servant de surface de prise pour un outil appliquant un mouvement rotatif. Dans le fond de la fente de ce premier renfoncement (8) se trouve un deuxième renfoncement (9) en forme de fente défini également en tant que surface de prise pour un outil, le deuxième renfoncement (9) présentant une plus petite section de renfoncement en comparaison au premier renfoncement (8).
EP16715241.2A 2015-05-05 2016-04-08 Régulateur de jet avec renfoncement en forme de fente servant de surface de prise à un outil Active EP3292252B1 (fr)

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