EP3467212B1 - Robinetterie sanitaire - Google Patents

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EP3467212B1
EP3467212B1 EP18199076.3A EP18199076A EP3467212B1 EP 3467212 B1 EP3467212 B1 EP 3467212B1 EP 18199076 A EP18199076 A EP 18199076A EP 3467212 B1 EP3467212 B1 EP 3467212B1
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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
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • 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
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    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
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  • the invention relates to a sanitary fitting according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a generic sanitary fitting is for example from the document EP2497866A2 known.
  • a sanitary fitting with a hollow cylindrical fitting housing is known.
  • a cylindrical cartridge insert and a single-lever mixer cartridge are arranged in common practice, with the operating lever of which the temperature and / or the amount of mixed water flowing out can be adjusted.
  • the mixed water path leads from the mixing cartridge via the cartridge insert to a flexible mixed water hose which is loosely guided through a water outlet formed on the hollow cylindrical fitting housing.
  • a nozzle-shaped mixed water connection is formed on the cartridge insert, to which the flexible mixed water hose is attached in a liquid-tight manner.
  • the flexible mixed water hose extends up to an outlet opening of the water outlet and is there connected in a liquid-tight manner to a mousseur unit mounted in the outlet opening.
  • the water flow described above from the cartridge insert to the mousseur unit is designed in several parts with a number of sealing elements, that is to say complex in terms of components and complex in terms of assembly.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a sanitary fitting in which the water flow in the fitting housing of the sanitary fitting can be provided with reduced component costs and assembly effort.
  • the invention is based on the basic idea of integrating additional receiving geometries for other water conduction components or sealing components on the flexible mixed water hose, which is guided through the water outlet of a sanitary fitting, whereby the component expenditure and the assembly effort when assembling the sanitary fitting is reduced.
  • the flexible mixed water hose merges on its inlet side into a sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle surrounds the cartridge insert in a liquid-tight manner.
  • a passage is formed in the sleeve wall of the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle through which the mixed water flows from the cartridge insert into the flexible mixed water hose.
  • the flexible mixed water hose with an integrally formed receiving or sealing geometry can preferably be made of physiologically harmless material, e.g. PE or PP.
  • the mixed water connection formed on the cylindrical mixing cartridge is not implemented as a radially protruding connection piece, but rather a simple mixed water outlet opening that opens flush into a cylindrical side wall of the cartridge insert.
  • the opening edge area of the mixed water outlet opening forms a sealing surface against which an inside of the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle rests in a liquid-tight manner. It is preferred if the inside of the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle is completely smooth-cylindrical in order to achieve a perfect surface seal.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle in the axial direction is in liquid-tight contact with the cartridge insert on both sides of the mixed water outlet opening of the cartridge insert via sealing zones (i.e. via O-sealing rings).
  • the flexible mixed water hose together with the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle and possibly a mousseur receptacle described later, forms a one-piece pre-assembly unit.
  • the flexible mixed water hose can preferably be molded onto the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle as a single material or in one piece.
  • the above-mentioned pre-assembly unit can be produced by a plastic injection blow molding process.
  • an injection-molded preform is brought into its final shape in a blow molding tool.
  • the blow molding process enables the production of an undercut geometry that cannot be produced by injection molding.
  • the water supply according to the invention i.e. the above-mentioned mixed water hose with molded-on receiving geometry
  • the mixed water connection of the cartridge insert can also be designed in several parts as follows:
  • the flexible mixed water hose can have a radially outwardly angled sealing flange on the connection side that surrounds a hose inlet of the flexible mixed water hose.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle can also be constructed in two layers, namely with an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, between which the sealing flange of the flexible mixed water hose is inserted in a liquid-tight manner.
  • a water outlet is formed on the fitting housing through which the flexible mixed water hose is loosely guided.
  • a radially outwardly protruding water outlet can be formed through which the flexible mixed water hose is led to an outlet opening of the water outlet.
  • a mousseur unit is mounted at the outlet of the water outlet and connected in a liquid-tight manner to a hose outlet of the flexible mixed water hose.
  • the liquid-tight connection of the mousseur unit is implemented as follows: the flexible mixed water hose merges at its hose outlet, in particular made of the same material and / or in one piece, into a sleeve-shaped or pot-shaped mousseur receptacle.
  • the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle formed on the flexible mixed water hose is brought into a liquid-tight plug-in connection with the mousseur unit, for example in a simple manner in terms of assembly.
  • the flexible mixed water hose opens with its hose outlet into a sleeve wall of the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle, with the formation of an inner corner area that is stretched between the flexible mixed water hose and the sleeve wall of the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle.
  • the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle is pushed into a corresponding connection piece of the mousseur unit in a liquid-tight manner (e.g. by forming the above liquid-tight plug connection), e.g. in such a way that the connection piece of the mousseur unit in the above inner corner area is in contact with the flexible mixed water hose at the end.
  • the mousseur unit is designed in two parts, namely from a mousseur and a fastening ring with an internal thread, into which internal thread the mousseur is screwed.
  • the fastening ring is screwed into the outlet mouth of the water outlet with an external thread thereof (ie with its external thread).
  • the fastening ring can have a large-diameter ring section in which both the internal thread and the external thread are formed.
  • the large-diameter ring section can at an annular shoulder into a small-diameter ring section which forms the above-mentioned connecting piece, which is in plug-in connection with the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle, the flexible mixed water hose and the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle can be a one-piece plastic injection-molded part, wherein the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle can have predetermined deformation points that serve as an assembly aid when assembling the sanitary fitting.
  • the desired deformation points can be designed as groove-shaped material recesses with narrow material webs which extend in the axial direction on the outside of the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert exception.
  • the mixed water hose can preferably have a corrugated hose geometry.
  • Figures 9 and 10 each detailed view of the Figure 7 sanitary fitting shown.
  • FIG. 1 shows a sanitary fitting with a fitting housing 1 and a water outlet 3 formed thereon.
  • the fitting housing 1 is a hollow profile part, for example made of die-cast zinc, with a cylindrical assembly space 2 that is open at the top and is delimited on the bottom by a base plate 5.
  • the Indian Figure 1 upwardly open assembly space 2 of the fitting housing 1 is closed in the (not shown) assembled state by a cap through which a lever of a mixer cartridge protrudes upward.
  • the temperature and / or quantity of the mixed water flowing out of the water outlet 3 is adjusted in a manner known per se by rotating and / or tilting movements of the operating lever (not shown) of the fitting.
  • a cylindrical cartridge insert 7 inserted coaxially, in the upper hollow profile of which the single-lever mixing cartridge (not shown) can be positioned.
  • the hollow-cylindrical assembly space 2 of the fitting housing 1 is connected to the water outlet 3 via a material opening 10.
  • the mixing cartridge is interposed with the cartridge insert 7 with both the Figure 2 indicated hot and cold water pipes 15, 17 as well as with a mixed water line 19 guided in the water outlet 3 of the sanitary fitting is fluidically coupled.
  • the mixed water line 19 is designed in the figures as a flexible mixed water hose with a corrugated hose geometry, which is loosely guided through the water outlet 3
  • the inner cartridge insert 7 is only in the Figure 7 indicated clamping screw 21 clamped to the base plate 5.
  • the base plate 5 of the sanitary fitting can in turn be clamped to a kitchen worktop (not shown) by means of a central fastening screw 23.
  • An essential aspect of the invention relates to the design of the mixed water connection 27.
  • This is implemented by a sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29, which is integrally formed on the flexible mixed water hose 19 and made of the same material.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29 surrounds the cartridge insert 7 in a liquid-tight manner, with a passage 33 being formed in the sleeve wall 31 thereof, through which the mixed water flows from a mixed water outlet opening 35 of the cartridge insert 7.
  • the mixed water outlet opening 35 opens into a cylindrical side wall of the cartridge insert 7, against which a smooth cylindrical inside of the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29 rests in a liquid-tight manner.
  • bearing points for O-sealing rings 37 are provided on both sides of the mixed water outlet opening 35 of the cartridge insert 7 in the axial direction.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29 has groove-shaped material recesses 43 radially on the outside with narrow material webs which run in the axial direction and provide an assembly aid as desired deformation points.
  • the narrow material webs can be deformed by an externally acting manual pressure load, namely with a reduction in the diameter of the cartridge insert receptacle 29, whereby the cartridge insert receptacle 29 easily moves into the assembly space 2 of the hollow cylindrical fitting housing 1 is retractable.
  • the flexible mixed water hose 19 with the cartridge insert receptacle 29 formed thereon is shown in perspective in isolation. Accordingly, the flexible mixed water hose 19 has the already mentioned corrugated hose geometry.
  • a sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle 39 is also formed which, together with the mixed water hose 19 and the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29, forms a one-piece preassembly unit V.
  • the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle 39 is in a liquid-tight plug-in connection with a mousseur unit 41.
  • the flexible mixed water hose 19 opens with its hose outlet in a sleeve wall 45 of the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle 39, with the formation of an inner corner area 47 ( Figure 6 ), which is stretched between the flexible mixed water hose 19 and the sleeve wall 45.
  • the mousseur unit 41 is in the Figure 6 designed in two parts, namely with a mousseur 49 and a fastening ring 51, into the internal thread of which the mousseur 49 is screwed.
  • the fastening ring 51 is in turn with its external thread in the water outlet mouth 52 ( Figure 1 or 6th ) screwed in.
  • the fastening ring 51 has a large-diameter ring section 54 in which both the internal thread and the external thread are formed.
  • a ring section of small diameter connects to the large diameter ring section 54 of the fastening ring 51 via an annular shoulder, which serves as a connecting piece 53 into which the sleeve-shaped mousseur receptacle 39 is inserted in a liquid-tight manner.
  • FIG. 7 to 9 a further embodiment of the sanitary fitting is shown.
  • the mixed water connection 27 implemented differently: So shows in the Figure 7 or 8th the flexible mixed water hose 19 on the connection side has a radially outwardly angled sealing flange 55 which surrounds an end-side hose inlet of the flexible mixed water hose 19.
  • the sleeve-shaped cartridge insert receptacle 29 is in the Figures 7 or 8th constructed in two layers, namely with an inner sleeve 57 and an outer sleeve 59, between which the sealing flange 55 of the flexible mixed water hose 19 is inserted in a liquid-tight manner.
  • the Figure 8 between the sealing flange 55 and a sealing contour 61 Figure 9
  • the outer sleeve 59 an additional molded seal 63 is used.
  • FIG 10 Another embodiment of the flexible mixed water hose 19 is shown with a cartridge insert receptacle 29 formed thereon and a mousseur receptacle 39 formed thereon.
  • the mixed water hose 19 is not provided with a corrugated hose geometry, but rather has a smooth surface both inside and outside. In this way, the mixed water hose 19 can be produced not only in a plastic blow molding process, but also in a plastic injection molding process.

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  1. Robinetterie sanitaire, pourvue d'un corps de robinetterie (1) cylindrique creux dans lequel est placé un insert à cartouche (7) qui relie fluidiquement une cartouche mélangeuse avec un flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19), l'insert à cartouche (7) comportant un raccord pour l'eau mitigée (27) sur lequel le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) est raccordé de manière étanche au liquide, pour créer le raccord pour l'eau mitigée (27), le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) passant du côté raccordement dans un logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille, et le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille entourant l'insert à cartouche (7) de manière étanche au liquide, et dans la paroi de douille (31) du logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille étant ménagé un passage (33) par l'intermédiaire duquel l'eau mitigée s'écoule de l'insert à cartouche (7) dans le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19), sur le corps de robinetterie (1) étant surmoulée une sortie d'eau (3), à travers laquelle le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) est guidé de manière lâche, sur une embouchure de sortie (52) de la sortie d'eau (3) étant monté une unité de mousseur (41) et l'unité de mousseur (41) étant raccordée de manière étanche au liquide sur une sortie de flexible du flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19), sur sa sortie de flexible, le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) passant, notamment en une matière homogène et/ou en monobloc dans un logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille, le logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille étant susceptible d'être amené en liaison par emboîtement, notamment étanche au liquide avec un manchon de raccordement (53) de l'unité de mousseur (41), l'unité de mousseur (41) étant réalisée en deux parties, à savoir en un mousseur (49) et en une bague de fixation (51), la bague de fixation (51) étant vissée par un filetage de cette dernière dans l'embouchure de sortie (52) de la sortie d'eau (3),
    caractérisée en ce que le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) débouche par sa sortie de flexible dans une paroi de douille (45) du logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille, à savoir en créant une zone d'angle intérieur (47), qui est définie entre le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) et la paroi de douille (45) du logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille, et en ce que le logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille est inséré de manière étanche au liquide dans le manchon de raccordement (53) du mousseur (41), en ce que la bague de fixation (51) comporte un taraudage, dans lequel taraudage est vissé le mousseur (49), et en ce que notamment la bague de fixation (51) comporte un segment de bague (54) de grand diamètre, dans lequel sont conçus aussi bien le taraudage qu'également le filetage, et un segment de bague (53) de petit diamètre qui forme le manchon de raccordement qui est en liaison par emboîtement avec le logement de mousseur (39) en forme de douille.
  2. Robinetterie sanitaire selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le raccord pour l'eau mitigée (27) comporte un orifice de sortie de l'eau mitigée (35) qui débouche à fleur de surface dans une paroi latérale cylindrique de l'insert à cartouche (7) et en ce que notamment au moins sur la zone du bord d'orifice de l'orifice de sortie de l'eau mitigée (35) une face interne du logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille est adjacente de manière étanche au liquide.
  3. Robinetterie sanitaire selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce par l'intermédiaire de zones d'étanchéité (37), le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille est en appui étanche au liquide avec l'insert à cartouche (7), de part et d'autre en direction axiale de l'orifice de sortie de l'eau mitigée (35) de l'insert à cartouche (7).
  4. Robinetterie sanitaire selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) est surmoulé en une matière homogène et/ou en monobloc sur le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille, et/ou en ce que le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) forme conjointement avec le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille une unité de prémontage (V) d'un seul tenant.
  5. Robinetterie sanitaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisée en ce que le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) comporte du côté raccordement une bride d'étanchéité (55) coudée vers l'extérieur en direction radiale, qui entoure une entrée de flexible du flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) et en ce que le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille est structuré en deux couches avec une douille intérieure (57) et une douille extérieure (59), entre lesquelles la bride d'étanchéité (55) du flexible pour l'eau mitigée est (19) est insérée de manière étanche au liquide.
  6. Robinetterie sanitaire selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille, le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) ou le logement de mousseur (39) sont fabriqués en une matière plastique, ou en ce que le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille ou le logement de mousseur (39) comporte des zones de déformation théorique (43) faisant office d'aide au montage, qui simplifient l'intégration du logement d'insert à cartouche (29) ou du logement de mousseur (39) dans le corps de robinetterie (1) et en ce que notamment les zones de déformation théorique (43) sont des évidements de matière en forme de rainures ou sont conçues sur la face externe sur le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille, ou en ce que le logement d'insert à cartouche (29) en forme de douille est conçu sur sa face interne en forme de cylindre lisse ou en ce que le flexible pour l'eau mitigée (19) présente une géométrie en flexible ondulé.
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