EP3599026B1 - Sanitary shower device - Google Patents

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EP3599026B1
EP3599026B1 EP19187582.2A EP19187582A EP3599026B1 EP 3599026 B1 EP3599026 B1 EP 3599026B1 EP 19187582 A EP19187582 A EP 19187582A EP 3599026 B1 EP3599026 B1 EP 3599026B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18Roses; Shower heads
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/16Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/16Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets
    • B05B1/1627Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock
    • B05B1/1636Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/16Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets
    • B05B1/169Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets having three or more selectively effective outlets
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18Roses; Shower heads
    • B05B1/185Roses; Shower heads characterised by their outlet element; Mounting arrangements therefor
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/34Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/002Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/02Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling time, or sequence, of delivery
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a sanitary shower device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a sanitary shower device comprises a shower body which has a fluid inlet configuration on the inlet side, a jet disc with a plurality of jet outlet elements on the outlet side and a fluid guide from the fluid inlet configuration to the jet disc, the jet outlet elements each having a first and a second fluid inlet opening and being set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern and to deliver fluid supplied via the second fluid inlet openings as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern that differs from the first jet pattern.
  • these jet outlet elements are distributed over the entire fluid outlet-active surface of the jet disc, preferably in a uniform distribution, and/or the jet disc has only these and no other shower jet-forming jet outlet elements.
  • the distance between the two fluid inlet openings of each jet outlet element is typically less than the minimum distance between each two fluid inlet openings of two next adjacent jet outlet elements, preferably it is at most half or a third as large as that.
  • the jet patterns of the shower jets can differ, for example, in the main jet direction of the shower jet and/or in the degree of convergence or divergence of the shower jet.
  • the main jet direction is, as usual, to be understood as the direction in which the shower jet mainly spreads, even if it is composed of non-parallel individual jets, for example, and it is a converging shower jet, for example, in which the individual jets emerging from the jet outlet elements converge , or diverging shower jet, in which the individual jets run away from each other.
  • this main jet direction runs parallel or at a small angle of mostly no more than 20° to 25°, in rare cases 25° to 45° obliquely to a normal direction or longitudinal direction of the jet disk or an exit-side end surface of the same.
  • the explicit specification of the first and second shower jet does not mean that the invention is limited to the provision of only two different shower jets. Rather, one or more additional shower jets, each with different jet patterns, can be provided in corresponding designs, in particular by supplying the fluid simultaneously to both fluid inlet openings of the respective jet outlet element in preferably variably variable proportions.
  • this sanitary shower device comprises a fluid control device spatially separated from the shower body with a fluid outlet connection configuration and a user-actuated fluid control unit for controlling a fluid supply to the fluid outlet connection configuration and a fluid line configuration for fluidly coupling the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body to the fluid outlet connection configuration of the fluid control device.
  • Fluid control devices of this type are conventionally used, e.g. in the form of thermostatic fittings, to which cold water and hot water are supplied on the inlet side via separate inlets and which provide the cold water and hot water supplied in a desired mixing ratio at a mixed water outlet connection as a fluid outlet connection configuration.
  • the thermostat fitting usually has a quantity control unit and a thermostat or mixer unit as the user-actuated fluid control unit.
  • a rigid or flexible pipe/hose line serves as a fluid line configuration for fluidly coupling the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body to the mixed water outlet connection of the thermostatic fitting.
  • this shower body that can be used for such a conventional sanitary shower device, which accordingly has a single fluid inlet as the fluid inlet configuration. Furthermore, this shower body comprises a jet disc on the outlet side with several jet outlet elements and a fluid guide from the fluid inlet to the jet disc, wherein the jet outlet elements each have a first and a second fluid inlet opening and are set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern and to release fluid supplied via the second fluid inlet openings as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern that is different from the first.
  • the jet outlet elements are special formed there as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disk and form the two fluid inlet openings on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening common to the two fluid inlet openings on the outlet side.
  • a control disk is rotatably arranged on the inside of the jet disk, which can be driven by the supplied fluid by means of a turbine vane structure and has a control slot pattern in order to periodically open or block the fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements.
  • the rotary control disk movement can be selectively released or blocked in at least one blocking position, which corresponds to an associated jet pattern of the shower jet that is emitted.
  • the disclosure document US 2013/0186972 A1 discloses a shower body in which the jet outlet elements are formed by outlet nipples made of elastic material that are movably held in jet disk openings and to which a user-operable displacement element is assigned, by means of which the user can displace the outlet nipples and in this way set shower jets with different jet patterns and in particular with a different main jet direction.
  • U.S. 5,246,301 discloses a shower head with a brush function, which comprises a shower body with a handle part and a head part, the handle part having a single-channel fluid guide on the inlet side, a two-channel fluid guide on the outlet side and a user-actuable switchover valve in between, with which the water supplied via the fluid guide on the inlet side can be switched to one or the other other outlet-side fluid guide can be conducted.
  • the head part has a jet disc with several jet outlet elements, which can be formed by outlet nipples made of an elastomer material, each of which has an axial and a lateral fluid outlet opening which are in fluid connection with one of the two outlet-side fluid guides of the handle part.
  • the utility model document CN 201930857 U discloses a sanitary overhead shower with a shower body, which has a first shower unit with a two-dimensional field of jet outlet nipples on the underside and a second shower unit with a waterfall nozzle arranged next to it.
  • a user-actuated fluid control unit supplied water can be optionally supplied to the first and/or the second shower unit, for which purpose the fluid control unit has a control housing directly adjacent to the shower body, on which associated, user-actuable control buttons are arranged and in which a hydraulic cylinder and a switching valve are accommodated.
  • U.S. 2017/0128960 A1 discloses a shower head, programmable eg via a smartphone, which is controlled by means of a control unit which can be placed anywhere in a shower room, eg mounted anywhere on a wall of the shower room.
  • the disclosure document GB 2500899A discloses a sanitary shower device for optionally providing a hot or cold shower jet for hydrotherapy applications, for which purpose hot and cold water can be fed separately via a coaxial water line to a shower body, which emits the hot water and cold water separately via associated jet outlet elements, with associated sources for the hot and cold water and a fluid control device with a user-actuated thermostatic mixer unit and a user-actuated cold water shut-off valve are spatially separated from the shower body.
  • the invention is based on the technical problem of providing a sanitary shower device of the type mentioned at the outset, with which the different shower jets can be provided or selected/adjusted by the user in a particularly convenient manner compared to the prior art explained above.
  • the invention solves this problem by providing a sanitary shower device with the features of claim 1.
  • the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body comprises a first shower body inlet and a second shower body inlet separate from the first.
  • the fluid guide in the shower body contains two separate fluid flow paths, of which a first fluid flow path connects the first fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements to the first shower body inlet and a second fluid flow path connects the second fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements to the second shower body inlet.
  • the fluid outlet port configuration of the fluid control device includes a first outlet port and a second outlet port separate from the first.
  • the fluid line configuration includes a first fluid line from the first outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration to the first shower body inlet and a second fluid line from the second outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration to the second shower body inlet.
  • the fluid control unit has a user-actuated distributor element for variably forwarding supplied fluid to the first outlet port and/or to the second outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration of the fluid control device.
  • the sanitary shower device designed in this way enables the user to select either the first shower jet or the second shower jet by directing the supplied fluid to the first and/or second outlet connection of the fluid control device by actuating the distributor element of the fluid control unit on the fluid control device. Consequently, for switching between the shower jets, it is sufficient for the user to be able to access the distributor element of the fluid control unit on the fluid control device that is spatially separated from the shower body. However, user access to the shower body itself is not required.
  • This can be the case, for example, with ceiling-mounted overhead showers in high shower rooms if the shower body or shower head is at a height that the user cannot reach without aids.
  • a fluid control device for example in the form of a thermostatic fitting or a mixer and/or shut-off valve, is usually already provided in such shower rooms within reach of the user, which can then easily be converted or equipped to form the fluid control device required for the sanitary shower device according to the invention.
  • the fluid control device for the sanitary shower device with the user-actuated distributor element for variable Forwarding of supplied fluid to the first and / or to the second outlet port and be arranged with the corresponding fluid outlet port configuration as an independent component of the sanitary shower device in a suitable access area for the user.
  • the user-actuated distributor element can be of any of the types known per se to those skilled in the art, with the user actuation also being of any conventional type, e.g. mechanical actuation, touch actuation, electrical or electronic actuation actuation, including the possibility a remote-controlled actuation in which the fluid control device itself does not necessarily have to be positioned within the user's reach or accessibility.
  • the shower body If the user forwards the fluid supplied to the fluid control device by means of the distributor element only to the first outlet connection, the shower body emits the first shower jet. If the user forwards the fluid via the distributor element only to the second outlet connection, the shower body emits the second shower jet.
  • the distributor element enables the supplied fluid to be forwarded in preferably controllable proportions both to the first and to the second outlet connection of the fluid control device.
  • the shower body can be configured so that it emits a shower jet formed by superimposition or interaction of the fluid fed to the first fluid inlet opening of the respective jet outlet element with the fluid fed to the second fluid inlet opening, referred to here as a combined shower jet.
  • the shower body can emit the combined shower jet with a degree of convergence/divergence or a main jet direction that lies between the degree of convergence/divergence or the main jet direction of the first shower jet and the degree of convergence/divergence or the second main jet direction of the second shower jet , whereby the respective degree of convergence/divergence or the respective main jet direction of the combination shower jet can also depend on the proportions of the user who directs the fluid by means of the distributor element to the first or to the second outlet connection of the fluid control device and thus to the first or second Fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements of the shower body forwards.
  • the jet outlet elements are designed as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disc and form the two fluid inlet openings on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening common to the two fluid inlet openings on the outlet side.
  • the mutually inclined flanks of the V-shape of the passage openings can serve as guiding surfaces in order to emit the shower jet with a corresponding main jet direction.
  • this configuration of the jet outlet elements also enables the generation of a combined shower jet, in which the fluid components entering the jet outlet element via the first or second fluid inlet opening overlap or interact in their flow directions defined by the V-flanks.
  • the user-actuated distributor element is a 3-way distributor valve element.
  • valve elements also called 2-channel volume regulators, are known per se, which therefore does not require any further explanation here, and are advantageously suitable for distributing a fluid supplied via an input channel in preferably controllably variable proportions to two separate output channels.
  • the shower body is an overhead shower body designed for installation on a wall or ceiling of a shower room.
  • the sanitary shower device is therefore suitable as an overhead shower in a shower room.
  • the fluid control device comprises a mixer and/or shut-off fitting, and the fluid control unit correspondingly has a mixing and/or shut-off valve unit.
  • Such mixer and/or shut-off fittings or mixer and/or shut-off valve units are known per se and are advantageously combined in this sanitary shower facility with the user-actuated distributor element for variable forwarding of supplied fluid to the first and/or second outlet port of the fluid control device.
  • the sanitary shower device contains an intermediate plate which is upstream of the spray disc in the exit direction and which forms part of the V-shaped
  • Through-openings of the jet outlet elements have corresponding V-shaped projections, which extend into the V-shaped through-openings while leaving a respective fluid channel from the two fluid inlet openings to the fluid outlet opening.
  • the sanitary shower device contains a chamber plate which is located in front of the spray disc in the exit direction and delimits a first fluid chamber on one side of the plate as part of the first fluid flow path and inside which a second fluid chamber is formed as part of the second fluid flow path, the chamber plate having connecting channels, which lead from the second fluid chamber to the second fluid inlet openings.
  • the plate side that delimits the first fluid chamber is a plate side of the chamber plate that faces away from the jet disk, and the chamber plate has through channels that lead from the first fluid chamber through the chamber plate to the first fluid inlet openings.
  • the fluid inlet configuration is arranged on an outside of the shower head facing away from the spray disk. This can be advantageous in particular in terms of flow technology, since larger fluid deflections in the shower body can be avoided if necessary.
  • the first and the second shower body inlet are arranged coaxially, with one shower body inlet coaxially surrounding the other shower body inlet.
  • This realization of the inlet-side fluid inlet configuration of the shower body can, if required, promote a correspondingly coaxial design of the upstream fluid line configuration as well as a compact design of the shower body.
  • the sanitary shower device shown schematically includes a shower body 1 , a fluid control device 2 spatially separated from the shower body 1 and a fluid line configuration 3 which leads from the fluid control device 2 to the shower body 1 .
  • the shower body 1 comprises a fluid inlet configuration 4 on the inlet side, a jet disk 5 on the outlet side with a plurality of jet outlet elements 6 and a fluid guide 7 from the fluid inlet configuration 4 to the jet disk 5.
  • the jet outlet elements 6 each have a first fluid inlet opening 8 and a second fluid inlet opening 9 and are set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings 8 as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern S1 and via the second fluid inlet openings 9 supplied fluid as a second shower jet with a different from the first second jet pattern S2.
  • the fluid control device 2 includes a fluid outlet port configuration 10 and a user-actuated fluid control unit 11 for controlling a fluid supply to the fluid outlet port configuration 10.
  • the fluid outlet port configuration 10 of the fluid control device 2 comprises at least one first outlet port 12 and a second outlet port 13 separate therefrom.
  • the fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 comprises at least a first shower body inlet 14 and a second shower body inlet 15, which is separate from this shower body inlet 14 connects and a second fluid flow path 17 connects the second fluid inlet openings 9 to the second shower body inlet 15 .
  • the fluid line configuration 3 comprises a first fluid line 18 from the first outlet port 12 of the fluid outlet port configuration 10 to the first shower body inlet 14 and a second fluid line 19 from the second outlet port 13 of the fluid outlet port configuration 10 to the second shower body inlet 15.
  • the fluid control unit 11 has a user-actuated distributor element 20 for variably forwarding supplied fluid to the first outlet port 12 and/or to the second outlet port 13 .
  • the fluid which may in particular be water, may be supplied to the fluid control device 2 and hence to the fluid control unit 11 via a conventional fluid supply configuration 21 comprising one or more separate fluid inlets.
  • FIG. 2 shows the situation when the fluid supplied to the fluid control unit 11 is passed on via the user-actuated distributor element 20 only to the first outlet port 12, but not to the second outlet port 13. This results in a fluid flow F1 exclusively in the first fluid line 18, as a result of which the fluid is fed via the first shower body inlet 14 and the first fluid flow path 16 exclusively to the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6, which as a result produce the first shower jet with the first jet pattern S1 hand over.
  • FIG 3 shows the situation when the user has set the distributor element 20 in such a way that the fluid supplied to the fluid control device 2 is only passed on to the second outlet connection 13 but not to the first outlet connection 12.
  • the fluid then flows as fluid flow F2 exclusively via the second fluid line 19 and the second shower body inlet 15 to the second fluid flow path 17 of the fluid guide 7 in the shower body 1 and from there exclusively to the second fluid inlet openings 9 and not the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6.
  • the jet outlet elements 6 and thus the shower body 1 deliver the fluid as the second shower jet with the second jet pattern S2.
  • the fluid can be supplied in divided form both to the first fluid inlet openings 8 and to the second fluid inlet openings 9 of the jet outlet elements 6, preferably in proportions that can be variably controlled by means of the distributor element 20.
  • the sanitary shower device can emit a combination shower jet on the outlet side of the shower body 1, which results from the superimposition or interaction of the two fluid streams in the respective jet outlet element 6, which enter the same via the first or via the second fluid inlet opening 8, 9 .
  • the first shower jet with the spray pattern S1 is a convergent shower jet, in which the individual jets emerging from the individual jet outlet elements 6 consequently converge in the jet outlet direction, i.e. a main jet direction H1 of the individual jets of the first shower jet runs at an oblique angle a1 to a longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1 inside, ie towards the longitudinal center of the shower head.
  • the second shower jet with the jet pattern S2 is a diverging shower jet in which the individual jets forming the second spray pattern S2 run away from each other in the jet exit direction, ie a main jet direction H2 of the individual jets runs outwards at an oblique angle ⁇ 2 to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1, ie inclined away from the longitudinal center of the shower body 1.
  • the first and second shower jets have different types of jet patterns, e.g. in one of the jet patterns, the individual jets can run essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1, or all individual jets can run parallel to one another in the same direction at an angle to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1. eg in 2 all tilted to the left or all tilted to the right.
  • the main jet directions H1, H2 of the individual jets for the first and second shower jet can be suitably determined by appropriate configuration of the shower body 1 and in particular the jet disc 5 and its jet outlet elements 6.
  • the oblique angles ⁇ 1, ⁇ 2 can, for example, be in the range between 0° and 45°, in particular between approx. 5° and approx. 30°, and can be identical or different for the various individual beams as required.
  • the slant angle a1 is inclined radially inward to achieve the converging jet pattern S1
  • the slant angle a2 is inclined radially outward to achieve the diverging jet pattern S2.
  • one of the two main jet directions H1, H2 is parallel to the longitudinal axis L of the spray disc 5 or the shower body 1, ie the relevant shower jet then exits perpendicularly at the jet disc 5 or the exit side of the shower body 1. Only the other shower jet then emerges from the latter at an angle to the normal direction of the jet disk 5 .
  • the main jet direction of the individual jets of the respective combined shower jet is preferably in the area between the first and the second main jet direction H1, H2.
  • the continuous variability of the fluid proportions that can be supplied by the user via the distributor element 20 to the first or second fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of the jet outlet elements 6, the main jet direction of the individual jets of the respective combination shower jet can be quasi-continuous or continuous or alternatively in steps between both main jet directions H1, H2 of the first and second shower jet can be changed.
  • the user-actuated diverting element 20 is a 3-way diverting valve element.
  • the distributor element 20 is of another conventional type, e.g. with a plurality of valve inlets and/or more than two valve outlets, it only being necessary for the supplied fluid to be supplied by actuating the distributor element by the user, optionally only in a first, only in a second or optionally additionally in controllable shares can be fed to both outputs.
  • the shower body 1 is an overhead shower body set up for mounting on a wall or ceiling of a shower room.
  • it can be designed for other shower applications, e.g. as a shower head or shower body of a wall-mountable side shower.
  • the fluid control unit 11 includes a user-actuated mixing and/or shut-off valve unit 22 of conventional design, so that the fluid control device 2 also functions as a mixing and/or shut-off device, with which two or more fluids supplied are mixed and/or the fluid supply to one or several outlet connections can be released or blocked.
  • the fluid control unit 11 consists solely of the distributor element 20.
  • the beam outlet elements 6 are, as in the Figures 1 to 3 shown, designed as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disk 5 and form the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening 23 common to the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 on the outlet side.
  • the side flanks of the V-shape of the jet outlet elements 6 configured in this way form flow guide surfaces for the fluid entering through the assigned one of the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of each jet outlet element 6 and in this way determine the associated main jet direction H1, H2, in which the fluid flowing via the relevant fluid inlet opening 8 , 9 entering fluid leaves the fluid outlet opening 23 as a corresponding single jet.
  • the Figures 4 to 6 show the shower body 1 in a more detailed constructive realization. are in 4 with the exception of the spray disk 5, all other shower body components are only indicated with dashed lines and are thus kept transparent, so that the inside of the spray disk 5 can be seen, on which the fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of the jet outlet elements 6 are located.
  • the shower body 1 of Figures 4 to 6 has the same or functionally equivalent elements and properties as above for the schematic in the Figures 1 to 3 shown embodiment, the same reference numerals are used, and it can also refer to the above statements on the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 to get expelled.
  • the sanitary shower device includes, as in the example Figures 4 to 6 , an intermediate plate 24 upstream of the jet disc 5 in the exit direction, ie in the fluid flow direction.
  • the intermediate plate 24 has V-shaped projections 25 which correspond to the V-shaped through-openings 6a and which extend into the V-shaped through-openings 6a in that they each leave a fluid channel 26, 27 from each of the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 to the fluid outlet opening 23.
  • the sanitary shower device includes, as in the example Figures 4 to 6 , a chamber plate 28 upstream of the jet disc 5 seen in the exit direction, which delimits a first fluid chamber 29 as part of the first fluid flow path 16 with a plate side 28a and in the interior of which a second fluid chamber 30 as part of the second fluid flow path 17 is formed.
  • the chamber plate 28 has connecting channels 31 which lead from the second fluid chamber 30 to the second fluid inlet openings 9 of the jet outlet elements 6 .
  • the plate side 28a which delimits the first fluid chamber 29, a plate side of the chamber plate 28 facing away from the jet disk 5.
  • the chamber plate 28 has through-channels 32, which run from the first fluid chamber 29 through the chamber plate 28 to the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6 lead.
  • the intermediate plate 24 and the chamber plate 28 are formed identically from the same plate, in alternative embodiments they can be formed from separate plate parts, or the sanitary shower device contains only the intermediate plate 24 without the chamber plate 28 or only the chamber plate 28 without the intermediate plate 24.
  • the fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 is arranged on an outside 33 of the shower body 1 facing away from the spray disk 5 .
  • the fluid inlet configuration 4 is arranged centrally, longitudinally in the middle on this outside 33 of the shower body 1 .
  • this outer side 33 can specifically be a side of this shower head that is at the top in the position of use, ie the top side.
  • the shower body 1, as in the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 be closed off by a housing cover part 34 on its side facing away from the spray disc 5, the intermediate plate 24 or the chamber plate 28 being accommodated between the housing cover part 34 and the spray disc 5 in the shower body housing thus formed.
  • the first and the second shower body inlet 14, 15, as in the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 Arranged coaxially, with a shower body inlet, in the example of Figures 4 to 6 the second shower body inlet 15, the other shower body inlet, in the example Figures 4 to 6 the first shower body inlet 14, coaxially surrounds.
  • the fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 comprises a connection body 35 and a centrally axial connection piece 36 formed on the housing cover part 34, on which the connection body 35 can be mounted, preferably in a detachable manner.
  • the first shower body inlet 14 contains a central axial bore through the cover part 34 to the first fluid chamber 29, and the second shower body inlet 15 contains an annular channel section 15a, one or more oblique bores 15b, an annular space 15c and one leading to the second fluid chamber 30 connection hole 15d as fluidically consecutive sections of the second shower body inlet 15.
  • the invention provides a sanitary shower device in which the user can select different shower jets emitted by the shower body in a very convenient manner by actuating the distributor element on the fluid control unit that is spatially remote from the shower body.
  • the sanitary shower device can be used in particular as a sanitary overhead shower device, but other applications are also possible, for example as a wall-mounted side shower or shoulder shower.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a sanitary shower device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Eine solche Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung umfasst einen Brausekörper, der eine eintrittsseitige Fluideinlasskonfiguration, eine austrittsseitige Strahlscheibe mit mehreren Strahlaustrittselementen und eine Fluidführung von der Fluideinlasskonfiguration zur Strahlscheibe aufweist, wobei die Strahlaustrittselemente jeweils eine erste und eine zweite Fluideintrittsöffnung aufweisen und dafür eingerichtet sind, über die ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen zugeführtes Fluid als einen ersten Brausestrahl mit einem ersten Strahlbild und über die zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen zugeführtes Fluid als einen zweiten Brausestrahl mit einem vom ersten Strahlbild verschiedenen zweiten Strahlbild abzugeben. In entsprechenden Ausführungen sind diese Strahlaustrittselemente über die gesamte fluidaustrittsaktive Fläche der Strahlscheibe hinweg verteilt angeordnet, vorzugsweise in einer gleichmäßigen Verteilung, und/oder die Strahlscheibe besitzt ausschließlich diese und keine anderen brausestrahlbildenden Strahlaustrittselemente. Der Abstand der beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen jedes Strahlaustrittselements ist typischerweise geringer als der minimale Abstand je zweier Fluideintrittsöffnungen zweier nächst benachbarter Strahlaustrittselemente, vorzugsweise ist er höchstens halb oder ein Drittel so groß wie jener.Such a sanitary shower device comprises a shower body which has a fluid inlet configuration on the inlet side, a jet disc with a plurality of jet outlet elements on the outlet side and a fluid guide from the fluid inlet configuration to the jet disc, the jet outlet elements each having a first and a second fluid inlet opening and being set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern and to deliver fluid supplied via the second fluid inlet openings as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern that differs from the first jet pattern. In corresponding designs, these jet outlet elements are distributed over the entire fluid outlet-active surface of the jet disc, preferably in a uniform distribution, and/or the jet disc has only these and no other shower jet-forming jet outlet elements. The distance between the two fluid inlet openings of each jet outlet element is typically less than the minimum distance between each two fluid inlet openings of two next adjacent jet outlet elements, preferably it is at most half or a third as large as that.

Die Strahlbilder der Brausestrahlen können sich, wie dem Fachmann geläufig, z.B. in der Hauptstrahlrichtung des Brausestrahls und/oder im Grad der Konvergenz oder Divergenz des Brausestrahls unterscheiden. Unter Hauptstrahlrichtung ist hierbei, wie üblich, diejenige Richtung zu verstehen, in die sich der Brausestrahl hauptsächlich ausbreitet, auch wenn er sich z.B. aus nicht-parallelen Einzelstrahlen zusammensetzt und er dabei z.B. einen konvergierenden Brausestrahl, bei dem die aus den Strahlaustrittselementen austretenden Einzelstrahlen aufeinander zulaufen, oder divergierenden Brausestrahl bildet, bei dem die Einzelstrahlen voneinander weglaufen. Typischerweise verläuft diese Hauptstrahlrichtung parallel oder unter einem kleinen Winkel von meist nicht mehr als 20° bis 25°, in selteneren Fällen 25° bis 45° schräg zu einer Normalenrichtung bzw. Längsrichtung der Strahlscheibe bzw. einer austrittsseitigen Abschlussfläche derselben. Es versteht sich, dass die explizite Angabe des ersten und zweiten Brausestrahls nicht bedeutet, dass die Erfindung auf die Bereitstellung nur zweier verschiedener Brausestrahlen beschränkt ist. Vielmehr können in entsprechenden Ausführungen ein oder mehrere weitere Brausestrahlen mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Strahlbildern bereitgestellt werden, insbesondere durch Zuführung des Fluides gleichzeitig zu beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen des jeweiligen Strahlaustrittselements in vorzugsweise variabel veränderbaren Anteilen.As is well known to those skilled in the art, the jet patterns of the shower jets can differ, for example, in the main jet direction of the shower jet and/or in the degree of convergence or divergence of the shower jet. The main jet direction is, as usual, to be understood as the direction in which the shower jet mainly spreads, even if it is composed of non-parallel individual jets, for example, and it is a converging shower jet, for example, in which the individual jets emerging from the jet outlet elements converge , or diverging shower jet, in which the individual jets run away from each other. Typically, this main jet direction runs parallel or at a small angle of mostly no more than 20° to 25°, in rare cases 25° to 45° obliquely to a normal direction or longitudinal direction of the jet disk or an exit-side end surface of the same. It is understood that the explicit specification of the first and second Shower jet does not mean that the invention is limited to the provision of only two different shower jets. Rather, one or more additional shower jets, each with different jet patterns, can be provided in corresponding designs, in particular by supplying the fluid simultaneously to both fluid inlet openings of the respective jet outlet element in preferably variably variable proportions.

Des Weiteren umfasst diese Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung eine vom Brausekörper räumlich getrennt angeordnete Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung mit einer Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration und einer nutzerbetätigten Fluidsteuereinheit zur Steuerung einer Fluidzufuhr zur Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration sowie eine Fluidleitungskonfiguration zur Fluidankopplung der Fluideinlasskonfiguration des Brausekörpers an die Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung. Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtungen dieser Art sind herkömmlich z.B. in Form von Thermostatarmaturen in Gebrauch, denen einlassseitig über getrennte Einlässe Kaltwasser und Warmwasser zugeführt werden und die an einem Mischwasserauslassanschluss als Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration das zugeführte Kaltwasser und Warmwasser in einem gewünschten Mischungsverhältnis bereitstellen. Dazu weist die Thermostatarmatur als nutzerbetätigte Fluidsteuereinheit üblicherweise eine Mengensteuereinheit und eine Thermostat- bzw. Mischereinheit auf. Eine starre oder flexible Rohr-/Schlauchleitung dient bei diesen herkömmlichen Ausführungen als Fluidleitungskonfiguration zur Fluidankopplung der Fluideinlasskonfiguration des Brausekörpers an den Mischwasserauslassanschluss der Thermostatarmatur.Furthermore, this sanitary shower device comprises a fluid control device spatially separated from the shower body with a fluid outlet connection configuration and a user-actuated fluid control unit for controlling a fluid supply to the fluid outlet connection configuration and a fluid line configuration for fluidly coupling the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body to the fluid outlet connection configuration of the fluid control device. Fluid control devices of this type are conventionally used, e.g. in the form of thermostatic fittings, to which cold water and hot water are supplied on the inlet side via separate inlets and which provide the cold water and hot water supplied in a desired mixing ratio at a mixed water outlet connection as a fluid outlet connection configuration. For this purpose, the thermostat fitting usually has a quantity control unit and a thermostat or mixer unit as the user-actuated fluid control unit. In these conventional designs, a rigid or flexible pipe/hose line serves as a fluid line configuration for fluidly coupling the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body to the mixed water outlet connection of the thermostatic fitting.

In der Offenlegungsschrift DE 10 2013 207 687 A1 ist ein für eine solche herkömmliche Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung verwendbarer Brausekörper offenbart, der dementsprechend als Fluideinlasskonfiguration einen einzigen Fluideinlass aufweist. Des Weiteren umfasst dieser Brausekörper eine austrittsseitige Strahlscheibe mit mehreren Strahlaustrittselementen und eine Fluidführung vom Fluideinlass zur Strahlscheibe, wobei die Strahlaustrittselemente jeweils eine erste und eine zweite Fluideintrittsöffnung aufweisen und dafür eingerichtet sind, über die ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen zugeführtes Fluid als einen ersten Brausestrahl mit einem ersten Strahlbild und über die zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen zugeführtes Fluid als einen zweiten Brausestrahl mit einem vom ersten verschiedenen zweiten Strahlbild abzugeben. Speziell sind die Strahlaustrittselemente dort als V-förmige Durchgangsöffnungen ausgebildet, die sich in Austrittsrichtung konisch verjüngend durch die Strahlscheibe hindurch erstrecken und jeweils eintrittsseitig die beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen sowie austrittsseitig eine den beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen gemeinsame Fluidaustrittsöffnung bilden. An der Innenseite der Strahlscheibe ist drehbeweglich eine Steuerscheibe angeordnet, die mittels einer Turbinenflügelstruktur vom zugeführten Fluid antreibbar ist und ein Steuerschlitzmuster aufweist, um die Fluideintrittsöffnungen der Strahlaustrittselemente zeitperiodisch freizugeben oder abzusperren. Mittels eines handbetätigbaren Blockiermechanismus kann die Steuerscheiben-Drehbewegung in mindestens einer Blockierposition, die mit einem zugehörigen Strahlbild des abgegebenen Brausestrahls korrespondiert, wahlweise freigegeben oder blockiert werden.In the disclosure document DE 10 2013 207 687 A1 discloses a shower body that can be used for such a conventional sanitary shower device, which accordingly has a single fluid inlet as the fluid inlet configuration. Furthermore, this shower body comprises a jet disc on the outlet side with several jet outlet elements and a fluid guide from the fluid inlet to the jet disc, wherein the jet outlet elements each have a first and a second fluid inlet opening and are set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern and to release fluid supplied via the second fluid inlet openings as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern that is different from the first. The jet outlet elements are special formed there as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disk and form the two fluid inlet openings on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening common to the two fluid inlet openings on the outlet side. A control disk is rotatably arranged on the inside of the jet disk, which can be driven by the supplied fluid by means of a turbine vane structure and has a control slot pattern in order to periodically open or block the fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements. By means of a manually operable blocking mechanism, the rotary control disk movement can be selectively released or blocked in at least one blocking position, which corresponds to an associated jet pattern of the shower jet that is emitted.

Die Offenlegungsschrift US 2013/0186972 A1 offenbart einen Brausekörper, bei dem die Strahlaustrittselemente durch in Strahlscheibenöffnungen beweglich gehaltene Austrittsnippel aus elastischem Material gebildet sind, denen ein nutzerbetätigbares Verschiebeelement zugeordnet ist, durch das der Benutzer die Austrittsnippel verlagern und auf diese Weise Brausestrahlen mit unterschiedlichem Strahlbild und insbesondere mit unterschiedlicher Hauptstrahlrichtung einstellen kann.The disclosure document US 2013/0186972 A1 discloses a shower body in which the jet outlet elements are formed by outlet nipples made of elastic material that are movably held in jet disk openings and to which a user-operable displacement element is assigned, by means of which the user can displace the outlet nipples and in this way set shower jets with different jet patterns and in particular with a different main jet direction.

Die Patentschrift US 5,246,301 offenbart einen Brausekopf mit Bürstenfunktion, der einen Brausekörper mit einem Griffteil und einem Kopfteil umfasst, wobei der Griffteil eintrittsseitig eine einkanalige Fluidführung, ausgangsseitig eine zweikanalige Fluidführung und zwischenliegend ein nutzerbetätigbares Umschaltventil aufweist, mit dem über die eintrittsseitige Fluidführung zugeführtes Wasser umschaltbar in die eine oder die andere austrittsseitige Fluidführung geleitet werden kann. Der Kopfteil weist eine Strahlscheibe mit mehreren Strahlaustrittselementen auf, die von Austrittsnippeln aus einem Elastomermaterial gebildet sein können, von denen jeder eine axiale und eine seitliche Fluidaustrittsöffnung aufweist, die mit je einer der beiden austrittsseitigen Fluidführungen des Griffteils in Fluidverbindung stehen.The patent specification U.S. 5,246,301 discloses a shower head with a brush function, which comprises a shower body with a handle part and a head part, the handle part having a single-channel fluid guide on the inlet side, a two-channel fluid guide on the outlet side and a user-actuable switchover valve in between, with which the water supplied via the fluid guide on the inlet side can be switched to one or the other other outlet-side fluid guide can be conducted. The head part has a jet disc with several jet outlet elements, which can be formed by outlet nipples made of an elastomer material, each of which has an axial and a lateral fluid outlet opening which are in fluid connection with one of the two outlet-side fluid guides of the handle part.

Die Gebrauchsmusterschrift CN 201930857 U offenbart eine sanitäre Kopfbrause mit einem Brausekörper, der unterseitig eine erste Brauseeinheit mit einem zweidimensionalen Feld von Strahlaustrittsnippeln und eine daneben angeordnete, zweite Brauseeinheit mit einer Wasserfall-Düse aufweist. Mittels einer nutzerbetätigten Fluidsteuereinheit kann zugeführtes Wasser wahlweise der ersten und/oder der zweiten Brauseeinheit zugeführt werden, wozu die Fluidsteuereinheit ein direkt an den Brausekörper angrenzendes Steuergehäuse aufweist, an dem zugehörige, nutzerbetätigbare Bedientasten angeordnet sind und in dem ein Hydraulikzylinder und ein Schaltventil untergebracht sind.The utility model document CN 201930857 U discloses a sanitary overhead shower with a shower body, which has a first shower unit with a two-dimensional field of jet outlet nipples on the underside and a second shower unit with a waterfall nozzle arranged next to it. By means of a user-actuated fluid control unit supplied water can be optionally supplied to the first and/or the second shower unit, for which purpose the fluid control unit has a control housing directly adjacent to the shower body, on which associated, user-actuable control buttons are arranged and in which a hydraulic cylinder and a switching valve are accommodated.

Die Offenlegungsschrift US 2017/0128960 A1 offenbart einen z.B. über ein Smartphone programmierbaren Brausekopf, der mittels einer Steuereinheit gesteuert wird, die an einer beliebigen Stelle eines Duschraums angeordnet werden kann, z.B. irgendwo an einer Wand des Duschraums montiert.The disclosure document U.S. 2017/0128960 A1 discloses a shower head, programmable eg via a smartphone, which is controlled by means of a control unit which can be placed anywhere in a shower room, eg mounted anywhere on a wall of the shower room.

Die Offenlegungsschrift GB 2500899 A offenbart eine Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung zum wahlweisen Bereitstellen eines heißen oder kalten Brausestrahls für Hydrotherapieanwendungen, wozu heißes und kaltes Wasser über eine koaxiale Wasserleitung getrennt einem Brausekörper zugeführt werden können, der das heiße Wasser und das kalte Wasser getrennt über jeweils zugehörige Strahlaustrittselemente abgibt, wobei zugehörige Quellen für das heiße und das kalte Wasser und eine Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung mit einer nutzerbetätigten thermostatischen Mischereinheit und einem nutzerbetätigten Kaltwasser-Absperrventil räumlich getrennt vom Brausekörper angeordnet sind.The disclosure document GB 2500899A discloses a sanitary shower device for optionally providing a hot or cold shower jet for hydrotherapy applications, for which purpose hot and cold water can be fed separately via a coaxial water line to a shower body, which emits the hot water and cold water separately via associated jet outlet elements, with associated sources for the hot and cold water and a fluid control device with a user-actuated thermostatic mixer unit and a user-actuated cold water shut-off valve are spatially separated from the shower body.

Der Erfindung liegt als technisches Problem die Bereitstellung einer Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung der eingangs genannten Art zugrunde, mit der sich die unterschiedlichen Brausestrahlen in einer verglichen mit dem oben erläuterten Stand der Technik besonders komfortablen Weise bereitstellen bzw. vom Benutzer auswählen/einstellen lassen.The invention is based on the technical problem of providing a sanitary shower device of the type mentioned at the outset, with which the different shower jets can be provided or selected/adjusted by the user in a particularly convenient manner compared to the prior art explained above.

Die Erfindung löst dieses Problem durch die Bereitstellung einer Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1.The invention solves this problem by providing a sanitary shower device with the features of claim 1.

Bei dieser Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung umfasst die Fluideinlasskonfiguration des Brausekörpers einen ersten Brausekörpereinlass und einen vom ersten getrennten zweiten Brausekörpereinlass. Die Fluidführung im Brausekörper beinhaltet zwei getrennte Fluidströmungswege, von denen ein erster Fluidströmungsweg die ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen der Strahlaustrittselemente mit dem ersten Brausekörpereinlass verbindet und ein zweiter Fluidströmungsweg die zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen der Strahlaustrittselemente mit dem zweiten Brausekörpereinlass verbindet. Die Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung umfasst einen ersten Auslassanschluss und einen vom ersten getrennten zweiten Auslassanschluss. Die Fluidleitungskonfiguration umfasst eine erste Fluidleitung vom ersten Auslassanschluss der Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration zum ersten Brausekörpereinlass und eine zweite Fluidleitung vom zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration zum zweiten Brausekörpereinlass. Die Fluidsteuereinheit weist ein nutzerbetätigtes Verteilerelement zur variablen Weiterleitung von zugeführtem Fluid zum ersten Auslassanschluss und/oder zum zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung auf.In this sanitary shower device, the fluid inlet configuration of the shower body comprises a first shower body inlet and a second shower body inlet separate from the first. The fluid guide in the shower body contains two separate fluid flow paths, of which a first fluid flow path connects the first fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements to the first shower body inlet and a second fluid flow path connects the second fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements to the second shower body inlet. The fluid outlet port configuration of the fluid control device includes a first outlet port and a second outlet port separate from the first. The fluid line configuration includes a first fluid line from the first outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration to the first shower body inlet and a second fluid line from the second outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration to the second shower body inlet. The fluid control unit has a user-actuated distributor element for variably forwarding supplied fluid to the first outlet port and/or to the second outlet port of the fluid outlet port configuration of the fluid control device.

Die solchermaßen ausgeführte Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung ermöglicht es dem Benutzer, wahlweise den ersten Brausestrahl oder den zweiten Brausestrahl dadurch auszuwählen, dass er durch Betätigen des Verteilerelements der Fluidsteuereinheit an der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung das zugeführte Fluid zum ersten und/oder zum zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung weiterleitet. Folglich genügt es für die Umstellung zwischen den Brausestrahlen, dass für den Benutzer das Verteilerelement der Fluidsteuereinheit an der vom Brausekörper räumlich getrennt angeordneten Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung zugänglich ist. Ein Zugriff des Benutzers auf den Brausekörper selbst ist hingegen nicht erforderlich.The sanitary shower device designed in this way enables the user to select either the first shower jet or the second shower jet by directing the supplied fluid to the first and/or second outlet connection of the fluid control device by actuating the distributor element of the fluid control unit on the fluid control device. Consequently, for switching between the shower jets, it is sufficient for the user to be able to access the distributor element of the fluid control unit on the fluid control device that is spatially separated from the shower body. However, user access to the shower body itself is not required.

Dies hat beispielsweise den Vorteil, dass der Benutzer die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung zwischen den verschiedenen Brausestrahlen auch dann umsteuern kann, wenn der Brausekörper für ihn nicht zugänglich oder jedenfalls nicht ohne weiteres erreichbar ist. Dies kann z.B. bei deckenmontierten Kopfbrausen in hohen Duschräumen der Fall sein, wenn sich dort der Brausekörper bzw. Brausekopf in einer für den Benutzer nicht ohne Hilfsmittel erreichbaren Höhe befindet. Hingegen ist in derartigen Duschräumen im Griffbereich des Benutzers üblicherweise ohnehin bereits eine Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung zum Beispiel in Form einer Thermostatarmatur oder einer Mischer- und/oder Absperrarmatur vorgesehen, die dann problemlos zu der für die erfindungsgemäße Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung benötigten Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung umgerüstet bzw. ausgerüstet werden kann. Alternativ kann die Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung für die erfindungsgemäße Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung mit dem nutzerbetätigten Verteilerelement zur variablen Weiterleitung von zugeführtem Fluid zum ersten und/oder zum zweiten Auslassanschluss und mit der entsprechenden Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration als eigenständige Komponente der Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung in einem geeigneten Zugriffsbereich für den Benutzer angeordnet sein.This has the advantage, for example, that the user can switch the sanitary shower device between the different shower jets even if the shower body is not accessible to him or at least not easily accessible. This can be the case, for example, with ceiling-mounted overhead showers in high shower rooms if the shower body or shower head is at a height that the user cannot reach without aids. In contrast, a fluid control device, for example in the form of a thermostatic fitting or a mixer and/or shut-off valve, is usually already provided in such shower rooms within reach of the user, which can then easily be converted or equipped to form the fluid control device required for the sanitary shower device according to the invention. Alternatively, the fluid control device for the sanitary shower device according to the invention with the user-actuated distributor element for variable Forwarding of supplied fluid to the first and / or to the second outlet port and be arranged with the corresponding fluid outlet port configuration as an independent component of the sanitary shower device in a suitable access area for the user.

Es versteht sich, dass sich für das nutzerbetätigte Verteilerelement eine beliebige der hierfür dem Fachmann an sich bekannten Bauarten eignet, wobei die Nutzerbetätigung ebenfalls beliebiger herkömmlicher Art sein kann, z.B. eine mechanische Betätigung, eine Berührbetätigung, eine elektrische oder eine elektronische Ansteuerbetätigung, einschließlich der Möglichkeit einer ferngesteuerten Betätigung, bei der die Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung selbst nicht zwingend im Griffbereich bzw. Zugänglichkeitsbereich des Benutzers positioniert sein braucht.It is understood that the user-actuated distributor element can be of any of the types known per se to those skilled in the art, with the user actuation also being of any conventional type, e.g. mechanical actuation, touch actuation, electrical or electronic actuation actuation, including the possibility a remote-controlled actuation in which the fluid control device itself does not necessarily have to be positioned within the user's reach or accessibility.

Wenn der Benutzer das der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung zugeführte Fluid mittels des Verteilerelements nur zum ersten Auslassanschluss weiterleitet, gibt der Brausekörper den ersten Brausestrahl ab. Wenn der Benutzer über das Verteilerelement das Fluid nur zum zweiten Auslassanschluss weiterleitet, gibt der Brausekörper den zweiten Brausestrahl ab. In entsprechenden Ausführungen ermöglicht das Verteilerelement eine Weiterleitung des zugeführten Fluids in vorzugsweise steuerbaren Anteilen sowohl zum ersten als auch zum zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung. Für diesen Fall kann der Brausekörper auf Wunsch so konfiguriert sein, dass er einen durch eine Überlagerung bzw. Wechselwirkung des der ersten Fluideintrittsöffnung des jeweiligen Strahlaustrittselements zugeführten Fluids mit dem der zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnung zugeführten Fluid gebildeten Brausestrahl abgibt, vorliegend als Kombi-Brausestrahl bezeichnet. Beispielsweise kann der Brausekörper den Kombi-Brausestrahl mit einem Konvergenz-/Divergenzgrad oder einer Hauptstrahlrichtung abgeben, der/die zwischen dem Konvergenz-/Divergenzgrad bzw. der Hauptstrahlrichtung des ersten Brausestrahls und dem Konvergenz-/Divergenzgrad bzw. der zweiten Hauptstrahlrichtung des zweiten Brausestrahls liegt, wobei zudem der jeweilige Konvergenz-/Divergenzgrad bzw. die jeweilige Hauptstrahlrichtung des Kombi-Brausestrahls davon abhängig sein kann, zu welchen Anteilen der Benutzer das Fluid mittels des Verteilerelements zum ersten bzw. zum zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung und somit zu den ersten bzw. zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen der Strahlaustrittselemente des Brausekörpers weiterleitet.If the user forwards the fluid supplied to the fluid control device by means of the distributor element only to the first outlet connection, the shower body emits the first shower jet. If the user forwards the fluid via the distributor element only to the second outlet connection, the shower body emits the second shower jet. In corresponding designs, the distributor element enables the supplied fluid to be forwarded in preferably controllable proportions both to the first and to the second outlet connection of the fluid control device. In this case, the shower body can be configured so that it emits a shower jet formed by superimposition or interaction of the fluid fed to the first fluid inlet opening of the respective jet outlet element with the fluid fed to the second fluid inlet opening, referred to here as a combined shower jet. For example, the shower body can emit the combined shower jet with a degree of convergence/divergence or a main jet direction that lies between the degree of convergence/divergence or the main jet direction of the first shower jet and the degree of convergence/divergence or the second main jet direction of the second shower jet , whereby the respective degree of convergence/divergence or the respective main jet direction of the combination shower jet can also depend on the proportions of the user who directs the fluid by means of the distributor element to the first or to the second outlet connection of the fluid control device and thus to the first or second Fluid inlet openings of the jet outlet elements of the shower body forwards.

Die Strahlaustrittselemente sind als V-förmige Durchgangsöffnungen ausgebildet, die sich in Austrittsrichtung konisch verjüngend durch die Strahlscheibe hindurch erstrecken und jeweils eintrittsseitig die beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen und austrittsseitig eine den beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen gemeinsame Fluidaustrittsöffnung bilden. Dies stellt eine fertigungstechnisch und funktionell vorteilhafte Realisierung der Strahlaustrittselemente der Strahlscheibe dar. Die gegeneinander geneigten Flanken der V-Form der Durchgangsöffnungen können hierbei als Leitflächen dienen, um den Brausestrahl jeweils mit einer entsprechenden Hauptstrahlrichtung abzugeben. Zudem ermöglicht diese Konfiguration der Strahlaustrittselemente bei Bedarf auch die Erzeugung eines Kombi-Brausestrahls, in dem sich die über die erste bzw. die zweite Fluideintrittsöffnung in das Strahlaustrittselement gelangenden Fluidanteile in ihren durch die V-Flanken definierten Strömungsrichtungen überlagern bzw. wechselwirken.The jet outlet elements are designed as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disc and form the two fluid inlet openings on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening common to the two fluid inlet openings on the outlet side. This represents a realization of the jet outlet elements of the jet disk that is advantageous in terms of production technology and function. The mutually inclined flanks of the V-shape of the passage openings can serve as guiding surfaces in order to emit the shower jet with a corresponding main jet direction. In addition, this configuration of the jet outlet elements also enables the generation of a combined shower jet, in which the fluid components entering the jet outlet element via the first or second fluid inlet opening overlap or interact in their flow directions defined by the V-flanks.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist das nutzerbetätigte Verteilerelement ein 3-Wege-Verteilventilelement. Derartige Ventilelemente, auch 2-Kanal-Volumenregler genannt, sind an sich bekannt, was daher hier keiner näheren Erläuterungen bedarf, und eignen sich vorteilhaft dazu, ein über einen Eingangskanal zugeführtes Fluid in vorzugsweise steuerbar variablen Anteilen auf zwei getrennte Ausgangskanäle zu verteilen.In a development of the invention, the user-actuated distributor element is a 3-way distributor valve element. Such valve elements, also called 2-channel volume regulators, are known per se, which therefore does not require any further explanation here, and are advantageously suitable for distributing a fluid supplied via an input channel in preferably controllably variable proportions to two separate output channels.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist der Brausekörper ein zur Montage an einer Wand oder Decke eines Duschraums eingerichteter Kopfbrausekörper. Damit eignet sich die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung als Kopfbrause in einem Duschraum.In a further development of the invention, the shower body is an overhead shower body designed for installation on a wall or ceiling of a shower room. The sanitary shower device is therefore suitable as an overhead shower in a shower room.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung umfasst die Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung eine Mischer- und/oder Absperrarmatur, und die Fluidsteuereinheit weist entsprechend eine Misch- und/oder Absperrventileinheit auf. Derartige Mischer- und/oder Absperrarmaturen bzw. Misch- und/oder Absperrventileinheiten sind an sich bekannt und sind bei dieser Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung vorteilhaft mit dem nutzerbetätigten Verteilerelement zur variablen Weiterleitung von zugeführtem Fluid zum ersten und/oder zum zweiten Auslassanschluss der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung kombiniert.In a development of the invention, the fluid control device comprises a mixer and/or shut-off fitting, and the fluid control unit correspondingly has a mixing and/or shut-off valve unit. Such mixer and/or shut-off fittings or mixer and/or shut-off valve units are known per se and are advantageously combined in this sanitary shower facility with the user-actuated distributor element for variable forwarding of supplied fluid to the first and/or second outlet port of the fluid control device.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung beinhaltet die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung eine der Strahlscheibe in Austrittsrichtung vorgelagerte Zwischenplatte, die zu den V-förmigenIn a further development of the invention, the sanitary shower device contains an intermediate plate which is upstream of the spray disc in the exit direction and which forms part of the V-shaped

Durchgangsöffnungen der Strahlaustrittselemente korrespondierende, V-förmige Vorsprünge aufweist, die sich unter Belassung eines jeweiligen Fluidkanals von den beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen zur Fluidaustrittsöffnung in die V-förmigen Durchgangsöffnungen hinein erstrecken. Dies stellt eine fertigungstechnisch und funktionell vorteilhafte Realisierung für die beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen und die gemeinsame Fluidaustrittsöffnung des jeweiligen Strahlaustrittselements sowie für die Fluidführung im Strahlaustrittselement von den beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen zur gemeinsamen Fluidaustrittsöffnung dar.Through-openings of the jet outlet elements have corresponding V-shaped projections, which extend into the V-shaped through-openings while leaving a respective fluid channel from the two fluid inlet openings to the fluid outlet opening. This represents a production-technically and functionally advantageous realization for the two fluid inlet openings and the common fluid outlet opening of the respective jet outlet element as well as for the fluid guidance in the jet outlet element from the two fluid inlet openings to the common fluid outlet opening.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung beinhaltet die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung eine der Strahlscheibe in Austrittsrichtung vorgelagerte Kammerplatte, die mit einer Plattenseite eine erste Fluidkammer als Teil des ersten Fluidströmungswegs begrenzt und in deren Innerem eine zweite Fluidkammer als Teil des zweiten Fluidströmungswegs ausgebildet ist, wobei die Kammerplatte Verbindungskanäle aufweist, welche von der zweiten Fluidkammer zu den zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen führen. Dies stellt eine fertigungstechnisch und funktionell vorteilhafte Realisierung für die Fluidführung im Brausekörper von der Fluideinlasskonfiguration zur Strahlscheibe dar und insbesondere für die zwei getrennten Fluidströmungswege im Brausekörper vom ersten Brausekörpereinlass zu den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen bzw. vom zweiten Brausekörpereinlass zu den zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen. Zudem ermöglicht dieser konstruktive Aufbau der Fluidführung im Brausekörper bei Bedarf eine vergleichsweise kompakte Bauform des Brausekörpers.In a further development of the invention, the sanitary shower device contains a chamber plate which is located in front of the spray disc in the exit direction and delimits a first fluid chamber on one side of the plate as part of the first fluid flow path and inside which a second fluid chamber is formed as part of the second fluid flow path, the chamber plate having connecting channels, which lead from the second fluid chamber to the second fluid inlet openings. This represents an implementation that is advantageous in terms of production technology and function for the fluid routing in the shower body from the fluid inlet configuration to the jet disk and in particular for the two separate fluid flow paths in the shower body from the first shower body inlet to the first fluid inlet openings and from the second shower body inlet to the second fluid inlet openings. In addition, this structural design of the fluid guide in the shower body allows a comparatively compact design of the shower body if required.

In einer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist die Plattenseite, welche die erste Fluidkammer begrenzt, eine der Strahlscheibe abgewandte Plattenseite der Kammerplatte, und die Kammerplatte weist Durchgangskanäle auf, die von der ersten Fluidkammer durch die Kammerplatte hindurch zu den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen führen. Auch diese konstruktionstechnische Maßnahme ist fertigungstechnisch und funktionell sowie hinsichtlich Erzielung einer kompakten Bauform von Vorteil.In one embodiment of the invention, the plate side that delimits the first fluid chamber is a plate side of the chamber plate that faces away from the jet disk, and the chamber plate has through channels that lead from the first fluid chamber through the chamber plate to the first fluid inlet openings. This constructional measure is also advantageous in terms of production technology and function, as well as with regard to achieving a compact design.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung ist die Fluideinlasskonfiguration auf einer der Strahlscheibe abgewandten Außenseite des Brausekörpers angeordnet. Dies kann insbesondere strömungstechnisch von Vorteil sein, da sich damit bei Bedarf größere Fluidumlenkungen im Brausekörper vermeiden lassen.In a further development of the invention, the fluid inlet configuration is arranged on an outside of the shower head facing away from the spray disk. This can be advantageous in particular in terms of flow technology, since larger fluid deflections in the shower body can be avoided if necessary.

In einer Weiterbildung der Erfindung sind der erste und der zweite Brausekörpereinlass koaxial angeordnet, wobei der eine Brausekörpereinlass den anderen Brausekörpereinlass koaxial umgibt. Diese Realisierung der eintrittsseitigen Fluideinlasskonfiguration des Brausekörpers kann bei Bedarf eine korrespondierend koaxiale Ausführung der vorgelagerten Fluidleitungskonfiguration ebenso wie eine kompakte Bauform des Brausekörpers begünstigen.In one development of the invention, the first and the second shower body inlet are arranged coaxially, with one shower body inlet coaxially surrounding the other shower body inlet. This realization of the inlet-side fluid inlet configuration of the shower body can, if required, promote a correspondingly coaxial design of the upstream fluid line configuration as well as a compact design of the shower body.

Vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen der Erfindung sind in den Zeichnungen dargestellt. Diese und weitere Ausführungsformen der Erfindung werden nachfolgend näher beschrieben. Hierbei zeigen:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Blockdarstellung einer Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung ohne zugeführtes Fluid,
Fig. 2
die Ansicht von Fig. 1 im Zustand bei Abgabe eines ersten Brausestrahls,
Fig. 3
die Ansicht von Fig. 1 im Zustand bei Abgabe eines zweiten Brausestrahls,
Fig. 4
eine Draufsicht von oben auf eine Anschlussseite eines in der Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung von Fig. 1 verwendbaren Brausekörpers mit zentrischer Fluideinlasskonfiguration in einer mit Ausnahme einer Strahlscheibe transparenten Darstellung,
Fig. 5
eine Schnittansicht des Brausekörpers längs einer Linie V-V in Fig. 4 und
Fig. 6
eine Schnittansicht des Brausekörpers längs einer Linie VI-VI in Fig. 4 bei abgenommenem Anschlusskörper der Fluideinlasskonfiguration.
Advantageous embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings. These and other embodiments of the invention are described in more detail below. Here show:
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a schematic block diagram of a sanitary shower device without fluid supplied,
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the view of 1 in the state when a first shower jet is emitted,
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the view of 1 in the state when a second shower jet is emitted,
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a plan view from above onto a connection side of one in the sanitary shower device from FIG 1 usable shower body with a centric fluid inlet configuration in a transparent representation with the exception of a spray disc,
figure 5
a sectional view of the shower body along a line VV in 4 and
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a sectional view of the shower body along a line VI-VI in 4 with the connector body removed from the fluid inlet configuration.

Die in den Fig. 1 bis 3 schematisch gezeigte Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung beinhaltet einen Brausekörper 1, eine vom Brausekörper 1 räumlich getrennt angeordnete Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 sowie eine Fluidleitungskonfiguration 3, die von der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 zum Brausekörper 1 führt.The in the Figures 1 to 3 The sanitary shower device shown schematically includes a shower body 1 , a fluid control device 2 spatially separated from the shower body 1 and a fluid line configuration 3 which leads from the fluid control device 2 to the shower body 1 .

Der Brausekörper 1 umfasst eine eintrittsseitige Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4, eine austrittsseitige Strahlscheibe 5 mit mehreren Strahlaustrittselementen 6 sowie eine Fluidführung 7 von der Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4 zur Strahlscheibe 5. Die Strahlaustrittselemente 6 weisen jeweils eine erste Fluideintrittsöffnung 8 und eine zweite Fluideintrittsöffnung 9 auf und sind dafür eingerichtet, über die ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 zugeführtes Fluid als einen ersten Brausestrahl mit einem ersten Strahlbild S1 und über die zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 9 zugeführtes Fluid als einen zweiten Brausestrahl mit einem vom ersten verschiedenen zweiten Strahlbild S2 abzugeben.The shower body 1 comprises a fluid inlet configuration 4 on the inlet side, a jet disk 5 on the outlet side with a plurality of jet outlet elements 6 and a fluid guide 7 from the fluid inlet configuration 4 to the jet disk 5. The jet outlet elements 6 each have a first fluid inlet opening 8 and a second fluid inlet opening 9 and are set up for fluid supplied via the first fluid inlet openings 8 as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern S1 and via the second fluid inlet openings 9 supplied fluid as a second shower jet with a different from the first second jet pattern S2.

Die Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 beinhaltet eine Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration 10 und eine nutzerbetätigte Fluidsteuereinheit 11 zur Steuerung einer Fluidzufuhr zur Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration 10. Dabei umfasst die Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration 10 der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 mindestens einen ersten Auslassanschluss 12 und einen von diesem getrennten zweiten Auslassanschluss 13.The fluid control device 2 includes a fluid outlet port configuration 10 and a user-actuated fluid control unit 11 for controlling a fluid supply to the fluid outlet port configuration 10. The fluid outlet port configuration 10 of the fluid control device 2 comprises at least one first outlet port 12 and a second outlet port 13 separate therefrom.

Die Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4 des Brausekörpers 1 umfasst mindestens einen ersten Brausekörpereinlass 14 und einen von diesem getrennten zweiten Brausekörpereinlass 15. Passend dazu beinhaltet die Fluidführung 7 im Brausekörper 1 zwei getrennte Fluidströmungswege 16, 17, von denen ein erster Fluidströmungsweg 16 die ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 mit dem ersten Brausekörpereinlass 14 verbindet und ein zweiter Fluidströmungsweg 17 die zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 9 mit dem zweiten Brausekörpereinlass 15 verbindet.The fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 comprises at least a first shower body inlet 14 and a second shower body inlet 15, which is separate from this Shower body inlet 14 connects and a second fluid flow path 17 connects the second fluid inlet openings 9 to the second shower body inlet 15 .

Die Fluidleitungskonfiguration 3 umfasst eine erste Fluidleitung 18 vom ersten Auslassanschluss 12 der Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration 10 zum ersten Brausekörpereinlass 14 sowie eine zweite Fluidleitung 19 vom zweiten Auslassanschluss 13 der Fluidauslassanschlusskonfiguration 10 zum zweiten Brausekörpereinlass 15.The fluid line configuration 3 comprises a first fluid line 18 from the first outlet port 12 of the fluid outlet port configuration 10 to the first shower body inlet 14 and a second fluid line 19 from the second outlet port 13 of the fluid outlet port configuration 10 to the second shower body inlet 15.

Die Fluidsteuereinheit 11 weist ein nutzerbetätigtes Verteilerelement 20 zur variablen Weiterleitung von zugeführtem Fluid zum ersten Auslassanschluss 12 und/oder zum zweiten Auslassanschluss 13 auf.The fluid control unit 11 has a user-actuated distributor element 20 for variably forwarding supplied fluid to the first outlet port 12 and/or to the second outlet port 13 .

Das Fluid, bei dem es sich insbesondere um Wasser handeln kann, kann der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 und damit der Fluidsteuereinheit 11 über eine herkömmliche Fluidzufuhrkonfiguration 21 zugeführt werden, die einen oder mehrere getrennte Fluideinlässe umfasst.The fluid, which may in particular be water, may be supplied to the fluid control device 2 and hence to the fluid control unit 11 via a conventional fluid supply configuration 21 comprising one or more separate fluid inlets.

Fig. 2 zeigt die Situation, wenn das der Fluidsteuereinheit 11 zugeführte Fluid über das nutzerbetätigte Verteilerelement 20 nur an den ersten Auslassanschluss 12, jedoch nicht den zweiten Auslassanschluss 13 weitergeleitet wird. Dies hat einen Fluidstrom F1 ausschließlich in der ersten Fluidleitung 18 zur Folge, wodurch das Fluid über den ersten Brausekörpereinlass 14 und den ersten Fluidströmungsweg 16 ausschließlich den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 zugeführt wird, die als Folge hiervon den ersten Brausestrahl mit dem ersten Strahlbild S1 abgeben. 2 shows the situation when the fluid supplied to the fluid control unit 11 is passed on via the user-actuated distributor element 20 only to the first outlet port 12, but not to the second outlet port 13. This results in a fluid flow F1 exclusively in the first fluid line 18, as a result of which the fluid is fed via the first shower body inlet 14 and the first fluid flow path 16 exclusively to the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6, which as a result produce the first shower jet with the first jet pattern S1 hand over.

Fig. 3 zeigt die Situation, wenn der Benutzer das Verteilerelement 20 so eingestellt hat, dass das der Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 zugeführte Fluid nur zum zweiten Auslassanschluss 13, jedoch nicht zum ersten Auslassanschluss 12 weitergeleitet wird. Das Fluid gelangt dann als Fluidstrom F2 ausschließlich über die zweite Fluidleitung 19 und den zweiten Brausekörpereinlass 15 zum zweiten Fluidströmungsweg 17 der Fluidführung 7 im Brausekörper 1 und von dort ausschließlich zu den zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 9 und nicht den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6. In diesem Fall geben die Strahlaustrittselemente 6 und damit der Brausekörper 1 das Fluid als den zweiten Brausestrahl mit dem zweiten Strahlbild S2 ab. 3 shows the situation when the user has set the distributor element 20 in such a way that the fluid supplied to the fluid control device 2 is only passed on to the second outlet connection 13 but not to the first outlet connection 12. The fluid then flows as fluid flow F2 exclusively via the second fluid line 19 and the second shower body inlet 15 to the second fluid flow path 17 of the fluid guide 7 in the shower body 1 and from there exclusively to the second fluid inlet openings 9 and not the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6. In this case the jet outlet elements 6 and thus the shower body 1 deliver the fluid as the second shower jet with the second jet pattern S2.

In optionalen Ausführungen des Verteilerelements 20 und des Brausekörpers 1 kann das Fluid geteilt sowohl den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 als auch den zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 9 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 zugeführt werden, vorzugsweise in mittels des Verteilerelements 20 variabel steuerbaren Anteilen. In diesem Fall kann die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung an der Austrittsseite des Brausekörpers 1 einen Kombi-Brausestrahl abgeben, der sich durch Überlagerung bzw. Wechselwirkung der beiden Fluidströme im jeweiligen Strahlaustrittselement 6 ergibt, die über die erste bzw. über die zweite Fluideintrittsöffnung 8, 9 in selbiges eintreten.In optional configurations of the distributor element 20 and the shower body 1, the fluid can be supplied in divided form both to the first fluid inlet openings 8 and to the second fluid inlet openings 9 of the jet outlet elements 6, preferably in proportions that can be variably controlled by means of the distributor element 20. In this case, the sanitary shower device can emit a combination shower jet on the outlet side of the shower body 1, which results from the superimposition or interaction of the two fluid streams in the respective jet outlet element 6, which enter the same via the first or via the second fluid inlet opening 8, 9 .

Im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 1 bis 3 ist der erste Brausestrahl mit dem Strahlbild S1 ein konvergenter Brausestrahl, bei dem folglich die aus den einzelnen Strahlaustrittselementen 6 austretenden Einzelstrahlen in Strahlaustrittsrichtung aufeinander zulaufen, d.h. eine Hauptstrahlrichtung H1 der Einzelstrahlen des ersten Brausestrahls verläuft unter einem Schrägwinkel a1 zu einer Längsachsenrichtung L des Brausekörpers 1 nach innen, d.h. in Richtung Brausekörper-Längsmitte, geneigt. Der zweite Brausestrahl mit dem Strahlbild S2 ist ein divergierender Brausestrahl, bei dem die das zweite Strahlbild S2 bildenden Einzelstrahlen in Strahlaustrittsrichtung voneinander weglaufen, d.h. eine Hauptstrahlrichtung H2 der Einzelstrahlen verläuft unter einem Schrägwinkel α2 zur Längsachsenrichtung L des Brausekörpers 1 nach außen, d.h. von der Längsmitte des Brausekörpers 1 weg, geneigt. In alternativen Ausführungen besitzen der erste und der zweite Brausestrahl andersartige Strahlbilder, z.B. können bei einem der Strahlbilder die Einzelstrahlen im Wesentlichen parallel zur Längsachsenrichtung L des Brausekörpers 1 verlaufen, oder alle Einzelstrahlen verlaufen parallel zueinander in einer gleichen Richtung zur Längsachsenrichtung L des Brausekörpers 1 geneigt, z.B. in Fig. 2 alle nach links oder alle nach rechts geneigt.In the embodiment shown Figures 1 to 3 the first shower jet with the spray pattern S1 is a convergent shower jet, in which the individual jets emerging from the individual jet outlet elements 6 consequently converge in the jet outlet direction, i.e. a main jet direction H1 of the individual jets of the first shower jet runs at an oblique angle a1 to a longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1 inside, ie towards the longitudinal center of the shower head. The second shower jet with the jet pattern S2 is a diverging shower jet in which the individual jets forming the second spray pattern S2 run away from each other in the jet exit direction, ie a main jet direction H2 of the individual jets runs outwards at an oblique angle α2 to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1, ie inclined away from the longitudinal center of the shower body 1. In alternative versions, the first and second shower jets have different types of jet patterns, e.g. in one of the jet patterns, the individual jets can run essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1, or all individual jets can run parallel to one another in the same direction at an angle to the longitudinal axis direction L of the shower body 1. eg in 2 all tilted to the left or all tilted to the right.

Die Hauptstrahlrichtungen H1, H2 der Einzelstrahlen für den ersten bzw. den zweiten Brausestrahl können durch entsprechende Konfiguration des Brausekörpers 1 und insbesondere der Strahlscheibe 5 und ihrer Strahlaustrittselemente 6 geeignet festgelegt werden. Die Schrägwinkel α1, α2 können beispielsweise im Bereich zwischen 0° und 45°, insbesondere zwischen ca. 5° und ca. 30°, liegen und können für die verschiedenen Einzelstrahlen je nach Bedarf identisch oder unterschiedlich sein. Im gezeigten Beispiel der Fig. 2 und 3 ist, wie erwähnt, der Schrägwinkel a1 zur Erzielung des konvergierenden Strahlbilds S1 radial nach innen geneigt, während der Schrägwinkel a2 zur Erzielung des divergierenden Strahlbilds S2 radial nach außen geneigt ist. In alternativen Ausführungen ist eine der beiden Hauptstrahlrichtungen H1, H2 parallel zur Längsachsenrichtung L der Strahlscheibe 5 bzw. des Brausekörpers 1, d.h. der betreffende Brausestrahl tritt dann senkrecht an der Strahlscheibe 5 bzw. der Austrittsseite des Brausekörpers 1 aus. Nur der andere Brausestrahl tritt dann schräg zur Normalenrichtung der Strahlscheibe 5 aus letzterer aus.The main jet directions H1, H2 of the individual jets for the first and second shower jet can be suitably determined by appropriate configuration of the shower body 1 and in particular the jet disc 5 and its jet outlet elements 6. The oblique angles α1, α2 can, for example, be in the range between 0° and 45°, in particular between approx. 5° and approx. 30°, and can be identical or different for the various individual beams as required. In the example shown Figures 2 and 3 As mentioned, the slant angle a1 is inclined radially inward to achieve the converging jet pattern S1, while the slant angle a2 is inclined radially outward to achieve the diverging jet pattern S2. In alternative versions, one of the two main jet directions H1, H2 is parallel to the longitudinal axis L of the spray disc 5 or the shower body 1, ie the relevant shower jet then exits perpendicularly at the jet disc 5 or the exit side of the shower body 1. Only the other shower jet then emerges from the latter at an angle to the normal direction of the jet disk 5 .

In den Ausführungsformen mit der Möglichkeit der zusätzlichen Erzeugung eines oder mehrerer Kombi-Brausestrahlen liegt die Hauptstrahlrichtung der Einzelstrahlen des jeweiligen Kombi-Brausestrahls vorzugsweise im Bereich zwischen der ersten und der zweiten Hauptstrahlrichtung H1, H2. In entsprechenden Realisierungen kann durch stetige Veränderbarkeit der Fluidanteile, die vom Benutzer über das Verteilerelement 20 den ersten bzw. zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 zugeführt werden können, die Hauptstrahlrichtung der Einzelstrahlen des jeweiligen Kombi-Brausestrahls quasi stetig bzw. kontinuierlich oder alternativ in Stufen zwischen den beiden Hauptstrahlrichtungen H1, H2 des ersten bzw. zweiten Brausestrahls verändert werden.In the embodiments with the possibility of additionally generating one or more combined shower jets, the main jet direction of the individual jets of the respective combined shower jet is preferably in the area between the first and the second main jet direction H1, H2. In corresponding implementations, the continuous variability of the fluid proportions that can be supplied by the user via the distributor element 20 to the first or second fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of the jet outlet elements 6, the main jet direction of the individual jets of the respective combination shower jet can be quasi-continuous or continuous or alternatively in steps between both main jet directions H1, H2 of the first and second shower jet can be changed.

In vorteilhaften Ausführungen ist das nutzerbetätigte Verteilerelement 20 ein 3-Wege-Verteilventilelement. Alternativ ist das Verteilerelement 20 von einem anderen herkömmlichen Typ, z.B. mit mehreren Ventileingängen und/oder mehr als zwei Ventilausgängen, wobei lediglich erforderlich ist, dass zugeführtes Fluid mittels Betätigen des Verteilerelements durch den Benutzer wahlweise nur einem ersten, nur einem zweiten oder optional zusätzlich in steuerbaren Anteilen beiden Ausgängen zugeleitet werden kann.In advantageous embodiments, the user-actuated diverting element 20 is a 3-way diverting valve element. Alternatively, the distributor element 20 is of another conventional type, e.g. with a plurality of valve inlets and/or more than two valve outlets, it only being necessary for the supplied fluid to be supplied by actuating the distributor element by the user, optionally only in a first, only in a second or optionally additionally in controllable shares can be fed to both outputs.

In entsprechenden Ausführungsformen ist der Brausekörper 1 ein zur Montage an einer Wand oder Decke eines Duschraums eingerichteter Kopfbrausekörper. Alternativ kann er für anderweitige Brauseanwendungen ausgelegt sein, z.B. als Brausekopf bzw. Brausekörper einer wandmontierbaren Seitenbrause.In corresponding embodiments, the shower body 1 is an overhead shower body set up for mounting on a wall or ceiling of a shower room. Alternatively, it can be designed for other shower applications, e.g. as a shower head or shower body of a wall-mountable side shower.

In entsprechenden Ausführungsformen beinhaltet die Fluidsteuereinheit 11 eine nutzerbetätigte Misch- und/oder Absperrventileinheit 22 herkömmlicher Bauart, so dass die Fluidsteuerungsvorrichtung 2 zusätzlich als Mischer- und/oder Absperrvorrichtung fungiert, mit der zwei oder mehr zugeführte Fluide gemischt und/oder die Fluidzufuhr zu einem oder mehreren Auslassanschlüssen freigegeben bzw. abgesperrt werden können. In alternativen Ausführungen besteht die Fluidsteuereinheit 11 allein aus dem Verteilerelement 20.In corresponding embodiments, the fluid control unit 11 includes a user-actuated mixing and/or shut-off valve unit 22 of conventional design, so that the fluid control device 2 also functions as a mixing and/or shut-off device, with which two or more fluids supplied are mixed and/or the fluid supply to one or several outlet connections can be released or blocked. In alternative embodiments, the fluid control unit 11 consists solely of the distributor element 20.

Die Strahlaustrittselemente 6 sind, wie in den Fig. 1 bis 3 gezeigt, als V-förmige Durchgangsöffnungen ausgebildet, die sich in Austrittsrichtung konisch verjüngend durch die Strahlscheibe 5 hindurch erstrecken und jeweils eintrittsseitig die beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 und austrittsseitig eine den beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 gemeinsame Fluidaustrittsöffnung 23 bilden. Die Seitenflanken der V-Form der so konfigurierten Strahlaustrittselemente 6 bilden Strömungsleitflächen für das durch die jeweils zugeordnete der beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 jedes Strahlaustrittselements 6 eintretende Fluid und bestimmen auf diese Weise die zugehörige Hauptstrahlrichtung H1, H2, in welcher das über die betreffende Fluideintrittsöffnung 8, 9 eintretende Fluid die Fluidaustrittsöffnung 23 als entsprechender Einzelstrahl verlässt.The beam outlet elements 6 are, as in the Figures 1 to 3 shown, designed as V-shaped passage openings which taper conically in the outlet direction and extend through the jet disk 5 and form the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 on the inlet side and a fluid outlet opening 23 common to the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 on the outlet side. The side flanks of the V-shape of the jet outlet elements 6 configured in this way form flow guide surfaces for the fluid entering through the assigned one of the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of each jet outlet element 6 and in this way determine the associated main jet direction H1, H2, in which the fluid flowing via the relevant fluid inlet opening 8 , 9 entering fluid leaves the fluid outlet opening 23 as a corresponding single jet.

Die Fig. 4 bis 6 zeigen den Brausekörper 1 in einer detaillierteren konstruktiven Realisierung. Dabei sind in Fig. 4 mit Ausnahme der Strahlscheibe 5 alle anderen Brausekörperkomponenten mit gestrichelten Linien lediglich angedeutet und auf diese Weise transparent gehalten, so dass die Strahlscheibe 5 mit ihrer Innenseite zu erkennen ist, an der sich die Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 befinden. Soweit der Brausekörper 1 der Fig. 4 bis 6 gleiche oder funktionell äquivalente Elemente und Eigenschaften besitzt wie oben zum schematisch in den Fig. 1 bis 3 gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel, sind gleiche Bezugszeichen verwendet, und es kann insoweit auch auf die obigen Ausführungen zum Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 1 bis 3 verwiesen werden.the Figures 4 to 6 show the shower body 1 in a more detailed constructive realization. are in 4 with the exception of the spray disk 5, all other shower body components are only indicated with dashed lines and are thus kept transparent, so that the inside of the spray disk 5 can be seen, on which the fluid inlet openings 8, 9 of the jet outlet elements 6 are located. As far as the shower body 1 of Figures 4 to 6 has the same or functionally equivalent elements and properties as above for the schematic in the Figures 1 to 3 shown embodiment, the same reference numerals are used, and it can also refer to the above statements on the embodiment of Figures 1 to 3 to get expelled.

In entsprechenden Ausführungsformen beinhaltet die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung, wie im Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6, eine der Strahlscheibe 5 in Austrittsrichtung, d.h. in Fluidströmungsrichtung, stromaufwärts vorgelagerte Zwischenplatte 24. Die Zwischenplatte 24 weist zu den V-förmigen Durchgangsöffnungen 6a korrespondierende, V-förmige Vorsprünge 25 auf, die sich derart in die V-förmigen Durchgangsöffnungen 6a hinein erstrecken, dass sie jeweils einen Fluidkanal 26, 27 von jeder der beiden Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8, 9 zur Fluidaustrittsöffnung 23 belassen.In corresponding embodiments, the sanitary shower device includes, as in the example Figures 4 to 6 , an intermediate plate 24 upstream of the jet disc 5 in the exit direction, ie in the fluid flow direction. The intermediate plate 24 has V-shaped projections 25 which correspond to the V-shaped through-openings 6a and which extend into the V-shaped through-openings 6a in that they each leave a fluid channel 26, 27 from each of the two fluid inlet openings 8, 9 to the fluid outlet opening 23.

In entsprechenden Ausführungsformen beinhaltet die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung, wie im Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6, eine der Strahlscheibe 5 in Austrittsrichtung gesehen stromaufwärts vorgelagerte Kammerplatte 28, die mit einer Plattenseite 28a eine erste Fluidkammer 29 als Teil des ersten Fluidströmungswegs 16 begrenzt und in deren Innerem eine zweite Fluidkammer 30 als Teil des zweiten Fluidströmungswegs 17 ausgebildet ist. Die Kammerplatte 28 weist Verbindungskanäle 31 auf, die von der zweiten Fluidkammer 30 zu den zweiten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 9 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 führen.In corresponding embodiments, the sanitary shower device includes, as in the example Figures 4 to 6 , a chamber plate 28 upstream of the jet disc 5 seen in the exit direction, which delimits a first fluid chamber 29 as part of the first fluid flow path 16 with a plate side 28a and in the interior of which a second fluid chamber 30 as part of the second fluid flow path 17 is formed. The chamber plate 28 has connecting channels 31 which lead from the second fluid chamber 30 to the second fluid inlet openings 9 of the jet outlet elements 6 .

In entsprechenden Ausführungen ist wie im gezeigten Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 die Plattenseite 28a, welche die erste Fluidkammer 29 begrenzt, eine der Strahlscheibe 5 abgewandte Plattenseite der Kammerplatte 28. Die Kammerplatte 28 weist in diesem Fall Durchgangskanäle 32 auf, die von der ersten Fluidkammer 29 durch die Kammerplatte 28 hindurch zu den ersten Fluideintrittsöffnungen 8 der Strahlaustrittselemente 6 führen. Im Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 sind die Zwischenplatte 24 und die Kammerplatte 28 identisch von derselben Platte gebildet, in alternativen Ausführungen können sie von separaten Plattenteilen gebildet sein, oder die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung beinhaltet nur die Zwischenplatte 24 ohne die Kammerplatte 28 oder nur die Kammerplatte 28 ohne die Zwischenplatte 24.In corresponding versions, as in the example shown Figures 4 to 6 the plate side 28a, which delimits the first fluid chamber 29, a plate side of the chamber plate 28 facing away from the jet disk 5. In this case, the chamber plate 28 has through-channels 32, which run from the first fluid chamber 29 through the chamber plate 28 to the first fluid inlet openings 8 of the jet outlet elements 6 lead. In the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 the intermediate plate 24 and the chamber plate 28 are formed identically from the same plate, in alternative embodiments they can be formed from separate plate parts, or the sanitary shower device contains only the intermediate plate 24 without the chamber plate 28 or only the chamber plate 28 without the intermediate plate 24.

In entsprechenden Ausführungsformen ist, wie im Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6, die Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4 des Brausekörpers 1 auf einer der Strahlscheibe 5 abgewandten Außenseite 33 des Brausekörpers 1 angeordnet. Speziell ist im Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 die Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4 zentrisch, längsmittig an dieser Außenseite 33 des Brausekörpers 1 angeordnet. Bei Verwendung des Brausekörpers 1 als Brausekopf einer Kopfbrause kann diese Außenseite 33 speziell eine in Gebrauchslage obenliegende Seite, d.h.Oberseite, dieses Brausekopfs sein.In corresponding embodiments, as in the example Figures 4 to 6 , the fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 is arranged on an outside 33 of the shower body 1 facing away from the spray disk 5 . Special is in the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 the fluid inlet configuration 4 is arranged centrally, longitudinally in the middle on this outside 33 of the shower body 1 . When the shower body 1 is used as a shower head of an overhead shower, this outer side 33 can specifically be a side of this shower head that is at the top in the position of use, ie the top side.

Der Brausekörper 1 kann, wie im Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6, auf seiner der Strahlscheibe 5 abgewandten Seite von einem Gehäusedeckelteil 34 abgeschlossen sein, wobei die Zwischenplatte 24 bzw. die Kammerplatte 28 zwischen dem Gehäusedeckelteil 34 und der Strahlscheibe 5 im so gebildeten Brausekörpergehäuse aufgenommen sind.The shower body 1, as in the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 , be closed off by a housing cover part 34 on its side facing away from the spray disc 5, the intermediate plate 24 or the chamber plate 28 being accommodated between the housing cover part 34 and the spray disc 5 in the shower body housing thus formed.

In entsprechenden Ausführungen der Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung sind der erste und der zweite Brausekörpereinlass 14, 15, wie beim Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6, koaxial angeordnet, wobei der eine Brausekörpereinlass, im Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 der zweite Brausekörpereinlass 15, den anderen Brausekörpereinlass, im Beispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 der erste Brausekörpereinlass 14, koaxial umgibt.In corresponding versions of the sanitary shower device, the first and the second shower body inlet 14, 15, as in the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 , Arranged coaxially, with a shower body inlet, in the example of Figures 4 to 6 the second shower body inlet 15, the other shower body inlet, in the example Figures 4 to 6 the first shower body inlet 14, coaxially surrounds.

Im Ausführungsbeispiel der Fig. 4 bis 6 umfasst die Fluideinlasskonfiguration 4 des Brausekörpers 1 einen Anschlusskörper 35 und einen am Gehäusedeckelteil 34 ausgebildeten, zentrisch axialen Anschlussstutzen 36, an dem der Anschlusskörper 35 vorzugsweise abnehmbar montiert werden kann. Im Anschlussstutzen 36 des Deckelteils 34 beinhaltet der erste Brausekörpereinlass 14 eine mittige Axialbohrung durch den Deckelteil 34 hindurch zur ersten Fluidkammer 29, und der zweite Brausekörpereinlass 15 beinhaltet einen Ringkanalabschnitt 15a, eine oder mehrere Schrägbohrungen 15b, einen Ringraum 15c und eine zur zweiten Fluidkammer 30 führende Verbindungsbohrung 15d als strömungstechnisch aufeinanderfolgende Abschnitte des zweiten Brausekörpereinlasses 15.In the embodiment of Figures 4 to 6 the fluid inlet configuration 4 of the shower body 1 comprises a connection body 35 and a centrally axial connection piece 36 formed on the housing cover part 34, on which the connection body 35 can be mounted, preferably in a detachable manner. In the connecting piece 36 of the cover part 34, the first shower body inlet 14 contains a central axial bore through the cover part 34 to the first fluid chamber 29, and the second shower body inlet 15 contains an annular channel section 15a, one or more oblique bores 15b, an annular space 15c and one leading to the second fluid chamber 30 connection hole 15d as fluidically consecutive sections of the second shower body inlet 15.

Wie die gezeigten und die weiteren oben erwähnten Ausführungsbeispiele deutlich machen, stellt die Erfindung eine Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung zur Verfügung, bei welcher der Benutzer in sehr komfortabler Weise durch Betätigen des Verteilerelements an der vom Brausekörper räumlich entfernten Fluidsteuereinheit wahlweise unterschiedliche, vom Brausekörper abgegebene Brausestrahlen einstellen kann. Die Sanitärbrauseeinrichtung ist insbesondere als sanitäre Kopfbrauseneinrichtung verwendbar, aber auch andere Anwendungen sind möglich, zum Beispiel als wandmontierte Seitenbrause oder Schulterbrause.As the exemplary embodiments shown and those mentioned above make clear, the invention provides a sanitary shower device in which the user can select different shower jets emitted by the shower body in a very convenient manner by actuating the distributor element on the fluid control unit that is spatially remote from the shower body. The sanitary shower device can be used in particular as a sanitary overhead shower device, but other applications are also possible, for example as a wall-mounted side shower or shoulder shower.

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  1. Sanitary shower device, comprising
    - a shower body (1) including a fluid inlet configuration (4) on an input side, a jet disk (5) on an output side having a plurality of jet output elements (6) and a fluid guidance (7) from the fluid inlet configuration (4) to the jet disk (5), wherein the jet output elements are designed as V-shaped passage openings (6a) which extend through the jet disk (5) conically tapering in an output direction and respectively provide a first and a second fluid input opening (8, 9) on an input side and a fluid output opening (23) on an output side that is shared by both the fluid input openings (8, 9) and are configured to discharge fluid supplied via the first fluid input openings (8) as a first shower jet with a first jet pattern (S1) and fluid supplied via the second fluid input openings (9) as a second shower jet with a second jet pattern (S2) differing from the first jet pattern,
    - a fluid control device (2) disposed spatially separated from the shower body (1), including a fluid outlet connection configuration (10) and a user-operated fluid control unit (11) for controlling a fluid supply to the fluid outlet connection configuration (10), and
    - a fluid conduit configuration (3) for fluid coupling of the fluid inlet configuration (4)of the shower body (1) to the fluid outlet connection configuration (10) of the fluid control device (2),
    characterized in that
    - the fluid inlet configuration (4) of the shower body (1) comprises a first shower body inlet (14) and a second shower body inlet (15) separated from the first one,
    - the fluid guidance (7) within the shower body (1) includes two separate fluid flow paths (16, 17), of which a first fluid flow path (16) connects the first fluid input openings (8) with the first shower body inlet (14) and a second fluid flow path (17) connects the second fluid input openings (9) with the second shower body inlet (15),
    - the fluid outlet connection configuration (10) of the fluid control device (2) comprises a first outlet connector (12) and a second outlet connector (13) separated from the first one,
    - the fluid conduit configuration (3) comprises a first fluid conduit (18) from the first outlet connector (12) of the fluid outlet connection configuration (10) to the first shower body inlet (14) and a second fluid conduit (19) from the second outlet connector (13) of the fluid outlet connection configuration (10) to the second shower body inlet (15), and
    - the fluid control unit (11) includes a user-operated distributor element (20) for variable forwarding of supplied fluid to the first and/or to the second outlet connector (12, 13).
  2. Sanitary shower device according to claim 1, further characterized in that the user-operated distributor element (20) is a three-way distributor valve element.
  3. Sanitary shower device according to claim 1 or 2, further characterized in that the shower body (1) is an overhead shower body configured for installation on a wall or ceiling of a shower room.
  4. Sanitary shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further characterized in that the fluid control device (2) includes a mixer and/or shut-off fitting and the fluid control unit (11) comprises a mixing and/or shut-off valve unit.
  5. Sanitary shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further characterized by an intermediate plate (24) upstream of the jet disk (5) in output direction, which plate has V-shaped projections (25) corresponding to the V-shaped passage openings (6a), which projections extend from the first and second fluid input openings (8, 9) to the fluid output opening (23) into the V-shaped passage openings (6a), thereby leaving a respective fluid channel (26, 27).
  6. Sanitary shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further characterized by a chamber plate (28) upstream of the jet disk (5) in output direction, one plate side (28a) of the plate delimiting a first fluid chamber (29) as part of the first fluid flow path (16) and a second fluid chamber (30) being provided in the interior thereof as part of the second fluid flow path (17), wherein the chamber plate (28) includes connecting channels (31) leading from the second fluid chamber (30) to the second fluid input openings (9).
  7. Sanitary shower device according to claim 6, further characterized in that the plate side which delimits the first fluid chamber (29) is a plate side of the chamber plate (28) facing away from the jet disk (5) and the chamber plate (28) includes passage channels (32) leading from the first fluid chamber (29) through the chamber plate (28) to the first fluid input openings (9).
  8. Sanitary shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further characterized in that the fluid inlet configuration (4) is disposed on an exterior side (33) of the shower body (1) facing away from the jet disk (5).
  9. Sanitary shower device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further characterized in that the first and the second shower body inlets (14, 15) are coaxially arranged, wherein the one shower body inlet (15) surrounds the other shower body inlet (14) coaxially.
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