EP4127338A1 - Strahlregler - Google Patents
StrahlreglerInfo
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- EP4127338A1 EP4127338A1 EP21731445.9A EP21731445A EP4127338A1 EP 4127338 A1 EP4127338 A1 EP 4127338A1 EP 21731445 A EP21731445 A EP 21731445A EP 4127338 A1 EP4127338 A1 EP 4127338A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a jet regulator with a jet regulator housing that can be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and delimits a housing interior in which a jet splitter is provided with splitter openings which divide the water flowing through into a plurality of individual jets, and with one the outlet face of the jet regulator forming flow straightener, which has a large number of outlet openings, with one in the housing interior in the flow path between the jet splitter and the flow straightener
- Jet regulating device which has regulating webs oriented transversely to the direction of flow of the flowing water.
- a jet regulator is previously known from DE 19647 798 A1, which can be mounted on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting in order to shape the outflowing water into a homogeneous, non-splashing and possibly pearly-soft outlet jet.
- the cartridge-shaped jet regulator housing of which is designed as a plastic injection-molded part and can be inserted into a sleeve-shaped outlet mouthpiece, which outlet mouthpiece has an external or internal thread that is attached to a mating thread on the water outlet the sanitary outlet fitting can be screwed.
- a jet splitter is provided with a plurality of splitter openings which are spaced apart from one another and in which Separation openings the water flowing into the water pipe is divided into a corresponding number of individual jets.
- a flow straightener is provided which has a large number of outlet openings in order to shape the individual jets, which are swirled inside the housing and possibly mixed with ambient air, into a homogeneously flowing water jet.
- a jet regulating device is provided in the flow path between the jet splitter and the flow straightener, which has regulating webs oriented transversely to the direction of flow of the water flowing through.
- both the flow straightener forming the outlet end face of the jet regulator and the jet regulating device are formed by wire meshes from a metal mesh. While the sieve openings of the circular sieve forming the flow straightener form the outlet openings, the interwoven metal wires of the circular sieve forming the jet regulating device form their regulating webs.
- These sieve discs are inserted from the outlet face into the interior of the aerator housing, before the outlet edge of the aerator housing is then bent inward by thermal action on the plastic material used for the aerator housing in such a way that these sieve discs are held captive in the aerator housing.
- a jet regulator is already known from EP 0931 199 B1 which has an inflow-side jet splitting device and an outflow-side flow straightener in its jet regulator housing, with one in the flow path between the jet splitter and the flow straightener Jet regulating device is provided.
- the jet regulating device of this known jet regulator also has pin-shaped or web-shaped impact bodies, the pins or webs serving as impact bodies either protruding from the inside of at least one circumferential segment of the jet regulator housing and being connected to it in one piece, or protruding at right angles over a flat side of a holding part that protrudes through Bending can be used in the sleeve-shaped jet regulator housing.
- this known jet regulator is associated with considerable effort in terms of design and manufacture.
- the object is therefore to create a jet regulator of the type mentioned at the beginning, the components of which can be manufactured as simply as possible even with a comparatively complex structure of the jet regulator.
- the inventive solution to this problem in the case of the jet regulator of the type mentioned at the outset consists in particular in the fact that the flow straightener and the jet regulating device can be inserted into the jet regulator housing from the downstream side of the jet regulator, that the jet regulating device has at least one inner wall on which the regulating webs are formed on the flat side, and that the flow straightener and / or the
- the jet regulating device can be fixed in the jet regulator housing by means of a form fit or friction fit.
- the jet regulator according to the invention has a jet regulator housing which can be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting in order to shape the water exiting there into a homogeneous, non-splashing and possibly also pearly-soft water jet.
- the jet regulator housing of the jet regulator according to the invention delimits a housing interior in which a jet splitter with splitter openings is provided. In these dissection openings the flowing water is divided into a multitude of individual jets. These individual jets are additionally slowed down and divided inside the jet regulator housing in a subsequent jet regulating device, before the water flowing through in this way is combined again to form a soft, homogeneous overall jet in a subsequent flow straightener.
- the flow straightener which has a large number of outlet openings, forms the outlet face of the jet regulator.
- the jet regulating device is provided in the interior of the housing, which has regulating webs oriented transversely to the direction of flow of the water flowing through.
- the flow straightener and the jet regulating device can be inserted into the jet regulator housing from the downstream side of the jet regulator. In order to be able to hold the regulating webs in the flow path transversely to the flow direction of the water, the
- Jet regulating device has at least one inner wall on which the regulating webs are formed on the flat side.
- the jet regulating webs with their at least one inner wall and the regulating webs formed thereon can, like the jet regulator housing and the other components of the jet regulator according to the invention, be manufactured in a simple manner as injection molded parts without the need for complex injection molding tools to manufacture these components.
- the flow straightener and / or the jet regulating device is fixed in the jet regulator housing by means of a form fit or friction fit.
- a particularly advantageous and easily producible embodiment according to the invention provides that the flow straightener and / or the jet regulating device by means of a latching or snap connection in the
- the aerator housing is / are fixable.
- the through this rest Form fit formed or snap connection between the flow straightener and / or the jet regulating device on the one hand and the jet regulator housing on the other hand ensures a secure and resilient connection of these components of the jet regulator according to the invention.
- the jet regulator according to the invention can have a jet regulator housing that is round in cross section and also has a round jet outlet.
- the jet regulator is designed as a rectangular or flat jet regulator and / or has a non-circular jet outlet which has a greater longitudinal extension compared to the transverse extension.
- At least one guide groove open to the outlet end face of the jet regulator is provided on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing, into which guide groove the at least one inner wall can be inserted with one of its narrow edges oriented in the direction of insertion.
- the simple assembly of the jet regulator according to the invention is further enhanced if the jet regulator housing has a guide groove open to the outlet end face on opposite sides of the inner circumference of the housing, and if the at least one inner wall can be inserted into the guide grooves with its narrow edges oriented in the direction of insertion.
- correctly positioned assembly of the inner wall with the regulating webs molded onto it is ensured in a simple manner.
- the regulating webs can be molded onto one of the two flat sides of the at least one inner wall.
- a particularly simple design and manufacture according to the However, the invention provides that the regulating webs are formed flat on both sides of the at least one inner wall.
- the regulating webs are formed on at least one flat side of the at least one inner wall in planes oriented transversely to the flow direction and preferably spaced apart from one another.
- the water flowing through can be shaped particularly well in the subsequent web planes of the jet regulating device if the regulating webs arranged in a downstream plane are arranged in an extension of the flow space provided between adjacent regulating webs of a web planes provided on the upstream side.
- the regulating webs of the first web plane in the flow direction each have an inflow-side impact surface and / or if these regulating webs are rounded on their outflow side.
- the regulating webs of the web plane provided in the flow direction downstream have a longer length oriented in the flow direction and / or if these regulating webs are larger than the web width compared to the web width their inflow and / or their outflow are rounded.
- the jet regulator according to the invention is designed as a rectangular or flat jet regulator, it can be advantageous if the regulating webs of the web plane provided on the outflow side in the flow direction one in the direction of an adjacent transverse wall of the
- the jet regulating device is also guided well into the edge regions of the flat jet flowing along the transverse walls of the jet regulator housing.
- a particularly advantageous embodiment according to the invention provides, in which the outflowing water also emerges over a longer distance as a homogeneous flat jet and in which the water is well distributed over the entire jet cross-section, that this curvature of adjacent regulating webs is arranged closer to the adjacent transverse wall external regulating web is larger in comparison to the respective internal regulating web.
- a preferred embodiment according to the invention in which the regulating webs of the jet regulating device are arranged in at least three web planes, provides that the regulating webs of a web plane arranged between the first web plane and the web plane provided on the downstream side in the flow direction are rounded and preferably have a circular web cross-section.
- the water flowing through is additionally slowed down and divided up without fear of excessive turbulence in the water flow.
- the flow straightener provided on the outlet face can equalize and combine the water flowing out there into a homogeneous overall jet without the flow straightener opposed to the incoming water an excessive flow resistance, it is advantageous if the flow straightener has a lattice structure made up of multitudes of intersecting straightening bars, which between the outlet openings are limited.
- the water flowing through can be shaped particularly well in the flow straightener if the straightening webs of the lattice structure have a longitudinal extent that is greater than the web width and oriented in the flow direction.
- the shaping of a homogeneous outlet jet is promoted if the rectifier webs are arranged "with gaps" in the extension of the through-flow space provided between the adjacent regulating webs of the downstream web plane.
- a particularly simple embodiment in which the jet splitter can either be inserted into the jet regulator housing from the inflow side of the jet regulator up to an annular shoulder provided on the inner circumference of the housing or can be integrally formed on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing, provides that the jet splitter is designed as a perforated plate, which the Has decomposition openings oriented in the flow direction.
- the jet splitter in the jet regulator housing is relative to the regulating webs of the Is arranged on the inflow side of the first web plane in such a way that these regulating webs are arranged in the flow direction in alignment with the splitting openings.
- Preferred embodiments according to the invention provide that the flow straightener and the jet regulating device are connected to one another in one piece or form separate components of the jet regulator from one another.
- the flow straightener and jet regulating device which are designed as separate components, can be connected to one another, and if so on one component at least one plug-in pin, preferably at least two spaced-apart plug-in pins, which can be inserted into an associated insertion opening on the other component.
- a preferred embodiment in which the construction and assembly is significantly facilitated, provides that the plug-in pin (s) protrudes on the narrow edge of the inner wall on the downstream side and can be inserted into an associated insertion opening on the flow straightener.
- the inner wall of the jet regulating device can also be captive and, if necessary, permanently installed on the flow straightener if the plug (s) can be inserted into the associated plug-in opening until a cross-sectional expansion provided at the free end of the plug (s) protrudes over the flow straightener.
- a cross-sectional expansion provided at the free end of the plug (s) protrudes over the flow straightener.
- the inner wall is divided into at least two wall sections with webs formed on the flat side. These at least two sections are then inserted one after the other into the guide grooves on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing until the inner wall formed from these wall sections is formed.
- Embodiment according to the invention provides that the inner wall is divided into wall sections, on each of which at least one level of regulating webs is formed.
- the regulating webs arranged in the individual web planes can also be shaped well in different web cross-sections despite the comparatively small spacings. It can be advantageous if the at least one inner wall is arranged in the jet regulator housing in such a way that the distance between the inner wall and a first longitudinal wall of the jet regulator housing is greater than in comparison to the distance from the second longitudinal wall.
- Splitting openings of the jet splitter are aligned approximately with the web center of the adjacent regulating web. If the at least one inner wall is differently spaced from the longitudinal walls of the jet regulator housing provided on both sides, an even distribution of the water flowing through is nevertheless ensured over the entire housing cross-section if the longitudinal axes of the splitter openings of the jet splitter are approximately aligned with the center of the web of the adjacent regulating web, and if necessary for this purpose, the separating openings arranged in rows spaced apart from one another are oriented in at least one row of these separating openings obliquely to the longitudinal extent of the jet regulator housing.
- the flow straightener and / or the jet regulating device is designed as a two-component or multi-component injection-molded part and / or is made from an elastomer plastic.
- a preferred embodiment according to the invention provides that at least a partial area of the rectifier bars is made from an elastomer plastic or has at least one surface made from an elastomer plastic.
- An advantageous development according to the invention provides that the flow straightener has a lattice structure made up of a group of spaced parallel first webs which intersect with at least one second web arranged at right angles to the first webs, and that the first and second webs are the outlet openings of the Limit the flow straightener.
- the water guided through the jet regulator can be guided over almost the entire cross-section of the jet regulator housing, at least in the area of the flow straightener, without a retaining ring surrounding the flow straightener and molded onto it constricting this clear flow cross-section, it is advantageous if at least one of the first webs and preferably at least a plurality of the first webs of the flow straightener each have free web ends on both sides and that the first webs can preferably be releasably latched with their free web ends in a locking groove on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing.
- a tilt-proof hold is provided by the
- Flow straightener separately manufactured inner wall and its regulating webs favored when the distance between the The forks of the at least one holding fork which limit the fork opening are adapted to the wall thickness of the inner wall assigned to the at least one holding fork and are dimensioned so that the inner wall is preferably held on the flow straightener at right angles to the lattice plane of the flow straightener defined by the lattice structure.
- FIG. 2 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 1 in a longitudinal section through section plane II-II according to FIG.
- Jet regulating device can be used, and the jet regulating device has an inner wall on which webs serving as impact bodies protrude on both sides,
- Fig. 3 shows the flow straightener
- Jet regulating device of the jet regulator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in a perspective view the inner wall forming the jet regulating device with the two molded on both sides Web is integrally connected to the flow straightener forming the outlet face of the jet regulator,
- FIG. 4 shows the aerator from Figures 1 to 3 in an exploded perspective view of its components designed as plastic injection molded parts, these components being shown here in a perspective bottom view of the flat side of the aerator housing facing the user in the installed position of the aerator,
- FIGS. 1 to 4 shows the components of the jet regulator shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 in an exploded perspective view from below onto the flat side of the jet regulator housing facing away from the user in the installed position of the jet regulator,
- FIG. 6 shows a jet regulator, also designed as a flat jet regulator, in a plan view of its housing end face on the inflow side,
- FIG. 7 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 6 in a longitudinal section through section plane VII / VII according to FIG. 6, whereby it can be seen that the components of the jet regulator inserted from the outlet face and serving as a flow straightener and as a jet regulating device are designed as separate components,
- Fig. 8 as a flow straightener and as
- FIGS. 6 and 7 serving the jet regulating device in an exploded view of individual parts
- 9 shows the jet regulator from FIGS. 6 to 8 in an exploded perspective view from below of its components
- FIG. 10 shows a further jet regulator, also designed here as a flat jet regulator, in a plan view of its front face on the inflow side,
- FIG. 11 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 10 in a longitudinal section through section plane XI-XI, the jet regulating device formed by an inner wall with regulating webs molded on both sides and the flow straightener, which forms the outlet end face and is manufactured here as a two-component injection-molded part, being designed as separate components of the jet regulator, and wherein the plate-shaped flow straightener can be positively latched or snapped onto the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing in such a way that the jet regulating device pushed into the jet regulator housing is also secured there,
- Jet regulating device of the jet regulator shown in Figures 10 and 11 in an exploded perspective side view
- FIGS. 10 to 12 shows the flow straightener of the jet regulator shown in FIGS. 10 to 12 in a side view
- FIG. 14 shows the flow straightener, produced here as a two-component injection-molded part, of the jet regulator shown in FIGS. 10 to 13 in a cross section through section plane XIV-XIV in FIG. 13, 15 shows a jet regulator designed as a flat jet regulator in a plan view of its front face on the inflow side,
- FIG. 16 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 15 in a longitudinal section through section plane XVI-XVI according to FIG.
- Jet regulating device of the jet regulator shown in Figures 15 and 16 in a perspective view of individual parts before they are connected to one another,
- jet regulator 18 shows a jet regulator in a plan view of its front face on the inflow side, the jet regulator shown here also being designed as a flat jet regulator,
- FIG. 19 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 18 in a longitudinal section through section plane XIX-XIX in FIG. 18, wherein the inner wall of a jet regulating device can be seen which is composed of three separately produced wall sections,
- Fig. 20 shows the three wall sections of the
- FIG. 21 shows a jet regulator designed as a flat jet regulator in a longitudinal section
- FIG. 22 shows the jet regulator from FIG. 21 in a longitudinal section rotated by 90 ° with respect to FIG. 21 in section plane XXII-XXII according to FIG. 21,
- FIG. 23 shows the jet regulator from FIGS. 21 and 22 in a detailed longitudinal section in the partial area circled in FIG. 22, the longitudinally sectioned jet splitter being shown in the area of two adjacent splitter openings,
- jet regulator 24 shows a jet regulator likewise designed as a flat or rectangular jet regulator in a longitudinal section
- FIG. 25 shows the flow straightener forming the outlet end face of the jet regulator shown in FIG. 24 in an isolated perspective illustration.
- FIG. 1 to 25 different versions 101, 106, 110, 115, 118, 121 and 124 of a jet regulator are shown.
- the jet regulators 101, 106, 110, 115, 118, 121, 124 have a jet regulator housing 1, which can be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, not shown here, in order to transform the water exiting there into a homogeneous, non-splashing and possibly also to form a pearly-soft jet of water.
- the jet regulator housing 1 can be inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, not shown here, in order to transform the water exiting there into a homogeneous, non-splashing and possibly also to form a pearly-soft jet of water.
- the jet regulator housing 1 delimits a housing interior in which a jet splitter 2 with splitter openings 3 is provided.
- a jet splitter 2 with splitter openings 3 is provided.
- the plate-shaped jet splitter 2 with its splitting openings 3 is formed in one piece on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing 1.
- the water flowing through is divided into a large number of individual jets.
- These individual jets are additionally braked and divided inside the jet regulator housing 1 in a subsequent jet regulating device 4, before the water flowing through in this way is combined again in a subsequent flow straightener 5 to form a soft, homogeneous overall jet.
- the jet regulating device 4 is provided in the interior of the housing , which has regulating webs 7 oriented transversely to the direction of flow of the water flowing through. The flow straightener 5 and the jet regulating device 4 can be inserted into the jet regulator housing 1 from the outlet end face A of the jet regulator.
- the jet regulating device 4 has at least one inner wall 8 on which the regulating webs 7 are integrally formed on the flat side.
- the jet regulating device 4 with its at least one inner wall 8 and the regulating webs 7 formed thereon can be, like the jet regulator housing 1 and the other components of the jet regulators 101, 106, 110, 115, 118, 121, 124 shown here in a simple manner as Manufacture injection molded parts and in particular as plastic injection molded parts without the need for complex injection molding tools to produce these components.
- the flow straightener 5 and the jet regulating device 4 are fixed by means of a form fit or friction fit on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing 1 in such a way that these components 4, 5 do not accidentally fall out of the jet regulator housing 1 even under the pressure of the inflowing water.
- the jet regulators shown here have an attachment screen 9 on the inflow side of their jet regulator housing 1, which has to filter out any lime and dirt particles that may be carried in the incoming water these inside the housing can impair the function of the jet regulator.
- a flow rate regulator 10 can be arranged between the attachment screen 9 and the jet splitter 2, which regulates the flow rate of the water flowing through from the inflow side to the opposite outlet end face A of the jet regulator housing 1 to a specified maximum value independently of pressure.
- the jet regulator is designed as a rectangular or flat jet regulator and has a non-circular jet outlet which has a greater longitudinal extension compared to the transverse extension.
- Beam regulating device 4 can be inserted with one of its narrow edges oriented in the direction of insertion.
- the at least one inner wall 8 being insertable into the guide grooves 11 with its narrow edges oriented in the direction of insertion. In this way, correctly positioned assembly of the inner wall 8 with the regulating webs 7 molded thereon is ensured in a simple manner.
- the regulating webs 7 are formed flat on both sides of the at least one inner wall 8.
- the regulating webs 7 are formed on at least one flat side of the at least one inner wall 8 in planes oriented transversely to the flow direction and preferably spaced apart from one another.
- the regulating webs 7 arranged in an outflow-side plane are in an extension of the flow space provided between adjacent regulating webs of a web plane provided on the upstream side arranged.
- the regulating webs 7 of the first web plane in the flow direction each have an inflow-side impact surface 12 and are rounded on their outflow side.
- the regulating webs 7 of the web plane provided on the outflow side in the flow direction have a larger longitudinal extent than the web width and are oriented in the flow direction
- the inflow as well as the outflow side are designed to be rounded.
- the regulating webs 7 of a central web plane arranged between the first web plane and the web plane provided on the downstream side in the flow direction have a rounded and preferably circular web cross section.
- the water flowing through is additionally slowed down and divided up without fear of excessive turbulence in the water flow.
- the flow straightener 5 has the jet regulators 101, 106 shown here, so that the flow straightener 5 provided at the outlet end face A and designed here in the form of a plate can equalize and combine the water flowing out there into a homogeneous overall jet without the flow straightener 5 opposing the incoming water with an excessive flow resistance , 110, 115, 118, 121 and 124 have a lattice structure made up of flocks of mutually crossing rectifier webs 13, which between them the outlet openings 6 of the
- Rectifier webs 13 of the lattice structure have a greater longitudinal extension than the web width, oriented in the flow direction.
- the shaping of a homogeneous outlet jet is promoted in that the rectifier webs 13 are arranged with gaps in the extension of the flow space provided between the adjacent regulating webs 7 of the downstream web plane. So that the regulating webs 7 arranged in the first web level on the inflow side can perform their function particularly well, the jet splitter 2 in the jet regulator housing 1 is arranged relative to the regulating webs 7 of the first web level on the upstream side in such a way that these regulating webs 7 are in alignment in the flow direction of the decomposition openings 3 are arranged.
- At least two web-shaped spacers 14 are in front of the outflow side of the jet splitter or - as here - on the inflow side narrow edge of the inner wall 8 Keep jet splitter 2 at a distance. These web-shaped spacers 14 ensure a sufficient distance between the outflow side of the jet splitter 2 on the one hand and the inner wall 8 on the other hand, so that a mixing zone can form in the interior of the jet regulator housing 1 in this area.
- the flow straightener 5 and the jet regulating device 4 are integrally connected to one another, the flow straightener 5 and the jet regulating device 4 of the other jet regulator versions form 106, 110, 115, 118, 121 and 124 separate components or components of these aerators.
- Beam regulating device 4 can be connected to one another.
- the plug-in pins 15 protrude from the narrow edge of the inner wall 8 on the downstream side and can each be inserted into an associated plug-in opening 16 on the flow straightener 5 until a cross-sectional expansion provided at the free pin end of the plug-in pin 15 protrudes over the flow straightener 5. Due to this cross-sectional expansion, which protrudes like a harpoon over the outflow side of the jet regulator 115 when the jet regulator is installed, the flow straightener 5 is held securely and firmly on the inner wall 8 of the jet regulating device 4.
- the inner wall 8 is divided into at least two and here three wall sections 17, on which wall sections 17 the regulating webs 7 are molded.
- the wall sections 17 are inserted one after the other into the guide grooves 11 on the inside circumference of the jet regulator housing 1 until the inner wall 8 formed from these wall sections 17 is formed.
- One level of regulating webs 7 is formed on each of the wall sections 17.
- the regulating webs 7 arranged in the individual web planes can also be well formed in different web cross-sections despite the comparatively small spacings.
- the plate-shaped flow straightener 5 with the inner wall 8 of the jet regulating device 4 molded onto it at right angles is inserted from the outflow side A of the jet regulator 101 into the interior of the jet regulator housing 1 until an on the outer circumference of the flow straightener 5 provided locking projection in a complementary locking groove snaps into the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing.
- This positive connection of the flow straightener 5 on the inner circumference of the housing of the jet regulator housing 1 also fixes the jet regulating device 4 formed on the flow straightener 5 in the housing interior.
- the jet regulating device 4 of the jet regulator version 115 shown in FIGS. 15 to 17 can also be fixed in the housing interior of the jet regulator housing 1 in a comparable manner. Is the
- Jet regulating device 4 connected to the flow straightener 5, these components 4, 5 can be held securely and firmly in the jet regulating device housing 1 if, in addition or instead, one with the
- the jet regulating device 4 is first pushed into the jet regulator housing 1 from the downstream side, before the plate-shaped flow straightener 5 is then inserted into the jet regulator housing 1 and snapped or snapped into place on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing 1 is that the jet regulating device 4 is held securely and firmly in the housing interior of the jet regulator housing 1.
- the jet regulator shown here and in particular here the jet regulator version 101 only has at least one slot-shaped ventilation opening 21 on only one of its longitudinal walls 19 and here only on its longitudinal wall 19 facing away from the user in the position of use opens into the mixing zone arranged below the jet splitter 2 in the direction of flow and can flow into the interior of the jet regulator housing 1 through the ambient air.
- the aerator housing 1 has an indentation 20 on its outer circumference of the housing on the longitudinal wall 19 facing away from the user in the position of use, which leads from the outlet side A of the aerator housing to the ventilation opening 21. If the inner wall 8 is now arranged approximately in the longitudinal center plane of the jet regulator housing 1, this leads to the inner wall 8 being at a greater distance from the longitudinal wall 19 facing the user in the position of use than in relation to the wall 19 facing away from the user in the position of use and having the ventilation opening 21 Longitudinal wall 19. In order for the water flowing through to flow through evenly distributed over the cross section of the jet regulator housing 1, the jet regulator version 121 shown in FIGS 7 are aligned.
- the regulating webs 7 reaching with their free web ends up to the adjacent longitudinal wall 19 have a different web length on the two sides of the inner wall 8, the water flowing through is uniform over the Cross-section of the jet regulator housing 1 distributed because the longitudinal axes of the splitter openings 3 of the jet splitter 2 are each aligned approximately with the web center of the adjacent regulating web 7.
- the jet regulating device 4 can be designed as a two-component or multi-component injection-molded part and, in particular, made from an elastomer plastic 22.
- the flow straightener 5 is designed as a two-component injection-molded part, with a hard-elastic plastic component 23 shown in fine-dashed lines in the figures forming a frame stiffening the flow straightener, while the water-wetted grid structure and / or the outer circumference of the flow straightener 5 resting on the inner circumference of the housing is made at least superficially from an elastomeric plastic 22 which is cross-hatched and has a significantly lighter effect.
- An embodiment is preferred in which at least a partial area of the rectifier webs 13 is made from an elastomer plastic 22 or has at least one surface made from an elastomer plastic 22.
- FIGS. 24 and 25 show a modified further embodiment 124 of a rectangular jet regulator in a longitudinal section (cf. FIG. 24) and in a perspective top view of its flow straightener 5 (cf. FIG. 25) forming the outlet end face of this jet regulator 124.
- the flow straightener 5 of this jet regulator 124 has a lattice structure made up of a group of parallel first straightener webs 13 which are spaced apart from one another and which are aligned with at least one second rectifier web 13 'and here with two spaced apart second rectifier webs 13' at intersections.
- the first rectifier webs 13 each have free web ends 24 on both sides, which web ends 24 are each shaped here as latching cams.
- the flow straightener 5 of the jet regulator 124 can preferably be releasably latched with the free web ends 24 in a locking groove 25 arranged on the inner circumference of the jet regulator housing 1 and also of the jet regulator 124.
- the first and the second rectifier webs 13, 13 ′ delimit the outlet openings 6 of the downstream flow straightener 5 between them and, if appropriate, also the inner circumferential wall of the housing of the jet regulator housing 1.
- the distance between the forks 28, 29 delimiting the fork opening 27 of the at least one holding fork 26 is adapted to the wall thickness of the inner wall 8 associated with the at least one holding fork 26 and is dimensioned so that the inner wall 8 is preferably at right angles to the lattice plane defined by the lattice structure of the flow straightener is held in particular on this flow straightener 5 so that it does not tip over. While the lattice structure of the flow straightener of the jet regulators 101, 106, 110,
- a circumferential retaining ring is the retaining ring with which the flow straightener can be locked into a locking groove on the inside circumference of the jet regulator housing 1, such a retaining ring is dispensed with in the flow straightener 5 of the jet regulator 124 shown in FIGS
- Housing cross-section of the jet regulator housing 1 for guiding the water flowing through is available without further constrictions.
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