Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
  • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
  • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
  • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
  • E03C1/0404—Constructional or functional features of the spout
  • E03C1/0407—Spouts for unpressurized outflow of water
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
  • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
  • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
  • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
  • E03C1/0404—Constructional or functional features of the spout

Definitions

• the invention relates to a sanitary fitting with a 5 water outlet having water outlet housing and a water supply, wherein between the water supply and the water outlet a water outlet moderator is arranged.
• the object of the present invention is to design a sanitary fitting of the type mentioned at the beginning in such a way that effective jet pattern optimization is achieved and, in particular, turbulence in the area of the water outlet is reduced.
• the water outlet moderator has a moderator housing with a moderator, in which a hollow body is arranged, which at least one water inlet opening, which is connected to 'the water supply, and at least one water outlet opening, wherein the at least one water outlet opening connects the interior of the hollow body with the moderator, and that the moderator has at least one outlet opening to the water outlet.
• the water flow is first braked in the hollow body.
• the calmed water flows into the moderator room, where it is evenly distributed.
• the outlet opening the water then flows laminar into the water outlet.
• the water outlet opening in one of the outlet opening not facing, in particular the outlet opening diametrically opposite side of the hollow body may be arranged.
• This has the advantage that water can not flow on the shortest route directly from the water outlet openings of the hollow body to the outlet opening and to the water outlet. Instead, the moderator room must first be filled before water can flow into the outlet opening on the opposite side of the hollow body. This leads to a significant water calming.
• the hollow body may be surrounded by a sieve, in particular a ring sieve.
• the water outlet opening can be technically easily realized by a slot or a hole. There may be provided a plurality of vertical slots or holes in Man ⁇ tel of the hollow body. It can also be provided horizontally or inclined, even curved slots.
• the main exit direction for the Run opening can be influenced by varying the number and / or the position and / or the size of the water outlet openings.
• It can be arranged in a vertical region of the hollow body, so that the water can flow uniformly at the vertical region of the hollow body to the bottom of the moderator chamber.
• the hollow body may be connected at least with a water connection piece, to which the water supply line, which in particular has a small cross-section, can be connected. Due to the small cross-section of the water supply a fast water supply, for example, •• is achieved by a mixing unit to the water outlet.
• the water can flow evenly in the water outlet, and in particular form no turbulence, the water outlet moderator can have a particular wedge-shaped outlet bottom body in the water outlet.
• the water outlet housing can have a closable opening for introducing or removing the water outlet moderator, by means of which the water outlet moderator can be removed for cleaning purposes, for example.
• the moderator housing in its upper end face an opening, in particular a cylinder opening, have, through which the hollow body and optionally the screen are inserted or removed.
• the moderator housing may have an opening in its end facing the water outlet, through which the hollow body and possibly the sieve can be inserted, guided or removed.
• the moderator space may be an annulus.
• the hollow body can be realized as a hollow cylinder.
• a slender construction is made possible when the water inlet opening extends axially to an axis of the hollow body.
• the outlet opening is an outlet channel, so that a turbulence-free as possible flow is feasible.
• Figure 1 shows schematically a side section of a first embodiment of a sanitary fitting with a water outlet moderator, in which a hollow cylinder is inserted from above in the moderator housing;
• FIG. 2 schematically shows the components of the water outlet moderator according to FIG. 1 in an exploded drawing
• Figure 3 shows schematically a side section of a second -Aus enclosuresbeispiels a sanitary fitting with a Wasserauslaufodererator, in which a Hollow cylinder is inserted from the front into the moderator housing;
• FIG. 4 schematically shows the components of the water outlet moderator according to FIG. 3 in an exploded drawing.
• the sanitary fitting 1 comprises a water outlet housing 2 with a water outlet 3, in the leading in Figure 1 from below a water supply 4 from a mixing unit, not shown.
• the water outlet 3 has a substantially U-shaped profile, so that it is open at the top and thus forms a kind of gutter.
• a water outlet moderator 5 is arranged in the water outlet housing 2.
• the components of the water outlet moderator 5 are shown in perspective in an exploded view in FIG.
• the water outlet moderator 5 comprises a cuboid moderator housing 6, preferably made of transparent plastic, to which an outlet bottom body 7 adjoins the right in FIGS. 1 and 2, which extends over the entire bottom surface of the water outlet 3.
• the outlet bottom body 7 is a four-sided pyramidal stump whose base is part of the surface of the right front side of the moderator housing 6. Its underside, front and back are perpendicular to its base. Its top runs in figure 1 slightly down, to the right end of the water outlet 3 out a slight slope. In the lateral section of the outlet bottom body 7 so on a wedge shape.
• the moderator housing 6 is hollow in its interior.
• the interior of the moderator housing 6 is divided in Figure 1 approximately at half height with a flat partition 8, which extends in Figure 1 perpendicular to the plane, in an annular space 9 ( Figure 1 above) and a connection space 10 ( Figure 1 below) ,
• Illuminants (not shown), for example light-emitting diodes, can be accommodated in the connection space 10 and, in particular, irradiate the adjacent end surface of the outlet bottom body 7.
• the moderator housing 6 is open in FIG. 1 in the regions of the lower side of the connection space 10 and the right side of the annular space 9.
• the intermediate wall 8 has a continuous circular water inlet opening 11, which is assigned to the underside of the intermediate wall 8 is an approximately hollow cylindrical connecting piece 12 with a circular cross section for the water supply line 4.
• the inner contours of the water inlet opening 11 and the connecting piece 12 merge into one another.
• the cross-section of the connecting piece 12 tapers in an area somewhat below the intermediate wall 8 downwards to an outer diameter which corresponds to the inner diameter of the water supply line 4.
• the moderator housing ⁇ has in its upper end face a cylinder opening 13 with a circular cross-section, whose axis is coaxial with the axis of the water inlet opening 11 in the intermediate wall 8.
• the upper edge of the cylinder opening 13 merges into a depression 14 with a circular cross-section in the outer surface of the upper end side of the modulator housing 6.
• a hollow cylindrical annular sieve 15 is arranged, whose outer cross section coincides with the inner cross section of the cylinder opening 13.
• the height of the annular sieve 15 corresponds to the distance between the bottom of the depression 14 and the upper surface of the intermediate wall 8, so that the annular sieve 15 is seated on the intermediate wall 8.
• a hollow cylinder 16 is arranged with a circular base, which is inserted in the water inlet opening 11 of the intermediate wall 8.
• the outer diameter of the hollow cylinder 16 corresponds to the inner diameter of the water inlet opening 11 in the intermediate wall 8 and the inner diameter of the connecting piece 12 in its upper, wide region.
• the hollow cylinder 16 is so high that it extends from the bottom of the sink 14 until the beginning of the taper of the connecting piece 12.
• the upper end face of the hollow cylinder 16 is closed by a cylinder-shaped cap 17 which is approximately circular in shape.
• the outer diameter of the cylinder cap 17 corresponds approximately to the outer diameter of the depression 14.
• the thickness of the cylinder cap 17 corresponds to the height of the depression 14, so that the upper surface of the cylinder cap 17 terminates with the upper end side of the moderator housing 6.
• the cylinder cap 17 is sealed against the sink 14 with an O-ring 18 which is disposed in a circumferential annular groove 19 in the bottom surface of the sink 14.
• the jacket of the hollow cylinder 16 has in its left in Figure 1, ie the water outlet 3 side facing away from a plurality of axially extending, continuous slots 19, of which only two are shown in Figure 1. Via the slots 19, the interior of the hollow cylinder 16 is connected to the annular space 9.
• the right region of the intermediate wall 8 forms the bottom of the outlet channel 20, whose contour in FIG. 1 merges into the inner contour of the outlet bottom body 7.
• the water outlet housing 2 has towards the water outlet 3 towards a rectangular opening 24 through which the outlet bottom body 7 passes in its lower region.
• the lower inner surface of the opening 24 is formed by the bottom surface of the water outlet 3.
• the width of the opening 24 perpendicular to the plane in Figure 1 corresponds to the width of the outlet bottom body 7.
• the contour of the upper inner surface of the opening 24 merges into the contour of the upper inner surface of the outlet channel 20 of the water outlet moderator 5.
• the underside of the outlet bottom body 7 rests on the top of the bottom of the water outlet 3.
• the outlet bottom body 7 has a hook-like bar 22 which is hooked in a complementary hooking 23 in the right end of the bottom of the water outlet 3.
• a rear wall 24, which closes the left side of the water outlet housing 2 in Figure 1, is removable, so that the water outlet moderator 5 can be introduced from the left into the water outlet housing 2, wherein the hook-like bar 22 is hooked into the Einhticiannut 23 to fix the Wasserauslaufmoderator 5.
• the annular sieve 15 in FIG. 2 is inserted from above through the cylinder opening 13 into the annular space 9 in such a way that it rests with its underside on the intermediate wall 8. Then, the O-ring 18 is inserted into the annular groove 19. Subsequently, the hollow cylinder 16 is inserted through the cylinder opening 13 into the water inlet opening 11 so that its slots 19 are arranged in Figure 1 on the left side of the output channel 20 side facing away. Thereafter, the water outlet moderator 5 is inserted from the side with the rear wall 24 removed in the water outlet housing 2, wherein the hook-like bar 22 is hooked into the hooking 23. Subsequently, will the water supply line 4 from below on the connecting piece 12 inserted. Finally, the rear wall 24 is added.
• FIG. 3 A second embodiment of a sanitary fitting 101 with a water outlet moderator 105 is shown in Figure 3 in
• the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment essentially in that in Moderator housing 106 no upper cylinder opening for the hollow cylinder 116 and the ring screen 115 is provided. Instead, the hollow cylinder 116 and the annular sieve
• cylinder cap 117 which has the shape of a cuboid whose left end side in FIG. 4 has the shape of a halved circular cylinder.
• the hollow cylinder 116 is arranged eccentrically in the region of the left end side of the cylinder hood 117.
• the hollow cylinder 116 is not inserted in contrast to the first embodiment in the water inlet opening 11 of the intermediate wall 8, but placed on an intermediate wall 108. Its inner contour is in the inner contour of the lateral surface of an opening 111 in the left part of the intermediate wall 108, to which a connection piece 112 connects for a water supply line 104 via.
• the side facing away from the outlet 103 of the ring screen 115 abuts against the adjacent inner surface of the annular space 109, so that the hollow cylinder 116 and the surrounding ring screen 115 are arranged eccentrically in the annular space 109 altogether. This leads to a significant calming of the water flow.
• the output channel 120 to the water outlet 103 is greater than in the first embodiment, which also contributes to calm the flow of water.
• the bottom of the water outlet 103 increases in Figure 3 to the right.
• the lower surface of the outlet bottom body 107 also rises to the right to compensate for the slope of the bottom of the water outlet 103, so that as a result, the upper, Water overflowed surface of the outlet bottom body 107 is approximately horizontal.
• outlet housing 102 instead of the removable rear wall 24 as in the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, a releasable cover 124 on.
• the hollow cylinder 116 in FIG. 4 is inserted from above into the annular sieve 115. Subsequently, the hollow cylinder 116 is pushed together with the ring screen 115 in Figure 4 from the right into the annular space 109, wherein the cylinder cap 117 is guided by two lateral recesses 124 in the upper region of the outlet channel 120. Subsequently, the water outlet moderator 105 is introduced from above into the open water outlet housing 102 in FIG. 3, with the water supply line 104 being pushed onto the connection piece 112. Finally, the lid 124 is attached and so the water outlet housing 112 is closed.
• the vertical slots 19; 119 can also other water outlet openings, for example, holes in the shell of the hollow cylinder 16; 116 be provided. It can also be provided horizontally or inclined, even curved slots. The openings, in particular the slots, can also in other ways along the jacket of the hollow cylinder 16; 116 be distributed.
• the main exit direction for the exit channel nal 20; 120 can be influenced by varying the number and / or the position and / or the size of the water outlet openings.

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