Sanitary installation element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10017924-B2
Application number	US-51642207-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2007
Priority date	Dec 6, 2006
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a sanitary installation element ( 101 ) which is arranged in a water line. The installation element ( 101 ) according to the invention comprises a mixing device ( 4 ) with at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 ), which throttling or closing element ( 5 ) can be moved under the pressure of the inflowing water from a mixing or open position into a throttling or closed position against a restoring force, wherein the mixing device ( 4 ) offers a relatively large clear flow cross section when the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 ) in the mixing or open position, and, by contrast thereto, a reduced clear flow cross section when the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 ) is in the throttling or closed position. The installation element according to the invention is distinguished in that it always offers an optimum flow cross section both in low and high pressure ranges.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sanitary installation element which is arranged in a water line that is embodied as a jet regulator, comprising a jet splitter ( 2 ) which divides the inflowing water flow into a multiplicity of individual jets, and having an admixing device ( 4 ), which comprises at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) with a duct opening ( 13 ) that is provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ) in a flow direction, with at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) can move, under the pressure of the inflowing water, from an admixing or open position into a throttling or closed position counter to a restoring force, with the admixing device ( 4 ), in the admixing or open position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a clear throughflow cross section, and in the throttling or closed position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a reduced clear throughflow cross section in relation thereto, the admixing device ( 4 ) is provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ) at an inflow side, and the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), in its throttling or closed position, closes off at least one of: a partial region of the jet splitter inlet, a partial region of a clear passage cross section of the jet splitter ( 2 ), or the at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) which bypasses at least the jet splitter ( 2 ) of the jet regulator, wherein the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) has at least one throttling opening which has a clear throttle opening cross section which is reduced in relation to a corresponding one of the partial region of the jet splitter inlet or the partial region of the clear passage cross section of the jet splitter ( 2 ), which is covered by the throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) in the throttling or closed position, of the clear passage cross section of the jet splitter or in relation to the duct opening.

2. The installation element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), in the throttling or closed position, covers a partial region of the clear passage cross section of the jet splitter ( 2 ), or an edge region which borders the duct opening ( 13 ), at an inflow side.

3. The installation element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the installation element further comprises at least one functional unit which follows the jet splitter ( 2 ) in a flow direction and which serves for jet preparation.

4. The installation element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) can be deformed from a funnel shape in which a periphery thereof extends toward an upstream direction, provided in the admixing or open position, into a shield shape, in which the periphery bears against the jet splitter ( 2 ), in the throttling or closed position.

5. The installation element as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) is movable in an axial direction between an admixing or open position, which is spaced apart from the jet splitter, and the throttling or closed position.

6. A sanitary installation element which is arranged in a water line that is embodied as a jet regulator, comprising a jet splitter ( 2 ) which divides the inflowing water flow into a multiplicity of individual jets, and having an admixing device ( 4 ) with at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) can move, under the pressure of the inflowing water, from an admixing or open position into a throttling or closed position counter to a restoring force, with the admixing device ( 4 ), in the admixing or open position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a clear throughflow cross section, and in the throttling or closed position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a reduced clear throughflow cross section in relation thereto, the admixing device ( 4 ) is provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ) at an inflow side, and the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), in its throttling or closed position, closes off at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) which bypasses at least the jet splitter ( 2 ) of the jet regulator, a funnel-shaped ancillary or filter sieve ( 14 ) is positioned upstream of the jet regulator in a flow direction, and a funnel opening of the funnel-shaped ancillary or filter sieve ( 14 ), which is at a downstream side of the ancillary or filter sieve, is embodied as a duct opening ( 13 ) of the at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) of the admixing device ( 4 ) provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ), and said duct opening ( 13 ) has a clear opening cross section which is larger in relation to filter openings of the ancillary or filter sieve ( 14 ).

7. The installation element as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the duct outlet of the at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) is provided in the flow direction upstream of at least one functional unit, which is positioned in the flow direction downstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ).

8. A sanitary installation element which is arranged in a water line that is embodied as a jet regulator, comprising a jet splitter ( 2 ) which divides the inflowing water flow into a multiplicity of individual jets, and having an admixing device ( 4 ) with at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) includes a fixed anchor portion connected to a center portion of the jet splitter and an elastically deformable closing portion extending therefrom that moves through flexing under the pressure of the inflowing water, from an admixing or open position into a throttling or closed position counter to a restoring force provided by the elastic deformation, with the admixing device ( 4 ), in the admixing or open position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a clear throughflow cross section, and in the throttling or closed position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), providing a reduced clear throughflow cross section in relation thereto, the admixing device ( 4 ) is provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ) at an inflow side, and the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), in its throttling or closed position, closes off at least one of: a partial region of the clear passage cross section of the jet splitter ( 2 ), or at least one bypass duct ( 12 ) which bypasses at least the jet splitter ( 2 ) of the jet regulator, with the bypass duct including a duct opening ( 13 ) that is provided upstream of the jet splitter ( 2 ) in a flow direction, wherein the admixing device ( 4 ) has at least two of the throttling elements ( 5 , 5 ′) or the at least one throttling element ( 5 ) has at least two throttling element partial regions which can be moved from the admixing or open position into the throttling or closed position at different water pressures.

9. A sanitary installation element which is arranged in a water line that is embodied as a jet regulator, comprising a jet splitter ( 2 ) which divides the inflowing water flow into a multiplicity of individual jets, and having an admixing device ( 4 ) with at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′), the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′) can move, under the pressure of the inflowing water, from an admixing or open position into a throttling or closed position counter to a restoring force, with the admixing device ( 4 ), in the admixing or open position of the at least one throttling or closing element ( 5 , 5 ′)

Assignees

• Zoller Uwe
• Weis Christoph
• Grether Hermann
• Neoperl Gmbh

Inventors

• Zoller Uwe
• Weis Christoph
• Grether Hermann

Classifications

• E03C2001/026

  with flow restricting devices · CPC title

• E03C1/084 Primary

  Jet regulators with aerating means · CPC title

• G05D7/012

  the sensing element being deformable and acting as a valve · CPC title