Sanitary fitted element for a water outlet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10415218-B2
Application number	US-201715806771-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Priority date	May 27, 2010
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A sanitary fitted element ( 1 ) which can be inserted into the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting and is held releasably there. A characteristic feature of the fitted element ( 1 ) according to the invention is that said fitted element has an adjusting device for changing the clear sectional area of flow of the fitted element ( 1 ) and/or the discharge rate, which adjusting device is actuable via at least one control element ( 8 ) which is arranged actuably on the inflow side of the fitted element ( 1 ) and/or on the outflow side thereof. The fitted element ( 1 ) according to the invention can be used in a versatile manner in order to reduce the outlay on production and stock.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sanitary installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is insertable into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, comprising a housing that is insertable in the water outlet and having an outflow end opening from which water is adapted to be discharged, and at least one of a screen, a jet splitter, or a flow regulator connected to the housing, an adjustment device for varying at least one of a clear throughflow cross section of the installation element or a volume flow, said adjustment device is actuatable by an operating element ( 8 ) arranged for actuation at an inflow end opening of said housing, wherein the adjustment device has a regulating element ( 9 ) and, interacting therewith, an adjustment element ( 10 ), a relative position of the adjustment element ( 10 ) is variable by the operating element ( 8 ) in order to vary the throughflow cross section or a throughflow rate, the operating element ( 8 ) is mounted so as to be rotatable but immovable in a longitudinal direction, the adjustment element is guided so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction and rotationally fixed by spokes on the adjustment element being guided in a longitudinally extending grooves in the housing, and a rotational movement at said operating element ( 8 ) is convertible into a longitudinal movement of the adjustment element.

2. The installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) is held in a releasable manner in the water outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting.

3. The installation element ( 1 , 5 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a threaded or detent peg protrudes from the at least one operating element ( 8 ), said threaded or detent peg engages into a threaded or detent opening in the adjustment element ( 10 ).

4. The installation element ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment device is assigned, as a regulating element ( 9 ), a perforated plate which has a multiplicity of throughflow holes, and a partial quantity of the throughflow holes can be opened and closed by the adjustment element ( 10 ), said adjustment element ( 10 ), when in a closed position, rests on a partial quantity of the throughflow holes.

5. The installation element ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the throughflow holes of the perforated plate are arranged in at least two hole circles ( 13 ), and the adjustment element ( 10 ), when in the closed position, rests on at least one of the throughflow holes of at least one of the hole circles ( 13 ).

6. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a rotational position indicator ( 79 ) is provided to allow identification of a selected rotational position of the adjustment element ( 10 ).

7. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the rotational position indicator ( 79 ) has a display opening ( 81 ) on an upstream screen ( 14 ), said display opening ( 81 ) interacts with characteristic numbers, characteristic figures or characteristic symbols provided on an adjacent end surface of the jet regulator housing.

8. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adjustment device includes a housing ( 26 ), the adjustment element ( 10 ) supports a throttle body ( 19 ), a regulating profiling ( 21 ) is provided on an inner circumferential wall of the housing ( 26 ), and the longitudinal movement of the adjustment element adjusts a longitudinal position of the throttle body ( 19 ) relative to the regulating profiling ( 21 ) to adjust the volume flow of the installation element.

9. A sanitary installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) which is insertable inserted into a water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, comprising an adjustment device for varying at least one of a clear throughflow cross section of the installation element or a volume flow, said adjustment device is actuatable by at least one operating element ( 8 ) arranged such that it is actuatable on an inflow side of the installation element, wherein the adjustment device has a regulating element ( 9 ) and, interacting therewith, an adjustment element ( 10 ), a relative position of which is variable by the at least one operating element ( 8 ) in order to vary the throughflow cross section or a throughflow rate, the at least one operating element ( 8 ) is mounted so as to be rotatable but immovable in a longitudinal direction, the adjustment element is guided so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction and rotationally fixed, and a rotational movement at said operating element ( 8 ) is convertible into a longitudinal movement of the adjustment element, and a filter screen ( 14 ) is arranged at the inflow side that simultaneously acts as the operating element ( 8 ) of the adjustment device.

10. The installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the installation element ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ) is held in a releasable manner in the water outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting.

11. The installation element ( 1 , 5 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a threaded or detent peg protrudes from the at least one operating element ( 8 ), said threaded or detent peg engages into a threaded or detent opening in the adjustment element ( 10 ).

12. The installation element ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the adjustment device is assigned, as a regulating element ( 9 ), a perforated plate which has a multiplicity of throughflow holes, and a partial quantity of the throughflow holes can be opened and closed by the adjustment element ( 10 ), said adjustment element ( 10 ), when in a closed position, rests on a partial quantity of the throughflow holes.

13. The installation element ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the throughflow holes of the perforated plate are arranged in at least two hole circles ( 13 ), and the adjustment element ( 10 ), when in the closed position, rests on at least one of the throughflow holes of at least one of the hole circles ( 13 ).

14. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a rotational position indicator ( 79 ) is provided to allow identification of a selected rotational position of the adjustment element ( 10 ).

15. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the rotational position indicator ( 79 ) has a display opening ( 81 ) on an upstream screen ( 14 ), said display opening ( 81 ) interacts with characteristic numbers, characteristic figures or characteristic symbols provided on an adjacent end surface of the jet regulator housing.

16. The installation element ( 1 , 3 , 6 ) as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the adjustment device includes a housing ( 26 ), the adjustment element ( 10 ) supports a throttle body ( 19 ), a regulating profiling ( 21 ) is provided on an inner circumferential wall of the housing ( 26 ), and the longitudinal movement of the adjustment element adjusts a longitudinal position of the throttle body ( 19 ) relative to the regulating profiling ( 21 ) to adjust the volume flow of the installation element.

Assignees

• Neoperl Gmbh

Inventors

• Hart Keith
• Blum Gerhard
• Tempel Marc
• Weis Christoph

Classifications

• B05B1/3006

  the controlling element being actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed (B05B1/323 takes precedence; single-unit outlet valves actuated by the pressure of the fluid to be sprayed B05B11/0062) · CPC title

• B05B1/3046

  the valve element, e.g. a needle, co-operating with a valve seat located downstream of the valve element and its actuating means, generally in the proximity of the outlet orifice (B05B1/308 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B05B12/002

  Manually-actuated controlling means, e.g. push buttons, levers or triggers (for single units B05B11/00) · CPC title

• E03C1/08

  Jet regulators {or jet guides}, e.g. anti-splash devices · CPC title

• E03C2001/026

  with flow restricting devices · CPC title