EP2108748A1 - Armature sanitaire - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP2108748A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: housing; cartridge; water outlet; sanitary fitting; fitting according
Prior art date: 2008-04-10
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EP09004818A

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Josef Behr

Albert Becker

Daniel Haas

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Ideal Standard International BVBA

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2008-04-10

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2009-10-14

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- 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

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the invention relates to a sanitary fitting with a water outlet having fitting housing, with a mixing cartridge inserted therein and connected to the feed pipes for the cold and hot water and with a connected to the lever of the mixing cartridge handle lever for adjusting the amount and temperature of the guided over the cartridge and from the arranged at the water outlet outlet opening exiting water.
a sanitary fitting with the aforementioned features is for example from the DE 199 30 623 A1 known.
the sanitary fitting described in this document is attached by means of a clamping device on a vanity.
the sanitary fitting has a solid fitting body, which is generally formed as a cast metal body in today common sanitary fittings.
Receiving chamber is a mixing cartridge arranged in the bottom of the introduced into the fitting body inlet pipes for the cold and the hot To open water.
the mixed water generated in the mixing cartridge is passed into a cavity formed in the water outlet of the fitting body, from where it is discharged via an outlet opening as a free jet.
the mixing cartridge is controllable in terms of flow control and the temperature setting on a projecting from her lever, which is connected to a guided on a mounted on the fitting body bearing handle lever.
the known sanitary fitting has the disadvantage that the fitting body made as a solid casting requires a high material and manufacturing costs and therefore is only correspondingly expensive to produce.
the available therefor casting tools are expensive, changes in the design of the fitting body associated with corresponding high switching costs, so that the flexibility in responding to corresponding changes in the market is limited. It should be added that the assembly of the mixing cartridge arranged in the fitting cast body with the connections for the feed pipes to be made is also expensive.
the invention is therefore based on the object, a sanitary fitting with the aforementioned generic features in such a way that reduces the cost of the preparation of the fitting body and the assembly of the other functional parts of the sanitary fitting is simplified.
the invention provides in its basic idea that the fitting housing with the integrally formed thereon water spout made of a light metal and that in the fitting housing a pre-assembly consisting of a cartridge housing with the specified therein and to the Connected inlet pipes, a radial water outlet having mixing cartridge used and secured against rotation in the fitting housing, wherein in the water outlet of the valve body forming the waterway between the mixing cartridge and the outlet opening for the water forming and formed in the wall of the cartridge passage passage cross and sealing to the Mixed cartridge connected insert is arranged.
the invention has the advantage that the valve body only has the function of receiving the other functional parts of the sanitary fitting such as pre-assembly and insert part and even, for example, is no longer water-bearing. Therefore, the valve body can be made of lightweight, visually appealing materials such as a light metal. Since this can significantly reduce the manufacturing costs for the valve body, it is also easier to change the design of the valve body. As far as provided according to the invention to accommodate the mixing cartridge including the necessary connections for the feed pipes in a separate cartridge housing, this results in the ability to form a pre-assembly that pre-assembled regardless of the required in the art total assembly of sanitary fitting and, for example, in advance Tightness and function can be tested.
the insert is arranged interchangeable in the water outlet of the valve body.
the insert part connected at its end inserted into the cartridge housing with a flow stabilizer and the flow stabilizer is used in ready assembled sanitary fitting in the water outlet of the mixing cartridge.
the insert in the fitting housing is provided according to an embodiment of the invention that at the water outlet formed an opening for inserting the insert into the water outlet and the opening is closed by a releasably connected to the water outlet cap.
the fitting housing is a zinc die-cast component.
the cartridge housing in the valve body is positively fixed
the cartridge housing is secured against rotation in the fitting housing by means of a bayonet lock.
the cartridge housing has on its outer side a groove which is pushed onto a valve body radially inwardly projecting rib during assembly of the pre-assembly.
the mixing cartridge is secured in the cartridge housing by means of a retaining ring inserted into the upper end of the cartridge housing opposite the inlet pipes.
the cartridge housing has only a receiving and holding function for the functional parts of the sanitary fitting, it can be provided that the cartridge housing is made of plastic.
the handle lever with a bearing housing on the fitting housing can be placed and connected by a pin connection with the adjusting lever of the mixing cartridge.
the handle attachment of the handle lever has on its associated with the water outlet bottom a releasably closable with a cap recess for concealed receiving the mounting pin of the pin connection.
this cartridge housing can be used for fastening the bearing shell, and this can be provided that the bearing shell engages over a mounted on the cartridge housing retaining ring sealing ring with bias and thus on the cartridge housing, thus is also set relative to the valve body.
sanitary fittings usually also has a pull rod for actuating a washbasin or the like located waste fitting
the fitting housing on its side facing away from the water outlet has a cutout for passing a running inside the valve body arranged drawbar , which is closed by a through opening for the pull rod having a screen.
the screen is held by means of a screw on the cartridge housing, wherein the screen can be additionally determined via a clip connection to the valve body.
fitting housing 10 has an integrally formed thereon water outlet 11; the fitting housing 10 including the water outlet 11 can be made, for example, as a zinc die-cast part, that is, a corresponding light metal.
a pre-assembly unit 12 is inserted and rotationally fixed therein in the assembled state, wherein this pre-assembly unit 12 comprises a cartridge housing 13 with components arranged therein, such as FIG. 3 described in more detail.
Supply pipes 14 for the cold and the hot water are introduced into the cartridge housing 13, wherein at the upper end of the cartridge housing 13, the adjusting lever 15 of the mixing cartridge arranged in the cartridge housing 13 protrudes.
This mixing cartridge is fixed by a retaining ring 16 inserted in the upper end of the cartridge case 13.
a handle lever 20 is to be connected to actuate the mixing cartridge, a sealing ring 17 is first clamped to the retaining ring 16, on which a bearing shell 18 is placed for the handle lever 20 and the extent frictionally connected to the cartridge housing 13. Therefore, the bearing shell 18 is also set with respect to the valve body 10 when inserted in the valve body 10 and locked therein pre-assembly 12.
a handle nut 19 is screwed for fixing.
the handle lever 20 is mounted with a bearing housing 34 on the bearing shell 18 and fixedly connected by means of an inserted fastening pin 22 with the adjusting lever 15.
the handle attachment 21 of the handle lever 20 accordingly FIG. 1a at its the valve body 10th facing bottom on a recess over which the fastening pin 22 is inserted. This recess is closed after installation of the handle lever 20 to the adjusting lever 15 by means of a releasably connected to the handle extension 21 cap 23.
a preferably made of plastic insert part 24 can be inserted into the water outlet 11 of the fitting housing 10, which in the representation of FIGS. 2a or 2b, although formed in two parts, but is welded to a single component before its assembly.
the insert is at its the pre-assembly unit 12 facing end via a seal 25 in a formed in the cartridge housing 13 opening 26 so far used that the end of the insert into the formed on the mixing cartridge water outlet ( FIG. 3 ) to intervene.
the insert part 24 is connected at its insertable into the cartridge housing 13 end with a flow stabilizer 38, wherein the flow stabilizer is used in fully assembled sanitary fitting in the water outlet of the mixing cartridge.
a jet insert 27 is mounted, which is used together with the insert part 24 in the water outlet 11.
the water outlet 11 has an opening, via which the insert part 24 can be inserted, wherein this opening can then be closed by a cap 28 to be connected detachably to the water outlet 11.
the insert part 24, optionally including the designated jet insert 27, may have a different design and therefore also optionally in the water outlet 11 of the valve body 10 can be used. This is the fitting housing 10 with different water outlet openings operate without a change of the valve body 10 itself would be required.
the sanitary fitting is completed by an inserted into the fitting housing 10, studs, not shown, wherein at the lower end of the valve body 10, a centering seal 30, a mold plate 31 and a support plate 32 are arranged, and a screwed onto the stud fastening nut 33 is provided.
These components are used to attach the sanitary fitting on a washstand or the like in a manner known per se, so that in connection with the description of the inventive construction of the sanitary fitting is not discussed further.
the mixing cartridge 35 is arranged inside the cartridge housing 13.
an insert 36 is provided between the mixing cartridge 35 and the bottom of the cartridge housing 13, in which the feed pipes 14 are guided.
the feed pipes 14 are sealed in the insert 36 as well as the insert 36 relative to the cartridge housing 13 by sealing rings 37.
the cartridge housing 13 is fixed with inserted mixing cartridge 35 by the introduction of a retaining ring 16.
the insert 36 on the one hand and the mixing cartridge 35 on the other hand each have a partial opening 51 and 52, wherein in the resulting total opening 51, 52 of the flow stabilizer 38 is used to connect the insert part 24.
the cartridge housing 13 has on its outer side a groove 50, with which the cartridge housing 13 during assembly of the preassembly unit 12 in the housing 10 via a valve housing 10 formed in the interior, protruding and not shown rib is pushed, so that thereby the rotational position of the cartridge housing 13 relative to the valve body 10 is realized.
sanitary fittings also have a Switzerlandstangenbetuschist for example, a waste set of a washstand as a carrier of the sanitary fitting, also in the sanitary fitting shown in the embodiment inside the fitting housing 10 a correspondingly extending tie rod 40 is arranged, which carries a pull button 43 at its upper end.
the fitting housing 10 on its side facing away from the water outlet 11 back on a cutout for passing the tie rod 40, which is closed by a through opening 44 for the pull rod 40 having the screen 41.
the screen 41 is to be screwed by means of a screw 42 with the cartridge housing 13, wherein the screen 41 in the illustrated embodiment of a recovery for positive reception of the pull button 43 has.

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DE102008018508A DE102008018508A1 (de)	2008-04-10	2008-04-10	Sanitärarmatur

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ES2382103T3 (es)	2012-06-05
EP2108748B1 (fr)	2012-02-08
ATE544915T1 (de)	2012-02-15
DE102008018508A1 (de)	2009-10-22

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EP2108748A1 (fr)	2009-10-14	Armature sanitaire
DE102007050737B4 (de)	2011-06-16	Sanitäre Auslaufarmatur
EP2497866B1 (fr)	2019-08-21	Robinet doté d'une sortie orientable
EP1355094B1 (fr)	2005-10-26	Cartouche de réglage pour régler l'écoulement d'eau de sortie d'une installation sanitaire
WO2010069606A1 (fr)	2010-06-24	Boîtier encastré pour le montage d’éléments sanitaires
DE102008031558A1 (de)	2010-01-14	Kopf- oder Seitenbrause
EP3021023B1 (fr)	2017-07-19	Robinetterie ayant un axe de pivotement decale d'element de commande
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WO2006084610A1 (fr)	2006-08-17	Robinet
EP1730371A2 (fr)	2006-12-13	Fermeture quart de tour en deux parties
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DE102011003537B4 (de)	2013-06-20	Ventilgehäusekörper
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