EP0576391A1 - Pièce de raccordement pour des robinetteries sanitaires - Google Patents

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EP0576391A1
EP0576391A1 EP93810362A EP93810362A EP0576391A1 EP 0576391 A1 EP0576391 A1 EP 0576391A1 EP 93810362 A EP93810362 A EP 93810362A EP 93810362 A EP93810362 A EP 93810362A EP 0576391 A1 EP0576391 A1 EP 0576391A1
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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
    • E03C1/042—Arrangements on taps for wash-basins or baths for connecting to the wall
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/5109—Convertible
    • Y10T137/5196—Unit orientable in a single location between plural positions
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/6851—With casing, support, protector or static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6966—Static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6969—Buildings
    • Y10T137/698—Wall
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86493—Multi-way valve unit
    • Y10T137/86549—Selective reciprocation or rotation

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  • the present invention relates to a connection device for a sanitary mixer tap according to the preamble of independent patent claim 1.
  • a connection device for assembling a mixing valve in the case of chaotically or interchanged inlet and / or outlet lines is described, for example, in DE-A-3 826 064.
  • a flush-mounted connection piece which has continuous pipe channels for hot and cold water, is provided with connecting stub lines for connection to the valve.
  • connection device is the comparatively large overall height and the difficult standardization.
  • the distance between the housing and the connecting piece is adjustable, but this possibility requires a considerably higher manufacturing effort.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a connecting device of the type mentioned, which can be manufactured with a significantly smaller overall height, is easier to standardize and can be extended without significantly higher production and assembly costs.
  • the object is achieved by the invention according to claim 1.
  • the device according to the invention also has the advantage that the connection or interface between the connecting piece and the fitting housing can be flat and a simple drilling pattern is then sufficient to standardize connectable fittings. Further advantageous features result from the dependent claims, the description and the drawings.
  • connection housing 1 and 2 consists of a connection housing 1, to which the cold water pipes, not shown here, can be fed to connection pieces 3, 4.
  • connection pieces 3, 4 are connected by means of internal through holes 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b to opposite connecting pieces 3 ', 4', so that each connection housing 1 can be used as a through line.
  • Two further connecting pieces 5, 5 ' are not connected to one another, but are designed as blind bores. The mixed water can be taken from these.
  • Both the connecting pieces 3, 3 ', 4, 4' and the connecting pieces 5, 5 'for mixed water are provided with branch lines 14, 15, 16, 17 which are essentially perpendicular to the plane formed by the connecting pieces.
  • connection housing 1 has a cylindrical recess 2 with a flat bottom 22.
  • the mentioned stub lines 14, 15, 16, 17 open into this bottom 22 and a first stub line 14, which branches off from the connecting piece 3, 3 ', is centered on cylindrical recess arranged.
  • a second stub 15, which branches off from the connecting pieces 4, 4 ′, is kidney-shaped so that it has the necessary line cross section for the same amount of water as the circular central stub 14.
  • the stub lines 14, 15 for the inflow lines are thus arranged centrally or closest to the center.
  • a connecting piece 6 consisting of a cylindrical central part 7 and a hollow cylindrical peripheral part 8.
  • the central part 7 is also provided for the supply lines and the peripheral part 8 for the discharge lines.
  • An embodiment is also conceivable in which the connecting piece 6 is inserted into a recess of the fitting housing 9, not shown here.
  • passages 34, 35, 36, 37 which open at the bottom of the recess 2 into concentric annular chambers 18, 19, 20 or communicate with the central mouth of the stub 14.
  • the openings of the passages 34-37 are aligned with the mouths of the leads 24, 25, 26, 27 in the valve body 9.
  • the supply lines 24 and 25, which supply the water in the central part, and the supply lines 26, 27, which carry the water away, are arranged in the peripheral part.
  • the central part 7 of the connecting piece with the passages 34, 35 can be changed over with respect to the peripheral part 8, or the peripheral part 8 with respect to the central part 7.
  • both the two leads 5, 5 ' can be interchanged, as well as the two pairs of leads 3, 3', 4, 4 '.
  • annular chambers 18, 19, 20 and the central arrangement of the one feed line enable the two parts 7, 8 to be rotated as a whole by 360 °, so that any possible chaotic assembly and any possible confusion can be compensated for.
  • Seals are necessary between the ring channels 18, 19, 20 and the central feed of the branch line 14.
  • three concentric ring grooves 42 are present in the connecting piece 6, into which three sealing rings 40 are inserted accordingly. Because the outermost annular chamber 18 is delimited by the cylindrical wall of the recess 2 in the connection housing 1, a further sealing ring 40 is inserted laterally into the one annular groove 46 of the connecting piece 6.
  • Corresponding four sealing rings 41 are located in annular grooves 43 on the upper surface of the connecting piece in order to seal the openings of the passages 34-37 and the associated openings of the supply lines 24-27 each against one another. But also the central part 7 and the peripheral part 8 must be sealed from one another.
  • a circumferential groove 44 is provided in a cylindrical outer side 50 of the central part 7, in which an annular seal 45 is inserted.
  • connection housing 1 can be provided with the necessary passages by drilling alone and the two parts 7 and 8 of the connecting piece can be produced in a simple manner as plastic injection molded parts and essentially do not need to be reworked.
  • the peripheral part 8 has a cylindrical recess 51, in which the central part 7 is inserted axially and sealed with the ring seal 45.
  • the central part 7 With radially extending pins 52 which engage at their ends in recesses 53 and 54 of the central part 7 and the peripheral part 8, these two parts 7 and 8 are connected to one another in a rotationally fixed manner.
  • the pins 52 can be lifted out of the recesses 53 with the central part 7.
  • the central part 7 can thus be easily repositioned through 180 ° in the peripheral part 8. It is just as simple to reposition only the peripheral part 8 by 180 °. If the entire connecting piece 6 is rotated about its axis by 180 ° with respect to the valve housing 9, the pins 52 can be left in the recesses 53 and 54.
  • the central part 7 could be non-circular, for example elliptical, and the recess 51 could also be formed.
  • the central part 7 and the peripheral part 8 are also non-rotatable the valve body 9 connected.
  • the pins 55 and 56 are detachably inserted in corresponding holes 57, 58 and 59 of the connecting piece 6 and the fitting housing 9. The connector 6 is thus always rotated with the valve housing 9.
  • the peripheral part 8 could be designed as a blind plate without bores 36 and 37.
  • a one-piece design of the connecting part would also be possible.
  • a swapping of the hot and cold water feeds would also be possible in this simpler embodiment by repositioning the connecting part with respect to the fitting housing 9 by 180 °.
  • the connecting piece could be made in one piece. In this case, however, the connecting piece would still have to have all four passages 34, 35, 36 and 37.
  • connection piece can be plate-shaped or disk-shaped, the height H being much smaller than the diameter.
  • the height can be, for example, 2 cm and the diameter D 6.5 cm. Since in all the variants of the Connection piece, the connection housing 1 and the valve housing 9 do not have to be changed, a modular system with such connection devices is particularly simple.
  • Fig. 3 shows a side view of a connection device with a connection housing 1 with two connecting pieces 3, 4.
  • the connection housing 1 there is the connector 6.
  • a thicker plaster or covering layer is attached in construction in an unforeseen manner, so that the valve body 9 in one distance increased by distance A should be installed.
  • an intermediate piece 21 with the height A can be used.
  • the fitting housing 9 is then held on the connection housing 1 by means of the retaining ring 23 with longer fastening screws 21 '.
  • Such an attachment ensures that no water-carrying parts are loaded, but that the valve housing 9 is attached directly to the connection housing 1.

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  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Multiple-Way Valves (AREA)
  • Valve Housings (AREA)
  • Domestic Plumbing Installations (AREA)
  • Sink And Installation For Waste Water (AREA)
  • Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)
  • Crushing And Pulverization Processes (AREA)
EP93810362A 1992-05-18 1993-05-17 Pièce de raccordement pour des robinetteries sanitaires Expired - Lifetime EP0576391B1 (fr)

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CH1587/92A CH685205A5 (de) 1992-05-18 1992-05-18 Anschlussvorrichtung für eine sanitäre Mischarmatur.
CH1587/92 1992-05-18

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EP0790448A3 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1998-04-15 Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG Armature sanitaire
EP0866180A3 (fr) * 1997-03-19 2000-03-01 Inax Corporation Dispositif de fixation d'un robinet
EP2952641A1 (fr) * 2014-06-05 2015-12-09 JCL Industry Co., Ltd. Procédé de fabrication d'un robinet.
EP3144433A1 (fr) * 2015-09-21 2017-03-22 Oras Oy Appareil sanitaire dissimulé comportant un élément de connexion et une unité à fonction de soupape

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FR2582696A1 (fr) * 1985-06-01 1986-12-05 Grohe Armaturen Friedrich Piece de raccordement encastree pour des robinetteries sanitaires prevue pour un raccordement unique ou multiple, avec echange des robinetteries de soutirage
WO1988010386A1 (fr) * 1987-06-25 1988-12-29 Masco Corporation Soupape a cartouche a fond reversible avec mecanisme d'orientation
EP0309397B1 (fr) * 1987-09-09 1992-04-08 Fides Treuhandgesellschaft Dispositif pour raccordement en eau d'installations sanitaires

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DE3519763A1 (de) * 1985-06-01 1986-12-04 Friedrich Grohe Armaturenfabrik Gmbh & Co, 5870 Hemer Sanitaerarmaturenanschlussstueck
FR2582696A1 (fr) * 1985-06-01 1986-12-05 Grohe Armaturen Friedrich Piece de raccordement encastree pour des robinetteries sanitaires prevue pour un raccordement unique ou multiple, avec echange des robinetteries de soutirage
WO1988010386A1 (fr) * 1987-06-25 1988-12-29 Masco Corporation Soupape a cartouche a fond reversible avec mecanisme d'orientation
EP0309397B1 (fr) * 1987-09-09 1992-04-08 Fides Treuhandgesellschaft Dispositif pour raccordement en eau d'installations sanitaires

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0790448A3 (fr) * 1996-02-14 1998-04-15 Hans Grohe GmbH & Co. KG Armature sanitaire
EP0866180A3 (fr) * 1997-03-19 2000-03-01 Inax Corporation Dispositif de fixation d'un robinet
EP1357233A1 (fr) * 1997-03-19 2003-10-29 Inax Corporation Dispositif de fixation d'un robinet
EP2952641A1 (fr) * 2014-06-05 2015-12-09 JCL Industry Co., Ltd. Procédé de fabrication d'un robinet.
EP3144433A1 (fr) * 2015-09-21 2017-03-22 Oras Oy Appareil sanitaire dissimulé comportant un élément de connexion et une unité à fonction de soupape

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