EP1205606A2 - Dispositif de douche - Google Patents

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EP1205606A2
EP1205606A2 EP01123624A EP01123624A EP1205606A2 EP 1205606 A2 EP1205606 A2 EP 1205606A2 EP 01123624 A EP01123624 A EP 01123624A EP 01123624 A EP01123624 A EP 01123624A EP 1205606 A2 EP1205606 A2 EP 1205606A2
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Wolfram Göhring
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Hansa Metallwerke AG
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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
    • E03C1/05—Arrangements of devices on wash-basins, baths, sinks, or the like for remote control of taps

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  • the invention relates to a shower system with several Body showers arranged at different heights are and of at least one shower fitting over at least a supply line can be fed.
  • Modern, comfortable shower systems are not only included equipped with an overhead shower and / or a hand shower; rather, they increasingly have so-called "side showers” arranged at different heights and the user's body from the side, roughly spray in a horizontal direction. Frequently a special massage purpose with these side showers sought.
  • side showers In known shower systems of the beginning mentioned type either all side showers are common put into operation or individually by an assigned Faucet controlled. The former has the consequence that smaller ones Users the highest body showers "into the void", over the user's head, their water jets send out or with their water jets the face meet the user, which makes many users uncomfortable is. The separate actuation of a valve for each The side shower, on the other hand, is impractical and uncomfortable.
  • the object of the present invention is a shower system of the type mentioned at the outset, that unnecessary water loss is avoided and overall a higher ease of use is achieved.
  • the size of the user is thus the first time as an important parameter when operating a side shower having shower system introduced.
  • Depending on the size of the user will be different body showers activated; a water flow through the higher In many cases, side showers no longer take place. This definitely saves water.
  • the controller is programmed so that in the presence of a corresponding signal from the sensor device all in the size of the user Side showers arranged in the high range are activated the side showers hit the entire body of the User including the head. Only the one above the side showers at head height have been shut down, what associated with a corresponding water saving is.
  • control device can also do so be programmed that if there is a corresponding Signals from the control device only such side showers be activated by at least about a head height below the height corresponding to the size of the user are arranged.
  • This mode of operation differs so from the first in that in addition the head height area the user's side shower (s) be switched off, so that the head of the user no longer from the side of a side shower can be hit. On the one hand, this increases comfort and on the other hand, the water saving in addition.
  • the sensor device comprises one Majority of presence sensors, which are in different, heights assigned to each side shower are attached.
  • a more precise "spatial resolution" at the Height measurement than it is the distance between two side showers in the vertical direction is for the purposes of the present invention is not required. Therefore it is basically sufficient with a number of presence sensors to work that the number of body showers equivalent.
  • the presence sensors can at the same height as the assigned one Side shower or between one another Body showers.
  • the sensor device can also be in the form of a strip be trained and spread over the entire height range, by measuring the size of the user should extend.
  • a sensor device can depending on the design cheaper than a plurality of individual Be presence sensors; also designed the further processing of the (single) output signal such a sensor device in the control device easier.
  • This sensor device is fundamental able to resize the user with greater resolution to grasp what is for the purposes of the present Invention not, but not of interest here other context may be relevant.
  • FIG 1 the side wall 1 of a shower cubicle is very large shown schematically.
  • On this side wall are vertical four side showers one above the other at different heights 2, 3, 4, 5 arranged, the rays of which are perpendicular out of the drawing plane towards the viewer are to be thought of.
  • the side showers 2 to 5 will over Supply lines 6, 7, 8, 9 water supplied in which one solenoid valve 10, 11, 12, 13 is located. All Supply lines 6, 7, 8, 9 are with a manifold 14 connected, through which the water from one does not shown valve is supplied, what amount and Temperature determined.
  • Presence sensors 15, 16, 17, 18 can be, for example are reflection light barriers. All presence sensors 15, 16, 17, 18 are with an electrical Control device 19 connected, which the supplied to it Signals processed in the manner described below.
  • Four driver circuits are connected to the control device 19 20, 21, 22, 23 connected, each again with one of the four solenoid valves 10, 11, 12, 13 are connected.
  • the described mode of operation of the shower system can also be changed as follows at the user's request:
  • control device 19 it is possible to use the control device 19 to be programmed so that not all body showers 2, 3, 4, 5 to the highest activated presence sensor 15, 16, 17, 18 are flowed through. Rather stay in in this case all side showers 2, 3, 4, 5, which are around a normal head height, e.g. about 30 cm, below the top activated presence sensor 15, 16, 17, 18 are located without water supply. In general are the side showers 2, 3, 4, 5 anyway in a vertical Distance from each other that is greater than 30 cm, so that it is sufficient, a side shower 2, 3, 4, 5 below the top activated presence sensor 15, 16, 17, 18 additionally shut down.
  • FIG 2 is a second embodiment shower system shown, which is the first of figure 1 very similar. Corresponding parts are therefore the same Reference number plus 100 marked.
  • the side wall 101 of FIG shower cabin with the side showers attached there 102, 103, 104 and 105 Same as in the embodiment 1 are also the supply lines 106, 107, 108, 109, the solenoid valves inside 110, 111, 112, 113, the manifold 114 for the water supply and the driver circuits 120, 121, 122, 123.
  • the control device 119 also controls four associated with solenoid valves 110, 111, 112, 113 Driver circuits 120, 121, 122, 123 on, but has in contrast to that of Figure 1 only two inputs.
  • this sensor device 115 is strip-shaped trained and extends throughout Height range in which the size of people is recorded shall be. With sensor device 115, it can for example, an array of series connected Photodiodes or a photosensitive resistor act that is illuminated by a strip of light becomes. Depending on the height over which the sensor device 115 shadowed by the user is the by the sensor device 115 current flowing another. The size of this current is determined by the control device 119 converted into the size of the user.
  • control device 119 controls only those solenoid valves 110, 111, 112, 113 to the side showers 102, 103, 104, 105 belong, whose function corresponds to the Size of the user is desired.
  • those side showers 102, 103, 104, 105 are turned off, located above the head of the user, or all those side showers 102; 103, 104, 105, located in the area of the user's head or above.

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US9480994B2 (en) 2012-03-21 2016-11-01 Conopco, Inc. Sustainable shower
US9498089B2 (en) 2012-11-01 2016-11-22 Conopco, Inc. Sustainable mini shower
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CN118716910A (zh) * 2024-08-12 2024-10-01 广州山德机电有限责任公司 一种一体式自动淋浴房及淋浴系统

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US9480994B2 (en) 2012-03-21 2016-11-01 Conopco, Inc. Sustainable shower
US9498089B2 (en) 2012-11-01 2016-11-22 Conopco, Inc. Sustainable mini shower
DE102019002251A1 (de) * 2019-03-29 2020-10-01 Grohe Ag Dusche mit einer Mehrzahl von steuerbaren Seitenbrausen sowie Verfahren zum Betrieb einer derartigen Dusche
CN118716910A (zh) * 2024-08-12 2024-10-01 广州山德机电有限责任公司 一种一体式自动淋浴房及淋浴系统

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