IP Library Granted Patent US 12680281
Granted Patent B2
US 12680281 · App. 18/031,676 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Use of a hose for the fluidic connection of an outlet piece to a valve on a sanitary fitting, fluidic arrangement and corresponding sanitary fitting

Inventors: Werner Kury (Müllheim, DE); Daniel Oechsle (Müllheim, DE); Holger Schürle (Müllheim, DE); Dietmar Walser (Efringen-Kirchen, DE)
Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
E03C1/0403E03C1/0404
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Patent No.
US 12680281
App. No.
18/031,676
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) which can be mounted inside a sanitary fitting ( 1 ), a hose ( 5 ) which connects an outlet piece ( 3 ) to a valve ( 4 ) is designed such that a length of the hose ( 5 ) projects from an interior ( 6 ) which spatially connects the valve ( 4 ) to the outlet piece ( 3 ). This projecting portion of the hose ( 5 ) is fluidically connected to the valve ( 4 ) outside the interior ( 6 ).

Claims (39)

1 . A method for fluidically connecting an outlet piece ( 3 ) to a valve ( 4 ) on a sanitary fitting ( 1 ), the method comprising:

between the outlet piece ( 3 ) and the valve ( 4 ), arranging a hose ( 5 ) with a portion ( 49 ) that extends outside a housing ( 51 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 ); and

fixing the outlet piece ( 3 ) to the sanitary fitting ( 1 ),

wherein the hose ( 5 ) has a deflection ( 18 ) established by a connecting element ( 21 ),

wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) has a first part ( 35 ) and a second part ( 36 ), and

wherein the first part ( 35 ) has a shaped structure ( 40 ) which engages in the second part ( 36 ) to form a connecting channel ( 24 ).

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising arranging at least part of the hose ( 5 ) in an interior space ( 6 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 ), the interior space extending between the outlet piece ( 3 ) and the valve ( 4 ), and routing the hose ( 5 ) out of the interior space ( 6 ) by connecting a valve end ( 9 ) thereof to the valve ( 4 ) outside the interior space ( 6 ).

3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the interior space ( 6 ) is arranged in an outlet tube ( 7 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 ).

4 . The method as claimed in claim 2 the hose ( 5 ) has a greater length than can be accommodated by the interior space ( 6 ).

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising connecting the hose ( 5 ) to the valve ( 4 ) at an underside ( 14 ) thereof.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising arranging a valve-side portion ( 45 ) of the hose ( 5 ) to be accessible from outside the sanitary fitting ( 1 ).

7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hose ( 5 ) is put together from two hose pieces ( 19 , 20 ) which are connected fluidically to one another via a connecting element ( 21 ).

8 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) establishes a change in direction of fluid between the two hose pieces ( 19 , 20 ).

9 . The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising only installing the connecting element ( 21 ) when at least one of the two hose pieces ( 19 , 20 ) has been installed in the sanitary fitting ( 1 ).

10 . A fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) for a sanitary fitting ( 1 ), the fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) comprising:

an outlet piece ( 3 );

a valve ( 4 );

a hose ( 5 ), which fluidically connects the outlet piece ( 3 ) to the valve ( 4 ), the hose ( 5 ) being connected fluidically at a location ( 10 , 17 ) of the valve ( 4 ) that, in a use position of the valve ( 4 ), is directed away from the outlet piece ( 3 ); and

the hose ( 5 ) has a deflection ( 18 ) at a location ( 10 , 17 ) which is spaced apart from two ends ( 8 , 9 ) thereof,

wherein the deflection ( 18 ) is established by a connecting element ( 21 ),

wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) has a first part ( 35 ) and a second part ( 36 ),

wherein the first part ( 35 ) has a shaped structure ( 40 ) which engages in the second part ( 36 ) to form a connecting channel ( 24 ).

11 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the valve ( 4 ) has a recess ( 11 ) to accommodate the hose ( 5 ) at a location ( 10 , 17 ) which is spaced apart from the two ends ( 8 , 9 ) thereof.

12 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the hose ( 5 ) is connected to the valve ( 4 ) at an underside ( 14 ) thereof.

13 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) fluidically connects two hose pieces ( 19 , 20 ) that form the hose.

14 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) has two hose mounts ( 22 , 23 ) and a connecting channel ( 24 ), which fluidically connects the two hose mounts.

15 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the hose mounts ( 22 , 23 ) do not diverge in an insertion direction ( 34 ).

16 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the hose pieces ( 19 , 20 ) are retained in respective ones of the hose mounts ( 22 , 23 ) by at least one of material bonding or a self-hooking tongue element ( 31 ).

17 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first part ( 35 ) or the second part ( 36 ) forms at least one hose mount ( 22 , 23 ), and a separating surface ( 37 ) between the first part and the second part runs outside of the at least one hose mount ( 22 , 23 ).

18 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first part ( 35 ) forms two of the hose mounts ( 22 , 23 ), and the second part ( 36 ) forms a cover ( 39 ) which delimits a connecting channel ( 24 ).

19 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first part ( 35 ) and the second part ( 36 ) together form a portion ( 43 ) of a connecting channel ( 24 ) with a cross section which is at least one of round or constant along a course thereof.

20 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first part ( 35 ) and the second part ( 36 ) are connected fluidically by way of an axial seal ( 44 ).

21 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the hose mounts ( 22 , 23 ) of the connecting element ( 21 ) are formed free of longitudinal burrs.

22 . The fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) as claimed in claim 13 , wherein, between an exit ( 47 ) from an interior space ( 6 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 ) and the valve ( 4 ), the hose ( 5 ) forms a downwardly hanging loop ( 46 ), and the connecting element ( 21 ) is arranged at a lowermost location ( 17 ) of the loop ( 46 ).

23 . A sanitary fitting ( 1 ), comprising: a fluidic arrangement ( 2 ) with an outlet piece ( 3 ) and a valve ( 4 ) and a hose ( 5 ), which fluidically connects the outlet piece ( 3 ) to the valve ( 4 ), the outlet piece ( 3 ) is fixed to the sanitary fitting ( 1 ), and, between the outlet piece ( 3 ) and a valve end ( 9 ) of the hose, the hose ( 5 ) extends in a portion ( 49 ) outside a housing ( 51 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 )

wherein the hose ( 5 ) has a deflection ( 18 ) established by a connecting element ( 21 ),

wherein the connecting element ( 21 ) has a first part ( 35 ) and a second part ( 36 ), and

wherein the first part ( 35 ) has a shaped structure ( 40 ) which engages in the second part ( 36 ) to form a connecting channel ( 24 ).

24 . The sanitary fitting ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 23 , wherein at least part of the hose ( 5 ) is arranged in an interior space ( 6 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 1 ), the interior space extends between the outlet piece ( 3 ) and the valve ( 4 ), and at least one of between the interior space ( 6 ) and the valve end ( 9 ) of the hose, the portion ( 49 ) of the hose extends outside the housing ( 51 ), or the hose ( 5 ) is connected to the valve ( 4 ) outside the interior space ( 6 ).