IP Library Granted Patent US 11,530,532
Granted Patent B2
US 11,530,532 · App. 16/315,787 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Sanitary outlet device and sanitary fitting

Inventor: David Birmelin (Mullheim, DE)
Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
E03C1/086E03C1/084
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Patent No.
US 11,530,532
App. No.
16/315,787
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the case of a sanitary outlet device ( 1 ), it is provided that a jet former receptacle ( 3 ) be formed on a housing ( 2 ), in which jet former receptacle an adapter ( 4 ) is removably inserted and arranged so as to be rotatable about its axis of rotation ( 6 ), wherein the adapter ( 4 ) can be rotated between a fixing position, in which the adapter ( 4 ) is secured against removal, and a releasing position, in which the adapter ( 4 ) is removable (cf. FIG. 1 ).

Claims (24)

1. A sanitary outlet device ( 1 ), comprising:

a housing ( 2 ) with a clear open cross-section, which forms a jet former receptacle ( 3 );

an adapter ( 4 ) removably connected to the housing, the adapter ( 4 ) defines a flow path ( 5 ), the adapter ( 4 ) is arranged in the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) so as to be rotatable between a fixing position, in which the adapter ( 4 ) is locked with the housing ( 2 ) and forms a flow resistance in the flow path ( 5 ), and a releasing position, in which the adapter ( 4 ) is removable from the jet former receptacle ( 3 );

the adapter ( 4 ), in the fixing position, is locked with the housing ( 2 ) on an outer side ( 8 ) of the housing ( 2 ), and is released by a rotation of the adapter ( 4 ) into the releasing position;

the housing ( 2 ) has a noncircular contour ( 10 ) on the outer side ( 8 ) thereof at least in one portion ( 9 );

a non-penetrating detent connection between the housing ( 2 ) and the adapter ( 4 ), the non-penetrating detent connection including a non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) located on a surface of one of the housing ( 2 ) or the adapter ( 4 ), and a non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) located on a facing surface of the other of the housing ( 2 ) or the adapter ( 4 ), the non-penetrating detent connection being configured such that a rotation of the adapter ( 4 ) relative to the housing ( 2 ) forces the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) out of engagement, or releases said non-penetrating detent element from engagement, with the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ).

2. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) is insertable into the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) in an insertion direction ( 7 ) oriented counter to a flow direction of the flow path ( 5 ), and is movable out of the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) by a flow in the flow path ( 5 ).

3. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) is arranged in the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation ( 6 ) oriented along the flow path ( 5 ), and the fixing position and the releasing position are arranged at a same height in relation to the insertion direction ( 7 ) of the adapter ( 4 ).

4. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the non-circular contour ( 10 ) has at least one of a flattening ( 11 ) delimited on a circumferential portion ( 18 ) or has a contour run-on bevel ( 30 ) running in a circumferential direction.

5. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) has a noncircular form on an outer side to define at least one protruding handling projection ( 16 ).

6. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) is a detent projection ( 14 ) and the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) is a detent receptacle and the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) is formed as a groove.

7. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) is formed on an inner surface ( 20 ) of the adapter ( 4 ), said inner surface has an uninterrupted encircling design, the inner surface ( 20 ) defines at least one of an inner diameter or an inner circumference which is adapted to at least one of an outer diameter or an outer circumference of the housing ( 2 ), and a mounting aid ( 41 ) is formed in front of the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) in the insertion direction ( 7 ), the mounting aid being axially aligned with the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ).

8. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the detent projection ( 14 ) has a detent projection run-on bevel ( 21 ) which is oriented in the insertion direction ( 7 ) and adjoins the inner surface ( 20 ).

9. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) is formed on the outer side ( 8 ) of the housing ( 2 ) and has a counterpart detent element run-on bevel ( 22 ).

10. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) is formed so as to widen in a flow direction.

11. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) is, in the inserted state, deformed at an inflow-side end ( 24 ) thereof by the jet former receptacle ( 3 ).

12. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) has, at an inflow-side end ( 24 ) thereof, an elastic sealing lip ( 25 ), which bears against the jet former receptacle ( 3 ), or a sealing ring ( 40 ), which bears against the jet former receptacle ( 3 ) and which is held axially on a jet former ( 26 ), or both the elastic sealing lip and the sealing ring.

13. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the adapter ( 4 ) is at least one of: manufactured from plastic, has a jet former ( 26 ), has a flow regulator ( 26 ), or is designed as an aerated adapter ( 4 ).

14. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) has at least two detent projections ( 14 ) which engage on the housing ( 2 ), and the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) has at least two detent recesses.

15. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) is formed on an inner surface ( 20 ) of the adapter and at least one of the inner surface ( 20 ) or the outer side ( 8 ) describe a portion of a body of revolution between two detent projections ( 13 ) or counterpart detent recesses ( 15 ) which are adjacent in a circumferential direction.

16. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the housing ( 2 ) has, at an inflow-side end ( 24 ) of the flow path ( 5 ), a fitting receptacle with a thread, which is adapted to be screwed together with a counterpart thread of a fitting outlet ( 28 ).

17. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a jet-altering inner part ( 31 ) is detachably inserted as an insert cartridge ( 32 ) in the adapter ( 4 ).

18. The sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the non-penetrating detent element ( 13 ) or the non-penetrating counterpart detent element ( 15 ) define a release angle of greater than 90°.

19. A sanitary fitting ( 29 ) having a sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) is screwed to a fitting outlet ( 28 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 29 ), or the housing ( 2 ) of the sanitary outlet device ( 1 ) is formed integrally on the fitting outlet ( 28 ) of the sanitary fitting ( 29 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2019
From: BIRMELIN, DAVID
To: NEOPERL AG
Reel/Frame 047919/0976 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2016 005 647.7 · Sep 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210277639A1 · Sep 9, 2021