Sanitary functional unit
A sanitary functional unit having a sleeve-shaped insert cartridge insertable into the pipe-shaped fixture outlet of a sanitary outlet fixture is provided. The insert cartridge has a water inlet at the cartridge circumference and a jet former having flow guiding walls oriented transversely to the cartridge longitudinal axis provided in the water outlet. The functional unit deflects the water jet flowing in from the axial direction such that water subsequently flows out of the fixture outlet in a nearly radial direction. The functional unit has a jet former, provided in the region of the water outlet, supporting flow guiding walls that are oriented transversely and perpendicularly to the cartridge longitudinal axis. Since the functional unit is oriented approximately coaxially to the fixture outlet, it also does not project beyond the pipe circumference of the fixture outlet.
1. A sanitary functional unit comprising:
a sleeve-shaped insert cartridge insertable into a tubular fitting outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting in order to form an emerging water jet, wherein the insert cartridge includes
at least one water inflow on one of its face sides;
a water outlet on a circumference of the insert cartridge, wherein the water outlet has a jet former with flow guide walls oriented transversely or at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the insert cartridge; and
another water inflow on another of its face sides,
wherein the at least one and the another water inflows are provided on opposite sides of the insert cartridge, the insert cartridge is insertable entirely into a tubular fitting outlet with two alternative orientations, and the insert cartridge provides different water pressure conditions or flow rates of inflowing or outflowing water depending upon whether the insert cartridge is inserted into the tubular fitting outlet in a first or second one of the two alternative orientations,
wherein in both alternative orientations water flows into one of the at least one water inflow and the another water inflow in a first direction and exits the insert cartridge via the water outlet in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
2. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein a pre-screen or filter screen is provided on an inflow side upstream of the at least one water inflow or the another water inflow of the insert cartridge.
3. The functional unit of claim 2 , wherein the pre-screen is detachably mounted on the insert cartridge.
4. The functional unit of claim 3 , further comprising:
a jet splitter, wherein the jet splitter is configured as a perforated plate or is detachably held in the insert cartridge.
5. The functional unit of claim 2 , wherein pre-screen is detachably mounted on a jet splitter.
6. The functional unit of claim 5 , wherein the jet splitter is configured as a perforated plate or is detachably held in the insert cartridge.
7. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one water inflow includes a jet splitter that divides an inflowing water steam into a plurality of individual jets.
8. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the sanitary functional unit is configured as an aerated or non-aerated jet regulator.
9. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the jet former is detachably inserted into the water outlet of the insert cartridge.
10. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein a region of the water outlet includes an interior thread in which the jet former, which is configured as an insert component, is detachably fastened by an exterior thread.
11. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the insert cartridge has the another water inflow on the another of its face sides, wherein the longitudinal axis intersects the at least one water inflow and the another water inflow, and wherein the sleeve-shaped insert cartridge is configured so that inflowing water flows from the tubular fitting outlet into the at least one water inflow or the another water inflow in a direction along the longitudinal axis and exits the insert cartridge via the water outlet regardless of whether the at least one water inflow or the another water inflow is facing the inflowing water.
12. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the jet former is arranged entirely within the insert cartridge.
13. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the at least one and the another water inflows each include a different type of pre-screen.
14. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is transverse to the second direction.
15. The functional unit of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
16. A sanitary outlet fitting, comprising:
a tubular fitting outlet; and
a sleeve-shaped insert cartridge inserted into the tubular fitting outlet of the sanitary outlet fitting in order to form an emerging water jet, wherein the insert cartridge includes
at least one water inflow on one of its face sides; and
a water outlet on a circumference of the insert cartridge, wherein the water outlet has a jet former with flow guide walls oriented transversely or at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the insert cartridge,
wherein the insert cartridge has another water inflow on another of its face sides,
wherein the tubular fitting outlet has a jet-forming unit, which conforms with a contour of a pipe recess of the tubular fitting outlet in a region in which the water jet emerges, and
wherein the insert cartridge is insertable entirely into the tubular fitting outlet with two alternative orientations,
wherein in both alternative orientations water flows into one of the at least one water inflow and the another water inflow in a first direction and exits the insert cartridge via the water outlet in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
17. The sanitary outlet fitting of claim 16 , wherein the jet former is arranged entirely within the insert cartridge.
18. The sanitary outlet fitting of claim 16 , wherein the at least one and the another water inflows each include a different type of pre-screen.
19. The sanitary outlet fitting of claim 16 , wherein the first direction is transverse to the second direction.
20. The sanitary outlet fitting of claim 16 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.