EP1132530B1 - Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau - Google Patents

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EP1132530B1
EP1132530B1 EP01101994A EP01101994A EP1132530B1 EP 1132530 B1 EP1132530 B1 EP 1132530B1 EP 01101994 A EP01101994 A EP 01101994A EP 01101994 A EP01101994 A EP 01101994A EP 1132530 B1 EP1132530 B1 EP 1132530B1
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water outlet
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Jürgen Humpert
Eckhard Gransow
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Grohe Water Technology AG and Co KG
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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 water outlet device, especially for the sanitary area, with a first valve that can be adjusted with one hand and at least a second one, from control electronics adjustable valve, the valves arranged in series are and the control electronics with one, at least a detection device having a sensor for contactless Control and a sensor on the handle connected to control by touch.
  • Such a water outlet device is from the Document DE 197 23 312 A1 known. In this known Setup is done with the manual on and off the electrical outlet Control and the detection device on and off.
  • the invention has for its object the known To further simplify the water outlet device.
  • the water outlet device be significantly simplified because at the mechanically adjustable valve only one Touch sensor is required. It has about it also shown that the control electronics with the detection device relatively inexpensive even in continuous operation can be used.
  • control electronics adjustable valve both upstream as well as downstream to that mechanically by hand adjustable valve can be arranged.
  • the second valve which can be actuated by the control electronics, can advantageously be arranged upstream in the connecting line as a twin valve, with which the two separate cold and hot water lines can be blocked or released synchronously.
  • the two twin valves can be controlled by an electromagnetically operated pilot valve.
  • a dirt trap and / or non-return valve can be expediently arranged in each of the two feed lines.
  • An embodiment of the invention is in the drawing specified.
  • the water tap shown in the drawing is from a valve body 2, one as a mixing valve cartridge trained first valve 3 and one Handle 1 formed.
  • a vanity 7 is in the area an opening 70 of the valve body 2 in a conventional manner Way, through opening 70 also the two connection lines 21, 22 for cold and Warm water are passed through.
  • the connecting lines 21, 22 are in the valve body 2 with the valve 3 connected.
  • the valve 3 is via an adjusting lever 30 connected to the handle 1, with a pivoting arranged around a perpendicular to the central axis 13 Axis in the direction of arrow 11 is the flow rate per unit of time in a first degree of freedom and in a second degree of freedom with a turn around the Center axis 13 in the direction of arrow 12 the mixing ratio of hot and cold water with the handle 1 is adjustable.
  • the mixed water generated in the valve 3 is via a water outlet mouthpiece 23 from the fitting body 1 given as a free jet.
  • a detection device 6 is arranged in the valve body 2 in the lower region, with which it can be determined whether an object, for. B. the hand of a user, is in a certain detection range.
  • a sensor 100 is formed on the surface of the handle 1 in the area of the handle arm 10, with which a contact, in particular by the hand of the user, can be determined.
  • the sensor 100 is connected to a line 50 and the detection device 6 to a line 51 with control electronics 5 arranged below the wash basin 7.
  • the connecting lines 21, 22 are each on a corner valve 8 of the cold water and hot water supply network connected (in the drawing there is only one Corner valve shown, the second corner valve is located behind the drawing level). Downstream behind the The corner valve is one in each of the two lines Dirt trap sieve 25 and a backflow preventer 24 are arranged, on which the second valve 4 in twin construction with separate passages for cold and Hot water connects.
  • the valve 4 is one Electromagnetically operated pilot valve 40 in open or Closed position switched. The pilot valve 40 is again with a line 52 to the control electronics 5 connected.
  • the control electronics 5 is designed so that it works in continuous operation and that one by one Touch of the sensor 100 generated signal takes precedence a signal generated by the detection device 6 Has.
  • the electrical power supply for the control electronics 5, the detection device 6 and for that Pilot valve 40 takes place in the exemplary embodiment Arrangement of one or more batteries in the control electronics 5.
  • the control electronics but also to an electrical supply network be connected.
  • the water outlet device described above works as follows: In the position of the handle 1 shown in the drawing, the first valve 3 is in its closed position. Since the sensor 100 is not touched by the user either, the control electronics 5 hold the second valve 4 (twin valve) in the shut-off position via the pilot valve 40. If a user touches the sensor 100 on the handle 1, the control electronics 5 via the pilot valve 40 cause the valve 4 (twin valve) to be brought into the open position and remain in the open position as long as the user touches the sensor 100. In this control position, the water outlet device can be used by the user as a manually adjustable engagement mixer valve.
  • the valve 3 By pivoting the handle 1 in the direction of the arrow 11, the valve 3 is increasingly moved from its shut-off position into the fully open position, so that more and more water emerges as a free jet via the water outlet mouthpiece 23.
  • the mixing ratio of the incoming cold and hot water or the temperature of the mixed water discharged via the water outlet mouthpiece 23 can be set. If the user stops touching the sensor 100 in an open position of the valve 3, the water outflow is then controlled by the detection device 6 via the control device 5. If there is an object in the detection area of the detection device 6, the control electronics 5, via the pilot valve 40, causes the valve 4 (twin valve) to remain in the open position.
  • the control electronics 5 uses the pilot valve 40 to bring the valve 4 (twin valve) into the shut-off position. If an object is again brought into the detection area of the detection device 6 at a later point in time, the control electronics 5 causes the valve 4 (twin valve) to open again via the pilot valve 40 for the period of time in which an object is detected by the detection device 6 in the detection area ,
  • the water outlet device thus works as a contactless water outlet control.
  • the second valve 4 is arranged as a twin valve upstream of the first, manually controlled valve 3.
  • the twin valve can also be provided with two pilot valves 40, so that there are two spatially separate valves 4, each of which can be connected to a corner valve 8 for cold or hot water.
  • the second valve that can be set by the control electronics can also be arranged downstream behind the manually adjustable first valve.
  • the control electronics can also be integrated directly in the fitting body of the water outlet device together with the detection device instead of underneath the washstand. For example, a proximity switch emitting and receiving infrared light can be provided as the detection device.
  • the water outlet device according to the invention can also be used in a water dispensing device with a manually adjustable shut-off and quantity metering valve.

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Claims (7)

  1. Dispositif de distribution d'eau, notamment pour le domaine sanitaire, comprenant une première vanne (3) réglable par une poignée (1) ainsi qu'au moins une deuxième vanne (4) réglable par une électronique de commande (5), les vannes (3, 4) étant disposées en série et l'électronique de commande (5) étant reliée à un dispositif de détection (6) muni d'au moins un capteur pour la commande sans contact et d'un capteur (100) sur la poignée (1) pour la commande par contact,
    le capteur (100) sur la poignée (1) étant prioritaire dans l'électronique de commande (5), de telle sorte que lorsqu'un utilisateur touche le capteur (100), la deuxième vanne (4) soit commutée par l'électronique de commande (5) de la position de blocage en position d'ouverture et y reste pendant toute la durée du contact,
    le dispositif de détection (6) étant non prioritaire dans l'électronique de commande (5) de telle sorte que la deuxième vanne (4) n'est commandée par le dispositif de détection (6) que lorsque la poignée (1) de la première vanne (3) n'est pas touchée par l'utilisateur,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'électronique de commande (5) et le dispositif de détection (6) restent en permanence en marche pendant la durée de fonctionnement du dispositif de distribution d'eau.
  2. Dispositif de distribution d'eau selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la première vanne (3) commandée par la poignée (1) est une vanne mélangeuse et d'arrêt à poignée unique.
  3. Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la deuxième vanne (4) réglable par l'électronique de commande (5) présente une vanne pilote (40) à commande électromagnétique.
  4. Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la vanne (4) réglable par l'électronique de commande (5) est en amont de la vanne (3) actionnée par la poignée (1).
  5. Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la vanne (4) réglable par l'électronique de commande (5) est formée par une paire de telle sorte que les processus d'ouverture ou de fermeture pour l'eau froide et l'eau chaude arrivant séparément, soient synchronisés.
  6. Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la vanne (4) réglable par l'électronique de commande (5) est une vanne double installée dans les conduites d'amenée (21, 22) d'eau froide et d'eau chaude et elle est commandée par une vanne pilote (40).
  7. Dispositif d'écoulement d'eau selon au moins l'une des revendications 4 à 6,
    caractérisé en ce qu'
    un clapet anti-retour (24) et/ou un filtre collecteur d'impuretés (25) est(sont) disposé(s) dans la conduite d'amenée (21, 22) pour l'eau froide et l'eau chaude en amont de la vanne (4) réglable par l'électronique de commande (5).
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