US4637552A
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Water jet aeration for sanitary fittings and the like
Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
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Filing: 1985-02-08
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Granted: 1987-01-20
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Expires: 2005-02-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a water jet aerator which, in place of conventional metal screens, has at least two separate staircase-like obstacles, which project laterally into the paths of the individual jets and split up the jets, and mix them with air. Several such obstacles are arranged in the immediate proximity of one another, successively in the direction of flow, so that a cohesive, well-ventilated jet is obtained. The configuration of the jet cross-section can vary as a function of the arrangement of the facing walls defining the flow path in the area of the obstacles.
Inventors
- 👤 Werner Finkbeiner
- 👤 Franz Schorn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 13:46
CPC Classifications
E; E03; E03C; E03C1/00; E03C1/02; E03C1/08; E03C1/084; F; F03; F03C; F03C1/00; F03C1/08; E03C2201/00; E03C2201/70; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
194 words
A water jet ventilator for sanitary fittings and the like, comprising: at least one device for producing a plurality of individual water jets along a direction of flow; a housing defining at least one chamber arranged downstream of said device for producing individual jets, the housing having an opening for air access to the chambers; at least one device for splitting and mixing the individual jets with air, having at least two separate devices for splitting up the individual jets, each having two cooperating walls defining passages which catch the individual jets, at least one of the two cooperating walls having lateral obstacles defining a staircase structure projecting into a path of the individual jets, at least one of said separate devices for splitting the individual jets having two facing cooperating walls, the cooperating walls continuing downstream of the devices and defining unobstructed channels, the cooperating walls of the separate devices having obstacles directed towards one another, the separate devices being displaced from one another in the direction of flow, and the separate devices for splitting the individual jets being so closely juxtaposed that the ventilated jets flow out as a joint ventilated jet.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
194 words
A water jet ventilator for sanitary fittings and the like, comprising: at least one device for producing a plurality of individual water jets along a direction of flow; a housing defining at least one chamber arranged downstream of said device for producing individual jets, the housing having an opening for air access to the chambers; at least one device for splitting and mixing the individual jets with air, having at least two separate devices for splitting up the individual jets, each having two cooperating walls defining passages which catch the individual jets, at least one of the two cooperating walls having lateral obstacles defining a staircase structure projecting into a path of the individual jets, at least one of said separate devices for splitting the individual jets having two facing cooperating walls, the cooperating walls continuing downstream of the devices and defining unobstructed channels, the cooperating walls of the separate devices having obstacles directed towards one another, the separate devices being displaced from one another in the direction of flow, and the separate devices for splitting the individual jets being so closely juxtaposed that the ventilated jets flow out as a joint ventilated jet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the two cooperating walls of each of the separate devices for splitting the individual jets define a passage having a slot-like cross-section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 2, wherein the two cooperating walls of each of the separate devices for splitting the individual jets define an annular slot.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A water jet ventilator according to claims 1 or 3, wherein the separate devices for splitting the individual jets are arranged concentrically.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the passages are defined by common partitions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein a common device for producing the individual jets is associated with at least several of the devices for splitting the individual jets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the obstacles project from the walls at least partly into the paths of the individual jets and define staircase-like structures.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the openings of the devices for producing the individual jets are at least partly directed towards an uppermost step of the staircase structures in the flow direction.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
37 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 4, wherein at least an inner wall of said two cooperating walls defining passages of the concentrically arranged separate devices for splitting the individual jets has laterally outwardly directed obstacles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 7, wherein the obstacles projecting from one of the cooperating walls to a splitting device directed laterally towards one side, and the obstacles projecting laterally to a splitting device towards an other side are arranged at an equal height in the flow direction.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the cooperating walls are arranged eccentrically on the obstacles.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 10, wherein the obstacles projecting from the one side and the other side of the wall define a stepped pyramid in their cross-section.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 12, wherein the cross-sectionally stepped pyramidal obstacles have a differing lateral width to opposite sides.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein a narrowest point between two facing walls in a vicinity of the obstacles corresponds to 0.5 to 1.5 times a distance between the two cooperating walls.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein between the cooperating walls are arranged vertical intermediate webs substantially perpendicular to said cooperating walls.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the ventilator is completely made from plastic.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the separate devices for splitting the individual jets are made in a single piece from plastic.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the ventilator has threads for direct fixing of the ventilators to water outlets of taps.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 1, wherein the cooperating walls of the devices for splitting the individual jets are continued downstream of the devices in unobstructed channels in the form of concentric, cylindrical walls.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
29 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 6, wherein a common device for producing the individual jets is associated with all the separate devices for splitting the individual jets.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
35 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 7, wherein the obstacles projecting from the walls in staircase-like manner project increasingly further across the flow direction of the individual jets progressing in a direction of flow.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 8, wherein the openings of the separate devices for producing the individual jets are completely directed towards an uppermost step of the staircase-like obstacles.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 12, wherein the walls downstream of the obstacles constitute a downward extension of a bottom outer step of the stepped pyramid.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
47 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 12, wherein obstacles extending laterally from one side of one of the two cooperating walls defining a pyramidal cross-section are smaller in at least one of number of pyramid steps and width of pyramid steps, than on an opposite side.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
27 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 24, wherein the obstacles are smaller toward an inside of the wall and larger toward an outside of the wall.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 15, wherein the intermediate webs extend from said cooperating walls to an outlet of the ventilated jets, and are tapered to narrow towards said outlet.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
16 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 16, wherein the ventilator is made by injection molding.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
33 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 17, wherein the separate devices for splitting up the individual jets, and the walls defining passages connected thereto are made in separate single pieces of plastic.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
25 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 17, wherein the single pieces defining said passages have receptacles for the device for forming the individual jets.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
157 words
A water jet ventilator for sanitary fittings and the like, comprising: at least one device for producing a plurality of individual water jets along a direction of flow; a housing defining at least one chamber arranged downstream of said device for producing individual jets, the housing having an opening for air access to the chambers; at least one device for splitting and mixing the individual jets with air, having at least two separate devices for splitting up the individual jets, each having cooperating walls defining passages which catch the individual jets, at least one of the cooperating walls having lateral obstacles defining a staircase structure projecting into a path of the individual jets, the cooperating walls continuing downstream of the devices and defining unobstructed channels, the separate devices being displaced from one another in the direction of flow, and the separate devices being so closely juxtaposed that the ventilated jets flow out as a joint ventilated jet.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
157 words
A water jet ventilator for sanitary fittings and the like, comprising: at least one device for producing a plurality of individual water jets along a direction of flow; a housing defining at least one chamber arranged downstream of said device for producing individual jets, the housing having an opening for air access to the chambers; at least one device for splitting and mixing the individual jets with air, having at least two separate devices for splitting up the individual jets, each having cooperating walls defining passages which catch the individual jets, at least one of the cooperating walls having lateral obstacles defining a staircase structure projecting into a path of the individual jets, the cooperating walls continuing downstream of the devices and defining unobstructed channels, the separate devices being displaced from one another in the direction of flow, and the separate devices being so closely juxtaposed that the ventilated jets flow out as a joint ventilated jet.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
74 words
A water jet ventilator according to claim 30, wherein the separate devices for breaking up the individual jets have concentric sleeves with a substantially cylindrical shape in a downstream region of the ventator and a funnel-like shape in an upstream region of the ventilator, the concentric sleeves having a staircase-like step configuration at the upstream, funnel-like shape, and the sleeves of the separate devices being displaced from one another in the direction of flow.
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