Rinsing channel device for a basin

Abstract

The invention relates to a rinsing channel device for a basin, in particular for a sink or a washbasin, comprising a profile assembly having at least one interface for feeding a liquid to a distributor line of the profile assembly and having a dispensing region for dispensing the liquid. It is provided that the profile assembly comprises a flow channel extending from the distributor line to the dispensing region along a channel course. The distributor line, the flow channel and the dispensing region extend through the profile assembly along a longitudinal axis of the profile assembly.

Claims

1. A rinsing channel device (1) for a basin (14), in particular for a sink or a washbasin, comprising a profile assembly (2) having at least one interface (5) for feeding a liquid to a distributor line (8) of the profile assembly (2) and having a dispensing region (9) for dispensing the liquid, wherein the profile assembly (2) comprises a flow channel (11) extending from the distributor line (8) to the dispensing region (9) along a channel course (K), wherein the distributor line (8) has a distributor channel diameter (D.sub.V) which is larger than a maximum channel diameter (D.sub.max) of the flow channel (11), wherein the dispensing region is a dispensing slot (9) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) of the profile assembly (2), wherein the dispensing slot (9) has a dispensing diameter (D.sub.A) which is smaller than a minimum channel diameter (D.sub.min) of the flow channel (11) and wherein the flow channel (11) forms at least one bend (13) along the channel course (K).

2. (canceled)

3. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the distributor line (8), the flow channel (11) and the dispensing region (9) extend through the profile assembly (2) along a longitudinal axis (L) of the profile assembly (2) and wherein the channel course (K) is aligned orthogonally in relation to the longitudinal axis (L) of the profile assembly (2).

4. (canceled)

5. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the distributor line (8) merges with the flow channel (11) along a cross-sectional narrowing (12).

6. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the distributor line (8) comprises a distributor element (27), which is arranged in a region of the at least one interface (5), in order to conduct the liquid, fed through the interface (5), through the distributor line (8) in at least two different directions.

7. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 6, wherein the distributor element (27) is arranged on an inner wall of the distributor line (8), opposite the interface (5) in the feed direction of the liquid, and is aligned in the direction of the interface (5) by way of a tip or tapering edge.

8. (canceled)

9. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing diameter (D.sub.A) is in the range of 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm.

10. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing region (9) comprises an extensible diaphragm (10), for example a rubber lip, which is designed to close the dispensing region (9) when no liquid is dispensed from the dispensing region (9).

11. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the flow channel (11) forms at least two bends (13) along the channel course (K).

12. (canceled)

13. (canceled)

14. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the profile assembly (2) has a course which is intrinsically closed or at least substantially closed along the longitudinal axis (L).

15. (canceled)

16. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the profile assembly (2) comprises a first profile part (3) and a second profile part (4), which, when they are connected to one another, form the dispensing region (9), the flow channel (11) and the distributor line (8).

17. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing region (9), the flow channel (11) and/or the distributor line (8) comprise ribs (16) running between their respective side walls.

18. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, comprising at least one feeding device (17) for feeding an additive (18) to the liquid.

19. (canceled)

20. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 18, wherein the at least one feeding device (17) comprises a reservoir (19) for providing the additive (18) and wherein the at least one feeding device (17) comprises a conveying device for conveying and metering the additive (18), the conveying device being a pump (20) and/or a Venturi nozzle.

21. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the rinsing channel device (1) is a constituent part of the basin (14) or an insert for the basin (14).

22. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the profile assembly (2) is provided with an antimicrobial coating in certain regions or completely, affecting the interface (5), the dispensing region (9) and/or the flow channel (11).

23. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, comprising a control device (21) configured to control and/or monitor the dispensing of the liquid from the dispensing region (9), depending on a user input.

24. The rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1, comprising a generator arrangement (22) for partially converting kinetic energy of the fed liquid to electrical energy, for self-sufficiently supplying electrical power to electronic components of the rinsing channel device (1).

25. A basin (14) comprising the rinsing channel device (1) according to claim 1.

26. The basin (14) according to claim 25, wherein the dispensing region (9) of the rinsing channel device (1) is designed to rinse at least one side wall (15) of the basin (14) with the liquid dispensed from the dispensing region (9).

27. The basin (14) according to claim 25, comprising a fitting (23) supplied by a main feed line, wherein the main feed line is fluidically connected to a liquid feed line (7) of the rinsing channel device (1), in order to feed the same liquid to the basin (14) via the fitting (23) and via the dispensing region (9) of the rinsing channel device (1).

28. The basin (14) according to claim 25, comprising a UVC radiation source (24) for generating UVC radiation.

29. The basin (14) according to claim 28, wherein the UVC radiation source (24) is arranged within a liquid outlet (25) for the liquid and/or within the profile assembly (2).

30. (canceled)

31. The basin (14) according to claim 25, comprising a discharging device (28) for filtering and discharging solids from the liquid, wherein the discharging device (28) is arranged close to a bottom within the basin (14) or in a liquid outlet (25) of the basin (14) and wherein the discharging device (28) comprises a sheet-like filter component (29) through which the liquid can flow away, whereas the solids remain on a surface of the sheet-like filter component (29).

32. The basin (14) according to claim 31, wherein the sheet-like filter component (29) is mounted on a circulating roller conveyor (31) and can be moved in circulation by driving at least one roller of the roller conveyor (31), in order to discharge filtered-out solids in accordance with demand.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0134] FIG. 1 shows a perspective sectional illustration of a two-part rinsing channel device according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention;

[0135] FIG. 2 shows a sectional illustration from the side of the rinsing channel device of FIG. 1;

[0136] FIG. 3 shows a perspective sectional illustration of the rinsing channel device of FIG. 1 in the unmounted state;

[0137] FIG. 4 shows a perspective illustration of the rinsing channel device of FIG. 1;

[0138] FIG. 5 shows a feeding device, for a rinsing channel device according to the invention, for feeding an additive to the liquid;

[0139] FIG. 6 shows a perspective sectional illustration of a two-part rinsing channel device according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention while it is being mounted in a basin;

[0140] FIG. 7 shows a basin according to the invention with an integrated rinsing channel device;

[0141] FIG. 8 shows a sectional illustration from the side of the first profile part of a further rinsing channel device with a distributor element arranged in the region of the interface for the purpose of feeding the liquid;

[0142] FIG. 9 shows an illustration, in a plan view, of the distributor element of the rinsing channel device of FIG. 8; and

[0143] FIG. 10 shows a discharging device for filtering and discharging solids from the liquid in the liquid outlet of the basin.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0144] FIGS. 1 to 4 show a rinsing channel device 1 according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention. The geometric dimensions and relationships should be understood as being merely exemplary in the drawings, in order to illustrate the functional principle of the invention.

[0145] The rinsing channel device 1 comprises a profile assembly 2, which has a multi-part form in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, but in principle may also have a one-part form. As can be seen particularly well in FIG. 3, the profile assembly 2, which should be understood as only exemplary, comprises a first profile part 3 and a second profile part 4. This makes it possible to simplify the production of the rinsing channel device 1.

[0146] The profile assembly 2 has at least one interface 5 for feeding a liquid (preferably water, or mains water). The interface 5 has a recess 6 in a side wall of the profile assembly 2 that extends along the longitudinal axis L of the rinsing channel device 1. A liquid feed line 7 (cf. FIG. 5) may be connectable to the interface 5.

[0147] The liquid can be introduced into a distributor line 8 of the profile assembly 2 via the interface 5. The distributor line 8 extends completely through the profile assembly 2 along the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2 in order to distribute the liquid around the periphery of the rinsing channel device 1.

[0148] In principle, it is also possible to provide still further interfaces 5 for feeding the liquid, for example an interface 5 on each side of the profile assembly 2. However, preferably only a single interface 5 is provided.

[0149] The profile assembly 2 also has a dispensing region 9 for dispensing the liquid. The dispensing region 9 also extends completely through the profile assembly 2 along the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2. The dispensing region 9 is in the form of a dispensing slot extending along the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2. The dispensing region 9 map optionally comprise an extensible diaphragm 10, for example a rubber lip (illustrated in dashed lines in FIG. 2), which is preferably designed to close the dispensing region 9 when no liquid is dispensed from the dispensing region 9. This makes it possible to improve the sterility of the rinsing channel device 1.

[0150] It is provided that the profile assembly 2 comprises a flow channel 11 extending from the distributor line 8 to the dispensing region 9 along a channel course K (cf. FIGS. 1 and 2). The flow channel 11 also extends through the profile assembly 2 along the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2. In this respect, the channel course K is aligned orthogonally in relation to the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2 (cf. in particular FIG. 1).

[0151] The flow channel 11 makes it possible to make the flow of the liquid dispensed from the dispensing region 9 particularly even and laminar, thereby improving the cleaning action of the rinsing channel device 1 according to the invention.

[0152] The distributor line 8, the flow channel 11 and the dispensing region 9 preferably extend over the same length along the longitudinal axis L of the profile assembly 2.

[0153] It may be provided that the distributor line 8 has a distributor channel diameter (or a distributor channel width) D.sub.V which is larger than a maximum channel diameter (or a maximum channel width) D.sub.max of the flow channel 11 (cf. FIG. 2). The distributor line 8 may merge with the flow channel 11 in particular along a cross-sectional narrowing 12.

[0154] It may moreover be provided that the dispensing region 9, or the dispensing slot, has a dispensing diameter (or a dispensing width) D.sub.A which is smaller than a minimum channel diameter (a minimum channel width) D.sub.min of the flow channel 11. The dispensing diameter, or the dispensing width, D.sub.A may for example be approximately or exactly 0.1 mm to 2.0 mm, in particular approximately or exactly 0.8 mm.

[0155] As can be seen particularly well in FIGS. 1 and 2, the flow channel 11 forms multiple bends 13 along the channel course K. In the exemplary embodiments, exactly three bends 13 are provided. Optionally, the flow channel 11 has a smaller cross section along the bends 13, in particular according to the minimum channel diameter, or the minimum channel width, D.sub.min. The loops formed by the flow channel 11 make it possible to influence the flow of the liquid particularly well and moreover also to rule out a backflow and thus a carryover of germs into the rinsing channel device 1.

[0156] The rinsing channel device 1 may be in the form of a constituent part of a basin 14 (cf. FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7) or an insert for a basin 14 (cf. FIG. 6). In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the first profile part 3 is formed in one part with the basin 14. The basin 14 and the second profile part 4 thus together form the profile assembly 2. In the case of the second exemplary embodiment yet to be described below, a two-part rinsing channel device 1 can be inserted into an existing basin 14, with the last loop of the flow channel 11 and the dispensing region 9, or the dispensing slot, being formed between the first profile part 3 and the basin 14.

[0157] In the exemplary embodiments, the profile assembly 2 has an annular course which is intrinsically closed along its longitudinal axis L (cf. in particular FIG. 4). In principle, however, the profile assembly 2 does not have to be completely intrinsically closed and may, for example, also merely cover a single side wall 15 or part of the side walls 15 of the basin 14.

[0158] Optionally, it may be provided that the dispensing region 9, the flow channel 11 and/or the distributor line 8 comprise ribs 16 running between their respective side walls. Purely by way of example, a single rib 16 is illustrated adjoining the dispensing region 9 in FIG. 3. The ribs 16 make it possible to improve the stability of the profile assembly 2 and moreover to be able to optimize the course of the flow.

[0159] It may be provided that the rinsing channel device 1 comprises at least one feeding device 17 for feeding an additive 18 to the liquid. An exemplary feeding device 17 is illustrated schematically in FIG. 5. The additive 18 may for example be a cleaning substance, a disinfectant, a descaler or the like. The feeding device 17 may comprise a reservoir 19 for providing the additive 18. To convey and/or meter the additive, the feeding device 17 may comprise a pump, for example an electronically actuatable pump 20 that is illustrated, mechanically/electronically actuatable valves and/or a Venturi nozzle.

[0160] The rinsing channel device 1 may comprise a control device 21 configured to control and/or monitor the dispensing of the liquid from the dispensing region 9, preferably depending on a user input. The control device 21 is indicated in dashed lines in FIG. 5 and is illustrated communicatively connected, by way of example, to the pump 20 for the purpose of actuating said control device.

[0161] To preferably self-sufficiently supply electrical power to the rinsing channel device 1, for example the control device 21, the pump 20 etc., a generator arrangement 22, indicated likewise by dashed lines in the liquid feed line 7 in FIG. 5, may be provided. The optional generator arrangement 22 may in principle be provided at any desired location, though which a liquid flows, within the rinsing channel device 1 or the basin 14.

[0162] FIG. 6, which has already been mentioned, illustrates a two-part rinsing channel device 1 according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention. The rinsing channel device 1 is in the form of an insert for the basin 14 (preferably a metal basin), which is shown only schematically, and can be inserted therein. The dispensing region 9 is formed between the profile assembly 2 of the rinsing channel device 1 and the respective side wall 15 of the basin 14. This is intended to illustrate that the basin 14 can also act as a functional constituent part of the profile assembly 2 when the rinsing channel device 1 is formed fundamentally independently of the basin 14.

[0163] Lastly, FIG. 7 illustrates a basin 14 (by way of example a sink), in which a rinsing channel device 1 according to the invention is fully integrated. The basin 14 comprises various known constituent parts of a basin 14 and in this respect in particular a fitting 23, which is supplied by a main feed line, which is not illustrated in more detail. The main feed line is preferably fluidically connected to the liquid feed line 7, or to the interface 5 of the rinsing channel device 1, in order to feed the same liquid, preferably drinking or mains water, to the basin 14 via the fitting 23 and via the dispensing region 9 of the rinsing channel device 1.

[0164] The dispensing region 9 of the rinsing channel device 1 is preferably designed to rinse all inner walls, or side walls 15, of the basin 14 with the liquid dispensed from the dispensing region 9. In principle, however, it may also be provided that the rinsing channel device 1 rinses only part of the side walls 15 of the basin 14 or even only a portion of individual side walls 15 of the basin 14.

[0165] As indicated by way of example in FIG. 7, it is possible to provide a radiation source 24, in order to generate ionizing radiation and to disinfect the liquid before and/or after it flows through the basin 14 or components of the basin 14. In this respect, at least one radiation source (in particular a UVC radiation source for generating UVC radiation) is preferably arranged within a fluid outlet 25 of the basin 14. The ionizing radiation may be optically shielded by a protective metal sheet 26, for example.

[0166] It should be mentioned that, in principle, it is also possible for multiple rinsing channel devices 1 to be distributed within a common basin 14.

[0167] To illustrate a further refinement, which can be combined with all exemplary embodiments, FIG. 8 shows a sectional illustration, from the side, of the first profile part 3 of a further rinsing channel device 1 with a distributor element 27 arranged in the region of the interface 5 for feeding the liquid. FIG. 9 shows an illustration, in a plan view, of the distributor element 27 of the rinsing channel device 1. The distributor element 27 is arranged in the distributor line 8 in the region of the interface 5, in order to conduct the liquid, fed through the interface 5, through the distributor line 8 in at least two different directions (cf. arrows in FIG. 9). To that end, the distributor element 27 is arranged on an inner wall of the distributor line 8, opposite the interface 5 in the feed direction of the liquid, and is aligned in the direction of the interface 5 by way of a tapering edge. In the exemplary embodiment, the distributor element 27 has a wedge-shaped form with a concavely curved profile of the side faces (cf. FIG. 9).

[0168] A further advantageous configuration of the invention with a discharging device 28 for filtering and discharging solids from the liquid is lastly also shown in FIG. 10. The discharging device 28 is arranged in the liquid outlet 25 of the basin 14 and can therefore filter out solids that accumulate when the basin 14 is being used before they enter the wastewater pipe system, this preventing blockage of the wastewater pipes, formation of germs and troublesome development of odours in the wastewater pipes. The discharging device 28 comprises a sheet-like filter component 29 through which the liquid can flow away, whereas the solids remain on the surface of the filter component. The surface of the filter component 29 can ultimately be (manually and/or automatically) cleaned to remove the solids in accordance with requirements or regularly, for example by transferring the solids to a collection container 30. In the exemplary embodiment, to that end the filter component 29 is mounted on a circulating roller conveyor 31 and can be moved in circulation by driving at least one roller of the roller conveyor 31, as a result of which the filtered-out solids can be transferred to the collection container 30.