SANITARY FITTING

Abstract

A sanitary fitting (100) including a fitting housing (102) having a housing interior (103) into which a cartridge (106) or a cartridge adapter having a cartridge provided in a cartridge receptacle (105) is inserted, which cartridge has at least one inlet opening connected to at least one outlet opening of the cartridge (106) to conduct fluid through the cartridge (106). The fitting includes—at least one hose line (108) for supplying the fluid to the cartridge (106), which hose line has, at least at the end close to the cartridge, a hose connection element (109). The hose connection element (109) is securely held in a retaining position on the cartridge (106) or on the cartridge adapter, to prevent removal, and the free end of this element that encircles a hose opening (111) lies against the edge region of the cartridge (106) that encircles the associated inlet opening.

Claims

1. A sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) comprising: a fitting housing (102, 602) which has a housing interior (103, 603) into which a cartridge (106) or a cartridge adapter (104, 604) having the cartridge (106) provided in a cartridge receptacle (105) is inserted, the cartridge (106) has at least one inflow opening which, for passage of at least one fluid through the cartridge (106), is connected to at least one outflow opening of the cartridge (106), at least one hose line (108, 608) for carrying the at least one fluid to the cartridge (106), the hose line (108, 608) has, at least at a hose end thereof next to the cartridge (106), a hose connection element (109, 609), the hose connection element (109, 609) of the at least one hose line (108, 608) is retained in a secured manner in a retaining position on the cartridge (106) or on the cartridge adapter (104, 604) so as to prevent the hose line (108, 608) from being pulled off, and bears with a free end face thereof, bordering a hose opening (111), on a peripheral region, bordering the inflow opening, of the cartridge (106).

2. The sanitary fitting (100, 101) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a passage opening (110) in the cartridge adapter (104, 604) or in the cartridge (106), a plug-in slot (112) opens into the passage opening (110), said plug-in slot (112) being formed to open transversely toward a longitudinal axis of the cartridge adapter (104, 604) or of the cartridge (106) at a plug-in opening (113), the at least one passage opening (110) is assigned a hose-connection-element receptacle (114) which has a receiving shoulder (115), bordering the passage opening (110), or a receiving bevel, and the hose line (108) assigned to the passage opening (110) is introducible into the passage opening (110) through the plug-in opening (113) via the plug-in slot (112) such that the hose connection element (109) bears on the receiving shoulder (115) or on the receiving bevel in a secured manner via a cross-sectional expansion to prevent the hose line from being pulled off.

3. A sanitary fitting (601) comprising: a fitting housing (602) which has a housing interior (603) into which a cartridge (106) or a cartridge adapter (604) having the cartridge (106) provided in a cartridge receptacle (105) is inserted, the cartridge (106) has at least one inflow opening which, for passage of at least one fluid through the cartridge (106), is connected to at least one outflow opening of the cartridge (106), at least one hose line (608) for carrying the at least one fluid to the cartridge (106), the hose line (608) has, at least at a hose end thereof next to the cartridge (106), a hose connection element (609), the hose connection element (609) of the at least one hose line (608) passes, in a retaining position, through a passage opening (610) in the fitting housing (602), a plug-in slot (612) opens into the at least one passage opening (610), said plug-in slot (612) having, in a slot subregion or at a slot end spaced apart from the passage opening (610), a plug-in opening (613) that at least one of has a larger opening cross section compared with the passage opening (610) or is peripherally open, the at least one passage opening (610) is assigned a hose-connection-element receptacle (614) which has a receiving shoulder bordering the passage opening (610) or a receiving bevel (619), and the hose line (608) assigned to the passage opening (610) is introducible into the passage opening (610) through the plug-in opening (613) via the plug-in slot (612) such that the hose connection element (609) is retained on the receiving shoulder or on the receiving bevel (619) in a secured manner by a cross-sectional expansion so as to prevent the hose line (608) from being pulled off and bears with a free end face thereof, bordering the hose opening, on a peripheral region, bordering the associated inflow opening, of the cartridge (106) or of the cartridge adapter (604).

4. The sanitary fitting (601) as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one retaining flange (618) protrudes from a housing inner circumference of the fitting housing (602), the retaining flange (618) has at least one of the passage openings (610) and the plug-in slot (612), assigned thereto, with the plug-in opening (613).

5. The sanitary fitting (100, 101) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional expansion is formed as an annular shoulder or as an annular flange (116) on the at least one hose connection element.

6. The sanitary fitting (100, 101) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the annular shoulder or the annular flange (116) is dimensionally adapted with an outer contour thereof to a clear cross section of the hose-connection-element receptacle (114).

7. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hose connection element (109, 609) of the at least one hose line (108, 608) is retained on the cartridge (106) or on the cartridge adapter (104) such that the end face, remote from the hose line (108, 608), of the annular flange (116) is arranged approximately in or beneath a plane formed by an inner side of the cartridge (106) or of the cartridge adapter (104).

8. The sanitary fitting (601) as claimed in claim 3, wherein the hose connection element (609) is formed in a spherical or drop-shaped manner at a free end.

9. The sanitary fitting (601) as claimed in claim 8, wherein the receiving bevel (619) is in the form of a spherical cap in order to receive the spherical or drop-shaped hose connection element (609).

10. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hose connection element (109, 609) and the adjacent inflow opening of the cartridge (106) are sealed off by a ring seal (117, 617).

11. The sanitary fitting (101) as claimed in claim 10, wherein the ring seal (117) passes regionally into the hose-connection-element receptacle (114) such that the ring seal (117) is secured in the hose-connection-element receptacle (114).

12. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least two of the hose lines (108, 608) are retained on the cartridge (106), on the cartridge adapter (104) or on the fitting housing (602).

13. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hose connection element (109) and the adjacent inflow opening of the cartridge (106) are sealed off at least one of radially or axially a ring seal (117).

14. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 5, wherein a sealing ring in the form of a ring seal (117) is clamped in place between the free end face, bordering the hose opening, of the hose connection element (109) and the peripheral region, bordering the associated inflow opening, of the cartridge (106).

15. The sanitary fitting (100, 101, 601) as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cartridge (106) has a receiving cavity comprising a hose-connection-element receptacle, and the ring seal (117) is provided between the hose connection element (109) and a circumferential wall, bordering the receiving cavity, of the cartridge (106).

16. The sanitary fitting (601) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hose connection element (609) of the at least one hose line (608) is retained on the cartridge (106), on the cartridge adapter (104) or on the retaining flange (618) such that the end face, remote from the hose line (108, 608), of the annular flange (116) is arranged approximately in or a plane formed by an inner side of the cartridge (106), of the cartridge adapter (104) or of the retaining flange (618).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Developments according to the invention will become apparent from the following description of the figures in conjunction with the claims and the drawing. The invention is described below in more detail on the basis of preferred exemplary embodiments.

[0029] In the figures:

[0030] FIG. 1 shows the fitting housing of a sanitary fitting in longitudinal section in the region of a cartridge, wherein the cartridge has been inserted into a cartridge adapter located in the fitting housing, on which cartridge adapter at least two hose lines are retained,

[0031] FIG. 2 shows the fitting housing already shown in FIG. 1 in a perspective illustration in longitudinal section, looking at the cartridge receptacle, freed of the cartridge, of the cartridge adapter,

[0032] FIG. 3 shows the cartridge adapter from FIGS. 1 and 2 in a perspective illustration in longitudinal section,

[0033] FIG. 4 shows the cartridge adapter from FIGS. 1 to 3 in a plan view of the cartridge receptacle thereof,

[0034] FIG. 5 shows the cartridge adapter from FIGS. 1 to 4 in a perspective illustration looking at the underside, facing away from the cartridge receptacle, of the cartridge adapter,

[0035] FIG. 6 shows the fitting housing of a further sanitary fitting in longitudinal section in the region of a cartridge which has been inserted into the housing interior of the fitting housing directly and without the aid of a cartridge adapter, wherein at least one hose lines are retained on the cartridge,

[0036] FIG. 7 shows the fitting housing of another outflow fitting in a perspective illustration in longitudinal section, wherein a hose connection element, retained on the fitting housing, of a house line can be seen in FIG. 7,

[0037] FIG. 8 shows the fitting housing, likewise shown in a perspective illustration in longitudinal section, from FIG. 7 without the hose connection element retained thereon,

[0038] FIG. 9 shows the fitting housing from FIGS. 7 and 8 with the hose connection element retained thereon in a detail illustration in longitudinal section, wherein the hose connection element bears in a fluid-tight manner with its free end face, bordering a hose opening, on the peripheral region, bordering an associated inlet opening, of a cartridge adapter,

[0039] FIG. 10 shows a fitting housing according to the prior art, wherein a cartridge adapter has been inserted into the housing interior of the fitting housing, said cartridge adapter connecting a hose connection element, retained on the fitting housing, of a hose line to a cartridge which is insertable into a cartridge receptacle of the cartridge adapter,

[0040] FIG. 11 shows the fitting housing according to the prior art in a detail view in longitudinal section in the region of a hose retainer protruding radially into the housing interior of the fitting housing, and

[0041] FIG. 12 shows the fitting housing of a sanitary fitting in a further exemplary embodiment in longitudinal section in the region of the cartridge, wherein a ring seal that provides radial sealing is provided between the hose connection element and the circumferential wall of a receiving cavity in the form of a hose-connection-element receptacle of the cartridge.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate a sanitary fitting 201 according to the previously known generic prior art. The sanitary fitting 201 previously known from the prior art has a fitting housing 202 in the form of a hollow body, into the housing interior 203 of which a cartridge adapter 204 has been inserted in an insertion direction Pf1 as far as an insertion stop 205. The cartridge adapter 204 has a cartridge receptacle 206 in the form of a blind hole, which is intended for the insertion of a cartridge that is not illustrated in more detail here. Through the cartridge, at least one fluid, in particular cold and/or hot water, is able to be passed from at least one inlet opening of the cartridge to at least one outflow opening, wherein the quantity or at least one property of the fluid, for example its temperature, can be adjusted in the cartridge.

[0043] In this case, the at least one fluid is carried to the cartridge of the previously known sanitary fitting via at least one hose line 208. This hose line 208 bears on the cartridge adapter 204 with a hose connection element 209 of the hose line 208 such that the fluid carried in the at least one hose line 208 can be conducted into the cartridge via the hose connection element 209 and the cartridge adapter 204. To this end, at least one hose retainer 210 protrudes in the housing interior 203 of the fitting housing 202, said hose retainer 210 being integrally formed on the housing inner circumference of the fitting housing 202. This at least one hose retainer 210 is passed through by at least one introduction opening 211, through which in each case one hose line 208 is able to be introduced. Provided at the circumference of the hose connection element 209 is an encircling retaining groove 212, into which, after the hose line 208 has been threaded into the introduction opening 211, a circlip, a retaining clip 213 or similar axial securing means is insertable. This axial securing means secures the hose line 208 and its hose connection element 209 against being pulled out of the introduction opening 211. The hose connection element 209 of the at least one hose line 208 bears on the cartridge adapter 204 in the region of the duct inlet opening 214 of a flow-through duct 215, which flow-through duct 215 leads to an inlet opening of the cartridge. The incorporation of the introduction openings 211 into the fitting housing 202 and the sealing between the hose connection element 209 and the cartridge adapter 204 and between the cartridge adapter 204 and the cartridge is associated with considerable effort.

[0044] FIGS. 1 to 5, 6, 7 to 9 and 12 illustrate substantially three different embodiments 100, 101 and 601 of a sanitary fitting according to the invention and individual constituents thereof. The sanitary fittings 100, 101 and 601 have a fitting housing 102, 602, illustrated in FIGS. 1, 6, 7 to 9 and 12, which has a housing interior 103, 603. While, in the sanitary fitting 100 according to FIG. 6, the cartridge 106 has been inserted directly into the housing interior 103 in the insertion direction Pf1 as far as an insertion stop, a cartridge adapter 104, 604 has been inserted into the housing interior 103, 603 of the sanitary fittings 101, 601, said cartridge adapter 104, 604 having a cartridge receptacle 105 for the insertion of a cartridge 106. Through the cartridge 106, at least one fluid, which may be for example hot water, cold water, boiling water and/or carbonated water, is able to be passed from at least one inlet opening to at least one outflow opening of the cartridge 106. In this case, the at least one fluid flowing through the cartridge can be adjusted for example in terms of the required quantity and/or in terms of particular fluid properties. To this end, valve washers 620, 621 or other adjusting elements can be provided in the cartridge 106, these being able to be operated by means of an actuating pin that protrudes from the cartridge 106 and is able to be actuated for example by means of a handle, which is not shown in more detail.

[0045] It is clear from FIGS. 1, 6, 7 to 9 and 12 that the at least one fluid is carried to the cartridge 106 via at least one flexible hose line 108, 608. This at least one hose line 108, 608 bears on the cartridge 106 or on the cartridge adapter 104, 604 in a liquid-tight manner with a hose connection element 109, 609 of the hose line 108, 608.

[0046] As is clear from FIGS. 1, 6 and 12, the hose connection element 109 of the at least one hose line 108 passes, in the retaining position illustrated here, through a passage opening 110 in the cartridge 106 (cf. FIG. 6) or in the cartridge adapter 104 (FIG. 1). In this case, the hose connection element 109, retained on the cartridge 106 (cf. FIG. 6) or on the cartridge adapter 104 (cf. FIG. 1), of the sanitary fittings 100, 101 bears in a fluid-tight manner with its free end face, bordering a hose opening 111, optionally by means of ring seal 117 or with a ring seal 117 clamped in place, on the peripheral region, bordering an associated inlet opening, of the cartridge 106, such that the fluid carried along in the hose line 108 can flow into the cartridge 106 via the hose opening 111 and the inlet opening of the cartridge 106, without fear of a leak in the flow between the hose line 108 and the cartridge 106.

[0047] In order to prevent the hose line 108 from being unintentionally pulled out of the connection to the cartridge 106 or to the cartridge adapter 104, the hose connection element 109 of the at least one hose line 109 is retained in a secured manner on the cartridge 106 or on the cartridge adapter 104 in the direction Pf2, away from the cartridge 106, through the passage opening 110.

[0048] The cartridge adapter 104, illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 1 to 5, 7 to 9 and 12, of the sanitary fitting 101 is in this case configured approximately in a pot-like manner and has, at the bottom of its pot shape, for example three such passage openings 110. In the same way, the cartridge housing of the cartridge 106 shown in FIG. 6 is also configured in a pot-like manner and likewise has three such passage openings 110. It is clear from considering FIGS. 1 to 5, 6 and 7 to 9 in combination that a plug-in slot 112 leads into each of these passage openings 110, said plug-in slot 112 being in this case open toward a plug-in opening 113 arranged externally on the circumference of the cartridge opening 104 or of the cartridge 106. The cartridge adapter 104 configured here in a pot-like manner or the cartridge housing, likewise configured in a pot-like manner, of the cartridge 106 has, at the bottom of its pot shape, for example three such passage openings 110. Each of these passage openings 110 is assigned a hose-connection-element receptacle 114, which has a receiving shoulder 115 bordering the passage opening 110. Thus, the hose line 108 assigned to one of the passage openings 110 can be introduced into the passage opening 110 via the plug-in slot 112 such that the hose connection element 109 bears with a cross-sectional expansion, in the form here of a terminal annular flange 116, on the receiving shoulder 115 in a secured manner counter to the plugging direction Pf2. In order to also secure the hose connection element 109 in its position transversely to the arrow direction Pf2, the annular flange 116 is dimensionally adapted with its outer contour to the clear cross section of the hose-connection-element receptacle 114.

[0049] It is clear from FIGS. 1 to 6 that the hose connection element 109 of the at least one hose line 108 is retained on the cartridge 106 or on the cartridge adapter 104 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 such that the end face, remote from the hose line 109, of the annular flange 116 is arranged beneath the plane formed by the inner side of the cartridge housing or of the cartridge adapter 104. In this way, a ring seal 117 can pass for example into the remaining recess of the hose-connection-element receptacle 114 and lateral slippage of the ring seal 117 is prevented. In order that the ring seal 117 can have a sufficiently large ring openings, it is advantageous when the hose-connection-element receptacle 114 has, in the region of the recess accommodating the ring seal 117, a cross-sectional expansion dimensionally adapted to the outer contour of the ring seal 117. The ring seal 117 seals the hose opening 111 in the hose connection element 109, for the one part, and, for the other part, the opposite inlet opening, aligned therewith in the direction of flow, in the cartridge toward the outside.

[0050] It is clear from comparing FIGS. 1 and 12 that the hose connection element 109 and the adjacent inlet opening of the cartridge 106 can be sealed radially and/or axially by means of the ring seal 117. It is apparent from FIG. 1 that the ring seal 117, in the form of a sealing ring here, is clamped in place between the free end face, bordering the hose opening 111, of the hose connection element 109 and the adjacent peripheral region, bordering the associated inlet opening, of the cartridge, and seals off the liquid passage axially toward the outside in this region. By contrast, the cartridge 106 in FIG. 12 has a receiving cavity in the form of a hose-connection-element receptacle, wherein the ring seal 117, which seals off the liquid seal radially toward the outside in the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 12, is provided between the hose connection element 109 and the circumferential wall, bordering the receiving cavity, of the cartridge 106.

[0051] The sanitary fitting 601 illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 9 in the region of the housing interior 603, shown in longitudinal section, of its fitting housing 602 has at least one passage opening 610, which is provided in the housing inner circumference of the fitting housing 602. A hose line 608 is likewise retained in this at least one passage opening 610 in a secured manner so as to be prevented from being pulled out of the passage opening 610 counter to the plugging direction Pf2. A plug-in slot 612 opens into the at least one passage opening 610, said plug-in slot 612 having, in a slot subregion or at a slot end spaced apart from the passage opening 610, a plug-in opening 613 which has a larger opening cross section compared with the passage opening 610 and/or—as here—is formed in a peripherally open manner. To this end, at least one retaining flange 618 protrudes into the housing interior from the housing inner circumference of the fitting housing 602, which retaining flange 618 has at least one of the passage openings 610 and the plug-in slot 612, assigned thereto, including the plug-in opening that is open toward the periphery of the retaining flange 618.

[0052] The at least one passage opening 610 is assigned a hose-connection-element receptacle 614, which has a receiving shoulder bordering the passage opening 610 or a receiving bevel 619. The hose line 608 assigned to the passage opening 610 can thus be passed into the passage opening 610 through the plug-in opening 613 via the plug-in slot 612 such that the hose connection element 609 bears on the receiving shoulder or—as here—on the receiving bevel 619 of the hose-connection-element receptacle 614 in a secured manner counter to the plugging direction Pf2 by way of a cross-sectional expansion. This cross-sectional expansion, provided at the free end of the hose connection element 609, is in this case spherical or drop-shaped. As a result of this drop-shaped configuration of the cross-sectional expansion provided at the free end of the hose connection element 609 and as a result of the receiving bevel 619 on which the cross-sectional expansion acts, misalignments of the hose connection element 609 and manufacturing tolerances can be compensated. This compensation of misalignments and manufacturing tolerances is facilitated even further when the receiving bevel 618 is in the shape of a spherical cap adapted to the spherical or drop shape of the cross-sectional expansion provided on the hose element 609. In the case of the sanitary fitting 601 illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 9, too, the hose connection element 609 of the at least one hose line 608 and the adjacent inlet opening of the cartridge adapter 604 are sealed by means of a ring seal 617, wherein, here too, the hose connection element 609 bears on the peripheral region, bordering the associated inlet opening, of the cartridge adapter 604 by way of its free end face bordering the hose opening 611.

[0053] Preferably at least hose lines 608 are also retained on the fitting housing 602 of the sanitary fitting 601, said hose lines being assigned to different fluids, for example fold water, hot water, boiling water or carbonated water.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0054] 100 Sanitary fitting according to FIG. 6 [0055] 101 Sanitary fitting according to FIGS. 1 to 5 [0056] 102 Fitting housing [0057] 103 Housing interior [0058] 104 Cartridge adapter [0059] 105 Cartridge receptacle [0060] 106 Cartridge [0061] 107 Actuating pin [0062] 108 Hose line [0063] 109 Hose connection element [0064] 110 Passage opening [0065] 111 Hose opening [0066] 112 Plug-in slot [0067] 113 Plug-in opening [0068] 114 Hose-connection-element receptacle [0069] 115 Receiving shoulder [0070] 116 Annular flange [0071] 117 Ring seal [0072] 201 Sanitary fitting according to FIGS. 10 and 11 [0073] 202 Fitting housing [0074] 203 Housing interior [0075] 204 Cartridge adapter [0076] 205 Insertion stop [0077] 206 Cartridge receptacle [0078] 208 Hose line [0079] 209 Hose connection element [0080] 210 Hose retainer [0081] 211 Introduction opening [0082] 212 Retaining groove [0083] 213 Retaining clip [0084] 214 Duct inlet opening [0085] 215 Flow-through duct [0086] 601 Sanitary fitting according to FIGS. 6 to 8 [0087] 602 Fitting housing [0088] 603 Housing interior [0089] 604 Cartridge adapter [0090] 608 Hose line [0091] 609 Hose connection element [0092] 610 Passage opening [0093] 611 Hose opening [0094] 612 Plug-in slot [0095] 613 Plug-in opening [0096] 614 Hose-connection-element receptacle [0097] 617 Ring seal [0098] 618 Retaining flange [0099] 619 Receiving bevel [0100] 620 Valve washer [0101] 621 Valve washer [0102] Pf1 Insertion direction [0103] Pf2 Passage direction