Plumbing fitting having a hose connection fastened with a clamp
AssigneeGrohe AG
InventorUwe Stoelzel
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Abstract
A plumbing fitting including a fitting housing which has a mixing valve for mixing a cold water and a hot water to form a mixed water having a desired mixed water temperature, a cold water hose for the cold water and a hot water hose for the hot water opening into a plastic insert so that the cold water and the hot water is fed to the mixing valve via the plastic insert, the cold water and the hot water being able to be fed back to the plastic insert as mixed water after mixing and being able to be fed to an outlet of the plumbing fitting via a mixed water hose inserted into the plastic insert, the cold water hose, the hot water hose or the mixed water hose being fastened to the plastic insert via a clamp inserted into the front side of the plastic insert.
Claims5
A plumbing fitting comprising:
- a fitting housing that has a mixing valve for mixing cold water and hot water to form a mixed water having a desired mixed water temperature;
- and
- a cold water hose for the cold water and a hot water hose for the hot water opening into a plastic insert so that the cold water and the hot water is fed to the mixing valve via the plastic insert, the cold water and the hot water being adapted to be fed back to the plastic insert as mixed water after mixing and being adapted to be fed to an outlet of the plumbing fitting via a mixed water hose inserted into the plastic insert,
- wherein the mixed water hose is fastened to the plastic insert via a clamp inserted into a front surface of the plastic insert,
- wherein the front surface of the plastic insert is a planar surface to which the mixing valve is directly connected, the mixing valve being connected to the front surface of the plastic insert after insertion of the clamp into the front surface, such that in a fully assembled state, the mixing valve covers the clamp so that the clamp directly contacts the mixing valve and is secured against detachment from the plastic insert,
- wherein the plastic insert has a recess for the clamp, the recess being provided at the front, planar surface of the plastic insert,
- wherein an outer periphery of the recess provided at the front, planar surface is U-shaped,
- wherein the front, planar surface of the plastic insert includes a flow channel opening for the cold water, a flow channel opening for the hot water and a flow channel opening for the mixed water,
- wherein the clamp has a U-shaped planar surface, and
- wherein the front, planar surface of the plastic insert and the U-shaped planar surface of the clamp are co-planar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.