# US 10,767,798 B2 · Hose connector assembly, use of a hose connector assembly, and sanitary fitting > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,767,798 B2 - Document ID: US10767798B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/846,684 - Filed: 2017-12-19 - Published: 2018-07-26 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-26 - Assignees: Neoperl GmbH - Applicants: Neoperl GmbH - Inventors: Alexander Stein; Daniel Oechsle - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10767798B2 ## CPC - F16L 37/0845: {by means of retaining members associated with the packing member} - E03C 1/0404: {Constructional or functional features of the spout} - E03C 1/084: Jet regulators with aerating means - E03C 1/086: Jet regulators or jet guides, easily mountable on the outlet of taps - F16L 15/08: with supplementary elements (F16L15/04 takes precedence) - F16L 39/00: Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies {(quick-acting joints for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies F16L37/56)} - E03C 1/08: Jet regulators {or jet guides}, e.g. anti-splash devices - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS ## Abstract In the case of a hose connector assembly (1) it is provided for a retaining plate (15) to be used for axially fixing at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) in corresponding hose receptacles (3, 4, 5). The hoses (6, 7, 8) are insertable into respective recesses (16, 17, 18) of the retaining plate (15) by way of a lateral insertion movement (19), and the hoses (6, 7, 8) engage behind the recesses (16, 17, 18). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A hose connector assembly (1) comprising: a main body (2) including at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) which by way of respective ends (9, 10, 11) thereof are plug-fitted in each case into a respective one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), each of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) respectively including at least one retaining edge (12, 13, 14), a retaining plate (15) having at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) corresponding to the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) each being configured such that a respective one of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) is insertable therein by an insertion movement (19) that is aligned transverse to a longitudinal direction of the respective hose (6, 7, 8), such that the associated retaining edge (12, 13, 14) engages across the retaining plate (15) in order to prevent each of the hoses (6, 7, 8) from being pulled out of the respective one of the hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), a mouth part (20) that is attached to the main body (2) on a downstream side, the mouth part including a detent (21) that that is adapted to press the main body (2) against the retaining plate (15), and an outlet mouthpiece (24) is placed on the mouth part (20) that bears on the detent (21). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detent (21) is configured as an encircling shoulder (22). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two hose receptacles comprise first, second and third hose receptacles (3, 4, 5) configured in the main body (2), the at least two hoses comprise first, second, and third hoses (6, 7, 8), the respective ends (9, 10, 11) thereof being plug-fitted into the first, second, and third hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) of the retaining plate (15) comprise first, second and third receptacles that correspond to the first, second, and third hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the first, second, and third receptacles (16, 17, 18) each being configured such that a respective one of the first, second, and third hoses (6, 7, 8) is insertable therein by an insertion movement (19) that is aligned transverse to a longitudinal direction of the respective one of the first, second, and third hoses (6, 7, 8), such that the associated retaining edge (12, 13, 14) engages across the retaining plate (15) in order to prevent each of the first, second, and third hoses (6, 7, 8) from being pulled out of the respective one of the hose receptacles (3, 4, 5). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a screw sleeve (23) that is adapted to press the main body (2) against the retaining plate (15). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 4, wherein the screw sleeve (23) is part of the outlet mouthpiece (24). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two recesses (16, 17, 18) include respective openings (25, 26, 27) that point away from one another. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 6, wherein the openings (25, 26, 27) are mutually spaced-apart and open outwardly on a circumferential contour (28) of the retaining plate (15). ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least two recesses (16, 17, 18) open into a common central plug-fitting opening (38) of the retaining plate (15). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retaining edges (12, 13, 14) are in each case configured as part of an encircling retaining groove (36). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an annular seal disposed between the mouth part (20) and the main body (2). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body (2) connects in a liquid-conducting manner at least one substantially punctiform hose receptacle (3, 4, 5) to an annular or C-shaped dispensing opening (34) on a side of said main body (2) that faces away from the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body (2) connects in a liquid-conducting manner at least one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5) to a dispensing opening (34) on a side of said main body (2) that faces away from the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A method of installing a hose connector assembly (1) according to claim 1 in a sanitary fitting, comprising inserting the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) laterally into the retaining plate (15), subsequently introducing the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) into the respective one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), inserting the main body (2) into a fitting outlet of the sanitary fitting, and pressing the retaining plate (15) by way of an outlet mouthpiece (24) that engages on the detent (21) against a support (40) that is configured in the fitting outlet (39), wherein the support (40) is molded to the outlet mouthpiece (24) in an integral manner or the support (40) is formed by an insert part. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the outlet mouthpiece (24) at least one of presses the mouth part (20) against the main body (2) or is screw-fitted to the fitting outlet (39). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the retaining plate (15) has three of the recesses (16, 17, 18), and further comprising inserting in each case one of said hoses (6, 7, 8) by way of an insertion movement (19) that is aligned so as to be transverse to a longitudinal direction of the respective hose (6, 7, 8) into a respective one of the recesses (16, 17, 18), and subsequently inserting the hoses (6, 7, 8) into the main body (2) on which three corresponding ones of the hose receptacles (3, 4, 5) are configured. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A sanitary fitting comprising a fitting outlet (39) and the hose connector assembly (1) as claimed in claim 1, the retaining plate being pressed by the main body (2) against a support (40) of the fitting outlet (39). ### Claim 17 A hose connector assembly (1) comprising: a main body (2) including at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) which by way of respective ends (9, 10, 11) thereof are plug-fitted in each case into a respective one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), each of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) respectively including at least one retaining edge (12, 13, 14), a retaining plate (15) having at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) corresponding to the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) each being configured such that a respective one of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) is insertable therein by an insertion movement (19) that is aligned transverse to a longitudinal direction of the respective hose (6, 7, 8), such that the associated retaining edge (12, 13, 14) engages across the retaining plate (15) in order to prevent each of the hoses (6, 7, 8) from being pulled out of the respective one of the hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), a mouth part (20) that is attached to the main body (2) on a downstream side, the mouth part including a detent (21) that that is adapted to press the main body (2) against the retaining plate (15), and annular seals (29, 30, 31) that seal respective ones of the hoses (6, 7, 8) in the respective hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the annular seals are disposed on each of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8), in each of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), or both. ### Claim 18 A hose connector assembly (1) comprising: a main body (2) including at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) which by way of respective ends (9, 10, 11) thereof are plug-fitted in each case into a respective one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), each of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) respectively including at least one retaining edge (12, 13, 14), a retaining plate (15) having at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) corresponding to the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), the at least two receptacles (16, 17, 18) each being configured such that a respective one of the at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) is insertable therein by an insertion movement (19) that is aligned transverse to a longitudinal direction of the respective hose (6, 7, 8), such that the associated retaining edge (12, 13, 14) engages across the retaining plate (15) in order to prevent each of the hoses (6, 7, 8) from being pulled out of the respective one of the hose receptacles (3, 4, 5), a mouth part (20) that is attached to the main body (2) on a downstream side, the mouth part including a detent (21) that that is adapted to press the main body (2) against the retaining plate (15), and the mouth part (20) is configured as at least one of a jet former or jet regulator unit (35), and at least one of the at least two hose receptacles (3, 4, 5) in the main body (2) is routed to a bypass (41).