Fluid switch-over device and sanitary shower device

A fluid switch-over device, comprising:

• at least one fluid inlet and at least two fluid outlets;
• a movable switch-over body for controlling fluid connections of the at least two fluid outlets to the at least one fluid inlet, wherein the switch-over body is switchable between at least three different operating positions;
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• an actuation device, configured for sequential and bidirectional switching-over actuation of the switch-over body both in a forward switch-over direction and in a backward switch-over direction inverse to the forward switch-over direction;
• wherein the actuation device comprises a first actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the forward switch-over direction and a second actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the backward switch-over direction;
• wherein the first actuation unit and the second actuation unit include operating elements that are user-operable independently of each other;
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• wherein the actuation device comprises a sliding guide mechanism with cooperating sliding guide elements on the switch-over body, and on a part of the fluid switch-over device that is stationary in relation to the switch-over body, wherein the sliding guide elements are movable relative to each other between stable positions, which define the operating positions of the switch-over body.

A sanitary shower device, comprising:

• a shower housing having a shower inlet and a shower head including at least two groups of shower jet output openings arranged fluidically in parallel;
• and
• a fluid switch-over device for controlling fluid supply from the shower inlet to the fluidically in parallel arranged groups of shower jet output openings, the fluid switch-over device including:
• at least one fluid inlet and at least two fluid outlets,
• a movable switch-over body for controlling fluid connections of the at least two fluid outlets to the at least one fluid inlet, wherein the switch-over body is switchable between at least three different operating positions, and
• an actuation device, configured for sequential and bidirectional switching-over actuation of the switch-over body both in a forward switch-over direction and in a backward switch-over direction inverse to the forward switch-over direction,
• wherein the actuation device comprises a first actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body unidirectionally in the forward switch-over direction and a second actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body unidirectionally in the backward switch-over direction, and
• wherein the first actuation unit and the second actuation unit include operating elements that are user-operable independently of each other so that switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the forward switch-over direction is accomplished by user-operating the operating element included in the first actuation unit only, while not by user-operating the operating element included in the second actuation unit, and switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the backward switch-over direction is accomplished by user-operating the operating element included in the second actuation unit only, while not by user-operating the operating element included in the first actuation unit.