US 11,441,303 B2Granted

Siphon

AssigneeGeberit International AG

InventorMarco Oberholzer

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Abstract

The invention relates to a siphon arrangement (1) comprising a housing (2) with an inlet connection piece (3), an outlet connection piece (4), and a siphon seat (5) arranged between the inlet connection piece (3) and outlet connection piece (4), and a siphon element (6) arranged in the siphon seat (5), said siphon element having a siphon portion (7) and an inlet (8) facing towards the inlet connection piece (3) and an outlet (9) leading to the outlet connection piece (4). Water can be guided from the inlet connection piece (3) via the inlet (8) into the siphon portion (7) and from the outlet (9) to the outlet connection piece (4). The siphon element (6) is movable, in particular pivotable, in the housing (2) from a use position into a maintenance position, and when in the maintenance position can be removed, in particular pulled out, from the housing.

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Dependent claims

A siphon arrangement comprising:

a housing comprising an inlet port, an outlet port and a siphon seat arranged between inlet port and outlet port, and
a siphon element arranged in the siphon seat and comprising a siphon section, as well as an inlet, which faces the inlet port, and an outlet, which opens out into the siphon seat,
wherein water can be guided from the inlet port into the siphon section via the inlet, and from the outlet into the siphon seat, and subsequently to the outlet port,
wherein the siphon element is mounted in the housing so as to be movable from a usage position into a maintenance position, and is removable, or extractable, from the housing from the maintenance position along a principal direction via an access opening,
wherein the siphon element is configured such that, in its maintenance position, it is substantially completely emptied, and
wherein the siphon element and the access opening are configured such that the siphon element is removable from the housing solely when the siphon element lies in its maintenance position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.