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US 2023/0143534 A1Published application
Sanitary outlet unit
AssigneeNeoperl GmbH
InventorsHolger SCHÜRLE, Seuong-Eun KIM
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Abstract
In a sanitary outlet unit (1), it is provided that a contact surface (6) is formed on a valve element (4) which is adjustable between an open position and a closed position in a flow path (2), which contact surface (6), in the open position, covers a corresponding, stationary counterpart surface (7) and, in the closed position, frees said counterpart surface (7), such that the valve element (4) is automatically held in the open position by the pressure in the flow path and returns to the closed position in the event of a pressure drop.
Claims6
A method for actuating a sanitary outlet unit (1), the method comprising:
- arranging a valve element (4) in a flow path (2) in a housing (3) of the sanitary outlet unit;
- transferring the valve element (4) from a closed position to an open position lying above the closed position;
- acting on the valve element (4), in the open position, by a pressure prevailing in the flow path (2), and pressing and holding a contact surface (6) of the valve element (4) against a counterpart surface (7) on the housing (3);_and
- after a pressure drop in the flow path (2), the valve element (4) automatically falling to the closed position.
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