Valve insert for a sanitary fitting
AssigneeHansgrohe SE
InventorArno Hahn
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Abstract
A valve insert for a sanitary fitting can be inserted as an insert into a recess in the housing of the sanitary fitting and interacts there with lines of the sanitary fitting that open into the recess. The valve insert contains a base element which receives and holds the moving parts of the valve contained in the valve insert. An adapter element which is preferably injection-molded from plastics material and contains a valve inlet opening and a valve outlet opening can be connected in an exchangeable manner to this base part. The openings interact with the lines that open into the recess. A water guide leads from these two openings to the valve. By exchanging the adapter element, the valve insert can be used for different applications. Preferably, the valve seat itself can also be arranged in the adapter element.
Claims18
A valve insert for a sanitary fitting, comprising:
- an actuating element for a valve,
- a valve inlet for water, said valve inlet leading into the valve,
- a valve outlet that leads the water out of the valve,
- a valve seat, and
- a valve closing body that interacts with the valve seat and can be actuated by the actuating element,
- wherein the valve insert has an upper insert base part comprising the actuating element and the valve closing body, and a lower adapter element comprising the valve inlet into the valve, the valve outlet out of the valve and the valve seat,
- wherein the valve seat is arranged at an upper section of the adapter element for interacting with the valve closing body, and
- wherein the adapter element is exchangeably connected to the upper insert base part.
In combination, an insert base part and plural adapter elements that are exchangeably connectable to the insert base part to form a valve insert configured to fit into a recess of a sanitary fitting, wherein the plural adapter elements each have a valve inlet and a valve outlet, and at least one of the valve inlets and valve outlets of the plural adapter elements are placed at different locations on said plural adapter elements for leading water into and out of the valve from different directions, respectively,
- wherein the insert base part comprises an actuating element and a valve closing body actuated by the actuating element,
- wherein the adapter elements each comprise a valve seat arranged at an upper section of the adapter element for interacting with the valve closing body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.