Jet regulator
AssigneeGrohe AG
InventorsEckhard Gransow, Werner Buschey
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Abstract
A jet regulator for the outlet of a sanitary fitting or for a shower is provided that has at least two flow chambers or flow ducts, each of which has an inlet opening and one or more water outlet openings, the control of the flow to each flow chamber or flow duct is carried out via a valve having a resilient valve body which is arranged upstream of the flow chambers or flow ducts and optionally closes or opens the inlet openings thereof using the resilient valve body, wherein a deformation of the resilient valve body and thus a change in the valve position is carried out by a change in the applied water pressure or by mechanical actuation via an actuating element.
Claims20
A jet regulator for an outlet of a sanitary fitting or a shower head, the jet regulator comprising:
- at least two flow chambers or flow channels, each of which including an inflow opening and one or more water outlet openings;
- a valve with an elastic valve body configured to control an inflow of each flow chamber or flow channel, the valve being arranged upstream of the flow chambers or flow channels;
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- an insert attached within the jet regulator in a fixed, stationary position, an upper portion of the insert protruding through a central opening of the elastic valve body,
- wherein a closing or an opening of the inflow openings of the flow chambers or flow channels is performed by a deformation of the elastic valve body such that a change in a valve position occurs by a change in an applied water pressure or by mechanical actuation via an actuating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.