The invention relates to a sanitary insert unit having an insert housing in which at least one closing valve having an annular channel is provided, in which annular channel an annular valve body made of resilient material is arranged which deforms under the pressure of the inflowing fluid such that the valve body tightly closes the annular channel.
A sanitary insert unit having a disk-like insert housing is already previously known from WO 2012/156002. The previously known insert unit has a flow rate regulator in its insert housing, said flow rate regulator being intended to regulate the water volume flowing through per unit time to a defined pressure-independent value. Also provided in the insert housing is a closing valve which moves into the closed position from an open position with increasing water pressure, and which, at low pressures, allows additional water quantities to flow through the insert housing past the flow rate regulator. The closing valve of the previously known insert unit, too, has an annular channel provided in the insert housing, in which annular channel an annular valve body made of resilient material is arranged which deforms under the pressure of the inflowing fluid such that the valve body tightly closes the annular channel. With increasing pressure, the resilient valve body is deformed such that the gaps between the valve body and the adjacent smooth channel walls of the annular channel become ever smaller and the flow rate of the water flowing through becomes ever greater such that a zone with negative pressure is even established on the outflow side of the closing valve, said zone counteracting the closing operation per se and causing the annular channel to open again. As a result of the deformation, brought about by the pressure difference, of the annular valve body, this valve body wants to close the annular channel again, and so a rapid succession of these operations occurs, which become noticeable as oscillations and bring about disruptive noise and vibrations.
Therefore, there is in particular the object of creating a sanitary insert unit having at least one closing valve, in which undesired oscillation formation and development of noise at the at least one closing valve is avoided.
This object is achieved according to the invention, in the sanitary insert unit of the type mentioned at the beginning, in particular in that the annular channel of the at least one closing valve has profiling on an internal and/or external channel wall.
The sanitary insert unit according to the invention has an insert housing which is insertable at a suitable point in a sanitary supply line and in particular in a water pipe. Provided in the insert housing of the insert unit according to the invention is at least one closing valve having an annular channel in which an annular valve body made of resilient material is arranged. This resilient valve body deforms under the pressure of the inflowing fluid such that the valve body tightly closes the annular channel. In this case, the annular channel, provided for the valve body, of the at least one closing valve has profiling on an internal and/or external channel wall. As a result of this profiling provided on the internal and/or external channel wall of the annular channel of the at least one closing valve, better controllability of the closing valve during the closing operation can be achieved and at the same time undesired oscillation formation associated with disruptive noise and with vibrations can be avoided. As a result of the profiling provided on the internal and/or external channel walls, the water does not flow through with constant speed profiles around the circumference, but rather, as a result of the spacings caused by the profiling, the formation of a uniform speed or pressure profile of the water flowing through is disrupted, such that noise-inducing oscillation formation at the closing valve of the insert unit according to the invention is effectively avoided.
In this case, in a particularly advantageous and effective embodiment of the insert unit according to the invention, the profiling of the at least one closing valve is configured in an encircling manner on the channel wall.
In a particularly advantageous and at the same time also easily producible embodiment of the invention, the profiling is formed from alternate indentations and protuberances oriented in the direction of throughflow.
In this case, the indentations and/or the protuberances can have a polygonal or else a rounded, preferably semicircular, cross-sectional contour.
According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, each indentation is configured as the region arranged between two protuberances that preferably immediately adjoin one another.
In an embodiment that is particularly easy to produce, in which the insert housing of the insert unit according to the invention is also producible in one piece, the external channel wall is connected to the internal channel wall of the at least one annular channel via preferably radially oriented connecting webs, and the valve body of the at least one closing valve bears on the connecting webs arranged on the outflow side of the at least one annular channel.
In a particularly effective embodiment according to the invention, the insert unit has at least two closing valves, which are preferably provided concentrically with one another in the insert housing.
It is possible for the insert unit, in addition to at least one closing valve, to also have a backflow preventer in its insert housing.
In a particularly advantageous insert unit of the type mentioned at the beginning, which is versatile to use, the insert unit, in addition to at least one closing valve, also has a flow rate regulator and/or a jet regulator in its insert housing. Since the at least one closing valve only passes into its closed position with increasing liquid pressure, it is possible, with the aid of the closing valve, to guide an additional quantity of water through the insert unit according to the invention, past the flow rate regulator and/or the jet regulator, in the event of low liquid pressures.
In this case, in a preferred embodiment according to the invention, the at least one closing valve is connected upstream of a jet regulator and in particular a jet splitter of the jet regulator or is connected alongside the latter as a bypass.
Developments of the invention can be gathered from the following description in conjunction with the drawings and the claims. The invention is described in more detail in the following text with reference to a preferred exemplary embodiment.
In the drawings:
The insert unit 1 can be inserted into a sanitary supply line and in particular into a water pipe at a suitable point with its insert housing 2. The valve body 5 located in the annular channel 4 of the at least one closing valve 3 deforms under the pressure of the inflowing fluid such that the valve body 5 tightly closes the annular channel 4. In this case, the annular channel 4, provided for the valve body 5, of the at least one closing valve 3 has profiling 6 on an internal and/or external channel wall. In the exemplary embodiment illustrated in
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In an embodiment that is not illustrated further here, the insert unit 1 can also have at least two closing valves 3 in its insert housing 2, which preferably have annular channels 4 that are arranged concentrically with one another in the insert housing 2.
As a result of the profiling 6 located on the channel walls arranged on both sides of the annular channel 4, better controllability of the closing valve 3 during the closing operation is achievable and in the process, disruptive noise and vibrations are avoided. Since the profiling 6 is provided on the internal and/or external channel wall of the annular channel 4 of the at least one closing valve 3, and since constant speed profiles of the water flowing through cannot form around the annular channel circumference on account of the alternate indentations and protuberances 7, 8 of the profile 6, and since, instead, the formation of such a regular speed or pressure profile in the closing valve 3 of the insert unit according to the invention is disrupted, oscillation formation associated with undesired noise and vibrations is effectively avoided. It goes without saying that, in addition to the at least one closing valve 3, further closing valves and in addition to or instead of the latter also a backflow preventer, a flow rate regulator and/or a jet regulator can also be provided in the insert housing 2 of the insert unit 1. In this case, in a preferred embodiment (not illustrated further here) according to the invention, the at least one closing valve 3 is connected upstream of a jet regulator and in particular a jet splitter of the jet regulator or is connected alongside the latter as a bypass.
1 Sanitary insert unit
2 Insert housing
3 Closing valve
4 Annular channel
5 Valve body
6 Profiling
7 Indentation
8 Protuberance
9 Connecting web
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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20 2015 001 757.6 | Mar 2015 | DE | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/EP2016/000108 | 1/21/2016 | WO | 00 |