Fluid switch-over device and sanitary shower device

US10871236B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hansgrohe SE · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Kinle · Schenkenzell, DE
• Fabian Melle · Durbach, DE
• Markus Schultis · Steinach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 22, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16K31/53
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A fluid switch-over device illustratively for use in a sanitary shower device, including at least one fluid inlet, at least two fluid outlets, and a movable switch-over body for controlling fluid connections of the at least two fluid outlets to the at least one fluid inlet. The switch-over body is switchable between at least three different operating positions. An actuation device is configured for sequential and bidirectional switching-over actuation of the switch-over body both in a forward switch-over direction and in a backward switch-over direction inverse to the forward switch-over direction. The actuation device illustratively includes a first actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the forward switch-over direction and a second actuation unit for sequential switching-over actuation of the switch-over body in the backward switch-over direction, wherein the two actuation units comprise operating elements that are user-operable independently of each other.